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Show lsl week's council meeting was a .m or land developers as three rented re-nted rezoning of property in the city .irer which Bob Nicholson, city-county jnner, suggested an increase in the aoning fee. Nicholson told the council that the $25 reioning fee does not cover the expense of notifying adjacent property owners iiout the public hearing for the Jauest. He said that he sent out 65 '-iters, called 12 other cities and put iverai legal notices in the paper for jjj week's rezoning requests. He Rested $75 as a reasonable fee, but :;dthe council that no action could be ilken at the meeting because the in crease had to be by ordinance which hadn't been written up yet. Before Nicholson's request the council coun-cil heard a request from Eugene McLean to rezone a portion of 100 North between 200 and 300 West from residential residen-tial three (R-3) to central commercial one (CC-1) which is the same zone as on Main Street. McLean plans to build a professional office building that will accommodate ac-commodate some commercial shops which requires the commercial zone. Councilman Jack Seitz of the Planning Plann-ing Commission made the motion to accept ac-cept the zone change, but Mayor Samuel Snyder asked McLean why he didn't want it zoned commercial two (C-2) which would allow residential housing. After some discussion Seitz withdrew, his motion, and the request was tabled until another proposal could come from the planning commission. The mayor said he didn't mind the property being zoned commercial, but thought that a set-back should be required as in the C-3 zone. The mayor's residence abuts the McLean property. McLean told the council that it didn't matter to him which zone the land should be in but his neighbors wanted it (Continued on Page 2) i Fees (Continued from Page 1) CC-1. Jeff Gibson's request to rezone pro- perty southeast of West Highway 40 and : 1000 South from residential-agriculture (RA-1) to commercial (CP-1) was approved ap-proved with little discussion from the council. Also John Riding requested that the southwest corner of 500 North and 500 ' West be rezoned from R-l to R-2 to allow for increased density housing. He -'is proposing a 97-unit townhouse :' development on 8' 2 acres. Riding said he received verbal com-" com-" mitment of right of way for a six foot , paved walkway to Eighth West so school children in the housing develop-" develop-" ment could walk to school without using . the highway on 500 North. The council discussed the water drainage problems associated with . the property. Riding said that a drain : pipe would be installed along the border : of the development to help with the drainage. The council approved the ; rezone request. ; Carl Jensen, city building inspector, : told the council that the city's building ; permit fee schedule "wasn't up to par." : After reviewing building code fees in : other cities in the state, Jensen recom- : mended the city pass an ordinance to increase the fees to $5 for the first $500 ; plus $1 for each additional $100; $20 for : the first $2000; $170 for $25000; $283 for : $50000 and $433 for $100000 and $2.50 for : each additional $1000 in building value. z The council gave unanimous support to the increased building fee. C Another fee increase considered by E the council was an increase in sewer connection fees which would increase '- sewer connections for multiple family dwellings and motels and hotels. As of I November 8, 1979 the council passed an T ordinance to charge multiple family ; dwellings and hotels $750 for the first I unit and $100 for each additional unit for ; a four inch sewer connection. The new '' , ordinance which was presented to the . council will charge a flat rate of $750 for f each unit to multiple family dwellings . and $400 for each unit in a hotel or : motel. ; The council questioned whether the increased sewer connection fee was equitable and several land developers : at the meeting objected to the increase. Jeff Gibson told the council that he thought it was unfair to charge a sub- division $550 for each unit, as proposed : in the new ordinance, when the sub-: sub-: divider makes one connection onto the ; system and has to install and maintain sewer line from the connection to each housing unit. Mayor Snyder said the city has to maintain the sewer line before and after a subdivider's connection, and if the city has to enlarge a line because of a connection they should have to share some of that cost. The council requested Ken Bassett, acting city manager, to subtract the actual ac-tual cost of making a sewer connection from the proposed rate to determine the impact fee and represent the issue at the next city council meeting with those figures. The council approved the addition of 150 units to the Esquire Estates Subdivision. from the city boundaries. Domgaard said there should be no distinction in the city and county building codes in the growth area and suggested to the city that they might jointly hire an additional building inspector. in-spector. The city said they favored the idea of a joint building inspector. In other agenda items, Domgaard said the contract for the sale of the hospital is in its final phase. He added that a clause had been added, upon the mayor's request, that in the event that HCA doesn't provide the service necessary in the community, the county has the right to buy back the hospital. 1 Domgaard snid that HCA couldn't sell the hospital back at a profit benusc I of a law prohibiting them from making a profit with public funds. |