INSIDE CITY HALL Here are some of...

INSIDE CITY HALL

Here are some of the items the commission considered at its Monday

meeting.

MOBILE HOME ORDINANCE

The commission reconsidered an ordinance that replaces and expands

the city’s procedures for mobile home park conversions. The

commission will discuss whether a town hall meeting is necessary

before it votes. The City Council wants new rules to give it more

authority over the conversion process and to delineate the procedure

for mobile home park closures.

WHAT HAPPENED

The commission postponed a decision on the ordinance until Jan.

12. It also decided not to host a town hall meeting or set up an ad

hoc committee or working group to contribute feedback to the

ordinance.

The latest draft of the ordinance will be ready for public review

around the first week of December.

WHAT WAS SAID

“We felt we would have adequate opportunity [for feedback] through

the public hearing and study session process,” said Chairman Bruce

Garlich. “All the principals have had the opportunity to see the

earlier draft and make comments. And they will have between now and

middle of January to do that [for the latest version].”

HOUSING SUBDIVISION

The commission considered a request from Mike McDaniel and Joseph

Bower for an exception to city requirements for minimum lot width and

area so they can subdivide a lot into two parcels. The lot is in the

3000 block of Fillmore Way.

The width exception is necessary because the two parcels are 49

feet narrower than the 100-foot minimum lot width required by city

code. The area exception is required because city code requires a

minimum 12,000-square-foot lot. The first parcel is proposed at 5,345

square feet and the second is proposed at 6,084 square feet.

WHAT HAPPENED

The commission approved the request.

PERMIT APPLICATION

Werdin-Creekside L.L.C. requested the Planning Commission’s

approval to subdivide three parcels at Creekside Commercial

Development into six. The property is near the southeast corner of

Bristol Street and Randolph Avenue. It is requesting a permit for

off-site parking and for shared driveway access to a public street.

WHAT HAPPENED

The commission approved the permit.

-- Compiled by Deirdre Newman