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COUNCIL MINUTES July 27, 2009 APPROVED 126 as the specific conditions for specific uses that apply to the "public, educational and religious ■ ...27 buildings"use. Based on analysis, staff is recommending first reading the zoning ordinance 228 amendment that is included in the ordinance that will accomplish the allowance of churches in 229 business districts as a conditional use and change the liquor code change to recognize that 230 churches and liquor uses will be occurring in the same district. The Planning and Zoning board 231 held a public hearing on the application and unanimously recommended approval of the 232 proposed ordinance amendments. 233 234 A council member noted concern that the change seems odd and there is no certainly as to it's 235 impact in the future. He doesn't agree that a church use is the same as the VFW. This is a 236 further example of the federal government shoving things down the throat of cities. 237 238 Council Member O'Donnell moved to dispense with full reading of the ordinance. Council 239 Member Gallup seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 240 241 Council Member Stoltz moved to approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 04-09 as presented. 242 Council Member O'Donnell seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken. Motion carried as 243 follows: Yeas, 4; Nays. 1 (Reinert). 244 245 6E. First reading of Ordinance No. 05-09,Amending Zoning Ordinance to Remove the 246 Six-Month Maximum on Extensions for Submitting the Final Development Plan for 247 a Planned Unit Development 248 L, 49 City Planner Smyser explained staff's recommendation that the city's zoning regulations be 250 amended to remove a requirement that developments involved in the Planned Unit Development 251 (PUD)process must submit their final plans within a certain period of time or lose their 252 project's preliminary approval. The requirement is not appropriate during this difficult 253 economic time and would cause the city to lose several pending projects. The amendment has 254 been unanimously approved by the Planning and Zoning Board. 255 256 Council Member Gallup moved to dispense with full reading of the ordinance. Council Member 257 Stoltz seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 258 259 Council Member O'Donnell moved to approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 05-09 as 260 presented. Council Member Gallup seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken. Motion 261 carried as follows: Yeas, 5; Nays none. 262 263 6F. Consideration of Resolution No. 09-50, Approving Plans and Specifications and 264 Authorizing a Request for Quotes, 2009 Surface Water Management Project 265 266 City Engineer Studenski reviewed the proposed 2009 Surface Water Management Project. If 267 approval is granted by the council, staff will proceed to get quotes on the storm sewer, storm 268 water ponds and drainage maintenance work that is proposed. 269 270 6