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-5- <br /> - said :the- January .20th--, hearing had evoked both forceful: pro. <br /> and con: opinions f rom- the- seven people .who. spoke . to. .the <br /> issue; :. <br /> indicated four of those persons were in. favor of ,changes <br /> while three were opposed to one or more of the amendments; <br /> advised that- an honest reflection of those statements as <br /> well as the Commissioners ' comments had been reported in the <br /> minutes the Council had before them; <br /> reported the Planning Commission had recommended the Council <br /> adopt all 5 a mendments' which would restrict the number of <br /> unrelated persons living in a single family residence to 3 <br /> where the current Ordinance allowed 6 ; <br /> - restricted the number of. vehicl'es parked in front yards to. <br /> four parked on paving; and <br /> - required unlicensed "junkers" to be .removed from residential <br /> yards; <br /> added that, because the notice of. the hearing -which had gone <br /> out with the water -bills had not reached the residents before <br /> the hearing, the . Commissioners were recommending the Council <br /> •' give some consideration to delaying .action on the new amend- <br /> ments to allow more time:,-for the changes. to be public.ized; , <br /> however.-, <br /> acknowledged th'at. the- Council . had been working .on this- new <br /> Ordinance since last April and proposed changes had been <br /> given front page coverage several times since then; but <br /> also noted that -the hearing had brought out the fact that <br /> not all residents read the newspapers which carried the <br /> stories. <br /> Mayor' s response: - - <br /> agreed it was unfortunate that the notice which would have <br /> alerted the citizenry. -to the hearing . on the changes had not <br /> gone .out as planned .because .of errors in. the water bills <br /> which accompanied the Newsletter . had to be corr.ected. before <br /> they could be mailed; <br /> assured.,the Commissione that the only. action which the <br /> Council would- take that evening would be to instruct staff <br /> to' prepare: the. ordinance- in its final form, and bring it back <br /> in; two weeks for the .first .of, three.,readings; <br /> said it--would.-take from. six to .eight weeks°-befcre .the Council <br /> would be adopting the ordinance amendments, and hopefully, in <br />