2005.10.17 CC Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

City Council meeting of October 17, 2005 Page 2 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved the claims roster for October 17, 2005 as presented. APPROVE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW FOR BUILDING DEPARTMENT SECRETARY (EILEEN OTTNEY) Eileen Ottney was hired as the City's new building department secretary/receptionist on October 18, 2004. Over the past year, Eileen has worked very hard in this position, demonstrating her professionalism, strong work ethic, and dependability. Eileen has accepted her very heavy workload with a calm and reassuring demeanor and strong desire to provide excellent customer service skills. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved the annual performance review for building department secretary Eileen Ottney. APPROVE TEXT AMENDMENT TO ALLOW COMMERCIAL KENNELS IN THE GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT At its meeting of August 15, 2005, Council accepted the EDA's recommendation to approve a purchase agreement for the sale of city owned properties in the Bald Eagle Industrial Park to Guy and Cindy LaBarre, owners of the Oneka Pet Resort. Oneka Pet Resort is a commercial pet kennel that provides pet pampering services and boarding facilities for the dogs and cats of pet owners. Under the current ordinance, commercial kennels are permitted as accessory uses in the agricultural zoning district of the city and may be allowed as a principle use in the long-term agricultural and restricted commercial zoning districts by conditional use permit. The Bald Eagle Industrial Park is zoned general industrial and commercial kennels are not listed as a permitted use in the district. Granger made motion, Petryk seconded, to adopt ORDINANCE 2005-399 AMENDING COMP LAND USE REGULATIONS ON COMMERCIAL KENNELS AND CUP IN THE GENERAL INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT. VOTING AYE: Granger, Haas, Petryk, Puleo, Miron Motion Carried. APPROVE SITE PLAN AND CUP FOR ONEKA PET RESORT IN BEIP 5TH ADDITION The applicant is requesting site plan approval and a conditional use permit (CUP) to allow for the construction of a 6,400 square foot building on property located on Fenway Boulevard Circle generally to the east of Fenway Boulevard in the Bald Eagle Industrial Park. Guy and Cindy LaBarre of Oneka Pet Resort purchased the property legally described as Lot 3, Block I of Bald Eagle Industrial Park, 5h Addition from the City. According to the agreement, Oneka Pet Resort has until September 2006 to construct a building on the site. The building is intended to serve as a commercial kennel, which is only permitted in the general industrial district by a (CUP), contingent on the approval of a text amendment by the City Council.