by Bill Brock, City Manager

MONROE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS

233 South Main Street, Monroe, Ohio

October 9, 2007 - 6:30 pm

REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES  Council Minutes of September 25, 2007.

VISITORS

-     Janeatte Frazier - Light Up the Sky for the Fourth of July

Committee

-     The Middletown Journal

COMMITTEE REPORTS

      Utilities                  -  Lora Stillman

      Rates             -     John Birch       

      Finance                 -     Lora Stillman

      Streets                 -     Robert Kelley

      Safety                  -     Steven Tannreuther

      Technology        -     Robert Kelley

      Administrative

            Liaison           -     Mayor Routson

OLD BUSINESS

ORDINANCE NO.  2007-42.  AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENT VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING CODE TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEFINITION OF LIGHT MANUFACTURING AND HEAVY MANUFACTURING, AMENDING THE SET BACK REQUIREMENTS IN AN A-1 AGRICULTURAL ZONING DISTRICT, ELIMINATION OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AS BEING EXEMPT FROM SURFACE AND DRAINAGE REQUIREMENTS, ADDITION OF RECREATIONAL VEHICLES AS AN OPTION FOR EXCEPTIONS TO THE ASPHALTIC OR CONCRETE SURFACE REQUIREMENTS, ADDITION OF SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR LOCATING APARTMENTS AND BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL SPACE, DECREASING THE MINIMUM SIDE YARD SETBACK IN AN R-2 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT, GRANTING AUTHORITY TO THE ZONING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER FOR APPROVAL OF MINOR SUBDIVISIONS, REMOVAL OF CEMETERIES AS A CONDITIONAL USE IN A C-2 GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT, ADDITION OF BUFFERYARD REQUIREMENTS IN ANY INDUSTRIAL LAND USE, REMOVAL OF GREEN ASH, HESS ASH, AND FLOWERING ASH TREES IN THE LANDSCAPING AND BUFFERYARD REQUIREMENTS, AND CORRECTING THE INTERSECTION NAME OF HERITAGE GREEN DRIVE AND SR 63 FOR REAL ESTATE SIGNS. (Second Reading)

ORDINANCE NO. 2007-43. AN ORDINANCE REZONING REAL PROPERTY CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 34.5 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE 75 AND STATE ROUTE 63 AND FURTHER DESCRIBED HEREIN FROM H-I HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT TO C-2 GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. (Second Reading)

ORDINANCE NO. 2007-44. AN ORDINANCE SUPPLEMENTING CHAPTER 1414 OF THE BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE TO PROHIBIT OUTDOOR WOOD FIRED BOILERS. (Second Reading)

RESOLUTION NO. 55-2007. A RESOLUTION CLARIFYING THE REMOVAL OF COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREAS CREATED IN 1986. (Second Reading)

RESOLUTION NO. 56-2007. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREA AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF MONROE AND GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION BY AND THROUGH ITS GENERAL MOTORS SERVICE & PARTS OPERATIONS. (Second

Reading)

NEW BUSINESS

EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 2007-46. AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE AMENDMENT OF THE FINAL PLAT OF KRW COMMUNITIES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 2007-47. AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE AMENDMENT OF THE FINAL PLAT OF PHASE ONE OF THE MONROE CROSSINGS SUBDIVISION, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

CONSIDERATION OF MOTION APPROVING THE EXPENDITURE OF $23,915.41 FOR THE REFURBISHING OF A 1993 PUMPER FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS

      William J. Brock, City Manager/City Engineer

      Kacey Waggaman, Director of Finance

      K. Philip Callahan, Law Director

      Kevin Chesar, Director of Development

      Bradley K. Collins, Director of Public Works

      Gregory Homer, Chief of Police

      Mark A. Neu, II, Fire Chief

ADJOURNMENT

City of Monroe, 233 S. Main St, Monroe, OH 45050, USA