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Votes at a glance: council approves easement vacations, rezones, zoning cleanups and other items
Summary
The council approved a packet of ordinances and resolutions including two easement vacations, amendments to the Traffic Commission membership, zoning rezonings and other housekeeping measures; roll-call outcomes are listed below.
At the meeting the West Lafayette City Council approved multiple ordinances and resolutions on consent and after brief discussion. The council recorded the following roll-call outcomes and key details.
Votes at a glance
- Ordinance 9 20 25 (vacation of a utility and drainage easement at 2541 Neil Armstrong Drive) — passed by roll call; recorded result: 8 yays, 0 nays (one member muted but counted), outcome: approved.
- Ordinance 10 20 25 (vacation of easements at 2567 Neil Armstrong Drive) — passed by roll call; recorded result: 8 yays, 0 nays, outcome: approved.
- Ordinance 11 20 25 (amend West Lafayette Traffic Commission membership requirements; cleanup and allow Purdue representative eligibility for chair) — passed by roll call; recorded result: 9 yays, 0 nays, outcome: approved.
- Ordinance 14 20 25 (rezone for The Approach, Wydall Holdings: R3W to PDRS for an 11-story student housing project at Williams and South River Road) — APC staff recommended approval; council approved by roll call, outcome: approved.
- Ordinance 15 20 25 (rezone of former Old City Hall parking lot parcel for a pocket park from PDNR to R1) — passed by roll call, outcome: approved.
- Ordinance 16 20 25 (amendment to special-exception termination process in Unified Zoning Ordinance; APC committee cleanup removing certain parties' direct application rights) — passed by roll call: 8 ayes, 1 abstention, outcome: approved.
- Ordinance 19 20 25 (amend snow emergency routes in city code, with Board of Public Works and Safety authority to make changes) — passed by roll call, outcome: approved.
- Ordinance 20 20 25 (add two local historic districts: Caretaker—s Cottage and Morris Schoolhouse) — public hearing opened and closed; council approved by roll call, outcome: approved.
- Ordinance 20-120 25 (additional appropriation to the 2025 budget for opioid settlement funds and fire grant funds) — introduced and scheduled for public hearing at next meeting; council approved the appropriation request for first reading by roll call, outcome: approved on first reading.
- Resolution 2 20 25 (amend Go Greener Commission bylaws for housekeeping) — passed by roll call, outcome: approved.
- Multiple routine motions (minutes approval, mayoral appointments to Historic Preservation Commission and Traffic Commission) — motions carried by voice vote or roll call as recorded.
Several public-comment items and department reports were also heard; one resident raised a longstanding barking-dog nuisance during public comments. No ordinance failed; most items passed unanimously or by clear majorities as recorded.
