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Council sets March 3 public hearing for zoning ordinance; committee discusses paving moratorium and pushcart rules
Summary
The council’s Health, Sanitation and Codes committee told council it will move forward with a second advertisement of a zoning ordinance and a public hearing scheduled for Monday, March 3, with the possibility of adopting the ordinance that same night if no significant changes are required.
The council’s Health, Sanitation and Codes committee told council it will move forward with a second advertisement of a zoning ordinance and a public hearing scheduled for Monday, March 3, with the possibility of adopting the ordinance that same night if no significant content changes are needed.
Mister Brown reported that the second round of advertising will run Feb. 5 and that municipal and agency comments are due Feb. 24. He said staff is preparing for a March 3 public hearing — tentatively scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. with a council door in advance — and that adoption could occur March 3 provided changes are nonstructural. The solicitor explained that “significant” changes generally mean changes to content that would alter substantive effect; grammatical or nonstructural edits would not prevent same-night adoption. If significant changes are required, the adoption could be pushed to the April 7 meeting.
Committee members also discussed the borough’s five-year moratorium on paving and a concern raised by developer Mister Spangenberg about the moratorium’s impact on development and redevelopment. Brown said the committee had begun drafting possible language to clarify or limit the moratorium’s impact and that the committee will continue review at its Feb. 18 meeting.
Separately, council discussed a recent inquiry from a resident seeking to operate a tricycle-style ice-cream cart. Brown said the borough’s existing pushcart ordinance appears to apply, that the health inspector (Mister Ritter) has been in communication with the applicant and reported no major obstacles, and that borough council may be the approving authority for a pushcart license under the current ordinance. The committee will ask the solicitor to review the pushcart ordinance for updates.
Council members set committee follow-up dates and noted the March 3 schedule for the zoning public hearing; no final ordinance adoption occurred at the Feb. 3 meeting.
