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Watertown council adopts zoning amendment and revises stop-intersection ordinance; votes 9–0 and 8–1
Summary
On second reading the council approved Ordinance 24-33 amending Chapter 550 (zoning and floodplain/shoreland-wetland sections) on a 9–0 roll call and Ordinance 24-34 amending stop intersections in Chapter 500-3b on an 8–1 roll call.
The Watertown Common Council approved two ordinances on second reading during its Jan. 7 meeting: Ordinance 24-33, an amendment to the city's zoning and floodplain/shoreland-wetland chapters, and Ordinance 24-34, a change to the stop-intersection sections of the municipal code.
Ordinance 24-33, described by staff as amendments to Chapter 550 (including sections 550-38 through 550-43, and sections 150 and 152) and to Chapter 532 (floodplain and shoreland wetland zoning), was moved by Councilmember Davis and seconded by Councilmember Lampe. In a roll call vote the following members voted aye: Davis; Lampe; Ford; Parts; Blankey; Smith; Schmidt; Wetzel; Moldenhauer. The presiding officer announced, "Motion passed 9–0." No nay or abstentions were recorded in the meeting transcript.
Ordinance 24-34, described as an amendment to Chapter 500-3b (stop intersections) and presented from public safety and welfare, was moved by Councilmember Blankie and seconded by Councilmember Bartz. The roll call showed the following votes: Lanke (aye); Smith (aye); Schmidt (no); Wetzel (aye); Moldenhauer (aye); Davis (aye); Lampe (aye); Board (aye); Parts (aye). The presiding officer announced, "Motion passed 8 to 1." The transcript records Councilmember Schmidt as the lone no vote; no abstentions or recusals were recorded.
Both ordinances were recorded as second-reading approvals by the council; no amendments to the ordinances were recorded in the transcript during the meeting.
