Council adopts billboard and warning-system ordinances; sets mobile food-truck ordinance for adoption

The city’s legal staff and emergency management director presented three ordinance items to the City Council on Oct. 7. Rachel Fields, senior civil litigation attorney, explained that Ordinance 38-94 updates section 7-12 of the Broken Arrow Code of Ordinances to conform local mobile food-truck licensing and permitting with changes enacted at the state level; staff recommended the ordinance be placed on the next meeting for adoption. Fields said the major change is that the state permit will suffice for city permitting and state inspection and enforcement will replace prior local code-enforcement checks.

Ordinance 38-84 amends the zoning appendix to permit privately owned billboards on city-owned property. The ordinance had been previously considered but required planning commission review because it amends the zoning code; planning commission reviewed it on Sept. 25 and recommended adoption. Council adopted the ordinance and approved the emergency clause for immediate effect of the change.

Ordinance 38-88 creates section 16-50 to make it unlawful for unauthorized persons to activate or attempt to activate the outdoor warning system. The measure was presented with emergency management director Jamie Ott available for questions; council adopted the ordinance and approved the emergency clause.

Council voted to set Ordinance 38-94 for adoption at the next meeting so the city’s licensing language will align with state permitting once the ordinance is adopted.