Angola council approves parking ordinance, rezones industrial parcels, OKs $10,000 façade grant and $1.0M in vouchers; budget hearing set Oct. 6

The Angola City Common Council on Sept. 15 approved a set of routine municipal actions that included amendments to the municipal code, zoning changes and grant and payment approvals.

Parking ordinance approved: The council passed Ordinance No. 17 86 20 25 (Title 10, Vehicles and Traffic, Chapter 10.25, Parking) on its third reading by voice vote with no opposition. The ordinance amends the city’s parking code; the meeting record shows an aye voice vote and no recorded opposing votes.

Zoning change for parcels south of U.S. 20: The council also moved to adopt a zoning map amendment affecting parcels south of U.S. 20, east of County Road 69 (identified in the meeting as an effort to align zoning for a vacant lot with an adjacent storage facility). Meeting participants said the request would change the zoning designation from HC (heavy commercial) to I-1 (light industrial) so parcels would share the same district; council adopted the proposed change by voice vote with no opposition. Staff and a commenter, Mark Cockcroft, said self-storage units are approved uses in both HC and I-1 zones.

Street-name ordinance on first review: Ordinance No. 17 89 20 25, amending Title 10.15 (Traffic—Stop intersections) to change a street name to Richard Hickman Way, was presented for first review; the meeting record shows it was introduced and taken under first review but not adopted at the Sept. 15 session.

Façade grant approved: The council approved a façade grant agreement with Piazza Properties Inc. for property at 101 West Maumee Street in an amount not to exceed $10,000. The grant request was moved and seconded; the council approved it by voice vote, with no opposing votes recorded.

Accounts payable allowed: The council voted to allow payment of accounts payable vouchers numbered 76160 through 76376 totaling $1,007,142.16; the package included interfund transfers totaling $114,265. The motion to allow payment carried by voice vote with no recorded opposition.

Budget schedule: City finance staff reported the proposed budget had been submitted to the state gateway and advertised as required. The council set a public hearing and first reading for Oct. 6, with second and third readings and final adoption scheduled for Oct. 20, and members emphasized the need for a quorum at those meetings.

Other routine reports included an update that the Community Crossings road projects remain on schedule, and that construction on Brookhagen was expected to start in October with multiple crews assigned to different portions of the project.

All roll-call attendance and voice votes in these items were recorded as unanimous 'aye' in the meeting transcript; no individual roll-call tallies were provided in the transcript for each motion.