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Bettendorf council unanimously passes fireworks, open-burning and zoning ordinances; waives readings for fireworks change
Summary
On June 17 the Bettendorf City Council unanimously waived additional readings and approved several ordinances including an amendment to the city's consumer fireworks rules, open burning regulations, zoning map changes and a commercial parking use table amendment; the consent agenda also passed unanimously.
The Bettendorf City Council on June 17 unanimously approved multiple ordinances and waived additional readings to implement changes before upcoming holidays and ongoing development projects.
Councilors unanimously waived second and third readings of an ordinance amending the city code on the use of consumer fireworks to comply with new state legislation restricting local regulation on July 3, July 4 and Dec. 31; the council then unanimously approved the ordinance, which the meeting record says takes effect immediately.
The council also unanimously passed a second-reading ordinance amending Bettendorf City Code Title 4 (Health, Sanitation and Environment) on open burning and three separate third-and-final-reading zoning ordinances: one rezoning property north of Forest Grove Drive from A-1 Agricultural Urban Reserve to R-2 Single-Family Residence District, a second rezoning of property in the same area to C-3 General Business District, and an amendment to section 11-4-5(b) (commercial and parking permitted use table). All three final-reading ordinances passed unanimously at the meeting.
City staff presented the items as routine readings or as required by changed state law; council discussion on these items in the meeting record was minimal. The consent agenda was approved unanimously, and the council adjourned.
Specific ordinance numbers and the text of the ordinances are not specified in the meeting transcript provided. The meeting record indicates the fireworks ordinance was amended to expand allowable start times for consumer fireworks on the listed holidays in response to new state legislation; no other substantive ordinance text details were provided on the record.
