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East Ridge council adds 'preferred' qualifications for zoning and housing board appointees; ordinance 12-17 amended on first reading
Summary
On May 8 the East Ridge City Council amended Ordinance 12-17 on first reading to ask that council appointees to the Board of Zoning Appeals be selected with certain preferred skills; it also approved amendments adding similar preferred skills to the Housing Commission (Ordinance 12-18) on second and final reading.
The East Ridge City Council on May 8 amended an ordinance governing the Board of Zoning Appeals to direct council members to consider preferred professional skills — though not require them — when appointing residents to the board. The council also approved a parallel amendment to the Housing Commission ordinance on second and final reading.
Council member Robert Witt introduced the change during debate on Ordinance 12-17, saying the board makes final decisions and the city should encourage applicants with experience relevant to built‑environment review. “Some of the experience that we need to have on that board is architecture, building and site construction, civil engineering, comprehensive plan and land use plan knowledge, real estate development,” Witt said. He…
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