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Council amends and approves special-use permit for 324 E. Second St., imposing five-day scrap removal rule
Summary
The council reconsidered Bill 25-83, a special-use permit request from property owner Larry Neels for 324 E. Second St., and approved it as amended to require removal of scrap metal or debris within five business days; the measure passed 4-1 with Councilmember Cernovich voting Nay.
The Kewanee City Council on Sept. 22 reconsidered Bill 25-83, a special-use permit application from property owner Larry Neels for 324 E. Second St., and approved the permit with a condition requiring rapid removal of stored scrap.
Councilmember Cernovich moved to approve the special-use permit; discussion focused on whether a compromise or conditions could address concerns about outdoor storage of equipment and scrap. Councilmember Komnick proposed—and Councilmember Baker seconded—an amendment inserting the following requirement: "All scrap metal or other debris shall be removed from the site within Five (5) business days of receiving it." The amendment passed 4-1, with Cernovich the lone Nay. The council then approved the ordinance as amended on a 4-1 vote (Cernovich Nay).
The amended permit allows Mr. Neels to park equipment on the property if it complies with city ordinances and permits temporary storage of scrap on trailers subject to the five-business-day removal requirement. The council’s public record does not show additional enforcement details or a separate compliance timeline beyond the five-day removal condition.
The item followed on the council’s agenda from the prior meeting; the council’s action both reconsiders the earlier denial and sets the permit conditions recorded in the ordinance.
