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Lambertville council adopts multiple ordinances, amends engineer contract and introduces police vehicle bond
Summary
Council adopted ordinances updating parking rules, short-term rental standards, automated-vending definitions and stormwater provisions, approved an amendment to the city engineer’s contract (up to $155,000) for the Upper York Street project, and introduced a bond ordinance to fund police vehicle purchases.
Lambertville’s City Council approved several ordinances and a consent-agenda resolution at the meeting, including amendments to parking rules, short-term rental regulations, automated vending definitions and stormwater management language.
On the consent agenda the council approved Resolution 166-2024 to amend the city engineer’s contract to include design, permitting and inspection fees for a long-running Upper York Street project, with an amount not to exceed $155,000, the mayor said. Funding will come from remaining restoration bond funds and a road job allocation, the mayor added.
The council adopted ordinance 17-22-24 to extend restaurant valet and parking provisions into R-2 residential zones; adopted ordinance 22-22-24 updating short-term rental definitions and occupancy standards (staff added a website comment button for complaints); and adopted ordinance 23-24 to correct the municipal code definition of automated vending machines. The council also adopted ordinance 24-22-24 amending stormwater management provisions after county planning-board comments and small formatting fixes; a resident raised concerns about people sweeping leaves into the street and the mayor pointed to existing enforcement tools.
The council introduced bond ordinance 25-24 to provide for acquisition and repair of police vehicles, appropriating $95,000 and authorizing the issuance of general improvement bonds/notes to finance the purchase; a public hearing was scheduled for Dec. 5. The mayor said one police vehicle needed an engine replacement and the city is moving toward hybrid vehicles.
All actions on the consent agenda and the listed ordinances carried on voice votes; individual roll-call tallies were not recorded in the provided transcript excerpt.
