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Highlands council passes zoning and noise corrections, advances disabled-parking ordinances and carries liquor-license hearing
Summary
The council passed zoning amendments and a correction to construction noise hours on second reading, introduced two ordinances to designate disabled parking spaces (first reading), approved several consent resolutions, carried a liquor-license hearing to June 3, and approved a person-to-person liquor-license transfer.
At its May 20 meeting the Borough Highlands mayor and council approved a package of ordinances and resolutions and moved several other items forward for public hearings.
The council adopted Ordinance O26-10, which amends multiple sections of Chapter 21 (zoning and land use) covering grading, topsoil removal, deep slopes and enforcement provisions. Staff described the measure as a cleanup that corrects typographical errors, clarifies fee disposition and adjusts procedural language within the building department. A council member asked whether the 500-square-foot applicability threshold was adequately clarified; staff advised the member to consult the land-use attorney for a detailed interpretation before relying on permit thresholds.
Ordinance O26-11, intended to correct the borough’s noise ordinance, passed on second and final reading. Staff said the change fixes an error so that permitted construction hours are 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays (and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekends) rather than the previously misstated 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The council introduced two parking ordinances affecting residents with disabilities. O26-12 would authorize designated on-street parking spaces for residents who provide documentation to the police department; staff explained spaces would be identified by house or apartment number or by a nearby utility pole as a location reference. O26-13 re-designates a previously removed disabled parking space for a new disabled resident at a location identified in prior ordinance O26-07. Both parking ordinances passed first reading and were scheduled for public hearings (O26-12 on June 6; O26-13 on June 3).
During the consent agenda the council adopted resolutions R26-116 through R26-124, which included routine procurement and certification actions; the clerk read the titles and the body adopted the items by voice vote.
On a liquor-license matter, borough counsel noted outstanding concerns about traffic, parking and lot safety for a C Street property and reported the applicant will submit a land-use application that may address those concerns. The council voted to carry that place-to-place transfer hearing (license 1317/33-008-006) to the June 3 meeting with the applicant’s written consent. Separately, the council approved a person-to-person transfer for the Chubby Pickle license by motion and voice vote.
All roll-call and consent votes were recorded as voice votes in the transcript; the meeting record does not list individual recorded tallies for every item in the clerk’s reading.
