Zoning committee flags 1993 noise ordinance, asks council notice on variances

At the June 8 Rossford council meeting, the zoning committee's report noted the city's existing noise ordinance has not been updated since 1993 and can be difficult to enforce, and committee members asked that council be informed whenever a variance is granted.

The report, read for the record, said committee chair (Mr. Zukowski) distributed copies of the current noise ordinance, noted relatively few violations, and recommended clarifying enforcement and variance-notification procedures. Miss Tenny asked whether council would be notified when variances are approved; Mr. Toth responded that council should be made aware whenever a variance is granted.

The committee also reported that an old-business special-use proposal for a data center had been referred to the planning commission after positive reception at an earlier council meeting. For new business, Mr. Zukowski asked that "bike spike fences" be discussed at the next committee meeting to define municipal code language addressing that device; the committee said the subject is currently part of the BCA standards but suggested adding explicit code language.

Committee members listed local industrial activity under review, noting that "OB OP Mobility," a plastic components manufacturer, is located on Glenwood Road and that ABC Supply is planning a location near Kenworth. The committee adjourned and scheduled its next meeting for June 9 at 5:30 p.m. at the Zukowski Safety and Planning building.

Council accepted the amended agenda to include the zoning report and did not take additional legislative action on the zoning recommendations that evening. Council direction requested formal notice to council when variances are granted and further committee consideration of bike spike fences and related code language.