Pittman Center board adopts ordinance allowing detached carports and garages in side and front yards

The Town of Pittman Center Board of Mayor and Aldermen adopted Ordinance No. 333 on Oct. 17, 2024, on its second reading, changing local rules to permit detached carports and garages in side and front yards subject to stipulations included in the ordinance.

Mayor Jerry Huskey opened the required public hearing at 4:42 p.m. and, with no members of the public present, closed the hearing at 4:42 p.m. Alderman Steve McCarter moved to approve Ordinance No. 333; Vice Mayor Kevin Howard seconded. The board voted "all ayes" and the motion passed. The minutes record the action as a unanimous voice vote of those present; individual roll-call votes were not recorded in the minutes and the ordinance text in the minutes does not list an effective date.

The ordinance is titled in the minutes as "An Ordinance Adding Regulations for Detached Carports and Garages, Allowing Them in the Side and/or Front Yards with Stipulations." The minutes summarize passage but do not specify those stipulations or other implementation details; the town clerk or municipal code text should be consulted for the full regulatory language and any effective date or compliance timetable.

The measure was approved at the board meeting convened at Town Hall; no citizen testimony was recorded at the public hearing. The board took the vote at the meeting and the minutes show the ordinance passed on the second reading.

The minutes do not record further debate or amendments to the ordinance during the meeting.