Council passes amended charter measure to change zoning board of appeals process

Seven Hills City Council on Monday passed amended ordinance 29-2026, a proposed charter amendment that would alter the zoning board of appeals process, and approved it as an emergency measure.

Council Pro Tem Castanzo moved to suspend the rules and read the amended ordinance by title only; the motion was seconded and approved. The ordinance text presented described a submission to the electors of the city under Article 10 of the charter to amend Article 5 (administrative departments, boards and commissions), Section 8 (zoning board of appeals). After the council approved the emergency clause, Castanzo moved to pass the amended ordinance 29-2026 as an emergency measure; the motion passed by voice vote.

The ordinance, as read to the council, would put a charter amendment before city voters to change the zoning board of appeals process. The council conducted the actions on the ordinance by title and vocal roll calls; the transcript records the series of motions and voice votes but does not include a roll-call tally listing individual yes/no votes.

There was no extended debate recorded in the transcript; no public comments on the measure were presented during the meeting. The council's passage as an emergency measure means the council declared immediate effectiveness under the charter procedures reflected in the ordinance text; the next step is submission of the proposed charter amendment to the electors as described in the ordinance.

The transcript contains inconsistent spellings of some participant names (see audit notes). The amended ordinance text and the council's actions are recorded in the public meeting minutes and the ordinance file for formal reference.