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Bowling Green council adopts three ordinances; resident urges keeping ADU owner-occupancy expectation
Summary
The Bowling Green City Council unanimously adopted three ordinances authorizing a utility contract, the sale of surplus electrical equipment and amendments to accessory-use rules; resident Rose Drain urged the council to preserve owner-occupancy expectations for accessory dwelling units tied to the 2023 zoning rewrite.
The Bowling Green City Council adopted three ordinances at its meeting, including authorization for a utilities contract with PowerSecure Incorporated, approval to sell surplus electrical equipment, and changes to the city's accessory-uses code. During public comment, resident Rose Drain urged council members to honor what she described as a 2023 zoning-code expectation that one unit of an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) be owner-occupied.
Council members moved and passed Ordinance 9363, which authorizes the utilities director to enter a contract with PowerSecure Incorporated for the city's power block voltage conversion project. The ordinance was adopted after the motion and recorded roll call; the council recorded affirmative votes for members present and the ordinance was declared adopted.
The council also adopted Ordinance 9364, authorizing the utilities director to sell surplus electrical equipment no longer needed for municipal purposes. Council members voiced approval and the ordinance was adopted by vote.
On Ordinance 9365, which amends section 150.44 j6b of the codified ordinances regarding accessory uses, the council voted to adopt the changes. Before the vote, Rose Drain spoke during the public comment period and asked council members to consider the public input that accompanied the 2023 zoning-code rewrite. "When we worked so hard on the rewrite of the zoning code in 2023, we understood that ADUs required owner occupancy," she said, adding that nearly 650 people had signed a petition asking council members to compromise and preserve the owner-occupancy expectation.
Clerk Jody also announced a mayoral appointment: Carrie Phan was appointed to the Historic Preservation Commission to serve through May 31, 2028, with the appointment effective immediately; the council approved that appointment by motion and voice vote.
Other meeting items included reports from the mayor and staff. The mayor thanked volunteers and downtown partners for downtown floral displays and singled out Tom Ross for his volunteer work. Municipal Administrator Miss Tredder reported that fire station construction work has begun and that a temporary entrance will be constructed at Carter Park while road work takes place. Public Infrastructure Director Mr. O'Connell reported that odor control equipment and ventilation improvements at the Port Marshall pump station are largely complete and that two final clarifiers at the wastewater plant remain under construction.
The meeting closed after a motion to adjourn carried by voice vote.
