Florence board adopts ordinance making technical corrections to zoning code

The Florence Board of Aldermen on Nov. 4 adopted an ordinance to make technical corrections to the city’s zoning ordinances after a public hearing and incorporation of the zoning administrator’s written findings. City Attorney Bobby Lingold presented the ordinance on the board's recommendation; Alderman Mason Herrin moved and Alderman Brent Sistrunk seconded the motion, which the record shows carried with Aldermen Herrin, Kyle Martin and Sistrunk recorded as voting aye and Aldermen John Banks and Brian Grantham recorded absent. The minutes do not record a vote by Mayor Trey Gunn.

Community Development Director Joel Sims presented written facts and findings at the public hearing that were incorporated into the motion. The board also voted earlier in the meeting to accept Sims' recommended technical corrections and to adopt his written findings and conclusions into the official record. The ordinance is described in the minutes as: "AN ORDINANCE TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF FLORENCE, MISSISSIPPI AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES." The board took no public testimony during the hearing, according to the meeting minutes.