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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1987.11.18 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES~1INUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING November 18, 1987 State of Idaho) County of Madioon( City of Rexburg) A meeting of the city council for the City of Rexburg, Madison County, held November 18, 1987, at the City Hall. Present were the following: Mayor: John C Porter Councilman: Bruce Casper Glen Pond Bruce Sutherland Sander Larson Nile Boyle Councilwoman: Darlene Blackburn A motion eras made by Bruce Casper and seconded by Darlene Balckburn to approve the minutes. All Aye The mayor greeted the scouts that were in attendance. CABLE T.V. REQUEST PUTTIfJG THE DISH ON THE WATER TOWER `,r ~ _;`f='' Cable T.V. was at the meeting to request putting the dish on the water tower. We have checked with the engineers and find that there would not be a problem with the weight of it. Bud Worth of Upper Valley Cable explained what they wanted to do. There proposal is to mount a microwave on the water tower. This would enable us to bring in the same signals that Idaho Falls now receives and we will get some more channels. We are trying to get local advertising on local channels. Glen Pond said he had a concern about the liability. Mr. Worth said he was sure they could work something out, they have a standard bond that covers them on things on that Ha tore. Glen said that he thought Mary should review their liability insurance to make sure we were covered liability wise, in case something happened. Nile Boyle ask what that would do to the rates, P1r. Worth said the rates would stay the same. A motion was made by PJile Boyle and seconded by Bruce Casper to approve it if the liability can be worked out. Seconded by Bruce Casper. All Aye. Mr. Worth said that in connection with this we also need to put an underground line from the water tower down to our present connection which is at the city water tank. The mayor said there would be no problem on that- but next year we are going to rebuild that street and all the utilities have got to be installed and in place because for 7 years vae are not going to allow a break in the street outside of a water leak on some emergency. The mayor told him to po over it with the engineers so they would know about it and they will ~c~: ~~o~~ a sc-~ of plans. The mayor told the council that he had cleared it with '~~ `y~~n. ORDINANCE 689 READ FOR THE THIRD TIME Mayor Porter read Ordinance 689 for the third reading to vacate two city streets by Walters Concrete. Today he had contacted f~1rs. Frank Moulton who owns the property adjacent to the street. She had no abjection. It is a right-a-way but the road has to be built. The fence is in the middle of the road. ORDINANCE 680 AN ORDINANCE VACATING AND CLOSING PORTIONS OF THIRD WEST STREET IN BLOCK 7 AND 8 OF THE ORIGINAL REXBURG TOWNSITE AS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED, SUBJECT TO EXISTING RIGHT-OF-WAY, EASEMENTS AND FRANCHISE RIGHTS OF ANY LOT OWNER, PUBLIC UTILITY OF CITY OF REXBURG: PROVIDING THAT ALL OF SAID STREETS REVERT TO THE OWNERS OF THE ADJACENT REAL ESTATE, ONE-HALF ON EACH SIDE THEREOF; PROVIDING WHEPJ SAID ORDINANCE SHALL TAKE EFFECT. Ordinance 680 was placed before the council. The h1ayor then called for the voting for final passage of the Ordinance, and the motion was made by Sander Larson and seconded by Darlene Blackburn that ordinance 680 be passed. Those Voting Aye: Bruce Casper Glen Pond Bruce Sutherland Sander Larson Nile Boyle Darlene Blackburn Those Voting Nay: None . '~~~~ The roll showed all councilmen present voting "Aye" carried the P1ayor declared that the majority of all the members of the. City Council had voted for the passage of said Ordinance and that said Ordinance was duly and regularly passed. Mayor Porter declared the, motion carried. KAY MILLER REQUESTED A SPECIAL USE PERMIT Miller was ate the council, they have bought a home on 24 East 1st South on the contingency that we could get a Special Use Permit to put a craft shop in the house. It would no be one to buy supplies, it would be things you could buy that are already made. The mayor told her that a petition would have to be sent around to the property owners within 300 feet of the house. The council okayed taking out a petition. OFF CAMPUS APARTf~9ENT OWNERS ~Jext on the agenda was the off campus apartment owners. Ross Farmer acted as spoksman. He handed out handouts to the council and showed a map< He as for consideration for parking of off campus housing. He showed a survey of off campus housing. The situation is getting worse instead of better, we have more and more students bringing cars to school. He questioned the Ordinance on parking.. The mayor read from the ordinance book- 1 parking place for 2 students up to and :including 24 and there after 1 parking space for each additional 3 students. fair. Farmer said they believe that 1 for 2 students is a very conservative requirement. We should be looking at something less than that like 1 for every 1z students. We are concerned because we have a proposed unit for 342 students, which based on the information we have today based on the number of cars, we would probably see something like 180 cars there. As we understand the unit is proposed to have 126 parking spaces, which means we will have 50 to 60 cars on the street. He had two plot plans one for Summerset and one for the proposed development. Summerset this year is housing men but will change to women next year because they don't have enough parking for men. In the past Summerset has purchansed parking form the college, but the college now needs that space and cannot allow Summerset to do that. Summerset has 228 men and they have 150 cars and they have 76 parking places. If you look at the plot plan for Summerset you will see that Summerset has 81, 675 square feet of space. The proposed unit is coming in with 340 sutdents about 60 more than Summerset has and is being build on a little over 68,000 square feet, which is less than that of Summer- set. There is a serious problem and the location compounds the problem. Our request to you is that we initiate a process to modify the ordinance to bring it in line with what we know is the requirement for parking today, and that you not allow new construction to proceed under the existing ordinance. (Letters, map and petition on file.) The petition states that the parking ofr the complex being built by Gary Ricks is grossly inadequate. They petition the council to require 1 parking place for every 2 students. Jeff Teeples, building inspector for Rexburg, said he went over the plans and as far as the building code goes, there is no problem. He counted and measured the exact parking and he has 43,050 square feet for parking. P1aking the parking spaces 9 feet wide and 20 feet length, including an exit and he has 123 parking spaces and it calculates out that he needs 118. The house requires 2 additional parking spaces. Mr. Framer said that the existing ordinance is inadequate. What we need to do is moderize the ordinance. The mayor said the problem we have is after someone!~~uys some property and comes in and makes applicaiton for a building permit he did not know if we can leagally change it in the middle of the stream without them coming in and suing the city. We cap change the ordinance for the next round if we do it now. i`1r. Farmer said in terms of the general welfare of the community you need to consider what impact 60 cars on the street is going to be. The mayor said we are not going to allow it. He had talked to the police chief, because we are having problems all over town. Our ordinacne says that they cannot use their front yard. If they have student housing in a residential zone, they have to have a lawn in front and can't have the students parking on the lawn, or between the curb and gutter. We have told the police to go around and put warning notices on them. We hate to ticket those kids and have their cars towed away and then they have to pay $25 to get their cars back. We .t-kink that the people that have a student housing unit, and they don't have enough parking, they have a responsibility to that student. We are going to try to change the ordinance so if the student housing doesn't provide the adequate parking, they can be fined just like the student. Alpine Chalet was in and they have 56 more cars than they have parking spaces for, even though they are in compliance. The people who own it, came in the other day and they are concerned about it, They are looking for more parking next to them. No one had said anything to them, but they recognize the problem, that the kids needed to have a place to park. There is a parking lot down about 2 block from them and they are going to try to rent some parking. Our ordinance does say that if you can find parking within 1000 feet, you have to do that to provide parking. About one month ago we had some people who coverted a home into student housing, and they rented parking south of the Standard Journal. The only problem is the students are not going down there, they are parking all over the lawn. The apartment owner will have to instruct the students to park in the lots they have arranged for or we will just have to close them down. The mayor told the group that Gary Ricks came in and talked to the building inspector and went over the plans with him to make sure they are in compliance vaith the ordinance that exists. Then the off Campus Housing hear about the apartment so you come in and want us to change the ordinance so they have to have more parking. But we can't do this after it has gone this far. Bruce Sutherland said he thought that even if we pass an ordinance it would be effective for every apartment complex. He said we can't single out an individual. The mayor said several things that need to be done. Landlords need to let the students know where the parking places are and telling them if they park on the street, tilat their car will be towed away. They told them that there is another problem. We have been concerned for quite a while about the safety in apartments. We have checked with other areas and they charge an annual fee about $20 per apartment complex and so much an unit $1 or $2, and then every year there will be an inspection made. Our new building inspector has a license for safety inspection. That is something we are going to put in a new ordinance. Every year there will be an inspection made. A property owner that owns Carriage House, Cameo and Sargent Arms, said he has as much parking as the ordinance stated when these was built and if he was forced to have more parking he would have to park in the street. He said the people that are building apartments now can change. He co~plained about not being able to get cars towed out of his lot that don't belong there. Jeff Teeples said that before any building anywhere, he would set down with the builder and discuss the plans of the building, and make sure he is in compliance and in return gave him back his corrected plans on the house and office building that he is going to build. They have met with me and complied with the city ordinances. Shirley Hill complained that her property is next to the tennis court and can never get out of her driveway because her driveway is blocked when there is a college activity. The mayor told her when her driveway is blocked, whe could call the police and have the car towed away. f~1rs. Hill told the council said she had called the police many times and they will never tow the car away. She complianed that with another complex, it would be worse. She complianed that they park in her driveway, what should she do. The mayor told her to sign a complaint. All the apartments owners complained that after signing a complaint, it takes too long to get any action. R1erth Kidd complained that 1st West is a bottle neck. If the P & Z knew that there is a problem, why didn't you ask someone on campus what is the ratio on parking. That ordinance is 20 years old and is out dated. Every year there is a~~~ increase in parking. The mayor said that after this apartment is built and there is more cars than they can take care of them they have got to find parking for them. Dean Ricks was ask his reaction. He said in all the apartments they had built they had always supplied the parking, and we will take care of it again. He said for those who are crying about they having boys, they would change to girls and they would be unhappy. Dean said they have complied with the ordinance and the zoning and done all the leg work that needed to be done. h1ary Smith said if you pass a new zoning ordinance, it would apply from then on but it couldn't be rectroactive. Bruce Casper suggested that the city put up no parking signs on the Hills side of the street. The mayor told the group that all apartment owners are going to have to get their parking lots oiled and we will have to enforce it. The council said that they would talk to the police about checking that driveways are not blocked. BEER LICENCES f~ayor Porter read a beer licese renewal for Albertsons. A motion was made by Nile Boyle and seconded by Glen Pond to approve the license. All voting aye, except Bruce Casper and he abstained. I `~~ REQUEST FOR A 4 WAY STOP ON 4TH AND CENTER Mayor Porter read a request from Ricks College fora 4 way stop on 4th South and Center. The police have checked it and think it is okay. THEO FULLh1ER REQUESTED A 4 WAY STOP BE PUT ON 1ST SOUTH AND CENTER Theo Fullmer requested that a 4 way stop be put in on lst South and Center, because of the many accidents. The traffic committee will discuss these at the next meeting. A motion was made by Bruce Casper and seconded by Bruce Sutiherland to pay the bills. Ayy Aye. Meeting Adjourned. ,N Jo n Porter, Mayor y !f / J ~~ ~~ Rose Bagley, Cit ler MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING December 2, 1987 State of Idaho) County of Madison( City of Rexburg) A meeting of the City Council for the City of Rexburg, P~ladison County, held November 18, 1987, at City Hall. Present were the following: Mayor: John C Porter Councilman: Nile Boyle Bruce Sutherland Bruce Casper Councilwoman: Darlene Blackburn A motion was made by Nile Boyle and seconded by Bruce Casper to approve the minutes. All Aye. KAY MILLER REQUESTED A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO OPERATE CRAFT SHOP Kay Miller was to the meeting to request a Special Use Permit to allow her to operate a craft shop at 24 East 1st South. We circulated a petition in that area to everyone within 300 feet. There was no objections. It is an area that is close to the post office, and on the other side of the street is commercial businesses. The council agreed to go ahead with publishing fora public hearing. LIGHT INSTALLED ON 5TH WEST AND MAIN STREET Mayor Porter said he contacted that State Highway Department to see when they would get that light installed, on 5th West and h1ain Street. The hardware for the lights, the contractor has not been able to secure yet. However he has assured the highway department that the hardware had been shipped and he would receive it by December 7 and they would be up here working either the 7th or the 8th. SAFETY COMMITTEE 1 ~1 ~~~ Bruce Sutherland reported on,thl Safety Committee, and their recommendations. 1. 4-Way Stop at Center and Viking Drive. They recommended to approve a 4-Way Stop there for 1 year and in that recommendation to suggest to study the .feasibility of enhancing the pedestrian flow. One suggestion was an elevated walk. Second they suggested that in the winter, if the snow gets extremely deep, they should rather than just scouping the snow up on the medium, that they should consider hauling it along that area. Third they should run a careful study as to how the 4-Way stop will effect the flow of traffic. They suggested putting it in as soon as possilbe, and moderate it for a year.