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fhnmmtttrr larpnrt ZONING AND VACATION COMMITTEE illy tip Unman email of t1 (d ig of*fly Sint: The January 22, 1990 meeting of the Zoning and Vacation Committee was called to order at 3 : 35 p.m. in the Council informal meeting room. Persons in attendance included Council Members: Coleman, Duda, Voorde, Niezgodski, Puzzello, Slavinskas, Zakrzewski, and Luecke; Jack Mathews, Pat DeClercq, Don Porter, David Chapleau, Mike Danch, Don Ross, and Kathleen Cekanski- Farrand. Council Member Slavinskas noted that the first item on the I agenda was to discuss Bill No. 140-87 which would amend Chapter 21 of the Municipal Code entitled Zoning. He noted that the Zoning and Vacation Committee had met several times previous to this meeting to discuss the Bill in detail. Mr. David Chapleau was then called upon from the City Attorney's Office to briefly highlight the Bill. He noted that there were eight basic areas addressed in the Bill which now totals 100 pages. These included: reducing nonconforming uses, clarifying many of the definitions, including changes and clarifications within the various use districts, amending the height and area regulations and development standards, addressing off-street parking and loading regulations, addressing the powers and authorities of the Board of Zoning Appeals, addressing the veto power of the Mayor, and addressing annexation procedures with regard to "A" Use and "A" Height and Area regulations. Council Member Slavinskas noted that the Bill in the revised form received a favorable recommendation at the Area Plan Meeting of December 19th. Council Member Puzzello stated that the office designation is a concept which she would like the City to start working on in the very near future. Mr. Jack Mathews stated that such concepts would be addressed in Phase II of the revisions of the Zoning Ordinance. Both he and Mrs. DeClercq stated that they would be most interested in moving ahead on the next phase of the amendments. Council Member Slavinskas noted that the City of Elkhart and Elkhart County st should be considered with regard to the buffer type zones which they have and their office designations. Council Member Luecke also suggested changes with regard to annexation procedures with regard to zoning classification and height and area as well as concerns with regard to the BZA and non-conforming use changes. EF.:.