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08-26-1982 " ~ , ~ o o ~ CITY OF EDGEWATER Citizen Code Enforcement Board August 26, 1982, 7:00 p.m. Minutes Vice-Chairman Williams called the meeting to order at 7:10 p.m. in the conference area of the Community Center. ROLL CALL Members present: Messrs. Hamel, Williams, Holahan, Whittet and Hall, and Mrs. Mason. Members excused: Mr. Prater and Mrs. Kane. Also present: Mrs. Taylor, Secretary, and one member of the press. Mr. Whittet was administered the oath of office by the secretary. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Moved by Mr. Holahan, seconded by Mrs. Mason, and CARRIED 4-2, to approve the minutes of the July 16, 1982 meeting. (Mr. Hall and Mr. Whittet dissented, as they were not present at the July 16 meeting.) Moved by Mr. Holahan, seconded by Mr. Hamel, and CARRIED 5-1, to approve the minutes of the June 24, 1982 meeting. (Mr. Whittet dissented.) NEW BUSINESS Case #82-CC-20 - S. Kumar and C. Skalski, U. S. 1 (the lot north of 328 Ridgewood, Re. Sec. 717.03. The memo from Susan Wadsworth, Deputy City Clerk, was read by Board members. She advised that Mrs. Kumar had telephoned her and advised that the matter would be taken care of as soon as possible. Mr. Kumar was given until August 28th to remedy the condition. Moved by Mr. Hamel, seconded by Mr. Whittet, and CARRIED 6-0, to postpone any action on the case until the next meeting. OLD BUSINESS Case #82-CC-14 - Paul Roche & Asso., Inc., 909 So. Ridgewood, Re: Section 715.03. Mr. Holahan reviewed the case and stated that he felt it was a clear violation of the Code. He believed that Mr. Winters, the owner of the building, should submit an amended site plan. Mrs. Mason felt it would be set- ting a precedent if an amended site plan was not filed and approved, showing the shell parking instead of asphalt. Mr. Hall and Mr. Williams cited Mr. Murphy's letter withdrawing his complaints and felt it was no longer in the hands of the Code Enforcement Board. Moved by Mr. Hall, seconded by Mr. Whittet, to seek a legal opinion from the City Attorney advising the Board as to whether they have the authority to pursue the case once the complaint has been withdrawn. The motion received a 3-3 vote and did not carry. Moved by Mr. Holahan that the Board recommend to Mr. Winters to apply to the Planning Board to amend his site plan so that it will be in compliance. The motion died for lack of a second. Moved by Mr. Holahan to send a letter to Mr. Murphy, telling him that the Board does not believe that the site plan is in conformity and ask him to request Mr. winters to file an amended site plan. The motion was seconded by Mrs. Mason. Mr. Holahan moved to amend the Motion to include the request that a copy of the letter to Mr. Murphy go to Mr. Winter. Seconded by Mrs. Mason. Mr. Hamel and Mr. Williams did not wish to send a copy of the letter to Mr. Winters. ~.- . . .~ ~ ~ ~ v Mr. Holahan withdrew the amendment. Mrs. Mason withdrew the second. Upon roll call vote on the original Motion to send a letter to Mr. Murphy asking him to request that Mr. winters file an amended site plan, the motion CARRIED 6-0. NEW BUSINESS Moved by Mr. Holahan, seconded by Mr. Hall, and CARRIED 6-0, that the Board have an election of officers at this meeting. Mr. Holahan nominated Mrs. Mason for Chairman of the Board, and the nomination was seconded by Mr. Hamel. Mrs. Mason said that she was sorry she could not serve because she would not have the time during the winter months. She was urged to reconsider, and the nominations were closed. Moved by Mr. Holahan, seconded by Mr. Hamel, and UNANIMOUSLY approved to elect Mrs. Mason for Chairman of the Citizen's Code Enforcement Board. Mrs. Mason abstained. Moved by Mr. Holahan, seconded by Mrs. Mason, to nominate Phil Williams as Vice-chairman. Moved by Mr. Hall, and seconded by Mr. Holahan to close the nominations. The motion to elect Mr. Williams Vice Chairman of the Citizens Code Enforcement Board was UNANIMOUSLY approved. Mr. Holahan brought up for discussion the new Code Enforcement Board Ordinance 82-0-23 which became effective July 19, 1982. Mr. Holahan said that he had been assured at the time the ordinance came up before City Council that Section 5, sub-paragraph (d) would be dropped, but it is still there. Mr. Holahan stated that in his business it is necessary to appear before other Boards on occasion to represent a client; if that paragraph is not deleted from the ordinance he will have to resign from the Board. Mrs. Mason suggested that they contact the City Attorney and have it deleted, since it was not supposed to be there in the first place. Mr. Holahan advised that since it was an ordinance there would have to be two hearings before the City Council. Mr. Hamel suggested that the new chairman contact Mr. Henderson and ask him what procedure to take to correct the situation, or we will lose a member of the Board. Mrs. Mason said she would write the letter. The meeting was adjourned at 8:20 p.m. Minutes submitted by Joan Taylor ~ o o City of Edgewater Citizen Code Board Regular Meeting August 26, 1983 Verbatim Minutes Mr. Holahan: Under new business I would like to call attention to the Board the fact that we are supposed, according to our rules and regulations, supposed to have an election, annual election of officers in June of each year, and it's under our Rules and Regulations, Article 4, Sec. 1, Nomination of officers shall be made from the floor at the annual organizational meeting in June each year, and the election shall be held immediately thereafter. So I move that we have an election of officers at this meeting. Nominate and elect new officers or officers. That's my motion. Mr. Hall: I'll second the motion. Mr. Holahan: Now its open for nominations; I would say-- Mr. Hamel: Does anybody know why we haven't had this before? Mr. Williams: We were supposed to have it in June; we were short in July. I was gone in July. I don't know, we just didn't--we didn't have enough, I guess. We didn't have quorum. Mr. Hamel: One meeting we were short. Williams: June, I think. Mr. Holahan: Well we've got six people here now and that's enough. So I have a motion on the floor that we, oh, we did, we passed that, didn't we? Mr. Williams: Yes. Mr. Holahan: Or did we--did we vote in it? Mr. Williams: No, we haven't voted on it. ~. o o - 2 - Mr. Hamel: We haven't voted on it. Mr. Williams: Well, I guess we've got to vote on it to hold the officers - got to make roll call. Mrs. Taylor: Okay. Mr. Hamel: Yes Mrs. Mason: Yes Mr. Holahan: Yes Mr. Whittet: Yes Mr. Hall: Yes Mr. Williams: Yes Mr. Willia~: So the floor's open for nominations, for what, for pres-- for chairman? Mr. Holahan: Well, I nominate Shirley Mason for chairman. Mr. Hamel: I'll second that motion. Mrs. Mason: I'm sorry. I cannot serve because in the winter when I get busy I just don't have the time. Mr. Holahan: We only need you one night a month. Only one night a month, you know. You don't have to spend all your time busy-bodying around. That's what they've got the police chief for and they've got the building inspector to do all those things. Mr. Hamel: (Laughing) No cracks. Mr. Holahan:. But you really only have to work one night a month. Mrs. Mason: Thank you. Mr. Holahan: And you don't have to spend all your time out bUSY7bodying around; nosing into everything. That's what they've got the investiga- tive officers to do. All you have to do is get them on the stick so they do it. I implore you, Mrs. Mason, to accept this nomination. She's got a very excellent record as the chairman of the Charter Commission with a no-nonsense -- o Q - 3 - Mrs. Mason: Yes, I was on the losing side. Mr. Holahan: You did an excellent job of assembling a charter, and running that thing and it was no nonsense, done in a business-like manner and I think you'd be highly commended for it, and I would hope that we would have the same thing on this board. Mr. Hamel: I'd like for you to reconsider Shirley. I'd think you'd make a good chairman for it. I think so. Mr. Williams: I do to. Nomination closed then? Mr. Holahan: I move we close the nomination. Mr. Hamel: Second it. Mr. Holahan: And further I move that we UNANIMOUSLY select Mrs. Mason as our chairman. Mr. Williams: Can we have roll call now to vote on it? See, you did too good a job, Shirley. Mr. Hall: Now you've got to do it again. Mrs. Taylor: This is on the nomination for Mrs. Mason for chairman? Mr. Williams: Yes. Mrs. Taylor: Mr. Hamel: Yes I don't know if you vote on this, Mrs. Mason. Mrs. Mason: I'll vote no. Mr. Holahan: Just abstain, Shirley. Mrs. Taylor: Mr. Holahan: Yes Mr. Whittet: Yes Mr. Hall: Yes Mr. Williams: Yes Mr. Holahan: Now the motion was for a unanimous, so her no doesn't mean a thing. It's unanimous. Mrs. Mason: I have trouble with my nos anyway. .. o o - 4 - Mr. Holahan: So she has been elected unanimously. Mr. Williams: Okay. Nomination for co-chairman. Mr. Holahan: I move that we continue our present co-chairman--not co-chairman, I guess is is assistant chairman. Mr. Williams: Assistant chairman, or whatever it is called. Mr. Holahan: He hasn't done very much during his tenure of office. This is the first time he's conducted a meeting. Mr. Williams: It's true. Mrs. Mason: Oh, I'll second that. Mr. Williams: Can't win tonight, can we? Mr. Holahan: Anybody want to move that we close the nominations? Mr. Hall: I do. Mr. Hamel: I second that we close the nominations: Mr. Williams: Mrs. Taylor: Question on the motion? Roll call, I guess. Mr. Hamel: Aye. Mrs. Mason: Yes Mr. Holahan: Yes Mr. Whittet: Yes Mr. Hall: Yes Mr. Williams: I guess so. I know how she feels now. Mrs. Mason: I want to thank you for my birthday present. Mr. Holahan: Oh, this is your birthday. Let's all sing happy birthday. Mr. Williams: If there isn't any other-- Mr. Holahan: I have one request I wish to make to the City Council, or to this board, anyway. When they drew up this new ordinance on July the first, affecting the organization of our Board, Ordinance 82-0-23, and I objected strenuously to our City Manager, to our City Attorney, to a item in here. END OF VERBATIM MINUTES-- --" ~. J (.) o Da~~ ~<<-'~ ..l61f~! ~ ~ ~~~- \, I' t i .