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Council Minutes of 2/16/99 Mayor Musial; the two co-chairpersons of the Citizens Advisory Committee. This public .~..~. hearing concludes what we had planned to do to make sure that plenty of citizen input went into the CDBG application. Mr. Gareau, Chairperson of the Building, Zoning and Development Committee: 1) The committee met on February 8. Present were committee members Gareau, Miller and McKay; Councilpersons Nashar, Kasler and O'Grady; Safety Director Jenkins; Assistant City Engineer McDermott. There were two items on the agenda that evening: • Ordinance 98-131, an ordinance providing for the amendment of the Zone Map of the City of North Olmsted in order to supplementally zone the hereinafter described parcels of real property so as to include them within the new wireless telecommunications facilities overlay district (WTFO) of the City of North Olmsted. This is a companion ordinance to 98-130, which added a new Chapter 1151 of the Zoning Code entitled "Wireless Telecommunications Facilities Regulations" and "Wireless Telecommunications Facilities Overlay District." While the initial Ordinance 98-130 regulated telecommunications towers within the city, including the overlay district, the second ordinance before the committee that evening actually created the overlay district whereby towers could exist within certain areas of the City of North Olmsted where otherwise it would not have been permitted. The overlay district that was created permits these telecommunications towers to be located in the Light Industrial District on the far west end of town off to the east and southeast corner of North Olmsted near Springvale Golf Course and on or in the Interstate 480 right-of--way. It is important to remember that despite the permission to locate in these areas, they are still heavily regulated as to setbacks, screening, size and matters to that effect. Merely being able to place them in these districts does not necessarily make them unregulated. After discussion, the committee unanimously recommended approval. • Ordinance 99-10, an ordinance providing for the submission to the electors of the City of North Olmsted of an amendment to Article X entitled "Initiative, Referendum and Recall" of the Charter of the City of North Olmsted to require that every initiative or referendum measure on the ballot involving the rezoning of any parcel or parcels of land in the city be approved by a majority of the city-wide vote and by a majority of the voters residing in the ward or wards of the city where any part of the parcel or parcels are located. This was not a new matter before this particular committee-it was discussed during the last committee report and was also discussed early last year when several residents appeared before the committee and Mr. McKay requested that we look into this particular type of legislation. In essence, in the event that we have an initiative or referendum rezoning brought forward by a property owner or a resident whose property adjoins a particular piece of property and, if that matter is put on the ballot, it must pass in both the city by a simple majority, as has always been the case, as well as by a simple majority of the ward or wards where the property is located. This ordinance is sponsored by the Mayor and entire Council. After discussion, the committee concluded that it was in the best interests of the community and unanimously recommended approval of Ordinance 99-10. ._. ,w...~..~~..~.~. ,.. .