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Council Minutes of 10/21/2003 business community who could also be adversely affected in a different way, the committee ageed that, should any legitimate significant complaints arise from either side, the time would be reconsidered by the Safety Committee. Councilwoman Kasler moved that Ordinance 2002-171 be amended as discussed in committee and as further clarified by the Law Department to reflect a consistent start time for loading and unloading to be 7:30 a.m. The motion was seconded by Councilman Nashar and passed unanimously. Ordinance No. 2002-171 amended. • Ordinance 2003-11, an ordinance amending Section 1701.18 and enacting new Section 1707 of the Fire Prevention Code in order to define fire alarm systems and to assess monetary chazges for false fire alazms. The ordinance has been discussed in committee on several occasions. Councilman McKay questioned the increase in fees and the high rate of those fees and how that was rationalized. It was a very legitimate question that was explained by Fire Department personnel who looked at potential actual costs for the depaztment to address repetitive false alarms and also the fees in place in other municipalities for the same occurrences. Councilwoman Kasler moved to amend the ordinance to include the clarification that the ordinance does not apply to residential dwellings, that the first false alarm does not result in a fine but rather in a warning and that fines for subsequent false alarms, at the discretion of the Fire Chief, will be $500, $1,000 and $2,000 for each subsequent false alazm and to amend Section 2, 1701.27(d)(4) to read: "The Fire Chief may institute and require a fire watch system of human verification of emergency conditions," and the amendment is "while repairs and/or maintenance aze being performed to an automated fire alazm system." The motion was seconded by Councilman Miller and passed unanimously. Ordinance No. 2003-11 amended. • A liquor permit at Minotti's Wine World, 27600 Lorain Road for a change in stock ownership. After no objections from the Police Depattment, the committee voted unanimously to make no objection to the stock transfer. Councilwoman Kasler moved that Council have no objection to the stock transfer for the liquor permit of Minotti's Wine World, 27600 Lorain Road. The motion was seconded by Councilman Miller and passed unanimously. Councilman Miller, chairperson of the Intra-Governmental Relations, Legislation and Long-Range Planning Committee: 1) The committee met on October 20, and the following agenda items were discussed: • The appointment of Meenal Parikh of Lydgate Drive, North Olmsted, to the Fair Housing Review Boazd. Mrs. Parikh is currently employed as a teacher in the North Olmsted School System, is a gaduate of Urbana University, Cleveland State University and the University of Toledo. She has also served as a drug prevention counselor in the Bronx and as a social worker in the Bronx. She has worked in various capacities in education throughout her cazeer. She also speaks fluently in two foreign languages, one of which is Hindi and one of which is a local dialect of Hindi. The committee was quite impressed with Ms. Parikh's backgound and her willingness to serve. Councilman Miller made a motion to approve the appointment of Meenal Parikh to the Fair Housing Review Boazd for the term of 1/1/02 to 7