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i Council Minutes of 8/5/2008 Councilman Ryan made a motion to amend Ordinance 2008-83 as follows: "Each mayoral appointment of the head of a department shall be subject to the consent and approval of Council which may disapprove such an appointment only by a vote of not less than two-thirds vote of its members." The remainder of the legislation would remain as it is. The motion was seconded by Councilman Gareau and passed unanimously. Ordinance No. 2008-83 amended. Councilman Barker, chairperson of the Building, Zoning and Development Committee: 1) The Building, Zoning and Development Committee met on Wednesday, June 25, 2008, at 6:45 p.m. In attendance were committee members Barker and Gareau as Mrs. Jones was unable to attend due to another meeting pertaining to Stearns Road; Council members Kearney, Mahoney and Orlowski; Planning Director Wenger and Assistant Law Director O'Malley. The agenda for the evening was a proposed hotel and Ordinances 2008-56, 2008-57, 2008-72, and 2008-73. • The proposed hotel would be on Great Northern Blvd. next to Moen. For this to proceed, a judgment entry change has to take place on Parcel # 236-11-009. This was just an informal meeting between Council and BIW Properties to see if Council would be interested in seeing a plan for a hotel on that property. A polling of members in attendance showed an interest in this proceeding. • Ordinance 2008-56 is an ordinance amending Section 1139.01 of Chapter 1139 (Business Districts) of the Planning and Zoning Code in order to regulate the placement of charitable collection bin storage containers in the General Retail Business District of the city of North Olmsted. Also, Ordinance 2008-57, a companion ordinance to 2008-56, which reads: "An Ordinance amending Sections 755.11 and 755.12 of Chapter 755 (Secondhand Dealers) of the Business Regulation Code, entitled "Hours and Circumstances of Sales," and "Exceptions" in order to regulate outdoor collection receptacles on commercial property." After a lengthy discussion between Council members and Mr. O'Malley, it was decided to hold it in committee so that questions and thoughts by Council could be answered by Law, Safety and Building. The questions include regulating where they could be placed, certain sized lots, permit application or not, appearance as was done with the FOD ordinance, that they be emptied frequently and a distance between boxes so that we don't have a cluttered look along the street. Also, whether or not we really want to permit these bins throughout the city. A committee motion was made by Mr. Barker to hold Ordinances 2008-56 and 2008-57 in committee, and it was seconded by Mr. Gareau. The vote was 2-0. • Ordinances 2008-72 and 2008-73. Ordinance 2008-72 amends Section 117.05 of the Zoning Code in order to more effectively comport with Fourth Amendment Constitutional requirements. Ordinance 2008-73 is an ordinance amending Section 1331.13 of the Building Code in order to more effectively comport with Fourth Amendment Constitutional requirements. These amendments are being added because during discussion of Ordinance 2008-44, the Law Director discovered that some of the wording in the codes needed to change so as to be better understood by all and to protect the residents' issues concerning the Fourth 9