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Council Minutes of 05-03-2016 The BZD Committee met Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 7:15 p.m. Present were committee members Schumann and Barker; Council President Jones; Council members Brossard, Hemann, Kearney and Limpert; Mayor Kennedy and Planning & Development Director Wenger. • Discussed was Ordinance 2016-49 which is an Ordinance amending various sections of Part Seven of the Codified Ordinances of the City of North Olmsted titled "Business Regulation Code" for the limited purpose of changing the "Board of Building Code Appeals" and "Board of Zoning Appeals" to the "Building and Zoning Board of Appeals" and declaring an emergency. This Ordinance amends the Code to conform with the recent Charter changes. The Committee voted 2-0 to recommend approval of Ordinance 2016-49. • Discussed last was Ordinance 2016-19 which is an Ordinance establishing Chapter 735 of the Business Regulation Code entitled "Food Trucks" to provide regulations for mobile food vendors in the City of North Olmsted. Food trucks must be licensed by the State of Ohio, and must have a license issued by the Cuyahoga County Board of Health. Food trucks must make themselves available for inspection by the Division of Fire, must keep the surrounding area clean, and not have loudspeakers or alcohol. Food trucks are prohibited from operating in the public right-of-way. Ice cream trucks are excluded from this legislation. The committee voted 2-0 to recommend approval of Ordinance 2016-19 with amendments. Councilman Schumann made a motion to amend Ordinance 2016-19. The motion was seconded by Councilman Barker and passed unanimously. Ordinance 2016-19 amended 7-0. Councilwoman Hemann, Chairwoman of the Intra-Governmental Relations Committee amended her report given at the April 19, 2016 Council meeting where she stated Mayor Kennedy was present at the Intra-Governmental Relations Committee meeting of April 12, 2016 when, in fact, he was not. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Dennis Lambert, 25057 Carey Lane said he has come up to say something nice about the Law Director. Keeping Council up-to-date with litigation is probably one of the most important things a Law Director can do. Lambert said he appreciates Gareau being proactive about that. What is interesting about this particular case is he gets so many people that think he's "off the wall" when he comes to Council meetings with ideas. He addressed Gareau and asked him if he recalls when the Council started using electronic tablets (iPads), he spoke of the potential risk of having those tablets be scrutinized by anybody. The Supreme Court kind of nails that prediction. LEGISLATION Ordinance 2016-37 introduced by Mayor Kennedy was given its third reading. An Ordinance amending various sections of Chapter Thirteen of the Codified Ordinances of 3