Properties rezoned, ordinances approved at March Carlinville Council meeting

By ERIN SANSON
Enquirer~Democrat Reporter

The Carlinville City Council held a lengthy meeting on March 17. Several ordinances were accepted and four properties were re-zoned.

Ordinances

The ordinances that were approved by the council had been previously approved in other meetings. At this meeting, the council had a completed draft of the ordinances, which had not been written at the times of previous votes. The council approved the written ordinances for the water deposit fee, water shut off dates, water tap fees, and an ordinance amending the motor vehicle/snow removal code.

An ordinance requesting bids for the property at 1000 and 1020 N. Broad Street was approved. The ordinance had to be re-approved and bid acceptance republished because six months had elapsed on the previous ordinance and an interested party would like to place a bid on the property.

The council re-approved the ordinance authorizing the borrowing of funds from the Public Water Supply Loan Program for the lead line replacement project.

Zoning

The council approved rezoning of the property at 213 N. East St., the former senior center, to multi-family use.
The property at 322 and 326 Plum Street was rezoned for government use by the Fire Protection District.

Cody Jackson came before the council during public comment to address the potential rezoning of property at 512 Mulberry. Jackson stated that rezoning the property and allowing for a duplex to be built would directly impact him as a neighboring homeowner. During discussion of the proposed rezone, Alderman Bill Link asked if the homeowners in the area had been worked with to mitigate concerns. Alderman Doug Downey stated that he spoke to the project manager, who stated that they would add a gutter so no water would run off into another’s property and would put up a fence on the property line to add security if the neighbor was amenable, to which he said he was. The property was then approved to be rezoned from single to multi-family.

Read the full story in the March 20th edition of the Macoupin County Enquirer~Democrat!