COMMITTEE ON ORDINANCES  - May 30, 2019
MEETING AT 7:00 PM,
City Hall, 133 William Street, New Bedford, MA City Council Chambers - Room 214
AGENDA
 

1. PUBLIC HEARING on a WRITTEN MOTION, Councillors Lopes, Abreu and Giesta, requesting on behalf of Antoine J. Khalife and Michael J. Khalife, that 157-161 Coggeshall Street, Plot 93/Lot 169 and 171 Coggeshall Street, Plot 93/Lot 227, be rezoned from Mixed-Use Business to Industrial “B”. (To be Referred to the Committee on Ordinances and the Planning Board.) (Ref’d 4/11/19) (Duly advertised in The Standard-Times on Thursday, May 16, 2019 and Thursday, May 23, 2019.)

 

INVITEES: David Gerwatowski, Legal Counsel Attorney; Tabitha Harkin, City Planner; Antoine J. Khalife; Michael J. Khalife; Abutters

 

2. COMMUNICATION/EMAIL, Heidi Johnson to Councillor Maria Giesta, stating her support of the Khalife brothers’ development efforts. (Ref’d 4/11/19)

 

3. PUBLIC HEARING on a WRITTEN MOTION, Councillors Lopes, Abreu and Giesta, requesting on behalf of Heidi Johnson “Trustee”/Mitchell Street Trust - 2013, that E.S. Mitchell Street, Plot 93/Lot 275 be rezoned from Mixed-Use Business to Industrial “B”. (To be Referred to the Committee on Ordinances and the Planning Board.) (Ref’d 4/11/19) (Duly advertised in The Standard-Times on Thursday, May 16, 2019 and Thursday, May 23, 2019.)

 

INVITEES: David Gerwatowski, Legal Counsel Attorney; Tabitha Harkin, City Planner; Heidi Johnson; Abutters

 

4. PUBLIC HEARING on a WRITTEN MOTION, Councillors Gomes and Lopes, requesting that the Committee on Ordinances amend Chapter 9, Section 4131B of the Code of Ordinances, Relative to Marijuana Establishment Zoning. (To be Referred to the Committee on Ordinances and the Planning Board.) (Ref’d 4/11/19) (Duly advertised in The Standard-Times on Thursday, May 16, 2019 and Thursday, May 23, 2019.)

 

4a. PUBLIC HEARING on AN ORDINANCE, amending Chapter 9, Subsection (ii) of Section 4131B – Location Requirements and Restrictions – by striking the last paragraph of subsection and inserting – “The distance under this provision shall be measured in a straight line from the nearest point of the property line in question to the primary entrance doorway into the structure where the Marijuana Establishment or Medical Marijuana Treatment Center will be located.” (To be Referred to the Committee on Ordinances and the Planning Board.) (Ref’d 4/11/19) (Duly advertised in The Standard-Times on Thursday, May 16, 2019 and Thursday, May 23, 2019.)

 

4b. PUBLIC HEARING on AN ORDINANCE, amending Chapter 9, Section 4131, Paragraph (a) of Subsection (ii) – Location Requirements and Restrictions – by adding inserting after the words “Medical Marijuana Treatment Center”– “unless the Marijuana Establishment or Medical Marijuana Treatment Center is separated from said property in question by a roadway layout of 50 feet or more that contains at least 4 designated lanes of traffic.” (To be Referred to the Committee on Ordinances and the Planning Board.) (Ref’d 4/11/19) (Duly advertised in The Standard-Times on Thursday, May 16, 2019 and Thursday, May 23, 2019.)

 

INVITEES: David Gerwatowski, Legal Counsel Attorney; Tabitha Harkin, City Planner; Mikaela McDermott, City Solicitor

 

5. COMMUNICATION, Mayor Mitchell, to City Council, submitting an ORDINANCE amending Chapter 20, Department of Planning and Community Development, dissolving the consolidated Department of Planning and Community Development and reinstating the stand-along departments of Planning and of Housing and Community Development. (Ref’d 3/28/19)

 

5a. AN ORDINANCE, (Ref’d 3/28/19)

 

INVITEES: David Gerwatowski, Legal Counsel Attorney; Tabitha Harkin, City Planner; Patrick J. Sullivan, Planning and Community Development Director

 

 

 

 

 

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