COMMITTEE ON ORDINANCES  - June 25, 2019
MEETING AT 7:00 PM,
City Hall, 133 William Street, New Bedford, MA City Council Chambers - Room 214
AGENDA
 

REVISED AGENDA

 

 

1. PUBLIC HEARING, CONTINUED, 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.) (5/30/19-continued until 6/25/19)

 

1a. COMMUNICATION, Tabitha Harkin, City Planner, to Councillor Hugh Dunn, Chairman, Committee on Ordinances, advising that the Planning Board held a public hearing on June 12, 2019 to discuss the proposed requests for the rezoning of 157-161 Coggeshall Street, Plot 93/Lot 169 and 171 Coggeshall Street, Plot 93/Lot 227 from Mixed-Use Business to Industrial “B”; the Planning Board voted to send a FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION, recommending the City Council consider rezoning the above-mentioned parcels. (Ref’d 6/19/19)

 

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) (5/30/19-continued until 6/25/19)

 

3. PUBLIC HEARING, CONTINUED, 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.) (5/30/19-continued until 6/25/19)

 

3a. COMMUNICATION, Tabitha Harkin, City Planner, to Councillor Hugh Dunn, Chairman, Committee on Ordinances, advising that the Planning Board held a public hearing on June 12, 2019, to discuss the proposed request that E.S. Michell Street, Plot 93/Lot 275 be rezoned from Mixed-Use Business to Industrial “B”; the Planning Board voted to send a FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION, recommending the City Council consider rezoning the above-mentioned parcel. (Ref’d 6/19/19)

 

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

 

4. PUBLIC HEARING, CONTINUED, 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.) (5/30/19-continued until 6/25/19)

 

4a. PUBLIC HEARING, CONTINUED, 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.) (5/30/19-continued until 6/25/19)

 

4b. PUBLIC HEARING, CONTINUED, 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.) (5/30/19-continued until 6/25/19)

 

4c. COMMUNICATION, Tabitha Harkin, City Planner, to Councillor Hugh Dunn, Chairman, Committee on Ordinances, advising that the Planning Board held a public hearing on June 12, 2019 to discuss the proposed requests for two ordinance amendments to the Marijuana Establishment Zoning Ordinance; the Planning Board voted to send UNFAVORABLE RECOMMENDATIONS for changing the measurement from property line to primary door and adding the exception for when there is a separation provided by a roadway layout measuring more than 50 feet wide with 4 designated lanes of traffic.  (Ref’d 6/19/19)

 

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

 

5. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillors Carney and Dunn, requesting that DPI Commissioner Jamie Ponte meet with the Committee on Ordinances to discuss the $50.00 fee that residents are being charged for exterior meters. (To be Referred to the Committee on Ordinances.) (Ref’d 5/9/19)

 

INVITEES: Jose Arruda; Chris Charleston; Carminda Ferreira; Deborah Furtado; Jeff Gallant; Joe Gonçalves; Doug Hollis; Richard Medeiros; Jamie Ponte, Commissioner, Department of Public Infrastructure; Tony Silva; Fernando Veiga

 

 

 

 

 

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