Page 5 - July 2018 NEWSWATCH

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that the city put 3-way stops on several cross-streets along Appomattox for traffic control and school safety. Ray seconded the motion, and it passed unanimously. Will send e-mail to Mr. Partenheimer.
The next SECPID meeting will be held July 17, 2018 at 6:30 at the Jones Creek Library.
Architectural Report – Nothing new to report. But in a follow-up, Ken reported that a resident on Fredrick who is building a 2-story treehouse without a permit was issued a stop order by the city until they can provide architectural plans and get a permit. Ken spoke to city representatives about the junk house list. Several cases have been closed; some have court dates assigned; 2 have been re-opened. There are many repeat offenders.
Residents on Pine Hill were in attendance. They had asked for a variance of city code to reduce their rear-yard setback from 25’ to 6’ and to reduce their side yard setback from 8’ to 5’ to add an open, front-facing, carport to existing residence. Variance was denied and homeowner is now in violation of code because the structure has already been built. Permit has not been granted. Resident presented letter signed by 5 of his neighbors stating that they have no problem with the structure. Board advised him to contact Carey Chauvin, head of city permit department. Resident was also advised that homeowners in the same filing can sue him for violation of subdivision restrictions for having front-facing carport within 2 years of the structure being built.
Newswatch and Website Report– Ed Craig – Webwatch exceeded another record in May when 2270 users accessed the website. There is a lot of information on the website now. Will have 4 years of Newswatch archived on the site. Ed welcomes all comments and ideas for Webwatch and Newswatch. If you want to see something in either one, send it to Ed. Deadline for articles is 6/20.
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