MONROE - In a meeting Wednesday, Sept. 10, the City of Monroe Plan Commission:
• Approved a conditional use permit for the Monroe Clinic's east employee parking lot (No. 6) to be used at night. The lot had been granted daytime only use since at least 1992, but had been lighted and used at night since 2000, according to Monroe Clinic facilities coordinator Steve Borowski. City building inspector Dave Powers said he could not find where the change had occurred in the city's codes. Monroe Clinic requested that the change be made - perhaps, again - to allow the parking lot use at night.
• Discussed at length different land uses zones along Fourth Avenue West. The parcels are mixed with manufacturing (M-1) and general business districts (GBD). Powers said he had no background information as to why the city had allowed various parcels to be zoned and developed as they have been. Normally a barrier is required between different zones. Fourth Avenue has little or no barriers between zones.
Powers and the commission were particularly concerned with apartments and a park (Honey Creek), which are usually in residential zones, being allowed in a manufacturing zone. Powers said even the SLICE hockey arena is not properly zoned as M-1.
Without rezoning, City Attorney Rex Ewald said, the properties would become non-conforming to city codes.
Board member Dr. John Franz was not in favor of rezoning the area.
"It's not broken enough to need fixing," he said.
Franz made a motion to postpone action indefinitely, which failed for lack of a second.
Vice-Chairman Nate Klassy then motioned to postpone action until next month; Keith Ingwell seconded it. The motion passed unanimously.
• Approved a conditional use permit for the Monroe Clinic's east employee parking lot (No. 6) to be used at night. The lot had been granted daytime only use since at least 1992, but had been lighted and used at night since 2000, according to Monroe Clinic facilities coordinator Steve Borowski. City building inspector Dave Powers said he could not find where the change had occurred in the city's codes. Monroe Clinic requested that the change be made - perhaps, again - to allow the parking lot use at night.
• Discussed at length different land uses zones along Fourth Avenue West. The parcels are mixed with manufacturing (M-1) and general business districts (GBD). Powers said he had no background information as to why the city had allowed various parcels to be zoned and developed as they have been. Normally a barrier is required between different zones. Fourth Avenue has little or no barriers between zones.
Powers and the commission were particularly concerned with apartments and a park (Honey Creek), which are usually in residential zones, being allowed in a manufacturing zone. Powers said even the SLICE hockey arena is not properly zoned as M-1.
Without rezoning, City Attorney Rex Ewald said, the properties would become non-conforming to city codes.
Board member Dr. John Franz was not in favor of rezoning the area.
"It's not broken enough to need fixing," he said.
Franz made a motion to postpone action indefinitely, which failed for lack of a second.
Vice-Chairman Nate Klassy then motioned to postpone action until next month; Keith Ingwell seconded it. The motion passed unanimously.