Board of Aldermen 08-13-2019 Page 19
ON THE QUESTION
Alderman Dowd
I'd like to speak to the amendment. The Amendment basically was adjusting it so that the line involved
goes out to the center of Amherst Street because they don't like to leave an arbitrary line on the border.
The Planning Department wanted to go out to the middle of the street, so that’s basically the amendment.
MOTION CARRIED
MOTION BY ALDERMAN DOWD FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF O-19-046 AS AMENDED
ON THE QUESTION
Alderman Dowd
This is a lot on the front of Amherst Street has always been used for general business, it was operating
under a variance as Chili’s from the time Chili's closed until the time the new owners applied for a
restaurant, the time it elapsed so the variance went away. So we have been working with Director
Marchant to change a lot of the zoning on Amherst Street to reflect that the first 200 feet are General
Business as 99% of them are. The only other question is if you are wondering why we didn’t do the lot next
door, it was because we didn’t want to impose that on them and they didn’t ask. So we are just doing that
one lot.
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Ordinance O-19-046 declared duly adopted as amended.
O-19-048
Endorsers: Alderman Richard A. Dowd
Alderman-at-Large Lori Wilshire
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Alderwoman Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja
AUTHORIZING A STOP SIGN ON COTTON ROAD AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE
COTTON ROAD CONNECTOR
Given its second reading;
MOTION BY ALDERMAN DOWD FOR FINAL PASSAGE OF O-19-048
ON THE QUESTION
Alderman Dowd
| have extra copies but if anybody wants to know where the stop sign is going, it is there is a new
restaurant there, the Press Café, people come out of the parking lot and zip on to the street and people try
to defy physics by occupying the same space at the same time. So the Board of Public Works asked us to
pass this to put a stop sign there.
Alderman O’Brien
Just to follow up with Alderman Dowd said, it did go to the Committee of Infrastructure which handles the
laws of physics quite well.
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