HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity/County Planning Board Minutes 05.11.1989LAUREL-YELLOWSTONE
CITY-COUNTY PLANNING BOARD
LAUREL, MONTANA 69044
May 11, 1989
The meeting of the Laurel-Yellowstone City-County Planning
Board was brought to order at 7:00 PM with the following
members present:
John Hawley Smith, Chairman
Roy Johnson, Co, Representative
Gerald Shay, Co. Representative
Grace Edwards, Co. Representative
Clarence Foos Co. Representative
Don Gudgell, Co. Representative
Joe Bradley, City Representative
Members absent:
Velda Thomas, City Representative
Darrell Aaby, City Representative
Chuck Dickerson, City Representative
• Others present:
Cal Cumin, City Planner
Cheryll Lund, Secretary
Chip Watts, owner E Lazy Y Trailer Court, Laurel (late)
The minutes of the April 13, 1989 meeting were presented and,reviewed.
Motion by Grace Edwards, seconded by Don Gudgell, to approve
the minutes.. Motion carried.
Legislative Update
Cal gave a brief run down on Legislative issues that affect the
Planning Board.
Complaint on fee for Houses in Transit- Chi Watts
Chip Watts was at the meeting to complain about having to pay the
$25 fee for moving trailer houses through the City into his court.
He himself doesn't have to pay the fee, but anyone moving their
trailer into his court does. He feels that with the other fees
involved in moving a trailer in, his customers do not need to
pay another unnecessary fee to move the trailer through town. He
feels that the blocking and gas inspection fee ($20) and the
electrical inspection fee ($20) are necessary for safety reasons,
but the fee for moving the house is not justifiable. The $25 is
basically paid for him to go to the office and have someone tell
him which street he can use to move his trailer house on. He
feels that no work is actually being done by a City employee.
Joe Bradley states that he does feel that there is some work
being done by the City Engineer, because there is the time Jim
is taking to explain which route to take. Joe also feels that
the fees for blocking and gas inspection should be raised, because
the small amount that they charge now doesn't even pay for Jim's
time spent on the inspections.
Chip also feels that he, and other mobile home owners, and court
owners, shouldn't be penalized the $25 because of an Ordinance
that was passed solely because of the house that was left on the
corner of 1st Avenue and 12th Street. He feels that that person
who owned that house should of been fined, instead of having
everyone suffer the consequences by assessing the $25 fee.
Joe Bradley states that this issue will be brought before the
Council again and possibly the issue will be opened up again
and brought back to the Planning Board.
Discussion among the Planning Board members as to whether
trailer houses were ever even considered when they discussed
the Ordinance. The Board will invite Jim Flisrand to next
month's meeting and discuss this issue further.
New Books for the Planning Board
New notebooks were passed out to all Board members who haven't
had one. Also, some updated material was given to the members
who have notebooks.
Question on Arnold Capen, whether he has a City license or not.
Cal thinks he does, but will look into the minutes further and
report back at the next meeting.
Motion by Don Gudgell, seconded by Grace Edwards to adjourn
the meeting. Motion carried.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:00 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Chery1L Lund, Secretary Y