HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. O05-12ORDINANCE NO. O05-12
ORDINANCE REPEALING CHAPTER 17.64 OF THE
LAUREL MUNICIPAL CODE WHICH PROVIDES FOR A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
WHEREAS, the City of Laurel has a provision in the Laurel Municipal Code for a Board of Adjustment, a
quasi-legal appeals board for non-land use zoning issues; and
WHEREAS, such Board of Adjustment has not met for at least two years; and
WHEREAS, previous meetings of such Board of Adjustment often did not have a legal quorum of
members with which to make decisions; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Laurel had previously removed any issues concerning land use
from the purview of the Board of Adjustment; and
WHEREAS, enabling legislation of the State of Montana, 76-2-321, MCA, provides that local
governments may provide for a Board of Adjustment but does not require same; and
WHEREAS, the Laurel-Yellowstone City-County Planning Board, acting as the City Zoning Commission,
has proposed elinfination of the Board of Adjustment and conducted a duly advertised public hearing on June 2,
2005 at which no objection was presented; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Laurel hereby finds it is in the best interests of the residents of
Laurel to approve this change.
IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Laurel, Montana that Chapter 17.64 of the
Laurel Municipal Code is hereby repealed.
This ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after final passage by the City Council and
approved by the Mayor.
Introduced and passed on first reading at a regular meeting of thc City Council on September 20
2005 by Aldarperson Johnson
PASSED and ADOPTED by the Laurel City Council on second reading this 1st
i'lovember ,2005, upon motion of Alderperson Johnson
day of
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this ls t
ATTEST:
Elk River Law Office, P.L.L.P.
O05-12 Repeal Board of Adjustment
day of November ,2005.
~f~Tmneth E. Olson, Jr., ~Ja~or