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Photo by Erica Techo.
18th Street South Parking Signs
The City Council will consider new parking signs in the lot behind several 18th Street South businesses.
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Sydney Cromwell
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Proclamation
Mayor Scott McBrayer presents a proclamation declaring September Ovarian and Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month in Homewood.
With the agreement of the business owners, the city council chose to drop a sign variance request for the parking lot behind several 18th Street South shops.
David Brandt of Fravert Services had brought the request at the previous council meeting to install larger signs at the entrances of the parking lot behind 2800 to 2836 18th St. S. The signs would inform drivers that the lot is for customers only and violators will be towed. Brandt needed variances both for size and the type, as the pole signs he proposed are not allowed by city code.
The council chose to carry over discussion on Aug. 10 due to an upcoming meeting of the ad hoc parking solutions committee. Ward 1 Representative Britt Thames hosted that meeting with several business owners on Aug. 20. After the meeting, both Brandt and the business owners wished to drop the sign variance request and work with the parking solutions committee to address their parking issues.
The council was also supposed to hear an initial 2015-2016 budget presentation from Mayor Scott McBrayer, but this was postponed due to some unresolved details. The mayor will present his budget proposal at 5 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 31. It will precede the normal committee meetings.
Other council business included:
- Proclaiming September Ovarian and Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month. Some city buildings will be lit teal, the color of gynecologic cancer awareness, throughout the month.
- Approving an amendment to the city's animal tethering law, stating that animals cannot be left tethered outside for more than one hour at a time. They also cannot be left unattended when tethered or in inhumane conditions.
- Approving a retail beer and table wine license for Oak and Raleigh, 705 Oak Grove Road. Morgan Duncan, co-owner of Oak and Raleigh, said the official opening will be Sept. 2 beginning at 11 a.m.
- Setting a Sept. 14 public hearing for a sign variance at 600 Brookwood Mall.
- Setting a public hearing for Sept. 14 to consider amendments to the West Homewood ordinances and repealing the CDRC.
- Authorizing the mayor to enter an ALDOT agreement to resurface part of Columbiana Road.
- Approving a $9,000 payment to ClasTran for services during the current fiscal year.
- Allowing the residents of 3107 Whitehall Road to build a parking pad of grass and paver stones in the city right-of-way.
- Approving a variance to the driveway ordinance for 105 Yorkshire Drive.
- Authorizing a new mailing system with Pitney Bowes, Inc.
- Adopting 2015 International Building, Residential, Plumbing, Mechanical, Fuel Gas, Existing Building, Property Maintenance, Energy Conservation, National Electrical and Fire Codes.