Summary of October 15th, 2018 Council Meeting

October 15, 2018

Councilmember G. Hansen moved, and Councilmember Taylor seconded, to approve the consent agenda. MOTION CARRIED 7-0.

APPROVED

Mayor Mutchler introduced Judge Lewis and thanked him for his 17 years of service as Ferndale’s Municipal Court Judge.

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Mayor Mutchler read the proclamation declaring October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

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Associate Planner Haylie Miller presented an update on the following private projects:

·         Pape/Kenworth, 5435 LaBounty Drive – In the proposed Pacific Fern Business Park. Zoning is mixed-use commercial. This is a business that sells and services semi-trucks and leases large equipment.

·         Timken Flood Cut, 1689 W. Smith Road – Flood mitigation project associated with the Timkin building. It’s located in the 100-year flood plain, so mitigation is required.

·         FrinGe Brewing, 5640 Third Avenue – Beer will be brewed on premises, and there will be rotating food trucks. There will be indoor seating as well as an outdoor patio. Excess grains will be donated to local farmers, and some of their beers will be named for local events.

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The proposed changes to the existing City of Ferndale sign code address a US Supreme Court decision related to signs within the public right-of-way, removing “content based” regulations, limiting the size of signs, and adopting other restrictions.

The proposed draft would allow agency and traffic control signs, and signs less than eight square feet in size that are not offensive, unsafe, that do not represent a hazard, and which do not impair the ability of the City to maintain the public right of way. On private property, signs would be regulated primarily based on safety and hazard, with building codes acting as the primary guidance for larger, structural signs.

Language that has been determined to be unconstitutional has been removed.

Councilmember Taylor moved, and Councilmember G. Hansen seconded, to approve the agenda bill. MOTION CARRIED 5-2, Councilmembers Olson and Watson opposed.

APPROVED