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Minutes for the MAPC meeting on July 8, 2003.
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Metropolitan Area Planning Commission Minutes, July 8, 2003
MEMBERS PRESENT: Beadles, Vance, Damron, Gott, Krennerich, M. Johnson
MEMBERS ABSENT: Day, Moore, G, Johnson
The minutes of the June 17, 2003 meeting were approved as prepared on a motion Mr. Damron, second by Mr. Gott, and unanimous vote.
Review a proposed ordinance amending Title 14, the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Jonesboro, to require design professionals preparing site plans to certify that site improvements have been installed and completed in accordance with the approved site plan.
The following language was changed in the ordinance, prior to it being considered, to read as follows, “to require design professionals preparing site plans to verify that, according to the best of their knowledge, that site improvements have been installed and completed in accordance with the approved site plan”. This language was changed in the title block, the first paragraph, and the fourth paragraph. In paragraph three of the ordinance, the word certification was changed to verification.”
Phillip Crego, City Attorney, responded to a question about when the ordinance would become effective. The ordinance is not retroactive and does not apply to site plans that have already been submitted for approval. It would apply on to those submitted after adoption of the ordinance by the City Council.
John Easley, Associated Engineering, questioned the format that would be required for the verification. It was stated that an as built letter of verification stating that site visits were made during the construction process and that the design professional observed the construction and to the best of their knowledge the site is built according to the approved plans.
With regard to allowing changes in plans, Glenn Batten, City Planner, stated that the process currently used would still apply where the applicant and/or his design professional would submi...
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