2017 Legislation - Ordinances

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Reading		 Temp. No.
 Perm. 
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 Description/Preamble
November 28, 2016 36-16  2 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING MAP FOR THE 184.264 ACRES ON THE WEST SIDE OF WHILEY ROAD AND NORTH OF ROYALTON ROAD PARCEL #0571000200 
January 9, 2017 1 1 AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL AND REPLACE SECTION 182.013(A) OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY TO PROVIDE FOR THE LEVY OF A ONE AND ONE HALF TENTH OF ONE PERCENT TAX ON EARNINGS AND INCOME SUBJECT TO THE MUNICIPAL INCOME TAX FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 1, 2018 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2022 FOR PARKS AND RECREATION, AS MORE FULLY SET FORTH HEREIN, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
January 9, 2017 2 3 AN ORDINANCE TO ACCEPT THE FINAL PLAT FOR EWING STREET BUSINESS PARK
January 9, 2017 3 4 AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE EDITING AND INCLUSION OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES AS PARTS OF THE VARIOUS COMPONENT CODES OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF LANCASTER, OHIO
January 23, 2017 4 6 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF NOTES IN THE MAXIMUM AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($581,000), IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COSTS OF IMPROVING THE STORM WATER SEWER SYSTEM BY CONSTRUCTING STORM WATER LINES (A) ALONG NOLDER DRIVE, (B) FROM BALDWIN RUN IN THE FORMER MULBERRY STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY AND FROM THE INTERSECTION OF LYNN DRIVE AND CLAYTON DRIVE TO EWING RUN AND (C) ALONG SENECA DRIVE, IN EACH CASE, TOGETHER WITH ALL NECESSARY APPURTENANCES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
January 23, 2017 5  5 AN ORDINANCE TO GRANT AN EASEMENT NECESSARY FOR THE PROVISION OF ELECTRIC SERVICES
February 13, 2017 6 7 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A MASTER EQUIPMENT LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND RELATED EQUIPMENT SCHEDULE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACQUIRING EQUIPMENT FOR THE CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED APPURTENANCES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
February 13, 2017 7 8 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A MASTER EQUIPMENT LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND RELATED EQUIPMENT SCHEDULE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACQUIRING EQUIPMENT FOR THE CITY’S PARKS DEPARTMENT AND RELATED APPURTENANCES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
February 27, 2017 8  Withdrawn AN ORDINANCE TO ACCEPT AN EASEMENT NECESSARY FOR A SANITARY SEWER
March 27, 2017 8*  9 AN ORDINANCE TO ACCEPT AN EASEMENT NECESSARY FOR A SANITARY SEWER
February 27, 2017 9 Withdrawn AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE 33-16, REPEAL AND REPLACE EXISTING 33-16, AND DECLARE AN EMERGENCY FOR THE MANAGEMENT PAY ORDINANCE
March 27, 2017 9* 10  AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE 33-16, REPEAL AND REPLACE EXISTING 33-16, AND DECLARE AN EMERGENCY FOR THE MANAGEMENT PAY ORDINANCE
March 13, 2017 10 11 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE 2011 EDITION OF THE OHIO FIRE CODE, AS THE “LANCASTER FIRE CODE” INCLUDING APPENDIX B-G ADDRESSING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM FIRE, EXPLOSION, HANDLING OR USE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND THE USE AND OCCUPANCY OF BUILDINGS AND PREMISES IN THE CITY OF LANCASTER, MAKING AMENDMENTS AND DELETIONS, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS AND COLLECTION OF FEES, AMENDING 1303.01(a) AND REPEALING EXISTING 1303.01(a) AND ORDINANCE 41-08, AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY
March 13, 2017 11 12 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LANCASTER ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE OHIO MECHANICAL CODE, 2011 VERSION, FOR THE PURPOSE OF REGULATING AND CONTROLLING THE CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, MOVEMENT, ENLARGEMENT, REPLACEMENT, REPAIR, EQUIPMENT, USE AND OCCUPANCY, LOCATION, MAINTENANCE, REMOVAL AND DEMOLITION OF EVERY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE OR ANY APPURTENANCES CONNECTED OR ATTACHED TO SUCH BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES IN THE CITY OF LANCASTER; PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS AND COLLECTION OF FEES THEREFORE; AMENDING LANCASTER CODIFIED ORDINANCE 1303.01(b) AND REPEAL EXISTING 1303.01(b), AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY
March 13, 2017 12  13  AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LANCASTER ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE 2011 EDITION OF THE OHIO PLUMBING CODE INCLUDING APPENDIX A & B, FOR THE PURPOSE OF REGULATING AND CONTROLLING THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, QUALITY OF MATERIALS, ERECTION, INSTALLATION, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LOCATION, RELOCATION, REPLACEMENT, ADDITION TO, USE OR MAINTENANCE OF PLUMBING SYSTEMS IN THE CITY OF LANCASTER; PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS AND COLLECTION OF FEES; AMEND LANCASTER CODIFIED ORDINANCE 1303.01(e), AND REPEAL EXISTING SECTION 1303.01(e), AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
March 13, 2017 13  14 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LANCASTER ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE 2014 NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE INCLUDING ANNEX A, B, C, D, E, F, G, AND H FOR THE PURPOSE OF REGULATING AND CONTROLLING THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, QUALITY OF MATERIALS, ERECTION, INSTALLATION, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LOCATION, RELOCATION, REPLACEMENT, ADDITION TO, USE OR MAINTENANCE OF ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS IN THE CITY OF LANCASTER; PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS AND COLLECTION OF FEES, AMENDING CHAPTER 1303.01(g) OF THE LANCASTER CODIFIED ORDINANCE, AND REPEAL EXISTING LANCASTER CODIFIED ORDINANCE SECTION 1303.01(g), AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
March 13, 2017 14  15 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LANCASTER ADOPTING THE 2015 EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, REGULATING AND GOVERNING THE CONDITIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF ALL PROPERTY, BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES; BY PROVIDING THE STANDARDS FOR SUPPLIED UTILITIES AND FACILITIES AND OTHER PHYSICAL THINGS AND CONDITIONS ESSENTIAL TO ENSURE THAT STRUCTURES ARE SAFE, SANITARY AND FIT FOR OCCUPATION AND USE; AND THE CONDEMNATION OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES UNFIT FOR HUMAN OCCUPANCY AND USE, AND THE DEMOLITION OF SUCH EXISTING STRUCTURES IN THE CITY OF LANCASTER; PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS AND COLLECTION OF FEES THEREFORE; REPEALING ORDINANCE SECTION 1303.01(d) OF THE CITY OF LANCASTER, AND ADOPTING LANCASTER CODIFIED ORDINANCE SECTION 1303.01(d), AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY
March 27, 2017 15 Withdrawn AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE AN EASEMENT FOR H & W INVESTMENT PROPERTIES LLC
April 10, 2017 15*  16 AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE AN EASEMENT FOR H & W INVESTMENT PROPERTIES LLC NKA THE MITHOFF COMPANIES, LTD.
April 10, 2017 16 17 AN ORDINANCE TO GRANT A TEMPORARY EASEMENT TO COLUMBIA GAS TRANSMISSION, LLC
April 24, 2017 17 18 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING LANCASTER CODIFIED ORDINANCE SECTION 911.07(D)(2) WHICH ESTABLISHES CAPACITY CHARGE FOR WATER, AND REPEAL EXISTING LANCASTER CODIFIED ORDINANCE 911.07(D)(2), AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY
April 24, 2017 18 19 AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL AND REPLACE LANCASTER CODIFIED ORDINANCE PART THIRTEEN – BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1327 – HISTORIC PRESERVATION/DESIGN REVIEW, OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LANCASTER, AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY
May 8, 2017 19 20 AN ORDINANCE TO ACCEPT A PERMANENT RIGHT-OF-WAY ON SHERIDAN DRIVE FOR THE TURN LANE WIDENING AND SIDEWALK PROJECT IN FRONT OF MEDILL ELEMENTARY
May 22, 2017 20 21 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE 10-17, REPEAL AND REPLACE EXISTING 10-17, AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY FOR THE MANAGEMENT PAY ORDINANCE, WITH THE CHANGES TO BE EFFECTIVE THE FIRST PAY PERIOD FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THIS ORDINANCE WITH NO RETROACTIVE PAY
May 22, 2017 21 Withdrawn  AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL AND REPLACE LANCASTER CODIFIED ORDINANCE PART ELEVEN – PLANNING AND ZONING CODE, TITLE THREE – ZONING AND PROPERTY RESTRICTIONS, CHAPTERS 1123.10 – EXISTING BUILDING ENCROACHMENT ON FRONT YARDS OR BUILDING SETBACKS, 1123.11 – SCREENING WALLS OR FENCES’ 1123.12 PLATTING REQUIREMENTS, 1125.03 ACCESSORY USES AND/OR STRUCTURES, 1125.05 PRIVATE SWIMMING POOLS, 1125.07 TEMPORARY ACCESSORY TENTS, 1133.02 (CN) COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT, 1133.03 (CG) COMMERCIAL GENERAL DISTRICT, 1133.04 (CH) COMMERCIAL HIGH INTENSITY DISTRICT, 1139 LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS’’ 1153.02 EXISTING LAND USE OR BUILDINGS’ 1153.06 DISCONTINUANCE, 1153.07 DAMAGE AND/OR DESTRUCTION OF A NONCONFORMING BUILDING OR USE, 1161 DEFINITIONS, OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LANCASTER, AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY
September 11, 2017 21* 28 AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL AND REPLACE LANCASTER CODIFIED ORDINANCE PART ELEVEN – PLANNING AND ZONING CODE, TITLE THREE – ZONING AND PROPERTY RESTRICTIONS, CHAPTERS 1123.10 – EXISTING BUILDING ENCROACHMENT ON FRONT YARDS OR BUILDING SETBACKS, 1123.11 – SCREENING WALLS OR FENCES’ 1123.12 PLATTING REQUIREMENTS, 1125.03 ACCESSORY USES AND/OR STRUCTURES, 1125.05 PRIVATE SWIMMING POOLS, 1125.07 TEMPORARY ACCESSORY TENTS, 1133.02 (CN) COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT, 1133.03 (CG) COMMERCIAL GENERAL DISTRICT, 1133.04 (CH) COMMERCIAL HIGH INTENSITY DISTRICT, 1139 LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS’’ 1153.02 EXISTING LAND USE OR BUILDINGS’ 1153.06 DISCONTINUANCE, 1153.07 DAMAGE AND/OR DESTRUCTION OF A NONCONFORMING BUILDING OR USE, 1161 DEFINITIONS, OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LANCASTER, AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY
September 11, 2017 21** Failed  AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL AND REPLACE LANCASTER CODIFIED ORDINANCE PART ELEVEN – PLANNING AND ZONING CODE, TITLE THREE – ZONING AND PROPERTY RESTRICTIONS, CHAPTERS 1123.10 – EXISTING BUILDING ENCROACHMENT ON FRONT YARDS OR BUILDING SETBACKS, 1123.11 – SCREENING WALLS OR FENCES’ 1123.12 PLATTING REQUIREMENTS, 1125.03 ACCESSORY USES AND/OR STRUCTURES, 1125.05 PRIVATE SWIMMING POOLS, 1125.07 TEMPORARY ACCESSORY TENTS, 1133.02 (CN) COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT, 1133.03 (CG) COMMERCIAL GENERAL DISTRICT, 1133.04 (CH) COMMERCIAL HIGH INTENSITY DISTRICT, 1139 LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS’’ 1153.02 EXISTING LAND USE OR BUILDINGS’ 1153.06 DISCONTINUANCE, 1153.07 DAMAGE AND/OR DESTRUCTION OF A NONCONFORMING BUILDING OR USE, 1161 DEFINITIONS, OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LANCASTER, AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY
June 26, 2017 22 23 AN ORDINANCE TO ACCEPT AN EASEMENT NECESSARY TO CONSTRUCT, REPAIR, MAINTAIN, OPERATE, INSPECT, REPLACE, OR REMOVE A GAS LINE AND APPURTENANCES
June 26, 2017 23  22  AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL AND REPLACE LANCASTER CODIFIED ORDINANCE PART ELEVEN – PLANNING AND ZONING CODE, CHAPTER 1101 – CITY PLANNING COMMISSION, SECTION 1101.02 – ORGANIZATION; TERM; NO COMPENSATION, OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LANCASTER, AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY
July 17, 2017 24 24  AN ORDINANCE TO VACATE A PORTION OF UNIMPROVED PUBLIC ALLEY KNOWN AS ZANE ALLEY, AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY
August 14, 2017 25 25  AN ORDINANCE TO ACCEPT AN EASEMENT NECESSARY TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, OPERATE, TAP INTO, REPLACE OR REMOVE ONE OR MORE MUNICIPAL GAS LINES
August 14, 2017 26 26 AN ORDINANCE TO ACCEPT AN ACCESS EASEMENT NECESSARY FOR USE AS A VEHICLE TURNAROUND
August 14, 2017 27 27 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE DONATION OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY IN THE POSSESSION OF THE LANCASTER POLICE DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO OHIO REVISED CODE
August 28, 2017 28 Tabled      9 28 2017 AN ORDINANCE TO ACCEPT THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE VETERAN'S WAY SUBDIVISION
October 9, 2017 29 29 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF NOTES IN THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF ONE MILLION SIX HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,620,000.00), IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COSTS OF THE RENOVATION OF AN EXISTING BUILDING FOR USE BY THE CITY’S MUNICIPAL COURT, TOGETHER WITH ALL NECESSARY APPURTENANCES THERETO, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
October 9, 2017 30 30 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF A REVENUE NOTE IN THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY DOLLARS AND SEVENTY-EIGHT CENTS ($331,380.78) TO REIMBURSE FLAGSTAR BANK, FSB FOR A DRAW ON THE LETTER OF CREDIT IN CONNECTION WITH COSTS OF IMPROVING ETY ROAD, MEMORIAL DRIVE AND MICHAELS WAY BY GRADING, WIDENING, PAVING, CURBING, AND IMPROVING BRIDGES AND RAILROAD CROSSINGS, RELOCATING UTILITIES, AND INSTALLING SIDEWALKS, TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND SIGNS, AND WATER, SANITARY AND STORM WATER LINES AND FACILITIES, TOGETHER WITH ALL NECESSARY APPURTENANCES THERETO, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
October 9, 2017 31 31 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF REVENUE NOTES, IN THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF ONE MILLION SIXTY EIGHT THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE DOLLARS AND NINETY-NINE CENTS ($1,068,363.99), TO PAY COSTS OF IMPROVING ETY ROAD, MEMORIAL DRIVE AND MICHAELS WAY BY GRADING, WIDENING, PAVING, CURBING, AND IMPROVING BRIDGES AND RAILROAD CROSSINGS, RELOCATING UTILITIES, AND INSTALLING SIDEWALKS, TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND SIGNS, AND WATER, SANITARY AND STORM WATER LINES AND FACILITIES, TOGETHER WITH ALL NECESSARY APPURTENANCES THERETO, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
October 9, 2017 32 32 AN ORDINANCE TO ACCEPT AN EASEMENT NECESSARY TO CONSTRUCT, REPAIR, MAINTAIN, OPERATE, INSPECT, REPLACE, OR REMOVE A GAS LINE AND APPURTENANCES
October 9, 2017 33 33 AN ORDINANCE TO ACCEPT AN EASEMENT NECESSARY TO CONSTRUCT, REPAIR, MAINTAIN, OPERATE, INSPECT, REPLACE, OR REMOVE A GAS LINE AND APPURTENANCES
November 13, 2017 34 34
 AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH BENEFITS, TITLES, AND COMPENSATION FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NOT MEMBERS OF THE RECOGNIZED BARGAINING UNITS EMPLOYED BY THE CITY OF LANCASTER, OHIO FOR THE YEAR 2018, AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY
November 13, 2017 35 Withdrawn
 		 AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH THE BENEFITS, TITLES, AND COMPENSATION FOR MANAGEMENT AND PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL EMPLOYED BY THE CITY OF LANCASTER, OHIO FOR THE YEAR 2018, AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY
December 11, 2017 35* 35  AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH THE BENEFITS, TITLES, AND COMPENSATION FOR MANAGEMENT AND PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL EMPLOYED BY THE CITY OF LANCASTER, OHIO FOR THE YEAR 2018, AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY
 
November 13, 2017 36 36
 AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH THE BENEFITS, TITLES, AND COMPENSATION FOR THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATOR, OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT, EMPLOYED BY THE CITY OF LANCASTER, OHIO, COMMENCING THE FIRST PAY PERIOD OF 2018, AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY
November 13, 2017 37 37 AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH THE COMPENSATION FOR PART-TIME ELECTED OFFICIALS INCLUDING TREASURER, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THE APPOINTED COUNCIL CLERK, FOR THE TERM COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2018
November 13, 2017 38 Withdrawn AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL AND REPLACE LANCASTER CODIFIED ORDINANCE PART ONE – ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, TITLE FIVE, ADMINISTRATIVE, CHAPTER 145 – EMPLOYEES GENERALLY, OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LANCASTER, AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY
November 27, 2017 38* 38 AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL AND REPLACE LANCASTER CODIFIED ORDINANCE PART ONE – ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, TITLE FIVE, ADMINISTRATIVE, CHAPTER 145 – EMPLOYEES GENERALLY, OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LANCASTER, AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY
November 13, 2017 39 39 AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE SERVICE-SAFETY DIRECTOR TO ACCEPT APPROXIMATELY TWENTY-SIX (26) ACRES, MORE OR LESS, OF PROPERTY SITUATED IN SECTIONS 27 AND 34, TOWNSHIP 15 NORTH, RANGE 19 WEST, GREENFIELD TOWNSHIP, FAIRFIELD COUNTY, FROM THE FAIRFIELD COUNTY LAND REUTILIZATION CORPORATION
December 11, 2017 40 40 AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL AND REPLACE LANCASTER CODIFIED ORDINANCE PART ONE – ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, TITLE THREE, LEGISLATIVE, CHAPTER 111 – RULES OF COUNCIL, SECTION 111.06.1 STANDING COMMITTEES AND BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LANCASTER, AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY
December 11, 2017 41 41 AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL AND REPLACE LANCASTER CODIFIED ORDINANCE PART THIRTEEN – BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 1327 – HISTORIC PRESERVATION/DESIGN REVIEW, SECTION 1327.04 ESTABLISHMENT OF HISTORIC LANCASTER COMMISSION, OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LANCASTER, AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY