COUNCIL CONSIDERS REZONING, TRUCK LAWS

The Cape Girardeau City Council will decide the fate of a local insurance company's attempt to relocate.

Glynn Robison, owner of Robison Insurance Agency, 353 Christine, wants to move the business to 1511 Bloomfield Street, a residential area.

Originally, he wanted to put a sign in the area, but thought it best to just put a sign above the glass door of what he hopes will be his new office. He said there has been no opposition to the possibility of rezoning the area.

"The neighbors sent in letters of recommendation," Robison said. "They don't have any problems."

Also on the docket is an attempt to clean up some of the laws regarding truck parking and commercial traffic.

Some of the laws in Cape Girardeau make it illegal for a truck that is rated at a one ton or more capacity to drive through a park. Another law prohibits trucks with a rating of one ton and a half when they park on city streets at certain times.

By law trucks can only travel on designated routes through town. The law prohibits trucks that have a gross weight in excess of 24,000 pounds from traveling on roads that are not part of the truck routes.

The language of the parking laws and the traffic laws are different. The police department is requesting that the city council use the language in both the traffic and the parking laws. This means they want the weight requirements in the parking laws to be 24,000 pounds. This will be easy to enforce because the weight is determined by looking at the license plate.

"I think it is a matter of it being more confusing about where the trucks could go," said Police Chief Rick Hetzel. "This is just an attempt to try to clean up the laws to not only make it easier for law enforcement, but also for road users."

CAPE GIRARDEAU CITY COUNCIL

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 6

City Hall

Public Hearings

-- A request of Summit Enterprises, L.L.C. and Howard G. Kinder, Sr. and Betty J. Kinder to rezone Lots 1,2,3,4,14,15,16 and 17 of Second Amended Plat of Lynwood Hills Estate from R-1 Single Family Residential district to R-3, Two-Family Residential District.

-- A request of Glynn Robison and Denise Robison for a Special Use Permit for an insurance agency office at 1511 Bloomfield Street in an R-2 Single Family Residential District.

-- Amendments to the Zoning Ordinance regarding truck parking regulations.

Consent Ordinance

-- An ordinance accepting the record plat for Aquamsi Bluff Townhouses. Second and third readings.

-- An ordinance authorizing the mayor to enter into and accept an Easement Agreement with Union Electric for the Sanitary Sewer Improvement Program-Lift Stations and Force Main Project. Second and Third readings.

New Ordinances

-- An ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances by changing the zoning of part of Lynwood Hills Drive from R-1 to R-3. First reading.

-- An ordinance granting a Special Use Permit to Glynn Robison and Denise Robison for an insurance agency office in a residence at 1511 Bloomfield Street in an R-2 Single Family Residential District.

-- An ordinance amending the City Code relating to parking, stopping or standing of trucks or commercial motor vehicles. First Reading.

-- An ordinance amending the City Code relating to truck parking regulations. First reading.

-- An ordinance amending the City Code relating to commercial vehicles in parks. First reading.

-- An ordinance amending the City Code establishing a handicapped parking space on Sunset Boulevard. First Reading.

-- An ordinance appropriating funds for contingency, public works, general capital improvement, internal services, public safety, parks and recreation, hazard mitigation, general fund transfers, administrative services and developmental services. First reading.

-- An ordinance authorizing the acquisition of property for the widening of Mt. Auburn Road between Independence and William Streets and improvements to the Independence Street and Mt. Auburn Road Intersection. First reading.

Resolutions

-- A resolution authorizing the city manager to enter into an agreement with Southeast Missouri Stone Company for dirt removal from quarry property to be used in a firearms range. Reading and passage.

-- A resolution authorizing the city manager to execute an agreement with the Safe House for Women, Inc. for emergency shelter grant funds from Missouri Department of Social Services. Reading and Passage.

-- A resolution authorizing the city manager to execute an agreement with the Salvation Army for an emergency shelter grant funds from the Missouri Department of Social Services. Reading and passage.

-- A resolution authorizing the city manager to execute an addendum to an engineering services contract with Koehler Engineering and Land Surveying, Inc. for the Mt. Auburn Corridor Waterline Project. Reading and passage.

-- A resolution authorizing the city manager to execute an agreement with ASA Asphalt, Inc. for the 99-2 Street Overlay Program. Reading and passage.

Other

-- A motion to reimburse the developer of Randol Farms 11th Subdivision for the cost of increasing the width of Abbey and Kenneth Streets from the standard 30 feet to 36 feet amounting to $15,045.

-- A motion to accept the petition and grant a variance for the Walnut Street Improvement.

-- A motion approving improvement plans in the Vernon Rhodes Subdivision.