Millville
will expand city offices into museum space
By Joseph Sheppard
March 25, 2005 | MILLVILLE -- The
Planning Commission gave zoning clearance Thursday for
one new home and an expansion to the city offices.
Best Choice Professionals was given clearance to build
a speculation home in The Shire subdivision at 550 N.
140 East.
Planning Commission Chairman Jim Hart told William
Hawkes, the builder, that the landscaping must be in
within two years and that the grassy knoll in front
of the home needed to be maintained.
The city office will have a 10-foot-by-14-foot, one-room
expansion into the city museum, Councilman Mike Jessop
said. The museum has enough room for the expansion and
all the items in the museum can be rearranged and still
fit in the museum, he said.
Receiving clearance from the commission for the remodeling
wasn't necessary by city ordinance but it would helpful
for insurance purposes, Jessop said.
The commission discussed the possibility of requiring
builders to follow new standards passed after building
clearance is received from the commission, if more than
one year passes between when the commission approves
building plans and when they are presented to the city
council for approval.
Mayor Mike Johnson suggested that the commission find
out what sort of ordinances other cities had to help
in making a decision.
Hart said he was also concerned that the commission
had given approval on building plans that still needed
approval from the city engineer. He said there were
so many changes that needed to be made before the city
council approval could be received that perhaps the
commission shouldn't have approved them.
Johnson said he thought the council had done well
in approving the building plans, but that he would like
more complete work from the developers.
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