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February 1, 2012
LO board approves 1st reading for yacht club sign
By Jeff Thompson
LAKE OZARK - Clearing the way for a new Ozark Yacht Club (OYC) sign on Business
54 was the thrust of a short Board of Aldermen meeting last Tuesday night.
The board gave first-reading approval to an ordinance granting a right-of-way
encroachment request from OYC concerning the place of new business signage.
The second reading of the ordinance will be held at the Feb. 14 board meeting.
The ordinance will authorize a revocable license agreement between the city and
OYC which is good for 10 years with an option to renew the agreement for another
10 years.
The license agreement itself states that the city can immediately cancel the
agreement for a number of reasons including failure to construct the sign as
approved, non-use or abandonment of the sign, and a failure to restore the sign
due to damage or disrepair.
The sign’s position had been a point of contention since the request was first
made in December.
OYC had already placed a concrete sign footing within 10 feet of the
right-of-way when it approached the board at its Dec. 13, 2011 meeting.
In addition, the original sign request had been denied by the city building
inspector because “...the sign location did not conform to the requirements of
Section 405,500 3(b) of the Municipal Code which states that all freestanding
signs shall be set back a minimum of five feet from any right-of-way or
easement.”
An OYC spokesman next appeared before the board on Jan. 10, stating a new
footing for the sign had been made 25 feet back from the right-of-way on
Business Highway 54.
The OYC spokesman had also asked the board for permission to leave the original
sign footing where it was to avoid the cost of removing the cement structure.
The spokesman had assured the board that OYC would add landscaping to the
original footing location.
In other business at the Jan. 24 meeting:
* The board approved a letter of intent for a City and Sunday liquor license for
Casablanca Bar & Grill. The letter of intent had been filed by the business’s
new owners, Ryan and Mark Brick of Lake Management Group, Inc.
* A 2006 Ford Crown Vic used by the police department is “dead lined,“ according
to a report to the board from Police Chief Mark Maples.
Maples stated that the vehicle had had transmission problems in the past.
“Therefore, I will propose making (a) vehicle purchase in the next 30 - 45
days,” Maples stated in his report.
* In addition, Maples stated that “traffic watches have been ongoing on Highway
242 for the last 30 days and speeding warnings have been given as an education
and adjustment period to the 45 mph speed limit.”
He added that he expected to see traffic summonses starting in February.
* The board met in executive session for approximately 30 minutes but no action
was taken.
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