Agenda - 11-20-2017 - 8-a - Minutes

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8 1 John Roberts said this amendment will come back to the Board in December or 2 January. He said the current language could be interpreted to allow appeal of every 3 action that the Animal Services Department takes to the hearing pool and the Superior 4 Court. He said this was not the intent of the language. 5 Commissioner McKee asked if one is able to appeal in all cases anyway. 6 John Roberts said one can always sue the County. 7 8 Chapter 6 9 Insulation Contractors Ordinance - Obsolete and no longer enforced. The state building 10 code has been amended substantially since this ordinance was adopted. The state 11 building code now allows contractors to engage numerous alternative compliance 12 methods that circumvent the ordinance. 13 John Roberts said if the BOCC is comfortable with repealing this, he would 14 recommend that division 1 be left in place, with some amending of the language as to the 15 insulation that is put in County buildings. 16 Commissioner Marcoplos clarified that this law would be in place only for County 17 buildings. 18 John Roberts said yes, if the BOCC is interested in this. 19 Commissioner Marcoplos asked if this could be achieved via a contract as 20 opposed to a law. 21 John Roberts said yes it could. 22 The Board agreed to add this language to contracts instead of an ordinance and 23 to repeal the ordinance. 24 25 Chapter 10 26 Cable Communications Ordinance - Governs franchises and thus not appropriate for the 27 Code of Ordinances as franchise ordinances are maintained separate and apart from the 28 Code. John Roberts recommended the Board remove from Code and maintain as a 29 separate franchise ordinance template for possible repeal at a later date. The County’s 30 franchise with Time Warner expired in 2009 and the authority for granting and renewing 31 such franchises was withdrawn by the legislature in SL 2006-151 32 The Board agreed. 33 34 Chapter 16 35 Noise Ordinance - Board members previously indicated the board may wish to amend 36 the noise ordinance. 37 38 John Roberts said Board members have expressed some concerns about this. 39 He said section 16-52 is different from section 16-53, with the difference being that 16-52 40 prohibits specific actions on a property from 9:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m.…lawn mowers, chain 41 saws, compression engines, etc.; and section 16-53 refers to the decibel measurement 42 restrictions come into play. 43 John Roberts said this item is for Board discussion. 44 Commissioner Rich referred to “unreasonably loud,” and asked if this is 45 considered in the meter measurement on 16-53, or if it is a subjective opinion. 46 John Roberts said unreasonably loud is defined on page 7. 47 Commissioner Marcoplos clarified that if one is more than 300 feet away, then the 48 law is not applicable. 49 John Roberts said yes. 50 Commissioner Marcoplos said a friend, who owns land near him, had another 51 friend who wanted to test a semi-automatic weapon. He said this land is about 300 yards 52 away from his own house, but the shooting sounded as though it were in the back yard. 53