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Valuable
senior programs falling short
Community Action Chairman Paul Gleason
reported that programs for senior nutrition and transportation will
be short $30,000. The reason for this is more use of the programs by
more people. As the population ages, today more citizens are older
than ever before. They're living longer and staying in their homes
longer. So these services are needed more.
For some seniors the meal that they
have delivered to them is the only meal that they will eat that day.
And, Gleason added as a poignant side note, "They recognize the
knock on the door."
Zoning ordinance revised
A county ordinance that has caused
frequent upheavals and other problems between farming neighbors
since its creation has been modified and is ready for a second go.
Logan County Board Chairman Dale Voyles
determined in August that the relatively new ordinance on country homes needs further definition. He called a
moratorium on all agriculture-to-residential rezoning petitions.
Planning and Zoning Chairman David
Hepler said that the revised ordinance, which deals with private
sewers and water, is back from being reworked
by the Regional Planning and Zoning Board of Appeals and Assistant
State's Attorney Jonathan Wright.
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The determining factor in these
rezoning requests is whether the soil can safely conduct waste
materials from the septic system with no risk of contaminating
surrounding well or fresh water sources. Past Logan County Health
Department Administrator Lloyd Evans previously recommended that
those parcels should not be less than one acre. The amended
ordinance allows that the property "not be less than one-half acre."
Hepler said that the ordinance will be
ready to vote on at Tuesday's voting session with the following
language clarifications:
1. By saying, "based on soil analysis,
but not limited to soil analysis," the second phrase allows for
other possible contributing factors, such as usage, to be
considered. For example, a home for eight will have much more septic
waste than a home for two or four people. The added clause empowers
the statement.
2. Additional fees that the county has
previously absorbed in evaluating the suitability of the property
for rezoning will be put on the developer.
Decisions to
rezone properties will continue to be evaluated on a case-by-case
basis when they are petitioned to the board.
[Jan
Youngquist] |
