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'- MOORESVILLE PLAN COMMISSION MINUTES MAY 23, 1996 THURSDAY, 7:30 P.M. MOORESVILLE TOWN HALL The Mooresville Plan Commission met in regular sessio n on Thursday, May 23, 1996 at 7:30 P. M. at the Mooresville Town Hall. commission members present were Bill Abbott, Vern Kimmel, Mike Young, Art Raney, and Charles McGuire. Joel Bebee, Tim Cummins, Tim Bennett, and John Ehrhart were absent. '-- Motion was made by Art Raney, second by Bill Abbott to approve the minutes of the April 25, 1996 meeting with the exception of the date of the next meeting. Motion carried unanimously. Steve Holloway, Vice President of the Morgan County Historic Preservation Society, appeared before the Commission on behalf of Holly Lynch owner of the property at 218 East South Street. The Historical Society wants to restore this house. Ms Lynch has had a structural engineer to evaluate the house for structural soundness. The house does not have a lien against it because the insurance ~aid off the mortgage. The Historical Society is wait1ng on two construction bids and Ms Lynch is applying to local financial institutions for loans. After a discussion by the Commission, a motion was made by Bill Abbott, second by Mike Young to allow one week to get the building secured and to receive a letter of assurance from Steve Hoffman, the structural engineer, concerning the buildin~ collapsing. If this does not happen the Plan commission w111 then proceed onward with the enforcement of the Unsafe Building Ordinance. Motion carried 5-0. , The owners of Jack's Pizza still have not applied for a variance. Motion was made by Bill Abbott, second by Vern Kimmel for the Plan Commission to proceed with legal action. Motion carried 5-0. commissioner Charles McGuire reported receiving a letter pertaining to property at 923 S. Johnson Road. The letter stated a possible zoning violation. The owner is Brian Stuart owner of Bright Ideas Electric. The property is zoned R-1. The letter stated employees were meeting and parking there and riding to work, therefore too many cars were parking on Johnson Road. Some commissioners have investigated and have not found a lot of cars parking on Johnson Road. After some discussion motion was made by Bill Abbott, second by Mike Young to reply to the letter written by Norman Taylor stating the Plan commission has investigated and has found no violation of the ordinance. If there is a ~