Mid Rivers Newsmagazine 5-3-17

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May 3, 2017
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Parade participants sought for O’Fallon’s
annual Heritage & Freedom Fest
news
briefs
LAKE SAINT LOUIS
City to retain limits
on fenced yards
Lake Saint Louis is not planning to
loosen its restrictions concerning the use
of fences around yards in the city.
At an April 17 work session, the city’s
Board of Aldermen discussed amending
city code in a way that would have allowed
fencing in many parts of the city where it
has been prohibited. However, the board
ultimately decided to stick with its requirements
that limit fencing except in subdivisions
that have reached pre-annexation
agreements.
City Administrator Paul Markworth said
the city always has prohibited fencing on
single-family lots within the older part of
the city, including in the Lake Saint Louis
Community Association’s original boundary
area. The association manages recreational
amenities and has other restrictions
in place in this area.
The issue surfaced earlier this month
with the approval of a voluntary annexation
of a 13-acre tract near Duello Road,
owned by Waterside Crossing LLC. The
agreement allows 46 single-family homes
on the site and homeowners to fence individual
lots. The fencing would be similar
to the fencing approved for the nearby
Wyndstone subdivision being developed
by McBride & Son Homes.
Markworth said allowing fencing was
approved by the city in pre-annexation
agreements for both subdivisions and
only one type of fencing is allowed.
Fencing has been allowed in five or six
subdivisions that have come inside city
boundaries from the unincorporated area,
he said.
Markworth did not rule out the possibility
of fencing being allowed for other city
residents coming into the city. That would
depend on the pre-annexation agreements
negotiated between the city and future
developers and the city making an exception
to its rules, he said.
O’FALLON
Covered parking ordinance
revision planned
O’Fallon will move forward with plans
to revise an ordinance regarding covered
parking for multi-family residential structures.
At its March 23 workshop meeting, Director
of Planning and Development Director
David Woods shared a draft ordinance
with the Council and Mayor Bill Hennessy
that, if passed, would make covered parking
optional for multi-family residential
structures and require that the roof of any
“covered parking shall match the roof form
of the multi-family residential structure.”
Woods intends to bring the draft for a
public hearing at the Planning and Zoning
Commission’s May 4 meeting. If the commission
votes on the measure then, the city
council could give the ordinance a first
reading on May 11, he said.
The draft ordinance, which will be used
to frame discussion on the issue, would not
require already constructed covered parking
structures to be taken down, Woods
said in a response to a question from Councilmember
John Haman Jr. [Ward 3]. Areas
zoned R-3 and R-4 are the only ones that
can have multi-family structures with covered
parking structures.
The draft ordinance was brought forward
after Haman discussed concerns at the
March 9 workshop meeting regarding the
aesthetics of covered parking structures,
describing some as looking like backyard
sheds without walls.
“I believe they’re unsightly,” he said at
the March 9 meeting.
City seeks vendors for
Heritage & Freedom Fest
A limited amount of booth space is still
available for artists and crafters to sell
their original creations at O’Fallon’s biggest
festival of the year, the Heritage &
Freedom Fest.
The event will be held July 2-4 at the
Ozzie Smith Sports Complex, 900 T.R.
Hughes Blvd. Vendors will be able to sell
merchandise throughout the festival; however,
the deadline to file for space is Friday,
May 12.
O’Fallon’s Heritage & Freedom Fest
starts with Family Night on Sunday from
4-10 p.m. and featuring carnival rides and
a colorful midway, food and beverages, the
Bubble Bus, sideshow entertainment and
Knockerball. On Monday [4-11 p.m.] and
Tuesday [noon-10 p.m.], the festival gets
into full swing with free concerts by headline
entertainers and regional bands, fireworks
each night, the carnival and midway,
free sideshows, free activities in the Kids’
Zone, Knockerball and festival food, beverages
and merchandise for sale.
For vendor applications with complete
information, go to www.heritageandfreedomfest.com.
Or, pick up an application
at O’Fallon’s Parks and Recreation
Administration Office, 400 Civic Park
Drive. The office is open from 8:30 a.m.-
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
For more information, call (636) 379-
5605 or email jhoisington@ofallon.mo.us.
Parade participants sought
Organizations and groups looking for a
fun way to get noticed and perhaps win
a bit of prize money can sign up now to
participate in the O’Fallon’s Heritage &
Freedom Fest Parade.
The patriotic Independence Day parade
typically draws thousands of families
along its two-mile route, and will get
underway in downtown O’Fallon at 9:30
a.m. on Monday, July 4.
Clubs, civic organizations, businesses,
churches and Scout troops wanting to be in
the parade can find an application, FAQs,
resources and tips posted on O’Fallon’s
festival website at www.heritageandfreedomfest.com/parade.
Entry forms also
can be picked up at City Hall, 100 North
Main Street; the Renaud Spirit Center,
2650 Tri Sports Circle; and the Parks and
Recreation Administration Office, 400
Civic Park Drive.