Mid Rivers Newsmagazine 3-20-24
Local news, local politics and community events for St. Charles County Missouri.
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8 I NEWS I<br />
March <strong>20</strong>, <strong>20</strong><strong>24</strong><br />
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NEWS<br />
BRIEFS<br />
DARDENNE PRAIRIE<br />
City clerk honored<br />
Dardenne Prairie City Clerk Kim Clark<br />
was recognized for outstanding achievement<br />
in her field at the March 6 Board<br />
of Aldermen meeting. She was honored<br />
for earning the rank of Master Municipal<br />
Clerk (MMC) from the International Institute<br />
of Municipal Clerks. This is the highest<br />
certification a city clerk can earn and<br />
is designed to aid her in providing the city<br />
with continued outstanding service.<br />
O’FALLON<br />
Three new tattoo and body<br />
piercing businesses proposed<br />
At its March 14 meeting, the O’Fallon<br />
City Council conducted public hearings<br />
and gave first readings for three bills<br />
that would grant conditional use permits<br />
(CUPs) for three new tattoo and body<br />
piercing establishments, each with a different<br />
owner.<br />
O’Fallon’s Planning and Zoning Commission<br />
(P&Z) forwarded recommendations<br />
for approval of all three to the city<br />
council. If typical process and timing are<br />
followed, the bills will receive a second<br />
reading and vote for passage at the next<br />
council meeting on March 28.<br />
Bill No. 7626 would grant a CUP to<br />
Tony Veinot, the owner of Tatutony, LLC,<br />
(pronounced “Tattoo Tony”), to allow a<br />
tattoo and body piercing establishment in<br />
a C2/General Business District, located at<br />
2309 Highway K. The location is in a strip<br />
center on the west side of Hwy. K, south of<br />
Feise Road, just north of <strong>Mid</strong>land States<br />
Bank, and next to Johnson Fitness & Wellness<br />
Store.<br />
Bill No. 7627 would grant a CUP to Jonathan<br />
T. Jansky, the owner of Main Street<br />
Tattoo, LLC, to allow a tattoo and body<br />
piercing establishment in a C2/General<br />
Business District, located at 2697 Highway<br />
K. The location is in a strip center<br />
on the west side of Hwy. K, just south of<br />
Freddie’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers,<br />
in between VN Nails and China King.<br />
Bill No. 7628 would grant a CUP to<br />
Malachi N. Crowder, (pronounced “mal-akye”),<br />
the owner of Underground Ink, to<br />
allow a tattoo and body piercing establishment<br />
in a C2/General Business District,<br />
located at 58 Crossroads Plaza. The location<br />
is in a strip mall center on the east side<br />
of Hwy. K, in between Brick’s Minifigs<br />
Toy Store and Archway Contractors, and<br />
with the recently approved Andy’s Frozen<br />
Custard to the north.<br />
WENTZVILLE<br />
Postponements put new<br />
developments on hold<br />
Wentzville has been St. Charles County’s<br />
boom town for decades as farmers moved<br />
out and commercial and residential developments<br />
moved in. Now, the city’s Board<br />
of Aldermen is looking at a trio of projects<br />
that would see the city boom again, though<br />
only one moved forward at the board’s<br />
March 13 meeting.<br />
An amendment to renew the existing<br />
zoning of 7.91 acres on the west side of<br />
Corporate Parkway at Crosswinds Drive<br />
for Phase 2 of the Aventura at Wentzville<br />
Apartments, and its related development<br />
plan, received approval on March 13.<br />
Aventura’s expansion would add 72 units<br />
to the existing 192 apartments. A future<br />
commercial use has not yet been identified.<br />
The board approved the applicant’s request<br />
by a vote of 5-0. Alderman Manny Macias<br />
(Ward 1) was absent.<br />
Though the board had a quorum, the<br />
absence of Macias promoted the postponement<br />
of five legislative items related to the<br />
proposed development of the Interstate<br />
Crossing subdivision to be located on<br />
Interstate Drive at Hwy. Z. Also postponed<br />
was legislation related to the development<br />
of a Stay Apartments Suites hotel on the<br />
south side of I-70 at Hwy. Z.<br />
With apologies to the developer, a motion<br />
was made and seconded to postpone all<br />
related legislation and public hearings on<br />
both projects until a full board is present.<br />
The development plan for Interstate<br />
Crossings calls for 140 attached homes,<br />
with four individual homes per building,<br />
to be constructed by Creve Coeur-based<br />
Benton Homes. The subdivision would<br />
be accessed via Linn Avenue, with three<br />
internal cul-de-sacs serving the individual<br />
residences.<br />
The site plan for the proposed 88-room,<br />
extended-stay hotel shows a three-story,<br />
<strong>24</strong>,<strong>24</strong>5-square-foot building with a<br />
91-space parking lot. Access to the hotel<br />
will be via an extension of Linn Avenue<br />
from Interstate Drive.<br />
The second postponement of the evening<br />
came at the request of the developer of the<br />
Pinewoods Park Apartments, a proposed<br />
<strong>24</strong>0-unit on 21.51 acres on the north side<br />
of Interstate Drive at Hepperman Road.<br />
In total, the rezoning request is for <strong>24</strong>.32<br />
acres from agricultural to planned development-mixed<br />
use. Commercial development<br />
in the form of three out-lots would<br />
make up the balance of 2.81 acres.<br />
ST. CHARLES COUNTY<br />
Correctional facility<br />
issues addressed<br />
The St. Charles County Department<br />
of Corrections (DOC) had said there are<br />
dead spots in communications throughout<br />
the five floors of its facility, which it said<br />
raises safety and security concerns.<br />
The DOC had asked the County Council<br />
to approve a contract with Alive Telecom<br />
of Mokena, Illinois, to provide acceptable<br />
radio coverage throughout the facility, with<br />
the ability to take on future expansions.<br />
At its March 11 meeting, the council<br />
unanimously approved the contract as part<br />
of its consent agenda. This three-year contract<br />
is for $<strong>20</strong>5,260 plus annual warranty<br />
and preventive maintenance at $2,500 for<br />
years one and two and a slight increase<br />
each year thereafter.<br />
Because of DOC renovations already inprogress,<br />
Alive Telecom’s work will take<br />
place at different intervals over three years.<br />
Work on the first and second floor will<br />
begin during the first quarter of <strong>20</strong><strong>24</strong>, fifthfloor<br />
work will begin in the third quarter<br />
of <strong>20</strong><strong>24</strong>, and third-floor work is planned to<br />
begin in the second quarter of <strong>20</strong>26.<br />
After all floors are completed, DOC will<br />
conduct an audit to ensure that all areas of<br />
the facility have coverage in at least 95%<br />
of all areas and 99% in critical areas.
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