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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2009-25oh' of KENAI. ALASKA CITY OF KENAI RESOLUTION NO. 2009 -25 Suggested by: Administration A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, PLACING ON THE CITY OF KENAI OCTOBER 6, 2009 GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT THE REFERENDUM VOTE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT TO REPEAL ORDINANCE NO. 2393 -2009 THAT AMENDED THE OFFICIAL KENAI ZONING MAP. WHEREAS, the Limited Commercial (LC) Zone was developed to provide a transition area between commercial and residential districts, allowing low to medium volume business, mixed residential and other compatible uses and specifies development criteria for separate uses; and, WHEREAS, on April 1, 2009, the Kenai City Council enacted Ordinance No. 2393- 2009 which amended the Official Kenai Zoning Map by rezoning approximately 22 acres located north of the Kenai Spur Highway from McCollum Drive West to No -Name Creek from Rural Residential 1 (RR1) and Conservation (C) to Limited Commercial (LC); and, WHEREAS, on April 7, 2009, a. referendum petition was submitted to the Kenai City Clerk by citizen sponsors; and, WHEREAS, Kenai City Charter, Section 11 -2(a) states, "...The petition shall then be signed by a number of qualified voters of the City equal at least to twenty -five percent of the total votes cast at the immediately preceding regular City election and, WHEREAS, the immediately preceding regular City of Kenai Election was held on October 7, 2008 at which there were 1,580 votes cast, requiring the referendum petition to include 395 valid City of Kenai voter signatures; and, WHEREAS, on May 27, 2009, the Kenai City Clerk certified the referendum petition submitted by the citizen sponsors which, if approved by the voters, would repeal Ordinance No. 2393 -2009; and, WHEREAS, Kenai Charter Section 11 -3 directs that if a referendum petition is found to be legal and has sufficient signatures, the City Clerk (with legal assistance, if necessary) shall prepare the ballot title and propositions for the ordinance and shall place the question on the ballot for the next regular or special City election held not less than two months after final determination of the legality and sufficiency of the petition and the Council by resolution or ordinance may call, or authorize the Mayor by proclamation to call, a special election for the purpose; and, WHEREAS, the Kenai City Council, at its June 3, 2009 meeting, unanimously passed a motion to place the referendum question on the October 6, 2009 City of Kenai General Election ballot. Resolution No. 2009 -25 Page 2 of 2 NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, the following question shall be placed before the voters of the City of Kenai at the October 6, 2009 City of Kenai General Election: Shall City of Kenai Ordinance No. 2393 -2009, that amended the Official Kenai Zoning Map by rezoning approximately 22 acres located North of the Kenai Spur Highway from McCollum Drive West to No -Name Creek from Rural Residential 1 (RR1) and Conservation (C) to Limited Commercial (LC), be repealed? YES (A Yes vote would repeal Ordinance No. 2393 2009.) NO (A No vote would not repeal Ordinance No. 2393 2009.) PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 17th day of June, 2009. ATTEST: Carol L. Freas, City Clerk PAT PORT R, MAYOR New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED]