Council OKs zoning change, HRB recommendations at monthly meeting

By JIM BROOKS
Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio

Councilman Francis Lydian takes a look at an Apple iPad held by City Clerk Barbie Bryant. The council will move to electronic document distribution after the first of the year.

Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014 — The Bardstown City Council gave final approval Tuesday night of a zoning amendment for a former daycare business location at 1315 North Third St. The amended zoning will allow the new tenant to have a flowers and gift shop called Stargazers at the location of North Third and Downs Lane.

GOING ELECTRONIC. City Clerk Barbie Bryant gave the council members their first look at an electronic document system that the city will implement with the new council. Documents the council receive will no longer be paper copies on paper, they will be distributed electronically via Sharepoint, a Microsoft document sharing service.

The council members and city attorney will each be provided with a city-purchased iPad with mobile cellular internet access.

CHRISTMAS PARADE. The council also approved the route for annual Christmas parade on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014. The parade is sponsored by Town & Country Bank and the Bardstown-Nelson County Chamber of Commerce.

The route is the same as in past years, with floats lining up on Broadway at Fifth Street by the fire department. The rain date for the parade is Friday, Dec. 5.

Mayor Bill Sheckles listens during a discussion of the Historic Review Board recommendations.

The council also gave its unanimous approvals of Bardstown Historic Review Board recommendations on several certificates of appropriateness, including:

— an existing pergola at 209 E. Flaget;
— a directional sign for Bardstown Village on the northwest corner of North Third Street and Broadway;
— a new business sign at 301 North Second St.;
— a new doorway and directional sign requested by the Bardstown United Methodist Church;
— placement of a new sign at 202 W. Stephen Foster;
— exterior paint colors for 102 N. Thirds St., and;
— amended exterior alterations for a home at 111 E. John Fitch.

COLONIAL DAYS. Taking up old business on the meeting agenda, the council agreed to table a request for support from the organizer of Bardstown Colonial Days until after the first of the year when a new council is in place.

NEXT UP. The Bardstown City Council’s next regular meeting is 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014.

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