At Tuesday evening's City Council meeting Mayor Sager stated, after a long discussion about two ducks to be permitted at a house in the Savanna Grove community , that the ducks would be permitted there by the special use ordinance and that the City of Woodstock would no longer take an interest or interfere. With one dissenting vote the City Council approved Ordinance 07-O-90 with three contingencies.
The Council hashed and re-hashed Section 2 (A) before voting. Confusion seemed to increase, and Mayor Sager pronounced the matter settled after the vote.
BUT read the first contingency of the Ordinance and decide what YOU think the Council voted.
"Section 2. The special use permit to allow two ducks to be kept on the Property shall be contingent on the following:
A. The two ducks, specifically known as Jenny and Bean, shall only be permitted to be kept on the Property, pursuant to the Savanna Grove Homeowners Association approval of the petitioner's request to allow the two ducks to be kept on the Property or amend the covenants, whichever is applicable."
Mrs. Miller admitted that she moved the ducks back onto the Property before the October 2 City Council meeting. The Savanna Grove Homeowners Association has not approved Mrs. Miller's request or amended the covenants.
Has this contingency been satisfied?
I believe the City should commence citing her daily from October 3 for violating the City Code that prohibits farm animals, until the contingency is met or the ducks are removed. And the Savanna Grove Homeowners Association should begin fining her $25.00/day for violating the Covenants.
There really is no other choice. Either we, as a society, have rules and laws and enforce them, or we don't.
You never know who is interested…
3 months ago
6 comments:
Zero tolerance, zero common sense, zero accountability.
A little strident and rigid there aren't we Mussolini?
Ya can't have yer pudding if ya don't eat yer meat!
This whole situation - Ms. Miller, the homeowners association, the city council and especially Mayor Sager is one big "Quack"!
Sager is a little tyrannt. He literally thinks he owns this town. Laws are for other people. He'll do as he pleases if he thinks he can get an extra vote or two; or another contract down in Meh-hee-coe for his "consulting" firm....maybe our sista' city (Tijuana?) could throw him a return favor and send up some more ducks and goats and pigs for all of the other little kiddies that want their own zoo?? Poo-stock, IL!
No ducks allowed but you can have as many dogs as you want so long as the neighbors don't complain? Whats wrong with this picture/
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