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Regular City Council Meeting <br />March 4, 2004 <br />Page 8 <br />Ordinance of the City of Paris and its specific application to the property west <br />th <br />of 30 Street N.E., between E. Cherry Street and Pine Mill Road. <br />Mayor Fendley explained that there are some concerns from developers that the <br />city is not applying the same process where they have to have their plans <br />drafted by an engineer, and this particular party put up the money and the plans <br />were drafted by Mr. Nelson and not an engineer. <br />Shawn Napier, City Engineer, came forward reading from the Code of <br />Ordinances, Section XIII, Guarantee of Construction. Mr. Napier explained <br />that what this section does, in this particular case, they were trying to sell the <br />lot to the Radio Station and help the developer to close. The city allowed the <br />developer to put up the money in lieu of constructing the sewer lines at that <br />time, which allowed them to go ahead and file the Final Plat. He thought the <br />deal ended up falling through. <br />Mayor Fendley said the question as to who actually drafts the plans came about <br />from the actual plans. <br />Mr. Napier advised that since that time, they have gone back and taken a closer <br />look and he had misinterpreted part of the State Board rules and as for as the <br />professional board goes, and since that time, he had inquired several different <br />people. He said that one engineer at Hayter Engineering had just gone to a <br />seminar about this same type case and there is an allowance for a project <br />costing less than $8,000.00, but there is a clause in there that says the health, <br />welfare and public safety is not involved. That engineer said this clause more <br />or less takes out that $8,000.00 limit and basically says anything affecting <br />public health, welfare and safety has to be sealed by an engineer. So, this has <br />been cleared up and from here forward the city will only accept plans with an <br />engineer’s seal, and it will not be the City Engineer’s seal. <br />City Attorney Schenk advised that this particular provision requires a surety <br />bond, if they reach that point and the development goes on in lieu of actually <br />building it. The surety bond is to be obtained by the developer. City Attorney <br /> <br />