Columbia

2015 Ordinances

Ordinance 3158 (PDF): An Ordinance authorizing the issuance of General Obligation Bonds (Public Utility Taxes Alternate Revenue Source), Series 2015, of the City of Columbia, Monroe and St. Clair Counties, Illinois, providing the details of such bonds and for applicable alternate revenue sources and levies of direct annual taxes sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on such bonds, and related matters. (01/20/2015)

Ordinance 3159 (PDF): An Ordinance submitting the question of the imposition of a Municipal Retailers’ Occupation Tax and a Municipal Service Occupation Tax. (01/20/2015)

Ordinance 3160 (PDF): An Ordinance approving and authorizing the Mayor to execute a Revitalization/Development Agreement for the development of 41 acres, more or less, of real estate owned by Admiral Parkway, Inc.

Ordinance 3161 (PDF): An Ordinance to grant a Special Use Permit for real estate having the assigned address of 1200 Columbia Centre, in the City of Columbia, Illinois for Anne’s Doggy Spa LLC., to allow a pet grooming business in a C-2 (General Business) Zoned District in the City of Columbia, Illinois. (02/02/2015)

Ordinance 3162 (PDF): An Ordinance to authorize the Mayor of the City of Columbia, Illinois to execute an agreement with the Equity Trust Company Custodian FBO Brian Pendleton IRA, and the Equity Trust Company Custodian FBO David Wittenauer IRA to support cooperative effort to reclaim the former Video Exchange site in the City of Columbia, Illinois. (02/02/2015)

Ordinance 3163 (PDF): An Ordinance amending the bidding requirements for Public Works contracts and supplies. (02/02/2015)

Ordinance 3164 (PDF): An Ordinance amending the Columbia Municipal Code by adding Chapter 2.68.575 (Prohibition of Operating City-Owned Vehicles or Motorized Equipment) to the City Personnel Code. (02/02/2015)

Ordinance 3165 (PDF): An Ordinance to grant a Zoning Code Variance to Jon Poetker/JLP Construction for the property located at 323 Paul Street in the City of Columbia, Illinois, to reduce the front yard setback from the required forty (40) foot to twenty-four (24) foot. (02/17/2015)

Ordinance 3166 (PDF): An Ordinance to authorize extension of the Hotel and Motel Accommodation Tax Rebate Financing Agreement between the City of Columbia and MMCP, LLC. (02/17/2015)

Ordinance 3167 (PDF): An Ordinance to grant a Zoning Code Variance to Steve and Brandy Menning for their single family residential property located at 525 Micah’s Way in the City of Columbia, Illinois, to reduce the rear yard setback from the required thirty (30) foot to nineteen (19) foot. (03/02/2015)

Ordinance 3168 (PDF): An Ordinance approving a request from Admiral Parkway, Inc. for a Zoning Amendment from Chapter 17.24, R-7 Multiple Family Dwelling District to Chapter 17.20, R-5 One Family Dwelling District of the City of Columbia Zoning Code for portions of properties identified with Tax Identification Numbers of 04-04-300-002-000 and 04-05-400-004-000. (03/16/2015)

Ordinance 3169 (PDF): An Ordinance approving a request from Admiral Parkway, Inc. for a Zoning Amendment from Chapter 17.20, R-5 One Family Dwelling District to Chapter 17.24, R-7 Multiple Family Dwellng District of the City of Columbia Zoning Code for a portion of property with the Tax Identification Number of 04-05-400-004-000. (03/16/2015)

Ordinance 3170 (PDF): An Ordinance approving a request from Admiral Parkway, Inc. for a Zoning Amendment from Chapter 17.30, C-3 Highway Business District to Chapter 17.24, R-7 Multiple Family Dwelling District of the City of Columbia Zoning Code for a portion of the property identified with Tax Identification Number of 04-04-300-002-000. (03/16/2015)

Ordinance 3171 (PDF): An Ordinance approving a request from Admiral Parkway, Inc. for a Zoning Amendment from Chapter 17.30, C-3 Highway Business District to Chapter 17.22, R-6 One Family Dwelling District of the City of Columbia Zoning Code for the property with a Tax Identification Number of 04-08-200-007-000. (03/16/2015)

Ordinance 3172 (PDF): An Ordinance to conditionally approve the Preliminary Subdivision Plat for the Fox Run Estates Subdivision in the City of Columbia, County of Monroe and State of Illinois. (03/16/2015)

Ordinance 3173 (PDF): An Ordinance for approval of the corrected lot consolidation and easement vacation plat of lots 5 and 6 of Wedgewood Square in the City of Columbia, Illinois. (04/06/2015)

Ordinance 3174 (PDF): An Ordinance amending Subsection B, of Section 15.32.170 ’Electrical Contractors’, of the Columbia Municipal Code, establishing the minimum requirements for engaging in the business of installing or altering electrical equipment in the City of Columbia. (04/06/2015)

Ordinance 3175 (PDF): An Ordinance to employ Oates Associates, Inc. of Collinsville, Illinois to render professional services to the City of Columbia, Illinois in connection with Preliminary Engineering Services for the North Main Street Resurfacing Phase 2 Project. (04/06/2015)

Ordinance 3176 (PDF): An Ordinance to approve the Fox Run Estates Community Unit Plan in the City of Columbia, County of Monroe and State of Illinois. (04/20/2015)

Ordinance 3177 (PDF): An Ordinance to amend Title 18 of the City of Columbia, Illinois Municipal Code to enact the fees and charges to be assessed for City Services and Business Licenses in the City for the City’s Fiscal Year commencing May 1, 2015 and until said Title 18 of the City’s Municipal Code is again amended by Ordinance of the City enacted to change said fees and charges. (04/20/2015)

Ordinance 3178 (PDF): An Ordinance to establish the budget for the City of Columbia, Illinois for the fiscal year of said City commencing May 1, 2015 and ending April 30, 2016. (04/20/2015)

Ordinance 3178 (PDF): Budget Document for May 1, 2015 and ending April 30, 2016. (04/20/2015)

Ordinance 3179 (PDF): An Ordinance to authorize the Mayor of the City of Columbia, Illinois to execute an agreement with the Columbia Athletic Association, the Columbia Khoury League, and Columbia Unit School District 4 to memorialize the responsibilities and obligations of each group and the City regarding parks and recreation in the City of Columbia, Illinois. (04/20/2015)

Ordinance 3180 (PDF): An Ordinance amending various sections of the Columbia Municipal Code to set the fine amount for Ordinance Violations to a minimum fine of one hundred dollars ($100) and a maximum fine of seven hundred fifty dollars ($750) (04/20/2015)

Ordinance 3181 (PDF): An Ordinance naming "Soccer Park Road" within the Corporate Limits of the City of Columbia. (05/04/2015)

Ordinance 3182 (PDF): An Ordinance for conditional approval of the final subdivision plat for the Fox Run Estates Phase 1 Subdivision in the City of Columbia, Illinois. (05/18/2015)

Ordinance 3183 (PDF): An Ordinance to authorize the Mayor of the City of Columbia, Illinois to execute an agreement with the Historic Main Street Columbia Association, Inc., an Illinois Non-Profit Corporation, for completing the Main Street District Plan and administering Supplemental Services in support of said plan. (05/18/2015) 

Ordinance 3184 (PDF): An Ordinance to amend Title 18 of the City of Columbia, Illinois Municipal Code to enact a fee and charge to be assessed for bulk water in the City until said Title 18 of the City’s Municipal Code is again amended by Ordinance of the City enacted to change said fee and charge. (05/18/2015)

Ordinance 3185 (PDF): An Ordinance to provide for the appointment of a replacement member to the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners (Anthony Traxler) and the Board of Trustees of the Police Pension Fund (Al Hudzik) for the City of Columbia, Illinois. (05/18/2015)

Ordinance 3186 (PDF): An Ordinance to approve a survey plat and authorize a resubdivision of part of lot 25 of the Columbia Hills Subdivision in the City of Columbia, Illinois by real estate exchange between adjoining property owners Mark and Tamara Kohlenberger and Bejamine Knuysak and Brankyn Hunter. (06/01/2015)

Ordinance 3187 (PDF): An Ordinance amending Section 2.68.120 of the City’s Personnel Code to include spouses in the list of qualified family members of an employee not eligible for employment by the City. (06/01/2015)

Ordinance 3188 (PDF): An Ordinance to amend the City of Columbia, Illinois Zoning Code to add Financial Institutions including Financial Institutions with a Drive Through Facility as a permitted use in a C-1 (Neighborhood Business) Zoned District. (06/15/2015)

Ordinance 3189 (PDF): An Ordinance of the City of Columbia, Illinois ascertaining the prevailing rate of wages for laborers, workers and mechanics employed on Public Works of said City. (06/15/2015)

Ordinance 3190 (PDF): An Ordinance to approve a survey plat and authorize a resubdivision of lot 1 of the Oerter Subdivision in the City of Columbia, Illinois by real estate exchanges by the Lester Schneider Estate as the owner of the subdivision lots involved in the real estate exchange. (07/06/2015)

Ordinance 3191 (PDF): An Ordinance to grant a Zoning Code Variance to Matt Hesterberg for the property located at 301 South Main Street in the City of Columbia, Illinois, to allow greater than fifty-five (55) percent of lot coverage in a C-2 (General Business) Zoning District. (07/20/2015)

Ordinance 3192 (PDF): An Ordinance to grant a Special Use Permit for real estate having the assigned address of 310 South Rapp Avenue, in the City of Columbia, Illinois for JAG, Inc., to allow a four unit multiple family dwelling in a C-2 (General Business) Zoned District in the City of Columbia, Illinois. (07/20/2015)

Ordinance 3193 (PDF): An Ordinance amending Section 12.32.040 of the City of Columbia Municipal Code regarding parking in Bolm-Schuhkraft Park. (07/20/2015)

Ordinance 3194 (PDF): An Ordinance amending Section 15.04.020 of the City of Columbia Municipal Code regarding Building Permit requirements. (08/03/2015)

Ordinance 3195 (PDF): An Ordinance to authorize a Lease Agreement between the City of Columbia, Illinois and John E. White DDS and Stephen J. Raney DMD, PC, an Illinois Corporation, for the lease of improved real property located at 130 South Rapp Avenue in the City of Columbia, Illinois. (08/03/2015)

Ordinance 3196 (PDF): An Ordinance to declare Sand Bank School at 11832 Bluff Road in the City of Columbia, Illinois to be a City of Columbia, Illinois Historic Site Landmark. (08/03/2015)

Ordinance 3197 (PDF): An Ordinance amending Chapter 9.24 of the City of Columbia, Illinois Municipal Code addressing Noise Nuisances. (08/03/2015)

Ordinance 3198 (PDF): An Ordinance amending the City of Columbia Municipal Code regarding Unlawful Discrimination and Harassment. (08/03/2015)

Ordinance 3199 (PDF): An Ordinance adding Section 2.68.045 to the City of Columbia Municipal Code regarding Drug Free Workplace. (08/03/2015)

Ordinance 3200 (PDF): An Ordinance to amend Title 18 of the City of Columbia, Illinois Municipal Code to enact and amend the fees and charges to be assessed for Park Facility Reservation in the City until said Title 18 of the City’s Municipal Code is again amended by ordinance of the City enacted to change said fees and charges. (08/17/2015)

Ordinance 3201 (PDF): An Ordinance amending Section 15.44.165 of the City of Columbia Municipal Code regarding Special Displays and other Temporary Signs for Special Events. (09/08/2015)

Ordinance 3202 (PDF): An Ordinance to provide for the appointment of a replacement member to the Board of Library Directors for the City of Columbia, Illinois - Chris Trowbridge (09/08/2015)

Ordinance 3203 (PDF): An Ordinance to fill the office of City Engineer (Christopher A. Smith) and set the compensation of that appointed City Officer. (09/08/2015)

Ordinance 3204 (PDF): An Ordinance amending Section 17.40.010 (D) of the City of Columbia Municipal Code regarding special use exceptions, requirements and procedures. (09/21/2015)

Ordinance 3205 (PDF): An Ordinance to authorize a lease extension between the City of Columbia, Illinois and Scheffel Boyle, an Illinois Corporation, for the lease of improved real property located at 132 S. Rapp Avenue in the City of Columbia, Illinois. (10/05/2015)

Ordinance 3206 (PDF): An Ordinance approving extension of a lease for a pavilion at American Legion Memorial Park by the City of Columbia, Illinois to American Legion Post 581. (10/05/2015)

Ordinance 3207 (PDF): An Ordinance approving extension of a lease for a playground by the City of Columbia, Illinois from American Legion Post 581. (10/05/2015)

Ordinance 3208 (PDF): An Ordinance to authorize the City of Columbia, Illinois to enter into a refuse collection agreement with Reliable Sanitation Service, Inc. of Waterloo, Illinois, to provide for the collection and disposal of garbage, refuse and recyclables in the City of Columbia, Illinois.(10/19/2015)

Ordinance 3209 (PDF): An Ordinance amending Chapter 8.26 of the City of Columbia Municipal Code regarding chronic nuisance property. (10/19/2015)

Ordinance 3210(PDF): An Ordinance to establish the salary/remuneration of full-time appointed city officers and employees of the City of Columbia, Illinois for the fiscal year of the city commencing May 1, 2015 and ending April 30, 2016. (10/19/2015)

Ordinance 3211 (PDF): An Ordinance to fill the offices of appointed city officers for the fiscal year of the city commencing May 1, 2015 and ending April 30, 2016. (10/19/2015)

Ordinance 3212 (PDF): An Ordinance to provide for the appointment of members of certain boards, commissions and committees of the City of Columbia, Illinois for the fiscal year of the city commencing May 1, 2015 and ending April 30, 2016. (10/19/2015)

Ordinance 3213 (PDF): An Ordinance to grant Zoning Code Variances to Paraquad on behalf of the owners for residential property located at 609 Dana Drive in the City of Columbia, Illinois to reduce the combined side yard setback on a corner lot from the required forty-five (45) feet to forty-one (41) feet, to reduce the rear yard setback from the required thirty (30) feet to twenty-one (21) feet and to reduce the established building line of the Franke Farms Final Subdivision Plat from the required forty (40) feet to twenty-nine (29) feet. (11/02/2015)

Ordinance 3214 (PDF): An Ordinance vacating a portion of right of way that runs through land owned by Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church of Columbia, Monroe County, Illinois in the City of Columbia, Illinois. (11/02/2015)

Ordinance 3215 (PDF): An Ordinance entering into an agreement for Professional Services with Oates Associates, Inc. (Oates, Inc.) of Collinsville, Illinois to render Engineering Services to the City of Columbia, Illinois in connection with the IL Route 3 and Gall Road intersection improvements. (11/02/2015)

Ordinance 3216 (PDF): An Ordinance amending the salary/remuneration of full-time appointed city officers and employees of the City of Columbia, Illinois for the fiscal year of the city commencing May 1, 2015 and ending April 30, 2016. (11/02/2015)

Ordinance 3217 (PDF): An Ordinance approving an Intergovernmental Agreement by and between the Illinois Office of the Comptroller and the City of Columbia regarding access to the Comptroller’s Local Debt Recovery Program. (11/16/2015)

Ordinance 3218 (PDF): An Ordinance authorizing the execution of the IMLRMA Minimum/Maximum Contribution Agreement. (11/16/2015)

Ordinance 3219 (PDF): An Ordinance to authorize and approve an agreement between the City of Columbia, Illinois, and the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council/Monroe County Lodge #145 with regard to the Sworn Police Officers of the City of Columbia, Illinois’ Police Force, excluding the Chief of Police, the Assistant Chief of Police and all Auxiliary and Special Police Officers, for the period from May 1, 2015 through April 30, 2016. (11/16/2015)

Ordinance 3220 (PDF): An Ordinance to authorize and approve an agreement between the City of Columbia, Illinois, and the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council/Monroe County Lodge #145 with regard to the full-time Telecommunicators of the City of Columbia, Illinois’ Police Department, for the period from May 1, 2015 through April 30, 2016. (11/16/2015)

Ordinance 3221 (PDF): An Ordinance amending Chapter 3.24 of the City of Columbia Municipal Code regarding Municipal Utility Tax. (12/07/2015)

Ordinance 3222 (PDF): An Ordinance agreeing to amend and extend the current non-exclusive cable service franchise of Charter Communications Entertainment I, LLC d/b/a Charter Communications, in the City of Columbia, Illinois until September 30, 2016. (12/07/2015)

Ordinance 3223 (PDF): An Ordinance to amend Title 18 of the City of Columbia, Illinois Municipal Code to enact the fees and charges to be assessed for criminal history inquiry fingerprinting in the City until said Title 18 of the City’s Municipal Code is again amended by Ordinance of the City enacted to change said fees and charges. (12/21/2015)

Ordinance 3224 (PDF): An Ordinance to grant Zoning Code Variances to State Bank of Waterloo, Herbert C. Schueler Revocable Living Trust and Leola M. Schueler Revocable Living Trust for a parcel with the property identification number of 04-16-133-002-000 in the City of Columbia, Illinois to exceed the four thousand (4,000) square foot maximum floor area established in a C-1 Neighborhood Business District and to reduce the required parking spaces established for office use. (12/21/2015)

Ordinance 3225 (PDF): An Ordinance to grant a Sign Variance to State Bank of Waterloo, Herbert C. Schueler Revocable Living Trust and Leola M. Schueler Revocable Living Trust for the property having the assigned parcel identification number of 04-16-133-002-000 located in the City of Columbia, Illinois to exceed the total allotment of sign area permitted on one street front in a Commercially Zoned District in the City (Permit one hundred fifty (150) square feet of signage be displayed along Admiral Parkway street front). (12/21/2015)

Ordinance 3226 (PDF): An Ordinance to grant a Sign Variance to State Bank of Waterloo, Herbert C. Schueler Revocable Living Trust and Leola M. Schueler Revocable Living Trust for the property having the assigned parcel identification number of 04-16-133-002-000 located in the City of Columbia, Illinois to exceed the total allotment of sign area permitted on one street front in a Commercially Zoned District in the City (Permit one hundred fifty (150) square feet signage to be displayed along North Main street front). (12/21/2015

Ordinance 3227 (PDF): An Ordinance to grant a Sign Variance to State Bank of Waterloo, Herbert C. Schueler Revocable Living Trust and Leola M. Schueler Revocable Living Trust for the property having the assigned parcel identification number of 04-16-133-002-000 located in the City of Columbia, Illinois to allow more signs to be displayed than the City’s Sign Code allows for an establishment in a Commercially Zoned District in the City (Allow two (2) exterior signs consisting of one (1) free standing sign and one (1) wall mounted sign along Admiral Parkway street front). (12/21/2015)

Ordinance 3228 (PDF): An Ordinance to grant a Sign Variance to State Bank of Waterloo, Herbert C. Schueler Revocable Living Trust and Leola M. Schueler Revocable Living Trust for the property having the assigned parcel identification number of 04-16-133-002-000 located in the City of Columbia, Illinois to allow more signs to be displayed than the City’s Sign Code allows for an establishment in a Commercially Zoned District in the City (Allow two (2) exterior signs consisting of one (1) monument and one (1) wall mounted sign along North Main street front). (12/21/2015)

Ordinance 3229 (PDF): An Ordinance to grant a Sign Variance to State Bank of Waterloo, Herbert C. Schueler Revocable Living Trust and Leola M. Schueler Revocable Living Trust for the property having the assigned parcel identification number of 04-16-133-002-000 located in the City of Columbia, Illinois to allow the construction of a monument sign to be displayed within one hundred (100) feet of another sign in a Commercially Zoned District in the City (Allow the construction of a monument sign to be located within one hundred (100) feet of the proposed State Bank of Waterloo’s wall sign along North Main Street). (12/21/2015)

Ordinance 3230 (PDF): An Ordinance to grant Sign Variances to State Bank of Waterloo, Herbert C. Schueler Revocable Living Trust and Leola M. Schueler Revocable Living Trust for the property having the assigned parcel identification number of 04-16-133-002-000 located in the City of Columbia, Illinois to allow the construction of a free standing sign to be displayed within one hundred (100) feet of another sign in a Commercially Zoned District in the City (Allow the construction of a free standing sign along Admiral Parkway’s street front be located within one hundred (100) feet of the existing Adams & Huetsch monument sign and State Bank of Waterloo’s proposed wall sign). (12/21/2015)

Ordinance 3231 (PDF): An Ordinance to abate certain taxes of the City of Columbia, Monroe and St. Clair Counties, Illinois. (12/21/2015)

Ordinance 3232(PDF): An Ordinance levying the taxes for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2016. (12/21/2015)

Ordinance 3233 (PDF): An Ordinance to provide for the appointment of a replacement member to the Electrical Commission for the City of Columbia, Illinois. (12/21/2015)