Wednesday, April 25, 2012
The city also plans to overhaul enforcement of Shrewsbury's nuisance ordinances.
The City of Shrewsbury has acted to ease one of the restrictions on its "chicken ordinance" while also clarifying a section of the new law’s language. The ordinance was passed March 28 and allows for the raising of domestic female chickens not for slaughter but personal, non-commercial use. It came up again at a Shrewsbury Board of Aldermen work session Tuesday night. The law had previously stipulated that coops could only be constructed on lots of at least 7,500 square feet. Mayor Felicity Buckley said the board had been emailed by a resident that was concerned the requirement excluded too many homeowners. Buckley said she conducted some research using the online property locator provided by St. Louis County and found that Shrewsbury can …
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Citizens cite failure to end an allegedly chronic pattern of code violations.
Spring has come again, and with it, the smell of fresh cut grass -- or the lack thereof. Eight months after previously addressing the Shrewsbury Board of Aldermen about a poorly maintained residence, a pair of citizens voiced the same complaint at a meeting Tuesday night. Barb Dressler and Patrice Roussa most recently spoke to the board in August of last year concerning the frequently overgrown yard of a house at 7233 Nottingham Ave. as well issues with litter accumulation in other areas of the city. In response Mayor Felicity Buckley promised that one of the goals of her tenure has been to crack down on code violators. On Tuesday Buckley said their repeated complaints had not fallen on deaf ears and cited a list of the city’s efforts. …
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Aldermen considered raising real estate or utility rates in response to continued deficits during a strategic work session for the city's 2013 budget.
The Shrewsbury Board of Aldermen is considering putting a temporary property tax increase on the November election ballot. However, board members opted to delay their decision after talks concerning the uncertainty surrounding the Kenrick Plaza redevelopment and a less-than-projected deficit from 2011. In a work session that drew little public attendance, the board discussed a potential property tax increase that would most likely include a sunset provision of six years. The measure could potentially raise anywhere from $250,000 to $400,000, depending on the size of the hike. The board had favored upping utility taxes from 7.25 percent to 8 percent at its previous meeting, but that would bring in even less money—only about $100,000. At …
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
The Asian-fusion buffet has moved into the former Hometown Buffet location.
If you are looking for Chinese food, or Japanese food, or Italian food, or sushi, you may be in luck. The Webster Groves, Shrewsbury, Rock Hill Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting Tuesday for the Mackenzie Pointe complex's newly opened Teppanyaki Grill and Buffet, at 7289 Watson Rd. in Shrewsbury. The large restaurant occupies the space that once held Hometown Buffet. Teppanyaki, part of a chain of restaurants from New York and Pennsylvania, continues the buffet tradition with, according to owner Daniel Lin, 250 to 300 buffet items per day, ranging from traditional Chinese and Japanese buffet dishes to Italian and American items, as well as dessert and ice cream. Lin said the buffet usually shifts in the evenings to include more…
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
The Shrewsbury Board of Aldermen discussed the potential rules for urban chicken farming at work session Tuesday night.
The urban chicken farming dreams of Shrewsbury residents took one step closer to fruition Tuesday. At a work session held last night, the city’s board of aldermen reviewed a draft ordinance that outlined the limits and restrictions of any potential urban chicken raising in Shrewsbury. As presented, the ordinance would allow no more than five chickens on a property and laid out various requirements for where a chicken coop could be placed and how it should be constructed. Residents interested in raising chickens would then provide their plans to the city, which would issue a 45-day construction permit followed by an annual permit. Several neighboring muncipalities including Kirkwood, Maplewood, Webster Groves and the City of St. Louis have …
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Who amongst you is bold enough to take on this litter spot in Shrewsbury?
Schools! Businesses! Charities! Clubs! Neighbors! You can help make Shrewsbury a cleaner, more litter-free place by adopting the eastern side of Murdoch Cutoff, the short street connecting Murdoch Avenue and Landsdown Avenue. The issue of litter was brought up Tuesday evening at the monthly Shrewsbury Board of Aldermen meeting by residents Patrice Russo and Barb Dressler, who have been concerned about litter accumulating along the cutoff, at the Metrolink station and near other roads into the city. "Litter breeds other litter. I think we need to nip it in the bud, whatever it takes," Russo said. Shrewsbury Mayor Felicity Buckley agreed and suggested that the city might be able to find some group to adopt the stretch of road and take …
Thursday, February 2, 2012
In a recent letter to residents, Shrewsbury Mayor Felicity Buckley said the city would have to approach next year's budget without the promise of increased sales tax revenue.
The stalled, and sometimes embattled, Kenrick Plaza redevelopment project remains in limbo, but Shrewsbury Mayor Felicity Buckley has reaffirmed her support for the project. “While we have had significant set backs, the majority of the Board and I remain hopeful, and committed to seeing the project through,” Buckley wrote in a message to Shrewsbury residents. However, Buckley went on to confirm that negotiations with developer G J Grewe and revisions to the proposed site plan were both still ongoing. In November Grewe said the site plan needed revising to avoid “years of litigation” over the plaza’s placement near the guy-wires of a nearby radio tower. However, the awkward landscape of the area appears to have stalled the project longer …
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Large chunks have dropped from the guy wires of a nearby radio tower to batter his house.
At a work session of the Shrewsbury Board of Aldermen, resident Doug Jacobs raised concerns about possible danger posed by ice falling from a nearby radio tower. According to Jacobs, his house is occasionally showered by large chunks of ice falling from the guy wires supporting the lofty structure owned by ABC affiliate KDNL-TV. In the past, the debris has ripped the siding from the walls of his house, which was again bombarded this past weekend. “It is more than property damage; it’s human damage,” Jacobs said. “These icicles are six inches in diameter and three feet long and they come crashing down on your roof, your car or whatever.” The incident is not exactly a common occurrence. Doug’s wife Barbara Jacobs explained that it takes a …
Mayor Felicity Buckley hopes to have a vote on an ordinance by March.
Shrewsbury is planning to join the flock of St. Louis metro area municipalities that have considered ordinances allowing residents to keep urban chickens. The city's board of aldermen was approached nearly a year ago by a citizen interested in keeping chickens on his property. The issue has been on the board's backburner since then, but Mayor Felicity Buckley said she is moving the topic forward in hopes of reaching a decision by the spring. _______________ Would you object to your neighbor raising chickens in town? Vote in our poll below. _______________ "We are not going to be casting a vote tonight. We are just trying to orient everybody," she said. "We will look at it carefully the next meeting. We will try to wrap this up by March." …
Thursday, December 15, 2011
The city and board of aldermen said despite efforts to find savings, Shrewsbury is predicted to run a deficit of $263,298.
For the third year in a row, the Shrewsbury Board of Aldermen has approved a budget with a six-figure deficit. The approximately $5.5 million 2012 budget passed by the aldermen at their meeting Tuesday night projects an overall deficit of $263,298. Budgets in 2011 and 2010 predicted shortfalls of $177,201 and $176,800, respectively. A public hearing on the budget was held prior to the meeting, but no citizens stepped forward for comment. Director of Administration Jonathan Greever said Shrewsbury plans to post the full budget on its website. Mayor Felicity Buckley said the shortfall occurred despite two significant cuts—no cost-of-living wage increases for city employees and the elimination of the salary for a city administrator. “These …
Chris P
5:38 am on Thursday, April 26, 2012
Regarding the nuisance property ordinance, that's good news. There's a nearby property that has holes in the roof. It leaks rainwater. I also think there's drug activity going on, but I can't tell for sure because the windows are boarded up and the property looks vacated. I understand the inspector went by and said that there is dangerous mold inside. In fact, the city hired an evaluator and the … more ›