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For Steve Connelly: I tried to find out about the Peachbloom goats on the website you suggested--can't decipher all the legalese. Are the goats legal in town or not? Answer: No animal can be kept in the city that creates a nuisance. Goats cannot be pastured within 75 feet o... Read Full Answer
For Steve Connelly: I heard on the radio yesterday that Berea will have a projected surplus of $16 million. That's $1000 (too much!)for everyone in Berea. How is that justifiable and isn't it against the law to carry such a municipal income surplus? Answer: That information is incorrect. To understand the city budget, a citizen should first separate the ut... Read Full Answer
For Steve Connelly: Where is the lawsuit filed against the city by the former employee of the utilities company? Has it been settled? Answer: No settlement. It continues in the long. slow, early stages of discovery.... Read Full Answer
For Steve Connelly: Mayor why must an insurance company be responsible for repairs to a vehicle that is damaged due to roadwork by a construction company? Answer: I think that the question is who should be responsible for paying to repair the damage to your car. ... Read Full Answer
For Steve Connelly: Are the out of town venders and members of the Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen required to purchase a permit or business license to do business in Berea for only a couple of days? And if they do how much does it cost and how much income is derived from such fees? Answer: Chapter 60 of the Berea Code requires any person, corporation or business engaged in a profession, t... Read Full Answer
For Steve Connelly: So your answer to my question about decreasing yard sale permit charges is to increase the charges. Do you not agree that if the permits were more affordable--less than the current $5 fee--that would encourage folks to get a permit and then have a document that states the rules to follow? I can understand the need to notify the city of ones intent to have a sale, but $5 is too much for the filing of a simple document. Did we have to hire extra yard sale police and yard sale clerks? Or is that the another way the city has of gouging it's populace? ( No Answer posted yet. )
For Steve Connelly: If the codes office issues the permits why cant they be responsible for the signs on the light poles and stuck all over town. and yes why dont we use our police to check all the yard sales I think thats a stupid statement. If you want them to do that then dont call them for any thing else. Have you seen how many yard sales that are being held and heaven forbid if they tell a little old lady to move. Get real people.Mr. Connely maybe the city could hire a yard sale task force. think that might work? Answer: Posting signs on utility poles and in city rights of way is prohibited. Yard sales are regulated to ... Read Full Answer
For Steve Connelly: Why don't the police check to see if yard sales have a permit, there is some that have them 8 or 10 times during the summer... Answer: The police do check yard sale permits but that function is a low priority in the range of duties ass... Read Full Answer
For Steve Connelly: I just bought a yard sale permit--$5! Why can't the permit just cost only a dollar or two? The ladies taking care of that permit were already employed and I'm pretty sure that they wouldn't be affected by lowering the fee--and maybe more folks would get legal and get a permit. Answer: The charge for a yard sale premit is a regulatory fee. It is an attempt to defray the cost of issuin... Read Full Answer
For Steve Connelly: I noticed Sustainable Berea is going to have classes or is encouraging the keeping of livestock, poultry and the like in the City. What farm animals are currently allowed to be farmed in the city limits? Are the goats being kept up at the bottom of Peachbloom Hill a part of this project. And thanks for your patience answering the questions on this site. Answer: Chapter 51 of the City Code concerns animals in the city limits. Section 51.100 defines an animal un... Read Full Answer