The City of Mt. Carmel has an ordinance regulating tall grass at residences and businesses. Should the city add an ordinance regulating the way shrubbery looks too? The issue was brought up at Monday’s City Council meeting by City Clerk Rudy Witsman who said he was contacted by a resident in the North Park subdivision outlining a series of concerns and complaints. One of those issues is the appearance of shrubbery and landscaping of residences. Commissioners were unanimous in their opposition to the idea led by Mayor Joe Judge….
Another of the issues was installing more 20 mile an hour speed limit signs on North and South Drives and seeking the neighborhood streets to be asphalted. Witsman said while the city can’t afford to undertake the asphalting project, North Park residents could decide to add a special assessment to property taxes that would go into repaving the streets. Witsman said more information is being gathered on how a special assessment might work and how much money would be needed to repave the streets.