City Commission: Arts, Eats & Beats Revenue, Oakland Parking and Business Ordinance

The Royal Oak City Commission took its meeting on the road Monday night, setting up shop at the  to discuss myriad topics ranging from traffic concerns outside of to how much money the city actually took away from Arts, Beats & Eats.

For the Labor Day weekend event, the city earned just short of $50,000 not including parking-related revenue of about $71,000. City officials discussed talking about the option of starting an Enterprise Fund during the . If the city does not set aside a specific fund for Arts, Beats & Eats, profits and losses would be absorbed by the city’s general fund.

City Commission members also postponed discussion and voting on the first reading of a reoccupancy ordinance impacting businesses. Commission members said they wanted the postponement to allow members of community time to understand and comment on the proposed ordinance. At the beginning of the meeting, Andrey Tomkiw, representing the , spoke in opposition to the ordinance and the fact the business community was not aware it would be discussed. The ordinance would “require a valid certificate of occupancy to be issued when any non-residential property is re-occupied.” City officials said an ordinance like this could have prevented the situation that developed at the site of the former , 1200 Knowles, by requiring the tenant to obtain approval for its operation prior to starting. The tenant was for nearby residents.

Commission members also approved that the be approved and the request to install “No Parking, Student Pick Up and Drop Off Only 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM” signage be approved in the area of Oakland.

For complete coverage of Monday's City Commission meeting, check back Tuesday with RoyalOak.Patch.com.