2020-10-20 P & Z Minutes - Approved

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City of Centerville Planning and Zoning Minutes October 20, 2020 the code the school decided to re-plat their land to make their parcels into one lot. When attempting to re-plat their property, they discovered that were some small pieces of land between the school and five neighboring properties that were never platted at all due to the way the property lines were originally drawn in the 1800’s. The City asked the school to survey the slivers of land and either include them in their plat or offer them to the neighbors. The school decided to give the land to the neighbors, who in turn donated their land back to the school. All of the neighbors have signed deeds saying that they do not lay claim to the property and the school has included it as part of their plat. Since it has been more than a year since the plat was approved, the City would like to go through the preliminary plat process. This should be an expedited process and will be on the next Council Agenda, provided that this commission approves it. Motion by Commissioner Broussard-Vickers to open the Public Hearing, seconded by Vice Chairman Haiden. All in favor. Motion Carries. City Administrator Statz explained that Mr. Patrick Chaffey and Superintendent Brian Dietz were present to answer any questions the public may have. Mr. Steve King, 1724 Sorel Street, asked for clarification regarding the total amount of property donated to the school, and what were the advantages of re-platting the land versus obtaining a Conditional Use Permit. City Administrator Statz explained that the property did not belong to either the school or the neighbors, rather it was unclaimed land that the neighbors decided to forgo any rights to and leave for the school to claim. As far as the re-platting, CAS explained that while he did not wish to speak for the school, he assumed that the school district most likely saw it as the easiest method to meet the code. By doing this, any financial transaction that took place in the future would be simplified because now there would be one lot. Vice-Chairman Haiden asked if the property owner’s taxes would have been raised had they decided to keep the land. City Administrator Statz stated that he did not know the motives of the neighbors who donated their property, but he assumed that they realized that it would be simpler for them with transactional issues. Motion by Commissioner Broussard-Vickers to close the Public Hearing, seconded by Chairman Mosher. A roll call vote was taken. All in favor. Motion carried. Motion by Commissioner Broussard-Vickers to approve the Preliminary Plat for Centerville Elementary, seconded by Vice-Chairman Haiden . A roll call vote was taken. All in favor. Motion carried. 2. Ordinance Review Chapter 90 Farm Animals – Section 90.03 City Administrator Statz explained that the City would like to make changes to the ordinance on backyard chickens. They would like to expand the definition of a run to add some external area to the caged area, to expand the number of chickens allowed from four to six, to increase the amount of time a homeowner can go without chickens before having to tear down their coop, and to mandate that chickens that were in the external caged area must be supervised.