2024-08-14 CC Minutes - Approved

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City of Centerville City Council Meeting Minutes August 14, 2024 he agrees with the comment made about property owners having the right to do what is allowed per zoning code, but that cities rezone properties and citizens are not guaranteed that the zone that they have today is the zone they will have tomorrow. Mr. Carciofini added that much of that property used to zoned residential, it changed, and it could be rezoned again. Mr. Carciofini said that he understands that these things happen. He said he thinks people should be able to sell their properties, and if we can't see a way to put a full break on things then the compromise proposal that was put forth does have some legs. Mr. Carciofini added that his biggest concern is the kinds of things that Russ was talking about, noting most of the city is flat so the definitions don't cause a lot of trouble. But when we do get some variation in elevation, it can get sticky. Mr. Carciofini noted that with the LaLonde building, there was a big difference in elevation on the side of the school and on the side of the lake. Mr. Carciofini said that 35 feet is high, but it's not that high, noting that his house is a two-story split with an odd configuration. He described the confirmation of his house, noting that he has an eight-foot walk out that faces the lake. His configuration consists of an eight-foot floor and then a 13-foot floor, so it's 22 feet to the gutter and about 31 feet to the ridge line. Mr. Carciofini added you’d have plenty of room to have parking and that you could have a very nice two-story house and still meet the standard 35 feet height for a home or townhouse. Mr. Carciofini echoed his wife’s comments about taxes, noting that he has lived here for 26 years and never seen his property taxes go down, just up. He said that for anyone who says that property taxes will be lowered with development, he would like to see some actual hard analysis showing this. 12. Chris Loomis, 7248 LaValle Drive. Mr. Loomis requested clarification on when the Zoning map being referenced was finalized. 13. David Kubat, 1836 Old Mill Court. Mr. Kubat said that he has participated in a lot of these meetings over the years and in his time in Centerville, here on both sides of the podium, he wanted to come up and offer, perhaps the contrarian view. Mr. Kubat said that in certain respects, moratoriums make the most sense when there are new and emerging conditions or things that require study, that are unanticipated, that need to rise to the demands of a particular moment. Mr. Kubat added that this comes up at every time there is one of these proposals for high density projects, noting that the last one was more than two years ago in an area outside of the downtown district. Mr. Kubat said that the last one that came up in the downtown district preceded his time in Centerville, which was about six years ago, adding that at this point, a one-year moratorium is simply a speed bump along a process that's slow and long developing. Mr. Kubat added that there's no reason to think that a moratorium is going to solve this, noting that everyone he has heard speak in favor of a moratorium seems to be speaking in favor of rezoning or completely restricting this type of development in the future, which doesn't require a moratorium to consider this. Mr. Kubat said that he is in favor of updating the downtown Master Plan. Mr. Kubat added that the Council has a citizen Commission, which is the Planning and Zoning Commission, and that they should send a request for their review of the documents, along with additional public meetings; he said that he does not really see how a moratorium of one year is going to do anything other than provide people a temporary solution to what they're looking for, which is a permanent change, and whether that's the best interest of Centerville is something that Council should all deeply consider before voting for a moratorium. Page 7 of 13