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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-08-01 P & ZCITY OF CENTERVILLE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AUGUST 1, 2006 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the Planning and Zoning Commission held their regularly scheduled meeting on August 1, 2006, at 6:30 p.m. PRESENT: ChairpersonBrian Hanson Commissioner Jeff Hanzal Commissioner Bob Wright Commissioner Mark Pangell Commissioner D. Love Commissioner Tom Wood ABSENT: CommissionerJennefer Klennert Hunt COUNCIL: RichardTerway STAFF: Dallas Larson, City Administrator I. CALL TO ORDER 1.Roll Call The meeting was called to order at 6:33 p.m. II. APPEARANCES None. III. PUBLIC HEARING(S) None. IV. OLD BUSINESS None. V. NEW BUSINESS th 1.Review Application for Preliminary Plat/Lot Splits (7030 – 20 Avenue South) th 20 Avenue Backage Road – Schedule Public Hearing Page 1 of 5 City of Centerville Planning & Zoning Meeting Minutes August 1, 2006 City Administrator Larson stated this was a property the City had acquired on the east side of town, which was available for resale. He noted this proposal would create three industrial lots. He indicated the ponds would be managed separately for maintenance. He asked for any comments or concerns before it was moved along for any decisions. He indicated this did not need to get scheduled for a public hearing next month, so the Commission could take their time in looking at this. He asked if the zoning should be industrial or commercial. He noted right now it was zoned industrial. He stated if it were commercial it might make a lot of sense. Chair Hanson asked if this had been rezoned industrial recently. City Administrator Larson responded they had rezoned this area as industrial. Commissioner Hanzal asked if there was any benefit to having this split into three lots instead of keeping it one lot. City Administrator Larson replied the ditch was going to be relocated between proposed lots 1 and 2, which made this a natural division. He noted if they wanted, Lots 2 and 3 could be combined into one lot. Chair Hanson stated the concern would be keeping kids off of the road when they were going to Dairy Queen. City Administrator Larson responded the construction plan did not have sidewalks, but it might be possible to bring them in. He indicated, however, this might not be the best place to put pedestrian traffic. Commissioner Wood stated what would happen was the pedestrians would make the best use. Commissioner Hanzal asked if they could construct a bike path keeping the pedestrian traffic away from the road. He noted this might be cheaper than a sidewalk. City Administrator Larson stated while the City owned the lot, it might be possible to create a pedestrian access by the ditch between Lots 1 and 2. Commissioner Hanson stated if this was a commercial development that would lend itself to pedestrian traffic also. City Administrator Larson stated people always wanted to take the shortest route. Chair Hanson stated they could always put the responsibility on the developer of the property to put a sidewalk in as a part of the development. Page 2 of 5 City of Centerville Planning & Zoning Meeting Minutes August 1, 2006 City Administrator Larson stated they would be better off putting a sidewalk on the north side, even though pedestrians would be crossing driveways. He noted if they were going to provide a sidewalk, they would need the appropriate land for an easement. City Administrator Larson asked if the Commission would consider this as a commercial use. Chair Hanson asked if they should consider rezoning the area across the road also. City Administrator Larson stated they could look at this and check with the property owners to see if they had any issues with being rezoned commercial. Commissioner Wright asked if they rezoned the property to commercial, would this affect their taxes. City Administrator Larson responded he did not believe there would be any affect. Chair Hanson asked if the City could talk to the property owners to see if they had any issue with being rezoned to commercial for the next meeting. City Administrator Larson stated he would put this back on the agenda for the next meeting. VI. DISCUSSION ITEMS 1. Comprehensive Plan Update City Administrator Larson stated the City was required to update the Comprehensive Plan by 2008. He noted the last plan was dated 1998. He stated in order to get the Plan updated, they would need to schedule some public meetings and possibly have a consultant compile everything. He believed part of it should have a consultant update some of the factual material. He stated they could view this as starting from scratch or they could assume that what they had should be amended. Commissioner Wood believed the information could be updated without much effort. He noted the Plan had a good foundation they could work off of. City Administrator Larson stated perhaps they might ask the Council to include in the budget for next year some planning dollars to get through the process and get a planner involved. He indicated in the Plan they needed to figure out how to maximize the land they had remaining. Chair Hanson asked what was the threshold. City Administrator Larson responded a population of 5,000 was the threshold. Page 3 of 5 City of Centerville Planning & Zoning Meeting Minutes August 1, 2006 Commissioner Hanzal stated he believed they needed to get planner who knew what they were doing. Commissioner Wood agreed, but noted they could cut costs by doing a lot of the initial work themselves. Councilmember Terway asked if they knew how many hours they would need a planner for. City Administrator Larson stated he did not have that information at this time, but now that he knew what the Planning Commission wanted, he would research this. Commissioner Hanzal asked if they could come up with a list of items that they wanted to start handling. City Administrator Larson noted they should start their review on Page 29 forward and look at updating this information on their own. Motion by Commissioner Hanzal, seconded by Commissioner Wood, to recommend Council include funding in the 2007 budget for a planner consultant to update the Comprehensive Plan. All in favor. Motion carried. 2. Monument Signs City Administrator Larson stated in the Code under Sign Regulations, he did not see any allowance for residential subdivision identification signs in the Code. He indicated that there are several those signs in the City and if they wanted those types of signs to be allowed, the Code should be amended. Commissioner Hanzal stated he believed they should make an amendment adding an area identification sign, coming up with a square footage. Chair Hanson stated they needed to put something in the Code that limits the number of signs. Commissioner Wood stated they could put the limit on the developer. City Administrator Larson noted an issue would be the maintenance of the signs. He stated they needed to consider this if there was not a homeowners’ association. Commissioner Hanzal asked if they could put in the requirement that the signs be made of maintenance free materials. City Administrator Larson stated they could draft some language for their next meeting. He asked if they should limit these types of signs to a homeowners’ association only. Page 4 of 5 City of Centerville Planning & Zoning Meeting Minutes August 1, 2006 The Commissioners agreed by consensus that these signs should apply to only homeowners’ associations. Commissioner Hanzal asked if they had some signs on non-homeowners’ association property. He asked what would happen to those signs. Commissioner Wood responded he believed those were pre-existing signs and therefore would be grandfathered in. City Administrator Larson stated they might want to limit the signs to locations where there were collector streets. The Commissioners agreed this should be limited. Councilmember Terway asked if this could be part of the plat approval process as to the location of the sign. City Administrator Larson responded this was a possibility. Commissioner Wright stated they also had to ensure the signs were not placed in the site triangle. City Administrator Larson stated he would bring a draft back at the next meeting. VII. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES 1. July 11, 2006 Planning and Zoning Meeting Minutes No changes were made to the July 11 2006 Planning and Zoning Meeting Minutes. Motion by Commissioner Love, seconded by Commissioner Pangell, to approve the Minutes of July 11, 2006, as presented. Commissioner Wood and Chair Hanson abstained. Motion carried. VIII. ADJOURNMENT Motion by Commissioner Wood, seconded by Commissioner Love, to Adjourn the August 1, 2006 Planning Commission Meeting at 7:28 p.m. All in favor. Motion carried unanimously. Transcribed by: Kathy Altman, Recording Secretary TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. Page 5 of 5