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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11172011LPA MinutesLOCAL PLANNING AGENCY (PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION) THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2011 (Foliowing the Regular PZC Meeting) Chairman Dodd called the meeting to order at 10:08 P.M. ROLL CALL: PRESENT: EXCUSED: Mr. Roth Mr. Dodd Mr. Carter Mr. Reyes Mr. Qizilbash Mr. Kayser (a) Mr. Durr Mr. Hepler Ms. Hennessey (a) ALSO PRESENT: Joe Griffin, Community Development Director Jan King, Senior Planner Robert Ginsburg, City Attorney Dorri Bosworth, Planner/Secretary APPROVAL OF MINUTES: (Added from PZC Agenda) � � C .� m .� � � _ •� � as � � `� 0� � C��• •� V � � .� � � � �Coo� a a� �o a C!3 N �' a v� MOTION by Durr/Roth to approve the LPA minutes from Thursday, September 1, 2011. Motion was approved unanimously by voice vote. OLD BUSINESS: NEW BUSINESS: None A. PUBLIC HEARING — REVIEW AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL REGARDING AN ORDINANCE WHICH PROPOSES TO AMEND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, ARTICLE V-ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS, REGARDING VARIOUS PERMITTED AND CONDITIONAL USES, AS WELL AS ARTICLE VI-CONDITIONAL USE CRITIERIA Chmn. Dodd explained that the public hearing was to review some of the modifications previously discussed regarding the zoning and use requirements within the LDC. He noted that staff requested the hearing be tabled to a meeting in January. Because of the time of night, Mr. Dodd suggested concentrating on the chart [District Matrix] and agreeing on its contents now, and then holding an additional meeting to discuss conditional use criteria for the newly added uses. Mr. Dodd requested input from staff regarding their standing on some of the items the Commission is recommending, and how they may respond to questions from City Council. He questioned if they were uncomfortable, or not necessarily supportive with any of the changes. Jan King reviewed how staff made the changes to Article V in the LDC, including the chart, and corrected a few discrepancies they found while formatting the changes. She stated when staff worked on the chart, it became noticeable that there � Q � � o� � � 0 were no more residential uses in the Commercial Waterfront Residential zoning district and therefore some of the regulations would no longer be necessary, which were then striked out as proposed changes. She gave a brief history of the 1999-2000 vision and intent of the Commission and Council to create mixed use zoning where residential uses were at that time added into the commercial zoning districts. Mr. Dodd stated he felt having a residential use on the same site as commercial, such as on a second floor would be consistent with the vision for the Indian River Drive area, but the issue was single-family houses and duplexes that were not part of commercial mixed development. There was discussion regarding keeping Indian River Drive more commercial and the concerns mentioned earlier at the site plan review with bands and outside music at Mulligan's. Mr. Griffin stated he was not sure if there was a consensus amongst the Commissioners regarding the residential issue based on some comments at the Clams R Us site plan hearing. He felt personally that it would be a tough sell at City Council to remove the residential from CWR and he did not support it. Mr. Reyes felt the Commission's direction was future planning and helping the city get a "target area" like in Bayside and Melbourne Old Town, and eliminating residential in CWR would get more businesses into that "target area". He stated this was discussed at length, was a consensus of all the members and not just by Mr. Dodd. He hoped this could be explained to City Council. Ms. King asked if a previous statement earlier tonight in which the Commissioners stated they were OK with apartments above retail was correct, and noted that was not what ended up in the chart since all residential uses were eliminated. She suggested adding it back in as a conditional use with a condition being that the residential use was ancillary to a commercial use, or use a percentage, etc. Mr. Dodd stated he considered that yes, it might be a tough sell to City Council to totally removed all residential uses, and then also suggested to leave in multi-family uses as a conditional use with criteria such as it be no more than 50% of the total floor space, it should be located adjacent to or above commercial space, and that it share common elements with commercial space. Mr. Reyes liked that percentage condition as it could have been important with the Clams R Us project. Ms. Bosworth stated staff would like to take both the Article V amendment recommendations to City Council along with Article VI amendments, which needed to be created [conditional use criteria for the newly added uses], at the same time. Ms. King stated she liked and agreed with the vision the Commission had for the area, but had concerns how the changes may affect properties located just south of Squid Lips that had specific development rights in place, agreed by the City, for residential development. Mr. Dodd asked for a show of hands of those in favor of continuing to allow single-family development in the CWR district. Mr. Carter was in favor. �a Mr. Dodd then asked if the Commission was in support of multi-family uses. Mr. Durr stated he could not support duplexes, but was OK with multi-family mixed with commercial. Discussion ensued regarding the previous suggested conditional use criteria. Mr. Carter pointed out that the nature of a fishing "village" was a place where people live and work in the same area. There was discussion if a workshop or hearing was necessary to develop the conditional use criteria. Mr. Dodd asked the Commissioners to organize their thoughts on whether to add multi-family uses back into the CWR district, create conditional use criteria for all the new conditional uses, and create conditional use criteria for affordable housing, which he felt should be added into the RMH and RM-8 zoning districts. A meeting was tentatively scheduled for December 15'h CHAIRMAN MATTERS: None MEMBERS MATTERS: None DIRECTOR MATTERS: None ATTORNEY MATTERS: Mr. Ginsburg reminded the Commission about the upcoming seminar Ms. Patricia Gleason of the Attorney General's Office was holding regarding Open Government Laws [Sunshine]. Chairman Dodd adjourned the meeting at 11:02 p.m. (db)