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11-11-1981 Special ~ I ~ Q o ~~ CITY OF EDGEWATER ZONING AND PLANNING BOARD SPECIAL MEETING November 11, 1981 CALL TO ORDER Chairman Earl Wallace called the special meeting of the Zoning and Planning Board of the City of Edgewater, Florida to order at 7:05 P.M. in the Community Center. ROLL CALL Present: Members Wallace, Kroman, McKillop, Wheeler, Troian, Hetu, Winter, Nolan and Bennington. Also present: City Attorney Clay Henderson and Patti McCann, Planning Assistant. Chairman Wallace distributed a statement concerning policy of the Board regarding disruption of the meetings by the audience and questioned the members if there was any objection to reading the statement. It was the consensus of the members that reading the statement would be unnecessary. At that point Frank Opal, from the audience, called a Point of Order, which the Chairman recognized. Mr. Opal questioned the Chairman concerning conflict of interest forms Mr. Wallace had filed pertaining to site plans that previously came before the Board. Mr. Wallace stated he had filed the statements of conflict in. compliance with the law. The Board felt Mr. Opal's Point of Order was irrelevant to the matter being discussed and the Chairman asked him to be seated. For the record Mr. Wallace read the policy statement. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Mr. Wheeler made a motion to approve the minutes of the November 4th regular meeting, which was seconded by Mr. Hetu. Mr. Bennington asked that page 3, paragraph five of the minutes be amended to include the word "not" at the beginning of the last line. Upon roll call of the motion as amended, the motion CARRIED 8-1. Mr. Nolan voted NO. ANNEXATION REQUEST Mr. Kroman made a motion to remove the matter of the request for voluntary annexation by the Diocese of Orlando from the table, which was seconded by Mr. Winter. Upon roll call the motion CARRIED 9-0. Since there had been questions by the members, the City Attorney distributed copies of the state statutes and legal opinions concerning annexation. Mr. Dan Holahan was present at the meeting as representative for the Diocese. The property is presently in the County and zoned R-3, of which the Diocese is planning to reserve ten acres for a church and the balance would be developed as multi-family housing. The Board questioned the density, ingress, egress and providing municipal services. The City Attorney clarified statutes 171.021, 171.022 and 171.062 and reminded the Board they should address only the request for annexation since they have no control on how the property is developed unless designated by the County. ~ ~. "Mr. McKillop information, CARRIED 7-2. ~ Q o made a motion to send a letter to the Diocese for additional which was seconded by Mr. Wheeler. Upon roll call the motion A brief recess of the meeting was called to give the members a chance to decide on the questions to be included in the letter. Mr. Holahan complimented the Board of the outstanding work they were doing. After the meeting was called back to order Mr. McKillop made a motion that the contents of the letter to the Diocese should state that as per Section 715.01, before action can be taken on your requested application for annexation into the City of Edgewater, the Zonina and Planning Board desires the following information for its use and review of this matter: (1) Area included for rezoning and dimensions of project boundaries. (2) Adjoining land uses and zoning classifications. (3) Proposed adjoining land uses as shown on the Edgewater land use map. (4) Existing and proposed land uses on the project site. (5) The approximate density of population and buildings. (6) Proposed access to and from the project. Mr. Wheeler seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion CARRIED 7-2. Mr. Nolan and Mr. Wallace voted NO. SPIERING REZONING REQUEST Dr. Spiering was present at the meeting to discuss the Board's recommendation to the Council from the October 21st meeting. At that meeting the Board had voted 4-3 to grant the rezoning to accommodate the request for a medical office in the R-IB district. Mr. Wallace explained the fact finding committee had been working to get input regarding rezoning the entire area along Indian River Blvd. to a restrictive business district in conjunction with individual requests. Mr. McKillop reported the committee is presently working on the projected growth and population and is waiting for additional census figures. There was a lengthy discussion regarding the doctor's request and the possibility of treating this as a special exception. There was input from several members of the audience, including Mr. Siciliano, Mayor Christy, Mr. Holahan, and City Manager Joseph Mitchell, urging the Board to reconsider their recommendation to the Council since the City did need a doctor in this area. Mr. Winter made a motion, after'reconsideration of their previous recommendation, that the Board recommend to the Council they give a special exception to allow a medical office. Mr. Nolan seconded the motion. Mr. Bennington made an amendment to the motion to specify only the Lots 660, 661, 662 and 663 and to meet the B-2 setback requirements, which was seconded by Mr. Nolan. Mr. Kroman made an amendment to the motion to include the provision that there must be off-street parking only. After further discussion concerning additional doctors or dentists occupying the same office space, Dr. Spiering requested the motion and amendments as stated be withdrawn and the original recommendation to Council of October 21st be submitted for their next agenda. Mr. Winter withdrew his original motion and Mr. Nolan withdrew his second. Mr. Bennington withdrew his amendment and Mr. Nolan withdrew his second and Mr. Kroman withdrew his amendment. There was no further action taken by the Board. ,\\\zoning and Planning Board 11/11/81 -2- ~ o Q INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD REZONING REQUEST Mr. Siciliano, Chairman of the Industrial Development Board, discussed their request to consider rezoning a portion of the 1-2 property located near Industrial Road, Lot 4 Section 3, North of Marion adjacent to the FEC railroad to an R-4 zoning classification. Since the Board felt the matter required research, Mr. Nolan made a motion to refer this matter to the fact finding committee and report back to the members at their next meeting. Mr. Winter seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion CARRIED 9-0. The Board set Saturday, November 14th at 10:00 AM for the members of the Zoning and Planning Board, the Industrial Development Board or any interested citizen to attend to view the property. The City Attorney reminded the Board that if there was any discussion among the members concerning this request tha't minutes should be drafted of the meeting and filed with the secretary of the Board. ADJOURN Mr. Kroman made a motion to adjourn the meeting, which was seconded by Mr. Winter. The meeting was adjourned. Minutes submitted by: Patsy L. McCann Zoning and Planning Board 11/11/81 -3- ~ \