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03-14-2007CITY OF EDGEWATER Planning and Zoning Board Regular Meeting - Wednesday, March 14, 2007 6 :30 p.m. 1. CALL TO ORDER Chairman Vopelak called to order the Regular Meeting of the Planning and Zoning Board at 6 :30 p.m., March 14, 2007 in the Community Center, 102 N. Riverside Drive, Edgewater, Florida. 2. ROLL CALL Members present were Edwin Vopelak, David Ross, John Weiss, Pat Card, Charlene Zeese, Gigi Bennington and William Miller. Also present were Development Services Director Darren Lear and Planning Technician Bonnie Wenzel. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Mr. Card moved to approve the minutes of February 14, 2007 as read, second by Mr. Ross. MOTION CARRIED 7-0 PUBLIC HEARINGS 4. OLD BUSINESS None at this time. 5. NEW BUSINESS a. CPA — Halstead Resources requesting an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map for. 63-1- acres of land loca ted west of 121 W. Marion Aven ue as Commercial. Chairman Vopelak opened the public hearing and Mr. Lear provided background information on the request. Brad Haynes, Halstead Resources stated he would answer any questions the Board has. Ken Tolbert, 334 Shanayri-La Drive, spoke of drainage problems associated with this site. Mr. Lear stated the applicant would have to address all drainage issues during the site plan approval process. Diane Tolbert, 334 Shanayri-La Drive, spoke of the drainage problems associated with this site. Mr. Haynes stated they couldn't move forward until the Land Use amendment is completed, and he hoped the project would be beneficial to the neighbors. Chairman Vopelak stated the developer will have to address the drainage issues and cannot make the site worse. There being no further discussion Chairman Vopelak closed the public hearing. MOTION by Mr. Weiss to send a favorable recommendation to City Council for the amendment to the Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map to include .63± acre of land located west of 121 West Marion Avenue as Commercial, second by Mr. Card. 3 -14 -07 p &z Minutes CITY OF EDGEWATER Planning and Zoning Board Regular Meeting - Wednesday, March 14, 2007 6 :30 p.m. MOTION CARRIED 7 h. FP - 0701 — Charles Armitage and Rohert Kayat requesting Final Plat approval of a four (4) lot suhdivisjon located along the northwest corner of Riverside Drive and Thomas Street, known as the Thomas Street subdivision. Chairman Vopelak opened the public hearing and Mr. Lear provided background information on the request. There being no questions or discussion Chairman Vopelak closed the public hearing. MOTION by Mr. Card to send a favorable recommendation to City Council for Final Plat approval of the Thomas Street Subdivision based on the condition that prior to recording the final plat, all comments from City Staff are satisfactorily addressed, as well as the formal acceptance by the City of a bond/surety device for all infrastructure accepted by the City, second by Mrs. Zeese. MOTION CARRIED 7-0 c. VA-0702 — Sunshine State Bank requesting a variance from Article VII of'the Land Development Code to allow an off - site sign to exceed the maximum square footage permitted on property located adjacent to and east of 1620 Edge water Drive. Chairman Vopelak opened the public hearing and Mr. Lear provided background information on the request. Mrs. Bennington stated that City Council approved the location of the sign, but they are requesting a sign almost 2-1/2 times the maximum allowable sign and the request does not meet most of the variance requirements. Mr. Lear stated that City Council did address only the location of the sign. He added that the sign is typical for a commercial location. Mr. Card stated that if this was an on sign this would be permitted. Gary Seiderfelt, pastor the Indian River Baptist Church, stated the bank will be the owner of the property. Mrs. Bennington stated she had a problem with the sign being 2-1/2 times the size allowed and that the bank is creating the need for the variance. There being no further discussion Chairman Vopelak closed the public hearing. MOTION by Mrs. Zeese to approve the variance from Section 21-62.01 to allow an off-site sign of 32- square feet in lieu of the required maximum allowable 12 - square feet for the property located adjacent to and east of 1620 Edgewater Drive. MOTION CARRIED 6 with Mrs. Bennington dissenting due to objections raised during the public hearing. 3 -14 -07 p &z Minutes 2 CITY OF EDGEWATER Planning and Zoning Board Regular Meeting - Wednesday, March 14, 2007 6 :30 p.m. d. VA — Gordon Shane Taylor requesting a variance from Article V of'the Land Development Code for a single family residence loca ted a t 2721 Victory Palm Drive. Chairman Vopelak opened the public hearing and Mr. Lear provided background information on the request. Mr. Ross asked that the Board hear from the audience prior to their discussion. Cindy Black, 2723 Umbrella Tree Drive spoke against approving the variance request. Mr. Lear stated that the City goes by the survey of the property, he added that the building inspectors are not surveyors. Claude Yarborough stated he is purchasing this property, he was supposed to close and move in on February 21, 2007, he would just like to be able to move into his new house. Shane Tam representing Maronda Homes, stated this was a drafting error on the surveyors part. He stated the error was caught when they were halfway through construction of the house. Mrs. Bennington stated they have to address the finding of fact. There being no further discussion Chairman Vopelak closed the public hearing. Mrs. Bennington stated she did not want to just ok this request, she said she has seen houses torn down before for construction mistakes. Mrs. Zeese stated she had no problem with the request. Mr. Ross felt this was a problem for the adjacent property owners and would like to continue this request so the issue could be discussed with everyone including the adjacent property owners and come up with a conclusion. Mr. Lear pointed out that if four (4) feet were removed from the garage you would also be removing part of an upstairs bedroom. MOTION by Mrs. Zeese to approve the following variance request for the City of Edgewater Land Development Code: Section 21 (Table V to allow for a setback of 26 in lieu of the required 30 for property located at 2721 Victory Palm Drive, second by Mr. Weiss. MOTION CARRIED 4-3 with Mr. Card, Mr. Ross and Mrs. Bennington dissenting 7. OTHER BUSINESS a. Expiration of Charlene Zeese's term. Mr. Card moved to recommend Charlene Zeese for reappointment to the Planning and Zoning Board- second by Mr. Miller. MOTION CARRIED 7-0 3 -14 -07 p &z Minutes CITY OF EDGEWATER Planning and Zoning Board Regular Meeting - Wednesday, March 14, 2007 6 :30 p.m. 8. DISCUSSION ITEMS a. Development Services Director's Report None at this time. b. Chairman's Report Chairman Vopelak brought up the letter from Councilman Vincenzi that was printed in the Daily Journal. The Board discussed the letter at length. c. Agency Members Report Mr. Card asked the Board if they wanted to continue discussion on their vision. Mr. Ross provided a letter he drafted to City Council, which was not for publication. Mr. Ross read his letter into the record and stated he felt they should continue with the discussion. There was further discussion regarding the Planning and Zoning Board's vision for Edgewater. Mrs. Zeese suggested changing the last sentence of Mr. Ross' letter to ask Council for an invitation to a joint workshop. All Board members agreed to this revision. It was then decided that Chairman Vopelak would sign the letter and it would be forwarded to all Council members. 7. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to discuss, the meeting adjourned at 8: 10 p.m. Minutes respectfully submitted by: Bonnie Wenzel, Planning Technician 3 -14 -07 p &z Minutes 4