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City of Fairhope
Industrial Development Board
Date of Issue: Jan . 21 , 2019
MEETING PURPOSE:
MEETING LOCATION: The Delcham s Room MEETING DATE: anua 16, 2019
RECORDED BY: Steve McClure APPROVED BY:
PRESENT: Board members: Lee Webb, Tim Rosson, Ric Lacey, Steve McClure.
Council Liaison, Jack Burrell participated by teleconference.
Cofairhope Director of Planning, Wayne Dyess, AICP
Cofairhope Planner, Nancy Milford
Various visitors
ITEM DESCRIPTION OF D ISCUSSION ACTION STATUS NO.
I. Call to Order by Lee Webb at 5:00 p .m .
Mr . Webb advised he was asked by Bob Gentle to chair in Mr.
2. Gentle's absence. Mr. Webb facilitated introductions for all in
attendance.
3. A moment of silence was observed in honor of the recent
passing of one of our fellow board members, Hubert Hinote.
4 . Purpose of the Meeting -Mr. Webb advised that our primary
agenda item was to review a recent rezoning request and make a
recommendation to the Fairhope Planning Commission
5. The board was advised that before the Fairhope Planning
Commission ruled on the re-zoning request, the Council thought
it prudent to solicit an opinion from the Industrial Development
Board as the inventory of MI was limited and finite.
6. Jack Burrell provided overall background on the parcel in
question, the current zoning classification of MI and reviewed
the remaining available MI parcels within the City of Fairhope.
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City of Fairhope
Industrial Development Board
Date of Issue : Jan . 21, 2019
Wayne Dyess and Nancy Milford provided a detailed zoning map
of the city to show the board where the current remaining MI
parcels are located and what the zoning is adjacent to the
property in question.
The board conducted an in-depth review and extended
discussion with Councilman Burrell and the City Planning staff,
asking a number of detailed questions.
At the conclusion of the meeting, the Industrial Development
Board unanimously approved the following recommendation:
The re-zoning request should be denied and the MI
zoning designation in the City Ordnance should be
revised to include restaurants and bars with the specific
restriction of not allowing drive through service
windows.
Motion : L. Webb, Second: D . Rosson , Unanimous FOR
Mr . Dyess provided clarification that several of the concerns
expressed by the board were covered by existing ordinances
such as lighting, parking , low impact development, etc. and were
not required to be spelled out in our recommendation .
The meeting was adjourned at 5:58 p .m .
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