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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-06-2006 Planning Commission MinutesThe Planning & Zoning Commission of the City of Fairhope met Monday, February 6, 2006 at 5:00 PM at the City Administration Building, 161 N. Section Street Present: Dick Charles, Chairman; Tim Kant, Dan McCrory, Bob Clark, Jean Wilson, Lee Turner, Ed Brinson, Dan Stankoski. Summer Woodson, Asst. Planner, Betty Rivenbark, Secretary. Absent: Gary Moore The minutes of the January 3rd meetin~ were considered and duly approved as written on motion by Lee Turner, 2n by Ed Brinson and unanimously carried. Case ZC0S-20 Rezone request from R-1 Single Family Residential to R-5 Multi-family Residential for property located at 8174 Gayfer Road. Summer said Gateway Construction Co is making the request. Part of the property is out of the city limits so they are asking that parcel to be zoned R-5 conditional upon annexation. The total acreage is 10.82. This was first heard in October 05 by the Planning Commission and sent to City Council for hearing at the January 09 meeting with a recommendation of R4 zoning, they sent it back to the Planning Commission to reconsider. The developers are now requesting R5 again with specific conditions. The conditions are: 1. Limit the development to sixty-two (62) units 2. Maintain a maximum of four(4) units per building 3. Build a privacy fence along the southern boundary of the property. The public hearing was opened and Mary Jean Barnhill spoke for the property owners. The public hearing was closed. Tommy Ward represented Gateway Construction. Dick Charles asked about the possibility of installing a gate in the fence at the end of the dead end street in order for pedestrians to be able to go to the shopping center. Mr. Ward said he thought they could do that. Bob Clark moved to accept staff recommendation of approval as R-5 with 3 conditions and recommend same to the city council. Ed Brinson 2nd the motion and it carried unanimously. SD0S.69 Minor Subdivision Charles R. Broughton, Broughton Meadows(Generally located at the end of Chukker Court off of Thompson Hall Road). Summer said this case was heard January 3rd and was denied but it is a minor subdivision that meets all the requirements. The property is zoned R-2. It contains 2.09 acres and he is proposing to create four lots. Her recommendation was to approve. Tim Kant spoke and said after researching the area he learned that R-2 is all around and he was mistaken in thinking that it was R1 all around. Larry Wollangk and Marie Olsen spoke asking if there was any way to keep as is and they were told that it meets all subdivision requirements and by law we have no reason not to approve. Jean Wilson moved to approve, Ed Brinson 2nd the motion and it carried unanimously. Planning & Zoning Commission Page Two -February 6, 2006 SD05.76 Re-subdivision of Hartshorn Place, a minor subdivision ( Generally located on the east side of State Highway 181 just south of County Road 32) Summer said this property contains approximately 8.5 acres and is located outside the city and a 9-lot subdivision is proposed. This was previously heard at the December 05 meeting and there was a question about access to the lots. It has now been clarified that there will be one driveway to lot 8. There will be two accesses to lots 1-7 and lot 9. This was approved by ALDOT and a letter has been provided saying this. Staff recommendation was to approve. Discussion led to a motion being made by Bob Clark to accept staff recommendation of approval. Dan McCrory 2 nd the motion and it carried unanimously. SD05.77 Minor subdivision of Nancy's Place (Generally located on the south side of Windmill Road between State Highway 181 and Thompson Hall Road) Summer said this property is located inside the city and is zoned R-1. It contains approximately 2. 78 acres and a 4 lot subdivision is proposed. This was heard at the December 5 meeting and was postponed due to a lack of flow modeling being turned in and reviewed. She said this now has been completed. Staff recommendation was to approve. Seth Moore was present to answer any questions. Lee Turner moved to approve as recommended. Ed Brinson 2nd the motion and it carried unanimously. SD06.04 Preliminary Plat approval of Greythorne Estates (Generally located on the north side of County Road 32 just west of Miller's Crossing) Summer said this property is located outside the city and is not zoned and 132 lots are proposed. Her recommendation was to approve with them moving the greenspace to a more central area, four lots in the middle. Seth Moore was present and said he could speak for the developer and saw no problem with moving the greenspace as requested that no lots would be lost. Lee Turner recommended approval subject to them moving the greenspace to the middle as recommended. Ed Brinson 2 nd the motion and it carried unanimously. The next five agenda items were grouped together as a consent agenda and heard together. SD06-05 Minor Subdivision request for approval of The Colony at the Grand, Triangle Subdivision (Generally located on the west side of Pinegrove Drive just north of Lots 9-13 of Lakewood Club Estates Unit 2) Planning & Zoning Commission Page Two -February 6, 2006 SD06-08 Minor Subdivision request for approval of The Colony at the Grand, North Subdivision, (Generally located on the south side of Battles Road across from Point Clear Court) SD06-09 Minor subdivision request for approval of The Colony at the Grand, Driving Range Subdivision (Generally located on the north side of Battles Road just west of Confederate Rest Road) SD06-10 Minor subdivision approval of The Colony at the Grand, Clubhouse Subdivision (Generally located north of Pine Grove Road and east of Lakewood Drive) SD06-11 Minor Subdivision Approval of The Colony at the Grand, Tennis Court Subdivision (Generally located on the south side of Lakewood Drive at the intersection of Lakewood Drive and US Highway 98) Summer said that this is five separate parcels, all are located outside the city limits and the property is not zoned, that they are trying to create two lot subdivisions on all five and four have access to a publicly maintained road. Daniel Corporation is planning to purchase the five pieces of property from Point Clear Holdings, Inc. and for them to do so the properties must be subdivided. Any further development of each parcel will come before the commission for a subdivision review. Her recommendation was to approve as requested with a waiver from the stormwater requirements. Dick Charles mentioned for general information that each member of the commission had received a copy of each complaint regarding this proposal. He also told Mr. Callahan that he planned to answer his letter but not tonight in the meeting. Frank Kalinsky spoke representing Pt. Clear Holdings and mentioned before anything done they would have to come back with site plans. He also mentioned the one parcel that does not have access to a public road, the Triangle subdivision, but that PCH had bought Beaver Creek Drive and they could come in from the east eventually move the gate north and eastward and have access that way. He also said one acre lots are proposed. Sam Crosby addressed the Commission and said that he and Miller, Hamilton were representing the property owners on Pine Grove Drive -Robert & Ginger Callahan; Medea Hill; H.E. and Dorothy Scobbe; Glenn and Mary Alice Taylor; Courtney & Irene Trotter; Robert Wise; Hank and Paula Perkins; Donald & Carolyn Dohn. Courtney Trotter, one of the property owners being represented spoke and said that they just wanted to understand what is going on in Lakewood in the triangle area, where PCH is planning to run the traffic is an issue. He went on to show a map to the commission and suggested an alternate route other than in front of the property separating their houses from the golf course as it is now proposed. Planning & Zoning Commission Page Three -February 6, 2006 His suggestion was to shift the road 10-30 feet to the north and buffer it with landscaping. Discussion followed among the commission, PCH and the property owners and it was determined that "The Triangle" parcel seems to be the problem one. Mayor Kant asked David Clark could we possibly approve the other four tonight and that all parties should get together and resolve this one, possibly come back in 30 days and if can't resolve inform us how he would do it. Mr. Clark asked if we could give conditional approval. Further discussion led to a motion by Lee Turner to give approval to the four parcels and conditional approval to "the triangle", suggesting to PCH that the road being put between the t-box, shifted to the north and buffer with landscaping on the triangle parcel, that they work with the property owners and resolve within 30 dal.s and come back with solution/plans at that time. Ed Brinson 2n the motion and it carried unanimously. 5D06.06 Final Plat Approval of Summer Lake Phase II (Generally located between County Road 44 and the east end of Manley Road) Summer said EDS is representing the property which is located in the city and is zoned R 1 Non-Conforming and it contains 19.36 acres and 33 lots. She said a performance bond had been posted. Her recommendation was to approve as requested. Ed Brinson moved to approve as recommended, Bob Clark 2 nd the motion and it carried unanimously. 5D06-07 Final Plat Approval of Gayfer Estates Plantation Phase II (Generally located on the south side of Gayfer Road Extension just west of Gayfer Estates Plantation Phase I) Summer said this property is located in the city and is zoned R1 non-Conforming. This phase contains 19.36 acres and 33 lots. She had recommended approval subject to all items on the punch list have been taken care of and she said they have. Jean Wilson moved to approve, Ed Brinson 2nd and motion carried unanimously. Tim Kant mentioned Bob Bung's property at the end of the dead end road and asked if anything could be done to accommodate him, Jerry Gilbreath said he would look into it. IR0G-03 Informal Review of a proposed development Magnolia Commons/Hutchinson, Moore, and Rauch, LLC located off of County Rd 13 between Gayfer Avenue Extension and Fairhope Avenue. Summer said this is a 20 acre parcel and is not located in the city limits and is not zoned. Input was suggested. Ray Moore spoke saying what proposed is clustering homes, with one with rear alleyways like Savannah in Rock Creek. A parking pad would be in the front and they plan on having one person to maintain the appearance of the homes, mow, prune and plant. Mr. Moore was asked about the planned street width and he said 18-19 feet. It was Planning & Zoning Commission Page Four -February 6, 2006 determined that this would still be wide enough for garbage trucks and emergency vehicles. He was asked about lots on wetlands and said there were none. Jean Wilson said this is what we are looking for more greenspace. Mr. Moore was told to reconsider the pervious alleys as we have found that retirees like to walk and it may present a problem to them. IR06-04 Informal Review of a proposed subdivision of the current Twin Echos property located off of South Section Street. Summer said the property is located in the city and is zoned B-1. Currently there are 11 lots, six with duplexes on them, and five are vacant. They are proposing to subdivide each lot so that each side of the duplex owns their half and the land. Dan Boone spoke to this and relayed that there is one foot between each duplex and the new ones will look similar. Lee Turner advised him to check with an insurance agent. No one saw a problem with what was proposed. IR06-05 Informal Review of Bella Foresta, LLC a proposed development located near the southeast corner of Cty Rd 32 and State Highway 181. Summer said that this is a 43 acre piece of property not located in the city limits and is not zoned. Mike Speaks said that one acre lots are planned and lots 1 and 6 shown on map presented were deleted because of the road widening. He said on the southwest corner two lots will be commercial, 2.58 acres. He was asked if this would be something planned to serve the subdivision and he said nothing planned at this time. The Mayor mentioned planning a work session to talk about several things that needed working out since Summer has taken over. All agreed it would be a good idea. There being no further business meeting was duly adjourned at 6:20PM.