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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-06-1975 Regular Meetingi• Y�. ' Y I � � r llIiiUTSS J� FAIBHOPE PLANNING and ZONING COMMISSION January 6th, 1975 The Fairhope Planning and Zoning Commission met in regular session January 6th, 1975 at the City Administration Building, 387 Fairhope Avenue with the following members present: Chairman John Parker, Chester Billie, Dr. Pierce Frederick, Bay Gibson, Herford Field and Councilman Barny Shull. Mayor Nix, Cecil Pitman and Jack Kirk were absent. The minutes of the December 2nd, 1974 meeting were presented and approved. The Proposed Fairhope Zoning Ordinance, Section &1 4.22 (b)(2) was discussed. Mr. Don Pruett suggested changes in the section. r After discussion the following wording was•proposeds 4.22 (b)(2) Sides Each lot shall have a side yard -'f total width of thirty feet (30) with a minimum of ten feet (10) on either side. Under Section 6.93 Parking Schedule the following rewording was proposed: 6.93 2. Multiples One (1) car space for every one hundred (100) square feet of area under roof. Bequirements for set -backs on corner lots were discussed but no action was taken. Mr. Pruett stated that all revisions should be mode on the written portion of the Zoning Ordinance by the end of February to be approved at the Commission meeting in Maroh and presented to the City Council at their regular meeting in March. Chairman John Parker asked the Commission to meet on January 20th at 7:00 P.M. to further study the Ordinance. Meeting was adjourned at 7:15 P.M. Respectfully Submitted by: r on •sson, acre ary PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VI, SPECIAL PROVISIONS, SECTIONS 6.93 & 6.94 Section 6.932 Public Assemly: Paragraph 1 Paragraph 5. Section 6.94 l-- Add Paragraph 6.947: Churches and Other Places of Worship: Schools, including Kindergartens, Play - schools and Day Care Centers: Special Requirements: One (1) space for each six (6) seats in the main auditorium or sanctuary. One (1) space for each six (6) seats in the assembly hall, or one (1) space for each employee, including teachers and adminis- trators, whichever is greater, Plus five (5) spaces per class- room for high schools and col- leges. Churches, Other Places of Worship, Schools, Kindergartens and Day Care Centers which provide more than fifty (50) off-street parking spaces are exempt from the landscaping requirements of Section 6.94, Special Re uire de amments, provided that such institu- tions have or provip a perimeter landscaping, open space or playground areas. Continents : Amending Section 6.932 Public Assembly: Experience and observations indicate that the minimum parking spaces required by existing regulations are often inadequate; therefore, a reduction in the number of parking spaces required will probably result in resorting to added use of streets fo►• parking automobiles. Adding Section 6.94 Special Requirements: Paragraph 6.947: In lieu of this addition, perhaps relief from the strict pro- visions of the existing requirements could be achieved by the Board of Adjustment where it has been demonstrated by the petitioner that relief, if granted, would not cause substantial detriment to the public good or impair the purpose or intent of the ordinance. normally grown in permanent lawns in the Fair -- hope area and in no instance shall be paved with stone, shell, or gravel. Other appropri- ate green cover that will contribute to the ecology may be substituted for grass in a variety that is conducive to permanence under maintenance equal to that of grass. 6.944 Paved surfaces for off-street parking shall pro- vide a 10' x 20' space for each parked vehicle plus adequate area for all necessary ingress and egress and manuevering. To further provide for the atmospheric needs of our ecology and for the admission of rainfall to our ground water supply, landscaped areas in parking lots for more than 50 cars shall be provided within the perimeter of such parking lots having a minimum total of 10 (ten) square feet of area for each parking space excluding perimeter areas in which landscaping is required. They shall be located so as to break up the expanse of pave- ment and to guide traffic flow. They shall be so graded as to receive a reasonable portion of the rainfall from the surrounding pavement and not be set apart with solid curbings. In- dividual bumper -curbs in each adjacent parking space shall be used to protect the landscaped areas. Trees in these interior landscaped areas are recommended as desirable but are not required. However, shrubs and grass as described above for perimeter landscaping must be provided in these landscaped areas.• 6.945 At' the corners of each side of al", points o.., access from a public right-of-way, or at •o rs of two or more intersecting streets, lance_ cz ing shall be maintained so as to provide uno - s tructed visibility between the heights of: tl,o and one-half (2-1/2) feet and six (6) feet :or a distance of 25 feet each direction i -c. corners. 6.946 No signs of any kind shall be erected except in- formation signs used to guide traffic and to state the condition and terms of the use of the lot. Only non -intermittent white lighting of signs shall be permitted. w