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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-02-1976 Regular MeetingTHE FAIRHOPE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION Minutes for Meeting February 2, 1976 The Fairhope Planning and Zoning Commission met in regular session on Monday, February 2, 1976, at 5:00 P.M., at the City Administration Building, 387 Fairhope Avenue, Fairhope, Alabama, with Chairman John Parker presiding. The following members were present: Mayor James P. Nix, Mr. Ilarford Field, Dr. Pierce Fredrick, Mr. Chester Billie, Mrs. Leona Newman, Mr. Barney Shull and Mr. Jack Kirk. Also present was South Alabama Regional Planning Commission Consultant, Mr. Jeff Blood. Member Cecil Pitman was absent from the meeting. The minutes of the January 5, 1976, meeting were approved as recorded. I, The first item on the agenda was the presentation of a Parking Lot Layout for the First Baptist Church. Reverend H. B. Shepherd and Mr. Lloyd Lewis were present to discuss with Commission members the proposed Parking Lot Plans. Reverend Shepherd stated that the three (3) things which the First Baptist Church desired in the parking area they propose to build were a place of service, a;)place of safety, and a place of beauty. Mr. Lloyd Lewis, a member of the church and the designer of the parking area, presented a map of the proposed parking area at the Church. The ingress and egress of traffic was discussed along with the landscaping requirement of the Zoning Ordinance and overall safety, Mayor James P. Nix made a motion requesting Mr, Ilarford Field to meet with the First Baptist Church people and help to work out a plan that would meet the•Church's needs as much as possible, and at the same time be consistent with the Zoning Ordinance, with plans to be presented and acted upon at the March 1, 1976, meeting of the Planning Commission. Mr. Barney Shull seconded the motion. Motion carried. II. The application of Major Homes, Inc, for Final Plat approval of Paddock Estates Unit II; situated in Section 19, Township 6, South Range 2 East; located east of highway 98 adjacent to and south of existing Paddock Estates Unit I, was presented. Mr. Ack Moore of Moore Engineering and Mr. Jack Pope represented Major IIomes.. Mayor Nix moved to give final plat approval to subdivision plat with Dr. Pierce Frederick to sign plat upon the posting of a performance bond being set by the City Council. Mr. Barney Shull seconded the motion. During discussion of the motion, Chairman Parker pointed out Major Homes' agreement, in being granted R=3 zoning, to construct only single family detached residences in the area,and asked for their continuing commitment on Paddock Estates Unit II. Mr. Pope stated he would accept and abide by that continuing provision. Notion carried. III. The application of Mr. Phillip Stenzel for Final Plat approval of. Rack Acres, a resurvey and subdivision of Lots 6, 7, 9, and 10 of Green's Subdivision Corporation into 13 lots. This subdivision is situated in the west 1./2 of the northeast 1/4 of Section 17, Township 6, South, Range 2, East, located on the east and west side of Blue Island Street north of Fairhope Avenue. Mr. Ack Moore of Moore Engineering acted as Mr. Stenzel's representative. After a discussion, Dr. Pierce Fredrick moved to grant final. plat approval upon the posting of a bond for the water line on Blue Island with the City Council,for Rack Acres Lots 1. through 12, situated on the east side of Blue Island Street and extending to Ingleside Street (area on west side of Blue. Island remaining undivided). 9c►t�2_ /��c'.,( .1/.rr.r,,,,,�c�� -t�j �,�Fe P�,�. �ati,_ <�,2<<_a��J IV. The next matter brought before the Commission's attention was the changing / of the name of Mr. Jack Stapleton's property at the northeast corner of Boone Lane and Kirkman Lane, from the Reynolds Tract to the Stapleton Tract. Mayor Nix moved that the name be changed from the Reynold's Tract to the Stapleton Tract and that the Commission Secretary proceed with signing the plat. Mr. Barney Shull seconded the motion. Motion carried. Wa V. Mr. Irby was present at the meeting to seek the advice of Conunission members on the possibility of rezoning of property which he had recently purchased. The property under discussion was the Mildred Patton property on the west side of Section Street across from the Betterburger site. Mr. Irby said that he would like to have the property zoned for the purpose of a possible Day Care Center or professional office. Mr. Irby said that tie would possibly seek rezoning from present R-2 to B-4. Commission members gave Mr. Irby their various opinions on his proposed plans for rezoning. There being no further business to come before the Pairhope Planning and Zoning Commission, the meeting was adjourned. Respectfully submitted, Lynn Adams Secretary Pairhope Planning, Commission Approved 17e By_Chairman r (City ®f Fairliope v� P. O. UUUDRAWER 429 FAIRHOPE, ALABAMA 36532 February 16, 1976 The Honorable Harry D'Olive, Judge Probate Court Baldwin County Bay Minette, Alabama Reference: Acceptance of Plats for Record Dear Judge D'Olive: On 3/29/74 I wrote you on behalf of the Fairhope Planning; and Zoning; Commission to determine if your office could comply with our request and to further determine what your procedures are for recording subdivision plats. Since we have not had a response from your office thus .far., I fee]. maybe this letter got lost. The City of Fairhope continues the administration of its subdivision regulations with considerable dependency on the requirement, as vie understand it, to subdivide land by plat recorded in the County Court house prior to a legal sale of a subdivision parcel. If this is the guideline under which your office policy is established, we need your assistance in insuring that plats are not accepted for record without the signature of the Secretary of the Fairhope Planning and Zoning Commission (currently Dr. -Pierce Frederick) if any sub- division parcel is within the police jurisdiction of the Fairhope municipality (five miles beyond the corporate limits). Please let us know if you concur with our position, what your current practice is, and what we can count on in the future. Sincerely, �G John S. Parker Chairman, Fairhope Planning and Zoning Commission JSP/brs cc: Mayor Jim Nix Members of the Fairhope Planning; and Zoning Commission Mr. Don Pruitt THE CITY OWNS ITS WATER WORKS, ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, GAS.SYSTEM AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM Harry D'Olive Probate Judge ) PROBATE JUDGE EO m IB ID ED BAY MINETTE, ALABAMA 36507 February 19, 1976 Mr. John S. Parker Chairman, Fairhope Planning and Zoning Commission Fairhope, Alabama 36532 Dear Mr. Parker: We will assure you that the filing clerk will check any and all Plats to be recorded within Fairhope City Limits or five (5) miles beyond the Corporate limits to make certain that the signature.of the Secretary of Fairhope Planning and Zoning Commission, Dr. Pierce Frederick respectively, is on the Parcel to be recorded. The above is the Guideline of which our office policy is established and we will assure you that it will be followed as to the best of our ability. If there is anything else we can help you with, please feel free to call upon us at any time. RMR/cd cc: filing clerk Sincerely, ell ; . obert R bolft Chief Clerk 0. r Planning Commit '.on ' embers- l `_-J. 1 1 �J T_ thought you would be interested in this brief reflection on the typical evolution of American communities. Though'this is directed toward major urban areas, a lot of the thoughts apply equally on a smaller scale to our community. I hope it is helpful as an input for your study of Fairhope's physical evolution. JSP r w Logic for Today's Cities ' Cities area human creation in which man imposes his identity on his surroundings. Throughout history, cities have been shaped by architecture reflecting man's aspirations and competences. The spire represents his spiritual longings; the monument, his desire for an enduring record of his achievements. The walled city shows his ever-present need for se- curity; the factory and skyscraper epito- mize the modern genius with mass production and commerce. Our identity is imprinted on our cities in other ways. Unlike city dwellers in pre- vious ages, most of us cannot walk the distances required to satisfy our basic needs of working, living, shopping and playing. By day, downtown towers shel- ter beehives of people and overlook streets choked with cars, trucks and buses. At night, darkened buildings form desolate canyons, their potential for res- taurants, theaters, shops and apartments —the rich texture of a vital city wasted. "—Surrounding downtowns in most cities& is a fringe of decaying buildings, many emptied by the flight of businesses and residents to greener suburbs. Others are occupied by people who are unem- ployed, or underemployed at best, and who have little money for upkeep. The number of "housing -deprived" American families in 1970 was estimated at 14 mil- lion by the Harvard -MIT Joint Center for Urban Studies. Many of them live in the fringes of a central city. City services such as street repair and rubbish removal languish in these areas; the problem is compounded because the tax base to finance these services is eroded as the wealthier flee beyond the city limits. Deterioration, coupled with unemployment, breeds crime, with resul- tant need for more police and fire protec- tion, which also draw on the dwindling tax base. In the far-flung suburbs, people drive time- and fuel -gulping miles to work, to shop, to visit. Many suburbanites live surprisingly isolated lives, cut off from growth -spurring interaction. Some analysts of urban problems call this century the age of the irrational city, one which spawns population conglom- erations rather than centers of rational political organization, diversification of labor and joint efforts forthe common good and enjoyment. Logic dictates that one solution to the meshed problems of traffic snarls, grow- ing fuel consumption and underused central cities is to make downtowns and their fringes attractive to people 24 hours a day. Happily, many cities are hosts to such projects. Two of them, Crown Center in Kansas City, Mo., and Houston Center, are discussed elsewhere in this issue. Other examples, many privately fi- nanced, come to mind: restoration of 600 homes in near -downtown Lafayette Square in St. Louis, rehabilitation of the Mexican War Streets fringe area in Pittsburgh, plans for large cities -within - Artist's conception of Houston Center presents Phase One buildings in detail. Bronze structure at far /eft is 2 Houston Center, now completed cities in Los Angeles and Detroit. Urban renewal programs, coupled with private endeavor, have revitalized down- towns in Charlotte, N.C., and Allentown, Pa. Urban homesteading is a government -sponsored step, albeit a small one. Another logical step would be to find the means to train and hire our unemployed to bring America's substan- dard housing units up to par. Solving the problems connected with such an effort would in turn help solve a host of others. The undertaking would in- fuse new wages into local economies, reduce the welfare drain, restore hope to the idle, make homes desirable for new residents as well as current ones, attract businesses back into abandoned build- ings and start the city tax base on an up- ward swing. Not all of our urban problems will be solved by restoring vitality to the central city, nor should all suburbanites move back. But to the extent that people do re- establish viable in -city neighborhoods, the fever of many urban ills will be re- duced and city residents may find life more rewarding. What better monurent to mark our century than to find that the problems of our cities are subject to humancontroll (:]�, 77• G: iLe� Robinson F. Barker Chairman of the Board 3 Cl-Ly of Fairhopk_. JAMES P. NIX+ MAVOH P O. DRAWER 429 FAIRHOPF_. AI_ABAMA 36532 IARIE MOORE CITY CLERK January 19, 1976 Dear FairI:ope Area Garden Club Member -- COUNCILMEN: DAVID E. BISHOP HENRY G. BISHOP SAMU^L E. BOX OLLIE E. DEESE BARNEY L. SHULL You are, undoubtedly, aware of some of the provisions of Fairhope's new comprehensive Zoning Ordinance developed after more than two years of study by your Planning and Zoning Commission and adopted and enacted into law on August 11, 1975, by your City Council. However, in the interest of more complete public understand- ing , it has occurred to those of us on the Commission that you members of Fairhope's garden clubs might appreciate having copies of one section of the Ordinance relating to off-street parking for all multi -resident and business properties. Its provisions were inspired largely by the expressions of many of your members at some of our public hearings. Ve could not provide for the prevention of tree cutting on private property because this would be an infringement on personal - property rights. As for tree cutting on public property your City Administration is very aware of your opinions and we believe is doing its utmost to implement them with care and good judgement. We do hope that, with broad understanding of the new pro- visions for landscaping of off-street parking lots, the enforce- ment of this portion of the new Zoning Ordinance will be made easier for everyone concerned. Sincerely yours, 67� , n _{ �%.c::4 hairman Iairhope Planning and Zoning Conunission Enclosure: Section 6.94 of t e F airi.o-,-)e Zoning Ordi-,an,ce THE CITY OWNS ITS WATER WORKS, ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. GAS SYSTEM AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM I • R A RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the Baldwin County Eastern Shore Hospital Board owns property and operates the Thomas Hospital on a site bordered by Ingleside on the West add Morphy on the North, and WHEREAS, the hospital board has successfully obtained required health plannIin-� approval for expansion of the hospitals en t sitQ, MV1 WHEREAS, it is necessary for Farmers Home Admin- istration loan approval that the hospital be able to show that such expansion is not inconsistant with municipal planning, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Baldwin County Eastern Shore Hospital Board's plan for expansion of Thomas Hospital is consistant with the Fairhope Planning and Zoning Commission's plan.