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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-06-1986 Regular MeetingThe Planning & Zoning Commission of the City of Fairhope met October 6, 1986 at the Fairhope Civic Center 161 N. Section Street at 5:00 p.m. Present: Chairman Maxwell Killoch; members Cindy McBrearty, Cecil Pitman, Tim Kant, Jeanette Puckett, Jack Lucey, Richard Sanderson, The Commission accepted for public hearing at the next regular meeting the request for R-3 zoning upon annexation for property FSTC/Ernest Gabel for subdivision located on Fairhope Avenue by Bishop Road. The Commission considered a preliminary plat on a 20 lot subdivision for Harold Thompson. Claude Arnold spoke for Mr. Thompson. He said that they wished to have a paved road w/curb & gutter, that drainage would be handled by 2 - 24" cluverts that would run under the road and w/total runoff would only be 3 cu. ft. not more than it is now. Bob commented on the road noting it is longer than requirement but that commission had power to waive this requirement. He also mentioned that the County would have to approve the roads, and County Health Department approval as to whether or not the lots would perk. At this time Bill Lovelock who is an adjacent property owner told the members of the Commission that he has always had a drainage problem. That he knew it when he botight the property and the lot sloped and ran all the way across his lot and down across his neighbor's and on to the Byrd's. -That its main concern would be the additional runoff caused by the road and houses in the subdivision, that this road would be 30 ft. from his bedroom window and he was sure it would cause additional traffic. Also would this cause his property value to go down. A Russell Dean spoke, saying he bought the Peacock house and he too was concerned about runoff. He wanted to know how he could be sure trailers would not be placed in this subdivision, that he too was worried about the devaluing of his property, and was there a minimum value of the houses he would be allowed to build. He was told that restrictive covenants should cover what size houses and no trailers allowed, that the City could only review the subdivision, that the county would be responsible for maintaining the road. That the health department would require 15,000 sq ft lots for septic tanks. Mrs. Calloway, Mr. Banks and Gary Jackson all said they had to put fill dirt on their lots to make them perk. Tim Kant moved to approve the preliminary plat as presented w/ recommendations as to waiving requirement on length of road and drainage being properly handled. Discussion continued with Mr. Arnold saying that he thought the property values would increase, that all worries about trailers and lot sizes would be handled by restrictive covenants, that they had drainage plans and that all lots passed the percolation except two on the southwest corner that require fill dirt. That they would install 2-24" culverts under the new street where it is low and the drainage would follow the same path it follows now. It was concensus of all that county did not design Moseley to handle waterflow as it is obviously too small and overflows w/any qreat amount of rain. That this is a problem that needs to be addressed to Co unty. Jack Lucey commented that he would like a second opinion and put this in the form of a motion, Cindy McBrearty seconded and motion passed unanimously opinion to be in by next month's meeting, see if the design meets standards. Matt Dial came before the Commission to ask the City to change their subdivision regulations from 5 acres constituting a subdivision to 3 acres which is a county regulation. Discussion led to it being suggested that we get an opinion from the City Attorney before we attempt change as to whether or not you can sell off off one peice of property without constituting a subdivision. Olsen Acres, the re -subdivision of one existing lot was continued to next meeting as no one was present to present same. Page Two - October 6, 1986 Planning & Zoning Commission Under new business the Chairman brought before the Commission the need to raise the zoning fees from $15.00 to $30.00 to offset the costs involved in preparation for Planning & Zoning Commission meetings. Dick Sanderson moved to approved this proposal, Jack Lucey seconded and motion carried unanimously. This recommended change will be forwarded for Council action. Mr. Sanderson made a statement to the members regarding the proposed golf course. He said that he believed that we should recommend to the Council that the Planning & Zoning Commission be allowed to review the proposed plans before any action taken. Further discussion led to motion being made by Richard Sanderson to have the Chairman write a letter to the City Council recommending that the golf course proposal be submitted to the Planning Commission for review before any action taken by the City Council, Jack Lucey seconded and motion carried with Jeanette Puckett voting against. Tim Kant brought to Commission's attention that the Commission is under a lot of pressure from developers regarding the drainage plans submitted on these proposed subdivisions. That it is obvious that some kind of plan needs to be submitted addressing drainage in the whole area. That the County is not doing their job. That we need to be thinking about how we can address this problem. Officers for the coming year were elected. Cecil Pitman moved that Maxwell Killoch continue as Chairman, Richard Sanderson as Vice -Chairman, and Mary Doug Foreman as Secretary. Jack Lucey seconded and motion carried unanimously. There being no further business, meeting was duly adjourned.