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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01.17.74Planning and Zoning Commission January 17, 1974 8:00 P. M. Members Present: Members Absent: Others Present: Arthur Harris, Chairman David Berrien Jefferson Davis C. B. Franklin Victor Gischler Robert Karns Philip Logan Sudy Sloan Edward Blacksheare Bill Braceland, Building Official Al Payne, Building Inspector David Farr, City Planner The meeting was called to order by the Chairman. The Chairman announced that the public hearing that had been advertised to be held this date to consider a request to rezone from SR -1AA, Single- Family Residential District, to MI -2, Medium Industrial District, for Block 80, M. M. Smith's Subdivision, had been cancelled at the request of the applicant John 0. Outlaw, representative of Condev Corporation. A public hearing was next held to consider a request to change and amend the Zoning Ordinance, Article V, Use Provisions, Section 9., GC -2, General Commercial District, Sub - paragraph B., Condi- tional Uses Permitted, under (8) add the wording -- - "and after approval by the Sanford City Commission ". The Chairman read from the Zoning Ordinance as follows: (8) Sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises in accordance with Chapter 4 of the City Code. He explained that Chapter 4 is somewhat changed from what it was at the time the Zoning Ordinance was written and does not quite apply, so the City Commission would like to add "and after approval by the Sanford City Commission ". There was no one present to speak either in favor of, or Planning and Zoning Commission January 17, 1974 Page 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - -- against, the requested change in the Zoning Ordinance. After consideration, Mr. Karns made a motion to recommend to the City Commission that Article V of the Zoning Ordinance be amended as requested. The motion was seconded by Mr. Berrien and was carried. Mr. Dave Redwine next presented a site plan for a new building at Seminole Paint and Body Shop, 2540 South Myrtle Avenue. The Chairman informed Mr. Redwine that the City will require that he pave from the corner to the new commercial building. After it was determined that the off- street parking space was adequate and the provision of a vine - covered fence would be accept- able as sight -proof fencing, a motion was made by Mr. Sloan to approve the site plan with the stipulation that Myrtle Avenue be paved from the intersection at Park Drive, north to a point adjacent to the most northern frontage of the new building. The motion was seconded by Mr. Gischler and was carried. A site plan for an addition to Harcar Aluminum Products Company, 3500 Orlando Drive, was next presented for review. Mr. Tom Freeman, representing the builder, was present and explained that they pro- pose to cover over an existing 25' x 60' storage shed. After review, on the motion of Mr. Karns, seconded by Mr. Franklin and carried, the site plan was approved. W. Vincent Roberrs, M.D., next presented a site plan for the expansion of an existing commercial building at 300 Mellonville Avenue, the location of the Social Security Office. Dr. Roberts explained that the Social Security Office now required additional office space. He had also applied to the Board of Adjustment for a variance pertaining to front and side yard setback requirements. After review, Mr. Davis made a motion to approve the site plan, contingent upon the off - street parking being reviewed later and upon the Board of Adjustment granting a variance. The motion was seconded by Mr. Franklin and was carried. Consideration was next given to a request that the board make a recommendation to reduce square footage of floor area used for office spaces by 30% before computing parking requirements as outlined in Article VI, paragraph 2, section (13) of the Zoning Ordinance. After a lengthy discussion, the consensus was that a literal interpretation of "floor area used for office purposes" in -com- puting parking requirements would be preferable to the 30% Planning and Zoning Commission January 17, 1974 Page 3 ----------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - -- reduction; and the date of February 7, 1974, was set to hold a public hearing to consider amending Article VI, paragraph 2, section (13) of the Zoning Ordinance as follows: To: (13) Office and public buildings: seven spaces for each 1,000 square feet of floor area used for office purposes. Add: excluding such items as hallways, restrooms, machinery and equipment rooms, closets, bulk storage rooms, stairwells, elevators and elevator shafts; but not any unallocated vacant spaces. After further discussion and a thorough study, and consideration of the recommendations of the City Planner, the consensus of the board was that the sollution was a matter of interpretation of the Zoning Ordinance, rather than a change in the ordinance, and the public hearing date was cancelled. Mr. Karns made a motion to recommend to the City Commission that Zoning Ordinance, Article VI, paragraph 2., (13) Office and public buildings, be interpreted to be seven spaces for each 1,000 square feet of usable office space. The motion was seconded by Mr. Sloan and was carried. The Chairman next asked the board members to consider making a recommendation that holding of public hearings by the Planning and Zoning Commission shall be optional or at the discretion of the Commission, not mandatory. The City Planner advised that there is State legislation which requires that an advisory board must hold a public hearing, as well as the governing board, on any change in a zoning ordinance. The Building Official reported that he had had several requests, one by Mr. Jack Horner of the Greater Sanford Chamber of Commerce, for ground signs to be permitted in RC -1, Restricted Commercial Districts, and asked the board if this could be considered as a conditional use permitted. After discussion, on the motion of Mr. Berrien, seconded by Mr. Gischler and carried, the date of February 7, 1974, was set to hold a public hearing to consider ground signs as a conditional use permitted in RC -1 District. The City Planner reported that all the statistics that were Planning and Zoning Commission January 17, 1974 Page 4 --------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - -- supposed to come from Gerald Dake for the traffic study have come in and have been submitted to the traffic engineering firm doing the study. The Chairman reported that he had observed a junk yard with 25 or 30 junk cars located on Palmetto Avenue, between 25th and 26th Street. The Building Official indicated that he would take appropriate action to remedey the situation. On the motion of Mr. Davis, seconded by Mr. Franklin and carried, the minutes of the meeting of January 3, 1974, were approved. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. Arthur H. Harris, Chairman