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04-16-1984 Workshop MeetingCITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WORKSHOP MEETING April 16, 1984 A workshop meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission was held on April 16, 1984. The meeting was called to order at 4:10 p.m. with the following members in attendance: Nick Jones, Adelbert Evans, Henry Czech, Marie McKinney and Pat Parker. Absent: Chairman Sargent, Debbie Gaines, James Shepherd and Bob Thompson. City Manager George Forbes stated that the purpose of this workshop was to review the Land Use portion of the City's Comprehensive Plan. Page one was first reviewed, and it was discussed that the present Comprehensive Plan states that mixed uses in the downtown business area lacks sales appeal and decreases property values there. It was pointed out that mixed uses in the downtown business area were actually positive effects, as long as retail sales were generally on the ground floor of the downtown. This section was reworded to read "In the Central Business District retail sales should be encouraged on the ground floor. Mixed use of the ground floor area .contributes to lack of sales appeal and decreases property values. Office and housing uses should be encouraged on upper levels." Minor wording changes on page one were also recommended by Mr. Evans. Chairman Sargent and Debbie Gaines entered at this point. It was pointed out that the charts on page two "Population Projections" and page three "Summary of Existing Land Use" should be updated since both of these charts were done in 1977. The residential, commercial and industrial land use policies of the Comprehensive Plan were reviewed in detail. It was discussed that the density figures in the Plan should be revised to conform with the City Zoning Ordinance. It was suggested that standards for an agri- cultural zone be placed in the Comprehensive Plan that would allow homes only on one unit per acre. The agricultural standards would apply to: 1. Areas presently used as agricultural 2. Properties newly annexed into the City 3. Environmentally hazardous areas 4. Areas lacking sufficient City services such as sewer, water or transportation facilities to service uses of higher density. The density standards were also discussed, and preliminary standards were set at: 1. Low Density - 1 - 4 dwelling units per acre 2. Medium Density - 5 - 8 dwelling units per acre 3. High Density - 9 - 12 dwelling units per acre Standards for areas not suitable for intensive residential development were discussed in detail. It was explained that a better definition for areas not suitable for intensive residential development was neede Examples of areas not suitable for such development are areas of steep slope, flood prone areas, areas near lakes, areas with inadequate tran portation facilities or other environmentally hazardous areas. It was suggested that the high density residential districts also have a fourth policy which would read, "Since office uses are generally compatible with multi-family uses, areas shown as high density with good access to collector or arterial roads may also be used for office uses if they meet the CUP standards of the Zoning Ordinance. d. s- On page 6 Objective 3 was discussed which pertains to residential devel- opment on environmentally sensitive sites. The word "intensive" in this goal was exchanged for "high density" so it would conform to the standards of density discussed above. Definition of "extreme slope" was also discussed, and it was decided that a definition for extreme slope would be any slope of 90 or more. CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WORKSHOP MEETING April 16, 1984 There was much discussion regarding the City's Highway Commercial and Light Commercial Standards. Nick Jones discussed in detail the theory behind the Highway Commercial and Light Commercial Standards, and some of the problems with Light Commercial zoning. One of the problems with the existing Comprehensive Plan is that there are really no stand- ards set forth in the Plan for a Light Commercial district, yet such a district exists in the Zoning Ordinance. The City Manager suggested standards for a Light Commercial District which would be: 1. Areas along major collector roads which do not depend on major highway traffic. 2. Retail sales and services should be concentrated in select locations and be so located and designed so as not to be detrimental to adjacent residential districts 3. Only light retail sales adequately buffered from resi- dential uses and of low traffic and pedestrian volume should be allowed. 4. Light Commercial districts are appropriate in areas abutting Highway 50 if they are near or abut existing low density residential uses. The Highway Commercial standards were also discussed in detail, es- pecially the fact that frontage roads should be used whenever possible. It was also discussed that entrances for frontage roads should be at least 1200 feet apart. Industrial land uses were also discussed in detail and it was the consensus of the P & Z members that the policy that states that the industrial sites in Clermont should be located in accordance with the policies of the Lake County Land Use element was inadequate. The exact standards of the City of Clermont for industrial sites should be spelled out in our Comprehensive Plan. The City Manager stated that he would obtain recommendations for this. The importance of coordin- ation with the County on areas outside the City limits was also discus- sed, and possible areas of interest. Members were asked to review the Housing, Transportation, Recreation and Open Space, and Conserva- tion elements for the next Planning and Zoning Commission workshop which will be held on the third Tuesday of May at 4:00 p.m. in the City Hall conference room. 1 :'John N. Sargent Chairman AT ST : / i' ~`~~' L ~. Marilyn Ge ge, & Z T nician