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09-02-1975 Regular MeetingPLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION A meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday, September 2, 1975. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 P. M. by Vice Chairman Seaver with the following members present. Mesdames Ray and Wilkins and Messrs. Williams and Jones. City officials present were City Manager Hopkins and City Attorney Baird. Others present were Mr. J. Sargent, Mr. W. H. Jayne, Jr. and Mrs. Phoebe Greenwood Jayne. The Invocation was given by Mrs. Ray. The minutes of the meeting held August 5, 1975 were approved as written. The first order of business was to hold a public hearing to consider rezoning of certain parcels in the City of Clermont located generally Souht of SR 50 and East of U. S. 27. City Manager Hopkins made the request for rezoning on behalf of the city. A description and map of the parcels was presented. (Copy attached). There was no one present who objected was made by Mrs. Ray, seconded by Mr. that a recommendation be made to City approved. to the request, whereupon motion Williams and unanimously carried Council that the change in zoning be Following a discussion of the need to control development along SR 50 east of U. S. 27 including service roads, it was consensus of the commission that Mrs. Ray and Mr. Cunningham, members of the South Lake County Planning Committee, bring the matter before that committee. Under old business, the first item was a report on signs. Proposed changes in the sign ordinance as they apply to off site signs, as drafted by the Sign Subcommittee, were reviewed by Mr. Jones, Chairman of the sub- committee (copy attached. Following a clarification that all off site signs shall be a minimum of 500 feet apart and Class B signs shall be a minimum of 1000 feet from any other Class B signs; motion was made by Mr. Jones, seconded by Mrs. Wilkins and unanimously carried that the changes in the sign regulation be approved and that these recommendations be submitted to the City Council. There was no report from the Subdivision Committee since Chairman Chunningham was absent. The report of July 7, X975 of the Zoning Committee chaired by Mrs. Ray was considered further. Following a amendment to the report that variances not include a time limit for starting or completing construction, motion was made by Mrs. Ray, seconded by Mrs. Wilkins and unanimously carried that the changes in the zoning ordinance be approved and that these recommendations be submitted to the City Council. A report of the Police and Fire Improvement Sub Committee meeting held on August 26, 1975 was submitted (copy attached). Since Chairman Dougherty was absent, discussion of the report was continued until the October meeting. Mr. Jones advised that he would be starting work on the PUD Development recommendations in the near future now that his work on the sign regulations had been completed. Under new business the matter of zoning requirments as they relate to properties abutting the perimeter streets but which are outside of the defined C-2 Central Business District (CBD) was discussed. City Manager Hopkins pointed out an apparent conflict in that the ordinance provides for C-2 (CBD) requirements whil the property is zoned R3. Following discussion, motion was made by Mr. Jones and seconded by Mr. Williams that a new zoning classification called CBD Transition be created for lots outside of but facing the CBD to include residential and commercial uses. Upon roll call vote on passage of the motion the results were: Ayes: Jones and Williams. Total Ayes: Two. Nayes: Ray, Wilks'n'~and Seaver. Total Nayes: Three. the motion failed to carry. Mrs. Ray stated her reason for voting naye was that she felt the ordinance as presently written is clear and a change is unnecessary. The matter was continued until the October meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 9:45 P. M. R.M. Hopkins, Acting Secretary Oakley Seaver, Vice Chairman