05-06-1975 Regular MeetingPLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING
A meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission was held in the Council
Chambers on Tuesday, May 6, 1975. The meeting was called to order at
7:30 P. M. by Chairman Czech with the following members present:
Messrs. Jones, Seaver, Dougherty and Cunningham. Others present were:
City Manager Hopkins, City Attorney Baird, Mr. John Sargent and
Mrs. Dollar, Secretary.
The Invocation was given by Chairman Czech.
The Minutes of the meeting held on April 1, 1975, were approved as
written.
Chairman Czech announced that due to the resignation of Mr. George Hovis
from the Commission it is necessary to elect another Vice Chairman,
and that nominations were now open. Mr. Cunningham nominated Mr. Seaver
as Vice Chairman. The nomination was seconded by Mr. Dougherty. There
being no further nominations, an unanimous vote was cast for Mr. Seaver
as Vice Chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission.
At the request of City Council, the Planning and Zoning Commission discussed
the zoning in the area of land annexed to the City in 1972 which now consists
of numerous zoning designations as a result of certain portions being
rezoned as petitioned by owners. City Manager Hopkins advised that
rezoning changes of the remaining portions were discussed at a meeting
of the zoning sub committee and it was their recommendation that the
remaining parcels cross-marked on the attached map be change to C-2 and
the parcels shade be changed to M-1. Motion was made by Mr. Jones,
seconded by Mr. Cunningham and unanimously carried that the recommendation
of the sub committee on rezoning be submitted to City Council as the
recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission.
As a result of discussion in the recent meeting of the zoning sub committee
on the definition of the worJt,"Structure" in Item 32 of Article III of the
Zoning Ordinance, in which meeting Mr. Jones felt the definition was entirely
too stringent and that the constant number of requests for variances and
the relatively high percentage of approvals by the Board of Adjustment
bears this out; and that Mr. Dougherty felt that there should be no change
in the definition, that he was opposed to eliminating green areas between
houses and opposed to any structures on side yards, the commission was asked
for their comments. Following discussion, motion was made by Mr. Jones
that recommendation be made to City Council as follows:
1. Amend the definition of STRUCTURE to read as follows:
STRUCTURE, means any constructed, erected or place material or
combination of materials in or upon the ground including but not by
way of limitation, building, mobile homes, radio towers, sheds, signs
and storage bins, but excluding sidewalks and paving on streets,
driveways, parking areas and patios (taken from Handbook of Zoning
and Land Use Ordinances by Clan Crawford, Jr.).
11. Insert the following provision into reserved SEC. 26-14:
Any constructed improvement such as a driveway or paving parking
space, patio, permanent barbe~~??e, storage bin or storage shelter,
sidewalks greater than 5' in ~lidth, permanent recreation equipment
shall be required to have not less than a 20 feet long or the length
of said improvement whichever is greater by 6' high buffer not less
than 60% opaque. Said buffer at the time of installation must meet
this provision.
There was no second to the motion. The motion died for lack of a second.
Problems of meeting the City's recreation needs and recommendations for
meeting these needs were presented from the Recreation Committee appointed
by the Chairman. It was agreed to postpone further discussion of this
subject until the next meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission.
The desirability and legal aspects of the City Council sitting as a Board
of Adjustment was discussed. No recommendations were forthcoming.
City Manager Hopkins advised the Commission of a meeting of the King Heile
Group on May 29th at Jenkins Auditorium at which time they would discuss
the proposed comprehensive plan for Lake County.
Mr. John Sargent requested the Planning and Zoning Commission, in future
planning to consider:
1. A by-pass from Lake Shore Drive to Highway 27 to avoid truck
traffic on Lake Shore Drive and Hook Street.
2. Service roads on Highway 50 from Highway 27 to Twelfth Street
through Clermont
3. Extension of Montrose Street west to Highway 50
City Manager Hopkins advised of the plans already formulated by DOT for
the improvement of Highway 50 thru Clermont.
Chairman Czech expressed appreciation to Mr. Sargent for his interest in
bringing these comments to the attention of the Commission.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:30 by Chairman Czech.
Henry Czech, Chairman
M. Do lar, Secretary