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The meeting of the Planning& Zoning Commission was called to order Tuesday April 3, 2012 at
7:00 p.m. by Chair Cuqui Whitehead. Other members present were Robert Boyatt, Bernadette
Dubuss, William Henning, Nick Jones, Raymond Loyko and Judy Proli. Also in attendance
were Curt Henschel, City Planner, Jim Hitt, Planning and Zoning Director, Dan Mantzans, City
Attorney, and Denise Noak, Deputy City Clerk.
MINUTES of the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting held March 6, 2012 were approved
as wntten.
REPORTS
There were no reports
1. REQUEST FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT
REQUEST: Request for a CUP to allow an Adult Day Care Facility to be established in the C-
1 Light Commercial zoning distnct.
PROJECT NAME: Lou's Place
OWNER: Citizens First Bank
APPLICANT: Mary Lou Wieloszynski
LOCATION: 1150 West Minneola Ave
PARCEL SIZE: 0.5 acre+/-
FUTURE LAND USE: Downtown MU
EXISTING LAND USE: Office Building
EXISTING ZONING: C-1 Light Commercial
City planner Curt Henschel presented the Staff report as follows:
The applicant intends to locate an adult day care facility in an existing office building. The
program (Lou's Place) will provide a safe place to go during the week to socialize, participate in
supervised activities, and receive physical care and monitoring as needed, all while retaining as
much independence as possible.
Lou's place will be a licensed adult day care facility with the capacity of up to 33 adults, and will
be open mostly from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Additional hours will be available on an as needed
basis for clients with non typical work hours. There will be a minimum of two staff members at
all times, with a peak of 5 at full capacity. Lou's Place is not set up or designed for overnight
stays with bedroom facilities.
The parcel was previously used as a 2,000 square foot professional office, and shares a driveway
to the office building to the west.
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Staff believes this development is consistent with the uses in the area and recommends approval
of this Conditional Use Permit request for an adult day care facility.
Commissioner Dubuss moved to recommend approval of the conditional use permit; seconded by
Commissioner Boyatt. The vote was unanimous to recommend approval for the conditional use
permit to City Council.
2. REQUEST FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT
REQUESTED ACTION: Request an amendment to a CUP (Res. 2011-08) to change the
uses to a Support Center for New Beginnings within in a
R-3, Residential/Professional zoning district.
PROJECT: New Beginnings Support Center
APPLICANT/OWNER: New Beginnings of Lake County, Inc. (Steve Smith)
LOCATION: 792 East Montrose St. (west of Ambassador Cleaners & U.S. 27)
SIZE OF PARCEL: 0.43 acres
EXISTING LAND USE: Vacant building
FUTURE LAND USE: Low Density Residential
EXISTING ZONING: R-3, Residential/Professional
City planner Curt Henschel presented the Staff report as follows:
The applicant is requesting an amendment to a CUP (Res. 2011-08) for a church which was
originally approved on May 24, 2011. During the applicant's assessment of the building use,
they revised their needs and the uses for the building have changed to a support center for the
operations of New Beginnings. These new uses include the following(as shown in the CUP Site
Plan):
Top floor uses• Worship services for the clients, bible study, tutonng, counseling, job
training, bookkeeping,pastor's office, and similar uses.
Bottom floor uses. Food storage and packaging. There will be no food distribution from the
site.
Because the uses of this building have changed from strictly a church to worship and numerous
support services, the applicant has modified their variance request from all grass parking and one
paved handicap space to one handicap and three paved spaces, and three grass parking spaces,
for a total of seven spaces. If the grass spaces become an issue due to runoff or overuse,
indicating the need to pave, staff will require that they all be paved.
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As with the first Conditional Use Permit, because of the limited number of parking spaces
available to the site, the staff recommends that a cap of 28 people be placed for the occupancy
load, as part of this CUP (See Section 2, #3). This number is based on the projected parking
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requirements as modified in accordance with the LDC of 1 space per 4 seats/users. (22 seats — 4
seats = 6 spaces plus one HC) This includes the food storage uses on the bottom floor. All
handicap parking must be paved with access.
The previously approved variances covering building setback reductions and Landscape buffer
width reductions remain in place.
Staff recommends approval of the request for a Conditional Use Permit to allow the operation of
the New Beginning Support Center with the occupancy load limit of 28 people, unless more
property is added adjacent to the site to accommodate more,per the LDC (Section 2, #2 and #3).
Staff further recommends that the redevelopment and construction of this site be completed in
accordance with Section 1, #12 (6 months to obtain permits, and one year for completion).
Commissioner Boyatt moved to recommend approval of the conditional use permit; seconded by
Commissioner Proli. The vote was unanimous to recommend approval for the conditional use
permit to City Council.
3. REQUEST FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT
REQUEST: Request a Conditional Use Permit'to allow a commercial shopping center
over 20,000 sq. ft., within a C-2 General Commercial Zoning District
PROJECT: Sandhill Commons, Lot 1 —Hobby Lobby, Phase I
OWNER: Dewitt Enterprises, Inc.
APPLICANT: Argate Properties, Inc. (Steven T. Siegel)
LOCATION: Northwest corner of Hooks St. and Sandhill View Blvd. (South of S.R. 50)
PARCEL SIZE: 4.09 acres +/-
EXISTING LAND USE: Vacant
FUTURE LAND USE: Commercial
EXISTING ZONING: C-2, General Commercial District
City planner Curt Henschel presented the Staff report as follows:
The applicant is requesting a Conditional Use Permit for a two-phase commercial project with
over 20,000 sq, ft.
Phase I consists of a 55,000 sq. ft. Hobby Lobby store on 5.75 acres which will be adjacent to
Sandhill View Blvd. The front of the store will face Sandy Grove Ave. and S.R. 50, and the rear
will be off Hooks Street.
Phase II will be built at a future date when a tenant is identified and will have a maximum 34,000
sq. ft. on 4.34 acres.
Both phases total 89,000 sq. ft. on 10.09 acres.
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The site is well served by the transportation network and will have access from Sandy Grove
Ave. on the north, Sandhill View Blvd. on the east and Hooks St. on the south. The project will
have a screen wall provided for the loading area backing up to Hooks Street, which will also
shield the compactor and some parking.
There is one variance from the LDC requested in conjunction with this Conditional Use Permit:
To allow for the absence of a landscape buffer along internal property lines— Sec. 118-37
(d) (1).
Staff believes this development is consistent with the uses in the area and recommends approval
of the Conditional Use Permit request for a two-phased commercial shopping center with over
20,000 sq. ft. within a C-2 General Commercial Zoning District, with the Conditional Use Permit
conditions as provided.
Commissioner Boyatt moved to recommend approval of the conditional use permit; seconded by
Commissioner Proli. The vote was unanimous to recommend approval for the conditional use
permit to City Council.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:30 pm.
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C . J itehead, Chairwoman
ATTEST:
Rae Chidlow—Administrative Assistant