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01-06-2004 Regular Meeting• CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION January 6, 2004 The meeting of the Planning & Zoning Commission was called to order Tuesday, January 6, 2004, at 7:00 p.m. by Chairman Richard Tegen. Members present were Maggie Miller, Sy Holzman, David Lange, John Carlson, and David Pape. Ronaldo Camargo and John Atwater were absent. Also in attendance were Barry Brown, Director of Planning, Robert Guthrie, City Attorney and Jane McAllister, Planning Technician II. MINUTES of the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting held December 2, 2003 were approved as written. REPORTS Planning Director Barry Brown announced that the term of service expires for several Commission members this month. He informed them if they wish to continue to serve on the Commission that they should submit that request to the City Council through the City Manager's office. • City Engineer Tamara Richardson gave a report on the City's Consumptive Use Permit. Mrs. Richardson reported that both the East and the West water systems used considerably less than what was allotted in the CUP. She also said that the permit allows service to 30,000 people by the year 2006. Richard Tegen asked if the aquifer has regenerated in the past year. Mrs. Richardson replied that it is recovering due to the return of substantial rainfall. Dave Lange asked if the water that we are allotted and don't use goes to someone else to use. Mrs. Richardson said that it does. 1. REQUEST FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT APPLICANT: Presco Associates OWNER: Citrus Tower Village, LLC REQUEST: To amend the existing CUP to allow for parking lot lights to be • located outside of the landscape islands; locate approximately 6,000 square feet • CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION January 6, 2004 Page - 2 - of the approved retail space from the main building to the parking lot; and allow the reconfiguration of Out Parcel "D" and the water retention pond. LOCATION: Northeast corner of Citrus Tower Blvd. and Highway 27. EXISTING LAND USE: Publix Shopping Center (Phase 1), Phase 2 is currently vacant. FUTURE LAND USE DISTRICT: Undeveloped District -5 (UD-5) FUTURE LAND USE CLASSIFICATION: Commercial. EXISTING ZONING: PUD Planning Director Barry Brown introduced this request by saying that the CUP for the subject property was approved in August of 2001. It allowed for the • development of the property as a commercial shopping center with a total of 160,086 square feet. When the CUP was originally approved, the applicant only had specific development plans for the Southern portion of the property designated as Phase I. While the CUP site plan depicted the Northern portion of the property, Phase II, the exact tenant mix and therefore building configuration was not known. Phase I of the property has been completed and is operating as the Citrus Tower Village/Publix Shopping Center. Now that the applicants have an anchor tenant for Phase II and the configuration of the building is known, they are requesting an amendment to the CUP. They want to amend the site plan as well as one condition regarding parking lot lighting. The following are the requested amendments to the CUP. 1. Move 6,000 square feet of retail space out of the main building and in to the parking lot area. 2. Relocated outparcel "D". This will allow the western property line of outparcel "D" to adjoin the eastern right-of-way of Highway 27. 3. Locate the parking lot lights outside of the landscape islands. • Staff recommends approval of the request to amend the CUP for the relocation of the parking lot lights outside of the landscape islands, and the reconfiguration of • CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION January 6, 2004 Page-3- outparcel "D". Staff has concluded locating the lights outside of the landscape islands will allow the lighting not to interfere with the designed landscape plan, and is better suited for the patrons of the center. Staff does not however support the relocation of 6,000 square feet of retail space in the parking lot area. The City has not approved a site layout similar to this in the past and at this time is uncertain if this is the appropriate approach to shopping center design. In addition, the parking requirement has resulted in a parking lot that is less than optimal. Bob Shakar, Presco Associates, LLC, 232 Mohawk Road, Clermont, FL, 34711 was sworn in and proceeded to tell the Commission why the parking lot lights would serve the center better if they were placed outside the landscape islands, and that he appreciated staff's agreement to allow the relocation of the retention pond and the reconfiguration of out parcel "D". • Mr. Shakar went on to tell the Commission that the 6,000 square feet of retail space is not in addition to the original square footage, just that it would be relocated from the main building to a site further west of the proposed department store. He went on to describe all the concessions he has made as far as design, landscaping and driveway access to this proposed retail space. Mr. Shakar said that they have created a driveway behind the proposed retail space to facilitate deliveries to the occupants so as not to interfere with the flow of traffic in front of the space. He said there would be six individual stores of approximately 1,000 square feet each and that they meet or exceed the City Code for parking and for landscaping. There was discussion about the advantages and possible disadvantages of allowing the relocation of the 6,000 square feet of retail space. One of the concerns was that there might not be enough parking, but Mr. Shakar mentioned that there was originally 14,000 square feet of retail space and that allowing this 6,000 square feet of retail space to relocate to the parking lot would reduce the total retail space by 8,000 square feet, and therefore parking should not be a problem. It was also mentioned that allowing this relocation would be safer than creating • another out parcel as was done ~at the Kash and Karry shopping center. • CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION January 6, 2004 Page - 4- The fact that the traffic in front of the retail center would be one way and that there would be a wider sidewalk with more landscaping than what is required by code would give it a more town center look. Commission Member Holzman moved for approval of the request as written. It was suggested and agreed upon that each item be voted on separately. Mr. Holzman rescinded his original motion. Commission Member Holzman moved for approval of the request to allow the parking lot lights to be placed outside of the landscape islands; seconded by Commission Member David Pape. The motion passed with all members present • voting "aye': Commission Member Holzman moved for approval of the request to reconfigure out parcel "D"and to relocate the retention pond; seconded by Commission Member David Pape. The motion passed with all members present votin_g "aye" Commission Member Holzman moved for approval to allow the 6,000 square feet of retail space to be relocated away from the main building; seconded by Commission Member Maggie Miller. The motion passed 5-1 with Commission Member David Pape opposing. Planning Director Barry Brown informed the Commission that a tenth member would soon be added to the Planning and Zoning Commission, and that the new member would be an emissary from the Lake County School Board. The tenth member would be anon-voting member of the Commission. There was discussion about the prospective flow of information that would be possible by having a School Board representative present at Planning and Zoning Commission meetings. • • CI TY OF CLERMONT MINUTES PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION January 6, 2004 Page - 5- There being no further business the meeting was adjourned. i / Richard ~~~ n, airman ATTEST: J .McAllister Planning Technician II • •