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08-25-2003 Special Meeting• • • CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION August 25, 2003 The special meeting of the Planning & Zoning Commission was called to order Tuesday, August 25, at 7:00 p.m. by Chairman Richard Tegen. Members present were David Pape, Maggie Miller, Dave Lange, Ronaldo Camargo, Sy Holzman, Jim Douglas, and John Atwater. Also in attendance were Barry Brown, Director of Planning, and Jane McAllister, Planning Technician II. This meeting was held in order to allow the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Clermont to have the opportunity to review and comment on two proposed projects in the Joint Planning Area. 1. Property located on the South side of State Road 50, East of Hancock Road next to the proposed 7-Eleven. APPLICANT: Trycon, Inc. and Ackerman, Senterfitt OWNER: Byron H. King, Trustee • REQUEST: The applicant intends to construct a commercial center and has applied to Lake County to change the land use designation from the county designation of Employment Center to Urban and to change the zoning from Industrial to Commercial. Planning Director Barry Brown introduced these requests by saying that City staff recommends that no changes to zoning or future land use designations within the Joint Planning Area occur until a Future Lane Use Map for the JPA is adopted as called for in the Joint Planning Agreement. The Joint Planning Agreement document is the first step in planning for the Clermont area; however, the creation and adoption of the JPA Land Use map is the principal tool to accomplish sound growth management. Staff would also recommend that due to the contiguity of the parcel to existing municipal boundaries that the owners consider annexation into the city prior to obtaining development approvals. Cecelia Bonifay, Esquire of Akerman, Sentertitt Law Firm representing Trycon, Inc. told the Commission that her client wished to change the zoning from industrial to commercial since the site is located in a commercial node, and is much better suited to commercial use than any other use. Ms. Bonifay added that she and her client are here to engage in a dialog with the Planning and Zoning Commission and would like a • positive recommendation from the Commission. The consensus of Commissioners was that the site is certainly better suited to commercial development than anything else. • • C1TY OF CLERMONT MINUTES PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION August 25, 2003 Page - 2 - Richard Tegen asked if the developer would be asking for city utilities. Ms. Bonifay replied that he would, and that Utilities Inc. has said they would not fight to serve this area. Richard Tegen suggested that if they were going to ask for city services they should seek annexation at the same time. Ms. Bonifay said there was not much difference between what the developer wants and what the JPA will allow and therefore the project could be developed without annexation into the city. Frank Cannon of Trycon, Inc. said they would prefer to finish the project in the County and then annex into the City. Ronaldo Camargo asked why that was the case. • Frank Cannon replied that it would be faster to go through the county. Barry Brown explained that the change in land use requires a Large Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment. Cecelia Bonifay said the County has assured them that the Large Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment will be adopted by the end of December 2003. Barry Brown said he would not commit that the City could adopt by December, but it would probably be no more than an additional month or two. Frank Cannon said his project would be an attractive project, like Hancock Village. He said that parking was an issue, stating that he needs less parking in the County than in the City, and that he prefers to do the project with fewer parking spaces than the City would require. Mr. Cannon is also concerned with the grading requirements in the City, although he said his grading would be close to what the City requires. Maggie Miller expressed concern that the City will not be able to oversee the project and then will be asked to annex it. She thinks it should be annexed before development. • Paula Zahn said allowing the project to go forward would fuel the economy by keeping services in Clermont, and that Commercial use is a better use than Industrial on this site. She went on to say that high end restaurants are needed along the Highway 50 corridor. CJ • CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION August 25, 2003 Page - 3 - Ms. Zahn pointed out that delaying a project of this size would place a great financial burden on the developer. John Atwater asked if the Hooks Street extension was still on the drawing board. Barry Brown answered. that it was, and that it will go through the Bosserman property to Emil Jahna Road. Several members of the Commission expressed concern that the project would be built to county standards and would then be annexed into the city. Barry Brown said that the project should be built to JPA standards, which is a compromise between City and County standards. David Pape made a motion to support the recommendation for the change of land use to commercial, subiect to being built to JPA Standards, and annexed and rezoned prior • to receiving any zoning clearance from the City of Clermont. Ronaldo Camargo seconded the motion. The vote was 7-1 in favor of the motion with Jim Douglas voting against. 2. Property located East of Hancock Road and North of Hartwood Marsh Road and Hartwood Pines Subdivision. APPLICANT: Jimmy D. Crawford, Gray, Harris and Robinson PA OWNER: Hart Family, LLC REQUEST: The applicant intends to develop a residential subdivision and has applied to Lake County to change the land use designation from Rural to Urban Expansion. Jimmy Crawford told the Commission that the 142 acres would be developed as a residential subdivision. He said there could possibly be some townhomes that might be age restricted. John Atwater asked if there would be any commercial or retail. Jimmy Crawford replied that the city has discouraged that, and there would be no • commercial development on this site. After some discussion about the need for more schools when considering building more homes, Jimmy Crawford said that the request under consideration here is the • • CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION August 25, 2003 Page - 4 - change in land use. He also added that if the City so desires, the property would be annexed and built to City standards. David Pape made a motion to support the recommended change in land use, with the condition that the property be annexed and developed enfirely to City standards. Maggie Miller seconded the motion. The vote was unanimous in favor of fhe recommended change in land use with the additional condition. There being no further business the meeting was adjourned. ' hard Tege C rman ATTEST: _ j ~% ~ c Ja~'e .McAllister - anning Technician II •