CCPC Minutes 01/03/2008 R
January 3, 2008
TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEETING OF THE
COLLIER COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
Naples, Florida, January 3, 2008
LET IT BE REMEMBERED, that the Collier County Planning
Commission, in and for the County of Collier, having conducted
business herein, met on this date at 8:30 a.m., in REGULAR
SESSION in Building "F" of the Government Complex, East Naples,
Florida, with the following members present:
CHAIRMAN: Mark P. Strain
Brad Schiffer
Donna Reed Caron
Lindy Adelstein
Bob Murray
Tor Kolflat
Paul Midney (Excused)
Robert Vigliotti (Absent)
ALSO PRESENT:
Joseph Schmitt, CDES Administrator
Jeffrey A. Klatzkow, Assistant County Attorney
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AGENDA
COLLIER COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION WILL MEET AT 8:30 A.M., THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 2008, IN THE
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING ROOM, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, COUNTY
GOVERNMENT CENTER, 3301 TAMIAMI TRAIL EAST, NAPLES, FLORIDA:
NOTE: INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO 5 MINUTES ON ANY
ITEM. INDIVIDUALS SELECTED TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF AN
ORGANIZATION OR GROUP ARE ENCOURAGED AND MAY BE ALLOTTED 10
MINUTES TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM IF SO RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAIRMAN.
PERSONS WISHING TO HAVE WRITTEN OR GRAPHIC MATERIALS INCLUDED
IN THE CCPC AGENDA PACKETS MUST SUBMIT SAID MATERIAL A MINIMUM
OF 10 DAYS PRIOR TO THE RESPECTIVE PUBLIC HEARING. IN ANY CASE,
WRITTEN MATERlALS INTENDED TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE CCPC SHALL
BE SUBMITTED TO THE APPROPRIATE COUNTY STAFF A MINIMUM OF
SEVEN DAYS PRlOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARlNG. ALL MATERIAL USED IN
PRESENTATIONS BEFORE THE CCPC WILL BECOME A PERMANENT PART OF
THE RECORD AND WILL BE A V AILABLE FOR PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD
OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IF APPLICABLE.
ANY PERSON WHO DECIDES TO APPEAL A DECISION OF THE CCPC WILL
NEED A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS PERTAINING THERETO, AND
THEREFORE MAY NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBA TIM RECORD OF THE
PROCEEDINGS IS MADE, WHICH RECORD INCLUDES THE TESTIMONY AND
EVIDENCE UPON WHICH THE APPEAL IS TO BE BASED.
I. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
2. ROLL CALL BY SECRETARY
3. ADDENDA TO THE AGENDA
4. PLANNING COMMISSION ABSENCES
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - NOVEMBER 15, 2007, REGULAR MEETING; NOVEMBER 26,2007, SPECIAL GMP
MEETING
6. BCC REPORT- RECAPS ~ NOVEMBER 27,2007, C.RAB. MEETING,
7. CHAIRMAN'S REPORT
8. ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARlNGS
A. Petition: PUDZ-2005-AR-9127, Myrtle Woods, L.L.C, represented by Dwight Nadeau, of RWA, Inc.,
requesting a rezone from C-4, and PUD to CPUD for a project known as the Myrtle Woods CPUD. The
existing PUD sunsetted in 2003 and provided for a maximum of 45 residential units and commercial
development on a 5.66+/- acres of land. This rezone request will revitalize the Myrtle Woods PUD on the
5.66+/- acre project and add a 1.38 +/- acre parcel currently zoned C-4 to create a unified commercial
development on the now 7.0+/- acre site. The subject property is located at the southeast corner of the
intersection of Tamiami Trail East and Myrtle Lane. in Section 29, Township 50 South, Range 26 East,
Collier County, Florida. (Coordinator: Melissa Zone) CONTINUED FROM 12/20/07
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B. Petition: PUDZ-2006-AR-IOI71, Eastbourne Bonita, LLC, represented by Laura Spurgeon, of Johnson
Engineering, Inc., and Patrick G. White, Atty. of Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, LLP., requesting a rezone
from the Agricultural (A) and Special Treatment (ST) Overlay Zoning District to the Residential Planned
Unit Development (RPUD) Zoning District for project known as Brandon RPUD, for the development of
204 single-family and multi-family residential units. The subject property, consisting of 5 I. I acres, is located
on the southeast corner of the intersection of Livingston Road and Veterans Memorial Boulevard,
Section 13, Township 48 South, Range 25 East, Collier County, Florida. (Coordinator: Melissa Zone)
CONTINUED TO 2/7/08
9. OLD BUSINESS
10. NEW BUSINESS
I I. PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM
12. DISCUSSION OF ADDENDA
13. ADJOURN
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January 3, 2008
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Good morning, everyone. Welcome to
the first Collier County Planning Commission for the new year,
January 3rd. If you-all will please rise for the pledge of allegiance.
(Pledge of allegiance was recited in unison.)
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. If the secretary will please take
the roll call.
Item #2
ROLL CALL BY THE SECRETARY
COMMISSIONER CARON: Mr. Kolflat.
COMMISSIONER KOLFLA T: Here.
COMMISSIONER CARON: Mr. Schiffer.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: I'm here.
COMMISSIONER CARON: Mr. Midney is not here. Ms.
Caron is here. Mr. Strain.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Here.
COMMISSIONER CARON: Mr. Adelstein.
COMMISSIONER ADELSTEIN: Here.
COMMISSIONER CARON: Mr. Murray.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Here.
COMMISSIONER CARON: And Mr. Vigliotti is not here.
Item #3
ADDENDA TO THE AGENDA
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. We have some addenda to the
agenda today. The first petition, Myrtle Woods, will be heard as
scheduled. The second petition, the PUDZ-2006-AR-l 0171, East
Forum Bonita, LLC is being requested to be continued to 1/17/08
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which will be our next regular meeting. Other than that I don't think
there's any -- does anybody have any older new business?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. Is there a motion to approve the
continuation?
COMMISSIONER ADELSTEIN: So moved.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Motion made by Commissioner Midney
(sic). Seconded by--
COMMISSIONER CARON: Second.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: -- Ms. Caron. All in favor signify by
saymg aye.
(Unanimous response.)
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Motion passes.
Item #5
APPROVAL OF MINUTES - NOVEMBER 15,2007, REGULAR
MEETING; NOVEMBER 26, 2007, SPECIAL GMP MEETING
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Approval of minutes -- well, let's--
Planning Commission absences first. Next week we have two
Planning Commission meetings. We have a finishing up of the LDC
cycle that started, I think, in November or early December. You-all
should have gotten a book right now that put together the remaining
items to discuss on the 9th, which is next Wednesday. That one will
start at 8:30 in the morning in this room.
Then on Friday of next week we have a continuation of the
Cocohatchee discussion involving the Burt Harris claim that was
remanded back to us by the BCC. That'll be Friday at 8:30 in this
room. As far as Wednesday, does everybody plan on making it?
Okay. Anybody on Friday is -- how about Friday? Is everybody okay
with Friday?
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(Indicating. )
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Good. Then the next regular meeting is
the 17th of January. Anybody know if they're not going to be here for
that?
(Indicating. )
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. We have quorums all those days.
Approval of the minutes, the first set is November 15th, 2007,
regular meeting. Is there a motion to recommend approval?
COMMISSIONER ADELSTEIN: So moved.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Or a motion to approve by Mr.
Adelstein. Is there a second?
COMMISSIONER CARON: Second.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Seconded by Commissioner Caron. All
those in favor signify by saying aye.
(Unanimous response.)
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Nobody opposed. Motion carries.
We have November 26 meeting, the special GMP meeting. Is
there a motion to approve?
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Moved.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Mr. Murray approves. Seconded by--
COMMISSIONER CARON: Second.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: -- Ms. Caron. All in favor signify by
saymg aye.
(Unanimous response.)
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Anybody opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Motion carries.
Item #6
BCC REPORT- RECAPS - NOVEMBER 27,2007, REGULAR
MEETING
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CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Ray, we have our BCC report, but I'd
like to ask you. What does CRAB stand for, C-R-A-B? Mr. Kolflat
was probably going to ask that question sooner or later so I beat him to
it. It's on our agenda.
MR. SCHMIDT: It's the Community Redevelopment Agency
Board, but normally we don't brief those minutes. I don't have any
idea why you would want to know --
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I don't want to know what it is, but I just
couldn't figure out what a CRAB was. I mean, I know what a crab is,
but I couldn't see what the acronym meant.
MR. SCHMIDT: Normally we accuse staff of being crabs, but--
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. Well, ifit doesn't mean
anything, we'll go on then. I just saw it on the agenda and I thought it
was kind of odd.
Ray, is there a recap?
MR. BELLOWS: The Board of County Commissioners did not
meet from the last planning commission meeting so there is no recap.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. There's no chairman's report.
We'll go right into the advertised public hearing.
Item #8A
PETITION: PUDZ-2005-AR-9127, MYRTLE WOODS, LLC
First petition is -- or the only petition is PUDZ-2005-AR-9127,
Myrtle Woods, LLC which is on the southwest -- southeast corner of
the intersection of Tamiami Trail East and Myrtle Lane. All those
wishing to participate, speak on behalf of this application please rise
and be sworn in by the court reporter.
(The oath was administered.)
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Thank you. Is there any disclosures on
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the part of the Planning Commission?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I had conversations with Mr.
Y ovanovich concerning some of the uses on the site, and I'll be going
over those during the meeting today.
Anything else?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. With that the applicant can start
with the presentation.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Good morning. For the record Rich
Y ovanovich on behalf of the applicant. With me today to answer any
questions you may have are Dwight Nadeau and Chris Wright from
RDW, Reed Jarvi from -- from Vanasse & Daylor and Jason Hunt
from Passarella & Associates and Emilio Robau, R W A as well.
The property involved -- do you want to -- involves a 7.04 acre
parcel of property located on the East Tamiami Trail prior to the
intersection of 951, Collier Boulevard. It's on the south side. It's
shown to you on the visualizer. The property is currently zoned PUD
and C-4. Five point six-six acres of the property is zoned PUD. The
PUD allows for both commercial and residential uses. The -- we are
adding the C-4 parcel which is 1.38 acres to the project. So we're
requesting to rezone the property to commercial uses only.
We would be eliminating the 45 residential units that's within the
existing PUD. The 45 units, as your staff report indicates, is a -- is a
net -- an effective density of a little over 11 units per acre which is
contrary to the stated goals of the Planning Commission within the
coastal high hazard area. And this property is within -- within the
coastal high hazard area. We're requesting a maximum of6I,000
square feet of commercial uses on the property which is a little less
than 9,000 square feet per acre.
In reviewing the -- the PUD document and the staff report there
was a commitment made at the neighborhood information meeting
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that retail uses would be limited to the first floor of any building. So
we need to clarify in the development standards that -- that retail uses
will be limited to the first floor and then other types of uses could be
on the second and third floor if we do multi-story buildings. So we do
need to -- we need to make that one correction to the PUD document.
I'm going to put a master plan -- there will be two points of
access for the property. The first point of access will be Myrtle Lane
which is -- is right here. And the second point of access is Broward
Street right here. Broward Street is a full opening on US 41 and I
believe currently has a traffic light there.
One of the commitments we've made through this project and I
think I have a better exhibit to show. I do. Is that right, Ray? I don't
know if you can see the arrows, but this is Myrtle Lane. We have
committed to providing public access through the project to get traffic
to this traffic light at -- at Broward. So we are going to provide public
access through the project.
Now, for purposes of setbacks, we need to make it real clear that
this is not a road that we have to meet setbacks from the road but we
are going to provide public access but we're not going to be required
to treat it as if it's a public road for purposes of setbacks. And I've
talked to Mr. Casalanguida and he -- he's comfortable with that and
wanted to make sure we stated that clearly on the record.
So there will be tremendous public benefit to -- to this project by
allowing people to go through the project to get to that lighted
intersection. Currently people have to take Myrtle Lane to 41, cross
three lanes of traffic to get to the -- to the left-bound turn lanes and do
U-turns to head basically into town. So we'll make it much easier for
people in that neighborhood to -- to get to that intersection and head
west on 41.
In addition, as part of the project, we're going to provide a
50-foot wide drainage easement which is in this location on the
property. That will be to help further the LASIP program, the Lely
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Area Stormwater Improvement Program. I know what LASIP stands
for, but -- so we -- we're going to provide that easement. We also
have agreed that we would go ahead and install the pipe for the county
and the county would reimburse us for the pipe within 180 days of
that. So we need to -- we need to include some that -- that stipulation
into the record. And I can read it to you or -- or you can -- we could
just give you the concept, whichever you prefer. But the concept is
we're going to give a 50-foot wide easement. We'll install the pipe,
and the county will reimburse us within 180 days for the pipe.
And, finally, we've agreed to provide a well site easement to the
county which is also on our master plan in -- in this location right here
if the county needs wells for their water service.
The -- we are requesting the rezone to commercial based upon
the commercial in-fill criteria within the comprehensive plan. I think
it's safe to say that staff agrees we meet all of the criteria, the
commercial in-fill, except for the long-range planning of it or
comprehensive planning, sorry, believes that you interpret the adjacent
parcel language to mean that the depth of the parcel is measured only
for the portion of the parcel that is actually adjacent to the
commercial, not the actual depth of the commercial property that's
adjacent to you.
And I hope you can -- you will be able to see this. This is the
zoning map that's applicable to this area of the property. As you'll see
this is the Myrtle Woods PUD right here, the existing PUD, and this is
the C-4 property we're adding. So this will become the Myrtle Woods
PUD.
Adjacent to us, all this long line is C-4 zoning. And this parcel, as
you can see, is irregularly shaped and -- and juts to the south. I
believe that's the right direction there. Staff is -- comprehensive
planning staff is saying, well, you stop here for purposes of measuring
how deep your commercial parcel goes. But the comprehensive plan
does not talk about the adjacent length of the boundary. It talks about
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the depth of the parcel.
So the Board of County Commissioners on a case-by-case basis
can interpret the comprehensive plan as to how deep the commercial
uses can go on the property. We did an average basically of if you
took this -- this -- this depth and this depth, we came up with, I think it
was 422 feet was the average depth. We're not going to go that deep.
We're limiting ourselves to 396 feet in depth I think it is. But we think
under these particular circumstances it makes sense to allow the entire
property to be utilized as commercial under the in-fill criteria. And
we believe that that's the case for -- for a couple of important reasons.
One, we will be utilizing -- we will be losing building area by
providing this drainage easement to the county. And we should be
allowed to make up for that lost area within the property which would
stretch our use of commercial uses further south. And I think we have
an exhibit that shows that a little bit clearer. I wish -- I know -- I
already showed it to you.
If you'll look at the master plan and you look at the -- at the
square footage replaced, the -- the blue area is the area that's going to
be the drainage easement for the LASIP project. That area is larger
than the green area that we'll be utilizing within the master plan to
essentially make up for the lost area due to the drainage easement.
And then addressing the other concerns as far as the well -- well
site -- well easement as well as circulating traffic through our project,
we believe it would -- it would -- it would make sense to allow us to
put our retention areas for the commercial use also in that area.
Staff points out that, you know, that -- that -- that water
management area is actually serving the commercial. So in their
opinion I guess it should be counted as a commercial use. We see it
more as a detention use, but we believe that based upon the
circumstances surrounding this particular piece of property, the board
-- and we hope you would recommend to the board that in this
particular case allow the entire site to use the depth of the -- the parcel
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to our west as -- as -- not just the adjacent piece, but the depth of that
piece under these circumstances for purposes of the commercial in-fill.
We think the merits of the project, as I briefly stated, the benefit
to access, the benefit to the LASIP program and the benefit to the --
the water program for the county warrant this particular treatment on
this particular piece of property.
In addition, when you look at the comprehensive plan as a whole,
I don't think the existing residential uses is really what the
comprehensive plan wants to see happen on that particular piece of
property. It's in the coastal high hazard area. The density is 11 units
per acre. There's been a lot of discussion. I don't think it got adopted,
but there was a lot of discussion of reducing the coastal high hazard
area density to four units per acre and not allowing for increases in
density in that area. So we think that our proposal is also consistent
with the comprehensive plan discussions that have been occurring.
We think this is a unique piece of property.
It's kind of similar to the Sonoma Oaks PUD, the Nagel Creek
PUD on 951. If you'll recall on that particular situation, the county
came in and said we would like you to do a bisecting road. And what
that did, it cut the commercial piece in half. The property owner
wanted to basically reverse how that parcel was laid out so that the --
the commercial would front Collier Boulevard in that case. And the
board said under those unique circumstances because staff was asking
for the interconnection, it made since to allow the commercial in-fill
criteria to be shifted to where it now ran north/south instead of
east/west parcel. We're asking for a similar treatment here because of
what we're doing to enhance the LASIP program, enhance access.
And with that -- that's our basic, that's a brief overview of our
proposed project. We're available to answer any questions you have.
And we would request that you make a recommendation to the Board
of County Commissioners to approve our PUD as currently proposed.
And I know we'll get into a few uses that I know Commissioner
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Strain has concerns about, but we're available to answer any questions
you may have.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. Are there questions from the
members of the Planning Commission?
Mr. Murray.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: I do.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I figure you would have. It's in your
district so...
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Do you mind in go first?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Oh, that's fine. Go ahead. You might
resolve all my issues.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Okay. I doubt that.
Let -- let's start off with the idea of building height. Now, we
know it's mixed use and the intent originally with mixed use was try to
get residents in there. However, I do agree. It's coastal high hazard
area. We really don't want to put residents in there. But I do have a
question with -- a concern really for height. You want to build to,
what is it, zoned height is what?
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Fifty feet.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Fifty feet. Actual is about 65,
then; right?
MR. YOV ANOVICH: I -- and I know I'm not allowed to use the
word since it's 2008.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Tippy-top? I'll use it, tippy-top.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: That number would be 75 feet.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Seventy-five?
MR. YOV ANOVICH: To -- if -- you know, to the highest
architectural embellishment or whatever on the site on that particular
building, yeah.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Have the developers, the
investors here, have they commissioned the study to determine the
viability of a project that -- how many -- how many structures are
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intended? There's 10,000 square foot lots.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: It looks like right now the thought is we'll
probably have three buildings, two out-parcels and one -- one main
building, if you will, if I can use that characterization.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Have they commissioned a study
to determine what -- what the potential is? I mean, when you're
talking about office space, we know that there is a number of places
where office space is sitting there vacant. And I have a concern for
the area that if we just build stuff and hope, that we're not going to be
achieving a whole lot. So I'm wondering what -- what work was done
in that area.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Well, I mean, of course demand has
changed recently for a lot of different things. But, again, we're looking
prospectively, not just for what's there today. At some point we
believe that there'll be an appropriate market for not only the retail but
also the office uses and other non-retail uses associated with the
project. Do we have a specific building plan to go on there today, I
don't believe so.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: No? Okay.
I'm going to bring you into a couple of areas I suspect
Commissioner Strain is also concerned as he has mentioned. I'm
looking at -- go to either location, either your part or the county's
document. I would talk about the permitted uses.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Okay.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: And I noticed that the -- the
PUD that was in effect had a lot of uses. And these -- unless I'm in
error -- these are a reduction in the number of uses; is that correct?
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Yes, sir.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Okay. Under page A-I have
you -- are you there?
MR. YOV ANOVICH: I'm with you.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Okay. Under II, gasoline
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service stations, do we really intend to have a gasoline service station
there?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I didn't say a word to him.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: If I were a betting man, I didn't think
you'd be resolving Mr. Strain's issues. You hit the first one.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Well-- well, that's scary, isn't it?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: That's exactly what 1--
MR. YOV ANOVICH: It depends on which side of the podium
you're on, yeah. We would like that flexibility; but ifthat's going to
be an issue for the Planning Commission, we would recommend to our
client that that use be eliminated.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: I think that would be a great
recommendation. This fellow here would not be inclined to support a
gas station in that area.
Liquor stores are another one. Coin operated laundries.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Wow. That's two for two.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: We're doing good, aren't we? Like I
said, you're going to clear up all my questions, Bob.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: We're fine with eliminating the liquor
store. And you said coin-operated laundry?
COMMISSIONER MURRAY : Yeah. I mentioned -- I also
mentioned diaper service to my wife and she said, They don't do that
anymore. I said, Well, you know, if they ever started again, it
wouldn't be real cool for the people in the neighborhood. I could live
with that I guess.
Motor vehicles dealers only, I don't suppose you have room even
for such a venture.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Well, actually, we could probably--
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Used car?
MR. YOV ANOVICH: No. It says new cars only. It says new
cars.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Okay.
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MR. YOV ANOVICH: Well, we could -- that would fit on that--
that particular piece of property.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Really?
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Seven acres.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: There have been -- as you may
remember, there have been a number of organizations that have come
here and have looked to expand their parking and all kinds of things.
And I -- I looked at that and I didn't see that you had all that much
space, but perhaps you do. But in any event, those are my concerns.
And I also had a question. I'm curious. In videotape rental and
on the preceding page it says recorded -- record and prerecorded tape
stores. And I'm just wondering if those -- if that's a redundancy or if
those are uniquely different somehow. And that's not a question
necessarily for you as such, but they're -- they're grouped 5735 and
group 7841 and I just thought that was curious.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: They do have different SIC codes.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Yeah. Are they, in fact,
different?
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Under -- as far as the SIC codes are
they're different. And, you know, we -- we go by these codes for what
uses are allowed. So if we don't have -- if we don't list record and
prerecorded tape stores under the 5735 SIC code, we can't have it
under the category that we do list as videotape.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Okay. So you're -- you're
compelled. I see that.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Right.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Okay. Those are the issues on
that.
On page B-1 -- oh, and caretaker's residence, that should be
struck. You're not going to have any residences there, are you?
MR. YOV ANOVICH: The caretaker's residence, and we could
strike that, but that was intended for someone who would be there to
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maintain the retail stores and operations to make sure that they're
being properly taken care of from a maintenance standpoint. It
wouldn't have been for the residences. It would have been to serve the
retail that would actually be built.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Would -- would that be a
residence above one of the retail stores?
MR. YOV ANOVICH: It could be. It could -- or it could be I
would imagine we would -- we might put it separately. I doubt it, but
we could put it in the building.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Well, I'm not sure where it
belongs. I mean, I'm just wondering.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: It's intended to be an accessory used to
help maintain the -- the overall project.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Is that like security as well? Is
that what you're --
MR. YOV ANOVICH: It could be. It could be, you know, the
person who's cutting the grass, you know, fixing the plumbing if
something breaks --
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Well--
MR. YOV ANOVICH: -- the electrical.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: I don't have a major problem
with it if it's something that's fairly common. I think it stuck out to me
as being odd that there should be one residence when you don't want
any residence. So okay. We'll talk more about that.
Under B-1 development standards the second paragraph, it looks
like, really speaks to condominium. Are you going to have
condominium in there? Is that what's going to happen?
MR. YOV ANOVICH: It could be a commercial condominium.
That's become a fairly common form of development.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Your plan is beginning to be
seen.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Well, it's -- it's the flexibility. We may --
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we may do condominium, a commercial condominium, where we
would do one SDP so you could have one lot but you'd have
individual condominium parcels. Or we could have the -- we could do
a typical plat. It gives us the flexibility to go either way.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Okay. I can appreciate that.
And then I have on the master plan -- I found it interesting -- but
on the master plan that was in the county's presentation the proposed
commercial were in three sites different than in the plan that you had
submitted in your document. More specifically, and I can show it to
you if you'd like, but if we're -- if we're at 41 looking at the property
front on, your plan showed proposed commercial on the left of right
and on the left and behind. And the county -- whoops. Wait a minute.
I'm dreaming. No. I'm right. The county's plan or yours, now I'm
not sure. Yeah. The county's plan showed it on the left, the right and
also in the rear right, but your plan showed it where you addressed it
this morning. Commercial on the right, the left of your entry . Would
you like to see it, what I'm referring to? This seems crazy to try to do
it this way.
You can just look. And it's probably nothing significant but
might be. They should be equal. They should be the same anyway. I
don't know how significant it is, but it just struck me as odd that they
would be two different plans.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: And I'll be -- I'll -- I'll admit I don't see
that, the real difference. I think they both reference the same thing,
but we'll -- we'll coordinate with county staff and make sure.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: And I think what I'm bringing to
your attention is not as a question so much as a point of reference for
you. You may want to correct your documents.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: We'll look at -- we'll look at that to make
sure.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: You would agree that they are
different?
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MR. YOV ANOVICH: It looks like the wording as far as the
references to commercial look the same to me, but there were some
additional words on there that we need to figure out what the
difference was.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: I don't want to make more of it
than needs to, but I think it --
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Okay.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: All right. I just want to go in--
in the PUD document now or am I in transportation here. Yeah. I
think I'm in transportation, the study. I'm in Appendix A, initial
meeting checklist. Originally it was 50,000 square feet. That's been
modified obviously. But I would have a question when we get in
further into this, I'm still seeing 50,000 square feet as a basis. And I'm
on -- I don't know how to relate to it except to say Myrtle Woods
CPUD site generated trips. And it's -- let me see what page is it's
from. It's difficult. I don't have any page number to reference to you.
It's Mr. Jarvi's document.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Okay. I have his document. Let's make
sure we're reading from the same one.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Right.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Richard -- when you talk, Rich, you
need to be near the microphone.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: I'm sorry.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Looking at the top where it says
80927.01. That's the identification Myrtle Woods CPUD. I guess
that's his identification number.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: The one I'm looking at says November
21st, 2005, updated November 13,2006.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Now, see, I don't even have the
privilege of that on this -- on this document. And that's what attracted
my attention to it's still referencing 50,000 square feet and it talks
about a passed-by deduction.
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MR. YOV ANOVICH: You're -- you're -- I'm sorry. You're
looking at the document from the initial meeting that did have --
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Oh, that's still the initial
meeting?
MR. YOV ANOVICH: It has been updated --
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Okay.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: -- in the traffic analysis.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: All right. Well, then--
MR. YOV ANOVICH: What we did was based on 61,000 square
feet.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Okay. Thank you. I do want to
talk about the pass-by trip deduction because that's another factor.
And while I may not be able to properly qualify my question now
because I don't -- I can't reference the real number you're referring to,
but how does that work now? The assumption being that you're going
to have so many vehicles passing through that because you're -- you're
asking them to do so by realignment of the road and you're able then
to take a deduction? Did I understand that correctly or is that not
correct?
MR. JARVI: Reed Jarvi for the record.
You're actually mixing two different issues. One is a pass-by of
traffic that's on US 41 that would use the commercial parcel. And
that's done by ITE formula in this case.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: That's the capture? Isn't that a
capture?
MR. JARVI: That's the capture we've talked about several times
before.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: And I understand that.
MR. JARVI: Right. Now, there's another you could call it
pass-by which would be the Myrtle Lane people passing through the
project which would be their traffic is added to the access and signal at
Broward Street.
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COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Thank you. That's exactly what
I was trying to get to.
MR. JARVI: That's a pass-through more of that than a pass-by.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Well, okay. Is that referenced in
here in such a fashion that I could see that?
MR. JARVI: It's included in here. If you look at, let me find the
-- in the exhibits what we have done --
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Which exhibits here?
MR. JARVI: I'm looking. I think it's 2 or 3.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: He's got it. All right.
MR. JARVI: Yeah. If you're looking at Exhibit 6 which is, I
don't know, 15 pages into it give or take.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Exhibit 2,3. Okay. Ah, right.
MR. JARVI: Yeah. Exhibit 6 shows--
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Everybody else got it?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN : Yeah.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Okay.
MR. JARVI: Exhibit 6 shows the background traffic which was
taken from the number of units that we looked at that we showed --
that we were observing on Myrtle Lane. And it shows that there is an
amount of traffic turning right on Myrtle Lane and then --
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: I see that, yes.
MR. JARVI: Now, if you look at Exhibit 7, we have transferred
-- we've assumed that the people will be using our access, you know,
the pass-through traffic would be using our access. So we've included
that in the analysis of the intersection and access point.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Would that be the 124 as
opposed to 12?
MR. JARVI: Well, the 124 is part -- includes the traffic from
Myrtle Lane plus the project traffic.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Right. That -- in other words,
aligning that -- I'm aligning that circle; correct?
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MR. JARVI: Yeah. It's transferred from what is currently the
Myrtle Lane, US 41 access --
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: So it's the --
MR. JARVI: -- Broward.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Okay. It's not as significant as I
thought it might be.
MR. JARVI: No.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: And it's fine, but I was
wondering about the extent of the deduction whether -- and I
presumed that Nick Casalanguida and his staff may have qualified that
information more effectively. I have no problem and, you know, it's
good that the realignment of the road and there is a benefit, you know,
there is a reduction that is potential.
MR. JARVI: Okay.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Just so it's an accurate and a fair
deduction because that's, what, a TCMA area, that area? 41 is TCMA
or TCME?
MR. JARVI: No. I don't think it extends that far southeast. It's
north to Rattlesnake.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Well, I know this segment is
impacted as that, if I'm not mistaken, but that will be more qualified.
I think you've answered my question. And, sir, that was it.
Thank you.
MR. JARVI: Thank you.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Mr. Schiffer.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: A couple things quick. One
thing is you referenced you're going to be building an office building,
but I'm not seeing that many office uses permitted. It looks like
physicians, dentists, chiropractors, the managers of the PUD. And I
guess agents for laundry means you could have a company in there
that owns a chain of laundries or something. But is that something
you want to put in more uses for offices?
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MR. YOV ANOVICH: We had advice from Realtors in the area
and they believe that those were probably the uses we could attract.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Okay. Those would be the only
uses you want? Okay.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Yes, sir.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: And then the second thing is,
you know, we had a lot of conversation in the past couple years over
mixed use and the need for bringing residential into these kind of
developments. We've had residential in this development. We're
throwing it out. Has anybody studied or tried to -- to me this looks
like a great site for a mixed-use project. Even bringing the road
through it, you know, to me gives it more credentials for that. But
here we're throwing away units when we, believe it or not, I think still
need affordable housing so...
MR. YOV ANOVICH: I don't disagree with your statement that
we need affordable housing. We just didn't believe that this site was
going to make a go of it as a mixed-use site.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Even though the back triangle
and -- and when you look at the way the commercial comes down, it's
coming down a pretty clear line. The residential in the prior PUD
kind of had residential where I think it belongs.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Well, what you end up having, Mr.
Schiffer, is with all the changes in the code and the need to do
preserves now. Remember 1981 when the original PUD was done, the
rules were very different. To fit it -- to fit it on everything we have to
do on-site we've got to now do, you know, about three-quarter's of an
acre of native preservation. We're doing almost an acre. So we lose
that and that's where the preserve actually is going to be the buffer
from -- from our adjacent residential neighbors. We just -- we frankly
can't fit it all if we were to include the 45 units. That -- that old master
plan won't work under today's rules.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Could you build the old master
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plan?
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Under today's rules?
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: No. No. I mean from -- with
the old PUD? That's expired. That's long gone.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: No. That's a sunset PUD. We're -- that's
why we're going through one of the -- what we're going through right
now is the process we're going through. But, no, we couldn't -- we
couldn't -- we couldn't build that today. If we could, I think we would
and there was a market for it, we would have done it.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Right. I mean, you do have
good height in the site and everything. I mean, you could mix
everything in I think, but anyway you're not doing it anyway so.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: We just don't think it's feasible on this--
on this piece of property.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Okay. Thanks. I'm done.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Anybody else? Any questions of the
applicant?
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: I do have one follow-up.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Go ahead, sir.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: There was an issue in there, one
of them that I missed and I apologize, was fast food. Fast food, what
-- what fast food is contemplated there? I mean, does that work out
with that community area? I'm trying to understand why you want to
put fast food in there.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: I -- I always hesitate to mention names
because we don't have anybody specifically associated that. But, you
know, just down the road you've already got, I believe it is a Burger
King and a McDonald's.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Correct.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: More than likely they would not be one
of the potential users of that site. But, you know, there's -- there's
others out there, like, a Checkers or similar to that type of -- of
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restaurant. And that's what we've contemplated about a 2,000 square
foot restaurant of that --
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Well, of course, that connotes in
one's mind what type of project this is going to end up being if that's
the case. Because what -- what -- what something looks like, what it's
known for and what you might see in your mind' eye. I just wonder is
that a critical factor in this as well?
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Well, let me ask you. We've -- we've
gone through this a couple of times and -- and what -- what -- the --
the problem you have is is Starbucks considered fast food? We've had
this debate before. As a matter of fact I think we had the same
discussion for -- for the Lely out-parcel that we came through and
there wasn't a concern about allowing fast food to stay there.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Correct.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: We run into the issue of, you know, is a
Quiznos, is a Subway, you know, are those fast food or not? And in--
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: The distinction in the boutique
approach that Stock was going to take was that any fast food would be
housed within their structures and be complimentary to the structures
as opposed to a stand alone or a facade that is garish. Okay.
My concern is that it needs -- if it's going to be fast food, if it's
going to be stand alone, there are -- there are organizations that are
well understood in our society as being acceptable. I'm not trying to
change the world. I'm trying to see ifthere's a proper fit. We're
talking about some retail and then two story of office. And then I see
this shining out. And I'm just wondering what kind of a -- what kind
of a development are we creating here? Do they really have a plan for
this or is this let's just build something and try like the devil to lease
it? And I'm concerned in an area where we already have the potential
for lease holds to fail because of a declining economy. And, yes,
we're talking about the future, not today. But today is also
representative of the future. Events are cyclical. I just want to see
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that if we're going to put a development in an area such as that, we'd
like to have the best we could have.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Mr. Murray--
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Sir.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Where is the fast food reference you're
finding?
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: I found it in here. It was--
maybe it was in his --
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I'm looking at Exhibit A, the permitted
uses and --
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Are you looking in their PUD or
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I'm looking in the PUD that's been
given to the Planning Commission to review. But No. 14 it says,
Eating places except caterers, and industrial and institutional food
service establishments, dinner theaters, drive-in restaurants and
restaurants with drive-through facilities. So that means they can't have
those.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Maybe I misread it and all of
what I said may be silly then and I apologize ifthat's the case. But it
-- let me just -- what number was that, sir? Oh, No. 14.
COMMISSIONER CARON: Number 14.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Number 14.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: I know I saw it. You know
what, I might have seen it in another area of the other section, but I
know I saw fast food. So if it's not permitable, so if you're saying to
me that we're not going to have that?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Well, 14 seems to say that. Ms. Caron
did you --
COMMISSIONER CARON: I was just going to say maybe Mr.
Murray was looking at the information from the neighborhood
information meeting --
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COMMISSIONER MURRAY: That may -- that's probably
where it was.
COMMISSIONER CARON: -- where it stated that fast foot was
anticipated, but it looks like according to the list that's been provided
here and the exceptions that fast food would not be allowed.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Okay. Thank you for helping
me on that because I was particularly concerned with what we were
doing there.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: This has been a very good discussion
because Mr. Nadeau just pointed out to me that the intent was on the
list of exceptions was to only apply to caterers and industrial and
institutional food service establishments. Dinner theaters, stop, and
then the other uses as far as drive-in restaurants and restaurants with
drive-through facilities were intended to be allowed uses.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: It's not what it says.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: I realize that now. And in looking at
that, I read it your way.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Well, now that brings in a whole array
of things. Because fast food drive-through has a huge intensity upon
traffic as well.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: It certainly does.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Stacking and all kinds of things that
may not have been evaluated with this project. If your intent was to
include that rather than exclude it, we may be looking at a new traffic
impact statement and some re-evaluation by staff.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: And Mr. Jarvi can answer that question,
but -- but my understanding is the shopping center category
anticipates fast food restaurants being part of the shopping center.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: We haven't even got into that problem
yet, but we're going to.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: I -- I understand. But I'm just -- from a
traffic analysis standpoint, it does include that use.
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CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Well, I would also need staffs review of
that as well. I'm a little disappointed that this has been reviewed.
How many -- how long has this been in the system?
MR. YOV ANOVICH: About a year.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: And you haven't -- this -- now at this
meeting you guys discovered that an exception now needs to be an
inclusion.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Just think about it. It said -- if I
hadn't posed the question, we would have been all right.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Well, if you had not asked the question,
they wouldn't have gotten it is what it would have resulted in.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: They wouldn't have based on 14;
right?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Right.
COMMISSIONER CARON: Well, they would have put it in and
we would have been arguing about it.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Mr. Schiffer.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Rich, also in 1 you're excluding
drive-throughs for banks too so this seems to be a drive-through-Iess
project up till now. Banks aren't going to like that. Every project I'm
designing --
MR. YOV ANOVICH: I'm not disagreeing with you. I -- I
thought that one was pretty clear.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Every project I --
MR. YOV ANOVICH: I can see here on the listing of the
excepts, but that one to me seemed pretty clear.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: In every project I'm designing,
the banks will come in only if they can get the drive-through so...
MR. YOV ANOVICH: I'm sorry?
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Number I, I think you want to
be careful with too.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Well, okay. We're back to now you're
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telling us that you want to include fast foods. Mr. Murray's point was
that that was something from his perspective was undesirable for this
location. Is that where you were going with it?
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: As well as intensity and that's
what the question was. Whether or not we have an actual good
number, set of numbers for this as well. And, yeah, I don't know. I'm
worried about people coming in developing it, flipping it, and not
knowing what they want to put there and creating a community area
that is not -- that's an important part for this.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: I understand. And -- and what I -- the
reality of the development world today is you're not going to go in and
build it and hope somebody will come. Okay. I think that we've
learned some lessons here recently about spec-ing space out. One, I
don't think you can get lending for it, conventional lending for it. And
so you're going to build when you're -- you have leased-up space.
And you're going to go build it. You will have some vacant space,
yes, but you're not just going to build it and hope you fill it.
And -- and I don't think that this analysis has been applied to any
other project. I mean, are we supposed to come with you with a
completely leased-out project in order to get property rezoned?
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Mr. Y ovanovich, not to be
disputatious with you but, quite frankly, I just learned that Mr.
McCabe's property back has said no. No condolences, now said no.
So the fact that you have prospective leases is good, desirable, good
business plan. But the concern I have is what kind of a project are we
building? We're not putting residences in there.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Right.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Fine. But we want two stories
over commercial of office. And we're talking about a fast food
restaurant. Are we talking about what? I'm trying to understand
what's going to be there for the next 25 years. And it's a community
need that needs to be addressed. That's all I'm trying to represent.
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MR. YOV ANOVICH: Right. And what I'm trying to
understand and I'm not trying to be argumentative with you. We've
had this discussion. Is a Starbucks fast food? I don't think of it as fast
food, but others apparently do because --
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: It's expensive food or maybe it's
not good.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: But no. What I'm suggesting and I don't
-- and a Crispers, is that fast food? I mean, you go in. I mean, I don't
know. I mean, there were days when, you know, the fast food
restaurants didn't have drive-throughs. You know, is -- is that type of
-- I don't know. I'm not trying to be argumentative, but I'm just trying
to say we're not allowed to put names of -- of -- of companies in here
as examples of what we can and can't have. Maybe that would be
more beneficial so we can probably get on -- give each other some
assurances here. But I tried that one other time and I was told by the
County Attorney's Office you can't do that. So I want to -- I want to
satisfy you that this is going to be a nice project.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: And I thank you for this. And
I'm not trying to be myself argumentative. I just want to -- let's then
relate to Mr. Jarvi's statistical information and see whether or not fast
foods since it wasn't included here, but I did obviously pick it up. And
thanks to Commissioner Caron she made me remember where. So
obviously it was intended all along. So let's see if whether or not the
numbers were --
MR. YOV ANOVICH: It's not like we didn't tell the neighbors
that --
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Before you go too far. Mr. Murray and
many of us keep referring to fast food. We're talking some -- maybe
something different than your exception in 14. Your exception is for
drive-in -- through or drive-through facilities. Are you saying fast
food and drive-through are the same thing?
MR. YOV ANOVICH: It has been -- I think people interpret it
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that way. I think -- and that's why we've run into this issue on the
project that was on Vanderbilt Beach Road near -- and I'm blanking on
the -- the name of the DiVosta project. We're going through and
doing a comp plan amendment and that came up was, you know, they
clearly didn't want the historically understood fast food which was
your hamburger places. They had no objections to a Starbucks that
has evolved to include drive-throughs. And the question became now
that it includes a drive-through, did it kick it over to what it's
historically been -- historically been interpreted to mean fast food.
And that's -- that's what -- no, we don't mean -- we don't mean a
McDonald's and we don't mean a Wendy's. And we don't mean a
Burger King. But we may want to have a Starbucks. And if it's got a
drive-through facility, is that going to be a problem for the neighbors?
Is that going to be a not-a-nice project? I don't think so.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I think what I was getting at, Richard, is
we've got your No. 14. It excepts out certain -- certain things. What
is it -- what it is excepting out are facilities with drive-throughs just as
commercial bank with drive-throughs are prohibited.
Now, if we took out the drive-through portion of it, how fast they
cook the food isn't a -- isn't a criteria. So maybe it's not fast food
we're objecting to. Maybe it's the drive-through segment of the eating
establishment that we're objecting to. And if we focus on that, maybe
we can get a resolution quicker. Because I don't know how fast you
have to cook your food to be fast food, but I'm sure restaurants around
here can cook as fast as anybody else. So maybe it's -- it may not be
fast food we're objecting to. It's the drive-in, drive-through location
on this site as tight as the site is. And in relation to what Myrtle
Woods opens up to across that intersection. I think it's the entrance to
the high school or thereabouts. You've got a good potential to have a
lot of traffic going in and out of there if there's a drive-through in
there. And that could further complicate the use of the public going
through that property. So if you were to leave 14 like it was, except
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out the drive-through portions of it and we don't have the discussion
on fast food because we don't know how to define it, that might
resolve the issue. Is that --
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Let me --let me -- and I -- and I hear
what you're saying and I think you're right. Okay. So perhaps we can
-- we can probably leave the list the way you have it. Okay. I think
that will address that concern, but I do -- you know, Mr. Schiffer
brings up a point that, frankly, I didn't catch because I read the
language the way it is. Number A-I is an error. Okay. We should--
in order to get a bank there, that was just flat out an error. I didn't
catch it. It needs to -- we need to for a bank be able to have
drive-through facilities for the bank. I don't think that would be an
issue for anybody, but we need to have a commercial bank with
drive-through facilities.
So if we can make that correction and leave 14 the way it is
because I think it addresses Commissioner Murray's concern about
having drive-through restaurants I think would work if that's
acceptable to the Planning Commission.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I don't -- I think a bank drive-through is
harmless. I don't know.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Yeah, I agree.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Mr. Schiffer's right. I don't know why
you took it out in the first place.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: I don't either, but I read it and I just didn't
catch it. I thought that was something we had -- we decided we
wanted to do but that was a mistake.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: I think that's a good resolution.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Any other questions of the applicant at
this point?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Well, Richard, let's --
COMMISSIONER CARON: Well--
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CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. Ms. Caron, go ahead.
COMMISSIONER CARON: Let's -- your transportation
commitment to -- for public access from Myrtle through to the
Broward light --
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Right.
COMMISSIONER CARON: -- that needs to go in the PUD.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: It needs to go into the development
commitments, yes.
COMMISSIONER CARON: As well as the retail first floor
only.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Yes.
COMMISSIONER CARON: Into the PUD also should be the
installation of the pipe?
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Yes, with reimbursement to us within
180 days.
COMMISSIONER CARON: Yes. Okay. I'd just like to--
we've spent a lot of time talking about this old sunseted PUD and what
was allowed in that and what wasn't, but I don't think that that should
be open for discussion at all because you -- your clients allowed that
to sunset. So if you want to talk about a relationship to your current
zoning, that current zoning is not the CPUD. It's what it was before
that before which is C-2.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Actually, I don't think that's the legally
correct answer. Sunsetting, as I explained to my clients, and I'm not--
I'm not Catholic so I don't mean to offend anybody by saying this, it's
purgatory. You're not -- you're not in heaven and your not in the other
place. You -- you -- you have your zoning. You haven't lost your
zoning. You just can't use it. You have to then go back through
another analysis to determine if you can move forward. So you're
kind of on a hold. You haven't lost it. You don't revert back to C-2.
Because, frankly, we would -- that would have been great. Because if
we'd have gotten back to C-2 what was back in 1974, because this
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property was always commercial. The entire thing was commercial
until we did a PUD and made part of it residential. And then the comp
plan in '89 came through and -- and changed all the commercial. But
so I mean if you look from a historical standpoint, even the -- the
odd-shaped notch was commercial at one time.
COMMISSIONER CARON: Right. Yes.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: So I don't think we're asking for anything
that unusual because it was always contemplated -- not always, but it
was contemplated at one time that commercial be on that back piece.
COMMISSIONER CARON: No. I don't think you're asking for
anything unusual at all.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Right. But we don't get to go back to the
C-2 under the sunsetting analysis. We're in purgatory.
COMMISSIONER CARON: Okay.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: I don't -- I don't know another way --
another analogy that fits.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay.
COMMISSIONER CARON: Most of mine have been checked
off here.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Richard, let's go back to the Exhibit A,
eating places.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Okay.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: There's a little project in North Naples
called Pebblebrook. I'm not sure if you're familiar with it or not.
They have a problem there because eating places was allowed in their
PUD and it had a residential component nearby. And even though
certain things did occur to try to salvage the detriment to the
neighborhood that an eating place with outside entertainment and
noise would happen, it didn't seem to follow through that way. We
kind of want to make sure that doesn't happen again.
So we got two choices here. We can suggest that the language
that was established and submitted with a couple other PUDs be added
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to this one as kind of a notice to the BCC that there's an issue here and
maybe they need to either accept the language or modify it to a point
where we can have some control over wherein how close you put
facilities that are, let's say, incompatible with the surrounding
neighborhood or we can figure out a way to control it here at this
meeting by limiting where eating places can go and how close in to
the property they can go and whether or not they can have outside
amplified music or noise and entertainment or seating. Got any
suggestions?
MR. YOV ANOVICH: I certainly understand and have read the
papers. I think prohibiting -- prohibiting outdoor entertainment,
whether amplified or not, should be probably added to address that
particular concern. I think another -- and I haven't talked about this
with my client, but another way to address it is is to prohibit -- I don't
think we should prohibit outdoor seating altogether. Because I think,
you know, that's a nice -- a nice, you know, part of different
restaurants. I mean, we do have nice weather. Why not eat outside?
But I think you should say it should have to -- the seating must be for
dining services, not just for sitting and waiting to get drinks.
Ifwe can some -- what I'd like to say is you could serve alcohol
along with the meal, but you can't just serve alcohol out there. You
know what -- you know what I'm trying to say? We need to craft
language. And I think that would also address the concern and
distinguish it from -- from a different establishment. And -- and I
understand your concern and make sure it doesn't happen here, but it's
kind of -- kind of tough to be compared with one bad -- one -- one bad
situation, but we need to address it.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I agree.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: And I think what I've suggested will
hopefully address that by prohibiting any entertainment out there and
prohibiting, quote, bar service only in that area.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I would rather we reword what you
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suggest a little bit better. We prohibit outside entertainment, music,
speakers or amplified sound in any manner, period. And that way if
someone has a table and they have a loud speaker out back that says,
Table 14 is ready to be seated and they say that eleven or twelve
o'clock at night, it doesn't get everybody jumping out of their seats in
their homes so --
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Okay.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: --I would prefer amplified sound. And
if we did that it would take care of the whole matter. Does that work
for anybody else? Okay?
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: It doesn't -- may I say?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Sure, Mr. Murray.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: I do recall as you've referenced
it now, it may not be directly pertinent, but I remember now to that--
the GMP that we're going to be looking at references mixed uses and
exception to that. But -- but I'm -- I'm certainly in favor of what you
just declared of what we should do. I was thinking about that for the
future. This is a mixed use intent; right?
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: With no residential, Bob.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: With no residential I understand.
But residential can't be within, say, 2,500 feet. Okay. In any event, I
completely agree with the chair that that should be included.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Now--
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: -- a point just --I'm going to ask your
attorney a question if it's appropriate. Because we're going to have this
provision in here that says basically no outdoor entertainment, no
amplified noise and that becomes our rule. And now you adopt an
LDC provision that says you can't have any of this stuff, outdoor
seating -- and I'm not saying you will or you won't -- but let's just say
you adopt something that says no outdoor seating within 1,500 feet of
a residential development. Am I now stuck with that provision or am Id
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-- have I just gotten a deviation from a prospective code?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: We're not offering a deviation here
because you've not asked for one and we don't have one -- right. So I
don't get -- I don't know how you could be exempt from a future code
that you haven't asked for a deviation from.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: I just want to know how it's going to be
interpreted to us if that prospective regulation is adopted. Have I lost
my outdoor seating somehow?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Well, I think if you have input on that,
you might want to come to the meeting next Wednesday and voice
your concern and maybe we can work that out.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Okay.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: But unless the county attorney has
another suggestion, I think that would be the best course of action.
MR. KLATZKOW: That's all clear.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. Ifwe go to Table 1 on B-2, you
have minimum yards and it says internal, front, rear and side. What
are your proposed setbacks from US 4I? Or for that matter I don't
know if it's called Myrtle Lane, whatever that road is to the north here
-- to the west of your property that you're part of or contiguous to.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: By these distances? It should be internal
and external? Well, hold on one second.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Those distances, Mr. Strain, are actually
from the property boundary which would be the frontage of Myrtle
Lane, 41. The other areas that are actually adjacent to -- if you look to
the east, I believe --
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: -- so that should be -- that should be
property .
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Well, why don't you just take out the
word "internal" and just leave it. I mean, that's a new way of calling it
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out. We don't use it that often.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Okay.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Now, take that word out and then you
drop down to your first asterisk. Parcels with two frontages may
reduce one front yard by ten feet. So now you're saying that the
building on the corner of Myrtle and 41, either it can be ten feet from
Myrtle or ten feet from 41 ?
MR. YOV ANOVICH: It would be reduced by ten feet. So if you
had --
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: No. It says parcel with two frontages
may reduce from front yard, okay, by ten feet. So that means you go
to 15 feet. So you have 25-foot frontage on Myrtle and 15-foot
frontage on US 41 ?
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Or vice versa, yes.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Right.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Yes.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Mark -- okay.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: And I mean it's -- usually when you got
two fronts, I mean, it's -- it's tough to push the building back.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: You might be -- this is a commercial
piece so you've got -- and you happen to have more land. Go ahead,
Mr. Schiffer.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: I just want to point out that 50
percent of the building height, the maximum building height is 50 feet.
So it's a lot. It's 25 feet. If you're saying not less than 25 feet, that's
what you would be at with a 50-foot building. So a 40-foot building is
25 feet.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Right.
COMMISSION SCHIFFER: A 30-feet building is 25 feet. A
20-foot building is 25 feet.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Well, see, I didn't read it that way. Fifty
percent of seventy-five feet is not twenty-five feet.
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COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: But he can't go -- oh, you're
taking -- but it's the building height not the actual building height.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: It doesn't say that. It says building
height. I would take the worst-case scenario, most stringent applies.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: I would think so.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: So it would be 50 percent of75 feet.
And you're --
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Then he's going to be able to be
greater than 25 feet in that other zone, but --
MR. YOV ANOVICH: I think it has always been applied to the
zoned height when you're talking about setbacks. If we need to clarify
that, that would be a new interpretation.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I know why it's always been applied;
but you know what, this is the first time it hasn't been -- it's been
questioned. So now maybe we better define it because it could be
applied the way I just suggested if it's not properly defined so --
MR. YOV ANOVICH: I hear what you're saying. It was -- it's--
I -- I appreciate the discussion. You're right. But it was under the
category of maximum building height zoned. And the asterisks apply
to maximum building height zoned. So I would have interpreted that's
how you would measure it. You would jump in at the 75 feet. But if
there's any question, I agree. Let's make sure it's clear. Because I don't
want to have someone say well, you know, Mr. Y ovanovich, you
should have used the 75 feet and not the 50 feet.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Can I make a comment?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Go ahead.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: I would definitely think we
should make it the zoned height. Again, the actual height was just to
remove a slang term that was -- looked embarrassing to the county.
That didn't work. But the -- the actual height is something just to give
people some sort of faith as to how tall this building actually would
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be. Zoned height is what everybody's working with for heights. All
the building codes are working with that same dimension so -- and like
Richard said, it's under the zone category so...
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Be we can -- I think under the minimum
yard section we probably should say 50 percent of the zoned building
height, but not less than 25 feet.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. So--
MR. YOV ANOVICH: And that will --
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: -- I don't --
MR. YOV ANOVICH: -- you're right because we're going to be
at least 25 feet.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: I think it would be easier just to
make it 25 feet because the answer when you do the math is always
going to come out to 25 feet.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Okay.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: What I think he's saying is if you were
to build it to 50 feet, you'd be 25 feet and you can't be less than 25
feet. So it's going to be 25 feet. So that's a good point. Why don't
you just drop all that 50 percent language in the front and just leave it
25 feet?
MR. YOV ANOVICH: With the asterisk that says if you have
two fronts you can reduce one of them by 10 feet.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: That's what the asterisk says.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Okay. Sold. I hear you.
COMMISSIONER CARON: It's what they're asking for.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Right.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: I know. I just wanted to make sure that
the asterisk -- so we're talking the same language, we would be -- we
are talking 25 feet with an asterisk would be the revision.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: My concern is not your setback on
Myrtle Woods because that's a very small neighborhood street. At 15
feet that is more palatable, but to have 15 feet on 41 might be a
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stretch. So I'm wondering if not -- if the only time the ten-foot would
apply, the ten-foot reduction would apply is along Myrtle Woods, the
asterisk?
MR. YOV ANOVICH: I'm looking at my professional planner to
see what -- what his thought is.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Right now he'd probably like to rewrite
the whole thing, but -- go ahead, Mr. Schiffer.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Rich, why would you ever want
to be 15 feet off that property line? I mean, your buffer --
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Which one?
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Well, either one. I mean, first
of all, you don't want to be 15 feet off of 41. You know, the traffic,
you wouldn't -- you don't want that kind of exposure. So kill the
asterisk. You're going to have parking between the building and the
roadways anyway. You're never going to have a problem.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: So the asterisk's going away?
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: I think you should kill the
asterisk.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: The asterisk is going away.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Okay.
MR. SCHMIDT: Excuse me.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Mr. Schmidt. Yes, sir.
MR. SCHMIDT: For the record I just want to make sure where
we are here. We're just -- now we're saying under principle use, under
that column it's 25-foot and no 50 percent of building height? I want
to make sure that the petitioner agrees to that.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Well, let me walk through what we've
got so far. Under minimum yards the word "internal" is going to be
struck.
MR. SCHMIDT: Okay.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Under the first designation where it says
front under principles uses, the language of all the 50 percent
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CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I'm talking about this one.
MR. CASALANGUIDA: -- and the access commitments were
not in there --
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Right.
MR. CASALANGUIDA: -- but I want to make sure they are.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I don't want you re-reading all three
pages, but if you want read -- read just the ones that we're talking
about here, that's fine.
MR. CASALANGUIDA: If you'll indulge me for a minute I can
probably get through this pretty quick and then just enter it as an
exhibit.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay.
MR. CASALANGUIDA: I'll be able to read it and then I'll put it
on the viewer if it's okay.
The developer shall dedicate a 50-foot drainage and utility
easement to the county as approximately shown in the master plan
within the earlier of 60 days of written request of the county or at
submittal of site development plan.
The dedication shall be at no cost to the county and the developer
shall provide all appropriate sketches and legal descriptions.
At the county's request the developer shall install drainage and
utility facilities in the drainage and utility easement as part of the site
construction.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Slow down.
MR. CASALANGUIDA: The county shall not be responsible
for restoration costs of private facilities within the easement should
maintenance of the public utility and drainage facilities be required in
the future.
The county shall reimburse the developer within 180 days of
completion of the installation of these facilities.
The developer shall provide a public access easement from
Myrtle Lane to the signalized intersection of US 41 and Broward
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Street as approximately shown in the master plan.
The public access easement shall not count as road right-of-way
for setback and buffer requirements.
The exact location and design shall be approved by the
transportation division at the time of site development plan application
reVIew.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. So a public access easement
would serve your purposes and you have enough control by that
language to make sure it's designed in a manner to protect the public?
MR. CASALANGUIDA: Yes, sir. We do.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. I have no problem with it then.
MR. CASALANGUIDA: I'll put it on the viewer for the record
and I'll enter it as an exhibit.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Does anybody else have a comment?
Brad.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: You know, you said that it
wouldn't count as road right-of-way for measurement. What if we just
took the word "road" out of it and just said right-of-way. Because
there are, like, for example, easements and things like that that you
have to measure from to --
MR. CASALANGUIDA: Typically community development
even public easement counts for setback purposes as road
right-of-way.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Correct.
MR. CASALANGUIDA: So we just want to make sure we're
clear that it does not count for those setback purposes.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: And my only concern is the
word "road." I mean we don't want it to count for any kind of
right-of-way.
MR. CASALANGUIDA: We could -- we could take the word
"road" out if that's your pleasure.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Rich is tall. He's the lawyer.
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reference and the asterisk is struck and it just says 25 feet.
MR. SCHMIDT: Got it.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Front setback is 25 feet, period. And
that's -- those are the changes so far.
Mr. Schiffer then Mr. Kolflat.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Rich, would it ever be a
problem -- would you ever break this up into smaller subdivisions
where somebody might interpret those yards to meet -- you know, to
be at that level? For example, let's say you broke it up into three lots.
Would you have trouble in the future with staff, them holding you to
those yard requirements?
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Well, that's why it's important to us that
the public access be referred to as public access and not have to meet
setbacks from that public access.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Okay.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Because that would create the yard.
Right, Nick? That could create now a 25-foot setback from that public
access.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: And the definition of setback
would cause you to measure from that. So I think that's something
you got to really make clear.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Right. And that's why I brought it up
early and we need to write that language. Oh, Nick's got the language.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Mr. Kolflat.
COMMISSIONER KOLFLA T: As I understand it then the 25
feet is the only thing that will remain as far as the front yard setback.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: For principle uses, yes, sir.
COMMISSIONER KOLFLA T: What about the rear and the
side, do they remain as in -- in here?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I don't think there's any -- no concern
over those.
COMMISSIONER KOLFLAT: Okay.
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CHAIRMAN STRAIN: The next one down, minimum distance
between structures principle uses, none. Can you tell me how you get
a fire truck through no distance between buildings? Are these going
to be one continuous building with separate fee simple or
condominium lots underneath or internal walls to internal wall or
something like that?
MR. NADEAU: For the record, Dwight Nadeau, R W A and
planning manager.
The -- the intent of the development was to have separate parcels.
The design was to have three structures. One would be on one
out-parcel. One would be on the other out-parcel. And then there
would be a large major anchor or a commercial operation. The -- the
parking was going to provide for the separations. Just because we
have to function. We've got to provide 20 feet around the buildings
for fire access. That none really wouldn't apply. It's not a functional
standard, but if you're going to put a kiosk or something next to one of
the structures, you wouldn't want to have it maybe 15 feet away or so.
But I -- I could live with 15 feet between structures if that's what
you'd like, Commissioner.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I'd like something there only because
none makes it hard to understand what you're trying to do, so 15 feet
would work fine.
MR. NADEAU: Very good.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Mark, if you could--
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Go ahead.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: -- if you're concerned about fire
access, 20 feet would be the number you want. Anything less than 20
feet would not be considered accessible by the fire department.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Then how do they get between all the
houses that we allow in the PUDs with five foot on each side?
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Well, they're not counting that
as frontage. I mean, in a fire with Bruce Willis in action, they'll get
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through it. But -- but in terms of counting it for frontage and exposure,
it wouldn't count.
And actually, Dwight, if you had a building with no distance
between them, it would be part of the same building. So there
wouldn't be two buildings to begin with unless there is a fire --
separate fire wall.
MR. NADEAU: All right. With 15, Mr. Chairman?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Well, I'm fine with that. I mean, I -- if
the fire department's got a problem, they can deal with you when you
come in for review. They -- they -- they deal with people all the time
anyway so.
As we move further down, maximum gross leasable area, 61,000
square feet. Maximum gross leasable area, now that means every
square foot you can lease out is the only number that's counted for the
61,000 which is really a net number. So how big can this shopping
center really be?
MR. YOV ANOVICH: I'm going to ask one question here. I
read it and I think what Mr. Nadeau is just telling me is that's the gross
floor area, 61,000 square feet. Ifwe lose area to other uses that we
can't lease it out, I interpret what you said to be net leasable area
versus gross leasable area. Now, if we needed to see 61,000 square
feet, we can just say 61,000 square feet so there's no confusion.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Why don't we just drop that last line
because you've already defined it. And now we have to go back to
A-I. Because now that I know GLSF is referring to gross leasable
square footage, you really want to say like we have in other PUDs, the
maximum square foot of the building will be 61,000 feet. It doesn't
matter how you get there whether you lease it or not. It's 61,000
square feet so...
MR. YOV ANOVICH: That's fine.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: So--
MR. YOV ANOVICH: That's fine.
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COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: The gross area of a building, at
least in -- of all the codes I know, would include, like, a covered
walkway and everything. In other words area that's covered would
count. So if you do this nice colonnade around the front of the
building, you're taking away from that 61,000 feet when you should
be rewarded, not punished for that.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Can we say 61,000 air conditioned
space? Is that -- does that address your --
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Or enclosed --
MR. YOV ANOVICH: -- enclosed.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: -- some words like that.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Well, but then let's take Outback
Restaurant. They got seating outdoors. That seating is integral part of
their operation. It creates a additional stacking of people which means
there's more traffic, more intensity on the site. But now you're saying
you wouldn't have counted that based on Mr. Schiffer's comments.
And I say it should be counted. It's 61,000 square foot of building
area, period. I don't care what you use it for. I don't care if you lease
it out. If you can be more efficient in the way you build a building
and get more leasable area out of that 61,000 squeet (sic) -- square
feet, more power to you. But if you want 75,000 or 100,000 square
feet, then just like actual height versus zoned height, say it. Tell us the
truth. Tell us what you want. But you've applied for 61,000. And I
think that's what you ought to be getting for buildable area, period.
Now, I'm -- that's where I'm at. Brad, if --
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Well, I mean the concern is then
it would be to their advantage to take away a covered walkway around
the face of the building. We have some standards that'll require that,
but the point is that if they're not using it for seating in your Outback
example, why should that reduce the building to provide?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Brad, I mean this is a planning board. I
understand your architectural concerns. I simply -- if they want to do
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it. If they want 61,000 square feet, that's what they're asking for.
That's what the building footprint that's square on that property that is
buildable better not be more than 61,000 square feet. I don't think the
planning sector needs to get into whether or not that's air conditioned,
leasable or whatever. It's building. Let the review of the architects and
everybody else decide how to use that space up most efficiently, but I
don't know if that's something we need to get into.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: But I'm not sure the public
would benefit by stripping away covered walkways and stuff like that.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Then they wouldn't use it and the
applicant would lose. Go ahead, Mr. Murray.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Then the question arises if they,
for instance, if they're contemplating a car dealership, none of those
architectural features would necessarily apply. So we don't know
what they ultimately will have. I think what Mark is indicating is that
at least we can fix a point and everybody knows that point and they
can go from there.
I appreciate what you're saying, but I do think we -- we don't
know what they're going to do. I'm not sure that they do. So as long
as we can establish that one criterion and fix it, then we can go from
there. Wouldn't you see that as being reasonable?
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Okay. My buildings can't exceed 61,000
square feet.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Right.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Is that what we just said?
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Right. Ifhe's happy, I'm not
going to waste time arguing it.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. So from staffs perspective,
whoever's making notes on this, on page A-I that reference to GLSF
has to be struck and it's just GS, gross square footage, GSF for the
building is -- now will be 61,000 square feet. And there's really no
reason to have the last line on Table 1 then because it's already
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restated previously in the document so...
MR. NADEAU: Stricken.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: So if that's clear enough for the staffs
purposes to correct this PUD? I see a lot of heads nodding yes so we'll
go with that.
Now we can possibly go on from the table. On your Exhibit C,
master plan, I notice and you did it on the previous exhibit with the
arrow showing the way the public's going to come into the property
and out again. And I heard you say you'll make that the developer
commitment. What is your developer commitment that you allow the
public? Well, under what instrument are you going to allow that to
happen? And under whose regulations does the safety of that roadway
that's internal to your site be regulated enough so that if we say, yes,
public, we approve this for your use, we're not going to be getting a
lawsuit back to the county that says you approved this for a use, but
you didn't -- didn't build it pursuant to county regulations. Therefore,
you inordinately you have allowed the public to enter something that
is damaging to them. And I'm looking to Mr. Casalanguida to
probably answer that problem because I don't know an instrument we
have that will allow that to happen and still protect the public.
MR. CASALANGUIDA: Excuse me. For the record, Nick
Casalanguida with transportation.
I have all the commitments written down and looked it over
really quick with Jeff. And if you want me to read those into the
record including the drainage commitments and it would address also
your public access easement commitments.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Well, we've got the commitments
already here. We've got --
COMMISSIONER CARON: They're not in there.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I've got three pages of commitments.
They start Exhibit F, listed developer commitments.
MR. CASALANGUIDA: I think the drainage commitments --
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COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Could I have --
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Go ahead, Mr. Murray.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: In the absence of an easement,
there would be invitees on the property if I'm not mistaken, anybody
that comes across the property. So the easement establishes a road or
a right-of-way. Which?
MR. CASALANGUIDA: Not a road or a right-of-way.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Not a road or a right-of-way.
What does it establish?
MR. CASALANGUIDA: Public access through the property. In
other words, right now they have access on 41 and Myrtle Lane.
What we don't want them to do is put a gate up on Myrtle Lane and
say no one can use Myrtle Lane.
The intent you have to -- when we get into that exhibit in the
record I'll show you in the diagram. That's upside down. Myrtle Lane
right now is a tremendous weaving hazard for the county. Right now
you come out, you take a right. You want to make a U-turn and go the
other way. You're cutting across traffic.
What we've asked them to do and they've worked with us on is to
relocate that to make Myrtle Lane only an entrance only. And the
county will take it upon itself to make it an in only and that way
reducing the conflict that's there right now.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: I think it's very laudable. I'm not
questioning that at all. My -- my -- was just maybe even perhaps a
curiosity in one sense. Just trying to figure out what kind of an animal
it is. Because when they have to ensure, you know, do they ensure it?
Is the county liable? I mean, the chairman brought up a part that I
thought was very interesting. We're -- we're suggesting people use
that. And the property owner is agreeing that that's the right thing to
do. But it's not a road and it's not a right-of-way.
MR. CASALANGUIDA: It happens all the time throughout the
county when you interconnection these, and they're just granted for
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public purposes, emergency vehicles with no responsibility for
maintenance. They take care of it. It's their drive aisle.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Is that different than a loop road
that we designate?
MR. CASALANGUIDA: If it's a loop road, then the county
assumes responsibility for maintenance. It becomes county road
right-of-way. This becomes the developer's property with public
access rights.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Because I'm trying to remember
Wolf Road. There was a loop road there. And I thought that was
going to be --
MR. CASALANGUIDA: Public road.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: -- that was a public road?
MR. CASALANGUIDA: Yes, sir.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Okay. Thank you.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. The next issue's going to take
some time. So why don't we take a 15-minute break for the court
reporter. We'll be back here at five after ten.
(Short recess was taken.)
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. Everyone, if you'll take your
seats, we'd like to resume the meeting.
Okay. We are still trying to get through the applicant's portion of
this and we left off still in the PUD. And I've got a question, Exhibit
F., Mr. Yovanovich, page F-2, utilities, D. Why are you giving away
the property for a well field easement?
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Why are we giving it away? Because the
county has requested additional well sites in order to provide the
public with a public water supply. And we were able to put it in a
location that we can agree to and we've agreed to give it to utilities.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Are you getting impact fee credits for
't?
I .
MR. YOV ANOVICH: My assumption is that the county's not
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interested in giving us impact fee credits for it.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Do you feel you could have successfully
got through the process, if you didn't provide this, in the same time
frame that you got through it already? I shouldn't say that because it's
probably taken you awhile.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Well, let me -- let me ask you, am I
successfully through the process right now?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I think where I'm going, Richard, is I--
MR. YOV ANOVICH: I understand where you're going.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: -- he's coming through. The county
takes them away, takes them out of properties. They offer no impact
fee credits for them. We have a huge amount of impact fees that are
paid by developments. I have no problem making developers stand to
the plate and do everything they got to do, but what's fair is fair. And
I don't believe we should be taking additional properties without
compensation when we have impact fees as well. So that one
concerns me, but I also have a greater concern. Do you know what it
was told to you to be for? I know what it says. Is that for your -- is
this going to service your site only?
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Oh, no. Oh, no.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: No. It's not just for us.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. Well, then I need to see Mr.
Weeks if! could since he's here. I had a question of David Weeks on
December 13th that has yet to be answered. And it pertains to an item
similar to this. David, good morning.
MR. WEEKS: Good morning.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Do you remember the question I asked
you on December 13th bye-mail?
MR. WEEKS: I do. And for the record David Weeks,
comprehensive planning manager, comprehensive planning
department.
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Staff has looked into your inquiry which was whether or not the
potable water well fields were allowed within the coastal high hazard
area. And we've searched. Our department has searched.
Conservation and coastal management element, the future land use
element and potable subelement as being those that have any
relevance to the issue at hand and we are not able to find any
language, any policy, any provision that we read that says they're not
allowed. So we believe that a potable water well field is allowed in
the coastal high hazard area. Excuse me. We also looked at the capital
improvement element.
If I may go on briefly a little bit further, in sum what those
elements provide for is that the county is either allowed to provide or
in some cases is mandated to provide public infrastructure of all types:
roads, water, sewer, et cetera, to serve the public. And specifically
either the county is mandated to provide those or other private utilities
are allowed to provide for that infrastructure. But one way or the
other, the infrastructure to serve -- to serve development in the coastal
high hazard area is required. We have level-of-service standards that
have been adopted in the capital improvement element and in certain
sub-elements and those must be maintained.
There are generally some limitations on development in the
coastal high hazard area or perhaps instead of limitations I should say
encouragement such as reducing the residential density in the coastal
high hazard area, but there's not a prohibition on that. This -- the
county is allowed to, of course, allow existing zoned property to be
developed in the coastal high hazard area including residential and is
not prohibited from approving new residential development in the
coastal high hazard area.
However, the county does have GMP, Growth Management Plan,
a limitation on residential density for new zoning within a portion of
the coastal high hazard area where the subject site is located. The
urban coastal fringe is limited to four units per acre with the only
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exception being for affordable housing.
But, in short, the GMP provides that infrastructure must be
provided to serve development within the coastal high hazard area.
And we do not find any -- any provision that says you cannot provide
the infrastructure within the coastal high hazard area.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: And I don't disagree with your analysis,
but as we've heard and as I think the record will show, this use is not
exclusively for the coastal high hazard area. This is infrastructure
being utilized to service areas outside the coastal hazard area. And if
Objective 3 of the FLUE Policy 3.1, both of those refer to, first of all,
replacement of maintenance for those items within the coastal high
hazard area. It doesn't say new is allowed. Objective 3 says, Needed
to support new development pursuant to Policy 1.1 which is basically
new development pursuant to the AUIR process.
So I can't see where there's any reference or allowance in the
GMP to place infrastructure in a coastal high hazard area so that the
infrastructure can support areas outside the coastal hazard area. That
certainly seems contrary to the best intent of the use of public funds.
You've addressed everything but that part of it so...
MR. WEEKS: What that suggests to me is that -- that the county
then by reading it, I believe the way you are, would prohibit the
county from placing any infrastructure within the coastal high hazard
area that is going to serve any property outside of coastal high hazard
area.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: That's the way I was reading it, yes.
That's the way it seems to me. Is that -- have you looked at that aspect
of this?
MR. WEEKS: I had not specifically looked at those -- that
objective for policy that you referenced. I was looking more in the
conservation and coastal management element because it speaks
specifically to coastal high hazard area. And that's where it talks
about efforts to reduce the impact that might occur to storm events
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within the coastal high hazard area. For example, flood proofing of
infrastructure, elevating above the flood plain, things of this,
mitigation measures.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: David--
MR. WEEKS: Once again no prohibition.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: -- would it be fair to ask you to look at
that issue before this goes to the BCC? Would you have time to do
that? Because I sent you excerpts from the CCME and the CIE. CIE
refers back to the CCME. The CCME says limitation of public
expenditures that subsidized development in high hazard coastal areas.
That's one of the objectives. Then if you go into the CIE, you find
other references to infrastructure improvements. And some of them to
me seem to -- it says, Needed to support new development to the
extent permitted in the future land use element. I keep referring it -- to
me it seems to keep referring back to that development in the coastal
high hazard.
MR. WEEKS: Okay.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: It seems really silly to expend funds,
capital taxpayer's money to build infrastructure in a coastal high
hazard that we know is a bad area to begin with anyway. And we
have all the restrictions we can imagine to build there to see it
damaged because of flooding when we could be placing it inland
where it belongs. So that's why under common sense it just doesn't
seem that that would be the place to put elements for infrastructure
that serve outside that area. So if you could look at that before the
BCC meeting, I would appreciate it.
MR. WEEKS: Certainly.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: In the meantime as far as this -- but
thank you, David. That's all I had on that issue.
As far as my concerns on this project go, unless there's going to
be a payment for either the land or impact fee credits for these well
sites or some policy established that provides for a discussion of this
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kind of extraction or exaction, however you want to word it, through a
public process like impact fees are discussed and like other things are
discussed, this is -- I'm very concerned about this chunk of land being
contributed by the developer. So I'm -- my sense is to ask that it not
be included in our recommendation to move forward.
Does anybody have any thoughts on that from the Planning
Commission?
MR. GRAMATGES: May I address the commissioners, please?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Sure. Go ahead, Phil.
MR. GRAMATGES: Phil Gramatges, public utilities
. .
engmeenng.
Let me first show the location of this well in reference to the
proposed Southeast Regional Water Treatment Plant. And this
Southeast Regional Water Treatment Plan is supposed to serve the
area surrounding it which is, of course, in the high hazard area. So,
indeed, this well will be supplying water not only to areas that may be
outside of that -- that high hazard area, but it certainly will be
supplying road water for those areas that you're referring to.
Furthermore, we need to realize that we have to pay for these
wells out of funds that will eventually have to be paid by the rate
payers and the impact fee payers. Ifwe were to pay for this at this
point in time, they would eventually have to pay for that at a later
time. We cannot take wells only that are going to supply the specific
area where the well is located because not all developments are within
areas that we can put a well. So we are really finding -- finding
ourselves between a rock and a hard place. Ifwe do not get these
wells now, they are going to be a lot more expensive in the future. In
fact, we may not even be able to get them in the future.
Furthermore, if we do not get these wells whenever we can get
these wells, we certainly will never get them. It -- it would be a
problem for us if we didn't do this in this manner. Besides this is
going to be a brackish water well because that's going to be a reverse
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osmosis plant. So, therefore, it is indeed in a suitable area.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: And, Phil, I got no problem with you
getting these well sites from the project. I think you should. I think
every project that comes through here, if it's a site you can use, by all
means. You should be asking for and you should be attaining it.
Just like transportation, they look at two things on a site,
site-related improvements that a road system that they make the
developer pay for and other improvements needed that the developer
gets impact fee credits for. The site related needs for this well site on
that site, they should be paying for. But if they aren't related to the
site, then you should be writing impact fee credits for them. That's--
and if that isn't enough to do it, if your impact fee credits are going to
cause a problem for you with rates and all the other thing, then you
should turn around and increase your impact fees so that you can take
into account the need to buy the well sites for those that are not site
related. I just think it's double taxation, but kind of done as a forcing
the hand of the developer through the process. I don't think it's
aboveboard and I don't like it. And that's where I'm standing unless
there's -- it's legitimate in regards to compensation for that taken. And
that's where I see it. That's just my opinion on this board so...
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Mr. Chairman.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Mr. Murray then Mr. Schiffer.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: In that case, would it be -- would
it serve to enter a stipulation when we finalize that would suggest that
credits be provided rather than an absolute prohibition on -- on our
part?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: That's a good suggestion, yeah.
Mr. Schiffer.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Phil, a question. When you
locate a well site, doesn't that affect what's allowed to be developed in
-- in the area of the well field or the well site?
MR. GRAMA TGES: There are some restrictions, yes. If, indeed,e
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you are going to have a pond or lake, it has to be within a certain
distance of that well. In all cases we work with the developer to make
sure that we've minimized the impact that this has on the developer.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: But I mean, like, there's a radius
in which certain occupation -- activities can occur, fuel storage, stuff
like that?
MR. GRAMA TGES: That is correct. However, it is more
restrictive in wells that are tapping the fresh water aquifer.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Okay.
MR. GRAMA TGES: This is not a fresh water aquifer well.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: So by placing a well field in a
commercial area like this you are in no way diminishing developable
rights of any of the land surrounding?
MR. GRAMATGES: I wouldn't say in no way. I would say in a
minimal way affecting the -- the ability to develop it, yes.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: And what would be an example
of one of your minimals?
MR. GRAMA TGES: The example I used previously. For
example, if they need to use a pond or a lake nearby, they would be
restricted to -- to the edge of that -- the water body to be within 50 feet
of the well head. If the well head is there before the pond, then it
would be more, like, 300 feet. But, like I said, in all cases we work
with the developer to make sure that we minimize the impact. In this
case, for example, if there was such a case here, we would make sure
that they have the pond in place before we put the well.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: My concern is not so much this
developer, but other people's whose rights may be -- so give me
another example. You wouldn't say absolutely that the surrounding
properties are being diminished in their potential?
MR. GRAMATGES: In this case I don't see that the -- that the
properties are being diminished in their potential. Of course, that's not
for me to say. It's for the developer to say.
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COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Okay. And I'm not worried
about this guy. I'm worried about there's other commercial properties
within the region.
MR. GRAMATGES: We are requesting an easement.
Obviously, we're taking land from them. That is something that most
developers and owners don't want, but by the same token, they also
want potable water. So I mean it's a quid pro quo. You have to get the
water. You have to get the well somewhere. And the -- the -- the
overall good of the community will be served by having this well here.
So, yeah, there will be some impact and I will emphasize minimum
impact on the particular development, but I believe that the overall
good that this well will provide will more than compensate for that.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: How are the neighboring
properties -- again, I'm not worried about this developer. He's aware
of it, but there's other properties in that area. Will they be notified of
any diminishing use of their land?
MR. GRAMATGES: Well, I am not -- no. We don't have any
procedures to notify them specifically of any perceived diminish --
diminishment on the use of their property. I don't know how to
evaluate that. Like I said, only the owner can evaluate whether this --
this is going to be detrimental.
I mean, let me put it this way. Obviously, if I was to put a well in
front of a private property between that property and the road, I would
have a definite effect on that property. How much, only the owner
can determine. We don't do those kind of things, but -- but certainly
there is a potential there.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: But if the neighboring site
across from Myrtle wanted to put an underground storage, fuel storage
or something, wouldn't he have restrictions because of his proximity to
that well?
MR. GRAMATGES: Yes, he would have restrictions.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: That he does not have now?
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MR. GRAMATGES: Yeah.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: All right. Thank you.
MR. GRAMATGES: Yeah.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Mr. -- Ms. Caron then Mr. Murray.
COMMISSIONER CARON : Yeah. I just wanted to comment
that I think that properties on either side of this in-fill piece are already
developed. So there's less chance of impact to those sites anyway
because they're already developed.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Mr. Murray.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Phil, not to take issue with you,
but you mentioned before about costs and you were trying to show the
implications of it. But it strikes me that you have two components of
cost. One would be the acquisition of the property assuming that you
were to buy it or it would be deeded to you as a gift or taking, so to
speak. Then the other component is, of course, the structure and the
well, et cetera. You kind of put those two things together as a cost out.
Ifwe didn't do this, we'd have to do that. But don't we look at it as
being a two-step process? What I'm trying to do is -- is focus more
clearly on the -- on the concept of rightness that if -- if we offer
instead of requiring and putting people in a position where they feel
that they won't achieve their purpose unless they do something,
wouldn't we be better off to state right out that this is an appropriate
act. We want to pay you the credits. We want to give you the credits.
And you're not in a position probably to have -- but I'm putting this
on the record because I think that's an advocation I would make. The
County Commission has made it clear they want well sites wherever
they can have them. That's fine.
MR. GRAMATGES: Yes.
COMMISSIONER MURRA Y: But I do agree with the chair that
we do need to make it right for people and not have them even
perceived that they have to jump over more hoops than necessary in
order to get their project through.
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So that's on the record now and that's my view on it. Thank you.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Mr. Kolflat.
COMMISSIONER KOLFLAT: I think the chair's position on
fair -- fairness is valid and worth looking at.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Thank you, sir. I think we're going to
have a suggestion to that effect in the stipulations. Thank you, Phil.
MR. GRAMATGES: Thank you.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. I'll just continue where I left off.
And we -- now is transportation. And I guess my questions are really
more of Nick than your expert so...
MR. CASALANGUIDA: For the record Nick Casalanguida.
Yes, sir.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Hi, Nick. Thank you again for
attending here today. I know you have a busy schedule and it's -- your
attention to some of these matters is appreciated.
Let me read you -- there's a few notes in this Vanasse & Daylor
report that concerned me and I want to get your input on them. On the
first page of the trip generation projected traffic portion and I -- it's
page 4. It says, The Myrtle Woods commercial development project
is estimated to have a 45 percent of pass-by deduction based on ITE
formula. And it says, The study conducted by Vanasse & Daylor
indicated the pass-by trip deduction derived from ITE better
represented Florida characteristics than does the 25 percent pass-by
deduction required by Collier County.
They provide a nice little report which is going to say what they
want it to say. And I'm just wondering why you accepted a TIS that
wasn't to county -- we went to a lot of effort to make everything
standardized in this county. And now we're back to accepting stories
from people as to why it shouldn't be. Where are we at?
MR. CASALANGUIDA: Where we're at is this was signed, the
methodology was signed on November of2005. It's almost two years
old when this project was first submitted.
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CHAIRMAN STRAIN: The mic's got to be a little closer I think.
MR. CASALANGUIDA: Almost two years old since this
project was submitted. So the methodology at that time that was
approved by the county was based on ITE and the ITE pass-by rates
that were -- you know, current IT books. The county has since then
gone to a stricter TIS guidelines and procedures. So when this project
comes in for a SDP -- and I had this discussion with Mr. Jarvi -- he'll
be doing a lot more significant analysis consistent with the current TIS
guidelines. But the methodology meeting is almost over two years
old. So some of these projects that you bring this up, good point.
That was accepted practice at the time. The project went through. I
have a very comfort level that when we get to TIS that the design will
meet the minimum standards to today's guidelines.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I know Mr. Murray had brought up the
pass-bys, an issue, earlier when he was speaking. The pass-by then
that you will weigh this project on when it comes in for SDP will be
the county standard of 25 percent?
MR. CASALANGUIDA: The current -- you will have to meet
the current guidelines.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Great.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. That's -- helps out a lot. A long
time ago -- and I think it was a project over on 1-75, actually, 951 and
Davis -- and we talked about the intensity of the uses that the TIS
used. And they always fell back on this shopping center use 820. Yet
in the requested amount of uses they had, they could have a variety of
uses that had much more intensity than 820. Everybody likes 820
because it's got a low intensity traffic impact.
But now, first of all, I don't see where this project could have
generated enough traffic to have a problem on that section of US 41
because that section has just been six-Ianed and it's in pretty good
shape. But that lends more to my concern. Why didn't they use the
most -- the most intense use as you had told me back two or three
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years ago was the standard way to look at these things. Instead they
used the shopping center category as a catchall. Let me read what
their representative said at the TIS or at the neighborhood information
meeting. He said, Mr. Nadeau -- Mr. Nadeau said Myrtle Woods
would not be a typical shopping center. Yet in their TIS, they're using
the shopping center category.
MR. CASALANGUIDA: The shopping center category can be
middle of the road. When you come in and actually get the submittal
from a lot of these applications, you may get one that's slightly more
intense, slightly less intense than 820 depending on what they actually
submit.
Your TIS guidelines do provide you that safety factor that when
they submit and they come in with, let's say, a bank and a fast food,
that's what we will review, not 820. But at the zoning stage, you find
yourself in the predicament of trying to guess what they're going to
put in. And even if you had said the highest and best use, if I took a
bank and if he was allowed to put in a gas station in there, you get a
certain comfort level of what you can and can't apply at the zoning
stage. It's difficult for me to say put in the bank and put in a fast food
restaurant. Weare doing that more at -- at the stage and we are
putting in our methodology minutes that we both sign as the county
and the applicant. But until you get to that SDP stage, and trust me,
your TIS guidelines do cover you, it's hard to get into mitigation for
what they're going to do. And you could be rewriting it when you get
to the SDP stage.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Well, see, what bothers me is when you
get to the SDP stage, the goose is cooked. Basically they got their
zoning and they're in making demands and submittals that by right
they have -- got to have some kind of a reaction to because they
already got their zoning. It would seem to me that at the zoning stage
before they even get there, if they have a use that's too intense, we
stop it in its tracks. We don't go getting beyond that point this early
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and --
MR. CASALANGUIDA: You're looking at -- you're looking at
10 to 15 percent max that you'll be looking as a deviation or variance
from what you see on land use 820 that you looked at. So at the
zoning stage, we looked at the relocation of Myrtle Woods. We
looked at each project case by case specific and what their mitigation
should be.
And so if we have an argument and we say, you know, we need
you to relocate this road or put in a signalized intersection, we'll fight
that fight at zoning. But a lot of the times, and you are covered if you
read your TIS guidelines, if they cause a single movement to fail, they
cause anything to fail, they have to mitigate for that by the TIS
guidelines. So you're -- you're covered at that stage as well too.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Well, I would have liked to have known
how the true impact on the road system would have been with the
most intense use. That's all. I think it would have been beneficial
from a zoning perspective to understand that.
Ms. Caron.
COMMISSIONER CARON: Yeah. I just want to say that when
they're making statements in neighborhood information meetings that
they're going to have fast food or that certainly is one of the things that
they want, I would think that we'd be looking at it too --
MR. CASALANGUIDA: You -- you would but then I --
COMMISSIONER CARON: -- the more intense.
MR. CASALANGUIDA: -- I really have to look at fast food in a
particular case. For instance, let's say it was a McDonald's.
McDonald's has a typically much higher pass-by than other fast food.
People will come down the road and they go into McDonald's and
they keep going the way they're going. It's a convenience type of fast
food.
So when we wrote our TS, it was specifically stated if you had a
good case for why you should have higher than 25 percent, you
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present that case. And you get that at that SDP stage. You don't get
that at zoning. So, I mean, for instance, let's say fast food we looked
at zoning, I wouldn't give them such a high pass-by rate. I would stick
to that -- that low guideline which would probably offset that. But
when they came in and they said, all right, we've got a drive-through.
It's going to be a fast food restaurant. Okay. Now, I'm seeing that it's
a Sonic or a McDonald's. We would increase the pass-by, but the trips
could go up as well too. So you're covered to a certain extent.
For me to try and really pinpoint what they're building at zoning
is difficult. Some of your applications that do come in, they have a
site plan. And it frustrates transportation because you're reviewing a
site plan at the same time you're reviewing the zoning, but you can get
a really good feel for what they're building so you can, you know,
commit to doing a TIS consistent with that site plan because we got a
real good look at it.
If that land use 820 is within 10 percent of a highest and best use,
use 820. We'll get you at SDP because we've got a comfort level that
even your mitigation that's required, we can absorb that 10 percent in
there. You'll -- you've seen some of the applications like Naples
Mazda, 3 percent impact yet they're redesigning and rebuilding the
whole intersection. And we're giving impact fee credits for the
construction, but not for the design and the right-of-way.
So we're watching out for it, but we got to be careful because we
lose a little bit of credibility with the industry if we start pushing that
highest and best use all the time if we're within 10 percent, because it's
hard to define what that is.
COMMISSIONER CARON: Just one more comment before --
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Go ahead.
COMMISSIONER CARON: -- and that's you were talking about
this TIS having been done in -- in 2005 except that it says here that it's
been updated as of June of '07.
MR. CASALANGUIDA: Right. And what the board had done
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and you also had done when we reviewed the TIS guidelines was, is
any application that come in for methodology meeting, those are the
rules that they would use going forward so as not to require reanalysis
and reanalysis traffic counts. And we were comfortable with what
they had done for the 2005 submittal. To make them go through the
new guidelines is -- I remember one of the commissioners specifically
told me the board is -- whatever you told them when you met with
them, that's what you stick to for anything in fairness to the applicant.
I said, That's fine. We can handle that.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: On page 12 of the TIS there's a
right-turn analysis eastbound approach. That poses a question, but
doesn't offer a solution I don't believe. And I was wondering if you're
aware of that problem and have resolved how to handle it?
MR. CASALANGUIDA: Yes. I think what we're going to do, if
look at the diagram, it's cut off a little bit. We're going to make
Myrtle Lane a right in only and make that a continuous right-turn lane
to the right in. It's going to be at this intersection as well too. So that
right-turn lane will extend through Myrtle Lane and we'll have a
continuous right turn lane over there. I'll caution you it is a FDOT
governed roadway so they're going to have final say in what that
design looks like, but that would be county staffs recommendation.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. So the 185 feet, you're just going
to use all of it and not -- and by backing up west of Myrtle Lane,
you'll end up actually -- actually taking -- lengthening the right-turn
lane to the 375 feet needed?
MR. CASALANGUIDA: Yes, sir.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. Thank you, Nick. That's all I--
does anybody else have anything of Nick?
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: I have.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Go ahead, Mr. Murray.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: I had a thought anyway. While
you were explaining it and I think I understand the implications of
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what you're saying. But it was striking me when we were talking
about the differential 10 percent or whatever the number was, it almost
reminded me of a diminimus situation where ultimately as -- as the
SDPs come in along that corridor where you're not going to be able to
grant somebody what they intended to build.
So what I thought the chair was representing and I think you
agree with it in principle anyway was that the more -- the more we not
constrain but require them to be more clear about the total plan, the
better the potential project will be overall. And it's not a question of
making your life easier either. It's a matter of really creating a proper
plan along the corridor. Because what strikes me a lot of that area
there, they're very narrow. They're shallow rather. They don't have a
lot of depth to the -- to the -- and I don't know if we're going to end up
with a whole lot of small strips or what we're going to do. But it
becomes very undesirable to -- and I don't want to keep on going on
this, but I'm trying to say that I think it's a better approach to try to be
more precise, maybe a bad word there, earlier on than later on. You
take a great deal of pride in what you do. Circumstances might change
in the future where the person might not be as knowledgeable as you
are.
MR. CASALANGUIDA: What the good point, to answer that,
Commissioner Murray, is we don't bank the zoning trips. So you--
you would never get a false number going into the system. When they
do the SDP, those are the trips we put into the network.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Those are fixed.
MR. CASALANGUIDA: Right. Those are fixed. So your
zoning application is mostly to say, okay, and I'll try and convey this
the proper way. You're looking at a five-year window first to see, all
right, is this project within 10 percent of the trips that he proposes
consistent with five years of what the county roadway network will be
like. So you've got a comfort level there. Then you're saying, okay,
within 10 percent of what he's proposing is the mitigation and the
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site-related improvements that you need, can they be maybe defined in
the PUD document now, today. And the answer to both those
questions is yes.
When they come in for SDP we take those specific trips and we
bank them on the system. And we take those specific trips and we do
specific analysis consistent with their design. So you're definitely
covered. You're not -- you're not under assuming at zoning because
you don't apply those trips to the network at zoning.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: I'm glad you clarified that for
me.
MR. CASALANGUIDA: Okay.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Because I was -- I was
concerned. My thought was that we would have a dribble effect.
MR. CASALANGUIDA: No. You won't get that effect.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Okay.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Thank you, sir.
MR. CASALANGUIDA: You're welcome.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. One more question of the
applicant. Richard, in the neighborhood informational meeting it was
indicated there would be a fence along the south property line. I
couldn't see that in the documents. Is that true?
MR. YOV ANOVICH: I was not at the meeting, but the
summary from the staff report said that we would -- we'd be going to
do that if the neighbors wanted it I believed is what the summary said.
And we'll do that if that's what you think is appropriate.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Well, I think to say if the neighbors
wanted it, then you'd have to go out and get a consensus. Have people
agree and then you'd be into a problem, so let's just put the fence in.
It's better to have it than not have it.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Okay. Sorry?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: You have a south property line which
would be that --
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MR. YOV ANOVICH: Where Mr. Nadeau's pointing? Is that
where you were referring?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I was thinking you'd have it along the
south property line like you said which would be up against that tree
tops or not -- there's a little residential project, the mixed --
COMMISSIONER CARON: RMF 6.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Yeah, by the RMF 6.
COMMISSIONER CARON: No.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Where I'm pointing to right now?
COMMISSIONER CARON: Right there; correct?
MR. YOV ANOVICH: There?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Yeah.
COMMISSIONER CARON : Yeah.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Where was the public's concern during
the meeting? Does anybody know? Okay. I would -- that's -- if that's
what the public indicated. Melissa, are you indicating that that's at the
meeting where they were indicating?
MS. ZONE: Melissa Zone, principle planner with the
department, community development environmental services.
The residents were concerned about along with tree tops as well
as that RMF 6 so within that area there. They were concerned about
possibly having traffic. One of the things that we worked with that--
with the applicant after the neighborhood information meeting was
placing the preserves in the back both making it a -- a much denser,
same with the detention area. And so how it looks, the arrow itself --
tree tops is north. And the southern portion where the RMF 6 which
Ms. Caron pointed out it's more like a -- a southeast area is where the
most concern was because that was an area that had free roaming of
children.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Well, Melissa, my only concern is that
what was stated at the NIM --
MS. ZONE: Right.
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CHAIRMAN STRAIN: -- meets what the public was told.
MS. ZONE: Correct.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: So could you point on the aerial that's
there --
MS. ZONE: Certainly.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: -- where this fence was proposed or
responded to and expected to be put.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Right. And let me just -- just for the
record if you look where the pen point is, the county plans on
expanding a ditch there 50 feet south. So, obviously, we could not put
a wall right on that property line because it would be dug up by the
ditch when the county puts the ditch.
Likewise, there's the preserve area here now. The county won't
let you put walls in the preserve. So I'm not saying we're not going to
put a wall. I just mean the location needs to take into account where
the ditch -- the county plans on putting its ditch as well as our preserve
area that -- that will be impacted by -- by the wall.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Ray, from a staffs perspective, if we
were to stipulate something to the effect that they would add a fence
along the property line where staff deems feasible, would that be
workable from a staffs perspective?
MR. BELLOWS: Well, it leaves a lot to -- to be debated at the
time of SDP. I'd like to have a defined location.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Well, the only reason -- I think
Richard's points are well taken.
MR. BELLOWS: Yeah.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: You can't put a fence where they're
going to dig it up. It's a waste of money and that's not a good thing to
do so...
MR. BELLOWS: Well, if -- ifat the time of -- if we can get
some definitive answers of where this drainage ditch will be, we can
figure out where the fence could go prior to the Board of County
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Commissioners. In light of that, the stipulation as you proposed
would be the best alternative. It just leaves some room for what is
feasible or not. And I think that could create a lot of --
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Yeah, I don't like the word either. I'm
just trying to think of a solution because I don't want to leave it off the
table because then nothing could get done. If we need to put
something on the table to match what was told to the public, that's the
only goal I'm looking for.
MR. BELLOWS: I think if prior to the board meeting we can get
some definitive location of this drainage ditch, we can figure out
where the wall can go in relation to that.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. Prior to -- if we stipulate
something that -- that would be prior to the BCC meeting, we'll work
it that way. Okay.
Ms. -- Ms. Caron then Mr. Schiffer.
COMMISSIONER CARON: Well, in continuing to talk about
this wall, it seems to me that -- that up here the southwest corner
where the access road is now going to come in, that those homes back
there -- it was stated that that's where the children are and that they
may want fencing along that area. It's going to be a dry detention
area, is that what that white indicates?
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Down here?
COMMISSIONER CARON: No, other side right up here. Yeah.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Where I'm pointing?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Yes.
COMMISSIONER CARON: It's not marked so I can't tell what
it is.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: It's a lift station kind of.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: What did -- why don't we -- Ms. Caron,
are you trying to indicate that the fence from your perspective ought to
be along that property line?
COMMISSIONER CARON: Well, I think in addition to -- you
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know, I am sure that people at tree tops were also talking about a
fence along this stretch. I understand that here and -- but I'm
concerned about here and here (indicating).
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Right. And I think the way we -- we've
suggested is that this -- the location of that fence on those two
property lines in -- in relation to where it could actually go so it's not
torn down again be worked out between now and the BCC meeting.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Right. And just so we're on the same
page. It would probably -- this is our -- this is an existing lift station
and this is our buffer. We could put a wall in here. We can't put a wall
in the preserve. We could pick it back up here. Now, we may put the
wall down on the -- I think this direction is south. We could do it on
the southern part of the detention center or we could put it on the
northern part of the detention center -- detention area, I'm sorry. That
-- that will -- but it will -- it will address both of your concerns to the
south as well as to the --
COMMISSIONER CARON: My guess is the -- the area along
tree tops along the easement, people will want it as far -- as close to
tree tops as possible because it's a ditch. And they -- they're trying to
prevent kids from getting in ditches and, you know, that kind of thing.
So my guess is it won't work closest to the preserve is all -- is all I'm
saying, Rich.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I think the language we worked out with
staff prior to going to the BCC would -- as long as we make the
recommendation that a fence be placed along the south, east and west
property lines where feasible and that location is locked in before the
BCC meeting, I think we've got it covered. Does that work for
everybody? Okay. Where feasible.
Mr. Schiffer.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: My question's simple. What
were the neighbors concerned of, the vision of the shopping center or
access to it?
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MR. YOV ANOVICH: Vision.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Yeah. Because I think you set
back all your buildings pretty far. You have preserves between them.
So actually I would hate to, you know, make it so people couldn't
walk into the shopping center from the back because otherwise they'd
have to hop in a car and come around the corner.
So if it's vision, I think you've got quite a bit of buffering. I think
the area that Donna pointed out up by the treatment or the lift station's
smart. But the rest of it's going to be pretty far away. And, you know,
an eight-foot fence is going to protect the ground floor windows only
anyway.
Okay. That's it.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Anything else?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Ifnot, we'll go to the staffs
presentation.
Ray, do we have public speakers by the way?
MR. BELLOWS: No one has registered.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Thank you.
MS. ZONE: Good morning, commissioners. Melissa Zone,
principle planner with the department of zoning and land
development.
As mentioned previously this subject property is within the urban
mixed-use district of the -- and the urban coastal fringe subdistrict
which is within the coastal high hazard area. And that is identified in
the future land use map.
The petition before you is here to reestablish the Myrtle Woods
PUD Ordinance 81-23 as well as to incorporate one parcel that is 1.3
acre parcel that is currently zoned C-4. And the land uses that are
being proposed by the PUD are consistent with the C-4 as zoning
district.
I have -- staff has -- wants to make for the record there was a
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mistake on No.3 of Exhibit -- or No. 13 of Exhibit A in the rezone
findings. Again, that would be No. 13. Whether there are substantial
reasons why the property cannot be used in accordance with the
existing zoning. Staff would like, if it's okay with this Planning
Commission, that under the findings that part of the second -- of that
sentence be removed. And it would be read, The property cannot be
developed in accordance with the existing zoning because the CPUD,
which is a commercial planned unit development, has sunseted. And
there would be a period. This would be corrected and be brought forth
to the Board of County Commissioners.
I have been taking notes as to what will be added and removed
with this PUD document. And I could read what I have so far or I can
follow up after the motion is made. And if there are any questions
with this board, I'd be happy to address them now.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I'd like to walk through issues with the
staff report and analysis before we get into reading any comments.
Mr. Murray, did you have something?
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: I -- I wanted to say I read your
report. And I don't know what my fellow commissioners think, but I
thought it was very well laid out, all encompassing. It was a very,
very fine document and I wanted to complement you publicly.
MS. ZONE: Thank you, Mr. Murray.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Mark.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Mr. Schiffer.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: And the question just came up.
Why do you call the existing one a CPUD? Was it?
MS. ZONE: Well, the -- the -- the current one is going to be a
commercial planned unit development. The one that was approved in
1981 was a mixed-use development in that it allowed commercial as
well as residential.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Okay. So when you said like
you just said it, the CPUD has sunseted, that's not correct.
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MS. ZONE: Well, I can -- you're right. And I will remove the C
and just have it as a PUD because at that time that's how they were
written. Thank you.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: And the other question it was
testified today that prior to the sunseted PUD that the back triangle
was zoned commercial.
MS. ZONE: Correct.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Can you verify that?
MS. ZONE: I can. And, in fact, I could put a picture up if you
would like from 1970 of our zoning map.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Melissa, orient it with north up,
please.
MS. ZONE: Okay. The subject property, if you will follow my
pencil, would be here to this point, triangle, along there and down.
This is Myrtle Lane. And this is from 1970 with our official zoning
map. This whole strip was commercial development which is this
slashed area. This is residential in the red. This strip along -- along 41
is C-3 and then this was a multi-family residential area.
The parcel -- subject parcel I went back as -- to 1959 as that
parcel had been in our plat books and created. I didn't get as far back
as to when the zoning, but I did go back as far as 1970 that this -- the
full parcel and subject parcel has been commercial.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: All right. Thank you. And I'm
done, Mark.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. Anybody else?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Melissa, let's start. Because I'm not like
Mr. Murray. I have a lot of problems with the way this staff report
was written.
MS. ZONE: Okay.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. So the first thing I want to ask
you is when an applicant makes commitments at neighborhood
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informational meetings, why can't staff incorporate those into the PUD
so that we don't have to sit here and do that job?
MS. ZONE: I'm sorry. That was overlooked. And I will be
more diligent during our neighborhood information meeting and -- and
make sure that those commitments are incorporated in. And when
mentioning in the report to the Planning Commission of those
commitments, I will call out that they have been incorporated. Very
sorry .
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Melissa, I'm not trying to point out all
the things that you personally have done wrong. I'm looking at
policies that can be implemented. And I think from Mr. Bellows'
viewpoint in his department from now on, if that's done, it'll save this
board a lot of time and we should -- we should implement that if that's
possible with the county.
MR. BELLOWS: Definitely. And that will be the topic for our
next meeting.
MS. ZONE: It's a good policy and -- and it will give assurance to
our residents.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I believe that this rezone was found to
be inconsistent with the comp plan, with the GMP?
MS. ZONE: Yes. There's in -- in the commercial or the in-fill
commercial infield portion of the Growth Management Plan, Item F of
the criteria, how you can take your parcel and make it all commercial,
the depth of the property exceeds the adjacent and/or abutting
commercial property. There is -- the interpretation has been --
comprehensive planning looks at the whole parcel. I was looking at
the -- reducing the commercial area, the development area itself to be
less than the adjacent commercial property.
In the end, though, staffs interpretation, it is the Board of County
Commissioners who have the discretion to determine the depth of the
parcel as well as the adjacent parcel on this. And so it took a lot of
meetings and discussions and the area, as -- as I had reviewed it, it is
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more appropriate for commercial zoning in this area. And if we could
limit the commercial development area to be 397 feet including the
parking area so that it does not exceed the adjacent commercial parcel,
then there was some room for interpretation in the Board of County
Commissioners' discretion.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Thank you.
MS. ZONE: David Weeks, of course, as you know is here. And
he can further explain for the comprehensive plan, I don't --
department. I don't feel I should be doing that.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: No. And I didn't mean for you to. I
understood the reasoning. I just wanted your acknowledgment that it
was inconsistent with the GMP.
MS. ZONE: Correct. I did not--
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I understand the reasons for it. And I
understand your analysis.
MS. ZONE: Okay.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: But now that you've provided that, we
can go on. The rezone findings and the findings for the PUD --
MS. ZONE: Yes.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: -- are important parts of the document.
And unfortunately in prior times we've not really dwelled on those a
lot because they seemed pretty boiler plate. However, in reading
these, I think it's time that maybe we started answering the questions
that were asked instead of providing ambiguous statements that may
not get to the point of the question.
Let's start with page 2 of 5 of Exhibit A, the rezone findings.
Question No.5, whether changed or changing conditions make the
passage of the proposed amendment necessary. Pro, the request is
reasonable because it does not rezone the land use that is in harmony
with the surrounding area.
I'm not sure that responds to the question. In fact, I don't believe
it does. And I'm just wondering could we more succinctly answer the
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question? Is the change necessary? Is changing this make it
necessary? I think you started to do that in other questions by saying
it's a sunseted PUD and it has to be addressed. But I think if you got
into more factual statements in that question's answer, it would be
more relevant to this project. You started to say that in the findings.
The request is reasonable because it does not rezone the land use that
is in harmony with the surrounding area.
MS. ZONE: It's an incomplete sentence. Sorry, Commissioner.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: No. And I don't think the word
harmony is a qualified term either. I would rather we use factual LDC
terms so --
MS. ZONE: Okay.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: -- we're precise and accurate in the way
these are read in case they ever have to be defended in court --
MS. ZONE: Certainly.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: -- for any particular reason.
Number 6, whether the proposed change will adversely influence
living conditions in the neighborhood. The response to the pro was
the proposed rezone should not adversely influence living conditions.
Then if you turn to page 2 of 3 of Exhibit B it says, This
proposed CPUD will not adversely impact the timing or sequence of
development that is currently allowed in the area. And I'm just
wondering why we don't use more definitive terms instead of should.
The question is will it adversely -- adversely influence living
conditions. Will it or will it not? And I think with the compatibility
analysis that you -- your staff does, you could stand to the plate and
say it will not because the compatibility reasons and list the reasons.
Whether they're buffers, fences, separations, distances, setbacks.
Those are all positive things. And if you put them in this report, I
think we'd be better off. We'd have more to stand on.
MS. ZONE: Very good.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: It says, The residents within the
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community did not object to the Myrtle Woods CPUD. Is that -- is that
basically what the outcome of the NIM -- due to the questions that the
residents asked?
MS. ZONE: The questions the residents asked were concerns.
When the applicant addressed them, they thanked them. They -- they
-- a few even mentioned that they -- they expected this area to be
developed as commercial. They had no problems as long as the
buffering along the residential area was there and that it wasn't an
open parking lot. And--
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: But see, now, Melissa, if you were to
say that here, The residents didn't object because and list the reasons
that the applicant did to offset any concerns that the residents have,
that would be a more effective way, I think, to answer the question.
MS. ZONE: Would you -- Mr. Strain, would you prefer that in
the findings or would you rather have that within the neighborhood
information meeting analysis?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I think if you're going to -- if you're
going to answer the question properly, you can -- I would suggest -- it
says -- the question is whether the proposed change will adversely
affect, influence -- adversely influence living conditions in the
neighborhood. I think it would be an opportune time to say that
during the public information meeting the neighborhood expressed the
following concerns and they were committed to be, you know,
repaired, how -- fixed by the applicant, however you want to term
that. It would be a great entry into that argument. Then it becomes
part of the documents or record and it makes it an even stronger case
for why it had to be there.
MS. ZONE: And then list it within the findings that it's -- it's --
because most of the things with the living conditions we have to
ensure the surrounding development if it be residential, commercial as
the community as a whole. The LDC addresses all of those. We have
development regulations. They have to meet the open space
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requirement, the right-of-way requirements. So, you know, and -- and
I shouldn't -- and your suggestion is correct. I should elaborate more
on it as opposed to just relying that it would just be in the LDC.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Well, in your findings it says, The
proposed rezone is not changed. It's permitted land use. And has been
properly publicized to ensure the surrounding neighbors will be
assured that the least amount of adverse impact on the adjacent
development has been addressed. Well, publicizing something doesn't
assure anything.
MS. ZONE: Okay.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: It just tells the public we're going to
change something. So I don't think that's a good conclusion in
response to that particular question.
MS. ZONE: Okay.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I'm just offering up suggestions. I think
that you could use these rezone findings to put the county in a better
posture legally for any challenges down the road. And should any
citizens have questions, the answers would be more readily available.
MS. ZONE: Without question. And updating the findings would
probably also behoove us.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Under the next page, No.9, Whether the
proposed change would seriously reduce light or air to adjacent areas.
Your findings, I'm not sure what -- how your findings relate to the
question. Basically it's either will they or will they not. And if they
do, are they mitigated. And if you don't need any mitigation because
they don't, then you're covered.
MS. ZONE: Again, they -- you know, falling on the land
development code you have setback requirements. There's height
requirements, restrictions on the development in the area that -- that
ensure that reducing the light and air around the adjacent areas. That
question has always been one that troubles me because that tends to be
one that is used mostly in a high dense urban area: Chicago, New
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York, San Francisco, LA, where you have these larger cities where
you have office buildings that are 100 feet tall and adjacent to a --
could be a brown stone that might be 30 feet or 50 feet. And -- and
that is looked upon here. Collier County does their due diligence up
front and -- and makes sure that there is open space for the
development. There are height limitations within your zoning. There
are setbacks. A lot of that has been incorporated into the LDC.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: On page 4, No. 11, Whether the
proposed change will be a detriment -- deterrent to the improvement
or development of adjacent property in accordance with existing
regulations. I don't believe your -- your -- the response has answered
the question in particular to this site. I think it gave a general answer
that's used a lot. But, again, I'm only pointing this out to say I think
we could make much better use of these questions and answers in the
way we layout and respond for the record.
Number 12, the findings, proposed rezone does not alter the
permitted land uses which meet the terms of the land use designation,
the urban mixed-use district on the FLUE. Well, we are taking a piece
ofC-4 and changing it to PUD. So we are rezoning.
MS. ZONE: We are rezoning it, but we're keeping the land, the
permitted uses the same. And the PUD is ensuring to the county that
there is a unified development plan, but the zoning itself still follows
under the land uses which is C-4.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: So you're saying all the land uses that
they've selected are C-4 uses or less?
MS. ZONE: Correct. There's new car sales falls under C-4.
Banks, I mean, all -- the stuff that are listed that are C-4 or of lesser
intensity .
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. But the findings continue. It
says, which is a public policy statement supporting zoning actions
when they were consistent with the GMP. This one isn't.
MS. ZONE: They are. With the land uses they are. The part
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that's not consistent with the GMP is item F of the depth of the
property, but the land uses are consistent.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Well, uses are consistent, but if you use
the land like they want to, it's inconsistent.
MS. ZONE: In terms of the depth of the property?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Right.
MS. ZONE: Can you please expand on that?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: There's an inconsistency with the GMP.
Saying it's not land use, then what is it?
MS. ZONE: Well, the -- the GMP the depth of the property
which our Growth Management Plan gets into more in depth than
others in terms of we -- we limit uses or put standards in there that
usually are found in the Land Development Code. The GMP Item 4 is
also up to the discretion of the Board of County Commissioners in
terms of doing the -- or the analysis of the depth of the property.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. Your conclusion on page 7 of 13
it says, Based upon the above analysis, staff concludes proposed
CPUD rezone may not be deemed consistent with the future land use
element for the criteria of the office and in-fill commercial subdistrict.
So it isn't consistent with the FLUE.
MS. ZONE: Right.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: And No. 13 on page 4 of 5 says, The
proposed rezone conforms to the FLUE of the GMP because it will be
used in accordance with existing commercial zoning.
MS. ZONE: We're talking about the land uses.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay.
MS. ZONE: And on page 7 we're talking about the GMP and
Item F.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Page -- No. 14, Whether the change
suggested is out of the scale of the needs of the neighborhood of the
county. The proposed rezone meets all objective criteria set forth for
commercial zoning and conforms to the purpose and intent of the
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GMP.
Number 15, Whether it is impossible to find other adequate sites
in the county for proposed uses in districts already permitted for such
use. The proposed CPUD is consistent with the FLUE because it is in
the mixed urban use district.
MS. ZONE: Which allows for commercial as well as mixed use.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: But yet the conclusion says it's
inconsistent with the FLUE.
MS. ZONE: With Item F which has to do with the depth of the
property. And staff needs to disclose that to the Planning
Commission, the Board of County Commissioners as well as to the
general public.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Number 16 under findings it says, The
rezone is necessary to reinstate Myrtle Woods CPUD which would not
then -- which would then not render the property unusable.
Well, the property wouldn't be unusable without the rezone.
They just wouldn't be able to use it for what they want to. And the
rezone is for C-4 which is not part of the Myrtle Woods original PUD;
right?
MS. ZONE: Yes. There -- the Myrtle Woods had C-4 uses.
And in 1981 a lot of the general uses and commercial were higher
intense or more intense than what we allow now in the -- so
comparmg --
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Melissa, do you have a piece of
property being added to the Myrtle Woods PUD?
MS. ZONE: We do which is C-4.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. That's all I was trying to say.
The rezone where it says under findings, The rezone is necessary to
reinstate the Myrtle Woods CPUD which is -- which would -- the
CPUD Myrtle Woods is not the same Myrtle Woods because you're
adding a piece of C-4 to it that's in the middle. Is that --
MS. ZONE: Correct.
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CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. That's what I was trying to get
at.
MS. ZONE: So it should read that it's reinstating Myrtle Woods
as well as incorporating the one parcel that is 1.3 acres.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Number 17, under findings the third line
or second line, Staff has reviewed this petition and found it consistent
with all elements of the GMP. Is that -- you still believe that to be
true?
MS. ZONE: They're inconsistent. They're inconsistent in the
depth analysis, but that is left to the Board of County Commissioners.
The fact that the development is not encroaching and/or exceeding the
adjacent parcel, staff found it to be consistent. Of course, our
comprehensive plan department has concern for Item F. And staff as a
whole defers this to the Board of County Commissioners who has the
discretion to make that determination.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Under the finding for the PUD No. 1
under pro it says, The area is ideal for commercial environments
within the urban district. I don't know if that -- the word "ideal" needs
to be used by staff. You can just drop that -- that kind of
characterization and just say, The area can be used for commercial--
and then put commercial environment or commercial area. I'm not -- I
don't know if you need to get into qualifying how good or bad the
property is for each use --
MS. ZONE: Certainly.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: -- since it's a rezone.
Under No.3, the proposed rezone is -- conforms to the goal of
the objective of the GMP. Again, I offer your conclusion previously
that it does not -- it's inconsistent with elements of the GMP, but I
understand what -- what you've said. I'm not necessarily in agreement
with the way this is restated in these findings.
Under the No.5 the adequacy of usable open space in the pro
you've got a reference to harmony. Again, I don't know what
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harmony is. It's not a defined term. We could use more explicit terms
from the LDC we'd be better off.
MS. ZONE: Right. Harmony is a standard planning term that's
been around long before most of us. And meaning harmony as you're
not having a commercial development or you're not having residential
and then all ofa sudden next to it is a factory. It's a term that has been
used --
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Melissa, is it a defined term in the
LDC?
MS. ZONE: They -- it is.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Harmony's is defined?
MS. ZONE: It is in our -- the --
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. Never mind. I'll look it up.
MS. ZONE: Okay.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I'll stand corrected if you say it is, I'll
look it up and I'll find it and I'll use it next time.
Number 7 on Exhibit B, Transportation Services Division has
reviewed this petition to ensure the development will not add adverse
impacts to the roadways. I don't know if they ensure anything. They
just simply review the petition for adverse impacts. I don't think
they've ensured -- they can ensure anything. Nick can't even ensure it
until they come in with the uses that they actually want to use on the
property .
MS. ZONE: Well, as staff looks at it that they make sure that's if
the impacts are there that they have comments. They talk about
improvements to the right-of-way. And ensuring and is a -- is a
standard term that doesn't need to be -- that we could put
transportation service has reviewed this and feel that there are no
adverse impacts.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Melissa, you've responded to everything
that I asked about. I was simply trying to make suggestions to make
the write-ups I thought a little bit better. I don't care if you change
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them or not, but I will be questioning them in the same manner every
time they come through this way and we'll take it from there.
MS. ZONE: I'll be more than happy to answer any additional
questions you might have regarding --
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Any questions of Planning Commission
of staff?
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: I do.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Mr. Schiffer.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Yeah. Melissa, you were at the
neighborhood meeting?
MS. ZONE: Correct.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: There was a commitment to
limit the buildings to three stories?
MS. ZONE: Correct.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Is that showing up anywhere in
this?
MS. ZONE: Well, it -- it limits it. They talked about, you know,
the -- the 50 feet and not -- they talked about having an architectural
element, but the -- but the zoned height keeping it to the 50 feet which
typically is three stories.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Okay. I mean, I can design a
five-story building in 50 feet.
MS. ZONE: You're good.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: No, just ten-foot floor to floor heights.
That's all. Do we want to -- do we want to carry that forward? That's
my question I guess.
COMMISSIONER CARON: At the neighborhood information
meeting it has to be.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Okay. Then on the table I guess
we have to add three stories in there. We get to use the asterisk.
MS. ZONE: I was going to say, would you like us to add the
asterisk to make it limited to three stories?
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COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: If that's what Dwight told them.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: We have historically used three stories
not to exceed 50 feet. Is that okay?
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Okay.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. Are there any other questions of
staff?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Thank you.
Ray, I think I asked earlier, do we have any public speakers and
the answer was no?
MR. BELLOWS: That's correct.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. We'll close the public hearing.
And for the Planning Commission -- oh, does the -- before we
close the public hearing. I'm sorry. Does the applicant have any
rebuttal comments? Any comments at all?
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Too open ended. No, we don't have any
rebuttal comments. Again, we think that this is a good plan. We do.
We disagree with staffs interpretation of the comprehensive plan. We
think the board can find this to be consistent with Item F of the criteria
as far as the depth of the property. It doesn't say adjacent boundary. It
says the depth of the adjacent property. So we think it is consistent.
The board can make that finding.
We would request that you recommend that they make such
finding if you're inclined to move forward with the PUD with all the
changes that we have agreed to. And I'll -- if you don't mind, I'll just
stand up here to take notes to make sure we catch everything between
Dwight and myself.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Just so you -- from the comments I saw
about the inconsistency with the GMP, the way I saw it, I thought staff
was indicating it reads right now as inconsistent, but it could be found
consistent based on policy by the vote of the Board of County
Commissioners.
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MR. YOV ANOVICH: I agree. I agree that's what they said.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: All right.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: And I think that would be a consistent
interpretation with the comprehensive plan language.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. Is there any discussion? We'll
now close the -- oh, David's back up.
MR. WEEKS: Commissioners, I hope you don't mind me taking
initiative to come up and address this point. For the record, again,
David Weeks, comprehensive planning department.
I'd like to put an exhibit on the visualizer. It's the zoning map
you've seen before. In my low-tech graphics in the back of the room
I've attempted to identify the depth of the property as staff is
interpreting it and that's where the little circle is at. That is where the
point of adjacency of where the two properties touch in the -- in the
middle of the road, middle of Myrtle Lane. And that's where staff is
interpreting that the maximum depth would be allowed.
An alternative, which staff does not support, would be to go to
the point of the maximum depth of the adjacent commercial zoned
property. That's that Lot 24 to the, I think, northwest of the subject
site. And that's what that dashed line represents. What is omitted
looking at the existing Myrtle Woods PUD is the striped area.
Because that area is beyond the depth of the commercial zoning of
that Lot 24.
My point is that the Criterion F of the office of in-fill commercial
subdistrict provides that the board does have flexibility. It's very
clear. It's very explicit that the board has the authority on a
case-by-case basis to determine what the depth should be of the
subject site when property -- when the subject property abuts two
properties, one on each side, that are zoned commercial that don't have
the same depth. And that is the case here. So the board clearly has
the flexibility if they want to look at the depth of the commercial on
one side and commercial on the other side and average the two. Or if
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they want to draw a line from the deepest point to the shallower point
or simply come to the deepest point or to the shallower. I mean, they
have a lot of flexibility in there, a lot of discretion. But what they
cannot do, according to the criterion, is exceed the depth of either of
those adjacent commercial properties.
And what I'm attempting to illustrate is that in this case there is a
portion of the subject site, the little striped area, that is beyond the
depth of the commercial of that Lot 24 to the northwest. So that even
-- in my opinion, even if you look at the depth of that Lot 24 and say
that's what we're going to recommend to the board that they use their
discretion to make the boundary, there's still a portion of the subject
site that is beyond that boundary.
Now, certainly if it were purely an open-spaced use, I don't think
there would be an issue there. An open-space use is allowed
anywhere within the urban mixed-use district. But if it's a required
component of the commercial development such as parking or water
retention serving only a commercial development, and that's all this is,
my opinion is that would not be allowed.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Any questions?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Thank you, David.
Richard, you're looking -- are you done? We understand David's
question I think. And I think it hasn't change the -- maybe the thought
that we already had as far as how it came about. So it's -- now it's just
a matter of recommendations.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Okay.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Anybody else?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Ifnot, we'll close the public hearing and
entertain a complicated motion. Boy, you guys are all silent here.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: I'm not going there, pal.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: You're not going there, huh?
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COMMISSIONER MURRAY: I've lot of things listed. I'll watch
what you do.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Well, I have a problem in the sense I
would have liked to have seen the project cleaned up and the
documentation to us fixed. I've watched the BCC meetings. And,
unfortunately, history has shown that not everything we attempt to
clarify here at this meeting gets carried forward necessarily exactly as
we intended it to the BCC through no fault of any individuals. It just
doesn't seem to happen all the time.
I don't know what the time table for this applicant is. I would
have felt a lot more comfortable now that we've hashed this thing
about if it came back cleaned up, PUD written properly and the
rezoned findings Exhibits A and B addressed in a manner more
attuned to this project instead of generically. That's my personal
thoughts. Although I'm not going to hold up a positive motion if it
needs to go forward. But personally I don't -- I'm getting tired of
sending things forward that are half baked and then they have to get
corrected before they go to the BCC and we don't know what those
corrections are. And by the time it gets there we don't even know what
it looks like, but --
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Mr. Chairman, can I make a suggestion?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN : Yes, sir.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: I can't fix the staff report stuff, but
certainly if there is a motion to approve with certain revisions to the
PUD document itself and the exhibits, can we report that back to you
at your next meeting? You can then proof it to make sure that we
incorporate everything that was in your motion. We could stay on our
February 12th BCC agenda. Put us up either first thing on the agenda
or last thing, whatever you want to do, but just simply you would have
it then to have a chance to proofread it to make sure that everything
that was in the CCPC's motion did, in fact, make it in there prior to the
February 12th, I believe it is, BCC date.
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CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Well, I -- I would think that would be a
help. Does everybody else -- does anybody else have a problem with
that?
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: I think it's a good idea.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: What I could do then is put forth a
motion, a recommendation listing the stipulations that we've gone
through contingent upon a final reading at our next meeting.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: For -- for -- for consistency with the
motion, not a whole new -- not a whole new public hearing.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I -- I agree.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Yeah. I just --
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: But also before we go that far I got to
ask Mr. Bellows. Can this -- the rezone findings and the Exhibits A
and B be cleaned up before they come back to us in that amount of
time?
MR. BELLOWS: For the record Ray Bellows. We wouldn't
prepare an entire new staff report. We could do a supplemental staff
report just addressing the findings of fact.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I wasn't too concerned about your staff
report. I would just like some of the questions that seemed to be either
ambiguous or not to the point or confusing clarified. Is that a task that
can be done?
MR. BELLOWS: And you're talking about the January 17th
meeting?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Right.
MR. SCHMIDT: What board date is this, Richard?
MR. YOV ANOVICH: February 12th.
MR. SCHMIDT: I should have no problem. For the record Joe
Schmidt. I should have no problem making the February 12th date.
My recommendation is that we bring this back with the appropriate
changes to the findings and to the PUD findings.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: And to the PUD document that we're
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going to stipulate.
MR. SCHMIDT: And the PUD document.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay.
MR. SCHMIDT: So basically we continue the item and bring it
back on the 17th. Because you're going to discuss it. It's -- it's got to
be in my assessment we'll still need to be advertised then because
you're going to review the document and discuss it. So I would just
say we continue the item and then bring it back on the 17th.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I'm not sure continuation works. I think
what we're trying to do is get a proofing of the document to make sure
all the different things we discussed today get incorporated into it
before it moves to the BCC.
Mr. Klatzkow, would it -- if we're just doing a re-read of it for
checking consistency with our motion, is that something that has to --
is that like a full-blown public process with advertising and everything
or is there --
MR. KLATZKOW: The purpose of the advertising is to allow
the public to get down here to comment. That's not the intent of what
you want to do though.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: No.
MR. KLATZKOW: You want to ensure that your
recommendations for changes actually make it into the document.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Correct.
MR. KLA TZKOW: My understanding is you will not be
entertaining public comment at that time nor will you be looking at
any additional changes to the document. It's just more of a proof as to
what you said should be in the document actually gets into that
document.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: The only difference being is if there's a
-- if the document didn't interpretate (sic) -- interpret our comments
correctly, we would then have to debate that --
MR. KLATZKOW: Single issue.
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CHAIRMAN STRAIN: -- that issue. Well, ifthere may be one
or two. I'm assuming we can define everything clearly today; but if
something doesn't transpire correctly and it has to be debated, we'd
still have to have that opportunity to make sure it's right.
MR. KLATZKOW: Yeah. I think this is -- actually, I think this
is an outstanding suggestion quite frankly. I'd like to see this go
through. I don't think you need to advertise it, Joe.
MR. SCHMIDT: Ifwe're going to discuss it -- my position is if
we're going to discuss this and you're going to then review what was
written and discuss what was written which would result -- may result
in changes to wording, I don't see how you can approve it today and
bring it back and -- and open it again for discussion.
If you're asking staff to go ahead and -- and make corrections and
amendments and -- and edit and amend the findings of fact, you wish
to review those and discuss those again, I believe it has to be
continued rather than voted on today. Because you're still going to be
reviewing and discussing this in a public forum at a public meeting.
And you mayor may not make changes. And to approve it today then
open it back up for discussion, I think it may be procedurally create a
problem, but I turn to the county attorney on that.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Well, I mean, Mr. Murray, you had a
comment you wanted to make?
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: I was being reactive but then--
you know, no.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Mr. Adelstein.
COMMISSIONER ADELSTEIN: I think it should be continued
just flat flat.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. I certainly think we've gone
through a lot of stipulations and I think we can settle most of them
today. My only concern is that the accuracy of what's said versus
what's in print and how it goes to the BCC. I'm trying to find a
solution for us to do a proofing of that final document and that was my
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only goal. Not to change the world, not to re-spend another three
hours on the same document. That certainly was not where I was
trying to go. I don't know how to get there with it because I seem to
have two sides with totally different opinions. Mr. Murray then Mr.
Schiffer. I think you had something.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Well, you do not have a
difference of opinion from me. I completely agree that that would be
a desirable thing to do. How it's done whether it's continued or we
vote on it today, whatever is legitimate is fine for me, but I absolutely
agree that we need to be sure that what goes forward is, in fact, the
intent of this board.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: We're on the same page. We're on the
same page on that. Mr. Schiffer, did you have something?
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Yeah. Is this a process we
could do with e-mail? I mean, somebody could submit to us the--
MR. KLATZKOW: No.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: No, it's outside the--
MR. KLATZKOW: This almost should be done sort oflike on a
consent agenda where you would bring it back sort of on a consent
with the amended PUD there. And if nobody had any comments to it,
just went through. And only if you had -- if you saw something was in
error would you pull it out and actually even look at it.
MR. SCHMIDT: Mr. Chairman, the only other option, you
would vote on it today. List your stipulations today. We bring it
back. If there are any issues that you want to address, then we would
note that and make those changes prior to going before the Board of
County Commissioners. That -- that's the only other option that I see
to prevent any -- any legal issues or any other issues that create
problems in how the document is worded. But, again, that would be
nothing more than noting to staff to make the following corrections --
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Then bring it back.
MR. SCHMIDT: -- prior to going to the Board of County
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Commissioners.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: So we end up continuing it, but only to
bring it back for acknowledgment that the corrections were made and
letting it move forward and to minimize any discussion to the extent
we've had today.
MR. SCHMIDT: Yes, absolutely. I mean, that's your
prerogative as chair. You would just review it for factual presentation.
I would like for you to -- so we capture everything go through all the
stipulations right now so we can at least--
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I certainly will once we get to the point
where we know what we're going to do with them. Ms. Caron, did
you have --
MR. SCHMIDT: But your concern and the issue I have is the
rezone findings Exhibit A and findings of fact are the findings for
PUD you would like to have those exhibits changed. To do so would
require a continuance. Because basically I would -- I'm going to
change these documents and bring them back for your approval before
they go to the board.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Joe, first of all, the changes aren't ones
that would change the outcome or necessarily the concept or the intent
of what was done.
MR. SCHMITT: I understand that.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: It was simply we could make -- we
could position the county better if we answer the questions more
factually based on the code and tailored them more specifically rather
than using boiler plate. Those questions have been around a long
time. And I think each time we come through we just kind of blow
them by because they're so boring. But you know what, they could be
used to our advantage. And they could be used to the advantage of the
public in the future in any debate that occurred. So why don't we use
them?
MR. SCHMIDT: I agree and I don't argue that. I think though
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from the standpoint to do that, it's -- you're asking -- and we -- I have
no qualms with what you're asking to go back and make those
changes.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. Well, I think that would be--
Ms. Caron.
COMMISSIONER CARON: Yes. Mr. Yovanovich, does the
continuance -- is that a problem for your client? Will that --
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Do I keep my February 12th BCC date
that -- there's a couple of different issues here. I don't -- and maybe
I'm reading the situation incorrectly. I -- I believe -- my sense is that
we can make the changes to the PUD document. Those are pretty --
they're going to be pretty simple to make. And your concern is, for
instance, if we eliminate gas stations, we somehow forget to do that
and that version goes to the board with gas stations still in it, you don't
want -- you want to get the assurance to make sure we physically
strike through gasoline stations so when the board gets their PUD
document as part of their executive summary, they have the right
version so there's not a confusion as to approving it with --
COMMISSIONER CARON: Correct.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Right. I hear that.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: That's one of probably 20 issues, yes.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Right. But that I think we can take care
of easily. Now, your philosophical -- your reaction to the answer staff
has to the individual questions I think probably will lead to discussion.
And -- and I don't know that that really is going to affect the outcome
for us.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: See, Richard, I don't -- I see this as just
a little bit of a clean up. But I think where the thrust of what I was
trying to put across was -- to Ray basically that we have an
opportunity to use these questions to better to the advantage of the
taxpayers and to the public for defense in future issues. Why don't we
take it? As far as this one goes, couldn't do any worse than it is right
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now. So any change is an improvement. So if they -- if they're
tweaked a little bit by taking out a word or two or changing a word or
two, I don't have a problem with that. So I don't know if there would
be that much debate. I just want to get past it.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: I agree. I just -- in response though to
Commissioner Caron's response if it's a continuance, it's a full-blown
-- it can be a full-blown hearing again. Yes, it can because it's a
continued item. Versus whether you take a motion and you're just
proofreading the PUD document. So if I had my preference,
obviously, you'd just be proofreading the PUD document, not getting
into a debate on the staff report or the attachments to it. But, again,
whatever -- whatever is in the Planning Commission, what the
Planning Commission wants --
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I tell you what, I'm the only one that
really had a problem with the rezone finding Exhibits A and B. Let's
not mess with those with the exception of the correction taking out the
legal opinion that should never have been there. Let's just concentrate
on cleaning up the PUD document and getting it to us by the 17th.
Mr. Murray.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: I still complement her for the--
for nothing else than the construction of it. However, your points are
well taken. And I did breeze through it. You're right. I did look at it.
They seemed plausible, but there are a few that certainly could be
taken out. Ideal there are certain words that you pointed out and they
are minor, minor changes. And I wouldn't want to hold this thing up.
But I did want to ask. You mentioned the consent arrangement for us.
Are we within -- within our rights as the Planning Commission, can
we have something presented and provided under consent?
MR. KLATZKOW: You have the right to create your own rules.
To my knowledge you've never really done that.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: No, we haven't.
MR. KLATZKOW: I think one approach could be because this
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is just not going to be for this one PUD.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: No.
MR. KLATZKOW: My sense is this is going to be on a
going-forward basis. You want to ensure that your comments get into
these PUDs. You can create a rule for yourselves that says these
things will come back on the next agenda as a consent item. If nobody
has any objection, that's the end of it. It just goes to the next board
hearing as it normally would. But if somebody finds something that
didn't get in there, then you can pull -- you have the ability it pull it
out and do what you need to do with it. So you have the ability to
create your own rules.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Well, good.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: But under consent, don't we
have to have a unanimous?
MR. SCHMIDT: No. My recommendation, and that's up to the
chair, which basically put this on the agenda and he calls for a vote.
You can call for a vote. Any questions call for a vote. End of story.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: I like the--
MR. SCHMIDT: That's almost as good as a consent.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I mean, Mr. Schiffer and then Mr.
Ko I flat.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: You know, Mark, one thing that
always seems strange is after the meeting's over Ray runs up and you
sign off on the PUD which really requires a lot of trust and your
signature. So maybe what we're doing here --
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: You want me to read all that before--
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: No. No. But maybe what we
can do here is that we can have the vote, have the thing. We have our
conditions. And then prior to you signing it, which could be at the
next meeting, it's sent out to everybody via e-mail. And essentially
you're sitting there saying I'm going to sign this. Does anybody have
any concerns with the conditions or does it represent what was done
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and we can discuss it. So essentially rather than Ray run up right after
this hearing and have you sign that paper, you sign it at the next
meeting after we've all reviewed the conditions that were sent in to it.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: It might be a lot cleaner, though, to just
do it at the meeting. Because a lot of people don't get their e-mails
timely. A lot of them may not be able to download large files.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: No, I mean at the meeting, the
next meeting.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: No. But in order for everybody to have
a copy of it to review like you suggested bye-mail, they'd have to
have that ability. And I can tell you like over Christmas my e-mail
was -- because of Comcast which is an atrocious company -- my
e-mail was down most of the time.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Okay.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: So I couldn't even get e-mail, I couldn't
even communicate with the county.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Well, it could be in the agenda
packet for the next meeting too. I mean, that's --
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Well, I like the idea of the consent
agenda.
Mr. Kolflat.
COMMISSIONER KOLFLA T: I think your comments on the
findings was very appropriate and very positive. I'd like to keep that in
the package.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I'm just trying to get to a point where
we can get the package done by the 17th. I don't disagree with you,
Mr. Kolflat, but --
COMMISSIONER KOLFLAT: Let's not lose the package so it's
ineffective.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. Let's -- Mr. -- Mr. Schmidt.
MR. SCHMIDT: One other alternative. Would you want to take
the first five minutes of your special meeting on the 11 th to discuss it?
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I -- you can continue it till then.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I would rather give the--
COMMISSIONER CARON: Don't even go there.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: No. No. No. Let's just leave it --leave
it for the 17th.
MR. SCHMIDT: All right.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: And let's just make a decision whether
we want a consent agenda and whether or not what we want on that
consent agenda. Rewrite of the PUD or rewrite of the PUD and as
many of the -- clean up -- as much of the cleanup of the rezone
findings that they can provide at that time.
MR. KLATZKOW: It -- it's going to be a lot cleaner for notice
purposes and everything if you just limit yourself to the PUD.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Right.
MR. KLA TZKOW: Because all you're doing is ensuring that
what you want in that PUD is in that PUD.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. Then let's -- Mr. Kolflat or Ms.
Caron, if you guys don't object, let's just limit it to the PUD.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: I do think the future should hold
what you brought up is very valid.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. As far as a -- how we position
this so we'll do it on a -- we'll establish a consent agenda for the
Planning Commission. And items that are requiring a final reading by
us or a proofing by us for those sections of those documents presented
will go on that consent agenda unless they're pulled by someone on
this commission. Does that work?
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: And you as the chairman will
sign that document after the consent agenda.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Well, if it's ready to be signed by that,
yes.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: And that is a matter of future
activity we will do that with every --
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CHAIRMAN STRAIN: There are some rezones and some
applications that might come through that have very little -- yeah. If
we find a complicated one or one that has a lot of problems in the
clean up, then maybe we need to take a second look at it. That's--
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: My point would then would be
that -- that staff will need to begin to rethink its scheduling so as to
facilitate that. Okay. That's my only point.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: That -- I don't think with the way they
schedule them now, we -- most of the cases we have enough time. So
Mr. -- I mean, yeah, Mr. Kolflat -- Klatzkow. I'm sorry. You guys --
there's not many Ks and -- people with Ks. I keep getting you mixed
up.
MR. KLATZKOW: Yeah. And I would suggest that you
actually memorialize this rule if it directs staff or the County
Attorney's Office to put something together so the public has notice
that this is a procedure of yours.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Well, other than --let me memorialize
it, Mr. Klatzkow, would you please put something together so that we
can establish --
MR. KLATZKOW: Yes. I would be happy to.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: -- a consent agenda for the Planning
Commission.
MR. KLATZKOW: Yes.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Thank you, sir.
Okay. With that I'd like to -- now, Jeff, would we be then in a
position now to make a motion for recommendation subject to
finalization on a future consent agenda? Is that how it would be --
MR. KLATZKOW: That sets -- that's a viable approach, yes.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. So I'm looking for a motion for a
recommendation for future -- future finalization on a future consent
agenda.
COMMISSIONER ADELSTEIN: So moved.
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CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Well, but you have to make the motion.
COMMISSIONER ADELSTEIN: I make the motion that we put
this aside for the next meeting.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: No. No. Mr. Murray -- Mr. Adelstein,
that's not where we're going.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: I'll try, Mark.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: That's not -- that's not where we're
going. Let Brad take a shot at it.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: I move that we forward Petition
PUDZ-2006-AR-9127 with a recommendation of approval pending
confirmation of the stipulations at the next hearing. Is that close?
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Subject to a consent.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: That -- that's close. We need a second.
Would you --
COMMISSIONER ADELSTEIN: No. The point is this is
supposedly a continuation.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: No. No, it's not, sir.
COMMISSIONER ADELSTEIN: That's why I moved it that
way.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: No. That's not what we -- you'll second
it? Okay. Motion is made by Commissioner Schiffer. Seconded by
Commissioner Adelstein. Now, let's work into the stipulations so that
we --
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Subject to consent, did you add
that to your motion?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: He said that.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Oh, you did?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Yeah. Okay. Now, as far as the
stipulations go, I'll -- I can read off the ones I've written down and we
can -- if you guys keep track and throw in whatever by the end.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: I'll try.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. The retail uses will be limited to
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the first floor and the project will be limited to three stories not to
exceed 50 feet. There will be a public access through the project to
the lighted intersection. And the --
COMMISSIONER CARON: Myrtle Road.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: -- the instrument that enacts that public
access will be added as development standards pursuant to the
document that Nick Casalanguida read to us and put on record
previously. We'll be removing the gas station as a use, the liquor store
as a use and the coin operated laundries as a use. The--
COMMISSIONER CARON: Wait. Dry-cleaning was out?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Which one?
COMMISSIONER CARON: Dry-cleaning was out.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. I didn't write that one.
COMMISSIONER CARON: Is that right?
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Oh, I thought just coin operated.
COMMISSIONER CARON: I'm sorry. No. No. No. Okay.
That's fine. Just coin operated -- operated laundries; right?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Right.
COMMISSIONER CARON: Okay.
MR. KLA TZKOW: Drive-through restaurant?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: The drive-through, that stays as is. The
drive-through restaurant stays as is, but we will add in the allowance
to have a bank drive-through instead of having it prohibited.
The -- there is an exhibit produced by Nick Casalanguida
addressing the installation and how the drainage pipe would be put in.
That will be accepted and included as part of the development
standards.
There will be a prohibition against any outside entertainment,
music, speakers and other forms of amplified sound.
The building height for setback from the streets will be left at 25
feet and the asterisk will be removed along with the 50 percent of
building height references will be removed.
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There will be a IS-foot minimum separation between buildings.
The well site that's being requested by utilities will be given --
will be provided with impact fee credits.
COMMISSIONER CARON: Okay. Don't leave your
development standards table though yet. All right?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay.
COMMISSIONER CARON: Because you want to take out
asterisk No.1. And you wanted to take out the final maximum gross
lease -- leasable area as unnecessary because you'll get to it in --
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: And the word "internal."
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: The word "internal" gets struck from the
minimum yards.
COMMISSIONER CARON: Minimum yards.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: And the last line of the table gets struck
and removed because it refers to lease -- leased space when it's
supposed to be gross building area. And the reference on page A-I
that has the reference to leasable space gets changed to similar gross
building area.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: How about the addition of the
fence?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Well, I'm getting to the -- yeah, I hadn't
finished yet.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: I'm sorry.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I talked about--
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: While you're on the table, the
50 percent was only removed from the front setback.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: That's correct. Front setback only. The
fence will be added along the -- either the southeast or west property
line or both. And staff will be -- review that before the next read of
this for feasibility. Because some of the area will be dug up in the
future and there's no sense of putting a fence where it's dug out.
And that's the notes that I have.
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COMMISSIONER MURRAY: That's the notes I have.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Mr. Kolflat.
COMMISSIONER KOLFLA T: Did you have that 15 feet as the
distance between structures?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Yes, sir.
COMMISSIONER KOLFLA T: Thank you.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: In No.8.
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: That's what I had too.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. Is there anything that was
missed?
MR. KLA TZKOW: Yeah, maybe one thing.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Mr. Klatzkow.
MR. KLATZKOW: There was some discussion you wanted to
avoid another Pebblebrook. One of the issues at Pebblebrook is they
have outdoor TVs. Now, the sound is off. But is -- the action of
having the outdoor TV s there, that accumulates people who actually
make the sound. We don't know if you want to also eliminate outdoor
TV s as well.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Would a TV be considered
entertainment?
MR. KLATZKOW: I don't know, but it would be specific--
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Well, then absolutely we'll add outdoor
TV s to the list of prohibitions with the outside entertainment.
Anybody else?
COMMISSIONER CARON : Yeah.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Ms. Caron.
COMMISSIONER CARON: Under permitted uses I just want to
make sure that we changed on the track CO to say GSF not GLSF.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Yeah. That was a reference on page
A-I that --
COMMISSIONER CARON: Right. On B-1 of the development
-- beginning of development standards, I think we were going to add
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commercial condominium as opposed to just condominium so that
again just for clarity.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Where -- where's that? I'm sorry. Oh, B.
I thought you said E and I didn't have anything on E. That's what
threw me off. Gotcha.
COMMISSIONER CARON: And I guess the final is I didn't
hear you make note of the well site language.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN : Yes, I did. I said require impact --
COMMISSIONER CARON: Thank you.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: -- fee credits for the well site.
Okay. Now, does staff have any comments?
MS. ZONE: There was some discussion under the Exhibit A
Table 1, accessory use, No.2 the caretaker's residence. And do you
want to remove that or keep that in?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Well, Mr. Murray brought it up, but I
think in discussion it seemed to be pretty harmless in the end --
MS. ZONE: Okay.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: -- because you may want to have -- it
maybe an advantage not a disadvantage to keep the place up.
COMMISSIONER MURRA Y: One more person getting out of
here in a storm event is not going to be that critical.
MS. ZONE: Okay.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Anything else from staff?
MS. ZONE: Just to make sure I have -- I have everything else
that you mentioned. And with the comments that you -- Chairman,
you had mentioned to put into the development standards and I want
to make -- to clarify it, the comments that Nick read into -- or the
language Nick read in for the record. He had talked about putting it
under the developer's commitments. My notes show developer's
commitments. You mentioned development standards. I'd like to
make sure --
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CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I meant commitments. I'm sorry.
MS. ZONE: Okay. I just wanted to clarify that.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: No problem. Thank you for the
clarification.
Richard -- first of all, Ms. Caron.
COMMISSIONER CARON: EAC stipulations, are we fine with
those?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I didn't have any objection to them and
for once they stuck to environmental issues.
COMMISSIONER CARON: And how--
COMMISSIONER ADELSTEIN: You rascal.
COMMISSIONER CARON: How do you want to handle the
staff recommendation in terms of numbers of feet?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: The staff recommendation for the
number of feet, is that -- would that make it consistent or would that
make it consistent if the BCC determines that the policy is --
determines it by policy?
MS. ZONE: Staff made the recommendation to limit it so that it
did not exceed the adjacent commercial development. And so we
included parking and all of that. And it came up with the number 397
that the applicant -- applicant could live with. But, of course, this is a
policy decision by the Board of County Commissioners.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. Richard, does the applicant -- is
397 acceptable to you guys?
MR. YOV ANOVICH: I -- honestly I don't want there to be any
confusion. Because there will -- there is water management and
preserve area beyond that 397.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. Why don't we just simply say
buildings and parking will not exceed 397 feet.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: That -- that -- that we can. I just wanted
to make sure that didn't prohibit the water management in the preserve
area.
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CHAIRMAN STRAIN: So it would be the -- No.1 will read the
depth of the commercial buildings and parking associated with those
buildings shall not exceed 397 feet measured from the property line.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: That works, right, Dwight?
MR. NADEAU: Yeah.
MR. YOVANOVICH: Okay. Yes, sir.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. Melissa, do you understand that
change? We're all set?
MS. ZONE: Number 1 would read the depth of the commercial
building -- the commercial building development and the parking
associated with the development shall not exceed 397 feet measured
from the property line.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: That's right. I want to make sure it was
right. Okay.
MS. ZONE: Yes.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Are there any other comments or
changes before I ask --
MR. KLA TZKOW: Yeah, just one. Just getting back to this
comp plan because that's really the -- that's really the tar on this. Is it
the planning board's recommendation that with that 300 and whatever
foot setback that this would now meet the GMP requirement?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I think that we ought to include that in
the motion. I would suggest that as another stipulation that we
recommend that the BCC approve the 397 feet as a policy decision for
this comp plan -- for this comp plan issue.
COMMISSIONER CARON: For this particular--
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: For this particular property. So if there's
no objections, we'll add that to the stipulations too.
Richard, do you have any objections to any stipulations that
we've read off here today?
MR. YOV ANOVICH: None.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. With that we'll ask for a vote.
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COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Nor do I by the way.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Pardon me?
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Just to make sure as the motion
maker I don't either. And--
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Oh, yeah. Mr. Adelstein, do you have
any objection to any of the stipulations added to the motion?
COMMISSIONER ADELSTEIN: No.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. Good. With that we'll call for
the vote. All those in favor signify by saying aye.
(Unanimous response.)
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Anybody opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Motion carries 6 to O. Well, that was a
lot more difficult than I thought it would be. With that I think --
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Joe Schmidt wants you.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Mr. Schmidt.
MR. SCHMIDT: Mr. Chairman, just for clarification.
Procedurally would it be -- meet your approval if we just prepare a
supplemental staff report and include so that would just be one page
for it in this back as a consent agenda item.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Yes.
MR. SCHMIDT: And included in that will not be the entire
packet as in front of you. It will only include a final PUD document
and a PUD document with a strike-through and underline to indicate
where changes have been made based on your direction so you can
easily find those. So it would be the two documents. A PUD
document strike-through and underlined indicating the changes, a final
PUD document for your review and approval. And we'll just have a --
I will call it a summary staff report just forwarding those documents
on the next agenda. So you will not get the entire packet.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I agree. That would be the simplest
way to proof it. And I will get together with Sharon and get it set on
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the agenda. My suggestion would be we put it first on the agenda
because it's -- no sense of having everybody wait around all day for a
consent agenda item. Okay?
MS. ZONE: Okay.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: You need to get to the speaker, Rich.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Ifby some bad luck it does get pulled,
would there be any chance that that could be the first item clarified
instead of having to sit and wait all day?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Yes. If it's pulled for the consent
agenda, we'll move right into it then.
MR. YOV ANOVICH: Okay.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. Next item on our agenda today is
old business.
MS. ZONE: Excuse me, Chairman.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Yes, Ms. --
MS. ZONE: Sorry to interrupt. We have an Exhibit E in the
PUD document that we wanted to have removed. It says list of
deviations. There are none. Staff did not want that exhibit in there.
Since they were not requesting it, if it's okay with the board, it's not
part of your motion, but staff will ensure if that E would then start
with the list of developer's commitments.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Well, it wasn't part of our motion. I
don't want to go back and revote on it. But to be honest with you, I
think it's much better to have it there with the word none.
MS. ZONE: Okay.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Because then it signifies that everybody
knew that there was an opportunity to enter and they weren't.
MS. ZONE: Very good.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: So legally I think you'd want to keep
that there.
MS. ZONE: Then we'll leave it alone. Thank you.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Thank you.
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Yes, Mr. Schiffer.
Item #9
OLD BUSINESS - NONE
Item # 10
NEW BUSINESS
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Are we on new business yet?
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: We're on old business, but we'll go right
on to new business because we don't have any old.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Okay. And, you know, Ray,
we've had this conversation with the fast food and everything. Could
you do some looking in the SIC code and see ifthere's a way that you
could break that out where some restaurants are -- essentially meet the
intent of that fast food and see if there's some way to do it in there?
Thank you.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: And if anybody in those restaurants that
aren't fast food start to cook their food too fast, tell them they're going
to jeopardize the -- we will be moving into fast food then.
MR. BELLOWS: I will-- I'll do some research on the SIC
codes. I believe they all fall under the general SIC code, but maybe
there's a way we could --
COMMISSIONER MURRAY: Use another code.
MR. BELLOWS: -- make that determination more clear.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: I just -- I think it's going to be
interesting in how you determine what is fast food and what isn't, but
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: Is it how fast you cook it or
how fast it goes through you?
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CHAIRMAN STRAIN: That's the point, yes.
COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER: That might be different.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Okay. Any other new business?
(No response.)
Item #11
PUBLIC COMMENT
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Public comment? Nobody's left.
Motion to adjourn.
COMMISSIONER ADELSTEIN: So moved.
CHAIRMAN STRAIN: Made by Mr. Adelstein. I'll second it.
We're all adjourned.
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There being no further business for the good of the County, the
meeting was adjourned by order of the Chair at 11:50 a.m.
COLLIER COUNTY
PLANNING COMMISSION
MARK STRAIN, CHAIRMAN
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