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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-12-1996 MINUTES OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION err. REGULAR MEETING HELD TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1996 (ACTING AS LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY) CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Chairman Switzer at 7:35 p.m. followed by a moment of silent meditation and the pledge of allegiance. A quorum was declared present. PRESENT: Chairman Switzer, Members Hopkins, Jones, and Landefeld, and Alternate Member Williams. Also present were Planning Director Wagner, Senior Planner Horne, Concurrency Analyst Resnik, Assistant City Attorney Formella and Deputy City Clerk Green. ABSENT: Vice Chairman Bond, Members Miller and Rhodus, Alternate Member McKey. CONSENT AGENDA The consent agenda consisted of approval of item A: A. Minutes of the Planning and Zoning Commission Regular Meeting held Wednesday, May 29, 1996. Member Landefeld seconded by Member Hopkins, moved to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. Motion carried 4 -0. (Vice Chairman Bond, Members Miller and Rhodus were absent.) low NEW BUSINESS Chairman Switzer announced that the board would be meeting as the Local Planning Agency to consider the proposed Comprehensive Plan Amendments. TRANSMITTAL FOR PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS - PUBLIC HEARING 97 -1 -1: AMENDING THE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION ELEMENT 97 -1 -2: AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, THE ACTIVITY CENTERS GENERAL LOCATIONS MAP (FIGURE 14), AND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP (FIGURE 2) 97 -1 -3: AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP (FIGURE 2) Concurrency Analyst Resnik presented the staff report, explaining there are three main objectives to be accomplished with the proposed amendments as follows: (1) To change the Level of Service (LOS) for roads so that the standard for "State" or "County" facilities would be LOS "E ", while the standard for City roads would remain as LOS "D". A policy was also added to the Traffic Circulation Element to incorporate Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) standards and guidelines and other FDOT approved methods for evaluating traffic conditions. (2) To better identify the City's Activity Centers and to change the Future Land Use Element Planning and Zoning Commission Regular Meeting November 12, 1996 to clarify the Activity Centers designation. To include the Lake Bennet Activity Center, which was originally designated in the Comprehensive Plan as a "future" activity center, as the fifth Activity Center in the Comprehensive Plan. Ms. Resnik explained that the specific boundaries of each Activity Center would be determined at the time each overlay district is formally adopted. In addition to these changes to the Future Land Use Element, the Lake Bennet Activity Center was also added to the Activity Centers General Locations Map and the Future Land Use Map. (3) To update the Future Land Use Map to include several recent annexations and one small scale amendment change. Chairman Switzer asked if the zoning in the Activity Centers would be similar to a PUD. Planning Director Wagner explained that, if implemented as envisioned, one of the advantages of the system was that it would give the developer more flexibility by allowing more uses within the underlying zoning district than would normally be allowed. The public hearing was opened. As no one wished to speak, the public hearing was closed. Member Hopkins asked if encouraging mixed use was the primary benefit of naming Activity Centers. Mr. Wagner said it had always been the intent of the Comprehensive Plan to promote mixed uses and higher intensity uses. It was hoped that granting more flexibility to developers would lead to a higher standard of architectural controls, landscaping, and signage regulation that would result in a higher quality of development in the City. Ms. Resnik pointed out a major benefit from interconnecting all properties located in one quadrant of an intersection would be that traffic could circulate internally without exiting to the highway. Member Landefeld seconded by Chairman Switzer, moved to recommend approval of Comprehensive Plan Amendments 97 -1 -1 97 -1 -2 and 97 -1 -3 and recommend that the Cit Commission transmit the amendments to the Department of Community Affairs. Motion carried 4 - 0. (Vice Chairman Bond, Members Miller and Rhodus were absent.) OLD BUSINESS - None. OTHER BUSINESS Planning Director Wagner directed attention to the current calendar of the East Central Florida 2 Planning and Zoning Commission Regular Meeting November 12, 1996 Regional Planning Council which had been included with the packet. He asked members who were interested in attending any of the listed events to contact the Planning Department. Mr. Wagner said he had been interviewing applicants for Site Plans Examiner, a new position funded last year, and hoped to fill the position shortly. He said the new employee will review all the land development projects, including the small site plans now reviewed by the building department. Mr. Wagner said Planning and Zoning Commission will not meet on the fourth Wednesdays of November and December (Thanksgiving Eve and Christmas Eve), but will meet on December 10th. Among matters to be considered in that meeting will be an ordinance to clarify regulations for screening of roof - mounted equipment, an ordinance to provide for temporary parking of trailers, a Small Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment for Silvestri (Prairie Lake) to change a 9.26 acre parcel from Commercial to Low Density Residential and an Application for rezoning the parcel from C -1 to R -1A. An LDC Amendment to adopt procedures to establish Activity Centers and to define their boundaries will also be considered. Chairman Switzer asked about the status of the traffic study for future road improvements in the City. Mr. Wagner responded that Staff had met today with the Land Use Subcommittee of the Metropolitan Planning Organization Technical Committee to discuss updating their models with Ocoee's data. He said Ms. Resnik had been working on comparisons between our data and their data, and that there were vast differences. He said that an RFP for local transportation consultants will be advertised shortly. In addition, he noted that Staff has been working with the County on some roadway projects, and the County is working on a one cent sales tax proposal. COMMENTS - None at this time. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 8:00 p.m. k a A-1 a-A-) Sitle-A-1 // Marian Green, Deputy City Clerk . rold S tzer, Chair./ firâ–º 3