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ZONING & PLANNING COMMISSION
BILL WATSON CONFERENCE ROOM
3800 UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD
MEETING MINUTES
January 13, 2011
MEMBERS PRESENT: Steve Brown, Bruce Frankel, Bob Higley, DeDe
DeStefano, Lauren Griffith and Sam Parikh
BSC MEMBERS PRESENT: Bryant Slimp, Thomas Kearns, Frank Griffin, Ed
Heathcott (not voting), Laurinda Lankford and
Dave Flame
MEMBERS ABSENT: Dick Yehle
COUNCIL: none
STAFF PRESENT: Debbie Scarcella, City Planner; Jolie S. Lenz, City
Legal Counsel; John Brown, Building Official and
Sallye A. Clark, Planning Assistant
Call to Order — With quorum present at 6:21 p.m., Steve Brown called the meeting to
order. Bryant Slimp also called the BSC meeting to order with a quorum present.
1. Notices, Rules, Etc. ZPC, BSC and staff introduced themselves. Bruce Frankel
announced that the Town Center Ad Hoc Committee report is scheduled for
presentation at the January 24, 2011 City Council meeting and encouraged ZPC
members to attend. The council agenda has not been set and ZPC requested staff to
email ZPC members when a time is confirmed.
2. Minutes of the December 9, 2010 regular meeting. Bob Higley made a motion to
approve the minutes as amended. Motion was seconded by Bruce Frankel. Ayes:
Steve Brown, Bruce Frankel, Bob Higley, DeDe DeStefano, Lauren Griffith and Sam
Parikh. Noes: none. Minutes approved.
3. Basements. Members of the Building and Standards Commission met in a joint
session with the Zoning and Planning Commission to discuss finalizing the proposed
amendment prohibiting basements. Staff presented the amended proposal as
discussed by the Building and Standards Commission at their meeting held on
January 6, 2011. Members from both the BSC and ZPC discussed removing the
provision for a special exception that would allow a basement under limited
conditions (100 sf, for mechanical and wine cellars only, additional engineering
data). A straw vote was taken by each commission separately, with the majority in
favor of removing the special exception provision. Bob Higley made a motion to
approve the amendment as reworded: {Change Exhibit "A" to Appendix "A";
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Amend Code of Ordinances, Chapter 18 by adding a new section 18-67, entitled
"Basements Prohibited" as follows: Sectio 8-67. Basements, a) Basements
Prohibited. The construction of a basement dential purposes is prohibited.)
Bruce Frankel seconded. Ayes: Bob Higley, Steve Brown, Sam Parikh, Lauren
Griffith and DeDe De Stefano. Noes: Bruce Frankel. Absent: Dick Yehle. Motion
passed. BSC Members then took a vote. Ed Heathcott did not vote. Dave Flame
made a motion to approve the proposal as reworded by ZPC. Frank Griffin seconded.
Ayes: Bryant Slimp, Thomas Kearns, Dave Flame and Frank Griffin. Noes:
Laurinda Lankford. Motion passed. BSC requested John Brown, Building official
compose a staff memo to City Council to cover the actions taken from July 2010 to
present. ZPC requested that John Brown forward the memo to ZPC members when
completed. Laurinda Lankford made a motion to adjourn the BSC meeting. Dave
Flame seconded. Ayes: Bryant Slimp, Thomas Frank, Dave Flame and Frank Griffin
and Laurinda Lankford. Noes: none. Motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 7:36
p.m. and BSC members were dismissed. Staff will prepare the amendment and
forward to City Council for consideration.
4. PNC Status and Parking Regulations. Steve Brown asked if any members of the
audience wished to make any additional comments regarding the proposed
amendments. There were no members of the audience wishing to speak. Sam Parikh
made a motion to close the ZPC portion of the joint public hearing from January 10,
2011. Bruce Frankel seconded. Ayes: Steve Brown, Bruce Frankel, Bob Higley,
DeDe DeStefano, Lauren Griffith and Sam Parikh. Noes: none. Motion passed.
Staff presented a draft final report. The ZPC asked staff to add the word "certain"
under "Scope of Proposal" in the third item between the words "for" and "food".
Additionally, staff was instructed to incorporate a sentence denoting the close of the
public hearing into the final report. De De DeStefano made a motion to forward the
final report and proposed ordinance as amended to City Council for consideration.
Lauren Griffith seconded. Ayes: Steve Brown, Bruce Frankel, Bob Higley, DeDe
DeStefano, Lauren Griffith and Sam Parikh. Noes: none. Absent: Dick Yehle.
Motion passed.
5. Executive Session (if necessary). Not used
Adjournment. DeDe DeStefano made a motion to adjourn. Lauren Griffith
seconded. Ayes: Steve Brown, Bruce Frankel, Bob Higley, DeDe DeStefano, Lauren
Griffith and Sam Parikh. Noes: none. Motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 8:05
p.m.
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PASSED THIS / DAY, OF / , 2011.
Steve Brown, Presiding Officer
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Sallye A. Clark 4'lanning Assistant