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ZONING& PLANNING COMMISSION
Municipal Building 3800 University Boulevard
MEETING MINUTES
December 11, 2014
MEMBERS PRESENT: Richard Wilson, Sam Parikh, Lauren Griffith, Connie
Clark, Michael McEnany, Philip Snyder and Mary Anne
Jay
MEMBERS ABSENT: None
CITY COUNCIL PRESENT: None
STAFF PRESENT: Chris Peifer, ACM/PWD; Debbie Scarcella, City Planner;
and Martye Kendrick, Legal Counsel
1. Call to Order and Notices, Rules, Etc. Richard Wilson, ZPC Chair, called the meeting
to order at 6:20 pm. He asked the ZPC members and City Staff to introduce themselves.
Mr. Wilson then gave a brief introduction of the non residential project to date and the
remaining steps of the process. He explained that the main purpose of the meeting was to
discuss final provisions for the project amendments, and because of this, interaction with
the public and the commission members would be limited. He asked that comments be
limited to 3-5 minutes only. He then asked the citizens in attendance to come forward
and be heard.
2. Citizen Comments Regarding Items Not on the Agenda. There were no citizens to
speak on items not on the agenda.
3. Citizen Comments Regarding Items on the Agenda. Several citizens in attendance
spoke regarding the non-residential zoning regulations that are being drafted. Those
citizens were:
Paula Revell-spoke regarding parking issues and the addition of commercial businesses.
Laura Torgerson-spoke regarding parking issues, the addition of commercial businesses
and transparency in government.
Spyros Maragos-spoke regarding additional commercial and parking.
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2. Regardless of the disposition of issue 1,do we need to change the commercial PNC rules to
allow for reconstruction in Town Center in the event of a total or major loss?
3. Is there anything special about the Tiny Boxwood's property that would warrant excluding it
from the TCC?
Mr. Wilson then asked for final comments from the commission. The ZPC instructed
staff to rewrite the PNC status provision for the town center so that existing buildings can
be rebuilt at their current size. Also, wanted a revisit to the parking space ratio. Mike
McEnany and Connie Clark volunteered to get with Debbie Scarcella and Gary with
KKC to calculate the largest possible build out (square footage and the resulting number
of parking spaces. Staff was also instructed to coordinate with Gary Mitchell and look at
townhome district changes that might encourage development without losing parking
spaces. Mr. Wilson reiterated that the schedule going forward was to have a preliminary
report ready for City Council by January 12, 2015 in order for a joint public hearing to be
scheduled.
5. Minutes.
November 13,2014. Motion to approve the minutes with correction by Richard Wilson.
Second by Mary Ann Jay. Motion carried.
6. Executive Session (if necessary). Not used.
Adjournment. Sam Parikh made a motion to adjourn. Richard Wilson seconded. Motion
carried. Meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
PASSED THIS 8th DAY OF January , 2015.
Richard J Wilson, Presiding Officer
ATTEST:
Debbie Scarcella, City Planner
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