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CAPTIONINGJULY 21, 2014
ZONING HEARING MASTER
***This is not an official, verbatim transcript of the***following meeting. It should be used for informational ***purposes only. This document has not been edited;***therefore, there may be additions, deletions, or words***that did not translate.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE.
>>I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD
INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
WELCOME TO THE JULY 21ST, 2014 MEETING OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
LAND USE HEARING OFFICER.
THIS EVENING I'LL BE YOUR HEARING OFFICER.
MY NAME IS JAMES SCAROLA.
WHAT WE'LL DO TO GET THINGS UP AND RUNNING, FIRST I'LL GO THROUGH
THE AGENDA WITH OUR STAFF AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES.
SO LISTEN CAREFULLY IN CASE YOUR PETITION IS INVOLVED. AT THAT
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POINT I'LL GO THROUGH A SET OF PROCEDURES ON HOW WE'LL CONDUCT
OUR HEARINGS, THEN MOVE ON TO THE FIRST CASES.
WITH THAT IN MIND I'LL INTRODUCE YOU TO BRIAN GRADY WITH
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
>>BRIAN GRADY: AGAIN BRIAN GRADY, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
BEFORE I GO THROUGH THE CHANGES TO THE AGENDA, JOINING US TO MY
LEFT IS LOUIS WHITEHEAD WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND TO
HIS LEFT MR. RANDY KRANJEC WITH THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION.
WE HAVE NO CHANGES ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA SO I'LL GO THROUGH THE
PUBLISHED WITHDRAWALS AND CONTINUANCES.
A.1.
MAJOR MODIFICATION 14-0387.
THIS APPLICATION IS OUT-OF-ORDER TO BE HEARD AND IS BEING
CONTINUED TO THE AUGUST 18TH, 2014 ZONING HEARING MASTER HEARING.
SECOND ITEM IS REZONING APPLICATION 14-0727.
THIS APPLICATION IS OUT-OF-ORDER TO BE HEARD AND IS BEING
CONTINUED TO THE AUGUST 18TH, 2014 ZONING HEARING MASTER HEARING.
AND THE THIRD ITEM IS SPECIAL USE APPLICATION 14-0744.
THIS APPLICATION IS BEING CONTINUED BY THE APPLICANT TO THE
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AUGUST 18TH, 2014 ZONING HEARING MASTER HEARING.
THAT CONCLUDES ALL WITHDRAWALS AND CONTINUANCES.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU, BRIAN.
SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOUR AGENDA IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT IT IS
KIND OF DIVIDED INTO TWO COMPONENTS. WELL, ACTUALLY MORE THAN
THAT BUT TWO MAJOR SECTIONS. THE FIRST PART, THE FIRST THREE
ITEMS TONIGHT, ARE SPECIAL USES.
YOU CAN SEE THEY START WITH AN SU.
AND THE REST OF THE ITEMS ARE REZONINGS AND MODIFICATIONS TO
ZONINGS.
THE SPECIAL USES ARE HANDLED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN THE
REZONING.
YOU'LL NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE HEARINGS.
I WANT TO POINT THAT OUT IN THE CASE OF THE SPECIAL USES, I'LL
CONDUCT THE HEARING THIS EVENING AND THEN I'LL RENDER A DECISION
WITHIN 15 WORKING DAYS.
SO THE FIRST THREE CASES I'LL CONDUCT THE HEARINGS AND RENDER A
DECISION IN 15 WORKING DAYS.
IN THE CASE OF THE ZONINGS AND MODIFICATIONS TO ZONINGS, THE LAND
DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIRES THE PUBLIC HEARING BE CONDUCTED BY A
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LAND USE HEARING OFFICER PRIOR TO THE FINAL DECISION BY THE BOARD
OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
THE LAND USE HEARING OFFICER DOESN'T MAKE THE FINAL DECISION BUT
INSTEAD RENDERS A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD WHO MAKES THE FINAL
DECISION AT THEIR PUBLIC MEETING.
SO IN GENERAL THIS HEARING TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE INFORMAL.
QUESTIONING WILL BE CONFINED AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE TO THE SCOPE
OF DIRECT TESTIMONY.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS WHEN YOU COME UP TO THE FRONT HERE, YOU'LL BE
SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO ME.
AS THE HEARING OFFICER I'LL CALL AND QUESTION WITNESSES AS
NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE.
AND I'LL BE DECIDING ALL QUESTIONS ON PROCEDURE.
IRRELEVANT IMMATERIAL AND UNDULY REPETITIOUS EVIDENCE IS GOING TO
BE EXCLUDED.
ANY PART OF YOUR EVIDENCE MAY BE RECEIVED IN WRITTEN FORM.
ALL OF YOUR TESTIMONY TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE UNDER OATH.
HEARSAY EVIDENCE MAY BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPLEMENTING OR
EXPLAINING OTHER EVIDENCE BUT IT WON'T BE SUFFICIENT IN ITSELF TO
SUPPORT A FINDING BY ME UNLESS IT'S ADMISSIBLE OVER OBJECTIONS IN
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A CIVIL ACTION.
HAVING SAID THOSE THINGS, THE BASIC ORDER OF PRESENTATION WILL BE
AS FOLLOWS: OUR STAFF WILL -- BRIAN GRADY FROM DEVELOPMENT
SERVICES WILL INTRODUCE THE PETITION BRIEFLY AND THE APPLICANT
AND ANY OTHER WITNESSES MAY COME FORWARD AND YOU CAN HAVE UP TO
15 MINUTES TO PRESENT YOUR PETITION AND ANY SUPPORTING EVIDENCE
OF THE TESTIMONY.
AT THAT POINT I'LL TURN TO THE STAFF AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WHO
WILL GIVE A SUMMARY OF THEIR REPORT AS WELL AS THE PLANNING
COMMISSION WHO WILL GIVE A STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE OR NON-
COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THEY WILL HAVE ABOUT FIVE MINUTES TO DO THAT FOR THEIR INDIVIDUAL
REPORTS.
AT THAT POINT I'LL LOOK FOR ANY PROPONENTS.
PROPONENTS ARE NOT THE APPLICANT AGAIN.
THEY ARE OTHER PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE IN SUPPORT OF A PETITION AND
THEY WILL BE GIVEN AN EQUAL TIME SEGMENT OF 15 MINUTES THEN.
I'LL TURN AT THAT POINT AND ASK FOR ANY OPPOSITION.
IF YOU'RE OPPOSING THE PETITION, YOU'LL HAVE EQUAL TIME UP TO 15
MINUTES OF A TOTAL 15 MINUTE TIME SEGMENT TO PRESENT OPPOSING
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TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE.
WHEN THAT'S ALL OVER WITH, I'LL TURN BACK TO STAFF, ASK FOR ANY
CLARIFICATIONS TO THE STAFF REPORT BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT WE
HEARD, AND LASTLY THE APPLICANT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FINAL
REBUTTAL AND THAT'S FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE MINUTES.
HAVING LAID OUT THOSE TIMEFRAMES FOR YOU, YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE A
LOT OF PETITIONS ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT.
I'M OUT HERE TO MAKE IT AS EFFICIENT AS I POSSIBLY CAN AND I HOPE
YOU'LL WORK WITH ME TO DO THAT.
DON'T FEEL THE NEED TO FILL YOUR 15 MINUTES.
OF COURSE IT'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY.
IT IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY.
A COUPLE OF TIPS FOR YOU.
YOU COME UP TO THE FRONT, TAKE THE MICROPHONE, PULL IT DOWN CLOSE
TO YOUR MOUTH.
WE'RE ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC RECORD THIS EVENING, A VERBATIM
TRANSCRIPT.
WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE GET YOU, SO MICROPHONE DOWN TO YOUR
MOUTH.
WHEN YOU GO TO SPEAK THE FIRST TIME, NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
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NAME AND ADDRESS.
IF YOU HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE PODIUM FOR ANY REASON, IT'S FINE
JUST TO SAY YOUR NAME AT THAT POINT.
BUT AGAIN IT'S ALL ABOUT THE TRANSCRIPT SO WE HAVE TO KNOW WHO IS
SPEAKING SO YOU'RE IN THE RECORD.
SO YOUR NAME.
WHEN YOU'RE ALL DONE TESTIFYING AND PRESENTING ANY EVIDENCE YOU
HAVE, STEP TO THE END OF THE LECTERN.
YOU'LL FIND A SIGN-IN SHEET.
JUST SIGN IN AND THAT WILL DEMONSTRATE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN HERE
TESTIFYING AND PROVIDING EVIDENCE.
BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT PROCESSES, OUR SPECIAL USES AND
ZONINGS AND MODIFICATIONS TO ZONINGS, OUR ASSISTANT COUNTY
ATTORNEY IS GOING TO EXPLAIN TO YOU FIRST WITH RESPECT TO THE
SPECIAL USES YOUR RIGHTS TO APPEAL DECISIONS MADE AS A RESULT OF
TONIGHT'S HEARING.
WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MR. LOUIS WHITEHEAD OF
THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
GOOD EVENING.
>>LOUIS WHITEHEAD: GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU MR. SCAROLA AND GOOD
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EVENING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. DECISIONS OF THE HEARING OFFICER
ON THE SPECIAL USES HEARD TONIGHT WILL BE FILED WITH THE CLERK OF
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON AUGUST THE 11TH.
THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE PROVIDES THAT ANYONE WHO DESIRES TO
RECEIVE A COPY OF THE HEARING OFFICER'S DECISION BY MAIL MUST
FURNISH THE CLERK OF THE BOARD WITH THEIR NAME ADDRESS THE CASE
NUMBER AND A STAMPED SELF ADDRESSED ENVELOPE.
DECISIONS OF THE HEARING OFFICER ON SPECIAL USES MAY BE APPEALED
TO THE LAND USE APPEALS BOARD AN APPEAL MUST BE FILED WITH THE
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT WITHIN 30 CALENDAR DAYS FROM THE
DATE THAT THE HEARING OFFICER'S DECISION IS FILED WITH THE CLERK
OF THE BOARD.
THE FOLLOWING PERSONS OR ENTITIES SHALL HAVE STANDING TO APPEAL A
DECISION OF THE HEARING OFFICER OR TO INTERVENE IN AN APPEAL.
FIRST THE APPLICANT AND SECOND ANY PERSON OR ENTITY THAT A, IS
PRESENT OR REPRESENTED AT TONIGHT'S HEARINGS AND PRESENTS EITHER
TESTIMONY OR DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE OR B, SUBMITS DOCUMENTARY
EVIDENCE THEMSELVES OR THROUGH ANOTHER PRIOR TO OR DURING
TONIGHT'S HEARINGS AND C IS ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE HEARING
OFFICER'S DECISION.
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THE EVIDENCE THAT THE APPEALS BOARD CAN CONSIDER IS LIMITED TO
THE EVIDENCE THAT IS PRESENTED HERE TONIGHT.
THIS MEANS THAT AT THE END OF TONIGHT'S HEARING ON EACH SPECIAL
USE, THE CASE RECORD CLOSES AND NO NEW EVIDENCE MAY BE SUBMITTED.
IN ADDITION TO THE CASE RECORD THE APPEALS BOARD SHALL CONSIDER
THE LAND USE HEARING OFFICER'S DECISION AND ORAL ARGUMENT BY THE
ADMINISTRATOR, THE PARTY APPEALING THE DECISION, AND ANY PERSON
OR ENTITY WHO HAS STANDING TO APPEAL TO INTERVENE IN AN APPEAL
EACH OF WHOM MAY BE REPRESENTED BY LEGAL COUNSEL.
IT IS THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S ROLE TO ENSURE THAT NO NEW EVIDENCE
OR TESTIMONY IS ALLOWED BEFORE THE APPEALS BOARD IN CONNECTION
WITH THIS DECISION.
THE COUNTY ATTORNEY WILL ADVISE THE APPEALS BOARD TO DISREGARD
EVIDENCE OR TESTIMONY THAT IS NOT IN THE RECORD.
THEREFORE PLEASE BE SURE THAT ALL INFORMATION YOU MAY DESIRE THE
APPEALS BOARD TO CONSIDER IS PLACED INTO THE RECORD TONIGHT THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU LOUIS SO LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN IF YOU PLAN ON TESTIFYING TONIGHT OR PRESENTING ANY
EVIDENCE I WOULD LIKE YOU TO RISE WITH ME NOW AND RAISE YOUR
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RIGHT HAND.
DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE
TRUTH SO HELP YOU GOD?
[UNANIMOUS I DO]
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: BRIAN WITH THOSE FORM ATMOSPHERE OUT
OF THE WAY WE'RE READY.
>>BRIAN GRADY: ON PAGE 5 OF THE AGENDA B.1 SPECIAL USE
APPLICATION 14-0664 THE APPLICANT IS FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF
BRANDON.
THE REQUEST IS FOR SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A SCHOOL.
MICHELLE HEINRICH WITH COUNTY STAFF WILL PROVIDE STAFF
RECOMMENDATION AFTER PRESENTATION BY THE APPLICANT.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: GOOD EVENING.
>>GOOD EVENING I'M JUDY JAMES 325 SOUTH BOULEVARD.
THIS IS A SPECIAL USE REQUEST FOR A PRIVATE SCHOOL GRADES K
THROUGH 8.
THIS SPECIAL USE WAS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED FOR A CHURCH AND A DAY
CARE IN 1999 AND 2008.
AND SINCE THAT TIME THE CHURCH OPERATED AS IF THEY ALSO HAD A
SPECIAL USE FOR A SCHOOL SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO CLEAN UP THE
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RECORD.
IT DOES MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF LDC SECTION 611.88 THE SCHOOL IS
LOCATED ON THE MAIN PARCEL IT'S CURRENT ENROLLMENT IS 135 IT MAY
GO UP TO 270 AND IT MEETS THE CURRENT PARKING REQUIREMENTS WITH
THE 135 STUDENTS.
THERE IS A SPECIFIC CONDITION BY STAFF THAT IF WE NEED ADDITIONAL
PARKING WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A STAFF REVIEW SITE PLAN REVIEW THE
ISSUE UNTIL NOW HAS BEEN THE DROP OFF AND IF YOU LET ME GO TO THE
ELMO WE SG FILE REQUEST FOR VARIANCE FOR THE NEWLY ADOPTED
QUEUEING REQUIREMENTS AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SITE PLAN THE
CHURCH IS LOCATED ON MULTIPLE PARCELS ON PARSONS AND MOON STREET.
THE MAIN SCHOOL IS WITHIN THE BUILDING RIGHT HERE ON MOON STREET.
THE PARKING AREA WHERE THE PARENTS DROP OFF IS ACROSS THE STREET.
IT IS A GRASS LOT USED BY THE CHURCH NOW.
IT HAS PAVED SIDEWALKS ALONG THE PERIMETER AND THREE ROWS OF
SIDEWALKS INTERNAL THEY USE THOSE TO BUTT THE CARS UP AGAINST
EACH OTHER A CROSSWALK WITH PEDESTRIAN CROSSING SIGNS PAVEMENT
SIGNS AND THEY HAVE SAFETY PATROLS AND A CROSSWALK GUARD DURING
THE DAY.
STAFF OFFERED A SPECIFIC CONDITIONS THAT WE WOULD HAVE -- THE
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PARKING LOT LAYOUT IS ON THE SITE PLAN AND WE ALSO AGREED TO THE
CERTAIN SPECIFIC CONDITIONS.
THE DRIVE AISLES WOULD BE PAVED NOT THE PARKING SPACES PER SE BUT
THE ACTUAL DRIVE AISLES WOULD BE PAVED.
THE PARKING LOT WILL BE MARKED ON THE SADIE STREET SIDE SO IT'S
EXIT ONLY AND WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CROSSING GUARDS.
WE'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH A SITE DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL IF THIS
SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION IS GRANTED.
WITH THAT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I DO HAVE THE PASTOR,
PARENTS, FAMILY, TEACHERS HERE AND I DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANYBODY
TIP THEIR HANDS BUT IF THERE'S NO OPPOSITION THEY DON'T FEEL THEY
NEED TO SPEAK SO I'LL LET --
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: I DO HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU.
MS. JAMES DO YOU SEE THIS AS A REQUEST FOR CHILD CARE CENTER AND
CHURCH AS WELL OR --
>>THE CHILD CARE CENTER WAS ACTUALLY ALREADY GRANTED AS PART OF
THE CHURCH SPECIAL USE PERMIT IN 2008 IT WAS PERMITTED FOR 200 --
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: I GOT YOU THERE IT'S THE PROCEDURAL
ISSUE OF WHETHER -- IT LOOKS LIKE THE CONDITIONS ARE ALL NEW
CONDITIONS SO ESSENTIALLY IS THAT GOING TO BE RESCINDED PREVIOUS.
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>>BRIAN GRADY: NO IT WOULD JUST BE A NEW SPECIAL USE PERMIT
SPECIFICALLY FOR THE SCHOOL SO IT DOESN'T RESCIND THE PRIOR
APPROVALS FOR THE CHURCH AND DAY CARE.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: DO YOU SEE THE REQUEST AS REQUESTING
THOSE ITEMS?
THAT THEY ARE CARRIED OVER?
>>BRIAN GRADY: I THINK WE CREATED IT AS WE RECOGNIZE THEY
EXISTED AND SO WE ARE DEALING IN THIS PERMIT TO DEAL WITH THE
ISSUE OF THE SCHOOL I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BUT I THINK
PROCEDURALLY WE JUST DEALT WITH THE SCHOOL SO I THINK AT THIS
POINT YOU SHOULD JUST ADDRESS THAT SCHOOL ISSUE.
>>THE PROBLEM IS THERE'S NO PROVISION WITHIN THE CODE RIGHT NOW
TO JUST AMEND ANY EXISTING SPECIAL USE PERMIT I HAD TO FILE A NEW
ONE BUT WE DON'T HAVE AN OBJECTION TO HAVING ALL CONDITIONS IN
ONE DOCUMENT.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THE QUESTION REALLY IS WHAT ABOUT
FINDINGS.
>>BRIAN GRADY: MR. SCAROLA I NEED TO CORRECT WHAT I STATED I
TALKED TO MICHELLE SHE SAID SHE DID THIS -- THE CONDITIONS WERE
WORDED AS REPLACEMENT FOR THE OTHER SPECIAL USE PERMIT WITH
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UNDERLYING STRIKE-THROUGH SO WE ARE TREATING IT THIS IS BASICALLY
DEALING WITH ALL RE-- USES THROUGH THE CONDITIONS.
SO IT'S EXTENSIVELY DEALING WITH THE SCHOOL RECOGNIZING AGAIN THE
SCHOOL AND DAY CARE THE CONDITIONS RECOGNIZE THOSE AND SORT OF
CARRY OVER THOSE CONDITIONS AND SHOWN AS UNDERLINE STRIKE-THROUGH
JUST TO SHOW YOU WHERE THE CHANGES ARE.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: OKAY.
THAT'S IT.
ANYTHING ELSE MS. JAMES.
>>WITH THAT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO BRING MY PROPONENTS TO SPEAK
UNLESS --
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: I CANNOT DIRECT YOU.
IT'S YOUR CHOICE.
>>CAN YOU ASK IF THERE'S ANY OPPOSITION.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: I'M ABOUT TO GO THROUGH THE USUALLY
SET OF THINGS IF YOU WANT TO DO -- THE USUAL SET OF THINGS IF YOU
WANT TO DO THAT.
MICHELLE HEINRICH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES?
>>MICHELLE HEINRICH: MICHELLE HEINRICH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES I
APOLOGIZE FOR THE CONFUSION.
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AS YOU HEARD MS. JAMES STATE THERE WERE PREVIOUS SPECIAL USES
WHEN I EXAMINED THOSE, THEY WOULD ALWAYS CARRY OVER THE OLD
CONDITIONS RESCIND THE OLD ONE AND APPLY THE NEW ONE SO I HANDLED
THE THIRD ONE THE SAME WAY AND JUST SO YOU KNOW ANYTHING
UNDERLINED IS WHAT'S NEW.
ANYTHING THAT'S JUST THERE WITHOUT UNDERLINES IS PER THE MOST
RECENT SPECIAL USE THEY HAD.
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
AS SHE STATED THIS IS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR AN EXISTING K
THROUGH 8 SCHOOL LOCATED AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF BRANDON
AND ALSO AN OFFSITE PARKING LOT TO THE WEST THE CURRENT
ENROLLMENT IS 135 THEY DO ANTICIPATE TO POSSIBLY GO UP TO A
MAXIMUM OF 270 STUDENTS SO THAT'S REFLECTED IN THE CONDITIONS THE
SITE USES VARIOUS PROPERTIES THROUGHOUT THE AREA WITH MULTIPLE
ZONINGS THERE'S RSC-6 BPO, OR AND RMC-12.
ONLY IN THE RSC-6 AND RMC-12 ZONINGS DO YOU REQUIRE A SPECIAL USE
AND THE OFFSITE LOT IS SPLIT ZONE OR AND RSC-6.
THAT ALSO IS INCLUDED IN THIS REQUEST.
AS MS. JAMES STATED THERE'S NO WAIVERS NEEDED TO 611.88 WHICH IS
THE SCHOOL CONDITIONAL USE SPECIAL USE PERMITS BUT THE APPLICANT
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IS SEEKING A VARIANCE TO LDC SECTION 603.13 WHICH WAS RECENTLY
ADOPTED IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR FOR THE SCHOOL QUEUEING
REQUIREMENTS.
ALSO AS WE STATED, THERE WERE TWO PREVIOUSLY PROVED SPECIAL USES
ONE IN '9 FOR THE DAY CARE FACILITY THAT'S AT A MAXIMUM OF 200
CHILDREN AND IN 2008 THE APPLICANTS CAME IN TO INCREASE THE
SANCTUARY SQUARE FOOTAGE NUMBER OF SEATS AND TO RECOGNIZE A
BUILDING HEIGHT VARIATION AND TO RETAIN THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED
DAY CARE USE.
AS STATED, THE SITE DOES MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR
CHURCH, DAY CARE AND PRIVATE SCHOOL.
HOWEVER, IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING PARKING, SITES ARE TO PROVIDE
OFFSITE VEHICULAR CIRCULATION FACILITIES TO ACCOMMODATE VEHICLE
QUEUEING THAT OCCURRING DURING STUDENT DROPOFF AND PICKUP TIMES.
THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED A VARIATION TO THIS TO BE PROVIDED ON
THE LOT SHE SHOWED YOU ON THE ELMO TO THE WEST WHICH IS A PARKING
LOT SO THAT PARENTS ACTUALLY PARK AND WALK THEIR KIDS TO AND FROM
SCHOOL RATHER THAN HAVING AN ONLINE QUEUE ON THE MAIN SITE.
THE OFFSITE AREA IS 8.15 AREAS IT HAS PARSONS AVENUE MOON AVENUE
AND SADIE STREET TRANSFORMATION STAFF HAS REVIEWED THIS
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ESPECIALLY THE VARIANCE REQUEST THEY ARE FINDING IT -- THEY ARE
NOT HAVING ANY OBJECTIONS SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS THAT
MS. JAMES OUTLINED AND THOSE ARE CONDITIONS 7 THROUGH 11 WHICH
REQUIRE THE SITE TO GO THROUGH SITE DEVELOPMENT HAVE THE HARD
SURFACE ALSO FOR SADIE STREET TO BE EXIT ONLY AND TO UTILIZE A
CROSSING GUARD WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY AGENCY OBJECTIONS AND FIND
THIS APPROVABLE SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: MICHELLE ONE MINOR QUESTION THE PARCEL
751 THAT'S THE OFFSITE PARKING, THAT PARCEL IS INCLUDED IN THE
SPECIAL USE REQUEST RIGHT.
>>MICHELLE HEINRICH: YES IT IS.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: SO IF APPROVED, THE ZONING OF OR AND
RSC-6 --
>>MICHELLE HEINRICH: WILL STAY THAT ZONING IT WILL JUST HAVE THE
SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: GOT YOU THANKS MICHELLE.
>>MICHELLE HEINRICH: WE DESIGNATED IN OUR CONDITIONS THAT'S ONLY
FOR THE OFFSITE PARKING.
I DON'T BELIEVE THEY ANTICIPATE TO USE IT FOR ANY OF THE CHURCH
PARKING OR ANY OF THE OTHER ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES GOING ON.
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>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY.
AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION?
YOUR MIC.
>>RANDY KRANJEC: HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY THE FUTURE OF HILLSBOROUGH
-- UNINCORPORATED HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FUTURE LAND USE POLICY 17.1
RECOGNIZES CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, DAY CARE CENTERS ET CETERA FOR
RESIDENTIAL SUPPORT USES PROVIDED THEY ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THE
SURROUNDING LAND USES IN ZONING AND BASED UPON OUR REVIEW OF THE
SITE THE REQUEST STAFF HAS DETERMINED THE USE IS COMPARABLE AND
COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA WHICH IS A MIXTURE OF USES
AND BASED UPON THAT FIND THE SPECIAL USE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS BY DEVELOPMENT
SERVICES.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU FOR THAT.
ANYBODY HERE TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST?
>>IF I COULD JUST ASK THEM TO STAND.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: OKAY.
THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE TONIGHT IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST?
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SEEING NONE, ANYTHING ELSE FROM STAFF?
MS. JAMES, ANYTHING?
>>I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THE PARKING LOT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT IS USED BY CHURCH WHEN THE SCHOOL IS NOT IN SESSION.
WHEN I READ THE CONDITION I READ IT AS THAT WAS THE ONLY AREA WE
COULD USE AS DROPOFF FOR THE STUDENT PARKING BUT IT COULD BE USED
AT OTHER TIMES BY THE CHURCH.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: ARE YOU SUGGESTING ANY CHANGE OR
WORDING TO THE CONDITION.
>>I WAS JUST RESPONDING TO WHAT MICHELLE SAID.
>>MICHELLE HEINRICH: MICHELLE HEINRICH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
MS. JAMES IS CORRECT THAT'S THE AREA THAT'S DESIGNATED IN THIS
PERMIT TO BE USED FOR DROPOFF NOT THE OTHER LOTS WHICH HAVEN'T
BEEN REVIEWED AND HAVE THE SITE IMPROVEMENTS THAT TRANSPORTATION
IS LOOKING FOR LIKE SIDEWALKS AND CROSSWALKS.
THANK YOU.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: ALL RIGHT.
WITH THAT WE'LL CLOSE SPECIAL USE 14-664.
BRIAN?
>>BRIAN GRADY: NEXT ITEM IS AGENDA ITEM B.2.
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IT'S SPECIAL USE APPLICATION 14-0667.
THE APPLICANT IS DKS HOLDINGS LLC THE REQUEST IS FOR SPECIAL USE
PERMIT FOR LAND EXCAVATION PERMIT TOM HIZNAY WITH COUNTY STAFF
WILL PROVIDE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AFTER PRESENTATION BY THE
APPLICANT.
>>MICHAEL HORNER 14502 DALE MABRY HIGHWAY TAMPA 33618
REPRESENTING DKS HOLDINGS WITH ME TONIGHT IS MARK FERRELL FROM
WRA SPEAKING ON ENGINEERING ISSUES BRIEFLY AT THE CLOSING OF MY
PRESENTATION.
THIS IS A SPECIAL USE FOR LAND EXCAVATION.
WE HAVE WORKED WITH STAFF DILIGENTLY OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS
WE REPRESENT THE EFFORT FROM MR. HIZNAY IN CRAFTING SOME SPECIFIC
RESTRICTIVE CONDITIONS ON THE OPERATING ELEMENTS OF THIS PLAN
SPECIFICALLY THE LAND EXCAVATION CONDITIONS THE PLAN THAT YOU
HAVE BEFORE YOU OF RECORD IS GOING TO BE REVISED HAS BEEN REVISED
I'LL FILE THAT REVISED PLAN INTO THE RECORD TONIGHT THAT PLAN HAS
BEEN FILED WITH MR. MAY AND MR. HIZNAY AND FILE THE REVISED
REPORT IN THE RECORD AS WELL.
THIS IS A 345 ACRE SITE WEST OF COUNTY ROAD 39 THE KEYSVILLE
AREA.
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OUR CLIENT HOLDINGS ACTUALLY EXTEND FAR BEYOND THAT 345 ACRES.
THEY OWN APPROXIMATELY 730 ACRES.
WE HAVE LEFT OUT ALL OF THE AREA OF THE REMAINDER OF THIS
PROPERTY THAT IS SOUTH PART OF THE PARENT TRACT THAT LIES IN ZONE
2 OF THE WELLFIELD PROTECTION AREA.
AS YOU KNOW WE ARE PROHIBITED FROM ZONE 2 OF THE WELLFIELD WHAT'S
BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS ONLY THAT AREA IN ZONE 1 THAT'S 345 AND
CHANGE ACRES FOR THE SPECIAL USE.
HISTORICALLY THIS PARCEL HAS BEEN MINED FOR PHOSPHATE BEEN
DISTURBED I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE UNDERSTATEMENT MR. MIKE
STEPHENSON OF THE COUNTY WOULD CERTAINLY ECHO THAT HE'S TONIGHT
AS WELL FOR ANY PARTICULAR RESPONSES ON HIS PERSPECTIVE OF THIS
PROPERTY.
BUT WE'RE HERE TO FILE FOR THE LAND EXCAVATION THERE ARE SOME
REMAINING DIRT AREAS IT'S RATHER UNDULATING IT'S BEEN IMPACTED
BUT THERE ARE SOME CELLS THAT WE BELIEVE WILL BE GOOD SOURCES FOR
GOOD CLEAN EXCAVATION FILL IN THE NEXT SEVEN TO TEN YEARS.
WE FILED AT SEVEN YEARS MR. SCAROLA BUT AMENDED TO TEN FOR THE
FLEXIBILITY THAT THE ORDINARY PROVIDES FOR.
OVERALL THE CUBIC YARD IS ANTICIPATED TO BE 4 MILLION FOR THE
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TOTAL EXCAVATION.
SEVEN TO TEN YEARS WE THINK IT WILL BE AROUND SEVEN BUT MOST
LIKELY POSSIBLY TO EXTEND TO THE TEN YEAR ELEMENT THERE ARE TEN
CELLS ON APPROXIMATELY 142 ACRES THE PLAN ON THE OVERHEAD
DEMONSTRATES NO SHADED AREAS THOSE TEN CELLS WE'RE PROVIDING FOR
EXCAVATION.
COUNTY ROAD 39 TO THE EAST YOU'LL SEE ACCESS BEING EXTENDED TO
COUNTY ROAD 39 MY CLIENT HAS 50 FEET OF FRONTAGE IT WIDENS OUT TO
200 FEET AND EXTENDS INTO THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE SITE THAT
WILL BE THE SOLE ACCESS AND HAUL ROUTE FOR THIS PROPERTY.
WE MEET ALL LDC REQUIREMENTS, BUFFER REQUIREMENTS AND CRITERIA.
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE AREA I'LL DRAW YOUR ATTENTION AT THE
NORTHWEST NEXT TO RESIDENTIAL LOTS THESE LOTS ARE ZONED FOR I
BELIEVE 1 ACRE HOWEVER THEY ARE ACTUALLY DEVELOPED AS HALF ACRE,
9 LOTS, 7 ARE DEVELOPED, 2 ARE VACANT.
AND TYPICALLY THE CODE REQUIRES A 500 FOOT BUFFER SEPARATION AS
YOU'RE AWARE FROM THESE RESIDENTIAL USES.
WE HAVE FILED FOR A BUFFER REDUCTION FROM 500 FEET TO 200 FEET
FOR 300 FOOT REDUCTION.
WE SAT DOWN WITH STAFF MR. HIZNAY MR. STEPHENSON A NUMBER OF
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REPRESENT -- NUMBER OF STAFF REPRESENTATIVES AND WORKED OUT A
NEGOTIATED SCREENING AND BUFFER PLAN WE THINK IS RATHER
RESTRICTIVE IF I CAN DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO CONDITIONS 3.2 A
THROUGH F WE HAVE AGREED TO PLANTING OF TREES ON THE WESTERN
SIDE.
10 TO 12 FEET, 2 INCH CALIBER, 22 ON CENTER FOR 60606 IN ADDITION
TO THAT WE'RE PROPOSING A 6 FOOT BERM TO BE CONSTRUCTED AND A 6
FOOT FENCE ON THE WESTERN PROPERTY LINE THERE ARE EXISTING TREES
ON THE EASTERN PROPERTY LINE OF THE LOTS.
OUR WESTERN PROPERTY LINE THAT WE WILL CERTAINLY NOT IMPACT AND
AUGMENT THAT EXISTING OPACITY WITH OUR PROPOSED TREE PLANTING.
IN ADDITION MR. SCAROLA WE HAVE AGREED NOT TO HAVE ANY
CONSTRUCTION IN CELLS 2 AND 3 FOR THE PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS TO
ALLOW THOSE TREES TO GROW AND THAT PLANTING TO MATURE.
AND WE THINK THAT'S A REASONABLE TRADEOFF FOR THE REDUCTION OF
BUFFER FROM 500 TO 200 FEET.
IN ADDITION TO THAT WE HAVE AGREED TO NOT HAVE ANY SATURDAY
ACTIVITIES.
AS YOU KNOW PLANNING ACTIVITIES LAND ACTIVITIES ARE PRECLUDED ON
SUNDAYS BUT WE EXTENDED IT TO SATURDAYS SO THOSE RESIDENTS AS
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LIMITED AS THEY ARE THEY CERTAINLY HAVE A RIGHT TO ENJOY THE
WEEKEND WE AGREED TO PROHIBIT OUR ACTIVITIES DURING THE WEEKENDS.
WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THOSE RESIDENTS ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS
OBVIOUSLY THE LEGAL MODUS WENT OUT CONTACTED BY ONE
REPRESENTATIVE INDICATING SHE WAS REPRESENTING ONE OR MORE I SENT
THEM ALL OF THE PLANS ALL OF THE BUFFER SCREENINGS, PROPOSALS
JUST LAST WEEK RECEIVED CONFIRMATION THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY
OBJECTION.
I DON'T KNOW THE EXTEND OF THOSE OWNERS THAT SHE TECHNICALLY
REPRESENTS.
BUT WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY OPPOSITION CALLS.
I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY E-MAILS.
I HAVE CHECKED WITH MR. HIZNAY AND STAFF THEY HAVEN'T RECEIVED
OBJECTIONS AS WELL WE'LL FIND OUT SHORTLY IF THAT BEARS TRUE
TONIGHT THE REASON FOR THE REDUCTION OF THE BUFFER TO THE WEST
CELLS 2 AND 3 THEY HAVE THE BEST QUALITY OF FILL AND GREATEST
DEPTH OPPORTUNITIES OTHERWISE WE WOULDN'T FILE FOR THE BUFFER
WAIVER AND ANY OTHER PERIMETER MIGHT BE ABLE TO AGREE TO IT BUT
ON CELLS 2 AND 3 IT'S IMPERATIVE WE HAVE AS MUCH FILL OPPORTUNITY
AS POSSIBLE WE APPROACHED OUR CLIENT AND PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE A
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STEP FORWARD AND AGREED TO THE ELEMENTS AND CONDITIONS.
WE HAVE A PENDING EPC WETLAND JURISDICTIONAL LINE YOU CAN IMAGINE
IT'S A LITTLE SCATTERED AND FRAGMENTED OUT THERE WITH ALL OF THE
IMPACTS OF THE MINING SO -- HOWEVER WE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH OUR
PRELIMINARY LINES WE HAVE ALL AGREED ALL TAMPA BAY WATER
CONDITIONS AND AGREED TO ALL NATURAL RESOURCE CONDITIONS THAT ARE
INCLUDED AND INCORPORATED AND TOM'S CONDITIONS FOR STAFF TONIGHT.
I'LL FILE THE REVISED PLANS INTO THE RECORD AT THIS TIME I'LL
HAVE MR. FERRELL SPEAK BRIEFLY ON ENGINEERING ISSUES.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: HAS THERE BEEN DISCUSSION WITH THE
COUNTY ON ACCEL OR DECEL.
>>WE HAVEN'T HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS BUT IT MAY WELL BE ON THE
TABLE FOR DISCUSSION.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: OKAY.
THANKS.
>>GOOD EVENING MR. SCAROLA.
MARK FERRELL WITH THE FIRM WRA VERY BRIEFLY AS MIKE SAID THIS IS
SORT OF AN UNUSUAL SITUATION HERE.
PREVIOUSLY A MINE SITE PHOSPHATE MINE BACK IN THE 1930S.
WIND ROWS WERE CREATED SOIL CAST OVER THE SIDE.
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WE HAVE DONE ABOUT 26 BORINGS ON THE SITE.
AND THE SOIL RUNS FROM AN AVERAGE OF 5 FEET IN DEPTH TO 20 FEET
IN DEPTH AND IT'S NOT HOMOGENOUS IT'S KIND OF A HUNT AND PECK ALL
OVER THE PLACE SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS PROPOSED 4 MILLION YARDS
BASED ON AN AVERAGE OF 10 TO 12 FEET OF EXCAVATION ACROSS THE
SITE THE SITE IS INTERNALLY DRAINED SO THERE WON'T BE OFFSITE
DRAINAGE ON THE SITE EVEN AS WE DEWATER THE CELLS IT WILL REMAIN
ONSITE FOR THE PURPOSE OF WELLFIELD PROTECTION.
WE DO HAVE WETLANDS ON THE SITE AND HAVE PRELIMINARY
JURISDICTIONAL LINE WE WILL GET A FORMAL LINE WITH EPC AS WE GET
THE OPERATING PERMITS AND WORK ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES INCLUDING
ROAD ACCESS RECLAMATION PLAN THINGS LIKE THAT HAVE TO BE WORKED
OUT.
FINALLY I THINK THAT AGAIN THE PERMITS WE HAVE TO GET ARE THE
OPERATING PERMIT WITH EPC AND SWFWMD PERMIT WE DON'T BELIEVE THE
CORPS WILL BE INVOLVED AT THIS TIME PRETTY MUCH STRAIGHTFORWARD
WITH THIS PARTICULAR SITE WE ARE GOING TO FILE A RECLAMATION PLAN
HOWEVER WE HAVE BEEN VERY CANDID WITH THE STAFF THAT ULTIMATELY
THE OWNER WOULD POSSIBLY LIKE TO PUT PART OF THIS INTO A
RESIDENTIAL PLAN RANCHETTE TYPE OF SITUATION THAT WOULD BE AN
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AMENDMENT TO THE OPERATING PERMIT GOING INTO A SITE APPROVAL MANY
YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
THANK YOU.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY.
>>WITH THAT I WOULD ONLY ADD WE'RE CONSISTENT WITH COMP PLAN
POLICIES BASED ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S FINDINGS OF FACT AND
AS MARK REFERENCED, WE PROBABLY WILL HAVE IN THE SHORT FUTURE --
NEAR FUTURE A PD FILING FOR GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT WILL
REFLECT THE DENSITIES WE DID FILE A COMP PLAN AMENDMENT ON THE
ENTIRE PROPERTY TOOK IT FROM AM TO AR WILL DOVETAIL WITH THE
RECLAMATION PLAN LAKE CREATION PLAN WE'RE DOING AS PART OF THIS
EXCAVATION.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THAT'S IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
>>WE HAVE HAD PRE-OP MEETINGS NOT FORMALLY FILED BUT IN PROCESS.
>>GOOD EVENING MR. SCAROLA TOM HIZNAY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF
I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF BY HANDING OUT A REVISED COPY OF THE
STAFF REPORT.
AS MR. HORNER STATED, THIS LAND EXCAVATION IS SOUGHT FOR THE
NORTHERN PORTION OF A 730 ACRE TRACT.
THAT IS LOCATED WEST OF COUNTY ROAD 39.
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AND NORTH AND EAST OF KEYSVILLE ROAD AND SOUTH OF THE EDWARD
MEDARD REGIONAL PARK.
THE EXCAVATION WILL BE LOCATED IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE
TRACT.
AND BE SPREAD ACROSS A 346 ACRE SITE MUCH OF WHICH HAS BEEN
PREVIOUSLY MINED.
THE EXCAVATION WILL BE SERVED BY AN UNPAVED ONE MILE LONG PRIVATE
ACCESS ROAD CONNECTING COUNTY ROAD 39 AT A POINT APPROXIMATELY 1
AND A HALF MILES NORTH OF KEYSVILLE ROAD.
COUNTY ROAD 39 IN THIS VICINITY IS A DESIGNATED TRUCK ROUTE.
THEREFORE STAFF FINDS THAT THE PROPOSED EXCAVATION MEETS THE
ACCESS AND LOCATION REQUIREMENTS FOUND IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT
CODE FOR LAND EXCAVATION.
APPROXIMATELY 4 MILLION CUBIC YARDS OF MATERIAL MAXIMUM ARE
PROPOSED TO BE REMOVED OVER A 5 TO 10 YEAR PERIOD.
NO DELIVERY DESTINATIONS HAVE BEEN PROPOSED FOR THE -- FOR THE
MATERIAL BUT SINCE COUNTY ROAD 39 IS A TRUCK ROUTE IN THIS AREA,
THE HAUL TRUCKS WILL BE FREE TO HEAD EITHER NORTH OR SOUTH FROM
THE DRIVEWAY AND THEN ONTO WHATEVER DELIVERY DESTINATIONS THEY
MAY HAVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TRUCK ROUTE PLAN.
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IT'S ALL TOTAL BASED ON AN 18 CUBIC YARD TRUCK THERE WOULD BE
APPROXIMATELY 445,000 TRUCK TRIPS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT
THAT'S TOTAL EMPTY TRUCKS IN FULL TRUCKS OUT SPREAD OUT OVER A
TEN-YEAR PERIOD IF AVERAGED AT A CONSTANT RATE OF EXCAVATION
THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 107, 8 TRIPS A DAY HOWEVER WE WOULD EXPECT
THE TRIPS IN ACTUALITY WILL VARY CONSIDERABLY DEPENDING ON DEMAND
FOR MATERIAL.
TO HELP PREVENT QUEUEING OR PARKING OF HAUL TRUCKS ALONG COUNTY
ROAD 39 ALONG THE DRIVEWAY OUR CONDITIONS REQUIRE THAT THE ACCESS
GATE BE LOCATED A MINIMUM OF 200 FEET FROM THE RIGHT-OF-WAY TO
PROVIDE FOR QUEUEING OF TRUCKS ON THE DRIVEWAY RATHER THAN ON THE
SIDE OF THE ROAD BECAUSE FREQUENTLY TRUCKS LIKE TO GET THERE
BEFORE THE EXCAVATION OPENS UP AND THEN THIS WAY THEY WILL BE ON
THE DRIVEWAY INSTEAD OF ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
IF YOU HAVE BEEN THE TO THE SITE YOU'LL SEE THAT THE AREA AROUND
WHERE THE DRIVEWAY CONNECTS TO COUNTY ROAD 39 IS COMPLETELY
UNDEVELOPED.
IT'S EITHER VACANT OR AN AGRICULTURAL USE SO IT'S A GOOD LOCATION
FOR THE DRIVEWAY TO CONNECT IN THE SENSE THERE ARE NO IMMEDIATE
ADJOINING USES EVEN IN THE AREA THAT COULD BE ADVERSELY MACED BY
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THE TRUCK TRAFFIC.
ONE OF THE MAJOR CONSIDERATIONS OF THIS APPLICATION WAS THE
REQUEST FOR A SEPARATION WAIVER IN THE NORTHWEST AREA OF THE
PROJECT.
THERE ARE SOME HOMES ALONG AUTO AND DURANT ROAD ON THE PROPERTY
TO THE WEST.
YOU'LL SEE IN THE FILE THAT THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION REQUESTED A
400 FOOT WAIVER TO PROVIDE A 100 FOOT SEPARATION WITH SOME VERY
MINIMAL MEASURES FOR MITIGATION.
STAFF BOTH US AND PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF WERE NOT IN FAVOR OF
THAT.
THE APPLICANT THEN TOOK OUR COMMENTS TO HEART, CAME BACK WITH A
PROPOSAL FOR A 200 FOOT SEPARATION AND A NUMBER OF MEASURES THAT
WE FEEL WILL EFFECTIVELY -- SHOULD EFFECTIVELY MITIGATE ANY KIND
OF IMPACT FROM THE REDUCED SEPARATION ON THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES
BECAUSE AS NOTED BY THE APPLICANT A 500 FOOT SEPARATION IS WHAT'S
TYPICALLY REQUIRED.
THOSE MEASURES INCLUDE THAT THE 200 FOOT SEPARATION AREA WILL BE
MAINTAINED AS A PASSIVE BUFFER FOR THE DURATION OF THE EXCAVATION
ACTIVITIES ANYWHERE ON THE SITE AND THE ONLY THINGS THAT CAN
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OCCUR AS FAR AS VEHICLES, MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT WOULD BE TO
INSTALL OR MAINTAIN REQUIRED SCREENING AND BUFFERING AND A
PERIMETER AND RESURGE DITCHES SO OTHERWISE IT WILL BE A DEAD
ZONE.
SECONDLY THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO PLANT A ROW OF EVERGREEN TREES
ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE WESTERN BOUNDARY AT THE REAR OF
THE NEIGHBORING HOMES THESE TREES WILL BE IMPLANTED WITHIN 1 --
PLANTED WITHIN 120 DAYS OF OPERATING APPROVAL AND THE TREES WILL
BE BROAD CANOPY EVERGREENS PLACED ON 20 FOOT CENTERS WITH A
MINIMUM OF 5 FEET AT THE TIME OF PLANTING.
EXCAVATION WORK WITHIN THE 300 FOOT WAIVER ZONE WILL BE DELAYED
FOR FIVE YEARS AFTER THE DATE OF OPERATING PERMIT.
THIS WILL PROVIDE A FIVE YEAR GROWING TREE FOR THOSE SHADE TREES
SO THEY WILL PROVIDE A MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE SCREEN BY THE TIME
EXCAVATION WORK STARTS IF THE 300 FOOT WAIVER ZONE.
ALSO PRIOR TO THE START OF EXCAVATION WORK WITHIN THE 300 FOOT
WAIVER ZONE THE APPLICANT WILL BE REQUIRED TO INSTALL A 6 FOOT
HIGH BERM ALONG THE ENTIRE EASTERN BOUNDARY OF THE 200 FOOT
SETBACK.
AND THEN ALSO DEWATERING PUMPS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT WILL NOT BE
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INSTALLED OR OPERATED WESTWARD OF THE BERM.
THEN LASTLY WITHIN THAT 300 FOOT WAIVER ZONE ANY KIND OF
EXCAVATION WORK INCLUDING THE LOADING OF HAUL TRUCKS WILL BE
PROHIBITED ON SATURDAYS WHICH IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE GENERAL
PROHIBITION ON SUNDAY HOURS WILL SERVE TO PROHIBIT ANY KIND OF
ACTIVITY WITHIN THE ENTIRE 500 FOOT BUFFER ZONE ON WEEKENDS OR
REGULAR 500 FOOT SEPARATION ZONE ON THE WEEKENDS.
WE FIND THAT THESE REQUIREMENTS SHOULD SERVE TO EFFECTIVELY
MITIGATE IMPACTS ON THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND THEREFORE WE FIND
THAT WE COULD SUPPORT THE WAIVERS.
AS MR. HORNER MENTIONED, STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY INQUIRIES OR
OBJECTIONS FROM THE AFFECTED NEIGHBORS REGARDING THE PROPOSED
SEPARATION WAIVER.
REAL QUICKLY THE SITE IS -- THE EXCAVATION PORTION OF THE SITE OR
OF THE PARENT TRACT IS IN THE WELLHEAD RESOURCE PROTECTION ZONING
AREA 1 EXCAVATIONS ARE A RESTRICTED ACTIVITY IN THIS AREA THE
APPLICANT WAS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A DETAILED HYDRAULIC STUDY
DEMONSTRATING THE PROJECT WON'T ADVERSELY IMPACT GROUNDWATER
RESOURCES THEY DID SO OUR LAND EXCAVATION TEAM REVIEWED THE STUDY
SAYING IT WAS WITH THE PROPOSED STEPS OF 20 TO 30 FEET.
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THE PROJECT IS ALSO -- OR COUPLED WITH CELLS 1 AND 2 ARE
ADJACENT TO EDWARD MEDARD REGIONAL PARK NATURAL RESOURCES IN
TAMPA BAY AND CONSERVATION STAFF AND ALSO TAMPA BAY WATER STAFF
HAVE REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND DON'T OBJECT SUBJECT TO THE
CONDITIONS THAT YOU FIND IN THE RECOMMENDED CONDITION.
FINALLY THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE HOST TRACT IS LOCATED IN THE
ZONE 2 WELLHEAD PROTECTION AREA AND IN THAT AREA EXCAVATIONS ARE
PROHIBITED SO THE CONDITIONS SAID THAT -- STATE AND THE SITE PLAN
SHOWS NO ENCROACHMENTS INTO ZONE 2 AND ALSO THE CONDITIONS
REQUIRE THAT PRIOR TO EXCAVATION ACTIVITIES THEY ARE GOING TO
HAVE TO DELINEATE THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN ZONE 1 AND ZONE 2 IN THE
FIELD WITH STAKES OR OTHER METHODS ACCEPTABLE TO OUR REVIEW STAFF
OUR LAND EXCAVATION REVIEW STAFF FOR THE DURATION OF ANY
EXCAVATION ACTIVITY ON THE SITE I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS
OH ONE TYPO I JUST DISCOVERED IN THE CONDITIONS --
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: IN THE REVISED REPORT TOM.
>>YES.
WELL YOU KNOW LIKE THE AUTO NUMBERING OF THE PARAGRAPHS RIGHT
LIKE ONCE THE AUTO -- AUTO NUMBERED THE PARAGRAPHS WHEN YOU GET
INTO SUBPARAGRAPHS ANYWAY 3.2 YOU'LL SEE A, B, C AND E I WANT TO
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POINT OUT THAT IT'S NOT E, IT'S D SO THERE'S NOT A MISSING
PARAGRAPH IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A, B, C AND D AND YES I HATE AUTO
NUMBERING.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE SIR.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: WERE THERE ANY DISCUSSIONS FOR YOU
WITH THE TRANSPORTATION SECTION ABOUT ACCEL, DECEL.
>>THE TRANSPORTATION STAFF REVIEWED IT THEIR REPORT AND
RECOMMENDATIONS DIDN'T INCLUDE ANY INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT
ACCELERATION LANES HOWEVER MIKE FROM TRANSPORTATION STAFF IS HERE
TONIGHT IF YOU CARE TO ASK HIM ABOUT THAT.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: I WOULD, THANK YOU.
>>GOOD EVENING MICHAEL DOORWEATHER (PHONETIC) WITH PUBLIC WORKS.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: DID YOU HEAR THE QUESTION.
>>YES I DID.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: DID YOU LOOK AT THE DECELERATION AND
ACCELERATION.
>>WE TALKED ABOUT IT TOM AND I DID ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE
NOTING ON THE FUTURE PLAN IS THAT COUNTY ROAD 39 IS SHOWN AS
ENHANCED ROADWAY SO THERE'S AN ABILITY TO PROVIDE TURN LANES IN
THE FUTURE SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IS WHETHER
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THERE WOULD BE ANY NEED FOR TURN LANES AND THEN WE NOTED THERE
COULD BE A -- ACCOMMODATED BASED ON THE TYPICAL SECTION OUTLINED
FOR FUTURE ROADWAY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE TO TAKE
PLACE IS THERE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO BE A FOUR FOOT RESERVATION
BASICALLY FROM THE CENTERLINE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT TURN LANE BUT
IT COULD BE DONE IT COULD BE PUT IN AS A CONDITION IF IT'S
SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED WE WERE KIND OF UNCERTAIN
ABOUT IT ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT IS TO MAKE SURE WE HAD
ENOUGH STORAGE ONSITE OUTSIDE THE GATE IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE
WHAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE THE TRUCKS TURNING IN.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: COUNTY ROAD 39 IS A TWO LANE UNDIVIDED
ROAD SO AN ACCELERATING TRUCK IS GOING TO BE NECESSARILY MOVING
INTO TRAFFIC WITH A VEHICLE APPROACHING FROM ONLY ONE LANE THE
SAME LANE IS THAT RIGHT?
>>THAT WOULD BE CORRECT.
WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION.
THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: IS THIS A CONSIDERATION YOU GUYS WOULD
GIVE DURING THE OPERATING PERMIT REVIEW PHASE?
>>I'LL LET SOMEBODY ELSE TALK TO THAT.
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>>MIKE STEPHENSON AVAILABLE FROM LAND EXCAVATION STAFF TO ANSWER
THAT QUESTION.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: OKAY.
GOOD EVENING.
>>GOOD EVENING, MIKE STEPHENSON DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, YES,
DURING THE OPERATING PERMIT PROCESS, THE TRANSPORTATION WILL HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND SUBMIT COMMENTS AND CONDITIONS OF
APPROVAL IF THEY SO DESIRE.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU, MIKE.
ALL RIGHT.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
>>RANDY KRANJEC: YES, SIR.
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF WORKED WITH THE APPLICANT AND
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AS WELL REGARDING THE BUFFERING ISSUE.
WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THE BUFFERING ISSUE AS PROPOSED AND
SCREENING AND WHATNOT.
AND FIND IT CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: OKAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST?
SEEING NONE.
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IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST?
YES, SIR.
I SHOULD ASK BEFORE THIS GENTLEMAN SPEAKS IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE
IN OPPOSITION HERE TONIGHT?
OKAY.
ALL YOURS, SIR.
>>MIKE BUTE.
7002 AUTO ROAD.
PLANT CITY FLORIDA 33567.
AUTO ROAD IS A VERY QUIET PEACEFUL NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HAVE A LOT OF WILDLIFE IN THE AREA AND NONE OF THESE GENTLEMEN
ADDRESSED THAT ISSUE.
WE SEE DEER IN THE AREA.
WE HEAR THE COYOTES AT NIGHT WE HAVE FOXES THAT SCAMPER THROUGH
THE YARD.
WE HAVE A COMMUNITY IN THE AREA AND WE ALSO ENJOY OUR SKUNKS FROM
A DISTANCE.
THE PARK IS A HUGE ATTRACTION OF ALL KIND OF WILDLIFE.
WE HAVE SEEN BALD EAGLES, OSPREY THERE ARE MANY, MANY BIRDS, SAND
HILL CRANES ENJOY THE AREA AND I BELIEVE THIS PROJECT WILL REALLY
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HAVE A DIVERSE EFFECT ON THEIR -- EFFECT ON THEIR HABITAT.
GETTING BACK TO THE ROAD ISSUE AS WELL, 39 IS A TWO LANE ROAD.
IT WOULD TAKE A LOT OF MONEY TO FOUR LANE IT FROM 60 TO KEYSVILLE
ROAD AND IT WOULD STILL BE A BOTTLENECK.
KEYSVILLE ROAD AND TURKEY CREEK ROAD IN THE AREA THAT ARE ON THE
PERIMETERS OF THIS DEVELOPMENT AREA ARE BARELY TWO LANE ROADS.
AND THESE TWO LANE ROADS DEAD END INTO EACH OTHER.
AND THEN YOU HAVE DURANT HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT THERE AND YOU HAVE
ADMINISTRATORS COMING IN TEACHERS COMING IN STAFF COMING IN AND
SCHOOL BUSES COMING IN YOU HAVE PARENTS COMING IN.
AND STUDENTS COMING IN.
AND KEYSVILLE ROAD AND TURKEY CREEK ROAD BECOME A PARKING LOT
THERE ARE TRAIN TRACKS IN THE AREA SO IF YOU ADD A FREIGHT TRAIN
INTO THE AREA, IT BECOMES A NIGHTMARE OF A PARKING LOT.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE AREA CANNOT SUPPORT THIS KIND OF
ACTIVITY.
AGAIN LIKE I SAY THE DANGERS TRUCKS COMING IN AND OUT SLOWING
DOWN AND ACCELERATING AND WITH THE TRAFFIC THAT'S -- IT WILL ALL
BE A NUISANCE.
ALSO THE WATER, THE AREAS ARE VERY, VERY WATER SENSITIVE THERE
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ARE TWO MONITORING WELLS ABOUT 50 FEET FROM MY PROPERTY.
WHENEVER THESE WELLS WAS DRILLED I BELIEVE BY -- THIS WAS BEFORE
I LIVED THERE BUT I DO HAVE DOCUMENTATION BEFORE THESE WELLS THEY
WERE DRILLED, AS -- AGAIN THEY ARE MONITORING WELLS.
THEY ARE NOT PUMPING WATER OUT OF THESE WELLS AT ALL BUT WHENEVER
THEY WERE DRILLED, IT CAUSED AN UNDERGROUND EVENT AND SWFWMD HAD
TO COME IN AND DRILL EVERYONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEW WELLS 300
FEET PLUS DEEP AND THEN ANOTHER WELL WAS DRILLED AND THEN SWFWMD
HAD TO COME IN AND PUT WATER SOFTENING DEVICES ON ALL OF THE
WELLS THAT THEY HAD DRILLED.
IT IS A VERY SENSITIVE AREA.
AGAIN LIKE I SAY FOR THE WILDLIFE, FOR THE WAY OF LIFE THAT WE
HAVE THERE NOW IT'S VERY PEACEFUL.
WE ENJOY IT THERE.
THE PARK THERE IS JUST BEAUTIFUL.
THE HOUSES THAT ARE GOING TO EVENTUALLY BE HERE IN THIS
DEVELOPMENT I BELIEVE ARE GOING TO BE KIND OF UPSCALE HOUSES.
THEY ARE GOING TO BE VERY HUGE HOUSES.
VERY WELL MAINTAINED YARDS.
AND LANDSCAPING.
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AND OF COURSE WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE FERTILIZER WHENEVER
THESE YARDS ARE FERTILIZED.
THE RUNOFF GOES INTO THE PARK AREA AND THEN IT RUINS OUR PARKS,
THE MEDARD PARK --
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: I'M GIVING YOU LATITUDE BUT THIS ISN'T
ABOUT A RESIDENTIAL REZONING.
I PREFER YOU SPEAK TO THE LAND EXCAVATION.
>>AGAIN LIKE I SAY JUST THE -- DISTURBING THE LANDS IS GOING TO
AFFECT THE WILDLIFE AND AFFECT OUR WAY OF LIFE THAT WE HAVE
ENJOYED THERE FOR MANY YEARS.
I OPPOSE IT AND I HOPE THAT YOU -- AND THE BUFFER ZONE I MEAN --
REDUCING IT IS A SLAP IN THE FACE REDUCING IT FROM 500 TO 200
FEET IF THEY DO GO FORWARD WITH THIS THE REDUCTION OF THE BUFFER
ZONE IS A SLAP IN THE FACE.
IT SHOULD REMAIN AT LEAST 500 FEET.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: YOUR PREFERENCE WOULD BE 500 FEET AND
NO SPECIFIC SCREENING INSTEAD OF 300 WITH THE SCREENING PROPOSED.
>>RIGHT, YES.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
>>I THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME AND I HOPE YOU TAKE THIS IN
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CONSIDERATION.
THEY HAVE PUT A LOT OF SAFEGUARDS IN THE PROPOSAL BUT AGAIN
PLEASE REMEMBER THE MOST POWERFUL GREATEST LAW THAT HAS EVER BEEN
WRITTEN BY MAN AND THAT'S MURPHY'S LAW IF I CAN -- IF IT CAN GO
WRONG, IT WILL GO WRONG.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY, SIR.
ANYBODY ELSE IN OPPOSITION?
OKAY MR. HIZNAY I HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU.
TOM DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW IF THERE'S ANY MAPPED UPLAND
SIGNIFICANT HABITAT.
>>TOM HIZNAY: THERE ARE TWO COMMENTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED BY
NATURAL RESOURCES.
YOU WILL SEE THEY ARE REFLECTED IN CONDITIONS 19 AND 20.
AND 19 STATES THAT AN EVALUATION OF THE PROPERTY SUPPORTS A
PRESUMPTION THAT LISTED ANIMAL SPECIES MAY OCCUR OR HAVE
RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ZONES THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PERFORM A WILDLIFE SURVEY OF
ENDANGERED SPECIES THREATENED SPECIES OR SPECIES OF SPECIAL
CONCERN PRIOR TO OPERATING PERMIT APPROVAL SO THERE'S A
RECOGNITION BY AGAIN OUR NATURAL RESOURCES STAFF THAT THERE IS A
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POTENTIAL WILDLIFE ISSUE ON THE SITE.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THAT DOES IT.
THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM STAFF?
PLANNING COMMISSION?
MR. HORNER?
>>MICHAEL HORNER AGAIN I'LL BE BRIEF I WAS GOING TO ECHO TOM'S
POINT ON THE RECORD WE STATE WE WILL BE ABIDING BY ALL CONDITIONS
OF RECORD FROM TAMPA BAY WATER NATURAL RESOURCES AND CERTAINLY
THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO AGREE TO THAT
WILDLIFE UP ON HABITAT SPECIES STUDY WE WILL DO SO THE TRAFFIC
ISSUE MR. SCAROLA WE CERTAINLY HAVE THAT BURDEN ON US AT THE
OPERATING PERMIT STAGE WHERE WE WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL DATA
FOLLOWED BY TRIP ORIGIN DESTINATION STUDIES PEAK HOUR IMPACTS AND
THAT'S THE TIMELINE AND I THINK APPROPRIATE TIME FOR US TO
ADDRESS THE IMPACT ISSUES.
SO GOOD QUESTION WE JUST THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE APPROPRIATE AT
THE OPERATING PERMIT STAGE.
IN TERMS OF THE GENTLEMAN'S COMMENTS YOU KNOW WE APPRECIATE THAT.
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WE AGREED TO THE FIVE YEAR HIATUS SOLELY AS A COURTESY SO THEY
HAVE THAT PROTECTION ABOVE AND BEYOND ANY FENCING AND WE THINK
THE BERMING, THE SCREENING, THE PLANTING, THE WEEKEND PROHIBITION
AS WELL AS THE FIVE YEAR HIATUS AND SUNDAY PROHIBITION MORE THAN
MAKES UP FOR THAT HORIZONTAL DIFFERENCE WITH THAT I'LL HAVE MARK
FERRELL ADDRESS BRIEFLY THE WATER QUALITY ISSUE.
>>THANK YOU.
THE GENTLEMAN MENTIONED APPARENTLY THE DISTRICT -- PUTTING WELLS
IN AND CAUSE FAILURE OF THE WELL SYSTEM OUT THERE.
THERE IS A REQUIREMENT BY THE COUNTY THAT WE CAN'T EXCAVATE ANY
CLOSER THAN 10 FEET TO THE LIMESTONE THE GEO TECH IN THIS AREA
SHOWS THE AREA ABOVE THE LIMESTONE 10 TO 15 FEET IS ALL CLAY, WAS
NEVER DISTURBED EVEN IN THE PHOSPHATE MINING DAYS MY CLIENT HAS
NO INTEREST IN MINING CLAY SO WE HAVE A PROHIBITION AND WE DO NOT
ANTICIPATE GOING ANY CLOSER THAN 15 FEET TO BREACH THE AQUIFER SO
WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT SITUATION WE CAN'T ANTICIPATE WILL HAPPEN
HERE.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU.
WITH THAT WE'LL CLOSE SPECIAL USE 14-667.
>>BRIAN GRADY: AGENDA ITEM B.3 SPECIAL USE APPLICATION 14-0748
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THE APPLICANT IS FRESH MARKET INCORPORATED THE REQUEST IS FOR
DISTANCE SEPARATION WAIVERS FOR SPECIAL USE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE 2
COP.
CHOLINE WILL PROVIDE STAFF PRESENTATION AFTER PRESENTATION BEFORE
THE APPLICANT.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: GOOD EVENING.
>>GOOD EVENING MR. SCAROLA I'M GRACE YANG I'M WITH THE GRAY
ROBINSON LAW FIRM 401 EAST JACKSON STREET SUITE 2700 TAMPA,
FLORIDA 33602 HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
THE FRESH MARKET GROCERY STORE IS AN OPEN AND OPERATING STORE
IT'S LOCATED AT 3468 LITHIA-PINECREST ROAD.
IT HAD RECEIVED COUNTY APPROVAL EARLIER THIS YEAR FOR 2 APS
PACKAGE BEER AND WINE SPECIAL USE UNDER PETITION 140537.
THE PENDING APPLICATION BEFORE YOU IS TO EXPAND USE TO 2 COP USE
TO ALLOW BEER AND WINE AS AN OVERALL PART OF THE GROCERY STORE AT
THE FRESH MARKET WE ARE REQUESTING TWO WAIVERS WITH THIS PETITION
THE FIRST WAIVER IS BECAUSE THERE'S RESIDENTIALLY ZONED PROPERTY
WITHIN 250 FEET OF THE FRESH MARKET SUBJECT PROPERTY.
THE SECOND WAIVER THAT WE ARE REQUESTING IS TO ALLOW MORE THAN 3
APPROVED ALCOHOL USES WITHIN 1,000 FOOT RADIUS THERE ARE
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CURRENTLY FIVE APPROVED USES OF SIMILAR ALCOHOL SPECIAL USE
APPROVALS AND THIS WOULD BE THE SIXTH ONE.
OUR JUSTIFICATIONS FOR THE WAIVER ARE AS FOLLOWS: THE PROPERTY
AND THE FRESH MARKET, IT IS LOCATED IN A COMMERCIAL AREA IN AN
EXISTING OPERATING SHOPPING CENTER.
LITHIA-PINECREST ROAD AND THE SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT PROVIDE
BUFFER TO THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN QUESTION THE EXTRA DISTANCE TO
TRAVEL FROM THE FRESH MARKET AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS ARE NEGATED
AND BUFFERED BY THE PARKING LOT AS WELL AS WITH THE LITHIA-
PINECREST ROAD.
THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS ARE SURROUNDING -- ARE ZONED IT'S A PD
MIXED USE AREA WE FEEL IT WOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE MIXED USE
PD USES THAT ARE CURRENTLY APPROVED IN THAT AREA AND AGAIN IT
WOULD -- THE ALCOHOL SALES WOULD SUPPORT AS AN INCIDENTAL USE TO
THE GROCERY STORE.
WITH ME TONIGHT IS DARREN DRENNER THE STORE MANAGER FOR THE FRESH
MARKET AND WE'RE BOTH AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY
HAVE.
THANK YOU.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU.
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MS. MARSHALL.
>>COLLEEN MARSHALL: COLLEEN MARSHALL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES THE
APPLICANT STATED THE REQUEST IS FOR DISTANCE SEPARATION WAIVER
FOR 2 COP ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE PERMIT TO ALLOW BEER AND WINE FOR
SALE AND CONSUMPTION ON AND OFF PREMISES FOR FRESH MARKET STORE
THE LOCATION CURRENTLY HAS 2 APS-IS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE PERMIT
APPROVED FOR THE FRESH MARKET STORE UNDER PETITION 14-0537.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A WAIVER TO THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE
DISTANCE FROM THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE TO RESIDENTIALLY ZONED
PROPERTY SHOULD BE 250 FEET PROPOSED LOCATION IS LOCATED 57 FEET
FROM RESIDENTIALLY ZONED PROPERTY.
THE APPLICANT IS ALSO REQUESTING A WAIVER TO THE REQUIREMENT THAT
THERE SHALL BE NO MORE THAN THREE APPROVED SIMILAR ALCOHOL
BEVERAGE LICENSES WITHIN 1,000 FEET THERE ARE FIVE CURRENTLY
SIMILAR APPROVED LICENSES WITHIN 1,000 FEET STAFF CONCURS WITH
APPLICANT'S WAIVERS.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: IS THERE ANYBODY HERE IN SUPPORT OF
THE REQUEST TONIGHT?
SEEING NONE.
ANY OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST?
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NOPE.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE APPLICANT?
ALL RIGHT.
WITH THAT WE'LL CLOSE SPECIAL USE 14-748.
>>BRIAN GRADY: MR. SCAROLA THAT CONCLUDES SPECIAL USES WE ARE
NOW IN THE REZONING PORTION IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO HEAR FROM
THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE REGARDING PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS
FOR REMAINING ITEMS.
>>LOUIS WHITEHEAD: LOUIS WHITEHEAD ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY.
TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING IS THE FIRST OF TWO STEPS IN THE
COUNTY'S REZONING PROCESS.
TONIGHT'S HEARING IS THE TIME FOR APPLICANTS AND INTERESTED
CITIZENS TO PRESENT TESTIMONY AND OTHER EVIDENCE.
THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED TONIGHT WILL BECOME THE COMPLETE FACTUAL
RECORD OF EACH CASE.
THE RECORD OF EACH CASE WILL BE CLOSED AT THE END OF TONIGHT'S
HEARINGS AND NO EVIDENCE CAN BE INTRODUCED THEREAFTER.
THE SECOND STEP OF THE REZONING PROCESS IS A PUBLIC MEETING
BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AT WHICH TIME THE BOARD
WILL MAKE A DECISION ON EACH PETITION. THE HEARING MASTER WILL
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FILE RECOMMENDATION FOR EACH PETITION HEARD TONIGHT ON AUGUST THE
11TH.
AFTER THE RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN FILED, EACH INDIVIDUAL WHO
DESIRES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AT THE PUBLIC MEETING MUST FILE AN
ORAL ARGUMENT REQUEST NO LATER THAN THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON
AUGUST 21ST.
TONIGHT'S PETITIONS ARE SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD BY THE BOARD AT THE
BOARD'S SEPTEMBER 9TH LAND USE MEETING.
THE BOARD WILL CONSIDER ONLY THE RECORD OF TONIGHT'S HEARING AND
THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE HEARING MASTER IN RENDERING ITS
DECISION.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ORAL ARGUMENT REQUESTS MUST BE RESPONSIVE TO THE
HEARING MASTER'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
ACCORDINGLY ORAL ARGUMENT REQUESTS SHOULD NOT BE FILED UNTIL THE
HEARING MASTER'S RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO THE
COUNTY.
THE BOARD IS NOT REQUIRED TO HEAR ORAL ARGUMENT AT THE PUBLIC
MEETING.
HOWEVER, UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE BOARD CAN ELECT TO HEAR
ORAL ARGUMENT FROM A PARTY OF RECORD.
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A PARTY OF RECORD IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO FITS INTO AT LEAST ONE OF
THE FOLLOWING FOUR CATEGORIES.
FIRST, AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS PRESENT TONIGHT AND PRESENTS ORAL
TESTIMONY OR DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE.
SECOND AN INDIVIDUAL CERTIFIED BY THE POSTAL SERVICE AS HAVING
BEEN MAILED NOTICE OF TONIGHT'S HEARING.
THIRD, AN INDIVIDUAL WHO SUBMITTED DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE TO THE
MASTER FILE AT LEAST TWO BUSINESS DAYS PRIOR TO TONIGHT'S
HEARING.
OR FOURTH, AN INDIVIDUAL WHO SUBMITTED DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE
THROUGH ANOTHER DURING TONIGHT'S HEARING.
IN THE EVENT THE BOARD ELECTS TO HEAR ORAL ARGUMENT PARTIES OF
RECORD WILL FILE RESPONSIVE TIMELY REQUESTS WILL BE CONSIDERED
FOR ORAL ARGUMENT.
ORAL ARGUMENT REQUESTS SHOULD CLEARLY ADDRESS WHY ORAL ARGUMENT
IS NECESSARY TO ADDRESS AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING FOUR
OUTSTANDING ISSUES.
ONE TO RESOLVE AMBIGUITIES IN THE RECORD OF TONIGHT'S HEARING TWO
TO UNDERSTAND THE REQUEST RENDERING ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE IN THE
RECORD, THREE A MISTAKE IN THE HEARING MASTER'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
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OR FOUR TO ADDRESS A MATTER THAT WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE RECORD
TONIGHT BUT IT'S NOT ADDRESSED IN THE HEARING MASTER'S
RECOMMENDATION THE SCOPE OF ORAL ARGUMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE
CONTENT OF TESTIMONY AND OTHER EVIDENCE SUBMITTED VERBALLY OR IN
OTHER WRITING TO THE HEARING MASTER TONIGHT.
THE ONLY INDIVIDUALS WHO MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS ARE ALLOWED TO
SPEAK BEFORE THE BOARD AND NEW EVIDENCE OR -- EVIDENCE OR
TESTIMONY ISN'T INTRODUCED OR ALLOWED IN THE PUBLIC MEETING FOR
THESE REASONS PLEASE MAKE SURE ALL OF THE INFORMATION YOU DESIRE
THE BOARD TO CONSIDER AT THE PUBLIC MEETING IS PLACED INTO THE
RECORD TONIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>BRIAN GRADY: AGENDA ITEM B.4 REZONING APPLICATION 14-0421 THE
APPLICANT IS TURAN PROPERTIES LLC THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM
BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL OFFICE TO A COMMERCIAL GENERAL ZONING
DISTRICT WITH RESTRICTIONS.
ISABELLE ALBERT WILL PROVIDE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AFTER
PRESENTATION BY THE APPLICANT.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: GOOD EVENING.
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>>GOOD EVENING.
KRISTIN MORA ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT 301 WEST KENNEDY
BOULEVARD.
THIS SITE IS CURRENTLY ZONED BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL OFFICE IT WAS
REZONED IN 2008 TO THAT DESIGNATION.
TONIGHT WE ARE HERE JUST FOR A PORTION OF THAT PROPERTY THAT'S
LOCATED CLOSEST TO THE CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF WILLIAMS
BOULEVARD AND LITHIA-PINECREST TO COMMERCIAL GENERAL RESTRICTED.
THERE ARE CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED.
I'LL GO INTO THOSE IN JUST ONE MOMENT.
THE BPO THEN WOULD SERVE THE REMAINING BPO WOULD THEN SERVE AS
TRANSITION BETWEEN COMMERCIAL RESTRICTED TO THE LESS INTENSE LAND
USES.
SINCE THE 2008 ZONING THIS INTERSECTION HAS BECOME A LIGHTED
INTERSECTION.
IT HAS COMMERCIAL ON TWO SIDES OF IT IN ADDITION TO WHAT THE SITE
WILL BE, ONE SITE HAS APPROXIMATELY 40,000 SQUARE FOOT COMMERCIAL
STRIP CENTER.
THAT'S DEVELOPED AND IN USE TODAY.
AND THE OTHER PROPERTY THAT'S ALSO DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THIS SITE
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HAS ABOUT 11,000 SQUARE FEET PART OF WHICH IS A GAS STATION THE
OTHER PART OF WHICH IS ALSO A COMMERCIAL STRIP CENTER.
THE PRESENT APPLICATION IS FOR ONLY ABOUT 5,000 SQUARE FEET OF
THE COMMERCIAL USES.
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL OFFICE USES COULD BE DEVELOPED ONSITE.
WITH RESPECT TO LOCATIONAL CRITERIA, THIS SITE IS SOMEWHAT
UNUSUAL WITH THIS CONFIGURATION.
I'LL GO OVER TO THE OVERHEAD AND SHOW YOU THE AERIAL.
TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY.
THIS IS WHERE THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED.
THIS IS ABOUT 40,000 SQUARE FEET COMMERCIAL STRIP CENTER HERE.
ABOUT 11,000 SQUARE FOOT GAS STATION STRIP CENTER LOCATED THERE.
THIS IS A RATHER LARGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT IS DEVELOPED.
AND THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER NON-RESIDENTIAL USES THAT ARE
DEVELOPED THROUGHOUT THIS AREA.
THE ROAD THAT YOU SEE EXTENDING UP THIS WAY IS RIVER HILLS IT
GOES INTO THE RIVER HILLS SUBDIVISION WHICH IS APPROVED FOR 1375
RESIDENTIAL HOMES.
THE EXACT NUMBER THAT'S BUILT WE DON'T HAVE IN FRONT OF US BUT
THAT'S THE NUMBER OF ZONING ALLOWED.
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THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S POSITION IS THAT SINCE THIS IS LITHIA-
PINECREST IT IS LOCATED ON THE MAPS THAT WOULD MAKE IT AN
ELIGIBLE FOR LOCATIONAL CRITERIA.
THE OTHER ROAD WOULD NEED TO BE MAJOR LOCAL AS NONE OF THESE ARE
LOCATED ON THE MAP THE PLANNING COMMISSION FEELS THAT RIVER HILLS
PARKWAY WOULD BE THE MAJOR LOCAL ROADWAY FOR THE RIVER HILLS
SUBDIVISION WHICH WOULD MAKE THE LOCATIONAL CRITERIA HERE.
OUR ARGUMENT HAS BEEN THAT THIS SITE IN ADDITION IS LOCATED
WITHIN THE SAME PLAN DEVELOPMENT AS RIVER HILLS SUBDIVISION IT'S
OUR POSITION THAT ESSENTIALLY WHAT THE RIVER HILLS SUBDIVISION
HAS DONE IS MOVED LOCATIONAL CRITERIA TO HERE SO THIS BECOMES THE
COMMERCIAL NODE AND THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT
PATTERN THAT'S DEVELOPED THE PLANNING COMMISSION DISAGREES THAT'S
WHERE THE MAJOR LOCAL ROAD IS LOCATED HOWEVER THEY FEEL THAT THIS
IS A UNIQUE SITUATION AND THEREFORE WOULD SUPPORT WAIVER OF
CRITERIA IN EITHER EVENT WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE ALL PARTIES
AGREE THAT THIS SITE IS APPROPRIATE FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
AND FURTHER AS CONDITIONED IT'S CONSISTENT AND COMPATIBLE WITH
WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE AREA.
AS I MENTIONED WE PROPOSED CONDITIONS THAT INCLUDE ORIENTING THE
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SITE TOWARDS LITHIA-PINECREST ROAD AND AWAY FROM THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
IN ADDITION THE PROPERTY WOULD HAVE ADDITIONAL BUFFERING
SCREENING ABOVE WHAT THE WHAT IS REQUIRED ALONG THE PROPERTY LINE
AS AN ADDITIONAL BUFFER FROM THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WE ALSO INCLUDED A
CAP ON THE HOURS OF OPERATION THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT
BUSINESSES ON THE TWO EXISTING COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS ARE DOING
AND IT WOULD CAP COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF 5,000 SQUARE FEET AS I
MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY I WOULD NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT OUR
ENGINEERING WHO HAS REVIEWED THE SITE CURRENTLY IN CONFIGURATION
WITH LITHIA-PINECREST LEADS AC -- BELIEVES ACCESS TO LITHIA-
PINECREST IS THE APPROPRIATE LOCATION FOR THIS SITE AND THAT'S
WHERE WE INTEND TO PLACE IT.
HOWEVER THAT BEING SAID, THERE ARE SOME PLANS OUT THERE TO FOUR
LANE LITHIA-PINECREST.
WE'RE NOT SURE WHETHER OR NOT THOSE WILL ACTUALLY GO FORWARD
THERE IS SOME OPPOSITION TO FOUR LANING IF THAT WENT FORWARD IT
MIGHT HAVE AN IMPACT ON THIS ACCESS WE WOULD JUST NOTE FOR THE
RECORD WE ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH COUNTY STAFF.
IF FOR SOME REASON ACTS TO LITHIA DIDN'T BECOME POSSIBLE BECAUSE
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OF CHANGES IN CONFIGURATION WE WOULD COME BACK IN FOR MINOR
CHANGE AND SEEK A CONDITION FOR ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: MINOR CHANGE SPECIFICALLY
ADMINISTRATIVE.
>>IT WOULD BE A BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPROVAL I BELIEVE.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: MINOR CHANGE IS ADMINISTRATIVE, MINOR
MOD?
>>MINOR MODIFICATION.
EXCUSE ME; THANK YOU.
WE ARE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES AND WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST
YOUR APPROVAL WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY OPPOSITION TONIGHT BUT I'LL
JUST RESERVE ANY ADDITIONAL TIME FOR REBUTTAL IF NECESSARY.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY.
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
>>ISABELLE ALBERT: GOOD EVENING ISABELLE ALBERT DEVELOPMENT
SERVICES.
THIS REQUEST IS TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 1.3 ACRE PARCEL FROM
BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL OFFICE TO COMMERCIAL GENERAL WITH SOME
RESTRICTIONS.
THE APPLICANT AND STAFF HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY TO HAVE SOME
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CONDITIONS THAT WE FOUND THAT WE CAN ALL SUPPORT.
AND THESE CONDITIONS ARE FOUND IN MY REPORT.
THE SURROUNDING AREA AS MS. MORA EXPLAINED IT IS COMMERCIAL IT'S
BECOMING MORE INTENSIVE OVER THE YEARS. THERE'S BEEN
INTRODUCTION OF THE LIGHT THEY HAVE MAINTAINED A PORTION OF THE
SITE TO BE BPO SO THAT WOULD PROVIDE THE TRANSITION.
I WANTED TO CONFIRM WITH THE APPLICANT THAT WE DID INCLUDE SOME
CONDITIONS, SOME RESTRICTIONS TO THE USES, TO HOURS OF OPERATION,
INCREASED BUFFERING AND SCREENING.
SO MORE SPECIFICALLY IT WAS THAT LIMIT OF 5,000 SQUARE FOOT OF
COMMERCIAL USES AND THE APPLICANT JUST SAID THAT PERHAPS IF THEY
DID BPO THEY COULD ALLOWED -- THEY COULD BE ALLOWED MORE AM I
UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY YOU WANT THAT?
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT BECAUSE MY CONDITION LIMITS IT TO
5,000 SQUARE FOOT OF COMMERCIAL USES HOWEVER IF THEY WANT TO
DEVELOP WITH A BPO I WOULD HAVE TO AMEND MY CONDITION TO MAKE
SURE THEY WOULD BE SUBJECT TO BPO DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS HOWEVER
IF THEY DEVELOP COMMERCIAL USES THESE WOULD BE THE RESTRICTIONS.
I JUST WANT SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE CARE OF
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THIS NOW?
>>ISABELLE ALBERT: PLEASE.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: FIRST DID YOU UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.
>>YES.
YEAH, WHAT WE WERE SEEKING AND OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONDITION
IS IT WOULD BE 5,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL USES SINCE THAT'S
WHAT WE WERE ASKING FOR IN THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION.
THE CURRENT BPO ZONING WOULD ALLOW POTENTIALLY I BELIEVE IT COMES
UP TO LIKE 9,000 SQUARE FEET ASSUMING THAT ALL FIT ONSITE WE
WOULD WANT THE ABILITY TO DO 5,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL
POTENTIALLY 4,000 SQUARE FEET OF BPO JUST AS AN EXAMPLE FOR THE
5,000 SQUARE FOOT CAP WE WOULD SEEK FOR THAT TO APPLY ONLY TO I
GUESS IT WOULD BE COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD OR COMMERCIAL GENERAL
USES SO MAYBE I WOULD PROPOSE THAT TO THE CONDITIONAL LANGUAGE.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: I TAKE IT THAT WAS NOT THE INTENT OF
THE CONDITION?
>>I WOULD HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THIS.
JUST GIVE ME A MINUTE.
DISCUSS IT WITH HER.
I KNOW IF YOU LOOK AT THE COMMERCIAL GENERAL USES WE LIMITED
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CERTAIN USES.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: YOU DON'T NEED TO THINK IT OUT HERE
WHY DON'T YOU TAKE A SECOND.
>>ISABELLE ALBERT: RIGHT THAT'S WHAT I MEAN WE CAN WEIGH A
COUPLE OF CASES KEEP THIS OPEN HAVE ME DISCUSS IT WITH HER.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: OKAY.
LET'S DO THAT.
WE'LL -- LET ME GO AHEAD AND SEE WHO WE HAVE IN THE AUDIENCE.
IS ANYBODY HERE TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST?
IN SUPPORT?
I SEE NONE.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST TONIGHT?
OKAY.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND GRANT A CONTINUANCE FOR ONE OR TWO CASES WE'LL
SEE HOW YOU'RE DOING IN DISCUSSIONS AND HAVE YOU BACK.
WITH THAT WE'LL CONTINUE RZ 14-421.
BRIAN.
>>BRIAN GRADY: THE NEXT ITEM IS AGENDA ITEM B.5 REZONING
APPLICATION 14-0722 THE APPLICANT IS JOSEPH AND DEBORAH TAYLOR
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THE REQUEST IS FROM AGRICULTURE SINGLE FAMILY CONVENTIONAL 1 WITH
RESTRICTIONS TO AGRICULTURAL SINGLE FAMILY 1 I'LL PROVIDE STAFF
RECOMMENDATIONS AFTER PRESENTATION BY THE APPLICANT.
>>GOOD EVENING I'M JOSEPH TAYLOR.
CURRENT ADDRESS IS 6418 SHADOW BROOK DRIVE LAKELAND, FLORIDA
33813.
I DON'T HAVE A BIG PRESENTATION.
IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
I WOULD LIKE TO JUST RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE THE COUNTY AND
STAFF FOR DOING EVERYTHING THEY HAVE TO HELP US AND WORK THROUGH
THIS.
WE'RE WANTING TO REZONE TO BE ABLE TO PUT A MANUFACTURED HOME
THERE.
THAT'S IT.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: ALL RIGHT I APPRECIATE THE TESTIMONY.
AND BRIAN ARE YOU DOING LORI'S.
>>BRIAN GRADY: YEAH FOR THE RECORD BRIAN GRADY HILLSBOROUGH
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE AN APPROXIMATELY 8.82 ACRE PARCEL
LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF PRTICHER ROAD 100 FEET NORTH OF
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HARTLEY LANE FROM AGRICULTURAL RESTRICTED TO AGRICULTURAL SINGLE
FAMILY THE CHANGE WOULD EXTENSIVELY AS NOTED BY THE APPLICANT
ALLOW MOBILE HOMES TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE PROPERTY THE CURRENT
ZONING WOULDN'T ALLOW MOBILE HOMES.
THE PROPERTY IS A LEGAL CONFORMING LOT.
THE CHANGE FROM ASC-1 TO AS-1 DOESN'T CHANGE DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS.
THEY ONLY CHANGE EXTENSIVELY BETWEEN THE TWO DISTRICTS IS TO
ALLOW THE MOBILE HOME.
AS I NOTED IT IS A LEGAL CONFORMING LOT THE APPLICANT HAS NOTED
IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH THE SUBDIVISION REGULATION TO CREATE FOUR
LOTS WHICH IS THE MAXIMUM THEY CAN DEVELOP ON THE PROPERTY I'LL
NOTE A VARIANCE WAS GRANTED FOR EASEMENT IN 2007 THAT WAS 07-
0909.
THE AREA HAS A MIXTURE OF AGRICULTURAL USE CONSISTING MUCH SINGLE
FAMILY ASC-1 ZONING ASC ZONING AS 0.4 WHICH PERMITS MOBILE HOMES
AND AR WHICH ALSO PERMITS MOBILE HOMES PROPERTIES TO THE EAST,
NORTH AND SOUTH ARE ZONED AR AND PROPERTIES WEST ZONED AS-1
THEREFORE THERE'S A PRESENCE OF ZONING THAT ALLOWS MOBILE HOME
USES THEREFORE STAFF HAVE FOUND THE REQUEST APPROVAL.
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>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: PLANNING COMMISSION?
>>RANDY KRANJEC: POLICY 1.4 IN THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT
SPEAKS TO COMPATIBILITY STATING IT DOES NOT MEAN THE SAME AS BUT
RATHER SIMILAR TO AND MAINTAINING THE CHARACTER OF THE
SURROUNDING AREA.
POLICY 20.3 IN THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT RECOGNIZES
MANUFACTURED HOUSING AS A VIABLE MEANS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
REITERATING WHAT BRIAN SAID THERE'S A MIXTURE OF ZONINGS OUT
THERE WHICH ALLOW BOTH SITE BUILT AND MANUFACTURED HOUSING AS
WELL AS THE TYPES OF USES OUT THERE CURRENTLY BEING BOTH.
SO WITH THAT PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FINDS THE REQUESTED
REZONING CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU FOR THAT.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST?
SEEING NONE.
OH, OKAY.
THERE YOU GO.
THEY COUNT.
IS THERE ANYBODY TONIGHT IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST?
ANYTHING ELSE FROM STAFF?
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SIR, ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE I CLOSE IT?
ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE I CLOSE IT.
THAT WILL CLOSE RZ 14-722.
>>BRIAN GRADY: AGENDA ITEM B.6 REZONING APPLICATION 14-0734 THE
APPLICANT IS KATHLEEN BROWNELL TEMPLE TERRACE ET AL. THE REQUEST
IS TO REZONE FROM BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL OFFICE TO COMMERCIAL
NEIGHBORHOOD WITH RESTRICTIONS COLLEEN MARSHALL WILL PROVIDE
STAFF RECOMMENDATION AFTER PRESENTATION BY THE APPLICANT.
>>JUDY JAMES 325 SOUTH BOULEVARD THIS IS A REQUEST FOR CNR
RESTRICTED TO ALLOW BPO AND PRIOR SALON ON THE PROPERTY.
THEY ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY IN LITHIA-PINECREST IN 1988 AND
PROCEEDED TO PERMIT IT AS A BEAUTY SALON I INCLUDED IN MY
ORIGINAL APPLICATION HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE IT AVAILABLE TO YOU THE
BUILDING PERMITS CERTIFICATES OF OAK PANSY STATING THEY WERE FOR
-- OCCUPANCY STATING THEY WERE FOR A BEAUTY SALON THE PROPERTY
WAS LEASED AS A BEAUTY SALON SINCE 1998.
KATHLEEN BROWNELL IS CURRENTLY TRYING TO NEGOTIATE THE SALE OF
THE PROPERTY IT WAS DISCOVERED IT'S ZONED BPO WHICH WOULD ALLOW
THE BEAUTY SALON AS AN ACCESSORY USE NOT PRIMARY USE SO WE FILED
THIS APPLICATION.
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WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TIME PERIOD THAT SURROUNDED THE ISSUANCE OF
THE ORIGINAL BUILDING PERMIT STEVEN BROWNELL WAS PERMITTED IN THE
SHOPPING CENTER SOUTH OF THE SITE IF I'M LOOKING AT THE FILE I
CAN ASSUME THAT MAYBE IT WAS PERMITTED AS AN ACCESSORY USE TO THE
SHOPPING CENTER SOUTH OF THE SITE NOTWITHSTANDING THE USE IT WAS
PERMITTED BY THE COUNTY IT'S BEEN IN EXISTING AND -- EXISTENCE
AND WE BELIEVE IT'S SHOWN TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING
AREA THE SETBACKS FAR AND LOT COVERAGE ARE THE SAME FOR BPO AND
CN EXCEPT A BPO WOULD PERMIT A HEIGHT OF 50 FEET.
THERE IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SURROUNDING AREA TO THE NORTH THE
RESIDENTIAL LOTS ARE 130 FEET IN DEPTH WITH 20 FOOT ACCESS
EASEMENT INCORPORATED INTO THOSE LOTS SEPARATING THEM FROM THE
BEAUTY SALON TO THE SOUTH THE -- THERE WAS RECENTLY APPROVED PRS
THAT MOVED THE ENTRANCE FOR THAT SUBDIVISION ADJACENT TO THE
BEAUTY SALON IN ORDER TO CONFORM WITH WIDENING PLANS TO LITHIA-
PINECREST.
AT THE REQUEST OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION WE DID INCLUDE A
CONDITION THAT STATES THAT TREES IN EXCESS OF 5 INCH DBH SHALL BE
PRESERVED WITHIN 10 FEET OF THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY ROUTINE
MAINTENANCE IS PERMITTED AND WITH THAT IT WAS REQUIRED WE SUBMIT
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FOR WAIVER LOCATIONAL CRITERIA WE BELIEVE WE MEET UNIQUE
CIRCUMSTANCES AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: I DON'T HAVE ANY THANK YOU MS. JAMES?
MS. MARSHALL?
>>COLLEEN MARSHALL: COLLEEN MARSHALL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES THE
APPLICANT STATED THE REQUEST IS FOR PROFESSIONAL OFFICE BPO TO
COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD RESTRICTED CNR THE APPLICANT HAS OFFERED
THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS PERMITTED USES SHALL BE LIMITED TO BPO
USES IN A HAIR SALON AS A PRINCIPLE USE.
THE SECOND CONDITION TREES IN EXCESS OF 5 INCH DBH SHALL BE
PRESERVED WITHIN 10 FEET OF THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY ROUTINE
MAINTENANCE AND PRUNING IS PERMITTED SURROUNDING AREAS AND
MIXTURE OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES STAFF FINDS THE
PROPOSED REZONING COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA WITH
PROPOSED RESTRICTIONS STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: PLANNING COMMISSION?
>>RANDY KRANJEC: YES, SIR.
I THINK THE BIG ISSUE HERE THE MAIN ISSUE IS JUST THE REQUEST IS
MINIMALLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THEY ARE APPROVED FOR CURRENTLY
WITH THE RESTRICTION FOR JUST THE HAIR SALON.
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SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST STAFF
THEN RECOMMENDS THAT THE BOARD WOULD APPROVE THEIR WAIVER
REQUESTS TO LOCATIONAL CRITERIA AS WELL BECAUSE THEY FALL JUST
OUTSIDE THE DISTANCE AREA AND BASED ON WHAT'S THERE TODAY AND THE
BUSINESS DISTRICT AND WHATNOT WE FEEL THAT A WAIVER IS
APPROPRIATE.
AND BASED UPON THAT WE FIND THE PROPOSED REZONING CONSISTENT.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: ALL RIGHT THANK YOU FOR THAT.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST?
NO.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST?
MS. JAMES?
ALL RIGHT WITH THAT WE'LL CLOSE REZONING 14-734.
>>BRIAN GRADY: WE CAN MOVE BACK TO ITEM B.4 NOW.
IF YOU WANT TO REOPEN THAT UP.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: WE'LL REOPEN ITEM B.4, 14-421.
>>ISABELLE ALBERT: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THAT TIME SO WE WERE ABLE TO JUST FIX
THAT ONE CONDITION TO ALLOW FLEXIBILITY TO THE APPLICANT.
SO WE ARE GOING TO ADD A SENTENCE IN THE FIRST CONDITION WE'LL
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GIVE YOU A REVISED REPORT AND A SENTENCE WILL STATE THE SITE
SHALL BE DEVELOPED FOR BPO DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS EXCEPT IF
DEVELOPED WITH CG USES THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS SHALL APPLY AND
THEN WE'LL FALL INTO CONDITION NO. 1 LIMITING WITH THAT WE FIND
IT SUPPORTABLE AND COMPATIBLE SUBJECT TO REVISED CONDITIONS.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM
THE APPLICANT IF THAT'S GOING TO BE ACCEPTABLE.
>>YES.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION?
>>RANDY KRANJEC: THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION AS TO THE WAIVER
REQUEST.
BOTTOM LINE IS PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE
BOARD APPROVE A WAIVER REQUEST IN THIS INSTANCE BASED UPON
EXISTING LAND USES IN THE AREA.
COMMERCIAL IN THIS AREA AS WELL SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO FIND THIS
REQUEST APPROVABLE.
WE DO FIND THIS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANKS FOR THAT.
JUST CHECKING ANYBODY TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST?
SEEING NONE.
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IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST?
NOPE.
ANYTHING FROM THE APPLICANT?
>>NOTHING FURTHER JUST THANK YOU AND WE SEEK YOUR APPROVAL.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU WITH THAT WE'LL CLOSE
REZONING 14-421.
>>BRIAN GRADY: THE NEXT ITEM IS AGENDA ITEM B.7 REZONING
APPLICATION. APPLICATION 14-0745 THE APPLICANT IS PULTE HOME
CORP.
THE REQUEST IS FROM AGRICULTURAL RURAL TO RESIDENTIAL SINGLE
FAMILY CONVENTIONAL 9. COLLEEN MARSHALL WILL PROVIDE STAFF
RECOMMENDATION AFTER PRESENTATION BY THE APPLICANT.
>>MORRIS MASSY.
101 EAST KOZZO BOULEVARD TAMPA 33602 ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT I
HAVE A BOOKLET OF MATERIALS FOR YOU AND THE CLERK'S OFFICE MOSTLY
SOME OF THE STUFF THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE I BELIEVE.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU.
>>I'M GOING TO GO OVER TO THE ELMO TO DISCUSS THE REQUEST WITH
AERIALS.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS SHOWN IN YELLOW ON THE AERIAL THIS IS
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PART OF THE STAFF REVIEW PACKAGE.
IT IS APPROXIMATELY 10 ACRES, A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN 10 ACRES IN
SIZE CURRENTLY ZONED AGRICULTURAL RURAL.
PULTE HOME CORP. IS SEEKING TO HAVE IT REZONED TO RESIDENTIAL
SINGLE FAMILY CONVENTIONAL 9 WE BELIEVE IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE
SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD YOU HAVE RIVERVIEW
HIGH SCHOOL IMMEDIATELY TO THE EAST.
YOU HAVE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS IMMEDIATELY
TO THE NORTH EVERWOOD AND CHRISTINA ONE BOTH OF WHICH HAVE BEEN
DEVELOPED WITH LOT SIZES SIMILAR TO RSC LOT SIZES AND IN SOME
CASES EVEN SMALLER TO THE WEST ARE TWO LARGE MOBILE HOME PARKS
NONE OF THEM IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY.
AND ACTUALLY THIS PARCEL IS PART OF THE RICE CREEK UTILITY WHICH
SERVES ONE OF THE MOBILE HOME PARKS.
PULTE HOMES HAS A CONTRACT OPTION TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY
IMMEDIATELY TO THE SOUTH IT WAS RECENTLY REZONED TO PD WITH
STANDARDS FOR LOT DEVELOPMENT SIMILAR TO RSC-9.
THE REASON WE DID THE PD IS YOU DO HAVE LARGER MORE RURAL TYPE
LOTS ALONG THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY.
SO WE AGREED THROUGH THE PD TO A GREATER BUFFER AND SETBACK ALONG
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THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY SO WE BELIEVE THIS REQUEST IS COMPATIBLE
WITH THE AREA AND WOULD REQUEST YOUR RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: OKAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY.
MS. MARSHALL.
>>COLLEEN MARSHALL: COLLEEN MARSHALL. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
AS THE APPLICANT STATED THE REQUEST IS TO REVISE APPROXIMATELY
AGRICULTURAL RURAL AR TO RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY CONVENTIONAL
RSC-9 TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY AS PART OF A SINGLE FAMILY
SUBDIVISION NO REQUESTS FROM REVIEWING AGENCIES THE PROPOSED
REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE RESIDENTIAL PATTERN OF THE
SURROUNDING AREA STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND WE WOULD BE HAPPY
TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU.
PLANNING COMMISSION?
>>RANDY KRANJEC: YES, SIR.
THIS REQUEST FURTHERS POLICY 1.3, 1.4 AND 16.3 AND THE FUTURE
LAND USE ELEMENT STAFF HAS DETERMINED THAT THE REQUEST IS
COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA.
AND FINDS THE REQUESTED REZONING CONSISTENT WITH THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
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>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANKS ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT
IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST?
SEEING NONE?
ANY OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST?
OKAY.
MR. MASSY, ANYTHING ELSE?
WITH THAT WE'LL CLOSE REZONING 14-745.
>>BRIAN GRADY: NEXT ITEM IS B.8 REZONING APPLICATION 14-0157 THE
APPLICANT IS FLORIDA CROSSROADS LTD REQUEST FROM M MANUFACTURING
TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR MIXED USE COMMERCIAL OFFICE INDUSTRY
HOTELS AND MULTI-FAMILY TOMORROW HIZNAY WILL PROVIDE REK AFTER
PRESENTATION BY APPLICANT.
>>VIN MARCHETTI, 101 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD. TAMPA 33601
REPRESENTING THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OWNER.
WITH ME TONIGHT IS TY MASSY HE'S THE PLANNER FOR THE PROJECT.
TY HAS ON THE OVERHEAD JUST AN ILLUSTRATIVE TO SUPPORT THE
SUBJECT PARCEL.
LOCATED NORTH OF THE CROWSSTOWN AND FRONTS EAST OF FALKENBURG
ROAD.
IT SHOULD BE COMING UP IN A SECOND.
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>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: I BELIEVE IT'S A FOCUS ISSUE.
>>SO MUCH FOR THE OVERHEAD.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: IS IT NOT FOCUSING?
IS THAT THE ELECTRIC FOCUSER.
TIME OUT FOR A SECOND.
>>OKAY THAT'S BETTER.
AGAIN SUBJECT 60 ACRE PARCEL LOCATED NORTH OF THE CROWSSTOWN IN
FRONT OF THE EAST OF FALKENBURG ROAD.
THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN BEHALF YOU ILLUSTRATES IT'S KIND OF HARD TO
SEE THERE WITH THE WORDING BUT ILLUSTRATES THE PROPERTY IS
ESSENTIALLY -- TY WHY DON'T YOU POINT THAT OUT.
THE PROPERTY IS 60 ACRES THERE.
IT ABUTS THE I-75 PROPERTY WHICH IS SUBJECT OF THE BASS PRO SHOP
STORE AND ALSO WHAT'S BEING CONSTRUCTED CURRENTLY ON THE
PROPERTY.
THE PARCELS CONCERNED THIS EVENING ZONING LABELED FUTURE
DEVELOPMENT ON THE FLORIDA CROSSROAD PROPERTY.
THE NORTHERN PARCEL AND SOUTHERN PARCEL APPROXIMATELY 10 ACRES OF
UPLANDS ON THE NORTH ABOUT 14 ACRES OF UPLAND ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
THE FLORIDA CROSSROADS PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED M WITH FUTURE
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LAND USE CATEGORY OF REGIONAL MIXED USE 35 WE ARE PROPOSING
VARIOUS MIXTURE OF USES DEPENDING ON THE MARKET CONDITIONS
INCLUDING COMMERCIAL OFFICE RESEARCH CORPORATE PARK HOTEL AND
MULTI-FAMILY.
THE MULTI-FAMILY COMPONENT CAN ONLY BE CONSTRUCTED ON PARCEL A
WHICH IS ON THE NORTH SIDE.
WHY DON'T YOU PUT THE SITE PLAN UP NOW AND WE CAN ILLUSTRATE THE
PARCELS PARCEL A IS THE NORTH PARCEL.
THERE WE GO PARCEL B IS THE SOUTH.
MULTI-FAMILY CAN ONLY GO ON THE NORTH PARCEL WHICH IS THE
ISOLATED PARCEL ABOUT 10 ACRES IN SIZE ISOLATED BY WETLANDS AND
CONSERVATION AREAS.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING EXTENSIVELY WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION THE
ZONING STAFF AS WELL ON THE CORRECT MIXTURE OF USES WE HAVE
AGREED TO CONDITIONS THAT DEMONSTRATE THE MIXTURE WILL OCCUR AT
BUILDOUT.
AND WE ALSO AGREE WITH ALL OF THE PROPOSED CONDITIONS WHICH WE
HAVE WORKED PRETTY HARD ON WITH STAFF AS PREPARED ARE THE STAFF
REPORT AND FILED JULY 11TH BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.
ONE ISSUE THAT CAME UP LATE LAST WEEK FDOT HAD EXPRESSED A
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CONCERN ABOUT OUR SOUTHERLY ACCESS POINT OR CONNECTION FROM
FALKENBURG ROAD AND INDICATED SOME ACCESS RIGHTS-OF-WAY THAT THEY
HAVE ALONG FALKENBURG ROAD FROM THE CROWSSTOWN.
WE HAVE WORKED THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.
TOM HAS A CONDITION WHICH WE HAVE AGREED TO WHICH ESSENTIALLY
RECOGNIZES THE FDOT LIMITED ACCESS RIGHT-OF-WAY WE'RE GOING TO
RELOCATE THAT POINT OF CONNECTION FURTHER TO THE NORTH PROBABLY
TO BE REMOVED FROM THE LIMITED ACCESS AREA AND OF COURSE STILL
SUBJECT TO ALL COUNTY REGULATIONS AS WELL AS THOSE OF EPC AND
OTHER JURISDICTION AGENCIES.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: IS THERE AN ACCESS OUT OF PARCEL B TO
THE COLLECTOR ROADWAY?
>>THERE IS THE PALMER ROAD EXTENSION THAT IS RIGHT THERE CONNECTS
RIGHT THERE AT A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION THERE.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: DOES PARCEL B HAVE AN INTERNAL
CONNECTION FROM THAT?
>>YES.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: IT DOES.
>>YES BUT DEPENDING ON THE USER AGAIN WE DON'T KNOW WHO THE USER
IS AT THIS POINT THE POTENTIAL RIGHT IN AND RIGHT OUT ON THE
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SOUTH SIDE OF FALKENBURG MAY BE IMPORTANT TO THEM SO WE WANT TO
RESERVE THAT RIGHT WHILE WE'RE AT THIS PROCESS.
THAT'S MY PRESENTATION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: NO.
THANK YOU FOR THE TESTIMONY.
MR. HIZNAY.
>>TOM HIZNAY: TOM HIZNAY PLANNING AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT STAFF
THE APPLICANT HAS PRETTY ADEQUATELY SUMMARIZED THE APPLICATION.
AS HE NOTED, LATE LAST WEEK WE RECEIVED SOME COMMENTS FROM FDOT.
AND THEN THERE WAS AN EXCHANGE OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS OF E-MAILS
AND TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS.
THAT'S ULTIMATELY LED TO A REVISION IN THE CONDITIONS AND I'M
GOING TO HAND OUT CONDITION NO. 4.
EVERYONE IS IN AGREEMENT WITH THE REVISED LANGUAGE.
I'M ALSO GOING TO INCLUDE IN THE HANDOUT THE FINAL COMMENT THAT
WAS SUBMITTED BY DOT TODAY.
BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT SINCE IT CAME IN TODAY TO GET INTO THE
RECORD WE HAD TO BRING IT TO THE MEETING.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: ALL RIGHT.
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>>I'LL JUST SUMMARIZE THAT STAFF FINDS THAT THIS REZONING IS
COMPATIBLE WITH DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF SURROUNDING AREA WHICH
INCLUDES OFFICE MULTI-FAMILY AND COMMERCIAL USES INCLUDING AS
NOTED BY THE APPLICANT A REGIONAL RETAILER AND A REGIONAL
RECREATIONAL SERVICE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON THE ADJACENT
PROPERTIES TO THE EAST I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: I'M GOOD, TOM.
THANK YOU.
PLANNING COMMISSION?
>>RANDY KRANJEC: YES, SIR.
CONDITIONS WRITTEN BY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WILL REQUIRE MINIMUM
OF TWO USES ON THE SITE UNDER THIS PROPOSAL.
OUR REPORT IS -- I FEEL IS THOROUGH.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
WITH THAT WE DO FIND THE PROPOSED REZONING CONSISTENT WITH THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU.
ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST?
I SEE NONE.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST?
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MR. MARCHETTI.
GOOD?
ALL RIGHT WITH THAT WE'LL CLOSE REZONING 14-157.
>>BRIAN GRADY: NEXT IS B.9 REZONING APPLICATION 14-0268 THE
APPLICANT IS SCHWENK PROPERTIES THE REQUEST IS REZONE FROM AR AND
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PERMIT 76 SINGLE
FAMILY HOMES.
TOM HIZNAY WILL PROVIDE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AFTER PRESENTATION
BY THE APPLICANT.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: GOOD EVENING.
>>GOOD EVENING JUDY JAMES 325 SOUTH BOULEVARD THIS IS AN
APPLICANT TO REZONE 35.6 ACRES FOR 76 RESIDENTIAL UNITS ON 5,000
SQUARE FOOT LOTS.
THE PROPERTY LIES IN BOTH THE URBAN SERVICE AREA AND THE RURAL
SERVICE AREA.
THE DENSITY IS CALCULATED ON THE URBAN SERVICE AREA LANDS ONLY
AND THERE'S NO BLENDING BETWEEN THE URBAN AND RURAL SERVICE AREAS
THE HOMES WILL BE MINIMUM 5,000 SQUARE FEET WILL BE SERVED BY
PUBLIC WATER AND SEWER.
THERE WILL BE ONE ACCESS ONTO SUMNER ROAD AND FUTURE CROSS ACCESS
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TO THE WEST WILL BE PROVIDED.
THE AREA THAT'S IN THE RURAL SERVICE AREA WILL BE USED PRIMARILY
FOR RETENTION AND PROVIDE BUFFERING FOR THE LARGER LOTS TO THE
EAST OF THE PROPERTY.
PORTIONS OF THIS PROJECT WERE SUBJECT TO PD 04-1011 IT WAS WHEN
WE FILED A PRS LAST WEEK THAT WILL BE HELD SIMULTANEOUSLY AT THE
BOARD HEARING OUR PORTIONS OF THE 04 PD WILL BE TAKEN OUT OF THAT
PD.
IT WILL LEAVE ONE REMAINING PARCEL WHICH CONSISTS OF TWO HOMES
ACCESSING ONTO SUMNER ROAD.
THOSE OWNERS DID RECEIVE NOTICES OF THIS REZONING APPLICATION.
THEY WILL OBVIOUSLY RECEIVE NOTICE FOR THE PRS.
THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY TONIGHT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE OWNERS
OF AIRS WORTH GLENN THE LARGE PD TO THE NORTH WHICH IS CURRENTLY
UNDER DEVELOPMENT FOR 4,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS AND I WOULD ALSO
POINT OUT SINCE 2004, HIDDEN CREEK WHICH IS JUST TO THE SOUTH OF
THIS PROPERTY ON BILL TUCKER ROAD WAS APPROVED FOR 5,000 SQUARE
FOOT LOTS WITH THAT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND
WE HAVE ALL RECOMMENDATIONS OF SUPPORT.
THANK YOU.
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>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU, MS. JAMES.
MR. HIZNAY.
>>TOM HIZNAY: TOM HIZNAY PLANNING AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT.
AS EXPLAINED BY THE APPLICANT THIS IS A REZONING FOR A SITE
THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 40 ACRES IN SIZE.
THE URBAN SERVICE BOUNDARY BASICALLY DIVIDES THIS SITE AND RUNS
NORTH AND SOUTH THROUGH THE SITE.
ALL OF THE HOMES THAT ARE PROPOSED UNDER THIS REZONING WILL BE
DEVELOPED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROJECT IN THE URBAN SERVICE
AREA.
AND WILL BE REQUIRED TO UTILIZE PUBLIC WATER AND WASTEWATER
SERVICES WITH CONNECTION AT THE COST OF THE APPLICANT.
THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY IN THE RURAL AREA WILL BE USED
PRIMARILY FOR STORMWATER RETENTION.
ABOUT 19 ACRES OF THE AREA THAT IS PROPOSED FOR REZONING IS
CURRENTLY COMPRISED OF A PD NO. 041011.
THIS IS AN L SHAPED TRACT AND IN YOUR BACKUP YOU HAVE A MAP OF
THE CURRENT PD 041011 AND YOU'LL SEE IT'S AN L SHAPED TRACT THAT
ABUTS SUMNER ROAD BOTH ON THE NORTH AND EAST ENDS OF IT IT'S
PERMITTED A MAXIMUM 67 HOMES ON LOTS THAT ARE 10,000 SQUARE FEET
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IN SIZE.
IN ADDITION, IT IS PERMITTED TWO OUTPARCELS AT THE EAST END OF
THE SITE EACH APPROXIMATELY ONE ACRE IN SIZE AND THESE ARE
PERMITTED DIRECT ACCESS FROM SUMNER ROAD.
OBVIOUSLY THIS REZONING IF APPROVED WILL DRASTICALLY ALTER THE
STATE OF THE CURRENT PD.
LEAVING BEHIND JUST THE TWO OUTPARCELS THAT FRONT SUMNER ROAD ON
THE EAST END WITHIN THE RURAL SERVICE AREA AS EXPLAINED THE
APPLICANT HAS APPLIED FOR MINOR MODIFICATION TO THE PD TO REFLECT
THE REMNANT STATE OF THAT PD AND IT WOULD BE SCHEDULED FOR
CONCURRENT HEARING BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WITH THIS
REZONING ON SEPTEMBER 9TH.
THE PORTION AS STATED EARLIER ALL OF THE HOMES WOULD BE LOCATED
IN THE URBAN SERVICE AREA WHICH HAS A RES-4 DESIGNATION UNDER THE
COMP PLAN REQUIREMENTS FOR MINIMUM DENSITY THRESHOLDS WITHIN THE
URBAN SERVICE AREA THEY WOULD HAVE TO ACHIEVE A DENSITY OF THREE
UNITS AN ACRE OR THE ZONING WOULD HAVE TO ALLOW THE DENSITY OF AT
LEAST THREE UNITS AN ACRE THIS PROJECT IS ACTUALLY COMING OUT AT
NEAR MAXIMUM DENSITY OF 3.98 UNITS PER ACRE SO IT'S CONSISTENT
WITH THE COMPACT GROWTH STRATEGY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
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WE FIND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF FINDS THAT THIS REZONING IS
COMPATIBLE WITH THE PLAN AND EMERGING SUBURBAN DEVELOPING PATTERN
OF THE SURROUND CAN AREA IT INCLUDES PTC 80-0067 TO THE NORTH OF
THIS PROJECT ACROSS SUMNER ROAD WHICH ALLOWS 4,000 SQUARE FOOT
RE-- REAR ORIENTED SINGLE FAMILY LOTS ALONG SUMNER ROAD WE
FURTHER FIND THAT THE LARGE STORMWATER PONDS ON THE EAST SIDE OF
THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE AN APPROPRIATE TRANSITION FROM THE URBAN
SERVICE AREA TO THE RURAL AREA EASTWARD OF THE SITE AND I'M
AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU MR. HIZNAY AND THE PLANNING
COMMISSION.
>>RANDY KRANJEC: YES, SIR.
THE PORTION OF THE SITE IN THE URBAN SERVICE AREA IS THE PART OF
THE SITE THAT DETERMINES THE DENSITY FOR THIS SITE.
IT DOES MEET MINIMUM DENSITY.
WE FIND THE PROPOSED REZONING CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU FOR THAT.
ANYBODY HERE TONIGHT IN SUPPORT FOR THIS REQUEST?
SEEING NONE, IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST?
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OKAY.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM MS. JAMES?
MS. JAMES?
SORRY, I COULDN'T SEE YOU.
>>NOTHING FURTHER, THANK YOU.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU.
WITH THAT WE'LL CLOSE REZONING 14-268.
>>BRIAN GRADY: NEXT B.10 REZONING APPLICATION 14-0422 THE
APPLICANT IS TRINITY BUILDERS & CONSULTING LLC THE REQUEST IS
BASICALLY TO REZONE TWO PARCELS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ZONED PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT INTO SINGLE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR 380 SINGLE FAMILY
LOTS MICHELLE HEINRICH WILL PROVIDE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AFTER
PRESENTATION BY THE APPLICANT.
>>GOOD EVENING I'M JUDY JAMES 325 SOUTH BOULEVARD.
THIS APPLICATION IS ACTUALLY A PD THAT WILL MELD TWO EXISTING PDS
ONE APPROVED FOR 93 TOWNHOMES WHICH GOES DIRECTLY ONTO 301 THE
SECOND APPLICATION WAS APPROVED FOR 250 TOWNHOMES.
WE ARE CURRENTLY ASKING FOR APPROVAL OF A TOTAL OF 380 SINGLE
FAMILY RESIDENTS.
WHEN I DID THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION FOR THE TOWNHOMES THERE WAS A
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FLEX INVOLVED WE DON'T NEED THAT ANYMORE SO THE FLEX IS NOT PART
OF THIS APPLICATION.
THE REZONING FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES HAD ACCESS TO SHADY
CREEK RESERVE TO THE SOUTH THROUGH TO TECO EASEMENT AND SHOWED
POSSIBLE SECONDARY ACCESS TO TOWNHOME PROJECT HOWEVER THE
TOWNHOME PROJECT DIDN'T SHOW A SECONDARY CROSS ACCESS TO SINGLE
FAMILY ONE SO THIS APPLICATION MELDS THOSE TWO SHOWS THERE WILL
BE AN ACCESS TO 301 AND ALSO SOUTH TO SHADY CREEK RESERVE THE LOT
SIZE IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA WITH SINGLE FAMILY
HOMES AND THE STAFF REPORT REALLY OUTLINES THOSE I'M NOT GOING TO
GO THROUGH THEM AGAIN AT THIS POINT THERE HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTION
PLANS APPROVED FOR 220 UNITS THE APPROVED CONSTRUCTION PLANS
INCLUDE THE PROPOSED CROSS ACTS OVER THE TECO EASEMENT MY OWNERS
OWN THAT LAND IT'S NO LONGER AN EASEMENT ACCESS THE POTENTIAL
BUYER OF THE PROPERTY REQUESTED CLEANUP OF THE CONDITION
BASICALLY THEY WOULD LIKE THE CONDITION REGARDING NO.
5 REGARDING TECO ACCESS DELETED SINCE THAT'S BEEN SATISFIED THE
PLANS HAVE BEEN APPROVED MY CLIENT ACTUALLY OWNS THE PROPERTY AND
THEN --
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: WAS THAT ALREADY DEMONSTRATED TO
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STAFF?
DOES STAFF HAVE THE FINAL DOCUMENTATION ON THAT?
>>YES, THEY DO.
AND CONDITION 4 STATES THAT GIVEN THE REVISED PROJECT IS EXPECTED
TO GENERATE 50 ADDITIONAL PEAK HOUR TRIPS A DETAILED TRAFFIC
STUDY WILL BE REQUIRED AS PART OF THE SITE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AS
I STATED EARLIER WE ALREADY HAVE APPROVAL FOR 220 UNITS WHEN WE
DID OUR TRAFFIC STUDY FOR THE 380 UNITS WE ACTUALLY TRIGGERED 52
PEAK HOUR TRIPS WE REALLY NEED TO DO ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC STUDY IF
WE EXCEED MORE THAN 50 PEAK HOUR TRIPS AND IT MAY OR MAY NOT
HAPPEN IF WE DON'T GO UP TO 380 UNITS SO BASICALLY ALL WE'RE
DOING IS REQUESTING WE ADD TO CONDITION 4 A SENTENCE THAT SAYS AT
THE VERY END JUST COMMA IF MORE THAN 50 ADDITIONAL PEAK HOUR
TRIPS ARE SUBMITTED FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL WE DON'T WANT
HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND DO A TRAFFIC STUDY WHEN WE HAVE
CONSTRUCTION PLANS APPROVED FOR THE 220 AND WE HAD APPROVAL FOR
UP TO 370 UNITS WITHOUT TRIGGERING IT WITH THAT I WOULD BE HAPPY
TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
STAFF HAS A COPY OF THE CONSTRUCTION PLAN APPROVAL AND THE PLAN
ITSELF FOR THE RECORD.
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AND WE HAVE SUBMITTED A REVISED PRELIMINARY PLAT JUST TO MAKE
EVERYTHING MORE MESSY THAT WOULD DO SLIGHT MODIFICATIONS TO THE
APPROVED CONSTRUCTION PLANS BUT THAT PRELIMINARY PLAT IS
CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL SITE PLAN YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU
TONIGHT.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: MORE THAN 50 ADDITIONAL TRIPS?
IS IT MORE THAN 50 ADDITIONAL PEAK HOUR TRIPS?
>>NO.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: OKAY THE OBVIOUS FIRST STEP.
>>THANK YOU.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU.
>>MICHELLE HEINRICH: GOOD EVENING MICHELLE HEINRICH DEVELOPMENT
SERVICES AS STATED THIS IS A REZONING FOR TWO SIDE BY SIDE PDS
INTO ONE PD WHICH TOTALS 147 ACRES.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF U.S. 301, 300 FEET
SOUTH OF SIMMONS LOOP AND LOCATED WITH THE -- WITHIN THE URBAN
SERVICE AREA THE WESTERN PD WAS APPROVED IN '04 AND THAT PD IS
040284 FOR 93 TOWNHOME UNITS WITH ACCESS ONLY TO U.S. 301.
THE EASTERN PD WAS APPROVED UNDER PD 041590 FOR 250 SINGLE FAMILY
LOTS WITH ACCESS TO 301 THROUGH THE PD TO THE SOUTH.
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THIS UNIFIED PD WILL ALLOW 380 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS WITH INTERNAL
ACCESS BETWEEN THE TWO PREVIOUS STAND-ALONE PDS ACCESS TO 301 AND
ACCESS TO THE PD TO THE SOUTH VIA SHADY BRANCH DRIVE ON THE
APPLICANT SITE PLAN IT STATES THE INTERNAL ROADWAYS MAY BE PRICED
AND THEY MAY BE GATED.
THIS APPLICATION DOESN'T HAVE ANY VARIATION REQUESTS ASSOCIATED
WITH IT.
THE -- ASSOCIATED WITH IT THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS PREVIOUSLY
PROPOSED UNDER THE EASTERN PD WHICH WAS FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY
LOTS ARE PRETTY MUCH MIRRORED BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH A FEW MINOR
CHANGES.
THE REAR YARD SETBACK IS REDUCED FROM 20 TO 15 FEET.
THE CORNER LOT FRONT YARD WHICH FUNCTIONS AS A SIDE YARD IS BEING
REDUCED FROM 15 TO 10 FEET.
AND THE MINIMUM LOT WIDTH IS BEING REDUCED FROM 70 TO 50 FEET.
THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE REMAINS THE SAME WHICH IS AT 5500 SQUARE
FEET.
TRANSPORTATION STAFF HAS REVIEWED THIS AND HAS NO OBJECTIONS.
THEY ARE ALSO AWARE OF THE REVISION MS. JAMES SPOKE OF WE TALKED
ABOUT THAT EARLIER TODAY THEY HAVE NO OBJECTIONS SO WE'LL MAKE
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THAT REVISION AFTER THIS HEARING FOR REVISED CONDITIONS.
AND THE SITE IS LOCATED BETWEEN TWO DEVELOPED SINGLE FAMILY
DEVELOPMENTS ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF 301, SHADY CREEK RESERVE IS
LOCATED TO THE SOUTH AND THAT'S BEEN DEVELOPED WITH 200 SINGLE
FAMILY LOTS WITH SIMILAR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
THERE'S ALSO SOUTH FORK LOCATED TO THE NORTH AND THAT'S COMPRISED
OF NUMEROUS INDIVIDUAL PDS THE CLOSEST ONE LOCATED TO THEM ALSO
HAS SIMILAR LOT STANDARDS.
AND THE DEVELOPMENT IS LOCATED WITH AN AREA OF SIMILAR USES AND
THE OTHER ON THE WEST AND EAST SIDE ARE OTHER SINGLE FAMILY AND
SOME OFFICE DEVELOPMENT ALONG 301 WE FIND THIS TO BE COMPATIBLE
WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA.
AND ALSO JUST TO WRAP UP WE'RE ALSO IN AGREEMENT WITH MS. JAMES'
SUGGESTION TO REMOVE CONDITION NO. 5 ABOUT THE TECO EASEMENT.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: NO. 4.
>>MICHELLE HEINRICH: NO. 5.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: I'M SORRY.
>>MICHELLE HEINRICH: BECAUSE THAT IS OWNED PROPERTY OF THE
PROPERTY OWNERS SO THEY ARE NOT CROSSING IT.
THEY ARE UTILIZING THEIR OWN PROPERTY TO GET TO THE SOUTHERN END
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OF THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: PLANNING COMMISSION.
>>RANDY KRANJEC: YES, THIS REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE PROPOSAL IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA.
THEY HAVE SHOWN CROSS ACCESS TO THE SOUTH ON THEIR SITE PLAN AND
AGAIN PLANNING COMMISSION SITE FINDS THE PROPOSED REZONING
CONSISTENT WITH THE COMP PLAN.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: ANYBODY HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THIS
REQUEST?
SEEING NONE.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST?
WITH THAT WE'LL CLOSE PD 14-422.
>>BRIAN GRADY: NEXT IS AGENDA ITEM B.11 MAJOR MODIFICATION 14-
0456 REQUEST FOR MAJOR MODIFICATION EXISTING PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
TO ADD TOWNHOMES TO PORTION OF A PROJECT CURRENTLY APPROVED FOR
CHURCH RELATED USES.
TOM HIZNAY WITH COUNTY STAFF WILL PROVIDE STAFF RECOMMENDATION
AFTER PRESENTATION BY THE APPLICANT.
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>>MICHAEL HORNER 14502 NORTH DALE MABRY HIGHWAY TAMPA, FLORIDA
REPRESENTING KNANAYA ENHANCEMENT ENTERPRISE WITH ME TONIGHT
MR. SCAROLA I BELIEVE ARE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE THREE OWNERSHIP
INTERESTS ON THIS PD FILING THIS HAS BEEN A MOST PD TO WORK ON.
I PASS OFF TO TOM HIZNAY AND STAFF IT'S LIKE PUTTING HUMPTY
DUMPTY BACK TOGETHER AGAIN ON THIS TRACT BUT WE HAVE WORKED
DILIGENTLY TOGETHER OVER THE LAST FIVE MONTHS SUFFICE TO SAY WE
ENCOUNTERED A SHORTAGE OF THREE ACRES ON THE PD PLAN FROM THE
1996 APPROVAL OF THE PD MU WE HAVE SOMETIMES SEEN ADJUSTMENTS
OF POINT TENTH OF AN ACRE TWO-TENTHS OF AN ACRE BUT THREE ACRES
THREE US INTO A LOOP THIS IS A MAJOR MODIFICATION FOR A PORTION
OF THIS PD THAT WAS APPROVED IN 1996.
IT WAS INITIALLY APPROVED FOR A CHURCH A DAY SCHOOL CENTER AND
ALSO ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY THE LDC CONSIDERS RESIDENTIAL HOME
TYPE C THE NORTHERN PROPERTY THAT'S THE SUBJECT OF THIS MAJOR MOD
IS MY CLIENT'S INTERESTED PROPERTY FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT
ENTITLEMENT 7.3 -- 17.3 ACRES CURRENTLY SEEKING APPROVAL FOR 63
TOWNHOMES ON THE 17.3 ACRES WE DIDN'T HAVE AN AS BUILD SURVEY FOR
THE BALANCE OF THE PD WE SURVEYED OUR SPECIFIC PARCEL AND BACKED
INTO THE OTHER SPECIFIC ACREAGES AND REAL EYED WE HAD A
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DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE REPRESENTATIVE SITE DATA TABLE AND
ENTITLEMENTS AND WE DECIDED TO BUMP THE CASE FOR A MONTH OR TWO
GO BACK REVIEW THE SITE DATA ELEMENTS PULL THE PARTIES TOGETHER
AND I THINK WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE REPORT FOR YOU THIS EVENING.
THIS TRACT IS WEST OF KINGS AVENUE.
IN THE RES-4 COMP PLAN TOTAL ACRE IS 27 ACRES NOT 30.86 I BELIEVE
WHICH WAS OF RECORD ON THE 96 PDMU PLAN.
THE '96 PLAN INCORPORATED APPROXIMATELY 30,000 SQUARE FEET OF A
SANCTUARY MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING ON THE 17.3 ACRE PARCEL IN THE
NORTH AS WELL AS SOME BASEBALL FIELDS AND ATHLETIC FIELDS.
WE HAVE FILED AN AMENDED PD PLAN THAT REMOVED THOSE ENTITLEMENTS
ON THE NORTH SIDE THAT SURVEYS OUT OBVIOUSLY THAT 17.3 ACRES FROM
THE PARENT TRACT AND ALLOWS FOR THOSE 63 TOWNHOMES THAT MEETS THE
RES-4 DENSITY CALCULATION REQUIREMENTS.
WHEN WE REVIEWED THAT 17.3 WITH EXISTING WETLAND ONSITE THAT HAS
BEEN SURVEYED, WE ARE SLIGHTLY BEYOND THE 25% THRESHOLD FOR THE
FULL TRANSFER OF DENSITY RIGHTS.
THEREFORE OUR 63 UNITS EQUATES TO ABOUT 3.97 AND NOT A FULL 4.0.
SO FRACTIONALLY WE ARE AT THE TOP OF THE ENTITLEMENT BUT NOT FULL
100% DENSITY TRANSFER.
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SUBSEQUENT TO THE PD 1996 APPROVAL PROPERTY OWNERSHIPS CHANGED
AND PARCELS WERE CREATED AND THAT CREATED SOME OF THE ISSUES IN
TRYING TO GO BACK AND REPLICATE WHAT DOES REPRESENTATIVE
ENTITLEMENTS AND INTENSITIES WERE NOT TO BOG YOU DOWN IN DETAILS
BUT THE CHURCH SITE DAY CARE SITE WE BELIEVE IS ABOUT 5.5 ACRES.
AND THAT HAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000 SQUARE FEET.
A LITTLE BIT UNDER 60,000 SQUARE FEET BETWEEN THE DAY CARE
CENTER, CHILD CARE CENTER AND THEIR SCHOOL OPERATIONS -- EXCUSE
ME THE CHURCH OPERATIONS THE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY THE ALAFAI
VILLAGE ALF A COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL HOME TYPE C IS ON ABOUT 4.1
ACRES TO THE BEST OF OUR RECOMMENDATION FROM -- TO THE BEST OF
OUR RECOLLECTION AND CURRENTLY THE '96 ENTITLEMENTS WHICH
INCLUDES 82 ALF AND ALSO 60 LIFE CARE RESIDENTS.
THEY ARE CURRENTLY LICENSED ACCOMMODATE I BELIEVE ABOUT 71
RESIDENTS THEIR REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE TONIGHT MR. FUCHSIA AND HE
HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THEY ARE WAIVING THEIR RIGHTS TO THE EXISTING 60
LIFE CARE BEDS AND WILL ONLY MAX OUT AT 82 AND PROBABLY WILL
NEVER REACH THEIR 82.
SO WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE ARITHMETICAL CONGRATULATIONS AND THE
SITE DATA TABLE THEY ARE CONSISTENT WITH RESPECTED ACREAGE AND
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TRANSFER RIGHTS FOR BEDS RATIO 5 BEDS PER UNIT AND THE CHURCH
UNDER THE .25 FAR ALLOWED UNDER THE RES-4 COMP PLAN CRITERIA ALSO
COMES JUST UNDER THEIR ENTITLEMENTS FOR EXISTING OPERATIONS.
IT DOES REQUIRE THEM TO WAIVE SINCE THEY ARE ENTITLED TO THE 96
PD THE ADDITIONAL 30,000 SQUARE FEET FOR THEIR MULTIPURPOSE
BUILDING.
SANCTUARY AND FUTURE EXPANSION ON OUR CLIENT'S PROPERTY AND THEY
HAVE DONE SO AND YOU'LL PROBABLY HEAR FROM THEM TONIGHT.
AS WELL WE STAND HERE BEFORE YOU WITH A PLAN THAT WE THINK
ACHIEVES AND RESPECTS ALL THOSE ENTITLEMENTS THAT THE THREE
PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER TIME.
OBVIOUSLY OUR CLIENTS PROPERTY IS VACANT.
WE INITIALLY FILED FOR A NUMBER OF ITERATIONS INCLUDING VARIOUS
ITERATIONS FOR AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY AS WELL.
THAT REQUIRED US TO FILE WAIVERS FOR THE DISTANCE SEPARATION
CRITERIA UNDER THE LDC.
FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH THE OPERATOR OF THE ALAFAI VILLAGE
LIVING FACILITY MY CLIENTS RESULTED IN AGREEMENT WE PULLED AND
WITHDREW THAT APPLICATION.
SO BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS ONLY THE MODIFICATION FOR THE 63
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TOWNHOMES WITH CLUBHOUSE, POOL, ET CETERA.
THE ACCESS REMAINS UNCHANGED.
WE ARE PROPOSING ONLY ONE ACCESS TO KINGS AVENUE ON THE NORTHERN
PORTION OF THE 17.3 ACRE.
THAT PD PLAN IN '96 DID INCORPORATE A CROSS ACCESS CONNECTION
BETWEEN THE CHURCH DAY CARE AND OUR CLIENTS 17 ACRE PARCEL TO THE
NORTH I'LL SHOW THAT PLAN TO YOU SHORTLY ON THE OVERHEAD.
WE THINK STRIKE THAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN
CONNECTIVITY WITH THE DRIVEWAY VEHICULAR CONNECTION HOWEVER THE
PROPERTY OWNER TO THE SOUTH, THE CHURCH AND DAY CARE CENTER HAVE
SOME CONCERNS AND WE HAVE NOW RESTRICTED THAT DRIVEWAY CONNECTION
TO ONLY PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION TO MEET THE INTENT OF THE
CONNECTIVITY REQUIREMENTS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THEIR
GOALS, POLICIES AND OBJECTIVES AND AT LEAST WE STILL HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY SINCE WE'RE TRULY A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT RESIDENCE
CHURCH DAY CARE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY WITHIN THAT 27 ACRE
MASTER TRACTS.
MR. HIZNAY HAS SENT REVISED CONDITIONS TO ALL PARTIES.
I BELIEVE ALTHOUGH WE WERE NOT PARTICIPANTS IN THOSE DIRECT
MEETINGS THE CONSENSUS WAS ACHIEVED BASED ON HIS RECOLLECTION OF
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THOSE MEETINGS TO ME.
THIS IS IN THE URBAN SERVICE AREA.
PUBLIC WATER, PUBLIC SEWER WILL BE UTILIZED.
WE WILL MEET ALL 606 REQUIREMENTS WE HAVE A TYPE 2 BUFFER.
ON THE TYPE B BUFFER ON THE NORTHERN SIDE.
THERE'S SOME EXISTING LARGE OAK TREES BETWEEN SINGLE FAMILY LOTS
TO THE NORTH AND OUR PROPOSED TOWNHOMES WHICH WILL ALSO BE TWO
STORY.
WE ALSO HAVE BUFFERING AND SCREENING ALONG KINGS AVENUE WE AGREE
TO TYPE A BUFFER ON THE SOUTH SIDE, AS WELL.
WE HAVE NO IMPACT PROPOSED TO THE WETLANDS.
WE HAVE FURTHER AGREED TO THE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION ONLY AND NO
VEHICULAR CONNECTION.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE RECEIVED ANY OPPOSITION.
A COUPLE OF PEOPLE HAVE CONTACTED MY OFFICE RELATIVE TO THE
INQUIRY SINCE WE RECEIVED SEVERAL NOTICES BUT WE DID WITHDRAW THE
ALF AND THE ACCESS LOCATION ON KINGS WILL BE OFFSET BY SOUTH VIEW
DRIVE WHICH WAS A COMMENT RECEIVED FROM ONE OF THE PROPERTY
OWNERS.
IF I CAN JUST CLOSE AT THE OVERHEAD WITH A FEW GRAPHICS.
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THIS IS ZONING MAP.
THIS IS THE SHADED AREA THE 17.3.
THIS IS THE PARENT TRACT LESSENING OUT THIS CORNER PARCEL
CURRENTLY ZONED ASC-1 IT'S ACTUALLY A MOBILE HOME PARK SO IT'S A
LEGAL NON-CONFORMING USE THIS IS KINGS AVENUE CHURCH DAY CARE
EXISTING PARCEL THIS IS THE ALAFAI VILLAGE AND THIS IS THE LIVING
FACILITY.
BRIEFLY THIS IS THE '96 APPROVED PLAN OF RECORD ON THE PDMU.
DRIVEWAY CONNECTIONS TO KINGS AVENUE.
THIS IS ROUGHLY THE 17.3 ACRES THAT WE'RE MODIFYING TONIGHT.
YOU CAN SEE THE ATHLETIC FIELDS HERE, THE BALL FIELDS AND ALSO
THE PHASE 2 SANCTUARY MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING OF APPROXIMATELY
30,000 SQUARE FEET THIS BEING THE CHURCH AND DAY CARE CENTER
OPERATION AND THE EXISTING LIVING FACILITY WITH EXPANSION WINGS
WHICH ARE NO LONGER GOING TO BE PROPOSED.
WE WENT THROUGH A NUMBER OF ITERATIONS I WON'T SPEND TIME ON
THESE FOR SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED WE ALSO LOOKED AT TOWNHOMES FOR
40 UNITS ON THE SOUTH SIDE, A 70 BED ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY TO
THE NORTH.
WE THEN MODIFIED THAT RECENTLY TO STAFF FOR APPROXIMATELY 44
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TOWNHOMES.
AND A 60 BET ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY WE NOW STAND BEFORE YOU
TONIGHT OUR FINAL ITERATION APPROVED BY STAFF WE JUST BUBBLED OUT
WE SAID 63 TOWNHOMES NO ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY PEDESTRIAN
ACCESS ONLY AND AN ACCESS TO KINGS JUST SOUTH OF SOUTH VIEW
DRIVE.
THIS IS THE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY.
THIS IS THE CHURCH DAY CARE CENTER I BELIEVE THOSE
REPRESENTATIVES ARE HERE THIS EVENING AND AGREE TO THEIR RESPECT
TO REDUCTION IN ENTITLEMENTS UNDER '96 PDMU SITE PLAN.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: VERY MINOR QUESTION THE OUTPARCEL ON
THE SOUTHEAST IS NOT INCLUDED.
>>NOT INCLUDED.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: HOW BIG IS THAT?
>>GOOD QUESTION.
LET ME JUST PULL THE ZONING MAP OUT HERE.
I WOULD SAY APPROXIMATELY A COUPLE ACRES.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: ABOUT THREE.
>>LOOKING AT THE CORNER IT MIGHT BE EXACTLY 3 WE NEEDED YOU IN
'96 GOOD POINT I THINK YOU'RE PROBABLY RIGHT.
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>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU MR. HORNER.
MR. HIZNAY.
>>TOM HIZNAY: TOM HIZNAY PLANNING AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT STAFF.
AS EXPLAINED BY THE APPLICANT THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING OF A
COMPLICATED CASE.
ORIGINALLY THE PROPERTY WAS IDENTIFIED AS BEING A LITTLE OVER 30
ACRES IN SIZE.
IT ENDS UP BY TODAY'S MEASUREMENTS TO BE ABOUT 27 ACRES.
YOU MAY HAVE STUMBLED UPON WHERE THE AREA CAME FROM.
-- WHERE THE ERROR CAME FROM UNFORTUNATELY THE COUNTY ZONING
RECORDS FOR '96 PD ARE QUITE MEAGER AND SHARE NO LIGHT ON WHERE
THE DISCREPANCY CAME FROM HOWEVER THE APPLICANT WENT TO CONFIRM
ALL EXISTING PROPERTIES THE PROPERTY IS ABOUT 27 ACRES IN SIZE.
NOW WHEN THIS PD WAS FIRST APPROVED IN '96 YOU HAD AN EXISTING
CHURCH IN THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE SITE.
AND THEY ALSO HAD EXPANSION PLANS.
AND ON THE NORTH PORTION OF THE SITE THEY WANTED A MULTIPURPOSE
BUILDING WITH 30,000 SQUARE FEET AND SOME BALL FIELDS RECREATION
FIELDS AND THE PLAN ALSO PROVIDED FOR DEVELOPMENT OF AN ASSISTED
LIVING FACILITY AND/OR LIFE CARE FACILITY ON THE SOUTH PORTION OF
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THE SITE.
AND THAT PROJECT WAS PERMITTED 142 PLACED RESIDENTS IF THEY WERE
ALL IN A COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL HOME.
AT THE TIME THAT THE PD WAS APPROVED, PD PLAN DIDN'T SHOW ANY
POCKETS OR PARCELS.
IT WAS JUST ALL ONE PLAN AND THE NUMBERS FOR IT WORKED BECAUSE
THE ENTIRE ACREAGE OF THE SITE WAS GONE INTO THE CALCULATIONS AND
SUPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT THRESHOLDS THAT WERE PERMITTED.
SINCE THAT TIME, HOWEVER, THE PROPERTY HAS SPLIT INTO THREE
OWNERSHIPS.
YOU HAVE THE APPLICANT WHO OWNS THE MAJORITY OF THE SITE.
YOU ALSO HAVE THE CHURCH WHICH CONTINUES TO OCCUPY THE CENTRAL
PORTION OF THE SITE ON APPROXIMATELY 5.5 ACRES.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY WHICH WAS
DEVELOPED PARTLY DEVELOPED ON THE SOUTH PORTION OF THE SITE ON
ABOUT 4.4 ACRES ACCORDING TO THE OWNER OF THAT FACILITY HIS HOME
IS LICENSED FOR A CAPACITY OF 71 RESIDENTS.
SO THEY ONLY DEVELOPED THE PHASE 1 IF YOU SEE IN THE OLD
CONDITIONS, THEY DID NOT DEVELOP PHASE 2 OR 3 THEY NEVER
DEVELOPED TO THEIR MAXIMUM POTENTIAL.
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SO WHEN THIS APPLICATION COMES IN, AND WHAT THEY WERE ASKING FOR,
THE NUMBER OF TOWNHOMES THAT THEY ARE NOW ASKING FOR ORIGINALLY
START OFF BEING PART COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL HOME PART TOWNHOMES
THEY AMENDED THEIR REQUEST DURING THE DISCUSSIONS TO MAKE IT ALL
TOWNHOMES AND THEY ARE REQUESTING 63 TOWNHOMES.
BASED ON THE SIZE OF THEIR PROPERTY WITH CALCULATED FOR WETLANDS
AND ALL THAT'S THE MAXIMUM ENTITLEMENT ALLOWED ON THEIR PORTION
OF THE SITE, 63 ACRES.
HOWEVER IF WE DIDN'T ADDRESS THE ENTITLEMENTS THAT THE PD
ORIGINALLY GRANTED TO THE CHURCH AND TO THE ASSISTED LIVING
FACILITY, THE PD AS A WHOLE WOULD EXCEED THE ENTITLEMENTS THAT
COULD BE CONSIDERED UNDER THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE ENTIRE SITE IS RES-4.
SO WHAT WE DID IS WE LOOKED AT WHAT THE CURRENT ACREAGE IS FOR
THE CHURCH AND THE CURRENT ACREAGE FOR THE ALF AND WHAT THEY
WOULD SUPPORT.
I'M SORRY?
EXCUSE ME.
SO THE CHURCH WE CALCULATED OUT THEIR MAXIMUM FAR THE 5.5 ACRES
WOULD SUPPORT IT COMES OUT TO 59,895 SQUARE FEET.
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BECAUSE RES-4 ALLOWS A .25 FAR.
NOW, IF YOU WOULD LOOK AT THE CONDITIONS FROM THE OLD ZONING IT
IDENTIFIED THREE THINGS FOR THE CHURCH.
IT IDENTIFIED A 30,000 SQUARE FOOT EXPANSION FOR A MULTIPURPOSE
BUILDING THAT'S THE BUILDING LOCATED ON THE PART OF THE SITE NOW
OWNED BY THE APPLICANT.
AND IT ALSO IDENTIFIED THAT THAT BUILDING PLUS EXISTING CHURCH
BUILDINGS FOR A TOTAL OF 72,500 SQUARE FEET OF FLOOR SPACE IT
ALSO ALLOWS FOR A 6,000 SQUARE FOOT OF CHILD CARE CENTER THAT
CHILD CARE CENTER HAS ALWAYS BEEN DEPICTED ON THE CENTRAL PORTION
OF THE PROPERTY THAT'S STILL CURRENTLY OWNED BY THE CHURCH AND
THAT ALSO PROVIDED FOR A VARIETY OF STORAGE BUILDINGS AND OTHER
CHURCH SCHOOL SUPPORT USES NO MORE THAN 10,000 SQUARE FEET IN
SIZE.
SO IF YOU ADD THOSE NUMBERS TOGETHER YOU COME TO 88,500.
IF YOU SUBTRACT THE 30,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING WHICH IS NOW
LOCATED ON THE APPLICANT'S PROPERTY AND THEY HAVE NO DESIRE TO
DEVELOP, THAT WOULD COME OUT TO 58,500.
SO BY PROVIDING THEM 59,895 WHICH IS THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED BY THE
COMP PLAN THEY ARE ACTUALLY GETTING A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE AM
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OF FLOOR SPACE.
-- IN THE AMOUNT OF FLOOR SPACE.
IMPORTANT HERE IS THE DIMINISHMENT OF THEIR ENTITLEMENTS IS BASED
ON LOSING THE 30,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING AND THAT OTHERWISE THIS
ACTION IS NOT HARMING THEM OR DIMINISHING THEIR ENTITLEMENTS THEY
WOULD OTHERWISE BE ENTITLED TO.
NOW WHEN IT COMES TO ALF BASED ON ITS SIZE OF 4.4 ACRES THAT DOES
NOT SUPPORT 142 BEDS.
THE CODE HAS ALWAYS SAID THAT FOR COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL HOMES
FIVE RESIDENTS EQUAL ONE DWELLING UNIT.
MAY I CONTINUE SIR.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: ABSOLUTELY.
IS THIS A NEW BUZZER?
IS THAT THE NEW TIME?
A DIFFERENT TIME?
>>IT ALSO HAS A DENSITY CONVERSION CALCULATION FOR LIFE CARE
WHICH IS LIKE TWO AND A HALF RESIDENTS EQUALS ONE DWELLING UNIT.
SO BASED ON THEIR 4.4 ACRES WHICH IS ALL THAT THEY OWN, MAXIMUM
NUMBER OF BEDS THEY COULD HAVE IS 82 RESIDENTS IF THEY WERE ALL
COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL HOME BEDS.
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SO THEIR SIZE NO LONGER SUPPORTS 142 BEDS.
IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE OWNER OF THE ALF, THIS WAS EXPLAINED TO
THEM.
AND HE HAS PROVIDED WRITTEN CONSENT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF BEDS
THAT ARE PERMITTED IN HIS FACILITY.
HE SAYS HE HAS NO DESIRE OR PLANS TO EVER DEVELOP ABOVE 82 BEDS
ALSO WE ORIGINALLY DRAFTED THE CONDITIONS TO PROVIDE THE OPTION
OF LIFE CARE BEDS SINCE THE OPTION IS CURRENTLY PROVIDED.
THE NUMBER OF BEDS HE WOULD HAVE WOULD BE REDUCED BECAUSE AGAIN
THE DENSITY CONVERSION IS DIFFERENT.
HOWEVER HE MADE IT CLEAR TO US THAT HE HAD NO INTEREST IN EVEN
MAINTAINING AS AN OPTION HIS LIFE CARE USE THAT IS CURRENTLY
ALLOWED.
SO THE CONDITION SIMPLY NOW SAYS A COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL HOME
WITH 82 PLACED RESIDENTS.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WHAT THE PD PROPOSES IS 63 TOWNHOMES
ON THE APPLICANTS PROPERTY.
53,890 SQUARE FEET OF FLOOR SPACE FOR CHURCH AND ASSOCIATED
CHURCH USES PLUS A CHILD CARE FACILITY WITH A MAXIMUM OF 6,000
SQUARE FEET.
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THE CONDITIONS THAT ALWAYS BROKE OUT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE
CHILD CARE.
SO TOGETHER THE 53895 FOR THE CHURCH AND ASSOCIATED USES AND THE
6,000 SQUARE FEET FOR CHILD CARE CENTER COMES TO 59,895 AND AGAIN
THE CONDITIONS ALWAYS BROKE IT OUT AS A SEPARATE 6,000 SQUARE
FEET.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: TOM, ONE QUICK QUESTION.
YOU SAID YOU GOT IN WRITING THAT THE BED REDUCTION WAS ACCEPTABLE
TO THE OWNER.
DID YOU ALSO GET USE CHANGE FROM LIFE CARE REMOVED AS PART OF
THAT WRITTEN CONFIRMATION.
>>TOM HIZNAY: YEAH THERE'S A STATEMENT IN THE LETTER IF YOU READ
THE LETTER CAREFULLY IT MENTIONED THAT HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT
MAINTAINING THE LIFE CARE.
WE HAVE ALSO HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CHURCH TRUSTEES AND
EXPLAINED YOU KNOW WHERE THE REDUCTION IN THE FLOOR SPACE ALLOWED
ON THEIR SITE COMES FROM.
THEY UNDERSTAND AND ACCEPT IT AND IN VERBAL DISCUSSIONS THEY HAVE
EXPRESSED NO OBJECTIONS.
WE HAVE PROVIDED BOTH PARTIES WITH COPIES OF THE STAFF REPORT THE
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RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL AND HAVE ENCOURAGED THEM TO
ATTEND THIS PUBLIC HEARING IN CASE THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
SO FROM WHAT I CAN TELL IN DISCUSSIONS AND DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE
BEEN SUBMITTED ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THIS PD ARE IN
AGREEMENT WITH THIS MODIFICATION.
WITH REGARDS TO VERY BRIEFLY JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON THE
COMPATIBILITY ISSUES OF THE TOWNHOMES I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT
THAT TO THE NORTH YOU HAVE A ROW OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, WE
BELIEVE THIS PROJECT DISPLAYS SENSITIVITY TO THOSE HOMES THROUGH
A COUPLE OF MEASURES.
ONE THERE'S GOING TO BE A REQUIRED 30 FOOT SETBACK FROM THE
NORTH BOUNDARY OF THE SITE WITHIN SETBACK THERE WILL BE A 20 FOOT
BUFFER AREA WITH TYPE B SCREENING WITH ALSO THE REQUIREMENT THAT
ALL EXISTING NATIVE TREES IN THE BUFFER AREA BE MAINTAINED.
YOU WILL SEE FROM YOUR SITE VISIT THAT THERE ARE SOME SUBSTANTIAL
TREES IN THAT AREA.
WE WANT TO KEEP THOSE THERE. AND THE CONDITION WILL REQUIRE
THAT.
AND ALSO THERE'S A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 35 FEET FOR THE TOWNHOMES
AND FOR BUILDINGS THAT ARE ALONG THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF THE SITE
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EACH CAN HAVE NO MORE THAN 8 DWELLING UNITS I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY
QUESTIONS.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: I THINK THAT SAYS A LOT THANK YOU TOM
AND PLANNING COMMISSION.
>>RANDY KRANJEC: YES, SIR.
UNDERSTANDING ALL OF THE ENTITLEMENT QUESTIONS AND WHATNOT AS A
RESULT OF THE MODIFICATION OF THIS PD, AND UNDERSTANDING THAT
THEY ALL COMPLY WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, LOOKING AT THE
PROPOSED 63 TOWNHOMES WHICH MEETS MINIMUM DENSITY REQUIREMENTS OF
THE PLAN AND IS VIEWED AS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA,
WE FIND THE MAJOR MODIFICATION CONSISTENT.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANKS FOR THAT.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST?
ANYBODY IN SUPPORT?
YES, SIR.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME UP IF YOU DON'T NEED TO.
YOU CAN'T SPEAK FROM BACK THERE.
IT'S EITHER UP HERE OR -- THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
DO YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND THE REST WILL COME EASY.
>>MY NAME IS EDWARD FUCHSIA I LIVE AT 1615 WEATHERFORD DRIVE SO
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I'M A PERSON THAT CAN SPEAK WELL FOR THE ELDERLY BEING ONE.
BUT ANYWAY I OWN -- I SHOULDN'T SAY THAT.
I'M AN OWNER OF THE ALAFAI VILLAGE AND HAVE BEEN SINCE 2005 AND
FRANKLY I'M DELIGHTED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND I'M VERY
ANXIOUS TO HAVE IT DONE.
BECAUSE IF YOU WOULD SEE THE PROPERTY AS IT IS RIGHT NOW, ANY OF
YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO COME NEAR IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY -- THE
KIDS HAVE THEIR TOYS THAT THEY PLAY ON AND SO ON AND SO FORTH AND
IT'S KIND OF A MENACE AND IN THE COMMUNITY AND FRANKLY THIS IS
GOING TO BE A GREAT DEVELOPMENT AND WE'RE ANXIOUS TO SEE IT COME
ALONG.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH YOUR
NEIGHBORS.
ANYBODY ELSE TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST?
SEEING NONE.
ANY OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST?
ANY OPPOSITION?
YES, SIR.
>>I'M ALBERT ROBERTO I RESIDE AT 3819 RIVER CLOSE BOULEVARD IN
VALRICO.
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I'M HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE SACRED HEART CATHOLIC MISSION
OF TAMPA IMC THE NEIGHBOR DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTH OF THE APPLICANT.
THE ONLY OBJECTION THE BOARD HAS ASKED ME TO EXPRESS TONIGHT IS
THE OBJECTION TO ANY CROSS -- PEDESTRIAN ACCESS BETWEEN THE TWO
PROPERTIES.
THEY DON'T SEE A NEED FOR IT.
THEY ARE LOOKING NOT AT THE PRESENT INTENDED USE BUT WHAT MAY
HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
THAT'S THE EXTENT OF THEIR OBJECTION WE JUST WANT TO NOTE IT FOR
THE RECORD.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: OKAY THANK YOU SIR.
ANYBODY ELSE IN OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST?
SEEING NONE.
ANY COMMENTS FROM STAFF?
OH THERE IS SOMEBODY.
>>GOOD EVENING I'M LISA SPITLARRY 805 SCENIC HEIGHTS DRIVE
BRANDON FLORIDA 33511 I LIVE DIRECTLY BEHIND ONE OF THE HOUSES
THAT WILL BE BORDERING THIS THE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES JUST A BUNCH
OF OUR NEIGHBORS WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE WILDLIFE THAT'S IN
THAT AREA.
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THERE'S 17 ACRES WHICH PART OF IT IS WETLANDS AND I'M NOT SURE IF
THEY DID A WILDLIFE STUDY.
I DIDN'T HEAR THAT MENTIONED.
IT'S STATED THAT THERE WAS A TRAFFIC STUDIES DONE ON THE
PAPERWORK BUT I DIDN'T HEAR THAT MENTIONED THIS EVENING SO I'M
NOT SURE HOW THAT CORRESPONDS WITH THE BUILDING.
BECAUSE I'M JUST CONCERNED WITH 63 TOWNHOMES POSSIBLY TWO MORE
CARS PER TOWNHOME, THE TRAFFIC THAT WILL BE ON KINGS AVENUE WILL
AFFECT US ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO GET OUT
TO GO TO WORK.
THEY DID MENTION THE BUFFER.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT WAS 20 FEET.
YOU SAID 30 FEET IS THAT 30 PLUS THE 20 FEET TO EQUAL 50 FEET
BETWEEN US AND THE TOWNHOMES?
I KNOW PEOPLE AT THE END OF THE ROAD WERE CONCERNED WITH THE
RUNOFF.
THEY HAVE FLOODING CURRENTLY WHEN IT RAINS NOW.
SO I KNOW THEY ARE -- THERE IS A RETENTION POND THAT IS BUILT
INTO THE PLANS BUT I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S SUFFICIENT ENOUGH FOR
THOSE PEOPLE DOWN THERE WHO ARE ALREADY EXPERIENCING FLOODING
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EVERY TIME IT RAINS.
WE'RE ALSO CONCERNED WITH HIGHER CRIME RATE.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH THESE TOWNHOMES WILL BE PRICED
AT.
WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE ONE, TWO, OR THREE BEDROOM. WILL THEY
BE USED IF THEY ARE NOT SOLD RIGHT AWAY.
ARE THEY GOING TO BE USED FOR SUBSIDIZED OR SECTION 8 HOUSING.
BECAUSE THAT WILL AFFECT OUR PROPERTY VALUES.
IN THE AREA.
I KNOW IN THE PAST AT THE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY, IN
EMERGENCIES THEY HAVE HAD HELICOPTERS, BAY LIGHTS LAND IN THAT
EMPTY FIELD.
AND I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THAT WAS A SITUATION, WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN TO THOSE PEOPLE IF THEY DO NEED ASSISTANCE.
AND I KNOW AT THIS TIME THERE HAS BEEN LESS LIKE VAGRANTS ORCHIDS
I KNOW HE WAS DISCUSSING -- OR KIDS -- I KNOW HE WAS DISCUSSING
KIDS RIDING THEIR MOTORCYCLES AND SUCH ON THAT THEY PUT A FENCE
UP SO IT'S CUT DOWN ON THAT INCIDENCE A LOT SO WE ARE NOT
CONCERNED WITH THE LOOK OF THE EMPTY FIELDS I'M SURE AS OPPOSED
TO HAVING 63 TOWNHOMES I WOULD RATHER BE LOOKING AT TREES,
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WILDLIFE AND GRASS AS OPPOSED TO THAT SO THAT'S BASICALLY MY
CONCERNS AND WHY I'M OPPOSED TO THIS.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>>YOU'RE WELCOME.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: ANYBODY ELSE?
OKAY.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, TOM, ANY COMMENTS FROM STAFF?
>>TOM HIZNAY: VERY QUICKLY TO ADDRESS VARIOUS ISSUES WITH
REGARDS TO CROSS ACCESS WITH THE CHURCH RIGHT NOW THE SITE SHOWS
VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN CROSS ACCESS SINCE IT WAS GOING TO BE AN
EXPANSION OF THE CHURCH THEY OBJECTED TO THE VEHICULAR CROSS
ACCESS THE APPLICANT AMENDED THE REQUEST TO PEDESTRIAN CROSS
ACCESS WE HAVE HAD SOME CONTINUING DISCUSSIONS ON THAT POINT
STAFF FEELS THAT PEDESTRIAN CROSS ACCESS IS APPROPRIATE IN THIS
CASE.
HOWEVER IF YOU WERE TO FIND THAT YOU WOULD DESIRE NOT TO HAVE
PEDESTRIAN CROSS ACCESS IT CERTAINLY WOULD THE NOT AFFECT OUR
FUNDAMENTAL SUPPORT FOR THE APPLICATION.
NOW WITH REGARDS TO THE OTHER ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT FORWARD,
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TRAFFIC, OUR TRANSPORTATION STAFF DID PREPARE A REPORT.
AND THIS PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE APPROXIMATELY 366
VEHICLE TRIPS A DAY, 20 TRIPS IN THE A.M. PEAK OFF AND 33 TRIPS
IN THE P.M. PEAK HOUR TRANSPORTATION STAFF BELIEVES THIS PROJECT
WILL HAVE QUOTE MINIMAL IMPACT ON ROADWAYS IN THE VICINITY AND
WON'T CHANGE POTENTIAL ROADWAYS LEVEL OF SERVICE WITH REGARDS TO
WILDLIFE OUR NATURAL RESOURCES STAFF REVIEWED THIS APPLICATION
AND IDENTIFIED NO ISSUES CONCERNING WILDLIFE.
HER REQUEST ABOUT THE -- HER QUESTION ABOUT THE BUFFER VERSUS THE
SETBACK NO IT WOULDN'T BE ACCUMULATIVE.
YOU'LL HAVE A 20 FOOT BUFFER AND YOU'LL ALSO HAVE A 30 FOOT
BUILDING SETBACK BOTH MEASURED FROM THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE SO 20
FEET OF THE 30 FOOT SETBACK WILL BE A BUFFER AREA I WOULD LIKE TO
POINT OUT AS A BUFFER AREA IT BY CONDITION IS REQUIRED TO BE
OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION WHICH MEANS
THAT THAT 20 FOOT AREA WILL NOT SERVE AS THE BACKYARD FOR ANY OF
THE TOWNHOMES.
IF THERE'S EACH TOWNHOME GETS PLATTED WITH A SMALL LITTLE REAR
YARD FOR INSTANCE THAT LITTLE REAR YARD WON'T EXTEND INTO THE
BUFFER ZONE.
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THEN THE LAST ONE IS WITH DRAINAGE --
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: BUT THERE'S ALSO A SCREEN.
>>TOM HIZNAY: OF COURSE THERE'S TYPE B SCREENING.
THIS IS COMPRISED OF A SIX FOOT HIGH FENCE WALL OR HEDGE ALONG
WITH A ROW OF TREES THAT AT TIME OF PLANTING ARE TEN FEET TALL
AND PLACED ON 20 FOOT CENTERS AND THEN THE CONDITIONS
SPECIFICALLY REQUIRE ALSO THAT ALL EXISTING TREES IN THE BUFFER
AREA BE MAINTAINED.
UNLESS THE COUNTY APPROVES REMOVAL DUE TO DISEASE OR STORM
DAMAGE.
FINALLY WITH REGARDS TO DRAINAGE THIS PROJECT AS WITH ALL
PROJECTS IN THE COUNTY IS REQUIRED TO COME PLY WITH DRAINAGE
REQUIREMENTS WHICH DON'T ALLOW FOR AN INCREASE IN OFFSITE
DRAINAGE.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE PLANNING
COMMISSION?
RANDY?
OKAY.
THANKS FOR THAT.
MR. HORNER.
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>>RARELY DOES STAFF DO MY REBUTTAL FOR ME BUT I THINK TOM
EFFECTIVELY COMPLETED THAT I WOULD JUST SAY THAT WE THOUGHT THE
VEHICULAR PEDESTRIAN -- AND PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION WAS AN
IMPORTANT ISSUE.
MR. FUCHSIA HAD STRONG FEELINGS ON THAT, AS WELL THIS IS A
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT MIXED USE THE ORIGINAL '96 PLAN CALLED FOR
THAT SHOWED FOR THAT REFLECTED THAT AS PART OF OUR COMPROMISE
WITH THE TRUSTEES WITH THE CHURCH WE AGREED TO ONLY THE
PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION BUT WE THINK THAT'S REASONABLE, APPLICABLE,
IT FULFILLS THE INTENT OF THE POLICIES FOR CONNECTIVITY WITH THE
PLANNING COMMISSION SO WE WOULD ASK YOU TO ENCOURAGE AND FIND
WITH STAFF THAT CONNECTION IS WARRANTED AND HAS MERIT.
I THINK ALL OF THE OTHER ISSUES ADDRESSED IN THE BUFFER, SETBACK,
DRAINAGE WILDLIFE HABITAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN ENTIRE SITE
REVIEW PROCESS I CAN'T ANSWER ABOUT LIFE CARE HEALTH AIR LIFT
OPPORTUNITY THERE IS ON THE OTHER SIDE WETLANDS WE WON'T BE
DEVELOPING THAT CAN BE AVAILABLE FOR THAT I HAVE A REVISE THE
REPORT SINCE THE FIRST REPORT AS PART OF THIS MODIFICATION WAS
ONLY FOR THE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY STRIKE THAT INCLUSIVE OF
THE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY AND TOWNHOMES THIS IS ONLY FOR THE
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TOWNHOMES.
I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: WITH THAT WE'LL CLOSE MAJOR
MODIFICATION 14-456.
>>BRIAN GRADY: I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO TAKE A SHORT
BREAK.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: OKAY.
FIVE MINUTES AND WE'LL BE BACK SHORTLY.
[BREAK]
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: OKAY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WE'LL
BRING OUR HEARING BACK TO ORDER.
>>BRIAN GRADY: THE NEXT ITEM IS AGENDA ITEM B.12. REZONING
APPLICATION 14-0608.
THE APPLICANT IS JIM STUTZMAN.
THIS IS A REZONING APPLICATION FROM AR/AS-1 TO PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT.
TOM HIZNAY WILL PROVIDE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AFTER PRESENTATION
BY THE APPLICANT.
>>GOOD EVENING I'M JIM STUTZMAN.
MAILING ADDRESS IS PO BOX 320323 IN TAMPA 33679.
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AS BRIAN MENTIONED THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY
AR/AS-1 TO PD. THE SITE INCLUDES ABOUT 8 AND A QUARTER ACRES
ALONG 82ND STREET THE SOUTH SIDE OF PALM RIVER ROAD IN THE PALM
RIVER AREA IT'S -- IT ACTUALLY INCLUDES FIVE SEPARATE PARCELS
WITH FIVE SEPARATE PROPERTY OWNERS INCLUDED IN THIS REZONING.
THE INTENT IS TO PERMIT A MULTI-USE PROJECT WITH THE CONTRACTORS
OFFICE WAREHOUSE OPEN STORAGE AND THOSE TYPE OF USES.
THE USES HAVE BEEN LIMITED DUE TO -- FOR THOSE THAT WILL PROVIDE
LOW IMPACT TO 82ND STREET AND ALSO TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH
SURROUNDING LAND USES AND SOME OF THE USES THAT WERE ELIMINATED
LIKE MEDICAL OFFICE, RETAIL THAT WOULD BE HIGH GENERAL -- HIGH
TRAFFIC GENERATORS I WOULD LIKE TO USE THE ELMO TO SHOW
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SITE.
THIS IS THE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH THE BACKUP THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES
ARE HIGHLIGHTED THIS IS PALM RIVER ROAD AND 82ND STREET IS A
DEADEND STREET THAT ENDS IN THIS LOCATION BUT IT DOES BISECT THE
PROPERTIES.
YOU CAN SEE FROM THE ZONING SHOWN ON THE AERIAL SHOWS THAT
THERE'S COMMERCIAL PROPERTY DIRECTLY NORTH OF THE SITE. AND THEN
NORTH OF PALM RIVER IT'S PRETTY MUCH DEVELOPED WITH INDUSTRIAL
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USES AND THERE'S INDUSTRIAL ZONING EAST OF THE SITE WE DO HAVE M
ZONING AND INDUSTRIAL USES.
THERE IS A MULTI-FAMILY APARTMENT COMPLEX TO THE WEST AND I'LL
DESCRIBE LATER BUT WE HAVE INCLUDED A 50 FOOT BUFFER IN THIS
LOCATION AND MAINTAIN THE EXISTING VEGETATION THAT'S LOCATED IN
THAT BUFFER.
IT'S FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL ABOUT 50 FOOT HIGH TREES.
YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE THE APARTMENTS FROM THE SITE THERE'S A VACANT
PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH OWNED BY THE CHURCH.
THERE IS ANOTHER INDUSTRIAL PROJECT AT THE END OF 82ND STREET.
A COUPLE OF HOUSES AND A CHURCH SOUTH OF THE SITE ON THE EAST
SIDE OF 82ND STREET SO THIS AREA REALLY HAS BEEN TRANSITIONING
INTO MORE OF AN INDUSTRIAL HEAVY COMMERCIAL AREA FOR THE LAST FEW
YEARS.
THIS IS A GRAPHIC OF THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT.
AND THIS AREA DOES FALL WITHIN THE COMMUNITY MIXED USE 12 WHICH
AGAIN IS MORE INTENSE CATEGORIES OF THE PLAN IT'S IN THE URBAN
SERVICE AREA.
WHICH THE -- WHERE DEVELOPMENT IS ENCOURAGED IN THE COMP PLAN.
NORTH OF PALM RIVER ROAD IT'S DESIGNATED AS PLANNED INDUSTRIAL.
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THE SITE ALSO DOES FALL WITHIN THE PALM RIVER COMMUNITY PLAN AND
THAT PLAN DOES HAVE A PRIMARY GOAL OF STRIVING TO PROMOTE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESS GROWTH AND JOBS SO WE FEEL WE COMPLY
WITH THAT COMMUNITY PLAN, ALSO.
THIS IS A COPY OF THE PLAN -- THE MOST CURRENT THAT'S BEEN
SUBMITTED.
THIS IS PALM RIVER ROAD AND 82ND STREET.
THERE ARE THREE PARCELS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF 82ND STREET.
AND WE DESIGNATED THEM AS PARCEL A, B, C EAST OF 82ND STREET WE
HAVE PARCEL D WHICH IS THE LARGEST PARCEL ABOUT 4 AND A HALF
ACRES, 4.6 ACRES AND THEN ANOTHER SMALLER PARCEL, THIS IS PARCEL
E ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE'LL BE MAKING TO
THE SITE PLAN AS WE GO THROUGH CERTIFICATION BEFORE THE BOARD
HEARING.
IN THIS LOCATION WE INITIALLY HAD SUGGESTED A 30 FOOT B TYPE
BUFFER AND AFTER DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF, WE HAVE AGREED TO A 50
FOOT BUFFER HERE TO ENSURE COMPATIBILITY WITH THE APARTMENTS THAT
ARE LOCATED WEST OF THE PROPERTY.
OUR INITIALLY APPLICATION WE HAD REQUESTED WAIVERS AND VARIANCES
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TO THE BUFFER LOCATION HERE AND THE BUFFER LOCATION HERE.
AFTER DISCUSSING IT WITH STAFF, WE HAVE SAID THAT WE WOULD GO
AHEAD AND AGREE WITH THE 20 FOOT B TYPE BUFFER IN HERE AS LONG AS
THE EXISTING BUILDINGS CAN INTRUDE INTO THAT BUFFER AND TOM MAY
EXPLAIN WHETHER THAT STILL NEEDS A -- NEEDS A VARIATION OR NOT.
I WOULD ASSUME IT WOULD.
AND THIS AREA WE REQUESTED A TEN FOOT B TYPE TOUGHER RATHER THAN
20 FOOT B TYPE BUFFER AND WE DID GET A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THE
PROPERTY OWNER DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO US IN THAT LOCATION AND AGAIN
THERE'S SOME EXISTING STRUCTURES AND DEVELOPMENT ON THAT SITE
THAT NECESSITATED US TO REQUEST THAT BUFFER WAIVER.
ANOTHER MINOR CHANGE WE WANT TO MAKE IN THE CERTIFIED PLAN IS TO
REMOVE THIS NOTE.
THIS WAS AN INITIAL NOTE WHEN WE HAD REQUESTED M TYPE USES FOR
THE ENTIRE PROJECT AND SINCE THAT TIME WE HAVE AGREED TO CI USES
ON THE WEST SIDE OF 82ND AND MAINTAIN THE M TYPE USES EAST OF
82ND STREET.
WE ALSO WANT TO CHANGE THIS LITTLE NOTE THAT TALKS ABOUT ACCESS
ON 82ND STREET.
IT NOW SAYS EXISTING AND PROPOSED ACCESS.
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WE WANT IT TO JUST SAY EXISTING/POTENTIAL ACCESS WE'RE NOT SURE
IF WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT AS ACCESS ONTO 82ND STREET OR NOT.
WE DO HAVE ACCESS ONTO PALM RIVER ROAD FOR THAT LARGE PARCEL.
THE TRANSPORTATION STAFF HAS REQUESTED THAT WE REWORD THIS NOTE.
IT'S REGARDING A RIGHT-OF-WAY PRESERVATION.
THEY FEEL WE NEED TO SHOW 25 FOOT PRESERVATION ALONG PALM RIVER
ROAD.
AND THEN SET BACK THE 30 FOOT SETBACK FROM THAT LINE SO THOSE ARE
CHANGES WE WOULD BE MAKING TO THAT PLAN AND JUST ONE OR TWO
OTHERS.
NOW THAT WE HAVE CIS ON THE WEST SIDE OF 82ND STREET WE WANT TO
CHANGE THE MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT.
WE INITIALLY HAD M DISTRICT STANDARDS WHICH IS 110 FEET SO THAT
WILL NOW SPECIFY THAT FOR PARCELS A, B AND C ON THE WEST OF 82ND
IT WILL BE 50 FEET AND THEN EAST OF 82ND IT WILL BE THE M
STANDARD OF 110 FEET.
NOT THAT ANY OF THESE STRUCTURES WILL EVER GET TO THAT LIMIT.
AND THEN FINALLY WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD A NOTE 35 THAT SAYS THAT
THE PARCELS WILL BE DEVELOPED INDEPENDENTLY.
BECAUSE THERE ARE FIVE SEPARATE PROPERTY OWNERS.
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SO WITH THAT WE FEEL THAT THE PROJECT AS CONDITIONED AND DESIGNED
THAT IT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE ADJACENT LAND USES AND ZONING AND
IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMP PLAN AND THE PALM RIVER COMMUNITY
PLAN.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: ONE QUESTION.
WITH RESPECT TO THE ISSUE OF THE BUILDINGS ENCROACHING INTO THE
EXISTING BUILDINGS ENCROACHING INTO THE B BUFFER, DID YOU FILE
VARIATION RESPONSES?
>>WE HAVE FILED A VARIATION FOR A REDUCTION IN THE SETBACK AND
BUFFER TO 7 FEET WHICH WOULD KEEP US OUT OF THAT -- WHICH WOULD
KEEP US AWAY FROM THE EXISTING BUILDINGS.
SO I WOULD ASSUME THAT WE STILL NEED THAT VARIATION.
IT'S JUST NOW IT WON'T BE FOR THE ENTIRE BUFFER.
IT WILL JUST ALLOW FOR THE INTRUSION OF EXISTING STRUCTURES IN
THAT BUFFER.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: SO SPECIFICALLY YOU DIDN'T FILE
VARIATION REQUESTS ON THAT?
OR RESPONSES ON THAT?
>>NO.
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>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
JUST NEEDED TO KNOW THAT MR. HIZNAY.
>>TOM HIZNAY: TOM HIZNAY PLANNING AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT STAFF.
THE APPLICANT HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF REVIEWING THE APPLICATION.
SO I'LL JUST FOCUS ON SOME CENTRAL ISSUES.
ONE IS A KEY ELEMENT OF OUR REVIEW WAS COMPATIBILITY OF THIS
PROJECT PARTICULARLY WITH THE EXISTING MULTI-FAMILY PROJECT TO
THE WEST OF PARCEL A WHICH IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF 82ND STREET.
AS NOTED BY THE APPLICANT THEY HAVE AGREED TO PROVIDE A 50 FOOT
WIDE BUFFER WITH TYPE B SCREENING WITHIN THIS AREA.
AND ALSO TO PRESERVE EXISTING TREES IN THIS BUFFER AREA.
AND THIS BUFFER -- THIS EXTENT OF 50 FEET GREATLY EXCEEDS WHAT'S
REQUIRED BY THE CODE.
ADDITIONALLY IF OPEN STORAGE OCCURS IN PARCEL A -- AND IF YOU GO
TO THE SITE YOU'LL SEE IT DOES.
PARCEL A IS CURRENTLY BEING UTILIZED BY A CONTRACTOR FOR HIGHWAY
SIGNS.
AND THEY USE A STORAGE YARD TO HOLD THEIR SIGNS AND THINGS THAT
ARE LIKE ON TRAILERS.
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SO WE HAVE PUT SOME CONDITIONS THAT IF OPEN STORAGE OF ANY SORT
OCCURS IN PARCEL A WHICH IS THE PARCEL THAT'S IMMEDIATELY
ADJACENT TO THE MULTI-FAMILY THAT IT BE LIMITED TO SIGNS,
VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT IN WORKING CONDITION.
AND THAT WHATEVER IS BEING STORED AS A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 20 FEET
WHILE BEING STORED THAT WAY IF YOU HAVE A BOOM TRUCK OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT THE BOOM HAS TO BE DOWN.
AND LASTLY THAT ACTIVE OPERATIONS WITHIN THE STORAGE YARD ARE
LIMITED TO THE HOURS BETWEEN 7 A.M. TO 6 P.M.
THEREFORE YOU COULDN'T HAVE LET'S SAY A TOW TRUCK COMPANY
OPERATING OUT OF PARCEL A AND BRINGING VEHICLES IN IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE NIGHT.
THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE THINK THAT THESE CONDITIONS AND ALSO ANY KIND OF ACTIVITY,
ACTIVE ACTIVITY IN THAT STORAGE YARD IS PROHIBITED ON SUNDAYS, AS
WELL.
SO WE THINK THAT THE EXTRAORDINARY BUFFER REQUIREMENT COUPLED
WITH THE CONDITIONS RESTRICTING OPEN STORAGE ACTIVITIES ON THE
SITE CERTAINLY MORE THAN ADDRESSES ANY KIND OF COMPATIBILITY
ISSUES WITH THE APARTMENTS TO THE WEST.
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NOW WITH REGARDS TO THE TWO VARIATIONS REQUESTS, ON THE WEST SIDE
OF THE PROPERTY ON PARCEL C, THEY HAD REQUESTED TO HAVE A 7 FOOT
WIDE BUFFER WITH TYPE B SCREENING INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 20 FOOT
WIDE BUFFER WITH TYPE B SCREENING.
THERE'S A SINGLE FAMILY HOME TO THE SOUTH OF THE SITE.
THAT'S WHY THEY NEEDED 20 FOOT BUFFER WITH TYPE B SCREENING.
WE DIDN'T REQUEST THIS VARIATION BECAUSE OF THE PRESENCE OF THAT
SINGLE FAMILY HOME NEXT DOOR.
HOWEVER AS FOUND IN OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, WE DO SUPPORT ALLOWING
-- REQUIRING THE 20 FOOT BUFFER WITH TYPE B SCREENING AS NORMALLY
REQUIRED BUT ALLOWING ENCROACHMENT OF EXISTING BUILDINGS ON THE
SITE INTO THAT BUFFER AREA. AND THE CONDITION SPECIFICALLY
ADDRESSES THAT.
SO YES A VARIATION IS STILL REQUIRED.
BUT IT'S NOT -- THE EXTENT OF THE VARIATION IS NOT NEARLY TO THE
DEGREE OF WHAT THEY ASKED FOR.
OUR VARIATION IS TO ALLOW EXISTING BUILDINGS TO REMAIN IN THE
BUFFER AREA OTHERWISE THE BUFFER IS AS REQUIRED.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: I WAS MORE LOOKING PROCEDURALLY JUST
THE ISSUE OF ADDRESSING THOSE BECAUSE IT'S REQUIRED BY THE LDC.
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I MEAN AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED THE APPLICANT CAN TRY TO ADDRESS
IT ON THE RECORD.
>>BRIAN GRADY: HE CERTAINLY CAN AGAIN I DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS
IN FRONT OF ME REGARDING WHAT HE OUTLINED IN HIS VARIATION
REQUEST FOR 7 FEET BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT IT ADDRESSES THE FACT
THAT PART OF THE REASON THE EXISTING BUILDINGS I THINK THE
ARGUMENT YOU MADE IT'S STILL APPLICABLE TO THE ISSUE IS JUST
ACTUALLY A REDUCTION IN THE EXTENT OF THE WAIVER HE ASKED FOR,
VARIATION I SHOULD SAY, AS PART OF HIS APPLICATION.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: WELL SAID.
SO FOR THE APPLICANT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER WHETHER THAT EXISTING
VARIATION SUBMITTAL COULD BE UTILIZED I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THAT
IN THE RECORD OR A MODIFICATION THERETO WHEN WE GET BACK TO YOU.
>>TOM HIZNAY: THEN WITH REGARDS TO THE OTHER VARIATION TO
PROVIDE A 10 FOOT WIDE BUFFER WITH TYPE B SCREENING ON THE EAST
SIDE OF 82ND STREET INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 30 FOOT WIDE BUFFER
WITH TYPE C SCREENING, WE DO NOT OBJECT TO THAT ON THE BASIS THAT
THE AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNER TO THE SOUTH HAS SUBMITTED A LETTER
THAT HE DOES NOT OBJECT TO THE REQUESTED VARIATION.
I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE HEARING MASTER --
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>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THAT HAS A VARIATION SUBMITTAL.
>>TOM HIZNAY: YES THERE'S A VARIATION SUBMITTAL FOR BOTH OF
THESE VARIATIONS AS ORIGINALLY REQUESTED IN THE FILE.
THEN THROUGH THE COURSE OF NEGOTIATIONS THE ONE WE SAID WE DIDN'T
SUPPORT IT AND OFFER AN ALTERNATIVE, HE DID NOT REVISE HIS
VARIATION REQUESTS AT THAT POINT.
I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE HEARING MASTER, HOWEVER, THAT AS PART
OF YOUR FINDING AND RECOMMENDATION ON THIS CASE, YOU ARE REQUIRED
TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON THE VARIATION REQUESTS THEMSELVES.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOW THE LAST THING HERE IS I WOULD LIKE TO HAND
OUT SOME REVISED CONDITIONS GO FIGURE.
THERE WAS SOME LAST MINUTE DISCUSSIONS OF TRANSPORTATION STAFF ON
CONDITION NO. 9 THAT ARE REFLECTED IN THESE REVISIONS. AND THEN
MANY OF THE CHANGES TO THE SITE PLAN THAT WERE DISCUSSED BY
MR. STUTZMAN YOU WILL SEE ARE ALSO REFLECTED IN THE REQUIREMENTS
FOR CERTIFICATION FOUND.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU.
>>TOM HIZNAY: SUMMARY STAFF FINDS THIS REZONING IS COMPATIBLE
WITH THE PREDOMINANT COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL CHARACTER OF THE
SURROUNDING AREA PARTICULARLY ALONG PALM RIVER ROAD WHICH IS
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HEAVILY INDUSTRIALIZED AND COMMERCIALIZED.
WE FURTHER FIND THAT USE RESTRICTION OPEN STORAGE REQUIREMENTS
AND BUFFERING REQUIREMENTS OF THE CODE SHOULD ADEQUATELY MITIGATE
IMPACTS ON ADJACENT MULTI-FAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY USES AND WE
RECOMMEND YOU FIND THIS SUPPORTABLE.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU MR. HIZNAY AND THE PLANNING
COMMISSION.
>>RANDY KRANJEC: YES, SIR FIRST OFF PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF
WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WE APPRECIATE THE APPLICANT AGREEING TO
THE 50 FOOT BUFFER ON ITS WESTERN BOUNDARY.
THIS AREA IS PRIMARILY HEAVY COMMERCIAL.
LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
AND CONTINUING TO DEVELOP MORE SO TO THOSE USES.
BASED UPON THE 50 FOOT BUFFER ADJACENT TO THE RESIDENTIAL USE AND
THE CONDITIONS BY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, PLANNING
COMMISSION STAFF FINDS THE PROPOSED REZONING CONSISTENT WITH THE
COMP PLAN.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANKS FOR THAT.
ANYBODY HERE TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST?
YES, SIR.
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SUPPORT.
OKAY.
ANYBODY IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST TONIGHT?
YES, SIR DO YOU NEED TO SPEAK, SIR?
>>YES.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: OKAY.
COME FORWARD.
>>GOOD EVENING LARRY STYWALL 1108 SOUTH 82ND STREET.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: WHERE IS THAT IN LOCATION TO THE
PROPERTY.
>>RIGHT BEHIND IT.
THE PROPERTY IS GOING TO BACK UP TO MY PROPERTY.
I HAVE A PICTURE OF MY BACKYARD WHERE THE --
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: DO YOU WANT TO SET THAT UP ON THE ELMO
OVER HERE?
THERE'S A MICROPHONE NEXT TO IT AND THERE'S A SWITCH ON THE
MICROPHONE.
>>OKAY.
MY PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY RIGHT HERE IN THIS AREA HERE.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THAT LOOKS LIKE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY THE
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CORNER PIECE THERE?
>>UH-HUH.
OKAY.
AND I'M OKAY WITH IT.
BUT JUST THE BUFFER, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT A LOT BIGGER BECAUSE
I HAVE CHILDREN AND THEY LIKE TO PLAY THERE IN THE BACKYARD.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: SURE, ABSOLUTELY, SIR.
>>YEAH AND JUST THE LAND BEHIND THERE IS -- IT'S A LOT OF WELLS
TEST WELLS THE LAND WAS CONTAMINATED YEARS AGO BY WET WING AND
JUST DEVELOPING THE AREA I'M ON WELL WATER, A COUPLE OF MY
NEIGHBORS ARE ON WELL WATER.
WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THIS SITUATION.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THIS AREA.
BECAUSE THERE'S STILL SOME RESIDENTIAL PEOPLE IN THE AREA.
BUT -- AND IT'S OVER-- THERE'S OVER 11 CHILDREN THAT PLAY IN THE
AREA, TOO.
SO I'M OKAY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE
INFORMATION ON HOW IT'S GOING TO AFFECT TRAFFIC, HOW IT'S GOING
TO AFFECT MY WELL WATER WHEN THEY START DOING CONSTRUCTION,
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THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I JUST DISAGREE ON THAT POINT BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HAD NO
INFORMATION.
IT'S JUST, OKAY, WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION
THERE'S STAFF AVAILABLE TO YOU AND YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE ACCESS TO
THEM.
SPECIFICALLY WITH RESPECT TO YOUR BUFFER QUESTION, LET ME MAKE
SURE THAT WE BOTH ARE ON THE SAME PAGE?
THAT'S THE VERY BUFFER I WAS ADDRESSING A FEW MINUTES AGO IN THE
QUESTIONING.
AND YOU HEARD THE WORD VARIATION.
THAT VARIATION APPLIED TO BUILDINGS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE IN
TERMS OF WHAT'S BEING REQUESTED NOT FOR OTHER NEW BUILDINGS I
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNEW THAT.
>>OKAY.
I DIDN'T CATCH THAT PART.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: DOES THAT CHANGE YOUR PERSPECTIVE A
LITTLE BIT?
>>YES, IT DOES.
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>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THAT POINT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE
WE UNDERSTOOD.
SIR THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY.
ANYBODY ELSE TODAY IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST?
SEEING NONE, MR. HIZNAY ANYTHING ELSE, PLANNING COMMISSION,
RANDY, NO?
MR. STUTZMAN.
>>MR. SCAROLA, REGARDING THE WAIVER REQUEST ADJACENT TO HIS
PROPERTY, I THINK THAT THE CRITERIA AND THE RATIONALE THAT WE
SUBMITTED FOR THE ORIGINAL 7 FOOT VARIATION WOULD APPLY JUST TO
THAT BUILDING LOCATION.
AND IT WOULD BE THE SAME TYPE OF RATIONALE.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: OTHERWISE YOU WILL BE MEETING THE
BUFFER REQUIREMENT BUT FOR THOSE BUILDINGS.
>>YES CORRECT.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: ANYTHING ELSE.
>>THAT'S IT.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: WITH THAT WE'LL CLOSE REZONING 14-
0608.
>>BRIAN GRADY: NEXT B 13 REZONING APPLICATION 14-0623.
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THE APPLICANT IS RHETT PENNINGTON OF URBAN INVEST INCORPORATED
THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM REHABILITATION 4 AND ASC-1 TO
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR -- RSC 4 ASC-1 TO 44 DUPLEX OR TOWNHOME
UNITS ISABELLE ALBERT WILL PROVIDE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AFTER
PRESENTATION.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: IS THE APPLICANT HERE.
>>YES DAVID FUKESON 1508 MARINE COVE LANE ODESSA, FLORIDA I'M
HERE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT THE SITE CURRENTLY IS A FISH FARM
TO BE CONVERTED TO A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY OF 44 UNITS.
THE TYPE OF UNITS HASN'T BEEN DECIDED YET SO THERE'S SOME
FLEXIBILITY THAT THE APPLICANT CAN UTILIZE.
WE HAVE TALKED TO STAFF AND ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE CONDITIONS.
I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT ONE CONDITION THAT WOULD BE OF INTEREST
TO THE RESIDENTS.
BY THE WAY WE DID MEET WITH THE RESIDENTS ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
HAD A VERY GOOD DISCUSSION.
AND THEY WERE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT THE PERIMETER BUFFERING.
AND WE SAID THAT THE APPLICANT WOULD AGREE TO EITHER A WALL OR
PVC FENCE NOT WOOD FENCE AROUND THE PERIMETER AND THAT IS
CONDITION NO. 3 STAFF HAS A FEW CHANGES OR CLARIFICATIONS WHICH
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WE ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH AND THEY WILL BE BRINGING THOSE UP LATER
IN THIS TESTIMONY BUT THAT ENDS OUR PRESENTATION.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU.
MS. ALBERT.
>>ISABELLE ALBERT: GOOD EVENING ISABELLE ALBERT DEVELOPMENT
SERVICES.
THE APPLICANT STATED HE'S REQUESTING A REZONING OF A 9.87 PARCEL
FROM ASC-1 TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS TO ALLOW 44 SINGLE
FAMILY TOWNHOMES OR VILLAS. IT'S RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT RANGING
FROM 1 ACRE TO THE NORTH AND ACROSS THE STREET THERE'S AN
APPROVED TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT THEN THERE'S WETLANDS TO THE EAST
AND TO THE PROPERTY.
THE APPLICANT DID MEET WITH SOME NEIGHBORS WHERE THEY WERE
TALKING ABOUT AND AGREED ON A CONDITION TO HAVE A 6 FOOT WALL OR
PVC FENCE WE HAVE INCLUDED THAT CONDITION INTO OUR RECOMMENDED
CONDITION.
THE APPLICANT ALSO STATED THAT IN CONDITION 1 IN THE TOWNHOME
SECTION OF IT THE SIDE YARD SETBACK I HAVE 7.55.
IT'S A TYPO IT REALLY IS 7.5 FEET.
AND WE ALSO WANTED TO CLARIFY CONDITION NO. 11.1 WHICH IS
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ACTUALLY IT SHOULD BE 12.1.
THE LAST CONDITION.
THE MEASUREMENT OF THE 24 FOOT RIGHT-OF-WAY PRESERVATION SHOULD
BE MEASURED FROM THE RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE NOT THE CENTERLINE I
DISCUSSED IT WITH STAFF TONIGHT JUST TO CONFIRM AND THEY AGREE
THAT SHOULD BE FROM THE RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE AND WITH THESE REVISED
CONDITIONS WE FIND THAT SUPPORTABLE AND I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU.
PLANNING COMMISSION?
>>RANDY KRANJEC: YES, SIR.
THIS SITE AND PROPOSED REZONING IS IN THE RESIDENTIAL 6 PLANNED
CATEGORY ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IT IS IN THE URBAN SERVICE
AREA THERE'S A VARIETY OF HOUSING STYLES OR AT LEAST THE
FLEXIBILITY TO DO A VARIETY OF HOUSING STYLES.
AS MS. ALBERT EXPLAINED THERE'S A TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT APPROVED
JUST TO THE WEST OF THIS SITE.
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FEELS THAT THE PROPOSED REZONING IS
COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA.
AND BASED UPON THAT FINDS THE PROPOSED REZONING CONSISTENT WITH
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THE COMP PLAN SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS PROPOSED BY DEVELOPMENT
SERVICES.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST?
SEEING NONE, ANYBODY IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST?
YES.
IS THERE A PRIMARY SPEAKER BY THE WAY?
I SEE A NUMBER OF HANDS.
WELL THERE'S A TOTAL OF 15 MINUTES SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO ORGANIZE
SOMEHOW.
BUT IT'S UP TO YOU.
15 MINUTES.
IF NOT I'M GOING TO ASSIGN ROUGHLY THREE MINUTES OR SO PER
PERSON.
DOES ANYBODY NEED LONGER THAN THREE MINUTES?
OKAY.
>>GOOD EVENING CAROLYN ROSE CHANCEY 1105 -- EXCUSE ME 11045 SCOTT
LOOP RIVERVIEW, FLORIDA 33569.
I KIND OF DISAGREE ABOUT THE COMPATIBILITY OF THE HOUSING FOR
TOWN HOUSING.
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WE'RE ALL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
ONE ACRE OR LESS.
IN THE AREA.
THESE TOWNHOMES WOULD BE BUILT IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THE
SURROUNDINGS JUST WITH THE FRONTAGE THAT WOULD BE FACING BALM-
RIVERVIEW ROAD WHICH WOULD BE FACING THE OTHER TOWNHOMES.
EXCUSE ME.
AND THE TRAFFIC OUT THERE ON BALM-RIVERVIEW ROAD IS HORRIBLE AT
THIS TIME.
THEY ARE WORKING ON IT.
BUT WHEN THE HIGH SCHOOL IS IN SESSION, WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO
SCHOOL AND COMING FROM SCHOOL, TRAFFIC YOU CAN'T GET OUT THERE ON
TO BALM-RIVERVIEW ROAD.
FROM SCOTT LOOP.
WE ALSO IN AGREEMENT ON SOME OF THE BUFFER.
THERE ARE PROPERTY -- OUR PROPERTY ACTUALLY IS WHERE THEY ARE
PROPOSING THE -- THE RETAINING POND AND AT THIS TIME THERE'S A
DITCH THERE THAT'S NEVER BEEN MAINTAINED AND IS WASHING AWAY
PROPERTY AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A RETENTION POND AND WE
REALLY WANT MORE THAN JUST A SIX FOOT FENCE UP THERE TO PROTECT
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OUR PROPERTY.
ALSO WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT BEING ASC-1 WHERE WE ARE A-- ARE -- WE
ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE ANIMALS AT THIS TIME IF WE ARE REZONED
BLANKETED BECAUSE OF THE REZONING FOR THEIR TOWNHOME THEN WE HAVE
A PROBLEM.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT WHERE THEY WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE A
BUFFER OF MAYBE TEN YEARS BEFORE THAT WOULD GO IN EFFECT.
WE ALSO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR PROPERTY VALUES.
AND ALSO ABOUT WATER AND SEWAGE CONNECTION WE AT THIS TIME HAVE
WELL AND SEPTIC TANKS.
WE DO NOT WANT TO BE FORCED INTO HOOKING UP TO COUNTY FACILITIES.
IF WE ARE, THEN WE BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE ELSE SHOULD PAY FOR THAT
WHEN WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO.
ALSO IF THEY PUT THE RETENTION POND IN, THERE'S A CHAIN-LINK
FENCE UP THERE AT THIS TIME THAT'S THE WHOLE LENGTH OF THE
PROPERTY.
IT'S DOWN IN THE DITCH.
WHO IS GOING TO MAINTAIN THAT DITCH?
ARE THEY GOING TO REMOVE IT AND FILL IT IN AND TAKE THAT FENCING
DOWN?
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I BELIEVE THAT'S ABOUT ALL THAT I HAD AT THIS TIME.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: OKAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY
MA'AM.
YES, SIR.
>>GOOD EVENING DENNIS FURBY 9650 BALM-RIVERVIEW ROAD RIVERVIEW,
FLORIDA.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: WHICH DIRECTION ON BALM RIVER ARE YOU
FROM THE PROJECT.
>>I'M ON THE SOUTH BORDER.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: OKAY.
>>THAT'S -- WE'VE MET WITH THEM AND TALKED.
AND MY ISSUES ARE MAINLY I HAD QUESTIONS.
THERE ARE SOME DESIGNATED WETLAND AREAS THERE.
WHAT CAN THEY DO WITH THE WETLANDS?
CAN THEY USE THEM FOR ANYTHING?
CAN THEY TOUCH THEM?
ALSO THE BUFFER ISSUE, MY SOUTH PROPERTY LINE, I GOT 243 FEET
THAT BORDERS HIS PROPERTY AND I CAN WIND UP WITH AN AWFUL LOT OF
HOUSES WHERE I'VE GOT NOTHING RIGHT NOW BUT A FISH FARM I COULD
WIND UP WITH AN AWFUL LOT OF HOUSES BORDERING MY PROPERTY HOUSES
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OR TOWNHOMES OR VILLAS.
SO I WOULD LIKE SOMETHING SET UP OR I DON'T KNOW WHETHER I NEED
TO TALK TO THEM MORE, WHETHER YOU GUYS HANDLE THAT.
I DON'T WANT TO WIND UP WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF HOUSES THERE OR
TOWNHOUSES LOOKING OVER AT ME AND A BUFFER, A FIVE OR SIX FOOT
BUFFER FENCE.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT'S GOING TO COVER GIVING ME SEPARATION
FROM LIKE I SAY ANYWHERE FROM 10, 12 HOUSES AND PEOPLE AND I WANT
SOME SORT OF A BUFFER IF THEY DO PUT A FENCE, I WANT SOMETHING
THAT GOES DOWN TO THE GROUND OR IN THE GROUND.
I DON'T WANT PEOPLES DOGS ORCHIDS CRAWLING UNDER OR OVER A FENCE
AND THEN I HAVE LEGAL PROBLEMS OR ISSUES.
SO MY MAIN ISSUES ARE JUST MY PROPERTY AND SAFETY THAT I'VE HAD
FOR 35 YEARS OUT THERE.
AND THEY SAY IT'S COMPATIBLE.
I GUESS IT IS IF THAT TOWNHOUSE THING COMES ACROSS THE STREET
EVENTUALLY.
BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES OUT THERE.
SO THOSE ARE MY MAIN ISSUES.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU SIR FOR YOUR TESTIMONY.
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ANYBODY ELSE NEED TO SPEAK?
>>HI MY NAME IS CHRISTINE VEIL.
11019 SCOTT LOOP RIVERVIEW.
MY PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 1.4 ACRES.
AND THE RETENTION POND WOULD BORDERLINE MY PROPERTY, BEHIND IT.
AND MY CONCERN IS THE SAME AS MY NEIGHBORS.
I HAVE LIVESTOCK.
I WANT TO BE ABLE TO KEEP LIVESTOCK ON MY PROPERTY.
THE FENCING, AGREE WITH MY NEIGHBORS -- I AGREE WITH MY
NEIGHBORS.
I DON'T WANT KIDS TO BE ABLE TO COME OVER AND MESS WITH MY OR
WHATEVER HAVE YOU -- MY HORSE OR WHATEVER HAVE YOU AND I HAVE A
LOT OF TREES ON THE PROPERTY THAT WILL BORDER THE FENCE LINE AND
I WANT TO KNOW ARE THEY GOING TO TAKE AWAY ANY OF MY TREES?
AND I'M CURRENTLY ON A SEPTIC TANK BUT I DO HAVE CITY WATER.
BUT I WAS JUST WONDERING HOW THAT WOULD AFFECT ME AS FAR AS
PROPERTY VALUES.
AND I DO WANT THE FENCING.
IT IS AN ISSUE WITH ME, TOO.
I JUST AGREE WITH MY NEIGHBORS.
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>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: OKAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY
MA'AM.
ANYBODY ELSE THAT NEEDS TO SPEAK?
ALL RIGHT I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE OPPOSITION TESTIMONY.
ANYTHING FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES?
>>JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
A COUPLE OF OPPOSITIONS HAVE MENTIONED CONCERN ABOUT THE ZONINGS
IMPACT ON THEIR ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO USE THEIR PROPERTY BECAUSE
THEY ARE AGRICULTURALLY ZONED THIS ZONING HAS NO IMPACT OR
WOULDN'T CHANGE THEIR ZONING ALLOWANCE TO THEIR ABILITY TO HAVE
ANIMALS THEY CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE ANIMALS ON THE PROPERTY IF THE
ZONING WERE APPROVED.
THE ONE GENTLEMAN MENTIONED CONCERNS REGARDING HE I GUESS IS
SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY AND CONCERNS ABOUT WETLAND IMPACTS.
THE PROPOSED PLAN DOES SHOW WETLAND CONSERVATION AREAS.
IT DOESN'T APPEAR FROM REVIEWING THE PLAN THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING
ANY IMPACTS TO THOSE WETLAND CONSERVATION AREAS IN THAT PORTION
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROPERTY.
I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: BRIAN I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE
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COMFORTABLE WITH ANSWERING THIS.
DON'T IF YOU CAN'T OBVIOUSLY.
BUT THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST THAT WOULD
CAUSE AN EXTERNAL PROPERTY TO HAVE TO CONNECT TO WATER AND SEWER?
>>BRIAN GRADY: NO, NOT -- ESPECIALLY IN THIS CASE BECAUSE REALLY
THE RELATIONSHIP TO WHERE THEY WOULD ACCESS WATER AND SEWER
THERE'S REALLY NO RELATIONSHIP WITH THOSE PROPERTIES AND THE
ACCESS ONTO BALM ROAD SO ANY CONNECTION TO WATER AND SEWER WOULD
OCCUR THERE SO IF THE LINES ARE EXISTING ALONG THAT ROADWAY THEY
WOULD CONNECT TO THAT OR WOULD HAVE TO BRING IT DOWN THAT ROADWAY
TO PROVIDE FOR THAT BUT I'M NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING THAT WOULD
CAUSE THEM TO HAVE TO CONNECT TO THAT LINE.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU.
BRIAN, WHAT IS THE STANDARD MAXIMUM HEIGHT FOR A SIDE YARD FENCE
OR YEAR YARD FENCE IN A RESIDENTIAL.
>>BRIAN GRADY: SIX FEET.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: OKAY IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE
-- THAT WOULD RESULT FROM THIS ACTION THAT OWE -- IF OCCURRED
TODAY THAT WOULD CAUSE TREES TO BE TAKEN DOWN ON EXTERNAL
PROPERTIES.
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>>BRIAN GRADY: THERE WOULDN'T BE ANYTHING THAT WOULD CAUSE OR
REQUIRE THAT.
WE HAVE PRESERVATION REGULATIONS SO IF THIS WERE APPROVED AND
THEY CAME IN THROUGH SITE DEVELOPMENT, THEY WOULD BE WORKING WITH
OUR NATURAL RESOURCES STAFF REGARDING PRESERVATION OF TREES ON
THEIR SITE AND IF THEY WERE REMOVING TREES MITIGATION OF THOSE
TREES THAT WOULD REQUIRE MITIGATION BUT NOTHING WOULD AFFECT
TREES OFFSITE AND I DO KNOW THAT NATURAL RESOURCES WHEN THEY ARE
REVIEWING SITE DEVELOPMENT IF THERE'S TREES IN PROXIMITY TO THE
BOUNDARIES THAT COULD BE AFFECTED BY THE DEVELOPMENT THEY
CERTAINLY TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION IN REVIEWING TO MINIMIZE
POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON THOSE TREES, ALSO.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: ALL RIGHT APPRECIATE THE ANSWERS THANK
YOU ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION?
ALL RIGHT.
AND THE APPLICANT?
>>THANK YOU SIR I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THE ISSUES.
I CAN UNDERSTAND THE RESIDENTS.
MOST OF THEM HAVE LIVED IN THIS PROPERTY FOR 30 OR 40 YEARS OR
THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY WE TRIED TO ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS WHEN
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WE MET WITH THEM BUT JUST TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THESE I'M
GLAD I MET WITH THEM BECAUSE I BECAME AWARE OF SOME THINGS I NEED
TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHEN I GO TO FINAL DESIGN ONE BEING DRAINAGE
ON THE EAST PROPERTY LINE I'LL TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THE DRAINAGE
THAT COMES OFF THE EAST PROPERTY LINE THAT GOES INTO THE WETLAND.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: WHERE IS THE DISCHARGE FROM THE SITE.
>>THE DISCHARGE GOES INTO THE WETLAND WHICH IS ACTUALLY A CREEK
IT DRAINS NORTHEASTERLY.
THERE'S QUITE A DEEP CREEK ABOUT 10 FOOT DEEP THROUGH THAT
WETLAND.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: IS THE DISCHARGE GOING TO BE IN THE
NORTHEASTERLY CORNER OF THE SITE.
>>NO NOT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SITE.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE DOWN THE EAST PROPERTY LINE ABOUT A THIRD OF THE
WAY THEN IT GOES DUE NORTHEAST.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: I SEE IT.
>>BUT THERE'S DRAINAGE COMING FROM THE NORTH DOWN THE EAST
PROPERTY LINE THAT DRAINS OFFSITE PROPERTIES INTO THE FISH POND
OF THE CREEK THAT'S CAUSING SOME EROSION APPARENTLY I APPRECIATE
THEM BRINGING IT TO MY ATTENTION I WOULDN'T HAVE NOTICED IT RIGHT
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AWAY.
AS FAR AS WETLANDS WE HAVE NO INTENTION FOR ANY IMPACTS MAYBE A
TEMPORARY IMPACT FOR OUTFALL STRUCTURE BUT NOTHING PERMANENT THE
BUFFER AGAIN WE HAVE A 6 FOOT TYPE BUFFER WE WON'T BUILD A WOODEN
FENCE THE GENTLEMAN EXPRESSED THE CONCERN ABOUT ANIMALS ORCHIDS.
THE PVC FENCE WILL BE A COUPLE OF INCHES INTO THE SOIL OR A BLOCK
WALL THAT WOULD BE ON A FOOTER SO THAT WOULD PRECLUDE MOST
ANIMALS FROM DIGGING UNDER IT AND MOST KIDS.
THAT ENDS MY TESTIMONY UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU WITH THAT WE'LL CLOSE
REZONING 14-623.
JO.
>>BRIAN GRADY: NEXT B 14 REZONING APPLICATION 14-0633.
THE APPLICANT IS LLATS LLC THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM ASC-1 TO
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 15 LOT SINGLE SUBDIVISION MICHELLE HEINRICH
WILL PROVIDE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AFTER PRESENTATION BY THE
APPLICANT.
>>THANK YOU, BRIAN.
I'M CLINT CUFFEL, I'M WITH WRA, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
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33624.
AGAIN, THANKS, BRIAN.
THIS APPLICATION IS A EXTENSION OF AVILA THE EXISTING UNIT 14 IS
CURRENTLY DEVELOPED.
THIS IS A 12 ACRE EXTENSION ONTO AVILA.
ALL OF THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH BY THE PLANNER WE AGREE TO A LOT
OF THEM ARE JUST CARRYOVERS FROM THE EXISTING AVILA NEIGHBORHOOD
THERE ARE TWO CONDITIONS WE PROPOSE WITH THIS THAT THEY HAVE
APPROVED ONE BEING THE EIGHT FOOT WALL.
THERE'S A CONDITION IN THE ZONING ORDER THAT WE PROPOSE AN 8 FOOT
WALL ON ALL PROPERTY BOUNDARIES UNLESS THERE'S A WETLAND OR LAKE
WHICH WE DO HAVE WETLANDS ON THE SOUTH AND WEST PROPERTY LINES
WE'LL HAVE WALLS AT THE LAKE WHERE WE WOULD BUFFER THE 30 FOOT
WETLAND CONSERVATION AREA WITH A WALL SO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS
COMPLETELY SURROUNDED LIKE IT IS NOW WITH EITHER A GATE, WALL OR
SOME KIND OF SECURITY.
ANOTHER ONE THING IS THERE'S NO ACCESS TO A PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY.
ACCESS IS THROUGH AVILA ITSELF SO BEHIND THE GUARD GATES OF AVILA
ITSELF THERE IS AN EXISTING ACCESS PRIVATE ACCESS, A LANE WE ARE
KEEPING IT LIKE IT IS WE ARE NOT ACCESSING THE PROPERTY OFF OF
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THAT FOR THIS PD.
AGAIN THIS IS A COMPATIBLE LARGE LOTS EXTREMELY LARGE LOTS IN
THIS AREA TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING AVILA NEIGHBORHOOD
I'M HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF ANYTHING COMES UP.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY.
>>MICHELLE HEINRICH: GOOD EVENING MICHELLE HEINRICH DEVELOPMENT
SERVICES AS THE APPLICANT STATED THIS IS A REZONING OF
APPROXIMATELY 12 ACRES FROM ASC-1 TO A PD TO ALLOW A 15 LOT
SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION AS STATED THIS IS AN EXTENSION TO THE
SOUTH AND WEST OF THE EXISTING AVILA NEIGHBORHOOD CLOSEST TO LAKE
MAGDALENE BOULEVARD AND THERE ARE PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH AND
WEST ARE ZONED ASC-1 AND THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE URBAN SERVICE
AREA AS THE APPLICANT STATED THE PROPERTY IS SITUATED SOMEWHAT
ALONG LAKE MAGDALENE BOULEVARD THERE'S NO ACCESS TO LAKE
MAGDALENE PROPOSED ALL OF THE ACCESS POINTS WILL BE INTERNAL THEY
WILL BE AN EXTENSION OF AN EXISTING PRIVATE ROADWAY WITHIN AVILA
THAT WILL PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE SITE THERE WON'T BE ACCESS TO
NORTH AND WEST OF THE EXISTING ASC-1 PROPERTIES.
THERE IS ONE VARIATION THAT HAS BEEN REQUESTED THAT'S FOR THE 8
FOOT HIGH WALL THAT'S TO CONTINUE ON THE EXISTING WALL THAT'S AT
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THE PERIMETER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THE APPLICANT HAS INCLUDED THAT IN THIS REQUEST HE HAS
PROVIDED RESPONSES TO THE HARDSHIP CRITERIA THEY ARE IN THE FILE
FOR YOUR REVIEW STAFF DOES NOT HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS.
THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS WILL PRETTY MUCH COMPLEMENT --
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: SORRY IT'S A GOOD TIME TO STOP YOU
SORRY YOU SAID 8 FOOT BUT IT'S A 10 FOOT VARIATION.
>>MICHELLE HEINRICH: AN 8 FOOT HIGH WALL IS WHAT THEY ARE
REQUESTING THE HIGHEST THEY CAN HAVE IS 6 FEET SO IT'S A 2 FOOT
VARIATION.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: DID THE VARIATION CHANGE BECAUSE THE
ONE I'M LOOKING AT SAYS A VARIATION TO ALLOW UP TO A 10 FOOT
PERIMETER WALL.
>>MICHELLE HEINRICH: I HAD THAT QUESTION BEFORE.
MR. CUFFEL INDICATED IT WAS AN 8 FOOT.
THAT WAS A TYPO.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU GO AHEAD.
>>MICHELLE HEINRICH: SURE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ARE
PRETTY MUCH IN KEEPING WITH THE EXISTING AVILA NEIGHBORHOOD AS
FAR AS LOT SIZE AND SETBACK.
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THE LOTS WILL BE 15,000 SQUARE FEET WITH FRONT YARDS OF 25, 20
FOOT REAR YARDS, 2.5 ON EACH SIDE THE MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT
PROPOSED IS 55 WHICH IS THE SAME AS THE EXISTING AVILA
NEIGHBORHOOD AND TRANSPORTATION STAFF HAS REVIEWED THIS AND HAS
NO OBJECTIONS.
AND STAFF FINDS THIS REZONING TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE
SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT WHICH EXISTS ALL OF SINGLE FAMILY
RESIDENTIAL.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANKS FOR THAT.
PLANNING COMMISSION?
>>RANDY KRANJEC: STAFF LOOKED AT THE VARIANCE REQUESTS AND FIND
THOSE JUST TO BE -- THEY WOULD ALLOW CONTINUITY WITH THE EXISTING
AVILA DEVELOPMENT.
IT REQUEST FURTHER POLICY 1.4 IN ITS DEFINITION OF COMPATIBILITY.
AGAIN NOT THE SAME AS BUT SIMILAR TO AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE
SURROUNDING AREA.
BASED UPON THAT, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FINDS THE PROPOSED
REZONING CONSISTENT WITH THE COMP PLAN SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS BY
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANKS.
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ANYBODY HERE TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST?
SEEING NONE.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST?
ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE APPLICANT?
SO WITH THAT WE WILL CLOSE PD 14-633.
>>BRIAN GRADY: NEXT ITEM IS B 15 MAJOR MOD APPLICATION 14-0635.
THE APPLICANT IS CIRCLE K STORES INCORPORATED THE REQUEST IS FOR
MAJOR MODIFICATION EXTENSIVE PD TO ADD USES TO THE PD UNDER PRIOR
APPROVALS WERE PROHIBITED INCLUDING CONVENIENCE STORES, DRIVE-
THROUGHS AND FREE STANDING RESTAURANTS MICHELLE HEINRICH WILL
PROVIDE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AFTER PRESENTATION BY THE APPLICANT.
>>GOOD EVENING I'M JOHN GRANDOFF MY ADDRESS IS SUITE 3700 BANK OF
AMERICA PLAZA AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF REPRESENTING CIRCLE K
STORES I'M JOINED THIS EVENING BY THE FLORIDA REAL ESTATE
DIRECTOR MR. EDWARD JUNTA THE PROJECT MANAGER MR. RYAN PLATE AND
THE PROJECT ASSISTANT MS. DESTINY DRAYTON WITH ME IN THE AUDIENCE
TODAY.
IN SUMMARY THIS IS SIMPLY A MAJOR MODIFICATION TO ADD A
CONVENIENCE STORE AS A PERMITTED TO AN ALREADY APPROVED PD WHICH
IS APPROVED IN EARLY 2007.
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HAVE YOU VISITED THIS AREA, MR. SCAROLA.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: YES.
>>YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH IT.
I'LL STEP OVER TO THE ELMO FOR A MOMENT AND INDICATE WHERE WE
ARE.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED JUST OFF OF I-75.
YOU TAKE A RIGHT.
YOU COME TO THE PROPERTY.
PREVATT DRIVE IS LOCATED HERE IF YOU CONTINUE ON GIBSONTON DRIVE
ALL THE WAY TO HIGHWAY 41 YOU WOULD SEE THE CITGO STORE AT THE
RAILROAD TRACKS.
YOU LOOK RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET YOU'LL SEE WALMART WITH THE
MURPHY OIL FILLING STATION IMMEDIATELY ACROSS THE STREET.
THERE ARE NO TRANSPORTATION OR TRAFFIC OBJECTIONS.
THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND OUR CONSULTANT HAS FOUND THAT
THERE'S CAPACITY ON THE ROADWAYS.
THERE ARE NO TRAFFIC CONFLICTS.
IN FACT THERE'S A DECREASE IN TRAFFIC WITH THIS USE.
WHICH I'LL REMIND YOU -- I'LL REMIND YOU WAS APPROVED FOR 20,000
SQUARE FEET OUR CLIENT IS MERELY DEVELOPING 4400 SQUARE FEET AS
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AN EFFECTIVE FAR OF .11.
THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE LIMITED TO THE CROSS HATCHING WHICH IS
INDICATED ON THE SITE PLAN.
AND IT WILL BE A PROTOTYPICAL CIRCLE K STORE COMPETING WITH
WALMART RECOGNIZING A CERTAIN DEMAND IN THIS AREA.
AND I'LL ALSO EXPLAIN THAT AS YOU'RE HEADING SOUTHBOUND ON
INTERSTATE 75, THIS IS A CONVENIENT EXIT, REFUEL, PICK UP A FEW
THINGS IN THE STORE.
AND RECONVENE YOUR TRAFFIC AND TRAVEL SOUTHBOUND CONTINUE ON THE
INTERSTATE SIMILAR TO CUSTOMERS OF WALMART.
IN FACT WE HAVE PROBABLY AN EASIER OFF AND ON THAN WALMART.
IN FEBRUARY MR. PLATE ORGANIZED A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING AND HE
SENT A COURTESY LETTER TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOLKS, INCLUDING
ELEVATIONS OF THE PROPOSED PROTOTYPICAL STORE.
AND A SITE PLAN FOR A STORE WHICH IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON DALE
MABRY HIGHWAY AND YUKEL AVENUE THAT STORE IS COMPLETE I'LL SHOW
YOU PHOTOGRAPHS OF THAT.
MR. MIKE RAZOR DID THE TRAFFIC STUDY WHICH FOUND THAT A LEVEL OF
SERVICE C IS FOR THIS SEGMENT OF GIBSONTON DRIVE AND THAT IT WILL
NOT CAUSE A CONCURRENCY PROBLEM.
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BUFFERING AND SCREENING YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT IT IN MR. STUTZMAN'S
PRESENTATION.
WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT 6.06.06 AND WE HAVE HEARD MANY TIMES TONIGHT
ABOUT THE REQUIREMENTS UNDER STANDARD B.
WHICH IS STANDARD A PLUS FURTHER REQUIREMENTS IN STANDARD B.
FOR INSTANCE, EVERGREEN PLANTS, MASONRY WALL, PVC FENCE, OR
WOODEN FENCE.
LOW AND LOW GROWING EVERGREEN PLANTS.
PLUS REQUIREMENTS OF A ROW OF EVERGREEN SAGE TREES WHICH ARE NOT
LESS THAN TEN FEET HIGH AT THE TIME OF PLANTING MINIMUM OF TWO
INCH CALIPER NOT MORE THAN 20 FEET APART WITHIN 10 FEET OF THE
PROPERTY LINE.
I URGE YOU TO REVIEW 6.06.06 BUFFER REQUIREMENT STANDARD B AS
PART OF YOUR DELIBERATION.
EXCUSE ME ONE MOMENT.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: MR. GRANDOFF COULD YOU GRAB THAT
MICROPHONE.
>>YES.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE HERE ARE THE PROTOTYPICAL STORE ELEVATIONS,
INTERIOR LAYOUT.
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MR. RAZOR'S REPORT WHICH I WILL FILE WITH YOU.
THE BUFFERING AND SCREENING.
WHAT'S SIGNIFICANT ABOUT THE AREA IS STAFF HAS CALLED UPON US TO
BE SUBJECT TO THE GIBSONTON COMMUNITY PLAN.
NOW THE GIBSONTON COMMUNITY PLAN WAS NOT ADOPTED UNTIL FEBRUARY
OF '07.
WE HAD ALREADY BEEN APPROVED AS A PD.
WE ARE NOT COMING IN WITH A WHOLESALE CHANGE OF THE PD.
WE ARE MERELY COMING IN WHAT I WOULD CALL A SURGICAL CHANGE.
WE ARE CHANGING THE USE TO ALLOW CONVENIENCE STORES SUBJECT TO
THE BUFFERING REQUIREMENT, SUBJECT TO CONCURRENCY SUBJECT TO ALL
OTHER COUNTY STANDARDS.
SO WE CAN COMPETE ABOUT OUR FRIEND ACROSS THE STREET, THE
WALMART.
THIS IS THE WALMART STORE.
THIS IS GIBSONTON DRIVE LOOKING ACROSS THE STREET AT THE WALMART.
ANOTHER VIEWPOINT.
AND THIS IS THE SIDE ROAD FROM WALMART.
OH THAT DOESN'T LOOK VERY GOOD.
THAT'S BETTER.
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[CHUCKLES]
SHOWING A BETTER PERSPECTIVE OF THE WALMART.
NOW WHAT'S INTERESTING GOING DOWN GIBSONTON DRIVE HEADING WEST
AND TURN AROUND AND LOOKING BACK YOU CAN SEE THE WALMART TO THE
RIGHT AND YOU CAN SEE USED CAR LOT.
YOU CAN SEE FURTHER DOWN GIBSONTON DRIVE.
STORAGE.
AND EVEN MORE STORAGE IF YOU LIKE UNTIL YOU READER THE TERMINUS
AT HIGHWAY 41 WITH THE CITGO.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE PLAN TO DO.
NOW LET ME STEP BACK FOR A MOMENT.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE GIBSONTON PLAN.
THE GIBSONTON COMMUNITY PLAN WE ARE NOT SUBJECT TO IT BUT THE
GIBSONTON PLAN CALLS FOR -- PARDON ME ONE SECOND.
WRONG REPORT.
ARCHITECTURAL CONDITIONS TO BE APPLIED DURING THE SITE PLAN
PROCESS.
YOU SAW THE PHOTOGRAPHS WHAT THIS GENTLEMAN, THEY ARE GOING TO
BUILD.
NO. 2 INCLUDE DESIGN RELATED ISSUES AS PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
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PLANNING PROCESS.
WE SENT THE LETTER IN FEBRUARY.
INVITING THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO COMMENT.
WE HAVE DONE THIS NEW PROTOTYPICAL STORE WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE
THE BUFFERING AS REQUIRED UNDER THE CODE.
NO. 3 AVOID SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS FOR COMMERCIAL USES.
THAT IS NOT SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT IT'S A PERFECT PARCEL CAPTURE
TRAFFIC LEAVING THE INTERSTATE AND LEAVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD
QUICKLY SHOP FOR CONVENIENCE AND DEPART THE PROPERTY EFFICIENTLY.
EVEN THOUGH WE ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE PLAN WE ARE SENSITIVE TO
THE PLAN.
I SUBMIT TO YOU THAT THIS IS A VERY TYPICAL REQUEST FOR THIS
LOCATION AS YOU HAVE ALREADY TOURED THE AREA.
WE SIMPLY WANT TO COMPETE ON A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD WITH OTHER
COMPETITORS IN THE MARKET AND I ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
I REQUEST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL TO PROVIDE MORE COMMENTS TO
YOU AND I'LL SUBMIT ALL OF MY ITEMS AFTER REBUTTAL.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU MR. GRANDOFF AND THE
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
>>MICHELLE HEINRICH: GOOD EVENING MICHELLE HEINRICH DEVELOPMENT
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SERVICES.
THIS IS A REQUEST TO MODIFIED PD 060855 AS MOST RECENTLY MODIFIED
BY PRS 071113.
THERE ARE FOUR POINTS TO THE MODIFICATION.
THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE TO ALLOW THE PREVIOUSLY EXCLUDED USES OF A
GAS STATION.
CONVENIENCE STORE WITH GAS STATIONS.
ANY DRIVE-THROUGHS EXCEPT A BANK AND FREE STANDING RESTAURANTS OF
3,000 SQUARE FEET OR LESS WITHIN POCKETS A1, A2 AND A3 SECONDLY
TO REMOVE THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED HOURS OF OPERATION WITHIN
POCKET A3, THIRDLY TO MODIFY THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ONE STORY 25
FOOT HEIGHT RESTRICTION TO ALLOW TWO STORIES AND 35 FEET IN
PARCEL -- POCKET A3 AND LASTLY TO MODIFY THE ACCESS POINT AT THE
EAST OF THE PD ALONG OLD GIBSONTON DRIVE FROM RIGHT IN RIGHT OUT
TO A FULL ACCESS.
THE SITE IS 4.36 ACRES IN SIZE AND IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST
CORNER OF PREVATT STREET AND GIBSONTON DRIVE AND IT IS LOCATED
WITHIN THE URBAN SERVICE AREA.
AS YOU HEARD ME DESCRIBE AND AS YOU SAW ON THE SITE PLAN THERE
ARE THREE DISTINCT DEVELOPMENT POCKETS, A1, A2 AND A3.
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OVERALL THE PD WAS APPROVED FOR 20,000 SQUARE FEET OF CN
COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD USES WITH THE RESTRICTIONS THAT I
DISCUSSED AT THE BEGINNING, THE FOUR RESTRICTIONS PLUS A FEW
OTHER ONES.
PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY VACANT.
AS MR. GRANDOFF STATED TRANSPORTATION DID REVIEW THIS REQUEST AND
DIDN'T OFFER ANY OBJECTIONS.
AS HE STATED WHEN COMPARING IT TO THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED USE,
WHICH THEY SELECTED AS SHOPPING CENTER VERSUS THE CIRCLE K
CONVENIENCE STORE THEY DID FIND A DECREASE IN THE NET NEW
EXTERNAL TRIPS.
HOWEVER, THERE WAS A SLIGHT INCREASE IN A.M. PEAK HOUR TRIPS.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: HOW SLIGHT?
DO YOU REMEMBER?
>>MICHELLE HEINRICH: I CAN PULL THAT REPORT.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
I CAN DO IT.
>>MICHELLE HEINRICH: OR I CAN LOOK WHEN YOU'RE TAKING SOME
TESTIMONY.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANKS.
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>>MICHELLE HEINRICH: I JUST WANTED TO PUT A COPY OF THE ZONING
GIS SHEET ON THE ELMO.
YOU'LL SEE FROM THE ZONINGS ON THE GIS ZONING MAP UP THERE THAT
PROPERTIES TO THE IMMEDIATE NORTH, WEST AND EAST ARE ZONED FOR
RESIDENTIAL USE THOSE ARE THE ASC-6, AS-1 AND RSB ZONING
DISTRICTS PROPERTY TO THE EAST ACROSS ALL GIBSONTON DRIVE IS
ZONED PD AND PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF GIBSONTON
DRIVE IS ZONED PDC AS YOU HEARD IS DEVELOPED WITH A WALMART THAT
DOES HAVE GAS SALES.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: MICHELLE I DON'T WANT TO CUT YOU OFF
BUT I DON'T WANT YOU TO MISS IT.
BUT THE RSB.
>>MICHELLE HEINRICH: RESIDENTIAL SHOW BUSINESS.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: RESIDENTIAL OVERLAY OVER THIS AREA.
>>MICHELLE HEINRICH: NO IT'S ZONED RSB.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: HOW ABOUT SURROUNDING?
>>MICHELLE HEINRICH: IN THIS PARTICULAR IMMEDIATE AREA I DID NOT
SEE ANY RSB OVERLAYS BUT THAT PARTICULAR SITE IS ZONED RSB.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: OKAY.
BASED ON THE MAP UP THERE YOU WILL SEE THE AREA LOCATED BETWEEN
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GIBSONTON DRIVE AND THE ALAFAI RIVER TO THE NORTH IS
PREDOMINANTLY RESIDENTIAL WITH VARYING LOT SIZES FEW RESIDENCES
ARE FOUND IN GIBSONTON DRIVE IN THIS VICINITY THERE IS PROPERTY
LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 310 FEET TO THE WEST THAT'S THE AREA
HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE AND THAT CONTAIN A LEGAL NON-CONFORMING USE
THAT WAS REZONED TO PD IN '04 TO ALLOW FOR MINI WAREHOUSE, OFFICE
RETAIL USES AND IT EXCLUDES FAST FOOD WITH DRIVE-THROUGHS, GAS
STATIONS, ADULT USES AND LIQUOR STORES.
THE EXISTING NON-CONFORMING USE WHICH CONSISTS OF AUTO REPAIR
SERVICES, PAINT AND BODY WORK TOWING VEHICLE AND SALES IS ALLOWED
TO REMAIN WITH PERMITTED PD USES ON THE EAST SIDE OF OLD
GIBSONTON DRIVE IS PD 071310 THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW AND
THAT'S SITUATED BETWEEN OLD GIBSONTON DRIVE TO THE NORTHWEST AND
I-75 OFFRAMP TO THE EAST.
THAT IS APPROVED FOR A ONE STORY BANK OR RETAIL USE.
A FOUR STORY HOTEL AND TEN OFFICE BUILDINGS.
THE AREA SHOWN IN PINK THAT'S THE WALMART SUPERCENTER THAT WAS
REZONED IN 1988 THERE ARE NOT RESIDENTIAL USES PRESENT TO THE
IMMEDIATE WEST OR EAST OF THE PROPERTY.
THERE ARE RESIDENTIAL USES FOUND TO THE SOUTH BUT THEY ARE
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SEPARATED BY NUNDY AVENUE AND ALSO WALMART STORE MORTAR PINE
WHICH RUNS THE ENTIRE WIDTH OF THAT PARCEL.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: WHAT WAS THE YEAR OF THE ZONING IF YOU
KNOW FOR THE QUADRANT BETWEEN OLD GIBSONTON DRIVE AND THE OFFRAMP
WHERE THE BANK AND --
>>MICHELLE HEINRICH: THAT WAS REZONED IN '07 AND THAT'S PD
071310 AND THE MOST RECENT MODIFICATION WAS IN '08 FOR A PRS.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: WHAT WAS THE DATE OF THE COMMUNITY
PLAN?
>>MICHELLE HEINRICH: I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DATE OF THE
COMMUNITY PLAN.
WHEN I READ THE TRANSCRIPT I BELIEVE IN '06 WHEN THIS PARTICULAR
SITE RECEIVED ITS ZONING THAT THAT GIBSONTON COMMUNITY PLAN WAS
IN EFFECT.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: WAS IN EFFECT.
>>MICHELLE HEINRICH: I WOULD HAVE TO PROBABLY CONFIRM --
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: WE'LL WAIT TO GET TO RANDY THERE I WAS
JUST CURIOUS IF YOU KNOW FOR THAT ZONING.
>>MICHELLE HEINRICH: FOR THIS PARTICULAR ONE IT'S -- IT SEEMS
LIKE MANY OF THE ZONINGS IN THIS VICINITY HAVE SIMILAR
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RESTRICTIONS, WHICH ARE MAINLY DUE IN PART BECAUSE OF THE
GIBSONTON COMMUNITY PLAN AND THOSE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND ALSO
YOU CAN SEE THE PREDOMINANT USE OF RESIDENTIAL IN SOME OF THOSE
AREAS WHICH IMMEDIATELY ABUT SOME OF THESE SITES TO BE USED FOR
COMMERCIAL.
ONCE AGAIN THE AREA THAT WAS SHOWN IN PINK IS DEVELOPED FOR THE
WALMART SUPERCENTER.
TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE PROPERTY HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN IS PD
060703.
THAT ALSO IS APPROVED FOR CN USES BUT MUCH LIKE THIS ONE EXCLUDES
GAS STATIONS.
CONVENIENCE STORES, AUTO REPAIR AND DRIVE-THROUGH RESTAURANTS AND
TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY SHOWN IN ORANGE IS PD
070825.
THIS IS APPROVED FOR 175,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL GENERAL
USES.
AND A HOTEL-MOTEL.
SO I PUT THAT ON THERE TO SHOW THE SURROUNDING PDS THAT HAVE BEEN
APPROVED FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USES LOCATED ON GIBSONTON DRIVE
MAINLY ARE FOR COMMERCIAL USES THAT SERVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE
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GENERAL AREA HOWEVER DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF EXISTING RESIDENTIAL
USES AS SHOWN CERTAIN USES HAVE BEEN RESTRICTED BECAUSE IT'S FELT
THEY WOULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO THOSE ADJACENT PROPERTY
OWNERS AND NOT BE COMPATIBLE.
THE PARCELS LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE I-75 OFFRAMP ARE MORE
ISOLATED FROM THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL AND IMMEDIATELY ABUT I-75
SO THEREFORE FINDING SUCH COMMERCIAL USES IS TYPICAL TO SERVE THE
TRAVELERS THAT GO UP AND DOWN I-75.
AFTER EVALUATING THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN AND THE APPLICANT'S
PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS STAFF FINDS THAT THE PROPOSED
BUFFERING AND SCREENING WHICH AS MR. GRANDOFF STATED IS THE
REQUIRED 20 FOOT BUFFER WITH TYPE B SCREENING, THE BUILDING
LOCATION, ORIENTATION AND DESIGN AND THE OPERATIONAL
CHARACTERISTICS DO NOT EFFECTIVELY MITIGATE FOR THE POTENTIAL
IMPACTS ON THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND THEY DON'T
WARRANT RECONSIDERATION OF THE EXISTING USE RESTRICTIONS.
STAFF ALSO IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF REMOVAL OF THE RESTRICTED HOURS
OF OPERATION.
CURRENTLY THE RESTRICTION IS THAT BUSINESSES ON THAT PARCEL CAN
OPERATE FROM 7 A.M. TO 11 P.M.
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REMOVAL OF THOSE RESTRICTIONS COULD RESULT IN A 24 HOUR BUSINESS
THAT'S IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
IN ADDITION, NO ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ARE PROPOSED TO
MITIGATE FOR THAT IMPACT OCCURRING 24 HOURS A DAY.
AND THE APPLICANT HASN'T PROPOSED ANY ALTERNATE HOURS OF
OPERATION.
ALSO STAFF DOES NOT SUPPORT THE HEIGHT MODIFICATION WITHIN POCKET
A3 WHICH I STATED IS GOING FROM ONE STORY 25 FEET TO TWO STORIES
AT 35 FEET.
AGAIN AS I'VE STATED THERE IS IMMEDIATE RESIDENTIAL TO THE WEST
AND EAST.
TO THE WEST IT IS DEVELOPED WITH ONE STORY HOMES.
TO THE EAST THAT'S NOT DEVELOPED AT THIS TIME.
BUT IT IS CURRENTLY ZONED RSB WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR RESIDENTIAL
USE.
PLANNING COMMISSION HAS FOUND THE PROPOSAL TO BE INCONSISTENT
WITH THE FUTURE OF HILLSBOROUGH COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND I DO
BELIEVE THEY INTEND TO SPEAK TO THE VESTING CONCERNS AGAINST THE
GIBSONTON COMMUNITY PLAN.
AND BASED UPON ALL OF THESE CONSIDERATIONS, STAFF DOES NOT
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SUPPORT THE MODIFICATION REQUEST.
AND I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: MICHELLE DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW IF
THERE'S A DEFINITION IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR SPECIALTY
RETAIL.
>>MICHELLE HEINRICH: THERE IS NOT.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: WOULD YOU SAY THIS IS NOT SPECIALTY
RETAIL.
>>MICHELLE HEINRICH: I WOULDN'T CONSIDER THE CONVENIENCE STORE
SPECIALTY RETAIL.
I THINK OF THOSE TYPICALLY AS NOT A FRANCHISE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT
THAT WOULD SERVE EVERY AGE GROUP, GENDER, POPULATION THAT HAS A
WIDE MARKET.
I WOULD CONSIDER IT MORE TARGETED OR SMALLER BUSINESS MAYBE
INDEPENDENTLY OWNED TYPE OF BUSINESSES.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: ALL RIGHT THANK YOU MICHELLE.
AND PLANNING COMMISSION?
>>RANDY KRANJEC: YES, SIR.
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION RELATIVE TO GIBSONTON PLAN THAT WAS
APPROVED IN ANTIBIOTIC OF '07.
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>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THE 175,000 SQUARE FEET THAT WAS
APPROVED JUST SOUTHEASTERLY OF THIS PROJECT.
>>RANDY KRANJEC: 1988.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: IS THAT WHOLLY INCONSISTENT WITH THE
COMMUNITY PLAN, THE ONE THAT -- GRANTED, IT WAS APPROVED
BEFOREHAND.
BUT IS IT WHOLLY INCONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THE COMMUNITY
PLAN?
>>RANDY KRANJEC: I THINK IN THIS AREA, IT WOULD BE.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT CALLS FOR THIS AREA MORE OF A SIGNATURE
AREA FOR GIBSONTON.
NO STRIP COMMERCIAL.
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES THAT SERVE MORE OF THE RESIDENTIAL IN THIS
AREA, ESPECIALLY -- ON THE NORTH -- THE NORTH SIDE OF GIBSONTON.
SO HEY, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT -- YEAH.
WE WOULD HAVE TO REVIEW SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON ITS MERITS TODAY.
BUT YEAH.
I THINK IMPORTANT THING HERE IS -- WELL THERE'S TWO.
I BELIEVE THAT THIS MAJOR MODIFICATION TO A ZONING APPROVED PRIOR
TO THE GIBSONTON COMMUNITY PLAN, A MAJOR MODIFICATION TO THAT
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ZONING IN TODAY WOULD BE SUBJECT TO REVIEW OF THE -- UNDER THE
CRITERIA OF THE GIBSONTON COMMUNITY PLAN.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: IS THERE A VESTING PROVISION IN THE
GIBSONTON COMMUNITY PLAN?
>>RANDY KRANJEC: NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: IS THERE ANY VESTING PROVISIONS IN THE
COMMUNITY PLAN IN GENERAL.
>>RANDY KRANJEC: NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, AS WE REVIEWED THIS REQUEST, NOTHING HAS
CHANGED SINCE IT WAS APPROVED IN 2006 RELATIVE TO WHY USES THAT
WERE APPROVED AS PART OF THAT PD ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING SMALL
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, SMALL BUT NEVERTHELESS VIABLE AND
EXISTING, THAT'S THE MAIN REASON THOSE CONDITIONS WERE PUT IN
THERE.
TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH THAT EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS AREA ON THE NORTH SIDE OF GIBSONTON OBVIOUSLY IS SOMEWHAT
DIFFERENT THAN THE SOUTH SIDE BASED ON THE 1988 REZONING.
THE LAND USES ON THE SOUTH SIDE ARE DIFFERENT.
THERE'S A LOT LESS RESIDENTIAL ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF GIBSONTON.
SO WE DON'T SEE ANYTHING THAT HAS CHANGED SINCE 2006 TO ALTER THE
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ZONING THAT WAS APPROVED IN 2006.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: DOES THAT EXISTING RSB ZONING ALLOW
OPEN STORAGE.
>>RANDY KRANJEC: I BELIEVE RSB ZONING DOES FOR OBVIOUSLY
RESIDENTIAL SHOW BUSINESS USES.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: WAS THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST REQUESTING
OPEN STORAGE AT ALL?
>>RANDY KRANJEC: NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: RANDY IS THERE A DEFINITION FOR
SPECIALTY RETAIL IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
>>RANDY KRANJEC: NO.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: HOW DOES ONE JUDGE SPECIALTY RETAIL
WHEN DETERMINING IF IT'S THE CONSISTENT WITH THE SPECIALTY
CORRIDOR?
SIGNATURE CORRIDOR OF THE COMMUNITY PLAN?
>>RANDY KRANJEC: MICHELLE HEINRICH GAVE A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT
WOULD BE CONSIDERED SPECIALTY RETAIL.
AND WE WOULD FEEL THE SAME WAY FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF
LEVEL.
SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T SEE EVERYWHERE, SOMETHING THAT MIGHT
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CATER TO A CERTAIN TARGET AUDIENCE.
WHICH CERTAINLY SCREENS STORES IN OUR OPINION CATER TO EVERYBODY
BASICALLY THAT THEY CAN.
AND WHETHER -- AND YOU KNOW IF YOU WANT TO GET INTO THAT ALLOWING
RESTAURANTS, FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
WHEREAS YOU KNOW A SPECIALTY RETAIL RELATIVE TO A RESTAURANT
MIGHT BE A LITTLE MOM AND POP RESTAURANT.
EVERYTHING IS OPEN TO INTERPRETATION TO SOME DEGREE.
BUT CERTAINLY WE WOULD NOT VIEW THE LARGE CHAINS AS SPECIALTY
RETAIL.
ESPECIALLY RELATIVE TO SAY A CONVENIENCE STORE TYPE OF OPERATION
OR A FAST FOOD TYPE OF OPERATION.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: DOES THE PLANNING COMMISSION BELIEVE
THAT THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE IN THE CHARACTERISTICS OF CONVENIENCE
STORES OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS?
>>RANDY KRANJEC: RELATIVE TO?
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: I ASSUME WHEN YOU SAID CHANGE YOU'RE
SORT OF GENERALIZING AMONGST CONVENIENCE STORES.
>>RANDY KRANJEC: I NEED SOME MORE ELABORATION.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: YEAH.
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HISTORICALLY THE CONVENIENCE STORES WERE CERTAIN SIZES AND HAD
CERTAIN USES.
AND AT LEAST IN MY EXPERIENCE IT APPEARS THAT THEY HAVE CHANGED A
LOT IN TERMS OF THEIR SIZES AND THEIR USES.
>>RANDY KRANJEC: WELL, I THINK IN GENERAL, I THINK THEY HAVE
GOTTEN LARGER.
THEY OPERATE -- THEY LIKE TO OPERATE LONGER.
24/7, IF THEY CAN.
AND THEY DO -- THEY HAVE -- IF YOU LOOK AT THE THORNTON'S THE
WAWA'S THE RACETRACKS THAT ARE BEING RENOVATED, I THINK CIRCLE K
IS TRYING TO FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN KEEP UP WITH THOSE OPERATIONS
GOING LARGER.
MORE GAS PUMPS.
MANY MORE GAS PUMPS THAN WE SAW TEN YEARS AGO.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: HOW ABOUT ARCHITECTURALLY?
>>RANDY KRANJEC: YOU KNOW, ARCHITECTURALLY I THINK SOME HAVE
DONE A BETTER JOB THAN OTHERS.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT CONSIDERATION FROM A RELATIVE TO JUST ITS
EXTERIOR DESIGN MITIGATES ANY ISSUES OF IMPACT ON AN ADJACENT
NEIGHBORHOOD.
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>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: I CERTAINLY WASN'T GOING THERE.
THE ISSUE WAS DID YOU SEE DIFFERENCES -- DOES THE PLANNING
COMMISSION PERCEIVE DIFFERENCES IN CONVENIENCE STORES FROM WHAT
THEY WERE TO WHAT THEY ARE NOW?
>>RANDY KRANJEC: THEY ARE LARGER.
THEY SERVE MORE OF A CLIENTELE.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THEY DON'T LOOK BETTER
ARCHITECTURALLY?
>>RANDY KRANJEC: SOME OF THEM DO.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: ALL RIGHT.
RANDY DID YOU HAVE MORE I DIDN'T WANT TO CUT YOU OFF MORE?
>>RANDY KRANJEC: NO.
FOR THOSE REASONS WE FIND THE PROPOSED MODIFICATION INCONSISTENT.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY.
OKAY IS THERE ANYBODY HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST?
SEEING NONE.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST?
ALL RIGHT.
IS THERE A PRIMARY SPEAKER?
TWO.
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OKAY.
SO HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE THAN THE TWO PRIMARY SPEAKERS NEED TO
SPEAK?
SO I SEE ONE HAND OVER HERE AND I SEE ONE IN THE BACK.
I SEE THREE THAT NEED TO SPEAK BACK HERE.
SO THAT WOULD BE -- FOR THE THREE IN THE BACK, WOULD THREE
MINUTES A PIECE BE ENOUGH FOR YOU?
SO THAT'S NINE MINUTES.
SO GENTLEMEN YOU'RE ROUGHLY FIVE MINUTES A PIECE.
>>THANK YOU I'M MARK MARZUKO 9915 ALAFAI RIVER LANE GIBSONTON
FLORIDA.
>>TODD HATFIELD 9915 ALAFAI RIVER LANE GIBSONTON FLORIDA.
>>I'M HERE TO TRY TO PRESENT TO YOU TO THE ZONING MASTER -- I
DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET THIS TO DISPLAY.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THERE YOU GO.
YOU'RE UP NOW.
>>OKAY.
THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS IS THE FRONT -- DEMONSTRATION OF THE FRONT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE WALLED IN THE FRONT AND WE ARE GATED
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ENTRANCE.
BECAUSE OUR FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY SITS ON OLD GIBSONTON ROAD AND
AT THE BACK AT THE END OF OUR COMMUNITY WE'RE JUST ONE STREET, 17
HOMES AT THE END OF OUR COMMUNITY IS THE ALAFAI RIVER WITH A RAMP
AND A DOCK THAT WE HAVE HAD PUT IN THERE.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: CAN YOU POINT IT OUT ON THE MAP?
>>I DON'T HAVE A MAP WITH ME.
I'M SORRY.
BUT I HAVE A DEMONSTRATED PICTURE OF IT.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: FOR THE RECORD TELL US WHERE IT IS IN
PROXIMITY TO THE SITE THAT'S BEING REFERRED TO.
>>IT'S NORTH.
THE STREET IS APPROXIMATELY 300 METERS LONG.
TODD WILL PUT IT ON THE OVERHEAD FOR US.
YOU GOT THE MICROPHONE OVER THERE TODD.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO DUAL TESTIMONY
GO AHEAD.
>>IT'S AT THE END OF THE STREET.
THE STREET IS APPROXIMATELY 200 -- MAYBE 150, 200 METERS LONG.
IT'S A STRAIGHT STREET OFF GIBSONTON ROAD OLD GIBSONTON ROAD AND
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IT GOES STRAIGHT AND ENDS AT THE ALAFAI RIVER AND WE HAVE A RAMP
WE HAVE A LOT OF VESTED INTEREST IN IT IF YOU CAN UNDERSTAND MY
MISGIVINGS YEAH.
OKAY.
HOW CAN I SWITCH FROM THAT ONE TO THIS ONE?
OKAY.
AND THERE'S DEVIATIONS TO THE SAID ZONING REQUIREMENTS.
GIBSONTON COMMUNITY PLAN WAS NOT -- DOES NOT INCLUDE CONVENIENCE
STORES OR GAS STATIONS AS YOU REITERATED EARLIER OR PRIOR.
WHAT I WANT TO DO IS I'LL SHOW YOU IT WOULD AFFECT US WITH
INCREASED TRAFFIC.
AS YOU RELAYED TO US EARLIER AND INCREASED CRIME BECAUSE WE HAVE
WALMART ACROSS THE STREET FROM US THEY HAVE A GAS STATION ALSO
THERE AND IN THE PROXIMITY OF FIVE MILES THERE'S -- IT'S A
QUARTER --
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: IT'S THE GOING TO BE ONE AT A TIME.
>>IT'S A CORRIDOR.
WE HAVE LIKE UP TO FIVE GAS STATIONS, NINE GAS STATIONS WITHIN
THAT CORRIDOR.
SO IT'S NOT HURTING FOR GAS FACILITIES.
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RIGHT OFF THE INTERSTATE.
WITH THE INCREASE -- WITH THE CIRCLE K UP ON THE CORNER, IT WILL
REDUCE OUR PROPERTY VALUES.
AND IT WILL CAUSE BLIGHT.
IT WILL CAUSE WE FEEL UNACCEPTABLE CIRCUMSTANCES FOR PEOPLE TO
COMMUTE THERE OR COMBINE THERE.
AND PROVIDE US WITH INSECURITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE
SURROUND ING AREAS THE THERE'S A PICTURE OF OUR DOCK ON THE
ALAFAI RIVER.
AND ALSO I'M GOING TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, THERE'S AN
UNDERGROUND WATER SOURCE.
ESTUARY.
THAT'S POSSIBLY FEEDING THE ALAFAI RIVER.
AND WE WANT TO JUST BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION ALSO AND WE ALSO
HAVE A DOCK THERE THAT WE HAVE VERY HIGH VESTED INTEREST INTO IT.
AND THE CIRCLE K LIKE ANY OTHER KIND OF COMMERCIAL WOULD HAVE A
NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ON US.
IT WOULD HAVE FUEL TANKS THAT HAVE TO BE BURIED INTO THE GROUND.
AND YOU'RE VERY CLOSE RIVER PROXIMITY RIGHT THERE WHICH WOULD
PROVIDE AN ACCESS TO THE WATER.
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AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THAT AREA HAVE WELLS DRILLED FOR THEIR
DRINKING WATER.
THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
AND BASICALLY THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO PRESENT TO YOU AND BOARD I
DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP A WHOLE LOT OF YOUR TIME.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
>>TODD HATFIELD 9915 ALAFAI RIVER LANE GIBSONTON FLORIDA.
THE COMMUNITY PLAN ORIGINALLY IN GIBSONTON SAYS THINGS LIKE
ENCOURAGE SMALL SCALE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND BEAUTIFICATION
ALLOW SMALL BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL OFFICE AND SPECIALTY
NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL OFFICES YOU GUYS ARE HAVING A HARD TIME OF
THINKING ABOUT THINKING NAILS AN EYE STORE A JUDO PLACE FOR KIDS
SOMETHING LIKE THAT SOMETHING THAT WILL GO FOR THE HOUSES THAT
WILL EVENTUALLY BE BUILT BACK THERE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF
REALLY NICE REAL ESTATE BACK THERE IT'S REALLY WOODED THEY CAN
BUILD COMMUNITIES LIKE OURS BACK IN THERE BUT -- I JUST MOVED
HERE ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO AND IF I WOULD HAVE SEEN A
CIRCLE K IN FRONT OF THAT ROAD I WOULD HAVE SAY00 -- I WOULD HAVE
SAID HONEY LET'S LOOK AT APOLLO BEACH BECAUSE I WOULDN'T WANT
THAT WE ALL KNOW THE CRIME AND THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE FACE OF
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GIBSONTON I DON'T THINK THAT'S A GOOD FACE FOR GIBSONTON WHEN YOU
COME IN WE ALREADY TOOK WALMART AND NOW YOU WANT A CIRCLE K
WHAT'S NEXT A LIQUOR STORE AND THEN BOOM BOOM BOOM.
SO WE HAVE GREAT CONCERNS OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS MOVING IN THERE.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS SIR.
WE HAD THREE OTHERS.
YES, MA'AM.
>>CHRISTINE HOP 991 ALAFAI RIVER LANE GIBSONTON.
I ALSO TOO LIVER AT THE ALAFAI RIVER ESTATES SUBDIVISION. THE
HUGE CONCERN AND THE BIGGEST PROBLEM OF ALL WE ALL ARE GOING TO
SHARE THE SAME INGRESS AND EGRESS OF THE CIRCLE K AND WE'RE
ALREADY A DEADEND STREET.
NOT A VERY NICE STREET.
YOU KNOW THE -- WITH THAT TYPE OF TRAFFIC IT WOULD BE A HUGE,
HUGE PROBLEM FOR ALL OF US CONCERNED.
NOT ONLY THAT THE I-75 CORRIDOR THE EXIT OFF OF I-75 IS RIGHT
NEXT DOOR TO US.
THE TRAFFIC IT TAKES US A LONG TIME TO FIGHT THE TRAFFIC IN THE
MORNING AND IN THE AFTERNOONS IT'S REALLY A HUGE CONCERN BECAUSE
OF THOSE REASONS ALONE.
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THANK YOU ALL.
HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU.
>>GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS CAROL PHILLIPS.
I'M SPEAKING FOR THE CONCERNED CITIZENS OF GIBSONTON AREA.
THAT ADDRESS IS PO BOX 1304 GIBSONTON FLORIDA 33534.
COULD I ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE SPECIALTY RETAIL FOR A
MINUTE?
I SERVED WITH THE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO HELPED DRAW OUT THE
GIBSONTON COMMUNITY PLAN.
AND WHEN WE SPOKE OF SPECIALTY RETAIL, WE WERE REFERRING TO
SOMETHING THAT WAS ESSENTIALLY INDIVIDUALLY OWNED AND WHO WANTED
TO SELL TO THE PUBLIC FOR INSTANCE A FLORIST SHOP WHICH WE HAD
THERE ON GIBSONTON DRIVE FOR A WHILE MAYBE A PET GROOMING STORE
LIKE THE ONE MAN SAID NAILS.
SOMETHING EVEN IF THEY DID SOMETHING CRAFTS.
BUT ESSENTIALLY A SMALL OPERATION.
SOME QUOTES FROM THE GIBSONTON COMMUNITY PLAN.
GIBSONTON DRIVE PROMOTES HOME BASED AND SPECIALTY RETAIL
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BUSINESSES.
GIBSONTON DRIVE HAS ADDITIONAL TREATMENT AS GIBSONTON SIGNATURE
CORRIDOR TO IDENTIFY IT AS OUR MAIN STREET.
GIBSONTON DRIVE THE SIGNATURE CORRIDOR PROMOTES HOME BASED AND
SPECIALTY RETAIL BUSINESSES AND OFFICES WITHIN MAIN STREET DESIGN
GUIDELINES.
GIBSONTON WILL ENJOY APPROPRIATELY SCALED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
AND DESIGNING DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES DRIVE AS A SIGNATURE
CORRIDOR TO ENCOURAGE SMALL SCALE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND
BEAUTIFICATION TO PREPARE AND CARRY OUT A REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES HAVING FRONTAGE ALONG GIBSONTON DRIVE TO
ALLOW SMALL BUSINESS, PROFESSIONAL OFFICE AND SPECIALTY
NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL USES.
A RIVER FRONT MIXED USE AREA ALONG ALAFAI RIVER NORTH OF THE
LARGE RETAIL COMMERCIAL SITE SOUTH OF GIBSONTON DRIVE AND EAST
BAY ROAD.
I THINK WE WERE SO REPETITIOUS WHEN WE WERE DRAWING UP THE PLAN
BECAUSE ABOUT ALL OF THIS SMALL RETAIL AND INDIVIDUALLY OWNED
BUSINESSES BECAUSE WE HAD JUST LEARNED FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT WE
WERE HAVING A BIG BOX STORE BUILT ON OUR EASTERN BOUNDARY AT
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GIBSONTON AND WE DID NOT WANT THIS TO BECOME A TREND FOR
GIBSONTON DRIVE.
WE WANTED GIBSONTON DRIVE TO REMAIN A MIX OF RESIDENCES AND SMALL
PRIVATELY OWNED BUSINESSES.
WE ESPECIALLY DID NOT WANT TO DESTROY THE RECREATIONAL AND NATURE
ATMOSPHERE OF THE ALAFAI RIVER SO NEAR THIS SITE OR TO HAVE
BUSINESSES THAT MIGHT PROVIDE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS TO THE
RIVER.
THE ALAFAI RIVER FROM GIBSONTON DRIVE FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF
GIBSONTON DRIVE IS ABOUT 1500 FEET.
THAT'S LESS THAN HALF A MILE, LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE I
THINK.
IT WAS HOPED THAT THIS AREA WOULD BE AN ATTRACTIVE GATEWAY ON THE
EAST BOUNDARY OF GIBSONTON WE WOULD WELCOME THIS BUSINESS ON
HIGHWAY 41 IN FACT THERE'S BEEN A CIRCLE K ON THE SOUTH BORDER OF
GIBSONTON FOR DECADES AND WE HAVE FOUND IT TO BE AN IMPORTANT
ASSET TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE DOUBT THAT CIRCLE K WOULD MAINTAIN TWO LOCATIONS IN GIBSONTON
AND WE WOULD PREFER TO HAVE THAT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY THERE ON
HIGHWAY 41 WHERE IT IS NOW.
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WE FEEL THAT IN THEIR RELOCATING TO GIBSONTON DRIVE THEY WILL
ONLY BE SERVING COMMUTERS WHO PASS THROUGH GIBSONTON.
THANK YOU.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, MA'AM.
YES, MA'AM.
>>MY NAME IS GAIL KEEL I LIVE AT 10018 PREVATT STREET THE
PROPOSED LOCATION AND CONVENIENCE STORE WOULD ABUT MY PROPERTY
170 FEET TO THE SOUTH AND 170 FEET TOWARDS THE EAST.
SO I WOULD BE LITERALLY SURROUNDED BY THIS.
AND SO OBVIOUSLY FOR ALL THE REASONS THAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS
SPOKE, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO STICK TOWARD WHAT WAS APPROVED OF
IN THE BEGINNING.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
ANYBODY ELSE THAT NEEDS TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION?
ALL RIGHT I'M GOING TO CLOSE OPPOSITION COMMENTS.
ANYTHING FROM STAFF?
>>BRIAN GRADY: NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: PLANNING COMMISSION?
AND MR. GRANDOFF?
>>ONE MOMENT.
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EXCUSE ME FOR A MOMENT MR. HEARING OFFICER.
I NEED TO PROVIDE THE SITE PLAN TO MY CLIENT AND I CANNOT LOCATE
IT.
HERE IT IS.
MR. HEARING OFFICER, IN SUMMARY THE TESTIMONY YOU HAVE HEARD
FROM THE OPPOSITION IS NEITHER COMPETENT NOR SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
TO SUPPORT THEIR POSITION.
A LOT OF IT IS HYPERBOLE.
SPECULATION.
MUCH OF IT NOT RELEVANT TO THE MATTER AT HAND.
I CAN SHOW YOU PICTURES FOR EVERY PROPERTY FROM THIS LOCATION
WESTWARD TO THE CITGO AT 41 AND CANNOT DO JUSTICE TO WHAT EXACTLY
IS BEING DEVELOPED ON GIBSONTON DRIVE REGARDLESS OF THE INTENTION
OF THE PLAN.
SO I URGE YOU TO ONCE AGAIN DRIVE THAT STRETCH AND UNDERSTAND
EXACTLY WHAT MY CLIENT IS ATTEMPTING TO DO.
MUCH OF WHAT YOU'RE HEARING IN OPPOSITION IS A WISH LIST FOR
MARKET FORCES TO BRING SOMETHING -- I KNOW IT WHEN I SEE IT.
I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT SPECIALTY RETAIL IS.
BUT I KNOW I'LL LIKE IT WHEN I SEE IT.
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THAT'S NOT THE STANDARD.
WE CAN'T GUESS AND HOPE THAT SOMEONE WILL RISK CAPITAL AND CROSS
OUR FINGERS THAT THAT'S WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE SPECIALTY
RETAIL.
WE LIKE THAT ONE.
MR. RAZOR'S TRAFFIC REPORT WHO DID THE TRAFFIC CONSULTING HE
PROVIDES THE DATA TO YOU ON THE REDUCTION AND THE INCREASE, THE
NET INCREASE OF 39 A.M. PEAK HOUR EXTERNAL TRIPS I'LL PROVIDE
THAT IN THE RECORD TO YOU. YOU HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
WALMART, 24 HOURS A DAY.
THIS IS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE INTERSECTION.
INTERSTATE 75.
THERE'S A DEMAND FOR THIS CONVENIENCE STORE.
AND OUR CLIENT IS MEETING THAT DEMAND WITH A TASTEFULLY DESIGNED
STORE WHICH THOUGH NOT SUBJECT TO THE PLAN THE GIBSONTON PLAN,
CERTAINLY IS SENSITIVE TO THE NEIGHBOR'S REQUIREMENTS AND THE
PLANS GOALS.
THE PLAN WAS ADOPTED ON FEBRUARY 17TH.
EXCUSE ME FEBRUARY 19TH, 2007 THIS PD WAS APPROVED BEFORE THAT ON
JANUARY 10, 2007.
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URBAN SERVICE AREA.
NO WELL, NO SEPTIC. WE'RE HOOKING UP TO THE URBAN SERVICE
FACILITIES.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE SUB FAR .11 FAR WITH AN ALLOWED FAR
WITH .25.
35 FEET OF HEIGHT.
35 FEET OF HEIGHT IS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
MY HOME IS 35 FEET HIGH.
NOT A TOWERING BUILDING DON'T FORGET SECTION 6.06.06 THE
BUFFERING REQUIREMENTS THAT WE WILL MEET.
EXCUSE ME ONE MOMENT.
PARCEL A3 WHICH IS IN THE SITE PLAN WILL BE LIMITED AND DEVELOPED
BY THE CROSS HATCH.
ED WILL POINT THAT OUT TO YOU ON THE ELMO WHEN HE SPEAKS TO YOU.
THAT BUFFERS THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE CN DISTRICT AS OF RIGHT ALLOWS CONVENIENCE STORES FUEL
STATIONS.
WE'RE ASKING TO PUT IT BACK IN THE DISTRICT.
NOT AN INTENSE USE.
WE'RE PROVIDING A SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
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I VENTURE TO SAY TO YOU IF THIS 4400 SQUARE FOOT STORE WAS
FEATURING SPECIALTY RETAIL, WHATEVER THAT IS, AND IT WAS OPERATED
BY TWO OTHER FOLKS, I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROVABLE.
THIS IS AN OWNER OPERATED STORE.
IT'S EXCELLENT REPUTATION IN THE BUSINESS.
THESE MARK IN THE COMMUNITY -- THE MARK IN THE COMMUNITY STORE
BUSINESS IS CIRCLE K.
I WILL CLOSE WITH SOME PERSONAL OBSERVATION BEFORE MR. JUNTA HAS
SOME COMMENTS TO PROVIDE TO YOU.
I LIVE ABOUT A BLOCK AND A HALF FROM A CIRCLE K WHICH IS LOCATED
ON BAY TO BAY BOULEVARD IN MANHATTAN IN THE HEART OF SUNSET PARK.
EXCELLENT NEIGHBOR.
EXCELLENT NEIGHBOR.
I FUEL THERE FREQUENTLY.
NEVER A PROBLEM.
24 HOURS.
RIGHT AGAINST THE TOWNHOUSE.
NOT A 20 FOOT BUFFER.
NOT A TYPE B BUFFER.
RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
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I URGE YOU TO DRIVE BY AND SEE OTHER CIRCLE K STORES AND HOW THEY
HAVE TREATED NEIGHBORHOODS FROM MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IT'S AN
EXCELLENT USE OF THE PROPERTY.
IT IS A PERFECT LOCATION.
WHO WOULD NOT WANT TO BE ACROSS THE STREET TO COMPETE AGAINST A
WALMART.
I URGE YOU TO APPROVE THIS SO FOLKS CAN USE A NEEDED CONVENIENCE
STORE PERHAPS SOME TYPE OF RETAIL NOT SPECIALTY RETAIL OR
SPECIALTY RETAIL.
>>I'M MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD.
>>I UNDERSTAND MR. JUNTA WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
>>GOOD EVENING EDWARD JUNTA 12911 TELECOM PARKWAY TAMPA I JUST
WANTED TO COVER A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS.
I SERVED ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHEN THIS GIBSONTON COMMUNITY
PLAN WAS DONE.
ONE THING I CAN ASSURE YOU, THAT IT WAS NEVER, EVER INTENDED TO
DISCRIMINATE AGAINST CORPORATELY OWNED BUSINESSES WHEN REFERRING
TO SPECIALTY RETAIL.
CIRCLE K STORES IS A CORPORATELY OWNED AND OPERATED FACILITY.
WHICH I THINK PROVIDES MANY, MANY BENEFITS TO THE SURROUNDING
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NEIGHBORS.
WE HAVE THE RESOURCES AND WE HAVE THE PROCESSES IN PLACE TO
OPERATE SAFE WELL MAINTAINED FACILITIES WE HAVE IN EXCESS OF 18
CAMERAS AT OUR STORES WE HAVE TOPNOTCH TRAINING PRACTICES WHEN IT
COMES TO RESTRICTED SALES WE HIRE PRACTICES TO COME IN AND TEST
OUR ASSOCIATES WE HAVE A ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY WHEN IT COMES TO
THOSE KIND OF INFRACTIONS.
AND TO GET TO SITE SPECIFIC LET ME GO OVER TO THE ELMO.
IS THAT ON?
OKAY.
I JUST THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME MISUNDERSTANDINGS FOR STAFF'S
PART.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CROSS HATCH AREA, IT IS ENCOMPASSING A1, A2
AND BARELY GETTING INTO THE A3 AREA.
THAT IS THE BUILDING ENVELOPE.
NO BUILDINGS, NO PART OF ANY BUILDINGS WILL BE CONSTRUCTED
OUTSIDE OF THAT AREA.
THERE WILL BE NO BUILDINGS CONTIGUOUS TO ANY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
THIS WILL ALL BE NATURAL RETENTION STORMWATER AND ALL JUST
BUFFER.
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THERE'S CURRENTLY BIG VEGETATION ALREADY IN PLACE AND WE WILL BE
ADDING TO THAT BUFFER.
SO TO SAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE BUILDING BACK INTO THE A3 AREA,
WE HAVE SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT THE BUILDING ENVELOPE THAT WE
WOULD NOT BE GOING INTO THAT AREA.
TALKING TO WHAT'S APPROVED IN THE OTHER TO BES AT THE OFFRAMP.
HOTELS, OFFICE, GUESTS STAYING AT HOTELS THEY NEED TO REFUEL AND
NEED CONVENIENCE ITEMS THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE USE IN AN
APPROPRIATE LOCATION THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: OKAY THANK YOU MR. JUNTA WITH THAT
WE'LL CLOSE MAJOR MOD 14-635.
>>BRIAN GRADY: THE FINAL ITEM B 16 MAJOR MODIFICATION
APPLICATION 14-0636 THE REQUEST IS FOR MAJOR MODIFICATION TO
EXISTING PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO ADD ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT THE
OPTION TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL OPTIONS WITHIN THE PD,
ISABELLE ALBERT WILL PROVIDE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AFTER
PRESENTATION BY THE APPLICANT.
>>GOOD EVENING I'M JUDY JAMES 325 SOUTH BOULEVARD I'M FIRST AND
LAST ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: WELCOME BACK.
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>>THIS LAST APPLICATION IS REALLY JUST TO ADD A THIRD OPTION I'LL
WALK YOU THROUGH IT REAL QUICK.
OPTION A WAS 267 TRIPLEXES AND 1.5 ACRES OF RECREATION CULTURAL
AND INSTITUTIONAL USES.
WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH OPTION A IS HAVE THE REFERENCE TO
TRIPLEXES SO TESTIMONY BE 267 MULTI-FAMILY STILL STAYING WITH 1.5
ACRES OF RECREATIONAL CULTURAL AND INSTITUTIONAL USES OPTION B IS
CURRENTLY 230 TOWNHOMES WITH 30,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE WHAT WE
HAVE DONE TO THAT ONE IS BUMPED IT UP TO 245 UNITS AND SAID IT
COULD BE TOWNHOMES OR SINGLE FAMILY LOTS IF IT'S SINGLE FAMILY
LOTS IT'S LIMITED TO 120 LOTS THEY COULD BE DOWN TO 4400 SQUARE
FEET WE KEPT THE 30,000 SQUARE FEET THAT WAS THE IDEA BEHIND
OPTION B WAS THE THREE ACRES OF OFFICE USES.
WHAT HAPPENED SINCE THEN, THOUGH, IS THEY WERE GOING TO USE THAT
30,000 SQUARE FEET TO BE THEIR CORPORATE OFFICES.
THEY FOUND OTHER SPACE.
THEY DON'T NEED IT ANYMORE.
SO NOW WE'RE IN FOR OPTION C.
AND OPTION C IS GOING TO BE 275 UNITS WE WENT AHEAD AND INCREASED
THE OVERALL MAXIMUM NUMBER OF UNITS AND 15,246 SQUARE FEET OF
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OFFICE WHICH WILL BE -- IT WILL BASICALLY SIT ON ONE ACRE OF
OFFICE SO WE'LL STILL HAVE THE MIXED USE IT WILL BE ONE ACRE OF
OFFICE 15,246 FEET, 275 UNITS AND CAN BE A COMBINATION OF
TOWNHOME OR UP TO 130 SINGLE FAMILY AGAIN GOING DOWN TO THE 4400
SQUARE FEET.
IN REALITY ON THE 4400 SQUARE FEET, WE DID FOLLOW RECENT
APPROVALS FROM 130491 AND 130240 THE CONDITIONS ARE IN THE BACKUP
FROM THE STAFF.
REGARDING OFFSTREET PARKING FOR ONE CAR GARAGES BUT NOT NEEDING
IT FOR TWO CAR GARAGES AND IF WE DO HAVE A ONE CAR GARAGE IT'S
REQUIRED TO BE A TWO STORY TOWNHOME.
THERE WERE ALSO SOME PARKING WAIVERS GRANTED FOR THE PARKING LOT
AND THOSE DETAILS ARE SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN ALONG WITH THE
STREETSCAPE.
WE KEPT ALL OF OUR EXISTING BUFFERS AND SETBACKS THAT WERE IN
OPTION A AND B EXCEPT WE DELETED IN OPTION B A 25 FOOT SETBACK ON
THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINE WHICH WAS ADJACENT TO THE COUNTY
PARKLAND.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: I'M GOOD.
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THANK YOU FOR THAT.
MS. ALBERT.
ISABELLE ALBERT: ISABELLE ALBERT, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
MS. JAMES DID AN EXCELLENT JOB AT RECAPPING WHAT THE REQUEST WAS.
AND I HAVE NOTHING REALLY FURTHER TO ADD EXCEPT JUST
CLARIFICATION IN MY REPORT WHERE I SAID OPTION C IS TO ADD 298
UNITS BUT IT'S REALLY 275 MY CONDITION DOES REFLECT THE 275 SO
THAT'S PROBABLY THE ONLY CHANGE OR ADDITION THAT I NEED TO MAKE
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THERE'S NO OPPOSITION FROM MY
REVIEWING AGENCY THANK YOU.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THE PLANNING COMMISSION?
>>RANDY KRANJEC: THIS SITE FALLS WITHIN THE SUBURBAN MIXED USE
CATEGORY ON FUTURE LAND USE MAP IT FALLS WITHIN THE I-75
CORRIDOR.
ENCOURAGES -- THE COMP PLAN ENCOURAGES AND SUPPORTS EMPLOYMENT
CENTERS AND A MIXTURE OF USES.
ALONG THE CORRIDOR AND WITHIN SMU-6 DEVELOPMENTS AND PLANNING
COMMISSION STAFF FINDS THE PROPOSED MAJOR MODIFICATION CONSISTENT
WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
>>HEARING MASTER SCAROLA: THANK YOU.
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ANYBODY HERE TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST?
I SEE NONE.
ANY OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST?
MS. JAMES, ANYTHING ELSE?
WITH THAT WE'LL CLOSE MAJOR MOD 14-636 AND I BELIEVE THAT'S IT
FOR THE EVENING.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY'S HELP.