Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout02.01.18 P&Z Minutes_exppdf 1 City Staff Brad Wolfe – City Council Liaison Val Christensen – Community Development Craig Rindlisbacher – City Planner Tawnya Grover – Planning & Zoning Administrative Assistant Chairman Heidi Christensen asked Bruce Sutherland to chair this meeting. Commissioner Bruce Sutherland opened the meeting at 6:30 PM. He welcomed everyone. He welcomed Jonathon McMullin’s family for coming. Roll Call. Present: Bruce Sutherland, Melanie Davenport, Mark Rudd, Greg Blacker, Steve Oakey, John Bowen, Gil Shirley, Kristi Anderson, Council Liaison Brad Wolfe (Not voting). Absent: Chairman Heidi Christensen, Rory Kunz, and Darrik Farmer. Minutes: 1. From Planning and Zoning meeting – January 18, 2018 Kristi motioned to approve the Planning & Zoning minutes of January 18, 2017. Melanie Davenport seconded the motion. Greg Blacker and Mark Rudd abstain from not being present. None opposed. Motion carried. Public Hearings: 1. Conditional Use Permit (#18 00006) to allow a parking reduction through the use of the Pedestrian Emphasis District (PED), per the Rexburg Development Code. The zoning for the property is High Density Residential One (HDR1). The said parcel is located at 486 South 3rd West, the Roost, in Rexburg, Madison County, Idaho. Jonathon McMullin – 260 W 1st N – He is coming before the Commission today again for a Conditional Use Permit for reduced parking. The owner chose to add two new units in the basement of the Roost, instead of using these areas as storage units. Because of this change, his conditional use permit of 63% was not enough to cover his parking. He is coming before the Commission for a reduced parking percentage of 57%. Chairman Sutherland opened the public input portion of the hearing at 6:41PM. In Favor: None Neutral: None Opposed: None Written Input: None Chairman Sutherland closed the public input portion of the hearing at 6:42PM. 35 North 1st East Rexburg, ID 83440 Phone: 208.359.3020 Fax: 208.359.3022 www.rexburg.org Planning & Zoning Minutes February 1, 2018 2 Greg Blacker does not have a problem with the request. He thinks this change is ridiculous. This is the second time we are seeing Jonathon’s request. He asked about the cost for this request. It is $550. Community Development Director, Val Christensen, told him, right now this is the process. Val suggests perhaps next time, a range would be better, to provide a buffer, so this kind of thing doesn’t happen. Motion: Approve application for reduced parking for Conditional Use Permit #18-0006 as its written, because it is a minor adjustment, and it is not setting a precedence for a lower amount., Action: Approve, Moved by Melanie Davenport, Seconded by Greg Blacker. Vote: Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote (summary: Yea = 8). Yea: Bruce Sutherland, Melanie Davenport, Mark Rudd, Greg Blacker, Steve Oakey, John Bowen, Gil Shirley, Kristi Anderson. Unfinished/Old Business: None New Business: 1. Development Code Changes Presentation – Craig Rindlisbacher Short Plat. The short plat process was developed three or four years ago to allow platting without coming to the Planning & Zoning Commission for small projects that do not need right-of- way or infrastructure. These go right to City Staff reviews and shortens the time for approval. Staff recommends the short plat definition be changed from 3 properties to 5 on a case-by-case basis. The short plat process may save time and money. Greg Blacker is concerned about the size of land this change could affect. Craig answered, this is the process of changing property lines. The property has already been purchased and zoned, the lot lines are just being moved. Many applications come before Planning & Zoning with developments on several parcels. The Assessor’s office struggles with buildings built on multiple parcels, because they don’t know which parcel to assign the building to. The short plat process would be used to combine those parcels into just one within a development. John Bowen likes the idea; he says it makes great sense. PED Parking. We recently dealt with an application with the Ivy for visitor parking. Based on the visitor parking study, the minimum parking requirement for visitor parking would be 6% for both areas. The minimum request would be 6% instead of 3%. Before this change, there was a minimum of 3% in one area and 6% in the other. The term, “linear interpolation” was defined. It was decided to scratch the sentence including “linear interpolation” in this same section. Melanie Davenport asked if anything has been approved at 3%. Val answered, nothing has been approved below 6%. The lowest percent allowed would be 6% from now on. Scott shared the history of a group that requested a parking study and their findings. Mixed Use. Mixed Use is not a new idea. Mixed Use has grown in use as a strategy over the years. Mixed Use works with the idea of mixing uses within the same building. Mixed Use developments have become more the expectation, because it adds value to the development. Sometimes street presentation is the focus and less about use. Mixed Use provides the opportunity to increase density and lower infrastructure costs. Hemming Cedars is Rexburg’s first real mixed use development. John Bowen asked about Hemming Cedars. Scott talked about NavEx Global being housed in Hemming Cedars. There is a combination of retail on the bottom, then office in the middle level, and up above is community or married housing. Mixed Use projects can be challenging for developers. There is added risk. Objectives: 3 1. Flexibility for Developers 2. Market Adaptability 3. Better Land-Use Integration – Integrate with surrounding land uses. 4. Integrated Densities 5. Lower Infrastructure Costs 6. Strengthened Community Identity Intent of Ordinance Changes: 1. Let developers respond.to the market need for mixed use. 2. Encourage mixed-use building in targeted areas of higher density 3. Define mixed-use clusters that support existing and future neighborhoods. Staff is recommending removing the 10% commercial requirement of the mixed use zone. This will be replaced with a method to encourage mixed use by allowing increased densities. Staff is also recommending removing the height restrictions. Community Development Director, Val Christensen shared, height restrictions have already been removed in Mixed Use. Staff is recommending the height requirement be removed from the CBD, downtown district too. Steve Oakey pointed out p.74, 3.14 “Mixed use percentages shall be maintained in perpetuity.” Suggests language with option to change with a Conditional Use Permit. Perpetuity is too long of a time frame. City Planner, Craig Rindlisbacher, talked about the mixed-use clusters, and a transition to form- based. This would be an emphasis more on the design and less on the use. Gil Shirley asked about P.72 Hotels is highlighted. Highlighted sections, mean they will be added. P.73 Townhomes is also added. Val answered, this is adjacent to the right-of-way. Typically, across the nation, townhomes are required to have a set of steps up into them. You don’t want the windows to look right in from the street. It is more of a privacy issue, by raising the level of the windows. Steve Oakey talked about adding this permitted use. Currently, the long lists bar innovation, without the developer doing a conditional use permit. For future use, can we think of a more general definition to get rid of the long lists? Val suggested an area, “or as approved by the Planning & Zoning Commission without a public hearing.” Melanie Davenport talked about some protection built into this kind of suggestion offered by Steve. An industry not wanted, would need some protection for the City. US 20 Corridor. “Rexburg is located in an area of unique Visual quality, and preservation of key view corridors is a goal of the community. Primary views which the City may want to consider for preservation include the Rexburg bench, the LDS temple, and Teton Mountains...Where appropriate and necessary, the City can utilize development regulations on building height, reflectivity, and location to ensure that key views are not obstructed or detracted from by development (Rexburg 2020 Comprehensive Plan).” The goal is not to obstruct the views and the City cares about the presentation of our buildings. “4.7.a.iv.” is the part in the Development Code staff is wanting to change. Concerns expressed were the requirement doesn’t define what we are looking for. The intent is to streamline the approval process along the corridor, protecting those 4 things we are interested in, and allow flexibility with the Design Review Committee. If it meets the minimum requirements, it can be reviewed by staff. If the developer wants to do something different or challenge that, they will go before the Design Review Committee. Val shared that these issues used to come before the Planning & Zoning Commission, and they would send it to the Design Review Committee. This was changed to if issues with the Development Code requirements were raised, the applicant immediately went to the Design Review Committee. Staff is describing a prescriptive method that would need to be followed if the applicant does not want to go the Design Review Committee. The intent is to take out the subjectivity and give the applicants objectivity. Some buffering requirements are being added. The general idea is to screen storage lots from objectionable views. The decision is, does the Commission want to move forward with this for public hearing? Greg Blacker asked what the recourse is if they don’t agree with the Design Review Committee. Val answered they can go to City Council. It has been Bruce Sutherland’s experience that the problems in Design Review usually work themselves out in that meeting. Steve Oakey appreciates the spirit in which you are moving. Staff is trying to make things easier for people to do development in Rexburg, maintaining some design. The Commission decided these changes will go forward for a public hearing. Compliance: None Non-controversial Items Added to the Agenda: None Report on Projects: None Tabled Requests: None Building Permit Application Report: None Heads Up: February 15, 2018 Hearings: 1. Development Code Amendments 2. (#18 00020) to Rezone Medium Density Residential 1(MDR1) and High Density Residential 1 (HDR1) to Mixed Use (MU) at approximately 220 S. 2nd W., Arbor Cove, in the City of Rexburg, Madison County, Idaho. 3. (#18 00027) to Rezone from Transitional Agricultural 1 (TAG1) to Light Industrial (LI) for 4 W. Moody Rd. in the City of Rexburg, Madison County, Idaho Motion to close the meeting: Motion: Motion to adjourn., Action: Approve, Moved by Kristi Anderson, Seconded by Gil Shirley. Vote: Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote (summary: Yea = 8). Yea: Bruce Sutherland, Melanie Davenport, Mark Rudd, Greg Blacker, Steve Oakey, John Bowen, Gil Shirley, Kristi Anderson.