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HomeMy WebLinkAboutP&Z MINUTES NOVEMBER 17, 2005 ORM F EQUEST R RAVEL T P&Z LANNING ONING M INUTES 19 E. Main (PO Box 280) Phone: 208-359-3020 x326 Rexburg, Idaho 83440 Fax: 208-359-3024 www.rexburg.org planning@rexburg.org November 17, 2005 Commissioners Attending: City Staff and Others: Rex Erickson – Council Member Shawn Larsen - Mayor Winston Dyer– Chairman Kurt Hibbert – P&Z Administrator Mary Haley Randall Porter Bethany Caufield – Secretary Ted Hill Mary Ann Mounts Mike Ricks Charles Andersen David Stein Thaine Robinson Joe Laird Chairman Dyer opened the meeting at 7:05pm Bill JohnsonCharles Andersen was excused from the meeting. was excused later in the meeting due to a previous engagement. 1. Minutes: November 3, 2005 David SteinRandall Porter motioned to approve the minutes for November 3, 2005. seconded the motion. Motion carried None opposed. . 2. Unfinished/Old Business: A.City Council’s discussion on Residential Business District Kurt Hibbert prepared a power point presentation to educate the public on the purpose and objectives of this zone as well as a summary of how the RBD zone currently reads. He also explained that the City Council did th not take any action on the zone. It was tabled until December 14 to give the City a chance to further inform the public. Kurt Hibbert went through the power point with the commissioners. Chairman Dyer added one of the clarifications that were given at the City Council Meeting was that it will not be a domino effect. Mary Haley Kurt Hibbert asked if there was an exception to corner lots in the ordinance. explained that under the ordinance, corner lots do not have a backyard setback; they have two front yard and two side yard setbacks. As far as the requirement for the parking to be in the back yard, that would be impossible on a corner lot. They will either make an exception in the ordinance for corner lots or not allow corner lots to rezone to RBD. Mike Ricks arrived at 7:17pm. 1 3. Public Hearings: st A. Rezone – N 1 E property – Rudd & Co. – 7:20pm st Ron Reed explained that they are requesting to rezone N 1 E from Light Industrial to Professional Office zone. They want to build on that property and relocate their Child and Family Resource business. There will be a building approximately 6,000 sq. ft. There is about 350 ft. from the South to the North and 150 ft. from the East to the West. Parking will be on the South side of the parcel. There will be a fenced area in the back with grass. There will be children up to about age 10 or 11 that will be in their facility. Mary Haley asked if they plan to have overnight care. Ron Reed replied that they would not; their office hours are from 6 AM to 6 PM. Mary Haley asked if they are looking to serve children in the Madison County and Sugar City School District. Ron Reed confirmed that they are. They had been serving the children in Jefferson County as well, but part of the problem they were running in to was that the children need to go to the closest facility. Chairman Dyer opened the public input portion. In Favor: James Johnston – a manager of Child and Family Resource. He felt the proposal will be a good addition to this section of the City. They have tried to structure the building so that it would fit in with the neighborhood; so it will blend fairly well with the community. Neutral: None Opposed: None Written Input: None Chairman Dyer closed the public input portion. Randall PorterChairman declared a conflict of interest. He owns one of the warehouses along that street. DyerRandall Porter asked if he had any material interest in the outcome of this. replied that he did not. Randall Porter Commissioners had no concerns. remained on the board. Mary Ann Mounts felt that anytime some one is up-zoning, it is a good thing. She thought this would be a Thaine Robinson good use. added that he felt it was an improvement to what currently exists there. Mary Ann Mounts motioned to accept the plan to rezone the property from Light Industrial to Professional Ted Hill Office Zone. seconded the motion. Motion carried None opposed. . B.Rezone – Indian Hills Neighborhood Association – 7:35pm Bryce Thueson – 301 Mohawk – President of the Indian Hills Neighborhood Association. He explained that th their proposal is to rezone the homes along the East side of 4 E down to Rolling Hills Dr., the homes on the nd North side of Rolling Hills Dr. to Shoshone, the homes along the West side of Shoshone that go up to 2 S (the 2 th Randall Hill Subdivision plus the homes on the North side of Rolling Hills Dr. from 4 E to Shoshone). They requested to be rezoned from Low Density Residential Two (LDR2) to Low Density Residential One (LDR1), which would limit or stop the apartments from coming in. Mr. Thueson felt that by rezoning to LDR1, it will further stabilize the neighborhood. The Neighborhood to the South is currently zoned LDR1 as well as along Mill Hollow, so they felt this zone would fit well for their Neighborhood and the surrounding area. Chairman Dyer asked about the number of membership of the Neighborhood Association, the efforts to get the word out about the proposal, meetings that might have been held, and how many are for the proposal and against. Bryce Thueson reported that everyone had been contacted from the boundaries that are requested to be rezoned. A letter has been sent out and a representative from the Planning Committee of the Neighborhood Association to contact all the homes to ask if the residents wanted to be a part of the Neighborhood Association. Last week, they held a meeting at Lincoln School for the members of the Neighborhood Association to discuss what they wanted to do. One of their main focuses for creating the Association was to create this rezone for the properties. The Association does not include everyone, but everyone has been contacted. Chairman Dyer asked what the percentage indication of those in favor of this change in zoning. Bryce Thueson estimated more than 75% of the people want to rezone; maybe closer to 90%. There was a petition signed supporting rezoning the neighborhood. David Stein asked if Mr. Thueson had any idea how many basement apartments are currently in the neighborhood. Bryce Thueson estimated about half a dozen. He added that at the last meeting they did discuss that those who currently have an apartment that is legal according to the City is grandfathered; they can keep their apartment and it can transfer to the new owner. Thaine Robinson commented that the minimum lot requirement for LDR1 is 12,000 sq. ft. with 80 foot Kurt Hibbert frontage. He asked if all the homes meet that requirement. explained that most of those homes are too small, but they will be grandfathered and considered legal nonconforming lot sizes. Chairman Dyer opened the public input portion. In Favor: Rick Davis – 530 Comanche Dr. He was in favor of the proposal. He was one of those who went door to door. There was one person who was opposed to the proposal. Everyone else he spoke with was in favor of the proposal. Carrie Mills - 290 Shoshone. She went door to door down Shoshone. She had one gentleman who had an apartment who was absolutely for it and he understood that he would still be able to have his apartment. She did not find any controversy that came up. She felt it was unanimous on her street. Boyd Withers – 266 Nez Perce. He contacted a number of people on Nez Perce; no one was opposed – two were not home. Neutral: th Marilyn Clark - 329 S 4 E. She had a question regarding adding square footage under her home for her son who has a disability. She was wondering if that would be a problem if she tries to do something like that. 3 Chairman Dyer invited her to confer after the meeting with Mr. Hibbert. Opposed: None Written input: None Chairman Dyer closed the public input portion. Randall PorterMary Ann Mounts commented that he liked the proposal. added that she liked it because they are surrounded by LDR1. Chairman Dyer commented that he would like the record to reflect the efforts of the Neighborhood Association to organize this and do their “do diligence” and bring documentation and information before the Commission for consideration. He wanted to hold this up as a model of how this should be approached. He appreciated their efforts. Mary Ann MountsJoe motioned to allow this Neighborhood that has been outlined to be changed to LDR1. Laird seconded the motion. Motion carried None opposed. . 4.Additional items: A. Concept Plan Kurt Hibbert reported that the developers represented brought a drawing for a proposal on Pioneer and Mariah. The gentleman doing this project for the developer is a landscape architect. He was concerned about the traffic along Pioneer so he developed a berm system all around the property. He has most of his parking to the rear. He’ll start out with 2-24 plexes. He will then proceed with the remaining buildings according to the market. There is quite a bit of green space, there is also a large contiguous green space in the middle with a volley ball sand pit. There are little gazebos with fire pits. It is a concept plan only at this point. They plan to bring in pictures of the building. There is a lot of architectural relief. It is just a heads up concept plan so the Commissioners can get an idea of how that large parcel can build out. Chairman DyerKurt Hibbert asked what seems to be the hold up. explained that there is really not a hold up. They want to get the Commissioners good information. They are concerned about the Design Standards. They feel that they meet those requirements, but they were concerned about having the presentation in a nice flow. Kurt Hibbert added that Mr. Mann asked a very good question. These are 24 plexes and they are one and two bedroom units. He may, because they are one and two bedroom units, come in and request for a change in zoning to HDR2 because that is the zone that allows them to reduce their parking spaces per unit. That is something the Commissioners may need to be thinking about as well. C.Heads up on the Annexation of the Rexburg North Impact Area Chairman Dyer reported that Rexburg has met and determined that they would like to move forward in an effort to annex the Impact zone north of the City in its entirety. Under the circumstances, and in the interest of time, they have noticed that out as a combined hearing on Wednesday 14 December with Planning & Zoning and the Council. 4 Kurt Hibbert added that this joint meeting is mandatory and super critical that they have a full quorum of both the Planning & Zoning Commissioners and the City Council. If they do not have a quorum, they cannot take action. Meeting adjourned at 8:36pm 5