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HomeMy WebLinkAboutP&Z MINUTES JANUARY 15, 1987_ ~ ~ Planning & Zoning ~ .-. Public Hearing r W_ . New Zoning Ordinance January 15, 1987 An Informal Public Hearing for the new Zoning Ordinance and Map, held at the Lincoln School, January 16, 198.7 from 7:00 P. M. to 9:00 P. t1. Those Present: Planning & Zoning: Mayor: City Council: City Clerk: Jim Keller conducted the informal hearing. Jim Keller Bob Purrington Gerald Taylor Chris Mix John C Porter Glen Pond Darlene Blackburn Rose Bagley Don Heir 254 East 1st South- Question the area marked in 29, between East Main and 1st South, it is marked in purple. The wording on this zone. scares me a little, because it talking about retail and service facilities. In that area now the only thing that is in there is doctors and professional offices. That is the Professional Plaza. Jim checked the chart to see what would be allowed- Page 44-46,47, Cl is more a neighborhood commercial that would allow a small grocery store, with a conditional use permit., that could be placed there. It doesn`t define Professional offices as being there. Jim Keller said that should be adjusted to allow that in Cl. What they intended in Cl is if you have a fairly large residential area, and the t~ t .'area wishes to have a small convenience store in the area, you can permit it under a conditional use and allow it to be there if a1I the residents allow it to happen. Bob Purrington told the group that the Residence would have to approve it under a conditional use. The mayor said it also says that it also cannot have 20% disapproval or the person next to the property disapproves. Jim said it is a pretty limited commercial. Page 43. It doesn't say specifically that Professional Plaza is allowed. Mayor- When that street was created, in the documents that govern the division, the people that developed it have that written in as a restrictive covenant and they would still be dominate. • 51. • Sally Smith- We have previously pettitioned to get our zoning changed and you have not changed it on the map. She said she had found. out something interesting after research, FHA, if the use is primarily residential, they will actually loan money. It is on 2nd South and 2nd West, and we want it .changed to R3 from commercial. Glen Pond said that is all residential homes in that area and we need to review it again. Jim Keller said he didn't think there was any opposition on the Planning Board if the property owners that own homes there want to change it R3. The problem is if you ever want to zone it the other way.. Fred Calder- On block 6 South End Addition, the corner of 4th West and 2nd South, what is that zoned. That is R2 Glen Pond told him. Fred said he thinks that is an error, it should be commercial, it has a commercial buidling on it. Glen said we may want to look at leaving it as Manufacturing, to tie into whats across the street. Jim said we need to make it computable with the other industrial area. Jo Ann Green- I have a question about the Green Residential 1S Areas that are • boarding the R3 Areas. I am talking about the areas in 3rd East around 4th - 5th South. Why are we trying to combine the lowest density with the highest density right across from each other. Wouldn`t it be more reasonable to put low density right across from low density. If there has to be apartments close by we would much rather have them in our back yard. ~~~ Around the corner from us on Harvard and.3rd East we have apartments on both sides of the street, and it has not been disruptive, you can avoid that street. If you-have small children there is a lot of extra parking, a lot of extra cars that you can avoid that. Jim Keller- the intent there was to simply extend the apartment areas that you ee between 3rd and Harvard, just extending them straight-back. The property owner here did request some R3, but I'm not sure there would be a need to go straight up. Mayor Porter-Last night it was requested that we re-zone that green across the street for a half a block, half of the width. Jim Keller- I think you could .take most of that block 2 and at least half of block 1 from brown to green. I think all we would need to do in that case is talk to the property owner. Jim told them to fill out of form provided. That would'be Sherwood Hi11s block l & 2. Gwen Butler- On Harvard that is listed green and they already have apartments in their basements, at this time they would not be legally zoned to have apartments. Jim- what we have -tried to do is to provide a zone that caould allow us to continue the use there now but control the continuation of new homes when they are built. Mrs. Butler- What about existing homes being converted? Jim- that would not be allowed, or if they are sold it would not be allowed. They would have to come back and get a variance in order to sell it to use an apartment that is there now. Mrs. Butler there is a vacant lot. on the corner of Harvard and 2nd South. Jim- we would have to change the grandfather clause to allow the apartments to continue if it changes ownership, but they could come in and get a variance. Mayor Porter- Last night Ross Reese brought this up. He also brought up that all the business district would be non-compliance because they-don`t have a 10 foot set back. I checked today. with two .attorneys, and they said the businesses that are there now are in compliance because they are in a commercial district. It is impossible for them to .move back, on the set back. They see no problem with it, even with changing hands, remodeling. The only thing is if one of them is over SO% destroyed hen to rebuild they. would have to move it back, which would make a problem on ain Street because one would be 10 feet back the one next to it would be right. up to the property line.. They suggested they put in .the ordinance a paragraph exempting the existing set back, so .they could remain and be in compliance.