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HomeMy WebLinkAboutP&Z MINUTES JULY 26, 198918a -{ • PLANNING ~ ZONING 7/26/89 Those Present: Acting Chairman: Chuck Frost Members: Dan Hess Jim Long Mike Larson Chuck Porter Chris Mix Councilmember: Glen Pond City Clerk: Rose Bagley John Millar and Barry Genta was excused. A motion was made by Dan Hess and seconded by Jim Long to approve the minutes. All Aye RE: VARIANCE FOR ZONE CHANGE Discussion on the variance for Neal Brown Apartments. Glen Pond told the members that the couzrcl felt that a 10 foot. variance instead of a 5 foot variance might be acceptable. The neighbor that the variance would effect, Mr. Thornock, did not object to that. A petition had been sent around to all the neighbors for the variance and the. zane change. The council had voted to hold a public hearing. far the zone change and had referred the variance back to the Planning and Zoning. Rex Larson from the fire department was at the meeting and objected to not having a full scale ,drawing. Chuck Porter said any recommendation would have to be on the condition that it be drawn to scale and meet all other existing safety codes. Chuck Prost said the drawing we have doesn't tell us anything. The members discussed the zone change. The rest of the block is zoned R3, so this would bring the corner in compliance with the rest of the block. Chuck Frost told the members there are two decisions to Hake, (1) do we want to go along with the zone change with the provision that they-have a variance for a 10 foot sat hack from the rear property line, (2) can we do anything without a detailed, drawing to scale? The. city council has approved a hearing for the zone change, so the variance is what the P & Z needs to approve. Jim Long said it concerns him that we give away the open space and Tandscaping. Glen Pond said the reason he was asking for the variance was so he could save the trees out in front. RE: VARIANCE .PLOT PLAN Chuck Frost said until we get a plot plan we can't give a variance. We need a detailed plot plan... A motion was made by Chuck Porter that they come back with a detailed plan that meets the fire code that can be studied by the city officials, and determine the exact use of the land At that time we will consider a variance. Seconded by Chris Mix. All aye. RE: TRAILER COURT S. 5th WEST l83 { ,; Next item on the agenda is a trailer court on South nth Nest. Gaylen Gneiting and tierna Gneiting were at the meeting. Chuck Frost read some old minutes giving permissian for the trailer court to be put on their ( property. This was to be built according to the ordinance and the }i plans. The construction of the improvements on the trailer court would need permits. The city would need an updated plan se that all the city officials could review the plat. It would be filed just like a regular sub-division plat. All of the plans need to be drawn and the construction started before anyone lives there. Mr. Gneiting said he is planning on buying the Trailers and then renting them. He said he ~ was going to start to put sidewalks in and when that is finished he would put. asphalt in. He said they would start putting power and gas in in about two weeks. The city clerk told him he would need to get permits for any building ,.and all utilities. Mrs. Gneiting. said the reason the trailers were .;moved before the court was finished because they were able to buy the trailers at a goad price if they took them now and lined them ail up in position. He was told he would have to bring in a final copy of the drawing in to City Hall. Mr. Gneiting said he would guarantee that this trailer court will be a nice looking court when it is finished. Mrs. Gneiting said these are not new trailers, but they plan to .fix them and paint them so they will look ' nice. Chuck Frost. told h.m to be sure to follow the trailer court ordinance. RE: OBJECTION TO TRAZI:ER C~JRT Glennis Nedrow- "We don't like the trailer court. We don'.t like the type of trailers that are being moved in. {ie don't want the type of people that that type of trailers will attract, we have a nice neighborhood. Is there room for parking in there, what about the cul-de-sac for the fire truck?" The trailer court ordinance requires a 2 acre plot, the property is zoned for a trailer court. Shaunna Henderson-She had just moved from by a trailer court a year ago. "It destroyed the value of my home. You look at it and you can't guarantee what kind of .people gill be living there." Dan Nedrow- '°We know what thss will do to ocir property value. They are old garbage looking trailers you're are putting in there." He said the doors were open on the trailers and dogs and cats are running. in and out. Mrs. Gneiting said they will refurbish the trailers and make them look nice. She said there will be a lawn and a play area, everything that the plans call for. The :city clerk told them they would need permits to fix up the trailers. Chuck Frost told the group at this point where approvals have been given, and the property is zoned correctly. As far as the Planning & Zoning is concerned, if the trailer park meets the requirements of the mobile home ordinance, you have a valid authorization to proceed with the project. If the people in the neighborhood feel that there is a great concern, it becomes a Legal matter that cannot be handled here. They are under construction and they have met the requirements of the zoning ordinance at this point. If the neighbors feel that it should not be there, then it has to go another route. Mr. Gneiting was ~8~ !~ advised to get all the needed permits necessary. There was a discussion with the neighbors, the Gneitings, and Mrs. Hancock about the condition of the trailers and the type of people that would be renting the trailers. Mrs. Hancock asked the neighbors to give them a I chance to work with the trailer court, she pointed out they are in construction at this time. Chuck Frost told them we would have to bring this issue to a conclusion. As Planning ~ Zoning all we can do is require that the conditions of the ordinance be met. He advised the Gneitings to do i j everything they could to do exactly and beyond the requirements of the ordinance, so the neighbors know that you are more than in good faith trying to go beyond the requirements of the law. The neighbors need to gives the Gneitings a chance to coffiplete the project according to the approved plan. Bef ore a license to operate would be issued by the city, the city would require that ordinance anal codes be followed completely. Chuck Porter asked if there xas a procedure that rental property meet a31 the codes before they can be rented? The city clerk told him it would fall under the inspection ordinance. Chuck Porter stated that we need same strict inspection procedures for trailer courts. RE: PARKING HARMONY HOUSE '~'~ Parking an Harmony House. Chuck Frost read a letter which the cit y clerk had written to ?'t='. Fluknger about the parking and also the letter he had written back xith a copy of the new parking proposal. (copy attached .and on file? He needs a total of 86 parking places. He .proposes to remove the green area. Glen Bean said he does not have a dimension of the parking. The planning board asked the clerk to have John Millar check the plan out to make sure he has enough. parking. fle will have. to meet the parking regulations before he can occupy it with students. RE: LANDSCAPE ~ TREE ORDINANCE Jim Long asked the clerk to get so®e copies of Landscape and Tree ordinances, so an ordinance for Rexburg can be drain up. RE: CLARK OCCUPANCX CERTIFICATE Ghuck Frost read a letter the citq attorney wrote to Steve Clark (copy attached). He is still out of compliance and is in violation. He has now been on legal notice from the city to put it in compliance. The certificate of occupancy comes from the city and if the city denys him this certificate the college vauld not approve him for college housing. It would have to be some kind of a safety violation. The members asked the clerk to have the city attorney write another letter to Steve Glark that the Planning fr Zoning have advised Ricks College • that if he is not in compliance by Augeist 1S with the fire lane, make ,, ,; ;; , ~. the stairs safe, and pave and make the parking lot in compliance that his occupancy permit Will ~e denied. Meeting Adjourned. 185 • • •