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HomeMy Public PortalAbout20090813CityCouncilSynopsisPrepared8/14/09vw Page 1 of 3 20090813 City Council Synopsis Mayor Buelterman called the Consent Agenda meeting to order at 6:30pm on Thursday, August 13, 2009. Council Members present were Mayor pro tem Wanda Doyle, Charlie Brewer, Barry Brown, Dick Smith and Paul Wolff. Councilman Eddie Crone was absent due to illness. Also present were City Attorney Bubba Hughes, City Manager Diane Schleicher and Planning and Zoning Director Jonathan Lynn. Mayor Buelterman listed the following items on the Consent Agenda: City Council Minutes for 7/23/09 Third Amendment to Ground Lease Agreement: Spectrasite Communications (American Tower) including Memorandum of Understanding. Alcohol Application for Sunday Sales-Petitioner: Bikinis Inc. D/B/A Rock House Café, Joshua Navon 1518 Butler Ave. One Day Alcohol License Application for Beer, Wine per Event: Eye Dawg Productions, Tybee Lighthouse on September 26, 2009. Thomas Holland, Mike Modarelli. Savannah Tree Foundation request for waiver postponed until August 27th. Mikell Cates gave a presentation on a proposal to apply for a grant for water transportation between River Street, Tybee and Dafuskie Island. Mayor Buelterman adjourned the Consent Agenda. Mayor Buelterman called the regular meeting of the City Council to order at 7:00pm. Those present at the Consent Agenda were also in attendance for the regular meeting. Father Thomas Peyton gave the invocation and everyone recited the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Consent Agenda: A Motion by Councilman Brown to approve the Consent Agenda was seconded by Councilman Smith. The vote was unanimous. Public Hearings: 1. Map Amendment(Section 5-110) Text Amendment(Section 5-110) Site Plan (Section 5-080) Seeking conditional zoning for additional off street parking Petitioner: Mike Hosti, Address: 1107 & 1111 Butler Ave PIN 4-0006-19-005, 4-0006-19- 013, 4-0006-19-014 & 4-0006-19-015 Zone R-2 Map Amendment: Planning Commission recommends approval to rezone all six lots to C-2 conditional. Prepared8/14/09vw Page 2 of 3 Text Amendment: Planning Commission recommends approval to allow the following uses on six lots zoned C-2 Conditional: gift shop, grocery store, professional and business office, retail store and parking lot. A Motion by Councilman Brewer to approve conditional Zoning C-2 with property specified as grocery store with no expansion; includes adjacent lots only to serve the grocery store, the exit on Lovell Ave. to be closed off and the property reverting to R-2 zoning restrictions for use if the grocery store goes away, was seconded by Mayor pro tem Doyle. Councilman Brewer amended his motion to restrict the additional adjacent lots for parking only, Mayor pro tem Doyle seconded. Councilman Brewer amended his motion adding to continue the buffer through parking space #33 and across the rear to be the same as the side buffer, Mayor pro tem Doyle seconded The vote was Brewer, Doyle and Wolff in favor and Brown and Smith opposed Hughes stated for the record this includes the Text Amendment and Map Amendment with the Site Plan to come back for final 2nd reading on conditions. 2. Zoning Variance: Setback Variance into side yard to replace stairs with a porch and two sets of stairs at 29 Van Horn PIN 4-0002-18-001/Zone R-1 Petitioner: Margaret Stone & Robert Parker A Motion by Councilman Smith to approve was seconded by Mayor pro tem Doyle. The vote was unanimous. 3. Special Review: For Special Events for up to 20 people at existing bed and breakfast at 24 Van Horn, PIN 4-0002-22-002 Zone R-1 Petitioner: Cathleen Kilday A Motion by Councilman Brewer to Deny failed for lack of a second. A Motion by Councilman Smith to approve contingent on a legal agreement between the Kilday’s and the owner of the Nursing Home for additional parking being submitted to the city, including the 9 items recommended by the Planning Commission and the Kilday’s documenting ingress and egress rights across the neighboring property on the gravel road, was seconded by Mayor pro tem Doyle. The vote was Smith and Doyle in favor and Brewer, Brown and Wolff in opposition. A Motion by Councilman Brown to send back to the Planning Commission was seconded by Councilman Wolff. The vote was Brown and Wolff in favor and Brewer, Doyle and Smith in opposition. A Motion by Councilman Brewer to deny was seconded b y Councilman Brown. The vote was Brewer and Brown in favor and Doyle, Smith and Wolff opposed. Prepared8/14/09vw Page 3 of 3 A Motion by Councilman Smith to approve subject to parking agreement with Kilday’s and Nursing Home was seconded by Mayor pro tem Doyle. The vote was Smith and Doyle in favor and Brewer, Brown and Wolff opposed. A Motion by Councilman Brewer to send back to the Planning Commission to look into parking issues and fire code requirements was seconded by Councilman Brown. Councilman Wolff confirmed that no more than Twenty (20) people including guests would be allowed. The vote was Brewer, Brown and Wolff in favor and Doyle and Smith opposed. 4. Special Review; For a Guest Cottage at 38 Solomon Ave, PIN 4-0002-16-018 Zone R-1-B Diversified Designs for Petitioner: Russell Akers A Motion by Mayor pro tem Doyle to approve was seconded by Councilman Smith. The vote was unanimous. 5. Text Amendment: Land Development Code, Article 3, General Provisions. A Motion by Councilman Brown to table and re-advertise when Article 5 is ready was seconded by Councilman Brewer. The vote was unanimous. 6. Text Amendment: Municipal Code, Section 34-3, Private Parking Lots A Motion by Mayor pro tem Doyle to table until the 1st meeting in September and re-advertise was seconded by Councilman Brewer. The vote was unanimous. Councilman Brown requested the City Manager research and report to city council the cost of providing medical insurance to all employees who are eligible to retire between the ages of 55 and 65 along with a contribution system that will allow employees to enroll and pay into it in order to have their medical coverage provided between the ages of 55 and 65. Report to be provided at the 2nd meeting in August. Executive Session A Motion by Councilman Wolff to go into Executive Session to discuss Litigation, Personnel and Real Estate was seconded by Councilman Brown. The vote was unanimous. City Council excused Diane Schleicher and Vivian Woods from the Executive Session on Personnel. A Motion by Councilman Smith to end Executive Session was seconded by Councilman Wolff. The vote was Smith, Wolff, Brown and Doyle in favor and Brewer opposed. Adjournment A Motion by Councilman Brown to adjourn was seconded by Councilman Smith. The vote was unanimous.