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HomeMy Public PortalAbout20150316_PC_MINUTES.pdf PLANNING COMMISSIONCITY MANAGER Demery BishopDiane Schleicher Ron Bossick Marianne BramblePLANNING & ZONING MANAGER Julie LivingstonEcological Planning Group John Major Tyler MarionCITY ATTORNEY David McNaughtonEdward M. Hughes MINUTES Planning Commission Meeting March16, 2015 Chair Marion called the March 16, 2015 Tybee Island Planning Commission meeting to order. Commissioners present were Tyler Marion, Demery Bishop, Ron Bossick, Julie Livingston, John Majorand Marianne Bramble. David McNaughton wasabsent and excused. Chair Marion asked Mr.DiTommaso if we coulddo the variance first so the applicants that were present did not have to wait till the end of the meeting to be heard. Mr. DiTommasoapproved. Chair Marion asked for consideration of February 17, 2015 meeting Minutes. A motion to approve was made by Commissioner Demery and seconded by Commissioner Livingston, vote to approve was unanimous. Chair Marion asked if there were any disclosures or recusals. Commissioner Major recused himself for the variance on Campbell Avenue. Old Business Chair Marion asked if anyone had any Old Business they would like to bring up. No one came forward with any Old Business. New Business Variance –consideration of marsh buffer encroachment variance application for outdoor shower-Section 3-090.1(E)(1)b -166 S. Campbell/Iocovozzi Mr.DiTommaso approached the Commission to explainthe variance request for the outdoorshower. Mr. DiTommaso then gave a short presentation with pictures of the proposed area for the shower and eventually a walkway from the existing deck to the area of the propertyfor the shower. Chair Marion askedthat since there were four Commissioners on the panel did he need to vote. Mr. DiTommaso answered no. Chair Marion stated arethere any concernswith the walkway being addedon the property. Mr. DiTommaso explained that thewalkway is allowed and there areno concernswith adding it. Commissioner Bossick asked is there a reason why the shower would be hooked to City Water & Sewer and not to the sceptic tank that is shown on the plat.Mr. DiTommaso stated that he believes there is a Septictank that is in use that does tie into the City System, and Mr. Iocovozzi could explain that better. Mr. Iocovozzi approached the Commission and addressed that there is an old 100 gallon tank with a pump that takes the sewer up to the city sewer system. It was installed by the previous owner of the property and it works great sorather than damage anything on the property or marsh we thought we would tie right into that tank its very close to where we are putting in the showerand we thought that would be the best method. Commissioner Bossick made the motion to approve and was seconded by Commissioner Bramble with thecomment that we are really protectiveof our marsh area and she just wants the applicant to be very aware of it and not to encroach in it any further. The vote to approve was unanimous. Text Amendment –considerations of revisions to Off Street Parking Section 3-080(C) Mr. DiTommaso approached the Commission to explain that the text amendment had been amended by the city attorney and now it is back for the Planning Commission to look at and then bring back to Council with recommendations if any. Mr. DiTommaso stated thattheproposedwording for the first section starts toimpact all the items below it. Because as soon as you change thetop paragraph then all of a sudden item onewhere it says can’t be greater than 25 feet now is impacted by thefirst paragraph. It looks like this whole section would have to be discussed and have some recommendations to take back to council. Commissioner Major stated that the text is dealing with everything else but driveways and he thought it needs to be worded differently. Commissioner Bossickexplained the way it is now it just creates onebigdriveway. Mr. DiTommaso stated thatit should have its own bulleted item beneath that and have the language pulled from the beginning. And we should leave the beginning how it usedto be and move this language down to 4 and create one specific to right-away. Commissioner Major stated that there are a number of driveways that pertain to this. Chair Marion asked do we need to vote on this or do we need to tell you to move this to there. Mr. DiTommaso statedwe do need to vote on this. Commissioner Bossick stated that it gets confusing between off street parking and driveways. Commissioner Major stated in looking at this I looked at our ordinance on green space and 65% of the designated set-back area of a lotshall remain in a vegetative statesowhat do we define as the set- backs. Commissioner Bishop askedwe are not perusingany changes for the water quality purposes in any of this rewrite.Mr. DiTommaso answered correct.Chair Marion askedare we taking our intro and replacing it with item 4. Ed DiTommaso explained he will leave the language up to the City Attorney. A motion was made by Commissioner Bishop for approval and to incorporate Commissioner Majors proposed language and relocation of those phrases into the appropriate area of Sec 3-080 entitled off street parking requirements and Commissioner Bossick seconded the motion the vote to approve was unanimous. Text Amendment –consideration of revisions to Commercial Signage Section 6-080(E) Mr. DiTommasoapproached the Commission and stated thatthe changeto this text amendmentfor commercial signage section 6-080(E) under section 2 that wouldallow for certain types of tourism based uses to have 2 principle signs on their property. He then explained and showed a short presentation of where the visitor center wanted a second proposed sign. Commissioner Major explained that last year the Marine Science Center came before us and Council with a signage issue and it seems that would be a similar situationand he is not sure that the Marine Science Center would fall under this definition as well. Commissioner Major also asked if they were currently in compliance with our current sign ordinance with the other 3 signs on the property. Mr. DiTommaso answered as far as he can tell they are in compliant with what they have now. Chair Marion asked if the applicant was the owner. Mr. DiTommaso stated that Mr. Solomonis the applicant and he is not sure who the owner of the property is. Chair Marion stated that there are more than enough signs for the visitor center and this might start more business wanting more signs. Mr. DiTommaso agreed. Commissioner Bishopstated that he is concerned with the wording and that it will give to many other businesses a chance to put more signage on Tybee. Chair Marion asked Commissioner Bishop if we leave out the exception would that be better. Commissioner Bishop stated I don’t feel we need exceptions at all. Commissioner Bramble explained that there are already a good amount of Banners on the Island and she agrees that is will open a flood gate for more signs. Commissioner Julie stated that the changing of the text would be across the board variance which we don’t do and it would be some for profits. Commissioner Bossick added that the location of the proposed sign that’s 32 square feet that is at a very busy intersection and visibility will be a safety hazard. Mr. DiTommaso stated that the location did meet the visibility requirement for that corner, but that doesn’t mean it won’t bea visibility problem. Commissioner Major asked whyno one hereis here representingpetitioner. Mr. DiTommaso stated he is not sure why no one showed up on behalf ofthe petitioner. Commissioner Bishop made a motion to deny the text amendment application with regards to commercial signage section 6-080(E) for reasons stated Commissioner Bramble seconded the motion the vote to deny was unanimous. Commissioner Livingston made a motion to adjourn Commissioner Bramble seconded the motion the vote was unanimous. Meeting adjourned at 7:54pm