HomeMy Public PortalAbout11.1.2004 Planning Baord Agenda and MinutesITEM #1: Call to order and confirmation of a quorum.
ITEM #2: Adoption of minutes from October meeting.
ITEM #3: Additions to the agenda & agenda adjustment.
ITEM #4: Committee reports and updates
• Board of Adjustment
0 Parks and Recreation Board
• OC/Hillsborough Transition Area Task Force
• Churton Street corridor plan
• Recruiting for volunteers
• Strategic Growth Plan
AGENDA
PLANNING BOARD
Monday, November 1, 2004
7:00 PM, Town Barn
ITEM #5: Discussion of Zoning/Master Plan/Special Use Permit for proposed Oakdale Village
commercial development at the corner of Oakdale Drive and South Churton Street.
Action requested: Recommendation of action to Town Board
ITEM #6: Discussion of Special Use Permit for Goodwill Community Foundation retail store at 520
Hampton Pointe Blvd.
Action requested: Recommendation of action to Town Board
ITEM #7: Discussion of rezoning request from Housewright Builders to rezone approximately 10
acres from R-40 to R-10 with access to Rencher Street.
Action requested: Recommendation of action to Town Board
ITEM #8: Discussion of Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Regulation Text amendments to require
subdivisions seeking approval under the cluster provisions seek a SUP.
Action requested: Recommendation of action to Town Board
ITEM #9: Discussion of Zoning Ordinance Text amendments to amend the definition of a Restaurant
"C" and allow such restaurants in the Neighborhood Business zone with a SUP.
Action requested: Recommendation of action to Town Board
ITEM #10: Discussion of Zoning Ordinance Text amendments to allow multi -family dwellings in the
General Industrial district when the conversion will involve reuse of an historic industrial
building with a SUP.
Action requested: Recommendation of action to Town Board
ITEM #11: Discuss request to amend Zoning Ordinance to add provisions for homeless shelter.
ITEM #12: Adjourn
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MINUTES
PLANNING BOARD
November 1, 2004
PRESENT: Paul Newton (Chair), Jim Boericke, Matthew Farrelly, David Remington, Barrie
Wallace, Bryant Warren
PUBLIC: Allen Knight, Tony Whitaker, Craig Benedict, Mike Neal, Terry Snow, Joe Phelps,
Bob Hornik, Margaret Hauth
Newton called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM and confirmed the presence of a
quorum.
ITEM #2: Warren moved to approve the minutes as written. Boericke seconded.
VOTE: Unanimous.
ITEM #4: Hauth noted that the Board of Adjustment did not meet in October. Warren reported
that the Parks & Recreation Board hope to hold a neighborhood meeting for the
Terrell Road Park. He added the access to Gold Park is inching toward approval
from the railroad and they expect to receive a revised plan for Turnip Patch in
November. Newton reported that the Transition Area Task Force adopted its mission
statement. Warren reported that the Churton Street Corridor Plan workgroup has two
workshops scheduled on a Saturday and Monday in January to solicit input from
owners and businesses.
Hauth distributed a letter from Kelly Hopper to the members thanking them for
working with her. Hauth said she was recruiting for the vacancy and Carroll's
pending vacancy and hoped to have candidates ready to be interviewed in December.
The members discussed concerns about attendance and the vagueness of the existing
policy. By consensus, the members indicated their willingness to work together with
the Town Board to create a better policy.
ITEM #5: Hauth introduced the annexation, zoning, and special use permit for Oakdale Village.
She reminded members the proj ect had been discussed at the October public hearing
and she added this development had not been anticipated in the most recent water
capacity analysis.
Whitaker displayed the original "bubble" diagram for the project and indicated the
changes from it to the current proposal. He said they are currently negotiating with
Birch Lake Apartments to provide a vehicular and pedestrian connection. He said
Orange County's comment regarding a fifty foot landscaped buffer along South
Churton must represent an ideal, because it is not the current practice for developed
parcels. He said this proposal removes 8 or 9 existing driveways and replaces them
with three. Hauth asked whether the Churton Street driveway would be converted to
a right in, right out configuration when Churton was widened and Whitaker said it
would. Hornik asked if the applicant would accept that as a condition of approval
and Whitaker said yes.
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Benedict distributed additional comments from the Orange County staff and
answered questions about the traffic numbers in the comments. Hornik asked
whether the study assumed all the trips were new, or whether they were capturing
folks already driving by the site. Snow, traffic engineer for Oakdale Village said that
the 6,900 vehicles per day are new trips only. He added that with the improvements
being provided by the development, the level of service would improve to a better
situation than exists at the site today.
Newton asked if there was a possibility to turn or move the pharmacy building on the
site to shift the need for parking on the Churton Street side. Whitaker noted that the
store layout dictates much of the arrangement and that the drive thru and entrance are
diagonally opposite. Warren asked how the site would be graded since the site is
lower than Churton Street. Whitaker said fill from the rear of the site would be
brought forward to make the site more level. Farrelly said his interest was to soften
the look of the building. He noted that once you are on the site, there is no
landscaping between the parking and the building. He also asked how signs would
relate to the berms. Whitaker asked the members to confirm the list of comments he
created as: move the building up to Churton Street, eliminate or limit the parking
between the building and Churton Street and possibly Oakdale, consider rotating the
building, and provide options. The members agreed with the list. Whitaker said he
looked forward to receiving any other comments and asked Hauth to provide the
members with his contact information.
ITEM #6: Hauth introduced the Special Use Permit for GCF to locate a store in Hampton
Pointe. The members expressed concern about reviewing the permit without the
applicant present. Hauth asked if there were specific questions or concerns she could
relay to the applicant for discussion at the next meeting. Boericke said he would like
more information about the screening/landscaping materials, the operation of the
loading area and the true parking requirement. Hauth said she would relay those
concerns.
ITEM #7: Hauth introduced the rezoning request from Housewright Builders to rezone almost
10 acres from R-40 to R-10. Hauth added that this development was not included in
the most recent water capacity analysis. Wallace noted that the request is not
inconsistent with the existing development on Rencher Street. Remington said he
has walked over the property and the trees are mostly newer growth pines. Boericke
noted his support for the request. Newton added that he agreed the request is
consistent with the neighborhood. He added that the concerns raised at the public
hearing by neighbors would be addressed during a subdivision review. He said he
would reserve his detailed comments for that review.
MOTION: Warren moved to recommend approval of the rezoning. Wallace seconded.
VOTE: Unanimous.
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ITEM #8: Hauth introduced the text amendment to require cluster subdivisions to seek a Special
Use Permit. The members discussed standards a and b briefly, but did not propose
changes.
MOTION: Warren moved to recommend approval of the amendment. Farrelly seconded.
VOTE: Unanimous.
ITEM #9: Hauth introduced the text amendment to amend the definition of a class C restaurant
and allow this use in the Neighborhood business zoned with a Special Use Permit.
Hauth noted that she had corrected the sentence structure in standard 10.
MOTION: Warren moved to recommend approval of the amendment. Remington seconded.
VOTE: Unanimous.
ITEM #10: Hauth introduced the text amendment to allow multi -family dwellings in renovated
industrial building with a Special Use Permit. Members indicated their support for
this amendment.
MOTION: Warren moved to recommend approval of the amendment. Wallace seconded.
VOTE: Unanimous.
ITEM #11: Hauth introduced Sharkita and Rodney Torain, two local residents interested in
establishing a homeless shelter with services in town. Hauth noted that the ordinance
currently has no provisions to allow this use in town. S Torain said she and her
husband have a ministry and would like to establish a shelter in a house on Faucette
Mill Road. She said she has worked with the Orange County Housing Department
for years and is aware of the need for a facility in this area. Farrelly asked how
residents would move around and what other facilities are in walking distance of the
proposed site. S Torain noted that the county facilities at the Whitted Center and
most of downtown are within walking distance of the site they are investigating. She
noted that they are in very preliminary stages. Members agreed the request should be
investigated further. Farrelly encouraged the Torains to consider what criteria they
would use for determining who could stay at the shelter and for how long, how they
would address loitering, what additional services they would provide for transitioning
clients and so forth. Hauth said she would collect examples ordinances from other
jurisdictions and report back.
Newton adjourned the meeting at 9:37 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
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Marg et A. Hauth, Secretary
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