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HomeMy Public PortalAboutMinutes_Planning & Zoning Meeting_03112009PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING MARCH 11, 2009 6:30 P.M. AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER PRESENT: Chairman Bruce Case, members; Adrian Beazer, Roy Hobbs, Brad Bateman, Jared Wight VISITORS: Elissa Skaar, Darrell Jonak Chairman Case welcomed everyone and led the Pledge of Allegiance. Minutes approved. Last month's minutes were reviewed, P/Z member Wight made a motion to approve the minutes P/Z member Beazer seconded the motion. All were in favor, motion carried, minutes approved. AIC conference. Chairman Case said that AIC could not help with issues regarding annexation of contiguous property and the City would have to find ways to encourage property owners to be annexed. P/Z member Beazer suggested weighing the cost of maintenance for a septic tank and the cost of sewer for those still using a septic tank. Clerk Keyes suggested letting them know they would have increased security with our police patrol. Chairman Case said AIC recommended setting a fee schedule by resolution as opposed to drawing a new ordinance each time a rate changed. This resolution would include any change in fees charged by the City. P/Z member Beazer said first an ordinance would need to be set that stated that fee schedules would set by resolution. Chairman Case said according to AIC, two public hearings were not necessary. Either one with Planning and Zoning or one with City Council would be adequate. The P/Z members agreed that by conducting a public hearing with planning and zoning prior to the City Council hearing helped speed up the process of the Council hearing. Chairman Case said viewing a piece of land that would be part of a public hearing was permissible, however, it must be disclosed at the hearing that the land was viewed prior to the hearing, and if more than one member was going to view the land together, a notice must be posted informing the public of the time and date of the viewing. Chairman Case suggested reviewing the ordinances to be sure they were up to date and being followed. P/Z member Hobbs suggested reviewing the comprehensive plan as well. P/Z member Beazer suggested reviewing the comprehensive plan annually. Chairman Case agreed and reminded the commission of the importance of the comprehensive plan and the vision for the community as defined by its citizens. P/Z member Hobbs said he would like to discuss development projects and impact fees in the event that a development becomes bankrupt or abandoned once in progress. Chairman Case said that impact fees can also go toward helping with the cost of upgrading the water system to accommodate the development. P/Z member Bateman asked if the City could collect money from the developer as security and put the money in an escrow account, then when the project is finished, the developer gets the money back. Chairman Case thought that was what a surety bond was for and the developer does not have to put the money up front, but was bonded instead. P/Z member Beazer said the possibility of charging impact fees was addressed a couple of years ago, and it was decided that the City did not want to charge impact fees. P/Z member Beazer suggested revisiting the issue in the near future. Chairman Case said that if impact fees are charged the money must be designated for something specific like water infrastructure, and used only for that. Chairman Case said the title of the AIC conference was Getting Ready for the Next Big Wave, and that was just what the City needed to do. Public Hearing Elissa Skaar. See appendix A Impact area. Chairman Case asked if P/Z member Beazer had talked with Council member Gubler about meeting with Ammon regarding the Iona Cemetery, P/Z member Beazer said he had not. Chairman Case reiterated his concern with the Iona Cemetery and the fact that it was not in the City's area of impact and that Ammon was quickly expanding north and east. P/Z member Hobbs asked who the governing body was with the impact areas when two cities are involved. P/Z chairman Case said the county is the governing body, and is required to enforce the ordinances from the city that is impacted. P/Z member Wight talked of a situation between Rexburg and Sugar City in which both cities wanted the same area to be in their impact zone. Ultimately the county decided which city was awarded the land, and the city that was not awarded the land sued the county. P/Z member Wight asked Clerk Keyes to find the City's impact agreement with the county and make copies for the commission and then research whether Ammon had a written agreement with the county as well. P/Z member Beazer asked if the county had an updated comprehensive plan map, Clerk Keyes said she would check with GIS. Council member Gubler arrived and said he had not had the opportunity to discuss the impact area and the cemetery in depth with Ammon. P/Z chairman Case asked Council member Gubler if he thought it would be productive to be added to the agenda for the next Ammon Council meeting. Council member Gubler said that was a good idea, and then the City could approach the County with more knowledge. P/Z member Bateman said he could make a projected impact area map for the meeting. P/Z member Beazer asked about increasing the impact area to the west toward the high school. Council member Gubler said he did not foresee that happening and the impact area ended at Honeybee Lane. P/Z chairman asked why the City had not been notified about the planned development on the west side of Crowley. Council member Gubler said he would meet with Steve Serr tomorrow to discuss the issues. Commercial zoning. P/Z member Bateman showed a map he had been working on that showed the City streets, zoning and impact areas. P/Z member Bateman had gathered more information and was going to revise the map for the next meeting. The commission decided to table the issue until next meeting. Code information for homeowners. The P/Z members looked over the code information that Public Works Supervisor Prouse complied for new homeowners. P/Z members all agreed that the information was thorough, well compiled, and very useful. Windmill ordinance. P/Z Chairman Case asked if anyone had the opportunity to research the issue. No one had. P/Z Chairman Case suggested tabling the issue to gather more information. P/Z Chairman Case suggested the research and terminology used to include roof mounted turbines and not just windmills. P/Z member Beazer suggested researching solar panels and permitted uses for them. P/Z member Hobbs said that AIC suggested making the windmill issue a resolution and not an ordinance so changes can be made easily until everyone became more familiar with the product and its use. P/Z member Wight suggested making windmill use a conditional use requiring a public hearing and permit. Land use table. P/Z member Wight is still working on the land use table. The table was tabled. P/Z member Beazer made a motion to adjourn P/Z member Wight seconded the motion. All were in favor, motion carried. Adjourned 8:15 p.m. APPENDIX A Public hearing 7:00 p.m. Elissa Skaar extending the hours for her conditional use permit to operate an in home daycare. PRESENT: Chairman Bruce Case, members; Adrian Beazer, Roy Hobbs, Brad Bateman, Jared Wight VISITORS: Elissa Skaar, Darrell Jonak P/Z Chairman Case welcomed everyone and asked Mrs. Skaar if she would like him to review the procedures for a public hearing, she said she remembered the procedures from the last public hearing. P/Z Chairman Case turned the time over to Mrs. Skaar. Mrs. Skaar said that she was asking for a modification to her hours of operation to include weekends. Mrs. Skaar said that one of her clients, Mr. Jonak, was a single parent and had a rotating shift out at the Site that included occasional weekends. Mrs. Skaar stated that Mr. Jonak's ex-wife, the mother of the children, was supposed to take the children when he had to work on the weekends, but she was unreliable about picking the children up on time and he did not want to miss the bus for work. Mrs. Skaar said Mr. Jonak was a long-time friend of hers and was happy to help out by watching his children on the weekends. Mrs. Skaar said that Mr. Jonak's ex-wife was opposed to him taking the children to a baby sitter on the weekends. P/Z Chairman Case turned the time over to the commission for questions. P/Z member Beazer asked if Mr. Jonak's ex-wife had been notified of the hearing. Clerk Keyes said she had sent a letter to her informing her of the time and day. P/Z member Beazer asked how many children she watched for Mr. Jonak and how many hours on the weekend were the children in her care. Mrs. Skaar said Mr. Jonak had 2 children and that she never knew how long she would be watching them; it depended upon what time Mr. Jonak's ex-wife arrived to pick them up. Mrs. Skaar said that Mr. Jonak's ex-wife was supposed to be watching them when Mr. Jonak worked on the weekends but she did not always show up to get them before he had to leave for work, so he would take them to Mrs. Skaar's. P/Z Chairman Case advised Mrs. Skaar to not only include the weekends on her new permit, but extend the hours of operation as well to avoid non-compliance in the event that Mr. Jonak had to work late. Mrs. Skaar said if she were allowed to watch children on the weekends that she had another family that needed occasional childcare on the weekends as well, and wanted the opportunity to watch those children as well. P/Z member Bateman asked how many children Mrs. Skaar watched, she said she was licensed for 6 plus her own children. P/Z member Bateman asked if any neighbors had complained, nothing had been reported. P/Z member Beazer asked how many cars were coming and going for drop off and pick up of the children, Mrs. Skaar said 3. P/Z member Wight asked to see a copy of Mrs. Skaars conditional use permit. Clerk Keyes gave him a copy. P/Z Chairman Case asked if Mrs. Skaar had submitted a new application, Mrs. Skaar said that Chief Basaraba said she did not have to. P/Z member Wight asked if since she was not required to fill out a new application, was everyone within 300 feet of her residence notified of the hearing. Clerk Keyes said yes, a letter was sent to all of the same people as with the first hearing. P/Z Chairman Case asked if there was anyone that was in favor of the request that would like to speak. Mr. Jonak said he was in favor of the request and stated how much Mrs. Skaar has helped him out with childcare. Mr. Jonak said because of his rotating shift, obtaining childcare was difficult and he stated his appreciation toward Mrs. Skaar for her willingness to help. P/Z Chairman Case asked if there was anyone that was neutral that would like to speak, no one did. Chairman Case asked if there was anyone that was against the request that would like to speak, no one did. Chairman Case closed the public portion of the hearing and opened the discussion to the commission. P/Z member Wight noted that the only thing changing for Mrs. Skaar was extending her hours of operation, and since no one was opposed to the changes, P/Z member Wight made a motion to recommend that the City Council approve the requested changes for Mrs. Skaar and that she may operate her daycare from 5:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. 7 days a week. P/Z member Beazer seconded the motion. All were in favor, motion carried. Public hearing closed 7:15 p.m. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETS THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 6:30 P.M. AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER LOCATED AT 3548 NORTH MAIN STREET, IONA. 2009 SCHEDULE AS FOLLOWS: JANUARY 14TH FEBRUARY 11 TH MARCH 11 TH APRIL 8TH MAY 13 TH JUNE 10TH JULY 8TH AUGUST 12TH SEPTEMBER 9TH OCTOBER 14TH NOVEMBER 4TH DECEMBER 9TH