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Home My WebLink About06.19.2014 St. Lucie County 1 Planning and Zoning Commission/ Local Planning Agency 2 Roger Poitras Annex, Commission Chambers, 3rd Floor 3 June 19, 2014 Meeting 4 6:00 p.m. 5 6 In the event of a conflict between these written minutes and a compact disc recording, the compact disc shall control. 7 8 9 I. CALL TO ORDER 10 Vice-Chair Townsend called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. 11 A. Pledge of Allegiance 12 13 B. Roll Call 14 Cathy Townsend ................................... Vice Chair 15 Craig Mundt ………….…..………….…Commission Member 16 Edward Lounds .................................... Commission Member 17 Stephanie Morgan ................................ Commission Member 18 Charles Grande .................................... Commission Member 19 William O’Dell ....................................... Commission Member 20 Bobby Hopkins ..................................... Commission member 21 William Smith ........................................ Commission Member 22 23 Member Absent 24 Brad Culverhouse ................................. Commission Member 25 Marty Sanders ...................................... Ex-Officio Member 26 27 Staff Present 28 Mark Satterlee ...................................... Planning & Development Services Director 29 Heather Young ..................................... Assistant County Attorney 30 Amy Griffin ........................................... Environmental Resources Manager 31 Chris Lestrange. ................................... Water Quality Manager 32 Leslie Olson.......................................... Planning Manager 33 Britton Wilson ....................................... Senior Planner 34 Beverly Austin ...................................... Recording Secretary 35 36 C. Announcements 37 None 38 39 D. Disclosure 40 None 41 42 II. Minutes 43 Review of the minutes from the April 17, 2014 meeting for approval. Vice Chair Townsend 44 asked if there were any additions or corrections. 45 46 Mr. Mundt stated Mr. Culverhouse came in late at the last meeting; in the minutes he is 47 marked absent. 48 49 Mr. Lounds moved to approve the minutes as corrected. 50 Mr. Mundt seconded. The motion carried. 51 52 III. PUBLIC COMMENTS 53 None 54 DRAFT Page 2 of 5 Planning and Zoning Commission June 19, 2014 Minutes IV. PUBLIC HEARING 55 56 A. Stormwater – LDC Text Amendment Chapters 7 & 11 57 Purpose: County-initiated text amendment to the Land Development Code which reflects 58 recent Florida Administrative Code (FAC) changes that pertain to Stormwater 59 Management. The proposed amendments are nonsubstantive and propose changes only 60 to the referencing and naming of FAC citations and documents. Staff comment and 61 presentation by Britton Wilson, Senior Planner. 62 63 Britton Wilson, Senior Planner, presented a county-initiated Amendment to the text of Land 64 Development Code, for sections pertaining to Stormwater Management. The purpose of the 65 proposed text amendment is to Update Florida Administrative Code or FAC citations that were 66 changed in the fall of 2013. This is a public hearing and notice was published in the St. Lucie 67 Tribune on June 5, 2014 with no comments from the public being submitted. 68 69 The proposed Stormwater Text Amendments are non-substantive; they do not increase or 70 decrease the existing stormwater management requirements, and the edits focus only on 71 updating code citations to the Florida Administrative Code, which are located in chapters 7 and 72 11. The affected sections of chapter 7 speak to stormwater management methodologies. The 73 affected sections of chapter 11 speak to the requirements of the permit process. So the current 74 code references point to chapters that no longer exist, and this process is intended to redirect 75 applicants to the current FAC references. In order to bring these sections of the code up to date 76 with current Florida Administrative Code citations, staff recommends that the amending 77 Ordinance be forwarded to the Board of County Commissioners with a recommendation for 78 approval. I and the Water Quality Manager, Chris LeStrange, are here to address any 79 questions you may have. 80 81 Vice Chair Townsend asked if there were questions for staff 82 83 Mr. Grande wanted to know why the single family residences are exempted. 84 85 Mr. Lestrange stated he did not know; it has been that way as long as he has been here. It is 86 consistent with the water management district rules. 87 88 Vice Chair Townsend opened the public hearing 89 None 90 Vice Chair Townsend closed the public hearing 91 92 Vice Chair Townsend asked the Board if there was any discussion 93 No board discussion 94 95 Mr. Mundt made the motion: After considering the testimony presented during the public 96 hearing including staff comments, I hereby move that the Planning and Zoning 97 Commission of St. Lucie County recommend that the St. Lucie County Board of County 98 Commissioners approve the proposed Ordinance amending Chapter 7 and 11 of the Land 99 Development Code pertaining to stormwater management because it brings the LDC up 100 to current Florida Administrative Code standards. Ms. Morgan seconded to motion. 101 102 The roll was called: 103 Stephanie Morgan Yes 104 Craig Mundt Yes 105 DRAFT Page 3 of 5 Planning and Zoning Commission June 19, 2014 Minutes Vice Chair Townsend Yes 106 Charles Grande Yes 107 Billy O’Dell Yes 108 Bobby Hopkins Yes 109 William Smith Yes 110 111 B. Shoreline Protection Glitch Bill 112 Purpose: To provide a variance from the County’s Shoreline Protection Standards and 113 Regulations pertaining to the St. Lucie River Shorelines Zone B requirements which were 114 inadvertently omitted in the ordinance that went through the approval process in 115 September 2013. Staff comments and presentation by Amy Griffin, Environmental 116 Resources manager. 117 . 118 Amy Griffin, Environmental Regulations Manager presented the Glitch Bill Ordinance revising 119 the Shoreline Protection Section of the Land Development Code. This is the 1st of 3 required 120 public hearings. As a reminder, the Shoreline Protection section of the Land Development 121 Code details the regulations regarding development along the river shorelines located in 122 unincorporated SLC, specifically, the Indian River Lagoon, the North Fork of the St. Lucie River, 123 Ten Mile & Five Mile Creeks and their tributaries. This section of the code was brought before 124 this Board about a year ago and subsequently approved by the BOCC on September 3, 2013. 125 After it was approved it was realized that there was a flaw in the way the variance language was 126 written and it could have been interpreted that the variance process was not available for the 127 portion of the Shoreline buffer required by code, known as Zone B. The County Attorney 128 recommended we correct the language. One other clarification was made on page 9 of 11 129 starting on line 4 clarifying the amount of time ERD has to determine an application complete. 130 These are not new requirements nor are we proposing an increase to the existing requirements. 131 132 The ZONE A Vegetated Buffer widths along the North Fork River and the Indian River Lagoon 133 are required to be measure either 50 feet wide or 75 feet wide depending on the date the lot 134 was platted. Zone A is required to consist of preserved or planted native vegetation. 135 • Removal of non-native vegetation IS allowed 136 • A private access &/or dock IS allowed. 137 • Construction, development activities, motorized vehicles, and shoreline alteration, are NOT 138 ALLOWED unless authorized by a variance. 139 140 The ZONE B Buffer only applies to the North Fork River and its tributaries. Zone B is 300 feet 141 wide measured from the MHWL landward. The following activities are prohibited in Zone B: 142 • Development activity that does not comply with SLC’s flood damage prevention regulation 143 (Section 6.05.00 of the LDC); 144 • Public or private road rights-of-ways (except for individual driveways and or canal 145 maintenance easements); 146 • Retention ponds or stormwater systems other than an ERD approved berm and/or swale for 147 the purpose of preventing sheet flow into the river; 148 • New septic systems; 149 • wastewater lift stations; 150 • Petroleum, chemical, fertilizer or manure storage areas. 151 152 The intent of the proposed revisions to the shoreline code is to develop a consistent, 153 streamlined and predictable review process in a manner that benefits applicants while achieving 154 the same protection of natural resources for which we have always strived. In summary, the 155 proposed code revisions will clarify shoreline buffer shoreline variance process. 156 DRAFT Page 4 of 5 Planning and Zoning Commission June 19, 2014 Minutes Staff recommends that the Planning and Zoning Commission forward the petition to amend the 157 Shoreline Protection of the LDC to the SLC BOCC with a recommendation of approval. 158 159 Vice Chair Townsend asked if there were questions for staff 160 161 Mr. Grande stated on page 9 of 11, the new paragraph C which is the old paragraph B, he 162 believes there are some words missing at the beginning. It should read similar to paragraph D 163 but there are words omitted. He believes it should say …”within 20 business days of the date 164 the application is determined complete…” 165 166 Ms. Griffin stated she would take a closer look and change what needs to be changed before 167 the BOCC meeting. 168 169 Vice Chair Townsend opened the public hearing 170 None 171 Vice Chair Townsend closed the public hearing 172 173 Vice Chair Townsend asked the Board if there was any discussion 174 No board discussion 175 176 Mr. Odell made the motion: After considering the testimony presented during the public 177 hearing including staff comments, I hereby move that the Planning and Zoning 178 Commission of St. Lucie County recommend that the St. Lucie County Board of County 179 Commissioners approve the Shoreline Protection Glitch Bill Ordinance because the 180 proposed revisions to the Shoreline Protection section simplifies the variance process 181 for a portion of the required buffers by clarification of the allowance for variance 182 requests for Zone B of St. Lucie River Shorelines and also clarify variance timeframes. 183 Ms. Morgan seconded to motion. 184 185 The roll was called: 186 Stephanie Morgan Yes 187 Craig Mundt Yes 188 Vice Chair Townsend Yes 189 Charles Grande Yes 190 Billy O’Dell Yes 191 Bobby Hopkins Yes 192 William Smith Yes 193 194 V. WORKSHOP 195 A. Jenkins Road Overlay 196 Purpose: To propose a short term solution to remove certain portions of the Jenkins 197 Road Overlay; the proposed long term solution is to pursue funding for a 198 comprehensive area plan resulting in a rewrite of the Jenkins Road Area Plan 199 Discussion item only 200 201 Leslie Olson gave a PowerPoint presentation regarding the Jenkins Road Overlay: 202 • 2005: More than 3,000 residential dwelling units proposed in the Jenkins Road area 203 • Hired Dan Burden to create the Jenkins Road Area Plan, focusing on walkable communities 204 and avoiding sprawl as a result of proposed residential development 205 • 2006: Jenkins Road Area Special District was adopted, a TND from another municipality’s 206 adopted code 207 DRAFT Page 5 of 5 Planning and Zoning Commission June 19, 2014 Minutes • 2008: The residential real estate market had crashed; none of the proposed Jenkins Road 208 area developments were completed 209 • The design standards are opaque & contradictory; difficult to apply and interpret. 210 • Requires all rezonings to be accomplished through Planned Development. Current land use 211 case law suggests this may not be enforceable. 212 • The standards require such large buffers between industrial and non-industrial parcels, it 213 makes many existing industrial parcels impossible to redevelop. Three current proposals for 214 existing or expanding small businesses must be denied under this existing code. 215 • Staff has applied for a DEO grant of $25,000 to assist in the costs of updating the Jenkins 216 Road Plan and writing a new Jenkins Road Overlay to implement community goals and 217 objectives 218 • Staff seeks Planning and Zoning Commission the following: 219 • Consensus to move forward with a text amendment, removing all of the Jenkins Road 220 Area Plan Special District, excepting the right of way protection map; and 221 • Input on desired uses, densities and long range vision for this area. 222 223 Vice Chair Townsend asked if there were questions for staff 224 225 Mr. Mundt stated the commission needs some time regarding the workshop particularly on input 226 without any additional background to tonight’s meeting. He has no problem with a consensus to 227 move forward but they need more time to think about what they want to see within the overlay. 228 229 There was board discussion 230 231 VI. OTHER BUSINESS 232 A. Planning and Development Services Director comments 233 The P&Z Commission MinuteTraq training will be June 26 at 10am. The September 234 meeting will be moved due to date conflicts of the BOCC budget meeting. The summer 235 schedule will be looked into. 236 237 Mr. Mundt requested an update on the hotel rezoning on North Hutchinson Island. 238 239 Ms. Olson stated they have submitted a Future Land Use Map Amendment and staff is 240 working with them on the text amendment to create the Resort Zoning district. We would 241 like to bring everything forward in one big chunk. 242 243 B. Other business at the discretion of the Planning & Zoning Board members 244 No other business 245 246 VII. ADJOURN 247 248 There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 6:40 pm. 249 250 251 252