HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 03-19-2009
1 St. Lucie County
2 Planning and Zoning Commission/Local Planning Agency
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3 Commission Chambers, 3 Floor, Roger Poitras Annex
4 March 19, 2009 Regular Meeting
5 6:00 P.M.
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A compact disc recording of this meeting, in its entirety, has been placed in the file along with these minutes as part
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of the record. In the event of a conflict between the written minutes and the compact disc, the compact disc shall
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control.
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I. Call to Order
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13 Chairman Mundt called the meeting to order at 6:04 p.m.
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A. Pledge of Allegiance
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B. Roll Call
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18 Craig Mundt ..................................... Chairman
19 Susan Caron ..................................... Commission Member
20 Brad Culverhouse, Arrived 6:20 ....... Commission Member
21 Pamela Hammer ............................... Commission Member
22 Edward Lounds, Arrived 6:08 .......... Commission Member
23 Stephanie Morgan ............................ Commission Member
24 Britt Reynolds .................................. Commission Member
25 John O’Neill .................................... Commission Member
26 Kathryn Hensley .............................. Ex-Officio
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Members Absent
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29 Barry Schrader ................................. Vice Chair, Excused
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Others Present
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32 Mark Satterlee .................................. Director, Growth Management
33 Robin Meyer .................................... Assistant Director, Growth Management
34 Heather Young ................................. Assistant County Attorney
35 Heather Lueke .................................. Assistant County Attorney
36 Amy Mott ........................................ Environmental Regulation Manager
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C. Announcements
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39 None.
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D. Disclosures
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44 Ms. Milone read Mr. Culverhouse’s voting conflict (Provences DRI, February 19, 2009 Planning
45 & Zoning Commission Meeting) into the record.
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II. Minutes
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Review the minutes from the February 19, 2009 regular meeting, for
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approval.
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Mrs. Hammer motioned to approve the minutes with a number minor corrections.
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6 These corrections have been made.
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Mr. Reynolds Seconded.
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The motion carried unanimously.
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III. Public Hearings
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St. Lucie County Attorney’s Office: Ordinance No. 09-001
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(f/k/a Ordinance No. 08-034)
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Petition of St. Lucie County to adopt Ordinance No. 09-001 which, if
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adopted, would define “changeable message signs” and add changeable
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message signs to the list of prohibited signs. The Ordinance proposes to
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prohibit changeable message signs because of the negative effects
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(distractions) on the driving public.
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24 Ms. Young, Assistant County Attorney recommended to the Commission that the public hearing
25 on this item be continued to a date certain of April 16, 2009, at 6:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter.
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27 Ms. Young explained she had not yet received all responses from the representatives of the sign
28 industries that were sent proposed Ordinance No. 09-001 (f/k/a Ordinance No. 08-034 (Clear
29 Channel Outdoor and Lamar).
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Chairman Mundt opened the public hearing.
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Chairman Mundt closed the public hearing.
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Mrs. Hammer motioned to continue these to April 16, 2009 as soon thereafter as possible.
Ms. Morgan seconded.
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The motion carried unanimously. 6-0 (Mr. Culverhouse and Mr. Lounds were not present
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for this vote).
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. St. Lucie County Attorney’s Office: Ordinance No. 09-007
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Petition of St. Lucie County to adopt Ordinance No. 09-007 amending the
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Land Development Code Section 7.09.00, this section sets out general
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landscaping requirements for residential and non-residential developments.
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This section has been consistently interpreted by Staff to require street trees
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in single-family subdivisions. Several scrivenor’s errors and some confusing
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language need to be corrected to clarify the intent of this section with regard
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to single family subdivisions and street trees. This section also needs to
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change the requirement from landscaping every 15 parking spaces, to
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landscaping every 10 spaces, to match the previously – adopted parking
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ordinance.
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13 Ms. Lueke, Assistant County Attorney explained that staff use to use Paragraph C parking area
14 interior landscaping to address the requirement for street trees. When working on the above item
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16 being required in single-family developments. She also explained that this ordinance would
17 correct the newly adopted parking ordinance and make the changes needed from Public Works
18 Director to Environmental Resource Director, where applicable.
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Chairman Mundt opened the public hearing.
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22 Johnathan Ferguson, Attorney, with the Law Firm of Ruden McClosky requested the
23 Commission return the item to staff for further refinement.
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25 Mr. Ferguson was concerned about whether one tree (oak trees) every thirty linear feet along the
26 roadway is appropriate on each side of the right-of-way and the bigger problem, in his opinion is
27 the language being proposed in the ordinance.
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29 Ms. Mott explained to the Commission that the spacing of Oak Trees has plenty of room to have
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32 The Commission discussed changing the verbiage of the ordinance. They feel if the ordinance
33 is more clear-cut in its wording, in the future this ordinance would not be second guessed.
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35 Mr. Lounds suggested that the Institute of Food and Agriculture Sciences (IFAS) be included in
36 reviewing landscape plans in conjunction with the St. Lucie County Environmental Resources
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39 The Commission had a lengthy discussion on this matter.
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41 IFAS will be added to Growth Management Department, Development Review Committee list
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43 This addition will allow IFAS to consult or comment to ERD on projects submitted to the
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Chairman Mundt closed the public hearing.
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Mr. Lounds motioned to include IFAS in reviewing and making comments on this
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ordinance and in subsequent changes in Chapter Seven of the St. Lucie County Land
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Development Code.
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Mr. Culverhouse seconded.
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The motion carried unanimously. 8-0
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Before the motion was made Mrs. Hammer noted some points of correction to the
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ordinance.
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Ms. Morgan
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motioned to continue these ordinance revisions to the Planning & Zoning
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Commission Meeting on April 16, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. or soon thereafter as possible.
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Mr. Reynolds seconded.
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The motion carried unanimously. 8-0
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C
. Terissa Moulder – Aronson: RZ 520081470
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Petition of Terissa Moulder-Aronson to accept request to withdraw the
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application of a change in zoning from the RS – 4 (Residential, Single –
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Family – 4 du/acre) Zoning District to the CN (Commercial Neighborhood)
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Zoning District.
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25 Mr. Meyer explained that Terissa Moulder- Anderson has withdrawn her application.
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Mrs. Hammer motioned to accept Terrissa Moulder-Aronson’s letter to withdraw.
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Ms. Caron seconded.
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The motion carried unanimously. 8-0
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IV. Other Business
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A.Growth Management Director – Status of Planning and Zoning
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Commission’s review of proposed amendments to Chapters 10, 11, and 12,
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Land Development Code.
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5 St. Lucie County Growth Management with the Planning & Zoning Commission has scheduled a
6 workshop on Monday, April 6, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. in the Board of County Commissioners
7 Conference Room 3, to further discuss the proposed draft changes to Chapter 10 and 12 of the St.
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B. Planning and Zoning Commission - Review proposed amendments to Section
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11.00.00, Land Development Code.
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13 The Planning & Zoning Commission held a workshop on the first seven pages of Chapter Eleven
14 of the St. Lucie Land Development Code that lasted approximately one hour and thirty minutes.
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V. Adjourned
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There being no further business, the meeting and workshop were adjourned at 7:45
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p.m
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