HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 08-16-2007
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 August 16, 2007 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
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minutes as part of the record. In the event of a conflict between the written minutes and the compact disc,
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the compact disc shall control.
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CALL TO ORDER
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13 Chairman Hearn called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
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PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
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ROLL CALL
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19 William Hearn ....................................Chairman
20 Susan Caron .......................................Vice Chairman
21 Brad Culverhouse...............................Board Member
22 Pamela Hammer .................................Board Member
23 John Knapp ........................................Board Member
24 Stephanie Morgan ..............................Board Member
25 Craig Mundt .......................................Board Member
26 Kathryn Hensley ................................Ex-Officio
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28 Members Absent:
29 Glenn Rains ........................................Board Member
30 Barry Schrader ...................................Board Member
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OTHERS PRESENT
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34 Faye Outlaw .......................................Assistant County Administrator
35 Katherine McKenzie-Smith ...............Assistant County Attorney
36 Kristin Tetsworth ...............................Planning Manager
37 Peter Jones .........................................Planning Manager
38 Aneela Ansar ......................................Senior Planner
39 Linda Pendarvis .................................Planner
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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42 Mr. Culverhouse announced that he received an e-mail from Rebecca and Bud Eaves
43 questioning whether or not Ordinance 07-
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45 Mr. Culverhouse explained that his response to them was that he was not aware of the
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47 Management Department.
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DISCLOSURES
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3 Ms. Hammer disclosed that she had discussions with staff and commissioners regarding
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5 he would not be voting on the Creekside Reserve item because the owner of the property
6 is a direct customer of his.
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Item #1 Minutes
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9 Review the minutes from the July 19, 2007 regular meeting for approval.
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11 Mr. Culverhouse clarified some of the missing last names as follows:
12 On page 11, line 33, the name of the speaker was: Doug Bournique.
13 One page 11, line 37, the name of the speaker was: George Hamner.
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15 Ms. Morgan clarified that the correct spelling of the President of the St. Lucie County
16 Chamber of Commerce is Rene Arteaga.
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18 Mr. Culverhouse motioned approval of the minutes with those corrections.
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20 Ms. Morgan seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
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Item #2: Crop Tech International - CU 52001148
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23 The Petition of Crop Tech International for a Conditional Use Permit to allow for
24 blending agriculture surfactants used for pre-plant of crops and an irrigation additive,
25 within the AG-5 (Agriculture 5) Zoning District.
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27 Ms. Aneela Ansar presented this item explaining that the subject property is located at
28 1180 Shinn Road in Ft. Pierce and is mainly developed as residential with agricultural
29 uses. The applicant will be drilling a second well and the approximate consumption of
30 water will be 9,600 gallons per day. The site is gravel and penetration of this water into
31 the ground may have a negative impact on the quality of ground water. The St. Lucie
32 County Health Department has requested to review this site plan with regards to the
33 location of the second well and drainage plans will be required. Staff is advising that
34 mitigation of any negative impact to surrounding property owners will only be achieved
35 with the proper landscape buffer as recommended by the Environmental Resources
36 Department. Staff is recommending that this Board forward this application to the Board
37 of County of Commissioners with a recommendation of approval with the conditions of
38 approval as noted in the staff report.
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40 Mr. Mundt expressed his concern with the fact that this application seems to be
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42 submitted one, as well as the issue of water consumption, drainage, etc. Mr. Mundt does
43 not feel that this Board should forward this on to the Board of County Commissioners.
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1 Ms. Tetsworth explained that this is a Conditional Use Permit which does not require site
2 plan approval. It is an existing older site and staff would like to bring it up to compliance
3 and that is why they have put conditions on the approval such as landscape buffering.
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5 Mr. Hearn opened the public comment portion.
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7 Steven Arbogast, CEO and Managing Partner of Crop Tech International spoke and
8 explained that this is a harvesting parcel not a packing plant as Ms. Tetsworth mentioned
9 earlier. Mr. Arbogast went on to explain that Crop Tech has met with numerous county
10 personnel with regards to this application. They were assured that because they were not
11 changing anything on the property, a site plan submittal would not be required.
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13 Mr. Arbogast explained that they would not be growing anything on the parcel. They
14 will be manufacturing products to be sold to the agricultural community.
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17 approval. Mr. Arbogast replied that he has not seen that list yet. Staff provided a copy
18 . After Mr. As review, he indicated he has no issues in
19 complying with the conditions of approval.
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21 Amador Morales with Gloria Zuniga spoke and expressed concern with the drainage on
22 the subject property. There was also a concern with the pumping of this volume of water
23 and how it will affect the surrounding property owners
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25 No one else from the public spoke and Mr. Hearn closed the public comment portion.
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27 There were discussions between Board members with regards to the number of gallons of
28 water the applicant expects to use per day.
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30 Ms. Outlaw spoke briefly and assured the Board that their questions will be addressed
31 prior to going to the BCC. Ms. Outlaw then suggested having this application come back
32 before the Planning and Zoning Commission in September and then scheduled before the
33 BCC for October since there are some open issues to be resolved and this would also
34 allow the applicant time to comply with the conditions of approval.
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36 Charles Grande, County Commissioner, District 4, spoke briefly and explained that the
37 amount of water usage referenced is not an exorbitant amount. Mr. Grande also
38 discussed briefly the Economic Development Board
39 . The Board of County Commissioners feel businesses
40 such as Crop Tech would be an asset to the County.
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42 There was a lengthy discussion among Board members and staff with regards to whether
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44 meeting. One alternative the Board discussed was this Board making a recommendation
45 of approval with the caveat that it not be scheduled before the Board of County
46 Commissioners until it is totally complete and all issues ironed out.
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2 Ms. Tetsworth mentioned briefly a memorandum from the Environmental Resources
3 Department on August 6, 2007 recommending the applicant provide an updated
4 Environmental Assessment as a condition of approval.
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6 Mr. Culverhouse motioned to continue this item to the September 20, 2007 meeting of
7 the Planning and Zoning Commission in order to allow the applicant time to address the
8 conditions of approval as outlined by staff and to also address the issue of water usage
9 discussed tonight.
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11 Ms. Hammer seconded.
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13 Mr. Arbogast expressed his frustration with the lack of communication between County
14 staff and himself. Having this item continued to September will have a negative impact
15 on Crop Tech. Mr. Arbogast expressed his frustration because tonight is the first time
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17 application he has worked only with the Economic Development Board and Growth
18 Management. He has not had any discussions with anyone in the Environmental
19 Resources Department.
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21 Roll Call
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23 Mr. Culverhouse - yes
24 Ms. Hammer yes
25 Mr. Knapp no
26 Ms. Morgan no
27 Mr. Mundt yes
28 Ms. Caron yes
29 Chairman Hearn - no
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31 The motion carried 4-3 with Mr. Knapp, Ms. Morgan and Chairman Hearn dissenting.
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33 The Board took a break at 7:30 p.m. and reconvened at 7:40 p.m.
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35 Chairman Hearn mentioned to the Board that Ms. Outlaw made a suggestion that the
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37 to hearing Chapters 10, 11 and 12. This would allow County staff to schedule it for the
38 BCC meeting of September as originally planned.
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40 There were discussions between Board members and staff as to what date would be set
41 for the special meeting August 23 or August 30. Ms. Outlaw advised the Board that the
42 consultants have advised that they are available on August 23 and 30 beginning at 3:00
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45 Some Board members expressed their displeasure with hearing the Crop Tech application
46 on the same evening as hearing Chapters 10, 11 and 12. A suggestion of having a special
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1 meeting of September 6, 2007 to hear this item was made. This would still allow enough
2 time to advertise, etc. for the September 18, 2007 BCC meeting.
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4 Mr. Culverhouse motioned that the motion that was passed to continue the Crop Tech
5 item to September be reconsidered.
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7 Ms. Hammer seconded.
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9 The motion carried 6-1 with Mr. Knapp dissenting.
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11 Ms. Hammer motioned to continue the Crop Tech application to a special meeting of the
12 Planning and Zoning Commission of September 6, 2007.
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14 Mr. Mundt seconded and the motion carried 6-1 with Mr. Knapp dissenting.
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16 There were discussions among Board members with regards to the special meeting to go
17 over Chapters 10, 11 and 12 with the consultant. Since Ms. Caron and Ms. Hammer will
18 not be able to attend a special meeting on August 30, the Board decided to have the
19 special meeting on August 23 at 3:00 p.m.
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Item #3: Creekside Reserve PUD-420071099
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22 Petition of Preferred Properties of St. Lucie, LLC for a preliminary PUD (Planned Unit
23 Development) site plan approval for a 40 single-family residential lot subdivision on an
24 81.9-acre tract of land to be developed as Creekside Reserve.
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26 Linda Pendarvis presented this item and explained that the applicant is requesting
27 approval of a 40 lot single-family residential subdivision on 81.9 acres of land to be
28 known as Creekside Reserve located approximately 1.5 miles west of Gordy Road.
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30 Staff is recommending that this Board forward this application to the Board of County
31 Commissioners with a recommendation of approval with the conditions of approval listed
32 in the staff report.
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34 Chairman Hearn opened the public comment portion.
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36 Bill Blazek, representing the applicant, displayed a site plan and spoke briefly.
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38 There being no further public comment, the public comment portion was closed.
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40 Ms. Hammer questioned who would be providing utilities and asked for clarification of
41 the difference of residential acres noted in the staff report. Fifteen acres is mentioned on
42 page 4 and twenty acres is mentioned on page 5. Ms. Pendarvis clarified that the correct
43 acreage is twenty.
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1 Mr. Blazek explained that since this project is located outside of the Urban Services
2 Boundary, the Creekside Community Development District was formed and they will be
3 providing utility service.
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5 Mr. Culverhouse motioned to forward this application to the Board of County
6 Commissioners with a recommendation of approval.
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8 Ms. Morgan seconded.
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10 The motion carried unanimously (Mr. Knapp recused himself from this vote).
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Item #4: Ordinance No. 07-014 (ORD.-420071132)
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13 The purpose of this public hearing is to amend Section 7.10.23, providing purpose;
14 providing definitions; providing applicability; providing general requirements and
15 minimum standards; providing permitted uses on pubic property; providing permitted
16 uses on private property; providing special exception use; providing equipment storage;
17 providing removal of abandoned antennas and towers; providing nonconforming uses;
18 providing protection for residents; providing penalties; providing for severability and
19 applicability, inclusion in the Code and providing for filing with the Department of State
20 an effective date.
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24 Ms. McKenzie-Smith advised that this item was pulled for further revisions needed and is
25 scheduled to come back to the Planning and Zoning Commission at their regular
26 September meeting.
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Item #5: Ordinance No. 07-035 (ORD.-720071293)
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29 The purpose of this public hearing is to amend Article II of the Code of St. Lucie County
30 relating to impact fees; amending the amount of the public building impact fee; providing
31 for abandonment of use in calculating public building impact fees; amending the use of
32 the funds; amending the amount of the road impact fees; amending the use of funds;
33 amending the amount of the parks impact fee; providing for abandonment of use in
34 calculating park impact fees; amending the use of the funds; providing for severability,
35 alternate method, effective date and filing.
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39 Ms. Faye Outlaw advised the Board that this item was pulled because of the need for
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42 Mr. Hearn requested that the revised ordinance be redlined to show the changes from the
43 previous ordinance. Doing this makes it easier for Board members to review the changes.
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Item #6: St. Lucie County Fairgrounds CU 420071135
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2 Petition of St. Lucie County Board of County Commissioners for a Conditional Use
3 Permit to allow for the operation of the St. Lucie County Fairgrounds and the operation
4 of Executive, Legislative, and Judicial functions that will include the Department of
5 Forestry Division Office and the St. Lucie County Emergency Operation Center in I
6 (Institutional) Zoning District.
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8 Linda Pendarvis presented this item and explained that the site is the current St. Lucie
9 Fairgrounds located at 15601 Midway Road in Fort Pierce. Staff is recommending that
10 this Board forward this application to the Board of County Commissioners with a
11 recommendation of approval.
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13 Mr. Culverhouse complimented staff at the County Fairgrounds. He feels they are very
14 accommodating and go the extra mile to help those people who are planning events at the
15 Fairgrounds.
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17 Mr. Knapp motioned to forward this application to the Board of County Commissioners
18 with a recommendation of approval.
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20 Mr. Culverhouse seconded.
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22 The motion carried unanimously.
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OTHER BUSINESS
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26 Mr. Hearn advised that this will be the last regular meeting of the Planning and Zoning
27 Commission with Mr. Nix as the Growth Management Department Director. Mr. Hearn
28 wished Mr. Nix well and stated that he enjoyed working under him.
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30 Peter Jones, Planning Manager introduced Mark Satterlee the current Transportation
31 Planning Organization Executive Director who will be heading the Growth Management
32 Department beginning at the end of this month.
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34 Mr. Satterlee addressed the Board and described briefly his educational and professional
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37 There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:55 p.m.
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