PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
CITY HALL,
TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2011
REGULAR MEETING
7:30 P.M.
1. CALL TO ORDER: Mr. Blake called the meeting to order at 7:30 P.M. with roll call as follows: Mr. Hackworth, Mr. Binkley, Mr. Blake, Mr. Nicholas, Mrs. Evans, and Mr. Blair were present. Mr. Bosch arrived at 7:35 P.M. Others present were Mayor O’Brien, Bill Vance, Joe Henderson, Greg Bachman, Mitch Banchefsky, Karen Risher and Ryan Sobelink.
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES of March 8, 2011, Regular Meeting. Mr. Hackworth moved to approve; Mr. Blair seconded the motion. Roll call was taken with Mr. Binkley, Mr. Bosch, Mr. Blair, Mr. Hackworth, Mr. Blake, Mr. Nicholas and Mrs. Evans voting “Yes”. Motion passed, 7-0.
3. SWEARING IN OF APPLICANTS. Mr. Blake asked that anyone who plans to offer testimony or evidence stand and raise their right hand. Mr. Ryan Sobelink did so. Mr. Blake asked the following; Do you swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give before the Pickerington Planning and Zoning Commission shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth”. Mr. Sobelink stated “Yes”.
4. SCHEUDLED MATTERS.
A. A public hearing and review and request
for a motion to approve a Conditional Use Permit for Horvath Towers LLC., for a
Cell Tower located at 671 Windmiller Drive. (TABLED 10/12/10). Mr. Henderson stated an item can remain tabled
for six months before it has to be either tabled again or it will fall off the
table. He has left a few messages for
the applicant advising her of this and requested she call him however he has
not heard from her. Mr. Blake clarified
that this could remain tabled for another six months if it is extended. Mr. Vance stated the City Manger’s
recommendation for future consideration purposes is that we table items two or
three times at the most. When you
continue to table an item Staff continues to invest time and resources in those
applications and that could eventually exceed the application fee. Staff will encourage applicants to come
before the Planning and Zoning Commission prepared to move forward. The six month time frame seems more than
generous. Mr. Blake stated Mr. Henderson
has done his due diligence with attempts to contact the applicant and if there
are no further comments or questions the Commission will move on to the next
item on the agenda. There no further
comments or questions.
B. Review and request for a motion to
approve a Nonresidential Design Standards Certificate of Appropriateness for
Site Plan and Architecture for the Offices at Stonecreek
located along Stonecreek Drive South (TABLED
01/25/11). Mr. Henderson stated that
applicant has requested that this remain tabled.
C. Review and request for a motion to
approve an amended Comprehensive Sign Plan for Wall Signage for the Creek Bend
Center located at 201 Clint Drive. Mr.
Henderson reviewed the report provided to the Commission and stated that the
applicant is proposing to amend the Comprehensive Sign Plan for the
Staff supports the amended
Comprehensive Sign Plan (CSP) for building signage for
1. That no single sign shall exceed 50 square feet.
2. That the maximum length of the sign shall be 80 percent of façade width.
3. That the maximum sign height shall be 30 inches.
4. That any logos or non-lettered branding shall be constrained to no more than 30 percent of the total sign area.
Mr. Ryan Sobelink
stated he is a design consultant with DaNite Sign
Company. He is here to represent Max Muscle and also the property manager at
the time of the application. Mr. Blake clarified that Mr. Sobelink
does not have any questions, comments or concerns with Staff’s
recommendations. Mr. Sobelink
stated he thinks they are perfectly in line with what they were hoping to do
with this center as to provide additional visibility while maintaining the
limits of what the City of
Mr. Binkley clarified that this will apply to every tenant space in this building. Mr. Nicholas clarified that the letters in Sports Nutrition are not channel letters, they are block, that this is the standard sign that Max Muscle uses on all their signs and that the applicant will be addressing the issue of channel letters in the application for the sign. Mr. Hackworth clarified that this will change the sign package for this building and that the code is not being changed. Mrs. Evans clarified that the Comprehensive Sign Plan was signed off by the receiver. There were no further questions or comments.
Mr. Binkley moved to approve with the following Staff recommendations:
1. That
no single shall exceed 50 square feet.
2. That the maximum length of sign shall
be 80 percent of the façade width.
3. That the maximum sign height shall be
30 inches.
4. That any logos on non-lettered branding
shall be constrained to no more than 30 percent of the total sign area.
Mr. Hackworth seconded the motion.
Roll call was taken with Mr. Blair, Mrs. Evans, Mr. Binkley, Mr.
Bosch, Mr. Nicholas, Mr. Hackworth and Mr. Blake voting “Yes”. Motion
passed, 7-0.
D. Review and request for a motion to approve an amended Nonresidential Design Standards Certificate of Appropriateness for Site Plan and Architecture for Primrose School located at 131 Clint Drive. Mr. Henderson reviewed the report provided to the Commission and stated that the owner is proposing to add a 360 square foot storage building onto the south side of the existing dumpster enclosure. The storage building will match the existing building in appearance. The dumpster is located on the east side of the parking lot. The proposed storage building would be approximately 24 feet wide by 15 feet deep and would share its northern wall with the existing dumpster enclosure. The storage building will be constructed with materials to match the existing building and dumpster enclosure. Staff supports the Certificate of Appropriateness request for Site Plan that complies with the minimum zoning code requirements and the following conditions:
1. That any landscaping being removed with the addition of the storage building shall be relocated within the development.
2. That the storage building shall match the existing building and dumpster enclosure.
Mr. Blake stated that there is no one here to represent the applicant or owner. There no comments or questions.
Mr. Bosch moved to approve with the following Staff recommendations:
1. That
any landscaping being removed with the addition of the storage building shall
be relocated within the development.
2. That the storage building shall match
the existing building and dumpster enclosure.
Mrs. Evans seconded the motion. Roll
call was taken with Mr. Blake, Mr. Bosch, Mr. Nicholas, Mr. Blair, Mrs. Evans,
Mr. Binkley and Mr. Hackworth voting “Yes”.
Motion passed, 7-0.
E. A public hearing and review and request for a motion to approve a text amendment to add Commercial Training to Appendix 1; Table 1 Permitted Uses (P), Accessory Uses (A) and Conditional Uses (C).
Mr. Blake opened the public hearing at 7:45 P.M. for any comments from the public. There were none. The public hearing closed at 7:45 P.M. Mr. Henderson reviewed the report provided to the Commission and stated that two-three months ago Staff met with a local business owner who was considering moving a gym from one location to another. In reviewing our code a definition for Commercial Training was found that states: “Commercial establishments (excluding public or private high schools, accredited colleges or universities) which provide, as their primary activity, any type of training, whether vocational, self-help or special interest, to the public for a fee. These uses are completely contained within a building. Examples are dance studios, beauty schools, and martial arts establishments. Mr. Henderson further stated there is also a section in 1290.06(c) (6), Specific Off-street Parking Requirements that states commercial training” is 1.0 space per sixty feet of classroom space, plus 1.0 space per 100 square feet of office space. Mr. Henderson further stated that under Table 1 Commercial Training is not listed as one of our use types.
Mr. Henderson stated that Staff has researched the use type with “commercial training” defined in our code and having a parking requirement and Staff agrees that it should be listed in Table 1 – Use type. This use type appears to have previously categorized as a “Business Retail”. Many of these types of uses have generally been known to locate in the back of warehouses or industrial areas. Appendix 1: Table 1 would need to be revised. Mr. Henderson stated Staff supports the text amendments. Mr. Blake clarified that this is basically just a housekeeping issue. There were no further questions or comments.
Mr. Binkley moved to approve the text amendment to add Commercial Training to Appendix 1; Table 1 Permitted Uses, (P), Accessory Uses (A) and Conditional Uses (C).; Mr. Bosch seconded the motion. Roll call was taken with Mr. Nicholas, Mrs. Evans, Mr. Hackworth, Mr. Blair, Mr. Blake, Mr. Bosch and Mr. Binkley voting “Yes”. Motion passed, 7-0.
5. REPORTS.
A. Planning and Zoning.
(1) BZA Report. Mr. Henderson stated BZA met last month. There was one case for a deck on the back of a condo at the Manors at Cross Creeks and that was approved. There is currently nothing scheduled for the BZA in April.
(2) FCRPC Report. Mr. Henderson stated FCRPC did meet last
month. And everything on the agenda was approved. There was some discussion
regarding subdivision activity with
6. OTHER BUSINESS.
A. Community concerns. There were no comments regarding community concerns.
B. Sustainability/Green Building Memo. Mr. Vance stated that he anticipates that the City will be getting some additional temporary assistance within that office and this will provide opportunities for that additional contracted staff to assist with the solar regulations.
C. Refugee Road Corridor Study. Mr. Henderson stated our intern has been working on this. There is a first draft that Staff has started to review and hopefully within the next month the intern will be back in to make some changes to the report. Staff should be able to bring this forward to the Commission next month or the month after.
D. Commission Discussion. There was none.
7. ADJOURNMENT. There being nothing further Mr. Blake moved to adjourn; Mr. Hackworth seconded the motion. Roll call was taken with Mr. Binkley, Mr. Hackworth, Mr. Blair, Mr. Nicholas, Mr. Blake, Mr. Bosch and Mrs. Evans voting “Aye”. Motion carried, 7-0. The Planning and Zoning Commission meeting adjourned at 7:55 P.M., April 12, 2011.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED:
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Karen I. Risher, Deputy City Clerk
ATTEST:
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Joseph P. Henderson, City Planner