CITY
OF
The
Planning Commission of the City of Rainbow City, Alabama met in a regular session
at 4:00 P.M. and upon roll call the following members were present:
Present: Absent:
Thomas
Moon, Vice Chairman John
Watson, Chairman
Terry
John Calhoun, Mayor
Bryan
Stone, Council Member
Wes
Ellis
Steve
Parrish
Jerry
Tolbert
Mona
Wallace
Wayne
Walden
Also
Present:
Laura
Lloyd, City Attorney Eddie
Perman, City Engineer
Doug
Waldrup, City Engineer Melvin
Potter, Fire Chief
Allan
Ragan, Police Chief
1. Upon
roll call, Vice Chairman Moon declared a quorum was present and the following
business was transacted.
2. Wes Ellis moved and Bryan Stone seconded the
motion to suspend the reading of the minutes
from the February
27, 2007 meeting. Motion carried
unanimously, the minutes will stand
approved as presented.
3. A
public hearing was announced for Mr. Tim Choate and Mr. Allen Kitchens request
to re-zone
a parcel of
property from Highway Commercial to R-2 Patio and Townhouse District. They
wish to re-zone
the land to build patio homes. The
property is located on
runs from
with Bone Realty
and Danny Shaddix, the person wishing to purchase the
land and to build the
homes. The Board of Adjustments and Variances
granted a variance to the land owners on
March 20, 2007, because they only have
2.3 acres more or less and the Zoning Ordinance
requires a minimum acreage of 3 acres for a patio and
garden home development. People
present that are
against the rezoning request were: Allen
& Kim Vann, Kathy & Michael
Thrasher, Kenneth
Bowling and Ty Gilliland. They
are concerned about the size of the lots and
square footage
of the homes. Mr. Shaddix
has pictures showing the type of homes he intends to
build and a plan
showing how the land will be divided.
The lots will run 100 feet to 150 feet
deep with most
lots facing
Street and 2 may face
yet. After discussion, Wes Ellis moved and Wayne
Walden seconded the motion to recommend
to the Rainbow
City Council to re-zone this parcel of land from Highway Commercial to R-2
Patio and Townhouse District with the
stipulation that only patio homes be built on this land not
townhomes. The vote was as follows:
Thomas Moon – yes
Bryan Stone – yes
Jerry Tolbert – yes
Mona Wallace – yes
Steve Parrish – no
Wes Ellis – yes
Wayne Walden - yes
Motion carried.
4. Mr. Don
Owens was present with site and building drawings for a warehouse at 1400
Sutton
Bridge Road. Mr. Owens stated that he wanted a place to
store his motor home, cars, etc. After
review of the
site and metal building plans, Jerry Tolbert moved and Wes Ellis seconded the
motion to
approve construction for Don Owens.
Motion carried unanimously.
5. Mr. John
Freeman, owner/developer of property located on
subdivision was
present with final plat drawings. Mr.
Freeman stated that he was in the process
of getting a
bond to cover the sewer installation to this property. The Utility Board will oversee
the sewer
project with Mr. Freeman paying for 2/3’s of the cost of the sewer and the
Utility
Board paying for 1/3 of the cost with the
reason being they are increasing the size of the lines
being installed. Mr. Houston
Jenkins, Jr. with J B W & T Engineering Firm presented the
Building Dept. with the required driveway
pipe sizes as required by the Subdivision
Regulations. After review, Wayne Walden moved and Bryan
Stone seconded the motion to
approve the
final plat for Mr. Freeman pending the Building Department’s receipt of the
bond
for the utility
installation. Motion carried
unanimously. (NOTE: The Building Dept. received
the bond on March
28, 2007.)
6. Mr.
Gary Holderfield, owner of All Gas, Inc. and Mr. Eddie
Perman, Engineer for the project
were present
with site plans for All Gas to re-locate to
review of the
site plans, Jerry Tolbert moved and Bryan Stone seconded the motion to approve
the site plans. Motion carried unanimously.
7. There
being no more business to come before The Planning Commission, Wes Ellis moved
to
Adjourn.
Respectfully submitted,
Kathy Hill
Recording
Secretary