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 Larry Harris
Terry
John Calhoun, Mayor
Bryan
Stone, Council Member
Wes
Ellis
Jerry
Tolbert
Elbert
Tarvin
Mona
Wallace
Sam
Wilson
Also
Present:
Wiley
McLain, Building Official Laura
Lloyd, City Attorney
Doug
Waldrup, City Engineer Eddie
Perman, City Engineer
Greg
Payne, Street Supervisor Allan
Ragan, Chief of Police
1. Upon
roll call, Vice Chairman Moon declared a quorum was present and the following
business was transacted.
2. Bryan
Stone moved and Wes Ellis seconded the motion to suspend the reading of the
minutes
from the June 26,
2007 and July 3, 2007 meetings and approve the minutes from July 3rd
as
presented.
as far as the
building itself goes, but the inside of the second story would not be completed
until
funds became
available. Motion carried unanimously.
3. A
public hearing was announced for Larry Hill who was present requesting a
Conditional Use
Permit to allow him to place a 16’ x 70’
mobile home on his property at 5299 Riddles Bend
Road.
He stated it would be underpinned with a porch added once it is in
place. The zoning is
Agricultural. There was no one present in opposition to
this request. Wes Ellis stated to Mr.
Hill that in the event they sold the
property, the person buying it would be required to come
back before the
Planning Board for approval to continue to leave the mobile home there and
live in it. Jerry Tolbert moved and Elbert Tarvin
seconded the motion to allow Mr. Hill the
Conditional Use Permit for the mobile
home. Motion carried unanimously.
4. A
public hearing was announced for Dale & Donna Fish who were present seeking
a re-zoning
of two (2) lots
on
to rezoning them
to R-1 Single Family Residential lots so that they can sub-divide them into
three (3) lots
at a later date. There was no one
present in opposition to this request.
Wes Ellis
moved and Jerry
Tolbert seconded the motion to recommend to the Rainbow City Council to re-
zone this
property to R-1 Single Family Residential District. Motion carried unanimously.
5. A
public hearing was announced for Malcolm Fifer who was present seeking to
re-zone
approximately 27
acres (more or less) from Agricultural zoning to Highway Commercial. Mr.
Fifer stated that he had purchased this
land with the horse barn on it located at 6360 Steele
Station Road and would be renting the
barn out to his son and his partner to operate “Lovechio
Botanical Extracts”
from this location. Dan, Mr.
Fifer’s son, stated that the business will be an
herbal medicine
extraction using organic materials and it is USDA approved. Mr. Moon asked
was there any
one present opposing this re-zoning. The
following people spoke against this
request: James Baker; Art Howell; Sam Rose, who was
representing Pleasant Valley Baptist
Church; Mark Blevins; Chris
Lipscomb and Donald Fortenberry. Wiley stated that since he
now knows what
the business is going to be, it actually is a farm support business that would
require a
Conditional Use Permit instead of re-zoning.
After discussion, Mr. Fifer stated that he
understood the
neighbor’s concerns and withdrew his request for rezoning and would like to
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Planning
Commission
July
24, 2007
(Item #5. cont’d)
apply for a
Conditional Use Permit. Mr. Moon stated
that Planning could hold a special called
meeting in two
(2) weeks for this request. This meeting
will be scheduled for August 7, 2007 at
4:00 P.M.
No other action was taken on this request at this time.
6.
Court Barber, owner and Eddie Perman, Engineer for Peteet Estates Phase
Two (2) were present
seeking final
approval on the plat for this subdivision.
It was discussed that Mr. Barber has
paved the street
and a bond will not be needed at this time.
Wes Ellis moved and Bryan Stone
seconded the motion to give Mr. Moon permission to sign the
final plat for Peteet Estates Phase
Two. Motion carried unanimously.
7. Mandell Tillman and Mickey Kessler were present with a
concept for a new subdivision which
will be located
at the end of South Ridge Subdivision.
The men wanted to tell the Planning
members about
the subdivision and their plans.
Planning Commission took no action on this
subdivision at
this time. When the plans are presented
to the Building Department, a public
hearing will be
planned and the drawings will be reviewed by the Staff Review Committee.
8. Mr.
Moon announced that he would take nominations for Chairman and Vice Chairman
for
Planning Commission to
serve for the next year. Mona
Wallace nominated Thomas Moon as
Chairman and Wes Ellis seconded the
motion. Motion carried unanimously.
Jerry Tolbert nominated Wes Ellis as Vice
Chairman and Mona Wallace seconded the motion.
Motion carried unanimously.
9. There
being no other business to come before The Planning Commission, Wes Ellis moved
to
adjourn.
Respectfully submitted,
Kathy Hill
Recording Secretary