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, Chairman Larry Keenum, Council Member
Terry
John Calhoun, Mayor
Wes
Ellis, Vice Chairman
Bettye
Ann Boyd
Larry
Harris
Bryan
Stone
Elbert
Tarvin
Mona
Wallace
Also
Present:
Wiley
McLain, Building Official Lee
Roberts, City Attorney
Mark
Stephens, City Engineer Eddie
Perman, City Engineer
Greg
Payne, Street Supervisor
1. Upon
roll call, Chairman Thomas Moon declared a quorum was present and the
following business was transacted.
2. The
minutes from the May 25, 2010 were presented.
Bryan Stone made
a motion to suspend the reading of the
minutes and approve the minutes as
presented. Wes Ellis seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously.
3. Old Business
– Harold Weaver was present and withdrew his request for re-
zoning a parcel of property at this
time. No action was taken by the
Planning
Commission.
4. A
public hearing was announced for Michael Greer who wishes to build four (4)
townhomes on property he and his partner,
Hasty Laney, owns at the corner of
lots that he originally had planned to
build patio homes on but the lots were long
and narrow and a home didn’t fit
correctly on them. In March, 2007, when
this
property was re-zoned to R-2 District for
another person, the Planning
Commission recommended the re-zoning to
the City Council with the stipulation
that patio homes were all that would be
built. Mr. Greer also stated that the
townhomes would be sold or rented. He stated that some of the homes that he
has built on
economy. People present who were against this
request: Ty Gilliland – she was
concerned for traffic; Benny Elliott –
concerned about drainage problems; Kim
Venn – concerned about drainage problems;
Michael & Kathy Thrasher –
concerned about the re-zoning from March,
2007; Kenneth Bowling – wanted to
know the future plans for
addressed by Eddie Perman. Mr. Perman stated that a retention pond had
been
built on the property to hold water. Mr. Greer stated that he had put a dirt berm
at the back of his property to protect
the neighbors from the water. Mr. Greer
also stated that the property directly in
front of his property on
zoned Highway Commercial. Wiley
McLain, Building & Zoning Administrator,
stated that
Manufacturing, R-1 Residential and R-2
Residential concerning Mr. Bowling’s
question about the plans for this
street. Bryan Stone stated that the City
has a
Comprehensive Plan that Mr. Bowling may
review in the Building Dept or
purchase to let him know the future plans
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Bryan Stone made a motion to not grant
Michael Greer’s request for permission
to build the town homes because of the
stipulation that was made on this
property at the Planning meeting in
March, 2007. Larry Harris seconded the
motion.
Motion carries unanimously.
5. A
public hearing was announced for the Building Department who wishes to add
“
Permit.
The change would be added to Section 40, paragraph (2) Conditional
uses, paragraph d. Commercial uses. Also under Appendix A “use classification”,
“AG” change the “N” (not permitted) to
“C” (Conditional Use Permit).
Stone made a motion to recommend to the
Rainbow City Council to make the
above changes in the Zoning Ordinance
#360 as requested by the Building
Department. Wes Ellis seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously.
6. Gary
Plimpton, representing The Greater Gadsden Home Builders Association,
was present seeking approval to start the
office building on
site plans were approved in May,
2009. The Staff Review comments
concerned
erosion from the site into the cul-de-sac. After discussion, Wes Ellis made a
motion to approve the building
construction documents with the stipulation that
no permit be issued by the Building
Department until the erosion concerns from
Staff Review are address and corrected. Elbert Tarvin seconded the motion.
Motion carried unanimously.
7. The
resident’s of Seven Oaks Subdivision had made a request to Wiley McLain,
Building Official, wanting the City of
Rainbow City to take over the maintenance
for their streets in the
subdivision. Wiley told the property
owners they would
need to come to Planning Commission this
month. No one from Seven Oaks was
present.
After discussion, Bryan Stone made a motion to recommend to the City
Council that they do not accept the
streets in Seven Oaks Subdivision until they
are repaired and the necessary
corrections are made according to the letter sent
to Mike Johnson Construction on January 31,
2005. Elbert Tarvin seconded the
motion. Motion carried
unanimously.
8.
Election of Chairman, Vice Chairman and Secretary were next. Mona Wallace
made a motion for Thomas Moon for
Chairman. Larry Harris seconded the
motion.
There were no other nominations for Chairman. Motion carried
unanimously. Thomas Moon made a motion for Wes Ellis for
Vice Chairman.
Bryan Stone seconded the motion. There were no other nominations for Vice
Chairman.
Motion carried unanimously.
Secretary will remain the same.
9. There being no other business to come
before The Planning Commission, Elbert
Tarvin moved to adjourn.
Respectfully
submitted,
Kathy Hill
Recording Secretary