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 Wes Ellis, Vice Chairman
Terry
John Calhoun, Mayor Sam
Wilson
Larry
Keenum, Council Member
Larry
Harris
Bryan
Stone
Elbert
Tarvin
Mona
Wallace
Also
Present:
Wiley
McLain, Building Official Lee
Roberts, City Attorney
Mark
Stephens, City Engineer Greg
Payne, Street Supervisor
Eddie
Perman, City Engineer
1. Upon
roll call, Chairman Thomas Moon declared a quorum was present and the
following business was transacted.
2. The
minutes from July 28, 2009 were presented.
Bryan Stone made a
motion to
suspend the reading of the minutes and approve the minutes
as
presented. Mona Wallace seconded the
motion. Motion carried unanimously.
3.
Michael Greer, owner and partner with Hasty Laney, was present seeking
permission to
start construction on an apartment complex located at the corner
of
with three (3)
units per building. Buildings will be
one (1) level. Each unit will
have an
individual water meter that will service the sprinkler system in each unit
as well as
provide water. Water meters will be
coordinated with the Utility
Board. Bryan Stone moved and Larry Harris seconded
the motion to approve
this request to
start construction of the apartment complex.
Motion carried
unanimously.
4. Scott
Skipper, Engineer for Dave Cummans, who is the owner of Southtowne
Mini
Storage Units, was present seeking approval to start construction on two
(2) climate
control mini warehouses. After
discussion, Larry Harris moved to
approve the request
to start construction on the two (2) climate control ware-
houses provided the lighting is done to light up all the
buildings. Elbert Tarvin
seconded the
motion. Motion carried unanimously.
5. Eddie
Perman of Perman Engineering was present with drawings for an office and
warehouse
building located at
approved last
year. The building will be 40’ x 80’ and
is going to be a spec
building at this
time. Larry Keenum moved and Bryan Stone
seconded the
motion to approve
the building plans for construction to start on this project.
Motion carried unanimously.
notified Wiley
that the repairs had been made to this street according to a letter
send by Mr. Doug
Waldrup of J B W & T in November of 2005.
On August 18,
2009, Mark Stephens with J B W & T
made an inspection of the road
improvements and
found the following items that need to be addressed: 1) It
appears that
“milling” was performed prior to paving & the debris was dumped
behind the
valley gutter along the entire street; 2) All areas behind the valley
gutter shall
have grass established; 3) The area behind the valley gutter at the
entrance needs
additional backfill and the right-of-way needs to be mowed and
maintained; 4)
Repair broken valley gutter and headwalls at the entrance;
Planning
Commission cont’d.
August
25, 2009
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5) Repair broken valley gutter across
driveway at house in the cul-de-sac.
After
discussion,
Elbert Tarvin moved to notify Mr. Clokey of these items that need
attention. Once these items have been corrected,
brought back to
the Planning Board for review. At that
time the Board will make
their decision
as to the future of the street. The
Board can either vote to have
the street set
aside for one (1) year warrant to make sure it holds up to the
requirements of
a City street or they can vote not to accept the street if it still
has problems
that need correcting. Larry Harris
seconded the motion. Motion
carried
unanimously.
Note:
A letter will be sent by the Building Dept with a copy of Mark Stephens
letter detailing
Mark’s findings.
7.
Wiley spoke to the Planning Commission concerning the following items:
a)
Having churches zoned out of Highway Commercial because a City looses
revenue
when a church is located in Highway Commercial property.
b)
Having a better description of lighting of mini warehouses.
c)
Having a better description or definition of dust free surface.
After discussion, the Planning Board was
in agreement for the Building
Department to post the above changes to
the Zoning Ordinance and have them
ready for the
next Planning Board meeting in September.
8. There
being no other business to come before The Planning Commission, Bryan
Stone moved and Larry Keenum seconded the
motion to adjourn.
Respectfully
submitted,
Kathy Hill
Recording Secretary