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:
Wes
Ellis, Vice Chairman Thomas
Moon, Chairman
Terry
John Calhoun, Mayor Sam
Wilson
Bryan
Stone, Council Member
Larry
Harris
Elbert
Tarvin
Jerry
Tolbert
Mona
Wallace
Also
Present:
Wiley
McLain, Building Official Lee Roberts,
Attorney
Doug
Waldrup, City Engineer Greg
Payne, Street Supervisor
Melvin
Potter, Fire Marshall
1. Upon
roll call, Vice Chairman Wes Ellis declared a quorum was present and the
following business was transacted.
2. The
minutes from June 24, 2008 were presented.
Jerry Tolbert moved and Larry
Harris seconded the motion to suspend
the reading of the minutes and approve
the minutes as presented. Motion carried unanimously.
3. Cody Owens withdrew his request for
preliminary and final approval on the
subdivision off
4. A
public hearing was announced for Roger and Karen Crawford who are seeking
annexation into the corporate limits of
District zoning. The Crawford’s had an accident and was unable
to attend. Wiley
McLain spoke in favor of the
annexation. The property is located on
containing 6.562 acres more or less. There was no one present in opposition to
this annexation. Jerry Tolbert moved and Elbert Tarvin
seconded the motion to
recommend to the Rainbow City Council to
annex the Crawford’s into the City with
R-1 Single Family Zoning. Motion carried unanimously.
5. A
public hearing was announced for the re-zoning of
Avenue in the Gregerson’s Shopping Center
as shown on J B W & T’s survey
drawing dated 07/07/2000 as the Apple A
Day Store from Highway Commercial to
Highway Commercial-Liquor (HC-L) Sales
District. Stan Clark was the
representative of Gregerson’s Properties
LLC and introduced Rick and Barbara
Brillant who are wishing to have a fine
wine, cheese and cigar store along with
packaged liquor in
may occasionally have a wine tasting at
the store. The store is 30’ x 70’ for a
total
of 2,100 square feet and faces the court
yard of the shopping center. There was
no opposition to this request. It was discussed that at any time the
business
should consider enlarging, they would
need to come back to Planning to have more
area re-zoned to the HC-L zoning. Larry Harris moved and Jerry Tolbert seconded
the motion to recommend to the Rainbow
City Council to re-zone
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26, 2008
6.
Carolyn Dial and her daughter were present seeking to continue having a
second
mobile home on their property at
Planning last year requesting to place a
second home on her property to live in
while she repaired the home she was
presently living in. Planning allowed
this
request for one year and asked Mrs. Dial
to come back if she had not completed
renovations in that year’s time. Mrs. Dial stated that she has been diagnosed
with
cancer, has had a daughter,
daughter-in-law and nephew to pass away over the
past year. Mrs. Dial’s daughter stated that there was no
one living in the original
mobile home and she and her mother were
all that was living in the second one
that had been moved in. Mona Wallace moved and Jerry Tolbert seconded
the
motion to give Mrs. Dial a twelve (12)
month extension to continue with both
mobile homes on her property. Motion carried unanimously.
7. Court
Barber was present seeking Planning’s approval of
acceptance as a City street. Court stated there are two (2) homes on
at this time. Wiley stated that the street had been built
to City specifications.
Elbert Tarvin moved and Larry Harris
seconded the motion to recommend to the
Rainbow City Council to accept
unanimously.
8.
Wiley McLain presented Eddie Permans site plans for a building at 3025
Steele
Station Road. This is part of the
at the meeting but had stated in Staff
Review meeting that he had a potential
customer for the building. Jerry Tolbert moved and Bryan Stone seconded
the
motion to approve the site plan for the
building as presented to the Planning
Commission. Motion carried unanimously.
9. There
being no other business to come before The Planning Commission, Bryan
Stone moved to adjourn.
Respectfully
submitted,
Kathy Hill
Recording Secretary