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:
John
D. Watson, Chairman Absent:
Bryan
Stone, Council Member Terry
John Calhoun, Mayor
Jerry Tolbert
Frances
Elrod
Mona
Wallace
Wes
Ellis
Wayne
Walden (came in late)
Also
Present:
Wiley
McLain, Building Official Laura
Lloyd, City Attorney
Melvin
Potter, Fire Chief Eddie
Perman, City Engineer
Doug
Waldrup, City Engineer Terry
Walker, Utility Dept.
1. Upon
roll call, Chairman Watson declared a quorum was present and the following
business was transacted.
2. Thomas
Moon moved and Bryan Stone seconded the motion to suspend the reading of the
minutes from August 23, 2005
meeting. Motion carried, the minutes
will stand approved as
presented.
3. A public
hearing was announced to consider the request of Court Barber to sub-divide a
parcel
of land located on
into
stated the
houses would be 1300 to 1400 heated square feet with vinyl siding. Dr. Ron Hanson
spoke against
the subdivision stating he was concerned about the width of the road and the
additional traffic
traveling
this road. Mona Wallace moved and Thomas Moon seconded
the motion to give Mr. Barber
preliminary
approval on these two (2) lots on
4. A
public hearing was announced to consider the request from Mrs. Sandra James
seeking to
place a double wide modular home at
widow and wishes to place this modular
home on this property within the next couple of years
after she retires. There was no one present in opposition of
this request. After discussion,
Thomas Moon moved and Wes Ellis seconded
a motion to give Mrs. James approval to place
the modular home on this land over a
period of the next six (6) months. After
six (6) months,
Mrs. James will need to apply for a
conditional use permit again if she has not placed her
modular home on this land. Motion carried.
5. A
public hearing was announced to consider the annexation request made by Kevin
Matthews.
Mr. Matthews wishes to annex into the City
of Rainbow City under the Agricultural Zoning
District.
His property is located at
checked and Mr. Matthews property is
contiguous to the City limits. Mr.
Leslie Marble was
present and Mr. Marble stated he was
against the annexation if Mr. Matthews did not follow the
subdivision restrictions that Mr.
Marble’s property is under. Mr. Watson,
Chairman, stated that
Mr. Matthews property deed did not state
he is in the same subdivision and that the City of
Frances Elrod seconded the motion to
recommend to the City Council of Rainbow City to annex
Mr. Kevin Matthews’s property at
Agricultural Zoning. Motion carried.
6. Gary
Plimpton, Plimpton Construction, was present along with Jeff Sims of Sims Architectural
Studio with the building plans for
Plimpton stated the first phase of the
building would be 25,000 square feet.
After discussion,
Bryan Stone moved and Wes Ellis seconded
the motion to approve the
the
understanding that the drawings will show all correct code requirements as
requested by the
Building Official and
the Fire Chief. Motion carried.
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7.
Eddie Perman, Perman Engineering, was present representing Mr. Lee
Johnson, owner of
Universal Tool. Mr. Perman is seeking building approval for
Mr. Johnson to begin construction
of his building
in the
After discussion, Wes Ellis moved and
Thomas Moon seconded the motion to approve this
building plan
for construction. Motion carried.
8. There
being no other business on the agenda, Planning Commission was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Kathy Hill
Recording Secretary