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 Jerry
Tolbert
Terry
John Calhoun, Mayor
Wes
Ellis, Vice Chairman
Bryan
Stone, Council Member
Larry
Harris
Elbert
Tarvin
Mona
Wallace
Sam
Wilson
Also
Present:
Wiley
McLain, Building Official Laura
Lloyd, City Attorney
Eddie
Perman, City Engineer Doug
Waldrup, City Engineer
1. Upon
roll call, Chairman Moon declared a quorum was present and the following
business was transacted.
2. The
minutes from September 25, 2007 were presented.
Wes Ellis moved and
Bryan Stone seconded the motion to suspend the reading of
the minutes and
approve the minutes as presented. Motion carried unanimously.
4. A
public hearing was announced for the changes and/or additions to the Rainbow
City Zoning Ordinance and the Subdivision
Regulations. They are as follows:
(1)
Change in Zoning Ordinance - Section
146 - paragraph (a) and (b)
Setbacks for accessory buildings
shall be 7.5 feet from any side or rear
property line.
(2) Add to Zoning Ordinance - Section 314 – paragraph (a) (7) All new
subdivision’s shall be tied to The
State Plane Coordinate, both Vertical
and Horizontal Datum.
This will become an addition to the Subdivision
Regulations at Section 15
(c) (17).
(3)
Add to Zoning Ordinance - Section 83 - HC-RL – This section will
be for restaurant liquor sales, which
when zoned with this RL suffix, will state
that to be zoned HC-RL 60% of total
sales shall come from food sales.
There was no one present in opposition to
these changes. After review and
discussion,
Wes Ellis moved and Larry Harris seconded the motion to recommend
to the Rainbow
City Council the additions and changes to the Zoning Ordinance,
with the
addition to the Subdivision Regulation being approved tonight. Motion
carried
unanimously.
5. Chelsea
Lane was next on the agenda. The City
has received numerous complaints
concerning the cul-de-sac on
turning in the residents driveways
instead of in the cul-de-sac. This was
discussed
during
Staff Review and Laura Lloyd suggested that she would write a letter to the
developers about this concern. Mrs. Lloyd presented the members with a copy
of
the letter and stated she would mail the
letter to the owner(s). No action was
taken on this matter tonight.
6. Planning
Members were presented with a copy of the Stormwater Ordinance No.
455 that was adopted by the Rainbow City
Council on October 29, 2007.
7. It
was announced that the Planning Commission meeting in December will be
cancelled unless an emergency arises.
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8.
Mayor Calhoun addressed the Planning Commission members and thanked them
for
volunteering their time each month to
attend the meetings and the great job that
they are doing for the City. He told the members about the new retail
development
that is in “the works” on
Center.
He also stated that hopefully the Japanese Steakhouse that is planned
behind Burger King will get started after
the first of the year. Mayor Calhoun
told
the members about the 209 acres of land
Road for an industrial park. The City has sold all available land in the
first two
parks and now will start development on
the third industrial park. The City also
purchased the chert pit in St. Clair
County from Clarence Rhea’s heirs for the City
to have chert for its use. Mayor Calhoun also stated that the City
awarded the bid
Monday night at Council meeting for the
construction of the concession stand at
Vivian Maddox Sports Complex to Bobby
Dale Welch Construction.
9. There being no other business to come before
The Planning Commission, Bryan
Stone moved to adjourn.
Respectfully submitted,
Kathy Hill
Recording Secretary