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:
John
Watson, Chairman Bryan
Stone, Council Member
Terry
John Calhoun, Mayor Thomas
Moon
Wes
Ellis Jerry
Tolbert
Wayne
Walden
Mona
Wallace
Steve
Parrish
Also
Present:
Wiley
McLain, Building Official Laura
Lloyd, City Attorney
Mark
Stephens, City Engineer Eddie
Perman, City Engineer
Greg Payne, Street Supervisor
1. Upon
roll call, Chairman Watson declared a quorum was present and the following
business was transacted.
2. Wayne
Walden moved and Wes Ellis seconded the motion to suspend the reading of the
minutes from October 24, 2006
meeting. Motion carried unanimously, the
minutes will stand
approved as presented.
3. A
public hearing was held for Mr. Don Owens who was present seeking rezoning of a
lot known
as
M-1 Manufacturing. This request was tabled from last month to
give Laura Lloyd time to
research the lot and verify if it is part of
the Horizon Mobile Home Park. Mrs. Lloyd
determined that the Planning Commission
was within their rights to take a vote on this request.
Mrs. Pat Addison was present from
She was concerned over a fence being put
in place that might block the resident’s view when
entering
building that Mr. Owens wanted to build and
how the lot might look in the future as far as
trash, etc. Mr. Owens stated that the fence would be a
chain link fence which will allow
visibility when enter
build would be to house is motor home and
equipment that he owned from the Owens Plating
business that he no longer was involved
with. Mr. Owens also stated that in the
future he might
place a small shop in this building but
had no intent on doing so at the present time.
Mr.
Stevens was with Mr. Owens and is also a
resident of Horizon Mobile Home Park.
Mr. Stevens
was here is favor of the re-zoning of the
property. After discussion, Wayne Walden
moved and
Wes Ellis seconded the motion to
recommend to the Rainbow City Council to re-zone this
property from MHP to M-1. Motion carried unanimously.
4. A
public hearing was held for Mr. John Freeman, K-Jon Properties, who was present
seeking
the re-zoning of approximately 17.25
acres from Agricultural to R-1 Single Family Residential.
Mr. Freeman stated that he was going to
divide the land into five or six residential lots, each
being 150’ to 200’ wide. Mrs. Farmer was present to look at the
subdivision but stated she was
not against the re-zoning request. After discussion,
seconded the motion to recommend to the
Rainbow City Council to re-zone this property from
Agricultural to R-1 Single Family
Residential. Motion carried unanimously.
5. A
public hearing was held for Struts, LLC.
This is a restaurant that wished to serve bottled beer
and is seeking re-zoning from HC to HC-L
for this reason. No one was present in
opposition to
this request. Wes Ellis moved and Wayne Walden seconded the
motion to recommend to the
Rainbow City Council to re-zone this
property from HC to HC-L. Motion carried
unanimously.
6. A
public hearing was held for a request that the Building Department has
presented to Planning.
The
Building Dept. proposes to amend Section 15 of the Subdivision Regulations with
the
attached wording concerning the size/dimensions
of driveway pipe. Also, the Building
Department wishes to amend Section 314 of
the Zoning Ordinance concerning the developer
providing the size of pipe needed for
each driveway. The Building Dept. also
proposes to
amend Section 30 of the Subdivision Reg.
book with the attached wording concerning
acceptance of partial streets. Wes Ellis moved and Mona Wallace seconded the
motion to
recommend to the City Council of Rainbow
City these changes. Motion carried
unanimously.
7. Mr.
Eddie Perman was present with the drawings for Mr. Ray Davis’ Taekwondo Plus project.
Mr. Perman presented both site building
drawings. The building will be located
on Greenview
Avenue near Hwy 77. After a brief discussion, Wes Ellis moved and
Wayne Walden seconded
the motion to approve both site and
building plans for the Taekwondo Plus project.
Motion
carried unanimously.
8. Mr.
David Towers, owner of Guthrie’s Restaurant, was present seeking approval of
the building
drawings.
Site plans were approved at the September, 2006 meeting. After a brief discussion,
Wayne Walden moved and Wes Ellis seconded
the motion to give Mr. Towers approval on the
building subject to the developer
acquiring the land. Motion carried
unanimously.
9. Mr.
Kevin Buckner was present for The Greystone Apartment complex with both the
site and
building plans. Mr. Buckner stated that all corrections had
been made from the past two (2)
Staff Review comments sheets. After a brief discussion, Steve Parrish moved
and
Walden seconded the motion to approve
both site and building drawings. Motion
carried
unanimously.
10. Mr. Albert Burney, owner and Mr. David Whyte,
contractor were present with both site and
building drawings for Mr. Burney’s
office at the corner of
Drive.
There was a question from some of the residents of South Hawk
subdivision about the
zoning of this lot. The City of Rainbow City’s Zoning map,
compiled by
Planning Commission shows the property
to be Highway Commercial. Mrs. Laura
Lloyd, City
Attorney stated that the City would not
enforce subdivision regulations concerning this lot. The
enforcement would be done by the
residents of the subdivision. Mr. Lloyd
also stated the City
can only go by the Zoning Map as to what
zoning a parcel of land is located in. Mr.
Burney
stated the building would be a bricked
2500 square feet building. He also
stated that his
business is real estate auctions and
that the major portion of his business is outside the state of
approval both site and buildings plans
for this project. Motion carried
unanimously.
11. Mr. Roger Laney, owner of Indian Lakes Phase
III was present with the final plat of five (5)
lots located on
Parrish seconded the motion to give Mr.
Laney final approval of these five (5) lots.
Motion
carried unanimously.
12. There being no more business to come before
The Planning Commission, Mona Wallace
moved and Wes Ellis seconded the motion to
adjourn.
Respectfully submitted,
Kathy Hill
Recording Secretary