July 20, 2022

  1. Minutes

The Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) of the City of Titusville, Florida met in regular session in City Hall Council Chamber located at 555 South Washington Avenue on Wednesday July 20, 2022 at 6:00 p.m.

 

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Chairwoman Speidel called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Present were Vice Chairman Richardson, Secretary Grant, Member Rice, Member Aton, Member Riley, Member Perez, Alternate Member Fayson and Alternate Member Childs.  Also, in attendance were Senior Planner  Eddy Galindo, Assistant City Attorney Chelsea Farrell, School Board Member Lisa Gilbert and Recording Secretary Laurie Dargie.

 

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Member Rice made a motion to approve the minutes from the July 6, 2022 meeting with a correction. Member Perez seconded. There was a unanimous voice vote.

 

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Quasi-Judicial Confirmation Procedures 

 

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Old Business

 

Small Scale Amendment SSA# 2-2020 – The Cottages

Mr. Galindo gave an overview of this item.

 

Bob Koch 2555 Temple Trak Winter Park, Florida came to speak in favor of this item.

 

Discussion took place amongst the Planning and Zoning Commission members, staff, and Mr. Koch.

 

Rodney Honeycutt of 3700 S. Washington Avenue Titusville, Florida came to speak in favor of this item.

 

Noel Castro of 2650 Smokey Lane Titusville, Florida came to speak against this item.

 

Kay St. Onge of  2360 Maryland Avenue Titusville, Florida came to speak against this item.

 

Discussion took place amongst the Planning and Zoning Commission members, staff, and Mr. Koch and Mr. Honeycutt.

 

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Member Rice made a motion to approve the change on SSA#2-2020 regarding the Future Land Use Map (FLUM) from the Commercial High Intensity land use designation to the Medium Density Residential land use designation.  Member Aton seconded.

 

Roll call was as follows:

 

Member Riley                         Yes

Vice Chairman Richardson     Yes

Member Perez                         Yes

Member Aton                         Yes

Secretary Grant                       Yes

Member Rice                          Yes

Chairwoman Speidel              Yes

 

Motion passed.

 

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Member Rice made a motion to approve the rezoning on SSA#2-2020 from the Community Commercial (CC) zoning district to the Planned Development (PD) zoning district with the following three conditions.

 

  1. Adding to 1.9 Roadway design / Traffic Circulation – (E) No access is allowed by automobile from the commercial site onto US Highway 1 
  2. Change sentence two in 1.11 Natural Resources to read Heritage trees should to the extent possible be preserved. (delete the rest of language from the sentence)
  3. Change sentence in 1.12 Buffering / Screening 1. A 6-foot tall opaque fence or wall along the property line with an evergreen hedge that will grow to at least 6-feet within 2 years.

 

Member Perez seconded. 

 

Roll call was as follows:

 

Member Grant                        Yes

Member Riley                         Yes

Vice Chairman Richardson     No

Member Rice                          Yes

Member Perez                         Yes

Member Aton                         Yes

Chairwoman Speidel              No

 

Motion passed with a 5 yes, 2 no vote.

 

Chairwoman Speidel and Vice Chairman Richardson voted no due to concerns with safety of children on sidewalk, crossing 4 lanes of traffic, lack of Homeowners Association, more traffic on Dairy Road, environmental concerns regarding the debris on the site, the density, and limited ADA access.

 

New Business

 

Right-of-Way – ROW#1-2022 – Orange Street 

Mr. Galindo gave an overview of this item.

 

Mr. Galindo asked if the Planning and Zoning Commission would consider approved a minor change to the staff condition #1. Instead of saying cross access and maintenance change language to All required easements (the rest of the language stays the same).

 

Kim Rezanka of 1290 US Highway 1 Rockledge, Florida came to speak in favor of this item. Ms. Rezanka provided a handout.

 

Scott Armistead of 1222 Ursa Court Merritt Island, Florida came to speak in favor of this item.

 

Discussion took place amongst the Planning and Zoning Commission, staff and the applicants.

 

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Vice Chairman Richardson made a motion to approve ROW#1-2022 with the staff recommended conditions, including the staff request to change the language in condition #1 from cross access and maintenance to All required easements. Member Grant seconded. 

 

Roll call was as follows:

 

Member Perez                         Yes

Member Aton                         Yes

Member Rice                          Yes

Member Riley                         Yes

Vice Chairman Richardson     Yes

Secretary Grant                       Yes

Chairwoman Speidel              Yes

 

Motion passed.

 

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Conditional Use Permit – CUP#4-2022 – Sweet Peas Play pod

Mr. Galindo gave an overview of this item.

 

Amanda Danque of 2530 Hutchison Place Titusville, Florida came to speak in favor of this item. Ms. Danque provided a handout.

 

Krystal Harris of 2530 Hutchison Place Titusville, Florida came to speak in favor of this item.

 

 

 

 

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Member Grant made a motion to approve CUP#4-2022 without any conditions. Member Riley seconded. 

 

Roll call was as follows:

 

Member Aton                         Yes

Member Rice                          Yes

Secretary Grant                       Yes

Member Riley                         Yes

Vice Chairman Richardson     Yes

Member Perez                         Yes

Chairwoman Speidel              Yes

 

Motion passed.

 

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Sylvester Palm Ordinance

Mr. Galindo gave an overview of this item.

 

Kay St. Onge of 2360 Maryland Avenue Titusville, Florida came to speak in favor of this item.

 

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Vice Chairman Richardson made a motion to approve the Sylvester Palm Ordinance as presented. Member Rice seconded.

 

Roll call was as follows:

 

Vice Chairman Richardson     Yes

Secretary Grant                       Yes

Member Perez                         Yes

Member Rice                          Yes

Member Riley                         Yes

Member Aton                         Yes

Chairwoman Speidel              Yes

 

Motion passed.

 

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Petitions & Request from Public Present

None

 

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Reports

 

City Council Summary of Action July 12, 2022

Informational only.

 

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Adjournment 8:32 pm