August 2, 2023

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 August 2, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.

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Chairman Richardson called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Present were Vice Chairman Aton, Secretary Grant, Member Moscoso, Member Garrod, Member Fayson, Member Perez, Alternate Member Childs, Alternate Member Rogers, and School Board Member Gilbert. Also in attendance were Principle Planner Eddy Galindo, Senior Planner Christie Anderson, Redevelopment Planner Sue Williams, Planner Josh Mesnick, Assistant City Attorney Chelsea Farrell and Recording Secretary Laurie Dargie.

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Vice Chairman Aton made a motion to approve the minutes from the July 19, 2023 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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Chairman Richardson said that the Commission will hear new business items before old business. 

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New Business

Right-of-Way ROW#1-2023 – Broad Street

Ms. Williams gave an overview of this item. Ms. Williams provided an updated staff report to the Planning and Zoning Commission members. 

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

Woody Rice, Epic Consultant, of Titusville came to speak in favor of this item.

Stan Johnston of Titusville came to speak neither for nor against this item.

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

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Member Garrod made a motion to recommend approval of ROW#1-2023 as presented with the staff recommended conditions and subject to clarifying the point of the beginning of the easement running west 30 feet.  Member Fayson seconded.

Roll call was as follows:

Member Garrod                      Yes

Vice Chairman Aton               Yes

Member Perez                         Yes

Member Moscoso                   No

Secretary Grant                       Yes

Member Fayson                      Yes

Chairman Richardson             Yes

Motion passed with a 6 yes, 1 no vote.

Member Moscoso voted no because she would have liked to have seen a portion of the right-of-way designated for expansion of the bike trail.

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Small Scale Amendment SSA#4-2023 – 3020 Whipple Street

Ms. Anderson gave an overview of this item.

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

Ashley Novander, representing the owner, of Vero Beach came to speak in favor of this item.

Stan Johnston of Titusville came to speak neither for nor against this item.

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Secretary Grant made a motion to recommend approval of SSA#4-2023 to amend the Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use and rezoning as presented. Vice Chairman Aton seconded. 

Roll call was as follows:

Secretary Grant                       Yes

Member Fayson                      Yes

Vice Chairman Aton               Yes

Member Garrod                      Yes

Member Perez                         Yes

Member Moscoso                   Yes

Chairman Richardson             Yes

Motion passed.

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Conditional Use Permit CUP#2-2023 – 3580 Garden Street

Mr. Mesnick gave an overview of this item. 

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

Bruce Moia with MBV Engineering in Melbourne, Florida came to speak in favor of this item.

Mr. Mesnick provided an updated staff report to the Planning and Zoning Commission members. 

Stan Johnston of Titusville, Florida came to speak neither for nor against this item.

Rajendra Shah of Rockledge, Florida came to speak in favor of this item and to answer questions.

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Secretary Grant made a motion to recommend approval of CUP#2-2023 as presented with the staff recommended condition, and that the buffering be vegetation in back and that the existing billboard on the property be removed as stated by the owner that it would be removed. Member Garrod seconded. 

Roll call was as follows:

Member Fayson                      No

Member Perez                         Yes

Member Moscoso                   Yes

Member Garrod                      Yes

Vice Chairman Aton               Yes

Secretary Grant                       Yes

Chairman Richardson             Yes

Motion passed with a 6 yes, 1 no vote.

Member Fayson voted no because he feels that this will eventually cause problems in the future with traffic

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Small Scale Amendment SSA#3-2023 – Evermore Multi-family – 1925 S. Park Avenue

Ms. Anderson advised that this item will be re-advertised and rescheduled to the August 16, 2023 Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. 

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Old Business

Planned Development (PD) Minimum Living Area Standards

Mr. Galindo said that this item was brought up by Member Rogers in a previous meeting.

Member Rogers stated that he would like to see the sizes of each of the categories listed in the Planned Development minimum living area standards go down by 100 square feet so that they become more affordable.

Discussion took place amongst the Planning and Zoning Commission members and the consensus was that they do not want to request any advisability from City Council at this time regarding the Planned Development (PD) minimum living area standards/ 

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Petitions & Request

Stan Johnston of Titusville came to speak about the incorrect boundary survey for SNJ Oaks. 

Member Fayson asked if the City has addressed Mr. Johnston concerns regarding the incorrect survey boundaries.  Mr. Galindo said that Mr. Parrish the Community Development Director did meet with Mr. Johnston regarding this.

Member Moscoso said she would like to know if the survey is right or wrong.

Mr. Johnston said he did meet with Mr. Parrish and he said that he agreed that the survey is wrong but they are not going to do anything about it. 

Member Fayson stated to Mr. Johnston that he has received his answer from the City of Titusville regarding this concern.

Tim Ferrucci of Titusville came to speak in regards to how he enjoys the bike path and he would like to see the bike path expanded and protected as he feels it is vital to the City of Titusville. 

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Reports

Assistant City Attorney Farrell said that she sent an email to the Planning and Zoning Commission about the webinar on Affordable Housing Seminar – Land Use and Local Government Issues. Assistant City Attorney Farrell asked when the Commission would be available to meet for the webinar training. 

The Planning and Zoning Commission decided that they would meet at 4:00pm on August 16, 2023 at City Hall in the Council Chamber before their regular meeting.  This will be advertised as a public workshop and no action from the Commission will be taken during the workshop.

Member Moscoso said that she would like to suggest that the Planning and Zoning Commission consider changing their By-Laws to allow for Petitions & Requests from the public be done at the beginning of the meetings instead of the end of the meetings. Discussion took place amongst the Planning and Zoning Commission regarding their thoughts about this.

Assistant City Attorney Farrell advised that a motion would need to be made in order to have this item added or not.

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Member Moscoso made a motion requesting that the Planning and Zoning Commission By-Laws be placed on the agenda for discussion of amending the By-Laws as it relates to the Petitions & Requests at the August 16, 2023 meeting. Member Perez seconded.

Roll call was as follows:

Member Moscoso                   Yes

Member Garrod                      No

Secretary Grant                       No

Member Fayson                      Yes

Vice Chairman Aton               No

Member Perez                         Yes

Chairman Richardson             No

Motion failed with a 3 yes, 4 no vote.

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Adjournment 8:06pm