- Planning and Zoning Commission
- Planning & Zoning Meeting December 2, 2020 6:00pm
Planning & Zoning Meeting December 2, 2020 6:00pm
CITY OF TITUSVILLE
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION/LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY
NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING
December 2, 2020
555 S. Washington Avenue Titusville, Florida 32796
Council Chamber City Hall
6:00 PM
Notice
All persons who anticipate speaking on any Public Hearing item must fill out an Oath Card to be heard on that agenda item and sign the oath contained thereon. These cards are located on the table near the entrance to the Council Chamber or may be obtained from the Recording Secretary. This meeting will be conducted in accordance to the procedures adopted in Resolution #24-1997
Those speaking in favor of a request will be heard first, those opposed will be heard second, and those who wish to make a public comment on the item will speak third. The applicant may make a brief rebuttal if necessary. A representative from either side, for or against, may cross-examine a witness.
Anyone who speaks is considered a witness. If you have photographs, sketches, or documents that you desire for the Commission to consider, they must be submitted into evidence and will be retained by the City. Please submit such exhibits to the Recording Secretary.
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. ROLL CALL
4. DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. November 18, 2020 Minutes
Approve
6. QUASI-JUDICIAL CONFIRMATION PROCEDURES
The following items are subject to quasi-judicial rules of procedure. Anyone wishing to speak on any of these items must first sign a Public Hearing Agenda Card and sign the oath contained thereon. Those speaking in favor of a request will be heard first. If you have photographs, sketches, or documents that you desire for Planning and Zoning to consider, they must be submitted into evidence and will be retained by the City. Submit these exhibits to the Recording Secretary.
7. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS
8. OLD BUSINESS
9. NEW BUSINESS
A. Annual Update to the Comprehensive Plan Capital Improvement Element (CIE) 5-Year Schedule of Capital Improvements
Conduct the Public Hearing of Ordinance No. 27-2020 Annual Update to the Comprehensive Plan Capital Improvement Element (CIE) 5-Year Schedule of Capital Improvements. This is a legislative item.
The City Council will hold a public hearing on December 8, 2020.
B. CPA No. 1-2020 Comprehensive Plan Amendment Titusville Mall TRANSMITTAL
Conduct Public Hearing of CPA 1-2020 Comprehensive Plan Map Amendment to change the future land use designation from the Commercial High Intensity to the Urban Mixed Use designation and Comprehensive Plan Amendment to Future Land Use Element Policy 1.11.15 and Transmit the amendments to the State Land Planning Agency for review. This is a legislative item.
The City Council will hold a Transmittal hearing on December 8, 2020.
C. CUP No. 3-2020 T-Mobile Temporary Cell on Wheels (COW) Transmission Tower
Staff recommends approval of CUP No. 3-2020 to allow a temporary Cell on Wheels (COW) Transmission Tower at 155 South De Leon Avenue with conditions. This is a quasi-judicial item.
The City Council will hold a public hearing on December 8, 2020.
D. EAS No. 4-2020 - 4562 Helena Drive
Approve EAS #4-2020 to vacate a portion of the 7.5-foot public utility and drainage easement (P.U.D.E.) on property located at 4562 Helena Drive. This is a legislative item.
The City Council will hold a public hearing on December 8, 2020.
E. ROW No. 4-2020 Falcon's Roost
This item is being withdrawn and will be re-advertised for the January 26, 2021 regular meeting.
F. Verona - Sketch Plat Re-Plat
Recommend approval of the Re-Plat of the Sketch Plat for the Verona Subdivision.
The City Council is scheduled to consider the sketch plat re-plat at their December 8, 2020 regular meeting.
10. PETITIONS AND REQUESTS FROM PUBLIC PRESENT AND PRESS
11. REPORTS
(a) CITY STAFF
(b) CITY ATTORNEY
(c) CHAIRPERSON
(d) MEMBERS
12. ADJOURNMENT
Any person who decides to appeal any decision of the Planning and Zoning Commission with respect to any matter considered at this meeting will need a record of the proceedings, and for such purpose, may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.
The City desires to accommodate persons with disabilities. Accordingly, any physically handicapped person, pursuant to Chapter 286.26 Florida Statutes, should at least 48 hours prior to the meeting, submit a written request to the chairperson of the meeting that the physically handicapped person desires to attend.
The Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) of the City of Titusville, Florida met in regular session in the Council Chamber of City Hall, located at 555 South Washington Avenue on Wednesday, December 02, 2020 at 6:00 p.m.
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Chairman Severs called the meeting to order at 6:18 p.m. Present were Vice Chairman Richardson, Secretary Speidel, Member Grant, Member Murray, Member Parrish and Member Porter. Alternate Member Riley and Alternate Member Noel-Copeland joined via telecommunication. Also, in attendance were Planning Manager Brad Parrish, Planner Navael Fontus, Assistant City Attorney Chelsea Farrell, and Recording Secretary Laurie Dargie.
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Vice Chairman Richardson made a motion to approve the November 18, 2020 meeting minutes. Member Murray seconded. There was a unanimous voice vote in favor.
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Quasi-Judicial Confirmation Procedures
Chairman Severs read the quasi-judicial procedures.
Member Murray said she went by the T-Mobile cell tower site location.
Chairman Severs said he went by the T-Mobile cell tower site location.
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Consent Agenda Item
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Old Business
None
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New Business
Titusville Mall Transmittal – CPA#1-2020 (Video start time 00:10:00)
Mr. Parrish gave an overview of this item.
Rodney Honeycutt of 3700 S. Washington Avenue Titusville, Florida came to speak in favor of this item and answer any questions.
Vice Chairman Richardson asked if the mall will be demolished. Mr. Honeycutt said yes it will be demolished in phases.
Secretary Speidel asked what will be the allowed height. Mr. Honeycutt said 50 feet.
Member Grant asked if there will continue to be run-off on the site. Mr. Honeycutt said yes, but it will be treated run-off.
Lisa McCotter of 515 Country Club Drive Titusville, Florida came to speak in favor of this item.
Anita Dukes of 5532 Brentford Avenue Orlando, Florida came to speak in favor of this item. Ms. Duke is the current mall manager.
Chairman Severs asked if there will be a cinema included in the new plan. Ms. Duke said Jesse Wright currently owns the cinema in the mall and he plans to keep the cinema in the new plan.
Mike Nickel of 1910 Rogers Avenue Maitland, Florida came to speak in favor of this item.
Member Murray asked if detailed questions regarding the project should be asked at tonight’s meeting. Mr. Parrish said that staff is asking for approval of the transmittal and the Commission may ask detailed questions, it may be helpful for the applicant to hear feedback.
Member Murray made comments relating to complete streets, she would like to see multi-modal components addressed within this project. Member Murray would also like to see affordable housing reviewed. Member Murray said she is glad to hear the run-off will be treated. Member Murray said there is a need to be sensitive about heat islands due to large parking lots.
Chairman Severs said he likes that Urban Village is being used on this site. Chairman Severs said he does not have any problems regarding the text amendment and approving transmittal. Chairman Severs said he feels this development is a very intense use of this site due to putting on the maximum allowed residential units onto one end of the property. Chairman Severs said this will allow for maximum FAR intensity, maximum hotel intensity, the maximum of everything. Chairman Severs said the stacking and doubling up is not the way Urban Village was written or intended in the code. Chairman Severs said Country Club Drive should be a three-lane road with this kind of intensity. Chairman Severs said by code cinemas, parking garages, sport centers, and hotels will all require conditional use permits. Chairman Severs said he is concerned about Narvaez Road and how this development will impact those residents. He said it does not comply with Section 33-55 and Section 33-56. Chairman Severs said he feels the open space does not comply with Section 30-163 standards. Chairman Severs said he feels that the site is being loaded up with too much intensity and it needs to be appropriate and according to the language of the code.
Member Murray said there will be some challenges that will need to be worked through since parking garages will be a first for the City of Titusville but she would like to see this kind of development for the future of Titusville. She would rather see going higher than spreading out. Member Murray said she appreciates the comments that Chairman Severs has made. Member Murray said she is confident in the engineers and architects and feels that staff recognizes the challenges that have to be reviewed for this site.
Vice Chairman Richardson said he remembers that as part of the approval of the La Cita development, Country Club Drive was supposed to be expanded into three or four lanes.
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Vice Chairman Richardson made a motion to approve the transmittal of CPA# 1-2020 for Titusville Mall as presented. Member Murray seconded.
Roll call was as follows:
Secretary Speidel Yes
Member Porter Yes
Member Murray Yes
Member Parrish Yes
Member Grant Yes
Vice Chairman Richardson Yes
Chairman Severs Yes
Motion passed.
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T-Mobile Temporary Cell on Wheels CUP# 3-2020 (Video start time 00:46:33)
Mr. Fontus gave an overview of this item.
Mattaniah S. Jahn of 935 Main Street Ste D-1 Safety Harbor, Florida came to speak in regards to this item. Mattaniah S. Jahn gave a PowerPoint presentation.
Vice Chairman Richardson asked if the cell tower can withstand high winds. Mattaniah S. Jahn said yes.
Member Murray asked if it will be secured with a fence. Mattaniah S. Jahn said yes and it will be locked.
Chairman Severs asked how much time the City of Titusville gave to move the cell tower away from the water tower. Assistant City Attorney Farrell said that they were given approximately seven to eight months to move the cell tower. Assistant City Attorney Farrell said the conditional use application was received spring of 2020. Mattaniah S. Jahn said the City of Titusville was diligent with the time of processing the conditional use permit.
Chairman Severs asked if the cell tower could strike any public streets or buildings if it fell. Mattaniah S. Jahn said that the cell tower can be lowered for safety purposes if needed. Chairman Severs asked if it automatically lowers due to high winds. Mattaniah S. Jahn said no, it would have to be manually lowered.
Secretary Speidel asked who monitors the winds to know if the cell tower should be lowered. Mattaniah S. Jahn said T-Mobile would do the monitoring.
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Secretary Speidel made a motion recommending approval of the T-Mobile temporary cell on wheels CUP#3-2020 with the staff recommended conditions. Vice Chairman Richardson seconded.
Roll call was as follows:
Member Grant Yes
Secretary Speidel Yes
Member Murray Yes
Vice Chairman Richardson Yes
Member Porter Yes
Member Parrish Yes
Chairman Severs Yes
Motion passed.
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Vacate Easement 4562 Helena Drive EAS#4-2020 (Video start time 01:04:53)
Mr. Fontus gave an overview of this item.
Secretary Speidel asked if the adjoining property owner has been informed about the wall.
Roger Fentress of 4562 Helena Drive Titusville, Florida came to speak in favor of this item. Mr. Fentress answered Secretary Speidel’s question and said that his neighbor knows about the wall and is willing to help him put the wall up. Secretary Speidel asked what kind of material will the fence be. Mr. Fentress said it will be vinyl.
Vice Chairman Richardson asked if the elevation has changed over the years in feet or inches. Mr. Fentress said there was a mound in the yard and they tried to put a step-down wall but he wants to fix it properly.
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Member Grant made a motion recommending approval of Easement #4-2020 to City Council as presented. Secretary Speidel seconded.
Roll call was as follows:
Secretary Speidel Yes
Member Porter Yes
Member Parrish Yes
Member Murray Yes
Vice Chairman Richardson Yes
Member Grant Yes
Chairman Severs Yes
Motion passed.
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Falcon’s Roost ROW# 4-2020 (Video start time 01:10:35)
This item was withdrawn by applicant.
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Verona – sketch plat re-plat (Video start time 01:10:46)
Mr. Parrish gave an overview of this item.
Rodney Honeycutt of 3700 S. Washington Avenue Titusville, Florida came to speak in favor of this item.
Chairman Severs made comments and asked if the developer might consider connecting the subdivision by a trail to the neighboring subdivision in order to allow access by walking or biking and also if the developer would consider setting aside a lot to incorporate a pocket park with a playground. Chairman Severs gave out two handouts to show what he is asking to be considered. Mr. Honeycutt said he will pass along this information to the developer.
Member Murray said she would like to see multi-modal be used because this is another car dependent development.
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Member Porter made a motion to recommend approval of Verona sketch plat re-plat to City Council. Vice Chairman Richardson seconded.
Roll call was as follows:
Member Parrish No
Secretary Speidel Yes
Member Murray Yes
Member Grant Yes
Vice Chairman Richardson Yes
Member Porter Yes
Chairman Severs Yes
Motion Passed with a 6 yes, 1 no vote.
Member Parrish voted no because the developer should not have been awarded additional lots when they destroyed wetlands.
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Annual update to the Comprehensive Plan Capital Improvement Element (CIE) (Video start time 01:23:30)
Mr. Parrish gave an overview of this item.
Vice Chairman Richardson said there is no mention of a water reuse program. Vice Chairman Richardson said the City of Titusville needs to promote water reuse. Vice Chairman Richardson said there is also no mention of Blanton Park or the vest pocket parks and he would like this to be addressed. Mr. Parrish said he will speak to the Departments about these concerns.
Chairman Severs said he has concerns about the Area of Critical Concern (ACC). He said there is no recharging water lines to recharge the ACC. Chairman Severs said there used to be a budget of $100k from year to year all the way to 2014. Chairman Severs said for some reason it has not been funded since that time. Chairman Severs said he was under the assumption that a Master Plan study was being done and now it seems that it has not even been started. Chairman Severs said he is concerned that things are not being done consistently with the Comprehensive Plan. Chairman Severs said there has been no money allocated to reclaimed water for five years. Chairman Severs said he has concerns with the timeliness of updating the Master Plan. Chairman Severs said the level of service standard for stormwater needs to be reviewed because it is not appropriate. Chairman Severs said that the Capital Improvement Element (CIE) Plan is inadequate and there needs to be reprioritization of funds to make the needed improvements. Chairman Severs said he cannot recommend approval of this plan as it is currently written.
Secretary Speidel asked where the recharging stations are addressed. Mr. Parrish said that can be addressed in the Sustainability Plan.
Member Parrish said the CIE plan is not adequate in addressing the concerns and issues of the water lines and sewer lines that need to be replaced that are not associated with new growth. Member Parrish said these are critical areas that need to be addressed and the funds available are not nearly enough to make these improvements.
Mr. Parrish said it is a difficult task for the Water Resources Department to budget improvements with specificity.
Member Murray said there are lots of deltas between prior projections and the current projections. Member Murray said there are no explanations as to where the funds were spent. Member Murray said she will be voting no because of the lack of transparency. Member Murray said there can’t be that many deltas between two budgets without explanation. Inconsistency without explanation is not okay.
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Member Murray made a motion to disapprove the Capital Improvement Element Plan as currently written and lack of explanation on deltas. Vice Chairman Richardson seconded.
Roll call was as follows:
Vice Chairman Richardson Yes
Secretary Speidel Yes
Member Porter No
Member Murray Yes
Member Parrish Yes
Member Grant Yes
Chairman Severs Yes
Motion Passed with a 6 yes, 1 no vote.
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Petitions and Requests from Public Present and Press (Video start time 01:54:00)
None
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(Video Start time 01:54:20)
Reports
Mr. Parrish said he provided City Council’s summary of action to the Planning and Zoning Commission members via e-mail. Mr. Parrish asked if the Commission had any questions.
Chairman Severs asked what City Council decided on expanding home-based businesses. Mr. Parrish said that City Council approved it.
Chairman Severs said he appreciates City Council taking action on the request regarding the requested Resolution to allow for virtual participation.
Member Murray said she has been working with Mr. Parrish on getting the public landscaping trust fund information clarified and how the money has been spent as it relates to the tree ordinance. Member Murray said that Mr. Parrish has provided her with information but the information is not very current. Member Murray said she is waiting to hear back to see how funds have been spent. She has a message into the Manager of Community Services and is waiting to hear back.
Member Murray spoke about multi-modal and the need for education for this component and also the need for education regarding the speed of traffic and enforcement. Member Murray said she will provide Mr. Parrish information on multi-modal components.
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Adjournment 8:14pm