Planning Commission

City of Athens Planning Commission- Regular Meeting Agenda (Revised) December 15, 2020 Location – City Council Chambers, City Hall, 200 Hobbs St. West & Streaming Online due to COVID-19 Protocols put in place by Proclamation of the Governor Important Notice: Per the directive of Chairperson Gina Garth, this meeting will be conducted pursuant to Section 3 of Governor Kay Ivey’s March 18, 2020 Proclamation concerning the operation of the Open Meetings Law during the state of emergency related to COVID-19. All deliberations conducted, and actions taken, during the meeting will be limited to matters within the Planning Commission’s statutory authority that are (a) necessary to respond to COVID-19, or (b) necessary to perform essential minimum functions of the Planning Commission. As such, some members of the Planning Commission may physically attend the meeting at the above location, and other members of the Planning Commission may participate in this meeting by means of electronic communications. Additionally, the meeting will not be open to physical presence by members of the general public, but the meeting will be livestreamed so that the public (including any applicant or other person interested in any agenda item) may listen, observe, and participate in the meeting without being physically present. Persons interested in doing so should use the ZOOM meeting invitation found on the Planning Commission page of the City of Athens website, and contact mcochran@athensal.us with any additional questions for how to do so. No less than twelve (12) hours after the meeting, the City will post a summary of the meeting on its website at: www.athensal.us. CALL TO ORDER. 1) 2021 Meeting Calendar 2) MINUTES. a) Meeting of October 20 and November 17, 2020 for approval. OLD BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS MAJOR SUBDIVISIONS 3) a) Public Hearing. Request of Linton Road LLC for Preliminary Approval of Henderson Estates Phase II, a major subdivision of +/- 48.93 acres into 98 lots, located on the north side of Nick Davis Road approximately 1,400 feet east of Linton Road, zoned in a C-PUD Conventional Planned Unit Development District. b) Resolution. 4) Resolution. Request of Newby Chapel, LLC. for a Final Plat of Newby Chapel Subdivision Phase 2, a major subdivision of +/-6.70 acres into 27 lots, located south of Mahalo Circle, west of Wakea Drive in an R-1-3 High Density Single Family Residential District. REZONINGS 5) a) Public Hearing. Consider recommending to the City Council the request of Growl, LLC to rezone +/- 0.455 acres at 1432 Freeman Avenue from M-1 Light Industrial District to B-2 General Business District. b) Resolution.  6) a) Public Hearing. Consider recommending to the City Council the request of Billy Joe Strain to rezone +/- 31.0 acres of property at the northeast corner of Strain Road and US Highway 31 from EST Estate Residential and Agricultural District to R-1-3 High Density Single Family Residential District. b) Resolution. ANNEXATION 7) a) Public Hearing. Consider recommending to the City Council the request of Mark Durm to annex +/- 400 acres of property located southwest of Edgewood Road, northeast of Alabama Highway 99 , east of Easter Ferry Road, south of Sewell Road at the northwest corner of the City Limits, and zone property into an EST Estate Residential and Agricultural District. b) Resolution. LOCATION CHARACTER & EXTENT 8) Resolution. Request of LCEDA for Breeding North Industrial Park Expansion a +/- 41 acre site located northwest of Martin Luther King Drive, east of developing Jimmy Gill Park, for tree clearing, rough grading, and gravel drive construction for location, character, and extent. DEVELOPMENTS For multiple requests dealing with the same property/-ies. 9) a) Public Hearing. Request of Esplanade Communities of Florida for Preliminary and Final Plat of Nelson Subdivision, a minor subdivision of 181.4 acres into 3 tracts, located south of US Highway 72, east of CSXT Railroad, west of Minuteman Drive, zoned B-2 General Business District and R-1-3 High Density Single Family Residential District. b) Resolution. 10) Resolution. Request of Esplanade Communities of Florida for Layout Approval of Town Creek Trails Subdivision, a major subdivision of +/- 60 acres into 196 lots, located at the west of of Brookhill Drive where Brookhill Drive turns south into Minuteman Drive, immediately east of the CSXT Railroad tracks, zoned in the R-1-3 High Density Single Family Residential District. XX) a) Public Hearing. Request of Billy Joe Strain for Preliminary and Final Approval of Strain North Minor Plat, minor subdivision of +/- 57.6 acres into 2 Tracts, located at the northeast corner of Strain Road and US Highway 31 from EST Estate Residential and Agricultural District to R-1-3 High Density Single Family Residential District. b) Resolution. WITHDRAWN MINOR SUBDIVISION XX) a) Public Hearing. Request of James C. Lewis Irrevocable Trust for Preliminary and Final Approval of Lewis Subdivision, a minor subdivision of 10.2 acres into 2 tracts, located on the west side of US Highway 31 and the south side of Pryor Street at 104 US Highway 31 North, zoned in a B-2 General Business District. b) Resolution. WITHDRAWN Tally of small lot subdivisions on this agenda by approval type Layout = 196, Preliminary = 98, Final = 27  CITY OF ATHENS PLANNING COMMISSION Public Hearing Procedure ● During the course of a Planning Commission Meeting whenever an application that requires a public hearing (zoning, re-zoning, conditional use, certain subdivisions of property, etc. . . .) appears on the Commission’s agenda, the Chair will declare the same and introduce the application to the Commission and citizens who are in attendance. ● The Chair will proceed through each scheduled public hearing as follows: o Staff will provide an explanation of the case and a recommendation. o Applicant will be given an opportunity to address the commission and should limit their comments to less than ten (10) minutes. o When a public hearing is slated, the Chair will open the hearing for public input. o Members of the public, having been recognized, will be allowed three (3) minutes each to address the Commission (unless the Chairman specifies otherwise). NOTE: Large groups may wish to, but are not required to, appoint a spokesperson for the group, in which case the Chair may grant the spokesperson additional time to speak.. ▪ Generally, those desiring to speak “for” the request will be allowed to speak first, followed by those desiring to speak “against” the request. ▪ Persons wishing to speak should raise their hand to be recognized by the Chairman. Once recognized, please stand and state your name and address. ▪ Comments should be concise and limited to issues related to the request. o When the Chairman believes that the Commission has received sufficient citizen input to make a determination on the application, the public hearing will be closed and the applicant and/or the Staff will be given an opportunity to address any issues brought out during public comment. o Chairman will then allow Commission members to make comments or ask questions of anyone present to clarify issues or provide additional information. o The Chairman will call for a motion and a second on the motion. Commission members may speak to the motion, any amendments, or points of parliamentary procedure. o If a motion is forthcoming, a voice vote will be taken. If the decision is not unanimous, then the Chairman will direct a roll call vote. o If a motion is NOT forthcoming, the request will be considered “Denied” for lack of a motion. PLEASE NOTE: The above-procedure is provided to serve as a guideline for the conduct of public hearings. The chairman is not limited and/or constrained by this procedure and, under certain circumstances, may deem it necessary to deviate from this guideline.