Planning and Zoning Commission - Agendas & Minutes (Packets below)

Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Buena Vista Planning and Zoning Commission February 16, 2022 CALL TO ORDER A regular meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission was called to order at 7:00 pm, Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at the Community Center and via Zoom video conferencing by Chair Preston Larimer. Also present were Vice Chair Lynn Schultz-Writsel, Commissioners Blake Bennetts, Thomas Brown and Tony LaGreca. Members of the Chaffee County Planning Commission were also present. Staff Present: Planning Director Joseph Teipel, Principal Planner Mark Doering, Special Projects Manager Joel Benson, and Planning Technician Doug Tart. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Chair Larimer led in the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL Tart proceeded with the roll call and declared a quorum. AGENDA ADOPTION Larimer called for approval of the agenda. Commissioner Bennetts motioned to adopt the agenda as amended, Motion #1 seconded by Commissioner Thomas Brown. Motion carried. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Commissioner Schultz-Writsel motioned for approval of the December 15, 2021 minutes as presented. Motion #2 was seconded by Commissioner LaGreca. Motion carried. Commissioner Thomas Brown motioned for approval of January 20, 2022 as amended. PUBLIC COMMENT Public comments opened at 6:05 pm. With no comments, public comment was closed at 6:05 pm. NEW BUSINESS This was a joint meeting between the Planning and Zoning Commission of the Town of Buena Vista and the Chaffee County Planning Commission to discuss the County’s Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA). Doering led the discussion from the Town side. The Commissioners and staff agreed that there needs to be an outline on how the Town and County can communicate. There was discussion around the timing of the next joint meeting between the two commissions. It was agreed upon that the next meeting would take place late April or early May with the intent to get a common map of the areas of desired growth. Doering and Chaffee County Planning Manager Jon Roorda will coordinate the next joint meeting. STAFF / COMMISSION INTERACTION Doering discussed the recent land use code changes that were recommended to the Board of Trustees by the Planning and Zoning Commission. One was the Single-Room Occupancy use and the provision of short-term rentals (the Board wanted the short-term rental provision removed) and the changes to multifamily housing in the Highway-Commercial zone district (the Board wanted to remove the fourth story). Doering explained that there are some proposed changes to meeting dates and times for the first couple of weeks in March. Due to some issues with the public notice requirements, the public hearing for Teipel’s Minor Subdivision will not be able to occur during the February 23rd meeting. As a result, staff has proposed holding a special meeting for this public hearing, to take place at 6 pm on Friday, March 4th so that it can go to the Board on Tuesday, March 8th. This meeting would take place remotely via Zoom. The public hearing on February 23rd is still slated to take place to discuss the Special Use Permit. Commissioner Bennetts motioned to reschedule the meeting for March 2nd to Friday, March 4th to accommodate the public hearing for Teipel’s Minor Subdivision. Motion #3 was seconded by Commissioner LaGreca. Motion carried. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Commission, Commissioner LaGreca motioned to adjourn the meeting at 8:03 p.m. Commissioner Schultz-Writsel seconded. Motion #4 was unanimously approved. Respectfully submitted: Preston Larimer, Chair Doug Tart, Planning Technician