Village of Los Lunas Planning & Zoning Agendas

MINUTES PLANNING & ZONING MEETING January 18, 2012 The Village of Los Lunas Planning & Zoning Commission met in their regular session on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 6:00 pm in the Village Council Chambers. Members present were as follows: Commissioners, Phillip Jaramillo, Terry Ulibarri, Rick Griego & Walter Baca. Commissioner Stephanie Williams was absent. Village staff present were as follows: Christina Ainsworth, Community Development Director, Diana Crowson, Planning Technician & Marie Marquez, Recording Secretary. Members of the public present were as follows: Marty Mondragon, David Maestas, Catherine Maestas, Ernest Gallegos, Victor Baca, Rosser Knee, Elizabeth Trujillo & John Kirkpatrick. The Meeting was called to order by: Vice-Chair Rick Griego APPROVAL OF AGENDA Vice Chair R. Griego called for any additions or deletions to the agenda. Commissioner T. Ulibarri made a motion to approve the agenda as presented. Commissioner P. Jaramillo seconded it. Everyone voted in favor. Motion carried. SWEARING IN OF PARTICIPANTS AGENDA ITEMS: SPECIAL USE AMENDMENT — Calvary Chapel ITEM I — SPECIAL USE AMENDMENT — Calvary Chapel A motion was called to remove the Special Use Amendment from the table. Commissioner P. Jaramillo made a motion to remove the Special Use Amendment from the table. Commissioner T. Ulibarri seconded the motion. Everyone voted in favor, motion carried. Diana Crowson presented the application submitted by Calvary Chapel for Special Use Amendment which was tabled in the meeting of January 4, 2012 due to lack of time for staff to review the parking tabulation submitted by the applicant. This area is currently a retail shopping center in an SU zone and the applicant is requesting a zone change from retail to a religious facility. It is located at 835 Main St. SE and is an appropriate zone for a church. However, parking requirements for a church are 1 space for every 4 seats in the portion of the church building to be used for services, plus 1 space for any residential use and I space for every 200 sq. feet of gross floor area not to be used for services nor residential purposes. The initial parking tabulation submitted showed that the available parking would be exceeded by the number of seats in the auditorium. Adjustments have been made to meet all parking requirements at this time. Commissioner W. Baca had questions about the stores that are currently located there, since he was absent at the last meeting. Diana said, they will still remain there, she said, the only building that will be used is the vacant Save A Lot building. She also stated none of these other parking spaces have been included in the spaces needed or acquired for the church. Vice-Chair R. Griego asked the applicant to come up to answer any questions. David Maestas, pastor approached the podium to answer any questions. Commissioner T. Ulibarri asked Mr. Maestas why he wanted to move next door. Mr. Maestas’ reply was it would be a better facility for them. Commissioner T. Ulibarri asked Mr. Maestas, if he was sure they wouldn’t exceed 392 seats and he assured the Commission that if the seating would go beyond the required spaces, he would just add another service. He stated currently we have 3 services and about 30 ministries. Commissioner T. Ulibarri asked Christina Ainsworth if staff was comfortable with the adjustments made. She said, staff has had sufficient time to review it and staff has also had communication with the architect and were able to work out the conflicts. Christina said, if we have complaints or parking issues, we will have to inspect to make sure they are complying with the maximum number of seats. Vice-Chair R. Griego called for any further questions? There were none. Commissioner T. Ulibarri said, if staff is comfortable with the revision adjustments made, I would like to make a motion to submit this recommendation to Council for approval of this Special Use Amendment Commissioner P. Jaramillo seconded the motion. Everyone voted yes, motion carried. ITEM 2 — APPROVAL OF MINUTES — January 4, 2012 Vice-Chair R. Griego called for a motion to approve minutes for January 4, 2012. Commissioner P. Jaramillo made a motion to approve the minutes for January 4, 2012. Commissioner T. Ulibarri seconded the motion. Everyone voted yes, motion passed. ITEM 3 - DISCUSSION There was 2 items for discussion: a. Community Development Activity Report Christina Ainsworth said, there is nothing to report today — just that we are still working on the variety of economic development initiatives. She said, she did remind everyone last time they had kicked off Phase II of the Community Branding process. She said, we should have the recommendations in a couple of months. This will be something to look forward to. She said, there was a variety of ways used to reach the community and we now have an idea of what direction to take and what the community wants. Diana also invited the Commissioners to the “Live, Work Los Lunas” th 24 meeting scheduled next Tuesday, January at the Rail Runner Transportation Center. She said, the organizations consists of home based businesses etc. b. Code Enforcement Issues — There were no issues to report to Code Enforcement ITEM 4-ADJOURNMENT Vice-Chair R. Griego called for a motion to adjourn. Commissioner W. Baca made a motion to adjourn. Commissioner T. Ulibarri seconded the motion. Everyone voted in favØfotion passed. (Absent) iie Williams, Commissioner Terry lJIib rn, Cmmissioner — Walter Baca, Commissioner Rick Griego, Commissioner El