Planning & Zoning Commission

AGENDA SUMMARY- PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Piedmont Police Department 400 Edmond Road Northwest Monday, October 5th, 2020 at 6:30 PM MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairman Richard Felton, Commissioner Craig Edison, Commissioner Bryan Seale, Commissioner Robin Hopkins and Commissioner Jeff Rycroft. ABSENT: None STAFF PRESENT: community development director Scott Garnand, City Secretary Arielle Garcia, and Attorney Michael Segler. 1. CALL TO ORDER- Chairman Richard Felton called the meeting to order at 6:29pm 2. ROLL CALL- City Secretary Arielle Garcia called roll and quorum was present 3. CONSENT AGENDA- All items on the consent agenda are non-controversial and may be approved by one motion for items. a. Approval of Minutes for the Planning Commission meeting held September 14st 2020. Commissioner Jeff Rycroft made a motion to approve items of the consent agenda. Motion was seconded by Commissioner Craig Edison. Vote was: Aye: Chairman Richard Felton, Commissioner Craig Edison, Commissioner Bryan Seale, Commissioner Robin Hopkins and Commissioner Jeff Rycroft Nay: None 4. CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA None 5. HEARING OF CITIZENS- Topics to include those items not listed in the agenda. None 6. BUSINESS ITEMS a. Conduct a Public Hearing to consider a formal Rezone application from A1 to C-1 and I-1, requested by the Angela Deskin at the following described property: N/2 of the N/2 of the SW/4 of Section 36, T-14-4, R-6-W, I.M. Community Development Director Scott Garnand addressed the board This property is owned by Angela Deskin. She would like to rezone this property. The front would be zoned commercial and the back industrial. Staff recommendation is to deny due to Comprehensive Plan Chairman Richard Felton made a motion to open a public hearing. Motion was seconded by Robin Hopkins. Vote was: Aye: Chairman Richard Felton, Commissioner Craig Edison, Commissioner Bryan Seale, Commissioner Robin Hopkins and Commissioner Jeff Rycroft Nay: None Aaron Meers addressed the board I am the owner and CEO of Meers Engineering. There is so much growth here on this property. I would like to have it commercial in the front and industrial in the back. We study water and wind; we want to take agriculture to the 21st century. We have many big-name people who back our system. We have many new safe products for agriculture that are currently in the testing phase. One of our many focuses are on creating better quality water. Eric Groves addressed the board I am the representative of Dan Gassaway. Mr. Gassaway owns the property next to Ms.Deskin. These properties are own accessible over gravel roads. Commercial property is supposed to be downtown or along piedmont road, not in agriculture area. This property is rural not commercial or industrial. The establishment is not agriculture. Stan Gassaway addressed the board The farm land north of this property has been owned and ran by my family members for years. I have life long connections to this land. Currently we have clean air and good place to raise live stoke. If this industrial park goes in it will affect our air quality tremendously as well as create noise pollution. We have wild life in this area. I want to preserve this land and donate my property to a wild life organization when I no longer live on this property. There are many people here requesting you keep this zone agriculture. Angela Deskin addressed the board I own this property and am requesting the rezoning. I have owned and cared for this property for a long time. I also care for the wild life and want to keep this a nice safe area. This company wants to bring quality water to our town. We want to bring more value to our town, doing so we will create more jobs. We want to better Piedmont and I believe bringing in this industrial park will do that. Commissioner Jeff Rycroft made a motion to close the public hearing. Motion was seconded by Robin Hopkins. Vote was: Aye: Chairman Richard Felton, Commissioner Craig Edison, Commissioner Bryan Seale, Commissioner Robin Hopkins and Commissioner Jeff Rycroft Nay: None Chairman Richard Felton addressed the board The overwhelming feedback we have received on this board was to keep Piedmont what it is. A huge draw to our town is the living opportunity. We knew that a time would come when commercial property would be needed and we would have to rezone at some point. However, I do not believe this is the time or place to do so. Now is not the time or an industrial park to come in because it will take away from the residential opportunity. Commissioner Jeff Rycroft addressed the board  I admire your intensions. This is just not what piedmont wanted. Chairman Richard Felton made a motion to support staff’s decision by denying business item a. Motion was seconded by Commissioner Craig Edison. Vote was: Aye: Chairman Richard Felton, Commissioner Craig Edison, Commissioner Bryan Seale, Commissioner Robin Hopkins and Commissioner Jeff Rycroft Nay: None Commissioner Robin Hopkins left the meeting at 7:00pm b. Discussion, consideration, and possible action on a formal Rezone application from A1 to C-1 and I-1, requested by Angela Deskin at the following described property: See above for full legal description. c. Discussion of PUD process and ordinance. Chairman Richard Felton addressed the board Before the former Community Development Director Kayla Cornett left The City of Piedmont, we had been working on PUD’s. She had changed some of the wording on the ordnances to make them clearer. This is the time to really go over this and make sure we add in anything or discuss any concerns we may have. Anything the board would like to add to the ordnance or discuss can’t be sent to myself, Community Development director Scott Garnand, or City Attorney Michael Seglar. A motion was not made for business item c. 7. NEW BUSINESS a. “New Business,” as used herein shall mean any matter not known about or which could not have been reasonable foreseen prior to the time of posting. (25 O.S. 311 a9) None 8. ADMINISTRATION REPORT None 9. COMMISSIONER’S COMMENTS None 10. ADJOURN- Chairman Richard Felton adjourned the meeting at 7:04pm ___________________________ _____________________________ Chairman, Richard Felton City Secretary, Arielle Garcia