Planning Commission

APPROVED 5/13/15 MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION OF POOLESVILLE April 15, 2015 CALL TO ORDER: Commissioner Stump called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. All Commissioners were in attendance except Commissioners Sneed. Also in attendance was Town Manager Yost and Town Engineer Strong. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Manager Yost announced that the Commissioners would be interviewing a candidate for the Planning Commission on Monday, April 20, 2015. He also notified the Board that at the next meeting the agenda item for allowing chickens in residential zones would be discussed. CITIZEN COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS: No Comments APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Commissioner Johnson moved to approve minutes of March 11, 2015. Seconded by Commissioner Schramm. Motion carried 3-0. NEW BUSINESS: Special Exception 001-015 Day Care Lakisha Reid, current owner of Discovery Early Learning Center provided an overview for her plans to expand her current day care operations for 15 children to 19900 Fisher Avenue. The concept plan is to use the rear fenced in area of the property as ingress and egress. A play yard would be constructed and enclosed within another six foot fence. Parking would also be provided in this area. Discussions ensued that made it clear that State Licensing, Fire Marshall approval and submission of a site plan to the Planning Commission for the improvements would be required. Commissioner Schramm motioned to recommend approval to the BZA. Seconded by Commissioner Johnson. Motion carries 3-0. OLD BUSINESS: Westerly 7 Plan Review Frank Jamison and Josh Maisel requested an amendment to the conditionally approved Preliminary Subdivision Plan. The plan had been conditionally approved waiting for the County's stormwater plan approval. The County identified soil types that calculated into reducing the impervious pavement in order to add width to the bottom of the drainage bio-swales located on either side of the proposed roadways. After a lengthy discussion, and considering that the Fire Marshall had already required no parking on one side of the roadways, Commissioner Johnson motioned to amend the conditionally approved plan by reducing the 26 foot roadway width to 25 foot. Seconded by Commissioner Schramm. Motion carried 3-0. 17600 Budd Rd. Concept Site Plan Josh Maisel, J.D. Kuhlman and Julie Kuhlman introduced a concept site plan for a residence and landscape maintenance building. The use and variance was previously approved by the BZA. The Board and applicants discussed the proposed changes from the previous illustrations. The concept changes included two driveways, one for the business, separation of the residence and maintenance buildings. Applicant maintained and even increased forest conservation buffer surrounded property. Board had consensus that the concept was fine for moving forward. Applicant to return in the future with a full site plan submittal. Allocation Process Manager Yost briefed the Board on locations and amounts for allocation that were to expire January 1, 2016. A discussion then developed on how any future allocations could take place. Manager Yost presented a basic framework tying in Master Plan priorities, downtown infill and mechanisms for fees for the sewage capacity developed through sewer rehabilitation efforts. The purpose of the discussion was to develop a concept base and future discussions would occur to develop the framework. Overlay Zone Manager Yost briefed the Board on the overlay concept plan discussed during the last round of re-zoning. The concept is to develop development standards for higher density development within the center commercial areas as identified as a priority in the Master Plan. In addition to the development standards, the Board would review the existing Master Plan guidelines and compare to guidelines similar to what Sandy Springs had developed for their downtown area. Staff was tasked with drafting development standards and the Board would review guidelines and continue the discussion at the next meeting. Robert Jamison stepped forward to request an extension for the 875 gallon per day tap in the commercial area. He stated with the future development of an overlay zone and the priority being in the downtown area, it only made since to consider the extension. The Board requested Robert Jamison to submit in writing. ADJOURNMENT A motion to adjourn was made by Commissioner Schramm and seconded by Commissioner Johnson. Motion passed 3-0.