District 2 Advisory Board

District II Advisory Board Minutes June 15, 2015 www.wichita.gov The District II Advisory Board meeting was held at 6:30 p.m. at Fire Station #20 located at 2255 S. Greenwich Road Wichita KS, 67207. The Council Member, seven board members, four staff and five members of the public were present. ATTENDANCE Members Present Staff Present David Babich Officer Dave Hinners, WPD Kelly Callen Alan Taber, Park and Rec Nick Howell Dale Miller, Metropolitan Area Planning Dept. Nazir Jesri Janet Johnson, CMO Carol Jones Blaine Knott Guests Max Weddle Listed on last page Council Member Pete Meitzner Members Absent Jennifer Baysinger Brian Carduff Dale Carter Stephanie Galicia Parth Khare – Youth DAB Member ORDER OF BUSINESS Call to Order: The meeting was called to order Approval of minutes from April 13, 2015: Approved 7-0. Approval of Agenda: Approved 7-0. Public Agenda Scheduled Items: None Off-Agenda Items: None Staff Reports Community Police Report Officer Dave Hinners, Patrol East 35 Beat, reported there have been a number of residential burglaries in the area of 127th and 129th Streets. There were also a number of vehicles stolen from Rusty Eck. Q: How are the burglars gaining entry to homes? A: Typically a large rock through a back window or door; they are taking jewelry and other small items and they usually use a pillowcase or duffle bag from the home to carry the items. Officer Hinners said the burglars will often knock on the door and if the resident answers the door, then they make up an excuse, such as “sorry, wrong address.” He said if this happens, residents are encouraged to call 911 immediately. Fire Department Report: No Report Park and Recreation Department Alan Taber brought copies of the Summer Activity Guide for activities and the schedule for Barry the Bison. He said the summer camps are going great this year. He encouraged citizens to go online and take the Aquatics Plan survey on Activate Wichita. Action Taken: Receive and file. New Business ZON2015-00019 - Long-term stay hotel/motel Dale Miller, Metropolitan Area Planning Department, present the request from Venture Golf Partners II LLC / Stephen N. Sonneman for a change from LI Limited Industrial to GCV General Commercial. The application area is 1.6 acres of platted land zoned Limited Industrial (LI) located at 3949 North Comotara, which is located north of East Thorn Drive and west of the North Comotara Street cul-de-sac (1,000 feet north of East 37th Street North, 2,000 feet east of North Rock Road). The property is developed with two buildings which house a hotel or motel, The Inn at Willowbend. The first of the hotel/motel buildings was constructed about 1995. The LI zoning district permits a hotel or motel as a use by right. The Unified Zoning Code (UZC, Article II, Section II-B.6.g) defines a “hotel or motel” as “an establishment used, maintained or advertised as a place where sleeping accommodations are supplied for short term use by transient guests, usually for less than a week ….” Additionally, the UZC defines “transient guest” as “a person who occupies a room for a period of less than one week at a time.” (Article II, Section II-B.13.f) The applicant has clients that rent hotel or motel rooms for considerably longer than one week. At one point the site had signage advertising the site’s facilities as an apartment. In refinancing the hotel or motel property, staff was asked if the longer than a week stays at the hotel/motel were legal as a hotel or motel use or if, by definition, the longer stays constituted an “apartment” or “group residence” use. The LI zoning district does not permit any residential uses, such as an apartment or group residence, either by right or with conditional use approval. The applicant met with staff to review the situation. It was determined that the best way to address any concerns about refinancing the hotel/motel was to rezone the property from the LI district to the General Commercial (GC) district, which permits residential uses by right. Action: Weddle/Howell made a motion that the District Advisory Board recommend that the request be approved. Motion passed 7-0 Updates, Issues, and Reports Council Member Meitzner updated the Board and audience on a number of City items, some of which included:  Intersection and signal improvements at Costco  Webb and Kellogg project goes out to bid June 12  Police Body Cameras Max Weddle announced it would be his last meeting as a member of the Board, but that he will continue to attend meetings. Meeting adjourned The next District II Advisory Board meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, July 13, 2015, at Fire Station #20, 2255 S. Greenwich, Wichita, KS 67207 Guests Lonny Wright Chris Mullen Bill Nestelroad Manuel Flores Stephen Sonneman