District 3 Advisory Board

District III Advisory Board Minutes for October 1, 2014 District III Advisory Board Minutes October 1, 2014 www.wichita.gov The District III Advisory Board meeting was held at 6:30 p.m. at the Wichita WATER Center, 101 E. Pawnee, Wichita, KS 67211; Council Member Clendenin, seven District Advisory Board members; two City staff and fifteen signed in members of the public were present. Members Present Paul Davis Elena Ingle Staff Present Eric Bell Case Bell, Community Liaison David Robbins Jess McNeely, Planning Marjorie Griffith Terry Brewster Guests Bruce Gass Listed on last page Council Member James Clendenin Members Absent Connie White Wendy Ratliff ORDER OF BUSINESS At 6:30 p.m. Council Member Clendenin called the meeting to order. Minutes from the September 3, 2014, meeting were approved. The agenda for the current meeting was approved. PUBLIC AGENDA Scheduled Items None Off-agenda items Hoyt Hillman spoke about a volunteer opportunity to volunteer at OJ Watson Park to plant plants. NEW BUSINESS Scheduled Items CON2014-27 Jess McNeely, Planning, presented on a request for Conditional Use for a Nightclub in the City within 300 feet of residential zoning located on the Southwest corner of Morris Street and South Washington Avenue (911 E. Morris). The site is developed with a one-story brick building and approximately 13 off-street parking spaces. The County Tax Assessor lists “bar/tavern/lounge” as the current land use, a drinking establishment has functioned on the site as a legal non-conforming use. The applicant wishes to obtain an entertainment license and therefore requests this conditional use for a “nightclub in the city.” Nightclub in the city is defined by the Unified Zoning Code (UZC) as an establishment that provides entertainment and/or dancing, where alcoholic beverages are served and where food may or may not be served. The UZC permits a nightclub in the city in the GC zoning district by right, but requires a conditional use if the property is located within 300 feet of a church, park, school or residential zoning district. The application area is approximately 100 feet from a 1  District III Advisory Board Minutes for October 1, 2014 residential zoned property at the northeast corner of Morris and Washington, and is within 300 feet of residential zoned property one block to the east along S. Ida Ave. All residential zoned properties within 300 feet of the application area are zoned B Multi-family Residential and are developed with single-family homes. DAB? Any complaints from the neighbors? A: Yes, from the business property to the north. He has been the only complainant. There were no residential complainants. DAB? What does the entertainment license allow? A: Live entertainment, dance floor, karaoke. The business can already serve alcohol and this would not affect that. Public: There is a vet clinic that is open 24 hours a day that rents a storage unit half a block away and uses the alley. Public: Owns property adjacent to the applicant. He is concerned that an increase in business will cause more people to use their parking lot and create trash. He is also concerned that increased business will reduce the access to the vet clinics storage use. DAB? Has there been a history of violence in the parking lot? Public: He thinks that there has. Applicant: We have leased 40 more spaces. DAB? Is the vet facility aware of this issue? A: They are not within 200 feet and would not have received notice of the case. Motion: To approve staffs recommended action with the added condition that the applicant provide additional signage to direct to proper parking. Result: Motion passed 7-0. BOARD AGENDA None Meeting was adjourned. The next meeting for District Advisory Board III will be held at 6:30 p.m., November 5, 2014, at Wichita WATER Center, 101 E Pawnee. Respectfully submitted, Case Bell, Community Liaison – District III Guests Robert Kaplen J.D. Crowley Ted Maiseh Jr Gerald Henery Lynn Stewart Larry Manny Sue Anne Holliday Kathy Manny Lonnie Hephner Lonny Wright Hoyt Hillman Mark Cowel Nancy Ross Jeremy Law Tim Strickland 2