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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_Local Planning Agency_3/16/2023 f � MINUTES LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY MEETING VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, FL MARCH 16, 2023 5:30 PM COUNCIL CHAMBERS CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL The meeting was called to order by Board Chair, Janet Strand at 5:30 p.m. A roll call was taken by Associate Planner, McKenna Page. Present were: Board Chair Janet Strand, Vice-Chair Steven Eagen, Board Members Elizabeth Schauer, Leslee Dasher, Theresa Maggio, Jeanne McEldowney, and Marie Sapirie. Absent was: Sherry Ambrose. Also present were Village Attorney, Amity Barnard and Senior Village Planner, Lance Lilly. APPROVAL OF AGENDA MOTION: Member Schauer made a motion to approve the agenda. Member Dasher seconded the motion. Carried unanimously 5-0. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MOTION: Vice-Chair Eagen made a motion to approve the previous meeting minutes from February 16, 2023. Member Dasher seconded the motion. Carried unanimously 5-0. AGENDA ITEMS ORDINANCE 06-23: AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE VILLAGE CODE OF ORDINANCES AT CHAPTER 78. ZONING. AT SEC. 78-4. DEFINITIONS. TO REVISE THE EXISTING DEFINITIONS FOR THE TERMS MAJOR AND MINOR REDEVELOPMENT AND AT SEC. 78-332. PRE- APPLICATION MEETING; OPTIONAL PRE-APPLICATION REVIEW PROCESS. TO MODIFY THE SECTION HEADING AND CLARIFY INSTANCES WHEN CONCEPTUAL PRESENTATIONS TO THE VILLAGE COUNCIL ARE REQUIRED AND AT APPENDIX D. LAND DEVELOPMENT FEE SCHEDULE. TO CONTEMPLATE BOTH MANDATORY AND OPTIONAL CONCEPTUAL PRESENTATIONS TO THE VILLAGE COUNCIL AND INCREASE THE FEE FOR BOTH; PROVIDING THAT EACH AND EVERY OTHER SECTION AND SUB- SECTION OF CHAPTER 78. ZONING. AND APPENDIX D. LAND DEVELOPMENT FEE SCHEDULE. SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AS PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERAB/LITY CLAUSE AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE;AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Senior Planner Lance Lilly explained that the conceptual presentation process allows developers to obtain feedback from the Village Council prior to fully investing in a project. The subject Ordinance would change the required criteria for conceptual plans, increase the application fee and mandate conceptual plans for new developments and redevelopment along major commercial corridors. Member Schauer questioned the reduction in the number of physical copies and the increase in the application fee. Mr. Lilly responded that the reduction in copies was a result of the Village's attempt to go digital and the increase in fees is to recover review costs. Vice-Chair Eagen questioned how the subject ordinance would affect the Board. Attorney Barnard clarified that the Council hears conceptual presentations. Mr. Lilly added that the Board would not see conceptual plans; however, they would see the applications once the applicant formally starts the site plan process. Marie Sapirie commented that the conceptual plan process should include landscape plans and parking details. MOTION: Member Dasher made a motion to recommend approval of Ordinance 06-23. Member Maggio seconded the motion. Carried 5-0. ORDINANCE 07-23: AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA; WHICH PROPERTY CONSISTS OF ONE POINT ZERO THREE (1.03) ACRES, MORE OR LESS, OF LAND LOCATED IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THE FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILWAY SOUTH OF TEQUESTA DRIVE, PROVIDING THAT THIS REAL PROPERTY WHICH IS MORE SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN SHALL BE RE-ZONED FROM THE VILLAGE ZONING DESIGNATION OF "C-3 GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT" TO THE VILLAGE ZONING DESIGNATION OF "R/OP RECREATION/OPEN SPACE DISTRICT", PROVIDING THAT THE ZONING MAP OF THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA BE AMENDED TO REFLECT THE PROPER DESIGNATION FOR THIS REAL PROPERTY, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Village Attorney Barnard announced the quasi-judicial nature of this agenda item and swore in Mr. Lilly. The Board disclosed there were no ex-parte communications. Mr. Lilly discussed the initiative to rezone a vacant strip of land adjacent to the Florida East Coast (FEC) railroad. He continued that the existing zoning of the subject property is not compatible with the Future Land Use designation, and the intent of the Ordinance is to create consistency between the land use and zoning. Member Schauer mentioned that the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council (TCRPC) included the subject parcel in their Commercial Corridor Plan, and questioned whether the Ordinance was linked to that document. Attorney Barnard stated that the Ordinance was initiated by the Village to provide consistency with the Village's Comprehensive Plan and was not associated with the TCRPC's report. Marie Sapirie expressed her support for this Ordinance. MOTION: Vice-Chair Eagen made a motion to recommend the approval of Ordinance 07-23. Member Schauer seconded the motion. Carried unanimously 5-0. STAFF COMMENTS There was no Staff comment. PUBLIC COMMENTS There was no Public comment. BOARD COMMENTS There was no Board comment. ADJOURNMENT MOTION: Member Dasher made a motion to adjourn at 5:45 pm. Member Maggio seconded the motion. Carried unanimously 5-0.