CITY OF OKEECHOBEE PLANNING BOARD JANUARY 17, 2013 SUMMARY OF BOARD ACTION

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1 I. CALL TO ORDER - Chairperson. CITY OF OKEECHOBEE PLANNING BOARD JANUARY 17, 2013 SUMMARY OF BOARD ACTION Chairperson Hoover called e January 17, 2013 meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. PAGE 1 OF 5 II. CHAIRPERSON, MEMBER AND STAFF ATTENDANCE - Secretary. Chairperson Dawn Hoover Vice Chairperson Terry Burroughs Board Member Phil Baughman Board Member Karyne Brass Board Member Kenne Keller Board Member Douglas McCoy Board Member Gary Ritter Alternate Board Member John Creasman Alternate Board Member Les McCreary Attorney John R. Cook City Planning Consultant Bill Brisson, Senior Planner Board Secretary Patty M. Burnette Board Secretary Burnette called e roll: Absent (wi consent) (entered Chambers at 6:03 p.m.) III. ELECTION OF CHAIRPERSON AND VICE CHAIRPERSON. A. 1. Open e floor to receive nominations for a Chairperson to serve a two year term. 2. Close e floor for nominations. 3. a) Motion to appoint one of e nominees to serve as Chairperson. b) Discussion. The floor was opened to receive nominations for Chairperson. Board Member Burroughs nominated Dawn Hoover to continue to serve as Chairperson. No oer nominations were offered. The floor was closed for nominations. Board Member Burroughs moved to appoint nominee, Dawn Hoover to serve as Chairperson for a two year term, beginning January 17, 2013; seconded by Board Member Ritter. There was no discussion on is item.

2 JANUARY 17, PLANNING BOARD - PAGE 2 OF 5 III. ELECTION OF CHAIRPERSON CONTINUED. A. 3. c) Vote on motion to appoint a Chairperson. B. 1. Open e floor to receive nominations for a Vice Chairperson to serve a two year term. 2. Close e floor for nominations. 3. a) Motion to appoint one of e nominees to serve as Vice Chairperson. b) Discussion. c) Vote on motion to appoint a Vice Chairperson. The floor was opened to receive nominations for Vice Chairperson. Board Member Ritter nominated Terry Burroughs to continue to serve as Vice Chairperson. No oer nominations were offered. The floor was closed for nominations. Board Member Ritter moved to appoint nominee Terry Burroughs to serve as Vice Chairperson for a two year term, beginning January 17, 2013; seconded by Board Member McCoy. There was no discussion on is item. IV. MINUTES - Secretary. A. Motion to dispense wi e reading and approve e Summary of Board Action for e September 20, 2012 regular meeting. Board Member Baughman moved to dispense wi e reading and approve e Summary of Board Action for e September 20, 2012 Regular Meeting; seconded by Board Member McCoy. There was no discussion on is item. V. - Chairperson. A. Requests for e addition, deferral or widrawal of items on today s agenda. Chairperson Hoover asked wheer ere were any requests for e addition, deferral or widrawal of items on today s agenda. There being none e agenda stands as published.

3 JANUARY 17, PLANNING BOARD - PAGE 3 OF 5 VI. OPEN PUBLIC HEARING (QUASI-JUDICIAL) - Chairperson. A. Petition No SE, submitted by Amy Gibson, on behalf of property owners J. Neal & Linda Wright, Lots 4 to 6 of Block 106, City of Okeechobee, and located at 309 NW 5 Street, to allow a Barber shop, Beauty shop wiin a Commercial Professional Office Zoning District. (Ref. Sec (2)). 1. Hear from Planning Staff. 2. Hear from e property owner or designee/agent. 3. Public comments or questions from ose in attendance, or submitted to e Board Secretary. 4. Disclosure of Ex-Parte communications by e Board. 5. a) Consideration of a motion to approve or deny petition. CHAIRPERSON HOOVER OPENED THE QUASI-JUDICIAL PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:03 P.M. Petition No SE, was submitted by Amy Gibson, on behalf of property owners J. Neal and Linda Wright, for Lots 4 to 6 of Block 106, City of Okeechobee, and located at 309 Norwest 5 Street, to allow a Barber shop, Beauty shop wiin a Commercial Professional Office (CPO) Zoning District. Chairperson Hoover yielded e floor to Planning Consultant Brisson who explained at e petition was for a beauty shop in part of an existing building now used for dental offices. According to e petition, e beauty shop initially will have two service chairs wi e intention of adding one more in e future. He elaborated at today s beauty shops offer more services an hair cuts such as manicures, pedicures, and massages. The station used for whatever e service offered is counted as a chair, e parking will be e deciding factor as to how many chairs/stations e shop could have. There are 16 off-street parking spaces available for bo businesses. This would easily allow for e dental office and ree service chairs/stations. The current codes require two parking spaces per chair (service/station), and e dental office is required to have eight spaces. The property owners and applicant were present and did not have anying ey wished to address e Board wi at is time. Chairperson Hoover asked wheer ere were any comments or questions from ose in attendance. There was none. Secretary Burnette distributed copies of four letters she received from surrounding business owners stating ey had no objections to e Special Exception being granted. Their names and addresses are: Lisa Morgan of Farm Bureau Insurance Co., at 401 Norwest 4 Street; Wes Williamson of Williamson Cattle Company, at 300 Norwest 5 Street; Louis E. Larson, Sr., President of Larson Dairy, Inc., at 400 Norwest 5 Street; and Noel Stephen, Undersheriff for e Okeechobee County Sheriff s Office, at 405 Norwest 4 Avenue. Chairperson Hoover asked wheer Board Members had ex-parte communications to disclose for e record. Member Brass stated she visited e subject property and spoke wi e applicant about e salon. Planning Staff s findings are as follows: The use is not contrary to e Comprehensive Plan as e Commercial Future Land Use category envisions a wide variety of commercial uses including a beauty salon. The use is auorized as a Special Exception in e CPO Zoning District per Section (2). The use will not have an adverse effect on e public interest as it will not significantly differ from ose associated wi e current use of e building. The use is appropriate for e proposed location as e property is located in an area at is primarily envisioned for commercial uses, is reasonably compatible wi e adjacent uses of office, professional and public, and is not detrimental to

4 JANUARY 17, PLANNING BOARD - PAGE 4 OF 5 VI. PUBLIC HEARING (QUASI-JUDICIAL) CONTINUED. 5. a) Consideration of a motion to approve or deny Petition No SE. urbanizing land use patterns as is area anticipates professional uses and offices and eir supporting uses. The use will not adversely affect property values or living conditions, nor be a deterrent to e development of adjacent property being at its characteristics are much like at of e dental use occupying e remainder of e building. No additional landscaping or screening is necessary to buffer e use from adjacent uses as e building in which e beauty salon will operate has been designed and used for medical office uses. The use will not create a density pattern at will overburden public facilities as density is not an issue wi a commercial use and no increase in commercial intensity is envisioned. The use will not create traffic congestion nor will traffic safety be compromised by location of e beauty salon wiin e building. Drainage will remain essentially e same as previous since ere is no physical change to e structure. Board Member Ritter moved to approve Petition No SE, submitted by Amy Gibson, on behalf of property owners J. Neal and Linda Wright, Lots 4 to 6 of Block 106, City of Okeechobee, and located at 309 NW 5 Street, to allow a Barber shop, Beauty shop wiin a CPO Zoning District, as recommended by Planning Staff and based on e findings noted above; seconded by Board Member Baughman. b) Board discussion. c) Vote on motion. CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING - Chairperson. Chairperson Hoover asked wheer ere was any furer discussion. There was none. CHAIRPERSON HOOVER CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:11 P.M. VII. NEW BUSINESS. A. Consider any additional requests for amendments to e City s Land Development Regulations. Chairperson Hoover asked wheer ere were any requests for amendments to e Land Development Regulations. There were none offered.

5 JANUARY 17, PLANNING BOARD - PAGE 5 OF 5 VIII. ADJOURNMENT - Chairperson. There being no furer items on e agenda, Chairperson Hoover adjourned e meeting at 6:11 p.m. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE AND BE ADVISED at if any person desires to appeal any decision made by e Planning Board/Board of Adjustment and Appeals wi respect to any matter considered at is proceeding, such interested person will need a record of e proceedings, and for such purpose may need to ensure a verbatim record of e proceedings is made, which record includes e testimony and evidence upon which e appeal is to be based. General Services media are for e sole purpose of backup for official records. ATTEST: Dawn T. Hoover, Chairperson Patty M. Burnette, Secretary