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Home My WebLink About1999-02-10 P&Z MinutesCITY OF KENAI PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION KENAI CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS February 10,1999 - 7:00 p.m. http://www.ci.kenai.ak.us 1. CALL TO ORDER: a. Roll Call b. Agenda Approval c. Approval of Minutes: January 27, 1999 d. Consent Agenda *All items listed with an asterisk (*) are considered to be routine and non-controversial by the Commission and will be approved by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Commission Member so requests, in which case the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda as part of the General Orders. 2. SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENT: 3. CONSIDERATION OF PLATS: 4. PUBLIC HEARINGS: 5. NEW BUSINESS: 6. OLD BUSINESS: 7. CODE ENFORCEMENT: 8. REPORTS: a. City Council b. Borough Planning c. Administration 9. PERSONS PRESENT NOT SCHEDULED: 10. INFORMATION ITEMS: a. KPB Administrative approval NealSand Subdivision b. KPB extension for Original Townsite of Kenai Rainbow Addition c. "Planning Commissioner's Corner" from Jan./Feb. 1999 "Western Planner" d. Planning Commission Roster e. ADOT&PF Flyer 11. COMMISSION COMMENTS & QUESTIONS: 12. ADJOURNMENT: REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF KENAI PLANNING 8s ZONING COMMISSION FEBRUARY 10, 1999 - 7:00 P.M. KENAI CITY HALL CHAIRMAN CARL GLICK, PRESIDING *** MINUTES *** 1. CALL TO ORDER Chairman Glick called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. a. Roll Call Members Present: Ron Goecke, Barb Nord, Donald Erwin, Robert Newbry, Carl Glick Members Absent: Phil Bryson Also Present: Councilman Bill Frazer, Administrative Assistant Marilyn Kebschull, Contract Secretary Victoria Askin b. Agenda Approval GOECKE MOVED TO APPROVE THE AGENDA WITH INCLUSION OF HANDOUTS PRESENTED AT MEETING AND ASKED FOR UNANIMOUS CONSENT. NORD SECONDED. AGENDA WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED AS AMENDED. c. Approval of Minutes: January 27, 1999 GOECKE MOVED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF JANUARY 27, 1999 AND ASKED FOR UNANIMOUS CONSENT. ERWIN SECONDED. MINUTES WERE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED AS WRITTEN. 2. SCHEDULED PUBLIC COMMENT -None 3. CONSIDERATION OF PLATS -None 4. PUBLIC HEARINGS -None 5. NEW BUSINESS -None 6. OLD BUSINESS -None 7. CODE ENFORCEMENT -None Planning 8v Zoning Commission February 10, 1999 Page 1 8. REPORTS a. City Council Councilperson Frazer directed the Commission to the Agenda of the council meeting of February 3, 1999. He explained, he was attending their meeting informally as he had not yet been sworn in as council member. Frazer related Items C 1 - 5 of the Agenda had passed. On Resolution 99-8, Mayor Williams gave a presentation on accessing the west side of Cook Inlet for tourism development. He noted, a copy of the Resolution would be forwarded to the Borough Assembly. Frazer for questions from the Commissioners. Goecke asked if there were any significant changes regarding H-1. Frazer related Duane Bannock will be the Ad Hoc for the Planning and Zoning Commission and he (Frazer) will be Ad Hoc to the Parks and Recreation Commission. All the rest stayed the same. b. Borough Planning -- No report. c. Administration Kebschull drew attention to the handout entitled "Statewide Transportation Improvement Program." She noted, the list includes all state projects planned for the Kenai Peninsula that are in this time period. She advised, the Commission may want to review the list and see if there are any they would like to have followed. Kebschull added, the Trail System and Forest Drive Improvements were noted in the report. In addition, Kebschull reported she included a memorandum regarding setbacks in the Commission's packets as a discussion item for information under her report in order to informally present and receive feedback from the Commission. She added, she discussed the topic with Bryson and he was in favor of the Commission reviewing it again. Kebschull briefed the Commission regarding the Council's wishes to do a major rewrite of Title 14. However, based on the fact this will have to go through fiscal year funding, it isn't known if it will be funded until July 1. Therefore, this would be a year-long project. She noted, the Commission had forwarded a recommendation to Council last year to include in the Development Requirements Table a ten percent setback administrative waiver. Kebschull added, Council was not in favor of the waiver, possibly because it would allow a 1.5' waiver on a 15' setback. She continued, at first glance this may effect one person and may not be worthwhile for the Commission's time. On the other hand, it seemed the person Planning & Zoning Commission February 10, 1999 Page 2 - would be held up 3 - 4 weeks or even longer because they have to close on a house which is a long time to wait. Kebschull added, it seemed more responsible for the City to consider an opportunity for those kinds of permits to be granted administratively. The Building Official asked Kebschull to note there were actually several more parties who came to him with small encroachments and when advised of the procedure, chose to change their plans to save time. Kebschull reported, this was a suggested draft. The Building Official will be out of town for a couple weeks and she would be on vacation and missing the next two meetings. She noted, if the Commission wanted to look at this again, the Building Official would like to be present and discuss it with the Commission. Goecke stated he thought that was a great idea and requested the Commission be provided with the setback information as it occurs so they are kept aware. Glick asked Kebschull if she thought the Council would be more receptive to a set figure instead of percentages. Kebschull stated she didn't know but the other concern the Building Official had was it would be acted upon like the home occupations are now; as a Consent Agenda item. She added, he felt if the Commission did that again, there was really no point in changing the code because if a person has to wait 2-3 weeks to get on an agenda for action, most people would just pay the $100 fee. The biggest issue is timeliness of closing on houses. Goecke asked if it might be better in Council's eyes if the Commission suggested a set dimension (perhaps up to one foot) in order to handle them administratively. Kebschull stated she thought the Building Official would agree and thought that may be why he changed it from ten percent. Nord stated she had been in favor of staff handling these small encroachments. Personally, she would like to see buildings to be built come before the Commission. However, if the building was already built and the setback was holding up a transaction, she would like to see it as an information items of agendas. Erwin stated he would be in favor of this as long as the encroachment itself is less than 12". Newbry stated he was in favor of the encroachment being 12" or less. 9. PERSONS PRESENT NOT SCHEDULED -None 10. INFORMATION ITEMS a. KPB Administrative approval Neal Sand Subdivision Planning 8v Zoning Commission February 10, 1999 Page 3 .r _ b. KPB extension for Original Townsite of Kenai Rainbow Addition c. "Planning Commissioner's Corner" from Jan./Feb. 1999 "Western Planner" d. Planning Commission Roster e. ADOT&PF Flyer 11. COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS /QUESTIONS Assistant Kebschull reported she would be absent from the next two meetings but La Shot would be attending. In addition, there would be three public hearings scheduled for the next meeting. Commissioner Nord welcomed Bill Frazer to the Council. Commissioner Nord welcomed Frazer to the Council. 12. ADJOURNMENT GOECKE MOVED TO ADJOURN. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 7:15 P.M. Rimes/pe,',ct~~fully submitted, Victoria Askin Contract Secretary Planning & Zoning Commission February 10, 1999 Page 4