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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992-06-24 P&Z Minutes KENAI PLANNING & ZONING COMMISBION June 24, 1992 - 7:00 P.M. City Hall Council Chambers Chairman Art Graveley 1• ROLL CALL AGENDA 2• APPROVAL OF AGENDA 3• APPROVAL OF MINtTTEB - June 24, 1992 4• PLANNING a. Resolution PZ 92-17: Preliminary Plat - Bilderback S/D 5• PERSONS PRESENT SCHEDULED TO HE HEARD 6• PIIBLIC HEARINGS a• Resolution PZ 92-16: Variance Sign Permit - Italian Gardens b. Resolution PZ 92-19: Conditional Use Permit Extraction of Natural Resources - Mike Pelch 7• NEW BIISINE88 a. Vacation - Shoreline Heights S/D b• Resolution PZ 92-18: Renaming Streets 8• OLD BIISINESS 9. REPORTS a. City Council b. Borough Planning c• City Administration 10. PERSONS PRESENT NOT SCHEDULED 11. INFORMATION ITEMS 1. Judith Bittner - Letter to City Council 2. Sue Carter - Letter to City Manager 3• Approved Ordinances 4• City Council Agenda 5• KPB Planning Commission Agenda 12. COMMISSION COMMENTS & UESTIONS 1 13. ADJOiTRNMENT ~ RENAI PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION June 24, 1992 - 7:00 P.M. City Hall Council Chambers Chairman Art Graveley MINUTES 1. ROLL CALL Commissioners Present: Phil Bryson, Duane Bannock, Art Graveley, Kathy Scott Absent: Saylor Rehm, Bernard Landeis, Carl Glick Also Present: Councilman Hal Smalley Jack La Shot, City Engineer Loretta Harvey, Transcribing Secretary 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Scott moved approval of agenda as presented. Bryson seconded and asked for unanimous consent. Passed by unanimous consent. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - June 10, 1992 Graveley asked that comments under Item 5. in the seventh paragraph the send be changed to send and add, "notices only needed to be posted in three places." MOTION AND VOTE: Bryson moved approval of minutes as presented and asked for unanimous consent. Passed by unanimous consent. 4. PLANNING a. Resolution PZ 92-17: Preliminary Plat - Bilderback S/D MOTION: Scott moved approval of Resolution PZ 92-17: Preliminary Plat, Bilderback S/D. Bannock seconded. Bryson said that he would be abstaining from the vote, due to work he had done for the surveyor on this project. Graveley asked what specific work Bryson had done, since there was the minimum number of Commissioners present for a quorum. Bryson said that he had dug a test hole and submitted results as required for platting purposes. ~ KENAI PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION June 24, 1992 Page 2 Graveley felt that under the circumstances, Bryson could vote on this issue. Commissioners present concurred. Even though the resolution did not require a public hearing, Graveley asked if anyone in the audience wished to speak to the issue. Gerard Johnson, Box 27, Clam Gulch, surveyor offered to answer any questions that the Commission might have regarding the plat. Graveley asked Johnson about the staff comments included in the packet. Howard Hackney had stated, "There is a house under construction on what will be lot 2. We need to know if the proposed subdivision will maintain the required setbacks required for this house." Johnson said the house would be shown on the final plat. AMENDED MOTION: Scott amended the motion to include that the house be shown on the final plat and that setbacks be in conformance with the Renai Municipal Code. Bannock seconded. VOTE: Bannock: Yes Bryson: Yes Graveley: Yes Scott: Yes Motion passed unanimously. 5. PERSONS PRESENT SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD 6. PUBLIC HEARINGS a. Resolution PZ 92-16: Variance Sign Permit - Italian Gardens La Shot reported that the variance was needed because when the highway was realigned it changed the setbacks. Graveley opened the meeting to the public hearing. Filip Filiposki, 1513 3rd Ave, Kenai, owner of Italian Gardens, said he had called the City, State and Borough and no one claimed the right-of-way. As soon as he placed the sign everyone came around. He said he needed the sign there so people would be aware of his restaurant from the highway. KENAI PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION June 24, 1992 Page 3 Bannock asked for clarification of why the applicant needed a permit. Bryson said that the sign is located off the applicant's property on the State's property. La Shot stated by code unauthorized signs in any right-of-way or on City property may be removed. To be an authorized sign, Italian Gardens required a variance. This variance would not preclude any State requirements concerning this ROW. MOTION: Bryson moved approval of Resolution PZ 92-16: Variance Sign Permit - Italian Gardens. Scott seconded. VOTE: Bannock - Yes, Bryson - Yes, Scott - No, Graveley - Yes Passed by majority vote. b. Resolution PZ 92-19: Conditional Use Permit Extraction of Natural Resources - Mike Pelch La Shot explained that the process for this permit had been confused and that normally the public hearing for this item would be the next meeting. The code states that the first meeting, after application is received, "the Commission shall review the application and accompanying information and shall determine if it meets the requirements of this chapter." Since notices were sent for this meeting, staff would recommend that the public hearing be held, and that the hearing be continued at the next meeting. Graveley said that since the review process should be before the public hearing he would hear from people who had come to testify tonight. He opened up public hearing on Resolution PZ 92-19: Conditional Use Permit Extraction of Natural Resources, Mike Pelch. Peter Thomson, Ames Road, said he had come to hear about the length of time for the project, and who will be responsible for cleaning roads during project. He was mainly there to obtain information regarding the permit. Scott requested that the public hearing format be relaxed so if Mr. Thomson had further questions after the Commission discussed this item he could ask them. Mike Pelch said he had come to the meeting to answer questions from the public and the commission. 1 KENAI PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION June 24, 1992 Page 4 Bryson asked Pelch if he planned to lower the water table? Pelch, "no" he just wants to extract enough sand to make a small lake. Bryson asked if this pit had been used previously. Pelch said that it had been used by the Alaska Road Commission to put in the approach to the Kenai River Bridge. He hopes that this pit will be utilized again by the state during the Kenai Spur Highway reconstruction. Scott made reference to the blank spots on the application. Harvey reported that she had contacted Mr. Pelch regarding these unanswered questions. Thomson asked who will be responsible for cleaning up the road during extraction process. Pelch said that if the state does not use the pit then his plans 1 will be moot, he still needs a permit from the City to reopen the pit. The State will be responsible for maintenance of the road. Scott asked Harvey to "fill in the blanks" on the application. Harvey, question 15., "Method of fencing or barricading to prevent access", Pelch will be using a steel swinging gate on the only access, across from Foster's pit. On question 19., "Describe plans for regrading and shaping land after operations are complete", Pelch indicated he will have a 2 to 1 sloped area with a pond which would mean extracting 5 to 10 feet of sand. Scott asked if a soil survey had been done per question #5? Pelch said McLane had done soil testing when the Subdivision was approved by the City. Scott asked about proposed hours of operation. Pelch said he could not say, it would depend on whether he got a contract with the State and what hours they would want to work. Graveley reminded the Commission that this public hearing would need to be continued at the next meeting. Hearing no further questions Graveley moved on to the next agenda item. 7. NEW BUSINESS KENAI PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION June 24, 1992 Page 5 a. Vacation - Shoreline Heights S/D Graveley asked for Staff comments. There were none. MOTION AND VOTE: Bryson moved to recommend vacation of Shoreline Subdivision. Scott seconded. Passed unanimously. b. Resolution PZ 92-18: Street Naming Heights La Shot reported that presently the City has no street naming plan, as required by KMC. The Borough recently adopted a new system of street naming, which could be adopted by the City so street name criteria would remain consistent. MOTION: Bryson moved approval of Resolution PZ 92-18: Street Naming. Scott seconded. VOTE: Bannock - No, Bryson - Yes, Scott - Yes, Graveley - Yes Passed by majority vote. 8. OLD BUSINESS 9. REPORTS a. City Council Smalley noted that the Conditional Use Permit for Leila Davidson was in the appeal process. Council had held the appeal at their June 17th meeting and had 30 days to make a decision. b. Borough Planning Bryson reported that the Borough has repealed Ordinance 21.12 Noxious, Injurious, & Hazardous due to the large expense incurred in defense of this bill. The Land Use Ordinance which is presently being drafted should substitute for this bill. M KENAI PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION June 24, 1992 Page 6 c. City Administration La Shot reported that the Mission Street project preliminary plan will come before the Commission. The City is meeting with is meeting with the citizens who will be affected by this project, before the final plan is submitted. 10. PERSONS PRESENT NOT SCHEDULED 11. INFORMATION ITEMS 1. Judith Bittner - Letter to City Council 2. Sue Carter - Letter to City Manager 3. Approved Ordinances 4. City Council Agenda 5. KPB Planning Commission Agenda 12. COMMISSION COMMENTS & QUESTIONS Bannock wished to thank the City Council for so many members attending the Townsite Historic work session. Bannock also expressed pleasure with the completed Comprehensive Plan and congratulated the Commission for their hard work and diligence in completing it. He added that he would hope the Council would not place a moratorium in Old Town, while the Ordinance is being redrafted. Graveley also wished to thank the Council for attendance at the TSH work session. He felt that the Commission had accomplished something while working on this zone. The community is interested in taking action. Graveley wished to appoint Scott as the official representative for the Commission. Scott accepted that appointment. 13. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 9:15 p.m. Respectfully submitted, /~~ c'~~~~V "' Loretta Har y Transcribi Secretary