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2-20-24 CDB Adopted MinutesMINUTES Community Development Board (CDB) Meeting Tuesday, February 20, 2024 - 6:00 PM City Hall, Commission Chamber 800 Seminole Road, Atlantic Beach, FL 32233 Present: Jeff Haynie, Member Richard Arthur, Member Gregory (Greg) Beliles, Alternate Member Angela Farford, Member Kirk Hansen, Chair Harold Gear, Member Ellen Golombek, Vice Chair Absent: Jennifer Lagner, Member Also Present: Amanda Askew, Planning & Community Development Dir. (PCDD) Abrielle Genest, Planner Jason Gabriel, City Attorney (CA) 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL The meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. by Chair Hansen. The applicant for 4.A. was running late so the Board agreed to hear the use -by -exception first. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. Approve minutes of the January 16, 2024 regular meeting of the Community Development Board. The minutes were approved. 3. OLD BUSINESS There was no old business. 4. NEW BUSINESS A. 1880 Mealy Street UBEX24-0001 (Legendary Yachts) Request for a use -by -exception to allow manufacturing and production of boats at 1880 Mealy Street. Manufacture and production of boats is a use -by -exception in within the Light Industrial and Warehousing Zoning District. STAFF REPORT: Director Askew presented the information as explained in the staff report. She also provided a PowerPoint presentation. Mr. Haynie asked about the heavy industrial uses that could not be permitted and wanted to confirm that boat manufacturing was permitted. Director Askew said it depends on the level of manufacturing that the applicant is proposing. Ms. Farford asked if this request went along with the goals and objectives of the existing Comprehensive Plan. Director Askew showed the Board the existing language of the Comp Plan and the description of the Future Land Use Element. Community Development Board (CDB) February 20, 2024 Page 1 of 5 APPLICANT REPORT: Mitch Taylor of 5370 Sheffield Road in Jacksonville, introduced himself as the applicant. He said the boats are 21 feet and the production process consists of various molds for the hull, top and liner. Mr. Taylor explained that vacuum infusion would be used. He said no work will be done outside the building. The only thing that would take place outside of the building would be when the boat leaves on a trailer to be delivered to a customer. Ms. Golombek asked if they would be doing boat repair, how many employees and does the applicant have other locations. Mr. Taylor said this location was for small boats only and approximately 3-4 employees working at one time. He said they were custom boats, not a high production models. Mr. Taylor said the only repair would be electrical wiring, buffing, polishing and similar processes. Mr. Haynie asked what the vacuum infusion process was and would there be noise. Mr. Taylor explained the vacuum infusion process and confirmed that it was a contained system with minimal dust and trimmings and there isn't a lot of noise. Ms. Farford asked how much waste would be produced. Mr. Taylor said the boat weight is about 650 lbs. and 3-5 lbs. would be cut off of the boat as waste. Chair Hansen asked if there was any other waste. Mr. Taylor said there would be tape, lacquers, denatured alcohol and rubbing compound. Mr. Gear asked if they had to put in special ventilation. Mr. Taylor said they wouldn't be spraying anything of a toxic nature. He said there would be a small portable spray booth for small components. Mr. Beliles asked if any of the employees would require safety equipment. Mr. Taylor said that if one of them was sanding they would wear a respirator and some might choose to wear a tie -back suit to protect their skin. PUBLIC COMMENT: Tim Shay of 482 Stewart Street introduced himself as an adjacent property owner. He spoke in favor of the request. BOARD DISCUSSION: Mr. Gear said he didn't have any problems with the request. Mr. Arthur agreed. Chair Hansen said that he thought the only thing the Board needed to do was put a condition stating that no work should be done outside of the building. MOTION. To APPROVE UBEX24-0001 with the condition that all manufacturing is conducted inside the building. Motion: Harold Gear Second. Jeff Haynie Jeff Haynie (Seconded By) For Richard Arthur For Gregory (Greg) Beliles For Angela Farford For Kirk Hansen For Harold Gear (Moved By) For Ellen Golombek For Motion passed 7 to 0. Community Development Board (CDB) February 20, 2024 Page 2 of 5 B. 378 4th Street ZVAR24-0002 (Robert and Celeste Blackman) Request for a from Section 24-1080(1) to increase impervious area. The applicant is proposing to build an addition in the rear yard of an existing townhouse. STAFF REPORT: Director Askew presented the information as explained in the staff report. She explained that a variance was granted last August for an addition but the applicant had to remove impervious area to meet code requirements. Director Askew also provided a PowerPoint presentation. Mr. Haynie asked if the addition has already been built. Director Askew said it had not been built yet. APPLICANT REPORT: Robert Blackman introduced himself and his wife as the applicants and property owners. He gave a little history of how they came to need a variance for the permeability. Mr. Blackman said they were going to remove the concrete sidewalks, driveway and pavers. He said they would replace them with turf pavers and gravel making everything pervious. Mr. Haynie asked if the applicant was still over the pervious calculations and if that was the need for the variance. Mr. Blackman said that was correct. PUBLIC COMMENT: Chair Hansen opened the floor to public comment. He said that he had correspondence from Elizabeth Eilers, Lynn Eilers, Barbara Busby, Holly and Jim Waters, Sara and Bruce Kaufman and Mike Rutkowski that are all in opposition to the approval of this request. Connie Craven of 393 3rd Street introduced herself as a neighbor and spoke in opposition to the approval of this request. Mr. Blackman said he does not intend to make the drainage issues worse. He presented the Board with some pictures explaining how he is trying to do that. Mr. Blackman said that the house is not remodeled on the inside yet but he is working every Saturday to accomplish that. BOARD DISCUSSION: Mr. Haynie asked if the previous variance was granted due to the substandard size of the lot. Director Askew said it was but she clarified that it was not at the time the parent parcel was subdivided. Mr. Arthur asked if the grandfathered impervious ratio was 51.5%. Director Askew said that is correct, provided that there were permits obtained that verified the overage. Mr. Gear asked what the past impervious ratio was. Director Askew said it was 50%. Ms. Golombek lives in the neighborhood and due to the flooding she spoke in opposition to the approval of this request. Chair Hansen said he was in opposition of the previous variance and he is in opposition to the approval of this variance due to the history of drainage issues in this neighborhood. Mr. Gear said it is an unfortunate situation but agreed with the Chair. Ms. Farford ask if the request was denied then what would the applicant's options be. Director Askew said they can build a portion of the proposed addition as long as they don't increase lot coverage. Community Development Board (CDB) February 20, 2024 Page 3 of 5 5. MOTION. To DENY ZVAR24-0002 due to finding that it did not meet any of the criteria in Section 24-65. Motion: Jeff Haynie Second. Ellen Golombek Jeff Haynie (Moved By) For Richard Arthur For Gregory (Greg) Beliles For Angela Farford For Kirk Hansen For Harold Gear For Ellen Golombek (Seconded By) For Motion passed 7 to 0. REPORTS A. COMP PLAN UPDATE STAFF REPORT: Director Askew explained the purpose of the Comprehensive Plan. She said there are requirements and deadlines by the State of Florida that need to be met. Director Askew said that they are taking anything to do with lot coverage or stormwater out of these proposed changes. She said Staff is recommending that the Board looks at that separately and specifically with the Stormwater Master Plan Update. Director Askew handed out a cheat sheet with proposed changes and explained that the changes are strike throughs and underlines in red. She reminded the Board that they will ultimately present their recommendations to the City Commission. Director Askew went through all of the changes one by one with a presentation. She addressed all elements in the Comp Plan including, wetlands, density, floor area ratio, lot coverage, setbacks, mixed use development, height requirements, affordable housing, amendment requirements, transportation, e -bikes, inventory of existing roads, parking, infrastructure, potable water, sewer, waste water management, conservation and coastal management, recreation and parks, capital improvements, school facilities, and property rights. Director Askew pointed out, dated and redundant material, and where material was removed or moved to a different place. The Board had concerns regarding affordable housing, baseball fields, e -bikes, beach parking, coastal management, recreation and parks. PUBLIC COMMENT: Chair Hansen opened the floor to public comment. Joan Horn introduced herself and explained her interest in the environment and some history of herself and the land she lives on by the intracoastal waterway. She said she was interested in riparian buffer management and presented documentation. Ms. Horn asked questions about the City's stance on these buffers. Director Askew explained to the Board that their next step would be for the Board to make their recommendation to Commission. Then she said Staff would bring Chapter Community Development Board (CDB) February 20, 2024 Page 4 of 5 6. 7. Attest: 24 before them for recommendations and thought that would take 2 meetings. Ms. Golombek asked about the March meeting. With a show of hands it was determined that there wouldn't be enough Board Members to form a quorum. Director Askew said she will look into other possible dates let the Board know. PUBLIC COMMENT There were no public comments. ADJOURNMENT There being no further discussion, Chair Hansen declared the meeting adjourned at 8:06 p.m. Amanda Askew Kirk ansen, Chair Community Development Board (CDB) February 20,2024 Page 5 of 5