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1021 Atlantic Boulevard UBEX-13-00100077 CDB Minutes 01.21.2014Draft Minutes of the January 21, 2014 regular meeting of the Community Development Board Page 1 of 5 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD January 21, 2014 1. CALL TO ORDER. – 6:00 pm Chair Brea Paul verified the presence of a quorum with the attendance of, Kelly Elmore, Harley Parkes, Patrick Stratton, Kirk Hanson and Linda Lanier. The meeting was called to order at 6:00pm. Also present was the Building and Zoning Director, Michael Griffin, Redevelopment and Zoning Coordinator, Jeremy Hubsch and Recording Secretary Jenny Walker. Sylvia Simmons arrived at 6:05pm. Brea Paul introduced the new member Linda Lanier. 2. ADOPTION OF MEETING MINUTES – November 19, 2013. Brea Paul called for a motion to approve the minutes of the November 19, 2013 regular meeting. Kelly Elmore moved that minutes be approved as written. Patrick Stratton seconded the motion and it carried by a vote of 7-0. 3. PUBLIC COMMENT. Chair Brea Paul stated that the City Commission requested that the Community Development Board hear additional comments from the public regarding the Beaches Habitat project on Mayport Road. Brea opened the floor for public comments. Public Mike Whalen, 1420 Mayport Road, states that he doesn’t know how the Community Development Board could approve Beaches Habitats’ project on Mayport Road. He stated for the record that he is a total proponent for Habitat for Humanity but he feels this would be gutting our zoning regulations. He can’t believe that we could put these families at risk by cramming them all in one central location walled in by commercial districts. By sticking 80 families in same socio- economic group, it is not going to do the families nor the children any good. He says we are condemning these families to a situation they can never get out of. He said that the location is in a Commercial Corridor and that Beaches Habitat should be in a Residential Corridor. He stated several locations around the country where these same type of communities fell apart. 4. OLD BUSINESS. None. Draft Minutes of the January 21, 2014 regular meeting of the Community Development Board Page 2 of 5 5. NEW BUSINESS. A. UBEX-13-00100077(PUBLIC HEARING) Request for use-by-exception to allow a drive-thru permitted service lane associated with a restaurant per Land Development Regulations Section 24-111 (c) (4). Staff Report Jeremy Hubsch, Redevelopment and Zoning Coordinator gave a presentation about UBEX-13-00100077. He stated that both the Use by Exception and Zoning Variance are for Panera Bread. It will be located in the outparcel of the L.A. Fitness shopping center. He showed an aerial map of the location. The proposal is for a 4125 square foot Panera Bread with a drive thru lane. Our zoning code requires a Use by Exception approval when a restaurant opens that will have a drive thru lane, due to the fact that a drive thru lane could have some negative impact on surrounding residential areas. Some of those impacts were lighting and the noise from the speaker. Mr. Hubsch showed on the map that there really isn’t any residential areas in close proximity to the proposed site. The closest residential area is buffered by the shopping center. He showed that there will more than enough parking also. There are 3 findings of fact for approval and 3 findings of fact for denial which are to be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, compliant with the Zoning Regulations and consistent with the CG Zoning along Atlantic Blvd. Applicant Comment Jeremy Hubsch introduced the applicant, Lance Willis, architect and designer, who flew down from St. Louis to be present. He stated that they did research on Atlantic Beach, visited the site and got a feel for the demographics here and the residents. They also research the existing architecture and try to stay in line with the elements already in Atlantic Beach. Building was positioned to accommodate the drive thru lane. Public Comment None. Board Discussion Harley Parkes believes this is the type of business we should be encouraging in Atlantic Beach. Motion Motion made by Kirk Hanson to approve. Seconded by Sylvia Simmons. Motion is passed unanimously.