Meeting No.
06-12
August 24, 2006
A regular
meeting of the City of Bondurant Planning & Zoning Commission was held in
the Community Room at the Bondurant City Center on August 24, 2006, at 7:00
p.m.
Present: Commission
Chair Marvin Skinner
Commission Member Deborah Baker
Commission Member Roland Mark
Commission
Member David Higgins
City
Administrator Mark J. Arentsen
Code
Enforcement Officer Larry Snavely
Absent: Commission
Member John Bein
Commission Member David Williams
Commission
Member Judi Mendenhall
Mayor
Marla McCoid
Notice of the
meeting was posted at the Bondurant City Center, Casey’s General Stores, Legacy
Bank and the Bondurant Post Office on August 21, 2006. All proceedings
hereafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the public.
Commission
Chair Skinner called the meeting to order at 7:04 p.m. Roll call was taken and a quorum was
declared. Motion made by Commission
Member Higgins, seconded by Commission Member Baker, to approve the agenda. Roll call:
Ayes: 4. Nays: 0. Motion carried.
Motion made by
Commission Member Higgins, seconded by Commission Member Baker to approve the
Planning and Zoning Commission minutes of July 27, 2006. Roll Call:
Ayes: 4. Nays:
0. Motion carried.
Motion made by
Commission Member Baker, seconded by Commission Member Mark to approve the
Planning and Zoning Commission minutes of August 10, 2006. Roll Call:
Ayes: 4. Nays:
0. Motion carried.
Commission
Chair Skinner led a discussion concerning proposed Ordinance No. 06-204,
relating to Architectural Standards.
Commission
Member Higgins suggested that Members should start on page one and proceed
through each section.
Planning and
Zoning Commission Minutes
August 24,
2006
Page Two
Commission
Members Mark and Baker expressed their concern on exhausting too much time on
this ordinance and then have the City Council waive or modify the requirements
to the point the ordinance would lose it’s intent.
Commission
Members Higgins and Mark stated their concern that the 30% hard surface
requirements for multi-dwellings may be too restrictive, as stated in Section
1.2. Commission Member
Higgins said that this ordinance should be like the City of Grimes where the
windows and doors would be included on the 30% hard surface requirements. After considerable discussion, the
Commission decided to keep this section as written.
In section
1.b., the Commission elected to require existing townhouses and multi-family
structures to meet the Architecture Standards, if the structure is undergoing a
rehabilitation of 60% or more.
The Commission
left the remainder of Section 1.2 as written.
Commission
Member Higgins questioned if 50% of hard surface would be too excessive for any
“C” District, especially when the ordinance calls for hard surfacing on all
four sides of the structure, when all four sides will not be in the public
view. This comment from Commission
Member Higgins brought up another question from members on what is classified
as “in the public view”. After
considerable debate, the Commission felt it would be best to discuss sections
1.3, 1.4, and 1.5 in more depth at the next meeting.
Commission
member Skinner expressed his concerns on Section 1.6 that states that all lots
on Highway 65 must be set back at least 600 feet from the corridor. After input
from the Commission Members, they felt this section should be tabled until the
next meeting.
The Commission
Members discussed Section 1.7 and have significant concerns about the council
being able to override the Architectural Standards. A consensus was reached by all Commission Members, where possibly
the City Council Members and the Planning/Zoning Members could meet and vote
simultaneously when City Council Members do not agree with the P&Z
recommendation(s). Commission Member Skinner asked City Administrator Arentsen
if he could contact City Attorney Matt Brick if the P&Z Members could vote
with the City Council on this issue
since the P&Z Members are not elected officials.
The following items were discussed as part of Commission
Members’ comments:
·
Commission Member
Baker – No Comment.
·
Commission Member
Higgins – No Comment.
·
Commission Member
Mark – No Comment.
Planning and Zoning
Commission Minutes
August 24, 2006
Page Three
The following items were discussed as part of
Commission Chair Skinner’s Comments:
v The next
meeting will be September 14, 2006.
The following items were discussed as part of City
Administrator Arentsen’s Comments:
ü No Comment.
Motion made by
Commission Member Skinner, seconded by Commission Member Baker, to adjourn the
meeting. Roll call: Ayes: 4.
Nays: 0. Motion carried. Commission Chair Skinner declared the
meeting adjourned at 9:30 p.m.
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Marvin
Skinner
Chair
ATTEST:
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Larry Snavely
Code Enforcement Officer