MEETING OF THE EATON PLANNING BOARD
ON JULY 10, 2007
AT 7:00 P.M., IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS
The Eaton Planning Board met in regular session in Council Chambers on Tuesday, July 10, 2007, at 7:00 p.m.
The roll was called and the following were found to be:
Present : Ronald Coleman
Stanley Spencer
Tim Lane
Harold Geeting
Steve Deffner
Gary Wagner
Tom Jordan
Also in attendance were City Manager Dave Daily, Law Director Jill Allen, Projects Manager Joe Ferriell, Mayor Bob Stonecash and Council Member Dave Kirsch.
MINUTES:
The minutes of the June 12, 2007 meeting were read. A motion to approve the corrected minutes was made by Gary Wagner and seconded by Ron Coleman. The motion passed as follows:
Ayes: Coleman, Spencer, Lane, Geeting, Wagner, Jordan (6)
Nays: None
Abstain: Deffner (1)
SWEARING IN:
All members of the audience anticipating to testify before the Board were asked to raise their right hand and be sworn in. The secretary administered the oath or affirmation to the audience.
PUD-07-01 – (P&F) – Stephen A. Pope for A.M.D. – PUD Site Plan – 750 South Barron Street:
The applicant has applied for approval of a preliminary planned unit development site plan, to construct new commercial buildings for suburban type services, located at the property south of existing Somerville Bank on South Barron Street. This location is presently occupied by vacant land, 750 South Barron Street, Part Out Lot #133.
Stephen Pope was present to represent the applicant. He said that they have plans to construct four professional type buildings on this location. At present the entrance to the bank is on the property that will hold the four buildings with Somerville Bank having an easement for their use. Curbs and sidewalk will be installed at the time of construction. Mr. Pope informed the Board that all utilities will be private and they will not turn them over to the City for maintenance or control. All changes that were requested from the City Service Director and the Engineering Staff have been added and will be executed. They will install a fire hydrant at the end of the run so as to allow flushing if needed.
Mr. Pope told the Board that he had been asked of there were any plans to build on the lot directly behind Somerville Bank and to the north. This has never been discussed with Mr. Pope but he is sure that it is possible in the future. If this would happen, he feels that they should tap into the existing water main that is along South Barron Street and not to loop around.
Additionally, there will be a 10 ft. wide easement on the property to the south to allow this parcel to tap into the new sanitary line. Also, when the site plan was completed for the Somerville Bank, the drainage plans for that were done with this new construction in mind. There will be three sub-drainage areas on this site, located in the parking lot. During heavy storms water will pool in the depression areas of the parking lot and act as a detention pond. There will be no change in run off.
Mr. Pope told the Board that the landscaping and lighting would be handled by the developer.
They are requesting preliminary and final recommendation for this application.
Joe Ferriell, Projects Manager, informed the Board that he has been working with Mr. Pope and everything that staff had previously requested had been addressed and taken care of. There was a change with the water line that was corrected and everything else was in compliance with the Unified Development Ordinance for the City.
Stanley Spencer made a motion for favorable recommendation to Council for this PUD application in that it meets all the required standards. The motion was seconded by Gary Wagner and passed as follows:
Ayes: Coleman, Spencer, Lane, Geeting, Deffner, Wagner, Jordan (7)
Nays: None
MJ-07-01 – (P&F) – Frizzell Construction – Major Subdivision – Meadowbrook Estates Section Five:
The applicant has applied for a Major Subdivision and Preliminary Plat to construct Section 5, which is D continuation of what has previously been constructed on Out Lot 175 with the previous four sections. The 20 proposed lots conform to what was presented in years past with the overall development plan.
Brad Kramer of Kramer & Associates was present to represent the application along with Jim Frizzell.
Mr. Kramer informed the Board that this is just a continuation of what was previously brought before the Board in the other four sections. This section will be in the southeast corner of the subdivision and will complete the entire project. There will be twenty (20) residential lots involved in this application. As in previous sections the road improvements will be done and this will include a ‘T’ intersection of Snapdragon Drive that will be improved. A 12” waterline is scheduled to be connected to Section 4 in the north of the subdivision and an 8” sewer line will be extended. All the setbacks will be 25’, the same as in the previous sections.
This is the phase of Meadowbrook that they will remove and replace the temporary detention basin in the front of the subdivision. It was designed to be temporary and now will permanently be located in the south east corner, wrapping around some lots in their backyards. This will be maintained by the residents when they take care of their respective lawns. This change will not alter the drainage in any way.
There will be no parkland requirements for this subdivision at this time.
Gary Wagner made a motion for favorable recommendation to Council for the preliminary and final plat approval of this application in that it meets all the required standards. The motion was seconded by Ron Coleman and passed as follows:
Ayes: Coleman, Spencer, Lane, Geeting, Deffner, Wagner, Jordan (7)
Nays: None
CA-07-04 – McDonald’s/Rebuild – Sign Permit Application – 1317 North Barron Street:
The applicant has applied for a Sign Permit and approval of a changeable message sign type at 1317 North Barron Street which is in the ‘C-1’ General Commercial District. The original Golden Arch Sign will remain with a changeable message board attached below.
Ed Thompson with A-Plus Signs was present to represent the applicant. He stated that there is a changeable message board in place at this time and they would like to be allowed to go to a electronic reader board. The sign will be controlled from the computer and will not require employees to use the ladder for changing and this will be a lot safer. They will also have the ability to enter Amber Alerts or other Public Messages, within seconds of being issued.
The sign has the ability to be a “flashing” sign but they have no plans for it to ever be programmed to flash. This electronic sign will be used for advertisements that would normally be pasted on the windows. There will be less signs on the windows of the new McDonalds. The speed of change of the signs will be in relation to the speed limit that vehicles are driving by; typically they are programmed to change every 30 seconds.
The message sign that is in place at this time is 2 ft. x 11 ft. and the new one that is proposed would be 3 ft. x 11 ft., which will make it 9 sq. ft. larger. The sign will only be on during working hours.
It was discussed that if in fact they were changing the size of the sign and we are not permitting any new pole signs, would this be allowed. City Manager Daily clarified that a message board is seen under different regulations than any other sign, given its unique nature. The fact that they have not removed the original sign and it has retained its original use and they have not been closed for two years, this should be permissible.
Gary Wagner made a motion for approval for the sign permit application for McDonalds, in that it meets all the required standards. This motion would restrict the sign being on when the business is closed, and the message board must be set at no less than 30 seconds per message and no flashing permitted. The motion was seconded by Steve Deffner and passed as follows:
Ayes: Coleman, Spencer, Lane, Geeting, Deffner, Wagner, Jordan (7)
Nays: None
OLD BUSINESS:
None
NEW BUSINESS:
None.
ADJOURN:
A motion to adjourn was made by Steve Deffner and seconded by Tim Lane. The motion passed as follows:
Ayes: Coleman, Spencer, Lane, Geeting, Deffner,Wagner, Jordan (7)
Nays: None
Meeting adjourned.
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Secretary Chairman