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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-05-21 Planning and Zoning Board Minutes MINUTES CITY OF DANIA BEACH PLANNING AND ZONING ADVISORY BOARD Wednesday, MAY 21, 2003 7:00 P.M. Roll Call: Gary Luedtke Laurence Leeds, ACIP, Growth Management Director George Jason Thomas Ansbro—City Attorney Lottye Crooms Lou Ann Cunningham— Board Clerk Edward Bourgeois Laurence Leeds, AICP, Director of Community Director, informed the board that items number 3 and 5 have been withdrawn. Thomas Ansbro, City Attorney, informed the board that the representative for item number 3 wishes to make a statement as well as to read a letter written by the applicant. 3) Request by Shelley Eichner, Calvin, Giordanno and Associates, representing Kevin Guthard of Trafalgar Associates, Inc., for a 23.264 acre parcel generally located north of NE 2nd Street, south of the Dania Cut-Off Canal, west of NE 4th Court and east of NE 3rd Avenue. Applicant requests the following: RZ-27-03: Rezone the above referenced property from RS-8000. (Single Family Residential) to RM-2 (Multi-family). LUF-28-03: To request assignment of 135 flexibility units. Shelly Eichner, Calvin Giordanno & Associates, representing Kevin Guthard of Trafalgar Associates, Inc. addressed the board stating that the applicant has withdrawn the applications for Rezoning (RZ-27-03) and Flex (LUF-28-03). She apologized for the last minute withdrawal and read a letter written by the applicant for the record, as follows: "Dear Mr. Pato, I regret that I have to withdraw my development application for the rezoning and reserve units for the property known as the "Tomato Patch. " As you are aware we took our site plan to the surrounding community and received more opposition than we anticipated. I will be actively working with the seller to see if there is any room for a modified plan. I appreciate your support in all of our communities and feet that without the will of the people it would be foolish for me to pursue the best piece of property in Dania Beach." Sincerely, Kevin Guthard, Trafalgar Associates. She mentioned that the applicant has not decided on what to do with the property. She assured the board that they would meet with the homeowners again when the applicant has made a decision. Planning and Zoning Advisory Board MINUTES 1 May 21, 2003 Mr. Ansbro explained the procedure of application withdrawal. At this time the board granted the request to withdraw items RZ-27-03 and LUF-28-03, no formal action was required and Attorney Ansbro asked if anyone from the public wished to comment. Hearing no one and seeing no one the next item was addressed. 1) Request by the City of Dania Beach for the following approvals for property located at the Northwest Community Outreach Center at the southeast corner of NW 8th Avenue and NW 1st Street, Dania Beach. VA-30-03 -Variance request to allow the following: a) Waive 20% of the total vehicular use area exclusive of perimeter landscape buffers (Chapter 26, Vegetation, Sec 26-48). b) Waive two (2) feet of the required six (6)feet high fence along the south property line to allow a four(4)feet high fence. c) Waive the twenty-four(24) inch high hedge required around the property. d) Waive four (4) feet of the required twenty-four (24) feet wide drive way to provide a twenty (20)feet wide drive way. e) Waive one and a half (1.5) feet of the required ten (10) foot setback along the south property line to provide eight and half(8.5)foot setback. SP-31-03—Request for Site Plan approval to construct parking lot. Laurence Leeds, Director, Growth Management, addressed the board and gave a brief summary and description of the requests. Mr. Leeds introduced Bonnie Temchuk, Assistant to the City Manager, to describe the project. Ms. Temchuk addressed the board and explaining the proposed project for a parking lot, explaining that staff is recommending approval subject to compliance with the City Vegetation Ordinance regarding the preservation, relocation, or removal of trees. Chairperson Crooms opened the item for public comment. Hearing no one and seeing no one, Chairperson Crooms closed the public hearing, bringing the item back to the board for further discussion and possible action. The board had questions regarding the buffer variance. Mr. Leeds explained the required buffer along south lot is 10 feet and the site plan shows 8.5 foot setback. The north, east, and west lot line are in compliance with City code. Hearing no further comments a motion was made by Gary Luedtke to recommend approval of variance request VA-30-03, subject to comments made in staffs report, seconded George Jason. Motion passed on the following roll call: Edward Bourgeois yes George Jason yes Lottye Crooms yes Gary Luedtke yes Planning and Zoning Advisory Board MINUTES 2 May 21, 2003 2) Request by John Ligotti on behalf of Bay Cove, LLC for property located between SW 25th Terrace and SW 25th Avenue north of SW 45th Street, Dania Beach, Florida for the following: PL-24-03: Request for Preliminary Plat approval of the "Bay Cove" Plat. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DANIA, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE "BAY COVE" PLAT, SUCH PROPERTY BEING LOCATED BETWEEN SW 25TH TERRACE AND SW 25TH AVENUE NORTH OF SW 45TH STREET, IN THE CITY OF DANIA BEACH AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A", A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THIS ORDINANCE; ACCEPTING THE DEDICATION FOR PUBLIC USE OF ALL STREETS, HIGHWAYS AND ALLEYS AS SHOWN ON SUCH PLAT OF "BAY COVE" PLAT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; FURTHER, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Laurence Leeds, AICP, Director Growth Management, gave a summary and description of the request. Staff recommended this item to be continued until all staff's comments have been addressed by the applicant. Chairperson Crooms opened the item for public comment. Ann Winters of 4531 SW 25th Terrace spoke in opposition. Lindsey Quinn of 4403 SW 24th Avenue spoke in opposition. She suggested the City should purchase the property and convert it into a park. Vito Cucuzza of 4401 SW 24th Avenue spoke in opposition. Blake Grasso of 4437 SW 24th Avenue spoke in opposition. Hugo Alagic of 4520 SW 25th Terrace spoke in opposition. Beverly Worley of 4541 SW 25th Avenue spoke in opposition. Cody (a young boy) of 4661 SW 26th Avenue spoke in opposition. Jannie Roulette 4700 SW 25th Terrace spoke in opposition. Harold Terry of 4461 SW 24th Avenue spoke in opposition. Cindy Hamilton of 4661 SW 26th Avenue spoke in opposition. Karen Gottlieb of 4473 Treasure Cove Drive spoke in opposition. Eric Labrum of 4572 SW 24th Avenue spoke in opposition. Mike Rickman of 4740 SW 25th Terrace spoke in opposition. Hearing no one and seeing no one further, Chairperson Crooms closed the public hearing, bringing the item back to the board for further discussion and possible action. Planning and Zoning Advisory Board MINUTES 3 May 21, 2003 The board asked Mr. John Ligotti if he was prepared to respond to staffs comments. Mr. Ligotti responded that in order to get written responses from various agencies requires an application process and is time consuming. Agencies do not provide pre-determination letters to applicants. The board questioned the availability of a perimeter plat. Mr. Leeds explained that the property was zoned single-family residential (R-1 C) before it was annexed to the City in 1990, and that it is zoned for 20—22 lots. Hearing no further comments, a motion was made by Gary Luedtke to recommend continuance of this item, seconded by George Jason. Motion passed on the following roll call: Edward Bourgeois yes George Jason yes Lottye Crooms yes Gary Luedtke yes 4) VA-36-03 -Collins Signs, Inc. on behalf of the property owner Finvarb Group is requesting sign variances for the property located at 400 Gulfstream Way, for the Courtyard Marriott Hotel. The sign variance requests are as follows: a) To allow a multiple tenant monument sign to exceed the maximum area of 72 square feet to allow an overall area of 74.4 square feet. b) To allow a multiple tenant monument sign to exceed the maximum anchor business sign area of six (6) square feet to allow an area of 25 square feet. Corinne Church, AICP, Principal Planner addressed the board and briefly described the variance request stating that staff recommends approval. Thomas Ansbro, City Attorney, informed the board that Bass Pro Shops has an agreement to hold the City harmless and indemnify in case of an accident and also to maintain the sign. Robert Finvarb, developer of the property, addressed the board informing them that Bass Pro shops has given approval of the sign. Mr. Finvarb assured the board that they will provide indemnification to the City in case of an accident. Chairperson Crooms opened the item for public comment. Heidi Davis, Attorney with Gunster Yoakley, representing Mr. Finvarb and Collins Sign, Inc., addressed the board submitting additional variance criterion to supplement to the records. Hearing no one and seeing no one further, Chairerson Crooms closed the public hearing, bringing the item back to the board for further discussion and possible action. The board commented on the positive move towards increased business for the City, and asked City Attorney Ansbro if Sportsman Park's signage was exempted since the hotel signage is visible from the highway. Mr. Ansbro responded that Sportsman Park has massive variances on signage. Ms. Davis also mentioned that the proposed off-site multiple tenant directory sign will be located at the entrance of Sportsman Park along Gulfstream Way and on the building itself. Planning and Zoning Advisory Board MINUTES 4 May 21, 2003 Hearing no further discussion, a motion was made by George Jason to recommend approval of variance request, seconded by Edward Bourgeois. Motion passed on the following roll call: Edward Bourgeois yes George Jason yes Lottye Crooms yes Gary Luedtke yes 5) LUF-35-03 - Request by Bonnie Miskel, Ruden-McClosky, representing Dania Corners, Inc. for property located north of the northeast corner of Federal Highway and Dania Beach Blvd. The request is for allocation of 87 Flex/Reserve Units. Item is withdrawn by applicant.licant. No action necessary. 6) Request by County Homes Development Corporation for property located North of Griffin Road along SW 33`d Avenue, Dania Beach, for the following: (Continued from April 23, 2003 Regular Planning and Zoning Advisory Board.) VA-10-03—Variance request to allow the following: a) Parking Variance to allow eleven (11) parking spaces (12 spaces required); Chapter 28, Zoning, Article 6.21 Off-Street Parking; b) Generalized Landscape Variance, Chapter 26, Vegetation, Article IV Landscaping. SP-09-03—Site Plan request for the construction of five (5) townhomes. Corinne Church, AICP, Principal Planner, addressed the board and briefly described the request. She also mentioned that the applicant has revised the site plan to comply with all variances that were previously advertised, and is only seeking approval on site plan request. Staff recommended approval subject to conditions commented in staff report. Ms. Church addressed the boards questions relating to the location of the revised increase in parking space. Gladys DiGirolamo, Miller Legg & Associates Inc., representing the applicant addressed the board and described the request in detail. Hector Shermet, Vice President of County Homes Development Corporation, addressed the board and described the architectural aspect of the project. Staff recommended approval subject to four (4) conditions stated in staff report and the addition of a fifth condition (described as the use of grass pave square using two (2) parking space as a porous paving system) to be added in. Mr. Leeds passed out pictures of porous paving system to the board. After further discussion staff made a final recommendation to support the use of brick pavers for two (2) parking spaces to help meet pervious area requirements. Planning and Zoning Advisory Board MINUTES 5 May 21, 2003 • • Ms. Davis responded to the boards inquiry that the development would be gated and the town houses would be sold as fee simple, and that the driveway is twenty (20)feet in width with a five (5)feet landscape buffer to the north. Chairperson Crooms opened the item for public comment. Hearing no one and seeing no one, Chairperson Crooms closed the public hearing, bringing the item back to the board for further discussion and possible action. Motion made by Gary Luedtke to recommend approval of site plan request SP-09-03 subject to addressing all staff comments and to support the use of brick pavers for two (2) parking spaces to help meet pervious area requirements, seconded by George Jason. Staff recommends the applicant provide the following information prior to the City Commission public hearing: • Show details of drainage areas to enable staff to verify the landscaping plan is consistent with site grading and drainage. • Show utility easements on plan. • Provide wall/fence details. • Provide additional architectural detail along the south building elevation. Motion passed on the following roll call: Edward Bourgeois yes George Jason yes Lottye Crooms yes Gary Luedtke yes 7) Request by Sterling, LLC, A Florida Limited Liability Company on behalf of Global Development, LLC for property generally located east of SW 35th Terrace and west of SW 35th Avenue along Stirling Road in the City of Dania Beach, Florida for the following: PL-13-03: Request for Preliminary Plat approval of the "Forest View Estates" Plat. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DANIA, FLORIDA, APPROVING "THE FOREST VIEW ESTATES PLAT", SUCH PROPERTY BEING GENERALLY LOCATED EAST OF SW 35T"TERRACE AND WEST OF SW 35TH AVE. ALONG STIRLING ROAD, IN THE CITY OF DANIA BEACH AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT"A", A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THIS ORDINANCE; ACCEPTING THE DEDICATION FOR PUBLIC USE OF ALL STREETS, HIGHWAYS AND ALLEYS AS SHOWN ON SUCH PLAT OF "THE FOREST VIEW ESTATES PLAT"; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; FURTHER, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Laurence Leeds, AICP, Director Growth Management, gave a summary and brief description of the preliminary plat request. Staff recommended approval subject to conditions to be addressed prior to scheduling for City Commission. Planning and Zoning Advisory Board MINUTES 6 May 21, 2003 • • Manny Synalovski, representing Sterling LLC., addressed the board briefly describing the project and mentioned that the applicant concurred with staffs recommendation. Mr. Leeds informed the board that applicant would be submitting site plan application following plat request. Corinne Church, AICP, Principal Planner, addressed the boards concerns relating to the adjacent synagogue in Hollywood, stating that the synagogue going through the same process for site plan request in the City of Hollywood. Chairperson Crooms opened the item for public comment. Hearing no one and seeing no one, Chairperson Crooms closed the public hearing, bringing the item back to the board for further discussion and possible action. Motion made by Gary Luedtke to recommend approval of plat request PL-13-03, subject to addressing revisions stated in staff report, seconded by George Jason. Motion passed on the following roll call: Edward Bourgeois yes George Jason yes Lottye Crooms yes Gary Luedtke yes Motion made by Chairperson Crooms to adjourn, seconded by George Jason. Adjourn. ANY PERSON WHO DECIDES TO APPEAL ANY DECISION MADE BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD AND CITY COMMISSION WITH REGARD TO ANY MATTER CONSIDERED AT THIS MEETING OR HEARING WILL NEED A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS, AND FOR SUCH PURPOSE MAY NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS IS MADE WHICH INCLUDES THE TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE UPON WHICH THE APPEAL IS TO BE BASED. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, PERSONS NEEDING ASSISTANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY OF THESE PROCEEDINGS SHOULD CONTACT CHARLENE JOHNSON, 100 W. DANIA BEACH BLVD, DANIA BEACH, FL 33004, (954) 924- 3622, AT LEAST 48 HOURS PRIOR TO MEETING. Planning and Zoning Advisory Board MINUTES 7 May 21, 2003