HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-08-15 Planning and Zoning Board Minutes SUMMARY MINUTES
CITY OF DANIA BEACH
PLANNING AND ZONING ADVISORY BOARD
Wednesday, August 15, 2001
7:00 P.M.
ROLL CALL—
Paul Fetscher Laurence Leeds, AICP, Growth Management Director
Mike Nolan Thomas Ansbro— City Attorney
Lisa Young Lou Ann Cunningham — Board Clerk
John Etling
Lottye Crooms — Excused Absence
Motion made by Paul Fetscher to excuse Lottye Crooms, seconded by Mike Nolan.
Motion passed unanimously.
John Etling announced the names of the following representatives present.
a. Jeff Merz and Clifford Hertz representing Voice Stream.
b. Bob Skinner, Vice-President, Harold Tuttle, and Mark Hollenbeck of Ram Development
Company representing Walgreen Sheridan.
c. Don Samuels, Sharon McMorris and Karl Adler representing South Florida Museum of
Natural History.
d. Philomena Lennon, President of the Friends of the Dania Beach Paul De Maio Library
and Kevin Brady of Atlas Signs representing Citibank/Library.
Approval of Agenda—
Motion made by Lisa Young to approve the August 15, 2001 Agenda with the exception of item
SE-35-01 - Special exception request by Jim Snay representative for Crown Castle, Inc.. which
has been withdrawn, seconded by Paul Fetscher. Motion passed unanimously.
1. Approval of Minutes — Motion to approve minutes of the July 18, 2001 Planning and Zoning
Advisory Board Meeting with corrections made by Mike Nolan, seconded by Lisa Young. Motion
passed unanimously.
After review of the taped minutes, the following corrections that were made:
a) To number all pages on all summary minutes.
b) Page 3, paragraph 5, line 3 — "The access and turning radius were check and approved by
the Fire Marshall and the new dumpster company was contacted and approved the location
for serviceability. "
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c) Page 4, paragraph 4 — "Mike Nolan had a question regarding the drainage
and the effct on
the property owner to the rear, staffs recommendations on the landscaping of the all and
comments relating to the size of the warehouse, signage and the glass requirement on the
building. Mr. Leeds clarified the variance requests to the board. Applicant agreed to submit
a cross section of the retention wall on property."
d) Page 6, first paragraph - "seconded by Lottye Crooms".
2. SE-33-01 - Special exception request by Jeff Merz, Voicestream Wireless for ihe Placement
stealth antennas and related equipment at Meadowbrook Lakes Condo "B" located at 111 SE
3rd Ave. Dania Beach.
Laurence Leeds, AICP, Growth Management Director gave a summation to the Board regarding
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Mr. Clifford Hertz, Attorney with the firm Broad and Cassel representing Voice Stream
addressed the Board. He also introduced Jeff Merz and Brian Johnson, Zoning Managers, Tom
Fanning, Senior Engineer, and Scott, Senior RF Engineer with Voicestream and Skip Connor
Construction to the Board.
Mr. Clifford Hertz confirmed that Voice Stream has met the criteria as recommended in the staff
report; and he also explained the capability function of the stealth antenna. The Board raised
questions pertaining to the water tower as an alternate site, radio frequency compliance letters,
coverage data, and a letter of authorization.
Mike Nolan raised concerns regarding cell coverage and the height of the proposed antenna.
He also inquired about the ordinance restriction on the number of antennas allowed. Laurence
Leeds explained that the ordinance allows up to eight (8) antennas at one location. Mr. Leeds
confirmed that if the Voicestream proposal were approved,
allowed in any multi-family zoning district within a radius of 1,000 feeditional antennas would be
t.
Chairman John Etling opened the item for public comment. Hearing and seeing no
one
John Etling closed the public hearing, bringing it back to the Board for further discussion.further,
Motion made by Mike Nolan to recommend approval of special exception request subject to the
the following 4 conditions:
1) Photo simulations of the antenna enclosure and utility cabinets painted to blend in
with the building (utility cabinets not to exceed nine (9) feet in height).
2) Land surveyor's confirmation of 500-feet residential setback.
3) Identification of antennas on construction drawings and written confirmation from
radio engineer that no more than eight antennas will be located within the antenna
enclosure.
4) Confirmation that supporting equipment will be located on the roof.
seconded by John Etling. Motion to recommend approval failed on the following roll call:
Paul Fetscher _ no
Mike Nolan Lisa Young - no
- yes John Etling _ yes
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3. VA-42-01 - Variance request by the Ram Development Company representing Walgreen for
property located at the northeast corner of Sheridan Street and SE 5th Avenue, Dania Beach,
from the following code section:
Section 28.180: Monument Signs
1) Sheridan Street Frontage: Variance to allow a six square feet non-el ctronic
changeable copy message board attached to a permitted 10 square feet Walgreen's
monument sign. See also section 28.060 (29).
2) SE 5th Avenue Frontage: Variance to allow a second Walgreen's monument sign
(only one sign permitted per site), said sign not to exceed 10 square feet in area and
four feet in height.
Laurence Leeds, AICP, Growth Management Director gave a summation to the Board regarding
the proposed variance request.
Bob Skinner, Vice-President of Ram Development Company, addressed the Board. He also
introduced Harold Tuttle, Architect and Mark Hollenbeck, Analyst.
Mike Nolan commented on the number of signs and traffic flow on Sheridan Street and SE Fifth
Avenue. John Etling commented on shared use of the traffic flow between Sleep Inn Hotel and
Walgreen from Sheridan Street. He also suggested replacing the sign "Drive Thru Pharmacy"
with "Entrance".
Chairman John Etling opened the item for public comment.
Hearing and seeing no one, John Etling closed the public hearing, bringing it back to the Board
for further discussion. It was agreed upon by the board that each of the (2) variance items
would be voted on separately.
1) Motion made by Lisa Young to recommend approval of variance request on Sheridan Street
Frontage — message board, subject to the four (4) conditions in the staff report, and the
addition of a fifth (5th) condition — City sign being illuminated 24 hours listed below,
seconded by Mike Nolan.
1) "Welcome to Dania Beach" sign to be constructed prior to issuance of a certificate of
occupancy for Walgreen.
2) Applicant agrees not to apply for any additional sign variances and to submit revised
building elevations deleting all reference to wall signs.
3) Applicant agrees to construct no additional ground signs.
4) Monument signs to comply with five-foot setback and corner clearance requirements.
5) City sign illuminated 24 hours.
Motion passed on the following roll call:
Paul Fetscher - yes Lisa Young - yes
Mike Nolan - yes John Etling - yes
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2) Motion made by Lisa Young to recommend approval of variance request on SE 5th Avenue
Frontage to allow additional sign subject to changing the wording from "Drive Thru
Pharmacy" to "Entrance", seconded by Paul Fetscher.
Motion passed on the following roll call:
Paul Fetscher - yes Lisa Young - yes
Mike Nolan - yes John Etling - yes
4. VA-38-01 - Variance request by the South Florida Museum of Natural History located at 481
South Federal Hwy., Dania Beach, from the following code sections:
Chapter 28, Zoning Article 28 Signs, Article 28.110 — Restrictions in Areas Zoned
Commercial:
a) Variance to allow a 110 square feet wall sign on SE 41h Terrace (106 square feet
allowed).
b) Variance to allow a 5 feet high wall sign SE 4ch Street (4.4-feet high wall sign
allowed).
Chapter 28, Zoning Article 28 Signs, Article 28.180: Monument Sign
a) Variance to allow a pole sign (pole sign prohibited). See also section 28.060 (29)
b) Variance to allow 50 square feet monument sign (maximum 42 square feet permitted).
c) Variance to allow 16 feet high monument sign (maximum 7 feet height permitted).
d) Variance to allow 16 square feet electronic message board; (Electronic message
board prohibited). See also section 28.060 (29).
Laurence Leeds informed the Board that the variance for the wall sign has been withdrawn as
the applicant has submitted a building permit for a wall sign consistent with the sign code. Mr.
Leeds then continued to give a summation to the Board regarding the proposed variance
request for the remaining signage.
Karl Adler, Attorney representing South Florida Museum of Natural History addressed the Board
describing the proposed sign variance requests. He also introduced Don Samuel, Board of
Governors Sharon McMorris, Executive Staff and Dan May the Contractor.
Mike Nolan inquired whether the electronic message board would be a one or two line
message. Chairman John Etling opened the item for public comment.
Hearing and seeing no one further, John Etling closed the public hearing, bringing it back to the
Board for further discussion.
Motion made by Lisa Young to recommend approval of the four variances to allow a
freestanding pole sign subject to increasing the pole sign's setback so as to provid0 adequate
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corner clearance for vehicles turning onto Federal Highway from SE 51h Street (6 to10 foot sign
setback from Federal Highway), seconded by Paul Fetscher.
Motion passed on the following roll call:
Paul Fetscher - yes Lisa Young - yes
Mike Nolan - yes John Etling - yes
5. SA-45-01 — Sign adjustment request by Mr. Ken Gibson, Atlas Signs representing Citibank and
the Broward County Public Library for property located at 225 East Dania Beach Blvd., Dania
Beach.
Laurence Leeds, AICP, Growth Management Director gave a summation to the Board regarding
the proposed sign adjustment request. Mr. Leeds briefly described each of the three
adjustments and the staff recommendations. He recommended approval of "Location A - wall
signs" and "Location D — tower signs" as proposed by the applicant. Mr. Leeds recommended
denial of "Location F— pole sign".
Kevin Brady of Atlas Signs representing Citibank and the Broward County Library addressed the
Board. Mr. Brady stated that the sign replacement or removal as approved by the City
Commission should be completed within 3 months of the Commission action.
Chairman John Etling opened the item for public comment.
Philomena Lennon, President of the Friends of the Dania Beach Paul De Maio Library spoke in
favor of the two wall signs depicted at "Location A". This sign is the combination Broward
County Library/Citibank sign.
Hearing and seeing no one further, John Etling closed the public hearing, bringing it back to the
Board for further discussion. It was agreed upon by the board that each of the (3) sign
adjustment locations would be addressed and voted on separately.
1) Motion made by Mike Nolan to recommend approval of the adjustment request to allow two
(2) combination Broward County Library/Citibank wall signs as depicted at Location A,
seconded by Lisa Young.
Motion passed on the following roll call:
Paul Fetscher - yes Lisa Young - yes
Mike Nolan - yes John Etling - yes
2) Motion made by Mike Nolan to recommend approval of the sign adjustment request to
change the Citibank tower sign (change of copy and no change in sign size) at Location D,
seconded by Lisa Young.
Motion passed on the following roll call:
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Paul Fetscher - yes Lisa Young - yes
Mike Nolan - yes John Etling - yes
3) Motion made by Paul Fetscher to recommend denial of adjustment request for Citibank pole
sign at location F, seconded by Lisa Young.
Motion passed on the following roll call:
Paul Fetscher - yes Lisa Young - yes
Mike Nolan - yes John Etling - yes
The adjustment request will proceed to the Commission meeting on August 28, 2001 at 7:00
pm.
Laurence Leeds reminded the Board that the next Planning and Zoning Advisory Board meeting
would be held on Wednesday September 12, 2001 at 7:00 pm.
Chairman Etling stated that he would like to see a copy of the proposed landscape plan for the
median on East Dania Beach Blvd. at the next meeting.
ADJOURNMENT
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