BOAMin09-14-87BOARD OF 0.OJU STIIENT
Lo ngwootl, Florida
September 14, 198]
Present: Uavid A. Lewis Robert Beaver, Fred Martin,
Joyce Suber Jimmy Bryan Is a zu
Frederick Pmarl
Onnie Shoma to
Guford kl el ms, Bu ildi n9 Of£ici al
Geri Zanibri, Deputy Gi ty L1 erk
Absent: Rod table
i. The meeting was called to order at %:33 P.M
2. Approval of Minutes: Mo t'ion by Mrs. Su her, s contletl by lirs. 5hgmate, to
approve the Minutes of the August 10, 198] meeting. Ploti on carried by a
unanimous roll call vote.
3. Variance - applicant: Robert Beaver for Jimmy Bryan Isuzu. Request for the
following va
from the required 70 parking spaces t0 52 parking spaces,
from the required .]5 impervious surface ar ratio maximum to .fl],
from the required 5' wide landscape isl antl i vehicles rage only, and
from the required 9' X 20' Da rki ng spaces tOn9' % 18' pa~ki ng spaces in
vehicle storage are s Only.
Lo<a lion: 265 IJOrth U.S.aI ]-92. LOni n9 L-3.
Mr. Lewis opened the public hearing and as ketl ff anyone present ~uouid like to
speak for or against the va requested. Mr. Bob Beaver stated he wa with
the firm of Lochra ne Eng ineeri ngea ntl represented Jimmy Bryan Isuzu. Mr. Beaver
stated they we vert ing the existing building for us auto dealership.
He stated the LPAChad re mended approval to the City Comnii ssion for the
conditional a requested to operate a dealership. Mr. fteaver expl ai netl [hat the
on the variances we requested was due [O the fact that they were working
with existing biii idi ngs ra nd paving and trying to co vert the us Mr. Beaver
explained each va requested stating tfut the va ce to the required
parking was not requi redabe sed on the overall pa r ki n9 provided nn si to meeting coda
antl the LPA had re mended that no required. Regarding the va
from the required C]5 impervious su rfacea ra Lio asMr. Beaver stated that adj us t_nc
cents made Lq the plan adding green ar a had reduced the requested va e of
~.8] to .84. The va requ es tetl t0 eliminate the 5' wide landscape island
requested oniy innthe vehicle storage ar and the fourth ve e, he
further stated, was t0 reduce the ss e of parking spaces to 9'%18'aonly in the
vehicle storage ar Mr. Beaver stated that the code requiretl a 10' landscape
buffer where c0 cal abuts residential and they would be providing a 14' buffer
strip and woui dmbercons tru c ti ng a 6' high co Crete block well edj acenY to the
esi denti al a He further stated that Ridge Road will not be used as
ingress/eg res solo the site but the entrance will be 9atetl and locked and will be
sed for en er9ency only and that City will be given a key. Mr, Beaver also
stated that the lantl sca pe strip between Bu rger King antl this project will be
improved antl that they were worki nq with Burger King to this effect.
Mr. Charles Lri m, 26 Oek Lane, sated his ma s the Eraffic on Ridge
and Oak but iF the re exit Onto Ridge was loc kedrhenwould be satisfied. He
tlitl state, however, that his other concern was dra ina9e and stated there was a
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drainage problem in that the water drains down Ridge to Oak. Ne stated the
is tiny site has a great deal of pavement end asked how will drainage be pro-
vided. 11r. Beaver stated drainage will be accommodated in [anti on Swale
and a basin which will pick up Lhe 1st inch of rainfall that co onto the
site. stated iY will handle then and a is ti ng pav ir~q andmroofed a
Mr. Beaver further stated that the rnnwoff from the site will not in seatlue
to the ne contructi on or pout ng .and that after the 1st inch is retained, the
eddi t'ional runoff will fall into Ridge Road
Mr. Lewis asked if anyone else present would tike to speak for or against antl
showetl proof of publication. Mr. trim stated that other business entities
se Ritlge Road and have torn it up and asked what 9ua rantees dfd the residents
have that the entrance from Ridge would be chained. Mr. Beaver sta retl the owner
of the project would have closed off the 0.idge Hoad en ce but the Fire
Oepa rtment requested the entrance re n for emergencytpu rpo ses but be gated.
He stated the plan he had displayed tonight was the most cu rent plan and showed
e changes from the plan distributed to the Board, but the changes were basetl
s of staff and LPR, and the revised plan, of August J, 198], as shown,
adtl Tess ednthese co Mrs. Suber asked why the 8oartl had not been furnished
the updated pl ans. ncMrnsBeaver stated [hey w submitted to the City late last
week.. Mrs. Suber requested that the Boartl ofrAdj us tment be furnishetl the most
up to date plans as s possible prior to the meeti ng. ev n if it .meant being
furnished the plans then ni ght of the meeting. Mr. Beaver pointed out the major
tlifferences in the two plans, i driveway taken out, buffer addetl, parking
n front straightened out, addi teon of wall, more green space in front of
building.
Motion by Mrs. Suber, s co nded by Mrs. Shomate, to close the public hearing.
Motion carried by a unanimous roll call vote.
It was the co of the 6oartl that iY was diffi talc to rule on the variances
due to the fat tethat they did not have a rent plan prior to the meeting.
Mr. Beaver expiai ned that the re sad pl anuwas just a culmination of the LPA's
mentla bons, t4otion by Dr. Pearl to table the variances requested. MOti on
di ednfor the lack of a cond. After additional discussion, it was recogni zetl
that the variances as requested were not altered on the revised plans,
Mrs. Saber sta tetl chat the v requested for 52 parking spaces w not
requi retl due to the Face that the overall parkf ng provided on the site complied
with the Li ty code and that the va rla nce was a moot issue. The Board agreetl
with Mrs. Suber.
14o tion by Firs. Saber, s conded by Mrs. Shomate to approve the va ce from the
requi retl .J5 imperviou ses urface area ratio maximum to .89. Mo bona ca rri ed by a
unani moos roll call vote.
Motion by Mr. Suber, s onded by Mrs, Ghwna te, t approve the v e from the
required 5' witle landscape island in vehicle storage area only es lrequested.
Motion carried by a unanimous roll call vote.
Fiotion by Pirs. Shomate, s ontl ed by pr. Pea rl, to approve the v e from the
required 9' % 20' pa rki nges pa ces to 9' X IB' parking spaces ina thenv ehicle
storage ar only, a requestetl, Motion ca ri ed by a roll call v
Dr. Pearl asked Mr. Nelms to rev few the plans to assure no other variances are
neetled.
4. There were no additional tli s<us si on items.
~. Mee ing adjourned at 8:25 PM
Geri Zam6 ri, Dep. City Ci ark