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LPAMin12-10-86LANG PLANtIING AGENCY Longwood. Florida December 10, 198fi Present: Bernard Linton, CUailman Gary Ha ttenber9, President, Ile rbert Naynie Storage, USA Robert Loch cane Ann Sweeti ng - Agent for Oavitl Wickham Georges St. Laurent Christian Na91 e, C'i ty Planner Geri Zambri, Oepu ty City Clerk ' Absent: Robert Hammond 1. The meeting was called to order by Nlr. Linton at ]:00 P.M. 2. Approval of Ili nu Ces of November 25, 1986: Ifoti on by Mr. Naynie, seconded by t1r. Wickham, to approve the Minutes of the November 25, 1986 meeting as written. uoaion Carr; ed by a Unanimous rml cart voce. 3. Conditional Use - Storage USA - Request to develop a self se e storage facility. Location: lots 1 and 2, Florida Central Commerce ParkV cOwner: W. T. Cox, Jr. Applicant: Storage USA. Present zoning [-2. Land Use: General Cq~iercial. Mr. 411 ekham stated Che re wa nothing he could add to the s[a ff cortunents. Nk. Haynie asked the applicant if he wa n agreement with all the staff co len ts. Mr. Hatten- berg stated they were in agreement with most but would like to address certain ones. Mr. Loch rane, referencing Stem 5, of fir. Nagle letter, suggested that the islands ,n the parkway be maintained at driveway entrances. Mr. tla t tenberg stated they agree with items 6, ], 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, i6, 1), 18, 19, 20. and 21 of Mr. Nagl e's comments dated December 5, 19D6. Mr. Hatten- berg presented a artist's rendering of their facility in Kendall, Florida, stating the rendering represented the standard construction of Storage USA, i.e., no fence on outside, outer boundary of project is the boil di n9 itself. Mr. Hattenbe rg stated the second exit on the south could be eliminated which would e of the islands, ile stated he did have a problem with the requirement on theewi dth of the aisles, fle further stated the facility would be used for dead storage and, ai any o e time, there would be n e than s us tourers. Mr. Na91e stated if the aisle widths were to re s shown,ptheyvmust be desi9na ted -way traffic only, f1r. Hattenbe rg a9 reedmtoni nd i<a to the driveway aisles a gway. Ne stated pn way traffic was compatible with their business. iir. Hatten- ber9 again suggested that the south exist could be re oved, or perhaps could be allowed to re n but used only as ency fire/police entrance/exit. Ilr. Wickham sugges ted that the Fire harsh almbegconsul ted as to whether the second ceded. Regarding Stern 8 of Mr. Nagi e's letter, Mr. Na ttenberg stated theyswouldnp refer no[ to stagger the aligivnent of the bail tli ngs but to u architectural design of the buildings to achieve the sa esul ts. Mr. stli ckham questioned the fence on the perimeter of the buildings as es hpwn on the Kendall facility. Mr. Holder stated the only place fence wi it be used i and the retention pond and twat if fenci nq the facility is not a City req uarement, they ould prefer not to fence the property. Itr. Haynie stated he would prefer not to a chain link fence used. Mr. Hattenberg stated he did not understand what was bet n9 asked in Item 3 of Mr. Nagl e's letter, Mr. Nagle stated every other boil di n9 x cept Building G was landscaped at the ends of the buildings. Mr. Wickham stated the la nds capi n9 was repetitive and suggested that they upy rade the quality of land Planning Agency -2- December lo, 19D6 landscaping. Motion by Mr. Wickham, s conde0 by Idr. Haynie, to re omnend approval of the Conditional Use to locate Storage USA on Lots 1 and 2, Florida Central Commerce Park, svbj ect to the City Planner's cgmments, staff comments and the following: mend drf veway aisles be deli gna led one way traffic pattern throughout the c site, counter clack wise, a indicated by Mr. Nattenberg, relocate parkway islands that were indicated to besre oved and subsequent landscaping, that the Fire Department be co sul ted to de teimine if the south driveway gate is required by fire and police codes for protection, also Chris Nagle should work with the r to resolve the lands coot n9 of the south end of Building G as indicated in Item 3, but idf ng wilt be ups ca led and ups cal ed landscaping to be in ha rniony with the type of facility they are tryi n9 to create. 11r. Cochrane suggested amending the motion to add that chain link fencing not be required as a part of this c ndi ti onal a unless so nsi dered ne sa ry by engi neeri n9. fire or police, also that Item S, of F1r. Nagle'soletter noC besreq utred of the epplicen C. Mr. Wickham amended his motion to include the Following: that chain link fencing not be required as a part of this conditional u unless so nsi dered ne sary by engineering, fire or police, also that Item BS eof Iir. Na91 ens letter notobe required of the applicant. Amendment to motion seconded by Mr. Haynie. Motion as amended carried by a unanimous roll call vote. 4. Aba ntlon and Vacate - Petition to abandon and vacate that part of Wi idmere Avenue s shown on the plat of South Longwood, PB 6, PG 20, Seminole County, Florida, lying west of Sarah Avenue. Applicant: Ann Swee ti n9, as Agent for Georges L. St. Laurent. (Sex Agenda Item 5.) 5. Abandon and Vacate - Petition to abandon and vacate that Dart of Charles Avenue as shown on the plat of South Longwood, PB 6, PG 20. Seminole County, Florida, lyi nn north of Plarvin Avenue. Applicant: Ann Sweeti nq, as Agent for Georges C. St. Laurent Mr. Nagle stated that Items 4 and 5 apply to one project and when tlis cuss ing one i teen, the otherwas also being tli scussed. Mr. Nagle stated the tax records indicated that Block F was in different ow ersh ip. Mr. Vitckham asked ff the Li ty Attorney had rendered an opinion. Mr. Nagle stated the Lf ty Attorney cautioned that the Li ty Commission will have to make a fi ndi nq for the record that the City has es enti ally re ved no benefit from these streets and has no need far the streets ands that it is cn~the best interests of the public a whole to vacate the streets. Also, that the vacation wi 11 not hurt the ov rail interests of the public. Mr. 4li ckham questioned if the City Attorney had addressed Item 2 pf Ilr. Na91e's letter. Mr. Nagle stated the Li ty Attorney said the City legally ca not as condition of qra n ti ng the vacation, extract financial compen- sation from the applicant or any other property owner who would benefit from thc cation. She further stated that the applicant could, however, volunteer so other consideration which would have co nection with the applicant, such as the applicant volunteering to upgra tle a water line. Mr. Haynie stated it appeared the applicant would re ve great benefit from the vacation. Mr. Nagle sta tetl it would also put public land~on the tax rolls. 11r, Nagle stated the way the land is platted n anyone developi n9 it would have to build four separate buildings and with the streets v ca ted, land use would be much eass er and the fi exi bil ity of the project becomes much greater. Mr. John Morrison stated he represented Mr. St. Laurent and that Mr. St. Laurent had a Warranty Deetl for Block f and a Title Dpin ion letter. Mr. Forrison stated that if the vacating is approved and the proposed project is ons true tetl, they would be looping a water main through Marvin Avenue and out through cR 42I. Land Planning Agency -3- Dec®nber 10, 1986 Motion by Flr. Wickham, s conded by Mr. Lochs ne, to re send approval of the petition to vacate Wiidmere Avenue, Plat of South Longwood, PB 6, PG 20, 6~Ii note County, Florida, lying west of Sarah Avenue, subj ect to the four items in Mr. Nagl e's letter of Decenber 5, 19b6. Motion carried by a un an ilnous roll call vote Motion by Mr. Wickham, s conded by 11r. Haynie, to re ommend apProvai of the petition t0 vacate Charles Avenue, Plat of South Longwood, PB 6, PG 28, Seminole Caun ty, Florida, lying north of Itarvin Avenue, subject to the four items, 1. A. through e. of Mr. Na91 e's letter dated December 5, 1986. Motion carried by a unanimous roll call vote. 6. Addi ti onai Discussion ttems Mr. Linton stated that the next regularly sc hedvl ed LPA meeting would be Christmas Eve and su9g es ted reschedvl in9.in the event there ar any items scheduled for Motion by Mr. Naynie, s onded by Mr. Wickham that the regular meetf ng ofvDecember 24, 1986 be rescheduled to B:DD A.M., December 1], 1986. Motion ied by a ih ree too vote, Messrs, hlaynie, Wickham and Linton voting aye a nd rMr. Lochs ne voti nq nnay. ]. Meeting adjourned at 8:15 P.11 Geri Zamb ri, Deputy City Clerk City of Longwood, Florida