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BOA06-24-09Min CITY OI° I_CiNCWOOC Board of Adjustments Minuites CITY COMMISSION CHAMBERS 175 W. Warren Avenue June 24, 2009 - 6:58 P.M. ATTENDANCE: BOARD: STp~FF: Arthur Heintz, i/ice Chair Commander Russell Cohen, Interim Director Autumn Doulootg, Member oT Community Services Aaron Rupp, Member K~~IIy Morrow, Community Development C~~ordinator Jessica Pugh, Recording Secretary ABSENT: Barry Revels, Chair Tom DeNegre, Member 1. Call to. Order. Vice Chair Heintz called the Meetinl~ t~~ order at 6:58 p.m. 2. Pledge of Allegiance. Vice Chair Heintz led the Pledge o1` Allegiance. Vice Chair Heintz introduced Mayor H..G. "Butch" Bundy for a short dedication of appreciation. Mayor Bundy presented tiles of appreciation to Board Members Autumn Doulong, Aaron Rupp, and Vice Ch,~ir Arthur Heintz. 3. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FC~R: A. Regular Meeting: May 27, 20051. Member Rupp moved to approve the May 27, 2009 Minutes. Seconded by Member Doulong and carried by a ~~ananimous roll call vote with Chair Revels; and Member DeNegre absent. 4. PUBLIC HEARING A. VAR 05-09 VariancE~ A vari~~n~;e to the Longwood Design Guidebook, page 20, The Heritage Village BOA 06/24/09 F'age -1- District (The Transit Village), Guiding PrinciplE~s, Building Mlassing & Composition, to reduce the minimum required building height. A variance to the Longwood Design Guidebook, page 20, The Heritage Village District (The Transit Village), Guiding Principles, Building PlacemEant on Site (Setback from Property Line), to increase the maximum front setback range. A variance to the Longwood Design Guidebook, page 20, The Heritage Village District (The Transit Village), Guiding PrinciplE~s, Sidewalks, to reduce the minimum required si~~ewalk width. 355 N. F;onald Reagan Blud. Property IC?#: 31-20-3o-sou-oooo-1~1o and 32-20-30-300-x')100-0000 Applicant: I~ichard Grimaldi Vice Chair Heintz opened thE~ public hearing. Ms. Morrow explained the parc~~l location is designated as Industrial on the Future Land U:~e Map and is within the Future Transit Village of the HeritagE~ ~~illage Planning District as identified in the Longwood Design Guiciel~ook. She stated the Property Owner, Richard Grimaldi, wi~~he~s to redevelop this site. Representing Mr. Grimaldi w~~uld be Mr. Jack Reynolds from JHR, a consultant, who is availablE~ fur questioning from the Board. Jack Reynolds from JHR Consultants introduced himself as representing his client, Mr. Grimaldi. He explained that while he was aware of the existing guidelines for the Longwood Design Guidebook, this property has ar? existing driveway which lines up with the median cut. He statE~d that because Ronald Reagan Boulevard is a Seminole Counl7r road, Seminole County cannot deny access to a site. So if the I~uilding has to come within fifteen feet of the front property line thE~y would have a hard time relocating the median cut and would onVy Ise allowed a right in, right out driveway. He explained that ~iltl-~ough they do not meet code to be within fifteen feet of the propert~r line the front part of the building would be torn down and additional square footage added. The facade, however, will meet all of the Design Book code requirements. Two things we~ulci be accommodated by not having fhe building within fifteen feet of the property line. This would be cutting down on driveways, doge to the fact Mr. Grimaldi owns the vacant lot south of this property, so if the driveway were to remain this one driveway would service two buildings. Also, pulling parking firom the front of the building to the side of the building, this would BOA 06/24/09 Page -2- be the same situation for the otfner building when it is built as well. This would allow them to givE~ up more pavement in order to put in more landscaping between the road way and the service drive., where a three foot concrete vvall could be placed to block the parking. This structure would be on the property line three or four feet tall to block the view of tl~e cars with the attempt to bring a structure out to the property IinE~. He said they are also willing to dedicate a pedestrian easement on the south property line in case the SunRail goes into effect. Member Autumn Doulong questioned a possible sidewalk change. Mr. Revnolds explained he h;~d sent out a letter to all the surrounding property owners mentioning the set backs and two story building omitting the wicler~ing of the sidewalk. However, putting in a ten foot sidewalk would not be a deal breaker for his client. Member Doulong said the sidlewalk going from ten foot to five foot wouldn't look consistent. Mr. Revnolds. agreed and would the ten foot sidewalk if the rest of the project could be approved. Vice Chair Heintz questioned how the building would be used for retail purposes. Mr. Reynolds replied that Mr. Grimaldi would prefer to have one to two businesses with the back end of the building to be used ;as possible storage. Vice Chair Heintz commented tFiat in the Guidebook the intent was to have no single story buildings; and questioned that if at a later time could the building be convE~rted into two .stories. Nlr. Revnolds explained that pit ~i later time structurally it could be done but at this time he was riot sure if his client would want to add an additional floor. He would advise his client to concentrate on the front facade, which would carry ~~round the building with the same stucco and color schemes. Ms. Morrow clarified that therE~ acre three issues being discussed, the minimum height for the buiilding, the sidewalk issue, and the front setbacks. Vice Chair Heintz asked what w~~uld happen with the existing BOA 06/24/09 P,~ge -3- asphalt in front of the Iandsc~rpE~ strip. Mr. Reynolds responded that it would be removed to ensure that there will be no parking there. Vice-Chair Heintz closed the public hearing. A brief discussion ensued. The Board decided to vote on each variance request individually. Member Doulong moved to approve the item an building height. Seconded by Member Rupp ~~nci carried by a unanimous roll call vote with Chair Revels and Member DeNegre absent. Member Doulong moved to ahpirove the item on sidewalks for ten feet. Seconded by Member Rupp and carried by a unanimous roll call vote with Chair Revels and IVlember DeNegre absent. Member Rupp moved to approve the item on setbacks. Seconded by Member Doulong and carri'ed' by a unanimous roll call vote with Chair Revels and Member DeNE~gre absent 5. Old Business. Ms. Morrow said there was no Old Busiiness. 6. Ne~nr Business. Commander Cohen. introduced himself to the Board and explained his background and position as Interim Uirc~ctor of Community Services. He proposed the discontinued use of priintE~d packages for agenda's and use electronic mail and laptops for Board of Adjustment meetings. He said electronic mail addresses could be cre~ited for the Board to use and laptops would be provided during the meetings. This would allow for reducing the expense of printing agend~~'s and packets and to start moving towards becoming "greener". H•' stated this would be in effect starting with the next meeting. A brief discussion ensued. Chair Re~iels and Member DeNegre would be notified of these changes. Vice Chair Heintz, Member Rupp, an~~ n/lember Doulong all agreed to the new meeting terms. 7. DISCUSSION AIdD SCHEDULE FOft FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS BOA 06/24/09 Page -4- Next Regularly Scheduled Meeting: July 22, 2009. Ms. Morrow said there was nothing at this time for the next Meeting. 8. Public Participation. There was no public participation. 9. Adjoua~nment. Member Rupp moved to adjourn. SE~cvnded by Member Doulong and carried.. by a unanimous roll call vote with Chair Revels and Member DeNegre absent. Vice Chair Heintz adjourned the meeting at 7:30 p.m. ~Bariy Il2evels, Chair ATTEST: . Jg ica Pugh, Recording Sec' tary BOA 06/24/09 P<~ge -5-