HomeMy WebLinkAboutLPA Minutes 4-9-1986 LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY
AND CITY COUNCIL
JOINT WORKSHOP MEETING
APRIL 9 , 1986
THE LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY AND CITY COUNCIL HELD A JOINT
WORKSHOP MEETING ON APRIL 9, 1986, AT CITY HALL, 105 POLK AVENUE,
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA. THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 7: 30
P.M. BY MAYOR LEE. THE ROLL WAS CALLED BY THE CITY CLERK.
MEMBERS PRESENT WERE: MAYOR P. LEE, COUNCILMEM J. FISCHETTI, M.
MARCHETTI AND L. NICHOLAS; LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY MEMBERS, L.
RUSSELL, R. RANDELS, R. THURM, C. BECK, R. FEEMAN, AND H. FILKINS.
ALSO PRESENT WERE CITY MANAGER F. NUTT, CITY ATTORNEY J. THERIAC,
BUILDING INSPECTOR J. ECKLEY AND CITY CLERK J . LEESER. LPA
MEMBER W. WINCHESTER WAS ABSENT.
ITEM 1. DISCUSSION RE: LAND USE MAP
MR. RUSSELL, CHAIRMAN OF THE LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY,
EXPLAINED TO COUNCIL THE CHANGES THAT THE LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY
RECOMMENDED:
1. A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT ALONG AlA AT THE NORTHERN END OF
THE CITY, APPROXIMATELY 400 ' DEEP, WITH SUCH DISTRICT
INCLUDING A GREENBELT AREA.
2. A BUFFER BETWEEN THE INDUSTRIAL ZONE WHERE THE TANK FARM
IS LOCATED, AND THE MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONE.
IT WAS NOTED THAT LIGHT INDUSTRY (COMMERCIAL) COULD
SERVE AS THIS BUFFER.
3 . AN EAST-WEST ROAD RESERVATION BETWEEN RIDGEWOOD AND AlA
AT THE NORTHERN END OF THE CITY (LOCATED NORTH OF
VILLAGES OF SEAPORT) .
DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES. MR.
NICHOLAS NOTED THAT HE FAVORED THE IDEA OF THE EAST-WEST ROAD AND
NOTED THAT IT COULD POSSIBLY BE PAID FOR BY A CITY-WIDE IMPACT
FEE.
ITEM 2 . DISCUSSION RE: BUFFER PHILOSOPHY
MR. RUSSELL EXPLAINED THAT THE LPA HAD RECOMMENDED A NEW
ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF "GREENBELT" AND PRESENTED THE COUNCIL
WITH THE DEFINITION AS FOLLOWS:
GREENBELT - AN AREA OF OPEN SPACE THAT SURROUNDS OR
SEPARATES AREAS OF DISSIMILAR USE OR AN OPEN SPACE
WITHIN A ZONE. IT IS A PASSIVE AREA WITH NATURAL
VEGETATION, TREES AND SHRUBBERY OR IT CAN BE LANDSCAPED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LANDSCAPING DEFINITION. THE
GREENBELT SHOULD BE MAINTAINED ACCORDING TO THE
REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY ORDINANCE.
DISCUSSION FOLLOWED REGARDING THE APPLICATION OF THE
GREENBELT AREA. MR. NICHOLAS SUGGESTED SOME SPECIAL CRITERIA BE
DEVELOPED SUCH AS REQUIRE GREENBELT ZONES ON LARGER TRACTS OR
BETWEEN ZONES . IT WAS FURTHER NOTED THAT PERHAPS THIS COULD BE
ADDRESSED THROUGH THE ZONING REGULATIONS. MR. RUSSELL EXPLAINED
THAT THE LPA WAS VERY STRONG IN THEIR RECOMMENDATION THAT, AT
A MINIMUM, THE DEFINITION SHOULD BE PLACED IN THE ZONING
ORDINANCE.
ITEM 3 . DISCUSSION RE: COMMUNITY PHILOSOPHY
THE LPA PRESENTED THE COUNCIL WITH COPIES OF THREE DIFFERENT
PHILOSOPHIES, WHICH ARE ATTACHED HERETO. MRS. FILKINS RECAPPED
THEM FOR THE COUNCIL. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED. IT WAS THE GENERAL
CONSENSUS THAT THE CITY SHOULD REMAIN A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.
THE LPA WILL FINALIZE THE STATEMENT AT THEIR NEXT MEETING.
ITEM 4 . DISCUSSION RE: GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
MR. NUTT EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD ASKED THIS ITEM BE PLACED ON
THE AGENDA. HE NOTED THAT ANY SPECIFIC GOALS AND OBJECTIVES THAT
WERE NOT ADDRESSED AT THE LAST WORKSHOP MEETING NEED TO BE
ADDRESSED BEFORE THE NEW PLAN IS ADOPTED IN 1988.
DISCUSSION
MR. RUSSELL EXPLAINED THAT THE LPA WILL MEET ONE MORE TIME,
ONCE THE STAFF PREPARES A DRAFT INCLUDING THE PROPOSED CHANGES.
CITY ATTORNEY THERIAC COMMENDED COUNCIL AND THE LPA FOR
THEIR HARD LINE APPROACH WITH THE DEVELOPERS AND RECOMMENDED THEY
MAINTAIN THAT POSTURE IN THE FUTURE.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT
9 : 00 P.M.
NET S. LEESER
ITY CLERK