HomeMy WebLinkAboutcocc_p&z_mtg_minutes_20230712CAPE CANAVERAL PLANNING & ZONING BOARD/LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY
City Hall Council Chambers
100 Polk Avenue, Cape Canaveral, Florida 32920
Wednesday
July 12, 2023
6:00 P.M.
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER: A meeting of the Planning & Zoning Board took place on July 12, 2023, at City
Hall Council Chambers, 100 Polk Avenue, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Chairman Lamar Russell called
the meeting to order at 6:00 pm. The Board Secretary called the roll
ROLL CALL:
Members Present:
Lamar Russell Chairman
Nancy Gentilquore Board Member
Susan Denny Board Member
Steven Stroud Board Member
Dr. Michael Miller Board Member
Others Present:
David Dickey
Kyle Harris
Patti Roth
Renee Yother
Scott Molyneaux
Director, Community & Economic Development
Senior Planner
Code Enforcement Administrative Assistant
Board Secretary
Brevard County Sheriff's Office
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Member of the public may provide comments to the Planning &
Zoning Board/Local Planning Agency (PZB) regarding matters not on the agenda provided that
the comments are relevant to the legal responsibilities delegated to the PZB by the City Code
and law, and not related to pending quasi-judicial matters which will be heard at a subsequent
PZB meeting. Public comments related to public hearing Agenda Items will occur during the
public hearing. The PZB is not required to take public comments on emergency or ministerial
items (e.g. approval of agenda, minutes, informational items). Members of the public will limit
their comments to three (3) minutes. The PZB will not take any action under the "Public
Participation" section of the agenda. However, if appropriate at the discretion of the PZB, the
PZB may schedule matters commented upon during public participation at a future PZB
meeting.
Council Member Don Willis thanked the Board for their volunteerism and efforts. He expressed
his appreciation for all research and decisions submitted to City Council.
OLD BUSINESS:
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NEW BUSINESS:
A. Board Matters:
1. Approval of Meeting Minutes: May 10, 2023 — Motion to accept the minutes as
written made by Board Member Miller and seconded by Board Member
Gentilquore. Vote on the motion carried unanimously, 5-0.
B. Quasi-Judicial/Comprehensive Plan Amendments (Legislative — Public Hearings):
2. Consideration of Ordinance No. XX-2023 to amend the City of Cape Canaveral
Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Element by Establishing a Mixed -Use
(MXU) Land Use Category and Related Objective and Policies, providing for the
repeal of prior inconsistent Ordinances and Resolutions, incorporation into the
Comprehensive Plan, an effective date and legal status of the Plan amendments.
Mr. Harris reported that the City Attorney incorporated language presented and approved at
the May 10th meeting into the Ordinance, which is now in proper format and presented
tonight to the Board to allow for further review.
Mr. Dickey explained to the Board that specific recommendations related to Affordable
Housing were not going to be presented tonight, rather, the topic would be discussed at a
future meeting. The topic is an important one with many City businesses, property owners
and tenants being affected.
Chairman Russell opened the discussion to the public. There was negative and positive
feedback. Lee Vicidomini, resident, discussed concerns about tax increase, Affordable
Housing paying lower taxes, and expressed her opposition for the City's need to get involved
as there are currently several affordable mobile home parks. Council Member Mickie Kellum
was present and questioned if the Mixed -Use element needs to wait with Affordable Housing
or if it can move forward separately. Discussion continued between Chairman Russell, Mr.
Dickey, Mrs. Vicidomini and Council Member Mickie Kellum which included incentivizing
developers, determination of affordability, subsidies, lower taxes, zoning and the application
process. Chairman Russell directed staff to agenda Affordable Housing for the next meeting.
Discussion ensued regarding criteria of Mixed -Use Land Use. "Live -work units" or "live -work
space" is currently not allowed in City Code. Mr. Dickey informed the Board there is proposed
language that would allow for development of these types of units in commercial and
industrial zoned properties.
Mixed -Use projects, of at least 7 acres, under the proposed language, are larger scale projects
than the "live -work units" or "live -work space". Criteria for these larger Mixed -Use projects
are in the proposed language in which the Board and Council can use to designate properties
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that will be eligible. The Board feels there is merit to the new proposed language and the
consensus is to move forward with staff drafting the Ordinance, with the proposed language
for the Board to review at the next meeting, at which time, staff will ask for recommendation
to present to the City Council.
Discussion continued between Chairman Russell and Mr. Dickey regarding planned unit
development (PUD) zoning and the Mixed -Use map. Mr. Dickey informed the Board there is
only one PD zone in the City, which is located along A1A; Life Storage, an indoor storage
warehouse. Originally this property was zoned C-1, which does not permit this type of use.
Zoning this property as PD allowed for a more flexible zoning district that allows multiple
uses.
Each Mixed -Use project could be so different from one another which is why the proposed
language recommends that each project be evaluated project by project.
Chairman Russell opened discussion to Council Member Kellum. She discussed her concerns
for the City's small town feel and visions of the city regarding land requirements for hotels
and the Mixed -Use projects.
The Board directed Staff to draft the Ordinance with the proposed language for final review
and recommendation to City Council.
3. Discuss potential alternatives to the current parking requirements for restaurants/bars
specified in Sec. 110-491 of the Cape Canaveral's Land Development Regulations.
Kyle Harris showed a slide presentation of challenges and alternatives and discussed
his parking research analysis from various municipalities across the state. The
challenges shown are limited space, cost of providing parking and environmental impacts.
The alternatives included number of seats and employees, square footage of service
area, total occupancy determined by the fire department, parking plan/studies and
reductions of spaces related to low -impact development and encouragement of alternative
methods of transportation (bicycle, walking, etc.).
The City currently requires one space per three seats for bars and restaurants. Mr. Harris
suggested that a reduction of parking spaces will help eliminate the amount of impervious
surface on a property. Mr. Harris introduced locational criteria as a way to distinguish between
parking needs. The criteria consist of: access off of a two-lane local road, no frontage or access
to A1A and has commercial zoning that permits bars or restaurants by right or with a special
exception. This could lead to a two-tier parking approach. The presentation included a map
showing areas that could possibly meet the proposed locational criteria.
Discussion ensued between the Board, staff and the public. Lee Vicidomini contended the
resiliency of the people and their use of ride sharing services such as Uber and how the City
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needs to be more equitable. Board Member Denny disclosed her parking research of various
properties within the City and is not in favor of having different restrictions for properties
along the side streets of A1A. The Board needs to be fair and accommodate everybody.
Further research shared is that the federal government introduced in May 2023, but not yet
promulgated, the Homes for People Not Cars Act of 2023, which proposes property owners
will have sole discretion to determine how many parking spaces to include in new and
substantially renovated buildings within 0.5 miles of a major transit stop. Council Member
Kellum reminded the Board of previous discussions to incentivize businesses to share parking
without problems.
REPORTS AND OPEN DISCUSSION
Mr. Dickey briefly discussed SB250, which resulted from the last session of the Legislature. The
Bill states that Cities within 100 miles of landfall of Hurricane Ian or Hurricane Nicole cannot
adopt any new regulations that would place any further burden on certain development. This
Bill is effective until 2025.
Further discussion centered on The Live Local Act, which took effect July 1, 2023. The effect of
the Act is to preempt certain local government zoning and comprehensive plan requirements
related to affordable housing. This Act appears to allow an Affordable Housing project to be
located on a commercial or industrial zoned property, even though local zoning prohibits this
type of development, and to be exempt from certain height, and density requirements.
ADJOURNMENT:
Meeting adjourned at 8:04 P.M.
Approved on this
Lamar Russell, Chairman
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Renee Yother, Board Secretary
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