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I[I. CALL TO ORDER]
CAUGHT ORDER OF THE APRIL 16TH MEETING OF THE CITY OF NEW BERN PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD.WE ALL PLEASE RISE AND JOIN ME WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE OF THE FLAG OF OUR COUNTRY PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
CAN I GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? YES, SIR.
HERE, DANIELLE PEOPLES LET THE RECORD SHOW MEMBER PEOPLES IS ABSENT.
I'M ESPECIALLY GLAD MARSHALL'S HERE.
[IV. APPROVE AGENDA]
HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? SECOND.I HAVE A MOTION TO SEND IT SECOND.
UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ON THE POST MOTION CARRIES, UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY REMARKS.
PROBABLY WON'T TILL WE ACTUALLY GET TO DO SOMETHING WHETHER ON THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
[VI.A. Land Use Ordinance Text Amendment]
MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX, A LAND USE ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT.UH, JESSICA, CAN I GET A BRIEF ON THIS PLEASE? GOOD EVENING.
UH, THIS EVENING I'M BRINGING TO YOU A TEXT AMENDMENT THAT WAS REQUESTED THAT WE REVIEW FROM THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN SEVERAL MEETINGS AGO.
WE ARE STARTING TO SEE A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR VARIOUS ANIMAL USES PREVIOUSLY OR AS IT EXISTS RIGHT NOW OUR USE CHART ONLY HAS KENNELING LISTED AND SEVERAL OTHER SORT OF RELATED USES THAT ARE NOT REALLY IN LINE WITH SOME OF THE MORE MODERNIZED ANIMAL USES AND BUSINESSES THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE SEEKING TO OPEN.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO CLEAN THAT UP SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO PERMIT AND THERE AREN'T SO MANY QUESTIONS AND NOT GOING THROUGH SO MANY KIND OF HOOPS BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING REPEATED REQUESTS FOR THESE TYPES OF USES.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE LOOKED AT THE, THE USE CHART.
WE HAVE LOOKED AT WHAT A VARIETY OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS HAVE DONE.
WE WORKED, UH, ASKED OUR CONSULTANT FOR A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS AND THINGS THAT MIGHT BE USEFUL FOR US TO ADD.
WE MODIFIED THEM TO MAKE THEM HOW WE SEE AT THIS POINT, UH, WORK FOR NEWBURN.
WE'RE GONNA WALK THROUGH THOSE AND ASK FOR A RECOMMENDATION.
AND THEN THE SECOND THING THAT WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT TONIGHT IS SOMEWHAT RELATED TO THIS IS A REZONING REQUEST THAT YOU LOOKED AT A FEW MONTHS AGO.
IT WAS TO GO FROM, UH, RESIDENTIAL 15 TO C3, AND WE HAVE BEEN REQUESTED TO EVALUATE APPLYING C FIVE TO THAT DISTRICT.
SO THAT WILL BE THE SECOND ITEM THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS EVENING.
OUR APPLICANT ON THIS TEXT AMENDMENT IS THE CITY OF NEW BERN.
I WAS THE PERSON WHO SUBMITTED THIS TEXT AMENDMENT AS THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, I CAN INITIATE A CHANGE TO THE ORDINANCE, AS CAN THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN.
AND SO THE SYNOPSIS PUT TOGETHER BY STAFF IS ON THE SCREEN.
I'LL PAUSE FOR A MOMENT SO YOU CAN READ THAT.
SO WHAT THIS WOULD DO, THE SECTIONS TO BE AMENDED IS IN 1515 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BOARDING DOG TRAINING INDOORS AND DOG TRAINING OUTDOORS.
THE REASON THOSE ARE SEPARATED IS WE PAY A LOT MORE ATTENTION AND SOMETIMES HAVE EXTRA REQUIREMENTS ON THESE OUTDOOR USES.
WE DO THIS WITH OUTSIDE DINING.
THIS IS NO DIFFERENT OUTSIDE USES OFTEN GENERATE LIGHTS AND NOISE.
AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE ARE TREATED DIFFERENTLY AND SOMETIMES HAVE DIFFERENT STANDARDS OR DIFFERENT PROCESSING PROCEDURES.
THIS ALSO IMPACTS OUR TABLE OF PERMISSIBLE USES.
THIS AMENDMENT IS ACTUALLY VERY SIMPLE.
IT'S ON THE NEXT THIS SLIDE AND THE NEXT SLIDE.
UH, UNDER DEFINITIONS WE ARE SEEKING TO ADD A DEFINITION OF BOARDING THAT, UH, THE TERM BOARDING IS USED FAR MORE COMMONLY THAN KENNELING NOW.
AND SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A MODERNIZATION AND AN UPDATE TO THE DEFINITION.
WE'RE ALSO ADDING THAT DEFINITION OF INDOOR DOG TRAINING AND OUTDOOR DOG TRAINING.
UM, THAT'S, UH, PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, BUT IF ANYONE HAS ANY IDEAS AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS ON MAYBE SOME, SOME WAYS TO TWEAK AT THIS, WE ARE CERTAINLY
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ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ON THAT.AND THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE OVER IN THE TABLE OF USES.
YOU CAN SEE IN SECTION 12.2 KENNEL WOULD BE REMOVED, UH, UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT THIS DOES MOVE FORWARD AND GETS ADOPTED AND REPLACED WITH BOARDING.
WE ARE ADDING A SPECIAL USE OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT IN THE C FIVE ZONING DISTRICT AND THE C FOUR ZONING DISTRICT.
IT IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT IN THE C3 DISTRICT, WHICH HAS A LOT MORE ACTION AND MORE DENSE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN IT.
AND THAT IS THE REASON FOR THAT.
WE'RE ALSO SEEKING TO ADD 12.4 AND 12.5.
UH, WE SKIPPED OVER 12.3, THE, THE OUTSIDE, UM, BOARDING RECORDING, DOG TRAINING INDOORS AND 12.4 IN DOG TRAINING, OUTDOOR AND 12.5.
JUST AS A REMINDER FOR THOSE WATCHING ONLINE OR AT HOME, A Z MEANS YOU ARE ALLOWED TO DO THAT BY COMING TO STAFF, APPLYING FOR A PERMIT.
A COMMERCIAL USE WOULD GO THROUGH OUR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE AND, AND THEN WOULD JUST SIMPLY BE ISSUED AND APPROVED.
AND S MEANS THAT IT REQUIRES A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, WHICH JUST MEANS YOU HAVE TO TAKE A TRIP TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE FOUR CRITERIA THAT THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT ALWAYS GOES THROUGH FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT AND ISSUE THE PERMIT IN THAT MANNER.
THE BENEFIT TO THAT BEING THEY ARE ABLE TO ADD CONDITIONS ONTO THE APPROVAL, UM, AND SOMETIMES WITH OUTDOOR USES, THAT IS VERY USEFUL.
THAT IS THE SUMMARY OF WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO CHANGE IN THE ORDINANCE.
UM, IT IS SHORT, IT IS SWEET, IT IS CONCISE AND IT CLEANS UP A LOT OF PROBLEMS. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT YOU ALL CONSIDER RECOMMENDING TO THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN THIS CHANGE.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR NOEL OR KENDRICK ARE ALSO CERTAINLY ABLE TO, TO JUMP IN AND ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AS WELL OR I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.
UM, IN ALL THE DISCUSSIONS YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS POSSIBILITY AND THE WELL-MEANING PEOPLE WHO GOT THE BOARD TO DO THIS, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THEY DID DIRECT THAT THESE CHANGES BE MADE, BUT WHY ON 12 DASH 500 IS THERE NO MENTION OF FENCING OR ON LEASH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? AND ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT WE CONSIDER RECOMMENDING THE BOARD CONSIDER THAT AS AN ADDITION.
YOU ALL CAN CERTAINLY HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
UH, STAFF DIDN'T FEEL THAT WAS NECESSARY.
UM, IN, UM, DOG TRAINING, INDOOR, UH, THIS IS A PROOFREAD QUESTION, NOT, UM, THE WORK, WE ELIMINATED KENNEL EVERYWHERE THROUGHOUT THE, UM, DOCUMENTS EXCEPT THERE IT STILL REMAINS IN THE DEFINITION OF DOG TRAINING AND DOOR.
IS THAT A DIFFERENT USE OF KENNEL THERE OR DOES IT MATTER? IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
KENNELS ARE INCORPORATED IN BY THE WORD KENNEL IN THE DOG TRAINING.
INDOOR, A COMPLETELY ENCLOSED FACILITY WHERE DOGS ENGAGE IN RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES OR ARE TRAINED FOR THE PURPOSES OF OBEDIENCE TRAINING, PERFORMING TASKS OR PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.
SUCH FACILITIES MAY INCLUDE INDOOR TRAINING AREAS, KENNELS AND MINI.
SO I THINK THE WAY THIS IS WRITTEN IS IT MIGHT BE AUXILIARY TO THAT USE AND I THINK, I THINK THAT'S OKAY AND I THINK IT'S PROBABLY COMPREHENSIVE, BUT THAT, THAT WAS A GREAT, UH, CATCH THERE.
WHICH WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE DEFINITION OF ACCESSORY USE? IS CUSTOMARILY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SERVICE ANIMAL TRAINING PROGRAMS. WE WOULDN'T HAVE A DEFINITION OF THAT THAT GETS, THAT GETS REALLY WIDE OPEN.
I MEAN, DOES THAT INCLUDE ANY OUTDOOR ACCESSIBILITY? WELL, I THINK OUTDOOR IS ONLY UNDER 12.5.
WELL, I KNOW, BUT INCLUDED IN THE INDOOR, THEY HAVE THIS VERY VAGUE TERM IS AN ACCESSORY USE CUSTOMARILY ASSOCIATED WITH SERVICE ANIMAL TRAINING PROGRAMS, ACCESSORY USE.
THAT'S PRETTY COMMON LANGUAGE THAT WE ADD IN ALMOST ALL OF OUR UH, DEFINITIONS LIKE THAT.
JAMIE, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? I KNOW YOU HELPED, UH, CLEAN YOURSELF.
CERTAINLY I, I CAN ASSIST, TRY TO ASSIST MR. PARAGO.
SO I, I THINK WHAT STAFF WAS ATTEMPTING TO DO WAS TO MAKE THIS USE CATEGORY BROAD ENOUGH TO PICK UP ALL THE DIFFERENT ITERATIONS OF DOG TRAINING THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED.
SO SOME PEOPLE WANT TO DO TRAINING FOR, UM, LIKE A DA ASSISTANCE, THAT TYPE OF THING.
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KIND OF, NOT NECESSARILY DOGGY DAY DAYCARE, BUT OBEDIENCE TRAINING AND EVERYTHING KIND OF IN BETWEEN.WHETHER IT'S A LICENSE PROGRAM OR PEOPLE DOING SOMETHING MAYBE LESS INTENSE.
AND I THINK THAT ACCESSORY USE PICKS UP, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE TO FEED OCCASIONALLY, UM, IF THERE ARE ANY CARETAKING FUNCTIONS THAT TAKE IT, THAT HAPPEN ASSOCIATED WITH THAT USE, THEY'RE NOT OVERNIGHT.
ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF USES WOULD BE ACCESSORY.
AND, AND I, I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT AS LONG AS I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ALL THOSE CUSTOMARY UNDESCRIBED USES REMAIN INDOORS.
THAT IS, THAT IS GIVEN, UM, FOR THAT, THAT INDOOR USE DEFINITION, ALL OF THAT HAS TO HAPPEN INDOORS.
IF THERE ANY LEGALLY THAT'S CONTAINED THAT WOULD MAKE THAT CONTAINED INDOORS? YES.
IF THERE ARE SOME OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRAINING, THEN THAT WOULD, ASIDE FROM WALKING THE ANIMALS IN AND OUT OF THE BUILDING, UM, IF THERE ARE OUTDOOR USES, THEN THAT WOULD GET US TO DEFINITION NUMBER 36, WHICH IS THE DOG TRAINING OUTDOOR.
IT WOULD ALSO ALLOW FOR, UM, TRAINING OF, UM, THERAPY DOGS IN HEALTHCARE FACILITIES WHERE YOU GO IN AND, AND, AND, UM, I LOOKED INTO IT FROM MY DOG 'CAUSE EVERYBODY LOVES THEM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE TO PAY FOR THE TRAINING
UM, BARRING ANY EXTRA CONVERSATION ON THIS OR ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION ON THIS, I THINK WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON UNLESS YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR US.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? WHAT ALL A SUDDEN WE GOT ADDED TO THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WAS SENT, UH, IN RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES? WHAT, WHAT BROUGHT THAT INTO THE CORRECT WHERE DOGS, UH, WELL THEY'RE ANIMALS.
WELL, THE, THE FIRST, I MEAN, I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.
THE FIRST, THE FIRST ITERATION OF THE WE GOT AND THEN THERE WAS ADDED IN LATER IN THE SECOND EMAIL THAT, UH, IT HAD RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
DOGS ARE ENGAGED IN RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, TRAINED FOR PURPOSES.
SO I MEAN, AGAIN, I MEAN IF YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, UH, IT'S, I THINK IT'S PRETTY, I KNOW COMMON TO, IT'S FINE IF I JUST WANT TO UNDER TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY THAT WAS ADDED IN KIND AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT, MR. PARAGO, I, I THINK I MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP.
SO THERE HAVE BEEN SOME INQUIRIES BY PEOPLE THAT DO, UM, NOT NECESSARILY A STRUCTURED OBEDIENCE TRAINING PROGRAM, BUT PROVIDE CARE TO DOGS ON LIKE A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS, NOT OVERNIGHT BOARDING, BUT DURING THE DAY YOU CAN BRING YOUR ANIMAL TO THIS FACILITY.
UM, SOMEBODY MIGHT TEACH THEM HOW TO SIT OR STAND.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY OBEDIENCE TRAINING, BUT IT'S A PLACE WHERE DOGS CAN GO AND HANG OUT DURING THE DAY.
WE WANT IT TO BROADEN THE TRAINING DEFINITION TO PICK UP THE DOGGY DAYCARE TYPE USAGE.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS SO LONG AS THEY'RE INSIDE.
THAT MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S OKAY.
I WONDER IF IT JUST MEANS DOGS THAT ARE STRICTLY PETS VERSUS DOGS THAT ARE SERVICE DOGS.
MY DOG COULD CERTAINLY USE SOME TRAINING.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAT? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU JESSE.
UH, WITH THAT I'LL OPEN IT UP TO A DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD.
THE ONLY THING I CAN ADD IS THAT I LISTENED TO THE, UM, PRIOR BOARD OF ALDERMAN MEETING.
UM, THEY BASICALLY DIRECTED THE STAFF TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THIS COULD BE ACCOMMODATED TO MAKE CHANGES IN THE ACTUAL TEXT CHANGES IN THE, UM, ORDINANCE.
SO I'M PRETTY SURE THEY'RE GONNA SUPPORT THIS GOING THROUGH.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO, BUT IT WAS AT THEIR DIRECTION.
UM, YEAH, I I DON'T HAVE ANY REAL HEARTBURN ON, ON THIS ISSUE.
UM, I I THINK YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT ABOUT FENCING AND STUFF, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S NEITHER HERE OR THERE.
UM, BUT FOR THE REST OF THIS, FOR MY 2 CENTS, I, I DON'T REALLY SEE A PROBLEM WITH THIS.
WELL THE REASON I SAID IT, AND THE ONLY REASON I SAID IT IS, UM, THAT THESE ARE, UM, SPECIAL NEWS PERMITS AND THOSE WOULD BE FINAL WITH THE UH, BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
THEY DON'T GO TO THE BOARD OF ALMOND, SO THERE WOULD BE NO FURTHER REVIEW.
SO THAT'S ONE REASON TO MAKE CONSIDER.
I'M RELATIVELY CERTAIN THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT WOULD ABSOLUTELY REQUIRE FENCES ON ANY SORT OF OUTDOOR ANIMAL USE.
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I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS ITEM.MOTION TO RECOMMEND THE, UM, PROPOSED CHANGE TO, TO THE BOARD OF WOMEN.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
[VI.B. 1100 Pinetree Drive Rezoning]
ON TO ITEM B 1100 PINE TREE DRIVE REZONING.THIS IS A REQUEST THAT YOU HEARD SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
THE ORIGINAL REQUEST, UM, IS IT'S STILL THE SAME APPLICANT FROM O'BRIEN FAMILY WELLNESS LOCATED AT 1100 PINE TREE DRIVE.
THE REQUEST ORIGINALLY WAS FROM TO GO FROM R 10 A TO OUR, OUR, I'M SORRY, COMMERCIAL THREE.
AND UH, YOU RECOMMENDED THEY NOT ADOPT THAT.
BUT WHAT THEY DID DO IS ASK US AT THIS LEVEL TO RECONSIDER THIS ZONING REQUEST FROM UM, R 10 A TO COMMERCIAL FIVE.
THE REASON FOR THAT IS THERE IS COMMERCIAL FIVE IN THE VICINITY AND ACCOMPANIED BY THE TEXT AMENDMENT THAT WE JUST REVIEWED, THIS OPENS UP THAT OPPORTUNITY OUT THERE FOR THIS APPLICANT.
OUR R 10 A DISTRICT IS SIMPLY A, UH, RELATIVELY DENSE RESIDENTIAL ZONING ZONING DISTRICT.
OUR C FIVE DISTRICT, WHICH THIS WAS BEFORE, IS A HIGHER INTENSITY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WHICH DIDN'T, UH, I'M SORRY, THE, THIS C FIVE, THE C3 FROM BEFORE IS HIGHER INTENSITY THAN THE C FIVE THAT THEY ASKED US TO CONSIDER.
THIS IS MUCH MORE INSTITUTIONAL, A LOWER TRAFFIC BUSINESS OFFICES, UM, AND LESS HIGHER INTENSITY COMMERCIAL.
SO THIS WOULD WORK MUCH BETTER THEN NOW PREVIOUSLY AND UNTIL A TEXT AMENDMENT PASSES, YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO USE THOSE USES IN C FIVE.
IF BOTH OF THESE REQUESTS PASS AT THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN MEETING IN MAY, THEN WE'D BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.
UM, C FIVE ALSO OFFERS A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT USES AS SEEN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN.
AS I MENTIONED, THEY, THE NON-RESIDENTIAL USES ARE PRIMARILY OFFICE RESEARCH SERVICES SUCH AS ANIMAL USES AND IT ALLOWS ALSO OTHER USES WITH A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
IT SHOULD LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU.
ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN THERE IS WEST NEWBURN RECREATION CENTER.
OUR AREA IN YELLOW ILLUMINATED SHOWS THE AREAS AND THE INDIVIDUALS WHO RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF THIS HERE IS AN AERIAL.
THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED AND THE AREA IN ORANGE THAT'S HATCHED IN THE RED IS THE SPECIFIC PORTION OF THE PROPERTY THAT WE ARE REQUESTING THE ZONING CHANGE TO C FIVE, YOU'LL SEE JUST SOUTH THERE, THERE'S BLUE THAT RE REPRESENTS C FIVE THAT IS ALREADY IN THIS VICINITY.
WE'RE ASKING YOU THIS EVENING TO CONSIDER ADOPTING A CONSISTENCY STATEMENT AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN TO APPLY C FIVE ZONING TO THIS DISTRICT, TO THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY AND STAFF WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
BOARD, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? UM, THANKS JESSICA.
UM, SO WE WILL UH, WE'LL OPEN THIS UP FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE WILL HAVE THE APPLICANT IF THEY SO DESIRE TO SPEAK, UM, THEY CAN DO AFTER THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO I WILL RUN UP TO ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
KELLY'S HUSBAND STILL, STILL DOESN'T WANNA SPEAK.
UM, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE APPLICANT IF THEY SO DESIRE IT'S NOT REQUIRED.
UM, IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, THEY CAN.
I'M JACKIE O'BRIEN WITH, UH, O'BRIEN FAMILY WELLNESS AND ALSO DIRECTOR OF PAUSE WAR.
WE JUST REALLY WANNA SAY THANK YOU 'CAUSE WE REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S HARD WORK AND SUPPORT GETTING US TO THIS POINT.
AND THANK YOU FOR PASSING THE FIRST ITEM AND WE HOPE YOU'LL TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION PAST THE SECOND.
AND THEN WE LOOK FORWARD TO GOING TO THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN AND PRESENTING AGAIN.
SO WE THANK EVERYONE HERE AS WELL AS ALL THE ALDERMEN AND EVERYBODY AND THAT'S REALLY IT.
AND IF YOU WATCH THE ALDERMAN MEETING, YOU SAW HOW PASSIONATE MANY OF OUR VETERANS ARE AND HOW MUCH THAT THIS PROGRAM HAS HELPED THEM.
SO I DUNNO IF YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE BOARD FOR DISCUSSION
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AND I AM ALWAYS OPEN FOR A MOTION ON, YEAH, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE, UH, 1100 POUND TREE DRIVE RE ZONE AND THAT IT IS, UH, DO WE HAVE CONSISTENCY IN THIS? YES, IT IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR LAND USE PLAN.ALRIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION A SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
[VII. NEW BUSINESS]
NEXT ITEM IS NEW BUSINESS.ANYBODY ON THE BOARD HAVE ANYTHING TO BRING UP FOR NEW BUSINESS? I'D LIKE TO, ONE, ONE QUESTION THAT I'VE BEEN NOTICING LATELY.
IT I GUESS GOES TO THE STAFF BASICALLY.
AND THAT IS, UH, DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE BY EITHER US OR BY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
WHAT IS THE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM THERE? BECAUSE I, I RIDE BY ONE THAT I KNOW WE HAVE APPROVED, UH, YEARS AGO ON THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S ALWAYS IN THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, UM, LANGUAGE IS IF, IF DEVELOPED ACCORDING TO THIS PLAN, OKAY NOW AND IT GOES AROUND ALL OVER THE PLACE, THAT'S FINE FOR A YEAR OR TWO, THEN EVERYTHING STARTS TO DISINTEGRATE IN A DIFFERENT PLAN AND OPERATION, UH, DEVELOPS ON, ON PROPERTY.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT'S OUR SCENARIO THERE OR OUR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS? UH, YES SIR.
MR. FARGO, I CAN PROBABLY SPEAK TO THAT.
UM, JUST IN TERMS OF LIKE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, WHEN THEY'RE ISSUED THROUGH THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND IT IS CONFIRMED THAT VERY HEARING, UM, THAT THEY RECEIVE THAT VERBAL I GUESS APPROVAL, THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND BEGIN TO, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCT AND DO THE DIFFERENCES OF THINGS, SUBMIT THE BUILDING PERMITS, I GUESS IN YOUR EXAMPLE THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GIVE AFTER A YEAR OR TWO IF WE WERE TO NOTICE OR RECEIVE A COMPLAINT THAT WHAT THEY'VE DEVELOPED IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE APPROVED PLAN, THEN THAT WOULD ENGAGE OUR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS.
SO BASICALLY AS LONG AS WE ARE, WE'RE RECEIVING A FORMAL COMPLAINT, WE WOULD GO INVESTIGATE AND IF WE NOTICE THAT THERE'S INCONSISTENCIES, TECHNICALLY THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT TO TRY TO SEE IF THEY CAN I GUESS MODIFY WHAT'S EXISTING.
SO IT'S COMPLAINT DRIVEN? YES.
IS THERE A TIMEFRAME AMONG THE ON THAT OR IS THAT JUST IN TERMS OF THE EXPIRATION? YEAH, THE EXPIRATION FOR THEM IS TWO YEARS IN TERMS OF WHEN THEY'RE APPROVED.
BUT IT CAN BE EXTENDED DEPENDENT UPON REQUESTS FROM THE APPLICANT, UM, THAT NORMALLY, I MEAN THAT GOES THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN TYPICALLY ONCE IT'S FULLY DEVELOPED, OF COURSE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ACTING AS WHAT WAS OR ACTING IN ACCORDANCE TO WHAT WAS APPROVED.
NOW IF THEY'RE OUTSIDE OF THAT AGAIN, THAT, THAT WOULD, THAT COULD PROMPT ENFORCEMENT ZONING.
I'M JUST, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE.
SO THIS IS THE WAY I REMEMBER IT.
IT DOES, IT DOES NOT FOLLOW THE FOLLOW THE LAND, RIGHT? IT'S JUST FOR THE MENT AGAINST NO SIR.
SPECIAL USE PERMITS RUN WITH THE LAND.
ALRIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE BUT THAT WE'LL MOVE
[VIII. STAFF COMMENTS]
OVER TO STAFF COMMENTS.DOES STAFF HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THEY'D LIKE TO ADD? UH, JUST A REMINDER TO THE BOARD OF MEMBERS THAT SIGNED UP FOR THE SCHOOL GOVERNMENT WORKSHOP, THAT'LL BE ON MAY 12TH.
AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE COME AND SEE ME AFTER THE MEETING OR FEEL FREE TO EMAIL.
UH, WITH THAT I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION THERE? NONE.