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<br />Planning and Zoning Commission <br />Minutes of February 18, 2010 <br /> <br />Members Present: <br /> <br />Hal Lawler, Dottie Kaminski, Doretta Finch, Les Bird, Richard Warren, Kirby <br />Linscomb Jr., David Janda (Alt 1), and Lou Ann Martin (A It 2). <br /> <br />Members Absent: <br /> <br />Paul Berner, <br /> <br />City Staff Present: <br /> <br />Director of Planning, Tim Tieljens; City Planner, Masood Malik; City Attorney, <br />Clark Askins; and Planning Assistant, Shannon Green. <br /> <br />Others Present: <br /> <br />1. Call to Order. <br />Meeting called to order by Chairman Hal Lawler at 5:59 p.m. <br /> <br />2. Consider Approval of the December 17, 2009, regular meeting minutes. <br />Motion by Dottie Kaminski to approve the regular meeting minutes of December 17, 2009. <br />Second by Richard Warren. The Motion carried. <br /> <br />Ayes: <br /> <br />Hal Lawler, Dottie Kaminski, Doretta Finch, Les Bird, Richard Warren, Kirby <br />Linscomb Jr., David Janda (Alt 1). <br />None <br />None <br /> <br />Nays: <br />Abstain: <br /> <br />3. Open Workshop to discuss zoning ordinance amendments as follow: <br />Chairman Hal Lawler opened the Workshop at 6:02 pm. <br /> <br />A. Landscaping - tree preservation, tree replacement and tree fund <br />B. Lot coverage for single family dwellings <br />C. Use of shipping containers in non-residential zoning districts <br />D. Revisions to the Zoning Map <br /> <br />A. Masood Malik, City Planner, presented staffs report on Landscaping. The current ordinance <br />requires minimum landscaping to be 6%. <br /> <br />The total area of landscaping is calculated as follows: <br /> <br />Compute total developed site area. <br /> <br />Deduct total area of roofed over improvements from the developed site area. <br /> <br />Minimum landscaping requirement (6%) is based on the total remaining developed site area. <br /> <br />Example: <br />Total developed site area <br />Building <br /> <br />10,000 sq.ft. <br />4,000 sq.ft. <br /> <br />Min. landscaping <br /> <br />6,000 sq.ft X 0.06 = 360 sq.ft. <br /> <br />Staff recommends the following provisions; <br /> <br />Landscaping shall be required along the front property line and along the side property lines in a <br />minimum of four feet wide planting strip with a combination of trees and shrubs. Minimum 2" <br />caliper tree at 40' on center and minimum 5 gallons shrub in between trees at 3' on center are <br />suggested. <br />