03-17-16 Regular Meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission

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Planning and Zoning Commission Minutes of March 17, 2016 Commissioners Present: Richard Warren, Nick Barrera, Mark Follis, Larry Stockham, Hal Lawler, Helen LaCour Commissioners Absent: Lou Ann Martin,Wyatt Smith,Trey Kendrick City Staff Present: Director of Planning and Development Tim Tietjens, City Planner Eric Ensey,Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins,and Planning Technician Ryan Cramer 1. Call to order. Chairman Hal Lawler called the meeting to order at 6:02 PM. 2. Roll call of members. Commissioners Warren, LaCour, Barrera,Stockham and Chairman Lawler were present for roll call. Commissioner Follis arrived at 6:19 PM. 3. Consider approval of meeting minutes: February 18,2016, Meeting. Motion by Commissioner Barrera to approve the meeting minutes of February 18, 2016. 4. Second by Commissioner LaCour. Motion carried. Ayes: Warren, Lawler, Stockham, Barrera, and LaCour. Nays: 5. Consider a request by Liberty Property Trust for approval of a waiver to the city's Design Guidelines (Exterior Facade Materials) as outlined in Section 106-928 of the Code of Ordinance for the proposed warehouse distribution facility at 1801 S.16th Street(southeast corner of S. 16th Street and Export Drive). *Note:Chairman Lawler suspended the agenda at this time to move to agenda items 5,6,and 7. Agenda item 4 was considered after agenda item 7. Joe Powers, the applicant Ken Chang's architect spoke to the Commission about how they cannot put all of their stone on to just two sides. Commissioner Follis said that this was still not the intention of the facade ordinance. The applicant contended that not only is the 20% brick or stone a large cost for a warehouse building,the Commission said that it would not make sense to put brick or stone on the side where the dock doors will receive shipments yet to put 20%of the whole building's worth of brick or stone on the two office sides would not look good either and would go against the look that his company attempts to create with their buildings.