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Minutes for 02/12/2008PROPOSED MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING
OF THE KENTWOOD PLANNING COMMISSION
FEBRUARY 12, 2008, 7:30 P.M.
COMMISSION CHAMBERS
A. Chair McIntyre-Evenocheck called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.
B. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Commissioner Artz.
C. Roll Call:
Members Present: Betsy Artz, Dan Holtrop, Nancie McIntyre-Evenocheck, Laurie Sheldon, Don Yokom, Johngerlyn Young and Chris Winczewski.
Members Absent: Abed Itani and Frank Vander Hoff (with notification)
Others Present: City Attorney Jeff Sluggett, Community Development Director Terry Schweitzer, Economic Development Planner Lisa Golder, Planner Joe Pung, Planner Debargha Sengupta, Staff Secretary Monique Collier, the press and the applicants.
Motion by Commissioner Holtrop, supported by Commissioner Winczewski, to excuse Comissioners Itani and VanderHoff from the meeting.
- Motion Carried (7-0) ?
- Itani and VanderHoff absent -
D. Approval of the Minutes
Motion by Commissioner Holtrop, supported by Commissioner Winczewski to approve the Minutes of January 22, 2008.
- Motion Carried (7-0) ?
- Itani and VanderHoff absent ?
E. Approval of the Agenda
Commissioner McIntyre-Evenocheck moved Case # 17-07 Menard?s under Old Business on the agenda and added a presentation from Commissioner Winczewski regarding the Citizen Planner Capstone Project under Other Business.
Motion by Commissioner Holtrop, supported by Commissioner Artz, to approve the agenda for the February 12, 2008 meeting with changes noted.
- Motion Carried (7-0) ?
- Itani and VanderHoff absent -
F. Acknowledge visitors wishing to speak to non-agenda items.
There was no public comment.
G. Old Business
Case #17-07 ? Menard?s-Special Land Use Open Air Business Garden Center/Outside Yard Area and Site Plan Review located north of 28th Street, midway between East Paris Avenue and Patterson Avenue
Planner Golder stated Menard?s is requesting to table. She stated they are working
through issues related to the traffic and the drive to allow for the best circulation for Menard?s, Art Van and traffic on 28th Street. She stated Menard?s has worked out the landscaping; they added pine trees along the edge and going up the hill as requested by the neighbors and have now satisfied the concerns with the neighbors to the north in the condominium unit. She stated the sound study indicates there will not be much sound evident on to the adjacent properties. She stated the other issues relate to projects that may happen in the future on the balance of the overall site. She stated there may be a hotel and an office building. When these projects come forward Visser Development has committed to additional landscaping as well as a berm to help screen the hotel and office building. She stated the parking lot would have to meet the setback standards of 45 feet. Golder stated she will be looking at the time of deliveries. She would like the hours of deliveries to be 7:00a.m-10p.m. but if they would like to open the store at 5:30a.m she doesn?t have a problem with that.
Bill Mast, with Visser Brother and DEG, owner of the site, was present to represent the request. He stated they would like to table. Commissioner McIntyre-Evenocheck told the applicant she would like a time frame. Bill Mast stated they are still working out issues with Fruit Basket Flowerland who are not as interested as Menard?s had hoped they would be in helping them on the west side of Art Van. He stated they are back to the east side of Art Van. He stated they will have to work with Art Van to generate a solution that is acceptable to them and then work it out with MDOT. Bill Mast stated he would like to table until March 11, 2008.
Discussion ensued regarding hours of deliveries to the store.
There were two letters that were submitted from Timothy Gietzen DDS 2565 Forest Hill Ave SE Suite 200 and David and Christine Harmelink 4233 Embassy Drive SE.
Motion by Commissioner Holtrop, supported by Commissioner Winczewski, to table the public hearing for Case #17-07 to March 11, 2008.
- Motion Carried (7-0) ?
- Itani and VanderHoff absent -
H. Public Hearing
Case #1-08 ? 3600 28th Street Shopping Center - Site plan review for a shopping center at 3600 ? 28th Street. South side of 28th Street approximately 750 feet west of Lake Eastbrook Boulevard.
Golder introduced the request. She stated the issues that were talked about at the work session included offering cross access across at the back side of the site. They have an easement to the east and they are looking for an easement on the west side as well in writing. She stated the other issues was a cross access across at the front side of the site. She stated they have a flare in the parking lot that would need to line up with the adjacent property. She stated they have corrected the lot coverage, they included the building material percentages and information on dumpsters to staff?s satisfaction. Golder stated she is recommending approval.
Commissioner McIntyre-Evenocheck opened the public hearing.
Motion by Commissioner Holtrop, supported by Commissioner Artz to close the public hearing.
- Motion carried (7-0) ?
- Itani and VanderHoff absent ?
The Commissioners stated this is a good reuse of the property and had no concerns.
Motion by Commissioner Artz, supported by Commissioner Sheldon, to recommend conditional approval of the site plan dated February 7, 2008 for Case #1-08 3600 28th Street Shopping Center. Approval is conditioned on conditions 1-4 and basis points 1-4 as described in Golder?s memo dated January 31, 2008.
- Motion carried (7-0) ?
- Itani and VanderHoff absent -
Case #2-08 ? Mall Drive Shopping Center - Site plan review for a shopping center at 3300 Mall Drive (pvt). Southwest corner of Mall Drive (pvt) and Plaza Drive (pvt).
Pung stated they will be widening the existing drive on the south side of the site and modifying the existing parking area to allow for two way traffic through the site and adding additional landscaping. Pung stated the only issue at the work session was the building materials and the applicant has revised their building fa?ade to address that issue.
Commissioner McIntyre-Evenocheck opened the public hearing.
There was no public comment.
Motion by Commissioner Holtrop, supported by Commissioner Winczewski to close the public hearing.
- Motion Carried (7-0) ?
- Itani and VanderHoff absent ?
Kevin Edson, WL Perry, represented the request. He showed illustrations of the building fa?ade.
Commissioners Yokom, Winczewski Sheldon, Holtrop and Young were all happy with the plan.
Commissioner McIntyre-Evenocheck stated the site plan still says proposed additions for a strip mall and it should be termed a shopping center.
Motion by Commissioner Holtrop, supported by Commissioner Winczewski, to grant conditional approval of the site plan date January 25, 2008. Approval is conditioned on conditions 1-3 and basis points 1-3 as described in Pung?s memo dated January 31, 2008.
- Motion Carried (7-0)-
- Itani and VanderHoff absent -
Case #3-08 ? Byron Center - Special land use and site plan review for a financial institution (bank) at 4024 Park East Court. Southeast corner of East Paris Avenue and Park East Court.
Planner Sengupta introduced the request. He stated the request is to add a drive through to an existing office building. He stated the access to the site is from Park East Ct. He stated some of the issues that were raised at the work session included insufficient parking to support the use. He stated they will only be using part of the building as the financial institution and that is more than enough than is required by the ordinance. He stated there were some concerns regarding stacking and that has been addressed and are now met. He stated another issue was circulation, since there are two access points from Park East Court staff suggested they look at providing directional signage. He stated there was another concern with the storm drain. He stated it is a private storm drain and will not interfere with its functioning. The Engineering staff is fine with what they are proposing. He stated that it is in compliance with all other zoning requirements. Sengupta is recommending approval.
Ken Dixon with Dixon Architecture was present.
Commissioner McIntyre-Evenocheck opened the public hearing.
There was no public comment.
Motion by Commissioner Winczewski, supported by Commissioner Holtrop to close the public hearing.
- Motion Carried (7-0) ?
- Itani and VanderHoff absent ?
Holtrop asked if there was any curbing that extends to the east.
Commissioner Winczewski stated he thinks extending the curb at least around the corner would be desirable so they can?t take a short cut to the other lane. He stated he is concerned about stacking. He stated if this is a safety issue he thinks it should be added as a condition.
Sengupta stated it is better not to do a concrete curb because anyone coming out of those parking spaces will have a problem. Sengupta stated most of the people that are coming to the site are going to use the ATM and they will have plenty of stacking space. He stated he doesn?t believe there will be a safety issue.
Discussion Ensued.
Motion by Commissioner Holtop, supported by Commissioner Winczewski to grant conditional approval of a Special Land Use request for a drive-thru establishment for Case #3-08 Byron Center Bank as described in Sengupta?s memo dated 2/7/08. Approval is conditioned on condition 1 and basis points 1-4.
- Motion Carried (7-0)-
- Itani and VanderHoff absent-
Motion by Commissioner Holtrop, supported by Commissioner Winczewski to grant conditional approval of the site plan for a drive thru establishment for as described in the site plan dated December 28, 2007 and revised on January 30, 2008. Approval is conditioned on conditions 1-5 and basis points 1-5 in Senguptas memo date 2/7/08.
- Motion Carried (7-0) ?
- Itani and VanderHoff absent ?
I. Work Session
There were no Work Sessions
J. New Business
There is no New Business
K. Other Business
1. Presentation by Commissioner Chris Winczewski
Commissioner Winczewski gave a brief presentation regarding the Master Citizen Planner Capstone Project. He indicated the zoning ordinance was generally consistent with the Master Plan. He highlighted those areas that have not been addressed.
2. Commissioners? Comments
Commissioner McIntyre-Evenocheck stated the State of the City will be held on Wednesday February 13, 2008 at Carraba?s
Commissioner Holtrop stated COD met prior to the meeting and they will come back with more revisions.
Commissioner McIntyre-Evenocheck stated if there is a sub-committee meeting on the Agenda the commissioners would like the names of the people listed who are on that committee.
3. Staff?s Comments
Planner Golder stated the Luz Committee met and they talked about mini storage at Burton and Patterson. She stated she would like the commissioner?s to look at the conditional zoning provisions of the zoning ordinance.
L. Adjournment
Motion by Commissioner Holtrop, supported by Commissioner Artz, to adjourn the meeting.
- Motion Carried (7-0) ?
- Itani and VanderHoff absent -
Meeting adjourned at 8:30p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Laurie Sheldon, Secretary
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