pp                       BILOXI PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING

Community Development Auditorium

676 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard

Oc, 2009                                                              September 2, 2010

2:00 p.m.

 

                                                                                                                                MEETING CANCELED

I.             ROLL CALL                                                                                      

 

II.            minuteS:   Approval of Minutes for the Regular Planning Commission Meeting of August 19, 2010.

 

III.        CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARINGS:  None

 

IV.          NEW PUBLIC HEARINGS: None

               

V.            TREE HEARINGS:  None

 

VI.          CITY COUNCIL ACTION:

 

                Case No. 10-031— Roderick F. Strahan and Lori Davis Strahan—a request for two (2) Variances, to authorize the construction of a metal accessory structure measuring eighty-three feet by twenty-four feet (83’ x 24’), said accessory structure to be utilized as a storage facility to accommodate a Recreational Vehicle and a boat, as follows:

1)  a twenty foot (20’) Variance to Section 23-12-5(a)(1) of the Land Development Ordinance, to authorize an accessory structure to extend twenty feet (20’) into a required front yard setback, instead of at the forty foot (40’) front yard setback required by ordinance; and

 

2)  a forty-three foot (43’) Accessory Structure Length Variance, to authorize said accessory structure to be constructed to an overall length of eighty-three feet (83’), instead of at the forty foot (40’) length maximum allowed for accessory structures by ordinance,

 

all for the property identified as 131 Bellman Street (i.e., Municipal Tax Parcel No. 1410J-07-046.000).

On May 25, 2010, the City Council remanded this matter back to the Planning Commission for reconsideration of a smaller accessory structure at this location. The Staff reviewed a revised site plan from the applicants and is awaiting a response from them relative to items contained within that site plan which, if properly addressed, may not require further action from either the Planning Commission or the Council.

 

Case Nos. 10-056, 10-057.1 and 10-057.2— Champagne and Fearn Builders, Inc.— requests for Zoning Map Amendment and also for amendments to the Master Property Development Plan and Preliminary Subdivision Plat for a single-family residential subdivision known as Malpass Landing Subdivision, as follows:

 

Case No. 10-056 – an application for a Zoning Map Amendment, to authorize a change in zoning for two (2) portions of a twenty-two and eight one-hundredths (22.08) acre tract of land, from RS-7.5 Single-Family Residential – Medium Density to RS-5 Single-Family Residential – High Density, said portions of property under consideration for rezoning totaling thirteen and twenty-seven one-hundredths (13.27) acres in overall size, and identified as follows:

 

1)    Phase II of Malpass Landing Subdivision – a seven and six-tenths (7.6) acre portion of the twenty-two and eight one-hundredths (22.08) acre tract of land, situated within the northeast corner of said subdivision; and

2)    Phase III of Malpass Landing Subdivision – a five and sixty-seven one-hundredths (5.67) acre portion of the twenty-two and eight one-hundredths (22.08) acre tract of land, situated within the southwest corner of said subdivision,

 

Case Nos. 10-057.1 and 10-057.2 –to amend a previously approved Master Property Development Plan and Preliminary Subdivision Plat (re:  Case No. 05-008) for Malpass Landing Subdivision, which original approval authorized the development of a sixty-four (64) lot single-family residential subdivision in a single phase, and included Subdivision Variances to allow three (3) cul-de-sacs to exceed the five hundred foot (500’) maximum cul-de sac length allowed by ordinance.  This amended Master Property Development Plan and Preliminary Subdivision Plat proposal for Malpass Landing Subdivision, as submitted, would specifically allow the following changes to that previously approved preliminary subdivision plat, as follows:

 

1)    a Master Property Development Plan (re:  Case No. 10-057.1) to authorize said Malpass Landing Subdivision to be constructed in three (3) Phases, said Phases to be constructed pursuant to two (2) different zoning district classification densities, as follows:

 

a)    Phases 1 and 1A – an eight and eighty-one one-hundredths acre portion of the twenty-two and eight one-hundredths (22.08) acre tract of land, containing of a total of twenty-five (25) single-family residential lots, which Phases have been platted and/or approved for final plat, respectively, in accordance with the subdivision, lot size, and structure setback requirements prescribed for the RS-7.5 Single-Family Residential – Medium Density zoning district classification;

 

b)    Phase II – a seven and six-tenths (7.6) acre portion of the twenty-two and eight one-hundredths (22.08) acre tract of land, situated within the northeast corner of said subdivision, proposed to contain thirty (30) single-family residential lots to be in accordance with subdivision, lot size, and structure setback requirements prescribed for the RS- 5 Single-Family Residential – High Density zoning district classification; and

 

c)     Phase III – a five and sixty-seven (5.67) acre portion of the twenty-two and eight one-hundredths (22.08) acre tract of land, situated within the southwest corner of said subdivision, proposed to contain twenty-five (25) single-family residential lots to be in accordance with the subdivision, lot size, and structure setback requirements prescribed for the RS- 5 Single-Family Residential – High Density zoning district classification; and

 

2)    a Preliminary Subdivision Plat Amendment (re:  Case No. 10-057.2), to authorize said Malpass Landing Subdivision to contain a total of eighty (80) single-family residential lots, instead of the previously approved sixty-four (64) single-family residential lots, and also, to Amend the previously approved Cul-de-sac Length Subdivision Variances, as follows: 

 

a)    no changes to the cul-de-sac, situated within Phase I of said Malpass Landing Subdivision, previously authorized to be six hundred and fifty-seven and twenty-two one-hundredths feet (656.22’) in length, instead of the five hundred foot (500’) maximum cul-de sac length allowed by ordinance,

 

b)    to remove the cul-de-sac, situated within Phase II of said Malpass Landing Subdivision, previously authorized to be eight hundred forty-three and thirty-two one-hundredths feet (843.32’) in length, and

 

c)     to authorize the cul-de-sac, situated within Phase II of said Malpass Landing Subdivision, previously authorized to be eight hundred forty-eight and thirty-six one-hundredths feet (848.36’) in length to be increased to eight hundred and fifty-four feet (854’) in length, instead of the five hundred foot (500’) maximum cul-de sac length allowed by ordinance. 

 

No changes, modification, or amendments to the previously authorized Subdivision Fence Height Variance and the Subdivision Identification Signage Variance (re:  Case No. 05-009) for said Malpass Landing Subdivision have been requested and are proposed to remain as previously approved,

 

all for the property located upon the North side of Brasher Road, between Brasher Road and Water’s View Drive (i.e., Municipal Tax Parcel No. 1209F-01-022.000).  The City Council conducted a First Reading on the Zoning Map Amendment on August 24, 2010, and will vote on both of these cases on September 7, 2010.

 

            Case No. 10-066— Mark A. Robinson, Life Estate for the Benefit of Margaret A. Robinson—a request for three (3) Variances, to authorize the permanent installation of a Mississippi Cottage measuring fourteen feet, three inches in width by fifty-eight feet in length (14’3” x 58’) inclusive of a front porch having a depth of approximately six feet (6’), upon a parcel of land measuring approximately thirty-feet in width by ninety-six feet in depth (30’ x 96’) and located within an RMH Residential Manufactured/Mobile Home zoning district classification, as follows:

 

1)    a two foot, three inch (2’3”) Side Yard Setback Variance, to allow a Mississippi Cottage to be situated four feet, nine inches (4’9”) from the north (side) property line, instead of at the seven foot (7’) side yard setback required by ordinance;

 

2)    a thirteen foot, two and one-half inch (13’2½”) Rear Yard Setback Variance, to authorize said Mississippi Cottage to be located six feet (6’) from the east (rear) property line, instead of at the nineteen foot, two and one-half inch (19’2 ½”) rear yard setback required by ordinance; and

 

3)    a seven inch (7”) Mississippi Cottage Elevation Variance, to authorize said Mississippi Cottage to be elevated to a height of six feet, two inches (6’2”) Above Grade Level, instead of at the five feet, seven inches (5’7”) of elevation above grade allowed for Mississippi Cottage installations,

 

for the property presently identified as 248 Baptist Alley (i.e., Municipal Tax Parcel No. 1410F-02-031.000). The City Council approved this matter on August 24, 2010.

 

Case No. 10-067— Paul Guercio—a request for an eight foot (8’) Front Yard Setback Variance, to authorize a garage addition, measuring eighteen feet by twenty-two feet (18’ x 22’), to be constructed upon the front of an existing single-family residence, said resulting garage addition to be situated twenty-two feet (22’) from the west (front) property line instead of at the thirty foot (30’) front yard setback required by ordinance, for the property presently identified as 1925 Bayside Drive (i.e., Municipal Tax Parcel No. 1209K-01-019.000). The City Council will consider this matter on September 7, 2010.

 

VII.         COMMITTEE REPORTS:  Approval of the New Land Development Ordinance—The City Council is scheduled to adopt the New Land Development Ordinance at a Special Council meeting on August 31, 2010.

 

VIII.       PLANNING STAFF/LEGAL COUNSEL REPORT:        None

               

IX.          OLD BUSINESS:  None

 

X.            NEW BUSINESS:       A Workshop conducted by Staff to more fully explain specific changes contained within         the New Land Development Ordinance.

 

XI.          COMMUNICATIONS:

 

The next regularly scheduled Planning Commission meeting will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 16, 2010, in the Auditorium of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Municipal Building located at 676 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

 

XIII.           ADJOURNMENT

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