| View Agenda for this meeting View Minutes for this meeting PLANNING COMMISSION CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at or about 7:30 p.m. ROLL CALL Present: Members John Avdoulos, Victor Cassis, Andrew Gutman, David Lipski (7:45 p.m.), Lynn Kocan, Mark Pehrson, Lowell Sprague Absent: Member Wayne Wrobel Also Present: Barbara McBeth, Director of Planning; Tim Schmitt, Planner; Mark Spencer, Planner; Lance Shipman, Landscape Architect; Ben Croy, Civil Engineer; David Gillam, City Attorney; John Freeland, Wetland Consultant CONSENT AGENDA - REMOVALS AND APPROVAL 1. SCENIC PINES ESTATES, SITE PLAN NUMBER 01-63 Consideration on the request of Rick Tatro of Aprecis Group Master Planning Services, Inc. for a one year Final Site Plan extension. The subject property is located in Section 3, south of South Lake Drive on the south side of Pembine Road between Buffington and Henning roads in the R-4, One Family Residential District. The Applicant is proposing twenty-four detached single family homes, approved under the One-Family Clustering Section of the Zoning Ordinance. The subject property is approximately 8.93 acres.Motion to approve the Consent Agenda. Motion carried 6-0. PUBLIC HEARINGS 1. VILLAGEWOOD LAKE CONDOMINIUMS, SITE PLAN NUMBER 04-51A Public Hearing on the request of William Roskelly of Basney & Smith for Preliminary Site Plan, Wetland Permit, Woodland Permit, and Storm Water Management Plan approval. The subject property is located in Section 25, east of Meadowbrook Road, between Nine and Ten Mile Roads in the R-4, Single Family Residential District. The subject property is approximately 14.97 acres. The applicant is proposing 10 single-family homes. In the matter of Villagewood Lake Condominiums, SP04-51a, motion to approve the Preliminary Site Plan subject to: 1) A City Council Waiver to allow a sidewalk only on one side of the internal subdivision street; 2) Inclusion of a Meadowbrook Road sidewalk on the Final Site Plan submittal as desired by the Planning Commission; 3) Maintenance and reconstruction of the road, with the stipulation that the road be videotaped before and after construction to determine reconstruction requirements; 4) Dust maintenance control during road construction; 5) The limiting of construction traffic with respect to elementary school bus schedule; 6) Construction traffic complying with City load limits; 7) No building envelopes encroaching the wetland buffer; 8) The Applicant working with the City on the intent of the Similar/Dissimilar Ordinance to make accommodations that the new houses match the current condition and establishment of the existing subdivisions; 9) The Final Site Plan returning to the Planning Commission for review; 10) All comments in the Staff and Consultant review letters; and 11) Current and 16-year-old soil borings being submitted for comparison at the time of Final Site Plan submittal; for the reason that the plan is consistent with the Master Plan. Motion carried 5-2 (Yes: Avdoulos, Cassis, Gutman, Lipski, Pehrson; No: Kocan, Sprague). In the matter of the request of William Roskelly for Villagewood Lake Condominiums, SP04-51a, motion to approve the Wetland Permit subject to: 1) MDEQ approval; 2) A conservation Easement over undeveloped areas; 3) Comments in the Staff and Consultant review letters; 4) FEMA verification is required; 5) No building footprints in the wetland buffer; and 6) No fill in the floodplain other than for utilities; for the reason that the plan is otherwise in compliance with the Ordinance. Motion carried 6-1 (Yes: Avdoulos, Cassis, Gutman, Lipski, Pehrson, Sprague; No: Kocan). In the matter of the request of William Roskelly for Villagewood Lake Condominiums, SP04-51a, motion to approve the Woodland Permit subject to the comments in the Staff and Consultant review letters, for the reason that the plan is otherwise in compliance with the Ordinance. Motion carried 7-0. In the matter of the request of William Roskelly for Villagewood Lake Condominiums, SP04-51a, motion to approve the Stormwater Management Plan subject to the comments in the Staff and Consultant review letters, for the reason that the plan is otherwise in compliance with the Ordinance. Motion carried 7-0. In the matter of the request of William Roskelly for Villagewood Lake Condominiums, SP04-51a, motion to recommend to City Council that they aggressively pursue a grant from the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund to turn property into parkland. Motion carried 7-0. 2. ZONING MAP AMENDMENT 18.651 Public Hearing on the request of Robert Rybicki for possible recommendation to City Council for rezoning property in Section 27, south of Ten Mile Road, west of Novi Road from R-4, One Family Residential, to OS-1, Office Service District. The subject property is 1.0 acre. In the matter of the request of Robert Rybicki for Zoning Map Amendment 18.651, motion to recommend approval to City Council for the rezoning of the subject property from R-4 to OS-1 for the reason that it meets the intent of the Master Plan for Land Use. Motion carried 7-0. 3. ZONING MAP AMENDMENT 18.652 Public Hearing on the request of Dr. Arvind Gulati for possible recommendation to City Council for rezoning property in Section 27, south of Ten Mile Road and west of Novi Road from R-4, One Family Residential, to OS-1, Office Service, District. The subject property is approximately 1.89 acres. In the matter of the request of Dr. Arvind Gulati for Zoning Map Amendment 18.652, motion to recommend approval to City Council for the rezoning of the subject property from R-4 to OS-1 for the reason that it meets the intent of the Master Plan for Land Use. Motion carried 7-0. 4. UPTOWN PARK PRO, SITE PLAN NUMBER 05-31 AND ZONING MAP AMENDMENT 18.605 Public Hearing on the request of Singh IV Limited Partnership for a PRO, Planned Rezoning Overlay, and Zoning Map Amendment 18.605 for possible recommendation to City Council for rezoning of property located in Section 14, south of Twelve Mile Road and west of Meadowbrook Road from OST, Planned Office Service Technology, and RM-1, Low Density, Low Rise Multiple Family Residential to RM-2, High Density Multiple Family Residential District. The site is approximately 38.6 acres. In the matter of the request of Singh IV Limited Partnership for Zoning Map Amendment 18.605 and Uptown Park PRO, SP05-31, motion to recommend denial to City Council for the rezoning of the subject property from RM-1 and OST to RM-2 with a PRO Agreement, for the reasons that it is not in the public interest and it is not in compliance with the Master Plan. Motion carried 4-3 (Yes: Avdoulos, Kocan, Pehrson, Sprague; No: Cassis, Gutman, Lipski). MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION 1. APPROVAL OF THE MAY 25, 2005 PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES Motion to approve the minutes of May 25, 2005 as amended. Motion carried 7-0. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 2:26 a.m. SCHEDULED AND ANTICIPATED MEETINGS MON 06/13/05 CITY COUNCIL INTERVIEWS 7:00 PM WED 06/15/05 PLANNING COMMISSION ROUNDTABLE 7:00 PM MON 06/20/05 CITY COUNCIL MEETING 7:00 PM WED 06/22/05 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING 7:30 PM MON 07/04/05 CITY OFFICES CLOSED MON 07/11/05 CITY COUNCIL MEETING 7:00 PM TUE 07/12/05 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS 7:30 PM WED 07/13/05 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING 7:30 PM MON 07/18/05 IMPLEMENTATION MEETING 6:00 PM *Actual language of motions subject to review.
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