| 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, Victor Cassis, Andrew Gutman, Lynn Kocan, David Lipski, Michael Meyer (8:37 p.m.), Mark Pehrson, Wayne Wrobel Absent: Members John Avdoulos (excused) Also Present: Barbara McBeth, Director of Planning; Tim Schmitt, Planner; Mark Spencer, Planner; Lance Shipman, Landscape Architect; Brian Coburn, Civil Engineer; David Gillam, City Attorney; Alex Rucinski, Traffic Consultant ELECTION OF OFFICERS Chair: Victor Cassis Vice Chair: Lynn Kocan Secretary: Wayne Wrobel CONSENT AGENDA - REMOVALS AND APPROVAL 1. MONTICELLO, SITE PLAN NUMBER 05-33 Consideration on the request of Vistal Land and Home Development for revised Final Site Plan approval. The subject property is located in Section 35, west of Meadowbrook Road and north of Eight Mile in the R-1, One-family Residential District. The subject property is 7.983 acres. The Applicant is requesting a Planning Commission waiver to continue a previously approved wall in lieu of the right-of-way berm along Meadowbrook Road. This item was removed for discussion later in the meeting. PUBLIC HEARINGS 1. ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT 18.199 The Public Hearing was opened for Planning Commission’s recommendation to City Council to amend Section 2505 of the Novi Zoning Ordinance, as amended, to modify parking standards for shopping centers larger than 1,000,000 square feet. In the matter of Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment 18.199, motion to send a positive recommendation to City Council, with the intent to include the language, "…provided the combined restaurant, entertainment and/or cinema space does not exceed 20% of the shopping center’s gross leasable area;" and "…where the combined restaurant, entertainment and/or cinema space exceeds 20% of the shopping center’s gross leasable area, a shared parking study shall be undertaken to determine the appropriate parking demand ratio." Motion carried 7-0 2. ZONING MAP AMENDMENT 18.657 Consideration on the request of John S. Eggert of Twelve Oaks Mall, LLC, for a recommendation to City Council for rezoning property in Section 14, north of I-96, east of Novi Road, from R-A, Residential Acreage, to R-C, Regional Center District. The subject property is approximately 24.070 acres. In the matter of Zoning Map Amendment 18.657, motion to recommend approval to City Council for the reasons that: 1) The petition is consistent with the Master Plan for Land Use approved in 2004; 2) The impact upon the neighboring residential and commercial properties should be minimal; and 3) The property is a logical extension of the adjacent Regional Center District. Motion carried 7-0 3. ZONING MAP AMENDMENT 18.653 Consideration on the request of Ryan Dembs of Amson-Dembs Development for a recommendation to City Council for rezoning property in Section 9, north of Twelve Mile, east of West Park Drive, from I-2, General Industrial, to I-1, Light Industrial District. The subject property is approximately 4.5 acres. In the matter of Zoning Map Amendment 18.653 for Amson Dembs (the northeast corner of West Park and Twelve Mile), motion to recommend approval to City Council to rezone the subject property from I-2, General Industrial, to I-1, for the reason that it is consistent with the Master Plan. Motion carried 7-0. MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION 1. UNLISTED USE DETERMINATION Consideration of the request of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions for an Unlisted Use Determination under Section 2523. The Applicant is requesting a determination on the appropriateness of a building with multiple residences, a chapel, and offices in the R-1 Zoning District. In the matter of the request of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions, motion to send a positive recommendation to City Council for the unlisted use for PIME in the R-1 District, utilizing Special Land Use standards from Section 402.1. Motion carried 7-0. 2. COMMITTEE MEMBER APPOINTMENTS Administrative Liaison: Victor Cassis, Lynn Kocan, Wayne Wrobel Planning Studies and Budget: Andrew Gutman, Lynn Kocan, David Lipski, Mark Pehrson CIP: Andrew Gutman, Mark Pehrson, Lynn Kocan (Alternate) Environmental: David Lipski, Michael Meyer, Wayne Wrobel Communication and Community Liaison: David Lipski, Michael Meyer, Wayne Wrobel Implementation: John Avdoulos, Andrew Gutman, Lynn Kocan, Mark Pehrson Master Plan and Zoning: John Avdoulos, Victor Cassis, Andrew Gutman, Wayne Wrobel Rules: John Avdoulos, Victor Cassis, Lynn Kocan Main Street: David Lipski, Wayne Wrobel CONSENT AGENDA REMOVALS FOR COMMISSION ACTION 1. MONTICELLO, SITE PLAN NUMBER 05-33 Consideration on the request of Vistal Land and Home Development for revised Final Site Plan approval. The subject property is located in Section 35, west of Meadowbrook Road and north of Eight Mile in the R-1, One-family Residential District. The subject property is 7.983 acres. The Applicant is requesting a Planning Commission waiver to continue a previously approved wall in lieu of the right-of-way berm along Meadowbrook Road. In the matter of Monticello Subdivision, SP05-33, motion to approve the revised Preliminary Site Plan subject to the following: 1) A Planning Commission Waiver to allow a masonry wall in lieu of a berm along the northern half of the Meadowbrook Road right-of-way; 2) The comments on the attached review letters being addressed at the time of Final Site Plan submittal; 3) The wall being limited to five feet in height; and 4) The Applicant continuing to work with the City to ensure the intent of their landscaping design is met; for the reasons as stated by those in support of the wall throughout the discussion. Motion fails 3-4 (Yes: Cassis, Gutman, Lipski; No: Kocan, Meyer, Pehrson, Wrobel). In the matter of the request of Monticello, SP05-33, motion to deny the placement of a fence, and to leave the site plan as it was approved in 2002. Motion carried 4-3 (Yes: Kocan, Meyer, Pehrson, Wrobel; No: Cassis, Gutman, Lipski). ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 11:23 p.m. SCHEDULED AND ANTICIPATED MEETINGS MON 08/15/05 IMPLEMENTATION MEETING 6:00 PM MON 08/22/05 CITY COUNCIL MEETING 7:00 PM WED 08/24/05 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING 7:30 PM MON 09/05/05 CITY OFFICES CLOSED MON 09/12/05 CITY COUNCIL MEETING 7:00 PM TUE 09/13/05 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS 7:30 PM WED 09/14/05 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING 7:30 PM MON 09/26/05 CITY COUNCIL MEETING 7:00 PM WED 09/28/05 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING 7:30 PM *Actual language of motions subject to review.
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