Thank you for its like to call the meeting to order. Leburg Planning and Zoning Commission. It is Thursday, April 24th, 2025, 4:30. Please stand for the invocation and place the flag.
Dear Lord, we ask that you be with us today as we undertake the business of the city of Leburg. The decisions we make, we pray, are pleasing in your sight. We pray this in thy most holy name. Amen. Amen. I aliance to the flag
of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you, Titty. No, it's somebody's feeding back.
It's back on. [Music] It's in. Okay. All right. Welcome everybody. Um, everybody's had an opportunity to um read the minutes. Uh there any additions, corrections, or deletions? If
not, I'll accept the motion to approve. Motion to approve the second. All right. Uh all in favor say I. I. All oppose. Thank you. Thank you. All righty. Um you want to swear
everybody in. Okay. If anybody's going to talk tonight, you have to be sworn in. So, if you if you plan on talking, please stand up to be sworn in. [Music] Do you swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give is the
truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Okay, I saw everybody now. All right. Uh, Danu. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'd like to welcome everyone to the April 24, 2025 planning commission meeting of the city of Leburg. My name is Dan Miller, planning
and zoning director for the city. Staff present today includes deputy director Candy Harper, senior planner Diane Yuckl, planner Melissa Meadows de los Santos, and city attorney Jennifer Cotch. Today's agenda and speaker registry is available on the table by
the exit door. If you wish to speak on a case, we do ask that you would please sign into the speech speaker registry on the door out there and turn it into Diane who is seated on my left. Under the rules of participation, the meeting
will be conducted under the following process. The chairman will announce each case and staff will then present exhibits for the record. This will include maps, photos, and text as shown on the two screens. Staff will then provide the case
background and descriptive information and read a recommendation into the record. The applicant will have the opportunity to speak on the case. The public will have time for public comments. The applicant will have an opportunity to respond and the chairman will then close the case to the public.
The planning commission will discuss the case and at that point the commission will take a vote on the case. Then they will move on to the next case. The planning commission is a board made up of citizens of the city of Leburg that are appointed by the city commission and
they're charged with two major responsibilities. The first is making final decisions on cases such as variances and conditional uses. The second is to make recommendations on cases which will be heard by the city commission. The city staff provides recommendation
based on the city's comprehensive plan, land development regulations, and state statute. Today, there are 10 cases on the agenda. Three of these cases are for conditional use permits, which means these are the those three cases are
final decisions by the planning commission. That will include the two communications tower cases and the Uklid cottage duplex cases. The remainder of the cases on today's agenda are recommendations by the planning
commission only. These will be forwarded to the city commission for final decisions. You will find tenative gate dates for the city commission hearings which are listed in bold on the agenda. And please remember that these dates are subject to be changed. So please check
with planning and zoning staff or the city clerk's office regarding final hearing dates. Finally, on behalf of the City of Leburg Planning Staff and the City of Leburg Planning Commission, we thank you for your participation in today's public
hearing. And that's it for that, Mr. Chairman. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Um before we get started on the first two cases, because we'll probably do those together since it's the same property, um it was brought up that um
that maybe Jack Williams was going to speak for a group of you. Um, I've got quite a few of your signup sheets. Um, who's willing to give up their signup sheet to let Jack speak for a little bit longer? [Music]
Okay. U, I tell you what I'll do is I'll call him out. Michelle Norv, I speak, please. You will or will not? I will. Okay. Uh, Karen Basin, I will.
Okay. This may not happen. Angie Lon. Um, I can give it up if Jack needs it. Okay. Paul, I'm gonna speak. You're gonna speak. Okay. Uh, Mark, I'm going to give mine to
Jack. Okay. Is that Stellar? Sure. Uh, Jack Williams. Uh, Pat Wilman. a short speech, but I can give up if Jack needs it. Okay. I'm going to do it one way or the other. You either either
do it or don't do it. It's up to you. I'll give it to him. Okay. Uh D, I'll speak. Okay. Uh Jamie Roosevelt. Uh I'll let Jack speak. Okay. All right. So
we still have four 90 days. One, two, three, five, 15. Okay, I'll give Jack 10 minutes in
lie of the the 15 minutes of these. That sound fair? Okay. All right. All right. Uh, old business. Number one, public hearing case number SCP
24382, Venice at Lake Harris, smallcale comprehensive plan amendment and old business number two, public hearing case number SPUD 24383, Venice at Lake Harris Small Plan Unit
development. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Under the overall proposal, this property consists of 8.7 plus or minus acres, generally located east of US Highway 27 north of Magnolia Avenue and south of Courtley Island Road. This request for an annexation small-cale
conference of plan and reszoning. The future land use would go from is requested to go from Lake County urban low density to city of Leburg low density residential. The zoning would is requested to go from Lake County C1, which is neighborhood commercial, and R
six, which is urban residential, to city spud, which is small planned unit development. Again, the site's currently 8.7 plus or minus undeveloped acres. The request is for a future development of 26 attached single
family units, which are town houses, in a commercial area along US Highway 27, as seen in the conceptual site plan. Um, Candy Harper, deputy director, will be showing us the maps and photo exhibits,
including the aerial zoning, future land use, surrounding land use, wetlands flood zone maps, and CRA maps. Thank you, Mr. Miller. The aerial on the screen in front of you is called an extended aerial to show a larger area around the
subject property and it shows the property east of US19 and south of Corley Island Road. The this area is a little bit more um little bit more detailed. It's a little closer up to the property. Um and it
shows the property also north of Magnolia Avenue. City of Leburg future land use. The surrounding future land use includes general commercial to the north, northwest, south, and southwest. estate residential to the north, conservation
to the north and south, and highdensity residential to the south. The Lake County future land use is urban low density and is surrounded by urban low to the north, east, south, and urban medium density to
the west and southwest. The proposed future land use is low density residential. Uh the surrounding city of Leburg zoning includes um planned unit development to the north and northwest, the west and
south, small planned unit development to the north and south, C3 commercial to the north, west and southwest, C2 and public to the south. Lake County zoning is currently R six
and C1 urban residential and neighborhood commercial and is surrounded by R six to the north, east, west and south, C2 to the north which is community commercial, C1
to the north and south. um planned commercial to the north and residential uh mobile home rental park to the south. The proposed zoning in the city of Leburg is small planned unit development. Surrounding land uses
um to the north include residential to the northeast and south and commercial to the south and north. Um community redevelopment area is adjacent to the um east from the
27441 CRA. The property has flood zone AE um on the northwest and south borders. There are wetlands present on the property including hardwood swamp and water which is excavated and shrub
swamp lies in commission in uh commission district three adjacent to commission districts three and across 27 from commission district two. And these are the pictures. Um, when we go post signs, as you know, we have to
post along rights of way. So, the picture on the top is a closeup of the sign that we posted on the property, uh, taken from North Magnolia Avenue, looking north from North Magnolia Avenue along US 27 to the south.
uh looking east along uh Magnolia Avenue and the bottom picture is looking south from Magnolia Avenue along US 27. Picture on the top is looking west from Magnolia Avenue across US 27. And
because we had more than one rightway, we posted a second sign. And so the picture on the bottom is a closeup of the sign on property on the property from uh US27. Picture on the north is looking north along US27. And the picture on the
bottom again is a posting looking east from US27. Picture on the top looking south along US 27. And the picture on the bottom is looking west across US27. And that's all I have. Thank Thank you, Miss
Harper. Uh, this project under the departmental review summaries, this project was sent out to all city departments plus Lake County government and school board. Under the city department responses, we received no substantiative comments from the city departments. The school board did advise
that project would be subject to school concurrency review. And just for information, that includes a review by the school board to see if adequate student stations are present. If they are not, then generally they're subject to what's called a mitigation agreement
to provide adequate stations within the school system. Um, under Lake County Public Works, their comments in advise that the access points would require some further evaluation, that the storm water management design would need to be
reviewed by Lake County and St. John's River Water Management District that a drainage and flood study would be performed and submitted to the city and county and that a traffic study should be performed which it has and and they requested the public works of Lake
County request that the applicant meet with them to discuss the project. Under public responses per Florida statute and city of Leburg code requirements, project was legally advertised, posted, and letters were sent out to the surrounding property owners within 200 ft. As you will see in your packets, the
neighbors did express significant concerns regarding the access to the site and the wetlands existing on the property and they are present and wish to provide comments today. In summarizing those comments, and this is just a general summary, they include concerns regarding the wetlands presence
on the site, flooding, water contamination, trees, traffic, and wildlife. Uh, Mr. Mr. Chairman, the residents also provided a petition which is in your packets and if I counted correctly, it came up to over 80 signatures on there. So, the staff did
um ask the applicant and the applicant did conduct a neighborhood meeting to speak with the neighbors. Um so, both the applicant and the neighbors have presentations and comments they wish to provide to the commission today. Um staff would like to thank both the applicant and the members of the
community for their input in regarding the application and for reaching out to the neighbors and for coming to this meeting to talk about it. As stated in the opening remarks after the presentation, there will be a time for the applicant and the public to comment.
So to go over the PUD requirements that have been provided, this development allows for 26 attached townhouse units, attached single family, which are townhouse units
with a two-floor maximum height and an area of commercial development along US 27 that would include 21,000 square ft of retail uses. This would be a platted subdivision. So the individual units would be sold. There's no other uses permitted in the proposal. All the units
for the town houses would be rear loaded. The garage would be on the back of the home. So the front setbacks can be shorter and the units can be closer together, which gives a larger buffer. Um the townhouse units would be 20 ft in
width for each one, 1,000 square feet minimum size. There's two off- streetet parking spaces for each unit plus extra spaces provided in the concept plan. Under design and architectural standards, we have the standard PUB plan unit development architectural
requirements applying which is a list where you have to select five features from excuse me 35% of the property has to be an open space which is exceeded by the current design. Dark sky lighting is required. And as a reminder, the dark
sky lighting is basically a way of shielding light to keep it on this subject property and out of the neighbor's yard. Um, there is significant buffering applied to the properties to the adjacent properties in
the PUD such as a 25ft buffer tract around the northern, eastern, and western boundaries and a 40ft buffer tract required around the south side of the property. The landscape buffers would not be part of the lots. They are separate and must be maintained by the HOA. There's a six-foot privacy fence
provided adjacent to the parcels on the north and eastern boundaries. Uh unless the vegetation is opaque, meaning you can't see through it and of comparable height. We do permit in the city bea and Bermuda grass. Uh we no longer pres
permit St. Augustine grass due to the water usage. There is one tree required between each lot because they're town houses. You don't have one in each yard. You have it in each lot um in the front. And um signage could be an
intra decorative entry feature of concrete, brick or stucco wall, no more than 5t in height on each side of the entryway. There are recreational requirements which means they have to provide a minimum of 5200 square feet to a separate recreation area set aside for
amenities such as children's playground, trails, dog parks, pavilions. Um that recreation area has to be constructed by the time 50% of the units or 13 of the units are done. And then finally, our standard phasing expiration clause,
which requires that the development does move forward substantially within 48 months, four years, um or that there is an automatic reversion to the RE1 zoning standard, which is one acre per unit. Um all development does have to be
on city water and wastewater, so there's no wells or septics. If I may go ahead and read the recommendations into the record for the smallcale comprehensive plan amendment from Lake County urban low to
city lowdensity residential case number SSCP 24-382 planning and zoning department is recommending approval of the request for the following reasons. One, the project meets the requirements of chapter 163.3187 Florida statutes for smallcale
conference of land amendments. Two, the proposed request is compatible with the adjacent future land use designations of Lake County urban low density city of Leburg general commercial highdensity residential estate residential and conservation. Three, the proposed request is compatible with the proposed
zoning of SPUD small plan unit development as conditioned. and for the proposed future land use designation for the site is consistent with the city's growth management plan future land use element goal one objective 1.6. The action requested would be to vote to
approve the smallcale comprehensive plan amendment from Lake County urban low to city of Leburg low density residential and forward the recommendation to the city commission for their consideration. Mr. Mr. Chairman, under the zoning for the Venice at Lake Harris project case
number SPUD24-383, the planning and zoning department is recommending approval of the request for the following reasons. One, the proposed request of SPUD small plan unit development zoning is compatible with the current zoning, excuse me, current surrounding zoning
districts which include Lake County Community, urban residential which is R six, C1 neighborhood commercial, city of Leburg small plan unit development and plan unit development and C2 community commercial. Two, the proposed zoning is compatible with the proposed future land
use designation amendment to city lowdensity residential with the current surrounding future land use designations including Lake County urban low city of Leburg general commercial highdensity residential estate residential and conservation. Three, the site is located
near existing city utilities on US Highway 27. And four, the proposed request does not appear to create a detriment to surrounding properties. is based on the proximity to US27 as conditioned in the attached SPUD zoning.
The action requested is vote to approve the proposed reszoning from Lake County C1 neighborhood commercial and R six urban residential district to city spud small plan unit development and forward this recommendation to the city commission for their
consideration. So, Mr. Chairman, uh staff is recommending approval on these cases. I know that this is a recommendation that will go forward. Whatever the this commission decides is a recommendation that will go forward for final decision to the city
commission. Just want to stress this is not final decision. I believe Mr. Logan Opsel from the Fern Lounge Cander in Orlando is here to represent the case and answer any questions you may have. Thank you, sir. Any questions of staff before you bring them
up? Okay. Good evening. Uh for the record, Logan Opsall, uh Louns Law Firm, 215 North Yola Drive. Uh great to be with the commission today. Thank you for your time, uh consideration, and service. Um I'll be efficient with your time. I know
there's folks to to speak today, some of which I think most of which also attended the community meeting. So nice to see them again. I I know we'll have uh certain topics raised and I'm happy to reserve some time to to respond and answer to them as well. Um thank you to
staff as well for the time and going over the proposed project. Uh I will note that I was looking back. It's been some time we've been sitting with this project. We've actually had the community meeting uh back in December uh right before Christmas holiday. Um and
we've been ongoing having ongoing discussions with staff because at the time uh of the community meeting the the the plan was and you noted from the existing entitlements that you have commercial in the county and you have uh
residential as well kind of in that eastern portion. Uh the surrounding zoning uh is R six, so six dwelling units an acre. And what we had previously propo proposed was up to uh 47 units. Uh as you might imagine, some
of the feedback we got at the community meeting and beyond was uh making sure that we're not running up against these existing properties. Uh this is very much a hole in the donut of what's out there. Um and that's that's what's out there. that's what you see readily in
your photos um and aerials presented to you. And so we we took great care and it also had some feedback from from the district commissioner relating to a desire to have more commercial uses in this area and in the district and and
the city as a whole. Um and and density we know is is an important topic uh to the city and and topical certainly as of late. And so we we reworked the site plan to reduce the the single family
town home units down to 26 units. So although we have existing and up to four dwelling units an acre uh today, uh the proposal is 2.97 dwelling units per acre. So less than three uh just just
less than three per per acre across the site. to do that. What was what was originally presented was really a residential development with some supporting retail um and have that mixed use component. Again, that exists there today. Uh instead, we wanted to rework
the site plan. We provided a a 40% reduction in unit count. And to effectuate that, what we did is really present what what we consider what what my client considers to be a commercial uh development with supporting
residential in the back. And we've we've note that we see that both within this jurisdiction and others in the immediate area, particularly when there is a desire for commercial uh along these types of of roads, right? We need uh
some supporting uh residential as well. That's what attracts those highlevel class A users for retail and other commercial uses. And so, uh, we really view this as, and we understand annexation is going to go to the
commission, but in the proposed project before you, an opportunity to downzone the property of what could be possible um, in the existing up to four dwelling units an acre. Uh, also account for commercial to satisfy some of the comments we received again from the
commissioner and others. um and uh also provide for much more setback and open space. The PUD ordinance will note that there's a minimum of 35% open space uh by reducing our unit count 40% again 26
26 uh single family town home units. We were able to provide for a storm water retention pond on the north side of the property uh and to to make sure that there's no uh water issues in the surrounding area. flooding was a concern brought up at the community meeting. Uh
and also providing for that additional retention pond allows for even further buffering. Now, you heard me touch on open space. This is a heavily wooded area. It's readily apparent from the aerials and exhibits. You mentioned staff uh the presence of wetlands on the
property as well. I know this body and I have discussed uh this project and others uh the amount of permitting and approvals that are required before any uh impact on wetlands and uh Dan touched on that. Uh Lake County has asked to
review plans. FDOT will need to review plans. Um of course the city and the water management district importantly. So aware of that uh and in an effort to uh provide the appropriate water retention and capacity is also why we
led to again a 40% reduction in original unit uh proposal. Um, so there are some uh other items that were brought up which we'll hear and again I'm happy to respond to access access on Magnolia uh access generally um traffic. We've we've
tried to speak to again lowering density uh meaning less traffic and so we're happy to work through those things. Again I just want to thank staff has been very collaborative. We've re reworked this thing. appreciate your patience and and and taking this time to
prov provide a a less dense uh project. Uh one that uh maintains and preserves as much natural vegetation as possible for the screening, provide additional setback for the pond and satisfy those flooding concerns. We will also be improving the existing canal. You can
see there's open water on the property that connects to Lake Harris. uh that would all be fully permitted to to uh allow uh clean access and flow of that water. Uh and the amenities uh we're proud of the amenities being offered uh
including uh there's a boat ramp there, but that's going to be limited to kayaks. Now, another comment we heard in the community meeting um and allow for an improvement of that area, allow for further open water and and natural uh flow and drainage of the property so as
not to create an issue for the existing residents. Now, notwithstanding uh and I'm I'll conclude here uh and reserve some time to respond to any specifics you have both now and and after public comment. Um but, uh you know, appreciate everyone here tonight. I know this is is
your neighborhood and your home. uh much of the folks here today. I tried to touch on as many of the points uh that we've heard and we've tried to speak to and and provide you a a a thoughtful uh product. Uh and we we'll likely hear
more as well. So, thank you for your time. Uh I look forward to responding and answering any questions you have as as well as this body. Thank you. Any questions of uh the applicant or applicants representative? Okay. Thank you. Thank you. I'm sure
there'll be some later. Okay. Uh Jack, where we are? Oh, there he is. Thank you very much for hearing us today. Corly Island, uh not people know
much about it. When I was going to school and I I was born out there, um we were two miles south of Leburg and everybody says, "You live in the country. You're not part of us in Leburg." Okay, let's move along. Um, we have, if you'll look in your packets,
you've seen uh where our objections, some of them come from. Corly Island Road was formed after World War II by a man that decided to help out returning veterans. And so, they were given lowpric property to uh build on.
And we had some very extinguished people that came back from World War II. My dad was one of them. And uh so we lived there. I've lived there 70 years. My dad's lived there before that. The Liston family that's represented here today, it was actually their property
and everybody in the country has tried to buy that property, including me, and realtors got in the way and then banks got in the way because they said it's wetland. You can't build on it. So, you go back to Lake County, and you ask them, uh, what is it? Well, if you look on our charts, and I've got one here
that, uh, if you will, uh, that's one. Yes. But we are this if you fly over Leburg that area Cory Island Road what do you see there? R six R six R six 100
to 125 by 150 foot deep houses uh usually a little over 1500 square foot. Some are bigger. on lake. We got the doctors living down on the lake and uh we've got 86 people out there that says no no to several things. This is under
Lake County's jurisdiction which we've lived under their rules from day one and all of a sudden we get blindsided in October that city Leeburg going to try to reszone it. They're going to change the comprehensive plan. We say no to
changes comprehensive plan. We've got what we like. There's northern people that have moved down here and bought after the deaths of all the veterans. They've started buying up and the first thing I heard out of them says, "How did this come about?" I don't know. For October, everybody that tried to develop
this property had no luck. Uh it's 40%. They they will tell you there's about 8 acres back there, but they don't own all that. There's a private road that should never have been deed to uh it comes down south Corley
Island Road that should have never ever been sold to these people that have this property that bought it because there's a lot of families back there that were Corley Island Road stops. South Cory Island Road stops. It's a privatized
road and it's little small spots. Now we got other things that we have to deal with. They were not allowed to go down our road, uh, Corley Island road, because we are a 20 foot wide road. We're meets and bounds
boundaries. And so we own to the center of the road with giving up the rights to the next people. Problem with that, uh, Jim Stavenger a few years ago, now do I start on the next one? Okay. Uh, Jim Staven for the county, which was the public works director, came out, Jim,
why are you not taking care of our roads? He says, "Jack County's made a decision until you bring up give up 66 foot rightway, we will no longer touch this road." So, it's been 30 years since our road has been capped, recapped, or anything else. They tell us we will
never ever have. And with this storm that came through, we didn't get any help from anybody, FEMA, nobody. These beautiful trees that buffer our houses from storms. Uh, by the way, if you would like, I've got some books that y'all can take a look at that show the real property. every square inch of it.
All about it. We've got things that come in and I'm going to jump to something else. DOT in the 50s when the houses started doing their started dumping their water off Highway 27 from EMS at the top of the hill. I was on the board Lake County water board for 13 years
appointed by the governor Ruben Ascu to serve on that board and the we have a situation before they took there's two-lane highway coming down there and then they went four lane they had to do something with one inch of water from
the top of EMS up there comes to the east comes down the side of highway and I've got all kinds of pictures it's 1 million gallons per inch rain they got a 18-inch cover. They come down the road, come to Coronana Road, go under it, form
a pool there, which overflows, and I've got pictures in there where we have been flooded in 1960. I couldn't go to school for a week because we were flooded in there. Then they decided to develop illegally filled in the property when there originally the the canal that they
speak of was a ditch. Uh God made the ditch by rain and it washed it. Corly Island Road floods our property every time it rains starting at the east end of Corley Island Road which is about 8 and 1/2t
higher than where it is where I live and it dumps on each property owner all the way down and it catches at the back of our properties. And if it wasn't for the Liston's property they had at the time which allowed us to put a ditch in there. It goes into the wetlands that wetlands would have been flooded most of
the time. Now, I've got pictures here, uh, aerials from 1941. We had a bomber base out here at the airport. They had aerial reconnaissances that they did before they went to Europe. They took some nice, pretty pictures of our road. Now, the overlays that I gave uh, Mr.
Miller, by the way, staff has done an excellent job representing both sides uh, and all that. But anyway, it shows it was nothing and the ditches don't even show. It's not until 1958 that the ditches start coming alive because that
in two years later the ditches will come in and they'll start turning into a canal which a man named Carile Rogers with the bank up here in Leburg, he went and decided that he wanted to make some valuable property. So he went and put a dredge out there and dredged and right
behind my house where they're showing a lake on on this property is 60 foot deep. And that's because the well the dredge had sat there and pumping and pumping and filled all that property where all that is up on Highway 27 because it was a swamp just like the rest of the property. And then also Dr.
Leinger's office was nothing but a swamp and they filled that in basically from the spoils of Highway 4 27 when they made the fourlane they took the turkey shoots used to be up on the top of the hill there. They took that and they used
to fill in because we were swamped off of a two-lane highway. So DOT says, "We got to get rid of our water. We're going to dump it down Corly Island Road." Well, it just so happens that I own the property right beside where they dumped it from ditches and uh county when they allowed that
plaza to be put in there, they said, "We're going to help you out a little bit. We're going to put an 18inch culbert from co Corley Island Road, Dr. lecture spot because before there were open ditches coming along the road. They openly flowed. If it rained, it would carry it out. There's 8 foot of ditch
there that carried out. And so then they put that 18-inch cover and I've got pictures that I've showed staff and everything. My backyard had water and what happened still to my knees. I got pictures of my daughter. We took a a for a seed and we could actually go from the
canal which the the the friction in the canal was so great at the lake end it causes back up and so the water comes up and it comes up until it goes out the hur every time we have a storm event hurricanes I remember six seven of them
that I get flooded and I mean I've I mean flooded and my doorsteps and all like that because the county let somebody build a piece of problem. So man created the problem. The government created the problem and that was Lake County. So we
need some help. We love our land. I All my kids have moved back on the same road and we own a good portion of Cory Allen Road. There's six houses we own and we need some help. If if city
Leburg is going to take this thing on, then you got to put some pants on there that helps us with our roads, our drainage with DOT and a bunch of other stuff because Corley Island Road also is a problem. We got the DOT coming this way off of 27. We've got Corley Island Road coming down
from the east and draining both sides. Now, I'm going to tell you, we don't have any problem. The commercial what they want to do on 27, that is no problem. They can do it. We we don't believe they should be putting a bridge across the canal and which you're going
to have to deal with DOT. You're going to have to do a core of engineers. That's a navigable waterway. And I'll tell you this, when I was on Lake County Water Authority, they didn't even know what our canal existed. And since I was on it, I said, "My gosh, that's comes down right outside of our house." And
so, um, Will Davis that was a director at the time. One more time. Okay. No, one minute. One minute. Okay. I'll sum it up. Uh please read what we put there. Those are real things. Uh we don't think that if they would go to um the R six,
two dwellings per acre at 5 acres, they could use our road and we don't have a problem with that. But when you start putting that many people what they're wanting to do in there, uh that becomes a problem. And by the way, we do your first draft that you did with us and second one at a boy. I'll tell you they
they did some pretty good uses to the wetlands as far as that goes and I have to commend that that was but we also need to have some help on the backs of our properties to that ditch you have where you put in the lake we would need some help uh with that so that our water
comes across doesn't become a lake in our own backyards and inundates us. So uh there's some things that could be worked out but for the most part we still wish it stayed with Lake County. Thank you. I appreciate y'all letting us serve this time. Thank you, Jack. All
right. Okay. I'm going to ask the people that are going to speak um try not to repeat things that he had already gone over. You know, if you if you have new things, go ahead and bring that up. But that way we don't, you know, hear the same thing three or four times. All
right. D I guess I should think Miss Miss Williams. Known you too long. [Music] Uh, state your name and your address, please. Um, Deian Carmichael Williams, 4142 Corley Island Road. I'm the other
half of him. Um, my family moved down here from Georgia when I was two years old. So about 1960 we came down and my father put in rainforest which was a uh
a dinosaur jungle and boats and whatever. It was a tourist attraction. So we built our house Corley Island Road way out in the country and we're the first we were the first house on the left and uh it was our little piece of
heaven because it was such a nice neighborhood. the kids could play. Everybody looked after everybody's kids. You better get home. It's time for supper. You know, you're gonna get, you know, your mom's gonna get you. Well, anyway, um, so Jack and I married, we grew up
two doors down and we married after I finished college and then we came back and built our home right across from our parents. So now we have our children there. My grandchildren are there. We're very invested. So now to think of that
property to me, R six should be what it is. And let me tell you something, there's a lot of animals, a lot of wildlife. They have nowhere to go. They've already been run off everywhere else. And it's not that I want a bear in
my backyard, but we have seen them. foxes. We've seen a wolf. We have seen just buoodles of animals. By the way, as per Mr. Lon, there are gopher holes. We
have gopher turtles on that property. Now, I don't know about y'all, but I assume that's they're protected. So, you may want to investigate that. Um, but we we really like the way things are. But our six put a few houses, but when you
bring in that many homes and it's way better than what it was, then you're dealing with maybe families of four. If they're two story, you're not going to get many seniors out there. So, we're talking families. And you know, I want to know is there no gate in the back,
please? Because we don't want We like our little piece of heaven. All our neighbors, we get along. We have a really nice neighborhood and I love children. I've got I raise kids and grandkids and I I don't want our
neighborhood to be traed all over that. Do y'all understand? I mean, would y'all want to live with that in your backyard? Something else I want to know, and I know I got 10 seconds. If the developers develop it, are they going to sell it? Is it going to be someone that
says, "Oh, we're going to make government housing." Is that going to happen? I want to know. Thank you. Thank you, Paul. And the soundtrack in the background is free. All right. So, my
name is Paul Yasbeck. I live at 29124 Short Street which is directly as Magnolia makes a sharp righthand turn. My my concerns mainly we have traffic concerns traffic right we don't lead
from forward we lead from behind like there what's the plan for 27 to move all of these vehicles now they say they did a traffic study and there's no impact but you build all of these places so
then kids don't move out nowadays so now you got the kids the parents you've got did they take an account for FedEx and UPS and Prime Trucks and Kroger trucks and all of this vehicles. Ever since Lake Denim Estates
was approved and they changed our road structure there, you almost cannot turn in onto Magnolia. If you're going south down 27, that lane turning into Lake Denim Estates backs up almost all the way into 27. You have to pull your car
up directly on the line and try to peek around the line of cars that are going in. Now, their plan shows for an entrance if you're heading north or north down 27. But what happens to all of those people that are coming south
from Leburg? They have to turn in and go down Magnolia Road, right? So, we have this huge traffic problem. That's one concern. Water is another major concern. So you'll hear them talk about water and I know you don't want me to repeat that
over and over again. So I live back on Lake Harris, right? Magnolia goes down and makes a sharp right-hand turn. I own that 20ft strip and then I square off on the lake. All of that water runs down Magnolia and comes down my driveway. So
then I'm in charge of all of the water. Made a huge impact when U-Haul built the building out there. So now in the last year, we have U-Haul trucks and trailers pulling in. But in the last hurricane, now I've lived there for 21 years. I've
been through hurricane after hurricane, but the last one, man, my front yard had this much water in it. I can show you where my backyard had this much water. The neighbor that lives directly in front of me totally flooded out right
there because all of their retention ponds overflood. come down Magnolia head straight down my driveway. So I don't believe I should be in charge of that water that comes down in there and the safety of the traffic water impact. Now
they say that it's 8.77 acres and that's 2.9 units an acre if you were to take the total 8.77 acres. But then isn't so much of it going to be commercial? So if that's part of its commercial and you say that's two acres, well then that's
only six something. So what is the real number of units per acre? Thank you sir. Thank you Karen Basden. [Music] [Music] Um, yeah. Are you putting those into the
record? Because you'll have to leave them with the clerk if you do. Yeah, you have to give them up. No, I just asked Jack that gave these to me. Is Jack still here? Yeah. Are you It's okay to give them up. Are you putting I tell you what to get I've got a thousand
pictures that property over the years and if you look through there that tells a story of everybody's property around there and I just want you to look. I gave staff one of them as a matter of fact. Okay. But my point is, are you okay giving those up? Because if you put them up here for evidence, we we keep
them. Okay. I just want to make sure. Okay. That was it. Okay. Uh, state your name and your address, please. Um, I'm Karen Bast. Um, I live at 4341 Magnolia Avenue. And that
is um the house on the on the canal just before it opens up into Lake Harris. And um I'm not going to touch on some of the traffic problems because it's a big traffic problem. Um, mainly because when we pull out of Magnolia,
there's the turnoff into Lake Denim, there's the U-Haul, Corey Islands over here, and then the worst part of the traffic is that if you are wanting to go south, you take a right and that turning
lane to make that Uturn is short. So now you're going to have people from the new complex, Magnolia, U-Haul, Corey Island, all competing for this one turning lane to do a U-turn. And the next U-turn is
up on where EMS is. Very bad spot. You can't even see. So that's my concern on the traffic. No one has touched on anything about the canal. It's a small canal. I mean, I maybe at previous
meetings or something, but I'm not I don't know what they're planning on doing with the basin. It's a very fragile canal and sometimes down by our part of the um creek, it's it's a foot.
It gets down to about a foot. So, the ecosystem of that canal is extremely fragile. So any runoff that's coming out of parking lots, fertilizers, landscape is really going to affect that canal and
will flow right into Lake Harris. I know that happens with all developments, but that's a very small canal. I mean, it's and not only that, but our back doors are 50 feet from that canal. So there's a safety issue. Okay, you can just jump
on the canal and walk right into my back door. locked or unlocked, you know. So, um, but I I'm really concerned about how narrow our canal is and how small it is. It's a very quaint canal. We can go off
and fish fish off of it. So, what is the plan for that canal? I mean, I'm hearing that there's going to be marine accessibility going back and forth in that small canal and uh there's another form of pollution that's going to go into our
lake and our canal, but I haven't heard anything about what's going to be allowed to go through there. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah, he'll the uh applicant will come back up at the end after everybody speaks and um we'll see if he'll address
that. Thank you. Thanks. Michelle Norv, I don't know if I'm saying it right. Please state your name and your address, please. Yeah. Good afternoon, commission. Commissioners, my name is Michelle Norvy. I live at 4243 Corley
Island Road in unincorporated Lake County. There's a very sad thing happening and it seems that Leburg commissioners are making decisions for my neighborhood. Yet, I can't vote for or against you. I can't decide if you're going to
repres the person that I want to represent me. I attended the annexation meeting a couple of weeks ago and the commissioner said, you know, oh, we heard what people said, but it seemed very obvious to me
that the commissioners didn't hear the room. They might have heard 5050 people that were willing to get up to the mic, but the room itself is opposed to this master growth
plan. I'm not opposed to growth, but responsible and thoughtful growth, and it appears that Leburg is just going to continue to annex and gobble up
land and bulldoze it. I'd like to know, how many acres of woodlands have you allowed to be literally bulldozed even in the last year? It appears to me you've lost the foundation of what made our area
exceptional. Our neighborhood's anchored by a multigenerational family. They've lived in the neighborhood over 70 years. We live there because we love our privacy, our woodlands, and our wildlife. Unfortunately, it seems you've
become a board of bulldozer mentality. It's heartbreaking. A careless vote can destroy what our families have worked so hard to preserve. You're now proposing to change the zoning in our neighborhood from low density residential. We oppose this to
our core. How can you speak for us when we are not even permitted to vote for or against you? Our neighborhood is still on wells and septic. What will happen to our wells when that land is stripped? What will happen to the water tables? Who
will take care of that? Who will take care of the flooding in the lower laying yards when the woodlands are stripped and when the wetlands are filled in? Our neighborhood, including the land you propose to bulldoze, build, and pave.
There are gopher tortoise burrows. I even have one in my own yard. The neighborhood will be illuminated 24/7 and will deprive our owls who meet in our neighborhood every year to mate away. You show no regard for our
wildlife, our medillo, apossums, our eagles, our hawks, our osprey, nor does it respect us as human occupants. Time. Thank you. For your information, we haven't voted
yet. So, you kept referring to us doing this and doing that. Nothing's been done yet. So, a little little offensive. Uh Joyce Carver Joyce. Yes.
Oh. Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Yeah. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Okay. That's it. That's it. Okay. Um, do you want to come back up and address some of the things that were brought up? Thank you. I'll be brief and and direct
taking notes along the way. So, I want to address everything. Uh, to the extent I miss something, please call it out and I'll be sure to respond. I want to talk a little bit about the entitlements, the requests before you. Uh so what's being presented is urban low future land use
to to city low um and that's low density residential. Um I believe the interlocal agreements which requires the smallcale PUD. It does afford the city the availability to add conditions which you've seen in the ordinance. Um one of
the things I heard was connectivity to Corley Island Road. That was something we heard loud and clear that was not desired. And so we've we've put that condition um in the ordinance that it would not be connected. Um there there is an easement out there. I believe it's
currently used uh by utilities uh to access some utility improvements out there uh or other infrastructure. We are arms wide open about that easement. Uh it's a private easement, but I know it's really treated
like a public one. Um, and so we'll continue to work with staff on how appropriately to to handle that that's out there and and and make sure the parties are addressing it as necessary. Um, this property is a bit unique. I mean, we know it it's it's got some some, you know, real world challenges to
it and and how it functions from a from a topo standpoint and and the water that's out there. It's unique even still because it has these commercial and residential entitlements in place today.
And so we are hopeful to use the SP vehicle to provide for some of the concerns uh we heard and and some of which I I mentioned. Um but but again and I I want to say this again above
board. There are wetlands on the property. It's we have to deal with with those issues and and they're real. Uh we had these past hurricanes were 200-year events and and look, we know that we're going to get more of them. We're going to get more of them. I mean, it was bad
and we know we're going to get more of them. And we're and I I agree with you, sir. I agree with you. And that is why the legislature and the state has has increased these requirements. And so, um, when we talk about how to handle
these and the and the approvals we're going to need to seek both with this and and lots of pro, this is Florida, lots of properties like this, the DOT, the county, the city, FEMA, water management district, Army Corps. Thank you, Mr. Williams. I forgot
that one. And and appreciate your presentation, too, sir. Um, I actually really enjoyed the history of the area. I think it's it is telling uh not just this area, but all around the area and Central Florida in, you know, by and
large, we've we have issues. They, you know, build the roadways back in the 40s and 50s and and we're still dealing with those issues now. And you know, sure, there's an extent to which we've strapped ourselves to those and those are things that need to be dealt with because we can't go get
approvals until they properly are. You can't drain from the property onto others, especially with these enhanced guidelines. And so, we are going to have to go through six uh potentially all six uh government entities
uh and and regulations to make sure that all those things are accounted for. And so I just want to be very clear that that that's out there and and we have to do it. That's not an option. We have to do it. And part of the reason why um and yes, we we we we did hear you. Part of
the reason why we got rid of uh 40% of the units was to account for more water reclamation, for more water retention capacity. Um and and and again, those are those things that that need to go
through those approvals. Uh the ditch on the back of the property, we we've we've heard there's there's flooding in the area. Um the that is something that has to be looked at uh and how it affects Mr. Williams property, all the neighbors
properties. Uh this property, it's going to have to be dealt with. Uh as to the canal, appreciate your questions. It it's going to be kayak only. Um, we really can only control kind of north, if you will, of the canal and and that will have certain grading that needs to
be done to make sure there's appropriate drainage, not too much runoff, but enough to drain properly. All of that again has to be permitted appropriately. So, there won't be, you know, the the motorboat traffic. I forget the particulars you said, but we're
proposing just the kayak and and that area will be improved per the letter of the law. Um, so, so hopefully I addressed that adequately. Um, so I I I believe I I've touched on all the things in my notes, uh, except one big one,
excuse me, the the the environment, the wildlife, the tortoises. There's going to have to be, uh, an environmental study to address those. To the extent there's tortoises on there, we know those have to be properly dealt with,
um, uh, per state law. And so we will conduct those studies. We're required to um and appreciate that because I know it's an important concern. It's you know the environment is what makes the character of the area and uh hopefully in this effort to reduce the the unit
count. Um look towards preserving as much as those natural trees that that have already grown and matured out there as possible. um and also working with staff to add any additional landscaping or screening to make sure that uh they meet uh city requirements and and what
we've heard from today. So with that, I'll stand for any specific questions and please let me know if I forgot something. Okay, any questions of uh the applicant? Yes, of course. Thank you. Um so I did hear
you say something about gophers. You also realize that the resident said something about eagles. So that would be part of the study as well. Absolutely. Okay. And of course there's strict regulations around that. Nothing we can do about that. So
those will have to be accounted for. Right. And then you did make mention of the traffic study. So, um, with that in the canal, you said that the canal will only have kayak access only. Yes, ma'am.
I just want to reiterate that. Um, also would like to that and then this is low density mixed use. I just Yes. Yes. per per the PUB it would have the mixed use permitted uses.
Thank you. Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Any other questions? Thank you for your time. Thank you. It's closed to the public. Sorry. Do we get to respond or nothing else? No, that's that's it. They don't live here.
Well, that's that's fine. We're going to continue. local development local developer. Sir, we're going to continue figures. Tim, I do have something for just some questions for staff and they're ready.
Um, so Dan, with this I don't I just want to use this opportunity to make sure we have the everything clear with the public because I know some things sometimes we may miss because of uh our emotions are involved. So, and I I would
like to ex those out of it so we're able to as a commission do what we're here to do. Um, I would like to take this opportunity to make mention that we're we are not voted on. We are appointed by the
commissioners that that they they put us here. Um, and we're citizens that live in this this community just like everyone else. And that I can speak for myself. I take this position very seriously because I live here too and I
27 is not foreign to me. So um I have history I can go back to where from basically I could say um save a lot to clear was orange groves. So I go back
that far. I may not be as old as some people that live in that community, but I I see things. And I also know that one of the rights that we have as citizens is that we're able to own property and as long as we do our due diligence by
that property, that we're afforded those things that we're we're able to build on the land said that we follow such rules. I do commend the developer on um meeting with the residents and I did
have one other question of him and I knew I I was losing my train of thought and that was but you guys probably can answer it was the buffers around the homes that are already there. I know you said that there was a setback as far as
the where the town homes are that they don't just back up until the existing homes that are already there. Is that is that correct or what what do you have in proposed for that? Is it just setbacks
or is it no structure? There are setbacks for the buildings, but there's also buffers that go from the property line on and I believe I quoted that in the case
presentation which came out to be let me find that please Mr. Chairman. [Music] We had 40 feet buffer on the south side of the property. That's an undisturbed. Can't do anything with it. 40 feet.
Okay. And that's going to have a lot of natural habitation. Well, yes, ma'am. It could. Um the it the only thing you can do in a buffer. Can't build anything in it. You can put like a trail, a walking trail or something. And some a lot of developments want to do that. This one I
don't know if they would want to or not because of the marshiness of the soil, you know. Okay. So they probably would um leave it but the buffers are not part of the lots and they're separate and have to be maintained by the HOA. So if there is any if it's a natural
buffer generally there's nothing to do to it. But in some cases where a buffer is not heavily uh treed or land or shrubbed then the city will tell them to go ahead
and plant those trees and plant those shrubs and do those kind of things. to uh buff it up, so to speak, because it's a buffer. But um buff it up. Sorry. Sorry. That's a good
um and and I understand that for the residents for the planning commission is really really tough. This this property um can go up to four units an acre in the county. And um say that again loudly. It can go up to
four units an acre in the county under the low. So if the county had Okay. 40 potentially. I don't know if the county four Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. That's why I didn't hear. So it could go up to four units per acre per the county could. I don't know if they would, but
they could. In other words, someone could come along. So it's extremely difficult. I I get it for the residents that live there and for the commission and for the decision makers. So, what we're trying to do from the staff level is put conditions on it to
minimize the negative effects, which is an impossible job, but we're trying to do so, right, as much as possible. Spent a lot of time with Mr. Williams and some folks and and with the applicants as well. Um the it probably hasn't been
developed because it has a significant amount of wetlands on it. But as people move into every single community in Lake County, more and more of these types of properties will become more and more
valuable to the point that they will be developed. And and that's um that's just the way it right the way it is. So, yes, we have a hard job to make sure that the responsible growth is is happening.
Um, so that's why I I just like to ask those questions, reiterate it, make sure it's loud, make sure that the the public is is hearing the decisions that we have to go through because our job is to make sure all the eyes are dotted and the
tees are crossed. And then the commission, the city commission, is it true? They're going to make the final decision on this. That is correct. Staff makes a recommendation based on the comp plan and the zoning code. If a
development can meet those, we don't necessarily have a choice. We can't just go in and say no there there's and I'll be honest with you there's a lot of development that comes through that I don't care for but I'm not going to say I have to do my job whether I put in a
negative review recommendation or positive. It's based on the comp plan and the zoning and not what I personally feel I can't do that. Um but it goes then to this body as a group of citizens to make a
recommendation only. Then it goes to the city commission for two hearings. So this is a long way from done for either either side the applicants or the for y'all's information that it goes to the city commission May 12th and June 23rd
as of right now. You want to keep in touch with them. Whether we vote it up or vote it down, it still goes to the city. So don't assume if if it's voted down today, don't assume that it's over. You still got to go to the city if you want to speak. Tim, I got one more quick
thing. The traffic the traffic not saying it's not our problem, but it's not our It's everybody's problem. Yeah, it's our problem, but we can't address that. And because it's a US highway controlled by
FDOT and the roads out there are county roads, the city itself doesn't have direct authority um to do much on it. The other thing, and this is a really tough one, and I know that a lot of people don't know this, but it's in chapter 163,
um, that the state legislature, there's a law that is basically interpreted as you cannot turn a development down solely for traffic. And thank you, Miss City attorney. Please help me with that. I
want to hear the legal side of that. Thank you. um if the applicant can show that they can make the development work and not make the road more deficient than it is. Okay? So, for example, a lot of times
you'll see where off-site improvements are required like turn lanes that would be required in order for that particular development not to make the traffic worse. But they don't have to come through and account for the last 50
years of traffic mistakes. It's only for the development and the impact that their development will have. Right. And this is going to be the responsibility of the county and not the city. The county and city and then the city's ready to work
with them at all all the time. But yes, and um thank the city attorney for taking words right out of my mouth. So Okay. Any any other questions? Any other discussions before we uh render a decision?
Mr. Can I address the board? No. Sorry. It's closed to the public. You had your opportunity. I I apologize. Well, staff had one more thing. Uh we offered Sorry. No. Okay. Nope. Sorry. That's just That's the rules. Sorry. I'm just Thank
you, Mr. Chairman. I'm just uh supporting them. Yeah. I was going to say, but they can make their points at the city commission meeting. They have two chances to make those very points to the city commission. That's a good point. Hold on to that. Write it down.
Is it still minutes? I'm sorry. Is it still only three minutes to talk? I don't know. The city with the city commission. Yeah, it's three minutes. Yes. Yeah. It's a city policy.
We're uh I'm waiting on a motion one way or the other. Did you have a discussion among the commissioners? I thought we just did that. You do that every time. Go ahead. You wait until we're ready to vote.
Just like hearing everything. Yeah. Well, I certainly understand. I've been here as long as any of you guys out there, too. So, I understand the situation. Boy, howdy. Uh so yeah it's it's it's an issue and what Dan keep in
mind what Dan has told you is he has an obligation under the law to make certain recommendations whether he agrees with the decision or not. So uh please whatever we do today come to the city commission meeting and express your opinions there.
Okay that's all I'd say. Yeah. Anybody else? No, sir. Okay. Again, we're open to for a motion. Well, Mr. T, I'd like to make a motion to approve case number SP-24382.
All right. Is there a second? Second. Any discussion? Roll call. Commissioner Sanders? Yes. Commissioner Bowers? No. Chairman Senate? No Mr. Carter.
No Mr. Marshall. No Commissioner. No Commissioner. Yes. Okay. And on uh number two, public hearing case number SPUD 24
383, the uh small PUB. Uh is there a motion? Yes, sir. Mr. Chair, I'll make a motion to deny SPUD24383. Is there a second? A second. Okay. Any
discussion? Roll call. Commissioner Carter. No. You want I mean yes. I'm sorry. I'm so stuck. I'd have done that. Yes. For the no mouse. Yes. Mr. Marshall. Yes.
Commissioner Sanders. No. Commissioner Kelly. Yes. Chairman Sen. Yes. Like I said before, it was voted down here, but the city still votes on it. So, we're just a recommendation. And
those dates again are May 12th and June 23rd. Uh, and you may want to check in. And you know, Jack, maybe you check in and make sure that's still set and then you can let everybody else know. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. And thank you for
everybody's patience. Okay. I'll give them a minute to get out. Anybody want to go to the bathroom? Yeah. Uh we're going to take a about a fivem minute break. [Music] Yes. Calls meeting back door. Pray
frogs. Sorry. No sleep. Uh public hearing case number CUP 25465 Skyway Towers uh 2021 Tally Road
CUP conditional use permit Dano. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh background and overall proposal for this project is a request for a conditional use permit to allow for a new communications tower in an existing
M1 industrial zoning district on approximately 15 plus or minus acres of land. Property is generally located on the south side of Tally Road and on the east side of Tally Box Road. Uh we just want to note that a conditional use
permit is generally required whenever a tower in almost all zoning districts whenever a tower is requested to be built. There's a concept plan for the location and design of the tower that's shown in exhibits B and C in your packet. And at this time uh Deputy
Director Candy Harper will present the maps and photo exhibits which include the aerial zoning, future land use, surrounding land use, wetlands, flood zone maps, and CRA maps. Thank you, Mr. Miller. Give me a moment to catch up here.
[Music] Um what what you have before you uh much like the last time is an extended aerial. um is showing you a greater area around the site. Uh you can see all the way
over to US27 to the east. Um Tally Box or Tally Road to the north and Tally Box um lies immediately to the west of the property. Uh and then this aerial is a little bit more zoomed in. So you picked
up pick up a great deal of detail detail along tally box and tally. If I'm too far away, you can't hear me. If I'm too close, I'm echoing. It's driving me crazy. I was an audio engineer for too long. It's killing me.
So, the zoning is uh city the city zoning map shows the subject property is M1 Industrial um with M1 Industrial to the north, south, and west. PUD planned unit development to the north. Um commercial industrial plan to the west.
C3 highway commercial to the northwest and east and R1 low density residential to the south and public uh to the east, south and west and R3 high density to the
east. Lake County uh zoning shows industrial heavy industrial to the southeast in that gray area. City of Leburg future land use is um
industrial. Uh the surrounding future land uses are industrial to the north, east, south and west, institutional to the north, south and west, estate residential to the south, general commercial to the north, east and south,
and high density residential to the east. Conservation to the north. Lake County uh future land use is a regional commercial to the southeast. Um this map is showing you
the proposed conditional use overlay. The project will be in the south of this property. Next map I have is the flood zones. uh and it's showing a flood zone of a
across the southeast areas of the subject property. And the wetlands map shows that there there are a variety of wetlands in the southwest corner of the property. surrounding land uses. Uh to the north is warehousing, office,
multifamily and vacant residential, hospital, retail, uh vacant industrial, light manufacturing, vacant commercial and uh residential manufactured home park. To the south is utilities, single
family, residential, light manufacturing, vacant, industrial, and vacant uh municipal uh government and improved government municipal. Uh to the east is residential. It's a manufactured uh home
park and to the west is light manufacturing, warehousing, and vacant residential or industrial. It does lie within the um Carver Heights Community Redevelopment
Area almost entirely and it is in commission district 1. The top uh photo shows a closeup of the sign that was posted on Tally Road. Bottom picture shows looking north
across Tally Road from the subject property. The top photo shows looking east along Tally Road from the subject property. The picture on the bottom um photo shows looking south across Tally Road into the subject property. Uh
the top photo shows looking west along Cali Road from the subject property and the bottom picture shows a closeup of the sign on Tallybox Road. So the top photo shows uh looking north
along Tallybox Road from the subject property and the bottom photo shows looking east onto the subject property from Tallybox Road. The top picture shows uh looking south along Tally Box Road from the subject property and the bottom
picture shows looking west along across Tallybox Road from the subject property. And that is all I have. Thank you, Miss Harper. Thank you. With that, we move to the departmental review summary. The project was sent out to all the city departments plus Lake County government.
Um, city department had no all the city departments had no substantiative comments on this project. Um, this project is not a residential project, so it is not subject to schoolboard review. Lake County Public Works had no comment
on it. Um, under public responses per Florida statutes and city of Leburg code of ordinances notice requirements, the project was legally advertised, posted, and sent out to surrounding property owners. Staff did receive a petition from local residents which includes approximately, as I counted, a 100
signatures. The petition cites health concerns in the placement of a new tower, and we did put the petition in your packet. Uh, staff also wanted to, if I may, Mr. chairman correct some potential incorrect information that is
circulating. This is pretty normal in the in zoning cases. Um we had heard that people were concerned that there was going to be a tower within 200 ft of their neighborhood. That's not correct and I wanted to put that on the record.
The 200 feet is the distance from the property line that we send out surrounding property owner letters. But that's easy to get confused. Um the 200 ft comes from the requirements for the mail out. You take the entire property wherever the
development is on the property. Could be in the middle of the property, the north, the south, wherever. And then you go 200 feet out. Those are the folks who get notified by law. We notify them. So, it can be confusing, but I wanted to let folks know if they're watching or if
they're here tonight, it's there's not a tower within 200 feet of anybody's house. Um, the proposal is for the tower to be located on the property, 2009 Tally Road, and it's seen in the exhibit B of the conditional use permit. It is a
monopole request for 150 ft in height. I'd like to go ahead and read the recommendation. Um for the Skyway Towers at says here 2021 Tally Road case number CUP 25465. Planning and zoning department is
recommending approval of the request for the following reasons. One, a conditional use permit is required for the proposed use under chapter 25-284 use table. to the request meets criteria as set forth in section 25-141 conditional uses and section
25-284 district use regulations of the city of Leburg code of ordinances for the granting of a conditional use permit to allow for the development of the 150 ft monopole communications tower. Um, subject to the conditions below, the proposed conditional use does
not appear to create a detrimental impact on the surrounding properties and the request does not create a negative impact or inconsistency with the city of Leburg comp plan. And then there's a number of conditions for this, including the
granting of a statement that says it's consistent with chapter 25-141 and 25-284, that the permit is subject to all city of Leburg code requirements, including zoning, building codes, regulations, etc., and that this
conditional use permit does not exempt the applicant from any other requirements of the city, the state, or anybody else involved in the U communications business. Um, the action requested is vote to approve the conditional use permit for the subject property to allow for the development of
a 155 ft wireless monopole tower. And I believe there's a representative from Skyway Towers here um to answer any questions you have. And I also believe Miss is it Miss Joyce Carter is here as well to speak. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you. Any questions of staff before
we have the applicant come up? Okay. Thank you. Should have had Jack stay. He knows all about towers. Uh good evening. Jamie Mayor of the law firm Hillward Henderson representing the applicant 101 East Kennedy Boulevard in Tampa. I haven't sworn. Um, Mike Rankin
of Land Planning Group was here and he was going to be presenting this case. Unfortunately, he got a call about a family emergency and so I'm going to do my best to try to say what he would have said, but probably keep it maybe he would have been even shorter, but I'm going to try to keep it short is my point. Um, thank you to staff. I think
that the maps really show I think tell the story here. It's a pretty straightforward case. Um, the cell tower meets all of the city's requirements for a cell tower. It's in the zoning district where the code wants these towers to be. Um, you know, we are aware of the neighbor petition, but again, as
as u Mr. Miller explained, it's separated from the neighborhood to the south by a lot of vegetation and a Duke energy easement with power poles running through it. So, there's a pretty significant degree of visual and physical separation um from the tower's
location in this industrial area. Um I really am here for any questions but I don't have much more to add than that and uh thank you for your time. Any questions of that? Question for you. Why would this particular area chosen?
So we have a coverage map here. Where is it in tab? Sorry work here a little bit. I again apologize. I'm kind of going uh tab four. My apologies. And we were also supposed to
have an RF engineer here and he did not show up. However, this is both a a capacity tower and an additional coverage tower. So again, I'm not an RF engineer, so I'm not testifying obviously as an RF expert or anything like that, but my what I know is when I
asked him what was the reasoning, T-Mobile is both adding to their uh coverage network here. So they are filling in some dead spots, filling in spots. So you can see here for example the yellow shows the outer uh limits of the tower's reliable um invehicle
coverage. The green shows the reliable ill in building residential coverage and there are some pockets where that is getting filled in. It's also a capacity issue. So when you start to have towers that are more like handoff candidates. You know you're driving through you're transferring from different towers as
you're driving through or overall just there's more development. There are more people using it. you know, people are now using it for their Wi-Fi. Like your home Wi-Fi could be coming from one of these towers more and more. Um, the capacity gets strained on towers that exist within the coverage network. So, this tower kind of serves both purposes.
It fills in some pockets that have you diminished coverage currently and then it also adds an additional handoff candidate which increases the capacity. Thank you. Yes. Any other questions? Yes. Um the residents stated on their
petition um the concern for radiation. Could you address that as well? Yes. Uh so in your packets there is a letter also from signed by a licensed RF professional engineer. RF emissions are regulated under federal law. This uh
discussions about them cannot be considered in zoning decisions under federal law um because it's it's a preempted scheme. So, we've already gotten the record. The requisite FCC safety standards will be met.
But I wanted to know um in regards to that, what is what is you know the residents have a concern about that? Do you have a statement to ease their concerns? The statement is that FCC's safety standards are met and that is in the record. We we really so we don't
talk about things that are outside of the scope of the city's code, especially when federal law preempts them being considered in a zoning decision. So that unfortunately that's that's really the the answer. So in other words, you really can't say that this tower can't
cause radiation problem or anything like that. I'm not that that's right. There's there's actually a federal law that prohibits you from taking that into consideration. Okay. So what the applicant is saying is she's she doesn't want to address it address it at all
because legally you're not even allowed to consider it. Understood. Yeah. Now I I was really making that statement asking the question for the statement to make it clear to the public and in regards to considering that decision and
um the effects on the community so they would know they would have that piece because I'm sure they're probably going to come up and ask the same question. So they can say a couple minutes on whatever they're going to present to that voice of concern, right? Any other
questions? Thanks. Um, one other question. Nope. Too late. Go ahead. Did you guys consider any other area and uh in Leburg? Well, that was actually one of the things that we did speak to the neighbor I think who's here tonight. She did suggest some other properties owned
by a man and we did look at those. They're very far away. I even have a map that shows, you know, where they were. It won't be the same coverage area. It those could be a location for a completely different tower that serves a completely different coverage area, but
you know, when these towers are 155, well, 55 is the lightning rod, so 150 ft tall, they can only spread to a certain radius. And, you know, you can kind of see from that um graphic what that radius generally looks like. So, it would not be the same coverage area to
put it somewhere else. And it again, it is this is to put it somewhere else is kind of taking a step backwards if I'm being honest because it's an industrial zoning district. You know, it's meeting all of the sighting standards of the city's code. This is not really a tower that we would look at and say that it would even make sense to consider an
alternative location because it's in kind of a a dead spot of a very developed industrial area, but it serves the communities and the uses. You know, there's all kinds of things in this radius. It serves all these things while being in the appropriate zoning district. So, it's an ideal location for
a tower. Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Anything else? Thank you. Uh Joyce, greetings. Uh state your name and your address, please. Uh Joyce Carter, 2117 Woodland
Boulevard, Leburg, Florida. Uh, I'd like to apologize if there may be an error on the letter that was sent to the residents which stated that according to public records, you are the owner of property located within
200 ft of the reference request below to in reference to the case number that is in question. Okay. To our city manager, Jim uh Jim Bur. Um, this is a whole different panel, but anyway, you know whom you are and I don't want to
waste my three minutes. So, if I had to give our presentation a title, it will be grant us no torture, no restless days and no sleepless nights, no fear.
The house is already on the location. Well, the tower is already on the location of Tally Road where they are presumably they're going to put this tower. Our community, Woodland Park community since 1960 1961, one of Leburg
Black Heritage communities. The other one is June Drive. Woodland Park is being represented to get the victory over Skyway Towers who wants to install a 155 ft cell phone tower 200 feet in the back of several homes in Woodland Park. If we could have said we simply
don't want it, that would not have been enough. Therefore, we petition with our over 100 signatures and letters to support our community from relatives, church members, and friends. This cell phone tower will go behind one of the six houses, but will be 100% visible
from the homes like mine, which would be south, and at least 10 more as soon as you walk out of your front door. From 2121 to 21107, a visual distraction. I am outside a lot.
And if I wanted the definition for city manager for city manager carinigan, I would go online and look up each one believing the definition. So I did the same for cell phone towers. In my findings, they are as followers as
follows taken from environmental health trust. Environmental health trust has health effects on cell towers near homes and homes and schools. Did you notice that it did not say at the workplace where there are only one up to eight hours a
day? Cell phone towers can catch a fire and they contain hazardous material. Regulatory safety limits are not protective. The science confirms harmful biological effects at levels
that FCC and ICNIRP would limit would consider safe. In fact, the majority of studies on critical endpoints such as genetic and neurological damage shows effects and I have 11 more environmental
organizations that agree time to that. Thank you. Welcome. Um, Mr. Chairman, um, I want to thank Joyce. I understand what she means now, but yeah, the the tower itself wasn't 200 feet, but the wording could be
construed that way very easily. So, thank you, Miss Joyce. Appreciate it. Cool. Was there anybody else that was going to speak? Did you want to any kind of rebuttal or Thank you. And again, we you know, I did speak with Miss Carter and we did we did
look at the other properties that she had suggested. And again, I I think it it does help hopefully that the tower I thought it would be helpful maybe to just turn to tab two of um the binders and this is our um the site plan. Tried
to kind of make it obvious uh where the tower's going. There's a significant point being there's a significant tree line. Uh yeah, it's being tucked in that little tree line. And again, you've got all this vegetation and then you also have the Duke Energy easement to the
south of that. So that's in kind of running along adjacent to the backyard property lines of uh the neighborhood. So the tower is beyond that to the north in that yellow the general. Yeah, right there. Um so again, we we find this an appropriate location. It's not in
anybody's backyard. It's in the backyard of an industrial it's in the backyard of an industrial property. Um, and we do respectfully request your approval. And again, the, you know, the FCC safety standards will be met. The city's standards will be met. The city's code has prescribed height and setback and
other sighting standards and safeguards for these towers. Those are all met. So, um, we find this worthy of approval and we respectfully request that. Thank you. Thank you. All right. That's Tally Box Road, right? Yeah,
house is over here. Okay, that's tally box. Tally tally's up here. Okay. Sorry. Okay. Uh, we'll close to the public for discussion and render a decision. John, that's your cue.
Any discussion? Yeah. I just wanted to Dan a question. Um when when the resident came to you guys with the um concerns about the the tower and stuff was did we give them the the
explanation? I know it can't be denied or considered because of that but just some to ease their mind in regards to that. I did a little research while they were speaking and I think there is and Jennifer tell me if I can go forward with Even though it can't be part of
that, I just want it to be for a public record that the the frequency that actual tower admits is not radioactive. They actually put out a radio type frequency. So I just I just
that was a little bit you know like Google University but I just didn't know did we even did we discuss that with them or leave them or are we obligated to do that? No. It's outside of our purview
for on them not us. That's right. But basically, you can check when the federal law went into place and they have staff reports and um they have their analysis and that's part of the
reason that Congress decided to enact this law was because they found their findings um decided they they warranted to put this preeemption on the state and local government so that the wireless
communication towers would be able to be developed without those concerns. Thank you. Okay. Is this um I know this is public. Is this available to the resident that they can have that same information? This is public record. So if they made a public
records request to the city then they can absolutely get this information. Okay. Thank you. Okay. Any other uh questions or discussion? Mr. Miller. Yes sir. One more time. Yes sir. So, how far is this tower from that
nearest residence? Uh, I measured about 500 ft from and it was on the GIS system in the city's computer. So, this is an estimate
because you can't get it to that perfect like surveyor. Understood. Where it says site location to that that dot. Yes, sir. Right. And then go straight down to the nearest The closest measurement I got was about 500 feet. Now, and then
about 150 feet, if I remember correctly, back to the east to the property line. So, now I personally live close almost that close to a tower. I personally do. And you can take what you
want from that. But, um, I'm gonna leave it out. That explains a lot. I'll save that for after the meeting. Explains a lot. I know I all I can do is make a recommendation based on the code and the comp plan here. I don't I know nothing
about radio waves. Yes, sir. And and I I want to discuss that any Yes, sir. Can we get a Yeah, it's strictly the distance. All right. Any other discussion or questions or No, sir. Thank you, sir.
Um I'm just trying to focus put it in my head from live stream to where tower live street is is north see where that see where that white
building is real white yeah right there it's tally box that goes like that beside it kind of in that in that new row like when the satellite is the window place or something like that. Well, yes, Mr. Chairman, there was a a
tower taken down a few years ago that was on Griffin past the electric department uh on the right behind the DOT yard. Yeah, that was Jack Williams. Oh, that's what that was. That's why I said we should had Jack stay. Okay. It
was back there. I remember when that one came down because the storm damaged it. I don't I don't know how many years it was up. Oh, forever. It was up. He supplied all the radios for the fire department and police department for cell phones. But okay. Okay.
Uh I will accept the motion one way or the other. Mr. Chairman. Yes, sir. Case number CU25465. I recommend approval. A second. There's a second. Any discussion? Roll call. Commissioner Kelly. Yes.
Commissioner Marshall. Yes. Senate. Yes. Commissioner Sanders, no. Commissioner Carter, yes. Commissioner Bowers, yes. Commissioner Kaplan, yes.
Okay. Thank you very much. All right. Public hearing case number SP25451, Bar Key 2, Grace Grove, Small Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment. Um and then number five, public hearing,
excuse me, public hearing case number PUD2452, Bar Key 2, Grace Grows Plan Unit Development. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This is a request for annexation smallcale comp plan and reszoning. The property itself consists of 39.9 plus or minus acreage
located generally located north of East Dewey Robbins Road and east of Dewey Robbins Road. Project as you will see on the maps is surrounded by the existing Bar Grace Groves project and it's going to be integrated into that project. Um
the property was not under contract at the time. the Bar Key project came through this this commission and the city commission. Um, so the applicant was able to procure that property and it's now being filled and integrated into the
Barke project. We just had to annex it because it kind of left a donut out there. Uh, the future land use request is going from Lake County Rural to City of Leburg estate. The zoning from Lake County a agriculture to city PUB planned unit development. Um again the site is
39.9 give or take undeveloped acres. The request would be for future development of 156 single family units and by integrating this property into the existing bar key project. It does not add to the overall number or density of number of units or density in the art
bar key project. Um deputy director Candy. So what we already approved is what will stand. It's just is that still correct? Yes. Um what what you approved of the 1700 units this becomes a part of
that. So it's not adding but it is filling in a gap that they intended to from the beginning but because of negotiations on on the property. They were not able to at that time. So Candy will present our maps and photo exhibits
at this time. Thank you Mr. Miller. So we're not echoing anymore. This is good. Um the extended uh area on the screen before you shows a larger area. The property is south of Dewey Robbins and then is east of US
27. The aerial shows you a little bit closer view. You don't see any development out there quite yet, but it's coming. Future land use shows what the original piece of bark key went through. So it was the um estate residential surrounding it to the north,
southeast and west. Large part of it is Bari. Lake County future land use uh shows it as rural and the proposed future land use is estate residential as is Bar Key that
was previously approved. The surrounding zoning is city of Leburg planned unit development. Going off. Oh, is it outside? Sorry. It is um Hajes to the east. I can't remember the one to the
north, Dan. But it is surrounded by by Barke and it will be incorporated into Marquee. Uh the proposed zoning uh is planned unit [Music]
development. Surrounding land uses at the moment are to the north residential and timber to the east timber. Also to the north is in uh pasture improved. It's a hayfield as is the south.
surrounding developments map shows you what's in the area and that this is simply filling in that area. Uh there there is no uh water on this particular piece of property. It's free and clear. U shallow marsh wetlands
are present to the south. It does lie in commission district three. [Music] And the pictures uh on the top of the screen is a closeup of the sign posting
on the property from Dewey Robbins Road. Picture to on the bottom is looking north across Dewey Robbins Road from the subject property. Picture on the top is looking east along Dewey Robbins Road from the subject property. And the
picture on the bottom is looking south onto the subject property from Dewey Robbins Road. And the picture on the top of your screen is looking west along Dewey Robbins Road from the subject property. That is all I have, Mr.
Miller. Thank you. Thank you, Miss Harper. We'll move on to the departmental review summary. Um, as stated previously, the project was sent out to all the city departments plus Lake County government and the school board. Uh there were no substantiative comments back from the city departments. Uh the school board did not send
comments back on this one. However, we know that the project will be subject to school concurrency review that includes a review by the school board staff to see if adequate stations are present. And if they are not, it would be subject
to a mitigation agreement which uh is an agreement for the applicant to provide adequate school stations. and we have sent a number of those to the city commission over the past couple of years. Lake County Public Works had no
comments and uh we did send it out by the code requirements for advertising, posting and letters. Um I do not believe we received anything that we we didn't get anything back on this one, did we? I have nothing in my notes for that. Um under the PUB requirements, the proposal
would have 156 single family residential units, two floor maximum height. This is a platted subdivision. It's just like the rest of Bar Key. No other uses in the proposal. There are design and architectural standards. Um dark sky
lighting, significant buffering again except for areas that are directly bounded by bar key so that there's no actual um boundary there buffer there. Um all landscape buffers again are not part of the lots but they are separate
and must be maintained. Bea Ba and Bermuda grass are okay. Again, St. Augustine is not anymore because it's a water hog. Um the signage will consist of decorative entry features if if they desire signage on that. There is a requirement for 3/4 of an acre because
this is a smaller one, the 3/4 of an acre devoted for separate recreation. And finally, the standard phasing clause. Everything else though matches up to the bar key development that you have previously reviewed and approved. um under so the phase will be whatever
the the old it'll it'll work work with the bar key PUD it it be basically an integral part of it um it's a separate PUD just so it'll be faster and easier to go through right um on the smallcale comp plan for the recommendations if I
may Mr. Chairman. Mhm. Uh case number small scale comp plan SCP 25451. Planning and zoning department recommends approval of the request for the following reasons. One, the project meets the requirements of chapter 163 Florida statutes for smallcale comp plan
amendments. Two, the proposed request is compatible with the adjacent future land use designations of Lake County urban low density and city of Leburg estate residential. Three, the proposed request is compatible with the proposed sod of PUD plan unit development as condition.
And four, the proposed future land use designation for the site is consistent with the city's growth management plan future land use sorry element goal one objective 1.2 policy 1.2.4 and objective 1.6. And the action requested is to approve the small-scale
comp plan amendment from Lake County Rural to City of Leburg estate residential and forward that recommendation to the city commission for their consideration under the reszoning request which is case number PD
25452. Planning and zoning department recommends approval of the for the following reasons. Uh the proposed request is compatible with the surrounding zonings. The proposed zoning is compatible with the proposed future land
use designations. The site is located directly adjacent to future access and city utilities through the previously approved barke development and the proposed request does not appear to create a detriment to surrounding properties as conditioned. Um the action
requested is vote to approve the proposed zoning from Lake County a agriculture to PUB plan unit development as conditioned and forward this recommendation to the city commission for their consideration. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you very
much. Uh any questions of staff? Um Miss Cindy Tapany of Terrapani planning strategies is here to represent the case. I'm sorry I meant to say that. State your name and your address,
please. Thank you so much. Uh, good afternoon. My name is Cindy Terrapany, Terrapany Planning Strategies. I'm located in Tarpon Springs at 128 East Tarpon Avenue in Tarpon Springs, Florida. And I previously represented in Bar Key 1, which that's how we're distinguishing the original larger
property as Bar 1. We're not making or requesting any changes to Barke 2, the smaller 39 acre site. If we could go, can we go to my PowerPoint, please? Um, I do represent Brookfield Coulter, um, Land Partners, who is the contract
purchaser of this 39 acre parcel. Um, and if it's all right with you, I'd like to make all my comments on both cases together, and I certainly understand your staff did that. So, if you all right, I will do that as well. Sure. With me today is Eric Moriceet, who's the vice president for Brookfield Culture, also the project civil
engineer, Brett Tobias, and the project's traffic engineer, Iman Sidi. We also have a landscape architect and environmental services. They're not here tonight. Um but they are working on the project as well. Next, please. Um Coulter was founded in 1997.
They're building communities in five southeast states from here all the way to Tennessee. Um they have over a 100 active projects. They recently did a project in Lady Lake. It's under development. If we could see the next please. Just to give you an idea of the size and the scope of that project and
to demonstrate the culture, Brookfield definitely has the financial capability and the strength to be able to manage u both bar1 and this new project as well. Also want to point out that Brookfield Culture has entered into a pioneering agreement with the city of Leburg, the city commission. Um there
are quite a few projects as y'all recognize along the US 27 corridor, but there's no sewer line to serve those projects. So Brookfield Coulter has stepped up and is uh fronting the construction cost of that sewer line from where it it terminated. The city has designed it and permitted it, but
Coulter will actually construct the line all the way down to south to Bari in any of the projects along US 27 that wish to tap in then would be able to have service. Otherwise, there would not have been any service to this project. It's a significant multi-million dollar investment by Coulter to do that
improvement. They do get reimbursed over time um as other projects hook into that. Let's see. This is uh just to give you the location map. So you can see that the site highlighted in yellow what we're calling again bar key 2 completely
surrounded by bar key one. It's kind of the hole in the middle of the donut. Um it just wasn't available at the time that bar key one came through but now we are asking for you to review this today. Next please. This is the bar key one master plan that you all approved. If you can see on the
west side or the left side of your map, there was a commercial component and the major entrance and then there are 14 villages um grouped around uh a lake in the center, an amenity center on the lake um and a loop road. And that's kind of a really important feature that's shown on this plan that goes around the
entire project, connects all the villages and allows people to exit either Dewey Robbins or US 27 um or to to go to that commercial without having to exit those two roads. but then when they are ready to exit and go to work or to school they can do so. Um you can see the square on the right upper right hand
side that's bar key one that we're talking excuse me bar key two that we're talking about today. Next please. So here's the master plan for bar key 2. Um what we the arrows are showing you that the little yellow piece that's to the west of Barke
2 um in the original project um we're going to redesign that those access roads so people will be able to come through the the small piece that you see there and access the loop road um there will be and then that loop road again that will that's loop road we were talking about that serves and functions
the entire area this site and it was a little easier to see on the earlier plan but just to reinforce um it has absolutely no road frontage at all. So there is nowhere for them to go except through barke 2 since I bar 1. This is obviously the best choice for this
project to connect. There is a proposed construction and emergency access easement that would go along the east side of the property up to Dewey Robbins Road if needed. Next, please. Again, it's 39 acres. Um there's no road frontage. The maximum
development will be 156 single family lots. that same single family lots is located immediately to the west and to the south. So in the original Barke so we think it's a good fit. Next please. Again just to emphasize um the loop road
you can see on the far right now barke 2 has been incorporated and it will be uh in phase two of barke uh the whole overall bar project. Next please. Again just to show how barke 2 fits into the balance of the
site. You can see how the the lots have been laid out in the balance of the project and actually phase one of Barke has been approved by the city and they should be starting construction in the very near future. Next, please. This is just a highlight. There's very little wetlands on the site. It's that little blue
circle you see on the very southern edge of the site. It's about less than an acre, point8 of an acre. Um, so it will be managed through the St. John's Water Management District process uh and determined. We do have three applications. The voluntary annexation which is not before you today will be
before the commission. Our plan amendment um to the city's estate residential category. Then the reasonzoning to the PUB district for for 156 units and the conditions that are attached to it. Next, please. Um just to show
that all of the property around the Bar Key 2 site is a state residential. It's the same plan category we're asking for, exact same density. So, it's obviously just very consistent with that. Next, please. We just highlighted a few of the comp plan categories that your staff has
also highlighted to show how it's consistent with the comp plan for this project. Next, please. One wonderful feature of um both the original BKY and this one is um on the 45 foot lots that they um will have they of course will have two a two-car
garage and a twocar spaces in their driveway. But when you have visitors or you have family or you have a party, you want to be sure that those spaces are accommodated for and people can park uh uh safely. So at the end of each block, there will be um parking on street parking. That does a couple things. It
provides that overflow parking plus it slows everything down. So we think it's a really good solution and that is one of the conditions in the approval. Next, please just to give you an idea of the style and type of units that are proposed. These are the same architectural elevations that are being
that are uh proposed for Barke 1. So it'll be a seamless transition between the two projects. There are four different elevations proposed in there ranging from 1500 square ft to a 2400 ft² product, both one and twotory. As you um can
see, we believe that adding this 39 acres into the Bari one project to make those two projects a seamless um addition is a is a good project. We believe it's consistent with the comp plan, complies with your land development code. We've negotiated conditions with your staff that we
believe are reasonable and they were very fair and um very straightforward in dealing with us and managing those conditions. We think they're um a perfect ma match for the project. Um, and the other thing I would just add about a master plan and the PD zoning, and you guys know this from dealing with
it, it's a what you see is what you get. Um, when once this is approved, if it is approved, any significant changes have to go back to the city. So, it's a it's like a insurance policy or a guarantee both for the city and for anybody who buys in there and for residents nearby.
They can look up that master plan and see exactly what's going to be proposed in the village next to them. know about the commercial, see the loop road, see the driveway on Dury Robbins, and all of that is is cast basically in stone unless you come back through this entire process to make changes. So, we think
that's a significant value to the city and to the developer. Um, we respectfully request your approval. Um, I'm happy to answer any questions and our other consultants are here too if you have some technical questions because I just don't do math. So, um, I'll offer them up if there's any questions in that way. Any Thank you so
much. Excuse me. Any questions of the applicant and guests? No. I've got a quick quick Did we say there was no additional total D number of there's no changes whatsoever in bar key one. It was
originally approved for 1700 units and a commercial component and an institutional school component. None of that changes. The new the new site will have 156 units. So there is there are more units in the overall project but nothing whatsoever changes in bar key
one the original project. My question. Thank you. Thank you. I thought the same thing. Uh no questions. Is there anybody here to speak for or against? That's going to be a
quickie maybe. All right. We'll close to the public and uh for discussion and render decision if I can say that. Any discussion? No sir. Any decision?
Yes sir. I like your respect sir. Yes sir. Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a motion to approve SP-25451. I'll second that, Mr. Chairman. All right. Any discussion on the motion?
Roll call. Commissioner Sanders got you on guard. Yes. Chairman. Yes. Commissioner Carter. Yes. Is there any water? Yes. Mr. Kelly?
Yes. I didn't drink. Thank you. Uh public hearing case number PUD 25452 Barky 2 Grace Groves Plan Unit Development. Um, is there a motion for that one or any discussion on it first?
Okay, Mr. Chairman, on SP25452, recommend approval. Okay. Is there a second? Second. Any discussion? Roll call. Commissioner Marshall, thank you for the Commissioner Carter. Yes. Chairman Senate, yes.
Commissioner Kelly, yes. Commissioner Sanders, yes. Commissioner Bowers, yes. Commissioner, yes. And do you know the the dates and everything? Um May 12th and June 23rd. Yes, sir.
Thank you very much. Appreciate your time today. And double check just in case something comes up and Yes, sir. I will. Okie dokie. All right. New business. Public hearing case number CU 25502 Uklid Cottages 408 Uklid Avenue
conditional use permit. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Under the background of this case is request for a conditional use permit to allow for a new duplex construction at 408 Uklid Avenue. The location is just south of Lily Street and it's on the east side of Uklid Avenue. projects located in an
R2 medium density residential zoning and a low density future land use. Whenever a duplex is requested and the project is located in a low density future land use, the comp plan requires us to move forward with a conditional use permit.
So that's why this this is here. This this case is is on the agenda tonight. There was an existing home at this location which I believe is 408 Uklid Avenue till maybe three years ago. I forget the exact timing and it did burn down. There was an accident of some type
and and so it burned down and so it was ultimately demolished. Um we we were requested to review these options and staff does deem this to be a good location for a duplex style development. It's a good lot. It's 70t wide with
enough room to support the request. Uh the project has gone through the historic board. We whenever we can, we try to take it to the historic board first and it has it it went through the historic board just fine. Um there are examples of the proposed architecture in
your packets and uh Candy Harper, deputy director, can show us the maps and photo exhibits. Thank you, Mr. Miller. Um the map before you is an extended area showing you the larger area where this
property um sits. Um, it is south of West Magnolia Street and north of West Dixie Avenue. This area, this aerial shows you a little bit closer up. Uh, it shows the subject property is south of Lily Street
and east of Uklid Avenue. The future land use of the property is um low density residential and the and surrounding is low density residential to the north, east, south and west with general commercial to the [Music]
north. City zoning surrounding the property is uh R2 medium density and the property is R2 medium density. uh that is to the north, east, south and west. And there is also R1 zoning that lies
adjacent to it to the um southwest. The proposed uh this this property shows clearly what is the proposed conditional use site. surrounding land uses. Um to the north and south are vacant,
single family and multif family residential. To the east, single family and multif family residential. To the west, vacant and single family residential. Next map I have is flood and wetlands.
Uh the flood zone and wetlands map shows that there are no flood zones or wetlands on the subject property. And now I have CRA. Uh this property does lie south of the greater Leburg community redevelopment
area and it does lie in commission district 4. And the picture on the top shows a closeup of the signposting on Uklid Avenue. Picture on the bottom shows looking north along Uklid Avenue from
the subject property. Photo at the top of your screen. Um top photo shows looking east from Uclid Avenue into the subject property. And the picture on the bottom shows looking south along Uklid Avenue from
the subject property. And this picture shows uh looking west across Uklid Avenue from the subject property. And that is all I have. Mr. Miller. Thank you, Mr. Harper. Under the departmental review summary, as you all know, this project was sent out to all
the city departments, Lake County government, and school board. There were no substantiative comments back from the city departments. Uh the school board stated that a duplex is exempt from review. Basically, it's four units or less. they will exempt the review. Um,
Lake County Public Works had no comment and we did not receive any comments from the general public on this one. Um, based on that, Mr. Chairman, I'd like to read the recommendation which is for Uklid Cottages, 408 Uklid Avenue, case number CUP 25502, Planning and Zoning
Department is recommending approval of the request for the following reasons. One, the conditional use permit is required for the proposed use. two. The request meets the criteria set forth in sections 25141 and 25284 district use regulations of the
city of Leburg code of ordinances. Three, subject to the conditions listed below, the conditional use does not appear to create a detrimental impact on the surrounding properties. And four, the request does not create a negative impact or an inconsistency with the city of Leburg comprehensive plan. Uh under
the conditions is very standard. It's a conditional use permit to allow for one duplex unit, meaning two homes, two two units in one building. Um, conditional use permits subject to all other city of Leburg code requirements and they're not
exempted from any other applicable regulations of the city of Leburg and other governmental agencies. of the action requested is to approve the conditional use permit for the subject property and allow for the development of this one duplex unit. And Mr. Ross
Howley is here who is the applicant. We've been working with him on this project and through the historic board as well. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Any questions to staff? Thank you. anything you want to add or
um state your name and your Good evening. I'm Ross Halley. It's nice to meet you all here this evening and your address too, please. Uh my address is 13205 Charwood Circle, Orlando, Florida 32828. Um and the only thing I'd add is,
you know, I have a passion for infill development and I think we need a more affordable workforce housing. Uh and I think the opportunity on this particular site uh and it's walkability uh and other amenities and educational opportunities create a great opportunity
to uh sell to affordable workforce units and and the goal is for them to be for sale. I don't want to own them. I don't want to rent them. I want to turn them over to families to live in them. I like the elevations. Nice looking. Yeah, the elevations are dynamite.
Uh any questions of uh applicant? No sir. Anybody to speak for or against? We'll close the public for discussion and render this and dance. I'd like to motion make a motion to
approve CUP 25502. I'll second it. Any uh any discussion? Roll call. Melly, yes. Commissioner Marshall, yes. Chairman Senate, yes. Commissioner
Sanders, yes. Commissioner Carter, yes. Commissioner Bowers, yes. Commissioner, [Music] [Laughter] Okie dokie. Happy bill. Public hearing case number CUP
25505 Gulfream Corey Island Tower conditional use permit. Glad you separated those. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This is a request for a condition whose permit to allow for a new communications tower in the C2 and C3 commercial zoning
districts for property located south of Armoyan Boulevard and west of US Highway on approximately 8.63 plus or minus acres of land. A conditional use permit is generally is required when a tower is constructed. As we found out earlier this evening, there is a concept plan
for the location and design of the tower located in exhibits B and C in your packet. Candy Harper, deputy director, will present the maps and photo exhibits at this time. Thank you, Mr. Miller. Um, the map before you is an extended aerial and it
shows you where the property is located on South US27, uh, west of US 27 and south of Ormoyan Boulevard. Closeup shows you, uh, the property.
um is treed and again it's south of our moyan and uh west of US highway 27. Next map I have is the zoning map. Uh shows the subject property as both C2 community commercial and C3
highway commercial and uh the surrounding as planned unit development and public to the north. Lake County zoning shows uh to the north there is C1 neighborhood commercial, C2 community commercial and R six urban
residential. To the south is agriculture, R six urban residential, planned unit development, RM which is mixed uh home residential and mobile home rental
park. Uh the future land use um shows the subject property of general commercial. It is surrounded by institutional general commercial to the north with general commercial and neighborhood mixed use to the east and neighborhood mixed use to the
west. Lake County future uh land use to the south is urban medium density. To the southwest is urban low density and to the north is um urban medium density and uh northeast
is urban low density. Surrounding land uses to the north vacant and single family residential and vacant commercial. To the south is vacant and single family residential mobile home and mobile home park. Uh to the east is commercial and vacant
commercial, single family residential and mini warehouse and to the west non-aggricultural acreage and residential. Next map I have is proposed conditional use. Uh and this does show the site
where uh the tower will be located for this conditional use permit. Next map I have is flood zone and wetlands. Uh the flood zone and wetland map shows that there is flood zone AE across the majority of the property um
as well as wetlands. Next map I have is community redevelopment area and it does lie within the US 27441 community redevelopment area and it does lie in uh commission district
2. The top photo shows a closeup of the sign from US 27. This is where we posted the property. picture on the bottom uh is looking north along US 27 from the subject property. The uh picture on the top is
taken from the subject property across US27 and the bottom photo shows looking across South US27 from the subject property. And this photo shows uh looking west into uh or onto the subject property
from US 27. That is all I have. Thank you. Thank you, Miss Harper. Moving on to the departmental review summary. Project was sent out to all the city government departments and Lake County government and school boards. There were no substantive comments from the city
departments. Um the school board had no comment because this is not a residential project. Lake County Public Works had no comment. Um, per floor under public responses per Florida statute and city of Leburg code of ordinances, notice was sent out,
legally advertised, posted, letter sent out to the surrounding property owners. Again, we received no comments on this request. So, as seen on exhibit B of the conditional use permit uh packet, the tower itself is proposed as a mono
monopole for 198t tall. So, it's about roughly 50 ft taller than the previous tower we saw. Um, and under the recommendation for the Gulfream Corley Island Tower case number
CUP25-505, planning zoning department is recommending approval of the request for the following reasons. One, a conditional use permit is required for the proposed use under chapter 25-284, City of Leburg Code of Ordinances. Two, the request meets the
criteria set in section 25141, conditional uses and section 25284, district use regulations of the city of Leburg code of ordinances. Three, subject to the conditions listed below, the proposed conditional use does not appear to create a detrimental impact on
the surrounding properties. Four, the request does not create a negative impact or an inconsist consistency with the city of Leburg comprehensive plan. Uh the following conditions are included and the first one is granted to the permit for the development of 195 198
foot wireless monopole communications tower in a C2 zoning district. Uh two, the conditional use permit is subject to all other city of Leburg code requirements including zoning and building code regulations as amended. And three, the granting of this
cup does not exempt the applicant from other applicable regulations of the city of Leburg and all other government agency regulations, including the impact fees, etc. And finally, the action requested is vote to approve the conditional use permit for the subject property to allow for the development of
the 198 foot wireless monopol. That's all for staff right now and we do have a representative to answer any questions that you may have. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Miss Solic.
Did I say that right? Yes. Very good. Good evening. Mary Solic, 121 South Orange Avenue, Sweet 1500 Orlando, Florida. I'm legal counsel for Gulfream Towers and with me is Mike Burkehead, who's the principal of Gulfream Towers. Your staff's done a thorough job of explaining the project to you. Do you
have any questions for me? Any issues? I don't know if you're here to speak on that. No, he's our alternate. Oh, okay. Um, again, if you've got any questions, I'm happy to answer them. You've had a long day. I don't want to
keep you here any longer. Thank you. I was enjoying the music. I didn't even notice I didn't notice anybody talking. Don't put that. Okay. Thank you. Um, I don't guess
there's anybody to speak for or against. Wonderful. We'll close to the public and for discussion and render a decision. I got a question for staff. Okay. Is this Maybe I missed it, but in the wetlands map, is this how we're going in the
wetlands or looks like it's just east of it? Can I answer that? It It's just east of it. We don't we don't like if if there were any development in the wetlands u commissioner Marshall they would have to
mitigate and the mitigation would be so expensive that it wouldn't be it it's set back 217 ft from the from the eastern property line and that moves it back just to the edge of the wetlands and then still preserves enough of the upland area on this commercial property
for future development and if it falls it's not going to hit anything that correct all All towers in Leburg have 100% fall radius unless they are engineered to collapse from the top which that's new engineering which we have brought before this um uh
commission in the past but yes they all have to have that radius fall radius. Cool. Any other questions? Thank you. Okay. I'd like to make a motion to approve CUP 25-505.
Good job, John. I'll second that motion. Any discussion on the motion? Roll call, please. Commissioner Bowers, yes. Commissioner Sanders, yes. Chairman Senate, yes. Commissioner Carter, yes. Commissioner Kelly, yes. Commissioner
Kaplan, yes. Mr. Marshall, yes. Thank you very much. Happy tower. All right, we have three under the same uh property. So, I'll read them all three. Uh three, four, and five are
public hearing case number SP25 1208, Richie Road Storage Small Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment. And new business four is public hearing case number RZ251209 Richie Road Storage
Reszoning. And number five under new business is public hearing case number PUD 2410 Richie Road Storage PDO planned development overlay. Good job. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Um I quit. This
project again there's an annexation which will go to the city commission. So that one's not here. But then there's also the small scale comp plan, the zoning, and then a PDO, plan development overlay. So those are the three cases that are being brought before you this evening. Property consists of 081 acres
generally located west of Richie Road and south of West Main Street. Future land use would go from after the annexation under the smallcale comp plan, the future land use would go from Lake County urban medium to city of Leburg general commercial and the zoning would go from Lake County R6 to City of
Leburg C3, which is general commercial. Uh again, the site is currently just a small spot of just over 3/4 of an acre that is undeveloped. The request is to have the property annexed and to use for open storage such as R RVs and boats and
something like that. It's behind a building. Um and oh yeah, see it says Candy Harper here, deputy director will present the map. Thank you, Mr. Miller. It's been a long day. Over. Please don't pause on my paycheck
in that fashion. Yeah, there will be a deduction. Uh the extended uh locator is on the screen before you so you can see the larger area. Um it is southwest Main Street and it is west of Richie
Road and this aerial shows you a little more detail around the subject property. Uh the future land use map shows general commercial to the north as well as industrial further north and to the
west. Lake County future land use on the site is uh urban medium density and the proposed future land use is city of Leburg general commercial. The zoning on the uh property is proposed to
[Music] be proposed zoning is to be C3 uh commercial. Um the next map I have is Lake County zoning. Um the current uh Lake County zoning is R six and is surrounded by R
six urban residential to the southeast to the south and east. C2 uh commercial and U plan commercial to the northeast. surrounding land uses. Um, commercial to the north,
warehouse to the north, office to the east, residential to the east, improved pasture um to the south, residential to the south, and um commercial pretty much covering the um west side of the
property. Um and the flood [Music] zone, it's like swimming pool. uh flood zone um is north of the property. As a matter of fact, this is like a spillway out there, so it's pretty wet, but not on this
site. Uh wetlands um do not exist on the site. It does lie adjacent to commission district two. [Music]
And the picture on the top shows us posting the sign. And I want you to pay attention to the fence to the rear and it wraps around the property I believe to the south. So there is a fence there already. And the picture on the bottom of your screen is looking
north along Richie Road. picture on the top of your screen is looking east across Richie Road and the picture on the bottom is looking south along Richie Road. Um, and then I did a a blow up. I guess I pulled out from it
a little bit to to catch that fence line so that you could see that there is a fence already established on part of this property. And that's all I have, Mr. Miller. Thank you, Miss Harper. Um, under the departmental review summary, the project was sent out to all the city departments plus Lake County
government. Uh, there were no substantive comments from the city departments. Um, the school board stated it's a commercial project, so they would have no comments and Lake County Public Works had no comments on this. Um, we
did receive one response from the public from the neighbor. Um, and basically he just wanted to ensure that there would be a large fence along the property line which we have in the PUD. And under the P PDO
requirements, it's basically an annexation comp plan, general commercial zoning, and a PDO. So you end up with the C3 zoning requirements, C3 commercial uses which are which were in which we're adding outdoor storage to allow the vehicles because it's behind a
building and then it faces a field and it has a fence. It we staff believes it works out just fine. There is a requirement for a minimum sixoot fence around the property. An 8ft fence is um also permitted as the maximum height.
And I guess I have to read these. Sorry, Mr. Chairman. I had those to go. Um, so for the small scale comp plan case number 25-1208, planning and zoning department is recommending approval of the request for the following reasons.
The project meets the requirements of chapter 163, Florida statutes for smallcale comp plan amendments. Two, the proposed request is compatible with the adjacent future land use designation of Lake County urban medium density and city of Leburg general commercial. Three, the proposed request is
compatible with the proposed zoning of C3 Highway commercial as conditioned in the associated PDO document. Four, the proposed future land use designation for the site is consistent with the city's growth management plan future land use element goal one objective 1.6 and 1.8
eight and the action requested is vote to approve the smallcale comp plan and send it forward to the city commission for their rec for their decision on the reszoning
case plan case number RZ2 let's see it's showing 25209 I'm not sure that's the correct number is it is that it yes okay 25209 planning and zoning department is recommending approval of the request for the
following reasons. Again, the proposed request for this zoning is compatible with the current surrounding zoning districts, including Lake County R6 and City of Leburg C3 and CIP to the proposed zoning is compatible with the
proposed future land use designation amendment to city general commercial and the current surrounding future land use designations including Lake County urban medium density and city of Leburg general commercial. Three, the site is an extension of the extens the existing
business on parcel directly north of the subject property for the project. The proposed request does not appear to create a detriment to surrounding properties as conditioned in the PDO document and based on proximity to compatible development and the action requested is vote to approve the
proposed resoning from Lake County Rurban Residential District to city C3 Highway commercial and forward this recommendation to the city commission for their consideration. And finally, planning and zoning
recommendation for case number PUD 251210. Planning and zoning department recommends approval for the following reasons. One, the proposed request on the subject property for the addition of a plan development overlay is compatible
with the proposed zoning district of C3 Highway commercial and the surrounding zoning districts in Lake County and Leburg to the proposed future land use designation of City General Commercial is compatible with the proposed request for the addition of a plan development
overlay and with the current surrounding future land use designations including Lake County urban medium and city of Leburg general commercial And three, the addition of the proposed PDO will allow for outdoor storage uses compatible with the surrounding land uses of the
surrounding properties as conditioned. And four, the proposed request does not appear to create a detriment to surrounding properties as conditioned and is consistent with the city's comprehensive plan. The action requested is to vote to approve the addition of a plan development overlay on a C3 highway
commercial zoning and forward this recommendation to the city commission for their consideration. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have a question of the affant. Sorry. I've been I've been sitting here thinking about that the whole time. Ken
Ken, what do you got to say? Ken, any questions of staff? That guy's pretty brave just to do that. I don't have that much guts. All right. Uh, we'll close to the public. Sorry.
Uh, new business number three, uh, public hearing case number SP251208, Richie Road Storage, uh, smallcale comprehensive plan amendment. We have a, uh, any discussion or motion on that. I move to approve, Mr.
Chairman. I got a motion in a second. Any discussion? Roll call. Commissioner Marshall. Yes. Commissioner Carter. Yes. Chairman Senate. Yes. Commissioner Kelly, yes.
Commissioner Sanders, yes. Commissioner Bowers, yes. Captain, yes. New business number four, public hearing case number RZ. Sounds like a motorcycle. 25209 Richie Road Storage
Reszoning. Do we have a uh motion? So moved, Mr. Chairman. Any discussion? Roll call. Yes. Commissioner Cap? Yes. Mr. Marshall? Yes. Mr. Sanders? Yes. Mr.
Bowers? Yes. Chairman Senate? Yes. Mr. Carter? Yes. All right. New business number five, public hearing case. PUD 24 1210 Richie Road Storage PDO plan development overlay. You said
that so well. I'll move for approval. I second it. I'm glad it's the last one. That's why I don't have to repeat it. It was seconded. I'm sorry. It was second. I'm slap happy. Any discussion?
Uh, roll call. Mer. Yes. Yes. Yes. Mr. Marshall. Yes. Uh, yes. [Music]
You forgot. Commissioner Simeon. [Music] I object. Is there anything else? Uh, for the good of the order, next time bring pizza. If I had known it was going this long, I would have. Of course, I can't eat it,
but we hope everyone enjoys Bikefest starts right now. Yeah, starts tomorrow. Are they all closed tomorrow? Yes, sir. I will be at this this building and my building. Um, the further out departments are they still have to work. Okay. So, you got to come by and see me.
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