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planning agency meeting to order of March 6th can I get a motion to approve the minutes so move seconded we have a motion in a second all in favor I okay uh we now have
mph1 Gaston family Holdings LLC resoning please give us all you got this is a quasi judicial I have I'm sorry quasi judicial does anyone have any no I have none either
swearing okay would you would you please get up Sir the applicant and the raise your right hand please up I already did that do you swear or affirm that the evidence you're about to give will be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth I do right okay now please Mr the Senate
thank you Mr chairman good evening members of the LPA I'm John Senate senior planer with growth management a copy of my work history has been filed with the clerk and there are no interveners for this item this is a request by gunster Y and Stewart on behalf of Gaston family
Holdings for proposed amendment to the County zoning Atlas to change the zoning District classification for an approximately 2.15 acre Marine Sales and Service facility from the current B1 business district and r3a liberal multiple family District to the GC
General commercial District the site is located at 4900 Southeast Federal Highway in Stewart included with this application is a request for a certificate of public facilities exemption the property is outlined in red it's Loc about 120 ft south of the
intersection of Southeast Carrol Street and Southeast Federal Highway to the north of the site you can see the uh Ace of carts facility as well as the Napa a Auto Parts facility on the corner of Carrol and Federal Highway to
the east of the property across US1 The General commercial buildings like Sky King fireworks O'Reilly Auto Parts and Harley-Davidson to the south of the property is the sunshine mobile Manor Community the area to the west of the
property is predominantly mobile and modular homes and then to the north of the property Beyond NAPA Auto Parts is the Natalie Estates Mobile Home Community the future land use designation of the property and the
abing properties to the west and North is General commercial you can see across US1 that area is also predominantly The General commercial commercial future land use and the broader area to the west south and north of the property in
the pink is the mobile home future land use designation the Eastern portion of the property is zoned to B1 business district while the Western portion is zoned r3a liberal multiple family District you can see the abing properties to the north and west are
also zoned r3a cross us one in red you can see the GC zoning district and the areas to the South West and north of the property also have the tpr
RT zoning districts the existing B1 and r3a Zoning districts are category C zoning districts this application is being processed as a mandatory rezoning to a category a district which implements the policies for The General commercial
future land use designation there is one standard zoning District that both implements The General commercial future land use designation and allows the current use of the property as a marine sales and service facility and that is the GC General commercial District PUD
zoning is also an additional option however the applicant is requesting the GC General commercial District these are the development standards for the proposed GC District maximum building coverage 60% maximum Building height 40 ft minimum open space
of 20% the setbacks for a one-story structure within the GC District would be 25 ft in the front 20 in the rear 10 ft on the sides these are the conditions supporting the requested GC District the
existing future land use designation of General commercial for the site the site's location along Southeast Federal Highway a major artill roadway the existing use of the site is a marine sales and service facility the GC zonia District allows
uses which are consistent with the uses permitted in the existing B1 and r3a Zoning districts development review staff have found the Gast and family Holdings rezoning application to comply with all applicable regulations and the comprehensive growth management plan as
detailed in the staff report staff recommend approving the request to rezone from B1 business district and r3a liberal multiple family District to GC General commercial District that concludes my presentation do we have any questions
for staff how do we change this so we don't have to come here for this when it's a mandatory zoning if it's a mandatory rezoning and there's a whole bunch of us sitting here wasting our time tonight that's I guess it's a legal question how
do we how do we get through this that this is a bunch of baloney well we're required under Florida law to hold a quasi judicial proceeding for any resoning to give the property owner their their due process we can't just do it we could try to schedule it with other things so you
don't come just for mandatory resoning but we do have to have the Quasi judicial proceedings the state law it's yeah state law but but even though it's mandatory we still got to waste applicants time and money it's mandatory because of our zoning code so
yes even though how do we change our zoning code to stop that to do that they could but the um zoning code has been changed three different times started the first uh category C is from 1967 so the uses have changed so it's important to come up to
the current zoning code so I think that's why this is mandatory partially I do think that we could schedule it with other yes we we could but some I agree but sometimes I'm these are contingent on the board meeting next week so there might have been a timing aspect but I
think staff does try to do that you try to plan ahead and do this but you got to remember that we have to advertise these several weeks in advance so sometimes we'll have other things in companion uh agenda items that get delayed or something I'm just going to say if we keep talking about why we're here get
out of here well does anyone have any questions for staff regarding this particular forward to the applicant okay applicant give it to us good evening for the record Bob Reigns I'm atlan attorney with the gunster law firm here on behalf of the applicant
this evening and I would like to begin by having the record reflected I have with me the proof and notices to the surrounding property owners and I'm turning those in to Deputy P the Clark at this point uh first of all thank you for taking time to be here this evening we do appreciate and recognize your
all's time and so thank you for uh accommodating us this evening uh for being here um I think this is as was mentioned pretty straightforward it's a mandatory rezoning I I I think Mr Senate did a his usual excellent job I would
just and I also by the way I have obviously my client the applicant is here this evening if you have any questions for him um I just again want to emphasize mandatory rezoning I think what's important you know usually when we have rezonings we can't talk about uses on the property and stuff but in
this particular case it's important that we have the GC to recognize the long time existing use of this property it actually commercial uses have been occurring on this property since back in in 196s and uh the marina itself has been
operating since I think in the 1990s and Mr Gaston's family took over they've been operating it since 2005 so you know the the uh and also I think too the GC just like to emphasize is consistent
with what was the original zoning this C category C that was mentioned the B1 and the three r3a so we believe it's the most appropriate and we would ask you to accept staff's recommendation and we'll be glad to answer any questions you might have you have any questions no
I've asked mine and again thank you for your time I don't mind being here I mean I signed up for it well I I mean I would point out that it's the marine sales component of it that that requires the GC rather than the limited commercial correct uh yes sir it's the retail yes
sir correct yes sir okay any other questions well and by the way I don't they can correct me if I'm wrong I don't think the limited commercial is consistent with The General commercial land use does well that was kind of the the reason I asked the question that it was not it was not even offered other
than the Pud as an alternative to the GC yeah so the limited commercial is only applicable I believe with the limited commercial land use designation we have a land use design General commercial which would have either General commercial or limited commercial so the underlying land use is General
commercial correct correct and so limited commercial is not an option with the The General commercial land that's correct limited commercial is not an option Community commercial would be right but that would be a down zoning from the B1 and the r3a and that and that might be and it would and I think it's it would limit the retail sales as
well yes sir uh yes sir correct okay any other questions seeing none does anyone have any discussion I make can I make a motion you may oh I was just going to say can we just let the record reflect that there's no public here for public comment so it's
clear okay the record reflects that there's no one here for public comment thank you make a motion to approve I'd make a motion to second that okay we have a motion in a second all in favor I I I thank you very much and thank you again for your time thank you thank you
Mr Senate and I agree with my colleagues this is silly but I understand why it's silly and I understand that we have to do it and it's just the way it is it it was made mandatory basically to for one reduce the actual fees involved because
it is mandatory and um it is Ah that's right hang up from the three different iterations of zoning code over the last 60 years where we never rezoned the county yes so we adopted several different zoning codes but never rezoned
so this is where we're at you want to ask us that critical question yeah yes uh we don't have anything planned for March 20th so enjoy that night and uh our next meeting is April 3rd and we do have several items on that agenda I will be there as far as I know I'll be there
will not be here on the 20th regardless of what you have planned how about the third and I will be here on the third I will not uh be here on the third I'm out of town so but three okay great so we have at least three maybe four sounds
great okay is there any other business seeing none motion to adjourn we don't even need a motion anymore we're adjourned unless a leise wants to use different rules than Roberts we don't need that motion