e e yeah and then and then that time yeah and then not red not okay for uh I believe so yeah I think we're I
think we're good still got a few things to deal with but at least the second floor work is done still 49 degrees so hopefully you guys are planning a short meeting so we can get outside right was going to ask do we have to
wait for it to drop to 48 before we begin or just waiting for f 5:30 we won't need skis to get home no good I call the March 3rd planning commission meeting to order uh roll call please
shac beam here seagull here Casper here McDougall here karhoff here are there any agenda amendments Vice chair beam uh could we take the election of offer officers item
out of order so we will need a a motion to remove that item from the table Mr chairman I would offer a motion to remove from table the motion that delayed the election of commission officers at the last
meeting we have a second okay was a second Paul okay is your mic on because it didn't light up and it was there we go all right okay all in favor I I I all
opposed none okay um are there so we now we have uh elections to consider here um let's see well actually chair um so you just motioned to remove it from the table now you need to
approve your agenda okay um okay are there any further agenda amendments there are not okay is there a motion to approve the amended March agenda so moved second all in favor I I
all opposed okay so is there um in the first order is first order business is the annual meeting the 2025 election of officers is there a motion to elect a new chair I
have would like to make a motion to elect Brent beam as our chair of the Planning Commission second all in favor I I I all opposed no
okay um is there a motion to elect a new Vice chair I would like to make a motion to um elect Robert seagull as our vice chair
second all in favor I I I all against okay and last is there a motion to elect a new FM metrocog policy board board alternate anyone expressing interest
yeah I can do it for Metro I I'll recommend or make a motion for Lindsay I'll second all in favor I all opposed no okay um is there motion to amend or
approve the minutes for the February 3rd meeting move to approve second second yeah all in favor I okay um are there any citizens to be heard on items not on the
agenda does not look like it is so um okay so the first is a first order business is a public hearing um request of city of Morehead for text amendments related to commercial industrial mixed
use and Gateway overlay districts and use regulations site development standards and related zoning map is there a motion to open the public hearing so moved second all in favor I I uh city planner Houston please provide
the commission an overview of the item thank you chair beam and Commissioners uh here we are again tonight with a big batch of text amendments um these are Again part of the implementation process for the onward Morehead comprehensive Plan update that
we did back in 2022 the city is requesting amendments for uh mixed use Community commercial Gateway overlay and Industrial districts and then also related updates to the use table provisional and conditional uses
and site development standards these changes continue to modernize simplify and clarify our code language this month the city is also presenting a few related zoning map amendments for pending projects and we will present
Citywide zoning map amendments um at a future meeting and these keep getting delayed because it's it's a lot of zoning map amendments and we have you know tens of thousands of parcels in the city so we have a lot uh lot to rezone
and I just um text amendments take a long time so I always seem to run out of time the next step will be um I probably just focus on the map amendments just to get that checked off the list tonight I included um there's less than 10 but we
have some pending projects on some of these Parcels so I didn't want to delay them another month um before they can get a building permit in this round of proposed um text amendments uh the primary changes were to coordinate um new language formatting in all the use
districts update the Gateway overlay district and coordinate design language for Relevant use districts remove parking lot landscaping and screening requirements from Individual districts and move to the Landscaping
section um in the development standards chapter where screening will now be required for all parking lots and not just parking lots in certain zoning districts um we've updated the use table and the provisional and condition conditional use regulation for clarity
and legislative changes uh we cleaned up accessory code language moving all accessory code language from Individual um chapters and districts and placing them in the new accessory table that we created last
year and then also after receiving some comments from residents impacted by the 2024 rl1 changes we are reverting some of those changes um to accommodate those concerns uh we did not receive any
public comments um thus far and staff is suggesting that the Planning Commission recommend approval to the city council the text amendments related to chapter 13 chapter 14 chapter 15 chapter 17 chapter 18 chapter 19 and the
related zoning map amendments please let me know if you have any questions are there any commission questions or comments um I had a question Robin um you just said that um in the section
five as you previously stated cleanup accessory code language and basically after receiving comments from residents impacted um what were some of the the type and nature of the comments so um in
the former um zoning code they created some exceptions actually I should say they're not exactly exceptions they're extra square footage or um accessory buildings up in the oakport area and that is to
accommodate more of that res uh rural residential feel and the the proposals that we did last year were basically to address some of the issues and comments we were receiving prior to that about
building massing um we were seeing these large structures going up to you know one-story garage and in some places they just don't look right and they don't look they look out of place so we we kind of broke out the different Lots we broke out the
accessory uses for different lot sizes so like if you have a half half acre or less you were allowed this much square footage if you had a half an acre um I think up to two acres you could have this much um and then over three or five
acres was kind of unlimited because you get a conditional use permit like if you needed a barn we did hear from a few people up there that they were kind of expecting to build like a 40 by 60 shop building and they wouldn't have been able to do that under the old code um we
did make some exceptions for folks that were doing it last year and this year or wanting to do it this year if they had already um been reviewed under the old code so we talked about it and we you know kind of felt like
trying to keep our promise to the oakport uh neighbors that we want to keep that to be rural residential and allowing um folks to still be able to do those larger buildings A lot of them use it for you know RV storage or just you
know various uses so we basically reverted back to the original language um all but for one item they used to be able anybody used to be able to get a cu up which is a conditional use
permit if they could not um if they wanted something bigger than what was allowed by code well that kind of goes against why have a code then um so they basically everybody can build a pretty large structure up there the only folks now
that can do do something by cup would be somebody over 5 Acres so like if somebody wanted to build a garage or excuse me a barn because we do have some horse oper ations up there um they could get they could do a barn um by a cup so
we hopefully this addresses the comments that we received and everybody can do what they need to do because we also have to remember just because it's in the code that says you can go up to you know 2400 Square ft you also still have to meet other zoning requirements and
that includes building in the flood plane um impervious maximums so all combined I think people still people will still be able to do what they need to what they want to do up there and hopefully we don't have any other um concerns with that code those code
changes thank you are there and I sorry and I'll say one other thing we also added that um option to the the Americana States annexation area which it had not been added to um prior those lots are very large in comparison to
other Lots in Morehead and that's right on the edge of uh Highway 52 so they have a lot of them are have long like skinny Lots but they're usually at least more than an acre well prior to the code changes that we made last year they could only do
um the footprint of their house was the limitation and that's what most of Morehead um has a limitation you can't do more accessory space than the footprint of your house um so if you have an acre lot it kind of makes sense
to be able to do a larger uh shed or shop building are there any other commission questions or comments okay are there any public comments no okay all right is there a
motion to close the public hearing so moved second all in favor yes yes is there any more discussion or motion for the item anybody would like to see the text of a
motion I have it here okay I'd like to make a motion that the Planning Commission recommend approval to the city council the text amendments related to Morhead city code including
title 10 chapter 13 commercial districts chapter 14 industrial districts chapter 15 M mixed use districts chapter 17 article e Gateway overlay District chapter 18 use regulations chapter 19
development standards and related zoning map amendments I'll second all in favor I I is there any other business no other business chair okay seeing that there is
no other business is there a motion to adjourn so moved second adjourned thank you everyone