All right, we're going to call to order the uh October 14, 2025 meeting of the uh regular planning and zoning commission. For everybody, all stand for the invocation of the pledge of allegiance. Dear Lord, heavenly father, thank you for this day, Lord God. Thank you for
all the many blessings that you've given us. Lord, we ask that you've uh bless our citizens, bless our city staff, and our first responders, Lord. In Jesus name we pray. Amen. Amen. I pledge allegiance 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. Roll call. Chair Lomneck here. Vice Chair Forges here. Member Keller here. Member Shakone here. Member Galvin is absent. Member Butler
here. You have a quorum. Thank you. Uh, can I get an approval of the minutes from the planning zoning meeting September 9th, 2025? Motion to approve. We have a motion to approve by member Keller. Do we have a second? I'll second that. Second by member Butler. If there's no
other questions, let's go ahead and vote. All right, that passes. There's no old business. For new business, we have 125 South Circle Key Drive, Moody Variance, project number VR2502,
uh, Planner Bellazar. All righty. Uh, good evening everyone. Tonight I'll be presenting on the Moody variance uh var Moody property variance application uh for their property located at 125 South Circle Heat Drive and the request to reduce the minimum
rear setback for issues. It is whether the planning and zoning commission should make a recommendation of approval for the request of variance to table 5-2 to reduce the minimum rear setback of 20 ft to 7 in order to install a mobile home
on the property. Some background on the property is located uh west of Silverstar Road and east of West Circle Key Drive. In total, the lot is 3,560 square feet large and is a lot of record
as it does not meet the minimum 7,000 square foot size for the RT1 zoning district. Here is the aerial photography of the property. This is the surrounding future land use map showing that medium density
residential designation as well as the surrounding zoning map indicating the RT1 surrounding designations. So per section 4-9A of the land development code variances must exhibit
uh four different criterias. The first is that there are special conditions or circumstances that exist that are peculiar to the land that are not applicable to other lands. Second, that the literal interpretation of the regulations deprive the applicant of rights commonly enjoyed by other
properties. Third, that special conditions and circumstances are not the result of the actions of the applicant. And fourth, that the granting of the variance request will not confer special privileges onto the applicant. So here we have a survey of the property
um based on the roadways as well as the orientation of the mobile home with the entry being here where my cursor is. This would be the front yard where there is a 20ft setback. Here are their side streets which would be a 15t setback
which we intend on adopting adopting with the land development code update. And then this is the rear setback of 20 ft with only the gray area being the buildable area. And again, just to reiterate, these are
the minimum um building setbacks and requirements for the zoning district. So based on what was observed, staff has determined that there are special circumstances and conditions that exist for the lot as there are three frontages, which is not typical for most
residential properties. That the literal interpretation of the code restricts the applicant to only have a buildable area width of 10 ft, which wouldn't support any structure honestly. um that this is not the result of the actions of the applicant as the lot has always held
this configuration since being platted as well as the three frontages making it difficult to meet the minimum setbacks and that for the granting of the um request would not confer any special privileges but would rather allow the applicant to have a home on their site
like all the other lots in the subdivision. So based on that, staff recommends that the planning and zoning commission make a recommendation of approval further request a variance to table 5-2 to allow a reduction from the 20ft minimum rear
setback to allow for a 7 foot minimum rear setback. And that concludes my presentation. Um the applicants are here if you guys have any questions for them. Okay, thanks very much. We'll uh bring back up to the dice. Uh I have a quick question. How how did we get here? So
how did it uh was it a lot split or I mean how did it uh so the all the existing lots are the original from the subdivision I can't Pioneer Key um is the subdivision name
it's always held this configuration because of where it's located this little corner piece it results in having a side street here here and the front um based on the size of what they're proposing. It just limits how
much space they have on the lot. I'm the only reason I'm asking I'm looking at across the street. That's the exact same setup, right? So, how did we get a how did uh how did that trailer work there without this one over here? Yep.
Um it may be an existing mobile home that just met the requirements of the time. It might be a mobile home that was installed without permits. Um, those are the two possibilities. Okay, cool. Anybody else have any other questions for staff? Yeah. Um, similar question is I'm
wondering whether or not there was a lot split, recent lot split or anything like that. And also, um, if the variance was not granted, um, could it fit for a smaller mobile home? Oh, no. You get as small as 10 10 ft of building area. Yeah. So to answer your first question,
these are all the original configurations of the lot. Yep. And then going back, this is the buildable area based on the setbacks. So it would be a 10 foot wide home. Okay. So basically we're asking somewhere
around 2 ft on each side as a variance. The variance is going to reduce the minimum rear setback from 20 to 7. So the mobile home will come almost right to the edge of where this concrete slab is currently existing. So it'll be
this wide going up. Okay. And is there a mobile home in the adjacent lot 124? Yes. So I don't see it in the um adjacent north um or east. That's behind the It's under the trees.
Under the trees. Under the trees. Um, I believe there may be an existing mobile home on this property and they're probably most likely to install it because they have only interior sides rather than
um side street setbacks. So, they would have a traditional front setback, interior side setback, and rear setback, which is easier to install a mobile home opposed to the three frontages and the rear setback. Okay, we'll uh open it up to the public.
Does anybody want to speak on this matter? You don't have to if you don't want to. Yes, sir. Um, do you want to speak? Okay, cool. We'll just get your sheet later. I'm sorry. Go up to the dis there and make sure you fill out a form. Okay.
Okay. Just say your name and address when you get up to the D, please. Okay. Right here. Okay. Um, my name's Gia Lucas. I'm um representing my mom Fay Moody who actually owns the property and um we that part of the issue I think
with that property is that mailbox area in that's causing that little curve there at the bottom. But we the lot has not been split. It's been the same lot that my dad had when I mean I was 15 years old when he originally owned the
property and then when he died, mom and I took over everything. But um there is a property or a trailer behind um that's been there I I don't think it's ever been replaced. Um but it's definitely we had the the trailer that
was originally there demolished and taken out. So, the the trailer that is on the property that's sitting there now waiting to be set is um it was approved and part of the issue was they thought when when it was brought in they had
thought that it had gotten approved and that it was approved for that lot and so there I think there was some miscommunication on all the way around with them with that company when they came in and brought the the property and so we're just wanting that little bit of variance to get it in there and get it
set up where it's supposed to be. Great. So, yep. Thank you very much. Thank you. I'll just Anybody else want to speak on on this matter? All right, we're going to close it up. Bring it back to the dis. Was there a trailer there at one point?
Um, most likely at some point, many years ago. Okay. And is there is there sewer there or septic? Septic, I'm sure. most likely septic
and have you have the applicant I mean figure out where the septic would go on such a small configuration lot because there's some new regulations for septics that's a trailer park so that has a I'm sorry do you know what your water service is
whatever I know but do you know your water city water city water services. Is it on city sewer? As far as I know,
when you were younger, did you pay a bill to the city for sewer? Well, the renters did that. Okay. We personally we rented the property. We never
Okay. If it's paid to the city for Well, we're not sure. I don't know the answer to the sewer question, but um the Pioneer Key is, if you recall our conversation about the LDC update, is one of the things that we're looking to currently that lot
could be used for a tiny home, but our current code doesn't allow for anything other than mobile homes. Um because of the age of the mobile home subdivision and the regulations that were in place at the time, they didn't have to meet setback requirements as any new replacement of mobile home has to. Now
what's the remind me what's the new what would be the new setbacks in the LDC for that? It will be um trans urban village. So the setbacks will be a lot smaller. We're looking at the ability to allow to remove minimum size
um living areas for everything except for the traditional um and then the setbacks here would would definitely not be 20 in the rear if we're looking at allowing for tiny tiny homes and other stickuilt homes to be built on the site. Okay. All right. Cool. I will uh I'll
take a motion. I'd like to make a motion to um for the uh the to to recommend the approval of project VR 25002. Thank you. Do we have a second? I'll second that. All right. We have a motion to approve by member Shone and a uh second by
member Keller. Any other questions? Okay. If not, let's go ahead and vote. All right. That carries. Uh, I can't count. Five to zero. Good luck. All right. That would be a good question though for uh if it comes up. The
council's going to ask the same thing by the way about the septic. All right. Cool. Next one's going to be uh Aoy Village Center new grocery and fuel station large scale preliminary site plan LSPS project number LS204011.
Uh, deputy development services director. Can we get you a different title? It's a little DDSD. Uh, Whitfield. I I think deputy is plenty. Um, Mr. Chair, their applicants did fill out their forms. So, I'm just going to pass those to the clerk.
Thank you. Okay. So, this item is um for the Koi Village Center new grocery store and fuel station. It is a preliminary large scale site plan, but uh similar to the pickle ball, you there's a lot in the package because they're continuing to work on final engineering. Um the first
one, so this is a background of the property. this area or this uh location map unfortunately just shows these two parcels but um it also includes this rideway area, this little piece here and
then there are also some um rightsways that have been previously vacated. They're now small tiny little tracks. So it it actually is four parcels. It's just that the maps that we're able to pull the boundary lines from the appraisers just has these two.
Um so it's in the southwest corner of the intersection of Lakewood um and Clark Kona Koi Road. The new alignment about 7 acres just shy of seven acres in total is currently vacant. There are currently no unique features. However, it is part of the interchange village um
character area. Um and as I mentioned it does include those two recently vacated um rights ofways. This is just an aerial of the property the surrounding future land use map. So the yellow that you see on the west side of Lakewood that's still um
unincorporate Orange County is yellow in our future land use and the JPA future lange map um essentially is surrounded by commercial and highdensity residential on the south. This is the surrounding zoning map. Um so it's a very large site. So, I
apologize that the the plan is very tiny to see, but the grocery store here is about 45,000 46,000 square feet plus a separate um attached liquor store. Um, and then the fueling station is up here
and the canopies are here. Um, what they're proposing is a 48,585T grocery building. uh the fuel canopy and the um the
I totally lost my train of thought. The liquor store parking is in accordance with the interchange character area which is um essentially one uh one space for 333 ft as the math works out. Um they're exceeding that number um even
with the inclusion of some of the spaces being used as as car corrals. Uh these are elevations of the building. This main one on the bottom of the screen is the front elevation. This is what people would see as they're sort of
driving northward on Lakewood. Um this is the side elevation where the um it's the east side. So it's the side that would be facing the rest of the uh village center. The liquor store is right here. And then this is the other
side. Um and then their pickup um there's a dedicated pickup area for groceries. This is a generic uh elevation. Uh I do not believe it's a generic elevation. We have been working with them to get the best elevation that we
could. Um that based on negotiations, this is what the their client is willing to produce for our region. Um the previous one was actually uh light brown and dark brown. Um, but staff had had pushed to get a color palette that that
is similar to the existing commercial strips that's on on that side like the 7-Eleven, the building where the Chipotle is, those are all neutral um creams and um grays and light grays. So, this is the this it still kind of looks
gray, but the color palette are the aluminum, the light gr, the medium gray, and the dark gray with the store's um signature blue. So, this is a shot of it looking sort of southwesterly. Um, this monument uh
monument the monument stand or sign is here. Um, I had asked them to take the verbiage out because we're not approving any verbiage here on signage, but that monument structure is already there. They're just tying in the fence line to it. Um, then this is looking back towards this store.
This is the east elevation or sort of easterly elevation. Um, this is the front elevation from inside of the property. Uh another front elevation of inside of the property.
Um this is the west side. So this is uh like a drive-thru for pickup. The fueling canopy and convenience market, a more zoomed in version of the
convenience market. And that's DRC um met on this item on October 7th. um last week and following discussions and needed documentation for the final site plan itself in terms of engineering, they did make a unanimous
recommendation of approval with no conditions. Um and so staff is also seeking a recommendation of approval for the preliminary large scale site plan for the new grocery and fuel station um in a village center. And I believe the applicant team has uh wants to say some
words. Great. Anybody have any questions for staff? All right, we'll bring it up the the applicant and I assume these three I got you guys are all the applicant, right, Josh? That's correct. And for for the record,
yes. McGregor Love 215 North Yola Drive. We don't need these. All right, cool. Go ahead. And want to thank uh DDSD Whitfield and and everyone on staff as as indicated by the application number which begins with a 2024. We've been at
this for a while. Yep. um and and your staff have served you well. We've we've worked through uh you know aesthetic issues, design issues uh very thoroughly and it's been a good partnership with city staff. We're we're
happy with the uh the preliminary site plan that you have before you tonight. We concur with their recommendation and here to answer any questions. I'm a lawyer, so most of your questions will probably be directed uh at Josh, who is an engineer, but I'm happy to answer any that I can. Thank you.
I think this one will be pretty pretty easy. This is just a preliminary site plan, but does anybody have any questions for the applicant? Yeah. Where I was trying to understand where's the loading dock? Which which size is it? North, South? It's on the south side. It's on the south side. South. Okay. And and what do we have on the
south side? Vacant parcels for now, I think. So, there's two residents in a chicken farm or something like that. Like this. Okay. So, the loading dock is right here. It's going to be behind a wall. It's okay.
Right. See right here. Um, unfortunately, the way this was submitted, it's they're cut sheets with matching with match lines. Um, this is a zoomed in version of the the map key. Um because the site is so big, all of the
sheets are if if I showed you a more legible version, it'll be Okay. So So there's a wall behind the low. Yes. On the south side, that's whatever else is coming up, stuff like that. Okay. Yes, sir. And then plantings here um around this
pond. Okay. And then and then Okay. So that's a buffer from the next development. Yes. We asked them, part of part of the negotiation is that we asked them to to beef up the landscaping so that as people are driving north west northeasterly on Lakewood that they wouldn't actually see as much of it.
Okay. We don't want the wall too high either. We want to see where we're going. So, yes. Okay. Um, at this point, are you guys uh able to confirm the lease the tenant yet? No sir, not officially. This is Josh
Lockhart, 1125 Lakeland, Florida or Bartto Road, Lakeland, Florida. U not officially. No, sir. Is it is it the tenant that everybody thinks it's going to be? I think it's been disclosed through things, but um yeah, through things that it shouldn't been in in uh on YouTube or whatnot, but
probably so. Okay. Well, technically the name was in their second submittal green. True. It's a weird color for that tenant, but you know, well, to that point, I mean, that's, you know, working through this with staff has been a great process to get
the the this has been a true design project all the way through with with with our team and um the tenants team and staff to be able to get to where we are because it it is not a it is not a proto building. You can see there's a lot of custom touches to this building, the trelluses and and additional, you
know, column wraps and and besides the colors. One thing to to your question, sir, about the buffer that actually was a was a pretty um uh you know, kind of dutiful uh design there because the the the wall and the buffers along between
the store and then there's a pond to the south that but even that area has excuse me all the landscaping was designed to be staged and staggered enough to be able to provide a solid buffer through there. So that was, you know, very well thought through all the way.
Perfect. Great. All right. Well, we appreciate your gentleman's time. Question for that is because I'm that's an area I know we could have some mixed use like you've always wanted. So I want to make sure people not looking at you know having their kids walking back there and run to a truck or some sort of whatever. So
yeah. So the improved portion of Lockwood had Lockwood Lakewood Lakewood. Sorry she's over his last name is Um the improved portion of Lakewood has the whitewalk there. So instead of
traveling up to continue directly northward to West Bridge, they would continue walking on the path to go to um this portion of the site that will have um the proper connections for pedestrian access. Great. Thank you. All right. At this time, we'll close up the DAS. Anybody
else want to speak? All right, we'll bring it back up. Uh I'll take a motion. I'll I'll make a motion for recommend recommendation of approval for the uh Acoy Village Center new grocery and fuel station large scale preliminary
preliminary site plan project number LS 2024-01. Perfect. Do we have a second? I'll second that. Thank you very much. We have a uh recommendation for approval by member Butler and a second by Vice Chair Forges. Any other questions? All right,
let's vote. Missing passes 5. Good luck, guys. Get it done, would you? Thank you. Later on, you guys can do an overpath, you know. Road to the other side.
All right. Miscellaneous uh project status report. Um, let's see. We don't have any many new projects under construction right now from the last one. Um,
also, well, we have had a couple of preapps. Um, I don't know why I'm having a true senior moment. Literally just had two preaps this morning and now they're like right over my head. But um there we have met with people
that but they just haven't submitted their applications or resubmitted their next round. Um there's a few that we've had some technical meetings on that that we're still waiting for resubmitts on. Um the one of I remember now one of the
pre-applications was the second building at the Vermier site their southern portion. We had a preapp on that. also had the Palm Drive realignment is undergoing site plan review right now. Uh it got the first round of DRC comments issued earlier this week and
they're working on um providing some responses to comments on that. So hopefully that'll get going um pretty soon. What uh what have you heard about the baseball complex? Nothing as of yet other than they did
provide we met with them and they provided us a tentative timeline which would have included a resubmitt on October 1st. Was it resubmitted? Okay. Um so we are just anxiously waiting for them to resubmit and and see how it
goes. Um I know uh my folks are are definitely asking. We reached out to them and they basically they're said that they're still trying to keep to the same time frame, but there is a reason has been delayed. Okay, cool. Anybody else have any other questions?
All right, November meeting date discussion. Yes. So, November 11th is our next meeting date. Um, however, I believe there is the veterans um event that's happening. Mhm. Um, do you all want to keep that meeting
or do you want to And the reason why I ask is that we originally were going to suggest to move it on the 18th. However, as you may have heard at the last city commission meeting, um I think the commission is um reinstating that this
November 18th meeting date. Um there's not a big urgency because we do not have any projects ready to move forward to bring to the board. Um we did have one but they've gotten enough u rejections from like utilities and engineering that
we're not ready to to move forward on that. Um and then the variance application that we had met with the property owners on they seemed super anxious when we met with them a couple weeks a week and a half ago but we haven't seen the application come in. So had there been that variance application
for um another lot set back and minimum lot sizes due to their specific circumstance we could have had something come already but currently we don't I think we can just go ahead and cancel it. Okay. But if we if we should make it up it had
to be as early in December as possible. We'd have the December meeting. Oh, perfect. We have one in December. Yeah. Fair enough. How early in December? Middle of December, man. My brain is all my brain is in 2026.
I was gonna say next year. December comes around. I'm in I'm in next year already. Mr. Chair, you don't have to necessarily make a motion, but we just need a consensus. Yep. I agree. Yeah, I agree. Okay. Thank you. Perfect. Okay. And then the um the only last
little thing that's on not on here is that it's just a little friendly reminder that um the service calendar is July to July. So just a friendly reminder that there are three absences that are allowed. Um the code says
excused or unexcused. So if you are nearing your third absence, please be mindful that you may get a a letter from the clerk's office. Oh, is it a letter or or automatic termination? It's a letter reflecting an automatic termination.
Oh, so it's ter it's a termination. Okay. And that's all I got. Thank you very much. Uh if there's nothing else, have a great night.