[music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] Good evening. This is the December 3rd, 2025 Seminal County Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. Please stand for the pledge of
>> 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. >> This board is a seven member board
appointed by the board of county commissioners. A quorum has been established to hold tonight's meeting. Public hearing items acted upon by this board are referred to the board of county commissioners for further consideration. Board members present tonight are myself, Chairman Mike Loren, Vice
Chairman Tim Smith, Commissioner Dan Lopez, Commissioner Carissa Lahan, Commissioner Lordis Aguer, Commissioner Brandy Apollo, Commissioner Richard German. >> [snorts]
>> staff present tonight are Jose Gosmo, uh, development services director and professional engineer. Dagmir Sergara, deputy development services director, Nissa Borurt, deputy
county attorney, Annie Siloway, principal planner. Caitlyn Abgar, senior planner. Tammy Brushwood, PNZ board clerk. Tonight's meeting is going to go as
follows. Staff will introduce an item. The applicant will present their item. Audience members wishing to speak will then be heard. Audience participation requires each speaker complete a comment card and give it to the clerk. Comment cards are located out in the lobby. Please indicate on the comment form
whether you would like to make oral comments. Written comments will also be accepted. Speakers should restrict their comments to information directly related to the items being heard. When called, speakers should approach the microphone clearly stating their name and address
for the record. The board may ask questions of the speaker. After all speakers have been heard, public comments will be closed. The applicant will be given a chance for rebuttal. Any items shown, such as videos, presentations, pictures, or maps, must
be left with the clerk for the public record. Items shown from electric devices should be emailed to the clerk. A [snorts] motion will be made and seconded. Board discussion may occur and conclude with a vote. I will request a
roll call vote for any split votes. All right, let's jump into the agenda. Um, acceptance, approval of proof of publication. Do I have a motion? >> I move we approve. >> Second. >> I have a first and second. Uh, all those in favor. >> Any opposed? Hearing none. Motion
passes. Uh, next we'll move on to the approval of minutes from the October 1st, 2025 PNZ meeting. Does the board have any changes or do I have a motion? >> I'll make a motion. >> Second. >> All right, I have a motion and a second. All those in favor? >> I I
>> hear no opposed. Motion passes. All right, we're going to move on to our public hearing items. Vantage Bank special exception. Annie Siloway presenting. Good evening. Hi. Um, good evening. Annie Siloway,
principal planner with development services. Um, the applicant is requesting a special exception to reinstate the operation of a bank on the subject property located at the corner of State Road 434 and East Lake Brantley Drive on approximately 1.52 acres.
The property has a future land use of office and OP office zoning which allows for the use of a bank if approved via a special exception. The property was originally approved to operate as a bank by the board of adjustments on September 17th, 1984.
In 1996, the board of adjustments approved a special exception to reinstate the bank use after the facility had been vacant for more than 180 days, causing the previous special exception to expire. Pursuant to section 30.3.6 of the Seminal County Land Development
Code, when a special exception use is discontinued or abandoned for 180 days or longer, the future use of the land shall revert to the permitted uses in the district in which said land is located and a new special exception is
required for the proposed use. Due to the property not being used as a bank for more than 180 days, the applicant Vantage Bank is required to obtain a new special exception to continue the bank use on the site. No site improvements are being proposed
at this time and the existing building will be reoccupied as a bank. Based on staff's analysis of the special exception criteria, the proposed use is not detrimental to the character of the surrounding area and is consistent with the existing development patterns. The
area to the north and west consists of residential professional office uses within the RP zoning district across [snorts] Lake Brantley Drive adjacent to the subject property as an existing Sea Coast Bank zoned PD plan development which permits banking uses. The use will
not adversely affect the public interest as a bank has continuously operated on the site since 1984. Regarding traffic patterns, the property contains an existing building with two established access points. Primary access is on State Road 434 and the
secondary access is on Lake Brantley Road. These access points will not be um introduced additional noise or heavy commercial activity and are compatible with the surrounding residential areas while maintaining appropriate circulation for the bank. The proposed special exception does not increase the
floor area ratio beyond the maximum allowable floor area ratio of.35. The applicant is complying with the additional use standard criteria subsection B 1 through 4 if sites located in the OP office zoning district. The site is compatible with
the concept of low intensity of the OP zoning district and is compatible with the low intensity of land use and site coverage. It has adequate access to urban services such as water and sewer, police and fire. And the use of a bank will not create by reason of its
characteristics a requirement for granting the v granting of a variance as stated in your agenda package. Per section 30.3.5.1, the division manager may wave the required community meeting based upon
the needs of the abuing communities or the county as a result of generally accepted land use planning practices and principles. Because the property has been continuously used as a bank since its original approval in 1984, the requirement for a community meeting has
been waved for this special exception request. Um, also an email from Thomas Hewitt in support of Vantage Bank special exception has been provided to the board this evening. Staff finds the request meets the
identified portions of section 30.3.1.5 special exceptions of the Simol County Land Development Code. Therefore, staff requests the planning and zoning commission recommend the board of county commissioners approve the special exception and the associated development order to allow the use of a bank in the
OP zoning district. And that concludes my presentation. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Are there any questions from the board for staff? >> All right, seeing none. Um, is the applicant here to come up? Sure. >> Yeah, please come up to the podium.
and name and address and if you want to add anything to the board. >> Hi uh Greg Noak 400 Carolon Parkway St. Petersburg, Florida. Um I think that it's just um that the bank has been continuously operated. Obviously the bank is now shut down for the 180 days
and we're required to go through this process and just happy to answer any any any questions that that that you may have. Okay. Any questions at this point? No. >> Okay. I'm gonna I guess open it up for public content if we have any cards. I don't think we got any. Did we?
>> No. Okay. I'll >> There was one card. >> That's for >> That's for number two. Yeah. I think we're um Okay. I'm going to close public comments then and open it up for board discussion or a motion or [clears throat] >> Mr. Chairman, I'd um like to move uh that we recommend the board of county
commissioners approve the special exception in the associated development order to allow the use of a bank in the office zoning district on approximately 1.52 acres located at the corner of State Road 434 and East Lake Brantley Drive. >> I'll second.
>> I have a second. Um and a motion. Uh all those in favor. All those opposed hearing none. Motion passes. All right, moving on to public hearing item number two. Mercedes in building PD reszone.
Kathleen Apertar presenting. Good evening. >> Good evening. Caitlyn Abgar, Planning and Development Services. The applicant is requesting the approval for a reszone from C2 general commercial to PD plan development for proposed office and warehouse building on
approximately 0.47 acres located on the southeast corner of Division Street and Wells Avenue. The property currently has a zoning designation of C2 general commercial and a future land use of mixeduse development. This future land use
supports the proposed planned development zoning. The mixeduse development future land use allows for a maximum floor area ratio of 1.0. The applicant is proposing a floor area ratio of 0.2. The property currently exists as a
vacant undeveloped lot. The applicant proposes to develop a site as a trades office with a warehouse component. The warehouse area is accessory to the office use and would exist within the building. The PD proposes sufficient setbacks and buffering between the proposed
development and the abuing existing development to the south. The site is currently located within the city of Castleberry's water service area, Seminal County's sewer service area, and outside of any reclaimed water service area. The site will be required to connect to Seminal County's water and
sewer systems. Prior to development, the property will be transferred to Semino County's water service area during the final engineering stage to ensure that both water and sewer services are provided by the same utility provider. The property proposes access onto
Division Street, which is classified as a local road. A minimum of 25% open space is provided on site. The proposed development is consistent with the PD criteria as stated in the following slides and staff report. As a summary, the benefits of this
development include the provision of expected reduction in vehicle miles traveled per household, new multimodal connectivity through sidewalk connections and bicycle parking, innovative de and innovative development via the integration of trades office and warehouse use. The PD proposes more than
the required tree plantings via the additional buffer provided on the southside and minimizes transportation impacts by promoting accessibility. Consistency with the comprehensive plan is achieved through the above projected comprehensive plan policies. The
property is a new singleuse non-resident non-residential development proposing office and very light industrial use. [clears throat] In order to develop the property as proposed, the applicant is required to reszone to plan development in accordance with a comp plan policy,
future land use policy 4.2.2F6. 2F6 as the property is a new development on a non-residentidentially zoned lot. The proposed building facade is oriented to the west to provide direct pedestrian access and a sidewalk connection to the existing network, thus meeting the
walkable intent of the future land use. Staff finds the proposed PD plan development zoning classification to be consistent with the comprehensive plan in compliance with seminal county land development [snorts] code section 30.49 49 community meeting procedure. The
applicant conducted a community meeting on September 9th, 2025. Details of the community meeting have been provided in the agenda package. Staff requests the planning and zoning commission recommend the board of county commissioners adopt the ordinance enacting a reszone from C2 general
commercial to PD planned development for proposed office and warehouse building on approximately 0.47 47 acres located on the southeast corner of Division Street and Wells Avenue. Thank you. >> Thank you. Is there any questions from
the board of staff at this time? >> Not currently. Okay. Is the uh applicant present? Please come on down. State your name and address, please. And if there's anything you want to add. >> Uh Johnny Herbert, American Civil
Engineering. I'm the um applicant civil engineer. Um address is 207 North Moss Road, Winter Springs, Florida. Um nothing else to add that wasn't already covered great in the presentation given at the beginning. Uh I'm here for any questions if needed. Thank you.
>> Any questions at this time from the board? No. >> Okay. All right. Um I will open it up to public comments. I currently have one comment card for opposed. the Grace Edwards. If you're present, please approach [clears throat] and state your
name and address for the record, please. And you'll have three minutes. Thank you. >> Hello, my name is Grace Edwards. I live at 7-Eleven Meredith Street, which is the kind of adjoining corner from here. Um, I have a few concerns about the
development application. Um, the contextsensitive transition. Um I I we've seen no plans or architectural plans between here and the um street. I don't know how contacts sensitive this can be. It's immediately adjoining a
residential neighborhood. Additionally, you continually mention pedestrian walkways and walkability, but this street has no sidewalks. There is a school bus stop right at this corner. You were proposing to add 39 additional
trips approximately per day. There's no safety for these children out on the street. We already any any survey that you have done on this street for walkability would not show any true context. None of us can walk on this street. So I appreciate that they've
done this planning, but there's it doesn't give any context to what's actually happening. Additionally, there's uh bald eagle nesting. Excuse me. [clears throat] There's a uh mating pair of bald eagles here. There's otter.
There's all sorts of wildlife directly adjacent to this property. What time does this property close? They say that it's not a strip mall. It appears to be a strip mall. What about wildlife lights? Any of the above. I see
nothing in these plants. I have a lot of concerns before moving on with this. That's all. >> Thank you. >> Is there anybody else from the audience that would like to speak on this matter? I don't think I have any more comment
cards. No. Okay. I'm going to close public comments then. Um All right. Uh applicant, would you like to come on up and it's your opportunity to rebuttal or Yes. Uh, thank you. The, um,
uh, sidewalks in question are for 1792 along the front. Currently, there's no way for a pedestrian to access from that, uh, division street to 1792. So, we are putting in a sidewalk that connects back into that region. The site
was previously developed as a Wendy's. If you go back and check the records, so there was previously development on it. The FDOT pond that was put into place cut the land in half, but there was development previously in years gone by
as a Wendy's in that location. And the use on the project is listed as the Trades building. Um, so there is not a um it's not a smoke shop. It's not a uh a liquor store. There's nothing that
retail about it. It's a trades office that functions during business hours and uh has a pretty low, you can tell from the parking lot, uh intensity to it. Thank you very much. Does the board have any questions for
the applicant or staff? motions, discussion. >> I have a question on the we address the sidewalks with staff. Is there any any uh response on that uh in terms of the rightway or is that all up to the the
property owner? >> I assume school bus stops can be moved. Um, I don't know what the accurate accuracy of that is, but >> are you asking about the existing sidewalk? >> The existing sidewalk is does it show here in the way that we we just uh suggested it was going to be added?
>> It's going to be added to like the um not within. So, if you look at the here, I'll show. So, it's going to be proposed off of like the um the north side, so towards Division Street, not actually internal
um on Wells Avenue. So, it wouldn't be internal to my understanding. >> Okay. >> Is that answer >> enough? Yes. Thank you. Any other questions or discussion?
>> Uh, Mr. Chairman, I'll uh make a motion that we recommend to the county commission to uh approve the reszone from C2 general commercial to PD plan development and the related development order for a proposed office and warehouse building on approximately 47
acres located at the southeast corner of Division Street and Wells Avenue. Second. >> All right. I have a motion and a second. All those in favor? >> I I >> All those opposed [clears throat] hearing none. Uh motion passes.
>> All right. Uh closing public hearing. Um so we have some closing business tonight. >> Excuse me. >> One is the approval of the 2026 planning and zoning commission meeting dates. they were included
as a attachment here as well. Um [clears throat] I guess uh looking through that does the board have any changes to the proposed schedule or do we approve as submitted? Do I have a motion either way or discussion? >> I'll make a motion to approve the dates as printed.
>> I'll second. >> Okay. >> All right. We have a motion and a second. All those in favor? >> I. All those opposed hearing none. Motion passes. All right. Next tonight, um, [clears throat] first of all, I'd like to thank everybody for letting me be, uh, chairman this this year. And,
um, sorry, we have a full board and we can hold elections for, uh, both chairman and vice chair. So, moving forward with that, I will open the floor for nominations for chairman. >> Mr. Chairman, I'd like to nominate
Carissa Law for chairman. >> Second. Okay, I've got a first and a second for Chris. Is there any other uh nominations? >> All right. Uh hearing none, I'll close the floor for nominations. Um discussion. I guess that's it. Um all those in favor?
>> I All those opposed? Hearing none. The motion carries >> and a little too quick. >> Yeah, I was like congratulations. >> Oh, thank you. Hot potato
and [clears throat] >> some extra stuff. We probably don't need this just in case. >> You're moving that on pretty quick. >> Get out of the way. >> Feels lighter. Like I said, [laughter] it is fun. Challenges times were fun. Uh
then we will open the floor for nominations for vice chairman. And um Nissa, may I make a suggestion or should I pass the gavl? If I want to make a nomination, >> if you want to make a motion, you need to pass the gavl to the current vice
chair, which is Mr. Smith. >> Jim. Okay. >> And then I would like to nominate Brandy Ayapollo. >> I second that. >> Second. There. You hold you call the question. [laughter]
>> Any say any discussion. >> Okay. >> All those in favor. >> All those opposed. >> None. >> The eyes have it. >> There you go. >> Congrats. >> Make sure that
>> Oh, I will. They spoke to you about [laughter] that one time, you know, but I didn't get a chance to read through the notes. There's nothing else tonight, right? >> Board. >> Anything from the staff? >> The director's report. >> Director's report. >> Do you have anything for the board?
>> Um, there isn't really anything except that uh I just wanted to let you know that today is my last meeting u with the planning and zoning commission. So, I'm going to be leaving the county. So, I've enjoyed working with you and with this board. Um, and I look forward to hopefully seeing you in other capacities
in the future. >> Okay. Well, we're sorry to see you go. We've enjoyed working with you, too. >> Yes, >> absolutely. >> Who's gonna be here next month? >> Um, >> I will. >> Dag Marie will be here. >> I'll be here. >> Yeah. So, and then we'll have I'm sure Jim Potter will come too.
>> Yeah. >> As the engineer. >> Yes. >> And then, um, Mike Rhodess is the interim development services director. >> Wonderful. >> So, we're going to be putting this out on the street um, pretty soon if it's
not already out there already. So if anybody >> is looking >> is looking Mhm. Yep. Any help we could get would be great. If you know anybody in the industry that's been you know has the experience required that'd be great. Thank you. >> Okay. Does the board have anything
further to discuss? >> Um then we will journ. [music] Hey. [music] [music] [music]