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CITY OF POOLER PLANNING AND ZONING MINUTES January 26, 2009
The regularly scheduled meeting of the Pooler Planning and Zoning Commission was held on Monday, January 26, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. Members present were, Charles Archer, Scotty Fletcher, Larry Olliff, Wilson Roberts, Robert Byard, Nannette Ringham and James Reardon. Zoning Assistant Kimberly Classen and Zoning Administrator Jackie Carver were also in attendance. Chairman Wilson Roberts called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
Charles Archer gave the invocation and Wilson Roberts led the Pledge of Allegiance.
The minutes of the previous meeting were approved as printed upon a motion made by James Reardon. Motion was seconded by Larry Olliff and passed without opposition.
NEW BUSINESS
1. Site Plan / Landscape Plan review for proposed office building with flex space located at 125 Pipemakers Circle: Commissioner James Reardon stepped down to excuse himself from any discussion of this item. Travis Burke of Kern-Coleman & Company presented the site plan for the proposed office building with flex space to the board for their review and recommendation. There were questions from the board concerning a 40” Live Oak to be saved, recombination of the lots, dumpster locations and engineering comments. In response, Mr. Burke stated that he will do some minor adjustments to the parking as well as the handicap spaces to allow the maximum needed space to accommodate the Live Oak that is to be saved, two (2) dumpster pads with masonry enclosures will be added to the site plan and all of the engineering comments have been addressed and resubmitted for review. Further, the recombination plat will be forthcoming. With no further comments, a motion was made by Commissioner Archer to recommend approval of the site plan for a proposed office building with flex space located at 125 Pipemakers Circle, subject to all of the engineering comments being addressed, dumpster pad locations being added to the site plan, submittal of the recombination plat, and the required parking being met after adjustment to the site plan to accommodate the safe keeping of the 40” Like Oak as noted on page L1. Motion was seconded by Commissioner Olliff and passed without opposition. Regarding the landscape plan, a motion was made by Commissioner Archer to recommend approval of the landscape plan for the proposed office building with flex space located at 125 Pipemakers Circle, subject to parking spaces being eliminated to accommodate the 40” Live Oak that is noted on the landscape plan. Motion was seconded by Commissioner Ringham and passed without opposition. Commissioner Reardon returned to his seat on the board
2. Preliminary Construction Plan review and landscape plan for tree ordinance compliance for a seven (7) lot commercial subdivision in the Pooler Marketplace located behind Regions Bank: Hal Kraft of HGB&D presented the preliminary construction plan to the board for their review and recommendation. The project will consist of approximately 36.44 acres and a seven (7) lot commercial subdivision is proposed. The infrastructure associated with the site includes a roadway, water distribution, sanitary sewer, and storm drainage systems. Mr. Kraft reminded the board that this infrastructure is part of the same plan that was approved previously under the Pooler Marketplace site plan. Commissioner Olliff questioned the proposed tenant. Mr. Ryan Slattery of Pooler (E & A) LLC stated that the lease has not been signed at this time, but as soon as the signature is received, a sign will be posted. All of the engineering comments have been addressed. With no further comments, a motion was made by Commissioner Olliff to recommend approval of the preliminary construction plan for a seven (7) lot commercial subdivision in the Pooler Marketplace located behind Regions Bank. Motion was seconded by Commissioner Reardon and passed without opposition. Regarding the landscape plan, Mr. Kraft stated that a green space plan was previously reviewed and approved by the City of Pooler that covered 17.4 acres of this property (Lots 1 – 4 and Lot 7) before parcel lines were established. Further, now that the parcel lines are being established, this plan distributes the tree counts from the approved plan to the proposed parcels. Lots 5 and 6 are future development parcels, and this plan addresses those lots at the 15 trees per acre requirement. Mr. Kraft also stated that all tress to be planted will be in accordance with the previously approved green space plan and the list of preferred species in the City of Pooler’s Tree Ordinance. With no further comments, a motion was made by Commissioner Ringham to recommend approval of the landscape plan for the preliminary construction plan for a seven (7) lot commercial subdivision in the Pooler Marketplace located behind Regions Bank. Motion was seconded by Commissioner Byard and passed without opposition.
There being no further business to discuss, Commissioner Ringham made a motion to adjourn at approximately 6:15 p.m. Motion was seconded by Commissioner Reardon and passed without opposition. |