The regularly scheduled meeting of the Pooler Planning and Zoning Commission was held on Monday, December 9, 2002 at 6 p.m.   Members present were:  Debbie Ryan Watts, Fleta Pepper, Charles Archer, Tim Lovezzola, Wilson Roberts, Don Taylor and Glenda Champion.  Zoning Administrator Jackie Carver, Councilwoman Billie Tyler and Councilman Jack Brewton were also in attendance.  Chairman Debbie Ryan Watts called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.   

The minutes of the previous meeting were approved upon a motion made by Wilson Roberts.      Motion was seconded by Charles Archer and passed without opposition.   

PUBLIC HEARING: 

  1. Paul Wittfield’s request to rezone 600 West Highway 80 from R-1A to C-1, a Light Commercial Zoning.    Mr. Wittfield presented the request to the board for their review and recommendation.   Due to personal reasons, Mr. Wittfield has had to move from his home of many years to a retirement home in Savannah.  Therefore, he needs to sell the property known as 600 West Highway 80 and would prefer to market the property as commercial.  Several adjacent property owners appeared before the Planning and Zoning Commission to oppose the rezoning.  John Kennedy of 112 Wilkes Street stated he would like to have the residential character maintained in this area.  Scotty and Lisa Fletcher, 109 Wilkes Street are concerned about potential commercial uses that would decrease property values.  Commissioner Glenda Champion stated that traffic created by a commercial business would adversely impact the surrounding single-family neighborhood.  With no further public comments, Glenda Champion make a motion to deny Mr. Paul Wittfield’s request to rezone 600 West Highway 80 from R-1A to C-1.  Motion was seconded by Don Taylor and passed without opposition.

OLD BUSINESS: 

  1. Revised site plan of Village Quarter Multi-Family, Bostic Brothers Development, LLC.  Hal Kraft of HGB&D presented the revised site plan to the board for their review. The plans were changed to address the sidewalk conditions of approval from the previous Planning and Zoning meeting.  The revised plan provides for 6’ sidewalks along the parking bays in front of the buildings and 4’ sidewalks for the building entrances and interior walkways.  Connections to the sidewalks along the adjacent roadways have also been added at the two entrances.   With no public comment, Wilson Roberts made a motion to approve the revised site plan of the Village Quarter Multi-Family, Bostic Brothers Development contingent upon all of the engineer’s comments being addressed.

Motion was seconded by Don Taylor and passed without opposition. 

NEW BUSINESS:

  1. Village Quarter Multi-Family Parcel, Bostic Brothers, LLC Landscape Plan. Jim Woods of J. M. Woods, Inc. presented the landscape plan to the board for their review and comments.  The plan meets the requirements of the tree ordinance.  Therefore, Charles Archer made a motion to approve the landscape plan for the Village Quarter Multi-Family Parcel, Bostic Brothers Development.  Motion was seconded by Tim Lovezzola and passed without opposition.   
  1. Godley Station, Parcel 9B Site Plan submittal for Office Complex.  Michael Hussey of HGB&D presented the site plan to the board for their review and comments.  This project is located in the northeast corner of Godley Station Blvd. North and Towne Center Blvd.  The project site is 20.1 acres and is currently undeveloped.  The owner is Savannah Land Company.  The project consists of an office complex containing nine (9) buildings with associated drives, parking and utilities.  With no public comment, Wilson Roberts made a motion to approve the site plan for Parcel 9B of the Godly Station.  Motion was seconded by Charles Archer and passed without opposition.
  1. Godley Station, Parcel 9B Landscape Plan for Office Complex.    Jim Woods of J. M. Woods, Inc. presented the landscape plan to the board for their review and comments.  The greenspace plan has been developed to meet the City of Pooler’s Tree Ordinance. Planted trees will be preferred trees from the Pooler’s Tree Ordinance and will consist of Live Oak, American Holly, Maple, Dogwood, Magnolia and Birch.  With no public comment, Charles Archer made a motion to approve the landscape plan for Parcel 9B of the Godley Station.  Motion was seconded by Tim Lovezzola and passed without opposition. 
  1. Proposed text amendment to the Savannah Quarters Final PUD Development

Standards, Phase I and Phase 2.    Mr. Steve Wohlfeil of HGB&D presented the proposed text amendment to the PUD Review Board prior to this meeting.  The reason for the amendment is to provide guidelines for project identification and entrance features for the development entrances off of Pooler Parkway and Quacco Road.   The location of these improvements shall be outside of the right-of-way of Pooler Parkway and Quacco Road.  The board members asked that the final plans for each entrance be approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission.  With no public comment, Tim Lovezzola made a motion to approve the text amendment to the Savannah Quarters Final PUD Development Standards, Phase I and Phase 2.  Motion was seconded by Don Taylor and passed withoutj opposition.  

There being no further business to come before the board, a motion of adjournment was made by Tim Lovezzola and seconded by Glenda Champion.