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City of Yakima Planning Commission (YPC) City Hall Council Chambers
Meeting Minutes of September 25, 2013
Call to Order
Chairman Ben Shoval called the meeting to order at 3:30 p.m.
Roll Call
YPC Members Present: Chairman Ben Shoval, Co -Chair Dave Fonfara, Al Rose,
Scott Clark, Paul Stelzer
YPC Members Absent: Ron Anderson (excused), Bill Cook (excused)
Staff Present: Jeff Peters, Associate Planner; Steve Osguthorpe,
Community Development Director
Others: Amy Summe, Mark Kunkler, Bill Duerr, Walt Ranta
Staff Announcements
Steve Osguthorpe announced that Jeff Peters has been promoted from Associate
Planner to Supervising Planner.
Audience Participation
No audience participation noted.
Public Hearing- Shoreline Master Plan Update
Jeff Peters announced that the Department of Ecology is now recommending for
Cowiche Creek to be in Shoreline jurisdiction. Their regulations specify to use the most
current data, which has a higher CFS. Jeff also mentioned new setbacks for streams and
lakes. He displayed the updated City of Yakima Shoreline Jurisdiction and
Environment Designation Map.
Al Rose made a motion to accept the additional finding of fact and recommendation
and the motion was seconded. Motion carried by unanimous vote.
Continuation of Study Session- Communication Towers Zoning Code Amendment
Mark Kunkler continued the study session. He pointed out the new material
highlighted in yellow. He is still researching the issue of relocating cell towers. Mark
reported his findings that a setback between 100 and 110% is standard for cell towers.
Walt Ranta brought up the possibility of an earthquake and how that will affect
provisions for these cell towers. He also questioned whether stealth cell towers have an
exception to the setback.
Mark brought up another point that there have been no reports of a cell tower falling.
He also reported that the setback would not apply to small cell towers.
Bill Duerr added that there are seven phases of the Barge Chestnut historic district but
the map only shows phase one and two of a condensed area of the Barge Chestnut
historic district.
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Other Business
Jeff went over the schedule for upcoming meetings and public hearings about the
billboard ordinance.
Al Rose made a motion to have Chairman Ben Shoval go to the council meeting and
suggest a moratorium for a span of six months; Paul Stelzer seconded the motion.
Motion carried by unanimous vote.
WUM
A motion to adjourn to October 9, 2013, was passed with unanimous vote. This meeting
adjourned at 5:04p.m.
This meeting was filmed by YPAC. Minutes for this meeting submitted by: Lisa Maxey, Department Assistant 3.
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