HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-14-15 YPC MinutesCity of Yakima Planning Commission (YPC) City Hall Council Chambers
Meeting Minutes of January 14, 2015
Call to Order
Vice -Chair Scott Clark called the meeting to order at 3:30 p.m.
Roll Call
YPC Members Present: Vice -Chair Scott Clark, Al Rose, Bill Cook, Paul Stelzer,
Patricia Byers, Ron Anderson
YPC Members Absent: Chairman Dave Fonfara
Staff Present: Jeff Peters, Supervising Planner; Joan Davenport,
Community Development Director/ Planning Manager;
Mark Kunkler; Senior Assistant City Attorney; Rob Peterson,
Airport Manager; Valerie Smith, Senior Planner; Robbie
Aaron, Assistant Planner
Other:
Staff Announcements
Senior Planner Valerie Smith announced that staff has prepared a Staff Report
regarding Sign Code amendments. She informed the Commission that the Planning
Commission Public Hearing regarding Sign Code amendments will be held on January
28, 2015. Valerie added that a press release will be sent to notify the public of the
opportunity to comment on the proposed Sign Code amendments.
In another staff announcement, Valerie explained that on January 6, 2015 the City
Council adopted a resolution to open the 2015 Comprehensive Plan Amendments
process and will be adding this to the agenda for the February 11, 2015 Planning
Commission meeting. She continued to say that staff has prepared a legal notice
newspaper display ad and news release to be mailed out prior to and immediately after
the February 11, 2015 Planning Commission meeting.
Election of Chairman and Vice -Chairman for the Y,akima. Planning Commission
Jeff Peters offered to the Commission the option to postpone this item until the next
meeting due to the absence of the Commission's Chairman, Dave Fonfara. Vice -Chair
Scott Clark asserted that he would prefer to wait until the next meeting for the election
of the chairman and vice-chairman of the Commission. Bill Cook made a motion to
postpone this item and Al Rose seconded it. The motion carried unanimously.
Audience ParticiRation
No audience participation noted.
Draft Ordinance Amending the Zoning Ordinance YMC Ch.15.02.020 .Definitions to add the
definition of "Mission" use: and amending Table 4-1 of YMC 15.04.030 to add "Mission" use
as a Class 2 use in the General Commercial G. Central Business District(CBD),and Light
Industrial M-1 zoning districts.
Mark Kunkler introduced this topic to the Commission. He informed the Commission that if
they make a recommendation to City Council to adopt the proposed ordinance presented to
them by staff and the City Council adopts it, then a mission would be a Class 2 use in the GC,
CBD, and M-1 zoning districts and not allowed in other zoning districts. The Missions
Moratorium would be lifted as a result of the City Council's decision to adopt the proposed
ordinance.
Al Rose asked what zone Roy's Market is in to which Kunkler responded that the parcel Roy's
Market is on is an SCC zone in and of itself.
Kunkler clarified for Scott Clark that Yakima Neighborhood Health is proposing a community
center or mixed building use in the SCC zone and not necessarily a mission use.
Kunkler added that if the Planning Commission wants to proceed with recommending
adoption of the proposed ordinance to the City Council that the step before that would need to
be scheduling a public hearing.
Anita Monoian, the CEO of Yakima Neighborhood Health Services, provided background
information about YNHS, their vision, and their history.
Rhonda Hauff, Chief Operating Officer of YNHS, shared some statistics about the sheltered and
unsheltered homeless members of our community, the vision of the Community Service Center,
a mapping of community resources, and statistics about YNHS from 2013 including the number
of unduplicated primary care patients, primary care visits, outreach visits, prescriptions filled,
etc.
Nathan Poehl, a member of the audience, expressed the effectiveness of Yakima
Neighborhood Health in the community and his desire to discuss this project with
Planning Department staff members.
Jamie Carmody made the argument that land use decisions should be based on what
the use of the land is instead of who uses it. Carmody also made the remark that Roy's
Market shouldn't be zoned SCC.
Bill Cook asked if an Interpretation has been submitted. Joan Davenport confirmed that
it has been submitted as an unclassified use.,
Carmody explained that he has an issue with an implication or determination that
would not allow mission uses in zones other than CBD, M-1, and GC. He clarified that
he doesn t have a problem with mission uses being primarily in the CBD, M-1, and GC
zones, however.
Al Rose made a motion to table this discussion until the next Planning Commission
meeting in two weeks and for the Planning Staff and the representatives from Yakima
Neighborhood Health to come back with new information to share with the
Commission at the next meeting. Patricia Byers seconded the motion. The motion
carried unanimously.
Continue Discussion on the Airport Safety 0verla
Rob Peterson, Airport Manager, handed out a schematic from WSDOT of what they
believe should be and should not be in certain zones. Rob went over definitions to the
six zones in the Airport Safety Overlay.
Assistant Planner Robbie Aaron discussed the idea of combining zones of the Airport
Safety Overlay and then going through Table 4.1 of permitted land uses in the Yakima
IWM
Urban Area Zoning Ordinance and comparing it to the WSDOT airport land use matrix
to determine which review type should be considered for each zone. It also needs to be
determined which uses will be prohibited in any of the zones.
Jeff Peters mentioned that staff spoke with Yakima County representatives from the
Planning department to let them know that the City is beginning to review the Airport
Master Plan. Jeff explained that the County was not concerned about changing the
Airport Safety Overlay since the Airport Safety Overlay covers a very minor part of the
County's jurisdiction.
Other Business
No other business noted.
Adjourn
A motion to adjourn to January 28, 2015 was passed with unanimous vote. This meeting
adjourned at 5:14 p.m.
Chairman Dave Fonfara Date
This meeting was filmed by YPAC. Minutes for this meeting submitted by: Lisa Maxey, Department Assistant II
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