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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 -3-