Title
Ordinance - Third and Final Reading of an Ordinance Approving a Zoning Change from PD, Planned Development District to PD, Planned Development District for C-2 Uses Including a Church and Eating Place with Drive-Through Service on Approximately 32.558 Acres, located at 748, 756 and 764 S. Mitchell Road and 1001 S. US 287; Bannister Engineering, Surveyor/Engineer and Living Church, Owner/Developer (ZC#19-023)
Requested Action
To consider the subject zoning change request.
Recommendation
The Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing on April 20, 2020 and voted 6 to 0 to table consideration of the request to allow to allow the applicant time to address the Commission’s comments. During the meeting, there was discussion regarding the low percentage (7%) of masonry materials on the building, the quantity and size of the proposed signage and parking.
Based on the Commission’s discussion as well as staff comments, the applicant made the following changes to the plans:
• Increased the masonry on the building from 7% to 21% and added a new medium grey brick veneer as a building material.
• Removed 6 banner signs from the development plan.
• Replaced the pylons on the 30-foot freestanding sign on US 287 with a monolithic base of corten steel and increased the sign area from 80 square feet to approximately 150 square feet for the LED sign.
The applicant made no changes to the other signage (including crosses, a flagpole, and the monument signs on S. Mitchell Road) the parking, or the landscape plan.
The Planning & Zoning Commission considered the revised plans on May 4, 2020. The discussion covered the following items:
• Increasing the masonry on the building except for the west façade where the future Phase 2 addition will be constructed.
• The height of the crosses.
• The LED board on the 30’ sign.
• Reducing some parking in Phase 2.
After discussion, a motion was made to deny the request. The motion passed by a vote of 5 to 1, with Commi...
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