Minutes - 01/27/2005Spokane Valley Planning Commission
Approved Minutes
Council Chambers -City Hall 11707 E. Sprague Ave.
January 27, 2005
CALL TO ORDER
Planning Commission Chair Crosby called the meeting to order at 6:30
p.m.
Staff attending the meeting are Marina Sukup, Community Development
Director; Gregory McCormick, Planning Manager; Sue Pearson, Deputy
City Clerk; and Thomas Scholtens, Building Official.
II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The Commission, audience, and staff recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
III. ROLL CALL
Fred Beaulac - Present
Bob Blum - Present
David Crosby - Present
Gail Kogle - Present
Bill Gothmann - Present
Ian Robertson - Excused Absence
John G. Carroll - Present
IV. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Chairman Crosby requested that a change in the meeting times be
considered for the good of the order:
Commissioner Beaulac moved that the January 27, 2005 agenda be
approved as amended. Commissioner Kogle seconded the motion.
Motion passed unanimously.
V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Commissioner Blum stated on page 8 last paragraph 41" line, he would like
the words "clear and distinctive" instead of "clean and distinct."
It was moved by Commissioner Kogle and seconded by
Commissioner Carroll that the minutes of the January 13, 2005
Planning Commission meeting be approved as amended. Motion
passed unanimously.
VI. PUBLIC COMMENT
There was no public comment.
VII. COMMISSION REPORTS
Commissioner Blum attended the January 25, 2005 council meeting. The
Pines/Mansfield agreement presentation was informative.
VIII. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS
Ms. Sukup reported that City Council adopted the Comprehensive
Plan amendments as recommended by the Planning Commission.
She reminded the Commission of the Joint City Council meeting to
be held on Feb 1, 2005, with dinner 5:00 in 2"d floor conference room.
The meeting will begin at 6:00 p.m...
Michael Freedman, Freedman, Tung & Bottomley, Urban Design, a
member of the ECONorthwest consultant team is tentatively
scheduled to return at Council request on March 1, 2005.
IX. COMMISSION BUSINESS
A. OLD BUSINESS:
There was no old business.
B. NEW BUSINESS:
Hazard Mitigation Plan: Study Session
Darrell Ruby, representative of Spokane County Emergency
Services, was introduced to the Planning Commission. He was
present to help explain the issues and answer any questions the
Commission may have. Ms. Sukup briefed the Commission on the
purpose of the plan and the draft Hazard Inventory & Vulnerability
Analysis. Mr. Tom Scholtens worked on the inventory with Ms.
Sukup. The plan was discussed.
Staff hopes to complete the preliminary draft Hazard Mitigation Plan
for circulation to agencies and service providers by the end of
February 2005 with agency/provider review completed not later
than March 30, 2005. At that time a public hearing will be
scheduled before the Planning Commission.
Street Vacation Ordinance Amendments
Four street vacations have been processed and some needed
changes came to light.
1. City signatures on survey documents are unnecessary on
documents prepared by a licensed Washington Surveyor,
2. Survey of properties outside the area of the actual vacation add
additional cost to the survey without commensurate benefit to
the petitioner;
3. Monuments provide control points for property owners, as well
as establishing monuments in areas where monuments have
been destroyed as a result of past street construction activities,
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4. Providing the governing body with necessary findings by the
hearing body who receive public testimony establishes the basis
for legislative findings;
5. Requiring documentation of the transfer of title by means of a
quit claim deed formalizes the transfer to abutting owners; and
6. The renumbering of this section provides a more cogent
organization of regulations within the Spokane Valley Uniform
Development Code (Title 10 Spokane Valley Code of
Ordinances).
The DNS, Determination of Non-significance, was issued on
January 20, 2005 and the proposed ordinance distributed to CTED
and adjacent jurisdictions. The public hearing is scheduled for
February 10, 2005.
Matrix and Schedule of Permitted Uses & Uniform
Development Code
The Planning Commission was asked to review this document and
come to this meeting with comments.
Commission Blum had no comments.
Ms. Sukup explained that the consolidated the matrix included
residential, commercial and industrial matrices currently included in
the County Code. This will make it easier to use
Commissioner Gothmann stated he had gone through the list and
made comments on his matrix. He suggested that animal
processing, the definition of air strip, possibly use only Federal
Aviation Administration definitions for chemical manufacturing,
airports, computer manufacturing, hardware versus software, be
considered among others.
Ms. Sukup added that additional definitions and uses should be
considered, e.g. hospice and birthing center which are not defined
nor provided for in the zoning regulations.
Commissioners were asked to e-mail their comments or
suggestions. Commissioner Carroll suggested using the SIC codes
or the new NIC codes from the Washington Department of
Revenue to designate the different types of definitions of business
types.
Commission Chair Crosby requested the new office zone be put on
the list.
Commissioner Kogle asked about a Spokane County footnote. Ms.
Sukup said that the City will be footnoting the definitions and matrix
incorporating the Spokane County footnotes.
Commission Chair Crosby asked that the Commissioners forward
their comments by e-mail sometime before the next meeting.
Commissioner Gothmann reviewed his observations with the
Commission.
• On page one at the bottom, specific anatomical areas are listed
on page 25. Do we need them twice?
Instead of using the type of aircraft to define and airport, use
ownership of the land and number of aircraft. He indicated that
airstrip is not allowed in the matrix at this time. There was a
discussion about helicopters and ports and the need to add
them to the matrix. Commissioner Carroll suggested looking at
utility runway and ultra lights.
• Commissioner Gothmann suggested that the sign definitions
could be added.
• He noted that that the "inoperable" definition is in conflict with
the junk car ordinance.
• He requested that the definition of 35 feet for recreational
vehicles could be reviewed.
• Ms. Sukup was asked to add Liberal Arts to the College
category. She indicated the whole area needs to be looked at.
Hotels/Motels will be another area to review.
Commissioner Carroll asked to have adult day care added. He
wanted to know if there is a standard that could be used to identify
active farms that could be incorporated into the definition
X. FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER
Commission Chair Crosby requested to bring our meeting times in
conjunction with City Council times. It is staff friendlier. The consensus is
to change the meeting times to 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm and have staff prepare
documents to that effect.
Commissioner Kogle made a motion to amend rules & procedures
for meeting times to be moved from 6:30 pm -9:30 pm to 6:00 pm and
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no later than 9:00 pm. Commissioner Beaulac seconded the motion.
Motion passed unanimously.
XI. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:12 p.m.
SUBMITTED- APPROVED:
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Sue Pearson, Deputy City Clerk
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David Crosby, Chairman
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