05 - APPROVE MINUTES FROM COUNCIL MEETING ON 06/08/2015

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Regular Council Meeting June 8, 2015 Page 14 zonings and in order to approve these zoning changes it would take a 3/4 majority vote of the City Council. Mayor Hashmi asked Planning and Zoning Chair Holland Harper if he could come forward and Mr. Harper did so. Mayor Hashmi inquired of Mr. Harper as to why P &Z voted unanimously against the zoning changes. Mr. Harper explained there would be no effect to a zoning change of some of the properties, but on others there would be a big effect. He specifically referenced raw land and Reno Paint and Body, citing Reno Paint and Body owned a 20 -25 thousand square foot Paint and Body shop that was specifically only allowed in commercial or light industrial. Mr. Harper said that was not allowed in retail. He also said if the owner wanted to expand that he would not be able to get a building permit. He went on to say if you owned the raw land to the north, the 4 % acre tract, and you wanted to put in a freightliner dealership that you would not be able to do so because that would only be allowed in commercial. He said the blanket zoning would limit the ability for people to develop this property for the highest value. Mr. Harper said those are the reasons Planning and Zoning denied the re- zoning and they requested any re- zoning be done on an individual basis. City Council discussed grandfathering of properties and specifically Reno Paint and Body. Mr. Godwin explained that City Council could approve some of the changes or none of the changes. Mr. Harper said to change the zoning on these properties from commercial to retail would decrease their property values. Mayor Hashmi said he had several concerns, one of which was he did not like the ideal of rezoning every property under one action and secondly, if a strip club wanted to open in the area there was nothing they could do to prevent it. Mr. Godwin confirmed that one of the land uses was a sexually oriented business with a SUP. Mayor Hashmi said he would have to defer to the city attorney if they could write into the ordinance restricting specific uses in that area, such as modification of the commercial zoning. Mr. Godwin said the problem with that was there were problems zoned all over the City that were commercial and that might make someone illegal for non - performing use in another area. Mr. Harper pointed out that sexually oriented businesses required a specific use permit, which required public notice, public hearing, and that it would have to go to the Planning and Zoning Commission. Mr. McIlyar said those type of business have to go through a thorough process involving the police department and they also have to obtain a SOB license in the City. Mayor Hashmi inquired if it was doable, should they not change everyone's zoning and stipulated what was not allowed in that area or did so by requirement of special permit. Mr. McIlyar said they could do that, but because this had gone through P &Z, this would need to go back to P &Z for them to study the commercial zoning district. It was a consensus of the City Council to send these zoning items back to the P &Z Commission. A Motion to send this back to P &Z for the commission to study and bring back suggestions about the commercial zoning districts was made by Mayor Hashmi. A Motion to combine items 24 through 31 was made by Council Member Pickle and seconded by Council Member Plata. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays.