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Council schedules March 11 public hearings for three planning code amendments
Summary
At its Feb. 25 meeting the Olivette City Council heard first readings of three separate text amendments affecting an auto-repair special permit, sign rules in the light-industrial district and community design submittal requirements; public hearings are set for March 11.
The City of Olivette City Council on Feb. 25 took the first reading of three separate planning-code amendments and scheduled public hearings on all three for the council's March 11 meeting.
The measures under first reading were: Bill 3040, an amendment to Ordinance 2,565 to expand a special permit for Auto Beauty Specialists to add 28,000 square feet of lower-level indoor vehicle storage at an adjoining address; Bill 3041, a text amendment to Article 8 of the sign regulations to allow additional monument signs in the Light Industrial (LI) district; and Bill 3042, a change to the Community Design Regulations (Chapter 4.25) to require tree protection/preservation/replacement plans and to extend staff review time from 10 to 15 days.
Carlos Trejo, director of planning and community development, introduced Bill 3040 and said the item will return at the March 11 meeting for a formal presentation and public hearing. "This item will be before you again at your next meeting, I believe it's March 11, in which we will conduct a public hearing and go through a formal presentation," Trejo said. He also noted the business uses waterborne paint rather than solvents.
Jack Carswell, planning and zoning administrator, presented the sign-code change and described it as a technical text amendment. "It's just the text amendment for the permitted signs, within the industrial light or the light industrial district within the chapter 4.15 sign regulations to allow for additional monument signs," Carswell said.
Trejo described the community design amendment as two targeted changes: adding required submittals for a tree protection, preservation and replacement plan and a landscape plan, and lengthening the staff review period to accommodate more thorough reviews tied to stormwater and tree preservation. "This amendment would amend 2 sections: submittal requirements to require the submission of a tree protection, preservation, and replacement plan and a landscape plan ... [and] extend the review period for staff to issue comments from 10 days to 15 days," Trejo said.
None of the three measures received final votes. Each item was introduced for first reading; staff said fuller presentations and public hearings will be held March 11, at which time the council may take final action.
Council members and staff said they expect additional details and formal public comment at the March 11 hearings; the planning department will provide the presentation materials at that meeting.
Items introduced at first reading remain subject to revision before final council action.
