Planning & Zoning Commission - Regular Meeting

You good?

Good evening everyone. Um, I'd like to call to order the December 2nd, 2025 uh, City of Fenton Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. Our first order on the agenda, our first item on the agenda is uh, the pledge of allegiance. Everyone could stand. To the flag, United States of America.

All right. Thank you. Uh, next we'll do our roll call and, uh, Secretary Abbott, if you could call roll, please. Right. Thank you, sir. Uh, chairperson Yman here. Vice chairperson Cheryl here. Abbott is Alderman Harrell here. Mayor Morath here. Um, Commissioner Wisrock is excused. Uh, Commissioner Vorhees here. Glover and Commissioner Nelson are both excused. And Commissioner Bilicki here. We have a quorum.

Okay. Oh, and I want to note as well that we have in the audience uh Mike Abbott who's on the parks commission and we have on Zoom uh Bruce Rogers who is a comm who is an alder person.

Okay, thank you. Okay. Uh next on the agenda is our notice to the public and ground rules. Um, so, uh, if you wish to speak, uh, please pick up a speaker request form. These forms are located at the sign-in table. Please complete the form and present it to Secretary Deb Abbott prior to the public comment section of the agenda. Chairperson will call your name during the public comment section of the agenda. Your comments and questions from the members of the public will be limited to 3 minutes. You will not be recognized to speak until you have filled out the form. Please address all comments to the planning and zoning commission. If you have a question for a petitioner, please address that question directly to the commission. All questions will be referred to the petitioners at the end of the public comment portion of the agenda. The commission demands respect and courtesy for others during the proceedings. Inappropriate behavior will result in the forfeite of the speaker's allotted time and may result in removal from the proceedings. The planning and zoning commission wants to hear what you have to say about the items on today's agenda as it relates to cases at present. Uh next is our notice to petitioners. A simple majority vote of the commission shall be necessary to constitute a positive recommendation to the board of aldermen. Also, the next board committee meeting is Thursday, December 11th, 2025. And the next board of alderman meeting and public hearing is Thursday, December 18th, 2025. Okay. With our notices complete, uh we can move on to approval of the minutes from the November 4th, 2025 meeting. Anyone have any question regarding the minutes? Okay. I will go ahead then and move that we approve the uh minutes from the November 4th, 2025 meeting. Can I get a second?

Okay, we have a second from uh Mr. Vorhees. I'm sorry, Mr. Bilicki. I'm sorry, it's been a long day. All in favor? I I.

Any opposed? Okay. Uh the minutes are approved. Uh next is our public comments section of the agenda and um don't think we have any tonight. So we will move on to old business of which we have none. And so our new business is case 2025 SP1. A petition by Texas Pro signs on behalf of Crunch Fitness for a sign plan for a proposed wall sign at 635 Gravoy Road. The parcel is zoned OT2 Oldtown Commercial District. Uh Amy, did you have a summary for us?

Yeah. Uh Crunch Fitness is proposing to um occupy the westernmost tenant space in the multi-tenant building. This is a space that was previously occupied by uh Gold's Gym and is has been vacant since uh 2020. The petitioner is proposing a 237 ft wall sign on the front facade of the tenant space. Um, when only one facade is used for wall signs, the code does allow up to wall signs up to 15% of the facade, but not to exceed 150 square ft. So, the proposed wall sign is within the 15% of the tenant facade, but it exceeds the maximum of 150 square ft um that's allowed under the sign code. So, this will require approval of a sign plan.

Okay. Thank you. Um, do we have a petitioner on the phone per chance? Yes, sir. I'm not sure if you can hear me, but um, my name is Alex Kim, um, the owner of Texas Pro Signs, uh, on behalf of Crunch Fitness. Hi, Mr. Kim. Welcome. Thank you. Um, does anyone have any questions for either Amy or the petitioner?

Okay, I don't see any questions coming forward. Um, so Mr. Kim, uh, we do tend to attach some conditions to our motions for approval. I'd like to go ahead and um read those conditions onto the record and if you could acknowledge those uh I would appreciate it. Um then we can go ahead and move for a vote. So, first um the approval of the sign plan is to allow for a deviation from section 430.320 A2C of the sign code to allow for a wall sign on the south front facade with a sign face of 237 square ft that exceeds the maximum allowed sign face of 150 square ft as indicated on the sign rendering submitted with the sign plan application and dated October 20th. with 2025. That sound right?

Yes, sir. Okay. Uh second, any proposed future signs for the subject location that are not in compliance with the sign code shall require a separate sign plan review. Nothing in this requirement shall prevent the installation of new signs that are in compliance with the sign code via applicable permits. Agreed. Yes, sir. Okay. Third, municipal zoning approval by the city of Fenton and assigned permit issued by St. Louis County will be required for the proposed wall sign. Yes, sir. And last, compliance with all other applicable city codes and ordinances. Yes, sir.

Okay. So, with those conditions, I'd like to go ahead and move that uh we vote to approve case 2025 SP1, a petition by Texas Pros signs on behalf of Crunch Fitness for a signed plan for a proposed wall sign at 635 Gravoy Road. The parcel is zoned OT2 Oldtown Commercial District. Uh Amy, can we go ahead and do a roll call vote? Want to get a second? Sorry. A second. I'll second. Oh. Uh thank you. We had a We do have a second. Uh, okay. Can we go ahead and do a roll call? Yes. Chairperson Yman I. Vice Chairperson Cheryl I. Secretary Abbott. I. Mayor Morath. I. Alderman Harrell. I. Commissioner Vorhees.

I. Commissioner Bilicki. I. Motion approved. Okay. Great. Uh, thank you, Mr. Thank you very much. Uh, have a great evening. You too. Okay. So, that covers all of our new business for tonight and we're ready to move on to announcements and uh the first announcement we have is our report from the community development department. We have not received any applications for January. Um the deadline is Friday. So, if we don't receive any by the deadline, we will not have a meeting in January. Okay. I'll see if that comes to pass. I'll let you know on Monday morning.

All right. Uh next is a report from the chairperson uh which is me. So uh I don't have anything special to report. I'll just wish everyone um a very happy holiday season since this is the last time we'll officially meet before all of the uh holidays for um various religious celebrations as well as uh New Year's. So I wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season. Uh a report from the mayor. Thank you. Uh if you're so inclined, the Municipal League of Metro St. Louis is partnering with the St. Louis Area Food Bank uh for what is called the Mayors for Meals 12 Days of Christmas. So, if you'd like to donate some canned goods, you can bring them right up here to city hall and uh it'll go to a good cause. And I just want to echo what the chairman uh merry Christmas, happy New Year's, um stay warm. Right. Has been cold lately. Uh our report from the planning and zoning liaison is next.

Thank you, sir. Uh last month we had uh passed the board of alderman passed approval with conditions of case 2025 SP09 petition by Mike Mueller on behalf of power motion for site plan review of a building addition at 1623 Headland Drive. And this this was approved. Uh next we had case 2025 RAZ03 consideration of a request to reszone certain properties from St. Louis County zone district R6A residence district R5 planned residential to conform to the city of Fenton comprehensive development plan and this to pass.

Excellent. Thank you.

And that is all I have. Okay. Um, next is our report from other commissioners. Anyone else on the commission have a report out? All right. Thank you. Um, okay. So, with that, uh, our next planning and zoning meeting, if it happens, is, uh, Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 7 p.m. at city hall. and uh we'll wait to hear from you Amy on whether we get any uh applications. Otherwise, I'd like to go ahead and move to adjourn tonight's meeting. Uh can I get a second?

Got a second. All in favor? I. Any opposed? Meeting's adjourned. Thank you.