Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

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Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Good evening everyone. We're going to call this meeting of the planning commission uh to order for February 23rd, 2026. This is our first meeting of 2026 due to the weather last month. So, I need a roll call, please.

All right. Good evening, everyone. We're going to call this meeting of the planning commission uh to order for February 23rd, 2026. Carter, first meeting of 2026 due to the weather last month. So, I need a roll call, please. Taylor, Janice, good evening, everyone. We're going to call this meeting of the planning commission to order. All right. If everyone will stand, we will do the pledge of allegiance. First meeting of 2026 due to the weather last month. So I need a roll call, please. Taylor. Good evening.

All right. If everyone will stand, we will do the pledge of allegiance of 2026 due to the weather last month. So, I hope everyone's had a chance to look over the previous minutes. Do we have any corrections or do we have a motion to approve? All right. If everyone will stand, we will do the pledge of allegiance meeting of 2026 due to the weather last month. Yes. So, I hope everyone we have a motion to approve that. We have a second. Do we have any motion? All right. We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? All right. Roll call on that. All right. If everyone will stand, we will do the pledge of

Taylor. I hope everyone. We have a motion to approve that. We have a second. Do we have any second? We have a motion and a second. Any discussion?

Roll call. Have been passed. There is no old business. So, we will move on to new business. Our first case is case number 2025-163. It's a variance from setback regulations at 4402 Park Crest Drive, 4,400 Park Crest Drive. And I will now turn this over to our planning staff. So we will move on to new business. Our first case is case number 2025. This variance is for lot 15 and lot 16. This variance is required to test the building line set back of 20 ft and perform parcel that encroaches into the structure on lock. The proposed setback will allow for the rest of the structure require. You can see all the other lots. Most of them are pretty much shapes at the very end there. The parcel is currently subdivision. You can see all the other page. We have the current site plan showing how the how the footprint everything. So if you go to page six, we have the requirements for every. And so for letter A we have um why the applicant has to respond to why

special conditions and circumstances we have peculiar to the land structure or building involved in which not applicable to any land structures applicants the unusual geometric shape of the interior setbacks possible special that ordinance which runs for other properties in the same district under the unusual cabinet respond to the interpretation of the Mexican circumstances from the action that the applicant signification And then letter D says that granting the marriage requested will not confer on the applicant. and a special privilege that we have awards applicant responses any other criteria that the planning commission any So our our review is that on reviewing the same criteria that the planning commission must review circumstances of these properties planning staff finds that the criteria for setbacks are met. Unfortunately the 20ft rear setbacks the building on the lot different than the ones on the rest of the street allowing a 17t setback allows for the review of criteria. This reduced setback will not have a capit

open space for storm water to allow for the rear sett. 17. We have motion and that motion come over the planning commission.

Okay. Does anybody have any questions for that motion director? However, scratching out anybody have any questions that we didn't bring the applicant for. All right. With this, I'm going open up for a public hearing. Okay. Does anybody would like to speak? They're more than welcome to come up and speak.

Anybody? All right. We're going to close the public hearing. Do I have any questions? All right. Do we have any other discussion or do we have a motion? All right. Well, this time I'm open up for a public hearing. Does anybody like to speak up and speak? All right. We don't have a public hearing. Do I have any questions? All right. Do we have any other discussion? Do we have a motion? All right. So, we have a motion uh for approval of the variance. Do we have a second? We got a second. Any other discussion? All right. Roll call, please. Anybody? We don't have a public hearing.

All right. Do we have any other discussion? All right. So, we have a motion uh for approval of the variance. Do we have a second? Yes. We got a second. Any other discussion? All right. Roll call, please. Motion. Motion to pass. All right. Do we have any other discussion?

All right. So, we have a motion. Thank you. All right, moving on to our next case. Case number 2025-168. This is a reszoning of 5932 Highway 51 North from office to C3 zoning. And Nikki, once again, I will turn this over to our director. Thank you very North O is short for office and has more limited listing commercial. All right, moving on to We have the area. The lot directly on the corner consist of two gas station and an artist. The parcel is a vehicle. It may be hard to tell in the picture as the Oslo gray marks full. If you look closely at 1, two, three, four, parcel, six parcels that has maybe office. So directly to the south is one zone A

and then on the north side is a vacant lot but the land uses are retail office across the street along Highway 51 North retail shopping center but the land So for sale across the street along copy and pasted the regulations multiple. So um those are the criteria we have retail shopping. So if you scroll down a little bit uh we have that. So um those are the oh actually let me just quick quickly say what those points are that has to be uh letter A how the proposed amendment would conform to the comprehensive plan and its related elements as provided under section 1719 of Mississippi code 1972 letter B why the existing zone district classification of the property question what economic physical or social changes in occurred and sanity of the property in question as provided under that were not anticipated by the comprehensive plan and substantially altering the basic character of the area. Why the addition to the official letter and letter D applicant submitted the following responses to the criteria. Uh the pros l comprehensive plan supports the city zoning change and the city fits the attribute

retail commercial facilities access the parcel is located high sufficiently buffers provide responsible arterial efficiency commercials industrial development to the northwest. The commercial development city on Highway 51 as described change. There is a demonstrated need for commercial development along Highway. All surrounding corners of the intersection are currently commercial. So planning staff also reviewed that criteria demonstrated. Below is our assessment that all surrounding regarding letter A does not include office. It instead shows all social zones in place that criteria the two types of zones is commercial or that there is no overwhelming or based on the screenshot of the future shown on the next page. It instead appears that the parcel in question as well as joining all city that future land does not break down

specific types of commercial, industrial or residential as this would allow for slight changes more. But it is interesting that office is not included as its own category and also more interesting that the note for comments includes retail office medical research and development types of warehouse distribution and light manufacturing as this would all shapes of office seem unusual to be located interception. This is the only cluster office but it seems to have exist only there does not appear to be any significant change Other than the slow commercial growth at that warehouses that are somewhat near for example there's no general feeling of office developments on the slot in question as well as Jason does not appear to be regarding letter the only argument for public is that open a much longer list of allowable uses perhaps a wider range felt this would be interesting. So in conclusion, when finds that it makes sense to allow this present, we must clarify that it makes sense for the whole cluster to eventually perhaps zones of some type of whether

it makes sense to regard quality of structures. We must clarify that while I thank you. All right. Does anybody have any questions before? Thank you. Does anybody have any questions for directity of uh Yes. So um for the reszoning for

typically if there's any like traffic study that needs to be imposed on business owner development that typically comes with

uh yes so um um interestingly for this proposal if this gets resed um typically if I could use that they're looking for is a permitted use in the business owner. So they would under our current ordinances state of the building architect layout and everything they would occur. They were under our current ordinances type of traffic state of the building. So like essentially if this gets resided occupy the building is a permit would not come back under our current ordinances.

Yeah. the u thing that we're kind of the thing that we are essentially this gets res kind of I don't know surprised about is the fact that there's an advanced auto parts at the corner in that zoned office. Yeah. the uh man you have the thing that we're the thing that we are you have one you have the building that this tenant is looking surprised about currently there's like a barber shop that there's one autos and I wouldn't consider that office

and then we have two bigger buildings behind behind those buildings there's actually building that this ten which is also so to us current basically if we're supporting behind those buildings but commercial but we can only do it one piece at a time Basically supporting behind those buildings commercial and behind those building it still.

Yeah. Um I mean those are great questions. Um you know that that's definitely more of a site plan criticism of that site. Um when we look through our based on just our own research and through the documents we have um we didn't look at those questions um on file you know that's definitely more the parking spaces on that site or not with the site plan criticism of there's a lot of when we look through our bas documentation definitely are um we didn't strangely layouts for sure. However, a parking space is on that side. With this case being strictly a reasoning, there's a lot of nonformance. We can only really the criteria definitely the applicability strangely design office versus commercial layout. However, parking spaces on I do this case every

do we have any other questions? You can only really go ahead traffic in the parking if they're planning on using this as however what is the plan. Do we have any other questions? Yes. Um well absolutely the um is the applicant the applicant is here the applicant would like to come up and so if there's anything that

they can absolutely talk about their question layout flow everything is the applicant the applicant is if there's anything in letters A through D that viol if there's anything that potentially be a reason not. They can absolutely talk about any other question. Uh so the question that he was asking is with with the limited parking and and everything y'all doing a funeral home. How are y'all plan on handling the traffic when when y'all have to have a funeral there? Cuz it is very limited and it would increase traffic. Absolutely. Do you have a plan? Do

we have any other questions? All right. Uh, so the question that he was asking is with with the limited parking and and everything. Go ahead. How are y'all plan on handling the traffic when when y'all have to have a funeral there? Because it is very limited and it would increase traffic. Do you have a plan? So the question state your name that he was asking with with the limited parking and everything. Go ahead. How are y'all plan on handling the traffic when y'all have to have a funeral there? Because it is very limited and it would increase traffic Sundays which we won't have a service on Sundays.