Planning Commission - Regular Meeting
The Planning Commission approved the rezoning of 42 parcels in Lavonda Park from R2 to R3, allowing for multi-family residential development. The meeting also included staff updates, noting a departure and a new clerk joining the office.
About this meeting
- Government Body
- Planning Commission
- Meeting Type
- Planning Commission
- Location
- Laramie, WY
- Meeting Date
- August 24, 2026
Transcript
23 sections
Excuse me. Can I say that again? Since it's been 4 hours and 30 minutes since the time is up, the planning commission is starting this session. Can I call the clerk here? Pechino?
Here. Bull?
Not here. Heiser? White? Not here. Moody? Here. O'Doul? Not here. Schneider? Here. Then, Medmore? Here. 4 people are here. 3 people are not here. Thank you. Okay. Where did my agenda go? I lost my agenda. Here, it's here. Yes. The chair agrees to accept the agenda and the minutes. I resign. Agenda and minutes. Who agrees? Me. Pramayam passed. Chair, was the second one closed? Yes, it was closed. Next, we see a few people here today. Opinions about things not in the agenda. Anyone has anything to say? Is anyone online? Okay, since no one is here, let's continue. The planning commission is over.
I recommend that you accept the minutes given.
Moodi is nodding. Okay. Who are the people who agree? Me. Me. It's passed. There are no comments from the people. Planning commission, staff reports. Derek, continue. Let's continue. Chair commission, good evening to everyone. Just a few things. First of all, he wants to inform the commission that this is his last job with Rayyan. Since he has worked very hard, the planning commission will remove him from the service. He will continue in the town hall, but will become the department coordinator of the army police department. Therefore, in that role, if his team needs anything, he will not participate in these jobs. Maybe we'll be able to see him in Bavaria, but we thank you for the time you've spent here. I think this is the seventh or eighth year, or the eighth year of the commission. We'll miss him, and we're planning to move to a new place. At the same time, I'm happy that Mary Burke is joining us. Mary Burke is joining the office of the senior deputy clerk next door. They will receive bribes from the Planning Commission. We are happy to have them because Mary has experience. So that's it. I would like to announce that the downtown development plan of Laramie is now ready for development. There is a link to it on our website. There is a special section on the city's website for the Downtown Development Authority. You will find a link there. I am happy to send it to you again. You will receive an email last week to verify it. Next month, this will be approved by the DDA, Planning Commission, CET Council, etc. If you are interested, there will be some open house events next Friday for the public. One will take place in the chambers of the CET Council. That is, here in this place, from 7 am to 11 pm. Then we will be accepting the opinions of the public in the farmers' market. So, I just have to say this. I have a question to ask you. It is a very general question. We have a lot of methods and methods and other things, right? How do we know if they are fruitful? In other words, what is the measure to say that we have gained something from this and this is its fruit? In these methods, most of the goals and actions will be included in the things to be done. The purpose of this is to tell you whether we are actually implementing many of these. That is your measure goal. That is how we are pricing all these systems. Whether it is a universal system such as rainwater management, utility jobs, or infrastructure, or a downtown development system. Do we touch them? What are we looking for? If we touch them, why? If we don't touch them, why? We need to know that. Let's look at the last step we took. Before this step, the first thing we did was to examine all the items. Did we complete them? Did we not complete them? Some things are not perfect because of the changes in the seasons. In some other times, things that are not in the control of society can happen, and you can do some things that you can or can't do. So that's how you measure these patterns. Depending on the nature of the pattern, once in a year or once in two years, we try to reproduce it again. In addition, some things are very important when we talk about the value of money. In my opinion, it is an effort to think that we can complete all things in a consistent plan, a urban development plan, and so on. But it is also necessary to investigate whether the things we wanted to do have been really done. Did we complete them? Did we do the things we wanted the society to see? Because sometimes, as I said, if things change dramatically in a 10-year plan, we don't spend time on it, or we don't have the intention to complete that goal, because it may not be visible anymore, or it may have changed. So, that's how we measure them.
Chris, in that regard, there was a proposal for a new staff member in the same plan at some point. Subarsha was one of the staff to make sure that Jai was doing the same, that is, whether Shubharsha was really moving forward on the first and second floor. Did I understand it correctly?
Yes, I know that I say that we are now in the early stages, but this is more of an early stage for me to tell you about the proper plan update. You have more than two weeks to comment on it. I would like to include it in the general. We have spread this information on social media, on radio, on online surveys, on the streets, on stickers, and on yard signs with QR codes. So, that Advocacy Certificate can be seen in PD Departments, or can be a certificate related to a public person like a PI or a Public Information Officer. One of the answers to the questions related to that department is that I think such a part would be equal for the planning department and community economic development. Not just the COMP plan. No, what I meant was what Commissioner Schneider pointed out, right? We have a down-down growth rate, and we have a lot of methods to pay attention to. Then that was good, wasn't it? We are always working hard. We are doing it when the vaccination process is going on. I think we are doing well in raising awareness and spreading enthusiasm about vaccination operations. But if the council accepts it, how will that act be maintained? Then, you know, for example, take re-connecting. For that, we are demanding grants. We are trying to maintain it permanently. Then, But I feel that this is turning into a full-time job. Not only the social media coordinator in the office of the CET manager, but I also need someone special for that job. So, I think what you are saying is right. That's what it's meant to be. But if that question stops, even if I give this back, I have one thing to remind you. Yes, I would like to say that we are completing a comprehensive plan outside of the city center plan. It is time to submit the feedback for that survey by September 7. You can see it on our web page. I am happy to respond to more questions related to it. Okay. Do you have anything more to ask about this, Greg? No, I don't think so. Thank you. Okay. One more small thing. If I am brave enough to speak for the commission, we would like to thank our clerk for his long years of service. Using Robert's Rules of Order, he stopped us on the right track and let me know when someone was talking for a long time. So, thank you very much. Welcome. Thank you too. Okay, do you have any announcements, ex parte wishes, or any interesting ideas? Does anyone have any? Let me bring this to the commission. I don't think I need to change. But Christy has a few things in this. Some letters have their names. I work with them. That's all. I don't have a problem. Well, I haven't worked on this particular map. Okay. This is a small town.
We all work together. Okay.
Resone RZNE 26, Poojam, Poojam, Poojam 1, Lavonda, Parkum, Parisaravum, R2-R3 Resoning. Your support, Phil. Thank you, Chair, Commission Members. 42 parcels of Lavonda Park were moved from R2 medium density residential to R3 multi-family residential. This rezoning started as an initiative for two things. Trinity Baptist Church on 1270 North Knight Street and Developmental Preschool on 715 Shield Street. In the June 22 Le Planning Commission hearing, you will remember that the commission ordered to investigate whether a large zoning division would help a larger zoning system instead of creating a zone called R2 in the middle of Alabaster Park. So, we investigated the zoning pattern around Staff Pinnead. I had said that we would return here in about two months, right? As a result of this survey, we got 42 parcels from your staff report on the map. This is a more continuous improvement in the area where the parcels were sold. More clear zoning limits are being established. Also, as I said earlier, only these two parcels will be able to form a 6-3 zoning island. The facilities around the park are all similar. There are many multi-family buildings in this area. Apartments and business facilities are also on the north side of the park. There is also a high-quality use of it, so we think that this great rezoning area will be considered as a zoning area. A small note about why the park has approved rezoning. Certainly, there are no special development methods for the park, right? We received eight surveys on this topic. I don't know what the last count was in the staff report. We haven't received any public opinion on the use of the park as a pocket. But most of the surveyors were interested in what would happen to the park and what would happen there. Naturally, we want the park to remain a public park. I think that's the first step for everyone. All public parks want to be recognized as part of the city through ordinance processes. That is, through complete procedures, the council's three opinions, along with public participation, are included in this. Even if the city has to remove that park building at any time, the same procedures will be required. Since there is an ordinance, that item can only be used in a general park. Therefore, if a developer approaches us tomorrow, he will submit a site plan for R3 and we can develop it quickly. Before that, the ordinance issued by the park must be approved. Therefore, we would like to make it clear that we do not intend to develop there. However, it is a good idea to include the park in this rezoning to reflect what happens in the vast clouds. You can immediately see in the city what the zoning of the surrounding area is. That is the zoning of the park. Therefore, we need to establish a unity there. The fact that the park is located in a public space means that it will create a zoning environment. Moreover, it does not reflect the fact that the park is located in the surrounding area. The park creates an atmosphere that is mostly crowded with people. Most of the pedestrians and vehicles are also there. People come to the park not only for trails but also for the various ball fields in the northern part, right? They are used a lot. It is very crowded at this time of the year. Therefore, there are many high-use facilities in that area. Those who live there are used to it. Another thing is that the new development in the park has not been stopped, as well as the development in the other 42 plots in the private estate has not been stopped. That is, all the property of those properties will continue to be the same as before. The change in the zoning plan only allows for a different type of development in the area. The setbacks are different, and the rules about how many units you can build in your property are also different. But I have one more thing to say about this. In the actual plan of that area, all these small plots were built into single-family houses. You haven't seen many projects that combine these plots, right? So, if you want to continue without any changes, you definitely have the right to do so. However, if plots are combined in the 63-storey building, there are a lot of procedures for it. Only these two duplexes and townhouses are available for this purpose. Not only that, it is also possible to build 63 real multi-family buildings. Some apartments in the upper part of the park indicate what is possible in the building. But again, we haven't seen many plots being used in that region. It may happen in Bavi. But it will be dependent on various things in the air. So, the Bavi-Bhuviniyoga map that we have set up in this region in Bavi is used to calculate this region as a city-level mountain range. So, there was no need for a proper plan for the solar system, because it is now used as a rezoning. So, when looking at it from the planning perspective, the arrangement of the zoning map and the solar system map is very important. Bhaavi Bhuvaniyoga Map establishes this long-term directionality. When we examined this in great detail, we were sure that it was a good idea. So, I think that I have pointed out the things that we have discussed in determining those many parcels. We would like to request the Council to approve this reform. But I would like to make it clear that there is an answer. We are not approving it, but it is there for you to approve. This is the actual request we received, because there are requesters here. But today, we, the planning staff, are seeing that there are more requesters than we expected, just like you requested us. So, I would like to make it clear that there are some suggestions here, just as they always do. You have all been invited. We are happy to welcome you to this great resigning event. We are happy to answer your questions. Anyone has anything to ask? I'll start. Okay, I'll start. Um. Are the 42 parcels in this change 6-2? Yes, they are 6-2. All of them. Okay. Then there is another question, between the 5th and 6th street between Shields and Hancock, there is a separation line, so why is it not extended to the 5th street? Is that so? It is in the north part of the park. That's why. She is 63 there. She is 63 there. Right. Yes. That is correct. Yes, that is R3. I should have said that the parts of the park are also R3. Therefore, there is a small part passing through the 5th street park, and one block there is R3. Then, the part that is not counted as a park, but belongs to the city on the 4th street, there is an old Vinodha park and other buildings there. The block on the 4th street is all in the B2 zone. Useful. Yes. It is also part of the North 4th street development. Right. So, I have a question for you, Philip, about the lower part. Why is it moving away from that one house? Yes. Let's say again that we have avoided that land. We all know that it is a house in its own estate. It is a very fortunate estate that lives in the park, isn't it? But we have avoided it from 631, because, as I said earlier, we do not intend any development in the park. We do not want to see that thing becoming a more modern one, because it is located in the park itself. That's why we wanted the park to remain as it is, and to prevent it from becoming too modern, because it is considered to be a part of the park. Yes, I can understand that. Thank you. Do you have anything to ask anyone else? I can understand. Okay. If there are no other questions for the staff, we can open this up to public opinion. If anyone wants to talk about this, please say the name of the person who came to the service. No requests. We heard all this earlier. Last chance. Once. Twice. No one is online. Okay. Thank you very much. See? What is the commission's decision? Sharon, it's you, isn't it? You tell me.
There is no map next to me. I saw the map of that place. Then I saw the map of the area you showed. Is the map of the city available? Yes, I was inspecting the zoning map. Most of the areas that connect to the city are like this. It is not suitable for residential areas. So I think it is suitable for this. I doubt if the various landowners who received the notice have thought about the importance of this, but it is generally suitable.
Excuse me. Chair Sharon, is your microphone on?
No, no, forgive me. Thank you. Yes, I was saying that I was doing a zoning map survey. I sent the link to everyone. The majority of the areas there have been zoned as 6-3, due to the proximity to the city. But... So, I think it is appropriate for the nature of the city.
Okay.
My only thought was this. We are giving notice to all the facilities. We have given notice to 42 facilities. Yes, Chair. I forgot to mention that.
We had to inform the people who were inside or outside 300 feet of that area. So, not only the resoned places, but also everyone who was around a block in all directions around Knight Street. Therefore, I think we have sent more than 200 emails. Therefore, not everyone has paid attention to the importance of this. Generally, this is giving more information. This is giving more information. Therefore, it is possible for those in your next house to build something more than the one in the other house. However, I still think this is a good idea. That's what I intend to do. The reason is that it is not suitable for the Bhuvanayoga Bhoopada in Bavi. Philip, I have one more question. I don't know if you can answer this. But when I look at the Bhoopada, I see a large R3 in the middle of the city. Do you know how much is the percentage of R1, R2, and R3 in the city? Mr. Chair, we have arranged for a meeting with you. I can hand it over to you. However, it is not in my memory now, but it is with us. Is this more or less the same, or is it more than 6-3? Mr. Chair, I think we need to reaffirm that 6-3 is a large part of the property of the Sarvakalashalaya. We are not making this up. We would like to have a special zoning district to ensure that everything that happens in Sarvagalashala is done properly. However, it can be said that there are more than 63 districts in the city centre. But when you look outside, 61 is a big part of it. But I can give it to you. I can give it to the commission. This is part of the approved recreation process. Thank you. Yes, because when you look at the size of the earth, it is one large part of the R2. There won't be much of the R2 left. Yes, that's right. Yes, yes, yes, that's right. But like Philip said, that large part of the city is about 60% of Sarvagalasala, isn't it? One part is more than that. Just by asking a question about that part, our discussion will not have much importance.
No, the zoning laws of Sarvagal Ashala are not the same. That's why. It's not about what's inside Sarvagal Ashala.
We're talking about the surrounding area. If you look at the differences between R2 and R3, I noticed that
Philip, can you explain this to me? I feel that all the options are the same. If there are any differences in this, can you explain it to me? The use of resources is small. Therefore, the use of R2 or some resources is included in the use of R3. Is that so? How do you define the main difference in this? The exact description of it. Yes. Yes, right.
Yes, yes, it is the same way. Therefore, I think that the terms of use for accommodation are very similar. However, the main difference is the simplicity of what can be done in terms of accommodation facilities. When it comes to useful uses, I am now examining the usage patterns. and Commissioner Becciano said a good thing. That is, conditional use permits are still required for various land uses in R3. In other words, it should be suitable for that area, it should be suitable for the land used, and the surrounding area should also be approved. So, I am examining it. For example, a Retirement Home R3 is allowed, but R2 is not allowed at all. And some other community services or services are allowed instead of conditional use. Therefore, a community building, called a community center, will be allowed directly in R3. At the same time, R2 will only allow its facilities. A church, i.e. worship houses. How did R2 start as part of this exercise? That is a conditional use. That is a permitted use in R3. One school R3 is legal in terms of rights, but R2 is not. I am referring to a vocational technical trade school, and a public school R2 or R3 is legal in terms of rights. Aashupatrigal R3 is legal in terms of rights, but R2 is not. i.e., medical, dental clinics and offices can be used with restrictions in R3, not in R2. The only difference I see between parks and open spaces is community gardens, community playgrounds, parks, golf courses, parks, and forestry centers. All of them have the same license as R2 and R3. The only difference is that Arboritum is a botanical garden. This is a license with limitations in R2, but it is a license in R3. A bus terminal has limitations in R3, but not in R2.
Yes, so it should not open for more use.
Yes, in this case, can we only limit this to the parcels in front of us, or can we? In other words, if we need this, and if this is subject to the Bhaavi's environmental standards, and if you do not get anything to see how the COMP plan is being updated, is this subject to that? Yes, nothing like that has been seen so far. Yes, let me tell you through Chair, the exercise of Bhuvani Yoga Bhupada in Bavi that we did for this update continued this rezoning in this area. So, anyway, Chair will accept a motion. What to do? The motion to approve RZN 26, Poojam, Poojam, Poojam 1 to be approved, the division of the industrial zoning map, 42 parcels in the Leboni Park area, from R2 to R3, resoned. The findings of the staff report and the legal facts were taken into account. Second, I am doing second. The motion of the cruise through Schneider to conduct a vote in this. I would like to make this your final vote. Okay. Pass or no?
Yes.
Bull is not present. White is not present. Moody. Yes. O'Doul is not present. Schneider. Yes. Mattamore. Yes. That is, 4 yes, Pooja is not present. 3 people are not present. Motion passed. Since there are no other businesses in front of the commission today, the chair will accept a motion. Please resign. Will I get a second? All those in favor, please pack your belongings and go home. Okay. Okay. Did you vote for him for that? No. To resign, he has already done his final vote.
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