Planning & Zoning - Regular Meeting

like to call tonight's city of Coington Planning Commission uh to order. Let's all stand for the pledge of allegiance nation indivisible. Thank you. Um let's go he can we do the roll call please. Mr. Boone here. Mr. Davidson here. Misswords here. Mr. Celesteian absent. Mr. Duvik here. Mr. Bulock absent. Mr. Hudson here.

Uh, okay. We have the approval of the minutes from the last meeting of October. Commissioners, do you have any questions or comments or amendments? Now is the time. Not I'll entertain a motion. Make a motion for adoption. We have a motion and a second. Mr. Boone. Yes. Mr. Davidson. Yes. Miss Swords. Yes. Mr. Mr. Duvik. Yes. Mr. Hudson. Yes.

Okay. We have one case on the um agenda tonight. It's case number 25-11-14, administrative sub. It's a administrative subdivision referred to the planning commission by the planning department. An application to subdivide for combined lot C in number four west block north and 4.65 65 acres in number two west block north in section 32 township 6 south range 11 east into lot C1 city of Cington Stony Parish property is located on Minitry Drive near West 15th Avenue and has the municipal address of 667 Minetry Drive Covington. The petitioner is Ted Nathansson. Uh

resign. Commissioners, any questions or comments for the city? If not, would the petitioner want to come to say anything? Or if not, you can stay there. Anybody have any questions for the petition? With that in mind, I'll entertain a motion. I'll make a motion to approve. We have a first and a second. Miss Cohen. Mr. Boone. Yes. Mr. Davidson. Yes. Misss. Yes. Mr. Duvik. Yes.

Mr. Hudson. Yes. Okay. Thanks. Uh, other business. Um, we have resolution 25-01, a resolution of the Covington Planning and Zoning Commission approving slashaccepting the completion of the training required under act 859 of the 2004 legis Louisiana legislature. Um we have uh acknowledgement that that's all been completed all board members and so therefore we are uh affirming this resolution. So do I have a motion? Mr. Davidson first

and a second. Roll call, please. Mr. Boon, yes. Mr. Davidson, yes. Mr. Wards, yes. Mr. Duick, yes. Mr. Hudson, yes. Okay, with that we will adjourn the planning meeting. Move into now call to order the uh city of Covington zoning commission meeting. Uh roll call please. Mr. Boone uh here. Mr. Davidson here. Mr. Wards here. Mr. Celesteian absent. Mr. Duvik here. Mr. Bullock absent. Mr. Hudson here.

Okay. We have um the approval of the minutes from our last meeting which was in October. Commissioners, do we have any questions, comments, or amendments? If not, I'll entertain a motion. Make a motion to approve. Motion second. Second. M Mr. Boone. Yes. Mr. Davidson. Yes. Mr. Swords. Yes. Mr. Dubic. Yes. Mr. Hudson. Yes.

Okay. Uh, tonight we have uh one case. It is a case number 25-11-09 ZC. It's a request to reszone lots five and six and uh s the portions of the revoked alley adjacent said lots square 2006 new coington. Lot six is located at the corner of West 21st Avenue and South Harrison. And lot five is to the rear of lot six on the corner of South Harrison and undeveloped West 20th Avenue from neighborhood commercial CN to regional commercial CR. The subject property has a municipal address of 601 West 21st Avenue in Covington and the petitioner is Nicholas Fitz Simmons as well as the owner. Um, Miss A, you have anything to state on behalf of the city or the department or anyone?

Well, so zoning changes. This property is already zoned CN and um the petitioner will explain why he's interested in a zoning change occurring. My concern is that CR is a is more intense for the area and it would be next to single family res.

Commissioner, do you have any questions for the city uh regarding this at this point after reading through

residential property right now? behind the request highway commercials. Highway commercial single determined by something

approve it based on Well, and and also whatever would fit on the lot, right? So it would also be limited by whatever use would be allowed which It could be a car lot. Trump,

right? So the other thing that the applicant expressed was that prior to Hurricane Katrina, there was a radio tower on the property, which is no longer allowed in that area. It would have to be zone CR to replace that. But the lot's not big enough for tower anyway under the new code under the code from 2010. Sure. So, and it's been gone since Katrina, so it doesn't fall under any nonconforming issues. But Mr. Fitz Simmons is here.

We have the petitioner here. Uh, Mr. Fitz Simmons, if you would like to say something to the uh board, I'd like you to come to the podium and just state your name and address and um say what you will about your uh proposal. Hello, my name is Nicholas T. Fitz Simmons and I'm just here trying to uh maybe get a chance to put the radio towel back for some type of commercial or religious kind of FM radio station. Um, and uh, maybe use car a lot, but that's besides I'm not sure if I even want to fool with that. Um, but been a lifelong resident, so I've been on that property all my life, so know the area pretty good. bought across the street, a couple of lots there. So, it's um not too much of any residential residential is that is across the street on 20 caddy corner. That's well, am I not mistaken, uh Mr. about the radio tower that you couldn't have one if you wanted to at this present time. So the height of the tower is talked about the height of the tower and I don't have the radio tower with me but it has to meet where if the tower fall

that limits But there's a lot you can put. Well, I I I think one of the issues that I I have as a commissioner, I won't speak for the others, is going from a a less intensive to a much more potential intensive sort of use of the property is is not something that we would even look at when we were looking at our master plan and the and the future plan, etc. So, it's something that's kind of uh starts off in the wrong direction in my view, in my opinion. Um, particularly in a residential uh neighborhood. Um, commissioners, you have any questions for Mr.

So, just to be clear that I understand your application, you are asking for either a car lot or a tower. Yes. Car lot replacing the tower. Well, his his zoning is requesting to change from CN, right? I was just looking Commissioners, any other question the applicant or the city

changing still would not allow. So number tower.

Right. radio.

Right? Commissioners, any other questions or comments? If not, you have anything more to add? No, sir. Thank you. M Mr. Fitz Simmons, I appreciate your contribution to the city and and for that property and what it means and I think the CN if you take another look at it with Helen, they can come up with a really good use for that that stays within that CN zoning and we'll continue that contribution and be a compliment to the city. So with that said, I would make a motion to We have

and a second. Miss Cody. Mr. Boone. Yes. Mr. Davidson. Yes. Misswords. Mr. Dubic. Yes. Mr. Hudson. Yes. It's not at this point. No. We We appreciate it. Um, is there other business at this point other than we do not have a meeting in December, which is a big celebration. That's the only businesses. We should see you again in January. So, have a wonderful holiday season. Okay. You too. Yes. With that, we'll uh adjourn. Thank you.