Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

Good afternoon. Welcome to the January 13th city of Apaka planning and zoning meeting. If you all please stand with me for a moment of silent prayer and the pledge to the flag. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation [clears throat] under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. During tonight's meeting, there will be a time allotted for the public to speak on any matter before the board. If it is planning and zoning related and you would like to speak, now would be the time to be recognized. Very well. [sighs] We'll do election of officers. We need to elect a chairperson and a vice chairperson. So we will take nominations for chairperson.

I nominate Bill Gustler. I'll second that. Nomination by Commissioner Washington, second by Commissioner Ryan. All in favor say I. I. Any [clears throat] opposed? Motion carries. Thank you, gentlemen. Appreciate your confidence. illfounded as it is. And vice chairman have a [snorts] nominate. I forgot the name. Eric Mark. No. Mark. Bob. Ryan. No. You. You. Mr. Ryan. Ryan.

You're resigning. Is that what you're saying? Yes. Okay. [clears throat] All right. Do I have a second? Second. Second by Commissioner Mott. Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't recognize. Nomination by Commissioner Washington. Second by Commissioner Mott. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Congratulations, sir. Thank you. All righty. Approval of meeting minutes from December 9th, 2025. Anybody have any changes or additions or subtractions?

I make a motion to accept amendments uh from the December 9th, 2025 meeting. I second the motion. Very well. I have a motion by Commissioner Washington, second by Commissioner Wood. All in favor say I.

Any opposed? Motion carries. [snorts] Tonight's meeting has some changes from the agenda. Items one and two, ordinance 3150 and 3118 have been removed. In addition, number four, item number four, special exemption for 4410 and 4420 Chandler Road have been removed. Therefore, we will move right into item number three. Quas judicial ordinance number 3154, change of zoning, Lester Road subdivision. Owners Christopher Williams and Katrina Bennett. Applicant Thomas Favor. Location 550 West Lester Road. As this is quasi judicial, I need to ask if anyone on the board had ex part communication on this matter.

No. No sir. Very well. Mr. Hamza.

Good evening everyone. My name is Mir Hamza. I'm a planner. The applicant has submitted a um reszoning application from uh transitional zoning to residential single family large lot RSF-1B for property located at 550 West Lester Road which is between Vic Road uh to the west and North Rock Springs Road to the east. These are the vicinity and aerial maps of the 550 West Lester Road property. The total site area of the property is 3.05 acres. The applicant is requesting the resoning of the property to be able to build single family homes and also to be consistent with the existing feature land use on the property which is currently residential low suburban as shown on these maps. The future land use again is residential low suburban that stays it doesn't change and zoning is transitional uh proposed to change to residential single family large lot RSF-1B. The development review committee has recommended approval. The recommended motion is for planning commission to recommend approval of the change of zoning from transitional T to residential single family large lot RSF-1B. Staff and applicant are available for further comments and questions.

Very well. Thank you, Mr. Hams. Does anyone have questions of staff? Yes, sir. Yes. Commissioner Washington, can you rewind back to the map? The future land is the zoning or zoning? Yeah, zoning. Okay. So, um the I see the uh egress ingress off of Lester going into the development. Do I see a way to get out on the back side? Uh there is no way to go. The access will be from Lester. Okay. So, it's just a dead end there. Yeah. Okay. All right. Thank you. All right. Any more questions of staff? I I have a question. Commissioner M,

you said this was just slightly over three acres. Yeah. 3.05. Okay. Total. And just refresh my uh memory. The large lot allows how many? The current future land use is residential, low uh suburban. So that that allows up to 3.5 units per acre. But then it's going to go they're asking you to go to single family large lot.

No, that's just the zoning because uh right now the future land use currently that future land use tells you what the density is and zoning is basically what you could put on it. Basically the zoning right now doesn't have a proper um zoning. So T is transition. That's a zoning that a property will get when it gets annexed into a city. the property just never got a proper zoning classification. So that is why the applicant is wanting a reszoning from T RSF-1B which is single family large lot. Okay. Anyone else? Applicant here.

Yes, the applicant is here. Okay. Do you have a presentation, sir? Very well. Good evening. Tom Favor Favor Engineering 3165 McCory Place Orlando 43 283. Uh don't have a presentation, but we're happy to Do you want me to start over? No. Okay. Don't have a presentation for you tonight, but we're happy to answer any questions. Then we'll have questions of the No. All right, sir. I have one question. And how what's the projected just how many units do you think they're going to put on there? It's it's up to 10. Uh realistically, we're not going to get 10. It's going to be in the range of seven to eight

and that including a water retention area and a storm water retention. Yep. Okay, that was it. Thanks, sir. And I have a question. I have a question. And being that Lester is what it is, entrance, that type of thing. Is this going to have an internal street that everybody dumps into the internal street and then one exit and entrance? It'll have one entry exit point or this is what we're planning to do. Nothing's official yet, but uh one entry exit point and then a culde-sac would be our attention. Okay. Thank you, sir. Does anyone from the public wish to speak on this matter? All right. Think none. We'll bring it back to the board for discussion and a motion.

I just wanted to uh say I stand to be corrected when I asked you about the map. I was really looking at the py. Oh, good. Okay. This one is on the north side of Lester. No, this is on the south side of Lester. The one that's uh see the property that's that's on the the black the shaded one. Yeah. With the black background. That's the south of Lester. Oh, okay. where it's dark. Yeah. Okay. So then um behind it is the Piney development and is it squeezed in?

Uh it's already it's an already developed subdivision. There's no subdivision that's being developed right there. It's already an existing subdivision that's there. It's probably developed in the past, but right now it's fully built out. Yeah. To answer your question, u Mr. Washington that's not adjacent to the Pali Acres development uh which I believe is the PY development that you're referencing. It's not near there. Okay. Now, these are existing homes that are abuing this property. Very well, Mr. Chairman. I believe the individual the gentleman there had a public comment. I'm sorry. Sir, if you would come to the podium, please.

Your name and address for the record first and then My name is Fred Cruz and I live at 564 Keyhole Loop and that property line is backs up into my backyard where there's a HOA fence. What I was wondering is when they when they build in on the property, are they going to build a fence of their own? Are they going to build up to my fence or are they going to have like a uh like I've seen like concrete walls? like what separates them from us from the backyard. My question that's uh with just the zoning that's not something we don't have a plot plan or a design plan for the subdivision as of yet.

Um you'd be more than welcome to you could ask that gentleman um privately if you want to but it's not something that's required at this point that be that level of detail. Gotcha. This is just the zoning and then that'll be next step in the process but I would encourage you to speak with him. All right. Thank you. Thank you, sir. All right. Back to the board for discussion and a motion.

Mr. Chairman, I'll make a motion um to find the proposed change in zoning from T transitional to RFS1B, a residential single family large lot compatible with the character of the surrounding areas. recommend approval of the change of zoning subject to the findings and facts presented in the staff report and exhibits. Thank you, sir. Motion by Commissioner Mott. Do I have a second? Second. Second by Commissioner Washington. All in favor say I. Any opposed?

Motion carries. All right. On to site plans. Item number one of the site plan, major development plan and construction site plan. Freshfield Farms AOPKA owners of Hopka 3 LLC. Applicant Bowman Consulting Care of Dne Frey PE. Location 18/19 Armada Bourz Jr. Way. Okay. Miss Sanchez.

Sure. Good evening. Jean Sanchez with the community development department. Uh this item is a request for planning commission recommendation of approve approval for the fresh fields farm of Popka major development plan and construction site plan. The project is located at 1819 Armando Borhaway and proposes a 17,550 square foot specialty perishable food food market on approximately 5.6 acres. The site is a triangular parcel bounded by South Apakka Boulevard, Hayawasi Road, Piedmont, Okiva Road, and Armando Warhouse Way. Surrounding uses include residential subdivision to the north, south, and west with commercial industrial uses to the east, including the Walmart grocery store. The location has long been anticipated for neighborhoods serving commercial development due to its roadway frontages and proximity to existing neighborhoods. The subject property is designated commercial on the future land use map and zoned CC community commercial. The proposed Fresh Fields Farm specialy food market is consistent with both the future land use designation and zoning district. The use is permitted and aligns with the intent of providing neighborhood serving retail while transitioning between major roadways and adjacent residential areas. This slide represents the proposed major development plan and construction site plan. The grocery building is centrally centrally located on the site with parking arranged around the building and storm water facilities integrated into the site design on the north. The layout reflects roadway roadway buffer requirements, driveway spacing constraints and separation of customer and service circulation and buffering along residential edges. The landscaping plan emphasizes a rural farm aesthetic consistent with the Fresh

Fields brand. The plan includes a layered combination of shade trees, understory tree, shrubs, and ground covers. Enhanced buffering is provided along residential edges through perimeter landscaping and preservation of select existing trees and wood fencing to reduce visual and operational impacts on adjacent neighborhood. The DRC recommends approval of the major development plan construction site plan based on the findings and facts in the staff report. Staff recommends that the planning commission recommend approval. Staff and applicant are available for questions. Thank you, M. Anyone have questions with staff?

Yeah, I do. Commissioner Ryan, are they right turn only on the entrance as exits? I'm sorry, sir. Can you repeat that for me? Is it right turn only for the entrance and the exits off of highwasi? Great. They have um their ingress egress actually is on um Apakka Boulevard. There's a right turn and um Apakka Boulevard. I think this is a county road. Correct. You want to talk about the ingress? Egress. There only one entrance then. The next

There is only one entrance. We limited them to only one ent entrance at the time. We had Tanya and I review this. Um there is a right turn lane. It's a right in right out.

Correct. That's on Armando Boras. It's a right in right out. On Kayavasi it's a right in ride out. without left turn exit right and the only the only left will be over here on older Popka Boulevard. Yes. So they have a pretty good circulation. There are three access points basically. Do you feel like there's enough parking spaces for this uh store.

Yes, actually they provided more than the required minimum requirements for parking. Um and because the code limits you to only providing I think um over 10% of uh minimum required uh the applicant submitted a uh parking study. Um that shows they needed and I think it's 140 is the threshold they have on the parking study and they're submitting they're proposing 142 spaces. Anyone else have questions? Very well. Is the applicant here? They have presentation.

Hello. Hello. Good evening. My name is Anthony Juku. I'm with Bulma Consulting. I'm representing the applicant today. Um, we don't have a presentation, but we're here to answer any questions. Very well. Thank you, sir. Anyone have questions of the applicant? Thank you, sir. Does anyone from the public wish to speak on this matter?

Very well. We'll bring it back to the board for a motion. Mr. Chairman, I make a motion u to find the proposed Freshfields form aka- major development plan construction site plan consistent with the comprehensive plan and land development code and recommend approval of the major development plan site plan based on the findings and facts presented in the staff report and exhibits. Motion by Commissioner Washington. Thank you, sir. Do I have a second? I second. Second by Commissioner Wood. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries.

All right. Do we have any new business? Do we have any old business? Meeting in