Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

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All right, Andrew ready to go. There we go. Ready to rock. All right. We'll go ahead and call this TWA City Planning Commission meeting to order this Wednesday, April 8th, 2026 at the hour of 7 p.m. here in City Council Chambers. And number one on our agenda tonight is our pledge of allegiance. If you'll please rise and remove your hats. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Just a disclaimer for everybody tonight. There is a significant increase in fraudulent fishing requests using information from the public notices that are use issued concerning the applications being heard during our planning commission meetings here at Twilla City. Twilla City collects fees only at the time of application submitt city will never ask for funds to be sent over wire transfers. Uh legitimate Twilla City emails always end with twillis.gov. Remember there's always misspellings in these fishing emails, so look out for those. If you receive a request requiring you to pay an additional fees for an application in an email that does not end in twill city.gov, this will be after your application has been submitted. This is potentially fraud. Uh if you receive such a request, please contact Twilla City Community Development uh department immediately. And always if you have questions, Andrew and um and are there to help you. So please call them with any questions you have before giving out any money. All right. Number two on our agenda tonight is our roll call. Commissioner Hammer

here. Commissioner Lynford here. Commissioner Proer here. Commissioner Cordova here. Commissioner Jensen here. Commissioner Anderson here. And Commissioner Faircloth here.

Let's please excuse Commissioner Sloan, Council Members Gosset and Hansen. Please welcome Councilman McCall joining us tonight. And we got staff members Miss Young, Miss England, Mr. Agard, and Mr. Johnson in the room tonight. Uh brings us on to number three on our agenda is a public hearing and a decision from Steve Muros in behalf of Suzanne Jameson, property owner to authorize the use of automobile service and repair to occur at the property located at 397 North Main Street in the general commercial GC zoning district on 26 acres. Miss

Yes. So, um we did do uh go through a conditional use approval uh like last month for a car rental uh of or car dealership here. And um they are the property owners, but they have decided to go ahead and lease this property to an automotive auto automotive repair and service um business instead. Um and so we do have to go through the conditional use process again because it is not the use we did approve um with the dealership. Um so as you can see this is in the general commercial zoning district uh and all surrounding uh properties are zoned GC but there are some non-conforming residential uses that are adjacent to this property as well. Um, again, the proposed business hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Saturday 8 to 3:00 p.m. Um, and the reason why I bring that up is because automotive services are going to be a little bit louder than a car dealership because there's going to be constant um noise from um cars being repaired and tools being used and that type of thing there. And so, uh, one of the things that we are recommending is that we put, um, a limit on the time frame as far as them using the louder, um, tools and that type of thing with the card, uh, auto repair shop. And so, um, that is one condition

of approval that we, uh, that the staff is recommending. And then this is also again the auto repair shop. We've got um Okay, we've got the um site where they're going to be storing the um vehicles that are getting ready to be repaired on uh the west side of the building. Um, it is currently there is a like a rod iron fence across the front of it and I'll get to that and show that to you a little bit later. Um, this is also the front side or the main street side of the building. There is um parking that is available there. There's a handicap stall along with a couple additional um off- streetet parking spaces. On the original approval, we did uh put in the condition that uh there's no on street parking for their customers and I was just going to carry through with that or carry that on to this condition of approval as well. Um this is an aerial view of all of it. Um and then again on the prior approval we did uh say that or put on the condition to help reduce any issues with lighting that all any new lighting that is installed does need to be completely covered and shining downward and onto the property. So that was another condition of approval with this again that was carried over. Um and then this is going to be site fencing. Um

I did get the opportunity to go in and take a couple of um pictures here. the first one. This is the one that is across the street from the um automotive repair shop and it's just showing the fence that is there right now. That's the rot iron fencing. And then this is um the fencing that is facing westward. And so um that is not an a a solid fence just so you guys are aware. And then there is also um some fencing towards the west and then um south portion of the property that does have solid fencing. There is also fencing or this is from inside the the um parking area looking on 400 north and um that's just showing you the view of the rod iron fencing as well. This is a view of the backside of the property showing the um type of fencing. It's not really quite fencing. Again, it's not um it's not really a permanent fencing. It's more like a I don't know, like a chicken wire type of thing, a fence. And then this is also a better closeup. And this is right next to the auto repair shop. And so one of the things that we are recommending or staff is recommending is that they put a solid fence in the areas that um do not have one. So that is the other condition of approval. So recommended uh motion is to approve the

conditional use with the conditions of approval that I discussed. So, if there's any questions, please let me know. Perfect. Let's bring this back to the commission for questions or comments.

Yes, Commissioner Lford. When you're saying to put more permanent fencing in, is that to replace the chicken wire that is pre-existing or just in certain areas where the fencing is lacking? Um well the certain areas which is the chicken wire where the fencing is l lacking because our ordinance does say that um there should be I'm sorry let me look this up again. Um, our ordinance does require fencing and buffer against properties that are commercial that are against residential zones, but it doesn't really um cover if it's all in the general commercial zone and it's up against residential uses. But since this is a condition a conditional use, that could be something that we would need to do to mitigate any kind of issues that would arise with the commercial being next to residential. So,

and does staff find the the iron fencing that they've put in recently sufficient to meet that requirement as well? I feel they carried that forward. So the um the thing with that is that it's so close to the street, it would be better for it to have some visibility. And I think that the rod of iron fence where that is located right now does make sense around the rest of the property. It needs to be sight obscuring, right? Um, that's really up to yours. My you guys, but my recommendation is that we do put the side obscuring fencing there in the areas that don't have it. Perfect.

Any other questions, concerns, comments from the commission? Chairman, I have a comment. I have a concern actually with the parking. We did talk about customers um not parking on the street. Mhm.

Um but with this being an automobile um auto service and repair, there will be a lot of cars probably. What should we think about including no employee parking off on streets? Also, I've seen some of these um service repair places be just full of cars that I'm concerned that there won't be places for their employees to park. So, I did speak with the applicant about that and he did he did say that um there is like a time limit on how long the cars that are waiting to be repaired can be on site. So, um I can let him go into details. I believe he is here right now on how he is planning on doing that. Um, I think looking at the lot, it looks like there's um there's a bit of room onsite and then really it wouldn't make sense to do off offsite parking. Um, it just would be really dangerous off of 400 North and then um up in front of Main Street. All of that is just approach and you know like drive in and drive out areas. that are right next to the building. It just it wouldn't really be intuitive for people to park on the street there really. So,

I just know there were concerns with the homeowner nearby that um in the previous business that they were parking in front of their road. Yeah. Or in front of their house. Yeah. Um, and that is a condition of approval that we did carry over so we can still keep that in place and that was a part of the recommendation as well. Thank you. Yeah. Yeah. Just looking at this picture right here, it's a turn lane right there anyway. So there should be no on street parking period. Yeah. I think to your point though, I think that we should add customer and employee It was a concern before.

Yeah. Or problem. Not a concern, but problem. No. Good point. Yes. Commission. The only other concern that I'm going to bring back up is I recall that we had another um conditional use permit for an auto repair facility. And part of that included towing, getting vehicles to the property, and how many vehicles could be on the property. Um, I just bring that up more as a as a comment and a refresher from our previous meetings, but I would withhold any questioning on that until the the owner is up for questions and available for those as well. So, the applicant has not covered towing any kind of towing details, but he is here to answer those questions. So,

perfect. Thank you.

In our previous cup, we actually limited the number of vehicles to 10 on site. So maybe we might want to continue continue that forward with this. Great questions, comments, concerns. Any other ones from the commission? Perfect. We'll let you guys marinate on it a little bit. The way this is going to work is I'm going to open the public hearing, give the public an opportunity to speak, and then when I close the public hearing, I'll invite the applicant up. then you can address whatever questions the public and we have with the best of your knowledge. How about that?

Perfect. Great. All right. With that being said, we'll go ahead and open the public hearing now and invite the public up to uh please address us with your concerns. When you come up, please state your name for the record and then write your name on the paper for the record as well, please. Oops. Uh, my name is Lorine Mascerinius. I am I own the property west of the the building right there next to the parking. Um many of my questions were already answered with what she has said, but um so so this is going to override the other which we already did the other week. So um does this mean that we're going to have like early morning dumpster pickup and how often uh are they going to put a dumpster in there? Um let's see. Um and my my biggest concern really is um environmentally what does this mean about the waste management? Like are there floor drains that have the that have the required uh that are equipped with the oil grease traps or how is that going to be cleaned up? because I noticed that when they were cleaning out their bay the other day, the water was just being washed out to the road and to the um into the gutters, water was coming down through the

gutters. So, I'm just curious as to where where is this waste going to go like and is it where is it going to be stored while it's waiting to be picked up if they're doing a pickup type thing? Um, and I know that years prior when there was a a building that had um there was a auto repair, we had issues with um with the the oil and stuff not being uh disposed of properly. So, that's like one of my big concerns right there. And then um also I just want to um give a reminder about the American Disabilities Act about the no parking on the sidewalks because I've seen that happen a lot with the businesses. In fact, the other business up on Main Street has I've seen some of their cars parked there. So, but these guys are not going to be displaying cars and stuff. So, um I I know that it has to be whether it be customer or or business cars that they're not to be parked on the driveway. Um I didn't realize how much that affected people until my mom was in a wheelchair and had to wheel her around and had to backtrack so many times just to get around vehicles. So, it's really important that that's noted and make sure that their vehicles are not on the sidewalks. A lot of traffic comes down that sidewalk. So just that's pretty much all I have right now. So

thanks. Thank you, Miss Mr.

Thank you. Hi, my name is Kip Mner and I live to the north across the street. Here's a picture of some of the vendors. They're on the sidewalk and this is because they had cars in their parking lot in the front. So, you know, number one is nobody can walk on the sidewalk. Uh, I'd like to see it stay at 10 cars and, you know, have it have that limited for the for the lot because if they can't if they don't have room in there to work on cars, so many cars, they're going to have to park them on the streets to get in and out. It's a congested area. Bad. Uh, I'd like to see some privacy stuff on the rod iron fence, too. And they're right across the street. And I don't want to look at like the old mess that used to be there, which was supposed to have a fence before, but they never did do it. That was uh 11 12 years ago. It was Main Street Auto Garage Repair, whatever. It was a mess. Uh guess that's about it. Main concerns the parking and

vendors and stuff where they got to get in the lot their lot. They can't do their business in the street. So that's about it I guess.

Thank you. Appreciate that, Mr. Mutter. Okay, seeing no one else approach, I'll go ahead and close the public hearing, invite the applicant up to come address the commission, and maybe address some of the questions that we may have for you. I need to sign this, right?

Yes, please. And then state your name for the record. Hey, my name is Steve Morose. And then I guess yeah, if you guys have got some questions for me, I can get those answered and then I can kind of go off of some of the notes that we've taken and stuff. Okay, perfect. Bring it to the commission. You got any questions for the applicants? Yes, Commissioner Lford.

So, I'm just going to come back to some of the questions on the public hearing and then go to my own if that's all right. The first one is going to be that waste management. Do you know is the building already equipped to handle waste or do you have a plan in place for I mean if you guys are doing auto repairs, engines, transmissions, and heavier repairs like that. I know that that leaks all over the floor. Do you have a a spill plan in place? Do you have drains or is this going to be kind of a repeat of of past situations that the public has brought up where it's going to be leaked out into into the gutters and rainwater and such?

Yeah. Yeah. So, uh, actually as of the other day, right, like there was no oil, you know, it was just we were washing the floor like the, you know, dust and stuff off the floor so it wasn't getting trapped in the office. But yes, I do, um, you know, they make the, uh, oil absorbent socks, you know, stuff. So, if there is, you know, spill or anything like that, that absorbs them. Um, I mean, every shop that I've ever ran and been at, um, you know, we, uh, we've got bags of floor dry on site, you know, you get all that up. We have a a metal dumpster, a metal bin, you know, you put all that stuff in and then dispose of that. Um, I do have a oil company that I'm working with that it's all going to be contained. The waste oil will be contained. Um, the new oil will have a containment system and stuff as well. With the previous limit on the previous uh conditional use permit of 10 vehicles, is that going to still be enough space to get those oil trucks in and out and be able to get um which brings me up to my next question. Are you planning on towing vehicles in? Um and if so, do you have a plan on how long those will be on property?

Yep. Exactly. So, um yes, we will have plenty of uh plenty of space. Um, I asked that I mean 11 spots because if you look at that uh right by the front door, that bay right there. Um, we're not going to be doing too much work out of that bay. So, it'll typically just be my truck that is parked there. U, but I totally understand and agree. Yeah, I mean, with the parking, you're crazy if you're parking out on the street there. I mean, you're asking for problems and that's something that me and my staff will have to, you know, mitigate and continue to get cars pulled back and talking with customers of, hey, you know, we can't park there. Definitely mindful of that. I mean, first and foremost is safety is everything to me. So, and that's everywhere I've been.

And then, are you guys going to be utilizing different tow companies or have your own tow truck on site? No, we would just uh so it's just customers if they need their car towed in, you know, to be towed in. Um that depends, you know, of how the length of time, you know, that'll be there depending on, you know, repairs. But any car that gets towed in, especially if it's overnight or anything, we will get it moved, get it uh moved around to the back lot, you know, is pretty much um how that works. But as to um the point that you were talking about is any cars, so I've got a very strict limit, and this has been at every shop I've ever been at. I don't like clutter and I don't like stuff building up. I am very OCD about that stuff. Um, and so what my thing is on that for any customer and I hang signs up saying it, any car that is left there for, you know, more than, you know, 4 days to a week, um, I charge a fee, right, of how long it is there, it's a $50 fee each day that the vehicle is there. And then at that point, I have it towed and impounded. So, I don't have cars because to me that's money that's sitting in my lot that I'm not being able to do anything with it. I can't have it. So, and it's also space that I can't use. So,

and then with the concern of vendors, I mean, he showed a believe it was a Cornwell truck that was parked up on the sidewalk there and the concerns of ADA and access on that sidewalk. Um, my first question is, will there be ample space for your vendors to be able to pull in if they need to be on property? Or if I just look pulling up the a little bit wider map of the area, looks like there might be some space across the street over by Janna's Java that you could have employees just walk to potentially. That way, we're not creating that ADA concern. Yeah. Um, but where ADA law is concerned just to prevent that from happening again.

For sure. So, like this is the stuff that you guys aren't wanting, right? Like their vehicles that are parked on the sidewalk. I apologize. That's just a little too far for me to see personally. Please. This is their cars currently. They're parked on the sidewalk and on the street. Correct. So, that's that's what we're trying to mitigate. That's what that's what we don't want. And so he the the show that Yes, I'll show. So I've got two pictures here. Correct. That that would be so that's kind of what I'm saying. I agree with that though. And I don't think those cars should be parked right there either. You know, that is a safety constant up and down the sidewalk.

And and I would agree with with emphasizing that concern in general as well. um where the gentleman showed the Cornwall truck blocking the sidewalk right in front of the shop and that being more in your control rather than the residential's control. Y um that that's why I make that comment and why I I try not to bring up a problem without some kind of solution. And I just noticed that we have that big dirt lot just across and I know it might be a little inconvenient to walk across the street but that might also be a better solution. Um just as making sure we're all thinking about and making sure that the public questions are are being concerned uh being brought up and validated as well. Yes.

That that concludes my questions. And so for your point, the reason he was parked out there, he pulled up for a few minutes and I actually told him he's like I'm just gonna be here for just a second. And I said, "Okay, well, next time you come in, I didn't have the gate unlocked." When we're there and our operation is going, that gate will be unlocked and open for, you know, those bigger trucks, oil trucks or, you know, the Cornwall truck to be able to pull in through the back stage right there, do whatever they need to do and then go. But as to your point, yes, I was also I've already been, you know, in contact of using some of the parking, you know, over there in staging, you know, especially for employees or anything else.

Actually, I lied. I do have one more question. Are you planning on tearing down anything outside of the building on property as well, or are we going to limit the the tear downs and such to inside the base? Oh, yeah. That will all be inside the base. I don't like working outside. I did that for many. Most people don't, but I just want to thinking about the concern about noise as well. I mean, I I can imagine what an impact drill is going to sound like outside right next to someone's house. So, that's why I just want to clarify that as well.

Yeah, of course, there is going to be times to get a vehicle in. you know, the bay. We're going to have to take some tires off or something like that to be able to move it into the bay. So, yes, there will be some times that I do have to take, but as far as like full tear downs, you know, or uh, you know, lengthy hourly jobs, no, I I do everything inside. That's all my questions. Thank you, Commissioner Liford. Any other questions from the commission? So, just to be clear, the gate will be open during hours of operation. Yes. Okay. Yep.

I think that has to be I mean that's definitely a rule of mine that's going to have to be because I mean that's also a safety thing. You know, if somebody needs to get back there in a hurry, you have to be able to get through that gate. So, that might answer the question about the dumpster pickup. They're not going to be able to get in there without the gate open anyway. So, exactly. They're going to have to do it during business hours. And I already talked to the waste management. They're good to work with. Yeah, they were super cool about it. They said yes, definitely. You know, they can just come in during business hours. Perfect. Good. I think that's all the questions I had from the public. Any other questions from the commission? All right. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Members, Mr. Chairman,

I if I could offer just a little insight on the parking on the sidewalk concerns. Dwell city already has ordinances that prohibit vehicles from being parked or obstructing the sidewalk, and those are subject to enforcement by the city's police department. So, if that situation does occur, we encourage the public to contact the city and we will have the police department engage that and remove that vehicle from the public rideway. Perfect. That's for everybody's everybody's information in here. So, and then I just had a couple things as well. Absolutely.

So, I guess uh my one question is the lights on the building um that are are currently up. Um I've been, you know, there late at night, you know, kind of getting everything ready and trying to do as much as I could before this hearing. Um the lighting doesn't seem to, you know, go out, especially towards the house to the west. Um, no, sorry, to the south. Um, and then the lighting to the west. Um, I just need to know like exactly, you know, what we're wanting. Um, because it doesn't seem to, you know, like be super bright over there and stuff. I don't maybe somebody else might have a different opinion. Um, but I've been out. I don't see anything with the existing lights and how it is going right now. And we do not plan on, you know, upgrading the lights, making them brighter or anything else. we are very limited on the stuff that we, you know, can do. Um, so we were just wondering about the lighting situation and if it's okay the way it's is right now and the way it has been for it looks some time. Um, that was my one question I guess or kind of concern. And then the loud noises. Um, again, yeah, we will be, you know, doing as much work as we can inside, you know, the bays and stuff. Um but it wouldn't it's what we're doing isn't going to be any more or less loud, you know, than the the um car lot, you know, that got approved and or the body shop that's just a couple of buildings down. You know, it's it's all right there within, you know, proximity. It's not going to be any more or less loud than what we were going to be doing in general. So,

perfect. So, with the lighting, Miss England and Miss Agard, I'll have to help you with that as soon as we're done with this. But we're what we're looking for is just lighting that points down rather than out. Okay. To keep it out of the residents yards and more focused on your yard. Yeah. I wouldn't want that either if that was my house. Yep. So, you'll have to ask them what is there if that's going to be legit enough. Uh they'll have those answers for you. Okay. That was also applied to new lighting, additional lighting. New lighting. Okay. So, lighting is there now. Yeah. You don't need

Okay. Yep. And we have no plans on doing anything with that. And so, and to be clear, the number of vehicles on site would be 10, but 11 if I can, you know, it'd be my personal vehicle that' be parked in front of that one bay door. So, that would be the 11. You're just pretty much creating another parking spot for you. So, I don't think it'd be complaining too much. Okay. Yep.

Perfect. What I like about our job tonight is just to explain to the public when it comes to a conditional use permit, we have to find uh reasons for safety issues to we can mitigate. If we cannot mitigate it, uh then there's a possibility that we deny it. Um but tonight we we've kind of gone through the list and the city's actually gone through and put that in our packet with us. Uh so the issues you guys are talking about tonight are noise of course, uh lighting, it's been addressed, parking on the street and the sidewalk of course has been addressed. uh customers visiting visiting. That's going to take some time to get customers to understand not to park there, but it sounds like they're going to do their due diligence to get that done. Um business hours and minimize the visibility from the uh wrecked yards in the in the yard there or cars in the yard there. So, is there anything else that the commission can think of findings of fact and things we need to mitigate or find issues for? I

just need to add in that limit on car limit on cars. Okay. That's not in there right now. Perfect. Any other thoughts, questions, opinions? Great. I'll entertain a motion on this one. I'll make a motion.

Yes, Commissioner Lynford. I move to approve the conditional use permit request by Steve Morose to authorize the use of the automotive service and repair to occur at the subject property application number 202623 based on the findings and subjects to the conditions listed in the staff report dated April 3rd, 2026 with the additional con uh condition of parking no more than 11 vehicles. I'll second.

Okay. I have a motion to approve the conditional use permit with the condition to park no more than 11 vehicles on the property. Uh from Commissioner Lynford and a second from Commissioner Anderson. Is there any discussion before we take this to a vote? Commissioner Hammer, how do you vote? I. Commissioner Lynford, I. Commissioner Proctor, I. Commissioner Cordova, I. Commissioner Jensen, I. Commissioner Anderson, I am Chairman Hamilton. I also vote I. That one passes 7 to zero. Uh, next on our agenda tonight is a city council reports. I love how they threw you under the bus there, Councilman. Oh, no. That's that's totally totally okay. I'm prepared.

I'm happy to be here. Um Um, as far as the the council, the last time I was here, which seemed like it was the last meeting once for Ed, now for John. I think they're just playing with me. Um, but I mentioned I mentioned an ordinance that was coming up and uh that was a public hearing and a motion uh on ordinance 2026-08 an ordinance of the Twilla City Council amending section 7-4-7 of the T of the Tilla City Code regarding parking of operable motorized vehicles in the front and side yards of residential properties in a single family residential zoning district. And um I mentioned it to you the last time and if you didn't know, it did pass. Um and that was one that um it is, as I said before, it's an interesting ordinance. Um um because it is, you guys basically touched on a few minutes ago when you was talking about parking on the street and parking in front of people houses. And if you um go around town, and I I asked you to do that when you're riding around, just take a look at some of the yards. And um it's it's kind of sort of shame that a few basically dictate what the rest of us have to do because they're they're they're homes with 8 n 10 cars parked in the front yard and the neighbors are the ones that are getting beat up for that. You know what I mean? They the the value of their homes are going down. They can't sell it like they want to because of that eyesore. So, I totally understand where you guys are coming from and I hope you guys live up to your your promise. But, um, that's all I got big guy. Oh, I'm sorry.

Commissioners, I'll answer the big guy. That's okay. Great. Any questions for Councilman McCall from the commission? We appreciate you joining us. Join us anytime. I'm sure I'll be back. Good. We won't complain. All right. Moves us on to number five on our agenda. This is a review and decision on the March 25th, 2026 planning commission meeting minutes. Are there any corrections or additions that need to be made? I'll entertain a motion. I move we accept the minutes as prepared. Motion to approve from Commissioner Proctor. Do I have a second?

I'll second. and a comm and second from commissioner Lynford. Any discussion before we vote? Commissioner Hammer, how do you vote? I. Commissioner Lynford, I. Commissioner Proctor, I. Commissioner Cordova, I. Commissioner Jensen, I. Commissioner Anderson, I. Chairman Hamilton also votes I. Those pass seven to zero. Moves us on to number six on our agenda. I'll entertain a motion to adjurnn. Please do. No, we are adjourned at 7:38