Minutes-01/04/2006

C Tiffin Planning and Zoning January 4, 2006 A regular meeting of the Tiffin Planning and Zoning Commission was brought to order by Chair Steve Berner at 6: 30 p. m. at the Tiffin Fire Station on Wednesday, January 4, 2006. Members present: Steve Berner, Melvin Reeve, Stephanie Surine. Absent: Terry Richardson. Also present: Mark Petersen, John Wright, Karin Dils, Ruth DeMuth and Shawna Colvin. Randy Miller presented tentative building plans for Lot 1 of the Industrial Park for PZ consideration. Randy expects units to be between 1, 200 to 2, 400 sq. ft in most instances with separate water and sewer connections on each unit. He expects these will not be- retail but rather storage warehousing units. Berner explained that signage and access requirements will need to be reviewed. Members asked if entry could be placed a further distance from Ireland Avenue for safety purposes. Timber Ridge is currently checking on a reworking of the Letter of Credit amount and this is underway. Joe Johnston was present to ask for members review of his preliminary plans of a Johnston— Potterfield Proposed PAD Subdivision west of Potter Street, a part of Lot 6 of the Amended Johnston- Potterfield Subdivision. Doug Frederick of Hart- Frederick Consultants providing planning work for Johnston. Members expressed concern about the proposed 15 foot private drive that would serve the anticipated 48 residential single- family units. Units are described as 32 X 20 each in a four-plex formation: The plan includes a common area in the center, a location where Johnston said he might like to pursue underground heating/ cooling system. The plan includes a 25 X 160 parcel and space adjacent to the drainage ditch for a dog park. Johnston says the plan includes trail easement and installation of trail and bridge installation across the drainage ditch. The area that had earlier been set back for a donated tennis court would in this plan be used for street right- of-way to the proposed subdivision. Johnston explained that he understood that streetway connecting Potter Street to his subdivision would be at his cost. Johnston explained that the sanitary sewer might be repositioned, and the drainage would be rerouted. Fireman Gary Kee expressed concern about the planned 15' roadway that would serve the 48 units. A fire in Swisher a few years with following law suits has alerted communities that fire and emergency access to dwellings is important. If parking occurs along the 15 foot private drive any access difficulties would be aggravated and could cause disasterous results. Johnston said that if he increased the size of the roadway to 40' or 30' then he might as well return to his first plan with a cul- de- sac entry. Johnston did not know cost for this and asked if he could spend some time working with fire' department on emergency concerns. Kee said he would be glad to meet with Johnston and invited a PZ member and councilmember in this meeting effort. Petersen said the city is seeing problems with parking near the 4- plexes on Goldfinch Drive and would greatly like to head off similar problems in this subdivision. He wants careful review of parking needs and that they are fully planned for here. Surine asked if a drainage plan had yet been planned. Johnston said the ditch seemed to reroute itself