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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPLANNING MINUTES 1996-02-27 14736 MINUTES OF THE 720th REGULAR MEETING HELD BY THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF Nor LIVONIA On Tuesday, February 27, 1996, the City Planning Commission of the City of Livonia held its 720th Regular Meeting in the Livonia City Hall, 33000 Civic Center Drive, Livonia, Michigan. Mr. Jack Engebretson, Chairman, called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. Members present: Jack Engebretson William LaPine Robert Alanskas Patricia Blomberg James C. McCann R. Lee Morrow Members absent: Daniel Piercecchi Messrs. John J. Nagy, Planning Director; and Scott Miller, Planner I, were also present. Mr. Engebretson informed the audience that if a petition on tonight's agenda involves a rezoning request, this Commission only makes a recommendation to the City Council who, in turn, will hold its own public hearing and decide the question. If a petition involves a waiver of use request and the request is denied, the petitioner has ten days in which to appeal the decision to the City Council; otherwise the petition is terminated. The Planning Commission holds the only public hearing on a preliminary plat and/or a vacating ,.., petition. Planning Commission resolutions become effective seven days after the resolutions are adopted. The Planning Commission has reviewed the petitions upon their filing and have been furnished by the staff with approving and denying resolutions. The Commission may use them or not use them depending upon the outcome of the hearing tonight. Mr. Alanskas, Secretary, announced the first item on the agenda is a request from Westborn Market for a one year extension of Petition 95-4-2-15 by Anusbigian LLC (Mark Anusbigian) requesting waiver use approval to construct a fruit market on property located on the west side of Middlebelt Road between Five Mile Road and Linda Avenue in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 23. Mr. Engebretson: Mr. Nagy, do we have any other correspondence other than the petitioner's request for this extension of site plan? Mr. Nagy: Other than the petitioner's letter we have received no new correspondence. Mr. Engebretson: I see the petitioner is here with us this evening. Do you want to make any additional comments to further explain your request sir? Mark Anusbigian: I am a Livonia resident representing Westborn Fruit Market. No, �"" nothing more than the extension of time. We have already had the plan 14737 approved at one time. We just need additional time before we start construction. r.. Mr. Engebretson: When would you anticipate beginning construction? Mr. Anusbigian: Late fall of this year. On a motion duly made by Mr. LaPine, seconded by Mrs. Blomberg and unanimously approved, it was #2-34-96 RESOLVED that, the City Planning Commission does hereby recommend to the City Council that the request from Westborn Market for a one year extension of Petition 95-4-2-15 by Anusbigian LLC (Mark Anusbigian) requesting waiver use approval to construct a fruit market on property located on the west side of Middlebelt Road between Five Mile Road and Linda Avenue in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 23, be approved subject to the same conditions as set forth in Planning Commission Resolution #5-76-95 and Council Resolution#385-95 for the following reasons: 1) That the petitioner has demonstrated that extenuating circumstances have prevented the project from commencing in a timely manner; and 2) That the project merits an extension in time within which to commence construction because of its superior design and proposed use of the subject property. Mr. Engebretson, Chairman, declared the motion is carried and the foregoing resolution adopted. Mr. Alanskas, Secretary, announced the next item on the agenda is Sign Permit Application by Rite Aid Pharmacy requesting approval for signage for the commercial building located at 29250 Joy Road in the Southwest 1/4 of Section 36. Mr. Engebretson: This item was tabled at our last regular meeting. We need a motion to remove it from the table. On a motion duly made by Mr. Alanskas, seconded by Mrs. Blomberg and unanimously approved, it was #2-35-96 RESOLVED that, Sign Permit Application by Rite Aid Pharmacy requesting approval for signage for the commercial building located at 29250 Joy Road in the Southwest 1/4 of Section 36 be taken from the table. 14738 Mr. Engebretson, Chairman, declared the motion is carried and the foregoing resolution adopted. Mr. Engebretson: Mr. Miller, would you show us the revised plan please. Mr. Miller: This is the site that is located on the corner of Joy Road and Middlebelt. It is behind the Payless Shoes that is on the corner. This store is allowed one wall sign at 92 sq. ft. and one ground sign at 30 sq. ft. They are proposing four wall signs at a total of 166 sq. ft. As you see, on the west elevation which faces Middlebelt Road, they are proposing one 62 sq. ft. wall sign that will say "Rite Aid-Drive Thrai Pharmacy" on the tower. On the south elevation they are also proposing the same type of sign that will be 62 sq. ft. that will be on that tower facing Joy Road. Behind the store, or the north elevation, they will have "Drive Thrii Pharmacy" and they are asking for two bullet type directional signs that will say"Drop Off Pharmacy This Way" and "Pick UP Other Side" so those would be more directional signs for the rear. This is a total of 166 sq. ft. for four wall signs. They are also proposing two ground signs at 25 sq. ft. each. One would be off the Joy Road drive and one would be off the Middlebelt Road drive. This would be a total of 50 sq. ft. They are over by three wall signs at 74 sq. ft. and one ground sign at 20 sq. ft. Because they were over they had to go to the Zoning Board to get a variance, which they have, r.w so by virtue of the variance it is a conforming sign package. Mr. Engebretson: Thank you Mr. Miller. Mr. Nagy, anything to add? Mr. Nagy: No I have nothing to add. Mr. Engebretson: Does the petitioner have any additional comments? Petitioner: No. Mr. Engebretson: A motion would be in order. On a motion duly made by Mr. Morrow and seconded by Mr. Blomberg, it was #2-36-96 RESOLVED that, the City Planning Commission does hereby approve the Sign Permit Application by Rite Aid Pharmacy requesting approval for signage for the commercial building located at 29250 Joy Road in the Southwest 1/4 of Section 36, subject to the following conditions: 1) That the Sign Package by Rite Aid Pharmacy, as received by the Planning Commission on February 15, 1996, is hereby approved and shall be adhered to; 14739 2) That the brick bases of both ground signs shall match the brick of the building. r.. 3) That all signage shall not be illuminated beyond one hour after the store closes; 4) That all additional signage for this site shall come back before the Planning Commission for their review and approval. Mr. Engebretson: I think this sign proposal had more effort put into it than any I can remember. We moved quite a ways away from the original plan and ended up with a greatly modified proposal. I appreciate the petitioner's cooperation in that and staff's efforts that were made and the Planning Commission as well. A roll call vote on the foregoing resolution resulted in the following: AYES: Alanskas, Blomberg, McCann, Morrow, Engebretson NAYS: LaPine ABSENT: Piercecchi Mr. Engebretson, Chairman, declared the motion is carried and the foregoing resolution adopted. r.. Mr. Alanskas, Secretary, announced the next item on the agenda is Sign Permit Application by Keith Welby requesting approval for signage for the property located at 38935 Ann Arbor Road in the Southwest 1/4 of Section 31. Mr. Miller: This site is located on the south side of Ann Arbor Road just east of Eckles Road. It used to be the former site of Christenson's Nursery, and right now on that site is located the Ford/UAW Child Care Center on the parcel adjacent to the west. They are proposing a 20 sq. ft. ground sign that would be set back 60 feet from their property line. They are allowed one ground sign at 10 sq. ft. and it has to be set back 10 feet from the property line, so this is over in square footage so they had to go to the Zoning Board to get a variance, which they did. This is the exact sign that the Zoning Board approved so it is conforming by virtue of the variance. Mr. Engebretson: Mr. Nagy, do you have anything else? Mr. Nagy: We have a letter from David Woodcox, Senior Building Inspector, addressing subject signage for the GrandCare facility at 38935 Ann Arbor Road stating the sign package for the above subject site has been reviewed. As proposed, this sign package conforms with the variance `'�- (Appeal No. 9512-165) granted by the Zoning Board of Appeals and 14740 they have no objection to the proposal. That is the extent of our correspondence. Now Mr. Engebretson: We told the petitioner there was no necessity to appear tonight because of the character of the ground sign fitting within the general parameters of the zoning ordinance as modified by the Zoning Board variance. A motion would be in order. On a motion duly made by Mrs. Blomberg, seconded by Mr. Alanskas and unanimously approved, it was #2-37-96 RESOLVED that the City Planning Commission does hereby recommend to the City Council that the Sign Permit Application by Keith Welty requesting approval for signage for the property located at 38935 Ann Arbor Road in the Southwest 1/4 of Section 31, be approved subject to the following conditions: 1) That the Sign Package by Keith Welty, as received by the Planning Commission on February 15, 1996, is hereby approved and shall be adhered to; 2) That the sign shall not be face lit beyond 10:00 p.m. as well as subject to the following additional condition required by the Now Zoning Board of Appeals: 1) That the brick pillars of the ground sign shall match the brick of the building; that the cedar sign shall be stained or painted a white background color; that the wording "GrandCare" and sign trim shall be a burgundy color with the remaining lettering and logo a gray color. Mr. Engebretson, Chairman, declared the motion is carried and the foregoing resolution adopted. On a motion duly made, seconded and unanimously adopted, the 720th Regular Meeting held on February 27, 1996 was adjourned at 7:40 p.m. CITY PLANNING COMMISSION Robert Alanckac Secretary • •{ Tack Engebrets4i, Chairman 'r.. jg