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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPLANNING MINUTES 2017-10-03 MINUTES OF THE 1,112th REGULAR MEETING HELD BY THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA On Tuesday, October 3, 2017, the city Planning Commission of the City of Livonia held its 1,112th Regular Meeting in the Livonia City Hall, 33000 Civic Center Drive, Livonia, Michigan. Mr. Ian Wilshaw, Chairman, called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Members present: Glen Long Kevin Priddy Carol Smiley Ian Wilshaw Members absent: Sam Caramagno, Betsy McCue, Peter Ventura Mr. Mark Taormina, Planning Director, was also present. Chairman Wilshaw informed the audience that if a petition on tonight's agenda involves a rezoning request, this Commission makes a recommendation to the City Council who, in turn, will hold its own public hearing and make the final determination as to whether a petition is approved or denied. The Planning Commission holds the only public hearing on a request for preliminary plat and/or vacating petition. The Commission's recommendation is forwarded to the City Council for the final determination as to whether a plat is accepted or rejected. If a petition requesting a waiver of use or site plan approval is denied tonight, the petitioner has ten days in which to appeal the decision, in writing, to the City Council. Resolutions adopted by the City Planning Commission become effective seven (7) days after the date of adoption. The Planning Commission and the professional staff have reviewed each of these petitions upon their filing. The staff has furnished the Commission with both approving and denying resolutions, which the Commission may, or may not, use depending on the outcome of the proceedings tonight. ITEM #1 PETITION 2017-09-08-09 BALI'S ESTATES Ms. Smiley, Acting Secretary, announced the first item on the agenda, Petition 2017-09-08-09 submitted by Soave Homes requesting approval of the Master Deed, Bylaws and site plan pursuant to Section 18.62 of the City of Livonia Zoning Ordinance#543, as amended, to develop a site condominium (Baci's Estates) consisting of four (4) detached single-family homes at 10014 Levan Road, located on the east side of Levan Road between Ann Arbor Trail and Plymouth Road in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 32. Mr. Taormina: This property is located on the east side Levan Road approximately a quarter mile south of Plymouth Road and is October 3, 2017 28285 situated at the southeast corner of Levan and Parkdale. Earlier this year, the subject project was rezoned from RUF, Rural Urban Farm, to R-1, One Family Residential. The property is roughly .08 acre in size with 120 feet of frontage along Levan Road and 300 feet of frontage along Parkdale. Currently, the site is vacant. Single family residential surrounds the property all four sides. In 2015, this parcel was created through the division of a larger parcel that included the property to the south. At that time, the parent parcel was about 67,000 square feet in size or 1.5 acres. The parcel was split into two parts with the northerly half constituting the land that is the subject of this petition with an address of 10014 Levan. The southerly half containing an existing single family residential structure is not part of this petition. The request is to develop four detached single family home sites that would be in the form of a site condominium project called Baci's Estates. The R-1 zoning requires a minimum lot area of 7,200 square feet with minimum lot dimensions of 60 feet by 120 feet. The new home sites are identified on the plan as Units 1, 2, 3 and 4. Units 1, 2 and 3 would each measure 64 feet in width along Parkdale by a depth of 120 feet for a total lot area of 7,680 square feet each. Unit 4, which is the westerly most unit at the corner of Parkdale and Levan, would measure 76.9 feet by 120 feet for a total lot area of 9,229 square feet. All four condominium lots would exceed the minimum lot size requirement of the R-1 zoning district. Additional right-of-way will be dedicated along the east side of Levan Road to fully place the traveled portion of the road within the right-of-way. The minimum home sizes provided in the Master Deed and bylaws are 1,200 square feet for all ranch-style or one-story homes, and all two- level homes would have a minimum square footage of 1,700. We do not have any elevation drawings of the homes, but the petitioner this evening can provide a basic description of the type of homes that are being considered for this development. With that, Mr. Chairman, I'll be happy to read out the correspondence. Mr. Wilshaw: Yes, please. Mr. Taormina: There are several items of correspondence. The first item is from the Engineering Division, dated September 25, 2017, which reads as follows: "In accordance with your request, the Engineering Division has reviewed the above referenced petition. We have no objections to the proposed project at this time. The existing property is assigned an address of#10014 Levan Road. The legal description included with the submission appears to be correct and should be used in association with this petition. The parcel is currently serviced by City of Livonia water main along both the Parkdale Avenue and Levan Road sides of the property. The developer will need to extend storm and sanitary sewer to October 3, 2017 28286 the parcel as shown on the submitted drawings. No calculations or design details have been included with the proposed drawings, so we are unable to determine the impacts to the existing systems. It should be noted that the developer will need to provide all items required under the site development guidelines (sidewalks, street lighting, monument signs, etc.) as well as submit full Engineering Plans to this department for permitting. In accordance with your request, the Engineering Division has reviewed the above-referenced." The letter is signed by David Lear, P.E., Assistant City Engineer. The second letter is from the Livonia Fire & Rescue Division, dated September 26, 2017, which reads as follows: "This office has reviewed the site plan submitted in connection with a request to develop a site condominium consisting of four single homes on property located at the above referenced address. We have no objections to this proposal." The letter is signed by Keith Bo, Fire Marshal. The third letter is from the Division of Police, dated September 19, 2017, which reads as follows: "I have reviewed the plans in connection with the petition. I have no objections to the proposal." The letter is signed by Brian Leigh, Sergeant, Traffic Bureau. The fourth letter is from the Inspection Department, dated October 2, 2017, which reads as follows: "Pursuant to your request, the above- referenced petition has been reviewed. This Department has no objections to this petition." The letter is signed by Jerome Hanna, Assistant Director of Inspection. That is the extent of the correspondence. The fifth letter is from the Treasurer's Department, dated September 22, 2017, which reads as follows: "In accordance with your request, the Treasurer's Office has reviewed the address connected with the above noted petition. At this time, there are no outstanding amounts receivable for taxes. Therefore, I have no objections to the proposal." The letter is signed by Lynda Scheel, Treasurer. The sixth letter is from the Finance Department, dated September 18, 2017, which reads as follows: "I have reviewed the addresses connected with the above noted petition. As there are no outstanding amounts receivable, general or water and sewer, I have no objections to the proposal." The letter is signed by Coline Coleman, Chief Accountant. That is the extent of the correspondence. Mr. Wilshaw: Thank you. Do we have any questions for our Planning Director? Seeing none, the petitioner is here. We will need your name and address for the record please. Brian Duggan, Duggan Realty, 14315 Denne, Livonia, Michigan 48154. I did drop off one elevation shot of a sample. As I mentioned in the study session, Mr. Soave will build what he has done throughout Livonia and the ranch he has done on Farmington Road, that colonial. Those are the two that he's planning on doing at this October 3, 2017 28287 time. I have nothing really new more to say that I didn't bring up at the study session. I'm here to answer any questions. Mr. Wilshaw: Thank you, Mr. Duggan. Are there any questions for the petitioner? Ms. Smiley: I'm familiar with your buildings, but are they typically constructed with brick? Mr. Duggan: Brick. Siding. Yes. Ms. Smiley: Do the two-story ones meet the requirement of brick? Mr. Duggan: Well, yes. I believe they do. Ms. Smiley: Thank you. They are attractive homes. Mr. Duggan: He does a good job. Thank you. Mr. Wilshaw: Are there any other questions for the petitioner? Mr. Long: All four of these residences will have a Parkdale address. Is that correct? Nobody will be accessing any of them from the road on Levan. Mr. Duggan: Well, the addresses will be Parkdale. I'm not sure because whoever buys that corner lot, they might want a side garage coming off of Levan, but all the addresses will be Parkdale. Mr. Long: Okay, but Mark, will we a problem with the road because of the pull back? Mr. Taormina: No. Mr. Long: Okay. Thank you. Mr. Wilshaw: The addresses are usually dictated by the frontage of the house. Mr. Duggan, is the petitioner you're representing is going to dedicate a portion of Lot 4 to the City to get the proper easements for Levan Road? Mr. Duggan: That is correct. Mr. Taormina: Mr. Chairman, I think the one item that we failed to include in the prepared resolution is the requirement for the sidewalk extension along Parkdale. If the maker of the motion could please include that. October 3, 2017 28288 Mr. Wilshaw: We'll make note of that. Thank you. Mr. Duggan: Am I to understand you want a sidewalk down there'? Correct, Mark? Mr. Taormina: Yes. Mr. Duggan: I don't see a problem at all with that, but I would like to maybe eliminate the monument sign. I'm not sure if you really need a sign for four units. It would kind of conflict with the name of the subdivision that's going into it. Mr. Wilshaw: That makes sense. Ms. Smiley: So he's eliminating the monument sign? Mr. Wilshaw: Yes. He's saying he doesn't want the monument sign. Ms. Smiley: Okay. Mr. Wilshaw: We'll make a note of that. Thank you. Anything else you want to provide to us, Mr. Duggan? Mr. Duggan: No. We're good to get going on this and, as you know, Mr. Soave does a fantastic job. The houses in the neighborhood would all fit in perfectly. Mr. Wilshaw: Okay. Great. Thank you. Is there anybody in the audience that wishes to speak for or against this petition? Please come forward. We'll ask your name and address for our record. Joseph Westhead, 10000 Levan Road, Livonia, Michigan. I live on the property immediately south of the proposed lots. I have a few questions. The last time we had this meeting, some neighbors had particular concerns with the fact that it's two-stories when a lot of the properties immediately to the north are one-story. Similarly for me, being south of the property, I was wondering how the property is going to be screened. I guess from the rear for them and it would also face off towards my property. Is there any intent to put up any kind of fence or any kind of privacy screen for the trees, that kind of thing? Concerns for people both on the north and south side. You mentioned the utilities. It seemed like it's still an open question about how they are going to connect the water and sewage. It has access points from both Levan and Parkdale. My question is, what access might they need if they have to go through my property for any of the utilities, whether it's water, sewage, electrical, whatever, if they need access and how we can arrange that. The third question would be, if we have to October 3, 2017 28289 redevelop part of the dirt road, what does that mean for the people who need access? Is that going to prevent us from using the road for the period when it's being reconstructed? Did I understand correctly that you want to build a sidewalk that's not currently there because there's nothing on that side of road? Mr. Wilshaw: There is a requirement for a sidewalk along Parkdale, the fronts of the homes. Mr. Westhead: Okay. Mr. Wilshaw: I don't believe there is any mention of sidewalk on Levan. Mr. Taormina: No. In fact, I had that discussion with the City Engineering Division and the thought at this time would be that any future development of a sidewalk along Levan Road would likely occur on the opposite side or on the west side given the fact that there's surplus right-of-way available there, and it provides a direct connection to the Middle Rouge Parkway. So it was felt, at this time, that the obligation on the part of the developer would be to provide the walkway along Parkdale Street only. If I could answer the other questions, there is no requirement for any screening where single family residential abuts single family residential. To my knowledge, there are no plans currently to provide any fencing or screening along the south side of the property, which would be this gentleman's north property line. In terms of utility extension, these sites are already serviced by utilities. I believe the water main is shown along the west side of the property and sanitary along the south side with leads being extended from that line that would appear to exist entirely on the subject property. I don't believe that any work, at least for water and sanitary purposes is needed on your property. Was there one other question? Mr. Wilshaw: If there was any need to do any redevelopment of the dirt road. Mr. Taormina: No, there won't be anything planned at this time. They are going to provide the right-of-way. This is a unique situation and how it occurred, we're not sure. In fact, this plan, probably the aerial shows it best but you can see how the traveled portion extending south of Parkdale actually lies on this property as well as this gentleman's property. At least as it pertains to the development of this site, the developer will provide the necessary right-of-way so that all the traveled portion of Levan Road will be contained on public right-of-way. There are no plans to improve Parkdale Road as part of this project. It would remain gravel. While there may be some parking and some construction coming in and off Levan, and maybe some temporary disturbance to Levan during construction, there shouldn't be any times when it is closed. They October 3, 2017 28290 certainly are not going to block this gentleman's access to his property, nor the other properties to the south. Mr. Wilshaw: Any improvements that would be done to Levan Road would be done through a special assessment process by a request of the homeowners. Is that correct? Mr. Taormina: More than likely that would be the mechanism used when and if Levan is ever paved. I'm not sure that it's being considered in the foreseeable future. Mr. Wilshaw: Does that help answer many of your questions? Mr. Westhead: Yes. Just regards to the road there, my understanding from the previous rezoning meeting that we had was that there was a small portion of Levan just immediately south of Parkdale, that was probably going to be paved to provide access to a garage that was on the west side. Is that still intending to happen? And if so, I can't imagine a situation where that wouldn't block access temporarily. Mr. Wilshaw: We can ask that question of the petitioner and see if he's aware of that. It sounds like at this point it's a little up in the air whether that corner lot would want a side entry garage or a front entry garage, but we'll see what he has to say. Mr. Westhead: Okay. Thank you. Mr. Wilshaw: Mr. Duggan, the question is, if Unit 4 were to have a side entry garage, would you make improvement to the road to pave it? Mr. Duggan: Probably not. We'll probably just go up to an open driveway and not disturb the road at all. Mr. Wilshaw: Okay. So leave the road dirt but then just have the concrete driveway go up to it. Mr. Duggan: Correct. Mr. Wilshaw: Okay. Thank you. Is there anything else that you wanted to mention based on any of the questions that were asked? It sounds like they were covered fairly well. Mr. Duggan: I think they were covered, but yes, we're not going to run the sewer. The storm sewer is coming from either the east or the west. There's two spots we can tap into that. And the storm sewers will run, as Mark said, on our property, not anybody else's. October 3, 2017 28291 Mr. Wilshaw: Okay. Thank you. I don't think there's anyone else in the audience with any questions. With that, I'll ask for a motion. On a motion by Long, seconded by Priddy, and unanimously adopted, it was #10-55-2017 RESOLVED, that the City Planning Commission does hereby recommend to the City Council that Petition 2017-09-08-09 submitted by Soave Homes requesting approval of the Master Deed, Bylaws and site plan pursuant to Section 18.62 of the City of Livonia Zoning Ordinance#543, as amended, to develop a site condominium (Baci's Estates) consisting of four (4) detached single-family homes at 10014 Levan Road, located on the east side of Levan Road between Ann Arbor Trail and Plymouth Road in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 32, be approved subject to the following conditions: 1. That the condominium Master Deed and Bylaws comply with the requirements of the Subdivision Control Ordinance, Title 16, Chapter 16.04-16.40 of the Livonia Code of Ordinance, and Article XX, Section 20.01-20.06 of Zoning Ordinance #543, and that all building and use restrictions shall incorporate the following requirements: • That the first floor of each condominium unit shall be brick or stone, on all four (4) sides; • That the total amount of brick or stone on each two-story unit shall not be less than 65% and not less than 80% on one-story dwellings; • That all exterior chimneys shall be brick; 2. That the brick used in the construction of each condominium unit shall be full face four-inch (4") brick; 3. In the event of a conflict between the provisions set forth in the Master Deed and bylaws, and the requirements set forth in the City of Livonia Zoning Ordinance No. 543, as amended, the Zoning Ordinance requirements shall prevail and petitioner shall comply with the Zoning Ordinance requirements; 4. That the petitioner shall include language in the Master Deed and bylaws or a separate recordable instrument wherein the condominium association shall reimburse the City of Livonia for any maintenance or repair costs incurred for the storm water detention/retention and outlet facilities, October 3, 2017 28292 and giving the City of Livonia the right to impose liens on each lot owner's property pro rata and place said charges on their real estate tax bills in the event said charges are not paid by the condominium association (or each lot owner) within thirty (30) days of billing for the City of Livonia; 5. That the Preliminary Plat marked Sheet 1, dated August 18, 2017, prepared by Basney & Smith, Inc., is hereby approved and shall be adhered to; 6. That the petitioner shall secure the necessary storm water management permits from the City of Livonia Engineering Division; 7. That the Site Plan referenced in this approving resolution shall be submitted to the Inspection Department at the time the building permits are applied for; 8. That the sidewalk shall be extended along Parkdale; 9. There shall be no requirement for this development to install a monument sign; 10. That all required cash deposits, certified checks, irrevocable bank letters of credit and/or surety bonds which shall be established by the City Engineer pursuant to Article XVIII of Ordinance No. 543, Section 18.66 of the ordinance, shall be deposited with the City prior to the issuance of engineering permits for this site condominium development; and 11. Pursuant to Section 19.10 of Ordinance #543, the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Livonia, this approval is valid for a period of ONE YEAR ONLY from the date of approval by City Council, and unless a building permit is obtained, this approval shall be null and void at the expiration of said period. Mr. Wilshaw: Is there any discussion? Mr. Duggan: I just wondered if you could add the deletion of the monument sign? Mr. Long: Is there a requirement for a sign? I didn't see it. Mr. Taormina: I'm not sure it's a requirement. Mr. Duggan: I thought it was. October 3, 2017 28293 Mr. Long: I'm fine with adding in a provisional, if that is required, that I would include that in the resolution that it would not be required. Mr. Taormina: No requirement of a monument sign. Mr. Long: Yes, waive the monument sign requirement if it does apply here. Mr. Duggan: Thank you. Mr. Wilshaw: So we will have Mr. Taormina look into that and make sure that's the case. We'll get that put into the language. Mr. Wilshaw, Chairman, declared the motion is carried and the foregoing resolution adopted. It will go on to City Council with an approving resolution. ITEM #2 PETITION 2017-09-08-10 DPW - 13335 Farmington Ms. Smiley, Acting Secretary, announced the next item on the agenda, Petition 2017-09-08-10 submitted by the City of Livonia requesting approval of all plans required by Section 18.58 of the City of Livonia Zoning Ordinance #543, as amended, in connection with a proposal to construct an addition and remodel the interior and exterior of 13335 Farmington Road for use as the City of Livonia Department of Public Works administrative offices and garage, located on the west side of Farmington Road between the CSX Railroad right-of-way and Schoolcraft Road in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 28. Mr. Taormina: This is a request to construct an addition and remodel both the interior and the exterior of a building that is located at 13335 Farmington Road. This site is immediately adjacent to the existing Department of Public Works yard, which is on the west side of Farmington Road just south of Schoolcraft Road and the 1-96 Expressway. This building was recently purchased by the City of Livonia to facilitate several important improvements to DPW's operations, including relocating its administrative offices and providing a new home for the City's water and sewage operations. The current zoning of the property is M-1, Light Manufacturing; however, there is a petition pending that would change the zoning to PL, Public Land, in order to be consistent with the zoning of the entire DPW complex. The existing building is two stories in height and roughly 20,400 square feet in size. With the planned expansion on the west side of the building and a smaller addition shown on the south side, the overall building size would increase to roughly 40,000 square feet. There is a floor October 3, 2017 28294 plan included with your application that shows how the building would be utilized, including two levels of office space on the front part of the building for DPW's administrative offices as well as the Engineering Services on the second floor. The rear portion of the building would be used primarily for the Department's Water and Sewer Division and would include garage space for trucks and other equipment, as well as locker rooms, a break room, laundry storage and mechanical, just to mention a few. Most of the building's exterior renovations would include a combination of face brick, smooth face block, ribbed metal panels, including standing seam metal roof. These are some of the drawings showing what the building would look like. The plan also includes several improvements to the parking and circulation pattern at the yard. Public ingress and egress would be restricted to the south side of the complex. There would be automatic gates installed for security purposes and then circulation within and around the building would primarily be clockwise with an exit only on the north side to Farmington Road. Water and Sewer trucks would enter the building from the south side, pass through the building and be able to exit on the north side of the building where they could turn east or right toward Farmington Road where that would be an exit only. Looking at the site plan, it shows where the existing two-story building is located. A majority of the expansion, which is on the left hand side, shows where the public parking area would be located and the main public entrance on the south side of the building where the controlled gate access would be provided as well as gates on the north side. With that, Mr. Chair, I'll be happy to read out the correspondence. Mr. Wilshaw: Yes, please. Mr. Taormina: There are four items of correspondence. The first item is from the Engineering Division, dated September 26, 2017, which reads as follows: "In accordance with your request, the Engineering Division has reviewed the above referenced petition. We have no objections to the proposed project at this time. The existing property is assigned an address of#12973 Farmington Road. The legal description that should be used for the petition is as follows: Land situated in the northwest % of Section 28, Town 1 South, Range 9 East, City of Livonia, Wayne County, Michigan and containing parts of lots 1, 2, 12 thru 16, and 41 of Newman Schoolcraft Farms Subdivision as recorded in Liber 69, Page 90, Wayne County Records more particularly described as commencing at a point distant North, 1,327.92 feet and North 89°17'50" West, 60.00 feet to the Point of Beginning, also known as the southeast corner of Lot 41 of Newman Schoolcraft Farms Subdivision; thence along the south line of said lot 41, North 89°17'50" West, 1,542.63 feet to the southwest corner of Lot 16 October 3, 2017 28295 and the east right-of-way line of Stark Road; thence along said east right-of-way line North 14°47'00" East, 82.48 feet; thence South 89°17'50"East, 450.00 feet; thence North 14°47'00"East, 416.51 feet; thence South 88°37'15" East, 505.49 feet to the southwest corner of Lot 2; thence North, 264.00 feet; thence South 88°37'15"East, 160.00 feet to a point on the West right-of- way line of Surrey Avenue; thence along said right-of-way line South, 413.37 feet; thence South 88°39'54" East, 60.00 feet to the East right-of-line of Surrey Avenue; thence along said east right-of-way line North, 35.00 feet; thence South 88°39'54"East, 240.00 feet to the West right-of-line of Farmington Road; thence along said west right-of-way line South, 358.51 feet to the Point of Beginning. Subject to easements of record. Containing 12.268 Acres. The existing property is currently serviced by public water main, storm and sanitary sewers. The submitted drawings indicate an extension of the utilities to service the renovated building, but does not include any details or calculations, so we are unable to determine any impacts to the existing systems. The owner will need to submit proper engineering drawings to this Department for all proposed utility extensions prior to any permits being issued." The letter is signed by David Lear, P.E., Assistant City Engineer. The second letter is from the Livonia Fire & Rescue Division, dated September 26, 2017, which reads as follows: "This office has reviewed the site plan submitted in connection with a request to construct an addition and remodel the interior and exterior of the Department of Public Works administrative offices and garage on property located at the above referenced address. We have no objections to this proposal." The letter is signed by Keith Bo, Fire Marshal. The third letter is from the Division of Police, dated September 20, 2017, which reads as follows: "I have reviewed the plans in connection with the petition. I have no objections to the proposal." The letter is signed by Brian Leigh, Sergeant, Traffic Bureau. That is the extent of the correspondence. Mr. Wilshaw: Are there any questions from the Commissioners? Hearing none, we have Mr. Rohraff from our DPW Department. Don Rohraff, Director, Department of Public Works, City of Livonia. Good evening. Thanks for having me. Mr. Wilshaw: What more would you like to tell us about this building? Mr. Rohraff: Mr. Taormina has done an excellent job of summarizing a lot of the stuff, but just a few things that I'd like to add on if you don't mind. Historically, the DPW building, we've never really had a building. We've always just kind of gotten along with lean-tos and barns and things of that nature. The current condition of the Water October 3, 2017 28296 and Sewer building that my 28 employees are in are absolutely horrible. We're absolutely looking forward to bettering their working conditions. We host a lot of equipment. Some of that equipment is in excess of $400,000 a piece for our vactor trucks and things of that nature that the majority of our Water and Sewer vehicles at this time are kept outdoors. This will get about 98 percent of our vehicles inside under a closed in area so that they those will be ready to respond in emergency situations, whether that's water main breaks, sewer backups, things of that nature. One of the major issues that we were concerned with, and we still are concerned with every day in our current existing facility buildings, we have basically no ability to lock down our buildings. We have 30 plus doors that are all accessible to the public or anybody that may wander in. They could come in through cafeterias, through locker rooms. There's really no general entryway for the general public or anybody that's coming to visit this building. So there is definitely a safety issue for our employees in just the way the building itself is set up. So this new proposed building will absolutely isolate us and allow DPW activities to happen in that yard and not have the general public or anyone else for that matter kind of wandering and meandering through the yard. As you know, our current building has a Farmington address, but we are not on Farmington Road. It is extremely difficult to host meetings and have the general public come and try to find us. This will give us frontage right on Farmington Road which is much needed and long awaited. It will be much easier for the public to find us and be able to come and conduct business with us. I guess finally, I know Mr. Taormina had mentioned it, but at the DPW, we have two divisions which is the DPS that currently do the water, the sewer, the roads, parks, but we also have another division which Engineering, which is housed in the annex here in City Hall. There is a disconnect at times in communications and the programs that we try to run and facilitate and work together. So Engineering will be coming to this building. They will be occupying the upstairs. It will kind of be like a coming together, a coming home of our full department under the umbrella of DPW. So that's exciting and I think it will be much better for the citizens and we'll be able to provide much better customer service to the public in general. And lastly, this is going to be a building that everybody can be proud of, the citizens, the City. We can all have something that we can actually hang our hat on say, that is our DPW building. We have frontage and again, we're extremely excited about this project and I think it's long overdue. Other than that, I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have. Mr. Wilshaw: Thank you for your presentation. October 3, 2017 28297 Ms. Smiley: First of all, I'm very excited about this. I'm sorry you're working under such deplorable conditions as you described at our study session and this looks like a 100 percent improvement. Also, the security. Like you said, that equipment is very vital and it's also very expensive and it's about time that it was secured better. We talked a little bit about the east elevation, which is really on Farmington Road, about maybe putting some kind of a sign. Have you had any thoughts about that? Mr. Rohraff: Yes. We've had some discussions. There's obviously going to be signage out in front on Farmington Road itself, but on the building, we definitely want to identify the building as the City of Livonia DPW building, whether that either comes as a seal and the letter on the blue or above the windows to the left of the blue there, but identifying that on the building is definitely something that we would want to do and we did discuss that Ms. Smiley: I would like to see that and I'd like to know if there's anything we can do to help you expedite this and get it rolling. We'd be glad to help. Mr. Rohraff: I appreciate that. Thank you. Mr. Long: This will paid for through a bond issue. Is that correct? Mr. Rohraff: That is correct. The building itself has already been purchased. Any additional work moving forward, which will be the demolition or the construction, anything and everything moving forward would be issued through a bond through the Water and Sewer Department. That's correct. Mr. Long: Based on future revenues of . . . is that what would be bonded, the future revenues of the water and sewer? Mr. Rohraff: Yeah, I would leave the exact details of the bonding to our Finance Director, but yeah, it would be a combination of fund balance and future revenues that would be coming in on that. Correct. Mr. Long: Thank you. Mr. Priddy: Good evening. How would this improve your situation currently? You talked about all the pieces of equipment that you have currently. How many pieces and how does this accommodate that? Mr. Rohraff: Well, currently, the building that we're in, and I'm just trying to give you a quick perspective of what we're dealing with from a October 3, 2017 28298 size thing, the building itself can basically just hold a small dump truck and we can barely squeeze in. The top of the garage door where we try to sneak backhoes in, but we have to lower the back boom down to get it through, has been nicked a few times, middle of the night type of thing coming in. Those are really vans, pickup trucks. Those are really the only ones that we are able to get in the current Water and Sewer building. Our bigger vactor trucks and our sewer cleaning trucks that actually hold water and those type of situations, we actually have to kick out some of the salt and snow and ice trucks so that we can keep those pieces of equipment in the Roads barn. But in total what we're talking about in moving our pieces of equipment in there, we're probably for sure somewhere in the area of 40 to 50 pieces of equipment that would be in this new building and being kept out of the elements to answer your question. I don't have an exact number. Ninety-eight percent of probably what we have would be kept inside the building. Again, the meter trucks and things that actually have water on them to go out and perform the duties that they need to do need to be out of the elements. It's much needed. Mr. Priddy: And you currently have your personnel through multiple buildings and this kind of helps bring them all together? Mr. Rohraff: Absolutely. Yes. Mr. Priddy: Just on the aesthetics and so forth, there's no actual landscape plan, but are there plans to kind of put some trees and so forth on Farmington Road? Mr. Rohraff: Yes. There are a few existing trees there. There's some shrubs and things of that nature that are in front of the building. I can bring John up here from Sidock if you'd like to have some specific questions in regard to that, but our full intentions are to have that what I called beautified with really nice landscaping having new trees, new shrubbery, that type of stuff that would be put in there. Mr. Priddy: Okay. Thank you. Mr. Wilshaw: Any other questions for our petitioner? I think our petitioner has good influence in the Forestry Department to make sure that there's good landscaping there. I'll just briefly comment that I can recognize too the importance of having this equipment under a roof for two reasons. One, obviously it's going to extend the life of the equipment which is expensive equipment that you don't want to buy very often, and also, it seems like water main breaks usually happen in the worst of weather, cold climates and so on. So you're going to have your equipment at the ready, easier to respond, warm ready to go, which I think is going to be very October 3, 2017 28299 exciting and it's very important for the service that you provide to the community. So thank you. Mr. Rohraff: Thank you. I appreciate it. Mr. Wilshaw: Are there any other questions or comments? There's no one else in the audience. With that, a motion would be in order. On a motion by Priddy, seconded by Long, and unanimously adopted, it was #10-56-2017 RESOLVED, that the City Planning Commission does hereby recommend to the City Council that Petition 2017-09-08-10 submitted by the City of Livonia requesting approval of all plans required by Section 18.58 of the City of Livonia Zoning Ordinance #543, as amended, in connection with a proposal to construct an addition and remodel the interior and exterior of 13335 Farmington Road for use as the City of Livonia Department of Public Works administrative offices and garage, located on the west side of Farmington Road between the CSX Railroad right- of-way and Schoolcraft Road in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 28, be approved subject to the following conditions: 1. That the Site Plan marked AS-003-1, dated April 28, 2017, as revised, prepared by Sidock Group, is hereby approved; 2. That the Exterior Elevations Plan marked A-300, prepared • by Sidock Group, as received by the Planning Commission on September 15, 2017, is hereby approved; 3. That all rooftop mechanical equipment shall be concealed from public view on all sides by screening that shall be of a compatible character, material and color to other exterior materials on the building; 4. That proper engineering drawings shall be submitted to the City's Engineering Department for all proposed utility extensions prior to any permits being issued; and 5. That the specific plans referenced in this approving resolution shall be submitted to the Inspection Department at the time the building permits are applied for. Mr. Wilshaw, Chairman, declared the motion is carried and the foregoing resolution adopted. It will go on to City Council with an approving resolution. We want to thank you, Mr. Rohraff, for your presentation and wish you very good luck with your project. October 3, 2017 28300 Mr. Rohraff: I appreciate your time and your efforts on this. I'll make sure you're all invited to the grand opening when that happens. Mr. Wilshaw: That would be excellent. Thank you. ITEM #3 MOTION TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING 13335 Farmington Ms. Smiley, Acting Secretary, announced the next item on the agenda, a motion to hold a public hearing to determine whether or not to rezone the City-owned property at 13335 Farmington Road, located on the west side of Farmington Road between the CSX Railroad right- of-way and Schoolcraft Road in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 28, from M-1 (Light Manufacturing) to PL (Public Land). Mr. Taormina: This is a companion petition that was just approved. It would change the zoning of the property from M-1 to PL, Public Land. So if we could have a motion to set the public hearing, we'll have that to you probably in the next four weeks. Mr. Wilshaw: Thank you, Mr. Taormina. Anytime we have a rezoning, this is a typical first part of the process is to set the date for a public hearing. This is just a procedural item. Is there a motion from anybody? On a motion by Smiley, seconded by Long, and unanimously approved, it was #10-57-2017 RESOLVED, that the City Planning Commission, pursuant to Section 23.01(b) of Ordinance#543, the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Livonia, as amended, does hereby establish and order that a public hearing be held to determine whether or not to rezone the City-owned property at 13335 Farmington Road, located on the west side of Farmington Road between the CSX Railroad right-of-way and Schoolcraft Road in the Northeast '/4 of Section 28, from M-1 (Light Manufacturing) to PL (Public Land) such property legally described as follows: 28A1A1 28D41B1A PT OF THE NE 1/4 OF SEC 28 T1 S R9E BEG 501 DEG 05M 14S W 907.50FT AND N87DEG 34M 40S W 60FT FROM THE NE COR TH S01 DEG 05M 14S W 206.80FT TH N87DEG 23M 20S W 270.01 FT TH N01 DEG OOM 14S E 205.91 FT TH S87DEG 34M 40S E 270FT POB ALSO THAT PT OF LOT 41 OF NEWMAN SCHOOLCRAFT FARMS T1S R9E L69 P90 WCR ADJ TO THE WLY SIDE OF ABOVE DESC PARCEL MEAS 30.01 FT ON THE N AND S SIDES AND MEAS 205.91 FT October 3, 2017 28301 ON THE W AND E SIDES ALSO EXC N 35FT OF W 60FT OF SAID COMBINED PARCEL 1.37 AC FURTHER RESOLVED, that notice of such hearing shall be given in accordance with the provisions of Section 23.05 of Ordinance #543, the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Livonia, as amended, and that thereafter there shall be a report and recommendation submitted to the City Council. Mr. Wilshaw, Chairman, declared the motion is carried and the foregoing resolution adopted. ITEM #4 APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1,111th Public Hearings and Regular Meeting Ms. Smiley, Acting, Secretary, announced the next item on the agenda, Approval of the Minutes of the 1,111th Public Hearings and Regular Meeting held on September 19, 2017. On a motion by Priddy, seconded by Long, and unanimously adopted, it was #10-58-2017 RESOLVED, that the Minutes of 1,111th Public Hearings and Regular Meeting held by the Planning Commission on September 19, 2017, are hereby approved. A roll call vote on the foregoing resolution resulted in the following: AYES: Priddy, Long, Smiley, Wilshaw NAYS: None ABSTAIN: None ABSENT: Caramagno, McCue, Ventura, Mr. Wilshaw, Chairman, declared the motion is carried and the foregoing resolution adopted. On a motion duly made, seconded and unanimously adopted, the 1,112th Regular Meeting held on October 3, 2017, was adjourned at 7:44 p.m. CITY PLANNING FOMMISSION 04)1,4 Carol Smiley, •cting S: ry ATTEST: Ian Wilsha `,r airman