Boundary County Planning and Zoning Commission
MINUTES
March 15, 2007
Members present: Tom Hollingsworth, Jake Negley, Rod
Barcklay, Doug Reoch, Henry McMahon, John Kellogg, Barry Davis, Bruce Behrman.
Member absent: Toby Schnuerle. Staff present: Mike Weland.
- Hollingsworth opened the meeting and called for
reading of the January minutes. Reoch moved to waive reading and approve as
mailed, Negley seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
- Hollingsworth opened public hearing on application
07-076. Because no member of the public was in attendance with the exception
of the applicants, Hollingsworth waived reading of the procedure, with
approval from the applicants, and called for an opening statement. Margaret
Huggins explained that their intent was to amend the zoning of a portion of
their property lying between Stockdale Steel and Amer-Can Industrial from
residential to rural community/commercial, to all placement of a triple-wide
modular to be used to expand her existing day care business, which she
stated has been operating in her home for 18 years. She stated that because
of the number of businesses located in that area, she had always assumed the
area was already zoned for commercial use. There was no staff report nor any
public comment. Hollingsworth closed the hearing to public testimony and
called for discussion. Barcklay stated that he has never liked zoning
individual parcels, but said that he agrees that this a unique instance.
Hollingsworth said that in his view this was a circumstance where the
application truly fit, and such amendment would benefit both the applicant
and the economy. He stated that most people believe that area is already
zoned commercial due to the number of businesses. Discussion was held
regarding the boundaries of the actual area to be rezoned, and Margaret and
L.D. Huggins both stated that the dimensions in site sketch represented the
portion they intended. Staff recommended that if the motion was to approve,
the condition be included that the exact area be defined by legal
description or record of survey to allow accurate mapping, and the
applicants concurred. There being no further discussion, Hollingsworth
called for a motion. Member John Kellogg moved to forward to county
commissioners a recommendation that the application be approved as
presented. Barcklay seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
- On unscheduled business, Hollingsworth called for
discussion on a recommendation that Schnuerle be removed for excessive
absences. Staff reviewed past minutes and determined that Schnuerle had not
attended a meeting since September, making a total of five consecutive
absences. Hollingsworth pointed out the importance of meeting attendance,
saying that having to inform a room of people that a meeting had to be
adjourned due to lack of quorum made him cringe. Following discussion,
McMahon made motion to recommend to county commissioners that member Toby
Schnuerle be removed for having missed five consecutive meetings in
violation of Chapter 3, Section 1F, Boundary County Zoning and Subdivision
Ordinance. Kellogg seconded and the motion carried with five members voting
aye, two voting nay.
- Discussion was held regarding progress on the
comprehensive plan. Concerns were cited regarding the proposed elimination
of the aquifer portion of the natural resources component, with members
reaching general agreement that this data had been well-researched and was
important to the overall plan. Staff stated that no consensus had yet been
reached and that the section was marked for further discussion. Staff
advised members of the upcoming workshop schedule and informed them that it
was still to early to predict when the plan would go to public hearing.
- There being no further business, Barcklay made motion
to adjourn, Kellogg seconded and the motion carried unanimously. The meeting
adjourned at 6:15 p.m.