| View Agenda for this meeting View Minutes for this meeting PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION SUMMARY Regular Meeting Wednesday, November 28, 2007 | 7 PM Council Chambers | Novi Civic Center |45175 W. Ten Mile 248.347.0475 CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at or about 7:00 PM. ROLL CALL Present: Members John Avdoulos, Brian Burke, Victor Cassis, Andrew Gutman, Michael Lynch, Michael Meyer, Mark Pehrson, Wayne Wrobel Absent: Andrew Gutman (Excused) Also Present: Steve Rumple, Community Development Director; Barbara McBeth, Deputy Director of Community Development; Karen Reinowski, Planner; Kristen Kapelanski, Planner; David Beschke, Landscape Architect; Ben Croy, Civil Engineer; Dr. John Freeland, Environmental Consultant; Steve Dearing, Traffic Engineering Consultant; Kristin Kolb, City Attorney CONSENT AGENDA - REMOVALS AND APPROVAL 1. GJETO’S SALON AND SPA, SP07-48 Consideration on the request of Gjeto’s Salon and Spa for a Section 9 Façade Waiver. The subject property is located in Section 15, south of Twelve Mile Road, west of Novi Road, in the Twelve Mile Crossing at Fountain Walk shopping center. The applicant is proposing to relocate within the shopping center. Motion to approve the Consent Agenda. Motion carried 7-0. PUBLIC HEARINGS 1. TAHOE SUBSTATION EXPANSION, SP07-38 Public Hearing on the request of Detroit Edison for Preliminary Site Plan and Special Land Use Permit approval. The subject property is located in Section 29, south of Ten Mile between Wixom and Beck Roads, in the R-A, Residential Acreage District. The subject property is approximately 13.49 acres and the Applicant is proposing to construct a second power delivery center and two capacitor banks to its existing Tahoe Substation. In the matter of Tahoe Substation Expansion, SP07-38, motion to approve the Special Land Use Permit subject to: 1) The Applicant providing a Noise Analysis by a certified sound engineer for review by Staff prior to Final Site Plan approval; 2) The conditions and items listed in the Staff and Consultant review letters being addressed on the Final Site Plan; and 3) The Applicant changing the replacement trees to evergreens subject to the review of and approval by the City’s Landscape Architect; for the reason that the plan is otherwise in compliance with Article 25, Section 3006 and all other applicable provisions of the Zoning Ordinance. Motion carried 7-0. In the matter of Tahoe Substation Expansion, SP07-38, motion to approve the Preliminary Site Plan subject to: 1) A Planning Commission Waiver for the extension of the existing berm along the eastern lot line adjacent to residential in order to preserve four twenty-foot tall evergreens, and the Applicant providing a berm extension at a height that is lower than the standard specified in the Zoning Ordinance; 2) A Planning Commission Waiver for the extension of the existing berm along the western lot line adjacent to residential, and the Applicant providing seven evergreens in substitution; and 3) The conditions and items listed in the Staff and Consultant review letters being addressed on the Final Site Plan; for the reason that the plan is otherwise in compliance with Article 3, Section 2400, Article 25, and all other applicable provisions of the Zoning Ordinance. Motion carried 7-0. 2. ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA ACADEMY & NICOLEENA ESTATES ZONING MAP AMENDMENT 18.676 WITH Planned Rezoning Overlay, SP07-33A Public Hearing on the request of Lakeside Oakland Development, LLC, for Planning Commission’s recommendation to City Council for a rezoning in conjunction with a Planned Rezoning Overlay of property in Section 18, south of Twelve Mile, west of Wixom Road, from I-1, Light Industrial, R-1, One-Family Residential and R-A, Residential Acreage, to RM-2, High Density, Mid-Rise, Multiple-Family Residential. The subject property is approximately 115.89 acres and the Applicant is proposing to construct an approximately 120,000 square-foot private girls’ school, a 9,250 square-foot educational facility, a 7,200 square-foot convent and a 230-unit duplex condominium. In the matter of Zoning Map Amendment 18.676 and Planned Rezoning Overlay SP07-33A for St. Catherine of Siena and Nicoleena Estates, motion to recommend approval to the City Council to rezone the subject property from I-1 (Light Industrial), R-A (Residential Acreage) and R-1 (Single-Family Residential) to R-4 (One Family Residential ), for the purpose of allowing a density of 3.3 units per acre with a PRO deviation for the duplexes being permitted in that zoning classification, subject to the Applicant’s compliance with all the conditions listed in the Staff and Consultant review letters, for the reasons that the plan is in compliance with the Zoning Ordinance and the Master Plan. Motion carried 7-0. MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION 1. SET A PUBLIC HEARING FOR DECEMBER 12, 2007 FOR ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT 18.221 IN ORDER TO MODIFY THE STANDARDS FOR NOISE ANALYSIS REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIAL LAND USE APPROVALS Motion to set a Public Hearing for December 12, 2007 for Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment 18.221 in order to modify the standards for Noise Analysis requirements for Special Land Use approvals. Motion carried 7-0. 2. APPROVAL OF THE OCTOBER 24, 2007 PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES Motion to approve the October 24, 2007 Planning Commission minutes. Motion carried 7-0. 3. APPROVAL OF THE NOVEMBER 7, 2007 PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES Motion to approve the November 7, 2007 Planning Commission minutes. Motion carried 7-0. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 10:31 PM. 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