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Commissioner Parker asked if the Commission granted the permit for this property, whose responsibility
would it be to upgrade the existing access, if it is determined that this is needed to meet regulations.
Mr. Hard explained that the cost would come from the applicant and would be reviewed during the site
plan process, and that there would also be fire lane requirements that would need to be met.
Commissioner Kaiser felt that approving any type of use for this area without a vision could be
detrimental to the City in the future. He clarified that churches, in his view, were not inappropriate uses
in such areas, but he felt concerned with approving any type of use until a study has been completed to
determine appropriate uses for the area.
Commissioner Floyd did not feel this use was inappropriate for the area, but was concerned with
configuration and impacts of this use.
Acting Chairman Horlen said that the Ordinance requires the Commission to affirm that the use would
not be detrimental, and he did not feel that this could be determined until a study has been completed.
Acting Chairman Horlen called for the vote on the motion to approve the use, and the motion failed 1 -
4; Commissioner Warren voted in favor of the motion.
Commissioner Kaiser moved to deny the request. The motion to deny died due to lack of a second.
Commissioner Kaiser moved to table the item. Commissioner Floyd seconded the motion.
Mr. Clarence Thomas (the applicant) asked permission to approach the Commission, Acting Chairman
Horlen granted this request. Mr. Thomas said that he understood the concerns of the Commission, in
which similar concerns were directed for their previously considered site on Wellborn Road. He
stressed that the church was on a time schedule for this location and needs to get going on a new
location. He said that once the use is permitted, the church intends to purchase the land and have the
architect begin on drawings.
Staff Planner Jimmerson asked the Commission to elaborate on the reasons they are tabling the item to
allow additional information to be gathered before the item returns to the Commission.
Commissioner Kaiser said that his basis for tabling this item was to address the access elements in
aspect to the impact on adjacent properties and the linkage back to Rock Prairie Road. He asked that if
staff could provide this information in cooperation with the applicant.
Acting Chairman Horlen expressed the same concerns as Mr. Kaiser and has strong feelings that the
applicant needs to know about possible access concerns and problems before the platting process so the
applicant can avoid investing too much money into a project that may not work for them. Commissioner
Parker agreed with these comments.
Acting Chairman Horlen called for the vote, and the motion to table the item passed 4-1; Commissioner
Warren voted in opposition to the motion.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 5: Public hearing and consideration of a Conditional Use Permit, for a
medical clinic, InnerWisdom Counseling Centers to be located at 1726 Harvey Mitchell Parkway
South. (00-2)
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