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Deerfield Professional Centre 13000 Deerfield Parkway Building 100, Suite 107 E Milton, GA 30004
ACTION REPORT
DESIGN REVIEW BOARD
MARCH 2, 2010
6:00PM
1) Call to order and Pledge
2) Introduction of Board Members
Members present: Vince Pisano, Jim Brown, Darryl Jan Porter, Kathi Cook,
Terry Herr, Mark Mekes
3) Election of new officers
Motion to elect Terry Herr, Chairman—Kathi Cook
2nd: Darryl Jan Porter
Vote: 6-0, Motion approved
Motion to elect Kathi Cook, Vice Chair—Darryl Jan Porter
2nd: Jim Brown
Vote: 6-0, Motion approved
4) Approval of January, February action minutes
Motion to approve January action minutes, Jim Brown
2nd: Kathi Cook
Vote: 6-0, Motion approved
Motion to approve February action ,minutes, Vince Pisano
2nd: Kathi Cook
Vote: 5-0, 1 abstained, Motion approved
5) Demolition permit review: 622 North Main Street, David Burre
Motion to approve with conditions, Kathi Cook
Conditions:
(a) Tree save and erosion control measures shall be in place prior to
starting any work,
(b) All construction debris shall be removed from site,
(c) All disturbed areas shall be reseeded and strawed.
2nd: Jim Brown
Vote: 6-0, Motion approved
6) Demolition permit review: 676 Cox Road, R. Hardy Smith
Motion to approve with conditions, Kathi Cook
Conditions:
(a) Tree save and erosion control measures shall be in place prior to
starting any work,
(b) All construction debris shall be removed from site,
(c) All disturbed areas shall be reseeded and strawed.
2nd: Jim Brown
Vote: 6-0, Motion approved
7) Building permit review: 13000 Deerfield Parkway, Excide Technologies, solar panel
installation, Taylor Hollis, Radiance Energies
Motion to deny—Kathi Cook
2nd: Darryl Jan Porter
Vote: 6-0, Motion approved
Applicant was directed to resubmit his building permit showing a revised
location for the solar panels.
Staff was directed to come up with a comprehensive ordinance to address
photovoltaic panels, and other such alternative energy technologies.
8) Courtesy review: Buffer, Landscape, and Tree Ordinance, Mark Law, City of Milton
Arborist
Comments from Board:
Pg. 1, B-8—On what basis is this claim made?
Pg. 3, 12—Change ‘district’ to ‘use’
Pg. 4, 29.b—Remove reference to ‘heritage tree’
Pg. 5, 30—Add ‘R.O.W, or any public property’
Pg. 8, X11.A—Add”Tree replacement shall also be required.”
Pg. 8, XIII.C—Held for a minimum of 36 months. Add some kind of
exclusion for owner occupied, single family properties. It would be
very difficult for the average property owner to obtain a bond, and
it would be a hardship to not have access to that money for 3
years. It would be impossible to enforce a bond on land not visible
from the ROW.
Pg. 9, XV1, B, C—Appeals process should be specific to Tree
Ordinance. Be specific about the criteria for approving a variance.
Pg. 11, Section 1, A2a—Add ‘Show trees within 50’ of the property
line.’
Pg. 11, Section 1, A2d—Should be clear that the payment option is
for rare/hardship cases only. Add Tree Bank option?
Pg. 13, Section D—Limitation to pines and yellow poplar? Increase
perimeter buffer? Harsher limits on development activity for a
violation?
9) Other business--None
10) Adjournment
TERRY HERR, DRB CHAIR
ANGELA RAMBEAU, PLANNER