AGENDA REPORT
DATE: August 12, 2024
TO: City Commission
FROM: Bill McDaniel, City Manager
SUBJECT: Quasi-judicial public hearing on an ordinance for a modification to the Midway Lake Community Unit District located North of North Frontage Road, East of North Wilder Road, South of East Sam Allen Road and West of Charlie Taylor Road (PB-2023-51).
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The applicant proposes modifications to the Midway Lake Community Unit District. The site is located North of North Frontage Road, East of North Wilder Road, South of East Sam Allen Road and West of Charlie Taylor Road.
The applicant is requesting the following changes:
* Change the name to the Midway Lake Planned Development District.
* Change the conditions/notes on the site plan to the following:
o Increases users of the airstrip from one to twenty.
o Allows users of the airstrip to have visitor aircraft subject to approval of the Airport Manager.
o Eliminates the limitation on the number of permanently based aircraft.
o Eliminates the requirements for aircraft flight logs of landings and departures which also eliminates the ability for these logs to be requested for review.
o Adds a requirement to maintain a list of permanently based aircraft which are approved by the Airport Manager.
o Prohibits the airstrip from being open to the public.
o Allows future homeowners of an undetermined number of contiguous parcels to use the airstrip.
On June 26, 2024, staff presented a recommendation of denial to the Planning Board, based on the positives, negatives and mitigating factors presented in the staff report and based on the determination that until the contiguous parcels which would access the air strip are able to be added to the Planned Development, the request is premature. Without the inclusion of all areas that will utilize the air strip to show the travel path and storage locations of the planes, staff cannot determine if the proposed increase in use of the airstrip can meet the require...
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