The meeting began with the Planning Commission handling rezoning, use permits, and zoning ordinance amendments, followed by a legislative session of the City Council addressing additional public hearings, consent agenda items, and a presentation from the Fort Monroe Authority. Key topics included rezoning for a single-family home, a senior multifamily development, a pet hospital, and amendments regarding parking on lawns, temporary signs, flags, cemeteries, and storage facilities in Phoebus. The City Council also approved a use permit for a hookah lounge and a private club for a violence prevention charity, amid community input.
Miss Brooks. Mr. Harper. Dr. Coleman. Here. Miss Cullum. Here. Mr. Brown. Here. Mr. Bond. Chairman Garrison present. And do we have I assume everyone's read the minutes? Do we have any changes or alterations to the minutes? If not, can I get a motion and a second? Second. We have a motion and a second. Call for the vote, please. Brooks. I. Mr. Brown. Mr. Bond. Chairman Garrison. I would like to take this opportunity to welcome our newest Commissioner, Tracy Bruce. We're very glad to have you with us. To ensure that the affairs of the Commission may be conducted in an orderly manner and to ensure that all persons desiring to address the commission on matters pertinent to it are afforded an opportunity to do so and to permit persons in attendance to observe and hear the proceedings of the commission without distraction and to permit the commission to conduct city business with minimal disruption. The following rules for public hearings and comment are established as follows. Please turn off your cell phone while in the chamber. If you are attending the hearing and desire to speak on an item, please enter your name, address, and item number at the desk in the back of the chambers prior to the call to order of the item. The commission secretary will announce the item number and item title being considered. After the case has been presented, the applicant or the applicant's representative will have up to ten minutes to address the commission and present written and oral comments. The applicant may request up to three additional minutes for rebuttal of any comments from speakers in opposition to the application. Individuals other than the applicant or the applicant's representative who have signed up to comment on the case shall have three minutes to present written andor oral comments. Speakers who have signed up may use their allotted time only for themselves and may not donate time to other speakers. Comments must be confined to matters germane to the business of the commission and shall not be cumulative or repetitive. Speakers shall not campaign for political office, either for themselves or others. The commission allows slide or computer generated projections previously submitted to the community development department no later than five business days prior to the scheduled meeting. Speakers should address the commission with decorum, loud, boisterous, and disruptive behavior, obscenity, and vulgarity should be avoided, as well as other words or acts tending to evoke violence or deemed to be a breach of the peace. Speakers shall not be interrupted by the audience comments, calls, or other disruptions. Commissioners may question each speaker at any time during his or her presentation. After all persons who desire to address the commission have had the opportunity to do so, the chairman may grant rebuttal time to the applicant if previously requested by the applicant, and at his or her discretion may grant additional time to persons other than the applicant who have previously spoken. The chairman may close the public hearing at any time after all persons who desire to address the commission have had one opportunity to do so, other than any rebuttal reserved by the applicant. Any individual who does not abide by the rules for public hearing and comment after a warning may be asked to leave. Please note that the actions taken by the commission today are in the form of a recommendation to Hampton City Council. The final decision to approve or disapprove an application will be made by City Council at a future date. The first public hearing item is rezoning application number 21-00004.