The Hampton Planning Commission convened on March 21, 2024, at approximately 1:30 PM (call to order after a brief delay). The meeting included approval of minutes, deferral of three short-term rental applications, and two use permit hearings. All votes were unanimous among the six voting commissioners present.
Good afternoon. Like to call to order the meeting of the Planning Commission for Thursday, March twenty first, twenty twenty-four. And please, if you will call the role. Commissioner Rogers, present. Commissioner Brooks, present. Commissioner Coleman. Commissioner Harper. Present. Commissioner DeProfio. Chair Harris. Mr. Chair. Thank you, Vice Chair, and thank you, citizens. Sorry for the delay. Now we have the approval of minutes from the February Planning Commission meeting. Do I hear a motion? Second. Any modifications. Commissioner Rogers. Commissioner Brooks. Abstaining due to absence. Commissioner Coleman. Commissioner Harper. Aye. Commissioner DeProfio. Chair Harris. Bonnie, would you like to discuss the public hearing items and the protocol? I would be happy to do that. We have a number of public hearing items on the agenda, so I'll read our public hearing protocol. The planning commission of the city of Hampton takes pride in being fair and courteous to all parties in attendance. It is important that all involved understand how the commission conducts its hearings and how all persons before the commission should conduct themselves. To ensure the affairs of the commission may be conducted in an orderly manner and to permit persons in attendance to observe and hear the proceedings of the commission without distraction. The following rules for public hearings and comments 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 and item number at the desk in the back of the chambers prior to the call of the item. The commission secretary will announce the item number and item title being considered. Then the case before the commission shall be presented by a staff member of the Department of Community Development. After the case has been presented, the applicant or the applicant's representative will have up to 10 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 speak on a case shall have three minutes to present written in or oral comments. All comments should be directed to the commission. And no person may address the commission until he or she has first been recognized by the chairman. Speakers who have signed up may use their allotted time only for themselves and cannot donate their time to other speakers. Please note that the actions taken by the commission today are in the form of a recommendation to the Hampton City Council. The final decision to approve or disapprove an application will be made by the city council at a future date. Okay, and the first three public hearing items, Mr. Chair, the staff is recommending deferral of to the July Planning Commission right uh meeting, their regular meeting. These are all short-term rental applications that were previously deferred by the commission. Um and as I think the commission knows the city staff is working on a set of ordinance amendments to bring forward soon. We expect to brief the planning commission on those ordinance amendments related to short-term rentals next month at their April at your April regular meeting.