Hey everybody's preserved.

Good evening and welcome to the March 20 March 16, 2026 meeting of the City of Tuscan Planning and Zoning Commission.

Any written comments sent to staff or forward to the commission directly.

At this time, I'd introduce our staff, Jim Bo Woodson, Deputy City Attorney, Michael Gardner, City Engineer, Zach Pons, Director of Planning, Leota Coin, Principal Planner.

There are nine members of the Planning Commission, all of who are appointed by the mayor for staggered terms, with the exception of the City Council representative who is appointed by the City Council.

I ask the Commission members introduce themselves and state their occupation.

Begin with Ms.

Prince.

Dina Prince, attorney.

Sorry, Dina Prant's attorney.

Portia Clark, 311 manager.

Raven Howard, Councilwoman District 2.

ADP, retired.

A bill right business owner.

There were sign-up sheets located outside for public comment.

Four speakers are allowed to speak in favor of petition, and four speakers are allowed to speak in opposition to petition.

All speakers will have a maximum of five minutes unless the commission votes to allow a longer time.

The commission will take up items in the order of our final agenda.

The commission will initially receive a presentation from the staff as to the details of the agenda item.

Additionally, we may hear certain matters involving the same property, such as an annexation and a zoning matter concurrently, although we will take separate votes on each matter involving the same property.

After the presentation, I will call upon the petitioner to present their case.

The petition will have a maximum of 10 minutes unless the commission votes to allow a longer time.

At the conclusion of the petition's remarks, I will then call on any part in order to sign up who desires to support the petition.

Thereafter will call on any part or any party in order to sign up who opposes the petition.

Those who oppose petition when it comes to your turn for comment, please introduce yourself, stating your name and address to the commission, provide your remarks and any written comments again have been included into the record.

After receiving the remarks of those who oppose the petition, the petitioner will have the opportunity to respond to the objections.

Any rebuttal be limited to two minutes unless the commission votes to allow a longer time.

If the petitioner presents any new information in response to the objections, the commission will allow those who oppose the petition the opportunity to respond to the new information only.

Any response will be limited to two minutes unless the commission votes to allow a longer time.

During the course of this presentation, you may be interrupted by any member of the commission for clarification or additional information.

Again, such and interruptions will not reduce your time.

Once the commission members have are satisfied they received all relevant information, I will close further discussion by the public, at which time the commission members will discuss the matter and then vote.

After the vote, you are free to leave.

These proceedings are being recorded and broadcast live.

All in-person public comments should be made at the podium into the microphone.

Jurisdiction.

Three, developments with a special district, and four approval letters for developments within the historic buffer zones.

As to all remaining agenda matters, including annexations, rezonings, planned developments, and street vacations.

This commission serves as a recommending body to the city council.

In that regard, our decisions are in the form of a recommendation to be presented to the city council.

The city council will make the final decision on those matters.

Subdivision approval requires the affirmative vote of six members of the planning commission.

All matters which are recommendations to the city council require majority vote for an affirmative recommendation.

At this time, I would ask to any members of the commission have any conflicts of interest as to any agenda matters before us tonight.

If so, please state for the record.

Having heard none, I would ask the staff to confirm on the record that proper notice has been given to all parties in interest as required by law as to all matters before the commission tonight.

Yes, it has.

Okay.

Commissioner is agenda changed.

We have S 1726, the Martin of States is requesting to continue to the next month.

Do I hear a motion and a second on this item on the agenda to case to be continued?

Second.

All those members say aye.

Aye.

Those opposed, ayes have it.

Okay.

Approval of the minutes.

With that, we will begin with the approval of the minutes.

As the planning and zoning commission has received synopsis of the February 2026 meeting, I move that we dispense with a reading of the minutes of the same unless there are any deletions, additions, or corrections.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Those opposed, minutes are approved.

Good evening, Commission.

Starting off tonight, we have a few cases requesting to withdraw.

You can see them here.

They were all continued from last month.

Um these are withdrawn prior to notice, so no vote is needed.

We do have a few cases requesting to continue tonight.

First up, we have Z07 26.

Um, a few people did sign up to speak on these.

Um do you have any questions for staff?

Okay.

Out of respect for those who made the effort to come down tonight on the uh Z06 2026, the uh 18th Street from MR1 to SFR 5.

We had two people that are in oppositions.

Uh I guess first we need to have the petitioner form of the request.

So the petitioner is not here tonight.

Okay.

Um, okay.

We do have a representative for the petitioner.

Please come forward and you want to state your request publicly.

Um I'm here tonight to ask uh for a continuance for beard in 1914 for the submitted proposal for 2842 18th Street.

And your name and address for the record, please.

Uh Luke O'Brien address 1811 Forest Lake Drive.

Okay.

Tuscaloosa.

All right.

Uh again, I respect for those who have come out here tonight.

We're gonna at least let them hear to say what they want to say.

It might be a good chance for you also to hear what their concerns are.

We always encourage if you hear those, you can reach out to them, make contact.

It always help your case potentially.

So okay.

All right.

Um, I was just sent to say that uh Mr.

Beardon for the past month has had flu and pneumonia, uh, didn't have time to make changes to the site plan, and he couldn't be here tonight due to a family conflict conflict with his children.

Okay, thank you.

All right, thank you.

Thank you.

All right.

Uh again, we had two pillars signed up.

Um Herbert.

I can't make out the last name, but you can come forward and state your name and address the record, so we'll get it correct.

Good afternoon.

My name is Herbert Briffer, Captain B R I T F R D Brief.

I live at 2826 18th Street, Tusta Luza, Alabama.

Next to the property that they're trying to be at this duplicate on.

I live next to that property.

And my request is uh there's no on that duple.

That's what they're trying to be of there.

That's our understanding, and yes.

But I live at 2826-18th Street next to this property.

Okay.

Yes.

And you're obviously not in favor of this, or you want no.

Okay, I'm not in favor.

Well, hey, so what's gonna happen now is he's asking for continuance.

I'm assuming they'll come back next month.

So if there's anything specific about your being in opposition, because there is no duplex on this street.

Okay, there's no one, no.

Okay, yes.

All right.

Yes, that's now we're on the record.

Uh thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right, we have Elena Wilson.

Yes, good evening.

Good evening.

My name is Elena Wilson.

And uh I have some land at 2842nd, 18th street.

Would you state your address for the record, please?

My my address is 5124 Pino Trail in Northport, but this is some land on 18th screen.

And my question is is um, what if it was rezoned?

Would I lose some of my land?

And how would the taxes be allocated when the tax sign?

And what is also why is it wants to be rezoned?

It wasn't never told why did it want to be rezoned?

It's just asking for being rezoned.

Okay, so I want those questions answered.

The rezoning, I can let staff answers as well, but the property is currently zoned for I believe a single family house.

Right.

And the and the party would like to build a duplex.

And he cannot do that with the current zoning.

So he's asking to change the zoning to a zoning that does allow a duplex to be built.

It will not impact any property lines or anything.

Ms.

Coyne, you have a I'll jump in here as well to clarify the existing zonings.

MR1.

It's mixed residential one, so it does allow for a duplex.

However, you have to meet a certain lot size and lot width, um, 65 feet.

I don't recall the the lot size off the top of my head, but for a duplex and SFR5, which the petitioner is requesting, you only need a 50-foot lot with, um, which is why they're requesting that zoning.

So a duplex would be allowed today if the petitioner's lot was meaning the the size to do so, but it does not.

That's why they're they're asking for this change.

Okay.

And in the future, would it affect if I want to build on my land, would it affect my building if they build a duplex?

Would it affect if I just wanted to build one you know one level housing?

Would it affect how would it take my building?

It would not.

You would be able to your property would still be the same size and and the same uh zoning district that it is today.

Okay, okay.

Okay, thank you.

Is her property currently zoned MR1?

I believe so.

All this area is zoned MR1.

Okay.

All right, thank you.

Okay, that's last only two that signed up to speak.

Would anyone else care to say have a comment about this petition, which is gonna be asked for a continuance?

Okay, you have any desire to come back up, sir.

Uh okay, thank you.

All right, commission.

Before us, we have a continuous request for Z0726 due to health reasons, and uh so that being said, all those in favor of granting the continuous request for 0726 say aye.

Those opposed, eyes have it.

All right, commission.

We have one more um case requesting to continue tonight.

That's S1726.

Um, the applicant is here to request that continuance.

Is anyone here to speak for or against this our original case 1726?

Is the uh petitioner here to request good evening, Commissioner?

Robert Martin with Duncan Coker Associates 201 Town Center Boulevard.

Um part of the development team had a conflict tonight and couldn't be here.

We would like to postpone to next month so that they can be here to help present their case.

Okay.

Is anyone here to speak for or against this petition request?

Okay, having heard none.

Commissioner Force, we have a continuous request.

Uh what's the case number here?

1726.

1726.

All those in favor of granting this continuous request, say aye.

Aye.

Aye, those opposed, eyes have it.

So we um cannot get in touch with Mr.

Rumse.

Uh we need six in order to hear subdivisions.

A lot of these, a lot of these cases that we have are companion cases.

There's a rezoning and an annexation associated with them.

So we could hear we could hear those cases, and if y'all feel comfortable with recommending that they can then move forward to it wouldn't delay them to go to council with those requests, and then they can come back for the subdivisions next uh month if that's okay.

I mean, that's fine with this body, I would think.

And then hopefully we can get Mr.

As we're doing this, maybe Mr.

Rumsey will end up showing up, but if not, then we'll have to continue the other cases to next month.

So if we do it's a companion cases and we vote on two of the three, or one of the two, then that one would not be on next month's agenda, then correct?

Right, yes, sir.

All right.

All right, we'll move into our cases to be heard.

Uh we'll start with a companion case that is BH Robinson.

Uh this is Z0426 and S1226, um, looking to rezone approximately 0.5 acres located at 2803 and 2805 Herman Avenue from SFR3 to SFR4, um, and then subdividing to create two lots at this address.

So starting with the rezoning, you can see we're south of Stillman College here, um, near the McDonald Hughes Community Center.

See that lot today is vacant.

You can see that existing zoning is SFR3.

The applicant would like to rezone from SFR3 to 4.

They state there were two houses formerly on this property.

They'd like to rebuild two new homes in the previous locations.

Here's a photo of that lot today.

You can see it's vacant.

And here's just a grab from Google.

I mean, you can see in 2019 there were two homes at this location.

Here's that site plan.

They're proposing those two lots and two homes at that site.

And here's a sample of what those homes may look like.

In framework that's identified as traditional neighborhood core.

This request and use does conform to framework.

You can see that identified here.

And one more page.

Just to clarify that that companion case.

So you see those two lots here with contours without no variance requests.

Really, that that zoning changed to meet the minimum lot size here.

Do you have any questions for staff?

No ma'am.

Thank you.

Petitioner.

While the petitioner's coming up, can we go back to the uh rendering of what the finished product would look like?

Mr.

Chairman, members commission, Chris Centel, Centel Engineering 639 Black Bears Way, Tuscaloosa.

Thank you, Leo.

She explained it very well.

There were two there's already existing two addresses now.

There were two previous homes that were torn down for lack of maintenance.

So uh the developer wants to put two new homes back in this same spot.

So and we need the SFR4 for width.

Any questions for petitioner?

You want me to say a dissertation or something, slow it down?

No, keep going there.

Have a seat, Chris.

Thank you.

All right.

Uh no one has signed up for or against this petition request.

Is anyone here to speak for or against this petition?

Again, we're only going to be voting on the okay I think Alan King only.

I live in that thing.

And I did understand water mass company.

Ma'am, please come.

Ma'am, come get this on the record so we know what again.

Give us your name and address for the record, please.

Okay.

My name is Gloria Robinson.

I actually live at 52 Bellevue Drive, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35405.

Uh, the home that I'm currently, it's my mother's house, and it's currently in my name.

And I was just really trying to find out what it was about.

Ollie's SR43s, I did not understand.

But this picture up here does enlighten more about what I'm looking for, if that's being replaced with two different with two houses.

So I'm okay with it, but I wasn't okay at first.

Understand completely.

Thank you, ma'am.

Anyone else here to speak for or against this petition request?

All right.

Having heard none, I think I think this is a positive for this area.

Uh I hope the builder builds these houses.

They look nice.

They do.

There will be an improvement to the area.

Hold them to that, right?

Yeah, yeah, let's hold them today.

All right.

All right, again, so folks again.

We can only vote on one of these cases, and this is the Z0426.

Um, but this S1226 will be on next month's agenda.

So commission before us, we have Z0426.

The beautiful homes petitions to rezone from SFR3 to SFR4.

Do you have a motion and a second?

Motion.

Second.

Ms.

Prince.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Motion approved.

And before we move on to the next case, just to clarify, um, if the petitioner could come up and request a continuance.

Okay.

And then y'all vote on that requested continuance.

Fair enough.

Okay.

And again, I apologize for the not having the corner.

I need to apologize for me.

Oh, I would like to request a continuance to next month.

All right, Commission Forest, we have a continuous request for S1226 to B.H.

Robinson two lot subdivision.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Those opposed, eyes have it.

All right, Commission.

Next up we have another companion case.

This is STNL, Harkey Lane, three parts.

Um, annexing 0.4 acres south of 4730 Harky Lane, uh, rezoning that 0.4 acres from SFR1 to GC General Commercial, and lastly, consolidating 1.37 acres at this address.

So you can see we are on Old Colony Road, um, just right before the rice mine uh road intersection.

You can see that piece to be annexed today.

It is vacant.

Um, they'd like to bring that in to city limits for ultimate uh ultimately to consolidate the lots surrounding it and to build a vet clinic at this site.

Um petition um kind of covers it.

They want to annex it, uh replat it, and then develop a vet hospital here.

Um, this piece is in our primary expansion area.

Here are department comments on the annexation.

Moving into the rezoning.

So once annexed uh the piece of property would be SFR1, they'd like to rezone to GC general commercial.

So we're looking at that same piece again.

Uh it's surrounded by general commercial today.

Um here's just a uh photo looking towards old colony road of the site today.

Um they like to rezone it to be compatible with their surrounding property um for that vet clinic.

Um again, consolidating the lot and building a vet clinic here.

Um, in framework, this property is identified as corridor commercial.

This request and use does conform to framework.

You can see that identification here.

Here are permitted uses in GC.

Clicking through those.

Um, and then lastly, um consolidating four lots into one.

You can see that with contours, without.

Um, I know engineering does have some comments on the street cross section, it might roll into next month.

Um, but other than that, no variance requests.

Do you have any questions for staff?

No, ma'am.

Thank you.

Petitioner.

It is the petitioner here.

I know the petitioner, they were flying down from Ohio, and sounds like we all got some crazy storms last night, so I'm not sure if they were able to make it.

Um, but staff can try to answer any questions y'all have.

All right, is there any questions from staff?

I think this is a bar improvement what we saw once before on this property.

So uh anyone in this audience care to speak for or against this petition request.

Okay, all right, Mr.

Woodson, are we good to take a vote on these two items?

Yes, all right.

Okay, Commissioner Force, we got two that we could vote on.

First would be in the annexation.

We've got an annexation request 0426 annexing the point four acres located at 4730 Harkey Lane.

All those in favor of the annexation say aye.

Aye.

Those opposed, ayes have it.

Now we will take the vote on the rezoning of the newly annexed parcel.

That would be Z0526, the point four acres uh SFR1 to G C have a motion and a second.

Motion second is Howard.

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, motion approved.

Uh will the staff be re uh representing the petitioner on the subdivision.

So without the petitioner present, y'all do have to vote on this petition.

So we can answer any questions that you might have so we can on the subdivision.

Yes, sir.

Okay.

Uh are there any questions of the staff for this petition request?

Yes, we should okay.

Oh, we'll have a third of okay.

Michael I don't think it's a problem to continue it.

Right.

Okay.

All right.

Commission since staff is requesting a continuance for S1326.

Uh all those in favor of continuing, please say aye.

Aye.

Those opposed, ayes have it.

All right, so now we're on the preliminary plat, so of course we need six for these um to have a quorum.

So we'll just have to have the petitioners come up and request that continuance.

Okay.

All right.

The the representative for S1526, please come forward.

Uh Mr.

Chairman, members of order, Michael McGuire.

So I guess we'll s continue it.

Okay.

No one no one has signed up for 1526.

Is anyone here to on case 1526?

Okay.

All right, commission.

We have a continuous request for S1526.

All the paper say aye.

Aye.

Well, I didn't see you back this day.

Way fast enough.

Okay.

Name and address the record, please.

My name is Kathy Hammonds.

I live at 3203 Arbor Lane in Tuscaloosa.

Okay, I own the lot in five and six next to this old farmhouse.

Can we get the map up on that, please?

So I don't understand exactly why you would want to resurvey the lot since there's my house is sitting on two lots on that road.

There's also another lot nine and ten has a house sitting on two lots.

So why are we resurveying it for one house?

Or is it a house?

Okay, we'll let the is it a business?

Well, we'll let the petitioner address that.

Yeah, raise your concerns that he can get he can answer them for you.

Okay.

That's basically I want to know because it's it when I signed when I bought it that this was all a wooded area.

Right.

So it was supposed to be residential, uh, with the possibility of what I have to possibly be a wedding venue if I choose to do so.

Okay, so this what you're seeing outlined there is that is the property they're trying to consolidate to one lot.

You see, there it's got a property line through the middle of it.

Yes, but my house is sitting in the middle of two lots too.

Okay.

So in their lot nine and ten has a house sitting on is your house sitting around the property line?

Huh?

Is your house sitting around the property line?

It cuts right down the center of the house.

That'd be a problem.

That'd be a problem one day.

I bought it that way.

Why would there be a problem?

Well, because if you tried to sell one of the lots and now you've got but you wouldn't.

I know you wouldn't.

I mean, if you had if you were gonna build something that large, you wouldn't need to.

He's got they've got a reason for Moulton to make it one lot, so why don't we let them explain what he's trying to do?

The uh the current owner plans to be his house is gonna he's building a new house, and of course, removing the lot line so it won't technically violate any setbacks or anything like that.

So that's that's all he's doing.

Right.

Yeah.

I hope that answers the question.

There, they're gonna build one house, and when you have a house on a piece of property, there are there are setbacks, front, back, sides.

This way he's got a wide enough lot, deep enough lot he can build a house pretty much on the entire property without having any setback once he tears it down.

He cannot build across that line.

Right, it'd be the same case for ma'am who for you.

If you've ever tore your house, I'm gonna rebuild or if it was too much.

You couldn't rebuild it back, or if it was destroyed, you couldn't build it back there because of the the property lines so that yeah, but it's still saying it's still saying staying, it's not in the city limits, which is well the funding part of lot nine and ten.

The house is sitting on two lots, and uh he actually the person bought lot nine and ended up having to buy lot ten because they built it too far over, but they still have recently built with a lot that will the same thing, they removed the lot interior line okay.

Anyone else have any questions or comments about this request?

Again, this is going from two lots to one lot.

All right, commission that has a continuance request on S 1526.

All the first say aye.

Those opposed, ayes have it.

That will see you next month.

Uh next case, 1626.

Who's the petitioner?

Commissioner, I will jump in.

We did receive one public comment in opposition to this request.

I've got that here.

We'll let oh yeah, we'll let those folks come up as well, Mr.

Chairman.

Members of the commission, Marty Montgomery, McGomber Tinkle Land Surveying 203, Hargrove Road East.

Representing uh Karen and Dwayne Linder in this project.

We'd like to request a continuance until next month.

Fair enough.

Thank you.

And again, we do have two that have signed up.

We'll let them at least have a chance to come up here and say their their piece.

So uh is there Dwayne?

He's the owner.

He's the owner.

Okay.

You don't need to say anything at this point.

I mean, uh, I've got a Karen.

Yes, no.

Owners as well.

Okay.

So though those are in favor, so we can hold your comments till next month.

Anyone here to speak for or against this petition request?

Okay, having heard no commissioner for us.

We have continuous requests for S 1626.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Those opposed, ayes have it.

Uh case 1726, Martin Estates.

That's the one we continued on.

So we have 1826, the Skelton Corner.

Uh, who's the representative for that?

Steve McPherson 4121 Vassy Drive.

Uh here on behalf of Joe Fred Skelton and Mrs.

Ernest.

And they are basically just he's getting a little more of her property.

And I think that is a financial thing that she was needing some money for something, and that's all I know about it.

But you're asking for a continuance request.

Huh?

You need to ask for a continuance because it's got to come back next month.

Have to ask for a 10 continuance.

You do, yes.

If they were to vote on it, there's only five here, and it would not be approved, and you have to wait six months to come back.

We don't have a quorum for subdivisions tonight.

We have a quorum, but we don't have enough to approve it.

It takes six votes and there's not six here.

So it'll be denied by vote.

So we're requesting that you ask for a continuous.

We just have to continue.

Okay.

We'll ask for a continuance till next next month.

Thanks, sir.

Anyone here to speak for or against this petition request?

Ma'am.

Come on up here and let's ask your question.

But uh he has the answer.

Well, come get then give your name and address for the record, and we'll get you an answer, I'm sure.

Okay.

Uh my name is Karen Harris, and um I live at 17728 Old Fayette Road in Northport, but I own the property that is adjacent to this um easement that they're gonna build a driveway on the paperwork that was put on your website, and it shows my property.

It says Steve Harris.

I'm not sure which page it is, about six or seven, I think.

It looks like it's going through my backyard.

So that's my question.

It's like it says I'm adjacent, but the picture looks like it's going through my backyard.

That page right there.

Can you answer the page right there?

I'm not sure where her property is.

Okay, see it says Steve Harris in the in the on the left side.

Oh, yeah, there okay.

Okay, and you can see the um where the house is, and it looks like that.

That looks like that driveway's going through my backyard.

See how close it looks to the driveway?

See how close my see this is the concrete driveway?

It looks like it's like right through the backyard, like right to the driveway.

Now I don't know what the scale is of that, so that was my question.

I was gonna ask Mr.

Skelton, but I see Mr.

Skelton's not here.

Staff can what you call I'm I'm confused.

You worry about that line right there that line exists today.

If I'm correct me if I'm wrong.

Our property line, I thought apparently I'm not very clear on where our property line is.

You're talking about the 40-foot strip up at the top, where the purple line is the purple line is, yeah.

See how close it is to that driveway?

It looks like it's like right at the driveway, and there's a lot of her backyard that's in that driveway.

My daughter lives that in that house.

Well, I mean, that's according to what everything we found surveyed from the previous could could I get Mr.

Skelton to call me?

Could you get Mr.

Skelton to call me?

Okay, I'll give you my number now.

Okay, all right.

Okay, that's I think if we got you to connect, that'd be great.

That'd help you out.

All right, thank you.

Anyone else here to speak for or against this request?

All right, having heard none commission for us, we have continuous requests for S 1826.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye, those opposed, ayes have it.

With that being said, there's anything else, staff?

We are adjourned.