Mayor and City Council Regular Meeting CITY OF. Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 7:00 PM DACULA Dacula Hall, Council Chambers < City >> * - 442 Harbins Rd. P.O. Box 400 - Dacula, Georgia 30019 I (770) 963-7451 Minutes I. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: Mayor King called the April 3, 2025 Council Meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and a roll call ofthe members was taken. A quorum was present. He welcomed everyone to the meeting. Councilmembers Present: Mayor. Trey King Councilmember Sean Williams Councilmember Jason Shelton Councilmember Ann Mitchell Councilmember Denis W. Haynes, Jr. City Staff Present: Jack Wilson, City Attorney Courtney Mahady, Administrative Clerk Stephen Mayer, Director ofFinance Hayes Taylor, City Planner Dana Stump, Administrative Assistant for Planning & Zoning Alethia Hyman, Tax Clerk Renee Cooke, Front Desk Clerk Amy White, Chief Marshal James Ross, City Marshal I. INVOCATION: Pastor Jeff Rogers gave the invocation. III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor King led the Pledge of Allegiance. IV. PROCLAMATIONA 1. Georgia Cities Week Annoucement Mayor King presented a Proclamation encouraging citizens to take part in a Georgia Cities Week activity throughout April. The activity involves a coloring page for school-aged children, and the completed pages will be showcased at the Council Meeting on May 1, 2025. V. CONSENT. AGENDA: City of Dacula - Meeting Minutes April 3, 2025 Page 1 of7 2. Approval oft the Minutes from the Worksession Meeting on March 6, 2025 3. Approval ofthe Minutes from the Regular Meeting on March 6, 2025 4. Resolution regarding the abandonment and sale of certain vehicles, equipment, and other personal property Motion to approve the consent agenda items as listed made by Councilmember Haynes, Jr., Seconded by Councilmember Shelton. Voting Yea: Councilmember Williams, Councilmember Shelton, Councilmember Mitchell, Councilmember Haynes, Jr. VI. OLD BUSINESS: None VII. NEW BUSINESS: 5. PUBLIC HEARING: 2025-CD-RZ-01 & 2025-CD-SUP-01, Applicant: Dan Rankin, Owner: Dacula Pool Properties, LLC requests rezoning from C-2 General Business District to C-3 Central Business District and Heavy Commercial District and requests a special use permit for pawn shop use. The property is located in Land Lot 302 ofthe 5th District and contains1.71 acres more or less. Motion to open the public hearing made by Councilmember Williams, Seconded by Councilmember Mitchell. Voting Yea: Councilmember Williams, Councilmember Shelton, Councilmember Mitchell, Councilmember Haynes, Jr. City Planner, Hayes Taylor, presented the staff case report for the rezoning and special use permit applications. The applicant is requesting to rezone the property from C-2 General Business District to C- 3 Central Business and Heavy Commercial District and requests a special use permit for pawn shop use. Mr. Taylor stated staff recommend approval with conditions. Councilmember Shelton requested an additional condition to Condition Set #1 to address the washed out driveway and parking areas near Lakeside Dr. Applicant representative, Jesse Rankin, 2827 Peachtree Road, Ste. 300, Atlanta, Georgia 30305, stated the intended use is appropriate to further the City's 2050 Comprehensive Plan. Mr. Rankin stated the applicant is requesting approval ofthe applications and is amenable to the staff's recommended conditions included the amendment. No comments in favor or in opposition. Motion to close the public hearing made by Councilmember Haynes, Jr., Seconded by Councilmember Mitchell. Voting Yea: Councilmember Williams, Councilmember Shelton, Councimember Mitchell, Councilmember Haynes, Jr. 6. Rezoning & Special Use Permit Applications: 2025-CD-RZ-01 & 2025-CD-SUP-01, Applicant: Dan Rankin, Owner: Dacula Pool Properties, LLC requests rezoning from C-2 General Business District to C-3 Central Business District and Heavy Commercial District and - City of Dacula - Meeting Minutes April 3, 2025 - Page 2 of7 requests a special use permit for pawn shop use. The property is located in Land Lot 302 oft the 5th District and contains1.71 acres more or less. Motion to approve with staff's recommended conditions to include the addition of condition #18 under Condition Set #1 [listed below] made by Councilmember Haynes, Jr., Seconded by Councilmember Shelton. Voting Yea: Councilmember Williams, Councilmember Shelton, Councilmember Mitchell, Councilmember Haynes, Jr. Condition Set #1: Land Use and Concept Plan 1. Any modifications to the existing property improvements (ex: redevelopment, paint, repairs, additions, concrete, asphalt, etc.) shall be reviewed and approved by the Planning & Development Department. 2. The site shall be limited to the following uses: a. Animal Hospital or Veterinary Clinic b. Bakery C. Cafe d. Medical Office e. Professional Office f. Retail g. Restaurant h. Pawn Shop with council approved special use permit 3. The Special Use Permit shall be deemed abandoned by the Property Owner if pawn shop use ceases for more than ninety (90) days, per Article 17, Section 1706. 4. The Special Use Permit shall be valid for a period of two years from the date of approval at which time the Special Use Permit must be reapplied for and approved by the Mayor and Council for continued use. 5. No outdoor storage shall be permitted on site. 6. No drive-thru or gas station uses shall be permitted. 7. Hours of operations shall be limited to 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. 8. All trash dumpsters shall be screened by an enclosure using the same exterior building material as the adjacent occupied buildings. Pickup shall be limited to between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Dumpster enclosures shall remain closed, locked, and in good repair at all times. Sanitation services must be provided by a third-party provider. Sign and Advertisement 9. Oversized signs or billboards shall not be permitted. 10. Should the existing monument sign be removed, future ground signage shall be limited to one monument-type sign and shall not be located within the right-of-way. The monument sign shall not exceed a maximum of 8-foot in height and shall be constructed with a brick base (minimum two feet in height) matching the materials of the buildings. Neon signs and electronic message City of Dacula - Meeting Minutes April 3, 2025 Page 3 of7 boards shall be prohibited. The monument sign shall be indirectly lit. The monument sign shall not impede site distance along Winder Hwy. Sign location and design are subject to review and approval by the City of Dacula. 11. No tents, canopies, temporary banners, streamers or roping decorated with flags, tinsel, or other similar material shall be displayed, hung, or strung on the site without appropriate permit(s). No decorative balloons or hot-air balloons shall be displayed on the site. 12. Live human advertisement shall be prohibited within the subject area. This includes, but is not limited to, sign spinners, twirlers, dancers, clowns, and / or other similar temporary advertising methods commonly provided by costumed or animated humans. 13. Blinking, exposed neon, electronic messaging, scrolling, portable, and inflatable signage shall be prohibited. Landscape and Parking 14. All parking spaces shall be striped in accordance with City Development Regulations. All vehicles must be parked in a striped space on a paved surface. 15. Parking lot and security lighting shall be directed towards the property to minimize the adverse impact on neighboring properties. 16. Permeable pavement alternatives must be reviewed and approved by the City prior to development permit issuance. 17. Stormwater maintenance /1 bioretention areas are encouraged to include practices from the Georgia Stormwater Management Manual green standards. The areas may include lower maintenance grass alternatives, such as Blue Star Creeper, Corsican Mint, Micro-Clover, Fescue, or native grasses, native shrubs, and native trees as approved by the City Administrator. 18. Repair washed out driveway and parking areas near Lakeside Dr. Condition Set #2: Should the property be redeveloped or is no longer considered a lawful non-conforming building or use, the parcel is subject to the following conditions: Infrastructure 1. Provide interparcel vehicle access points between all contiguous commercial, office, industrial or attached residential tracts. This requirement may be waived by the City only if it is demonstrated that an interparcel connection is not feasible due to traffic safety or topographic concerns. 2. All new utility lines shall be located underground. 3. The Applicant shall include the required sidewalk in accordance with the City's Development Regulations. 4. Provide streetlights along all public rights-of-way utilizing decorative light poles/fixtures. Light source shall be high-pressure sodium. Streets lights shall be staggered, 150 feet on-center, along both sides ofthe roadway. All street lighting shall be subject to review and approval ofthe City of Dacula, Gwinnett County D.O.T or Georgia Department of Transportation depending on who owns the subject right-of-way. Where applicable, streetlights shall be placed adjacent to required pedestrian amenity sidewalk pads. 5. Provide lighting throughout all parking areas utilizing decorative light poles/fixtures. Light source City of Dacula - Meeting Minutes April 3, 2025 Page 4 of7 shall be metal halide, not exceeding an average of 4.5 foot-candles of light output throughout the parking area. Other than pedestrian light fixtures which will be less than 14 feet tall, light fixtures shall be hooded. All lighting will be metal halide. Lighting shall be directed to avoid intrusion on adjacent properties and away from adjacent thoroughfares. 6. Prior to the issuance of a Development Permit, the developer must satisfy Gwinnett County Department of Transportation requirements. The Developer shall also provide a traffic impact study, as required by Article 4 of the Development Regulations. Subject to final approval by Gwinnett County Department of Transportation, the developer shall make any improvements required by the submitted traffic impact study. 7. Sidewalks shall be required adjacent to all public rights-of-way. The location of sidewalks shall be reviewed and approved by the City of Dacula, Gwinnett County D.O.T or Georgia Department of Transportation depending on who owns the subject right-of-way. It is required that a minimum five-foot wide sidewalk connection be provided from public rights-of-way to the entrance(s) ofbuildings. 8. Sidewalks shall be constructed with an additional 2-foot by 8-foot pad approximately every 300 linear feet to accommodate future pedestrian amenities such as benches, planters, and trash containers. All such required amenities shall be decorative, commercial-quality fixtures. Sidewalk design and placement of any of these amenities shall be reviewed and approved by the City of Dacula, Gwinnett County D.O.T or Georgia Department of Transportation depending on who owns the subject right-of-way. Parking & Landscaping 9. Provide non-ornamental shade trees spaced 50-feet on-center along the right of way Highway 29. All street trees shall be a minimum 4-inch caliper (dbh) at the time of planting. Street trees shall be planted six-feet from back-of-curb subject to review and approval ofthe City of Dacula, Georgia, or Gwinnett Department ofTransportation. Street trees shall be of one or a combination ofthe following species: a. American Hornbeam b. Bloodgood Japanese Maple C. Carolina Silverbell d. Eastern Redbud e. Georgia Oak f. Japanese Zelkova g. North Red Oak h. Nuttal Oak i. Red Maple j. Shumard Oak k. Southern Sugar Maple 1. Sweet Bay Magnolia 10. Parking lots shall be located to the side and rear yard oft the primary structure and shielded from City of Dacula - Meeting Minutes April 3, 2025 - Page 5 of7 view from public right-of-way. 11. Side parking is limited to 25% ofthe total parking area provided. All parking lots shall be screened from view from the right-of-way with vegetation and/or fencing. Screening trees shall be selected from the tree list from condition #7 and be supplemented with understory shrubs in the absence of opaque fencing. The fence shall be black wood, black chain link or wrought iron in style. Fence / understory shrubs shall be a minimum of 42 inches in height. The parking lot screening plan is subject to the approval of the Planning & Development Department. 12. The landscaping plan shall include one (1) shade tree for every ten (10) parking spaces. Architectural Design 13. Architectural design shall conform with the Dacula Downtown Overlay District (DOD) architectural design guidelines. The proposed elevation, building materials, and colors shall be approved by the City prior to building permit issuance. The submitted elevations should include a variety of colors, and a variation in architectural features. 14. All building exteriors shall be constructed of brick, stone, glass, or stucco. All buildings shall have flat roofs with architectural treatments to include canopies and parapets. Mechanical, HVAC, and like systems shall be screened from street level on all sides by an opaque wall of brick, stucco, or split-faced block. 15. Primary building entrances shall open onto the sidewalk or a path that connects directly to the sidewalk. VIII. STAFF COMMENTS: None IX. MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMENT/S): Councilmember Williams thanked staff for their hard work and thanked everyone who attended the meeting. Councilmember Shelton shared that he attended the newly elected officials training, which was very informative and insightful for him. He took a moment to thank the staff and council for all their hard work and dedication. Councilmember Haynes, Jr. thanked staff for their hard work and thanked everyone who attended the meeting. Mayor King announced that on Saturday, April 26, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., he and students from Dacula Middle School will be collecting litter along Hebron Church Road, Wilson Street, and Dacula Road to celebrate Earth Day, which falls on April 22. X. PUBLIC COMMENTS: None XI. EXECUTIVE SESSION: No Executive Session needed. City of Dacula - Meeting Minutes April 3, 2025 Page 6 of7 XII. ADJOURMMENT: Motion to adjourn made by Councilmember Shelton, Seconded by Councilmember Haynes, Jr.. Voting Yea: Councilmember Williams, Councilmember Shelton, Councilmember Mitchell, Councilmember Haynes, Jr. Meeting adjourned at 7:22 p.m. Minutes approved May L, 2025 Doily Mehodly Date Signature City of Dacula - Meeting Minutes April 3, 2025 Page 7 of7