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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes MINUTES ( CITVOFCOLLEGE STATION, TEXAS Plannlngand Zoning Commission November 15,1984 7:00 P.M.. MEMBERS PRESENT : Sl'AFFPRESENT: All present {t.1.r. Kaiser late) Ass' stant Director of Planning Callaway', City Engineer Pullen, Assistant Zon ng "Official Johnson &Pl annlng Technician Volk AGEN.DA>I TEMNO.. 1: Approval of Mlnutes - meeting of Novemberl,1984 Mrs.. StallJngsmqde a ,motion to approve the minuteswlth Mr. MacGilvray seconding. Motion carrJed6""O~.l(Ka 1 ser 'a>bstal ned) AGENDA. .,rEM ..NO. 2': Hear VJsi"tors Noone spoke. AGENDA1IEM.NO. 3: 84~l26: rezonJn a 2.53 acre tract. .Qf.laIlPJ o~~t~p.ollth~ appr()xlmately .200 .feet Ron Crus.e,........l'rus.tee. ( Mr. Callaway located the tract, poInted outcurrenta.rea zoning and .adv'lsedthatthis tract isnowoccupiedbya vac~ntresidemt2ial dwelling. c Hestatedi that . staff~aonotrecormnend C-1.zon lng..... at,..tltls.' 'laca.t lon..for ..several rea~0ns " .....eneclfwhlch.i sthat.. ....t he ..tractis ad ja- cent to.anes~ablisfle(f...esidentialareaarldnCl provIsion has been off~redfor a buffer. He addedthat~here' is a C-l/R-l conflict in the adJaceotareato the west . of this tract, and if this tract would be rezoned , . theareaefcooflict. woulpbeiocreased byapproxi- mately 27%. . He went onto inform theCommi'ssloothat th~commercial ~evelopment poli- cies incllJded, in the City's plan recommend a mioimum of 400 feet in depth for commercial zooingandth,istract has only 302 feet of depth off of Wellborn Road. He did point out that therxist iog commercial. zon i ng behindthi stractprovidesadditional depth ofcommerclal'zonlng, however there has been no provisLonoffered with this request to provide for any type of JoInt development with that adjacent areae Another reason the staff cannot recommend approv'alof thIs request is that thetra.ctis current'lyzoned for 5 inglefamllyres Ident LaJdevel opment. Hesummarlzedbystatlng that lfthistract 15.' rezoned toC-lor any other commercialdlstrict,staff recommends thatre.zo.nlngbecondl tlonedonthe approva lofap latwhichwouldprovide .for j oi ntdeve 1- opment wIth the adjacentC~l tract to the south. He added thatA-P zoning would be more compati'ble with the residential area to the north. Discussion fo 1 lowed concerni ngtheposs i hi] i tyofC-3 zoni ng andC-N zonl ng, as ~"e 11 as a brief background of the C-1 zoning in the area, size of various tracts and other area zoning. Mr.Ka'is~rpointed out that staff is practically proposing11contingent zoningl' and Mr. Callaway stated thatrezoningshave been approved in the recent past which were contingent upon sOlTlethingelse being dooet and have usually addressed the size of tracts. Mr . Martyn asked if it wou 1 a beposs ible to withho 1 dthi srequestfromt.heCounci1 unt i 1 aresubdivisJon plat is done and Mr. Callaway replied that it is possible, but staff would not adviseCommlssionto do that, and further poInted out that the Council has p&Z Minutes l'l.~'l,S-84 page 2 ( acted, upon sta ff'srecommendation, ;towi thho I d rezon in9 of a particular tract until re- plattingtakesplacelnthepast. Mr. KaIser again said that approving a land use which is cont;ngentupoh another event bothers him. The public hearing wa.sopened. Dub Brackeen, 2519 Cross Timbers, ColJegeStation, came forward tostatethatheisrepres-entingthe~pplicant, Ron Cruse, and the owners of the tract, Mrs. Hewitt and Mrs. Walkers. He stated that they have this tract and the tract to the southon centract,contingientupon the currentowner to the south bringing in a final plat, as weJlas informat.iorconcerningavailability of sewers in the area. He added t.hat afterthatisrecelvedl, they have a plan to replatthisand the tract to the s.outh tQgether,~ndiftheC0mmis;s-rol"lwere to holdup this reques.t now, itmight nullify the sale because the contractsa'r~nQtf0r the same length of time. He added tha t a conditional approval (wIth a replat} causesnoproblemo Mr. MacGJlvray askepforclarificfJtion regarding the phrase lIunder contract toll, asking i f One person is b~ylng>from2p~~pletorepl at and then seLl to one. Mr. Brackeen repl led .in theaffirmat ive,21dd in~<that the buyer needs ac:urb cut off Well born Road, and they-(the applicants)wouldr~~:u~st .acqnditionalapproval of this request, contingent upon cOrnblnationof1:hetwoprope~'~iies. Mr.>MacGi Ivray asked why this was not clear in the. applic2ltion,andMr. Bracl<eeni~~ateditwasnot included because this application only pertain~t() thistractalon~.Mr~.,)~acGHvrayasked if this joint development had been diScuss'Eed\illith.staff~andMr...Bra~~ren.repliedthat he believed he had discussep it, but propabJythat dl~cussionhad~rrnmade with Mr. Callaway after the appl ieatlon had been made.. Mr.Gal1awayinterJec~!~~ ,that s~affwas aware of contracts on both tracts when j tsrecommeqdation was made '1!,~~t that samerecommendati on probab 1 y would have been made even had staff notkn.ownabol,J;t:them. C,' A. G. Searcy, l06<$outhl~nd, cametiforwarp,and2lsked what would be developed on this tract. Mr. Hansen;repliedthatth~Commt~'$;10nis:tryl.ngto determine possible uses tonight. Mr. Martyn explained that therEeqlJest icii~f<:)rC-lzoning, which is primarily retail sales. Mr. Searcy then said that a shoppingqit~ter woul~. be all right wIth hIm, but he did, not want a bunch ofapartmel'1ts going uptll~!,r<<r. Mr. Kais-er asked him if a gas station or an auto repairshopw()uldsuit him,andMd!~searCysaiphe didn't know, but if they were a little further down, it ~ouldbeo.k. I1rl,:.Callaway explained uses allowed in C-l zoning districts and then those a hI owed InA-P di stiir ict~, add ing that any commercia lzon i ngwou 1 d requ i re a 6ft. solid scrEeenfence betweEeni'I~.c(!)mmercial project or office, 21np his land. Mr. Searcys(iid again that officeson ~~c()mmercial development would be fine, but he just did not want apartments thereo Neone,::elsespokee The publIc hearing was closed. Mr. Martyn stated that itisimni~tQ him that someone would prefer commercial develop- ment to apartments, adding that thiis tract:appears to be unique and he can see no other way to handle it witnout rezoning iitto a commercial zoning district which is contingent upon areplatand a JoJnt developmtnt agreement. He added that considering the fact that C-l surrounds the tract,i t mak.es,~o sense to pull out th i s sma 11 tract and make it some- thing else. Mr. Hansens.tated tha~contingentzoning was given to 'his company for the development at Texas Avenue andSo~;thwes t Parikway, and he knows it can be developed very favorably. Mr. Martyn said that7~pnthough theComprehensive Plan recommends medium dens i ty resident i a 1 zoning here~. w\'th all the other commercial zoning around it, i t would not make any sense. He ,addedtf1at lithe only other zone posslb 1 e would be A-P. He added that someone must take the authority to make sure a contingency would be carried out. Mr. Martyn then made a motion to appnove thisreioning request to C-I, contingent upon the applicant being abletoreplatthel.5 acres and the 2.5 acres into one tract. Mr. Kaiser seconded the motion which carried unanimously (7-0). AGENDA ITEM NO.4: 84-716: A public hearing on the question of granting a Conditional Use Permit for an addition to the exist'ing 'Central Fire Station located on the northeast corner of the intersectionofGi IchdstandTexasAvenue. Appl ication isin the name of