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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes >-"~ 1. MINUTES CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS PlanningandZonin.g Commission N"ovember 5,1987 7: .00 P. M . MEMBERS ABSENT: STAFF PRESENT: Acting Chairman Wendler, Members Colson, Sawtelle, Stewart and Council Liaison Boughton Chairman Brochu, Members Dresser & Moore Director of Planning Callaway, City Engineer Pullen, Senior Planner .Ke.e, Assistant City Attorney Banks and Planning Technician Volk MEMBERS PRESENT: AGENDA ITEM NO. 1: 1987. Approval of minutes- meeting of October 15, Mr. Stewart made amotion to approve the minutes. Mrs. Sawtelle seconded the motion and the minutes "'wereapprovedbyacclamat ion. AGENDA ITEM NO.2: Hear visitors. No one spoke. AGENDA ITEM NO.3: 87-216: AJ.endingFinal'Platof Nantucket Phase One Block 3 (ETJ). Mr. Callaway explained this is an amending plat of a previously approved and filed for record final plat, which corrects lot lines in anETJ subdivis ion. He pointed out that staff has reviewed this plat, has noted the plat does not create any additional lots, and recommends approval of this plat as submitted. Mrs. Sawtelle made amotion to approve this plat as submitted. Mr. stewart seconded the motion'whichcarriedunanimously '(4-0)._ AGENDA ITEM NO.4: 87...703: Reconsideration ofa site plan for Grace Bible Church located in the 700 block of Anderson 'onthe west side of Anderson (north of and adjacent to Anderson Park). (Conditional Use Permit for church granted 7-16-87; site plan & request for school facilities tabled at that time.) Applicant is Grace Bible Church. Mrs. Keeexplained that a use permit was granted by this Body on July 16, 1987 for a chur.chat this location, but approval .of the site plan was tabled at that time due to the number of unanswered questions and objections raised by the neighborhood. She continued her explanation by stating that since that time the applicant has met with neigh.bor..ing. 'pr.orert"'Yo." WD. . er.. s. ,.a......D.... d h. a.s ..rev.. i...se..d...........the. ......site. plan to. address anum. her of problems cited;\thosebeing to reduce the size of the educational building, eliminating any use of thefacili ties' by the Brazos C.hrist.ian School , to delete the gymnasium and to add a playground,. to increase the number of parking spaces from 252 to 260, to increase the setback between the parking lot and the area along the rear property line to 20 .feet, to"add a screen fence and landscaping in both this area and along the north property line, and to relocate the dumpster from the rear to the north side.) " . ~~ .:~ Mrs. Keeadvised,that.this revised site plan has been reviewed by the P.R.C. and that Body recommends approval of the plan as submitted. She concluded her report by informing the CODDDission that all adjacent .property owners had been notified of the subject reconsideration at this meeting, and additionally, notification included the fact that since the public hearing had previously taken place,publicconuDents would be allowed only at the discretion of the Commission. Mr. Stewart voiced several concerns including how drainage from this site will affect the area of Village Drive where it de ad en dsand the parking lot surface and curbing. Mrs. Keedeferred>thequestion regarding drainage to the applicant, but stated that since ordinance standards ' for" ps;rking lotsaresurfacesofei therasphal t or concrete with6ttraisedcurbing,andvariations to ordinance requirements have not been proposed, she would assume ordinance standards would be met. The Commission concurred that the public should,be invited to speak even though the public hearing had been held in July. Ron Carter of 1308 Leacrestcame..forward and stated that ,he believes'. the church is and will continue tobeagoodneighbor,but he does have concerns regarding how this proposal will affect drainage runoff toward Anderson and Holleman, since the site is at the top of a hill. Charles Graham,archit-ectfor the applicant was invited forward to address concerns regarding drainage. He stated that preliminary engineering studies conducted show that the water from this site can be handled in a manner which will make no more adverse conditions than now exist, and with detention of some of . fhe: water on~site, he is prepared to assure the people in the area ,thatwaterrunoffiwillnot adversely affect them. He then went on to address Mr. Stewart'sconcernregar~ing Village Drive, andstatedtllat this project will not add water to that stree~,but he does not know what the church's responsibility is regarding removing ~aterfrom Village Drive. Mr. stewart stated that if Village Drive now drains onto this property, and if damming of Village Drive is included in the development plans,. the result will be pondingandtheaccumulationofimudresidue>onthestreet. Mr. Graham replied that he is not sure how engineering Rlans will address this possibility, but it will be considered whenmakingfinalengineering/drainage plans. Mrs. Sawtelle made, amotion to approve this revised site plan for. the Grace Bible Church. to accompany the conditional use permit previously approved. Mr. Colson seconded the mot ionwhi,ch<carried unanimously (4-0). AGENDA ITEM NO. 5: Consideration ofestab1ishing parking requirements fora skating rink. Request made by McHayden Dillard. Mrs. Keeexplained that the Zoning Ordinance specifies that in cases such as this, when parking requirements are not listed for a particular use, the Commission must determine the parking requirement. She continued by stating that Mr. Dillard is requesting the Commission <to make this "determination now so' he can locate a site and proceed with final plans of a conceptual plan he has availvablefor review at this meeting. Mrs. Kee then referred to Mr. Dillard's'lYritten request which includes a proposed parking ratio for ,his project, and thentoa summary prepared by staff of parking requirements for skating rinks from other cities. Mr. Dillard was invited forward to address the Commission and explain how he arrived ,~ PROJECT REVIEW .' COMMITTEE REPORT June 3, 1993 TO: Richard' G. . Robertson, Robertson Consulting . Engineers 1722 Broadmoor Suite 212, Bryan,TX 77802 FROM: David Decker,' Grace .Bible . Church 701 Anderson Street, College Station,TX 77840 proje. c.t.... R........e...v...........l.....e.... w.............c..... o.....m..... m.......itt.....e.~.:.....~.. ..' .V. ......... .'. ........~. Jane Kee, City Flanger . J- David Fullen, City.~:r(e Mary Elizabeth Herring,P .... Z Com Others Attending: Natalie Thomas, Planning Tee ". Samantha' Smith, Engineering an Tony "Michalsky,ElectricalOperations Coordinator George Spain, Fire Inspector ShirleyVolk, Development Coordinator PeteVanacek, Senior Planner-Parks Laverne Akin, GTE Representative Mike Lavender, TCA Cable Representative Mike Brune, Lone Star Gas Representative SUBJECT: CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - Grace Bible Church; to allow the expansion of the existing church facilities at 701 Anderson Street to a 4.5 acre tract (tract 59 of the Crawford Burnett League) located. directly across Anderson Street from' their current location. (93-712) The Project Review Committee met on Wednesday, June 2, 1993 to discuss the above mentioned conditional use permit request. The following comments were made by the various reviewing agents: ELECTRICAL: Submit a letter requesting underground electrical service and agreeing to pay the associated costs. Submit electrical load data including the size. and. type of service. Show the electrical service entrance location on the building. -// Additional easements will be "neededprior. to'.the installation of utilities. Provide an additional 10' easement along the north.. and west. boundaries of the property. Coordinate service details and easement requirements with Electrical Operations Coordinator Tony Michalsky at (409) 764- 3660. ")\ PRC Report Grace' Bible Church Case #93-712 page.2 FIRE: The proposed canopy must be at least 14' in height. // v Fire lanes should be marked according to current ordinance ,requirements around the perimeter of the building. i/ The fire hydrant locations are acceptable; however, the hydrants shown on the site plan are facing backwards. The sprinkler connection cannot be closer. than 150' toa fire hydrant. Coordinate separation requirements and relocation with Fire, Inspector George Spain at (409) 764-3781. BUILDING: \l Coordinate handicap parking requirements with Building Official Coy Perry at (409) 764-3741. LONE."STAR GAS: Show the 'meter location and submit load data information to Lone Star Gas Representative Mike Brune at (409) 776-0627. TCA CABLE: Providea2H. conduit from the easement to the transformer with the. electrical service to provide for, future.. coml1lunicationneeds. Coordinate details 'with TCA Cable . Representative Mike Lavender at {409} 846-2044. G.T.E.: Telephone 'service lines will follow the electrical layout. Coordinate telephone service, details with G.T.E.RepresentativeLaverne Akin at (409)821-4723. WATERlWASTEWATER: Show the proposed tie into 'the sanitary sewer system. Provide necessary easements for the proposed water line. Coordinate details with Engineering Assistant. Samantha Smith at, (409)' 764-3660. ENGINEERIN~ /' Show all proposed > traffic < control devices to be installed initially, including. the pedestrian crosswalk. The church may be required to pay for the traffic control devices mentioned in the impact study even ifsuch devicesareinstalledata later date. A drainage development permit is required prior ,to any site work. Address the drainage problem identified by the adjacent homeowners lothe rear at the previous Commission meeting and try to direct water from that general area., Coordinate details with City Engineer David Pullen at (409)"764-3570. If Village Drive is not extended, a cul-de-sac is required to be installed on the subject property. Wv\'5 NtJT 4lE'&Jtl2t-l::> ~1 rz. ~ PRCReport Grace Bible Church Case #93-712 Page 3 PLANNING: /" v Place handicap ramps along each' of the, drive entrances to match the' future sidewalk. Coordinate size and type dumpster. with Sanitation Superintendent Jim Smith. at (409) 764-3690. The dumpster cannot be visible from the street and mustbe screened on, three sides. ThePlanning,and,ZoningCommission has the' discretion to require 'a privacy fence between this development ,and adjacent ., residential. At the previous Commission. meeting, the abutting property owners.statedthatwouldprefer a landscape buffer instead of the privacy fence. The applicant should be prepared to address this issue at the Commission ,meeting and reflect the proposed buffer on the site plan. Coordinate details with Senior PlannerKeeat(409) 764-3570. Show hose bibs on the landscape plan. Coordinate landscaping requirements with Mapping Specialist Nanette Manhart at (409) 764-3570. Add the following notes to the'landscape plan: (1) ,Any area disturbed during construction, including rights-of-way and adjacent property, shall be" returned to' its original condition. (2) All areas of the site not otherwise built, paved or landscaped shall be covered with perennial 'turf grass. SUBMIT 10 COPIES OF THE REVISED SITE PLAN BY FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1993 TO BE INCLUDED IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION PACKETS FOR THE MEETING OF,JUNE 17, 1993. .~ MINUTE S Planning and Zoning Commission CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS June 17,1993 7:00 P.M. MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairperson Hawthorne and Commissioners Hall, Smith, Gribou and Herring. MEMBERS. ABSENT: Commissioners . Mariott and Lane. STAFF PRESENT: City Planner Kee,'PlanningTechnician Thomas,' Assistant to the City Engineer Morgan, Staff Planner Kuenzel, Transportation Planner . Hard . and Development Coordinator Volk. AGENDA lTEM>NO.1: A.pproval of minutes from the meeting of June 3,1993. Commissioner Gribou moved to approve the minutes . from . the meeting of June 3, 1993 as written. Commissioner Herring seconded the motion which passed unopposed (5 - O). AGENDA ITEM NO. 2: .... . Public hearing to consider a conditional.use permit request by the Grace Bible Church to expand their existing facilities at 701 Anderson to a 4.5 acre tract located directly across Anderson Street. ..... (93~712) Staff.Planner Kuenzel presented the. "staff report. In 1987, .the church proposed an educational facility including a gymnasium to be located on the subject site. Concerns expressed by the surrounding property owners include: the close proximity of the dumpster to the single family homes to the rear of the site; a landscape .' buffer along the' rear property line instead of a privacy wooden fence; additional screening between the church facility and the park; and ending of Village Drive. The 'conditional. use.permit.issued in 1987 has since expired. The. site . plan. submitted is similar to the .plan submitted .in 1987;. however, <the .sole use of the facility is fora sanctuary... The existing dead end of Village Drive is prohibited under the current subdivision regulations. The ending of Village Drive is to be addressed at the time of final plat; however, a plat is not requiredwiththisdevelopmcl1t. Alternatives to extending Village Drive is to construct a cul-de-sac, provide an access way to the church drive or to leave the street as a dead end. The church and surrounding residentsare<bothopposed to extending Village Drive. The church has adequate fire lanes to protect the site and thefiredepartmentdoes.notneed a cul-de-sac at the end of Village < Drive to protect the church or the neighborhood. The Sanitation Department however is having difficultly servicing the lots atlhedead end of Village Drive with the new side loading vehicles. The Sanitation. Department would prefer another option instead'ofleavingthe street a dead end. The cul-de-sac option is notdesiredbytbechurch. The residents have indicated that a cul-de-sac will encourage people to park in the <circle forlhechurchandthe. park.' Twenty-tWo. surrounding property owners were notified of the conditional use permit request with three inquiries. Chairperson Hawthorne . opened. the. public hearing. ,{) Richard Benning of 1402 Village Drive, informed the Commission that he has lived on Village Drive for 12 years. In 1987 the residents did not want the educational facility' to be . located " on the subject property. The sanitation trucks have not had any problems that he is aware of .sincegoing to the side loading vehicles. Mr. Benning stated thatthe residents do not want a thrustreetor a cul-de-sac because ,they enjoy the dead end street. '"Either option will increase traffic in the area and provide additional 'parking, for the church and the park. ,Mr. Benning stated that the residents would < probably be willing to move the trash receptacles to the intersection if Village Drive could be left as a dead end street. Rick Robertson, the design engineer for the Grace <Bible Church, approached the Commission and stated that a cul-de-sac would take up approximately alOO'diameterof right-of-way and the southwest quadrant of the property to the middle of the proposed' access drive. 'A' cul-de-sac would also intercept the drainage to go along Village Drive and notto Anderson Street as presently designed. Mike Gentry, a member of the Grace Bible Church informed the Commission that this property was purchased in 1986. At that time" the church applied fora conditional use permit to determine what the surrounding neighborhood wanted and what the city would require. Since 1987, the church has addressed some of the neighborhood concerns :and the school has recently broken ground for anew facility at Villa Maria. By next September, the school will be completely relocated to the new facility." With the moving of the school, there will be ,less daily use of the facility and traffic. The church may not be in a position financially to build a ,cul-de-sac or extend Village Drive. Lloyd Morris of 1314 Timm suggested that the Commission require a landscape buffer between the church property and the end of Village Drive that is accessible to the fire department to enter through both directions. This alternative, would, provide protection to the church and ,the homes' at the end of Village Drive. The fire department could park in the church parking lot and still protect the last two homes on Village Drive through the access. Chairperson Hawthorne closed the public hearing. Commissioner Gribou statedlhat an additional landscape buffer should be placed between the church development and lheexistingpark. He also questioned staff as to the possibility of requiring the residents along the rear portion of Village Drive to move their trash receptacles toa more accessible location. Staff Planner ,Kuenzel stated that ,the Commission can ,direct staff to work with the appropriate departments and residents on a solution; however, the relocating of the off-site receptacles cannot be a condition of the conditionaluse permit. Chairperson Hawthorne questioned, the 'applicant if the church "is concerned with the patrons of the park using the church parking lot. Me. Gentry stated that there is a need forparkinginthearea. The church would notmind the public utilizing the parking as long as it does not conflict with church activities. The church is not opposed to an additional landscape buffer between their site and the parkas long as credit is received for landscape point req uiremen ts. Commissioner Hall stated that the Commission has the discretion ,to require additional buffers especially when developments are located>inaresidential area. TheadditioIlallandscape buffers do not preclude landscaping throughoutthe rest of the site. The buffer between the church andthe park is necessary from a streetscape standpoint. The landscaping would soften the impact, of the parking lot and buffer the parked cars from traffic along Holleman A venue. Commissioner Gribouagreedand stated that a visual break is needed along the. property line between the park, and, thech uIch to improve the ", overall aesthetics of both properties. Commissioner ,Gribou. moved" to grant a conditional use permit to the Grace Bible Church to expand their existing facilities at 701 Anderson to a 4.5 acre tract 10cateddirectlyacross"Anderson.Streetwith all staff recommendations, Project Review Committ~e comments and anadditional landscape buffer provided between the church and the residents to the .rear and between the churchand,thepark.; 'Commissioner Herring seconded the, motion,which passed unopposed (5,'-0). p(.~ ZA1inutes June 17, 1993 Page 2 4 ,D ~ Commissioner Gribou recommended that staff work with the property. owners along Village Drive to resolve the sani ta tion issue. AGENDA ITEM NO. 3:. . Public hearing to consider a rezoning request by Ben and Nancy Crouch to rezone 10184 - 1, block 1 of the CoonerAdditionfromR-SMediumDensity Apartments to Cl General CommerciaL .(93-108) Staff Planner Kuenzel presented the staff . report and recommended approval of the. rezoning with the condition. that any of the. four lots' not sold for . inclusion on the adjacent project, be replatted . into. a single lot. The . comprehensive future land .useplan".reflects .the. property.. along both.sides.of Cooner Street. from. Texas Avenue to Jane Street as retail commercial. This request is in compliance with that plan. In order to avoid small commercial lots on a street thatwas~otdesigned lohandleheavycommercial traffic, staff recommends that any rezoning to commercial be conditioned upon replatting. This replatting .would incorporate one or two of the lots into the adjacent property to the west which is the location of the proposed Super 8 Motel. (The applica'pthas indicated a desire on the'p1otel'spart.toacquire additionalproperty..forparking.) Any lots not so incorporated should be combined through replatting into a singlelot. The commercial development of this property iscompa tib Ie withsurrouhding land uses and with the long term plan for the area to redevelop into an office and retail area. with multi-family residential development along the north side of Cooner Street east of Jane Street. Staff recommended approval with the condition that any of the four 19tsnot sold for inclusion on .the;adjacent project, be replatted into a single lot. Twelve surrounding property owners were notified with one. inquiry. Chairperson. Hawthorne opened the public hearing. Harry Wharton, the owner, of 403 Jane Street, approached the Commission and stated that traffic along Jane Streetis a major. problem. During the. lunch hour, it is difficult to maneuver. down the street due to. parking along both sides. The Blackeyed Pea restaurant does not have half of the parking needed and residents along Jane Street are not able togetin or out of their driveways. Mr. Wharton stated that the traffic problem has become a safety hazard because fire trucks and other emergency vehicles cannot access Jane Street. He expressed concern of the rezoning creating a similarsit,uationalong Cooner.Street. Mr. Wharton stated that he is in favor of the rezoning and that property should be developed in this area; however, something must be done with the' existing. problems .in the area. There'a.re no parking signs along Jane Street -but <the.'.Police Department does not enforce.them. Representative of Nations Bank Bob Welch approached the Commission and stated that he IS not in favor of the proposed rezoning but he is not opposed to the appropriate uses.shownon the land use plan. Mr. Welch expressed concern with a possible traffic problem occurring on Cooner Street like the one that exists on Jane Street... The exit to the existing motor bank is located directly across. Cooner Street from the proposed development Ifa restaurantis developed on the subject property, there .could be traffic congestion problems due to the similar peak hours of the restaurant ahd the bank. Mr. Welch submitted photographs of the parking situation along Jane Street during peak traffic hours. There may also be. a problem in that Jane and Cooner Streets.wiU become a shortcut from University Drive to · Texas Avenue. .Mr.Welch expressed concern with the overall impact and the safety issues involved in developing commercial projects on streets built for primarily' residen tial usage. Pat Siegert of 8701 Chippendale approached the Commission and stated that he was involved with the development of the Blackeyed Pea restaurant. He stated that the site complied with all city ordinances including parking requirements. Mr.Siegertstated that he has no financial interest in the property considered for rezoning; however, he does have knowledge . of the issue. The developers of the Super 8 Motel are trying to alleviate the problem on'. Jane....' Street by providing additional parking within .their development. The required parking will. fir on theexistingC-l tract; however, the developers would prefer additional area to provide additional parking. Chairperson Hawthorne closed the 'public hearing. Commissioner Gribou moved, to recommend'.' approval of the . Tezoning request by .Benand.Nancy.. Crouch to rezone lots 4- .7, '" block 1. of the Cooner Addition Jrom R-5MediumDensity ...Apartments to C-l General Commercial with. all staff recommendations. CommissionerHerring..~eco]1ded the motion. P'.& Z "Minutes June 17, 1993 Page 3