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CITYOFCO]}L:EGESTATI()N, TEXAS
Planning find'>Zon,ing,iC ommissi 0 n
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Chairmtin Sawtelle, Members Colson,.. Dresser &
Stewart..;... ......~.lso.C,ouncilLiaison......B irdwell
Members..........M~ore,..,~Mi~he.l.....,..& ......Davi s
Director of Planning ,Callaway, City Engineer
..Pullen,....Senior.....Planner.Kee,.... Ass istantC.ity
Attorney Banks......and.......PlanningTechni.ci.an .VoIk
MEMBERS ABSENT:
STAFF PRESENT:
AGENDA ITEMNO~ 1: Approvalofminutes""'meetingofJ'une2, 1988.
Mr.. Dresser made. a motion to approve the minutes; Mr. stewart seconded. the motion
which carried unanimoUSly (4-0)'.
No one spoke.
Finalplat__SouthwoodForestPhase 2.
AGENDA ITEM
AGENDA ITEM
Mr. Callaway. identifiedtheloca,tionof. lhissubdivision . and explained that during
the Presubmission Conference"lheonly...conditionfor>approval..was the... easement, which
has been provided,theref()restaffrecommendsapproval~fthisplat as shown.
Mr. stewart askedwhythee,asementisnot showp on this plat and City Engineer Pullen
explained that the easement will contain utilities which will cover both this
subdivision andthenext(phase.of the subdivision,> and it will be on that phase. He
went on to explain that if the City requires the easement to be on the lots on this
phase, we would cause undue financial hardship to.the developer.
Noone from the. audience addressed this plat. Mr. stewart made amotion to approve
the plat; Mr. Dresser seconded the motion which carried unanimously (4--0).
AGENDA ITEM NO. 4: 88-406: AppealofaP.R.C.decision to
require fullcomplisnce'withstandard..C-l"island .and...curbing
requirements ona revised plan for 11. proposed restaurant in the
Old City Hall at 101 Church Street, which is in the CODlmercial
Northgate CC-NG) zoning district. Appeal is being made by Don &
Cheryl Anz.
Mrs. Keeexplained that . since the p&z meefingon.May 5th when the . Commission denied
the appeal of Mr. & Mrs. Anz to provide less than aC-lstandardparking.lot at the
old City Hall ,the ..applicanthasrevisedtheplanstoreflect ..compliance' wi th C-l
requirements with 2 exceptions: There is no curh along the.. northern boundary of the
lot where it curves to the western boundary <ofth.e property, and one double island on
the interior row of parking is smaller than the required 360 square f.eet.
Shestated.thattheP.R.C.reviewedthisrevisedplanonJune 15th and advised the
applicant that it had no problem with the 2 proposed exceptions to standards, but
because the Commission had previously ruled the project must meet complete C-I
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standards., the. Commission would also have to rule on theexcepti ons. At the P. R. C.
also recommended an allowance of18month~ . for .thevariance..to...the curbing .along the
curve at the northern edge of the,parking.lot,andafter that time full curbing must
be installed if the expansion of the lot tQ the north with full compliance is not
made.
Mr. Stewart aSkedh<>w theCitycanensul'ecomJ?liance.with .atime limit for a
variance. .' . Mrs . Kees;tatedthat . the Legal Department has advised that i t can be
handled with a development agreement.. .Mr./Stewa~tsaidthat he does not have. a
problem ..with'. theproposeddimens'ion..oftheig~el.'~or island',.and...does.. not think that
is 8' big.....issue,.andadditionally,...thatrequiringfullcurbingalongthis curve' would
serve'nopurposeifMr.'Anzplansto.e~pandthe:parking lot'within18months,.since
curbing would have to be removed before the expansion could be made. He said he is
comfortable with this plan as it has been submitted.
Mr. . Dresser askedi fthe ..'..proPQsed .... island will... support the required landscaping and
Mrs. Kee replied that it should. . Mr..<Dresserpointed out that parts of Lots 5&6 are
not included in this plan and asked if it will be used for> parking. Mrs.Kee said
that the land not included on this site plan tiil1 not be approved for parkin g. Mr.
Dresser said he would rather that the empty lots not become an unimproved parking
lot.
Bill O'Brien, spoke'fromthe.audienceandexplainedthat<theownerwouldprobably be
happy to put in either railroad ties orpipe<snd cable to keep people from driving
across thisarea.. Mr.Stewartsaidheiwould.b~sfltisfiedwithrailroadties as
proposed,iftherewouldbesometypeoflandscapinginstalledalongthe.curve. Mr.
O'Brien said Mr. Anzwouldbe happy to install the railroad ties and some type of
landscaping, perhaps... .Jasmine.
Mr.Stewartmade.amotiontoapprove ~hisrevisedsiteplan withP.R.C. conditions
and the addition ,of railroad ties instead of. there qui. red curbing along the. curve at
the northern edge of the project, and with installation of some type of landscaping
and the completion of a <Development Agreement which limits the use of <the temporary
railroad ties instead of curbing toama,'CiDllllDOf18 months.
Mr. Dresser seconded the motion which carried unanimously (4-0).
AGENDA ITEM NO. 5:
Mr. Callaway informed the Commission that the Goals & Objectives for Plan 2000 as
revised have been. . submitted to the Council. for consideration. .... He then referred to 2
memos whichhadbeen.distributed prior to' the meeting; one which went to all
Commissioners and contains Goals & Objectives as revised, some me thods.asrevised,
and policies"along.. with...some.... comments made by the. Commission during . cons iderat ion of
the Goals & Objectives; and, the other memo which, was distributed to the 2 new
Commissioners and which. contains the entire ,packet of information including the
minutes covering the public hearing and the discussion{s) which took place prior to
the final revision of the Goals & Objectives.
Mr. Callaway then asked when the Commissioners would like to have the annual tour, if
they wanted one. Those present said they do want ,'one,but would rather defer setting
a date until more Commissioners" were present ...to give input.
Mr. Callaway then asked if the Commission.would like to have an orientation session
covering how to review site plans and general procedures to follow. The Commission
again decided to ,postpone setting dates until more Commissioners are present.
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