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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutesMINUTES Regular Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting .April 6, 1978 7:00 P.M. ~' MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairman Stover; Commissioners Etter,. Mathewson, Bailey, { Burke, Sweeney; City Planner Mayo, Community Development Planner Callaway, Design Engineer Fees MEMBERS ABSENT: None Agenda Item No 1 -- Approval of Minutes - meeting of March 16, 1978. `1 Commissioner Sweeney moved.that the minutes be approved as presented. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Etter and unanimously .approved. Agenda Item No. 2 -- Hear visitors. No one spoke.. Agenda Item No Use Permit for Munson Avenue, 3 -- A public hearing on the question of granti the construction of a sorority house project to Dominik Driye and University Oaks Drive. City Planner Mayo pointed out the location and intent of the proposed project. He pointed out that a protest petition from residents in the area had been received. He noted that, due to this petition, any positive action of the Commission would have to be appealed to the City Council. The public hearing was opened. Mr. Don Martell, applicant, stated that the ultimate development of the property would be for nine sorority houses. He stated that he planned to build a screen fence along Munson Avenue to screen the parking areas. Commissioner Bailey asked how many people would be living in each house. ~'°j' Mr. Martell stated that each house would .hold a maximum of twenty persons in ten bedrooms. He also stated that noon-street parking would be allowed. Mr. Lane Stephenson, 1202 Dominik, spoke in favor of the requested permit. ~Y_' Mr. Mayo stated that he had received a call from the resident of the house at the corner of Munson and Dominik. She had told him that she would not be opposed to E the project if a twenty foot setback was provided between her property line and the: nearest sorority house. Mr. Martell stated that this would pose no problem. Commissioner Matheson asked if the sororities were regulated by the University. Martha Hurley stated that the sororities were not recognized by, the University but that the sororities had established high standards for their members. Mr. Res Darnell spoke in opposition to the request. Mrs. Dowell, Gilchrist Street, spoke in opposition to the requested use permit. a Conditional located between MINUTES, RegularPlanning-and Zoning Commission. Page 2 April, 6, 1978 7:00 P.M. Mrs. Fredda Kozik, 1010 Dominik, spoke in opposition to the request. Mrs. Elenor Cox spoke in opposition to the request Mr. John Priscella spoke in opposition to the request. Mr. Martell noted that under the existing R-6 zoning, he could build up to 40 units of apartments per acre.' Ms. Mary White spoke in favor of the request. Mr. Darnell stated that he would rattier see apartments built on the tract than the sorority houses. The public .hearing was closed. Commissioner'Mathewson thanked Mr. Martell for his truthfulness in explaning that he planned to build nine houses. He suggested that a screening fence should be built along Dominik as well as Munson Avenue. Commissioner Etter suggested,'that the parking areas might be insufficient for nine sorority houses at their peak hours. Commissioner Burke stated that she would have to abstain. from the vote due to her membership in one'of the sororities involved. Commissioner Mathewson moved that a use permit for the three sorority houses as shown be granted with the understanding that the potential for six additional houses exists and that appropriate screening along Munson, Dominik, and University Oaks be provided, and that the developer reserve overflow parking space on the University Oaks side of the project pending the ultimate development of the property. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Sweeney. Commissioner Mathewson stated that he felt approval of the first three units would show the Commission's intent to support the development of the other six houses on the property. Commissioner Etter stated that he objected to this implication. The motion to grant the permit was approved by the following vote: For: Chairman Stover; Commissioners Mathewson, Sweeney, Bailey Against: Commissioner-Etter Abstaining: Commissioner Burke o Agenda'Item No. 4 -- A public hearing on the question of rezoning a 1.599 acre tract located at the southwest corner of Holleman Drive and Anderson Street from Single Family Residential District R-1 to Townhouse - Rowhouse District R-3. City Planner Mayo described the location of the property and the surrounding land uses and zoning.