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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes(9) The neighborhood should be allowed to continue improving itself. There are fewer students living in the neighborhood and more owner occupied homes than there were ten years ago. This trend should be continued with the City's support. (10) Code enforcement is a problem in the area. The City should be more proactive and enforce the current codes and ordinances to instill a little civic pride within the rental community. (11) The streets in this area are substandard and cannot handle the additional traffic of high density development. During peak times, emergency vehicles such as fire trucks cannot travel down the narrow, congested streets. Chairman Hawthorne closed the public hearing. Commissioner Lightfoot moved to recommend denial of the rezoning request at 202 Montclair Street, lot 27, block 8 of the West Park Addition from R-1 Single Family Residential to R-b Apartments High Density. Commissioner Garner seconded the motion which passed unopposed (5 - 0). AGENDA ITEM NO. 6: Public hearing to consider an amendment to Section 7.21C of the Zoning Ordinance #1638 adding acitizen-at-large to the Wolf Pen Creek Design Review Board. (96-819) City Planner Kee informed the Commission that the City Council recently appointed a citizen to replace an outgoing member of the Design Review Board (DRB). This appointment left the DRB without an architect as required by ordinance. The Council then directed staff to prepare an ordinance amendment adding acitizen-at-large to ,the DRB. This amendment will accomplish that and then Council will appoint an architect to serve as well. This will bring the membership of the DRB up to eight. The amendment proposes the citizen-at-large to have an initial term of office of three years with three year terms thereafter. Chairman Hawthorne opened the public hearing. Seeing no one present to speak in favor of or in opposition to the amendment, he closed the public hearing. Commissioner Massey moved to recommend .approval of the ordinance amendment adding acitizen-at- large to the Design Review Board. Commissioner Parker seconded the motion which passed unopposed (5 - 0), AGENDA ITEM NO. 7: Public hearing to consider an amendment to Section 9.2 of the Zoning Ordinance modifying the surfacing requirements for off-street paring areas and adding a section pertaining to temporary drive surfaces. (96-821) Graduate .Civil. Engineer Homeyer informed the Commission that the city currently has a detail for asphalt parking lot pavements. During the recent past, the City has had .numerous requests for concrete paving within parking lots as well. Currently, there is not a standard for concrete .parking lots within the zoning ordinance. Staff has. been-using the concrete alley standard as a guide. This has been challenged recently and as such, staff felt it was important to place on the record,: a minimum paved section for concrete parking. lots. P & Z Minutes September 19, 1996 Page S of 6 Regular Item Consent Item Statutory Item Item Submitted By: For Council Meeting Of: Director Approval:. City Manager Approval: Ends Statements / Jane R. Kee, City Planner October 10. 1996 Issues: Civic Pride Item: Public Hearing .and Consideration of amending Section 7.21.C. of the Zoning Ordinance adding acitizen-at-large to the Wolf Pen Creek Design review Board. .Item Summary: This amendment has been prepared at the direction of the City Council City Council recently appointed a citizen to replace an outgoing. member of the Design Review Board (DRB). This appointment left the DRB without an architect, as required by ordinance. Section 7.21.C reads: The DRB shall be a body appointed by the City Council and shall consist of (1) one registered architect, (2) one business person, (3) one member knowledgeable in aesthetic judgment. (4) one landowner or developer in the Wolf Pen Creek. Corridor and .the .voting members of the .Project Review Committee, being a committee established bythe City's Zoning Ordinance. The DRB shall be supported by the same technical staff as the Projecf Review Committee.. The initial term of office shall be two years for the business person and the architect and three years for the expert in aesthetic judgment and the landowner. All terms thereafter shall be for three years. Council directed staff to prepare an ordinance amendment adding acitizen-at-large to the DRB. This amendment will .accomplish that and then Council will appoint an architect to serve as well.. This will bring the membership of the DRB up to eight. The amendment. proposes the citizen-at-large to have an initial term of office of three years with three year terms there after. Financial Summary: NA Staff Recommendation:. Staff and P&Z recommend approval. City Attorney Recommendation: Approved as to form Council Action Desired: Approve amendment Supporting Materials: 1. Ordinance amendment 2. P&Z Minutes o:\group\deve ser\cvsht\DRB.doc