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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutesMINUTES Planning and Zoning Commission CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS May 21, 1998 7:00 P.M. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chairman Massey, Commissioners Parker, Lightfoot, Gribou, and Garner. COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Commissioner Rife. STAFF PRESENT: City Planner Kee, Graduate Engineer Kaspar, Staff Assistant Charanza, Development Coordinator Volk, Senior Planner McCully, Staff Planner Battle, and Assistant City Attorney Robinson. AGENDA ITEM NO. 1: Approval of minutes from the meeting of May 7, 1998, Commissioner Silvia moved to approve the minutes from the meeting of May 7, 1998 as written. Commissioner Lightfoot seconded the motion which passed unopposed (5-0). AGENDA ITEM. NO. 2: Consideration of a Final Plat for South Hampton, Phase 1, located in the southwest quadrant of Nantucket Drive and State Highway 6, currently zoned PDD-H Planned Development District -Housing.. (98-206) .Graduate Engineer Kaspar presented the staff report and stated that this phase has 8.81 acres and is divided into 20 single family lots. The. plat reflects all conditions approved as part of the PDD-H zoning granted earlier this year. He said that special attention should be given to the .engineering comments relative to water, sewer and drainage in this particular case. Water would be provided by Wellborn Water Supply Corporation, .sewer will provided through the impact fee line approved recently by City Council and a variance to the drainage easement width is pending before -the Zoning Board of Adjustments. The property making up the master planned area of South Hampton was annexed in .1996, rezoned to R-1 Single Family,in 1997 and then to PDD-H in 1998. The PDD-H district ties the developer and any subsequent developers or owners to the master plan as it was approved with any and all conditions.. The master plan approved as part of the PDD-H zoning shows larger lots ranging from approximately 1/4 to 1/2 .acre. Sidewalks would be required on both sides of Bay and Cranberry Court. They are also required on both sides of Windrift Cove down to .Cranberry Court.. The subdivision will be all overland drainage conveyed in rear lot channels. There will. be some inlets. and storm drainage pipes to convey water from the streets to these channels. All surface runoff from this subdivision will ultimately discharge through PBcZMinutes May 21, 1998 Page 1 oJ4 ~` ~ TxDot culvert near Bay Street and into Alum Creek. Parkland dedication will be paid in the amount of $225 per lot or $4500 prior to the filing of the final plat.. Staff recommended approval of the final plat, with the following conditions: All off-site easements are filed for record prior to construction or prior to filing the plat, whichever occurs .first. 2. The impact fee line design must be completed and approved with all necessary easements granted, or an alternate sanitary. sewer service provided, prior to the filing of the final plat. Commissioner Crribou said that the sidewalks were not included on the plat. Mr. Larry i~Vells, Developer, was present to answer any questions. Commissioner Gribou moved to recommend approval of the .Final Plat with staff comments and the addition of sidewalks to the plat. Commissioner Parker seconded the motion which passed unopposed (5-0). AGENDA ITEM NO. 3: Establishment of .parking requirements for College Station Business Center. Senior Planner Sabine McCully explained that in the past there have been site plans brought before the Commission for industrial uses to establish. parking requirements. It has become a problem with timing when the :applicants. have to get parking requirements established by the Commission.. Staff holds predevelopment meetings in which staff explains requirements to the applicants. In some cases the developer will have a conceptual site plan at these meetings. and staff can not .help them determine the parking. requirements... The developers then cannot continue developing their site plan until the parking has: been set at a Planning & Zoning Commission meeting. Ms. McCully said that therein an increase in development in the Business Center and stafffelt that having established parking guidelines would help speed up some ofthe development..She explained that the City adopted the Business Center Covenants and Restrictions which include some parking requirements that are not actually included in the Zoning Ordinance-and are not established requirements. Staff recommended that the following four uses be assigned the following parking requirement: 1. Conference auditorium - 1 space per 4 seats 2. Wholesale display - 1 space per 250 square feet 3. Manufacturing or assembly - 1 space per 500 square feet 4. Research and development - 1 space per 2 employees (one shift) The above ratios were taken directly from the Business Center Covenants and Restrictions. The requirements exceed the average parking demand that was generated in a study conducted by ITE for similar uses. Ms. McCully said. that these requirements could also help in other areas such as the R&D Zoning District and M-1 Light Industry. The above four uses would ordinarily be brought before the P&ZMinutes May 21, 1998 PaS~ 2 of 4 Council Regular 9/19/97 Page 2 Agenda Item No 5 -- Statutory Agenda a. Bid #97-46: Approved'contract for employee uniform rental. for. various city departments. Funds appropriated in 1997-98 operating budgets for General, Utility, Sanitation and Brazos Valley Solid V11as#e Management Agency. Award to Best Uniform Supply. Company in Houston. as .lowest responsible. bidder in the amount of $58,682. Item approved by common consent. " Agenda Item No 6 -- Consent Agenda a. Approved council minutes for special meeting, June 19, 1997.. b. Approved award of construction contract for annual sidewalk project, No- ST-9711 to South Construction, Inc. ,in the arnount of $67,698.40. Funds available from Sidewalk Master Plan budget for FY 1995-96 through FY 1999 2000. c. Approved interlocal agreement with CSISD for construction of sidewalks, handicap ramps and drainage structures between Southwood Athletic Park and College Station Junior High School''and a contribution toward.fencing along Rock Prairie Road at Jack and Dorothy Miller Park. d. Approved Ordinance No. 2263 amending Chapter 3 of the Code of Ordinances revising the appeal process for driveway permits. Ordinance revision is part of the Development Review streamlining effort. e. Approved resolution authorizing the Director of Parks and Recreation Dept. to .represent and act for the City of College Station with Texas Forest Service Public Outreach Challenge Grant Program. Items approved by common .,consent. Agenda Item No. 7 -- Regular Agenda 7a Possible action on'master preliminary plat for approxiimately 65 acres located in the Nantucket Subdivision, located on the southwest corner of - , 2 97-31.2 Council Regular'9/11/97 Page 3 City Planner Jane. Kee presented a staff report on this item. She stated the .plat consists of 65 acres of land, approximately 13 lots located outside the city limits. The developer's intention is to build out the remainder of what was part of the Nantucket Subdivision with residential lots that will be in the city limits and connected to city sewer through an impact fee .line. At this time, no fees have been approved by the;City Council. A master preliminary .plat showing lot izes ranging from about. a .quarter of an acre to just over one half acre;was submitted to the Planning and: Zoning Commission at the August 7 meeting. This plat showed three streets accessing Nantucket Drive. After much opposition, action on the plat was deferred until the next meeting to give the residents of Nantucket and the developer more opportunity to resolve differences. At he August 21st meeting, the plat was revised with no access to Nantucket Drive with the exception of the roadway for the 13 Ibts. Landscape buffer is proposed to be along the' SH 6 frontage road and along Nantucket Drive. The subdivision name was changed #o South Hampton and wi11 not be a part of the Nantucket subdivision. Ms. Kee emphasized .the average overall density of all existing and proposed phases is approximately 1.4 acres per lot. Planning and_Zoning .Commission unanimously denied the second preliminaryplat. Staff recommended approval because it complied with the density range and the land-use plan.:. Ms. Kee mentioned that the plat also contained two variance requests relative to sidewalk and street widths which the staff recommended approval The applicant, Phyllis Hobson submitted a petition signed by homeowners who supported the proposed plat. Larry Wells, engineer for the project responded o Councilman BirdwelPs question on the oversize participation in the sewer line. Mayor'Mcllhaney allowed audience members to address council on this issue. The following individuals opposed the plat because it conflicted with existing rural lot sizes .and it would have a negative impact on the neighborhood integrity and quality of life. A petition signed by homeowners who opposed the plat was presented to the Mayor. B.L. Harris, 1207 Nantucket Michael Rabins, 4587 Cricket Pass Leslie Hill, 2803 Adrienne Gareth Jones, 4712 Nantucket Sandra Jacobson, 4588 Cricket Pass Bonnie Kistler, 1424 Wayfarer Jack T. Madeley, 4715 Nantucket Jan Madeley, 471.5. Nantucket Marq Synwolt, 4700 Scrimshaw Delmar Cain, 4701 Scrimshaw __ _. Council Regular 9/11/97 Page 4 John Boics, 4599 Sandpiper Cove Charles Akins; 1507 Wayfarer Robert Webb, Mariners .Cove Margaret Norris, 4705 Scrimshaw John Pitts Public. input concluded. Phyllis Hobson and;Larry Wells addressed the Council on the lot size concerns and sewer'.line expansion. Councilman Birdwell made a motion to approve the preliminary plat with the understanding. that the City will not allocate any monies for oversize participation in the sewer line, thaf this project will meet all the sidewalk requirements of the current city ordinances, and with the staff recommendation that the applicant successfully rezones each phase to comply with the zoning regulations prior to submitting a final plat of that phase. Councilman Hickson seconded the motion. Councilman Esmond noted that he would abstain from the motion due to his ', business relationship with the applicant. Council directod staff to bring forward information about the oversize participation cost to this group. The motion carried by a vote of 5-1-1. FOR: Mayor Mcllhaney Councilmembers Hickson, Kennady, Mariott, Birdwell AGAINST: Councilman Anderson ABSTAIN: Councilman. Esmond 7b• Possible action on a Resolution determining a public necessity to acquire certain aroperty: giving notice of an official determination to acquire grope the Northgate public parking garage protect; estannsnmc acquisition of property; and possible action on a resolut intention to reimburse certain expena~tures wain prviceeus nvn~ uc~,~. ~ ~~~~ properly is described as lots 16 through 25, Block 6-7, _and lot 14, Block 5 of the W.C. Boyett (state Partition. Assistant City Manager Tom Brymer stated that this item is for council consideration. to acquire property for the Northgate Parking Garage project to include a four story structure with 752 parking spaces at a costof $6.8million.