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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes~~ 3. Any future lighting installed for the football field will be placed to minimize impact on Wolf Pen Creek properties. The Wolf Pen Creek HOA had a separate meeting and voted unanimously in support of this request with the conditions listed. Staff recommended approval of the Conditional Use Permit and associated site plan. Commissioner Silvia moved to approve the Conditional Use Permit and associated site plan. with all the conditions expressed by the homeowners and staff. Commissioner Parker seconded the motion which passed unopposed (5-0). (Commissioner Rifeabstained from the item due to a conflict of interest.) AGENDA ITEM NO. 3: Consideration of a Master Plan for Willow Run Phase 3, composed of 227.35:acres in the City's ETJ (Extra. Territorial Jurisdiction) .located off of Capstone Drive just east of Willow Run Phase 2, totaling 58 residential lots. (98-305). Graduate Engineer Kaspar presented the staff report .and stated that staff had concerns about the access to various lots within the subdivision due to the severe topography of the drainage channels running along the entire frontage of the property.. The applicant has addressed those: concerns by proposing to change the geometry of the channels to insure that all lots will have available access. to the streets. He explained that fire hydrants are not required by the City in the ET7. The water supply system shall comply with the requirements of the Texas State Department of Health. Water service from the City is not available to this area at this time, ..however, Wellborn Water Supply Company would supply the water. The applicant is proposing to construct a 24 foot wide asphalt pavement sections within 70' foot wide rights-of-way. These ..proposed streets comply with .the City's Zoning Ordinance Section 13, which allows this type of roadway in the ETJ of the City. He explained that thee, applicant is requesting a variance to the subdivision regulations that state "In the ETJ when the urban rural street,cross section is used, the minimum lot width shall be 100 feet:" This measurement is taken at a 25 foot setback line. Lots 15 and 20 not meet this requirement, nor do they meet Brazos County's requirement of a 70 foot wide lot measured at the property line. The applicant' is requesting this variance because all lots in .this subdivision are .large acreage lots. Mr. Kaspar said that staff would recommend a .variance for the 100 foot lot width requirement but recommends that the minimum lot width_required by Brazos County be met with this Master Plan. since no further preliminary platting will be required. , Staff recommended approval of the master plan with the condition that all staff review comments are addressed and with a variance to the City of College Station subdivision regulations'.... for lot .widths as long as the lot widths for Lot 15 and 20 are increased to the County minimum of 70 feet. Commissioner Lightfoot asked for clarification on the fourth item of the Staff Review Report, he could not locate David's Lane cul-de-sac on the plat. Mr. Kaspar explained that that cul-de-sac was renamed due to 911 recommendations. Commissioner Silvia asked for more clarification on the lots with the severe topography of the drainage channels. Mike McClure, applicant and,engineer for the project, said that the plan is to pond the water in the existing ravines to create small lakes as an amenity to the lot. There will. be excess dirt from the construction of the street which would be incorporated into the overall drainage plan. ,He said that construction documents would be submitted to the City, although not required, #o satisfy staff s concerns on the StaffReview Report. P&Z Minutes February S,J998 Page 2 of8 3 Mr. McClure also explained that because David's Lane is already in use, it was renamed to Apricot Glen. Commissioner Lightfoot moved to recommend approval of the master plan with. all staff comments. Commissioner Rife seconded the motion which passed unopposed (6-0). AGENDA ITEM NO. 4: Consideration. of a Preliminary Plat of Whispering Ridge, approximately 23 acres in the City's ETJ (Extra Territorial Jurisdiction) located off of River Road, totaling 11 residential lots. (98-304) Graduate Engineer Kaspar presented the staff report and stated that the applicant is requesting a variance to the subdivision regulations that state "In the ETJ when the urban rural street cross section is used, the minimum lot. width shall be 100 feet". This measurement is taken at a 25 foot setback line. Lot 6 does not meet. this requirement but does meet the minimum lot width by the Brazos County standards.' The applicant is requesting this variance because; all lots in this subdivision are large acreage lots. Staff supports the variance request.. He explained that fire hydrants are not. required in the ETJ. The water supply system shall comply. with the requirements of the Texas State bepartment of Health. Water from the City of College Station is not available to the area. at .this time, therefore water service is proposed to come from Brush Creek Water Supply Corporation. The latest Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Insurance Rate Maps show that a portion of this property is located within the 100 year floodplain. The. floodplain shown. on the plat is similar. to the floodplain shown on the latest FEMA maps. Staff recommended ,approval of the preliminary plat with the condition that all staffreview comments are addressed and that a variance to the subdivision regulations be granted to Lot 6 for lot width. Commissioner Silvia asked if staff had problems with Lot 10 being in the floodplain. Mr. Kaspar explained that this property has enough developable land. Commissioner Garner moved to recommend approval of the preliminary plat with staff comments and recommendations. Commissioner Parker seconded the motion which. passed unopposed (6-0). AGENDA ITEM NO. 5: Consideration of a Preliminary Plat of Dartmouth Addition, approximately 11.95 acres located. on the south side of Southwest Parkway and west of the .planned Dartmouth .extension. Property is currently zoned R-S Apartment/Medium Density. (98-303) Assistant City Engineer Morgan presented the staff report and that this tract of land was included in the master development plan for the Dartmouth Crossing Subdivision which showed this' Tract as a large single lot. With the presented preliminary plat, .this .lot is being subdivided into three smaller lots. Lot 1 is 2.04 acres along Southwest Parkway which is currently zoned R-5 (applicant is also requesting rezoning this Lot in a separate agenda item). Lot 2 is approximately 8 acres and Lot3 is approximately 2 acres, both of these .lots are. currently zoned R-5. Lots 2 and 3 .are planned ,for multi-family development.. The presented preliminary plat is also. dedicating shared access points betweenthese lots and adjacent C-N zoned property. The shared access points will help consolidate access on Southwest P&ZMinutes February S, 1998 Page 3 ar8 STAFF REVIEW REPORT January 22, 1998 TO: Wellborn Road Limited Two Cielo Center, Ste 300, 1250 Capital of Texas Highway, Austin, TX 78746 Michael McClure, P.E. McClure Engineering 1722 Broadmoor, Ste 2.1.0, Bryan, TX 77802. FROM: Development Review Staff: Veronica Morgan, Assistant City Engineer ' Jane Kee, City Planner Natalie Ruiz, Assistant Development Coor ma r Shirley Volk, Development Coordinator Tony Michalsky, Electrical Operations. Coordinator Laverne Akin, GTE Representative SUBJECT:. Master Development Plan -Willow Run Phase 3 a master plan for 227.35 acres in the City's E.T.J. located .east of the existing Willow Run Phase 2. (98-305) The development review staff reviewed the above mentioned Master Development Plan on Tuesday, January. 2Q 1998 and made .the following comments. The following is a list of ordinance requirements. identified by staff. This. list does not relieve the applicant of total compliance with all current ordinance. requirements. Ordinance Requirements: Lots 15 and 20 do not meet the minimum 100' lot width dimension at the street. A variance should be requested to this requirement to be considered by the Planning and Zoning: Commission. Staff is concerned. with access to-Lots 28 and 39 due to the topography. Clarify general note.#7 to reference Phase 3A. On the David's Lane cul-de-sac, the right-of-way needs. to be 100' in diameter and the pavement diameter needs to be 80'. (Refer to Section 8G of the Subdivision Regulations) Show the necessary drainage easements. Comments/Concerns: _ Coordinate telephone service details with GTE Representative Laverne Akin at (409) 821- 4723. SUBMIT THE MYLAR ORIGINAL, AND 13 COPIES OF THE REVISED PRELIMINARY PLAT BY WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1998. TO BE INCLUDED IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION PACKETS FOR THE :MEETING ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY S, 1998 AT 6: 30 P.M. IN THE CITY HALL COUNCIL ROOM, 1101 TEXAS AVENUE SOUTH.