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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes!~~~~~ MINUTES Planning and Zoning Commission CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS October 1, 1998 7:00 P.M. CONIlVIISSIONERS P1aESENT: Chairman Massey, Commissioners Garner, Maloney, Parker, Mooney, Rife, and Kaiser. CONIlVIISSIONERS ABSENT: None. STAFF PRESENT: :City Planner Kee, Senior Planner McCully, Development Coordinator Volk, Assistant Development Coordinator Ruiz, Staff Assistant Charanza, and Assistant City Attorney Robinson. AGENDA ITEM NO. 1: Approval of minutes from the. Regular Meeting held on September 17, 1998. Commissioner Garner .moved to approve the minutes of the minutes from the Regular Meeting of September 17, 1998. Commissioner Mooney seconded the motion which. passed unopposed (7-0). AGENDA ITEM NO. 2: Public hearing and consideration of a Conditional Use Permit to permit a sorority :house to 6e located on the southwest corner of Rhett Butler and University Oaks. {98- 706) Senior Planner McCully presented the staff report and explained that sorority and fraternity houses are conditional uses in the R-6, which is the current zoning of the property. The site backs up to the Circuit City site. The .property to the west, which is zoned R-6, was recently developed as a sorority house also. -Most of the area to the west along University Oaks is developed as sorority and fraternity houses. There are duplexes located. to the north across University .Oaks and apartments to the east across Rhett Butler. She explained that the. site. plan is included with this request for. consideration. Stag' reviewed the site plan and has determined that it meets all the City's development requirements. She said that the civil engineering documents relating to drainage have. not been submitted to staff, because the applicant was awaiting the Commission's approval before submitting these documents. Staff recommended approval with the condition that .any significant .changes to the site .plan caused by the engineering requirements must be reconsidered by the Commission. Chairman Massey opened the public hearing. Kent Lana, McClure Engineering,. project engineer for the project, said that he was present to answer any questions the Commission had .regarding the proposal. Sorority representatives showed the Commission pictures of the proposed house. P&Z Minutes October 1, 199 Page 1 of 9 -~ Commissioner Garner asked how many people the house would house. A sorority representative said that it would house SO people. Commissioner Mooney wanted o know how many active members this sorority has. A representative said that there are approximately. 203 members. Commissioner Mooney was concerned with the :.proposed. parking layout, because the applicant was proposing 77 spaces with over 200 members and .there would be sorority activities at this site which could impose a parking problem at such activities. Maxfield McKenzie,. Texas Maxeon, Inc., working with the sorority to build this sorority house explained that active membership is approximately 176 with the rollover of seniors and the freshmen. He said that there would not be 203 people at the house at one time for meetings. The Greek Council limits the size of sororities. The maximum attendance to meetings, if everyone attends would be 176 people. The applicant has an agreement with the A&M Foundation Building to use parking there if the needs arises, which would provide approximately 50 additional spaces. The Commissioners asked staff how this site compared with the other sororities in terms of parking. Senior Planner McCully said that she could not .answer that question accurately without looking at other sorority house site plans, but she. felt that many of the other .sites .were built .under a less stringent. parking requirement. Commissioner Maloney asked staff if this request met all. requirements established by the City. Senior Planner McCully said that the- proposal meets all requirements and exceeds the parking required by ordinance. Ms. Joanne Davis explained that. sorority meetings were held once a week and these would probably be the only times that the all members would attend. Chairman Massey. closed the public hearing. Commissioner Maloney moved to approve the Conditional Use Permit and associated site plan with staff comments. Commissioner Garner seconded the motion which passed unopposed (7-0). AGENDA ..ITEM NO. 3: Public hearing and consideration of a proposed Amendment to Ordinance. No. 1638, the College .Station Zoning Ordinance creating an R-1B zoning. district, clarifying veterinary clinic provisions, adding temporary batch plant provisions and detuning the Project Review Committee. (98-814) Senior Planner McCully presented the amendment and stated that it was drafted to cover several items that were in .need of changes or additions_ She explained that the definition of the Project Review Committee was never changed in the "Definitions" section which was an oversight when the role of the Project Review Committee was amended last year. She explained that veterinary hospitals were not defined in the Zoning Ordinance and this amendment would add the necessary definitions. This amendment would also. allow. veterinary hospitals as conditional uses in the A-P Administrative .Professional zoning district, and would allow them as permitted uses. in the C-1 General Commercial and C-B Business Commercial districts. A definition for animal care facilities 'would also be added and they .would be listed as conditional uses in C-1 and permitted uses in C-2. P&Z~nutes October 1, 1998 Page 2 of 9