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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutesAGENDA ITEM NO. 2.6: Approved a.Final Plat of 1..75 acres for Alam Addition, Lot 1, Block 1, located on the northeast corner of Greens Prairie Road at State Highway 6. (99-209) AGENDA ITEM NO. 2.7: Approved a Final Plat of 11.286 acres. -Alexandria Phase I, located adjacent to Barron Road just west of the Springbrook-Oakgrove Subdivision. (99-212) AGENDA ITEM NO. 2.8: Approved. a Final Plat for O.C. Cooper Place, Reserve Tract A, 3.6 acres .located on Holleman Drive immediately west of the. Enclave Apartments. (99-213) AGENDA ITEM NO. 2.9: Approved a Final. Plat for Edelweiss Estates Phase 15-B; 5.1 acres located southwest of Phase 15-A and northwest of Phase T2. The property is located. off Catering Lane. (99- 215) AGENDA ITEM. NO. 2. l0: Approved a Final Plat for the Wheeler Subdivision, Phase II, located along the south side of University Drive and west of the Lincoln Avenue intersection. The final plat consists of a 2.4-acre Lot 1R and a 6.07-acre Lat 2. (99-217) AGENDA ITEM NO. 2:11: Approved a Final Plat for Holleman Village Addition, 17.074 acres located at 2001 Holleman Drive West, between FM 2818 and Jones-Butler. Road, (99-218) AGENDA ITEM NO. 3: Public hearing and consideration of a use only permit in a C-N Neighborhood. Commercial district fora self-serve car wash on Lot 2, Block A, Culpepper Plaza. (99-711) Senior Planner McCully- presented the staff report. and explained that the subject site is zoned C-N ` ~ Neighborhood Commercial, which requires the Commission's approval. In order to approve the use and site plan of a C-N proposal, ,the Commission must find that the purpose of the district would be .met. The Zoning Ordinance states the purpose of the C-N district as follows: "This district provides small. commercial sites for .residential convenience goods and service businesses No use shall be allowed which would adversely affect the health, safety, welfare, or residential character of the neighborhood Tfie use shall be a law traffic generator and shall not create any noise, light, or odors abnormal to the neighborhood No outside Storage or display of goods or materials shall be allowed The applicant was proposing to construct aself-serve car wash on the site. The use will be located across the street from a shopping.. center, a vacant bank drive-thnx, and a church facility. The site immediately abuts existing single family to the north. At a minimum, the applicant would be required to construct a 6' screening fence. The Commission may consider additional buffering along the common lot line, in order to further mitigate potential impacts.. There maybe some concern regarding potential noise and lighting impacts to the adjoining neighborhood. The applicant has stated that the equipment. that would be installed is designed to minimize noise and that indirect lighting standards would be used. Staff recommended approval with the noise. and lighting abatement as conditions. The Commissioners were concerned that .the car wash would target more the .surrounding neighborhood, which would defeat *_he C-N definition. Chairman Massey opened the public hearing. P&ZManutes May 6, 1999 Page 2 of IO Mr. Tres Watson,. Coldwell Banker (representing the applicant), felt the use would benefit and target the surrounding neighborhood. He explained that this type of use would. not generate an increase in traffic .for the area, although no studies were conducted. He explained that the site would be approximately six bays and a vacuum area. Bruce Crooker, 5.12 Brooks Avenue, felt that George Bush East should be the limit for commercial development.. He said that there would be noise from the vacuums and loud music. being played by the patrons of the facility. This type of development would add to litter and would encourage crime in the neighborhood. Doc Burke, 502 W. Dexter, explained that he was a representative from the Historic Preservation Committee, and-he felt that older neighborhoods needed to be protected and preserved. Benito Flores-Meath, 901 Val. Verde, expressed concern for noise levels produced at car washes, and felt that this type of use would degrade the neighborhood. Chris Northcliffe, 407 Fairview, explained. that he did not think this was aneighborhood-oriented use. Mr. Crooker told the Commission that a convenience store across the street was denied, and felt that if a convenience store was not a good use in a neighborhood than a car wash would not be either. Chairman Massey closed the public hearing. Commissioner Maloney moved to deny the request. Commissioner Kaiser seconded the motion. ~,~ Commissioner .Rife felt that most uses in the C N district would generate some type of traffic so traffic was not an issue for him. He said that ,his main concerns were that the business would be operated 24 hours per day. He explained that. some type of commercial use would be developed in this location in the future. Commissioner Kaiser also said that traffic was not amajor concern of his. I3is main concerns were with uncontrollable noise. Commissioner Garner agreedthat the noise was a major factor. Commissioner Maloney felt that there were other uses in the C N district that would be better suited for this site. .Chairman Massey called for the .vote and the motion to deny the request passed 4-2; Commissioners Parker and Rife voted against the motion. AGENDA ITEM NO. 4; Public hearing and consideration. of a rezoning request for 1105 and 1107 Wellborn Road located en the east. side of Wellborn Road and south of the dellborn Road/Holleman Drive intersection. (99-111) City Planner Kee presented the staff report. .She explained that this request involves two lots totaling approximately one-quarter acre. in size.' The lots front Wellborn Road and were subdivided several years ago. The lots sit just south. and adjacent to existing C-1 General Commercial property developed ~~ as storage buildings. The Land Use Plan shows the area for high-density single family development. P&ZMinutes May 6, 1999 Page 3 oj10 ~~ AGENDA ITEM NO. 4: Public hearing .and consideration of a rezoning of approximately 0.54 acres located on Dominik Drive between George Bush. East and Puryear from C-N Neighborhood Commercial to R-5 Apartments/Medium Density.. (99-119) Senior Planner McCully presented the staff report and explained that the applicant intends. to build an apartment building on the subject tract. The tract is bound by George Bush East, Puryear, and Dominik on three sides, and abuts three R~1 zoned single family lots on the north side. Other uses in the area include retail centers, a vacant bank building (A-P tract), and a church facility. There is also duplex development further down Dominik. Originally the tract was part of the Culpepper Plaza site until 1981, at which time George Bush East was put through to Dominik, which isolated this tract. The tract is under 3/4 of an acre and will be reduced to approximately 1/2 an acre when the City proceeds with land acquisition. necessary to widen George Bush. The tract has been zoned C-N since 1991, when it was rezoned,from R-6 (high-density apartments). During the past eight years there has been no formal requests for development until his year. She reminded the Commission that the current C-N classification requires review of all uses to assure compliance with the C-N policies. The Commission in May of this year denied a request for aself-serve. car wash. The discussions involving that case centered on the impact of .the use on the neighboring ..single .family uses. The. discussions from the Commission at that time. indicated that C-N may not be the most appropriate classification for the site. She said that it did not seem likely that this property would be developed as single family or low density. 3'his would leave only duplex/multi-family or A-P Administrative Professional zoning classifications suitable for the. site, to act as a transition zone between the existing developments. The applicant turned in a conceptual. site plan, which showed property layout and proposed development layout under the proposed zoning. In order to make ingress and egress safe; it would require (under. the City's Driveway Ordinance) the driveways to be as far from the intersection as possible. Staff recommended: approval. with the condition that a maximum building height is limited. to 35' and with a landscape buffer easement between the 'subject property and the abutting R-1 zoned area to ,the north. Commissioner Warren asked what the potential traffic and noise impact would be on the surrounding property owners. Ms. McCully explained that in this case the impact could be less than the permitted uses in the current zoning classification. Commissioner Floyd asked if the Commission had the legal right to restrict access on rezoning requests. Assistant City Attorney Nemcik said that zoning is discretionary and is decided on with consideration of health, safety, and welfare. Access is typically considered a safety issue, but access cannot be impaired or deprived to a development. Chairman Rife opened the public hearing. Mr. Parvis Vessali, 110 Pershing (developer), explained that he tried several different ways to position the development for the best accommodations. He said that there was concern with past proposals for this site due to access and noise. - He said that if the property were to stay C-N, the proposed uses permitted would'. require approximately 24 spaces (fora 6000 sq. ft building). He felt the proposed development would be the best for this site. Mr. Paul Clarke, Clarke & Wyndham, said that he was struggling with this request. He said that there has been a lot of interest in the area. He understood that this tract has had a tough .time with P&Z Minutes August S, 1999 Page 6 oj13 e'development but did not feel that the proposed use would be what the City would want for this area since this area is the oldest commercial area in College Station. Mr. Ron 1Vliller, P.O. Box 9875 (owner of the property), explained that he has had a hard time selling this tract with the existing zoning. He said that the potential buyer is planning to develop an extended stay type of apartment complex (similar to the existing one across the street). He felt this development is the best possible for the site. He thought the development would generate less traffic than permitted uses in the existing zoning. Chairman Rife closed the public hearing. Commissioner Floyd moved to recommend approval of the rezoning request with staff conditions. Commissioner Parker seconded the motion. Commissioner Warren did not feel this was what the City wants to see in this area since it is an area of historic value to the City. Chairman Rife said that there is already multi-family in the area. He said that he would support the motion because the tract has been to the Commission with proposed C-N uses and they were denied. Commissioner Kaiser said that he would also support this request. Commissioner Floyd felt the prop®sed development would be a better neighbor to the existing residential area than uses stated in the C-N district. Chairman Rife called for the vote, and the motion to recommend approval of the request passed 5-1; Commissioner Warren voted in opposition to the motion. AGENDA ITEM NO. 5: Public hearing and consideration of a rezoning of Fairfield Residential, Inc. for property located on University Drive west and .adjacent to the Gateway Subdivision from C-B Business Commercial to R 5 Apartments/Medium Density. (99-120) Commissioner Kaiser moved to table this item at the request of the applicant. Commissioner Horlen seconded the motion, which passed unopposed (6-0). Agenda Item No. 6: Consideration of a site plan for Rudy's Barbecue located at 504 Harvey Road on the site previously known as Sneakers in Wotf Pen Creek. (99-419) Senior Planner McCully presented the staff report and explained the history of the Rudy's site -plan consideration. She said that Rudy's chains typically include gas pumps, which are not allowed in the Wolf Pen Creek District. In October, 1998, the applicant requested an exception to allow the gas pumps, but the Commission denied the request. In May 1999, the applicant submitted a new site plan without the pumps. The original'site plan was rejected due to incomplete information, and because it did not show DRB's recommendation to orient the building to the creek and not to Harvey Road alone. The request of the DRB was. consistent with the. other three restaurants that were .built in the .corridor recently. The applicant returned with three separate site plans and concept layouts and presented them to the Commission and DRB before. proceeding with the final site plan.. The option .that was chosen required a parking variance, which was granted by the Zoning Board of Adjustments. .The preferred P&Z Minutes August 5, 1999 Page 7 of 13 Council Meetings 8/26/99 ~a u ~ 13.2 Bid No. 99-98: Approved by common consent the construction of Lemon Tree Park Sanitary Sewer Line Replacement. Awarded to lowest, responsible bidder meeting specifications, Young Contractors in the amount of $135,979. Funds available and budgeted in the Sewer Revenue Bond Fund. 13.3 Bid No. 99-99: Discussion and possible action on annual contract for utility line locate services. Councilman Silvia made a motion to approve the annual contract for utility line locate service awarded to UtiliQuest in the amount of $69,025 with an effective date of August 27, 1999, Funds .available in the Electric, Water and Sewer Fund. Motion seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Mariott which carried unanimously, 7-0. 13.4 Approved by common consent Ordinance No. 2407 which repealed Ordinance No. 2328 that created Reinvestment Zone #9 and authorized an agreement for development and tax abatement between the City of College Station and CSL of Texas, .Inc. 13~ 5 Approved by common consent the payments for professional services in the amount of $25,108.85 to Haynes and. Boone, LLP regarding the Franklin Gold litigation. This purchase request is exempt from competitive bidding proposal allowed in LGC 252.022(a)(4) for a procurement of professional services.. Authorized payments not to exceed $50,000 arising as a result of oral arguments in the appeal process. 13.6 Approved. by common consent the oversize`particpation in the amount of $22,362 for extensions of a 16" water line near the intersection of FM 2818 and Holleman Drive West through the Holleman Village Addition Subdivision to be constructed with the Holleman Village Apartment Complex. Agenda Item No. 14 -Regular Agenda 14 1 Public hearing, discussion and possible action on rezoning approximately 0.54 acres located on Dominik Drive between George Bush East and Puryear from C-N Neighborhood Commercial to R-5 Apartments/Medium Density. 99-72 Sabine McCully presented the staff report. The applicant intends to construct an apartment building on this tract which abuts three R-1 properties. Staff recommended approval with the conditions that the maximum building height be limited to 25 ft. and a landscape buffer easement be installed between the subject property and the abutting R-1 zoned area to the north. Mayor McIlhaney opened the public hearing. June Cooper, 900 Val Verde noted the traffic congestion along George Bush Drive East. Mayor McIlhaney closed the public hearing. ~, Council Meetings 8/26/99 Page 5 Councilman Hazen noted that apartments were inappropriate for this location. She made a motion to deny the rezoning request. Councilman Massey seconded the motion which carried unanimously, 7-0. 14 2 Public hearing, discussion and possible action orrthe City of College Station 1999- 2000 Proposed Budget. Budget Director Jeff Kersten stated that the total operating expenditures proposed in the budget are $100.9 million and total capital expenditures proposed are $42.8 million for an approximate total of $144 million. The budget includes a total of 731.5 positions, including 28 additional proposed positions. The proposed tax rate is $Oo428 a slight reduction from existing tax rate of $0.4293. The adoption of the budget and the public hearing. on the tax .rate is scheduled for September 9~'. Council is scheduled to adopt the tax rate on September 23~. Mayor McIlhaney opened the public hearing. Tiffani Drake from Brazos Valley .Sports Foundation acknowledged Council's support in past years and hope council will consider their proposal for next year. Myrtle Martin from Brazos County Senior Citizens Association came forward to request $5,.000 to be used toward their programs and endowment fund. Rose Cook who resides at Villas of Rock Prairie asked council to support the Senior Citizen's request. Rector Nicolas Dyke from St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Bryan came forward to request financial support for the Dispute Resolution Center in the amount of $5,000. Benito Flores-Meath, 901 Val Verde asked council to allocate money for televising council meetings. He mentioned that the recent announcement of a proposed convention center in Bryan might compete with the College Station Conference Center.- The Mayor remarked that the City of College Station will attract a different type of market for its conference center and it is not in competition with the Bryan golf course/convention center. Additionally, he encouraged council to review the salaries for police and fire'officers and other staff. Dick Birdwell, 3 Forest Drive expressed comments about the Northgate parking garage. He assured the council that the. parking garage will not pay for the debt service. He encouraged the council to take another look at the project before the city proceeds further. Mr. Birdwell questioned the validity of several proposed positions. He added that the city should always look at the cost of providing. a new service vs. outside contract. Finally, he stated that the proposed budget,includes new equipment, yet the information does not show a return on investment for this equipment. Mayor McIlhaney asked staffto provide Mr. Birdwell with an updated study on the garage.. ~i~~ Regular tem #14.01 Agenda Ifem CovcrSheet Regular Item Consent Item Workshop Item Item Submitted By: Council Meeting Date: Director Approval: City Manager Approval: q~~ , .• .~.... Sabine McCully, Senior Planner August 26, 1999 Jim Callaway, Director of Development Services Item: Public hearing, discussion, and possible action on a rezoning of approximately 0.54 acres located on Dominik Drive between George Bush East and Puryear from C-N Neighborhood Commercial to R-5 Apartments/Medium Density. (99-72) Item Summary: The applicant for this property is Parviz Vessali. The subject property is reflected as "redevelopment" on the Land Use Plan, as is the rest of the neighboring property lying further to the north. between Texas Avenue and Puryear. This classification is intended to allow for consolidation of property such that mixed use development could occur. The intent for this particular area of the City is to allow for new single family residential, perhaps at higher densities. It is unlikely, .however, that this particular piece of property will be incorporated into the abutting single family lots any time in the foreseeable future. This lot has been zoned commercial for several, years, and it is bound. by three roads, one of which has recently been reclassified to a minor arterial on the Thoroughfare Plana This road, George Bush East, will subsequently be widened to increase its level. of service. It is therefore unlikely that this' parcel will develop as a single family lot. The discussions regarding the car wash request earlier this year (see below and attached minutes) indicated that perhaps the existing zoning. may not be appropriate for the property. The 'requested R-5, if developed with appropriate consideration for the adjoining single family property, may have less impact than the existing zoning and still leave the property owner with a reasonable use of the .property. The abutting four lots are developed as 3 single family homes, at a maximum height of 35' (2.5 stories). The nearest home is located. approximately 50' from the adjoining property line. Item Background: The property has been zoned C-N for a number of years and has remained vacant, All C-N uses must received Commission approval, including site plan approval, prior to issuance of a building permit. On May 6, 1999, the Planning and Zoning Commission denied a request for aself--serve .car wash to be located on this property. The discussions involving that case centered on the impact of the use on the neighboring single family uses. Staff Recommendations: Staff recommends approval with the condition that the maximum building height is limited to 35' and with a landscape buffer easement between the subject property and the abutting R-1 zoned area to the north. Related Advisory Board Recommendations: The Planning .and Zoning Commission recommends approval with staff recommended conditions by a vote of 5-1. Council Action Options: 1. Approval of rezoning as submitted. 2. Approval with physical conditions that will mitigate negative impacts. 3. Approval of a less intense zoning classification (only if recommended by PNZ). 4. Denial. 5. Denial. without prejudice (waives 180-day waiting period). 6. Table indefinitely. 7. Defer action to a specified date. Supporting Materials: 1. Location Map. 2. Infrastructure and Facilities. 3. PNZ Minutes (May 6, 1999 & August 5, 1999). 4. Ordinance Draft. INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES Water: Adequate for proposed zoning Sewer:. Adequate for proposed zoning Streets: The site has frontage along Puryear, Dominik, and George Bush East. As a part of the George Bush East widening project, a portion of the property will be purchased by the City. Off-site Easements: N/A Drainage: Will. be handled as a part of the site plan. Flood Plain: None on site. Oversize request: N/A Impact Fees: None in this area. NOTIFICATION: Legal Notice Publication(s): The Eagle; 7-21-99 and 8-11-99 Advertised Commission Hearing Dates(s): 8-5-99 Advertised Council Hearing Dates: 8-26-99 Number of Notices Mailed to Property Owners Within 200': 21 Response Received: One person spoke in opposition at the PNZ public hearing