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MINUTES
Planning and Zoning Commission
CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS
April 4, 2002
7:00 P.M.
COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Commissioners Floyd, Happ, Hawthorne, Kaiser,
McMath, Trapani, and Williams.
COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: None.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Maloney.
STAFF PRESENT: Staff Planners Jimmerson, Hitchcock, and Reeves,
Planning Intern Flanery, Graduate Engineer Thompson,
Assistant City Attorney Nemcik, Director of
Development Services Templin, City Planner Kee, Senior
Planners Kuenzel and Battle, Assistant Development
Review Manager George, Action Center Representative
Steptoe, and Staff Assistant Hazlett.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 1: Hear visitors
None.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 2: Public Comment for the Record
None.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 3: Consent Agenda
The following items were approved by common consent.
3.1 Approved the Minutes from the Workshop Meeting held on February 21, 2002.
3.2 Approved the Minutes from the Regular Meeting held on February 21, 2002.
3.3 Approved the Minutes from the Workshop Meeting held on March 11, 2002.
3.4 Approved the Minutes from the Regular Meeting held on March 11, 2002.
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3.5 Approved the Final Plat for Ponderosa Place Section 2 located at Rock Prairie and
Longmire, consisting of 3 lots on 4.62 acres. (02-44)
3.6 Approved the Final Plat for Alexandria Subdivision Phase 5 consisting of 44 lots on
13.664 acres at 1300 Barron Road. (02-47)
REGULAR AGENDA
AGENDA ITEM NO. 4: Consider request(s) for absence from meetings.
Commissioner McMath motioned to approve the absence requests. Commissioner Trapani seconded
the motion. The motion carried 7-0.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 5: Public hearing, discussion, and possible action on items removed
from the Consent Agenda by Commission action.
None.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 6: Consideration, discussion, and possible action on a Preliminary Plat for
Lick Creek Subdivision consisting of once R-6 (Apartment/High Density) lot and one C-2
(Commercial-Industrial) lot on 14.75 acres located at 4102 State Highway 6 South.
The applicant requested that this item be pulled from the agenda.
AGENDA ITEM NO. 7: Public hearing, discussion, and possible action on a Rezoning from
A-O, Agricultural Open, to R-1, Single Family Residential and C-1, General Commercial for
17.22 acres on Arnold Road, adjacent to and south of Southwood Athletic Park. (02-48)
Staff Planner Jimmerson presented the Staff Report. Ms. Jimmerson began her report by stating that
staff recommends denial, without prejudice, of the rezoning due to infrastructure constraints and
noncompliance with the Land Use Plan. She pointed out that the rezoning request was evaluated on
two main sets of criteria; compliance with the Comprehensive Plan, including the Land Use and
Thoroughfare Plans, and on the conditions in the area, including potential increase in negative impacts
to the public infrastructure. Ms. Jimmerson explained that the C-1 zoning does not comply with the
Land Use Plan for the area and that it also does not comply with the development policies of the City's
Comprehensive Plan which only supports commercial uses at intersections of major roadways. She
added that the R-1 zoning complies with the Land Use Plan but the increase in density would have a
negative impact on the infrastructure. In addition, in order to provide access to the site, by building
Arnold Road and complying with the Thoroughfare Plan, some of the off-site improvement will be
required since a portion of the Right-of-Way is off-site. Ms. Jimmerson also stated that this
recommendation is not a reflection upon the applicant's non-attempt to build a section of the
infrastructure. However, under the current ordinances, the City would not have the ability to enforce
the issue, if the applicant did not follow through with the plans to build the infrastructure.
Commissioner Kaiser asked the distance between the city property parking lot and the property line.
Ms. Jimmerson estimated it to be approximately 40-50 feet.
Chairman Floyd opened the public hearing.
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