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HomeMy WebLinkAbout00072652MINUTES Planning and Zoning Commission CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS May 2, 2002 7:00 P.M. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: STAFF PRESENT: AGENDA ITEM NO. 1: Hear visitors None. Commissioners Floyd, Happ, Hawthorne, Kaiser, Trapani, and Williams. Commissioner McMath. None. Staff Planners Hitchcock and Reeves, Graduate Engineer Thompson, City Attorney Cargill, Director of Development Services Templin, Senior Planner Battle, Neighborhood Planner Elrod, Assistant Development Review Manager George, Traffic Engineer Picah, Transportation Planner Fogle, Action Center Representative Steptoe, and Staff Assistant Hazlett. 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 Regular Meeting held on April 4, 2002. 3.2 Removed the Final Plat for Brentwood 3R 1 & 2, which consists of two lots on 4.96 acres located at 2401 Texas Avenue South. (02 -61) P&Z Minutes May 2, 2002 Page I of 4 Graduate Engineer Thompson presented the Staff Report. Mr. Thompson reported that this item is recommended for approval as submitted. He explained that this is a preliminary plat for the entire parent tract, but that a Final Plat will be submitted only for the 4 -acre tract called Phase 1. He added that access issues to this site from State Highway 6 will be worked out when a Site Plan is submitted in accordance with the Driveway Ordinance. In addition, the applicant is looking at dedicating the Greenway. Commissioner Kaiser asked Mr. Thompson to point out the access points along the frontage road. He expressed concern for public safety reasons. Chairman Floyd pointed out that the last opportunity to talk about access issues for this tract is at this preliminary plat stage. He questioned the purview of the Commission's authority /latitude in regards to the access issue. City Attorney Cargill stated that the Commission does not have the same authority for a plat issue that they have for a zoning case. He explained that the access issue, in regards to plats, is administrative in nature. He stated that the Driveway Ordinance drives the process for access issues with plats. Commissioner Happ motioned to approve and was seconded by Commissioner Williams. The motion carried 5 -1 with Commissioner Kaiser voting in opposition, stating safety issues as the reason for his vote. AGENDA ITEM NO. 8: Discussion, consideration, and possible action on a Final Plat for Lick Creek Subdivision consisting of one lot on 4.02 acres located at 4102 State Highway 6 South. (02 -69) No discussion. Commissioner Williams motioned for approval. Commissioner Trapani seconded the motion. The motion carried 5 -1 with Commissioner Kaiser voting in opposition, stating safety issues as the reason for his vote. AGENDA ITEM NO. 9: Discussion, consideration, and possible action on a Site Plan for a temporary parking lot for Continental Auto Sales located at 1005 Earl Rudder Freeway. (02 -70) Molly Hitchcock, Staff Planner, began the Staff Report by stating that she is recommending denial of the Site Plan. She stated that the property and those around it are zoned C -2 Commercial Industrial. The site originally developed as the Greensworld Golf Course and received an approved site plan in 1990. At that time only phase 1 of the plan was completed. Because site plans do not expire, the site plan for this property is still valid. Continental Auto Sales opened in Jan 2002 in the former Greensworld location and began parking cars for display on the grass in front of the building. On the site plan, this area is shown as a 23 -space parking lot designated as phase 2. Because the Zoning Ordinance requires that commercial properties provide parking and automobile display on approved surfaces, the City asked that the vehicles be removed from the grass. Since the cars were not moved in the three -week grace period given, the City had to go into code enforcement. P &Z Minutes May 2, 2002 Page 3 of 4 Staff Present: Steve Beachy, Director of Parks and Recreation; Eric Ploeger, Assistant Director (arrived during Item #7); Peter Vanecek, Senior Park Planner; Ross Albrecht, Forestry Superintendent; Curtis Bingham, Parks Operations Superintendent; Kristin Lehde, Staff Assistant. Board Members Present: John Nichols, Chairman; Don Allison; Jodi Warner; Larry Farnswroth; Bill Davis. Board Members Absent: Glenn Schroeder; Glen Davis. Guest: Mike McClure, Engineer. 1. Call to order: Chairman John Nichols called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. 2. Pardon — possible action concerning requests for absences of members from meeting: Larry Farnsworth made a motion to accept the absences of Glenn Schroeder and Glen Davis as excused. Jodi Warner seconded the motion. All were in favor, and the motion passed unanimously. 3. Hear visitors: Steve Beachy stated that he had received an e -mail from Mr. Jason Fikes, Chairman of the Alexandria Neighborhood Association, who had addressed the Board at previous meetings concerning a request for the City to place a playground on a greenway adjacent to the Alexandria Subdivision in Zone 10. Steve stated that there is a tour of Zone 10 scheduled with the Board on April 22, 2003, and that the greenway would be one of the sites visited. 4. Discussion, consideration, and possible approval of minutes from the Regular Meeting on March 4, 2003, and the Joint Meeting between the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board and the Planning and Zoning Commission on May 6, 2003: Bill Davis made a motion to approve the minutes from the regular meeting on March 4, 2003. Larry F. seconded the motion. All were in favor, and the motion passed unanimously. Larry F. made a motion to approve the minutes from the joint meeting on March 6, 2003. Bill D. seconded the motion. All were in favor, and the motion passed unanimously. Parks & Recreation Advisory Board Regular Meeting Tuesday, April 8, 2003 Page 1 of 6 S. Discussion, consideration, and possible action concerning park land dedication requests for the Gateway Subdivision, Phases 2 -4 (Zone 2): Pete Vanecek pointed to a location map of the proposed development. This proposed multi - family, 124 -unit development, is located on University Drive, West of Highway 6. Pete stated that the land requirement would be approximately one (1) acre, which is too small to build a neighborhood park on. Staff is recommending the acceptance of the proposed cash dedication of $56,048 in lieu of land. Steve stated that there was not a connecting greenway between the proposed development and the University Park site. Steve suggested that the Board recommend to the Planning and Zoning Commission that there be potential pedestrian access to the University Park site. Bill D. is concerned with accessibility, and suggested looking into ways of working with the City of Bryan to address that issue. After some discussion, Bill D. made a motion to accept the fee in lieu of land for the Gateway Subdivision, Phases 2 -4, with a recommendation to the Planning and Zoning Commission to review access issues. Don A. seconded the motion. All were in favor, and the motion passed unanimously. Bearden Addition (Zone 15): This item was removed from the agenda because the proposed development is outside the city limits. Westfield Village, Phase 6 (Zone 10): Pete V. pointed to a location map of the proposed development, which is located on Victoria Avenue and Mountain Breeze Way. The land dedications for the Westfield Subdivision, totaling 4.299 acres, have already been met through prior park land dedications. The proposed Phase 6 development includes 30 single - family dwelling units, and would add three (3) parcels of land, totaling an additional .34 acres, to the existing park land dedication. The developer would also be required to pay the Park Development Fee, which is $10,740. Steve stated that the developer has aligned the streets to provide significant access to the park site. After some discussion, Bill D. made a motion to accept the three (3) proposed parcels of land for Westfield Village, Phase 6, in addition to the Park Development Fee. Don A. seconded the motion. All were in favor, and the motion passed unanimously. 6. Report, discussion, and possible action concerning the Urban Forest Management Plan: Ross Albrecht said that an Urban Forest Management Plan was presented to the City Council on September 26, 2002. The direction that staff received at that time was to use Fiscal Year 2003 as a planning opportunity, and to come back to the Council with recommendations for implementation of the plan. Ross referred to a memorandum that was included in the Board packets, which included staff's recommendations for the plan's implementation. He said that staff recommends implementation of the plan using an incremental approach, primarily Parks & Recreation Advisory Board Regular Meeting Tuesday, April 8, 1003 Page 2 of 6