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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-00500172- 00074826MINUTES Planning and Zoning Commission CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS September 5, 2002 7:00 P.M. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Commissioners Floyd, Williams, White, Shafer, Hall, and Trapani. COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Commissioner McMath. COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Council Member Mears. STAFF PRESENT: Assistant City Manager Brown, Staff Planners Reeves, Flanery, Fletcher, and Hitchcock, Assistant City Attorney Robinson, Director of Development Services Templin, City Planner Kee, Senior Planner Battle, Development Manager Ruiz, Assistant Development Manager George, Traffic Engineer Picah, Transportation Planner Fogle, Assistant City Engineer McCully, Graduate Civil Engineers Thompson and Cotter, Action Center Representatives Steptoe and Kelly, and Staff Assistant Hazlett. AGENDA ITEM NO. 1: Hear Visitors No one spoke. AGENDA ITEM NO. 2: Public Comment for the Record. No one spoke. AGENDA ITEM NO. 3: Consent Agenda 3.1 Approved the minutes from the July 1, 2002 Workshop Meeting. 3.2 Approved the minutes from the July 1, 2002 Regular Meeting. 3.3 Approved the minutes from the July 18, 2002 Workshop Meeting. P&Z Minutes September 5, 2002 Page 1 of 8 Staff Planner Flanery presented the Staff Report. Ms. Flanery stated that the applicant plans to construct a new 118 feet tower at the location and that Staff recommends approval. She explained that access to the site would be taken from a driveway off of the private access easement from Holleman. She added that the proposed tower meets all setbacks and separation distances from the two residential zoning districts. Ms. Flanery reported that there are natural buffers on all sides of the subject property. She added that a cedar fence as well as landscaping would surround the cell tower equipment. The Land Use Plan designates this area as high- density single family. However, the subject property is currently developed as commercial/industrial. There was some concern expressed about notifying the nearby church. Chairman Floyd opened the public hearing. The following spoke in favor of the tower: Joseph Abboud, Cingular Wireless, 2929 Briarpark #329, Houston, Texas Willie , 8706 Driftwood Benito Flores-Meath, 901 Val Verde Some discussion regarding co-location and the array of such, the needed height of the tower as well as the 10'X16' equipment shelter ensued. No one spoke in opposition of the tower. Chairman Floyd closed the public hearing. Commissioner Trapani motioned to approve the tower. Commissioner White seconded the motion. Commissioner Shafer stated that he would like for Staff to make certain that the nearby church is notified and made aware of the tower since they will be impacted by the tower. Commissioner Trapani withdrew his motion. Commissioner White withdrew his second. Commissioner White motioned to table, pending response from the church relative to the construction of the tower. Commissioner Trapani seconded the motion, which carried 6-0. FOR: Floyd, Trapani, White, Shafer, Hall, and Williams AGAINST: None AGENDA ITEM NO. 8: Consideration, discussion, and possible action on a Variance Request to the Subdivision Regulations for the Simmons' Property consisting of 3.12 acres located on Barron Cut-Off Road. (02-172) Staff Planner Flanery presented the Staff Report stating that Staff recommends approval of the variance. She explained that the applicant is requesting a variance to the platting requirements in order to replace a manufactured home on 3.12 acres of land that is currently zoned as A-O (Agricultural Open). Ms. Flanery added that an heir to the original landowner illegally subdivided the parent tract, which consists of 37.615 acres, into 7 tracts of varying size. The subdivision regulations require that the entire parent tract be preliminary platted prior to final P&Z Minutes September 5, 2002 Page 5 of 8 plat of the individual lot. She stated that the applicant is asking for a variance to allow them to final plat their 3.12 acres tract without preliminary platting the entire parent tract. Ms. Flanery reported that the applicant had plans to replace a dilapidated mobile home with a newer manufactured home but were denied a permit to do so because the land was not properly subdivided, and the current configuration of the lot was smaller than the 5 acre minimum allowed by the A-O zoning district. Additionally, several attempts have been made to get the different owners of the tracts together for legal subdivision, without success. Chairman Floyd requested that the letter from the applicant's attorney be made a part of the record. The following spoke in favor of the variance request: Chuck Ellison, Attorney, representing the Simmons family. Commissioner Trapani motioned to approve the variance request. Commissioner White seconded the motion, which carried 6-0. FOR: Floyd, Shafer, White, Trapani, Williams, and Hall AGAINST: None AGENDA ITEM NO. 9: Consideration, discussion, and possible action on a Master Preliminary Plat for the Crowley Tract, consisting of 331.403 acres located at 4400 State Highway 6 South. (02-57) Graduate Civil Engineer Thompson presented the Staff Report. He stated that Staff recommends approval of the Master Preliminary Plat. He added that no phasing of the project has been proposed or considered for this plat. He explained that this plat complies with the approved Master Development Plan. He pointed out that the location of Decatur at State Highway 40 has been the only change. Commissioner Trapani motioned to approve. Commissioner Shafer seconded the motion, which carried 6-0. FOR: Floyd, Shafer, White, Trapani, Williams, and Hall AGAINST: None AGENDA ITEM NO. 10: Public hearing, discussion, and possible action for an Amendment to the Buffer Regulations in the City's Zoning Ordinance. (02-178) Development Manager Ruiz presented the Staff Report. Ms. Ruiz stated that the amendment is being presented to the Commission at the direction of the City Council and the Planning and Zoning Commission as a result of the July Joint UDO meeting because there are developments pending that are impacted by the current requirement. This amendment proposes to eliminate the wall requirement to require the same buffer as is required for multi-family development. She explained that individual lots in higher density areas are being redeveloped as duplexes and that the requirement for the wall is onerous from a cost standpoint but will also create small walled compounds in and among single-family lots. Chairman Floyd opened the public hearing. Benito Flores-Meath, 901 Val Verde, spoke in opposition to the amendment. P&Z Minutes September 5, 2002 Page 6 of 8