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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.
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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.
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