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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/04/1974 - Minutes - Planning & Zoning Commission SMINUTES Planning and Zoning Commission August 4, 1974 7:00 P.M. MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairman John Longley; Commissioners James Wallace, Ed Miller, Tom Chaney, Barney Stevenson, George Boyett, and M. R. Calliham; City Planner Bill Koehler, Engineering Aide Jimmy Wenzel; Council Liaison Don Dale. MEMBERS ABSENT: None. VISITORS PRESENT: See Guest Register. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 P.M. Agenda Item No. 1 -- Approval of the minutes of the meeting of July 17, 1974. The first sentence in Agenda Item No. 3 should be amended to read "14 duplex lots" instead of "13 duplex lots". Commissioner Miller moved that the minutes be approved with this amendment. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Chaney and unanimously approved. Agenda Item No. 2 -- Hear visitors. No one spoke. Agenda Item No. 3 -- Consideration of a final plat of Southwood Valley, Section Two. • City Planner Koehler displayed the plat and stated that it had been reviewed and conformed to the preliminary which had been approved at the last meeting. He said that there had been adequate time for review and that there was no objection to waiver of the 15 day filing deadline. A motion was made by Commissioner Wallace and seconded by Commissioner Stevenson to waive the 15 day filing deadline and to approve the final plat. The motion was approved unanimously with Commissioner Boyett abstaining. Agenda Item No. 4 -- Other business. Mr. A. P. King stated that it had been suggested to him by Councilman Jim Gardner that he should consider the possibility of providing open space and recreation areas within his proposed apartment project in lieu of dedicating park land to the City which would require City development and maintenance. He asked for the Commission's views on this proposal. Commissioner Boyett pointed out that a difficulty would arise in assuring the perpetuation of the use of the open space, that deed restrictions would likely not be satisfactory and that possibly the use of the land could be assured by an easement covering it. Commissioner Chaney and Council Liaison Dale agreed that it would be advantageous to the City and to the residents of the area to have a developed recreational area suited to their needs rather than to have raw park land which would be up to the City to develop and maintain. Commissioner Stevenson asked whether it would be proper to grant a variance to this provision of the ordinance and thereby set a precedent for waiver of valuable requirement. Commissioner Boyett called attention to paragraph 10-C.1 of the subdivision ordinance which implies that this is proper. Commissioner Calliham stated that, as the ordinance requires parks to be adjacent to a public street, the intent of the ordinance must be to have the parks and recreational areas serve a neighborhood larger than a single apartment complex. L r � MINUTES, Planning and Zoning Commission Page 2 August 5, 1974 Commissioner Boyett concluded that unless park dedication was made according to the ordinance, any other agreement must be approved by the City Council. City Planner Koehler presented a proposed master preliminary plat of Southwood Valley, Section III, and explained that the owner wished to have the plat considered a master preliminary plat for development in three installments. A motion was made by Commissioner Chaney and seconded by Commissioner Miller to accept the plat as a master preliminary plat. The motion was approved unanimously with Commissioner Boyett abstaining. Chairman Longley called attention to a letter stating the City's policy on building permits and utility connections in lands which have been divided without duly approved plats. Chairman Longley pointed out that the Mayor had called for a joint public hearing of the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council to be held on August 26, 1974 at 7:00 P.M. and called for a meeting of the Commission on that date. Dr. Christopher Mathewson presented a series of interpretive maps showing engineering geologic features of the College Station-Bryan areas as they pertain to urban development. Agenda Item No. 5 -- Adjourn. Upon a motion by Commissioner Boyett, seconded by Commissioner Wallace and unanimously approved, the meeting was adjourned. • APPROVED ‘. 47=ram hairman ATTEST Ala-1 Walt Pi S cret y PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING AUGUST 5, 1974 7: 00 P.M. PLEASE SIGN BELOW: • 1. L P 7 16. 2. Wr/") 17R 3. 18 . �4 a -7V 4. � 19 . 5. 20. 6. 21. 7. 22. fi) 8. 23 . 9. 24 . 10. 25. 11 . 26 . 12. 27 . 13. 28 . 411' 14 . 29. 15. 30 .