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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/22/1975 - Minutes - Planning & Zoning Commissionrr"-- MINUTES Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting September 22, 1975 7:00 P.M. 410 MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairman Longley; Commissioners Miller, Stevenson, Boyett, Stover, Austin; Council Liaison Adams; City Planner Mayo; City Engineer Ash; Planning Assistant Longley MEMBERS ABSENT: Commissioner Matthewson VISITORS PRESENT: See guest register. Agenda Item No. 1 -- Approval of minutes of meetings of August 18 and August 25, 1975. Commissioner Miller moved to approve the minutes. Commissioner Boyett seconded. The motion passed unanimously. Agenda Item No. 2 -- Hear visitors. No one spoke. Agenda Item No. 3 -- Consideration of a replat of the resubdivision of Lots 24 and 25, Block 5, University Oaks, Section Two. City Planner Mayo explained the replat. Commissioner Boyett questioned if the adjacent property owners had been notified. City Planner Mayo said no, they need not be notified for a replat. Commissioner Boyett said he felt that their opinion was important due to the proposed changing of the rear setback. Mayo questioned Mr. Ron Cruz, the developer, if he had ever notified these property owners. Mr. Cruz said he had not, but that a heavy buffer of trees and shrubs existed at the common rear property line between his lots and the lots on Gilchrist. Commissioner Boyett suggested that City Planner Mayo contact the two owners in question while the Commission go on to Agenda Item No. 4. Mayo left to contact them by phone. After action had been taken on Agenda Item No. 4, Mayo reported he had contacted Mrs. Hall, and she was totally against the duplexes being any closer to the rear property line. Mr. Gladden could not be contacted. Mr. Cruz suggested that he could build a fence at the rear line but most of the foliage would have to be removed. Commissioner Austin asked Mr. Cruz if he could redesign the unit. Mr. Cruz said he could but he would have to get reapproval of the loan. Commissioner Boyett moved to approve the plat as shown. The motion died for lack of a second. After some discussion, Commissioners Boyett and Stevenson suggested that Mr. Cruz try to reposition the unit so that the overlap was minimized and preferably at the front setback. They said the Commission could call a special meeting to reconsider the plat at that time and make a recommendation to the Zoning Board of Adjustment to grant a variance if necessary. Agenda Item No. 4 -- A public hearing on the question of rezoning Tract 54 of the Morgan Rector League from Single-Family Residential District, District R-1, to Apartment Building District, District R-3. The application is in the name of K.F.O. (Kahan, Feigenbaun, Osoba) . Commissioner Boyett questioned the access to the property and the excessive length of the cul-de-sac needed for development. He also questioned if there was any possibility of a cross street into an adjacent neighborhood. Commissioner Stevenson questioned if the property was in the flood plain. Mr. Kahan said the rear part of the property was in the flood plain. Mr. Osoba explained that they had done no detailed planning because they wanted the rezoning assured first. He also said the project would be perhaps twenty four-plex units. Commissioner Boyett questioned the possibility of a link to Sterling Street, even as substandard a street as it is. City Planner Mayo pointed out that Sterling would be paved with Community Development Program funds this year from Texas Avenue to Lassie Lane which connects with Holleman Drive. He also said that the rest of Sterling Street should be paved in the same MINUTES, Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting Page 2 September 22, 1975 7:00 P.M. program within three or four years. Mr. Kahan suggested that about 2600 feet of the length of the property be rezoned instead of the whole length. Commissioner Stover pointed out that this is still much too long for a cul-de-sac, but Commissioner Boyett reminded the Commission that even with the zoning, the developers would have to plat the property, at which time they could deal with the street problems. Mayo said that an adjacent developer, Richard Smith at Brentwood, had similar problems on part of his property, and that possibly K.F.O. consult with Richard Smith to achieve a common solution. Mr. Kahan said they only planned to build the street as they needed it for development. Commissioner Stover suggested that they encourage the Hardy Gardens and U-Rent-M to use entrance access off the proposed "K.F.O." street instead of Texas Avenue. Commissioner Boyett moved to recommend to the City Council the rezoning of a tract of land the full width as shown but to extend no further east than lots 60 and 66 on Sterling Street from R-1 to R-3. Commissioner Boyett pointed out that the Pinnell study, the proposed Comprehensive Development Plan, indicated an extension of Stallings Drive to cross in that area. Commissioner Stover seconded. The motion passed unanimously. Agenda Item No. 5 -- Other business. Commissioner Stover expressed concern about a recent C-1 rezoningof a property in the name of A. Holik near the P P Y intersection of Holleman and Welch. He noted that a sign was on the property advertising the availability of the commercial property for development or lease. Since he had under- stood from Mr. Holik that the plans were to build a small nursery, and in view of the erection of the sign very soon after the rezoning, he stated that he felt there had been some misrepresentation in the hearings. Commissioner Boyett pointed out that the Commission could initiate a rezoning. The general consensus of the Commission 411/ was that Mr. Holik is not doing what he said he was going to do. Commissioner Stover moved to recommend that the Planning and Zoning Commission initiate a rezoning action on the property in question from General Commercial District, C-1, to Neighborhood Business, C-N. Commissioner Miller seconded. The motion passed unanimously. Agenda Item No. 6 -- Adiourn. Commissioner Boyett moved to adjourn. Commissioner Stover seconded. The motion passed unanimously. APPROVED 17ca--e-c 6 Chairman ATT dellalf/t0111AH Secretary PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING September 22, 1975 7:00 P.M. PLEASE GN 0 4110 1. 19. 2. 20. 3. 21. 4. 22. 5. 23. 6. 24. 7. 25. 8. 26. 411 9. 27. 10. 28. 11. 29. 12. 30. 13. 31. 14. 32. 15. 33. 16. 34. 17. 35. 4111 18. 36. J