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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/20/1979 - Minutes - Planning & Zoning CommissionMINUTES i~ City of College Station Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting September 20, 1979 7:00 P.M. MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairman Watson; Commissioners Etter, Sears, Hazen, Suveeney, Stover, Behling, Ringer; City Planner Mayo, City Engineer Ash, Zoning Official Callaway, Planning Assistant Longley; City Council Liaison Ringer. ~, MEMBERS ABSENT: None AGENDA ITEM N0. 1 -- Approval of minutes - meeting of September 6, 1979. Commissioner Etter moved that the minutes be approved. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Behling and unanimously approved. AGENDA ITEM N0. 2 -- Hear visitors. No one spoke. AGENDA ITEM N0. 3 -- A public hearing on the question of rezoning a 250 acre tract located between Highway 30 and the eastward extension of F.M. 60 from Agricultural/Open District A-0 to Planned Industrial District M-1. The ap- plication is in the name-of Texas Instruments, Inc.. Mr. Mayo showed the location of the tract. The public hearing was opened. Mr. Randy Johnston, Attorney for Texas Instruments, spoke in favor of the request. Commissioner Hazen asked how access to the tract would be handled. Mr. Johnston stated that the plant would take access from Highway 30 until the extension of F.M. 60 was completed. Commissioner Stover pointed out that the impact of this development should be considered in the update of the Comprehensive Plan. The public hearing was closed. Commissioner Stover moved that the Commission recommend approval of the requested rezoning. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Sears and unanimously approved. AGENDA ITEM N0. 4 -- A public hearing on the question of granting a Conditional Use Permit to the A&M Wesley Foundation for the construction of a parking lot to be located on the corner of Church Street and Stasney Street. Mr. Mayo showed the proposed plan and referred to his memo which suggested that MINUTES Planning and Zoning Commission September 20, 1979 7:00 P.M. Page 2 the angled spaces adjacent to the building be made parallel spaces to allow adequate width in the driving lane, that space number 1 should be protected be an island at the curb cut off the alley and that in the lot on the corner, the spaces should be widened to 9 feet and include islands at both ends of of the rows. The public hearing was opened. Mr. John Womak of the Wesely Foundation stated that the lot would be surfaced with 4 inches of black base and lZ inches of asphalt, that the alley would be graded to solve drainage problems and that the angled spaces would be paved in the same manner as the main parking lot. Mr. Womak stated that the angled spaces had been designed to allow the maximum number of spaces on the land availabel and asked that they be allowed to remain. Commissioner Behling asked if the applicant would agree to use 9 foot spaces on the entire project. Mr. Womak stated that they would be agreeable to this. Commissioner Sweeney asked if a curb would be provided to prevent cars from overhanging onto Church Street. Mr. Womak said that curb stops would be located in this area and that they had adequate area to allow more space between the isles. City ongineer Ash suggested that the angle of the parking be changed from 606 to 30 thus allowing for more backing distance.; Mr. Womak stated that he thought his committee would be agreeable to this. The public hearing was closed. Commissioner Behling moved that the permit be granted subject to the applicant working out the discussed changes and details with the City Staff. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Sweeney. Commissioner Sweeney stated that he objected to the angled parking and felt that it should be made parallel. Commissioner Stover pointed out that the plan submitted lacked sufficient detail and dimensioning to allow fora determination of its appropriateness. Commissioner Etter stated that he felt too many changes were necessary for the permit to be granted at this time. The motion to grant the permit was approved by the following vote: For: Watson, Sears, Hazen, Behling Opposed: Etter, Sweeney, Stover • MINUTES Planning and Zoning Commission September 20, 1979 7:00 P.M. Page 3 AGENDA ITEM N0. 5 -- Consideration of a request fora Conditional Use Permit to the Alpha Phi Fraternity, Inc. for the expansion of its existing sorority house located at 1302 Munson Avenue. Commissioner Sweeney moved that the item be removed from the table. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Etter and unanimously approved. Mr. Mayo pointed out that the Director of Public Services had asked that the fence be removed from the area between the dumpster and the parking lot so that the waste trucks could not damage the fence. He also noted that a raised island fire lane had been provided in the first two spaces in front of the building and that the sorority had agreed to reduce its occupancy from 34 to 30 girls. City Engineer Ash stated that he was satisfied with the location of the fence in the area along Munson Avenue and the intersection of Munson and Dominik. Commissioner Stover stated that he still felt the project was too dense and left nothing on the site except building and paving. Chairman Watson stated that the project was better than allowing eight girls to live in a three bedroom house. He suggested that this would be only a false buffer to the residential area. Commissioner Etter stated that the property was not the type of property that should be developed so intensely. Commissioner Sweeney moved that the permit be granted. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Sears and approved by the following vote: For: Watson, Sears, Sweeney, Behling Opposed: Stover, Etter, Hazen AGENDA ITEM N0. 6 -- Consideration of a landscape-parking 1 service center to be located on the southwest corner of the mire Drive and F.M. 2818 Frontage Road. Mr. Mayo explained that the property was not platted and would have o be platted to provide the indicated access easements. Mr. W.D. Fitch stated that he intended to keep the property under his ownership and develop the remainder of the property as stand alone commercial tracts. Mr. Mayo said that if the land were to remain under Mr. Fitch's ownership, he would withdraw his objection. Commissioner Stover objected to the inclusion of an access point off of Longmire between the F.M. 2818 frontage road and the access easement. City Engineer Ash stated that he was unable to attend the P.R.C. meeting, but that if he had been there, he would also have objected to the location of this curb cut. He suggested that the use of private access easements could be used as a method of subverting the City's policy regarding number of curb cuts allowed on a site. He explained that if the tract were located between two City streets out for an automotive ntersection of Lona- MINUTES Planning and Zoning Commission September 20, 1979 7:00 P.M. Page 4 rather than between the frontage road and the private access easement, it would be allowed three curb cuts, and that if the proposed plan were approved, it would have five. He recommended that the plan be approved with the closing of the curb cut off of Longmire. Mr. Fitch stated that the easements served as a street into the remainder of the property and that the access off of Longmire was intended to be marked as an entrance only. He also explained that the curb cut would allow the service station facility to function better. Mr. Ash pointed out that there would be more stacking space for the service station if cars entered the site from the access easement only. Mr. Fitch stated that the auto service center would suffer a loss in business if the curb cut on Longmire were closed. Mr. Ash said that the majority of business at the gas pumps would be from Southwood Valley residents who would use the access easement anyway since it was located near- er to them that the curb cut on Longmire. Commissioner Stover suggested that the size of the access easement be enlarged so that the frontage road could be eliminated as development continued. Commissioner Stover moved that the plan be approved with the stipulation that the curb cut on Longmire Drive be eliminated. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Hazen and approved by the following vote: For: Stover, Sweeney, Hazen, Etter Opposed: Sears, Watson, Behling AGENDA .ITEM N0. 7 -- Consideration of a landscape-parking. layout for Oceanography International located at 512 F.M. 2818. Mr. Mayo stated that all changes suggested by the P.R.C. had been made. Mr. Rodney Hill, Project Architect and Mr. Mick Murphy, Landscape Architect, presented the proposed plan. Commissioner Sweeney moved that the plan be approved. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Hazen and unanimously approved. AGENDA ITEM N0. 8 -- Other business. Mr. Mayo advised the Commission of the need to hold a workshop to finalize plans for the revision to the Comprehensive plan and future meetings of the Citizen's Advisory Committee. The Commission set a workshop session for Tuesday afternoon at 3:30, September 25. Mr. Mayo advised the Commission of his progress on the ordinance revising the co~- mercial sections of the Zoning Ordinance. The Commission discussed the proposed ordinance. MINUTES Planning and Zoning Commission September 20, 1979 7:00 P.M. Page 5 Commissioner Hazen asked that something be done to speed up the installation of a traffic control signal at the intersection of Southwest Parkway and Texas Avenue. City Engineer Ash introduced Mr. John Black who has been hired by the City to serve as Traffic Engineer. AGENDA: ITEM N0. 9 -- Adjourn. Commissioner Behling moved that the meeting be adjourned. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Stover and unanimously approved. The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 P.M. APPROVED Chairman • Attest Secretary