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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/16/1992 - Minutes - Planning & Zoning CommissionC MINUTES Planning and Zoning Commission CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS July 16, 1992 7:00 P.M. MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairperson Hawthorne and Commissioners Smith, Lane, Gribou and Mariott. (Commissioner Hall arrived during the staff presentation of item number 4.) MEMBERS ABSENT: Commissioner Herring. STAFF PRESENT: Senior Planner Kee, Planning Technician Thomas, Staff Planner Kuenzel, Assistant to the City Engineer Morgan, Project Engineer Keating and Development Coordinator Volk. AGENDA ITEM NO. 1: Presentation of service plaques by Mayor Larry J. Ringer. Mayor Larry J. Ringer presented a service plaque to Nancy Sawtelle and thanked her for • her dedication and service throughout her terms on the Planning and Zoning Commission. Mayor Ringer presented Mike Lane a service plaque and thanked him for his service on the Zoning Board of Adjustment and welcomed him to the Commission. Ms. Sawtelle thanked the Mayor and City Council for the privilege of serving on the Commission. She commended staff for their outstanding patience and professionalism and thanked them for always offering such excellent support to the Commission. AGENDA ITEM NO. 2: Approval of minutes from the meeting of June 23, 1992. Commissioner Mariott moved to approve the minutes from the meeting of June 23, 1992 as written. Commissioner Lane seconded the motion which passed unopposed (5 - 0). AGENDA ITEM NO. 3: Public hearing to consider a conditional use permit request by Ricky Miller for Bullwinkle's Grill and Bar located at 1601 South Texas Avenue to expand the use of the recently approved banquet room into a game room and banquet room combined. (92-709) Staff Planner Kuenzel presented the conditional use permit request to the Commission. On May 21, 1992, the Commission approved a conditional use permit to allow the addition of 1250 square feet to the existing Bullwinkle's Grill and Bar. The use that was requested and approved was a banquet room, storage area, and office. The applicant would like to amend this permit to allow the use of the banquet room to include pool tables. Chairperson Hawthorne opened the public hearing. Seeing no one present to speak in favor • of or in opposition to the item, he closed the public hearing. Commissioner Smith moved to approve the conditional use permit to expand the use of the existing Bullwinkle's Grill and Bar banquet room to allow a game room and banquet room combined. Commissioner Gribou seconded the motion which passed unopposed (4 - 1 - 0); Chairperson Hawthorne abstained from voting. • AGENDA ITEM NO. 4: Amendin final plat of Block D, University Park I and Lot 5, Block V, University Park II. (92-210 Assistant to the City Engineer Morgan presented the staff report and recommended approval. The applicant is proposing to abandon an existing twenty foot alley located between block D and block V. In addition, the applicant is reducing the number of lots from twenty to five to provide the location of the Texas A & M Systems Headquarters Complex and a few guest houses along Spring Loop. The applicant is proposing to take over all internal sewer lines and thereby deleting all internal utility easements that once covered these lines. The plat as submitted does not have the signature of the applicant at this time. Due to the difficulty in acquiring the signature from the System, they have requested that they sign after all corrections have been made as required by the reviewing and approving bodies. (Commissioner Hall arrived.) Commissioner Mariott moved to recommend approval of the final plat of lot 5, block V of University Park Section II and all of block D of University Park Section I. Commissioner Smith seconded the motion which passed unopposed (6 - 0). AGENDA ITEM NO. 5: Consideration of parking requirements for proposed batting ca es and bumper boats to be added to the existing Putt-Putt Golf Course site located at 1705 Valley View Drive. (92-411) This item was removed from the agenda at the request of the applicant. • AGENDA ITEM NO. 6: Consideration of an amendment to Zoning Ordinance #1638, Section 9.3, pertaining to parking requirements for medical /dental clinics. (92-811) Senior Planner Kee informed the Commission that staff has reviewed a request from Page Southerland Page (PSP), architects for Scott and White Clinic, to review the City's parking requirements for medical clinics and to consider an ordinance amendment. With this request, PSP submitted information from several sources; other cities and the Institute of Transportation Engineer (ITE). ITE suggests, from surveys of actual parking situations, that requirements should vary depending on the size of the clinic with less parking per square foot required as the clinic gets larger. Staff has reviewed the literature and agrees and proposes the attached amendment to the Zoning Ordinance. The breakdown staff proposes is slightly more restrictive on the mid-size and larger clinics than PSP is suggesting and slightly less restrictive on the smaller operations. This is based on our experience with the existing clinic which is 45,000 square feet. With an approved variance, the existing clinic supplies parking at a ratio of one space per 196 square feet. Senior Planner Kee stated that Phase one will include 101,000 square feet of additional space. Current parking regulations would require an additional 293 parking spaces (one space per 150 square feet) which is not realistic. There have been some parking problems at the clinic as is evidenced by continued parking along Glenhaven Drive; the problems have not been severe. Chairperson Hawthorne opened the public hearing. David Knoop, Administrator of the Scott and White Clinic, approached the Commission and stated that the building was originally designed for thirty providers; however, over the past few years, this number has increased resulting in a congested parking lot. The clinic encourages staff to park along Glenhaven Drive to allow patients to park in the existing parking lot. The new clinic parking ratios will be greater than those of the existing clinic; the new clinic is designed for one doctor per 1500 square feet as opposed to one doctor per 2200 square feet. P & Z Minutes July 16, 1992 Page 2 :7 Chairperson Hawthorne closed the public hearing. Commissioner Mariott moved to recommend approval of the zoning ordinance amendment of section 9.3 pertaining to parking requirements for medical /dental clinics as presented. Commissioner Gribou seconded the motion which passed unopposed (6 - 0). AGENDA ITEM NO. 7: Other business. There was no other business. AGENDA ITEM NO. 8: Adjourn. Commissioner Mariott moved to adjourn the meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission. Commissioner Lane seconded the motion which passed unopposed (6 - 0). APPRQVED: hairperson, Kyle Hawthorne • -. Planni g echnician, Natalie homas n U P & Z Minutes July 16, 1992 Page 3 ~Cannin~ ~' ZoninB Commission Guest register Date ~~"; ~ _~ ° ~ _ ~ ~~,~ ~Rme ~ 9~ cfrf ss y ,_, l ~ _. I ~_.__ 7 ~~ ~ . ~ ,r 4. /~/ ,~.~2-mac. ~~'-r~r ' J _. ~~ 7. 8. 9. 10. • 11. 12. 13. 14. 1S. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. • 24. 2S. 1 ~.