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Home My WebLink About10/07/1993 - Minutes - Planning & Zoning CommissionMINUTES . Planning & Zoning Commission CITY OF' COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS October 7, 1.993 7:00 P.M. MEMBERS PRESENT: Commissioners Gribou, Smith, Hall and Lane. MEMBERS ABSENT: Chairman Hawthorne and Commissioners Herring and Mariott. STAFF PRESENT: Assistant Director of Economic Development Services Callaway, City Planner Kee, Assistant to the Cily Engineer Morgan and Planning Technician Thomas. AGENDA ITEM NO. 1: Approval of minutes from the meeting of September 16, 1993. Commissioner Lane moved Co approve the minutes Crom the meeting of September 16, 1993 as written. Commissioner Smith seconded the motion which passed unopposed (4 - 0). AGENDA ITEM NO. 2: Public hearing to consider a conditional use permit to allow an in home day care center with a maximum of twelve children at 1108 Hawk Tree. (93-714) City Planner Kee presented the staff report and slated that the Zoning Ordinance allows up to six • children to be cared for in a residential zoning district without a conditional use permit. Granting a permit would allow between seven and twelve children per day in a home. Therefore, the applicant is requesting permission to expand her existing in home child care business by up to six children. Commissioner Hall opened the public hearing. [7 Applicant Joyce Thorn of ll08 Hawk Tree informed the Commission that the property is fenced and the gates are padlocked. Currently there is only one other staff member; however, there are future plans to hire additional stall as needed. Ms. Thorn stated that she keeps six children between the ages of three and four years old. With the proposed expansion, she plans to keep toddlers from two years old up to five years of age. Ms. Thorn informed the Commission that she has been in business since June of 1993 and is registered by the state. The proposed hours of operation are 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Ms. Thorn concluded that she has received no disapproval from her neighbors in expanding her existing business. The children arrive and leave al different times during the day and there are rarely more than two cars in the driveway at one time. Commissioner Hall closed the public hearing. Commissioner Lane moved to approve a conditional use permit request by Ms. Joyce Thorn to operate an in home day care center with a maximum of twelve children at 1108 Hawk Tree. Commissioner Gribou seconded the motion which passed unopposed (4 - 0). AGENDA ITEM NO. 3: Consideration of the preliminary and final plats of the Foxcreek Estates Subdivision. ( & 308) ~~,-2Z~ ,~,~ City Planner Kee presented the stall report and recommended approval with the Presubmission Conference comments. The subject property is being platted to come into compliance with the City's Subdivision Regulations as the property was previously subdivided. According to the impact studies submitted addressing the four lots, the impacts arc negligible on all infrastructure systems. Impact studies on the reserve tract will be required when that tract subdivides. Commissioner Gribou moved to recommend approval of the preliminary and final plat of the Foxereek Estates Subdivision with Presubmission Conference comments. Commissioner Smith seconded the motion which passed unopposed (4 - 0). AGENDA ITEM NO. 4: Consideration of a final plat of the Nantucket Phase Four Subdivision. (93- 230) Assistant to the City Engineer Morgan presented the staff report and recommended approval of the final plat as submitted. The proposed subdivision complies with the Master Preliminary Plan for this subdivision as updated on August 1993. Commissioner Gribou moved to recommend approval oC the final plat of the Nantucket Phase Four Subdivision as presented. Commissioner Lane seconded the motion which passed unopposed (4 - 0). AGENDA ITEM NO. 5: Consideration of a preliminary plat for the Wilson Subdivision. (93-309) City Planner Kee presented the staff report and stated that the subject site is unplatted property that currently consists of two tracts. The applicant is platting the property into one lot, which was a condition of a recent rezoning action by the City. This will preclude multiple access points and signage. A Presubmission Conference held in which staff recommended approval of the final plat with the condition that only one access point be allowed to serve this lot, regardless of any future subdivision and that it will also provide the access to the C-1 property to the west. This C-1 property west and adjacent has only 29' of frontage and wraps around this Wilson subdivision. To avoid having two access points in close proximity, stall recommends that the access to the Wilson subdivision also supply access to the C-1 piece - ~ ~ and the ro ert bein r Matted were both once art of a tar rer arent tract to the west. This C 1 piec,c, p p y b l p ~, p that was apparently subdivided by metes and bounds back in 1984. Had this been done legally with a subdivision plat, there would have been the recommendation by staff that access to Barron Road be shared and limited to one access point. The City now has an opportunity to accomplish this with this subdivision. Further staff recommends that a note be included that indicates this properly is not located within the f7oodplain and that the vicinity map be clearer by indicating a distance from Slate Highway 6. Another condition of approval is shat a utility casement be included along the Barron Road frontage to cover a proposed sewer line extension and fire hydrant location. Commissioner Gribou moved to recommend approval of the preliminary plat of the Wilson Subdivision with all staff recommendations. Commissioner Smith seconded the motion which passed unopposed (4 - 0). AGENDA ITEM NO. 6 & 7:Consideration of the final plats of Pebble Creek Phases 1-H, 3-A and 3-B. (93-231 &232 &233) Assistant to the City Engineer Veronica Morgan presented the staff report for all three final plats. A Presubmission Conference was held on Wednesday, September 22, 1993. There were no problems identified with the three plats. Staff recommended approval of the final plats as submitted. Commissioner Smith moved to recommend approval of the final plats of Pebble Creek Phases 1-H, 3-A and 3-B as presented. Commissioner Lanc seconded the motion which passed unopposed (4 - 0). AGENDA ITEM NO. 8: Consideration of a final replat of the Edelweiss Estates Phase One Subdivision including lots 7 thru 10 of block 3. (93-234) Assistant to the City Engineer Morgan presented the staff report and recommended approval of the final plat as presented. The subject lots are being replattcd to resolve a building setback violation on lot 7. The four lots being resubdivided arc all owned by Stylecraft Builders and are simply being resized to resolve the setback problem. Commissioner Gribou moved to recommend approval of the final plat of Edelweiss Estates Phase One Subdivision including lots 7 thru 10 oC block 3 as presented. Commissioner Smith seconded the motion which passed unopposed (4 - (l). P & Z Minutes Octvher 7, 1993 Page 2 AGENDA ITEM NO. 9: Consideration of a preliminary plat for the Sweetwater Subdivision. (93-310) City Planner Kec presented the staff report. The subject plat was approved by the County Commissioner's Court on September 27, 1993. A Presubmission Conference was held on September 29, 1993, all comments from that meeting have been incorporated on the current plat. The applicant is requesting a variance to the cut-de-sac length limitation on Sweetwater. The subdivision regulations allow a maximum 600' cut-de-sac. Sweetwater is proposed to be approximately 2500'. However, these are large single family lots and there arc only 21 lots platted to have access onto this cut-de-sac. This is less than the number that could he platted on a 600' cut-de-sac with the minimum lot dimensions allowed by the Zoning Ordinance. Commissioner Hall expressed concern of not providing sidewalks along Sweetwater. Eventually, there will be a pressing need for sidewalks in this area even though there are only a limited number of lots. City Planner Kee stated that sidewalks have not been reduired in areas located in the E.T.J. Tom Northrup of Northrup Associates at 9328 Westview Drive in Houston, approached the Commission and stated that possibly as many as one-half oC the proposed lots may be combined to form larger lots. The character of the area is lairly well established into large lots with large homesites. Commissioner Gribou stated that sine there will only he 21 lots along the Sweetwater cut-de-sac, the variance request does not seem to be a problem; however, there is still a concern about sidewalks along the cut-de-sac. Commissioner Gribou moved to recommend approval of the preliminary plat of the Sweetwater Subdivision with staff recommendations. Commissioner Smith seconded the motion which passed unopposed (4 - 0). AGENDA ITEM NO. 10 Other business. . There was no other business. AGENDA ITEM NO. 11: Adjourn. Commissioner Grihou moved to adjourn the meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment. Commissioner Smith seconded the motion which passed unopposed (4 - 0). APP _. Chairman, Kylc Hawthor ,~ 7~~T, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ,~ /~ 1~ ~ ~ ,~L(~XI ~~'_ Planning Technician, Natalie Thomas i• P & Z Minutes October 7, 1993 Page 3 PCanninB ~' Zoning Commission Guest ~,egister Date ~, ~~ ~~ ._ 1. 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