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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/03/1994 - Minutes - Planning & Zoning Commission• MINUTES Planning & Zoning Commission CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS November 3, 1994 7:00 P.M. • • COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chairman Hawthorne, Commissioners Smith, Lane, and Lightfoot. COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Commissioners Garner, Hall and Gribou. STAFF PRESENT: City Planner Kee, Assistant City Engineer Morgan, Planning Technician Thomas, and Transportation Planner Hard. (Council Liaison Mariott was in the audience.) AGENDA ITEM NO. 1: The COIISent Agenda consists of non-controversial or "housekeeping" items required by law. Items may be removed from the Consent Agenda by any citizen, City staff member, or Commissioner by making such a request prior to a motion and vote on the Consent Agenda. (1.1) Approval of minutes from the meeting of October 20, 1994. The minutes from the meeting of October 20, 1994 were unanimously approved by consent. AGENDA ITEM NO. 2: Public hearing to consider a conditional use permit request for the expansion of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church located at 1216 Detroit Street. (94-711) City Planner Kee presented the staff report and recommended approval of the conditional use permit. The Project Review Committee reviewed this project on September 22, 1994. It was determined that the addition would not impact the current parking situation because the parking requirement for churches is based on seating capacity only. Therefore, the church retains its legal non conforming status. The property has about twenty-five head in parking spaces and may continue to remain as a non conforming parking area until significant site changes are proposed that effect the site's parking requirements. If such changes do occur, total compliance with all of the current zoning ordinance parking lot requirements must be met. Thirty-two surrounding property owners were notified with no response. Chairman Hawthorne opened the public hearing. Representative of the applicant Roy Hammons approached the Commission and offered to answer any questions pertaining to the proposed conditional use permit. Chairman Hawthorne closed the public hearing. Commissioner Lane moved to grant a conditional use permit for the expansion of the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church located at 1216 Detroit Street. Commissioner Smith seconded the motion which passed unopposed (4 - 0). • C: ~• AGENDA ITEM NO. 3: Public hearing to consider a conditional use permit request for the expansion of the Bethel Baptist Church located at 4308 State Highway 30. (94-711) City Planner Kee presented the staff report and recommended approval of the proposed conditional use permit request. The Project Review Committee reviewed this project on September 21, 1994. The Zoning Board of Adjustment has determined that the expansion will not require upgrading of the property. Therefore, the church retains its legal non conforming status. The property has gravel parking and may continue to remain as a non conforming parking area until significant site changes are proposed that effect the site's parking requirements. If such changes do occur, total compliance with all of the current zoning ordinance parking lot requirements must be met. Seven surrounding property owners were notified with no response. Chairman Hawthorne opened the public hearing. Representative of the applicant Jim Holster of 6404 Windwood Drive approached the Commission and offered to answer any questions pertaining to the proposed conditional use permit. Chairman Hawthorne closed the public hearing. Commissioner Lightfoot moved to grant a conditional use permit to allow the expansion of the Bethel Baptist Church located at 4308 State Highway 30. Commissioner Smith seconded the motion which passed unopposed (4 - 0). AGENDA ITEM NO. 4: Consideration of an amended Master Development Plan for the Edelweiss and Rock Prairie Estates Subdivisions and a preliminary plat for the Edelweiss Estates Subdivision Phase Four. (92-305 & 94-316) City Planner Kee presented the staff report and recommended approval of the Master Plan as revised and of the preliminary plat as presented with the Presubmission Conference comments. The Master Plan for this development is being revised. Proposed changes include revisions to the street layout, including abandonment of the entire portion of North Graham Road and the elimination of one of the residential collectors that was to intersect Wellborn Road. Other changes include an increase in both single family and multi-family dwelling units. The original Master Plan had four residential collectors providing access to Wellborn Road. The revised plan has only three. Staff has some concern that this will create congestion at the future Rock Prairie/Wellborn intersection. An additional collector would distribute the traffic more evenly. However, the location of streets on the revised Master Plan meets standard spacing requirements. The proposed abandonment of all of North Graham necessitates changes to the development agreement as it relates to the timing and construction of Rock Prairie Road. The original development agreement tied the construction of Rock Prairie Road to particular phases in Edelweiss Estates. Staff recommended that the development agreement be amended such that the abandonment of North Graham occurs in two sections. Abandonment of North Graham from Victoria Avenue to Edelweiss should occur after the completion of Rock Prairie Road from Devonshire Subdivision to Edelweiss Avenue and after the construction of Edelweiss Avenue from Rock Prairie Road to North Graham. The second section can be abandoned once the remainder of Rock Prairie Road from Edelweiss to Wellborn Road has been constructed. City Planner Kee stated that the original master plan showed 595 single family units and 375 multi- family units (970 total for a density of approximately 4.0 units per acre). The revised plan shows 633 single family units and 367 multi-family units (1000 total for a density of 4.1 units per acre). The number of multi-family units may increase depending on future rezonings. There is a pending request for multi-family that involved 4.3 acres along Wellborn Road. Staff recommended approval of the Master Plan as revised and of the preliminary plat as presented with Presubmission Conference comments. P c~: 7_ Miyn~tes November 3, 19>=~ Page ? of'-J • Representative of the owner Steve Arden approached the Commission and offered to answer any questions pertaining to the Master Plan or preliminary plat. Commissioner Lightfoot moved to recommend approval of the Master Development Plan for the Edelweiss and Rock Prairie Estates Subdivisions and a preliminary plat for the Edelweiss Estates Subdivision Phase Four with staff recommendations. Commissioner Lane seconded the motion which passed unopposed (4 - 0). AGENDA ITEM NO. 5: Consideration of a driveway variance request for lot 1 of block 17 of the Southwood Valley Section 4-A Subdivision located on the southwest corner of the Deacon and Texas Avenue intersection. (94-802) Transportation Planner Hard presented the staff report and informed the Commission that the property in question has 100' of frontage on the service road and 350' of frontage on Deacon. The applicant requests two curb cuts on Deacon spaced 118' apart. One driveway is located 145' west of the service road and a second is located about 100' east of an existing driveway fora 20' alley that serves numerous fourplexes. By ordinance, only one curb cut for this tract would be allowed. on Deacon due to the 230' adjacent and 225' opposite spacing requirements for driveways on minor arterials. The applicant feels that two curb cuts are needed to provide internal circulation to the site in order to render the tract commercially usable. Staffs primary concern is for the adjacent drive spacing and most importantly, the close proximity of the most easterly driveway to the service road and the traffic signal on Texas Avenue. Staff recommended denial of the request for a driveway nearest Texas Avenue due to its conflicts with the operation of the Texas/Deacon signal. There is already a problem with the operation of this signal due to conflicts of north-south traffic on the service road interfering with traffic on Deacon waiting for the signal at Texas. During peak times, the queue on Deacon for the light stacks well past the service road. • Adding a high volume driveway for aconvenience-oriented use too close to the Texas/Deacon signal will only compound the existing problem. Staff recommended approval of the request for a driveway approximately 100' east of the existing alley to be aligned directly opposite an approved future driveway for the new Wing's & More Restaurant. Staff would also recommend approval of a secondary access to the site via the public alley, if the section of the alley abutting the subject site were improved. If the alley is not usable, staff would support the request for both curb cuts along Deacon. Representative of the owner Roy Hammons approached the Commission and stated that the proposed curb cuts will allow the logical flow of traffic for the proposed convenient-oriented business. The proposed plan was drawn up after access to the Texas Avenue frontage road was denied due to the number of conflicts. The proposed site is not a viable business location with only one driveway and a secondary access through the existing alley. If two access points are not allowed to the subject property, the proposed business will not be feasible. Representative of Homestead Savings Bill Phillips informed the Commission that the property has existing problems such as lot size, increased setbacks and limited access. The adjacent property owner to the south is not interested in a shared access arrangement. The proposed access locations provide for practical traffic flow throughout the site. James Boedecker of 1623 Woodland in Bryan, the future user of the property, stated that traffic flow throughout the site is difficult with the narrow width of the lot and the increased front setbacks. Without the proposed curb cuts, traffic congestion will be a major problem on the site. Mary Bryan of 1813 Shadowood, a Real Estate Broker for Homestead Savings informed the Commission that she has worked with several users for the subject property and all have refused • to purchase the site primarily due to the limited access. There is a public utility easement between this property and the adjacent alley that would not make access through that alley viable. P & 7_ Miyrr~tes Norembe~• 3, 1991 Page 3 of -1 • Commissioner Lane moved to grant a variance request to allow the two proposed driveway locations for lot 1, block 17 of the Southwood Valley Section 4-A Subdivision located on the southwest corner of the Deacon and Texas Avenue intersection. Commissioner Lightfoot seconded the motion which passed unopposed (4 - 0). AGENDA ITEM NO. 6: Discussion of parking requirements for industrial development. (94-802) Staff requested that this item be rescheduled for the next available Commission meeting so that all members could be present and provide input. AGENDA ITEM NO. 7: Other business. Planning Technician Thomas informed the Commission that a legal workshop has been scheduled for Thursday, December 15, 1994 at 5:30 p.m. in the City Hall Training Room. The regular meeting will follow the workshop at 7:00 p.m. AGENDA ITEM NO. 8: Adjourn. Commissioner Smith moved to adjourn the meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission. Commissioner Lane seconded the motion which passed unopposed (4 - 0). • TTES lan mg echnic'an, Natalie Thomas r~ U APPR ~ ~ ~~ ~ ---- Chairman, Kyle Hawthorne P & Z Mi~nstes November 3, 1994 Page -~ of 4 ~Cannin~ ~' Zoning Commission Guest ~,eBister i _„ mate ~~ +-~ . . - r''.v ~ ~ L` ~~ 1. ~ ~~ 2. 3. .,-~ 4. ~ ~'~- ~i~ ~ \. S. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. ~lcfrfress ~~ ~ ~ ~ i `~ I • 11. 12. 13. 14. 1S. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. • 24. 2S.