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Home My WebLink About10/04/2007 - Minutes - Planning & Zoning CommissionMINUTES PLANNING: AND ZONING COMMISSION Regular Meeting Thursday, October 4, 2007, ' at 7:00 p.rn. City Hall Council Chambers .1101 Texas Avenue ~` College Station, Texas ~~ .d~~ ~ ref. _~°.; . << COMMISSIONERS PRESENT:. Chairman. John Nichols, Derek Dictson, Glenn Schroeder, Marsha Sanford and Noel Bauman COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Harold Strong andBill Davis CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: David Ruesink CITY STAFF PRESENT: Senior Planners Jennifer Prochazka and Lindsay Boyer, Staff Planners Crissy Hartl and Jason Schubert, Transportation Planner Ken Fogle, Graduate Civil Engineers Carol Cotter and Josh Norton, Acting .City Engineer Alan Gibbs, Director Bob Cowell, Assistant Director Lance Simms, Planning Administrator. Molly Hitchcock, First Assistant City Attorney Carla Robinson, Information Services Representative Dan Merkel, Staff Assistant Brittany Korthauer 1. Call Meeting to Order. Chairman John Nichols called the meeting to_order at 7:00 p.m. 2. Hear Citizens. No one spoke during the item.. Consent Agenda. 3.1 3.2 Consideration, discussion .and possible .action on Absence Requests from meetings. • Bi11 Davis~October 4, 2007~Workshop & Regular Meeting Consideration, discussion, and possible action to approve meeting Minutes. • September 20, 2007 Workshop • September 20 2007 Regular October 4, 2007 P&Z Regular Meeting Minutes Page 1 of 5 3.3 Presentation, possible action, and discussion on a Final Plat for Bird Pond Estates, Phase I consisting of 22 lots on 50.96 acres located just south of the Bird Pond Road and Frost Drive intersection. Case #07-00500198 (CH) 3.4 Presentation, possible action, and discussion on a Final Plat for Bird Pond Estates, Phase II consisting of 8 lots on 13.18. acres located just south of the Bird Pond Road and Frost Drive intersection. Case #07-00500215 (CH) 3.5 Presentation, possible action, and discussion on a Final Plat. for Reatta Meadows, Section 1, Phase 2 consisting of $6 lots on 24.823 acres located at 2201 `Barron Road, generally located at the Barron Road .and Victoria Avenue. intersection. Case #07-00500195 (CH) 3.6 Presentation, possible action, and discussion on a Final Plat for Peach Crossing Subdivision, Phase Two consisting. of 41ots on 29.56 acres located just east of the Speedway at 1706 Peach Creek Road at its intersection with Peach Creek Cut-Off in the City's Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction. Case #07-500219 (JS) Commissioner Schroeder motioned to approve the consent agenda items. Commissioner Sanford seconded the motion, motion passed (5-0). Regular Agenda 4. Consideration, discussion, and possible action on items removed from the Consent Agenda by Commission action. No items were pulled. 5. Public hearing, presentation, possible action, and discussion on a Final Plat of Crescent Pointe Phase 4 being a Final- Plat of Phase 4 of Crescent Pointe Subdivision and a Replat of Lot 1 and Common Area, Block 2, and Lot 5, Block 3 of Phase 2 of Crescent Pointe Subdivision consisting of 5 lots on 25.19 acres located at 1500 Copperfield Parkway in the general vicinity of the Copperfield Drive between State Highway 60 and State Highway 30. Case #07-00500205 (LB) Lindsay Boyer, Senior Planner, presented the final plat and recommended approval. She answered questions in general from the Commission. Commissioner Dictson motioned to approve the final platwith the condition that staff review comments were addressed. Commissioner Sanford seconded the motion, motion passed. (5-0). October 4, 2007 P&Z Regular Meeting Minutes Page 2 of 5 6. Public hearing, presentation, possible action, and discussion on a rezoning for the Rock Prairie Crossing Shopping Center consisting of 1 lot on 12.55 acres from C-2 Commercial-Industrial to C-1 General Commercial located at 3501 Longmire Drive, generally located at the southwest corner. of Rock Prairie Road and State Highway 6. Case #07-00500204: (CH) Crissy Hartl, Staff Planner, presented the rezoning and recommended approval. Ken Fogle, Tranportation Planner, stated that Birmingham was a minor collector and Longmire Drive was a major collector. Commissioner Bauman motioned to approve the rezoning. Commissioner Dictson seconded the motion, motion passed (5-0). 7. Public hearing,. presentation, possible action, and discussion on a rezoning for 1.583 acres at 701 Luther Street. West from R-1, Single Family Residential to R-4, Multi-family. Case #07-00500213 (LB) Lindsay Boyer, Senior Planner, presented the rezoning and recommended approval. Commissioner Dictson expressed concern regarding the safety of the driveway spacing between the three undeveloped properties. Rabon Metcalf, 1391 Sea Mist, College Station, Texas, stated-that the applicant intends to propose a joint private access easement. Commissioner Sanford motioned to approve the rezoning. Commissioner Schroeder seconded the motion, motion was approved (5-0). Commissioner Dictson proposed an amendment to the motion stating that the rezoning be approved with the condition that the proposed access easement be located where indicated on the rezoning map. There was not a second and the motion failed. 8. Public hearing, presentation, possible action, and. discussion on amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance, Sections 3.2, Zoning Map Amendment (Rezoning), 4.1, Establishment of Districts, 5.2, Residential Dimensional Standards, 7.1.D, Required Yard (Setbacks), and l 1.2, Defined Terms, the addition of Section 5.9, Single-Family Overlay Districts, and an amendment to the Subdivision Regulations, Section 18-A.1, Platting and Replatting Within Older Residential Subdivisions as they relate to the creation of Single- Family Overlay Districts: Case #07-0500209 (LB) Lindsay Boyer, Senior Planner, presented the ordinance amendments that relate to the creation of Single-Family Overlay Districts.. She. answeredquestions in general from the Commission. October 4, 2007 P&Z Regular Meeting Minutes Page 3 of 5 Gaines West, 200 Suffolk Avenue, College Station, Texas spoke in favor of the Single- Family Overlay Districts. The following citizens expressed concern regarding the Single-Family Overlay Districts: Jerry Cooper, 602 Bell, College Station, Texas; John Ellison, 2705 Brookway, College Station, Texas; Chris Rhode, 8414 Shadow Oaks, College Station, Texas.. Some of the concerns were the number of unrelated people in a residence, boundaries. of the district, and the 60 percent approval rate needed from Home Owner's Associations. Ms. Boyer informed the Commission that the number of unrelated people residing in a residence is not included in the ordinance amendments being presented. Commissioner Dictson. expressed concern about the 60 percent approval rate stating that percentage rate should be higher. Commissioner Bauman expressed concerns about the fees related to the application. Commissioner Dictson motioned to approve the amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance and the Subdivision Regulations with the consideration that there is more flexibility in boundaries and the approval rate in Section 3.2.C. be increased to a minimum of 66 percent.. Commissioner Sanford seconded the motion. Commissioner Sanford withdrew her second to the motion stating that the 60 percent approval rate should not be changed. The motion failed because of lack of a second. Commissioner Dictson motioned to approve the -amendments to the. Unified Development Ordinance and the Subdivision Regulations with the consideration that staff increases the flexibility indrawing the boundaries of adjacent properties. Commissioner Schroeder seconded the motion, motion passed (5-0). 9. Discussion and possible action on future agenda items - A Planning and Zoning Member may inquire about a subject for which notice has not been given. A statement of specific factual information or the recitation of existing policy may be given. Any deliberation shall be limited to a proposal to place the subject on an agenda fora subsequent meeting. Commissioner Sanford stated that she would. like a change made to the Residential Zoning Districts so that there is a zoning for condos and they are not classified as Multi- family. 10. Adjourn. Commissioner Schroeder motioned to adjourn the meeting.. Commissioner Sanford seconded the motion, motion passed (5-0) Meeting adjourned at 8:41 p.m. October 4, 2007 P&Z Regular Meeting Minutes Page 4 of 5 Approv U~ ~ J ichols, Chairman Planning and Zoning Commission Attest: Brittany Kort a er Staff Assistant Planning and e opment Services October 4, 2007 P&Z Regular Meeting Minutes Page. 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