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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1970 Council Gives Ordinance OKCounci fives Ordinance OK By FRANK GRIFFIS Eagle Staff Writer After two years of red tape, debate, and revision, the College Station City Council approved the revised sub- division regulations during a special meeting Wednesday night. The councilmen agreed the subdivision regulations are subject to change and will probably be amended when needed. "We have been working on this ordinance for two ,years — ever since I've been on the council —and we want to see it approved. I think everyone d e in a n d s it," Councilman James H. Dozier said. The only major change the council made during last night's meeting concerned sidewalks. The council agreed to make sidewalks in new subdivisions optional on the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission instead o` the city engineer as previously stated. This was done to relieve, the city engineer of some of "his burden" and to allow the question of sidewalks to come before the public. Councilman Bill Cooley cast the only negative vote con- cerning the change. "I would like to see this (portion of the ordinance) remain as it is because we are fixing to rewrite Ordinance 608 (street or- dinance) and we can water down the 100 per cent requirement on petitions . vo everyone can have sidewalks." Dozier added if residents on every street in the city came into the city hall wanting sidewalks, the city would "go broke." Another change the council made concerns park land. The councilmen agreed that play areas within an apartment complex will not be credited to public land use as parks, unless each is in excess of one acre in area. The park section also requires developers to dedicate one acre of land to the public for parks for each 200 dwelling units, or a pro -rated part thereof, with t h e number of dwelling calculated on a stated basis. The basis is single family See CS COUNCIL, Page 2 CS Council Gives Nod To Ordinance! Continued From Page 1 l I residential areas, each lot wil residential areas, each lot will, � be considered one dwelling unit; in duplex areas, each lot will be considered two dwelling units; and in apartment com- plexes, one acre will be con- sidered 20 dwelling units.. i When dedication of land is not in conformity with the Com- prehensive Plan for Develop- ment of the city the subdivider will make a cash payment to the city in the amount of equivalent value in lieu of dedication of land —at the discretion of the city. The council agreed not to include a provision allowing a developer to appeal to the council after the Planning and Zoning Commission has rejected his request for approval of gubdivision plat. A member of the audience asked the council why they didn't require devel t.;, install sidewalks on residential and collector streets. "There has been lots of discussion on this, but I think the Council thinks this would raise the price of dwellings too much," Cooley replied. The ordinance does require four foot -wide sidewalks on both sides of arterial, parkway, and commercial streets. Former Planning and Zoning Commissioner Jim Gardner suggested the council require sidewalks on all streets. "It 1 would help make the en vironment more attractive," he' said. The council also changed the section of the ordinance con- cerning street lights to require the developer to provide the pole, luminare and vriring within the pole and secondary electrical lines and install them at his expense.