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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1970 Group OK's Revised Prelim Plat'G rou p By FRANK GRIFFIS Eagle Staff Writer Members of the College Station Planning and Zoning Commission rejected, then approved with modifications the revised master preliminary plat of the University Arms sub- ( division during last night's meeting. The commission approved the plat subject to the developer's increasing the size of the proposed park in the northeast corner of the subdivision. The shape of the park would be determined by the Parks and Recreation Committee. The subdivision is bordered on the north by Dominik, on the south by State Highway 30, on the west by the proposed ex- s tension of Munson, and on the east by the East Bypass. The subdivision is to have single family residences except for the front tract along State Highway 30 which is zoned for apartments. Commissioner Jim Gardner cast the only negative vote. "Those proposed parks are token at best," he said. "The one in the southwest corner is surrounded by the backs of buildings and is adjacent to the church property. They haven't chosen to comply with the' or- dinance and we can have a GREAT SAVINGS PLANS made even better by new legal rates at FIRST BANK & TRUST. Adv Ohft4nged Plat Gets Approval (Continued from page 1) Codie Wells, acting com- the acreage of the park in the (mission chairman, voted for the northeast corner. modifications, giving the "So we lost an acre in the;proposal the necessary five deal," Gardner said. He was votes. the only commissioner to vote) against the modifications. In other business, the com- mission tabled a request to rezone four tracts across from the College Station Cemetery on State Highway 6 to a mobile park home. Richard Patrick of 108 Day paid the property adjacent to the Swoboda Trailer Park is owned by four p -icons and not all of the property owners had been notified of the zoning change request. wised Prelim Plat �/7 better plan if we try." He said anyone concerned with environment could see tiat rows of trees would have to be bulldozed. "As far as parks are con- cerned I don't know where we could put them if we didn't tear the whole subdivision up," Harry Seaback, developer said. Seaback added that he thought the southwest park was an ideal site. "I wouldn't want to encourage children to take Highway 30 to the park. I heard at a council meeting that the church didn't want the park there. You had to have a park, so you put it there," Gardner said. He said the parks and recreation committee did not Allen Swobodaa, owner Of tl railer park, said )urchase the four tract a' nclude them in his prese mobile home park. Patrick, whose wife is one the property owners, said doubts if any of the otl property owners would object th zoning change, but he v concerned with the "letter the law" and the corr George Eby, city planner ;aid he believes the park site reeds some provision for pave+ streets and possibly a left tun lane from Highway 6 South. like the way the parks were set up in the subdivision. A woman spectator asked how much park area would be required if the new subdivision ordinance were in effect. Seaback said both parks on the preliminary revised plat surpassed requirements of the ordinance. In the first vote, Com- missioners R. R. Rhodes and Wendell Horne voted for ap- proval, and Commissioners Douglas Stone, Carl Landiss and Gardner, voted against the plat. "I've got two parks there separated by the entire sub. division. We've gone to a grea3 deal of expense and have sat down with your people to design the subdivision," Seaback said. , I suggest we table request until we can get si answer as to how the req would tie in with any fu development in the area. It i be an ideal site for a me home park, but it would accidental with as little T ning that has been done so f Eby said. The request wUti def until the next commi, meeting. in other business, the com- mission approved the final plat of the West Knoll subdivision which is bordered by We the proposed extension west Parkway. The c also approved the Runaway Acres which is west Airport and is o the city limits the extraterrit of the city. "I can't see anything wrong with the parks. I'm stunned. l can't imagine you all turning this down." Rhodes said he thought the commission was penalizing the developer by making the sub- division ordinance, which has not been approved by the city council, retroactive to him. Seaback said he had made his financial arrangements. "I iust couldn't believe this would be turned down," Seaback repeated. The commission then moved to approve the revised preliminary plat with modifications. The modifications eliminated the park in the southwest corner and increased See CHANGED, Page 2