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HomeMy WebLinkAboutP&Z Minutes 2022-01-13 RegularCITY OF FRIENDSWOOD PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 2022 - 7:00 PM Minutes MINUTES OF A FRIENDSWOOD REGULAR MEETING HELD AT 910 S. FRIENDSWOOD DRIVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS, FRIENDSWOOD CITY HALL, COUNCIL CHAMBERS STATE OF TEXAS CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD COUNTIES OF GALVESTON/HARRIS JANUARY 13, 2022 1.CALL TO ORDER MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION THAT WAS HELD ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 2022, AT 07:01 PM 910 S. FRIENDSWOOD DRIVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS CHAIRMAN JOSEPH MATRANGA VICE-CHAIRMAN RICHARD SASSON COMMISSIONER RICHARD CLARK COMMISSIONER TOM HINCKLEY COMMISSIONER MARCUS PERRY COMMISSIONER CATHERINE KOERNER COUNCIL LIAISON TRISH HANKS CITY ATTORNEY KAREN HORNER DIRECTOR OF CDD/PLANNER AUBREY HARBIN DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR BECKY BENNETT COMMISSIONER TRAVIS MANN WAS ABSENT FROM THE MEETING. 2.Communication from the public/committee liaisons In order to comply with provisions of the Open Meetings Act, the Commission may not deliberate on subjects discussed under this agenda item. However, the Commission may direct such subjects to be placed on a later regular Commission agenda for discussion and/or possible action. 3.Consent Agenda No public comments. These items are considered routine or ministerial in nature and will be enacted with one motion. There will be no separate discussion of items unless a commissioner so requests, in which case the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered separately. A. Consider the minutes for the regular meeting held on Thursday, December 9, 2021. **Commissioner Tom Hinckley moved to approve the minutes for the regular meeting held on Thursday, December 9, 2021. Seconded by Vice-Chairman Richard Sasson. The motion was approved unanimously. 4.Action Items According to the Planning and Zoning Rules of Procedure (R2019-15), all action of the Commission shall be made by an affirmative vote of four (4) or more members of the Commission present at such Commission meetings. A.PRELIMINARY PLAT Consider approving the Preliminary Plat of Joyful Park, a subdivision of 7.643 acres being all of a 7.5765 acre tract and .0622 acres of a called 1.735 acre tract situated in the Beaty, Seale and Forwood Survey No. 5, A-625, City of Friendswood, Galveston County, Texas. **Vice-Chairman Richard Sasson moved to approve the Action Items Seconded by Commissioner Tom Hinckley. Harbin said the proposed plat is to create a commercial subdivision including two reserves for commercial and one for a shared detention pond. Sasson asked if the detention reserve should be labeled as restricted or unrestricted. Harbin confirmed the reserve should be labeled as a restricted reserve and suggested the commissioners amend their motion. **Vice-Chairman Richard Sasson moved to amend the motion to include correcting the detention reserve to restricted. Seconded by Commissioner Tom Hinckley. The motion was approved unanimously. B.SITE PLAN Consider approving the site plan for a building expansion of the City of Friendswood Public Safety Building located at 1600 Whitaker Drive. **Commissioner Catherine Koerner moved to approve the site plan for a building expansion of the City of Friendswood Public Safety Building located at 1600 Whitaker Drive. Seconded by Commissioner Tom Hinckley. The motion was approved unanimously. Harbin presented a site plan amendment to expand the Public Safety Building. She said the additional 9,000 square feet will be used for offices and storage. Harbin also mentioned the expansion was always part of the long term plan and the architect did a great job making the elevation look seamless. 5.Discussion Items A.Discuss possible amendments to Appendix C, Zoning Ordinance, Section 7. J. PUD, Planned Unit Development, general purpose and description to add criteria to qualify for a PUD, decrease the allowable change in land use from 25% to 10%, add an expiration of two years, and add standards for revocation. Bennett presented a revised ordinance based on comments from the last commission meeting. She said the changes include reorganizing the general purposes and required criteria to better align with each other, updating the allowable percentage of administrative change to 10%, and adding a sentence regarding the use of detention area as open space. Bennett said now that the full commission has provided input on the PUD ordinance, the next step is to advertise for public hearings and move forward for city council consideration. B.Discuss Zoning Ordinance Section 7. P. Permitted Uses, specifically the annual review of the Permitted Use Table to review and determine if any uses need to be amended. Harbin explained the commission reviews the Permitted Use Table (PUT) on an annual basis in January. She said staff makes notes throughout the year for any recurring issues or recommended changes. Harbin said the one proposed change staff would like to present is to allow breweries and wineries in the Downtown District (DD). C.Discuss Appendix B, Subdivisions, Section XV. Variances to review newly established variance procedures. Harbin said when the Subdivision Ordinance was rewritten, a section was added for a subdivision variance process, and she wanted to review the criteria with the commission before they heard their first case. She explained the notice requirements are the same as for zone changes, which include a sign on the property, newspaper notice, and property owner notices. Harbin read the criteria required for the commission to approve a variance request along with criteria that is not used in the consideration. She said a variance request requires a supermajority vote and can be appealed to city council within 14 days. 6.Consideration and possible action regarding future Planning and Zoning Commission meeting dates A.Consider setting the next Planning and Zoning Commission regular meetings for (i) Thursday, January 27, 2022 and (ii) Thursday, February 10, 2022. 7.Communications A.Receive liaison updates, commercial and residential project updates, and City Council actions and ordinance updates. Council liaison Hanks said the Charter Review Committee presented several changes that would be taken to the residents for a vote. Harbin followed up Hanks' report by saying one of the proposed charter changes is to approve ordinances with one reading from city council instead of two readings. She said this would greatly reduce the processing time for zone changes. 8.ADJOURNMENT This meeting was adjourned at 07:51 PM.