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HomeMy WebLinkAboutP&Z Minutes 2000-12-07 Regular\\ Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Friendswood Planning and Zoning Commission December 7, 2000 A regular meeting of the Friendswood Planning and Zoning Commission was held Thursday December 7, 2000 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers located at 910 S. Friendswood Drive, Friend swood, Texas. Tom Burke Niels Aalund Zekie McVeigh Frank Frankovich Tom Samson Mike Dominguez -City Planner Diana Steelquist -CDD Coordinator Mel Measeles -City Council Liaison With a quorum present, Clark and Bertrand absent, the meeting was called to order by Chair Burke to consider the following: Call to Order: 1.Minutes for Approval:11/20/00 special meeting; 11/16/00 regular meeting. Motion: Second: Aalund -to approve Frankovich Vote for: Unanimous Burke, Frankovich, McVeigh, Samson and Aalund voting 2.Communications from the public. Motion Carried City Council Liaison, Mel Measeles addressed the Commission regarding the Downtown Overlay and Entry Overlay Districts. He has noted a trend in properties located in these districts not being built to the standards required in the DOD and EOD ordinances. His specific concerns were that sidewalks are not being put in place by new developments occurring near Melody Lane, house next to the Walgreens and the Dry Cleaners on FM 2351 @ FM 518. The City Planner will review the site plans associated with those locations. Old business -tabled items: 3.Consideration and possible action regarding a specific use permit (SUP) -mixed use commercial for Cowards Creek Office Park located at 1100 block of S. Friendswood Drive, 4.733 acre tract, Galveston, County. Motion: Second: Vote for: Frankovich -to recommend approval Samson Unanimous Motion Carried Burke, Frankovich, Mc Veigh, Samson and Aalund voting -1 - 12-7-00 P&Z Mr. George Berg man, owner of Cowards Creek Office Park, address.ed the Commission. He has a prospective tenant that would be a school which would sell some of the items made by the students. He wanted to know if this use was included in his SUP request or if it could be added. Chairman Burke had several questions regarding some of the uses requested. In particular, he wan ted to know what types of uses were planned for #92 Justice, Public Order. Mr. Bergman anticipated,_ it would be for office and court room and further that jail facilities would not conform with the site plan on file with the city. Burke was also concerned about use #824 regarding Vocational and Correspondence Schools. He thought the parking might be inadequate to handle a high volume of students. Mr. Bergman explained they site had adequate parking and the anticipated tenant was a correspondence school. Chairman Burke wanted know more about use #805 Nursing and Personal Care. Mr. Bergman did not have a tenant in mind but foresaw the use to be primarily of an office nature with perhaps some type of outpatient care taking place. Use# 7991 Physical fitness was withdrawn by the applicant. It was suggested that use # 594 Misc. retail could be the permitted use number for a school selling the products its students make. Amended Motion: Second: Vote for: New business: Frankovich -to recommend approval with the following conditions: l)Specify use for #92 to be for Office and court room only, 2)Use #805 to remain on application, 3)Delete #7991 Physical fitness facility, 4)Add use #594 to application. Samson Unanimous Motion Carried Burke, Frankovich, Mc Veigh, Samson and Aalund voting 4.Co nsideration and possible action regarding amending the zoning ordinance by amending size matrix requirements for business park, light industrial, and industrial zone districts. Withdrawn as a previous recommendation was submitted with the proposed ordinance to City Council. 5.Con sideration and possible action regarding zone classification changes for a total of 218.94 acres along W. Parkwood Avenue (FM 528) south from the American Rice Canal to the Houston Lighting & Power easement and extending east to the city limits. Eleven tracts to be rezoned from single family residential (SFR) to a mix of business park (BP) , and light industrial (LI) as follows: a.14.290 acres out of tract 16, to business park (BP), b.0.920 acres out of tract 4, to business park (BP), c.1.769 acres out of tract 18, to business park (BP), d.13.113 acres out of tract 7, to business park (BP),- 2 -12-7-00 P&Z I ( e.25.335 ac1·es out of tract 5, to business park (BP), f. 0.165 acres out of tract 17, to business park (BP), g.2.0 acres out of tract 6, to business park (BP), h.54.896 acres out of tract 3, to light industrial (LI), i. 0.296 acres out of tract 19, to light industrial (LI), j. 79.856 acres out of tract 10, to light industrial (LI) and business park (BP), k.26.300 acres out·of tract 8 to (LI) and (BP). Motion: Second: Vote for: Aalund -to recommend approval Samson Unanimous Motion Carried Burke, Frankovich, Mc Veigh, Samson and Aalund voting Chair man Burke addressed some concerns brought up at the public hearing regarding the infrastructure. He noted that no public infrastructure was in place in the other areas zoned Light Industrial and that no development would likely take place there for quite some time. Having water and sanitary service readily available in the city sponsored rezoning area would help the area's development. 6. Consideration and possible action regarding a specific use permit (SUP) -mixed use commercial to include banquet facility, florist, spa including water treatments, membership gym with chi ldcare facilities, hair/beauty salon, office space, restaurant, medical office and health services, retail sales related to other business on site, health smoothie bar, coffee sh op, nutrition counseling, for property located at 313 E. Edgewood, a tract of land out of Lot 4, Block 9, Friendswood Subdivision, Galveston County, Texas. Motion: Second: Vote for: Amended Motion: Second: Vote for: Samson -to recommend approval Aalund Unanimous Motion Carried Burke, Frankovich, McVeigh, Samson and Aalund voting Samson -to recommend approval with the following conditions: 1)site plan to list hours of operation, 2)Ballard style outdoor lighting to be used, 3)Height restricted to thirty (30) feet for tower/cupola, 4)Trees are to be preserved where possible in the parking areas. Aalund Unanimous Motion Carried Burke, Frankovich, Mc Veigh, Samson and Aalund voting A revised site plan was presented to the Commission indicating only Phase One of the development which includes the spa portion. The applicants also revised their application to delete specific use requests for a restaurant, coffee shop, florist and banquet facility. Ms. Marilynn Alexander and her architect, George Harri addressed the commission regarding issues brought up at the public hearing. The revised site plan indicates the roof will be terra cotta in color and the walls will have a taupe stucco finish. It was decided that by only developing Phase One, more trees can be kept on the site. The one outside light is shown on a pole type str ucture with shielding for the front and - 3 - 12-7-00 P&Z sides of the property. An eight foot opaque fence is also now shown with a graduated height from three feet up to eight from the FM 2351 frontage. On the revised site plan presented to the Commi ssioners at the meeting, the trash dumpster was been moved closer to FM 2351. The uncertain development status of Phase Two will save 26 trees on the lot. Commissioner Samson wanted to know what the height difference was between a 2 story home and the proposed 35 foot tower. Mr. Hani explained the difference would be between 5 to 7 feet. The applicants have also asked Waste Management Systems to pick up the dumpster during regular business hours. However, this is not a factor they can directly control. No food preparation will done on site except for the smoothie bar. The applicants also stressed that the structure would look like some homes which are currently built in Friend swood and their structure would raise the bar for. commercial buildings. The applicants also stated their goal was for an elite clientele with a focus on total body wellness. It was not going to resemble a 24 hour gym or Bali's gym. Commissioner Frankovich expressed concern about light emanating from inside the tower and the proposed drainage for the site. He wanted to know if the building elevations could be lowered. Chairman Burke wanted to know when phase two of the development would take place. Ms. Alexander anticipated it would be 2 ½ to 3 years before phase two could be developed. Current construction for phase one should take about 3 to 4 months with good weather conditions. Chairman Burke also noted the pole type light would glare into the back of the lot. The developer wanted to use Ballard type lights but could not get a photometric plan prepared before the heming. Burke also wanted to know the anticipated hours of operation for the spa. The applicants plan on hours from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm Monday to Ftiday, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Saturday and 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm Sunday. Commissioner Frankovich expressed concern with additional noise for area residents and requested the scale of the building be reduced. Bill and Cookie Langdoc of 106 Royal Court stated that the phase one development would still be in their line of sight from their home. They also felt the revised plan still did not resemble a residential profile. Dan Illrich of 121 Cherry Tree Lane expressed concern with increased traffic and accident hazards which already exist on FM 2351. The applicant responded that they have made a TXDot request for a median cut. At this time Chairman Burke moved item 8 forward on the agenda for consideration. 8.Consideration and possible action regarding the preliminary plat of Timber Creek Village. - 4 - 12-7-00 P&Z Ii t Motion: Second: Vote for: Frankovich -to approve with staff conditions Aalund Unanimous Motion Carried Burke, Frankovich, McVeigh, Samson and Aalund voting 7.Discussion regarding the conceptual plan for Mary, Queen Catholic Church expansion. Greg Turner, architect for the church, presented an expansion plan to incorporate 14 acres into one platted tract. The site plans call for the construction of a family life center, the demolition of an existing home at 702 Cedarwood, demolition and reconstruction of the church sanctumy, demolition of the existing rectory and the renovating the house at 6 Queens Lane for use as the new rectory. A large detention pond would also be built behind 6 Queens Lane. A specific use permit will be requested following plat approval. Mary McKinney also represented the applicant. The new facilities will have a brick veneer with a metal roof. The applicants would like to discuss with staff the possibility of moving the family life building's set backs closer to Queens Lane. The commissioners agreed that this would result in a better site plan. Commissioner Mc Veigh questioned the applicant regarding current easements in place for area residents to access home site. The residents will still have access via easements already in place along Queens Lane. Clifton Black, 2 Queens Lane, addressed the commission regarding his concerns about continued access and heavy traffic along Queens Lane. He also felt the proposed detention pond would not be adequate for drainage as that area already floods frequently. He was concerned about a decrease in his property value and the loss of trees in the area. Thomas Branton, 209 Cedar Oaks had several concerns about the proposed expansion. He was concerned about a noise issue, the loss of trees and vegetation, increased traffic, the hours of operation for the family life center and any plans for further future development. The applicant responded that the family life building would have windows only on the north side of the building which faces away from Cedar Oak. It is also their intention to preserve as much vegetation and trees as possible but it would depend on where drainage swells were placed. Future site development may include an education building for Sunday school use. They would like to move the family life building set back to 10 to 15 feet off Queens Lane. Commissioner Frankovich wanted to know if the church would grant a right-of-way in lieu of an easement to connect to Cedar Oak Lane. Several residents also voiced the same request and their concerns about drainage. Chairman Burke excused himself from the dias at this time. Commissioner Frankovich acted as chairman. 9.Consideration and possible action regarding the preliminary plat of the Lowelands subdivision. - 5 - 12-7-00 P&Z Motion: Second: Vote for: Aalund -to approve with staff conditions Samson Unanimous Motion Carried Frankovich, Mc Veigh, Samson and Aalund voting Mr. Chuck Davis represented the applicants and addressed the commission regarding staff comments. The brick planter currently in the cul-de-sac will be removed. Also CCDD will be requiring a 175 foot easement. Road dimensions will be on the final plat. 10.Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at 9:45 p.m. Diana Steelquist - Community Development Coordinator -6 -12-7-00 P&Z