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HomeMy WebLinkAboutP&Z Minutes 2004-02-05 Regular[ 1 l J Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Friendswood Planning and Zoning Commission February 5, 2004 A regular meeting of the Friendswood Planning and Zoning Commission was held Thursday, February 5, 2004 at 7:00 p.m. in the city hall council chambers located at 910 S. Friendswood Drive, Fi:iendswood, Texas. The following members were present: Bob Bertrand David Brakebi ll Michele Brekke Tom Burke Jim Gibson Kevin Holland Loren Smith-City Attorney Diana Steelquist-City Planner Cheri Skelton-Development Coordinator With a quorum present, Commissioner Y eretsky absent, Chairman Be1trand called the meeting to order to discuss the following: Call to order: Regula1· Meeting: 1.Communications from the Commission Commissioner Burke commented that he felt that the City of Friendswood came up with a sensible compromise regarding the median issue along FM2351. That means that the solution at this time is the medians will stay except for some turning lanes, signage, and signalization. Commissioner Burke then asked Staff about the signage for KFC and why the sign was not required to be brought up to the EOD requirements, which would mean that the sign would be required to change from a pole sign to a monument sign. Commissioner Burke stated that there seemed to be a conflict between patt of the sign ordinance and zoning ordinance. He then asked if a review of this conflict could be addressed as a futme agenda item. Commi ssioner Holland commented that he felt Staff made the presentation regarding the ·FM2351 medians simple for all to understand. In addition, Commissioner Holland expressed a concern about access to driveways between Cervelle Homes and Hair Magic. He stated that even with the changes proposed, it still makes it difficult to access those driveways. In the meantime, Commissioner Holland would like the area of median that has no crepe my1tles to be removed to allow access to the driveways for those lots. Staff stated that if the square footage of the building and electrical did not change then KFC was allowed to keep the original pole sign. Page 1 of 3 2/5/04 P &Z Chairman Be1trand announced that the Tree Preservation Committee is scheduled to meet on February 11, 2004. Chairman Belirand met with Mayor Brizendine and City Manager, Ron Cox, about the meeting and it is everyone's hope that this recommendation will be presented to Planning & Zoning soon. Chairman Be1trand also announced that he presented his annual report to City Council and it was well received. 2.Communications from the public No one from the public spoke at this time. 3.Discussion and possible actio"n regarding hldustrialized housing. Staff presented to the Commission for their review a draft ordinance for industrialized housing. Staff also recommended Section 8M of the Zoning Ordinance be updated. By striking "site built" to accommodate industrialized commercial structures. After discussion bet ween the Commissioners and Staff, it was dete1mined there were still some items are of concern. Those items are: 1.Foundation 2.Taxable value-getting an appraisal 3.Unit cost vs. total cost 4.Some verbiage changes Chairman Bertrand asked Staff to work on these issues to place in the proposed ordinance. He also asked to place industrialized housing as a discussion item on a future agenda. 4.Discussion and possible action regarding recommended changes to Cluster Home Developments -Density issues. Staff presented a Cluster Home density comparison to the Commission. This comparison gave information regarding a particular acreage of land and how much the allowable density should be. It was discussed that zero lot lines should be considered for Cluster Home Development. Commissioner Burke stated that he would talk with a developer friend to see if a program exists that could create several mock Cluster Home developments using realistic prope1ties in Friendswood, so that densities could be compared. 5.Discussion regarding the Chairman's annual report to City Council. The Commissioners reviewed the annual rep01t to Council. Minor changes to the verbiage of the original repo1t were made. Page 2 of 3 2/5/04 P & Z [ 1 l J Chairman Bertrand asked Staff to make the appropriate change s to the rep01t so that the revised rep01t could be resubmitted to City Council. 6.Staff Repo1t Staff's first rep01t to the Commission was to update them on how the Walgreen's sign at FM518 and FM528 was permitted. Staff rep01ted that the Walgreen's sign was approved because that it was not considered flashing and an additional requirement for allowing the sign was that the sign copy could not change at less than 30 second intervals. Cunently there is no definition of a flashing sign in the City of Friendswood's sign ordinance. Staff recommended that the sign ordinance be reviewed and work-shopped to address sign requirements. Commissioner Holland asked Staff to investigate if the sign for Walgreen's was lit after business hours. He stated that if the sign ordinance is going to be reviewed, that the operation hours of signs should be considered. Commissioner Brakebill asked what entities would be invited to attend the workshop. Staff stated that the different committees within the City would be invited to attend as well as interested sign companies. Commissioner Burke stated that our sign ordinance prohibits off premises signage and since cmTently one has been allowed by the building official that that po1tion of the sign ordinance be re-examined during the upcoming general discussion of our sign ordinance. Secondly, Staff repo1ted that the Main Street Implementation Task Force met and the consultant, Page Southland Page, has completed a real estate assessment of the downtown area. Since the assessment has been completed it will allow for the Main Street Implementation Task Force to pursue developers who might be interested in purchasing blocks for development. Land use issues are also a concern and should be work-shopped with the Community Economic Development Committee, City Council, Planning & Zoning, and the Main Street task force for the possibilities of mix-use development. Staff stated that the implementation plan that the Main Street Task Force is preparing is expected to be a 10 to 15-year plan. Staff also stated that the Main Street Task Force would like to meet with Planning & Zoning in the future to discu ss expanding the Downtown Overlay District. 7.Adjournment. With no further comments, the regular meeting adjourned at 8:38 p.m. (4f:3blk Che�kelton Development Coordinator Page 3 of 3 2/5/04 P & Z