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Minutes of a Regular Meeting
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Friendswood Planning and Zoning Commission
March io, 2003
A regular meeting of the Friendswood Planning and Zoning Commission was held Thursday, March 20, 2003 at 7:00 p.m. in the city hall council chambers located at 910 S.Friendswood Drive, Friendswood, Texas. The following members were present:
Bob Bertrand Niels Aalund Michele Brekke Tom Burke
Diana Steelquist -CD Coordinator Dan Johnson -Deputy Director CD
Jim Gibson Zekie Mc Veigh Tom Samson
With all Commissioners present, Chaiiman Bertrand called the meeting to order to consider the following:
Call to order:
1.Consideration regarding Specific Use Permit/Private School, for a 9 acre tract of landout of Restricted Reserve "A", Autumn Creek Subdivision, Section 9, propertylocated off West Bay Area Boulevard, Harris County, Texas.
As the applicant for Item 1 had not yet arrived, the Chairman received the consensus of the Commission to change the order of the published agenda. Item 1 was delayed until the applicant ruTived in the Council Chambers. The Chairman proceeded to Item 2.
2.Communications from the Commission.
Commissioner Burke asked staff to report on the status of the proposed tree ordinanceforwarded to the City Council on December 19, 2002. Staff repo1ted that proposedordinance changes were scheduled for Council workshop in June. CommissionerBurke noted that the Commission had the ability to approve alternative fa9adematerials in the Entry Overlay District (E.O.D.) and asked to see· the proposal fromH.E.B. which indicated a some type of metal exterior. This alternative fa9adematerial had not been presented to the Commission. He also expressed concern withE. 0 .D. screening and tree planting requirements which appear not to __ �,� beencomplied with. <2�bJ8...,§j� /, .. ) k� I/ ;N ;;-., », .blfJ {3 �'-3.Communications from the public._ (c _; -:i LJ t\r'lt)°l �;.� r�-\/ f\?ili t.\J tf ,I '" \l.tC0�£0 � None.
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At this time, the applicant for. Item 1 atTived and the Chairman returned to the
consideration of this request.
1.Consideration regarding Specific Use Permit/Private School, for a 9 acre tract of land
out of Restricted Reserve "A", Autumn Creek Subdivision, Section 9, property
located off West Bay Area Boulevard, Hm-ris County, Texas.
Motion:
Second:
Vote for:
Samson -to recommend approval of the Specific Use Permit to City
Council
McVeigh
Unanimous Mo 'tion Carried
Alex Bernard of SDT Architects addressed the Commission for the applicant, the
Galloway School. The school is proposing a new Master Site plan to be constructed
in two Phases. Phase I will accommodate grades 2 thru 5, Phase II will continue for
up to grade 8 with additional gym facilities. The structure has been designed to
compliment and be similm· to surrounding developments in the Autumn Creek area.
Chairman Bertrand noted that the Galloway School had previously received a
Specific Use Permit (SUP) for the school faciiities but due to inactivity the SUP had
expired. However, due to changes in City Codes, SUP's for multi-phased
developments were no longer subject to time limits ..
There was some discussion regarding the fire hydrant location and emergency
vehicle access. The applicant stated that additional turning radii· had been added to
the site plan as well as a circular layout for the Phase I parking lot to allow fire
apparatus to approach the building. Additional .comments were made by the
Commission with regards to traffic patterns within the site and along West Bay Area
Blvd. However, no changes were made to the site plan as a condition for approval.
4.Presentation of the Development Process Steering Comnuttee Final Repo1t.
Kevin Holland, 704 East Haven Court, the Chairman of the Development Process
Steering Committee (DPS), addressed the Commission. Mr. Holland stated that the
mission of the DPS committee was to review the City's development process and
look for ways to improve it. He then outlined each of the eight recommendations
produced by the DPS Committee.
Chaitman Bertrand noted that some of the DPS recommendations might affect the
Planning & Zorung Commission and would like to review some of them on a later
P&Z agenda as actions items which could be considered for recommendation to the
City Council. Many of the Comn1issioners were especially interested in reviewing
the data used by the DPS Committee in fo1mulating their recomn1endations.
Chairman Bertrand would also like to see an analysis of commercial site plans which
had additional conditions for approval added by the Commission.
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5.Discussion regarding accessory buildings and setbacks.
Chairman Bertrand stated that Staff had requested this discussion. The Deputy
Director described a specific situation, which involved a house located on a corner lot
which backed up to an adjacent side lot line. The homeowner would like to build a
15-wide addition to the rear of the house. However, current ordinance requirements
for set backs would not allow him to build the addition without violating the 25 foot
rear set back requirement for a main strncture. A separate accessory structure could
be built 5 feet from the adjacent side lot line so long as it maintained a five-foot
separation from the main structure. The Deputy Director asked if the set back
requirements for exterior corner lots should be revised or if this situation should be
referred to the Zoning Board of Adjustment:
Commissioner Burke stated that the requirements for building set backs originated in
the health, safety and well being of the ·public. For comer lots, additional front set
backs were required for clear vision around comers. Side and rear set backs were
needed for privacy and to create areas where · air and light would exist between
buildings. Chairman Bertrand suggested an ad hoc committee be· fo1med to review
the cuITent regulation matrix and its various set back requirements. He would like a
report to the Commission sometime in late M·ay or June. Commissioners Gibson and
Aalund agreed to serve on the ad hoc committee.
6.Adjournment
With no further comment the meeting was adjourned at 9:05 P.M.
1ai1a Steelqui
Community Development Coordinator
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