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Home My WebLink AboutP&Z Minutes 2001-05-17 RegularI \ I Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Friendswood Planning and Zon ing Commission May 17, 2001 A regular meeting of the Friendswood Planning and Zoning Com mission was held Thursday, May 17, 2001 at 7:00 p.m. in the city hall council chambers located at 910 S. Friendswood Drive, Friendswood, Texas. The following members were present: Tom Burke Bob Bertrand Frank Frankovich Tom Samson Zekie Mc Veigh Mike Dominguez -City Planner Diana Steelquist -CD Coordinator Mel Measeles -Council Liaison With a quorum present, Chair Burke called the meeting to order to consider the following: Call to order. 1.Consideration and possible action regarding a request for a zone classification change for a total of 1.0356 acre tract out of an 11.62 acre tract, in the Mary Sloan Survey, Abstract 184, Chevron Handi-plus (corner of FM 528 and Country Club Drive) Galveston County, Texas, from: Multi-family Residential Dwelling District - Medium (l\'IFR-M), to: Neighborhood Commercial (NC). At this time Chai1man Burke abstained from participation in this action due to a conflict of interest. Commissioner Frankovich assumed the dut ies of the Chaitman for this item. Motion: Second: Vote for: Vote against: Burke abstaining Mc Veigh -to recommend to approval to City Council Bertrand Mc Veigh, Frankovich Samson, Be1trand No Action Taken Without a majority vote, no action could be taken on this item. 2.Consideration and possible action regarding a request for a zone classification change for 1211 Crawford, 3 acre tract of land out of Lot 46, Hoidale and Coffman Subdiv ision , Friendswood, Galveston County, Texas, from: Single Family Residential (SFR) to: Planned Unit Development (PUD). Chairman Burke resumed duties of Chai iman at this time. Motion: Second: Vote for: Vote against: Bertrand -to recommend to approval to City Council Samson Bertrand, Burke, Samson Mc Veigh, Frankovich -l - 05/17/01 P&Z Motion Approved Danny and Ed Wright, the applicants, addressed the Commission with a background for the request. The applicants have a 3 acre tract that they would like to subdivide into two lots, plat and build a house on the second lot. It cun-ently has a common driveway and the h·act does not have the minimum frontage required to subdivide. Comm issioner Frankovich recalled a similar request behind Mary Queen Catholic chu rch that was not approved. The Chaiiman wanted to know what staffs concerns were with the request. The City Planner replied that staffs main concern is that if the h·act is subdivided, any home built on the second lot would not meet the frontage requirements found in the Subdivision Ordinance. Danny W1ight stated that all other staff issues had been addressed. Commissioner Be1irand wanted to know if a separate instrument would be filed for the use of the shared driveway. Chairman Burke stated that the issues for the PUD request and the SUP request were sim ilar. Burke asked for some additional clarification on the site plan from the applicants regarding the placement of the dtive way. The Chai1man also confirmed that the drainage plan had been reviewed and approved by staff. 3.Consideration and possible action regarding a request for a Specific Use Permit - Residential for 1211 Crawford, 3 acre tract of land out of Lot 46, Hoidale and Coffman Subdivision, Ftiendswood, Galveston County, Texas. Motion: Second: Vote for: Vote against: Amended Motion: Second: Vote for: Vote against: Betirand -to recommend to approval to City Council Samson Bertrand, Burke, Samson McVeigh, Frankovich Motion Approved Bertrand -to rec ommend to approval to City Council with the condi tion that a paved access for lot 2 from Crawford be added to the site plan Samson Bertrand, Burke, Samson Mc Veigh, Frankovich Motion Approved Commissioner Frankovich stated that the approval of the PUD/SUP request was setting a bad precedent for future applications which do not meet the subdivision requirements. Bertrand was still concerned about the current drive way access should the property change hands. 4.Communications from the public. Carla Williams, resident of League City, spoke against approving the Chevron handi plus zone change request. Based on her knowledge of the applicant's similar requests in the City of League City. Chairman Burke responded that these comments should be made in a different forum. He also stated that the character of an applicant is not a factor in the approval of a site plan or land issues. 5.Consideration and possible action regarding the following: -2 - 05/17/01 P&Z l"i I I ! I Consent Agenda: A.approval 5-03-01 regular meeting minutes. B.approval 5-08-01 special meeting minutes. Motion: Second: Vote for: Mc Veigh -to approve minutes Samson Unanimous Motion Approved C.approval of the Final Plat of Chevron Handi-plus located on the corner of FM 528 and Country Club Drive. Motion: Second: Vote for: Vote against: Mc Veigh -to approve final plat of Chevron Handi-plus Bertrand Mc Veigh, Bertrand, Burke , Frankovich Samson Motion Approved D.approval of the Amended Final Plat of Buckingham Estates. Motion: Second: Vote for: Bertrand -to approve amended final plat of Buckingham Estates Samson Unanimous Motion Approved Chairman Burke took this time to address the Commission regarding the outcome of the joint workshop with City Council on Monday, May 14, 2001. He stated that the City Attorney had not followed through with the h·ee preservation revisions suggested by P&Z before the workshop. Al so he recommended that a construction site management plan be made a part of the Design Criteria Manual. The size and types of trees to be preserved should be revised, provide incentives for developers, could realtors assign dollar values for lots which preserve trees. He would like to schedule a special meeting one hour before the next regular meeting to discuss tree preservation and the commercial site plan approval process. A request was made to staff to provide a tlow chart of the site plan process with time lines indicating the time savings should P&Z not be involved in the prelimina1y approval, final approval or not at all. 6.Adjournment. A motion was made and with no further comment the meeting was adjourned at 8:00 p.m. tana Steelqmst - Community Development Coordinator -3 - 05/17/01 P&Z