HomeMy WebLinkAboutP&Z Minutes 2005-08-15 SpecialMinutes of a Special Meeting
of the
Friendswood Planning and Zoning Commission
August 15, 2005
A special meeting of the Friendswood Planning and Zoning Commission was held
Monday, August 15, 2005 at 5:00 p.m. in the city hall council chambers located at 910 S.
Friendswood Drive, Friendswood, Texas. The following members were present:
Jim Gibson
David Brakebill
Kevin Hol_land 5: 15 p.m.
Bob Bertrand 5 :30 p.m.
Diana Steelquist-Staff Planner
Mike Hodge -Director CDPW
JOINT WORK SESSION WITH CITY COUNCIL
1.Discussion with City Council regarding the following:
a.Entryway Overlay District (EOD) Boundaries
The Mayor invited Vice-Chairman Gibson to provide some introductory comments
regarding the EOD issues. Commissioner Gibson stated that the Commission had made
the recommendation to extend EOD Boundaries in order to be proactive, also to provide
information to citizens as to where future entrances into the City would be located. Staff
presented a PowerPoint presentation which provided some additional background as well
as where the proposed extensions would be located. The areas to be included in the EOD
were Blackhawk, north of FM 2351 and south of FM 528, Whispering
Pines/Friendswood Link, and Brittany Bay Blvd.
Council was concerned about corner lots where the EOD might overlap either with the
Downtown Overlay District or other areas of the EOD. The consensus seemed to be that
should that situation occur on corner lots, only one side of the lot should be subject to the
EOD requirements. Council directed the Commission to resolve the corner lot issue
before moving forward with the extension of the EOD boundaries.
b.Community Shopping Center (CSC) to allow more office space
Staff made a presentation on the background of office space limits in CSC and also NC.
Staff also stated their issues with allowing more office space within CSC, which included
current enforcement of those limitations and the possible loss of tax revenue.
Councilmember LeCour requested additional market study information on the types of
retail business appropriate within the City. He would also like more information on the
differences in tax revenues generated by office uses and retail uses.
Staff provided some possible solutions to the office use limitations in CSC. These
included revisions to the Permitted Use Table to not allow any office uses, or allow office
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uses only with a Specific Use Permit, or leave the current ordinance in place with
limitations. The Mayor suggested that the limitations simply be removed as possible
solution. There was some consensus that CSC developments of less than 10,000 sq. ft.
not have any office use limitations, rather, the limitations should be reserved for larger,
more typical, integrated CSC developments of 2 or more acres. Commissioner Bertrand
suggested that the uses allowed adjacent to residential districts be more office type rather
than retail. Commissioner Gibson noted that there is a solution in place should a
landowner wish to exceed the allowable limits of office space: rezone to PUD/SUP
mixed use commercial. The Council asked the Commission to continue to review this
issue and bring back a clear recommendation.
c.Open Space/Green Space
Staff presented some background on where in the Zoning Ordinance Open Space or
Green Space are used. References are made in the PUD-Cluster Home Ordinance, under
the description of Mutli-family Residential districts and when reducing parking areas.
Although the definitions of Open Space and Green Space were discussed when adopting
the amended Cluster Home Ordinance, the definitions were not formally included in the
ordinance. The Commission also had concerns with including detention areas in the
definition. Commissioner Brakebill stated that before a detention area should be included
in Open Space, there needed to be some type of 'value added'. He reasoned that all
developments required detention areas. Council noted that most new developments used
detention areas as an amenity and the consensus was that they should be counted toward
Open Space. However, they did see a need to provide some incentives for developers to
create detention areas which did have value added properties such as fountains, trails etc.
In addition, Council clearly stated that golf courses should be included in the definition of
Open Space.
2.Adjournment
With no further comment, the meeting was adjourned at 6:20 p.m.
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