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HomeMy WebLinkAboutP&Z Minutes 2001-01-18 Regularl I ( j \l Minutes of the Friendswood Planning and Zoning Commission January 18, 2001. A regular meeting of the Friendswood Planning and Zoning Commission was held Thursday January 18, 2001 at 7 :00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers located at 910 S.Friendswood Drive, Friendswood, Texas. Tom Burke Bob Bertrand Zekie Mc Veigh Mike Dominguez -City Planner Diana Steelquist -CDD Coordinator Mel Measeles -City Council Liaison Mike Hodge -CDD Director Without a quorum present, Frankovich, Aalund, Clark and Samson absent, the meeting was called to order at 7:20 P.M. by Chairman Burke to discuss the following: Call to Order: 1.Consideration and possible action regarding minutes for approval -01/04/01 regular meeting. No quorum present therefore, item was skipped and no action was taken. 2.Communications from the public. None. 3.Discussion regarding the Conceptual Plan of Maggie's Estates, Section Two located at Sunset Drive and Briarmeadow Avenue. Mr. John James of 1571 Havenhurst, Houston, Texas acted as agent for the owner/developers and addressed the commissioners. The current amended plat will be re-platted to create an additional tract out of Lot 1. The tracts will be labeled Lots lA and lB. Lot lA will have frontage on Sunset Drive and will be built out first. Staff is investigating what effect the future plans for widening Sunset will have on the right-of-way and storm drains. The city is currently planning on the use of culverts for the placement of storm drains. Chairman Burke was concerned that plat notes on the original plat were not carried over to the replat. 4.Consideration and possible action regarding the preliminary commercial site plan of a Children's Lighthouse located in Autumn Creek Commercial Tract One. No quorum present therefore, item was skipped and no action was taken. -1 - 01/18/01 P&Z 5.Consideration and possible action regarding the fmal commercial site plan of 208 S. Friendswood Drive. No quornm present therefore, item was skipped and no action was taken. 6.Discussion and possib le action regarding proposed amendment to Appendix C - Zoning Ordinance, Section 8., I., 2., a. Perimeter Landscaping and Screening requirements No quornm present therefore, no action was taken. The item was skipped. A discussion took place after the staff reports were presented. 7.Staff Reports a.Sidewalk requirements Mike Dominguez presented a report regarding the requirements for sidewalks in Friendswood. He reported that no specific language exists in the Zoning Ordinance requiring developments in the E.O.D. to have four foot sidewalks. In all cases of subdivision development, sidewalks are required except when the Planning & .Zoning Commission finds them not nec essary for the benefit of the community. He also repmted that the Lowelands subdivision developer had agreed to add a sidewalk along FM 528 subsequent to approval of the final plat on Januaiy 4, 2001. The developer had noted after the 1-4-0 l meeting that there were in fact sidewalks on both sides of the bridge over Clear Creek. Commissioner Bertrand added that he had received a te lephone call from the agent, Chuck Davis, expressing his apologies for providing misinformation and inf01ming the commissioner of the developer's plan to add the sidewalk along FM 528. b.Park Dedication Ordinance Pursuant to Commissioner Clark's request, the City Planner investigated the applicability of the Park Dedic ation Ordinance to the proposed amended plat of Buckingham Estates. He deter mined with input from the Community Services Director that the amended plat will not be subject to the Park Dedication Ordinance. This is because the original plat was filed before the Ordinance took effect and the proposed amended plat will not be increasing the density of the development. c.Public Hearings Schedule A written schedule of upcoming public hearings and regular meet ings was provided to the commissioners by the Development Coordinator. 6.Discussion regar ding proposed amendment to Appendix C -Zoning Ordinance, Section 8., I., 2., a. Perimeter Landscaping and Screening requirements. -2 - 01/18/01 P&Z l ( Chairman Burke expressed concern about the descriptive language used to identify the types of opaque fencing which could be used. He suggested other alternatives for masonry type fencing might be precluded by the ordinance as modified. He also suggested that certain types of vegetation might be used as screening as could vinyl fencing. Regarding using drainage ditches and canals as screening, Burke wanted to see more detail in the ordinance amendment as to what constituted at drainage ditch. Commissioner Bertrand thought there should be some consideration to the use of a mixture of berms and fences. He also noted that some existing developments had six foot fences and that requiring new developments to use eight foot fences created a unsightly visual effect. For this reason, he would like to see some consideration in the ordinance to match existing fencing. Chai1man Burke requested that staff prepare a report on the issues discussed to be presented at the next regular meeting along with consideration of the proposed amendment. 8.Adjournment. Chairman Burke apologized to the applicants present at the meeting for the lack of a quorum. He asked if any of the developments on the agenda had time constraints that would be affected by waiting until February 1st for consideration. Janice Lowe, representing the Children's Lighthouse stated that it was a detiiment to the developer to delay preliminary approval until the l st. Mr. Lyde also stated that they would not like any further delay in approving their final site plan for 208 S. Friendswood Dr. Chairman Burke called for a special meeting to be held Thursday, January 25 th if a quorum could attend. With no fmiher comment the meeting was adjourned at 8:00 P.M. �6,� Community Development Coordinator - 3 - 01/18/01 P&Z