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Minutes of a Regular Meeting
of the
Planning and Zoning Commission
November 20, 1997
A regular meeting of the Friendswood Planning and Zoning Commission was held Thursday,
November 20, 1997, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers located at 910 S. Friendswood
Drive, Friendswood, Texas. The following members were present:
Finger -Chair
Storey
Hodge -City Engineer
Henry -Development Coordinator
Lamb -Secretary Grace
Clark Mickelson -City Attorney
Measeles -Council Liaison
With a quorum present, Eubanks having resigned, Mcveigh and Burke absent, Chair Finger called the
meeting to order asking for communications from the public for items that did not appear on the agenda.
Having none, the following items were considered:
1.Final site plan of Melody Plaza II located on FM 2351.
Al Lentz presented the final site plan. There will be one common drive for the two tracts
of land; however, the TXDOT permit has not been received yet. There was discussion
regarding the removal of trees on the site and the removal of a wood sign on the site.
Motion:
Second:
Vote for:
Grace to recommend approval of the site plan contingent
upon TXDOT approval, the removal of the wood sign,
and a note regarding common access be placed on the
site plan.
Storey
Unanimous Motion carried
2.. Pre-app plat of Green Acres Subdivision located on Myrtlewood.
Todd Slayton with T JS Land Surveyors represented the owners of the property. This is a
replat of the 2 lot subdivision known as Goldman Acres. It will still be two lots but the lot
line is moved. The plat has been taken to the drainage district for their review. There
were no problems and the commission instructed Mr. Slayton to proceed.
3.Pre-app plat of Canal Drive & Mandala Road.
4.
John Ramsey presented the plat which is just over 5 acres. The land will be subdivided
into an 8 lots of 120 feet in width. This will be an open ditch subdivision. City services are
available in a 6 inch water line and an 8 inch sewer line. There were no problems and the
commission instructed Mr. Ramsey to proceed. Mr. Ramsey asked if separate deed
restrictions will be required because the restrictions will be stated in each deed as the lots
are sold. Chair Finger stated that as each lot is sold, the lot restrictions become the deed
restrictions for that lot.
Pre-app plat of Friendswood Development located on West Bay Area Boulevard.
John Hammond of Friendswood Development Company in Houston stated this is a 91
acre tract of land; 36 acres zoned CSC and 56 acres zoned MFR-L. Friendswood
Development would like to rezone the property which would result in less density and less
commercial; 23 acres would remain CSC, 18.4 acres would remain MFR-L, the remaining
would be changed to MFR-GHD. The 91 acres is out of a 371 acres tract which is zoned
office park, multi-family and single family residential use. Mr. Hammond was informed of
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the procedures required for a zone classification change. There were no other
comments.
5.Pre-app of Schultz Square located on Heritage (Zoned LI).
This is an existing lot and all paving and utilities are in. There were no other comments or
concerns.
6.Pre-app plat of Taylor Subdivision located on Winding Way.
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This property is located behind the Taylor Insurance building and would have to be
rezoned from CSC to SFR. Mr. Taylor intends to create 3 single family lots for his family,
in the rear of the original tract. Mr. Taylor would like to create the subdivision without
making a curb and gutter street built to City specifications. Chair Finger stated that this
would not be permitted. He advised Mr. Taylor there will be a Council workshop on the
permitted use table on December 8, 1997 at which time Mr. Taylor might present this
issue as an example of the need for residential development in the Planned Unit
Development zone category. There have been several similar requests and at present,
the City should has no avenue to allow this type of subdivision.
Pre-app site plan of Guaranty Federal located at FM 528 and Winding Way.
The site is across from Auto Zone in the RaMar ROW subdivision. The developer wantsto shift the site plan to save two large Oak trees. A ten foot green space is required
between this site and the adjacent residential area. Water runoff will be to the TXDOT
storm sewer, landscaping, parking and green spaces were also discussed. There were
no other comments.
Final plat of Winston Addition located at FM 518 and Castlewood.
This property is zoned OBD. City Engineer Hodge explained the City had taken 10 foot of
utility and drainage easement instead of taking 1 O feet of right of way as right of way
would change building line requirements. There were concerns with sidewalks and
liability as well as ingress and egress on the site.
Motion:
Second:
Vote for:
Clark -table until issues are resolved.
Storey
Unanimous Motion carried
9.Discussion regarding the Site Plan of Melody Plaza I -Padgett Office/Residence for
the public hearing to be held on December 1, 1997.
10.
Peter Ghorman represented the Padgett family. The property is zoned PUD and
Ghorman explained the Padgett family owned the dance studio and all of the land in
between. It was their intent to someday put in a drive to the studio which might be used
as a second access to the studio. The public hearing will be on December 1, 1997.
Discussion regarding the proposed Community Commercial Zone (CC) and the Office
Park (OP) zoning issue of the Zoning Ordinance.
Chair Finger explained the difference between the two classifications. This will be
considered at the next meeting.
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11.January Meetings -New Year's Day is the first regularly scheduled meeting in 1998. It
was decided there would be only 1 regular meeting in January: January 15, 1998.
12.Communications from:
A.Staff -City Engineer Hodge distributed a chart of available vacant space
in the City of Friendswood. Also, the workshop on the Comprehensive
plan has been rescheduled. Hodge also informed the commission that
the second floor conference rooms were scheduled through the City
Secretary's office and through Community Development.
B.Council Liaison -none
C.Commissioners -there was discussion regarding detention ponds. This
item will be considered at a future meeting.
CL/\LJDIA LAMB, SECRETARY