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SPE'CIAL MEETING
PLANNING AND ZONING ro-1MISSION
FEBRUARY 10, 1994
6:00 P.M.
A SPE'CIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDffi\mD PLANNING AND ZONING ro-1MISSION WAS
HELD ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1994, AT 6:00 P.M. IN THE CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE FOLLCmING MEMBERS WERE PRESENT:
RAKER -CHAIRMAN HOOVER -PLANNER
DICKSON HENRY -DEVELOPMENT COORDINA'IOR
CRESS BRINKMAN -SECRRI'ARY
JORDAN
1.DISCUSSION REX;ARDING THE FOLI..CWING:
A.OVERLAY DISTRICTS
B.GARDEN HCME AMENDMENTc.smPE OF THE ca-1PREHENSIVE PLAN
D.FENCES
CITY PLANNER HOOVER REVIEWED THE PDD AMENDMENT STATING THAT CITY
COUNCIL rs 'IO CONSIDER IT AT THEIR FEBRUARY 7, 1994 MEETING.
THERE ARE SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO ARE IN OPPOSITION 'IO IT. THERE WILL
BE A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE AMENDMENT.
HOOVER THEN PRESENTED THE OVERLAY DISTRICT AMENDMENT 'IO THE
CCMMISSION FOR THEIR REVIEW. CCM-1ISSIONER CRESS ASKED IF THE 15'
LANDSCAPE BUFFER AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS EASEMENT WAS ENOUGH; THE
CCM-1ISSION AGREED THAT IT WOULD BE ADEX)UATE. ACffiRDING 'IO THE ADA
REQUIREMENTS, SIDEWALI(S MUST BE 5' IN WIDTH OR FLARE 'IO 5' IN
WIDTH AT 100' INCREMENTS. THE ca-1MISSION DE'CIDED THAT THE
DEVELOPER SHOUID HAVE THE OPTION AND ADVISED HOOVER 'IO MAKE THE
CHANGE AcmRDINGLY. PARKING WAS DISCUSSED AS WERE BERMS AND
LANDSCAPE BUFFERS FOR PARKING AREAS. GROUND SIGNS WILL BE ALIOOED
IN THE GREEN SPACE BUI' WILL Nor BE ALLCMED IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
CCM-1ISSIONER JORDAN ASKED IF THE CXM-1ISSION SHOUID ADD A
REX:2UIREMENT THAT TREES SHOUID BE EVERGREEN TREES. THE Ca.1MISSION
DID Nal' FEEL THAT WAS NECESSARY. THE TER-1 "HARMONIOUS ffiI.OR" WAS
DISCUSSED AND HOOVER STATED THAT THIS GAVE THE CCM-1ISSION THE
OPTION 'IO REJECT BRIGHT ffiI.ORS THAT WERE Nal' HARMONIOUS WITH THE
SURROUNDING AREA. HE STATED THAT IN HIS'IORICAL DISTRICTS,
SPE'CIFIC COI.ORS mum BE NAMED AND REQUIRED. TREES WILL BE
LOCATED BE'IWEEN THE SIDEWALKS AND SOUND BARRIER WALLS THAT MIGHT
BE ffiNSTRU2TED IN A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
THE ThD MINOR CHANGES REGARDING SIDEWALKS AND LOCATION OF TREES, THE ca-1MISSION AGREED WITH THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT.
GARDEN Ha.1E DISTRICT: HOOVER STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE 'IO WAIT
UNTIL THE ThD PLANNED GARDEN HCME DISTRICTS ARE ca-1PLETED BEFORE
MAKING ANY CHANGES 'IO THE ORDINANCE. THERE DOES Nor REMAIN A UYr
OF PROPERTY THAT CAN BE DEVELOPED IN'IO GARDEN HCME DISTRICTS. THE
CCM-1ISSION AGREED 'IO WAIT AS OTHER PROBLEMS COUID ARISE THAT WOULD
ALSO NEED 'IO BE ADDRF.BSED.
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COOPREHENSIVE PLAN: HOOVER STATED THAT HE HAD SCHEDULED A MEETING
WITH GARY CLAY, SUPERINTENDENT OF FISD, TO REVIEW THE SCOPE OF THE
COOPREHENSIVE PLAN. HE STATED THAT HIS O�IVE WAS TO CREATE A
BETI'ER WORKING ENVIRONMENT BE'IWEEN THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT. CHAIRMAN BAKER A.ND CCM-1ISSIONER CRESS EXPRESSED AN
IN!'ERFST IN A'ITENDING THE MEETING ALSO. HOOVER STATED THAT THE
CRITERIA TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE COOPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR LA.ND USE,
THOROUGHFARES, CCMMUNITY FACILITIES, DRAINAGE, ENTRYWAYS, MAIN
STREET OCONOOIC IMPACT, AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS IS TO ASSESS WHAT
YOU HAVE, WHAT YOU NEED, A.ND HOO TO OBTAIN THOSE THINGS. HE
STATED THAT CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS HAVE BEEN INITIATED WITH J. T.
DUNCAN A.ND ASSOCIATES A.ND FIGURES WILL BE FORTHCCMING.
FENCES: HOOVER STATED THAT SPLIT RAIL FENCES A.ND ROCK ARE OFTEN
CONSIDERED DOCORATIVE LANDSCAPING RATHER THAN FENCING. DISCUSSION
FOLLCMED REGARDING FENCING REQUIREMENTS IN A STANDARD SUBDIVISION
AS OPPOSED TO LARGE TRACT'S OF LAND. THE CCM-ITSSION INSTRUCTED
HOOVER TO WRITE A PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT REGARDING Ffil...1CES,
FOR THEIR REVIEW.
2.MEETING WAS ADJOURNED.
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