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SPECIAL MEETING PLANNING 1-\ND ZONING a::M-lISSION JANUARY 13, 1994
A SPOCIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDffi\mD PLANNING AND ZONING ca-1MISSION WAS HELD ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1994, AT 6:00 P.M. IN THE CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE FOLLCWING MEMBERS WERE PRESENT:
BAKER -CHAIRMAN FINGER HOOVER -PLANNER HENRY -DEVELOPMENT COORDINATORCRESS BRINKMAN -SECREI'ARY WASSON MEASELES -LIAISON McHUGH DICKSON
WITH A QUORUM PRESENT, JORDAN ABSENT, CHAIRMAN BAKER CALLED THE MEETING 'IO ORDER 'IO DISCUSS THE FOLLav!NG ITEM:
1.IDRKSHOP FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS AND OVERLAY DISTRICTS.
THERE WAS DISCUSSION REGARDING SPECIFIC USE PERMITS IN A PUD DISTRICT WHICH ROOUIRES A Th"O STEP PRCCESS. CCMMISSIONER DICKSON STATED THAT PDD SHOULD BE A SINGLE STEP PROCESS. CCMMISSIONER FINGER STATED THAT A 75 ACRE TRACT SEEMED RATHER SMALL FOR A PDD 1-\ND THAT THE PUBLIC SHOULD HAVE AN OPPOR'I'UNITY 'IO VIEW THE PLANS. CCM-1ISSIONER WASSON REMARKED THAT THE PROPERI'Y WOULD BE MASTER PLANNED 1-\ND THEN SUBDIVISION PLATS FOR EACH SUEDIVISION WITHIN THE PDD WOULD BE PRESENTED FOR THE CCM-1ISSION'S REVIEW.
CITY PLANNER HOOVER SAID THAT IDST DEVELOPERS WOULD PREFER 60'-65' UJrS IN THE GARDEN HCME DISTRICT. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE SMALLER UJrS WOULD BE A BUFFER FOR THE LARGER UJrS. THE SMALLER HCME UJrS ""OULD BE AROUND THE THOROUGHFARES, BLVDS. EI'C. WHICH ARE NORMALLY THE LAST UJrS 'IO SELL. HOOVER C(1,:1MEN'I'El) THAT PDD 'S W){.JI.D ALIJ::JfJ THE C(M.1ISSION TO CONTROL WHAT TYPE OF BUSINESSES WERE LOCATED WITHIN THE PDD. IN THE ARF.A AROUND RANCHO VIEJO (SI.ONE' S SUBDIVISION) HE STATED THAT LARGE HCMESITES, SUCH AS THOSE IN RANCHO VIEJO, COUID BE LOCATED ON ON THE CREEKS OR 'JXMARDS THE REAR OF THE SUBDIVISION. SMALLER HCMES AND LCYI'S IDULD BE PERMITTED CLOSER 'IO FM 518.
C(M.1ISSIONER FINGER STATED THAT IN DOING AWAY WITH THE PUD CONCEPT 'l'HE CCMMISSION WOULD HAVE ELIMINATED A UJr OF GOOD THAT IT COULD 00 IN SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES SUCH AS WITH MR. CHRISLEY' S PROPERI'Y. HE FURTHER CCM1ENTED THAT IF THE CITY IS MOVING INI'O THE AREA OF LARGER MASTER PLANNED CCMMUNITIES, A MASTER PLANNED CCMMUNITY SEGMENT OF THE ORDINANCE SHOULD BE CREATED 'IO DEAL WITH LARGER TRACTS OF LAND 1-\ND LEAVE THE PUD ALONE. A PDD IDULD ENHANCE THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT AND WOUL_D MJ.£Jfl THE CITY 'IO HAVE IDRE CONTROL AT LESS EXPENSE TO THE CITY. FINGER ALSO SAID THAT HE IDULD M1\KE ONE CHANGE TO PUD CONCEPT 1-\ND THAT WAS IF THE PROPERTY IS NCYr
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DEVELOPED WITH A 2 YEAR PERIOD IT WOUID REVERT BACK TO WHAT IT WAS
PREVIOUSLY ZONED. HE STATED THAT HE PREFERRED TO KEEP THE Thl()
SEGIBNTS SEPARATED. CCM1ISSIONER CRESS SAID THAT THE SAME THING
COULD BE ACCCMPLISHED WITH CHANGES TO THE PERMITI'ED USE TABLE AND
CXM'1ISSIONER FINGER REPLIED THAT IT WOULD BE LESS CONFUSING TO
MAKE PDD A SEPARA'I'E ZONING CATEGORY.
CHAIRMAN BAKER ASKED HOOVER WHAT HAD BEEN REQUESTED BY MOST
DEVELOPERS THAT HAD BEEN IN TO VISIT HIM. HOOVF....R SAID THAT ONLY
ONE HAD MENTIONED DUPLEXES AND NONE HAD INQUIRED ABOur
APAR'IMENTS. THEY WERE LOOKING A MIX OF 70' -75' LOTS WITH LARGER rms, 90 • x 130' AND PERHAPS 10-15% OF THE LOTS AT 85' x 130' •
THE SMALLEST LCJr MENI'IONED FOR GARDEN HCMES WAS 50' WITH A RANGE
TO 75 1 WITH A MIX OF 5 -10%.
DISCUSSION CENrF'..RED AROUND PARKS. ca-1MISSIONER DICKSON STATED
THAT THE PARKS SHOUID BE PRIVATE FOR THE SUBDIVISION SUCH AS THE
ONE IN POLLY RANCH. CCl-1MISSIONER FINGER STATED THAT PROBLEMS
COULD ARISE IF THERE WERE CITY MAINI'AINED PARKS IN A SUBDIVISION
AND CITED AS EXAMPLE, THE PARK IN WINDSONG BEING USED FOR SOCCER
PRACTICE.
THE CG1MISSION DIRECTED HOOVER TO CREATE AN AMENDMENT FOR THE PDD
WHICH WOULD Nar ALl./:J.IJ GREATER THAN THE 2.7 DENSITY PER ACRE. THEY
ALSO STATED THAT THE SMALLEST LCY.l' IN THE SINGLE FAMILY RF.SIDENI'IAL
DISTRICT SHOUID BE 80' WIDTH. THEY AI.SO REQUESTED THAT STAFF
DRAFI' A REVISION TO THE GARDEN HCME DISTRICT so THAT THE rms
"l()UID BE 60' TO 65' IN WIDTH INSTEAD OF 45' •
THE cet,1MISSION ESTABLISHED A WORKSHOP DATE OF JANUARY 27, 1994 TO
viORKSHOP THE CCMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THEY ALSO STATED THAT THEY viOULD
LIKE TO REVIEW ENTRYWAYS/OVERLAYS, THE F'ENCE ORDINANCE, CUL-DE-SAC
POLICY AND/OR DEFINITION OF A CUL-DE-SAC AND HAVE THEM AVAILABLE
FOR THE FIRST REGULAR MEETING IN FEBRUARY.
MEE'l'ING WAS ADJOURNED. f7��