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Home My WebLink AboutP&Z Minutes 1994-01-10 Specialr 1 ! I lJ SPOCIAL MEEI'ING PLANNING AND ZONING CCMv1ISSION JANUARY 10, 1994 A SPOCIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDS¾UOD PLANNING AND ZONING CCMHSSION WAS HELD ON MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1994, AT 7:00 P.M. IN THE CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE FOLLCWING MEMBERS WERE PRESENT: BAKER -CHAIRMAN DICKSON HOOVER -PLANl\1ER HENRY -DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR BRINKMAN -SECRETARY FINGER McHUGH MEASELES -LIAISON CRESS WITH A QUORUM PRESENT, JORDAN AND WASSON ABSENT, CHAIRMAN BAKER OPENED THE PLANNING AND ZONING PORTION OF THE rxx:Kfil'ED JOINT PUBLIC HEARING 'IO ROCEIVE PUBLIC INPUl', EITHER ORAL OR WRI'ITEN, REGARDING: A. B. Im)UEST FOR A SPOCIFIC USE PERMIT -CLEAR CREEK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED ON F.M. 528, TRACT ONE, 28.927 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, our OF THE SARA McKISSICK SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 549, HARRIS COUNJ'Y, TEXAS FR.a-1 CSC (CG'lMUNITY SHOPPING Cm'I'ER DISTRICT) 'IO SP SCHOOL. MAYOR NEWMAN ADVISED THE AUDIENCE OF THE LOCATION OF THE SITE. THERE WAS NO PUBLIC C� EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THE ZONE CLASSIFICATION CHANGE REQUEST. A ZONE CLASSIFICATION CHANGE Im)UEST OF SFR ( SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL 'IO PUD (PLANNED UNIT DISTRICT) FOR 1.1983 ACRES OtJI' OF LCYI' 21 OF THE HOIDA.tE AND COFFMAN SUBDIVISION OF THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE PERRY AND AUSTIN LEAGUE, GALVF.S'ION COUNrY, TEXAS. CITY PLANNER, DAVID HOOVER, GAVE A DEFINITION OF A PUD DEVEWPMENT. HE EXPLAINED THAT MOST USAGES UNDER THE PUD DEVEWPMENT mum HEQUIRE A SPOCIFIC USE PERMIT WHICH WOULD Im)UIRE ANOTHER PUBLIC REA.HING. HOOVER FURI.'HER EXPLAINED THAT A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT WAS, IN ESSENCE, A CONTRACT WITH '11HE CITY WHEREBY THE CITY COUID CONTROL THE VARIOUS ITEMS IN THE DEVET.OPMENT. MR. CHRISLEY, OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, ADDRESSED THE AUDIENCE REGARDING THE INTENDED USE OF THE PROPERTY. HE SAID THAT THERE WERE 'ffiO PIDPLE INTERESTED IN THE PROPERTY AND THAT THE USE WILL PROBABLY BE A DAY CARE OR A DCCroR' S OFFICE. APPROXIMATELY THREE OTHER PEOPLE SPOKE IN FAVOR OF THE ZONE CLASSIFICATION CHANGE REQUEST. MR. LANGOOC READ INTO THE MINUl'ES A LEITER HE AND MRS. LANGDOC HAD WRITI'EN 'IO THE PLANNING AND ZONING CG1MISSION IN WHICH THEY STATED THAT THE PUD IS "POI'ENI'IALLY ca-1PATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING RESIDFNI'IAL NEIGHBORHOOD ••• BUT THE SPOCIFIC USE PERMIT MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH THE RESIDENTIAL NATURE OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD". CCM-1ISSIONER FINGER READ IN.ID THE l 1 l P&Z 1/10/94 Page 2 MINUI'ES, A LEITER FRa-1 MR. AND MRS. ALLEN IN WHICH THEY 'ICO GAVE CONDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE ZONE CHANGE REQUEST. THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 10 PERSONS WHO SPOKE IN OPPOSITION TO THE ZONE CHANGE ROOUEST STATING THAT A DAY CARE HAD ALREADY CLOSED IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA, THE DECREASE OF PROPERTY VALUES, THE FEAR OF Sfil'I'ING A PRECEDENCE, HEIGHT OF THE BUIIDINGS AND TRAFFIC. QUESTIONS AROSE REGARDING THE PROPOSED ENI'RYWAY/OVERLAY DISTRICT AND PLANNER HOOVER STATED THAT THE CCM-1ISSION, CITY COUNCIL, AND AN OUTSIDE CONSULTA.N'J' WERE WORKING ON THAT MA'ITER. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE PRC\JECTED DATE FOR COMPLETION 'WOULD BE THE END OF THIS YEAR. WITH NO FURTHER CCM,IBNT, CHAIRMAN BAKER CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ADJOURNED TO THE CONFERENCE ROCM TO GIVE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE REXXMv1ENDATION FOR THE FOLLCWrNG: THE CCM-USSION REQUESTED THAT ITEMS NCYl' BE CONSIDERED ON THE SAME DATE AS THE PUBLIC HEARING. CG1MISSIONER McHUGH MADE A IDI'ION TO TABLE THE CONSIDERA'rION AND ROCCM-1ENDATION FOR BOTH ITEMS UNTIL THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING CCM,1ISSIOO. SECOND: FINGER VCYI'E FOR: UNANIMOUS OPPOSED: NONE MOTIOO CARRIED. A.REX;:2UEST FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT -CLEAR CREEK INDEPENDENTSCHOOL DISTRICT FOR PROPERTY I.OCATED ON F .M. 528, TRACT ONE,28.927 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, OUT OF THE SARA McKISSICK SURVEY,ABSTRACT NO. 549, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS FRCM CSC (CCM1UNITYSHOPPING CENTER DISTRICT) TO SP SCHOOL. TO BE CONSIDERED 00 JANUARY 20, 1994. B.A ZONE CLASSIFICATION CHANGE RFD.DEST OF SFR (SINGLE FAMILYRESIDENTIAL TO PUD (PLANNED UNIT DISTRICT) FOR 1. 1983 ACRESOUT OF L(YI' 21 OF THE HOIDALE AND COFFMAN SUBDIVISION OF THENORTHEAST PART OF THE PERRY AND AUSTIN LEAGUE, GALVES'IONCOUNTY, TEXAS. TO BE CONSIDERED ON JANUARY 20, 1994. MEETING W7IS I\D,J � O�ik >.L CLAUDIA L. BRINKMAN -SECRETARY [ 1 l J 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 r 1 l l P&Z 1/13 /94 Page 2 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��