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REGULAR MEETING
PLANNING AND ZONING CCT-1MISSION
OCIDBER 20, 1994
A REGULAR MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWCX)D PLANNING AND ZONING CCT-1MISSION WAS
HELD ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1994, AT 7:00 P.M. IN THE CITY HALL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE FOU.CWING MEMBERS WERE PRESENT:
CRESS
DICKSON
FINGER
WHITI'ENBURG
McHUGH
HENRY
BRINKMAN
KNEUPPER
HOOVER
WITH A QUORUM PRESENT, BAKER AND WASSON ABSENT, THE CCM-u:SSION MOVED TO
CONSIDER THE FOU.CWING:
1.CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE RECCM1ENDATION REGARDING THE ZONE
CLASSIFICATION CHANGE REQUEST FOR THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF MELODY
AND F ,M. 2351, Im 21, HOIDALE AND COFFMAN SUBDIVISION FRCM SFR
(SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWEI.J..ING DISTRICT) TO PUD (PLANNED UNIT
DISTRICT).
CCMMISSIONER DICKSON MADE A MOTION TO RECCM1END APPROVAL OF THE
ZONE CIASSIFICATION CHANGE REQUEST.
SECOND: WHITI'ENBURG
VOTE FOR: UNANIMOUS
OPPOSED: NONE MarION CARRIED
2.CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE RECCM-1ENDATION REGARDING THE SITE PLAN
FOR PHOENICIA.
THE CCMMISSION REVIEWED THE SITE PLAN. THE ISSUE OF THE SIDEWALKS
HAD BEEN RESOLVED AND THE PARKING HAD BEEN REDUCED AS PER THE
CCM1ISSION' S REQUEST. THE REMAINING AREA WAS PART CONCRETE AND
PART SOD. SIGNS AND LANDSCAPING ISSUES WERE DISCUSSED. WITH AU.,
ISSUES RESOLVED, CCMMISSIONER McHUGH MADE A MOTION THAT THE SITE
PLAN FOR PHOENICIA BE RECa,1MENDED 'TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
SECOND: DICKSON
VCYI'E FOR: UNANIMOUS
OPPOSED: NONE MOTION CARRIED
3.PRE-APP SITE PLAN FOR VOSS SUBDIVISION LOCATED ON FM 528, BE'IWEEN
WINDING WAY AND THE 'lWO STORIED OFFICE BUILDING.
THE PRE-APP WAS REVIEWED FOR A DOCTOR'S OFFICE WHICH IS 'TO BE
LOCATED OFF OF WINDING WAY ON FM 528. THE PROPERTY IS ZONED FOR
OFFICE PARK DISTRICT (OBD) ALREADY. PARKING WAS DISCUSSED AND THE
CCM1ISSION ADVISED DR. BRavN 'TO CONTACT STAFF FOR FURTHER
DIRECTION.
4.ELECT VICE-CIIAIRMAN -THIS ITEM WAS PASSED OVER UNTIL AU., THE
CCMMISSION WAS PRESENT.
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5.CCM-1UNICATIONS FRa-1:
A.STAFF
CITY PLANNER HOOVER ADDRESSED THE CCM1.ISSION REGARDING DR.
FAIRLEIGH'S PROPOSED ZONE CLASSIFICATION CHANGE REQUEST AND
OFFICE/S'IORAGE STRUCTURES. HE STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE 'IO
POLL THE CCM-ilSSION FOR DR. FAIRLEIGH, IN ORDF.R THAT THE
OOC'IOR WOULD HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMMISSION'S
VIEW OF THE PROJECT. THE .MAJORITY OF THE COM-1ISSION STATED
THAT THEY HAD NO OBJECTION 'ID THE PROPOSED PROJECT ; H™EVER,
WANTED THE IX)CI'()R 'IO UNDERSTAND THAT IT MIGHT Na!' BE
ECONC1-1ICALLY FEASIBLE GIVEN THE REQUIREMENTS OF A SPECIFIC
USE PERMIT. FURTHER, THE STRUCTURE WOULD HAVE 'ID BE
AESTHETICALLY PLEASING BEFORE IT WOULD BE APPROVED.
COMMISSIONER CRESS STATED HIS CONCERNS THAT A PRECEDENT WAS
BEING SET IN ALLCM'ING SUCH A STRUCTURE IN THE DCWNTCWN AREA.
HE ADDED THAT THE RATIO FOR PARKING WAS INADEQUATE,
ESPECIALLY IF PART OF THE AREA WAS USED AS OFFICE SPACE. HE
STATED THAT HE COULD Na!' SUPPORI' THE DENSITY. Ca-1MISSIONER
McHUGH ADDED THAT WHILE THERE WAS A NEED FOR S'IORAGE/OFFICE
SPACES, SHE WAS Nar SURE SHE APPROVED OF THE LOCATION.
B.COMMISSIONERS
CCMMISSIONER CRESS ASKED ABOUT THE LAND USE PLAN. HOOVER
CXl-1MENTED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A DISCREPANCY IN THE CENSUS
COUNT WHICH HAD THRONN J. T. DUNKIN BEHIND. THERE WOULD BE
SCMETHING BEFORE THE CCM1ISSION IN A FEW WEEKS FOR THE
COMMISSION'S REVIEW.
THE SECOND ISSUE DISCUSSED WAS THE ORDINANCE CHANGES. HOOVER
REPLIED THAT THE ORDINANCE WERE BEING REVIEWED BY JOHN
OLSON. ONCE THEY WERE READY, A PUBLIC HEARING WOULD BE CALLED.
1.PUBLIC HEARING NarIFICATION -CRESS
THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE f\UI'IFIES ALL PROPERI'Y ONNERS
WITHIN A 200' RADIUS OF THE EDGE OF THE PROPERI'Y AS
INSTRUCTED BY STATE LAW. THE TAX OFFICE PROVIDES THE
PROPERI'Y �R INFORMATION 'ID THE CITY SECRETARY FOR
:t,..lQTIFICATION. COMMISSIONER FINGER ASKED IF THE ROADWAY
WAS FIGURED IN'ID THE 200'. ACCORDING 'ID REBECCA CA RBONE
OF THE TAX OFFICE, THE RONJiJAY IS PART OF OF THE 200'
NarIFICATION DISTANCE. COMMISSIONER FINGER STATED THAT
THE CITY APPARENTLY DID Na!' INFORM BILL LANGIX>C OF THE
ZONE CLASSIFICATION CHANGE REQUEST EVEN THOUGH HE WAS
WITHIN 200' OF THE SUBJECT PROPERI'Y. HE STATED THAT THE
CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE SHOULD SEND A LETI'ER OF APOLOGY
OFFICIALLY ACKNCWLEDGING OUR ERROR.
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2.MINIMUM I.OT SIZE IN CCM>ruNITY SHOPPING CENTER DISTRICT
(CSC) ·-CRESS.
AFTER SCME DISCUSSION, THE CXM1ISSION AGREED THAT THE
I.OT SIZE SHOULD BE NO LESS THAN 100' X 125' AND
PREFERABLY A SLIGHT BI'r LARGER. THE EN'rRYWAY/OVERIAY
WAS DISCUSSED AND HOOVER CCM1ENTED THAT ALL OF THE
CQ\1MISSION SHOULD TAKE A DRIVE ON HIGHWAY 6 IN
SUGARLAND. HE STATED THAT THIS IS THE CONCEPT THAT
FRIENDSWOOD IS TRYING TO ACCCMPLISH. IT IS MOST
ATI'RACTIVE. WITH NO FURTHER CCM-1ENT, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED.
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