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REGULAR MEETING
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
SEPTEMBER 15, 1994
A REGULAR MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WAS
HELD ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1994, AT 7:00 P.M. IN THE CITY HAU,
COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE FOLI.OtHNG MEMBERS WERE PRESENT
BAKER -CHAIRMAN
WASSON
HOOVER -CITY PLANNER
HENRY -DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR
BRINI<MAN -SOCRETARY DICKSON
FINGER
CRESS
McHUGH
WHI'ITENBURG
WITH A QUORUM PRESENI', AND NONE ABSENT, CHAIRMAN BAI<ER OPENED THE
MEETING ASI<ING FOR CCMMUNICATIONS FRCM THE PUBLIC FOR ITEMS WHICH DID
N0I' APPEAR ON THE AGENDA. WITH NO PUBLIC CCM1ENT, THE FOLI.ruING ITEMS
WERE CONSIDERED:
1.DISCUSSION REGARDING THE MASTER PLAN OF BAY CREEK PROPERTY ZONED
CSC (CQ\1MlJNITY SHOPPING CENTER DISTRICT) LOCATED ON FM 528 BY SAN
JOAQUIN.
CITY PLANNER HOOVER PRESENTED THE MASTER PLAN TO THE COMMISSION
FOR THEIR REVIEW. CCM-1ISSIONER FINGER CCMMENTED THAT THE PIAN
APPEARED 'ID ADDRESS ALL OF THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMISSION. HOOVER
EXPLAINED THAT THIS IXXXJMENT IS NOI' A RIGID IXXXJMENT SUCH AS THE
SITE PLAN OR PLAT; HOIIBVER, WHEN A PORI'ION OF THE PROPERI'Y IS
DEVELOPED, IT MUST a::MPLY TO THE OVERALL PLAN OR THE PLAN MUST BE
ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY.
2.CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE RECa-1MENDATION REGARDING THE SITE PLAN
FOR BAY CREEK, A CCM1ERCIAL PROPERI'Y LOCATED ON FM 528 BY SAN
JOAQUIN,
THE COMMISSION REVIEWED THE SITE PLAN IN RELATION 'ID THE MASTER
PIAN. CHAIRMAN BAKER CCMMENTED THAT THE SITE PLAN DID NOI' SHa-l
TREES ON THE FRONT CORNER OF THE PROPERI'Y. JIM SCARBOROUGH,
DEVELOPER OF THE CORNER PROPERI'Y, STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN WORKING
WITH THE CWNER IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THE MASTER PLAN. ORIGINALLY,
THEY HAD COME IN WITH '1WO CURB CUTS ON FM 528 AND SAN JOAQUIN
PARKWAY; HCWEVER, THAT HAD BEEN CHANGED 'ID ONE CURB CUT ON FM 528
AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION. HE EXPLAINED THAT THE TREES HAD
BEEN CM.I'ITED BECAUSE OF VISIBILITY, ADDING THAT SAN JOAQUIN
PARI<WAY HAS HEAVILY LANDSCAPED ESPLANADES, DETENTION WAS
DISCUSSED AND MR. SCARBOROUGH STATED THAT THE DETENTION AREA WOULD
BE HYDRO-MULCHED AND HOOVER STATED THAT THE CITY ENGINEER HAD
REVIEWED THE DRAINAGE DETENTION AND WAS HAPPY WITH IT. THERE WILL
BE A MEDIAN CUT ON SAN JOAQUIN TO LINE UP WITH THE CURB CUT TO
ENABLE LARGE TRUCKS TO SERVICE THE STATION. HE STATED THAT THIS
WILL BE A GAS STATION WITH CONVENIENCE S'IDRE AND RESTROCMS
INSIDE. THE AREA WILL BE WEIL LIT.
Ca1MISSIONER FINGER MADE A MOTION TO RECCM1END THE SITE PIAN FOR
APPROVAL CONTINGENT UPON THE DEVELOPER ADDING MORE TREES 'ID THE
CORNER.
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SECOND: DICKSON
va:rE FOR: UNANIMOUS
OPPOSED: NONE MarION CARRIED.
3.CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE RECCMMENDATION REGARDING PHOENICIA
CENTER, A CSC (CCMMUNITY SHOPPING CENTER DISTRICT) 'IO BE LOCATED
AT FM 518 AND WINDING WAY.
4.
CITY PLANNER HOOVER ADVISED THE C(M,USSION THAT THERE HAD BEEN
SEVERAL ISSUES REGARDING THIS PROPERTY THAT HAD REQUIRED SCME
CONSIDERATION. HE STATED THERE HAD BEEN SCME QUESTION REGARDING
THE TYPE OF SIGN THAT OOULD BE PERMITI'ED, THE ISSUE OF A SIDEWALK
ON FM 518, THE SERVICE AREA IN THE REAR OF THE BUILDING AND WHAT
MUST BE OONE 'IO MAKE THEIR DRAINAGE WORK. HOOVER FURTHER STATED
THAT THE PROPERTY COULD NOT BE DEVELOPED UNLESS SCMETHING COULD BE
DONE WITH THE DRAINAGE. THE COMMISSION REVIEWED THE SITE PLAN.
THE SERVICE AREA IN THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY WAS CONSIDERED
ADEQUATE AS MOST OF THE DELIVERIES OOULD BE BY PANEL TRUCKS SUCH
AS FEDERAL EXPRESS. IT WAS DECIDED THAT THERE WOULD N0r BE ANY
IARGE TRUCK DELIVERIES AT THIS LOCATION.
HOOVER CCMMENTED THAT THE DEVELOPER IS ONLY REQUIRED 'IO HAVE 1 7
PARKING SPACES; HCMEVER, 42 WERE INDICATED. THE DEVELOPER STATED
THAT THE 42 SPACES WERE REQUIRED 'IO HOLD WATER AS THE PARKING rill'
IS ALSO THE DETENTION AREA. CCMMISSIONER CRESS QUESTIONED THE
NEED 'TO CEMENT THE ENTIRE DETENTION AREA WITH PARKING ADDING THAT
SOD OOULD ALSO HOLD WATER. CCMMISSIONER DICKSON ASKED IF THIS WAS
'IO BE A PARKING rill' OR A PARKING POND. JOHN WATSON OF WATSON
CONSTRUCTION AND THE ENGINEER FOR BERNTSEN & ASSOCIATES EXPLAINED
THE PROBLEMS WITH THE DRAINAGE AND PRESENTED THE ELEVATION SURVEY
'IO THE COMMISSION FOR THEIR REVIEW.
THE STATE HIGHWAY PLANNING AND DRAINAGE DEPARIMENT WAS CONTACTED
AND ONE OF THE MAJOR CONCERNS WAS THE LOCATION OF THE SIDEWALK;
THEY DID NOT WANT 'IO SEE THE SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTED ON THE DITCH
LINE. IF THE SIDEWAIJ< WAS BROUGHT FURTHER IN, IT WOULD BE LOCATED
ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THUS THE QUESTION OF LIABILITY WOULD HAVE
'IO BE ADDRESSED. THE CCMMISSION STATED THAT THEY WERE NOT
SYMPATHETIC REGARDING SIDEWAIJ<S, AS CONSTRUCTION OF THE SIDEWAIJ<
WOULD FALL 'IO EITHER THE DEVELOPER OR THE CITY. THEY BELIEVED IT
'IO BE THE DEVELOPER'S RESPONSIBILITY. COMMISSIONER FINGER STATED
THAT THE CCMMISSIOO COULD EITHER ALl.J:Jil THEM 'IO WITHDRAW THE SITE
PLAN OR COUI.D TABLE IT. CCMMISSIONER CRESS STATED THAT THE
SIDEWALK WAS AN ITEM THAT HAD 'IO BE ADDRESSED AS WAS REQUIRED
PARKING. HE ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS ONLY 6 FEET BE'IWEEN THE
PROPERTY LINE AND PARKING SPACES AND THAT THE CCMMISSION WOULD
ALSO REQUIRE SIGN DATA. FINGER MADE A MOTION 'IO TABLE THIS ITEM,
UNTIL THE CCMMISSION HAD TIME 'IO REVIEW THE MATI'ER.
SECOND: WASSON
VOTE FOR: UNANIMOUS
OPPOSED: NONE MOTION CARRIED
CHAIRMAN BAKER RECCM-1ENDED THAT WATSON GET WITH DAVID HOOVER TO
WORK OUT THE PROBLEMS.
CCMMUNICATIONS FRC11.:
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A.STAFF
HOOVER PRESENTED A PROPOSAL FOR DEVELOPMENT FOR DR. FARLEY' s
PROPERTY WHICH INCLUDED A RENTAL S'IORAGE AREA RIGHT BEHIND
HIS PROPERTY ON FM 518. CCMMISSIONER CRESS EXPRESSED HIS
CONCERN THAT THE CCM,1ISSION MIGHT BE SETTING A PRECEDENCE BY
ALLCmING THIS TYPE OF STRUCTURE IN AN AREA ALONG A MAJOR
THOROUGHFARE. CCM,1ISSIONER MCHUGH STATED THAT THERE WASN'T
ENOUGH DEMAND FOR THIS TYPE OF STRUCTURE. THE CCM1ENT WAS
MADE THAT A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT WOULD ALLCm THE CCM,1ISSION 'IO
DICTATE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT.
B.CCM1ISSIONERS
A PUBLIC HEARING WAS CALLED FOR OCTOBER 6, 1994 'IO HEAR
PUBLIC CCM1ENT ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT FM 2351 & MELODY
LANE. THIS PROPERTY IS 'IO BE DEVELOPED INTO A PUD DISTRICT.
CCMMISSIONER CRESS CCMMENTED THAT IT WAS HIS OPINION THAT THE
PROPERTY DID NOI' HAVE ADEQUATE DEPTH. CRESS ALSO ASKED WHEN
J. T. DUNKIN WAS TO RETURN WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND
DAVID HOOVER REPLIED THAT IT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 'IWO
WEEKS. POSSIBLY A SPECIAL MEETING WOULD BE REQUIRED.
CHAIRMAN BAKER ASKED ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT SIGNS PLACED ON
PROPERTY AND WHAT COULD BE DONE REGARDING THIS ISSUE. HOOVER
EXPIAINED THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, LINDA TAYLOR, HAD
BEEN INVESTIGATING THE SIGN ISSUE.
WITH NO FURTHER CCM1ENT, CHAIRMAN BAKER WELCCMED MICHAEL
WHI'ITENBURG AS THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE CCMMISSION AND THE
MEETING WAS ADJOURNED.
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