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SPOCIAL MEETING
PLANNING AND ZONING CCMMISSION
AUGUST 8, 1994
A SPOCIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDSviDOD PLANNING AND ZONING CCMMISSION WAS
HELD ON MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1994, AT 6:00 P.M. IN THE ACTIVITY R<XM OF
THE FRIENDSviDOD PUBLIC LIBRARY, 416 S. FRIENDS'WCXJD DRIVE. THE
FOI..1:.0ITNG .MEMBERS WERE PRESENT:
BAKER -CHAIRMAN
FINGER
DICKSON
WASSON
HOOVER -CITY PLANNER
BRINI<MAN -SOCRETARY
HENRY -DEVELOPMENT COORDINA'IOR
DUNI<IN -CONSULTANT
WITH A QUORUM PRESENI', CRESS, JORDAN AND McHUGH ABSENT, CHAIRMAN BAKER
CALLED THE MEETING 'IO ORDER 'IO DISCUSS THE Ca-1PREHENSIVE PLAN.
CONSULTANT J. T. DUNI<IN ADDRESSED THE CCM1ISSION AND PRESENTED THE MAP
HE HAD PREPARED WITH THE COLOR COMBINATION AS RECQ.\1MENDED AT THE LAST
MEETING. C0.'1MISSIONER FINGER PREPARED SCME CALCUIATIONS AND SAID THAT
IT APPEARED THE CITY HAD AIJ.. THE CCM-1ERCIAL DISTRICTS THAT WOULD BE
REQUIRED FOR A CITY OF 60,000 POPULATION.
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DUNI<IN ASKED ABOUT SCHEDULING. HE STATED THAT THERE WERE CERTAIN
DEADLINES THE CITY WAS TRYING 'IO KEEP WITH REGARD 'IO APPROVAL OF A
SALES TAX IN JANUARY. AFTER THE Ca-1PREHENSIVE PLAN IS Ca-1PIEI'E, THE
ZONING ORDINANCE SHOULD BE REVIEWED 'IO ADDRESS PERMI'ITED USES OR
REDEFIN™ENT OF ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS. THE LAND USE MAP HCWEVER, SHOULD
BE GENERAL WITH SCME FLEXIBILITY. THERE WERE SCME AREAS WHERE THE CSC
ABUI'S SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND HE QUESTIONED THE WIS])(l1 IN THAT
PHILOSOPHY. IT HAS BEEN HIS EXPERIENCE THAT THERE BE A BUFFER BE'IWEEN
THE '!WO ZONES. DUNKIN WAS PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT '1W) CSC AREAS
ON FM 518 NEXT 'IO ANALEA, WHITEHALL AND KINGS PARK. CITY PLANNER,
DAVID HOOVER, ADVISED MR. DUNI<IN THERE HAD BEEN A ZONE CHANGE REQUEST
'IO BUILD APARIMENTS ON ONE OF THE '1W) SITES. THE CITIZENS IN THE
SURROUNDING CCMMUNITIES HAD EXPRESSED A DESIRE FOR THE LAND 'IO REMAIN
ZONED CSC. HOOVER STATED HE WOULD LIKE 'IO SEE AIJ.. THE CXM1ERCIAL AREAS
REDONE. MR. DUNKIN ADVISED THE CCM1ISSION THAT CCM1ERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
COULD BE CONTROLLED BY LIMITING THE DEPTH OF THE LOT. HE STATED THAT
WHAT HE IS TRYING 'IO DO IS DEVELOP SCME TYPE OF HIERARCHY IN THE ZONING
CATEGORIES.
MR. DUNKIN SAID THAT IF THE CITY COULD RESOLVE THE ENTRY CORRIDORS,
THE MAIN STREET DISTRICT, AND THE ThD MAJOR INTERSOCTIONS IN THE CITY,
THE REST WILL ALl., FAIJ.. IN 'IO PLACE. HE ALSO RECCM-1ENDED A SMAIL LIGHT
INDUSTRIAL ARFA 'IO THE SOUTH OF 'IavN, TONARD ALVIN. HOOVER SUGGESTED
THAT THE ZONING CATEGORIES BE REFINED. HE SAID HE WOULD LIKE 'IO GEl'
RID OF THE OBD DISTRICT AND GO 'IO SCMETHING LIKE A MAIN STREET
CORRIDOR. BY DEFINING THE CATEGORIES AND THE PERMITTED USES IN EACH
CATEGORY, PLANNING AND ZONING WOULD HAVE GREATER CONI'ROL AND THE
ORDINANCE WOULD NOT BE SO CUMBERSCME. RIGHT NON, THERE IS A REGIONAL
SHOPPING CENTER THAT COULD BE REMOVED. CCM-1.ISSIONER WASSON STATED THAT
THE BUSINESS PARK CATEGORY WAS CREATED AND IT WAS BELIEVED THAT
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SQ\1EDNE MIGHT TRY 'IO DEVELOP ON FM 528, BUT NO ONE HAS. DUNKIN
SUGGESTED THERE BE THREE MAIN CATEGORIES IN ADDITION 'IO THE RESIDENTIAL
DWELLING DISTRICTS AND CORRIOORS; RETAIL, CCM-1ERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL.
HE SAID HE WOULD 00 AWAY WITH THE INDUSTRIAL AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL
CLASSIFICATION AND GO 'IO ONE CATEGORY. HOOVER EXPLAINED THE ZONING
CATEGORIES CURRENTLY IN PIACE, WERE BASED ON THE STANDARD INDUSTRIAL
GUIDE WHICH AJ..J..J:MS A LOT OF VARIETY IN A ZONE. A HALF-WAY HOUSE CAN BE
I.02ATED NEXT 'IO A DAY CARE BECAUSE THEY BCYl'H FALL IN'IO SOCIAL
SERVICES. DUNKIN SAID THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE 'IO HAVE A WORKSHOP
'I'OGETHER BUT WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL AFTER SEPTEMBER. FINGER
ASKED ABOUT THE MULTI-FAMILY CLASSIFICATIONS AND RATHER OR NOT THE
CATEGORIES WOULD CHANGE. HOOVER SUGGESTED THAT THINGS BE KEPT AS
SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE FOR NON. DUNKIN AGREED AND SAID THE IAND USE MAP
WILL BE A PRErI'Y SIMPLE LCX)KING MAP. MEEI'ING WAS ADJOURNED. 0&�-CLAUDIA L. BRINKMAN -SEX::RETARY