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Home My WebLink AboutP&Z Minutes 1994-08-04 Regularl REGULAR MEETING PLANNING AND ZONING CCMMISSION AUGµST 4, 1994 7:00 P.M. AGENDA A REGULAR MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD PLANNING AND ZONING CCMMISSION WAS HELD ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1994, AT 7:00 P.M. IN THE CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE FOLLCWING MEMBERS WERE PRESENT: BAKER -CHAIRMAN FINGER KNEUPPER -CITY ENGINEER HOOVER -CITY PLANNER McHUGH WASSON CRESS DICKSON HENRY -DEVELOPMENT COORDINA'IDR BRINKMAN -SECRETARY DICKEY -LIAISON WITH A QUORUM PRESENT, JORDAN ABSENT, CCMMISSIONER BAKER CALLED THE MEETING 'ID ODER AND OPENED THE JOINT PUBLIC HEARING 'ID RECEIVE PUBLIC C0.'1MENT, EITHER ORAL OR WRITI'EN, REGARDING THE FOLLCWING REQUEST: A.ZONE CI.ASSIFICATION CHANGE REQUEST OF SFR (SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING DISTRICT 'ID (MFR-GHD) GARDEN HOME RESIDENTIAL FOR 3. 2895 ACRES OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT FRIENDSVKX>D LINK ROAD (WHISPERING PINES), LOTS 1 THROUGH 5, FORES'IWCX)D SUBDIVISION. THE C<ravNER OF THE PROPERTY, MR. RUSSELL, STATED THAT THE LAND IS 3. 2 ACRES AND WOULD HAVE 18 GARDEN HOME LOTS WITH A GATED ENI'RY. THERE WOULD BE A PRIVATE ROAD; ONE WAY IN AND ONE WAY OUT. THE HOMES WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 1700 SQ. FEfil' 'ID 2200 SQ. FEfil' AND WOULD RANGE IN PRICE FRQ\1 $80,000 'ID $105,000. THE HOMES WOULD Nar BE RENTAL PROPERTY, BUT WILL BE SOLD. CCMMISSIONER CRESS STATED THAT THE CCMMISSION COULD Nar CONSIDER PLANS, PRICES, EI'C. HE STATED THAT ALL THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED WAS THE ZONE CHANGE REQUEST. THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 25 PERSONS IN THE AUDIENCE AND FOUR OR FIVE SPOKE IN FAVOR OF THE ZONE CHANGE REQUEST. THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HOMEONNER' S ASSOCIATION STATED THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD FEEIS THAT A GARDEN HOME DISTRICT WOULD BE THE MOST FAVORABLE LAND USE. ONE GENTLEMEN ASKED IF THE PROPERTY WAS ZONED FOR GARDEN HOMES, COULD ANYTHING ELSE BE PLACED ON THE PROPERTY. CITY PLANNER HOOVER STATED THAT IT COULD N0r WITHOUT ANarHER ZONE CHANGE REQUEST AND PUBLIC HEARING. THE HEIGHT RESTRICTION WAS ADDRESSED AS WAS SEWER AND DRAINAGE PROBLEMS. HOOVER CCMMENTED THAT THE HEIGHT WOULD BE HARMJNIOUS 'ID THE arHER RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS AND THE arHER '.IID ITEMS WOULD BE ADDRESSED IN THE PLATTING STAGE. NO ONE SPOKE IN OPPOSITION AND THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. CHAIRMAN BAKER ASKED FOR COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC WHICH DID NaI' APPEAR ON THE AGENDA. HAVING NONE, THE CCMMISSION GAVE CONSIDERATION 'ID THE FOLLCMING ITEMS. I" ! P&Z 8/4/94 Page 2 1.PRE-APP SITE PLAN FOR AUTO ZONE -PARKvXX)D CROSSING. DON UNDE™TOOD, REPRESEN.I'ATIVE, FRCM AU'ID ZONE PRESENTED THE SITE PLAN. MR. UNDE™100D STATED THAT HE HAD MET WITH THE BANK DEVELOPER AND HAD ADDRESSED Sa-IB OF THE ISSUES THAT HAD BEEN REQUESTED OF THEM. THE SITE PLAN INDICATES A 5' LANDSCAPE BUFFER; HCMEVER, SC11E ALTERATION COULD BE MADE TO ACQUIRE A 10' LANDSCAPE BUFFER TO MATCH THAT OF THE BANK. THE ro1M.ISSION EXPIAINED THAT 10% OF THE AREA IS TO BE LANDSCAPED AND 50% OF THAT 10% IS TO BE IN ISLANDS. CRESS STATED THAT THERE HAD TO BE TREES EVERY 40 ' OF 2" CALIPER. CHAIRMAN BAKER ASKED WHAT THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING WOULD LOOK LIKE. lJNDERWCX)D SAID THAT THE SIDE IS A SPLIT BLOCK PAINTED LIGifl' GRAY. THERE WOULD BE THREE COURSES OF BLOCK AT THE rorra,t PLUS A DARK GRAY MASONRY BLOCK. THERE ARE 33 PARI<ING SPACES REQUIRED AND CRESS STATED THAT A TRADE OFF COULD BE MADE WITH SC11E OF THE PARI<ING AREA WHICH WOULD AI..J.ru MORE LANDSCAPING. BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION, BAKER SAID THEY WANTED TO SEE A NICE DEVELOPMENT AND MR. UNDEFMOOD STATED THAT AUTO ZONE WAS VERY CONSCIOUS OF LOOKS, IN FACT, THE AIR CON DITIONING UNIT WOULD BE ENCLOSED AND WOULD NOT BE SEEN. CITY ENGINEER I<NEUPPER STATED THAT THERE IS A PIPELINE ON THE PROPERTY AND ASKED IF THEY HAD CLEARED THE DEVELOPMENT WITH THE PIPELINE COMPANY. MR. UNDEFMOOD STATED THAT THE PIPELINE COMPANY WOULD ALl..J:Jll PAVING OVER IT, BUT WOULD NOT ALl..J:Jll A BUILDING. CITY COUNCIIMEMBER IffiE STATED THAT THE SAME PIPELINE RAN BY UNIPLEX AND SHE WAS NOT ALl..J:JllED TO PAVE OVER IT. SHE ASKED THAT THE CCM1ISSION REQUEST Sa.IBTHING IN WRITING FRa-1 THE PIPELINE COMPANY PRIOR TO GRANI'ING FINAL APPROVAL. CHAIRMAN BAKER CQ.\1MENTED THAT IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE THE BANK DRAWING AND AUTOZONE TOGETHER, ON A TRANSPARENCY WHICH COULD BE DONE IF BCYI'H WERE ON THE SAME SCALE. THE BANK DRIVEWAY LINES UP AND CHAI RMAN BAKER STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO CHECK THE DRIVE.WAYS ON WINDING WAY ALSO, TO SEE HON THEY MATCHED UP. CG1MISSIONER WASSON ASKED WHERE THE UTILITIES WERE LOCATED AND IT WAS STATED THAT THE UTILITIES WERE FOUND ON WINDING WAY. HANDICAPPED PARKING WAS ADDRESSED AS WAS REQUIRED TURNING RADIUS' • ALSO, THE DEVELOPER WAS AD VISED THAT CLEAR CREEK DRAINAGE DISTRICT HAD TO GIVE THEIR FINAL APPROVAL BEFORE FINAL APPROVAL COULD BE GRANTED BY THE C(M.USSION. 2.PRE-APP FOR SUGAR BERRY SUBDIVISION TO BE LOCATED ON FM 518. DENNIS BAILEY AND AL LEN.I'Z ADDRESSED THE CCMMISSION FOR THE SUGAR BERRY SUBDIVISION. THIS IS AN 80 ACRE TRACT AND THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 200 UY.I'S PROPOSED. THERE WILL ULTIMATELY BE THREE WAYS TO GET INTO THE SUBDIVISION AS THE MAIN ROAD WILL LINE UP WITH THE INTERSOCTION OF OAK DRIVE AND FM 518 AND WILL CONNECT WITH PEREGRINE DRIVE IN FALCON RIDGE III. THE SECOND, AND MOST IMMEDIATE ENTRANCE WILL BE WITH PARI<VIEW DRIVE IN EAGLE LAKES, SECTION II. THE PROPERTY IS OUT OF THE OLD SI.ONES SUBDIVISION AND WILL BE ADJACENT TO THE PROPOSED SPORTS CCMPLEX. r 1 I P&Z 8/4/94 Page 3 CQ\1MISSIONER WASSON INQUIRED ABOUT THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERI'Y IN CORRELATION TO THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN. IT WAS STATED THAT THE PROPOSED EAST LOOP MAY MOVE EAST 'IDNARDS THE WESLEY WEST PROPERI'Y. CITY ENGINEER I<NEUPPER CCMMENTED THAT WHEN FALCON RIDGE III WAS APPROVED, THE DEVELOPER WAS REQUIRED TO SET ASIDE 50' RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE PROPOSED EAST LOOP. THE ADJOINING DEVELOPER WOUI.D BE REQUIRED TO ALSO GIVE 50 ' • CCM1.ISSIONER McHUGH SAID THAT SHE WOUID Nor GIVE CONSIDERATION UNTIL THE CITY I<NEW WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO WITH THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN AND THE PROPOSED EAST LOOP. I<NEUPPER SAID THAT EVEN IF THE LOOP IS MOVED, THE CITY SHOUID STILL REQUIRE AT LEAST A 30 ' ACCESS, AND LENTZ STATED THAT THERE WOUID Nor BE A PROBLEM WITH 30 ' • CCM1.ISSIONER FINGER REPLIED THAT IF THE EAST LOOP OOESN' T MOVE, 50 ' WOUID BE REX)UIRED. THIS WILL BE A 4 PHASE DEVELOPMENT. DURING THE FIRST PHASE THE STREEI' WILL CONNECT TO PARI< VIEW IN EAGLE LAKES II. BAILEY SAID THERE WOUID BE SPACE FOR A WALKING TRAIL TO THE PARI<. OAI< DRIVE WILL BE 60 ' RIGHT OF WAY FOR A 28 ' ROAD AND MEDIAN UP FRONT. LENTZ STATED THAT THE ONLY PROBLEM THE DEVELOPER FACED WAS THE ROAD AND THEIR DRAINAGE ISSUE. I<NEUPPER SAID THAT ON THE 10 YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, THE CITY PROPOSED A 12" WATER LINE TO RUN FRQ\1 FALCON RIDGE 3 AND EAGLE LAI<ES 5. THIS WAS A PERFEX::T TIME FOR THE CITY TO ACQUIRE PAR!' OF THE 12" WATER LINE AS IT WOUID WORI< ON OAK DRIVE AS WELL. THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO CREATE A LOOP AROUND FM 518 TO FM 528. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THE PROPOSED WATER/SEWER PLAN, MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN AND ZONING MAP BE PUT ON OVERLAYS SO THAT THE CXM-1ISSION COUID SEE THE LOCATION OF PROPOSED SUBDIVISION IN REIATION TO THOSE ITEMS. 3.DISCUSSIOO (DAVID HOOVER) REGARDING: A.ZONE CHANGE REQUEST 00 FORES'IWCOD SUBDIVISION CITY PLANNER HOOVER ADVISED THE CXM-1ISSION AND THE COUNCIL THAT THE OMNER OF THE PROPERI'Y 00 FORES'IWCOD HAD REX)UESTED A ZOOE CHANGE TO MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. HIS INTENT, HOOEVER, WAS TO CREATE A GARDEN HOME DISTRICT AND THUS THE SECOOD PUBLIC HEARING. B.DAY CARE FACILITY HOOVER STATED THAT ACCORDING TO THE ORDINANCE, HOME OCCUPATION WOUID A.U.J:JiJ A PERSON TO KEEP THREE CHILDREN IN ADDITION TO THEIR OivN CHILDREN. THE STATE AI..J..OMS UP TO 5 BEFORE A LICENSE IS REQUIRED. THE CITY'S REGULATIONS ARE MORE STRINGENT THAT THOSE OF THE STATE. HOOVER HAD RECEIVED A LETTER FRQ\1 CHILD CARE PROVIDERS WITHIN THE CITY AND IT WAS INDICATED THAT THERE WERE OVER 100 CHILD CARE PROVIDERS WHO PREFER HQ\1E CARE FOR CHILDREN. HOOVER STATED THAT IF THE CITY'S REQUIREMENTS WERE LII<E THE STATE'S REGULATIONS, THE CITY COUID TURN THE VIOLATIONS OVER TO THE STATE INSTEAD OF HAVING THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ENFORCE THE REGULATION. IF THE HOME CARE PROVIDER HAS OVER SIX CHILDREN, THEY WILL HAVE TO BE LICENSED BY THE STATE AND THE STATE WOULD REGULATE r I L P&Z 8/4/94 Page 4 c. THEM, HOOVER WAS ADVISED 'ID OBTAIN THE STATE REG'S AND THE ITEM WIIJ.. BE DISCUSSED. CCM-1.ISSIONERS FINGER AND CRESS STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOI' BE IN FAVOR OF A PERSON HAVING 13 OR SO CHILDREN IN THEIR HCME. ALSO, WHEN THERE ARE THAT MANY CHILDREN, PARKING BEca.1ES A PROBLEM. THE ITEM WIIJ.. BE DISCUSSED WHEN HOOVER HAS GATHERED MORE INFORMATION. CSC DISTRICTS THE CCM,1ISSION STATED THAT THEY WANI'ED 'ID SEEN AN OVERALL PLAN OF A CSC DISTRICT WHEN IT IS BROUGHT BEFORE THEM. THE PLAN WOULD BE FLEXIBLE BUT WOULD ADDRESS ROAD CIRCUIATION, DRAINAGE, WATER, ZONING, DIFFERENT USES, ETC. D.GARDEN HOME AMENDMENT HOOVER WANTED 'ID PREPARE AN AMENDMENT 'ID THE ORDINANCE THAT WOULD ADDRESS AIJ.. OF THE CONCERNS OF THE CCM,1ISSION. IT WAS RECCMMENDED THAT PETER GHORMAN' S FINAL DRAWING OF PARI<¾OOD VIIJAGE AND WAYNE LELI,'S FINAL DRAWING OF FRIENDS CROSSING BE REVIEWED IN ORDER 'ID FIND AIJ.. THE "GLICHES". CCM,1ISSIONER CRESS CCMMENDED THAT HE WANTED THE Im WIDTH INCREASED, THAT 45' WAS JUST TOO SMALL. HE WANI'ED 'ID .KNCW IF IT WAS RIGHT 'ID PUT "GARDEN HCMES" NEXT 'ID SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES, UTILITY EASEMENTS SHOUID BE ADDRESSED. ALSO, "GARDEN Ha-IBS" WAS A MISNCMER, THERE WAS NOT R<XM FOR GARDENS AND THE CLASSIFICATION SHOULD BE RENAMED. 4 • COMMUNICATIONS FRC:l1: A.STAFF B. Ca-1MISSIONERS THERE WERE NO OTHER COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE STAFF OR FROM THE CCM-1.ISSION. 5, MINUTES FOR APPROVAL JULY 7, 1994 -APPROVED AS CORRECTED �� AS REM CLAUDIA L. BRINI<MAN -SECRETARY