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SPECIAL MEETING
PLANNING AND ZONING CCMMISSION
JULY 28, 1994
A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWCX)D PLANNING AND ZONING CQ\1MISSION WAS
HEW ON THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1994, AT 6:00 P.M. IN THE CITY HALL COUNCIL
CHAMBERS. THE FOI..LavING MEMBERS WERE PRESENT:
CRESS
FINGER
WASSON
J. T. DUNKIN -CONSULTANT
HENRY -DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR
BRINKMAN -SECRETARY
HOOVER -CITY PLANNER
WITH THREE CCM-1.ISSIONERS PRESENT, JORDAN, BAKER, DICKSON, AND McHUGH
ABSENT, CCM1ISSIONER FINGER CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER FOR DISCUSSION
WITH J.T. DUNKIN AND ASSOCIATES REGARDING THE CCW>REHENSIVE PLAN.
J.T. DUNKIN PRESENI'ED MAPS AND CHARTS REPRESENTING THE DIFFERENT ZONING
CATEGORIES. FINGER STATED THAT HE COULD BETI'ER UNDERSTAND 82% SFR
RATHER THAN 59. 7% SFR AS INDICATED ON THE CHART. QUESTIONS AROSE
REGARDING THE NEIGHBORHOOD CCMMERCIAL DISTRICT VERSUS THE CSC ZONE
CLASSIFICATION AND THEIR PERMITI'ED USES. DUNKIN CCM-1ENTED THAT AS A
RESULT OF THE LAND USE PLAN, THE ZONING DISTRICTS COULD BE REVIEWED AND
PERMITI'ED USES COULD BE ALTERED TO ca1PLY WITH THE DESIRED USE IN FACH
DISTRICT. HE FURTHER CCM1ENTED THAT CCM-1ERCIAL DOESN'T USUALLY OFFER
PERSONAL SERVICES AS IS FOUND IN THE NC ZONE CLASSIFICATION. HOOVER
CCMMENTED THAT THERE WERE Sa.1E PEOPLE LOOKING TO DEVELOP BAY PARK. THE
DEVELOPER WANTS TO CHANGE THE CCMMERCIAL TO MULTIPLE FAMILY
RESIDENTIAL. CCMMISSIONERS CRESS AND FINGER REVIEWED THE CALCULATIONS
OF THE DIFFEREm' ZONES, AND IT WAS DEI'ERMINED THAT THERE IS THE DESIRED
AMOUNT OF CSC AND OFFICE PARK AT THE PRESENT TIME; ALTHOUGH IT MAY Nar
NECESSARILY BE IN THE DESIRED LOCATIONS.
J. T. RECCM-1ENDED THAT THE OBD DISTRICT BE CHANGED TO A MAIN STREE.l'
DISTRICT WITH ONLY ONE COLOR. HE STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO CCME
BACK WITH A MAP ON WHICH HE COULD OVERLAY THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN
AND, AS PER THE REX)UEST OF CCM1ISSIONER FINGER, A MAP INDICATING ONLY
FOUR COLORS; ONE COLOR FACH FOR RESIDENTIAL, CCMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL,
AND PARKS. HE SAID HE WOULD ALSO INDICATE THE ADJOINING 'KMNS SO THAT
THE CCMMISSION WOULD BE COGNIZANT OF WHAT WAS PROPOSED. HE REMINDED
THE CCM.USSION THAT LEAGUE CITY WAS NOT A ZONED CITY. HE FURTHER
CCMMENTED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH ONE SECTION OF THE CITY AT A
TIME. PLANNER HOOVER SAID THAT THE DEVELOPER WHO WAS PROPOSING TO BUY
BAY PARK WOULD BUILD THE BAY AREA EXTENSION, SAVING THE CITY
APPROXIMATELY $600,000.
DUNKIN ASKED ABOUT THE DEADLINE FOR THIS PROJECT STATING THAT
CCM-1ISSIONER CRESS AND CITY MANAGER COX HAD INDICATED A CCW>LETION DATE
BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR IN ORDER TO JUSTIFY A SALES TAX INCREASE.
IF THIS IS THE CASE, THE MEETINGS SHOULD BE STEPPED UP. QUESTIONS
AROSE REGARDING GOALS AND OBJECTIVES TO WHICH CO™ISSIONER FINGER
REPLIED THAT WOULD ALSO BE A RESULT OF THE CCMPREHENSIVE PLAN. J. T.
STATED THAT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES WOULD BE ADDRESSED IATER.
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CRESS SAID THAT THE CXM-1ISSION COULD Nor CONTROL THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
PER HOUSE, BUT THAT THERE COULD BE CONTROLLED GRCWI'H FOR NUMBER OF
HCMES BUILT. J. T. RECOM-1ENDED A MASTER PLANNED CCM-1UNITY, SCT-1E'l'HING
LIKE THE vK)()DLANDS, WHERE THE CHARACTER IS MAINTAINED AND THE LAND
DENSITY BALAN2ED OUT WITH GOLF COURSES AND PARI<S. HE SAID THERE WAS
HARMONY AND PROPERTY VALUES HAD REMAINED SOLID. CCM1ISSIONER WASSON
STATED THAT THE COMMISSION HAD TRIED 'IO PASS AN ORDINANCE FOR A PLANNED
UNIT DEVELOPMENT WHICH WOULD HAVE ALLCJtIBD FOR THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT;
HOMEVER, IT HAD MET WITH SOOE SERIOUS OPPOSITION. THE PEOPLE WERE
MISINFORMED AND DID Nor UNDERSTAND THE ORDINANCE. PLANNER HOOVER
STATED THAT THE ORDINANCE SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED AND ANY QUESTIONS
COUID HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. HE CCM-1ENTED THAT POSSIBLE IT WOULD HAVE
ALLEVIATED ANY FEARS OR APPREHENSION THAT THE CITIZENS MIGHT HAVE HAD.
THE NEXT MEETING WAS ESTABLISHED FOR THE 8TH OF AUGUST AT 6:00 P.M.
1.DISCUSSION REGARDING ENTRYWAY-OVERLAY DISTRICT
THIS IT.EM WIIJ., BE DEFERRED UNTIL THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING, ma£; �rnG W�=om=.
CLAUDIA L. BR!� SF.CRETARY