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REGULAR MEEI'ING
PLANNING AND ZONING CCM-tISSION
JUNE 16, 1994
A REGULAR MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWCX)D PLANNING AND ZONING CCM-1ISSION WAS
HEID ON THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1994, AT 7:00 P.M. IN THE CITY HALL COUNCIL
CHAMBERS. THE FOLI..OMING MEMBERS WERE PRESENT:
BAKER -CHAIRMAN
McHUGH
HENRY -DEVELOPMEm' COORDINATOR
HOOVER - CITY PLANNER
DICKSON KNEUPPER - CITY ENGINEER
BRINKMAN -SECRETARY CRESS
WASSON DICKEY -LIAISON
WITH A QUORUM PRESENT, FINGER AND JORDAN ABSENT, CHAIRMAN BAKER OPENED
THE OOCKETED JOINT PUBLIC HEARING TO ROCEIVE PUBLIC CCM-1ENT, EITHER
ORAL OR WRITTEN, REGARDING THE FOLI..OMING REQUEST:
A.ZONE CLASSIFICATION CHANGE REQUEST OF (SFR) SINGLE FAMILY
RESIDENTIAL TO (MFR-L) MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING
DISTRICT -I.lliJ DENSITY FOR 3. 2895 ACRES OF PROPERTY LOCATED
AT FRIENDSvi(X)D LINK ROAD (WHISPERING PINES) , LCYrS 1 THROUGH
5, FORES'.MXID SUBDIVISION.
CHAIRMAN BAKER INFORMED THE AUDIENCE OF THE LOCATION OF THE
PROPERTY AND STATED THAT I.lliJ DENSITY ALLCmED SIX DWELLING UNITS
PER ACRE. THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 15 PERSONS IN THE AUDIENCE IN
OPPOSITION TO THE ZONE CLASSIFICATION CHANGE REQUEST. SEVERAL
SPOKE, CITING THEIR CONCERNS REGARDING THE SAFETY OF SCHOOL
CHILDREN, PROPERTY VALUES, EXISTING PROBLEMS WITH CITY SERVICES
(SEWER), CRIME, AND TRAFFIC ON FRIENDS¾OOD-LINK ROAD. NO ONE
SPOKE IN FAVOR OF THE ZONE CHANGE REQUEST. WITH NO FURl'HER
CCMMENT, CHAIRMAN BAKER CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKED FOR
CCMMUNICATIONS FRCM THE PUBLIC FOR ITEMS WHICH DID NO!' APPEAR ON
THE AGENDA. WITH NO CCM,1UNICATIONS THE FOLI..0MING ITEMS WERE
CONSIDERED.
1.CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE FINAL PLAT OF
POSSUM HOLI..OM - 1 LCYr SUBDIVISION.
DISCUSSION FOLI..OMED REGARDING THE PIPELINE EASEMENT DATED 1937 AND
THE LOCATION OF SAME ON THE PROPERI'Y. THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES A
BUIIDING SET BACK OF 40 FEET FRCM THE PIPELINE. Ca.1MISSIONER
WASSON QUESTIONED THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERI'Y IN CONJUNCTION WITH
THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN. IT WAS DECIDED THERE IDUID NO!' BE A
CONFLICT.
Ca.1MISSIONER WASSON MADE A MOI'ION THAT THE FINAL PLAT OF POSSUM
HOLLav BE APPROVED.
SOCOND: DICKSON
VOI'E FOR: UNANIMOUS
OPPOSED: NONE MOI'ION CARRIED
2.PRE-APP FOR O & D DEVELOPMENT, INC. -PROPERI'Y LOCATED AT FM 528
AND SAN JOAQUIN PARKWAY.
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THE • 9 ACRE TRACT OF LAND rs ZONED csc (CCM-1UNITY SHOPPING CENTER
DISTRICT) • Ca.1MISSIONER CRESS STATED THAT HE WAS CONCERNED THAT
THE WHOLE csc ZONE TRACT rs NOT BEING MASTER PLANNED. CITY
PLANNER HOOVER STATED THAT THE OiJNER OF THE PROPERTY t«)UID NOT
I<NCM' THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT MIGHT LOCATE ON THE PROPERI'Y AND
COULD NOT, THEREFORE, PLAN THE WHOLE TRACT OF LAND. THE CITY
COUID REQUIRE INGRESS AND EGRESS , BUI' CANNOT LEGALLY MAKE Sa-ID)NE
PLAN THE WHOLE 'rRACT. THOSE ITEMS COULD BE ADDRESSED DURING THE
SITE PLAN PHASE. THERE WAS NO FURTHER Ca.1MEN'I'.
3.DISCUSSION REGARDING ALTERED IMAGES.
KELLY DEO<ER IS PROPOSING A DAY SPA TO BE LOCATED ON FM 2351. THE
PROPERI'Y IS ZONED FOR PUD DEVELOPMENT AND IS CMNED BY MR.
CHRISLEY. THIS USE WILL REQUIRE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AND A
PUBLIC HEARING; HCMEVER, SHE WAS TRYING TO GE!' AN OPINION FRCM THE
00\1MISSION BEFORE SHE REQUESTED THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. THE
PROPOSED BUIWING WILL BE STUCCO AND WILL HOUSE THE SPA AND
PERHAPS A BOUI'IQUE AND/OR SALON. CCM1ISSIONER DICKSON SUGGESTED
THAT SHE HAVE A DRAWING OF THE SHOP PREPARED PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC
HEARING AND CCM1ISSIONER CRESS RECOMMENDED THAT SHE CANVASS THE
NEIGHBORHOOD FOR CITIZEN OPINION. THE CCM-1ISSION AGREED THAT THIS
USE SEEMED MORE HARMONIOUS WITH THE NEIGHBORHCOD THAN THAT OF AN
AlJia,,10BILE REPAIR SHOP.
4 • CCM-1UNICATIONS FR0.\1:
A.STAFF
HOOVER INTRODUCED OOUG I<NEUPPER, THE NEW CITY ENGINEER. HE
THEN CCM1ENTED ON THE CITY COUNCIL'S OORKSHOP REGARDING THE
Em'RY-OVERLAY DISTRICT. HE STATED THAT THE ITEM HAD BEEN
GIVEN 45 MINUI'ES ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA BUI' LASTED
APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS. HE STATED THAT ALL THE CCM-1ENTS COUID
NOI' BE ADDRESSED BUI' SEVERAL CHANGES WERE MADE. HOOVER
REVIEWED THE CHANGES ASKING THE CCM-1ISSION TO LEI' HIM KNCM
THEIR Ca.1MENTS PRIOR TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEEI'ING OF THE P&Z
CCM1ISSION. THIS ITEM WILL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR ACTION. A
PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE CALLED WHEN ALL OF THE CCM1ENTS AND
CONCERNS ARE ADDRESSED.
HOOVER ADVISED THE CCM1ISSION THAT THE LAW SUIT BE'IWEEN POLLY
RANCH H�' S ASSOCIATION AND PAIGE HEBER!' REGARDING LOT
34 OF POLLY RANCH, HAD BEEN BEFORE THE GALVESTON COUNTY
JUDGE. THE HQ.'1EXJiJNER' S ASSOCIATION HAD SOt.GIT A SCM-1ARY
JUDGEMENT. THE JUDGE, HCMEVER, RULED AGAINST THE H�' S
ASSOCIATION STATING THAT THEIR DEED RESTRICTIONS WERE TOO
VAGUE. BECAUSE OF THE DECISION, CHARLOP.I'A DUNN WHO HAD BEEN
DENIED SUBDIVISION OF HER LOT 1, WOULD IDST LIKELY RETURN
WITH A REQUEST FOR SUBDIVISION OF HER PROPERTY.
THERE ARE AMENDMENTS FORI'HCCMING REGARDING PEI'ER GHORMAN' S
GARDEN HCMES. DAVID REVIEWED THE PROBLEMS WITH THE REQUIRED
SEI'-BACK AND THE ENTRANCE TO THE SUBDIVISION. HE STATED THAT
Sa-IB OF THE LOTS ARE ALREADY SOW AND THAT THE HCMES WILL
RANGE IN SIZE FRCM 1800 SQ. FEE!' TO 3000 SQ. FEE!'. THE
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LARGER Ha.1ES WILL BE 'Il\U STORIES BUI' THERE WILL ONLY BE A
COUPLE IN THE SUBDIVISION. HE FUR1'HER C0.\1MENTED THAT PRICE
RANGES ARE FRa-1 $115,000 TO $165,000
THERE WAS SCT-1:E DISCUSSION REGARDING CHANGING THE MEEI'ING
NIGHTS TO ACCXM)DATE CUI' OFF DEADLINE FOR CITY COUNCIL'S
MEEI'INGS. THE GENERAL CONSENSUS WAS THAT MEEI'INGS SHOUID
REMAIN AS THEY HAVE BEEN.
A SPOCIAL MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 23, 1994 FOR J. T.
DUNKIN TO ADDRESS THE CCMMISSION ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
HOOVER STATED THAT PIZZA AND SOFI' DRINKS WILL BE SERVED. THE
MEEI'ING WILL BEGIN AT 6:00 P.M.
B.C<M-1ISSIONERS
CHAIRMAN BAKER REMINDED THE COMMISSION AND STAFF OF THE
GATHERING SCHEDULED FOR JULY 3, 1994.
C<M-1ISSIONER CRESS ASKED TO GO ON RECORD THAT HE DID NOT
APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLAT OF FRIENDS CROSSING, THE GARDEN
HCME C<M-1UNITY THAT WAS APPROVED AT THE LAST MEEI'ING.
C<M-1ISSIONER CRESS WAS ABSENT FRa-1 THAT MEETING. HE STATED
THAT HE DID NOT LIKE THE LONG DEAD END STREEI' AND IN HIS
OPINION, IT WAS IN VIOLATION OF THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE.
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