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HomeMy WebLinkAboutP&Z Minutes 1974-03-21 RegularNOTICE OF MEETING FRIENDSWOOD PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION Notice is hereby given of a regular meeting of the Friendswood Planning and Zoning Commission to be Meld at the Friendswood City Hall at 109 East Willowi.ck, Friendswood, Texas, on: THURSDAY MARCH 21, 1974 7:30 P.M. at which time the following items of business will be considered: 1. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS 2. BUILDING PERMITS (routine) 3. HEARINGS 8:00 P.M. Hearing on the rezoning of two acres within a 12.5 acre tract recently acquired by the City of Friendswood at the northernmost intersection of Winding Way and F. M. 518 from 0-1 Commercial and R--1 Single -Family Residential to Specific Use: City Administration, Fire, Ambulance, and Police Facilities. (Rezoning Request # RR-1974-3) 4. SUBDIVISIONS. Longwood Park, Section I1 (old III) -- Request for preliminary approval. (Submi tted 3-15) Greenbriar, Section II - Request for final approval. (Sbmtd 3-14) 5. REZONING REQUESTS (new submissions) Dunbar Estates Commercial FISD School Prop 6. PLANNING CONSULTANT 9130 P.M. Curb cuts 7• INFORMATION REPORTS (See attached .list) 8. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS Possible Violations of Subdivision Ordinance 9. ADJOURNMENT Secretary CERTIFICATE I certify that the above notice of meeting was posted on the bulletin board at the Friendswood City Hall on the /7nuday of March, 1974, at /I','/D o'clock P.M. �Li Planning and Zoning Commission Secretary ADDITION TO AGENDA FRIENDSWOOD PLANNING AND ZONING COMMSSION MEETING MARCH 21, 1974 Notice is hereby given that the following item was inadvertently omitted from the previously posted agenda of the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting to be held on March 21, 1974, and is hereby added to the agenda as an emergency item inasmuch as the plat in question has been presented to the Commission on March 7, resubmitted in slightly revised form on March 14, and delay in consideration of the plat will cost the developer additional moneys while not giving the Planning Commission any additional information. SUBDIVISIONS Fox Meadows replat, revision one. Preliminary approval requested. Secretary CERTIFICATE I certify that the above notice of addition to agenda of a meeting was posted on the bulletin board of the Friendswood City Hall on the twentieth day of March, 1974, at q AS o'clock P.M. Planning and Zoning Commission Secretary INFORMATION REPORTS 12/31/73 A. Status: Quaker Drive R-O-W interruption. -i_0� jjx4U4, as e. O f f 2 - 21-- 74 . C. Sign Ordinance. D, Flood Insurance Ordinance'. E. Rezoning of High School. F. Rezoning of other FISD property. G. H. Rezoning of City properties. Rezoning of Cecil Brown 16 acres to C-1. I. Rezoning of Fire Station Site. rya-F�e�er�i�g-te-Speeif�e-Usef-6rew�-Gestra�-ree}uest-,�4r to-epeef ie-�seT-A�ttt��rra-kills-Rest-Dete .Of f :-Re�er�ing- �x-Pze+�� �,a-te-G-1Y-4�ead-V�k�take�-t�aet. Off 1-24-74 Mv-Hertta.ge-Estates--S/A. Off 1-24-74 N. ' Coward Creek Subd'vision. Off 2-21--74 P. Polly Ranch S/D. Q. Dow Pipeline. R. Amoco Pipeline. �'.Off 2-21-74 T. Status' Illegal signs: U. V. School Bus Barn. Any other information reports. Vl. Access Control - Phillips. X. Architectural Control -- Spears. .! Y. Fire Zones - North. Off 1-24-74 1-24-74 1/17/?4 A. Open meetings law and open records law. B. Illegal trailers. C. Greenbriar S/D: Section One. 24./74 �}-.- -imps �rrr t�'p��n �,� Off 3 - 7 -- 74 ' E. Rezoning request: Woodlawn/Heritage office complex. R-1 to C-1. �'-a-D�s�b�-$sses-bitigeti Off 1-24-74 i 2/21/74 G. Pine Shadows,Subdivision. H. Esot:eric Art Center - possible violation. I. Weiner Dept. Store expansion. f 2/28/74 J. Illegal 'townhouses. 1 3/7/74 K. Building Permit status, etc. Polly Ranch Estates FPZC-M-3-21-74 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION March 21, 1974 A regular meeting of the Friendswood Planning and Zoning Commission was held at Friendswood C}_ty Hall, 109 E. Willowick, Friendswood, Texas, on March 21, 1974. Chairman C. C. Bost called the meeting to order at 8:00 P.M. MEMBERS PRESENT MEMBERS ABSENT C. C. Bost, Chairman (Left: 9:30) Jim Shore Tracy Spears, Vice -Chairman {Left] 10:40) Leah North Secretary (Arr: 8:00) Bob Phillips Clyde Raney (Left: 8:50) Kenneth Fossler (Arr: 8:15) Ed Zeitler, Council Rep. present for a portion of the meeting. AUDIENCE Signing the attendance register were: Richard M. Smith, Sr., 406 Glenlea Dr., 482-3557 Ray Utley, 913 Glenlea Court, 482-1477 Ken Yowell, 212 Dover Lane, 482-3876 LaMarr Beatty, 113 Imperial Drive, 482-7938 Jim Gawlik, Box 1087, La Porte, 471-1863 Bob Atkinson, 8642 Greiner St., Houston, 461--1144 Jim and Dixie Gartrell, Bobbie Henry, Bill and Myra Patton, and Mayor Lowe were present for portions of the meeting. 1. MINUTES No minutes were available. The Secretary also apologized for forgetting to mail agendas to Commission members due to the distractions of discussion involving the latest amendment to the Subdivision Ordinance and buying a new dishwasher. 2. HEARING-- Municipal. Site adjacent to park land. Chairman Bost called the hearing to order at 8:05. Chairman Bost asked if any one in the audience were opposed to the rezoning. There were no replies. MOTION WAS MADE by Raney, seconded by Spears, that the Commission recommend approval of the request to rezone the two acre site to Specific Use; City Government Administration, Fire, Ambulance, and Police Facilities. MOTION TO AMEND WAS MADE by North, seconded by Spears, by adding after the words "two acre site" the words " as recommended by the Friendswood Volunteer Fire Department at the northerly corner of the 12.5 acre sire. Discussion followed. Fossler arrived at 8:15 and was briefed on the motions. PPZC-M-3-21-74 2 MOTION TO AMEND THE AMENDMENT was made by North, seconded by Spears, by adding the words "being approximately 442 feet wide and 212 feet deep" after the words in the amendment "12.5 acre site." MOTION TO AMEND THE AMENDMENT PASSED, 4-1-1. For: Raney, Phillips, Spears, North. Against: Bost. Abstaining: Fossler. MOTION TO AMEND PASSED, 5-0-1. For: Raney, Phillips, Spears, North, Fossler. Against: None. Abstaining; Bost. ORIGINAL MOTION AS AMENDED, to recommend approval of the two acre site as recommended by the Friendswood Volunteer Fare Department at the northerly corner of the 12.5 acre site, and being approximately 442 feet wide and 212 feet deep, to Specific Use: City Government Administration, Fire, Ambulance, and Police Facilities, PASSED, 5--0--1. For: Raney, Phillips, Spears, North, Fossler. Against: None. Abstaining: Bost. No conditions on the use of the site were recommended at this time. Mr. LaMarr Beatty of the Friendswood Volunteer Fire Department had suggested layouts of the area and suggested plot plan of the Fire Station as well, as the suggested area for the rezoning. It was decided to discuss this at the next meeting. 3. REZONING REQUESTS Woodlawn- Mr. Ray Utley was present representing owner Clint Heritage Hackeny's request for rezoning of the area at the Office corner of Woodlawn and Heritage Drive from R-1 to Complex C-1. The Secretary had neglected to put this item on the agenda, but it was agreed by the Commission that, since the hearing had been two weeks ago and we had not been able to act last week because of our workshop meeting, that we could take a vote this evening and ratify it at the next meeting when the Secretary would place at on the agenda. This would enable the City Secretary to post the ordinance this coming Monday and allow the Council to act on it the following Monday, Delaying of action by the Commission tonight would cause a two -week delay. MOTION WAS MADE by Raney, seconded by Spears, to recommend approval of the rezoning from R-1 to C-1 (Single -Family Residential to Commercial) the Hackney site at the corner of Woodlawn and Heritage, being 380 feet by 630 feet approximately and being all of that portion of the block bounded by West Heritage, Woodlawn, W. Edgewood, and S. Friendswood Drive that is not already zoned as C-1 Commercial. MOTION PASSED, 5-0-1� North abstaining,b-eetmrs-a� a FPZC-M-3-21-74 4. SUBDIVISIONS Greenbriar II Jim Gartrell requested final approval of Greenbriar 11 Final Subdivision. Castlewood Dedication. The Secretary reported that the City Attorney felt that this dedication should either be done by legal deed or included within the heavy lines of the plat. This had not been complied with. Sewer line at this intersection. The Secretary reported that.City Engineer Heaney had informed her that this would cause no future problems, since it was deep enough under the road that it would not have to be moved as was required of the utility lines on F. M. 518. MOTION WAS MADE by Spears, seconded by Phillips, that the Subdivision be given final approval. MOTION PASSED, 5-1, North dissenting because of failure to comply with the City Attorney's recommendations. A discussion followed concerning the proper form of dedication, with Fossler asking of Mr. Gartrell were willing to go by the Attorney's recommendations. Mr. Gartrell objected to using the heavy line method because, as he explained, then the lots transferred would run to the middle of the street (or the edge of the property). He apparently would prefer to use deeds. No resolution of this problem at this time. Heritage II Mr. Gartrell asked that approval of the preliminary plat Preliminary of Heritage EstatesILbe considered at next meeting. These plans were received by the City Tuesday. North wished to discuss what had been submitted, but the consensus of the Commission was to delay discussion until next week when it was on the agenda. Heritage III Mr. Gartrell asked that presentation of the praiminary Preliminary plat of Heritage Estates, Section Three, be put on the agenda for the next meeting. Clyde Raney left at 8:50 P.M. Fox Meadows Mr. Ted Bogren of Municipal Engineering, representing (8:50 P.M.) the developers of Fox Meadows, requested preliminary approval of a replat of Fox Meadows. This replat is the seconded version of the replat and was received by Commission on March 14, 1974. Reasons for the replat were stated as being (1) Prospective buyers have expressed an interest in smaller lots due to prices and the maintenance larger lots require. (2) The developer desires a name change of the streets. LFrom Horseshoe Bend Drive to Layfair Place.] (3) Show additional easements that have been required by the Utility companies. These reasons were listed in a letter dated March 8, 1974. (Attached.) FPZC-M-3--21-74 4 The Secretary reported that the City Manager had informed her by phone that Mr. Toon and Mr. Heaney had reviewed the plat and plans and found them to be acceptable. Mr. Toon has a letter from the developer agreeing to the additional water and sewer taps necessary Procedure to vacate plat. This procedure was discussed, but disagreements over the proper steps to be taken arose. It was agreed that this could be checked out prior to Final Plat approval. MOTION WAS MADE by Spears, seconded by Phillips, that approval be given to the Preliminary Plans of Fox Meadows, Section dine, Replat. MOTION TO AMEND was made by North, seconded by Spears, by adding the sentence "The Planning Commission finds that extraordinary hardships may result from strict compliance with the re uirements included in Subdivision Ordinance 10, passed since the original approval of Fox Meadows Subdivision, and exempts Fox Meadows Replat from any additional requirements contained therein." "Except for the spacing of fire hydrants" was contained in the original motion to amend by North, but was withdrawn when it did not receive a second. MOTION'TO AMEND PASSED, 4-0-1. For: Bost, Spears, North, Phillips. Against; None. Abstaining: Fossler. Absent: Raney, Shore. MAIN MOTION AS AMENDED PASSED, 4-0-1, by the same vote. 5. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS Dunbar Estates The Secretary reported the receipt on March 11 by certified Rezoning mail, return receipt requested, of what could either be the return of borrowed files or an application for rezoning which is a duplicate of that received a year ago. Only one of two applications was signed; the date on the applications was of 4/16/73 with the signed application having this date crossed out, but no other date substituted; the phone number given on the application is no longer in service; repeated calls at the phone number listed for Mr. Bloodworth in the phone book brought to answer; a tali and request for him to return the call at another number brought no reply. The Secretary will contact him by certified mail, return receipt requested. Lobella Gym The Secretary talked to Mr. Lobella by phone when he called in regard to the disposition of his building permit request. (Attachment # ) She informed him of Building Code problems and the need for a survey. Also that the parking was questionable, but that the zoning was all right. Although Mr. Lobella felt that he could FPZC-M-3-21-74 meet the Building Code requirements, the Secretary cautioned him to come back before the Commission with more complete plans before exercising his option to buy, particularly because of the parking problem. FISD Rezoning The calls for the metes and bounds of the school properties have been received by the Commission. The commission will go over the request before calling a hearing. Subdivision A discussion of violations of the Subdivision Ordinance Ordinance in the Friendswood Extraterritorial Jurisdiction other Violations than in Polly Ranch was held. Chairman Bost left during (9;25) this discussion. MOTION WAS MADE by Fossler, seconded by Phillips, that the Secretary ask the City Attorney to notify the developers of Forest Bend and Wedgewood that since they are in the Friendswood ETJ they must comply with Friendswood Ordinances (regarding Subdivisions). 4-o, MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY,/Shore, Bost, and Raney absent. 6. INFORMATION REPORTS 1973-A. Quaker Drive R-O-W interruption. The Secretary reported that she had sent a memo to the City Manager noting that this lot had been sold and asking that this be flagged for Planning Commission attention if a building permit is requested for it. (Attachment # )• E. Rezoning of High School. City Secretary Bobbie Henry, who was present, stated that she had not typed the ordinance yet. H. Rezoning of Cecil Brown 16 acres to C-1. 1. Rezoning of Fire Station Site (Sunset). Council Representative Zeitler furnished a copy of the letter which City Council sent to Mr. Brown, thanking him for the offer and closing the matter. N. Coward Creek Subdivision. Has not yet been filed, according to the City Manager. T. Illegal Sins. Tony Banfield has requested a meeting with the Board of Adjustment. U. School Bus Barn. North reported the building was erected while contact was being made with an attorney concerning it. Fossler reported that the street had not been closed off as requested and wondered what the City could do. Apparently the street was only closed to through traffic and cars are using the entrance by the bus barn as access to parking. No action was taken. 1974-B. Illegal trailers. The Bookman trailer on F. M. 528 and the trailer on East Heritage were both given variances recently by the Board of Adjustment. C. Greenbriar Subdivision Section One. Was filed 1-24-74. G. Pine ShadoNsSubdivision. has not yet been filed, according to the City Manager. FPZC-M-3-21-74 N 1974-H. Esoteric Art Center - zoning violation. No reply has been received by the City to a letter calling to the owner's attention that he was to re urn to the Planning Commission for parking planning. I. Weiner Department Store Expansion. Has been approved for a variance of set -back by the Board of Adjustment. J. Illegal townhouses. Located on SunMeadow Drive. Since they are already erected, the consensus was to take the item from the list. K. Building Permit Status etc. Poll R nch Estates. The City Council is still exploring the possibility of an .injunction. Last Monday night's action was to instruct the City Manager to employ a surveyor to establish the common lot line of Lot #7 and #6. The surveyor has been hired. L. Potential zoning violation. The Secretary reported that she noticed what appeared to be preparation for the installation of illegal parking areas at Rosie Harper's beauty shop on East Heritage. This was reported to the City Manager who has asked Zoning Administrator Cline to look into it. M. Autumn Hills Nursing Home. City Secretary Henry reported that she has not yet received the deed to the right-of-way which was a condition of the re -zoning of the Nursing Home area, so does riot regard the rezoning as an accomplished fact. 7. PLANNING CONSULTANT (10,00) Curb cuts, esp ecially along the new stretch of Friendswood Drive, were discussed. Mr. Atkinson felt that when building permits are obtained, the Commission can require an opening to be changed. From the builders point of view, he can presently get curb and driveway entrance put in at no cost, taking the chance that if it is wrong that he will re -do it. The Commission agreed that the requirements needed to be finalized and agreed to meet with Mr. Atkinson next week at 8:00 P.M. in order to do this. Then he will get with the City Attorney. 8. BUILDING PERMITS Ron's Crispy Although not on the agenda, Mr. Gawlik was present and Chicken (10s30) requested to speak survey for the with the Commission. He presented a lot involved and also building plans. Mr. Spears left. An extended discussion took place, particularly in regard to the proposed color (bright yellow) of the roof. The logo for the business is red letters on yellow. Mr. Fossler questioned whether it was more important for him to have a particular logo or whether it was more important for Friendswood to tone down the appearance of the main street. It was pointed out to Mr. Gawlik I FPZC-M-3-21-74 9. ADJOURNMENT The meeting Spears left did discuss that the Commission is very sensitive about not repeating mistakes. Mr. Fossler was also concerned that the Commission receive assurance that the roofline would be finished and not left completely flat. ai n. Mr. Gawlik called to the Commission's attention that we have 75/ non-compliance with the sign ordinance already. He will comply with whatever sign ordinance is in effect. Pole signs run about $ 6000, officially lost its quorum and was thus adjourned when at 10:40. The remaining three members of the Commission with Mr. Gawlik until 10:55, at which time everyone left. Secretary OffGt C E,L,