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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning and Zoning Commission-Minutes-8/12/2002 (2) PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION Meeting Minutes - August 12, 2002 Vice Chairman Wall called the regular meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission to order at 7:00 P.M. on August 12, 2002. Roll Call: Present: Jeffrey Wall, Bob Culley, Mark Jones, Bud Sellers Absent: Earl Swift, Jo Ann Gasper, Mark Hollis Staff: Barry LeBaron, Clayton Husband, Jeff Jones, Jan Levy Invocation: Recording Secretary Jan Levy Pledge of Allegiance Approval of Minutes: July 22, 2002 Commissioner Culley moved to approve the minutes of the July 22, 2002 meeting as written. Commissioner Sellers seconded the motion. The vote being: Ayes: Wall, Culley, Jones, Sellers Noes: None 1. A Minor Plat of Lot 7R2, Block 1, Pleasant Oak Estates, 1.07 acres located at 5916 Pleasant Run Road, Case P-02-019 Clayton Husband presented the case to the commissioners and reviewed the staff briefing. The commissioners had no comments or questions regarding the plat. Commissioner Jones moved to approve the plat. Commissioner Culley seconded the motion. The vote being: Ayes: Wall, Culley, Jones, Sellers Noes: None 2. PUBLIC HEARING - A Zoning Change from R40 to R20 Single Family Residential on 2.11 acres located at the southeast corner of Glade Road & Behrens Road, 1701-1713 Glade Road, Case Z-02-022 Clayton Husband presented the case to the commissioners and reviewed the staff briefing. He said the zoning change request was initiated by the City of Colleyville as a condition of an agreement with the owner to dedicate right-of-way for the sidewalk across the front of the property along Glade Road. He told the commissioners that the City Council approved the agreement on Planning & Zoning Commission Minutes - August 12, 2002 Page 1 of 6 - Approved on August 28, 2002 April 9, 2002. Mr. Husband displayed an overhead showing the zoning of surrounding properties. He said staff mailed 17 notices to adjacent property owners and received one letter of opposition to the request and that letter is in the packet. Vice Chairman Wall opened the public hearing. Those present wishing to speak were: Sam McCollough, 4912 Behrens Road, said that although he appreciates the sidewalk being built along Glade Road, he is strongly opposed to the zoning change. He said that historically all of the property in the Behrens Road and Behrens Court area has been zoned R40. He said that if the zoning change to R20 is granted, the property values on the south side of Glade Road will be diminished and a precedent will be set. George Hall, 1865 Renfro Road, said he is opposed to the zoning change request. He said there have been three prior zoning change requests to R20 in the area and the neighbors have always opposed and come to the meetings to protest and the City Council has denied the requests. He said all of the property south of Glade Road in the area is zoned R40 for one acre or larger parcels. He said the original owner, Mrs. Behrens, had the property divided into one acre parcels and future rezoning to R20 will have a negative impact on the neighborhood. Brenda Huckins, 1700 Glade Road, said she and her husband recently bought the three acre parcel of land across the street because of the country feel of the area. She said she is adamantly opposed to the possibility of future subdivision of property in the area. Norm Cox, 4901 Behrens Road, spoke in opposition. He asked the commissioners for a clarification of the intent behind the zoning change request. Vice Chairman Wall requested that staff address that question. Clayton Husband explained that there are two houses on the property and the property owner intends to build another home between the two corner lots. He said that Mr. Behrens requested the City to propose the zoning change and plat the property in exchange for dedicating right-of-way for the sidewalk along Glade Road. He read a portion of the agreement. Mr. Cox said that he is concerned that if this zoning change is requested, there could potentially be another twenty-five requests for R20 zoning within the Behrens Road and Behrens Court neighborhood. There being no one else present wishing to speak, the public hearing was closed. Commissioner Culley asked staff to point out the amount of R20 zoning in the area. He had questions about what the estimated cost to the City would be if the zoning change was not granted. There was discussion about the traffic impact created by one additional lot and staff said there would be an addition ten trips per day added to Glade Road. Vice Chairman Wall asked staff questions about the agreement. Clayton Husband said the agreement was made and signed by the property owner and the City Manager. He read the agreement to the commissioners and said it is an agreement and not a contract per say. Commissioner Jones said the neighbors bought into the neighborhood because of the rural feel and they deserve for that to not be changed. Planning & Zoning Commission Minutes - August 12, 2002 Page 2 of 6 - Approved on August 28, 2002 Commissioner Jones moved to recommend denial of the zoning change request. Commissioner Sellers seconded the motion. The vote being: Ayes: Wall, Jones, Sellers Noes: Culley The City Charter states: (~ majority of the members shall constitute a quorum; however, no action shall be approved with less than four (4) affirmative votes." Vice Chairman Wall moved to table the item so there may be additional members present to take action on the case. Commissioner Culley seconded the motion. The vote being: Ayes: Wall, Culley, Sellers Noes: Jones Following discussion, Commissioner Jones changed his vote in order to table the case. The final vote to table being: Ayes: Wall, Culley, Jones, Sellers Noes: None [Note: Vice Chairman Wall moved to item #4 because Commissioner Sellers would recuse himself from item #3 and there would not be a quorum to consider the case.] 3. A Final Plat of Westcliff Addition, Phase I, 57.112 acres located on the north side of McDonwell School Road east of Remington Parkway, Case P-02-025 4. TABLED ITEM - Zoning Change from R40 to PUD-R Planned Unit Development Residential on 19.405 acres located on the south side of L.D. Lockett Road in the 900 block, Case Z-02-018 Commissioner Culley moved to remove the item from the table for discussion. Commissioner Sellers seconded the motion. The vote being: Ayes: Wall, Culley, Jones, Sellers Noes: None Clayton Husband presented the case to the commissioners and reviewed the staff briefing. He told them the developer has decreased the number of lots from 32 to 31 lots and that decreases the density of the subdivision. He said the average lot size has been increased from 15,769 square feet to 16,050 square feet and now meets the PUD requirement. He told the commissioners that staff has discussed the proposed zoning change with the Planning Department at the City of Hurst. He said their staff does not have any problems or issues with the connection of this phase of the subdivision with the existing phase in Hurst. Mr. Husband told the commissioners that staff's recommendation of denial is due to the non-compliance with the Master Planning & Zoning Commission Minutes - August 12, 2002 Page 3 of 6 - App,oved on August 26, 2002 - ~-"'---'--"""--'-"--'-'--'---"""~~."-'--,---,--"--'~'-'~-"-'---- '-'~-""-'.'~'~--"- ~~.._. - ---...-'-..'.-.....----.--..-- Plan as the Master Plan shows the property to become commercial. There was discussion by Commissioner Jones and staff about the density ofthe subdivision and staff's reason for recommending denial. He asked how far away from Precinct Line Road the property is. The applicant's engineer, Joseph Reue, Washington and Associates, was present to represent the case. He said the property is approximately 1,600 feet from Precinct Line Road. He told the commissioners that they have complied with the technical aspect of the PUD requirements and he showed them the changes they made to the exhibit. He introduced the representative from the developer, Mr. Dick Blackard, to present the economic development information the Commission had requested in the past. Dick Blackard, representing Stinson Development Corp., presented economic impact information. He said he does not believe the site would support office or retail development because it is too far off Precinct Line Road and there is little traffic on L.D. Lockett Road. He said he spoke with two area commercial developers regarding potential office development on the Lonesome Dove site. Mr. Blackard said he spoke with Alan Curlee, Classic Concepts, and Alan said possibly the site would be appropriate for garden type offices in 20 years. Mr. Blackard said he also spoke with Joe Fuches, a commercial developer and Chairman of the City of Hurst Planning and Zoning Commission and Joe said the site may be appropriate for offices in 10 to 15 years. Mr. Blackard said that when the Master Plan was created in 1998 it was estimated that it would take 20.8 years to consume the available commercial property in the City of Colleyville. He then went on to explain the economic impact information he submitted to the City. He said the development of the property for single family residential homes will bring $336,238.55 total revenue within the next ten years. He said they plan on having ten houses completed by the end of next year and the project to be completed within the next two years. The commissioners questioned the school district in that area and Mr. Blackard said the economic information he provided was only for City of Colleyville revenues and school taxes were not included. He said that the water and sewer system with be in Colleyville. Commissioner Jones said that he drove to the site and drove around the area. He said he could not imagine commercial development on that property and it will make a beautiful residential area. Commissioner Culley moved to recommend approval of the zoning change. Commissioner Jones seconded the motion. Commissioner Wall said this is a similar issue to another zoning change the Commissioners had dealt with in the past. He said that even if the area is not the greatest area for commercial development, a residential subdivision will make it more difficult to zone other property in the area commercial ten years down the road. Vice Chairman Wall called for the vote. The vote being: Ayes: Wall, Culley, Jones, Sellers Noes: None Planning & Zoning Commission Minutes - August 12, 2002 Page 4 of 6 - Approved on August 26, 2002 Vice Chairman Wall returned to item #3, Case P-02-025. Commissioner Sellers recused himself from the discussion of this item. There was not a quorum to take action on the item and the item was passed over and will be rescheduled for the August 26, 2000 meeting. 5. Citizens' comments regarding items not on the agenda. There were none at this time. 6. Staff comments, reports and discussion items: Barry LeBaron told the commissioners that staff would like to deliver the packets to their homes on Friday afternoons. There was discussion by the commissioners regarding home delivery. Commissioner Wall said he is opposed to using staff time to deliver packets. Commissioner Culley said he concurs on the sense of duty by the commissioners as far as time involved to study packets, and he would appreciate it delivered. Linda Baker requested to address the Commission. Commissioner Culley requested that the rules be suspended to allow citizens comments. Linda Baker said she filed an open records request for a log as to what time the commissioners were picking up their packets. She said that the idea of staff delivering the packets is probably in response to her request. She said city staff is too busy from her perspective to take away from their jobs to deliver packets and Mondays are way too late for commissioners to pick up packets and be prepared for the meetings. Commissioner Culley thanked Linda for pointing out her interest in when the packets are picked up by the commissioners. He said the information the Commissioners need to prepare for a meeting is included on the Internet and the commissioners can and do preview the information and prepare for the cases over the weekend. Commissioner Jones said that he devotes and allocates Monday afternoons to visit sites and he takes the time needed to prepare for the meetings. 7. Commissioners' comments and reports. ADJOURNMENT: The Commission moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:50 p.m. The motion was seconded and passed by acclamation. Planning & Zoning Commission Minutes - August 12, 2002 Page 5 of 6 - Approved on August 26, 2002 ""~----"--~-----~----'-'~",'-' '-'-'~-"'---------_._.' ."-_.__...-~----~-- .----....,. ~""--~_.~.._-,.__.",-,-~...,,--~...~. Respectfully Submitted, an Levy ~ Planning & Zoning Assistant levvi@ci.collevville.tx.us Approved on: NOTE: As a matter of public record, an audio recording of this Planning and Zoning Commission meeting is available upon request. Planning & Zoning Commission Minutes - August 12, 2002 Page 6 of 6 - Approved on August 26, 2002