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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPZ 1991-05-09 Minutes MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS MAY 9, 1991 - 7:30 P. M. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Vice Chairman Brock at 7:30 P.M. ROLL CALL PRESENT: Vice Chairman Secretary Members Alt. Member Dir. Community Dev. Building Official P & Z Coordinator James Brock David Barfield Don Bowen Ron Lueck Don Collins Pat Marin Paul Miller Barry LeBaron Steve Pence Wanda Calvert Councilmen Welch and Scoma were present in audience. ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN Vice Chairman Brock stated that Chairman Mark Wood was elected to the City Council last week and they now have a vacancy for Chairman of P & Z. Ms. Marin nominated James Brock for Chairman. This nomination was seconded by Mr. Miller. Mr. Lueck nominated David Barfield for Chairman. There was a secret ballot taken and there were 4 for Brock and 3 for Barfield. Since James Brock is now Chairman, there is a vacancy for a Vice Chairman. Mr. Collins nominated David Barfield for Vice Chairman. Mr. Bowen made the motion to elect David Barfield by acclamation. This motion was seconded by Mr. Collins and the motion carried 6-0. Page 2 P & Z Minutes May 9, 1991 Since David Barfield was elected Vice Chairman, there is a vacancy for Secretary. Mr. Collins nominated Don Bowen for Secretary. Mr. Lueck seconded the nomination and the vote was 6-0. CONSIDERATION OF THE MINUTES OF APRIL 25, 1991 Ms. Marin made the motion to approve the minutes as written. This motion was seconded by Mr. Bowen and the motion carried 7-0. 1 . PS 90-32 Request of Ruth Michener for Preliminary Plat of Lots 1 & 2, Block 1, Michener Addition. This property is located on the west side of Douglas Lane, north of Hightower Drive. Chairman Brock stated that Ms. Michener wishes to subdivide a 5 acre tract. Ruth Michener, 7015 Douglas Lane, came forward. She said she wants to divide it and sell it for pasture. She said there is no way she can build a drainage ditch; no one else up the street has done that. Ms. Michener said the property has been used for horses; it has a natural water way and is now in the 100 year flood plain. Ms. Michener said she cannot afford to put in the drainage ditch. Mr. LeBaron said the staff feels this should not be treated any differently than any other subdivision and the drainage channel should be put in, but it is a small tract and there are no other concrete channels in the area. Mr. Bowen said it would be onerous to require Ms. Michener to build the channel which could cost $100,000. He said he feels she should be allowed to dedicate it as a drainage easement through the flood plain. Page 3 P & Z Minutes May 9, 1991 Chairman Brock asked Ms. Michener if she would agree to that. Ms. Michener said she would. She said she is a widow and it is hard to take care of this property. She said she would like to sell it to someone who has horses. Chairman Brock asked if she would get a percolation test run by the Tarrant County Health Department. Ms. Michener said she feel the builder should do that, but she would if the plat is approved. Mr. LeBaron said the city policy does not allow lateral lines in the flood plain area. Ms. Michener said she understands, she knows where the flood plain is. PS 90-32 APPROVED Mr. Barfield made the motion to approve PS 90-32 subject to the Engineer's comments save and except that we not require the concrete channel; that we require the owner dedicate all of the flood area as a drainage easement; and the plat not be accepted until a percolation test is done to verify that a sufficient structure can be built so that all the lateral lines are out of the flood plain. This motion was seconded by Mr. Lueck. Mr. Doug Long, Engineer for Ms. Michener, came forward. He asked if Mr. Barfield meant the final plat would not be accepted until the percolation test was done. This is the preliminary plat. Mr. Barfield said that was correct, that he should have said the final plat. The motion carried 7-0. Page 4 P & Z Minutes May 9, 1991 2. PS 91-07 Request of Tecnol, Inc. for Replat of Lots SR & 6R, Block 1, NRH Industrial Park Addition. This property is located on Industrial Park Boulevard, east of Rufe Snow Drive. Mr. LeBaron stated that Tecnol was needing to expand and they have purchased additional property and are platting it into one lot. Max Reeves with Tecnol, came forward. He said they have a 12 plus acre tract known as lot SR and have recently purchased a S plus acre tract from RTC and requests it be removed from lot 6R and added to lot SR. Mr. Reeves said they plan to expand the present facility and also have future plans to some day build another facility on the new property. Mr. Reeves stated he has no problems with the Engineer's comments. PS 91-07 APPROVED Mr. Bowen made the motion to approve PS 91-07 subject to the Engineer's comments and the stipulation that a signature line be added on the plat for RTC to sign. This motion was seconded by Mr. Miller and the motion carried 7-0. 3. PZ 91-10 Public Hearing for request of the City of North Richland Hills to rezone 38 lots in Diamond Loch Addition from their present classification of R-S-D Duplex to R-l Single Family Residential. Mr. LeBaron stated that a large part of Diamond Loch Addition is currently zoned duplex and has been for approximately 20 years, but could only find one duplex built there; the others were build single family. He said there are 2 problems; the duplex zoning classification "R-S-D" no longer exists; we only have R-4-SD duplex which has different requirements. Page 5 P ¢ Z Minutes May 9, 1991 Mr. LeBaron said we need to change the zoning to R-1 like the rest of Diamond Loch. He said if you rezone to R-1, what do you do with the duplexes; do you change them to R-4. Chairman Brock asked the audience how many were present who have duplexes in the are. There were two. Chairman Brock opened the Public Hearing and called for those wishing to speak in favor of changing the zoning to R-l to please come forward. There being no one, the Chairman called for those wishing to speak in opposition to changing the zoning to please come forward. Bill Frey, CPA from Fort Worth, came forward to represent Mr. & Mrs. Eddie Hamer who live in Belgium. He said they bought the property at 4400 Diamond Loch approximately 15 years ago when their daughter was an exchange student here. Mr. Frey said it is a duplex and he keeps it in tip-top shape. He said they purchased it as an investment and he requests to be grandfathered so it could continue as a duplex. Clarice Conrad, 6432 Diamond Loch Court, came forward. She said she has had the property ever since the addition started. She said her deed restrictions states that only 8 lots, lots 9 through 16, Block 7, would be zoned 2 family. Mr. Bowen said that is not what the zoning map shows. Ms. Marin said it probably meant that many lots in that Block would be duplex. Page 6 p & Z Minutes May 9, 1991 Ms. Conrad said her's was lot 9, Block 7. She said they built on it and planned later to build a granny house in the back since it was a large lot. Chairman Brock stated that putting a house behind a house would not be a duplex; it would not be a common wall. Mr. LeBaron said that was correct. Ms. Conrad said it says on her deed restrictions "Two Family" zoning; it does not say it has to be a duplex. Mr. Bowen asked if Ms. Conrad's was a duplex. Ms. Conrad said it was a single family house, but she does not want the zoning changed. She says there are three two-family dwellings on that street. She said lots 11 & 12 are duplexes and lot 13 has a garage apartment in the back. Ms. Conrad said she has her deed restrictions and if anything has been changed, she has not been notified. Ms. Conrad said she wants to be able to build a house in the back for her parents or convert her house into two family. Mr. Bowen said he did not think the granny house would be legal. Mr. LeBaron said that is correct. Mr. Bowen said he was not sure about the garage apartment. Mr. LeBaron said that could possibly be considered for duplex zoning. Chairman Brock called for anyone else wishing to speak in opposition to the change to please come forward. Page 7 P & Z Minutes May 9, 1991 There being no one wishing to speak, the Chairman closed the Public Hearing. Mr. Barfield said he would like to know which are duplexes and which are single family. Ms. Conrad said lots 11 & 12 are duplexes and lot 13 has the garage apartment. Mr. Barfield said he feels this should be surveyed on the ground and he requests it be tabled to allow the staff time to go out and check this. Mr. LeBaron said he had three staff people go out and drive down the streets surveying, he has had 6 or 7 surveys made, and they could only visualize one and the garage apartment. Mr. LeBaron said he feels the people did not know the property was zoned for duplexes. Ms. Marin said she feels that if they bought it knowing it was duplex zoning, they have every right to keep that zoning, but if they have a single family house built in duplex zoning, it would be non-conforming and that is what we need to change. Mr. Bowen asked if you have a single family house built on a duplex lot and it burns down, could they build a single family house back. Mr. LeBaron said they could build either single family or duplex. Mr. Lueck said he feels they should protect the ones that built the duplexes. Mr. Barfield asked if you could stipulate that in the zoning. Page 8 P & Z Minutes May 9, 1991 Mr. LeBaron said that would not be the proper thing to do. Mr. Barfield said to protect these three people, the Commission would have to leave those lots out. Mr. Lueck said he felt they should protect the property owners in case it burned down, they could build back either single family or duplex. He said he feels buying that property made them have flexibility. Mr. LeBaron said he feels it should be zoned appropriately. He said there could be problems with neighbors, if a single family house burned down and they built a duplex back on the lot. He said they usually are not aware of the zoning. Mr. Lueck said they are aware of it now, because we sent each of them a letter. Mr. Barfield asked if they could zone it, leaving the duplexes out, and give them a time span for them to come in if they had a duplex. He said to send them a registered letter stating if they have a duplex, to please let us know before June 10th City Council meeting. Mr. LeBaron said we could send them all a registered letter stating they can come to the City Council meeting June 10th. PZ 91-10 APPROVED Mr. Barfield recommended approval of PZ 91-10, that it be changed to R-1 zoning and that any existing duplexes that notify the city that they have a duplex prior to the June 10th City Council meeting will remain duplex. Mr. Bowen asked if that would include the lady's property that did not want her's changed. Page 9 P & Z Minutes May 9, 1991 Mr. Barfield said it would. Mr. Bowen seconded the motion and the vote was 4-3 with Marin, Lueck, and Brock voting against. The motion carried. 4. PZ 91-11 Public Hearing for request of the Bank of North Texas to rezone Tract 7, John's Addition, from its present classification of C-2 Commercial to 1-2 Industrial. This property is located on the east side of Davis Boulevard and south of the railroad. Mr. LeBaron stated this tract of land at one time had a cabinet shop in it, but a cabinet shop is not an allowed use in C-2 zoning and the building does not conform to the masonry requirement for C-2 zoning. He said the structure is currently vacant and before it can be used again, it either needs to be rezoned to 1-2 or the building be brought up to code and be used for something other than a cabinet shop. Chairman Brock opened the Public Hearing and called for those wishing to speak in favor of this request to please come forward. There being no one wishing to speak, the Chairman called for those wishing to speak in opposition to this request to please come forward. Councilman Scoma came forward. He stated that he was speaking on behalf of several neighbors who has property adjacent to or in the vicinity of the property being requested for rezoning. He said he understands the bank needs to utilize this facility for revenue purposes and not just let it set there. Councilman Scoma said he understands it is non-conforming. He said they are totally in agreement in making it where a cabinet shop can be Page 10 P & Z Minutes May 9, 1991 in that facility. He said they don't object to the cabinet shop as they have lived with it for years. Councilman Scoma said one of the major concerns is that this Planning and Zoning Commission and the Council has done a lot of work looking at the zoning map of the city and establishing some areas where industrial would work. He said they have at the present time, no industrial property on the east side of Davis Boulevard, south of the rail road tracks except for a piece in front of the new post office that is zoned industrial. He said it ties into the old airport property that is zoned industrial. Councilman Scoma said that was intended to be opened up as a road into some large tracts that would encourage manufacturing companies to move here. Councilman Scoma said one objection that they have is not only does this represent industrial zoning, it is considered to be a commercial area according to our master plan, but it is also a small tract of land that limits the use of this property to such things as machine shops, plumbing shops, sheet metal shops, welding shops that have outdoor storage. He said this is not compatible with the residential area; it is not compatible with what the residents were told when they bought their property. He said there is a piece of agricultural property behind the houses in Sunnybrook and their concern is if we approve the industrial zoning carte blanche that there will be an attempt in the future to make it industrial also. Councilman Scoma said he encourages P & Z tonight as a homeowner in the area to restrict the industrial use to only a cabinet shop or to reject the request for general industrial use. Page 11 p & Z Minutes May 9, 1991 B. J. Wilkinson, 6433 Westgate, came forward. He said Westgate backs up to this area. He said these houses were built within this last year and there are about 30 houses there. He said all the homeowners were told this would remain as it is and we are concerned. Robert Hightower, 6437 Westgate Drive, came forward. He said he is close enough to the cabinet shop to hit it with a rock. He said he has two small children. He said when he moved in he specifically asked what it was zoned and was told it was commercial. Mr. Hightower said he didn't have a problem with that and he would like it to remain that way. Keith Smith, 6441 Westgate Drive, came forward. He said they were told it was currently commercial and would probably stay that way. He asked Mr. LeBaron about what he said about the bank having a proposed use for the property. Mr. LeBaron said their application said the sale was contingent on getting the zoning change. Mr. Smith asked about the same usage. Mr. Bowen stated that the cabinet shop was a non-conforming use, it was already there. He said there is some question as to where it has been vacant for 6 months or not. Mr. LeBaron read what was written on the application: "Previous use was inconsistent with zoning. Similar use will be established if zoning change can be obtained." Mr. Lueck asked if a cabinet shop could go in if the building was brought up to code. Page 12 P & Z Minutes May 9, 1991 Mr. LeBaron stated it could not. Mr. Smith said he has a problem with changing the zoning to industrial, but has no objection to the cabinet shop. He said it opens the gate to allow businesses that are not favorable and it will lower the property value of these houses. Mr. Barfield asked if he was aware of the outdoor storage allowed in C-2 zoning. He said you can have 20% of the lot for outdoor storage in C-2 without changing the zoning. Mr. Barfield said the cabinet shop would have to be in Industrial zoning and he is not sure we, as a Board, are at liberty to pick and choose in the Industrial zoning. Ron Wright came forward. He said his family has property at 8217 and 8221 Cardinal Lane. He said he feels that a zoning change would hurt the use of the property. Mr. Wright said his family has owned the property for SO years and do not look forward to it being used as industrial. He asked what percent outdoor storage is allowed in industrial zoning. Mr. Pence said there is no outdoor storage in Industrial zoning. Mr. Wright said he is still opposed to the industrial zoning. Jack King, 8301 Cardinal, came forward. He said he was against this for all the same reasons. He said he and his wife took a survey of the residential area and they were 100% in opposition to this request and said they would sign a petition. Page 13 P & Z Minutes May 9, 1991 Councilman Scoma came forward again. He said he would like to address Mr. Barfield's comment in regard to the restriction of not being allowed to pick and choose. Councilman Scoma stated that the staff attorney has told us that we can, the P & Z can, or the council can restrict the use of that property to a cabinet shop, if that is what we want to do under 1-2. He said he and the neighbors are not opposed to the cabinet shop; it was already there when they moved into the area. Councilman Scoma said they would understand if it had to be rezoned to accommodate that. He said the concern is now you are opening up, if you should resolve and the council approve the 1-2 zoning, you then would have contiguous property adjacent to that and it would be inclined to be zoned industrial and then the whole area would be industrial and would allow types of businesses we do not want, so you can restrict that too based on Rex McEntire's comments the other day. Jeff Walter, 6425 Westgate, came forward. He thanked Councilman Scoma for his leadership tonight. Mr. Walter said he echoes the feelings of his neighbors tonight, he said he and his wife are against this rezoning for the same reasons. Captain Michael Plan, U.S.A.F., address 6409 Amundson, came forward. He stated he has plans to sell his home within the next year and if you open this up to industrial, it would definitely affect the resale of his property. He said he has no problem with what is already there. Chairman Brock asked for a show of hands of the ones present who are in opposition to the rezoning. Page 14 P & Z Minutes May 9, 1991 There were a number of hands raised. Chairman Brock asked if there was anyone who had anything different to say. No one else came forward so Chairman Brock closed the Public Hearing. Mr. Barfield said he understands the attorney has discussed with Councilman Scoma that you can pick and choose in the menu, but it has been our direction that you could not. He said p & Z has had its hands slapped on a few occasions when we would pick and choose. Mr. Barfield said he could not vote for a zone change until we get a directive from the City Attorney on this matter. He said he would like to table this until they get an answer from the City Attorney. Mr. Lueck asked Mr. LeBaron if something has changed that P & Z does not know about. Mr. LeBaron said we just have to take the directive from the City Attorney. Mr. Bowen asked if we do zone it 1-2 for a cabinet shop and if he wants to fall to something else, what would he fall back to, C-2, I-I? Mr. LeBaron said he could not answer that. Mr. Barfield said he felt we should give the owner of the property a chance to address these issues. Chairman Brock said it seems it is the consensus that if it is not used as a cabinet shop, it should be left C-2. Mr. Collins suggested they leave it C-2 and the owner come back in for a specific use permit. Page 15 P & Z Minutes May 9, 1991 Mr. Barfield said we might need to do that so he will not have to pay more fees, but he thinks we should give him the chance to come back and address the issues. He said the Chairman can re-open the Public Hearing at that meeting. Mr. Bowen said you cannot use a specific use. He said if you have a specific use, you have that use plus all the other uses. He also stated that specific use for a cabinet shop is not allowed in C-2. Mr. Barfield made a motion to table this request until the next meeting until the City Attorney has a chance to direct us if we can pick and choose items in the industrial zoning and give the owner a chance to address this issue. This motion was seconded by Mr. Bowen. The motion failed by a vote of 3-4 with Lueck, Marin, Collins and Miller voting against. PZ 91-11 DENIED Mr. Collins made the motion to deny PZ 91-11. This motion was seconded by Ms. Marin and the motion carried 4-3 with Brock, Bowen, and Barfield voting against denial. Mr. Bowen stated that his vote against denial was just to allow the requester to have a say. 5. PZ 91-12 Public Hearing for request of Oscar Trevino Jr. with J.L. Steele, Inc. to rezone Lots 1 & 2, Block 2, Meacham Addition, from their present classification of R-2 Single Family Residential to C-2 Commercial. This property is located on the west side of Smithfield Road between Guy Street and Arthur Drive. Chairman Brock opened the Public Hearing and called for anyone wishing to speak in favor of this request to please come forward. Page 16 p & Z Minutes May 9, 1991 Oscar Trevino came forward. He said his business is presently located at 8208 Northeast Parkway, Suite 123, North Richland Hills, Texas. He said the property in question is located at 6504 Smithfield Road. He said it is 2 lots, 200 feet by 100 feet each with 200 feet of frontage on Smithfield Road. Mr. Trevino stated the property is bounded on three sides by thoroughfares. He said the property to the Northwest and across Smithfield Road is zoned 1-2 and across Guy Street is R-5-D Duplex. He said the area bounded by the St. Louis Railroad, Smithfield Road and Watauga Road is going to need to be rezoned within the next few years. Mr. Trevino said their intensions, if they get the zoning, is to renovate the existing frame house to commercial standards as required by the city. He said they would keep the fenced area as a green belt and use the remainder for yard area. Mr. Trevino stated that C-2 does allow up to 20% outside storage. He said they will obtain the main access off Smithfield Road. He said the material to be stored on the property would be small racks, a 16 foot trailer, and other miscellaneous items. Mr. Trevino said the property will also be fenced per city specifications for C-2 zoning. He said the noise level will be no more than at present. He said the company specializes in the installation of re-enforcement steel on construction projects. Mr. Trevino said they have the re-enforcement steel delivered to the job site and the delivery of supplies to the yard will be limited to a bob-tail truck. He said the office staff ranges from 5 to 8 people. He said with the continued growth in the area north of Starnes, Smithfield Road will have an increase in traffic. Page 17 p & Z Minutes May 9, 1991 Mr. Trevino stated that the directors and officers of this company all live in North Richland Hills and have an interest in the quality of life in this city. He said the corporation will endeavor to keep the ascetics of the property as good or better than it is today. He said he has pictures of the supplies that will be stored on the property and also what you can see from the front, side and back of this property. Mr. Trevino said you can look out one side and see Martin Lumber Company with trucks parked there and then you have the railroad. Ray Bates, owner of the property, came forward. He said the property has been vacant for approximately 2~ years. He said the initial building construction was 4 rooms in 1946 and the house has been added on to. He said it is only 1 or 2 bedroom house and would be hard to use it as a residence without completely rebuilding it. Mr. Bates stated he feels this is the best use of the property. Chairman Brock called for anyone else wishing to speak in favor of this request to please come forward. There being no one, the Chairman called for those wishing to speak in opposition to this request to please come forward. Glenn Willis, 7820 Arthur, came forward. He said he has several questions that needs answered: traffic, access to Arthur, his plans for expansion, guarantee of storage, there are all types of steel, a lot of trucks, a lot of noise, hours of operation, what kind of guarantees do we have that he will make it ascetic to the neighborhood. Page 18 P & Z Minutes May 9, 1991 Mr. Willis stated he and his wife spend a lot of time in their yard and they do not want a commercial piece of property there. Chairman Brock asked Mr. Trevino what his hours would be. Mr. Trevino stated he and the Vice President show up at 5:30 A.M. and the men will come in to pick things up at 6:30 or 7:00 A.M. and at 5:30 P.M., they will all be out of the office. Mr. Trevino said he would like to have his main access off Smithfield Road. He said the steel would be delivered to the job site and tied there; he said the delivery there would be in bob-tail trucks; and as far as expansion, with less than an acre, there would not be much expansion. He said as for as keeping the neighborhood pretty, the fence line is covered with brush and weeds are standing a foot and a half high, and the house is falling apart now; nothing is pretty about this piece of property. Mr. Trevino said he agrees it is a nice neighborhood, but when the property next to Watauga Road sells, and a grocery store shows up there, there will be noise there. Mr. Barfield asked where he puts the steel left over from a job. Mr. Trevino said they do not purchase the steel, they just install it. He said they would have some racks. He showed the Commission pictures of the racks. Mr. Miller asked how close they would be to the lumber company. Mr. Trevino said it would be about 80 feet and across Smithfield Road. Page 19 p & Z Minutes May 9, 1991 Jessie Johnson, 6413 Smithfield Road, came forward. He said he owns the property next door to the property in question. Mr. Johnson stated he does not really have any objections to what he plans to do, except he does not want it to get to looking like 28th Street. Doug Van Den Berg, 6337 Smithfield Road, came forward. He said he believes it is true that in the future, the property values will increase, but he is concerned now. He said he has a little girl that likes to play in the yard. Mr. Van Den Berg asked if they were permanent employees or temporary employees. He said he felt an 8 foot fence would be better than a 6 foot fence. King Bell, 7829 Arthur Drive, came forward. He said his property is adjacent to this property. He said he is concerned about the noise level and the fence. Stephen Grove, 7808 Arthur, came forward. He said he would like to know how much more traffic there would be and if they would have a cat or fork lift. He said he was concerned about what would happen 5-10 years from now. Chairman Brock called for anyone else wishing to speak to please come forward. There being no one, the Chairman closed the Public Hearing. Chairman Brock asked Mr. Trevino to come back to answer some questions. Mr. Trevino stated they will restore the building to commercial code; the building will need to be gutted, put in wider doors, electric will have to be put in PVC, 80% brick is required; Page 20 P & Z Minutes May 9, 1991 the roof will have to be fixed; there will be a major renovation. Mr. Trevino said they have been at the present location for 2 years and last year they did 6~ million dollar business. He said they do not own a cat loader; they own one pickup, but may buy another pickup shortly. He said the wire is in boxes, 48 on a palet and it is unloaded by hand. Mr. Trevino said they have 82 employees, but only a few might come to the office to pick up their check early and the lead men and foremen would come to the office. The noise level-there is a truck company next to this property and this should not be any more noisy. He said they might do a little welding from time to time. He said there are 18 wheelers going in and out there now. What happens in 10 years, they are not fortune tellers; he does not know. Chairman Brock stated this property does not meet the one acre requirement for C-2 zoning. Mr. Willis came forward. He stated he is opposed to the 6:30 A.M. He wanted to know if there would be access to Arthur. He said he does not want access to Arthur. Mr. Bowen stated access to Arthur would be a platting issue, but they would remember it. He said he wanted to stress that they would not be rezoning to a construction yard, they would be rezoning to C-2 and that means everything allowed in C-2. PZ 91-12 APPROVED Mr. Collins made the motion to approve PZ 91-12. This motion was seconded by Mr. Lueck and the motion carried 5-2 with Brock and Bowen voting against. Page 21 P & Z Minutes May 9, 1991 6. PS 90-30 Discussion of an ordinance to amend the Subdivision Ordinance #1579 regarding the requirement of masonry screening walls along major thoroughfares. Chairman Brock stated this case is just for discussion only. Mr. LeBaron stated this ordinance would be a very important one for the city; a significant impact on the ascetics and on the cost of the development. He stated the Commission will hold a Public Hearing at their next meeting. He said the draft ordinance has 5 key points: 1. It will apply to all new subdivisions and all replats. 2. It will apply to any residential subdivision that is next to a C2U or greater major thoroughfare. 3. Who is going to maintain it? He said we are suggesting it be constructed outside the right of way on private property and when a plat comes before you that includes a masonry screening wall, that a homeowners association become a part of the plat. He said the homeowners association can oversee the maintenance of the screening wall. 4. The intersection treatment. Mr. LeBaron said this is so important that he will have slides to show at the next meeting. 5. Type of construction. He said p & Z has stated they do not want just plain concrete, they want brick or something that looks like brick.. Mr. LeBaron said he suggested the screening wall be at least 6 feet high and the columns be no higher than 8 feet and spaced 10 feet apart. He said they need to have a 4 inch opening at the bottom so they will not cause a drainage problem. Also, Mr. LeBaron said they need to address the issue that someone could want to put up an 8 foot wood fence behind the 6 foot masonry screening wall. Page 22 P & Z Minutes May 9, 1991 Chairman Brock stated they would have a public hearing for public input at the next P & Z meeting. Mr. LeBaron stated that the American Planning Association is sponsoring a training program for Planning and Zoning members on June 3rd, on Monday from 6:30 to 10:00 at White Settlement. He said if they are interested in going, let him know. Mr. LeBaron said that back in March, P & Z had a joint workshop with the City Council, Board of Adjustment and with Dan Boutwell, Planning Resources Group, regarding updating the Zoning Ordinance. He said he has finished step one which is, taking a look at all the amendments to the Zoning Ordinance since 1984. He said he has compiled them in an ordinance which has been high-lighted. Mr. LeBaron said they would be receiving a copy probably next week. Mr. LeBaron stated that Dan Boutwell is present to give them a status report on the work he is doing on the Comprehensive Plan. Mr. Boutwell came forward. He said he has 7 tasks: the mobilization task, the inventory task, demographics, objectives, plans, city land use plan, and the implementation. He said the mobilization and inventory tasks are going real well. He said he has the base mapping done for the 5 sectors of the city and we need to name these sectors instead of just calling them sector 1, 2, etc. Mr. Boutwell said he has counted the houses in sector one and has come up with less units than the census has listed and he is somewhat concerned about that. Page 23 P & Z Minutes May 9, 1991 ADJOURNMENT ß·~æ // ". ~..(:;" /j '\ L~-i: ~~ / I Ij:; ~ "I\. \ 'f-..-/Y· '0 vi v Y V Mr. Boutwell said he is ready to get with Mr. LeBaron and set up a worksession and start on Sector 1; then Sector 2 will follow in about 2 weeks. He said there would be an overlap. Mr. LeBaron said they need to discuss at the next workshop how we are going to get input from the citizens of that sector and how we make them aware of what is going on. The meeting adjourned at 9:15 P.M. t.. 9? /f~.~ (~~~ ock, hdirman and Zoning Commission Don Bowen, Secretary Planning and Zoning Commission