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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPZ 1991-10-10 Minutes MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS OCTOBER 10, 1991 - 7:30 P. M. CALL TO ORDER Chairman Brock called the meeting to order at 7:30 P.M. ROLL CALL PRESENT: Chairman Vice Chairman Secretary Members James Brock David Barfield Don Bowen Ron Lueck Don Collins Pat Marin Paul Miller Wayne Moody Barry LeBaron Steve Pence Wanda Calvert Alt. Member Dir. Community Dev. Building Official P & Z Coordinator Since all members are present, Alternate Member Moody will not vote. CONSIDERATION OF THE MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 26, 1991 Mr. Bowen made the motion to approve the minutes as written. This motion was seconded by Mr. Barfield and the motion carried 6-0 with Mr. Collins abstaining since he was not present at the meeting. 1 . PS 91-17 Public Hearing for request of Volkman's Inc. for Replat of Lots 2R-1R thru 18R-1R, Block 26, and Lots 4R-1R thru 7R-1R, Block 33, Holiday West Addition, Section 10. This property is located on Cancun Drive and Buenos Aries Drive. Chairman Brock opened the Public Hearing and called for those wishing to speak in favor of this Replat to please come forward. John Volkman came forward. He said they are widening the lots to make more room between the houses, make it more attractive, make it more marketable for them and make it a better product for the city. Page 2 P & Z Minutes October 10, 1991 Mr. Barfield said the City Staff had a problem with Lot 4R-1R, Block 33. He said if you build a zero lot line house, you would be building right up to an R-3 lot. He said you need to change the configuration of the lots on Buenos Aries. Mr. Volkman said he has no problem with that. Chairman Brock said all they need to do is flip the lots over. Mr. Barfield said this needs to be done before it is sent to the City Council. Chairman Brock called for anyone else wishing to speak in favor of this Replat to please come forward. There being no one, the Chairman called for those wishing to speak in opposition to this Replat to please come forward. There being no one wishing to speak, Chairman Brock closed the Public Hearing. PS 91-17 APPROVED Mr. Barfield made the motion to approve PS 91-17 with the recommendation the staff coordinate a re-configuration of the lots in Block 33 so the zero lot line side will not butt up against the R-3 and that Lot 4R-1R will end up more like a standard residential lot. This motion was seconded by Mr. Lueck and the motion carried 7-0. 2. PS 91-18 Request of Star Enterprise for Final Plat of Lot 1, Block 1, Calloway Addition. This property is located at the southeast corner of Northeast Loop 820 and Grapevine Highway. Page 3 P & Z Minutes October 10, 1991 Daniel Joslin came forward to represent Yandell and Hiller Engineers and Star Enterprise. He said Star Enterprise wants to totally revamp this site to their new style and their new gas stations. Mr. Joslin said they have worked with City Staff and have complied with all the Engineer's comments. Chairman Brock said the Commission and Staff have talked about removing the 15 foot set back on the side to give a little more room. Mr. Joslin said they have no problem with that. PS 91-18 APPROVED Mr. Bowen made the motion to approve PS 91-18 with the additional comment that the 15 foot building line on the east side be removed. This motion was seconded by Mr. Miller and the motion carried 7-0. 3. PS 91-20 Request of Rufe Snow/Loop 820, A Texas General Partnership for Preliminary Plat of Blocks 3, 4, 5, & 6, Tapp Addition. This property is located north of Northeast Loop 820 and west of Rufe Snow Drive. Mr. Stanley Peskind, a partner of the Partnership, came forward. He said representatives from Everage Engineers are present also. Mr. Bowen said the Commission discussed this plat in their pre-meeting regarding access for the property. He said Boulder Drive extends north to where Industrial Boulevard ends. He asked Mr. LeBaron to fill us in on what is happening to Industrial Boulevard. Mr. LeBaron showed a map of the area. He said the city is about to start construction in cooperation with the county on Industrial Park Boulevard Page 4 P & Z Minutes October 10, 1991 and connecting at the frontage road of Loop 820. He said it will give us a link up to Rufe Snow so that we can get some circulation out of this site. Mr. LeBaron said this project will get under way in the next few weeks. He said Boulder will give access out of this site as well as the one on Loop 820. Mr. Lueck said this extension of Industrial Park Boulevard should be finished before this site is completed. Chairman Brock said that should help eliminate congestion in and out of the center. He said Mr. Peskind has addressed all the engineer's comments, but there is a problem with traffic on Rufe Snow. Chairman Brock said on the City's Master Thoroughfare Plan, it states Rufe Snow should be 6 lanes, but it is only 5 lanes. He said that some time in the future, we will need another 12 foot lane. Chairman Brock asked Mr. Peskind if he would consider giving the right-of-way for another lane on that property. Mr. Peskind said they would. Mr. LeBaron said the problem we have with truck traffic on Rufe Snow and the whole business area is when trucks try to make a right turn and have to go over the curb. He said where Combs Drive intersects with Boulder, they should have a 15 foot radius there which will give a more gentle turning at those intersections. Mr. Peskind said that is acceptable to them. Mr. Barfield said the Commission also needs to state that the small lot, Lot 1, Block 5, is to be used for signage and landscaping. He said we do not want someone on some Board or some Page 5 P & Z Minutes October 10, 1991 staff person later to say they can not have a sign there because they don't have X-number square footage building there. Mr. Barfield said we want to make it clear and it be in the record for your protection. Mr. Peskind said he appreciates that. Mr. Lueck said he would like to encourage the staff, if Mr. Peskind does give this right-of-way, to work with him and be sure it is not forgotten that he gave the right-of-way. Chairman Brock said this center will be a tremendous asset to our city. He said there is one other thing, the striping of the left hand storage lane on Combs. Mr. LeBaron said we will need to get with the city engineers and see how far it needs to go. PS 91-20 APPROVED Mr. Barfield made the motion to approve PS 91-20 with the stipulation that the plat be re-drawn to show the 12 feet of right-of-way along the eastern property line for a future turning lane, the radii discussed on Boulder be applied, the striping on Boulder be applied and if necessary be put on the plat, and a special note be made that Lot 1, Block 5, is to be used for signage. This motion was seconded by Mr. Lueck and the motion carried 7-0. 4. PS 91-21 Request of Brookes Baker Surveyors for Corrected Final Plat of Steeple Ridge Addition. This property is located west of Davis Boulevard and north of Shady Grove Road. Chairman Brock stated that this is just house keeping. He said there were some type-o's and the plat had already been recorded. Page 6 P & Z Minutes October 10, 1991 PS 91-21 APPROVED Mr. Miller made the motion to approve PS 91-21. This motion was seconded by Ms. Marin and the motion carried 7-0. 5. PZ 91-21 Public Hearing for request of Herman J. Smith to rezone Lot 3 and Lots 5 thru 13, Block A, Lots 6 thru 11, Block B, and Lots 1 thru 7, Block C, Richland Oaks Addition, from R-1 Single Family Residential and C-l Commercial to C-2 Commercial. This property is located on the east side of Oakridge Terrace and north of Airport Freeway. Chairman Brock opened the Public Hearing and called for those wishing to speak in favor of this request to please come forward. Ross Calhoun with Herman Smith Company came forward. He said he was representing Mr. Smith and Mr. Snodgrass in their rezoning request. Mr. Calhoun said this is approximately 17.8 acres bounded on the south by Airport Freeway and on the west by Oak Ridge Terrace. He said they are requesting C-2 zoning for this property. Mr. Calhoun said they believe the time for development of this property is at hand. He said they have been working with the city staff and will probably be in this week with a plat of this property. Chairman Brock said this will be another great asset to our city. Mr. Bowen asked Mr. Calhoun if they had made any progress in purchasing the out lot there. Mr. Calhoun said not at this time. He said they hope to obtain it, but have not at this time. Page 7 P & Z Minutes October 10, 1991 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. There being no one wishing to speak, Chairman Brock closed the Public Hearing. PZ 91-21 APPROVED Ms. Marin made the motion to approve PZ 91-21. This motion was seconded by Mr. Miller and the motion carried 7-0. 6. PZ 91-09 TABLED 9/26/91 Consideration of an amendment to Zoning Ordinance #1080 regarding carnivals and other special events. Chairman Brock stated this was tabled at the last meeting to give staff time to incorporate some ideas from the Planning and Zoning Commission. He said Mr. LeBaron has re-written the ordinance and we need to look at it to make sure it is our intentions and then send it on to the City Council. Mr. Bowen said there is one thing. He said we need to strike out "containing at least 6 acres" in paragraph (b). PZ 91-09 APPROVED Mr. Bowen made the motion to approve PZ 91-09 with the deletion of five words in paragraph (b) "containing at least six acres". This motion was seconded by Mr. Lueck and the motion carried 7-0. 7 . PS 91-19 TABLED 9/26/91 Consideration of a proposed Detention/Retention/Decorative Pond Ordinance. Chairman Brock stated the Commission looked at this at their last meeting and it was tabled for further study. He said he was not sure they had made any progress. Page 8 P & Z Minutes October 10, 1991 Mr. Barfield said he feels they need to look at this more, maybe in a work session. He said they need to fully understand the difference between a detention and a retention pond, and also they have a lot of problems with the fencing and concrete curbing requirements. Mr. Barfield suggested they study it more before sending it to City Council. Chairman Brock said the Commission has scheduled a work session for October 29th with Dan Boutwell and hopefully they can have some more input into this. He said they may decide to require fencing on some and some not. Chairman Brock suggested they postpone this until they have time to study it more. PS 91-19 POSTPONED Mr. Barfield made the motion to postpone PS 91-19 until they have a chance to review it in a work session. This motion was seconded by Ms. Marin and the motion carried 7-0. 8. STAFF REPORT Mr. LeBaron said we don't have any cases on our agenda for P & Z's next meeting which is two weeks from now. He asked about changing and having a workshop. He said they need to discuss changes in the Zoning Ordinance as suggested by Dan Boutwell. Mr. LeBaron requested they meet on Tuesday, October 29th so Mr. Boutwell can be present to present a proposed list of zoning uses. Mr. LeBaron said they need to go down the list, one by one, and discuss what is proper and the best way to do that is in a workshop. Mr. LeBaron said also, the last meeting of November and the last meeting of December presents a problem with holidays. He suggested they cancel these meetings. Page 9 p & Z Minutes October 10, 1991 9. CITIZEN COMMENTS ADJOURNMENT Don Bowen, Secretary Planning and Zoning Commission None. The meeting adjourned at 7:55 P.M.