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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPZ 1989-03-23 Minutes . MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS MARCH 23, 1989 - 7:30 P. M. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by the Chairman, John Schwinger, at 7:30 P.M. ROLL CALL PRESENT: Chairman Vice Chairman Secretary Members John Schwinger Mark Wood David Barfield Don Bowen Ron Lueck James Brock David Greene Pat Marin C. A. Sanford George Tucker Wanda Calvert Alt. Member Asst. City Mgr. Dir. Management Serve P & Z Coordinator Since all members are present, Alternate Member Pat Marin will not vote. . CONSIDERATION OF THE MINUTES OF MARCH 9, 1989 Mr. Barfield made the motion to approve the minutes as written. This motion was seconded by Mr. Wood and the motion carried 6-0 with Mr. Greene abstaining since he was not present at the meeting. 1. PS 89-3 Public Hearing regarding alignment of Industrial Park Blvd. to Holiday Lane. Chairman Schwinger opened the Public Hearing and called for those wishing to speak in favor of this extension to please come forward. . Jim Petty with Technol, 7201 Industrial Park Blvd., came forward. He stated they manufacture hospital equipment and have 400 employees. He said their employees have to use Trinidad and Rufe Snow to get to work. Mr. Petty said there is limited access and traffic congestion to their plant. He said this extension would allow a better ingress. Mr. Petty said that Technol has been located there since January, 1988 and they were promised that other access would be made. Page 2 P & Z Minutes March 23, 1989 . Chairman Schwinger called for anyone else wishing to speak in favor of the 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. Mr. Barfield said he believes Scheme B is a good proposal and the owners of the land are willing to donate the right-of-way, but he said when he looks at the Thoroughfare Plan, he feels there is a need to link Industrial Park Blvd. with North Richland Blvd. which would have to have a bridge built. . Mr. Bowen said since this is a Public Hearing, a lot of people should be involved. He said he feels the neighbors should be notified so they would have a chance to make comment. Mr. Brock asked if the homeowners were notified. Mr. Sanford said we did what is required. He said the notice was published in the newspaper. He said the Commission could leave the Public Hearing open until the next meeting in two weeks and we could notify the people living on Holiday Lane, Trinidad, and the general area. Chairman Schwinger asked if you would notify everyone within 200 feet. Mr. Wood said this could be done on the council level. Mr. Bowen said the traffic is going to have to stop and turn east or west, and he feels the neighbors should be notified. . Mr. Sanford said the city has already appropriated funds to extend the road north to Watauga Road. He said they Page 3 P & Z Minutes March 23, 1989 . are working with the railroad now. Chairman Schwinger closed the Public Hearing. PS 89-3 APPROVED Mr. Barfield made the motion to accept the Staff's plan, Scheme B, and send it on to the City Council and suggest the neighbors within 200 feet be notified prior to going to council. This motion was seconded by Mr. Wood and the motion carried 7-0. 2. PZ 89-5 Consideration of recommendation to City Council regarding the use of alternate masonry material as stated in Section 24.2.1 of Zoning Ordinance 81080. PZ 89-5 APPROVED Chairman Schwinger said he would make the motion on this request: He said the Commission recommends approval for the use of "prestressed, precast concrete tilt wall" in residential construction as a Planned Development District in the R-l, R-2, and R-3 housing category of the City's Zoning Ordinance DI080. Also, to be adopted into the development controls Section #24.2 of #1080 Zoning Ordinance. Further, we request the City Staff to draft, under the supervision of a registered structural engineer, inspection procedures for the on site testing and evaluation of concrete tilt wall constructed houses. He said we direct the Staff to incorporate in the "City Building Codes" for residential construction the maximum quality standards now inforce for the mixture of aggregate materials with portland cement. To require rigid safe guards for the on site forming and curing of concrete tilt walls. . . Page 4 P & Z Minutes March 23, 1989 . Ms. Marin said she wanted to amend the motion to add: the structures to be built to site specific specifications, require a registered Structural Engineer to approve the site, do soil report; outside to be stucco finish and roof to be concrete tile or roof with similar weight, and exterior surface to be sealed with silicone water proof sealer or synthetic equal to the silicone and applied per manufactured recommendations; sealer to be applied to entire exterior perimeter to a level of not less than 4 feet from the bottom of structure; engineer to inspect during construction and on completion and approve structure prior to occupancy; and homes to be a minimum of 1400 square feet living area. This motion was seconded by Mr. Bowen and the motion carried 7-0. . Chairman Schwinger stated the next two requests would be heard together but voted on separately. 3. PZ 89-6 Request of Americity Corporation to rezone portions of Tracts lA1 & 1A7, Thomas Sprouse Survey, Abstract 1399, from their present classification of AG Agriculture to a proposed classification of C-1 Commercial. This property is located south of Bursey Road, east of Rufe Snow Drive and west of Western Oaks Addition. 4. PZ 89-7 Request of Americity Corporation to rezone a portion of Tract lA7, Thomas Sprouse Survey, Abstract 1399, from its present classification of AG Agriculture to a proposed classification of R-3 Single Family. This property is located south of Bursey Road, east of Rufe Snow Drive and west of Western Oaks Addition. . Chairman Schwinger opened the Public Hearing and called for those wishing to speak in favor of these requests to please come forward. Page 5 p & Z Minutes March 23, 1989 . Steven Sloan came forward to represent Americity in their requests. He said this is 3.94 acres adjacent to 30 acres owned by Americity and already zoned C-1 Commercial and R-3 Single Family. He said at the City Council meeting he was granted the C-l and R-3, but the R-8 was turned down. Mr. Sloan said after the meeting, he met with Councilmen Richard Davis, Frank Metts, and Mack Garvin and Mr. Tucker and they suggested C-l north of the future Rolling Ridge and R-3 to the south. He said he feels this is good land use planning. Mr. Sloan requested rebuttal time. Mr. Wood asked Mr. Sloan if he has plans for this property. . Mr. Sloan stated they are currently talking to a Day Care Center, a church, and a group of doctors. Mr. Wood asked if he would sell the land. Mr. Sloan said they are both developers and sellers of land. He said if they put in a Day Care, it would be a joint venture. He said they have developed residential lots in several areas. Mr. Wood asked Mr. Sloan if he was a Land Speculator, resell to someone else. Mr. Sloan said he has to get it zoned before he can sell or develop it. Mr. Wood said you already have lots of Commercial. . Mr. Sloan said the request for Commercial tonight is only 3 acres. He said he had been contacted many times to sell the corner off, but he is not willing to just sell the corner. Page 6 p & Z Minutes March 23, 1989 . Mr. Wood asked Mr. Sloan if he requested the meeting with those Councilmen. Mr. Sloan said he did not. Mr. Tucker said he was not at the meeting. Mr. Sloan said the Councilmen asked him to stay after the meeting. He said he really did not want the R-8 but he had met with the neighbors and agreed to it, but he found out the council did not want R-8. Mr. Sloan said they told him to request this. He said he had been negotiating with the neighbors for 16 months. He said he wants to please the neighbors which was requested by the City Council. . Mr. Bowen said Mr. Sloan is right, we do not want R-8. He said the Zoning Ordinance is being revised to not allow R-8. Chairman Schwinger called for those wishing to speak in opposition to these requests to please come forward. Jaret Miller, 6821 Old Mill Road, came forward. He said the neighbors appreciate Mr. Sloan's efforts. He said they are in agreement with the R-3, but Rolling Ridge could be a hazardous roadway. He said Commercial could make very heavy traffic. Mr. Miller said it would be better if the houses could back up to Commercial property. Mr. Barfield said they could require a masonry wall be installed before any permits are issued. He said they could require a 7 or 8 foot wall 10 feet from the curb. . Mr. Bowen asked how the Staff feels about that. Page 7 P & Z Minutes March 23, 1989 . Mr. Tucker said it is not good planning. He said you would have to have some openings for fire protection. Mr. Barfield said they would be required to have fire lanes around the building. Mr. Sanford said he hates to see the Commission put stipulations like that. He said 10 years from now, we might not remember what they were. Mr. Bowen said a fence would not be required when there is a street separating the commercial and residential. Mr. Wood said a good example is the back side of Richland Bowl. He said it is not a good situation. . Mr. Miller said he feels they already have enough commercial. Mr. Bowen said Rolling Ridge would be a collector street and Crosstimbers a thoroughfare. Mr. Tucker said people would probably go down Rolling Ridge to the mall or whatever is there. Mr. Sloan said there are only 5 lots that face on Rolling Ridge. He said putting R-3 north of Rolling Ridge would not be good. He said he would not be willing to accept a wall there. He said at some point commercial and residential have to come together. Mr. Lueck said the R-3 might develop before the commercial. Mr. Sloan said he can not protect the whole world. . Chairman Schwinger closed the Public Hearing. Page 8 p & Z Minutes March 23, 1989 . Mr. Barfield said he does not have a problem with the commercial zoning to the north of Rolling Ridge. He said he did not want Keller to have all the commercial. Mr. Barfield said he does not like the residential facing commercial. He said people would lose pride in their property. He said he felt it was bad planning. He said he feels they should leave it unzoned or have a strip of office zoning. He said fronting residential to commercial is bad. Mr. Lueck said he agreed with Mr. Barfield, but if you don't have R-3 there, you would double cross the neighbors. Mr. Wood said he already has R-3 next to the neighbors. . Mr. Wood made the motion to deny PZ 89-6. This motion was seconded by Mr. Brock and the motion failed by a vote of 3-4 with Mr. Wood, Mr. Brock, and Chairman Schwinger voting in favor of denial and Greene, Bowen, Lueck, and Barfield voting against denial. PZ 89-6 APPROVED Mr. Barfield made the motion to approve PZ 89-6. This motion was seconded by Mr. Bowen and the motion carried 4-3 with Greene, Lueck, Bowen, and Barfield voting for and Wood, Brock, and Chairman Schwinger voting against. Mr. Bowen made a motion to approve PZ 89-7. This motion died for lack of a second. PZ 89-7 DENIED Mr. Brock made the motion to deny PZ 89-7. This motion was seconded by Mr. Barfield and the motion to deny carried 6-1 with Mr. Bowen voting against denial. . . . . Page 9 P & Z Minutes March 23, 1989 ADJOURNMENT ~~~~~.7 Secretary Planning & Zoning Commission The meeting adjourned at 8:40 P.M. , ~