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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPZ 1985-08-08 Minutes . MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, AUGUST 8, 1985 - 7:30 P. M. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by the Chairman, Don Bowen, at 7:30 P. M. ROLL CALL PRESENT: Chairman Secretary Members Alt. Member Dir. Planning & Dev. P & Z Coordinator Don Bowen John Schwinger George Tucker Mark Wood Marjorie Nash Joe Hallford Richard Royston Wanda Calvert CONSIDERATION OF THE MINUTES OF JULY 25, 1985 Mr. Schwinger made the motion to approve the minutes as written. This motion was seconded by Mr. Tucker and the motion carried 5-0 with Mr. Wood abstaining since he was not present at the meeting. . Chairman Bowen said he hated to say this but George Tucker has decided to resign due to his business. He thanked Mr. Tucker for all his work on the Planning and Zoning Commission and said Mr. Tucker was the driving force behind the Comprehensive Master Plan. Mr. Tucker said he had enjoyed his 6 years in the Commission. He said when he came on the Commission, very few people came to the meetings, but now there is more participation and he feels this is good. 1. PS 85-44 Request of Heritage Development Company for preliminary plat of Spring Meadows Addition. PS 85-44 APPROVED Mr. Schwinger made the motion to approve PS 85-44 with the understanding that the issue of item #4 regarding pro rata for the widening of Smithfield Road be dealt with by the City Council. This motion was seconded by Ms. Nash and the motion carried 5-0. . Page 2 P & Z Minutes August 12, 1985 . 2. PS 85-46 Request of Jack Roseberry for final plat of Lot 9, Block 1, Mollie B. Collins Addition. Chairman Bowen stated this plat was located on Smithfield Road. PS 85-46 APPROVED Mr. Wood made the motion to approve PS 85-46 subject to the Engineer's comments. This motion was seconded by Mr. Tucker and the motion carried 5-0. 3. PS 85-50 Request of Burk Collins Investments for replat of Lot 3R, block 50, Nor'East Addition. PS 85-50 APPROVED Mr. Wood made the motion to approve PS 85-50. This motion was seconded by Mr. Tucker and the motion carried 5-0. 4. PS 85-51 Request of Glenview Park Joint Venture for replat of Lots 10A-R & 10B-R~ Block 1, and Block 2, Glenview Park Addition. . Due to a conflict of interest, Mr. Wood requested he be allowed to abstain from voting on this request. PS 85-51 APPROVED Mr. Tucker made the motion to approve PS 85-51. This motion was seconded by Ms. Nash and the motion carried 5-0 with Mr. Wood abstaining and the alternate member, Hallford, voting in his place. 5. PS 85-52 Request of Williamsburg Associates, Inc. for replat of Lots lR, 2R, 3, & 4, Block 7, Industrial Park Addition. PS 85-52 APPROVED Mr. Wood made the motion to approve PS 85-52. This motion was seconded by Mr. Schwinger and the motion carried 5-0. 6. PZ 85-89 Request of Notre Damian Corporation to rezone a portion of Lot lR, Block B, Calloway Farms Addition, from its present classification of C-l (Commercial) to C-I-Specific Use-Sale of Alcoholic Beverages. This property is located in the North Hills mall at 7624 Grapevine Highway. . Page 3 p & Z Minutes August 8, 1985 . Chairman Bowen opened the Public Hearing and called for those wishing to speak in favor of this request to please come forward. Michael Burkett, Attorney, came forward to represent Notre Damian Corporation doing business as Birraporetti's Restaurant. He stated this area has now been declared wet by the County officials and the location meets the requirements and the Corporation meets all the State requirements. Mr. Burkett said they are aware of the requirement of 3-2 ratio. He said he has Mr. Murphy, Manager of North Hills Mall with him. . Rick Murphy came forward. He said they have 170,000 square foot Sanger Harris, 100,000 square foot Stripling & Cox, and 117,000 leasable area for the mall. He said they had recently added much area to the mall. Mr. Murphy said they had a study made which showed the need for an additional department store, an additional theatre, more tenant space, and additional restaurants. He stated Birraporetti's is an 8000 square foot high caliber restaurant. Michael Ferand, Houston, Texas, came forward. He stated they have 1.2 million dollar construction allowance. He said this restaurant would create 100 jobs for the area and 50% of their customers were American Express chargers. Mr. Ferand stated they have a 12 year history of service and gave the Commission copies of the menu. Chairman Bowen stated they would be required to give the City Council the name of an individual for the Specific Use. . Mr. Ferand said they would take care of that. Page 4 P & Z Minutes August 8, 1985 . Chairman Bowen called for those wishing to speak in opposition to this request to please come forward. There being no one wishing to speak, the Chairman closed the Public Hearing. PZ 85-89 APPROVED Mr. Tucker made the motion to approve PZ 85-89. This motion was seconded by Mr. Schwinger and the motion carried 5-0. 7. PZ 85-91 Request of Pulido Assoc., Inc. to rezone Tract IIB3E, W. W. Wallace Survey, Abstract 1606, from its present classifications of R-7-MF (Multi-Family) & LR (Local Retail) to LR-Specific Use-Sale of Alcoholic Beverages. This property is located at 8014 Glenview Drive. . Chairman Bowen opened the Public Hearing and called for those wishing to speak in favor of this request to please come forward. John Rodriques, Vice President and General Manager, came forward. He stated they had been at that location for 15 years. He said it used to be their number one store, but the last three years it has hit the bottom. Mr. Rodriques said he felt the sale of alcoholic beverages with their food would bring the sales up. He said they have 13 stores in the area and alcohol is 10% of their gross sales. Chairman Bowen stated they would have to give the City Council the name of an individual for the Specific Use. Chairman Bowen called for those wishing to speak in opposition to this request to please come forward. . There being no one wishing to speak, the Chairman closed the Public Hearing. PZ 85-91 APPROVED Mr. Tucker made the motion to approve PZ 85-91. This motion was seconded by Ms. Nash and the motion carried 5-0. Page 5 P & Z Minutes August 8, 1985 . 8. PZ 85-92 Request of Rojo Corporation to rezone a portion of Lot lR, Block 1, Walkers Branch Addition, from its present classification of C-1 (Commercial) to C-1-Specific Use-Sale of Beer for off premise consumption. This property is located at the northwest corner of Grapevine Highway and Emerald Hills Way. Chairman Bowen opened the Public Hearing and called for those wishing to speak in favor of this request to please come forward. Joey Lichunstein came forward to represent Rojo Corporation. He said this would be a clean, well run operation and they meet all the qualifications. . Chairman Bowen called for those wishing to speak in opposition to this request to please come forward. There being no one wishing to speak, the Chairman closed the Public Hearing. PZ 85-92 APPROVED Ms. Nash made the motion to approve PZ 85-92. This motion was seconded by Mr. Schwinger and the motion carried 5-0. 9. PZ 85-93 Request of Richmond Bay Development to rezone Tract D, Meadow Lakes Addition, from its present classification of R~1 (Single Family) to 0-1 (Office District). This property is located on the north side of Meadow Lakes Drive and bounded on the south and west by Meadow Lakes Addition. PZ 85-93 WITHDRAWN This request was withdrawn prior to the meeting. . ~ Page 6 P & Z Minutes August 8, 1985 . 10. PZ 85-94 Request of Jim Warren, Carry Beck, & Gail Douglas to rezone Lots 3K, 4K, & part of Lots 3 & 4, Calloway Acres Addition, from their present classification of C-l (Commercial) to C-2 (Commercial). This property is located north of Grapevine Highway, bounded on the west by Scruggs Drive and on the east by Parchman Street. Chairman Bowen opened the Public Hearing and called for those wishing to speak in favor of this request to please come forward. Carry Beck came forward. He said he and Mr. Warren are in business together and they wanted to move their business next door. He said they found they could not because of the zoning. . Mr. Wood asked if they were changing their business. Mr. Beck said they were not. Chairman Bowen called for those wishing to speak in opposition to this request to please come forward. There being no one wishing to speak, the Chairman closed the Public Hearing. PZ 85-94 APPROVED Mr. Wood made the motion to approve PZ 85-94. This motion was seconded by Mr. Tucker and the motion carried 5-0. 11. PZ 85-102 Consideration of an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance #1080 regarding warehousing. . Mr. Royston stated the warehouse use contained in C-2 zoning concerned the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council since there were so many mini warehouses going in. He said they requested he draft a change to take warehousing out of C-2 and put it in the industrial zoning classification. ~ Page 7 P & Z Minutes August 8, 1985 . Jack Roseberry, 8912 Martin Drive, came forward. He said after two years and one month, he had finally got the platting done on his property on Smithfield Road. Mr. Roseberry said he felt this change would be detrimental to the city. He said his lenders say they need office showroom warehouse space. Mr. Roseberry said he would appreciate the Commission reconsidering this change. . Tom Wilder, 5125 Davis Blvd., came forward to represent Alan Hamm who was unable to attend the meeting. He said he wanted to express serious concern about this change. Mr. Wilder said he had no problem with dropping the mini warehousing, but there is a large number of retail businesses that require some warehousing. He said they do wholesale out the back door and retail out the front door. Mr. Wilder stated that Mr. Hamm had just built a 10,000 square foot warehouse in C-2 zoning. He said if this change goes through it would be non- conforming. Mr. Wilder asked what would happen to vacant land being developed into warehouses in phases. He asked if they would have to request industrial zoning next to residential to make it conform. Mr. Wilder requested the Commission take a closer look at this change. . Burk Collins, 5228 Rufe Snow Drive, came forward. He said he doesn't have any property that this change would affect, but he does warehousing, subdivisions, and retail. Mr. Collins said one of the weakest areas in North Richland Hills is warehousing. He said this area is not ready for large warehousing but needs smaller warehousing. Mr. Collins said it would be tough to get industrial zoning. ~ Page 8 P & Z Minutes August 8, 1985 . Mr. Collins said he felt the City of North Richland Hills would suffer if this change is made. He said they could restrict mini-warehouses to industrial zoning. Carry Beck came forward. He said he and Mr. Warren's business would be affected by this change and he felt the Commission should reconsider. Mr. Royston said this change was to tighten up the large storage warehouses and the mini-warehouses. He said they have no intention to change the contractor' s warehousing. He said this would not affect them. . Mr. Tucker said he would like to see some change. He would like to take out the mini warehousing and the large warehousing but not office warehouse. Mr. Tucker said they could change the definition. PZ 85-102 POSTPONED Mr. Tucker made the motion to postpone PZ 85-102 and return it to the City Staff for a change in the definition to take out the retail and leave it in C-2. This motion was seconded by Mr. Wood and the motion to postpone carried 5-0. 12. PZ 85-40 Consideration of Thoroughfare Plan regarding Starnes Road. Mr. Tucker said the City Council felt Starnes Road should be a C-2-U west of Davis Boulevard and an M-4-U east of Davis. Chairman Bowen called for anyone wishing to speak regarding this matter to please come forward. No one wished to speak. . Page 9 P & Z Minutes August 8, 1985 . PZ 85-40 APPROVED Mr. Tucker made the motion to redesign the Thoroughfare Plan showing Starnes Road to be C-2-U west of Davis Boulevard and M-4-U east of Davis Boulevard. This motion was seconded by Mr. Wood and the motion carried 5-0. 13. PZ 85-56 Consideration of Comprehensive Master Plan. PZ 85-56 APPROVED Mr. Tucker made the motion to approve the Comprehensive Master Plan and to send it to the City Council for review and approval. This motion was seconded by Ms. Nash and the motion carried 5-0. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 8:20 P. M. /,Q.~ æ d~ . Chairman Planning & Zoning Commission ~.eo I' s:~ret y Plann~ -¡ -;~ .