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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPZ 1984-12-13 Minutes ~ . MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS DECEMBER 13, 1984 - 7:30 P. M. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by the Acting Chairman, Don Bowen, at 7:30 P.M. ROLL CALL PRESENT: Acting Chairman Secretary Member Don Bowen Marjorie Nash John Schwinger Building Official P & Z Coordinator Greg Wheeler Wanda Calvert ABSENT: Chairman Member Alt. Member George Tucker Mark Wood Carroll Brents CONSIDERATION OF THE MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 8, 1984 Mr. Schwinger made the motion to approve the minutes as written. This motion was seconded by Ms. Nash and the motion carried 3-0. . CONSIDERATION OF THE MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 20, 1984 Ms. Nash made the motion to approve the minutes as written. This motion was seconded by Mr. Schwinger and the motion carried 3-0. Acting Chairman Bowen stated that item #6, PZ 84-82 had been postponed until January 10, 1985. 1. PZ 84-89 Request of the City of North Richland Hills to rezone Lot 3, Parchman Addition, from its present classification of U (School, Church, and Institution District) to C-l (Commercial District). This property is located at 3927 Vance Road. Acting Chairman Bowen opened the Public Hearing and called for those wishing to speak in favor of this request to please come forward. . ~ Page 2 P & Z Minutes December 13, 1984 . Mr. Wheeler stated there was an error made when the lines were drawn on the zoning map for the church zoning. He said since it had been so long since the error was made, the City Staff felt it should be done as a zoning change. Acting 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 Acting Chairman closed the Public Hearing. PZ 84-89 APPROVED Mr. Schwinger made the motion to approve PZ 84-89 as requested. This motion was seconded by Ms. Nash and the motion carried 3-0. 2. PS 84-78 Request of Stephen Hinkle for preliminary plat of Lot 4, Block 4, Hewitt Estates. . PS 84-78 APPROVED Ms. Nash made the motion to approve PS 84-78 subject to the engineer's let~er. This motion was seconded by Mr. Schwinger and the motion carried 3-0. 3. PS 84-79 Request of Stephen Hinkle for final plat of Lot 4, Block 4, Hewitt Estates. PS 84-79 APPROVED Mr. Schwinger made the motion to approve PS 84-79. This motion was seconded by Ms. Nash and the motion carried 3-0. 4. PS 84-106 Request of Johnston & Sons, Inc. for preliminary plat of Block 6, Meadow Lakes Addition. Acting Chairman Bowen asked if there was anyone present to represent this request. . No one came forward. ~ Page 3 P & Z Minutes December 13, 1984 . Acting Chairman Bowen stated there were problems with the street names. PS 84-106 APPROVED Mr. Schwinger made the motion to approve PS 84-106 subject to the Engineer's letter and also subject to changing the names of the streets. This motion was seconded by Ms. Nash and the motion carried 3-0. 5. PS 84-109 Request of Charles Owen Companies for preliminary plat of Lots lR & 2, Block 33, College Hill Addition. PS 84-109 APPROVED Ms. Nash made the motion to approve PS 84-109 subject to the Engineer's comments. This motion was seconded by Mr. Schwinger and the motion carried 3-0. 6. PZ 84-82 POSTPONED Request of Burk Collins Investments, Inc. to rezone part of Lot 1, Lot 2 & 3, and part of Lot 4, Richland Oaks Addition, from their present classification of R-l (Single Family District) to C-l (Commercial District). This property is located on the east side of Strummer Drive at Bedford-Euless Road. . This request was postponed until the January 10th meeting. 7. PZ 84-83 Request of Alan W. Hamm to rezone Tracts 9 & 9A, William Cox Survey, Abstract 321, from their present classification of AG (Agriculture District) to R-2 (Single Family District). This property is located on the south side of Starnes Road, approximately 550 feet west of Post Oak Drive. Acting Chairman Bowen opened the Public Hearing and called for those wishing to speak in favor of this request to please come forward. . ~ Page 4 P & Z Minutes December 13, 1984 . Mr. Hamm came forward. He stated this is a small tract they wish to develop into high quality single family homes. Acting Chairman Bowen called for those wishing to speak in opposition to this request to please come forward. Dr. Edward K. Hahn, 7500 Windswept, Colleyville, came forward. He said he was not sure if he was for or against this request. Dr. Hahn asked for the size of the lots and houses they wish to build. Acting Chairman Bowen stated the lots would be 9,000 square feet and the houses would be a minimum of 1,600 square feet. Dr. Hahn stated he had no problem with that. . Acting Chairman Bowen called for anyone else wishing to speak to please come forward. There being no one wishing to speak, the Acting Chairman closed the Public Hearing. PZ 84-83 APPROVED Mr. Schwinger made the motion to approve PZ 84-83 as requested. This motion was seconded by Ms. Nash and the motion carried 3-0. Acting Chairman Bowen stated the next three (3) requests would be heard together. He said there would be one Public Hearing for all three, but there would be separate motions. 8. PZ 84-84 Request of Hanson Properties to rezone a portion of Tract 3BIB, T.K. Martin Survey, Abstract 1055, from its present classification of AG (Agriculture District) to R-2 (Single Family District). This property is located on the east side of Crane Road, approximately 300 feet north of Main Street. . ~ Page 5 P & Z Minutes December 13, 1984 . 8. PZ 84-85 Request of Hanson Properties to rezone the southern portion of Tract 3Rl and Tract 3R4, T. K. Martin Survey, Abstract 1055, from their present classification of AG (Agriculture District) to R-2 (Single Family District). This property is located west of Precinct Line Road and south of Amundson Drive. 9. PZ 84-86 Request of Hanson Properties to rezone a portion of Tract 3B2 & Tracts 3B2E, 3B2A, 3B3Al, 3B2Bl, 3B3B & 3B2C, T.K. Martin Survey, Abstract 1055, from their present classification of AG (Agriculture District) to R-2 (Single Family District). This property is located on the west side of Precinct Line Road and south of Amundson Drive. . Acting Chairman Bowen opened the Public Hearing and called for those wishing to speak in favor of these requests to please come forward. Jackey Fluitt with Stembridge & Associates, came forward to represent Hanson Properties. He stated these requests were to clean up a few tracts which surround approximately 20 acres of land already zoned R-2. Mr. Fluitt stated they plan to develop this property into single family dwellings. Acting Chairman Bowen called for those wishing to speak in opposition to these requests to please come forward. There being no one wishing to speak, the Acting Chairman closed the Public Hearing. PZ 84-84 APPROVED Mr. Schwinger made the motion to approve PZ 84-84. This motion was seconded by Ms. Nash and the motion carried 3-0. PZ 84-85 APPROVED Ms. Nash made the motion to approve PZ 84-85. This motion was seconded by Mr. Schwinger and the motion carried 3-0. . ~ Page 6 P & Z Minutes December 13, 1984 . PZ 84-86 APPROVED Mr. Schwinger made the motion to PZ 84-86. This motion was seconded by Ms. Nash and the motion carried 3-0. 11. PS 84-88 Request of Hanson Properties for preliminary plat of Nob Hill Addition. PS 84-88 APPROVED Ms. Nash made the motion to approve PS 84-88. This motion was seconded by Mr. Schwinger and the motion carried 3-0. 12. PZ 84-87 Request of F. J. F. Development Company to rezone Tract 5B, William D. Barnes Survey, Abstract 146, from its present classification of AG (Agriculture District) to R-2 (Single Family District). This property is located at the northwest corner of Keller-Smithfield Road and John Autry Road. . Owen D. Long, Consulting Engineer, came forward. He said F. J. F. Development consists of owners Joe Fuchs, Darrell Jester, and Ed Foster. He said they had been building in Hurst, Euless, and Bedford. Mr. Long said their subdivision would be similar to Kingswood Estates. He said the Commission had a preliminary plat of the layout of the lots. Acting Chairman Bowen called for those wishing to speak in opposition to this request to please come forward. Mary Worley, 7720 John Autry Road, came forward. She said she is not really against this request, but feel that Smithfield Road needs to be improved before any more development is done. . Sandra Norenberg, 7708 John Autry Road, came forward. She said she lives across the street from this area and she is not opposed to this request, but feels Smithfield Road cannot handle this development. . . . ~ Page 7 P & Z Minutes December 13, 1984 Acting Chairman Bowen stated the only way we can get roads is to have development. Chuck Ballenger, 7700 John Autry Road, came forward. He stated he agrees with the state of the road. He said he was a runner and he is aware of the many pot holes. Mr. Ballenger stated there were enough developers using the road to pay for it. He said he feels the road is the key issue. Jerry Tate, 7605 Oak Ridge Drive, came forward. He said he is not opposed to development progress, but feel they should improve the roads. He said it is so narrow there is no place for the children to walk to school. Mr. Tate said he had been going to the race track for 8 years and he knows how bad it is. He said it needs to be widened to handle the traffic. Mr. Tate said Starnes Road is bad, too. He said it is too narrow to meet a gravel truck. Mark Norenberg, 7708 John Autry Road, came forward. He asked if there are plans to improve these roads. Mr. Wheeler stated the city is planning to hire a new Planning Director to implement the Master Plan. He said he knows Smithfield Road is to be improved and widened, but he does not know the actual date. Mr. Norenberg asked who could give him these answers if he came to the city. Mr. Wheeler said he would try to help him. Mr. Norenberg asked if this developer would be required to improve Smithfield Road. Mr. Wheeler said people who have frontage on the road would be assessed. ~ Page 8 P & Z Minutes December 13, 1984 . Mr. Wheeler stated this developer will be required to either improve the road or escrow money to pay for it when it is done. Mr. Norenberg asked what about Green Valley Drive. Mr. Wheeler said he did not believe Green Valley Drive is proposed, but that Starnes was. Mr. Norenberg said John Autry Road is a race track for dump trucks. He said he is interested in seeing another access to their property and wondered if they would make a street to come out to Smithfield Road. Acting Chairman Bowen closed the Public Hearing. . Acting Chairman Bowen said he shares the people's concern for the roads, but this is a zoning request; the roads, drainage, etc. would be addressed at the time of platting. PZ 84-87 APPROVED Mr. Schwinger made the motion to approve PZ 84-87. This motion was seconded by Ms. Nash and the motion carried 3-0. 13. PZ 84-88 Request of New West Development to rezone a portion of Tract lA, Thomas Sprouse Survey, Abstract 1399, from its present classification of AG (Agriculture District) to R-5-D (Duplex District). This property is located on the south side of Bursey Road and the west side of Douglas Lane. Acting Chairman Bowen opened the Public Hearing and called for those wishing to speak in favor of this request to please come forward. . Tony Jaecques with Bayer & Associates came forward to represent New West Development. ~ Page 9 P & Z Minutes December 13, 1984 . Mr. Jaecques stated they have a rendering of the proposed project which lies on the northern boundary of North Richland Hills and the southern boundary of Keller. He said since Bursey Road is to be a thoroughfare, they felt duplex zoning would be the best use of this land. Mr. Jaecques showed a layout of the project. Acting Chairman Bowen asked if there were to be 100 lots. Mr. Jaecques stated there would be. . Verree Pearson, 7012 Bursey Road, came forward. She said she represents herself and her husband who own this property. Mrs. Pearson said she does not have this property for sale for the best price because she cares what happens to the area. She said she has a home and one acre here and had lived next door for 25 years, then lived down the road with her parents previously. Mrs. Pearson said she wears two hats, one as a property owner and one as the seller of the property. Mrs. Pearson said she had appeared before this Commission in opposition to apartments on the property of her brother's which joins this property on the west. She said they may have received duplex zoning on it or may intend to ask for it. Mrs. Pearson stated there was commercial zoning at the corner of Bursey Road and Rufe Snow. She said she understands that Bursey Road is to be a 5 lane road. . Mrs. Pearson said she was told these would be nice duplex, but she went to see for herself the New West development in Euless. She said they were very attractive with large streets and they did not look like duplexes. She said she would not mind them backing up to her property. Page 10 P & Z Minutes December 13, 1984 . Acting Chairman Bowen called for those wishing to speak in opposition to this request to please come forward. Wayne Martin, 7816 Douglas Lane, came forward. He said he owns property adjacent to this property and he has a dwelling under construction. Mr. Martin asked if these duplexes would be for rent or owner occupied. Acting Chairman Bowen stated there are two duplex zoning classifications, R-4-SD (Separate Ownership Duplex) and R-5-D (Duplex). He said the R-4-SD allows two different people to purchase the two units, but the R-5-D is owned by one person. He said they could live in one side and rent out the other or rent both sides. . Mr. Martin said he was opposed to this request and he has a petition he would like to submit. Acting Chairman Bowen said this would have a more direct effect at the City Council meeting. He said if there are 20% of the property owners within 200 feet of this property who sign the petition, it would take 6 of the 7 council members to pass it. Mr. Martin stated this request is not compatible with the adjacent property which has rural atmosphere. He said there is no rental property in the area. He said it would decrease the property value and the roads are very poor. Mr. Martin said he bought his property to get away from rental property and if this is approved, he would not get to enjoy his objective. He said he felt there was a better use for this land. . Raymond Fried, 7100 Bursey Road, came forward. He stated he has three acres which join this property. ~ Page 11 P & Z Minutes December 13, 1984 . . Mr. Fried said he is opposed to this request and he has a petition of 85% of the property owners within 200 feet of the proposed project who are also opposed to it. He said there are several reasons he is opposed to this request: 1. Having duplexes on two sides of his property would lower his property value; 2. the noise from rental property, heavy street parking and dense population would be a continuous complaint; 3. the dense population would cause traffic problems and the roads are not adequate to transport the present population; 4. when we purchased our home, there was no reason to believe that this area would not be developed into "like housing' with one to three acre lots; 5. we intend to raise our family in a country type atmosphere and use our property for agriculture as zoned. If the proposed property is rezoned, we stand to loose 30% of our useable acreage due to the nuisance ordinance; 6. the investors of this project are not residents of our community. If this project is completed and sold, they will leave all the problems to be solved. It appears the investors only interest is the monetary benefits they stand to gain at the expense of the present homeowners. Tom Duer, 7312 Londonderry Drive, came forward. He asked if the city has a Master Plan and if so, what is proposed for this area. Acting Chairman Bowen stated the Commission has the Master Plan about complete, but he is not sure when it will be adopted by the City Council. Mr. Duer asked what it showed for this area. . Acting Chairman Bowen said he was not sure, but it was not R-5-D. ~ Page 12 P & Z Minutes December 13, 1984 . Mr. Duer stated he felt they should build better roads before they allow any development in this area. Mr. Duer said he had lived in North Richland Hills for 30 years and he had rather have single family dwellings. Ray Roberts, 7900 Douglas Lane, came forward. He stated he lives directly across from this property. He stated he is in opposition to this request and dittos everything that has been said before him. Mr. Roberts said he used to own the property at Bursey and Douglas and when he sold it, he put restrictions on it. . Mr. Roberts stated there is duplex zoning next to the school which causes problems because there are no garages and lots of cars are parked on the streets. Phil Withers, 7812 Douglas Lane, came forward. He said he was building a home just east of this property and he shares the sentiment of all who are opposed to this project. He said he wishes to enjoy the rural atmosphere. Mr. Withers said he has fears of too much traffic. David Wilson, 7936 Douglas Lane, came forward. He said he has two acres he bought from Mr. Roberts which has a restriction of 2,000 square foot homes. Mr. Wilson said he bought it because it was restricted. He said if he had wanted a duplex, he would have bought one. Mr. Wilson said he likes the rural area. He said he would be in favor of single dwellings, but no duplexes. . Paul Johnson, 7820 Douglas Lane, came forward. He said he knows this is repetitious, but he is also opposed to this request. He said he does not feel the schools could handle the density. ~ Page 13 P & Z Minutes December 13, 1984 . Mr. Johnson said he has his life savings tied up in his home. He said he used to own a duplex and he knows how it can run down with renters. Ms. Nash stated the Commission received a letter from Charles and Patsy Pennington who were unable to attend this meeting, but were in opposition to this request. Kirk Wied, Developer of this project, came forward. He said he was a resident of this area and does have concern for what goes in. He said he was amazed with the opposition, but he does not have a closed mind. Mr. Wied said he felt this was the best use of this land. He said the roads will be improved once the property is developed. . Mr. Wied requested the owners contact him for a meeting. Roland Barber, Wexford Court, came forward. He said it was not how a place is built, it is how it is maintained. He said you can tell by the Watauga side of Rufe Snow Drive. He said it is an eyesore and he wishes they could get them to clean up their side. Mr. Barber said they do not want this in North Richland Hills. Sherry Johnson, 6409 Simmons, came forward. She said she also owns 7820 Douglas Lane. She said duplexes are not kept up like homes, they do not take care of their lawns. . Mrs. Herbert V. Travis came forward. She said they live in Fort Worth, but they own 65 acres across Bursey Road from this property. She said she wanted them to know it is not zoned, it is still agriculture. She said she is not for or against this request, but wanted them to know their property which runs from the water tower west is still agriculture. Page 14 P & Z Minutes December 13, 1984 . Mrs. Travis asked about Bursey Road. She said Keller had told her it was a county road and would stay a county road. Mrs. Calvert stated it lies within our city boundary and is proposed to be widened someday. Acting Chairman Bowen closed the Public Hearing. PZ 84-88 DENIED Mr. Schwinger made the motion to deny PZ 84-88. This motion was seconded by Ms. Nash and the motion to deny carried 3-0. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 8:45 P. M. . 7J7 ~~~¿~Ze Gf! ~ ~ SECRETARY PUNNING & ZONING COMMISSION ..