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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZBA 1982-09-09 Minutes . . . ~ MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, HELD SEPTEMBER 9, 1982 - 7:00 P.M. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by the Chairman, H. B. Helton, at 7:00 p.m. ROLL CALL PRESENT: CHAIRMAN SECRETARY MEMBERS H. B. Helton Jack Roseberry E. K. Hahn Martin Erck Jesse Range MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN BUILDING OFFICIAL P & Z COORDINATOR Jim Ramsey Richard Davis Harold Newman Marie Hinkle Bill Rice Wanda Calvert CONSIDERATION OF THE MINUTES OF JULY 8, 1982 Mr. Erck moved, seconded by Dr. Hahn, to approve the minutes as written. This motion carried 3-0 with Mr. Range and Mr. Roseberry abstaining since they were not present at that meeting. CONSIDERATION OF THE MINUTES OF AUGUST 19, 1982 Mr. Range said there needed to be a correction on Page 7, the vote should be 4-1 instead of 5-1. Mr. Range moved to approve these minutes with this correction. This motion was seconded by Mr. Erck and the motion carried 5-0. 1. BA 82-12 Request of Glenview Hospital to vary from the Zoning Ordinance #179 on Tract 9V, Abstract 1606, W. w. Wallace Survey, to be allowed to construct a hospi- tal and related structures to a maximum height of seven (7) stories instead of the two and one-half (2t) story restriction in Local Retail zoning. This property is located on the west side of Booth Calloway Road and is bounded on the west by North Hills Mall. ~ Page 2 Z B A Minutes . September 9, 1982 Jim Saylor, Administrator for the hospital, came forward. He said they are requesting a variance for seven (7) stories. Mr. Saylor said they plan to build four (4) stories in Phase I and in the future, they would add the other three (3) stories. Mr. Roseberry asked Mr. Rice what the height restric- tion was for Commercial zoning. Mr. Rice replied there was no height restriction in Commercial zoning. Mr. Roseberry said since this is a buffer, he wondered if they had considered a zoning change. Mr. Saylor said everything is correct for the Local Retail zoning except for the height. Dr. Hahn asked how far back from Booth Calloway Road it would be. . Mr. Saylor said the rise would start approximately 260 feet back from Booth Calloway. Mr. Roseberry asked Mr. Saylor if he had any drawings of the project. Mr. Saylor showed the Board some preliminary drawings of the project. Dr. Hahn asked how many feet high they plan to go. Mr. Saylor said they would not go more than 107 feet high. Mr. Range asked when they planed to build the other three (3) stories. Mr. Sayor said it would depend on when North Richland Hills becomes 60 to 70 percent developed. Dr. Hahn asked Mrs. Calvert if there had been any correspondence regarding this request. Mrs. Calvert said she had not received any. . Mr. Erck said he went out to this area and picked 8 or 10 houses at random and asked the owners their feelings about this hospital. He said all were in favor of the hospital except one and he was worried about the traffic. . . . ~ Page 3 Z B A Minutes September 9, 1982 The Chairman opened the Public Hearing and called for those wishing to speak regarding this request to please come forward. Jo Godsey, 7805 Arnold Terrace, came forward. She said she was not opposed to the hospital being built there, but was opposed to them building some now and some later. Ms. Godsey asked that they build a shell and complete it as needed. She said she did not like the noise, dust and mess caused by construction. Mr. Saylor said he would like to build a shell build- ing, but there is a restriction from the State. He said the State ruled against building a shell building. Mr. Saylor said they will be operating all four (4) floors while they will be constructing the additional floors. He said the noise is usually when they are doing the foundation; the addition would be the lighter work. Mr. Erck asked for an estimate of how they would decide when the other addition would be done. Mr. Saylor said when the 150 beds would run 85 percent occupancy, they could go back to the State and say they needed the other three (3) floors. Mr. Erck asked if they would ask the State for all three (3) floors at one time. Mr. Saylor said they would. Mr. Range asked if they would have sufficient parking spaces for the seven (7) stories. Mr. Saylor said they have planned for 318 parking spaces. He said they have approximately 30 acres they can use. Mr. Roseberry asked if the hospital was privately owned. Mr. Saylor said it was. He said they own several hospitals in this area: in Hurst, Arlington, Fort Worth, PIano, Mansfield and McKinney. He said they have 15,000 employees in Texas. Mr. Helton said he felt the parking was valid, but the Board needed to stick with the variance request. He said he was sure the parking would be taken care of when they applied for a building permit. . . . Page 4 Z B A Minutes September 9, 1982 Patrick Asher, 7800 Randle Drive, came forward. He said he lives at Randle and Booth Calloway. Mr. Asher said he was not against this request. He said he had rather have a hospital there instead of apartments. Mr. Asher asked Mr. Saylor to show where the hospital would be located on Booth Calloway Road. The Chairman called for anyone else wishing to speak to please come forward. There being no one wishing to speak, the Chairman closed the Public Hearing. BA 82-12 APPROVED Dr. Hahn made the motion to approve BA 82-12 as requested. This motion was seconded by Mr. Range and the motion carried 5-0 with the following vote recorded: Hahn, yea; Range, yea; Erck, yea; Helton, yea; and Roseberry, yea. 2. BA 82-14 Request of the Chasewood Company to vary from the Zon- ing Ordinance #179 on Tract 2D and portions of Tracts 2A and 2B4, Abstract 1606, W. W. Wallace Survey, to vary from the parking requirement for apartments and allow the overall square foot floor space average of 750 square feet for the entire 10 acres instead of the required 750 square feet per building. This property is located on the west side of Reynolds Road, bounded on the north by Lewis Drive and the TESCO right-of-way. Mr. Michael Hope, Vice President of Chasewood Company, which is an affiliate of Tramel Crow, came forward. He said they are requesting 750 square feet average for the total project and the parking space require- ment changed from 2, to 1.6 per unit. Mr. Hope said they were asking for these variances in the hope they could duplicate their projects as shown in the bro- chures presented. He said he had Joe Crook, Architect for the project, and Ronald Perry, Engineer for the project, with him and he would have them speak. Joe Crook came forward. He said they plan 198 units with an average of 754 square feet on this 10 acres. He said their main concern was people, consideration of the people who will live here, by using the cluster concept with as much green area as possible and keep- ing their parking and circulation areas on the peri- meter. Mr. Crook said in this particular tract, they ~ Page 5 Z B A Minutes . September 9, 1982 have tried to keep most of the parking and circula- tion to the west side away from the high school and only enough parking on the Reynolds Road side to accommodate those units that are on that street. Mr. Crook said the project would consist of all two story buildings with masonry and siding and with heavy asphalt roofing. Mr. Crook said they could have identical buildings with the same unit types within the buildings and still have a varied design. He said with the cluster design and turning the buildings perpendicular to each other not only creates privacy, but it also adds to the design interest. Mr. Crook said they also have nice landscaping. Mr. Roseberry asked what the smallest and the largest units would be. Mr. Crook said the smallest unit would be 518 square feet and the largest would be 1021 square feet. . Mr. Roseberry asked how many of the 518 square feet size there would be. Mr. Crook said 68 which was 35 percent. He said there would be approximately 60 percent one-bedroom units, and 40 percent two-bedroom units. Mr. Crook said if you would consider the 729 square feet units as being closest to your 750 square feet average, they only have four (4) buildings of the smaller units that are substantially different from yours. Mr. Roseberry asked if there would be any three bed- room units. Mr. Crook said there would only be one and two bedroom units because that is what the market demands. Mr. Crook said with the variance in design, it does not appear that there are 8 or 16 units which are identical. . Dr. Hahn asked about what percentage Mr. Crook said the one and two bedroom units were. . . . ~ Page 6 Z B A Minutes September 9, 1982 Mr. Crook said he could give him some exact numbers. He said the one bedrooms would figure 61.9 percent and the two bedrooms would figure 38.7 percent. Mr. Erck asked what these apartments would rent for. Mr. Crook said he wasn't sure. Mr. Hope said they would start at about the high 40's. Mr. Erck asked what that would be broken down to. Mr. Hope said it is $40.00 per square foot per month. Dr. Hahn said Mr. Crook was showing his plan as he would like it to be and asked what if the Board did not choose to grant the request, what would be their changes. Mr. Crook said in the mix of different type units, it would present some difficulty in blending the build- ings. He said from an architectural and planning standpoint, nothing is impossible, but from the con- struction dollar and budget and what their market needs are for this project, that would be up to Chasewood to decide. Dr. Hahn said he noticed there was just one swimming pool, located at the south end of the project, and asked if there was some reason for its location and for not having two (2) pools. Mr. Crook said their preference for their leasing and social facilities is on the street exposure. He said this concept which they have developed over the past three years has been very successful. Mr. Roseberry asked if these apartments would be metered separately. Mr. Crook said they would be. Dr. Hahn said he noticed a change in the site plan which shows an entrance onto the access road. Mr. Crook said at the time they prepared the site plan the Board has, they did not know it would be possible to have an entrance on the access road. ~ Page 7 Z B A Minutes . September 9, 1982 Mr. Erck said he lives in this area and he wondered if the developer was aware of the traffic problem that exists at Rufe Snow and 820. He said there would also be a safety problem with children from the apartment complex walking over to the high school. Mr. Hope said this would be an adult apartment com- plex and they would not have that problem. Mr. Roseberry said as he remembers, the Board granted a similar variance on the size of the apartments to the ones located across from the Tarrant County Junior College. He said at that time he had some doubts about it, but to his knowledge, they have not pro- duced any problems. Mr. Helton said the Board did not reduce the parking spaces. Mr. Roseberry said they granted the square footage request, but denied the parking request. . Mr. Helton said parking has always been a problem. Mr. Range asked if the beautiful brochure of Hunters Ridge was basically the same as is proposed for this area. Mr. Crook said it was. Mr. Ronald Perry, Engineer for this project, came forward. He said if this project is built, Lewis Drive will be constructed to Rufe Snow. Mr. Perry said they contacted the highway department and they saw no problems with the entrance to the access road. He said they see no great problem between traffic coming from the site and the traffic that might be coming into the area or leaving from the area. Dr. Hahn asked why he would think that with the addition of a high density to the area that there would be no difference. . Mr. Perry said during peak hours, this site is pro- posed to generate approximately 93 cars being spread over a one hour period which is just a little bit over one car a minute. He said the other reason is if the cars are going east or west, they are going 820 by the way of the access road. Mr. Perry said the traffic from this project would probably go down the access road to Rufe Snow. . . . ~ Page 8 Z B A Minutes September 9, 1982 Mr. Roseberry said he had noticed the road that previously lead from Reynolds Road in front of the school property to Holiday Lane has been closed off, so you must now go to Rufe Snow. He asked if the City closed it. Mr. Rice said the state closed it. Dr. Hahn said there is basically one way to get out of these apartments, which would be going west to Rufe Snow. Mr. Perry said that would be right. Dr. Hahn said no one would want to go east on Lewis Drive and get involved in the school traffic. He asked if they had been out there to see the amount of traffic generated at peak hours. Mr. Perry said they had not, but the time most would be leaving the apartments would be before the school traffic began and after school was out in the evening. Dr. Hahn asked if they had considered the other developments that will be built later to the west and north of this site. Mr. Perry said they have not made a traffic study, but may at a later date. Dr. Hahn asked if they owned the property to the west. Mr. Hope said they had an option on another 10 acres to the west. Mr. Perry said they did a study for the Chasewood Company on actual parking space demands, some with the same social and economic demands as the one proposed for this site. He said they also covered other types of apartment complexes, higher and lower ranges, to see if there was any difference and there was not. Mr. Perry said these are actual counts during the week, late at night, and they also checked them on the weekends and during the day. He said they found the parking demand was heavier from 12:00 to 4:00 in the morning during the week. Mr. Perry said the following chart shows the highest peaks of parking found. He said these are actual counts of the occupied spaces, apartments occupied, and parking space demand. . . . Page 9 Z B A Minutes September 9, 1982 ~ . APARTMENT Chaparel Creek-Irving Hunters Ridge-Ft. Worth Witsonian-Mesquite Town Oaks-NRH ac. SP. 482 282 168 340 APT. OC. 346 241 135 238 PK. SP. 1.39 1.17 1.24 1.34 Mr. Perry said this accounts for cars, motorcycles, boats, etc. parked there. Mr. Range asked if the low parking space average was caused from single adult apartments. Mr. Perry said it was not, these figures were mix- ture apartments. Mr. Perry said his client was requesting a variance from the 2.5 to l.6 parking spaces, which is higher than any shown in this study. He said they are interested in providing adequate spaces, but not more than would ever be needed. Mr. Perry said they would put it into green space. Mr. Roseberry asked if 1.6 was all they could provide or could they sacrifice some green area and provide the required spaces. Mr. Hope said with their concept, they would not build if they could not get a variance for at least 1.75. He said they were interested in supplying the demand needed for the project. Dr. Hahn said a few years ago due to a fire, he and his family were forced to live in the Town Oaks Apartments complex for four months and he said he found the parking totally unacceptable. He asked Mr. Rice what the required size is of our parking spaces. Mr. Rice said 9 feet by 20 feet. Dr. Hahn said he felt more parking would be a selling point. He asked if these would be asphalt parking lots. Mr. Perry said they would be concrete. Mr. Range asked Mr. Rice if there had been a trend to change the parking requirement in other cities or does our ordinance exceed that of other cities. . . . Page 10 Z B A Minutes September 9, 1982 Mr. Rice said some have 2.5 requirement and none smaller than 2.0. Mr. Perry said they have done projects in approxi- mately 10 Texas cities and some in Oklahoma and this City's parking requirement, whether proper or improper, exceeds that of any place they have seen. He said Fort Worth requires one and one-half spaces, Dallas 1.7, and the most excessive requirement in this area is Carrollton which requires two spaces per unit. He said most places figure about 1.6 to 1.75 spaces per unit. Mr. Helton asked Mrs. Calvert if there had been any correspondence. Mrs. Calvert said there had not been any. Dr. Hahn asked if there had been any consideration to widening Reynolds Road. Mr. Rice said he had not heard any. Mr. Helton said if they park on both sides of Reynolds Road, it would make it a one-way. Mr. Rice said that would have to come from the Police Department. Mr. Range said he thinks we all share a mutual con- cern about the traffic congestion at that corner, with the construction in the area, but with the com- pletion of Rufe Snow, it should make it considerably better. He said he goes through the light at 6:15 every morning and 4:15 in the evening and he goes right through, but he realizes that at certain times of the day, you have a time getting through. Dr. Hahn said with the new mall and the other added construction on both sides of Rufe Snow, it is going to be a problem. Mr. Erck said he was concerned about how much more could be put in those few square miles, with the retail, restaurants, and now apartments. The Chairman said he would like to direct the Board's attention back to the requests that were made, about the parking spaces and square footage of this complex. The Chairman called for anyone else wishing to speak to please come forward. . . e ~ Page 11 Z B A Minutes September 9, 1982 Jim Ramsey, 4604 Lariat, came forward. He said he is the Mayor Pro Tem of this fine City. Mr. Ramsey said he was here to urge the Board to not grant these variances. He said he was here to represent the Mayor who was out of town himself. Mr. Ramsey said he was against having apartments directly in front of the high school. He said that transit dwellings are not conducive to a good envi- ronment for a high school. He said he found out from the Police Department that the five recent drug busts were all from apartments. Mr. Ramsey said he realizes that under the present zoning, it is going to be very difficult for the City Council to stop this legally, but they should be aware that when the Council reviews the plat later this year, the Council will go over it for minute details. Mr. Ramsey said these apartments will cause a tremen- dous parking problem for Richland High School. He said there are from 100 to 200 cars parked each day on this property where the proposed apartments are to be built. Mr. Roseberry said he was curious why the school has not provided parking and why the use of that land has been allowed, not only for parking, but also a race tract which goes unnoticed by our Police Department. Mr. Ramsey said he and Mr. Davis have discussed this with the School Board. He said the Police do patrol this area because he gets complaints from parents of school children who have received tickets. Mr. Ramsey said they are wanting to know why the Police are out in a field giving parking tickets, and you must keep in mind when they are out there, it takes them away from patrolling the streets. Mr. Ramsey said that in May, the last month of school, 28 percent of the parking tickets issued in this City were given around that high school to high school kids. Mr. Ramsey said he realizes this company is a first class company, judging from their plans and brochures, and if he were going to build apartments, these would be the ones he would turn to. However, he said, you would think that with their expertise they should be aware of the existing problems and be willing to cooperate with the city's ordinances. . . . ~ Page 12 Z B A Minutes September 9, 1982 Mr. Ramsey said there is something else they have not thought about. He said some of those high school students will use the apartment parking during school hours and this will cause problems with the apartment tenants, and they will be calling the Police who are already burdened with problems. Mr. Ramsey said in viewing the photographs of the apartments, he was not sure if they would meet the 75 percent masonry requirement; if not, they would need another variance which would have to be brought before the Council. He said this variance would not be granted. Councilman Richard Davis came forward. He said he lives at 7108 Shauna, just south of this proposed development. Mr. Davis said he was not against con- trolled development in this City, and he was all for spreading the tax base out because when you spread the tax base out, his taxes would go down. Mr. Davis said he was concerned with the quality of apartments to be built. Mr. Davis said the Board mentioned granting some variances to other apartment complexes in the city. He said he lived in University Plaza apartments and the parking was terrible. Mr. Davis said he was concerned with the view this would be from the freeway and the view the high school would have. He said he was also concerned that there is proposed five entrances on Reynolds Road. He said all the entrances shown on this plat except the one on Lewis and the one on the access road will be dumping out on Reynolds. Mr. Davis said Reynolds Road is not a collector street; it was built a 31 foot street, a 50 foot right-of-way. He said they will be dumping 93 or 95 cars onto it. Mr. Davis said Rufe Snow is bad and he is not sure it will ever get better. He said we are building a nice street there and he is proud of it and he is also proud of the development in the area, but with develop- ment there will be increased traffic. Mr. Davis said we cannot tell the School Board they need to build more parking. He said if they see the need, it would be their problem. Mr. Davis said they do have some land on the northeast corner of the high school, which they use for band and practice fields. ~ Page 13 Z B A Minutes 4IÞ September 9, 1982 Mr. Davis said he was a Richland High School student at one time and he parked in that field many times. He said they have been using that field for parking for over 10 years. Mr. Davis said he sure hates to have to give high school students parking tickets because it is not their fault the school doesn't provide enough parking, but if apartments are built here, the City would have to protect the rights of the tenants if some students park there. Mr. Davis said the gentlemen has already said if they do not get at least 1.75 parking space variance, it would not be feasible to build. Mr. Davis said that was okay, because our forefathers had set these ordi- nances and they studied and felt that 2! parking spaces would be adequate for the growth of this City. He said he did not care what the other cities have. Mr. Davis said if this apartment complex is to be built in this City, let's make it the very best. . Mr. Davis said he was not speaking as a Councilman, he was speaking as a future parent who will someday have a kid in that school. Mr. Davis said he appreciated the individuals on this Board who are giving of their time to serve on this Board; to come and listen and make decisions as they do, but he said he would urge them to look very strong at these variance requests. Mr. Davis said he was not against apartments. Mr. Davis said the gentleman said the small apartments would be in the upper 40 range per square foot and that would roughly be only about $207.00 per month. He said that is not a very expensive apartment. Mr. Davis said his house payments are three times that much. Mr. Davis said they need to consider if these apart- ments would be an eyesore to 820. . Mr. Davis said he understands this Board is not here to address the zoning of this property which was granted many years ago, but if they are going to build in this zoning, they need to be sure it is something the City needs and can be proud of. He said Town Oaks apartments have run down and they also have drug problems. . . . ~ Page 14 Z B A Minutes September 9, 1982 Mr. Range said the Zoning Ordinance is 15 years old and the reason for this Board is to adopt changes or grant variances when the need arises. He said he understands there is work being done on writing a new ordinance, and he asked if Mr. Davis knew if there would be any changes relative to these two items. Mr. Davis said they have not gotten that far yet. He said he had two work sessions with the Planning and Zoning Commission and they worked on the outline and the classifications, but they plan to have the new ordinance ready to present to the Council before December. Mr. Davis said there will be public hearings held and he would request that since this Board is so directly related to the Zoning Ordinance to attend and participate in it. The Chairman called for anyone else wishing to speak to please come forward. Mr. John Cook, 7001 Grapevine Highway, came forward. He said he is one of the general partners who owns this property. Mr. Cook said in developing this property from Rufe Snow to the high school, they have already spent approximately one-half million dollars in improvements in order to complete the storm drain and complete Lewis Drive it will cost an additional one-half mil- lion. He said the completion of Lewis Drive will be contingent on them being able to sell the property to have the funds. Mr. Cook said in regard to this property being used for parking, he said this property has been offered to the school, but the school said they did not need it. Mr. Cook said they just park there because it is closer. He said you could find empty parking spaces available anytime of the day. Mr. Cook said each of us at one time or another have had to live in apartments. He said he feels the need for apartments in our society. Mr. Cook said he has a son who goes to North Texas state and his wife is a registered nurse and they live in apartments and she gets in from work from 10 to 12:00 o'clock at night, so he feels they should not characterize anyone by the time they come in at night. ~ . Page 15 Z B A Minutes September 9, 1982 Mr. Roseberry said he had a comment to make if it would not be out of order, regarding the School Board and City Council. He said he was very proud of our City and being in real estate, he tries to sell our City, but he said we have the highest tax rates in the Birdville School District of any area around. Mr. Roseberry said Richland High School is a shame to the City because of its parking, especially with its ability to rectify and improve that. He said the Police Department does not patrol that; he said he has a daughter that goes there. Mr. Roseberry said he takes his daughter to school and it is dangerous because of the parking. He said it could be easily remedied by the school since they have the land and the funds. Mr. Roseberry said it seemed to him as a citizen and a Board member, what we are unwilling to put on the School Board, it seems we are willing to put on private enterprises. He said he would like to see the problem remedied by the proper individuals. . Dr. Hahn said he agreed with Mr. Roseberry regarding the school's parking problem which they have had for 10 years and have not rectified it; however, the situation will remain and the students will park wherever they can park under whatever circumstances to get to the closest door possible, and these de- velopers need to realize they will have a problem with this. Dr. Hahn said he is also unhappy with the way the School Board has responded at this time. Mr. Erck asked Mr. Hope if they were aware of the towing policy of this City. Mr. Hope said he was not. . Mr. Erck said since he is a businessman here, he could tell him from experience. He said you call the Police Department and they tell you it is on private property and it is your responsibility; then you call a towing service, which there is only one on this side of Fort Worth. Mr. Erck said the towing service hopes to collect for it, but if not they have to go to the state to be able to get the material that is in the car for payment. He said they are only going to take one or two off your lot on any given day. Mr. Erck said he wondered if they were willing to take on this responsibility with students parking there. ~ Page 16 Z B A Minutes September 9, 1982 . Mr. Hope said he did not come here to discuss the high school's inability or unwillingness to provide parking for its students. He said he feels they have demonstrated that the 1.6 to 1.75 parking spaces would fill the need for their residents. Mr. Hope said as far as the quality of these apartments, they will be some of the finest in the state. He said lenders are not running around asking for new deals, and this will not be an eyesore; it will be something the City will be proud of. The Chairman said the Board had gotten off the sub- ject and for the rest of the evening, he would like to stick to the facts. . Mr. Davis said he would like to ask Mr. Hope to please accept his apology, he did not intend to characterize what these apartments were because at one time he lived in apartments. Mr. Davis said what we are concerned with tonight is a size variance and a park- ing variance. He said the Board should ask themselves if the parking is going to be what this City needs and is the size of these apartments going to be compatible to what we want to see on 820, and is this project going to generate the tax base and income we want to see in this City. Mr. Davis said he is not against apartments, but he is for the best apartments we can have in this City. . Mike Carrancejie, 5750 Rufe Snow Drive, came forward. He said he is a real estate developer within North Richland Hills and is presently developing a 95 acre business park known as NRH INdustrial Park. Mr. Carrancejie said he was speaking in favor of the proposition before the Board. He said they were trying to create a corporate business environment and they are doing a national promotional campaign. Mr. Carrancejie said when they bring new businesses into this area, their concern is housing, not only the purchase of homes but also the quality and avail- ability of apartments to lease. He said he has found that in looking at the apartments that North Richland Hills has to offer, they are not the quality that these apartments will be. Mr. Carrancejie said he felt it was the Board and City Council's responsi- bility to go look at some of these apartment com- plexes these people have built and not just base their opinion on the apartments that are in this City now. He said the Chasewood Company is a first class company and they build apartments you would be proud to have in your City. . . . Page 17 Z B A Minutes September 9, 1982 Mr. CarranCe)1e said in his development over the State, this parking requirement is the most re- strictive he had seen. He said most of the cities he had delt with that theirs were based on square foot range or a maximum of 2.0 parking spaces. Mr. Carrancejie said it has not hurt these cities in their growth. He said he felt we would be doing a disservice to turn away a developer of this type who is going to add something to the City. Mr. Carrancejie said his company has recently in- stalled 4,000 feet of four-lane Industrial Boulevard at our expense and have turned it over to the City. He said with this proposed development part of the funds will go to build Lewis Drive, which would eliminate some of the traffic problems. He said the kids coming from the north and Watauga could turn on Lewis Drive instead of going to Rufe Snow and 820. He said he understands there is a traffic light to be installed at Lewis Drive and Rufe Snow which will help. Mr. Carrancejie said he would like for the Board to consider this project and approve it on the merits of what type of project it is and that there is a definite need in this City for a project like this. He said he has toured four of their projects and found they are first rate and would be something to be proud of. The Chairman called for anyone else wishing to speak to please come forward. There being no one else wishing to speak, the Chair- man closed the Public Hearing. Dr. Hahn asked if anyone present knew of a complex such as this close to a high school. He said to his knowledge, he has never seen one. Mr. Helton said they have them in Garland and Carrollton. Dr. Hahn said he felt this corporation is a fine group, but he questions their choice of location. . . . ~ Page 18 Z B A Minutes September 9, 1982 Dr. Hahn said in his experience on this Board for more than 10 years, he feels we do not need less parking spaces. He said this company has stated they plan to build and maintain these apartments, but he has never known a corporation that would not sell for profit. Dr. Hahn said regardless what kind of apartments they are, they all tend to decline with age. He said that after a few years houses get older and so do apartments. Mr. Range said he finds it difficult to evaluate the request based on the facts because the facts have been camouflaged by personal views as to whether the apart- ment complex should be there or not. He said that is not this Board's decision; this Board has no authority to restrict the building of apartments there. Mr. Range said it is this Board's authority to make sure it com- plies with the ordinance as we so desire. Mr. Helton asked Mr. Rice if this property is properly zoned for apartments. Mr. Rice said it was. Mr. Helton said if they come in with building plans for the 2.5 parking spaces and 750 square feet and meet the building codes, could they get a building permit. Mr. Rice said they could if they meet the building codes and fire codes. Mr. Range said he recommends the Board approach each variance separately. BA 82-14 SQUARE FEET APPROVED Mr. Range made a motion that a variance be granted to the Chasewood Company for that portion of BA 82-14 regarding the average square foot of 750 be approved. Mr. Roseberry asked if it was proper to handle this request in two parts. Mrs. Calvert said it would be because they are re- questing two variances. . . . Page 19 Z B A Minutes September 9, 1982 BA 82-14 PARKING DENIED ADJOURNMENT Mr. Roseberry seconded the motion and the motion carried 4-1 with the following vote recorded: Range, yea; Roseberry, yea; Helton, yea; Erck, yea; and Hahn, nay. Mr. Erck moved that the Chasewood Company not be granted any variance with regard to the 1.6 parking spaces, and that they must follow the City ordinance of 2.5 parking spaces. This motion was seconded by Dr. Hahn and the motion for denial carried 4-1 with the following vote recorded: Erck, yea; Hahn, yea; Range, yea; Helton, yea; and Roseberry, nay. The Chairman stated the first portion was approved and the second portion was denied. The meeting was adjourned at 8:50 p.m. c OF ADJUSTMENT