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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPZ 2008-05-15 MinutesMINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS MAY 15, 2008 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Chairman Randy Shiflet at 7:00 p.m. 2. ROLL CALL PRESENT Chairman Randy Shiflet Vice Chairman Bill Schopper Don Bowen Mike Benton Steven Cooper Ex-Officio Dianna Madar ABSENT Kelly Gent Mark Haynes CITY STAFF Chief Planner Eric Wilhite Dir. of Planning & Development John Pitstick Assistant Planner Chad VanSteenberg Assist. Director of Public Works Greg Van Nieuwenhuize Recording Secretary Gina Harner 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mike Benton led the pledge of allegiance. 4. Consideration of minutes from the April 17, 2008 meeting. nppRnvFn Don Bowen, seconded by Bill Schopper, motioned to approve minutes from April 17, 2008 meeting. The motion was carried unanimously (5-0). Page 1 of 6; 05-15-08 P & Z Minutes 5. FP 2008-02 Consideration of a Request from Cornerstone Construction and Remodeling, LLC to Approve a Final Plat of Lot 18, Block 2, Meadowview Estates Addition (Located at 7525 Kirk Road - 0.921 acres). Eldon Thames, 135 Sheffield Drive, Fort Worth, TX 76134 with Area Surveying Company came forward representing the applicant. The applicant is requesting a final plat in order to build a new single family home. There was a drainage easement that had to be added on the next door neighbors section in order to be recorded. Chairman Shiflet asked if this was a replat for single family? Mr. Thames said yes. Eric Wilhite came forward said that this a final plat for a piece of property that is located on Kirk Rd. It is .921 acres. It is zoned R-1 and there is an existing wood frame single family structure on the property. They do intend to remove the existing home and construct a new single family residence that will meet the R-1 standards. The subdivision plat does meet all rules and regulations and has been reviewed by DRC. There is a rough proportionality determination by the city engineer in the amount of about $2830. It is our understanding that the applicant will put that money into an escrow for a future road, curb and gutter improvements along that portion of Kirk Rd. APPROVED Bill Schopper, seconded by Steven Cooper, motioned to approve FP 2008-02. The motion was carried unanimously (5-0). 6. RP 2007-06 Public Hearing and Consideration of a Request from Scott Bozarth and David Austin to Approve a Replat of Lot 1 and Lot 3-R, Block 11, Meadow Lakes Addition Phases 3 & 4 into Lots 1-R & 3-R1, Block 11 (Located in the 6300 Block of Skylark Circle -0.604 acres and 0.415 acres respectively). Chairman Randy Shiflet opened the Public Hearing at 7:06 p.m. Scott Bozarth, 6720 Riviera, NRH, TX 76180, came forward in support of this replat. He stated that they have been working on this for about a year. They purchased two lots and were re-platting them staying with the same residential zoning that it was already zoned. Their plans are to build a house to meet the existing requirements. They have worked with Greg VanNeiuwenhuize and they have waived the grading and drainage plan until the time of construction of the new home. Page 2 of 6; 05-15-08 P & Z Minutes Eric Wilhite said that this is a somewhat complicated re-plat. It will be moving an existing lot line. There is an existing easement that is on the lot line. They had to go through the franchise utility departments to sign off on the dedicated easement on the previous plat. The easement will be abandoned by this plat. The subdivision is zoned R-2 and anything that gets built on this property will also meet those guidelines. The plat meets all subdivision rules and regulations and staff recommends approval. Chairman Shiflet asked if he had understood the explanation correctly that it was just a matter of getting all of the utility companies to agree to abandon the easement? Eric Wilhite said yes. That was one of the key elements in getting this through. If the lot line was moved by replat then the easement would have to be dealt with. There is nothing in the easement and never has been. Since it was considered a dedicated easement they were required to contact the utility companies to have them sign off stating that they would never use it and would not need it. All of the city issued documents have been submitted with this plat and are in the file. They are permitted to place that note on the plat that the easement will be abandoned. With no requests to speak Chairman Shiflet closed the Public Hearing at 7:08 p.m. APPROVED Bill Schopper, seconded by Mike Benton, motioned to approve RP 2007-06. The motion was carried unanimously (5-0). 7. ZC 2008-02 Public Hearing and Consideration of a Request from the Birdville Independent School District to Approve a Zoning Change on two parcels: 2.1 acres from "C-1" Commercial to "U" Institutional and 1.9 acres from "I-1" Light Industrial to "U" Institutional to create a unified 14.894 acre "U" Institutional zoned parcel (Located in the 7000 Blk. Of Mid-Cities Blvd.). Chairman Randy Shiflet opened the Public Hearing at 7:08 p.m. Victor Baxter, 4905 Pebble Ct., NRH, TX 76180 with Schrickel Rollins and Associates came forward representing the applicant. They are the civil engineer and landscape architect for the project working with HKS architects for BISD. This is a zoning change for the Career and Technology building project that is planned for this year. This is a 14.9 acre site approximately. The building will be 105,000 square feet. This zoning change was requested by staff since there were 3 zoning classifications that encompass the entire site. The construction of the school building is allowed with any of the 3 classifications but staff asked for this to be cleaned up and be made one zoning classification. If you have any questions or would like to view the site plan we have one available. Chairman Shiflet asked if he had the site plan available ? Page 3 of 6; 05-15-08 P & Z Minutes Mr. Baxter said yes. Chairman Shiflet said that there were probably some people present who would like to get an idea of what would be going in there. Mr. Baxter said that this site plan is still under review with the Development Review Committee. Chairman Shiflet asked if this facility could have been built without this zoning change with the current zoning classifications? Mr. Baxter said yes. Chairman Shiflet said that this is just a clean up of the zoning classifications. Mr. Baxter said yes. He said that the building would be very appealing from the front and will be a state of the art facility. Eric Wilhite came forward and said that staff did ask the school district to clean up this tract which will now be one lot. You will see the final plat directly after this zoning change application. The school district and the city are excited to get this project moving forward. It is permitted by right but is just a straight forward zoning change to get the entire tract that they own into "U". Staff has reviewed and is in support of this zoning change. With no requests to speak Chairman Shiflet closed the Public Hearing at 7:15 p.m. APPROVED Mike Benton, seconded by Bill Schopper, motioned to approve ZC 2008-02. The motion was carried unanimously (5-0). 8. FP 2008-03 Consideration of a Request from the Birdville Independent School District to Approve a Final Plat of Lot 1, Block 1, Career and Technology Addition (Located in the 7000 Blk. Of Mid-Cities Blvd. - 14.894 acres). Victor Baxter, 4905 Pebble Ct., NRH, TX 76180, with Schrickel Rollins & Associates came forward representing the applicant. This is the final plat which is a continuation of the plat process. I have previously described the project and would be willing to answer questions that you might have. Bill Schopper asked if they will be able to get curb cuts to both Dick Fisher Dr. N and Dick Fisher Dr. S.? Page 4 of 6; 05-15-08 P & Z Minutes Mr. Baxter said that this issue is being negotiated between the school districts attorney and the city attorney. That is the school districts desire. The issue is on Dick Fisher Dr. S, this access would be gated and closed at a time that is deemed appropriate by the school district or the city. Mr. Schopper asked about the access onto Mid Cities Blvd? Mr. Baxter said there is an existing left turn lane to the Baptist Church to the North and the school district will build a left turn lane into the school site. That will be the primary point of access into the site from the north. We believe that a majority of the students will be coming from that direction. Bill Schopper said that his main concern is that access out of the site. Would the traffic move over to Dick Fisher Dr. N. over to the light coming out at the city complex? Mr. Baxter said yes. Any movement to the east would go over to the light at the intersection on Iron Horse. This school serves all three High Schools. The kids will be going in 3 different directions. We have Steve Stoner who has come to answer questions regarding the traffic study. Bill Schopper said that he would like to hear what he thought about the traffic and how it is going to work. Don Bowen asked if there would be any access to the neighborhood to the west? Mr. Baxter said no. There is a common open space that is maintained by the Homeowners Association for that neighborhood. This development does not intrude into that area at all. There will be a landscape strip that will go along the edge of the paving that will accent that. Steve Stoner, 2220 Camden Street, Dallas, TX with Deshazo Tang and Associates came forward and said they performed a traffic impact study for this site. The site is not a traditional school and there will be three primary periods so the vast majority of the traffic will be during the middle of the day. There aren't any after school activities so there won't be additional traffic during the peak hours. The primary access will be from Mid Cities. There is an existing full median opening and there will be left turn opportunities there, but they will also have the option to go to the traffic signal at Iron Horse. There will also be about 1/3 of the students that will be brought by bus. Steven Cooper asked what kind of traffic count there is during the peak hours? Mr. Stoner said that the numbers are approximate and there are a lot of assumptions based on how many students will drive and how many are bused. Based on our predictions for the highest period at around 9:30 a.m., there will be about 200 vehicles entering and 200 vehicles exiting. Page 5 of 6; 05-15-08 P & Z Minutes Bill Schopper asked what the current traffic counts on Mid Cities are now in that general area? Mr. Stoner said that there are about 1000 vehicles per hour at that time. Bill Schopper said that at a typical high school during peak time it is probably a lot more than 200 an hour. Mr. Stoner said yes. It was taken into account that there will be busing available also. Don Bowen asked how many students the facility is designed to serve? Mark Vandervort, 13130 Copental, Dallas,TX with HKS Architects. He said that there are 3 periods and they will vary because there isn't always the same number of classes in session. He said that there would be around 250-300 students in the facility at any given time. The overall number of students that will be served is a greater number but the number of students that will be there at one given time is much less. Bill Schopper said that this won't be as much of an impact as they were originally led to believe. Eric Wilhite came forward and said the plat does meet all subdivision rules and regulations. Staff has reviewed and there was a substantial traffic impact assessment that was reviewed at the same time as the site plan. The infrastructure plans have been submitted. This does meet DRC approval and staff recommends approval. APPROVED Mike Benton, seconded by Steven Cooper, motioned to approve FP 2008-03. The motion was carried unanimously (5-0). ADJOURNMENT There being no other business, the meeting adjourned at 7:28 p.m. Chairman Randy Shiflet Secretary Don Bowen Page 6 of 6; 05-15-08 P & Z Minutes