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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPZ 1979-06-28 Minutes . MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, JUNE 28, 1979 CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by the Chairman, Mary Jo Shaunty, at 7:32 P.M. ROLL CALL PRESENT: CHAIRMAN SECRETARY MEMBERS Mary Jo Shaunty Forrest Grubb Warren Eckhardt Jack Knowles Marjorie Nash CITY STAFF PRESENT: DIRECTOR OF P.W. James Anderson P & Z CLERK Wanda Calvert CONSIDERATION OF THE MINUTES OF MAY 24, 1979 Mr. Grubb moved, seconded by Mr. Knowles, to approve the minutes with one correction on page 16, paragraph 2, shoul dread: "He said 2 children were nearly drown while he lived there". Motion carried 5-0. . NEW BUSINESS PS 79-33 APPROVED Request of Richland Enterprises, Inc. for revised preliminary plat of Holiday' West, Section 3. . Mr. Gordon Swift, Consulting Engineer, 309 W. 7th Street, represented Richland Enter- prises in their request. He stated this Commission approved the preliminary plat a couple of months ago, but as they began to do the fièJd work and detail engineering, he got with Mr. Anderson and they began to find things that would be an improvement to the plat. Then there arose a possibility of a school site. He stated that after these circumstances, they decided to amend the preliminary plat and to extend a street in a westerly direction to Rufe Snow. Mr.' Swift stated that due to these changes, they felt they should bring it back through for the Commission's approval. He stated the Engineer1s letter had a number if items in it, but most were just as an advisory to us in drawing up the final plat of this property. He stated the items that they found were in error were the 8000 sq. ft. lots. He stated they rounded off some lots, but this was not intentional, they were rounded off the wrong way. Mr. Swift . . . , Page 2 P & Z Minutes June 28, 1979 stated the surveying has already started for the final plat and this will be cor- rected. He said the only other comment would be in regard to the R.O.W. of the street. He asked Mr. Sandlin if he would like to discuss this point. Mr. J.B. Sandlin stated they were dealing with Birdville Ind. School Dist. for the school site. He stated they were not on contract with them, but if they do make a deal with them, it would probably be in September or October. Mr. Sandlin stated the Engineer would like for them to extend the street R.O.W. to 60 feet, but in talking with the school officials, they do not think they need it because they plan to provide off street loading and unloading zones. Mr. Sandlin stated the school does not want to pay for it, he doesnlt want to pay for it, so he said he guessed it was a question if the City wants to pay for it. Mr. Sandlin stated that if the City requires a wider street, he understood there was a participation program. Mr. Swift stated they could meet all the other requirements. Mr. Grubb asked Mr. Anderson if he would like to address this subject. Mr. Anderson stated there are a couple of comments he would like to speak on. He stated he substantially agrees with Mr. Swift. In the revision of the plans, he guessed it was * a grafting error, the lots up in the middle got shaved a little and those lots run about 7,997 sq. ft. He said they are about 3 feet short, however the lots down on the drainage channel are approximately 80 feet short. Mr. Anderson stated that in terms of the street, if anyone who has children to pick up at a school, they know it is a mess at every Ele- mentary and Junior High in the city. He stated the off-site loading and unloading is never sufficient to do the job. If you donlt believe it, just try it. He stated there is a requirement for a wider street in the area of the schools and he is in favor of this. He stated he would also require sidewalks. Mr. Anderson stated he would also like to call the Commission IS attention to item #2 of the Engineerls letter in regards to the size of * should be Ildraftingll Page 3 P & Z Minutes June 28, 1979 . the box culvert that goes under Holiday Lane. He said he wants to be sure every- one knows what the Engineer is saying. The Engineer said that although more study is required, it would appear that the drainage channel is capable of carrying more water than the box culvert. Mr. Anderson stated that basically the box culvert was installed before the land was developed so there was a run off of approximately 30%, which is basically what you have on open Agricultural land. He stated the box culvert handles the water without any difficulty now, but when you start planting it with sidewalks, concrete, roof tops, etc.'J the runoff is much faster and the culvert fills up more. Mr. Anderson stated that what our Engineers are saying is when the land fully develops between Holiday Lane and Rufe Snow, although the channel appears to be adequate to carry the floods, we want to be assured the channel will carry it. He stated we have asked Mr. Swift to do some checking to see for sure the channel will carry the water. Mr. Anderson stated that when the property develops, he feels the box culvert under Holiday Lane will cause a bottle- neck. He stated our Engineer has not run a check on it yet, whether it will carry a 5, 10, 25, or 100 year flood. The city could be facing a rather substantial expense in removing this box culvert. . * Mr. Grubb asked if it would be comfortable to to one to the north of the high school on Lewis Lane. Mr. Anderson stated it is a very simular situation, but of, course when that property is developed, we will require adequate drainage structure to take some of the water flow off the high school where it comes down across the parking lot onto Lola Lane. He said the street flow is very impressive. . Mr. Grubb asked Mr. Swift if he had any comment on this drainage problem. Mr. Swift stated the drainage problem Mr. Anderson is talking about is not within their property. He stated he and Mr. Anderson dis- cussed the problem about the channel adjacent to it. He stated they were worried about it too, so they told Mr. Anderson that they * should be "comparablell -~ Page 4 P & Z Minutes June 28, 1979 . would analyze that channel, check out it's capacity, check out the drainage, etc. Mr. Swift stated many of the culverts, that were built several years ago are not designed for the standards of today and in time, the city may have to bring them up to standards. . Mr. Anderson stated we have a simular problem on Booth Calloway Road which is going to cost approximately $300,000.00 to solve that pro- blem. He said you move on down about 600 feet and you have another bottleneck. It will be helped somewhat when Glenview is widened, but it is going to be a terrible expense of funds, but we hope most will be federal dollars instead of city dollars. He stated he was not sure if they could form a drainage district and make' the property owners responsible and have them pay the pro rata share of the cost of that culvert. Mr. Anderson stated what it boils down to is the tax payers will be asked to subsidize to a certain degree the development of all that land in that tributary basin, not just Holiday Lane, Section 3, but all of it. Mr. Anderson stated he did not want to make any recommendation, but just wanted to be sure the Commission was aware of this drainage pro- blem. Mr. Grubb asked if this study could be completed before the final plat is brought in. Mr. Anderson stated that he will ask the City Engineer to run calculations on that. He said it might could be corrected by just putting in another barrel in the culvert. He stated that he agrees with Mr. Swift that most of the Engineer's comments are primarily for reminders to Mr. Swift and himself so that when the final is drawn up the comments can be used as a check list to make sure there will be no items that fall through the cracks. Mr. Anderson stated he would ask the Commission if they approve this plat, to please do so subject to the Eng- ineer1s comments due to item #2. . Mr. Swift stated there was just one thing he would like to explain regarding the street next to the school site. He stated they are planning 2 parking lanes and 2 driving lanes, one each way. He said there would be 7 ft. parking lanes and 11 ft. driving lanes. This constitutes a 36 ft. roadway. Mr. Swift stated Page 5 P & Z Minutes June 28, 1979 . a 40 ft. roadway has two 7 ft. parKing lanes and two 13 ft. driving lanes. He said 13 ft. driving lanes are the size they use for a Turnpike in order to move the traffic out faster. He stated they are planning to have the 2 parking lanes and 2 driving lanes. The question is whether they should be 11 ft. or 13 ft. driving lanes. Mr. Anderson stated he was in favor of the wider driving lanes around schools for safety reasons. If a child steps out in front of you, you might be able to miss him if you have a wider area. He said if anyone has ever been around North Richland Junior High when school is out, it is just an accident looking for a place to happen. Mr. Grubb stated that since we were on this subject, are there any plans for flashing lights to be put around the school areas. . Mr. Anderson stated there were plans to install a traffic light, not just a flashing light, and a sidewalk at North Richland Jr. High. Mr. Knowles asked what the width of Rufe Snow was. Mr. Anderson stated he believed it was 41 feet from curb to curb. The Chairman asked if there were any more comments or if anyone else wished to speak. Mr. Grubb moved, seconded by Mrs. Nash, to approve PS 79~33 as requested subject to the Engineer's comments. Motion carried 5-0. PS 79-41 TABLED Request of Tarrant Real Estate Co., Inc. for revised preliminary plat of Meadow Lakes, 2nd Filing. Mr. Anderson stated he had talked to the parties involved in this revised request, and he requested the Commission drop this item from the agenda. He stated that they had a pre-council hearing regarding the platting of Meadow Lakes, Section 2, and the council agreed to postpone any action until they could get more of their problems solved. He said also they discussed since some of the area was zoned Multiple Family and a small Dortion was . ~ ~ Page 6 P & Z Minutes June 28, 1979 . zoned Local Retail, they want to try to come in for a Planned Development zoning. Mr. Anderson stated the council told Mr. Stevens to go ahead and draw up plans for the Planned Development. This was decided last Friday. Mr. Anderson told the Commission Mr. Stevens would come before them at a later date for the zoning request for Planned Development. The Chairman asked if there were any objections to the postponing indefinitely of this request. There were none. PZ 79-23 APPROVED Request of Wayne C. Cunningham to rezone Lot 9R, Block 29, Richland Terrace Addition, from its present classification of 1F-9-0ne Family Dwelling to a proposed classification of 2F-9-Two Family Dwelling. This property is located at the Southeast corner of Karen Drive at the Southeast corner of Karen Drive and State Hwy. N.E. Loop 820 Frontage Road. . Mr. Ernest Hedgcoth, Consulting Engineer, represented Mr. Cunningham in his request. He stated several months ago this property was in a zoning request for duplexes with several other lots along the 820 Frontage road. After the zoning request was turned down by the City Council, all the property owners went into court action except Mr. Cunningham. Mr. Hedg- coth stated Mr. Cunningham did not wish to file charges against the City, but after the other property owners won their court battle for the duplexes, Mr. Cunningham now wishes to change the zoning on his lot to conform with the others around it. Mr. Grubb asked if the Deed Restrictions were removed. Mr. Hedgcoth stated they were. The Chairman asked if there was anyone who wished to speak in favor or in opposition of this request. Mr. Grubb moved, seconded by Mr. Eckhardt, to approve PZ 79~23 as requested. Motion carried 5-0. . . . . ~ Page 7 P & Z Minutes June 28, 1979 PZ 79-24 APPROVED Request of Jay Kanter to rezone Tract lCl, Abstract 1653, and Tract lAIA, Abstract 30B, from its present classification of Planned Development to a proposed classification of Multiple Family. This property is located approximately 1065 feet south of Harwood Road at the Southeast corner of Jerri Jo and Oakridge Terrace. Mr. Ernest Hedgcoth, Consulting Engineer, represented Mr. Kanter in his request. He showed the Commission the Planned Develop- ment plans for this piece of land which was approved in 1971. He stated his client came before P & Z a few months ago to request a Multiple Family zoning on the entire piece of land, but was turned down. He stated now all they are asking to change to Multiple Family is the bottom portion. He stated in the Planned Development zoning, it was planned for this portion to be Multiple Family, but since the plans are so vague with no dimensions, they are asking for a zoning change to Multiple Family on the approximately 16 acres. This way they could develop it in phases. Mr. Anderson stated he and Mr. Hedgcoth had' several meetings regarding this Planned Dev- elopment zoning. He stated he felt there were so many unanswered questions. He said the road was outside the Planned Development tract. Mr. Hedgcoth stated they would get in contact with Arco and get the OK on the easement. Mr. Anderson asked if they plan to park cars on this easement. Mr. Hedgcoth stated that they did not plan to park on it. He stated the preliminary plan on it shows this area to be a park area. Mr. Anderson asked if they plan to leave the old house and barD that is on the property now. Mr. Hedgcoth stated they plan to sell the house with about 2 acres of land. Mr. Anderson stated they would put a road through to Oakridge Terrace. He stated that every planner thinks it should go through to Oakridge Terrace. He said the people on . . . ~ Page 8 P & Z Minutes June 28, 1979 Oakridge Terrace may object, but the road just has to be. Mr. Grubb stated he \Jould advise them not to put any heavy equipment on the easement. Mr. Hedgcoth stated they would mark the ease~ ment well to make sure nothing heavy runs over it. Mr. Knowles moved, seconded by Mr. Eckhardt, to approve PZ 79-24 as requested. Motion carried 5-0. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 8:20 P.M. /);¡A4' <; ~. CHAIRMAN PLANNING AND ZONING COMMI SEC