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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPZ 1977-10-27 Minutes . CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL CONSIDERATION OF THE MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 22, 1977 . NEW BUSINESS PZ 77-26 APPROVED AS REQUESTED . PZ 77-28 APPROVED MINUTES OF THE REGUlAR MEETING OF THE PlANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS OCTOBER 27, 1977, 7:30 P.M. The regular meeting of the Planning and Zoning Corrrnission was called to order at 7:50 P.M. by the Vice Chainman, Darrell Woods. PRESENT VICE CHAIRMAN SECRETARY MEMBER Darrell Wood Lee Waldrop Forrest Grubb ABSENT : CHAIRMAN MEMBER Mary Jo Shaunty Claude Morrison CITY STAFF: CITY INSPECTOR CLERK Gary Caldwell Wanda Calvert ABSENT : DIRECTOR P.W. Ray H. Britton Mr. Grubb moved, seconded by Mr. Waldrop to approve the minutes as read. Motion carried 2-0 with Darrell Woods abstaining since he was not present at the September meeting. Request of E.F. Abbott to rezone Tract 9B1, 9BlA, and 9B2, Abstract 130, J .H. Barlough Survey, from its present classification of Local Retail to a proposed classification of Cormnercial. This triangular tract of land is located at Ross Road, Davis Blvd., and College Circle. Mr. E.F. Abbott presented his request to the Corrrnission. Mr. Grubb told Mr. Abbott that the change of the Zoning Ordinance that was discussed at our last Planning and Zoning meeting has not as yet been approved by the City Council. He said he would suggest whoever purchases the property be requested to get a special use permit as might be required. Mr. Abbott stated he would cooperate any way he could. Mr. Waldrop moved, seconded by Mr. Grubb to approve. Motion carried 3-0. Request of Stanley Tatarevich to rezone approximately 0.743 acres of land of the J.M. Crockett Survey, Tracts 1G1 and 1G2, Abstract 273, from its present classification of Agriculture to a proposed classi- fication of Local Retail. This property is located South of Smithfield Elementary School and West of Page 2 P & Z Minutes October 27, 1977 . Smithfield Cemetery. Mr. Stanley Tatarevich presented his request to the Corrrnis s ion . He stated the reason he wants this rezoning is these 2 tracts of land need to be put into 1 tract so there would be access to the back. He said if he sold one tract, there would be no way to get to the other tract. Also these tracts have been zoned Agriculture all along, but have been used as Local Retail for approximately 27 years. Mr. Waldrop asked Mr. Tatarevich if he has plans to build on the property. Mr. Tatarevich stated he had previously thought about it, but now he said he probably will try to sell it. Mr. Grubb moved, seconded by Mr. Waldrop to approve. Motion carried 3-0. PZ 77-29 APPROVED Request of J.D. Scott to rezone Lot 1, North Edgley Addition, and Lot 13A, Block 11, North Richland Hills Addition from its present classification of Local Retail to a proposed classification of Cormnercial. . Tormny Thompson, Cormnercial Realtor, represented American Petrofina. He stated he had Mr. J.D. Scott and Mr. J. D. Brown with him tonight. Mr. Scott is the prospective buyer of the property in question, and Mr. Brown is Mr. Thompson's Associate. Mr. Thompson stated that American Petrofina was selling several pieces of their unsightly properties over the metroplex, and this was one that they wern' t too proud of since it is such an e~"'e-sore. At one time this property was Cormnercial, but the owner didn't comply with the regulations so it is now Local Retail. Mr. Thompson stated that American Petrofina has a contract with Mr. Scott to sell this property to be used as a new car air conditioning installation service. Mr. Scott has a thriving business in Arlington as Day's Auto Supply, which the name does not correspond with the business he is in. He has an exclusive business of installing air conditioners in new autos. His first business purchase was on East Abram in 1973. Mr. Thompson stated that Mr. Scott will refurbish the existing building and add to it. He will have stalls for the cars and all cars parked on the property would be on hard surface. They would have to be kept clean since they are new cars. Mr. Thompson said this would be Inade a much nicer piece of property than what it is now. He said he had had numerous calls from people wanting to buy this property, but American Petrofina had turned them down since they had illlderstood that the . . . . Page 4 P & Z Minutes October 27, 1977 *what could go Mr. H.L. Hughes stated he was a pioneer of North Richland Hills and that that piece of property had always been a rat den. He said he couldn't understand why they wanted to change the zoning on this one lot. He said he didn't believe this type of business would help his area. * Mary Dodson, another neighbor, stated she just bought her home in June. She said if these businesses are surposed to put up a 6 foot fence, why haven't they, and who is responsible to see that they do. Mr. Grubb stated that we want to keep our ci tJ clean and we would like to get that corner cleaned up. This property has come up for rezoning before, but it has never passed. We have given the owners several citations. Mr. Wood said that the new businesses in our area are not the ones that give the problem, its the old ones. Mr. Grubb stated that there will be a 6 foot fence put up. Mr. Wood stated that if the zoning wasn't changed, you would not have any protection. He read out of the Zoning Ordinance what all could be in Local Retail. You would have a nicer business with this air conditioning service than what goes in with Local Retail. Mr. Thompson stated that the noise of traffic would be there regardless of what kind of business was there, since Highway 121 is such a busy street. He said that he thought the neighbors should be more proud of this nice clean business than an old greasy, dirty service station. He said he felt the neighborhood would be helped rather than degraded. Mr. Waldrop asked Mr. Scott how many bays he would have. Mr. Scott said he would only be able to work on 4 cars at a time. There would not be 30 to 50 cars there at one time, probably 8 to 12. He said an air conditioner could be installed without very many tools. Most of our business is small cars and pickups, those that do not come equipped with air conditioners. Mr. Waldrop asked Mr. Scott if the tools they use were air driven. Mr. Scott said they use air drills and air wrenches. Mr. Grubb asked Mr. Scott if he would mind the Corrrnission stipulating that you have to have enough hard surface for all the cars you park. Mr. Scott stated that all the cars will be on concrete. Mr. Waldrop stated that we recieved a letter from a Mr. & Mrs. Baker, residents of the ares, stating Page 5 p & Z Minutes October 27, 1977 . they were against this. They did not state why. Mr. Grubb moved, seconded by Mr. Waldrop to approve subj ect to the Used Car Ordinance, all cars being parked on hard service, and a 6 foot fence to be erected. Motion carried 3-0. PS 77-43 APPROVED Request of David C. Moak for Replat of Parker's Subdivision of Lots 1,2, & 3. . Jim Thompson with Diamond Shamrock presented their request to the Corrrnis s ion . He said they were wanting to remodel their present location, but found when they came in to get a building permit, that the property had never been platted. Diamond Shamrock has several service stations in the metroplex that they are remodeling. Mr. Thompson showed theplan that they want to erect. Mr. Waldrop asked how many pumps they would have. Mr. Thompson said they would have 10. They will be self service. Mr. Grubb asked if they were planning to refurbish the existing building. He said they want to build a new structure. Mr. Waldrop asked what the property is zoned. Mr. Wood looked on the map and found that it lS zoned Commercial. Mr. Grubb moved, seconded by Mr. Waldrop to approve. Motion carried 3-0. PS 77-44 APPROVED Request of P & S Construction for Final plat of Irish Meadows, Section II. . Mr. O.D. Long presented this request to the Corrrnission for P & S Construction. Mr. Long stated that the only thing in the Engineer's letter that he could not go along with was No.5. He said he would rather have an underground drainage, but the way the land is there could not be one. It would not drain with the angle it would be. Mr. Long said he talked with Dick Perkins about this and Mr. Perkins said he was not aware of this low drainage. Mr. Grubb asked how far apart the fire hydrants were. Mr. Long said he usually has them 500 feet apart, but these are 700 feet hose length apart. Mr. Grubb stated the State law requires 500 foot umbrella coverage. Mr. Long said that the 700 foot hose length was better than the 500 foot umbrella coverage. He drew a diagram showing it. Mr. Long stated that before this goes to the City Council, they would change the right of way. Mr. Long said since the adjoining property is the Cities, and they had changed the sewer, he had to change the sewer, too. Page 3 1; & ZMinutes October 27, 1977 . City did not want used car lots in this area. Mr. Thompson stated that Mr. Scott would also be servicing these air conditioners since there will be a service guarentee. Mr. Waldrop asked how many cars would there be at one time. Mr. Scott stated from 35 to 50 per day. There would never be that many at one time. Mr. Grubb stated there was a Zoning Ordinance change to be brought before the City Council on the 4th Monday night in November to keep used car lots out of the City of N01~h Richland Hills without a Special-use permit. Mr. Grubb stated he felt pretty sure that the City Council would turn this down without a special use permit. Mr. Thompson stated this would not be a used car lot. Mr. Wood explained in more dëtail the Ordinance change. Mr. Grubb asked if the Corrrnission approved this request, when would Mr. Scott start refurbishing the building. Mr. Scott stated he would start as soon as he could get the papers signed. . Mrs. Don Ryan who lives behind the property stated she knew the City depends on revenue from businesses but she believes that with this many cars parked around this place, it would look like a used car lot. She said that this is a choice location and she said she believed there could be a better business than this put in there. She said that since Sanger Harris is going in close by, we need to keep the area nice. She said they had a real problem with Brako. The City can not even find a building permit for them and doesn't know how Brako got in the area. She said Brako doesn't have a 6 foot fence behind it like it is surpose to. We have to pick up trash all the time. Burger King is also behind us and there is lots of traffic in this area. Mrs. Ryan stated that she hated to see the property in this area degraded anYJIDre than it already is. Mr. WoodS asked Mrs. Ryan if the property the way it is now would be better than to have a nice new building there. Mrs. Ryan said she didn't feel this would help. Mr. Waldrop asked if she had rather have a service station than the air conditioner place. She said they never had any trouble when it was a service station until the last owner. Mr. Grubb asked her if it would be better if the Corrrnission were to state that the new business IInlst put up a 6 foot fence. She said it would. Mr. Waldrop stated that if a fence were put up, it would help with the noise as well as the trash. . . . . Page 6 P & Z Minutes October 27, 1977 PS 77-45 APPROVED PS 77-46 APPROVED CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF UPDATED ZONING MAP ADJOURNMENT /u J 0} ?li~) PLANNING AND ZONI ~ Mr. Waldrop moved, seconded by Mr. Grubb, to approve subject to the Engineer1s letter. Motion carried 3-0. Request of the City of North Richland Hills for preliminary plat of Irish Meadows, Section III. Mr. Waldrop asked Mr. Long if these lots were the same size as his. Mr. Long stated they were a little smaller. He said they are IF-B. Mr. Waldrop moved, seconded by Mr. Grubb to approve. Motion carried 3-0. Request of the City of North Richland Hills for final plat of Irish Meadows, Section III. Mr. Grubb moved, seconded by Mr. Waldrop to approve. Motion carried 3-0. All members studied the map. Mr. Grubb moved, seconded by Mr. Waldrop to approve. Motion carried 3-0. The mee ~ng adjourned at 9:20 P.M. I /~/Úldj ..Jkr CH AN, PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION COMMISSION