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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPZ 2012-08-02 Minutes MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS AUGUST 2, 2012 A.1 CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Chairman Randall Shiflet at 7:04 p.m. A.2 ROLL CALL PRESENT Chairman Randall Shiflet Vice Chairman Bill Schopper Don Bowen Mark Haynes Mike Benton Kathy Luppy ABSENT Ex Officio Jerry Tyner Steven Cooper CITY STAFF Director of Planning & Dev. John Pitstick Senior Planner Clayton Comstock Assistant Planner Chad VanSteenberg Engineer Associate Trevor Truss Mgmt. Asst. Dev. Svcs. Stacey Udoni Recording Secretary Teresa Koontz A.3 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mike Benton led the Pledge of Allegiance. August 2, 2012 P &Z Minutes Page 1 B.1 FP 2012 -04 Consideration of a Request from Arcadia Land Partners 25, Ltd. For a Final Plat of home Town Canal District — Ice House Drive located on 2.32 acres in the Tandy K. Martin Survey, Abs. No. 1055 and the Landon C. Walker Survey, Abs. No. 1652 Lucien Gehrig, JBI Partners, 16301 Corum Drive, Addison, TX came forward as the Civil Engineer for the project proposing a Final Plat for the right -of -way of Ice House Drive. It will be a 64 ft. wide right -of -way with a 38 ft. street section of two travel lanes with parallel parking on each side. This is being built in conjunction with multi - family site on the northeast corner of the plat. We are dedicating right -of -way for the existing alley on the west side of the sports center. It is currently in a street easement so we are dedicating minimum 30 ft. width right -of -way and we are proposing to improve the alley so it meets current fire lane and thoroughfare standards. Ice House Drive will be extended from the Nytex Sports Center up to Mid Cities Blvd. Chairman Shiflet asked if this was just for the roadway itself. Mr. Gehrig said yes, it is a standalone project from the multi - family project. The idea is the road way can be improved, accepted and opened up to the public while the multi- family site is still under construction. Clayton Comstock said Mr. Gehrig covered it all but will add that Ice House Drive is a "ST- 64 -38" thoroughfare on our Town Center Regulating Plan. The new street will create a new "neighborhood center" block and accommodate a new 260 unit multi- family development currently under Site Plan review by the DRC. Staff recommends approval of this project. Don Bowen asked if it would be required that it be completed before the multi - family is completed? Clayton Comstock said yes, before the multi - family can get their final inspection and issuance of Certificate of Occupancy, this road way has to be complete and full access provided to all those residents. Don Bowen asked if this would include the possibility of a light at Mid Cities or is it a completely separate issue. Clayton Comstock said it was separate but related issue; but certainly increases the warrant for one. Trevor Truss came forward saying there is future planning for the traffic light at Mid Cities Blvd and future Ice House Drive. It is not warranted right now because the traffic numbers, but as Home Town develops to the south that is when the traffic light will be installed. August 2, 2012 P &Z Minutes Page 2 Don Bowen asked if the addition of the multi - family warranted the need for the light. Trevor Truss said no, not at this time according to the traffic studies done in the past. Clayton Comstock said there is a larger phase to the Canal District which includes a number of single family residential and town houses as well. It is possible when those come on line perhaps the traffic signal will be warranted. Chairman Shiflet said the plans for the multi - family will also have ingress and egress to Hawk behind the Nytex Center. Clayton Comstock said one of the connections to the site is the existing Cardinal Lane which goes to Hawk to the east. Other points of access for the multi - family development will be on Ice House Drive on the south and west block faces. There is no curb cut or entry way off of Mid Cities Blvd. APPROVED Bill Schopper motioned to approve FP 2012 -04 as proposed. The motion was seconded by Don Bowen and passed unanimously (6 -0). B.2 FP 2012 -06 Consideration of a Request from the International Union of Operating Engineers for a Final Plat of Lot 3, Block 4, J.L. Autrey Addition located on 1.741 acres at 4025 Rufe Snow Drive Ronnie Bentley, 816 Willow Woods, Saginaw, TX came forward stating [the Union] purchased the property in front of the building from the City after the water tower was removed. [The Union] understands we cannot build anything on it but we put another driveway to move it further south to allow better access to the property. We want to plat the property together to pay taxes on one property. Chairman Shiflet said since he was in the work session about the discussion of the water tower and asked if the organization would be receptive to a historical marker on the site. Mr. Bentley said we plan to have a monument sign and will hire and architect and artist for a sculpture we are proposing for our business. At some point we wouldn't mind having a marker on the property as long as it does not interfere with our sign. Chairman Shiflet said he has done a great job on the improvements to the property. Clayton Comstock came forward stating this is a request for platting these two tracts together under one final plat. They purchased the property from the City where the water tower sat and will continue to do improvements to the site. They participated in the Business Improvement & Growth (BIG) program to improve the look of their facade. August 2, 2012 P &Z Minutes Page 3 , It is now a great model for the B.I.G. progam and we certainly encourage it. They will continue to do some improvements to include landscaping and paving work. They are dedicating a strip of two feet along Rufe Snow as right -of -way to get the full width of Rufe Snow and also ten feet at Glenview Drive. The property that used to be owned by the City does have a lot of underground infrastructure in place and when it was sold to the Union there were stipulations that only a driveway, landscaping and a monument sign could be placed there and is reflected on a note on the plat. The Staff recommends approve of this Final Plat. APPROVED Bill Schopper motioned to approve FP 2012 -06 as proposed. The motion was seconded by Mike Benton and passed unanimously (6 -0). B.3 ZC 2012 -08 Public Hearing and Consideration of a Request from Dustin Austin for a Zoning Change from AG Agricultural to R -2 Single Family on 2.358 acres in the Stephen Richardson Survey, Abs. No. 1266 at 8801 Rumfield Rd. Chairman Shiflet said we will hear the next three cases together and vote separately on them. Dustin Austin, 6505 Rock Springs Drive, NRH, came forward as the applicant requesting the Zoning, Preliminary and Final Plat for the five R -2 lots. Clayton Comstock came forward stating the property is located at the northeast corner of Kirk Road and Rumfield Road just south to what is currently platted at Taylor's Place. It is currently zoned AG Agricultural and the applicant is requesting R -2 Single Family Residential. The Preliminary and Final Plat will have two Tots —Lots 9 and 10— fronting Rumfield Road. Lots 6, 7 and 8 will front Kirk Road and their driveways will be off of Kirk Road. Staff recommends approval of all three cases; it is consistent with the land use plan which shows low density residential in this area. Chairman Shiflet opened the Public Hearing on ZC 2012 -08 and asked if anyone wished to speak on this item. Seeing none he closed the Public Hearing and entertained a motion. APPROVED Mark Haynes motioned to approve ZC 2012 -08 as proposed. The motion was seconded by Mike Benton and passed unanimously (6 -0). B.4. PP 2012 -03 Consideration of a Request from Dustin Austin for Preliminary Plat of Lots 6 -10, Block 1, Taylor's Place located on 2.358 acres at 8801 Rumfield Rd. August 2, 2012 P &Z Minutes Page 4 APPROVED Mike Benton motioned to approve PP 2012 -03 as proposed. The motion was seconded by Kathy Luppy and passed unanimously (6 -0). B.S. FP 2012 -07 Consideration of a Request from Dustin Austin for a Final Plat of Lots 6 -10, Block 1, Taylor's Place Addition located on 2.358 acres at 8801 Rumfield Rd. APPROVED Don Bowen motioned to approve FP 2012 -07 as proposed. The motion was seconded by Mike Benton and passed unanimously (6 -0). B.6. ZC 2012 -09 Public Hearing and Consideration of a Request from the City of North Richland Hills for a Redevelopment Planned Development (RD -PD) on 3.11 acres at the southeast corner of NE Loop 820 and Rufe Snow Drive Clayton Comstock came forward representing the City of North Richland Hills with a request for zoning change on the southeast corner of Rufe Snow Drive and Northeast Loop 820 which is currently zoned CS. That zoning came before P &Z about a year ago to market the property for sale to a retail establishment to put the property back on the tax rolls. The zoning change was successful and there are number of interests in the property. The zoning change this evening for RD -PD is for the purpose of limiting the uses and making higher development standards for the property to ensure the residents that are adjacent are satisfied and that the properties along Northeast Loop 820 have a higher quality development standard. Mr. Comstock said the proposed PD Regulations serve two main purposes: (1) to limit the permitted uses on the property to restaurant uses only; and (2) to create a more comprehensively planned development that respects and residential neighbors to the south and begins the implementation of the 2007 Loop 820 Corridor Plan through higher quality development standards including lighting standards, 8 ft. masonry screening wall along residential property line, landscaping, higher architectural requirements, corridor design monuments along property and illustrative concept plan attached to the PD's regulations. Staff recommends approval. Chairman Shiflet asked if the center development and there was a discussion regarding the conceptual plan presented and what the final plans would be like. Chairman Shiflet opened the Public Hearing and asked if anyone wished to speak for or against. August 2, 2012 P &Z Minutes Page 5 Julian Perez, 6705 Corona, NRH, came forward with concerns about his property. He asked if there would be a wall on west side of Rufe Snow. Chairman Shiflet said this proposal tonight is to add an extra layer of protection for the neighborhood and not to be any impact on their property. The 8 ft. fence, landscape buffer and lights pointed away from their homes will not cause an impact to their property. No wall is planned for the west side of the property. Glenn Hargrave, 6732 Corona, NRH, asked about the egress shown on the site plan off Corona. Chairman Shiflet said the City has purchased a house on LaRue with the intent of putting a connection through to come around Rufe Snow and go left. We discussed in the Work Session that we strongly encourage a light at that intersection to so south on LaRue. The Public Hearing was closed and motion was made. APPROVED Kathy Luppy motioned to approve ZC 2012 -09 as proposed. The motion was seconded by Mark Haynes and passed unanimously (6 -0). C.1 Adjournment There being no other business, the meeting adjourned at 7:38 pm. Chairman Secretary AI ma andal Shifle ;♦ to .o August 2, 2012 P &Z Minutes Page 6