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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 1981-04-27 Minutes MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, HELD IN THE CITY HALL, 7301 NORTHEAST LOOP 820, APRIL 27,1981, 7:30 P.M. 1. Mayor Faram called the meeting to order April 27,1981, at 7:30 p.m. CALL TO ORDER 2. Present: Dick Faram Jim Kenna Jim Wood J. C. Hubbard Wiley Thomas Jim Ramsey Dave Freeman Sharyl Groves Mayor Councilmen Councilwoman Staff: Chuck Williams Jeanette Moore Dennis Horvath Cecil Forester Margie Nash City Manager City Secretary Assistant City Manager Director Utility/Public Works Planning and Zoning Commission News Media: Absent: Rex McEntire Richard Albin City Attorney City Engineer 3. Councilman Wiley Thomas introduced Mr. Robert Cox, who gave the invocation. INVOCATION 4. Councilwoman Groves moved, seconded by Councilman Thomas, to approve the minutes of the April 13, 1981 meeting. Motion carried 7-0. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING APRIL 13, 1981 APPROVED 5. Mayor Faram presented Mr. Pat Hughes of the Fire Department with a Five Year Service Award and pin for five years of service with the Fire Department. PRESENTATION OF FIVE YEAR SERVICE AWARD AND PIN TO PAT HUGHES OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT 6. Mayor Faram opened the public hearing and called for anyone wishing to speak in favor of this request to please come forward. PUBLIC HEARING - PZ 81-5, REQUEST OF KEN ADVERTIS- ING FOR BANK OF NORTH TEXAS AND HUDIBURG CHEVY TO REZONE BLOCK 2, LOT 1, CARDER ADDITION FROM COMMERCIAL-SPECIFIC USE- SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEV- ERAGES TO COMMERCIAL- SPECIFIC USE-BILLBOARD April 27,1981 Page Two Mr. Cary Mosley appeared before the Council. Mr. Mosley stated the Planning and Zoning Commission had approved this request and he was here to answer any questions the Council might have. Mr. Mosley stated the sign would be located on Airport Freeway next to Wallpaper to Go. Mayor Faram asked if the sign would be illuminated. Councilman Hubbard asked Mr. Mosley if the sign would be higher than the one at Steak and Ale. Mr. Mosley stated the sign would not interfere with the structures already in the area. Councilman Wood asked Mr. Mosley if they had a fifteen year lease on the property. Mr. Mosley replied yes. Mayor Faram called for anyone wishing to speak in opposition of this request to please come forward. There being no one wishing to speak in opposition, Mayor Faram closed the public hearing. 7. Councilman Wood asked if the Council could put a stipulation on what would be placed on the billboard. CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE FOR PZ 81-5 POSTPONED ORDINANCE NO. 889 Mayor Faram stated the City had a committee appointed to work on a sign ordinance and he would suggest this request be postponed until the committee had a chance to review it. Mr. Mosley stated the Bank of North Texas would control what was placed on the sign. Mr. Mosley stated he would urge the Council to go ahead and approve the request. Councilman Freeman moved, seconded by Councilman Kenna, to postpone action on this request until the Sign Committee had a chance to review it. Motion carried 7-0. 8. Mayor Faram opened the public hearing and called for anyone wishing to speak in favor of this request to please come forward. No one appeared. Mayor Faram called for anyone wishing to speak in opposition to please come forward. No one appeared. Mayor Faram closed the public hearing. 9. Councilman Freeman moved, seconded by Councilman Kenna, to move items 8 and 9 to the end of the Agenda. Motion carried 7-0. 10. Mayor Faram advised the Council that the City Attorney had recommended this item be postponed. Councilman Kenna moved, seconded by Councilman Wood, to postpone action on this item. Motion carried 7-0. 11. Councilman Kenna moved, seconded by Councilwoman Groves, to approve payment to Tarrant Electric in the amount of $37,060.00 for Richfield Park. Councilman Kenna asked when the retainer would be paid. Mr. Horvath stated after the work was finished the retainer would be paid. Motion carried 7-0. 12. Councilman Freeman moved, seconded by Councilman Wood, to cancel the May 25, 1981 meeting and call a special meeting for May 18, 1981. Motion carried 7-0. April 27,1981 Page Three PUBLIC HEARING-PZ 81-6, REQUEST OF DEAN NELSON FOR WILLIAM M. KERCH TO REZONE LOT 7, BLOCK 6, CLEARVIEW ADDITION, FROM 2F-9 WITH THE STIPULATION A CERTAIN FLOOR PLAN BE USED, TO A PROPOSED CLASSIFICA- TION OF 2F-9 CONSIDERATION OF ORDI- NANCE FOR PZ 81-6 MOVED TO END OF AGENDA CONSIDERATION OF ORDI- NANCE PROPOSED FRANCHISE AMENDMENT - LONE STAR GAS POSTPONED CONSIDERATION OF PAYMENT TO TARRANT ELECTRIC COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT OF $37,060.00 FOR LIGHTING RICHFIELD PARK APPROVED CONSIDERATION OF CANCEL- ING REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MAY 25, 1981, AND CALLING A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING MAY 18, 1981 APPROVED 13. This item was passed over. Mr. Jeff Davis, Attorney, 614 Brentstair, Fort Worth, appeared before the Council. Mr. Davis stated he represented Steak and Ale and Bennigans. Mr. Davis stated he was concerned about the hours of sale of alcoholic beverages. Mr. Davis stated that Steak and Ale and Bennigans came into the City with the understanding, when they received the permit, they could serve mixed beverages until 1:00 a.m. Mr. Davis stated he would like to ask for reconsidera- tion of the Ordinance because he was not aware the Ordinance was going to be considered. Mr. Davis stated he understood one of the major problems in the area was parking and he thought this could be resolved. Mr. Davis stated the action the Council took would cost his clients $50,000.00 or $60,000.00 in revenues and would decrease jobs. Mr. Davis stated it would decrease business for many different reasons. Mr. Davis stated he would like to have a rehearing on the matter so his clients could have the opportunity to make a presentation. Mayor Faram stated he had some equally strong feelings on this, as he had discussed with Mr. Davis on the phone earlier in the week. Mayor Faram stated safety was the uppermost factor. Mayor Faram stated he did not know where the businesses got the information they could operate until any given hour. Mayor Faram stated he had been in the restaurant and had someone recognized him, they would send someone over to try and get the hours extended. Mayor Faram stated it was his understanding that the bar was a fringe to the food service area and it was a waiting or holding area. Mayor Faram stated he found it difficult to understand why the bar had to be a holding area past midnight for dinner; food was the main function. Mayor Faram stated it was at his suggestion the hours were curtailed to midnight because of the safety factor and he had discussed with Mr. Davis the parking on residential streets and the people crossing that very busy street in the late hours. April 27, 1981 Page Four CONSIDERATION OF APPOINT- MENT OF BOARD MEMBERS TO VARIOUS BOARDS AND COM- MISSIONS NO ACTION TAKEN CITIZEN PRESENTATION Mayor Faram stated the City certainly did not want to penalize anyone, nonetheless there was a severe problem and to his knowledge no one ever gave them the idea the restaurants could be open to any given hour. Mr. Davis stated the restaurants came to the City with the understanding that since they did operate until 1:00 a.m., and felt that time would remain in effect. Mr. Davis stated he felt the recommendation of the City Attorney and City Manager was that the City wanted to maintain a reputation not for penalizing businesses once they were in the City. Mr. Davis stated he did not think that was a good policy. Mr. Davis stated he could not argue the safety factor but one hour on Saturday night was not going to make that much difference. Mr. Davis stated he would like to offer his services and perhaps in conjunction with the City Manager try and resolve the parking problems. Mr. Davis stated he did not know about the hearing, he had no idea the hours would be cut back and it was costing his clients $50,000 to $60,000 a year. Mr. Davis stated it was very important to his clients that they be given the opportunity to be heard. Mayor Faram stated it was not the City's purpose to penalize anyone. The purpose, and he spoke for him- self, was because of a dangerous situation that faced the City, the design of the street and the residential neighborhood across from the restaurant. Mayor Faram advised that any Council member had the right to request the Ordinance be brought back up for reconsideration. Councilman Ramsey stated that Mr. Davis had also talked to him last evening. Councilman Ramsey stated that if there were some business concerns in the City that felt they did not have their opportunity, was this the time to reconsider it. Mayor Faram advised Councilman Ramsey that if he would like to have the Ordinance placed on the agenda for reconsidera- tion, let the City Manager know and it would be done. Mayor Faram advised the Council Items 8 and 9 would be heard. April 27,1981 Page Five April 27,1981 Page Six 8. Mayor Faram called for Mr. Dean Nelson or Mr. William Kerch to come forward. No one appeared. 9. Councilman Kenna asked how the stipulation of a certain floor plan became a part of the zoning. Mr. Horvath stated that in 1973 when it was passed, for some reason it was stipulated in the Ordinance that a specific floor plan be used and the plan was attached to the Ordinance. Mr. Horvath stated that since that time the property had been sold and the new owner wanted to build a duplex to conform to 2F-9 zoning and use his own floor plan. CONSIDERATION OF ORDI- NANCE FOR PZ 81-6 APPROVED ORDINANCE NO. 890 Mayor Faram asked if the lot was in conformance. Mr. Horvath replied yes. Councilman Kenna moved, seconded by Councilman Wood, to approve PZ 81-6, Ordinance No. 890. Councilman Hubbard asked if the square footage was the same as the original plan. Mr. Horvath stated the owner had agreed to build to the specifications of the Ordinance on 2F-9 zoning. Councilman Ramsey stated as he understood it was not the square footage that was the problem, but the way it was arranged. Mr. Horvath stated that was correct. Mr. Forester stated this was the only lot in the area that was zoned for duplexes, all the other lots were single family. The floor plan that was in existence had the entrance on the west. The new plan had the entrance off the back which would be more desirable to the neighbors. Mr. Forester stated one resident appeared at the Planning and Zoning meeting and he was in agreement. Motion carried 7-0. 14. Mayor Faram adjourned the meeting of April 27,1981. ADJOURNMENT tZ£~þ/ /o¥ Dick Faram ATTEST: