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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE
PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF NORTH RICH LAND HILLS, TEXAS
JUNE 1, 2006
1.
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Vice Chair Bill Schopper at 7:00 p.m.
2.
ROLL CALL
PRESENT
Vice Chair
Acting Secretary
Ex-Officio
Bill Schopper
Don Bowen
Randy Shiflet
Scott Wood
Brenda Cole
Mike Benton
CITY STAFF
City Attorney
Dir. of Planning & Development
Chief Planner
Asst. Dir. of Public Works
Recording Secretary
George Staples
John Pitstick
Eric Wilhite
Greg Van Nieuwenhuize
Holly Blake
3.
A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN AMENDMENT TO THE NORTH RICHLAND
HILLS SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE TO REQUIRE COMPLETENESS REVIEW OF
DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF VESTED RIGHTS UNDER CHAPTER 245 OF THE TEXAS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
APPROVED
John Pitstick stated that this is a result of changes to the recent state legislature. New
guidelines were adopted for establishing development requirements. Staff has drafted
proposed changes with the help of City Attorney George Staples. The ordinance that
has been presented is the vested rights ordinance. Upon submission of any application
for a plat or zoning case, the City has ten days to review and accept that application. At
that time the development is vested. All future ordinances would not be held for that
developer. A specific date would be established for any new developments at that time.
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If Staff determines that the application is not complete, the developer has forty-five days
to make the requested changes. Even if Staff fails to complete timely review, the
development would still have to conform to all City ordinances in effect at the time of
submission. This will go forward to the City Council on June 12,2006 and the effective
date will be June 15, 2006.
Bill Schopper opened the public hearing and asked if anyone would like to speak in
regard to this amendment to the subdivision ordinance. Being none, Mr. SChopper
closed the public hearing and called for a motion or discussion.
Randy Shiflet, seconded by Don Bowen, motioned to approve the amendment to
the North Richland Hills Subdivision Ordinance determining the effective date of
vested rights under Chapter 245 of the Texas Local Government Code with the
correction to the typo on the last page. The motion carried unanimously (4-0).
Brenda Cole arrived at 7:05 p.m.
4.
A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN AMENDMENT TO THE NORTH RICHLAND
HILLS SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE TO REQUIRE ADEQUATE PUBLIC FACILITIES
FOR DEVELOPMENT AND ESTABLISHING A PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINATION
OF ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY OF DEVELOPER EXACTIONS FOR SUCH
FACILITIES.
APPROVED
John Pitstick stated that this is a rough proportionality requirement. This is an
amendment to the subdivision ordinance requiring adequate public facilities. On
subdivision plats and development plans there are public improvements that have to be
made and dedicated to the City. This statue stipulates that if the municipality requires a
developer to payor build a proportion of that improvement, the municipality would have
to determine by a licensed engineer the proportionality in terms of what would be
needed in regard to new streets and drainage. In this case the licensed engineer is
Greg Van Nieuwenhuize with the Public Works Department. The water and sewer
impact fees would be exempt from that. A mechanism is already in place for
determining specific impact for new developments. Park fees also already have a fee
structure for each new development and those will not be affected by this amendment.
Public Works will be providing a memo from the city engineer that will determine on
each development their proportional fee or proportional build for that new development
based on the impact to the current system. All plats will be accompanied with a letter
from Public Works as well as a developer agreement. The Planning & Zoning
Commission will also be accepting appeals from the developer in regard to the city's
engineer determination. The effective date for this is also June 15, 2006.
Mr. Schopper clarified that this is being done in order to comply with new state laws.
Mr. Schopper opened the public hearing and asked if anyone would like to speak in
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regard to this amendment to the subdivision ordinance. Being none, Mr. Schopper
closed the public hearing and called for a motion or discussion.
Don Bowen, seconded by Scott Wood, motioned to approve the amendment to
the North Richland Hills Subdivision Ordinance determining adequate public
facilities for development and establishing a procedure for determination of
rough proportionality. The motion carried unanimously (5-0).
5.
ADJOURNMENT
The Vice Chair adjourned the action meeting at 7:10 p.m.
Acting Secretary
Bill Schopper
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