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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-16-1989 Public Hearing and Regular MeetingMembers Present: MINUTES OF Members Absent• MARCH 16, 1989 City Staff: Others Present• CALL TO ORDER r 1 PLANNINNG & ZONING COMMISSION MEETING PUBLIC HEARING & REGULAR MEETING Chairperson Janet Graves, Commissioners Charles Boyle, Jack Gresham, Eugene Edmonds, Inge Browder, Bobby Powell. Commissioner Lola Phillips Director of Community Development Joel H. Albrecht, Building Official Ervin J. Griffith, Assistant City Attorney John Armstrong, Secretary Martha Sanders. Jan Stevenson, and one other citizen. Chairperson Janet Graves called the meeting to order at 7:02 P.M. APPROVE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 23, 1989 A motion was made by Eugene Edmonds and seconded by Charles Boyle to approve the minutes of the February 23, 1989 meeting as presented. The motion carried with a unanimous vote. Mrs. Graves announced to the Commission that the Sign Ordinance was approved by Council on March 13, 1989. OPEN PUBLIC HEARING Chairperson Janet Graves called the Public Hearing to order at 7:05 P.M., regarding Rezoning Request R89-001. The floor was then opened for comments. CONSIDER REZONING REQUEST R89-001 Joel Albrecht, Director of Community Development, opened the discussion with a review of the request. This request is from Pecan Plantation Mobile Home Park to change 4.049 acres of their property from MH (Mobile Home) to GC (General Commercial) zoning. Location of the property is located in the 8900 block of Spencer Hwy. In reviewing the Master Plan, it was determined that this area was left as MH. At the time of the Zoning Ordinance there was a mobile home • sales lot located in this area. This request would not be inconsistant with the overall master plan. It is recommended by staff S that the request be granted. Mr. Bob Murano, General Manager of Pecan Plantation, spoke on this matter. He stated that the request of GC was so that they could lease out the area to the east for rental of recreational vehicles. There is an area of about 4 acres that is not being profitable. This change will allow them to increase their profitability as a corporation. There is no plan for new mobile home sales. Mr. Murano stated that he did not understand the landscaping requirements, but that they will abide by whatever is required. No one spoke in opposition of the request. CONSIDER SPECIAL CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUEST SCU89-001 Mrs. Graves then opened the floor for discussion of the Special Conditional Use Permit Request SCU89-001. Mr. Albrecht pointed out to the Commission that the area for this request is located in the southwest corner of the property. This area is to be used for storage of boats, campers, and recreational vehicles (Exhibit B). The surface is asphalt, screening will be required, and lighting should comply with current zoning laws. No repair or maintenance can be done on any boat, automobile, or recreational • vehicle. If these conditions are met, staff recommends approval of the request. The proposed area is approximately 125' X 50'. Mr. Murano added that the proposed area is for tenants in the mobile home park to park their boats, campers and recreational vehicles in a secured area. He also emphasized that no mechanical work will be allowed. This wi].1 allow tenants to park these type vehicles in a secured area and get them out of the park itself. This will help in public relations inside the park between tenants and management, No one spoke against the request. COSE PUBLIC HEARING Chairperson Graves declared the public hearing closed at 7:20 P.M. CONSIDER APPROVING REZONING REQUEST R89-001 Charles Boyle made a motion to grant the rezoning request by Pecan Plantation Mobile Home Park. There was a second by Jack Gresham. The motion carried by a unanimous vote. CONSIDER APPROVING SPECIAL CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT SCU89-001 In reference to request SCU89-001, Eugene Edmonds made a motion to deny this request, a second by Inge Browder. Bobby Blackwell opened the floor for discussion before a vote was taken. Mr. Blackwell stated that the area in question is only a small area and that with proper screening he could see no problem. Joel Albrecht took the floor and informed the board that under staff's recommendation with • proper screening on the front and sides this request would be in compliance with the current zoning laws. Mr. Charles Boyle stated that with proper screening it would be okay. Mr. Albrecht also clarified that 696 of the GC Zone would be landscaping, the screening would not be counted in the 6~ requirement. Chairperson Janet Graves then asked for a vote. Inge Browder and Eugene Edmonds voted for. Charles Boyle, Jack Gresham, Bobby Blackwell Voted against. The motion failed. Bobby Blackwell made a motion to approve the request under specific guidelines. Those guidelines being: (1) This request is granted for the southwest corner as indicated in Exhibit B and (2) the landscaping requirements include 6~ of the GC area and 6% of the SCU area (approx. 125' X 50'). Mr. Eugene Edmonds seconded the motion. Janet Graves then requested a vote. Charles Boyle, Jack Gresham, Eugene Edmonds and Bobby Blackwell voted for the motion; Inge Browder opposed. The motion carried. It was then determined that the General Commercial request (R89-001) and the Special Conditional Use request (SCU89-001) would go before City Council of the City of La Porte on April 24, 1989. DISCUSSION OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REGARDING BAYMUD AREA Mr. Albrecht noted the State Law governing zoning requirements of a newly annexed area. The law gives 180 days for rezoning of these type ® areas. There was a temporary zoning of R1 until the zoning could be determined. The 180 day period ends on June 28., 1989. The latest possible date for City Council to hold a public hearing would be June 5, 1989. The tentative timetable for such meetings will be as follows: April Meetings of Planning & Zoning Commission April 6, 1989 - Workshop April 20, 1989 - Public Hearing May 4, 1989 - Recommendation to City Council May Meetings of City Council May 15, 1989 - Workshop June 5, 1989 - Public Hearing & Adoption Mr. Albrecht also pointed out that in considering the rezoning of the BayMUD area the Commission should consider Utilities, Highways, and Parks to tie in with the Comprehensive Plan of the City of La Porte. During the workshop portion of the meeting the Board looked over maps of the BayMUD area. It was determined that a tour of the area would be extremely helpful for all board members. A tour date was set for Wednesday, March 22, 189 at 3:00 P.M. • DISCUSSION OF ISSUES TO BE CONSIDERED ON THE ZONING ORDINANCE REVIEW Mr. Albrecht reminded the Board of the annual Zoning Ordinance review. He urged the board members to review the ordinance for grammatical errors and to look at different parking lots in the area; the screening of parking lots needs to be reviewed. He also asked the board to consider the rezoning of Main Street. ADJOURAI There being no further business a motion was made by Charles Boyle and seconded by Jack Gresham to adjourn. The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 P.M. Respectfully submitted, CLt.2`~ Martha Sanders, Secretary Code Enforcement Minutes approved on the ~ day of _,_, ~ , 1989. Janet raves, Chairperson Plann' g & Zoning Commission ® /mjs 3/17/89 R89-001 Rezopi~g Request: R89-001 ]~~uested For: 8902 Spencer Hwy. Legal Description: 4.049 acres out of Outlot 709 and the west 471.8 inches out of Outlot 708; La Porte Outlots (See Exhibit A) .Jre_q u est ecLQy : Pecan Plantation Mobile Home Park. Countrywide pa rne rship Inves tmen ts, owne r; Rep resented by Robert R. Murano, Vice President. ReQuested Rezoning: From: To: Manufactured Housing (M.H.) General Commercial (G.C.) Backgound: The property in question fronts on the 8900 block of Spencer Hwy. It is located immediately west of Canada Street and is part of the Pecan Plantation Mobile Home Park. This park was developed prior to being annexed into the City of La Porte. The tract in question was originally a mobile home sales lot. After being annexed the entire tract was assigned a temporary zoning classification of R-1, Residential. This rendered the entire park complex a non-conforming use. With the adoption of Zoning Ordinance 111501 in January, 1987, a zoning classification of M.H. was assigned to the entire park complex. This brought the park into conformance with the City's zoning requirements but left the sales lot as a non-conforming use. The sales lot was discontinued sometime after January 1987. As a resul t, the non-conforming status of this tract has been lost. The parks rental office and maintenance building are presently located on this property. The entire 4.049 acre site to be considerd is fenced and paved with asphalt. The applicants are seeking a rezoning of only the 4.049 acre tract which fronts on Spencer Highway and not of the entire park complex. This rezoning, from N.H. to G.C. is to allow them to establish a multi-use facility on their site. The proposed uses are as follows. Please refer to Exhibit B. A l~e a 1: R.V. rental (SIC 7519). use. This is a permitted G.C. Area 2:. Boat and auto storage. It is staff's understanding that this storage facility would be for the use of the park's tenants and not for rental to the general public. This is an unlisted use which has been treated as Conditional in other instances. A re a 3: Mobile home sales lot (SIC 5272) and park rental office. The office shown in Area 3 is ex isting. It is presently used as the park's rental office. Mobile home sales is a permitted G.C. use. As indicated by the City's zoning map (See Exhibit A), the present zon ing des ign at ion isH. H. (manufactu red hou sing) . The unde rlying p rope rty use ind icated by the Land Use Map is Mid to High Dens i ty Residential (See Exhibit C). A rezoning to G.C. would therefore necessitate a change to the Comprehensive Plan. The proposed change however, appears to be minor and warranted for the following reasons. As indicated by the zoning map (See Exhibit A), this property is flanked on both the east and west by G. C. zones. The rezoning would serve to extend the eastern G.C. zone to the park entrance. The City's Thoroughfare Plan (See Exhibit D) classifies Spencer Highway/West Main Street as a Primary Arterial road. There is a well established pattern of commercial development along this road running from five points to the western City limits, at San Jac in to College. Based on the amount of p rope rty zoned as G. C. existing along this road, the intent of the Comprehensive Plan to encourage commercial development in this area can be seen (See Exhibit E). The property in question has a history of commercial use. As noted earlier, it was initially developed and used as a mobile home sal es lot. The p rope rty is su rfaced wi th asphal t, I igh ted and fenced. Although some modification of the facilities would be necessary to meet current zoning requirements (notably landscaping), this tract is basically well suited to the proposed uses. Exhibit F indicates zoning lines as they vlOuld appear if this request is granted. Conclusion: The proposed rezon ing would involve only amino r change to the Comprehensive Plan. It does not appear to be contrary to the general intent of the Plan for this area. The property is question is well suited to commercial usage. Recommendation: Recommended City Council approval of Rezoning Request R89-001. ----- --- 1aCMt.\IIN ....-tllK AIIIJI5TQIl A5IN'fllI: ~ ... 0- U ... 0- ~ .. c ... 0 ... . C ... ... ~ ... YE"TU~ ORCHAlID o z i " o ~ . R-2 ----- if -f --~- \ ) 1/ II ~ ______~---J / ~ / / / . . 1racf /n aue5ho/l ! !i ~ Ji. I I r--_J I l...a..u... I rlVITT-l I I l------. I I L_____~ I I ~-----...J I I t-----.., L____.J . lAl'OllT! ----- / / I I~ .~ c I II 692 693 701 705 704 706 712 713 KlfUST R- 705 702 716 / / IIOIIT~II" CATlfTT l.. lit. AlII.DW II 701 7C R- -I --------------- ------ ... ... ~. ... f 1 + -1._ --- eXH\BIT A f.. T. 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Murano, Vice President Proposed Use: Boat, R.V. and Automobile Storage Background: This R89-00 1 . request, denied. request has been filed in conjunction with rezoning request Regardless of the Commission's findings regarding this favorable consideration can not be given if the rezoning is Three uses are proposed for this property. Two, R.V. rental (SIC 7519) and mobile home sales (SIC 5272) are permitted G.C. uses. The third activity boat, R.V. and auto storage is not a listed use in the City's Zoning Ordinance. This activity, in previous requests cons idered by the Commiss ion has been treated as a Cond i t iona 1 Use. Exhibit B indicates the location of the proposed storage facility in relation to the other proposed activities. It is staff's understanding that the storage facility will be used by Pecan Plantation r'esidents and will not be available for rental to the general public. Countrywide's intention is to make this facility available to park residents so the park's streets and parking areas may be left clear of obstructions caused by parked boats and R.V. 'so The proposed location for this facility is surfaced with asphalt and is part of a larger fenced enclosure (See Exhibit B). The cond i t ions, which in staff's op in ion, shoul d be attached to this type of use are as follows. 1. Facility should be screened on all four sides in accordance with the provisions of Zoning Ordinance Section 6-600A (See Exhibit B). 2. Lighting for the facility should be arranged in accordance with the provisions of Section 6-600B.4 (See Exhibit B). 3. A fina 1 cond i tion which, a1 though not 1 isted in the Zon ing Ordinance, would be necessary. No repair or maintenance work shall be performed on any boat or vehicle while it is on the storage facility premises. Conclusion: If operated in accordance with the above listed condit~ons, this facility conforms to ordinance guidelines for G.C. activities. Recommendations: Contingent on approval of the accompanying rezoning request, staff finds no objection to approval of Special Conditional Use Permit SCU89-001, subject to the conditions listed in the analysis section of this report. ----- --- IlEECHA_ ! I ~ 1= .....-,~ ~ ~ .1 AIl,_T'" ., c I . A_TJlf: / }/ . /' / / LlArORn . i / I ---.----J..._ ______~---J / / / / ... ~ L C ... R-3 '" > . Yl!NTURl! c ... .. !l ... OflCHUO o z i " o ~ . R-2 ---- ---------- ----- "f , i -f ---- \ ) ~~/ 'l ~ . . Tract /n aue5hon I I t---.../ I la.LU... I ilVlTT-l I I 1...--___. I I L------l I I ~------' I I t-----., L____...J . / / / 692 A Ill.. 011 \ / llOIITCOM:IlT CATlETT lll. KL'UST lll. R- 693 701 706 705 703 702 704 701 -I 712 713 716 R- ------ .- ... ~. ... I. 1 --------------- + E. T. J. ---- -, EXHIBIT A 810~ ~PE.NGG.:R. . HI<:,Hw'AV 4. 04 'I AGR€~ \. ~ OJ ~ FRoPo6.e.o R~Al- tlF ~fJJ\l'lbIJAl- Vel+'c,(e.~ ~ (I) I OFFIGoe;. ] ~/.k., 1toWi. ~e.t'H1tL. (3) 4 ~L.e:~ AfCt4. I ~ I ~~~~ ~~~ ~~ :\ '4 o ~ 2- j Q. a :s I DFFICe. I ~ ~ ~ :; . ~ve.R ""1Gi\W"~ r(b.~ ::: lWAL FeN.~E..O Ar{EA 1*.8Lue. = Ret:RSA110~A L vaHrc.lrc- A~A- 1- T: 'iU-Ue ::- MO~ILc:c... HoM.e P.w~ ~ .5Al-E.~ ~ ~wtJ ":= PR.e;.~l ~ ~"D5iU) ~ibRA6-e... Af2..6.A EXHIBIT B (/ ( l, -42- 2. Screening is required in conformance with Section 6-600(A) of this Ordinance... 3. All yards adjacent to public right-of-way must be a minimum of ten feet (10'). 4. The minimum setback adjacent to any util i ty eas.ement shall be three feet (3'). 5. See Section 10-500 through Section 10-508, for additional requirements. !6. No sign shall be located in a sight triangle so as to obstruct traffic visibility at a level between three feet (3') ~nd six feet (6') as measured above adjacent road grade. Section 6 - 600 Special Use Performance Standards A. Reouired Screening 1. A planting strip shall consist of evergreen groundcover, and shall be of sufficient width and density to provide an effective screen. The planting strip shall contain no structures or other use. Such planting strip shall not be less than six feet (6') in height. Earth mounding or berms may be used, but shall not be used to achieve more than two feet (2') of the required screen. 2. Standards a. Width of planting strip - four feet (4'). b. Type of planting - evergreen. c. Size of plants - Minimal height of four feet (4') at time of planting. Must reach a height of six feet (6') within two (2) years. -d. Planting density - Such that within two (2) years of normal growth, a solid screen will be formed to a height of at least six feet (6') above adjacent grade. 3. Screening will be required in the following situations: a. Parking areas for recreational buildings, community centers, religious, and private and public educational institutions. b. Manufactured housing parks and subdivisions screened from abutting uses. 4. Required screening will count toward the required percentage (%) of landscaping. EXHIBIT C "",~-~._...-..-.,~~'~'-'-;'-'~"""~-'-~"'.''''--'--'" CJ (, c -43- B. Outdoor storage Open and outdoor storage as an accessory or principal use provided that: 1. The area is screened from view of neighboring residential uses or an abutting residential district in compliance with Section 6-600(A). 2. Storage is screened from view from the public right-of-way in compliance with Section 6-600(A). 73. Storage area is grassed or surfaced to control dust. 4. All lighting shall be hooded and so directed that the light source shall not be visible from the public right-of-way or from neighboring residences and shall be in compliance with Section 7-501(1)a. C. Outdoor Sales/Service Open or outdoor service, sale and rental as a principal or an accessory use and including sales in or from motorized vehicles, trailers, or wagons provided that: 1. Accessory outside service, sales and equipment rental connected with a principal use is limited to thirty percent (30%) of the gross floor area of the principal use. 2. Outside sales areas are fenced or screened from view of neighboring residential uses or an abutting residential district in compliance with Section 6-600(A). All lighting shall be hooded and so directed that the light source shall not be visible from the public righ-of-way for from neighboring residences and shall be in compliance with Section 7-501(1)A. 3. D. Traffic CQDtrol The traffic generated by a use shall be channelized and controlled in a manner that will avoid congestion on public streets, safety hazards or excessive traffic through residential areas. The traffic generated will not raise traffic volumes beyond the capacity of the surrounding streets. Vehicular access points shall be limited, shall create a minimum of conflict with through traffic movements, and shall be subject to the approval of Director of Community Development. Vehicular ingress lanes shall be large enough to accommodate peak use on the same lot without requiring the stopping or waiting of vehicles on public right-of-ways. Ingress lanes shall be from the least heavily travelled street wherever possible. EXHIBIT C