HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-19-14 Regular Meeting of the Planning and Zoning CommissionPlanning and Zoning Commission
Minutes of June 19, 2014
Commissioners Present: Richard Warren, Helen LaCour, Mark Follis, Wyatt Smith, and Hal Lawler
Commissioners Absent: Phillip Hoot, Doretta Finch, Lou Ann Martin, and Les Bird
City Staff Present: Assistant City Manager Traci Leach, Planning Director Tim Tietjens, City
Planner Eric Ensey, GIS Manager Brian Sterling, City Attorney Knox
Askins, and Planning Coordinator Peggy Lee
1. Call to order.
Meeting called to order by Chairman Hal Lawler at 6:00 p.m.
2. Roll Call of Members.
Commissioners Warren, LaCour, Follis, Smith, and Lawler were present for roll call.
3. Consider approval of meeting minutes: May 15, 2014.
Motion by Commissioner Warren to approve the May 15, 2014, meeting minutes
Second by Commissioner LaCour. Motion carried.
Ayes: Commissioners Warren, LaCour, Follis, Smith, and Lawler
Nays:
4. Consider a recommendation for approval to the City Council of a request by the applicant Jose
Angel Sandoval Jr. (on behalf of the property owner Eddie V. Gray, Trustee) to rezone the
property known as Reserve 1 of the Fairmont Park East Business Park Reserves 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6
subdivision plat from GC, General Commercial, to R-1, Low Density Residential.
Chairman Lawler opened the public hearing at 6:04 p.m.
City Planner Eric Ensey presented Staff's Report for a request by Jose Sandoval to rezone a .809
acre site along Farrington Boulevard to the east and north of Fairmont Parkway from General
Commercial to Low Density Residential for the purpose of constructing a single family residence
at some point in the future. The City did not receive any responses from the public notification
mailout.
Angel Sandoval, the applicant, requested favorable consideration of the rezone. Mr. Sandoval
does not plan to build a home on the property for another 2-3 years.
Chairman Lawler closed the public hearing at 6:19 p.m.
Motion by Commissioner Follis to recommend approval to the City Council for rezoning Reserve
1 of the Fairmont Park Business Park Reserves 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6 subdivision plat from General
Commercial (GC) to Low Density Residential (R-1), subject to the condition that the applicant be
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required to replat the subject property to remove the current commercial restriction from the
Fairmont Park East Business Park subdivision plat, within six months from the date of Council
approval.
Second by Commissioner Warren. Motion carried.
Ayes: Commissioners.Warren, LaCour, Follis, Smith, and Lawler
Nays:
S. Discussion or other action regarding current and potential provisions related to hotels/motels.
City Planner Eric Ensey recapped the Commission's recommendation from the May 15, 2014,
meeting on amendments to the City's regulations concerning hotel/motel development,
generally described as follows:
Amend the Code of Ordinances, Section 106-441, Table A, Footnote 4, from "adjacent to" to
"within 250 feet" and require a special conditional use permit for any hotel/motel development
within 250 feet of any residential development. This would also apply to hotels/motels that may
develop within the industrial zones, since uses in the GC zoning district are also allowed in the
industrial zones.
The Commission agreed the changes should be incorporated with the overall amendments to
Chapter 106 of the Code of Ordinances.
Additionally, the Commission requested there be a requirement for hotel/motel developments
to install security cameras at building ingress/egress locations. Staff will develop verbiage to
that effect for further review by the Commission.
6. Update on progress of Chapter 106 Zoning Ordinance Review.
City Planner Eric Ensey provided the Commission with a draft set of design guidelines for
neighborhood commercial, general commercial and business industrial zones. The
subcommittee is working to incorporate these guidelines into Chapter 106.
Subcommittee members discussed their progress and are planning to present the Chapter 106
updates to the Commission at the July or August meeting.
7. Administrative Reports
Planning Director Tim Tietjens welcomed Commissioner Wyatt Smith to the group. Mr. Tietjens
spoke of the upcoming American Planning Association Conference being an excellent
educational opportunity for new members.
S. Commission Comments on matters appearing on the agenda or inquiry of staff regarding specific
factual information or existing policy.
Commissioners welcomed Mr. Smith to the Commission. Mr. Smith thanked staff for their
assistance in preparing him for the meeting.
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9. Adjourn
Motion by Commissioner Warren to adjourn. Second by Commissioner LaCour. Motion carried.
Ayes: Commissioners Warren, LaCour, Follis, Smith, and Lawler
Nays:
Chairman Lawler adjourned the meeting at 6:50 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Peggy
Secretary, Planning and Zoning Commission
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Hal Lawler
Chairman, Planning and Zoning Commission