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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-11-20 • • C Regular Meeting Planning and Zoning Commission November 20, 1979 CALL TO ORDER The regular meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission was called to order at 7:35 p.m. in the Council Chambers of Euless City Hall by Acting Chairman Carl Tyson. Other members present were Messrs. John Deithloff, Bob Eden, Robert McMillon, and Bob Williamson. Absent were Mrs. Helen Lightbody and Mr. Chris Jones. Also present were Director of Planning and Development Kent Flynn and Recording Secretary Diana Lucas. VISITORS Visitors in attendance were Mrs. Willie Mae McCormick, Messrs. Steven Crim, James Knight, and Rick Merritt. ® INVOCATION The invocation was given by Mr. Williamson. WELCOME OF NEW MEMBER Acting Chairman Tyson recognized Mr. Robert McMillon as a new member of the Planning and Zoning Commission. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Mr. Deithloff made a motion to approve the minutes of the regular meeting dated November 6, 1979, as written. Mr. Williamson seconded the motion and the vote was as follows: Ayes: Messrs. Deithloff, Williamson, Eden, McMillon, and Tyson. Nays: None Acting Chairman Tyson declared the motion carried. • • (Page Two, Regular Meeting, Planning and Zoning Commission, November 20, 1979) PUBLIC HEARING - ZONING CASE 299. REQUEST OF RICK MERRITT FOR CHANGE OF ZONING FROM "C-2" COMMUNITY BUSINESS DISTRICT TO "C-2 WITH SP" COMMUNITY BUSINESS DISTRICT WITH SPECIFIC USE PERMIT ON LOT 1 , BLOCK 2, S. W. MILLS ADDITION, LOCATED SOUTH OF WEST EULESS BOULEVARD (STATE HIGHWAY 10) AND WEST OF SIMMONS DRIVE. Acting Chairman Tyson stated the rules of a public hearing; proponents will be heard first, and then opponents. He opened the public hearing. Mr. Rick Merritt, 617 Stonehenge, Hurst, Texas, stated he represents this zoning case and requested the zoning change on subject property from "C-2" to "C-2 with SP" for a used car lot. He presented the Commission with pictures showing the present appearance of the property. He stated there is one abandoned car, busted glass, trash, and loose wiring on the site and that it is in very poor condition at present. ® Acting Chairman Tyson asked Mr. Merritt if he is the owner of this property. Mr. Merritt stated he is sub-leasing the property, subject to rezoning, from Premier Oil Company. Mr. Eden asked Mr. Merritt if he plans to improve subject property. Mr. Merritt stated he plans to replace all broken glass, repair or replace signs and concrete, install planters in front and trees on the west side of the property. He further stated that he has a car lot in Arlington and presented pictures of car lots representing the appearance he wants to achieve on subject lot. Acting Chairman Tyson asked Mr. Merritt if he will be doing any repair work to cars on the premises. Mr. Merritt stated that he will not employ a mechanic because he will send mechanical work elsewhere. He stated his father will be the lot attendant, and one porter will be employed to keep cars clean. He further stated there will be approximately thirty cars on the lot. C • • (Page Three, Regular Meeting, Planning and Zoning Commission, November 20, 1979) 41) Acting Chairman Tyson asked the number of cars on Mr. Merritt's lot in Arlington. Mr. Merritt stated he has forty cars on his Arlington lot, which is strictly wholesale, and added that subject lot will be retail only. He further stated he has a lease option on subject property until 1982. There being no further proponents and no opponents, Acting Chairman Tyson declared the public hearing closed and opened the discussion to Planning and Zoning Commissioners only. Mr. Eden stated he felt that if subject property is cleaned up as proposed, a used car lot would present a more pleasing appearance than the eyesore which exists there now. Mr. Eden made a motion to recommend to City Council that Zoning Case Number 299 be approved as presented. Mr. Williamson seconded the motion and the vote was as follows: Ayes: Messrs. Eden, Williamson, Deithloff, McMillon, and Tyson. Nays: None Acting Chairman Tyson declared the motion carried. II . CONSIDER PLATTING - FINAL PLATTING OF MIDWAY SQUARE ADDITION, PHASE TWO, LOCATED SOUTH OF EAST HARWOOD ROAD, NORTH OF AIRPORT FREEWAY, AND EAST OF INTERNATIONAL DRIVE. Mr. Steven Crim, Vice-President of Lomas and Nettleton, stated that L & N Consultants, a subsidiary of Lomas and Nettleton, owns subject property. He stated that he appeared before the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council several weeks ago to get approval of the final plat for the ROW for the ramp revision required by law to be given to the City by plat. He further stated that the development plans are exactly the same as when the project was initially approved several months ago as one plat, but that now two plats are being submitted. He further stated that on this date, L & N signed acceptance proposals from the contractor to build both the off-ramp and sixty-eight acres of the business park. He stated 4100 that Texas Power and Light Company has buried cable for underground II • • (Page Four, Regular Meeting, Planning and Zoning Commission, November 20, 1979) power across subject property and that ground will be broken before the end of the year on the off-ramp, blading and grading of Fuller-Wiser Road. He stated that construction time will be about one year. Acting Chairman Tyson stated he understands that the final plat is being reviewed for approval tonight, but that platting for development remains to be done. Mr. Flynn stated this is correct for the lots. Mr. Crim stated his company will sell off acreage to individuals and that they are platting in order to install public facilities, such as streets and utilities. He stated that minor technicalities which had arisen with the State Highway Department had been worked out with the help of City Staff. Acting Chairman Tyson stated that the November 15, 1979, letter from Kent Flynn to the Planning and Zoning Commission should be included in the minutes of this meeting. Mr. Deithloff asked Mr. Crim how many acres are owned by L & N. Mr. Crim stated that they own one- hundred and nine acres from Airport Freeway to Harwood Road. Acting Chairman Tyson asked if Midway Drive is completed to subject property. Mr. Crim stated Midway Drive is completed and dead-ends at their property line, which is essential for circulation because reconstruction of the ramp necessitates traffic flowing back out to Main Street and across the freeway. Mr. Flynn stated he wanted to make the Commission aware of plat consideration. He stated that the plat was approved previously as shown and the plans have not changed. He pointed out that Midpark Lane will be looked at by the Commission in the future. He stated he has been in contact with the developer of Euless Main Place, who is concerned with the location of Midpark Lane. He stated that the plat previously approved would place the entire ROW for Midpark Lane on the property of Euless Main Place even though it is a perimeter street to that addition. The developer of this addition, Hugh Waite, has contacted Mr. Flynn and requested that they be allowed to move Midpark Lane north so that it bisects their property so that they would have double frontage on the road. If this is not acceptable, he would prefer to have the road moved twenty-five feet to the south so that the property line between his property and American Diversified to the south would become the center line of 110 Midpark Lane, thereby causing equal assessment of the ROW and street paving costs from each property owner adjacent to the road. He further • 411 (Page Five, Regular Meeting, Planning and Zoning Commission, November 20, 1979) stated while the City does not feel like it should require Lomas and Nettleton to comply with this request since the plat has been previously approved, it would be recommended that this plat be altered to accommodate these whishes if Lomas and Nettleton does not object. Mr. Crim stated that his company would not object to moving the road twenty-five feet to the south but felt obligated to guarantee American Diversified frontage on Midpark Lane. He stated that they would therefore be against moving the road northward to accommodate Mr. Waite's wishes to bisect his property with the road. He further stated that he had been in contact with American Diversified by telephone and they stated that they were willing to pay for one-half of the street improvements to Midpark Lane so long as they could maintain frontage on the road. He concluded that Lomas and Nettleton's only concern was that they not be delayed in their plat approval by accom- modating these wishes to move the location of Midpark Lane twenty-five feet southward because his company wanted to secure financing which is pending upon tonight's plat approval . There followed a discussion among Planning and Zoning Commissioners as to the merits of moving Midpark Lane twenty-five feet to the south. Mr. Eden made a motion recommending plat approval to the City Council subject to the relocation of Midpark Lane twenty-five feet to the south of its present location. Mr. Deithloff seconded the motion and the vote was as follows: Ayes: Messrs. Eden, Deithloff, McMillon, Tyson, and Williamson. Nays: None Acting Chairman Tyson declared the motion carried and opened the floor for discussion of any new business. Mr. Flynn distributed some materials which he said Councilman Walker had obtained at a seminar in Houston, sponsored by the Texas Municipal League. He explained that these materials related to principles of zoning and land management and represented a good reference source for Commissioners in their platting and zoning deliberations. He stated that land management is a very popular issue among many Texas cities in this period of growth brought upon by the "Sunbelt Phenomena" and the need for fiscal management to provide services for that growth. He stated that he greatly appreciated Councilman Walker's interest in providing these materials for the Commission and that he would be happy to discuss any of these materials with the Commissioners after they have had an opportunity to look at it over the holidays. C 4 (Page Six, Regular Meeting, Planning and Zoning Commission, November 20, 1979) Mr. Flynn stated that these planning issues had recently become popular topics in the Mid-Cities area and stated that he would like to update the Commissioners on the City Staff's planning efforts. He stated that recently the City Manager had reorganized Staff responsibilities in such a way as to free more time for providing the Commission's requested land use and zoning information. He stated that this reorganization had been done in such a way as to maintain these services currently provided to current development activities. He further stated that the City is now advertising to fill the vacant Urban Planner position and expect to have the position filled by the first of the year. We should be able to complete the requested updated land use and zoning information within one-hundred and twenty days upon the filling of this position. Mr. Flynn concluded that he felt the City could now make substantial progress in the area of ordinance revision and information supply to the Commission. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8: 15 p.m. APPROVIt , , : Acting' Chairman