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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-12-05 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DECEMBER 5, 2000 MINUTES The regular meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission was called to order by Vice Chairman Richard McNeese at 6:30 p.m. for consideration of scheduled items in the Council Chambers in Building "B" of the Municipal Building. Vice Chairman Richard McNeese stated that four out of seven members of the Planning and Zoning Commission were present. MEMBERS AND STAFF PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT Vice Chairman Richard McNeese Chairman Robert McMillon Mike Grove Gene Sloan John Deithloff Bill Tarin Ron Hughes Bo Bass, Director of Planning and Development Ron Young, Assistant Director of Public Works / City Engineer Eric Wilhite, Planning and Development Manager Gary Johnson, Senior Civil Engineer Kurt Kasson, Building Official Donna Brown, Administrative Secretary VISITORS: John Wallace Naomi J. Svochak Richard Charlton Carroll Scott Brian Cotter Walter Elliott THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION: The Pledge of Allegiance was given by Commissioner Grove, and the Invocation was given by Vice Chairman McNeese. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Commissioner Deithloff made the motion to approve the minutes of November 21, 2000, with changes to the first paragraph, last sentence from "Vice Chairman McNeese stated" to "Chairman Robert McMillon stated"; and add Commissioner Sloan to the Ayes of Items I, II, and III. Commissioner Grove seconded the motion. The vote was as follows: Ayes: Vice Chairman McNeese, Commissioners Deithloff, Grove, Hughes Nays: None The motion carried. C Planning and Zoning Agenda Page 2 December 5, 2000 REGULAR AGENDA ITEM 1 CASE #00-14-SUP — HOLD PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AND CONSIDER A RECOMMENDATION FOR ORDINANCE NO. 1456 Receive public input regarding a request for a Specific Use Permit on Samuel Tucker Survey, A-1512, portions of Tracts 4B & 6C, for a Retail/ Dry Cleaning Plant in C-2 zoning (Community Business District), and consider a recommendation regarding Ordinance No. 1456. This property is located in the vicinity of 801 East Mid-Cities Boulevard. Vice Chairman McNeese opened the Public Hearing. Mr. McNeese gave rules governing a public hearing. Mr. Eric Wilhite, Planning and Development Manager, gave a brief overview of this case. Mr. Wilhite stated the SUP was required because of the dry cleaning plant approximately 2,000 sq. ft. with 1,000 sq. ft. being the pick up and drop off. He stated the dry cleaning plant would be the northern boundary of this site. He stated staff recommended approval. Mr. Brian Cotter, Fuller Cotter & Associates, 1805-C West Park Row, Arlington, Texas, stated he was representing Mr. John Wallace, owner of the property. Mr. Cotter stated this was phase one, which consists of the dry cleaners and retail. He stated that they had exceeded the landscape requirements by double the amount. He stated the monument ground sign would be with the same stone to fit with the surrounding area. He stated there would be good looking trees, flowering shrubs, to mitigate the parking. He asked that the request be granted. There was no proponents/opponents present. Vice Chairman McNeese closed the Public Hearing. Commissioner Hughes asked what type of cleaning plant would be built, drop off or full processing facility. Mr. Cotter replied yes that it would be a full processing cleaners. Mr. Hughes stated the application had mentioned a carwash, and asked if that had been omitted, and if so would he fill out another application leaving the car wash off. Mr. Cotter stated that the site plan before them had no reference to the car wash. He stated this was a one phase project and the car wash may be at a later date. He stated there was a problem with the shared access to the west and had a difficulty of obtaining the access easement. Mr. Wilhite stated that staff would give him a new application to be completed omitting the reference to a car wash. Commissioner Grove stated the SUP was required due to the dry cleaning p lant and Planning and Zoning Agenda Page 3 December 5, 2000 was concerned that the facility be the state of the art and every consideration to being environmental safe as well as OSHA and EPA approved. He stated concerns with the visibility of the NC units on top of the building. He stated he would like to see something other than a flat roof. Mr. Cotter suggested planting tall evergreen trees on the north side of the building. Mr. Cotter stated a parapet wall was on one side of the elevation. Commissioner Grove stated he would like for the motion to include a parapet wall on all sides of the elevation. He also stated that the application should be corrected so that it would not reflect a car wash. Mr. Cotter stated they did not have a problem with the wall. Vice Chairman McNeese asked if Mr. Wallace was the owner of the property would be the sole principal partnership in that entity. Mr. Wallace stated he was the sole principal owner. Mr. McNeese asked who would operated the business. Mr. Wallace stated he had a customer to run the business. Mr. McNeese stated the reason he wanted to know this was that the SUP is usually tied to the operator of the business. Mr. Wallace stated the "Shady Grove Car Wash" was owned by himself, and his wife. He stated the dry cleaners would be operated by a group headed by Chris Ball, Comet Cleaners. Mr. McNeese asked Mr. Wallace how long the agreement would be with Comet Cleaners. Mr. Wallace stated the lease would be 5 years with the option for 3 additional years. Mr. Wallace stated that Mr. Ball would prefer hiring people from Euless to have the cleaning on site. Mr. McNeese asked if Mr. Ball had other franchises in other cities. Mr. Wallace stated that Mr. Ball had about 15 other franchises in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. Mr. McNeese asked if a lease had been signed and Mr. Wallace replied no. Commissioner Deithloff stated he would like to tie the SUP with the ownership/tenant. Commissioner Hughes stated he was concerned about the appearance of the rooftop to the east and would like to see the parapet wall on all elevations. Commissioner Grove made the motion to approve the recommendation of Case #00- 14-SUP with the following conditions: 1) That the parapet wall be extended to cover all side of building elevations to eliminate the negative visual impacts of the equipment located on the roof. 2) That the tenant install a closed cleaning system that will be operated in accordance with all federal OSHA and federal EPA and the State of Texas regulations governing all types of equipment. 3) Tie this SUP to the current ownership with a 3 year time limit and at the end of the 3 years and if he proves up to be a good neighbor then the applicant reapply, with the applicant being Shady Grove Car Wash owned by Bill Wallace. Commissioner Deithloff seconded the motion. The vote was as follows: Ayes: Vice Chairman McNeese, Commissioners Deithloff, Grove, Hughes Nays: None The motion carried. Planning and Zoning Agenda Page 4 December 5, 2000 ITEM 2 CASE #00-12-SP —CONSIDER A RECOMMENDATION FOR A SITE PLAN Consider a recommendation regarding a request for a Site Plan for Retail/ Dry Cleaning Plant proposed to be located at Samuel Tucker Survey, A- 1512, portions of Tracts 4B & 6C, in the vicinity of 801 East Mid-Cities Boulvard. Mr. Eric Wilhite, Planning and Development Manager, gave a brief overview of this case. He stated this Site Plan (SP) was for 1800 sq. ft. retail and the 3000 sq. ft. dry cleaning plant as previously discussed. Mr. Wilhite stated staff recommended approval. Commissioner Grove stated he was in favor of the site plan but would like to see the roof top parapet wall continue around the entire elevation. Vice Chairman McNeese stated for the record, that the site plan application be revised to omit the request for a car wash since it has been removed from the drawing. Commissioner Hughes asked where employee parking would be located and how many employees would be employed. Mr. Brian Cotter, Cotter and Assoc., Arlington Texas stated the cleaners would encourage their employees to park in the 6 western spaces to the property. Mr. Hughes asked if there would be a next phase that would provide another outlet to the parking area. Mr. Cotter stated there would be access to the west as a mutual access easement with that particular owner. Commissioner Deithloff made the motion to approve the recommendation of Case #00- 12-SP as presented with the following corrections: 1) That the Site plan application be resubmitted omitting the request for a car wash. 2) The new Site Plan elevations be resubmitted showing the parapet wall on all elevations. Commissioner Hughes seconded the motion. The vote was as follows: Ayes: Vice Chairman McNeese, Commissioners Deithloff, Grove, Hughes, Nays: None The motion carried. ITEM 3 CASE #00-06-ZC — PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A ZONING CHANGE AND CONSIDER A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING ORDINANCE NO. 1457 Receive public input regarding a request for a Zoning Change of B. F. Crowley, A-320, Tract 4, Oakwood Acres Estates, Block 1, Lots 1 and 2 from R-1 zoning (Single Family Detached Dwelling District) into R-1 L zoning (Single Family Limited Dwelling District) and consider a recommendation regarding Ordinance No. 1457. This property is located in the 1700 block of N. Main. Planning and Zoning Agenda Page 5 December 5, 2000 C Vice Chairman McNeese opened the Public Hearing. Mr. Eric Wilhite, Planning and Development Manager, gave a brief overview of this zoning change. He stated DRC recommended approval. Mr. Mark Wilson, Brentgate Homes, 7317 Bryan Drive, Plano, Texas, stated needed an increase in density to get an upscale home with increased amenities. Mr. Phil Landers, 200 Trailwood Drive, Euless, Texas, stated he was in favor of this zoning change. He stated he had been a resident since 1959. He stated he owns Trailwood Homes and would be building about 1/3 of the lots in this subdivision. He stated he felt the upscale project is what Euless needs in this land. He stated it would be desirable and raise the property value in the area. There was no proponents/opponents present. Vice Chairman McNeese closed the Public Hearing. Commissioner Hughes asked what the homes would sell for. Mr. Wilson stated they would sell for $180,000 to $250,000. Mr. Hughes asked what type of product would the homes be. He Wilson stated they would have the Old World Theme. Mr. Hughes asked why the R-1 zoning could not be met. Mr. Wilson stated that would not be economically feasible. Mr. Hughes stated concerns about the negative impact to the surrounding neighbors to the north with drainage. Mr. Wilson stated there had been a drainage study and there did not appear to be a problem. Mr. Hughes asked what the plan would be for fencing on the north property line. Mr. Wilson stated there would be a wood fence to the north. Commissioner Grove asked what the other 2/3 of the property would be built as. Mr. Wilson stated they would also be the "Old World Theme" because that would be himself as the builder. Mr. Grove asked what the smallest sq. ft. would be for the subdivision, and how many lots. Mr. Wilson stated the smallest lot would be 5500 sq. ft. lot and 39 total lots. Mr. Grove asked if he would be willing to give up a couple of lots to make the lot lines line up with the property lot lines to the north. Mr. Wilson stated if would probably kill the project due to the fact that three lots had already been given up. Commissioner Deithloff stated he felt that R-1 to R-1 L would be best use for the land. Vice Chairman McNeese asked what other projects had Brentgate Homes had in the area. Mr. Wilson stated he had been in the business since 1979. He stated that over the years he had built other subdivisions in the Carolina's, now in Dallas, Proper. He stated he had built in Buffalo Creek, Willow Bend in Plano, Double Oak, Copper Canyon, and Denton. Mr. McNeese asked how he would approach the project, with r percentages of spec construction verses contract homes. Mr. Wilson stated they would build a model first. He stated they would have three or four spec homes from that and Planning and Zoning Agenda Page 6 December 5, 2000 the rest would be build jobs. Mr. McNeese asked what the average construction time would be needed for each product on the ground. Mr. Wilson stated each home would be about four months and the maximum five months. Mr. Wilson stated the minimum sq. ft. for a home would be 1600 sq. ft. and the maximum would be 2600 sq. ft. although some of the lot sizes would allow a 3500 sq. ft. home to be built. Commissioner Hughes made the motion to approve the recommendation of Case #00- 06-ZC as presented. Commissioner Deithloff seconded the motion. The vote was as follows: Ayes: Vice Chairman McNeese, Commissioners Deithloff, Grove, Hughes, Nays: None The motion carried. ITEM 4 CASE #00-11-PP— CONSIDER A PRELIMINARY PLAT Consider a request for a Preliminary Plat changing Kitty House Survey, A- 678, a portion of Tract A, and D into International/Regional Industrial Complex, Block E, Lots 9 and 10. This property is located at 1300 and 1310 Westpark Way. Mr. Eric Wilhite, Planning and Development Manager, gave a brief overview of this request for a preliminary plat. He stated DRC recommended approval. There was no discussion among the commissioners. Commissioner Hughes made the motion to approve Case #00-11-PP as presented. Commissioner Deithloff seconded the motion. The vote was as follows: Ayes: Vice Chairman McNeese, Commissioners Deithloff, Grove, Hughes Nays: None The motion carried. ITEM 5 REPORTS There were no reports. ITEM 6 DIRECTOR'S REPORT Mr. Ron Young, City Engineer gave an appreciation announcement to Mr. Bo Bass as being the Director of Planning and Development for many years. He stated that Mr. Bass was leaving the City of Euless to go to work with the City of Bedford. Mr. Young complimented Mr. Bass on his hard work with the department and commissioners for a lot of time spent in Planning and Zoning Meetings and will be missed. Mr. McNeese gave his appreciation as well for the time and knowledge he had learned from Mr. Bass. Planning and Zoning Agenda Page 7 December 5, 2000 C Adjournment: There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 7:37 p.m. !/<!o «0‘ ftiy col —S .?o0 0 76A-- Chairman McMillon Date C C