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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-11-07 G:ENDA PLANNING AND ZONNING COMMISSION Upy of IiIlk's's Council Chambers - EkAiding 'B" 201 North Ector Dtive Euless, Texas 7609 November 7, I5 5:30 Pre-- "c:immission Meeting (Downstairs Confers nce Rmmi - Buiid€nt, "?�"1 7:(X) Call to girder (Council Chambers - Iluildinc 'B') PLEDGE OIL ALLEGIANCE C -- Co rnissio ner MeMillon I VO ' TION - Commissioner Owens APPROVAL OF Rcpular meeting of October 17. 1995 1r PRELIMINARY PI.:AT #P-95-16 - :IA)T 29 BLOCK A, ADDITION Request of Charles E. Sutherland, agent for Nforna Enterprises No. V, for a preliminary plat. of 3,3515 acres out of the A. J, Eluitt Survey, A-684 loca.€.ed oar the north side of West Euless Ppoulevard and east of Vine Street II, SITE, DIAL 05-26-SP- OAK FOREST ADDITION Request of Cbriswphcr I', Culpepper for Woodmont Realty associates, for approval of a site plain for the construction of a grocery store, retail strip center and auto parts store. within a C-2 (Community Business District), located Oil the nortbw e t comer of North Main Street wid east Ha_rxvo Road III. PRELIMINARY PLAT #P-9.5-19 LOT 2� BLOCK 2, OAK FOREST" ADDITION Request of Charles C. Crook for Harw ocA Holdings Associates' 1-P- far a preliminary plat of 13,287 acres out of the J. M, Cummings Survey, A302; located on the northwest gamer of Nmlh Main Street and West. Harwood Road P.armi€ g, and Zoning A ends _ � November 7, 1995 TV. REPOTS POSTED THIS 3RD DAY OF NOVEMBER 19,95, AT P.M. :.: Individual Hof S tirsss gr%,t':3;c>rttE s YlFa €ss nf3c:fssi s�ist etr>Gf,'.'it tsate a tls-cyhi€al fhai ra cfu3xc r c sa£atrsnt—tart o!t the t?'swing.,plcww c;oa tt t css3r:sf{:e 3t <$€ Lf$-i<:?tS. b2G.trstttaoft 2� a3sr3. a.istsa usff ts; tMg4il<`.ss.�ztuti?f 3cYar zt ds. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION NOVEMBER 7,1995 MINUTES The Pre-Commission meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commfission was called to order by 'Chairman Ronald Young at 5.30 p.m., in the downstairs Administration Building Conference Room. our rri-embers of the Planning and Zoning Commission were in attendance. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CONSIDERATION OF SCHEDULED ITEMS - COUNCIL CHAMBERS. Chairman Ronald Young opened the Banning and Zoning Commission meeting at 7W p.m. for the consideration of scheduled items. He stated that four members of the Planning and Zoning Commission were present, Commissioners Bright: Eggers and McMillon were absent. Furthermore, the agenda for this meeting had been properly posted in accordance with, applicable law. MEMBERS & STAFF PRESENT MEMBERS ABSENT Chairman Ronald Young Nancy Bright George Zahn Keith Eggers Joy Baldwin Robert McMillon Billy Owens Randy J. Byers: Director of Public Works & Development Paul H. Kruckemeyer, , City Engineer So Bass, Deputy Director of Development Andrea Baxter, Assistant City Engineer Rod 'I'yler, City Planner Barbara Chambers, Office Supervisor Linda Lu,,<, Staff Secretary VISITORS PRESENT Tom Cox, Director of Economic Development Tedra Chetham, Economic Development Charles CrooK Weir & Associates, Inc. Chris Culpepper Jim Dewey, Dewey & Associates Charles Sutherland, Sandlian Trust Doug Galbraith, Callaway Architects PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING n PAGE TWO NOVEMBER 7, 1995 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION* The Pledge of Allegiance was given by Chairman Donald Young and the invocation was given by Commissioner Owens. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The motion to approve the Planning and Zoning Commission minutes of the October IT 10-95, meeting was made by Commissioner Zahn and seconded by Commissioner Owens. The vote was as follows: Ayes, Zahn, Owens, Baldwin. Young Nays: None The motion carried. ITEM 1, PRELIMINARY PLAN` P-95-1 - LOT 2, BLOCK A, MOMS$ ADDITION Request of Charles E. Sutheftnd, agent for Mama Enterprises Igoe V, for a preliminary plat of 3.3616 acres out of the A. J. Hint Survey, A-684s located on the nom side of West Fines Boulevard and east of Vie Stet Randy Byers, Director of Public Works and Development, introduced the preliminary plat and gave the gene ral location, He Mated the preliminary plat appears to meet the minimum requirements set forth in the City of Euless' Unified Development ,rode and therefore, recommended approval. He stated the Commissioners had received a letter from him dated Nove mber 1, 1995, stating the recommendation for approval was Subject to a correction being made on the face of the plat. The correction was a "Notice" stating "Selling a portion of this addition by metes and bounds is a violation of City Ordinance and Mate Law and is subject to fines and withholding of utilities and building permits", He stated the notice had been corrected and placed on the face of the Plat. Chairman Young stated the Preliminary Plat was a ministerial function and did not require the applicant to make a formal presentation. Paul Kruckemeyer. C ty Engineer,eer, stated o ne correction needed to be made to the metes and bounds description. The correction refers to a "west line" and should be clanged to an "east line", He also Mated the construction plans were In order. Commissioner Owens stated he mould like to spear to the motion after it was made. Commissioner Baldwin made the motio n to approve preliminary flat P-95-16, Lot 2: PLANNING AND ZONING O IS IO MEETING - PAGE THREE NOVEMBER 7, 1935 Block A of the Moma addition as presented. The motion was seconded by Co mmissioner Zahn. Commissioner Owens stated prior to coming to the meeting he had intentions of expressing a negative vote and asked that the record reflectt his concerns, He stated he had no objections on the case as presented, however, he felt like the City had not addressed (he emphasized this was a personal comment) the situation of the school kids crossing along the frontage at Hwy 10. He stated he was not present when the plat was before the Commissioners at the last meeting, He stated with the sidewalk across Racetrac, t he City and Developers missed a great opportunity to take care of a problem the City had, He stated he know it was not required for the developer to put sidewalks across the front of their property unless the City requests it be done. The City had not requested the sidewalk at this time, however, he felt the City was not facing their responsibilities to tape ware of the school kids, He stated the City is dumpi ng the school kids that comes out from the apartments to the south and from the south side of town into a busy thoroughfare such as Racetrac and Eden's Deal Estate. He state he was one of many that had these concer ns and stated he wanted someone fro m the wilderness to cry out that the City needed to do something, He stated the only way for him do this was as a citizen on this Body in order to tape care of the people on the south side of town. He would like for staff to see if here was a possibility of putting a sidewalk in front of the fence: to the west, between Racetrac and their property. He stated it would not make a o:ace for vandals and the police department has never brought this subject to the attention of the City. The City is asking Racetrac to allow the developer to connect the fence and he felt like this would work but not sore the problem of safety for the school kids. He admonished the City and Developer as they go on with the process to take ;a closer look at the situation, He stated the building was sitting 6--8 feet high with a grass slope going down to a metal fence which is in front of all apartments. He stated the City could put in sidewalks and the kris could walk along the sidewalk and there would be no damage to the people or the property. He stated in this case; the City was at fault in this situation and he had no problems with that because, once it is done, he was for whatever the majority of the people speak and he is for this project. However, as a good citizen; he thought the developer should tape another loop at the situation, as well as the City and see if something could be done in this regard. Commissioner Baldwin asked if the City had heard from Racetrac regarding the connection of the fence as outlined in the City's letter of October 25, 1995. Mr, Byers stated that Racetrac had not responded as of this date Chairman Young thanked Corn m#ssioner Owens for his thoughts, co mments a nd concer ns on this issue however, he informed the Commn ssioners they were present to consider only the technical merits of the plat riot the e motional merits of the plat. As a point of clarification, he stated the developer is providing acE-Ass across his street frontage. He PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING - PAGE FOUR NOVEMBER 7. 1995 stated personally, he did not feel the developer had a duty to provide access across the ;property. He also stalled, as a property owner, he would not wa nt to Provide a sidewalk or access for someone to wale through his property. Chairman ' € g called for a vote on the motion. The vote was as follows: Ayes: Commissioners Baldwin, Zahn, Young, Owens, Nays- alone The motion carried to approve Preliminary Plat #P-95-16 as presented. ITEM 11, SITE PLAN #96-26-SP a OAK FOREST ADDITION Request of Christopher P. Culpepper for Woodmont Realty Associates, for approval of a site plan for the construction of a grocery ire; retail SMp center and auto lam store Diu a C- (Communes Business District,), located on the northwest corner of North Main Stet and West Ha Road Ra ndy Byers, Director of Public Works and Development, introduced the Site Plan #95- 26-SP and gave the general location, He stated the Development Review Co€nmittee had reviewed the site plan and fond the information provided by the applicant to be consistent with the,coning and subdivision regulations of the Euless Unified Development Code arid, therefore, recd€€emended its approval. He stated the recommendation, however, was predicated on Planning and Zoning's and City Council's concurrence with staff's opinion that this plan is co nsistent with the inte nt of the landscape ordinance. Chairman Young informed the applicant that site plan approval is a ministerial function and did not require a formal presentation. Paul Krackemeyer, City Engineer, stated the applicant's engineer and architect had been working diligently on this protect and had worked very well with staff. He stated he thought the Co€amiss€o n had a very good product before them to be considered and he recommended approval. Randy Byers concurred with Mr. Kruckemeyer. Commissioner Baldwin stated she had noticed on the plans that the applicant would be able to save the one large peca n tree and she asked for assurance that this would be done. PLAN NI gG�pAND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING - PA FIVE Commissioner Owens expressed concerns regarding the northern exposure of the building and the proposed berm. He stated that staff had a nswered his questions regarding these concerns. He asked the applicant what his color scheme would be on the northern side of the building since it would be visible to traffic. Doug Galbraith, Callaway :architects, Meted they were proposing painted split face concrete bloct<s that would be € uted in color, He also stated they had increased then landscaping on the northern side with evergreen trees, youpon Dolly, live oak trees, etc, that would be 3-4 inch caliper trees. Commissioner Owe ns asked the applicant to exceed the € in€mu m sta ndards o n the size of trees, Mr, Galbraith stated they were leaving the one large peca n tree and they would not grade around the tree because pecan trees are sensitive. Commissioner Owe ns made the motion to approve Site Plan 95-226-Sly as presented and the motion was seconded by Commissioner Zahn. The vote was as follows,- Ayes'. Commissioners Owens, Zahn, Baldwin, Young Nays: None The motion carried. ITEM III, PRELIMINARY PLAT P-99w19 - LOT 2, BLOCK 2, OAK FOREST ADDITION Request of Charles C. Cmk for Harwood Holdings Associates, LP., for preliminary plat of 13.287 acres out of the Js M. Cummings Survey, A302.,. located on the norlvmat comer of North Main Street and 'meat Hard Road Randy J. Byers, Director of Public Works and Development, stated the preliminary plat had been submitted in sufficient form to warrant consideration by the Planning and Zoning Commission. The Development Review Committee had reviewed the preliminary plat and found it to meet the minimum requirements set forth €n the City of EUIess` Un€fled Development �ode and therefore, recommended approval of this plat. Paul Krucke€neyer, City Engineer, Mated the construction plans were substantially complete a nd in good order. Commissioner Ovens stated the applicant had progressed through the plan ni ng process rapidly and pushed ahead. He asked the applicant to follow the normal process if they PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING w PAGE SIX NOVEMBER 7y 1 9 had a sale on the remaining property or needed a quick closing, He informed the applicant that staff had worked a lot of hours trying to get this case before the Co mmissio ne rs and City Council, He also appreciated the staff teeing owner friendly, however, he would rather see cases flowing through the normal process. Corrrrt imon r Owens made the motion to approve Preliminary Plat #P-95-19 as presented and the motion was seconded by Commissioner Baldwin. The vote was as follows: styes. Commissioners Owens, Baldwin, Young, Zahn Nays: none The motion carried. IV. REPORTS, Chairman Young welcomed Boy Scout Troop #345 to the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. They were attending the meeting to ;yarn their Communication Badges. Part of the requirements for this Madge is to attend a city meeting and report back what they saw and heard. Commissioner Zahn also welcomed the troop and stated he was actively involved in Boy Scouts and offered to assist them in any way. He informed the Scoot blaster to get in touch with the City's Pars Department for projects relating to the Eagle Scouts. ADJOURNMENT.- There tieing no further business, the meeting- was adjourned at 7:24 P.M. Chairman Ronald Young Mato s � ;r.P&Z