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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977-10-18 Regular Meeting Planning and Zoning Commission October 18, 1977 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 Chairman Carl Tyson. Other members present were Messrs. Winn Porter, Bob Eden, Neal Adams, Robert Johnson, Sam Munir, and Mrs. Helen Lightbody. Also present were Director of Planning and Development Rick Barnes and Recording Secretary Becky Gunter. VISITORS Visitors in attendance were Messrs. Coy B. Moon, Theron Bonham, Floyd D. Culbertson, Jim Culbertson, H. M. Newberry, and Mesdms. Willie Mae McCormick and H. M. Newberry. INVOCATION The invocation was given by Mr. Johnson. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Mr. Porter made a motion to approve the minutes of the regular meeting dated October 4, 1977, as written. Mr. Eden seconded the motion and the vote is as follows: Ayes: Messrs. Porter, Eden, Adams, Tyson, Johnson, Munir, and Lightbody Nays: None Chairman Tyson declared the motion carried. (Page Two, Regular Meeting, Planning and Zoning Commission, October 18, 1977) PUBLIC HEARING - ZONING CASE NO. 264 REQUEST OF CULBERTSON APARTMENTS FOR CHANGE OF ZONING FROM "R-1" SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO "R-5" MULTIPLE- FAMILY HIGH DENSITY DWELLING DISTRICT ON LOT 5 AND A PORTION OF LOT 4, RAY SHELTON SUBDIVISION. (PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HARWOOD ROAD, EAST OF NORTH MAIN STREET, WEST OF FULLER-WISER ROAD) Chairman Tyson stated the rules of a public hearing; proponents of the zoning case will be heard first and then opponents of the zoning case. Mr. Jim Culbertson stated he is in the real estate business. His brother, Floyd, has been practicing law in this area for more than forty years and his other brother, Sam, has been developing $90,000. to $100,000. homes in Colleyville for the past ten years. They have built real estate developments for a number of years. It has been a personal dream of the family to build a quality, luxuary complex for people of upper and middle income. They believe the Harwood Road entrance to the airport will be opened in a short period of time and do not believe there will be an East entrance on Loop 9 for some years thereafter. They also believe that most of the traffic that will eventually come out of the West entrance into Harwood Road will be people that are of good income and want to reside fairly close to the airport. Rather than wait until the entrance is opened up when the cost of construction will be much higher, they want to go ahead and begin construction on a complex of apartments that they feel will be among the best in the City of Euless with prices that will make it easy for people now employed in the airport area to afford. Specifically, they intend to build the apartments with half again as many conveniences within the building as other apartments in the area. Recently, there have been some apartments constructed that averaged between 500 and 700 square feet. They propose renting the same size apartments, one and two bedroom, with from 900 to 1000 square feet. Financing has been arranged contingent on the "R-5" zoning. The distance from the West entrance of the airport, down Harwood Road to the new apartments would be the same distance as from the Love Field terminal front door to the Ramada and Executive Inns. They plan to begin construction by the end of November if the City approves the zoning and the plans, and will be completed by the end of next spring or the middle of next summer. There is no financial difficulty and they see no problem in closing two buildings at a time and filling them so that by the time the last building is completed, 80% of the complex will be occupied. (Page Three, Regular Meeting, Planning and Zoning Commission, October 18, 1977) Chairman Tyson asked Mr. Culbertson if he has a plot plan showing the location of the apartments on the property. Mr. Culbertson stated they have tentative drawings showing the general size, dimensions, shape, and exterior. Where most other buildings in the area are wood shingle and stucco, they propose all of their buildings to be rock and brick, which is solid construc- tion that will last the duration of a thirty year loan. One of the reasons for this is because they propose to not only be the builder, but also the owner and manager of the apartments. Mr. Theron Bonham is from West Texas and has built apartments in the past. Rather than hire him and his staff as contractors to build the apartments, they have been made a part owner of the apartments for thirty years. The sewer hook ups have been worked out with the property owner to the East. One of the stipulations is an agreement to contribute part of the money for their digging of the ditch, which they do plan to comply with. There has never been any sewer lines along Fuller- Wiser Road or East Harwood Road. However, since Meadowview Addition is to be developed on the property to the East, this makes it possible for them to sewer this property without the extreme expense of connecting to the sewer line from Main Street, and at no expense to the City. The tax base will be three times more for apartments on this acerage than it would be for regular homes as in Meadowview Addition. Chairman Tyson asked what the total number of units will be on the property. Mr. Culbertson stated they will have twenty-four units per acre times 14.6 acres minus 12 acres for dedication, which leaves approximately 13 acres times twenty-four units per acre, or 312 units. Chairman Tyson asked how many stories high the building will be. Mr. Culbertson stated the buildings will be two story buildings following the City ordinances on design. They have given a considerable amount of thought to added security and protection of the people that will live in these apartments. Chairman Tyson asked Mr. Culbertson if he had investigated the sound level reduction requirements that will be needed. Mr. Culbertson stated the engineer checked into this and stated that since the property is located West of the zone line, they are in a minimum noise level and anticipate no trouble in meeting the requirements. Chairman Tyson asked Mr. Barnes which noise level the property is in. Mr. Barnes stated it is in zone A-1 . (Page Four, Regular Meeting, Planning and Zoning Commission, October 18, 1977) Mr. Culbertson stated they do not have any swimming pools or tennis courts because there is not enough space. Mrs. Lightbody asked what impact this would have on the school system. Chairman Tyson stated North Euless Elementary would be the elementary school effected. Mr. Adams stated there is a proposed school sight just North of the property on the extension of Ash Lane. Chairman Tyson stated the school district indicated that a school would not be built at that sight. However, at that time, the development of these apartments as well as Oakwood Acres Estates was not known. Chairman Tyson asked if the twenty- four units per acre with the 900 to 1000 square feet for the two bedroom had already been worked out. Mr. Culbertson stated this is correct. There will be no efficiency, three or four bedroom apartments. The apart- ments will have two floors; upstairs and downstairs on the front, and the back will be either upstairs or downstairs. Mr. Johnson asked Mr. Culbertson to clarify the distance comparison mentioned earlier concerning Love Field. Mr. Culbertson passed out copies of a map showing the location of the apartments and the proposed West airport entrance. He stated the Master Plan taken from the Airport Regional Board' s books shows that Harwood Road goes under Highway 360. The Highway Depart- ment says that they have already scheduled the completion of Highway 360 North after 121A is completed. It will be from twelve to fifteen years before Loop 9 is built on the East side of the airport. The International Trade Center is proposed on the 280 acres just inside the airport entrance. Approval of this should come by the end of this year and, if this is approved, in the year 1978, the Dallas/Fort Worth Regional Airport Board may build a gateway of their own out to Harwood Road. Chairman Tyson asked Mr. Culbertson if he has built apartments before. Mr. Culbertson stated he has not, but he has built about 900 houses. However, Mr. Bonham has built several apartments and they are relying on him, the engineer, and the architect. Chairman Tyson asked if he has developed an addition in this area. (Page Five, Regular Meeting, Planning and Zoning Commission, October 18, 1977) Mr. Culbertson stated he has built homes in Colleyville in the Brighten Oaks Addition, Plymouth Hills Addition, Stafford Rights Addition and in the Chelsey Part I and Chelsey Part II Additions which are presently valued at between $80,000. and $90,000. Chairman Tyson asked Mr. Culbertson if he presently owns the subject property. Mr. Culbertson stated he and his brothers have owned the property, which was acquired in three tracts, for many years. Chairman Tyson asked what the designated use of the property is according to the Future Land Use Map. Mr. Culbertson stated the Eastern 9.7 or 9.8 acres is designated "C-2" Community Business District and the Western 5.4 acres is designated "R-3" Multiple Family Dwelling District with a limit of twelve units per acre. Chairman Tyson asked if there was anyone else who wanted to speak in favor of the zoning case. There were none. Chairman Tyson asked if there was anyone who wanted to speak in opposition to the zoning case. Mr. H. N. Newberry stated he lives directly across from where the apartments will be located and he does not want the apartments to be built there. Chairman Tyson asked Mr. Newberry if his only objection is to the multi-family and asked what kind of impact he expects from the apartments. Mr. Newberry stated he does not really know what kind of impact this will cause but he would rather have the property developed for some other use than apartments. Mr. Eden stated he owns property in the immediate area and will , therefore, abstain from voting. However, he would like to state that he is in favor of the zoning case. Mr. Culbertson asked Mr. Eden if he feels this will increase the value of his property. Mr. Eden stated he feels it would. However, if, like Mr. Newman, your home is on the property, the increase in value would not have any affect as the property would not be for sale. (Mr. Eden left the meeting at this time. ) (Page Six, Regular Meeting, Planning and Zoning Commission, October 18, 1977) Mr. Culbertson stated they plan to have a brick fence and a rock driveway across the front of the two-story rock and brick apartments which will keep children from coming out to the gate and running across Harwood Road. Chairman Tyson asked Mr. Culbertson if the street leading into the apartments will be a public or private street. Mr. Culbertson stated if they can have an asphalt as opposed to concrete street, they will probably dedicate it to the City. However, if the City requires that it be concrete, which is considerably more expensive than asphalt, they will keep it as a private street. It will be of sufficient width to allow parking on either side of the street and still allow three cars to go side by side down the middle. Mr. Johnson asked if parking will be provided off of the road behind or between the apartments. Mr. Culbertson stated additional parking will be provided between the apartments. Mr. Johnson asked if there will only be one entrance into the apartments. Mr. Culbertson stated this is correct. Chairman Tyson asked if the financing company had any objections to not having swimming pools or tennis courts. Mr. Culbertson stated they had no objections. The land that the swimming pool and tennis court would be located on would not be making a profit as there would be no rent income. Chairman Tyson asked Mr. Culbertson if he has had any experience with other apartment owners which did not have a swimming pool or tennis courts. Mr. Culbertson stated that Dallas has thousands of new apartments since January 1st of this year and less than 5% have swimming pools or tennis courts. The people now want a good place to live that is less expensive than a house that would cost from $50,000. to $80,000. The average citizen could not afford what would have to be charged if a swimming pool and tennis court were built. Mr. Adams made a motion to recommend approval of Zoning Case No. 264, request of Culbertson Apartments for change of zoning from "R-1" Single Family Residential to "R-5" Multiple-Family High Density Dwelling District on Lot 5 and a portion of Lot 4 of the Ray Shelton Subdivision as presented. (Page Seven, Regular Meeting, Planning and Zoning Commission, October 18, 1977) Mr. Porter seconded the motion and the vote is as follows: Ayes: Messrs. Adams, Porter, Tyson, Johnson, Munir, and Mrs. Lightbody Nays: None Abstain: Mr. Eden Chairman Tyson declared the motion carried. II . VICE-CHAIRMAN Mr. Johnson made a motion to elect Mr. Adams as Vice-Chairman. Mr. Porter seconded the motion and the vote is as follows : Ayes: Messrs. Johnson, Porter, Tyson, Munir, and Mrs. Lightbody Nays: None Abstain: Mr. Adams Chairman Tyson declared the motion carried. III . ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 9:05 p.m. APPROVE if aja , Chairman ,/