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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - City Council - 1986 - 11/19 - WorkshopALLEN CITY COUNCIL ALLEN PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION CALLED - SPECIAL WORKSHOP SESSION NOVEMBER 19, 1986 Present: Allen City Council Donald P. Rodenbaugh, Mayor Rex Womack Jerry Wilson (arrived at 7:25 p.m.) Jim Wolfe Jim Pendleton (arrived at 7:30 p.m.) Jack Pennington Absent: Joe Farmer, Mayor Pro Tem Allen Planning & Zoning Commission Bobby Glass, Chairman Wayne Armand, Vice Chairman Eileen Karlsruher, Secretary Ken Browning Carolyn Latimer Absent: Charles Lee John Garcia City Staff: Jon McCarty, City Manager Marty Hendrix, City Secretary Bill Petty, Director of Community Development Tom Keener, Development Coordinator The called - special workshop session of the Allen City Council was called to order by Mayor Rodenbaugh at 7:14 p.m. on Wednesday, November 19, 1986, in the lunchroom area of the Allen Municipal Annex, One Butler Circle, Allen, Texas. The called - special workshop session of the Allen Planning and Zoning Commission was called to order by Chairman Glass at 7:14 p.m. on Wednesday, November 19, 1986, in the lunchroom area of the Allen Municipal Annex. Statement of the Purpose of the Workshop (Agenda Item II) City Manager Jon McCarty advised the Council and the Commission of the purpose of the meeting which is to provide an orderly, progressive, and meaningful discussion between the City Council and the Planning & Zoning Commission to consider recommendation of specific sections of the text of the Compre- hensive Zoning Ordinance, to review use and area regulations for proposed zoning districts, and to receive input from the City Council on conceptual planning issues presently being examined by the Planning & Zoning Commission. Mr. McCarty then reviewed the areas that had been covered in the previous meetings held on July 29, 1986 and August 13, 1986. ALLEN CITY COUNCIL/ ALLEN PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION NOVEMBER 19, 1966 Page 2 Statement of the Purpose of the Workshop (cont'd) (Agenda Item II) Bill Petty, Director of Community Development, spoke before the Council and the Commission on new zoning districts that needed to be created. One district was the "PH" Patio Home or "GH" Garden Home District. Mr. Petty advised that city staff preferred to use the designation of "GH" Garden Home District rather than "PH" Patio Home. Mr. Petty then reviewed the purpose of this district and the use regulations, height regulation, area regulations, size of lots, lot coverage, minimum dwelling size and building regulations. Mr. McCarty pointed out that on page 13 of the handout It was the consensus of the Council and the Commission materials that had been distributed to the Council and the Commission, items H and I had been dealt with at other times. was also discussion on outside storage in this "IT" district as well as outside storage in the "GO" district. It was Consider New Zoning Districts (Agenda Item III) Bill Petty, Director of Community Development, spoke before the Council and the Commission on new zoning districts that needed to be created. One district was the "PH" Patio Home or "GH" Garden Home District. Mr. Petty advised that city staff preferred to use the designation of "GH" Garden Home District rather than "PH" Patio Home. Mr. Petty then reviewed the purpose of this district and the use regulations, height regulation, area regulations, size of lots, lot coverage, minimum dwelling size and building regulations. The next area of discussion was the proposed "MF -3" Multi -Family 3 district. There was considerable discussion by the Council and the Commission on the use of the term "MF -3" and this being a separate multi -family zoning classification. By consensus of the Council and the Commission, it was concluded that the "MF -3" Multi -Family 3 district be approved as presented. Zig Mr. Petty then reviewed the purpose and use regulations for the "GO" Garden Office District. It was the consensus of the Council and the Commission that the "GH" Garden Home District and the "GO" Garden Office District be approved as presented. Mr. Petty then reviewed the "IT" Industrial Technology District by stating the purpose and the use regulations. There was discussion by the Council and the Commission on the density and floor area ratio in this district. There was also discussion on outside storage in this "IT" district as well as outside storage in the "GO" district. It was concluded after the discussions that in the purpose for both districts there needed to be statements added that there would be no outside storage in those districts. There was further discussion by the Council and the Com- mission on the fact that there needed to be added to the "IT" district that the lot sizes had to be at least a 2 acre minimum for development. It was the consensus of the Council and the Commission that the "IT" Industrial Technology District be approved as presented with the addition of the following statements: 1. That stated in the purpose for "GO" Garden Office and "IT" Industrial Technology District there shall be no outside storage. 2. That added to the "IT" Industrial Technology District, the lots must be a 2 acre minimum. The next area of discussion was the proposed "MF -3" Multi -Family 3 district. There was considerable discussion by the Council and the Commission on the use of the term "MF -3" and this being a separate multi -family zoning classification. By consensus of the Council and the Commission, it was concluded that the "MF -3" Multi -Family 3 district be approved as presented. Zig ALLEN CITY COUNCIL/ ALLEN PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION NOVEMBER 19, 1986 Page 3 Review Conceptual Issues Related to the Zoning Ordinance (Agenda Item IV) Mr. Petty explained to the Council and the Commission the site plan review process and the proposed changes to the process now in place. Proposed changes included that criteria be definite and stated with clarity and it was suggested that architectural front elevations be required for high visibility areas. There was considerable discussion on the site plan review process, those site plans to be reviewed and approved by city staff, site plans for planned development districts, and who would develop specific criteria for site plan review process. By a consensus, the Council and the Commission approved of the conceptual changes to the site plan review process as submitted, with city staff to develop criteria for site plan submissions. Mr. Petty then presented the recommendation for proposed changes to provide clarity in the specific use permit process. Mr. Petty then reviewed the criteria that was recommended for consideration. There was considerable discussion on the statement that said "screening required if property is an outparcel" and only the use of that requirement if the outparcel backups to the front of other stores. There was also discussion and further explanation on the statement "alleys and fire lanes !: shall not provide ingress/egress for entry". By a consensus, the Council and the Commission approved of the conceptual changes for specific use permits as presented by city staff. Mr. Petty presented the recommendation as proposed by the Planning & Zoning Commission on a need for determination for a minimum dwelling unit size for apartments and pointed out the fact that the Planning and Zoning Commission did not have a specific recommendation, but were concerned that there were not enough apartments for efficiencies, small apartments, etc., in Allen. There was considerable discussion by the Council and the Commission on what the minimum size should be, was there a market for this small size or efficiency size in Allen, what the dimensions of an efficiency apartment were in other areas, how an efficiency apartment was laid out, and recommendations on the minimum square footage. A recommendation made by Councilman Womack was: MF -1 allow a 500 sq. ft. minimum, with an average of no less than 850 sq. ft. MF -2 allow a 500 sq. ft. minimum, with an average of no less than 700 sq. ft. MF -3 allow a 500 sq. ft. minimum, with an average of no less than 775 sq. ft. By a consensus vote of the Council and the Commission, the Council and Commission approved of the above recommendation for the minimum dwelling unit size for apartment complexes. 2 k ALLEN CITY COUNCIL/ ALLEN PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION NOVEMBER 19, 1986 Page 4 Review Conceptual Issues Related to the Zoning Ordinance (cont'd) (Agenda Item IV) Mr. Petty then advised of some proposed changes to the retail center standards and stated that the city staff was currently working on those standards. He did distribute to the Council and the Commission handout materials entitled "Corner Design Guidelines" and reviewed with the Council and the Commission items explained in that document. Mr. Petty advised that no action by the Council or Com- mission was needed on this particular area at this time and stated that the city staff was working on standards to be brought back for approval. Mr. Petty then reviewed the proposal for two commercial districts to be created. The first commercial district being less intense than the second one. He advised that some of the uses from the General Business and Light Industrial might be considered for these districts. Mr. Petty also reviewed the proposed "light industrial district" and explained that some of the uses in the General Industrial District be reconsidered for this new district. There was discussion by the Council and the Commission on these districts and it was concluded that the city staff would do more work on the proposals for the two commercial districts as well as the light industrial district. Mr. Petty then reviewed the recommendation for a commercial corridor district to be created for the highway corridor districts. There was discussion on the allowable uses that are per- mitted in that district and a portion of the Comprehensive Master Plan was reviewed as to those uses. By consensus, the Council and the Commission approved of the creation of a commercial corridor district for the highway corridor districts. Mr. Petty advised the Council and the Commission that the items "H" and "I" on page 13 of the handout materials had been covered under the guidelines approved for large tract zoning cases and with approval of the traffic regulations. There was considerable discussion on items "H" and "I" and the use of the comparative tables and whether they were going to be adhered to, if the tables will be used in relation to the neighborhood districts or as they relate to each tract. By consensus, the Council and the Commission approved of items "H" and "I" as proposed. With no further discussions, Mayor Rodenbaugh adjourned the called - special workshop session of the Allen City Council at 9:30 p.m, on Wednesday, November 19, 1986. Chairman Glass adjourned the called - special workshop session at 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 19, 1986. Wry ALLEN CITY COUNCIL/ ALLEN PLANNING & ZONING CO[MIISSION NOVEMBER 19, 1986 Page 5 ti These minutes approved on the day of , 1986 by the Allen Planning and Zonina Commission. Z 1 1J1 civ i yu Gee C lam �v Bobby Glass, CHAIRMAN Eileen Rarlsruher, SECRETARY These minutes approved on the 18th day of December 1986 by the Allen City Council. APPROVED: I ATTEST: Marty Hendrix, I C, CITY SECRETARY 21a