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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - City Council - 1987 - 06/25 - WorkshopALLEN CITY COUNCIL CALLED - SPECIAL WORKSHOP SESSION JUNE 25, 1987 Present: Donald P. Rodenbaugh, Mayor (arrived at 8:25 p.m.) Council Members: Joe Farmer, Mayor Pro Tem (arrived at 8:25 p.m.) Jerry Wilson Bobby Glass Jim Wolfe Jim Pendleton Jack Pennington 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 Councilman Wolfe at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 25, 1987, in the Council Chambers of the Allen Municipal Annex, One Butler Circle, Allen, Texas. Review Planning & Zoning Commission Recommendations on Schedule of Uses in the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (Agenda Item II) Councilman Wolfe advised the Council that this workshop session had been scheduledin order to continue the review and discussion of the proposed schedule of uses for the city's comprehensive zoning ordinance as recommended by the Planning and Zoning Commission. Councilman Wolfe advised that at the last workshop session the Council had reviewed all of the new districts except Corridor Commercial. Therefore, at this meeting the Council would review the Corridor Commercial district and then begin the review of all of the old districts. The Council began their review of the Corridor Commercial district and the proposed uses in that district. The Council discussed with city staff the definition of a "clinic" versus a "health service", the districts that had been approved for private clubs and those districts that had been approved for restaurant/private clubs. It was pointed out that there appeared to be a typographical error in that the "(C)S" appeared in the General Business district rather than the Corridor Commercial. It was concluded by the Council that under the Corridor Commercial district - "Recreational & Entertainment Uses Private Club" the "(C)S" should be shown and taken out of General Business district. In further discussion, it was dis- covered that in "Commercial Type Uses - Private Club" it was shown under Office, Corridor Commercial and General Industrial. This again was a typographical error in that this use is only permitted in Office, Corridor Commercial and Light Industrial. It was concluded by the Council that the "(C)S" be added under Light Industrial and taken out of General Industrial. z,. ALLEN CITY COUNCIL CALLED - SPECIAL WORKSHOP SESSION JUNE 25, 1987 Page 2 Review Planning & Zoning Commission Recommendations on Schedule of Uses in the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (cont'd) (Agenda Item II) The Council discussed with city staff why under "Educational & Institutional Uses - School, Public, Proprietary or Denominational" uses were allowed under Corridor Commercial. City staff advised that it was felt that a school should be allowed to go in any district in the city, therefore the use appeared in all of the districts. Councilman Wilson brought up for discussion what determination had been made under "Accessory, Utility, and Incidential Uses" for the addition of the use "Barber & Beauty Shops" and if that use had been added at the last meeting and in what districts was that use allowed. Some Council members indicated that they had added it and placed it in various districts. To clarify the matter, the Council discussed where this accessory use should be allowed and it was concluded that it should be allowed in Garden Office, Office, Local Retail, Shopping Center, Light Commercial, General Business, Corridor Commercial, Industrial Technology, Light Industrial, General Industrial, Heavy Industrial and Planned Development. All of those districts were to reflect a "2". The Council then discussed placing a specific use requirement on Local Retail, Shopping Center, and Corridor Commercial and those changes were made to reflect an "S2" under Local Retail, Shopping Center, and Corridor Commercial. The Council discussed how hard it was to review this document and especially to determine omissions in uses. Councilman Wolfe distributed to the Council a copy of the "statement of purpose" for the variousdistricts and advised that this had helped him to review the schedule of uses and consider the appropriateness of a use in a district. The Council moved on to discuss under the "Accessory, Utility, and Incidential Uses", the new use of "Florist or Garden Shop". It was concluded by the Council that this use should be allowed in Light Commercial and Corridor Commercial as a use by right. After further review of the uses as proposed, it was the consensus of the Council present that the Corridor Commercial district be approved, with the changes as noted previously. At this time, Mayor Rodenbaugh and Mayor Pro Tem Farmer arrived at the meeting. The Council began dicussions with Mayor Rodenbaugh and Mayor Pro Tem Farmer on the changes that they had made to the Corridor Commercial district and Mayor Rodenbaugh and Mayor Pro Tem Farmer posed questions about uses they were concerned with in this district. The Council discussed with city staff why under'Educational & Institutional Uses", "Day Care for Children" was allowed under Corridor Commercial, what the definition of Corridor Commercial was, what the Planning and Zoning Commission thought about placing day care in this district, in the pyramid concept how did Corridor Commercial relate to General Business, that a day care center's activities did not seem a permissible use with other uses in the Corridor Commercial, and it did not seem compatible. City staff advised the Council that the current thinking about day care centers now is that parents are taking their children to day care centers located nearer to their work places rather than their homes. In further discussion, it was pointed out that a "day care for children" was not listed in the "Accessory, Utility and Incidential Uses" and it should be. Discussion then turned to the fact that drug stores and beauty and barber shops were also not listed in that use and they should be included. ALLEN CITY COUNCIL CALLED - SPECIAL WORKSHOP SESSION JUNE 25, 1987 Page 3 Review Planning & Zoning Commission Recommendations on Schedule of Uses in the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (cont'd) (Agenda Item II) The Council advised Mayor Rodenbaugh and Mayor Pro Tem Farmer that they had included beauty and barber shops under the "Accessory, Utility and Incidential Uses" and advised of the districts and whether it was allowed by right or with a specific use permit. �y It was also concluded that the use should be allowed in the CSD by right. Mayor Pro Tem Farmer suggested that the Council advise he and the Mayor of the changes that they had made to the schedule of uses. The Council then discussed "Drug Store" under "Accessory, Utility & Incidential Uses" and the fact that it should be allowed in Office district. After a lengthy discussion on allowing "Drug Store" by a specific use permit in "Corridor Commercial" and a use by right in "Office" and whether it should be permitted in General Business or Local Retail, it was concluded by the Council that a "2" should appear in the Garden Office and Office and that an "S2" should appear inthe Corridor Commercial. The Council moved on to discuss adding "Day Care for Children" in the "Accessory, Utility & Incidential Uses" and what districts this accessory use should be allowed in. City Staff spoke before the Council on the fact that even if a day care center is requested as an accessory use to a business, the center still has to meet all of the state's requirements for a day care center. In the smaller businesses, these requirements are probably cost prohibitive and the smaller businesses cannot meet all of the requirements. After further discussion, the Council concluded that the "Day Care for Children" should be added to "Accessory, Utility & Incidential Uses" and be allowed by right in Garden Office, Office, Corridor Commercial, Industrial Technology, Light Industrial, Heavy and General Industrial, Planned Development, Community Facilities, and Central Business District. City staff discussed with Councilman Pennington the definition of a dry cleaning business and the districts where it was an allowable use. Since the Council was having a difficult time locating uses being discussed, time was taken to number the pages of the schedule of uses for easier reference. At the request of Councilman Pennington, the Council discussed the locations for "Utility Sub or Regulation Station" under "Industrial & Manufacturing Uses" and that the use had been left out of Corridor Commercial, Industrial Technology, Light Industrial, General Industrial, Heavy Industrial, Planned Development and the Central Business District. After discussions, it was concluded by the Council that the use should be included in all of those districts by placing an "S2" in each of those districts, located on page 36. Mayor Pro Tem Farmer discussed with city staff and the Council the definition of a "Museum, Library, Art Gallery (Public)" and questioned why it was an allowable use in the "Corridor Commercial" district. He also questioned why a public school would be an allowable use in that district also. City staff explained that a school and a church were uses that should be allowed in any type of district. ALLEN CITY COUNCIL CALLED - SPECIAL WORKSHOP SESSION JUNE 25, 1987 Page 4 Review Planning & Zoning Commission Recommendations on Schedule of Uses in the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (cont'd) (Agenda Item II) The Council then discussed the definition of "Apparel Stores" under "Accessory, Utility & Incidential Uses", on page 6, and why it was not shown to be a permitted use under Corridor Commercial as well as Garden Office and Office. The example discussed was the small boutiques that are located in hotels. It was concluded that this use should be allowed by a specific use permit in Garden Office, Office, and Corridor Commercial by showing an "S2" under those districts. The Council continued review of page 6 and discussed the relationship between the use listed as "Florist or Garden Shop" and how they were related. It was concluded that they had two different meanings and were not synonymous, therefore, the words "or Garden Shop" were taken out of the use description. The Council moved on to page 7 and discussed "office supplies" as a use in office districts, discussed the definition of accessory, utility and incidential uses, and concluded that "office supplies" should be an accessory use to Garden Office, Office Light Commercial, Corridor Commercial and Industrial Technology. The Council then discussed "Personal Service" and what the definition of this new use included. City staff read the definition and advised that barber and beauty shops would fall in this type of category. It was concluded by the Council that this accessory use should be allowed by right or specific use permit in additional districts as follows: (1) Allowed by right with a "2" in Garden Office, Office, Light Commercial, General Business, Industrial Technology, Heavy Industrial, Planned Development, and Central Business District; and (2) Allowed by specific use permit with an "S2" in Local Retail, Shopping Center, and Corridor Commercial. The Council moved on to discuss the allowable uses of bus stations or terminals in the Corridor Commercial district, the uses of motor cycle sales and service (indoor), and trailer, light truck rental uses in Corridor Commercial. Mayor Rodenbaugh pointed out that on page 14 the use reac "New Car Dealership" and discussed with city staff if the use should include repair. It was concluded by the Council that the words "and repair" should be added to "New Car Dealership". The Council discussed the uses of "Auto Laundry" and "Auto Painting or Body Shop" being allowable uses in the Corridor Commercial district and the discussion centered around just what type of image the city wanted to have on U.S. 75 and whether the mishmash of allowable uses was going to create a positive image for the city. There was a great deal of discussion on what uses should be allowed in the Corridor Commercial district and what type of impression the city wanted to make along its major thoroughfares. The Council discussed the use of the specific use permit on some of these uses rather than having them be uses by right. City staff pointed out that on page 16 and page 23 the "Auto Laundry" uses should be consistent and they were not. At the Council's request, the city staff spoke before the Council on the specific use permit requirements that were placed on developers, how long a process it was, and how costly it was to the requestors. It was pointed out that the specific use permit could not be used as an exclusionary tool, but asan allowable use with certain restrictions that can be placed on the use. It was also pointed out that if it is an allowable use by right, then the city staff can approve the request and it will not appear before the Council for consideration. ALLEN CITY COUNCIL CALLED - SPECIAL WORKSHOP SESSION JUNE 25, 1987 Page 5 Review Planning & Zoning Commission Recommendations on Schedule of Uses in the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (cont'd) (Agenda Item IIT There was considerable discussion by the Council on the i Corridor Commercial district in comparison to a Planned Development district and how the Planned Development requirements were more definitive as to the location of the various uses and the requests were made on large tracts of land. In comparison, the Corridor Commercial district uses could be requested on large or small tracts and the mishmash of uses could be allowed by right. There were various commercial areas in other cities that were discussed as examples and interpretations from the Council and the city staff on how those areas appeared and what type of image they projected. The Council discussed the various uses proposed in the Corridor Commercial district and the uses which permitted out- side storage of materials such as building materials sales and then the contradiction of storing motorcycles inside. The Council discussed the public hearing process on this proposed schedule of uses and the fact that if it is highly publicized, there may be a lot of objections to the proposed uses in Corridor Commercial and what will be allowed along U.S. 75. There was further lengthy discussion on the hope that campus -type developments such as an InteCom, T -I, etc., would be the interested parties in developing in the Corridor Commercial district, the issue that the city's comprehensive plan states that a Corridor Commercial district shall be created with highly intense uses and that some of the Council Members do not interpret the plan in that manner. To begin review of the schedule of uses again, the Council started with page 36 and discussed the definition of the use "warehousincj'and what was entailed in that use. The review moved on to page 34 and it was the consensus of the Council that the use "Machine Shop or Welding" be taken out of the Corridor Commercial district. The Council moved on to page 27 and discussed the use of "Rest Home or Nursing Home" in the Corridor Commercial district. The Council discussed the appropriate location for this use and it was concluded that this use would be taken out of the Corridor Commercial district. The Council considered page 26, the use of "Small Job Print Shop" and including this use in Corridor Commercial as a use by right, as well as in Industrial Technology. It was concluded that a "2" would be added for this use under Corridor Commercial and Industrial Technology. The Council then reviewed the use of "Mobile Home Display & Sales" and the appropriate district for that use. It was concluded by the Council that the use of "Mobile Home Display & Sales" be taken out of General Business, Corridor Commercial and the Central Business District. The Council discussed further if the city had any zoning for a mobile home park, what the classification was of the mobile homes already located in the city, what the requirements were on mobile homes, and the various locations of mobile homes in the city. 13q ALLEN CITY COUNCIL CALLED - SPECIAL WORKSHOP SESSION JUNE 25, 1987 Page 6 Review Planning & Zoning Commission Recommendations on Schedule of Uses in the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (cont'd) (Agenda Item II) The Council then reviewed page 25, the use of "Garage, Auto Repair" and they concluded that it should be allowable by a specific use permit. The Council moved on to page 23 and discussed "Building Materials Sales (outside)" and the relationship between that type of facility and one with storage on the inside of the building. After further discussion, it was concluded by the Council that the use of "Building Materials Sales (outside)" should be allowed in Corridor Commercial only by specific use permit. The Council continued their review and discussed what the definition of "retail store (indoor)" was and what uses would be included in that use. On page 20, the Council's consensus was to strike the words "or garden shop" which appeared after the word "florist". They also concluded that "Fabrics or Needlework Shop" should be allowed by right in the Corridor Commercial district. The Council moved on to page 16 to discuss the requirements for the uses of "Garage, Auto Repair" and "Auto Painting or Body Shop", and the "Auto Glass, Muffler, or Brake Shop". City staff explained to Council the requirements for these types of uses and the regulations that are placed upon them. After lengthy discussion, it was concluded by the Council that the use of "Auto Glass, Muffler, or Brake Shop" should be allowed by a specific use permit in Corridor Commercial; that the Auto Laundry should be allowed in Corridor Commercial by a specific use permit, that the Auto Painting or Body Shop should be allowed by specific use permit in the Corridor Commercial, and that the Garage, Auto Repair should be allowed in the Corridor Commercial by a specific use permit. The Council reviewed page 8, the use of "Small Job Print Shop" and concluded that it should be an allowed accessory, utility and incidential use in the Corridor Commercial District. They also included "Travel Agent" as an allowed accessory, utility and incidential use in the Corridor Commercial district by right. The Council then discussed the use of "Radio, Television, or Microwave Towers" and the definition of this particular use and where it should be allowed. After a lengthy discussion, the Council concluded that this use should be allowed by right in the Garden Office district, Local Retail district, Shopping Center, Light Commercial, General Business and the Central Business District. This use would be an approved use with a specific use permit in the Office district, Corridor Commercial district, and the Industrial Technology district, including the districts already shown in the use schedule. The Council then reviewed page 13, the use of "Helistop" and discussed previous action to place this use under Garden Office, Office, Light Commercial and General Business with a specific use permit. The Council discussed placing this use in Corridor Commercial and Industrial Technology by specific use permit. There was further discussion on the fact that the Council wanted this use placed under the "Accessory,. Utility & Incidential Uses" in order that it can be an approved use in districts where there are large office complexes or hospitals that would use this type of service. It was concluded by the Council that city staff would clarify the use as listed on page 13 and add the use to the accessory uses. ALLEN CITY COUNCIL CALLED - SPECIAL WORKSHOP SESSION JUNE 25, 1987 Page 7 Review Planning & Zoning Commission Recommendations on Schedule of Uses in the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (cont'd) (Agenda Item II) With no further discussion on the Corridor Commercial district, it was concluded by the Council that the district be approved, with the changes as noted. Discuss Economic Development (Agenda Item III) There was no discussion by the Council on Economic Development at this time. This item was passed over. Items of Interest to the Council (Agenda Item IV) The Council briefly discussed the scheduling of another meeting to continue the work on the schedule of uses. It was determined that the next workshop session would be held on Tuesday, July 7, 1987, at 7:00 p.m., at the Allen Municipal Annex. Adjournment (Agenda Item V) Mayor Rodenbaugh adjourned the called - special workshop session of the Allen City Council at 11:21 p.m. on Thursday, June 25, 1987. These minutes approved on the 2nd day of JULY 1987. hla �il�lW71i ATTEST: M Marty Hendrix, C, CITY SECRETARY