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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - Planning and Zoning Commission - 1983 - 02/10 - RegularD ALLEN PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING FEBRUARY 10, 1983 Present Jim Pendleton, Chairman Jim Wolfe, Vice Chairman Gary Koch, Secretary Bobby Glass Absent• Larry Larsen Winston Stallings City Staff: Bill Petty, Director of Community Development Marty Hendrix, City Secretary The regular meeting of the Allen Planning and Zoning Commission was called to order on Thursday, February 10, 1983, 7:54 p.m., at Rountree Elementary School, 800 E. Main Street, Allen, Texas. Approval of Minutes: January 25, 1983, Workshop Session January 27, 1983, Regular Meeting February 1, 1983, Workshop Session (Agenda Item II) Chairman Pendleton read the agenda item into the record as follows: "Approve minutes of January 25, 1983, Workshop Session, January 27, 1983, Regular Meeting, and February 1, 1983, Workshop Session." MOTION: Upon a motion by Commissioner Wolfe and second by Commissioner Glass, the Commission voted four (4) for and none (0) opposed to approve the minutes of the January 25, 1983, Workshop Session, January 27, 1983, Regular Meeting, and February 1, 1983, Workshop Session as presented. The motion carried. Public Hearing - On Zoning Change Request for Development of 12.27 Acres of Land by Joel Goldsteen (Agenda Item III) Chairman Pendleton read the request into the record as follows: ALLEN PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION FEBRUARY 10, 1983 PAGE 2 Public Hearing - On Zoning Change Request for Development of 12.27 j Acres of Land by Joel Goldsteen (Cont.) d "Public Hearing - On zoning change, from AO (Agricultural Open Space) to PD (Planned Development), and development of 12.27 acres of land. This tract of land being situated in the Peter Wetzel Survey, Abstract No. 990, Collin County, Texas, and being a part of the 54.02 acre "Third Tract" conveyed to 0. B. English as recorded in Volume 720, Page 643, of the Deed Records of Collin County, Texas. Further described as being west of State Highway 5 and north of the Cottonwood Creek Shopping Center, Phase II. Zoning Case No. ZS -10-83-2" Dr. Joel Goldsteen presented and reviewed the Site Plan on the Quadrangle Apartment Development, showing the 172 living units consisting of 1-11 stories and 2-� stories, the proposed parking areas, jogging path around the development, the club house, swim- ming pool, tennis courts, landscaped areas, and the ingress/egress to the complex. Dr. Goldsteen also presented an artist's rendering of the exterior elevations of some of the living units, the club house, the swimming pool area and the tennis courts. In the Review, Dr. Goldsteen also advised that the construction of a bridge from the apartment complex to the Cottonwood Creek Shopping Center was being proposed, however, at this time this had not been presented to the shopping center for their approval. There was discussion between the Commission and Dr. Goldsteen on the ingress/egress to the apartment complex with a definite need for a stacking ability which could be provided for by having two 20' lanes for ingress/egress to State Highway 5. Chairman Pendleton opened the Public Hearing. No one appeared to speak either for or against this request. Chairman Pendleton closed the Public Hearing. The Commission discussed the need for a traffic study to be done for this one controlled access, a population impact pro- jection for this development, and the landscape plan proposal. The Commission briefly reviewed areas of concern that had been brought up in a previous workshop session on this develop- ment regarding the amount of parking, set -back requirements, and the ingress/egress to the complex. MOTION: Upon a motion by Commissioner Wolfe and second by Commissioner Koch, the Commission voted four (4) for and none (0) opposed to recommend to the City Council approval of Agenda Item III, to Planned Development and approval of the Site Plan, with the stipulation that the Site Plan will be modified to include island stacking at the ingress/egress at a 22' width; and that population impact statistics as well as a traffic analysis be done prior to submission to the Allen City Council. The motion carried. ALLEN PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION FEBRUARY 10, 1983 PAGE 3 Public Hearing - To Consider SC as Permanent Zoning and Consider Site Plan Approval of a 66.70 Acre Tract to Coincide with Annexation (Agenda Item IV) Chairman Pendleton read the request into the record as follows: "Public Hearing - To consider SC (Shopping Center) as permanent zoning and consider Site Plan approval of a 66.70 acre tract of land to coincide with annexation. This 66.70 acre tract is located in the Jonathan Phillips Survey, Abstract No. 719, being further described as approximately 1,600 feet south of the intersection of State Highway 121 and U. S. Highway 75 and being on the west side of U. S. Highway 75. Zoning Case No. Z1-26-83-5" Mr. Sam Reaves, of Reaves and Sweeney, Inc., presented and reviewed the Site Plan for the Factory Outlet Mall, showing the location of the 408,000 square foot manufacturers' factory outlet mall building, the parking lot areas, four (4) main ingresses/ egresses to the mall, a road to be constructed around the southern boundary of the mall site to connect the service road of U. S. 75 and State Highway 121, landscaped areas, fire lanes, interior service roads, and several parcels of open space on the exterior of the site. The Commission discussed with Mr. Reaves the exterior construction of the mall building, the traffic flow pattern proposed, the constru- ction of the road joining the service road of U. S. 75 to State Highway 121, and the landscaping of the mall and the type of plantings proposed. Mr. Reaves also provided the Commission with photographs of a mall recently constructed in Orlando, Florida, similar to the one being proposed in Allen. Chairman Pendleton opened the Public Hearing. No one appeared to speak either for or against the request. Chairman Pendleton closed the Public Hearing. The Commission discussed the proposed uses, if any, for the open parcels of land located on the exterior of this site, the height of the proposed mall building, proposed signing for this development, and submission of a final landscape plan. Bill Petty, Director of Community Development, advised that this Site Plan meets all of the requirements of the shopping center zoning district found in the Zoning Ordinance. MOTION: Upon a motion by Commissioner Koch and second by Commissioner Wolfe, the Commission voted four (4) for and none (0) opposed to recommend to the City Council approval of the Shopping Center zoning for the 66.70 acre tract of land to coincide with the annexation of this property. The motion carried. ALLEN PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION FEBRUARY 10. 1983 PAGE 4 Public Hearing - To Consider SC as Permanent Zoning and Consider Site Plan Approval of a 66.70 Acre Tract to Coincide with Annexation (Cont.) MOTION: Upon a motion made by Commissioner Glass and second by Commissioner Koch, the Commission voted four (4) for and none (0) opposed to approve the Site Plan as presented in Agenda Item IV for the Factory Outlet Mall, located west of U. S. Highway 75 and south of State Highway 121. The motion carried. Set a Date for Public Hearing on a Request for Zoning Change to Include Multi -Family, Shopping Center, and Office on 16.208 Acres of Land (Agenda Item V) Chairman Pendleton read the request into the record as follows: "Set a date for Public Hearing on a request for zoning change from R-2 (Residential) to PD (Planned Development) to include multi -family, shopping center, and office. The proposed zoning change is on 16.208 acres of land in the William Perrin Survey, Abstract No. 708, and the George W. Ford Survey, Abstract No. 328, further described as being the northern portion of the R-2 zoning district located adjacent to and south of the First United Methodist Church and the Jupiter Road Church of Christ. Zoning Case No. Z1-28-83-6" Weston Blair, Route 1, Box 202A, presented and reviewed the Site Plan for the proposed Park Terrace development consisting of a site for a multi -family apartment complex, a site for an office district zoning, and a site for a shopping center district zoning. The Site Plan detailed the multi -family apartment complex by showing the location of the living units, the parking lot areas, the landscaped areas, tennis courts, swimming pool, clubhouse, recreation areas for children, ingress/egress from State Highway 5 and Jupiter Road, parking garages, screening wall, and jogging trail around the development. The sites for the office district zoning and the shopping center zoning were not detailed as to what uses would be placed there. Mr. Blair also advised the Commission of a road to be constructed to adjoin the adjacent church property in order that the church may use the office parking lot for overflow parking for the church. The Commission had considerable discussion with Mr. Blair on this development concerning the use of the parking garages, the proposed types of screening wall, durability of screening walls and t use of landscaping with such, Proposed uses for the shopping center site and the office site, traffic flow into and out of the apart- ment complex, providing stacking lanes for traffic, the need to provide ALLEN PLANNING 6 ZONING COMMISSION FEBRUARY 10, 1983 PAGE 5 Set a Date for Public Hearing on a Request for Zoning Change to Include Multi -Family, Shopping Center, and Office on 16.208 Acres of Land (Cont.) more specifics on the traffic flow for the shopping center site and the office site, landscaping or screening needed on the south property line or the use of berm areas and also consider the same on property line adjacent to office zoning and shopping center zoning. The Commission reviewed the district regulations for this proposed planned development and discussed the density proposed for this apartment development and the lowering of the density, the need for projected population impact figures for the multi -family complex using the density on the proposed Site Plan, that the townhouse regulations should be deleted from the district regulations, meeting the 20' set back for the front yard, meeting the 15' set back for the back yard, meeting the 30' set back from the adjacent residential area, changing the work "intends" to "will" in regard to the amenities, and the type of "financial institution" use referred to in regulations. MOTION: Upon a motion by Commissioner Glass and second by Commis- sioner Wolfe, the Commission voted four (4) for and none (0) opposed to set the date for Public Hearing on this request for February 24, 1983. The motion carried. Discussion Related to Establishing a Central Business District (Agenda Item VI) Chairman Pendleton read the agenda item into the record as follows: "Discussion related to establishing a Central Business District." Bill Petty, Director of Community Development, advised the Commission of various materials he had compiled for review and consideration in the use of establishing a Central Business Zoning District and the need to establish the goals and objectives for a Central Business Zoning District. Since establishing this Central Business Zoning district will be a rather involved process, Mr. Petty advised the Commission of the existing need to allow the city staff the process of review and interpretation of allowable retail uses in the Central Business district keeping in mind the original intent of the Zoning Ordinance for this area. The Commission discussed the need to establish the Central Business District Zoning and the process to accomplish such, with perhaps a workshop with the Citv Council to define the goals and objectives for this district. The Commission also discussed the need at the present time for city staff to make those necessary determin- ations for allowable uses in the existing retail zoned areas in the Central Business District. ALLEN PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION FEBRUARY 10, 1983 PAGE 6 MOTION: Upon a motion by Commissioner Wolfe and second by Commissioner Glass, the Commission voted four (4) for and none (0) opposed to recommend to the Allen City Council that in keeping with the original intent of allowable retail uses in the down- town district and precedents set by the Planning and Zoning Commission and Citv Council at 203A E. Main, the City Staff should be allowed to interpret general retail uses as compatible uses in the downtown district under Section 3.02 (L), Paragraph 2j of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance for an interim period of time until the City of Allen does establish a Central Business Zoning District. The motion carried. General Discussion: Chairman Pendleton read a letter of resignation from Mr. Winston Stallings, Place No. 6 on the Planning and Zoning Commission, to the Commission. The Commission directed that the letter of resignation be forwarded to the City Council in order that this vacancy may be filled as soon as possible. Adjournment: MOTION: Upon a motion made by Commissioner Wolfe and seconded by Commissioner Koch, the Commission voted four (4) for and none (0) opposed to adjourn the regular session of the Allen Planning and Zoning Commission at 11:38 p.m. The motion carried. These minutes approved on the loth day of March , 1983. Jim Pendleton. 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