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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - Planning and Zoning Commission - 1983 - 10/27 - RegularI ALLEN PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 27. 1983 Present: Commissioners• Jim Pendleton, Chairman Jim Wolfe, Vice Chairman Gary Koch, Secretary Glenn Andrew Robert Glass Wayne Armand Absent: Jack Pennington Staff: Bill Petty, Director of Community Development The regular meeting of the Allen Planning and Zoning Commission was called to order by Chairman Pendleton at 7:30 p.m. at the Allen Municipal Annex, #1 Butler Circle, Allen, Texas. Approval of Minutes October 4, 1983, Workshop (Agenda Item II) Chairman Pendleton read the agenda item into the record as follows: "Approve minutes of October 4, 1983, Workshop." MOTION: Upon a motion by Commissioner Andrew and second by Commissioner Glass, the Commission voted six (6) for and none (0) opposed to approve the minutes of October 4, 1983, Workshop. The motion carried. Approval of Minutes October 13, 1983 Regular Meeting (Agenda Item III) Chairman Pendleton read the agenda item into the record as follows: "Approve minutes of October 13, 1983, Regular Meeting." MOTION: Upon a motion by Commissioner Glass and second by Commissioner Koch, the Commission voted six (6) for and none (0) opposed to approve the minutes of October 13, 1983, Regular Meeting. The motion carried. ALLEN PLANNING 6 ZONING COMMISSION OCTOBER 27, 1983 PAGE 2 Approval of Minutes October 18, 1983 Workshop (Agenda Item IV) Chairman Pendleton read the agenda item into the record as follows: "Approve minutes of October 18, 1983, Workshop." This agenda item was tabled. Tabled Item -Request by Omni Homes (Agenda Item V) Chairman Pendleton read the agenda item into the record as follows: "Tabled Item -Consider a request by Omni Homes for PD (Planned Devel- opment, residential and retail zoning and site plan approval to coincide with annexation request. A 97 acre tract of land out of the Witsaul Fisher Survey, Abstract No. 323, recorded in Vol- ume 322, page 181 in the Collin County Deed Records. Further des- cribed as being the northwest corner of Malone Road and F.M. 2170. Zoning Case No. Z8-31-83-40." Don Herzog, Vice President of Development of Omni Homes, pre- sented this request to the Commission. This tract consisting of several zonings as requested in the PD. The different zoning to be R-4, R-5, Cluster Homes, Townhouses, Commercial Property and Apartments. Concerns of the Commission were the density, house sizes, size of the development and buffering of the existing development. The concerns of the Lovejoy School and surrounding neighbors were also of interest to the Commission. Chairman Pendleton read a petition caption into record as pre- sented to him by Barbara Ridley, Rt 9 Box 187, McKinney, Texas, before the meeting. "We the undersigned residents of the Lovejoy ISD strongly oppose the development by Omni Homes of houses on 97 acres north of 2170 and east of Malone Road. We feel the quality of education cur- rently provided students in the Lovejoy ISD would be adversely affected by the rapid impact of extreme overcrowding and increase in student -teacher ratio, thus leaving the students less prepared for middle school and high school." MOTION: Upon a motion by Commissioner Andrew and second by Commissioner Armand, the Commission voted six (6) for and none (0) opposed to cease discussion on this item. The motion carried. fl L 11 D ALLEN PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION OCTOBER 27, 1983 PAGE 3 Tabled Item -Request by Omni Homes (Cont.) MOTION: Upon a motion by Commissioner Andrew and second by Commissioner Armand, the Commission voted three (3) for, those being Com- missioners Pendleton, Andrew, and Armand, and two (2) opposed, those being Commissioners Koch and Wolfe, with Commissioner Glass abstaining, to table the item for 90 days from the public hearing date. The motion carried. Chairman Pendleton recessed the meeting at 9:15 p.m. The meeting reconvened at 9:30 p.m. Set a Date for Public Hearing by Dal -Tex (Agenda Item VI) Chairman Pendleton read the agenda item into the record as follows: "Set a date for a public Development Company for being 2.51 acres out of and further described a F.M. 2170. The request Zoning Case No. Z10 -14 - hearing to consider a request by Dal -Tex site plan approval. This tract of land the David Wetsel Survey, Abstract No. 977 3 the southeast corner of Jupiter Road and is for shopping center use of the property 33-49." MOTION: Upon a motion by Commissioner Glass and second by Commissioner Andrew, the Commission voted six (6) for and none (0) opposed to set the date for public hearing for November 10, 1983. The motion carried. Consider a Prel/Final Plat for Wm. F. Chester (Agenda Item VII) Chairman Pendelton read the agenda item into the record as follows: "Consider a combination request for preliminary and final plat approval for Wm. F. Chester on 1.693 acres out of the W.J. Jackson Survey, Abstract No. 484, Collin County, Texas, and being out of a 10.57 acre tract as described in a Deed from Bailey Whisenant to M. Whisenant dated July 31, 1930, and recorded in Volume 279, page 404, of the Collin County Deed Records. Further described as east of Federal Drive, west of Allen Drive and north of Ola Lane. Zoning Case No. Z10-12-83-48." Wm. F. Chester, owner, presented this request to the Commission. His request is that this property be divided into three lots. One of the lots contains the existing Amfac Plumbing Supply Company on the south end, another lot contains the C&D Automotive Repair Shop on the north end. The center lot is undeveloped and according to Mr. Chester he has no development plans scheduled for it at this time. The request is merely a division of the land into existing and buildable lots. Should the center lot be developed at a future date and require utility, fire lane, or access easements, Mr. Chester is aware that the property will have to be replotted to show such easements. C ALLEN PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION OCTOBER 27, 1983 PAGE 4 Consider prel/Final Plat for Wm. F. Chester (Cont.) MOTION: Upon a motion by Commissioner Koch and second by Commissioner Wolfe, the Commission voted six (6) for and none (0) opposed to recommend approval of the plat as submitted. The motion carried. Public Hearing -A Request by Sibley & Wolff (Agenda Item VIII) Chairman Pendleton read the agenda item into the record as follows: "Public Hearing -Consider a request by Sibley & Wolff. A 179.04 acre tract of land located in the W.J. Jackson Survey, Abstract No. 708, Collin County, Texas. Further described as the northwest corner of U.S. 75 and F.M. 2170. This request is for a Planned Develop- ment Zoning and Preliminary Site Plan Approval. Zoning Case No. Z10-7-83-46." John Wier, a representative of Wier & Associates, presented this request to the Commission. Also Phillip Patterson, a landscape archi- tect with Wier & Associates and Greg Cagle representative with Sibley & Wolff were present. They presented the request with discussed changes from the October 18, 1983, Workshop of the Planning and Zoning Commis- sion. They presented a list of Use Regulations to the Commission con- sisting of pages 1-3 for PD Office Regulations and pages 1-6 for PD Commercial District Regulations. Chairman Pendleton opened the public hearing. There was no one to speak for or against this agenda item. Chairman Pendleton closed the public hearing. Bill Petty, Director of Community Development, recommended that since a topography study had been performed in this area and it had been recommended that an appropriate site for the erection of a water tower would be located in this tract of land, that this be discussed. Upon discussion, it was recognized that an elevation of 700' had been recommended. Staff recommended to Sibley & Wolff and the Planning Commission that one of the acres in the proposed agreement to leave at least 5% of their entire acreage in open space or landscaped area be set aside for this storage tank. Sibley & Wolff agreed with the Commission that they are receptive to this arrangement and would dedicate the one acre site to the City of Allen, with the agreement that the City of Allen be sensitive to their architectural designs of the buildings to be located on their sites and that they wish to maintain some flexibility as to the exact location as long as the 700' elevation is maintained. i I ALLEN PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION OCTOBER 27, 1983 PAGE 5 Public Hearing -A Request by Sibley & Wolff (Cont.) MOTION: Upon a motion by Commissioner Wolfe and second by Commissioner Glass the Commission voted five (5) for and one (1) against, that being Commissioner Koch to recommend approval of the request with the following statements to be added to the PD Ordinance. A. Not withstanding the permitted uses listed in the PD HT Use Regulation Sections of this Ordinance, it is understood that the City reserves the right at the time of final site plan submission to review proposed uses for compatibility with existing and projected uses for the effected district and fur- ther that all land owners within the PD HT area will be no- tified to all site plan action. B. The Developer/Owner of the subject tract of land hereby agrees that at least 5% or 8.95 acres will be developed as landscaped open space and further agrees that one acre of the 8.95 acres in an area with 700' plus elevation will be dedicated to the City of Allen for use as an above ground water storage facil- ity. C. Add the allowable use of overhead water storage tank to the Use Regulations in PD C and PD HT areas. Public Hearing -A Request by James Griffin (Agenda Item IX) Chairman Pendleton read the agenda item into the record as follows: "Public Hearing -Consider a request by James Griffin. A 4.627 acre tract of land located in the W.J. Jackson Survey, Abstract No. 484, being a resurvey of part of the 10.57 acre tract described in a deed from Bailey Whisenant to M. Whisenant dated July 31, 1930, recorded in Volume 279, page 404 of the Collin County Deed Records. Further described as being adjacent to Federal on the east side, west of Allen Drive and north of Ola Lane. This is a request for a Spe- cific Use Permit to develop and construct mini -warehouses with a caretaker residence in the Central Business District. Zoning Case No. Z10-5-83-44." Bob Roeder, Owner/Developer, presented this request to the Commission. He pointed out that this request is located in the now established CSD District. Chairman Pendleton opened the public hearing. Ruben Paul, 600 Allen Drive, spoke against this request. His ob- jection being a 10' wall facing the residential area. Also, the land- scaping of the request. Mrs. Erickson, Ola Drive, spoke against this request. She was concerned with the drainage of this request. ALLEN PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION OCTOBER 27, 1983 PAGE 6 Mr. O'Neill spoke in favor of this request. Chairman Pendleton closed the public hearing. MOTION: Upon a motion by Commissioner Koch and secondy by Commissioner Armand, the Commission voted three (3) for, those being Commis- sioners Armand, Glass, Koch, and three (3) opposed, those being Commissioners Pendleton, Andrew and Wolfe, to recommend approval of the request with Staff approval of detailed landscape plan. The motion tied. After discussion continuing on the above mentioned motion, a second vote was taken. The motion tied again as mentioned above. MOTION: Upon a motion by Commissioner Andrew and second by Commissioner Wolfe, the Commission voted six (6) for and none (0) opposed to table the request. The motion carried. Public Hearing -A Request by Vance Williams (Agenda Item X) Chairman Pendleton read the agenda item into the record as follows: "Public Hearing -Consider a request by Vance Williams for site plan approval to construct a shopping center on .9852 acre tract in the City of Allen out of the Peter Wetsel Survey, Abstract No. 990, part of a 7.67 acre tract described in a Deed from Duncan-Strawn, Inc. to John W. Gibson, Trustee and recorded in Volume 909, page 580, of the Collin County Deed Records. Further described as located at the northeast intersection of Fountain Park Drive and F.M. 2170. Zoning Case No. Z10-5-83-43." Vance Williams, Owner/Developer, presented this request to the Commission. The site plan consists of 14,0002 square feet. A land- scape plan was also submitted. Concerns of the Commission were the right-of-way of drives which will be platted as common access drives and fire lanes to provide access to development on the property to the east. Also, the entrance to the Roundtree Elementary School would not interfere with this request. A concern of the Commission was also the landscaping of the request. Chairman Pendleton opened the public hearing. There was no one to speak for or against this request. Chairman Pendleton closed the public hearing. Bill Petty, Director of Community Development, pointed out to the Commission that the frontage of this development would be on Fountain Park Drive and that the shopping center use regulations would not allow parking in a required front yard area within 100' of a residential dis- trict. ALLEN PLANNING 6 ZONING COMMISSION OCTOBER 27, 1983 PAGE 7 Public Hearing -A Request 1 by Vance Williams (Cont.) This was recognized based upon the fact that existing residential zoning to the north would back up to the north side of this development. The Commission recognized that the ordinance did not prevent parking within the side yard area which was immediately adjacent to the resi- dential district to the north and recognized that approval of the re- quest as submitted would allow parking in the required front yard area within the 100' from a residential district. MOTION: Upon a motion by Commissioner Koch and second by Commissioner Armand, the Commission voted six (6) for and none (0) opposed to recommend approval of the site plan as submitted. The motion carried. Discussion (Agenda Item XI) Chairman Pendleton read the agenda item into the record as follows: "Discussion. Discuss 2nd Thursday in November -Thanksgiving." MOTION: Upon a motion by Commissioner Andrew and second by Commissioner Koch, the Commission voted six (6) for and none (0) opposed to have only one Regular scheduled meeting in November; to be November 10, 1983; due to Thanksgiving Holiday. The motion carried. Adjournment: MOTION: Upon a motion by Commissioner Andrew and second by Commissioner Wolfe, the Commission voted six (6) for and none (0) opposed to adjourn the meeting at 12:30 p.m. The motion carried. l� These minutes approved on the ay of ��7 �f %t��`t L' 1983. Pendleton, Chairman Gary Koch; Secretary