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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - Planning and Zoning Commission - 2006 - 09/19 - RegularPLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION Regular Meeting September 19, 2006 CITY OF ALLEN ATTENDANCE: Commissioners Present: James Rushing Jeff Cocking Robert Wendland Douglas Dreggors Steve Shaffer Alan Grimes Marcelle Jones Commissioners Absent: City Staff Present: Lee Battle, Assistant Director of Planning Kellie Wilson, Planning Technician Dennis Abraham, Civil Engineer Kent Mcllyar, Attorney Regular Aaenda Call to Order and Announce a Quorum is Present: With a quorum of the Commissioners present, Chairman Wendland called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers at Allen City Hall, 305 Century Parkway Director's Report on September 12, 2006, City Council Action The Council conducted four (4) public hearings — the three (3) Montgomery Farm zoning changes that had been tabled from their previous meeting, and one (1) for The Woods at Watters Road. All except the zoning change for Connemara Crossing were approve. Consent Aaenda Agenda Item 1: Approve Minutes of September 5, 2006, Regular Meeting. Agenda Item 2: Final Plat — Consider a Final Plat for Shaddock Park, being 78.3952+ acres of land located southeast of Ridgeview Drive and Watters Road. 0 PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION PAGE 2 September 19, 2006 Motion: Upon a motion by Commissioner Rushing and a second by Commissioner Shaffer, the Commission voted 7 IN FAVOR, and 0 OPPOSED, to approve the Consent Agenda. The motion carried. Regular Agenda Agenda Item 3: Consideration of a request for alternate materials to be used in construction of required screening wall for Saddleridge Phases One and Two. Mr. Battle presented the request to the Commission. The Developer is requesting a wrought iron fence be approved in two places where the open space is adjacent to Stacy Road at the entrance to the subdivision. The Developer will still be required to construct the masonry fence where their project is adjacent to the single family residential. Commissioner Rushing stated he would not support the request because he felt the wrought iron fence would not filter the development from the road noise off Stacy Road. Commissioner Rushing also stated previous items for this development (GDP and Preliminary Plat) had not presented the drainage area as a lake next to the Stacy Road. Mr. Battle responded that the plat illustrates a drainage easement at the front of the property — the Developer plans to develop the drainage easement as a feature. He also stated that lakes and/or ponds are not required to be shown on plats. Mr. Mardy Brown, representing the Developer, addressed the Commission. He stated the lake area is a detention pond. The City recommended opening up the area as a feature — he also stated that the feature had been a part of the Concept Plan. Kent Mcllyar, attorney for the City, stated that the Commission can only consider the fence request at this time — the final plat discussion is the next item. Commissioner Cocking stated he had no concerns with the fence request, but wanted to limit the request to Phase 1 only The Commissioners had no additional questions Motion: Upon a motion by Commissioner Cocking and a second by Commissioner Grimes, the Commission voted 6 IN FAVOR and 1 OPPOSED, with Commissioner Rushing casting the opposing vote, to approve Agenda Item 3 for Lots 1X, Block A and 1X, Block H in Phase 1 only. The Motion carried. Agenda Item 4 Final Plat — Consider a Final Plat for Saddleridge Phase One, being 34.060+ acres of land located northwest of Stacy Road and CR 150. Mr. Battle presented the Plat to the Commission. He explained that The Allen Land Development Code does not require detention ponds to be illustrated on plats. All engineering related issues have been approved. PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION PAGE 3 September 19, 2006 Commissioner Dreggors asked that a note be added to the plat stating that the drainage lots have to meet the height restrictions for this development. Commissioner Rushing stated he felt the pond should be platted; therefore he could not support it. Commissioner Jones asked what the difference was between detention and retention. Mr. Dennis Abraham addressed the Commission and gave an explanation of retention. He stated that drainage easements are allowed to be developed as a feature. Commissioner Jones asked about the size of the detention pond (lake). Mr. Abraham stated that the pond will take up approximately 3/4 of the lot. Commissioner Cocking also requested that plat note 9 be expanded to include the detention lots in the height limits. As the Commission began discussing the different note alternatives, Commissioner Grimes reminded the Commissioners that a final plat cannot be approved with conditions, the plat has done everything possible to regulate height of structures — the Commission needs to approve or deny the plat. Chairman Wendland asked staff if the plat met all of the requirements of the Allen Land Development Code. Staff responded that they believed that it did meet all of the requirements. Motion: Upon a motion by Commissioner Grimes and a second by Commissioner Shaffer, the Commission voted 5 IN FAVOR and 2 OPPOSED, with Commissioners Rushing and Dreggors casting the opposing votes, to approve Agenda Item 4. The Motion carried. Agenda Item 5 Final Plat — Consider a Final Plat for Saddleridge Phase Two, being 10.728± acres of land located northwest of Stacy Road and CR 150. Mr. Battle presented the plat to the Commission. He stated there were no outstanding issues relating to the plat, and that Staff recommended approval. The Commissioners discussed and had no questions, and felt that the plat met all requirements provided in the Allen Land Development Code. Motion: Upon a motion by Commissioner Grimes and a second by Commissioner Shaffer, the Commission voted 7 IN FAVOR and 0 OPPOSED, to approve Agenda Item 5. The Motion carried. Agenda Item 6 Public Hearing — Conduct a public hearing and consider a request for an amendment to PD Planned Development No. 55, Tract l0A to allow for compact car parking. The property is 7.194± acres of land situated in the Michael See Survey, Abstract No. 543, and the William Perrin Survey, PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION September 19, 2006 PAGE Abstract No. 708, City of Allen, Collin County, Texas; located at the southwest corner of US75 and Venture Drive. Mr. Battle presented the request to the Commission. He explained that the parking requirements for office buildings are 1 space per 300 square feet of building. The applicant is requesting 4 spaces per 1,000 square feet to be able to market the project as a Class A office building. Should the request be approved, they would be providing 100 additional parking spaces. To provide the additional parking spaces, without increasing the amount of land to be paved, the applicant is requesting some of these parking spaces to be "compact car" spaces. This would reduce the width of the parking space from 9 to 8 feet. Currently the applicant has 570 regular spaces. They are required to have 499. The request is for 601 spaces — with 254 of these being compact car spaces. Chairman Wendland opened the Public Hearing. No one spoke for or against the request. Chairman Wendland closed the Public Hearing. Commissioner Grimes stated he had no problem with considering compact car spaces on a case by case basis. However, he stated he did not like the way the spaces were laid out. Commissioner Grimes stated he would like to see some of the compact car spaces closer to the building as well. Commissioner Rushing asked why the Applicant couldn't just reduce the size of the building. Commissioner Shaffer stated he would like to see the number of spaces reduced. The proposal illustrates 40% of their parking for compact cars. Commissioner Grimes added by suggesting some of the compact car spaces be moved to the parking garage. Mr. Blair Oden, representing the Applicant, addressed the Commission. He stated that companies we trying to be more efficient, and by doing so they are placing more of their employees in the office. This development will attract higher paying jobs (i.e. law firms, real estate, insurance companies, etc.) Commissioner Jones asked if the compact car parking would be marked — Mr. Oden slated no it would not. Commissioner Dreggors stated that with the increase in parking spaces, he wanted to see more handicap parking spaces. Mr. Battle responded that the proposal meets the Code requirements. Code regulates the number of handicap parking spaces by the size of the building, not the number of parking spaces. He also stated that number of handicap puking spaces will be determined at the site plan stage, not at zoning. Mr. Battle also stated that the State of Texas regulates the number of handicap parking spaces and their accessibility The Commissioner had no additional questions. Motion: Upon a motion by Commissioner Cocking and a second by Commissioner Jones, the Commission voted 3 IN FAVOR and 4 OPPOSED, with PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION September 19, 2006 PAGE Commissioners Shaffer, Grimes, Rushing, and Dreggors casting the opposing votes, to recommend approval of Agenda Item 6. The Motion failed. Applicant advised the Commission they wanted to withdraw their request. No further action was taken. Upcoming Agenda Items: o The preliminary plat for The Preserve o Two or three General Development Plans. o The Planning Department will receive an APA award at the next City Council meeting. Commissioners were invited to attend. Adjournment Motion: Upon a motion by Commissioner Dreggors and a second by Commissioner Rushing the Commission voted 7 IN FAVOR and 0 OPPOSED to adjourn the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting at 8:20 p.m. 1 These,Itut pprove� is fd Ay of 2006. Kellie Wilson, Planning Technician I