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Home My WebLink About3-30-09 PC Minutes1VIINUT: E:S SPECIAL MEETING JOINT PUBLIC HEARINGS PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL City Council Chambers March 30, 2009 A Special Meeting of the Planning Commission and City Council was held on March 30, 2009 with the following members present: Commission members present: Commissioner Glenn Bodwin Commissioner Sina Nejad Commissioner Marty Craig Commissioner Ted Moor Corr !.nissioner Chris Reed Commissioner Randall Collins Commissioner Eddie Senigaur Commission members absent: Chairman Lynda Kay Makin Vice Chairman Patrick Gibbs Commissioner Walter Kyles Commissioner Greg Dykeman Commissioner Steven Johnson Councilmembers present: Mayor Becky Ames Councilmember-at-Large W. L. Pate Councilmember Alan Coleman Councilmember Nancy Beaulieu Councilmembers absent: Mayor Pro -Tern Audwin Samuel Councilmember-at-Large Gethrel Williams -Wright Councilmember Jamie Smith Also present: Stephen Richardson, Planning Manager; Jill Cole, Recording Secretary; Adina Ward, Planner; Chris Boone, Community.Development Director; Tyrone Cooper; City Attorney; Kyle Hayes, City Manager REGULAR MEETING 1) File 744-OB : Request to abandon a 30' x 70.52' portion of an unnamed 30' street and drainage easement. Location: 120' east of dead-end of Kipling Applicant: Harry Fuller Planning Commission March 30, 2009 Mr. Richardson presented the staff report and announced that File 744-OB was tabled at the last meeting. Mr. Fuller has applied for the abandonment to allow him to do some drainage work behind his property. Initially there were objections from the City's Engineering Division and Time Warner Cable. The City Engineer has since retracted his objection and has granted approval. It has been determined that Time Warner Cable's facilities are located within the utility easement along the rear of Mr. Fuller's property and not within the street and drainage easement. Mr. Richardson recommended approval of the request. Cormissioner Bodwin, acting as Chairman, asked for the applicant's comments. Mr. Fuller addressed the Commission. Commissioner Bodwin asked for comments in favor or in opposition. No comments were made. Commissioner Moor made a motion to approve a request to abandon a 30' x 70.52' portion of an unnamed 30' street and drainage easement located 120' east of the dead-end of Kipling as requested in File 744-OB. Commissioner Craig seconded the motion. Motion to approve carried 7:0. ROLL CALL JOINT PUBLIC HEARINGS Mayor Ames called the Joint Public Hearings of March 30, 2009 to order and explained the purpose of the joint hearing process and then turned the meeting over to Commissioner Bodwin. He explained the policies and procedures for the hearing process. 1) File 1980-Z: Request for a zone change from RS (Residential Single Family Dwelling) District to LI (Light Industrial) District. Location: 6045 College Street Applicant: A-Lisotta Mini Stor-AIl Mr. Richardson presented the staff report. A building on the west side of A- Lisotta's Mini Stor-All was severely damaged during Hurricane Ilse. This building is located on property zoned RS. The business would like to reconstruct the building. Because of the RS zoning along the west ,and north sides, the new building would have to be set back 25' along those property lines, causing the building to be greatly reduced in size. Therefore, A-Lisotta's Mini Stor-All asked N Planning Commission March 30, 2009 DD#6 and Kirk Giles, adjacent property owners, to participate in the zone change, which they did. Mr. Richardson recommended approval of the request. Nine notices were mailed to property owners within 200 feet. One response in favor and none in opposition were returned. Slides of the subject property were shown. Commissioner Bodwin opened the public hearing and asked for the applicant's comments. Aaron Rubin with Germer Gertz Law Firm addressed the Commission as counsel for A-Lisotta Mini Stor-All. Commissioner Bodwin asked for comments in favor or in opposition. No comments were made. The public bearing was closed. Commissioner Craig made a motion to approve a zone change from RS (Residential Single Family Dwelling) District to LI (Light Industrial) District at 6045 College Street as requested in File 1980-Z. Commissioner Senigaur seconded the motion. Motion to approve carried 6:0:1 (Reed). 2) File 1981-P: Request for a specific use permit to allow a YMCA in an RM-H (Residential Multiple Family Dwelling -Highest Density) District. Location: 9195 Dishman Applicant: Long Architects, Inc. Mr. Richardson presented the staff report. The new facility will have a number of family oriented features. The Y will be built in several phases. Initially, the swimming pool and the building housing the indoor activities will be constructed with the other facilities being built over time. The Y is requesting a waiver of the landscaping/screening requirements around the property. The Y is working with the developer of the neighboring subdivision to ensure that a screening fence is provided between all developed property and the YMCA property. Mr. Richardson recommended approval with a waiver of the screening/landscaping requiremeni. along the east, west and south property lines. Two notices were mailed to property owners within 200 feet of the subject property. No responses in favor or in opposition were returned. Slides of the subject property were shown. Planning Commission March 30, 2009 Commissioner Bodwin opened the public hearing and asked for the applicant's comments. Philip Long, the applicant, addressed the Commission. Commissioner Bodwin asked for comments in favor or in opposition. Martin Broussard, 2495 Long, addressed the Commission. The public hearing was closed. Commissioner Nejad made a motion to approve a specific use permit to allow a YMCA in an RM-H (Residential Multiple Family Dwelling -Highest Density) District at 9195 Dishman as requested in File 1981-P. Commissioner Craig seconded the motion. - Motion to approve carried 7:0. OTIiER BUSINESS THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 3:35 P. M. 4 ABSTENTION AFFIDAVIT THE STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF JEFFERSON § �4 A A'q V?Pn• 6w.4-IfAt"y'\Council, asamemberofthe 1� � cbmmission, r board) make this affidavit and hereby on oath state the foflowidg: L and/or a person or Persons related to me, have a substantial interest in a business entity that would be. peculiarly affected by a vote or decision of the r`L- 1 Z 1 (City Council, conunission, or board) as those terms are defined in V.T.C..A.,, Local Government Code, §1)71,002. The business entity is: (N 777W (Address or name of relative and relationship) TIA,�have/has a substantial interest in this business entity for the following reasons: {checl all of which are applicable.) Ownership of 10 percent or more of the voting stock or shares of the business entity. Ownership of either 10 percent or more or $5,000 or more of the fair market value of the business entity. t Funds received from the business entity exceed 10 percent of my her, his 1 gross income for the previous year. Real property is involved, and (I, he, she) have an interest which is qn equitable or legal ownership with a fair market value of at least $2,500, A relative of mine, within the first or second degree .of blood or marriage, -has a substantial - interest in the business entity or property that would be affected by a decision of the public body of which I am a member; Upon filing of this, affidavit with the City Clerk, I affirm. that I will abstain m voting on any decision involving this business entity and fro any further participation on this matter atsoever,. Signed this day of , 20. 11 D Title BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared 111h / i /4-,64d an oath stated that the facts hereinabove stated are true to the best of his/her knowledge or'belief belie SWORN to and subscribed before me on this �b day of ' 20 ! . JILT. COLS 1 1 Noiary Public, Seale Of Texas? 1 Mrs Cornwiasio6 Expires 1 Notary Pub ' and for the State of Texas }1 fpFi4: 08-06-20!2 1