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HomeMy WebLinkAbout5-7-01 PC MinutesIMINUTES JOINT' PUBLIC HEARINGS PLANNING COMMISSION CITY COUNCIL May 7,2001 City Council Chambers Joint Public Hearings of the Planning Commission and City Council were held on May 7, 2001 with the following members present: Commission members present: Chairman Laurie Leister Vice -Chairman Greg Dykeman Commissioner Dale Hallmark Commissioner Dohn LaBiche Commissioner Albert Robinson Commissioner Marty Craig Commissioner Carlos Hernandez Commissioner Bill Lucas Commissioner Glenn Bodwin Councilmembers present: Mayor David W. Moore Mayor Pro -Tern Guy Goodson Councilman -at -Large Andrew Cokinos Councilmember-at-Large Becky Ames Councilmernber Lulu Smith Councilman Audwin Samuel Councilmembers absent: Councilmember Bobbie Patterson Also present: Stephen Richardson, Planning Manager; Tyrone Cooper, First Assistant City Attorney; Cheryl Robinson, Senior Planner; Adina Abshire, Planning Technician; Jill Cole, Recording Secretary; Kyle Hayes, Assistant City Manager APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES Commissioner LaBiche made a motion to approve the minutes of the Joint Public Hearings held March 19, 2001. Commissioner Hallmark seconded the motion. Motion to approve carried 8:0. Planning Commission May 7, 2001 JOINT PUBLIC HEARINGS Mayor Pro-Tem Goodson called the Joint Public Hearings of May 7, 2001 to order and explained the purpose of the joint hearing process and then turned the meeting over to Chairman Leister. She explained the policies and procedures for the hearing process. 1) File 1554-P: Request for a specific use permit for a dentist office and two other offices in an RM-H (Residential Multiple Family Dwelling -Highest Density) District. Location: 3590 Delaware Applicant: Austin A. Barnett, D.D.S. Mr. Richardson stated that the applicant wants to construct a dental office and two other professional office buildings containing a total of 10,100 square feet. There are mixed uses in the immediate neighborhood along Delaware. The proposed offices will be compatible with existing development in the area. On the east side of the subject property, an eight foot tall screening fence and ten foot wide landscape strip are required. If the site plan is approved as submitted, a modification of the ten foot wide landscape strip and the screening fence are required. Mr. Richardson recommended approval of the specific use permit with a modification to the ten foot wide landscape strip on the east side of the property. He recommended that an eight foot tall screening fence be built along the entire east property line. Eighty-one notices were mailed to property owners within 200 feet. Three responses in favor and none in opposition were returned. Slides of the subject property were shown. (Commissioner Craig arrived.) In response to Commissioner Bodwin, Mr. Richardson clarified that if the site plan is approved as submitted, the Commission would need to grant a modification to the landscaping and fencing along the east property line. He recommended approval of the modification to the landscaping, but said he felt that the fence should extend the entire length of the east property line, because there are residential uses to the east and this will be a commercial use. In response to Chairman Leister, Mr. Richardson, referring to the site plan, pointed out that on the east property line, an eight foot solid fence is shown along the 2 Planning Commission May 7, 2001 parking in the front, but it doesn't show it all the way to the rear of the property and recommended that it run the entire length of the cast property line. Chairman Leister opened the public hearing and asked for the applicant's comments. Dr. Austin Barnett, the applicant, addressed the Commission. Chairman Leister asked for comments in favor or in opposition. P. T. Kojak, the property owner, addressed the Commission in favor of the request. The public hearing was closed. Commissioner Lucas made a motion to approve a specific use permit to allow a dentist office and two other offices in an RM-H District at 3590 Delaware as requested in File 1554-P, with a requirement of an 8 foot fence as shown on the site plan with the remainder of the fence being required once the second and third building are constructed and also a waiver of the 10 foot wide landscape strip on the east side of the property. Commissioner Bodwin seconded the motion. Motion to approve carried 9:0. 2) File 1555-Z/P: Request for a zone change from A-R (Agricultural -Residential) to GC-MD-2 (General Commercial -Multiple Family Dwelling-2) District and a specific use permit for a 15,000 square foot office building. Location: Folsom Drive between Major Drive and Dowlen Road Applicant: Dunleith Partners, Ltd. Mr. Richardson stated that the applicant will construct this 15,000 square foot building for Script Care, Inc., an independent pharmacy benefit manager. Script Care will operate their corporate office, as well as their claims processing and customer services out of this location. The developers have submitted a conceptual development and zoning plan for a 200+ acre tract extending from Folsom north and northwest to Major. The plan depicts an overall development scheme consisting of 102 acres of single family, 42 acres of multiple family and 45 acres of GC-MD-2 commercial zoning. The property will be subject to the landscaping and screening requirements. Screening and buffer strips will be required along the north, east and west property lines. C Planning Commission May 7,2001 Mr. Richardson recommended approval of the zone change and specific use permit subject to the landscaping and screening regulations being met. Three 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. Chairman Leister opened the public hearing and asked for the applicant's comments. Sheri Arnold, commercial real estate broker representing Dunleith Partners, addressed the Commission. A discussion regarding landscaping followed Chairman Leister asked that staff require applicants to show landscaping on their site plans in the future. Chairman Leister asked for comments in favor or in opposition. Milt Prewitt of J. M. Prewitt Company addressed the Commission in favor of the request on behalf of La -Tex Investors, owner of the subject property. Chairman Leister closed the public hearing. Commissioner LaBiche made a motion to approve a zone change from A-R to GC- MD-2 and a specific use permit for a 15,000 square foot office building at Folsom Drive between Major Dr. and Dowlen Road as requested in File 15 55-Z/P, with the following stipulations: a waiver of the fencing requirement on any property line, a 30' wide planted landscape buffer to a point 30' behind the rear wall of the administration building on the east and west property lines and a 10' landscape buffer along the north property line. Vice -Chairman Dykeman seconded the motion. Motion to approve carried 9:0. OTHER BUSINESS THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 4:45 P.M. 4