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HomeMy WebLinkAbout4-5-99 PC MinutesREGULAR MEETING PLANNING COMMISSION April 5, 1999 City Council Chambers A Regular Meeting of the Planning Commission was held April 5, 1999 at 3:30 p.m. with the following members present: Commission members present: Commissioner Sally Bundy Commissioner Dohn LaBiche Commissioner Dale Hallmark Commissioner Albert Robinson Commissioner Glenn Bodwin Commissioner Carlos Hernandez Commission members absent: Chairman Laurie Leister Vice -Chairman Greg Dykeman Commissioner Bill Lucas Also present: Murray Duren, Senior Planner; Tyrone Cooper, First Assistant City Attorney; and Jill Cole, Recording Secretary APPROVAL OF THE MINUTE Commissioner Bundy made a motion to approve the minutes of the March 15, 1999 Regular Meeting and Joint Public Hearings. Commissioner Robinson seconded the motion. Motion to approve carried 6:0. REGULAR MEETING 1) - Preliminary Plat - The Meadowlands: Consider the Preliminary Plat of The Meadowlands, Lots 16-21, Block 1 and Lots 7-19, Block 6. Applicant: Howell and Davis, Inc. for Don Streety Enterprises Mr. Duren reminded the Commission that construction on The Meadowlands began .in 1984. The Meadowlands is located in northwest Beaumont, north of Highway 105 and west of RFD Road. This preliminary plat consists of 19 lots and totals 6.27 acres. This section brings the total to about 40 acres of single family development. Planning Commission April 5, 1999 There were several conditions listed in the staff report to be met, mostly they were corrections or omissions in the plat that was submitted to staff. Staff received a revised plat and all of the conditions have been met. In regard to Condition V, the engineer will meet with the City Engineer today or tomorrow to discuss some construction features of the drainage plan and will not affect the Preliminary Plat approval. The plat meets the Comprehensive Plan's requirement for development and is in accordance with the Subdivision Ordinance and the Zoning Ordinance. Commissioner LaBiche, acting as Chairman, asked for the applicant's comments. Ronald Davis of Howell and Davis, Inc., the applicant, addressed the Commission. He said that approval was given on this section several years ago, but was not built, therefore, he is resubmitting it because of the two year time limit. Commissioner Robinson made a motion to approve the Preliminary Plat of The Meadowlands as requested. Commissioner Hallmark seconded the motion. Motion to approve carried 6:0. 2) File 587-OB: Request to change the street name from Plaza 10 Circle to Veterans Circle. Applicant: Veterans Administration Clinic Mr. Duren informed the Commission that this application follows the regulatory guidelines of the City's Street Renaming Policy adopted by City Council in 1988. The local Veterans Affairs Outpatient CIinic on Fannin Street is building a new clinic on Plaza 10 Circle. Thd circle lies at the end of Plaza 10 Boulevard off of IH-10 in the Plaza 10 Subdivision. They are asking that the name be changed to Veterans Circle. The clinic serves patients from southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana. There are several endorsements from area veterans organizations as well as signatures and petitions from the Veterans Administration and from the Phelan Investment Company, which is selling the lots. All lots in the circle are now vacant. All abutting property owners have agreed to the name change. Commissioner LaBiche asked for the applicant's comments. Frank Johnson, Director of the Veterans Affairs Clinic, the applicant, addressed the Commission. 2 Planning Commission April 5, 1999 Commissioner Bundy made a motion to approve the name change of Plaza 10 Circle to Veterans Circle as requested in File 587-OB. Commissioner Robinson seconded the motion. Motion to approve carried 6:0. 3) File 588-OB: Request to abandon the general utility easements located in the abandoned Wallace Street right-of-way north of Buford. Applicant: Port of Beaumont Navigation District Mr. Duren said that the subject utility easements were retained when two different sections of Wallace Street were abandoned - one in 1990 and the other in 1995. Wallace runs north to south from the Neches River down to Buford Street. Southwestern Bell has existing phone lines in the easements. If the easement abandonments are approved, it should be subject to relocation or abandonment of any existing facilities in the utility easements. Commissioner LaBiche asked for the applicant's comments. The applicant was not present. Commissioner Hallmark made a motion to approve the general utility easement abandonments located in the abandoned Wallace Street north of Buford Street as requested in File 588-OB, subject to the relocation of utility lines by the Port. Commissioner Bodwin seconded the motion. Motion to approve carried 6:0. OTHER BUSINESS THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT 3:40 P. M. 3