HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-16-95 PC MinutesREGULAR MEETING AND
JOINT PUBLIC HEARING
PLANNING COMMISSION AND
CITY COUNCIL
October 16, 1995
City Council Chambers
A Regular Meeting and Joint Public Hearing of the Planning Commission and City
Council was held on October 16, 1995 with the following members present:
Chairman Elmer Embs
Commissioner Sally Bundy
Commissioner Rob Clark
Commissioner Laurie Leister
Commissioner Bessie Chisum
Commissioner Cleveland Nisby
Commissioner Bill Lucas
Commissioners absent: Vice -Chairman Marva Provo
Commissioner Bill Kimbrough
Councilmembers present: Mayor Pro-Tem Becky Ames
Councilmember-at-Large Andrew Cokinos
Councilmember Guy Goodson
Councilmember Lulu Smith
Councilmembers absent: Mayor David Moore
Councilmember Bobbie Patterson
Councilmember John Davis
Also present: Stephen Richardson, Planning Director; Murray Duren, Senior Planner;
Tyrone Cooper, First Assistant City Attorney; Bonnie Semien, Planning
Technician and Jill Cole, Recording Secretary.
Commissioner Clark made a motion to approve the minutes of the September 18, 1995
Regular Meeting and Joint Public Hearing. Motion was seconded by Commissioner
Bundy. Motion to approve carried 6:0.
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REGULAR MEETING
1) File 1204-ZIP and 1227-P: Consider a request to extend the time limit of a
specific use permit by 18 months for an amended specific use permit granted on
October 26, 1993.
Location: Dowlen at Wellington, south end of tract. Request for 1.07 acres of
original 8.67 acres.
Applicant: Dowlen Development Company
Mr. Richardson told the Planning Commission that the extension request is for
what is called Area "A", which consists of 1.06 acres. The site plan approved
by City Council on October 26, 1993 allows a single office building of 9,600
square feet. Plans are now being finalized for a professional office building
containing approximately 7,735 square feet.
1227-P expires on October 26, 1995. Because the building would not be
substantially completed by that date, the property owner is asking for an
extension for Area "A" only. The specific use permit will expire on the
remaining 7.61 acres.
Mr. Richardson recommended approval of the request.
(Commissioner Chisum arrived.)
Chairman Embs asked for the applicant's comments.
Bill Wilson, representing Dowlen Joint Venture, the applicant, addressed the
Commission.
Chairman Embs asked for comments in favor or in opposition. No comments
were made.
Commissioner Leister made a motion to approve the extension of the time limit
of a specific use permit by 18 months for an amended specific use permit granted
on October 26, 1993. Commissioner Bundy seconded the motion. Motion to
approve carried 6:0. (Commissioner Clark abstained from voting.)
JOINT PUBLIC HEARING
Mayor Pro-Tem Ames called the Joint Public Hearing of October 16, 1995 to order and
explained the purpose of the joint hearing process and then turned the meeting over to
Chairman Embs. He explained the policies and procedures for the hearing process.
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1} File 1284-P: Consider an application for a specific use permit to allow a one -
chair barbershop inside a residence in an RCR (Residential Conservation and
Revitalization) District.
Location: 1511 Wall Street between Avenue B and Avenue C
Applicant: Augustine R. Meza
Mr. Richardson told the Planning Commission that the applicant wants to close
his present barbershop on College Street. He proposes to operate a one -chair
shop iri' a front room of his home.
The applicant requested a modification of the screening and landscaping
requirements. An existing 6' chain link fence and shrubbery is located along the
south property line. Along the east and west property lines, the applicant plans
to build 8' screening fences, but there is not adequate room to put the 10'
landscaping strip. Therefore, the applicant has requested a waiver to the
landscaping requirement.
Mr. Richardson recommended approval of the specific use permit and the
modified landscape plan subject to:
1. The applicant extend his parking area 42' from the front of his lot
between the house and the east property line and extend the parking area
30' across the front of the lot from the northeast corner of the property.
2. The construction of an 8' privacy fence along the east and west lot lines.
Twenty notices were sent to property owners within 200 feet of the subject
property. One response in opposition and none in favor were returned.
Chairman Embs opened the public hearing and asked for the applicant's
comments.
Augustine Meza, the applicant, addressed the Commission.
Chairman Embs asked for comments in favor and in opposition.
Sneaking in Favor
Mrs. Meza Gonzales, the applicant's sister, spoke in support of her brother's
request.
Chairkan Embs closed the public hearing.
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Discussion of the fencing requirement, and only requiring a 6' fence instead of
an 8' fence followed.
Commissioner Clark made a motion to approve the specific use permit and
modified landscaping as requested in File 1284-P, subject to 1) the applicant
extending his parking area 42' from the front of his lot between the house and
the east property line and extend the parking area 30' across the front of the lot
from the northeast corner of tha property; and 2) the construction of a 6' fence
instead of an 8' fence that will login 24' back from the front property line and
extend to the rear property line and no extra landscaping required.
Commissioner Leister seconded the motion. Motion to approve 7:0.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED.
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