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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPZ Item 09 - MinutesSTATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF TARRANT CITY OF GRAPEVINE P & Z JOINT PUBLIC HEARING NOVEMBER 15, 2005 ITEM I ,�� The Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Grapevine, Texas met in Special Briefing Session on this the 15th day of November, 2005 at 7:00 p.m. in the Planning and Zoning Conference Room, 200 South Main Street, 2nd Floor, Grapevine, Texas with the following members present -to -wit: Larry Oliver Chairman Herb Fry Vice -Chairman Chris Coy Member Danette Murray Member B J Wilson Member Becky St. John Member Rob Undersander Member Mark Lowery Alternate Andrea Roy Alternate constituting a quorum, and the following City Staff: H. T. (Tommy) Hardy Ron Stombaugh Scott Dyer Susan Batte CALL TO ORDER Director of Development Services Development Manager Manager of Engineering Administrative Secretary Chairman Oliver called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m. ITEM 1. BRIEFING SESSION Chairman Oliver announced the Planning and Zoning Commission would conduct a briefing session relative to the following cases: CU05-57 TGI FRIDAY'S CU05-59 & PD05-04 BONE DADDY'S PD05-05 GAMESTOP SU05-04 CINGULAR WIRELESS HL05-09 SIMMONS-POWERS RESIDENCE HL05-10 TRICE -LUCAS RESIDENCE AM05-04 AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE 111505 to discuss development issues. ADJOURNMENT After a brief discussion, Chairman Oliver adjourned the meeting at 7:29 p.m. PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS ON THIS THE 20TH DAY OF DECEMBER 2005. Masaow"v UVEIMIN SECRETARY NOTE: Planning and Zoning Commission continued with the Joint Public Hearing 111505 2 P & Z JOINT PUBLIC HEARING NOVEMBER 15, 2005 STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF TARRANT CITY OF GRAPEVINE The Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Grapevine, Texas met in Joint Public Hearing with the City Council, on this the 15th day of November, 2005, in the City Council Chambers, 200 South Main Street, 2nd Floor, Grapevine, Texas with the following members present -to -wit: Larry Oliver Chairman Herb Fry Vice -Chairman Chris Coy Member Danette Murray Member B J Wilson Member Becky St. John Member Rob Undersander Member Andrea Roy Alternate Mark Lowery Alternate constituting a quorum, and the following City Staff: H. T. (Tommy) Hardy Ron Stombaugh Scott Dyer Susan Batte CALL TO ORDER Director of Development Services Development Manager Manager of Engineering Administrative Secretary Mayor Tate called the joint meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. and Chairman Oliver called the Planning and Zoning Commission deliberation session to order at 8:54 p.m. INVOCATION Commissioner Rob Undersander delivered the Invocation. 1, , JOINT PUBLIC HEARINGS CONDITIONAL USE APPLICATION CU05-57 TGI FRIDAY'S First for the Commission to consider and make a recommendation to the City Council was Conditional Use Request CU05-57 submitted by TGIF/DFW Restaurant Joint Venture for property located at 1000 International Parkway, Terminal B, Columns 32 & 35. The applicant was requesting a conditional use permit to amend the previously approved site plan of CU04-13 (Ord. 04-33) for a restaurant with the possession, 111505 ii� • 11 storage, retail sale, and on -premise consumption of alcoholic beverages (beer, wine and mixed beverages) specifically to expand the consumption and seating area. With no further questions, guests to speak, one letter of approval, the public hearing was closed. In the Commission's deliberation session discussion, Rob Undersander moved to approve conditional use request CU05-57, B J Wilson seconded the motion, which prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Oliver, Fry, Coy, Murray, St John, Wilson, and Undersander Nays: None OVERLAY ••/ i4 BONE DADDY'S Next for the Commission to consider was Conditional Use Application CU05-59 & Planned Development Overlay PD05-04 submitted by Razzoo's Inc for property located at 1720 William D. Tate Avenue and proposed to be platted as Lot 1, Block 1, Bone Daddy's Addition. The applicant was requesting a conditional use permit to allow for the possession, storage, retail sale, and on -premise consumption of alcoholic beverages (beer, wine and mixed beverages) in conjunction with a restaurant. The applicant was also requesting a planned development overlay to reduce the landscape setback requirement along Mustang Drive and provide less than 70 percent masonry to the exterior walls. Mr. Kjell Knutson, the applicant, spoke regarding the future of the restaurant. The Planning and Zoning Commission expressed concerns regarding the reduction of the landscape setback and masonry requirements. Mike Leatherwood, Jim Mason and John Evans also requested favorable consideration of the application. With no further questions, guests to speak, one letter of opposition, the public hearing was closed. In the Commissioner's deliberation session, discussion continued regarding the landscaping and masonry, Herb Fry moved to table conditional use request CU05-59 to the December 20, 2005 public hearing and instructed the applicant to meet the ordinance regarding landscaping and masonry, Chris Coy seconded the motion which prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Oliver, Fry, Coy, Murray, St John, Wilson, and Undersander Nays: None 111505 4 In the Commissioner's deliberation session, discussion continued regarding the landscaping and masonry, Chris Coy moved to table planned development overlay request PD05-04 to the December 20, 2005 public hearing and instructed the applicant to meet the ordinance regarding landscaping and masonry, Danette Murray seconded the motion, which prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Oliver, Fry, Coy, Murray, St John, Wilson, and Undersander Nays: None PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY PD05-05 GAMESTOP Next for the Commission to consider was Planned Development Overlay PD05-05 submitted by Rob Lloyd for property located at 625 Westport Parkway and platted as Lot 2, Block 2, Westport Business Park. The applicant was requesting a planned development overlay to allow parking within the front yard landscape setback. Mr. Rob Lloyd, the applicant, informed the Planning and Zoning Commission that the company has grown since moving into the building and expects to hire up to 1,000 employees, they are currently renting 70 parking spaces from an adjacent property. Mike Gilliland, the architect, noted that the landscape requirement for trees and shrubbery were doubled in order to minimize the visibility of the parking. With no further questions, guests to speak, one letter of approval, the public hearing was closed. In the Commissioner's deliberation session, discussion continued regarding parking in the front yard landscape setback, Chris Coy moved to deny planned development overlay request PD05-05, B J Wilson seconded the motion, which prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Oliver, Fry, Coy, Murray, St John and Wilson Nays: Undersander SPECIAL USE PERMIT SU05-04 CINGULAR WIRELESS Next for the Commission to consider was Special Use Permit SU05-04 submitted by Cingular Wireless for property located at 2220 West Grapevine Mills Circle and platted as Lot 1, Block 6, Grapevine Mills Addition, Phase 1. The applicant was requesting a special use permit to allow the installation of a cellular antenna arrays on the existing AmeriSuites Hotel. Mr. David Prejean, representing the applicant, requested favorable consideration of the application. With no further questions, guests to speak, nor letters or petitions, the public hearing 111505 5 • ti was closed. In the Commissioner's deliberation session, Danette Murray moved to approve special use permit SU05-04, Herb Fry seconded the motion, which prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Oliver, Fry, Coy, Murray, St John, Wilson and Undersander Nays: None HISTORIC LANDMARK SUBDISTRICT HL05-09 SIMMONS-POWERS RESIDENCE Next for the Commission to consider and make a recommendation to the City Council was Historic Landmark Subdistrict application HL05-09 submitted by Michael and Lisa Buick for property located at 320 East Texas Street and legally subscribed as Tract 62C, Abstract 422, William Dooley Survey. The applicant was requesting a Historic Landmark Subdistrict designation for the property. With no further questions, guests to speak, nor letters or petitions, the public hearing was closed. In the Commission's deliberation session Chris Coy moved to approve historic landmark Subdistrict HL05-09, Danette Murray seconded the motion, which prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Oliver, Fry, Coy, Murray, St John, Wilson and Undersander Nays: None HISTORIC LANDMARK SUBDISTRICT HL05-10 TRICE -LUCAS RESIDENCE Next for the Commission to consider and make a recommendation to the City Council was Historic Landmark Subdistrict application HL05-10 submitted by Roger Gaultry for property located at 513 East Texas Street and platted as Lot 2, Block 1, Vinson Addition. The applicant was requesting a Historic Landmark Subdistrict designation for the property. With no further questions, guests to speak, nor letters or petitions, the public hearing was closed. In the Commission's deliberation session Herb Fry moved to approve historic landmark Subdistrict HL05-10, Becky St. John seconded the motion, which prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Oliver, Fry, Coy, Murray, St John, Wilson and Undersander Nays: None 111505 6 P & Z JOINT PUBLIC HEARING NOVEMBER 15, 2005 ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS AM -04: SECTION 49 SPECIAL USES RELATIVE TO FLAG LOTS; SECTION 52 TREE PRESERVATION RELATIVE TO "NON -PROTECTED" TREES: AND SECTION 60 SIGN REGULATIONS RELATIVE TO THE USE OF OBJECTS FOR SIGNAGE Next for the Commission to make recommendation to the City Council was amendments to the comprehensive zoning ordinance: Section 49 Special Uses relative to flag lots; Section 52, Tree Preservation relative to "non -protected" trees; and Section 60 Sign Regulations relative to the use of objects for signage. Section 49, Special Uses: The ordinance has no explicit definition of a "flag lot," that being a lot that does not meet minimum lot width requirements at right-of-way; however, it is implied in the definition of "width of lot." The following is our current definitions of "Lot" and "Width of Lot": LOT shall mean a tract of land occupied or to be occupied by a building and its accessory buildings, and including such open spaces as are required under this ordinance, and having its principal frontage upon a public street or officially approved place. WIDTH OF LOT shall mean the distance between the side property lines measured at a required building setback line, measuring parallel to the front property line, perpendicular to the side property line. At no time, however, shall the front property line be less than twenty (20) feet. A typical application of both of these definitions relative to the establishment of a flag lot would be to allow a "flag" or narrow portion of a lot, not less than twenty feet in width to serve as a driveway from the right-of-way whereupon at some point the lot would widen to meet minimum lot width, depth, and area requirements. The concept of a flag lot is an excellent planning tool in the development of commercial property; however, its application relative to single-family residential property is questionable. In extreme cases, a residential lot, usually the flag lot, is placed directly behind another lot with only a small piece of frontage on the street used for driveway access. Essentially, one house is developed behind another potentially choking off all visibility of a residence built upon the flag lot. Virtually all cities allow the application of the flag lot concept. Some control the length of the flag or control the minimum width of the flag such as we do in our ordinance. Based on the direction Staff was given at the July Planning and Zoning Commission workshop, Section 49, Special Uses has been amended to require as a special use any request for a flag lot in any of the single family residential districts except for lots wholly or partially within a cul-de-sac. Also, within this section, a flag lot is defined. 111505 7 P & Z JOINT PUBLIC HEARING NOVEMBER 15, 2005 Section 52, Tree Preservation As the ordinance is currently written a "protected tree" is any self-supporting woody perennial plant which has a caliper diameter of three inches or more when measured at a point of four and one-half feet above ground level and which normally attains an overall height of at least twenty feet at maturity, usually with one main stem or trunk and many branches. During the development process, trees can only be removed from a site when they fall within the "buildable" area (building pad site, parking/paving area) in conjunction with a building permit. Many times, given the size and scale of a construction project, mass grading and site work for commercial and residential development must be done outside the boundary or scope of the intended buildable area. Trees in this area cannot be removed without a tree removal permit and tree replacement plan approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission. This situation can create unreasonable time delays in the construction and development process when in most cases the very trees that are being protected will ultimately be removed and the trees in question usually fall into a category that are considered undesirable as part of a finished, landscaped development. Based on the direction Staff was given at the July Planning and Zoning Commission workshop, Section 52, Tree Preservation has been amended to establish a list of five species of trees that are exempt from the protection and preservation requirements of Section 52 provided that they are less than ten caliper inches in diameter and not located within a floodplain or watercourse. Section 60, Signage Section 60, Sign Regulations establishes the criteria for signage in all zoning districts. Sign type, height, shape, square -footage, location, setback from the property line and number of signs allowed is strictly regulated. To control the use of "oddly" shaped signs, for example, placing a car on a pole for use as signage, a maximum width of twelve feet and a maximum cabinet depth of fourteen inches has been written into the ordinance for 20 -foot pole signs to minimize these situations. Chairman Larry Oliver had pointed out a situation that has occurred on occasion at the Texas Toyota dealership on State Highway 114 where a vehicle is placed on a scissor -hoist and elevated to a position in the air between 20- to 30 -feet with slow rotation all within the confines of a display parking space. No "signage" or wording is placed on the vehicle while it is in the air rotating but its intent is obviously to be used as a form of display signage to draw attention to the dealership, which is not currently regulated by the zoning ordinance. With no further questions, guests to speak, nor letters or petitions, the public hearing was closed. 111505 8 7" . 0.1111160111*7• In the Commission's deliberation session Chris Coy moved to approve amendments to the comprehensive zoning ordinance AM05-04, Herb Fry seconded the motion, which prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Oliver, Fry, Coy, Murray, St John, Wilson, Roy Nays: None FINAL PLAT APPLICATION OF LOTS 1R AND 1R1, BLOCK 2, A F LEONARD ADDITION Next for the Commission to consider and make a recommendation to the City Council was the Statement of Findings and Final Plat Application of Lots 1R and 1R1, A F Leonard Addition, submitted by Ms. Alma Goltz for property located on the northwest corner of Dooley and Wall Streets. The applicant was final platting 1.767 acres to divide into two lots. The property is zoned "HC" Highway Commercial. With no further questions, guests to speak, nor letters or petitions, the public hearing was closed. In the Commission's deliberation session Danette Murray moved, with a second by B J Wilson, to approve the Statement of Findings and Final Plat Application of Lots 1 R and I R1, Block 2, A F Leonard Addition, which prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Oliver, Fry, Coy, Murray, St John, Wilson and Undersander Nays: None END OF PUBLIC HEARING 151 ��i 111 ij�� Next for the Commission to consider and make a recommendation to the City Council was the Statement of Findings and Final Plat Application of Lot 1, Block 1, Bone Daddy's Addition, submitted by Razzoo's Inc. for property located on the northwest corner of William D Tate Avenue and Mustang Drive. The applicant was final platting 1.848 acres to develop a restaurant. The property is zoned "GU" Governmental Use. With no further questions, guests to speak, nor letters or petitions, the public hearing was closed. In the Commission's deliberation session Chris Coy moved to deny the Statement of Findings and Final Plat Application of Lot 1, Block 1, Bone Daddy's Addition, which prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Oliver, Fry, Coy, Murray, St John, Wilson and Undersander Nays: None 111505 9 • 11 FINAL PLAT APPLICATION OF LOT 1 BLOCK 1, ENGLISH GRAPEVINE CONGREGATION OF JEHOVAH WITNESSES Next for the Commission to consider and make a recommendation to the City Council was the Statement of Findings and Final Plat Application of Lot 1, Block 1, English Grapevine Congregation of Jehovah Witnesses, submitted by Lester Nokes for property located at 3408 Hall -Johnson Road. The applicant was final platting 1.066 acres to build a parking lot on an existing church property. With no further questions, guests to speak, nor letters or petitions, the public hearing was closed. In the Commission's deliberation session Becky St. John moved to approve the Statement of Findings and Final Plat Application of Lot 1, Block 1, English Grapevine Congregation of Jehovah Witnesses, Herb Frey seconded the motion, which prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Oliver, Fry, Coy, Murray, St John, Wilson and Undersander Nays: None CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES Next for the Commission to consider were the Planning and Zoning Commission minutes of the October 18, 2005 Commission meeting. Chris Coy moved to approve the Planning and Zoning Commission minutes of October 18, 2005, Danette Murray seconded the motion, which prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Oliver, Coy, Murray, St John and Wilson Nays: None Abstain: Undersander ADJOURNMENT With no further business to discuss, Danette Murray moved to adjourn the meeting at 9:20 p.m., B J Wilson seconded the motion which prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Oliver, Fry, Coy, Murray, St John, Wilson and Undersander Nays: None 111505 10 PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS ON THIS THE 20th DAY OF DECEMBER 2005. U_r a 9060M SECRETARY 111505 11