HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993-08-31STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF TARRANT
CITY OF GRAPEVINE
The Planning and Zoning Commission Special Workshop Meeting of the City of
Grapevine, Texas, met Tuesday evening, August 31, 1993, at 6:00 P.M., in the
Training Room #104, Police Building, 307 West Dallas Road, Grapevine, Texas, with
the following members present to wit:
Ron Cook
Larry Oliver
Catherine Martin
Curtis Young
Marvin Balvin
Steve Stamos
Sharron Spencer
Chairman
Vice Chairman
Member
Member
Member
Member
City Council Representative
with member Darlene Freed absent, constituting a quorum, and the following city
staff:
H. T. (Tommy) Hardy Director of Community Development
Marcy Ratcliff Planner
Teresa Wallace Planning Secretary
After dinner, Chairman, Ron Cook called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
NEW BUSINESS:
REVIEW SECTION 20-44 DRIVEWAY PLACEMENT STANDARDS
Stan Laster, Assistant Director of Public Works, addressed the exceptions in the
Driveway Placement Standards discussed at the August 24, 1993 workshop. Using
overhead projected exhibits, he explained to Commission members current guidelines
and criteria for drive cuts and distances between driveway placement for corner lots.
Focus was placed on master planning of undeveloped commercial and industrial tracts
to limit the number of drivecuts on to public streets, using internal circulation on each
tract to cut down traffic congestion.
Chairman Ron Cook asked Jerry Hodge, Director of Public Works to review the
comments of the meeting and bring a revision back to the Planning and Zoning
Commission for approval. Jerry Hodge stated the revision would be back to them at
the October meeting.
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OLD BUSINESS
REVIEW STATE HIGHWAY 121 CORRIDOR STUDY
Chairman Ron Cook asked Tommy Hardy, Director of Community Development, to
give the Commission a review and address any new developments on the Corridor
Study since the last workshop.
Tommy Hardy, Director of Community Development, spoke to the Commission
regarding the recent local option election that approved wine sales in Grapevine. A
proposed Winery Zoning District was being drafted by the Community Development
Department that could possibly serve as an excellent buffering tool between
Commercial Districts and Single Family Residential Districts.
Chairman Ron Cook suggested that perhaps a new category should be created to
include a winery land use on the land use map legend, colored purple, to show where
existing property had been purchased on State Highway 121 to be used as grape
vineyards by Tom Greaves and Jerry Delaney. City Council Representative, Sharron
Spencer, suggested that a new zoning category should also be created for wineries
that would allow low intensity commercial permitted uses that usually surround a
winery.
in discussing the vineyards, Ron Cook offered there were four options to allow
buffering for vineyard development on the land use map that would includt;
Commercial Districts, a Winery District, R-20 Single Family Residential (to buffer
themselves) and a combination of R-20 and Winery use.
Chairman Ron Cook suggested review and discussion of the land use map, as
previously colored, to reflect the opinions of the Mayor and City Council at the joint
workshop held in June. Commission members agreed that no further changes need
be made to the entire east side of State Highway 121 from Glade Road to State
Highway 360.
In discussing the west side of State Highway 121, it was decided the only areas that
need further review were the two tracts of land, beginning south of Western Oaks
Drive and following south to the northwest corner of Hall -Johnson Road, and then
west to Heritage Avenue. Members discussed the depth of the commercial
designation shown on the land use map and agreed that it was more than the amount
needed to attract commercial development that would be compatible with the existing
single family development already in place.
Marvin Balvin moved, with a second by Curtis Young, to designate a maximum depth
be established for commercial development of 400 feet beginning at the southwest
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corner of Western Oaks Drive following south down the service road to Hall -Johnson
Road, and a maximum depth of 300 feet of low intensity commercial be established
beginning at a line from the southwest corner of the cemetery, west of the corner of
Hall -Johnson Road, following west to Heritage Avenue, with the prevailing vote as
follows:
Ayes:
Cook, Oliver, Martin, Young, Balvin and Stamos
Nays:
None
Absent:
Freed
MISCELLANEOUS:
Ron Cook instructed staff to present the draft for a Winery District to the Commission
at the next Tri -Annual Workshop set for September 14, 1993 at 6:00 P.M.
With no further business to consider, a motion by Steve Stamos, with a second by
Curtis Young was to adjourn the meeting at 8:30 P.M., with the prevailing vote as
follows:
Ayes:
Cook, Oliver, Martin,
Nays:
None
Absent:
Freed
Young, Balvin, and Stamos
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, ON THIS THEA/,QDAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1993.
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