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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1962-05-01 Minutes95 MINUTES OF FAYETTEVILLE CITY PUNNING COMMISSION • The City Planning Commission of Fayetteville. Arkansas, met in a regular meeting on Tuesday, May 1, 1962, at 3:30 p.m. in the City Council Room in the City Administration Building. Present: Mr. Palmer, Mr. Shreve, Mr. Young, lir. Stubblefield, Mr. Walker and Mr. McClinton. Absent: Miss Lighton, Mr. Dalton and hir. Caudle. The meeting was called to order by Chairman J. F. Palmer. The minutes of April 10, 1 (regular meeting) were approved as written and mailed to the members prior to the meeting. Mr. A. J. Miller appeared before the Planning Commission to request permission to open . a subdivision on the property he owns on Highway Seventy -Ona South. This property is 410 feet by 200 feet but is located in a zone which prohibits subdivisions. The Chairman checked with the Industrial Foundation and the Chamber of Commerce and reported that there were no objections to a subdivision in this area. No future industrial plans were cited by either organization. Mr. Walker reported that he had received telephone calls from the property owners to the north, south and across the highway from lir. Miller's property. The property owners protested to this proposed subdivision. Mr. Young moved that the Planning Commission approved Nr. A. J. Miller's plans for a 40 subdivision on Highway Seventy=One South and that Nr. Miller be instructed to proceed with the necessary procedures set out by city ordinance. The motion was seconded by Mr. Stubblefield and passed unanimously. The City Building Inspector presented Mr. Hugh Dill's final plat to the Planning Commiss- ion for approval. The City Building Inspector reported that the City Engineer was work- ing on the water plans and that McGoodwin's office was working on the sewer and street plans; however there was a problem concerning the setback lines on the turn around. Mr. Lieberenz emphasized that the Planning Commission had approved in the past the build- ing setback line to extend twenty-five (25) feet from the street right of way line past the turn around so that houses could be built in line along these new streets. Nr. H. Lieberenz requested that the Planning Commission study and permit the building set back line to run twenty-five (25) feet from the street right of way from Center Street to a point seven and one-half (7 1/2) feet from the cul de sac street line opposite the center of the cul de sac and then the building setback line follow a line seven and one-half (7 1/2) feet from the outer edge of the cul de sac instead of the twenty-five (25) feet from the outer edge of the cul de sac street line. Yr. Stubblefield moved that the Planning Commission recommend to the City Council that Kra Hugh Dill's final plat be accepted provided that the building setback line runs twenty-five (25) feet from the street right of way from Center Street to a point seven and one-half (7 1/2) feet from the cul de sac street line opposite the center of the cul de sac and then the building setback line follow a line seven and one-half (7 1/2) feet from the outer edge of the cul de sac instead of the twenty five (25) feet from the 40 outer edge of the cul de sac street line. The motion was seconded by Mr. Young and passed unanimously. Mr. Hugh Dill, who was present to answer any questions the Planning Commission members had, asked if he could begin construction on one of his duplexes. !r. Young moved that M Minutes of May 1, 1962 the Planning Commission Authorize the City Building Inspector to issue Mr. Hugh Dill a building permit to build on lot 1. The motion was seconded by Mr. McClinton and passed unanimously. The City Building Inspector presented Mr. Roy Adams' final plat to the Planning Commission for final plat approval. He reported that the sewer was already installed; curb, gutter and black top were constructed; and that the water mains would be laid by the city as the houses were built. Mr. Stubblefield moved that the Planning Commission recommend to the City Council that Mr. Roy Adams' final plat be accepted. The motion was seconded by Mr. Walker and passed unanimously. Mr. Walker reported that the special committee appointed to study the jurisdiction map had no report to make at this time. Mr. Walker requested more time. The Chairman granted the committee more time and deferred action until a later meeting. The Chairman read the petition of Mr. H. H. Gose and Dr. Joe Be Hall requesting the re- zoning from R-2 Two Family Residential District to R -P Professional Office Residential District two tracts of land being described as: Tract 1: (owned by Joe Be Hall) Lots 7 and 8 of Park Village Addition to the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, Tract 2: (owned by H. H. Gose and now under contract of sale to Dr. J. W. Murry) and being all of lot 1 and 10 feet of equal width off the south side of lot 2, extending a distance of 15 feet east of the east line of lot 1 in Park Village Addition to the City of Fayetteville and 15 feet of equal width off the west side of lot 11 of said Addition, extending a distance of 10 feet north of the north line of said lot 1. Mr. Lieberenz pointed out that the Planning Commission held a public hearing on December 28, 1961, in which lots 1 through 10 of Park Village Addition to the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, were being considered for rezoning from R-2 Two Family Resident' District to R -P Professional Office Residential District. The area was not rezoned. ' According to Article IX AMENDMENT, 1. Amendment Procedure for Private Partiesg. Re- petitions for Amendments, "No application. for zoning amendments will be considered by the Planning Commission within twelve (12) months from the date of final disapproval of a proposed amendment unless there is evidence submitted to the Planning Commission which justifies reconsideration." The members present were reluctant to set a date for a public hearing; therefore the members requested that Mr. H. H. Gose and Dr. Joe Be Hall acquire in the form of a petition the neighboring property owners' opinion of the re- quested rezoning. Action was deferred until Mir. Gose and Doctor Hall were contacted. Mr. Young, Chairman of the Housing Code Committee, gave a report on the progress he and his committee had made. Mr. Young urged that caution be used while drafting a housing code. He reported the code he had studied was the "ideal" housing code, but it was too severe to begin enforcing in Fayetteville. The Planning Commission requested the City Building Inspector to obtain copies of the housing codes used in other cities. Mr. H. Lieberenz said he would check with Mr. Nelson at the Division of Planning, University of Arkansas, and see if Mr. Nelson had copies used by other cities as well as extra copies of the housing code which Mr. Young and his committee had studied.) . There was no further business; the meeting was adjourned. APPROVED: / IVII DATE: