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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972-06-20 MinutesMINUTES OF A PLANNING COW41SSION MEETING The Fayetteville Planning Commission met at 4:00 P.M., Tuesday, June 20, 1972, in the Directors Room, City Administration Building, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Members Present: Helen Edmiston, Al Hughes, Roy Clinton, John Maguire, Albert Witte, Dr. Walter Brown. Members Absent: Ernest Jacks, Al Donaubauer, Donald Nickell. Others Present: Hugh R. Kincaid, Mike Watson, Sam Robinson, Jr., Larry Wood, Pete Young, Pat Tobin, George Holland, Wells Bone, Harvey Smith, Donald Grimes, Chairman Roy Clinton called the meeting to order. The minutes of the May 23 and June 6, 1972 Planning Commission meetings were approved as mailed. The first matter considered was a large scale development plan for SAM ROBINSON, JR. , medically oriented office building submitted by Sam Robinson, Jr. and & KINCAID & CO. Kincaid & Company for property on the East side of College Avenue L. S. Development between Batter Street and North Street. Sam Robinson, Jr., Hugh K. North & College Kincaid and Mike Watson were present to represent the proposed development. John Maguire reported on the Subdivision Committee's review of the plan. Mr. Kincaid explained a discrepancy on the West boundary line and presented a revised drawing to correct the error. Mr. Maguire asked Mr. Kincaid how the developer felt about dedicating aniadditional ll ft. for ROW for College Avenue. He said it was quite a bit of land, but that was what the Plat Review Committee felt they needed. Mr. Kincaid said that Clayton Powell, Street Superintendent, had been willing to accept an easement for 5 ft. to widen Baxter Street if he could get right-of-way dedication for the additional needed on College And North Street. Mr. Kincaid said that the plan has one problem; the parking area is shown too close to Baxter Street. A rezoning petition is on file to rezone the subject property from R-1 and C-2 to R-0. He questioned the intent of the ordinance where it requires screening of parking areas when they are across a street "less than 160 ft. wide" from an R district. Yr. Maguire said that the telephone company and Trans -Video need a 15 ft. easement down the East property line. Mr. Kincaid said that he thought a waiver of the parking setback was a matter for the Board of Adjustment but would be happy for the Planning Commission to include it in its motion and check with the City Attorney on whether the Commission had the authority to waive the parking setback. Helen Edmiston moved that the Commission approve the plan. Al Hughes seconded. The Commission members discussed the meeting date for the month of July. RESCHEDULE Roy Clinton said he would be unable to attend the meeting if held on MEETING FOR July 11. Al Donaubauer has resigned. After some discussion the Commission -JULY 18 unanimously agreed to meet July 18 for public hearings on petitions, etc. and not to have any other regular meetings in the month of July. The next matter was a large scale development plan submitted for "Pat PAT TOBIN'S Tobin's Golf King" at 50 West Township. Al Hughes expressed concern with GOLF KING the entrance to the property being located so close to the bridge. He L.S.Development Township Road 1! 1 • 110 6-20-72 -2- section of Township is pretty narrow and gets congested here. Mr. Tobin agreed to move the drive entrance about 50 ft. to the West. Mr. Maguire asked if the additional right-of-way for Township requested by the Plat Review Committee was any problem. Mr. Tobin said it was not; there is a phone cable there already. Dr. Walter Brown said that Arlie Pennington had promised to give additional right-of-way when the property was rezoned. He requested that Mr. Pennington give the required right-of-way before dividing the property up and selling it. John Maguire moved that the Commission approve the plan subject to relocation of the entrance and subject to the disposition of the right-of-way, either under the old procedure or under the 20 ft. rule whichever is greater. Helen Edmiston seconded. The motion passed unanimously. The next matter considered was a request by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company for approval of off-site, off-street parking for a proposed office S.W.BELL TELEPHONE building. Mr. George Holland was present., He stated the proposed Off-site parking building would be used to relocate the t®1'ephone business office. He asked for permission to use the City parking lot across the street to meet the parking requirements. After some discussion, AlMighes moved to approve the request; Helen Edmiston seconded the motion; it was approved unanimously. The next item of business was a report on the Highway 71 By-pass Corridor Study presented by Larry Wood at the request of the Planning Commission, HIGHWAY 71 It was noted that the study was requested by the Commission because of BY-PASS CORRIDOR administrative problems with the ordinance requiring a parallel access STUDY road along the By-pass because it does not designate where the access road should be, where it should come into the By-pass, etc., and because of repeated zoning requests for zoning changes. The General Plan is not specific as to what the future zoning should be in some areas. Mr. Wood had prepared a special lay out to illustrate his findings and recommendations. He stated he assumed that the By-pass would continue to be upgraded to 4 lanes divided with limited access facilities. Roy Clinton asked if there is room on the present right-of-way for two divided lanes plus two 2 -lane service roads. Mr. Wood said there might be, but that he doubted that the Highway Department would ever allow the service roads to be built on their right-of-way. Another assumption of Mr. Wood was that as the By-pass is upgraded access to the By-pass would be limited to major intersections. He expected Highway 112, Highway 16 and Highway 62 to have full access, but did not expect Johnson Road and Highway 265 to have access. He recommended as a general principal intersection ties starting with the most intensive zoning and working to the least intensive through a series of office, multi -family, lower density and finally single family and agricultural activities. Mr. Wood recommended the property below Lake Fayetteville be for public uses. He recommended the hill above the Elks Club remain either A-1 or R-1. The density will probably have to be increased South and East of Nelson's Funeral Home; He recommended as a prerequisite to zoning changes that improvement districts be formed to cover the service road where bridges would be required. High Density Residential zoning was recommended immediately South of the I-1 zoning of Arkansas Western Gas with medium density below that down to Krogers. About the only point to tie a service road at this time is Millsap Road. That would be a bad intersection. Possible signalization was discussed. He recommended C-1 on the Northeast corner of Johnson Road and the By-pass with R-1 north of the south line of the proposed subdivision. He recommended that the service road follow the south line of the subdivision. 6-20-72 -3- On the South side of the By-pass, he thought it would be best to move the service road to the East of Skull Creek and catch that when that property divides and also utilize Appleby Road. Between Johnson Road and Highway 112, he stated he had recognized the C-2 and recommended dezoning the I-1 to C-2 and cutting the C-2 back to match the I-1 dimension. He suggested the service road flare out at this point. He had contacted the Arkansas Highway Department and requested that they study the possibility of a "Highway 71 North Expressway" with a tentative location for an intersection with the By-pass; they said West of Highway 112 and East of Porter Road. Ma. Wood recommended protecting the land area until the interchange can be tied down. He recommended that the C-2 across the By-pass from the fair grounds be eliminated. He said the only place he could see where it would be too difficult to get a service road was on the hillside next to the Elks Club. Commercial was recommended on all four corners at the inter section with Highway 16 West buffered by medium density residential. The access road on the southwest side of the By-pass should be tied directly to the access road on the north side. He recommended that the commercial south of the R-2 on the West side of the By-pass be dezoned to residential, with basically residential coming on down the By-pass. He recommended using Old Farmington Road as the service road with a jog to the West to a desirable development distance West of the IGA store then turn back to Highway 62. Again, commercial was recommended at all four corners of Highway 62. The Commission has already accepted Old Farmington Road as the service road on the East side of the By-pass. The Highway Department said they would not eliminate tying the service roads in at intersections, but that they would discourage it. He was willing to go ahead and recognize commercial establishments all the way out to the Ozark Smoke House on Highway 62, but recommended that the City adopt either the Highway Department access control or one of their own and start enforcing it. This would serve the purpose of establishing spacing of driveways and tying together adjoining parking lots. He recommended this not only for Highway 62, but all the major highways in the City. Mr. Wood did not foresee an interchange on Highway 16 By-pass and Highway 71 By-pass. He recommended the C-1 be cut back in size and the portion East of the creek be dezoned to R-2. On the North side of Eighteenth Street, he proposed the I-1 along the By-pass be changed to medium density residential with high density East of the creek. Mr. Wood said his report recognized the commercial pattern where the By-pass ties back to Highway 71 with strict access control on both sides. He recommended the service road tie back into the existing residential street on the South and West. Following the report, the Commission members discussed the recommendations with Mr. Wood. Don Grimes, City Manager, said he thought the State Highway Department has been very liberal in the issuance of curb cut permits. He thought they have published standards, they just do not enforce them. He said he understood that Mr. Wood was suggesting that the City request that the State allow the City to enforce the State's regulations for them. Mr. Wood and Mr. Grimes informed the Commission that sewer is proposed to serve:+,Ithe area North and West of Highway 16 and the By-pass up to Mt. Comfort Road and that construction will probably begin next February or March. Mr. Witte said he wished to go slow on strip commercial on Highway 62 until the Commission got something firm on the conditions discussed. Larry Wood said his recommendation would be to get a committment on the improvement district for the service road and bridges before doing anything in the area where bridges would be required. 6-20-72 -4- Harvey Smith said his property on the Northeast corner of Johnson Road and Highway 71 By-pass has access to Johnson Road. He said that at the time the Commission could get all other property owners together they could attach an assessment on his property. He said he was willing to give a committment for a service road on the East side of Skull Creek, Roy Clinton stated that it might be best to leave this property I-1 and rezone Kelley Brothers' portion at this time. John Maguire moved that Rezoning Petition R72-19 be amended to rezone from I-1, Heavy Commercial & Light Industrial District, to R-1, Low Density PETITION R72 -19i Residential District, from the South side of the proposed Johnson Road PLANNING COMM. Subdivision northward and leave the remainder I-1. Albert Witte seconded. Johnson Rd. The motion passed unanimously. Albert Witte requested more information from Mr. Wood on the State access control requirements. Roy Clinton requested copies of the State requirements. The Commission unanimously agreed to hold a second or adjourned public ADJOURNED hearing on the proposed sign regulations on June 27, 1972, in the Municipal HEARING Court Room at 7:00 P.M. Due to a conflict of schedules with some of the Commission members, the next regular meeting of the Planning Commission at which rezonings and the petition to remove duplexes from the R-1 district is to be heard was rescheduled for July 18 instead of July 11, Chairman Roy Clinton appointed Helen Edmiston to serve as Acting Secretary of the Planning Commission during the temporary absence of Ernest Jacks, The meeting was adjourned at 6:10 P.M. HELEN EDMISTON ACTING SECT. RESOLUTION PC 9.2-a0 VWREAS, a public hearing was held by the Planning Commission, Tuesday, June 20, 1972, fifteen (15) days after a sign was erected upon the property and a notice was published in the Northwest Ark- ansas Times, a newspaper of general circulation; and WFEREAS, after the public hearing the Planning Commission voted on June 20, 1972, to make a recommendation to the Board of Directors on Petition R72-19, initiated by the Planning Commission to rezone the following described property: LEGAL PETITION NO. R72-19: The petition of the City Planning Commission for property located North of Highway 71 By-pass between the Railroad tracks and Skull Creek, de- scribed as: Part of the EZ of Section 27, T -17-N, R -30-w, more parti- cularly described as: Beginning at a point on the East ROW line of the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad where the East ROW line of the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad intersects the North ROW line of Highway 71 By-pass; thence running Northerly along the East ROW line of said railroad ROW to the North line of the City Limits of Fayet- teville; thence Easterly along said City Limit line to the point where the center line of the Skull Creek branch intersects; thence South in a Southerly direction along the centerline of Skull Creek to a point on the North line of Highway 71 By-pass; thence South- westerly along the North ROA line of Highway 71 By-pass to the point of beginning. To rezone from I-1, Heavy Commercial & Light Industrial District, to R-1, Low Density Residential District, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY Cr FAYE=1=L=rq ARRA*:SAS, Section 1. That an ordinance be adopted for the purpose of rezoning from I-1, Heavy Cornercial & Light Industrial District, to R-1, Low Density Residential District, that portion of the above described property hereinafter described. Beginning at a point on the Fast ROW line of the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad where the East ROW line of the St. Louis- & San Francisco Railroad intersects the South line of the HE.' of the of the SE,-, of said Section 27; thence ,'Icrtherly along the East RC;•1 line of said railroad ROW to the North line of the City Limits of Fayetteville; thence Easterly along said City Limit line to the point where the center line of the Skull Creek branch intersects; thence South in a Southerly direction along the centerline of Skull Creek to the point of intersection of Skull Creek with the South line of the NE41 of the SF4 of said Sec.ion 27; thence West with the South line of the NE,' of the SE-, to the point of beginning. Section 2. That that portion of the above described property hereinafter described not be rezoned at this time. Beginning at a point on the East ROW line of the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad where the East RCVI line of the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad intersects the South line of the NEI of the SEI of said Section 27; thence East along the South line of the NEI of the SEI of said Section 27 to the point where said line intersects with the centerline of Skull Creek; thence South in a Southerly direction along the centerline of Skull Creek to a point on the North line of Highway 71 By-pass; thence Southwesterly along the North ROW lire of Highway 71 By-pass to the point of intersection of the North ROW line of Highway 71 By-pass with the East ROW line of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad; thence running Northerly along the East ROW line of said railroad ROW to the point of beginning. PASSED AND APPROVED this 20th day of June , 1972. APPROVED: ROY CLINTON, CHAIRMAN