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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982-11-22 Minutes• Cr • • fic MINUTES OF A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING A meeting of the Planning Commission was held on Monday, November 22, 1982 at 5:00 P.M. in Room 107 of the Continuing Education Center, Fayetteville, Arkansas. MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairman Ernest Jacks, Morton Gitelman, Newton Hailey, Windell Cullers, Don Hunnicutt, David Williams, Melanie Stockdell, Barbara Crook MEMBERS ABSENT: Julie Nash OTHERS PRESENT: Larry Wood, Truman Yancey, Al Harris, Harry Gray, David McWethy, Bobbie Jones, Suzanne Kennedy, members of the press and others The first item of business was to MINUTES consider approval of the minutes of the Planning Commission meeting of November 8, 1982. The minutes of that meeting were approved as mailed. The second item of business LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT PLAN was to consider approval of the SARAH'S COUNTRY STORE Large Scale Development Plan for HIGHWAY 71B Sarah's Country Store to be located on Highway 71B across from K -Mart Store between King Pizza Restaurant and Power Bowl Lanes; property zoned C-2, Thoroughfare Commercial District. Barbara Crook reported for the Subdivision Committee. She said the Committee recommends, and she so moved, (1) to grant a variance from the size requirement of five acres in order to allow this to be handled as a third and final lot split, to be conditioned upon this parcel being used as shown on this plat only, for this purpose only, and conditioned upon the development of a thirty-foot driveway access to Highway 71 and (2) that the large scale development be approved subject to Plat Review comments. The motion was seconded by Melanie Stockdell. Barbara Crook stated the lot split portion was part of the old theatre property rather than the property to the north and will be the third and final lot split but it is less than five acres, as required. She said the owners do plan to go to the Board of Adjustment for a reduction in the number of parking places. They will be asking for 49 spaces less than the 185 required. If this is approved, they will eliminate the parking spaces behind King Pizza, leaving the total number of spaces at 136, a reduction of 26%. Morton Gitelman asked about the location of the driveway, and Barbara Crook explained the driveway shown on the plat is an existing one that will be closed off and that they intend to build a new one. The motion passed, 8-0. ►63 • • Planning Commission November 22, 1982 Page Two The next item of business REZONING PETITION R82-19 was public hearing on Rezoning BUTTERFIELD TRAIL VILLAGE Petition R82-19, Butterfield Trial JOYCE STREET Village, to rezone property located south of Joyce Street and west of Old Missouri Road from A-1, Agricultural District, to R-2, Medium Density Residential District and A-1, Agricultural District. Larry Wood reported from the Rezoning Application Report that the R-2 District is recommended because the necessary public facilities are available and can be extended into the property; the nature of the proposed use requires at least R-2 District (with the exception of the nursing home) but the density and impact on the area will be equal to or less than R-1 District development; and there is a need for the kind of housing proposed in the application. Chairman Jacks explained this item had been presented to the Planning Commission before and has not changed in any fashion since that time. The Chairman asked for questions of the Planning Commission, Mr. Wood, or the developer. David Williams moved to approve the rezoning. The motion was seconded by Melanie Stockdell. David McWethy asked if the entire area shown on the map was to be zoned R-2. Ernest Jacks said with the exception of one piece which would remain A-1. He said that the area to remain A-1 is shown on the plat as a slightly shaded area. Truman Yancey stated he had given Bobbie Jones a new legal description for the excepted piece to remain A-1. The Chairman asked for questions. The motion was passed, 8-0. Chairman Jacks stated the rezoning would go before the Board of Directors on December 7, 1982. The fourth item of business was to consider a request by Jim Lindsey for approval of the sidewalk SIDEWALK AND PATHWAY DESIGN HYLAND PARK SUBDIVISION JIM LINDSEY and pathway design in the Hyland Park Subdivision. There was no one present to represent. Bobbie Jones explained the Planning Office had written Jim Lindsey a letter in September or October telling him his time limit had expired on a contract he had entered into to install pathways. She said apparently he has done some work and now requests this work be submitted to the Planning Commission for final acceptance. She said Clayton Powell, Street Superintendent, has looked at the work but wants the Planning Commission to approve it before he accepts it. Ernest Jacks said he recalled Jim Lindsey coming before the Planning Commission years ago with the idea of substituting pathways for sidewalks and the Planning Commission agreed to accept pathways. There was some discussion,as to how the pathways were to be built and/or surfaced and it was generally decided that neither the Planning Commission members nor the Planning Administrator remembered exactly what was originally required of Mr. Lindsey. 141f Planning Commission November 22, 1982 Page Three David Williams moved to table this item until the Planning Commission has more information with which to make a decision. The motion was seconded by Melanie Stockdell. Ernest Jacks said he would like to have comments from Powell and would like to see the minutes of any past meetings where this item came up, including minutes of any Subdivision Committee, Planning Commission and Board of Directors meetings. Windell Cullers stated he wants to know, if Mr. Lindsey has not complied within the time period of the contract, can the Planning Commission make him comply with the present sidewalk ordinance and what the alternatives of the Planning Commission are. The motion passed, 8-0. Barbara Crook stated the OTHER BUSINESS Subdivision Committee is requesting the Update Committee to look into the UPDATE COMMITTEE question of the number of required parking spaces for bowling alleys. Ernest Jacks stated the Update Committee did not meet within the last two weeks. He said their trends meeting was so interesting that they want to hold another meeting on that topic but they have not yet scheduled one. Bobbie Jones had passed out NON -CONFORMING USES OF PROPERTY copies of a letter to each AT THE TIME OF ANNEXATION Commissioner which was an opinion written by City Attorney McCord regarding the test for determining whether the use of property is an existing use upon the effective date of an annexation to the extent that the use may be continued thereafter as a non -conforming use under the City's zoning ordinance. She stated it was written partly because of the questions which came up with the Winchester Square Subdivision and partly because a question came up when someone wanted to move a mobile home onto their property after the election. She said other questions of this type may come up in the future. Bobbie Jones stated she did not know if the annexation became effective exactly thirty days after the election, but she did know that it has been recorded. With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 5:20 P.M. I5 A