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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1987-05-11 Minutes• • • MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE FAYETTEVILLE PLANNING COMMISSION A meeting of the Fayetteville Planning Commission was held on Monday May 11, 1987 in the Board of Directors Room of the City Administration Building, 113 West Mountain Street, Fayetteville, Arkansas. MEMBERS PRESENT: Ernie Jacks, Sue Madison, Stan Green, Fred Hanna, Butch Robertson, Frank Farrish, Gerald Seiff and B.J. Dow MEMBERS ABSENT: OTHERS PRESENT: Julie Nash Dave Jorgensen, Lonnie Horton, Jerry Allred, Sandra Carlisle, Larry Wood and Tessi Franzmeier PUBLIC HEARING - REZONING R87-13 JIM HATFIELD - 1302 N. HOLLY The first item on the agenda was consideration of a rezoning petition R87-13 submitted by Jim Hatfield. Request is to rezone an 11,200 sq. ft. tract of land located at the northeast corner of Holly St. and Oakland Ave., from R-2, Medium Density Residential District to R-3, High Density Residential District. Planning Consultant Wood's recommendation was; R-3 District is recommended for the following reasons: 1. R-3 District and apartments already exist to the north and southeast of this location; and 2. The public facilities and services are available to serve the property. Mr. Hatfield was not present to represent this rezoning request. Jacks asked if anyone in the audience would like to speak in favor of the request. There was no one present to speak either for or against this rezoning petition. Jacks closed the public hearing and turned discussion over to the Planning Commission. • Planning Commission May 11, 1987 Page 2 MOTION Farrish moved to recommend approval of rezoning from R-2 to R-3, seconded by Seiff. The motion to recommend passed 8-0-0. PUBLIC HEARING - REZONING R87-10 ROBERT B. WESTPHAL & B.E COBB SOUTH SIDE OF HWY. 62 AND WEST OF FINGER RD. The second item on the agenda was consideration of a rezoning petition R87-10 submitted by Robert B. Westphal & B.E. Cobb, and represented by Dave Jorgensen of Jorgensen and Associates. Request is to rezone an 87.13 acre tract of land located on the south side of Hwy 62 running from Finger Rd. west 2207.86 feet. This rezoning petition had been tabled at the April 13, 1987 meeting. Planning Consultant Wood's recommendation was; R -O District is recommended for the following reasons: • 1. In the previous zoning application R87-10 the applicant had requested R-2 District for this property but the Planning Commission suggested that R -O District might be more appropriate along Hwy 62; 2. R -O District provides the same protection against strip commercial along the Highway but, gives the applicant more latitude in the choice of uses; and 3. R -O District allows for apartments but does not force the applicant to build apartments as the R-2 District would have. • Carlisle advised the Commission that the zoning requests had been decided on with the exception of the R -O. She said at the last meeting Mr. Jorgensen was requesting that portion R-2, and the Planning Commission felt R -O would be more appropriate. She said the Planning Office had to readvertise the R-0 portion because it was a step up from the R-2 District. Green added Commissioner Robertson tabled this item at the April 13, 1987 meeting because he felt like all the necessary work to enable the Commission to see what was going on had not been done. Green said Commissioner Hanna's motion at the April 13, 1987 meeting was to approve everything. Jacks said everything except the R-1 and two little pieces of C-2 were still before the Planning Commission. \qt Planning Commission May 11, 1987 Page 3 MOTION Robertson moved to remove petition R87-10 from the table, seconded by Dow. The motion to remove from the table passed 8-0-0. Hanna repeated his motion that had been tabled at the April 13, 1987 meeting. 1) C-2 District on Finger road be limited to 500' in depth; 2) the portion behind the C-2 be zoned R-1 rather than R-2 for 300' in depth off Finger Rd; 3) C-2 be allowed on the west side as requested; 4) the portion on Hwy 62 between the two C-2 zones all be zoned R -O rather than C-1 and R-2; 5) the portion shown as R-2 behind that be rezoned R-2, with the remainder R-1. Dow stated she was not present at the April 13, 1987 meeting and asked Larry Wood what his recommendation was for the increased C-2 on the corners. Larry Wood said he recommended the increased C-2 District. He said he had recommended the C-2 District as requested the first time this was heard. Madison asked Mr. Jorgensen why the C-2 District had been requested in stages. Mr. Jorgensen explained at the first public hearing there were surrounding neighbors who objected to the first plan of the rezoning arrangement. He said after working with the neighbors he had finally come to a workable agreement with the property owners and they all seemed satisfied with the plan as shown tonight. Madison said she still did not understand why the C-2 was asked for in pieces. Farrish expained Mr. Jorgensen had asked for C-2 as shown, but the Planning Commission had only granted him two small portions of C-2 on the east and west corners of this property. Farrish questioned the cul-de-sac shown to the east of the property, and said he thought the cul-de-sac would exceed the maximum length for cul-de-sacs. Mr. Jorgensen said he had met with the owners of the property in question last week, and they would like for him to say that they would prefer that they do no go on record as that being a definite cul-de-sac, although right now it looks like a pretty good idea. Farrish said one of the objections from the neighborhood was that • • • • Planning Commission May 11, 1987 Page 4 the proposed road not be extended to or from Finger Rd. Hanna said the Commission was not voting on an approval for a preliminary plat at this time. He said this was just a rezoning petition with a proposed plan. Madison asked if the back portion of the property could be accessed from the imaginary street rather than Hwy 62. Jorgensen replied that could be done. Madison then asked how much of the property was proposed for R-1, and Mr. Jorgensen stated 55.60 acres. At this time Dave Jorgensen read a letter from Rob Leflar regarding the rezoning petition R87-10. Green said there were some people who were concerned at the last meeting that Commissioner Hannas motion did not clearly express what the Commission was doing. He said the simplest thing to do would be to withdraw that motion and move to approve exactly what has been presented tonight. MOTION Green moved to recommend rezoning petition R87-10 as requested: R-1, Low Density Residential District 55.60 acres, R-2, Medium Density Residential District 11.8 acres, R -O, Residential Office 8.6 acres, and C-2, Thoroughfare Commercial District 11.13 acres, seconded by Hanna. The motion to recommend passed 8-0-0. LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT - SUPERIOR INDUSTRIES WAYNE JONES - 1901 COMMERCE DRIVE The third item on the agenda was a Large Scale Development Plan for an addition to Superior Industries. Submitted by Superior Industries and represented by Wayne Jones. Property zoned I-2, General Industrial. Commissioner Farrish advised the Planning Commission that the Subdivision Committee had approved the Large Scale Development for an addition to Superior Industries subject to plat review comments. Jacks advised the Planning Office that some type of reference needed to be made on the maps as to where the locations are. • • • Planning Commission May 11, 1987 Page 5 CONDITIONAL USE REQUEST - RADIO TOWER 2553 N. COLLEGE - LONNIE M. HORTON The fourth item on the agenda was a submitted by Lonnie M. Horton for located at 2553 N. College, and Commercial. Conditional Use request a Radio Tower. Property zoned C-2, Thoroughfare Seiff asked Mr. Horton how high the tower would be. Mr. Horton replied the tower would be approximately 65' tall. Mr. Horton added the proposed location would be used to house the studios of a new AM Radio Station for the City of Fayetteville. The programming will originate at these studios and then send Microwave Signals to the radio transmitting tower located at Holly and Lewis in Fayetteville. He said this was the present location of radio station KFAY/KKEG. Seiff asked if the tower would have to have any special lighting. Mr. Horton replied no there was no special lighting for the tower required. Jacks asked if there would be FAA clearance on the proposed tower. Mr. Horton replied he had checked and there was no requirement for clearance in the proposed area. Mr. Horton presented some pictures to the Planning Commission for further understanding of what the tower would look like. Madison asked if the transmitting tower would throw off any radiation or magnetic fields. Mr. Horton replied "no" the tower would not throw off any of those things. Madison asked how much would it cost to construct a tower of this sort. Mr. Horton replied approximately $1000.00. Madison said the reason she asked was she wanted Mr. Horton to understand that the Conditional use permit was only good for 1 year. She said it could be revoked if there were any complaints. Seiff asked Mr. Horton how he where did he plan to run the guy would run 60' from the base of the MOTION proposed to guy the tower, and wires. Mr. Horton said they tower. Seiff moved to grant the request as submitted, seconded by Hanna. The motion to approve passed 8-0-0. • • • Planning Commission May 11, 1987 Page 6 OTHER BUSINESS Jacks advised he was looking at May 18, 1987 at 4:OOpm. for the update committee meeting. Carlisle advised there would be a Board of Adjustment meeting on that date at 3:45 p.m. Seiff introduced Jerry Allred from the Board of Adjustment. Seiff added Mr. Allred would be the liaison from the Board of Adjustment to the Planning Commission for the first quarter. Hanna advised the Update Committee could meet on May 18, 1987 at 2:00 p.m. rather than 4:00 p.m. Jacks said that would be fine with him. Carlisle advised the RFP's would go out tomorrow morning. Jacks said the Planning Commission was being called upon to put together in written form a matter of Goals/Standards, and policies. Jacks said Larry Wood has passed out some information on the Goals & Policies and a xerox copy of the_.4970 study called residential land use. Jacks said this was important and was a true function of the Planning Commission. Jacks said the Commission had talked about this at there retreat. Jacks said he hoped the Commission could take some time and go through this between now and the next regular meeting. He advised the Commission to makes some notes to be brought up at the next meeting. Jacks suggested in this case it might help if the Commission began to look at this as, one kind of Goal or Standard, for existing land, and another one for newly developed pieces. He said that might make quite a difference. His feeling was the Commission would come together in agreement on that basis. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - APRIL 27, 1987 The minutes were approved as distributed. There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 5:50 p.m.