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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1987-06-01 Minutes• • • MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FAYETTEVILLE PLANNING COMMISSION DISCUSSION OF THE PROPOSED LAND USE PLAN A special meeting of held on June 1, 1987 at Administration Building, Arkansas. MEMBERS PRESENT: the Fayetteville Planning Commission was 5:00 p.m. in Room 111 of the City 113 West Mountain Street, Fayetteville, Ernie Jacks, Sue Madison, Julie Nash, B.J. Dow, Frank Farrish, Stan Green, Gerald Seiff and Butch Robertson. MEMBERS ABSENT: Fred Hanna OTHERS PRESENT: RESIDENTIAL GOALS Larry Wood, Sandra Carlisle and Tessi Franzmeier 1. Housing should be provided in quiet, safe and attractive neighborhoods. no change made in statement 2. Each dwelling unit should have convenient pedestrian vehicular access to an elementary school, churches recreation. no change made in statement and and 3 A wide choice of housing types and neighborhoods should be offered to all income groups. changed "wider to wide" 4. Encourage facilities statement new types of neighborhoods that use public and terrain more efficiently. no change made in 5. Encourage development to take advantage of current public facilities. changed statement from "urban sprawl should be minimized". RESIDENTIAL POLICY 1. Higher density residential uses will be located at the periphery of neighborhoods. no change made in statement 2. A street plan will be developed that will direct higher traffic volumes to the periphery of neighborhoods. no change made in statement 3 • • • Special Planning Commission June 1, 1987 Page 2 3. Elementary schools and neighborhood parks will be oriented to the center of neighborhoods. no change made in statement "Striken from statement policy" (Public housing units will be allocated to each neighborhood) 4 The zoning ordinance will contain a variety of residential zones and lot sizes. no change made in statement 5 City utility extensions will be programmed to open up new areas as existing areas fill. no change made in statement 6 Agricultural zoning will be used on the periphery of the city to guide development patterns. no change made in statement 7 Clear regulations should be developed for: PUD, Townhouses, Condominiums, Row Houses and Housing for the Elderly. 8. Clear standards for preassembled housing should be adopted. There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 6:30 p.m. B. General Purposes and Duties of the Planning Commission 1. Mandatory duties and undertakings prerequisite to preparation of any plans: (a) ANY PLAN OF THE MUNICIPALITY MUST PROMOTE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH PRESENT AND FUTURE NEEDS, THE SAFETY, MORALS, ORDER, CONVENIENCE, PROSPERITY AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE CITIZENS. (b) THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS THE DUTY AND FUNCTION OF PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN, AND UNDERSTANDING OF, THE LONG TERM COORDINATED MUNICIPAL PLANNING. (c) THE PLANNING COMMISSION MUST PREPARE A WORK PROGRAM AND MAKE COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES OF PRESENT CONDITIONS AND THE PROBABLE FUTURE GROWTH OF THE MUNICIPALITY AND ITS NEIGHBORING TERRITORY (AS A PREREQUISITE BASIS FOR ALL FURTHER PLANNING ACTIVITIES). (d) THE PLANNING COMMISSION MUST PREPARE AND MAINTAIN A PLANNING AREA MAP SHOWING GENERAL LOCATION OF STREETS, PUBLIC WAYS, PUBLIC PROPERTIES AND THE BOUNDARIES OF THE AREA WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION (INCLUDING ANY TERRITORY OUTSIDE, BUT WITHIN FIVE MILES, OF THE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES) FOR WHICH IT WILL PREPARE PLANS, ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS. (e) THE PLANNING COMMISSION MUST FILE A DESCRIPTION (NOT A MAP), OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THE AREA SHOWN ON THE PLANNING AREA MAP, WITH THE CITY CLERK AND THE COUNTY RECORDER, AND, WHEN THE COUNTY HAS AN OFFICIAL COUNTY PLANNING BOARD, MUST TRANSMIT COPIES OF ALL PROPOSED PLANS AND RECOMMENDED ORDINANCES FOR THE UNINCORZPORATED TERRITORY TO THE COUNTY JUDGE OR COUNTY PLANNING BOARD FOR THEIR INFORMATION. 2. General aspects of community development, specifically permitted to be considered, or covered, under the municipal pknning_program• (a) Efficiency and economy in the ',rodeos of development. (b) Appropriate and best use of land.:-..:.:. (c) Convenience of traffic and circulation of people and goods. (d) Safety from fire and other.dangers. (i) Adequate light and air in the use and occupgngy-pf-byildings. (f) Healthful and convenient distribution of population. • • (g) Goodcivic design and arrangement. (h) Adequate public utilities and facilities. (i) Wise and efficient expenditure of. funds. 3. Other specifically stated general authorizations for planning commission actions: (a) To prepare, or have prepared, a plan or plans of the municipality. (b) To receive, and make recommendations on, public and private proposals for development. (c) To prepare and administer planning regulations. '(d) To prepare and transmit to the City Council recommended ordinances and regulations implementing plans. (e) To advise and counsel the city government and other public bodies. (f) To make recommendations and reports to the public and to public and private agencies. (g) To enter upon land in order to make examinations and surveys and to maintain necessary monuments and markers thereon. (h) To receive and spend funds from public and private sources, to contract with respect thereto, and to hire staff and contract for consultant services. (i) Planning Commissions in first and second class cities situated on navigable streams are authorized to take planning and zoning jurisdiction over territory five miles in either direction along such stream from the corporate limits and for two miles from the center of the stream on both sides of the stream 4. Public Improvements Program (a) The Planning Commission is authorized (without any stated requirement that the program be related to any plan or plans) to prepare, annually, a program for an appropriate period, recommend- ing a coordinated program of capital expenditures for public improvements. -4- r • r CO:a:UNITY LAND USE GOALS AND DEVELOPMNT OBJECTIVES (General statement of objectives to b: used to introduce the proposed zoning ordinances to the City Board of Dircctoro.) General The greater Fayetteville community is, and should continue to bo, the educational, cultural and retail trade center of Nortln.cst Ar:.ansas. In addition it is, and should continue to be, a ccm"ercial and industrial center to provide diverse employment opportunities for its residents and for those of the surrounding area. Thus, the community is one of diversity and the objective of the lnri use plan is to permit a wide choice of residential, commercial, cultural and educational opportunities for per:ons in Fayetteville and vicinity while retaining orderly lard use and transportation relationships to maximize public convenience and minimize conflicts between land uses. The land use and transportation plans and zoning policies of the City should reflect and encourage diversity while arranging different types of land uses so that they are compatible and complementary to each other. A. Residential Land Use 1. Residencos'should be clustered to form naighherhoode of sizes which can bo served by approprisxely located co,rme:cial outlets and community facilities. Residential sprawl, which increases the cost of public cervices and transportation, should be discouraged. 2. A diversity of residential types - low density, medium density, • high density, at a variety of cost levels should bo encouraged. Different types of residential opportunities need not be isolated but may be mixed • i • through planned unit development (the clustering of dwelling units with small yards, but common open space winch permit more dwelling units per acre without sacrificing of usable space per person), cluste-ing of different types of residential structures, and other arrangements. 3. Apartments and rcri houses should be developed near the University and the central business district to serve single persons, the elderly, and small f,milies. Older, single f+mily areas near the University and the central business district should be zoned to permit medium and high density residential use. • 4. Undeveloped land with future residential development potential is planned for general residential use without specific designation as to density in order to per -mit the type of residential development most needed and appropriate in the future. B. Commercial Land Use 1. The central business district should bo expanded and become a regional center of commercial, financial, professional, cultural and governmental activities. 2. Retail sales and related commercial land use other than in the central business district and othor regional chopping centers should be clustered at approximately ono__mile_.intervals on or near major traffic arteries - preferably at arterial intersections - to serve surrounding residential neighborhoods of 3,000 to 5,000 pooplo in order to retain the ability of traffic arteries to serve their primary function of_carryinz traffic, and to minimize conflicts between rooidential and commercial land use. Land along thoroughfares and traffic artories_should not.bo_used . for commercial purposes except .at,_suchcommercial_.centors, and buffer • • 9 • -3- devices should;separate commercial areas from adjacent residential • property. Businesses related to the traveling public and automobiles should be clustered near the intersection of major traffic arteries and buffered from residential areas. 3. Land for warehousing, truck firms, and other uses related to the transportation of goods should be clustered near truck routes and buffered from residential areas. C. Industrial Land Use 1. Adequate land having an average slops of not more than 5 percent should be preserved for industrial gro::ah and should bo separated or buffered from other land uses and adequately served with transportation facilities and utilities. 2. A variety of types of industrial sites should be provided to encourage the attraction of a variety of industries. 3. Auxiliary s-rviccs such as restaurants, service stations, repair garages, motels and other business services should be permitted to locate convenient to industrial land. D. Educational and•Othor Public Unes 1. Land use which would inhibit University expansion within the University of Arkansas planned expansion area should be discouraged to • facilitate University expansion. 2. Elementary 0chools and public parks should be located adjacent to ono another to facilitate joint use of public areas and should be located in the center of planned residential neighborhoods. • i -4- 3. Public.btildings should he located in the central business district to enhance its function as a center of professional, cultural and governmental activity and encourage a sense of co'unity focus and unity. • • • E` It FAYETTEVU,rP ZONING DISTRICTS • District A-1, Agricultural Purposes' The regulations of the Agriculture District are de- signed to (a) protect agricultural land until an orderly transi- tion to urban development has been accomplished (b) prevent wasteful scattering of development in rural areas (c) obtain economy of public funds in the providing of public improvements and services for orderly growth (d) conserve the tax base (e) prevent unsightly development (f) increase scenic attractiveness (g) conserve open space District R-1, Low Density Residential Purposes: The low density residential district of four families per acre or less in the case of single family homes and seven families per acre or less in the case of tw family dwellings is designed to permit and encourage the developing of low density detached dwellings in suitable environments, as well as to protect existin development of these types. Amended in 1972. Duplexes not allowed unless given special permission by Planning Commission • District R-2, Medium Density Residential Purposes: The medium density residential district with four to twenty-four families per acre is designed to permit and encourage the developing of a variety of dwelling types in suitable environments in a variety of densities. District R-3, High Density Residential Purposes: The high density residential district with 16 to 40 families per acre is designed to protect existing high density multifamily development and to encourage addi- tional development of this type where it is desirable. District C-1, Neighborhood Commercial Purposes: The neighborhood commercial district is designed prl- marily to provide convenience goods and personal services for persons living in the surrounding residential areas. District C-2, Thoroughfare Commercial Purposes: The thoroughfare counercial district 1s designed especi- ally to encourage the functional grouping of these com- mercial enterprises catering primarily to highway travelers. • District C-3, Central Commercial Purposes: The central commercial district Is designed to accommo- date the commercial and related uses commonly found in the central business district or regional shopping contort, which provide a wide range of retail & personal service uses. • District I-1, Heavy Commercial and Light Industrial Purposes: The heavy commercial district is designed primarily to accommodate certain commercial and light industrial uses which are compatible with one another but are inappropri- ate in other commercial or industrial districts. The light industrial district is designed to group together a wide range of industrial uses, which do not produce ob- jectionable environmental influences in their operation and appearance. The regulations of this district are in-. tended to provide a degree of compatibility between uses permitted in this district and those in nearby residen- tial districts. District I-2, General Industrial Purposes: The generalindustrial district is designed to provide areas for manufacturing and industrial activities which may give rise to substantial environmental nuisances, which are objectionable to residential & business use. District R-0, Residential --Office Purposes: The residential --office district is designed primarily to provide area for offices without limitations to the nature or size of the office, together with community facilities, restaurants and compatible residential uses, and is located primarily in the central parts of the urban area. District P-1, Institutional Purposes: The institutional district is designed to protect and facilitate use of property owned by larger public institutions and church related organizations. District F-1, Flood District General Regulations: Type of Construction:• Any permitted building shall be of a type of construction which is not appreciably damaged by flood waters. Any permitted structure shall be firmly anchored to prevent the same from floating away and thus threatening to further restrict bridge openings and other restricted sections of the water courses. Floatable Materials: It shall be unlawful to place any materials which in tine of flood night float away and lodge against bridge abutments or otherwise serve materi- ally to restrict the flood discharge capacity of the drain channel. Reclamation: Nothing herein shall be so construed as to prohibit the lawful rehabilitation or reclamation of any lands within a flood supplemental district. Use Units The various use units referred to in the zoning district provisions are herein listed in numerical order. Within the use units, the 2