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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-05-22 Minutes• • MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE FAYEITEVILLE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION A meeting of the Fayettevile Planning Commission was held on Monday, May 22, 1989 in the Board of Directors Room of the City Administration Building, 113 West Mountain Street, Fayetteville, Arkansas. MEMBERS PRESENT: Jack Cleghorn, JerryAllred, J.B. Springborn, Julie Nash, Gerald Klingaman, Gerald Seiff and Fred Hanna MEMBERS ABSENT: OTHERS PRESENT: In the absence of the chaired the meeting. MINUTES The Minutes of the Meeting of May 8, 1989 were approved as distributed. J. David Ozment and Ernie Jacks Don Bunn, Elaine Cattaneo, members of the press and others Chairman, Ernie Jacks, the Vice -Chairman, Julie Nash APPROVAL OF A LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR PACKAGING SPECIALTIES 1663 ARMSTRONG AVENUE - JAY BERRYMAN The second item on the agenda was the Large Scale Nievelopment'Plan of Packaging Specialties submitted by Packaging Specialties and represented by Jay Berryman for property located 1663 Armstrong Avenue and. zoned I-2, Heavy Industrial, and containing 1.05 acres. Jay Berryman of 608 North West End Street, Springdale, Arkansas stated that they are planning an expansion of the existing plant which will mainly be used for warehousing materials currently on site and the space vacated will be used to house some new equipment (printing presses) which will increase the number of employees at the plant. City Engineer, Don Bunn, stated that there weren't any problems with the plat in Plat Review. The development consists of about a 10,000 square foot addition to an existing 41,000 square foot facility. He noted that there was a request by the Fire Chief to place an additional fire hydrant on the street and they have agreed to that. Also, they need to bring the parking lot up to standards because it is currently just gravel and it will need to be a double chip & seal to conform to the City's requirements. The staff recommends approval of the Large Scale Development. Vice -Chairman Nash stated that the Subdivision Committee approved this 3-0-0. Commissioner Seiff asked if Packaging Specialties is already building this addition. Mr. Berryman stated that the concrete forms are already being built. • • • Planning Commission May 22, 1989 Page 2 MOTION Commissioner Hanna moved to approve the Large Scale Development Plan subject to the Plat Review comments, placing the additional fire hydrant, and improving the parking lot, seconded by Seiff. The motion passed 7-0-0. REPLAT OF THE FINAL PLAT OF THE FAYEITEVILLE INDUSTRIAL PARK WAYNE JONES - ALONG THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF ARMSTRONG AVENUE The third item was the Replat of the Final Plat of the Fayetteville Industrial Park represented by Wayne Jones, McClelland Engineers, for property located along the east and west sides of Armstrong Avenue containing 511.64 acres and zoned I-2, Heavy Industrial, and C-1, Neighborhood Commercial. Don Bunn, City Engineer, gave the staff report. He stated that the purpose of the replat is to show on the official plat several lots that have been recreated for the past few years through the City's lot split ordinance and to correct certain minor inaccuracies in the original plat. The utility companies had no substantial comments on the plat and the staff's recommendation is that the plat be approved. Vice -Chairman Nash stated that the Subdivision Committeefound the same in order and they passed a motion to approve 3-0-0. MOTION Commissioner Hanna moved to approve the replat of a final plat as submitted, seconded by Springborn. The motion passed 7-0-0. APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PLAT FOR THE FOSTER ADDITION (P.U.D.) MARK FOSTER - E OF ROCKWOOD TRAIL, W OF MANOR DRIVE The fourth item on the agenda was the approval of the Final Plat of the Foster Addition submitted by Mark Foster and represented by Dave Jorgensen, Jorgensen & Associates, for property located east of Rockwood Trail and west of Manor Drive and zoned R-1, Low Density Residential with 15 proposed lots. Don Bunn, City Engineer, gave the following staff report: 1) There was a request from the owner that a 40' setback and utility easement that was shown on the preliminary plat be changed to still shown a 40' setback but only have 20' of that as a dedicated utility easement. This was approved by the utility companies. 2) The cul-de-sacs where changed to show an island in the center and the Fire Chief had initially objected to that until he went out and looked at it and he determined that it would not affect the maneuverability of the fire fighting equipment. The islands will remain. 3) There was a question about the street lights in the development since this is on private streets and in a P.U.D. and it was determined that those lights will be the responsibility of the ownership. The staff's recommendation is that this final plat be approved. LoO Plannina Commission May 22, 1989 Page 3 He advised that this project doesn't physically connect Rockwood Trail with Manor Drive not even by a private lane. There is not a private lane along Lots 6 & 7 and it should be shown on the plat that there will not be a connection between the two cul-de-sacs at all. Vice -Chairman Nash stated that the Subdivision Committee had approved this 3- 0-0. Commissioner Springborn stated that his recollection is that the first time this came up there was a clear understanding that the private lanes would not connect. Don Bunn agreed. Dave Jorgensen, the engineer on the project, clarified again that there will not be any connection between the cul-de-sacs which was one of the prerequisites to approval of the subdivision. He noted that he does not have that written on the plat at this particular time but he will add it. It is written on the plat that the subdivision covenants prohibit lot splits. MOTION Commissioner Springborn moved to approve the final platsubject to Plat Review comments and to the provision in the deed restrictions regarding no connecting private roads, seconded by Hanna. The motion passed 7-0-0. VARIANCE REQUEST - NORTH HILLS MEDICAL PARK - PHASE I (P.U.D.) NORTH HILLS MEDICAL PARK, INC - N OF APPLEBY & S OF HWY 471 BYPASS The fifth item on the agenda was two variance requests for North Hills Medical Park - Phase I (P.U.D.) submitted by North Hills Medical Park, Inc. and represented by Harry Gray, Northwest Engineers, and located north of Appleby Road and south of Highway 471 Bypass. Property is zoned R-0, Residential -Office, and contains approximately 26.62 acres Don Bunn, City Engineer, gave the following staff report: He noted that this was originally going to be a final plat and at the time of the Subdivision Committee meeting they withdrew their application for a final plat. However, they went ahead with the application for the variance requests. First of all, they are asking for a Bill of Assurance on construction of the sidewalks. They are also asking for the following variances: 1) on the minimum distance between buildings; they want to go from the required 10' to 0'. They would be meeting all the building code requirements that apply to 0' lot lines. 2) of the setback requirements from all lot lines except from the street right- of-ways. He added that the staff has no objections to the variances that they are asking for, but they are recommending that the sidewalks be constructed along with the streets rather than granting a Bill of Assurance. • • Planning Commission May 22, 1989 Page 4 Vice -Chairman Nash stated that the Subdivision Committee passed this with a 3- 0-0 vote. Harry Gray of Northwest Engineers stated that the Final Plat should come through at the next Planning Commission meeting. He noted that he should have the final landscape plan and everything that they will need to really analyze it by now. All of the lots are internal to the development and the central portion will be a courtyard area which will be very heavily landscaped just as the rest of the project will be. Mr. Gray stated that these lots are referred to as building sites rather than lots in the restrictive covenants but for financing purposes each one will be owned separately by a doctor. A few of the buildings will connect. The building setback requirements in an R-0 zone are 30' front, 10' side and 25' rear. In order to bring everything into compliance, they will need a variance from the lot line setbacks. He added that the two lots on the south end would be affected a little bit by the building setback from the street right-of-way which would still apply. Also, as part of the P.U.D. ordinance, there is one clause that requires a 10' separation between structures. Although, he doesn't know exactly where that comes into play because townhouses can be built in P.U.D.'s and have 0' lot lines. He added that they would meet all the building code requirements. Commissioner Hanna stated that what they are asking for is not really any different from that original concept plat that was submitted earlier which showed some of the buildings joined with a covered walkway between them. Mr. Gray explained that three of the buildings will have a common roof but there will be an 8' covered sidewalk between the buildings. He noted that according to Mickey Jackson, Fire Chief, this would be considered a single structure even though they are separated by 8'. In answer to a question from Commissioner Springborn, Mr. Gray stated that the covered walkways will not carry any utilities. There will not be any electric lines going though the roofline over the covered walkways. Vice -Chairman Nash stated that there had been discussion at the Subdivision Committee about the fact that P.U.D.'s are usually so concentrated that these setbacks are very important. However, this plat has so much room already planned that they didn't see a problem with giving them a variance on it. Commissioner Seiff asked how the Subdivision Committee had felt about the sidewalk situation. Vice -Chairman Nash stated that they were only dealing with the two variances. Mr. Gray stated that they would like to offer a Bill of Assurance on the sidewalks because they didn't see a need for sidewalks on the public streets as a part of this development. He added that all of the adjoining tracts are at least an acre in size so a large scale development plan would have to be • • • Planning Commission May 22, 1989 Page 5 processed on them. He stated that as part of the restrictive covenants of this project they have provided for this under Section 4.7 - "Off Street Parking" it states that " no parking shall be permitted on any street or road or at any place other than on the paved parking areas provided for and described herein below. Each Owner and Tenant shall be responsible for compliance with the foregoing by his Guests. Adequate off-street parking shall be provided by each Owner and Tenant for his Guests. All off-street parking, access drives and loading areas shall be paved and properly graded to assure proper drainage. Proper visual screening by appropriate landscaping must be provided between any parking lot and any street. Access shall be limited to one curb cut per off- street parking lot unless special conditions merit more curb cuts." Therefore, it does prohibit parking on the street by Guests of this development and with this development, he sees absolutely no need for sidewalks. In answer to a question from Commissioner Hanna, Mr. Gray stated that they are talking about a Bill of Assurance on sidewalks just around the perimeter of the property and that they would have sidewalks around the interior of this whole project. Commissioner Hanna stated that common sense tells him that if they are required to build a sidewalk around the perimeter of this project, they will be building a sidewalk for whoever builds across the street because it will not benefit this project at all and should be furnished by the adjoining property owners when they develop. Commissioner Allred asked if these streets would have "No Parking" signs posted. Mr. Gray stated that this would have to be approved by the City but that is what they hope to do. Commissioner Allred stated that if the streets are posted, then he thinks it would be ridiculous to require sidewalks. However, if parking is going to be allowed under the City ordinances then they should consider it. Commissioner Seiff advised that the staff is recommending they put in sidewalks now. Don Bunn stated that the reasoning behind it is the difficulty of getting them built later on when it is decided that the City wants them. He stated that if they are going to be built at all, he feels they should be built now. In answer to a question from Commissioner Springborn, Don Bunn stated that if if a Bill of Assurance was granted, they would be telling them that they don't have to build them right now, but at some point in the future they might be required to build them. Commissioner Springborn clarified that if they sign a Bill of Assurance and the need never arises, then they would never be called upon to build the sidewalks. MOTION Commissioner Hanna moved to grant the two variance requests as submitted with a Bill of Assurance for sidewalk construction at the call of the City, seconded by Springborn. The motion passed 7-0-0. OTHER BUSINESS • Planning Commission May 22, 1989 Page 6 Workshop Meeting: Elaine Cattaneo, City Planning Secretary, announced that the Workshop with Al Raby, Planning Consultant, would be held on May 30th at 12:00 noon in Room 326. Lunch will be served and there will be a bus tour around the City after the workshop meeting. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 5:30 p.m.