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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-11-13 MinutesMINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE FAYETfEVILLE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION A meeting of the Fayetteville Planning Commission was held on Monday, November 13, 1989 in the Board of Directors Room of the City Administration Building, 113 West Mountain Street, Fayetteville, Arkansas. MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT: OTHERS PRESENT: MINUTES Jack Cleghorn, Ernie Jacks, Gerald Klingaman, Gerald Seiff and J.E. Springborn J. David Ozment, Jerry Allred, Julie Nash and Fred Hanna Don Bunn, Elaine Cattaneo, Larry Wood, members of the press and others The Minutes of the Planning Commission meeting of October 23, 1989 were approved as distributed. WAIVER OF THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS - IAT SPLIT 111 ROY CLINTON - S OF MILLSAP, W OF COLLEGE AVENUE The second item on the agenda was a waiver of the subdivision regulations - Lot Split 111 submitted by Roy Clinton for property located south of Millsap and west of North College Avenue. Property is zoned C-2, Thoroughfare Commercial. Don Bunn, City Engineer, stated that this is a first split of Tract 3 of Steele Addition to the City of Fayetteville. The original tract contains a little over three acres. Tract "A" as shown on the plat is the property that is proposed to be split off and contains a little less than one acre. The staff recommends that the split be approved subject to a survey which has already been done and construction of a sidewalk along Millsap and College. Roy Clinton advised that the sidewalk on Millsap is in place on the north side of the road now so he assumes they would not need one on the south side. Mr. Bunn advised that what Mr. Clinton stated was correct. Mr. Clinton stated that the new owners will build a sidewalk along College, but would like to sign a Bill of Assurance at this time because of some major elevations on the southeast corner of the property and because there aren't any other existing sidewalks from Green Acres Road to the Bypass except for Fiesta Square. Don Bunn stated that a Bill of Assurance would be acceptable at this time. • • • Planning Commission November 13, 1989 Page 2 MOTION Commissioner Springborn moved to approve this proposal subject to the Bill of Assurance on the sidewalk, seconded by Cleghorn. The motion passed 5-0-0. LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR SELF -SERVE STORAGE UNITS JOHN MCLARTY - NW CORNER OF SYCAMORE & CHESTNUT The third item on the agenda was a large scale development plan for self -serve storage units submitted by John McLarty and represented by Harry Gray of Northwest Engineers. Property located at the northwest corner of Sycamore & Chestnut and zoned I-1, Light Industrial & Heavy Commercial. Don Bunn advised that he had the zoning district wrong in his report, but it is zoned I-1. He added that this is a large scale development plan for self -serve storage units and the possibility of future retail. For purposes of retail, they will probably be looking at a rezoning of a portion of that property in order to accommodate future retail. The self -serve storage units are a use by right in a I-1 zone. None of the utilities had any problems with serving this property. Most of the property lies within a 100 year flood plain so they will have to get a permit from the flood plain administrator and the floor elevations will have to be 2' above the 100 year flood plain. He advised that the floodway limits are approximate and the floodway limits as shown on..the .plat is an area where no construction is allowed. Therefore, they need to verify the limits of that floodway. The staff recommends approval of the large scale development subject to verification of the floodway limits, a permit from the flood plain administrator, Plat Review comments and construction of a sidewalk along Sycamore Street in accordance with the Master Sidewalk Plan. Commissioner Klingaman asked if it was required to have 2' above the flood plain level for all the storage units. Mr. Bunn answered, yes. Commissioner Cleghorn stated that the Subdivision Committee didn't have any problems with it. There was some discussion about what could go in the retail and it was decided that could be addressed at a later date. Harry Gray, representative, stated that they do plan some future retail in the front. He added that there are quite a few retail uses allowable in an I-1 but they might well have to seek a rezoning for some of the other retail uses. Therefore, all they will be getting from the Planning Commission tonight is approval of some future development if it met the requirements. Mr. Gray noted that there is a possibility that the headquarters for KOFC Christian Radio Station will be located where the manager's quarters is shown on the plat. A radio station is an allowable use in the I-1 zoning. John McLarty pointed out that if they did locate the radio station there, it would not be the site of the main tower of the radio station. They would microwave their signal over to the KFAY tower. The main transformer would also be at a different location. • • • Planning Commission November 13, 1989 Page 3 Mr. Gray advised that as part of the mini -storage development, they will only be developing the west driveway shown on the plat. Commissioner Springborn asked if they contemplate a request for rezoning a portion of this property. Mr. Gray noted that they don't plan to at this time but it is a possibility that they will in the future depending on what they use it for. He advised that the main reason they are showing the future retail on this plat is the slim possibility that a retail use that is allowable in the I- 1 zone could be developed here and they wouldn't have to come back in with another LSD. Don Bunn advised that the 3,240 square feet wouldn't require another large scale development anyway. Mr. Gray advised that if it were a non- conforming use, they would have to come back with either a conditional use or a rezoning petition. Commissioner Springborn noted that he just wants to clarify that there are no strings on this and that the large scale development as proposed stands on its own. Chairman Jacks advised that as he understands it, what they are asking to do with this large scale development is to approve the idea of storage units plus the possibility of some retail there conforming to this zoning. Commissioner Klingaman stated that there is a levy on the west side of the creek running along there. He asked if they are planning a levy on the east side of the creek also. Mr. Gray advised that they are planning to fill on the east side. Commissioner Klingaman noted that he is concerned that will create flooding since it is shifted over there. Mr. Gray stated that the City Engineer's report is requesting that they verify that the floodway is maintained which they will do. He added that it is required that these floor levels be at least 2' above the 100 year flood and he suspects that it will be above that levy. Commissioner Klingaman explained that his concern is that they are filling in the old flood plain area so that water has to go somewhere and it may simply move over into the parking lot. Mr. Gray advised that Mr. McLarty has a letter from Freeman Wood who is the flood plain administrator stating that they can fill in there which they could do whether this development goes through or not. MOTION Commissioner Springborn moved to approve this large scale development subject to verification of the floodway limits, procurement of a permit from the City's Flood Plain Administrator, Plat Review comments and the construction of a sidewalk, seconded by Cleghorn. The motion passed 5-0-0. OTHER BUSINESS Item #1: Zoning Map & Master Street Plan Chairman Jacks advised that he is concerned about their planning effort. He advised that he wrote a letter to John Merrell, Planning Management Director, • Planning Commission November 13, 1989 Page 4 stating his concern that they are sailing along on the development ordinance but have nothing going on the zoning map and the Master Street Plan. He noted that from what he understands, there is still no resolution about having something under contract to begin the zoning map which will be a lengthy thing if they do indeed wind up with 21 zones. Elaine Cattaneo, City Planning Secretary, advised that Mr. Merrell had asked her to announce tonight that he is working on the adoption process in relationship to Al Raby's plan and he is planning to get in touch with Chairman Jacks. Chairman Jacks advised that he isn't in favor of adopting anything until they get the other package worked out. He noted that he has talked to Larry Wood of NW Regional Planning a couple of times on the Master Street Plan and he is being held up presently by the State Highway people because they are computerizing a lot of this information and it is holding up the actual drafting of that plan. Mr. Wood noted that they are loading into the computer their existing system to see which part of the existing system is currently overloaded. Chairman Jacks advised that Mr. Merrell told him that now that the budget meetings had sort of wound up, he felt he could get into this matter of how they get the zoning accomplished, etc. He added that originally Mr. Raby's contract called for an existing zoning map which wouldn't have been that much trouble, but once they start talking about 21 zones instead of 11 or 12 they would have totally redo it. Commissioner Springborn advised that he would like to request a report from the Planning Management Director about the status of the missing items including the zoning map & the Master Street Plan. Chairman Jacks noted that he would like to have an item on the next agenda for a report on the zoning map primarily and related aspects. Chairman Jacks added that he has mentioned before that there is a community facilities plan that normally is a part of the comprehensive planning package which really lays out where the City should be building schools, fire stations, libraries and other public facilities. He stated that they have one now which is not very current mainly because no one seemed to want to consult with them about where they built new schools or fire stations. Item 2: Interviewing for Associate Planner Position Elaine Cattaneo announced that Mr. Merrell is going to be interviewing three people this week for the Associate Planner's position to fill Becky Schmidt's place and plans to make a decision this week. Item 3: Outcome on the Ferguson Rezoning Commissioner Klingaman asked what the outcome was on the Ferguson rezoning that they had sent to the Board with a recommendation to approve a rezoning for all the property located outside the 100 year flood plain. Harry Gray, Northwest Engineers, advised that the Board of Directors upheld the Planning Commission's decision. The Board tabled what they appealed which was the denial of their • Planning Commission November 13, 1989 Page 5 request by the Planning Commission to rezone the entire property. He advised that the Board of Directors haven't approved anything yet. Chairman Jacks noted then that the Planning Commission's decision stands as it was and they have a tabling action from the Board of Directors and a negative vote from the Planning Commission regarding the rezoning of the entire property. There was discussion off the record of what options the developers have and how they want to proceed from here. Item 4: Commissioner Seiff reports on District Street Impact Committee Commissioner Seiff stated that he is the representative to the District Street Impact Committee - Walton Art Center. He commented that one of the things that some of the other members do is express the feelings of the organizations that they represent and as the representative of the Planning Commission he hasn't expressed their feelings as of yet. Also, he would like to report back to the Planning Commission some time to let them know what is going on at that meeting. Chairman Jacks advised that he contact the Planning Office when he gets ready to report and get an item on the agenda. Don Bunn advised that he expects to get an estimate tomorrow -which will reflect all the work done up through today's date regarding the parking, etc. for this project. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 5:45 p.m.