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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-10-09 Minutes. MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION A meeting of the Fayetteville Planning Commission was held on October 9, 1995 at 5:30 p.m. in the City Administration Building, 113 West Mountain, Room 219, Fayetteville, Arkansas. MEMBERS PRESENT: Jerry Allred, Jana Britton, John Forney, John Harbison, Gary Head, Phyllis Johnson, Chuck Nickle, and Bob Reynolds MEMBERS ABSENT: Conrad Odom STAFF PRESENT: Alett Little, Tim Conklin, Janet Johns, and Rich Lane PUBLIC HEARING ON FUTURE LAND USE PLAN Ms. Little stated General Plan 2010 was adopted in November, 1993. She stated in February, 1995, the City Council directed the Planning Department to devise a new land use plan incorporating most of the principles from General Plan 2010. She stated in April, 1995 the Master Street Plan was adopted. Ms. Little stated seven public hearings had been held on General Plan 2020 which is the text and policy document establishing the City's goals and strategies and development options. She stated the text document was supplemental to the Future Land Use Map which established 12 categories of land use. • Ms. Little stated the purpose of the text and map was to guide the future decision making of the City. Ms. Little noted that two sections had been added to the text since distribution of Draft #3. Those were Community Amenities Element and the other was the Affordable Housing Element. Mr. Charles Agee made a statement regarding the hillside designation on the map and inquired as to the development criteria of same. Mr. John Williams read a letter inquiring about crime prevention, water conservation, energy conservation, and quality of life and the beauty of the city. Mr. William Easse made a statement expressing concern regarding the agricultural designation and omission of same from the map. Mr. Charles Mormon made a statement regarding a tract of land located at Highway 62 and Finger Road and noted the Code's procedures had loopholes. Mr. Paul Guysinger stated he approved the proposed General Plan 2020. Ms. Barbara Mormon inquired if the proposed General Plan 2020 would have prevented the rezoning of a 300 acre tract as regional commercial. Further she inquired regarding mixed use, strip commercial, and abandoned space in the southern section. Ms. Fran Alexander, residing in the growth area, requested a glossary of terms used in the General Plan 2020. Mr. Tom McKinney, residing in West Fork and representing the Sierra Club inquired regarding the effects of the • 300 acre rezoning on flood plains and flood ways in the subject area. Ms. Libby Combs, residing on Black Oak Road, raised a concern regarding street issues. Particularly, she inquired 36I • regarding an eastern bypass corridor and she noted an error on the map which erroneously shows Black Oak ending at Happy Hollow. Ms. Little distributed the Community Amenities Option and Affordable Housing Option. Discussion ensued regarding amendment procedures. Mr. Nickle stated it was his understanding a consensus had been reached at the special meeting to include contour lines in lieu of the hillside designation. Discussion ensued. Ms. Johnson, referring to page 99 of the proposed General Land Use Plan 2020, noted a difference in the percent of slope (15% or 18%) as conservation areas. Further, she noted that as the policy statement regarding slope. She requested a determination be made regarding whether or not a policy statement should be included and whether or not a percent of slope or a range of slope should be included in same. Ms. Britton gave the current criteria for hillside development. Discussion ensued. Mr. Allred noted hillside development was addressed under the grading ordinance. MOTION Ms. Johnson made a motion to modify the hillside statement to read, "Slope that are 18% and greater generally should be kept free of development." Mr. Reynolds seconded the motion. Upon roll call, the motion passed with a unanimous vote of 8-0-0. Mr. Harbison noted a discrepancy regarding hillside policy statement and the implementation strategy (page 99 and page 82.) Discussion ensued. Mr. Conklin suggested changing page 82 to reflect a grade of 8% for more intensive • developments such as commercial and industrial. Mr. Nickle suggested 12% as delineated in the Urban Land Institute publication. Discussion ensued regarding whether or not to include a specific percentage or a range. fu o ITCIy Ms. Johnson made a motion to change the language on page 99 to read as follows: "...The most intensive use (i.e. commercial and industrial) should be confined to areas where slope are 6% to 12% or less." Further Ms. Johnson's motion included a change on page 82 to reflect the 6% to 12%. Discussion ensued regarding the definition of intensive development. Ms. Little suggested separating commercial from industrial development. Ms. Johnson suggested adopting the Slope Suitability table from the General Plan 1970. Discussion ensued. Ms. Little stated she could provide more research but a study would be required and she questioned if same was necessary to compile a policy statement with guidelines for hillside development. Discussion ensued. Mr. Nickle compared the Hillside Implementation Strategies with the Tree Preservation and Protection Implementation Strategies and suggest the grading ordinance administer same. Ms. Johnson suggested a general statement on page 82 and inclusion of the table on page 99. Discussion ensued. • Ms. Johnson withdrew her motion. MOTION j • Mr. Forney made a motion to amend page 82 to reflect the drafting of a hillside ordinance. Mr. Head seconded the motion. Upon roll call, the motion passed with a unanimous vote of 8-0-0. Regarding page 99, Ms. Johnson requested section 7.3 Slope be reworked to reflect the above motion. Discussion ensued. Consensus was to leave section 7.3 Slope as included. Discussion ensued regarding the affect of the above motion on the Future Land Use Map. MOTION Mr. Nickle made a motion to include contour lines in lieu of hillside designation at such time same is achievable. Mr. Head seconded the motion. Upon roll call, the motion passed with a unanimous vote of 8-0-0. Discussion ensued regarding page 4-20 Nonresidential Development Scale Options of the General Plan 2010 and section 6.4 Regional Commercial Areas of the General Plan 2020. Mr. Forney inquired regarding definitions of strip developments, park development, and center development as related to commercial development. MOTION • Mr. Forney made a motion to include in General Plan 2020 the following language included in General Plan 2010: "...In permitting additional commercial uses, most uses should be encouraged to locate in centers and parks." Mr. Nickle seconded the motion. Discussion ensued regarding which section of the General Plan 2020 should include the above suggested policy statement. Discussion ensued regarding page 78 of the General Plan 2020. Mr. Forney noted there were more than the five designated mixed use areas as erroneously reflect in the draft #3 of the General Plan 2020. Mr. Forney withdrew his motion. MOTION Mr. Reynolds made a motion to adopt General Plan 2020 as above amended including the Community Amenities and Affordable Housing Bonus Option. Mr. Head seconded the motion. Upon roll call, the motion failed with a vote of 3-5-0. Ms. Britton, Mr. Forney, Mr. Harbison, Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Nickle voted against the motion. Discussion ensued regarding Affordable Housing Bonus Option. Mr. Nickle noted there was no regulatory/administrative organization within the city for affordable housing enforcement. Ms. Little noted that • currently most developments do not come anywhere near the allowable density and she further noted that staff was not clear on what constituted affordable housing. Mr. Nickle suggested removing the specifics including the Applicability section on page 4-27 of the General Plan 2010 and removing the last paragraph under the Locational and Design Criteria section. Mr. Allred requested a statement that the City would take an active standard in '56 • encouraging affordable housing. Discussion ensued regarding drafting an ordinance for Affordable Housing. Mr. Head noted the Department of Housing and Urban Development had regulations regarding Affordable Housing and same should be incorporated into the draft ordinance along with incentives. Ms. Johnson requested the following sentence be deleted (p. 4-27) "...Such developments should not contains more than 50 dwelling units, including any permitted bonus." Mr. Nickle requested the implementation strategy be included as follows, "...City should develop an ordinance which regulates and encourage affordable housing by providing density bonuses and other private development incentives." Ms. Johnson requested the title be changed to "Affordable Housing" MOTION Mr. Nickle made a motion to incorporate the above changes and drafting of an ordinance. Mr. Allred seconded the motion. Upon roll call, the motion passed with a unanimous vote of 8-0-0. MOTION Mr. Harbison made a motion to incorporate the Community Amenities Option. Mr. Head seconded the motion. Discussion ensued regarding the pedestrian bikeway and trails option. Mr. Nickle inquired as to a statement • regarding same and Ms. Little referred him to section 6.12.d.d and Mr. Conklin referred him to Section 6.1 Background and expressed his concern regarding duplicating information. Discussion ensued view sheds, view points, and wildlife and native plant protection. Mr. Head withdrew his second. Mr. Forney seconded the motion. Discussion ensued. Ms. Britton expressed her concern regarding the specific information as included in the General Plan 2010. Mr. Nickle expressed his concern regarding the specific information included Community Amenities section of General Plan 2010. Upon roll call, the motion failed with a vote of 2-6-0. Mr. Allred, Ms. Britton, Mr. Head, Ms. Johnson, Mr. Nickle, and Mr. Reynolds voted no. Mr. Allred made a motion to strike the word "Approved' and replace with "Encourage." Mr. Nickle seconded the motion. Upon roll call, the motion failed with a vote of 4-4-0 for a lack of majority. 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