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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-03-24 Minutes• • MINUTES OF A PLAT REVIEW MEETING A meeting of the Fayetteville Plat Review Committee was held on Thursday, March 24, 1994 in Room 111 of the City Administration Building, 113 West Mountain Street, Fayetteville, Arkansas. UTILITY REPRESENTATIVES: Rick Evans, Andy Calloway, Chris Vaught, Tim Johnson, and Jack Regal CITY REPRESENTATIVES: Don Bunn, Tim Conklin, Lisa Cox, Randy Allen, Mickey Jackson, and Sharon Langley OTHERS PRESENT: Dave Jorgensen, Robert Brown, Jeff Maxwell, David Cox and Bill Rudasell PRELIMINARY PLAT - MEADOWLANDS, PHASE I & PHASE II HAYDON McILROY - S OF WEDINGTON, E OF 46TH STREET The first item was a preliminary plat for Meadowlands, Phases I and II submitted by Dave Jorgensen on behalf of Haydon McIlroy for property located on the south side of Wedington Road, west of 46th Street. The property is zoned R -O, Residential -Office, and R-1, Low Density Residential, with R-1.5 (Moderate Density Residential) being requested for a portion of the tract. The property contains 108 proposed lots. RICK EVANS - ARKANSAS WESTERN GAS Mr. Evans requested an easement between lots 105 and 106 and various crossings. ANDY CALLOWAY - SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE Mr. Calloway agreed with Mr. Evans' request. He further noted there was existing telephone cable along Highway 16 and, should it be necessary to relocate the cable, it would be at the developer's cost. TIM JOHNSON - WARNER CABLE Mr. Johnson requested the same easements and crossings previously requested. CHRIS VAUGHT - OZARK ELECTRIC Mr. Vaught requested additional crossings. MICKEY JACKSON - FIRE DEPARTMENT Chief Jackson had no comments. LISA COX - PARKS DEPARTMENT Ms. Cox stated the Parks Board had recommended the donation of land at a previous meeting. Plat Review Meeting March 24, 1994 Page 2 In response to a question from Mr. Conklin, Mr. Jorgensen advised they planned on donating land from a separate tract. He stated the developer was working on the location of the parks land with the Parks Board. Mr. Conklin stated the location needed to be determined prior to the Planning Commission meeting. RANDY ALLEN -STREET DEPARTMENT Mr. Allen had no comments. TIM CONKLIN - PLANNING DEPARTMENT Mr. Conklin requested lot 46 be checked to be sure it met the minimum lot size requirements. He noted a tree preservation plan needed to be filed. He also requested a notation on the plat as to which lots were duplex lots. DON BUNN - CITY ENGINEER Mr. Bunn advised the developer needed to contact Perry Franklin regarding location of the street lights. He stated the drainage looked okay, noting the intent was to keep any water from traveling to the west. He also requested the private drives and/or alleys be defined so it would not be confusing in determining city right-of-way. He advised the private drives and common area needed to be addressed in the protective covenants. He further stated the street stub outs would require temporary cul-de-sacs and, at the time the final plat was filed, a time period would be set to make the cul-de-sacs permanent if the adjoining property did not develop. Mr. Allen noted there was a combination drainage ditch and utility easement between lots 106 and 107 and another along the west and south property lines. Mr. Bunn advised they would need to be separated. He requested the utility easement be 20 feet in width. . Plat Review Meeting March 24, 1994 Page 3 PRELIMINARY PLAT - SPRING PARK, PHASE III CLARY DEVELOPMENT CORP. - W OF HIGHWAY 71B, N OF JOYCE The next item was a preliminary plat submitted by Robert Brown for Clary Development Corporation for property located west of Highway 71B and north of Joyce Boulevard. The property is zoned C-2, Thoroughfare Commercial and contains 12.48 acres with one proposed lot. This is a replat of a portion of Spring Park, Phase II. RICK EVANS - ARKANSAS WESTERN GAS Mr. Evans stated the easements shown were fine. He advised service would probably come in behind WalMart. ANDY CALLOWAY - SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE Mr. Calloway had no comments. TIM JOHNSON - WARNER CABLE Mr. Johnson had no comments. • JACK REGAL - SWEPCO In response to a question from Mr. Regal, Mr. Brown stated there would be multiple tenants within one or two buildings. Mr. Regal advised he had no comments regarding the easements. He stated he would like to know the electrical load they would require as soon as it was determined. MICKEY JACKSON - FIRE DEPARTMENT Chief Jackson stated there needed to be a fire hydrant at 600 -foot intervals. He requested a hydrant be located at the intersection of Mall Lane and the street north of Joyce. RANDY ALLEN -STREET DEPARTMENT Mr. Allen advised he would review the drainage plans with Mr Bunn. Mr. Brown stated the project would have standard underground drainage. Mr. Jeff Maxwell, representing the developer, reviewed the street plans with the committee. He explained Mall Lane would be four lanes with a fifth lane for a turn lane and the medians would contain landscaping. • Plat Review Meeting March 24, 1994 Page 4 • • TIM CONICLIN - PLANNING DEPARTMENT Mr. Conklin stated the developer would need to contact Perry Franklin regarding street Light locations. Mr. Brown stated Ms. Little had requested a comprehensive plat indicating all easements on the Clary tract DON BUNN - CITY ENGINEER Mr. Bunn explained the plat would be used for informational purposes for both city staff and the utility representatives. He advised there was the possibility of additional off-site requirements but he was not prepared to address those requirements at this time. Mr. Conklin also advised a tree preservation plan would be required. • Plat Review Meeting March 24, 1994 Page 5 LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT - FUZZY'S RESTAURANT JOHN HOPKINS - SW CORNER OF NORTH & GARLAND The next item was a large scale development for Fuzzy's Restaurant submitted by Dale Van Nation of Perry Butcher & Associates, on behalf of John Hopkins for property located at the southwest corner of North and Garland. The property contains 1.44 acres and is zoned C-2, Thoroughfare Commercial. RICK EVANS - ARKANSAS WESTERN GAS Mr. Evans stated they would be serving from the northwest corner of the property. ANDY CALLOWAY - SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE Mr. Calloway requested a 10 -foot perimeter utility easement. He stated they would serve from the west side but would need entrance conduit to the building. TIM JOHNSON - WARNER CABLE Mr. Johnson requested placement of 2 -inch conduit. JACK REGAL - SWEPCO Mr. Regal stated there was service at the northwest corner of the property. He noted he believed service to the restaurant would require an additional pole approximately 30 feet east of the existing service. He stated at that point the service would go underground. He further stated he was limited as to the voltage in the subject area and requested a detailed mechanical sheet showing the load required. ANDY CALLOWAY - SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE Mr. Calloway stated there was telephone cable along the north property line. He advised that any relocation of the cable would be at the developer's expense. MICKEY JACKSON - FIRE DEPARTMENT Chief Jackson stated there was an existing hydrant at the intersection of Hall and North Streets. He reviewed the hydrant requirements. RANDY ALLEN -STREET DEPARTMENT In response to a question from Mr. Allen, Mr. Bunn explained there was private property owned by Vernon Wilson between the subject property and the road right-of-way on Wedington. Mr. Allen stated that would make the drainage difficult to address. Mr. Conklin advised Mr. Wilson's property needed to be shown on the plat. Plat Review Meeting • March 24, 1994 Page 6 • DON BUNN - CITY ENGINEER Mr. Bunn stated a drainage and grading plan would be required. He asked the developer look downstream but noted he did not know if there were any drainage problems in the subject area. He further stated the Highway Department would have to review the drainage. TIM CONKLIN - PLANNING DEPARTMENT Mr. Conklin noted the plat showed 30 feet of right-of-way from the centerline. He asked if the Highway Department had contacted the developer regarding additional right-of-way. Mr. Bunn explained there were two points where additional right-of-way could be required • one at the west side of the property on Wedington and the second along Garland. He stated they would look closely at the northwest area. In response to a question from Mr. Conklin, Mr. Van Nation stated they were not sure of the height of the deck but it would probably be between 8 and 10 feet. Mr. Conklin advised anything over 30 inches in height could not be in the setback. He recommended the applicant apply for a variance from the Board of Adjustment. He also noted two free-standing signs were shown on the plat and advised only one free-standing sign was allowed by the sign ordinance. He stated a tree preservation plan was required He further noted the parking exceeded city requirement. Mr. Van Nation advised their experience had shown they needed the amount of parking shown. Mr. Conklin directed the applicant to contact Perry Franklin, Traffic Department, regarding the street lights. He advised any lights in the parking lot needed to be shielded and down -lighted. Mr. Allen asked if sidewalks were required. Mr. Conklin stated he did not know if the Highway Department would include sidewalks but, if they did not, the applicant would be responsible for the installation of sidewalks. Mr. Bunn directed the applicant to check with Cheryl Zotti, Solid Waste Department, regarding the dumpster location. Mr. Allen advised he had talked with Ms. Zotti and found the location to be fine. He pointed out however the slope of North Street was 12% and the developer needed to consider a concrete parking and dumpster site because asphalt would not hold up. • Mr. Bunn noted the dumpster pad needed to be reinforced and could only have screening on three sides. • Plat Review Meeting March 24, 1994 Page 7 • • FINAL PLAT - BARRINGTON PARKE, PHASE I CASTON CONSTRUCTION CO. - S OF MISSION, W OF FOX HUNTER The next item was the final plat for Barrington Parke, Phase I, submitted by Rob Petrie, Milholland Company, on behalf of the Caston Construction Company for property located south of Mission, west of Fox Hunter. The property is zoned R- 1, Low Density Residential, and contains 49.8 acres with 85 proposed lots. RICK EVANS - ARKANSAS WESTERN GAS Mr. Evans requested an easement between lots 28 and 29. He also requested the easement between lots 23 and 24 be enlarged from 10 feet to 20 feet. He then requested numerous crossings. Mr. Petrie advised they planned to run the utilities along the front of a portion of the lots. ANDY CALLOWAY - SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE Mr. Calloway noted the property owned by Mr. & Mrs. Samples (between lots 3 and 4) was for sale an suggested a possibility of running an easement across that property. He also requested a time line as to when the streets would be installed. TIM JOHNSON - WARNER CABLE Mr. Johnson requested the same easements as Mr. Evans requested. He noted that, if the developer wanted cable installed at this time, he would have to pay for the installation. CHRIS VAUGHT - OZARK ELECTRIC Mr. Vaught agreed with the crossings and easements requested earlier. He requested additional crossings and also wanted a time line on development of the property. MICKEY JACKSON - FIRE DEPARTMENT Chief Jackson advised an additional hydrant was needed at the entrance of the property. Neither Lisa Cox, Parks Department, nor Randy Allen, Street Department, had any comments. TIM CONKLIN - PLANNING DEPARTMENT Mr. Conklin advised the 9-1-1 coordinator refused to approve some of the street names and the developer would need to check with Mr. Johnson for new names. He also advised they needed to show a platted access to the park grounds. • Plat Review Meeting March 24, 1994 Page 8 • • DON BUNN - CITY ENGINEER Mr. Bunn advised the private sewer easement needed to be separate from the other utility easements. He also noted three lots were affected by the existing sewer easement and advised the city would not consider giving any right-of-way on that easement. He stated a grading and drainage plan were required. He further stated the developer would need to enter into a contract with the City for the uncompleted improvements. He further advised Cemetery Drive would be improved to city street standards together with the intersection of Cemetery Drive and Highway 45. Plat Review Meeting • March 24, 1994 Page 9 • PRELIMINARY PLAT - GEMAR HEIGHTS STERLING INVESTMENTS - NW CORNER OF STONE ST. & SANG AVE. The next item was a preliminary plat for Gemar Heights submitted by David Cox, ESI, on behalf of Sterling Investments for property located at the northwest corner of Stone Street and Sang Avenue. The property contains 13.23 acres with 50 proposed lots. The property is zoned R-2, Medium Density Residential. TIM CONKLIN - PLANNING DEPARTMENT Mr. Conklin advised the city would require a 25 -foot right-of-way dedication on Sang Avenue, noting that would reduce the size of lots 18, 48, 49, and 50. He further stated staff had discussed moving Kim Drive down directly across of Maine Street. RICK EVANS - ARKANSAS WESTERN GAS Mr. Evans requested a 20 -foot easement parallel to Sang along the east property line; a 20 -foot easement between lots 46 and 47 and another between 5 and 6 together with numerous crossings. • ANDY CALLOWAY - SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE Mr. Calloway agreed with the requested easements and crossings and requested an additional crossing. He advised there was an existing cable on the north side of Stone Street and any relocation of that cable would be at the developer's expense. He also noted all utility easements would have to be cleared by the developer. TIM JOHNSON - WARNER CABLE Mr. Johnson requested the same easements and crossings. He advised that, if the developer wanted cable installed at this time, he would have to pay for the installation. JACK REGAL - SWEPCO In response to a question from Mr. Regal, Mr. Bunn explained the developer was being asked to improve one-half of Sang Avenue. He pointed out the Sang Avenue improvement was in the second phase of the subject subdivision. Mr. Regal advised all of the SWEPCO facilities were on the east side of Sang. He further noted any relocation of utilities in Phase II would be charged to the developer. He also noted one drainage easement appeared to have been dropped since they had reviewed a previous plat on the subject tract. Mr. Cox stated there was a swale from lot 1 and 2 to the east end of the property. • Mr. Bunn advised a 10 or 15 foot drainage easement was required. • • Plat Review Meeting March 24, 1994 Page 10 Mr. Regal advised any utility easement would have to be separate from the drainage easement. MICKEY JACKSON - FIRE DEPARTMENT Mr. Jackson advised they needed to extend the water line and install hydrants. LISA COX - PARKS DEPARTMENT Ms. Cox advised the land requirement for this tract would be 2 acres or $18,000 in lieu of land She stated this matter would be reviewed by the Parks Board at their April 4 meeting. RANDY ALLEN -STREET DEPARTMENT Mr. Allen stated he would like to see some drainage along the west portion of the property and have the drainage go underground along Gemar Drive. He also advised he did not believe Perry Franklin would approve of the names "Kim Drive", "Patsey Drive" nor "Jennifer Lane". He mentioned the developer could put the sidewalk wherever they desired but most developers were finding it more cost effective and efficient to put the sidewalk on the interior lots (in this subdivision, lots 19 through 32). TIM CONKLIN - PLANNING DEPARTMENT Mr. Conklin advised a tree preservation plan was required. He also advised the developer needed to contact Perry Franklin regarding placement of street lights. He further noted a sidewalk was required along Sang Avenue. Mr. Regal advised there was an existing street light on the south side of Stone. DON BUNN - CITY ENGINEER Mr. Bunn explained that, if the city had funding for improvement of one-half of Sang at the time Phase II was developed, the street would be extended; otherwise, the city would require money to be placed in an escrow account until the city had available funds for such extension. He stated a grading and drainage plan was required on this tract. He also advised that any lot with a slope greater than 20o would require an individual grading plan. • Plat Review Meeting March 24, 1994 Page 11 • PRELIMINARY PLAT - BRADLEY ACRES 13. W. GRAUE - 14 OF HUNTSVILLE, S OF WYMAN The last item was a preliminary plat for Bradley Acres submitted by Bill Rudasill on behalf of B. W. Graue for property located on the north side of Huntsville Road and the south side of Wyman Road. The property is zoned R-1, Low Density Residential, and contains 3.9 acres with 4 lots. The postal service representative advised this subdivision would be served by rural boxes. RICK EVANS - ARKANSAS WESTERN GAS Mr. Evans advised the easements shown were fine. ANDY CALLOWAY - SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE Mr. Callaway requested the utility easement be separated from the 20 -foot drainage easement. TIM JOHNSON - WARNER CABLE Mr. Johnson stated the easements shown were fine. CHRIS VAUGHT - OZARK ELECTRIC Mr. Vaught verified there was a 20 -foot utility easement on the north side of lots 3 and 4. MICKEY JACKSON - FIRE DEPARTMENT Chief Jackson stated he had no comments. He did ask if there would be a road from Wyman to Huntsville. Mr. Bunn explained that was not the intent. He advised this tract of land had been reviewed previously but the owner had replatted it with fewer lots. LISA COX - PARKS DEPARTMENT Ms. Cox advised the greenspace required for this tract was .1 acre or $900 for money in lieu of land. She stated this development would be reviewed at the April 4 Parks Board meeting. RANDY ALLEN - STREET DEPARTMENT Mr. Allen asked why the 25 -foot right-of-way did not line up with the 50 -foot right-of-way. • Mr. Bunn advised this was an odd -shaped tract. He noted the best place for a road was on the west side of the property and, if a street was ever put in, there • • Plat Review Meeting March 24, 1994 Page 12 would be a curve. He asked Mr. Allen if he had looked at the drainage along the east side of the property. Mr. Allen advised he had not but would do so in the near future. TIM CONKLIN - PLANNING DEPARTMENT Mr. Conklin advised sidewalk was required on Huntsville and he believed Wyman Road. He also noted a tree preservation plan was required. He informed the developer there was a 20 -foot setback around the tandem lot. He further stated the developer needed to contact Cheryl Zotti, Solid Waste Department, regarding trash pickup from the tandem lot. DON BUNN - CITY ENGINEER Mr. Bunn advised there needed to be a 25 -foot permanent access easement for the tandem lot in addition to the 50 -foot. He stated sewer would serve lots 3 and 4 but would like to see the figures on the cost to lot 2. He further stated he preferred the water meters be on the road. The meeting adjourned at 10:50 a.m.