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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992-04-16 - Minutes• • • MINUTES OF A SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE MEETING A meeting of the Fayetteville Subdivision Committee was held on Thursday, April 16, 1992 at 10:30 a.m., in Room 111 of the City Administration Building, 113 West Mountain Street, Fayetteville, Arkansas. MEMBERS PRESENT: OTHERS PRESENT: Jana Lynn Britton, Jerry Allred, and Tom Suchecki Alett Little, Syd Norbash, Al Harris, Fred Hanna, Mel Milholland, and Sharon Langley LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT - BURT HANNA HARRY GRAY - S OF 15TH ST. AND W OF ARMSTRONG The first item on the agenda was a request for approval of a large scale development for warehouses, owned by Burt Hanna, to be located south of 15th Street (Highway 16) and west of Armstrong, presented by Al Harris on behalf of Harry Gray. The property consists of 8.8 acres and is zoned I-1. Ms. Britton asked if the drive would be expanded so that it would fill the space to the property line. Mr. Harris stated it would be expanded approximately 8 feet. Ms. Britton asked if the drive could be accessed by property to the north should that property be developed. Mr. Harris explained the drive would be the same as a standard street. Ms. Little explained their concern giving as an example another development with a 16 foot strip between the property and the street which did not allow the adjoining property to access the street Mr. Harris noted there was 50 foot of right-of-way that went all the way to the property line. Mr. Fred Hanna stated they planned to offer the property owners to the east access if they paid half the cost of the street when they hooked on. He also noted they were attempting to purchase the adjoining property. Ms. Little stated staff had just become more aware of American Disabilities Act which required 1 handicap accessible (van accessible) parking space for every 25 parking spaces. She noted the Act for signage read as follows: "Accessible parking spaces shall be designated as reserved by a sign showing the symbol of w • Subdivision Committee April 16, 1992 Page 2 accessibility...Spaces complying...shall have an additional sign 'Van -Accessible' mounted below the symbol of accessibility. Such signs shall be located so they cannot be obscured by a vehicle parked in the space." MOTION Mr. Suchecki moved to approve the large scale development subject to staff comments. Ms. Britton seconded the motion. PRELIMINARY PLAT - QUAIL CREEK SUBDIVISION, PHASE II MEL MILHOLLAND - S OF APPLEBY, E OF GREGG The last item to be reviewed was a request by Mel Milholland on behalf of Wade and Peggy Bishop for approval of the preliminary plat of Phase II of Quail Creek Subdivision, located south of Appleby and east of Gregg. The property is zoned R-1.5, Medium Density Residential. Ms. Little explained the plat would have to be approved subject to • the conditions of the American Disabilities Act. She stated that at every curb with a sidewalk there needed to be a handicap ramp. Mr. Milholland stated that was standard. Ms. Britton asked if there should be a right-of-way dedicated at the north end of Clymer in order to provide access for future development. Mr. Milholland explained the plat was over a year old and was being resubmitted exactly as it had been previously. He further stated that, when the overall plat had been approved, it had been agreed in lieu of constructing half of Drake the developer would construct the entire amount of Appleby Road. A member of the audience asked if Drake Street was completely on hold. Ms. Little stated Drake Street was not on the CIP plan for the next 5 years. She explained there was no immediate plans on the city's part to do anything with Drake Street. The subcommittee and audience also discussed the traffic problems in the subject area. John Schummel, 2949 John Wayne, stated he had a drainage problem when it rained. He asked if the new construction would help alleviate that problem or make it worse. 1� Subdivision Committee April 16, 1992 Page 3 Mr. Milholland explained a drainage plan would have to be submitted and approved by the City Engineer. He expressed his belief the construction would alleviate the drainage problem for Mr. Schummel. Mr. Schummel also noted the street lighting was very poor in the subdivision. He asked if that would be improved. Mr. Allred explained the city could only enforce the minimum standards. He suggested the residents could go together and purchase additional lighting. Mr. Schummel asked the square footage of the proposed housing. Mr. Milholland stated they would be the same size as the homes in Phase I. Ms. Little informed Mr. Milholland that Jim Johnson had said they could not use William James as a street name. Ms. Britton asked about access to the north from Clymer? She explained she would hate to see it end up as cul-de-sac. She further explained she did not like dead end streets because of security. Mr. Allred pointed out the residents of Park Place preferred the dead end streets. Ms. Britton expressed her opinion that they should provide right- of-way for access to the north. She stated it could be 25 to 30 years from now before it developed but there should be right-of-way in case it was developed. She pointed out the right-of-way could be abandoned later should the area not develop. Mr. Milholland pointed out that would eliminate one lot. He stated the original plat was based on access in two different directions. Mr. Norbash pointed out that probably Drake would be completed before there would be any development on that lot. MOTION Mr. Suchecki moved to approve the plat subject to staff comments. Ms. Britton stated she had some reservations regarding the plat and could not second the motion. Mr. Allred seconded the motion. The meeting adjourned at 10:55 a.m.