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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-11-03 - Minutes• • MINUTES OF A SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE MEETING A meeting of the Fayetteville Subdivision Committee was held on Thursday, November 3, 1994 at 10:30 a.m., in Room 326 of the City Administration Building, 113 West Mountain Street, Fayetteville, Arkansas. MEMBERS PRESENT: Kenneth Pummill and Tom Suchecki OTHERS PRESENT: Alett Little, Tim Conklin, Don Bunn, Kurt Jones, Rick Pulverenti, Robert Brown, and others LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT - DRY CLEAN SUPER CENTER KWIK INDUSTRIES - WEST OF COLLEGE, SOUTH OF APPLEBY The first item was a large scale development for a Dry Clean Super Center submitted by KWIK Industries for property located West of College, south of Appleby. The property is zoned C-2, Thoroughfare Commercial, and contains 34,379.74 square feet. This item is going through the large scale development process at the request of the Planning Commission. Alan Reid represented KWIK Industries. Ms. Little expressed some concern regarding the island to be constructed around the sign due to interruption of traffic flow. She also noted access was shared with KWIK Kar Lube on College plus an access point to the rear of KWIK Kar Lube. She stated the original plat had a notation that the rear access point was to be constructed at a later time. Mr. Reed assured the Committee the notation was strictly for businesses submitting bids for construction of the building. He stated there would definitely be access to McKee Street. Ms. Little asked the purpose of the vacant lot to the rear of the KWIK Kar Lube. Mr. Reed advised the owners intentions were to construct the dry cleaning shop and sell the lot off. Ms. Little explained that, if it was the owner's intent to request another lot split, staff needed to know about it. Mr. Reed stated the owner had told him the vacant tree would be sold with the dry cleaning establishment. Ms. Little further advised there needed to be a reciprocal access agreement filed at the county courthouse if the dry cleaning establishment intended to use the access to College. MOTION Mr. Suchecki moved to forward the large scale development to the Planning Commission. Mr. Pummill seconded the motion. • Subdivision Committee Meeting November 3, 1994 Page 2 • • PRELIMINARY PLAT - HIGH POINT SUBDIVISION HIGH POINT DEVELOPMENT - S OF OLD FARMINGTON, N OF RUTLEDGE The next item was a preliminary plat for High Point Subdivision submitted by Rick Pulverenti on behalf of High Point Development for property located south of Old Farmington Road, north of Rutledge Lane. The property is zoned R-2, Medium Density Residential, and contains 3.03 acres with 12 proposed lots. Ms. Little advised there had been discussion at the plat Review meeting regarding location and type of service. In response to a question from Ms. Little, Mr. Pulverenti stated the owner desired to use underground service. Ms. Little recalled the service would be overhead on the east property line but the remainder would be underground. She further advised there had been discussion regarding the developer obtaining a variance for lots 4 through 7. Mr. Pulverenti advised that, due to the size of lots 10 and 11, they would ask for a variance on lots 9 through 11. Ms. Little advised the preliminary plat could be approved as shown but, if the developer wanted something different as far as setbacks, he would have to receive Board of Adjustment approval. In response to a question from Mr. Suchecki, Mr. Pulverenti stated the location of the electrical service would be determined prior to the Planning Commission meeting. Ms. Little advised that, if the developer would not be installing cable, a notation needed to be made on the plat that cable was not installed. She also informed the Committee the city had received a petition from the residents of Rutledge Subdivision (immediately south of the subject subdivision) regarding traffic on Highway 62. She explained the east entrance to Wal-Mart was directly across the street from the Rutledge Subdivision and the residents could not, due to the traffic, turn left onto Highway 62. She stated that, while the petition was not related to the subject subdivision, there was a traffic circulation problem in the area. She advised the subject subdivision did meet the city regulations regarding length of the cul-de-sac and density. She further stated that, in order to assist the residents of Rutledge Subdivision, the staff had suggested lot 6 of Rutledge Subdivision (a vacant lot) could be purchased and the proposed street shown on the plat could connect through. She explained that would, however, require the reconfiguration of lots 8 and 9 and might cause the loss of a lot. Mr. Pulverenti stated he had discussed the matter with the owner and found they would lose a lot. Mr. Bunn advised he had discussed drainage with Mr. Pulverenti and had determined they did need to look closely at where the drainage came off the site. Mr. Pulverenti stated it was their intent to try to obtain an off-site easement. Mr. Bunn stated he was satisfied something could be worked out. Ms. Sandra Kaiser, an adjoining property owner, asked what type of subdivision was proposed. • Subdivision Committee Meeting November 3, 1994 Page 3 • • Me. Little explained the proposed subdivision contained 12 lots with a duplex on each lot. In response to further questions from Ms. Kaiser, Mr. Pulverenti stated the design of the duplexes had not been determined. Ms. Kaiser advised the owner of lot 6 would not be willing to have the street extend through the lot. She stated the residents of Rutledge wanted a stop light on Highway 62, not a through street. Mr. Bunn explained the city had contacted the State Highway Department and found they had no intentions of installing a traffic light. Mr. Suchecki asked the density of the proposed subdivision. Ms. Little advised the owner was developing one-third of what he could construct. She explained he could construct up to 75 units. Mr. Suchecki suggested they encourage the owner/developer to work with the neighborhood. Mr. Pulverenti advised one of the owners would be living in a duplex within the subdivision. There was also discussion regarding the tree preservation plan and it was suggested a row of trees be left, if possible, between the proposed subdivision and Rutledge Subdivision. Mr. Kevin King, an adjoining property owner, asked the distance from the east property line to the first duplex. Ms. Little explained the setback would require the building be set back a minimum of 25 feet. NOTION Mr. Suchecki moved to forward the plat to the Planning Commission. Mr. Pummill seconded the motion. • Subdivision Committee Meeting November 3, 1994 Page 4 • • LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT - WINDSOR SUITES HOTEL MAJOR INVESTMENTS - E OF HWY 71, S OF HWY 62 The next item was a large scale development for Windsor Suites Hotel submitted by Kurt Jones, Northwest Engineers, and a preliminary plat for Bhakta Hotel Project submitted by CEI Engineering to be located east of Highway 71 and south of Highway 62. The property is zoned C-2. The subdivision contains 11.34 acres with 3 proposed lots and the large scale development contains 5.15 acres. Me. Little noted the subject property was in the design overlay district and did meet all requirements of the overlay district. She explained the city normally requested the developer to provide one-half of a street to city standards but, in this case, since there were two access drives, the developer would construct the entire street down to the point of the second access. She explained that from the second access to the east the next development would have to connect (she noted the property was owned by the same owner). MOTION Mr. Suchecki moved to forward the plat to the Planning Commission. Mr. Pummill seconded the motion. Ms. Little explained there was also a subdivision plat filed on the subject property but each project was being handled by a different engineer. She advised the preliminary plat would be coming before them at their next Subdivision Committee meeting. • Subdivision Committee Meeting November 3, 1994 Page 5 • • PRELIMINARY PLAT - NORTHWEST VILLAGE (FORMERLY NORTH VIEW ADDITION) SECOND CENTURY INVESTMENTS - EAST OF HWY 71 8, N OF SHEPPARD LANE The last item was a preliminary plat for North View Addition submitted by Robert Brown of Development Consultants on behalf of Second Century Investments for property located east of Highway 718, north of Sheppard Lane. The property is zoned A-1, Agriculture, (with a rezoning to C-2 being requested) and C-2, Thoroughfare Commercial and contains 12.22 acres with 6 proposed lots. In response to a question from Mr. Pummill, Mr. Brown advised there were two existing houses on the tract which would be removed. Mr. Conklin informed the Committee that, as a part of the Mall Expansion project, the State Highway Department had approved a request to lower the southbound lane of North College by 16 inches (between Zion Road and Sheppard Lane) which would allow a signal at Sheppard Lane. He further noted the proposed subdivision would connect the frontage road to Joyce Street. He also pointed out each lot, when developed, would require a large scale development. In response to a question regarding zoning of the tract, Mr. Brown advised the majority of the tract was C-2 however there was a small portion of the tract (2 acres) which they were petitioning to have zoned C-2. Mr. Ted Pittman, Second Century Investments, was present to answer any questions. Mr. Suchecki asked if the proposed subdivision would connect to Remington Subdivision. Ms. Little stated it would not connect to Remington but would allow the frontage road to connect to Joyce. She then advised the developer that Remington Place, as well as the Clary Development, were assigned off-site improvement costs for the intersection. She stated staff needed to review how much of the subject subdivision was in the service area of the intersection and complete calculations for a proportionate share of the cost. MOTION Mr. Suchecki moved to forward the plat to the Planning Commission. Mr. Pummill seconded the motion. The meeting adjourned at 11:00 a.m.