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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-02-02 - Minutes• MINUTES OF A SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE MEETING A meeting of the Fayetteville Subdivision Committee was held on Thursday, February 2, 1995 at 10:30 a.m., in Room 111 of the City Administration Building, 113 West Mountain Street, Fayetteville, Arkansas. MEMBERS PRESENT: Tom Suchecki, Chuck Nickle, and Kenneth Pummill OTHERS PRESENT: Alett Little, Mandy Bunch, Tim Conklin, and others. LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT - TRUMBO HOWELL TRUMBO - E OF CATO SPRINGS ROAD, S OF 6TH ST., N OF INDIAN TRAIL The first item was a large scale development for Howell Trumbo submitted by Harry Gray of Northwest Engineers. The property contains .98 acres and is zoned C-2, Thoroughfare Commercial. Mr. Conklin asked for the status of fire protection. Mr. Gray responded that they were in the process of analyzing the costs involved. Their options include: tie in and looping the water line with Paris Street or going under Highway 62. The hydrant will be placed in the northeast corner next to the entry drive. Mr. Conklin asked if the 100 year flood plain boundary had been modified or if the building had been moved back and Mr. Gray responded that they had "scaled off" the flood plain area from the flood maps and they will do a detailed drainage analysis to verify. Mr. Conklin asked if traffic flow had been redirected as per the request of the plat review committee. Mr. Gray stated that they had complied with the request by eliminating the west drive through window. Mr. Gray further stated that Mr. Trumbo does own the land further to the east and that they might look at employee parking in the rear in the future. Mr. Conklin asked for the 5 ft. concrete sidewalk to be shown on the plan. Discussion over the state's asphalt sidewalk ensued but Mr. Gray agreed to meet the City's standard, ADA standards, and '88 code standard. Ms. Little inquired if the grading and drainage plan had been presented and Mr. Gray responded that they are working on it and assured the committee it would be completed before going before the Planning Commission. • 'Ms. Little asked about the dumpster location and Mr. Gray affirmed that it had been addressed. • Subdivision Committee Meeting February 2, 1995 Page 2 • • MOTION Mr. Pummill moved to forward the plat to the Planning Commission. Mr. Suchecki seconded. • • Subdivision Committee Meeting February 2, 1995 Page 3 LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT - LATTER DAY SAINT TEMPLE CHURCH OF THE LATTER DAY SAINTS - W OF GARLAND, S OF WASHINGTON The next item was a large scale development for The Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints represented by Harry Gray for property located on the west side of Garland, south of Wedington. The property contains 3.1 acres and is zoned R-0, Residential - Office. Mr. Gray stated that the Church has an option on the property to build a Church/School. Further, Conditional Use has been applied for. He expressed concern regarding compliance with the tree ordinance. He explained the property sloped from the northeast to the southwest at a 9% grade and the slope along Garland Street is around 10%. The Church plans 200-240 parking spaces which exceed the ordinance requirements. The lot will also require retaining walls with a height of 3-5 feet. In regard to drives, Mr. Gray stated that there had been proposals to share a drive with the school or moving drives to line up with Berry Street. Further, he stated that with all of the variables it was • difficult to arrive at anything firm. Ms. Little inquired about building coverage and Mr. Gray responded that they would submit a landscaping plan and tree replacement plan. • Mr. Gray stated that they would maintain a drive with 2-5% slope. He further stated that rotating the building would not work with out "stepping". Ms. Little stated that there had been discussion regarding the view from the street being more of the building and not the parking lot. Ms. Little requested clarification on whether or not "school" was nursery school or day care and Mr. Gray responded that it was an elementary school. Mr. Suchecki questioned how the conditional use of the church might conflict with the proposed Fuzzy's Restaurant which will serve alcohol. Ms. Little responded that the restaurant property has already been rezoned and that application for a footing permit has been made. Ms. Little further stated that a note should be placed on this plat stipulating that at no later time could the church come back and ask for invocation of law enforcement. Mr. Suchecki requested a letter from City Attorney's office and from the church with regard to their respective stipulations. • Subdivision Committee Meeting February 2, 1995 Page 4 • • Ms. Little requested discussion of traffic impact in light of the close proximity of elementary schools. Further, she suggested joint access with Leverett School. Discussion ensued regarding easement, access, right of way, buffers, etc. The question was raised as to what the State plans to do with the intersection of Garland and North. Ms. Little suggested that the maximum be required to be on the safe side. Ms. Bunch addressed the matter stating that she would check on the State's plans. Mr. Pummill asked about drainage. Mr. Gray stated that they would meet state requirements. Mr. Nickle stated he had no problem with it as long as all problems could be worked out. Ms. Little stated she wanted more detailed answers on the traffic situation. Mr. Pummill asked about student population at the school and Mr. Conklin stated that the application should contain the number of students. Mr. Gray responded that he would finish the number of expected students. Mr. Conklin asked if the landscape plans were complete and Mr. Gray stated that there were too many variables with regard to drives and accesses to prepare detailed plans for landscaping. Ms. Little questioned whether or not Leverett School knows the state is planning on redoing the intersection. Mr. Gray stated he had documents provided by the title company with Winston Simpson's signatures on them but it was further stated the School Board has to ratify it. Mr. Gray asked how he should clarify what needs to be done and by whom. Ms. Little asked for a dedicated right of way on the south property line. Mr. Gray contended that it was not within the subject property. Further, Ms. Little stated that it is not a mature plat and that there were more answers needed such as what were the state highway department's plans for the intersection of Garland and North Street and required right of way for the length of this property. Mr. Gray offered to dedicate 50 feet of right of way. Ms. Little requested that the intersection either line up with Berry St. or be shared access with the Leverett Elementary School if they are planning on developing an access there. • Subdivision Committee Meeting February 2, 1995 Page 5 • • Discussion ensued regarding state warrants for traffic signals and aligning streets in order to get traffic signals and the current traffic problems generated from the University and Leverett School. Ms. Little explained that in any event there would be changes to Mr. Gray's plans including: clarification with Street Department, Traffic Department, and Engineering; alignment of the entrance with Berry St. or the alternate access; design plans including plans for retaining walls; the overage of parking will need to be stated and the reason for its requirement; the number of students expected and the hours of operation; lighting of the parking lot; requirement of the sidewalk along Garland. Mr. Suchecki requested that the public school administration be contacted and made aware of the meeting. Ms. Little stated that 20% preservation of trees would meet the tree ordinance requirement. Further discussion ensued regarding traffic, rights of way and conditional use permit. It was decided to forward the conditional use request to the Planning Commission, but to hold the large scale development until more information could be provided to the Planning Commission. • Subdivision Committee Meeting February 2, 1995 Page 6 • • LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT - PETROMARK STEPHEN LAIR AND STEVE TURNER - NW CORNER OF JOYCE, HIGHWAY 62 The next item on the agenda was the large scale development of Petromark submitted by Terry Cooper. The property contains approximately 2 acres and is zoned C-2, Thoroughfare Commercial. Mr. Conklin stated the right of way had been modified and the City was given 50 ft. on Hwy 265. Further he stated the sidewalks were shown along with property line and the drives were lined up with adjacent property owners with the idea that drives could be shared since adjacent property owner owns property back to the west. Ms. Little asked for discussion of curb cuts and explained that the city was expending funds to widen Joyce Street and the Highway Department had approved plans to add a turn lane. Discussion ensued. Ms. Bunch stated that for commercial developments she recommended 24 ft. cuts with two-way drives and appropriate radii for trucks and cars to come in without encroaching other lanes or consider 36 ft. cut for a three lane entrance appropriately marked and channelized with stripping designations. Ms. Bunch then presented Mr. Cooper with a layout of the project at Joyce and Hwy 265 and requested that all drives meet the proposed elevation of Joyce Street. Further she stated that bid advertising for intersection improvements would begin this month and hoped to give the construction contract on March 7 with deadline of middle of June or first of July. She requested the exact location of the curb cut and clearance for storm drainage and requested on easement for as a part of this development. • Subdivision Committee Meeting February 2, 1995 Page 7 • • LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT - LINDSEY OFFICE BUILDING LINDSEY FAMILY TRUST - S OF JOYCE, E OF 71B Submitted by Crafton, Tull & Associates on behalf of The Lindsey Family Trust for property located in Vantage Square. The property contains 3 acres and is zoned C-2, Thoroughfare Commercial. Kurt Jones, representative of Lindsey Family Trust, stated there were a couple of changes regarding the drainage which were corrected and the 15 ft. easement for utilities has been approved. Mr. Conklin stated he checked the drainage structure under Joyce Street and there was enough room to place the sidewalk on top of that structure without building a separate structure. Ms. Bunch stated she anticipated that Mr. Lindsey would be very cooperative with a temporary construction easement and she would be approaching him early next week regarding temporary construction easements. Bids are expected to be accepted by February 21st. Ms. Little inquired about coordination on the drainage easement and whether or not Mr. Allen had seen it. Mr. Jones was not sure and said he would submit drainage, grading, and water and sewer back to engineering. Mr. Jones further stated the main concern had been that the drainage easement was over 10-15 ft. and they had complied. MOTION Mr. Suchecki moved to forward the plat to the Planning Commission. Mr. Nickle seconded the motion. Subdivision Committee Meeting February 2, 1995 Page 8 LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT - PAYLESS SHOE STORE PAYLESS SHOE STORE - S OF HIGHWAY 62, W OF SHILOH Submitted by Northwest Engineers on behalf of Payless Shoe Source represented by Kurt Jones for property located on the south side of Highway 62 (Sixth Street), west of Shiloh Drive. The property contains 2.35 acres and is zoned C-2, Thoroughfare Commercial. Northwest Engineers' representative asked Ms. Little about the curb cut distance and stated that the subject cut was already existing. Ms. Little stated that the existing curb cut does make a difference to the Highway Department as it is pre=approved by them. Discussion ensued regarding the location of this project. Mr. Conklin stated that their landscape plan must show 1 tree per 10 spaces. A discussion ensued regarding surrounding businesses and locations for entrances. Ms. Little inquired about the adjoining trailer park and their request for the City to develop another street or provision for access to the rear of the property. Further she stated that this has not been worked out. A discussion ensued regarding entrances and drainage easements with the trailer park. The representative stated they were in negotiation with the owners of the trailer park for that entrance but requested the entrance of 62 also. Ms. Allen stated the entrance on 62 would be approved subject to the highway department's approval. Ms. Little stated approval of the two signs as shown and those did meet the intent of the ordinance. MOTION Mr. Nickle moved to forward the plat to the Planning Commission. Mr. Suchecki seconded the motion. Subdivision Committee Meeting February 2, 1995 Page 9 PRELIMINARY PLAT - NORTHWEST VILLAGE ADDITION SECOND CENTURY INVESTMENTS - E OF 71B, N & S OF SHEPHERD LANE Submitted by Second Century Investments represented by Carey Bone for property located east of Highway 71B and north and south of Shepherd Lane. The property contains 12.22 acres with 5 lots and is zoned C-2, Thoroughfare Commercial. Mr. Bone stated that the only comments from the prior meeting were regarding the addition of utility on the plat which was done Ms. Little stated that the plat had been before the planning commission before and that their concern was that the road alignment was going to encourage cut throughs in the parking lot. Mr. Pummill stated that he saw no problem with this. Ms. Little stated that the collective street would be required to have a sidewalk on both sides. She further stated that commercial areas require a 5 ft. sidewalk, not a 4 ft. sidewalk. Ms. Little inquired about the future development and tree preservation. Mr. Bone stated that the only future development plan might be employee parking. It was suggested to them that they grant it as additional right of way. A discussion ensued. Ms. Little inquired about the north access and requested that it be right turn only. Discussion regarding a light ensued. Ms. Little inquired about street grading. Mr. Bone stated they had submitted a preliminary grading plan. Further he stated that the grade varies and has two pitches. MOTION Mr. Nickle moved that the plat be forwarded to the Planning Commission. Mr. Suchecki seconded the motion. Subdivision Committee Meeting February 2, 1995 Page 10 FINAL PLAT - CEDARPOINT SUBDIVISION LANDTECH ENGINEERING- S OF HUNTSVILLE, W OF CURTIS Submitted by Landtech Engineering, represented by Leonard Gabbard, on behalf of General Development. Property is located south of Huntsville and west of Curtis. Property is zoned R-1, Low Density Residential, and contains 12.91 acres with 37 lots. Mr. Gabbard stated the only changes from last time were zoning and proposed use along with utility crossings. They further stated that they had added one utility crossing at Huntsville and one at the south end of Curtis and one on the east side of Fairlane. Also, the street light was moved from between lots 34 and 35 to lots 33 and 34. Ms. Little requested that sidewalks be shown on the east side of the plat. Ms. Little inquired about drainage to the west and south and the idea that more land might be required as a result. Discussion ensued. Ms. Little required duplex development be noted on the plat. Discussion ensued about the neatness and cleanness of the subdivision before final plat. MOTION Mr. Nickle moved to forward the plat to the Planning Commission. Mr. Pummill seconded the motion. Subdivision Committee Meeting February 2, 1995 Page 11 PRELIMINARY PLAT - WINDY HILL ESTATES TOM TERMINELLA - E OF OLD WIRE ROAD AND S OF BRIDGEWATER LANE Submitted by Landtech Engineering represented by Leonard Gabbard on behalf of Tom Terminella for property located east of Old Wire Road and south of Bridgewater Lane. The property consists of 51.31 acres with 8 lots and is located outside the City Limits. A discussion ensued as to where the property was located. Ms. Little requested a better map with streets named. Landtech asked if it could be out of scale and that was approved. Mr. Conklin stated the county required common drives between the lots being not less than 40 ft. from right of way. Further he stated that the lots would be estate size with a gate. Discussion ensued. A discussion of future development, access, and easements ensued. Mr. Pummill inquired about septic and soil tests. Mr. Terminella responded that a representative from the county had indicated that there were no problems. MOTION Mr. Pummill moved to forward the plat to the Planning Commission. Mr. Suchecki seconded the motion. _r� • Subdivision Committee Meeting February 2, 1995 Page 12 PRELIMINARY PLAT - BRIDGEPORT SUBDIVISION, PHASE II, ANNEX CREEKWOOD DEVELOPMENT, S OF MT. COMFORT, E OF BRIDGEPORT RD Submitted by WBR Engineering, represented by Bill Rudisill, on behalf of Creekwood Development for property located south of Mt. Comfort Road, east of Bridgeport Road. The property contains 6.81 acres with 17 lots and is zoned R-1, Low Density Residential. A discussion ensued regarding the location of this tract. Mr. Pummill inquired about the bridge drainage. Mr. Rudasill stated that the bridge has been built and there were no problems. Mr. Conklin inquired if the road had been extended to the bridge and Mr. Rudasill responded that they are in process. Ms. Little inquired about sidewalks and Mr. Rudasill stated they would be shown on both sides of the street with a 4 ft. setback. A discussion ensued regarding access to adjoining developments. • OTHER BUSINESS • Mr. Rudasill wanted to discuss a potential plat that is up for rezoning. The subject property is a 5 acre tract adjacent to the Razorback Golf Course. A discussion ensued. The meeting adjourned at 12:05 p.m.