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SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE
A regular meeting of the Subdivision Committee was held on Thursday, June 1, 2000 at 8:30
a.m. in Room 111 of the City Administration Building, 113 W. Mountain, Fayetteville,
Arkansas.
ITEMS CONSIDERED
LSD 00-9.00: (Hooker Construction, pp 209)
LSD 00-10.00: (City of Fayetteville, Water & Sewer
Operations Center, pp 638)
LSD 00-11 00- (Ozark Electric Cooperative Corp, pp 440)
AD 00-17.00: (Garroutte, pp 137)
LSD 00-7.10: LSD/P.U.D. (Indian Springs phase II, pp 372)
MEMBERS PRESENT
Bob Estes
Sharon Hoover
Conrad Odom
STAFF PRESENT
Tim Conklin
Sara Edwards
Ron Petrie
Chuck Rutherford
Kim Hesse
Kim Rogers
ACTION TAKEN
Forwarded
Approved
Forwarded
Forwarded
Forwarded
MEMBERS ABSENT
Lorel Hoffman
Lee Ward
STAFF ABSENT
Perry Franklin
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LSD 00-9.00: Large Scale Development (Hooker Construction, pp 209)
Item submitted by Dave Jorgensen of Jorgensen and Associates, Inc. on behalf of Hooker
Construction for property located at 1409 W. Van Asche. The property is located within the
Design Overlay District and zoned C-2, Thoroughfare Commercial containing approximately
2.34 acres. The request is for two new office/warehouse structures.
Odom:
This is the June 1, 2000 Subdivision Committee Meeting. The first item we have
is LSD 00-9 submitted by Dave Jorgensen on behalf of Hooker Construction for
property located at 1409 W. Van Asche. The property is located within the
Design Overlay District and is zoned C-2, Thoroughfare Commercial containing
approximately 2.34 acres. Here we are. Come on up.
Key: Sony gentlemen. No one else present either?
Conklin: No, you are it.
Odom. We saw this one at the last Subdivision Committee Meeting. Tim do you have
something you need to go over?
Estes: Mr. Chairman, it will be necessary that I recuse on item number one, LSD 00-9.
Odom: Thank you Mr. Estes. Sharon are you going to be with me on this one?
Hoover: Yes.
Conklin: One of the main concerns that staff had at last Subdivision Committee was with
regards to our Design Overlay District Standards and our Commercial Design
Standards. With regard to the Overlay District Standards, one of the issues we
had was the building did not have a front facing the street. They have resubmitted
the new elevations and are showing a door that will now face Van Asche so that is
taken care of. Another issue was the sides of the buildings. Did you ever find site
elevations on those?
Edwards: No.
Key: We have one side shown here on the drawing for JM Hooker's building.
Conklin: Okay.
Key: The west elevation which is the one facing the open space. It's our intent to
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address it and the north facade both, full measuring, file accents, canopies. And
on the building for Hydraulic Solutions, the front was being treated the same. The
east facade on that building, I have a large copy of the plans for that to show you,
Hydraulic Solutions building, facing the west facade of the Hooker Construction
building will be very similar. The intent is on the south and west facades of the
Hydraulic Solutions building and on the south and east facades of the JM Hooker
building that we want to go with a standard pre -finished metal simulated board
and batten metal panel with a beige color to match the beige concrete block
Conklin: When you say simulated can you describe how that simulates the appearance of
wood?
Key:
The standard R panel which has been used on other buildings in the Overlay
District is pre -finished coating so it's a maintenance free finish It has a raised rib
twelve inches on center which does give the effect of a batten, twelve inch plank
batten board system that has been used on several facilities. I think from our
previous discussions the thought was that if going with a pre -finished panel as
opposed to a galvanized panel that the tighter rib spacing which we are proposing
previously than the standard R panel with the twelve inch fluting, did give the
effect of a board and batten system
Conklin: I did have a question, your material sample board that you revised and submitted,
you are showing the masonry unit, the split face and the one up above, are those
going to remain unpainted?
Key:
They will remain unpainted. They are intricately colored masonry unit and have
color added to the masonry so that they are colored throughout. Those are
available in a variety of colors. The red that has been used on Wal-Mart
Supercenter and the Service Merchandise complex has charcoal. This has been
used on several facilities. Buff is the color we used on a previous project in the
Overlay District, Liquor -to -Go.
Hoover: Is there a problem with not painting it?
Odom. Lei's try to get through staff and then we will bring it back.
Conklin: I'm kind of asking questions, Conrad, and trying to understand what I'm looking
at too, so I can let the subcommittee know. That is the color that the building will
be?
Key: That is the color it would be.
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Conklin: And that is an intimal color to that block?
Key: Yes.
Hooker: We are not painting it.
Conklin: Once again, staff was concerned with our Overlay District Standards of having
metal sidewalls that are required to have the appearance of wood. That's why I
was asking that question to have Mr. Key go over that with this committee as to
how that has a similar appearance to wood. If the Planning Commission does not
feel like it has a similar appearance to wood, it would need to be a variance in our
Overlay District Standards and I believe the Commission would have to grant
that. My opinion, I'm not sure if it does have the appearance of wood. I'll have
to think about it before the Commission and I'll let you know. One other thing
we did talk about at last Subdivision Committee was this fence up front. Have we
revised that?
Odom. We said wrought iron I thought.
Key:
We did address that in the last meeting. I'm not sure if Mr. Jorgensen revised his
submittal on the site plan, but the intent was the row of shrubry shown down the
middle of the property dividing these two properties would be moved to the west
property line and the fencing facing the street on the north portions between the
buildings attaching the existing chain link fence to the new structures would be a
decorative fencing as opposed to chain. We are not sure at this point what that
decorative fencing will be but it will comply with the ordinances wether it's
wrought iron or wood. It will not be a chain link fence.
Conklin: For your benefit, Sharon, this is zoned C-2. They are required to get a conditional
• use under unit 21 to allow contractor services. This will be a building contracting
office with warehouse in the back and outdoor storage yard. This is Hydraulic
Solutions.
Key: Which is a pump rebuilding and manufacturing business. Small office up front
and a shop in back.
Odom: What is there now?
Key:
Nothing is there now. The site is vacant. There is a building that was there that
was used by another company that has since vacated the site. We have cleaned up
all the debris. That building in the front will remain but it is not conducive to the
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use we need. It will likely be used for additional shop space, maybe for vehicles
or maybe leased
Conklin: Overall, I'm comfortable with the buildings and how they look facing the street. I
think it is a big improvement with having the masonry down the west side of the
Hooker building and the east side of the Hydraulic Solutions building. The metal
sidewalls on the other two sides, I think one consideration is we do have
Tomlinson Asphalt located adjacent to this Hooker building and the Solutions
building is behind the existing metal building and fairly far back from the street.
Also, for the Subdivision Committee's information, this adjoins our city limits.
Directly across the street is a concrete processing plant. Their zoning in Johnson
is I-2, Industrial. This will be a big improvement at this location. One thing we
might want to consider too is that being on the city limit line and having industrial
zoning right across the street, what they are proposing is a big improvement over
what could potentially happen directly across the street from them. I'm
comfortable with what they are showing and I just need to determine if they need
a variance which I'm inclined to support on this project.
Key: A variance for metal siding?
Conklin: Yes.
Odom: We can do it an either/or way.
Conklin: Make a determination if it looks like wood.
Odom: And if it does not then a variance can be built into it. Are you finished, Tim?
Conklin: Yes, that's all I have.
Odom: Ron?
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Petrie: Just a couple of items. We talked about moving those trees to the west property
line and I just want to make sure you understand we want those 10 feet from the
sewer line
Key: Right.
Petrie: You said they are zoned 1-2. They are labeled C-2 on the plat.
Conklin: The property across the street in Johnson is industrial.
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Petrie: Then it's labeled wrong.
Conklin: I talked to Johnson last night and it is industrial. Thanks for catching that.
Rutherford: I would like for you to remove this curb and gutter line in the sidewalk. Put a
start and stop on each side of the road.
Key: Okay.
Hesse: On the west property line the existing easement, did we determine that was for the
sewer line?
Key:
It is. The sewer lines are at a slight angle through there and is actually in the
easement for a majority of the property. But down towards the southwest comer
it actually comes out of the easement. That was part of the reason for adding the
additional easement was to make it wide enough that all of it would be contained
within a utility easement.
Hesse: Are the other utilities, gas, electric, run down through there?
Key: I think our discussions at plat review that they do. The electric is coming from the
street rather than from the rear.
Hesse: I'm concerned about the gas lines. We may need to move those pine trees to the
east of the sewer.
Key: To the east inside the property a ways away from the utilities.
Hesse: Yes.
Key: I know I have my notes here from when we spoke at plat review and I'll go back
and coordinate with Arkansas Western Gas to make sure and if we need to we can
place the trees according to the utilities there.
Odom: Is that all from staff? We don't have parks & rec?
Conklin: No, that's everybody.
Odom: I'll bring it back for questions. Sharon you were not here for the first one were
you?
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Hoover:
Conklin:
Right. But I'm starting to catch on. I need to re -read my Overlay District
Standards.
I have them in the staff report on page 3. First are the Commercial Design
Standards elements to avoid. Then the Design Overlay District Standards.
Odom. You want to look at this real quick and I'll ask about if it has to be a painted
surface? That's colored. Is that not the same thing?
Conklin:
Key:
Odom:
Conklin:
Odom.
MOTION:
Hoover:
Yes, that is fine.
Tim just want it on record, before we were proposing a raw concrete block that
was not going to be painted. We wanted the effect of the bare concrete. Now it's
a precision concrete block. I consider these more of a decorative concrete block
by how they are marketed, sold and priced.
They are not just your regular gray concrete block.
I can see the difference.
I'm just making sure there isn't some requirement that they be painted.
I don't have any problems on this. I'd like to make a motion to send LSD 00-9 to
the Planning Commission.
Odom. I'll second and I'll say I sure liked the building before but this one meets the
standards.
Key:
Thank you very much.
Odom. And you will phrase something in the conditions of approval that it either looks
like wood, tastes like wood or grant a variance?
Conklin:
Yes.
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LSD 00-10.00: Large Scale Development (City of Fayetteville Water & Sewer Operations
Center, pp 638)
Item submitted by Thad Kelly of Cromwell Architects Engineers on behalf of the City of
Fayetteville for property located at 2150 South Razorback Road. The property is zoned I-1,
Heavy Commercial/Light Industrial and contains approximately 19 47 acres. The request is for
an expansion of current facilities.
Odom: The next item we have on the agenda is LSD 00-10 for Fayetteville Water &
Sewer Operations Center submitted by Thad Kelly of Cromwell Architects and
Engineers on behalf of the City of Fayetteville for property located at 2150 South
Razorback Road. The property is zoned I-1, Heavy Commercial/Light Industrial
and contains approximately 19.47 acres. The request is for an expansion of the
facilities.
Conklin: This is a large scale development for a water and sewer operations center. There
is an expansion proposed of 10,900 square foot building and will contain offices
and classrooms. That is what you see that is in this patched area right here. Also,
they are expanding the warehouse facilities by 3,856 square feet. That is what
you are looking at in this area. The existing buildings are the ones labeled
renovated and they also plan to add additional parking for 90 cars up front for the
employees who come to this facility and for the public that will need to come to
this facility for classrooms and training from other Jurisdictions that will be held
at this facility. The parking for the city vehicles will be located to the east of the
new building and that parking is being looked at as an area for storage and not
being counted as a need for additional parking. Staff is recommending approval
at this committee level. One thing I do want the committee to look at is the
design of the building in compliance with our Commercial Design Standards.
That is all of the conditions we need to address on this large scale development.
You may recall that we did rezone it to I-1 in March, 2000. It was zoned R-2 and
there was a proposed 180 unit apartment complex for the site. That developer
backed out of that deal. We then did rezone it so we could bring this large scale
forward to expand current facilities. That is all I have, Conrad.
Odom: For clarification, on Commercial Design Standards in Industrial area?
Conklin: We are looking at it because it is office and classroom space.
Odom: It's more of a use thing?
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Conklin:
Kelly:
Conklin:
Odom:
Petrie:
Kelly:
Odom.
Petrie:
Odom:
Yes. That is how we have always looked at it. I-1 is heavy commercial/light
industrial and anytime we have buildings used other than for warehouse or storage
we have applied those standards. We do have that new warehouse building
located up on the north end of the site and I believe that is a standard metal
building, correct:
Yes.
Which will not have to comply with our Commercial Design Standards. It is a
warehouse.
Ron?
I want to point out for the commissioners, it's vague on this plan, there are 2 fairly
large detention ponds being built. One in the northeast corner and one in the
south east corner. It's shown on the grading plan.
And we are trying to change the one from concrete to earth so it won't be a
maintenance issue.
Is that it Ron?
Yes.
Chuck?
Rutherford: They made the corrections I asked for.
Odom:
Hesse:
Odom:
Hesse:
Kelly:
Hesse:
Kim?
They will meet standards.
They will meet the standards and then some?
Yes. They are not taking out any trees at all except for the fence row.
There is one hickory in the back that because of the retention bond it is having to
go. Then there is an elm in the front as you come in that is in the way. But it's a
10 inch elm and a 14 inch hickory on the back.
Okay.
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Conklin: I think it would be appropriate to have Mr. Kelly go over the design of the
building. It is fairly unique This roof you see right here is not a regular hip or
gabled roof. It is round standing seam metal, white in color.
Kelly:
This is really a facility for people you never see but that you use every day. They
are the pipe people. They take care of everything we use for the water and sewer.
The concept of the building is for pipe guys and gals and so it's a pipe in a pipe.
It's a round roof and it's a series of different round roofs that interconnect. The
materials will be contrary to some of the City's standards. There will be
corrugated metal siding Everything on the building is representative of water and
of the piping system. The lower band is a terra cotta concrete block which is
reminiscent of the orange pipes they used to use for drainage and sewage. The
corrugated metal siding is reminiscent of some of the piping they use. The round
white roof will also be reminiscent of how a pipe works. The structure is
expressed in the building. The pipes are flanged and bolted together so it will be
expressing pipes throughout the interior. I have a model. The structure will be
expressed inside the building.
Odom: Will it have big straws going through it?
Kelly:
No. That will be your duct work. We do have a sprinkler system. Everything
inside the building will be exposed. As you walk in, the classroom as Mr.
Conklin mentioned, is for teaching. We have a backflow preventer in this and it's
going to be a glass wall of the classroom so they can turn on the lights and say
this is our backflow preventer. There will actually be three backflow preventers.
There will be the domestic water, lawn irrigation and the sprinkler system. So
they will having working models they can show. It's front and center.
Everything that can be highlighted or celebrated with water will be done in here.
Conklin: I asked at plat review if you could give me a number or percentage of metal on the
building. This is what you'll see from Razorback Road. With our last discussion
over corrugated metal, I was concerned about the use of that. I believe this is
outside the Overlay District so we don't have that standard of no metal sidewalls.
Odom: But it can't dominate the main facade.
Conklin: It still can not dominate the main facade. They are using a lot of glass on the
front. Do you have that percentage?
• Kelly: Right. It's really not glass it's cal wall which is a translucent material that allows
light in. There will be some glass in the bottom to have light out, but again it's an
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industrial area and an industrial look. 56 percent of that main facade which is the
west facade will be windows. 44 percent will be the siding. It is roughly the
same proportion on the north and south.
Odom: Something else you have is that the roof dominates the main facade as well.
Kelly:
That's the thing. This site is sub-terrainean to the road. You see the roof of the
two existing facilities when you look down. Usually there is ponding water on it.
It's dead level flat. The thing that you are going to see as you buz past this, and
that is a 40 mph road out there, five lanes, you are just going to have a little wink
at the building as you come by it. The main thing that you need to have as an
identification for the city that this is a pipe yard and a pipe facility is the main
roof. You will look down and it will wink at you. You'll see clear story windows
as the roof changes heights. They will be translucent on the south and on the
north they will be glass. There is a vista out to the skyline of the City of
Fayetteville.
Conklin: This elevation we are looking at will be facing Cato Springs Road?
• Kelly: That's correct. At the last meeting with all of the changes and everything and
David Jurgen telling me our budget had dropped about $300,000. We dropped off
the warehouse.
Conklin: This new one?
Kelly: Right. That's why it's not shown. That is just the existing building that is shown
in the elevation there.
Conklin: They did increase the landscaping along Cato Springs Road and did add
additional trees to help screen that building.
Odom: The existing building?
Conklin: Both.
Odom: If we approve it are we approving also the new building as well so they don't have
to come back through?
Conklin: I would say yes.
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Kelly: Yes. I'll field any questions you have.
PUBLIC COMMENT:
Odom: Any public comment?
COMMITTEE DISCUSSION:
Odom:
Seeing none we will close the floor to public discussion and bring it back to
Subdivision for questions or comments. I will start off. There is not any
unpainted precision concrete block is there?
Kelly: There is a terra cotta color concrete block at the base.
Odom:
It is definitely not a square box -like structure. The metal siding, as we have been
told, does not dominate the main facade or it doesn't appear to me to dominate. It
does not have large blank unarticulated wall surfaces. This is heavily articulated.
And I don't see any signs. Where are the signs on this besides this here?
Kelly: The signs will be up at the front.
Odom: Not on the building?
Kelly: The building itself will be its own sign. On the other elevation there is way
finding for the general public. If you coming to the water you will come to the
blue door. If you are coming to the red door. Hot on the left, the red door on the
left. It will be easy way finding when staff tells people which division they need
to see.
Odom: Great. I think the design is kind of cool.
Kelly: We didn't have very much budget so we are doing very simple materials but
expressing them, we feel very well.
Conklin: Your rainwater collection system too, is original. You might as well share that.
Kelly:
There are more subliminal in the process. We have copper guttering in the front
and just as you experienced your water this morning, the rainwater will pour out
of this copper gutter and just go to a drain just like in your sink this morning. We
are doing that just as another little feature of the building. Instead of hiding it in
the back of the building we are trying to bring it to the front.
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Estes: Mr. Chairman, will there be any fencing or security for around the perimeter and
if so, what?
Kelly: There will be fencing but not along Razorback Road. It will only go from the
existing fence, although we are having to move it since we are in the right-of-way
on Cato Springs Road, it's for security on the back of the property and will come
from the existing fence over to the existing buildings and from Cato Springs Road
to the warehouse. It will be strictly for the security of the back supply yard.
Estes: When you say back, are you referring to the south?
Kelly: Yes.
Estes: What type of fencing?
Kelly: The existing fencing is there.
Hoover: What is the fencing?
Kelly: It's chain link. I think it's about 8 or 9 feet tall. I don't think it has razor wire on
the top. It's overgrown with honeysuckle and poison ivy. The only part we will
be doing is this very small portion of the site on the north from the warehouse to
the east where it hits the corner. That's the only fence we will be doing. Other
than extending a new fence coming from the south property line that will connect
to the building to block off. Do you need me to show you?
Estes: I can see it, thank you.
Hoover: Mr. Chairman, is there a sidewalk down the highway?
Kelly: There is a sidewalk on the highway which is right adjacent to the roadway.
Hoover: It's existing now?
Kelly: It's a highway so Mr. Conklin told me we could not continue that ourselves.
Conklin: Chuck, you want to address the sidewalk?
Rutherford: The sidewalk is existing on Razorback Road It's a 6 foot sidewalk.
• Conklin: When they built Razorback Road Extension, they build that sidewalk.
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Hoover: And they put it right up on the road?
Conklin: Yes.
Hoover: I'm looking for an opportunity to do something there.
MOTION:
Estes:
Odom:
Conklin:
Estes:
Hoover
Odom:
Kelly:
Mr. Chairman, I would move that we forward LSD 00-10 to the full Commission.
I believe this is something we can approve here isn't it, Tim?
It is if you would like to.
Let me restate my motion and move that we approve LSD 00-10
I'll second.
I'll agree.
Thank you.
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LSD 00-11.00: Large Scale Development (Ozark Electric Cooperative Corporation, pp 440)
Item submitted by Dave Powers of McGoodwin, Williams & Yates Inc. on behalf of Ozarks
Electric Cooperative Corporation for property located at 3641 Wedington Drive. The property is
zoned A-1, Agricultural and contains approximately 44.36 acres. The request is for an expansion
of current facilities.
Odom:
The next item we have is LSD 00-11 for Ozarks Electric submitted by Dave
Powers of McGoodwin, Williams & Yates on behalf of Ozarks Electric Coop for
property located at 3641 Wedington Drive. The property is zoned A-1,
Agricultural and contains approximately 44.36 acres. The request is for an
expansion of current facilities.
Conklin: This is also a large scale development for Ozarks Electric Cooperative
Corporation for their operations center. They are proposing to add 13,066 square
feet of additional offices and 4,264 square feet of warehousing on the east side of
the existing building. They will also be adding an 8,200 square foot service
building and a 6,360 square foot vehicle parking canopy. This is an existing
facility on Wedington Drive. The outdoor storage will be screened with chain
link fence with vegetation. One rare tree is being removed due to the overall
health of the tree. There is no minimum percent canopy preservation in the A-1
zoning district. Staff is recommending this go forward to the full Planning
Commission. We do need to look at Commercial Design Standards with regard to
their building design and determination of the requested waiver to allow 26 foot
wide parking lot aisle widths to facilitate truck traffic in this facility. Staff is
recommending approval of this 26 foot truck aisle width. On page C2 there is a
close up of the entire site. Once again the site contains 44.36 acres. They are
looking at about 16 acres on this site for the large scale development. Everything
in this darker blue is existing. This is their new addition, this area, to include
office space. There is an existing metal canopy for storage that they will be
relocating over to this area. This is a new building for vehicle parking storage.
This is a new building for service center and then there is an existing warehouse
building in the back. They do plan to further go to the south and develop
additional outdoor storage area, or relocate is a better term, relocate the outdoor
storage area for the equipment they use in their operations. That is all I have.
Odom. Ron:
Petrie: I made a request that the applicant show the proposed location of the detention
pond. Their calculations that it was necessary and they also have a size on here
and I need to know exactly where it will be. They have a lot of land back to the
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Estes:
Petrie:
Estes:
Petrie:
Odom.
south of what is being developed so there is plenty of room for the detention pond
if we can just get an approximate location that would help out. The only other
comment, and if I don't make the comment now the plans will be like this, so, on
this new water line you have drawn in for the fire hydrant, we try to eliminate all
the 90° bends we can. It needs to be made into two 45°
Ron, where is that on the plan?
It's kind of hard to see. The 2 bends that go to that hydrant in that employee
parking lot.
Is that the two you are referring too?
Yes. Make those two 45°turns instead of 90°.
Chuck?
Rutherford: The sidewalks that are existing out there where they join the new driveway will
need to be cut in.
Odom:
Hesse:
Kim?
They meet all Commercial Design Standards, Parking Lot Standards. For your
information, the 20 inch elm had a lot of dead in the top. I didn't feel it was
necessary to try to save that tree. These trees are not of value and that's why I
didn't feel it was necessary to change the use of the building. I would like to see,
when you revise the grading plan, that this retaining wall be reflected. And I'm
assuming the health of that tree was okay? I never did get a chance to get out
there.
Seaverson: Not too good.
Hesse:
Seaverson:
Hesse:
Powers.
Seaverson:
I may try to go out there.
I don't know if it's worth trying to save.
This was, I guess pretty much on both property lines? On the property line?
It was over that line.
It overhangs. It is not really a great specimen.
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Hesse: I'm comfortable with the plan. I would like to be in on the location of the
detention pond. I haven't been back here.
PUBLIC COMMENT:
Odom: Okay. Any member of the audience like to address us?
COMMITTEE DISCUSSION:
Odom: Seeing none I will bring it back to the Committee for discussion or staff for
further comments.
Conklin: For the record, we are bring this under Use Unit 3, Public Protection of Public
Utility Facilities. This is zoned A-1. Operations centers are in use by right in A-
1. I just want to make that statement for the record. With regard to Commercial
Design Standards and I can let the architect go over their designs. This office
addition and the distance of these buildings back behind it from Wedington Drive,
you should not be able to see this new metal building from the street. That is
something they looked into. Also, they worked with a landscaper to do some
additional screening back along this employee parking area before you get back
into this, between the two parking areas to help screen. There are existing large
trees on the west side. This is their existing meeting room and existing parking
lot. They contacted the highway department with regards to curb cuts and I
believe they do have approval from the highway department to use this curb cut
design as long as they don't request any additional curb cuts on this property.
They do plan on having this drive through lane which is new, come across the
front of the building underneath this canopy. Just wanted to get that all on the
record.
Powers: With regard to the divided entrance up there, the highway department has verbally
approved that contingent upon us removing the small portion that is north of the
sidewalk out in the right-of-way.
Conklin: To the east we have the sports park with an existing chain link fence and over to
the west we do have a church and fairly undeveloped land back over in here.
They do plan to have some lighting in this outdoor storage area. My
understanding is it will only be turned on during an emergency if they need to get
in there and get equipment. Otherwise, it will not be turned on all night long. Is
that correct?
Seaverson: Yes.
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Powers: If you will direct your attention up here. In the plans this projected straight down.
The existing building is from here over. All new construction is beginning with
the drive through canopy. It starts right here and goes this direction. We have a
new entrance coming in from the east parking lot out there on the east side, it
comes in, we have a metal roof over that and extended out over this entry area
right here. The rest of it is a lower profile. We are using a warm tone split face
block base up to the first band then it is a utility or large brick soldier course and
accent color. Two bands with conventional modular face brick in-between dry-vit
or synthetic stucco fascia with, again, the same green trim or coping continuous.
That same treatment will be extended over onto the existing building and a fairly
significant change made in the existing meeting room from what you see out there
now. We will have either green tint or reflective glass in the lobby and entry area.
That's it in a nutshell. Here is the view as you approach it from the parking lot to
the entry.
Odom.
Estes:
Conklin:
Commissioners, any questions?
Mr. Chairman, Tim, could you go through again real quick the permitted use in A-
1.
It's zoned A-1 under Use Unit 3, Public Protection and Utility Facilities. It allows
for utility operation centers that are normally not located in the right-of-way. This
is something that is unique and t allows that use by right under A-1 zoning. I did
want to get that on the record because it is fairly unique to have an A-1 piece of
property and this facility as a use by right but it is a utility facility and that is how
it's classified without having it go through a rezoning.
Estes: And having the use by right can we apply the Commercial Design Standards and
all other standards to the use and not to the zone?
Conklin: Yes. That is what I've attempted to do on this development.
Odom: Is the use not more industrial than commercial?
Conklin: I would say the back half is industrial and the front is, once again, offices.
Powers: Everything you see there is virtually office with the exception of the community
room on the west end. So it's all office and operations related on the front.
Odom: Did that clarify your question?
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Estes: Yes.
Odom: Sharon did you have any questions?
Hoover: No I don't.
MOTION:
Estes: Mr. Chairman, I move that we approve LSD 00-11.
Conklin: I actually made a recommendation for this to go to Commission. We have a
waiver.
Estes: Then let me again restate the motion that we forward to full Commission LSD 00-
11.
Hoover: I'll second.
Odom: Thank you very much.
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AD 00-17.00: Administrative Item (Garroutte, pp 137)
Item submitted by Rick Garroutte for property located at 2108 & 2110 Cinnamon Way, lot 11
Missouri Oaks Subdivision. The property is zoned R-2, Medium Density Residential. The
request is for a triplex on a lot that was limited to a duplex by the final plat.
Odom. The next item is an administrative item AD 00-17 submitted by Rick Garroutte for
property located at 2108 and 2110 Cinnamon Way, lot 11 in Missouri Oaks
Subdivision. The property is zoned R-2, Medium Density Residential. The
request is for a triplex on a lot that was limited to a duplex by the final plat.
Conklin: Mr. Garroutte approached our office a week or two ago and requested the ability
to build a triplex on this property. We did look at the final plat that was approved
and it did have a statement on there that these lots would be developed with
duplexes except for lot 13 and 18 which were fourplexes. Not having the ability
to change what was approved by the Planning Commission, I suggested that we
come back to us and make a decision as to weather or not we allow something
other than a duplex. I did require him to notify by certified mail all the property
owners within the development so they are aware of this change. You don't have
a plan on this other than what's in your packet. Sara, can you get the plat page,
it's 137. Thank you. It meets the standards under the zoning to allow something
other than a duplex such as a triplex or apartment. However, the condition was a
duplex and my only concern was when people bought lots within this subdivision
they saw that recorded subdivisions that said duplex only on those lots and now
we have someone wanting to put a triplex on it.
Odom:
Garroutte:
Odom.
Conklin:
Edwards:
Conklin:
Garroutte:
And you have notified everybody by certified mail?
It was by regular mail.
Have we had any response to that?
I have not received any response. Have we had any response, Sara, to the
mailings?
No.
This is where we redid the intersection recently. There is a veterinarian clinic at
this location. The subdivision probably sat empty for four or five years.
A long time.
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Conklin:
Odom:
Conklin:
Odom:
Conklin:
Garroutte:
Conklin:
Odom:
• Conklin:
Hoover:
Conklin:
Estes:
Garroutte:
Conklin:
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Garroutte:
Odom:
Petrie:
Odom:
A long time.
It's just recently started sprouting up.
Yes. And fairly nice duplexes in here. This lot they built three townhouses.
Any single family homes in there?
No.
There is a builder that I was speaking with that was contemplating building a
single family home on lot 17 or lot 9 but he's not really pursuing that.
So, we have a situation where our zoning allows something other than a duplex
but the recorded subdivision had a condition that it be a duplex only.
And building a triplex wouldn't knock it out of the zoning?
No.
What is over here?
That is vacant. I believe it's zoned R-2 and owned by Sweetser.
Is there anything on lot 13 and lot 12?
I own lot 11 and 12.
Lot 13 we did a split to allow three or four townhouses. He has build three. He
built two townhouses together and then he was going to build two more but the
drainage cost was so high he only built one stand alone townhouse on the lot
So, basically this was approved for 4 units and three was all he was able to get on
there even though there was plenty of property. It was just the way the property
was shaped.
Ron, do you have anything?
Nothing.
Chuck?
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Rutherford: No. It will come through the building permit process.
Odom: Okay. That's a different time. Kim, you don't have anything either?
Hesse: No.
Odom: I didn't even see you there, Kim. Have I said your name yet? Okay, it's your
turn. Go ahead.
Rodgers: Kim Rogers with Parks & Recreation. There will be a fee of $375 for the unit.
Odom: Okay. That's a deal breaker for you!
Garroutte: I tell you. I don't know if I can swing that!
Conklin: I Just didn't want to make the decision administratively by myself to change
something that was approved by the Planning Commission. It's on the final plat.
If you think it needs to go to the full Planning Commission to change it, that's
fine. I'm Just trying to figure how you change something the Commission already
approved.
Odom: Here is what I would like to do. I would like to send it to the full Commission
Just so we can have public Comment.
PUBLIC COMMENT:
Odom. Is there anyone here for public comment?
MOTION:
Odom: Let's put it on the consent agenda. That way it can be pulled off if anyone wants
to show up. I doubt if anyone does. But I think that goes through the full process.
Estes: Was that a motion?
Odom: That's my motion.
Estes: I'll second that motion. I'm not going to make another motion today.
Odom. Is that okay, Tim?
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Conklin: That is fine. I think that is probably the best way to handle it and it puts
everybody on notice.
Odom:
It's on notice and in the paper. It will be on the consent agenda which means it
will be approved unless someone wants to pull it off and talk about it. But I don't
see a problem with it.
Garroutte: Okay.
Odom: Thank you.
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LSD 00-7.10: Large Scale Development/P.U.D. (Indian Springs phase II, pp 372)
Item submitted by Dave Jorgensen of Jorgensen & Associates on behalf of Sweetser Properties
for property located south of Hwy 45 and west of Madison Drive. The property is zoned R-1,
Low Density Residential and contains approximately 3.20 acres with 18 units proposed.
Odom: Next item is LSD 00-7.10 for Indian Springs phase II submitted by Dave
Jorgensen on behalf of Sweetser Properties for property located at Hwy 45 and
west of Madison Drive. The property is zoned R-1, Low Density Residential and
contains approximately 3.2 acres with 18 units proposed. This project was
originally approved at the April 12, 2000 Planning Commission meeting. The
applicant has changed the location of the northern most building. This changes
the approved setback reductions. Staff's recommendation is approval.
Estes: Why did you do that?
Jorgensen: The reason we did that is that they were lined up all in a row and it looked like a
row house.
Odom: A row house?
Sweetser: A mini storage building.
Jorgensen: Yes. And so we did this to get a little bit more character. That is the reason for
turning this one to the side like that. It's Just one of those things that had to do
with looks.
Odom: Is that the only change:
Conklin: That is the only change. They asked me to approve it administratively and I'm
not trying to be too conservative here but this was a variance from that 250 foot
setback. We had numbers listed in our staff report at the Planning Commission
meeting and I really didn't think I had the authority to change a variance that has
been approved based on a number. That is why I'm bringing it back to you.
Jorgensen: We are covering our bases here.
Conklin: I'm really concemed about any time we grant a variance to allow them to even get
closer to a residential zoned district. They originally were 105 feet and now they
are about 80 feet.
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Odom:
Petrie:
Odom.
Rutherford:
Edwards:
Rutherford:
Jorgensen:
Conklin:
Odom:
Hesse:
Odom:
Rogers.
Odom:
Hoover:
Estes:
Odom:
Conklin:
Ron?
Nothing.
Chuck?
I have a couple of things. Dave, you need to remove your gutter line, oh it's
already crossed out in this one. The design I had showed it over here and needed
to be here.
What about these ramps here?
That was what I was going to bring up. Dave, we need to get two ramps here
instead of one. That is going to be a new standard for the City of Fayetteville.
Okay.
I'm not opposed to this. I think anytime we can make it look more interesting and
help avoid having everything just line up. I think the main concern here was you
are going to have garage doors just lined up down the entire street and they are
trying to offset that. I'm not opposed to that. But, once again, when we have a
variance with a number I can't change that.
Kim Hesse, do you have anything?
No.
Kim, do you have anything?
No.
Anybody else? Charlie you want to say anything? Sharon?
No questions and no problem with it. Bob?
No questions and no problems.
Can we approve it here?
1 would like it to go to the full Planning Commission because of the variance.
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Odom. Because of the variance? So we are consistent with the whole variance issue?
Conklin: I mean, it's a planned unit development. It's R-1.
Odom: Could we, even though it's a variance, put it on consent because of the history of
it?
Conklin: Yes, I think so.
Odom: Okay.
Conklin: Why don't we put it on consent. I just think it needs to go to the full Planning
Commission. Once again, this is R-1. They were allowed to do other than single
family homes within that 250 foot setback.
Odom: We didn't have any opposition did we?
Conklin: There was no opposition and I just want to make sure that if someone comes to
• our office I can say Subdivision and Planning Commission agreed.
Odom: And despite whatever happens here, let's just say we turn this down, they still
have their approved plan.
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Conklin: Yes.
MOTION:
Odom: I move that we forward it to the Planning Commission and put it on the consent
agenda.
Hoover: Second.
Estes: I agree.
Conklin: Okay. Thanks. I think that is everything.
Odom. We are adjourned.