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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-03-13 - MinutesSubdivision Committee February 13, 2008 Page I of 3 MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE A regular meeting of the Fayetteville Subdivision Committee was held on March 13, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. in Room 219 of the City Administration Building, 113 W. Mountain, Fayetteville, Arkansas. C-PZD 08-2894 (PARK CENTRE, 136) Page 2 MEMBERS PRESENT Sean Trumbo (Chair) Porter Winston Matthew Cabe STAFF PRESENT Andrew Garner Carole Jones Glenn Newman ACTION TAKEN Forwarded MEMBERS ABSENT STAFF ABSENT Jeremy Pate Jesse Fulcher Matt Casey Dara Sanders Subdivision Committee Chair Sean Trumbo called the meeting to order at 9AM. Subdivision Committee February 13, 2008 Page 2 of 3 New Business: C-PZD 08-2894: Planned Zoning District (PARK CENTRE, 136): Submitted by H2 ENGINEERING, INC. for property located at THE NE CORNER OF ZION ROAD/VETERANS PARK ENTRY DRIVE. The property is zoned RSF-4, SINGLE FAMILY - 4 UNITS/ACRE AND R -A, RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL, and contains approximately 8.58 acres. The request is for Zoning, Land Use and Development approval for a Commercial Planned Zoning District with approximately 100,500 s.f. of office, retail and restaurant space and 15 residential units. Andrew Garner, Senior Planner, gave the staff report, recommending forwarding the project with several issues to address as listed in the staff report. Glenn Newman, Staff Engineer, reviewed conditions of approval listed in the engineering memo attached to the staff report. The configuration of the Zion Road/new entry road intersection was discussed in detail. It was discussed that due to an existing drainage inlet, there was the potential that the exit would need to be reduced to two lanes only, or a waiver for a smaller curb return radius may be needed to allow for the three lane exit as shown. Jeremy Thompson, applicant, addressed some of the issues listed in the staff report. He discussed a need to have three lanes for vehicles exiting the site at the primary entrance off Zion. He also discussed the need for access to the existing drive to Veteran's park as another option for vehicles to enter and exit the site. Roger Boskus, applicant, discussed the background of the project over the past year, he addressed the potential safety concern of parks staff with utilizing the Veteran's Park drive, and discussed that he was not aware that the street assessment for Zion Road would be required to be paid as they thought the construction of a new private street would offset the assessment amount. He also discussed that if the buildings were oriented towards the street the project would not be financially viable. No public comment was received. Commissioner Trumbo asked about the street assessment and a traffic signal at Zion/Vantage, Garner discussed background of the assessment agreed to between the applicant and City Council for street improvements along Zion Road. He discussed that the assessment was mentioned to the applicant at both technical plat review meetings. He also discussed the potential for this project to contribute to a traffic signal assessment at Vantage/Zion is not being recommended by staff based in large part because the applicant is constructing a new public street. Newman discussed that a traffic study would need to be conducted to determine if a traffic signal were warranted by this development. Commissioner Trumbo went through all of the conditions of approval with the Subdivision Committee that required Planning Commission determination: Subdivision Committee February 13, 2008 Page 3 of 3 The Subdivision Committee recommended on condition No. 1 that further information be provided on the street improvements and examples of other projects that have put in other public roads be provided to the full Planning Commission. The Subdivision Committee recommended in favor of the sidewalk waiver in condition No. 2, found that this project meets all commercial design standards in condition No. 3, and recommended in favor of the site layout as proposed by the applicant in condition No. 4. Motion: Commissioner Trumbo made a motion to forward the project to the full Planning Commission with recommendations on the conditions as discussed earlier. Commissioner Cabe seconded the motion. The motion passed with a vote of 3-0-0. All business being concluded, the meeting adjourned at 10:00 AM.