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Home My WebLink About2013-04-08 MinutesPlanning Commission April 8, 2013 Page I of 8 MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION A regular meeting of the Fayetteville Planning Commission was held on April 8, 2013 at 5:30 p.m. in Room 219, City Administration Building in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Consent. MINUTES: March 25, 2013 Page 3 ACTION TAKEN Approved ADM 13-4356: Administrative Item (INTERSECTION OF N. HUGHMOUNT RD. & W. MT. COMFORT RDJHUGHMOUNT VILLAGE, 282): Page 3 Approved ADM 13-4355: Administrative Item (11 N. COLLEGE AVEJFIRST SECURITY BANK, 484): Page 3 Approved ADM 13-4358: Administrative Item (830 N. PEMBROKE RDJWALKER, 448): Page 3 Approved Old Business: ADM 13-4330: Administrative Item (SW CORNER 15TH STREET AND RAZORBACK ROAD, 599): Page 4 New Business: Tabled ADM 13-4344: Administrative Item (617 N. COLLEGE AVEJNOW AND THEN BOUTIQUE, 445): Page 5 Tabled RZN 13-4334: Rezone (2925 OLD MISSOURI RD./GOOD SHEPHERD, 253): Page 6 Forwarded ADM 13-4353: (FORM BASED CODE AMENDMENTS): Page 7 Tabled Planning Commission April 8, 2013 Page 2 of 8 Tracy Hoskins Kyle Cook Craig Honchell William Chesser Blake Pennington Sarah Bunch Ron Autry Ryan Noble STAFF PRESENT Andrew Garner CITY ATTORNEY Kit Williams, City Attorney MEMBERS ABSENT Porter Winston 5:30 PM - Planning Commission Chairman Craig Honchell called the meeting to order. Chairman Honchell requested all cell phones to be turned off and informed the audience that listening devices were available. Upon roll call all members except Winston were present. Planning Commission April 8, 2013 Page 3 of 8 Consent. Approval of the minutes from the March 25, 2013 meeting. ADM 13-4356: Administrative Item (INTERSECTION OF N. HUGHMOUNT RD. & W. MT. COMFORT RD./HUGHMOUNT VILLAGE, 282): Submitted by ENGINEERING DESIGN ASSOCIATES for property located on NORTH HUGHMOUNT ROAD, NORTH OF WHEELER ROAD (FORMERLY CHERRY HILLS SUBDIVISION). The property is in the PLANNING AREA and contains approximately 54.13 acres. The request is for a major modification to the approved Preliminary Plat 13-4304 Hughmount Village, increasing the number of single family lots from 129 to 132. ADM 13-4355: Administrative Item (11 N. COLLEGE AVE./FIRST SECURITY BANK, 484): Submitted by ENGINEERING SERVICES, INC. for property located at 11 NORTH COLLEGE AVENUE. The property is zoned DC, DOWNTOWN CORE and contains approximately 0.55 acres. The request is for a variance of the Downtown Design Overlay District. ADM 13-4358: Administrative Item (830 N. PEMBROKE RD./WALKER, 448): Submitted by TIM WALKER for property located at 830 NORTH PEMBROKE ROAD. The property is zoned RSF-4, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY, 4 UNITS PER ACRE and contains approximately 0.37 acres. The request is for an access management variance for a new single family residence to access a Collector Street when the property also has street frontage onto a Local Street. Motion: Commissioner Cook made a motion to approve the consent agenda. Commissioner Chesser seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion passed with a vote of 8-0-0. Planning Commission April 8, 2013 Page 4 of 8 Old Business: ADM 13-4330: Administrative Item (SW CORNER 15TH STREET AND RAZORBACK ROAD, 599): Submitted by Crafton & Tull for property located at the SW CORNER OF 15TH STREET AND RAZORBACK ROAD. The property is zoned Urban Thoroughfare and contains approximately 4.42 acres. The request is for a variance of the Streamside Protection Zones. Staff and the applicant requested that this item be tabled until the April 22"a Planning Commission meeting. No public comment was presented. Motion: Commissioner Cook made a motion to table ADM13-4330. Commissioner Chesser seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion passed with a vote of 8-0-0. Planning Commission April 8, 2013 Page 5 of 8 New Business: ADM 13-4344: Administrative Item (617 N. COLLEGE AVEJNOW AND THEN BOUTIQUE, 445): Submitted by CLARA PETERS for property located at 617 NORTH COLLEGE AVENUE. The property contains approximately 0.25 acre and is zoned C-2, THOROUGHFARE COMMERCIAL. The request is a variance allow for a temporary retail structure (airstream trailer) to remain on the property for longer than 90 days. THIS ITEM IS REQUIRED TO BE TABLED UNTIL THE APRIL 22, 2013 MEETING IN ORDER TO MEET PUBLIC NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS No public comment was presented. Motion: Commissioner Cook made a motion to table ADM13-4344. Commissioner Chesser seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion passed with a vote of 8-0-0. Planning Commission April 8, 2013 Page 6 of 8 RZN 13-4334: Rezone (2925 OLD MISSOURI RD./GOOD SHEPHERD, 253): Submitted by DEMX ARCHITECTURE for property located at 2925 OLD MISSOURI ROAD. The property is zoned RSF-4, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY, 4 UNITS PER ACRE and contains approximately 1.38 acres. The request is to rezone the property to P-1, INSTITUTIONAL. Andrew Garner, Senior Planner, read the staff report. Tim Maddox, applicant, stated that the church would like to erect a new sign. They also would prefer not to have to obtain a CUP every time the church property is improved. These are the two biggest reasons they are requesting rezoning. No public comment was presented. Motion: Commissioner Cook made a motion to forward RZN13-4334 to City Council with a recommendation for approval. Commissioner Chesser seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion passed with a vote of 8-0-0. Planning Commission April 8, 2013 Page 7 of 8 ADM 13-4353: (FORM BASED CODE AMENDMENTS): Submitted by CITY PLANNING STAFF. The request is to amend Chapters 151, 161, 164 and 172 to clarify build -to zone requirements, modify building height in certain zoning districts, and provide design requirements for auto -oriented commercial facilities. Andrew Garner, Senior Planner, read the staff report. No public comment was presented. Commissioner Hoskins stated that side building setbacks should be looked at. He expressed concern about side building setbacks next to residential zoning being so prohibitively large that it would defeat the purpose of form -based zoning. Commissioner Chesser asked where the maximum height in DC zoning of 168 feet had come from. Andrew Garner stated it had originally been 12 stories and they changed it to 168 feet to avoid confusion. Chesser expressed concerns about the height restrictions next to residentially zoned property, and how it would affect future development. Hoskins expressed concern about whether this form -based zoning would limit infill and redevelopment of existing properties, because of the height restrictions. He stated the City wants to encourage density and responsible use of land, and this means building up instead of out. Chesser stated that in addition to looking at changes to the Code, we should also be looking at the map of the City, to see where the single family residential zoning is. Garner stated that complete neighborhood plans are a good way to solve some of these concerns. Kit Williams, City Attorney stated that it looks like some of the examples shown in Chapter 164.04 would actually not be allowed in the zoning districts. He discussed allowing hedges instead of masonry walls in the accessory element section dealing with minimum street frontage requirements. He stated that the section dealing with design standards for convenience stores/gas stations needs to be examined further. Commissioner Honchell stated he would like to read a before and after version, to compare the two. Williams stated that a lot of the changes to the Code were addressing issues that had not come up before, so it would be hard to make a comparison in some sections. Garner stated that the proposed changes are shown in yellow, and the existing Code is shown in strike -out, so you can make a comparison. Hoskins stated that some of this material belonged in Commercial Design Standards. Garner stated that if the Commissioners wanted more time to examine some of the elements, staff could provide more examples. Chesser stated that hedges are not very urban. Planning Commission April 8, 2013 Page 8 of 8 Honchell suggested that everyone study the proposed changes and be ready with comments/ideas at the next agenda session. He felt more clarification was needed. Motion #1: Commissioner Chesser made a motion to forward ADM13-4353. Commissioner Cook seconded the motion. This motion was withdrawn. Motion #2: Commissioner Chesser made a motion to table ADM13-4353. Commissioner Hoskins seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion passed with a vote of 8-0-0. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:40PM.