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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-05-12 - Minutes Subdivision Committee May 12, 2016 9:00 AM City Administration Building in Fayetteville, AR, Room 326 Members: Tracy Hoskins (Chair), Matthew Hoffman and Ryan Noble City Staff: Andrew Garner – City Planning Director, Jonathan Curth – Senior Planner, Quin Thompson – Planner, Harry Davis – Planner, Jonathan Ely – Engineer, Corey Granderson – Engineer, John Scott – Urban Forester 1. Call to Order: 9:00 AM, Tracy Hoskins 2. In Attendance: Tracy Hoskins (Chair), Matthew Hoffman and Ryan Noble Absent: Staff: Andrew Garner, and Jonathan Curth 3. Consent Agenda: No Items 4. Old Business: No Items 5. New Business: C-PZD 16-5408: Commercial Planned Zoning District (WEDINGTON & MARINONI DR/CROSS CHURCH, 441): Submitted by ESI ENGINEERING, INC. for properties located at WEDINGTON & MARINONI DR. The properties are zoned C-2, THOROUGHFARE COMMERCIAL and UT, URBAN THOROUGHFARE and contains approximately 24.60 acres. The request is to rezone the property to C-PZD, Commercial Planned Zoning District. Jonathan Curth, Senior Planner, read the staff report. Tracy Hoskins, Commissioner: Is Lot 8 even being considered then? Jason Appel, ESI, Applicant: Presents the owner's signature for Lot 8 for it to be considered. Decided to incorporate Lot 8 after discussion with staff. Originally zoned C-2 but was not developed beyond infrastructure. Since has been rezoned UT. Applicant is seeking a PZD so that they can define what will be on what lot and what shape it will take. Still intend to have the traffic study ready by the May 23rd PC. No public comment was presented. 2 Matthew Hoffman, Commissioner: Excited to see possible development of this site. That said, cannot support any quasi-C-2 zoning as feels UT is appropriate. Thinks the proposed pattern is completely wrong. No way he can support this. Andrew Garner, Planning Director: You can forward with your recommendation on the record. Hoskins: Regarding terrain, struggles to understand why the applicant should receive support for a PZD versus the existing UT. Particularly regarding parking. Appel: Applicant does not feel it is appropriate for churchgoers to enter from the back. Same for the hotel. Hoskins: Wants to understand why the Cross Church in Rogers cannot be a template for this site with its layout. Wants to understand which street frontage the structures would be built to. Appel: Feels that a PZD will have a lot more control over what goes in. The hotel owner, who owns Lot 8 is willing to do a lot swap so that they do not have to build to the street. Garner: Staff has made sketches to demonstrate that a walkable neighborhood can be created without the layout as proposed by the applicant. Hoskins: But we are not actually looking at land uses, only the zoning and use units, right? Garner: Correct. This would limit or accommodate future development. Architectural styling is a part of the PZD. Hoskins: Will pulling things to MacMillan Drive not create a "sea of parking" between I- 49 and the structure. Garner: You cannot have everything. We're not looking to create a walkable environment along I-49, but we are in this interior area. Hoskins: Anything applicants want to add? Appel: No Hoffman: Regarding Cross Church in Rogers, it has two nice fronts. Disagrees with the premise that a church only works with the parking in the front. There is the potential for great development, and UT would facilitate it. We would be remiss to not discuss the options of urban street form. How do street frontages compare? Feels that UT offers flexibility. Hoskins: Pulls up the aerial of Cross Church in Rogers. Almost all of the parking is in the back. Can they do an arrangement like this in Fayetteville? Garner: W ould have to see the details, but likely yes. Appel: What about the build-to area? 3 Garner: There are options for non-structural elements, but it is challenging for this development considering the 20' easement in the front. Hoffman: This sounds like an urban hotel model with a drop-off right off of the street, and I think that would be ideal. Hoskins: Wants to see this approved, and thinks set-back variances or other options would likely be easier than getting a rezoning that is "C-2 in wolf's clothing." The current re-zoning was actually requested, right? Appel: And then they went bankrupt. Hoskins: Not certain this had anything to do with the site. Thinks it can be made to work without the rezoning. Hoffman: I also want to support this, and I think the uses are spot on. The pattern is completely wrong though. Hoskins: Would rather send this through with no recommendation rather than a recommendation of denial to give them a chance. Garner: If they significantly change things we would like this to return to committee for review, and to evaluate it again. Hoskins: What does the applicant want? Appel: Would like to go to Planning Commission. Motion: Commissioner Hoffman made a motion to forward C-PZD 16-5408 with recommendation of denial by staff. Hoskins seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion passed with a vote of 3-0-0. ADM 16-5432: Administrative Item (MISSION BLVD. & MERIDIAN DR./MISSION HEIGHTS S/D, 371): Submitted by LAWRENCE FINN for property located at MISSION BLVD. & MERIDIAN DR. The property is zoned NC, NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION and contains approximately 11.58 acres. The request is to eliminate a portion of sidewalk approved with the Preliminary Plat (PPL 14-4698). No staff report or public comment was presented. Motion: Commissioner Hoskins made a motion to table ADM 16 -5432 until June 2, 2016. Commissioner Hoffman seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion passed with a vote of 3-0-0. 4 Announcements: None Adjournment Time: 9:20 a.m.