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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_P&Z_04.05.2011City of Georgetown, Texas Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting Minutes Tuesday, April 05, 2011 at 6:00 PM Council Chambers 101 E. Seventh Street, Georgetown, Texas 78626 Commissioners: Ercel Brashear, Chair; Porter Cochran, Vice Chair; Annette Montgomery, Secretary; Pat Armour, Sally Pell and John Horne Commissioner(s) Absent: Gene Facey Commissioners in Training: Roland Peña, Scott Rankin and Robert Massad Commissioner(s) in Training Absent: Staff Present: Elizabeth Cook, Community Development Director, Carla Benton, Planner; Valerie Kreger, Principal Planner; Mike Elabarger, Planner; Jordan Maddox, Long Range Planner; David Munk, Development Engineer and Stephanie McNickle, Recording Secretary. Chair Brashear called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. and led the Pledge of Allegiance. Chair Brashear stated the order of the meeting and noted that those citizens who wish to speak on an agenda item must turn in a speaker form to the recording secretary before the item that they wish to address is called. Each speaker will be permitted to address the Commission once for each item, for a maximum of three (3) minutes, unless otherwise agreed to before the meeting begins. 1. Action from Executive Session. There was not an Executive Session. Consent Agenda The Consent Agenda includes non-controversial and routine items that the Commission may act on with one single vote. A Commissioner or any member of the public may request that any item from the Consent Agenda be pulled in order that the Commission discuss and act upon it individually as part of the Regular Agenda. The Planning and Zoning Commission's approval of an item on the Consent Agenda will be consistent with the staff recommendation described in the report, unless otherwise noted. 2. Consideration and possible approval of the Minutes of the March 1, 2011 and March 15, 2011 meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission. Motion by Pell to approve the Consent agenda including the March 1, 2011 and March 15, 2011 minutes. Second by Horne . Approved. (6-0) Regular Agenda 3. Public Hearing and Possible Action on a Special Use Permit for 179 acres in the W. Addison Survey, for the development of an additional governmental facility for the Williamson County Emergency Services Operations Center, a Civic Use in an AG District, located in the 1800 Block of Inner Loop Road. SUP-2011-001 (CB) Staff report by Carla Benton. The applicant has requested a Special Use Permit to allow fo r the development of an additional governmental facility for the Williamson County Emergency Services Operations Center (ESOC), a Civic Use in an AG District. Per the Unified Development Code (UDC), Use Table 5.03.010, Emergency Services Stations are allowed in the AG District with the approval of a Special Use Permit (SUP) from City Council. The completion of the process will require applications for Site Plan, Building Plans and a Certificate of Occupancy. The Site Plan, Building Plans and Certificate of Occupancy applications will be reviewed and approved by staff administratively. Chair Brashear ask why the applicant is applying for a Special Use Permit instead of a Rezone. Staff stated timeline was the issue. Chair Brashear invited the applicant to speak. Bill Spence, Project Manager stated Phase I construction will start in November or December. Due to the time constraints associated with this project, the applicant chose to apply for a Special Use Permit as oppose to a Rezone application. However, the County intends to rezone the balance of the property at some point in the near future in order to eliminate the need for any additional Special Use Permits. Chair Brashear opened the Public Hearing. Samone Pallard, 2223 Quail Valley Drive, and Debbie Bennet, representing Quail Valley HOA are unclear of what the property will be used for in the future and what will be built on the property and who will occupy the building. Mr. Spence stated the building will be occupied by County personnel, offices for 911 call center and in case of emergencies. The building will also house computer server rooms. Chair Brashear closed the public hearing. Motion by Cochran to recommend to City Council approval for the Special Use Permit for 179 acres in the William Addison Survey. Second by Pell. Approved. (6-0) 4. Public Hearing and Possible Action on a Rezoning of 1.01 acre in the Stubblefield Survey, from Local Commercial District (C-1) to General Commercial District (C-3), located at 1006 Leander Road, also known as Speedy Stop. REZ 2011-002 (ME) Staff report by Mike Elabarger. The applicant has requested to rezone the property from the Local Commercial (C-1) District, to the General Commercial (C-3) District. Their intention is to combine this property with the property immediately north of the existing facility (Leander Road LLC, Block 2, Lots 2 and 3) and with the abandoned right of way to the east of the existing facility, for a proposed expansion and rebuilding of the Speedy Stop gas station/convenience store on these three properties, encompassing the northwest corner of Leander Road and IH-35. The applicant is choosing to rezone to the C-3 District in order to increase the number of fuel sales pumps that will exceed the number and configuration limitations of gas pumps per Section 5.04.020(T.), which applies to the existing C-1 District. Current C-1 limitations set the maximum number of fuel pumps at eight (8) and a physical arrangement of two rows of two dispensers each, with a pump on either side of each dispenser. The subject site is argely surrounded by development, given the location at the intersection with Interstate 35. The vacant properties just north and east of it are proposed by the applicant to be combined into one site encompassing the development of a new, larger gas station /convenience store. No platting or site plan applications have been submitted to substantiate this proposed future development. Chair Brashear invited the applicant to speak. Lynn Haag, representative for the applicant stated he will be glad to answer questions. Chair Brashear opened the Public Hearing. Connie Robertson, 406 River View, stated she is concerned with Leander Road being so busy and the potential to turn this project into a truck stop with numerous large trucks getting to the property. She stated the property is no t prepared for this large of commercial property. She is also concerned for children walking to school. Chair Brashear closed the Public Hearing. Bob Muer, the applicant, stated the project is not intended to be a truck stop nor be especially accommodating for large trucks on the property. The gas pumps are not designed for high volume dispensing which is necessary to fuel large trucks. The gas pumps can only dispense 10 gallons per minute which is an automotive flow rate. Motion by Cochran to recommend to the City Council approval of the Rezoning for 1006 Leander Road from C-1, Local Commercial District, to C-3, General Commercial. Second by Horne. Approved. (4-2) Montgomery and Pell Opposed. 5. Public Hearing and Possible Action on a Preliminary Plat of The Brownstone at the Summit, also being a Resubdivision of Lots 4-7, Block A, of The Rivery Park II, located on the east side of Rivery Boulevard, just west of IH 35. PP-2011-001 (VK) The applicant has requested to resubdivide Lots 4-7, Block A, of The Rivery Park II subdivision, located along Rivery Boulevard, into 26 lots to enable the construction of a dense “brownstone” residential development in what is known as The Summit at Rivery Park. This preliminary plat encompasses the northern two-thirds of the overall proposed Summit development. This plat will be the first of several preliminary plats for this development and proposes 18 residential lots similar to individual townhome lots, seven open space/HOA lots and one general lot to be reserved for future development, in addition to 551 linear feet of public roadway divided into two streets. The impervious coverage, tree preservation, open space and landscaping requirements, per the Summit PUD, will be shared amongst all of the lots. Projects for which impervious coverage and tree preservation are shared are typically platted under one preliminary plat. Because of the uniqueness of this project and timing of the different development zones, not all of the Summit property will be preliminary platted at this time. Instead, the shared nature of these requirements will be identified in a separate document recorded with the County and tracked as development occurs. Chair Brashear invited the applicant to address the commission. Philip Wanke, BWM Group representing the applicant shared three inmages of the future urban development and stated he will be glad to answer questions. Chair Brashear opened the Public Hearing. No one came forward and the Public Hearing was closed. Motion by Pell to approve the Preliminary Plat for 22.022 acres to be known as Brownstone at the Summit. Second by Armour. Approved. (6-0) 6. Public Hearing and Possible Action on a Comprehensive Plan Amendment in conjunction with the 2030 Comprehensive Plan Annual Update. (JM) Staff report by Jordan Maddox. The 2030 Comprehensive Plan was approved in 2008, establishing a new framework for Georgetown’s comprehensive plan. The 2030 Plan replaced the Century Plan and many of its individual elements, although a few elements were carried over. One of our chief goals of the new 2030 Plan was a new visioning exercise, so the community could brainstorm certain ideals for the city to achieve prior t 2030. This process included numerous community forums, public hearings, charrettes, and steering committee meetings, held between 2006 and 2008. The result of these efforts was a series of strong statements regarding who Georgetown is as a city and what we intended to become over the next twenty years. The statements also include some governmental operations and leadership under Effective Governance, yet they do not reach each aspect of City government functions. This is an important facet for the operations of the government as the City of Georgetown strives to maintain our commitment to the 2030 Plan and its long-range strategic purpose. In addition, there are certain budget requirements that make it necessary for us to link our budgetary planning goals to our comprehensive plan. Jordan continued reviewing over recommended amendments to the 2030 Comprehensive Plan Amendments Vision Statements. Chair Brashear opened the Public Hearing. No one came forward and the Public Hearing was closed. Motion by Montgomery to approve the 2030 Comprehensive Plan Amendments Vision Statements. Second by Cochran. Approved. (6-0) 7. Consideration and Discussion regarding the 2030 Comprehensive Plan Annual Update Report. (JM) Jordan Maddox stated this is an annual report that is given to council for any changes and/or additions council should consider. Anything important and any goals for the land use elements to be move forward. This is a status report. 8. Discussion and update on the 2008-2009 and 2010-2011 Annual Unified Development Code (UDC) review processes and amendments. Elizabeth Cook stated the 2008-2009 Unified Development Code amendments will be going to the City Council Public Hearing April 12th. Second reading will be April 26th. Staff will start 2010-2011 amendments this summer. 9. Update on the Georgetown Transportation Advisory Board (GTAB) Meeting of March 11, 2011.Annette Montgomery presented a brief overview of several current and future City transportation related projects. 10. Questions or comments from Commissioners-in-Training about the actions and matters considered on this agenda. Several questions were asked by the Commissioners in Training and were addressed. 11. Reminder of the May 3, 2011, Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. 12. Adjourn. 7:09 ______________________________ _______________________________ Approved, Ercel Brashear, Chair Attested, Annette Montgomery, Secretary