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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPZmin2006-03-07MINUTES PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING March 7. 2006 The Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Anna met in regular session on Tuesday, March 7. 2006, at 7:00 p.m., at the Community Room of the Texas Star Bank, located at 402 W. White Street (FM 455), Anna, Texas, to consider the following items. 1. Call to order and establishment of quorum. Chairman John Rattan called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Members present were Jon Hendricks, Keith Green, Joseph Boda, Molly Young and William Ballantyne. Commission member Nancy Pennington arrived at 7:02 p.m. 2. Consider/Discuss/Act on final plat for White's First Addition. Mr. Gary White, petitioner, was not in attendance for meeting Lee Lawrence, City Manager, stated that the petitioner wanted to build a house on a one lot plat, located on South Interurban. Mr. Lawrence stated that the plat meets the standards for SF 1 zoning district. Motion made by Molly Young, seconded by Keith Green, to recommend to Council approval of final plat for White's First Addition. 7 aye 0 nay 0 abstained 3. Consider/Discuss/Act on final plat for the Anna ISD Park Addition. Lee Lawrence, City Manager, stated that this plat was being presented as a part of the City' efforts to conform to the spirit of the subdivision regulations since the property was being divided into two pieces pursuant to a contract between the City and Anna ISD, Mr. Lawrence noted that the City intends to put a park on lot two (2) of the two lot division and potentially some other development will be on lot as well. Mr. Lawrence stated that the property was not platted when the high school was built and probably was not a requirement of the ordinance because of the size of the tract. PZC Minutes 03-07-06.doc Page 1 of 4 03-07-06 Mr. Lawrence also noted that there are some things pointed out by Maurice Schwanke that will be done to clean up the plat if recommended for approval and before being presented to Council but those things can be easily added and recommended not holding up approval of plat. The additional items needed to be put on the plat included: • Streets to be indicated on plat • Locations of easements • Front building setbacks • Key map Motion made by Molly Young, seconded by Jon Hendricks to recommend approval to Council with the conditions of Maurice Schwanke. 7 aye 0 nay 0 abstained 4. Consider/Discuss/Act on revised final plat for Walnofer Addition. Mr. Lawrence advised the commission that the property owner decided to not pursue this plat. However, because the plat was officially presented to the City, the City is asking that the commission recommend a denial of the plat request to insure that there is no confusion regarding the 30 -day rule for action by the City. Motion made by William Ballantyne, seconded by Jon Hendricks, to recommend to Council denial of revised final plat for the Walnofer Addition. 7 aye 0 nay 0 abstained 5. Consider/Discuss/Act regarding recommendation(s) for revisions of the Anna Sign Ordinance. Mr. Lawrence noted that ordinance basically permits only monument signs in commercial zones. A unified development monument sign is also permitted for multi - tenant locations but even the unified development signs are relative limited in size. He noted that the major concern apparently related to signage on high speed areas, the main areas being on Hwy 75 and Hwy 121. The argument from potential property owners and business tenants on the high speed roadways is they want to market to highway pass-through traffic. The monument signs cannot be seen by drivers on high speed roadways. Mr. Lawrence suggested that there could be certain criteria for certain situations, giving policy makers discretion to fit individual cases. On the multiple business signs do you want to set the limit at a 15 or 20 foot stop point and give the Council the ability to raise the limit under a specific use permit process. Mr. Lawrence also asked if the members were interested in using McKinney regulations for signage. Members indicated a willingness to study the McKinney regulations but wanted specifics regarding the McKinney rules. PZC Minutes 03-07-06.doc Page 2 of 4 03-07-06 After extensive discussion, the PZC asked the staff to revise the ordinance with specific recommendations and bring it back for consideration at the next PZC meeting. The Commission also asked the staff to bring back for reconsideration the issue of the 35 feet sign on the liquor store at Anna Retail. Members generally agreed that a 35 feet height maximum on unified development signs with masonry and standardized lettering would be acceptable. No action taken. 6. ConsiderlDiscuss/Act regarding review/revisions of development regulations. Lee Lawrence, City Manger, reviewed documents handed out at meeting and answered questions. Mr. Lawrence and members talked about density, which Mr. Lawrence stated is a critical issue, setbacks, multifamily density and masonry requirements. Mr. Lawrence suggested that members review the subdivision and zoning ordinance and make a list of changes they would like to see presented to council for recommendations. Mr. Green suggested asking Melissa Henderson from City of McKinney to come and give another presentation on McKinney development procedures that can maybe be helpful with guiding them with some directions. Discussion included agreement on density as 3.5, setbacks 25 feet on residential, swing and rear entry possible 15 feel, rear yards 25 feet, and side yard 7.5. No action was taken 7. Citizen comments and other presentations. There were no citizen comments or other presentations. a. Staff report(s) and discussion of other Issues, including suggestions for future agenda items, as desired by commission members and staff. a. Development policies/standards. Mr. Lawrence slated that most of the issues that he wished to discuss under this item had been previously discussed under items 5 and 6. b. City council action report. Mr. Lawrence stated that the zoning for the Anna Ranch project made relatively few changes from the recommendations made by the PZC. The major difference between the final zoning and the recommended zoning related to the SF -A area; the PZC recommended that SF -A areas be divided evenly between SF -B, SF -C, and SF -D zones, whereas the council approved a zoning with density of not greater than 4.0 units per acre. Mr. Lawrence stated that the actual number of housing units would probably not significantly increase in the SF -A areas because of the council action. G. Future projects (stuff you will likely see in the next few months) Mr. Lawrence noted that the zoning request for the Mantua project would probably be on the April agenda. He encouraged members to review the PZC Minutes 03-07-06.doc Page 3 of 4 03-07-06 materials presented previously on this project and give some thought to their vision for the project. 9. Consider action to approve Minutes of the following meetings: • February7, 2006 • February 21, 2006 Workshop • February 21, 2006 Special Meeting Motion to approve minutes of February 7, with the notations to correct item number 5b to show the aye and nay vote, February 21, (Workshop) and February 21, (Special Meeting) 2006, made by Molly Young, seconded by William Ballantyne. 7 aye 0 nay 0 abstained 10. Adjourn. Motion to adjourn at 6:55 p.m. made by Keith Green, seconded by Jon Hendricks. 7 aye 0 nay 0 abstained QI=1a-, John Rattan, Chairman ATTEST: C40 seph ecretary PZC Minutes 03-07-06.dac Page 4 & 4 03-07-06