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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes Planning Commission - 09/28/2011 MINUTES IVED REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING DEC2 Council Chambers - City Hall 3 ZD;j September 28,2011QJ I,a ,� 5:30 P.M. CITY Em.WyS offtE COMMISSIONERS: STAFF: Rudy Garza, Chairman Rudy D. Garza, Interim Assistant City Manager A. Javier Huerta, Vice-Chairman Stephen Draper, Director Mark Adame Miguel S. Saldaha,AICP, Manager, Land Marco Castillo Development Gabriel Guerra Andrew Dimas,City Planner Evon J. Kelly Wes Vardeman, City Planner Govind Nadkarni Deborah Brown, Assistant City Attorney John C. Tamez Christina Aparicio, Recording Secretary John Taylor Si usted quiere dirigirse a la comision y su ingles es limitado, habra un interprete de espahol a ingl€s en la junta para ayudarle. L CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Chairman Garza at 5:30 p.m. and a quorum was declared. II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Motion to approve the September 14, 201 1 minutes was made by Commissioner Nadkarni and seconded by Commissioners Kelly. Motion passed unanimously. III. PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEMS A. PLATS Mr. Andrew Dimas, Development Services, read new plat item "a" into record (shown below) and stated that Mr. Felix Ocanas, representative for the applicant, is requesting a continuance for the plat until the October 12, 2011 meeting. 1. Continued Plat a. 0811061-NP044 (11-22000017) Melvin Estates Unit One, O.C.L. (Final-44.20 Acres) Located north of FM 43 and east of FM 763. The public hearing was opened with no one coming forward in favor or in opposition and the public hearing was closed. Motion to Continued Item "a" until October 12, 2011 was made by Commissioner Tamez and seconded by Commissioner Taylor. Motion passed unanimously. Mr. Dimas, read new plat Item "a" into record (shown below) and stated Staff recommended approval. SCANNED • Planning Commission Agenda September 28,2011 Page 2 Mr. Vardamen, read new plat Items "a", "b" and "c" into record (shown below) and stated Staff recommended approval. 2. New Plat a. 1011066-P018(11-22000018) Wooldridge Creek Unit 14(Final—5.013) Located east of Wooldridge Road between Scotch Moss Drive and Cimarron Boulevard. b. 1011067-P019(11-22000019) Wood Oaks on the River Phase I (Final —8.534 Acres) Located east of East Riverview Drive and south of Wordsmouth Creek Drive. c. 1011069-NP050 (11-21000021) Oliver's Estate(Preliminary—39.021 Acres) Located between Cimarron Boulebard and Rodd Field Road and between Bison Drive and La Salle Drive. The public hearing was opened with no one coming forward in favor or in opposition and the public hearing was closed. Motion to approve new plat Items "a", "b" and "c" was made by Commissioner Nadkarni and seconded by Commissioner Taylor. Motion passed with Commissioners Castillo and Guerra absent. Mr. Vardamen, read new plat Item "d" into record (shown below) Staff explain that no action could be taken on the plat pending a proposed zoning change. The applicant submitted a letter of continuance until the December 7, 2011. d. 1011070-NP062 (11-21000022) River Ridge Unit 3 (Final — 11.420 Acres) Located west of County Road 69 between County Road 52 and Northwest Boulevard (FM 624). After a short discussion, motion to approve continuance of new plat Item "d" was made by Commissioner Tamez and seconded by Commissioner Taylor. Motion passed with Commissioners Castillo and Guerra absent. 3. Time Extension Mr. Vardeman, read Time Extensions item "a" into record (shown below). Mr. Vardeman stated this was the first request for a 6-month time extension and Staff recommended approval. a. 0211016-NP014(11-21000008) Russell Industrial Area, Block 7, Lot IA (Final Replat — 4.28 Acres) Located west of Baldwin Boulevard and north of Agnes Street. Planning Commission Agenda • September 28,2011 Page 3 After a short discussion, the motion to approve Storm Water Management Plan item "a" was made by Commissioner Tamez and seconded by Commissioner Kelly. Motion passed unanimously. B. ZONING 1. New Zoning Mr. Wes Vardeman, Development Services, read New Zoning item "a" into record (shown below)and stated Staff recommended approval. a. Case No. 0911-04 The Other Door of Corpus Christi: A change of zoning from 'RM-l" Multi-Family District to "CN-1" Neighborhood Commercial District, resulting in a change of future land use. The property is described as Shannon Addition, Lot 10, Block I, located south of Coleman Avenue and east of South Staples Street. There was a discussion on the parking lot improvements. The public hearing was opened with no one coming forward in favor or in opposition and the public hearing was closed. Motion to approve New Zoning item "a" was made by Commissioner Huerta and seconded by Commissioner Castillo. Motion passed unanimously. Mr. Vardeman read New Zoning item "b" into record (shown below) and stated Staff recommended denial of the "CG-2"General Commercial District request and in lieu thereof approve the"ON"Office District. b. Case No. 0911-05 Texan Trail Properties, LLC: A change of zoning from `RM-1" Multi-Family District to "CG-2" General Commercial District,resulting in a change of future land use. The property is described as Lindale Park Subdivision Section 4, Block 40, Lot 23-27, located north of Texan Trail and west of South Alameda Street. The public hearing was opened. Chip Urban, Urban Engineer, 2725 Swantner addressed the commission. represented the land owner, Mr. Urban stated that they spoke with Mr. Vardeman and the owner agreed with the "ON" zoning seeing that it was going to suit his needs. Originally requested the "CG-2" because property across the street already had a higher level of zoning and allowed more options for the owner incase another opportunity came about. Mr. Urban stated that the owner was okay with the"ON"zoning. Commissioner Huerta asked, about the current zoning behind the subject property Staff responded that the zoning was the"ON" District. The recommended "ON District would be an expansion of the existing district on the subject property. Planning Commission Agenda September 28,2011 Page 4 The public hearing was closed. Motion to approve New Zoning Item "b" was made by Commissioner Nadkarni and seconded by Commissioner Taylor. Motion passed unanimously. C. UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE (UDC) TEXT AMENDMENTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY ORDINANCES Mr. Saldana explained that the Text Amendments were part of the Sustainability Ordinances that were broken up into two sections for review since the 45-day time limit had passed for the item to be forwarded to City Council, Staff had to bring it back to the Planning Commission would like, Staff could do a presentation of the Text Amendments to the UDC that complement the sustainability ordinances that will be scheduled before City Council. Vice Chairman Huerta asked if there were any Substantial changes made and Mr. Saldana answered there were no changes to what was presented to the Planning Commission in August. Vice Chairman Huerta asked new Commissioners Castillo and Guerra if they wanted to hear the presentation and have an opportunity to study the document and ask questions. Commissioner Castillo asked if, at some time in the future, Staff could provide a summary of the text amendments and Ms. Brown stated she would email the summary of the UDC Text Amendments to all commissioners. The public hearing was opened with no one coining forward in favor or in opposition the public hearing was closed. Motion to approve the Unified Development Code (UDC)Text Amendments was made by Commissioner Tamez and seconded by Vice Chairman Huerta. Motion passed unanimously. IV. DIRECTOR'S REPORT A. TIME EXTENSION REPORT Mr. Saldana stated this item was previously discussed several meetings ago, at which time staff was requested to provide information on the number of plats that had been granted multiple time extensions. Mr. Saldana continued the report presented tonight provided the requested information — there were a total of sixty-one (61) plats currently active because of the multiple extensions granted over several years. After a brief discussion, no action was taken. B. ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON NEXT AGENDA V. DIRECTOR'S REPORT None Planning Commission Agenda • September 28,2011 Page 5 VI. ADJOURNMENT Motion to adjourn was made by Commissioner Taylor and seconded by Commissioner Nadkami. The meeting adjourned at 6:12 p.m. 4S.reezettat? Date: /o/4//f Saldana,AICP Secretary to Planning Commission ' N tins Aparicio Recording Secretary M OEVEIOPMENTSVCSSHnPEO¢MING\PIµNING COMMISSIOMMINUTES2011192611 MINUTES 00C