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MINUTES Notice was posted in the time and manner required by law and quorum was present. Commission Members Present: Staff Members Present: Michael George,
Chairman
Claude Thompson, Planner Absent: CALL TO ORDER Chairman George called the Meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION No one was present to speak. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS
Motion to approve was made by Commissioner Porter, seconded by Commissioner Chapman. Motion carried 5-0, Commissioner, Commissioner Ahrens being absent for the vote.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
ACTION ITEMS
Thompson explained that this Final Plat is for the expansion of the existing mobile home park, and will create an additional 106 for lease as well as private streets and open spaces to be maintained by the Homeowners Association. The Preliminary Plat for the development of this phase was approved by the City Council in December of 1999. Staff has reviewed the Final Plat and finds it conforms with the approved preliminary Plat and is in technical compliance with all applicable codes, and recommends approval. Peter Canzano of Graphic Engineering, 6904 Napa Valley Drive, Frisco, Texas, 75035, was present to represent the Plat. He stated that the earlier approved Preliminary Plat considered this portion to be a mobile home subdivision, with spaces to be platted as lots and sold to individual owners rather than the entire acreage owned by a single entity and spaces leased. The new owners whish to lease the spaces. A corner lot is being reserved for future retail development. Commissioners questioned whether or not a moratorium exists restricting the creation of new mobile home parks. Thompson responded that the proposed uses is allowed by existing zoning, but that staff would confirm the existence of any moratorium or other restrictions which might limit construction of the mobile home park as proposed. Motion was made by Commissioner Ahrens to recommend approve subject to verification by the Council that no moratorium restricts the use, seconded by Commissioner Wiseman. Motion carried 6-0. Thompson explained that this Preliminary Plat will create 383 single-family residential lots and a 3.6 acre public park. Old S.H. 78 will be relocated to connect with Brown Street with a combination of 60 feet wide collector streets. The streets which terminate at the property from the west will not be connected to the proposed subdivision in order to separate the larger lots to the west from the new smaller lots. Staff has reviewed the Plat and finds it to be in technical compliance with all applicable codes, and recommends approval. Bret Pedigo of Centex homes, 2800 Surveyor Boulevard, Carrolton, Texas 75006, was present to represent the Plat. He testified that the average lot size will exceed 9,000 square feet rather than the required 8,500msquare feet minimum. He has met informally with residents to the west and determined that they do not want streets to connect the two subdivisions. Commissioner George raised concern that the lot size did not conform to the recommendations of the Comprehensive Plan. Thompson responded that the property is already zoned to allow the smaller lots. Commissioner Snider questioned absence of alleys, and expressed the desire that alleys be required by revisions to the Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Regulations in order to reduce parking and congestion on residential streets. Pedigo pointed out that alleys are provided to the rear of lots which front on the wider collector streets in order to restrict front-entry drives and discourage on-street parking. Commissioners questioned whether the size of the park satisfies Wylie’s park-land dedication requirements, and whether the park acreage could be split and scattered to be more accessible to the entire subdivision. They also questioned the backing of residential lots onto the park. Pedigo responded that frontage is now provided on three sides of the park, and that its proposed location to the southwest side allows both a more inviting entryway to the proposed subdivision and access to the park by residents beyond the subdivision to the west and southwest. He promised to study the backing of lots onto the park. Motion was made by Commissioner Porter to recommend approval subject to the street being reconfigured to surround the park with no lots adjoining the park, seconded by Commissioner Chapman. Motioned carried 5-1, Commissioner Wiseman voting no.
WORK SESSION It was decided at Monday night’s training session not to consider revisions to the nonresidential districts of the Zoning Ordinance as previously announced, due to the late adjournment of that training session. Thompson encouraged Commissioners to review the proposed revisions circulated at earlier work sessions and be prepared to recommend modifications at the next meeting. A joint work session with thew Council will be scheduled to consider the revisions once the P&Z Commissioners are generally satisfied. Commissioners discussed some of the concerns raised at the previous night’s work session with Council, and ways to implement these. Commissioners emphasized that professional dress helped to reinforce the public image and decision-making authority of the Planning and Zoning Commission. It w as also suggested that meetings should be more formal, by starting them with the Pledge of Allegiance and Invocation, and that better review of the cases prior to the open meeting is needed to reduce the meeting time, to eliminate duplication and confusion of comments concerning the proposal and code requirements, and to enhance the appearance of professionalism. Commissioners questioned why some plats could not be approved for technical compliance by staff as they once were, rather than require the time-consuming and often frustrating reviewed by the P&Z Commission and City Council.The following recommendations were approved:
ADJOURNMENT Motion to adjourn was made by Commissioner Ahrens, seconded by Commissioner Wiseman. Motion carried 6-0, and the meeting was adjourned at 8:45 p.m
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