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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-01-18 P & Z MINUTES PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MINUTES January 18 , 1979 The meeting was called to order at 7 : 30 p .m. in the Council Chambers by Chairman Don Tolley. Present were Starr Farish, Jim Oates , John Hull , Bob Nicholes and Mel Lewis . Jerry Weston, new Commission mem- ber , was introduced . Also attending were City Council members Alta Williams , Marilyn Bauman and Ken Hopper. Starr Farish and John Hull moved and seconded to dispense with the reading of the December 21 , 1978, minutes and approve them as written . Motion carried. Since not enough members were present to conduct a reorganization 79-1-1 of the Board, it was moved and seconded by Starr Farish and Jim Oates to postpone reorganizing until more could attend. Motion carried. Don Tolley opened the public hearing on a special use permit requested by George Randall to move a residence onto property in the C-3 Commer- cial Zone near Blaine , 2nd and 3rd to be joined onto an existing house . Hearing no testimony, Tolley closed the public hearing. A motion was made and seconded by Bob Nicholes and Starr Parish to 79-1-2 grant the special use permit as requested. Motion passed. The final plat of Allen Estates was then submitted for consideration. Mel Lewis pointed out that the sewer design prepared anticipates that the sewer is above rock and, if the City is going to put in the sewer, ea) rock removal will not be included in the $750. 00 per lot connection charge . Street and drainage designs have been filed with the Engineer- ing Department and approved. Following the Engineer' s comments , John 79-1-3 Hull moved and Starr Farish seconded the motion to recommend the ap- proval of the final plat of Allen Estates to the City Council subject to the rock removal specification and to all of the stipulations attached to the preliminary plat . After a vote , the motion carried . Ron Blakley of Blakley Engineers appeared before the Commission with a revised preliminary of a plat of Carol Subdivision. He noted that subsequent communication with the adjacent property owner to the east had resulted in that owner' s participation in the plat . Carol Avenue is now located where it should be without an offset and with the stan- dard 56 ' right-of-way . The extension of Carol Avenue to Elm Street is only 50 feet so a variance will be required for that section. The rest of the adjacent property is now included around the short cul-de-sac and to the east . Mr. Blakley also requested the vacation of 6 feet of a 16-foot sewer easement on Lot 9 , Block 1 . Following 79-1-4 a discussion , John Hull moved that the approval of the preliminary plat of Carol Subdivision be recommended to the City Council with the conditions as outlined in the City Engineer' s report. These conditions are : 1. The half-street policy for imrpovements will apply to Logan. 2 . Curb , gutter and sidewalk are required on Carol Avenue in the 50-foot section. 3. The irrigation plans will be ap- proved by Pioneer Subdivision. 4 . All improvement and utility designs , certifications and field work are to be the responsibility eIN of the developer ' s engineer and must be approved by the City. 5 . A map of utility locations shall be furnished to the City after the location meeting. 6 . A variance will be granted for a 50-foot right- of-way for extension of Carol Avenue out to Elm Street. The motion was seconded by Starr Farish and, after a vote , carried. -1- -2- 7971-5 Jim Oates and John Hull then moved and seconded to forward a recom- mendation to the City Council for the vacation of a part of the sewer easement on Lot 9 , Block 1 of proposed Carol Subdivision. Motion passed. Reviewed next was the final plat of Industrial Site No . 4 , which lies along the Interstate for a half mile near the Franklin Road interchange . The plat was approved for septic tanks provided 100% of the required area for the drainfield was set aside for enough area for two drain- fields and also with the provision that no impervious material such as asphalt or concrete would be placed over the drainfield area. Documents which have not yet been received are an avigation easement and association documents for maintenance of the drainage ditch along the southwesterly side . Ron Blakley informed the Commission that the papers have been prepared and are being reviewed by the attorney . 79-1-6 Subject to receipt of the required documents , it was moved and seconded by Jim Oates and Jerry Weston to recommend the approval of Industrial Site No . 4 to the City Council. Motion carried. Bob Nicholes abstained because of a conflict of interest . The Chair recognized Mr. Judd Lanham, owner of the mobile home park at 3009 S . Indiana Avenue ( formerly Nick ' s Mobile Manor) , who stated that he would like to expand the park onto property which he owns directly to the north . Mr. Lewis prefaced the discussion by pointing out that the zoning for the area is R-2 Residential and , therefore , the park now exists as a non-conforming use . In order to change the zone to accommodate expansion of the park , the Comprehensive Plan would have to be changed and this would be not sooner than 6 months from the time the City Council acts on proposed changes which are now pending. The City would be interested in obtaining right-of-way for Alder Street from Indiana to connect with the part that is extended west from South Georgia. The Commission has previously discussed ac- cepting a narrow 40-foot right-of-way through the tract with an offset at the east end of about 20 feet . According to Mr. Lanham, he is willing to sewer the area into which the park would be expanded and eventually to sewer the existing mobile homes. He is not , however, giving any consideration at this time to Alder Street , and he also indicated the other property owners involved would not give any right- of-way. It would be his intention to provide access to the area by means of a private lane . An alternative open to Mr. Lanham for util- izing the property would be for medium density multiple-unit dwellings , and he stated he had given some thought to four 3-plexes. He did want to know if he deeded a 40-foot right-of-way to the City , would the 40 feet be excluded from the area he has to build on. After further discussion, Mr. Lanham said he would examine the alternatives and get together with Mr. Lewis on placement of dwelling units on the property . special There will be a/meeting at 11 : 30 a.m. , February 8 to reorganize the Board . Meeting adjourned at 9 : 00 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Sylvia Robison Secretary pro tern