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Home My Public Portal AboutPCM 2007-01-24FRASER PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES DATE: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 MEETING: Planning Commission Meeting PLACE: Town Hall Board Room PRESENT Commission: Chairperson Motor Coulson. Commissioners: Vesta Shapiro, Steve Sumrall, Scott Brent, Fran Cook Staff: Town Planner Catherine Trotter, Town Clerk Lu Berger Others: See Attached Chair Coulson called the meeting to order at 6:32 p.m. 1. Roll Call 2. Approval of December 13, 2006 special meetiag miautes. Comm. Sumrall moved, and Comm. Brent seconded the motioa to approve the minutes as presented. Motion carried: 6-0. 3. Open Forum a) No Public Comment 4. Public Hearin~f Action Item Comm. Cook moved, and Comm. Sumrall seconded the motion to open the continued public hearing. Motioa carried: 6-0. aj Minor Subdivision Plat 8v Development Permit PH/action Iron Horse Junction Condominiums Applicant =Art Olson Continued Fubttc Bearing from August 23, 2006 TP Trotter would have liked to re-publish hearing because the public hearing has been continued several times since August 2006, but time constraints did not allow. Asked if the Commission would like to continue until February, after a notice could be re-published, no motion made. Waiting on some conditions, if a motion to approve is made it will have to be made with conditions. Art Olson addresses the Commission, discusses affordable housing needs in the Town of Fraser. He likes to develop in the less expensive parts of T~~~~ to make housing affordable. He made own models to show the look of the structure, save cost of architect design. He explains the changes he made based on the concerns the Commission expressed in August. He believes it is a better looking building. Comm. Brent questions the use of the commercial garages noise/traffic concerns to the occupants of the residential units. Comm. Smith asks about the covenants addressing the time/use of the garages. FM 8v adjacent landowner, Nat Havens recommends codes 8v covenants to address the noise/use of the garage doors. Comm. Brent concerned with the use of the garages after sold, and no longer owned by Mr. Olson. Wants use limited on plat or in covenants. No water 8v sewer in garages, electric 8v heat will be installed. Commissioners would like to see walk doors installed to cut down on the noise of the large door opening. Art will consider. Garages are 20'x30'. Ceiling heights are discussed, storage would benefit from height, residential units will have more steps if this is done. Comm. Smith inquires about what materials will be used? Art explains finishes 8v materials, displays board with samples. Comm. Sumrall inquires about voting rights in the HOA; Residents will have majority rights over commercial garage owners. Mr. Olson would like to move building 5', which would put the stairwell into the 7' building setback. Brief discussion ensued regarding the interpretation of the building setbacks in the Business Zone for a mixed use development. PC decides that the structure could have 0' setbacks. Mr. Olson will look at moving the building. Comm. Smith recommends putting the stairwell inside the garage. Issue of living space being lost discussed. Parking is also discussed. Nat Havens, adjacent property owner, addresses his concerns 8v ideas for improving the plan. Encourages making water 8v sewer accessible to the commercial units. Largest concern on elevations 8s water flow, affecting his property. Engineer has made recommendations on how to address, waiting on engineering report. Ingress/egress issues addressed by Mayor Cook, add stairs to decks. Art will consider, likes the idea of having accessibility to the backyard. Colors discussed, will try and have similar colors to the Winter Star project. Commission wants final color scheme approved by Planning Depa. l~~~ent. TP Trotter asks how the Commission wants to proceed; Comm. Shapiro moved, and Comm. Coulson seconded the motion to close the public hearing. Motioa carried: 6-O. Comm. Brent moved, and Mayor Cook seconded the motion approve the plat and the development permit with the following conditions: 1. Add no parking in alley to declarations. 2. Change plat note to say....may be used for "non-hazardous material" storage ..... 3. Shift building to the south @ 6.5', no encroachment on existing sewer service easement will be permitted. 4. Final color selection to be approved at staff level. 5. The applicant will review the design and try to incorporate a man door on the commercial garages and stairs off the decks. 6. Approval of all documents by the Town Attorney. 7. Approval of the revised drainage/grading plan by the Town Engineer. 8. Landscaping plan to be revised/fine tuned. Motion carried: 6-0. b) Adoption of a Resolution Amending the Subdivision Regulations for the Town of Fraser Comm. Smith moved, and Comm. Sumrall seconded the motioa to recommend adoption of a Resolution Adopting the Amended Subdivision Regulations of the Town of Fraser with the Resolution number added and recommended changes to verbiage. Motioa carried: 6-0. 5. Discussioa Items a) Lot MH4, Ptarmigan Subdivision/Open Space Variance Discussion Parnell Quinn for Curtis and Brian May TP Trotter gives a briefing of the memo supplied by Parnell Quinn, and the issue of the open space not meeting regulations. Issue of paved parking spaces in the open space area. Owners would like to subdivide the property into 2 units. Asphalt covers much of the open space, would like a variance from the Commission so they will not have to remove the asphalt. Variance of 252 sq. ft requested. Would like to include asphalt patios as open space. Commission concerned with the amount of asphalt. TP Trotter tells Commission patios 8s decks can be in the open space. ýÿ Mayor Cook addresses the park in the back being a benefit. Water drainage from Wapiti comes onto the property. The applicant will need to install a swale 8v do drainage repair. Retaining wall was installed this fall. Asphalt will actually help drainage issues when swale is installed. 6. TP Trotter 8v Comm. Sumrall suggests installing a planter box along the drainage swell/patio area. Comm. Sumrall references discussions by the Town Board giving the Ptarmigan park area to the homeowners bordering the park due to lack of access to the park by the Town. This would add additional open space to the property. Open space is available under the cantilevers. 250-260 sq. ft would be added to total open space. Not included in current open space calculation. May add these numbers to the plat? It is usable space for the lower level. Swale should be installed prior to as-built plat being recorded. Commission would like to see center section of asphalt (patio) removed 8v landscaped. Area is outlined on the plat by Mr. Quinn. TP Trotter clarifies that the Commission is just giving direction tonight and not action on this issue. Commission would like updated numbers per patios, walkways 8~ open space under cantilevers. Final plat 8v Variance hearing before the Commission first. As-Built plat will follow when work has been completed. Staff Choice TP Trotter- information about upcoming conferences given to the Commission. ?. Commissioners' Choice Comm. Shapiro moved, and Comm. Sumrall seconded the motion to adjourn. Motion carried: 6-0. Meeting adjourned at 8:40 p.m. a' ~>~,;'J Lu Ber er Town O~brk g , ~o~N OF F~~~ - ~~rti ~~~ ~_ F ~4 ~. 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