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HomeMy Public PortalAboutPlanning and Zoning Minutes 09-03-2019 RICHLAND HILLS PLANNING&ZONING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING CITY HALL, 3200 DIANA DRIVE SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 MINUTES Members Present Erick Sabin, Place 1 Michael Wilson, Place 2 Kelle Jones, Place 5 Mary Witt, Alternate Absent Kyle LaPointe, Chairman Jackson Durham, Place 3 Staff Kay Duffy, Development Manager Candice Edmondson, Assistant City Manager James Donovan, City Attorney 1. CALL TO ORDER Vice-chairman Sabin called the meeting to order at 5:35 pm. 2. APPROVAL OF THE JUNE 25, 2019 MEETING MINUTES Michael Wilson motioned to approve the minutes with a second from Kelle Jones. All approved. 3. PUBLIC COMMENT TO ALLOW CITIZENS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION ON ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED ON THE AGENDA, OR ISSUES THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA(NON-AGENDA COMMENTS No public comments were offered. 4. CONSIDER A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR A RE-PLAT OF RICHLAND GARDENS ADDITION, LOTS 1 THROUGH 5, BLOCK 2-R-1 Staff presented a preliminary plat offered by Andy Hickson, owner of the 3.3-acre piece of vacant property at 2500 Austin Road. Planned Development approved for the property in May 2018. Staffs recommendation is that the property be approved as a final plat by City Council at their next meeting. Michael Wilson motioned to approve the preliminary plat and recommend to council that it be approved as a final plat. Mary Witt seconded the motion and all approved. 5. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION FOR RE-PLAT OF RICHLAND HILLS ADDITION, LOTS 6,7,AND THE EAST 170.00 FEET OF LOT 8, BLOCK L Staff presented a final plat for the Richland Villas. The project was approved as a Planned Development in City Council in December 2018. The preliminary plat was approved by City Council on June 10. Mr. Sabin opened the public hearing at 5:48. Ottis Lee from Baird, Hampton, & Brown, spoke as a representative of the developer John Gibson and also introduced John Pitstick from Our Country Homes. Mr. Lee introduced the development which will consist of 24 attached townhomes and 24 cottage homes. He stated that all the utilities are at the location, they have extended them to the property and provided plans for a public streets, water, sewer, and storm drain. Ms. Witt inquired about the drainage for the project and whether the land would be leveled. Mr. Lee explained that most of the water runoff would be routed underground to the TxDot drainage collector at the front of the property and the project would reduce the amount of water that flows towards Baker Blvd Church of Christ. He stated that there will be some leveling of the land and the elevation difference will also be addressed by retaining walls on the northern and western property lines and some drop garages for the townhomes closest to the church. Mr. Sabin inquired about the fence of the northern side of the property. Mr. Lee stated that the final plans will have a masonry fence and there won't be a need for a retaining wall as originally planned. Ms. Witt and Ms. Jones inquired about traffic around the property. Mr. Lee said that there will not be enough additional traffic generated to have an effect on the intersection at Poppelwell and Baker. Ms. Witt also inquired about street repair after the construction is complete. Mr. Lee said that there will be a curb cut for the street running through the development and therefore construction equipment shouldn't be hurting the street curbs. Ms. Jones expressed a concern about the street names on the plat and Mr. Pitstick stated that they would open to changing the street names, but it would need to be done before the plat is filed. Mr. Wilson inquired further about the drainage. Mr. Lee stated that currently about 80% of the water from the property flows to the church, but that even with the rooftops and streets the flow will be reduced. The public hearing was closed at 6:04pm. Michael Wilson motioned to approve the plat with the stipulation that remaining comments from City staff are addressed before the final plat is filed. M. Jones seconded the motion and all approved. Kelle Jones placed a second and all approved. 6. EXECUTIVE SESSION No executive session was required at this meeting. 7. SET THE DATE AND TIME OF THE NEXT MEETING AND ADJOURN Seeing no need for an additional meeting in September, the commissioners scheduled the next meeting for October 22nd at 5:30pm. The meeting was adjourned at 6:06 pm. ATTEST APPROVED P) 9A Cathy Bou J City Secretar& aPointe, Chairman 00111111111I1(i/,, `G�,�AND �e�,,,��%, • be 0/0/rilu n1n11110