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Home My Public Portal About2.6.2001 Agenda & MinutesTown of AGENDA PLANNING BOARD Tuesday, February 6, 2001 6:30 p.m. Town Barn ITEM # 1: Consideration of additions to the agenda. ITEM #2: Comments from the Chair • Committee Reports • Welcome new board member • Volunteer to represent Planning Board on EDD workgroup as it focuses on transportation issues ITEM #3: Recommendations to Town Board on items heard at public hearing: • Request from DCA General to rezone 7.627 ac between Valley Forge Road and Cornerstone Court on NC 86 from Limited Office to High Intensity Commercial (Tax Map 4.40.A.8) • Amendments to Sections 2, 4.6.2, 4.6.3, and 4.9 to separate requirements for recreation and open space. ITEM #4: Request from DIAN TWO, LLC to rezone 58 acres in the southwest quadrant ofthe 86/1- 85 interchange from Limited Office to Entranceway Special Use. The request includes a Special Use Permit/Master Plan for the site showing 450,000 square feet of retail space and 5 outparcels (Tax Map 4.45..4c) ITEM #5: Appeal of Planning Director's denial of Final Plat approval for Phase II of Burke's Meadow ITEM 96: Adjourn Please call the Planning Department if you cannot attend. 732-2104 extension 228 (this line is connected to voice mail) 101 East Orange Street • P.O. Box 429 • Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 919-7.79-9104 • Fay. 919-944-9.39n MINUTES PLANNING BOARD February 6, 2001 PRESENT: Ed Gill (Chair), Pam Blue -Thompson, Jim Boericke, Joel Brinkley, David Daniel, Brian Ketchem, Cannie Lloyd, Chris Quinn, Bryant Warren PUBLIC: Brain Lowen, Frances Dancy, Bill Anderson, JC Edwards, Harold Latta, Steve O'Neal, Jerry Dickens, Ross Massey, Mark O'Neil, Ken Chavious, Jim Anthony, Rick Brewer, Berry Wallace, Debra White, Toby Dickens, Margaret Hauth Gill called the meeting to order at 6:37 PM. Hauth asked the members to add the approval of the public hearing minutes as item 5a. ITEM #2: Hauth introduced Lloyd, new county appointee and joint member with the Board of Adjustment. Warren volunteered to represent the Planning Board on the EDD -Transportation committee. ITEM #3 a: Hauth introduced the rezoning request for DCA General to rezoning 7.627 acres from Limited Office to High Intensity Commercial. Ketchem asked for some history on how the property was zoned Limited Office to begin with. Hauth said this is one of the seven properties that was included in the moratorium and downzoned with the hope that owners would seek the new Entranceway designation when they were ready to develop. Ketchem asked if there was any understanding or promise made to owners about changing back. Hauth said there was not, other than each property is allowed a rezoning request at no cost in the next 24 months. Daniel asked whether the uses the owner indicated at the hearing would be permitted in ESU and Hauth said they would. Daniel said it was his opinion that rezoning the property HIC defeated the purpose on the new district. MOTION: Daniel Moved to recommend that the Town Board deny the rezoning request. Brinkley seconded. VOTE: Unanimous. ITEM #3b: Hauth introduced the text amendments separating recreation and open space requirements in the Subdivision Regulations. Boericke noted he found some typographical errors in the text. Hauth said if he would provide a marked version, she would correct them. MOTION: Brinkley moved to recommend that the Town Board adopt the amendments with the typographical changes noted by Boericke. Ketchem seconded. VOTE: Unanimous. ITEM #4: Hauth introduced the rezoning/special use permit/master plan request for Hampton Pointe. She said she has not received any modifications or re -designs from the applicant since the hearing. She reminded the members that since the Town Board will not make a decision until March, they could delay making a recommendation until March as well. Anderson said they were present to answer any additional questions and gather any additional requests. J Dickens said the plans are being modified to incorporate sidewalks and landscaping. Gill said the board would accept further public comments from those present. He asked speakers to also submit their comments in writing to staff before their next meeting if the comments are to be incorporated into the hearing record. He also asked for new comments or new information, not restatements of items on record. Berry Wallace from Faucette Mill Road expressed her concern about the size of the project, growth around Hillsborough in general and the traffic congestion in particular which has not been addressed. Debra White of Tryon Street asked procedural and informational questions that staff answered. Brinkley asked if the impervious surface has been addressed. Hauth said no revisions have been submitted. Daniel expressed appreciation to the citizen who submitted the site's history information. He encouraged the applicant to take that into consideration. J Dickens said they intended to work PB 2/6/2001, page 2 with local historians to get correct information for the plaque. Anderson said they areas they are looking at for modification are the size of the stormwater ponds, sidewalks, and increased landscaping. Issues related to stormwater and signals were discussed. Brinkley said that his concerns are the signal (its needed), the impervious surface (too much), and pedestrian access (there isn't any). He said this project is too much like New Hope Commons, which everyone uses as an example of a poor transportation layout. Brinkley also expressed concern about the types of jobs being created, clerks versus business owners and the impact to existing local businesses that cannot compete price wise. Daniel asked the size of Northpointe at buildout and Anderson said it would be about 480,000 square feet. Lloyd asked about job creation, she noted that she lost an employee to a home improvement center because they were paying more and offering benefits that she cannot. Ketchem noted that it is his impression that the concerns about this project are the off-site issues, that the town's infrastructure is not in place to handle a development of this type. Gill suggested a site visit to help members visual the proposal better and allow the applicants to point out any special concerns. Hauth said she would try to coordinate one or two times. ITEM #5: Hauth introduced Chatham Development's appeal of her denial of the Phase 2 final plat for Burkes Meadow. She described some of the history related to the project. She said she denied approval of the final plat because it had expired on December 21 and a bond was not submitted with the request. JC Edwards provided more history on the project, as the original applicant. O'Neal said that the development is going at a good speed now, and a delay of resubmitting would be very costly. Gill asked what options are available to the Board for this project. Hauth said the board could vote to authorize her to approve the plan application due to the unusual circumstances surrounding the project, or not, which would require the applicant to resubmit plans for Phase 2 as a new preliminary plan. Quinn asked whether there was a significant benefit to the town or "greater good" by requiring the plan to be resubmitted. Hauth said that there have been few changes to the subdivision regulations since the plan was approved. The cul-de-sacs, which are now limited, have already been built in Phase 1. Phase 2 provides the necessary connections to the outside road network. The change to require both recreation and open space is the only design change likely to be seen. MOTION: Warren moved to overturn the denial of the Phase 2 Final Plat with the condition that the bond for improvements is submitted within 120 days of the plat's expiration in December. Ketchem seconded. VOTE: Unanimous. ITEM #5a: Warren moved to approve the minutes as written. Brinkley seconded. VOTE: Unanimous. Gill adjourned the meeting at 8:40 PM. Respectfully submitted, Mafg,aret A. Hauth, Secretary