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Home My Public Portal About3.6.2001 Agenda & MinutesAGENDA PLANNING BOARD Tuesday, March 6, 2001 6:30 p.m. Town Barn ITEM #l: Consideration of additions to the agenda. ITEM 92: Comments from the Chair • Committee Reports ITEM #3: Recommendation to Town Board regarding request from DLAN TWO, LLC to rezone 58 acres in the southwest quadrant of the 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 94: Updates on town and county joint interest items: • The Preserve • Adequate public facilities ordinance for schools • Economic Development District at Old 86/1-40 ITEM #5: ITEM #6 Approval of minutes from November, December, January, and February meetings. 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 .919-732-2104 0 Fax: 919-644-2390 u MINUTES PLANNING BOARD March 6, 2001 PRESENT: Pam Blue -Thompson, Jim Boericke, Joel Brinkley, Cathy Carroll, Brian Ketchem, Cannie Lloyd, Chris Quinn, Bryant Warren PUBLIC: Jerry Dickens, Bill Anderson, Jack Smyre, Jim Hopper, Ken Chavious, Dianne Reid, Frances Dancy, Brian Lowen, Margaret Hauth Brinkley offered to serve as chair in the absence of the chair and vice -chair. Brinkley called the meeting to order at 6:32 PM. Hauth introduced Lloyd, new out-of-town member and liaison member with the Board of Adjustment. ITEM #2: Hauth reported that the Parks and Recreation Board had been re -activated to coordinate with the River Walk feasibility study. Warren reported that the EDD -Transportation committee had met once and is in the organizational phase. Lloyd reported that there was not a quorum of the Board of Adjustment. ITEM #3: Hauth introduced the rezoning and Master Plan/Special Use Permit for Hampton Pointe (a.k.a. DIAN TWO). She said that the Town Board discussed the revised plan at a work session and asked that the Planning Board send a representative or two to the next Town Board to help them better understand the Planning Board's comments and concerns. Carroll said she could not attend, but hoped the person would represent the opinion of the board, rather than personal opinions. The members agreed that comments must be representative. Anderson and Dickens described the changes to the site plan: addition of sidewalks, speed tables, green space at the interior intersection, and the removal of an entrance drive. He said they had heard comments about too much visible parking and the request for the parking lot to be more park like. They detailed the new location of the small shops and the landscaping around them to allow outdoor eating. The shop area is approximately 60' X 100' as is the park area around it. Warren asked about the driveway removal. Dickens said they anticipated it being a DOT requirement, plus it allowed them to put in a dedicated right turn lane at the signal. Brinkley asked for clarification of the lanes inside the site. Anderson said they are trying to stack their traffic on-site rather than on adjacent roads, which is the problem with New Hope Commons. He added that Parcel A is a likely location for a convenience store. Brinkley expressed concern about conflicting turn movements for those exiting Parcel A. Warren asked about driveway locations for outparcels. Anderson said they are shown on the Master Plan and an amendment would be needed if they moved when the individual sites were proposed. Dickens also noted the location of the reservation for transit parking and their interest in being served by regional bus service. Ketchem thanked the applicants for the changes. He said they improved the site. He asked why they chose the new location for the small shops. Anderson said they wanted to tie in the outparcels to the larger development, it was the one location that was away from the entrances to the "big boxes" who insist on front door parking, and it helps provide the streetscape feel that was desired. Ketchem said the plan was close to acceptable. He said the one thing that would win him over was the setting aside of Parcel A as public open space. It would limit the impervious surface and preserve the site's history in a meaningful way. Anderson said that was financially not feasible. PB 3/6/2001, page 2 Brinkley asked about wetlands. Dickens said that 2 areas that are subj ect to Corps review will remain, but 9,000 square feet of "non jurisdictional" wetlands will be removed. He said that the site is a good location transportation wise because improvements are planned for the area. He also said it is uncommon to see so much public support in the form of comments and petitions in favor of a project. Boericke asked whether the interior intersection would be signalized. Anderson said it would not be. Quinn asked whether the impervious surface was still 69% and Anderson confirmed it was. He supported Ketchem's idea of a larger public gathering area. Quinn expressed concern about the impact of this project on current and local retailers. Carroll said that many that provide specialized service like Dual Supply will survive just fine since they survived Wal -mart moving in ten years ago. Anderson said he talked to the owner of Durham Hardware, which is less than a mile from Northpointe. The owner said that he lost 20% the first year, but since then he has more than re -cooped his losses and that Home Depot sends customers to him. Blue -Thompson asked about the design of the buildings and those details were discussed. Boericke noted his concern that while the infrastructure is planned for this development, it is not yet in place and will overwhelm us in the intervening period. Warren and Lloyd both thanked the applicants for being cooperative. MOTION: Warren moved to recommend Town Board approve the rezoning request to Entranceway Special Use. Carroll seconded. VOTE: 7-1 with Boericke opposed. MOTION: Warren moved to recommend Town Board approve the Special Use Permit/Master Plan with the conditions that detailed water and sewer plans are approved by the Town Engineer, NCDOT approves the road improvement and driveway plans, and detailed site plans for the Special Use Permit portion are submitted and approved by Planning Staff. Lloyd seconded. VOTE: 4-4 with Brinkley, Boericke, Ketchem, and Quinn opposed. Boericke and Warren agreed to both attend the Town Board meeting. The members agreed that positive aspects of the plan are increased tax base, jobs, and opportunity for people, especially high school and college students to work closer to home. Negative aspects were listed as traffic, scale, and impact to local businesses. ITEM 94: Hauth updated the members on a few projects. She said the applicant withdrew the Preserve subdivision proposed near Pathways Elementary School from consideration. She said although the project was in the County's jurisdiction, it would have had serious impacts on the town. She provided some brief information about the proposed adequate public facilities ordinance that would require residential developments to receive information from the school system in advance of applying for approval that there would be adequate school capacity for students generated by the development. She said the county's version of the EDD regulations are nearing completion, but are more intricate than the Town's. She said the Town would have to determine whether to amend its regulations. ITEM #5: Warren moved to approve the minutes as written. Boericke seconded. VOTE: Unanimous. Brinkley adjourned the meeting at 8:45 PM. Respectfully submitted, argaret A. Hauth, Secretary