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Home My Public Portal AboutMinutes_Planning & Zoning Meeting_02092011PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING FEBRUARY 9, 2011 6:30 P.M. AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER PUBLIC HEARING: AMENDMENT TO R-T ZONE PRESENT: Chairman Dan Garren; members Roy Hobbs, Mike Taylor, Rob Geray, and Clerk Robyn Keyes. VISITORS: Bette Lovinus, Greg Hansen, Gerry Kirkpatrick PZ member Garren welcomed everyone, and PZ member Hobbs led the Pledge of Allegiance. Clerk Keyes reported that PZ member Lance Ellis had resigned from the commission and Bette Lovinus was visiting to gather information regarding joining the PZ commission. Minutes. The minutes were reviewed. PZ member Taylor made a motion to approve the minutes. PZ member Hobbs seconded the motion. Minutes approved Impact Area Letter. PZ chairman Garren said he was still working on the letter for the County regarding the impact area increase. The Planning and Zoning Commission held a discussion about the positive and negative implications of expanding the impact area to the east and north. The issue was tabled until next month. Public Hearing Amendment to R-T Zone. A public hearing was held to consider amending the R-T zone to allow single family dwellings. After holding the hearing the Commission recommended to the Council to amend the R-T zone to allow single family dwellings provided they meet the R-T zoning requirements. See appendix A for hearing minutes. Previous Action Items. Clerk Keyes said the Mayor recommended continuing to table the daycare ordinance changes for awhile longer. Reports. PZ member Geray said after looking at Title 11 in the Code Book, the establishments of districts needed to be redefined as well as the current zoning map. Additionally, the scope and definitions of the districts needed to be looked at for accuracy or modifications. The Commission members agreed to add Title 11 review to next month's agenda. PZ member Taylor made a motion to adjourn. PZ member Geray seconded the motion. All were in favor. Adjourned 8:20 p.m. 1 ,..4.,,.T,s.. APPENDIX A PUBLIC HEARING 7:00 P.M. R-T ZONE AMENDMENT PRESENT: Chairman Dan Garren, Members; Roy Hobbs, Robert Geray, Mike Taylor, and Clerk Robyn Keyes. VISITORS: Bette Lovinus, Greg Hansen, Gerry Kirkpatrick Chairman Garren welcomed everyone, went over the procedure for the public hearing, and turned the time over to Greg Hansen from Rockwell Development. Mr. Hansen gave everyone a map showing where the R-T zone was within Mountain Ridge Estates. Mr. Hansen explained that the economy had caused building to slow down in Mountain Ridge Estates while building had increased in other Rockwell developments in the area. Mr. Hansen said the sales of attached twin town homes had nearly ceased. Mr. Hansen said he had two solutions that would help increase the sales of the empty lots in the R-T zone. The first solution was to allow single family homes within the R-T zone, since they were in more of a demand. The second solution was to allow twin patio homes to be built in the R-T zone as well. Mr. Hansen said Rockwell had a development in the Pocatello area that was set up like town homes, but instead of building two homes that were attached with a common wall; they were separating the homes with a six foot side easement for each home, which would give a total separation between homes of 12 feet. Mr. Hansen said the lot size was the same as that for a town home and the cost was the same as a town home, but much lower than a single family home, which made it affordable for many more people. Mr. Hansen said Rockwell had already approached other cities in the area regarding the idea of two patio homes on a lot instead of a two town homes, and the other cities were in favor of the idea. Mr. Hansen said some of the other cities were making amendments to the R-T, or R-2 zones to allow two patio homes. Mr. Hansen said the R-T zone in Mountain Ridge already had the infrastructure in place for each lot to have two homes. Mr. Hansen said for the sake of selling the remaining lots Rockwell was proposing to allow two single family dwellings on the two lots adjacent to the R-1 zone on Sagebrush, build two patio homes per lot instead of two town homes in the cul-de-sac lots on Sagebrush, and leave the remaining lots on Quaky Aspen as town homes. Mr. Hansen said town homes were appealing to single people and older people who's children were grown and not living at home, where as patio homes were appealing to young couples with children who were looking for an affordable first home. Mr. Hansen said the sale of twin patio homes was going very well in their other developments. PZ member Hobbs asked what the square footage was for the patio homes. Mr. Hansen said they were generally 1,100 to 1,400 square feet, and because of the floor plan they were very appealing to many people. PZ member Taylor asked why the patio homes were so a popular. Mr. Hansen said the patio homes were more popular because they were less expensive than single family homes, and they were separated and didn't have a common wall like the town homes. 2 PZ Chairman Garren asked if the lots were sold separately. Mr. Hansen said they would be and the existing R-T lots in Mountain Ridge would need to be re -staked. PZ member Geray asked if it would be faster and easier to just rezone the two lots in the R-T zone where Rockwell wanted to build single family homes. PZ member Taylor said rezoning the property would take another month along with another public hearing, amending the zone would be faster and easier. PZ member Geray said he was worried that by amending the R-T zone to allow single family homes that would open the door for all sorts of mixing and matching within zones. PZ member Taylor said that probably wouldn't happen if the single family dwelling was built to the specifications of the R-T zone. Clerk Keyes said most developers would not allow mixing and matching within their developments and they were fairly strict and uniform with the structure requirements. Clerk Keyes said an alternative might be to issue a variance for the two lots that Rockwell wanted to put single family homes on. Mr. Kirkpatrick said he lived in a town home within the R-T zone and he was in favor of allowing the patio home idea because he was already having lending problems because he lived in a town home with a common wall. Mr. Kirkpatrick also said he was in favor of allowing the two single family homes in the R-T zone because they were contiguous to the R-1 zone anyway. Mr. Kirkpatrick asked if the City had a master plan and if having various housing options was part of the master plan. Clerk Keyes said the City did have a Comprehensive Plan and varied, affordable, housing was part of the plan. Clerk Keyes also said that Connie Roberts called and was in favor of allowing single family dwellings because she wanted to see the area developed and not left in fields of dried weeds. Ms. Roberts lives in the R-T zone in Mountain Ridge Estates. Chairman Garren asked how this would effect the 1/3 acre lot requirement. Mr. Hansen said the two lots that they want to put the single family homes on met the requirements. PZ member Taylor said regarding the patio homes, the City had already allowed patio homes on smaller size lots, so there was already a precedence set. 3 Mr. Hansen said the twin patio home proposal was really not much different than a twin town home, except the side set back requirements would need to be changed to allow for the separation space. The town homes were already sold as separate lots. PZ member Taylor said he was in favor of allowing the amendment to the R-T zone and in favor of the twin patio home proposal. PZ member Hobbs said he was also in favor of the amendment. PZ member Geray said he was in favor of allowing the single family homes as long as they followed the R-T requirements, which would discourage typical single family dwellings within the zone, but he wanted to think more about the twin patio home proposal. Chairman Garren agreed. PZ member Geray made a motion to recommend to the Council to amend the R-T zone to allow single family dwellings provided they follow the R-T zone requirements. PZ member Hobbs seconded the motion. Roll call as follows: AYE: PZ member Geray, PZ member Taylor, PZ member Hobbs, PZ chairman Garren. NAY: None. Motion carried. Hearing closed 8:15 p.m. 4 4 700 1 IONA ROAD (3300 NORTH) szr 6 24 1 O 314 3141 a 3113 3111 '* 307 3075 0 1 3 3053 3051 14 3017 3015 oo rn N O) N SAGEBRUSH CIRCLE 8 3142 3140 3122 7 3120 7 5 3082 3080 f 3022 42.0 6 N N d- et- 5 o 0 d- d- 4 3111 3109 inin NN et- d- G 00 CO CCO�N r eh et d- et 26 25 WEIGEL CIRCLE QUAKY ASPEN DRIVE 14 3272 3270 0 323423 3232 0 3202 99 3200 0 314220 3140 b 311 311 DENNING AVE N H- d- 23 1 1 1 18 471 O N_._.-<-,-00 a d- d- 22 IONA ROAD (3300 NORTH) d7o0 1 314N 3141' _.__..-311 11 3111 307777 12 3075' I3 _ 3053 3051 __ 4 3017' i 3015 _._._.. 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