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HomeMy WebLinkAboutP&Z MINUTES APRIL 13, 1994 DATE: (041394) Planning & Zoning Work Meeting 4/13/94 7:00 P. M. • Those Present: Chairman: Members: Councilmember: City Clerk: Attorney: Engineer: John Millar Mary Ann Mounts John Watson Jerry Jeppesen Davawn Beattie Marsha Bjornn Richard Smith Bruce Sutherland Rose Bagley J. D. Hancock Joe Laird RE: SITE PLAN FOR NEW MOTEL - COMFORT INN PRESENTED AND APPROVED TOPIC: (300,8,,,SITE PLANS, COMFORT INN,MAIN STREET) Judy Davis was at the meeting to present the site plan for the new Motel. John Millar declared a conflict, his firm had done the work on the project, and asked Mary Ann Mounts to chair this issue. This site plan is only for the motel, any future building to be done they will bring those plans to P & Z for approval. It will be a 52 unit motel. They are looking at a full service family restaurant. There will be a green buffer between the complex and the neighbors. They are hoping to fill the building sites in this season and will not be doing any extensive landscaping at this time. The land will be maintained and kept from weeds. Jerry Jeppesen asked if they were going to cater to the trucking industry? Judy explained because of the concern of the neighbors, the annexation agreement excludes any type of a truck stop. That is not to say that someone that drives a truck will not come and stay at the motel. There will be nothing there that will attract a truck atop situation. On the east side by the trees will have a green area. There will be shrubs on the south side along the canal, for a visual block for the guests. On the west side there will be a play ground area and landscaping. There will also have to be access to the canal company. There will be landscaping on the southwest corner. They would like to see a small gas station go in with a small convient store and maybe a fast foot restaurant. They do want the nice restaurant. John Millar stated that for storm drainage the site will be built up and retain green areas around and drain off onto the green area and disperse natural. The motel will be two stories. (discussion on sidewalk issue) A motion was made by Davawn Beattie that we accept the plan with the idea that they have sidewalks on one side of the driveway. Seconded by Marsha Bjornn. All Aye except John Millar who abstained. • • RE: REPORT ON LOT SIZE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING - NEW LDR2 ZONE CREATED TOPIC: (300,9,,,LOT SIZE,HOUSING,LDR2 ZONE,ZONING) John Watson and Dean Ricks reported the information they had found on Lot Size for affordable housing. John reported he stopped in the Idaho Falls Planning Department and reviewed the Idaho Falls Ordinance. They have two or three zones that you can build a home on 6000 a square feet lot and they use to have a minimum width of 60 feet. Some of the developers came in and told them they had a bad situation with 6000 and asked them to change the width to 50 feet wide with a 7 1/2 foot side yard. 6000 is the smallest lot. John asked them if it had been a problem and they said it had not, it had provided an opportunity for some builders to build some smaller homes that would allow lower income individuals to build a home. He asked RaNae how come in Idaho Falls you have 6000, 8000, 10,000 and 12,000 and in Rexburg we have 8000 and 12,000 square foot. She said when she was writing the ordinance, she originally went to 6000 and 10,000, but the Planning Commission working on it changed that. He asked her what she thought it should be, and she felt we should provide the opportunity for 6000. He had tried to find a reason why we should not consider that, but had not found any reasons. Dean Ricks had checked some of the plats for sub divisions. Cresthaven which is LDR, which we consider big lots,-are 122 foot deep by 90 foot wide and does not meet the requirements of the the zoning ordinance. Ricks Palmer Sub division is LDR1 and allows for a 60 foot front. To come up with the required 8000 square feet, the lots would have to be 133 foot deep, which is quite deep. In LDR you would have to have a real deep lot to get that many square feet and none of the lots in Cresthaven have that many square feet. Dean felt that the footage should be changed and suggested 10,000 in LDR and 6000 in LDR1. Rose stated she and Dean checked all of the plats in the office and none of them met the requirements, unless they were outside lots. John Watson discussed the plat West of his house and South of the Cresthaven church. That whole area, he had heard is a recorded plat. J. D. stated that it was never approved or recorded, it was only a preliminary plat but not approved final plat. John Watson said the lot sizes vary in that plat, and if this lot size change is moving forward, it should help in that plat. He felt that 10,000 would be big enough for those lots. It is zoned LDR. (discussion) Farm Home requirements on lot size is 6705. Dean Ricks showed plans of a home that could be put on the smaller lot, that would sell for under $70,000. He said if you have a 133 foot deep lot you would only have a weed patch, because people would not take care of that big of a lot. He stated that for the curb and gutter and watering system, you are looking at over a $2000 savings. John Millar stated that the lot size is not as critical as the frontage. That is where your cost is, by the time you get the street, curb, gutter, sidewalk, storm drainage you can be two or three times the land cost. Basically what it would allow you to do is if you are doing a series of streets, you could move your streets a little closer and fit in one 1~ more row of lots on a new development. You could have a request for a sub divider like Croft that would designate one area for LDR and one for LDR1 or another zone if we decide. A motion was made by Marsha Bjornn to create a new zone called LDR2 with the minimum lot area of 6000 square feet with the same frontage and set backs with the rest as written in the Zoning Ordinance. Seconded by Davawn Beattie. All Aye Dean Ricks asked what will it do with the rest of the lots that are platted in his addition. John Millar stated that any existing lot is as it is. Dean said he was talking about four lots that are platted and zoned, the rest of it is rot platted. Any property that is platted and zoned will have to have .the plat changed and have the zone changed. RE: PROPOSED PARKING LOT & FURTURE STUDENT HOUSING ON 1ST SOUTH - KURT GOODFELLOW & RICHARD PALMER (ONLY PARKING LOT PLAT ACCEPTED) TOPIC: {300,10,,,PARKING LOTS,STUDENT HOUSING,IST STREET) John Millar stated that at the last meeting Kurt Goodfellow and Richard Palmer was at the meeting with a drawing for a proposed parking lot and a proposed future student housing on 1st South, which we reviewed. We needed some additional information. Joe has checked the plan which needs to be acted on at this meeting. John Millar declared a conflict of interest and asked Mary Ann Mounts to chair this issue. Modifications have been made and the parking now meets the setback requirements, where parking is in a residential area, the parking has to meet the setback. We need to approve the site plan for a parking lot. The building will be a separate issue. (discussion) Joe stated that when you approve this plan, you will be approving the location of the building. A motion was made by Richard Smith that we accept the Parking Lot Plat and make no representations of acceptance or rejections on anything contained on this drawing regarding the building, we do recognize that a building is contemplated there. Seconded by John Watson. All Aye except John Millar who abstained. RE: DISCUSSION OF ZONING PROPERTY ON WEST MAIN LDR1 (JOE LAIRD & RIGBY, MORRELL PROPERTIES) TOPIC: (300,10,,,ZONING,MAIN STREET,LAIRD PROPERTY, RIGBY/MORRELL PROPERTY} There are approximately four acres directly west of the Park Street Church, that has been acquired by Joe Laird. That property and the Morrell Rigby property has never been zoned. It has been in the city limits since 1962. Joe wants it zoned LDR1. We need to proceed with a public hearing to zone that property. It is in the clear zone of the airport. We need to contact the executors of the Rigby Morrell property about zoning that property. The committee felt it should be zoned LDR1. Richard suggested if the Rigby Morrell property is zoned residential, we might have the residents complaining about the airplanes. John Millar suggested that we need to keep West Main as [~ • uncommercialized as we can. There would be no problem with Joe going ahead with his house before it is zoned. Joe said after it is zoned LDRl, he would like to go ahead and sub divide that four acres. RE: IMPACT ZONE DISCUSSED TOPIC: (300,11,,,IMPACT ZONE} Impact Zone Hearing- On the 21st from 2:00 P. M. to 8:00 P. M. there would be an Informational Hearing and John Millar asked for volunteers. The big item we have not addressed is the Table 1 and Table 2 as addressed on page 19 and 25 in our ordinance. We need this table developed for Rural Residential and Agricultural Zones and Table 2 summarizes what is permitted and what is a Conditional Use in those zones. We need to add Heavy Industrial Zone. (discussion on amending the ordinance or adding an additional chapter for the Impact Zone) John Millar said he would draw up the tables. (discussion on the definitions and uses in tables) After the Impact Hearing, we will need to amend our ordinance with including all the changes we have decided an. Discussion on the ordinances J. D. had drawn up. RE: SIGN ORDINANCE - UNIFORM SIGN CODE BOOK TOPIC: (300,11,,,SIGN ORDINANCE) Davawn discussed the Sign Ordinance. It was felt that we need to adopt the Uniform Sign Code Book. Rose was asked to order copies of the Sign Code. Meeting adjourned. •