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HomeMy WebLinkAboutP&Z MINUTES FEBRUARY 14, 19965~~ i~~ DATE: (021496) PLANNING & ZONING CITY OF REXBURG 02-14-96 7:00 p.m. Present: John Millar, Chairman Mary Ann Mounts Davawn Beattie Ted Whyte Roger Muir Mike Thueson Eric Erickson City Attorney: Steven Zollinger City Engineer: Joe Laird Minutes: Janet Williamson Others: Nile Boyle, Mayor Marsha Bjornn, City Council Ted Whyte moved to approve the minutes of 1/24/96. Mary Ann seconded the motion. All aye. Mary Ann moved to approve the minutes of the work meeting 2/8/96, with one correction. Mike seconded the motion. All aye. ~/• RE: SITE PLANS FOR GREASE MONKEY PRESENTED TOPIC: (400,59,,,GREASE MONKEY,WALKER PROPERTY,SITE PLANS) Larry Hudson, Mountain River Engineering, presented site plans for Grease Monkey north of Wal Mart. Phase I would develop the front acre of the 6 acre parcel. Plans had been changed, following the recommendation of the City Engineer, to have a dedicated roadway along the north line instead of a 30 foot frontage road as .originally planned. (Plans were shown and explained.) Phase II might include a hardware store to the East. It would be a 80' x 150' building. John Millar said the road straddles the property line and asked how the other property owners feel about it. The Mais, who own the Grease Monkey property have agreed to the road and are willing to pay their share of the costs. The other property owners to the north have not been asked. The Fire Marshall is against a private frontage road and feels a dedicated road to the north would be better for the utilities and give them better access. They will put in curb and gutter, sidewalk and utilities for all of Phase I now. They. will do the same for the rest of the property as it is developed. At this time the nearest sewer line on their side of the • road is at 1000 North. They would rather dig under the road and connect to the sanitary sewer line there. The water line runs along their side of the road now. It is a 12" line and they will attach with an 8" line. The storm drain is also on their side of the road now and . they will hook on to it. Eric pointed out that this has not been platted and is worried about 1/2 a street being built. Roger felt this would be a benefit to the adjoining properties. With explanations to the property owners, they may see the advantages. Joe said that Lois Grover and the Davidson's have contacted him and stated that they have no plans for a road system at this time. Mr. Hudson asked if the City is willing to participate in the installation of the utility lines. Joe said the City participates in the extra sizing, but other than that it would have to be part of the annexation agreement. He could also recoup his costs by charging people as they attach to the system. Whether the utilities will be private or dedicated would depend on the terms of the annexation agreement. In discussing the advantages and disadvantages of only 1/2 a street being built, the Planning & Zoning Commission felt that 1/2 a street would be better then a 30' private driveway. If other property owners do not agree to the road they may have to concentrate the utilities on the Grease Monkey side. They would prefer to have them down the middle. John read from the Subdivision Ordinance page 18 #3: 3. Half-street dedications shall be discouraged; provided, i however, the City may accept a partial street dedication when such street forms the boundary of the proposed subdivision and is deemed to be necessary for the orderly development of the neighborhood, and provided the City finds it will be appropriate to require the dedication of the remainder of the right-of-way when the adjoining property is developed. When a partial street exists adjoining a proposed subdivision the remainder of the right-of-way shall be dedicated. If this area is divided into 3 or more parcels it will be considered a subdivision. They are asking for one approach and a 2nd one on the 1/2 street. Roger would like someone to contact the Johnson's on the North to find out their views on the street. Mary Ann moved to table this until after the public hearing on the 28th. Davawn seconded the motion. A11 aye. RE: PARKING LOT - RICKS COLLEGE PRELIMINARY PLAT (CORNER OF CORNELL AND 3RD SOUTH} TOPIC: (400,60,,,PARKING LOTS,RICKS COLLEGE,PLATS,CORNELL,3RD SOUTH, SETBACKS) Davawn Beattie presented a rough draft of the plans for a parking lot on the corner lot of Cornell and 3rd South. The drainage will drain to • 3rd South. There will be a 13' retaining wall at the Northwest corner of the alley. ALL TRAFFIC will enter and exit on to 3rd South, not t ~/ • Cornell. His question is do they need to apply for a variance because they cannot meet the 25' setback requirement on both Cornell and 3rd South? Their plans are for a 4' brick planting stripe, 8' sidewalk and 8' landscaping. Total of 20'. Yes, they do need to apply for a variance. RE: MADISON FORD BUILDING - PRELIMINARY PLAN TOPIC: (400,61,,,MADISON FORD,5TH WEST,PRELIMINARY PLAT) John Millar declared a conflict of interest. He showed a preliminary plan for some minor expansion to the Madison Ford Building. It is mostly cosmetic but they are redoing the entire parking lot. They are acquiring more property onto 5th West. They will do curb and gutter and widening of Yellowstone Highway. (They will extend the asphalt to the curb and gutter. It matches fairly close now.) The old highway has 66' of right of way. It is hard to widen to the West because of the power line. The sidewalk will be contiguous to the curb. There is no curb and gutter there now and never has been, so, by their putting it in they will establish the road - setting precedence. It is 4 lanes now. 5th West has no deeded right of way on the West half of the street. ! • They will drain one portion to 5th West and then put in shallow surface injection wells for the rest. They will get water off from 5th West. There is no water line on the old highway. There is no fire protection so they will run a fire line in off from 5th West to the Madison Ford Building. They have modifications to make and will come back with a final plan. RE: PAT & CLIFFORD GOUGH - C.U.P. FOR APARTMENT IN BASEMENT ON TAURUS TOPIC: (400,61,,,GOUGH*CLIFFORD,C.U.P.,APARTMENTS) Pat and Clifford Gough parking plan for their There is a private ent windows are 5'10" x 3' 2 family dwellings are Permit. gave the Commission members a handout of the home. They do meet the parking requirement. rance to the basement through the garage. The John Millar said this area is zoned LDR 1 and allowed in this zone with a Conditional Use Mary Ann moved that they go to public hearing. Mike seconded the motion. All aye. (Brad Larsen was not present with a plan for a 4 plex on 2nd East South of the Armory.} RE: RANAE MAGEE - WORK MEETING • TOPIC: (400,61,,,MAGEE*RANAE) John asked Ranae if she was interested in working with them on the Comprehensive Plan. Rose asked her to put together a proposal and she G~ had one to present. She wasn't sure how realistic it was but it would give them a "ball park" figure. (She asked several questions regarding how much had been done already.} She asked what they thought the major issues were and the Commission felt they were: - Transportation - Recreation - Bike Paths, Golf Courses, etc. - Business Districts - Commercial Developments Mary Ann asked how she felt about doing this in combination with Terry and the County and RaNae felt she would have to see what all that involved. There have been some significant changes in transportation, building and direction in the last few years but you still may be able to use some of what you have in the current Comprehensive Plan. RaNae had copies of a draft plan she had just finished working on with Menan so they could get an idea of her style. Also, she had a summary of the Idaho Falls Comprehensive Plan that she had worked on. There are two things that she would propose to do: 1) Determine what the Land Use was and 2) Go out and talk to people before they start the plan. (She explained how she did this in Idaho Falls and what they found out.) You can get a good feel for how the community feels, where their values are and what they would like in the Plan, all, before you go to a Public Hearing. Eric was worried about the City plan being lost if we do it at the same time as the Madison County Plan. Will we get the input we want? (Discussion). RaNae said her proposal was negotiable - mapping, "leg work", etc. The reality is, she works for the City of Idaho Falls and they always come first. They get at least 40 hours a week if not more. Because there is so much leg work there is a person she now works with who is available from 8 to 5 and she is a landscape architect by training. She covers a lot of the leg work that needs to be done. There is a time frame included with her proposal. Mayor Boyle said they have $5,000 budgeted for this from now to October. There is a real need for a Comprehensive Plan. It gives Grant application real meaning. At the next meeting they will make a decision. RaNae said she knows Terry but has never worked with her. If they decide they need a different proposal she would need to sit down with Terry and find out just what they have done and how they have done it. Her proposal right now does assume that some things have been done. Davawn asked RaNae what she saw as this. RaNae said mainly as: - defining the issues - what they .want from citizen - setting the guidelines their role (the Commission) in participation • • Cif ~~'• - policy making body - look closely at draft to see if community can live with it. The Commission needs to review the existing Comprehensive Plan and RaNaes proposal. Eric moved that they adjourn. Mike seconded the motion. All aye. • •