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HomeMy WebLinkAboutP&Z MINUTES JULY 12, 2000~~~ DATE: (071200) PLANNING & ZONING July 12, 2000 Present: 7:00 p.m. Chairman: Davawn Beattie Memhers: LaDawn Bratsman Ted Whyte Doug Smith Mike Thueson Gary Steiner Raymond Hill John Watson Bobbette Carlson Riley Bowman City Clerk: Marilyn Hansen F.F.C.: John Millar Council Member: Donna Benfield City Attorney: Stephen Zollinger Excused: Roger Muir Doug made a motion tc approve the minutes from June 14, motion was seconded by Gary. All voted aye, none opposed. RE: PUBLIC HEARING FOR NEWCOM TOPIC: (500,258,,,NEWCOM,COh~vIUNICATION TOWER,WATER TOWER,C.U.P., FAA,AIRPORT BOARD) Davawn opened the public hearing for NewCom for a communications tower. Stephen read the public notice. John Millar pointed out the location for and description of the tower. Rex Portman from NewCom explained that the self-supporting, lattice, tower is for wireless communication. The tower location lot is surrounded with a fence. Cell phones will have no long distance rates, no roaming charges and email benefits when this tower is complete. Richard Smith objected to this tower being higher than the city water tower in the same location and it should be approved by the Airport Board and FAA. He was assured that the tower will NOT be higher than the water tower and Rex stated he had no problem with providing the Airport Board with this information. This was Richard's only concern and if this is addressed he has no problem with the tower. ~~ 1 ~~;~ Public hearing was closed. • Doug made a motion to approve the Conditional Use on this tower, subsequent to FAA and Airport Board approval. Motion was seconded by Bobbette, all voted aye, none opposed. It was suggested by the Board that a work meeting be scheduled to address the ordinance relating to towers RE: MARSHALL MERRELL ADDITION TOPIC: (500,259,„MERRELL*MARSHALL,PROFESSIONAL PLAZA,SETBACKS) The addition to Marshall Merrell's office located at 46 Professional Plaza was brought before the board. He desires to add 10 feet to the front of his office for a waiting area, still leaving the structure 15 feet from the curb. Plans for the building were reviewed. John's review shows that the setback req~.zired in this zone is 20 feet, so the proposed addition is less than the setback. However, in measuring the set back with other buildings in the area the average setback is about 12 feet. The addition does meet the average set back in this location. There is parking on the street and parking in back of the office. The plans will need to go through building department inspections. Mike made a motion to accept this addition based on City Department approval and • recommendation. Raymond seconded the motion, all voted aye, none opposed. RE: KRISTINE BRUNSON PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE TOPIC: (500,259,,,BRUNSON,KRISTINE,IST NORTH,ZONE CHANGES,L.D.R.1, LY'MAN SUBDIVISION,L.D.R.2) Kristine Brunson proposed a zone change at 352 West 1st North. John pointed out the location of the property in question on the map. This request is for a zone change from LDR to MDR. She has a house in the front portion of the lot, the back of the lot is gravel and weeds. The house will stay temporarily until she decides exactly what to do with the praperty. The intention is to start with apartments from the back and move forward but has no time frame in mind. John reported that the apartments on the corner built about 1971 are in an LDRl zone, and were built out of zone at the time. The properties are not contiguous to those apartments. This re- zone would create a spot zone in the area. The Lyman Subdivision next to this property is zoned LDR 2, and when the rezoning was done in 1992, there was an uproar from the people in that area not wanting more apartments. Therefore the property north of the existing apartments was not zoned into a higher density and was left at LDR 1 and eventually changed to LDR 2. Mike made a motion to move this project to public hearing as long as Kristine is aware that it will create spot zoning and there is sentiment with the neighborhood which are both serious 2 ~~~ issues to look at before she spends the money for the public hearing. Doug seconded the motion, all voted aye, none opposed. RE: FRANK ZIlvIN1ER:MAN SITE PLAN TOPIC: (500,260,,,ZIlvIlvIERMAN*FRANK,CENTRAL PARK,NORTH HIGHWAY, IIvIPACT ZONE,ANNEXATIONS,SITE PLANS, l ST NORTH) Frank Zimmerman presented his site plan for building a Central Park south of town and his request for annexation. Frank is aware of the risk of beginning the building, if the City disapproves his annexation he will not be able to hook to City services. Frank explained that Central Park is a double drive-through restaurant with a simple lower-priced menu, no inside seating, it does have an outside picnic area for summertime. The building is under 1000 square feet, it is a modular, steel sided, painted building with trim work which is lit up very well. John remarked that Frank has worked well with the City in requirements to acquire right-of--way for the widening of First North. The access onto Highway 33 already exists and there will be two accesses onto First North which will eventually be a main street. Annexation will be only for the building parcel at present but they will be cleaning up the entire lot. There will be one free standing sign plus the entrance and exit signs. Mitch Neibaur stated he knew there were no guidelines or rules for architectural design but questioned the design of the building. John commented that there has been a lot done to develop ;• the site with landscaping and it will be one of the better developed lots along the highway. John Watson made a motion to approve the site plan for Central Park. Doug seconded the motion, all voted aye, none opposed. Mike made a motion that the request for annexation go to Public Hearing, motion was seconded by Raymond, all voted aye, none opposed. RE: AMERICAN MANOR PARKING LOT TOPIC: (500,260,,,AMERICAN MANOR,PARI~ING LOTS,IST EAST,RENCHER*TAMLA, FIRE DEPARTMENT,SITE PLANS) John presented the design for the proposed parking lot at the American Manor apartment complex located at South First East and commented on all the problems in the past. These buildings have constituted more work by City Inspectors than any other project in town. Dr. Young has sold his office to the owners of this property, Tamla Rencher, it will remain as an operational dentist office for 4 years. In the City review of the plans there are items that need to be worked out, they show parking in the setback which is not allowed with the current ordinance, it does not meet the 10% landscaping requirement. With parking adjacent to a residential area there must be a separating buffer, either landscaping or a fence, they want to use the neighbors shrubs as a landscaping buffer but that will not be allowed. There are also a ~,• 3 ~~/ couple of Fire Department issues, one aisle is not adequate, the City will require that they do a f/ new or additional fire hydrant and there are some drainage issues on the north side. There was discussion on the site plan needing modifications, the time line, whether to table or approve. Barbara Mann, 165 South lst East, next door neighbor, explained their property line and their position concerning the parking lot. They know there needs to be parking, they know it will be adjacent to their pr-0perty;-bat-they would prefer it not be done fast and cheap but done well, and they would like a white vinyl no-maintenance fence.. Discussion of the size and type offence and the lack of a good drawing. Ted made a motion to table this project until there is an adequate drawing and the City has more time to review this plan. John explained that the City has been working with them for years and now there is a time line to try to get this solved to be on line for this fall so time is an issue. There was discussion on conditions, the need for a correct drawing for the next meeting to meet the P&Z requirements, what the time line consists of, what P&Z recommends and what the ordinance allows. Ted withdrew his motion. Ted made a motion to grant the site approval based upon having a new drawing for the next meeting in two weeks, a maintenance free fence be addressed on the south and west of the property in lieu of the 4' landscaping strip, landscaping and drainage requirements be met and conditioned upon City Departmental and sire Departmeni approval. Motion was seconded by John Watson. All voted aye, none opposed. RE: HAROLD NIELSEN ZONE CHANGE TOPIC: (500,261,,,NIELSEN*HAROLD,4TH WEST,ZONE CHANGES) Harold Nielsen, 559 South 4th West, distributed drawings of his property, showing that half of his farm located near the National Guard Armory is already zoned HDR and the other half is zoned MDR. He would like to rezone the entire parcel to HDR. After some discussion Doug made a motion that this proposal be sent to public hearing for the purpose of rezoning from MDR to HDR., motion was seconded by Mike. All voted aye, none opposed. RE: LDS PROPERTY ON NORTH HIGHWAY TOPIC: (500,261,,,LDS CHURCH,SITE PLANS,NORTH HIGHWAY, DESERET INDUSTRIES) John Watson presented a proposed project involving property owned by the L.D.S. Church located near the bowling alley for the purpose of receiving input from the Board.. He was asked to develop a plan that made reasonable, sellable lots but retain approximately 3 acres near the back for Deseret Industries. The layout of the plan and possibilities were discussed 4 • ~~ RE: MADISON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ADDITION TOPIC: (500,262,,,MADISON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, SITE PLANS} Madison Memorial Hospital has contracted with a company that provides mobile MRI services and comes to the hospital 3 days a week. John presented the layout of the hospital to show exactly where this unit parks. The hospital is considering providing modular MRI services and will. be_ able to pay it off in 3-5 years for what it -costs for the mobile MRI. This unit is designed with the same aesthetics as the hospital and will be on a foundation. Even though this does not need to be approved he felt he wanted the Board's approval anyway and explained the costs and the process for setting the unit up. RE: RICKS COLLEGE STATUS TOPIC: (500,262,,,RICKS COLLEGE,PARKING ORDINANCES,PARKINGS SPACES) Ted Whyte has same concerns regarding the change of status at Ricks College from a 2 year to a 4 year college and what impact this will have on the City. Property is being purchased left and right and we need to be aware and prepared for the projects that will be coming up. Several items were discussed including the requirement for .7 parking spaces for apartment units and if this ratio is sufficient. It was recommended by Davawn that everyone take a serious look at the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Map to be prepared for these upcoming projects. Marilyn was assigned to check with cities that have colleges as to what their parking requirements are for apartments. John Millar discussed all the clandestine apartments in town ~' that do not meet zoning requirements or building requirements pertaining to life safety issues. We are trying to work with Stephen to develop some enforcement to put these units in compliance. John also discussed the push that will be on for anyone that has a back lot big enough to put anything on, to shoe horn things in, spot zone requests and the need to be careful not to get stampeded in to making decisions that are not best for the community. There was some discussion on the Youth and Family Renewal Center, and what had transpired since it appeared before the Board and what decisions or process could have been done differently. Meeting was adjourned. ~`~ 5