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HomeMy WebLinkAboutP&Z MINUTES JANUARY 24, 2001r: PLANNING & ZONING January 24, 2001 7:00 p.m. Presiding: John Watson Members: LaDawn Bratsman Ted Whyte Raymond Hill Doug Smith Bobbette Carlson Riley Bowman Mike Ricks City Clerk: Marilyn Hansen P.F.C.: John Millar City Attorney: Stephen Zollinger f• Doug made a motion to approve the minutes of January 10. Motion was seconded by Bobbette, all voted aye, none opposed. Brett Jensen Site Plan Approval John Millar reviewed the plan for a building to be constructed at the Rexburg Business Park for Brett Jensen. It meets the requirements of the restrictive covenants for MEDCO, it meets the parking requirements and is currently being reviewed by the various departments. There is nothing that would prohibit the approval. Discussion on the location of the property inside the business park. Brett Jensen stated this building will be used for wholesale plumbing supplies by Familian Plumbing who will lease the building. He would like to begin the building within the next month. Discussion concerning the parking requirements, vapor barrier, french drains, landscaping and city trash container. Ted made a motion to approve the site plan, seconded by Raymond. All voted aye, none opposed. John Watson reviewed the procedure and rules of a public hearing. Public Hearing for Eric Erickson for annexation and zone change John Millar read the Notice of Public Hearing. He then explained the location of the property between the City Municipal Golf Course and U. S. 20. It is 383 feet from Main Street north and comprises 5 acres. i• Ted declared a conflict of interest. Public Hearing was opened. Eric Erickson - This property is being purchased contingent on this approval and they desire to be annexed and ..have the zone changed to Highway Business District-(HBD). This change willbe in compliance with the Comprehensive. Plan. Eric distributed a map showing the survey of the property.. Approximately 40' of the parcel is under Highway 33 ramp. There is a ditch which borders the east side of the property which will be culverted and covered. There will be one access onto Main Street and one access onto the golf course road. There was no other public comment and the public hearing was closed. Discussion of the Board included the land owned by the Highway Department, traffic or studies of traffic on Main Street, and water and sewer connections. Doug made a motion to approve this request for annexation and zone change and send to City Council for public hearing. Motion was seconded by Mike Ricks. All voted aye, none opposed. Ted abstained, • Conceptual Plari for Windsor Apartments (Layne Archibald) Larry Hutson from Mountain River Engineering was present on behalf of Layne Archibald. He ~~ distributed a new proposal site and floor plan, Layne is basically presenting this plan to get some input from the Board before he comes in with a final site plan. The property is located on 3rd West and 5th South, across the road from Teton House. John Millar stated the road presently extends partway, the road to the east is between Shelbourne Apartments and the Rexburg Nursing Center. The proposal is for three apartment buildings for single students. The area is currently zoned HDR and they have complied with the parking regulation of 1 space per student. The entire project is for 44 units, 3 buildings with 4 students per unit which equates to 176 students. Larry stated the intent is to do this in three phases. Phase 1 is 17 units at 4 students for a total of 68 students. They would like to get this phase underway possibly by mid-March. In the spring of 2002 they would then begin Phase 2 and possibly Phase 3. Third West is partially complete and they will have to bring it up to City standards. There is an existing water line, sewer and storm drain which terminates near the north edge of this project. They would pick up the sewer line and extend south along the units. The drainage system comes back to the intersection of 5th South, the plan is to make the drain a tributary to those pickups. There z • ,• is only one entrance into Phase 1, to provide an emergency access they would put in a hard surface so that they can loop around and get back on 3rd West in the event that the one and only entrance would be blocked. Discussion on requirements, emergency services and other issues. Mr, Hutson was thanked for bringing in the project for review before it was in the process of being built. honing Ordinance Modification At the last meeting it was agreed that the present zoning ordinance needed modification in several areas and some would be discussed at each meeting. The issues for this meeting were presented by John Millar and are: Cell Towers -Height limitations, presentability, our ordinance presently allows communication towers in almost every zone. They are a permitted use in HBD and commercial and a conditional use in all other zones. Discussion on restricting to certain areas of the community, having them in neighborhoods, the more prevalent need for the towers than in the past, various types of towers, consolidation, FCC federal regulations, and the possibility of keeping them in a concentrated area. After lengthy discussion it was suggested that John request information about towers from neighboring cities and this item will then be put on the next agenda. Street and Parking Lot Lights -John Watson distributed a lighting pattern which • explained the various forms and requirements of lighting for streets and parking lots. He explained the highlights of the article and requested everyone read the same and return with more ideas, knowledge and information on what is needed in our area. This will be brought up at the next meeting. Planned Unit Developments (PUDs) -John Millar discussed the subdivision going in on 1500 West which has been discussed as Medium Density Residential including condominiums. What they are really after is a PUD. Our present ordinance does not address this and that type of development does not fit within our ordinance. This allows for clustering of buildings with no higher density. You may build a 4-plex, 6-plex or an $-plex, you will own the property it sits on and maybe a little larger area, perhaps for a backyard that is fenced in, but the rest of the property is jointly owned. There is a homeowners association that mows the lav~m, maybe a club house or some type of recreation facility that is jointly owned by all the users which allows a different way to address land ownership. John has requested other ordinances from other communities for our review. Discussion of upsides, downsides, and allowing more creativity in design. Highway Business District/Central Business District -John Millar brought this matter up for discussion since the subject has come up with regards to some of the recent changes. There are basically two commercial zones, HBD and CBD. Other communities around have several business districts. Right now in our ordinance HBD allows almost everything. He questioned if • there is an interest in looking at different levels of businesses so they can be more defined and • protect some areas. Mediwn Density and High Density Residential zones -This question arose at the last Council meeting with regards to the Hawkins property. Right now there are three residential zones, single family, multi-family and high density residential. If it is high density residential it means you can put high density single family or you can put high density student housing. The neighborhood maybe fine with high density single family living units but they do not want 400 college students. in their backyard. There may be a need in developing high density residential into two zones which allow for single family residential in a high density or student housing, non-family, in a separate HDR zone. Discussion of other areas in town with a potential for this same problem. Discussion of recent change to parking ordinance, multi-family compared to student housing, parking lot count project, how to manage the growth of Rexburg. Public Hearings -John Millar recommended that the Board look at the .items that. require public hearings and those that require a hearing before the Planning & Zoning Commission and another hearing before City Council. There were several items, some under Conditional Use Permits and Variances that are so cut and dried it is a waste of time for both hearings. The significant issues should go before the Council but other items need to be reviewed to see if they are excessive. This will also be reviewed at another meeting. • •