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HomeMy WebLinkAboutP&Z MINUTES MARCH 13, 2002• PLANNING & ZONING March 13, 2002 7:00 p.m. Chairman: Winston Dyer Members: Ladawn Bratsman Bobbette Carlson Ted Whyte Robert Schwartz Jacob Fullmer Daug Smith Glenn Walker Minutes: Natilyn Varela P.F.C.: John Millar Attorney: Stephen Zollinger Excused: Mike Ricks Approval of minutes Minutes for February 27, 2002, meeting will be approved at the next scheduled meeting. Discussion on subdivision and plat approval for subdivisions. The Board received a Letter from • Keith Steiner regarding overlay of medical buildings. Winston read a portion of the letter and also referred to an article from the Standard Journal regarding the proposed overlay. Don Sparhawk had written a letter to the board which ultimately caused the public hearing for the overlay to be canceled. Mayor Sutherland was given time to speak to the board members. He thanked the members for taking time to be on this board, he supports everything the board does and encourages all the board members to speak their mind. Public Hearing for Annexation and Zone Change for John Millar John Millar explained where this parcel of property is located, the current zone and the requested zone change. The parcel contains 1.2 acres. Winston explained that the property is presently outside of the city limits, it is proposed to be annexed and zoned into amulti-family zone. This property is surrounded by multi-family zoning. Winston read a letter from Nile Lewis with regards to this zone change. Discussion concerning roads. Glenn made a motion to send this request to City Council with a recommendation it be approved for zone change to Medium Density Residential (MDR). Motion was seconded by Doug. All voted aye with the exception of a nay vote from Robert. • , Motion passed. Site Plan Review for Madison Professional Plaza for Brian Harris John Millar explained the location of the property. Parking was constructed when subdivision was built and it is adequate for this building. Discussion concerning landscaping and drainage in the parking lot. Doug made a motion to approve the site plan subject to approval from City Departments. Ladawn seconded the motion, all voted aye. Public Hearing for Conditional Use Permit for Thomas Croasmun John discussed the location of his home and their desire to add an apartment for a two family dwelling. Duffy McFarland --~50 Yale Duffy owns the home north of the. subject property and ask for clarification of a Conditional Use Permit. His concerns about the property is about the value of his home. There are some concerns about parking and having the neighborhood with a lot of cars. Val Christensen commented on the conditions like not blocking the fire hydrant and the need for parking to be rearranged, a limit to number of cars. If this is a two family dwelling there should only be four cars allowed to park there. Winston read a letter from neighbors and their concerns. • Stephen. Zollinger commented on the parking issues on the property. He said that two cars could be put into a single driveway, allowing four vehicles on this property. Discussion. Ted made a motion to approve this Conditional Use Permit allowing two cars in the garage and two in the driveway. Doug seconded the motion. All voted aye, none opposed. JOINT MEETING WITH REXBURG CITY COUNCIL Attendance: Mayor Bruce Sutherland Council Member: Paul Pugmire Donna Benfield Marsha B j ornn Glen Pond Shawn Larsen Nyle Fullmer University Parking Study Ron Holm with Wilbur Smith Associates made a presentation on the campus parking study. In December they looked over the parking situations, in January they completed the analysis and • • now have a completed report. They displayed a map of parking on campus showing 59% of the parking is on city streets. There are presently 9200 students on campus. They discussed a chart of average walking distance, how long people were parking and how many people were parked and how many parking spaces are being used. On Sunday full occupancy is between 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Monday the peak is from 10;00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and 60% spaces were used twice. Monday the spaces were used about 3 times during the day, cars were parked about 2 hours or less during the week. Sixty to 100 cars are parking in residential area, some lots are at capacity occupancy leaving handicap places available. Students park for shorter time than faculty and 75% of the students live within 2 blocks of campus. Parking spaces being used are 2323. Peak day shows parking at 81 % and peak hour shows 85% with 23 i 8 people parking. Estimated parking spaces to be used in 2005 is 2116 spaces. The campus currently has 2760 parking spaces, 342 spaces are bordering city streets. Discussion on whether weather effected the number of students walking, if parking tickets are being issued, and providing some short-term parking, and the misuse of parking on city streets. Bobbette arrived. Paul Pugmire asked about other spaces that are being used that are not bordering the campus that aren't being calculated. Donna said that there are students that are parking away from campus • that should be included in the calculations. Discussion of parking permits. Further discussion with citizens. Winston thanked Mr. Holm and BYU-I for sharing this study and information with the Planning & Zoning Board and City Council. Reconvened Planning & Zoning meeting Preliminary Plat Review, Eaglewood Enterprises, 281 E. 7th South John reviewed the proposed subdivision, showing access streets, none of which would be on 7"' South. Departments have reviewed the plan with no major items and felt it could be approved. Ted declared a conflict of interest. Ted Whyte - 610 Taurus Ted has been working on this as a proposed subdivision targeting two markets, twin houses geared to retirement, the balance would be single family homes, they plan to provide parks, walkways, and make it an extension of Sherwood Hills. The town houses will create a buffer against the apartments at Aspen Village. ,• 3 Glenn would like to see contours on the plans in the future. Ted discussed the contours of the • area. Pat Bennett - Pat is concerned about the road that goes into Aspen Village . There is a ditch behind the homes on 5`~ South and the water from the hill comes down the road. Engineers have had to readjust drainage to keep water from the homes on Yale. He is concerned where the water will go. Discussion of zoning in the area. Robert made a motion to accept the site plan subject to meeting the City requirement and approval of City staff. Motion was seconded by Bobbette. All voted aye, none opposed. Motion was unanimous. Site Plan Review, .doe Robinson, 190 N. Center John explained the location of this property which is located behind the present Rexburg Floral business and described the number and location of apartment buildings. Joe Robinson Joe is looking to purchase this property for apartments for married students. He feels they have a goad design for the buildings. Discussed coordination of parking lots with neighbors to provide better access for emergency • vehicles, adjacent apartments, the planned two points of access were desirable. Bobbette made a motion to accept the site plan review subject to City approval and having the thoroughfare for emergency vehicles on the south border. Motion was seconded by Jacob. All voted aye, none opposed. Motion carried. University Ordinance Due to the lateness of the hour Stephen made a quick explanation of the ordinance. It was proposed there would be a ratio for student, staff and faculty parking. A visitor parking designation has not been made and needs to be reviewed. It was suggested by Stephen that this Ordinance be studied together with the parking study before a final decision is made. Discussion. Chairman Dyer requested that this be an agenda item for the next Planning & Zoning meeting. 4 • Miscellaneous Items: Planning & Zoning Workshop to be held in Pocatello on Saturday, March 16, begins at 9:00. Those attending should meet at City Hall at 7:30 to car pool to the workshop. The joint meeting with Madison County Planning & honing will be held on Tuesday, March 20, at 7:00 p.m. at the County Commissioners room. The subdivision ordinance will be reviewed two meetings from tonight. Meeting adjourned at 10:30 p.rn. •