Planning Commission

July 22, 2013 The Russellville Planning Commission will hold its Regular Meeting on Monday, July 22, 2013, at 5:30 p.m., in the City Hall Council Chambers. PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA Welcome Visitors 1. A request to review and approve the minutes of the May 20, 2013 Regular Meeting. 2. A request to review and approve a Large-scale Development for Bubbas Mobile Home Park located off East Main Street, submitted by Kurt Jones, of Jones & Associates. (DV.13.07.132) 3. A Public Hearing requesting to review and a recommendation of approval to the City Council to rezone property from C-2 (Highway Commercial) to R- 2 (Medium Density Residential), for property located at the corner of 11th & South Boston Street, submitted by James R. Ford. (Z0.13.07.171) 4. Tabled at May 20, 2013 Meeting. A Public Hearing requesting to review and a recommendation of approval to the City Council to rezone property from C-2 (Highway Commercial) to R-3 (Medium/High Density Residential), for property located in the 3000 Block of East 17th Street, submitted by Dave Garza of Barrett & Associates on behalf of Scott Sanders. (Z0.13.05.170) 1  Russellville Planning Commission Minutes July 22, 2013, @ 5:30 p.m. The Russellville Planning Commission met in its regular meeting on Monday, July 22, 2013, at 5:30 p.m. in the Russellville City Hall Council Chambers. Members Present Chairman Dennis Boyd Jimmy Sims Vice-Chair Nick Patel Richard Perkins Secretary Aldona Standridge Jimmy Davenport Richard Harris, Council Liaison Herschell Hargus Members Absent Eric Westcott Gaylon Smith (resigned) Also present: City Planner David Harris, City Attorney Trey Smith, Planning Assistant Lequitta A. Jones, Building Official Brian Holstein, Jim Lynch/City Corp, City Engineer Michael Oakes, Price McMillen, and Bob Weibler. Welcome First Order of Business was Agenda Item #4 tabled at May 20, 2013 meeting. A Public Hearing requesting to review and a recommendation of approval to the City Council to rezone property from C-2 (Highway Commercial) to R-3 (Medium/High Density Residential), for property located in the 3000 Block of East 17th Street, submitted by Dave Garza of Barrett & Associates on behalf of Scott Sanders. (Z0.13.05.170) City Planner Harris said he received a call from David Garza asking that the item be tabled for a second time. Mr. Harris said he had assumed Mr. Garza would attend the meeting, as it is preferable to have the applicant's representative request tabling. However, there is no doubt that Mr. Garza had requested tabling. Mr. Harris said he felt the commission could go ahead and consider the request. Mr. Harris said if the applicants come back next month and want to table a third time then it might be time to require them to reapply when they are ready to move forward. Chairman Boyd asked if the applicants had given a reason for tabling another month. Mr. Harris said no reason was provided. Mr. Harris said he thinks they may have received some negative feedback; and the staff report was negative, so maybe they are reconsidering the proposal or how to present it to the commission. Commissioner Standridge made the motion to table the request until the next meeting. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Sims. Chairman Boyd asked if there were questions. Commissioner Hargus wanted to know what the rules were on tabling multiple times. At what point do they have to start over? The chairman said it was his understanding that the commission can vote to table an item to the next meeting for an unlimited number of times. Chairman Boyd asked City Attorney Smith if that was correct and Mr. Smith confirmed that it was. It is up to the commission as to how many times they decide to table an item. Chairman Boyd asked for any further discussion. There was none, and the motion carried on a vote of 6 – 0. The Second Order of Business (Agenda Item #1) was a request to review and approve the minutes of the May 20, 2013, Regular Meeting. Commissioner Sims made the motion to approve the minutes as written. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Standridge and passed unanimously. The Third Order of Business (Agenda Item #2) was a request to review and approve a Large Scale Development for Bubbas Mobile Home Park located off East Main Street, submitted by Kurt Jones, of Jones & Associates. (DV.13.07.132) City Planner Harris said for the last five years he has preached about keeping zoning requests and site plan reviews separate, but mobile home parks are something of an exception to his rule. He stated that when the commission agreed to rezone the property to R-4, they had pretty much given their approval for a mobile home park to be located on the site. All that remains is for the applicant to meet the requirements of the zoning code. About the only technical question raised was the number and location of fire hydrants. Mr. Kurt Jones presented a new site plan showing the fire hydrant locations. Fire Marshall Setian said the hydrant locations shown on the plan were suitable. Commissioner Perkins asked if the City Engineer had approved the drainage plan. City Engineer Oakes said he had reviewed the plan and had approved it. Commissioner Perkins made the motion to approve the request as submitted. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Sims and passed unanimously. The Fourth Order of Business (Agenda Item #3) was a Public Hearing requesting to review and a recommendation of approval to the City Council to rezone property at the corner of East 11th St and South Boston Av from C-2 (Highway Commercial) to R-2 (Medium Density Residential), submitted by James R. Ford. (Z0.13.07.171) City Planner Harris said this is a fairly straightforward request. Subject property is the meadow that lies west of the drainage way running between the cemetery and the rear of Mr. Ford’s existing one-story office building. Mr. Harris said this seems likes a good transitional use between the commercial uses and cemetery. There has been no contact from anyone on this issue. There are duplexes, triplexes, and quadraplexes in 2 the area already, so this rezoning will not lead to significant change in the character of the neighborhood. Commissioner Perkins asked if there were utilities in the alley. Mr. Harris said Mr. Ford had said he didn’t need to close the alley. Since there is no reason to close the alley, Mr. Harris recommended keeping the alley in case the City did have use for it in the future. Commissioner Hargus said there is a transformer station that is not shown on the drawing. It appears to be right in the middle of the road. Mr. Hargus said he didn’t know if it would affect the layout, but certainly it has to take up some of that space. Alderman Harris asked Mr. Ford how many duplexes he planned to build on the lot. Mr. Ford said he was not exactly sure, but maybe between four and eight. Mr. Jim Lynch with City Corp said the transformer station cited by Commissioner Hargus was actually a sewer lift station and he foresaw no problems. Commissioner Perkins made the motion to approve. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Patel and passed 5 for (Perkins, Sims, Davenport, Standridge, and Patel) and 1 against (Hargus). Meeting Adjourned ________________________________________ Chairman Dennis Boyd 3