District 2 Advisory Board

District II Advisory Board Minutes March 5, 2012 www.wichita.gov The District II Advisory Board meeting was held at 6:30 p.m. at Fire Station #20 located at 2255 S. Greenwich Road. CM Meitzner was in attendance, (10) board members, and (4) staff attended. Members Present Members Absent Max Weddle Steve Harris Aaron Mayes Joe Yager Nick Howell Staff Present David Babich Antione Sherfield- Neighborhood Assistant Tom Roth Bill Longnecker – Planning Department Brian Carduff Officer West – Wichita Police Department Blaine Knott Captain Rogers -Wichita Fire Department April Leason Alex Webb – Youth Member ORDER OF BUSINESS CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. Antione Sherfield welcomed everyone and explained how the DAB meeting is conducted. APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND AGENDA March agenda approved (10-0) February Minutes approved (10-0) PUBLIC AGENDA 1. Off-Agenda Items No items submitted STAFF REPORT 2. Community Police Report Officer West provided information pertaining to current crime trends in  District II. Officer West stated that larcenies are increasing city-wide. He encouraged all not to leave valuables such as laptops, cell phones, wallets, and GPS systems in vehicles. Officer West also stated that the City of Wichita will be hosting the annual Walk Against Gang Violence initiative April 14, 2012. Antione Sherfield thanked Officer West and the Police Department for the fine work they provide our community. Recommended Action: Receive and file 3. Community Fire Report Captain Rogers provided information pertaining to Fire Service calls in District II. Captain Rogers stated there were twenty fires across the City of Wichita in the month of February. Two of those were in District II for a total loss of $450,000. Antione Sherfield thanked Captain Rogers and the Fire Department for the fine work and service they provide our community. Recommended Action: Receive and file NEW BUSINESS 4. CUP2012-03 Bill Longnecker, Planning Department provided information in regard to potential zoning change located south of 21st Street North and east of K-96. The applicant requests Amendment #5 to DP-256, The Collective, to increase the height and size of a sign on Parcel 5A. The property is located south of 21st Street North and east of K-96 (12111 E 21st Street N). DP-256 restricts Parcel 5A to two 10-foot tall monument signs with 60 square feet of sign area each; both of these signs exist in Parcel 5A. The applicant now wishes to amend the restriction to allow a 12.5-foot tall sign with 81 square feet of area (see the attached sign elevation drawing). Without the CUP restrictions, the Sign Code would allow this sign 25 feet in height and 129 square feet of area, based on the site‟s arterial street frontage and the other existing sign on the site. Both the existing and proposed sign are multi-tenant signs for several businesses within the CUP. The Collective CUP is zoned LC, and is currently developed with nine separate buildings and a mix of business types. Property north of the application area is zoned SF-5 Single-family Residential (“SF-5”) and developed with a church. South of the site is the LC zoned DP-256, further south is a GO General Office (“GO”) zoned medical facility. East of the site is the LC zoned DP-256, further east, across Founders Street, is  an SF-5 zoned private high-school. West of the site is the elevated K-96 expressway, further west is undeveloped LC zoned property. CASE HISTORY: The site is a portion of Block 1, The Collective Addition, platted in 2001. LC zoning and the CUP were approved in 2001. The CUP has nine administrative adjustments, and four previous amendments. Previous amendments regarding signage became necessary with lot and parcel splits. ADJACENT ZONING AND LAND USE: NORTH: SF-5 Church SOUTH: LC, GO Retail, medical office EAST: LC, SF-5 Retail, private high-school WEST: LC K-96, vacant commercial property Recommended Action: The DAB voted (9-0) for approval of the project. 5. ZON2012-05 Bill Longnecker, Planning Department will provided information in regard City zone change from SF-5 Single-Family Residential and LC Limited Commercial to GC General Commercial; generally located between Kellogg Road and I-35 and west of 127th Street East. The applicant is requesting GC General Commercial (“GC”) zoning for the LC Limited Commercial (“LC”) and SF-5 Single-Family Residential (“SF-5”) zoned, undeveloped 10-acre tract. The applicant sells natural rock, used primarily in landscaping. The rocks are stored outside and may be cut per job order at the site. As described the applicant‟s business fits into the Unified Zoning Code‟s (“UZC”) definition of “Construction Sales and Service”; Sec.II-B, 3.n. Construction Sales and Service is permitted by right in the GC zoning district. The applicant‟s current GC zoned site is located west of Greenwich Road and on the south side of Kellogg Road/US 54/400 (Kellogg), at 10901 E. Kellogg Street. Upcoming improvements to Kellogg from Webb to Greenwich Roads will reduce the size of their current 2.3-acre site. The applicant is looking at this 10-acre site as a possible place to move their business. The applicant declined to provide a Community Unit Plan (“CUP”), but has provided a proposed a Protective Overlay (“PO”); Sec.III-C, 2.b. The applicant‟s PO provides prohibited uses, the UZC‟s minimum setbacks for the GC zoning district, as well as landscaping, parking and signage per the GC zoning district. The rest of it refers to any transfer of title not voiding the provisions of the PO, minimum language for architectural control and the responsibility of any and all owners association. It also states that all drainage and easements will be determined at the time of platting. The applicant‟s site plan shows one parcel, with an office, parking and display area facing the Kellogg. It also shows a „billboard‟ along the Kellogg frontage; a billboard is not defined in the UZC, but is typical reference for an off-site sign. A garden and landscaping yard is behind and along the east side of the office area, going  up to Kellogg. A larger building housing a stone cutting area, warehouse, shop and office is located on the south end of the site, up against I-35. There are another two billboards shown along the I-35 frontage. Properties abutting the east and west sides of the site are zoned GC. The abutting 3.4- acre GC zoned eastern property is currently vacant, with an unoccupied building and scattered remnants of piles of rock, gravel, stone, dirt and brick. Haphazard piles of pallets, some outdoor shelving, some light trucks and other materials are also located on the site; Suburban Equipment Sales Add., platted 11-14-1978. A monopole is also located on this abutting property; CON2000-54. Next to this vacant property, is a 6.15- acre GC zoned tree farm, whose south and east sides end against I-35; Mattingly Add., 07-15-1979. The abutting GC 7.5-acre zoned western property has the CUP DP-117 overlay and is currently developed with a self storage warehouse. The next western property is the (+) 80-acre GC and LI Limited Industrial (“LI”) zoned CUP DP- 196, anchored with large box retailers Wal-Mart and Lowes, smaller retail, both sit down and fast food restaurants and a bank. A LI zoned car dealership is also in this western property, but sits outside CUP DP- 196. North of the site, across Kellogg are large, undeveloped LC, SF-5 and SF-20 Single-Family Residential (“SF-20”) zoned properties. There are also small GC and LC zoned small car repair shops, small retail, car dealerships and undeveloped and vacant sites. South of the site across I-35 is are SF-5 zoned single-family neighborhood, an elementary school and undeveloped GC zoned land. CASE HISTORY: The site was annexed into the city between 1961 and 1970. DAB Questions/Concerns Are there homes in the area? Is the applicant prepared to move again due to pot ential Kellogg expansion? Is the applicant w ill t o plat the land? Will applicant configure to coordinat e w ith Kellogg expansion? Will rock cutting take place inside or outdoors? Recommended Action: The DAB voted (9-0) to accept the Planning Staff‟s Recommendation also to include provisions from Protective Overlay. 6. Monthly REAP Update Joe Yager provided monthly R.E.A.P update. Mr. Yager advised the DAB that REAP is currently working on a Grant to assist with aligning community engagement as well as improving processes across the State of Kansas. Overall goals include integrating plans to work with outlining communities coupled with encouraging fair housing assessments across the State.  Recommended Action: Receive and file 7. Updates, Issues, and Report With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m. The next DAB II Meeting will be April 2, 2012 Respectfully Submitted, Antione Sherfield, Neighborhood Assistant