District 2 Advisory Board

District II Advisory Board Minutes December 3, 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, (9) board members, and (4) staff attended. Members Present Members Absent Aaron Mayes Cynthia Colbert David Babich Steve Harris Tom Roth Nick Howell Staff Present Brian Carduff Antione Sherfield- Neighborhood Assistant Joe Yager Officer Teide– Wichita Police Department Max Weddle Allen Tabor – Park and Recreation Department April Leason Captain Rodgers – Wichita Fire Department Blaine Knott Bill Longnecker – Planning Department ORDER OF BUSINESS CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. Council Member Meitzner welcomed everyone and explained how the DAB meeting is conducted. APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND AGENDA December Agenda approved (9-0) November Minutes approved (9-0) PUBLIC AGENDA 1. Off-Agenda Items Allen Tabor, Park and Recreation Department provided brief Park and Recreation report. Mr. Tabor stated that the Edgemoor Recreation Center will kick off its winter sessions which include Zumba and Senior Citizen classes. He also stated that revenue has increased across the Department and they will continue to market programming which has helped tremendously. Recommended Action: Receive and file  STAFF REPORT 2. Community Police Report Officer Teide provided information pertaining to current crime trends in District II. Officer Teide reported that there has been an increase in robberies primarily in the Lincoln and Woodlawn area. She also reported that burglaries are up as well as larcenies in the Towne East area. She encouraged everyone to be cautious during the Holidays. Recommended Action: Receive and file 3. Community Fire Report Captain Rodgers provided information pertaining to Fire Service calls in District II. Captain Rodgers reported there were 570 service calls city-wide for the month of November. He also reported there were 15 fires with 6 of those resulting in structure damage for the month of November. Recommended Action: Receive and file NEW BUSINESS 4. CON2012-00044 Dale Miller, Planning Department will present information pertaining to Zoning Request located east of Oliver Avenue, on the northwest corner of Glendale and Douglas Avenues. BACKGROUND: The applicant is requesting a Conditional Use to allow „ancillary parking‟ on the B Multi-Family Residential (“B”) zoned Lot 18, Block 8, East Boulevard Addition. Per the Unified Zoning Code (UZC), ancillary parking may be permitted with a Conditional Use in the B zoning district; UZC, Sec.III-D.6.p. The site is located east of Oliver Avenue and northwest of the corner of Glendale and Douglas Avenues. The site has a duplex on it (built 1937), which will be torn down and replaced with the parking lot, if the proposed Conditional Use is approved. The parking lot will support the redevelopment of the vacant LC Limited Commercial (“LC”) zoned Barrier‟s Jewelers building into a restaurant. The proposed parking site is located northeast of the vacant building/restaurant across a platted alley. The LC zoned vacant building/restaurant that the proposed parking will serve is part of a node of small retail strips and stand-alone retail/office clustered around the Oliver and Douglas Avenues‟ intersection. Properties located south of the site include the already mentioned LC zoned vacant building/restaurant and an LC zoned bank with drive-thru service. Further south, across Douglas, there are two LC and GO General Office (“GO”) zoned commercial/office strips containing (but not limited to); a sit down pizza restaurant, a business selling kitchen ware, a pharmacy with drive-thru service, a spa, a medical office, financial advisors, and a office leasing business equipment and vehicles. These commercial strips share a B zoned parking lot. There is also the LC and GO zoned Southwestern Bell Telephone facility. Southwest of the site, across Douglas and Oliver, is the LC zoned Lincoln Heights commercial strip containing (but not limited to); a book store with a sit-down restaurant, a salon, a shoe store, a jewelry store, a photography studio, a barber shop, a sit-down restaurant, and a flower shop. Abutting and adjacent to the west of the site, there are NR Neighborhood Retail (“NR”) and GO zoned offices. Further west of the site, across Oliver, there is a LC and GO zoned commercial strip containing (but not limited to); a salon, a boutique and a sit- down restaurant that serves alcoholic drinks (DER). There are also a GO zoned duplex and TF-3 Two-Family Residential (“TF-3”) zoned single-family residences. The properties located north of the site include (abutting) B and NO Neighborhood Office (“NO”) zoned single-family residences, a GO zoned office and B zoned triplexes and apartments. Properties located east of the site, across Glendale Avenue, include a B zoned dentist office and SF-5 Single-Family Residential (“SF-5”) zoned single-family residence. The applicant‟s site plan shows the existing parking for the proposed restaurant as well as the proposed parking site. If approved, the applicant needs to provide a revised site plan showing; solid screening along the north side of the proposed parking, railing or stops along the east side of the proposed parking, required landscaping and any proposed lighting. The applicant may be required to apply for adjustments for locating parking within the setback of the east property line and the minimum required parking for a restaurant; UZC, Sec-IV.A.6.a.(1) and Sec-IV.A.4, one space per three seats. The site plan also needs to show solid screening around any trash receptacles. CASE HISTORY: The site is platted as Lot 18, Block 8, East Boulevard Addition, which was recorded with the Register of Deeds February 21, 1930. ADJACENT ZONING AND LAND USE: NORTH: B, NO, GO Single-family residences, office, triplexes, apartments SOUTH: LC, GO, B Bank, two commercial/office strips, phone company facility EAST: B, SF-5 Dentist office, single-family residences WEST: LC, GO, NR, TF-3 Commercial strip, duplex, single-family residences Citizen Questions/Concerns Child safety in the area due to no sidewalks Developer tearing down two homes for (25) parking spaces Additional cars parked on the street Parking will blend over to residential area Additional trash from potential bar patrons Inability to protect spirit of the neighborhood Car alarms waking residents in area Potential public intoxication in area Residents not interested in Old Town Atmosphere Interference with quality of life What is the alternative without the parking lot? Where will employees park? Protect quiet community Children unable to play outside due to potential drunk drivers  Additional Public Comments The Crown Heights/College Hill area is changing and evolving with young professionals Major change of demographics in area Residents want to see vibrant community There are benefits to having restaurant/bar in close proximity Developer investing in area Potential reduction in blight in area Barriers building has been vacant for years Reduce drinking and driving for residents in area Recommended Action: The DAB Voted (8-1) to approve the request based on the following caveats: 1. The developer strongly consider doing a curb cut on the alley on Glendale that only allows people coming from Douglas to turn in and also forces being turning on to Glendale to turn towards Douglas. 2. The City take a hard look at making the 100 block of Glendale no parking on both sides of the street. 9. Updates, Issues, and Report With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:30 p.m. The next DAB II Meeting will be January 7, 2013. Respectfully Submitted, Antione Sherfield, Neighborhood Assistant