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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11082012 ZPC Agenda Item 1 AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 1 AUGUST 9 , 2012 DRAFT MINUTES 4 The City of West University Place A Neighborhood City ZONING & PLANNING COMMISSION Bill Watson Conference Room 3800 University Boulevard August 9, 2012 MEMBERS PRESENT: Steve Brown, DeDe DeStefano, Bruce Frankel, Sam Parikh, Lauren Griffith, Michael McEnany and Connie Clark MEMBERS ABSENT: None CITY COUNCIL: Joan Johnson STAFF PRESENT: Debbie Scarcella, City Planner, Jolie S. Lenz, City Legal Counsel and Sallye Clark, Planning Assistant Call to Order — With quorum present at 6:00 p.m., Steve Brown called the meeting to order. Notices, Rules, Etc. Steve Brown, ZPC Chair, gave a brief welcome, introduced City Council member Joan Johnson and asked each member to introduce themselves. Debbie Scarcella, City Planner stated that there would be a plat on next month's agenda. Staff will send out a reminder email to ZPC about the public hearing and plat approval on May 10, 2012. Steve Brown requested to move the minutes to the end of the meeting since there a few members that have to leave early and would like to get through the other agenda items. 1. Meeting Minutes for May 10,2012. Bruce Frankel moved to approve the minutes for the May 10, 2012 meeting as amended. DeDe DeStefano seconded the motion. Ayes: Steve Brown, DeDe DeStefano, Bruce Frankel, Sam Parikh, Lauren Griffith, Michael McEnany and Connie Clark. Motion carried. 2. Definition of a Dwelling Debbie Scarcella gave an overview from the May 10, 2012 meeting on this agenda item. From discussion of the draft amendment, ZPC was ok with the accessory quarters definition, dwelling units was complicated and there was no discussion of Single- family(detached) use. Staff was instructed by ZPC to do more research and look at other city requirements to have a more clear and intended purpose. For every city in the state of Texas there is a varied definition of a dwelling unit. Debbie and Jolie Lenz, legal counsel though it would be best to wipe out all of the current amendment revision and start over again. The current draft amendment in the packets have four examples of definitions in Texas of"Dwelling" and a definition of residence. Debbie Scarcella 4 Page 2 explained the reason for the ordinance amendments are to make the requirements as clear as possible and allowance to them. Accessory quarters is a dwelling unit, therefore there has to be a definition of accessory quarters. So you have to have both of the other definitions of dwelling unit and single-family (detached) use as they all work hand in hand. After further discussion and revisions to the draft amendment ZPC requested staff to prepare the amendment in the form of a preliminary report and bring back to next month's meeting. Bruce Frankel left at 7:00 p.m. with a quorum still present. 3. Through Lots This agenda item was skipped to proceed to agenda item four since it was not discussed at the May 10, 2012 meeting. 4. Driveways Debbie Scarcella,City Planner illustrated and gave an over view of the current draft amendment in the packet. After discussion and revisions made,ZPC requested staff to bring back the revised amendment with clarification of maneuvering area in the form of a preliminary report. Debbie will also have the Public Works Director look at Section 70-27 at concrete strength charts and compaction or per the City engineer's specifications for his approval. This is not the only subject that ZPC will be discussing, therefore, Steve Brown would prefer to discuss all the numerous topics and bring them to Council as a group and not one at a time. Adjournment Michael McEnany made a motion to adjourn. The motion was seconded by DeDe DeStefano. Ayes: Steve Brown, DeDe DeStefano, Sam Parikh, Lauren Griffith, Michael McEnany and Connie Clark. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 8:10p.m. APPROVED THIS 8th DAY OF November, 2012 Steve Brown, Presiding Officer ATTEST: Sallye Clark, Planning Assistant October 11 , 2012 DRAFT MINUTES OCTOBER MINUTES TO FOLLOW FOLLOW VIA EMAIL AND HARD COPIES THE NIGHT OF THE MEETING .