2009_12.17 PZ Minutes1101 MI
MINUTES
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
DECEMBER 17, 2009
KENNEDALE MUNICIPAL BUILDING,
405 MUNICIPAL DRIVE
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
WORK SESSION, 6:00 P.M.
REGULAR MEETING, 7:00 P.M.
Vice - Chairman Harvey called the work session to order at 6:04 P.M.
Members present: Ernest Harvey (Vice- Chairman), Lori Bryan, Ray Cowan, Frank Fernandez,
Charles Overstreet, and Billy Simpson
Staff present: James Cowey (Director of Development Services) and Rachel Roberts (Planner).
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
WORK SESSION, 6:00
I -A. POSSIBLE CHANGES TO COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATIONS
The Commission agreed to move forward to a public hearing on the recommended changes to
commercial zoning district classifications and approved the changes to uses allowed in C -0
districts suggested by staff.
I -B POSSIBLE CHANGES TO RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATIONS
Ms. Roberts told the Commission that the strategic plan called for all of the city's residential
zoning districts to be revised but that in discussions with people involved in the strategic
planning process, the discussions had focused on just one type of zoning district, along the lines
of what the Commission had been studying.
The Commission asked staff to request this item be placed on the agenda for the City Council
work session at the January council meeting. The Commission would like to provide an
overview of form -based codes so that the Commission and the Council can discuss form -based
codes during the joint work session in February. Mr. Harvey volunteered to give the
presentation to Council.
I -C DEVELOPMENT NEAR OIL & GAS WELLS
Ms. Roberts told the Commission that a round table discussion with gas operators in Kennedale
had been scheduled for January 13 at 9 or 10 A.M. Several commissioners were interested in
attending and asked staff to ask the operators if they would be comfortable with that.
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Ms. Roberts also told the Commission that the operators had been submitting comments on the
proposed changes to the oil and gas ordinance, and the Commission asked for a list of the -
comments.
Mr. Harvey asked when the city would have all the comments from the operators, and Ms.
Roberts said she planned to have them in by the day of the round table meeting. She provided a
timeline for the oil and gas ordinance revisions. She said that if the Commission was
comfortable with the ordinance, they could schedule the public hearing from February, the week
after the work session meeting with city council, or it could wait until the March meeting. Mr.
Harvey suggested that the public hearing wait until March.
I -D REGULATIONS FOR GUEST HOUSES
The Commission asked staff to remove item (g), which the Commission believes to be
unenforceable, and to make changes to items (i) and 0). Mr. Cowey asked to make a change to
item (e).
I -E OUTSIDE STORAGE REGULATIONS INCLUDING LOADING DOCK AND
SCREENING
The Commission asked staff to amend the definition of outside storage to include material for
service or rent. The members also asked staff to make the proposed ordinance clearer in terms
of what materials would be allowed for screening fences, and they suggested using the word
"enclosure" instead of "fence."
The work session closed 7:03 P.M.
REGULAR MEETING
Vice - Chairman Harvey called the regular meeting to order at 7:03 P.M., and Ms. Roberts called roll.
II. VISITORS /CITIZENS FORUM
No visitors or citizens wished to speak.
III. MINUTES: Approval of minutes from the November 19, 2009 Planning & Zoning
Commission meeting.
Mr. Overstreet made a motion to approve the minutes from the November 19 Planning &
Zoning Commission meeting. Mr. Cowan seconded the motion, and the motion passed
unanimously.
IV. STAFF REPORTS
1) Planning and Zoning Commission cases PZ 09 -24 to PZ 09 -27: action by city council
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The City Council followed the recommendation of the Commission for Planning and Zoning
Commission cases PZ 09 -24 to PZ 09 -27.
2) Update on City Projects
Staff provided updates on city projects. Ms. Roberts told the Commission that the North Central
Texas Council of Governments was allowing public comment on its Mobility 2035 plan through
January 29. She also handed out material from the Census Bureau that encouraged
participation in the 2010 Census. Mr. Cowey gave an update on road projects and on the
upcoming work on Sonora Park. He also told the Commission that the city hoped to begin its
part of the TownCenter project soon, possibly awarding contracts in February, and that the city
had been selected to receive steel from the World Trade Center. Mr. Harvey said that he was
excited about all the activity going on in the city, and Mr. Cowey added that the Keep Kennedale
Commission had held its first meeting and had another meeting scheduled for the upcoming
week.
V. ADJOURNMENT
Mr. Fernandez moved to adjourn the meeting, and Ms. Bryan seconded the motion. The
motion passed unanimously, and the meeting closed at 7:18 P.M.
David Hunn, Chairman
Planning & Zoning Commission
ATTEST:
Rachel Roberts
Planner