Loading...
01.16.1992 PZ MinutesPage 366 MINUTES OF PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING - JANUARY 16, 1992 COMMUNITY CENTER Chairperson, Mary Salinas called the meeting to order at 7:20 PM. Members present were Glynn Cavasos, Melinda Esco, Cliff Hallmark, Roger Hurlbut and Mary Salinas. Janna Brimer and Joe Moniz were absent. Staff in attendance were Ted Rowe and Kathy Turner. ITEM NO. 1 - Approval of minutes dated November 21, 1991. Roger Hurlbut made a motion to approve the November 21, 1991 minutes as submitted. Second by Glynn Cavasos. ITEM NO. 2 - Briefing by Mr. David Lewis of Governmental Service Agency on Re-Write of Zoning and Sub- Division Ordinances. Mr. David Lewis representing Governmental Service Agency, Inc. presented a brief background of his company. Mr. Lewis stated that he did not have a chance to review Kennedale's Zoning Ordinance but briefly glanced over it. By glancing over the zoning ordinance, Mr. Lewis stated that if the City did away with the accumulative zoning that we now have, this would bring about a big improvement. The zoning ordinances adopted today are non-cumulative. Mr. Lewis presented several ordinances of cities that his company has represented ranging in population size from 2,000 to 30,000. Each zoning ordinance is unique itself because there are some local preferences that every community has that are different from one community to the next. Mr. Lewis replied that an initial requirement before you can adopt a zoning ordinance is a Master Land Use Plan, and your zoning ordinance must adhere to this plan. Mr. Lewis did note that the names of our zoning districts were very uncommon to surrounding cities. He would recommend changing this to be similar to other cities. Mr. Lewis strongly recommended omitting sign regulations in the zoning ordinance. He felt that this was a building control function and should not require public hearings to make changes when necessary. Mr. Lewis expressed that there are two ways to redo zoning ordinances. One is to start from scratch and throw out the old and one is to amend existing ordinances. When amending existing ordinances, this can be a costly situation. This requires notices to be published and mailed to land owners, and requires many public hearings. Mr. Lewis highly recommended starting from scratch when a single published notice is the only notice required and only two public hearings need be held. Mr. Lewis addressed the areas that needed to be looked at when redoing the zoning ordinance. He said many cities look at landscaping and screening, set-back regulations, thoroughfare standards, parking regulations, outside storage, standards for mobile homes and mobile home parks, and the use of charts. He felt the city needed more residential districts - ranchettes, estates, and moderate income, separate duplex's out of multi-family districts, and to look at the standards on the commercial districts. Page 367 Mr, Lewis opened up for questions from the P&Z. Mr, Hurlbut questioned the cost? Mr. Lewis replied that he was not prepared to give an exact cost, but since the City already had a Master Laud Use Plan this would reduce the cost. Be stated it would depend on whether the city started from scratch or revised the present ordinances. Mr. Lewis gave a ballpark figure of $5,000/ which included e minimum of two public bearings, and zoning mapo. Mr. Hurlbut questioned Mr. Lewis if he knew enough about 8euuedale to come in and proceed to tell the P&2 what needed to be modified. Mr. Lewis replied not at the present time. Mr. Hurlbut then asked Mr. Lewis how he got to that process. Mr. Lewis replied that he • would drive around the community, talk to home owners and business leaders, Chamber of Commerce, City officials and would also ask for the P&Z recommendations which he calls the research process. Mr. Lewis will then take his comments and compare them to the zoning ordinances in their library and come back with reoommeudatious. Mr. Hurlbut asked what Mr. Lewis could do that the P&C could not do. Be feels that the P&Z needs to sit down as a body and figure out what is wrong with the present zoning ordinances before buyin into something not knowing what is wrong with the preoeut ordineuoes. Mr, Hurlbut stated that P&Z needs to sit down and review the ordinance � to see if the need exists to revise the zoning ordinance. Mr. Rowe replied that he thought P&Z had expressed a desire to have the ordinance updated several times in the past and that's why it was placed in the budget' Mr. Hurlbut again stated that P&Z as a body needs to sit down and make a conscious effort to identify what it is in the zoning ordinances that is not precise and to reevaluate them. P&Z requested taff put together a list of problem with the zoning ordinance that they have encountered on a daily basis, and requested them by January 30, 1992. Roger Hurlbut moved to scheduled a workshop on January 30, 1992 at 7:00 PM. Second by Melinda Esco. Motion carried. ITEM NO. 3 - Briefing on Re-Codification Changes Requiring P&Z Action. This item was tabled. ITEM 0O. 4 - General Discussion. There being no further discussion, Melinda E2oo made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 9:05 PM. Second by Glynn Cav000s. Motion carried. Y,' w^LL� Cbairper / Mary Salinas ATTEST: