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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Planning and Zoning Commission - 10/08/2024 - RegularMINUTES CITY OF THE COLONY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2024 After determining that a quorum was present, the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of The Colony, Texas convened into Regular Session which was held on Tuesday, October 8, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers located at City Hall, 6800 Main Street, The Colony, Texas, at which time the following items were addressed: Board Members Present: Karen Hames, Brenda Armour, Robert Cox, Kirk Varga, and Jeff Baran Board Members Absent: Kenneth Flo and Gary Hulkowich Staff Present: Isaac Williams, Planning Director; Allisen Ducay, Planner; Ana Alvarado, Planning Technician; Keyl Groff, Senior Planner; Judy Ensweiler, City Council; Ed Voss, Attorney; Richard Boyer, Mayor; Naim Khan, Senior Engineer 1.0 1 CALL REGULAR SESSION TO ORDER Chair Hames called the regular session of the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting to order at 6:38 p.m. 2.0 CONSENT AGENDA 2.1 Consider approval of the minutes of the September 24, 2024 Regular Session. 2.2 PP24-0001— Adeline at The Tribute — Preliminary Plat Consider approval of a Preliminary Plat for Adeline at the Tribute containing sixty (60) residential lots and eight (8) common areas and being approximately 26.388 acres in the T.D. Luckett Survey, Abstract No. 752, in the City of The Colony, Denton County, Texas located west of Lebanon Road and South of Bridge Lane within Planned Development 18 (PD18). 2.3 FP24-0002 — Lots 1-2, Block A, JPI Morningstar Consider approval of a Final Plat for Lots 1-2, Block A, containing approximately 10 acres in the B.B.B. & C.R.R. Survey, Abstract No. 174, in the City of The Colony, Denton County, Texas located north of State Highway 121 between Morningstar Drive and South Colony Blvd within Planned Development 16 (PD16). Chair Hames read Consent Agenda Items 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3 into the record. Commissioner Cox made a motion to approve items 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3, seconded by Commissioner Armour. The motion carried (5-0). 3.0 PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS 3.1 SUP24-0003 — 6600 Paige Road, Suite 111 Devansh Lab Werks (Laboratory - Scientific Testing) Conduct a public hearing, discuss and consider making a recommendation to City Council regarding the approval of a Specific Use Permit (SUP) to allow a laboratory with scientific testing and administrative office known as "Devansh Lab Werks," located at 6600 Paige Road Suite 100 and Suite 111, within the Office 1 (0-1) Zoning District and Gateway Overlay District. Chair Hames read Public Hearing Agenda Item 3.1 into the record. City of The Colony October 8, 2024 Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting Minutes Page 2 of 6 Ms. Ducay presented the staff report. Commissioner Baran asked for clarification of the business operations and if they utilize a fleet of vans. Mr. Sudhakar Kancharla, owner of Devansh Lab Werk at 6600 Paige Rd, responded that they will go into the patient's home to retrieve the sample and then those blood samples are taken to the lab for analysis. Only company vehicles will be dropping off samples at the lab for analysis. The company has a fleet of cars for this service. Commissioner Varga asked if there are any biohazards that may be of concern at the property. Mr. Kancharla responded that they have two medical businesses in the building and they already have a service agreement with Medical Waste Disposal Services to get rid of the biomedical waste. The same will be done for Devansh Lab. No biomedical waste is placed in the regular trash dumpster. Public Hearing opened at 6:45 pm. Mr. Apolinar Bustos and Mrs. Georgiana Bustos, 5309 Yager Drive, spoke in opposition to the operations of Devansh Labs due to the current trash issue at the site and concern on medical waste being placed in the outdoor dumpster that may lead to the creek behind the property. Mr. Kancharla responded to this concern that the company has a contract with Republic to remove the trash, however, some of the neighboring property owners also place trash at night in the dumpster or around it causing this unsightly issue. Regarding the medical waste, it will be kept inside the building and will be removed from the site from inside the building and not placed in the outside dumpster. Chair Haines asked for clarification on how the City handles the trash issue and how medical waste is monitored. Staff responded that the issue with the trash is handled through the Code Enforcement and Community Image Department through a citation process forcing the ownership of the site to clean up the site. In regards to the medical waste further research needs to be made but it may be the health department that regulates how medical waste is disposed of. Commissioner Cox asked if the board has discretion to remove a SUP if medical waste is being disposed of incorrectly. Staff responded that there is a revocation process through City Council that would allow the removal of a SUP on a site. Commissioner Varga asked for clarification if Code Enforcement had gone out and looked into the code violation. 2 City of The Colony October 8, 2024 Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting Minutes Page 3 of 6 Staff responded that Planning staff cannot speak for Code Compliance and with respect to the SUP process this is the first time knowing of this issue. Staff has not had time to research this issue. Public Hearing closed at 6:57 pm. Commissioner Cox made a motion to approve item 3.1, seconded by Commissioner Varga. The motion carried (5-0). 3.2 PD24-0002 — JumpShot Planned Development 29 (PD29) Conduct a public hearing, discuss and consider making a recommendation to City Council regarding a zoning change from Planned Development 11 (PD11) to Planned Development 29 (PD29) aka "JumpShot" to establish conceptual layout for an Amusement, Commercial (indoor) Use and development standards. The subject site contains approximately 8.69 acres and is located approximately 330 feet west of the southwest intersection of Memorial Drive and Blair Oaks Drive. Chair Hames read Public Hearing Agenda Item 3.2 into the record. Mr. Groff presented the staff report. Commissioner Baran asked if there are any other major developments that have a pylon sign as the one proposed. Staff responded that there are none. Public Hearing opened at 7:11 pm. Ms. Michaelann Durden, 2600 North Central Expressway Suite 400 Richardson, TX, Kimley-Horn, civil engineer representing the project presented herself and made herself available for questions. Commissioner Varga asked for clarification on the pylon sign if the two hundred square foot sign will be double faced. Ms. Durden responded that the reason they are requesting a two hundred square foot sign is so that the project gets the same visibility as the other pylon signs along SH 121 since the project is set further back and it will have the same logo on both sides. Commissioner Cox asked for clarification on the height of the sign and the height of the proposed building. Ms. Durden responded that the proposed planned development is requesting a maximum height of seventy feet (70) for the building, however, the current proposed building is about sixty feet (60) in height, The maximum allowance is intented to ensure that any parapet used to screen mechanical equipment will still be within the allowed maximum height. The proposed pylon sign will be eighty feet (80) in height. City of The Colony October 8, 2024 Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting Minutes Page 4 of 6 After reviewing the proposed ordinance Staff corrected Ms. Durden that the City ordinance has a maximum height for a pylon sign at forty feet (40) and the one being proposed is sixty feet (60). Commissioner Baran asked for clarification on the north landscaping buffer along Memorial Drive whether all those plantings were going to be removed as specified in the proposed ordinance that stated that if in conflict with any utility and drainage easements such planting would be removed. Ms. Durden responded that yes those plantings would be removed and clusted together in areas that were still acceptable for landscaping. Commissioner Baran asked if the proposed landscaping meets the Gateway Overlay District. Ms. Durden responded that it does not meet the Gateway Overlay District to its fullest intent. Commissioner Baran asked if the applicant had submitted a photometric plan and building elevations. Staff responded that since the project is still in the concept stage the photometric plan or building elevations were not provided yet. The proposed ordinance does outline the intent to meet the Gateway with regards to the lighting of the project. Chair Hames commented that she is also concerned that the project is not meeting the Gateway regarding landscaping. Ms. Durden responded that the applicant fully intends to meet all ordinance requirements, the difficulty being fitting a right turn lane, bike trail, parking spaces and landscaping. Mr. Jonathan Kerby with Kimley-Horn responded that there may be confusion on the north landscaping buffer. There will be plantings along the northside just not in the area of the decel lane. The rest of the site will meet the landscaping requirements. Chair Haines suggested that maybe the landscaping could be enhanced around the detention pond. Ms. Durden responded that the applicant would be okay with that. Commissioner Cox suggested that the detention pond be an amenity in this project with tables, chairs, and shade structures to be usable ninety percent of the year and accent the bike trail. Mr. Kerby responded that the wrought iron fence around the pond is for safety reasons but it could still serve as an amenity with the benches as proposed. Commissioner Baran commented that the proposed ordinance calls out the five points for the detention pond amenity but the concept plan does not should the amenity. Ms. Durden responded that the project is still in the concept stage. The applicant is willing to work with staff to ensure the projects meets the City's ordinances as much as possible. The goal is to 0 City of The Colony October 8, 2024 Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting Minutes Page 5 of 6 provide the twenty points whether that be through providing benches or enhancements along the pond or other areas. Commissioner Baran commented that this is the ordinance that the board will reference for the development if the intent is to meet the points then ensure to illustrate what that may look like. Public Hearing closed at 7:21 pm. Commissioner Baran made a motion to postpone item 3.2 until the October 22°d meeting in order for staff and applicant to finalize the concept plan, seconded by Commissioner Cox. The motion carried (5-0). 4.0 DISCUSSIONITEMS 4.1 SP24-0005 — JPI Morningstar Multi -Family Development Site Plan Discuss and consider making a recommendation to City Council regarding a site plan for "JPI Morningstar," a 373-dwelling unit multi -family development. The subject site contains approximately 10 acres and is located at the northwest intersection of Morningstar Drive and SH 121, (between South Colony Boulevard and Morningstar Drive) within Planned Development 16 (PD-16). Chair Hames read Discussion Agenda Item 4.1 into the record. Mr. Williams presented the staff report. Commissioner Cox expressed concern around the walkability of the development with very little green space and mostly all concrete. Staff responded that this being an infill project provided some challenges on how the buildings would be layed out and how they communicate with each out. The applicant and staff did work closely together to address those challenges and the applicant may be able to provide more details. Mr. Charles Brennaman, 6333 Cedar Falls Drive, spoke in opposition to this project for the additional traffic that it may cause to worsen a traffic issue that already exists at Morningside Dr and SH 121. Staff responded that traffic was an issue when the project being proposed was over 700 units and that is what reduced the project down to the 373 units being proposed. The development is proposing multiple points of entry to this property two from Morningside Drive, two from South Colony Blvd and others from the commercial development to the south. Mr. Blaze Bownds with Kimley-Horn, respresenting the applicant, spoke regarding the four access points into the site and that a traffic impact analysis was completed for this site and showed modest increase to the existing conditions. A signal light is also being proposed on South Colony Blvd to help people navigate in and out of the site. Engineering staff responded that the site having four entry points helps the flow of traffic and the new light signal on South Colony Blvd will have a very positive impact on the traffic as well. The contractor is already working on the light signal for South Colony Blvd. 5 City of The Colony October 8, 2024 Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting Minutes Page 6 of 6 Commissioner Baran made a motion to approve item 4.1, seconded by Commissioner Varga. The motion carried (4-1). There being no further business to come before the Commission, Chair Hames adjourned the Regular Session of the Planning and Zoning Commission at 7:42 p.m. I,