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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-14-13 PZ MinMINUTES OF THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING October 14, 2013 PRESENT: Chairman Bill Greenwood, Commissioners Alesa Belvedere, Allen Heath and Sharon Sanden. ABSENT: Commissioners Walter Copeland and Tim Brittan. OTHERS PRESENT: Town Manager Tom Brymer, Assistant Town Manager Amanda DeGan, Planning and Development Director Eddie Edwards, Town Secretary Kelly Edwards, Public Works Director Jarrod Greenwood, and Facilities and Recreation Director Troy Meyer. Chairman Greenwood called the meeting to order at 6:01 p.m. 2. REVIEW D APPROVE FROM THE MEETING • ON 30 ,2013. Commissioner Belvedere made a motion to approve the minutes. Commissioner Sanden seconded the motion. The motion carried by a vote of 4-0. P&Z Minutes 10/14/13 Page 1 of 7 PUBLIC HEARING AND RECOMMENDATION REGARDING A DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR P1131-2, KNOWN AS ENTRADA, AN 85 ACRE (APPROX.) TRACT LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF FM 1938 (DAVIS BLVD) AND SOLANA BOULEVARD. Town Manager Brymer provided an overview of the item. Mr. Jeff Blackard provided an overview and presentation of the proposed development. Discussion ensued regarding vehicle traffic, parking, pedestrian trails, porter service, proposed hotels, landscaping material, and building heights. Town Manager Brymer provide an overview and presentation of the development plan and staff recommendations. Chairman Greenwood opened the public hearing. No one addressed the Commission Chairman Greenwood asked for a motion to close the public hearing. MOTION:Commissioner Heath made a motion to close the public hearing. Commissioner Sanden seconded the motion. The motion carried by a vote of 4-0. TI Commissioner Heath made a motion to recommend approval the development plan with the following conditions: 1. The Development Plan must have architectural engagement of all buildings to the water feature in a way that accommodates public use of the trail (palisade) on the water's edge. 2. All structures adjacent to the water, including those involving fee simple ownership, must be handled dimensionally to maximize an aesthetically pleasing adjacency and interaction with the water. 3. Location of the plaza in Phase 1 in relationship to the water feature must allow for a high degree of public access to the water feature from this plaza. This should be done in a manner that forces any and all vehicular access into the plaza space via a separate conduit. This can be done in European village fashion with bollards defining the vehicular path across the plaza ground plane, while separating cars from pedestrians {note: the Arts District in Dallas has a street where this pedestrian and vehicular traffic are separated with bollards as P&Z Minutes 10/14/13 Page 2 of 7 recommended here). This plaza should be extended to or as near as possible to the water feature. 4. Attention must be paid to the architectural and spatial relationship of the storage building that will surround the gas well pad site with the residential uses across the street from the storage building. This includes some type of architectural feature at the corners of the storage building to create architectural interest. 5. The entire residential area in the southwest quadrant of the tract must have a view corridor established where all streets and lots are terraced in a manner whereby residences on the street above another residence are viewing a roof top and horizontal vista, not looking downward into a backyard. 6. The location of the proposed Town Hall building should be set to maximize and create a public gathering area near the water, as well as interact well in terms of the Town Hall's site's adjacency to the trail system that goes along the edge of the water feature. This may mean moving it further away from the round -about in front of the building. 7. Pedestrian bridge should be point of strong architectural interest creating a "Ponte Vecchio" visual impact type bridge. The other bridge, which will carry vehicular, bike and pedestrian traffic should be a significant design feature of this development as well. Both bridges should be located to link well with public plaza areas. 8. A publicly accessible trail system must be located around the entire the perimeter of the water feature with the exception of the villas' section. Locations for fountains, benches, tables, public art, and other public gathering areas must be shown along the trail system on the Development Plan. This trail shall have a point of inter -connection with the trail system in Solana on the tract adjoining to the east. 9. Engineering standards for this development must be approved with the preliminary plat and must assist in carrying out the Staff's recommendations for the Development Plan contained in this report as well as meet the intent of the design standards and guidelines contained in Ordinance No. 703. 10. When the tract is site planned, both the southeast corner of FM 1938 (Davis) and Solana Boulevard and the northeast corner of FM 1938 (Davis) and SH114 must, include strong design public design elements that tie those corners to the intent of the P&Z Minutes 10/14/13 Page 3 of 7 design standards and guidelines for this tract. Site plans for these corners shall minimize surface parking from being the main visual feature at these hard corners (note: requiring some berming when these locations are site planned may help with this). This includes incorporating design features from the Town's FM 1938 Streetscape plan on the side of the subject tract that abuts FM 1938. Also, a 3-4 foot stone wall that fits with the site's design standards and guidelines shall be required around the perimeter of the site on Solana Boulevard and FM 1938. 11. Show on the Development Plan the type of Town Edge landscaping that will be utilized along the SH114 side of the tract. Also show where along this Town Edge landscape zone the landscaping will consist of trees and when other treatments such as vineyards, as proposed by the developer, will be used. 12. Approve use of Italian Cypress trees on the tract as the predominant tree of choice for the landscaping. 13. All recommendations made by Staff in the Staff Report presented at the time of zoning approval on April 22, 2013 continue in place (discussed above in Section I of this report). 14. All site plans submitted subsequent to approval of this Development Plan shall comport to all the design standards and guidelines as set out Ordinance No. 703. 15. A lighting plan must be submitted for this Development Plan that meets the requirements of the Section 14 of the zoning ordinance for this site (Ordinance No. 703) as well as Chapter 102 of the Town's Code of Ordinances. This plan should emphasize use of bollard lights along trails, plazas, and gathering areas. It should also emphasize shielded low intensity down lighting for parking lots and intersections. 16. A Master Landscape Plan for all common areas, right-of-ways, public and private open spaces, and Town Edge Landscape zones must be submitted along with the next Site Plan and before any buildings permits are issued, other than the Site Plan and building permit for the Sales Office. Commissioner Sanden seconded the motion. The motion carried by a vote of 4-0. P&Z Minutes 10/14/13 Page 4 of 7 4. PUBLIC HEARING AND RECOMMENDATION REGARDING THE APPROVAL OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT OF L , OF • r WITHIN THE PLANNED PROPERTYDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 1, PLANNING AREA 2 (PD1 -2) ZONING DISTRICT. THE SUBJECT • TRACT OF LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER• ;;(DAVISFSOLANA BOULEVARD,DING NORTH TO HWY 114. Mr. Bobby Dollak, Project Engineer, provided a presentation and overview of the preliminary plat. Discussion ensued regarding the drainage and lake levels, 100 year flood plan, release points for the lake, wells supplying the lake, and the locations for tying into the Westlake's water. Director Edwards provided an overview of the staff recommendations. Discussion ensued regarding the proposed Public Improvement District (PID), maintenance of the streets, and the maintenance of landscaping and trails by the association. Chairman Greenwood opened the public hearing. No one addressed the Commission. Chairman Greenwood asked for a motion to close the public hearing. MOTION: Commissioner Sanden made a motion to close the public hearing. Commissioner Heath seconded the motion. The motion carried by a vote of 4-0. Commissioner Sanden made a motion to recommend approval of the preliminary plat with the following conditions: Add a note to the Preliminary Plat stating that all public infrastructure, with the exception of water, sewer, and Town duct bank, will be maintained by the Developer and/or HOA and these items will be described in detail in the Developer's Agreement for this property referred to in Recommendation No. 3 below. 2. This Preliminary Plat does not reflect compliance with the Engineering Design Standards adopted by the Town of Westlake. Engineering Design Standards may be approved for the PD1 -2 Zoning District that amend the adopted Engineering Design Standards for the PD1 -2 Zoning District only. Prior to approval of this Preliminary Plat by the Town Council, the P&Z Minutes 10/14/13 Page 5 of 7 developer must submit engineering Design Standards for approval by the Town Council as part of the Development Plan. 3. The Preliminary Plat approval is conditioned upon compliance with the Developer's Agreement for the PD1 -2 Development. Said Developer's Agreement should be approved at or prior to consideration of the Preliminary Plat for approval. Commissioner Belvedere seconded the motion. The motion carried by a vote of 4-0. Mr. Dollak and Mr. Beaty provided a presentation and overview of the proposed site plan. Mr. Ron Stewart, Landscape Architect provided an overview of the landscaping plans for the site. Discussion ensued access to the proposed development from the site and storage of trash receptacles. Chairman Greenwood opened the public hearing. No one addressed the commission. Chairman Greenwood asked for a motion to close the public hearing. iI Commissioner Heath made a motion to close the public hearing. Commissioner Sanden seconded the motion. The motion carried by a vote of 4-0. MOTION: Commissioner Sanden made a motion to recommended approval of the site plan with the following conditions: 1. Approval is subject to the building design and architecture as submitted to the P&Z at this meeting. This would include granting the variance that the Applicant/Developer is requesting to the Town's building articulation requirements on the building's side closest to SH114. P&Z Minutes 10/14/13 Page 6 of 7 2. Add a note on the site plan requiring cross access for vehicular traffic on all abutting tracts. 3. While not requiring a solid waste collection (dumpster) location on this Site Plan, add a stipulation that solid waste collection for this Site Plan will be addressed in a joint (i.e consolidated) solid waste collection point for this and adjacent tracts which will be a part of the consideration for approval of Site Plans for the adjacent tracts. All trash receptacles shall be screened from view. 4. A lighting plan must be submitted for this Site Plan that meets the requirements of the Section 14 of zoning ordinance for this site (Ordinance No. 703) as well as Chapter 102 of the Town's Code of Ordinances. 5. All electrical, plumbing, and mechanical equipment, piping, and metering shall be screened from view. When screening is not possible, painting to match the exterior of the portion of the building in closest proximity to the above mentioned items is required. Commissioner Belvedere seconded the motion. The motion carried by a vote of 4-0. 0 10111 J 01 L 14 0,111 There being no further business to come before the Chairman Greenwood, asked for a motion to adjourn. MOTION: Commissioner Heath made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Commissioner Sanden seconded the motion. The motion carried by a vote of 4-0. Chairman Greenwood adjourned the meeting at 9:20 p.m. APPROVED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONINGCOMMISSION THE 28th DAY OF APRIL, 2013. f s'F J f / ATTEST: _wr. William E. Greenwood, Chairman i Kelly dwarcLs„Town Secretary P&Z Minutes 10/14/13 Page 7 of 7