12-04-2007 (Planning & Zoning) Minutes Wylie Planning and Zoning
Commission
CITY OF WYLIE
Minutes
Wylie Planning & Zoning Commission
Tuesday, December 4, 2007—7:00 pm
Wylie Municipal Complex—Council Chambers
2000 Highway 78 North
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Dennis Larson announced that a quorum was present and called the
meeting to order at 7:03PM. Those present besides Chairman Larson were, Vice-
Chair Scott Ames, Commissioner Ramona Kopchenko, Commissioner Phillip
Johnston, Commissioner Tim Bennett, and Commissioner Ruthie Wright.
Commissioner John Onufreiczuk was absent
Staff present was Renae 011ie, Charles Lee, and Mary Bradley.
INVOCATION & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Commissioner Wright gave the invocation and Commissioner Kopchenko led the
pledge of allegiance.
CITIZENS COMMENTS
Chairman Larson opened the Citizens Participation. No one approached the
Commissioners; Chairman Larson closed the Citizens Participation.
CONSENT ITEMS
1. Consider and act upon approval of the Minutes from the November 6,
2007 Regular Meeting.
A motion was made by Commissioner Johnston, and seconded by Vice-Chair
Ames, to approve the minutes from November 6, 2007 Regular Meeting, as
submitted. Motion carried 6 — 0.
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REGULAR AGENDA
Action Agenda
1. Consider a recommendation to the City Council regarding a Final
Plat creating nine (9) commercial lots and one (1) open space lot
for Regency Steel Business Campus, Block A, Lots 1 — 10,
generally located east of Regency Drive and north of Steel Road.
Mr. Lee stated that the property totals 3.915 acres and will create and establish a
commercial business campus consisting of nine lots and one common area lot.
The proposed development is located within the Regency Park Industrial area,
and has frontage along Regency Drive and Steel Road.
In May 2007, the City Council approved (PD 2007-14) to accommodate an
innovative commercial/industrial campus with a common area and privately
maintained access easements connecting interior lots, with stipulation that
landscaping requirements to be calculated for entire development, and the
parking be based on the entire development as well.
The Final Plat complies with all applicable technical requirements of the City of
Wylie including the Subdivision Ordinance and staff recommends approval.
Commissioner Kopchenko questioned how the common use area will be handled
and if the Site Plan will be submitted after all the lots have approved Site Plans.
Mr. Bryan Rogers, NiCom Construction, 120 Regency Drive, represented the
developer, stated that the common area will be owned by the mandatory
Property Owners' Association. The lot can be submitted at any time, the
common lot will have a small parking area, landscaping that will be irrigated and
small park setting. Each commercial lot within the development will pay a fee to
the Property Owner's Association, and the proposed park will be maintained by
the Property Owner's Association. A mutual access easement connecting the
interior lots will be maintained by the Property Owner's Association as well. The
Commissioners requested that the Site Plan for the common area lot be
submitted when the Site Plan for the first lot is submitted. Mr. Rogers agreed to
submit the Site Plan within the week.
Commissioner Bennett questioned the ownership of Regency Drive and if it is a
private street. Mr. Lee stated that Regency Drive and Steel Road are both
maintained by the City of Wylie. However, when a development is submitted to
the City, staff uses the opportunity to clean up the road by dedicating right-of-
way. Ms. 011ie stated that staff will submit to the City Engineer questioning the
legality of changing from a private road into a city-maintained road.
A motion was made by Vice-Chair Ames, and seconded by Commissioner
Johnston, to recommend approval to the City Council for the Final Plat Regency
Steel Business Campus, Block A, generally located east of Regency Drive andnorth of Steel Road, with the stipulation that a Site Plan for Lot 3, common area,
be submitted with the Site Plan for the first lot within the development. Motion
carried 6—0.
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PUBLIC HEARING
1. Hold a Public Hearing and consider a recommendation to City
Council regarding an amendment to Zoning Ordinance 2006-04,
Article 5, Sections 5.1 (F)(3): Retail, Personal Service &
Commercial, establishing regulations specifying the location of
Major Automobile Repair uses. Text Amendment
Ms. 011ie stated that staff has conducted research on the permitted uses within the
Light Industrial (LI) District, particularly Major Automobile Repair. Currently, the use
is allowed by right within the Commercial Corridor (CC) and Heavy Industrial (HI)
Districts.
A property owner has approached staff, with a desire to operate such use. The
property is located within the Regency Business Park Addition, and the zoning is LI.
Ms. 011ie reviewed the revisions and amendments to the Zoning Ordinance for the
Regency Business Park Addition from 2001 to 2006, which changed from Business
Center(BC) to the current zoning LI.
Light Industrial Zoning includes less-intensive assembly, warehousing and
distribution of products, while excludes uses such as but not limited to meat packing,
chemicals and petroleum processing and manufacturing and foundries. The
recommendation is to allow major automobile repair uses within the LI District with a
Specific Use Permit (SUP). This will provide a means for developing certain uses in
a manner in which the proposed use will be compatible with adjacent properties and
allows for site specific conditions where certain impacts may exist that require
additional review to ensure compatibility between uses.
Vice-Chair Ames expressed the desire to amend the Zoning Ordinance to allow
major automobile repair uses with a Specific Use Permit within the Commercial
Corridor as well as Light Industrial District. Commissioner Kopchenko questioned if
the Specific Use Permit would limit the number of major automobile repair within the
same area. Ms. 011ie stated that a Specific Use Permit would provide a means to
controlling the number of uses that are adjacent to one another.
Chairman Larson opened the Public Hearing.
Mr. Wala Hameed, 402 Francis Way, Richardson, spoke in favor of the text
amendment.
Chairman Larson closed the Public Hearing.
A motion was made by Commissioner Johnston, and seconded by Commissioner
Bennett, to approve the text amendment to amend Article 5, Section 5.1 (F)(3):
Retail, Personal Service & Commercial, to allow major automobile repair uses with
an Specific Use Permit in the Commercial Corridor and Light Industrial Districts.
Motion carried 6 —0.
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MISCELLANEOUS
All of the Commissioners were in consensus not to have a meeting on December
18, 2007 or January 1, 2008, due to the holiday.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion was made by Commissioner Johnston, and seconded by Commissioner
Wright to adjourn the meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 7:25 p.m. All
Commissioners were in consensus.
Dennis Larson,Chairman
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