05-07-2001 (Planning & Zoning) Minutes MINUTES
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
WYLIE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX
2000 Highway 78 North, Wylie, Texas 75098
Special Work Session
May 7, 2001
7:00 pm
Notice was posted in the time and manner required by law and quorum was present.
Commission Members Present: Staff Members Present:
Michael George Claude Thompson, Planner
Carter Porter
Tony Snider Consultants Present:
Gary Wiseman Janet Tharp
Commissioners Absent:
Steve Ahrens
William Chapman
Mike Phillips
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman George called the Special Work Session to order at 7:15 p.m., in the Council Work
Session Room of the Municipal Complex.
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
No one appeared to speak.
WORK SESSION
1. Consider revisions to the nonresidential districts of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance
with the consultant.
Tharp distributed and led a discussion of the Residential Adjacency Requirements of Article 7.
The purpose of these regulations is to protect the integrity of residential developments from
negative characteristics of incompatible nonresidential development by imposing special
development standards on the nonresidential use and construction. Apartments and mobile home
districts are normally considered nonresidential for these standards. Increased setbacks from
residential property lines are required for multi-story buildings, and will in no case be less than
the adjoining residential setback requirement. Tharp noted that several of these regulations are
difficult to measure at the time zoning changes or site plans are reviewed, but will provide legal
support for post-development response to complaints of nuisances.
P&Z Work Session
May 21, 2001
Page 2
Commissioners generally endorsed the recommendations. It was recommended that noise
generated by industrial operations be included under Section F. It was recommended that the
restriction of openings in screen walls be expressed as a percentage and increased to a majority
of the wall in order to create a solid appearance and better reduce vision. Drive-through and
stacking lanes at fast foods restaurants should be regulated as loading areas (Section L, page 5).
Tharp distributed and led a discussion of the Special Purpose and Overlay Districts in Article 6.
Commissioners endorsed retaining the 5-acre minimum for Planned Development Districts.
Thompson noted that PDs are intended to accommodate flexibility and innovation, so suggested
that some of the strict development conditions (B.5. and C.6 & 7) may be lessened or deleted.
Tharp reviewed the proposal for the floodplain overlay, especially the limited uses to be allowed
within these areas. Thompson noted that, while parks are a legitimate use within floodplain, it is
not desirable that the required park land dedication be largely flood prone.
Tharp distributed and discussed the regulations for Nonconforming Uses and Structures in
Article 10. It was noted that conversion from the existing zoning requirements and map to the
new regulations is likely to create substantial nonconformancy, and that these regulations address
how such will be handled. Thompson noted that, except when creating a threat to safety,
nonconforming uses and structures cannot be merely closed down but their fair market value
must be amortized by the City.
2. Next meeting
The next work session will be held on Monday, May 14, 2001 at 7:00 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:55 p.m..
Michael George, Chairman Claude Thompson,