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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning Commission Minutes - March 11, 2003City of Central Point Planning Commission Minutes March 11, 2003 I. MF,ETING CALLED TO ORDER AT APPROXIMATELY 7:00 P.M. II. ROLL CALL: Chairman Chuck Piland, Rick Perry, Candy Fish, Paul Lunte, Don Foster and Wayne Riggs were present. Also in attendance were Matt Samitore, Community Planner; and Ken Gerschler, Community Planner III. CORRESPONDENCE There was correspondence received relating to Item D. IV. MINUTES Commissioner Lunte made a motion to approve the minutes from the February l 8, 2003 meeting. Commissioner Fish seconded the motion. ROLL CALL: Perry; yes, Fish, yes; Lunte, yes; Foster, yes; and Riggs, yes. Motion passed. V. PUBLIC APPEARANCES There were no public appearances. VI. BUSINESS A. Public hearing to review an application for a lot line adjustment and tentative subdivision that would create 21ots on a 0.94 acre parcel at 3606 Bursell Road. The parcel is located in the R-1-8, Residential Single Family zoning district and is identified in the records of the Jackson County Assessor as Map 37 2W 11AC, Tax Lot 400. Ken Gerschler, Community Planner; presented the Planning Department Staff report. A portion of this application is related to a separate application for a Planned Unit Development known as Kensington Court, by way of a lot line adjustment. This lot line adjustment enables the Kensington Court Planned tJnit Development to have two additional lots, and was processed administratively by the City. Mr. Gerschler, explained that the improvements as required by the Plmvring Conunissia~ Adinutcs blm~ch ll. 2003 Page 2 Public Works Department would be minimal. 'I7re City has not yet received recommendations from BCV SA or Fire District No. 3, and ask that the developer be required to meet their recommendations as well with approval of this application. There were no comments. Commissioner Lunte made a motion to adopt Resolution 564, approving the amended Tentative Plan application fora 2 lot partition at 3606 Bursell Road, subject to meeting requirements from BCVSA and Fire District #3 ,and staff recommended conditions of approval (Attachments C and D). Commissioner Fish seconded the motion. ROLL CALL: The motion passed unanimously. B. Public hearing to review an application fora Planned Unit Development, known as Kensington Court, on a parcel of property located near the intersection of Pittview Avenue and Bursell Road. The subject parcels are located in a R-1, residential Single Family Zoning District on Jackson County Assessment Plat 37 2W 11AC, Tax Lots 300 and 400. Ken Gerschler, presented the Planning Department Staff report. Mr. Gerschler explained that the homes will be I and 2 story. With a 21 foot wide residential road, there will not be parking allowed on the street. It has yet to be determined whether the no parking restriction will be conveyed by painting the curbs or by posting no parking signs. The developer has provided adequate driveway space and recessed garages to allow for plenty of parking. 'Phis road will be a public road so that it can be built to City standards. 'There are significant setbacks, with rear yard setbacks of 20 feet. The PUD has been requested in order to move the buildable portion of the home up to as much as 10' from the front property line. "The developers have also included a 6 foot wide pedestrian pathway to allow access to the potential development of a park on a parcel located adjacent to Kensington Court. Pittview Road is County maintained and the City is cun~ently working on a jurisdictional transfer of Pittview Road, with the County funding some of the upgrade costs for paving to City standards, prior to this transfer taking place. Commissioner Fish asked about the lighting. Mr. Gerschler stated that the lighting will be similar to the TOD standards. Mr. Gerschler added that the developer has built several subdivisions and has the ability to complete this project. BCVSA does have sewer facilities in the area, and will need to see plans to determine the best way for this development to connect. There is a proposed storm drain located in the northwest corner. Phis does not appear to be a problem area for storm water pooling. Mr. Samitore, Community Planner; added that Scott Cochran came in earlier asking about a homeowners association. Mr. Gerschler will be checking with the City attorney regarding the laws for homeowners associations and CC ~ R's. Mike Thornton of Thornton Engineering addressed the commissioners. Mr•. Thornton stated that he supports the City's staff reports. He is asking for flexibility with the Public Works Department for P(anni~tg Cornn:issiar: A~finntes ,99cn~ch ll. 2003 Page 3 the geometry of the street, because they may need to shift the position one or two feet either way. Mr. 'Thornton spoke about the storm drain and said they will certainly do their part to make sure that there will be adequate storm water drainage. He also expressed that they prefer CC & R's to maintain quality standards and construction within this development. Mr. 'Thornton stated he was under the impression that they could do straight curbs, however they are willing to be flexible with the type of curbs. He feels confident with putting in straight curbs, since there will only be one builder and driveway placements should not be a problem. Commissioner Fish stated that she prefers sri~aight curbs to the rolling curbs. Commissioner Riggs made a motion to adopt Resolution 565, approving the Tentative Plan for Kensington Court, subject to the recommended conditions of approval (Attachments C and D) Commissioner Perry seconded the motion. ROLL CALL: The motion pass unanimously. C. Public hearing to consider a tentative plan fora 32 lot subdivision known as Cedar Park located East of U.S. Highway 99 and South of Miller Estates Subdivision. The proposed development is located in the TOD-LMR, low mix residential district and have been identified by the records of the Jackson County Assessor as 37 2W 03B, Tax Lots 700, 800 and 900. There were no conflicts of interest, or ex-pane communications. Matt Samitore presented the Planning Department Staff report. This proposed development is in the TOD-LMR zoning district, with a minimum of 21 units, maximum of 42 units, and a minimum of 13,200 square feet open space. In this design, the developer has dedicated 29,5 18 square feet of open space through out, with 32 proposed units. "The zoning provides the developer with the ability to add 10 more units within the subdivision. Some open space will have nut trees and other open space sites will have fruit trees, along with cedar trees as a symbol of the Cedar Park name. The applicant did master plan the development, since it is required of any development over 5 acres. The Planning Staff feels it is a good conceptual plan, since they did not have cooperation from some of the neighbors, to know what the neighbors would be doing with their properties. The applicants are asking that the alley abutting Miller Estates to the north of Cedar Park be aprivate alley way. All the other alley ways will be public. Access is of concern, the road along the southern portion of Cedar Park will have some issues to resolve. Highway 99 is ODOT jurisdiction, and requires 650 feet between roads accessing the highway, therefore they do not support the southern road. In addition ODO"T will require an approach permit. It does meet the City requirements for road spacing onto an arterial road, and the City is currently working with the State for the jurisdictional transfer of Highway 99. Mr. Samitore spoke with OSP about a possible alternative access road and they would not be very supportive of an access road leading to OSP storage and evidence area. Also, with the southern road, the developer owns '/z of the proposed road, 2 other Planning Gonnnisriort eVinvles d~fnrch 1 /, 2003 Puge d portions are owned by other people, Mrs. Malcom and Mr. & Mrs. Beck, which will need to give ROW dedication to the City for development. Any fees to upsize infrastructure would have to be paid by the developer. Mr. Gerschler added that the design has a traffic calming effect. The applicants are increasing density with open space. There will be a path meandering around the development, along Griffin Creek leading to the downtown business district. It is a well thought out design and represents what the City hopes to sce of other developments. Mr. Dan Davis, member of the Cedar Park Group spoke on behalf of the development. Mr. Davis answered Commissioner Lunte's earlier question as to whether the existing trees have been inventoried, and they have been by Galbraith & Associates. They will be preserving as many of the existing trees as possible that are compatible with the development. The Commissioners asked about the open space, and if any of it will have playground equipment. If the need arises, and they see that there are a lot of families moving into this development, then there certainly would be playground equipment placed in open space. Mr. Samitore added that some of the SDC fees collected for this development could probably be designated to playground equipment. Mr. Wally Skinnan addressed the Commissioners. Mr. Skirman lives in the triangular shaped property identified south of the development on the conceptual plan. He expressed concerns about water drainage from this development and does not want to be left in a bowl of water. He also has concerns with BCVSA. Mr. Samitore answered as it stands now, storm water drainage will have to be able to stand up to a 10 year flood event. If the new FEMA study shows that this is in a flood plain, then the developer would have to build to a 50 or 100 year flood event. All utilities will be stubbed out to his property when the Beck property develops. Chairman Piland had asked when improvements would be made to Scenic and Highway 99. Mr. Gerschler projected in 3 years, but development trends will also be a factor. The bridge across Griffin Creek will cost approximately $500,000 to construct. Commissioner Fish made a motion to adopt Resolution 566, approving the tentative subdivision known as Cedar Park, subject to the recommended conditions of approval (Attachments E and F). Commissioner Foster seconded the motion. ROLL CALL: The motion pass unanimously D. Public hearing to review comments and recommendations concerning the urban reserve areas identified as "CP-1" and "CP-5". Mr. Gerschler addressed the audience and thanked everyone for coming to the meeting. He explained that the Southern Oregon region is a very popular area due to the quality of life and Plmsniivg Contmissiora Minutes iL7m~ch 1 /, 2003 Pnge 5 recreational opportunities. He identified that Oregonians had an obligation to the State and the Community to see that land is used effectively and wisely if the quality of life were to be expected to maintain it's current level. The State is requiring that we take a look at areas we as a community can grow within the next 20-25 years. Mr. Gerschler emphasized that these expansions are not going to happen in the near future, and after a long process, the state would ultimately provide the final decision. For now, it is the City of Cenh~al Point's policy to ensure that existing properties be used to their best and fullest capability; an example being the new Four Oaks Centre where commercial space shares close proximity with private residences. Chairman Piland, addressed the audience and asked that everyone limit their questions or comments to five minutes, so that everyone will have a chance to be heard. Residents were then invited up to the front to sign in and speak. In summary, following are some of the most common questions that were asked. How will this effect property taxes, will property owners be forced to develop or to annex into City limits, how were these areas determined as potential growth areas, how was it determined what is good agricultural land, if Central Point needs more industrial land why not expand out Table Rock Road towards White City, did the City of Central Point feel that these areas were economically viable, would their coning change if they were brought into the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB), what does it mean to be brought into the Urban Urowth Boundary, how could CPS be considered when approximately 50% of that area is considered good agricultural land. The biggest concerns seemed to be that people do not want to lose control over their property. Many of the residents (in the CP 1 area) spoke up and said that tlrey like their area the way it is. Many of them had moved out in the rural area to be able to be hobby farmers, and have some larger areas of land around them. A few other residents look forward to the possibilities if they were part of the UGB. Many said they would not object, if they were not forced to develop or annex unless they wanted to. It was explained by Planning Department Staff that property taxes will not change, unless property owners decided to start developing their property, at which time the County assessor would come out and re-evaluate the value of their property. In the history of Central Point, no property owner has been forced to annex into the City or forced to develop. F,ven if certain areas were to become part of the UGB, they would have to annex into the City to receive City services, and must be contingent with another property that has already been annexed into City limits. 'Coning would remain the same as it is now, until it became annexed into the City. Good agricultural land was determined by soil testing, with the results coming back as a Type 1 or 2 classification. The areas for potential growth were chosen by the City of Central Point at the request of the State. These areas were chosen based on potential growth within the entire region in the preliminary stages. All of these areas will be considered by public hearings, and could change once it these areas go to the State level for final decisions. Also, if included in the UGB, and being annexed into the City, there would be additional public hearings regarding the development of same properties. Commissioner Lunte made a motion to continue the meeting past 10:00pm. Commissioner Fish seconded the motion. ROLL CALL: The motion pass unanimously. Plaiming (onunissinn A~fim~les b1a~~ch Il, 2003 !'nee After hearing all the information, and public testimony, the Commissioners decided to post-pone a recommendation to the City Council, until further review. Chairperson Piland, suggested a study session for Commissioners regarding Regional Problem Solving (RPS) to be held on Apri115; 2003 at 7:OOpm. VII. MISCELLANEOUS None. VIII. ADJOURNMENT Commissioner Lunte made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Commissioner Foster seconded the motion. ROLL CALL: Motion passed unanimously. Meeting was adjourned at 10:25 P.M.