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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCAC Minutes - July 15, 2003City of Central Point Central Point Citizen's Advisory Committee Minutes Tuesday, July 15, 2003 6:30 P.M. Meeting Called to Order II. Roll Call: Herb Farber, Chairman; Damian Idiart; Sam hildey, Sr.; Walter Moczygemba; Peg Wiedman; were present. hick Perry; and Sam Inkley, Jr.; were absent. Also in attendance was Tom Humphrey, Planning Director; and Lisa Morgan, Planuiug Secretary. III. Minutes Minutes from April 16, 2003, were approved as presented. IV. Public appearances Lynn Saaranen, a properly owner in area 3, North First Street, addressed the committee. She explained that she wanted to attend this meeting so that she could offer any input that might be needed to help this zone change go through. Chairman Farber decided to review Business Item C first, so that Ms. Saaranen did not have to sit through the other areas on the agenda. V. Business A. Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Amendments for Area #3 (North First Street). Mr. Humphrey, Planning Director briefly explained [he DLCD Notices and the purpose of them. He then began explaining the Housekeeping process the Planning Department is perfoaning. Part of this process involves a review of land uses in order to conduct an overall inventory and consider UGB expansion. These Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Amendments are intended to better match zoning with the actual use of [he land. Once this is accomplished, the Planning Department can see how much property is m each zoning area, forecast population growth, and offer recommendations on what Type of property will be needed in the future. Damian Idiart, Committee member; asked Ms. Saaranen what she would like the zoning to be for [his area. She said that she wants to see [he change from TOD-GC to TOD- MMR so that a duplex could be built there. Ms. Saaranen then handed photographs of the area to [he committee for review. Chairman Farber stated that it made sense, since the azea across the street is zoned MMR, and the alley behind could serve as a buffer for any new commercial development. Mr. Humphrey said that there are a few existing businesses in the area, however the majority is mostly residential and First Street dead ends into a series of apartments. The committee recommended to accept the proposed Zone Amendment as presented. B. Comprehensive Plan and Zoniug (Map) Amendments for Area #1 (Hamrick aad Vilas Roads) & Introduction of New `Civic' Zoning Regulations Mr. Humphrey said that the future Don Jones Park should cany a Civic zoning since it isn't going to be used for residential purposes. The park entrance will be lined up with the existing street across from this property, and have a traffic light. This proposed zone change is similar to the TOD zoning district. There was discussion back and forth about the permitted uses in Civic zoning. Peg Wiedman, Committee member; asked if Civic zoning areas are publicly or privately owned. It was explained that Civic can be either. The main purpose of Civic land is to reserve land that can provide a community use such as schools, senior centers, community centers, recreation centers, parks and open space, etc. After further discussion, it was suggested that the language for Civic zoning needs to be tightened up. Other recommendations made were, under the purpose for Civic uses, change fmtetnal organizations to non-profit organizations. Recommendations for the Civic uses chart were to change Drive-through jaci/iries from N- No[ permitted to a Cl - Conditional use limited sales oriented space to a maximum of 400 square feet. Since part of the new Masonic Lodge application approval could include a coffee stand. There also need to be specific size criteria for anything that would have an impact on the surrounding area, so that it is a conditional use rather than a permitted use. Therefore, any necessary conditions could be part of approval. For example specifying hours of operation, etc. There were recommendations made specific to each area as follows la, 10, ld-Leave as the proposed Civic zoning. I b -Should have a new zone introduced as Parks and Open Space, with concession stands as a conditional use. In addition to the future Don Jones Park (area 1 b) being designated with new Parks and Open Space zoning, committee members would like to designate the three tax lots north of Don Jones Park as Parks and Open Space also. C. Comprehensive Plan and Zoning (Map) Amendments for Area #2 (Scenic Aveuue and North Third Street. Committee members reviewed and discussed the area map and proposed changes. After consideration for each parcel within azea 2 the committee recommended the following: 2a - [f the City intends to do anything with this, it should be designated as Parks and Open Space, since i[ abuts Griffin Creek. 26, 2c, 2d, 2f, 2g -Committee recommended as presented. 2e Committee recommended leaving as C-N, Neighborhood Commercial, since the properties surrounding this to the north are zoned as C-N. By changing this zone, it would create a zoning island, and didn't make sense [o take out that one parcel to make it residential. D. Comprehensive Plan and Zoning (Map) Amendments for Area #5 (Highway 99 at Orth Drive) The Committee reviewed and discussed [hat this azea (Miller Estates) was developed a[ a higher density under a Conditional Use and PUD. Changing the zoning to R-2, makes Miller Estates a permitted use, rather than a Conditional Use, and matches the density to the zoning. Committee recommended as presented. E. Comprehensive Plan and Zoning (Map) Amendments for Area #4 (Bursell Road and Pittview Avenue) Mr. Humphrey explained that changing the zoning in [he park area (4a) is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. Area 46, is proposed to change from R-1-8 (minimum 8,000 square feet) to R-1-6 (minimum 6,000 square feet). This would allow for easier in-fill development of the area. After discussions, the Committee recommended: 4a - Should be designated as Park and Open Space, rather than Civic. 46 - Committee would like the Planning staff better define infill development at [he Citizens Advisory Committee meeting next quarter. F. Comprehensive Plan and Zoning (Map) Amendments for Area #6 (East Pine and Meadowbrook Drive) In summary, the discussion for this area was that the City is amending [he Comprehensive Plan and zoning to reflect the actual development or master plans is this azea. Committee recommended as presented. G. Comprehensive Plau and Zoning (Map) Amendments for Area #7 (Snowy Butte Station TOD) Mr. Humphrey explained this change is part of the Snowy Butte Station application. There was discussion about the overall development plan. Chairman Fazber suggested that the applicant keep the Parks and Open Space along the side of the creek up to Snowy Butte Rd, rather than having it go between the R3 and TOD-MMR zones. He said with [he flood plain that they wouldn't be able [o build anything [here, and would it be a better flow to adjust the Park and Open Space area, to the creek The committee recommended as presented, with modifications suggested by [he Chaitman. H. Zoning Code Amendment for `Fences' making requirements more coesistent with FEMA policy. The committee would like [o have this item brought back to them a[ their next quarterly meeting. VI. Miscellaneous Members of the committee wanted to know if they would have an opportunity to review the Walmart application prior to going to it the Planning Commission. The CAC is willing to schedule a special meeting in order to do this if necessary. The members of the committee would like to become more involved with various application items, and would like to expand [heir involvement [o more than zone changes, etc. Damian Idiart, Committee member, asked Mr. Humphrey about the Ordinance restricting "big box" developments to 80,000 square feet. Mr. Humphrey explained that this ordinance wasn't intended to block Walmart specifically. The purpose was to better define community shopping centers. He further explained that a Superstore is a regional shopping facility, not a community shopping center. There are other issues such as increased traffic loads in an area that already has traffic problems, the orientation of the building, and the potential of a regional development dividing the west side of Central Point from the east side, rather than joining the two sides as one community. The Citizens Advisory Committee stated that they would like to be the sounding board for the citizens. They recommended having a Town Hall meeting at Crater High School with a note in the water bill of the time and place. VII. Adjoummeut The committee adjourned at approximately 10:15 P.M.