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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning Commission Minutes - February 5, 2002City of Central Point Planning Commission 2/05/2002 MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:00 P.M. II. ROLL CALL: Chuck Piland, Candy Fish, John LeGros, Paul Lunte, Don Foster, Rick Perry and Wayne Riggs were present. Also in attendance were Tom Humphrey, Planning Director; Ken Gerschler, Community Planner; Matt Samitore, Community Planner and Dave Arkens Planning Technician. III. CORRESPONDENCE There was correspondence relating to Business Item A. IV. MINUTES Commissioner Fish made a motion to approve the minutes from the January 8, 2001 meeting as presented. Commissioner Foster seconded the motion. ROLL CALL: Perry, abstained; Fish, yes; LeGros, yes; Lunte, abstained; Foster, yes and Riggs, yes. Motion passed unanimously. V. PUBLIC APPEARANCES There were no public appearances. VI. BUSINESS A. Public Hearing to review applications for zone map change and Master development Plan for a project known as Cascade Meadows. The subject property is zoned TOD-MMR, Medium Mix Residential and is located North of Beall Lane and West of U.S. Highway 99 on Jackson County Assessment Plat 37 2W 11C, Tax Lot 9500. Ken Gerschler, Community Planner, presented the Planning Department Staff Report. The Planning Commission is being asked to review amendments to the zoning map and a master plan for the Cascade Meadows P.U.D. for the purpose of presenting a recommendation to the Central Point City Council. The current zoning for this parcel is R-1, Residential Single-Family with a TOD Corridor Overlay designation of TOD-MMR, Medium Cicy of Ceun~al Poiur Planning Commission Minures February 5, 2002 Page 2 Mix Residential. The applicant is requesting that the zoning map be modified to TOD-LMR, Low Mix Residential with a portion at the Haskell Street entrance and along the easterly property boundary being TOD-EC, Employment Commercial. Since the request includes the installation of a telecommunications tower, the Planning Department recommends that the C-4, Tourist and Office Professional District be included under the TOD-EC overlay along the easterly boundary. This is necessary as telecommunications towers are a permitted use exclusively in the C-4 District. The conversion ofthe parcel from TOD-MMR to TOD-LMR will reduce the minimum density from 276 to 104 dwelling units. The applicant has proposed building 102 Single Family Homes and 22 Town Home Units. The Master Plan will also include amini-storage facility, that could eventually be removed and replaced with a commuter rail transit stop as needed in the future. A telecommunications tower has also been identified along the rail boundary. Nearly 1.5 acres of the project has been proposed as park or open space. A two story commercial building is proposed for the corner of Haskell Street and Beall Lane. The Planning Department is recommending, that when the applicants submit the PUD proposal, that the town homes be individually separated to allow for affordable housing. All the infrastructure has been reviewed by the Public Works and Planning Departments and meets the requirements for TOD development. Tom Humphrey, Planning Director, stated that the subdivision will have at least three distinct housing types. These includeAccessorydwellings, Single Family Homes, and Town homes. The Commercial zoning will be TOD-EC for the commercial building and C-4 for the telecommunications tower. The Park should be zoned as Open Space. The Agent for the Applicant Craig Stone stated that the builder will not be doing any two story residences otherthan the commercial building and the townhouses. The townhouses will likely be condominiums that would be sold individually but the applicant will work with the City for another townhouse configuration as needed. The subdivision will have tree lined streets and a landscaped median at the intersection of Haskell and Beall. Chickory Lane will be paved the extent of the development. The Applicant, Mike Montero, stated that the development is meant to be used for affordable housing. Lot 102 will be moved to the south to allow for it to be with the rest of the single family residences. The telecommunications tower will be 60' in height and resemble a wood pole, similar to an electric pole. Irvin Warren, of 1253 Beall Lane, asked if the development will have a designated right hand turn lane on Beall and asked about the commercial building. Richard Morley, 668 Farnworth, asked about lighting standards, parking enforcement, and if the development could be less dense. Vivian Gresham, 3386 Chickory Lane, asked if their parcel can have access to the development and asked that Chickory Lane have the same name, even though it will only Cicv oECem~ral Point Planning Commission Mimucs February 5, 2002 Page 3 be an alley Mr. Stone and Mr. Humphrey answered all of the questions regarding the neighbors concerns. Mr. Lunte stated he did not feel that allowing the zone change to C-4 was warranted for the Cell Tower because there was an adequate site for the C-4 adjacent to the property on the south. He felt that the zone change request would result in "spot zoning" that could result in a precedent setting action. Mr. Lunte made a motion to adopt resolution 537 recommending the Master Plan for the City Council, with the stipulation that the park be re-zoned Open Space, and that the Planning Commission has strong reservations aboutallowing the cell tower site to be re-zoned to C-4. Commissioner Fish seconded the motion. ROLL CALL: Perry, yes; Fish, yes; LeGros, no; Lunte, yes; Foster, yes; and Riggs, yes. Motion Passed 5 to 1. B. Public Hearing to review a conditional use application for the Grange Co-Op to create and enclose an agricultural product storage area. The subject property is zoned M-1, Industrial with a TOD Corridor - GC, General Commercial overlay and is located on the west side of U.S. Highway 99 south of Pine Street on Jackson County Assessment Plat 37 2W 10AA, Tax Lot 5000. Tom Humphrey, Planning Director, presented the Planning Department staff report. The industrial nature of the Grange CO-OP, its location along the railroad and its expanding storage needs dictate a less expensive and more commonplace storage and security fence arrangement then is called out in the new code. TOD design guidelines allow storage or service areas, but do not allow chain link fencing, favoring of wrought iron, masonry or wood. Since the Grange wished to create nearly two acres of storage and enclose it with chain link and gated access, staffthought it bestto remedytheir immediate business needs using this conditional use permit. In the short term the grange would like to set up a temporary storage area so that they can consolidate the sites that they have used for temporary storage on First and Front Streets. The Grange will either install a 4' or 6' fence with a landscaped buffer and trees planted 30 feet on center. Commissioner Fish made a motion to adopt resolution number 538, approving the Conditional Use Permit. The permit shall expire on February 5, 2007 or upon redevelopment of the storagearea,whichevercomesfirst. Atwoyearextensionmay be granted at the discretion of the City Planning Commission. The Commission included a condition of approval that requires the items to be relocated from a residentiallyzoned parcel atthe corner ofAsh and South First Streets. This condition requires action within 60 days. Commissioner Lunte seconded the motion. ROLL CALL: Motion Passed unanimously. VII. MISCELLANEOUS City of Central Point Planning Commission Nlioures February 5, 2002 Page ~i There was no miscellaneous business. VIII. ADJOURNfv1ENT Commissioner Lunte made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Commissioner Fish seconded the motion. ROLL CALL: Motion Passed Unanimously. Meeting adjourned at 9.38 P.M.