HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_UDCAC_02.08.2017City of Georgetown, Texas
Unified Development Code Advisory Committee Meeting
Minutes
Wednesday, February 08, 2017 at 3:00 PM
Historic Light and Water Works Building,
406 W. S� Street, Georgetown, Texas 78626
Committee Present: .. ens, Chair; Philip Wanke, Vice -chair; Bruce Barton, John Philpott; Tim
Haynie, Tim Bargainer, Secretary.
Committee Member(s) Absent: F�. Ch J v,n�
Staff Present: Sofia Nelson, Planning Director; Clay Shell, Assistant Fire Chief; Kimberly Garrett,
Director of Parks and Recreation; Valerie Kreger, Principal Planner; Nathan Jones, Planner, Karen
Frost, Recording Secretary.
Guests Present: Larry Hesser, Councilman; Joe Sandoval, engineer; Kelly Sadler, Texas Masonry
Council
A. Call to Order at 3:00 p.m. by Vice Chair Wanke.
B. As of the deadline, no persons were signed up to speak on items other than what was posted on
the agenda.
C. Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes from the January 11, 2017 Unified
Development Code Advisory Committee meeting.
A typographical error was noted in item C of the minutes, the dates of the previous meeting
minutes.
Motion by Committee Member Wanke, to approve the minutes from the January 11, 2017
meeting with correction. Second by Committee Member Bargainer. Approved 6 - 0.
D. Review and discuss Chapter 5 land use charts. Sofia Nelson, PIanning Director
Nelson presented the items the land use charts and asked committee members for input based
on their experiences and customer requests. She explained that staff has been asked to review
these in response to requests from customers that think adjustments can be made. For example,
allowing medical offices in an Industrial use area. Also considered are the number of fuel
station pumps in a C-1 or C-3 districts. These were generally discussed and staff was tasked
with doing more research and coming back with specific requests and language.
E. Discuss parkland dedication requirements - Kimberly Garrett, Parks and Recreation Director
and Valerie Kreger, Principal PIanner
Garrett spoke and presented the parkland dedication map showing the specific zones. She said
it had not been updated since 2001 and needs to be changed to meet the growth of the city. She
hopes to reduce the number of zones and consider the growth and development areas, and the
lack of parkland in the areas that are not developing as quickly. She stated the Parks
Department will also be looking at increasing the parkland dedication fees. The concern is that
the Parks Department needs a way to put improvements on the land that is being dedicated.
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There is currently not a funding mechanism for those improvements. She will be bringing
forward certain standards that will be required for developing parkland before it is dedicated to
the city. The city will be working on updating the Parks Master Plan in the next year.
F. Discuss single family residential and multi -family residential development standards — Sofia
Nelson, Planning Director
Nelson reported that the city is looking closely at design and materials standards for residential
and multi -family development, specifically masonry requirements. The city wants to make
sure the standards are consistent across the city and that the standards are set to meet the intent
of the requirements. They also need to consider future maintenance of the standards,
aesthetics, safety, insurance ratings, etc. The goal is for the code to provide a better product
without driving the aesthetics.
Kelly Sadler with Texas Masonry Council introduced herself to the Committee and stated she is
available to answer any questions regarding masonry. She spoke specifically to EFIS and stated
that they do not feel is a fire safe option for development. She also stated that hardi-products
(fiber cement material) are not consistent with building codes and that there are many Iawsuits
that are occurring as a result of the product failure. She asked that the committee consider
changing the code to ban the use of the product.
Nelson introduced the new planner, Nathan Jones and the new recording secretary for the
group, Karen Frost. She also reported that Jordan Maddox would be leaving the city and we
would be hosting a reception for him.
Adjourned at 3:45 p.m.
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