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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda UDCAC 07.12.2017Notice of Meeting for the Unified Dev elopment Code Adv isory Committee of the City of Georgetown July 12, 2017 at 3:00 PM at Historic Light and Water Works Building, 406 W. 8th Street, Georgetown, Texas 78626 The City o f G eo rgeto wn is committed to comp lianc e with the Americans with Dis abilities Ac t (ADA). If yo u req uire as s is tanc e in participating at a p ublic meeting d ue to a disability, as d efined und er the ADA, reas onab le as s is tance, ad ap tatio ns , or acc o mmo d ations will b e provid ed up o n req uest. P leas e c o ntact the City Sec retary's Office, at leas t three (3) days prior to the sc hed uled meeting d ate, at (512) 930-3652 o r City Hall at 113 Eas t 8th Street fo r add itional info rmation; TTY us ers ro ute through Relay Texas at 711. Consent Agenda The Statutory Cons ent Agenda inc ludes non-c o ntro versial and ro utine items that may be acted up o n with one s ingle vo te. An item may b e pulled from the Cons ent Agenda in o rd er that it b e dis c us sed and acted up o n individ ually as part of the Regular Agenda. A Co nsideration and possible actio n to approve the minutes o f the regular meetings o f F eb ruary 8, 2017; Ap ril 12, 2017; and May 10, 2017. Karen F ro s t, Recording Sec retary Legislativ e Regular Agenda B Public Hearing and possible actio n o n the p ro p o s ed amend ments to UDC Chap ter 5 Land Us e Charts . So fia Nels on, CNU-A, Planning Direc tor Adjournment CERTIFICATE OF POSTING I, Shelley No wling, C ity S ecretary fo r the C ity of Geo rgeto wn, Texas , d o hereby c ertify that this Notice of Meeting was p o s ted at City Hall, 113 E. 8th Street, a p lace read ily acc es s ible to the general p ublic at all times , on the ______ d ay o f __________________, 2017, at __________, and remained so p o s ted fo r at leas t 72 c o ntinuo us ho urs p receding the sc heduled time o f s aid meeting. ____________________________________ S helley No wling, City Sec retary Page 1 of 9 City of Georgetown, Texas Unified Development Code Advisory Committee July 12, 2017 SUBJECT: Cons id eration and p o s s ib le ac tion to approve the minutes of the regular meetings of February 8, 2017; April 12, 2017; and May 10, 2017. Karen Fros t, Rec o rd ing S ecretary ITEM SUMMARY: FINANCIAL IMPACT: . SUBMITTED BY: Karen Fro s t, Rec o rd ing S ecretary ATTACHMENTS: Description Type UDCAB Minutes 02.08.2017 Backup Material UDCAB Minutes 04.12.2017 Backup Material UDCAB Minutes 05.10.2017 Backup Material Page 2 of 9 UDC Advisory Committee 1 February 8, 2017 City 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. 8th Street, Georgetown, Texas 78626 Committee Present: P.J. Stevens, Chair; Philip Wanke, Vice-chair; Bruce Barton, John Philpott; Tim Haynie, Tim Bargainer, Secretary. Committee Member(s) Absent: 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, Planning 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 Planner 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. Page 3 of 9 UDC Advisory Committee 2 February 8, 2017 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 lawsuits 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. _____________________________________ __________________________________ P.J. Stevens, Chair Tim Bargainer, Secretary Page 4 of 9 UDC Advisory Committee 1 April 12, 2017 City of Georgetown, Texas Unified Development Code Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at 3:00 PM Historic Light and Water Works Building, 406 W. 8th Street, Georgetown, Texas 78626 Committee Present: P.J. Stevens, Chair; Tim Bargainer, Secretary; Bruce Barton, Brett Danaher; Tim Haynie; John Philpott; and Philip Wanke, Vice-chair. Committee Member(s) Absent: none Staff Present: Sofia Nelson, Planning Director A. Call to Order at 3:00 p.m. by Chair Stevens. B. As of the deadline, no persons were signed up to speak on items other than what was posted on the agenda. C. Review and discuss Chapter 5 land use charts – Sofia Nelson, Planning Director Nelson presented the following items: The 2016-2017 UDC Amendment List identifies the following as priority 2 level amendments: • Consider updating the list of specific uses in Chapter 5 to include various uses that are not currently listed. • Consider changes to the zoning districts in which specific uses may be permitted in. o Examples include the following: Allowing stand-alone medical offices in the Industrial district; Whether recreational vehicles (RVs) should be allowed as primary quarters in the Agriculture district; Reconsider allowing "Contractor Services Limited", "Contractor Services General", and "Office Warehouse" Specific Uses in the C-3 zoning district Review the by-right use of fuel stations in the C1 district Review uses in Business Park and Industrial zoning categories Review limited and SUP uses in the MU-DT zoning district Nelson asked the committee to share concerns, ways to improve, or questions you have experienced or heard regarding how uses are permitted. Adjourned at 3:45 p.m. Page 5 of 9 UDC Advisory Committee 2 April 12, 2017 _____________________________________ __________________________________ P.J. Stevens, Chair Tim Bargainer, Secretary Page 6 of 9 UDC Advisory Committee 1 May 10, 2017 City of Georgetown, Texas Unified Development Code Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 3:00 PM Historic Light and Water Works Building, 406 W. 8th Street, Georgetown, Texas 78626 Committee Present: P.J. Stevens, Chair; Bruce Barton, Brett Danaher; Tim Haynie; John Philpott; and Philip Wanke, Vice-chair. Committee Member(s) Absent: Tim Bargainer, Secretary Staff Present: Sofia Nelson, Planning Director and Karen Frost, Recording Secretary A. Call to Order at 3:00 p.m. by Chair Stevens. As of the deadline, no persons were signed up to speak on items other than what was posted on the agenda. B. Review and discuss Chapter 5 land use charts – Sofia Nelson, Planning Director Nelson presented the following items: The 2016-2017 UDC Amendment List identifies the following as priority 2 level amendments: • Consider updating the list of specific uses in Chapter 5 to include various uses that are not currently listed. • Consider changes to the zoning districts in which specific uses may be permitted in. o Examples include the following: Allowing stand-alone medical offices in the Industrial district; Whether recreational vehicles (RVs) should be allowed as primary quarters in the Agriculture district; Reconsider allowing "Contractor Services Limited", "Contractor Services General", and "Office Warehouse" Specific Uses in the C-3 zoning district Review the by-right use of fuel stations in the C1 district Review uses in Business Park and Industrial zoning categories Review limited and SUP uses in the MU-DT zoning district At the last UDC Advisory Committee meeting we discussed the above items and the committee provided staff with direction. The feedback staff requests on this item is to review the draft amendments as a group and confirm if staff accurately updated the land use chart. Nelson also reported that City Council will review the mobile food vendors within the next 90 days. Staff will be asking for direction on issuing Temporary Use Permits. She also reported that staff is not ready to discuss the fuel station language for the convenience stores at this time. C. Public Hearing and possible action on the proposed amendment to UDC Chapter 5 land use Page 7 of 9 UDC Advisory Committee 2 May 10, 2017 chart to allow medical offices in the Industrial zoning district. Sofia Nelson, CNU-A, Planning Director Nelson reported this was an item that was requested by the economic development department. This would allow a medical or dental office in an industrial zoning district. If there are three or less doctors, the use would be defined as an office. If there are more than three doctors, the use will be defined as a clinic. Motion by Haynie to recommend to city council the change to the code to allow medical or dental offices or clinics in the Industrial Zoning District. Second by Barton. Approved 6 – 0 – 1 (Bargainer absent). Adjourned at 3:17 p.m. _____________________________________ __________________________________ P.J. Stevens, Chair Tim Bargainer, Secretary Page 8 of 9 City of Georgetown, Texas Unified Development Code Advisory Committee July 12, 2017 SUBJECT: Public Hearing and p o s s ib le ac tion on the propos ed amendments to UDC C hapter 5 Land Use Charts. Sofia Nelson, C NU-A, P lanning Directo r ITEM SUMMARY: The 2016-2017 UDC Amendment List identifies the fo llo wing as priority 2 level amend ments : Cons ider updating the lis t o f spec ific us es in C hapter 5 to includ e various us es that are not c urrently lis ted. Cons ider c hanges to the zo ning d is tric ts in whic h s p ecific us es may b e permitted in. Over time new us es are presented to s taff that are not s pec ifically addressed in the UDC. Additio nally, staff is regularly pres ented with ques tions regarding the pos sibility o f allowing different us es in districts they are not otherwis e allo wed in. Examples inc lude the fo llo wing: Rec o ns id er allowing "Co ntracto r Servic es Limited ", "Contrac tor Servic es General", and "Office Wareho us e" Spec ific Uses in the C-3 zoning dis trict Review the b y-right us e of fuel s tations in the C1 district Review us es in Bus iness Park and Indus trial zo ning categories Review limited and S UP uses in the MU-DT zoning district On Ap ril 12, 2017 the UDC Ad visory Co mmittee d irected staff to review the ab o ve s ectio ns o f the UDC Land Us e Chart and amend the above sec tio ns fo r review b y the c o mmittee. FINANCIAL IMPACT: n/a SUBMITTED BY: Sofia Nelson, C NU-A, P lanning Directo r Page 9 of 9