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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-10-09 P&Z Meeting MinutesMINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, HELD MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1995 AT 7:00 P.M., IMMEDIATELY FOLOWING THE JOINT PUBLIC HEARING IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 3519 LIBERTY DRIVE, PEARLAND, TEXAS. The meeting was called to order at 8:03 p.m. with the following present: Chairman Pat Lopez Vice Chairman Emil Beltz Commissioner Robert Larsen Commissioner Marshall Eggers Commissioner Jeffery O'Brien Commissioner Peggy Mayfield -Royer Commissioner Randy Patro Assistant City Richard Burdine Manager City Engineer John Hargrove Secretary to the Commission Judy Highburger APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes of October 2, 1995 A motion to approve the minutes of the 10-2-95 meeting, was made by Vice Chairman Emil Beltz, seconded by Commissioner Eggers. Motion Passed 7 to 0. Peggy Mayfield -Royer left the meeting at 8:10 p.rn. to rejoin the Council Meeting. NEW BUSINESS A. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION - SPECIFIC USE NO. 37 Request of Drew O'Farrell for a Specific Use Perrnit to allow for a 1 contractor's storage and equipment yard in a Corrunercial District (C), on the following described property, to -wit: Lots 12, 13, 14, and 15 of the Thomas & Gilbert Industrial Tracts, Section 1 (3419 Swenson). Commissioner Marshall Eggers made the motion, seconded by Cornrnissioner Jeffery O'Brien, to recommend to City Council approval of Specific Use No. 37. Motion Passed 6 to 0. Next Meeting Date: Monday, October 16, 1995; 7:00 p.rn. Adjourned: 8:17 p.m. Minutes approved as submitted this day of a V A.D., 1995. ATTEST: y Hig kirger, %kr ecretary to the Cormnission Pat Lopez, Chairrna 2 ! RECEIVED OCT 1 6 1995 October 12, 1995 TO: City Council Zoning Commission Pearland Economic Development Corporation I am disappointed that you have approved a specific use permit for Heckel and Company Contractors for lots on Swenson Road. I realize Pearland needs money but this company will probably be getting a tax break (that will not help Pearland ISD) I don't know what it will do for the city. We have lived in Pearland 30 years and in that time have noticed that building restrictions are so haphazard that you can never be sure what will be built next door let alone the next block. We live in Westminister Subdivision, It is an older subdivision and the homeowners association has been successful in keeping the property values alive and well. When we inquired about the price of houses in this subdivision two years ago (when we bought our house) the realtor told us this neighborhood was so stable that they did not have selling prices in the computer. Now I know that you aren't interested in this subdivision or you would not have let through traffic on the street in front of the YMCA or you would not have opened Hampshire street (as you sometime call Swenson Road) to through traffic. Please, please, as council and zoning commission, walk through these neighborhoods and imagine what you are doing to home values before you turn our city into one big storage lot for pipe and heavy equipment. You have pipe yards all over the city - just look at the one on Orange street or the one on Knapp Road. These places are eyesores in the community. A company that specializes in heavy equipment (historically) is not interested in keeping the lot cleaned and mowed and the noise level and pollution will filter into our homes. We do need zoning but before you zone commercial you should give some consideration to subdivisions that are already there and have tried to be a good neighbors - not a hinderance to the city of Pearland. If you attract home builders (buyers) to Pearland and in 5 years decide that you want to open their subdivision to through traffic you may end up with slums and declining home values (bad news for our school district). I don't know how the voting polls will go in the future but 40 or 50 votes from a homeowners association could be the difference in being re-elected. 0:,/,_,,,„1,,,,,,,„ Z7,,,,,,4 4 Copy: Keith Shepherd, President Westminister Homeowners Association City considers annexation Residents west of town express their displeasure By GINA V. GOMEZ Journal Staff Pearland City Council heard from residents of the area west of town on the issue of annexation and the news wasn't good for city leaders. Residents of the area just west of Pearland along FM 518, filled the council chamber and spilled out into the City Hall lobby Oct. 9 for a public hearing on the possible an- nexation of a site west of Pearland. In a service plan presented at the hearing the area being considered for annexation is described as 843.7 acres along FM 518 west of the present city limit line and in- cluding Brazoria County Municipal Utility District 16. While the residents were pre- sented with a service plan outlining both an "Early Action Program" and a long-term "Capital Improve- ment Program" the residents seemed unimpressed. "We don't need or want any of their services," Ross Rodgers. a resident of the area being looked at for possible annexation, said. "I don't think we will get any- thing at all out of this annexation," another resident said. Residents also expressed con- cern over the possibility of having to follow Pearland city ordinances including the keeping of animals and having to pay city taxes. "The thing is that the people who moved out there, moved out there to get away from the city," Richard Trest, another resident, said. According to Trest and others at the meeting the overwhelming mood of the area's residents is against the annexation plan. "We are going to petition and if Hearing necessary seek legal counsel to pre- vent it," Trest said. Another hearing will be held in two weeks to provide the residents with answers to some of their questions and concerns. Following a joint public hearing of the City Council and the Plan- ning and Zoning Commission Oct. 9, the commission voted to recom- mend a specific use permit be granted for two lots along Swenson oat between Highway 35 and Old Alvin Road. Seeking the permit to store equipment on the currently com- mercially zoned lots was Berkel & Company Contractors which spe- cializes in piling work. The perniit would allow Berkel & Company to establish a firm Texas headquarters, Bill Berry, Berkel regional manager, said. See HEARING, page 8 Continued from page 1 "Pearland has a lot of benefits (such as) good access to interstate highways and a growing people base," Berry said. Among the concerns voiced by residential and business neighbors to the property were possible dam- age to roads by heavy trucks car- rying equipment, possible devalua- tion of property due to the possible look of the storage facility, the pos- sible changing of the "flavor" of the current community, and the possible noise that the storage fa- cility could create. Other business owners who had (1) /y7,s recently purchased property in the area complained they had spent a great deal of money it trying to ' make the area look good. However, area real estate broker David Miller. who has been in- volved in the project, said a prece- dent had already been set in the area. "Lots nine and 10 have already been granted special use permits in April 1993," Miller said, adding businesses in the area have tended ' to be more light industrial than commercial. 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October 10, 1995 Cuj ©F1 p@codand 3519 Liberty Drive • Pearland, Texas 77581-5416 (713) 485-2411 • fax (713) 485-8764 Honorable Mayor and Council Members City Hall Pearland, Texas 77581 Re: RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON SPECIFIC USE NO. 37, THE REQUEST OF DREW O'FARRELL, AGENT FOR BERKEL AND COMPANY, OWNER, TO ALLOW FOR A CONTRACTOR'S STORAGE AND EQUIPMENT YARD IN A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (C). Honorable Mayor and Council Members: The Planning and Zoning Commission, at a regular meeting held on October 9, 1995, after the joint public hearing, considered the above mentioned recommendation to the City Council. Commissioner Marshall Eggers made the motion, seconded by Conunissioner Jeffery O'Brien, to recommend to the City Council approval of Specific Use No. 37. Motion Passed 6 to 0. This is submitted for your consideration. Sincerely yours, Pat Lopez, Chairman Planning & Zoning Commission PL/jh 0 Printed on Recycled Paper AGENDA - REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, TO BE HELD ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1995, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE JOINT PUBLIC HEARING IN THE SECOND FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM, CITY HALL, 3519 LIBERTY DRIVE, PEARLAND, TEXAS. I. CALL TO ORDER II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes of October 2, 1995 III. NEW BUSINESS A. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION - SPECIFIC USE NO. 37 Request of Drew O'Farrel for a Specific Use Permit to allow for a contractor's storage and equipment yard in a Commercial District (C), on the following described property, to -wit: Lots 12, 13, 14, and 15 of the Thomas & Gilbert Industrial Tracts, Section 1 (3419 Swenson). IV. NEXT MEETING DATE: Monday, October 16, 1995; 7:00 p.m. V. ADJOURNMENT Posted: elt. Day of 70 ("6-2 1 , A.D., 1995/ 2. /r P.M. Removed: a 3 2ee Day of d e�! , A.D., 1995