HomeMy WebLinkAboutKECHTER CROSSING - ANNEXATION & ZONING - ANX120008 - DECISION - MINUTES/NOTESPlanning & Zoning Board
October 18, 2012
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driving change in the system. He thinks that's a bad way to do things and he would look to this Board to
provide leadership to make sure that citizens input makes it into the city's processes.
Chair Smith asked if any member of the audience, the Board or staff wanted to pull an item from consent.
No one did.
Consent Agenda:
• Minutes from the September 13 and 20, 2012 Hearings
• Provincetowne P.U.D. Third Filing, One -Year Extension of Final Plan Vested Rights, #73-82X
• Kechter Crossing Annexation #ANX120008
• Bucking Horse, Second Filing, Project Development Plan, PDP #120022
Discussion Agenda:
• Land Use Code Amendments for Multi -Family Housing, Phase 2 — REMOVED due to additional
staff work required. It will be considered on the Board's November 15, 2012 discussion agenda.
Member Campana left the room due to a conflict on one of the items on the consent agenda.
Member Schmidt made a motion that the Planning and Zoning Board approve the consent agenda
with consists of Minutes from the September 13 Special Hearing and the September 20, 2012
Hearing, the Provincetowne P.U.D. Third Filing, One -Year Extension of Final Plan Vested Rights,
#73-82X, the Kechter Crossing Annexation #ANX120008, and the Bucking Horse, Second Filing,
Project Development Plan, PDP #120022. Member Carpenter seconded the motion. The motion
was approved 5:0.
Other Business:
None
The meeting was adjourned at 6:30 p.m.
Laurie Kadrich.'CDNS Director
Chair Andy Smith called the meeting to order at 6:10 p.m.
Roll Call: Campana, Carpenter, Hatfield, Schmidt, Smith, and Stockover
Excused Absence: Kirkpatrick
Staff Present: Kadrich, Eckman, Shepard, Holland, Lorson, and Sanchez -Sprague
Agenda Review
CDNS Director Laurie Kadrich reviewed the agenda and noted two proposed changes. The Board at
their work session asked that Bucking Horse, Second Filing, Project Development Plan, PDP #120022
be moved to consent. Also staff asks that Land Use Code Amendments for Multi -Family Housing, Phase
2 be removed from the discussion agenda due to the need for additional staff work. It will come back to
the Board at their hearing on November 15, 2012.
Citizen participation:
Eric Sutherland, 3520 Golden Currant, said it seems lately every time that City Council meets they are
hearing an appeal of a land use decision. He thinks that speaks to an issue of trust on what our
government can accomplish. He said he attended a recent Type 1 hearing on a subdivision in the NCM
zone. On that application, staff recommended a lot size modification of standards to 9,000 square feet
from a minimum requirement of 10,000 square feet. He said there is nothing in our Land Use Code
(LUC) that requires, advises, or welcomes staff to provide recommendation on modification of standards.
He thinks that defeats the whole practice of having a hearing officer/a decision maker make those
decisions. He said the LUC does require staff to comment on whether particular standards are
applicable to a development proposal. He said that's acceptable, wise and prudent. He thinks with staff
recommendations the decision maker(s) job is already done and that's a problem.
Sutherland said at the Type 1 hearing he recently attended, staff did not any way comport with the
thinking behind the particular standard (10,000 square foot minimum in the NCM). He said in this
particular case there are exceptional circumstances why that one modification ought to be granted. He
said those listed, because it would lead to great infill and development, is completely out of step when
that precedent was set when that section of the LUC became code. He said he doesn't understand why
we do the things we do. He expects the LUC to provide protections and to provide opportunities that
create the kind of community we want to create. He said there are probably more problems than have
even been identified in this system. He doesn't see an awful lot of work going into improving how things
work and what we're going to see instead is appeal after appeal as that's the only way people have for