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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-10-21 PZC MINUTES• • • CITY OF ENGLEWOOD PLANNING AND ZONING C01\1MISSION OCTOBER 21, 1997 I. CALL TO ORDER The regular meeting of the City Planning and Zoning Commission was called to order at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of the Englewood City Hall, Chairman Douglas presiding . Members present: Cottle , Dummer , Garrett , Homer, Tobin, Weber , Welker , Douglas Members absent: Styes (no notice) Also present: Planning Coordinator Harold J. Stitt Planning Assistant/Intern Brad Denning Assistant City Attorney Nancy Reid II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES October 7, 1997 Mr. Douglas stated the Minutes of October 7, 1997 were to be considered for approval. Homer moved: Tobin seconded: The Minutes of October 7, 1997 be approved as written. AYES : NAYS: Dummer, Garrett , Homer , Tobin, Weber, Welker, Cottle, Douglas None ABSTAIN: None ABSENT: Sty es The motion carried. III. COMPRHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE §16-4-17: Fences, Walls and Visual Barriers CASE #OR-97-03 Mr. Douglas stated that a public hearing has been scheduled to consider an amendment to the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance regarding Fences , Walls, and Visual Barriers . He asked for a motion to open the Public Hearing. Tobin moved: Weber seconded: The Public Hearing on Case #OR-97-03 be opened. 1 • • • Mr. Horner asked why the Public Hearing should be opened. He noted there was no one in attendance , and he has been informed that the Public Works Department is requesting addi- tional time to study the proposed amendment. Mr. Stitt stated that if the Public Hearing, which has been advertised for this date and time, is opened and continued to a date certain, additional public notice is not required. However , if the Public Hearing is not opened and is "vacated ", notice of Public Hearing will have to be republished. Mr. Horner asked if the Hearing is continued to a date certain , whether interested parties would be notified of that date , inasmuch as there is no audience this evening . Assistant City Attorney Reid stated that the agenda will be posted on the City Hall bulletin board; but the Notice of Public Hearing will not be republished in the Englewood Herald. The vote on the motion to open the Public Hearing was called : AYES : NAYS : ABSTAIN: ABSENT: Garrett , Horner , Tobin , Weber, Welker , Cottle , Dummer , Douglas None None Sty es The motion carried . Ms. Reid addressed the Commission, and stated that Interim City Manager Esterly asked her to request a continuance of this Hearing because Public Works Department personnel feel they have not had adequate time to consider this draft of the proposed amendment. Ms. Reid stated that a meeting was held earlier in the day at which meeting the Traffic Engineer gave specific changes that he wanted considered. Issues scheduled for upcoming meetings were reviewed. Welker moved: Horner seconded: The Public Hear ing on Case #OR-97-03 be continued to November 18 , 1997 at the hour of 7 :00 p.m. AYES : NAYS: Horner , Tobin, Weber , Welker , Cottle, Dummer , Garrett , Douglas None ABSTAIN: None ABSENT : Sty es The motion carried . 2 , • • • IV. FINDINGS OF FACT Brookridge Shopping Center CASE #PUD-97-01 Mr. Douglas stated that the Findings of Fact for the Brookridge Shopping PUD amendment were to be considered for approval. Dummer moved: Tobin seconded: The Findings of Fact for Case #PUD-97-01 be approved as written. AYES: NAYS; ABSTAIN: Tobin, Weber , Welker, Cottle, Dummer, Garrett, Horner, Douglas None None ABSENT: Sty es The motion carried. V. PUBLIC FORUM No one was present to address the Commission. VI. DIRECTOR'S CHOICE Mr. Stitt announced that the CRNA/Compass Group will present their proposal for the rede- velopment of Cinderella City Mall at an all-day workshop on October 22 at the Cherry Creek Inn. The Englewood project is one of three this group has been working on, and presentations will be made on all three projects . There will be people present from Portland, Oregon, who will participate on the panel to critique the presentations, as well as Mr. Peter Calthorpe who is well known in the field of redevelopment. Members of the Englewood City Council have been invited to attend, as well as participating committee members. Mr. Stitt stated that Mr. Welker has been registered to attend the Colorado Community Revi- talization Association (CCRA) meeting in Longmont on October 24th. Ms. Reid stated that the City has hired Mr. Ken Fellman, an attorney who specializes in tele- communications issues, to work with staff in developing the ordinance regarding the telecom- munications towers and relay stations . VII. COMMISSIONER'S CHOICE Ms. Tobin referenced the last Commission meeting when two members of the telecommunica- tions industry were in attendance, and stated that Mr. Dummer made some comments which gave her a different perspective; she appreciated that. Mr . Dummer stated that, had the Com- mission been informed what the focus of the two representatives' comments would be, he would not have voted in opposition to hearing them at that time . Mr. Denning stated that staff did not know what the focus of comments would be, and , in fact, was told by one of the 3 , • • • women in attendance that she would not be at the meeting. She had faxed a letter in after busi- ness hours on the date of the meeting, which also indicated she would not be attending. Mr . Denning stated that one of the women works for Sprint PCS, and the other woman is affiliated with AirTouch Cellular. Ms. Reid reiterated that Mr. Fellman, City Staff, and members of the task force will be work- ing together to develop the ordinance. Mr. Denning stated that Mr. Fellman and City staff will have some meetings prior to involving all members of the task force, and that he has received an initial draft of an ordinance from Mr. Fellman already. Mr. Garrett commented that it is not unusual to have representatives from the telecommunica- tions industry attend meetings that are study sessions; these representatives obviously feel that "something" is going to happen and even though the agenda may be noted as a study session they want to be there. Mr. Douglas asked about progress on the remaining daycare homes in the R-1-A District. Mr. Denning stated that staff has sent letters to other daycare providers on the list that has been de- veloped; two have responded stating that they no longer provide home daycare. Mr. Denning noted that one or two on the list did not have telephone numbers listed or the number had changed, did not have an address listed, or cannot be located in the telephone book. Mr. Den- ning stated that staff wanted to send the daycare providers the application information and cri- teria but the response has been extremely poor . There being no further business to come before the Commission, the meeting was declared adjourned . Gertrude G. Welty, Recording Secreta ln bd\grouplboards\plancomm\minutes 97\pcm I 0-97b .doc 4