01/19/2010-CC-Minutes-Work SessionMINUTES: CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION
January 19, 2010
PRESENT:Mayor Joe Higgs, Councilman Russell Martin, Councilman Robert Patton
and Councilman Thomas Muir
ABSENT:Councilman Andy Garza and Councilman Glenn Ervin
OTHERS
PRESENT:Mike Brice City Manager, Tami Taber City Secretary, Joe Iliff Director of
Development Services
1.Call Meeting to Order.
Mayor Higgs called the meeting to order.
2. Review and Discussion of Proposed Amendments to Zoning Ordinanc e, Section
"B-3"Central Business District, Increasing the Maximum Lot Coverage, Reducing
the Minimum Parking Required, Applying Architectural Standards, and Requiring
Architectural Review.
Joe Iliff,explained that the requested revisions to B-3 (which includes nineteen
different City blocks in the center of downtown) started with the comprehensive
land use plan. B-3 currently includes residential, churches, busin esses and
government buildings.The Historic Preservation Commission has been working on
this for some time. Joe continued to explain that there are four different elements.
The first one is maximum lot coverage. The current coverage amount for B -3 is 60%
percent and 50% for B-2. The recommendation is to make it 100% in lot coverage.
Next is architectural standards,the current zoning does not specify these standards. It
would be what one would see from the facade and not internally. He would like the
review process to possibly be a two tier process with minor changes to be approved by
staff and any major changes would be approved by the Historic Preservation
Commission.
Councilman Martin questioned the architectural review and felt it was too vague. The
City Manager said that the standards in the comprehensive plan covers that.
On the parking requirements, the Historic Preservation Commission would like to
remove those requirements and Planning and Zoning thought the removal would
create problems.City Manager suggested to limit the parking requirements to
new construction.
4.Adjournment.
Mayor Higgs adjourned the meeting.