TOWN OF CARY

PLANNING & ZONING BOARD
 MINUTES

August 20, 2001, 7:30PM
Cary Town Hall Building A, Auditorium
316 N. Academy Street

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ITEMS

ACTION

Item 1

Call to Order:

Board members present: Ed Yerha, Don Hyatt, Paul Broderick, Wally Dawson, Carla Sadtler, Ervin Portman, Michael Zaccardo and June Schmidt.

Board members absent: Christy Perrin and Steven Goodridge

Council present: Harold Weinbrecht

Staff present: Jeff Ulma, Ricky Barker, Lawrence Hardee, Jim Parajon, Chris Simpson, Scott Phares, JW Shearin, Joanne Gunther, Tammy Spivey, Dale Privette, Tom Horstman, Steve Brown and Bob Benfield.

 

Mr. Yerha

Item 2 Approval of the minutes of the July 16, 2001 meeting. Board voted (8-0) to approve the minutes.

Item 3

Town Council Report

a)  Town Council meeting of August 9, 2001

Council Member Weinbrecht

Item 4

Site/Subdivision Plans for Discussion:

Site Plan No. 01-066, MacGregor Center, Lot 2

Board voted (8-0) to forward to Council for approval at their September 13, 2001 meeting.

Site Plan No. 01-067, Regency Place, Lot C-5 Board voted (8-0) to forward to Council for approval at their September 13, 2001 meeting with reservations noted in flood plain issues.
Subdivision Plan No. 01-002, Cary Park PUD, Parcel SF12A Board voted (8-0) to forward to Council for approval at their September 13, 2001 meeting with a request from the P&Z Board for Council to review the Developer's Agreement for compliance.

Subdivision Plan No. 01-003, Cary Park PUD, Parcel SF8A Board voted (8-0) to forward to Council for approval at their September 13, 2001 meeting with a request from the P&Z Board for Council to review the Developer's Agreement for compliance.

Item 5

Rezoning(s) to be Tabled:

01-REZ-09:  See attached letter requesting item to be tabled until the September, 2001, Planning and Zoning Board meeting. Council already approved this item for tabling to the P&Z September 17, 2001 meeting; therefore, no action required.
Item 6 Rezoning(s) for Discussion:
01-REZ-10/01-LPA-09:  Consideration of a request by the Town of Cary on behalf of the property owners, Christopher Lee Crowder and Ralph Betts, to rezone property from Residential-8 district to Office and Institutional district. The property is located at 135 Wilkinson Avenue, 431 Wilkinson Avenue and a portion of 142 Wilkinson Avenue, and the request totals approximately 3.0 acres. Board voted (8-0) to forward to Council for approval at their September 13, 2001 meeting.
01-REZ-12/01-LPA-08:  Consideration of a request by Hugh J. Gilleece on behalf of the owners, James C. Crone, Trustee, and Shearin Bizzell McDermott, to rezone property from Residential-40 district to Residential Mixed Conditional Use district. The property is located at 1821 and 1801 Jenks Carpenter Road and the request totals 5.63 acres. Board voted (8-0) to table this item until the September P&Z meeting as Engineering staff needs to clarify access points via a staff report back to the P&Z Board.
01-REZ-14/01-LPA-11:  Consideration of a request by MacGregor Properties, LLC on behalf of the property owners, American Airlines, Inc. to rezone Apex Office & Institutional (O&I) to Planned Employment Center (PEC). The property is located at Ten Ten Road and contains approximately 5.88 acres. Board voted (7-1) to forward to Council for approval at their September 13, 2001 meeting with an accompanying Land Use Plan.
Item 7 Ordinance Amendments:
a) UDO Amendment: Schools APF Ordinance (PL01-019c): Amend the Town’s zoning code to allow for certain exemptions from the schools adequate public facilities requirements for development plans located in planned unit developments (PUD) where school sites or facilities are provided by the developer of the PUD. Board voted (7-1) to forward to Council for approval at their September 13, 2001 meeting.
b) Water Allocation Ordinance Amendment (PL02-002b): Consideration of proposed ordinance amendments to Sections 19-14(a) and (c) of the Cary Code of Ordinances (water connection allocation system) and Section 5.6.11 of the Unified Development Ordinance (temporary limitations of final plat approvals for single family residential lots). Specifically, the September 1, 2001, expiration date for residential projects referenced in both sections of the Code is proposed to be changed from the specific date to instead coincide with the adoption and implementation of a permanent residential growth rate system. Board voted (8-0) to forward to Council for approval at their August 23, 2001 meeting with an expiration date of March 1, 2002, or earlier, upon adopting a permanent rate ordinance.
Item 8 New/Old Business: Mr. Barker introduced Scott Phares, Principal Planner for the Plan Review & Design Division.

Item 9

Adjournment:  Mr. Yerha adjourned the meeting at 10:20p.m.