TOWN OF CARY

PLANNING & ZONING BOARD
DRAFT MINUTES

Monday, July 15, 2002
Town Hall, Building A, Auditorium
316 N. Academy St., Cary, N.C.

Web Site: http://www.townofcary.org
A work session was held at 5:30 p.m. in the Front Conference Room of Building A to discuss the master land use and transportation plan for the NW Cary Area Plan, which is located within approximately three miles of Research Triangle Park.

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ITEMS

  

ACTION

Item 1

Call to Order

Board members present: Ed Yerha, Don Hyatt, , Paul Broderick, Erv Portman, June Schmidt, Carla Sadtler, Christy Perrin, Wally Dawson and Mike Zaccardo.

Board members absent: Steven Goodridge

Staff present: Jeff Ulma, Ricky Barker, Chris Simpson, Suzanne Prince, Bob Benfield, Jim Parajon, Don Belk, Scott Phares, Travis Morehead, Steve Brown, Tom Horstman, Dick Moore, Philip Myers, Shawn McNamara and Joanne Gunther

Mr. Yerha

Item 2

Approval of the minutes of the June 17, 2002 meeting.

 Ms. Perrin made a motion to approve the minutes, which was seconded by Mr. Hyatt, and the Board voted (9-0).

Item 3

 Town Council Report

Town Council meetings of June 27, 2002 and July 11, 2002

Provided by Planning Director Jeff Ulma

Item 4

 Site-Subdivision Plans for Action:

02-SP-039 - Salem Castle Mr. Portman made a motion to forward to Council for approval at their September 12, 2002 meeting based on the following conditions:
  1. Allow multiple flags, pennants and banners on site as proposed.
  2. Allow a 12.4% reduction in parking through shared parking with SAS Soccer Park, provided that a letter of agreement is submitted prior to the Town Council meeting of September 12, 2002, reserving a minimum of 43 parking spaces, access to the parking spaces and service areas during peak hours of operation of Salem Castle. An on-site directional sign shall be installed on the Salem Castle site directing visitors to the area of off-site parking during peak hours of operation.
  3. Allow building and parking lot to remain at locations shown on the site plan.
  4. Provide an evergreen buffer supplementation in the southwest side.

Ms. Schmidt seconded the motion, and the Board voted (9-0).

02-SP-045 - Matthews House Mr. Hyatt made a motion to forward to Council for approval at their August 8, 2002 meeting based on staff’s recommendation, which was seconded by Mr. Broderick, and the Board voted (9-0).
Item 5 Rezoning(s) for Action:
02-REZ-07/LPA-04 - Cary Park PUD Amendment - Application by Jerry Turner and Associates on behalf of the owner, Panther Creek Raleigh Limited Partnership, to amend the conditions of the Residential-40 Planned Unit Development.  The property contains 57.50 acres and is located south of Panther Creek Parkway, west of Cary Glen Boulevard and Green Level Durham Road. Mr. Hyatt made a motion to forward to Council for approval at their August 8, 2002 meeting based on staff’s recommendation, which was seconded by Ms. Perrin, and the Board voted (3-6) to deny the motion, with Mr. Portman, Ms. Sadtler, Ms. Schmidt, Mr. Yerha, Mr. Zaccardo and Mr. Broderick having the dissenting votes. The Board voted separately on three amendments as follows:
  1. Mr. Dawson made a motion to forward to Council for approval at their August 8, 2002 meeting the applicant’s request that in the MR-1 parcel that the Common Open Space (COS) be modified to allow for a portion of the buffer along Cary Glen Blvd. to be maintained elsewhere on the tract with the applicant agreeing to place the buildings 20-feet from the right-of-way and 40 feet from the edge of the curb (35 feet for porches), which was seconded by Ms. Schmidt, and the Board voted (6-3) with Mr. Broderick, Mr. Zaccardo and Ms. Sadtler having the dissenting votes.
  2. Mr. Dawson made a motion to forward to Council for approval at their August 8, 2002 meeting the applicant’s request to change from the number of units in the SF-9a/b tract from 152 to 172 units, which was seconded by Mr. Portman, and the Board voted (7-2) with Ms. Sadtler and Ms. Perrin having the dissenting votes.
  3. Mr. Dawson made a motion to forward to Council for approval at their August 8, 2002 meeting the applicant’s request to change the affordable/senior housing component for Cary Park that would require no less than 50 percent of the required 30 percent of dwelling units be affordable, which was seconded by Mr. Broderick, and the Board voted (6-3) with Mr. Yerha, Mr. Zaccardo and Ms. Schmidt having the dissenting votes.
Item 6 Ordinance Amendments for Action:
PL02-049b - Modification to minimum lot size and setbacks
Consideration of an amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance to remove the minimum lot size and modify the setbacks for higher density residential dwellings in the RM, DR, R-MF-8 and R-MF-12 districts.		 In accordance with a request from staff, Mr. Portman made a motion to table this item until the August 19, 2002 Planning and Zoning Board meeting, which was seconded by Mr. Broderick, and the Board voted (9-0).
Item 7 New/Old Business:
02-REZ-04 - Cary Church of God - request by Cary Church of God on behalf of the property owners to amend the conditions of the current Residential-8 Conditional Use zoning district.  The property contains 20.91 acres and is located west of Trinity Road, east of Carriage Woods subdivision and south of King Lawrence Road and Medfield Estates. Mr. Dawson made a motion to table this item and direct it back to staff and the applicant in order to more actively pursue compromising on a more defined concept plan as soon as possible and keeping the Gregory family informed at the same time, which was seconded by Mr. Portman, and the Board voted (9-0).
Item 8 Adjournment: Mr. Yerha adjourned the meeting at 11:25 p.m.