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Planning Comm MINS 06-17-1998 SUMMARY Commissioners present: Robert Vaughan (Chair), Tim Carr, Todd Suchan, Dean Greenough, and Karen Kirkpatrick. Commissioners absent: Peter Morse and Lu Joslin. Staff present: Senior Planner Margaret Clark, Public Works Director Cary Roe, Traffic Engineer Rick Perez, and Administrative Assistant E. Tina Piety. Chair Vaughan called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The minutes of June 3, 1998, were approved. AUDIENCE COMMENT None. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT Mr. Perez informed the commission that the city has received applications from Weyerhaeuser to develop office buildings on the Weyerhaeuser Corporate Park. The city has also received an application for an Extended Stay America hotel. COMMISSION BUSINESS The commission was pleased to welcome back Commissioner Carr. He has been absent lately due to union contract negotiations. Ms. Clark presented the commission’s work program. - Comprehensive Plan Amendments The public hearing was reconvened at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Perez presented the Transportation Site Specific Requests. T1 - This is a request to delete the proposed extension of SW 342nd Place. As proposed, it would divide a proposed development. In addition, the proposed development is for senior housing which would not generate much traffic. The staff recommends approving this request. The commission discussed the issue. It was m/s/c (no nays) to accept the staff recommendation. City of Federal Way PLANNING COMMISSION June 17, 1998 City Hall 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers Planning Commission June 17, 1998 2 T2 - This is a request to delete the proposed extension of South 308th Street. Potential buyers have been discouraged from purchasing in the area due to the proposed extension. The area is at least a ¼ mile from thru streets in either direction. In addition, it is near undeveloped area that could potentially add traffic in the future. The staff recommends denying the request. The commission discussed the issue. It was m/s/c (no nays) to accept the staff recommendation. T3 - This is a request from staff to reconfigure the network of collectors in and around Celebration Park. The staff feels the reconfiguration would better serve the park and surrounding area. The staff recommends approving this request. The commission discussed the issue. It was m/s/c (no nays) to accept the staff recommendation. Mr. Perez introduced the code revisions. These are proposed changes to Federal Way City Code Chapters 20 and 22 in order to make them consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. Mr. Perez then explained the major changes. For Sec. 20-156(a), where the words, “and neighborhood circulation” were added, the commission expressed the concern that it be made clear that this includes the city center. Staff will wordsmith the section to make this clear. The commission discussed Sec. 20-185(a) and requested the staff to end the sentence after the words “design standards.” Mr. Perez noted that a great deal of the Sight Distances at Intersections division of chapter 22 is to be deleted. The reason for this is that the city will be using the AASHTO requirements instead (this represents a policy change). The commission found it difficult to understand Sec. 22- 1160(a) and asked that the sentence be broken up and made more clear. For Sec. 22-1474(a), the last sentence says, “…improvements shall be required to provide improvements…” This is confusing. Staff will rewrite it to remove one of the improvements. The commission discussed the size of residential driveways (Sec. 22-1542). Concern was expressed that 20 feet would not be wide enough for a three car garage. It was decided that deleting the word “larger” in Sec. 22-1542(3) would take care of this concern, as well as allow for boats, RV’s, etc. It was m/s/c (no nays) to accept the code revisions as amended. Mr. Perez commented that the City Council recently adopted City Center Design Guidelines and these will be added to the code. The staff will provide the commission with a copy. Ms. Clark went back to the Comprehensive Plan amendments. There are quite a few changes, for which the staff did not have the time to provide the commission with a written copy. Ms. Clark went over these during her presentation. She also showed an overhead of a matrix of each page in the chapter that has a change and whether it is a housekeeping change or a response to the Washington State Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development (DCTED) letter of March 8, 1996. Planning Commission June 17, 1998 3 Chapter 1 - Introduction Ms. Clark went over the changes. The commission suggested dropping the first two sentences in the last paragraph on page I-1 in order to bring it up to date. Ms. Clark went over a few more proposed changes that are needed to bring the chapter up to date. Chapter 2 - Land Use Ms. Clark went over proposed changes, many which are needed to bring the chapter up to date (for example, add a subtitle to Chart II-1 stating that the information is based on 1995 zoning). The commission requested that the numbers in the first paragraph under section 2.1 The Land Use Concept, be rounded up (for example, change 54.91 percent to 55 percent). On page II-6, the staff added ‘property rights’ to the list of GMA goals. Discussion was held on the definition of property rights. Concern was expressed over property needed for right-of-way. The commission requested staff to check the source of this definition. It was noted that Chart II-3 differs from Chart II-1. This is because Chart II-1 comes from older data. Discussion was held on Single Family High Density and the change from reflecting this as feet to acres. Staff will rewrite this section to make it more clear. Ms. Clark remarked that the staff will be rewriting section 2.9 Essential Public Facilities, because the city now has an essential public facilities process. Ms. Clark told the Planning Commission that the staff will give them a copy of the amended Comprehensive Plan that shows all of the changes and commission amendments before it goes on to the City Council. It was m/s/c to continue the Public Hearing to July 1, 1998, at 7:00 p.m. in the city’s Council Chambers. ADDITIONAL BUSINESS None. AUDIENCE COMMENT None. ADJOURN It was m/s/c to adjourn the meeting at 10:00 p.m. K:\COMMON.AD\ADMIN1\PLANCOM\061798S.WPD