Item 5ACity of Southlake
CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
JANUARY 6, 2003
MINUTES
CITY COUNCIL PRESENT Mayor Rick Stacy, Mayor Pro Tern W. Ralph Evans, Deputy Mayor Pro
Tern Greg Standerfer; Councilmembers: Carolyn Morris, Rex Potter, Keith Shankland, and Tom Stephen.
CITY COUNCIL ABSENT: None.
STAFF PRESENT City Manager Billy Campbell, Assistant City Manager Shana Yelverton, Assistant
to the City Manager John Eaglen, Planning Director Bruce Payne, Economic Development Director Greg
Last, Director of Public Safety Rick Black, Senior Planner Dennis Killough, Senior Planner Jayashree
Narayana, Assistant to the Public Works Director Valerie Bradley, City Attorney E. Allen Taylor, and
City Secretary Lori Farwell.
Agenda Item No. 1, Call to order The work session was called to order by Mayor Stacy at 6:22 p.m.
Agenda Item No. 2, Executive Session. None.
Agenda Item No. 3, Ordinance No. 480 -SS, Proposed amendment to the Comprehensive Zoning
Ordinance pertaining to the creation of a "Downtown" Zoning District intended to replace the Southlake
Town Square NR -PUD; and,
Agenda Item No. 4, Downtown District Design Guidelines as they apply to the proposed Downtown
Zoning District Planning Director Bruce Payne made a presentation to Council including the following
information: the history of the Corridor Overlay Zone and the history of Town Square in general; the
differences between typical downtowns and Town Square; and the primary differences between the
current Non - Residential Planned Unit Development regulations and the proposed Downtown zoning
district regulations.
Councilmembers Morris and Potter expressed an interest in keeping the zoning as a PUD.
Mayor Stacy asked the City Attorney how the Council could limit the amount of residential within the
downtown area. City Attorney Taylor suggested that Council could put a cap on the residential, for
example, no more than 20% of the entire land area within the downtown district could be residential.
Council discussed limiting the downtown area to the following boundaries: south of SH114, east of
Carroll Avenue, north of FM1709, and west of Village Center which is approximately 150 acres.
Brian Stebbins (Cooper & Stebbins made a presentation to Council and answered Council's questions.
Council discussed the following issues with Mr. Stebbins: full services hotels; convenience stores; arts,
entertainment, and recreational uses; live /work units; home occupations; height limitations; parking
structures; and front yards for the single family residential lots.
Mr. Stebbins was asked how many purely residential units he is asking for, and he answered
approximately 97 to 107.
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Regarding the residential component, Deputy Mayor Pro Tern Standerfer suggested Council set a
minimum lot size and a maximum number of units instead of setting a percentage.
Mr. Stebbins invited Councilmembers to come visit with him over the next couple of weeks and review
his actual plan prior to the next Council meeting.
Councilmember Shank land asked Mr. Stebbins what residential density number he would propose and to
present that number to Council at the next meeting.
Councilmember Potter discussed with staff the possibility of removing any reference to single family
attached residential development from the residential planned unit development district.
Councilmember Morris asked Mr. Stebbins for a copy of David Schwarz's comments regarding the
Brownstones.
Agenda Item No. 5, Adjournment There being no further business to discuss the meeting was adjourned
at 8:45 p.m.
ATTEST:
Mayor Rick Stacy
Lori A. Farwell, City Secretary
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