[ApaTexas] TxAPA ListServ

[Kim Buttrum]

Texas Chapter APA Members:

 

Visit http://www.txplanning.org/listserv.htm in the coming
weeks to see TxAPA members' responses to the following
queries.  

 

RFI #1

Have other cities in Texas encountered problems with
assembly type uses (schools, churches, etc.) located in
residential districts that continue to grow and encroach
into residential areas?  If so, has anyone had success
regulating or mitigating the effect of continued expansion
that results in traffic congestion, overflow parking issues
and demolition of existing residential structures for
expansion?

Christina Valles, AICP 
City of El Paso 

RFI #2

Our City Council has decided that we should take steps to
curtail an anticipated influx of multi-family. We have a
zoning ordinance that allows multi-family development in
most areas of the City, so the City has implemented a ratio
for multi-family units to single-family in order to regulate
how many, if not where, these developments may occur.

 

What I am wondering is if anyone else has had experience
with a single-family to multi-family ratio. How does this
get implemented? How does it get determined who gets credit
for which developments? Can a developer accumulate credits
toward future multi-family development? If any one has
experience in these matters, I would greatly appreciate some
help. Please let me know as soon as possible - we have to
have a policy for review by the end of June...

 

Bill Cobabe

City Planner

City of Mont Belvieu

 

RFI #3

How do other cities handle requests from citizens to rezone
property that they do not own?

 

LaShondra Holmes, AICP

Planning Manager

City of League City

 

RFI #4

How do you regulate and/or provide incentives for increasing
the aesthetic qualities of detention ponds?  How do you
regulate and/or provide incentives for the use of
grass-crete type products for parking surfaces and other
flatwork?

 

Jeffrey Missal

City of College Station

 

RFI #5

I am looking for codes concerning temporary development
standards for businesses along major roads that are under
construction and being expanded. More specifically regarding
signs, setbacks, and parking.

 

Sarah Coplen

City of Colleyville

 

RFI #6

Does anyone have a copy or know where to obtain a copy of
the following video?

WILLIAM R. EWALD, STREET GRAPHICS (video) (1988)

 

Heather Nick
Senior Planner\MPO Coordinator
City of Tyler

 

RFI #7

We have a developer proposing senior housing (55+) in the
city of Pearland and is proposing a parking ratio of 0.8
spaces per unit.  The development has a combination of one
bedroom and two bedroom units.  The city of Pearland
considers this use similar to single family and requires a
ratio of 2 spaces per unit.  The developer claims that the
average age is 72 in these kinds of developments. Do any of
your cities have a different ratio for senior living (55+)
housing.  Have you encountered any problems with a lesser
ratio?

 

Lata Krishnarao, AICP

Planning Director

City of Pearland

 

RFI #8

Are there any other Texas cities which require a minimum
pitch for visible roofing on commercial and industrial
building designs?  If so, what are your minimum standards?

Jennifer C. Thomas
Planner II
Missouri City, TX

 

RFI #9

Have any Cities addressed location and performance criteria
for wind generation systems, including tower sighting and
heights, turbine noise, battery bank storage, electrical
permits, etc. 

 

Fred Morris

City of Belton

 

RFI #10

Does your city have minimum lot size regulations for
churches and other religious facilities in residential
zoning districts?  Do you have other regulations for
religious facilities that only apply in residential
districts?

 

Phyllis Jarrell

City of Plano

 

RFI #11

Does your Parks Department manage the bodies of water within
the park system?  Do you have a management plan?

 

Yuhayna McCoy, AICP 

Senior Planner

City of Houston Parks Dept.

 

 

Please send your RFI responses to kbuttrum at leaguecity.com.  

 

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Kim Buttrum, AICP

TxAPA ListServ Manager

Senior Planner

League City, Texas

281.554.1084

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