P&Z Meeting Agenda – June 7, 2011
The monthly meeting of the Helotes Planning and Zoning Commission will be held at 7 p.m. at City Hall on Tuesday, June 7, 2011.
The agenda item that got my attention was the discussion and recommendation to the City Council on CONCEPTUAL (not always what is built after all is said and done) site and design plans for a low-density townhome development within Iron Horse Canyon. The property has been zoned for townhomes for 5 or 6 years I guess.
When this issue was brought up in the past, many Iron Horse Canyon residents were against having townhomes built at the entrance to their subdivision, or anywhere in their subdivision. I guess we’ll see if they are still opposed to this development.
If you have an opinion for or against this issue, or you just have questions about it, plan to attend this P&Z meeting. This Commission is usually very interested in the opinions of Helotes citizens, and those opinions frequently influence their votes.
This townhome “conceptual” design plan issue is also on the City Council agenda for their meeting on Thursday, June 9, 2011. Apparently, they will discuss the plans and vote on them that night. Sometimes they take P&Z’s recommendations and sometimes they don’t.
Other items on P&Z’s agenda are:
- a hanging sign for C n J’s Happy Hatter Tea Room in Old Town Helotes.
- the alteration of an existing multi-tenant monument sign for the Hill Country Crossing retail center at 12274 E. Bandera Road.
- the installation of a wall mount sign and a pole sign for the Cafe & Bakery at Old Town.
- freestanding signs for Wine 101 and the Helotes Echo.
- conceptual and design plans for the expansion of an existing building known as Helotes Chiropractic Clinic at 13663 E. Bandera Road.
- resignation of Commissioner Norbert “Bert” Buys from P&Z. Buys was just elected to the Helotes City Council. P&Z now has two vacancies. Jerry Cotton resigned last year, but his place was never filled. According to their published agenda, at their next meeting, on Thursday night, the City Council will appoint new members to fill these vacancies: Megan Mutschler, who previously served (or maybe still is serving?) on the Parks and Recreation Committee, and Niels Jensen, who is the Chair of the Helotes Board of Adjustments (I’m not sure what the rules are on serving on more than one committee. I had applied to serve on P&Z when Cotton resigned, but we all know that wasn’t going to happen).
I will be out of town on Tuesday and won’t be able to attend this P&Z meeting, but hopefully some Iron Horse Canyon folks will show up to let P&Z know how they feel about having townhomes in their subdivision.