Belton Design Standards Update
The Belton Design Standards have been thoroughly reviewed by the Belton Planning and Zoning Commission and TABA recommendations have been heard. We have voiced many concerns about the document and will continue to be involved as much as we can throughout the adoption process.
Based on the conversations that were held at the last Commissioner's workshop, we are hopeful that the City will make some needed changes to the document based on our recommendations and the recommendations of others that testified during the meeting. We won't know the extent of the changes that will be made until the City releases a summary sheet that will detail the revisions. Areas we believe some positive changes may be made include requirements on shingles, chimney stacks, screening walls, residential landscaping, the landscape architect issue, roof pitch, and tree preservation. For more on these and other issues see the presentations page on our website and click "TABA Comments: 2009 Belton Design Standards."
If acceptable revisions are made to our noted (above) concerns, our most pressing remaining issues would be the masonry provisions and the tree provisions that are included in the document. The next public hearing on the standards is scheduled for a May 19th P&Z meeting.
Best Management Practices Being Considered
City of Temple Engineer Michael Newman recently held the first of two developer stakeholder meetings to address best management practices related to storm water compliance construction and post-construction phases. These meetings are the next step requirements of the city’s storm water compliance under the EPA/TCEQ Municipal Stormwater Program (MS4) regulations. The first developer stakeholder meeting took place at TABA on April 23rd and served as a refresher to what we’ve discussed in the past in regard to BMP’s and to begin moving toward the adoption of recommended practices for the City of Temple. Our next meeting will take place on May 27th, when we’ll thoroughly review and possibly vote on the BMP’s that will be recommended for our area.
