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TO THE STAFF BRIEFING OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE MEETING OF OCTOBER 23RD, 2023.I'M CHERYL SMITH, CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THIS STAFF BRIEFING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IS HEREBY CALLED TO ORDER AT 5:30 PM THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS WHERE THE STAFF BRIEFS THE COMMISSION AND PREVIEWS THE CASES ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA COMMISSION MEMBERS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS THAT MAY FACILITATE THE MEETING AND THE PRESENTATION OF THE CASES.
NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN DURING THE BRIEFING.
PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL TAKE PLACE DURING THE REGULAR MEETING, WHICH WILL BE BEGIN NO EARLIER THAN 6:30 PM I WILL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS TO CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM.
AFTER I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE SAY HERE.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
WE JUST GOT CARL RAMIREZ COMING IN.
I'LL JUST WAIT FOR HIM TO SAY HERE.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR, UH, UH, ANNA COKA AND JOHN FCO.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO TURN ON YOUR MICROPHONE BEFORE YOU SPEAK TO ENSURE EVERYONE CAN HEAR YOU.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS WE NEED TO DISCUSS IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO.
STAFF, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE ON THE AGENDA WHICH YOU'D LIKE TO PRESENT? YES, MA'AM.
SO I'M EXCITED TO BRING THIS TO Y'ALL.
UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR ABOUT A YEAR, UM, WITH THE
IT'S INVOLVED CITY MANAGEMENT, UM, MYSELF, UH, HOUSING DEPARTMENT, AND, UH, DALLAS COUNTY.
UM, THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN, UH, KIND OF, NOT NECESSARILY AN EYESORE, BUT IT HAS BEEN UNDERUTILIZED FOR QUITE SOME TIME OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
THIS IS A COMP PLAN AMENDMENT AND A ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.
S CITY, THE CITY OF, UH, GRAND PRIX APPLICANT.
UH, THIS IS A CLASSIFICATION CHANGE FROM COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE TO LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S AN EXISTING BUILDING ON THIS SITE AND IT HAS BEEN USED FOR, UH, ASSISTED LIVING, UH, REHAB CARE.
I THINK IT WAS CALLED METROPLEX HEALTH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, IT'S BEEN THERE QUITE SOME TIME, BUT IT'S FULL OF ASBESTOS AND IT'S ISSUES AS FAR AS CONTINUING TO USE IT.
SO, UM, WITH THE HELP FROM CITY MANAGEMENT, WE MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, DALLAS COUNTY WHO HAS PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY AND WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, DEVELOP A CITY, UH, PROJECT FOR SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, ATTAINABLE HOUSING.
UM, HOUSING WILL TAKE THE LEAD ON, UH, HAVING HOME BUILDERS COME IN, BUT WE WILL CONSTRUCT AND DEVELOP IT.
I'M GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF, BUT OF COURSE, WITH THAT SAID, WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY, UH, APPROPRIATE LOCATION FOR COMMERCIAL SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL.
YOU'LL WANT YOUR RETAIL DOWN AT THE CORNER.
UM, AND IT'S OF COURSE BEEN UNDERUTILIZED AND IT'S AN OLDER BUILDING THAT NEEDS TO BE DEMOLISHED.
UH, THE CHANGE WILL BE TO LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
UM, I'LL MOVE ON TO THE ZONING COMPONENT OF THIS.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE AERIAL, SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL AND IT'S ACROSS FROM THE SCHOOL.
SO THIS WOULD BE A GREAT LOCATION FOR NEW, NEW FAMILIES MOVING IN.
UM, IT'S A PICTURE OF THE EXISTING SITE, AS I NOTED, ZONE CHANGE TO ALLOW FOR SF SIX DEVELOPMENT WITH SOME VARIATIONS.
UM, JOINT VENTURE WITH DALLAS COUNTY EXISTING BUILDING WOULD BE DEMOLISHED.
10 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ARE PROPOSED.
MR. HILLS, OUR GREAT CITY MANAGER, ASKED ME TO SKETCH UP SOMETHING TO SEE WHAT COULD WORK HERE.
UM, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE SITE, THE AREA ABOVE, I JUST KIND OF DUPLICATED WHAT IS ALREADY THERE.
THE CUL-DE-SAC THAT COULD FIT, ALLOWS FOR IT TO FIT IN WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, NOW WITH THAT SAID, WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE SOME VARIANCES
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ON LOT WIDTH ALONG THE CUL-DE-SAC AND LOT DEPTH AND SOME SETBACK VARIATIONS.UM, AS WELL AS FRONT ENTRY GARAGES, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE THAT.
SO THE UDC REQUIRES ALL OF THAT IN SF SIX ZONING.
SO YOU'LL SEE THE LIST OF VARIANCES THERE.
LOT WIDTH, LOT DEPTH SQUARE FOOTAGE.
WE ARE ACTUALLY HAVING A LARGER LOT SIZE THAN WHAT IS REQUIRED IN SF SIX.
UM, IT'S GONNA PROVIDE SOME FLEXIBILITY WITH OUR EVENTUAL HOME BUILDERS.
WE DON'T HAVE ALL THAT LOCKED DOWN YET, BUT WE WANT TO GET AHEAD OF THE CURVE AND HAVE THE ZONING AND PLAT IN PLACE.
WITH THAT SAID, AGAIN, UH, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
WE DID SEND OUT NOTICES TO 61 PEOPLE SURROUNDING THE SITE.
WE RECEIVED ONE IN SUPPORT, NONE IN OPPOSITION.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER PATTON? YES.
SO THESE WILL REMAIN IN THE OWNERSHIP OF THE CITY, IS THAT CORRECT? NO.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT PART OR AS MUCH AS YOU KNOW, WE DETAILS MUCH AS I KNOW.
UH, THE CITY WILL GO IN AND BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE, CREATE THE LOTS, GRADING, ALL THAT.
UM, THEN THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY DALLAS COUNTY, SO THEY WILL SELL THOSE LOTS TO THE HOME BUILDERS.
WITH THE HELP OF OUR, UH, HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
SO IT WILL BE EVENTUAL FINAL HOME OWNERSHIP BY THE PROPERTY OWNER, WHOEVER PURCHASED IT.
AND HOW WILL IT BE, I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT THAT IT WAS SOMEWHAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
HOW IS THAT RETAINED? THAT IS, DO YOU KNOW THAT ANSWER YET? I DON'T KNOW THE, THE SPECIFICS ON THAT.
BUT THE HOME BUILDERS GOING THROUGH THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA TO BE ABLE TO BE CLASSIFIED AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE WANT TO CALL IT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ATTAINABLE HOUSING AT THIS POINT.
'CAUSE THE PRICE POINTS ARE STILL GONNA BE 180 TO TWO 30, BUT WOW.
UM, JUST BECAUSE OF THE HOUSING MARKET.
UM, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL GET TO THAT ONCE WE GET TO THE END THERE OF THE PROJECT.
UM, YOU SAID THERE'S AN ASSOCIATION WITH DALLAS COUNTY, SO THAT'S OWNED CURRENTLY BY THE DALLAS COUNTY.
IS THAT CORRECT? SO, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL RECALL THE PRI PREVIOUS PROPERTY OWNER TRIED TO REZONE THIS AND DO VETERAN HOUSING.
UM, IN THE MIDST OF ALL THAT AND UNDERSTANDING, HE WITHDREW THE APPLICATION BECAUSE THE ISSUES DALLAS COUNTY APPROACHED HIM, OR CITY MANAGEMENT HAVE DALLAS COUNTY APPROACH HIM.
AND THEY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY IN JANUARY OF 23.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING SINCE THEN TRYING TO GET THIS DONE.
THIS IS REALLY A GOOD PROJECT AND I'M PROUD OF THE CITY FOR DOING THIS.
BECAUSE, UH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, REVITALIZATION OF OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS.
IS THIS GONNA BE THE ONLY PROJECT YOU'RE GONNA TRY TO DO 'EM ALL OVER THE CITY? I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT.
UM, THERE'S SOME OTHER LOCATIONS I CAN'T SPEAK OF YET MM-HMM
'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T ACQUIRED THEM, BUT THERE ARE SOME OTHER ONES, UM, LOOKING AT AROUND THE MAIN STREET AREA, UM, HENSLEY FIELD AREA.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OWNS SOME PROPERTY OVER THERE THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN.
I, I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
AND, AND, AND SHOW THE, OUR, OUR TAXPAYERS THAT WE'RE FOR, WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYBODY.
1 61, JUST NOT CERTAIN AREAS, YOU KNOW? YES MA'AM.
AND THEN WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THIS OLD BUILDING ABOUT THE ASBESTOS AND ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUFF, I GUESS WHEN YOU PUSH THAT DOWN, ALL THAT STUFF, IT GOES AWAY.
YOU STILL GONNA HAVE SOME ENVIRONMENTAL UNDERNEATH THE GROUND OR ANYTHING.
OR THERE'S A DEMOLITION CREW THAT WILL HANDLE ALL THAT.
THEY'LL TAKE ALL THE ASBESTOS OUT BEFORE THEY DEMO IT, BECAUSE I WOULD HATE TO SEE THESE NEW HOMEOWNERS HAVE THESE ISSUES.
TCEQ COMES IN ON ALL THAT ANYWAY.
SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA LET ANYTHING GO.
THEY HAVE TO, BUT I HATS OFF TO THE CITY FOR THIS ONE.
I, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD THING.
SO WAS ANY OTHER HOUSING EXPLORED FOR THERE, LIKE MULTIFAMILY OR ANYTHING? WAS THERE ANY OTHER OPTION EVER EXPLORED? NO.
NO, WE FELT WE WANTED TO KEEP IT CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA.
SO WE FOCUSED IN ON SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED AND TRY TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HOME OWNERSHIP.
ANY OTHER QUESTION? COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN? YES, MA'AM.
IS THERE, AND I KNOW IT'S INCORPORATION WITH HOUSING, SO I'M ASSUMING, IS THERE SOME KIND OF PREQUALIFICATION PROGRAM TO SHORTLIST THESE YES.
IT'S A BIDDING PROCESS FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
I THINK THEY'RE CALLED CHODOS.
DON'T GET ME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IT IS AN ACRONYM.
SO I ASK YOU MS. MADDEN PROBABLY KNOWS.
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I HAVE HEARD, I HAVE HEARD THAT WHEN I WAS IN THE HOUSING COMMISSION.WHEN I WAS ON THE HOUSING COMMISSION WITH, UH, UH, NOW, UH, CITY MANAGER BILL HILLS.
TALK ABOUT, I BELIEVE IT'S SOMETHING IN REGARDS TO BEING A CERTIFIED HOME BUILDER THROUGH THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
AND SO THEY'VE ALREADY PRE-PLANNED THE PRELIMINARY AND THE, THE SPECS ON WHO CAN QUALIFY AND ALL THAT.
SO THAT NARROWS THE IT DOWN AS TO WHO CAN APPLY.
SO THE ITEM NUMBER 11 IS SUP 23 0 9 0 0 3 9.
THIS IS A SPECIFIC USE PREMIER REQUEST FOR A CONVENIENCE STORE.
SO THE EXISTING BUILDING IS CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY THREE TENANT.
UM, ONE OF THE TENANT WANTED TO START BEING ABLE TO SELL SNACKS AND FOOD ITEMS. AND BASED ON OUR, UH, USE REGULATIONS THAT WILL BE CLASSIFIED AS A CONVENIENCE STORE, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT A RESTAURANT, THEY'RE NOT ACTUAL GROCERY STORES.
THEIR, UH, CLOSEST DEFINITION WOULD BE THE CONVENIENCE STORE WITHOUT GAS SALES, WHICH REQUIRES A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE COMING BEFORE YOU FOR A REQUEST.
SO THIS IS THIS KIND OF A SITE PLAN OF WHERE THE EXISTING BUILDING IS.
THERE'S FOUR ANGLED PARKING PROVIDED AT THE LOCATION RIGHT NOW.
SO THEY PLAN ON SELLING SMOKE RELATED, UH, PRODUCTS, WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE AN SUP.
THIS IS JUST ALLOWED UNDER THE RETAIL.
UM, THEY DO WANT TO SELL SNACKS AND SODAS AND CANDIES PER HOUR DEFINITION.
THAT'S CLOSER TO CONVENIENCE STORES, JUST LIKE SEVEN ELEVENS OR COURT TRIPS.
HAVING THOSE CONVENIENCE STORE PORTION, UM, THEY WILL BE OPEN FROM EIGHT TO, UH, MIDNIGHT.
SO THIS IS WHERE THE EXISTING BUILDING IS LOCATED AT, AND THEY WILL BE OCCUPYING THE SUITE TO THE FAR LEFT AS SHOWN.
SO WITH THAT, THE APPLICANT'S REQUESTING A VARIANCE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, THERE'S NOT REALLY A LOT OF ROOM FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO ADD ANY PARKING IN THE FRONT BECAUSE THE SITE OF OBVIOUSLY WAS DEVELOPED MANY, MANY YEARS AGO PRIOR TO ALL THIS REQUIREMENT.
UM, THEY'RE REQUESTING, UM, TO BE ABLE TO JUST UTILIZE THE EXISTING PARKING FOR THEIR PARKING REQUIREMENT.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE PARKING REQUIREMENT THAT WE HAVE, KINDA BASED ON JUST PURE SQUARE FOOTAGES.
AND A LOT OF TIMES THIS CAN GO DOWN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AREA THAT'S REALLY FOR THE CUSTOMER VERSUS THE AREA FOR STOCK ROOMS. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE LIKE A BACKROOM OR A RESTROOM, THOSE USUALLY BRINGS THE COUNTDOWN BECAUSE YOU ONLY NEED TO PROVIDE PARKING FOR THE AREA THAT WILL BE OCCUPIED BY THE RES, UH, BY THE CUSTOMER.
BUT THIS IS PURELY BASED ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGES.
WITH THAT, WHAT STUFF IS RECOMMENDING IS THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL COMPLY WITH ALLSTATE REGULATION.
LOCAL ORDINANCE FOR FOOD SERVICES.
LIKE I SAID, THIS IS RETAIL, BUT THERE ARE SELLING FOOD ITEMS, INCLUDING SNACKS AND OTHER FRESH GOODS.
SO THEY WILL NEED TO COMPLY WITH THE STATE REGULATION.
AND SMOKING IS PROHIBITED INSIDE THE ESTABLISHMENT.
THIS IS A GENERAL REQUIREMENT THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAS.
IF THERE'S ANY FOOD HANDLING GOING ON, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE WILL BE NO SMOKING INSIDE.
UM, ALSO EIGHT LINER GAMING MACHINE SHOULD ALL BE PROHIBITED.
THIS IS FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, OF COURSE, THAT THEY JUST DON'T WANT THIS TO BE PROVIDED IN THIS SIDE.
THE, UH, ESTABLISHMENTS, THIS WAS ACTUALLY PUT ON ANOTHER SUP JUST THE SAME WAY.
THE LAST THING IS THAT THEY, THEY WILL EITHER FILE A SHARED PARKING AGREEMENT.
SO AS YOU CAN KIND OF SEE FROM HERE, THIS PROPERTY TO THE WEST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY DOES HAVE PRETTY AMPLE PARKING AVAILABLE.
SO WE'RE THINKING AT MINIMUM, UM, THEY WILL EITHER TRY TO GET AN AGREEMENT TO SHARE SOME OF THE PARKING HERE, OR MAYBE UTILIZE THIS UTILITY EASEMENT TO PROVIDE SOME EMPLOYEE PARKING IN THE BACK.
AT LEAST THAT WILL REMOVE TWO OF THE PARKING FOR THE EMPLOYEES TOWARD THE BACK SO THAT THE FOUR POLICE, UH, SPACES IN THE FRONT COULD BE RESERVED FOR ACTUAL CUSTOMERS.
UH, THIS CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION.
IS THERE ANY QUESTION FOR STAFF? YES.
I'LL START COMMISSIONER WITH HER AND I'LL COME TO YOU.
MS. COMMISSIONER, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE PICTURE WITH, UM, THE ADDRESSES OVERHEAD? WELL, OKAY, SO LOOK, LOOK AT THE ONE LOOK.
SO EIGHT 11 IS THE STUDIO SALON, IS THAT RIGHT? SO THEY HAVE WEIRD ADDRESSING.
I DON'T THINK THEY GOT THE OFFICIAL ADDRESSING FROM THE CITY, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THAT WHEN THE SUITES WERE SUBDIVIDED MM-HMM
THE SALON TECHNICALLY HAS TWO ADDRESSES AS, AS ASSOCIATED WITH IT MM-HMM
BUT THE SUITE THAT THEY'RE OCCUPYING IS THE FAR LEFT ONE.
SO IS 8 0 9 PART OF THAT SAME SLIVER OF EIGHT 11? YEAH.
SO THIS IS JUST ONE BUILDING WITH THREE STREETS, RIGHT? MM-HMM
SO THE LOT ITSELF HAS TWO ADDRESSES, BUT TECHNICALLY WHEN WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE SUITES, THERE ARE THREE TENANTS IN THAT BUILDING.
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ONE IS OCCUPIED BY MM-HMMAND THIS AREA IS WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO OCCUPY AT THIS TIME.
THE BEST DESCRIPTION WE COULD PUT THERE TO MEET THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR THE LOT WAS TO PUT BOTH ADDRESSES, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THIS WAS NOT OFFICIALLY ASSIGNED BY US.
ARE THEY EXPANDING THE GP SMOKE SHOP INTO THIS? SO WHAT'S HAPPENING IS GP SMOKE SHOP USED TO BE WHAT THEY CALL SUITE B, WHICH IS A, WHICH WAS A 800 SQUARE FOOT AREA.
THEY WANTED TO EXPAND BY MOVING TO THE SUITE A, WHICH IS SHOWN CURRENTLY HERE.
BUT THAT PLACE THEY WANTED TO SELL ALSO FOOD ITEMS. SO SWEET B IS OCCUPIED BY A BARBER SHOP.
IT'S GP SMOKE SHOP, IT'S MOVING TO STUDIO, SALON X'S SPACE, HOPEFULLY MM-HMM
NOT JUST THE CIGARETTE SALES, BUT THEY WANNA BE ABLE TO SELL SNACKS.
YET THEY STILL ONLY HAVE TWO SPOTS UNLESS THEY USE THE, UM, ABANDONED ALLEYWAY OR WHATEVER.
OR GET A, OR A SHARED AGREEMENT OR A SHARED PARKING AGREEMENT.
SO LIKE I SAID, THOSE ARE THE THINGS AGAIN, UM, THEY HAVE A LIMITED SPACE ON WHERE THEY CAN EXPAND.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT PUT ON AS A CONDITION FOR THIS SUP.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE A LITTLE CONCERN OVER, UM, IN CASE IT GETS BUSY MM-HMM
THE OVERFLOW OF TRAFFIC, RIGHT? I MEAN, SO IS THAT GONNA BE THE CITY ORDINANCE ISSUE WITH REGARD TO PARKING? SO THE RIGHT, YES MA'AM.
SO THAT IS WHERE WE'RE SUGGESTING THAT THEY COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF SHARED PARKING AGREEMENT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THE LOT TO THE EAST IS COMPLETELY VACANT, IT'S JUST THAT THAT PROPERTY OWNER PUT UP A RAILING AROUND THERE.
SO THEY WILL THE, IT WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PROPERTY OWNER WHO'S LEASING THIS SPACE TO THE APPLICANT TO COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF PARKING PLAN.
THAT'S THAT WHY THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS THERE.
THAT WOULD BE SMART TO GET THAT DONE BEFORE GOING FORWARD AND CORRECT REFER.
BECAUSE WHEN WE DO THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY REVIEW, THAT WILL BE PART OF IT.
SO THE PNC AND CITY COUNCIL HAS AN OPTION TO GRANT THEM A VARIANCE BASED ON THE FACT THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SPACE TO ADD MORE PARKING.
OR, UH, OTHER OPTION IS TO PUT THE STAFF RECOMMENDED CONDITION ON THERE AND THAT WILL BE REVIEWED BEFORE A CERTIFICATE OCCUPANCY WOULD BE ISSUED FOR THIS PROPERTY.
SO YOU'VE TAKEN ALL OF THAT INTO CONSIDERATION? YES, MA'AM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ONE MORE.
COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN? MM-HMM
UH, JUNE, UH, WITH THE, UH, GOING BACK TO THE SHARED PARKING AGREEMENT.
HAVE THEY ALREADY SPOKEN WITH THE FOLKS AT EIGHT 17? SO THAT'S WHAT THE APPLICANT CLAIMS IS THAT THERE'S SOME KIND OF A GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT BETWEEN THESE PROPERTY OWNERS ALLOWING THEM TO PARK, BUT I WANNA SEE IT IN WRITING AND BE FILED WITH THE SHARE PARKING AGREEMENT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE INFORMED OF APPLICANT THAT HE WILL NEED TO GET TOGETHER WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AND SEE IF THEY CAN FILE THAT.
AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION IS, I NOTICED IT'S A SMOKE SHOP, NOT A CBD SMOKE SHOP.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT JUST A CIGARETTE RELATED, YOU KNOW, E-CIGARETTES AND, UM, TOBACCO PRODUCTS, THOSE ARE ACTUALLY ALLOWED AS A RETAIL SOURCE.
THOSE DO NOT REQUIRE SUP ONLY THINGS THAT REQUIRE UP IS IF THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A SMOKING LOUNGE.
YOU'VE SEEN A HOOKAH LOUNGE, YOU'VE SEEN OTHER THOSE SIT DOWN AND SMOKING INTERNALLY WOULD REQUIRE SUP.
BUT IF YOU JUST WANNA OPEN UP A SMOKE SHOP THAT IS CURRENTLY ALLOWED AS A RETAIL PLACE.
ANYTHING ELSE? WELL, I JUST HOPE IT DOESN'T TURN INTO LIKE A, A, A GAME ROOM, SO TO SPEAK, BECAUSE YOU START HAVING ALL THIS STUFF IN THERE AND MM-HMM
THEY END UP BEING TRYING TO DO OTHER THINGS IN THERE.
SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, IF IT BECAME AN ISSUE, AS YOU HAVE SEEN OUR PD AND OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT, WE WILL PROBABLY BRING IT TO OUR ATTENTION TO SEE IF WE CAN REVOKE THE SUP AT THAT TIME IF IT BECOMES AN ISSUE.
COMMISSIONER PEREZ, I HAVE A QUESTION.
SO WHAT MAKES IT A CONVENIENT, A CONVENIENCE STORE? YES, MA'AM.
AND THEY SELL JUST PREPACKAGED ITEMS AND IT NOT BE A CONVENIENCE STORE.
SO NO, ACTUALLY THAT'S WHAT'S TRIGGERING IT TO BE A CONVENIENCE STORE.
THE SECOND ITEM, PRE PACKAGE THE BUSINESS WAS SNACK, SNACKS, GROCERY ITEMS, SODAS, WATER CANDY, CHEWING GUMS. THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE THIS IS, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY NOT A RESTAURANT.
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY NOT A, UM, LIKE A LARGE GROCERY STORE.
THIS IS SIMILAR, MOST SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE AT, USUALLY AT A GAS STATION AS A CONVENIENCE STORE WHERE THEY SELL QUICK FOOD ITEMS MM-HMM
IT'S JUST THAT THIS PLACE DOES NOT HAVE A GAS STATION.
AND WE HAVE CONSIDERED THIS IN THE ROBINSON, IF YOU RECALL.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY WENT THROUGH THE APPLICATION, HOWEVER, THEY JUST WANTED TO HAVE A CONVENIENCE STORE.
THEY WERE NOT INTENDING ON ANY, HAVING ANY FUEL STATION, BUT THEY REALLY WANTED TO DO A CONVENIENCE STORE.
ANYTHING ELSE? I THINK THAT'S IT.
SO THE ITEM NUMBER 12 IS SUP 2 3 0 5 0 0 1 6.
THIS IS FOR A ECOSYSTEM KROGER TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A FUEL CANOPY.
SO THE EXISTING KROGER IS ON EAST PIONEER STREET.
THIS IS WHERE THE KROGER IS, AND THEY PLAN TO INTEND TO ACT GAS, GAS PUMPS AT THE FRONT RIGHT HERE.
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OKAY.SO THEY'RE PROPOSING FOUR GAS, UM, FUEL STATIONS.
UM, THEY WILL KEEP MOST OF THE PARKING JUST AS THE SAME.
HOWEVER, THEY DO, UH, NEED A LITTLE BIT OF MANEUVERING SPACE.
SO THEY ARE REMOVING 58 PARKING SPACES FROM THE EXISTING LOT.
HOWEVER, THERE'S STILL 481 PARKING SPACES PROVIDED BASED ON JUST KIND OF A LARGE NUMBER CALCULATION.
THEY WILL ONLY BE SHORT TO PARKING SPOTS.
BUT AS YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, WHEN YOU HAVE A GAS STATION, YOU HAVE CARS ON EACH SIDE OF THE FULL STATION.
SO IF WE COUNT THOSE AS A EIGHT ADDITIONAL SPACES, THEY'RE TECHNICALLY NOT REALLY SURE OF THE PARKING REQUIREMENT.
SO THESE ARE THE, UM, FUEL CANOPY AND THE LITTLE KIOSK.
THEY ARE USING THE, UH, BRICK TO MATCH THE EXISTING KROGER BUILDING, WHICH IS MAINLY STUCCO AND BRICK.
THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO, UH, BE CONSCIOUS OF THE, UH, CURB APPEAL.
THEY ARE REQUESTING THAT THE PARKING SPACES AND THE FUEL STATION TO ACCOUNT FOR THE REQUIRED PARKING, AS I HAD DESCRIBED EARLIER.
UM, DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITION.
UM, SO THEY ARE NEEDING TO MODIFY A LITTLE BIT OF EXISTING DRIVEWAY.
WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET APPROVED BY TEXTILE WHO ACTUALLY PASSED THE RIGHT FOR THE PIONEER STREET.
THIS CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? ANY QUESTIONS? THIS WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.
I JUST WANT A, A GAS STATION BY MIKE KROGER.
I'M HERE TO PRESENT, UH, SUP 23 0 9 0 0 3 5.
IT'S FOR A WHOLESALE USED AUTO CAR DEALERSHIP AT 3 1 1 4 EAST MAIN STREET.
IT IS AN EXISTING BUILDING WITH TWO SUITES.
ONE SUITE TO THE LEFT, WHICH IS 31 10 EAST MAIN STREET IS A TRUCK ACCESSORY PARTS STORE.
AND TO THE EAST IS A 3 1 1, UH, FOUR EAST MAIN STREET SUITE, WHICH IS PROPOSING TO DO A WHOLESALE, WHOLESALE AUTO DEALERSHIP.
AND THIS LAND USE REQUIRES A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IN COMMERCIAL, WHICH IS SEA ZONING DISTRICT.
THE LAND USES TO THE WEST AND EAST ARE AUTO-RELATED BUSINESSES.
UH, TO THE SOUTH IS INDUSTRIAL USE AND OUTSIDE STORAGE.
AND TO THE NORTH IS, UH, UNDEVELOPED LOTS.
SO FOR THE OPERATIONS, THERE WILL BE NO CLIENT WALK-INS.
THE WHOLE BUSINESS OPERATION IS SELLING AND PURCHASING VEHICLES ONLINE VIA AUCTION.
CARS SHALL BE PARKED IN THE BACK, WHICH WILL BE, UH, NOT VISIBLE FROM THEIR SEAT RIGHT AWAY.
HOURS OF OPERATION, UH, AS PROPOSED ARE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 8:00 AM TO 8:00 PM AND THEN SATURDAY 8:40 AM TO 6:00 PM SO THIS IS THE STREET VIEW AND 3 1 1 4 EAST MAIN IS THIS SUITE.
THE APPLICANT'S NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY OPPOSITION LETTERS IN FOR THIS REQUEST, AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER MADDEN, CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT IS IT CURRENTLY BEING USED FOR? IT IS, IT IS CURRENTLY VACANT.
AND WHAT WAS ITS PRIOR USE? WAS IT ALSO AUTOMOTIVE RELATED? IT WAS NOT THIS SPECIFIC USE, OTHERWISE IT COULD HAVE BEEN A VESTED USE MM-HMM
AND WE COULD HAVE GIVEN THEM A COO.
SO IT WAS NOT THE WHOLESALE AUTO RELATED USE.
WAS IT OKAY, DO YOU KNOW IF IT WAS A CAR REPAIR OR DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT IT WAS BEFORE OR NO, I CAN, I CAN CHECK AND SEE BEFORE, I'M JUST CURIOUS.
I, I'M, I'M LOOKING AT THE MAP ON GOOGLE EARTH AND SEE THERE'S QUITE A FEW CARS THERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD WAS, UM, IF THEY HAVE THIS, THIS, UH, TYPE OF SALES ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE DFW AREA OR THAT YOU KNOW OF THIS COMPANY? NOT THAT I KNOW OF, NO.
THIS IS OUR FIRST, FIRST VENTURE, YES.
AND THE APPLICANT IS GOING TO BE HERE PRESENT TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I THINK THAT'S IT.
I'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT CASE.
THIS IS ANOTHER SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR FIESTA PARTIES AND EVENTS AT 1700 WEST POLO ROAD, UH, SUP 23 0 9 0 0 3 4.
UH, THIS, THIS SPECIFIC OR SPECIAL EVENT CENTER LAND USE REQUIRES A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IN PD ONE 15.
THAT'S THE CURRENT ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH THE BASE ZONING IS GENERAL RETAIL.
THE FLOOR AREA IS 1,991 SQUARE FEET AND THE TABLE SHOWS THE
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CURRENT LAND USES TO THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY.THIS IS A VIEW OF THE CURRENT SUITE WHICH IS BEING LEASED.
THE TYPE OF EVENTS THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS, UH, ARE BABY SHOWERS, BRIDAL SHOWERS, BIRD CELEBRATIONS, GRADUATIONS.
THEY ARE MEETING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR PARKING SET FORT BY THE UDC.
UH, CURRENTLY 10 SPACES ARE REQUIRED BASED OFF OF THEIR FLOOR, UH, AREA.
AND THEY'RE PROVIDING 39 SPACES FOR THE HOURS OF OPERATION.
IT'LL BE THROUGH MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, 10:00 AM TO 9:00 PM UH, FRIDAY TO SATURDAY, 10:00 AM TO 10:00 PM FOOD AND BEVERAGES.
IT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RENTING THE SPACE OUT, THEY CAN CATER AND THAT DOES INVOLVE ALCOHOL.
THEY CAN BRING ALCOHOL TO THE, TO THE SITE.
SECURITY WILL BE PROVIDED IF THERE'S ALCOHOL.
UH, IT HAS TO BE A CERTIFIED PERSONNEL PRESENT AT THE LOCATION.
AND THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO INSTALL VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS. THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.
UH, WE DID RECEIVE TWO LETTERS OF OPPOSITION AND ONE LETTER IN SUPPORT.
THE LETTERS OF OPPOSITION CITED, UH, NOISE CONCERNS AND ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC TO THE AREA.
THE DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
ONE, THAT SPECIAL EVENT CENTER MUST BE CLOSED BY 10:00 PM AND, UH, OPERATIONS SHALL COMPLY WITH SECTION FOUR 14 OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, WHICH SPECIFICALLY REGULATES SPECIAL EVENTS CENTERS.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
SO CAN YOU REMIND ME, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU, I DON'T THINK YOU PRESENTED THIS CASE, BUT JUST ACROSS POLO IS WHERE BACKING UP TO, UM, UTILITY EASEMENT IS WHERE SOMEBODY ELSE HAD PROPOSED A FREESTANDING, BEAUTIFUL NEW EVENT CENTER.
SO NOW WE'RE, THE DRC IS RE IS, IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL ON SOMETHING THAT'S BACKING UP TO A CHURCH AND HOUSES ACROSS THE STREET.
UM, AND ALSO THAT WAS MAINLY A STATEMENT, I GUESS.
UM, HOW IS THE PARKING DETERMINED AS TO WHO, WHICH SUITE IT BELONGS TO? I'M LOOKING AT YOUR MAP, BUT HOW IS THAT DETERMINED? IS IT IN A LEASE SOMEWHERE THAT, THAT THE, THOSE SPACES BELONG TO THAT SUITE? IT IS NOT, BUT, UH, P AND Z CAN MAKE THAT A REQUIREMENT THAT WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING IN WRITING.
I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE I WOULD THINK THAT NOT ALL THAT WOULD BELONG TO THEM BECAUSE THERE'S A FAMILY DOLLAR THAT'S RIGHT THERE IN 1 0 5 AND THEN THE CHURCH IN 100.
SO I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW'S, HOW THAT IS DESIGNATED.
YEAH, THIS IMAGE WAS, OR THIS SITE PLAN WAS PRESENTED TO US BY THE APPLICANT.
SO WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING IN WRITING OR REQUIRE SOMETHING IN WRITING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONERS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST HAD CONCERN AS TO THE OPPOSITION LETTER.
DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT IT SAYS? YES, I HAVE A COPY OF IT BECAUSE THAT IS GONNA BE IN A RESIDENTIAL AND THEN MOST PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC.
AND I IMAGINE, WAS THAT TRAFFIC STUDY DONE, BRETT ON THAT? PROBABLY NOT, BUT I'M JUST ASKING BECAUSE YOU, WHEN YOU STARTED TO BRING IN ANY TYPE OF EVENT CENTER, THERE'S GONNA BE MORE THAN A COUPLE CARS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT JUST MAY BE AN INOPPORTUNE TIME FOR SOMEBODY HAVING SOMETHING AT THEIR HOUSE.
YOU KNOW, I'M JUST, THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY I ASKED THAT.
AND THE, TO THE MAXIMUM CAPACITY IS 99 FOR THIS LOCATION.
AND, BUT UH, DID YOU, SO YOU SENT OUT THE LETTERS, BUT NOBODY RESPONDED.
SO NO, WE HAD TWO LETTERS OF OBLIGATION.
THAT'S NOT VERY MUCH, YOU KNOW, SO I GUESS IF THE, IF THE, UH, HOMEOWNERS WERE CONCERNED THEY WOULD BE MORE, UH, LETTERS OF OPPOSITION.
THERE WERE 32 LETTERS SENT AND WE RECEIVED TWO IN OPPOSITION AND ONE IN SUPPORT.
THE OPPOSITION, WHAT DOES IT SAY? UH, ONE WAS BLANK.
THEY JUST SAID OPPOSITION DIDN'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
ONE SAID, AND I'LL QUOTE, WE DO NOT NEED THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA.
ALSO, THE NOISE FROM EVENTS IN THIS LARGE, UH, IN THIS LARGE AND AREA WOULD BE TREMENDOUS AND MAKE OUR LIVES MISERABLE.
THIS TYPE OF FACILITY SHOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? I THINK THAT'S IT.
SO THE ITEM NUMBER 15 IS SUP 23 0 5 0 0 1 6.
THIS REQUEST IS FOR THE APPLICANT TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE EXISTING WAREHOUSE IN THE BACK OF THE EXISTING QUICK CAR TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE AUTO, UH, INTERNET ONLY AUTO SALES.
THAT MEANS THEY WILL BE SELLING THE CARS PRIMARILY THROUGH A VIRTUAL STOREFRONT
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AND ONLINE.AND THEY WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAVE ANY CARS ON THEIR LOT SAYING THIS IS FOR SALE OR ANY CARS THAT ARE IN THEIR INVENTORY.
THEY'LL ONLY BE ABLE TO OPERATE, UM, INSIDE THIS OFFICE AREA.
PEOPLE CAN COME AND PICK UP THEIR CAR IF THEY PURCHASED IT, BUT THERE WILL BE NO, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT FROM THE, THE CAR DEALERSHIP.
THAT'S WHAT THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO BE ALLOWED IN THIS LOCATION.
SO THIS IS AN EXISTING QUICK CAR.
UH, CURRENT SUP DOES NOT ALLOW ANY VEHICLE SALES.
SO IN ORDER TO ASK FOR THIS NEW USE TO BE ALLOWED, HE HAS TO ACTUALLY REQUEST A NEW SUP.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE BRINGING THIS REQUEST BEFORE YOU.
UM, THIS IS KIND OF NEAR, UM, THE CARRIER PARKWAY ACROSS FROM WALGREENS.
THIS IS THE EMERGENCY CARE CENTER.
THIS IS HOW THE CURRENT BUILDING LOOKS LIKE.
THEY HAVE, UH, REMODELED THIS PLACE TO TAKE OVER THE BUSINESS FROM THE PREVIOUS OWNERS.
THIS WAS, UM, A FEW YEARS AGO.
THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.
SO DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS THAT ANY OUTDOOR DISPLAY OF CARS FOR SALE OR CARS AND INVENTORY IS PROHIBITED.
THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ARTICLE 30 UDC DEFINITION OF THE ONLINE SALES.
AND THE SECOND IS THAT ANY VEHICLE RENTAL RENTALS, RENTALS ARE PROHIBITED.
IF THEY HAVE ANY RENTALS GOING ON RIGHT NOW THAT NEEDS TO SEIZE.
AND THE OTHER THING IS THAT, LIKE I MENTIONED, THE CURRENT SUP ALLOWS MINOR AUTOMOTIVE AND INDOOR ONLY TIRE SALES AND REPAIRS.
THAT'S THE CURRENT SUP THERE ARE OPERATING UNDER THAT WITH STATE INSPECTIONS.
SO WE'RE SAYING EVERYTHING REMAINS IN PLACE IN TERMS OF OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENT.
ONLY THING THAT WE'RE REMOVING FROM THE OLD SUP IS THE PROHIBITION OF SELLING VEHICLES AND THE, UH, BUSINESS SHALL OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE, OCCUPANCY AND AUTO RELATED BUSINESS PERMITS NEEDED OR AS APPROPRIATE.
UM, AND A DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE SHALL BE PROVIDED PER ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES THE REQUIREMENT THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO LOOK INTO THAT AND PROVIDE THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER? COMMISSIONER MADDEN? SO, SO THERE'S GONNA BE A NUMBER OF CARS PARKED OUTSIDE.
THERE WILL BE NO SIGNAGE? NO, NO, NO.
SO WHERE ARE THE CARS GONNA BE STORED? SO WHAT THEY'RE DOING ON A COMPUTER INSIDE IS BEING CONTROLLED BY AN SUP.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY UP TO THEM TO TELL US THE APPLICANT PLANS ON BEING HERE.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS IF THEY HAVE A SPACE, THERE ARE ALL LOT OF STORES CARS INSIDE OF THE BUILDING, BUT THEY CANNOT STORE ANY CARS FOR SALE, WHETHER WITH THE SIGNS OR NO SIGNS.
THEY JUST CANNOT PUT CARS ON THE LOT THAT IT'S EITHER PART OF THEIR INVENTORY OR THAT'S CARS FOR SALE.
THEY CAN ONLY ADVERTISE CARS THEY'RE SELLING ON THE WEBSITE.
UH, JUNE IS THIS MA'AM, DOES THIS MEAN LOT? THEY JUST NEED A PHYSICAL SITE FOR IT TO PUT ON THEIR LETTERHEAD OR SOMETHING, SO TO SPEAK.
SO MAYBE 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE HAVING ANYBODY TO COME TO THE BUILDING.
WHAT ELSE WOULD BE THE REASON? SO THAT IS YES MA'AM.
THAT IS ALSO THE QUESTION THAT THE APPLICANT PROBABLY CAN ANSWER BEST.
SO WE'RE OUR, UH, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS TRY TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS HOW IT WILL BE LOOKED AT IN TERMS OF WHAT THE UDC ALLOWS NOW HAVE.
SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'LL SELL THE CARS ONLINE WHEN THEY, WHEN IT'S TIME FOR THEM TO PICK THEM UP.
THEY CAN COME TO THE SITE, MEET THIS PER PERSON AND GET THE KEY AND DRIVE THE CAR AWAY, IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
BUT AGAIN, THEY CANNOT HAVE INVENTORIES STORED.
SO IF YOU'RE DRIVING, UM, THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE ANY CARS MM-HMM
WITH THE NUMBERS OR, YOU KNOW, ADVERTISEMENT ON IT OR EVEN THE CARS THAT ARE NOT, UH, UNDER REPAIR.
SO CURRENT SUP ACTUALLY REQUIRES THEM.
NO CARS SHALL BE PARKED THERE UN UNLESS THERE'S A VALID WORK ORDER.
SO HOW WOULD, IS THIS OUR FIRST VENTURE LIKE THIS? I BELIEVE SO THAT I CAN RECALL.
ARE YOU RASHAD'S? BEEN A FEW OTHERS.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME ADDITIONAL HISTORY, THIS USE WAS ADDED PROBABLY IN 2019 AS A RESPONSE TO APPLICANTS SAYING WE'RE ONLY DOING ONLINE SALES.
WE'RE DIFFERENT FROM THE TYPICAL USED AUTO SALES DEALERSHIP.
SO THIS USE WAS ADDED AND DIFFERENTIATED BASED ON THOSE SPECIFIC OPERATIONS THAT ARE PROBABLY LESS IMPACTFUL THAN THE TYPICAL USED CAR SALES.
I KIND OF VAGUELY REMEMBER THAT.
AND SO I'M GLAD YOU YOU SAID THAT THOUGHT I WASN'T, I'M LOSING IT THEN.
I REMEMBER THAT YOU HAVE THESE TYPE OF INTERNET SALE WHOLESALE DEALERS.
WHERE THEY HAVE CARS INSIDE MM-HMM
AND THEN THEY DON'T HAVE ANY OUTSIDE DISPLAY.
THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL USE TO A LOCATION THAT HAS NO REAL LOCATION FOR IN INSIDE STORAGE, BUT THAT'S WHERE THE APPLICANT OR JUNE SAYING THE APPLICANT CAN COME AND ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
OF HOW THEY'RE GONNA HANDLE THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? I THINK THAT'S IT.
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YES, BRITTANY? GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.SO AGENDA ITEM 16 IS EON 2 3 9 0 3 2.
THIS IS A PD AMENDMENT FOR THE MIGOS SUBDIVISION.
SO THIS IS AN AMENDMENT FOR THE RESIDENTIAL GARAGE STANDARDS.
SO THIS SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE LAKE RIDGE CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT AND IT IS DONE PD 3 84.
SO THIS IS A PD AMENDMENT FOR A APPENDIX W STANDARD.
SO APPENDIX W STRONGLY DISCOURAGES FRONT FACING GARAGES.
AND SO WHENEVER THEY FIRST CAME THROUGH, THEY DIDN'T ASK FOR ANY VARIANCES TO APPENDIX W WHICH THIS IS SUBJECT TO.
UM, NOW THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY COMING THROUGH TO BUILD THE, THE PROPERTIES, THEY'RE REALIZING OUR PRODUCT PROBABLY VIBES BETTER, MORE WITH HAVING SOME FRONT OR HAVING SOME FRONT ENTRY GARAGES.
SO THE AMENDMENT HAS A 35% OF ALL PLATTED LOTS WITH RESIDENTIAL GARAGES SHALL HAVE SIDE ENTRY, J SWING OR REAL ACCESSIBLE ATTACHED OR DETACHED GARAGES, WHICH OF COURSE WOULD BE 65% WOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE FRONT ENTRY.
UM, THEY HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING, WHICH IS RESIDENTIAL GARAGES WITH A TWO CAR JSW GARAGE.
AND AN ADDITIONAL SINGLE CAR FRONT ENTRY GARAGE WILL BE CONSIDERED A JSW GARAGE.
I KNOW THAT'S A BIT OF A MOUTHFUL.
SO ACTUALLY I'LL GO TO THAT RIGHT NOW.
SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THIS HAS A TWO SWING, UH, TWO A JSW GARAGE RIGHT HERE.
SO THAT'S THE PRIMARY GARAGE AND THEN ADDITIONAL FRONT ENTRY GARAGE HERE.
ALL WE'RE SAYING IS WE WOULD STILL ALLOW THIS TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT 35% VERSUS THE 65%.
SO THE GOAL HERE IS JUST TO GIVE THEM A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY WITH HOW THEY DO THEIR GARAGES.
SO IN JUST FOR CONTEXT, SO HERE'S THE MERRI LOGA SUBDIVISION.
AND SO THESE, UM, SUBDIVISIONS SURROUNDING IT, UH, PD 4 0 1 AND PER, PER THEIR PD APPRO, THEY APPROXIMATELY 90% ARE ALLOWED TO BE FRONT FACING.
UH, THIS PD RIGHT HERE, WHICH IS 2 49, APPROXIMATELY 67% ARE ALLOWED TO BE FRONT FACING.
AND THIS PD RIGHT HERE, WHICH IS 2 98 B, APPROXIMATELY 70% OF THE LOTS THAT ARE 60 FEET TO 69 FEET IN WIDTH, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO MIGOS, ARE ALLOWED TO BE FRONT FACING.
SO THIS IS TO KIND OF GIVE YOU CONTEXT FOR THE SURROUNDING AREA.
IT'S KIND OF THE STANDARD 60 TO 70% IN THIS AREA.
I'VE ALSO RESEARCHED RECENTLY APPROVED PDS FOR SINGLE FAMILIES DETACHED.
IT'S KIND OF THE SIM KIND OF SIMILAR.
60 TO 70 IS ALLOWED TO BE FRONT ENTRY.
SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THEY ARE, UM, OFFERING SOME COMPENSATORY MEASURES.
SO YOU CAN SEE, THEY SEE HERE, THEY HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS ALONG THE GARAGE AND THEY'RE ALSO UP GOING TO PROVIDE SOME FOR THE FRONT DOOR AS WELL.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS A VARIANCE REQUEST TO THE APPENDIX W STANDARD.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S WRITTEN HERE AS A VARIANCE TO THE GARAGE REQUIREMENTS IN APPENDIX W FILE FRONT ENTRY GARAGES FOR 65% OF RESIDENTIAL LOTS WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION.
DRC IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? UM, HAS SHE RECEIVED ANY OPPOSITION LETTERS TO THIS? SO WE ACTUALLY ONLY RECEIVED TWO LETTERS OF SUPPORT.
COMMISSIONER MADDEN, WERE WERE THERE ORIGINALLY, UM, A NUMBER OF LOTS PLATTED OUT IN THIS SUBDIVISION.
SO THERE'S NINE, I BELIEVE THERE'S, I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THERE IS 98 LOTS.
WAS THERE AN ALLEY ORIGINALLY PLANNED? I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
SO THIS IS THE MI LAGO SUBDIVISION.
SO HOW ARE THEY GONNA EVER DO REAR ENTRY? SO THEY WERE NEVER DO.
THAT'S THE LANGUAGE AND APPENDIX W MM-HMM
IT INCLUDES ALL OF THOSE TYPES, WHICH ARE ESSENTIALLY JUST NON FRONT ENTRY.
SO THEY WERE MAINLY GOING TO BE JSW.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
IS THAT PRETTY MUCH IT? THAT'S IT.
THAT THIS CONCLUDES THE BRIEFING SESSION AND WE WILL ADJOURN AND RECONVENE AT 6:30 PM OVER 23RD.
I'M CHERYL SMITH, CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THIS MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IS HEREBY CALL TO ORDER AT 6:30 PM
[Call to Order]
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETS THE SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY OF EACH MONTH.NO OFFICIAL ACTION CAN BE TAKEN UNLESS PROPER APPLICATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED THROUGH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOLLOWS A PRINTED AGENDA THAT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ARE ROUTINE ITEMS WHICH CAN ALL BE APPROVED IN ONE MOTION.
HOWEVER, ANY MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION MAY MAKE A MOTION TO INDIVIDUALLY CONSIDER AN ITEM FROM THE PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA.
INDIVIDUALS MAY ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM OR NOTE YOUR SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION WITHOUT SPEAKING, PLEASE FILL OUT A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD.
THESE CARDS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE COUNTER AND SHOULD BE TURNED IN AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM PRIOR TO THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM BEING CALLED, I WILL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS TO CON CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM AFTER CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE SAY HERE.
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TY CHAPMAN.HERE, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR JOHN FKO.
AND NOW WE'LL HAVE THE, UM, INVOCATION BY COMMISSIONER JULIA PEREZ.
AND I WILL, UH, LEAD IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE US AND TEXAS FLAG.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER THIS EVENING.
WE THANK YOU FOR EACH AND EVERY PERSON GATHERED HERE TONIGHT.
YOU BLESS US WITH SUPPORTIVE AND GOOD PEOPLE WHO SEEK TO BETTER OUR CITY.
HELP US TO WISELY EVALUATE EACH AGENDA ITEM AND CONSIDER THE PROS AND THE CONS.
HELP US TO BE UNIFIED IN MAKING THE BEST DECISIONS FOR THE RESIDENTS, THE VISITORS, AND THE BUSINESSES OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
PLEASE PROTECT AND BLESS THE STAFF, OUR POLICE, FIRE, OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR CITY OFFICIALS, FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND THE TEXAS RANGERS TONIGHT.
ALL THIS WE ASK IN YOUR NAME, LORD.
A PLEDGE THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
OWN HONOR, UNDER THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS.
ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER PEREZ FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL PRAYER.
AGAIN, IN AN EFFORT TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTIONS, THE FOLLOWING MEETING GUIDELINES WILL APPLY.
THE STAFF WILL PRESENT FIRST ON ANY AGENDA ITEM.
FOLLOWING A BRIEF PRESENTATION BY STAFF, APPLICANTS WILL HAVE A COMBINED TOTAL OF 30 MINUTES TO PRESENT.
ONCE THE APPLICANT HAS SPOKEN, EACH MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO FILLS OUT A SPEAKER CARD WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM.
ADDITIONALLY SPEAKING, TIME MAY BE ALLOWED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIRMAN BEFORE SPEAKING.
SPEAKERS SHOULD GIVE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD ALONG WITH WHOM YOU REPRESENT.
IF APPLICABLE, AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A TOPIC NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA SHOULD SPEAK UNDER THE HEAD OF PUBLIC COMMENTS.
STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS FOLLOWING PRESENTATION OF EACH ITEM AT THIS TIME, CITIZENS MAY SPEAK FOR UP TO FIVE MINUTES ON ANY ITEM, NOT ON THE AGENDA.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR CITIZENS' COMMENTS? NO.
[PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA]
CONSIDERATION IS APPROVING THE PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA.COMMISSIONER PEREZ, MADAM SECRETARY, I'M SO SORRY.
MADAM CHAIRPERSON
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR BY COMMISSIONER JULIA PEREZ AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FRANK GONZALEZ.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
[PUBLIC HEARING POSTPONEMENT, RECESS, CONTINUATIONS]
MADAM CHAIR.YES, I MAKE A MOTION WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND POSTPONE ITEM FIVE AND SIX.
ITEM FIVE SDP DASH 23 DASH ZERO FIVE DASH 0 0 9, THE SITE PLAN FOR 360 COMMERCE AND SUP DASH TWO THREE DASH ZERO NINE DASH 0 0 3 6.
OUTSIDE STORAGE REFLECTION GATE TO OUR NEXT PNZ MEETING ON NOVEMBER THE 13TH.
I SECOND THAT WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPRO, UH, TO APPROVE DENIAL.
I MEAN APPROVED, UH, POSTPONEMENT OF ITEMS FIVE AND SIX BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ AND IS SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
MOTION PASSES TO TABLE TO NOVEMBER 13TH ON ITEMS FIVE AND SIX.
MADAM CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE POSTPONE INDEFINITELY.
ITEM SEVEN CPA DASH 23 DASH ZERO EIGHT DASH 0 0 1 7.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR 46 10 SOUTH GREAT SOUTHWEST PARKWAY.
AND ITEM EIGHT ZON DASH 23 DASH ZERO EIGHT DASH 0 0 2 9.
THE CONCEPT PLAN FOR, UH, JPI GREAT SOUTHWEST PARKWAY.
SECOND THAT I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE TO TABLE INDEFINITELY.
ITEM SEVEN AND EIGHT BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.
THIS, THIS, THESE ITEMS SEVEN EIGHT ARE BEING TABLED INDEFINITELY.
[9. CPA-23-10-0021 - Comprehensive Plan Amendment - Single Family Development (City Council District 5). A Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change the Future Land Use Map designation from Commercial, Retail, Office to Low Density Residential on 2.47 acres. Tract 43 of the McKinney & WMS Survey, Abstract 1045, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, and addressed as 658 SW 3rd Street]
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UM, STARTING OFF WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY CLASSIFIED AS COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE.
WE'RE PROPOSING A CHANGE IT TO LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IS 2.4 ACRES IN SIZE AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL.
UM, AND WITH THAT NOTED, UH, COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICES IS TYPICALLY LOCATED AT THE IMMEDIATE CORNER OF MAJOR ARTERIAL'S COLLECTOR STREET.
SO WE FEEL AS THOUGH IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE TO CHANGE THIS TO LOW RESIDENTIAL TIED TO THIS PROJECT THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
AND I'LL GET TO THAT IN THE NEXT NEXT ITEM.
SO, UH, WE RECEIVE ONE LETTER IN SUPPORT, NONE IN OPPOSITION OF THIS COMP PLAN AMENDMENT.
UH, AS A NOTED STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND IT'S, UH, DEVELOPMENT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING LAND USES, UH, AND MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THE LOCATION.
THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS A 10 UNIT, 10 LOT, UH, SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED, UH, FOR SALE PROJECT.
UM, THE CURRENT ZONING AND EXISTING BUILDING NOT CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE FOR THE SUBJECT LOCATION DUE TO THE MID BLOCK LOCATION.
UM, THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL SURROUNDING IT AND THE SCHOOL SITE.
AS Y'ALL RECALL, WE HAD A PRE PREVIOUS REQUEST FOR VETERAN HOUSING AND WHERE CONCERNS WITH REGARD TO THE PROXIMITY TO A SCHOOL SITE.
SO WE FEEL AS THOUGH THIS RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE MORE, UH, SUITED FOR THIS LOCATION.
[10. ZON-23-10-0037 - Zoning Change/Concept Plan - Single Family Development (City Council District 5). Zoning Change from General Retail to a Planned Development District for Single Family Uses and a Concept Plan depicting 10 detached single-family units on 2.47 acres. Tract 43 of the McKinney & WMS Survey, Abstract No. 1045, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, and addressed as 658 SW 3rd St]
ON TO THE ZONE CHANGE REQUEST IS TIED TO THIS.AGAIN, IT'S THE SAME LOCATION, CURRENT ZONING, GENERAL RETAIL, AND HAS BEEN USED FOR A REHAB ASSISTED FILLING, ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN VACANT FOR YEARS NOW.
UH, THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN PURCHASED BY, UH, DALLAS COUNTY TO HELP DEVELOP ATTAINABLE HOUSING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, UH, PLANNING AND, UH, HOUSING DEPARTMENTS.
AND THIS BUILDING WILL BE DEMOLISHED AND 10 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WILL BE CONSTRUCTED.
ACCESS WILL BE PROVIDED VIA CUL-DE-SAC FROM SOUTHWEST THIRD STREET.
THIS IS SHOWING THE EXISTING SITE AND THE PROPOSED, UM, THIS SITE, OF COURSE, AGAIN, IS, UH, GONNA BE DEMOLISHED.
THAT'S GONNA PROBABLY TAKE A LITTLE TIME BECAUSE OF THE ASBESTOS RECOVERY AND CLEANUP.
UM, BUT THE DESIGN OF THE SOUTHWEST THIRD STREET CUL-DE-SAC, UH, IS DONE PURPOSELY TO BE MORE COHESIVE WITH THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT.
AND THERE'S OTHER CUL-DE-SACS DIRECTLY NORTH OF THIS LOCATION.
THE DESIGN IS ALSO GONNA RECREATE SITUATIONS WHERE WE'RE GONNA ASK, HAVE TO ASK FOR VARIANCES FOR, TO ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY WITH HOME SIZE.
UH, SO THOSE VARIANCES NOTED HERE, UH, IT'S STILL GONNA ADHERE TO MANY OF THE SF SIX IN APPENDIX W REQUIREMENTS, BUT WE'RE ALL ASKING FOR VARIANCES FOR MAXIMUM, UH, THE LOT AREA SQUARE FOOTAGE, FRONT YARD SETBACK, UH, LOT DEPTH, LOT WIDTH ON SPECIFIC LOTS AT ALL OF THEM.
UH, WE ARE GONNA ASK FOR, UH, VARIANCE FOR THE FRONT ENTRY GARAGE TO ALLOW FOR THOSE TO BE FRONT ENTRY GARAGES AND THE VARIANCE FOR A SCREENING FENCE.
AGAIN, UH, FOR COST CONCERNS AS WELL AS MAKING IT COHESIVE WITH THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT.
WE WANT TO JUST BE THE NATURAL PROPERTY ON THE FENCE.
SO WITH THAT SAID, I'LL REPEAT THIS AGAIN.
UM, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
WE RECEIVE ONE LETTER IN SUPPORT, NONE IN OPPOSITION.
UM, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RECOMMENDS OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET DEMAND FOR INFRA HOUSING WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY REHABILITATING EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS.
THIS PROJECT DOES THAT? YES, SIR.
COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST WANNA COMMEND THE CITY ON DOING THIS PROJECT FOR THE REVITALIZATION.
I THINK THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT AND UH, IT SHOWS THAT WE CARE ABOUT ALL THE CITIZENS.
SO I HOPE LOOK TO SEE OTHERS IN THE OTHER AREAS.
CAN I GET A MOTION ON ITEMS? UM, NINE AND 10.
UH, MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ZERO N 2 3 1 0 0 0 3 7.
WAS THAT NINE AND 10 OR WAS THAT JUST YES.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEMS NINE AND 10 BY COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COCA.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
[11. SUP-23-09-0038 - Specific Use Permit - Convenience Store at 809 & 811 W Jefferson (City Council District 5). Specific Use Permit for a Convenience Store without Gasoline Sales on 0.18 acres. Lots 5 & 6, Block A, Indian Hills Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Commercial (C), and addressed as 809 & 811 W Jefferson Rd]
ITEM PLEASE.[00:50:01]
THE ITEM NUMBER 11 IS FOR SUP 23 0 9 0 0 3 9 3 6.THIS IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST FOR A CONVENIENCE STORE AT 8 0 9 AT EIGHT 11 WEST JEFFERSON STREET.
SO IT SHOWN THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY A PART OF A EXISTING BUILDING WHERE THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO UTILIZE THE FAR, UM, LEFT SUITE FOR HIS BUSINESS.
HE'LL BE OCCUPYING ABOUT 1800 SQUARE FEET OR SO TO BE ABLE TO SELL TOBACCO PRODUCT AND FOOD AND SNACK SALES.
UM, THE USE IS CLASSIFIED UNDER OUR UDC AS A CONVENIENCE STORE WITHOUT GUEST SALES, WHICH REQUIRES A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
THAT IS WHY THEY'RE COMING BEFORE YOU FOR THAT REQUEST.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, DUE TO THE LIMITED CONFIGURATION OF THE LOT THAT CURRENTLY THERE IS ONLY FOUR PARKING SPACES PROVIDE FOR ALL THE TENANTS IN THIS BUILDING, AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO, UH, ALLOW PARKING REDUCTION, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A REDUCTION OF PARKING SPACE TO ALLOW FOR EXISTING SPACE TO BE SHARED BY ALL TENANTS AT THE EXISTING BUILDING.
WITH THIS, THE DRC RECOMMEND, UM, SORRY, LET ME GO TO THE PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.
WE DID SEND OUT, UM, 24 LETTERS, NON RECEIVING OPPOSITION, NON RECEIVING SUPPORT.
UM, THE DRC STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS, WHICH IS THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL STATE REGULATIONS AND LOCAL ORDINANCES FOR FOOD SERVICES ESTABLISHMENT BECAUSE THEY'RE BE SELLING SNACKS AND OTHER FOOD ITEMS. SMOKING IS PROHIBITED INSIDE THE ESTABLISHMENT, AND EIGHT LINER GAMING MACHINE SHALL BE PROHIBITED.
ALSO, THE APPLICANT SHALL FILE A SHARED PARKING AGREEMENT WITH ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS, OR SHALL PROVIDE A MINIMUM OF TWO PAVED EMPLOYEE PARKING SPACES BEHIND THE BUILDING.
AND THESE SPACES SHALL BE SERVED BY A PAVED DRIVE DRIVEWAY PER UDC REQUIREMENT.
THIS CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION.
IS THERE ANY QUESTION FOR STEPH AT THIS TIME? COMMISSIONER MATT? MM-HMM
SO WITH REGARD TO PARKING, DO THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE PROOF OF AN AGREEMENT OR SOMETHING, UM, BEFORE THEY GET THEIR CO YES MA'AM.
THAT WOULD BE IF THE VARIS FOR THE REDUCTION OF PARKING IS NOT APPROVED NOW, RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL.
AND THEN THE APPRO, UH, RECOMMENDATION IS TO PER STAFF RECOMMENDATION? YES.
THEY'LL HAVE TO PROVIDE SOME KIND OF PROOF THAT THEY'RE MEETING THE PARKING REQUIREMENT, WHETHER IT'S A SHARED DOCU SHERIFF, UM, PARKING AGREEMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE FILED AT THE COUNTY.
WE WILL HAVE TO REVIEW THAT AT THE CO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? GREAT PRESENTATION.
UH, WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? YES, MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE A SPEAKER CARD FROM THE APPLICANT.
MR. RONA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP? PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
HOW ARE Y'ALL? UH, MY IS KO KNA? MM-HMM
UM, MY BUSINESS IS AT 8 0 9 WEST JEFFERSON STREET AND YES, I THINK WE'RE STUCK FOR THE PARKING AND MM-HMM
ACTUALLY, AND I, I PROMISE THAT I'LL GET THE PAPER FOR THAT.
AND YOU KNOW, WE JUST WANT TO SERVE THE CITY.
AND, UH, I HAD THAT ABOUT THE GAMING THING.
A GAMING MACHINE? ANYTHING? YES.
WE ARE NOT HAVING ANY KIND OF GAMING MACHINES.
UM, EVEN MY FRIEND, MY PARTNER, SO, YEAH.
SO THE, THE QUESTION AT HAND IS ABOUT THE PARKING, THE FOUR SPACES, WHICH IS NOT ENOUGH TO, FOR YOUR FACILITY.
SO YOU, YOU HAVE, ARE YOU WORKING ON A WRITTEN AGREEMENT OR WHAT IS, WHAT IS, WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS THE, UH, WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THIS PARKING SITUATION? WE ARE ALLOWED TO USE THE PARKING SPACE.
'CAUSE HE SAID, UH, IT WAS JUST A, YOU KNOW, A VERBALLY AGREEMENT, UH, WITH THE LANDLORD.
WE ARE PARKING ON THE, SO YOU HAVE A GENTLEMAN'S, YOU HAVE A GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT, BUT WE NEED SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE CONCRETE THAN THAT.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET SOMETHING IN WRITING.
HE'S BACK IN ETHIOPIA RIGHT NOW.
BUT HIS SON IS HERE AND HE SAID HE CAN GIVE YOU US WHATEVER WE WANT.
UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, RAMIREZ.
SO YOU SAID YOU, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S GONNA BE A CONVENIENCE DOOR.
SO I NOTICED ON THE, UH, ON THE NOTICE IT SAID GUMMIES, SO THERE'S NO LIKE CBD OR SALES OR NOTHING LIKE THAT THERE.
SO THAT WAS JUST BAD VERBIAGE, I'M ASSUMING NOTHING LIKE THAT.
AND YOU SAID SERVE THEIR, SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY SERVE THE COMMUNITY? ABSOLUTELY, YES.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE A WALGREEN RED THERE.
UM, OUR, I THINK OUR COMMUNITY IS LITTLE, UM, BEST.
LIKE MOST, SO MANY OF THEM, THEY DON'T WANNA GO TO GAS STATION.
SOME OF THEM, THEY DON'T WANNA GO TO WALGREEN.
AND FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE MIDDLE, WE NEED TO GO FOR THEM.
I WANNA HAVE A STORE FOR THEM.
ANDER IS THERE NOT ONE? IS IS THERE NOT ANOTHER SMOKE SHOP AT THE UH, WHERE THE LA ROOM'S AT OR LAUNDROMAT'S
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AT DOWN THE STREET? NO, THEY ARE FURTHER DOWN AT LEAST TWO MILES, TWO AND A HALF MILES AWAY.AND THE OTHER ONE IS ON MAIN STREET.
BUT THEY DON'T SERVE ANY FOOD OR ANY PACKAGING? UM, I THINK IT'S ONLY US.
COMMISSIONER MADDEN, YOU COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN? UH, GOOD EVENING SIR.
AS A POINT OF CLARITY, YOU ARE TALKING PACKAGED FOODS, CORRECT? THAT'S WHAT YOU ANTICIPATE SERVING GUM, CHOCOLATES, COOKIES AND ALL THIS.
NO HOT FOOD, RIGHT? NO DELI FOOD? NO.
ANYTHING LIKE THAT? THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS ITEM? COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ, ARE YOU READY TO MAKE A MOTION? UH, MADAM CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SSUP 2 3 0 9 0 0 3 8.
UH, WITH DRC RECOMMEND, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM 11 BY COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MADDEN.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
[12. SUP-23-05-0016 - Specific Use Permit - Kroger Fuel Addition (City Council District 3). Specific Use Permit/Site Plan for adding Gas Sales to an existing Kroger on 8.18 Acres. A portion of Lot 1, Plaza 303 Shopping Center Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned General Retail, with an approximate address of 303 E Pioneer Pkwy]
YOU.SO THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 12.
THIS IS SUP 23 0 5 0 0 1 16 IS, UM, IT'S A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AND SITE PLAN REQUEST FOR KROGER FUEL EDITION.
SO AS SHOWN, THE KROGER IS CURRENTLY, UM, OPERATING IN THIS SITE SHOWN, UM, SOUTH OF PIONEER PARKWAY.
THIS IS WHERE THE EXISTING KROGER IS.
UM, THEY WOULD LIKE TO, UM, ADD A FUEL PUMPS ALONG THE PIONEER STREET.
THIS REQUIRES SPECIFIC USE PERMIT APPROVAL.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'RE TAKING AWAY A FEW OF THE PARKING ISLES.
HOWEVER, THEY ARE PROVIDING, UH, THE NEW PARKING ISLANDS WITH TREES AND ARE ADDING GAS CANOPY IN A SMALL KIOSK.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE ADDITIONAL TREES THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING AS A COMPENSATORY MEASURE FOR THEIR SUP REQUEST.
AND THEY ARE PROVIDING, UM, THE GAS FUEL CANOPY AND A LITTLE KIOSK HAS SHOWN THEY ARE TAKING AWAY 58 PARKING SPACES.
HOWEVER, STILL A TOTAL OF 481 SPACES WILL BE THERE IN THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT.
SO THERE ARE ABOUT TWO PARKING SPACES SHORT BASED ON SUPERIOR SQUARE FOOTAGE CALCULATION.
HOWEVER, STAFF WANT TO POINT OUT THAT EACH, UH, FUEL STATIONS THAT WILL HAVE TWO CARS THAT WILL BE KIND OF PARKED THERE TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEW USE THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING.
SO WITH THAT, THEY ARE ACTUALLY WRAPPING ALL THE COLUMNS WITH BRICK VENEERS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING BUILDING OF THE KROGER IN THE BACK.
THEY ARE REQUESTING A REDUCTION.
HOWEVER, STAFF WANTS TO POINT OUT THAT THEY, UM, WILL BE ALLOWED TO, IF THEY WERE TO BE ALLOWED TO COUNT THE PARKING SPACES, THE FUEL STATION, THERE WILL NOT REALLY BE A SHORT OF A PARKING REQUIREMENT.
SO THE, UM, WE SEND OUT 59 LETTERS.
THERE WAS NO COMMENT PROVIDED.
HOWEVER, STEPH WANTS TO NOTE THAT THIS POSITION WAS SUBMITTED FROM A RESIDENT, UM, WHO LIVES A MILE AWAY.
WE DID RECEIVE FOUR LETTERS IN SUPPORT.
NONE OF THEM PROVIDED COMMENT EXCEPT FOR ONE LETTER, WHICH STATED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO USE THEIR FUEL POINTS
I'M SURE WE ALL CAN UNDERSTAND
UH, DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE CONDITION THAT, UM, THEY ARE PROPOSING TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF MODIFICATION IN THE EXISTING DRIVEWAY.
THIS REQUIRES A PERMIT, AN APPROVAL FROM TECH STOCK.
WE JUST RECOMMEND THAT THIS BE OBTAINED BEFORE THEY DO ANY MODIFICATION AT THE SITE.
THIS CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION.
WE DO HAVE APPLICANT PRESENT ANY QUESTION FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? COMMISSIONER, UH, COMMISSIONER MADDEN THERE.
IS THERE ANY, UH, REQUIREMENT FOR DISTANCE FROM RESIDENTIAL AREAS OR SCHOOLS FOR GAS? AND IS THIS MEETING NOT IN THIS AREA? NO, MA'AM.
SO IT'S, IT'S BEYOND ANY PROXIMITY OF THAT'S LIMITED.
SO I THINK YOU'RE PROBABLY THINKING OF CONVENIENCE STORES WHERE GAS STATIONS USUALLY HAVE LI LIKE A HALF A MILE KIND OF, OR A REQUIREMENT OF APPENDIX F OVERLAY ONLY.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, TO, I DUNNO IF I MEANT F BUT, UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S, THERE ISN'T, IT'S, IT'S NOT WITHIN ANY REALM OF LIKE, TOO CLOSE TO A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
WELL, IT'S RESIDENTIAL TO THE SOUTH THERE, BUT RIGHT.
AS FAR AS A DISTANCE REQUIREMENT FOR THESE, THERE'S NOT ONE.
THERE'S ONLY A DISTANCE REQUIREMENT FROM ANOTHER GAS STATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, JUNE.
UH, SPEAKER CARDS PLEASE? UH, YES, MADAM CHAIR.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, ONE IS FROM THE APPLICANT, JASON WIG, WHO INDICATED THAT
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HE'S HERE FOR QUESTIONS.STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
UH, 1263 WEST NORTHRIDGE, FRESNO, CALIFORNIA.
I TOO SIT ON A COMMISSION THAT'S MEETING LOCAL TONIGHT IN MY TOWN.
UH, THAT I'M THE CHAIR OF AND I CAN'T RUN.
SO MY VICE CHAIR IS DOING THAT.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHOW APPRECIATION FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S, UH, GREAT TO SEE HOW, UH, HOW IT OPERATES.
AND, UH, I WANTED TO ALSO THANK STAFF FOR THE PRESENTATION FOR JUST GUIDING US THROUGH THE PROCESS AND MAKING IT REALLY CLEAR.
SO IT'S BEEN A, A WONDERFUL PROCESS FOR US AND WE'RE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT COME UP.
I ALSO HAVE, UH, RICHARD WITH KROGER, UH, IN THE HOUSE TOO.
WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND FOR BEING HERE.
AND I JUST WANT A, A GAS STATION AND MIKE KROGER,
SO, ANYWAY, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU, UH, MAKING THIS EFFORT AND MAKING IT MORE CONVENIENT FOR THE HOMEOWNERS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, I'D HAVE TO GO, I GO A LITTLE WAYS TO GET TO, UH, KROGER STATION AND USE MY POINTS.
THAT'S, SO IF YOU COULD WORK ON THAT PIECE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
COMMISSIONER MADDEN HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU.
DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING THAT'S GONNA BE INCLUDED IN ANY OF THIS? I'M JUST CURIOUS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOW, COMMISSIONER PEREZ? I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.
THIS IS IN MY DISTRICT AND, UM, I HAVE RECEIVED, UH, A FEW PHONE CALLS FROM FOLKS, UM, IN THE AREA THAT WERE IN SUPPORT OF THIS.
UM, I TOO WOULD LIKE TO STAY IN GRAND PRAIRIE AND KEEP MY TAX DOLLARS IN GRAND PRAIRIE INSTEAD OF DRIVING TO IRVING TO USE MY KROGER POINTS.
AND, UM, I THINK IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING REALLY GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN OUR DISTRICT.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS UNLESS YOU'D LIKE TO TELL US SOMETHING.
NO, WE'RE JUST HAPPY TO TAKE ANOTHER PART AND, AND, AND JURISDICTION THAT NEEDS IT SO BAD.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY TO, UH, BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
WELL, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR KROGER AND, AND WHAT YOU BRING TO THE CITY.
MR. BINKLEY, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
RICHARD BINKLEY, 7 51 FREEPORT PARKWAY.
UH, I'M IN KROGER REAL ESTATE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR CONSIDERING AND APPROVING THE FUEL CENTER HERE.
WE THINK IT'S GONNA WORK OUT WELL FOR OUR CUSTOMERS AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
ALSO, YOU MENTIONED A, YOU HAVE A KROGER STORE THAT DOESN'T HAVE A FUEL CENTER.
I WANTED TO WRITE THAT STORE DOWN.
WELL, IT'S ACTUALLY NOT IN GRAND PRAIRIE, IT'S IN ARLINGTON.
THE ONE, IT'S, UH, GREEN OAKS IN, IN, UH, KINGSWOOD GREEN OAKS.
GREEN OAKS IS THAT GREEN OAKS? THE GREEN OAKS LOCATION.
AND KINGSWOOD IS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
NOW, I THINK GOING FURTHER DOWN THE MARKET STREET DOWN IN MANSFIELD, I THINK THERE IS A KROGER WITH A STATION THERE.
YOU MIGHT BE REFERRING TO STORE 6 95 OFF.
'CAUSE I HAVE ALL THOSE POINTS AND THEY'RE GOING TO WASTE
NO, REALLY WE DO APPRECIATE, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BRING IN MORE BUSINESS.
YOU KNOW, KROGER DOES A GOOD JOB IN THE CITY ANYWAY, BUT I THINK THAT ENHANCES IT.
IT SHOWS THAT YOU CARE ABOUT THE CUSTOMERS.
AND A LOT OF OUR CUSTOMERS ARE THAT HAVE A SHOP AT CURB BUT DON'T HAVE A FUEL CENTER.
THEY WANT THE FUEL CENTER BECAUSE THEY EXACTLY WANT THE CONVENIENCE AND THEY WANT THE POINTS AND TO SAVE MONEY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? NO.
CAN WE GET A MOTION? MADAM CHAIR? YES.
I MAKE A MOTION WE CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 12 SUP DASH TWO THREE DASH ZERO FIVE DASH 0 0 1 16.
THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THE KROGER FUEL EDITION ALONG WITH DRC RECOMMENDATION.
SECOND, YOU HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM 12 BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.
I DIDN'T, I HEARD IT, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM.
[13. SUP-23-09-0035 - Specific Use Permit - Omega Auto Sales (City Council District 5). Specific Use Permit for Auto Sales (Wholesale) at 3114 E Main St. Lot 444 and 445, Burbank Gardens Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Commercial (C), and addressed as 3114 E. Main St]
PLEASE.THE NEXT CASE IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
2 3 0 9 0 0 3 5 FOR AUTO RESOURCE WHOLESALE CAR DEALERSHIP AT, UH, 3 1 1 4 EAST MAIN STREET.
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SUP APPROVAL, UM, IN A COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.THAT'S WHAT THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED.
AS FOR THE HOURS OF, UH, OPERATION, WELL, NO, NO CLIENT WALK-INS WILL BE, UH, AT THE SITE.
UM, THE APPLICANT WILL BE BUYING AND SELLING THE VEHICLES ONLINE.
THERE WILL BE NO STORAGE OF VEHICLES ON SITE.
UH, THE PARKING FOR THIS FACILITY IS GOING TO BE IN THE BACK AND CANNOT BE VISIBLE FROM THE STREET RIGHT AWAY.
HOURS OF OPERATION WILL BE FROM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 8:00 AM TO 8:00 PM AND SATURDAY FROM 8:40 AM TO 6:00 PM THIS IS THE, THE STREET VIEW FROM, UH, MAIN STREET.
AND I DID FIND OUT WHAT THE PREVIOUS USE WAS, WHICH WAS AUTO RELATED BUSINESS USED.
UH, CAR SALES? NO, THE APPLICANT'S NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.
WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY OPPOSITION OR SUPPORT LETTERS.
AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT, UH, TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? GREAT JOB ON THAT PRESENTATION.
I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE A CARD, BUT WANNA UNDERSTAND THE APPLICANT IS HERE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NO, I THINK WE'RE GOOD.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO, DO YOU NEED TO SAY SOMETHING? WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING IF YOU CAN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO, YOU CAN.
UH, CAN I GET A MOTION? MADAM CHAIR? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SUP 2 3 0 9 0 0 3 5 SECOND.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM 13 BY COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
[14. SUP-23-09-0034 - Specific Use Permit - Fiesta Parties and Events (City Council District 6). Specific Use Permit for a Special Event Center at 1700 W Polo Rd. Lot 1, Block A, Trailwood Village, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned as Planned Development (PD-115) and addressed as 1700 W Polo Road]
YES, ITEM 14 IS ANOTHER SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, UH, SUP 23 0 9 0 0 3 4 FOR FESTIVITIES, PARTIES AND EVENTS AT 1700 WEST POLO ROAD.SPECIAL EVENT CENTER, AGAIN, IS A LAND USE THAT REQUIRES SUP APPROVAL IN PD ONE 15 WITH THE BASE ZONING OF GENERAL RETAIL.
THE FLOOR AREA FOR THIS SUITE IS 1000 909 1 SQUARE FEET.
THIS IS AN IMAGE OF THE SUITE THAT THE APPLICANT'S, UH, REQUESTING TO LEASE.
EVENT TYPES THAT ARE PROPOSED ARE BABY SHOWERS, BRIDAL SHOWERS PER DAY CELEBRATIONS.
AND, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE SITE PLAN.
IT'S UNIT 1 0 6, WHICH IS TO THE FAR EAST CORNER, UH, HIGHLIGHTED, HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, AND THEY ARE MEETING THE MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS OF THE SPECIAL EVENT CENTER.
THE EVENT OPERATION HOURS ARE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, 10:00 AM TO 9:00 PM FRIDAY SAT, AND TWO SATURDAY 10:00 AM TO 10:00 PM FOOD AND BEVERAGES ARE ALLOWED BY CATERING.
SO THE, THE PARTY, WHOEVER RENTS OUT, THEY CAN BRING THEIR OWN FOOD.
A CERTIFIED SECURITY PERSONNEL, UH, MUST BE PRESENT AND THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO INSTALL A VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM.
THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.
WE DID RECEIVE TWO LETTERS OF OPPOSITION, CITING CONCERNS IN REGARDS TO NOISE AND ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC.
DRC IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
THE SPECIAL EVENT CENTER MUST BE CLOSED AT 10:00 PM AND TWO OPERATIONS SHALL COMPLY WITH SECTION FOUR 14 OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, WHICH SPECIFICALLY REGULATES SPECIAL EVENT CENTERS.
AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UH, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS, THINK YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UH, FIRST ONE, UH, IS SONYA RESENDEZ.
WHO IS THE APPLICANT? MS. RESENDEZ.
HOW ARE YOU? A LITTLE NERVOUS HERE.
I'M SONYA RESENDEZ, UH, 32 41 MAYBERRY COURT IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
UM, WELL, I PREDOMINANTLY WE WANNA DO CHILDREN'S PARTIES.
UM, THE BRIDAL SHOWERS AND ALL THAT IS LIKE IN CASE SOMEBODY DOES WANT TO HOST SOMETHING, BUT WE ARE OFFERING MORE FOR CHILDREN PARTIES.
UM, I SAW A NEED THAT NOBODY WANTS TO HOST PARTIES AT THEIR HOUSE ANYMORE, AND THEY DON'T WANT TO CLEAN IT THE DAY BEFORE, THE DAY OF THE DAY AFTER AND HAVE CHAOTIC CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, RUINING YOUR HOUSE
SO WE WANT TO JUST HAVE A SAFE SPACE FOR THEM, HAVE, UM, ACTIVITIES FOR THEM.
WE'LL HAVE GAMING, WE'LL HAVE PING PONG TABLES AND ALL CHILDREN, LIKE A BUNCH OF CHILDREN,
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UM, TOYS OR GAMING MOSTLY.UM, IN THE EVENT THAT WE DO HAVE LIKE A BRIDAL SHOWER, WHICH IT WOULD BE REALLY BORING IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ALCOHOL.
SO WE WILL HAVE, YOU KNOW, SECURITY IN PLACE, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY HAVE THEIR EVENT.
AND, UM, OUR LANDLORD, UH, IN THE CONTRACT IT STATES THAT WE HAVE TO CLOSE BY 10.
SO WE, AS FAR AS NOISE LEVEL, UM, I DON'T THINK OUR NEIGHBORS SURROUNDING US HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.
AND TRAFFIC WISE IN OUR CONTRACTS, WE WILL PUT THAT THEY HAVE TO LEAVE OUR FACILITY, INCLUDING THE PARKING AREA WITHIN 15 MINUTES TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEXT PARTY COMING ON BECAUSE WE'LL BE HOSTING THREE PARTIES PER DAY, HOPEFULLY, IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL.
UM, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, I'M WELCOME TO ANSWER COMMISSIONERS.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IS THIS YOUR FIRST TIME DOING THIS? THIS IS MY FIRST TIME GETTING PAID TO DO THIS
UM, I'VE BEEN, UM, VOLUNTEERING AS A PTA PRESIDENT FOR MIKE MOSLEY, PTA MM-HMM
AND THEN I'VE BEEN SERVING ON THEIR BOARD FOR LIKE FIVE YEARS NOW.
I I HAVE RUN THEIR, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, YOU NAME IT, I'VE DONE IT.
UM, I'VE DONE THE, THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
I'VE DONE, UM, THE PRESIDENT POSITION MM-HMM
AND SERVED AS MORE OF THE, THE BEHIND THE SCENES PERSON.
SO YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING AND COMMUNICATING WITH THESE YOUNG MOTHERS WITH, FOR THESE PARTIES? YES.
AND, UM, I HAVE KIDS AT REAGAN, AT DICKINSON AND AT MOSLEY AND I'VE BEEN PRETTY ACTIVE AT ALL THE SCHOOLS.
I, I PERSONALLY WOULDN'T WANT THAT.
WELL, ONE THING I LIKE THAT YOU SAID IS THE FACT THAT IT'S MORE WHOLESOME WHEN YOU SAY EVENT CENTER, YOU NORMALLY THINK OF SOME KIND OF PARTIES WHILE PARTIES GOING ON, YOU KNOW, OR FOR WEDDINGS OR STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, GEARING TOWARD THE CHILDREN, WHICH IS GREAT.
THE CHILDREN HAVE SOMEWHERE ELSE TO GO IN A NICE WHOLESOME PLACE.
WHERE IT'S SAFE AND YOU CAN KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR CHILDREN WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT THEM, YOU KNOW, GETTING INTO SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULDN'T.
NOW WITH THE OCCUPANCY AT 99, UM, PER EVENT, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE YOU GONNA HAVE YOU HELPING YOU WITH, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE CHILDREN, HOW MANY FOLKS ARE GONNA BE ASSISTING YOU? WELL, IT'S, UH, WE WOULD RENT THE PLACE AND PARENTS ARE GONNA BE WATCHING THEIR CHILDREN, WHICH THERE WILL BE ONE PERSON ON STAFF, WHICH WOULD EITHER BE ME OR MY PARTNER.
UM, BUT WE'RE LEAVING IT UP TO WHOEVER'S HOSTING, YOU KNOW, THE PARENTS ARE WELCOME AND IT'S NOT JUST GONNA BE JUST THE CHILDREN RUNNING RAMPANT.
IT'S LIKE, SO IF THERE'S A PROBLEM AND SOME SOMETHING BREAKS OUT, YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE SECURITY OR YEAH, I'LL BE THERE.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A CAMERA SYSTEM FOR OUR SECURITY, UM, PURPOSES FOR, YOU KNOW, IN CASE ANYTHING HAPPENS.
WE HAVE VIDEO FOOTAGE AND, UM, YEAH, WE'LL BE ON HAND AT ALL TIMES DURING, YOU KNOW, THE EVENTS BECAUSE I COULDN'T, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHETHER OR NOT SECURITY IS REQUIRED ON THIS ONE.
IT WASN'T UNLESS WE SERVE ALCOHOL.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN? GOOD EVENING.
I'M CURIOUS, I WORK WITH CHILDREN, SO VERY SENSITIVE TO THAT, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE AS FAR AS THE FACILITY ITSELF, YOU KNOW, TO STOP ANYBODY FROM RUNNING INTO THE PARKING LOT, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THERE'S GONNA BE, UH, YOU'RE THERE, BUT THEN THERE ARE OTHER SUITEMATES THAT ARE THERE.
SO ARE YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANY MEASURES FOR THAT QUESTION? ONE MM-HMM
AND THEN SECONDLY SAFETY MEASURES SPECIFICALLY.
AND THEN SECONDLY, HOW IS THE SHARED PARKING WORKING? YOU KNOW, IF YOUR CO-TENANTS ARE THERE DURING THE DAY, YOU'RE SAME 10, 10:00 AM HOURS, HOW ARE YOU WORKING WITH THEM, UH, TO ACCOMMODATE THE PARKING? TO ACCOMMODATE PARKING? WELL, WE HAVE THE PARKING LOT ON THE SIDE, WHICH IS 40 SPACES, BUT WE ALSO HAVE DOLLAR, DOLLAR GENERAL'S PARKING, WHICH IS 150 SPACES IF I'M CORRECT MM-HMM
UM, AND THAT'S USUALLY ALWAYS EMPTY.
SO WE HAVE ALL THAT AND THAT'S PART OF, YOU KNOW, AND TALK TO MY LANDLORD.
SO IF WE EVER NEED THE SPACE THAT SHOULD, UM, ACCOMMODATE THAT.
AND AS FAR AS SAFETY MEASURES, WE'LL PROBABLY END UP PUTTING LIKE A LITTLE GATE, KIND OF LIKE THEY DO AT CHILDCARE, JUST SO THAT THERE'S SOMETHING STOPPING THE KIDS BEFORE THEY RUN OUT.
AND, UM, WE DO HAVE, I GUESS TWO ENTRANCES.
WE'LL USE ONE AS THE MAIN, UM, BUT WE'LL HAVE THE TWO FRONT ONES AND THEN THE BACK IN CASE OF EMERGENCIES FOR ANYTHING.
UM, WE WILL HOST ABOUT 30 KIDS AND THEIR PARENTS, SO IT'S NOT GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA BE VERY RARE THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A HUNDRED PEOPLE OR MORE, SO.
UH, ANY MORE QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO THE COMMUNITY.
YEAH, I SAW A NEED AND I, I KNOW
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THERE ISN'T REALLY ANYTHING AROUND THE AREA, SO I WANTED TO SEE, BRING THIS AND I KNOW THAT I HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM LIKE, EVERYONE AT SCHOOL AND THEY'RE LIKE, DO IT.COMMISSIONERS ANY MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS ITEM? NO.
SORRY, WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER.
MS. JAMES, HOW ARE YOU? BLESSED, HOW ARE YOU? STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
I'M CHRISTINE JAMES, 38 0 6 PARK VALLEY COURT IN ARLINGTON, TEXAS.
I OWN THE DAYCARE CENTER RIGHT DOWN BY THE ANIMAL SHELTER THERE.
AND I'M JUST NOW LEARNING IT IS FOR THE CHILDREN.
I WASN'T, I DIDN'T HAVE THAT UNDERSTANDING.
SO MY QUESTION IS WHAT THE AGE GROUP DID, BECAUSE IF I HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE CITY FOR THE DAYCARE, IT DEPENDS ON, YOU KNOW, THE AGE GROUP THAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT.
BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT'S AN EVENT CENTER, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE TEENAGERS OUT DAYCARE, WELL THE PERSON THAT OWNS IT NOW, RENTING IT, LEASING IT NOW IS, UH, 13 AGES UP TO 13 IN THE DAYCARE CENTER.
SO IF WE HAVE TO COMPLY IN THAT SENSE, IF THEY IN THAT AGE GROUP, YOU THE RATIO THAT IS A CONCERN WHEN YOU, IN THE, ALREADY IN WHERE THEY HAVE MY GRANDDAUGHTER GO TO THE DANCE THERE ON SET TWICE A WEEK AND IT'S PACKED THERE.
SO THAT IS A CONCERN NOW THAT I'M HEARING IS FOR CHILDREN.
I WAS IN AGREEMENT UNTIL I HEARD THAT.
SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE 36 YEAR IN CHILDCARE AND, AND I JUST RETIRED 2020.
SO THAT'S A QUESTION FOR ME NOW.
WELL, I'LL LET THE PROFESSIONALS OUT HERE ANSWER THAT QUESTION, YOU KNOW, WITH REGARD TO, UH, WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR THAT SITE, BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE.
UH, IT WOULD BE TREATED DIFFERENTLY THAN CHILDCARE.
SO NOTING THAT THIS IS A SPECIAL EVENT, THEY JUST HAVE TO FOLLOW SUIT WITH THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SPECIAL EVENT.
NOW, THERE IS SOME SAFETY PRECAUTIONS THAT PNZ CAN IMPOSE SINCE IT'S A SUP, BUT, UM, THERE'S ALSO SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FROM THE BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENTS PERIOD.
SO, UM, I HOPE THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION THERE.
YEAH, WELL AS LONG AS THERE'S SOME SAFETY IN, BECAUSE MY GRANDDAUGHTER'S NINE MM-HMM
AND THEY'RE IN DANCE CLASS AND IT'S REALLY BUSY OVER THERE.
SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I HEARD THAT I NEEDED A QUESTION ON THE ANSWER TO IT MM-HMM
BECAUSE IT WAS A QUESTION THAT WASN'T RELAYED IN MY LETTER THAT I RECEIVED HAVING THAT PROPERTY OVER THERE.
AND YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO COME AND ASK US ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE.
COMMISSIONERS, Y'ALL HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.
THANK, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS? NO.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? NO.
COMMISSIONER COCA MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, SUP 23 DASH OH 8 0 0 29, THE SPECIAL EVENT CENTER WITH DRC RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, I MEAN THE, THE, THE, THE FINE THE NUMBER REREAD THEM NUMBER FROM SUP 2308.
IT'S, IT'S A, YEAH, IT'S OH NINE ON OUR, WHICH IS IT OH EIGHT OR OH NINE? GO WITH THE AGENDA.
YOU HAVE TO GO FOR IT WITH THE AGENDA.
SUP 23 DASH OH NINE DASH 0 0 3 9 WITH THE THREE FOUR.
THREE FOUR WITH DRC RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE HAVE AN, UH, MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM 14 SUP 2 3 0 9 0 0 3 4 AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS BY COMMISSIONER COCA AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
[15. SUP-23-09-0039 - Specific Use Permit - Auto Dealer (Internet Only) at 925 W Jefferson (City Council District 1). Specific Use Permit for Auto Dealer (Internet Only), Minor Auto Repair, and Auto Tire/Wheels Sales (Indoor Displays) at an existing Kwik Kar on 0.69 acres. Tract 46, McKinney & Williams Survey, Abstract No. 1045, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Commercial (C), within the SH 161 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 925 W Jefferson]
ITEM.SO THE ITEM NUMBER 15 IS FOR A SUP CONSIDERATION FOR AN INTERNET ONLY AUTO DEALER AT, UM, 9 25 WEST JEFFERSON STREET.
SO THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO USE THE EXISTING WAREHOUSE, WHICH IS SHOWN AS THE BACK PORTION OF THIS EXISTING BUILDING TO, UM, OPERATE AN OFFICE FOR AN ONLINE ONLY AUTO SALES.
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THE EXISTING BUSINESS IS ALSO ON AND, UH, OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE SAME APPLICANT.THE QUICK CAR CURRENTLY OPERATES AS A MINOR AUTOMOTIVE STATE INSPECTION AND INDOOR ONLY, UH, TIRE AND WHEEL SALES UNDER AN EXISTING SUP, WHICH CURRENTLY DOES NOT ALLOW ANY VEHICLE SALES.
SO THE REQUEST IS TO BE ABLE TO ADD ON THE INTERNET THAT ONLY, UH, AUTO SALES AS ADDITIONAL USE.
THIS REQUIRES A NEW SUP CONSIDERATION.
WITH IT BEING SAID, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY, PER OUR UDC DEFINITION, THE INTERNET ONLY, UH, AUTO DEALERS, UM, THEY WILL PRIMARILY SELL THE VEHICLES VIA VIRTUAL, UH, STOREFRONT ONLINE MAINLY, AND THEY WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO DO ANY OUTSIDE DISPLAY OF THEIR CARS PER SALE OR THEIR INVENTORY.
WITH THE BIG SAID, THIS IS THE EXISTING PLACE WHICH THE APPLICANT HAS, UM, KIND OF CLEANED UP FOR HIS CURRENT BUSINESS A FEW YEARS AGO.
THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL WITH THE CONDITIONS, UM, LISTED BELOW, WHICH IS THAT ANY OUTDOOR DISPLAY OF CARS FOR SALE OR CAR INVENTORY IS PROHIBITED.
ANY VEHICLE RENTALS ARE PROHIBITED.
IF THERE'S ANY, UM, RENTAL OPERATION, IT SHALL SEIZE IMMEDIATELY UPON THE APPROVAL OF THIS SUP.
THE EXISTING SUP WILL REMAIN INTACT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SENTENCE THAT PROHIBITS VEHICLE SALES AS THE NEW SP REQUEST IS TO BE ABLE TO SELL VEHICLES ONLINE ONLY.
AND THEN THE, THE BUSINESS SHOW OBTAIN A CO AND, UM, A RV PERMIT IS REQUIRED AND DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE SHALL BE PROVIDED PER ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE REQUIREMENT REQUIREMENTS.
WITH THAT, THAT, UH, CONCLUDES THE STAFF PRESENTATION.
UH, COMMISSIONER MADDEN ON, BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN YOUR QUESTION.
SO THE PINK AREA ON THE MM-HMM
THAT'S THE AREA THAT THEY INTEND TO USE FOR THIS OPERATION.
SO JUST OH, OH, SMALL PORTION OF IT.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT THE EXISTING BUILDING AT THE FRONT ON THIS JEFFERSON IN THE BACK MM-HMM
SO THE SPACE IS THESE SPACES RIGHT.
WHERE THEY CAN ENTER FROM EITHER SIDE TO OPERATE MM-HMM
THEY, UM, ACCORDING TO THE APPLICANT, THEY CONSULTED THIS WAREHOUSE FEW YEARS AGO TO HELP WITH THE EXTRA OPERATIONAL SPACE FOR STOCK ROOMS AND OFFICES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO THEY'RE SAYING THEY WANNA USE A SMALL PORTION IN THE BACK OF THE BUILDING, NOT SURE EXACTLY WHERE, BUT THE APPLICANT WILL BE HERE AND BE ABLE TO ANSWER MORE INSIGHT.
SO MY ASSUMPTION IS THEY'LL TAKE ONE OF THE CORNERS AND BE ABLE TO JUST PUT AN OFFICE THERE SO THAT THEY CAN OPERATE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE DESK.
AND COMPUTERS JUST OPERATE THEIR, IS MY UNDERSTANDING, BASED ON THEIR DESCRIPTION PROVIDED.
BUT THE APPLICANT CAN SHED MORE INSIGHT INTO THAT IF THEY HAVE DIFFERENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ANY COMMISSION MEMBERS, COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, JIM.
MADAM CHAIR, ONE SPEAKER CARD FROM THE APPLICANT, RFA ALAWA.
HOW ARE YOU THIS EVENING? GOOD.
HOW ARE YOU? STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
AND, UM, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, UH, 9 25 WEST JEFFERSON, WHICH IS AN EXISTING QUICK CAR, UH, UH, REPAIR FACILITY AT THIS POINT.
SO WE ARE, UH, THANK YOU JUNE FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, AND IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US, UM, COMMISSIONER MATT, FIRST, LEMME TELL YOU, UM, MY OFFICE IS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM THIS, SO WHEN YOU GUYS TOOK IT OVER AND CLEANED IT UP, IT LOOKS FANTASTIC.
AND I'VE PATRONIZED THE BUSINESS ALREADY.
SO I WAS CONFUSED BY THE LAYOUT THAT JUNE WAS DISPLAYING WHAT THE BIG PINK RECTANGLE.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW SCROLL, WHAT THAT SPACE IS GONNA LOOK LIKE, OR, OKAY.
SO, UH, THE RED UHHUH, IT'S PRETTY MUCH, UM, BECAUSE I WOULD SAY YOUR SERVICE DESK IS ON THE BOTTOM OF THAT SCREEN CLOSEST TO WHERE THAT ANGLE IS.
YOU SEE, IT'S, SO THE ENTRANCE IS GONNA BE FROM HERE.
SO WE CREATED THE DOOR AND OVERHEAD DOOR, WHICH IS A 10 FOOT BY 12 FOOT.
AND WE, WE APPLIED FOR A PERMANENT CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
SO WE, WE COMPLIED WITH ALL THE, UM, REQUIREMENTS.
UH, WE GOT, WE GOT IT APPROVED AND IT'S, IT'S UP AND RUNNING RIGHT NOW.
AND IT WILL REACH PRETTY MUCH TO THIS POINT RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS THE LINE WHERE IT'S GONNA BE.
SO YOU, OH, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
SO, YEAH, YOU CAN, YOU CAN STORE, IT'S A, IT'S A HIGH CEILING AREA RIGHT THERE MM-HMM
UM, AND THERE'S AN ACCESS ALSO TO, TO AN OFFICE FROM THERE.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE EVEN HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE, THE MAIN DOOR.
SO YOU'RE GONNA DO YOUR CUSTOMER PAYOFF PAYOUT CLOSE? YES, EXACTLY.
WE HAVE A SEPARATE PLACE FOR THEM.
AND SO YOU'RE GONNA BE BRINGING, I'M A LITTLE, A LITTLE CONFUSED.
SO WHERE ARE YOU GONNA BE STORING THE CARS THAT YOU'RE INSIDE? INSIDE, INSIDE THIS, THIS AREA RIGHT HERE.
SO ALL, SO THIS AREA HERE WILL FIT, I WOULD SAY ABOUT
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12 TO 13 CARS INSIDE.AND WE HAVE OUR BASE, 'CAUSE SINCE WE ARE A REPAIR FACILITY MM-HMM
SO WE ARE TRYING TO, TO INCREASE OUR SALE BY BUYING CARS OR, YOU KNOW, FROM THE AUCTION MM-HMM
OR FROM CUSTOMERS SOMETIMES REPAIR THEM AND RESELL THEM AGAIN.
SO WILL THERE BE LIKE A SOLID WALL INSIDE THE BUILDING? UM, OR IF SOMEBODY COMES IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE OR SOME KIND OF REPAIR WORK, WILL THEY BE ABLE TO SEE ALL THE CARS THAT ARE FOR SALE? NO, THEY WILL NOT.
NO, THERE'S, THERE'S AN ACCESS DOOR FROM THERE.
WE, THEY CAN ACCESS IT FROM THE AREA.
BUT RIGHT NOW THEY CANNOT, I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S NOTHING THAT THEY CAN SEE.
IT'S A CLOSED WAREHOUSE IN THE BACK.
UM, AND THERE'S AN ACCESS TO IT, SO WE CAN ACCESS THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE SHOP ITSELF.
AND SO IF PEOPLE ARE ONLINE AND THEY WANNA PURCHASE, DO THEY COME OUT, MAKE AN APPOINTMENT OR SOMETHING TO SEE THE CAR AND DRIVE THE CAR AND YOU HAVE TO DO A BUNCH OF SHIFTING AROUND IN THERE TO GET THOSE CARS OUT? CORRECT.
WE HAVE A BIG, UM, UM, SPACE RIGHT THERE AS YOU CAN SEE MM-HMM
SO WE ARE NOT GONNA BE, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKING, BUT IT'S A MAX OF LIKE 10 CARS YOU THINK? YES, YES.
AND IF WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR REPAIRS, BECAUSE WE HAVE EIGHT BAYS ALREADY, SO A BASE WILL FIT EIGHT CARS AT ALL TIMES.
AND WE DO NOT STORE ANYTHING OUTSIDE EXCEPT IF WE'RE REALLY, I MEAN, WE TEND NOT TO, TO, UM, STORE ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE, UH, THE PROPERTY.
I, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING, I THOUGHT THAT YOU WEREN'T GONNA STORE ANY CARS AT THE SITE.
IT WOULD JUST BE WHENEVER YOU GOT READY TO, YOU MAKE A SALE.
IT SHOULDN'T BE LIKE NO MORE THAN ONE OR TWO CARS THERE.
WE HAVE TO STORE THE CARS INSIDE BECAUSE I MEAN, FOR THE INTERNET ITSELF, WE HAVE TO ADVERTISE FOR IT AND CUSTOMERS WOULD, WOULD HAVE TO COME AND SEE THE CAR.
SO WE ARE GONNA HAVE, WE ARE GONNA BE STORING CARS INSIDE THE, UH, THE BUILDING.
BUT YOU SAID TO COME AND SEE THE CAR, BUT WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE ANY KIND OF PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH THE INSIDE.
THE, UH, NO, THAT'S NOT WHOLESALE.
THAT'S WHOLESALE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, ONLINE SALE, INTERNET SALE.
THE CONFUSION IS THE, THE REQUIREMENT FOR INTERNET, INTERNET SALE IS THE CARS CAN'T BE OUTSIDE.
WELL, JUST OUTSIDE THEY CAN, SO LAURA'S NOT STORED OUTSIDE? YES, MA'AM.
WE, WE ALL, WE ARE ONLY GONNA BE STORED IN THEM INSIDE WHATEVER THIS, UH, WAREHOUSE WILL FIT.
SO I THINK WHAT WITH ROOM, WHEN YOU SAID THAT THEY WERE GONNA BE STORED OFF SITE WHEN I WAS THINKING, OH, THEY'RE GONNA BE STORED OFF SITE? NO, NO, IT'S, IT'S INSIDE, INSIDE THE STORAGE AREA RIGHT NOW.
AND WE TRIED TO MAKE IT AS CLEAN AS POSSIBLE FOR THE BUILDING.
WE, WE ARE THE FIRST ONE THAT WE DID THE QUICK CAR WITH THE NEW IMAGE THAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW.
IS THIS YOUR FIRST TIME, UH, DOING THIS ON THIS, THIS LOCATION? OR HAVE YOU HAVE OTHER ON THIS LOCATION? YES.
HAVE OTHER SITES? WE HAVE OTHER LOCATIONS, YES.
ARE THEY IN THE DFW AREA OR THEY OUT OF STATE? YES.
WHERE DO YOU HAVE OTHER LOCATIONS? UH, THERE'S OUR PARTNER.
IT'S, IT'S WITHIN AN ENCLOSURE.
SO HE'S, OR HE IS ALREADY, HE'S IN THAT BUSINESS ALREADY.
SO THAT'S WHY WE, WE TRY TO TEAM UP SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, UH, TRY TO, TO INCREASE, UH, THE SALE AND MM-HMM
AND, UM, THE CUSTOMER SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN? MADAM CHAIR? UM, THE APPLICANT DIDN'T FULLY STATE HIS ADDRESS, THE RECORD.
YOU, YOU, MY HOME ADDRESS OR THE, OR THE, UH, UH, PROPERTY? EITHER, EITHER ONE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, COMMISSIONERS CAN, UH, THANK YOU, SIR.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS? CAN WE GET A MOTION SINCE THAT'S, UH, COMMISSIONER, UM, FKO IS NOT HERE.
WE APPROVE WITH, UH, DRC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR, UM, ITEM NUMBER 15 SUP DASH TWO THREE DASH ZERO NINE DASH 0 0 3 9.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM 15 BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER OLEY.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
[16. ZON-23-09-0032 - Zoning Change/Concept Plan - Mira Lagos PD Amendment (City Council District 6). PD Amendment to allow front entry garages at Mira Lagos Subdivision consisting of 98 residential lots on 42.7 acres. Lots 1X-40, Block A, Lots 1X-25X Block 2, Lots 1X-22X, Block 3, and Lots 1X-22X, Block 4, Mira Lagos Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas & Tarrant County, Texas, zoned PD-384, within the Lake Ridge Overlay District, and generally located to the south of Hanger Lowe Rd and to the east of Costal Blvd]
PLEASE.COMMISSIONER IS LAST CASE OF THE NIGHT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 16 ZERO N 2 3 0 9 0 0 3 2.
AGAIN, THIS IS A PD AMENDMENT FOR THE MIGOS, UM, DEVELOPMENT DOWN THERE.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS THE PD AMENDMENT FOR THE RESIDENTIAL GARAGE STANDARDS.
THIS IS LOCATED WITHIN THE LAKE RIDGE CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT, AND IT'S CURRENTLY IS IN PD 3 84.
SO AGAIN, JUST TO RUN THROUGH IT, CLICK QUICKLY.
THE PD AMENDMENT IS FOR 35% OF ALL POTTED LOTS WITH RESIDENTIAL GARAGES, SHALL HAVE SIDE INJURY JSW OR REAR ACCESSIBLE
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ATTACHED FOR DETACHED GARAGES.AT THIS POINT, THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE APPENDIX W STANDARD, WHICH ALLOWS FOR SIGNIFICANTLY LESS.
UM, THEY'RE ALSO ADDING ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE AGAIN THAT I READ EARLIER, WHICH ALLOWS FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE TWO CAR J SWING AND THE ONE ADDITIONAL FRONT ENTRY TO STILL BE ACCOUNTED FOR IN THAT 35% AS OPPOSED TO THE 65 OR IN THAT, YES, 35% OPPOSED TO THE 65%.
SO AGAIN, THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENTS, WE'VE GOT THREE DIFFERENT PDS OUT THERE THAT ARE ALL SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED.
UM, AND THEY ALL HAVE, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR LEVELS OF FRONT ENTRY OR EVEN MORE SO.
AGAIN, THE ONE TO THE NORTH, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 90% FRONT ENTRY.
THE TWO TO THE WEST, UM, HAVE 67% AND 70%.
AGAIN, ONE OF THOSE HAS AN ASTERISK.
IT'S FOR THE LOTS THAT ARE SIMILAR SIZES TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN MI LAGOS.
SO THEY ARE PROVIDING COMPENSATORY MEASURES OF ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS ON THE GARAGES AND ON THE FRONT DOORS FOR ANY OF THE FRONT ENTRY GARAGES.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS THAT PHOTO OF THAT TWO J SWING ONE FRONT ENTRY.
SO THE VARIANCE IS TO THE GARAGE REQUIREMENTS IN APPENDIX W TO ALLOW FRONT ENTRY GARAGES FOR 65% OF THE RESIDENTIAL LOTS WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION.
WE FOR ANY QUESTIONS? COMM, ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? VERY GOOD PRESENTATION.
WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? YES, MADAM CHAIR.
I HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD, UH, FROM THE APPLICANT.
HOW ARE YOU? THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
TERRENCE JOBE, ALLUVIUM DEVELOPMENT THREE 20 HAWKINS RUN.
I FIRST WANNA SAY WE'VE ENJOYED WORKING WITH THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, THE STAFF, AND GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS.
WE ARE THE MASTER DEVELOPER OF THIS A HUNDRED ACRE SITE, AND IF ANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN PAST IT, YOU'VE SEEN IT EVOLVE.
WE BUILT GRAND WAY IN A DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, AND I THINK IT TURNED OUT VERY NICELY.
JPI IS BUILDING THE MULTIFAMILY, WHICH IS I THINK IS JUST OUTSTANDING.
WE'VE SHOWN IT TO OTHER CITIES AND SHOWN THE, THE RETAIL COMPONENT AND THE ARCHITECTURE.
THE TOWN HOME COMPONENT IS BEAUTIFUL.
AND THEN THE SINGLE FAMILY WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR BUSINESS, UH, ASSOCIATE SLASH PARTNER, UH, FIRST TEXAS HOMES.
AND I SHOULD DISCLOSE TO YOU THAT I AM ALSO THEIR DEVELOPER SO THAT WE, WE HAVE AN INVESTED INTEREST IN, IN THEIR PROJECTS AS WELL.
UH, I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS? UH, WE AGAIN, EXCITED.
UH, THIS IS THE MOST UPBEAT, UH, P AND Z I'VE BEEN DOING IT A LONG TIME.
WELL, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR, FOR WHAT YOU DO AND BRINGING THIS, I WISH I HAD THE SWING THING IN MY, AT MY HOUSE.
MY HOUSE IS WAY TOO OLD, BUT I LOVE THAT SWING.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER J SWINGS IN THE, IN THE AREAS ANYWHERE? WE, WE DO, YES.
NO, BUT I REALLY THINK IT'S, UH, IT'S A GOOD THING YOU'RE BRINGING TO THE CITY AND, UH, I THINK IT'S GREAT.
ANY, ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER MADDEN? I DO.
I I KEEP REREADING THIS AND I DIDN'T ASK ANY QUESTIONS EARLIER, BUT, SO WHY, WHY ARE WE CHANGING THIS? WHAT WHAT WAS THE PREDOMINANTLY IT'S CUSTOMER DRIVEN.
AND SO THE CUSTOMERS COMING INTO THE COMMUNITY, WE, WE, WE WORKED WITH THE SUBDIVISION NEXT DOOR, LA JOLLA MM-HMM
AND FOR INSTANCE, A LOT OF 'EM ARE WANTING THE PLANS THAT ARE BUILT THERE.
AND, AND MANY OF 'EM ARE FRONT ENTRY.
UH, FRANKLY, SOME PEOPLE LIKE THE JSW AND SOME PEOPLE DON'T.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, OUR CUST OUR CUSTOMERS HAVE BEEN REQUESTING MORE OF THE FRONT ENTRY.
WE'RE STILL UNDER, UH, SLIGHTLY UNDER THE PERCENTAGES OF OUR COMPETITION AROUND US.
I THINK THEY RANGE FROM 70 TO 90%.
IT'S, THESE LOTS ARE 65 FEET WIDE AND IT, IT'S TOUGH TO, THE PEOPLE ARE BILLING PRETTY BIG HOUSES, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
THEY'RE VERY BIG AND VERY EXPENSIVE.
SO IT'S JUST, JUST CUSTOMER DRIVEN REALLY.
WITH THAT IN MIND, HOW MUCH ARE THE HOUSES,
WHAT'S THE SQUARE FOOTAGE? GENERALLY? THEY RANGE FROM 3000 TO 4,000 FEET.
IT'S, I'M GETTING OLD BECAUSE THAT JUST SEEMED REALLY EXPENSIVE.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY MORE QUESTIONS? NO.
ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS? WE'RE GOOD.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS? OKAY.
THIS IS, UH, COMMISSIONER COCA.
I MOVE THAT WE CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE APPROVE Z-O-N-Z-O-N 2309
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DASH 0 0 3 2 AS DRC RECOMMENDED.I SECOND THAT WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM 16 BY COMMISSIONER COCA AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT BEING THE LAST CASE AT 7:26 PM THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.