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[Planning and Zoning Staff Briefing]
WELCOME TO THE STAFF BRIEFING OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE MEETING OF JANUARY THE EIGHTH, 2024.I'M CHERYL SMITH, CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THE STAFF BRIEFING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IS HEREBY CALL TO ORDER AT 5:33 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 BEGIN NO EARLIER THAN 6:30 PM I'LL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS TO CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM.
AFTER I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE SAY HERE CHERYL SMITH.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT CARL RAMIREZ, ALL MEMBERS OF PRESIDENT EXCEPT FOR CARL RAMIREZ, ANNA COKA, AND CHRISTOPHER KOOLE.
COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE REMEMBER TO TURN ON YOUR MICROPHONE BEFORE YOU SPEAK TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE CAN HEAR YOU.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT YOU NEED TO DISCUSS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO.
ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO PRESENT? GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.
SO THE FIRST TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA IS FOR THE ITEMS NUMBER SEVEN AND EIGHT.
THIS IS A ZONE CHANGE REQUEST FOR DINA TOWNHOMES, CPA 23 11 0 0 2 4 0 ON 23 1 0 0 0 3 6.
DO WE NEED TO MENTION THE MEMBER JOINING? CAN WE JUST, OKAY.
ALRIGHT, SO FOR THE BRIEFING, I'LL JUST START AT THE ZONE CHANGE REQUEST AS THE UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WILL BE JUST A COMPANION ITEM.
I THINK IT WAS JUST BE MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD THAT WAY.
SO THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A ZONE CHANGE FOR A TOWN HOME DEVELOPMENT.
THE LOCATION IS SLIGHTLY NORTH OF HILL STREET AND SOUTHWEST OF WEST TARN AS SHOWN.
SO ONE THING I WANTED TO SHOW YOU IS THAT CURRENTLY THE PROJECTS, THE SUBJECT SIDE IS VACANT AND IT IS ABOVE ADJACENT A FOURPLEXES TO THE SOUTH AND IS NEXT TO A SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISIONS.
SO AS I MENTIONED, WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IS PROPOSE 14 TOTAL TOWN HOMES.
SO CURRENT ZONING IS ACTUALLY MF ONE, WHICH DOES ALLOW TOWN HOME DEVELOPMENT.
THE REASON FOR THE ZONE CHANGE PD IS BECAUSE THEY REALIZED BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO, UH, SERVICE THESE LOTS BY NOT CONNECTING IT TO ANY OF THE EXISTING STREET AND WANTING TO SERVE THEM WITH A NEW PUBLIC STREET AND THE CULDESAC DUE TO THE CULDESAC WIDTH AND THE STREET CONFIGURATION, THEY REALIZED SOME OF THE LOTS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MEET THE UDC DEPTH REQUIREMENT FOR A HUNDRED FOOT DEPTH.
SO THEY ARE REQUESTING A VARIANCE AND PD WITH THE CONCEPT PLAN WILL, I'LL DO TWO THINGS.
ONE, THAT WILL TIE THEM DOWN TO A QUALITY OF DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY WILL BE PRESENTING AT THE CONCEPT ELEVATION.
AND TWO, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS BUILDING FEASIBLE WITHOUT HAVING TO DO A LOT OF, UM, VARIANCES AND OTHER REQUEST.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT, THESE ARE THE ELEVATIONS THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.
THE ELEVATION TO THE BOTTOM WILL ACTUALLY BE THE ONE THAT WILL BE VISIBLE FROM THE 1 61 SIDE.
WHAT I'M SHOWING YOU IS THE FIVE HOUSES ON THE FAR LEFT SIDE THAT WILL BE VISIBLE.
THOSE ELEVATIONS WILL LOOK AS ELEVATIONS AT THE BOTTOM.
AND THESE ARE THE FOUR UNITS TO THE SOUTH OF THE STREET.
SO THE ELEVATION YOU WILL ACTUALLY SEE IS THIS CORNER ELEVATION FROM THE 1 61.
WITH THE BEING SAID, THEY'RE REQUESTING DURING VARIANCES, SO AGAIN, THEIR MAIN VARIANCES IS THE MINIMUM LOT DEPTH BECAUSE OF THE ORIENTATION OF THE LOTS.
YOU CAN SEE HOW THE SOUTHERN LOTS, THESE LOTS WILL BE ABOUT 52 FEET DEEP.
THESE, SO BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT MEETING THE A HUNDRED FOOT, THEY'RE REQUESTING THAT AS A VARIANCE TO MAKE IT WORK.
AND THE SECOND VARIANCE IS THE SIDE YARD ON THE STREET.
I'M SO SORRY FOR KEEP JUMPING AROUND
UM, BUT THESE TWO HOMES THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THE NEW STREET, THEY ACTUALLY, UH, REQUESTING FIVE FOOT REDUCTION FROM THE REQUIRED 15 FOOT TO THE 10 FEET.
THEY'RE STILL PROVIDING SOME SIDEWALK AND OTHER THINGS, SO IT WILL NOT BE EXTREMELY NOTICEABLE WHEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY WALKING BY THAT STREET.
SO LAST, UH, VARIANCE THEY'RE REQUESTING IS THAT BASED ON THE NUMBER OF UNITS THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE THREE GUEST PARKING, THEY'RE REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO PROVIDE ONLY TWO.
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IT, THIS IS ALL PARTLY DUE TO THE LOT CONFIGURATION.IT'S A FAIRLY SMALLER LOT AND THAT'S WHY ALL THESE VARIANCES ARE COMING INTO YOUR REQUEST.
SO LIKE I SAID, THE MAIN THING IS TO REMEMBER THAT THE ZONING CURRENTLY ALLOWS FOR SINGLE FAMILY TOWN HOME DEVELOPMENT.
IT WAS JUST THAT THESE VARIANCES WILL MAKE THIS WORK PROJECT WORK MUCH SMOOTHER.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE CPA IS FOR, SO THIS AREA CURRENTLY IS SHOWN AS THE COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICES, BUT YOU CAN SEE IT, IT'S CURRENTLY SURROUNDED BY LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE EAST.
AS THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION, THEY'RE REQUESTING THIS TO BE CHANGED TO THE MEDIUM DENSITY WHICH WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE TOWN ON PROPOSAL THEY'RE PROPOSING HERE.
SO THIS WILL BE THE NEW CHANGE.
AND CURRENTLY THIS LOT IS PART OF THE MF ONE ZONING.
THEY'RE REQUESTING THAT PD TO HAVE THE BASE ZONING OF SINGLE FAMILY TOWN HALL.
UM, THIS IS GONNA BE 14 INDIVIDUALLY PLOTTED LOTS FOR SALE.
UM, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY OPPOSITION LETTERS YET.
WE HAVE GOTTEN A FEW CALLS ASKING WHAT THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BE.
UH, BUT NO ONE REALLY HAS EXPRESSED ANY SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION SO FAR.
THIS CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION.
SO THE CPA STEPH IS UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE REQUEST FOR THE CPA BECAUSE IT'S INCONSISTENT WITH THE FLU.
HOWEVER, WE WANNA KNOW THAT THE TOWNHOUSES ARE ALLOWED PREEXISTING ZONING.
WE HAD SIMILAR CASES PREVIOUSLY WITH THE CPA WHERE THE, UH, ZONING CURRENTLY ALLOW THE USE.
HOWEVER, THE CPA DID NOT REALLY MATCH THE EXISTING ZONING, SO WE HAD TO REQUEST CHANGE OF THE CPA AND FOR THE ZONE CHANGE CASES.
DRC DOES NOT HAVE ANY OPPOSITION TO THIS.
FIRE ENGINEERING AND TRANSPORTATION HAS LOOKED AT THE FIGURE CONFIGURATION AND THE LAYOUT AND THEY'RE ALL OKAY WITH THAT.
THIS CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STEP COMMISSIONER? COMMISSIONER MADDEN? YES.
SO YOU MENTIONED AT ONE POINT ABOUT, UM, SOMETHING ABOUT THE CONFIGURATION AND WANTING TO PROVIDE THEIR OWN STREET.
WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS THAT PART? BECAUSE I SEE THAT IT LOOKS LIKE IT, IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE THE WAY IT'S DRAWN THAT IT'S GOING TO BE CONNECTING TO SOMETHING AT THE END.
SO YES, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
SO ACTUALLY HERE, THIS IS A ALLEY.
UM, ALL THESE SUBDIVISION, SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION, ACTUALLY I DROVE ON THIS ALLEY ALL THE WAY TO HERE TO BE ABLE TO PARK MY CAR AND LOOK AT THE AREA.
THIS PART IS A LITTLE BIT RAISED AND THEY HAVE RETAINING WALLS AND THEY'RE, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING LIKE A DETENTION IN THE BACK AND THEN THEY HAVE AN ALLEY THAT IS NOT REALLY BEING HEAVILY USED AND ALL THESE SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISIONS HAS A, A WALL.
SO I I KNOW YOU PREFER LIKE A, THIS IMAGE.
SO WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS RIGHT NOW IF YOU DRIVE ON 1 61 MM-HMM
IF YOU TAKE A RIGHT ON ROMAN ROAD, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO KIND OF PASS THOSE TWO FOURPLEXES ON EACH SIDE.
AND YOU WILL HAVE TO DRIVE DOWN HERE TO CONNECT HERE TO GET TO THE SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISIONS.
AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE IS JUST ALLEY.
AND THEN RIGHT THERE WHERE YOU SEE CARS PARKED MM-HMM
OF THOSE FOURPLEXES ON MM-HMM
IS THAT WHERE THE FOUR FOURPLEXES WILL GO? CORRECT.
THEY WILL BE BACKING INTO THAT AREA? CORRECT.
SO THIS PARKING LOT WITH THE CARS KIND OF PARKED ALONGSIDE MM-HMM
THAT'S PART OF THE FOURPLEX PARKING LOT.
AND DID YOU SAY OR SHOW US, UM, IS THERE FENCING AT ALL BETWEEN THE BACKYARDS OF THAT? YES.
THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE FENCES AROUND HERE ALL THE WAY.
AND IT'S NOT LIKE GATED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IS IT? NO, IT'S NOT.
AND THEY WANT, UM, TO REDUCE THE GUEST PARKING OVERALL FOR ALL 14 UNITS FROM THREE TO TWO.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I JUST WANNA POINT OUT TO YOU, ALL THESE HOMES WILL HAVE TWO GARAGE PARKING SPACES IN TO PAY PARKING SPACES AVAILABLE IN FRONT THE GARAGE.
SO IF THEY WERE OCCUPIED BY PEOPLE AND WERE INVITING GUESTS, THEY CAN TECHNICALLY PARK IN THEIR DRIVEWAY AS LONG AS THEY, THEY MAKE SOME ARRANGEMENT.
THAT'S FAIRLY TYPICAL OF ANY SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION.
AS YOU KNOW THAT USUALLY TWO CAR GARAGE WITH TWO CAR PAVEMENT SPACES.
SO A STANDARD PARKING LOT SPACE IS ABOUT WHAT, 19 FEET? SOMETHING LIKE THAT? WELL, IT'S LIKE 2018 MINIMUM 18 AND THEN, OKAY.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE 27 IS THE SHORTEST ONE THERE.
SO YOU COULD PARK TWO CARS THERE? YES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME, COMMISSIONERS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER FOR DRUNK CAR? SO JUST TO BE CLEAR MM-HMM
ON THE MAP THAT YOU HAVE UP RIGHT NOW MM-HMM
1 61 IS TWO MY LEFT OR CAN YOU PUT YOUR CURSOR WHERE ONE 60? THE SIDE THAT YES.
AND THEN CAN YOU GO TO THE, I'LL ASK QUESTION.
CAN YOU GO TO THE SLIDE? YOU WENT BY IT REAL QUICK.
THAT HAD YOUR, THE SUMMATION OF THE VARIANCES? YES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN? MM-HMM
UM, JUST A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE FENCING.
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1 61, IS IT JUST GOING TO BE, I KNOW, UM, IS IT JUST GONNA BE JUST REGULAR FENCING? MM-HMMOR IS IT GONNA BE A WALL OR SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW? SO JUST FOR EVERYBODY'S CLARIFICATION, THIS IS A ZONE CHANGE CONCEPT PLAN AND THEY WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE SITE PLAN.
HOWEVER, AT THAT TIME, STUFF WILL REVIEW.
THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE, UM, SIX FOOT MASONRY SCREENING WHERE THEY'RE NEXT TO USUALLY LIKE A MULTI LIKE MULTIFAMILY UNIT.
SO THAT'S LIKELY WHAT'S GOING TO GO THERE.
UM, TYPICAL FENCES, LIKE A WOOD FENCE WILL BE ALLOWED AS LIKE A BACKYARD FENCES FOR THEIR INDIVIDUAL HOMES.
HOWEVER, WHERE THEY'RE ABUTTING, UH, DIFFERENT NON-RESIDENTIAL USES OR DIFFERENT, UM, RESIDENTIAL USES, THEY'LL BE REQUIRED TO PUT TYPICALLY LIKE A SIX FOOT MASONE SCREENING WALL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION.
I, I LIKE THE UH, TOWN HALL, IT LOOKS VERY NICE.
BUT IT JUST SEEMS, I'M WONDERING WHY ON THE, THE LAST ONE'S ON THE END THEY WANNA TAKE AWAY SOME OF THE UH, THE LAND ON THE SIDE FROM FEET 15 FEET TO 10 FEET.
I MEAN, I MEAN ARE THEY JUST BEING GREEDY OR GETTING ME, I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT RIGHT.
SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S JUST A FIVE FOOT DIFFERENCE.
BUT THAT ALLOWS THEM TO BE ABLE TO PUT THAT HOUSE AND IF YOU LOOK AT IT, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE LIKE A SIDEWALK IN SOME LANDSCAPING STUFF THAT'S NOT HAVE ISSUES WITH THAT.
I GUESS PRICE WISE, I GUESS THEY'LL HAVE TO PRICE THAT OUT WHERE IT, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SEEM FAIR IF THEY'RE GONNA TAKE AWAY THAT PIECE THERE.
AND A LOT OF EXISTING LOTS, THOSE ARE USUALLY SMALLER LOTS THAN WHAT'S A LOT.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, D WORTH A LOT OF THOSE LOTS ARE PLATTED AS 50 BY 120 BACK IN THE DAY.
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BUT TYPICALLY THOSE ARE HANDED AT THE ZBA LEVEL BECAUSE IT DOES NOT REQUIRE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION.
SO 15 TO 10 FOOT REDUCTIONS FOR ONLY TWO OF THE HOUSES STEP, THEY DIDN'T REALLY SEE A HUGE CONCERN WITH THAT 'CAUSE IT'S ONLY APPLICABLE FOR TWO HOMES.
SINCE THESE ARE TOWN HOMES FOR SALE, ARE THEY GONNA HAVE A HOA OR THEY'RE MANDATORY TO ESTABLISH ONE? IT WILL BE REQUIRED TO DO THAT DURING THE SITE PLAN REVIEW? YES MA'AM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THAT'S IT.
SO THIS ARE AGENDA ITEMS NINE AND 10.
THEY WILL BE PRESENTED TOGETHER SO QUICKLY WE'RE GONNA GO OVER AGENDA ITEM NINE, WHICH IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT.
AS Y'ALL ARE AWARE, WHENEVER WE HAVE A ZONING CHANGE REQUEST THAT DOESN'T MATCH OUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP, WE BRING THROUGH THE CPA AT THE SAME TIME.
SO MOVING FORWARD THOSE THINGS WILL MATCH.
SO THE EXISTING ZONING RIGHT THERE, IT'S THAT UH, PROPERTY IN RED, IT'S CURRENTLY ZONE GENERAL RETAIL.
THEY'RE COMING THROUGH FOR A HEAVY COMMERCIAL ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.
SO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THIS AREA CALLS FOR COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE THAT'S IN RED.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO REZO A HEAVY COMMERCIAL WHICH IS ACTUALLY AN INDUSTRIAL TYPE OF ZONING DISTRICT.
SO BECAUSE OF THAT WE ARE, THE PROPOSAL FRONT OF YOU IS TO AMEND THE FLUME DESIGNATION TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TOLUM TO ALIGN WITH THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE.
SO STAFF IS UNABLE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST SINCE THE INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFIED LAND USE IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE FLUME.
AGAIN, PLEASE NOTE THE FLUME IS NOT THE PROPERTY ZONING, IT IS THE RECOMMENDED FUTURE LAND USE FOR THE, FOR POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PER THE CITY'S COMP PLAN.
SO I'M GONNA JUMP RIGHT INTO PUBLIC HEARING ITEM NUMBER 10, WHICH IS THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST PORTION.
SO THIS IS ZON 2 3 11 0 0 4 2.
THIS IS LOCATED AT 2020 DOVER STREET.
UM, SO THIS IS AGAIN THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST FROM GENERAL RETAIL TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL.
SO AGAIN HERE YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE EXISTING ZONING IN THAT AREA IS.
SO THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES GENERAL RETAIL, UM, MOST OF THE SURROUNDING AREA IS GENERAL RETAIL OR SINGLE FAMILY.
BUT I DO WANNA POINT OUT, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT ZONING AND LAND USE CHART THAT I HAVE THERE, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A MIX OF THOSE TWO ZONING DISTRICTS, THIS AREA IS LARGELY JUST SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES.
SO EVEN IN THAT GENERAL RETAIL, EVERYTHING YOU SEE THERE THAT'S GR IS ACTUALLY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES.
SO THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO A HEAVY COMMERCIAL.
AND I WANNA GIVE SOME BACKGROUND ON THAT ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.
SO THIS LOT ACTUALLY HAS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT THAT WAS APPROVED BACK IN 1987 FOR A CAR CARE OR A CAR CARE CENTER.
SO THAT USE IN TODAY'S GR ZONING DISTRICT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED.
BUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE THAT SUP, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO OPERATE THERE.
THEY ACTUALLY ARE WANTING TO COME THROUGH AND AMEND THAT SUP TO ADD TWO OTHER AUTO RELATED USES.
SO, UM, AUTO DEALER USE NON FRANCHISE ALONG WITH AN BODY SHOP.
SO THOSE TWO USES ARE NOT ALLOWED IN GENERAL RETAIL.
SO HERE I HAVE A CHART AND I PULLED SOME DIFFERENT A RB USES FROM OUR ARTICLE FOUR, UH, LAND USE CHARTS TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA.
SO THE TOP TWO ARE THE TWO THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO ADD TO THEIR SUP.
SO IF THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR ZONING CHANGE REQUEST, THEY'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN SUP AMENDMENT TO ADD THOSE.
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AS YOU CAN SEE THOSE ARE JUST PROHIBITED IN GR AND I ADDED TWO OTHER COMMON ONES TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GR AND HEAVY COMMERCIAL.SO YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THESE ARBS ARE PROHIBITED IN GR FOR THE MOST PART, AUTO RELATED USES ARE LARGELY PROHIBITED IN GR WHEN YOU GET TO HEAVY.
WHEN YOU GET TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL, THOSE USES EITHER BECOME ALLOWED WITH AN SUP OR ALLOWED BY.
AND I'M POINTING THIS OUT JUST TO SHOW YOU THAT HEAVY COMMERCIAL IS A LOT MORE PERMISSIVE THAN GENERAL RETAIL.
SO THE ZONING CHANGE IS APPROVED.
A LOT OF THE AUTO RELATED USES AND A LOT OF OUR INDUSTRIAL USES WILL GO FROM BEING JUST STRAIGHT PROHIBITED TO ALLOWED BY AN SUP OR ALLOWED BY RED.
SO SOMETHING I JUST WANNA MAKE Y'ALL AWARE OF, AWARE OF UP TOP.
SO THIS IS THE STREET VIEW FROM THE SITE.
AS YOU CAN SEE NOW, IT'S CURRENTLY UM, OPERATING AS AN AUTO CARE CENTER.
SO THE SURVEY THE APPLICANT PROVIDED THAT SHOWS YOU JUST THE GENERAL DIMENSIONS OF THE LOT THERE.
SO THE STAFF LOOKED AT THIS REQUEST AND WE FOUND THE EXISTING LAW IS SURROUNDED BY RE RESIDENTIALLY ZONED PROPERTIES OR RESIDENTIAL USES ON ALL FOUR SIDES.
THE REQUEST IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING LA SURROUNDING LAND USES AND WOULD ALLOW FOR MORE INDUSTRIAL TYPE USES IN A LARGELY RESIDENTIAL AREA.
FOR THAT REASON, STAFF IS UNABLE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST SINCE THE SINGLE FAMILY USE IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE FLUME AND THE SURROUNDING LAND.
USES INCLUDE STAFF PRESENTATION AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER FEDCO, CAN YOU GO, CAN YOU PLEASE GO BACK TO YOUR CHART? YES.
SO IF I UNDERSTAND THINGS CORRECTLY, THEY HAVE AN SUP THAT DATES BACK TO THE EIGHTIES MM-HMM
SO THE EXISTING SUP IS JUST FOR AN AUTO CARE CENTER.
SORRY FOR THE EXISTING BUSINESS THAT'S STILL ON AUTO LAND RIGHT NOW.
AM I MISREADING SOMETHING? 'CAUSE WHAT YOU HAVE AS ALLOWED BY SUP YOU ALSO SAY IS PROHIBITED.
SO THESE ARE THE TWO DIFFERENT ZONING DISTRICTS.
THE GENERAL RETAIL IS THE CURRENT ZONING DISTRICT AND THOSE USES ARE PROHIBITED IN THE CURRENT ZONING DISTRICT.
SO THE TOP TWO ARE THE ONES THAT'RE WANTING TO ADD TO THE SUP THAT WILL REQUIRE AN SUP AMENDMENT IF THERE'S ZONING CHANGE IS SUCCESSFUL.
THE HEAVY COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT ON THE BOTTOM ROW IS JUST TO SHOW YOU THAT'S THE ZONING DISTRICT THEY'RE REQUESTING AND WHAT USES ARE ALLOWED THERE COMPARED TO GENERAL RETAIL.
SO THE BOTTOM ROW IS WHAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE.
TOP ROW IS WHAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE.
BOTTOM ROW IS WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING.
SO THE HEAVY COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.
AND YOU CAN SEE AS THEY GO FROM GENERAL RETAIL TO THE HEAVY, HEAVY COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.
THE ZONING DISTRICT IS MORE PERMISSIVE.
SO IT ALLOWS FOR MORE HEAVY TYPE OF USES.
SO THE BOTTOM LINE, THE THE ONE, THIS IS HEAVY COMMERCIAL, THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS THEY WANT TO ADD.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THIS IS SOMETHING HERE.
UM, WHAT I'M, HOW LONG HAS THIS UH, BUSINESS BEEN THERE? I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK UP THIS EXACT BUSINESS, BUT THE AUTO CARE CENTER HAS BEEN THERE AT THAT PROPERTY SINCE 1987.
AND THE RESIDENTS HAVE TOLERATED IT.
DO THEY, HAVE YOU HAD ANY COMPLAINTS ON THAT? NOT THAT I KNOW, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO DO RESEARCH TO CODE.
SO IT JUST SOUNDS LIKE, UM, IT'S KIND OF GRANDFATHERED IN SO TO SPEAK FROM WHAT IT IS, BUT THE NEW STUFF, THE THE, THE RESIDENTS MIGHT NOT BE WILLING TO HAVE MORE SO THAT, HAVE THEY REACHED OUT TO THE RESIDENTS? I AM NOT CERTAIN THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY ESTABLISHED THERE AND THAT SEEMS TO WORK.
BUT THE ADDITIONAL, I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE ARE THEY GONNA BE BRINGING IN, UM, VEHICLES TO JUST SIT? SO YEAH.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.
I WANTED TO GIVE ALL THAT BACKGROUND.
A LOT OF THAT STUFF WILL BE LOOKED AT CLOSER, AT CLOSE, MORE CLOSELY AT THE SUP PROCESS.
BUT YES, THEY ARE WANTING TO DO AN AUTO DEALER TYPE USE THERE.
SO THERE WILL BE CARS PARKED THERE FULL TIME PRESUMABLY.
WELL, C COM COMMISSION FRED, OUR CALL BRITTANY, DIDN'T THEY HAVE TO GIVE OUT NOTICES THOUGH TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS? WE DID SEND OUT NOTICES AND WE DID POST IT IN THE NEWSPAPER FOR STATE REQUIREMENTS.
UH, WHO IS THE, UH, CITY COUNCILMAN ON THIS? THIS IS, THIS IS THIS HUMPHREYS? THIS IS DISTRICT FIVE.
ANY OTHER CONCERNS? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? YOU DID A GOOD JOB WITH THAT, BUT THAT'S A WHOLE LOT TO SWALLOW.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ONE COMMENT AND MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMISSION IS AWARE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ASKING FOR A STRAIGHT ZONING CHANGE.
SO EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE SAYING THAT WE WANT TO DO THESE TWO PRO PROPOSED USES, WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO A STRAIGHT ZONING CHANGE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE SEEING ALL OF THE USES THAT ARE PERMITTED IN THAT DISTRICT ARE ENTITLED.
SO IT, AND, AND I DON'T HAVE AN EXAMPLE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT OTHER EXAMPLES ARE IN HEAVY COMMERCIAL, BUT YOU KNOW IT, BUT IF IT'S STRAIGHT ZONING, EVERY USE IS PERMITTED WOULD BE PERMITTED AT THAT SITE EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE, THEY'RE SAYING THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? CORRECT.
EVEN AND SO IF THE RESIDENTS ARE NOT FOR THAT, THEY REALLY CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT 'CAUSE THAT THEY OWN THE PROPERTY, RIGHT? RIGHT.
IT, SO IF IT'S STRAIGHT ZONING, EVERYTHING THAT BE PERMITTED IN THE USE CHART, THEY'RE WOULD BE ENTITLED TO TO BY.
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THAT'S A GREAT POINT.I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THAT BUT IT, 'CAUSE LIKE THE CHAIR LADY SAID THEY'RE KIND OF GRANDFATHERED INTO THEIR EXISTING USE.
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IF YOU GO HEAVY COMMERCIAL THEN IT COULD BE ANYTHING GOING FORWARD.
AND ANYTHING PERMITTED IN THE HEAVY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, THEY'D HAVE ENTITLEMENTS TO, IS THERE A WAY TO MAKE IT IF, IF WE CHOSE TO ALLOW IT TO MAKE IT MORE JUST SUP RELATED? NO, SIR.
NOT, NOT, NOT WHEN THEY'RE ASKING FOR A STRAIGHT ZONING CHANGE.
SO I WAS GONNA ASK AND, AND MATT, I DON'T KNOW OR IF ANYBODY FROM STAFF CAN CONFIRM, I'VE GOOGLED JUST WHAT DOES HEAVY COMMERCIAL MEAN? SO THE DEFINITION HERE SAYS, UM, AN ESTABLISHMENT OR BUSINESS THAT GENERALLY USES OPEN SALES YARDS OUTSIDE EQUIPMENT STORAGE OR OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES THAT GENERATE NOISE OR SOMETHING ELSE.
DOES THAT SOUND ABOUT RIGHT? YEAH.
SO POTENTIALLY THERE COULD BE INHERENTLY WE'RE SAYING YES TO NOISE MAKING ACTIVITIES THAT ARE BEYOND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE PLACE RIGHT NOW.
POTENTIALLY WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
POTENTIALLY SOME OF THOSE USES COULD REQUIRE SUP UNDER HEAVY COMMERCIAL.
UH, COMMISSIONER MADDEN, I'LL JUST, I WAS THINKING MORE IN TERMS OF THEY'RE JUST GONNA BE SELLING CARS, WHICH WOULDN'T BE, UH, WOULDN'T BE NOISY.
SO IT JUST KIND OF LIKE, WE JUST REALLY DON'T KNOW.
UNTIL YOU GET FURTHER INTO IT.
I'LL ALSO NOTE THAT YOU'VE SEEN A TRANSITION IN THIS AREA ALONG DEL WORTH FROM RETAIL TO SINGLE FAMILY.
YOU HAVE NEW HOMES BEING BUILT RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
WE CHANGED THE ZONING HERE WITHIN THE LAST YEAR ON THOSE TWO LOTS TO RESIDENTIAL MM-HMM
I DON'T THINK GENERAL RETAIL IS GONNA DEVELOP HERE.
YOU DO HAVE THOSE EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS ALONG DALWORTH, BUT JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS.
SO TONIGHT I HAVE AN ITEM FOR YOU.
UH, TWO ITEMS ACCOMPANY EACH OTHER, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AMENDMENTS AND ALSO A ZONE CHANGE.
BOTH ARE LOCATED AT 3 21 NORTHWEST 15TH STREET.
SO A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS ITEM.
UH, THE APPLICANTS, UH, WORKED WITH STAFF, UM, TO COME AND COMBINE TWO LOTS INTO ONE PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS THREE 19 AND 3 21 NORTHWEST 15TH STREET.
UM, IT IS DESIGNATED ON POINT 14 ACRES.
UM, THE APPLICANT ORIGINALLY WANTED TO COMBINE THOSE TWO LOTS INTO ONE AND WORKED WITH STAFF.
WENT THROUGH THE DRC PROCESS AND WAS ABLE TO GET THOSE COMBINED.
UM, AFTER DOING SO, UH, HE REQUESTED TO, UH, CHANGE THE ZONING FROM, FROM, UH, COMMERCIAL SLASH RETAIL SLASH OFFICE TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SIX.
UH, AND THAT IS THE REQUEST THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.
AS WELL AS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS.
UH, HIS INTENT IS TO BUILD A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOME.
UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS THE, UH, FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND THIS IS THE CURRENT EXISTING ZONING.
SO CURRENTLY IT IS ZONED AS GENERAL RETAIL.
UH, AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THAT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SIX ZONING.
SO STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE ITEM AND HAS NOTED THAT UH, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DOES NOT SUPPORT THAT REQUEST.
BUT THERE IS ADDITIONAL OR SURROUNDING PROPERTIES THAT DO THAT DO MATCH THAT REQUEST AND HAVE, UH, THAT, UH, ZONING CHANGE DONE BEFORE.
AS YOU CAN SEE ABOVE IN THE SCREEN, THERE IS A PROPERTY, UH, TO THE SOUTHEAST THAT HAS, UH, GONE THROUGH THAT ZONE CHANGE AS WELL.
UH, GENERALLY THAT NEIGHBORHOOD DOES HAVE, UH, QUITE A BIT OF RESIDENTIAL HOMES, UM, EVEN THOUGH IT IS ZONED, UM, GENERAL RETAIL THERE.
AND I DO WANNA NOTE ONE THING, UH, THE LOT DOES MEET THE, THE LOT DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SINGLE FAMILY SIX.
SO WE DID LOOK, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE WELCOME.
UH, COMMERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES.
UH, THE SURROUNDING, DID YOU SAY ARE ALL OTHER HOMES? BOTH IN THE NORTH, EAST, WEST AND SOUTH.
SO TO THAT SOUTH THERE IS A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, TO THE NORTH IT'S MOSTLY VACANT LAND.
UM, BUT YES, THERE IS A, UH, A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF RESIDENTIAL HOMES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IT JUST LOOKS A LITTLE ODD TO ME WHY SOMEONE WOULD WANNA BUILD IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT, OF, OF THE RETAIL.
WHAT KIND OF RETAIL IS IT PER SE? IT'S JUST GENERAL RETAIL.
SO STOREFRONTS, UM, SMALL BUSINESSES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, IT IS KIND OF A MIXED TYPE AREA.
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ALONG THAT STREET THERE AND YOU CAN SEE, UH, SOME RESIDENTIAL HOMES, BUT ALSO MAYBE A SMALL STORE.UM, BUT AT THIS, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS PROXIMITY MM-HMM
AND THEN THE REST SURROUNDED BY SO THAT'S JUST THE ZONING, ALL OF IT.
ALL OF IT IS RESIDENTIAL, YEAH.
I THINK IN THE EIGHTIES THE ZONING WAS CHANGED BY CITY COUNCIL AT THE TIME FOR ALL PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING ALONG DALWORTH.
I'M NOT CERTAIN THE REASONING WHY, BUT THEY, I GUESS THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA TRANSITION AT THE TIME AND IT NEVER DID.
SO SOME OF THESE HOMES WERE BUILT WITH GENERAL RETAIL ZONING.
UM, AND WE'RE SLOWLY SEEING THE TRANSITION OF PEOPLE COMING IN AND SAYING, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING RETAIL.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I THINK THAT'S IT.
PUBLIC HEARING ITEM NUMBER 13 IS A ZONING CHANGE REQUEST CON 2 3 11 0 0 4 3 LOCATED AT 2033 GALVESTON STREET.
SO THE CURRENT ZONING IS PD 1 46, WHICH HAS A BASE ZONING DISTRICT OF COMMERCIAL.
SO HERE YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING ZONING IN THE AREA.
SO SEPTIC PROPERTY IS RIGHT HERE.
THIS WHOLE BLOCK IS AT PD 1 46 EXCEPT FOR THIS, WHICH HAS HAD ITS ZONE CHANGE TO S SF SIX.
SO WE'VE GOT SINGLE FAMILY TO THE SOUTH ZONED AND COMMERCIAL TO THE WEST AND THE NORTH.
BUT I ALSO WANNA, AGAIN, WANNA POINT OUT THE LAND USE.
AND THIS ENTIRE PD IS ALL RESIDENTIAL.
SO AGAIN, THE BASE ZONING'S COMMERCIAL, BUT THE ENTIRE BLOCK IS RESIDENTIAL, UM, TO THE WEST.
AND WE HAVE INDUSTRIAL, INDUSTRIAL USE.
THE BUILDING LOOKS UNUSED RIGHT NOW, BUT IT LOOKS HAS MORE INDUSTRIAL FEEL AND THE TO THE NORTH WE HAVE SOME AUTO RELATED USES.
SO THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A REZONE.
THE REZO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO SF SIX WITH THE INTENTION OF BUILDING A SINGLE FAMILY HOME THERE.
THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP RESONATES THIS AS A LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS WHY YOU'RE NOT SEEING A CPA CASE ACCOMPANYING THE ZONING CHANGE.
SO THIS IS A SUMMARY OF OUR LOT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY SIX ZONING DISTRICT.
SO IF THE ZONING CHANGE IS APPROVED BEFORE THEN GET BUILDING PERMITS, THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO COME THROUGH AND, UM, PLOT THE PROPERTY, REPO THE PROPERTY AND THEY'LL BE REQUIRED TO MEET THESE LOT REQUIREMENTS.
SO THIS IS A VIEW FROM THE STREET AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE LOT.
SO EXISTING LOT IS ON A BLOCK THAT'S ENTIRELY RESIDENTIAL.
IT'S UNLIKELY THIS AREA IS EVER GOING TO DEVELOP AS COMMERCIAL.
THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ADJACENT LAND USE, UM, ESPECIALLY TO THE SOUTH AND THE EAST AND THE FLU.
THAT CONCLUDES MY STAFF PRESENTATION AVAILABLE FOR ANY COMMENTS, COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? THIS WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.
WHAT I'M LIKING IS THE FACT THAT FOLKS ARE GOOD MORNING TO COME BACK IN MM-HMM
THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT GRAND PRAIRIE, I THINK.
SO AT UM, WE HAVE CONCLUDED THE, UH, THE BRIEFING AT 6:01 PM AND WE'LL RECONVENE AT 6:30 PM THANK YOU.
[Call to Order]
TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.MEETING OF THE MEETING OF JANUARY 8TH, 2024.
I'M CHERYL SMITH, CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THIS MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IS HEREBY CALL BACK TO ORDER AT 6:30 PM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETS THE SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY OF EACH MONTH.
ALL MEETINGS ARE VIDEO RECORDED.
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 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 ITEM BEING CALLED.
I WILL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS TO CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM AFTER A CALL.
HERE, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
AND NOW WE WILL HAVE, UM, THE INVOCATION BY COMMISSIONER JULIA PEREZ.
AND THEN I WILL LEAD IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE US AND TEXAS FLAT.
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I PRAY YOU GUIDE US ALWAYS SATISFY THE NEEDS THAT NEED TO BE MET DURING THIS MEETING.STRENGTHEN US AS WE MAKE DECISIONS THAT MAY AFFECT THE RESIDENTS, VISITORS, AND BUSINESSES OF OUR CITY.
CONTINUE TO REMIND US THAT ALL WE DO HERE TODAY AND ALL THAT WE ACCOMPLISH IS FOR THE GREATER GLORY OF YOU AND FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR CITY.
WE ASK ALL THESE THINGS IN YOUR PRECIOUS NAME.
WHAT THE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS? ONE NATION UNDER GOD.
INDIVIDUAL WITH THE LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR ALL ON NOT THE TEXAS FLAG.
I HAVE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS.
AN INDIVIDUAL 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.
ADDITIONAL SPEAKING TIME MAY BE ALLOWED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIRMAN BEFORE SPEAKING.
SPEAKER 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 HEADING OF PUBLIC CO 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 OR CITIZEN COMMENTS? NO.
[PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA]
THE NEXT MATTER FOR CONSIDERATION IS APPROVING THE PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. COMMISSIONER PEREZ.MADAM CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH FIVE.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE, UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEMS ONE THROUGH FIVE BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ AND IT'S SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FKO.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
[PUBLIC HEARING POSTPONEMENT, RECESS, CONTINUATIONS]
PEREZ.MADAM CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC
WE'RE GONNA TABLE THE ITEM NUMBER SIX SSP DASH 23 DASH SIX DASH ZERO TWO.
THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT SITE PLAN FOR FOUNDRY HOTELS TO THE JANUARY 22ND MEETING.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO TABLE ITEM SIX AND AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FEDCO.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
MOTION PASSES TO TABLE ITEM SIX UNTIL THE JANUARY 22ND 24 MEETING.
[Items 7 & 8]
NEXT ITEM PLEASE.THE NEXT ITEMS ARE ITEMS NUMBER SEVEN AND EIGHT.
UM, IT IS CPA 23 DASH 11 DASH 0 24 ZON 23 DASH 10 DASH 0 0 3 6.
THIS IS A, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AMENDMENT AND ZONE CHANGE FOR D OF TOWN HOMES.
SO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT IS FROM A COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE TO THE MEDIUM DENSITY TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED TOWN HOME USES.
THIS IS THE CURRENT FUTURE LAND USE METHOD NATION.
UM, THE RED AREA IS SURROUNDED BY YELLOW, WHICH IS A LOW DENSITY.
THEY'RE REQUESTING IT TO BE CHANGED TO THE MEDIUM DENSITY.
THIS IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING FUTURELY USE.
THE REQUESTED ZONING IS, THE CURRENT ZONING IS MF ONE AND THE REQUEST ZONING IS A PD WITH A SINGLE FAMILY TOWNHOUSE USE CONSISTENT WITH THE PROPOSED FUTURE LAND NEWS MAP DESIGNATION.
SO STEPH IS UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE REQUEST BECAUSE IT'S INCONSISTENT WITH THE FUFU, UH, FUTURE LAND NEWS MAP.
HOWEVER, STEPH WANTS TO KNOW THAT THE TOWNHOME ARE ALREADY ALLOWED IN THE EXISTING ZONING OF MF ONE.
THIS IS TO JUST TO MATCH WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING WITH THE, UH, REQUESTED ZONE CHANGE.
SO ZONE CHANGE IS FOR A PD WITH A SINGLE FAMILY TOWN, HOME BASED ZONING FROM A MULTIFAMILY.
THEY'RE PROPOSING 14 INDIVIDUALLY PLATTED LOT, UH, 14 UNITS ON INDIVIDUALLY PLATTED LOT FOR SALE.
THEY'RE LOCATED ON ABOUT A TWO ACRE LOT, WHICH IS CURRENTLY ZONED MF ONE, THE AREA TO THE SOUTH OF THE PROPOSAL.
UM, THIS AREA HAS ACTUALLY FOUR PLEXES THERE EXISTING AND TO THE EAST ARE ALL SINGLE ESTABLISHING
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FAMILY RESIDENCE.THEY'RE PROPOSING A NEW STREET AND A CUL-DE-SAC TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE 14 TOWN HOMES.
SO THE LAND, UM, THIS IS THE CONENT THEY HAD PROVIDED.
YOU CAN SEE THE ATTACHED TOWN HOMES AND LITTLE BIT OF, UM, DETENTION AREA AND SOME GUEST PARKING.
MAINLY THE REQUEST IS FOR THE LOT DIMENSIONS.
SO THE CURRENT ZONING MF ONE DOES ALLOW SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
HOWEVER, DUE TO THE LIMITED LOT SIZES, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO COMPLY WITH ALL, UH, DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENT OF THE ARTICLE.
UH, THE STAFF LOOKED AT WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING AND THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD ALTERNATIVE TO MAKE THIS, UM, AREA FEASIBLE.
THIS IS MORE OF AN INBUILT DEVELOPMENT OF THE EXISTING AREA AND WE THOUGHT THIS WILL BE MORE, MUCH MORE APPROPRIATE WITH THE SURROUNDING FOURPLEX AND SINGLE FAMILY USES THAN ANY HIGHRISE APARTMENTS OR ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL USES BECAUSE ESPECIALLY THE 1 6 2 AND FURNISH ROAD, IT'S JUST ONE WAY AND THEY HAVE A KIND OF A TALL RAMP IN FRONT OF IT.
IT'S REALLY HARD FOR TRAFFIC MANEUVERING FOR IT TO BECOME MORE OF A COMMERCIAL LINEAR AREA IN THAT, UH, LOCATION.
SO THESE ARE THE PROPOSED ELEVATIONS FOR THE TOWNHOME SURROUNDING THE CUL-DE-SAC.
THERE ARE MORE OF BRICK AT THE BOTTOM WITH SOME HARDY BOARD HERE AND THERE, JUST KIND OF MAKING SOME VARIATION OF THE MATERIALS.
THESE ARE THE FOURTH TOWN HOMES TO THE SOUTH OF THE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE GARAGE KIND OF DOORS, UM, RIGHT NEXT TO THEIR HOUSES.
THEY WANTED TO GO WITH A LITTLE BIT SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT LOOK.
HOWEVER, THE ELEVATION FROM THE 1 61 WILL BE MAINLY BRICK AS SHOWN ON THE TOP RIGHT CORNER.
SO THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THREE VARIANCES.
AGAIN, THIS VARIANCE IS MORE, IS MORE GENERATED BECAUSE OF THE LAYOUT.
THEY'RE REQUESTING A REDUCTION IN THE MINIMUM LOT DEPTH.
SO AS WE HAVE SEEN HERE, THESE FOUR LOTS TO THE SOUTH, THEY COULD NOT REALLY MAKE IT WORK, UM, MORE VERTICALLY.
SO THEY LAID IT OUT HORIZONTALLY.
BECAUSE OF THIS WE HAVE TO CONSIDER, UM, THE NORTH AND SOUTH DIRECTION MORE OF A LOT DEPTH.
SO THEY ARE MEETING A LOT WITH A HUNDRED.
IT'S JUST THAT THEY'RE ORIENTING IT AND IT'S JUST EASIER IF YOU WRITE THE PD WITH THE LOT DEPTH REDUCTION SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANY OTHER VARIANCES.
THE SECOND VARIANCE IS THE MINIMUM SIDE YARD ON STREET.
SO THIS IS ACTUALLY FOR THEIR INTERNAL STREET ONLY.
THEY'RE MEETING ALL THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS EVERYWHERE ELSE.
IT'S JUST THAT AGAIN, THE LOCK CONFIGURATION WAS SLIGHTLY TIGHT AND STAFF DIDN'T SEE A ISSUE WITH THE REDUCTION OF THE FIVE FEET.
THIS IS KIND OF COMMONLY GIVEN FOR ANY OTHER INFIELD DEVELOPMENT FOR SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS A LOT BECAUSE THAT FIVE FEET DOES NOT MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE AS LONG AS THEY STAYED OUT OF THEIR VISIBILITY TRIANGLE.
SO ONLY SINCE THIS IS APPLICABLE FOR ONLY TWO ALLOTS TO THE, UM, DIRECTLY NORTH OF THEIR INTERNAL STREET STAFF DIDN'T SEE ANY ISSUES WITH THAT.
THE ONE LAST, UH, VARIANCE REQUEST IS FOR THE GUEST PARKING.
UH, TOWN HOMES DOES REQUIRE TO PROVIDE SOME GUEST PARKING IN, UM, RATIO OF HOW MANY UNITS THEY'RE PROVIDING.
THIS AREA IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THREE.
THEY ARE PROPOSING TWO STAFF FEELS THIS IS SUFFICIENT FOR THIS AREA.
AGAIN, I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT EACH TOWN HOMES ARE PROVIDING THE REQUIRED PARKING FOR THE TWO GARAGE PARKING AND THEY DO HAVE THE DRIVEWAY THAT'S WIDE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO PARK TWO ADDITIONAL CARS IF NEEDED.
THIS CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION.
DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, UM, BECAUSE OF PROPOSED, UH, DEVELOPMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING ZONING.
IT IS ALLOWED BY THE EXISTING ZONING.
THE PD ACTUALLY REDUCES THE DENSITY.
IT TIES THEM DOWN TO THE QUALITY DEVELOPMENT THEY'RE SHOWING ON THE ELEVATION.
AND THE CONCEPT PLAN STUFF DOES NOT REALLY HAVE ANY OPPOSITIONS OR CONCERN.
I THINK, UH, RESIDENTS OVER THERE.
WERE JUST WONDERING WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO THOSE, THESE TWO EMPTY LOTS.
UM, THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY EXPRESSION OF WHETHER A SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION SO FAR.
THIS CONCLUDES STEP PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTION? QUESTION MATTER.
SO JUST CURIOUS, UM, ON THE SOUTH, UH, THOSE UNITS ON THE SOUTH YES MA'AM.
IS PARKING ALLOWED IN FRONT OF THEM ALONG THE STREET? 'CAUSE THEY HAVE THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING.
SO, OR IS THAT A FIRE LANE? I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT, UM, SMALL, BUT THIS IS THE TWO CAR GARAGE AND THERE IS A TWO CAR PAVED.
I I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I MEAN, ALONG THE STREET.
LIKE PARALLEL TO THE BUILDINGS.
I THINK HERE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO, I THINK IN THE CUL-DE-SAC, WE'RE TRYING TO TELL THEM NOT TO PARK THERE FOR JUST, UM, TRASH PICKUPS, UP, ACCESS AND OTHER THINGS.
SO IT'S NOT AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, NOT A FIRE LANE IN FRONT OF THE NO MA'AM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? ANY OTHER QUE? COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.
CAN, CAN YOU HELP ME, UH, BETTER UNDERSTAND OR EXPAND ON THE, UH, GUEST OR VISITOR PARKING? YOU SAID IT WAS THREE VERSUS TWO, BUT THE, HOW DOES THAT WORK? IS IT BASED ON THE NUMBER OF UNITS OR JUST, UH, IT'S BASED ON YES.
SO, UM, SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION, WE TYPICALLY DON'T REQUIRE AS PART OF THE REGULATION TO PROVIDE GUEST PARKING BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE WILL BE TWO GARAGES, TWO PAVEMENT.
AND LIKE, UH, JUST AS COMMISSIONER MADAM POINTED OUT, THEY TYPICALLY
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HAVE WIDE ENOUGH OF A STREET TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME STREET PARKING AS NEEDED HERE BECAUSE THEIR TOWN HOME, OUR JUST UVC HAS A REQUIREMENT FOR APPENDIX W APPENDIX W STANDARD THAT IF IT'S A TOWN HOME, WE WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S NOT SO TIGHT.I THINK I I I MIGHT BE, UM, KIND OF PUTTING MY OPINION OUT THERE.
AND PART OF IT, I THINK IT'S THAT IF YOU THINK ABOUT TOWN HOMES, THEY'RE TYPICALLY 30 FOOT OR 35 FOOT LOT VERSUS LIKE A 60 FOOT LOTS FOR A LOT OF SINGLE FAMILY.
I WONDER IF THAT'S THEIR WAY OF MITIGATING, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE LACK OF STREET PARKING THAT MM-HMM.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S HOW THEY WANNA KIND OF COMPENSATE THE NOT ENOUGH ROOM FOR GUEST PARKING.
BUT AGAIN, THIS IS JUST PART OF THE REQUIREMENT THEY PROVIDED TWO, UM, AND IT'S JUST ONLY ONE GARAGE PARK, UH, GAS PARKING REDUCTION STUFF.
THEY DIDN'T REALLY SEE AN ISSUE WITH THAT.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DO JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.
NOW YOU SAY THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA BUILD HAVE A, THE STREET THAT'S GONNA BE A PUBLIC STREET? YES, MA'AM.
SO IF IT'S PUBLIC STREETS, ANYBODY CAN PARK ON THE SIDE THAT, 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THAT.
IT'S JUST A DESIGNATED PARKING FORECAST.
JUST PROVIDES THEM EXTRA ROOM IN CASE THE STREET GETS TOO CROWDED.
IS THE APPLICANT HERE? I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE, UH, SO YOU SAID IT WAS GONNA BE AN HOA OR PIT.
THERE? NOT A PIT, BUT HOA IS MANDATORY FOR ANY TOWN HOME DEVELOPMENT, JUST SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE ALL THESE OPEN AREAS, INCLUDING DETENTION, CAN BE MAINTAINED BY AN ENTITY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, IS THERE ANY KINDA WAY YOU CAN PULL THAT MAP UP? UH, I KNOW ROMAN'S A STREET NEXT TO IT.
YOU SAID THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT A STREET IN BETWEEN IT TO WHAT'S THAT GONNA FLOW INTO OR JUST INTO THE CUL-DE-SAC ONLY.
SO, UM, THIS ROMAN ROAD, IT'S A PUBLIC STREET FOR THESE, UM, FOURPLEXES.
UHHUH, BUT THE FOURPLEX ACTUALLY HAVE AN EXISTING PARKING AREA YEAH.
SO THEY WILL BE BUILDING LIKE A, SOME TYPE OF SCREENING WALL AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THESE FOUR UNITS AND THEY'LL BE SERVED ON A NEW STREET THAT THEY CREATED.
SO IS IS THAT THE SAME OWNER OR SO I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
I THINK THESE TWO LOTS ARE JUST OWNED BY A DIFFERENT PERSON.
BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS, UM, THEY WILL NOT REALLY BE USING ANY OTHER ROLES TO ACCESS THIS DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL BE SERVED BY THEIR OWN OWN.
SO IT'S, IT'S JUST TO HIT THE CUL-DE-SAC THEN ESSENTIALLY? YES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANKS JUNE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? I KNOW COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ, THIS IS YOUR AREA.
SO DO YOU WANT TO HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO TELL US ABOUT THIS OR WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS PROJECT? UM, LIKE I SAID, I LIVE IN, THIS IS MY DISTRICT.
I'D BE VERY, VERY OPEN, VERY, VERY VOCAL HERE.
UH, I SEE A LOT OF HOMELESS PEOPLE SITTING BACK THERE WHEN YOU COME DOWN 1 61.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE CLEANED THAT UP OR WHAT, WHAT THE CITY'S DOING WITH THAT.
UM, I SPOKE TO COLE ABOUT THAT ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO AND I WAS LIKE, HEY, IS THERE A REASON THAT THERE'S HOMELESS PEOPLE TUCKED OFF BACK IN HERE? SO THAT IS KIND OF A CONCERN AS TO WHERE DO THEY RELOCATE TO.
I KNOW, YOU KNOW, GRAND PRAIRIE OBVIOUSLY HAS A ORGANIZATION FOR STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT, UM, YOU SAID IT'S NOT THE SAME OWNERS THOUGH AS THE, AS THE ONES THAT OWN THE ONES BEHIND IT, CORRECT? I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
I DON'T THINK THE PROPERTY OWNER INFORMATION MATCHES.
I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A, JUST A PROPERTY OWNER WHO HAS JUST BOUGHT THESE TWO LOTS TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP IT.
UM, I WASN'T HERE FOR THE, UH, THE CLOSED SESSION, BUT IT, I MEAN, WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT I NEED TO BE MADE AWARE OF? NO, WE, EVERYTHING ELSE SHE JUST, SHE READ OVER IT AGAIN.
PRETTY CUT AND DRY THEN? YEAH.
UM, BUT DOES, UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ? 'CAUSE THAT THAT'S HIS AREA.
I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD UH, UH, IDEA.
YOU KNOW, I JUST HATE THAT THE DEVELOPERS IS NOT, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? NO.
WE HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS, SO THAT'S THE ONLY CONCERN I HAVE THAT THE, THE APPLICANT IS NOT HERE.
SO I FEEL LIKE THE ONLY THING THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER IS, UM, THAT'S REALLY MAJOR OR TO ME IT IS, UM, IS THE PARKING SITUATION.
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'VE KIND OF MADE THEIR OWN BED, LIKE YEAH, I MEAN WITH, WITH THE GARAGE THING IT KIND OF NARROWS IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
SO YEAH, BECAUSE EVERY, EVERY UNIT HAS A GARAGE, RIGHT? THEY HAVE TWO, TWO GARAGES.
YEAH, THEY HAVE, THAT'S JUST THE MAIN THING.
WE DON'T WANT JUST A BUNCH OF CLUTTER JUST TUCKED OFF IN A CUL-DE-SAC.
SO IN FACT THAT ENDS UP BEING, YOU KNOW, TWO, TWO GARAGE, I MEAN THE GARAGE FOR TWO CARS AND THEN TWO SPOTS IN FRONT OF THE GARAGE.
SO PLENTY OF PARKING, SO MM-HMM
UM, MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CPA A TWO THREE DASH ONE DASH 0 2 4 AND ZERO N TWO THREE DASH ZERO DASH 0 3 6.
SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COCA TO APPROVE ITEM SEVEN AND EIGHT AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
[Items 9 & 10]
ALRIGHTYY.SO PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS NUMBER NINE AND 10 WILL BE HEARD TOGETHER ONCE AGAIN.
SO FIRST WE'RE START WITH ITEM NUMBER NINE, WHICH
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IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR 2020 DOWARD STREET.SO AGAIN, AS A REMINDER FOR THOSE WHO WEREN'T HERE EARLIER, WE BRING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS WHEN A ZONING CHANGE REQUEST HAS BEEN SUBMITTED THAT DOESN'T MATCH OUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
SO GOING FORWARD WE WANT THOSE THINGS TO, TO MATCH.
SO THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST IS A REQUEST FROM GENERAL RETAIL TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL.
SO OUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP CALLS FOR THIS AREA IS COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE, WHICH DOES NOT MATCH THE HEAVY COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH IS AN INDUSTRIAL TYPE USE OR INDUSTRIAL TYPE ZONING.
THE PROPOSAL HERE IS TO AMEND THE FLUME DESIGNATION TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO ALIGN WITH THE PROPOSED ZONING.
SO STAFF IS UNABLE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST SINCE THE INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFIED LAND USE.
IT'S INCONSISTENT WITH THE FLU.
AGAIN, PLEASE NOTE THE FLU IS NOT THE PROPERTY ZONING, IT IS THE RECOMMENDED FEATURE LAND USE FOR POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PER THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO WE'RE GONNA JUMP RIGHT INTO ITEM 10, WHICH IS ZON 2 3 11 0 0 4 2.
SO THIS IS THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST PORTION FOR 2020 TOWER STREET FROM GENERAL RETAIL TWO HEAVY COMMERCIAL.
SO AGAIN HERE YOU CAN JUST SEE THE EXISTING UM, ZONING AND THE EXISTING LAND USE THAT'S OUT THERE.
SO THE PROPERTY SUBJECT PROPERTIES IN RED.
UM, IT'S SURROUNDED ON ALL SITES EITHER BY A SINGLE FAMILY ZONING OR A SINGLE FAMILY USE.
SO AGAIN, THERE APPLICANT IS, UH, REQUESTING TO RE REONE THE PROPERTY TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL.
SO THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST STEP IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
SO GOING BACK TO THE CHART, I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING.
THIS FIRST ROW HERE IS OUR CURRENT ZONING, WHICH IS GENERAL RETAIL.
SO THEY ARE WANTING TO ADD TWO USES TO THAT EXISTING SUP.
I'VE JUST GRABBED TWO OTHER ONES HERE TO OTHER USES AS SAMPLE SIZES, RIGHT? SO STATE VEHICLE INSPECTION TO AUTO TIRE REPAIR IN GENERAL RETAIL.
RIGHT NOW ALL OF THOSE USES ARE PROHIBITED.
MOST AUTO UM, RELATED USES ARE JUST PROHIBITED OUTRIGHT.
THEY'RE WANTING TO GO TO A HEAVY COMMERCIAL ZONING, WHICH WILL ALLOW THEM TO NEXT, IF THIS IS APPROVED, PURSUE AN SUP.
SO THE TWO USES THEY'RE WANTING TO ADD TO THIS SUP ARE RIGHT HERE.
AUTO DEALER AND AUTO BODY, WHICH IN THIS NEW ZONING DISTRICT ARE ALLOWED BY AN SUP.
THESE TWO SAMPLE USES I INCLUDED, THEY ARE ALLOWED BY WRIGHT.
AND SO THIS WAS MATT WILL REFERENCING IS EVERYTHING THAT'S ALLOWED BY WRIGHT AND HEAVY COMMERCIAL IS ALLOWED AT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IF THE ZONING CHANGE IS APPROVED WITH NO FURTHER CONSIDERATION FROM CITY COUNCIL.
SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF WHAT I'M TRYING TO SHOW HERE IS THIS HEAVY COMMERCIAL ALLOWED, IT'S A MUCH MORE PERMISSIVE, IT ALLOWS FOR MORE INTENSIVE USES.
SO THEY NEED THIS ZONING CHANGE SO THEY CAN PURSUE AN SUP, BUT A WHOLE SLEW OF OTHER USES ARE GOING TO BE ALLOWED BY RIGHT IF THE ZONING CHANGE IS APPROVED.
AND THAT'S IMPORTANT 'CAUSE AS YOU'VE SEEN, THIS IS A LARGELY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, SO AGAIN, THIS IS THE STREET VIEW OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY OPERATING AN AUTO CARE CENTER UNDER THEIR EXISTING SUP.
THEY HAVE, THIS IS A SURVEY PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE LOT SIZE THERE.
SO STAFF HAS FOUND THAT THE EXISTING LAW IS SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL ZONE PROPERTIES OR RESIDENTIAL USES ON ALL FOUR SIDES.
THE REQUEST IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING LAND USES AND WOULD ALLOW FOR MORE INDUSTRIAL TYPE USES AND A LARGELY RESIDENTIAL AREA.
FOR THIS REASON, STAFF IS UNABLE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST SINCE THE SINGLE FAMILY USE IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE FLU AND THE SURROUNDING SURROUNDING LAND USES.
THAT CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? COMMISSIONER MADDEN? UM, SO IF WE DO NOT AGREE TO THIS, NOTHING CHANGES WITH THE WAY THEY'RE USING IT RIGHT NOW.
SEE THE SUP IS EXISTING RUNS WITH THE LAND.
SO THEY WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO OPERATE.
CAN, CAN YOU HELP ME GOING BACK TO THAT CHART AGAIN? MM-HMM
SO AUTO CARE, WHAT DOES THAT FALL? SO AUTO CARE, SO THIS IS AN OLD SUP.
SO THE, THAT LAND USE DOESN'T MATCH EXACTLY WHAT'S ON OUR USE CHARTS TODAY, BUT IF YOU WANTED TO FIND THE USE THAT WOULD APPROXIMATE WOULD BE AUTO REPAIR MINOR.
SO IT WOULDN'T FALL TODAY IS TODAY.
SO AUTO REPAIR MINOR, IT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED IN GENERAL RETAIL TODAY.
SO IT'S ALLOWED BECAUSE OF THAT SPECIFIC USE PERMIT THAT'S EXISTING.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, THIS IS AN INTERESTING CASE.
OH, COMMISSIONER FEDCO IS THE DEVELOPER HERE.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THEY'RE HERE.
OH, THIS IS INTERESTING BECAUSE MY CONCERN IS, UM, THE COMMUNITY AROUND IT.
HAS THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION WITH THE HOMEOWNERS? NOT THAT I KNOW OF.
AND TO ME THAT WOULD BE HUGE BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA START BRINGING IN, IF WE WERE TO APPROVE THAT ALL OF THIS AND THE UNSUSPECTING HOMEOWNER
I MEAN THE, THE SPACE DOESN'T LOOK THAT BIG TO ME.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ONLY, UNLESS THERE'S SPACE IN THE BACK, IT IT'S THE, WHAT IS THE, UH, WHAT IS THAT? I GUESS THAT'S PRETTY BIG ENOUGH, BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT WOULD HOLD, UH, A DEALERSHIP.
SO THIS IS JUST THE STRAIGHT ZONING CHANGE PROCESS.
IF IT IS APPROVED AT THE SUP PROCESS, THEY ARE STILL REQUIRED TO PROVE THAT THE SITE CAN SUPPORT WHATEVER USES THEY HAVE THERE.
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BUT WHAT, WHAT USE ARE THEY, UH, THINKING ABOUT? SO THEY'RE WANTING TO ADD AN AUTO DEALER AND AUTO BODY POTENTIALLY, BUT THERE ARE OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT WILL BE REVIEWED AT THE SUP PROCESS, INCLUDING PARKING IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THAT WE'D BE LOOKING AT.SO EVEN IF THEY GET THE ZONE CHANGE, THEY STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SUP PROCESS.
AND AT THAT PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, WE DO A DEEPER DIVE INTO SOME OF OUR, UM,
SO TECHNICALLY WE COULD APPROVE.
UH, AND THEN GOING FORWARD, IF THEY DON'T COMPLY, IT GOES NOWHERE.
SO THE SSUP GOES NOWHERE, BUT ALL THOSE HEAVY COMMERCIAL LAND USES ARE ALLOWED.
IF THEY'RE ALLOWED BY WRIGHT, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALLOWED AT THAT PROPERTY NOW AND, AND AT SOME POINT IT MAY COME.
AND SO THE TWO THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO DO UNDER HEAVY COMMERCIAL TRIGGER SUVS, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER MORE INDUSTRIAL OR AUTO RELATED USES THAT ARE GOING TO BE ALLOWED BY.
DO WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT, THAT WE'VE DONE LATELY SIMILAR TO THIS IN ANY OTHER CASES? UM, HONESTLY, I, I CAN'T THINK OF ANY.
A LOT OF THE STRAIGHT ZONING CASES THAT I'VE, YOU KNOW, BEEN THE CASE MANAGER FOR, HAVE BEEN MORE TOWARDS TO A SINGLE FAMILY ZONING DISTRICT AS OPPOSED TO SOMETHING THAT'S MORE INDUSTRIAL.
UM, SO THIS, I HAVEN'T SEEN A CASE VERY SIMILAR TO THIS ONE.
WAS THERE ANY LETTERS THAT WENT OUT OR WE YEAH.
ANY ZONING CHANGE? WE ARE REQUIRED TO SEND OUT LETTERS.
NO, NOBODY TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET AND WE DO 300 FEET.
AND IN THE NEWSPAPER WE RECEIVED NOTHING FOR OR AGAINST, UH, COMMISSIONER MADDEN.
SO JUST AS A RECAP, LIKE FROM THE BRIEFING EARLIER, WE DON'T HAVE A DEFINITION RIGHT FOR WHAT IS ACTUALLY WHAT GRAND PRAIRIE DEFINES AS.
SO HEAVY COMMERCIAL WOULD BE DEFINED IN, UM, IN OUR UDC.
THE HEAVY COMMERCIAL IT, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR USE CHARTS, IT IS WITH OUR INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS.
SO IT, IT'S NOT WITH OUR RETAIL COMMERCIAL.
I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF ILLUSTRATE FOR EVERYONE HERE ON THE BOARD WHAT NOISE MAKING AND UM, TRAFFIC ACTIVITIES POTENTIALLY WE COULD BE SAYING YES TO IF WE WERE TO CHANGE THE ZONING.
I THINK COMMISSIONER, PULL IT UP.
COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN HAS A PULL IT UP.
COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN HAS A QUESTION.
YEAH, I JUST, IN YOUR PHOTO READING, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING SO THOROUGH.
THAT SPOT OVER TO THE RIGHT, THE LITTLE WHITE BUILDING.
IS THAT A HOME? THAT IS A HOME? SO THAT IS A HOME THAT'S TO THE NORTHEAST.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE DIRT BEING MOVED RIGHT THERE THAT ARE GOING TO BE HOMES AS WELL.
RASHAD MENTIONED THE ZONING CHANGE THAT CAME THROUGH EARLIER LAST YEAR FOR SINGLE FAMILY.
THEY'RE MOVING DIRT FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES RIGHT THERE.
DEFINITION ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING COMMISSIONERS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, COMMISSIONER, UM, RAMIREZ, ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS? BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR AREA.
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? UH, YOU GOTTA BE HONEST.
IT, IT CONCERNS ME THE FACT THAT, I MEAN, THEY'RE ADDING MORE HOMES HERE AND APPROVING THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO OPEN UP A PLETHORA OF OTHER THINGS THAT AS A HOMEOWNER, I, I WOULD WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN.
UM, AND I DON'T THINK THE APPLICANT NOT BE IN HERE HELPS US TONIGHT.
I MEAN, I KNOW WHERE I'M GONNA GO WITH IT, SO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? I THINK WE CAN, UH, IS THERE, DO YOU HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? MATT? NO.
WELL, I THINK, UH, COMMISSIONER FEDCO, SO COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ OR MATT, IF WE, IF THIS GETS DENIED, IS THAT DIFFERENT THAN IF IT GOT TABLED? 'CAUSE MY BIG CONCERN IS THEY'RE TAKING SOMETHING THAT'S VERY LIMITED IN SUP AND GOING HEAVY COMMERCIAL, WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF RIGHTS IN THE FUTURE.
SO WE, IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU'RE OPENING PANDORA'S BOX AND WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GONNA COME OUT OF IT.
WHEREAS IF THE DEVELOPER WERE HERE TALKING WITH US AND SAYING, I JUST WANNA MAKE MY SUPA LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, THEN I'D BE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
IT'S, IT'S, I MEAN, IT'S JUST KIND OF, SO MY QUESTION BE TO YOU THEN WANT TO, I'M SORRY.
WE ALSO HAVE THE HEAVY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
BUT MY QUESTION TO YOU CJ, WAS DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO DENY OR MAYBE TO POSTPONE TO GIVE THE DEVELOPER MORE TIME TO WORK ON THAT? SO I SAY WE TABLE IT SO TO, TO CUT.
CAN I SAY SOMETHING REAL QUICK? MM-HMM
SO IF WE TABLE IT, WE, WE WANNA GET CLARIFICATION TO LIKE LIMIT IT TO THE CAR.
WAIT, THE CAR SALES THAT THEY WANNA DO.
DO WE WANT CAR SALES IN THE AREA? THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE HOPING TO DO.
BUT THEY'RE BROUGHT, I MEAN, ARE IS THAT, WHAT IS THAT, ARE WE ALL SAYING REAL QUICK? BECAUSE IF THEY COME BACK AND SAY THIS, WAIT, LET, LET'S, LETS SEE WHAT, UH, WHAT, UH, RASHAD HAS TO SAY HIM AND, AND MATT.
SO REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE APPLICANT IS GOING TO SAY, THAT THIS IS THE USE THAT I WANT TO DO, THAT PROPERTY OWNER WHO, THAT PROPERTY OWNER OR WHOEVER THAT PROPERTY OWNER SELLS IT TO, WILL BE ENTITLED TO ALL OF THOSE USES THAT ARE PERMITTED BY RIGHT UNDER THE USE CHART.
SO, SO TO THAT POINT, RIGHT, THE ZONE CHANGE, IF Y'ALL WANTED IT TO BE, AND THIS PROPERTY OWNER WANTED IT TO BE A SPECIFIC ADDITION TO THIS SUP, WE COULDN'T AMEND THAT SUP HIS APPROACH TO DO A STRAIGHT ZONE CHANGE AS THE INCORRECT APPROACH.
IF Y'ALL WANT IT ISOLATED, IT NEEDS TO BE A PD, A PLAN
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DEVELOPMENT WITH THE ALLOWED USES, AND THEN WE CAN LOCK IT IN WITH CERTAIN YES.WE DON YOU COULD, SO IT DOESN'T GRANDFATHER IN ESSENTIALLY.
SO WITH THAT SAID, THE RECOMMENDATION, IF Y'ALL WANTED IT TO BE JUST ONLY SPECIFIC USES AND NOT OPEN THE DOOR, THEN I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND APPROVING THIS OR TABLING IT.
NOT TABLING BECAUSE THERE'S NO YES, THERE'S NO WAY.
COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS? I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR.
COMMISSIONER, IT'S NINE AND 10, RIGHT? YES.
UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, OR, I'M SORRY, DENY
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DENY, UH, CPA TWO THREE DASH ONE DASH 0 26 AND ZERO N DASH 23 DASH 1 0 4 2 ZONING CHANGE.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO DENY ITEMS NINE AND 10 BY COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ.
ALL IN FAVOR TO DENY ITEMS NINE AND 10, RAISE YOUR HAND.
MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY MO MOTION DENY, I MEAN IT'S DENIED.
[Items 11 & 12]
GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR.I'M WITH THE PLANNING DIVISION TONIGHT I'LL BE PRESENTING ITEMS NUMBER 11 AND 12.
UH, THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS, UH, AS WELL AS THIS ZONE REQUEST CHANGE FOR A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3 21 NORTHWEST 15TH STREET.
SO, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS ITEM.
UH, AND I'LL BE FOCUSING ON THE ZONE CHANGE, UH, AND I CAN ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS.
UM, THE APPLICANT, UH, HAS, UH, WORKED WITH STAFF BEFORE TO, UH, REPLANT THE PROPERTY.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY THREE 19 AND 3 21 NORTHWEST 15TH STREETS, UH, AND COMBINED INTO ONE THAT IS NOW 3 21 NORTHWEST 15TH STREETS.
UM, INITIALLY, UH, HE WANTED TO COMBINE THE LOTS AND THEN HE CAME LATER ON TO, UH, DO A REZONE FOR, UH, THE DEVELOPMENTS OF A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
SO HE IS REQUESTING, UH, A CURRENT ZONE CHANGE FROM, UH, GR, WHICH IS GENERAL RETAIL, UH, TO SINGLE FAMILY SIX RESIDENTIAL.
THE CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, DOES NOT SUPPORT THAT.
IT CURRENTLY, UH, HAS COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE, SO A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THAT AS WELL.
UM, STAFF DID CHECK, UH, THE, UH, LOT REQUIREMENT SIZE OR THE LOT REQUIREMENTS AND DIMENSIONS AND, UH, THAT, UH, LOT WOULD MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE FAMILY.
AND AS MENTIONED, UM, BEFORE, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOES HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF, UH, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, UM, AS WELL AS A FEW, UH, COMMERCIAL USES IN THE AREA.
AND, UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WILL ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS.
UM, ANY, ANY QUESTIONS? NO, THANK YOU.
IS THE APPLICANT HERE? NO, I DO NOT BELIEVE HE'S NOT HERE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COLLEGE FOOTBALL ON? I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW.
DON'T MIND US COMMISSIONER ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? I THINK IT'S PRETTY CUT AND DRY.
COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ, AGAIN, YOUR AREA.
MADAM CHAIR, JUST FOR THE RECORD, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO SPEAKER CARDS.
UH, THIS IS 1112, RIGHT? MM-HMM
UH, MADAM CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CPA DASH 23 DASH 27 AND ZERO N DASH 23 DASH ONE DASH 0 4 0.
UH, ZONING CHANGE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEMS 11 AND 12 BY COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ.
ANY SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.
[13. ZON-23-11-0043 - Zoning Change – 2033 Galveston St (City Council District 1). Zoning Change from Planned Development-146 (PD-146) to Single Family-Six (SF-6) on 0.25 acres. A portion of Lot 9 and Lot 10, Block 101, Dalworth Park Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Planned Development-146 (PD-146) District, within the SH 161 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 2033 Galveston Street]
CASE PLEASE.SO THE LAST ITEM OF THE NIGHT IS ITEM 13, DON 2 3 11 0 0 43.
THIS IS A ZONING CHANGE REQUEST LOCATED AT 2033 GALVESTON STREET.
SO THE CURRENT ZONING IS PD 1 46.
THEY'RE REQUESTING A ZONE CHANGE TO SF SIX.
SO AGAIN, HERE YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING ZONING IN THE AREA IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS THE HATCHED YELLOW TO THE SOUTH WE HAVE SF FOUR TO THE NORTH AND THE WEST COMMERCIAL.
AND TO THE EAST WE HAVE PDD 1 46, WHICH HAS THE BASE ZONING OF COMMERCIAL.
BUT AGAIN, THAT ENTIRE PD 1 46 IS ALL RESIDENTIAL USES.
SO AGAIN, THEY'RE REASON THEY'RE PROPOSING TO REASON TO SF SIX.
THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP CALLS FOR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL SO IT MATCHES OUR FLU, WHICH IS WHY YOU'RE NOT SEEING
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A CPA WITH THIS CASE.THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST IS APPROVED.
THEY WILL HAVE TO COME THROUGH AND REPO THE PROPERTY ACCORDING TO OUR SF SIX REQUIREMENTS PRIOR TO GETTING ANY BUILDING PERMITS FOR A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
SO THIS IS THE STREET VIEW AT THE INTERSECTION.
SO THIS, THIS EXISTING LAW IS ON A BLOCK THAT IS ENTIRELY RESIDENTIAL.
IT'S UNLIKELY THIS AREA WILL EVER DEVELOP AS COMMERCIAL.
THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ADJACENT LAND USE.
AND DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION FOR ANY COMMENTS? VERY GOOD JOB, BRITTANY.
IS THE APPLICANT HERE? I DO NOT BELIEVE SO.
AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKER, SO NO SPEAKER
UM, COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS CASE? I BELIEVE THIS IS COMMISSIONER KO'S AREA.
YEAH, MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS ITEM 13, UH, ZON DASH 23 DASH 11 DASH 0 0 4 3.
I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM 13 AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND, UH, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PEREZ.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THIS IS THE LAST CASE WE'RE NOW LEAVING.