* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [Planning & Zoning Briefing 062424] [00:00:03] THE STAFF BRIEFING OF THE GRAND COMMISSION, 24TH ZONING BRIEFING. THE PORTION COMMISSION CALL. YOUR NAME SMITH. HERE. PAUL RAMEZ GON HERE. JUDY PEREZ, COCA YOUNG HERE. OMAN. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS WE NEED TO BE DISCUSSED? OKAY, IS THERE ANYTHING? OH, YOU'RE ALREADY GOOD . WELL, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. UM, THE ITEM NUMBER FIVE ON TONIGHT'S DENTA IS A SITE PLAN FOR A INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE ON OAKDALE STP 24 0 5 0 0 2 3. SO THE APPLICANT WISHES TO, UH, CONSTRUCT TWO INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSES. UM, SO THIS IS THE OAKDALE AND, UH, OAKDALE ROAD AT OAKDALE LANE. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE ALREADY THAT THERE ARE SOME INDUSTRIAL USES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THIS IS THE SITE PLAN THEY'RE PROPOSING. THEY DO HAVE, UH, VERY, UM, THE UTILITY OVERHEAD, UTILITY LINES KIND OF CUTTING THROUGHOUT THE SITE. SO THEY ARE TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE THE EASEMENTS AS THEY'RE LAYING OUT THE TWO BUILDINGS. SO THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH THE DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENT PER ZONING. THEY ARE PROVIDING LANDSCAPING AS REQUIRED, AS SHOWN. SO THESE ARE THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS. ACTUALLY, LET ME GO TO THE RENDERING A LITTLE BIT JUST BECAUSE THAT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT BETTER IDEA ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO. SO THEY ARE TRYING TO USE THESE PROJECTING WALL TO FRAME THE BUILDING AND THEY'RE USING DIFFERENT PATTERNS, UM, OF MATERIAL X AND TO CREATE VARIATIONS PER APPENDIX X REQUIREMENT. OKAY? SO THE ONLY, UM, ITEM THAT THEY, THE STAFF NEEDS TO MENTION IS THAT THEY ARE REQUESTING A VARIANCE. GET TO THE VARIANCE. OKAY. UH, SO THEY ARE REQUESTING ONE VARIANCE, SORRY, IT'S, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WENT. I'LL MAKE SURE TO ADD THAT FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, THEY ARE REQUESTING A VARIANCE FOR A SCREENING WALL. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, UM, OH WOW. A LOT OF MY PAGES ARE MISSING. I'M SO SORRY ABOUT THAT. OKAY. SO BASICALLY THEY HAVE A, UM, EXISTING MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY TO THE EAST OF THEIR PROPERTY. CURRENTLY, THE, UM, ARBY PARK TO THE NORTH, THEY ARE ACTUALLY ZONED FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. SO THEY DO NOT HAVE A REQUIREMENT TO CONSTRUCT A LEAGUE WALL. HOWEVER, THIS IS A PD FOUR MOBILE HOME PARK. SO THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PUT IN A SIX FOOT MASONRY SCREENING. THE APPLICANT SAYS THERE IS AN EXISTING SIX FOOT WOOD FENCES AND WHICH IS NOT TO CONSTRUCT IT, A REQUESTED VARIANCE STAFF IS NOT SUPPORTING IT. SO BASICALLY DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE, UH, WOW. SORRY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO MY POWERPOINT . UM, THAT THE APPLICANT PROVIDE THE SCREENING FENCES AS REQUIRED. AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE POWERPOINT. I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT HAPPENED HERE. I'LL GO AHEAD AND REPLACE THOSE PAGES WITH THE CORRECT ONE BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SORRY ABOUT THAT. YES, THAT'S, MM-HMM . SURE. MM-HMM . THAT IS CORRECT. SO THAT'S NOT A WANNA CONSIDER AT LEAST IN IT WOULD'VE SEEN. AND THEN THE EASEMENT ACCESS. CAN YOU, WHAT THE, OH, SO THERE IS AN EXISTING OVERHEAD UTILITY LINE, EASEMENT, UHHUH, UM, SO THEY'RE STAYING AWAY FROM IT. MM-HMM . SO THERE'S NO VARIANCES OR ANY OTHER REQUEST ASSOCIATED WITH IT. UH, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE SHAVE. YOU SEE THOSE LIKE KIND OF DIAGONAL LINE? MM-HMM . YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS REQUEST. MISSED THAT LAST NO, AGAIN, THAT WAS, YEAH, THAT WAS INCORRECT. I, AGAIN, I'M SORRY. I COPIED. YEAH, I COPIED, I THOUGHT I COPIED OVER RIGHT. PRESENTATIONS, CONVERSATIONS WOULD BE TWO. ARE THERE, THERE PRETTY MUCH. SO WE, I ASKED THE APPLICANT THEN AND THE, UH, I THINK APPLICANT TRIED TO MAKE SOME EFFORT. I THINK THE CHALLENGES SOMETIMES WITH [00:05:01] THE MOBILE HOME PARK AND ROBERT RV PARK IS THAT IT'S OWNED BY A PROPERTY OWNER AND THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE AN HOA PER SE BECAUSE IT'S OWNED BY DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS. SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAD A DIRECT CONTACT. SO THEY ASKED WHAT CAN WE DO? SO I RECOMMENDED, WELL, YOU CAN ALWAYS TRY REACHING OUT TO THE MOBILE HOME PARK COMMUNITY TO THEIR MAIN, MAIN, UH, THEIR OFFICES AND SEE WHAT THEY SAY. BUT AGAIN, UM, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ON DISCUSSIONS WITH THE, UH, APPLICATION, BUT THEY, THE NOTIFICATION, NO. SO THIS IS A SITE PLAN REQUIREMENT. SO WE ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PO UH, PUT POST THE P UH, PROPERTY OWNER NOTICES, BUT WE DO POST THE SIGNS SO THAT IF PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS, THEY CAN ALWAYS CHECK WITH STAFF. MM-HMM . UM, REGARDING THE FENCE. YES. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE AROUND THERE THAT HAS A WOODEN FENCE OR, SO HE'S TRYING TO KEEP THE WOOD AND NOT PUT UP THE MASONARY WALL. CORRECT. SO, UM, LET ME SEE. YEAH, UHHUH. YEAH, SURE. YEAH. YEAH. SO YOU THINK ABOUT LIKE, THESE WAREHOUSES THAT WERE CONSTRUCTED BECAUSE THERE SO MANY REQUIRED SEPARATE THEM CROSSING ANYTHING. SO, UM, THAT YOU FEEL THAT THAT'S REQUIREMENTS. SOMETIMES IF YOU HAVE A, A MASONARY WALL AND A FENCE MM-HMM . A VERY SMALL AREA, PEOPLE CAN GO IN THERE AND CAMP OUT, WHATEVER. SO IT'S KIND OF A WEIRD KIND OF THING. RIGHT? YEAH. THERE'S MANY WAYS OF DEALING WITH THAT. TYPICALLY THEY CAN PUT IT RIGHT UP UPON, RIGHT UP AGAINST IT. 'CAUSE THEY CAN TECHNICALLY PUT IT UP AGAINST THE PROPERTY LINE. UM, SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL CHOOSE TO PROVIDE LIKE A THREE FOOT GAP SO THEY CAN MAINTAIN IT, BUT I THINK STEPH'S POINT IS THE WOOD FENCES ARE EXISTING AND THEY'RE PART OF JUST THE BACKYARD FENCES FOR THOSE RESIDENTIAL AREAS. IT'S NOT REALLY THERE TO SEPARATE THE DIFFERENT USES. MM-HMM . YES. QUESTION UHHUH. . MM-HMM . FENCE. MM-HMM . NO, ACTUALLY THE RV SIDE. IT'S NOT REQUIRED. STAFF HAS SUGGESTED, UH, MAYBE CONSIDERING PUTTING A WOOD FENCE, BUT IT WAS NOT A REQUIREMENT, SO WE COULDN'T FORCE THEM TO MM-HMM . YES. . YEAH. IT'S A CHAIN LINK FENCE THERE. YEAH. FOUR FOOT EYE. MM-HMM . . RIGHT. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. UH, MY NAME'S SALVADOR. I WENT THE PLANNING DIVISION HERE AT GRAND PRAIRIE AND I'M GONNA BE PRESENTING ZONE 24 DASH OH FOUR DASH 0 1 3. UH, THIS IS A STRAIGHT ZONE REQUEST AT 24 0 8 AND 24 0 4. UH, WE ROBERT STREET. AND APOLOGIES FOR THE, UH, DISCREPANCY THERE. THE, UH, PROPERTY IS A LITTLE CONFUSING WITH THE ADDRESSES, BUT 24 0 4 AND 24 0 8 ARE THE, UM, THE ADDRESSES WITH THE, UH, THAT'S LISTED ON TAD. SO, SO THIS IS A STRAIGHT, UH, ZONE CHANGE REQUEST FROM, UH, GENERAL RETAIL TO SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING A, UH, DUPLEX ON EACH LOT. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT LOTS. UM, AND THE APPLICANT DOES WANT TO, UH, CONSTRUCT A DUPLEX ON EACH SINGLE LOT. SO CURRENTLY, UH, THE LOTS ARE VACANTS AND THIS IS A STREET VIEW OF BOTH LOTS AT THE MOMENT. SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE, UH, THERE IS SOME RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, UH, TO THE NORTH THERE AND SOME COMMERCIAL AS WELL AS, UH, SOME INDUSTRIAL. SO REGARDING, UH, THIS CASE, 41 NOTICES WERE SENT OUT TO THE, UH, SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS. UM, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY OPPOSITION AND WE RECOMMEND THAT, UH, THE, UH, REQUESTS BE APPROVED AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 30 SOMETHING? YES, MA'AM. UH, STRAIGHT ZONE CHANGE. UH, NOTHING TOO COMPLICATED. NO VARIANCES. WHAT WAS THAT ON THAT PICTURE? THAT YELLOW SIGN? WHAT WAS THAT? WHAT IS THAT? [00:10:01] IT'S A SMALL, UH, RETAIL STORE. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. OKAY. SO THE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS AN SUP FOR, UM, LAUNDRY BAR, TEXAS. THEY'RE A SELF SERVE, UH, LAUNDROMAT. SO THEY ARE LOCATED, UH, SO THEY'RE LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF NORTH CARRIER. SO THEY'RE RIGHT ACROSS FROM, UH, THE WIND, UH, SOME, SORRY, I WROTE IT DOWN. I FORGOT. UM, HAVEN WIND OR SOME WINDING SCHOOL. AND THEN THEY HAVE, UM, RETAIL CENTERS ACROSS. AND, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, THIS IS ACTUALLY PART OF THE TERRA ON CARRIER, UM, ALL MULTIFAMILY COMMUNITIES ALL AROUND IT. SO, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY'RE TAKING UP ONE OF THE TENANT SPACES. CURRENTLY, THERE IS A BAIT SHOP AND A TECH'S OFFICE AND A ICE CREAM SHOP. THE LAUNDROMAT, UM, STAFF LEADS WILL BE A GOOD USE TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER ALL THE MULTI-FAMILY UNITS. THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY SCREENING WALLS, SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY LITERALLY WALK TO THE LAUNDROMAT IF THEY NEEDED TO USE THAT. SO AGAIN, THIS IS THE PARKING PLAN. THEY ALREADY HAVE THE EXISTING PARKING. THEY WILL HAVE THESE EIGHT SPACES AVAILABLE FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS. IT'S GONNA BE LOCATED AT THIS CORNER. SO THIS IS THE FLOOR PLAN KIND OF COMMUNICATING, UM, WHAT WILL BE IN THERE. SO FROM THE ENTRY, THEY WILL HAVE ON A SMALL OFFICE AREA, UH, WHERE PEOPLE CAN DO A DROP OFF PICKUP. SO THEY CAN BASICALLY HAND IN, UM, THEIR DIRTY LAUNDRY AND HAVE IT WASHED AND FOLDED FOR THEM TO PICK IT UP. THEY'RE NOT PROVIDING ANY CURBSIDE PICKUPS OR DROP OFF. SO OTHER AREAS ARE ACTUALLY FOR THE SELF-SERVICE, UH, CUSTOMERS. THE SELF-SERVE, UH, LAUNDRY RANDOM, UH, LAUNDROMAT REQUIRES AN SUP. THEY PLAN TO OPEN FROM MONDAY TO SUNDAY FROM, UM, 7:00 AM TO 10:00 PM THEY PLAN TO HAVE A MINIMUM ONE EMPLOYEE ON SITE DURING THE ENTIRE TIME, MAYBE ON A SHIFT. UM, THEY DO PLAN ON INSTALLING SURVEILLING LOUIS CAMERAS. AND THE, UM, GENERAL CONTRACTOR WHO REPRESENT THE APPLICANT HAS EXPRESSED TO ME THAT THEY PLAN ON HAVING A LARGE SCREEN WITHIN THE SERVICE AREA. SO ANY CUSTOMERS WHO ARE THERE CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT EVERY CORNER OF THAT BUSINESS. THAT'S THEIR INTENT. SO AGAIN, DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. MM-HMM . IS IT RV AND LONDON THERE, RIGHT? NO, NOT YET. NOT RIGHT NOW. OKAY. WHEN THEY DO THAT, UH, ARE THEY GONNA HAVE THE SELFER MACHINE? THEY GONNA GO TO THE OFFICE CHANGE? YES. SO THEY WILL HAVE THESE, UM, SMALL MACHINES AND THEY'LL HAVE THESE FOLDING TABLES. THEY'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY A VENDING MACHINE THAT SELLS, YOU KNOW, THOSE SOAPS AND OTHER THINGS. YEAH. MM-HMM . YES, SIR. JUST MY EDUCATION. MM-HMM . SO A LAUNDROMAT REQUIRES AN SUP IF IT'S A SELF-SERVE, MEANING LIKE THE COIN LAUNDRIES, THEY REQUIRE SUP? YES. MM-HMM . YEAH, IT, IT WILL BE A GOOD SERVICE USED FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I FEEL THAT. 'CAUSE THERE'S NOT REALLY A SIMILAR USE NEAR NEARBY. MOST OF LARGEST RETAILS AND RESTAURANTS. MM-HMM . OKAY. THANK, OH ME AGAIN, . OKAY. SO THE NEXT REQUEST IS A SUP SITE PLAN FOR A MULTI-TENANT BUILDING AND A RESTAURANT AS PART OF THE CALERA DEVELOPMENT. SO AS YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER, THERE ARE CBJ TOWN HOMES IN THE BACK WITH THE CALERA APARTMENT PARTIALLY, UM, COMPLETED. THEY'RE COMING WITH THIS NORTHERN PORTION TO CONSTRUCT A MULTI-TENANT BUILDING AND A RESTAURANT. SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT THIS WILL BE THE LOCATION. SO THE CORNER, THEY'LL DO A BILL, UH, BLACK BEAR DINER, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE RECENTLY APPROVED ON, UH, I 20 AND SENE. AND THEY WILL HAVE A MULTI-TENANT BUILDING THAT WILL HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT USERS. SO THIS IS KIND OF A SITE PLAN. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE APARTMENT IN THE BACKGROUND AND THIS WILL BE THE CEREMONIAL DRIVEWAY SHOWN HERE. SO THE BLACK BEAR DINER WILL BE ABOUT, UH, 4,600 SQUARE FEET. THIS WILL BE ABOUT 12, UM, THOUSAND SQUARE FEET THAT WILL HAVE A RESTAURANT, A FITNESS CENTER, A RETAIL, AND SOME RESTAURANT WITH THE DRIVE THROUGH. BECAUSE OF THIS DRIVE THROUGH, THEY'RE REQUIRING AN SUP. EVERYTHING ELSE IS MORE, UH, KIND OF A BY, RIGHT? OKAY. SO THEY ARE PROVIDING THE LANDSCAPING AS REQUIRED. THIS IS THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS, UH, FOR THE MULTI-TENANT BUILDING. THEY'RE COMPLYING WITH ALL THE APPENDIX F REQUIREMENTS AS SHOWN THE BEAR, UH, THE BLACK BEAR DINER. THEY ARE REQUESTING VARIANCES. IF YOU RECALL, I THINK WE ACTUALLY CONSIDER SAME VARIANCES ON THE SARAH [00:15:01] JANE. UM, THE FIR UM, I'LL COVER THAT IN MORE DETAIL, BUT AS FAR AS THE ELEVATION IS CONCERNED, BECAUSE THEY HAD KITCHEN AREAS AND REFRIGERATORS, THEY CANNOT HAVE WINDOW OPENINGS EVERYWHERE. SO WE HAVE SUPPORTED A VARIANCE FOR MURALS. SO THEY ARE PUTTING SOME MURALS WITH SOME DECORATIVE GOOSENECK LIGHTING TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE AREAS. SO THEY ARE MEETING THE APPENDIX F CHECKLIST MENU ITEMS HERE ARE THE VARIANCES, AND THESE ARE ALL ASSOCIATED WITH BLACK BEAR DINER. THE MULTI-TENANT, UH, BUILDING WITH THE DRIVE THROUGH DOES NOT, UH, DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY VARIANCE APPROVAL. SO BLACK BEAR DINER, THEY WANT TO HAVE 63 PARKING SPACES FOR THEIR PATRONS. THEY KNOW THE NUMBER THAT THEY NEED. UM, THE APPENDIX F ALLOWS MAXIMUM, SO, UM, THE ALLOWABLE MAXIMUM IS 47. SO THEY ARE PROVIDING THE COMPENSATORY MEASURE OF A PERMEABLE PARKING SPACES TO COMPLY WITH THAT. BUT IT STILL IS A VARIANCE. AGAIN, THEY ARE REQUESTING A VARIANCE ON THE WEST AND SOUTH FACADE. SO IN THE BACK AND THE SOUTH FACADE IS THE ONE THAT WILL BE BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS HERE. SO THE MAIN ONE EAST FACADE, THEY'RE MEETING OUR REQUIREMENT BY PROVIDING A LOT OF DETAILS. THEY ARE REQUESTING SOME VARIANCES ON THE WINDOWS ON THAT FACADE. SO THEY'RE REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO BE CONSTRUCTED WITH NINE 9% WINDOWS. UH, FOR BLACK BEAR DINER, THEY'RE REQUESTING A VARIANCE FOR OVERALL WINDOWS. AGAIN, THEY ARE PROVIDING MURALS, IT'S COMPENSATORY MEASURES, SO STAFF HAS NO OPPOSITION TO THAT. SO VRC STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. THIS CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? ANY QUESTION? I HAD A QUESTION. YES MA'AM. THE RESTAURANT SIT DOWN AND THE DRIVE OR THAT THERE'D BE TWO DIFFERENT, UH, DIFFERENT TENANTS. YES, MA'AM. UM, THE APPLICANT DOES NOT KNOW THE FINAL TENANTS AS OF YET. UM, ONLY TENANT THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED IS THE STANDALONE BLACK BEAR THAT'S SHOWN IN YELLOW ON THIS GRAPHIC. UM, THEY ARE PLANNING FOR FIVE DIFFERENT TENANTS POSSIBLY, BUT THE TWO OF THE RESTAURANTS IT MIGHT BE SIT DOWN, IT MIGHT BE ONE OF THOSE, UM, KIND OF QUICK SERVE. HOWEVER, THEY JUST DON'T HAVE A DRIVE THROUGH. THOSE ARE STILL ALLOWED WITHOUT AN SUP? WELL, THEY'RE PRETTY WELL LOCKED UP HAVING A POST RESTAURANT RIGHT NEXT TO THE DOOR. IS THAT, YEAH. SO CONFIDENT IN. YEAH, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS MAY IT MIGHT BE LIKE A COFFEE SHOP OR EVEN LIKE A SMOOTHIE BAR. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT KIND WILL COME. YEAH. BUT IT, THEY WILL HAVE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SERVICES USES. MM-HMM . ANY OTHER QUESTIONS PLEASE? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NINE, A UNIFIED SIGNAGE PLAN FOR BASS PRO MONUMENT SIGN. THE APPLICANT'S REQUESTING FOUR VARIANCES, UH, AT 37 20 SOUTH HIGHWAY 1 61. I'M SURE YOU, IF YOU HAVE DRIVEN AT 1 61 SERVICE ROAD, YOU HAVE SEEN A BIG, UH, 48 FOOT MONUMENT SIGN. UH, THEY WERE NOT AWARE THAT THE SITE PLAN DOES NOT GIVE THEM APPROVAL FOR THE SIGN PERMIT. SO THIS IS WHY THIS IS COMING, UH, TO YOU FOR VARIANCES. SO THE SITE PLAN, THE RED BOX DOWN HERE SHOWS WHERE THE SIGN'S GOING TO GO OR IS AT. UH, AND THIS IS THE RENDERING OF WHEN THE SIGN IS COMPLETED. SO DIVING INTO THE FOUR VARIANCES, THEY ARE REQUESTING A VARIANCE FROM MAXIMUM SIGN AREA. THE UDC REQUIREMENT IS A HUNDRED SQUARE FEET. UH, THAT'S THE MAXIMUM REQUIREMENT. AND THEY'RE PROPOSING 1064 SQUARE FEET. THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT THAT THEY CAN GO IS EIGHT FEET. THIS SIGN IS GOING TO BE APPROXIMATELY 48 FEET TALL. UH, THE MAXIMUM WIDTH IS 15 FEET. THAT'S THE, AGAIN, MAXIMUM REQUIREMENT. AND THE PROPOSED IS 23 FOOT WIDE. UH, LASTLY, LANDSCAPE AT THE BASE OF THE SIGN, THIS IS THREE FOOT FROM THE BASE OF THE SIGN ON ALL SIDES. THEY'RE PROVIDING NONE, BUT THEY ARE PROVIDING A 30 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER OF APPENDIX F UH, SIX NOTICES WERE SENT TO SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS. WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY OBJECTION, UH, OR IN SUPPORT. AND STAFF IS UNABLE TO RE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST BECAUSE IT DOES NOT MEET UDC REQUIREMENTS. HOWEVER, STAFF KNOWS THAT THE PROPOSED SIGN IS STANDARD, UH, STANDARD LON SIGN FOR THE BASS PRO COMPANY. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SO WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING? IT'S JUST CEREMONIAL, SO TO SPEAK. Y ALMOST. SO IF WE'D LET THEM KNOW THAT CONTINUING CONSTRUCTION ON THE SIDE, THAT THEIR RISK ULTIMATELY [00:20:08] YOU TELL ME, UM, OR REMIND ME WHAT THE SIGNER OWNED THE, IT WAS, UH, SO THE RECENT ONES THAT WE WERE APPROVED ON MAYFIELD AND ROBINSON, THE IKEA DEVELOPMENT, UH, THAT WAS 50 FEET. UH, QUICK TRIP WAS 45 FEET AND THEN VIC KRON WAS 40, 55 FEET. THESE ARE THE RECENT UNIFIED, UH, SIGNAGE VARIANCES THAT WE HAVE. THIS IS GOING TO BE 40, ALMOST 48 ENVIRONMENT WILL ARRIVE WITH THE YES P AND Z AND COUNCIL HAVE APPROVED, UH, RECENTLY IN THAT 1 61 CORRIDOR. SIGNS THAT ARE INSTALLED. YES. THAT BE SOME KIND OF LINE THERE. THAT'S A LOT. I BELIEVE SO. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE EXACT DATE IS. YES, THEY ARE. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHY THEY CHOSE TO RECEIVE. SO THIS IS THE FIRST ONE IN OUR CITY, BUT IN OTHER CITIES ARE THEY PUTTING, NOBODY'S GIVING THEM ANY HARD TIME. IT'S A SIMILAR DESIGN. I OR THE AREA AND I THEY SPECIAL PERMISSION. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. THAT'S JUST THEIR, THAT'S, THEY DO CONFIDENT ENOUGH. I MEAN, AND ALL THE DOCUMENTS THAT WERE SIGNED AND WERE GOING THROUGH PRELIMINARY THAT WAS DISCUSSED. I'M SURE DID THEY SIGN OFF ON THAT? BUT THEY KNEW THAT IT GONNA BE A, THE SIGN BEEN A CONCERN. SO THEY STARTED CONSTRUCTION ON THE SIGN PRIOR TO OBTAIN BUILDING PERMIT. THE SIGNAGE IS REVIEWED PERMIT PROCESS. IT'S NOT PART OF ANY OTHER SITE PLAN APPROVAL. UH, THE STAFF SAW DESIGN THE SIGN AFTER THEY HAD OBSTRUCTED IT AND APPLIED THE HEIGHT. ANY DIFFERENT THAN THE IKEA SIGN? IT'S, WELL, UH, THE RECENT ONE THAT WE'VE APPROVED IS GOING TO BE TWO FEET SMALLER OR TWO FEET SHORTER THAN THE EXISTING IKEA SIGN. GOTTA BE. I'LL HAVE TO, OH, DID HE SAY? I DIDN'T HEAR HIM SAY THAT. SO 50 IS THE ONE THAT WE'VE APPROVED FOR THE NEW SITE, WHICH IS THE IKEA, WHICH IKEA OWNS THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT CAME THROUGH LAST, LAST P AND Z. BUT I, THE EXISTING IKEA SIGN FOR THE BUSINESS, I'D HAVE TO LOOK UP AND SEE. I, I DON'T KNOW AT THE TOP OF MY HEAD, NO. YEAH, I'M NOT SURE. BUT A CHOICE. THEY NEED TO LIKE, LIKE A COMMISSION MED. SO THEY NEED GIVE US SOMETHING KIND, NOT SOMETHING TO OFFSET THE VARIOUS YOU DO WITH THE TREE MITIGATION AND ALL THAT STUFF. AND WHATEVER'S GONNA FOLLOW THE RULES, THEY GOTTA DO SOMETHING ELSE. ALRIGHT, THE LAST CASE, UH, IS ITEM 10, TEXT AMENDMENT FOR LAND USE SMOKE SHOP, ARTICLE FOUR AND ARTICLE 30 OR PROPOSED TO BE AMENDED. THIS WAS AT THE DIRECTION OF, UH, CITY COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. AND CURRENTLY SMOKE SHOPS ARE CLASSIFIED AS MISCELLANEOUS RETAIL AND ARE ALLOWED IN GENERAL RETAIL IN COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICTS AND, UH, ALL HEAVY INDUSTRIAL LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS. SO WITH THIS PROPOSED DEFINITION, ESTABL ESTABLISHMENTS PRIMARILY ENGAGED IN RETAILING CIGARETTES, ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES, VAPES, CIGARS, TOBACCOS PIPES, AND OTHER SMOKING SUPPLIES, UH, WILL REQUIRE [00:25:01] A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. UM, AND ON ONSITE SMOKING OR CONSUMPTION WILL BE PROHIBITED. UH, THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF A LAND USE CHART THAT PROPOSED. SO AGAIN, A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT WILL BE REQUIRED, UH, UNLESS THERE IS A BUFFER OF ONE MILE FROM AN EXISTING SMOKE SHOP. IF YOU'RE OUT OF THAT, THEN YOU WILL STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, BUT IT IS NOT PROHIBITED. THIS IS A SIMILAR, UH, REGULATION OF WHAT WE DO WITH CONVENIENCE STORE WITH GASOLINE SALES COMMISSIONER MADDEN. UM, SO THIS IS NOT THE SAME. THIS RESTRICTION APPLYING TO A CIGAR . UM, CORRECT. WE HAVE A SEPARATE LAND USE CLASSIFICATION FOR THAT. THAT IS A SMOKING LOUNGE. OKAY. AND LASTLY, UH, AS OF JULY 16TH, 2024, THE EXISTING SMOKE SHOPS WILL BE CONSIDERED LEGAL NON-CONFORMING. SO WHOEVER IS OPERATING CURRENTLY IT, THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO THEM UNLESS THEY WERE TO MOVE OR ABANDON THE USE. SO WE SEND NOTICES TO ALL KNOWN EXISTING SMOKE SHOPS WITHIN GRAND PRAIRIE. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED, UH, ANY LETTER IN SUPPORT OR IN OPPOSITION. WE HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL PHONE CALLS IN REGARDS TO WHAT THIS MEANS FROM A BUSINESS. WE HAVE EXPLAINED THAT, BUT NOTHING OFFICIALLY SUBMITTED AS SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION AND DRC COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THEY HAVE TO HAVE THAT CORRECT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.