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[Planning & Zoning Briefing 01132025]
HAPPY BOYS OF NEW YEAR EVERYBODY.I AM GONNA FILL IN FOR CHERYL TONIGHT.
SO WELCOME TO THE SAC BRIEFING OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THE MEETING OF JANUARY 13TH, 2025.
MY NAME'S SEAN FEDORKO, AND AS I SAID, I'M FILLING IN FOR CHERYL SMITH.
UH, THIS BRIEFING, THE STAFF BRIEFING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IS HEREBY CALL 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 MAKE FACILITATE THE MEETING AND THE PRESENTATION OF THE CASES.
NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN DURING THIS BRIEFING.
PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL TAKE PLACE DURING THE REGULAR MEETING, WHICH WILL BEGIN NO EARLIER THAN 6:30 PM TONIGHT.
I WILL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS TO CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM.
AFTER I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE SAY, HERE, I'LL START WITH MYSELF.
PLEASE LET LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT UH, ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR, UH, CHERYL SMITH, TY CHAPMAN, AND MS. MENDEZ.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS WHICH NEED TO BE DISCUSSED IN TODAY'S EXECUTIVE SORT ITSELF? NO.
IS THERE ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA THAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT? YES, SIR.
GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS, UM, DO PODIUM DIRECTIONS.
SO
IF YOU CAN JUST WAIT ONE MOMENT.
WE HAVE A, A MEMBER, THE PC WHO NEEDS TO RECUSE OR IS WHO GONNA, WHO'S GONNA BE RECUSING HERSELF FROM DECIDING.
SO THE FIRST ITEM IS THE ITEM NUMBER THREE STP 24 11 0 0 4 5.
THIS IS A SITE PLAN FOR ENCORE TIRE SUBSTATION.
SO ON A, UH, POLY AMERICA, UH, CAMPUS ENCORE IS ENTERING A CONTRACT TO LEASE THIS AREA SHOWN IN ORANGE TO BUILD A NEW SUBSTATION TO SUPPORT THE ELECTRICAL NEED AROUND IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
THIS AERIAL VIEW KIND OF SHOWS YOU, SO THIS IS THE GREAT SOUTHWEST, AND THIS IS THE MARSHALL ROAD.
SO THERE INSIDE THE POLY AMERICA CAMPUS WHERE THERE CAN BE ONLY ACCESS THROUGH POLY AMERICA'S GATED ENTRY FENCE, THE AREA.
SO THEY TECHNICALLY, THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY STREET FRONTAGES.
WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING CURRENTLY IS A SITE FOR THEIR, UH, EQUIPMENT.
UM, THERE ARE NO HABITABLE STRUCTURE PROPOSAL ON SITE.
THEY HAVE A SMALL PATH KIND OF REMAINING, UH, FOR THEIR FUTURE EXPANSIONS NEEDED.
UM, THEY DO FACE A CREEK, SO THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT SLOPE.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOME, UM, SLOPING AND GRADING JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING CAN BE CONTAINED.
SO THEY ARE NOT PROPOSING ANY LANDSCAPING.
THE REASON BEHIND THAT IS THEY, UM, DON'T WANNA INTERFERE WITH ANY OF THE OVERHEAD LINES WITH ANY TREES.
SO THEY'RE REQUESTING A VARIANCE FOR THAT.
SO THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES, WHICH IS THE MINIMUM LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENT.
TYPICALLY, IF THEY HAD ANY STREET FRONTAGES, WE WILL WANT A LANDSCAPE BUFFER WITH TREES.
AGAIN, THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY STREET FRONTAGES WITH THIS LOCATION.
ANOTHER THING IS DUE TO THE OVERHEAD LINES THAT ARE SAYING, HEY, AS THE TREES GROWS, IT BECOMES, IT CAN INTERFERE WITH THE SERVICES THAT THAT WE'RE PROVIDING.
THE SECOND IS THEY'RE REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO DO THE MINIMUM PAVING REQUIREMENT TO ALLOW GRAVEL AS THE BASE MATERIAL.
SO THE AREA SHOWN, UH, WITH GREEN, THAT'S WHERE THE VEHICLES MAY TRAVEL, UM, FOR ANY MAINTENANCES OR REPAIRS.
THOSE WILL BE CONCRETE AND IT WILL BE ASPHALT HERE JUST TO CONNECT WITH THE EXISTING ASPHALT.
BUT WHERE THE PAD SITES ARE FOR THEIR EQUIPMENT, THEY TYPICALLY USE THE, UH, GRAVEL FOR BASE.
AND ACTUALLY WE ALLOW THIS VARIANCE IN ANOTHER ENCORE SUBSTATION
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LOCATION IN BELTLINE, UM, THAT WAS APPROVED.I WAS, I WANNA SAY AROUND 20, UM, 18 OR 19, SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT YEARS.
SO DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION, THE APPLICANT PLANS ON ATTENDING THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO HE CAN ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
UM, ANY QUESTION FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? YES.
HOW FAR ARE THEY FROM THE EXTERIOR OF THE POLY AMERICA CAMPUS? YES.
SO POLY AMERICA CAMPUS ACTUALLY STARTS WAY DOWN HERE.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THEIR WEST FAR WESTERN BUILDING.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE POLY AMERICA ENTRANCE WILL BE QUITE A DISTANCE AWAY.
THEY'RE AT THE KIND OF A WESTERN EDGE OF THE POLY AMERICA PROPERTY.
SO I SEE THAT THEY'RE MEETING, UM, THE REQUIRED MASONRY SCREENING, BUT IT'S ONLY EIGHT FEET TALL.
IS THAT THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT? THAT IS NOT, ACTUALLY, THE MINIMUM IS SIX FEET.
THEY ARE PROVIDING EIGHT FEET.
SO THE REASON THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING THAT, THEY'RE GONNA BE PROVIDING THAT ALONG HERE BECAUSE THEY ARE, UM, ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE CREEK, WHICH IS ACROSS THE, FROM THE STREET, FROM THE TIRE, UH, PARK, TIRE PARK.
AND, UM, AND DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW HOW HIGH THE STRUCTURES THAT
SO AGAIN, UM, THEY WILL BE, UH, PER MANUFACTURER, UM, EQUIPMENT, THIS, UM, BUT THEY ARE THE, WHAT APPLICANT HAS TOLD ME IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 50 TO 65 IS TYPICALLY THE TALL, THE HEIGHT, BUT AGAIN, THESE ARE EQUIPMENTS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, YES.
UM, IN REGARDS TO THE TWO S, I THINK YOU STATED THERE'S BEEN SOME EXCEPTIONS TO THAT EFFECT.
IS THAT CORRECT? BOTH ON THE LANDSCAPING AND THE ACTUAL PIGMENT THAT THE GRAVE, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, ON THE PREVIOUS ONE, THEY DID HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FRONTAGE AND THEY HAD A AREA THAT WAS KIND OF STEPPED BACK FROM THE FRONTAGE.
SO I THINK THEY PROVIDED SOME SHRUBS ALONG THE FRONT.
BUT AGAIN, UM, THOSE WERE A FEW YEARS AGO, SO THEY WERE ACTUALLY UNDER, I THINK, LITTLE BIT LESS RESTRICTIVE STANDARDS BACK THEN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? ALL RIGHT.
IF YOU CAN GIMME WITNESS MS. HEY, HOW ARE YOU? HAPPY YEAR.
SO THE NEXT ITEM IS THE ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS A STP 24 11 0 0 4 3.
THIS IS A SITE PLAN FOR A LIVE BY SMART, UH, LIVE SMART BY HILTON HOTEL.
SO THIS IS A SITE PLAN REQUEST FOR A HOTEL.
THE REASON THIS IS A SITE PLAN REQUEST, NOT AN SUP, IS BECAUSE THEY ARE PART OF THE PD 2 1 7.
SO IF YOU, UH, RECALL PD TWO ONE SEVEN, THAT'S THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT ALONG BELTLINE, WHICH INCLUDES THE WHOLE, UM, THE RACING AREA AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE THERE.
SO THIS IS PART OF A LARGER PD THAT WAS IN PLACE, UM, THAT WAS MEANT FOR ENTERTAINMENT, HOTELS, AND OTHER USES.
SO, UM, BASED ON THAT ZONING, THEY CAN GO STRAIGHT INTO THE SITE PLAN.
HOWEVER, THEY DO HAVE TO STILL COMPLY WITH ALL OUR ARTICLE FOUR LODGING FACILITIES REGULATIONS, UH, WHICH INCLUDES, UH, DENSITY AND CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENT.
SO THEY'RE, UH, PROPOSING A HOTEL.
IT'S GONNA BE A EXTENDED STAY HOTEL.
SO LIVE BY HILTON IS COMING UP WITH A NEW MODEL, UH, WHERE THE, EACH ROOM WILL BE CLOSER TO MORE OF A SMALLER STUDIO APARTMENT VERSUS JUST A HOTEL ROOM.
UM, IT WILL BE AN EXTENDED STAY HOTEL.
IT WILL BE FIVE STORIES WITH 112 ROOMS. THEY ARE PROVIDING LANDSCAPING.
ONE, THEY ARE REQUESTING A VARIANCE, UM, ALONG THIS LARGER CURVE.
SO THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE, UM, 30 FOOT, UM, LANDSCAPING BEFORE THEY START THE PARKING PART.
UM, THEY HAVE CAME TO THE CITY STAFF AND REQUESTED FOR A VARIANCE TO RANGE IT FROM 10 TO 16, BECAUSE CURRENTLY THIS ENTIRE PORTION IS PART OF THE, UH, TEXTILE RIGHT OF WAY, BUT THEY'RE MOWING.
THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING EVERYTHING, SO THEY'RE
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ING THAT VARIANCE.SECOND THING, I WANNA NOTICE A POSITIVE THING WHERE, UH, THEY ARE A BUDDY, A MULTI-FAMILY, UM, SORRY.
SO THIS IS NORTH AND THEY HAVE, UH, EXISTING, UH, APARTMENTS.
SO AGAINST THE APARTMENTS, THEY ARE PROVIDING A 15 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER WITH HEAVILY SCREENED TREES.
SO THIS ACTUALLY IS A SAMPLE PHOTO OF WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.
UM, THE APPLICANT ACTUALLY WORKED WITH THE STAFF AND, UM, THE PROTOTYPE WAS A LOT MORE FLAT,
UM, THEY ARE ADDING A LITTLE BIT OF VARIATION TO THE PROJECTIONS AND THE, UH, ROOF VARI, UH, ROOF VARIATIONS TO MAKE IT MORE, UH, APPENDIX F UM, COMPLIANT.
HOWEVER, IF YOU NOTE, UM, THE BUILDING IS LOCATED VERTICALLY THIS WAY, SO THIS WILL BE THE MAIN, UH, VIEW FROM, UM, PALACE PARKWAY.
HOWEVER, IF YOU CAN THINK ABOUT THE, UM, DIRECTION OF THE TRAFFIC, THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT THE PEOPLE WILL SEE WHEN THEY DRIVE BY.
THESE ARE THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH ELEVATION.
THIS IS THE ELEVATION ALONG I 30.
THEY ARE PROVIDING SOME, UH, BRICK AND STONE FINISHES ON THE FIRST TWO FLOORS.
THIS IS THE WEST ELEVATION, WHICH IS AGAINST THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.
SO BASED ON THE CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENT, I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS PICTURE, JUST TO TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE NO OTHER HOTELS WITHIN ONE MILE OTHER THAN THE ONES THAT ARE DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
THIS SHOWS A LITTLE BIT BETTER OF THOSE HOTELS.
SO THEY HAVE A, UH, LA QUINTA IN, WHICH WAS CONSTRUCTED BACK IN 2015, AND THEY HAVE A SUPER EIGHT MOTEL AND A STUDIO SIX, WHICH IS ANOTHER EXTENDED STAY.
SO BASED ON THE CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENT, THEY ARE ACTUALLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL THE CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENT IN TERMS OF NUMBERS AND THE, UM, NUMBER OF ROOMS. SO THIS KIND OF SHOWS YOU THE, UH, STR RATINGS.
SO THE STUDIO SIX AND THE SUPER HOTELS ARE CONSIDERED ECONOMY OR INDEPENDENT, AND LAQUINTA, AND THIS PROPOSED WOULD BE CONSIDERED, UH, UPPER, MID, MID-SCALE HOTELS.
THEY ARE PROVIDING SIX TIER ONE AMENITIES.
THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE ALL SEVEN ITEMS. SO THEY ACTUALLY DO NEED TO, UH, REQUEST A VARIANCE.
SO THEY'RE PROVIDING WIFI LINEN SERVICES, UH, LOBBY WAITING AREA FITNESS CENTERS.
SO, UM, THIS IS ONE OF THEIR PATIO AREA PROPOSED IN THE BACK BETWEEN THE MULTIFAMILY.
UM, THEY PROVIDE A NICE RENDERING, SO JUST WANTED TO COMMUNICATE THAT AGAIN.
UM, THE REASON FOR NO POOL IS BECAUSE THIS, UH, RESIDENTIAL, UH, STUDIO HOTEL, THEY ARE TARGETING PEOPLE TO, UH, LIVE IN THIS UNIT.
SO THEY ACTUALLY COME WITH A FRIDGE, MICROWAVE, EVEN LIKE A UPPER CABINET THAT ONLY HAS THE SHELVING, NOT THE DOORS.
SO, AND THESE ROOMS ARE EQUIPPED WITH COLD TREES, POTS, PANS.
SO WHAT THEY'RE TARGETING IS SOMEONE WHO'S GONNA STAY THERE FOR LONGER THAN 30 DAYS, YOU KNOW, WORKING FROM THE ROOMS OR TRAVELING, UM, SO THAT THEY ARE PROVIDING MORE OF A LARGER LAUND, A COIN LAUNDRY TYPE OF SETTING, WHEREVER YOU CAN DO YOUR LAUNDRY, BUT YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO COOKING AND OTHER THINGS, UH, FROM YOUR STUDIO ROOM.
THEY ARE PROVIDING IN, UH, TWO TIER TWO MINIS, WHICH MAY BE OUR REQUIREMENT.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE LAUNDRY ROOM ROOM THAT I WAS EXPLAINING.
IF YOU KIND OF LOOK AT IT, THIS IS MORE OF A SELF LAUNDRY SETTING RATHER THAN TYPICAL SMALL LAUNDRY ROOM CLOSET THAT YOU WOULD SEE AT A HOTEL.
THEY ARE PROVIDING SOME FITNESS AREA.
AGAIN, THEY'RE TARGETING A DIFFERENT, UM, TYPE OF, UM, UH, USERS AT THIS TIME.
SO AGAIN, THEY ARE REQUESTING THREE VARIANCES TO SUM IT UP.
ONE IS A, TO REDUCE THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER FROM 30 FOOT REQUIRED TO 10 TO 16, UH, VARIABLE, UH, WITH LANDSCAPE BUFFER, THEY ARE REQUESTING A, UH, VARIANCE TO THE SCREENING WALL.
SO BECAUSE THEY'RE NEXT TO AN APARTMENT, THEY NEED TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE A, UH, SIX FOOT MASONRY SCREENING WALL MINIMUM ALONG HERE.
THEY CURRENTLY HAVE A THREE TO FOUR FOOT RETAINING WALL WITH, WITH FENCES.
THEY'RE REQUESTING VARIANCE NOT TO BUILD ANOTHER, UH, MASONRY SCREENING WALL AGAINST IT.
AND THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED A PHOTO TO EXPLAIN TO US THAT, UM, LATA IN SOMEHOW, UM, THEY NEVER BUILT THE MASONARY SCREENING, WHILE MAYBE WAS NOT A REQUIREMENT BACK THEN, BUT, UM, I, I LOOKED IT UP TO SEE IF THERE WAS A VARIANCE GRANTED, BUT IT WAS JUST NEVER MENTIONED.
UM, LAST IS TO THE NUMBER OF TIER ONE AMENITIES.
AS I MENTIONED, THEY NEED TO PROVIDE SEVEN, THEY, THEIR PROTOTYPE DOES NOT COME WITH ANY POOL AREA, SO THEY'RE REQUESTING A VARIANCE ON THAT.
SORRY, THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT LENGTHIER THAN I HOPED, BUT, UM, THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND WILL BE ATTENDING THE PUBLIC HEARING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF COMMISSIONER MADDEN? SO THEY, THEY
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DON'T HAVE A PROPOSAL FOR A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE MISSING AMENITY, SO NO, THEY DO NOT.THEY ARE, UM, WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS THEY'RE PROVIDING ENHANCED OUTDOOR AREAS.
THEY'RE MEETING ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS.
IT'S JUST THE POOL THAT'S NOT PART OF, UM, THEIR PROTOTYPE.
AND IT WAS DIFFICULT TO TRY TO FIT THAT INTO THE MODEL WHEN IT'S NOT PART OF THE PROTOTYPE.
IT'S THE REASONING THAT THE APPLICANT PROVIDED.
HOWEVER, IF YOU MOVE FURTHER QUESTION, HE WILL BE THERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
AND THEN, UM, YEAH, I GUESS I, I WOULD LIKE TO, I I ASSUME THAT THE CURRENT WALL IS, UM, UNDER, ON THE PROPERTY OF THE APARTMENTS AND THEY'RE THE ONES TO MAINTAIN THAT WOODEN FENCE.
I HAVE NOT VERIFIED THAT, BUT THAT, THAT, THAT PROBABLY IS THE CASE, BUT WE CAN VERIFY THAT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER IF HE'S AWARE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS? I HAVE A QUESTION TO YOU.
CAN YOU BACK TO THE OVERVIEW THAT SHOWS THE THREE HOTELS? YES.
SO WHERE IS THIS WALL THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO PUT IN ALONG HERE? OKAY, SO THAT BUTTRESSES, THE, AND THAT'S YOU, YOU INCLUDED AN ACTUAL PICTURE THAT HAD A CEMENT BASE MM-HMM
SO THIS IS A PRO, A PHOTO THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.
HE, HE WENT OUT THERE AND TOOK A PICTURE.
SO HE'S SAYING THIS IS WHAT'S EXISTING AGAINST, THIS IS THE FUTURE SITE OF WHETHER THE NEW HOTEL WILL GO.
THIS IS THE EXISTING CONDITION AGAINST THE MULTIFAMILY RASHAD, IF I MAY ASK.
SO THAT'S PRETTY SOUND WALL, WHOEVER PUT IT IN ORIGINALLY.
I'M ASSUMING THAT THE MULTIFAMILY BUILT THAT WALL ALL THE WAY ALONG THAT BOUNDARY AND THE SUBSEQUENT RE UH, NOT REGIONAL, BUT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT HAS USED THAT INSTEAD OF BUILDING THEIR MASON WALL.
IF YOU HAD YOUR DRUTHERS THOUGH, WOULD YOU REALLY WANT TO HAVE TWO WALLS NEXT TO EACH OTHER IF YOU HAD A WALL LIKE THAT, A MAINTENANCE ISSUE, UH, TO HAVE 'EM CLOSE TOGETHER LIKE THAT.
UM, AND THIS ONE, AS YOU NOTED, THAT'S THREE, THREE FEET OF CEMENT, RIGHT? AND THEN YOU HAVE A SIX FOOT FENCE.
SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING A NINE FEET, I THINK THAT'S I HOW Y'S DECISION, BUT I THINK IT'S SATISFACTORY.
UH, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET A NINE FOOT WALL.
YOU'VE ALSO SHOWED US PICTURES IN THE PAST OF PRETTY FLIMSY WALLS.
THAT'S NOT IN THE FLIMSY WALL.
SO THE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITION, BUT AGAIN, THAT CONDITION CAN BE REQUESTED TO BE MODIFIED OR REMOVED DURING THE ACTUAL PUBLIC HEARING.
SO THE ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A 4 2 2 6 EAST MAIN.
SO IF YOU RECALL, WHAT WE CONSIDERED WAS A NEW REQUEST FOR A HEAVY TRUCK PARKING LOT HERE.
CITY COUNCIL JUST APPROVED THAT.
UM, THEY, THE APPLICANT WHO ALSO OWNS THIS PROPERTY JUST WANTS TO COME IN AND CLEAN UP THE BOUNDARY LINE SO THAT SIX 18 CAN STAND ON ALONE IN ON ITS OWN.
AND THE NEW SGP ONCE IT'S PUBLISHED WILL STAND ON ITS OWN.
UM, AGAIN, THE EXISTING CONDITIONAL WILL REMAIN.
UM, NO OTHER CHANGES ARE PROPOSED.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER, MISS? YES, THE SAME, UM, THE SAME PEOPLE OWN BOTH SIDES.
THEY JUST WANT TO LEASE OUT THE OTHER SIDE FOR A DIFFERENT TENANT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM SIX, A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AND SITE PLAN FOR 26 25 ENGLAND PARKWAY.
THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF LAKERIDGE PARKWAY AND ENGLAND PARKWAY.
UH, THIS IS GOING TO BE A TWO STORY MULTI-TENANT BUILDING, UH, AND FOR THE RETAIL WITH DRIVE THROUGH, UH, IS GOING TO BE 5,826 SQUARE FEET.
UH, FOR THE OFFICE SPACE, IT'S, UH, OVER 6,000 SQUARE FEET.
THE DRIVE THROUGH COMPONENT OF THIS REQUEST IS TRIGGERING THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IN THE OVERLAY, UH, CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT.
HERE IS THE SITE PLAN, AGAIN, A TWO STORY BUILDING ON ONE ACRE LOT.
THE OPTIONAL DRIVE THROUGH REQUIRES SUP, THEY WILL BE PROVIDING A SIX FOOT MASONRY SCREENING WALL ALONG THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN BOUNDARIES OF, UH, THIS IMAGE HERE ON THE SITE PLAN.
AND THEY'RE PROVIDING 42 PARKING SPACES, WHICH IS MEETING THE PARKING MAXIMUM.
SO THEY'RE AT THE MAXIMUM, BUT THEY'RE COMPLYING, UH, WITH THE OVERLAY RESTRICTIONS.
THEY ARE EITHER MEETING OR EXCEEDING THE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS.
HERE ARE THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS.
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COMPRISE OF, UH, STUCCO AND STONE.AND THE TWO STORY, THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING, UH, WILL BE 23 FEET.
HERE IS THE APPENDIX F MENU ITEM CHECKLIST.
THEY ARE REQUIRED TO MEET AT LEAST 12 ITEMS. THEY ARE MEETING, UH, 13.5, SO THEY'RE EXCEEDING THAT REQUIREMENT AS WELL.
PUBLIC NOTICE, THEY WERE SENT TO 36 SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
UH, WE RECEIVED NONE IN SUPPORT, BUT THREE IN OPPOSITION.
HERE'S THE OPPOSITION MAP, WHICH IS, UH, THAT BLUE, UH, TEXT, UH, SHOWS WHERE THE 200 BUFFER IS, OR THAT RED LINE SHOWS WHERE THE BUFFER IS, BUT THEY'RE OUTSIDE OF THE BUFFER.
THE, THE THREE OPPOSITIONS AND THE OPPOSITION LETTERS ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKAGE, STARTING FROM PAGE 96 TO 98.
BUT THERE'S NO BODY OR TEXT IN THE OPPOSITION.
SO WE'RE NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT, UH, THE OPPOSITION IS.
THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES AT THIS TIME, AND THE DRC IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER, MAN, CAN YOU FLIP BACK TO THE SIGHTING PLEASE? OR THAT'S FINE.
WHERE YOU ARE? OVERHEAD VIEW SITE.
OH, UM, WITH THE, WITH THE REMAINING THE SURROUNDINGS PLEASE.
SO CURRENTLY, UM, FIELDS TO THE EAST THERE THAT, THAT ACTUALLY HAS BUILDINGS IN IT RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? THE FIELDS TO THE EAST UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
SO IS THERE ANYTHING CURRENTLY IN THE CORNER? DO YOU KNOW? I I, I KIND OF THOUGHT IT SAID COMING WAS A, UH, CONVENIENCE STORE OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT ON THE CORNER.
RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS VACANT AND I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY FOR EVERYONE THAT THERE IS SOMETHING ALREADY THERE.
AT THE LOWER TWO LOTS, THERE ARE CURRENTLY TWO SHELL BUILDINGS.
THE INDIVIDUAL TENANTS ARE WORKING THROUGH PER, UH, BUILDING PERMITS AT THAT HARD CORNER.
IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THAT, THE SUBJECT LOCATION, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN, UM, AND YOU SAID THAT IT, THE DRIVE THROUGH PROPOSED IS WHAT IS BRINGING IT TO US TODAY? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND THE DRIVE THROUGH IS LOCATED ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
SO THAT WOULD BE AWAY FROM THE HOMES, SO, CORRECT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ITEM? UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THAT.
HELLO, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
THIS IS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN ON YOUR AGENDA.
IT IS A ZONE CHANGE REQUEST FOR TWO PROPERTIES, ONE LOCATED AT 2 3 3 5, UH, SOUTHEAST FOURTH STREET AND THE OTHER 2 3 3 9 SOUTHEAST FOURTH STREET.
SO BOTH PROPERTIES ARE ZONED CURRENTLY RESIDENTIAL, UH, SINGLE FAMILY TWO TO BE SPECIFIC.
SO THOSE ARE TWO RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
UM, THEY'RE REQUESTING TO BE CHANGED TO SINGLE FAMILY, UH, SIX ZONING AND THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THEM TO CONSTRUCT THREE RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
UM, ON THOSE, UH, PARCELS, UH, AGAIN, THE REQUEST BEING SF TWO TO SF SIX, OH YEAH, SORRY, THERE'S A TYPO THERE.
THE REQUEST IS SF SIX AND WE'LL GET THAT FIXED FOR THE, UH, ACTUAL PRESENTATION.
SO IT'S ABOUT A LITTLE LESS THAN HALF AN ACRE.
UM, AND LET ME JUST SKIP AHEAD REALLY QUICK TO SHOW YOU A BETTER IMAGE OF THOSE PARCELS.
UM, YEAH, AS YOU CAN SEE, THOSE ARE THE TWO PARCELS.
AS AS THEY ARE A CORNER, THERE IS ONE CORNER LOT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THE PROPOSED USE WOULD BE STILL FOR RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
THEY'RE SIMPLY WANTING TO, UH, CHANGE THE S SIX TO ALLOW FOR BETTER, UH, DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL OPTIONS, UH, TO CONSTRUCT THREE LOTS.
SO, UH, THAT BEING SAID, THE DRC DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
UM, AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD, OR I'M SORRY THE COMMISSION MAY HAVE.
DID YOU SAY IT'S PROPOSED TO HAVE THREE LOTS ON THAT LOCATION? I THOUGHT EARLY ON YOU SAID THREE.
SO THEY'RE PROPOSING THREE LOTS.
UM, FOR THEM TO GO TO SF SIX WILL ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT.
UH, THEY WILL NEED A MINOR VARIANCE TO DO THAT, BUT UM, THE ZONING CHANGE WOULD ALLOW THEM TO HAVE MORE OPTIONS AND FLEXIBILITY WITH THAT ZONING STANDARDS THAT SF SIX HAS THE VARIANCE THAT THEY NEED.
IS THAT SETBACK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR BETWEEN THE LOTS? YES, IT WOULD BE A SIDE, UH, IT'S LIKE A STREET
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SETBACK REQUIREMENT.UHHUH, YEAH, FOR THAT CORNER LOT.
SO YES, ONE OTHER QUESTION, SIR.
UH, WHAT ARE OPTIONS SITTING, YOU SAID WHAT, WHAT WAS THE OTHER OPTIONS? COULD THEY DO OTHER THAN JUST IT'S RESIDENTIAL ONLY RESIDE? SO STRICTLY RESIDENTIAL.
UM, REALLY AGAIN, IT'S JUST A CHANGE IN DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
SO THE LOT SIZE, A LOT WITH THE LOT DEATH.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE CHANGING.
UM, I DON'T KNOW ALL THE NUMBERS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT UH, IT IS SUBSTANTIALLY LESS FOR SINGLE FAMILY SIX, WHICH WOULD ALLOW THEM TO CONSTRUCT THREE LOTS.
UM, AND IF FOR SOME REASON VARIANCE IS DENIED, THEY STILL HAVE THE SPACE TO BUILD, UH, HOMES, SO IT'LL STILL BE RESIDENTIAL, SO.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
ITEM EIGHT AND NINE ARE COMPANION ITEMS. SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND PRESENT THEM, UH, TOGETHER.
UH, FIRST IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR 5 0 9 AUSTIN STREET.
UH, THE CURRENT FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION FOR THIS AREA IS HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
AND THE PROPOSED, UH, FLUME DESIGNATION THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING IS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ON 0.17 ACRES.
SO HERE'S A MAP THAT SHOWS, UH, THE COLORS OR THE MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING SURROUNDING THIS PROPERTY, EITHER MEDIUM OR HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
AND THEY'RE REQUESTING THE LOWER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL FOR A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
THE RECOMMENDATION DRC IS UNABLE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST BECAUSE IT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE.
LAND USE MAP FOR THE ZONING PORTION IS FOR THE SAME PROPERTY 5 0 9 AUSTIN STREET.
THE CURRENTLY THE PROPERTY IS SPLIT ZONED INTO CENTRAL AREA AND TWO FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TWO F.
AND THE PROPOSED ZONING IS SINGLE FAMILY SIX.
SO THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE ZONE CHANGE TO BUILD A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
HERE IS THE SPLIT ZONING IMAGE THAT SHOWS THAT THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY IT AND THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY VACANT, BUT IT'S SPLIT ZONED INTO TWO CENTRAL AREA AND TWO FAMILY.
UH, AND THEY'RE REQUESTING SF SIX, WHICH IS IN YELLOW.
HERE ARE THE CONCEPTUAL BUILDING ELEVATIONS.
IF THERE WERE TO BE APPROVED, IF WE DID RECEIVE ONE LETTER IN OPPOSITION, WE DID SEND OUT LETTERS.
UH, THERE WERE 38 LETTERS IN TOTAL.
THE PROPERTY THAT IS WEST TO, UH, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS BEING, UH, IT IS OPPOSING THE REZONING AND THERE ARE A CONTRACTOR'S OFFICE, WHICH LANDSCAPING CONTRACTOR.
AND, UH, IN THE, THE LETTER, AND I'LL PROVIDE THIS LETTER BEFORE THE MEETING, THE PUBLIC HEARING STARTS, BUT IN ESSENTIALLY THEY'RE SAYING THAT THIS AREA IS COMMERCIAL AND IT SHOULDN'T BE ZONED TO RESIDENTIAL, WHICH ON THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN, UH, YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE MORE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
UH, TO THE WEST IS A CONTRACTOR'S OFFICE.
AND LEMME TRY TO ZOOM IN HERE.
AND DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH IS, UH, AN AUTO RELATED BUSINESS.
AND THIS IS THE CONTRACTOR'S OFFICE.
SO THIS IS THE VACANT LAND THAT IS BEING REQUESTED TO BE REZONED TO A SINGLE FAMILY.
IS THAT ALSO A, A RESIDENTIAL? YES.
NOT THE Y ONE, BUT THE, SO THESE ARE RESIDENTIAL UHHUH AND TO THE SOUTH RESIDENTIAL.
AND WHAT'S THE BIG WHITE THING, DO YOU KNOW? I'LL HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK.
BUT THE ONE ADJACENT ARE RESIDENTIAL.
IT LOOKS PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL OTHER THAN MAYBE THE BIG WHITE THING AND ACROSS THE STREET.
SO YES, THESE THREE ARE VACANT, BUT YEAH.
AND BEHIND IT AS WELL AT THE, UH, YEAH.
SO DO THE SOUTH ALL RESIDENTIAL? UH, I CAN'T LET SEE IF I CAN, SO HERE ALL RESIDENTIAL, RESIDENTIAL AND AUTO RELATED BUSINESS AND A CONTRACTORS SHOP.
SO THE RECOMMENDATION STAFF IS UNABLE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE SINGLE FAMILY, UH, REQUEST BECAUSE IT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE FLU.
HOWEVER, IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, IS TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING CONDITION, WHICH IS THE APPLICANT SHALL APPLY THE PROPERTY, UH, RELA THE PROPERTY AND FILE A FINAL PLAT BEFORE THE COUNTY BEFORE WE CAN ISSUE ANY BUILDING PERMITS.
COMMISSIONER MADDEN, UH, SO I'M READING IT SAYS ZONING REQUIREMENTS.
THE PROPERTY WAS ILLEGALLY SUBDIVIDED DECADES AGO.
HUH? CAN YOU SHED ANY LIGHT ON THAT? USUALLY IT'S DONE THROUGH MEETS AND BOUNDS AND THAT HAPPENS IN OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ASPECTS.
SO IT WAS ILLEGALLY DIVIDED AND THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE TO PLA IT INTO A LOT BEFORE WE CAN ISSUE ANY BUILDING PERMITS.
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IN OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS.SO ARE YOU SAYING MAYBE SOMEBODY OWNED ALL THE LAND AND THEY USED PART OF IT FOR MAYBE THE, THE CONTRACTOR'S PART AND THEN SOLD OFF THE OTHER PART FOR THEY, THEY SOLD OFF A PORTION OF THE LAND OVER TIME.
AND IT WAS NEVER PROPERLY LINED.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? QUESTION? YES.
SO IF IT'S, IF IT'S DENIED, IS IT SOMETHING THAT AS A CITY THAT WE COULD LOOK AT FIXING THAT ZONING OR WOULD THAT HAVE TO COME FROM SOME, THE PERSON WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY, SO CURRENTLY THERE ARE ZONED FOR CENTRAL AREA AND TWO F UH, WHICH IS TWO FAMILY ZONING DISTRICT.
AND THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE LAND USES THAT ARE ALREADY APPROVED UNDER THAT ZONING, UNDER THAT UNDERLYING ZONING DISTRICT.
BUT THEIR REQUEST IS FOR A SINGLE FAMILY, WHICH IS NOT ALLOWED IN THE CURRENT ZONING MEDICINE.
THIS IS THE LAST ITEM ON VIRGINIA.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU QUESTIONS.
THAT CONCLUDES THE BRIEFING SESSION.
WE WILL ADJOURN UNTIL 6:30 PM FOR THE REGULAR MEETING.