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[Call to Order]
WELCOME TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING OF OCTOBER 28TH, 2025.I'M CHERYL SMITH, CHAIR OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THIS MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IS HEREBY CALL BACK TO ORDER AT 6:52 PM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETS THE SECOND AND FOURTH TUESDAY 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 ALL BE APPROVED IN ONE MOTION.
HOWEVER, ANY MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION MAY MAKE A MOTION TO INDIVIDUALLY CONSIDER AN ITEM FROM THE PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA.
INDIVIDUALS MAY ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM OR NOTE YOUR SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION WITHOUT SPEAKING, PLEASE FILL OUT A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD.
THESE CARDS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE COUNTER AND SHOULD BE TURNED IN AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM PRIOR TO THE FIRST ITEM BEING CALLED.
I WILL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS TO CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM.
AFTER I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE SAY, HERE, CHERYL SMITH.
HERE, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR VICTOR MEDINA AND JOHN FCO.
AND NOW COMMISSIONER TY CHAPMAN WILL GIVE THE INVOCATION.
AND AFTER THAT, COMMISSIONER JANIE MENDEZ AKARI WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE US AND TEXAS FLAG.
MOST GRACIOUS AND EVERLASTING FATHER, WE COME, LORD GOD IN YOUR NAME, JUST THANKING YOU, LORD GOD, FOR THE ABILITY TO ASSEMBLE, THANKING YOU, LORD GOD, THAT OUR MINDS ARE RIGHTEOUSLY LED AND THAT WE ARE ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF THIS CITY.
LORD GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THOSE THAT HAVE ASSEMBLED HERE TODAY.
WE THANK YOU LORD GOD, FOR THE REVENUE THAT THEY'RE BRINGING INTO OUR FAIR CITY.
LORD GOD, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO TOUCH AND HEAL FATHER GOD.
THOSE THAT DEFEND AND PROTECT THIS ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH WE LIVE.
FATHER GOD, LET YOUR GRACE AND YOUR MERCY RESOUND OVER THIS LAND.
FATHER GOD, THAT WE CALL THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
WE THANK YOU LORD GOD, FOR HEARTS AND MINDS THAT ARE RULED AND REGULATED BY YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
LORD GOD, WE ASK THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE TO BE SERVANTS OF YOU FIRST AND THAT OUR LOVE, FATHER GOD, AS HUMANITY, WOULD BE THE FIRST THING THAT WE CONSIDER IN EVERYTHING WE DO.
IT IS IN YOUR DARLING SON JESUS' NAME WE PRAY.
FOR THE PLEDGES, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE P FLAG OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE, TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE LIBERTY.
I PLEDGE HONORANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD ONE IN I 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 WILL BE ALLOWED, MAY BE ALLOWED BY THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIRMAN BEFORE SPEAKING.
THE SPEAKER SHOULD GIVE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD ALONG WITH WHOM HE REPRESENT.
IF APPLICABLE, AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A TOPIC NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA SHOULD SPEAK UNDER THE HEADING OF CITIZEN 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? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS ITEM.
WE HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS.
THE NEXT MATTER FOR CONSIDERATION IS APPROV THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THERE IS ONE ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEM ONE, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 14TH, 2025 PNZ MEETING.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING SO ANYONE CAN SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS FOR THAT? NO MA'AM.
[1. Approval of Minutes of the October 14, 2025, P&Z meeting ]
GONZALEZ, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER ONE, THE MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 14TH, 2025 PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING.
HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE, THE, UH, MINUTES
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BY COMMISSIONER FRANK GONZALEZ AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER T CHAPMAN.ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
[2. STP-25-08-0029 - Site Plan - Warehouse at 2478 W Main St (City Council District 1). Site Plan to construct a one-story warehouse on 1.10 acres. Lot 21R2, Block 1, Dalworth Park Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned Light Industrial, and addressed as 2478 W Main St ]
GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS.THIS IS ITEM NUMBER TWO STP 2 5 0 8 0 0 2 9.
IT IS A SITE PLAN FOR INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE AND CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE.
UM, IT'S LOCATED AT 24 78 WEST MAIN STREET.
AGAIN, ZONE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, AND IT IS 1.10 ACRES.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE IT'S LOCATED.
HERE IS A AERIAL VIEW, UM, AND THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
SO THE PROPOSED USE IS A 20,000 SQUARE FOOT, ONE STORY BUILDING FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION USE.
UM, THE FACILITY WILL HAVE 19,000 SQUARE FEET OF WAREHOUSE SPACE AND 1000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE SPACE.
IT WILL ALSO HAVE TWO TRUCK DOCKS, UM, ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
THE BUILDING WILL BE CONSTRUCTED OF TILT WALL CONCRETE PANELS AND FINISHED WITH A STONE VENEER AT THE BASE.
IT DOES MEET THE DENSITY, UM, AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
IT ALSO MEETS ALL OF THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
THE, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THE LITTLE PURPLE AREA IS THE TRUCK DOCKS.
UM, IT ALSO MEETS THE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE TRUCK DOCKS ARE KIND OF, UM, THEY HAVE THE LANDSCAPING IN FRONT.
THIS IS APPENDIX X DESIGN RECOMMENDATION.
SO THE APPLICANT DOES NOT HAVE TO MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS, BUT THEY ARE, UM, THE PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS MEET THE APPENDIX X SECONDARY MASONRY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BUILDINGS UNDER 50,000 SQUARE FEET BY PROVIDING 30 THOU, UH, 30% STONE ON ALL EXTERIOR FACADES.
AND THESE ARE THOSE ELEVATIONS.
SO WE HAVE THE TILT UP WALL PANELS WITH THOSE STEER STONE VENEERS AT THE BASE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING ONE VARIANCE.
UM, THE TRUCK DOGS ALONG THE NORTHWEST 25TH STREET, UH, THEY'RE REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW THOSE TRUCK DO TRUCK DOCKS TO BE IN THAT LOCATION.
UM, PUB, UH, UH, ALONG OR PARALLEL TO A PUBLIC STREET.
AND THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.
SO LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, DID THEY TELL YOU WHY THEY WANTED TO HAVE, GET THAT, THAT VARIANCE FOR THAT, UH, PARTICULAR DOCK? TRUCK DOCK? SO THE APPLICANT IS HERE SO YOU CAN ASK MM-HMM
BUT, UM, IT'S REALLY A SITE CONSTRAINT.
IT'S KIND OF THE ONLY LOCATION THEY CAN PUT THOSE TRUCK DOCKS.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER, I DIDN'T LOOK AT, UH, THE DIFFERENT AREAS AROUND THERE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER, IS THIS IN THE WAREHOUSE AREA? WHERE IS THIS LOCATED AGAIN? YEAH, IT'S ALL, YOU CAN KINDA GO BACK TO IT NOW.
I MEANT THE, THE SURROUNDING, UM, THE EAST, WEST, NORTH, SOUTH.
WHERE IS THAT? THAT, UH, THIS ONE? THE USE IS REQUIRED? NO, THAT'S NOT IT.
THE ONE THAT SHOWS, UM, THE ZONING AROUND IT.
SO THE NORTH OF IT IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE IT IN A SLIDE? NO, I DON'T HAVE IT IN A SLIDE.
UM, YEAH, NORTH IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
UM, THE WEST OF IT IS A GLASS SUPPLIER AT EAST OF, IT IS ALSO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
IT'S PRETTY MUCH LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ALL AROUND IT.
WHAT WAS SURROUNDING IN SURROUNDING AREAS, COMMISSIONERS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
UH, FIRST IS FROM THE APPLICANT, MD MOZA ISLAM.
WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM? HELLO THERE, SIR.
HOW ARE YOU? STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
I'M THE CIVIL ENGINEER FOR THIS PROJECT, AND ALSO I'M THE APPLICANT ON BEHALF OF THE OWNER.
AND, UH, I LIVE 22 3 2 7 MAP STREET, TEXAS.
SO THIS IS, UH, I THINK, UH, WHAT IS THAT? UM, IT'S AROUND 20,000 SQUARE FEET WAREHOUSE.
IT'S IN THE CORNER OF THIS TWO STREET.
SO WE WENT THROUGH BACK AND FORTH WITH THE STAFF, UH, WITH, BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRAINT TO WHERE THIS DOCKING WILL BE.
SO FINALLY WE DECIDE WE WERE ABLE TO PUT IT IN THERE TO COMPLY EVERYTHING WE PUT IN THE BACK AND CUT THE BUILDING PORTION AND PUT IT IN THE BEHIND IN THERE.
SO ALSO WE COMPLY WITH THIS, UH, OTHER DRIVEWAY, UH, ACROSS THIS, AND WE MOVE
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THIS, UH, DRIVEWAY.INITIALLY WE WERE IN THE CORNER, SO VERY MUCH EVERYTHING IS, UH, I THINK, UM, WE COMPLY EXCEPT THAT I THINK ONE CONSTRAINT IS THERE.
SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE REQUESTING FOR THE VARIANCE OF THAT ONE.
DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE IN THE BU ALREADY IN THE BUILDING ALREADY DESIGNATED TO BE IN THE BUILDING? WHAT TYPE OF BUSINESS? DO YOU HAVE ANY MIND? IT'LL BE LIKE, UH, DESTROYS AND DISTRIBUTION.
WHAT WAS THAT, SIR? STORE AND DISTRIBUTION.
A COMMERCIAL OR CO COMMERCIAL? A A PERSONAL OR NO, NOT PERSONAL.
COMMERCIAL STORE DISTRIBUTION CO.
SO DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER BUSINESSES OF THIS TYPE, SIR, IN THE CITY OR THE SURROUNDING AREAS? UH, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT.
AN OWNER IS LIKE A THREE DAY TRIP, SO HE'S NOT HERE.
BUT, UH, I THINK HE HAS DONE, I'M SURE HE HAS DONE A LOT OF OTHER PROJECT, BUT NOT A PROJECT IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
NOT I, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT GRAND PRI, BUT HE HAS DONE SOME PROJECTS IN THIS METROPLEX.
COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS.
AND I THINK HE HAS SOME CLIENT WHO IS GONNA BUILD OR DISTRIBUTE THOSE THING.
SO HE HAS ALREADY THE CLIENT, YOU KNOW, IS IT JUST GONNA BE ONE CLIENT? IS THERE GONNA BE SEVERAL? NOT, I THINK IT'S THE ONE CLIENT PROBABLY.
I'M, I'M, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT.
SO IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE IF HE WAS HERE.
SO WE CAN, UH, PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION IF HIS CASE NEEDS, BUT APPARENTLY THAT'S, THAT'S, IT'LL BE STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION OF THIS COMMERCIAL PRODUCT.
THAT'S, UH, THAT'S WHAT IT IS, YOU KNOW.
AND LOOKS LIKE THE WAY HE WAS TALKING, THAT EVERYTHING IS READY, THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD.
DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKER CARDS? YES, WE HAVE A SECOND SPEAKER CARD FROM SUNNY DAVID WITH LANGAN ENGINEERING.
WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM? OH, THAT'S A DIFFERENT, THAT'S NUMBER THREE.
THE APPLICANT IS NOT MAY, THE ACTUAL OWNER IS NOT HERE.
COMMISSIONER, DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ANY CONCERNS? NO.
THIS IS COMMISSIONER FICO'S, UH, AREA, AND HE'S NOT HERE.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, COMMISSIONER, UH, GONZALEZ, CAN, WOULD YOU MAKE A MOTION? ABSOLUTELY.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE AND, AND APPROVE.
UM, ITEM NUMBER TWO, SST P DASH 25 DASH ZERO EIGHT DASH 0 0 2 9.
SITE PLAN FOR WAREHOUSE AT 24 78 WEST MAIN STREET.
WHO WAS THAT SECOND DOWN HERE? OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COMMISSIONER FRANK GONZALEZ TO APPROVE, UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CHRISTOPHER OO COLEY.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.
[3. STP-25-08-0031 - Site Plan - Hardrock Road Redevelopment (City Council District 1). Site Plan for industrial warehouses on 16.832 acres. Multiple tracts out of the John C Read Survey, abstract No. 1183, including Tracts 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, S7A, S-7-A, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-462A, within the SH 161 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 3514-3560 Hardrock Rd and 4701 Rock Island Rd]
ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER THREE, ANOTHER SITE PLAN FOR A INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE THAT WOULD BE LOCATED TO THE EAST OF 1 61 AND SOUTH OF ROCK ISLAND.SO YOU MIGHT THINK, OKAY, I'VE SEEN THIS SITE BEFORE.
UM, WE HAD A CONCEPT PLAN APPROVAL BACK IN FEBRUARY AND THE CONCEPT PLAN AMENDMENT BACK IN JUNE.
SO THEY WENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL, GOT SOME OF THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER REDUCTION VARIANCES AND PARKING MAXIMUM VARIANCES APPROVED BY THE PD.
UM, OKAY, I'LL CONTINUE ON UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
SO THEY ARE COMING BACK THROUGH WITH A SITE PLAN.
THIS IS THE FIRST STEP THAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH BEFORE THEY CAN GO INTO, UH, CIVIL ENGINEERING PLANS AND BUILDING CONSTRUCTION PERMITS.
IT IS NEXT TO THE PROPOSED, UM, WAREHOUSE ACROSS THE STREET AND ALSO THE ENCORE SITE.
SO HERE'S THE SITE PLAN, UM, WHICH IS GENERALLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPROVED PD.
HOWEVER, I JUST WANNA MAKE A NOTE THAT, UM, THEY ARE ASKING FOR SOME VARIANCES WITH THEIR LANDSCAPE PLAN, WHICH I'LL COVER ON THE NEXT PAGE.
SO HERE'S THE LANDSCAPE PLANS THAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED.
UM, ONE OF THE CONDITION THAT CITY COUNCIL WANTED TO PUT ON THE PD TO ALLOW THEM TO REDUCE THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG 1 61 AND HARD ROCK TO FROM 30 FEET TO 20 FEET WAS THAT THEY PROVIDE, UH, 20 ADDITIONAL PERCENTAGE OF OVERALL LANDSCAPE AREA, WHICH THEY PROVIDED TO THE NORTH.
AND THEY WENT AHEAD AND PROVIDED 38%, WHICH IS ACTUALLY HIGHER THAN THE 20% THAT CITY COUNCIL WANTED TO SHOW.
HOWEVER, THEY ARE ACTUALLY RUNNING INTO SOME VARIANCES.
SO TYPICALLY YOU HAVE TO HAVE CERTAIN DEPTH
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FOR THE TRUCK DOCKS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TRUCK CAN RE MANEUVER.SO, UM, INSTEAD OF REDUCING THE BUILDING SIZES OR BUILDING DEPTH, THEY WERE SAYING, HEY, WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THE BUILDING SIZE AS IS AND WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A VARIANCE TO REDUCE THE LANDSCAPING.
SO THIS LANDSCAPE SECTION IS SHOWN FOR THIS AREA OVER HERE TO THE NORTH ALONG HARD ROCK.
AND I'LL COVER THE 1 61 SIDE ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE TRUCK DOCK AND WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS THIS IS THE NEW PROPERTY LINE.
IF THEY WERE PROVIDING THE 20 FEET, IT WOULD END UP SOMEWHERE AROUND HERE.
HOWEVER, WE'RE ONLY ABLE TO PROVIDE 10 FOOT OF LANDSCAPING, WHICH INCLUDES A SMALL, UH, PLANTING AREA AND THE RETAINING WALL, WHICH IS REQUIRED DUE TO THEIR GRADING.
AND THEY ARE GOING TO PLANT SOME LIVE SCREENING IN THIS REMAINDER AREA.
THEY'RE ALSO REQUESTING SIMILAR VARIANCE ON THE 1 61 SIDE.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY HAVE A DRIVE AISLE AND LANDSCAPING IN A BUILDING FRONT.
SO THEY'RE SAYING, HEY, THIS IS WHERE OUR PROPERTY LINE WILL BE.
WE ARE ONLY ABLE TO PROVIDE 10 FOOT BEFORE WE START OUR INTERNAL DRIVE, AND WE'LL PLANT THE TREES OUTSIDE THE RETAINING WALL.
HERE ARE SOME BUILDING ELEVATIONS OF THEIR CORNERS WITH THE MOST DETAILS.
UM, ACTUALLY THIS IS ACTUALLY FACING HARD ROCK BECAUSE YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE, UH, TRUCK DOCK DOORS HERE.
WE TYPICALLY WOULD WANT TO SEE THAT ALONG 1 61.
HOWEVER, THEY'RE PROPOSING THESE AS MORE OF A BUILDING HIGHLIGHTED FRONT AND ENTRY.
SO HERE'S THE ELEVATION THAT IS PROPOSED FOR, UM, 1 61.
UM, THERE WAS MIS UH, MISUNDERSTANDINGS FROM STAFF SIDE.
SO THIS ACTUALLY REQUIRES A VARIANCE WHICH WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, REQUEST.
UM, HOWEVER, THEY ARE PROVIDING THOSE BUILDING ENHANCEMENT AROUND THE CORNERS AT THE HARD ROCK, AS I POINTED EARLIER.
SO AGAIN, THEIR MAJOR, UH, VARIANCE THAT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY IS TO REDUCE THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER FURTHER FROM THE REQUIRED 20 FEET TO 10 FEET.
AND STAFF RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS THAT THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG, UM, 1 61 BE INCREASED TO 15, 18 FEET FROM THE 10 FEET THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO ALLOW THE STREET TREES TO BE PLANTED OUTSIDE OF THE UTIL EASEMENT.
A LINE OF SI DRAWING SHALL BE PROVIDED.
THIS WAS A CONDITION OF THE PD, WHICH THEY ACTUALLY, UH, WERE ABLE TO PRO PRODUCE BEFORE THIS PNZ MEETING, SO WE CAN REMOVE THAT CONDITION FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.
A NOISE STUDY MUST BE APPROVED BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH, UM, AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BEFORE THE BUILDING PERMIT IS ISSUED.
A DRAINAGE STUDY OR DETENTION SHALL BE PROVIDED TO SHOW NO ADVERSE IMPACT ON OTHER PROPERTIES.
AND PUBLIC DRAIN EASEMENT SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR TAKING OFFSITE RUNOFF THROUGH THE SITE.
AND THE CONVENIENCE SYSTEM SHALL BE DESIGNED SO THE NUMBER FOUR AND THE FIVE CAN BE ADDRESSED AND FINALIZED DURING THE CIVIL ENGINEERING PLANS.
BECAUSE THIS WAS PUT ON AS PART OF THE PD CONSIDERATION, WE'LL JUST BE CONSISTENT AND CARRY IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
THIS CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION.
WE DO HAVE, UM, THE APPLICANT AND THE ENGINEER IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, ANY AT THIS TIME.
UM, ANY QUESTION FOR STAFF COMMISSIONERS? HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JUNE? I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.
WITH REGARD TO, UM, THE LANDSCAPING? YES, MA'AM.
UDC IS AS REQUIRING US TO HAVE THE CERTAIN, UH, FEET.
SO TYPICALLY FOR INDUSTRIAL SITE AT THIS SIZE, ESPECIALLY IN THE OVERLAY, WHAT YOU USUALLY SEE IS A 30 FOOT FROM THE PROPERTY LINE BEFORE YOU CAN START PARKING OR A DRIVE AISLE MM-HMM
SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY HAVE THE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, CLOSER TO THE STREET AND PROVIDE 10 FOOT OF LANDSCAPING OR 20 FOOT OF LANDSCAPING AND BE CLOSER.
IT'S JUST THAT IF YOU WANNA HAVE A PARKING OR DRIVE OUT, IT HAS TO BE MINIMUM 30 FEET.
SO AGAIN, PART OF THE REASON THAT CITY COUNCIL ALLOWED FOR A 20 FOOT REDUCTION FROM 30 FOOT WAS BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THIS IS PRETTY NARROW AND LONG SITE, AND THEY UNDERSTOOD THE CHALLENGES OF THAT.
THEY'LL BE CHALLENGED TO ROTATE THE BUILDING AND MAKE IT WORK.
SO THAT, I THINK CITY COUNCIL WAS OKAY, BUT DURING DESIGN PHASES THEY REALIZED, UM, THEY CANNOT REALLY GO FURTHER UNLESS, UM, THESE ADDITIONAL VARIANCES ARE RECOMMENDED AGAIN.
UM, CITY STAFF HAS KIND OF RECOMMENDED OTHER OPTIONS AND THEY JUST WANNA SEE IF CITY COUNCIL BE OPEN TO THAT.
SO WE'RE JUST TAKING THE VARIANCE OF REQUESTS AS THEY WISH TO.
I THINK THE ONLY THING I WAS WONDERING IS YES, MA'AM, IS THAT THEY COULD HAVE CUT THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY MET THOSE REQUESTS
AND TO THAT, THAT'S MY QUESTION.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE APPLICANT CAN BE HERE.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JIM? GREAT PRESENTATION.
SPEAKER CARDS? YES, WE HAVE THE APPLICANT, SONNY DAVID WITH LANGAN ENGINEERING, WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
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OLYMPUS BOULEVARD IN DALLAS, TEXAS.UM, I AM A LICENSED CIVIL ENGINEER, UM, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WORK FOR LANG AND ENGINEERING AND HELPED OVERSEE THE, UH, THE PRODUCTION OF THE, THE DESIGN AND THE DRAWINGS.
UH, I ALSO HAVE THE, THE DEVELOPER HERE WITH ME AS WELL, AND WE'D LIKE TO JUST HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING, UM, THE, THE PLANS.
THAT FIRST QUESTION I JUST ASKED WAS ABSOLUTELY YES.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
YEAH, LEVI HERMIS HERE, 49 25 GREENVILLE AVENUE, SUITE 1200 DALLAS, TEXAS.
UH, I WORK FOR ALLIANCE INDUSTRIAL, THE DEVELOPER OF THE SITE.
UM, THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME.
UH, HAPPY TO BE HERE AND HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
UM, STARTING WITH THE FIRST ONE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHY DIDN'T WE SHRINK THE BUILDING? WE'RE ALREADY, UM, NARROWER IN BUILDING DEPTH THAN WHAT THE MARKET TYPICALLY WILL ALLOW FOR THESE TYPES OF BUILDINGS TO GET THE AMOUNT OF STORAGE INTO A GIVEN BUILDING.
WE'RE AT 160 FEET DEEP, WHICH IS CONSIDERED TO BE VERY SHALLOW.
UM, AND WHEN YOU START TO REDUCE THOSE BUILDING SIZES OR BUILDING DEPTHS RATHER, AND GET EVEN SKINNIER, THEY JUST DON'T FUNCTION PROPERLY.
FOR THE TENANTS THAT GO INTO THESE TYPES OF BUILDINGS ARE TYPICALLY MM-HMM
UH, STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION TYPE TENANTS, UM, ELECTRIC SUPPLY, HVAC SUPPLY TYPE COMPANIES THAT VALUE THE FRONTAGE AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, TREAT IT AS A BIT OF A BILLBOARD.
UM, YOU NEED THE, THE DEPTH IN THE BUILDING TO PROVIDE RACKING AND STORAGE WHILE STILL ALLOWING ROOM AT THE FRONT, THE DOCK SIDE OF THE BUILDINGS, UH, FOR THE FORKLIFT TRAFFIC TO COME IN.
AND THEN YOU NEED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DEPTH, UM, WHICH IF YOU KIND OF SURVEY THE MARKET AND OTHER BUILDING SIZES AROUND 160 FEET DEEP IS ABOUT AS SHALLOW AS THEY EVER GET.
I THINK THAT WAS MY REAL CONCERN, THAT LIKE, FOR SAFETY REASONS BEEN MANEUVERING AND MAKING SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH SPACE.
THAT'S, THAT IS A BIG CONCERN.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, YOU SEE OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, REQUIRE EVEN LESS THAN THE 10 FEET.
UM, AND, AND WE KNOW, WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR A VARIANCE HERE.
SO IN EXCHANGE WE BEEFED UP THE LANDSCAPING, YOU KNOW, REALLY AS KIND OF, AS MUCH AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE MM-HMM
ON THE SITE TO, TO KIND OF MAKE UP FOR IT.
COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER ERY.
UM, SO YOU SAID THAT Y'ALL, UM, BOUGHT Y'ALL.
DO Y'ALL OWN THIS PROPERTY? NO.
SO YOU SAID THAT IT WASN'T BIG ENOUGH AND WOULD THAT, LIKE IF, IF THIS WASN'T APPROVED, WOULD Y'ALL LOOK AT ANOTHER SITE? YEAH, THIS SITE DOESN'T BECOME VIABLE WITH OKAY.
WITH THE CURRENT, UH, LANDSCAPE SETBACKS.
AND WERE Y'ALL AWARE OF THAT WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY OR? SO THE THING THAT CAME UP THROUGH THE COURSE OF DESIGN WAS, UM, RIGHT AWAY TAKING A LONG, HARD ROCK ROAD OF ABOUT 15 FEET THAT ENCROACHED AND MADE THE, A VERY LONG AND SKINNY SITE, EVEN SKINNIER
UM, AND SO THAT WAS KIND OF THE WRENCH THAT WAS, UH, THROWN INTO THE PLANS KIND OF THROUGH THE MIDCOURSE OF, OF DESIGN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO, DO YOU KNOW WHAT TYPE BUSINESS YOU'RE GONNA HAVE IN THE, THAT BUILDING? IT IS SPECULATIVE IN NATURE, UM, BUT KINDA LIKE I WAS DESCRIBING EARLIER, IT, IT'LL BE THE STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION TYPE USERS THAT VALUE THE FRONTAGE, UH, AND THE VISIBILITY LONGER MAJOR, UM, THOROUGHFARE OF 1 61, UM, MILESTONE ELECTRICS, UH, YOU KNOW, TRAIN, HVAC, THOSE TYPES OF GROUPS THAT, UM, WILL, WILL SERVICE THE, THE ROOFTOPS IN THE AREA AND VALUE THE CENTRAL LOCATION, YOU KNOW, OF THE METROPLEX MM-HMM
BUILD TO SERVICE CUSTOMERS THROUGHOUT.
UM, THOSE ARE THE TYPES THAT WE WOULD ENVISION.
UM, NOT HEAVY TRUCK DISTRIBUTION, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF BOX TRUCK MM-HMM
HOW MANY OTHER, UH, UM, WAREHOUSES, DO YOU HAVE ANY AREA IN GRAND PRAIRIE, OTHER SURROUNDING AREAS? WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHERS IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
UM, BUT WE HAVE ALMOST 3 MILLION SQUARE FEET AROUND DFW.
UM, AND WE ONLY BUILD CLASS A, UH, HOPEFULLY.
UM, THE RENDERINGS KINDA SHOW THE TYPE OF MM-HMM
PROJECT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY WANT IT TO LOOK NICE.
SO DID YOU DO A MARKETING STUDY DID SAW TO COME TO GRAND PRAIRIE ALL OF A SUDDEN? OR WHAT, WHAT, HOW, HOW DID
UH, GRAND PRAIRIE'S A A GREAT LOCATION THAT, BACK TO THAT COMMENT ABOUT BEING CENTRALLY LOCATED, UM, REALLY GOOD LABOR.
UM, IT'S JUST REALLY GOOD MARKET OVERALL FOR WHAT WE DO, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO BRING A CLASS A DEVELOPMENT HERE.
UH, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER.
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CAME BACK TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE A VARIANCE TO 20 AND, AND, UH, RECOMMENDING YOU GUYS WERE RECOMMENDING 10, BUT THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE IS SAYING, UM, 18 FEET.IS THERE ANY WAY YOU CAN MAKE THAT WORK? SO, UH, A QUICK COMMENT ON THE, THE 18 FEET, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THIS WITH JUNE A LITTLE BIT TOO, UM, THAT WAS BORN FROM, UM, MAKING SURE WE HAVE ROOM FOR UTILITIES TO SERVE THE SITE, WHICH WHEN YOU'RE IN A UTILITY EASEMENT, YOU TYPICALLY CAN'T HAVE PLANTINGS.
UM, WE'VE ACTUALLY, UH, ALREADY KIND OF FULLY PLANNED UTILITIES WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY FAR DOWN THE ROAD AND READY TO, TO BREAK GROUND HERE, UM, BEFORE WE LEARNED ABOUT THE, THE RIGHT OF WAY, TAKING THAT KIND OF, AGAIN, THROUGH THE WRENCH INTO THE PLANS.
UH, AND, AND SO WE DON'T NEED ANY UTILITIES ALONG 1 61.
OUR POWER COMES FROM THE HARD ROCK SIDE AND IT'S GONNA BE COMING, THERE'S ALREADY OVERHEAD POWER ALONG HARD ROCK.
UM, WE'RE GONNA DROP DOWN UNDERGROUND, WHICH IS ANOTHER NICE FEATURE.
UM, COSTS US MORE MONEY, BUT IT LOOKS NICE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT IS A PROJECT THAT LOOKS NICE.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA DROP DOWN UNDERGROUND IN BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS AND SERVICE TRANSFORMERS THERE, SO WE WON'T NEED ANY UTILITIES ALONG 1 61.
UM, THE WATERS ON THE NORTH SIDE ALONG, UM, UH, ROCK ISLAND, SO WE'LL BE STUBBING IN FROM THERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, RUNNING THROUGHOUT OUR SITE.
UM, SAME WITH SEWER RIGHT THERE ALONG ROCK ISLAND ALREADY.
UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY SORT OF, YOU KNOW, ISSUES WITH A UTILITY EASEMENT COMING THROUGH THERE THAT WON'T ALLOW US TO HAVE THE PLANTINGS THAT WE'RE PLANTING WITHIN THE 10 FEET.
UM, SO THAT WAS WHY WE WERE, YOU KNOW, GONNA, UH, YOU KNOW, PUSH HARD TO, TO GET TO THE, THE 10 FEET THAT WE'RE REQUESTING HERE.
SO GOING BACK, DID YOU HAVE A, UH, A REVIEW OR A CONVERSATION WITH THE, AND AGAIN, JUST ASKING IF, UH, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE TO SEE IF, IF 18 FEET WAS POSSIBLE, COULD IT WORK WITH YOU OR, ONE THING I WAS GONNA MENTION IS ACTUALLY ALONG, ALONG THE SERVICE ROAD, SO THE, THE TIGHTEST POINT THAT WE HAVE IS ACTUALLY 10 FEET.
AND SO, SO ULTIMATELY THAT RANGES FROM ABOUT 10 TO 14 AND A HALF FEET IN TERMS OF ALLOWING A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM.
AND SO REALLY IT'S THAT PINCH POINT THAT'S, THAT'S THE 10 FEET THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
BUT AS YOU KIND OF SEE, IT'S SPREADING OUT AS IT GOES FURTHER AND FURTHER.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET A THICKER SECTION.
AND, AND ONE OF THE, ALSO THE BENEFITS I WANTED TO MENTION AS WELL IS THAT EVEN BEYOND, JUST FROM THE PROPERTY LINE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER AREA WHERE THE TXDOT HAS THEIR, THEIR RIGHT OF WAY, THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL 22 FEET AS WELL OVER THERE.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF ROOM FROM KIND OF WHERE OUR PROPERTY LINE FALLS TO, TO ALSO WHERE TXDOT BEGINS.
AND SO I THINK IT'S REALLY, TO ME, MORE OF A RANGE OF ABOUT 10 TO 14 AND A HALF FEET THAN PLUS THE, THE ADDITIONAL ROOM THAT TEXDOT HAS OVER THERE.
BUT NOBODY KNOWS WHERE THE PROPERTY LINE IS WHEN YOU'RE DOING IT IN REALITY.
SO IT'S GONNA FEEL LIKE YOU STILL HAVE AMPLE ROOM.
I'D SAY THE SAME THING ALONG THE, THE OTHER SIDE, THE HARD ROCK SIDE, UM, WILL HAVE THE 10 FEET AND THEN PLUS THE 15 FEET OF RIGHT OF AWAY TAKING UP UNTIL HARD ROCK GETS EXPANDED.
AND SO THAT'LL FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S 25 FEET THERE.
COMMISSIONER, UH, JUNE OR SAVANNAH, CAN Y'ALL GIVE ME, SEND ANY INPUT ON THAT OR YOUR FEELINGS ON THAT, BECAUSE I'M, IT SEEMS, SOUNDS LIKE THEY'VE ALREADY IRONED OUT THE 18 FEET OR, UH, 18% OR NOT, OR WHERE ARE WE WITH THE VARIANCE IN? YES, MA'AM.
SO ACTUALLY THAT 18 FEET, I DID DISCUSS THAT WITH THE DEVELOPER AND THE TEAM.
UM, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS PLACED THERE BEFORE HAVING, UH, STAFF HAVING THAT SECTION CUT.
SO, 15 FEET IN, UH, 18 FEET THAT ARE LOGIC BEHIND THAT IS THAT WE TYPICALLY DISCOURAGE ANY TREE PLANTINGS WITHIN THE FIRST 15 FEET, UM, ALLOWING FOR FUTURE, UM, EASEMENT TO BE ESTABLISHED.
AND TYPICALLY TREES NEED AT LEAST MINIMUM THREE TO FIVE FEET TO SURVIVE.
SO AGAIN, UH, I DID TELL THE DEVELOPER I WOULD BE OKAY WITH POSSIBLY REDUCING THAT OR EVEN REMOVING THAT, BUT I'M NOT SURE STATE COUNCIL WILL BE OKAY WITH JUST 10 FEET ON EACH SIDE.
SO AGAIN, I WAS TRYING TO JUST COME UP WITH A REASONABLE NUMBER IN MY HEAD THAT WAS NOT 20 FEET, BUT NOT 10 FEET, AND WHAT WOULD THAT LOGICALLY BE? BUT I DO UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY YES.
I HONESTLY, UM, AM OKAY WITH THAT CONDITION BEING REMOVED IF YOU FEEL THAT THEIR JUSTIFICATION IS ENOUGH.
AGAIN, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF STAFF IS, UM, ABLE TO SUPPORT THE A HUNDRED, THE 10% REDUCTION, NOTING THAT CITY COUNCIL MAY HAVE SOME CONCERNS.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT, SAVANNAH? I MEAN, SHOULD WE JUST LEAVE IT LIKE IT IS AND JUST LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY OR, I, I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD.
AS, AS YOU'VE SEEN ON THE SCREEN, THERE ARE SOME SITE CONSTRAINTS AND THEY'VE EXPLAINED KIND OF, UH, THOSE ISSUES AND, AND DONE THEIR BEST TO PROVIDE SOME, UH, COMPENSATORY OR ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO, TO PROVIDE THAT LANDSCAPING.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU FOR, FOR GIVING US THAT INFORMATION THAT THAT MEANS A LOT.
UH, BEFORE YOU MAKE A DECISION, WOULD YOU MIND, UM, ADDING THE SECOND VARIANCE REQUEST? THE VARIANCE WILL BE ADDED TO THE CITY
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COUNCIL AGENDA, UM, BY JULIA, OUR WONDERFUL LEGAL STA UM, ATTORNEY.UM, BUT BASICALLY THE SECOND VARIANCE IS TO CONSIDER EAST ELEVATION AS A SECONDARY ELEVATION, NOT AS A PRIMARY ELEVATION.
DID YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING TO THAT? CAN YOU PULL THAT BACK UP? YES, THE VARIANCES PLEASE.
AND, AND WE'LL WORK WITH YOU OVER THE NEXT WEEK BEFORE COUNCIL.
THE COUNCIL IS ACTUALLY NOVEMBER 4TH, ISN'T IT? YEAH.
A WEEK FROM TODAY, RIGHT? YEAH.
WE'LL GET YOU SOME UPDATED ELEVATIONS IF THAT WORKS.
WELL, WE ONLY WANNA SEEK ONE VARIANCE.
SO JUNE, IF YOU DON'T MIND COMING BACK UP, JUST KIND OF MAKING SURE YES.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT HERE, MA'AM, NOW MA'AM, BECAUSE, UH, COMMISSIONER ERCO IS NOT HERE AND WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO PINCH IT FOR HIM.
SO MA'AM, WITH THIS, WITH THIS, UH, JUST RE-EXPLAIN WHERE WE ARE.
IF YOU ARE MAKING MOTION, UM, TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED, THEN WE WILL TAKE THE FIRST VARIANCE, THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER AND ALL THE FIVE CONDITIONS BASED ON WHAT YOU HAVE DISCUSSED.
IF YOU LIKE TO MAKE THE MODIFICATION, YOU CAN SAY, WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL AS PRESENTED WITH MODIFICATION TO REMOVE THE CONDITION NUMBER ONE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JUNE? I'D LIKE THAT.
UM, UH, COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THE, TAKE THAT ONE FOR ME, PLEASE, MA'AM? YES, MA'AM.
UM, I'M MOVED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVES TP DASH 25 DASH 0 8 0 0 3 1 WITH THE REMOVAL OF EXACTLY WHAT JUNE SAID OF ITEM NUMBER ONE AND TWO THROUGH FIVE.
UH, AS PER THE DRC RECOMMENDATION.
I SECOND THAT WE HAVE A MOTION TO FLOOR BY COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN, UH, TO APPROVE ITEM THREE AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE ADDITIONAL VERBIAGE ADDED.
AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
[4. SUP-25-08-0029 - Specific Use Permit Amendment - Auto Repair at 1633 E Main (City Council District 5). Specific Use Permit for an existing Auto Dealership (Non-franchised Used) to authorize an Auto Repair (Minor & Major) operation to service vehicles for sale on 0.68 acres. Being a 0.686-acre tract, John W. Kirk Survey, Abstract No. 726, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned Light Industrial, and addressed as 1633 E Main Street Suite F]
THE NEXT ITEM IS FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR AN EXISTING, UM, AUTO SALES LOT.SO, BATHLER AUTO, THEY HAVE BEEN IN OPERATION AT THE SAME LOCATION SINCE 2016.
HOWEVER, THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WE HAVE ISSUED AND ALLOWED IS FOR A NON FRANCHISE USE AUTO SALES, MEANING INDEPENDENT DEALERS, THEY PURCHASE THE VEHICLES, THEY HAVE IT ON DISPLAY, SELL IT TO OTHER CUSTOMERS.
HOWEVER, IN, UM, LATELY THEY'VE BEEN SEEING IN, UM, YOU KNOW, A NEED FOR OFFERING SOME MAINTENANCES AND OTHER REPAIR SHOP, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY IS NOT COVERED BY THE EXISTING CEO.
AND SINCE THIS IS A ADDITIONAL AUTOMOTIVE RELATED USES, WE HAVE TO SUBJECT THEM TO THE SUP REVIEWS, JUST LIKE ANYBODY ELSE WHO HAS AN AUTOMOTIVE BUSINESS WANTS TO INTRODUCE NEW LAND USE.
SO HERE'S THE, UH, LOCATION OF WHERE THE VAL AUTO IS.
UM, THERE'S A BATTERY STORE NEXT TO THEM THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS APPLICATION.
SO THEY HAVE THESE TWO BUILDINGS.
UM, AND I'LL SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT BEST.
BUT AS I MENTIONED, UM, TRADITIONALLY THE FRONT PARKING LOT HAS BEEN USED FOR INVENTORY.
UM, THEY'RE TRYING TO, UH, DISPLAY THESE CARS.
OKAY, SO THEY ARE IN OPERATION MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY, THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, CLOSED ON SUNDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
UM, AGAIN, THESE PROVIDING MINOR SERVICES SUCH AS OIL CHANGES OR BRAKE SERVICES.
THEY DON'T DO A LOT OF TRANSMISSION WORK, BUT THEY SAID MAYBE ONCE A YEAR SOME CUSTOMER WHO LIKE TO WORK WITH THEM MAY COME AND SAY, HEY, COULD YOU WORK ON THIS? SO TECHNICALLY PER OUR DEFINITION, THAT IS A MAJOR REPAIR.
SO THEY ARE TRYING TO ADD THESE USES TO THE EXISTING LOT.
THIS TO THE RIGHT IS THE SITE PLAN THAT THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED.
YOU CAN KIND OF NOTE THAT THEY HAVE INDICATED ALL THESE LOT, UM, AREAS ARE FAR PARKING, BUT THE MATCHING AREA, WHICH IS INDICATED WITH WHITE, IS ACTUALLY BEING USED AS, UH, INVENTORY.
AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A DOUBLE ROW OF INVENTORY.
SO, UM, STAFF IS SAYING, HEY, WE UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME, UH, LIMITATIONS BECAUSE YOUR PARKING SEEMS TO BE LACKING.
SO HERE'S THE KIND OF A BUILDING PHOTO THAT WAS TAKEN BACK IN APRIL FROM OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT, AND HERE ARE SOME SAMPLE PHOTOS OF THE, UH, ACING USES.
SO ONE OF THE REASON, UM, THAT I WANTED TO BRING TO YOU THE PROVIDED VARIANCE IS BECAUSE I KNOW THE APPLICANT KIND OF INDICATED THESE ALL CAN BE PARKING.
HOWEVER, WHEN YOU HAVE THESE OVERHEAD DOORS, WE CAN'T REALLY CONSIDER THAT SPACE IN FRONT OF THAT DOUBLE DOORS, IT'S PARKING.
UM, THE REASON THAT STAFF WAS OKAY WITH THE FIVE SPACES, BUT THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT BY THE STATE, I WAS TALKING WITH OUR CODE, UH, ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, MR. GARCIA, AND HE HAS SAID, IF YOU'RE AUTO SALES LOT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE MINIMUM
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FIVE PARKING IN OUR STANDARD.IF YOU HAVE WORK BASE AND SO ON AND SO FORTH, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SIX BECAUSE THEY HAVE WORK BASE.
BUT IN OUR CALCULATION, IT IS REQUIRED BASED ON THEIR AREA OF INVENTORY.
SO AGAIN, THEIR INVENTORY MAY GO UP AND DOWN.
SO WE KIND OF PICK A GENERAL AVERAGE NUMBER BASED ON THE AREA.
UM, AND BASED ON THAT CALCULATION, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO PROVIDE NINE PARKING SPACES ON THE LOT FOR THAT SPECIFIC USE.
SO AGAIN, IF THEY WERE NOT ADDING THE USES, ALL WE NEED TO DO IS, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE ADDITIONAL PARKING.
BUT IF THEY WANNA INTRODUCE NEW USES, WE REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT THE PARKING AND THE INVENTORY AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO MAKE THIS SITE WORKABLE.
SO AGAIN, THEY ARE REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW, UH, REQUIRE MONEY TO PROVIDE 50 PARKING SPACES BASED ON OUR INTERNAL UDC STANDARDS TO ALLOW FIVE PARKING SPACES.
AND AGAIN, DESPITE PARKING SPACES, I'M SURE THE APPLICANT CAN WORK WITH US AND, UH, PROVIDE MORE IF YOU'RE HIRED, BUT THAT IS THE AT LEAST STATE MINIMUM FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE UNDER THE DEALER LICENSE.
SO STEPH IS MAKING THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS.
STEPH IS TRULY CONCERNED ABOUT JUST THE INVENTORY AND THE PARKING AND NUMBER OF IT.
SO HERE ARE SOME OF THE CONDITIONS.
SO, UM, STEPH IS RECOMMENDING THAT THEY REDUCE THE INVENTORY TO MAYBE 50% OF WHAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY HAVE SOME, UH, PARKING SPACES AVAILABLE FOR CUSTOMERS.
AND THESE PARKING SPACES, IF THEY WANT DEDICATED AS REPAIR PARKING OR CUSTOMER PARKING THAT THEY NEED TO KEEP IT CLEAR.
THEY CANNOT, UH, USE THAT AGAIN FOR INVENTORY.
AND THE MINOR AND AUTO, UH, REPAIR OPERATION SHALL NOT BE OPEN TO PUBLIC AND SHALL BE USED ONLY FOR REPAIR BECAUSE THAT'LL BE SOLD ON THE SITE.
SINCE THEIR PRIMARY USE IS ACTUALLY AUTO SALES LOT, UH, WE SEE A LOT OF INDEPENDENT DEALERS COMING BACK TO US AND SAYING, CAN WE DO SOME MAKE READY WORK? CAN WE DO SOME MINOR WORK BEFORE WE SELL OFF THE CARS? UM, ANY PARKING WORK, STORAGE OR VEHICLE WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY IS PROHIBITED.
THE REASON WE HAD TO PUT THAT IN THERE IS, UM, THIS STREET RIGHT HERE IS CALLED THE 17TH STREET, HOWEVER, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THERE'S A RAILROAD
SO WE'VE NOTICED THAT SOMETIMES THERE IS OVERFLOW, NOT JUST FROM THIS BUSINESS, BUT SURROUNDING BUSINESSES OF PARKING VEHICLES ON OUR RIGHT OF WAY.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THIS BUSINESS, UM, GETS THE SVP APPROVED, THERE WILL BE IN COMPLIANCE TO REMOVE ANY PARKING, AT LEAST FROM THEIR BUSINESS SO THAT WE CAN DO THE ENFORCEMENT ACTION AS NEEDED FOR OTHER BUSINESSES AS WELL.
AND THE BUSINESS SHALL OBTAIN THE CERTIFICATE OCCUPANCY AS AN AUDIT, REALLY BUSINESS PERMIT, THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE A PROOF OF A GARAGE SERVICES TO PUBLIC HEALTH.
UM, RIGHT NOW THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE A DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE OR ANY, OR THE LOCATIONS, HOWEVER, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THEY MIGHT NOT NEED THOSE COMMERCIAL DUMPSTERS OR THEY'RE MEETING THEIR NEED.
HOWEVER, WE NEED A PROOF THAT WHATEVER THE, UH, ACCESS OR, UM, PARTS OR THINGS THAT THEY'RE REMOVED, IT'S, UM, PICKED UP BY SOME TYPE OF SERVICES AND DISPOSED OF ON A REGULAR BASIS.
AND THE LAST ONE IS THAT ALL OPERATION SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REGULATIONS PER OUR ARTICLE.
UM, XX AUTOMOTIVE RELATED BUSINESS IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.
AGAIN, THE APPLICANT IS HERE, UM, AND THEY ARE, UM, ABLE TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS.
HOWEVER, JUST NOTE THAT THE APPLICANT, THE BUSINESS OWNER ACTUALLY IS MORE FLUENT IN SPANISH.
HIS WIFE WILL BE TRANSLATING IN ENGLISH AS NEEDED AT THIS TIME.
UM, DID, DID THE APPLICANT GET A CHANCE TO SEE THE RECOMMENDATIONS BROUGHT FORTH AND IS HE IN AGREEMENT WITH US? RIGHT, SO WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT.
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THEY'VE BEEN ACTIVELY IN COMMUNICATION WITH ME, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S BEEN CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD BY THEM.
SO I ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH THEM PRIOR TO THIS PNZ MEETING TO MEET IN PERSON AFTER THIS PNZ, TAKING THIS RECOMMENDATION, MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND THE CONDITIONS BEFORE THEY GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
WE'VE BEEN IN COMM STAFF HAS BEEN COMMUNICATING TO THEM VERBALLY AND BY EMAIL, HEY, WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PARKING PLAN YOU HAD PROVIDED.
WOULD YOU AGREE TO THIS CHANGES? AND I'VE BEEN INFORMING THEM JUST FYI CITY COUNCIL WILL ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR PARKING SITUATION.
YOU KNOW, YOU PROBABLY JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE PARKING THAT'S REQUIRED, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO I THINK THEY'RE IN UNDERSTANDING, BUT THIS IS THEIR FIRST TIME GOING THROUGH SUP, SO I KNOW SOME THINGS CAN BE A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING.
SO I DO PLAN ON MEETING WITH THEM SEPARATELY OUTSIDE THIS PNC.
VERY GOOD QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS, I THINK WE NEED TO SPEAK.
SPEAKER CARDS, WE HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS ITEM, BUT THE APPLICANT IS HERE.
UH, LIKE FOR THE APPLICANT TO, UH, COME UP.
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WE'RE GONNA PICK UP, JUST WANTED TO NOTE, IT'S A FULL MOON TODAY,WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.
I'M ALSO GONNA READ, I THINK JUNE MENTIONED THAT, UM, MA'AM, YOU'RE GONNA TRANSLATE FOR HIM? YES, THERE IS AN ENGLISH BARRIER, UM, UM, HIS WIFE.
AND MS. UH, BALTAZAR ARE ADRIANA GARCIA BALTAZAR.
ALSO WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM AND HER ADDRESS IS, UH, WELL, CAN YOU, YOU BOTH OF THEIR ADDRESSES IS 1633 EAST MAIN STREET, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS 7 5 0.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.
UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, GIVING US THE, UH, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, UM, DO THE THINGS THE RIGHT WAY, UH, UH, DO THE MECHANIC, UM, ON THE DEALERSHIP.
UM, AND JUST LIKE JUNE SAID, I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT GONNA BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
UH, IT'S JUST GONNA BE, UM, FOR UNITS THAT COME INTO THE LOT TO BE SOLD.
UM, AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS GONNA BE LIKE MAJOR REPAIRS.
UM, YOU KNOW, UH, UNITS THAT COME IN FROM OPTIONS WE DO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH OIL CHANGE, YOU KNOW, STUFF LIKE THAT.
OR THAT THEY'RE GOOD ON BRAKES, YOU KNOW, PADS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WELL, ONE THING THAT I, THE COMMISSIONER, UH, GONZALEZ BROUGHT UP A VERY GOOD POINT THAT ALL OF THE VARIANCES THAT ARE THERE NEED TO BE DISCUSSED AND, YOU KNOW, AGREED TO BE COMPLIED WITH AS BEST AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT THAT YOU, WE WANT YOU TO BE IN COMPLIANCE, RIGHT.
THAT THAT'S THE REAL BIG CONCERN.
AND THEN ALL OF THE REPAIRS, I'M ASSUMING ARE GONNA BE ON THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING.
AND IF, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THERE, UH, THAT WAS A MECHANIC SHOP BEFORE.
UM, SO I GUESS WE'RE JUST TRYING TO KIND OF LIKE, UH, UH, REAPPLIED FOR IT, YOU KNOW.
UH, IT WAS NOT UNDER, UH, UH, HIS NAME MM-HMM
UH, WHEN IT WAS A MECHANIC SHOP, BUT, UH, WE'VE BEEN THERE SINCE 20.
LIKE EVERYTHING'S BUILT UP ALREADY THERE, BUT IT IS JUST NOT UNDER YOUR NAME.
SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DO AN AMENDMENT TO HAVE THE MECHANIC SHOP INTO THE CO AND WITH REGARD TO THE, UH, NUMBER OF CARS THAT ARE IN FRONT, I BELIEVE THAT ONE OF THE VARIANCES WAS TO MAYBE NOT HAVE SO MANY TO MAKE SURE THEY HAD ENOUGH ROOM THERE.
CAN I TELL THEM WHAT YOU TOLD ME? YES.
THAT, THAT'S, UH, PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE ALWAYS HAVE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE FIRST ROAD, AS YOU GUYS CAN SEE ON THE, ON THE, UH, SIDE PLANT, UM, THE VERY FIRST ROAD, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY MUCH ALWAYS, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE FULL, UM, EVERY PARKING SPOT, IT'S, UM, IT'S FULL.
BUT WHAT WE'LL DO, CAN YOU, JUNE, CAN YOU PULL UP THE VARIANCES SO HE COULD, WE COULD READ THROUGH THESE AND SEE IF HE'S, AND BECAUSE THE COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ MADE A VERY GOOD POINT, WE DID MAKE SURE WHERE WE ARE WITH THESE.
SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THE CONDITIONS MORE? SO YES.
AND THEN CAN YOU READ THROUGH THAT OR DO YOU WANT ME TO READ IT FOR YOU? IT JUST SAYS THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
THE INVENTORY, THE VEHICLES FOR SALE SHOULD BE REDUCED TO 50% OF THE CURRENT INVENTORY TO ALLOW A MINIMUM OF SIX OPEN PARKING SPACES FOR CUSTOMERS.
THESE PARKING SPACES MUST BE KEPT CLEAR OF INVENTORY AT ALL TIMES.
AND NUMBER TWO, MINOR AND MAJOR AUTO REPAIR OPERATIONS SHALL NOT BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND SHALL BE USED ONLY TO REPAIR VEHICLES THAT WILL BE SOLD ON SITE.
WOULD YOU MIND IF I YES, GO AHEAD.
UM, WE EVEN ADDED, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE LINES TO HAVE, UH, WHATEVER, UH, VEHICLES HAVE TO BE, UM, I GUESS IN REPAIR, UH, OR NEED SOME TYPE OF REPAIRED.
UM, NOW GO, UM, I'M GONNA TELL HIM, UM, NUMBER TWO, IF YOU YES, YOU DON'T MIND.
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YEAH, HE'S, UH, PRETTY MUCH, UH, TRYING TO SAY EVERYTHING THAT I EXPLAINED AT THE BEGINNING.UH, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DO YOU, YOU KNOW, THINGS THE RIGHT WAY, THE WAY IT HAS TO BE, UM, TO HAVE THE MECHANIC SHOP, UM, ADDED, UM, INTO THE CO.
BUT MY, MY CONCERN IS SINCE YOU HAVE ONLY HAD EMAILS AND HAVEN'T HAD A FACE TOO MUCH FACE-TO-FACE WITH JUNE MM-HMM
MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO COMPLY WITH THESE THINGS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET DOWN.
SO NUMBER THREE, YES, WE'RE MM-HMM
ANY PARKING OR STORING OF VEHICLES WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY IS PROHIBITED.
SO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THAT 17TH STREET YES, CORRECT.
AT ANY TIME IS THAT, IS THAT AT ANY TIME, JUNE OR THERE'S NO, ON THE 17TH STREET THING? YES MA'AM, IT WILL.
WE JUST WANT IT CLEAN AND NO STORAGE IS OVERNIGHT, SO YES, MA'AM.
AND NUMBER FOUR, THE BUSINESS SHALL, IS THAT OKAY WITH, WITH HIM? YES, MA'AM.
NUMBER FOUR, THE BUSINESS SHALL OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND THEN AN AUTO RELATED BUSINESS PERMIT.
I'M PRETTY SURE THAT JUNE DISCUSSED THAT WITH YOU.
YES, THEY ARE ALREADY HAS AN APPLICATION, SO, UM, THEY WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE SUP DESTINATION.
UM, SO YES, THEY'RE ALREADY IN COMPLIANCE WITH FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX.
I THINK THAT WILL BE PART OF THE CO AND THEIR RV USES AN OPERATION THAT BEFORE THEY CAN TRULY OPERATE AUTO MINER REPAIR, THEY WILL HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE FULL PACKAGE SYSTEM THROUGH THE PERMIT.
SO I WON'T READ THE REST OF THAT BECAUSE SHE SAID THAT YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH ALL IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THIS IS IMPORTANT AND WE WANT YOU TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
THANK YOU MUCH AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND.
AND WE, WE'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 2016 AND WE JUST LOVE THE AREA, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, CAR DEALERSHIPS AROUND US, WE'VE BEEN THERE, WE'VE BEEN MAKING IT SINCE 2016, SO WE REALLY DON'T WANNA, YOU KNOW, LIKE MOVE OR GO TO ANOTHER CITY 'CAUSE VERY GOOD.
WE'RE VERY ATTACHED TO OUR PRAIRIE
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, VERY MUCH.
THIS IS, UM, COMMISSIONER KO'S AREA.
UM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THAT TO COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? ABSOLUTELY.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER FOUR SUP DASH TWO FIVE DASH ZERO EIGHT DASH 0 2 9 SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THE AUTO REPAIR PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS.
I'LL SECOND HAVE A MOTION ON FLOOR FOR ITEM FOUR TO BE APPROVED AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS BY COMMISSIONER FRANK GONZALEZ AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER JANIE, UH, DAKARI.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
[5. SUP-25-09-0033 - Specific Use Permit Review - Smoking Lounge SUP Review (City Council District 3). Review SUP No. 1175A, a Specific Use Permit for a Smoking Lounge, for compliance with SUP conditions, and modify, renew, or revoke if deemed appropriate based upon the review. Lot 11B, Sharpston Heights No. 2, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned General Retail, and addressed as 2410 Brady Lane ]
ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS SUP 2 5 0 9 0 0 3 3.IT IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REVIEW FOR OASIS, UH, HOOKAH LOUNGE.
UH, SO THE, AGAIN, THIS IS A SPECIFIC PERMIT REVIEW.
SO, UM, WHEN THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT WAS, UM, UH, APPROVED, THE CONDITION WAS THAT IN ONE YEAR IT WOULD BE REVIEWED.
SO THIS IS THE LOCATION, 24 10 BRADY LANE, UH, REVIEW, SUP NUMBER 1 1 7 5 A AUTHORIZING A SP LOUNGE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH SUP CONDITIONS, UM, TO MODIFY, RENEW, OR REVOKE IF DEEMED APPROPRIATE BASED UPON THE REVIEW.
SO, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
UM, AUGUST, 2024, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A SUP TO PERMIT A SMOKING LOUNGE IN AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL LEASE SPACE REQUIRING A REVIEW OF THE SUP IN ONE YEAR.
THAT WAS THEN AMENDED NOVEMBER, 2024.
UM, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED AN SUP AMENDMENT TO MODIFY THE OPERATIONAL PLAN OF THAT SMOKING LOUNGE TO SELL BEVERAGES AGAIN REQUIRING A REVIEW OF THE SAP IN ONE YEAR.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
SO THE OPERATIONS AND COMPLIANCE REVIEW, UM, AGAIN, THE OASIS HOOKAH LOUNGE OPERATES AT 24 10 BRADY LANE.
THEIR OPERATIONAL HOURS, WHICH STAFF CONFIRMED ARE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, 5:00 PM TO 2:00 AM AND FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, 11:00 AM TO 2:00 AM THE OWNER DID CONFIRM THAT IDS ARE CHECKED AT THE DOOR, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PATRONS COMING IN ARE 21 OVER, UM, FOR TWO THINGS IN ORDER TO ENTER THE PREMISES
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AS WELL AS TO PURCHASE ANY PRODUCT.THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION OVER FOOD SERVICE BECAUSE OF SOME GOOGLE REVIEWS.
SO STAFF WAS, UM, ABLE TO REACH OUT TO THE OWNER.
THE OWNER CONFIRMED THERE IS NO FOOD, UH, PREPARED OR SOLD INSIDE THE ESTABLISHMENT, BUT YOU CAN PURCHASE IT AT A FOOD TRUCK AND BRING IT INSIDE.
UM, PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, UH, ALSO WAS PART OF THIS REVIEW AND THEY FOUND NO VIOLATIONS TO REPORT.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS ALSO PART OF THE REVIEW.
THEY DID FIND TWO INCIDENTS, UM, THAT WERE KIND OF NOTEWORTHY.
UM, ON 12 21 24, 11 40 2:00 PM THERE WAS A LOUD MUSIC COMPLAINT.
AND THEN 4 6 25, THERE WAS ANOTHER LOUD MUSIC COMPLAINT AT 2:35 AM BASED ON THESE, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NOTED THAT THE LATE APRIL OPERATIONAL HOURS AND LIVE MUSIC COMPONENT, UM, DO WARRANT REVIEW.
HOWEVER, ASIDE FROM THE NOISE VIOLATIONS, YOU KNOW, THE OPERATIONS ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH SUP CONDITIONS, UM, AND ALL OF THE RELEVANT REGULATIONS STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE SUP RENEWED BE RENEWED WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE BUSINESS HOURS BE MODIFIED TO NOT EXTEND BEYOND MIDNIGHT.
UM, STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDS THAT ALL OTHER EXISTING CONDITIONS FROM THE NOVEMBER 20, 24 SUP AMENDMENT REMAIN THE SAME.
AND THIS JUST, UM, KIND OF A SUMMARY.
THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
THE HOURS OF OPERATION SHALL NOT EXTEND BEYOND MIDNIGHT AND ALL OTHER EXISTING CONDITIONS FROM THE SUP AMENDMENT APPROVED NOVEMBER, UH, THAT SHOULD SAY 2024.
SORRY ABOUT THAT, SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT GREAT PRESENTATION.
UH, COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? THAT WAS A GOOD PRESENTATION.
YOU HAVE ANY, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, DANNY? YEAH, I'M NOT SURE, BUT, UM, UH, JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, HOW DID THEY FEEL ABOUT THE, THE HOURS BEING AMENDED TO NOT EXTEND BEYOND MIDNIGHT? SO THE APPLICANT IS HERE.
WELL, I, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT MYSELF.
UH, SO, SO BIG PICTURE IS THAT OVERALL THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY COMPLAINT, ANY EXTREME COMPLAINTS FROM POLICE OR ANYONE TO SHUT DOWN THE BUSINESS? THAT'S NUMBER ONE, YES.
AND THEN TWO, THERE WERE TWO INCIDENTS, BUT THAT WAS, UH, EARLY IN THE YEAR, AS IN APRIL WAS THE LAST INCIDENT.
YOU HAVEN'T HAD AN INCIDENT SINCE APRIL.
AND SO THE ORIGINAL, UM, SUP INCLUDED THE 2:00 AM WE AGREED TO 2:00 AM YES.
YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? SAVANNAH? UM, HE DID A GREAT JOB PRESENTING KIND OF THE ISSUES AND BASED ON THOSE, UH, UH, UH, COMPLAINTS THAT THAT PD REPORTED, THAT'S THE REASON FOR US RECOMMENDING TO CURTAIL THE BUSINESS HOURS.
COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES, I HAVE A QUESTION IN REGARDS JUST TO THE, THE TIMES, UH, OF, OF OPERATION.
IS THAT CONSISTENT WITH OTHER LOUNGES IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE? UM, I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW.
BUT I DO KNOW THAT THE APPLICANTS ORIGINALLY HAD WANTED TO EXTEND THE HOURS SAYING THAT, UM, IT WAS KIND OF RESTRICTING THEIR BUSINESS.
AND I'M ASSUMING SOME ARE EVEN LATER.
WELL, I JUST WANT US TO BE CONSISTENT THERE.
THE IDEA WE HAVE OTHERS THAT ARE OPENING OR CLOSING LATER AND, AND WE'RE MAKING AN EXCEPTION HERE WITH WE NEED TO BE CONSISTENT.
YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD, THAT'S A CITY.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
SO WOULD THE CITY, I MEAN, WELL, I GUESS IT WOULDN'T MATTER IF WE, IT WOULD DECIDE IT, WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION WHETHER OR NOT WE AGREE WITH THAT OR NOT.
WE'RE THE BODY THAT'S MADE AND THEN AFTER IT GOES TO US, IT GOES TO THE C TO THE COUNCIL.
MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
I, UM, UM, SEE THAT THERE WAS NOISE COMPLAINT THAT ESCALATED TO THE POLICE.
DO WE KNOW IF ANY RESIDENTS HAVE COMPLAINT OF ANY TYPE OF SMOKE? UM, NEAR THE RESIDENCE? NO.
BOTH OF THE COMPLAINTS WERE LOUD MUSIC.
UM, YEAH, ONE WAS A LOUD MUSIC COMPLAINT FROM, UH, BASS, BASS MUSIC, I DON'T KNOW.
UM, AND THE OTHER ONE WAS NOISE COMPLAINT, DJ PLAYING LOUD MUSIC.
YEAH, THOSE WERE THE, THE TWO MAJOR ONES.
UM, THERE WAS NOTHING ABOUT SMOKE.
AM I ABLE TO ASK THE APPLICANT THAT? YES, YOU CAN.
UM, I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE.
I WAS TRYING TO THINK, WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO ASK? I MEAN, BECAUSE TO ME THAT MAY, THAT'S THE ONLY BIG QUESTION I HAVE IS, AND WE CAN ASK THE
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APPLICANT THAT WHATEVER THE ORIGINAL TERMS FOR, AND WE'RE NOW AT ONE YEAR REVIEW, IT IS OUR OPPORTUNITY.WE HAVE THE OP WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO REDUCE THOSE HOURS IF WE DING.
BUT, BUT, UM, BUT LIKE, UH, COMMISSIONER LUCKY V SAID, YOU KNOW, HAVE THERE BEEN ANY COMPLAINTS OUTSIDE? AND WHAT ABOUT IT WAS CODE COMPLIANCE? THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
HOW OFTEN DO THEY GO OUT AND, AND VISIT THE SITE? THE ONLY ONCE A YEAR.
I MEAN, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF DETERMINATION WHETHER OR NOT YOU VISIT ONE.
IT MAY BE ON THAT BEST BEHAVIOR THAT ONE DAY, YOU KNOW, SO WE REALLY, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO TELL.
SO TYPICALLY CODE COMPLIANCE WILL RESPOND TO COMPLAINTS.
UH, I DO ALSO BELIEVE THAT THEY, UM, HAVE KIND OF STANDARD ROUTES THAT THEY DRIVE THROUGH THE CITY.
AND SO IF THEY NOTICE A VIOLATION ON A PROPERTY, THEY'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.
SO THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THEY COULD OKAY.
THEN, UM, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT THE, THE CODE, THE PURPOSE FOR THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT OF THE SUP, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO, AS YOU STATED, UH, CHAIRWOMAN, UM, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE DIFFERENT CONDITIONS ON THIS BECAUSE THE PURPOSE OF THE SUP IS TO ADDRESS THE SPECIFIC USE ON THAT PROPERTY.
SO I THINK THERE WAS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TIMING ISSUE.
YOU DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO RESTRICT THE TIME, UH, OR THE OPERATIONAL HOURS ON THIS PROPERTY BASED ON UM, WHAT WAS BEEN, HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO YOU.
SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO DO THAT AND HAVE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS PROPERTY THAN WHAT WOULD'VE BEEN GRANTED IN THE SUP FOR A DIFFERENT PROPERTY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UH, PAUL SINGH DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WISHES TO RECORD HIS SUPPORT.
AND, UM, I'M SORRY I CAN'T READ THE FIRST UH, NAME, BUT, UH, MR. SPEED WISHES TO, UH, DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT WISHES TO RECORD HIS SUPPORT AS WELL.
WELL, I HAVE A CONCERN WITH NO ONE SPEAKING AND WE HAVE CONCERNS.
CAN YOU ASK THE QUESTION? SO, UH, WE JUST YES.
IF SOMEONE CAN COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
STATE YOUR NAME AND, AND MR. SING AND MR. SPEED.
ARE YOU BOTH REPRESENTING THE APPLICANTS TODAY? YES, I'M THE OWNER AND HE'S THE MANAGER.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
MIKE BALD SING, 24 10 BRADY LANE, GRAND PRAIRIE, UH, GARY AND SPEED.
UH, 8 0 5 SOUTHEAST FOURTH STREET, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
SO FOR THOSE NOISE COMPLAINTS, THOSE WERE, UM, CALLED IN BECAUSE, UM, FOR THAT SPECIFIC TWO DAYS, UH, THE DJ BROUGHT IN A SUBWOOFER THAT WAS PUT ON THE GROUND.
HE DID WHAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A SUBWOOFER THAT JUST ADDS MORE BASE TO IT.
SO AS SOON AS, UH, WE, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE CAME IN, WE TURNED THOSE OFF AND THOSE WERE TAKEN CARE OF.
AFTER THAT, THEY WERE NEVER BROUGHT IN.
AND SINCE THEN WE'VE NEVER HAD NOISE COMPLAINT.
AND AFTER THOSE TWO COMPLAINTS, I DIDN'T BRING IN A, A GM ON OUR TEAM, WHICH IS SPEED.
SO HE MANAGES ALL DAY-TO-DAY AFFAIRS FOR THE BUSINESS.
SO HE, THE, THE MU THE, THE MUSIC VIOLATION GUY, KIND OF, WE TOOK CARE OF IT.
IT, IT NEVER HAPPENED AS YOU SAID IT, IT DID HAPPEN IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR WHEN WE WERE STILL TRYING TO BRING THE BUSINESS UP.
BUT THEN ONCE WE, UH, KIND OF KNEW WHAT THE, WHAT OUR LIMITATIONS ARE AS FAR AS BUSINESS GOES, WE NEVER HAD ANY COMPLAINTS AND WE NEVER HAD ANY POLICE COME UP.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, YEAH, FOR THE HOURS, UH, WE WOULD, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE SAME HOURS.
THERE IS, UH, A HOOKAH LOUNGE IN GRAND PRAIRIE THAT ON WEEKENDS IS OPEN TILL 5:00 AM UH, WE ARE NOT REQUESTING 5:00 AM WE STILL WANNA OPERATE TILL WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY COMPLAINTS AFTER.
UM, WE, UH, THE NOISE, UH, VIOLATION, WE TOOK CARE OF IT.
AND THEN, UM, WE, BUT WE STILL WANNA OPERATE TILL 2:00 AM.
AND ALSO, UM, WITH ALL THE REST, WITH ALL THE, UH, BUSINESSES THAT ACTUALLY HAVE A LIQUOR LICENSE IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, THEY'RE OPENING TILL 2:00 AM.
SO, UH, THAT GOES INTO US GOING, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO GO PAST 12 AND DO 2:00 AM AS WELL.
AND ARE, ARE MOST OF OUR CLIENTELE.
OUR CUSTOMERS DO START TO COME IN AT 10, 10 30 AND STAY UNTIL 2:00 AM IF WE CLOSE AT 12, WE LOSE 60, 70% OF OUR BUSINESS.
COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN? YEAH, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR BOTH BEING RESIDENTS OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
UM, THE VIOLATION THAT YOU RECEIVED WAS AT 2:30 AM WHICH WOULD EXCEED YOUR HOURS.
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MUSIC BLARING FROM A SUBWOOFER AT TWO 30? SO THAT'S ONE DAY I WAS NOT HOME IS WHERE IT WAS.UH, AS I SAID, WE DIDN'T HAVE A MANAGER TODAY, SO I WAS HANDLING ALL THE DAY-TO-DAY AFFAIRS, BUT DUE TO A KID BEING SICK AT HOME, I HAVE THREE KIDS.
I WAS, I WAS TOLD BY THE STAFF, THEY ARE CLOSING UP.
I KEPT TABS ON THEM, BUT IT WENT TILL TWO 30 AND THAT'S WHEN THEY SHOWED UP AND IT GOT SHUT DOWN.
BUT WE MADE SURE IT NEVER GOES PAST THAT.
WE, THERE'S FEW RULES WERE IMPLEMENTED AFTER THAT NIGHT.
THERE'S A, THERE'S A KILL SWITCH FOR MUSIC AT TWO M THAT GETS TURNED OFF AND IT KILLS EVERYTHING LIGHTS COME ON AND THE MUSIC DIES AT TWO.
AND, AND ALSO, I'M SORRY, UH, RIGHT AFTER THAT INCIDENT IS WHEN I ACTUALLY CAME ON TO, UH, OASIS AS THE GENERAL MANAGER, AND THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED TO IMPLEMENT THOSE THINGS SO THAT NOTHING WOULD GO PAST 2:00 AM.
AND YOU MENTIONED, UM, I, I DIDN'T SEE BEFORE IN THE PRESENTATION ABOUT ALCOHOL LICENSES.
THAT'S WHAT THE, UH, THE NOVEMBER REVIEW HAPPENED.
UH, WE GOT THE LICENSE SUP IN SEPTEMBER, BUT, UH, IT WAS A CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE INITIATIVE TO GIVE BEVERAGE LICENSE TO HOOK LODGES.
SO YOU HAVE NO TABC INFRACTIONS, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? WE, NO, WE HAVE NO TABC INFRACTIONS, T-A-T-A-B-C HAS SHOWED UP TWICE TO CHECK OUR INVENTORY, TO CHECK OUR, UH, UNANNOUNCED VISITS TO CHECK ON US, AND WE HAVE NO INFRACTIONS.
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION WAS, TELL ME ABOUT THE FOOD THAT'S COMING IN FROM THE FOOD TRUCK.
SO, SO, UH, SO THE, SO, UH, WE DON'T, WE DON'T, WE DON'T SERVE OR SELL FOOD INSIDE OF THE BUILDING, BUT WE DO, UH, WE DO ALLOW A FOOD TRUCK ON OUR PREMISES TO SELL FOOD.
AND IF THEY ARE, UH, IF OUR CUSTOMERS ARE WILLING TO COME IN AND SIT DOWN AND HAVE A SEAT, THEN THEY CAN, BUT THERE'S NOTHING BEING SOLD, UH, OR SERVED BECAUSE OF THE HOOKAH SMOKE.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ON THAT.
AND THEN THE FOOD TRUCK ON PREMISES HAS A CITY PERMIT, RIGHT? YES.
THERE'S NO ONE COMING WITHOUT PERMISSION.
UM, ENVIRONMENTALLY SPEAKING, SINCE YOU'VE BEEN THERE FOR A YEAR, HOW'S, HOW'S THE SMOKE, THE VENTILATION THING? WHAT, WHO, WHO KEEPS UP WITH THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IN COMPLIANCE? SO, UH, WELL, ARE YOU SAYING AS FAR AS LIKE COMING OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING? YEAH.
THE, THE SMOKE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S CONSISTENT SMOKE IN THE BUILDING.
SO I, I, AFTER THAT, UH, WE, WE DO HAVE A, UM, KIND OF, I DON'T KNOW THE SCIENTIFIC NAME OF IT, BUT THEY PULL, PULL THE SMOKE OUT OF THE BUILDING, AND, UH, THEY TURN ON AFTER THE BUILDING IS SHUT, THE BUSINESS IS SHUT DOWN AND THEY RUN THROUGH THE WHOLE, WHOLE, THEY RUN UNTIL THE NEXT DAY WE OPEN.
SO IT CLEARS OUT ALL THE SMOKE, AND AS PER MANUFACTURER, WE CANNOT HAVE IT RUNNING WHILE THE BUSINESS IS RUNNING.
SO IT, THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION.
WE CANNOT HAVE IT RUNNING, UH, WHILE THE, A BUSINESS IS RUNNING, WHILE WE HAVE CUSTOMERS SMOKING.
UM, ALSO THE VENTILATION SYSTEM ALSO CLEARS OUT WHILE THE BUSINESS IS RUNNING.
SO BASICALLY YOU HAVE PEOPLE SPREAD OUT, SO THERE'S NOT, IT'S A 3,600 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.
UM, THE, UM, THE CAPACITY IS 177 PEOPLE.
WE'VE NEVER HAD THAT KIND OF PEOPLE IN THERE.
UH, THE MOST WE'VE HAD IS AROUND 80, 90 PEOPLE ON THESE HOLIDAY NIGHTS, UH, WHEN WE PROMOTE.
ALSO, THE, THE, THE SMOKE IS NOT AS LINGERING AS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE LIKE A CIGAR OR A CIGARETTE OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE, ACTUALLY DISSIPATES A LOT FASTER THAN THAT.
SO IT WON'T FEEL THE BUILDING AS YOU'RE INSIDE.
THAT'S WHAT I'M ENVISIONING IN MY HEAD.
YEAH, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A SMOKE, IT'S NOT A SMOKE FIELD ROOM.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY VENTILATED.
THE BUILDING HAS TWO, FIVE TON AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS, SO IT, IT CLEANS UP REALLY FAST.
I STILL WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT QUESTION.
HAVE ANYONE EVER COMPLAINED OUTSIDE OF YOUR FACILITY THAT THEY WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT SMOKE NEARBY BUSINESS OR RESIDENCE? NO.
THERE'S NOT HAVE BEEN A SINGLE GOOGLE REVIEW.
THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE LIKE TO GET THEIR FRUSTRATION OUT ON A GOOGLE REVIEW WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS.
I HAVEN'T HAD A SINGLE GOOGLE REVIEW THAT COMPLAINS ABOUT SMOKING OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE DO A VOTE? THAT'S EVERYTHING.
WELL, I, AS WE STILL WANT TO KEEP OUR HOURS TILL 2:00 AM THAT, THAT'S 12 TO TWO, IS WE DO OUR GOOD BUSINESS ON THE WEEKENDS.
AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT THERE ARE OTHER HOOKAH LOUNGES THAT ARE OPEN UNTIL 5:00 AM YES.
AND THAT SINCE YOU'RE, YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH IN COM BEEN IN COMPLIANCE SINCE APRIL, CORRECT? CORRECT.
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SEE.WE HAVE NO FURTHER CARDS, NO FURTHER SPEAKER CARDS.
THIS IS A COMMISSIONER, JAN ARI MENDEZ, ARI'S SPOT.
DO YOU WANNA HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS, MA'AM? ANY DISCUSSION? UH, NO.
YOU, YOU READY TO MAKE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION, BUT MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT.
MY COMMENT IS, UM, TAKING A LOOK AT THE CITATION, THE VIOLATION THAT THEY RECEIVE ONCE A YEAR LOOK LIKE, UM, I'M JUST NOT SAYING ENOUGH TO WARRANT TO CHANGE THEIR HOURS MM-HMM
I I TEND TO AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT BECAUSE, UH, ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE ARE OTHER HOOKAH LOUNGES THAT ARE OPEN UNTIL 5:00 AM WHICH I WASN'T AWARE OF.
I MEAN, I GUESS I DON'T REMEMBER, DON'T RECALL.
UH, I THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO BE COMPLIANT AND I THINK CAN WE ADD THAT THEY BE REVIEWED IN ANOTHER YEAR OR, OR, OR EVERY ANOTHER SIX MONTHS OR SOMETHING TO, IF WE WARRANT THE KEEPING THE HOURS AS THEY ARE, CAN WE ADD THAT TO BE REVIEWED AGAIN IN ANOTHER YEAR? YES.
YOU CAN MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION.
AND THAT WILL BE MY RECOMMENDATION THAT GIVING THEM THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT THEY'RE HERE, THEY'VE ANSWERED ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS, AND, UM, I FEEL I FEEL BETTER AFTER HEARING THEM TALK.
UH, ANY OTHER CONCERNS? UH, COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER, DEKAR, YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION? SURE.
UM, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE, UH, MAKE A MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS, STRIKING ITEM ONE.
UM, SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL FOR ITEM TWO ONLY SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO RUN THEIR BUSINESS TILL 2:00 AM COMMISSIONER, WHAT ABOUT, OH, SORRY, I DIDN'T SAY FOR YEAH.
DO WE WANT TO ADD ANOTHER FOR THEM TO BE REVIEWED IN ANOTHER YEAR OR SO? I AGREE.
I WOULD THINK WE NEED TO ADD SOMETHING.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY AGREES TO THAT, BUT THAT WAY WE COULD MAKE, MAKE SURE TO ADD ANOTHER YEAR, COME BACK AT ANOTHER YEAR TO SEE IF THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE, KEEP IT HOURS LIKE THEY ARE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU SAY THAT, BUT THAT'S UP TO YOU IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION OR NOT.
UM, I MEAN, THE MANAGERS SEEMED VERY, I MEAN, UH, HOW DO YOU SAY IT? VERY INVOLVED IN THE BUSINESS AND HE, LIKE HE SAID, HE'S GOT THIS MANAGER GOING.
SO I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THEY NEEDED TO COME BACK IN A YEAR FOR A REVIEW, BUT, WELL, ONLY, I, I SAY I HAS BECAUSE THE, BECAUSE THE DRC RECOMMENDED THE CHANGE HOURS TO MIDNIGHT, AND IF WE KEEP THE HOURS TO TWO, WE'RE GOING AGAIN, WE'RE GOING AGAINST THEIR RECOMMENDATION NUMBER ONE MM-HMM
BUT MY THING IS, UM, IF THEY REALLY ARE GONNA BE IN COMPLIANT, IT SHOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE TO COME BACK IN THE YEAR.
I MEAN, BECAUSE I MEAN, THEY DID HAVE TWO, UH, ISSUES, BUT THEY WERE EARLY ON IN THE YEAR.
BUT I THINK THAT IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO FOLLOW DRC RECOMMENDATION AND NOT, AND, AND TO MAKE THEM STOP AT MIDNIGHT AND LET THEM STAY TILL TWO MM-HMM
THEY OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK FOR ANOTHER REVIEW IN ANOTHER YEAR TO SEE HOW IT GOES.
BUT THAT'S JUST ME PERSONALLY.
EVERYBODY HAD CAN VOTE INDIVIDUALLY ON THAT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF UP TO YOU.
SO THAT, THAT'S JUST MY CONCERN.
SO THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE, UM, UH, MS. ATARI, UM, IT, IT'S UP TO YOU WHETHER YOU WANT TO ACCEPT THE, THE REQUEST FOR AN AMENDMENT TO YOUR MOTION OR NOT.
UM, IT'S ACTUALLY NOT MY AREA.
IT'S VICTOR MEDINA'S, BUT, UH, OH, I'M SORRY.
I DIDN'T LOOK FOR THAT FAR DOWN MY PAPER.
UM, BUT I MEAN, HE'S, HE'S A FUNCTIONING BUSINESS.
I MEAN, I JUST CHOOSE NOT TO ADD AN AMENDMENT.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM, UH, FIVE, UH, BY COMMISSIONER ATARI AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER, UH, LUCKY VAUGHN TO APPROVE, UH, STRIKING NUMBER ONE.
UM, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
[6. TAM-25-09-0034 – Text Amendment – Appendix S: Development Standards for Multi-family and Mixed-Use Residential Developments. An Ordinance of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas, amending the Grand Prairie Unified Development Code (UDC) by repealing and replacing Appendix S, Development Standards for Multi-family and Mixed-Use Residential Developments Subject to SB 840 enacted by the 89th Texas Legislature, codified in Chapter LLC]
UH, THIS NEXT ITEM IS A TEXT AMENDMENT TM 25 0 9 0 0 3 4, UH, TO APPENDIX S DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR MULTIFAMILY AND MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS.[01:10:01]
PURPOSE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS TO REPEAL AND REPLACE APPENDIX S.UH, THIS WAS, UH, PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL.
UH, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO OR IS RECOMMENDING TO INCORPORATE A FEW REVISIONS TO THAT.
UH, SO THE FIRST IS TO ADD PLAYGROUND REQUIREMENT AS NON-RESIDENTIAL ZONES WHERE MULTIFAMILY AND MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS ARE NOW ALLOWED, UH, BY RIGHT, DO NOT GENERALLY HAVE PLAYGROUND AMENITIES LOCATED CLOSE BY.
AND THEN, UH, TO ADD LANGUAGE, UH, SPECIFYING THAT THE PARKING STALL DIMENSION REQUIREMENTS DOESN'T APPLY TO ACCESSIBLE PARKING STALLS, UM, AS THOSE PARKING SPACES HAVE SPECIFIC DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS AS SET FORTH AN APPENDIX D OF THE UDC.
ADDITIONALLY, I DO WANNA NOTE THAT WE ARE INCORPORATING ADDITIONAL REFERENCE TO, UH, SENATE BILL 2 4 7 7, UM, UH, WHICH IS, IS VERY CLOSE TO SB EIGHT 40 AND OUR, OUR PURPOSE.
UH, SO THAT CHANGE IS SHOWN ON YOUR SCREEN.
IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET.
UM, AS A REMINDER, UH, THE APPENDIX S INCLUDES, UH, REQUIREMENTS ON THE SCREEN AS A SUMMARY OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
THE DENSITY, UH, SETBACK AND HEIGHT REFLECT THE, UH, STATE OR THE SENATE BILL.
UM, WE ARE SETTING A LIMIT OF MAXIMUM OF FIVE BUILDINGS, UH, INCLUDING THE LEASE OFFICE OR CLUBHOUSE.
UH, MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE OF ONE BEDROOM UNITS IS 1000 SQUARE FEET.
UH, COMPOSITION, UH, PERCENTAGES.
SO THAT ONE BEDROOM UNITS ACCOUNT FOR 10%.
TWO BEDROOM UNITS ACCOUNT FOR 30%, AND THREE BEDROOM UNITS ACCOUNT FOR 60%.
UH, THEY'RE SCREENING REQUIREMENTS, SO ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL ZONE PROPERTIES, A 10 FOOT MASONRY WALL REQUIRED WALLS ADJACENT TO RIGHTS OF WAY AND EIGHT FOOT MASONRY WALL IS REQUIRED.
AN EXCEPTION MAY BE REQUESTED, UH, FOR WROUGHT IRON FENCING WITH COLUMNS.
THE DISCRETION OF THE PLANNING, UH, DIRECTOR OR DESIGNEE, UH, LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS, UH, IS 30% OF THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE SITE MUST BE LANDSCAPED IN THE TREES.
A MINIMUM OF FOUR INCH CALIBER TREES AT A MINIMUM OF EIGHT FEET AT THE TIME OF PLANTING, UH, ONE TREE FOR EVERY 500 SQUARE FEET.
UM, THIS, UH, SLIDE SHOWS THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
SO YOU CAN SEE IN ADDITION TO THE POOL AND THE PEDESTRIAN TRAIL, WE'RE PROPOSING A PLAYGROUND AMENITY REQUIREMENT.
SO EACH DEVELOPMENT SHALL INCLUDE A PLAYGROUND DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND INTENDED FOR USE BY CHILDREN.
UH, THE PLAYGROUND SHALL INCLUDE A MINIMUM OF THREE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, AND THEN UNDER THE OFF PARK, OFF OFF STREET PARKING STANDARDS, THE PARKING DIMENSIONS, UM, UH, A APPLY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ACCESSIBLE PARKING STALLS.
UM, THE DEVELOPMENT AND REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
GREAT PRESENTATION COMMISSIONERS.
ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE SB 24 77 THAT WASN'T IN OUR PACKET.
AND, UH, WHEN WAS THAT PASSED? I MEAN, THAT ONE CAN WITH THE, I CAN, I CAN ANSWER THAT.
SO, SENATE BILL 24 77 BASICALLY MIRRORS THE SAME LANGUAGE AS SB EIGHT 40.
IT WAS APPROVED BY THE, UH, LEGISLATURE AFTER SB EIGHT 40 WAS ADOPTED.
UM, BUT THEY BOTH HAD THE SAME EFFECTIVE DATE OF SEPTEMBER 1ST OF THIS YEAR.
UM, AND SO WE ARE ADDING THAT LANGUAGE TO, UH, BECAUSE AS CODIFIED CHAPTER TWO 18 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, WHERE THE SB EIGHT 40, UM, PROVISIONS HAVE BEEN CODIFIED, ALSO CODIFIED PORTIONS OF 24 77.
SO 24 77, UM, ADDED SOME LANGUAGE ABOUT EXCEPTIONS TO PROPERTIES.
SO PROPERTIES CAN'T DEVELOP UNDER SB, UM, UNDER CHAPTER TWO 18 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE IF THEY'RE WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE OF A MILITARY, UM, A MILITARY BASE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT 'CAUSE I JUST DIDN'T REMEMBER ALL OF THAT.
ANYTHING ELSE? SO FOR, FOR SAVANNAH, THANK YOU SAVANNAH.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? NO CARDS, MA'AM.
THAT BEING SAID, UM, THIS IS ITEM NUMBER SIX.
I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION UNLESS THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION.
I'D LIKE TO, MY NAME IS CHERYL SMITH.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE NUMBER SIX TM 2 5 0 9 0 0 3 4.
AS PER, UM, STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
ALL IN FAVOR? I MEAN, I'M SORRY.
I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY MYSELF, CHERYL SMITH, TO APPROVE AS PER STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.
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THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.[7. TAM-25-10-0005 - Text Amendment - An Ordinance of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas, amending portions of Article 4: Permissible Uses, Article 10: Parking and Loading Standards, and Appendix W: Residential Development Standards, of the Grand Prairie Unified Development Code (UDC) to specify that no residential use or home-based business is permitted in zoning districts that allow heavy industrial uses, to update the text of parking requirements to match previous changes made to the required parking tables, and to further clarify required amenities based on the provision of preferred parking standards; Repealing all Ordinances or Parts of Ordinances in Conflict Herewith; Containing a Savings Clause and a Severability Clause; Containing a Penalty Clause, and Establishing an Effective Date]
IS ANOTHER TEXT AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE FOUR, ARTICLE 10 IN APPENDIX W AND THIS IS ESSENTIALLY SOME CLEANUP FROM THE FIRST ROUND OF TEXT AMENDMENTS WE DID, UM, AFTER THE, UM, THIS, THE BILL, NEW BILLS THAT PASSED.SO, UH, THIS HAS THREE PURPOSES TO SPECIFY THAT NO RESIDENTIAL USE OR HOME-BASED BUSINESS IS PERMITTED AND ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ALLOW HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES.
IT'S TO UPDATE THE TEXT OF OUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS TO MATCH THE PREVIOUS CHANGES MADE TO THE PARKING TABLES, AND THEN TO CLARIFY THE REQUIRED AMENITIES BASED ON THE PROVISION OF PREFERRED PARKING STANDARDS.
UH, SO THE NEXT FEW SLIDES SHOW THOSE, UH, RED LINES OF THE, THE TEXT AMENDMENTS.
UH, THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, AND I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
YOU WENT REALLY FAST,
THIS HAS BEEN A BIG JOB AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK YOU YOU'VE DONE ON IT.
AND YOU, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY DISCUSSION? WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON THIS? AND MA'AM THERE, JUST FOR THE RECORD, THERE ARE NO CARDS ON THIS ITEM, MA'AM, NO CARD.
THAT BEING SAID, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN TA TM 2 5 10 0 0 0 5 AND APPROVE AS PER STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT BEING THE LAST CASE WHERE THIS MEETING IS OVER AT 8:09 PM THANK YOU.