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OH, OKAY.[Planning & Zoning Briefing 02102026]
WELCOME TO THE STAFF BRIEFING OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE MEETING OF FEBRUARY 10TH, 2026.I'M CHERYL SMITH, CHAIR OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THIS MEETING, THIS STAFF BRIEFING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IS HERE HEREBY CALL ORDER AT 5:47 PM THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS WHERE THE STAFF BRIEFS THE CLINICIAN AND PREVIEWS THE CASES ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
COMMISSION MEMBERS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS THAT MAY FACILITATE THE MEETING AND THE PRESENTATION OF THE CASES.
NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN DURING THE BRIEFING OF THE HEARINGS WILL TAKE PLACE DURING THE REGULAR MEETING, WILL BEGIN EARLIER THAN 6:30 PM I'LL NOT CONDUCT A ROLL CALL MEMBERS TO CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM.
AFTER I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE SAY HERE, CHERYL SMITH.
TY CHAPMAN, MALCOLM CHAPARI, CHRISTOPHER OLEY, FRANK GONZALES, JAMIE MENDEZ, ARI VICTOR NADINA, JOHN FCO HERE.
THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESIDENT EXCEPT FOR TY CHAPLIN, MALCOLM ERY, FRANK GONZALEZ.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO, MA'AM.
SETH, READY TO PRESENT? YES, MA'AM.
THE ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A TRUCK REPAIR FACILITY, SUP 26 0 1 0 0 0 2.
SO THIS GENERAL AREA HAS AN EXISTING BUILDING.
THEY ARE NICELY, UM, BUILT, CONSTRUCTED A CONCRETE TOTE WALL.
UH, WE WERE REVIEWING SOME COS AND REALIZED THAT ALTHOUGH TRADITIONALLY A LOT OF USERS IN THIS AREA HAS BEEN TRUCK AND EQUIPMENT RELATED, THAT THERE WAS NEVER AN SUP ESTABLISHED.
SO AGAIN, UM, TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT, THIS IS THE, UM, HIGHWAY 1 61.
THIS IS THE ROY OR BOULEVARD AND ROCK ISLAND.
SO YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER WE'VE BEEN NOT PROVING A LOT OF LOGISTICS TYPE OF WAREHOUSES IN THIS AREA.
UM, AND THERE ARE MANY, UH, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES ALREADY PRESENT IN THIS AREA.
SO THE APPLICANT'S PROPERTY KIND OF CONNECTS HERE.
THEY HAVE TWO BUILDINGS WHERE THEY HAVE MULTIPLE TENANTS.
SOME ARE WAREHOUSES, SOME ARE LOGISTICS COMPANY, SOME ARE, UM, TRUCK RELATED BUSINESSES.
SO WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS, HEY, UM, IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF WE CAN HAVE A SUP FOR THE OVERALL SITE.
THEN IT WILL ALLOW THEM TO HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF THE SUITES THAT THESE USES OCCUPY.
SO THE MAIN REASON THEY ACTUALLY NEED AN SUP IS BECAUSE THEY HAPPEN TO FALL RIGHT IN THE BORDERLINE OF THE 1 61 OVERLAY.
AS OF, UM, THE ROY OR BOULEVARD, IF THEY'RE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROY OR BOULEVARD, THEY'LL BE ON ALL LA ABOUT.
SO AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE SITE PLAN, THEY HAVE, UM, AMPLE PARKING ALREADY AVAILABLE.
IF, UM, THIS SUP WAS APPROVED, ANY USES THAT ARE RELATED TO HEAVY TRUCK OR HEAVY EQUIPMENT REPAIR CAN OBTAIN A CO WITHOUT HAVING TO COME THROUGH A SP SPECIFIC TO THAT SUITE, WHICH WILL SAVE A LOT OF STAFF TIME AND A LOT OF JUST ADMINISTRATIVE STEPS FOR THE FUTURE TENANTS AS WELL.
HERE ARE SOME PICTURES THAT I TOOK, UM, FROM THE SITE AGAIN.
UM, GENERALLY THEY HAVE A WAREHOUSE WITH LARGE GARAGE DOORS.
NOT EVERY USER IS TRUCK RELATED, BUT THERE ARE LIKE LOGISTICS COMPANIES.
I SAW SOME TRUCKS WITH SOME, UM, BEVERAGES THAT WERE BEING LOADED AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO I THINK THEY HAVE A MIXTURE OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES.
IT'S JUST THAT WHEN YOU'RE IN THE OVERLAY, THIS PARTICULAR TRUCK RELATED USE REQUIRES A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
AGAIN, THIS IS GENERALLY THE SITE AND HOW THEY'RE OPERATING.
AND, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, GENERALLY THAT, UH, HIGH PRAIRIE ROAD STREET, IT'S DOESN'T HAVE ANY PROXIMITY TO ANY RESIDENTIAL.
THEY'RE JUST KIND OF A SMALL STREET THAT CURBS AROUND.
IT TURNS AROUND TO PARKER AND PICKS UP AT, UM, ONE, UH, 1 61.
HOWEVER, MOST PEOPLE JUST TRAVEL ON ROY WORLD GET TO THE SHADY GROVE OR TO THE WEST TRINITY BOULEVARD TO GET TO 1 61.
AGAIN, THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.
THERE'LL BE AT THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS IS THAT ONE, THEY WILL OBTAIN C UH, CERTIFICATE, OCCUPANCY, AND A RB AUTO RELATED BUSINESS PERMIT THROUGH THE CITY'S PROCESS THAT THEY WILL, UH, PROVIDE A PROOF OF GARAGE SERVICES TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND ALL OPERATIONS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REGULATIONS ON THEIR CHAPTER 13, WHICH DEALS WITH THE NUISANCE ORDINANCE RELATED TO THE AUTOMOTIVE BUSINESSES.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS, I JUST HAVE ONE.
SO THEY ALREADY ARE DOING THE, UH, REPAIR SERVICES TO GET A PERMIT? NO, NO, NO.
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SUITE THAT HAD A VESTED RIGHT.BECAUSE AGAIN, THERE HAS BEEN VARIOUS SEALS THAT WAS ISSUED FROM 2006.
THEY HAPPENED TO WANT TO EXPAND THEIR BUSINESS.
THEY WANTED TO EXPAND THEIR, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE INTO THE NEXT SUITE THAT'S BEEN VACANT FOR OVER A YEAR.
AND WE COULD NOT FOUND, FIND THE RECORD THAT THAT SUITE HAS BEEN USED IN THE PAST AS A TRUCK REPAIR FACILITY.
SO WE HAD TO BRING THEM TO THE SUV PROCESS.
IN THE PROCESS, WE REALIZED CLEANING UP AND HAVING A OVERALL SUP WILL ALLOW THOSE TENANTS TO OCCUPY DIFFERENT SUITES BASED ON THEIR NEED FOR THE SIZE OF THE OPERATIONAL SPACE THAT THEY NEED AT EACH BUILDING.
SO IT WOULD BE CLEAR, 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT REALLY APPROVING ANY OTHER NUISANCE USES.
ONLY THING THAT'S ALLOWED IN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
WE'RE JUST SAYING THIS PARTICULAR USE, UNFORTUNATELY REQUIRES AN SUP BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE 1 61 OVERLAY.
THAT ENTIRE PROPERTY IS, UM, OWNED BY ONE OWNER.
THEY CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT, UH, SIX OR EIGHT DIFFERENT TENANTS IN SOME VACANCIES.
THIS IS ITEM NUMBER THREE SUP 2 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A CONVENIENCE STORE.
AH, UM, SO AGAIN, THIS IS FOR, IT IS AN SUP, UH, REQUEST FOR A CONVENIENCE STORE WITHOUT GAS SALES LOCATED AT SIX 15 SMALL HILL STREET.
IT'S ACROSS FROM, I, I BELIEVE, UH, YOU GRAND PRAIRIE UTILITIES OR WATER UTILITIES.
UM, SO THIS IS A 1500 SQUARE FOOT CONVENIENCE STORE WITHOUT GAS SALES.
UM, IT'S IN AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL LEASE SPACE.
IT MEETS ALL THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS, SUFFICIENT PARKING, THE OPERATIONAL PLAN, THE PLAN TO OPERATE MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, 7:00 AM TO 11:00 PM HAVE ABOUT ONE TO TWO EMPLOYEES PER SHIFT.
THEY DO HAVE SOME SAFETY FEATURES, INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SECURITY CAMERAS, UH, A WELL LIT STOREFRONT, UM, AND IN THE PARKING AREAS AS WELL.
THEIR INVENTORY WILL BE PACKAGED FOOD, BEVERAGES, AND HOUSEHOLD ESSENTIALS.
AND AS FAR AS ALCOHOL, THEY, THOSE SALES THEY'VE SAID ARE OPTIONAL AND WILL ONLY BE PURSUED SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE AND TABC.
THERE ARE SOME OTHER CONVENIENCE STORES LOCATED NEAR THEM.
UM, THE CLOSEST ONE IS THIS, UH, STOP AND SHOP, WHICH IS 0.1 MILES AWAY ALONG, UM, BELTLINE.
AND IT WAS ACTUALLY APPROVED JUST LAST YEAR.
THERE'S ANOTHER ONE, THIS APMEX CONVENIENCE STORE, WHICH IS 0.3 MILES AWAY.
SO THERE ARE SOME IN THE VICINITY.
THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS THAT SMOKING IS PROHIBITED INSIDE THE ESTABLISHMENT.
EIGHT LINER GAMING MACHINES SHALL BE PROHIBITED AND OUTSIDE STORAGE OR DISPLAY AREAS ARE PROHIBITED.
THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER? ANY QUESTIONS? NO, GO AHEAD.
AGENT, UH, IN CONVENIENCE, THE, WE, I'M GUESSING ALCOHOL IS ONLY HERE IN WINE, RIGHT? YES.
YEAH, BUT NOT, BUT THEY'RE, BUT THEY'RE NOT PROPOSING TO SELL ANY UNLESS THEY GET APPROVAL, RIGHT? RIGHT.
THEY'RE NOT EVEN REQUESTING APPROVAL.
AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? DISPLAY AREAS? UM, SOMETIMES CONVENIENCE STORES WILL LIKE, TRY TO SELL PROFANE CASES OUTSIDE OF THEIR STORE OR HAVE THOSE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT TRY TO HAVE LIKE SHELVES OR SOMETHING THAT'S OUT IN FRONT OF THE, IN FRONT OF THE STORE.
THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD WAS ABOUT WHY THEY DECIDED THEY WANTED TO PUT ANOTHER ONE THERE IN THE OTHER, OTHER STORES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY AND NO GAS.
DO THE OTHER TWO, UH, PLACES CONVENIENCE STORES HAVE GAS STATIONS? THEY DO NOT.
UH, THERE IS A GAS STATION, WHICH WAS THE, THERE, IF, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE GREEN STAR AT THE VERY BOTTOM, THERE IS A CHEVRON THERE, THERE'S A GAS STATION THERE, BUT THE OTHER TWO ARE NOT GAS STATIONS.
SO BRIAN? YEAH, NO, NO, IT'S KIND OF SMALL.
Y'ALL HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT? ALL RIGHT.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS SUP TWO FIVE DASH 12 DASH 0 0 4 5.
THIS IS ALSO A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
UM, IT IS FOR A WESTERN UNION TO ADD CHECK CACHING SERVICES.
UM, AGAIN, IT'S AT AN EXISTING WESTERN UNION LOCATED AT 8 1 7 WEST PIONEER
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PARKWAY, ZONED GR RETAIL, UH, GENERAL RETAIL, SORRY.AND IT IS WITHIN THE, UM, HIGHWAY 1 61 CORRIDOR OVERLAY.
AND IT'S THAT RECTANGLE PIECE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UH, HERE YOU CAN SEE IT, THE SHOPPING CENTER.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE WEST AND THE SOUTH THERE IS SOME RESIDENTIAL.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A CLOSEUP.
SO THEY'RE ASKING FOR A CHECK CASHING BUSINESS AT THE EXISTING CREDIT UNION.
THEIR BUSINESS PLAN IS THEY WILL BE OPERATING MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, 10:00 AM TO 7:00 PM AND THESE ARE THE CURRENT OPERATIONAL HOURS OF THE WESTERN UNION.
SO THEY WOULD JUST ADD IT AT THE SAME TIME.
UH, THEY HAVE EMPLOYEES ON SITE, ONE STORE MANAGER, AND ONE TO THREE TELLERS.
THEIR SERVICES THAT THEY WILL BE PROVIDING IS VERIFYING CUSTOMER INFORMATION AGAINST THE DATABASE AND COMPLIANCE LIST, VERIFYING PAYMENT METHODS, UTILIZING POINT OF SALE TERMINALS OR CHECK CASHING TOOLS TO PROCESS AND TRANSACTIONS AND PAYMENTS WILL BE PROCESSED IN THE BACKEND, UH, THROUGH A SETTLEMENTS TEAM.
THEY ALSO HAVE SOME SAFETY FEATURES.
THE FUNDS ARE KEPT IN SMART SAFES AND THE SITE IS SECURED WITH ADEQUATE, ADEQUATE SAFETY TECHNOLOGY.
THEIR CHECK CACHING ACTIVITY, THEY HAVE SAID IS GONNA BE ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 10 TO 30 CHECKS CASH PER MONTH.
HERE YOU CAN SEE, UH, PER ARTICLE FOUR, SECTION 11 OF THE UDC CHECK CASHING BUSINESSES ARE PROHIBITED FROM THESE THREE PARTICULAR, UM, CASES.
NUMBER ONE LOCATING WITHIN 1000 FEET OF ANOTHER CHECK CASHING BUSINESS.
UM, THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT, UH, TO A CHECK CASHING BUSINESS ALONG ITS EASTERN PROPERTY LINE.
SO ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE CURRENT EXISTING CHECK CASHING BUSINESS IS.
NUMBER TWO, WITHIN IT'S PROHIBITED TO BE WITHIN 300 FEET OF RESIDENTIAL ZONING OR USES.
AND I'VE, AS I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED, ALONG THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PROPERTY LINE, THERE IS, UH, SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES.
AND THEN NUMBER THREE WITHIN ANY ESTABLISHED OVERLAY DISTRICT.
AND THIS IS WITHIN THE 1 61 CORRIDOR OVERLAY.
SO THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS.
NUMBER ONE, PROXIMITY TO ANOTHER CHECK CASHING, UM, THE EXCEPTION TO THE PROHIBITION FROM LOCATING WITHIN 1000 FEET OF ANY OTHER LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND CONTAINING ANOTHER CHECK CASHING BUSINESS.
NUMBER TWO, PROXIMITY TO RESIDENTIAL USE.
UH, THE EXCEPTION TO THE PROHIBITION FROM LOCATING WITHIN 300 FEET OF ANY LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND ZONE FOR RESIDENTIAL USES.
AND LASTLY, NUMBER THREE, THE, THE OVERLAY DISTRICT.
AN EXCEPTION TO THE PROHIBITION FROM LOCATING WITHIN ANY ESTABLISHED OVERLAY DISTRICT.
THERE WERE 53 NOTICES SENT OUT.
UM, THERE WAS ONE RETURNED IN OPPOSITION.
UM, AND I CAN READ IT QUICKLY IF IT JUST SAYS THERE ARE TOO MANY CHECK CACHING PLACES AROUND THE AREA.
AND THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS THAT THE BUSINESS OPERATIONS WILL REMAIN CONSISTENT WITH THE ATTACHED OPERATIONAL PLAN AT ALL TIMES.
AND THAT MONTHLY CHECK CASHING ACTIVITY IS LIMITED TO NO MORE THAN 100 CHECKS PER MONTH, AS MAY BE DETERMINED BY AN AUDIT BY THE CITY FINANCE DIRECTOR OR DESIGNEE.
THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.
DID ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY, UH, ABOUT THIS? YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS? I GO AHEAD.
COMMISSION,
SO, UM, THE EXISTING CHECK CASH MM-HMM
IS IT INSIDE THE OVERLAY DISTRICT? YES.
SO THERE'S ONE THAT WE'RE ALREADY ALLOWING INSIDE THE OVERLAY DISTRICT.
AND, AND MAY THAT LOCATION WAS EXISTING PRIOR, BEFORE THESE REGULATIONS WERE IN PLACE.
WHAT ABOUT, WHAT ABOUT THE 300 FOOT RULES IT WITHIN 300 FEET OF A RESIDE? SMD OF THE, THE EXISTING ONE? UHHUH
CAN YOU PLEASE FIND THAT OUT BEFORE THE MEETING? SURE.
I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND 'CAUSE I WAS READING THROUGH IT.
YOU HAVE AN EXISTING CREDIT UNION, WHICH HAS ALL THE IMPLICATIONS OF A FULL SERVICE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER BACK AND FORTH WITH CASH AND WHATEVER.
I JUST THINK THERE'S A LOT GOING ON THERE.
I I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD EVEN APPROVE THAT.
SOMETHING SO CLOSE TO THE SINGLE FAMILY.
I, I'M JUST REALLY THROWN ABOUT THE WHOLE THING.
I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S NECESSARY.
IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A FACILITY THERE IN PLACE, A CREDIT UNION THAT WAS THERE BEFORE, UH, ALL IMPROVEMENTS TO 1 61 AND YOU'RE ADDING A, A WESTERN UNION RIGHT NEXT
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TO IT.THOSE ARE TWO THE SAME KIND OF.
SO THE WESTERN UNION IS ALREADY EXISTING.
OH, THE WESTERN UNION EXISTING AND THE CREDIT UNION.
SO THE WESTERN UNION, UH, LET ME, I THINK I CAN SHOW IT HERE.
THE WESTERN UNION ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THE BLOCK, UH, WHERE IT SAYS 1 56, IT'S ALREADY EXISTING.
SO IT'S ALREADY AN EXISTING BUSINESS.
THEY JUST WANNA ADD A CHECK CASHING TO THEIR EXISTING BUSINESS OPERATIONS.
SO BOTH BUSINESSES ARE ALREADY IN IN, THEY'RE THERE.
AND THE ONE THERE, OKAY, THE ONE THAT SAYS PL DOLLAR SIGN IS THE EXISTING, UH, CHECK CASHING BUSINESS.
THAT'S WHAT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND BECAUSE IT LOOKED AS THOUGH ONE WAS JUST COMING IN, UH, A CREATION OF A BRAND NEW, UH, UH, SIGN.
AND SO THE, SOMEBODY'S BEEN ON COMPLIANCE AND THEY'VE BOTH BEEN THERE GRANDFATHERED IN.
SO, SO WESTERN UNION IS GOING TO ADD CHECK CACHING TO THEIR OPERATIONS.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING FOR.
THAT'S WHAT THIS SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST IS FOR.
BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE, UH, A LOSS.
AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, NEITHER OF THESE INSTITUTIONS ARE CREDIT UNIONS AND ONE OF THEM IS, I CAN'T, NO ONE IS A CREDIT UNION, RIGHT? WESTERN UNION IS A CREDIT UNION? NO, NO.
THE WESTERN UNION IS THE ONE, THE ONE 50.
SO, BUT THE TLS DOLLAR SIGN IS NOT A CREDIT UNION UNION? NO.
WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE RED BLOCK? 1 22.
WHAT IS THAT? THAT'S ANOTHER BUSINESS THAT'S NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REQUEST.
I'M LOOKING AT, UH, SO WHERE IS, ARE THEY SIDE BY SIDE? I'M, IT'S HERE.
UH, WHERE'S MY MOUSE? CIRCLE IT REAL.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE SIDE BY SIDE, THE TWO I INSTITUTIONS OF WESTERN UNION AND THE CREDIT UNION? NO, THIS RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS THE EXISTING WESTERN UNION.
THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING THE CHECK CACHING TO BE ADDED.
THIS RIGHT HERE IS THE EXISTING CHECK.
I THOUGHT IT WAS ALL ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.
SO IT'S THIS, NEITHER ARE CREDIT UNIONS.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WAS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING.
THAT IT SAYS, IT SAYS CREDIT UNION CREDIT UNION, BUT IT'S A WESTERN UNION.
SO THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECT THAT THAT'S, UH, THAT'S WHAT THREW ME OFF COMPLETELY.
AND THE WESTERN UNION HAS BEEN THERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME, APPARENTLY.
AND THEY JUST ARE HAVING ADDITIONAL SERVICES.
YOU HAVEN'T HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH, WITH
SO THAT OTHER, UH, UH, CREDIT UNION IS WEIGHED LIKE 600,000 FEET FROM THE, UH, NELSON UNION, WHATEVER IT IS.
YEAH, IT'S A PATTY CORN TO IT.
IT'S THE UPPER, IT'S THIS ONE RIGHT HERE.
SO THAT'S WHAT, SO WHERE DO WE GET CREDIT UNION FROM, PERIOD.
WELL, I GUESS THAT'S A GOOD THING FROM ME.
I'M JUST CONFUSED ABOUT THE WHOLE THING.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT FEEDBACK? I'D LIKE TO HEAR THE FEEDBACK AGAIN.
IT JUST SAID THERE ARE TOO MANY CHECK CASHING PLACES AROUND THE AREA.
IT'S MORE THAN THAT BECAUSE I, I DID MAKE A COPY OF IT.
THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THAT OPPOSITION LETTER.
WAIT, THAT DON'T TELL THE OTHER ONE.
I'M THINKING ABOUT THE OTHER, THE LAST CASE.
I'LL FIND OUT ABOUT THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE RESIDENTIAL ONE.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE SUP 25 12 0 0 4 6 IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A REGISTERED GROUP HOME AT A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 7 7 2 PLEASANT HILL ROAD.
THE PROPERTY IS ZONED PLAN DEVELOPMENT 2 59.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION THERE ON THE RIGHT HERE IS AN AERIAL VIEW.
AGAIN, THE LOCATION IS, UM, OUTLINED IN YELLOW.
THE SURROUNDING ZONING IS PD 2 59 ACROSS LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY IS PD 2 67.
THOSE USES ARE ALL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
AND THEN SORT OF SOUTHWEST, WE DO HAVE AGRICULTURE ZONING.
THERE ARE LARGE UTILITIES GOING THROUGH THERE.
HERE IS A STREET VIEW OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD THIS BEFORE, BUT FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER, I'M GONNA TELL YOU AGAIN THAT
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IN 2023, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING ALL GROUP LIVING UNITS TO REGISTER WITH THE CITY UPON REGISTRATION.STAFF DETERMINES THE USE AND IF A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IS REQUIRED.
I'LL LET Y'ALL READ THE DEFINITION OF REGISTERED GROUP HOME AT YOUR LEISURE.
AN SUP IS REQUIRED IF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN 2,500 FEET OF ANOTHER GROUP LIVING RESIDENTIAL UNIT.
SO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, AGAIN, IS BOUNDED IN YELLOW.
IT IS WITHIN ABOUT 1200 FEET OF ANOTHER REGISTERED GROUP HOME SHOWN IN RED.
THE OTHER REGISTERED GROUP HOME IS A TYPE A LICENSE, AND IT HAS A CAPACITY FOR 10 CLIENTS.
AND SINCE I'M HERE, LET ME JUST READ TO READ TO YOU, A TYPE A FACILITY CARES FOR RESIDENTS WHO DO NOT REQUIRE ROUTINE ATTENDANCE DURING SLEEPING HOURS AND ARE CAPABLE OF FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS IN AN EMERGENCY.
THE APPLICANT IS NOT CURRENTLY REGISTERED WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS.
HOWEVER, AN APPLICATION FOR A TYPE B ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE STATE OF TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION.
TYPE B ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES ARE FOR RESIDENTS WHO DO REQUIRE STAFF ASSISTANCE TO LEAVE THE FACILITY AND ARE NOT CAPABLE OF FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS AND AN EMERGENCY AND REQUIRE NIGHTTIME ATTENDANCE.
OPERATIONS AND CLIENTELE ARE GENERALLY REGULATED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS.
THE APPLICANT WILL BE PROVIDING SERVICES THAT WILL INCLUDE LIMITED PERSONAL CARE ASSISTANCE MEDICATION REMINDERS, BUT NO ADMINISTRATION INJECTIONS OR MEDICAL OVERSIGHT AND ASSISTANCE WITH MEAL PREPARATION.
THIS FACILITY IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE NON-MEDICAL ASSISTANCE ONLY PER THE OPERATIONAL PLAN IN YOUR PACKET.
THIS WILL BE A 24 HOUR OPERATION WITH A MAXIMUM OF THREE CLIENTS.
THERE WILL BE MEAL PREPARATION ASSISTANCE, PERSONAL CARE ASSISTANCE, UM, SUCH AS DRESSING, MOBILITY, BATHING, AND STAFF WILL BE ON SITE 24 HOURS A DAY.
THAT IS ONE STAFF MEMBER ON SITE AT ALL TIMES WITH ADDITIONAL BACKUP ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE AS NEEDED.
IN NOVEMBER OF 2025, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND FOUND THAT THE GROUP HOME WAS OPERATIONAL.
AND THE APPLICANT DID INITIATE THE REGISTRATION PROCESS.
STAFFS CONFIRMED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT NO POLICE OR EMS CALLS FOR SERVICE HAVE BEEN LOCKED FOR THIS LOCATION.
AND WE VERIFIED WITH CODE COMPLIANCE, UM, THAT THERE ARE NO RECORDS OF CODE VIOLATIONS OR CODE RELATED COMPLAINTS FOR THIS ADDRESS.
WE SENT 30 NOTICES TO SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
WE RECEIVED ONE LETTER OF SUPPORT, AND JUST THIS EVENING WE RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL LETTER FROM A FAMILY, UH, OF ONE OF THE CLIENTS THAT IS AT THE HOME.
AND 15 LETTERS IN OPPOSITION REPRESENTING 14 UNIQUE ADDRESSES.
WE DO HAVE THE, THE OPPOSITION THAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO IN THE PREVIOUS CASE.
IT IS VERY LENGTHY, MADAM CHAIR.
THEY ARE ALL VERY SIMILARLY WORDED FOR HIGHLIGHT PURPOSES.
UM, TRAFFIC AND PARKING, NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, EMERGENCY SERVICES AND SAFETY CONCERNS AND MULTIPLE MENTIONS OF HOA COVENANTS, WHICH THE CITY DOES NOT ENFORCE.
YEAH, THE ONE THAT I, UH, LOOKED AT WAS VERY LENGTHY AND I THOUGHT IT, UH, HAD MERIT BECAUSE IT, IT, I THINK I MADE A COPY OF IT.
BUT THAT, YEAH, THAT ONE IS, I'D LIKE THAT ONE TO BE, TO BE READ.
YOU WANT ME TO READ IT? YEAH, BECAUSE IT IT IS, IT IS.
I, I DID TALK TO, UH, COUNCILMAN LOPEZ ABOUT THAT, AND, UM, HE SAID ABOUT A LOT OF THE HOMEOWNERS UPSET ABOUT IT.
SO IS THIS ALL THE SAME? THEY'RE, THEY'RE EACH OF THE 15, BUT THAT TOP ONE IS GONNA BE THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
DID I JUST MESS THAT UP? YES, YOU DID.
BUT THE, SO THESE TWO, THE SUPPORT OKAY.
THIS IS IN THE FIRST REGISTER SUPPORT.
THIS IS THE ONE THAT I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA PASS THESE AROUND.
YOU WANT TO LOOK THEM FIRST? SURE.
AND THEN GO THE ONE THAT, SO THIS ONE'S AN EXISTING, IT IS AN OPERATION.
THAT'S THE, THE, THE SNEAKY PART I THINK ABOUT IS THAT HE'S JUST ASSIGNED FOR A TYPE B.
SO BECAUSE IT IS WITHIN 2,500 FEET OF ANOTHER REGISTERED GROUP HOME, SHE IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
SHE DOES NOT HAVE THAT SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AT THIS TIME, BUT SHE IS OPERATIONAL.
BUT BOTTOM LINE, IF THEY DID THE INSPECTION IN NOVEMBER, SHE'S BEEN OPERATIONAL SINCE LAST YEAR.
THIS PERSON'S BEEN OPERATIONAL SINCE LAST YEAR.
THAT'S, AND SO THAT'S A CONCERN I HAVE.
IT SEEMS LIKE THEY JUST CREEPED IN THERE.
THEY JUST SNEAK IN AND GET IN THERE, AND THEN THEY ASK FOR PERMISSION AFTER
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THEY GET IN.IT'S BEGINNING TO BE TO ME, SOMEBODY, SOME OF THEM.
KEEP IN MIND WE IMPLEMENTED THIS REGISTRATION PROCESS A COUPLE YEARS AGO MM-HMM
AND THERE WERE ALREADY MANY IN EXISTENCE.
SO THIS IS PROBABLY ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN POSSIBLY, I DON'T KNOW THE TIMING, BUT I'LL JUST SAY THAT'S ANOTHER WAY THAT THESE COME BEFORE US.
AND MOST TIMES, MOST TIMES THAT'S HOW THEY COME, IS SINCE WE CREATED A REGISTRATION PROCESS, THOSE THAT WERE IN OPERATION, DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER ONE.
BUT THEN 2,500 FEET, ONE REGISTERS BEFORE THE OTHER, AND THEN THIS ONE HAS TO GET A ION.
BUT THIS ONE I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING.
IT SAYS TO YOU, MAY CONCERN, I HOPE THIS MESSAGE, UH, FINDS YOU WELL.
I'M WRITING REGARDING THE PROPOSAL FOR THE REGISTERED GROUP HOME AT 2 7 7 2 PLEASANT HILL, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS CURRENT IN THE REVIEW.
I WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK THAT GOES ON IN EVALUATING SUCH APPLICATIONS AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO SHARE THEIR PERSPECTIVES.
I WOULD LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY RAISE A FEW CONCERNS RELATED SOLELY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT AND LAND USE CONSIDERATIONS, WHICH I BELIEVE WARRANT CAREFUL REVIEW AS PART OF THIS DECISION MAKING PROCESS.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS ARE RELATIVELY NARROW AND WERE DESIGNED WITH SINGLE FAMILY USE IN MIND.
I'M CONCERNED THAT THE INCREASED VEHICLE TRAFFIC SUCH AS THAT, SUCH AS THE STAFF ROTATIONS, SERVICE PROVIDERS AND VISITORS PARKING MAY CREATE CONGESTION TO LIMIT SAFE VISIBILITY FOR DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS, NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE PROPOSED USE MAY INTRODUCE HIGHER LEVELS OF ACTIVITY THAN A TYPICAL SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.
I ASK THAT THE REVIEWING BODY CONSIDER WHETHER THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING INFRASTRUCTURE COULD ADEQUATELY SUPPORT THIS INCREASED ACTIVITY WITHOUT AFFECTING THE CHARACTER.
OUR DAY-TO-DAY, UH, LIVABILITY OF THE AREA, EMERGENCY SERVICE AND SAFETY CONSIDERATION.
ANY INCREASE IN EMERGENCY SERVICE CAUSE, UM, SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION COULD AFFECT RESPONSE TIMES FOR NEARBY RESIDENTS.
I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE CITY REVIEW WHETHER THE HOMES OPERATIONS MAY PLEDGE ADDITIONAL DEMANDS ON LOCAL SERVICES, COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY.
MANY HOMEOWNERS WERE UNAWARE OF THE APPLICATION OF UNTIL RECENTLY.
AND GREATER CLARITY ABOUT OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS, OVERSIGHT, STAFFING, AND POTENTIAL IMPACTS WOULD HELP RESIDENTS BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THE YOUTH WILL INTEGRATE INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
CLEAR INFORMATION CAN, CAN HELP BUILD TRUST AND REDUCE UNCERTAINTY FOR ALL INVOLVED.
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT MY CONCERNS ARE NOT ABOUT THE INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY HAVE RESIDE IN THE HOME.
I FULLY SUPPORT FAIR, SAFE, AND INCLUSIVE HOUSING FOR ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
MY REQUEST IS SIMPLY THAT THE CITY CAREFULLY EVALUATE THE POTENTIAL LOGISTICAL, TRAFFIC RELATED AND NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING IMPACTS TO ENSURE ANY, UH, IMPROVED USE REMAIN AS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO CONSIDER THESE CONCERNS.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO, TO CONTACT ME IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS HELPFUL.
AND I'M SORRY TO HAVE TO HAVE READ ALL OF THAT, BUT I THOUGHT TO ME THIS WAS STRONG AND, AND IT'S, IT IS, YOU KNOW, SHE HAS A RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, AND WE HAVE A RIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, TAKE OUR TIME.
I GUESS I JUST, SO MADAM CHAIR GAVE IT WAY IT'S DONE.
UH, GIVEN THE NUMBER OF LETTERS THAT WE HAVE, UM, SINCE YOU READ THAT ONE, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO ALSO READ IT DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THE MEETING.
AND JUST ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU ALL, UM, FOR BRIEFING IS NOW THAT WAS THE TIME FOR YOU TO ASK QUESTIONS TO STAFF.
AND, UM, IN TERMS OF DELIBERATION ON THE MERITS OF THE CASE, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU KIND OF HOLD THAT CONVERSATION FOR WHEN WE ARE OKAY.
SO THE HOME THAT YOU REFERENCED AS THE POINT, THE ONE THAT'S 1200 FEET AWAY? YES, SIR.
IS THAT AN HOA, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER? I BELIEVE THAT IT IS.
THIS IS A VERY LARGE HOA AREA, HOWEVER, PLEASE CONFIRM THAT.
AND IS IT IN THE, IS IT IN THE SAME HOA? YES.
'CAUSE UH, COMMISSIONER LOPEZ SAID THAT THAT THE HOA WAS VERY CONCERNED.
I THINK IT'S ONE HOA THAT COVERS ALL OF THIS AREA.
BUT I'M GONNA CONFIRM BETWEEN THE, THE BRIEFING AND THE HEARING.
SO THIS OFF OF LAKERIDGE? YES MA'AM.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES THAT THEY'RE ALL UNDER ONE UMBRELLA.
SO LAKE RIDGE IS THERE ON THE EASTERN SIDE.
UM, IT, IT'S A GROUP HOME TYPE A, THIS APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A TYPE B ASSISTED LIVING, WHICH FALLS UNDER OUR DEFINITION OF A, OF A GROUP HOME, A REGISTERED GROUP HOME.
YOU TALKING ABOUT CAPACITY OF THE NUMBER THINK IT'S THREE IS ALLOWED?
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NO, THE REASON WHY I WAS ASKING COMMISSIONER IS WHEN SHE WAS READING, UM, FOR YOUR, UH, CONVENIENCE, THERE IS THE DEFINITION FROM THE UDC OF REGISTERED GROUP HOME.AND IT DOES INCLUDE THIS TYPE OF GROUP LIVING FACILITY.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, SHE'S APPLYING FOR A TYPE B ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY THROUGH THE STATE OF TEXAS.
BUT BOTH TYPE A AND B FALL UNDER OUR DEFINITION OF REGISTERED GROUP HOME.
SPECIFIC QUESTION FOR RASHAD THERE MORE FROM THE STANDPOINT OF WHEN ORDINANCE GET INTRODUCED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY, HOW DO GROUP HOMES OR FOR THIS MATTER RESIDENTS ARE AWARE OF SOME OF THIS ORDINANCE? DO THEY JUST GET COMMUNICATED THROUGH MAIL OR HOW DO PEOPLE KNOW? WE WERE TASKED TO IMPLEMENT THE ORDINANCE.
THIS WAS KIND OF DONE, UM, WITHOUT THAT CONSIDERATION MAKING EVERYONE AWARE, THEY WERE MADE AWARE.
AND I, MY TEAM WASN'T A PART OF THAT.
ENVIRONMENTAL DOES THE REGISTRATION.
UH, PUBLIC HEALTH DOES THE REGISTRATION.
THEY DEAL WITH THE REGISTRATION OF THE, THESE FACILITIES.
SO THEY IMPLEMENTED THE ORDINANCE BY DIRECTION FROM CITY MANAGEMENT AT THE TIME.
AND THEN WE ARE THEN HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE SUP ISSUE AFTER THE FACT.
UM, I'LL SAY THIS IS A CONVOLUTED AND CONFUSING PROCESS.
UM, WE'RE WORKING TO SIMPLIFY IT, BUT AS IT STANDS, ALL THESE DIFFERENT USES TERMINOLOGIES, THEY'RE INTERCHANGEABLE.
THEN THE STATE HAS THEIR DEFINITIONS AND THEIR PROCESS.
I WOULD SAY IF YOU CAN LOOK AT SOLELY OUR PROCESS, OUR SUP PROCESS AND CONSIDER THE USE AT THE LOCATION, ALL THE DETAILS OF WHETHER OR NOT IT'S 3, 4, 5, OR LICENSED WITH THE STATE.
I MEAN, YOU CAN CONSIDER THAT, BUT THAT'S OUT OF OUR CONTROL.
OUR CONTROL IS THE SUP AND THE LAND USE CLASSIFICATION.
I THINK THE CONFUSING PART FOR ME IS THE FACT THAT THEY'RE THERE.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST LIKE SPILLED MILK.
THE MILK IS ALREADY SPILLED AND BOTH, BOTH OF BOTH HOMES, GROUP HOMES ARE ALREADY THERE.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE RESIDENTS THAT'S SURROUNDED DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THEM AND THEY'RE UPSET BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE A GROUP HOME IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE BIG ISSUE THERE.
AND YOU CAN'T BLAME 'EM FOR THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR LET PEOPLE KNOW, HEY, YOU KNOW, BUT IF YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF, 'CAUSE GENERALLY WHEN THERE IS A GROUP HOME, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, GARBAGE TO GO OUT AT A CERTAIN DAY OR LIKE I SAID, THE AMBULANCE IS COMING BY OR YOU KNOW, DOCTOR'S, YOU KNOW, VISITS OR WHATEVER.
SO I DON'T KNOW BY BEING THE WAY IT IS, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT PICTURE? IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S NEAR THE END OF THE STREET.
PROBABLY NOT IN, IN THE MIDDLE OF A STREET.
SO DOES THIS WORK FOR YOU? YES.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE, IT'S NOT IN A CUL-DE-SAC, BUT IT'S KIND IN THE CUL-DE-SAC KIND OF.
SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE KIND OF HITTING WAY BACK THERE THAT AN AVERAGE PERSON WOULDN'T, WOULDN'T REALLY KNOW IT'S THERE.
SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING ENOUGH REASON WHY WE HAVE SO MANY OF THESE AND PRIOR TO REGISTRATION, THEY ACTUALLY OPERATE.
UNLESS THERE'S MAJOR MEDICAL ISSUES THEY OPERATE AND PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THEY'RE THERE.
SO YES, THERE CAN BE THOSE THAT CREATE A LOT OF TRAFFIC 'CAUSE OF THE AMBULANCES OR CALLS BECAUSE OF DISTURBANCES FROM THE POLICE.
AND THEY ARE, UH, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT ARE PART OF THE REVIEWS AND THEY PROVIDE US INPUT ON THESE BUSINESSES OR RUN THESE BUSINESSES, BUT THESE FACILITIES, UM, AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY THEY COME BEFORE Y'ALL, WE GIVE THAT INFORMATION.
THE S EVERYTHING THAT THAT, THAT THE CITIZEN MENTIONED, WE REVIEW THAT.
OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT REVIEWS IT.
BUT ULTIMATELY THE DECISIONS UP TO Y'ALL.
THE OTHER FACILITY, OUR HOME THAT'S OPERATING, DID YOU TAKE A LOOK AND SEE IF THERE HAVE BEEN ANY COMPLAINTS WITH CODE COMPLIANCE OR WITH POLICE AT THE OTHER RESIDENCES IS STILL PART OF THAT SAME HOA COMMISSIONER? I DID NOT, UH, CHECK WITH PD OR CODE REGARDING THE EXISTING FACILITY THAT IS ALREADY REGISTERED.
WHAT ABOUT THE HOA? HAVE YOU TALKED WITH THE HO A TO FIND OUT EVEN WITH THAT OTHER FACILITY WITH THE OA, YOU WOULD BE CONCERNED EVEN WITH THE OTHER ONE OPERATING LIKE WHAT, WHAT IS THE FIELD FOR THE OA? THEY JUST DON'T WANT NONE OF 'EM THERE.
BECAUSE WHAT ABOUT THIS ONE? IF THIS ONE DOES NOT GET APPROVED, HOW DO WE KNOW THERE'S NOT OTHERS OPERATING ALREADY THERE THAT'S GONNA COME HERE AND, AND ASK FOR THE SUP.
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COMMISSIONER LUCKY ON, UM, WE DON'T ENFORCE THE HOA COVENANTS IF THEY HAVE COVENANTS AGAINST ALLOWING RESIDENTIAL, UH, THESE TYPE OF RESIDENT, UH,SO WE DON'T, I DON BELIEVE WE CHECKED WITH THE HOA ABOUT THEIR FEELINGS ABOUT THIS TYPE OF CASE.
UM, FOR THAT REASON IT IS THAT THE CITY DOES NOT ENFORCE THOSE COVENANTS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE.
SO THEY'RE APPLYING FOR AN SUP BUT THEY'VE BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR SOME TIME.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DENY IT? DO THEY, IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE GONNA CLOSE DOWN OR ANYTHING.
THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO STOP OPERATIONS THERE UNTIL THEY RECEIVE AN APPROVED SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
WELL, WE'RE JUST MAKING A RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE CITY HAS TO MAKE THE FINAL DECISION.
WE'RE JUST LAY PEOPLE GIVE GIVEN OUR, OUR RECOMMENDATION.
BUT A LOT OF TIMES CITY WILL DO THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE SAY.
MAY I READ THE RECOMMENDATION JUST SO I CAN COMPLETE THE INFORMATION HERE? SO THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
THE NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS SHALL NOT EX EXCEED EXCEED THREE, THE APPLICANT SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE BUILDING CODES.
MA MUST MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE REGULATIONS AND LOCAL ORDINANCES MUST BE AN APPROVED REGISTERED GROUP HOME FACILITY IN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE TO OPERATE.
AND THE APPLICANT SHALL MAINTAIN ALL REQUIRED STATE LICENSES.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME FINISH, COMMISSIONER.
IT'S ACTUALLY MY QUESTION SECOND FROM RASHA.
SO THIS CASE IS VERY FAMILIAR TO ME.
I THINK I REMEMBER BEING HERE WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT UP LAST CALENDAR YEAR.
WAS THERE SOMETHING ABOUT, UM, IF THAT HOUSE HAD NOT BEEN 1200 FEET AWAY, WOULD WE EVEN BE TALKING ABOUT THIS IF THE 2,500 FEET OR MORE SEPARATE SEPARATION FROM DISTANCE? YEAH.
THEY WOULD JUST NEED TO BE REGISTERED.
OKAY, SO IT'S ONLY BECAUSE OF THAT 12, THAT 2,500 FOOT HALO? YES.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT I THINK THAT IT'S DISHONEST FOR, FOR FOLKS TO COME INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND SET UP A, A GROUP HOME WITHOUT LETTING ANYBODY KNOW ABOUT IT.
AND IT'S, UM, IT'S UNFAIR TO THE HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE AROUND THERE.
THEY DON'T NECESSARILY WANT THAT.
I MEAN, I KNOW PEOPLE CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT ON THEIR PROPERTY, BUT THAT IT'S JUST BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
IT JUST SEEMS TO ME, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE YOU TAKING CARE OF THREE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT JUST SEEMS UNFAIR TO ME.
BUT THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT TYPE A WHO DO NOT REQUIRE ATTENTION, CAN FOLLOW DIRECTIONS AND ONE OF THE SUPPORT LETTERS, THIS IS FOR SOMEBODY WITH DEMENTIA.
THE EXISTING REGISTERED GROUP HOME THAT IS WITHIN DISTANCE CAUSING THE SUP IS A TYPE A.
THIS ONE WILL BE A TYPE B? YES MA'AM.
THE TYPE A, IS THAT THE ONE THAT THEY HAVE, BUT DID THEY SAY 10? THEY HAVE A CAPACITY FOR 10.
SO HOW BIG IS THAT HOUSE? IS THAT HOUSE A HOUSE FOR 10 PEOPLE? THE THE OTHER CAN, YOU SHOULD GO BACK TO THAT HOUSE.
AND I WANNA SAY I CAN'T, CAN'T TELL WHAT HAPPENED MADAM CHAIR.
I THINK YOUR EYESIGHT'S PROBABLY LIKE MINE.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO TELL ANYTHING.
IMAGINE HOW THAT'S LIKE MATCHBOX.
I CAN GET 10 PEOPLE INTO THAT.
AND, AND BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY, THEY MAY NOT HAVE A TOTAL OF 10 CLIENTS THERE, BUT THEY DO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO HAVE UP TO 10.
SO THE HOA, UM, IS NOTED AS SUMMERTON VILLAGE, HOA MM-HMM
UH, THEY'LL BE MENDING THEIR GUIDELINES.
IT'S IT'S SOUTH OF SOUTH OF HAWK AREA, SOUTH OF CAMP WISDOM.
SO THIS, THIS, THIS HOA HAS BEEN AROUND LONGER THAN THE OTHER ONES.
YOU CAN'T TELL CAN I ASK OUR COUNCIL A QUESTION? SURE.
SO I THINK THAT WE'RE HERE, IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT THE HOA REGULATIONS ARE SILENT ABOUT LEARNING FROM THE PUMP? WE HAVE NOT REVIEWED THE HOA UM, REGULATIONS BECAUSE WE DON'T, WE DON'T ENFORCE THAT.
THEY COULD THEN ENFORCE THAT BY CONTRACT.
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FOR US TO ENFORCE IT.BUT THAT WOULD BE A TOTAL HAMMER.
IF THAT WAS IN, UH, H OA RULES, THAT WOULD BE UP FROM THE OA TO ENFORCE.
THAT'S, THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT.
WHATEVER THE COVENANTS THEY VIOLATED THE COVENANTS YOU TO TAKE TO COURT AND BLAH, BLAH BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
THAT'S NOT, IF THEY WERE IN THE COVENANT, THEY WOULD LOSE.
GET ANYTHING DONE THROUGH LACK OF THE ATTORNEY.
BECAUSE THEY, TO GO THROUGH SO MANY STEPS AND SO MANY PROCEDURES, SO MUCH NOTIFICATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMERS? NO, I THINK, UM, THINK DID YOU READ THIS ONE? I HAVEN'T READ THAT ONE AS NOT THIS IS, I THINK SHE READ THIS.
THAT'S THE ONE THIS IS TALKING ABOUT THIS, THIS IS VERY INTERESTING.
I MEAN, WELL MAYBE TELL CAN I SEE IT? YEAH, YOU SHOULD.
UM, LIKE I SAID, WE NEED TO TAKE IN CONSIDERATION THE TESTIMONY AND THE EVIDENCE THAT WE HAVE AT THE PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL.
YOU WANNA READ IT, YOU WANNA READ IT.
UM, SO TO THE DEGREE THAT YOU KNOW TO, BECAUSE ANYTHING YOU READ IN HERE, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ ALSO OUT LOUD DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO WAIT UNTIL WE'RE AT THE PUBLIC HEARING IF YOU WANNA READ IT.
AND THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, THIS IS NOT ALRIGHT.
WELL THAT BEING, THAT BEING SAID, UH, WE'RE GONNA CONCLUDE THAT REVIEW SESSION.
WE WILL READ AJO AT 6 35 MINUTES.