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OKAY, WELCOME TO THE STAFF BRIEFING OF THE CITY OF
[Planning & Zoning Briefing 04142026]
GRAND PRAIRIE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE MEETING OF APRIL 14TH, 2026.I'M CHERYL SMITH, CHAIR OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THIS SET OF BRIEFING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IS HEREBY CALL TO ORDER AT 5:47 PM THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS WHERE THE STAFF BRIEFS THE COMMISSION AND PREVIEWS THE CASES FOR.
ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA COMMISSION MEMBERS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS THAT MAY FACILITATE THE MEETING AND THE PRESENTATION OF THE CASES.
NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN DURING THE BRIEFING.
PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL TAKE PLACE DURING THE REGULAR MEETING, WHICH WILL BEGIN EARLIER THAN 6:30 PM I'LL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS TO CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF THE QUORUM.
HERE, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR TY CHAPMAN AND CHRISTOPHER OCO AND VICTOR MEDINA.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS FOR EXECUTIVE EXEMPTION? NO, MA'AM.
STEPH, READY TO PRESENT? YES, MA'AM.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
THE ITEM NUMBER TWO AND ITEM NUMBER THREE ARE JOINT ITEMS. SO I'LL BE GO GOING OVER THEM TOGETHER.
THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR GOODLAND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
AS YOU'VE SEEN MULTIPLE ZONE CHANGES FOR THE GOODLAND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, THE UM, APPLICANT HAS ACQUIRED ADDITIONAL LAND.
SO THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS TO CLEAN UP THE CURRENT FUTURE LAND USE MAP IN THE AREA.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, WE HAVE MAJORITY OF THE LAND ALREADY DESIGNATED AS BUSINESS PARK, BUT WE HAVE SOME SMALL PORTIONS THAT ARE DESIGNATED AT MIXED RESIDENTIAL OPEN SPACE AND SOME LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
AS WE HAVE THE ZONING FOR THIS AREA AS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING, INCLUDING DATA CENTER USAGE, WE WANT TO CLEAN UP AND MATCH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP WITH THE ZONING.
AGAIN, DRC RECOMMENDS A PURPLE.
THIS IS A ZONE CHANGE ITEM FOR THAT AREA.
SO THIS IS A ZONE CHANGE AND CONCEPT PLAN FOR GOOD LAND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
AGAIN, YOU HAVE SEEN THIS COME BEFORE YOU.
UM, THE APPLICANT ACTUALLY HAD ACQUIRED THESE, UH, 70 ACRES THAT'S INTERNALLY LOCATED WITHIN THE CURRENT BOUNDARY.
SO IT USED TO HAVE A LITTLE HOLE THERE, BUT THEY RECENTLY WERE ABLE TO ACQUIRE THIS.
UM, SO THEY ARE COMING BACK TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE UPDATING THEIR, UM, LAND USE, UH, LAND DESCRIPTION AS SHOWN.
I KNOW, UM, YOU GUYS ARE KIND OF INTERESTED ABOUT THE DATA CENTER, SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A LATEST UPDATE.
I KNOW RIGHT NOW THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY PROPOSAL FOR THE REST OF THE LAND.
UH, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE FOCUSING ON GETTING JUST THE, UH, DATA CENTER CONSTRUCTED UP HERE.
BUT AGAIN, THERE'S NOT REALLY A PROPOSAL FOR THIS AREA.
AGAIN, THEY CAN PROPOSE EMPLOYMENT CENTERS.
THEY CAN DO ANY OTHER USES ALLOWED IN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL THAT CAN GENERATE JOBS AND THEY CAN GENERATE PROPERTY TAXES.
AT THIS TIME, THERE'S NO PROPOSAL UNDER CONSIDERATION.
UH, WE HAVE SENT OUT 109 NOTICES.
WE HAVE RE UH, RECEIVED ZERO IN FAVOR.
WE HAVE THREE OPPOSITION LETTERS.
THIS CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TALKING ABOUT THE DATA.
I NOTICED THAT ONE OF THE OPPOSITION LETTERS MM-HMM
WAS PRETTY LENGTHY AND WE MM-HMM
NEED TO READ THAT INTO THE RECORD.
DO YOU HAVE A COPY? YOU KNOW WHAT, ACTUALLY THAT IS NOT, UM, INCLUDED IN HERE BECAUSE WE RECEIVED IT AFTER THE PACKET.
I'LL UM, TRY TO LOOK INTO THAT DURING THE, AFTER THE BRIEFING TO SEE WHAT'S AVAILABLE.
THE REASON WHY I SAID MM-HMM
AND YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT THIS IS AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE AREA, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY THERE DO HAVE A RIGHT TO BE HEARD.
SO I JUST, I UNDERSTAND, BUT KEEP IN MIND THAT THE SONY WAS OUT PER LAST YEAR.
THE INFORMATION BEEN AVAILABLE SINCE THEN.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THE LAND USE ALREADY PERMITTED WITHIN THE DISTRICT BASED ON THE DEVELOPER AGREEMENT.
OF COURSE THE COMMISSIONER DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE.
ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE ARE COMPANION ITEMS AND I'M GONNA PRESENT THEM TOGETHER.
SO ITEM FOUR IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1217 SMALL STREET.
THE PROJECT IS A REZONING TO SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED FOR A DUPLEX DEVELOPMENT.
THIS WILL REQUIRE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FROM THE EXISTING DESIGNATION OF MIXED USE TO THE DESIGNATION OF MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
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ON THE LEFT YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING FUTURE LAND USE MAP WITH THE PROPERTY HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW ON THE RIGHT WOULD BE THE PROPOSED FUTURE LAND USE MAP.STAFF IS UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE REQUEST BECAUSE THE PROPOSED USE DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
ITEM FIVE IS A ZONING CHANGE REQUEST FOR THE SAME PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1217 SMALL STREET.
THE EXISTING ZONING ON THIS PARCEL IS GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT AND THE PROPOSED ZONING IS SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED DISTRICT HERE IS AN AERIAL WITH THE SUBJECT PROPERTY BOUNDED IN YELLOW.
SUBJECT PROPERTY IS GENERAL RETAIL AS WELL AS THE ADJACENT PROPERTY ON THE EAST TO THE WEST.
NORTH NORTHEAST IS TWO FAMILY ZONING.
AND THEN THE PROPERTY THAT LOOKS LIKE A AUTO DISPLAY IN SILLS LOCATION IS ALSO ZONED GR.
JUST A LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT THE REQUEST.
THE DUPLEXES INCLUSIVE OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WERE CONSTRUCTED IN 1950.
IN 2026, THE EXISTING DUPLEX ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WAS DEMOLISHED.
UM, THE ADJACENT DUPLEX ON THE PARCEL TO THE EAST IS STILL EXISTING AND IN USE AS A DUPLEX.
AND THE APPLICANT PROPOSES CONSTRUCTING A NEW DUPLEX THAT WILL MEET THE SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED DISTRICT STANDARDS.
ON THE LEFT YOU CAN SEE THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN AND ON THE RIGHT IS A CONCEPTUAL ELEVATION AS I'VE MENTIONED.
UM, IF THIS IS UH, APPROVED, THE CONSTRUCTION WILL HAVE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF OUR UDC.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTERISTICS, THE SURROUNDING AREA NORTH AND WEST IS PREDOMINANTLY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
PROPERTIES DIRECTLY WEST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WERE DEVELOPED WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT WERE BUILT BETWEEN 1945 AND 1950.
THE LIVING AREAS RANGE FROM ABOUT 760 SQUARE FEET TO 1400 SQUARE FEET.
AND THE PROPOSED DUPLEXES DUPLEX IS GENERALLY COMPATIBLE WITH THE SCALE OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'VE RECEIVED ZERO LETTERS OF SUPPORT, ZERO LETTERS IN OPPOSITION, AND THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE IS UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE ZONING CHANGE BECAUSE THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE FUTURE OF LAND USE MAP.
MADAM CHAIR, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? VERY GOOD PRESENTATION.
ERIN, THIS IS KIND OF INTERESTING AT FIRST OFF, JUST ASSUME THIS WAS A NO GO, BUT IT'S INTERESTING 'CAUSE THAT THE OTHER DUPLEX IS STILL THERE.
YOU CLOSE TO RESIDENTIAL AREA AND IT'S JUST A CONCERN BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE NEED HOUSING.
I DON'T KNOW COMMISSIONERS, Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? MAY I ASK A QUESTION? CAN YOU GO BACK ANOTHER SLIDE? ANOTHER SLIDE? WHERE'S THE, ON THAT SLIDE RIGHT THERE.
WHERE'S THE ADJACENT EXISTING DUPLEX? RIGHT HERE.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S ALREADY ZONED GENERAL RETAIL.
SO THE DUPLEXES WERE CONSTRUCTED PRIOR TO THE EXISTING ZONING DISTRICT BEING IN PLACE.
SO WE OVERLAID ZONING ON SOMETHING THAT WE KNEW WAS NOT THAT TYPE OF USE.
THERE THAT USE IS CALLED A LEGAL NON-CONFORMING USE.
SO CAN YOU SAY, I'M LOUD CAN HEAR YOU.
THAT THAT USE THAT'S THERE NOW THE DUPLEX THAT'S THERE NOW IS CONSIDERED ON THE 1219 IS CONSIDERED LEGAL NON-CONFORMING.
'CAUSE IT'S LEGAL BECAUSE IT WAS EXISTING PRIOR TO THE ZONING PLACE.
BUT IT DOESN'T CONFORM TO THE CURRENT ZONE.
IS THAT ADJACENT ONE WERE TO BURN DOWN, WOULD THEY THEN HAVE TO GO GENERAL RETAILER, MAYBE BUILD A DUPLEX? THERE'S A CERTAIN THRESHOLD, UM, THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO, TO REBUILD.
BUT IF THE COST OF, OF REBUILDING EXCEEDED THAT, THEIR OPTIONS WOULD BE TO EITHER REZONE IT SUCH AS THE APPLICANT'S DOING NOW OR, UM, CONSTRUCT UNDER THE, THE CURRENT ZONING.
IT WOULD BE A SIMILAR SCENARIO.
AND THIS IS ANOTHER INSTANCE WHERE, UH, I GUESS IN THE EIGHTIES OR NINETIES, THE PLAN WAS THAT THIS AREA WOULD EVENTUALLY DEVELOP AS GENERAL RETAIL.
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW OR HOW THAT PROCESS HAPPENED WITH THE REZONING.
UH, PROPERTY OWNER COULD HAVE BEEN A PART OF THAT PROCESS THINKING THAT, UH, GENERAL RETAIL WOULD BE MORE VIABLE FINANCIALLY FOR HIS PROPERTY.
BUT UNTIL THAT HAPPENED, KEEP IT RESIDENTIAL.
IS THE, DOES THE APPLICANT, DO YOU KNOW AARON, DOES THE APPLICANT FORM BOTH OF THOSE? YOUR PARCEL JUST HE DOES NOT JUST THE ONE.
THIS IS A, AN INTERESTING CASE.
I'M NOT REALLY SURE HOW I FEEL ABOUT THIS.
AND THE ONE TO THE WEST OF THAT IS SINGLE CLOUD
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UNIT, RIGHT? THIS, THIS LOT IS ACTUALLY IT, IT IS ACTUALLY UNDEVELOPED.THERE'S NOT A STRUCTURE THERE.
IT IS FENCED IN, BUT ALL OF THE OTHER PROPERTIES HERE IN THIS AREA ARE DEVELOPED WITH THOSE 1940S, 1950S HOMES.
I DID GO BACK AND LOOK AND, AND CONFIRM THAT THEY ARE STILL THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURES THAT WERE BUILT.
WHAT IS THE ZONING OF THAT PROPERTY TO THE WEST OF THE UH, TO THE WEST? IT'S TWO FAMILY ZONING.
UH, WHO IT STATES TO MEAN THAT IT'S A POSSIBILITY TO SIT ON A PL BECAUSE WE, THIS YOU'RE RIGHT THERE.
AND, UM, I DUNNO FROM A DEVELOPMENT, SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT FROM A DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT.
THIS BEING GENERAL RETAIL AND DEVELOPERS, GENERAL RETAIL IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY JUST BECAUSE OF THE, THE SIZE OF THE LOT.
YOU WOULD, THE ONLY WAY I WOULD SEE THIS DEVELOPMENT GENERAL RETAIL IS IF IT WAS A PART OF THAT LARGER DEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTH, WEST OR EAST.
SO, UM, AND WITH THAT, THAT WOULD HAVE TO INCORPORATE A BUT PARTNER THAT'S ALREADY EXISTED.
UH, SO I, I PERSONALLY DON'T HAVE A MAJOR ISSUE WITH THIS.
IT'S JUST FROM A, UH, PROCESS STANDPOINT, IT GOES AGAINST.
I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE FACT THAT THEY, ANY OPPOSITION LETTERS SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL.
JUST ABOUT THE OTHER ONES ABOUT STANDING PLEX STANDING, YOU KNOW, WHICH THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO BE THERE.
WE A LOT OF THOSE, UH, DUPLEXES, AREN'T THEY? RENTALS ANYWAYS.
WE ASSUME THAT THIS WOULD BE RENTALS.
SO THAT'S WHY I WOULD THINK THERE'S NOT GONNA BE, THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING WHEN I SAW THERE WAS NO OPPOSITION BECAUSE I WAS WONDERING THE SAME THING.
I MEAN THAT'S WHERE MY QUESTIONS TOO IS LIKE, I MEAN JUST ODD FOR IT TO BE GENERAL RETAIL, BUT I KNOW THIS WAS PROBABLY DONE A LONG TIME AGO.
RIGHT? THE FUTURE LAND USE, THAT'S WHAT I ASSUMPTION.
I MEAN THIS WAS DONE, IT WAS WAY AHEAD OF THE, WHEN FLU WAS ORIGINALLY AND I GET THAT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE BE COGNIZANT OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL THERE AND THAT, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS AS SUCH IS THOSE HOMES THAT SIZE AND ALL THAT IS PRETTY COMFORTABLE TO US IN THE AREA.
SO I, I DUNNO, I JUST, YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS? MY QUESTION IS, SINCE LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S LIKE LAST MAN STANDING SCENARIO, RIGHT? I MEAN, COULD, COULD THE CITY OR THE STATE CLAIM IMMINENT DOMAIN ON THAT REMAINING LOT AND TO DO WHAT THE CITY CAN ONLY EXERCISE
IT, ITS A PUBLIC USE FOR THAT PROPERTY.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO, UH, DECLARE A PUBLIC USE FOR THAT PROPERTY.
THAT'S CONSIDERED WHAT'S CALLED THE TAKINGS WHERE WE HAVE TO COMPENSATE THE REALLY NICE WORD.
BUT IN ORDER TO, UH, EXERCISE EMINENT DOMAIN ON A PROPERTY, WE HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC USE.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE ARE, UM, FEEDING A PROPERTY FOR, UM, TO LAY A WATER PIPELINE, UM, OR AN EASEMENT TO LAY A WATER PIPELINE.
SO, SO THEN IF WE DON'T APPROVE IT, WHAT CAN THEY BASICALLY IT'S USELESS LAND.
YOU WOULD'VE TO DEVELOP IT UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING.
THERE'S ONE HAS A DUPLEX ON IT.
SO NO MATTER WHAT THEIR IS STILL SITTING THERE.
BUT I MEAN, SO IF WE DON'T APPROVE IT, LIKE WHAT ELSE COULD GO THERE? I KNOW, I KNOW YOU SAID RETAIL, BUT LIKE IN LIKE WHAT REALLY WOULD WANT TO COME FORWARD BECAUSE WE DO THE GENERAL RETAIL.
HAVE Y'ALL HAD ANY, ANYBODY COME FORWARD FOR THAT PROPERTY? AND THE PROPERTY, UH, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? UH, THE ONE THAT, THE OTHER PROPERTY I GUESS IS, IS THAT PUBLIC INFORMATION OR IS DEVELOP, WHETHER THAT'S OWNED BY COMPANY OR INDIVIDUAL, FIND THAT OUT.
THAT IS, UH, PUBLIC INFORMATION ON APPRAISAL DISTRICT LOOKS LIKE NOT OWNERSHIP, BUT BEYOND THAT, I THINK JUST FOCUSING ON THIS
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PROJECT, THIS ON CHANGE AT ONE TIME, EVEN ON THIS VISION, YOU SEE THAT THERE WAS ATHEY'RE JUST TRYING TO COME BACK AND CLEAN THAT UP RATHER THAN KEEPING IT IN GENERAL RETAIL.
WE CAN'T ALLOW IT TO BE DEVELOPED.
AND
IT'S NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ZONING THAT'S THERE.
BUT MY THING IS, I WONDER THE PERSON THAT'S UH, PUSHING THINGS, HAVE THEY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? YEAH.
I MEAN, BECAUSE ESPECIALLY THE PERSON ON THE OTHER SIDE.
THAT'S WHY IT, THEY HAD A CONVERSATION.
HAS THERE BEEN A CONVERSATION? THEY'RE NOT PROPOSING GENERAL RETAIL.
I MEAN IT'S STILL, THIS WAS WAS THERE PREVIOUSLY.
SO WHICH IS THE BIG ONE, RIGHT? SO A CONVERSATION WITH THE RESIDENTS TO BUILD ANOTHER ONE.
THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA SAY IT'S PROBABLY NOT NEEDED.
I WILL NOTE THAT OUR UDC DOESN'T CURRENTLY REQUIRE THE APPLICANT TO, YOU KNOW, NOTIFY UH, ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
THE CITY DOES NOTIFY ADJACENT PROPERTIES WITHIN 300 FEET OF THIS BUILDING CHANGED.
UH, BUT THE UDC CURRENTLY REQUIRED BY APPLICANT.
YEAH, SO THE, THE, THE OTHER, THE OWNER HAS NOTIFICATION OF THIS CONSIDERATION AND NOBODY'S COME FORWARD.
YOU WOULD THINK THEY'D BE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S GONNA BE NEXT DOOR.
PROBABLY HAPPY, BUT THERE NOT, THEY DON'T WANT A SEVEN 11 THERE.
I WAS GONNA SAY IT IS BETTER OFF TO HAVE ANOTHER PL THAN HAVING A, A SPACE OR DINNER RETAIL.
SO IT'S THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO IS HOUSE.
BUT THERE'S, IN TERMS OF JUST PARKING, YOU'RE SAYING LIKE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE OFFICES? YEAH, DOCTOR'S OFFICE.
THE DOCTOR OFFICE WOULD BE MORE SPACE THAN THAT FOR WOULD BE PLATE AND, WELL THIS IS INTERESTING.
I MUST SAY IT'S NOT CUT AND DRY LIKE I THINK I THOUGHT IT WAS.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR AARON? HONEST? THANK YOU YOUR HONOR.
UH, FOR THE SAKE OF THE MEETING THAT WE'RE RUNNING, UM, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, THE APPLICANT WILL BE HERE BUT THEY PLAN ON, UH, REQUESTING TO TABLE THE ITEM.
SO I'LL JUST STOP AT THE ITEM SIX IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU.
SO ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST SUP 26 0 3 0 0 0 3.
THIS IS TO DEMOLISH THE EXISTING EXISTING STRUCTURE AND BUILD A BRAND NEW CAR WASH.
SO YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH THIS LOCATION.
THEY ARE RIGHT NEXT TO 1 6 2 1 WALMART, SOUTH OF PIONEER.
UM, THEY WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE A SELF-SERVICE CAR WASH HERE.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THIS IS THE WALMART IN THE BACK.
THIS IS THE PROPOSED LOCATION.
AGAIN, THAT BUILDING HAS BEEN UNOCCUPIED FOR A WHILE.
UM, IT WAS ONCE APPROVED FOR MULTI-PURPOSE EVENT CENTER, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY'LL BE IN ACTIVE FOR A WHILE.
THEY PLAN ON DEMOLISHING THE ENTIRE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTING A NEW CAR WASH.
SO HERE'S THE PROPOSED CAR WASH.
THAT'S ABOUT 4,000 SQUARE FEET.
THEY HAVE THE TUNNELS AND THE DR UM, DRIVING QUEUE WITH THE VACUUM BAY AND PARKING LOT.
THEY ARE COMPLYING THE PARKING REQUIREMENT.
THEY ARE EITHER EXCEEDING OR MEETING THE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENT.
THE ONE IN THE LIGHTER, UM, GREEN IS ACTUALLY THE EXISTING TREES THAT THEY PLAN TO PRESERVE.
UM, AND THE, UH, OTHER GREEN TREES ARE THE ONES THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING PER APPENDIX F REQUIREMENT.
THE OPERATIONAL PLAN IS THAT THE BUSINESS HOURS WILL BE 7:00 AM TO 8:00 PM ON MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY IT'LL BE 8:00 AM TO 8:00 PM THEY DO OFFER MONTHLY, UM, MEMBERSHIP AND SINGLE WASH OPTIONS.
UM, THEY DO HAVE A VERY SMALL 120 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE IN CASE THAT THE CUSTOMER JUST NEEDS HELP WITH THE EQUIPMENT AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
THEY MIGHT HAVE AN EMPLOYEE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, BUT IT'S BASICALLY SELF UH, TUNNEL TYPE CAR WASH.
HERE'S THE PROPOSED ELEVATIONS.
SO BASICALLY THIS IS THE ELEVATION THAT WILL BE VISIBLE FROM THE PIONEER STREET.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY ARE REQUESTING SOME VARIANCES ON THE, UM, ELEVATION REQUIREMENTS.
AGAIN, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT, UM, THE TUNNELS GOING THROUGH HERE.
THEY HAVE EQUIPMENT ROOM AT THE UM, WESTERN END.
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THE APPENDIX OF CHECKLIST.THEY'RE MEETING THE
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THREE VARIANCES, ONE OVERALL WINDOW.
SO AGAIN, AS YOU MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH, WE REQUIRE 50% OF THE AREA OR THE 50, UH, LINEAR FEED OF THE PERIMETER OF THE BUILDING BE COVERED WITH GLASS.
AND AS YOU PROBABLY RECALL, A LOT OF SMALLER, UH, QUICK SERVICE RESTAURANT TYPE OF THINGS, THEY ALWAYS COME AND REQUEST SOME VARIANCES ON THAT.
SO BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LOT OF EQUIPMENT AREAS, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENT.
UM, SO THEY ARE ACTUALLY OVERALL AREA WE REQUIRE 50%.
THEY'RE ONLY PROVIDING 19% BASED ON THE AREA BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE TRANSOM WINDOW.
THEY WENT TO GO THE AREA ROUTE.
THEY'RE REQUESTING A SECOND VARIANCE, WHICH IS FOR THE WEST FACADE.
SO THEY ACTUALLY FACE, UH, PUBLIC STREETS ON ALL THREE SIDES.
SO YOU SEE THE PIONEER IS THE MAIN, UM, WAY, BUT THE SOUTH GATE DRIVE IS ACTUALLY A PUBLIC STREET.
SO, UM, THEY ARE ACTUALLY ALSO REQUIRED TO PROVIDE SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF, UH, GLASS ON THIS PARTICULAR WESTERN ELEVATION.
THIS IS ANOTHER VARIANCE REQUEST.
THE LAST VARIANCE REQUEST IS THE OVERALL OVERALL CANOPIES.
AGAIN, THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE CANOPIES THAT IT GOES TO 25% OF THE OVERALL LENGTH.
UM, JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THERE ARE ACTUALLY KIND OF EXISTING CAR WASH AROUND THE AREA AND UM, THERE'S AN EXISTING CAR WASH ABOUT 600 FEET TO THE NORTH AND ABOUT 850 FEET TO THE SOUTH.
THIS, UM, NINE 50 WEST PIONEER TO THE NORTH HAS BEEN EXISTING FOR A WHILE.
UH, 1200 ARE CONSULTANTS TO THE SOUTH THAT WERE RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED.
IN THE LAST TWO YEARS OR SO, UM, WE HAVE SENT 13 NOTIFICATIONS PER REQUIREMENT.
UM, FIVE RETURN IN FAVOR, 46, UH, WRITTEN OPPOSITIONS.
HOWEVER, THERE WERE SOME DUPLICATES, SOME LETTERS THAT WERE SUBMITTED FROM OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS.
SO WE ONLY IDENTIFY 20 UNIQUE ADDRESSES.
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, OUT OF THE 13 LETTERS THAT WE SENT OUT, ZERO RETURNED IN FAVOR, ZERO RETURNED IN, OPPOSED ALL THE SUPPORT LETTER.
AND OUR POSITION LETTERS ARE ACTUALLY FROM THESE PROPERTIES THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE NOTIFICATION BOUNDARIES.
SO, UM, WITHIN ABOUT A MILE OR SO, WE ONLY RECEIVED ONE LETTER.
I MEAN SO SORRY, THREE LETTERS.
HOWEVER, TWO OF THEM WERE FROM, UH, APARTMENT RESIDENT AND A TENANT IN A COMMERCIAL PLACE.
SO ONLY ONE WERE TRULY FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER.
AGAIN, THEY WERE OUTSIDE OF THE NOTIFICATION AREA.
SO DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE CONDITION THAT ALL OPERATIONS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REGULATIONS FOR THE AUTOMOTIVE RELATED BUSINESS.
UH, YOU KNOW, REVIEWS THE ISSUES OF, YOU KNOW, ALL THE WASTEWATERS GOING THROUGH PROPER, UM, TRAP AND PROPER CLEARING SYSTEM BEFORE GOING INTO OUR SAN STORE AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO THIS IS A PRETTY STANDARD CONDITION FOR ALL PROJECTS.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? GREAT PRESENTATION IS ALWAYS, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WHERE IT SHOWS THE DIFFERENT PLACES? I MEAN THE OTHER SURROUND THE AREAS, SO YES MA'AM.
YEAH, MOSTLY ARE MOSTLY RESIDENTIAL.
IT'S COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL.
YOU KNOW THE, ONE OF THE FOUR DIFFERENT AREAS? YES MA'AM.
SO THIS IS THE WALMART AS YOU KNOW.
I WANNA SEE THE, I WANNA SEE THE WRITING, THE ONE WITH THE WRITING ON IT, LIKE PD, WHATEVER KNOW THE, THE ONE THAT SHOWS THE OTHER ZONING ZONING STUFF.
THAT THE ONE ON THE FLOOR ON IT.
UH, I DON'T HAVE THAT INSIDE MY POCKET.
YOU DON'T HAVE THAT ONE? I DO NOT BECAUSE MM-HMM
THE OTHER PART IS, IS RESIDENTIAL WELL SO COM.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS THE PLACE THEY'RE BEING, I THINK THIS ACTUALLY KIND OF ANSWERS SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
SO THIS IS THE WALMART ACROSS ROBINSON STREET IS THE SINGLE FAMILY, BUT ALL THIS ALONG HERE ARE COMMERCIAL.
THIS IS THE, UH, GAS STATION, I THINK IT'S QUICKTRIP AND THEY HAVE, UH, STORAGE BUILDINGS AND UM, SOME RETAIL RESTAURANTS AND AUTOMOTIVE RELATED USES.
THIS IS THE CAR WASH THAT'S EXISTING.
THAT'S THE CAR WASH THAT'S EXISTING.
THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, THE CHICK-FIL-A
THE ONLY THING IS UNDER ONE SECTION OF RESIDENTIAL.
YEAH, THE RESIDENTIAL IS ACROSS THE STREET ON THE ROBINSON ROAD AND TO THE SOUTH OF WALMART.
THEY ARE CURRENTLY SURROUNDED BY ALL COMMERCIAL USES.
COMMISSIONER? YES, DO THANK YOU.
UM, SO I CAN, ANY ISSUES MM-HMM
SO THERE IS NOT REALLY A REQUIREMENT.
SO AGAIN, I KNOW YOU ARE PROBABLY THINKING ABOUT, SO ONLY A PROXIMITY REQUIREMENT IS IF YOU'RE IN THE OVERLY DISTRICT, WE HAVE A PROXIMITY REQUIREMENT.
YOU CANNOT HAVE ANOTHER ONE WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OF ANOTHER GAS
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STATION.YOU CANNOT HAVE ANOTHER GAS STATION, LIKE A CONVENIENCE STORE.
SO THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY CONCENTRATIONS OR DISTANCE REQUIREMENT FOR THIS PARTICULAR USE.
SO WHY WOULD THEY WANT TO BE ON ONE SO CLOSE TO THE OTHER ONES, MELISSA? THERE'S A DIFFERENT, THE OTHER ARE THE OTHER TWO SELF-SERVICE.
SO I DO, I DID INCLUDE THE PICTURES AND YES, THE, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, THEY ARE SELF-SERVICE WITH ONE, UM, PROVIDING MORE VACUUM THAN THE OTHER.
I THINK THIS SHOWS KIND OF, YOU THINK YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SO MANY VISITORS COMING FROM 1 61 FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED A THIRD.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S, UM, THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND THEY CAN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION WHY THEY SELECTED THE SITE.
UM, AGAIN, UM, WE DO HAVE, UH, ONE ACROSS THE STREET THAT HAVE A TUNNEL CAR WASH.
THIS IS, ARE THEY FAIRLY NEW? ARE THEY ALL BUT ARKANSAS'S FAIRLY NEW.
THE UH, PIONEER ONE HAS BEEN THERE FOR QUITE A WHILE, BUT I DO BELIEVE, UM, BOTH OF THEM ARE PRETTY POPULAR TO MY BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE OVER THE WEEKENDS OLDER SIDE, I THINK ONE THE MORE FANCY NEW CAR WASH.
'CAUSE YOU ONLY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE THE PARKING LOT TO GO FROM ONE CAR WASH TO THE NEXT.
AND WE'RE BASICALLY, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S THIS STREET, THAT LITTLE STREET THAT LOOPS AROUND, WE'RE BASICALLY SAYING, HEY, YOU CAN SET UP BUSINESS HERE, BUT WE'RE GONNA SET UP ANOTHER IN YOUR SAME PARKING LOT AND POTENTIALLY RUIN YOUR BUSINESS.
YOU KNOW? SO THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
SO IN, IN TERMS OF YOUR DISCUSSION REGARDING THIS, THIS ITEM, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UM, HAVE YOUR DISCUSSION ON, ON PROS AND CONS WHEN WE'RE IN THE MAIN, UH, MEETING AFTER YOU'VE HEARD ALL, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO YEAH.
TODAY'S, UM, TODAY THIS, UH, EARLIER MEETING IS BRIEFING.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF COMMISSIONER
DO WE DO CANOPIES TYPICALLY GO ANYWHERE OTHER THAN OVER A DOOR? THEY CAN GO OVER, UH, WINDOWS FOR FUNCTIONALITY, HOWEVER, IN THE PAST TO SATISFY THAT REQUIREMENT.
WE HAVE SEEN, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FROST BANK.
ON KEMP WISDOM, THEY ACTUALLY EXTENDED THEIR CANOPY AS A DECORATIVE ELEMENT AROUND THE BUILDING CORNER.
SO IT COVERED THEIR ENTRANCE AND CONTINUED ON ON A BLANK WALL.
UM, IT HAS THE CANOPY ON THE SIDE.
I KNOW IT'S REALLY HARD TO SEE WITH THIS SMALL SCREEN, BUT THEY HAVE CANOPY RIGHT HERE.
I BELIEVE THEY HAVE CANOPIES ON THE OTHER SIDE.
UM, AS FAR AS, DID THEY REQUIRE A REQUEST OF VARIANCE? I DO NOT KNOW FROM TOP OF MY HEAD.
IT IS POSSIBLE THEY REQUESTED ALSO SIMILAR VARIANCE.
CANOPIES SHOULD BE ABOVE DOORS FOR AND WINDOWS TO BE FUNCTIONAL.
HOW MANY CAR WASHES WOULD WE PUT LIKE IN THIS? RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD BE THE LIMIT? OKAY.
IN TERMS OF HOW MANY CAR WASHES WOULD I, WE AGAIN, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY REQUIREMENTS IN WITHIN OUR EDC.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THESE, THERE ARE TWO THAT'S KIND OF ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF ALL THE WAY TOWARD THE EAST, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT OLDER, LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO USE.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THAT'S BEEN THERE.
SO THE ONES THAT ARE EXISTING ARE KIND OF CLOSER TO THE PROJECT LOCATION AND ON THAT, AS YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN IN THE OPPOSITION, UM, GO BACK A TOO FAST ON THAT FOR ME.
SO THIS IS THE PROPOSED ONE IN THE YELLOW, THE OLDER ONES? YES.
SO THESE ARE THE OLDER, I'M SO SORRY.
THESE ARE THE OLDER ONES THAT ARE ABOUT TOWARD THE EAST NEAR BELTLINE.
THIS IS THE PROPOSED LOCATION.
THESE ARE THE TWO CAR WASHES THAT ARE EXISTING WITHIN ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF.
THEY HAVE A REALLY OLDER STYLE, YOU KNOW, NOT THE TUNNEL ONE, BUT SELF-SERVE
YOU REMEMBER THOSE DAYS WHERE YOU HAVE TO PUT IN THE QUARTERS
UH, ARE THEY FUNCTIONING? I AM NOT SURE.
UH, BUT AGAIN, UM, I THINK, IS THAT A FUNCTIONING SHOPPING CENTER? I'M SORRY? IS IT, IS THAT A FUNCTIONING SHOPPING CENTER? YES.
UM, SO ANOTHER THING THAT I JUST WANNA WANT YOU TO BE AWARE, SO ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 1 61, THIS IS THE PROPOSED LOCATION.
UM, THERE IS ONE UNDER CONSTRUCTION HERE AND THERE'S ONE UNDER CONSTRUCTION HERE NEXT TO THE, UH, ASIAN TIMES SQUARE.
HOWEVER, THIS PARTICULAR ONE TO THE FAR WEST IS IN THE CITY OF ARLINGTON.
SO WE HAD NO IDEA THAT THAT WAS GOING ON UNTIL NOW WHEN WE SEE THE BUILDING GOING VERTICAL.
I THINK THE COMMISSIONER, YES.
I WANTED TO GO BACK TO THE, YES.
IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WAS A LOT OF, UH,
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OPPOSITION.CONSIDERING THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT, UM, HOMES, SO, RIGHT.
DO MOST OF 'EM SEEM TO BE RIGHT? YES.
DO YOU HAVE A SUMMARY? YES, I DO.
UM, I DO NOT, I DID NOT INCLUDE THAT IN HERE ONLY BECAUSE THE LETTERS ARE STILL COMING IN.
BUT I DID CREATE A SUMMARY, SO ACTUALLY, UM, I CAN TRY TO UH, INCLUDE IT IN THE CITY COUNCIL FOR SURE.
BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS 13 LETTERS WERE SENT.
SO ALL OTHER OPPOSITIONS WERE IN SUPPORT, WERE SUBMITTED VIA OUR ONLINE FORM.
AND AS YOU KIND OF KNOW, SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL POST IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR THEY WILL, UM, TELL THEIR, YOU KNOW, FRIENDS LIVING IN THE CITY.
SO AGAIN, OUT OF THE 46 WRITTEN OPPOSITION THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED SO FAR UP TO TODAY, UM, ONLY 20 WERE FROM A ADDRESS THAT WAS NOT A DUPLICATE.
A LOT OF TIMES WHAT WE WILL SEE IS SEVEN TENANTS IN A SOME SAME COMMERCIAL STRIP SENDING A LETTER BECAUSE FOR WHATEVER THEY BELIEVE IN, THEY THINK IT'S NOT GOOD FOR THEIR BUSINESS, WHATEVER THE REASONS.
UM, AGAIN, THERE WERE SOME DUPLICATES FROM THE SAME ADDRESS.
HUSBAND AND WIFE SUBMITTING THE SAME LETTER OR SOMETIMES EVERYBODY LIVING IN THERE.
UH, AMONG THOSE 46 4 LETTERS WERE ACTUALLY FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY BOUNDARIES.
UM, SO AGAIN, ZERO LETTERS FROM THE REQUIRED NOTIFICATION AREA OF 200 FEET.
WE SEND THE LETTERS TO OUT TO 300 FEET, NO LETTERS FROM 300 FEET WITHIN ONE MILE RADIUS.
THREE LETTERS, BUT TWO OF THEM WERE NOT FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
BUT BIG PICTURE THOUGH MM-HMM
WHAT DID THE LETTER SAY? RIGHT, RIGHT.
NO, WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT MM-HMM
THEY STILL HAVE A RIGHT TO BE.
I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT THOSE, SOME OF THOSE SAY.
I PRINTED OUT OF 46 AND FIVE SUPPORT LETTER BECAUSE I CUT OFF AT THIS MORNING.
I PRINTED 44 OPPOSITION LETTER AND I THEM ONE BY ONE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THEIR COMMENT GENERALLY IS ONE, WE JUST DON'T WANT ANOTHER CAR WASH HERE.
THIS IS LIKE ONLY TWO COMMENTS OUT OF THE 46.
EVERYBODY WERE LIKE, I JUST DON'T WANT CAR WASH.
UM, ABOUT TWO THREE OF THEM SAID WE WANT SOMETHING OTHER THAN A CAR WASH THAT GENERATE PROPERTY TEXTS.
THERE WAS NO COMMENT ABOUT TRAFFIC.
THERE WAS NO COMMENT ABOUT NOISE.
THERE WAS NO COMMENT ABOUT THE DESIGN ITSELF.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THAT'S YOUR, DO YOU HAVE ANY, WE GONNA WAIT UNTIL PUBLIC HEARING.
AND NUMBER SEVEN IS GONNA BE TABLED, CORRECT? YES MA'AM.
AND SO THAT BEING SAID, AT SIX 20 WE'RE GOING TO, UH, END THE BRIEFING AND WE'LL RESTART AT 6:30 PM THANK YOU.