* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] WELCOME TO THE STAFF [Planning & Zoning Briefing 07142026] BRIEFING OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE MEETING OF JULY 14TH, 2026. I'M CHERYL SMITH, CHAIR OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. THIS STAFF BRIEFING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IS HERE BY CALL TO WATER AT 6:00 PM THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS WHERE THE STAFF BRIEFS THE COMMISSION AND PREVIEWS THE CASES ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA COMMISSION MEMBERS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS THAT MAY FACILITATE THE MEETING AND THE PRESENTATION OF THE CASES. NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN DURING THE BRIEFING. PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE REGULAR MEETING, WHICH WILL BEGIN, OR EARLIER THAN 6:30 PM I'LL NOT CONDUCT A ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS TO CONFIRM P QUORUM AND RECALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE SAY HERE. CHERYL SMITH. HERE. TY CHAPMAN. HERE. MALCOLM ERY. CHRISTOPHER COLEY. FRANK GONZALEZ. JANE EZ. ARI. HERE. VICTOR MEINA. JOHN KO. HERE. KENNETH PRESLEY. HERE, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR MALCOLM ERY, CHRISTOPHER COLEY, FRANK GONZALEZ, AND VICTOR MEDINA. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS FOR OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO MA'AM. STAFF READY TO PRESENT? GOOD EVENING. EVENING. UH, GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. THE FIRST ITEM IS A SITE PLAN APPROVAL FOR THE, UM, NEW ENCORE SUBSTATION. UM, ITEM NUMBER THREE STP 26 0 5 0 0 0 8. SO THIS IS A SITE PLAN FOR A NEW, UM, ELECTRIC SUBSTATION THAT ENCORE IS PROPOSING AT 1650 WEST OAKDALE ROAD. IT IS STILL IN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, AND THE SITE IS ABOUT 9.4 ACRES, AS YOU CAN KINDA SEE FROM THE AERIAL. AND, UM, AS NOTED ON THE STAFF REPORT, THERE IS ACTUALLY 150 FOOT WIDE UTILITY EASEMENT THAT BIS THIS PROPERTY. SO, UM, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO, UM, ALLOW THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL FOR A NEW SUBSTATION TO BE CREATED IN THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. IT'S INDICATED WITH WHITE BOX HERE. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY WILL BE ADDING SOME EQUIPMENT, UM, SOME FENCING AROUND THIS PAD SO THEY CAN KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF THE FACILITIES. THEY'RE PROPOSING A NEW DRIVEWAY. THEY ARE REQUESTING COUPLE OF VARIANCES, WHICH I'LL COVER MORE IN DETAIL HERE. SO THESE THREE VARIANCES ARE ACTUALLY VERY SIMILAR TO THE VARIANCES THAT WERE CONSIDERED AND GRANTED ON THREE OTHER, UH, SITE PLANT THAT WE HAVE CONSIDERED IN THE PAST YEAR OR SO. UM, ONE IS THE HEIGHT REQUIREMENT. UM, THE VARIANCE FROM THE 50 FOOT HEIGHT REQUIREMENT TO ALLOW THE HEIGHT OF THE TOWER TO BE 65 FEET. UM, SO 50 FOOT HEIGHT IS IMPOSED THERE BECAUSE IT'S IN THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT. WE TYPICALLY DON'T ALLOW BUILDINGS TO BE TALLER THAN THAT. HOWEVER, THESE ARE, UH, STRUCTURES THAT ACTUALLY, UH, HAS THE HIGH VOLTAGE TRAVELING ON IT. SO I THINK IT'S COMMON THAT THEY HAVE TO BE ACTUALLY TALLER OR ABOVE 65 FEET BECAUSE OF THE HIGH VOLTAGE. THEY ARE REQUESTING A VARIANCE FOR THE LANDSCAPING. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO CONSIDER WAS THAT THEY DO HAVE SOME FRONTAGES TO THE PUBLIC STREET. UM, SO THE APPLICANT WAS NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE THE LANDSCAPE, HOWEVER, THEY ARE PROPOSING TO PROVIDE, UM, THIS AREA INDICATING LIGHT GREEN. THEY ARE PROPOSING A BERM THAT'S GONNA BE MAXIMUM SIX FEET TALL AT THE TOP OF THE BERM. THAT WILL SUBSTANTIALLY SCREEN FROM WHEN YOU'RE TRAVELING ON THE ROAD, WHAT YOU SEE, I MEAN, TO SHOW YOU A STREET VIEW. SO AGAIN, WHEN YOU'RE TRAVELING ON THESE OAKDALE ROAD, YOU WILL SEE A BERM KIND OF IN THE AREA THAT'S INDICATED IN YELLOW. SO INSTEAD OF SEEING, YOU KNOW, THE SCREENING AND TOWER, YOU WILL SEE A SMALL HILL OF A GREEN GRASS ON IT. SO THAT BERM IS NOT BETWEEN THE SUBSTATION AND THE CITY. THE RESIDENTIAL FEES TO THE EAST, IT'S NOT BECAUSE ALONGSIDE THE RESIDENTIAL, UM, TO THE EAST, THEY ARE PROVIDING SIX MAINSTREAM SCREENING WALL REQUIRED BY THE UDC. OKAY, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO THE LAST, UM, VARIANCE IS THAT, UM, UM, THEY TO, FOR THE MINIMUM PAVING STANDARD, AGAIN, WE HAVE CONSIDERED AND GRANTED SIMILAR VARIANCES. UM, THEY ARE PROPOSING AGRA, GRAVEL DRY PATH AND THE ELECTRICAL PAD BASED ON WHAT THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED. TYPICALLY HAVING THE GRAVEL PAD FOR THE EQUIPMENT AREA IS LIKE AN INDUSTRY STANDARD. AND SINCE THE, UH, ROADWAY WILL NOT BE USED UNTIL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME MAINTENANCES AND OTHER THINGS THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, THERE NOT, WILL NOT BE ANY DAILY, YOU KNOW, VEHICLE TRIPS. THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE VARIANCE TO ALLOW THE GRAVEL DRIVEWAY. OKAY, SO LET ME GET TO, SO THE STAFF IS REQUESTING YOU TO CONSIDER THIS REQUEST FOR SITE PLAN, UH, WITH CONSIDERATIONS FOR VARIANCES. THIS CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION, AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND WILL BE PRESENT AT [00:05:01] THE PUBLIC HEARING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME, MR. DON? ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. SO YOUR NEXT CASE IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, SUP 2 6 0 6 0 0 1 4, A TATTOO AND BODY PIERCING STUDIO TO BE LOCATED AT 2100 NORTH HIGHWAY 360 IN SUITE 1100 B. UM, THE PROPERTY IS ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. THE TENANT SPACE IS 505 SQUARE FEET. SO HERE IS AN AERIAL VIEW. THERE'S LOTS OF INFORMATION. THE, THE OVERALL PROPERTY IS BOUNDED BY YELLOW. THERE IS A LITTLE TINY RED STAR THAT SHOWS THE LOCATION OF THE SUITE IN QUESTION. UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PROPERTY IS BY AND LARGE SURROUNDED BY LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING EXCEPT FOR ACROSS THE HIGHWAY. YOU DO HAVE A LITTLE POCKET OF GENERAL RETAIL ONE. UH, YOU CAN ALSO SEE SOME OF THE SURROUNDING LAND USES. SO TO THE NORTH WE HAVE MEDICAL OFFICE, WE HAVE A HOTEL TO THE EAST, WE HAVE SOME INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE SOUTH, WE HAVE OFFICE AND INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE. AND THEN ACROSS THE HIGHWAY WE HAVE A VARIETY OF RESTAURANT C STORES WITH GAS AND MULTIFAMILY USES . SO THE PROPOSED USE IS A, AN APPOINTMENT FOCUSED TATTOO IN BODY PIERCING STUDIO THAT IS GOING IN AN EXISTING LEASE SPACE THAT'S 505 SQUARE FEET. THIS, UH, TATTOO STUDIO WILL BE RUN BY A SINGLE ARTIST AT THIS POINT. THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES ANTICIPATED. THE HOURS OF OPERATION ARE MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, 11:00 AM TO 7:00 PM THE OPERATION WILL BE CLOSED ON SUNDAY AND THE APPLICANT ANTICIPATES BETWEEN TWO TO FIVE CLIENTS PER DAY. THE APPLICANT IS A, UH, PROFESSIONAL TATTOO ARTIST THAT IS LICENSED WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS, ALSO CERTIFIED IN OSHA BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE'S REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION AND TRAINED IN PERSONAL PROTECTIVE GEAR AND SANITATION PROCEDURES. HERE'S A COPY OF THE, UH, PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN ON THE LEFT AND THEN A LITTLE, UH, ARTIST RENDERING OF WHAT THE SPACE WILL LOOK LIKE WHEN SHE'S DONE. OKAY, SO ZONING REQUIREMENTS IN THE UDC, THERE ARE, UH, LOCATION REQUIREMENTS. TATTOO AND BODY PIERCING STUDIOS ARE ONLY ALLOWED IN THE CENTRAL AREA, HEAVY COMMERCIAL, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS. THEY SHALL NOT BE LOCATED WITHIN 300 FEET OF A CHURCH, SCHOOL OR RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT, AND THEY SHALL NOT BE LOCATED WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF ANOTHER. STUDIO. STAFF HAS VERIFIED THAT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY MEETS THE UDC LOCATION REQUIREMENTS. THE UDC ALSO HAS PARKING REQUIREMENTS, UH, ONE SPACE FOR 275 SQUARE FEET OF FLOOR AREA. IN THIS, UH, CASE, THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TWO SPACES. THE OVERALL PROPERTY IS PROVIDING IN EXCESS OF 680 SPACES. DO NOTE THAT THIS PARKING IS, UH, SHARED AMONGST THE TENANTS OF THE BUSINESS PARK. SO IT DOES MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PARKING. AND THEN THE UDC ALSO HAS A LAST REQUIREMENT FOR TATTOO AND BODY PIERCING STUDIOS. AND THAT IS THE HOURS OF OPERATION SHALL NOT EXCEED BEYOND MIDNIGHT. UM, AS SHE STATED IN HER OPERATIONAL PLAN, HER OPERATION HOURS WILL BE MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY 11:00 AM TO 7:00 PM THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES. OKAY, SO WE ARE DOING SOMETHING THAT IS NEW FOR YOU ALL THIS EVENING. WE'RE PROVIDING, UM, AN ANALYSIS OF INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP GUIDE YOU AS YOU MAKE YOUR DECISION. DOES THE PROPOSAL ADVANCE THE CITY'S VISION? IN THIS CASE, THE FLUME DESIGNATION IS COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE. THE PROPOSED USE DOES FIT WITHIN THE, UH, LAND USE DESIGNATION. AND THE PROPOSAL IS FOR AN INDEPENDENT ARTIST OWNED AND MANAGED TATTOO STUDIO THAT ALIGNS WITH THE 2026 CITY COUNCIL GOALS OF PROMOTING SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND ATTRACTING INDEPENDENT RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS. WE LOOKED AT WHETHER OR NOT THE PROPOSAL IS COMPATIBLE WITH ITS SURROUNDINGS. IN THIS CASE, WE DETERMINED THAT THE PROPOSED USE IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING ZONING DISTRICTS IN EXISTING MIX OF COMMERCIAL ENLIGHTENED INDUSTRIAL USES, AND THERE IS NO RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY. UM, THE USE IS TYPICAL OF THE AREA CHARACTERISTICS. A THIRD CATEGORY. UH, WE LOOKED AT HOW THE PROPOSAL RELATES TO [00:10:01] EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS AND AREA CONTEXT. IN THIS CASE, THE PROPOSED USE IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN AND IS NOT ANTICIPATED TO DISRUPT THE SURROUNDING AREA. AND FINALLY, UM, WHAT DEVELOPMENT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PRO PROPOSAL SHOULD BE CONSIDERED? STAFF BELIEVES THAT YOU SHOULD CONSIDER THAT THE PROPOSED USE DOES MEET ALL OF THE UDC DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR TATTOO AND BODY PIERCING STUDIOS. AND CONSIDER THAT THE OWNER OPERATOR IS PROPERLY LICENSED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS AND SUBJECT TO INSPECTIONS BY THE STATE OR ITS AFFILIATES. STAFF SENT NINE NOTICES TO SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. WE RECEIVED ZERO LETTERS OF SUPPORT, ZERO LETTERS IN OPPOSITION, AND YOUR CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL. SHOULD THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING CONDITION THAT THE OPERATIONS SHALL ADHERE TO EXHIBIT B, WHICH IS THE OPERATIONAL PLAN, AS WELL AS EXHIBIT C, THE FLOOR PLAN. MADAM CHAIR, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THIS EVENING? OBJECT TO THE COMMISSION. Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER. YES, SIR. SO JUST FOR MY OWN EDIFICATION, SHE'S NOT, THIS PERSON IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES? NO, SIR. AND THEN I GUESS IN THE LAW THEY NEED A SPECIAL PERMIT TO OPERATE A TATTOO. YES. IN THE ZONING DISTRICTS THAT I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING, EACH ZONING DISTRICT REQUIRES A TATTOO AND BODY STU STUDIO, UH, TO HAVE AN SUP. OKAY. YEAH. OTHERWISE SHE BY RIGHT. TO HAVE THAT GIVEN, GIVEN WHAT I UNDERSTOOD, THERE WASN'T A REQUIREMENT FOR A SUP. SHE'S, SHE'S NOT ASKING FOR ANY VARIANCES. SUP WOULD BE REQUIRED. THE USE REGARDS CERTAIN CONDITIONS TO BE MET, AND SHE'S MEETING ALL THOSE CONDITIONS, BUT S IS REQUIRED POSSIBLE. I JUST WANTED TO SAY, FIRST OF ALL, I'M IMPRESSED WITH THIS ANALYSIS THING. I LOOKED AT THAT, I SAID, WOO, IT'S TAKING DONE A LOT OF OUR, OUR WORK. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I MEAN, 'CAUSE IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE AND YOU ANSWER A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT, UH, SO THIS ONE, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE AN UPSCALE TATTOO SHOP, BUT STILL THE PROXIMITY TO THE RESIDENCE, HOW YOU SAID IT'S NOT WITHIN 300 FEET. WHAT IS THE PROXIMITY TO THE RESIDENTIAL? OKAY. I KNOW I CAN'T MAKE AS HARD AS IT IS. LET ME, IF YOU DON'T MIND, MADAM CHAIR, LET ME GO BACK TO, SO THE NEAREST RESIDENTIAL OKAY. IS ACROSS THE HIGHWAY THERE WHERE, WHERE IT SAYS MULTIFAMILY. OKAY. UM, BUT THAT PROPERTY IS ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. MM-HMM . AND, UM, I BELIEVE IT SAYS IN THE CODE FROM A RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT. OKAY. YES, MA'AM. IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. IT, IT LOOKS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE NORMALLY SEE FROM A TATTOO SHOP. SO I'M KINDA IMPRESSED TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH. UM, DON'T WANNA I VISIT ONE, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S, UH, THEY'VE DONE THEIR HOMEWORK. IS THIS OUR FIRST, IS THIS PERSON'S FIRST, UH, TATTOO PART HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. YEAH, AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UH, TO THE MULTIFAMILY FROM PROPERTY LINE TO PROPERTY LINE, NOT FROM THE TENANT SPACE, IS A LITTLE MORE THAN 450 FEET. OKAY. AND BESIDES THAT, THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE, WHAT IS THE CLOSEST TATTOO PARLOR? UH, DO WE HAVE, HOW MANY MORE WE HAVE IN GREG BURN? I KNOW WE HAVE SOME, WE HAVE SOME, I I BELIEVE SAVANNAH AND RASHAD, THAT MOST OF THEM ARE WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. THEY HAVE BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR QUITE A LONG TIME. I ZOOMED WAY OUT ON THE MAP AND THERE JUST WERE NONE ANYWHERE NEAR THIS LOCATION. OKAY. YEAH. COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER CONCERNS? GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER. YES, MA'AM. HI, THANK YOU. WILL SHE BE HERE THIS EVENING? SHE'S SUPPOSED TO BE HERE THIS EVENING. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. OKAY, GREAT PRESENTATION. VERY GOOD. OKAY, I, I GUESS THIS IS WRONG. ITEM NUMBER SIX IS SUP DASH 25 DASH, UH, 12 DASH 0 0 4 7. IT IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT SLASH SITE PLAN FOR NV AUTO SALES. UM, IT IS A SUP SITE PLAN FOR AUTOBODY SHOP, AUTO PAINT SHOP, AUTOBODY AND PAINT SHOP AND AUTO DEALER NON FRANCHISE USED LOCATED AT 5 19 5 21, 5 29, 5 33, AND 5 37 RICHARDSON DRIVE. SO THERE'S FIVE LOTS THERE. UM, IT IS ZONE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, UM, AND ALL FIVE PROPERTIES TOGETHER ARE 1.005 ACRES. HERE IS AN AERIAL VIEW. IT IS IN A AREA WHERE IT'S SURROUNDED BY HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, UM, USES ALL AROUND IT. YOU CAN SEE, UH, THAT THE AREA IN THE, UH, RECTANGLE, THE YELLOW [00:15:01] RECTANGLE IS ALL FIVE LOTS. SO WHAT IS THE PROPOSED USE HERE TO ADD AUTO PAINT, AUTO BODY AND PAINT AND AUTO DEALERSHIP? UM, NON-FRANCHISE USE THESE USES TO THE EXISTING AUTOBODY BUSINESS, WHICH IS ALREADY THERE CURRENTLY. UM, THE EXISTING AND PROPOSED USES STRUCTURES AND PARKING ARE DISTRIBUTED OVER THOSE FIVE UH, LOTS. THERE IS AN EXISTING 3,900 SQUARE FOOT, UM, METAL BUILDING AND ALSO A 1,875 SQUARE FOOT ATTACHED METAL CANOPY. THIS METAL CANOPY IS GONNA BE ENCLOSED TO ACCOMMODATE A MECHANIC SHOP AND A NEW SPRAY PAINT BOOTH. THIS WILL ADD, UM, 1,350 SQUARE FEET OF NEW SPACE. SO IN THE END, IF THE PROPOSAL GETS, UM, APPROVED, WHAT THEY'LL HAVE IS ONE PAINT BOOTH AND TWO SERVICE, UH, BAYS. FOR AUTO BODY REPAIR WORK, THE OPERATION WILL HAVE ABOUT TWO TO FOUR EMPLOYEES AND A TOTAL OF 61 PARKING SPACES. SO HERE IS THEIR SITE PLAN. UM, WELL HERE IS A SITE PLAN OF, OF THE SPACE. IT DOES MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS. UM, SO EVERYTHING IN BLUE THAT YOU SEE IS PARKING. THE FIVE LITTLE YELLOW SPOTS THAT YOU SEE THERE IS WHAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING FOR THE NEW, UM, AUTO SALES BUSINESS. THAT'S PARKING. AND THEN, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE SPOTS IN THE, IN THE FRONT ARE MAINLY FOR EMPLOYEE AND VISITOR PARKING. AND THEN JUST TO KIND OF SHOW YOU THAT RED AREA IS REALLY THE NEW ADDITION. THAT'S THE SPACE THAT'S GONNA BE ENCLOSED AND MADE INTO THAT SPRAY PAINT BOOTH. AND THE, UM, MECHANIC, UM, BASE, THIS IS JUST A SIDE ELEVATION JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A, A BETTER IDEA OF HOW IT'S GONNA LOOK FROM THE SIDE. IT'S THE SOUTH SIDE. THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES. UM, STAFF DID PERFORM AN LIKE, UH, EVALUATION OR ANALYSIS. UM, SO THE FIRST QUESTION THAT WE ASKED IS, DOES THE PROPOSAL ADVANCE THE CITY'S MISSION? UM, THE FLUME DOES DESIGNATE THIS AREA FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, AND THE PROPERTY, LIKE I MENTIONED, IS ZONE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL. HOWEVER, THE PROPOSED LOW INTENSITY AUTO AUTOMOTIVE OPERATIONS AVOID HIGH IMPACT MANUFACTURING AND ALIGN WITH OUR 2018 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. UM, BY SERVING AS A TRADITION, TRA TRANSITIONAL BUFFER TO LOWER INTENSITY USES. UM, IS THE PROPOSAL COMPATIBLE WITH ITS SURROUNDINGS WITH ALL IMMEDIATE ADJACENT PROPERTIES. LIKE I MENTIONED, THEY'RE ALL ZONE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL. THE PROPOSED AUTOBODY PAINT AND SILLS ACTIVITIES MATCH THE SURROUNDING AREA, UH, THE INDUSTRIAL CHARACTER, AND THEY DO NOT POSE ANY, UM, RESIDENTIAL CONFLICTS. HOW DOES THE PROPOSAL RELATE TO EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS? UM, AND AREA CONTEXT? THIS IS ALREADY AN ESTABLISHED A RB, UM, AUTO, I FORGOT WHAT A RB IS. AUTO RELATED BUSINESS. YES. UM, UTILIZING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE FOR THIS BUSINESS, ALLOWS THE OWNER TO MAKE POSITIVE UPGRADES TO THE SITE AND ENSURES THAT THE ENTIRE OPERATION COMPLIES WITH OUR CITY REGULATIONS. UM, JUST AN ADDED NOTE, RICHARDSON DRIVE DEAD ENDS AT THIS PROPERTY. UM, SO THERE'S REALLY NO THROUGH TRAFFIC AND THE SITE IS KIND OF TUCKED AWAY, YOU KNOW, AWAY FROM LIKE VISIBILITY AND MAIN STREETS. UH, THE LAST QUESTION IS WHAT DEVELOPMENT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROPOSAL SHOULD BE CONSIDERED? UM, THE FIRST THING IS THE PROPOSAL DOES SPAN FIVE UNPLED LOTS. UM, AND IT, ALTHOUGH IT SPANS THOSE FIVE, WE ARE REVIEWING THIS AS ONE SINGLE UNIFIED PROPERTY TO ENSURE THAT THE BUILDING LAYOUT PROPOSED EXPANSION AND OVERALL PARKING CONFIGURATIONS FUNCTION CORRECTLY UNDER ALL CITY STANDARDS. THE SECOND THING IS THAT THE PROPOSED SPRAY PAINT BOOTH AND THE AUTOBODY BAYS ARE LOCATED 77 FEET BEHIND THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING. UM, YOU KNOW, IT, THE BUILDING IS GONNA PROVIDE A GOOD PHYSICAL BUFFER THAT WILL HELP ISOLATE ANY MECHANICAL AND, AND PAINT WORK FROM THE STREET FRONT. AND THE LAST THING IS, UM, THE PROPERTY PROVIDES ADEQUATE AND ORGANIZED PARKING WITHIN THE FENCED AREA. IT ENSURES THAT VEHICLES AND ACTIVE REPAIR PROJECTS, UM, ARE PROPERLY CONTAINED AND OUT OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. SHOULD THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. THE FIRST THING IS THAT THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, THIS CASE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, IS CONTINGENT UPON THE FINAL EXECUTION AND RECORDING OF THE LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY USE. SO THEY HAVE, UM, AT THE, I BELIEVE IT'S ON THE 21ST. IT'S, IT'S GOING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, ON THE 21ST OF THIS MONTH. THE SECOND THING IS, PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A BUILDING PERMIT OR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY SHALL BE PLOTTED INTO A SINGLE UNIFIED LOT. NUMBER THREE, FIVE OF THE SEVEN PARALLEL PARKING SPACES LOCATED IN FRONT OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY SHALL BE RESERVED FOR VISITOR PARKING. TWO OF THOSE SEVEN SHALL BE, UM, PARKING SPACES FOR EMPLOYEE PARKING [00:20:01] AND ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEE PARKING SPACES SHALL BE LOCATED ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ITSELF. NUMBER FOUR, PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A BUILDING PERMIT OR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, THE APPLICANT SHALL SUBMIT A REVISED SITE PLAN THAT ACCURATELY REFLECTS THE DESIGNATED PARKING ALLOCATIONS AS DETAILED IN THE STAFF PROVIDED EXHIBIT D, WHICH IS A PARKING PLAN, UM, TO THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND, AND CODE COMPLIANCE DIVISION. NUMBER FIVE, IF ANY FUTURE CHANGES TO OPERATIONS OCCUR THAT WILL IMPACT THE REQUIRED PARKING SPACES, THE APPLICANT OR OPERATOR SHALL SUBMIT A REVISED SITE PLAN AND ACCURATE THAT ACCURATELY REFLECTS THE REVISED PARKING ALLOCATIONS TO THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND CODE COMPLIANCE DIVISION. SUCH CHANGES IN OPERATION MAY INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO ADDING A TENANT, INCREASING THE AREA DEVOTED TO AUTO SALES OR EXPANDING THE BUILDING OR CONSTRUCTING ADDITIONAL SERVICE SPACE. AND THE LAST THING IS NUMBER SIX, ALL OPERATIONS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REGULATIONS FOUND IN CHAPTER 13, ARTICLE 20 AUTOMOTIVE RELATED BUSINESS REGULATIONS OF THE GRAND PRAIRIE CODE OF ORDINANCES. OKAY, I THINK WE GOT THROUGH IT. , I TELL YOU WHAT, NOW THAT I'VE DONE YOURSELF HATS ALL THIS IS GOOD. I LOVE THIS ANALYSIS. THIS IS GONNA SAVE US A LOT OF GRIEF. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU ARE WELCOME. YEAH, THANK YOU TEAM. THIS IS GOOD. THIS IS REALLY, REALLY GETTING GOODER AND GUTTER. AS LONG AS I HERE, AS LONG AS I'M IN ON PZ THIS IS REALLY GOOD THING BECAUSE ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD IN MY HEAD. YOU DONE, YOU'RE DONE WITH THE ANALYSIS HERE. SO YES'. I'M SORRY. SAY THAT, BREAK IT UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT THE, UM, THE ONLY THING YOU HAVE A QUESTION I'M GONNA ASK WAS FIVE, UH, UH, FLATS. THERE'S, SO THERE ARE NO STREETS IN BETWEEN. ARE THEY GONNA, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THOSE? ARE THERE STREETS? NO. I'LL, I'LL SHOW YOU. SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S NOT HARD TO TELL, BUT WITHIN THAT RECTANGLE, THOSE ARE ACTUALLY FIVE INDIVIDUAL LOTS. YEAH. BUT, SO THERE WAS NEVER A STREET IN BETWEEN THERE. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT. ANY CONDITIONS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, JAY THAT YOU STORY? NO. OKAY. GREAT PRESENTATION. OKAY. OUR LAST CASE TONIGHT THEN, OOPS. OKAY. IS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN SUP DASH 26 DASH OH SIX DASH 0 0 1 2. THIS IS ANOTHER SPECIFIC USE PERMIT SITE PLAN. THIS TIME FOR A CHIPOTLE RESTAURANT, IT IS LOCATED AT 53 0 3 LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY. UM, IT IS, SORRY, I SHOULD MENTION SUP SITE PLAN FOR A RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVE THROUGH LANE. IT IS WITHIN OUR LAKE RIDGE CORRIDOR OVERLAY AND IT IS ZONED PD 2 6 7 A, UM, ON 0.937 ACRES. SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE IT IS. UM, THE YELLOW RECTANGLE, HERE'S A LITTLE BETTER OR, UH, AERIAL VIEW JUST SO THAT YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY WHERE IT'S LOCATED. IT'S A LITTLE SOUTH OF THAT MEDICAL CITY ER, GRAND PRAIRIE. AND RIGHT NEXT TO IT ON THE WEST SIDE IS A FROST BANK. UM, THAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, I BELIEVE. SO IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE FROST BANK? NO, THE FROST BANK IS THE ONE NEXT TO MEDICAL CITY ON, ON ITS LEFT SIDE. THIS IS JUST KIND OF BEHIND IT. OH, THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. 'CAUSE I WAS LOOKING FOR, WHEN I WAS PASSING, I DIDN'T SEE THE ANY SIGNS. FROST BANK FACES CAPITALIST. YES, THIS PLACE, LAKERIDGE LAKE LAKERIDGE. YES. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. SO THEY ARE PROPOSING A 2,385 SQUARE FOOT CHIPOTLE RESTAURANT. THEY WILL HAVE 29 PARKING SPACES. UM, AND THE WAY THAT THEIR LANE DRIVE THROUGH LANE WORKS, IT'S MOBILE ORDER PICKUP LANE, UM, AND WINDOW TO SERVE CUSTOMERS WHO PLACE ORDERS DIGITALLY. THEIR DAILY HOURS OF OPERATION WILL BE 10:45 AM TO 11:00 PM THE SITE PLAN IS SHOWN HERE. IT DOES MEET OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS. SO THE, THE YELLOW IS THE BUILDING. ALL THE BLUE ARE PARKING SPACES. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE, THE DRIVE THROUGH LANE WITH THE QUEUE THERE. UM, THEY ARE REQUESTING A PARKING VARIANCE. SO BECAUSE THIS IS IN A CORRIDOR OVERLAY, WE DO HOLD THEM TO OUR APPENDIX F STANDARDS AND WE HAVE A PARKING MAX. SO THE PARKING, THE ALLOWED PARKING IS 23. THEY'RE PROVIDING 29. THEY ARE PROVIDING A COMPENSATORY MEASURE. SO 50% OF THOSE, UM, PARKING SPACES ABOVE THE MAXIMUM ARE REDUCED SIZE. SO THEY'RE GONNA BE LIKE COMPACT CAR. SO THE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THE BLUE, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. THE, THE THREE, UM, KIND OF TEAL COLORED PARKING SPACES ARE THOSE COMPACT PARKING THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING. THE, THIS IS THE LANDSCAPE PLAN. UM, IT DOES MEET ALL OF THE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS. HERE ARE THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS. SO THE NORTH ELEVATION IS KIND OF WHAT YOU WOULD SEE, UM, IF YOU WERE GOING SOUTH ON LAKERIDGE PARKWAY. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE AREA BEHIND, UM, THAT ER AND THE EAST ELEVATION [00:25:01] IS THE ONE THAT YOU ACTUALLY SEE ON LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY. SO THAT WOULD BE KIND OF THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING. AND THEN SOUTH ELEVATION IS WHERE THAT DRIVE-THROUGH LANE IS. AND THE WEST ELEVATION IS OBVIOUSLY IN THE, THE VERY BACK, YOU DON'T REALLY SEE IT. UM, THEY ARE MEETING ALL OF OUR WINDOW AND CANOPY REQUIREMENTS THAT WE REQUIRE. THIS IS A BUILDING, UH, PERSPECTIVE THAT THEY PROVIDED. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE IDEA. SO THAT FRONT AREA AGAIN IS WHAT YOU SEE, UM, OFF OF LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY. THIS IS THE APPENDIX F CHECKLIST. SO WE DO REQUIRE THAT THEY MEET, UM, OUR APPENDIX F MENU ITEMS. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE 12. THEY'RE PROVIDING 8.5, SO IT DOES NOT MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS. HOWEVER, IF YOU LOOK, UM, AT THE ASTERISK ASTERISK, UM, THOSE ARE SOME RECOMMENDED, UM, CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE PUT THAT, THAT I'LL GO OVER THAT. IF THEY WERE TO USE THOSE, THEY WOULD MEET THE APPENDIX F MENU ITEM CHECKLIST REQUIREMENTS. THEY ARE ASKING FOR ONE VARIANCE, UM, WHICH AGAIN IS TO THAT NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES. SO VARIANCE TO THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED PARKING SPACE OF 23 TO ALLOW 29 PARKING SPACES. AND AGAIN, THEY ARE PROVIDING THE CORRECT COMPENSATORY MEASURE FOR THAT. SO IN OUR STAFF ANALYSIS, WE ASK, DOES THE PROPOSAL ADVANCE THE CITY'S VISION? UM, THE PROPOSAL MATCHES THE FLUME COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION. IT CAN MEET THE LAKERIDGE CORRIDOR QUALITY STANDARDS WITH STAFF CONDITIONS. UM, AND IT, IT DOES ADVANCE THE EPIC CENTRAL PLAN GOAL. H 0.22 BY CONTINUING LOCAL ECONOMIC MOMENTUM. IS THE PROPOSAL COMPATIBLE WITH ITS SURROUNDINGS? THE PROPOSED PROJECT MATCHES THE INTERSECTION'S NON-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS AND ADDS AN ACCESSIBLE DINING OPTION THAT COMPLIMENTS NEARBY COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND SERVES THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. HOW DOES A PROPOSAL RELATE TO EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS? UM, AND THE AREA, THE PROJECT TRANSFORMS AN UNDERUTILIZED PARCEL INTO AN ACTIVE ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTOR THAT FITS THE CURRENT CONTEXT AND SUPPORTS THE CORRIDOR'S MASTER PLAN COMMERCIAL GROWTH FOR RESIDENTS AND COMMUTERS. AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION, WHAT DEVELOPMENT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROPOSAL SHOULD BE CONSIDERED? UM, THE FIRST THING IS TO MITIGATE VISUAL AND OPERATIONAL IMPACTS. THE DRIVE-THROUGH LANE IS ORIENTED AWAY FROM LAKERIDGE CORRIDOR, UH, LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY, SORRY. THIS LAYOUT REPRESENTS A CONFIGURATION THAT PRESERVES THE AESTHETIC INTEGRITY OF THE MAIN CORRIDOR. UM, THE SECOND THING HERE IS THE DESIGN PROVIDES AMPLE DRIVE-THROUGH STACKING SPACE TO HANDLE A TRADITIONAL FAST FOOD MODEL WHERE CUSTOMERS ORDER AT A MENU BOARD RATHER THAN AHEAD OF TIME. SO AGAIN, THEY'RE PROVIDING THE, YOU KNOW, THE ORDER AHEAD DIGITAL BY, BY DIGITAL MEANS, AND THEN PICK UP. BUT LET'S SAY THAT THEY WERE TO MOVE OUT, UM, IN THAT CASE, THEY'RE STILL PROVIDING AMPLE STACKING SPACE FOR ANY TRADITIONAL DRIVE THROUGH, UH, FAST FOOD RESTAURANT TO COME. THIS SUFFICIENT QUEUING ENSURES THAT ALL WAITING VEHICLES ARE CONTAINED ON SITE, PREVENTING TRAFFIC FROM BACKING UP INTO THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. UM, THE THIRD THING, ADHERENCE TO STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS WILL SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE THE ARCHITECTURAL QUALITY OF THE BUILDING, ENSURING THE MATERIALS AND DESIGN, UM, ELEVATE THE VISUAL STANDARDS OF THE CORRIDOR. AND THE LAST THING, DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SITE WILL EXTEND THE PUBLIC SIDEWALK ALONG, ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE PROPERTY, ENHANCING PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY AND FULFILLING THE CITY'S ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION GOALS. SO SHOULD THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. NUMBER ONE, THE APPLICANT SHALL CREATE AN ENHANCED PATIO AREA WITH PLANTERS INTEGRATED SEATING AND OTHER ELEMENTS TO DEFINE THE PATIO AS AN OUTDOOR SEATING SPACE. THIS WILL ADD VISUAL INTEREST TO THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING AND CAN COUNT AS ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE FOR THE SITE DESIGN AND BUILDING ORIENTATION MENU CATEGORY, WHICH WERE THOSE APPENDIX F UM, MENU ITEM LISTS. NUMBER TWO, THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE CONCEALED OR RECESS LIGHT FIXTURES IN THE CANOPY, SOFFIT, AND PATIO AREA. THIS WILL ENHANCE THE BUILDING DESIGN AND OUTDOOR AREA AND CAN COUNT AS ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE FOR THE SITE. UM, SITE DESIGN AND BUILDING ORIENTATION MENU CATEGORY NUMBER THREE, THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE ENHANCED LANDSCAPING IN AN UNDULATING PATTERN ALONG THE FRONT ROW OF PARKING TO ADD VISUAL INTEREST AND SCREEN PARKED VEHICLES SEPARATELY. ADDITIONAL SHRUB PLANTING SHOULD BE PROVIDED ALONG THE SOUTH OF THE DRIVE-THROUGH LANE TO SCREEN THE VEHICLE QUEUE FROM LAKERIDGE PARKWAY. THE ADDITIONAL PLANTINGS CAN COUNT AS ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE FOR THE SITE DESIGN AND BUILDING ORIENTATION MENU CATEGORY. A COUPLE MORE. NUMBER FOUR, THE REQUEST, UM, DOES NOT MEET APPENDIX OF ARTICULATION REQUIREMENTS. SO THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE ENHANCEMENTS TO THE BUILDING DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN THE PEDESTRIAN CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AND MEET THE ARTICULATION REQUIREMENTS IN APPENDIX F OF THE UDC. THE ENHANCEMENTS WILL ENSURE THAT THE PROPOSAL MEETS THE INTENT OF APPENDIX XF APPENDIX F WHILE STAYING CONSISTENT WITH CHIPOTLE'S ARCHITECTURAL STYLE. AND HERE ARE SOME POSSIBLE ENHANCEMENTS [00:30:01] THAT THEY COULD INCLUDE. UM, CONTINUE OR EXTEND THE DARK CHARCOAL BAND THAT WRAPS AROUND THE BUILDING TO CREATE MORE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL VISUAL INTEREST. CONSIDER RECESSING OR PROJECTING THE GLAZING, UH, TO CREATE MORE HORIZONTAL VARIATION. STRENGTHEN THE ARTICULATED PUBLIC ENTRANCE BY EXTENDING THE CANOPY AND THICKENING THE FASCIA. INTRODUCE A DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURAL MATERIAL SUCH AS WOOD FINISH FOR THE ACCENT WALL THAT CAN CONTRAST WITH THE PROPOSED BUILDING MATERIALS. AND THE LAST, UM, CONSIDER THE, UH, CONDITION IS ADDITIONALLY THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE ONSITE BICYCLE RACKS TO ENHANCE LOCAL MULTIMODAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUPPORT BROADER NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIVITY AS ENVISIONED IN THE TRANSPORTATION GOALS OF THE EPIC CENTER PLAN. THIS AMENITY WILL ENCOURAGE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND CAN COUNT AS ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE UNDER THE HEALTHY, SMART AND SUSTAINABLE MENU. , THAT'S ALL OF THEM. WELL, AWESOME JOB. AGAIN, THIS IS STATE OF THE ART. THIS IS GOOD. I REALLY LIKE THIS AND THIS IS IN MY, IN MY DISTRICT, SO I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT. HOW, HOW FAR OFF THE, FROM THE, IF IT'S OUR LAKE RANGE, JUST THE BUSY PART, GREG. SO HOW THE RESTAURANT AND THEN THE PARKING, YOU KNOW, FOR, WELL, THEY NEED TO HAVE AN EXTRA LANE OR SOMETHING ON THE SIDE TO ALLEVIATE A LOT OF, UH, TRAFFIC BECAUSE YOU KNOW, LIKE WHEN LAKE PRAIRIE LIGHTS AND ALL THAT, IT'S ALREADY HEAVY. MM-HMM. SO THAT'S GONNA BE, THAT'S GONNA ADD TO THAT. SO, SO TYPICALLY WE HAVE REQUIREMENTS, WE FOLLOW THE STATE'S REQUIREMENT FOR LIKE A DECELERATION LANE. SO SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC, IF THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CARS THAT WE EXPECT TO MAKE THAT RIGHT TURN, THAT'S WHEN WE REQUIRE THE DECELERATION LANE. BECAUSE THIS IS NOT YOUR STANDARD FAST FOOD RESTAURANT WITH YOUR STANDARD DRIVE THROUGH. WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THE VOLUMES TO BE OKAY. QUITE THAT HIGH. AND THE, THE DRIVEWAY THAT'S THERE IS ALREADY EXISTING FOR THE ER FACILITY, SO THEY'RE NOT CREATING A NEW ACCESS POINT. MM-HMM . UH, SO WE'VE THOUGHT THAT THE EXISTING DRIVEWAY WAS SUFFICIENT AND THEY DIDN'T NEED TO COME THROUGH AND TRY TO RECONSTRUCT THAT DRIVEWAY JUST FOR THIS RESTAURANT. THE ONLY REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF CAMP WISDOM, WE HAVE SONIC, WE HAVE WENDY'S, WE HAVE ALL THAT, AND THERE'S A TRAFFIC CONGESTION MESS. MM-HMM . GOING IN AND OUT TRYING TO GET TO THOSE, THOSE RESTAURANTS BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL SO CLOSE TOGETHER. YEAH. SO WE DO HAVE SPACING REQUIREMENTS THAT THOSE LIKE THE CANS, WENDY'S AND THINGS ARE DOWN THERE, UH, CLOSER TO 360. THEY'RE NOT REALLY MEETING. AND I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME INTERESTING DESIGNS THAT WERE DEVELOPED FOR THIS. YES. THIS DRIVEWAY IS MEETING THAT SPACING REQUIREMENT SO IT'S NOT TOO CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION, BUT IT'S ALSO NOT GONNA GENERATE ENOUGH TRAFFIC THAT WARRANTS HAVING THAT ADDITIONAL DECELERATION LANE. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF RESTAURANTS, SO WE'LL PROBABLY FOLLOW UP ON THIS. SO WE, WE JUST GO BASED ON THE MANUAL. UM OKAY. AND THE TYPE OF FACILITY THAT THEY'RE, UM, PROVIDING THAT WAY WE'RE CONSISTENT ACROSS THE YOU PLAN BY AARON. IF YOU HAVE TO MAKE CHANGES, YOU WILL. I MEAN, SO WE WOULDN'T REQUIRE 'EM TO HALF THE FACT. OH, YOU WOULDN'T? OKAY. NO. SO THIS IS A, A RESTAURANT THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WE ANTICIPATE GENERATING FROM THE BEGINNING. MM-HMM. THAT'S WHEN WE MAKE THESE REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT THIS TO BE GENERATING THAT MUCH TRAFFIC. THEN WE WOULD NEED TO ADD THAT ADDITIONAL TURN LANE INSTALLED. IN ADDITION, THAT TURN LANE MAY BE TOO CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION. SO YOU HAVE PEOPLE THEN JUMPING OVER TRYING TO CROSS THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC YEAH. TO GET INTO THAT RIGHT TURN. YEAH. WHICH IS ANOTHER SAFE POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE. UM, BUT YEAH, WE, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS FOR ALL TYPES OF RESTAURANTS. HE'S REALLY BUSY ALREADY. HE'S BUSY, HE'S REALLY, REALLY BUSY. SO WE SHALL SEE AHEAD. I THINK TO TO YOUR POINT, I THINK WHAT THEY'VE SAID IS THIS IS, IT'S GOING TO BE A CALL AHEAD ORDER PICKUP AS WE ARE PLANNING IN THIS MOMENT. BUT IF I HEARD CORRECTLY THERE WAS A LANT PIECE THAT SAID IT COULD BE A TYPICAL DRIVE THROUGH TOO. MM-HMM SO THE PART THAT CONCERNS ME IS IT COULD BE A TYPICAL DRIVE THROUGH MM-HMM . AND I THINK TO CHERYL'S POINT THEN TRAFFIC WOULD BE A ISSUE. THAT'S MY ROUTE HOME AND ALREADY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE IN CAMP WISDOM AND LAKE RIDGE, THE TRAFFIC IS FLOWING LIKE CRAZY AND IT'S LIKE IT'S HAPPENED OVERNIGHT AND PRAIRIE LIGHTS, I DON'T EVEN DO IT. I COME IN THE BACK WAY. SURE. MM-HMM YEAH IT IS. UM, WITHIN OUR UDC, IF YOU FEEL LIKE THEY NEED TO DO A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, YOU HAVE THAT AUTHORITY TO REQUEST THAT THEY DO THAT. UM, BUT BASED ON WHAT THEY'RE PROVIDING THIS EVENING, IT DOESN'T MEET THOSE THRESHOLDS TO REQUIRE A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS. SO THEREFORE WE'RE NOT LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT WHAT IMPROVEMENTS THEY WOULD NEED TO MAKE FOR THE ROADWAY SYSTEM. UM, WE TYPICALLY LOOK AT THAT IF THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF IS GONNA HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON TRAFFIC, NOT JUST A SLIGHT INCREASE TO THE TRAFFIC THAT'S ALREADY OUT THERE. IS THERE COST THROUGH THE TRAFFIC IMPACT OFFICE? THERE IS. YEAH. IT COSTS ON THE DEVELOPER. [00:35:02] THAT'S INTERESTING. AND I GAVE, I, I'M LIKE COMMISSIONER, UH, CHAPMAN, I CAN SEE THAT COULD BE A, IS GONNA BE AN ISSUE. IT'S GOTTA BE AN ISSUE JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE IS THE FAST FOODS. YOU KNOW, AND LIKE I SAID, MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT GONNA USE THAT DIGITAL AHEAD OF TIME. IF YOU JUST DECIDE THE LAST MINUTE YOU WANT TO EAT THERE, YOU'RE JUST NOT GONNA DO IT. AND SO THAT'S GONNA, YOU KNOW. WELL, I I DID ASK THIS QUESTION. WHAT, WHAT DO THEY DO IF SOMEBODY'S IN THE LINE AND THEY HAVEN'T ORDERED? THEY DID SAY THAT THEY WILL MAKE THEM EXIT AN ORDER AND THEN COME BACK INTO THE LINE. OH REALLY? YES. AND BUT WELL I'M NOT GONNA STAY THERE. . OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IS THERE ANY PUSHBACK FOR THE ENHANCEMENT THAT YOU GUYS LIKE ARE UH, SEEKING APPROVAL ABOUT OR THAT THERE, THERE, WHAT DID YOU SAY? I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT YOU SAY. PUSHBACK FROM UH, CHIPOTLE THOSE ITEMS THAT YOU KNOW YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING FOR ENHANCEMENTS ON. NOT THAT I KNOW YET. UM, THE APPLICANT SHOULD BE HERE TONIGHT SO WE CAN HEAR FROM THEM. GOOD QUESTION. GOOD QUESTION. YES. SO THESE ARE THE TYPICAL THINGS THAT WE WOULD ASK OR RELEVANCE AND REQUIRES. THEY HAVE THEIR STANDARD BUILDING AND IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT IT FITS WITHIN THE AESTHETIC OF LAKE RIDGE AND OUR UDC. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE MENTIONED THIS THE APPLICANT WANTED TO PROCEED ON AND WE WANT HOLD THEM UP SO WE KNOW THAT THESE AS CONDITIONS THAT Y'ALL SHOULD CONSIDER. AND THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN 'CAUSE IT'S, THE RESTAURANT ITSELF IS NOT THE ISSUE. IT'S JUST I'M KNOW THAT THE TRAFFIC IS GONNA BE, UH, IT'S DONE. HAVE IMPACT IF YOU NEED ANYTHING. I, I WOULD THINK. ALRIGHT, IT'S JUST ME ANY COMMISSIONER. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. GREAT PRESENTATION. SURE. THAT BEING SAID, IT IS 6:36 PM IT'S MEETING A ADJOURNED. AND WHEN CONVENE AT, UH, 6 45. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.