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HAVE GO AHEAD AND GET, OKAY.[Planning & Zoning Briefing 08112026]
THE STAFF BRIEFING OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE MEETING ON AUGUST 11TH, 2026.I'M CHERYL SMITH, CHAIR OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THIS STAFF BRIEFING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IS HEREBY CALL TO ORDER EIGHT FIVE FIFTY 4:00 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 EARLIER THAN 6:30 PM I'LL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS TO CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM.
IF I RECALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE SAY HERE.
HERE, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL MEMBERS OF PRESIDENT EXCEPT FOR TY CHAPMAN, MALCOLM ERY, CHRISTOPHER COLEY, AND JOHN, UH, FEDORKO.
I JUST FOR THE RECORD, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO SOME AND, AND TO OTHERS.
UH, MARQUITA NEMO IS ONE OF OUR NEWEST COMMISSIONERS.
SHE'S GONNA DO HER FORMAL, UM, INTRO IN THE IN PUBLIC HEARING, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO, MA'AM.
STAFF, IS THERE EVERYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO PRESENT? GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS STP DASH 26 DASH ZERO TWO DASH 0 0 5.
IT'S A SITE PLAN FOR A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3 0 7 5 CLAREMONT DRIVE.
UM, IT'S GONNA BE A NEW TWO STORY RETAIL BUILDING ZONE PD ONE 40.
IT IS IN THE, UM, I 30 CORRIDOR OVERLAY AND IT IS ABOUT 1.3 ACRES.
YOU CAN SEE, UH, WHERE THE PROPERTY IS IN YELLOW, UH, TO THE NORTH OF IT.
WE DO HAVE SOME MULTIFAMILY DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTH.
UM, AND THEN ON THE EAST SIDE THERE IS SOME SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
AND ON THE WEST SIDE THERE IS A CONVENIENCE STORE WITH GAS.
THIS IS GOING TO BE, THE PROPOSAL IS A 15,200 SQUARE FOOT TWO STORY BUILDING.
THE FIRST STORY WILL BE, UM, 7,600 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL RENTAL SPACE.
AND THE SECOND FLOOR WILL BE 7,600 SQUARE FEET OF TENANT STORAGE FOR THOSE COMMERCIAL RENTAL SPACES.
UM, FOR THE TENANTS, FOR THOSE, IT DOES MEET THE DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL, UH, REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE BUILDING IS THERE IN YELLOW.
UM, THE BLUE IS SHOWING ALL THE PARKING AND THE RED IS THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY.
THE LANDSCAPE PLAN IS, UH, MEETING ALL OF OUR REQUIREMENTS AS WELL.
HERE ARE THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS.
UM, THE FRONT ELEVATION IS THE MAIN ELEVATION.
YOU CAN SEE, UM, WHAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED.
AND THEN HERE ARE THE OTHER TWO, THE WEST AND THE EAST ELEVATIONS.
IT MEETS OUR APPENDIX F CHECKLIST ITEMS PROVIDING 12 MENU ITEMS, UM, AS WELL AS OUR WINDOW AND CANOPY REQUIREMENTS.
THEY ARE NOT, THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.
UM, SHOULD THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING CONDITION.
THE APPLICANT SHALL REVISE THE BUILDING ELEVATION SO THAT STUCCO DOES NOT EXCEED 60% OF THE AREA ON THE EAST AND WEST FACADES.
THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE STAFF WITH THE REVISED PLANS PRIOR TO CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION.
THAT'S THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS, ANY CONCERNS? THIS IS MY AREA, SO I DIDN'T GO BY.
AND, UM, THAT, UH, AREA HAS BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE AND I HAVE TWO, TWO, A COUPLE OF MY FRIENDS THAT LIVE OVER THERE.
UM, I WAS JUST SURPRISED THAT, UH, THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING IN THAT AREA.
WAS THERE A CONVERSATION WITH ANY OF THE, UH, COMMUNITIES OUT THERE IN, IN THE, WITH ANY OF THE HOAS? I DON'T KNOW, BUT THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
UM, I, I DO KNOW THAT I DID ASK IF THEY HAD ANY PROPOSED, UM, TENANTS.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE FOLKS ARE GONNA BE UPSTAIRS FIRST.
THE ONLY THING I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT WAS, UM, THAT'S A BUSY AREA 'CAUSE THERE'S APARTMENTS ON ONE SIDE.
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RESIDENTIAL, THE ACCESS, I GUESS RASHARD AND SAVANNAH GONNA BE THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.UH, I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALREADY BUSY WITH THE APARTMENTS THERE.
AND THEN, THEN YOU GOT RESIDENTIAL AND THEN YOU GOT THE GAS STATION.
IS THAT GONNA BE TWO DIFFERENT ACCESS IN AND ACCESS OUT ON THAT? OOPS, SORRY.
OR IS THAT GONNA, HOW'S THAT? I'M JUST WONDERING THE FLOW BECAUSE YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S GETTING, GOING OUT IN THE MORNING FOR WORK AND FOR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY.
NUMBER ONE, THE PROPERTY ZONE FOR RETAIL.
SO NO MATTER WHAT, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE IN DEVELOPMENT.
AS FAR AS THE ACCESS IS CONCERNED, UM, THEY ARE PROVIDING ONE POINT OF ACCESS, BUT THERE'LL BE A MUTUAL ACCESS EASEMENT TO THEIR BUDDING PROPERTY.
SO IN ESSENCE HAVE TWO POINTS OF ACCESS.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S A, IT REALLY LOOKS NICE.
I, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE, UH, THE BUILDING ITSELF, BUT I WAS JUST WONDERING WITH ALL OF THAT GOING ON AND, AND SO I'M SURE LETTERS WERE SENT OUT BUT NOBODY RESPONDED.
'CAUSE THOSE, THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME.
AND AS RASHAD WAS SAYING, ON THESE SITE PLAN REVIEWS, WE'RE LOOKING AT WHETHER THE PLANS THAT THEY'VE SUBMITTED, UH, MEET THE TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR UNDER
SO WE'RE REALLY NOT LOOKING AT THE USE PER SE MM-HMM
BUT WHETHER THEY MEET, YOU KNOW, THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS, UH, THE DRIVEWAY REQUIREMENTS.
UH, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT FOR ME.
I THINK THAT, UM, OH AND THEN IT SAID, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLE STORAGE, I GUESS THEY CAN PUT WHATEVER THEY WANT IN THERE, BUT THERE'S ALREADY ANOTHER STORAGE AREA.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE OTHER PICTURE? YEAH, IT'S UM, IT'S STORAGE FOR WHOEVER'S LEASING THE FIRST, I'LL GO BACK TO THE OTHER ONE.
OH, YOU MEAN THIS ONE? YES, YES.
STORAGE UNIT IS AN OFF OF HIGHWAY 360, ISN'T IT? CORRECT.
BUT IT'S, THAT'S A PUBLIC STORAGE.
THE SECOND FLOOR IS NOT PUBLIC STORAGE, IT'S ONLY FOR THE, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE TENANTS THAT ARE RENTING ON THE FIRST FLOOR TO USE STORAGE SPACE ABOVE.
UH, THAT'S IT FOR ANY CONDITION.
Y'ALL HAVE ANY OTHER CONCERNS? DON'T THAT ALRIGHT.
GUESS I EXCEEDING THAT THE FACADE, YOU KNOW, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS LESS THAN 60%.
IS IT? YES, THEY'RE MORE OR JUST THEY'RE EXCEEDING.
UM, JUST BY 3% AND I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN TO THE APPLICANT AND THEY WILL BE, UH, REVISING THAT.
OKAY, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
THE ITEM NUMBER THREE AND FOUR ARE JOINT ITEM.
THE ITEM THREE IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT THAT IS TO ACCOMPANY A ZONE CHANGE REQUEST.
ITEM THREE IS CPA 26 0 7 0 0 1 0.
THE REQUEST IS TO, UM, CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE ON A THREE, UH, 0.344 ACRE LOT.
THIS IS THE EXISTING FUTURE LAND USE IN THE AREA.
IT'S GENERALLY HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL WITH A LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ABUTTING.
WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS TO INTRODUCE A COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE.
SO HERE IS THE STAFF ANALYSIS OF THE REQUEST.
THE PROPOSED REQUEST DOES THIS, UM, ADVANCE THE CITY'S VISION? THE REQUEST AMENDMENT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE ADOPTIVE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, WHICH IDENTIFIES THE PROPERTY FOR HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT INTENDED TO SERVE AS A TRANSITION BETWEEN COMMERCIAL AND LOWER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
IS THIS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREAS? THE SURROUNDING AREAS IS PRIMARILY HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND THE INTENT FOR THE HIGH RESIDENTIAL, UH, DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION IS TO BE A TRANSITIONAL LAND USE THAT PREFERS COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES FROM LOWER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, THE PROPOSED CHANGE, UM, COULD, UH, REDUCE THE PLAN TRANSITION BETWEEN THE COMMERCIAL AND THE UH, RESIDENTIAL USES.
HOW DOES THE PROPOSAL RELATE TO THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS? UM, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ACTUALLY RECOMMENDS THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT BE LOCATED ALONG MAJOR ARTERIAL STREETS WITH ADEQUATE VISIBILITY THAT THE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES BUILT FROM THE LOWER THAN CITY RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
THIS SUBJECT PROPERTY IS ACCESSED FROM SOUTH OF FIFTH STREET TO THE WEST AND AUSTIN STREET RATHER THAN DIRECTLY FROM THE EAST JEFFERSON STREET, WHICH IS A MAJOR ARTERIAL AND THE PROPERTY ITSELF HAS A LIMITED VISIBILITY FROM THAT CORRIDOR.
WHAT DEVELOPMENT CHARACTERISTICS, UM, SHOULD BE CONSIDERED? FIRST THE REQUEST DESIGNATION WOULD ALLOW CONSIDERATION OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN AN AREA CURRENTLY PLAN TO BE, UH,
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PLAN TO PROVIDE A TRANSITIONAL UM, TRANSITION BETWEEN COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL USES AND PRIMARY ACCESS IS PROVIDED FROM UH, SOUTHEAST FIFTH STREET AND AUSTIN STREET, UM, WHICH MAY INFLUENCE TRAFFIC, CIRCULATION AND RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FUTURE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.UM, THE ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS THE ACCOMPANY ZONE CHANGE REQUEST.
THIS IS FOR, UM, CHANGE FROM THREE, SORRY, CENTRAL AREA AND TWO FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
SO HERE'S AN AREA VIEW OF THE PROPOSED PROPERTY.
AS I MENTIONED, THERE ARE SOME EXISTING, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE EAST AND TO THE SOUTH.
UM, ALONG EAST JEFFERSON STREET YOU DO SEE THE LONGSTANDING COMMERCIAL, UH, PROPERTY THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
THIS IS THE EXISTING BUILDING.
THEY HAVE ABOUT 5,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING WITH PARKING SPACES AND OVERHEAD DOORS.
HERE'S THE PICTURE OF THE BUILDING.
UM, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE OVERHEAD DOORS AND HOW THE BUILDING IS SITUATED.
SO THIS IS THE CURRENT ZONING.
AS I NOTED, THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN THE CENTRAL AREA ZONING DISTRICT.
WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS TO INTRODUCE A COMMERCIAL ZONING, AGAIN, TWO F.
THIS ORANGE AREA REPRESENTS THE, UH, RESIDENTIAL USES.
THEY CAN HAVE SINGLE FAMILY OR DUPLEXES IN THAT AREA.
THEY'RE CURRENTLY, GENERALLY MOST SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
HERE'S A SIMPLE GRAPHIC OF THE EXISTING LAND USES.
AGAIN, I HAVE MENTIONED IN THE STAFF REPORT THERE HAS BEEN SOME COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES ALONG EAST JEFFERSON.
THERE HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF CONVERSION AROUND THAT CORNER.
HOWEVER, GENERALLY OTHER USES STILL REMAIN, UH, LARGELY RESIDENTIAL WITH SOME VACANT PROPERTIES.
UM, IN BETWEEN, HERE'S THE STREET VIEW OF THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL USES.
SO THIS IS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
THE LEFT SIDE HAS BEEN CONVERTED FOR AN OFFICE.
THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED HERE.
OKAY, THIS IS TO THE DIRECTLY NORTH OF THE UH, PROPOSED PROPERTY.
THIS, UM, ESTABLISHMENT, UM, IS SITTING HERE.
THIS IS CURRENTLY A COMMERCIAL USE FOR A CAR LOT, BUT HERE'S WHAT, UM, STEPH MEANS BY HAVING NOT A LOT OF TRANSITION OR BUFFER BETWEEN THE UH, EXISTING BUILDING WITH THE RESIDENTIAL USE.
UM, THERE'S A VACANT LOT WHICH UM, HAD A RECENT ZONE CHANGE FROM CA TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LAST YEAR.
UM, OTHERWISE ALL THESE STREET STILL REMAINS PRETTY RESIDENTIAL AND TO THE SOUTH DIRECTLY THERE'S A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND THERE'S ANOTHER HOME.
SO GOING BACK TO THE LANE USE AREA, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THERE'S A VACANT PROPERTY, VACANT PROPERTY, BUT MOST SURROUNDING PROPERTIES WITH EXCEPTION OF THESE ACROSS THE STREET NEAR JEFFERSON R RESIDENTIAL CURRENTLY.
SO HERE'S THE USES THAT ARE CURRENTLY PERMITTED.
SO CENTRAL AREA DOES ALLOW SOME LAND USES THAT ARE NON-RESIDENTIAL USES.
THE CENTRAL AREA IS THIS, UM, INTENDED TO INTEGRATE, UH, INTEGRATE, INTEGRATE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT WITH FUTURE INFO REDEVELOPMENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS LOCATED IN THE TRANSITIONAL AREA BETWEEN DOWNTOWN AND THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO LOW INTENSITY OFFICES AND SERVICE USERS ARE CURRENTLY ALLOWED BY RIGHT HERE ARE SOME OF THE USES THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY ALLOWED BY RIGHT, THAT CAN BE ALLOWED BY RIGHT IN THE COMMERCIAL AREA IF THE ZONING WAS TO BE APPROVED.
AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A SELECTION OF THE USES.
THE FULL UM, USE COMPARISON WAS PROVIDED IN THE PACKET.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, SOMEONE WANTED TO DO A CONTRACTOR SHOP INSIDE ONLY THEY COULD UM, GET THAT APPROVED BY A RIGHT WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT OR A ZONE CHANGE.
UM, INCLUDING OTHER UH, LITTLE BIT MORE COMMERCIAL BASED ZONINGS.
UM, AS I MENTIONED IN THE STAFF REPORT, COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE AN AREA FOR BROADER RANGE OF COMMERCIAL USES AND THIS WILL DEFINITELY AFFECT THE INTENSITY, UM, OF THE LAND USE.
DOES THIS ADVANCE TO THIS VISION? UM, THE FIRST POINT IS WHAT I ALREADY DISCUSSED.
SO GENERALLY THE CENTRAL AREA CURRENTLY PROVIDES A GRADUAL TRANSITION IN LANE USES BETWEEN WHAT COULD BE, UH, DOWNTOWN AND UH, BETWEEN THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS SO THAT THERE IS A GRADUAL CHANGE BETWEEN LAND USES.
SO THE PROPOSED COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WOULD INCREASE THE INTENSITY OF USES PERMITTED ON THE SITE AND MAY ALTER THE UM, TRADITIONAL CHARACTER OF THE AREA BY INTRODUCING BROADER RANGE OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY NOT ALLOWED.
AGAIN, COMMERCIAL, UM, USES, THEY ARE MORE APPROPRIATE ON WHEN THEY'RE LOCATED NEAR A MAJOR ARTERIAL SO THAT THEY HAVE CIRCULATION AND VISIBILITY.
THIS CURRENT AREA, UH, LACKS THAT BECAUSE IT IS SURROUNDED BY ESTABLISHED LOW DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
IS THIS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDINGS? AGAIN, THE
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AREA IS GENERALLY A LOW DENSITY SINGLE STORY.UM, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT'S BEEN IN THE PLACE FOR A LONG TIME.
SO THE EXISTING UH, PATTERN, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME CONVERSIONS THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN THE PAST AND SOME COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH, THE AREA GENERALLY REMAINS LOW INTENSITY.
DOES THIS RELATE TO EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS AND AREA CONTEXT? SO WE HAVE NOT SEEN A LOT OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES IN THE RECENT AND THERE ARE SOME VACANT PROPERTIES.
UM, ONE RECENT ZONE CHANGE THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE ZONE CHANGE FROM CENTRAL AREA TO SINGLE FAMILY FOR THE PROPERTY DIRECTLY TO THE EAST.
THAT'S SHARING THE PROPERTY LINE WITH THIS PROPERTY.
UH, WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT CHARACTERISTICS SHOULD BE, UM, SHOULD BE CONSIDERED.
THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY FEATURES A EXISTING DRIVE APPROACH AND PARKING AREA WHERE THE PORTIONS OF THE PAYMENTS ARE EITHER MISSING OR REQUIRE REPAIR.
ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE WOULD BE EXPECTED TO ADDRESS THESE EXISTING SITE CONDITIONS.
AND I CAN SHOW YOU THE PICTURE IF I GO BACK SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE SOME OF THE DRIVEWAYS, I'M SO SORRY, UM, IS NOT MEETING CURRENT STANDARD AND UH, STAFF RECOMMENDED THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME REPAIR DONE IN THE FUTURE.
THIS CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION.
THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING SESSION.
IS THERE ANY QUESTION FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? COMMISSIONER, IF ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, THIS IS INTERESTING.
I SAY YES
WELL, SO THEY'RE CHANGING THE ZONING TO UM, HAVE ADDITIONAL USES TO BE ALLOWED BY, RIGHT? YES.
IT IS OCCUPIED BY VARIOUS TENANTS.
UM, I THINK THEIR MAIN POINT IS THE CURRENT TENANTS.
UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE WANTING TO HAVE MORE TENANTS ALLOWED BY, RIGHT? THAT THEY'RE NOT CURRENTLY ALLOWED IF THEY CAME FOR THE FIRST TIME.
SO THEY'RE SAYING HEY, WE BELIEVE THAT UM, THAT ZONE CHAINS WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE DIFFERENT TENANTS.
UM, I THINK THAT WAS THE ONE THAT WAS THE MOST CONCERN THAT I HAD WAS THAT, THAT IT'S REALLY THERE.
IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL, BUT IT'S COMMERCIAL AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE, UH, IT'S THAT ONE THE COMMUNITY I GUESS.
I GUESS IT'S, IT'S ALREADY SORT OF ZONED THAT WAY.
SO THEY CAN, THEY CAN KIND OF, THEY CAN DO THAT JUST GIVING MORE OPTIONS.
RIGHT NOW AGAIN, THEY ARE GENERALLY ALLOWED TO, YOU KNOW, ALLOW SOME SERVICE AREAS IN SOME RETAIL AREAS THAT DOES NOT INTRODUCE A LOT OF TRAFFIC.
UM, WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO IS BE ABLE TO LEASE IT TO UM, OTHER USES THAT MAY ACTUALLY GENERATE MORE TRIPS OR VISITS TO THE SITE AND MORE ACTIVITIES GO BOTHER AND LOOK AT IT.
YOU JUST CAN'T TELL IT'S JUST A BIG BUILDING.
IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY ANYTHING ON IT.
YOU CAN'T TELL WHAT'S WHAT, WHAT TYPE OF BUSINESSES ARE IN THERE.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT TYPE OF ES ARE IN THERE? THERE? SO IT'S, I REVIEWED ALL THE COS THAT'S CURRENTLY IN PLACE BUT HOWEVER THERE'S NOT REALLY A DETAILED DESCRIPTION.
IT JUST HAS A COMPANY'S NAME SO I KNOW SOME OF THEM ARE UM, USING IT AS LIKE A STORAGE FOR THEIR BUSINESS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO YEAH, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I THINK THE APPLICANT SHOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT BETTER.
COMMISSIONERS, WHAT WERE THE PROPOSED BUSINESSES? WHAT ARE THE UM, TYPES OF BUSINESSES HAVE THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED TO PLACE THERE AND WHAT WOULD THAT IMPACT OF TRAFFIC BE ON THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE THERE? BECAUSE IF THERE ARE SMALL KIDS THERE, YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THE AMOUNT OF FLOW.
AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE TENANTS LINED UP TO OCCUPY THE BUILDING.
SO I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY SAVE THAT FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
SO WE CAN ALSO HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT SIDE THAT MAYBE THEY HAVE TENANTS THAT THEIR INTEREST BUT THEY REALIZE THAT THEY'RE NOT MAYBE A ALLOWED RIGHT NOW IN THEIR CURRENT ZONING.
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT THAT IT IS OCCUPIED WHEN THEY'RE GETTING READY THEY WANNA TRANSITION AND DO OTHER THINGS SO IT OCCUPIED.
THEY ALREADY HAVE A SAFETY ISSUE WITH REGARD TO, YOU KNOW, CHILDREN THAT ARE BEING IN A RESIDE HIGHLY RESIDENTIAL AREA I THINK IS WHAT COMMISSIONER NEMO WAS TRYING TO SAY.
IS THAT RIGHT COMMISSIONER? YES.
YOU HAD A CONCERN BECAUSE THAT IS JUST OKAY.
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LAST ITEM, ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A ZONING CHANGE REQUEST LOCATED AT PROPERTY AT 1435 WEST POLO ROAD.
UM, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO CHANGE THE ZONING FROM PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 81 TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 81 B FOR GENERAL RETAIL USES.
UH, THE APPLICANT HAS PLANS TO CONSTRUCT A MULTI-TENANT RETAIL BUILDING.
OKAY, AERIAL VIEW AND LAND USES.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HIGHLIGHTED HERE IN YELLOW IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT.
YOU HAVE AN EXISTING SELF-SERVICE
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CAR WASH.WE HAVE A GAS STATION WITH FUEL SALES ACROSS THE STREET.
WE HAVE A UH, NICE SIZED UH, MULTI-TENANT RETAIL STRIP CENTER BEHIND THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND BETWEEN THE FRONTAGE OF POLO ROAD AND THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, THAT IS ALSO PLAN DEVELOPMENT 81.
WE HAVE A VERY LARGE UTILITY SERVICE STATION AND TRANSMISSION LINES.
SO HERE IS THE EXISTING ZONING MAP AGAIN THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS BOUNDED IN YELLOW.
WE HAVE COMMERCIAL ACROSS AND NORTH OF THE SITE.
WE HAVE GENERAL RETAIL PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
ONE 15 IS A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT THAT INCLUDES GENERAL RETAIL USES AS WELL.
AND WE HAVE PD 81 WHICH COVERS THE EXISTING CAR WASH, THE TRANSMISSION LINES, AND THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT THAT IS BEHIND ALL OF THAT.
SO, UM, THE EXISTING PD 81, WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL IN 1976 INCLUDES SINGLE FAMILY, MULTIFAMILY RETAIL AND SERVICE STATION USES.
UM, I HAVE SOME NICE LANGUAGE HERE IN MY REPORT THAT I'M GONNA READ.
THE EXISTING PD 81 ORDINANCE INCLUDES MEETS AND BOUNDS DESCRIPTIONS AND MARKERS THAT ARE OUTDATED AND CAN NO LONGER BE USED TO ACCURATELY DELINEATE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE BASE ZONING DISTRICTS WITHIN THE PD STAFF IS UNABLE TO CONFIRM WITH CERTAINTY THAT THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS GENERAL RETAIL, HENCE THE REQUEST TO CHANGE IT TO A NEW PD THAT HAS GENERAL RETAIL AS THE BASE ZONING.
UH, FOUR YEAR INFORMATION IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR, PD 81 A IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY LOCATED HERE WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL WITH GENERAL RETAIL BASE ZONING.
SO IF THIS REQUEST IS APPROVED, THE PROPERTY WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT.
THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES AT THIS TIME.
STAFF ANALYSIS DOES THE PROPOSAL ADVANCE THE CITY'S VISION? THE COMP PLANS FUTURE LAND USE MAP DOES DESIGNATE THIS AREA AS COMMERCIAL RETAIL AND OFFICE.
THE PROPOSED ZONING DISTRICT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FLUME.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ALSO STATES THAT RETAIL USES TYPICALLY PROVIDE SERVICES TO SUPPORT NEIGHBORING RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND SHOULD SERVE AS A BUFFER IN TRANSITION BETWEEN HIGHER AND LOWER INTENSITY USES.
STAFF BELIEVES THE PROPOSED ZONING DISTRICT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE STATED PURPOSE OF RETAIL USES AND DEPENDING ON THE TENANT MIX A SMALLER SCALE GENERAL RETAIL DEVELOPMENT MAY PROVIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE TYPE USES IN PROXIMITY TO THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
IS THE PROPOSAL COMPATIBLE WITH ITS SURROUNDINGS? THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED ADJACENT TO AND ACROSS FROM EXISTING COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL USES AND IS SEPARATED FROM RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES BY A LARGE UTILITY SERVICE STATION WITH TRANSMISSION POWER LINES.
STAFF BELIEVES THE REQUESTED ZONING CHANGE IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING ZONING AND LAND USES.
HOW DOES THE PROPOSAL RELATE TO EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PA PATTERN AND AREA CONTEXT? AGAIN, BACK TO UH, THE COUNCIL'S ACTION.
IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR, THEY DID APPROVE A ZONING CHANGE FROM PD 81 DISTRICT TO PD 81 A DISTRICT WITH BASE ZONING OF GENERAL RETAIL ON PROPERTY ABOVE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY'S WESTERN BOUNDARY LINE.
AGAIN, STAFF BELIEVES THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH RECENT ZONING ACTIVITY.
WE SENT 16 NOTICES TO SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
WE RECEIVED ZERO LETTERS OF SUPPORT, ONE LETTER IN OPPOSITION.
THERE WERE NO COMMENTS PROVIDED ON THE LETTER.
YOU CAN THE NEXT STEP, RIGHT? YES MA'AM.
AND THE OPPOSING LETTER, UH, CAME FROM THE PROPERTY THAT IS SHOWN HERE IN RED AND THE REQUESTED ACTION IS FOR YOU TO CONSIDER THE REQUEST TO REZONE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM PD 81 TO PD 81 B WITH GENERAL RETAIL BASE ZONING.
MADAM CHAIR, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO MA'AM.
YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH IT.
I THINK I UNDERSTAND THIS OKAY THE WAY IT IS AND WE JUST CLEANING IT UP PRETTY MUCH.
YEAH, FROM 1986 YOU SAID? 1976.
SO YOU GOT YOUR HANDS FOR Y'ALL GONE, Y'ALL FOR DOING THIS? YEAH, IT SAYS A WHOLE LOT ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT CLEANING UP ALL THESE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE FIXED.
AND THEN THE ANALYSIS IS NEW TO US.
UH, COMMISSIONER? WELL WE, WE HADN'T HAD THIS UNTIL I THINK THE LAST COUPLE OF SESSIONS, BUT I THINK IT'S, IT'S REALLY GONNA BE GREAT 'CAUSE GIVE EVERYBODY MORE INSIGHT ABOUT WHAT
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THE CASE IS REALLY ABOUT.ALRIGHT, THAT BEING SAID, THAT WAS THE LAST CASE AT SIX 19.
Y'ALL WANT TO, I GUESS SIX 30 IS WHAT WE'LL HAVE TO DO.
SIX CONVENIENCE, SIX 30 FOR READING IS DONE.