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AFTERNOON.UM, IT IS TWO 30 ON THURSDAY, APRIL 14TH, 2022.
TODAY'S MEETING OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION IS CALLED TO ORDER.
I AM COMMISSION CHAIR, MARTY STEIN.
UM, TO ESTABLISH THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM OF 11 MEMBERS, I'LL CALL THE ROLE THE CHAIR IS PRESENT.
VICE CHAIR GARZA WILL BE ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER ABRAHAM IS NOT PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER CLARK WILL BE ASKED.
COMMISSIONER ABRAHAM IS HERE, MA'AM.
I COULDN'T GET TO THE ON MUTE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
COMMISSIONER ABRAHAM IS PRESENT.
UM, COMMISSIONER CLARK WILL BE ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER HINES WILL BE ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER JONES PRESENT IS PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER MOD WILL BE ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER NELSON WILL BE ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER POROUS PERLE HERE VIRTUALLY IS PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER ROBBINS HERE IS PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ IS NOT PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG PRESENT IS PRESENT VIRTUALLY.
COMMISSIONER SIGLER IS PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER TAHIR PRESENT IS PRESENT VIRTUALLY.
COMMISSIONER VICTOR PRESENT IS PRESENT VIRTUALLY.
COMMISSIONER KANE IS NOT PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER DALTON WILL BE ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER SMITH IS PRESENT.
UM, AND DIRECTOR MARGARET WALLACE BROWN.
14 MEMBERS HAVE RESPONDED TO ROLL CALL.
UM, FOR THE RECORD, OUR MEETING FORMAT ALLOWS THAT COMMISSIONERS MAY, UM, PARTICIPATE EITHER IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY ON THE MICROSOFT TEAMS PLATFORM.
UM, TO MEET THE COM UH, REQUIREMENTS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS LAW, THE CHAIR MUST BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT.
UM, AND ALL COMMISSIONERS WHO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY MUST BE BOTH VISIBLE AND AUDIBLE.
UM, SO IF YOU ARE WITH US ON TEAMS COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE REMEMBER TO KEEP YOUR CAMERA ON SO WE CAN KEEP YOU FOR COUNT, YOU FOR QUORUM.
AND IF YOU ARE VIRTUAL, ALSO JUST SPEAK UP AND LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE TO STEP OUT OF THE MEETING FOR ANY REASON.
AND AGAIN, WHEN YOU RETURN TO EVERYONE ELSE JOINING US TODAY, WELCOME.
UM, IF YOU'RE HERE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON A SPECIFIC ITEM, UM, MAKE SURE YOU'VE SIGNED UP AT THE FRONT DESK.
UM, YOU CAN FIND THE, UH, THE STAFF'S FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE.
UM, AND WE ASK THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE CONNECTED BY PHONE OR COMPUTER TO PLEASE KEEP YOUR DEVICE MUTED UNTIL YOU ARE CALLED ON TO SPEAK.
AND UNLESS YOU'RE A COMMISSIONER, PLEASE ALSO KEEP YOUR CAMERA OFF.
UM, BECAUSE OUR VIDEO QUALITY IS BETTER, THE FEWER PEOPLE WE HAVE.
UM, ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT BEFORE NOON ON WEDNESDAY ARE PART OF OUR PACKET.
THE COMMISSION HAS THOSE IN THE OFFICIAL RECORD.
UM, TWO ITEMS HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN FROM TODAY'S AGENDA, BOTH UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, 1 73 LONG POINT ACRES, PARTIAL REPL.
NUMBER NINE HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN, PARTIAL REPL.
NUMBER EIGHT IS STILL ON THE AGENDA, AND I THINK WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS ON THAT ONE.
AND ALSO WITHDRAWN IS 1 75 SUNBEAM ESTATES.
THERE WILL BE NO OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THEM.
[Director’s Report]
AND WE GO NOW TO THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, DIRECTOR WALLACE BROWN.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS.
MY NAME IS MARGARET WALLACE BROWN AND I AM SECRETARY TO THIS COMMISSION AND DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
I HAVE THREE BRIEF NOTIFICATIONS TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY.
UM, I WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, WE WILL HAVE TWO NEW POLICY DOCUMENTS ON OUR WEBSITE.
ONE WILL CLARIFY THE RECORDATION APPOINTMENT PROCESS, UM, AND THE SECOND ONE WILL CLARIFY PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS.
WE WILL SEND AN E-BLAST TO ALL PLAT TRACKER USERS, AS WELL AS THE COMMISSION MEMBERS ONCE THESE UPDATES ARE ACTUALLY IN PLACE.
AND, UM, THEY'RE VISIBLE ON OUR WEBSITE, SO PLEASE KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THAT.
WE HAVE A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN WORKSHOP COMING UP.
THE 2022 M-F-M-T-F-P AMENDMENT WORKSHOP IS SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, MAY 12TH FROM ONE UNTIL 2:30 PM IT'S LOW.
IT IS BEFORE OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
A QUORUM IS REQUIRED, SO PLEASE MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND THAT MEETING.
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PERSON AND ONLINE VIRTUALLY VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS IN THE SAME WAY THAT THIS MEETING IS HELD.UM, SO PLEASE MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND EITHER IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY.
UH, THERE WILL BE A SEPARATE, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THERE WILL BE A SEPARATE TEAMS LINK FOR THE COMMISSION MEETING.
SO YOU'LL HAVE TO LOG INTO THE MTFP MEETING, LOG OUT WHEN IT IS FINISHED, LOG INTO A DIFFERENT LINK FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, AND THEN LOG OUT WHEN IT THAT IS FINISHED.
UH, MY LAST ANNOUNCEMENT IS JUST A BRIEF PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT MIGHT, UM, EXCITE EVERYONE OR MAKE MAY MAKE YOU TIRED, INCLUDING OUR TEAM.
IN 2020, WE DID MORE THAN 3000 PLATS THROUGH THIS BODY.
THAT IS A 25% INCREASE OVER THE 2020 PLATS.
IT IS ACTUALLY THE, UM, HIGHEST NUMBER OF PLATS WE'VE EVER DONE IN A YEAR.
2019 WAS THE SECOND HIGHEST, AND 2020 WAS THE THIRD HIGHEST.
SO IF YOU ALL ARE TIRED, UM, ESPECIALLY OUR TEAM WHO'S BEEN WORKING, UH, DILIGENTLY ON THIS, UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND YOUR EFFORT ON THIS KEEPING HOUSTON GOING, AND I APPRECIATE IT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CALL THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AT (832) 393-6600, OR YOU CAN CALL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PLANNER OF THE DAY AT 8 3 2 3 9 360 6 24.
AND YOU CAN ALWAYS VISIT US@HOUSTONPLANNING.COM.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OH, OH, GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER ALMAN, I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE CITY STAFF FOR WORKING SO HARD IN 2021.
I, I THINK WE, ALL OF US IN HOUSTON, WHAT NO MATTER HOW MUCH INTO THE WEEDS ON THE PLANNING PROCESS, YOU ARE COULD UNDERSTAND THAT DEVELOPMENT IS GOOD FOR OUR CITY.
AND IT'S GREAT THAT OUR, OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S BEEN ABLE TO KEEP THIS PACE UP THROUGH SOME DIFFICULT TIMES IN TERMS OF VIRTUAL COMMUNICATION AND ILLNESSES AND STUFF.
SO THANK YOU GUYS AND THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS FOR BEING HERE EVERY WEEK TO, YOU KNOW, TO DO THE WORK.
WE'RE PART OF THE PROCESS, SO COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU GUYS.
[Approval of the March 31, 2022 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes ]
OKAY.SO NOW WE MOVE ON TO APPROVAL OF THE MARCH 31ST, UH, 2022 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES.
UM, IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES, IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MOTION.
HI, IS THERE A SECOND? TAHIR TAHIR.
UH, ROMAN NUMERAL ONE IS PLATING ACTIVITY AND AS ONE, THE PODIUM CANNOT BE HEARD ON TEAMS. UM, WHAT DO WE DO? UM, YEAH, I DON'T THINK IT'S WORKING.
IT SEEMS VERY QUIET TO ME TOO.
HTV, ARE YOU ABLE TO CONNECT THE PODIUM MICROPHONE? NOPE.
OH, THANK GOODNESS FOR LONG CORDS.
OKAY, HOW DOES IT SOUND NOW? BETTER.
UM, SO GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
[Platting Activities A & B]
SECTIONS A AND B ARE PRESENTED AS ONE GROUP, WHICH INCLUDES CONSENT AND REPLANT ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION.SECTIONS A AND B ARE ITEMS ONE THROUGH 1 66 SECTION A.
CONSENT ITEMS ARE NUMBERS ONE THROUGH 87 AND SECTION B REPLANT ITEMS ARE NUMBER 88 THROUGH 1 66.
UM, MADAM CHAIR, WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER SIGNED UP FOR ITEM 1 42 REYNOLDS LANDING.
UM, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE, UM, OUT OF ORDER ITEM 1 42 AND A PRESENTATION WILL FOLLOW AFTER THIS.
THERE ARE NO OTHER ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN OUT OF ORDER AND THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS MADAM CHAIR, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUESTS THE APPROVAL OF ALL, UM, STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSENT AND REPL ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION.
UM, WE WILL TAKE UP ITEM 1 42 IN JUST A MINUTE, BUT BEFORE THAT, COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE SEPARATELY? COMMISSIONER SIGLER? UM, YES.
ITEM 2 3 6 7 11 THROUGH 18 30, 72
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THROUGH 77, 83, 84 AND 89.CHAIR, I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEMS 1114 THROUGH 18 27, 30, 33, 36, 49, 57 THROUGH 59, 79, 89, AND 1 0 8.
UM, ALRIGHT, UM, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP ITEM 1 42 FIRST AND THEN WE'LL GO AND VOTE ON THE TWO REMAINING SECTIONS IF THAT'S OKAY.
MS. MOTTO, ARE YOU GONNA LAY OUT 1 42? DR.
MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS COMMISSION.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, JOHN, IF YOU WOULD PULL UP ITEM 1 45 PLEASE.
SO ITEM 1 42 IS REYNOLDS LANDING.
THE, AS YOU CAN SEE UP ON THE SCREEN, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A SHARED DRIVEWAY DEVELOPMENT WITH SIX LOTS TAKING ACCESS FROM THE SHARED DRIVEWAY FROM RE REYNOLDS STREET.
UM, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THIS ITEM FOR THIS STUDY AND REVIEW.
THERE'S SOME TITLE REPORT, UH, PROBLEMS AND THERE ARE SOME, UH, LEGAL DESCRIPTION ISSUES THAT WE ARE TRYING TO HANDLE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. MOTTER HEARING? NINE.
OKAY, THE SPEAKER IS MILTON GARCIA.
MR. GARCIA, ARE YOU WITH US? GOOD AFTERNOON.
UH, MY NAME IS MILTON GARCIA AND I RESIDE AT 1210 LUON STREET, HOUSTON, TEXAS 7 7 0 0 9 MCGOWAN SUBDIVISION.
I LIVED THERE FOR 50 YEARS AND WITNESSED THE UNTHINKABLE TRAGIC ACCIDENT, SIMPLE FENDER BENDER.
I AM STANDING HERE TO UPHOLD THE GRANDFATHER CLAUSE AND KEEPING THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS DURING THE DOING.
SO AN OBJECTION TO THE REYNOLDS LANDING PROJECT, WHICH WOULD BE THE POOR IDEA OF CREATING TO 10 TOWN HOMES DISGUISED AS SINGLE DWELLING FAMILY DWELLINGS.
WHILE I UNDERSTAND SOME WILL BE BEHIND THE DEFINITION, UH, SINGLE DWELLING FAMILY DWELLINGS AND THE EFFORT TO DEVELOP THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA, WHAT I AM ABOUT TO DESCRIBE IS FACTUAL AND WOULD MUCH APPRECIATE IT IF IT WAS SERIALLY CONSIDERED.
THE PROPERTY ON REYNOLDS IS LOCATED IN A NARROW STREET AND THE TRAFFIC THAT OCCURS ON THE STREET IS STEADY AT FACE AND PACE THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY TO THE END OF THE DAY TIME, EXCUSE ME.
OH, SORRY, WAS THAT TWO MINUTES? OH, IT'S RIGHT.
GO AHEAD AND, AND WRAP UP PLEASE.
OKAY, SO, UM, LET'S SAY A SCENARIO.
UH, THESE TOWN HOMES WERE BUILT AND ONE OF THESE FAM MANY FAMILIES DECIDES TO HAVE GATHERINGS AND INVITES 10 TO 15 PEOPLE TO ATTEND AT 4:00 PM ON A TUESDAY, LET'S SAY ABOUT HALF OF THOSE PEOPLE DECIDE TO COME IN TO COME EARLY.
WE'RE NOW AT 3 45 TUESDAY SCHOOL LET'S OUT.
WHERE WOULD THE ADDITIONAL SEVEN AND EIGHT CARS PARKED? CERTAINLY NOT ON THE PROPERTY BECAUSE OTHER FAMILIES WILL ALSO BE RECITING THERE AND THERE WOULD NOT BE ENOUGH PARKING THAT WOULD LEAVE THE STREET, BUT WOULD CAUSE A WORSE TRAFFIC AND SURELY LEAD TO A STUDENT GETTING INJURED.
YOUR TIME'S UP, BUT STAY HERE AND LET ME ASK IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION.
UM, THIS PROJECT IS UNDER REVIEW.
IT IS ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH MEANS THAT ON REVIEW, IT LOOKS LIKE IT MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS AT THIS POINT IN THE PLATTING STAGE.
SO WE WOULD BE, UH, UNDER STATE LAW, WE'D BE, UM, REQUIRED TO APPROVE IT.
STAFF HAS SOME ISSUES WITH IT THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON, SO THEY'RE RECOMMENDING IT BE DEFERRED FOR TWO WEEKS.
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ASSUMING THE COMMISSION VOTES TO DEFER, IT'LL BE BACK ON THE AGENDA IN TWO WEEKS.AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME BACK AND SPEAK TO US AGAIN, YOU MAY.
UM, OKAY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UM, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 1 42, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER MOTION? BALDWIN.
IS THERE A SECOND? JONES JONES.
ITEM 1 42 IS DEFERRED AND WE CAN CO PROCEED ON VOTING FOR, ON EVERYTHING IN SECTIONS A AND B.
UM, WE'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS ON ALL ITEMS. SAVE AND ACCEPT ITEMS 2 3 6 7 11 THROUGH 18 27, 30, 33, 36, 49, 57 THROUGH 59, 72 THROUGH 77, 79, 83, 84 89, AND 1 0 8.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION MOTION ALLMAN ALLMAN.
IS THERE A SECOND? ROBINS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AND NOW ON THE REMAINDER, WHICH WILL BE THOSE SAME ITEMS? 2 3 6 7 11 THROUGH 18 27, 30, 33, 36, 49, 57 THROUGH 59, 72 THROUGH 77, 79 83, 84 89 AND 1 0 8.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION JONES.
IS THERE A SECOND? BALDWIN? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE ITEMS ARE APPROVED WITH COMMISSIONERS, HE AND SIGLER ABSTAINING.
[c. Replats requiring Public Hearings with Notification (Dorianne Powe-Phlegm, Devin Crittle, John Cedillo, and Geoff Butler)]
UH, WE NOW GO TO SECTION C.PUBLIC HEARINGS REQUIRING NOTIFICATION.
AH, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, MS. POPLE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 1 67 IS CLAREMONT PLACE, SECTION ONE PARTIAL RELA NUMBER FIVE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG RICHLAND DRIVE BETWEEN TREEMONT AND DENTON STREETS NORTH OF CLEARVIEW DRIVE AND HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS.
THE REASON FOR REFL IS TO CREATE SIX LOTS.
THERE ARE NO VARIANTS REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLA PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 67 CLAREMONT PLACE IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE WHO IS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE WITH US OR LISTENING WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 67? DOES COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG? YES.
UM, BECAUSE I'M NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH THIS PART OF TOWN CODE REQUIRES IF IT'S UP TO SIX, IF IT'S UP TO SIX UNITS, THEY DON'T NEED TO PROVIDE ANY GUEST PARKING.
IS THAT OKAY? I THINK SOMEBODY'S GOT THEIR PHONE UNMUTED.
UM, SO YOUR QUESTION WAS, IS THERE A REQUIREMENT FOR, UH, GUEST PARKING? YEAH.
THE WAY I NOTICED THIS IS SIX UNITS, UM, IN AN AREA, UM, AS I WOULD SAY IS, UH, NOT OVERLY ACCOMMODATING TO GUEST PARKING AND STUFF.
UM, DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT, SIX UNITS, THEY DON'T NEED TO PROVIDE ANY GUEST PARKING, CORRECT? UM, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE THESE ARE FRONT LOADERS, THEY DON'T HAVE TO, UM, DURING YOU CANNOT BE HEARD ON THE TEAMS. OKAY.
UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE THESE ARE FRONT LOADER, UM, LOTS, THEY DO NOT HAVE, SHE CAN'T BE HEARD ON TEAMS. ADDITIONAL PARKING STILL NOT.
IT'S ON, IT LOOKS LIKE THE MICROPHONE IS MUTED.
YOU MAY BE ABLE TO USE THIS ONE NOW.
WOULD YOU REMIND RESTATING WHAT JUST SAID? OKAY.
UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE, UH, THIS IS A FRONT, UH, THESE ARE FRONT LOADERS, THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO, UH, PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES.
DO YOU HAVE ANY? IS THAT, DO YOU
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HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG? YES.SINCE, UM, COMMISSIONER GARZA ISN'T ON, UM,
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 67? IF NOT, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
UM, IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION FROM THE COMMISSION, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
ITEM 1 68 IS DUNVILLE VILLAGE PARTIAL RELA NUMBER ONE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED EAST ALONG DONVILLE ROAD, WEST OF ANN ARBOR DRIVE NORTH OF RICHMOND AVENUE AND HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS.
THE REASON FOR REPL IS TO CREATE 11 LOTS AND 10 RESERVES.
THE APPLICANT IS ALSO REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW THE PROPOSED RE PLAT TO HAVE ITS ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACE REQUIREMENT TO BE FULFILLED BY THE ORIGINAL PLAT DONVILLE VILLAGE.
THIS IS A RELAID OF 11 EXISTING LOTS THAT WAS CREATED WITH THE DONVILLE VILLAGE SUBDIVISION THAT WAS CREATED IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR.
THE APPLICANT IS REP PLATTING A PORTION OF 11 EXISTING LOTS TO ADD LANDSCAPE AND OPEN SPACE RESERVES TO PROVIDE AREA TO PLACE UTILITY EASEMENTS REQUIRED BY CENTER POINT.
SINCE THIS IS A NEW SUBDIVISION THAT HAVE ACCESS FROM TYPE TWO PAE PRIVATE STREETS, ONE ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACE IS REQUIRED.
THE EXISTING LOTS ARE ADJACENT TO A TYPE ONE PAE PRIVATE STREET THAT IS DESIGNED TO LOCAL STANDARD LOCAL STREET STANDARDS AND PUBLIC UTILITIES CAN BE PLACED INTO THE TYPE ONE PRIVATE STREET.
STAFF WOULD LIKE TO, LIKE TO HAVE TIME TO CONFER WITH CENTER POINT FOR THE PLACEMENT OF THE EASEMENTS IN THE PRIVATE STREET REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PROPOSED USE OF LOTS MUST BE APPROVED BY THE WALMART CORPORATION, WHO WAS THE PREVIOUS OWNERS OF THIS PRO PROPERTY PRIOR TO THE CREATION OF THE DUNVILLE VILLAGE SUBDIVISION.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT FOR FURTHER STUDY AND REVIEW AND COORDINATE WITH CENTERPOINT ABOUT THE PLACEMENT OF THE UTILITIES.
ALLOW TIME FOR THE APPLICANT TO COORDINATE WITH WALMART AND LEGAL CONCERN OF THE DE RESTRICTIONS AND FOR FURTHER LEGAL REVIEW.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 68 DUNVILLE VILLAGE PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE IS OPEN.
I DON'T HAVE ANYONE WHO SIGNED UP IN ADVANCE.
IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING OR IN THE ROOM WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON DUNVILLE VILLAGE? 1 68 HEARING NO RESPONSE.
UM, WE'LL TURN TO THE COMMISSION.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER JONES, WOULD THE FEEDBACK FROM THE DEVELOPER TO GO ALONG WITH THIS DEFERRAL? WOULD THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY ISSUES MOVE FORWARD? NO, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, SO, OKAY.
ANYBODY ELSE? UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THEN IS TO DEFER THE ITEM.
IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION? HA.
IS THERE A SECOND? ALLMAN ALLMAN.
ANYONE OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.
1 68 IS DEFERRED THE PUBLIC HEARING CONTINUED.
ITEM 1 69, ITEM 1 69 IS FOSTER PLACE.
NUMBER 27, THE SITE LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF ALICE AND SYDNEY STREETS WEST OF CULLEN BOULEVARD IN HOUSTON.
THE REASON FOR REPLY IS TO CREATE FOUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS, WITH THIS PLAT.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR PLEASES THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 69 PARTIAL, UH, FOSTER PLACE PARTIAL RELA NUMBER 27 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE WHO HAS SIGNED UP IN ADVANCE.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE OR LISTENING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 1 69? APPARENTLY NOT.
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THE PUBLIC HEARING IS THEN CLOSED.UM, IF THERE IS NO DISCUSSION, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION BALDWIN BALDWIN.
IS THERE A SECOND? TAHIR TAHIR.
OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM ONE 70, ITEM ONE 70 IS GOOD HOPE.
REPL NUMBER ONE, THE SCIENCE LOCATED NORTH ALONG GOOD HOPE STREET, EAST OF STATE HIGHWAY 2 88 AND HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS, THE REASON FOR RE PLAT IS TO CREATE THREE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED.
SEPARATELY, THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FARM CONDITIONS.
STAFF HAS RECEIVED, RECEIVED, UH, COMMENTS CONCERNING THIS PLA OF CONCERNING THIS PLAT FROM THE OWNER OF THE ADJACENT, UH, LOT, WHICH IS LIKE, IT APPEARS TO LOOK LIKE A STRIP OF LAND, UM, THAT'S ONLY 12 FEET WIDE.
AND THIS, UM, THE ATTORNEY FOR THE OWNER WAS CONCERNED BECAUSE HIS CLIENT WANTED TO KNOW IF THIS, IF THIS REPL WOULD, UM, IF THIS, IF THIS REPL, UH, WOULD IMPEDE HER FROM, UM, FROM IMPEDE HER, IMPEDE HER FROM HAVING ACCESS TO HER LOT.
UM, AND THAT'S THE PROPERTY, UH, EAST OF THIS PLAT.
UM, THIS IS AN EXISTING CONDITION AND THIS RE PLAT WILL NOT, UH, WILL NOT IMPEDE HER FROM HAVING ACCESS TO HER HER LOT.
UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
UM, MADAM CHAIR PLEASES COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? I I FEEL LIKE MY MIC ISN'T WORKING.
UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ONE 70.
GOOD HOPE TERRACE REPL NUMBER ONE IS OPEN.
WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER, UM, ARGA BOURGEOIS.
I HOPE I PRONOUNCED THAT CORRECTLY.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
I DO OWN THE SMALL, UH, LOT NEXT TO THE PROPOSED, UM, VARIOUS REQUESTS.
UM, IT IS A SMALL LOT, BUT I OWN A VEGAN RESTAURANT IN THE AREA AND WE DO USE IT TO, UM, UM, FOR OUR VEGAN, UM, UPCOMING, UH, UH, FARM AND SO FORTH.
THE, THE PROBLEM THAT I HAVE IS THE CURRENT OWNERS BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY IN 2021, ALTHOUGH IT'S BEEN ON THE REPLANTING ISSUE FOR 2005.
I'VE HAD THE SAME COMPLAINT ABOUT THEM BUILDING THREE, UM, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES NEXT TO IT.
AND ON TOP OF THAT, ON MY PROPERTY IS A SHARED GARAGE, WHICH WOULD, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE USED FOR STORAGE.
SO IT'S NOT JUST, UM, A OPEN AND SHUT THING.
AND, AND SO YOUR BUT YOUR OWNERSHIP IS THE STRIP OF LAND, NOT THE YES, IT'S MAYBE 1200, 2000 SQUARE FEET.
UM, I, OKAY, SO CAN I GET THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO CONFIRM THAT THERE IS NO TAKING OF YOUR PROPERTY, OF ANYTHING? OR LET ME, I'LL TURN TO MS. MICKELSON.
KIM MICKELSON WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
AND IT APPEARS THAT SHE'S, YOU STILL HAVE ACCESS ON GOOD HOPE STREET.
SO THAT GIVES YOU LEGAL ACCESS TO IT.
SO TECHNICALLY I THINK THIS PLAT DOES NOT DO ANYTHING TO IMPEDE ACCESS TO HER LOT.
YOU MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT ROUNDABOUT WAY.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER PROPERTY, IF YOU HAVE ANY IN THE ADJACENT, YOU KNOW, ADJACENT TO THIS OR NEARBY.
BUT, UM, YOU, YOU HAVE, YOU DO HAVE LEGAL ACCESS OFF OF GOOD HOPE STREET.
WHAT ABOUT THE GARAGE THAT IS ON MY PROPERTY AS WELL AS THEIR PROPERTY? THAT, UM, HAS BEEN THERE FOREVER.
I JUST, ARE THEY TRYING TO TEAR THAT DOWN AND I NO LONGER HAVE ACCESS TO THAT GARAGE AND THAT STORAGE SHED? IT DEPENDS ON TO, TO ME, I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT IS ON THAT LOT.
IT'S TOWARDS THE, UM, I HAVE A COPY OF THE SURVEY.
IT'S TOWARDS THE, IT'S ON SCREEN.
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE GARAGE IS ON.
IT IS THE NEXT PROPERTY AT ALL ONLY AND THE ONE TO THE RIGHT.
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HUH? IT'S ONLY ON YOUR PROPERTY AND THE ONE TO THE RIGHT.ONE, TWO, WHERE'S, WHERE'S THE THIRD LOT? YEAH, WHERE'S THE THIRD LOT? IT'S TAKING ONE AND TWO AND MAKING AND MAKING THREE.
BUT IT'S, SO THE EASTERN BOUNDARY OF LOT TWO WILL BE THE EASTERN BOUNDARY OF LOT THREE? YES.
SO IT LOOKS, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE A, IT LOOKS LIKE NOT A SHARED BUILDING RIGHT? ON WHAT WE HAVE THAT'S ON YOUR PROPERTY.
DO I HAVE A, UH, OPTION TO BRING OTHER, UH, UH, PHOTOS AND SO FORTH TO THE TABLE ABOUT THIS MATTER? DO YOU HAVE A SURVEY THAT SHOWS SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH THE YEAH.
NOT BEING, DO YOU HAVE THE OTHER SURVEY? THE OTHER SURVEY? DID YOU BRING THE OTHER SURVEY? UH, NO, HE DIDN'T BRING IT WITH THEM.
SO UNLESS YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT SURVEY THAT SHOWS SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN THIS, I THINK WE ARE ACTING ON WHAT'S BEFORE US.
HOWEVER, IF THERE'S AN ISSUE BETWEEN YOU AND THE OWNER OF THOSE OTHER LOTS, IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN PURSUE WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH WHOEVER OWNS THOSE SLOTS AND MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO DO PRIOR TO ANY CONSTRUCTION.
'CAUSE A VACANT LOT, YOU KNOW, IS GONNA BE ATTRACTIVE TO SOMEBODY.
RIGHT? SO IF YOU DON'T, DO YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION? DO YOU HAVE THE CONTACT INFORMATION OF THE, THE APPLICANT? COULD I PLEASE GET THE NEW ONE? BECAUSE THE OLD ONE IS FROM 2005 AND SOMEONE JUST BOUGHT IN 2021.
SO MS. GET, MS CAN GIVE YOU CONTACT INFORMATION AND THEN THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED TO WORK OUT PRIVATELY.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE, WE WOULD HAVE ANY PURVIEW OVER.
ALRIGHT? AND IT DOES APPEAR LIKE THIS SURVEY'S TO YOUR ADVANTAGE THAT YOU'RE NOT SHARING THE BUILDING WITH THE NEW OWNER, WHICH IS BETTER FOR YOU IF YOU DON'T HAVE A SHARED WALL OR A BUILDING THAT ENCROACHES INTO THE OTHER PROPERTY.
SO ACCORDING TO THIS SURVEY, IT'S PROBABLY TO YOUR BENEFIT, RIGHT? I'M GONNA GET IT FOR ANOTHER SURVEY AND SHARE IT WITH YOU ALL.
IF, IF YOU COULD GET IT TO, IF YOU COULD GET IT TO MS. FL RIGHT HERE.
OKAY, THEN, THEN THAT WOULD BE PERFECT.
YEAH, SHE'LL GET IT TO ME AND WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
BUT FROM WHAT WE HAVE HERE BEFORE THE COMMISSION.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S NOT ON THEIR PROPERTY AT ALL, BUT IT'S ALL ON YOUR PROPERTY, SO, UM, WE'LL RUN THAT DOWN.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 70? GOOD HOPE TERRACE.
UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
BEFORE I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? QUESTIONS? OKAY, IF NOT, THEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
UH, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
IS THERE A SECOND? JONES? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ITEM 1 71 HATE MEADOWS REPL NUMBER ONE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 1 71 IS HEIGHT MEADOWS RELA NUMBER ONE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS AT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF HANNAH STREET AND HEIGHT STREET.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS CREATE THREE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND INCREASE THE NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS FROM THREE TO FOUR.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
AND I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 1 71, HAIGHT MEADOWS IS OPEN.
UH, WE HAVE A SPEAKER WITH US.
UM, DELPHINA CARR? YES, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
MY NAME IS DELPHI CARR AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
UM, I OWN 5 6 2 6 ER STREET PLAQUE ONE AND TWO.
SO WHEN I GOT THIS NOTICE, I, UH, I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
IT'S LIKE THE CITY TRYING TO TAKE MY PROPERTY.
I HAVE TAKEN A PLAQUE TWO AND I DIDN'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT
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IT.YOU, I'VE BEEN CALLING, UH, TO GET SOME THINGS DONE AND THEY ARE, THE HOUSING COMMITTEE IS AWARE OF THAT.
IF THEY PULL MY NUMBER UNDER, UNDER ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS ALL THE TIME I HAVE CALLED THERE.
ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS PUT MY NUMBER IN THE CITY HOUSING AND IT'S GONNA SHOW UP.
OKAY? WHAT IS SHE ON? SO, OKAY, WE, I THINK WE'VE GOT A COUPLE ISSUES HERE BECAUSE I HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO MS. CARR BEFORE IT, UM, YOU, YOU ARE ON THE LIST TO GET, UH, REBUILD HOUSING MONEY FROM HURRICANE HARVEY.
AND YOUR HOUSE IS ON BOCKER, RIGHT? BATCHER STREET BAT 5 6 2 6 BATCHER STREET.
OKAY, SO IT DOES NOT, DO YOU SEE THE, THE RED AREA ON THE SCREEN? THAT'S THE, THOSE ARE THE LOTS THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING TODAY.
YOU JUST HAVE TO PROPOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE THAT WE CAN CONNECT THE TRAILS TO THE EAST AND WEST.
I SO WHOEVER BOUGHT THE PROPERTY WOULD NEED TO COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG THE PROPERTY, GO ACROSS THE PROPERTY AND GO BACK UP.
COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, I'VE MUTED THE COMMISSIONER.
YEAH, REMIND THE COMMISSIONERS THEY NEED TO BE WITH US AT THE MEETING.
OKAY, SO MS. CARR, DOES YOUR PROPERTY TOUCH THE RED BOX THAT'S ON THE SCREEN? CAN YOU TELL? I CAN'T TELL RIGHT NOW, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT DO.
OH, HANNAH LEN HEIGHT ON THE OTHER END? YEAH.
OKAY, BUT WHERE'S MY PROPERTY? BECAUSE IT, IT SHOULD BE REAL CLOSE, CLOSE TO THAT.
IT'S SO CLOSE THAT THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S, SO YOU'RE PROBABLY JUST NEXT DOOR.
MY NEXT DOOR IS MY MOM'S HOUSE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM EACH OTHER.
SO HANNAH HEIGHTS, THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT RIGHT THERE.
BUT THE WAY IT SHOWS ON THE, ON THIS, THAT IT'S COMING ALL THE WAY ACROSS, IT SAYS PLAQUE ONE, TWO, AND THREE.
AND WHAT I COULD SEE THAT'S SOME IS CARR WHAT? THE, WHAT? MS. CARR, COULD YOU COME BACK TO THE MICROPHONE? OH, OKAY.
SO I THINK WHAT, WHAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING IS TO TAKE THE LAND THAT'S IN THAT RED BOX AND TURN IT INTO THREE LOTS.
SO THERE'D BE THREE HOUSES THERE AND, AND SO IT WON'T, IT WON'T EXTEND OVER TO BATCHER.
IT'S JUST, IT, IT'LL BE DEFINED IN THAT AREA OF THAT RED BOX WHICH THEY OWN.
SO I DON'T WHY LOT ONE USED TO BE LOT ONE AND NOW IT'S GONNA BE LOT.
SO THEY'RE GONNA BUILD SORT OF HOUSES THAT ARE AREN'T TOO DEEP.
THEY'RE NOT LIKE TYPICAL TOWNHOUSES THAT ARE DEEP.
THERE ARE THREE WIDE KIND OF VERY, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
I DON'T SEE HOW THAT'S GONNA FIT ON THOSE, THE, THE LOT THAT'S LEFT.
WELL, IT'S, UM, YEAH, THEY'LL, THEY'LL FIT AND IT'S KIND OF IN LINE WITH THE DENSE HOUSING THAT YOU KNOW IS BEING BUILT.
THIS IS HANNAH STREET RIGHT HERE, RIGHT? YEAH.
IT'S H THAT'S HANNAH AND HEIGHT.
AND YOU EITHER OWN, YOU EITHER OWN LOT 32 OR 31 OR 30, RIGHT? CURRENTLY I'M 32.
SO THEY DON'T TOUCH, I MEAN THEY, THEY DO TOUCH YOURS, BUT THEY DON'T IMP IMP IMPEDE INTO YOURS.
THEY'RE JUST ADJACENT TO YOU, RIGHT? FIVE.
I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE ALONG HERE.
UM, YOU'RE SOMEWHERE HERE, MS. CARR, YOU'RE SOMEWHERE HERE.
UH, BUT YOU FIXING TO VOTE ON THAT, RIGHT? WE ARE GONNA VOTE ON IT.
THE BUT UM, THE APPLICATION, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THE WAY IT LOOK ON HERE AND THE WAY IT LOOKS WHEN YOU GO OUT THERE TO THE PROPERTY IS DIFFERENT.
WELL, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING THERE RIGHT NOW.
IS THERE, IT'S JUST VACANT LAND? NO, EVERYTHING IS NOT VACANT LAND.
IT'S, UH, ONE LOT IS VACANT ON THE CORNER, BUT IF HE'S COMING BACK DOWN, HANNAH, THEN
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I OWN PLAQUE ONE AND TWO.YOU MIND? I HAVE, UH, ONE A STATEMENT TO MAKE.
ARE YOU LOT 30? ARE YOU LOT 32? YES, SIR.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S NEXT DOOR.
WE'RE, WE'RE NOT REPLANTING LOT 32.
SET ANOTHER WAY, MA'AM, THIS DEVELOPMENT IS IMMEDIATELY BEYOND YOUR BACK FENCE AS YOU LOOK OUT YOUR BACK DOOR.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MY BACK DOOR HADN'T BEEN SHORTENED
IT, IT HASN'T, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN, THEY'RE LOST THE SAME TIME.
WE, WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERN WITH THE, THIS, THIS, THAT'S MY, GIVES US REASSURANCE, GRANDKIDS AND MY GREAT GRANDKIDS, YOU KNOW, THEY GONNA HAVE A PLACE TO STAY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PARK.
WE CAN ASSURE YOU IT WON'T IMPEDE YOUR PROPERTY.
AND ON YOUR OTHER QUESTION, THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS OVER THAT MONEY.
AND I THINK IF YOU'VE PUT A ANOTHER CALL INTO THREE ONE ONE TO TRACK THAT, THAT'S YOUR BEST APPROACH.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 71 HAIGHT MEADOWS HEARING NO RESPONSE.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION POROUS.
LONG POINT ACRES PARTIAL REPL NUMBER EIGHT.
ITEM 1 72 IS LONG POINT ACRES PARTIAL REPL.
THE SITE IS LOCATED EAST ALONG CREST DE DRIVE NORTH OF DALE CREST DRIVE, AND LONG POINT DRIVE IN HOUSTON.
THE REASON FOR RELIGHT IS TO CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE, WHICH IS, UH, 0.6791 ACRES RESERVE.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS PLAT.
THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
THIS PLAT WAS DEFERRED AT THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION PER THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO CONFER WITH LEGAL.
UH, LEGAL HAD DETERMINED THAT THIS PLAT VIOLATES RESTRICTIONS.
LEGAL, UM, STILL HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS PLAT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS WHAT THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED TO DEFER THIS PLAT AGAIN, AND FOR HIS ATTORNEY COULD SPEAK MORE WITH LEGAL STAFF'S.
RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT PER THE APPLICANT'S REQUESTS.
STAFF HAS RECEIVED, UM, ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM CONCERNING DRAINAGE ISSUES AND THE PROPOSED RESTRICTION ON THE PROPERTY.
WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE ROLLING WOOD CIVIC ASSOCIATION CONCERNING DE RESTRICTION AND THE PROPOSED UNRESTRICTED RESERVE DESIGNATION ON THE PLAT.
THIS, UH, PLA IS NOT A, UH, THIS PROPERTY IS NOT A PART OF THE ROLLING WOOD CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
UH, IT'S ADJACENT, BUT THEY'RE STILL CONCERNED ABOUT THE DRAINAGE ISSUES AND ALSO, UM, THE PROPOSED USE.
MADAM CHAIR PLEASES COMMISSION.
YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 72, LONG POINT ACRES PARTIAL REPL NUMBER EIGHT IS CONTINUED.
WE HAVE SPEAKERS BEGINNING WITH, UM, DISTRICT A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AMY PECK.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TODAY.
I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE LONG POINT ACRES PARTIAL RELAS.
UM, THIS ACTUALLY APPLIES TO BOTH EIGHT AND NINE AND I BELIEVE NINE IS THE NEXT ITEM.
UM, I AM, UM, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO ALL MY CONSTITUENTS.
WE'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF CALLS AND EMAILS ABOUT THESE TWO ITEMS AND I LOVE THAT NEW BUSINESSES ARE COMING TO DISTRICT A I CERTAINLY WELCOME THEM TO COME TO OUR COMMUNITY, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THESE NEW BUSINESSES DON'T NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR EXISTING COMMUNITIES.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE IN THESE TWO SITUATIONS THAT THEY DO VIOLATE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, UM, I AM SUPPORTING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND ASKING THAT BOTH OF THESE ARE BE DENIED.
SO, UM, AND REALLY FOR THE REASON, JUST BECAUSE OF THE DEED RESTRICTIONS, THANK YOU.
AND, AND OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT HAS ADVISED THAT THIS, THEY DO VIOLATE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
WE DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO OVERRIDE THAT.
SO IF AND WHEN THE DEPARTMENT BRINGS US A RECOMMENDATION FOR DENIAL, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE WILL BE DOING.
IT IS OUR CUSTOM TO GRANT, UH, DEFERRALS AT THE REQUEST OF THE APPLICANT SO THAT THEY CAN PLAY OUT WHATEVER ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE.
UM, SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR UNDERSTANDING THAT, BUT THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBER? YES.
COMMISSIONER ROBBINS, IF THEIR LAWYER, UH, CONVINCES MS. MICKELSON THAT, UM, THE DEED RESTRICTIONS ARE NOT APPLICABLE,
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DO YOU THEN SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT? I THINK THAT, UM, THE CONCERN FROM THE CONSTITUENTS IS FIRST OF ALL THE DEED RESTRICTIONS.AND SO IF THAT ISSUE IS NO, IF THAT NO LONGER BECOMES AN ISSUE, I THINK THE CONCERN AT THEN AT THAT POINT IS, UM, DRAINAGE, WHICH IS KIND OF ALWAYS A CONCERN IN DISTRICT A, BUT ESPECIALLY IN THIS AREA.
AND SO I KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE DETERMINED IN THE, UM, PERMITTING STAGE AND NOT NECESSARILY HERE, BUT, UM, IT'S, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S THAT, YOU KNOW, THE DEED RESTRICTION ISSUE THAT'S REALLY OF CONCERN.
AND, AND, UM, MS. MICKELSON, IS THE DEED RESTRICTION VIOLATION REGARDING SINGLE FAMILY THAT IT, IS IT RESTRICTED TO SINGLE FAMILY? WHAT, WHAT'S THE SPECIFIC, THERE WERE PREVIOUS RESTRICTIONS ON THE PROPERTY RESTRICTING IT TO SINGLE FAMILY.
AND IT'S A, THE STREETS IN BOTH EIGHT AND NINE.
IT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT FOR BUSINESSES OF THAT SIZE TO GO IN, IN THOSE LOCATIONS TOO.
SO I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, IT BEING DE RESTRICTED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, WELL THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
WE'LL CALL THE OTHER SPEAKERS.
UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS CHARLES ARD, G-L-A-Z-A-R-D.
I THINK HE'S WITH US VIRTUALLY MR. ARD.
AND THEN LOIS MYERS, ARE YOU THERE MS. MYERS? YES.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? I CAN HEAR YOU.
AND AS A PREVIOUS SPEAKER, YOU'VE ONLY GOT ONE MINUTE.
I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE MY OPPOSITION TO EITHER OF THESE TWO RELAS.
I LIVE IN THE SUBDIVISION LONG POINT WOODS, WHICH IS JUST A COUPLE OF BLOCKS SOUTH OF THIS PROPOSED RELA.
AND WE ARE JUST NORTH BY A BLOCK OF THE BRIAR BRANCH CREEK AND DETENTION POND IN A VERY LOW LYING AREA THAT THE TUR 17 DEVELOPERS DUMPED THEIR EXCESS RAIN RUNOFF INTO.
AND THEY ARE TRYING TO FIX THE PROBLEMS, THE FLOODING THEY CREATED, BUT IT'S STILL 90% DEFICIT, 90% NOT FIXED.
SO THIS AREA IS VERY LOW LYING, CANNOT HANDLE ANOTHER DROP OF RAIN RUNOFF.
AND THE NATURAL FLOW OF WATER IS SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST RIGHT INTO OUR STREETS, INTO OUR HOMES.
WE CAN'T, AND I KNOW THAT Y'ALL JUST DO, UM, YOU DON'T GET INTO DRAINAGE, BUT I'M SUGGESTING THAT THERE WOULD BE AN INTER INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO FLOODING AND DRAINAGE, WHICH IS NATIONWIDE IN OUR CITY, KNOWN TO BE NATIONWIDE PROBLEM IN OUR CITY.
AND I THINK Y'ALL NEED TO WORK TOGETHER AND BE PROACTIVE TO NOT ALLOW ANY MORE RAIN RUNOFF IN THIS AREA.
PLEASE TILL WE CAN GET IT FIXED.
UM, MS. MEYERS, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU.
UM, THAT THANK YOU IS I DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON 1 72? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE LISTENING OR WITH US TODAY WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON LONG POINT ACRES? REPL NUMBER EIGHT.
UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER, UM, IS THERE A, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING? COMMISSIONER ROBBINS, IS THERE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER HEI? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES AND 1 72 IS DEFERRED.
1 73 AS I SAID, HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.
ITEM 1 74 IS RB GOUT PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, CITY LIMITS NORTH ALONG SAN FELIPE STREET AND EAST OF POST OAK BOULEVARD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RELA IS TO CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT DOES NOT VIOLATE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE C PC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME AND STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS.
UH, ITEM ONE 70, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN FOR ITEM 1 74, RB GOUT PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE.
I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP.
ANYONE WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 74 HEARING NO RESPONSE.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
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IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION SIGLER SIGLER.IS THERE A SECOND? ALLMAN ALLMAN.
[d. Subdivision Plats with Variance Requests (Geoff Butler and Aracely Rodriguez)]
TO SECTION D VARIANCES AND ITEM 1 76.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 1 76 IS CENTER POINT ENERGY RIVERSIDE SUBSTATION.
THIS SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE HARRIS COUNTY ETJ, NORTH OF THE BEAUMONT HIGHWAY WEST OF THE SAN CENTER RIVER.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ACCESS THE SITE BY EASEMENT RATHER THAN FRONTAGE ON A PUBLIC STREET.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING DEFERRAL TO ALLOW TIME FOR THE APPLICANT TO SUBMIT ADDITIONAL MATERIALS TO SUPPORT THE REQUEST.
STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? UM, THESE, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THIS.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON 1 76? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER? MOTION? VICTOR? AYE.
UH, 1 77 IS CITY PLACE RESIDENTIAL ZONE ONE GENERAL PLAN, THIS SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE HARRIS COUNTY ETJ, ALONG THE GRAND PARKWAY WEST OF SAWMILL IN SOUTH OF THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY LINE.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A MIXED USE GENERAL PLAN IS REQUESTING VARIANCES TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING AND STREET EXTENSION REQUIREMENTS AT SEVEN LOCATIONS.
STAFF IS REQUESTING DEFERRAL TO ALLOW TIME FOR THE APPLICANT TO SUBMIT ADDITIONAL MATERIALS TO SUPPORT THEIR JUSTIFICATION.
STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT IN THIS ITEM AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP ON 1 77.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO'S LISTENING AND WANTS TO SPEAK ON 1 77? IF NOT, UM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO DEFER? MOTION? MOTION JONES SECOND ALLMAN.
ITEM 1 78, ITEM 1 78 IS CUMBERLAND BUSINESS CENTER GENERAL PLAN, THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY ALONG THE GRAND PARKWAY, NORTH OF US TWO 90.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A GENERAL PLAN OF COMMERCIAL USES ALONG PUBLIC STREETS.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING VARIANCES TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIREMENTS AT THREE LOCATIONS.
HARRIS COUNTY'S EXPRESS, UH, REQUESTED THIS ITEM BE DEFERRED TO ALLOW TIME TO COORDINATE WITH THE APPLICANT IN THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRAL PER HARRIS COUNTY'S REQUEST.
STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT IN THIS ITEM AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER? ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 78? IF NOT, IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER BALDWIN? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
A I DIDN'T HEAR FROM ANYBODY VIRTUAL THAT TIME.
UM, ALL THE, ANYONE OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.
AND ITEM 1 78 IS DEFERRED ITEM 1 79.
GOOD AFTERNOON MEMBERS, UM, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS ELLI RODRIGUEZ, ITEM 1 79 EL THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON CITY LIMIT EAST OF HEMPSTEAD ROAD IN NORTH OF WASHINGTON AVENUE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARI TO ALLOW, UM, AN EIGHT FOOT RIGHTWAY DEDICATION INSTEAD OF 13 ALONG WALL STREET AND TO NOT PROVIDE ANY RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION ALONG LI 10TH STREET.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT PER THE APPLICANT REQUEST.
AND THIS IS THE SECOND FIRST THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A BRIEF PRESENTATION.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AT THE INTERSECTION OF CHAR ROAD.
AND I'M SORRY, TON STREET AND WALL STREET.
TON STREET IS A 50 FEET WIDE LOCAL STREET AND WALL STREET IS ABOUT 70 17 FEET WIDE STREET.
PER THE ORDINANCE, THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO DEDICATE FIVE FEET ALONG TON STREET AND 13 FEET ALONG WALL STREET.
THERE IS A FUTURE POTENTIAL MIXED YOUTH DEVELOPMENT TO THE WEST OF WALL STREET.
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DEDICATION ALONG WALL STREET IS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ASSETS AND TO ACCOMMODATE TRAFFIC GENERAT GENERATED BY ADJACENT PROPERTIES IN THIS AREA.SO AT THIS TIME, THE APPLICANT REQUESTED A SECOND DEFER TO ADDRESS THE RIGHT OF WAY, DEDICATION AND TO SUBMIT REVISED INFORMATION BY NOON.
THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLA FOR THE APPLICANT REQUEST.
STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN EVENT AND THEY CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER BALDWIN? ANY PARTICULAR REASON THEY JUST COULDN'T DO THE SHARED DRIVE OFF, LIKE LEACHING OR WHATEVER? IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THIS ENTRANCE OFF THE OTHER ROAD IS NOT VERY SAFE.
HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU ADDRESSED THAT WITH THEM MS. RODRIGUEZ? IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, THE APPLICANT, UM, WILL DEDICATE THE 13 FEET RIGHT AWAY, BUT BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA LOSE KIND OF, UM, THE CHAIR DRIVER WILL NO LONGER BE VISIBLE CODE TO THE APPLICANT.
THEY MAY, UM, CHANGE IT TO TWO FRONT LOADING LAW, BUT THAT'S THE APPLICANT'S STATEMENT.
AND I'M, I CANNOT, UM, I DON'T KNOW UNTIL THEY SUBMIT REVISED INFORMATION AND I CAN SEE IF THEY CAN CHANGE THE CONFIGURATION OF THE CHAIR DRIVEWAY TO THE OTHER STREET INSTEAD OF WALL STREET.
BUT THAT'S UP TO THE APPLICANT.
IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? DO WE, IS THE APPLICANT, UM, WITH US TODAY? DO WE KNOW, I GUESS NOT.
COMM IS THAT WHAT YOUR QUESTION WAS? OKAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER? I'M ASSUMING WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 1 79.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WANTS TO TALK ABOUT 1 79 FAIR? WE HAVE GEORGE FRAY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON 1 79.
COULD YOU SPELL HIS LAST NAME FOR ME? FREY.
I REPRESENT SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 14 LABOR LAZY BROOK, TIMBER GROVE HERE.
AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND OUT SOME INFORMATION ON THIS AND GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
UNFORTUNATELY WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET THE INFORMATION.
IT'S ALL COMING TO US LIVE AS WE SHOW HERE.
SO I, I I WANT TO THANK THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR, FOR THEIR DUE DILIGENCE HERE.
WE DEFINITELY WANT TO PRESERVE RIGHT WAYS AND MAKE SURE THE, THE FUTURE PLANNED BUILDING OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, ACCOMMODATES ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
I JUST, I REQUEST THAT, UH, WE ARE ABLE TO REVIEW SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT COMES AT US BEFORE IT'S PRESENTED LIVE IN THE MEETING.
UH, SO THERE IS SOME TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND PUBLIC REVIEW OF, OF THE, UH, ONGOING ACTIVITIES.
I WOULD SAY THOUGH, UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY PICTURES THAT I'VE SUBMITTED, BUT TO COMMISSIONER BALDWIN'S POINT, THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE LOT WHERE THERE WAS AN EXISTING BUNGALOW THERE AND THE EXISTING BUNGALOW HAS BEEN RELOCATED ABOUT 20 FEET SOUTH.
AND THAT IS LOT FOUR, LOT ONE, TWO, AND THREE WILL BE THE BRAND NEW GROUNDBREAKING OF, OF THREE TOWNHOUSES THAT GET SQUEEZED ONTO THIS PROPERTY.
SO IT'S, IT'S NOT A TRADITIONAL LOT BY ANY MEANS.
YES, YOU ARE CORRECT THAT IT, IT IT'S UNUSUAL.
UM, UH, HAVE YOU BEEN IN TOUCH WITH, WITH, UH, MS. RODRIGUEZ? I HAVE NOT.
I'VE JUST SPOKEN WITH, UH, THERESA GEER.
SO ELLI, I PLEASE IF YOU CAN INCLUDE US IN WHATEVER YOU FIND GOING FORWARD, WE DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO BE INVOLVED.
MR. FRYER, ARE YOU ON THE, ON WITH US VIRTUALLY OR ON A PHONE? I MEAN, ARE YOU ON A COMPUTER? I AM ON A COMPUTER, YES.
IF YOU COULD PUT YOUR, UH, CONTACT INFORMATION IN THE CHAT SPACE AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GET THAT TO MS. RODRIGUEZ SO SHE CAN, UM, FOLLOW UP WITH YOU IN THE DEFERRAL PERIOD.
YOU, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? HOLD ON.
YES, COMMISSIONER, NOT FOR THE SPEAKER.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. RODRIGUEZ.
UM, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO IS, WANTS TO SPEAK ON ELSY VILLAS? 1 79.
OKAY, WE'LL TURN TO THE COMMISSION.
COMMISSIONER SMITH, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF? I HAD THE QUESTION FOR MS. RODRIGUEZ.
UH, I'M LOOKING AT THE, UH, THE EXHIBIT THAT SHOWS THE FOUR LOTS, THE SHARED DRIVEWAY AND, AND SOME ADJACENT LOTS.
AND I, AND I NOTICED IMMEDIATELY TO THE SOUTH, UH, ARE IS, IS SEVERAL LOTS LOOKING AT THE AERIAL PHOTO.
THOSE WERE DEVELOPED IN RECENT TIMES JUST FROM THE, THE NEWNESS OF THE ROOFS
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AND SO ON.AND, AND IT APPEARS TO ME THAT THE PROPOSED RIGHT AWAY DEDICATION WE SEE HERE IN THE PLAID EXHIBIT, UH, THAT JUST LEFT THE SCREEN MATCHES IDENTICALLY THE NEWER PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH.
UH, SO I I'M I'M A LITTLE CURIOUS AS TO WHAT, WHAT BASIS, UH, THE COMMISSION MIGHT HAVE NEW INFORMATION TO COME UP WITH A DIFFERENT BUILDING LINE OR A DIFFERENT DEDICATION REQUIREMENT FROM WHAT WE LIKELY APPROVED JUST TO THE SOUTH IN FAIRLY RECENT TIMES, THE EIGHT FEET VERSUS 13, YOU ARE CORRECT.
CAN YOU RESPOND TO THAT? UM, THE SUB? SURE.
THE SUBDIVISION TO THE SOUTH, THEY MADE A DEDICATION EIGHT FEET BECAUSE AT THAT TIME WE HAVE A DIFFERENT INTERPRETATION OF THE ORDINANCE, UM, ON WHAT IS CONSIDERED A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOCAL STREET IN THIS CASE.
UM, WHEN IN THE PAST WHEN A SINGLE FAMILY WAS PROPOSED THE RIGHT OF WAY WIDTH, WHAT COULD BE 50, BUT THE ORDINANCE CLEARLY SAY THAT IN ORDER TO HAVE 50 FEET RIGHT AWAY, IT HAS TO BE EXCLUSIVELY ONLY FOR SINGLE FAMILY.
IN THIS CASE, THIS IS NOT, UM, EXCLUSIVELY SINGLE FAMILY.
AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DEDICATE 13 FEET.
UM, SO WHEN IT COMES BACK TO US FOR CONSIDERATION, THE VARIANCE WILL BE TO, WE WILL BE ASKED BY THE APPLICANT TO APPROVE WHAT WE SEE ON THE SCREEN.
UH, AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, UH, MAY WELL COME BACK AS TO SAY THE, THE, UH, LAYOUT NEEDS TO BE GREATER TO DEDICATE 13, WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM THE PROPERTY OF THE SOUTH.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND ALSO, UM, THE PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH, WE ALSO HAVE TO DEDICATE 13 FEET WHENEVER WE DEVELOP.
THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.
GO AHEAD COMMISSIONER SIGLER, I THINK WE'RE CONFUSED.
I, I I AM A LITTLE CONFUSED ON, ON THE REASONING BECAUSE THIS PLAT IS SINGLE FAMILY.
IS IT BECAUSE OF THE ADJACENT THE USE ACROSS THE STREET? YES.
ARE THEY TAKING ACCESS? THEY HAD, UH,
UM, CAN YOU SPECIFY? WELL, THE, THE, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THIS, IT ALSO IS ADJACENT TO THAT SAME TRACK.
AND UM, WHENEVER THAT WE THAT CAME IN, WE HAVE A DIFFERENT INTERPRETATION OF THE ORDINANCE AT THAT TIME AND THAT'S WHY WE, THE AP RIGHT AWAY DEDICATION WAS APPROVED WITH THAT WE TO THE SOUTH.
I I THINK WE'RE HAVING A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING THOUGH HOW THEY WOULD BUILD A STREET IF THERE'S A HOUSE THERE.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION, IF MY, IF I MAY INTERJECT AND CLARIFY A FEW THINGS HERE.
UM, SO, UH, THE ORDINANCE CHAPTER 42 IN THIS CASE IS VERY CLEAR IN HOW IT WRITES THAT IF A PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED A LONGER EXCU, EXCLUSIVELY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL STREET, UM, 50 FEET RIGHT OF A NEEDED.
HOWEVER IT IS, IT TALKS ABOUT THE STREET TO BE EXCLUSIVELY SINGLE FAMILY UP TILL ABOUT 2018 OR SO.
DEPARTMENTS, UH, UNDERSTANDING OF THIS ORDINANCE WAS IF THE RELAS CAME IN FOR SINGLE FAMILY, WE WOULD NOT ASK FOR A RIGHT OF A WIDENING IF IT WAS 50.
HOWEVER, READING THE ORDINANCE, ORDINANCE IS PRETTY CLEAR.
ORDINANCE SAYS THAT IT HAS TO BE EXCLUSIVELY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL STREET.
IT DOESN'T TALK ABOUT THE REPL, IT DOESN'T TALK ABOUT WHAT IS BEING RE PLATTED.
SO THIS STREET IS EXCLUSIVELY NOT SINGLE FAMILY.
SO THE REPL TO THE SOUTH, WHICH WAS ONE LOT TO THREE LOTS WAS SORT OF MISSED IN GETTING THE RIGHT OF A WIDENING.
I GUESS OUR POINT, WHAT GOOD DOES IT DO IF IT'S EIGHT FEET DOWN SOUTH AND YOU GO TO 13, THE STREET'S NEVER GONNA BE 13 IN THAT SECTION, BUT DOES IT IMPACT THE FUTURE REPL HOW MUCH WE COULD TAKE FROM THE ADJACENT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WHEN THEY GO TO REPLANT? SO IT DOES, SO I, I THINK I, I THINK YOU DO HAVE A VARIANCE, UM, TO CONSIDER ALL OF THAT.
SO YOU COULD CONSIDER ALL OF THAT.
HOWEVER, WHENEVER WE GET WIDENING OR WHENEVER WE A REPL ALLOWS FOR WIDENING, UM, WE DO GET A ZIG EXACT MANNER OF WIDENING.
AND THAT'S NOT NEW FOR HOUSTON.
THAT IS HOW ALL OF OUR STREETS ACTUALLY LOOK.
SO THIS WILL NOT BE ANY DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER STREET, SAN BAY OR ONE OF THE OTHER ONES, RIGHT? YES.
AND HOWEVER, BUT THIS IS A VARIANCE,
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SO YOU CAN, YOU MAY CONSIDER THAT WE DIDN'T GET THE WIDENING TO, TO THE SOUTH, SO YOU MAY BE ABLE TO CONSIDER THAT.I, I TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF ISSUE IN THAT WHEN WE DO HAVE THOSE ZIGZAG SITUATIONS DUE TO INCREMENTAL DEVELOPMENT AND PLATTING, THE ZAGS TEND TO LINE UP.
AND THIS, IN MY MIND AT LEAST, THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, UM, WHERE THE PROPOSED ZAG, IF YOU WILL, IS GONNA BE DIFFERENT.
BUT, UH, IT, IT SOUNDS AS THOUGH WHEN YOU COME BACK, UH, WITH, WITH THIS, UH, THIS IS A DEFERRAL RECOMMENDATION.
WHEN YOU DO COME BACK, I, I THINK YOU'LL HEAR FROM SOME OF US THAT WE'RE GONNA WEIGH THE 13 FEET VERSUS THE EIGHT.
GIVEN THE, THE PAST HISTORY AND THE, AND THE POSSIBLE CONSISTENCY ALONG THE RIGHT OF WAY.
IS THIS IN THE, IN THE PACKET, THIS SITE PLAN, BECAUSE IT LOOKS, THIS ONE DOES SHOWS THAT, THAT IT LINES UP.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE A PICTURE OF THE ACTUAL LAYOUT THAT CAN SHOW THAT, THAT THERE'S A STREET THERE RIGHT NOW AND THIS VARIANCE IS REQUESTING TO, TO, TO TAKE OVER PART OF THE EXISTING STREET AND USE THAT STREET AS A SIDEWALK AND BUFFER? YEAH, IF YOU SCROLL IN, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LINE THAT CLEARLY SAYS EXISTING EDGE OF PAVEMENT SHOWING THE, THE NEW SIDEWALK, NEW DRIVEWAY, ALL JUTTING INTO THAT, THAT ROAD.
SORRY, WHO IS SPEAKING RIGHT NOW? THIS IS PHIL TRO.
I, I'LL CALL ON YOU TO SPEAK, BUT I, I CAN'T HAVE YOU JUST WEIGH IN.
UM, DIPTY, DO YOU WANNA RESPOND? YES.
SO I, I, UM, I, I THINK THAT'S MR. FREY.
UM, I, I THINK THERE IS A SURVEY THAT IS PROVIDED TO US.
UM, SO THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY IS ABOUT 17 FEET.
IT APPEARS THAT THE RIGHT OF WAY THE STREET MAY BE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AT THIS MOMENT.
THE SURVEY IS SHOWING THAT, AND IF THAT IS THE CASE, THEY ARE MAKING THE DEDICATION, WHICH WILL TAKE THE, KEEP THE STREET IN PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
WE ARE, UH, THE, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT DEPARTMENT IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF EIGHT FEET WIDENING ONLY IS TO ALLOW FOR SIDEWALK AFTER THAT STREET IS BEING TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
SO WE WOULD HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO PROVIDE FOR ADEQUATE SIDEWALK AND LANDSCAPING BUFFER IN THAT FIVE, IN THAT, IN THAT ADDITIONAL FIVE FEET AFTER THE EIGHT FEET.
THIS COMMISSIONER, THIS COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, JUST NEXT TIME FOR THE MEETING, MUCH LIKE, UH, TO THE, UH, EAST IT SHOWS LOT ONE AND TWO THERE SHOWS EXISTING FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK IN THE ALIGNMENTS.
IT WOULD BE GOOD IF THEY COULD MODIFY THIS SURVEY AND SHOW US, UM, SAT PAGE SOUTH, UM, HOW THE SIDEWALKS AND EVERYTHING LINED UP THERE.
'CAUSE I THINK PART OF OUR COMMENTS HERE IS THERE'S A NEW DEVELOPMENT RIGHT THERE AND OBVIOUSLY HOW IT ALIGNS WITH SIDEWALKS AND EVERYTHING WOULD, UH, HELP US HAVE A MORE CLEAR PICTURE.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTED TO SPEAK? I'M SORRY I CUT YOU OFF, BUT WE, I'VE GOTTA FOLLOW PROCEDURES.
IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENT? YEAH, THIS IS PHIL AND I'VE, I'VE SPOKE EARLIER AND, AND GEORGE SAID EVERYTHING THAT, THAT I WANTED TO SAY.
UH, WE, WE HAD ZERO TIME TO REVIEW, UM, ANY OF THIS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THEY SUBMITTED.
SO PLEASE, PLEASE SUBMIT IT IN AN ORDERLY, TIMELY FASHION NEXT TIME.
AND AGAIN, YOUR CONTACT IN THE DEPARTMENT IS, IS ARACELI RODRIGUEZ AND YOU CAN CONTACT HER, UM, FOR ANY INFORMATION.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER COMMENT, UM, ITEM 1 79 IS, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION, A, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
IS THERE A MOTION SMITH? IS THERE A SECOND? ROBINS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THE CAPTIONING, I BELIEVE MR. GUTHRIE'S LAST NAME IS G-A-U-T-H-R-I-E.
180 NEXUS LOGISTICS PARK ITEM 180.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON CITY LIMIT NORTH OF GREEN ROAD AND US EAST OF US 69TH.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES TO NOT PROVIDE ANY NORTH, SOUTH AND EAST WEST PUBLIC STREET AND TO NOT EXTEND STEP STREET INTO THE SITE.
THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLA PER THE APPLICANT REQUEST.
THEN THIS IS A SECOND DEFENSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A BRIEF PRESENTATION.
OKAY, THE A YEAH, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE TO DEVELOP AN INDUSTRIAL SITE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE
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AN EAST WEST STREET BY EXTENDING THE STOP STREET AND TO PROVIDE A NORTH, SOUTH PUBLIC STREET TO ADDRESS THE EXCESSIVE INTERSECTION BASIN.THE APPLICANT PROPOSING TO DO NONE DURING THE DEFERRAL.
THE APPLICANT PROVIDED INFORMATION ABOUT TECH DOT FUTURE PLAN IN THIS AREA.
TECH.IS PLANNING TO ACQUIRE ABOUT 17 ACRES OF, OF THE SOUTHEAST AREA OF THE PROPERTY FOR DETENTION POND AND IS ALSO PLANNING TO TAKE ASSETS FROM THE SUB STREET CHECK.
THE PLAN IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE APPLICANT APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
THEREFORE, THE APPLICANT REQUESTED A SECOND FAIR TO PROVIDE REVISED INFORMATION BY NOON WEDNESDAY.
THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT FOR THE APPLICANT REQUEST THAT RECEIVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT IN ADVANCE WHO IS IN OPPOSITION OF THE VARIANT REQUEST.
THIS CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. RODRIGUEZ? UH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE WITH US WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM 180 NEXUS LOGISTICS PARK? HEARING NONE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER.
IS THERE A MOTION? BALDWIN? BALDWIN.
IS THERE A SECOND? MR. ABRAHAM? ABRAHAM.
UH, WE MOVE TO SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS.
[f. Reconsiderations of Requirement (Devin Crittle)]
A RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENTS.180 1 IS HUFF SMITH DEVELOPMENT.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN NORTHERN HARRIS COUNTY, SOUTH OF SPRING CREEK, EAST OF FM 29 78, AND WEST OF BOROUGHS PARK.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENT TO EXCEED THE 1400 INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG HUFF SMITH ROAD.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A NINE ACRE COMMERCIAL RESERVE IN HARRIS COUNTY ALONG HUFF SMITH ROAD.
HUFF SMITH'S ROAD IS A 60 FOOT LOCAL STREET WITH AN INTERSECTION SPACING OF ROUGHLY 1800 FEET BETWEEN THE TWO NEAREST PUBLIC STREETS.
THE AREA IS MOSTLY DENSE, THE AREA IS MOSTLY LOW DENSITY WITH, WITH RESIDENTIAL, AGRICULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL USES.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION GRANTED MULTIPLE VARIANCES TO THE NORTH TO NOT EXTEND ANY PUBLIC STREETS ACROSS SPRING CREEK.
PROVIDING A NORTH SOUTH PROVIDING A NORTH SOUTH STREET THROUGH THIS TRACK WILL NOT ALLOW TRAFFIC TO GO ANY FURTHER NORTH THAN THE CURRENT STREET CONFIGURATION.
MOST OF THE TRACKS IN THE AREA ARE OVER ONE ACRE AND SIZE AND HAS FRONTAGE ON PUBLIC STREETS.
THERE ARE NO STREETS REQUIRED TO TO CROSS BURROWS PARK TO THE EAST AND SPRING CREEK TO THE NORTH.
ALSO, PROPERTIES DIRECTLY NORTH OF THIS TRACK HAS AN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL ESTATE WITH AGRICULTURAL USE ON THIS SITE.
AND ANOTHER TRACK TO THE NORTH IS OPERATING AS AN EQUESTRIAN TRAINING FACILITY.
JUSTIFICATION FOR GRANTING THE VARIANCE INCLUDES THE PHYSICAL CARE CHARACTERISTICS OF SPRING CREEK AND BURROWS PARK WITH THE COMBINATION OF THE EXISTING STREET PATTERN.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY OBJECTIONS TO THIS REQUEST AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUEST TO RECONSIDERATION AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CRIDDLE? UH, I DON'T THINK WE'VE GOT, DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON 180 1 HUFF SMITH DEVELOPMENT? ANYBODY IN THE CHAT? IF NOT, UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN.
IS THERE DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION JONES.
[Platting Activities G - I]
US TO SECTION G, H AND I.GREETINGS MADAM CHAIR, I'M MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS MARTIN MAREZ PEREZ.
IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SECTIONS GH AND I AS ONE GROUP A SECTIONS G EXTENSIONS OF APPROVAL CONSISTS OF ITEMS 180 2 THROUGH 2 0 5 SECTIONS H NAME CHANGES CONSIST OF 2 0 6 AND 2 0 7 AND I CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE CONSIST OF ITEM 2 0 8.
THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT REQUESTS, THE APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SECTIONS GH AND I.
DO WE HAVE ANY ABSTENTIONS? COMMISSIONER HEI? YES, MADAM CHAIR ABSTAIN FROM ITEMS 180 2, 180 7 AND 1 96.
COMMISSIONER SICKLER I'LL ABSTAIN FROM 180 4 AND
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180 7.UM, THEN WITH THAT, IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL ON ALL ITEMS IN SECTIONS G AND I? VICTOR BALDWIN, SECOND VICTOR? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES WITH, UH, COMMISSIONERS, HE AND SIGLER ABSTAINING ON THE ONES THEY MENTIONED.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING UNDER UH, SECTION J, UH, SECTION
[k. Development Plats with Variance Requests (Nick Parker)]
K DEVELOPMENT PLOTS WITH VARIANCE REQUESTS.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 2 0 9 IS 1313 PEARSON STREET.
THE SITE IS LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF LOCKWOOD DRIVE, THE WEST SIDE OF TELEPHONE ROAD AND ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF FOR CAGE STREET.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A REDUCED SIX FOOT BUILDING LINE IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE.
REQUIRED 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG FOR CAGE STREET FOR A SECOND FLOOR ADDITION TO AN EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY HOME STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE LOT WAS PLATTED WITHIN THE WA KIRBY SUBDIVISION WITH NO BUILDING LINES ALONG FOR CAGE STREET, WHICH IS A LOCAL STREET WITH SUFFICIENT WIDTH LINED WITH SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
THE DISTANCE FROM BACK OF CURB TO THE PROPOSED ADDITION IS APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET ALONG FOR CAGE STREET, WHICH WOULD NOT DISRUPT THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY OR BE INJURIOUS TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
ADDITIONALLY, THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION IS IN KEEPING WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS MANY OF THE RESIDENTIAL HOMES ARE LOCATED CLOSER THAN 10 FEET FROM FOUR CAGE STREET STAFF'S.
RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE REQUESTED VARIANCE TO ALLOW A REDUCED BUILDING LINE OF SIX FEET IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG FOR CAGE STREET WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE APPLICANT REDUCED THE WIDTH OF THE DRIVEWAY ALONG FOR CAGE STREET TO NO MORE THAN 25 FEET.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER BALDWIN? SO WOULD THEY BE REQUIRED TO HAVE A SIDEWALK ALONG FOUR CADE STREET NOW? I MEAN ALL THE OTHERS HAVE IT EXCEPT THIS BLOCK.
SO IS THAT NOT A CONDITION OF THIS? COULD I MAKE THAT A CONDITION OF THIS STATE? IT'S A REQUIREMENT NOW.
IT'S A REQUIREMENT FOR THE PLANS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM 2 0 9 13 13 PEARSON STREET? OKAY, HEARING NONE.
UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE IF THERE IS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? SIGLER SEGLER.
IS THERE A SECOND? JONES? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[II. Establish a public hearing date of May 12, 2022]
THAT WILL TAKE US TO ROMAN NUMERAL TWO.UM, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF MAY 12TH, 2022 FOR THE FOLLOWING.
UH, BAYOU WOOD SECTION TWO, PARTIAL REPL NUMBER FOUR AND EXTENSION CHAMPS CORNER PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE CLAREMONT PLACE, SECTION ONE PARTIAL REPL.
NUMBER SEVEN CLAREMONT PLACE, SECTION ONE PARTIAL REPL.
NUMBER EIGHT CLAYTON WOODS, SECTION ONE PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE CRAWFORD PLACE REPL NUMBER ONE AND EXTENSION.
UM, DAR LOCK ADDITION PARTIAL REPL.
NUMBER TWO, LAKEWOOD PINE SECTION 15, LAKEWOOD PINE SECTION 16 RUBER.
NUMBER NINE, SPRING BRANCH ESTATE SECTION TWO, PARTIAL REPL NUMBER 14, WOODLAND SQUARE YOAKUM GARDENS PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO SET MAY 12TH FOR THE HEARINGS? AYE.
IS THERE A SECOND MADAM CHAIR? UH, ALLMAN.
OKAY, CAN WE GO AHEAD AND VOTE IF, IF, IF AT ALL WE CAN MAKE A SMALL TYPO ERROR CHANGE BEFORE YOU TAKE THE MOTION? OKAY.
WELL TOO LATE BUT WE'LL BACK UP.
I WOULD'VE SEEN YOU STANDING THERE.
UM, SO WHAT'S THE ISSUE? IT'S THE ITEM K, SPRING BRANCH ESTATES NUMBER TWO, PARTIAL REPLANT NUMBER 14, NOT SECTION TWO.
IT IS A TYPO THAT WE, IT IS PRINTED AS SECTION TWO, BUT WE ARE REQUESTING IT TO BE SPRING BRANCH ESTATES NUMBER TWO, PARTIAL REPL NUMBER 14.
IS THAT A POSTING ERROR? I THINK, I THINK FROM A SUBSTANTIVE ISSUE IT IS NOT A PROBLEM FROM A OPEN MEETING STANDPOINT.
OKAY, SO I'M GONNA JUST READ THAT NUMBER K IS SPRING BRANCH ESTATES NUMBER TWO PARTIAL REPL NUMBER 14.
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THANK YOU.AND IS IT OKAY IF I KEEP THE SAME MOTION? I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO MADE IT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF MAY 12TH, 2022.
[III. Consideration of an Off-Street Parking Variance at 1255 North Highway 6 (Nick Parker)]
ON ROMAN THREE CONSIDERATION OF AN OFF STREET PARKING VARIANCE AT 1255 NORTH HIGHWAY SIX.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS NICK PARKER, ROMAN NUMERAL 3 12 55 NORTH HIGHWAY SIX.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WEST OF HIGHWAY SIX AND NORTH OF I 10 ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF PARK ROW.
THE PURPOSE OF THE VARIANCE REQUEST IS TO ALLOW 129 OFF STREET PARKING SPACES IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 151 OFF STREET PARKING SPACES FOR THE CONVERSION OF AN EXISTING MOTEL INTO MULTI-FAMILY APARTMENTS.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO CHANGE THE USE OF 134, UH, UNIT EXISTING MOTEL INTO 134 EFFICIENCY APARTMENT UNITS.
THE OFF STREET PARKING ORDINANCE REQUIRES THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT TO PROVIDE 151 OFF STREET PARKING SPACES.
AFTER A 10% BIKE REDUCTION, THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSING TO PROVIDE 129 OFF STREET PARKING SPACES AND 17 BICYCLE RACKS.
THE SITE SURROUNDED BY EXISTING COMMERCIAL AND MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS AND ALL UNITS WITHIN THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL BE EFFICIENCY UNITS.
UM, ALL OF THE EXISTING SPACES IS CURRENTLY BEING USED TO SERVE THE 134 MOTEL ROOM APART, OR 134 ROOM MOTEL WILL BE MAINTAINED FOR THE 134 UNIT APARTMENT LOCATION OF THE PRO DEVELOPMENT AND THE URBAN CONTEXT OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.
PROVIDE FOR JUSTIFICATION OF SUPPORTING THE PARKING VARIANCE.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO, UH, SUPPORT THE VARIANCE FOR 129 OFF OFF STREET PARKING SPACES AND LIVE.
THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 151 OFF STREET PARKING SPACES FOR THE PROPOSED CONVERSION OF AN EXISTING MOTEL TO 134 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX WITH THE CONDITION THAT ALL UNITS WILL REMAIN EFFICIENCY UNITS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. PARKER? I JUST WANT CLARITY, MR. BALDWIN, THE RED LINES DON'T MATCH THE BLACK LINES ON THESE DEALS.
THE BLACK LINE IS THE ONE WE'RE REALLY DOING RIGHT BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE RED LINE, GO BACK ONE, THESE PARKING SPOTS ARE ALL IN THE REPL, BUT IF YOU GO TO THIS, THE PARKING SPOTS ARE OUTSIDE THE, WE'RE DOING THE BLACK LINE, RIGHT? BLACK LINE, YEAH.
THAT IS D THAT'S THE SIDE POINT.
MAKING SURE WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
YEAH, THAT'S JUST MORE AIRABLE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON 1255 NORTH HIGHWAY SIX? IF NOT, UM, IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION? MOTION JONES.
[IV. Consideration of an Off-Street Parking Variance at 14255 Northwest Freeway (Nick Parker)]
FOUR IS CONSIDERATION OF AN OFF STREET PARKING VARIANCE AT 1 4 2 5 5 NORTHWEST FREEWAY.WE'LL SEE IF YOU CAN DO THIS EQUALLY FAST.
I'LL TRY
SO, UH, ROMAN NUMERAL 4 14 2 5 5 NORTHWEST FREEWAY.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WEST OF FAIRBANKS, NORTH HOUSTON AND EAST OF GESSNER ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF HIGHWAY TWO 90.
THE PURPOSE OF THE VARIANCE REQUEST IS TO ALLOW 134 OFF STREET PARKING SPACES IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 151 OFF STREET PARKING SPACES FOR THE CONVERSION OF AN EXISTING MOTEL INTO MULTIFAMILY APARTMENT UNITS.
IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST, THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSING THE CHANGE OF USE OF 134 EXISTING MOTEL ROOMS INTO 134 EFFICIENCY APARTMENT UNITS.
CHAPTER 26 OFF STREET PARKING ORDINANCE REQUIRES DEVELOPMENT TO PROVIDE 151 OFF STREET PARKING SPACES.
AFTER THE 10% BIKE REDUCTION, THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSING TO PROVIDE 134 PARKING SPACES AND 17 BIKE RACKS.
THE SITE IS SURROUNDED BY EXISTING COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND ALL UNITS WITHIN THE PROPOSED WILL BE EFFICIENCY UNITS.
THE EXISTING SPACES, UM, BEING USED TO SERVE THE CURRENT 134 UNIT MOTEL WILL BE MAINTAINED FOR THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX.
THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND THE URBAN CONTEXT OF THE SURROUNDING AREA PROVIDE JUSTIFICATION FOR SUPPORTING THE VARIANCE.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVING THE REQUESTED VARIANCE TO ALLOW 134 OFF STREET PARKING SPACES AND LIVE.
THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 151 OFF STREET PARKING SPACES FOR THE PROPELLERS CONVERSION OF AN EXISTING MOTEL TO 134 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX WITH THE CONDITION THAT ALL UNITS WILL REMAIN EFFICIENCY UNITS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? OKAY.
UH, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON, UM, THE PARKING VARIANCE AT 1 4 2 5 5 NORTHWEST FREEWAY? HEARING NONE.
UM, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND, UH, VOTE ON IT.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR TO APPROVE A THANK YOU.
IS THERE A SECOND? ALLMAN? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[V. Consideration of an Off-Street Parking Variance at 1839 W Alabama Street (Muxian Fang)]
ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE, UH, 1839 WEST ALABAMA STREET, ALSO AN OFF[01:25:01]
STREET PARKING VARIANCE.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS MU FANG ROMAN NU 5 18 39 WEST ALABAMA STREET.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WEST OF WESTHEAD STREET, IS OF DRISCOLL ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF WEST ALABAMA STREET.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSED TO CHANGE THE USE OF THE EXISTING BUILDING FROM A SHOPPING CENTER TO A DO DAYCARE FACILITY AND REQUEST EVENTS TO ALLOW A, UM, THE DO DAYCARE FACILITY TO UTILIZE THE EXISTING 10 PARKING SPACES ON THE SITE.
INSTEAD OF PROVIDING 25 PARKING SPACES REQUIRED FOR TRICARE FACILITIES, STAFF RECOMMENDS, UH, APPROVING THE REQUEST EVENTS.
ENCY BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 20, UH, IN 1950S AND WAS GRANDFATHERED FOR THE CURRENT USE.
UH, THE CURRENT OFF STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
SINCE THE APPLICANT CHANGED THE USE OF THE BUILDING IS REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE CURRENT OFF STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 26, SESSION 4 92, CHAPTER 26, 4 92 DOES NOT INCLUDE PARKING REQUIREMENT CLASSIFICATION FOR PACKED DAYCARE FACILITIES.
DURING THE TWO WEEK DEFERRAL, STAFF DID SIGN VISITS TO A FEW DOT DAYCARE FACILITIES AROUND TOWN AND OBSERVE THAT THERE ARE MINIMUM, UH, CAR PARKING, UH, AT THE DAYCARE FACILITIES DURING THE DAY.
MEANWHILE, STAFF DID RESEARCH ON OTHER CITIES PARKING REGULATIONS FOR THIS TYPE OF USE.
THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS RANGE FROM ONE PARKING SPACE.
EXCUSE ME, MS. FUN, COULD YOU PLEASE WHOEVER HAS IS ON THE PHONE.
SO WHAT, WHAT'S THE PRO? IT'S A 5,500 LOT, RIGHT? HELLO? YES, IT'S 5,000.
OKAY, STEP BACK JUST A LITTLE BIT AND GO.
STEPH DID RESEARCH ON OTHER CITY'S PARKING REGULATIONS FOR THIS TYPE OF USE.
THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS RANGE FROM ONE PARKING SPACE PER 150 SQUARE FEET TO ONE PARKING SPACE, UH, PER 500 SQUARE FEET.
SO BASED ON THE SITE VISIT, UH, BASED ON THE SITE VISIT EXPERIENCE OTHER CITY'S PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS TYPE OF USE AND THE OPERATION DATA PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT STAFF BELIEVES THAT THE CHANGE IN USE OF THE BUILDING RESULTS IN A LOWER OVERALL PARKING REQUIREMENT THAN THE RETAIL CENTER USE.
IF CHAPTER 26, SESSION 4 92 SPECIFY PARKING REQUIREMENT CLASSIFICATION FOR PET DAYCARE FACILITIES, THE SUBJECT SIDE WILL PROBABLY BE ELIGIBLE FOR GRANDFATHER USE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 26, SESSION 4 94.
DURING THE PRE-SUBMIT MEETING, STAFF SUGGESTS THE APPLICANT COULD SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO REQUEST THE DIRECTOR DETERMINE THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE UNSPECIFIED USE.
PURSUANT TO, UH, CHAPTER 26, 4 93, THE APPLICANT DECIDES TO SUBMIT THE OFF STREET PARKING RENTS INSTEAD OF THE UNSPECIFIED USE APPLICATION, CONSIDERING LESS PARKING DEMAND FOR THE PROPOSED USE AND THE FACT THAT THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS ONLY UTILIZING THE EXISTING BUILDING WITH LIMITED ABILITY TO REQUIRE CHANGE, UM, TO THE SITE PLAN STEPS SUPPORT THE REQUESTED REDUCED PARKING RANGES SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING THREE CONDITIONS.
ONE, PROVIDE A PEDESTRIAN REFUGE ALONG WEST ALABAMA STREET AS INDICATED ON THE SCREEN BY DIVIDING THE EXISTING DRIVEWAY INTO TWO SEPARATE DRIVEWAYS.
TWO CLOSE OFF THE EXISTING DRIVEWAY ALONG EAST COAST STREET TO ALLOW MORE PARALLEL PARKING SPACE ALONG DCO.
AND THREE, PROVIDE STRIPING BETWEEN THE PROPERTY LINE AND THE SIDEWALK TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ALONG WEST ALABAMA.
UM, STAFF HAS, UH, UH, DISCUSSED THIS, UH, PROPOSAL WITH, UH, PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, CITY ENGINEER'S OFFICE SUPPORTS THE, UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND THE APPLICANT AGREE WITH THE PROPOSED, UM, THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THROUGHOUT THE PROPOSED CHANGE.
UM, SO IF IN THE FUTURE THE APPLICANT CHANGE THE USE OF THE BUILDING, UM, THE PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD NEED TO REEVALUATE THE, UH, PARKING REQUIREMENT AT THAT TIME.
THE GRANTING OF THE RENTS IS ONLY SUBJECT TO THE PET UH, DAYCARE FACILITY USE.
THIS CONCLUDES A THEFT, UH, RECOMMENDATION, UH, PRESENTATION.
WE DO HAVE SOME SPEAKERS ON THIS BEFORE I GO.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. FONG? OKAY.
UM, SO THE FIRST WE HAVE THE APPLICANT, AMBER WOODS.
DID YOU WANNA SPEAK FIRST? MS. WOODS? YOU'LL WAIT UNTIL THE END.
UM, THEN WE HAVE, UM, UH, LISA HUNT,
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UM, MS. HUNT, REVEREND HUNT, ARE YOU WITH US? I AM.I WANNA, UM, THANK, UH, THANK THE APPLICANT AS WELL AS, UM, THE STAFF, UM, FOR TAKING OUR CONCERNS SERIOUSLY.
I THINK WE STILL, UM, MAINTAIN THE CONCERN ABOUT THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC.
WE APPRECIATE THE CLOSURE ON DRISCOLL AND THE ATTENTION TO THE, UM, PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY, UH, ALONG WEST ALABAMA.
UH, BUT WE ARE STILL CONCERNED, UM, WITH THE USE IN THE, AND THE TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE MORNING AND IN THE EVENING.
I DO APPRECIATE THE, UM, EFFORTS OF, OF THE APPLICANT TO RESPOND TO OUR CONCERNS.
UH, BUT THE VOLUME CONCERNS STILL REMAINS.
AND SO WHETHER THE NINE SPOTS IS SUFFICIENT, UH, WE REMAIN SKEPTICAL.
WE THINK IT'S NOT 25, BUT WE DON'T THINK IT'S NINE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING, FOR PARTICIPATING.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? THANK YOU.
AND I HAVE SOME OTHER PEOPLE SIGN, BUT WITH THE INDICATION THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO SPEAK, IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING OR WITH US WHO WANTS TO ADDRESS US ON ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE? COME RIGHT IN THAT CHAIR.
OH, UM, DID ANDREW ALLMAN SPEAK? UH, YEAH, I'M READY TO SPEAK IF, IF YOU GUYS ARE READY TO TAKE COMMENTS.
I'VE GOT SOMEBODY IN THE ROOM WHO'S WHO I HAD ALREADY CALLED ON.
SO HOLD ON ONE MINUTE AND I'LL CALL YOU.
GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
ONE IS, EXCUSE ME, MY NAME IS BRIAN BERNSTEIN.
UM, BECAUSE WE WERE GIVEN THE OPTION FOR THE, UH, DIRECTOR'S SUBMITTAL.
I THINK THAT WAS THE OTHER OPTION OTHER THAN THE, THIS VARIANCE REQUEST.
AND THE REASON WHY WE DID THE VARIANCE REQUEST IS SO WE CAN MAINTAIN, UM, OUR ABILITY TO LEASE A RE RETAIL IN THE FUTURE.
UM, AND I WANT SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT 'CAUSE I'VE HEARD DIFFERENT THINGS, I GUESS.
PLEASE, UH, GO BACK TO THE PROPOSED SIDE PLAN.
NOT THIS ONE, THE ONE I SHOWED LIKE BEFORE THE RECOMMENDATION PAGE.
SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REDUCED PARKING RENTS FOR THIS SPECIFIC USE THE DOT DAYCARE FACILITY.
IF IN THE FUTURE THIS BUILDING IS NO LONGER USED FOR DAYCARE FACILITY, UM, WE WILL HAVE TO RE-EVALUATE THE PARKING REQUIREMENT AT THAT TIME.
THIS ONE WILL NOT SAY, WE WILL NOT ALLOW THE BUILDING FOREVER, ALLOW ONLY 10 PARKING SPACES.
SO THAT IS A NORMAL, UH, PRACTICE THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT DO.
THERE'S NO VARIANCE IN THIS CASE.
IT'S, IT'S, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S WHY YOU'RE COMING BACK FOR A VARIANCE FOR YOUR, FOR YOU
SO IF THERE WAS ANOTHER, UM, OKAY.
I MEAN, THE FACT THAT THIS IS LESS, UH, PARKING INTENSIVE IS TAKING AWAY MY RIGHTS THAT I ALREADY HAVE.
WELL, THE FACT THAT I'M GONNA CHANGE IT, HOPEFULLY I'M GONNA LET DIRECTOR WALLACE BROWN RESPOND TO THAT CHAPTER 26 REQUIRES THAT IF THERE'S A CHANGE OF USE ON THE STRUCTURE THAT THE PARKING BE REASSESSED.
SO REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU WOULD BE CHANGING IT TO, WHETHER IT'S MORE INTENSIVE OR LESS, THE PARKING MUST BE REASSESSED AT EACH TIME.
IF IT DOESN'T MEAN HE WOULD'VE BEEN GRANDFATHERED IF HE HAD ANOTHER CHOCOLATE SHOP.
WELL, THE OTHER THING TOO IS I WOULD ALSO BE GRANDFATHERED IF I LEASED 500 SQUARE FEET TO SOMEONE ELSE BECAUSE IT WOULD STILL BE A SHOPPING CENTER.
AND THAT IS, THAT WOULD CREATE MORE TRAFFIC.
AND I, I JUST WISH WE CAN PUT OUR COMMON SENSE HATS ON A LITTLE MORE.
UM, AND I, I HEARD SOME CHUCKLES, BUT I, I JUST, I I THINK THAT'S UNFAIR.
UM, YEAH, AND I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT.
DIRECTOR WALLACE BROWN? UH, UH, I'M NOT GONNA, NO, WE ARE DOING, WE ARE PUTTING OUR COMMON SENSE HATS ON AND WE ARE LOOKING AT THE USE.
I, I RECOGNIZE THAT AND APPRECIATE IT.
UM, I THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER.
OH, MISS, UM, AMBER WOODS, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK? OH, ANDREW.
WHO WAS THE SPEAKER IN THE CHAT? ANDREW ALLMAN.
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AHEAD.AND THIS IS ANDREW ALMOND, UH, FROM BEACON LAND SERVICES, UH, 53 0 1 KATY FREEWAY, SUITE 100 IN HOUSTON.
UH, JUST WANTED TO REITERATE, UM, YOU THE CONCERNS OF THE OWNER.
OF COURSE, THEY'VE GOT THE RETAIL USE ON THE PROPERTY NOW WITH THE CHOCOLATE SHOP AS MENTIONED WITH THE VACANT SUITE.
I UNDERSTAND HIS CONCERNS AND I, I THINK HOPEFULLY WE CAN WORK THROUGH THOSE ISSUES IN THE FUTURE.
THE COMPROMISE POSITION THAT WE'VE WORKED OUT WITH THE STAFF, I THINK IS THE BEST POSSIBLE SOLUTION GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
UH, WE'VE MITIGATED A LOT OF THE ISSUES ON DRISCOLL, UH, RECONFIGURED SOME THINGS ON WEST ALABAMA.
SO IT GETS THE DOGTOPIA USE IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION THAN WE WERE AT WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, UH, THIS PROCESS.
SO I APPRECIATE STAFF WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT, WORKING WITH EVERYBODY ON THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM TO GET THIS DONE.
UH, AND HOPEFULLY WE COULD KEEP MOVING FORWARD IN A POSITIVE MANNER.
UH, I ALSO REACHED OUT, UH, TO THE CHURCH TO MS. HUNT AND I APPRECIATE HER TIME TALKING WITH US ABOUT HER CONCERNS.
SO JUST WANNA VOICE MY SUPPORT.
UH, WANNA AGAIN, THANK EVERYBODY FOR WORKING WITH US ON THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN, UH, KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? OKAY, I THOUGHT I SAW, UM, THEN MS. WOODS, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK AMBER WOODS AS THE APPLICANT? UM, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
UH, AGAIN, I THINK MISSION DID A GREAT JOB REPRESENTING EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE DONE, WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE STAFF TO TRY AND COME UP WITH THE BEST POSSIBLE SOLUTION FOR THIS.
I REALLY DO FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE, THE BEST POSSIBLE USE OF THIS SPACE.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THE CHURCH'S CONCERNS AND I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF TRAFFIC, BUT IT REALLY IS JUST AN EVEN FLOW THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF PEAK TIMES AS OBSERVED, AND I APPRECIATE MISSION TAKING TIME TO COME OBSERVE AT OUR FACILITY THAT WE HAVE THAT'S A MILE AND A HALF AWAY, BUT ALSO THE TRAFFIC STUDY THAT WE DID AT EXISTING DOGTOPIA THAT ARE OF SIMILAR SIZE JUST SHOWS THAT IT'S SORT OF A CONTINUAL FLOW OF TWO TO THREE CARS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
SO I REALLY DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA INTERFERE AT ALL WITH THEIR DROP OFF AND PICK UP TIMES FOR THEIR EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER AND THEIR SCHOOL THAT ARE AROUND THE CORNER.
UM, AND IF IT DOES, I MEAN, WE CAN ALWAYS HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT.
WE TALK TO EACH OTHER AND WE WORK THINGS OUT AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT COMMUNITY IS.
SO WE HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION, BUT ULTIMATELY I REALLY DO THINK IT'S GONNA BE A VALUE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I'M WILLING TO BET THAT THERE WILL BE MANY PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH AND IN THE SCHOOL WHO END UP BECOMING OUR CUSTOMERS AND LOVE THE FACT THAT THEY CAN DROP THEIR DOGS OFF AND THEN THEIR KIDS OFF.
SO, UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP AND UM, JUST APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S TIME.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE LISTENING WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON 1839 WEST ALABAMA? IF NOT, WE WILL.
UM, MS. FUNK, DO YOU WANNA, WELL, I GUESS IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION, CAN WE PUT YOUR RECOMMENDATION BACK ON THE SCREEN OR DO YOU WANNA YES, JOHN, GO OVER REAL, REAL QUICK.
SO SETH'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE, UH, REQUESTED PARKING RENTS TO ALLOW THE DO DAYCARE FACILITY TO UTILIZE THE EXISTING, UM, 10 PARKING SPACE FOR THE YOUTH SUBSTITUTE THE USE SUBJECT TO THE IMPROVEMENT ON THE SITE.
BUT THESE, UH, GRANTING IS SUBJECT TO THIS SPECIFIC USE ONLY IF IN THE FUTURE THEY CHANGE OF USE, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT NEED TO REEVALUATE THE NEED FOR AT THAT TIME.
AND TO, JUST TO REITERATE, THAT WOULD BE THE CASE FOR ANY, UM, ANY CHANGE OF USE? YES.
AND IT WOULD BE FOR A VARIANCE, BUT IT WOULD ALSO BE IF, IF THEY HAD DONE THE, UM, THE, UH, WHAT WAS THE OTHER OPTION? THE, UM, UNSPECIFIED USE USE YES.
WITH THE DIRECTOR'S DISCRETION.
THAT WOULD ALSO HAVE TO BE REVIEWED AGAIN IF THE USE CHANGED? YES.
CAN, CAN I CLARIFY COMMISSIONER ROBINS, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND.
WHEN YOU SAY CHANGE OF USE, IF IT WENT RETAIL TO RETAIL, THAT WOULD NOT BE A CHANGE OF USE, CORRECT? IT'S NOT A CHANGE OF TENANT, IT'S A CHANGE OF USE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TRIGGERS IT.
AND THE STAFF HAS DETERMINED THAT GOING FROM A DESSERT SHOP TO A PET DAYCARE FACILITY IS A CHANGING USE.
ALTHOUGH OUR CODE DOESN'T ADDRESS WHAT A PET DAYCARE FACILITY IS, WHETHER IT IS A RETAIL USE OR A CHILDCARE USE OR SOME OTHER USE.
IS THAT ACCURATE? AND THERE'S A GRAY AREA HERE BECAUSE IT'S A PET DAYCARE FACILITY, WHICH WHEN THEY DRAFTED THE CODE, THEY DIDN'T CONTEMPLATE.
SO BECAUSE THE, UH, PET DAYCARE IS NOT CLASSIFIED AS A RETAIL.
UM, BUT HEATHER, DO YOU WANT TO? YEAH.
IF THE SHOPPING CENTER, IF THEY WOULD'VE TAKEN UP THE, NOT THE ENTIRE SHOPPING CENTER AND JUST LEAVE ONE SPACE, IT WOULD STILL BE UNDER CLASSIFICATION OF A SHOPPING CENTER.
AND THIS USE WOULD'VE BEEN GRANDFATHERED.
IT, IT WOULD'VE BEEN GRANDFATHERED FOR THE ENTIRE SHOPPING CENTER, BUT THEY DECIDED TO CONVERT THE
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ENTIRE BUILDING TO THE DOG DAYCARE.THE ENTIRE BUILDING CHANGED TO USE.
SO NOW THEY HAVE TO COME UP WITH A NEW PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? SORT OF.
THIS IS, IT ANSWERS MY QUESTION, BUT I'M NOT SURE IT, UM, I'M, I'M NOT SURE THAT'S HOW WE SH IT SHOULD WORK IS MY POINT.
PROBABLY TO THEIR ADVANTAGE THAT WE DON'T HAVE DOGGY DAYCARE TO FIND.
'CAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THE REQUIREMENT EVEN AT 500 WOULD'VE NOT EVEN BEEN HALF.
SO I MEAN, THEY'RE GETTING THE BENEFIT OF IT NOT BEING LABELED AT THE MOMENT.
BUT IT, WE ARE, THE WAY OUR SYSTEM IS SET UP, IT SH IT SHOULDN'T BE TO THE LANDLORD'S ADVANTAGE TO BUILD A 300 SQUARE FOOT VACANT SPACE TO MAINTAIN HIS PARKING RIGHTS AND PRESERVE THE LONG-TERM VALUE OF HIS PROPERTY.
THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE, WE COULD LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE.
COULD IT JUST BE EXPLAINED TO ME AGAIN WHAT THE, WHAT THE OWNER IS GIVING UP? I KNOW HE, HE MENTIONED THAT AND I, THE DRIVEWAY CUT IS ONE.
AND THEN ARE THE PARKING SPACES ALONG DRISCOLL, ARE THOSE REMAINING OR WILL THOSE YES.
UH, JOHN, WOULD YOU PLEASE GO BACK TO THE, THE LAST SLIDE? THE, THE PREVIOUS SLIDE? YES.
SO BASICALLY ORIGINALLY ALONG DRISCOLL THERE IS A EXISTING DRIVEWAY.
THEY WILL CLOSE THE DRIVEWAY THAT WILL ONE, REDUCE THE TRAFFIC CONFLICT.
TWO, CREATE ACTUALLY MORE SPACE FOR A PARALLEL PARKING.
SO, SO THE DRIVEWAY CUT, HE'S IS IS WHAT HE IS GIVING UP? YES.
AND PRECLUDING THE ABILITY TO DO THE, THE TURNAROUND DROP OFF LANE, WHICH, WHICH PUBLIC WORKS DIDN'T LIKE.
TO COMMISSIONER ROBINS POINT, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS PRIOR WAS ILLEGAL NON-CONFORMING USE.
AND THIS IS GONNA LIMIT THAT SITE TO BEING A DOGGY DAYCARE, WHICH IS UNSPECIFIED USE FOR THE ENTIRE LIFE OF THIS PROPERTY.
AND I JUST WANT TO ECHO AGAIN, WHAT COMMISSIONER ROBBIN'S CONCERN WAS.
UM, DO, DO YOU WANT THE VARIANCE OR NOT? I DO.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE THE I BY BY, UM, WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE YOUR VARIANCE, YOU KNOW, IN PERPETUITY.
THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE CAN DO.
IT'S NOT ALLOWED UNDER CITY CODE AT THIS TIME.
IT IS SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE CAN'T HELP YOU ON THAT NOW.
WHAT I MIGHT COULD SAY IS, I MEAN, WE ARE ABOUT THE MOST COMMON SENSE I KNOW KNOW'S REDUCED PARKING GROUP.
YOU COULD IMAGINE IN HARRIS COUNTY AND EVER, I, I KNOW YOU COULD APPLY FOR WALKABLE PLACES ALONG YOUR PROPERTY, WHICH MORE THAN QUALIFIES TO GO IN WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS AND YOU'D HAVE ZERO PARKING REGULATIONS IN MANY INSTANCES.
SO, AND YOU COULD BECOME A TRANSIT CORRIDOR VERY SOON, WHICH WOULD ELIMINATE, I MEAN, THERE'S LOTS OF YEAH.
REDUCTION TO PARKING HEADING YOUR DIRECTION.
EXCESSIVELY, UH, AS, AS LONG AS Y'ALL DON'T THINK IT'S TOO MUCH OF A CONCERN FOR ME, I, UH, I'M HAPPY.
WE BELIEVE THAT IF, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PARKING, YOUR TENANTS ARE GONNA GO OUTTA BUSINESS.
SO YOU'LL FIND TENANTS THAT DON'T REQUIRE THAT MUCH PARKING.
IF NOT, THEY SHOULD GO TO SUGAR LAND WHERE THEY HAVE PLENTY OF PARKING.
SO, I MEAN, IT'S A PRETTY PROGRESSIVE GROUP OVER HERE.
NO, AND I, THAT UNDERSTANDS REDUCTION OF PARKING FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS.
AND I, I WOULD LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH COMMISSIONER BALDWIN.
IF I WAS YOUR LENDER, I WOULD BE VERY CONCERNED IF DOGTOPIA MAKES IT SIX MONTHS AND GOES OUTTA BUSINESS, THEIR COLLATERAL IS WORTH A LOT LESS.
BUT I, I DO APPRECIATE, UH, YOU KNOW, KNOW MY TWO, MY, MY TWO WEEKS, UH, HERE.
UH, I KNOW Y'ALL ARE, Y'ALL ARE UNDERSTANDING AND I, UH, DO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING I REALLY DO.
AND WE, I DON'T MEAN TO MINIMIZE YOUR CONCERNS.
WE UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I JUST, WE CAN'T REALLY DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
THE MOST IMPORTANT IS I HAVE CLARITY, SO THANK YOU.
COMMISSIONER ROBBINS, WHERE ARE YOU FINISHED? I'M FINISHED.
DO WE, DO WE WANNA CONTINUE THIS DISCUSSION? ANYBODY ELSE?
UM, I THINK WE HAD THE RECOMMENDATION UP THERE ON THE SCREEN.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? ROBINS? IS THERE A SECOND? BALDWIN? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THAT WAS A LOT OF WORK, BUT GOOD JOB.
[VI. Excuse the absence of Commissioners Lisa Clark and Meera Victor.]
OKAY.UH, COMMISSIONER UH, VICTOR IS WITH US TODAY, BUT I WOULD ASK BY ACCLIMATION THAT WE EXCUSE THE, UM, ABSENCE OF COMMISSIONER CLARK.
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SHE IS EXCUSED.UM, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION ON ANY ISSUE? HEARING NONE.
A, A MOTION TO ADJOURN WOULD BE AN ORDER JONES SECOND A.