* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [Call to Order] [00:00:04] TAP, TAP, TAP. HI, GOOD AFTERNOON. IT'S TWO 30 ON THURSDAY, MARCH 21ST, 2024. THIS MEETING OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION IS CALLED TO ORDER. I'M THE CHAIR, MARTY STEIN, AND I'LL VERIFY THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM. OH, THANK YOU. . UM, BY CALLING THE ROLE, THE CHAIR IS PRESENT. VICE CHAIR GARZA. PRESENT. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER ALLMAN. PRESENT. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN IS NOT PRESENT. COMMISSIONER CLARK PRESENT. COMMISSIONER KOVAR, I THINK WILL BE VIRTUAL. ARE YOU THERE? COMMISSIONER VAR. OKAY. WE CAN'T COUNT HER FOR NOW. COMMISSIONER. HE WILL BE ABSENT. COMMISSIONER HINES PRESENT. COMMISSIONER JONES. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER KLIK WILL BE HERE, BUT IT'LL BE LATE. COMMISSIONER MODEST WILL BE ABSENT. COMMISSIONER POROUS PERLE. PRESENT IS PRESENT. COMMISSIONER ROBBINS? HERE. COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER SIGLER. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER TAHIR. UH, WILL BE EITHER LATE OR ABSENT. COMMISSIONER VICTOR? PRESENT. COMMISSIONER RA BLAND. PRESENT. UM, COMMISSIONER KANE, ARE YOU VIRTUAL? NO. COMMISSIONER DALTON? NO. COMMISSIONER MAN. PACA IS NOT PRESENT. UM, AND, UH, DIRECTOR JENNIFER OSLO CUL PRESENT IS PRESENT OUT THERE. YOU ARE. COMMISSIONER VAR. CAN YOU RESPOND THAT YOU'RE PRESENT, MAYBE RELATED TO THE HTV ISSUE THAT'S BEING RESOLVED? CHAIR STEIN. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. THE GOOD AFTERNOON. S BANDY HERE. THERE IS SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. THE VIRTUAL TEAM MEMBERS ARE NOT ABLE TO HEAR US. OKAY. OKAY. AND COMMISSIONER COHORT IS, UM, IS ON THE VIRTUAL MEETING, BUT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO HEAR. OKAY. SO WE MAY NOT COUNT HER FOR QUORUM, CORRECT. AT THIS POINT, MA'AM, WE, WHEN YES, MA'AM. WHEN THE PROBLEMS RESOLVED, WE'LL ANNOUNCE THAT. OKAY. GOT, THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR? YES. CAN, CAN THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE ON HEROES? NO. DO WE NEED TO DELAY? NEED TO DELAY, THEN WE CAN'T PROCEED. YEAH, I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT. AS LONG AS THESE ARE POSTED WITH THE TEAM'S OPTION, THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY. OKAY. I'M SORRY. ALL RIGHT, THEN. UM, WE WILL BE ON HOLD. WHAT DO, WHAT DO WE, WHAT'S THE WORD FOR ON HOLD? PAUSE. WE'RE HITTING PAUSE. I WILL SAY THAT 13 MEMBERS DID RESPOND TO ROLL CALL, BUT WE'RE ON PAUSE. OKAY. RECESS, THAT PLEASE NOTE THAT BOTH COMMISSIONER, COLLEAGUE AND COMMISSIONER ARMAND, AKA HAVE JOINED US. AND COMMISSIONER VAR, CAN YOU SIGNIFY BY SAYING PRESENT THAT YOU'RE HERE. I'M PRESENT. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE COOKING. OKAY. THAT'S, UH, 16. MEMBERS HAVE RESPONDED TO ROLL CALL. UM, 14 15 16 HTV. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE SWITCH TO THE OTHER SCREEN FOR, FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF THE MEETING. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO BACK TO THE MEETING, UH, EVERYONE ELSE JOINING US TODAY, WELCOME. IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON A SPECIFIC ITEM, YOU CAN FIND THE STAFF'S FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE DEPARTMENT WEBSITE. UM, ALL ADVANCED COMMENTS RECEIVED BY THE DEPARTMENT BY NOON YESTERDAY ARE IN THE PACKETS FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS. WE HAVE THOSE. IF YOU'RE WITH US IN CITY HALL ANNEX, PLEASE FILL OUT ONE OF THESE LITTLE RECTANGULAR FORMS THAT YOU CAN GET AT THE FRONT DESK IF YOU WANNA SPEAK ON AN ITEM. UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU CONNECTED BY PHONE OR COMPUTER, PLEASE KEEP YOUR DEVICES MUTED UNTIL YOU'RE CALLED ON. AND ALSO, UM, YOU'RE, YOUR CAMERA'S OFF UNTIL YOU'RE CALLED ON. UH, TWO ITEMS HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN FROM, UH, THE AGENDA TODAY. SECTION C THROUGH K. UH, THEY ARE ITEM 100, OAK FOREST, SECTION ONE AND ITEM 1 0 5, YCL YCL TOWN HOMES. NEITHER WILL BE CONSIDERED AND THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THOSE. UM, [Director’s Report] AND NOW TO THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, INTERIM DIRECTOR JENNIFER OSLAND. GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS. I'M JENNIFER OSLAND, SECRETARY OF THE COMMISSION AND INTERIM INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. UH, WE'RE CONDUCTING A VIRTUAL WORKSHOP ON THE CHAPTER 42 AND CHAPTER 26, LIVABLE PLACES, ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS. IT'S SCHEDULED ONLINE [00:05:01] FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27TH FROM TWO TO 4:00 PM THAT'S NEXT WEEK. INFORMATION REGARDING THE MEETING AND LINK IS NOW AVAILABLE ON THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WEBSITE UNDER MEETINGS BACK, BACK SLASH LIVABLE MEETING. UM, YOU CAN FIND IT ON OUR WEBSITE AND IT'S OPEN TO ANYBODY. UM, SO WE ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO HAS INTEREST TO TUNE INTO THAT. AND, UM, IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING ON TODAY'S AGENDA OR ANYTHING ELSE, UH, YOU CAN CALL US AT (832) 393-6600 OR CALL THE PLANNER OF THE DAY DIRECTLY AT 8 3 2 3 9 3 6 6 2 4. AS ALWAYS, YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE@HOUSTONPLANNING.COM AND SEE. LET'S TALK HOUSTON.ORG FOR MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INFORMATION. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? [Consideration of the March 7, 2024 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes ] UH, IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE TO THE, UH, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 7TH PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, UH, WHICH WERE IN YOUR PACKET. IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? MOTION CLARK SECOND GARZA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. UH, [Platting Activities a & b] THAT TAKES US TO ROMAN NUMERAL ONE, PLATTING ACTIVITY SECTIONS A AND B. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS JAMES TIHI. SECTIONS A AND B ARE PRESENTED AS ONE GROUP, WHICH INCLUDES CONSENT AND REPL. ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION. SECTIONS A AND B ARE ITEMS ONE THROUGH 98 SECTION A. CONSENT ITEMS ARE NUMBERS ONE THROUGH 53 AND SECTION B REPL ITEMS ARE NUMBERS 54 THROUGH 98. MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE A CHANGE IN STAFF. STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR ITEM NUMBER 26, GLEN HAVEN CENTER HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM APPROVED TO DEFER PER COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD'S REQUEST. NO ITEMS NEED TO BE TAKEN OUT OF ORDER AND THERE ARE NO OTHER CHANGES TO STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS MADAM CHAIR, IF THERE ARE NO INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUESTS THE APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSENT AND RE REPLY ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION. THANK YOU. UH, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE ITEMS IN A AND B. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE CHAT OR ANYONE LISTENING? OKAY. UM, COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ITEMS WE NEED TO TAKE SEPARATELY? COMMISSIONER SIGLER ITEM? UM, NUMBER 13. NUMBER 13. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. UM, THEN WE CAN GO FORWARD AND VOTE ON SECTIONS A AND B. UM, IS THERE, UH, WE ARE GONNA VOTE ON ALL ITEMS IN SECTIONS A AND B, SAVE AND ACCEPT. ITEM 13. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON THOSE ITEMS? KALIK? IS THERE A SECOND? ALLMAN ALLMAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. UM, AND THEN ON ITEM 13, UM, ANY DISCUSSION? IS IT VICTOR? SECOND HERE, JONES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. AND NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER SIGLER ABSTAINED, UM, THAT TAKES [c. Replats requiring Public Hearings with Notification (Dorianne Powe-Phlegm, John Cedillo, and Devin Crittle) ] US TO SECTION C PUBLIC HEARINGS. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS DORIAN FL. ITEM NUMBER 99 IS MARTINEZ ESTATES AT WELDON. THE SITE IS LOCATED NORTH ALONG WELDON DRIVE, WEST OF ALDEN WESTFIELD ROAD IN HOUSTON. X EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS. THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL IS TO CREATE ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOT. THE PLAT WAS DEFERRED AT THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO PROVIDE AN ALTERNATE LOT LAYOUT. THE APPLICANT REVISED THE DRAWING FROM CREATING THREE LOTS TO ONE LOT. NOW THE LOT WILL MEET TECQ REQUIREMENTS AND THE DEED RESTRICTIONS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCE COMMENTS FOR THIS PLAT. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WOULD NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. HARRIS COUNTY IN ENGINEER'S OFFICE POS NO OBJECTIONS TO THIS RE PLAT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, PLEASE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 99 IS CONTINUED. I HAVE NO ONE UH, SIGNED UP IN ADVANCE TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 99 MARTINEZ ESTATES AT WELDON HEARING? NO RESPONSE TO PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. ANY DISCUSSION? YES. COMMISSIONER CLARK. MS. FLM, I SEE THE SITE [00:10:01] PLAN. I ONLY SEE ONE LOT. YEAH, IT'S ONLY ONE LOT. I THOUGHT IT SAID THEY WERE DOING THREE. NO, I SAID INITIALLY THEY HAD SUBMITTED, UH, UH, PLAN FOR THREE LOTS. UM, NOW THEY'RE ONLY GONNA DO ONE LOT BECAUSE THE ONE LOT WILL PUT IT INTO COMPLIANCE WITH YEAH, WE IT TCEQ? YES, BUT THE, THE NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE SAYS THREE LOTS. IT DID WHEN IT WENT OUT. OKAY. THIS IS THE SECOND DEFERRAL FOR THIS ITEM? YEAH, IT'S THE SECOND DEFERRAL. THEY'VE HAD TO CHANGE IT TO MEET DEED DE BOTH DEED RESTRICTIONS AND TCEQ. SO, OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFI. AND THEY ACTUALLY MET DEED RESTRICTIONS LAST, UH, CYCLE. UM, BUT NOT TCEQ, BUT NOT TE, YEAH. TCEQ. RIGHT. OKAY. SO THEY'RE ALL KOSHER AT THIS POINT? YES. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION PER IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MIND PARKER MAN, DECCA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 100 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. ITEM 1 0 1. ITEM 1 0 1 IS RICHLAND DRIVE ESTATES. THE SITE IS LOCATED NORTH ALONG RICHLAND DRIVE, EAST OF DENTIST STREET AND NORTH WAYSIDE DRIVE IN HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS. THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS. NOW, VARI, THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS PLAT. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO PROVE THE PLAT PER THE CC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 0 1 RICHLAND DRIVE ESTATES IS OPEN. I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED IN ADVANCE. IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 1? HEARING NO RESPONSE. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE SUBJECTIVE CONDITIONS. ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION? SIGLER SECOND CLARK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 0 2, ITEM 1 0 2 IS RIVERSIDE GROVE. THE SITE IS LOCATED SOUTH ALONG SOPHOMORE AVENUE, EAST OF LIVE OAK STREET IN HOUSTON. CORPORATE LIMITS. THE PURPOSE OF THE REPLAY IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS PLAT. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PROPERTY MUST BE SET BACK ACCORDING TO WHAT THE BUILDING AS, UM, THEY EXIST ON THE GROUND AT THE DATE OF THE EXECUTION OF RESTRICTIONS IN 1954. AND SHALL AT ALL TIMES DURING THE EXISTENCE OF THESE RESTRICTIONS BE MAINTAINED AS THE FRONT BUILDING LINE AND NO BUILDING SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED CLOSER TO SOPHOMORE BOULEVARD THAN THE PRESENT, UH, FRONT PROPERTIES. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER PLAT FOR FURTHER REVIEW AND CONFER WITH LEGAL CONCERNING THE DEED RESTRICTIONS. MADAM CHAIR, PLEASE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. OKAY. UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 0 2 RIVERSIDE GROVE IS OPEN. WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER. CHARLENE JONES. CHARLENE JONES, ARE YOU WITH US VIRTUALLY OR ARE YOU HERE? UM, SHE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PRESENT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 2 RIVERSIDE GROVE? UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER FOR FURTHER LEGAL STUDY. UM, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BEFORE WE GET A MOTION TO DEFER AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING? NO. IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER VIERA BLAND SECOND ROBIN ROBINS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OKAY. WE NEED TO TELL, UM, I OKAY. THERE, WE, WE HAVE TO HEAR YOU. OKAY. UM, YES. DID YOU HEAR THE TIME? ANYONE OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. AND THE ITEM IS DEFERRED ITEM 1 0 3. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS DEVIN K CRIDDLE. ITEM 1 0 3 IS ST. AUGUSTINE LANDING. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS WEST ALONG ST. AUGUSTINE STREET, EAST OF SCOTT STREET AND SOUTH OF YELLOW YELLOWSTONE BOULEVARD. THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL IS CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. AND REVIEWED BY LEGAL INDICATES THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVING [00:15:01] THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 0 3 ST. AUGUSTINE LANDING IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED IN ADVANCE. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 3? IF NOT, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION JONES. SECOND ALLMAN ALLMAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 0 4, ITEM 1 0 4 IS SUNDUS AND FATIMA ENTERPRISES. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ETJ OF HARRIS COUNTY AT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF MAJOR THOROUGHFARE FM 29 20 AND GLEN ELLEN LANE, NORTH OF THE GRAND PARKWAY. THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE ONE COMMERCIAL RESERVE. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. AND REVIEWED BY LEGAL INDICATES THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVING THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FOREIGN CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 0 4, SUNDUS AND FATIMA ENTERPRISES IS OPEN. WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER, UM, CARRIE, IS IT WUP? I'M GONNA SPELL YOUR LAST NAME FOR THE CLOSED CAPTION. IT'S W-A-L-L-K-U-P? NO. W-A-L-K-U-P. OH W-A-L-K-U-P? YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. OF COURSE. UM, I AM CURRENTLY ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR WILDWOOD GLEN HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THIS PROPERTY. GLEN ELLEN DRIVE IS A PRIVATE ROAD THAT WE OWN. UM, WE HAVE NOT GIVEN ANY, UM, AUTHORIZATION FOR THEM TO UTILIZE THIS ROAD. THEY RECEIVED A NO OBJECTION LETTER FROM THE DEVELOPER, KENT MCN, WHO WAS NOT AUTHORIZED. UM, AND IT WAS FRAUDULENT AND UNREPRESENTED OF OUR COMMUNITY. UM, UH, WE, THE LETTER, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE LETTER THAT HE DID SIGN SAYS THAT IT WAS OPPOSED THAT IT WAS ALLOWED AS A COMMERCIAL DRIVEWAY AS OPPOSED TO ALLOWING THE LANDOWNER'S USE OF OUR PRIVATE ROAD. UM, YEAH, THAT'S BASICALLY IT. OKAY. I'M GONNA TURN TO OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND ASK, UM, MS. MICKELSON OR I, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE SEEN THIS LETTER OR ANY ASSERTION THAT THEY COULD USE THAT ROAD. UM, SO I MAY ASK FOR YOU ALL TO DEFER THIS ITEM. DO WE NEED, DO WE NEED A LETTER TO, TO WE DID REQUEST IT AND WE GOT A COPY OF IT. UM, AND IT WAS SIGNED APRIL 22ND OR 2022. UM, BUT HE WAS NO LONGER, UM, HEAD OF OUR, HE WAS THE DEVELOPER. HE NO LONGER LOANED IT ANY PROPERTY. UM, AS OF 2022 IN THE SUBDIVISION. CORRECT. COMMISSIONER CLARK, MR. K CRILE ON THE 1 0 1, IT SAYS DENY VEHICULAR ACCESS TO GLEN ELLEN LANE. SO IT SUCKS. YEAH. . YEAH. SO, UM, A LITTLE HISTORY THAT GLEN ELLEN LANE WAS ORIGINALLY PLATTED AS A PUBLIC STREET AND IT, IT WAS BEFORE THIS COMMISSION A FEW YEARS AGO TO CONVERTED FROM PUBLIC TO PRIVATE. UM, PRIOR TO THE RIGHT OF WAY BECOMING PRIVATE, THE DRIVEWAY WAS CONSTRUCTED WHILE IT WAS PUBLIC. SO AT THAT TIME IT, IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE, BUT SINCE, UH, BUT SINCE THEN, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PROPOSING COMMERCIAL AGAIN. WE'RE NOT REALLY TAKING ACTION ON THE DRIVEWAY. SO OUR RESPONSE WOULD BE TO DENY VEHICULAR ACCESS AS PER CHAPTER 42. BUT THAT'S SOME OF THE, THE BACKSTORY. OKAY. THEN I THINK WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT. YEAH, I THINK SO TOO. 'CAUSE IT DENIES IT. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. OKAY. SO LET'S BRING MS. MS. WUP BACK. SO ONE OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE APPROVAL OF THE PLAT IS TO DENY VEHICULAR ACCESS TO YOUR SUBDIVISION. CORRECT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW THE G THERE ARE DEED RESTRICTIONS. IT IS, UM, PLATTED FOR COMMERCIAL USE, HOWEVER, NOT FOR A SERVICE STATION. THIS IS A GAS STATION. IT IS A SERVICE STATION. SO THAT ALSO VIOLATES OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS. AND THE DRIVEWAY WAS BUILT IN 2023. I LIVE THERE. I SEE IT EVERY DAY. OKAY. YES. AND I WILL SAY THAT THERE WERE DEED RESTRICTIONS FILED, AND EVEN THOUGH [00:20:01] THIS IS COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, THERE WERE ABOUT 26 ACCEPTED USES THAT I BELIEVE I ATTACHED MM-HMM . YEP. AND, UM, I BELIEVE A GAS STATION IS ONE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE REPLANTING THIS AS. AND I, I IT'S COMMERCIAL THAT THE NOTES, RIGHT? MM-HMM . BUT WHAT'S GONNA BE BUILT IS RIGHT MM-HMM . AND I TAKE IT THAT THE NOTES ON THE PLAT WILL SAY WHAT THE EXCEPTIONS ARE. Y YES. UM, WE'VE PLACED A NOTE ON THE MARKUP TO BE AWARE OF THE RESTRICTIONS, THE, THE CLERK, THE, THE RECORD THAT THE CLERKS FILED FOR THOSE RESTRICTIONS. SO THE APPLICANT SHOULD BE AWARE, UH, IT'LL BE ON THE FACE OF THE PLA TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T VIOLATE THOSE RESTRICTIONS, UH, FROM THAT CLERK RECORD. OKAY. SO AS FAR AS OUR RESPONSIBILITY GOES, WE'RE WE'RE, WE'VE ATTENDED TO THAT. OKAY. COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, SO THE ONLY ACCESS TO THIS PROPERTY WOULD BE OFF OF TWO, WHATEVER, 20, UH, 29 20. AND, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO GET A CURB CUT OFF OF THAT STREET OFF OF 2009? YES. YES. UH, TEX DOT HAS GRANTED THEM. UH, I BELIEVE THEY TRIED TO GET MULTIPLE, BUT I KNOW THEY HAVE ONE FOR SURE. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I DO HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL COMMENT. OH, WE WILL LET YOU DO IT. OKAY. GO AHEAD. UM, THE ONE THING I FORGOT TO MENTION WAS THAT, SO THIS IS A PRIVATE ROAD WITH A VERY SMALL COMMUNITY FI 55 HOMES. UM, WE DON'T HAVE, UM, MUCH MONEY TO PAY TO FIX THIS ROAD. E EVEN IN OUR COFFERS NOW, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SEMI TRUCKS FUEL WITH FUEL IN IT THAT ARE JUST GONNA DESTROY THAT ROAD AND WE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING FOR IT. THAT, THAT, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, CURRENTLY WE HAD A JUST WOOD FENCE, UM, FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE THERE. AND THAT WOOD FENCE HAS BEEN DESTROYED. THEY HAVE ERODED THE SOIL. UM, THE NEIGHBORS, ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS ON THE CORNER THERE HAVE A BASKETBALL COURT IN THEIR BACKYARD AND THERE ARE CRACKS ALL ALONG THEIR BASKETBALL COURT. UM, I KNOW THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO THE OWNER AND HE DID SAY THAT YES, WE WERE, WE WILL BUILD A RETENTION WALL TO FIX THAT PART WHERE THE NEIGHBOR'S BACKYARDS AND IF THEY, THEY NEED TO FIX THE BASKETBALL COURT, THEY'LL DO THAT. UM, BUT THAT HAS YET TO BE DONE. AND ALSO, UM, WE ARE ASKING THAT THEY BUILD A MASONRY WALL, UM, IN, AS OPPOSED TO A WOODEN FENCE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DAMAGED BY THE CONSTRUCTION CREW THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. UM, MR. MATHIS, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK FOR HARRIS COUNTY? YES. UH, ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION, I BELIEVE TEXA ONLY GRANTED ONE DRIVEWAY OFF OF 29 20. I THINK THAT WAS A OKAY. AND IS THAT SUFFICIENT IN TERMS OF OUR APPROVAL, MR. CRIDDLE? THEY JUST NEED ONE POINT OF ACCESS. WELL, UH, OUR ORDINANCE WOULDN'T ADDRESS THE DRIVEWAY LOCATION. IT'S ABOUT, UH, THE FRONTAGE. SO THEY MEET THE FRONTAGE REQUIREMENT FOR A RESERVE. OKAY. IN THE BUILDING LAW, AND, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THE ISSUE ABOUT THE TRUCKS ON THE ROAD, ON THE PRIVATE ROAD MM-HMM . THEY WILL NOT BE ON THE PRIVATE ROAD. RIGHT. THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED VEHICULAR ACCESS. THE, THE PLAT WILL HAVE A NOTE AND THE CPC WILL HAVE A NOTE THAT SAYS VEHICULAR ACCESS IS, IS DENIED. OKAY. COMMISSIONER ROBBINS, BUT DID SHE SAY THAT THEY HAD ALREADY BUILT THE DRIVEWAY CONNECTING TO THE PRIVATE ROAD? MM-HMM . THAT'S CORRECT. ARE WE GONNA PREVENT CARS FROM USING IT? MADAM CHAIR? YES. MR. CHEMICAL LEGAL. MR. I THINK THAT WITH THE PLAT ON, WITH THE NOTE ON THE CPC 1 0 1 AND ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT, THEY, THE PROPERTY OWNER CAN BE REQUIRED TO CLOSE OFF THAT ACCESS TO THE PRIVATE ROAD. AND IF IT'S A PRIVATE ROAD, THE HOA PROBABLY HAS AUTHORITY TO POST A SIGN FOR NO CUL, NO HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC OR, YOU KNOW, NO VEHICLES OTHER THAN RESIDENTS AND GUESTS OR SOMETHING. SO I WOULD THINK THEY, THEY MIGHT LOOK INTO THAT AS WELL TO HELP KEEP TRUCKS OFF. COMMISSIONER ALLMAN, CAN THEY, IS THERE ANY WAY THEY CAN MAKE THEM REMOVE THAT DRIVEWAY SINCE IT'S NOT ALLOWED? OR MADAM CHAIRS WITH A BANDI HERE? UH, REMOVING THE DRIVEWAY AND, UH, MAKING SURE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT MEETS THE DE RESTRICTIONS IS ALL SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS AT PERMITTING. OKAY. AND, UM, I WOULD APPRECIATE IF COUNTY CAN RESPOND TO THAT. OKAY. YES. MR. MATHIS MOVING THE DRIVEWAY. I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK ON THE PARTICULARS ON THAT, BUT THAT WOULD BE UNDER OUR PERMIT, UH, PURVIEW. SO IT WOULD BE UP TO HARRIS COUNTY AT PERMITTING TIME? YES. TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VEHICLES WERE PREVENTED FROM ENTERING THAT PRIVATE STREET? WELL, THAT WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE DRIVEWAY BEING REMOVED. I'M, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT, BUT, WELL, THAT WOULD DO IT, I THINK. [00:25:01] YEAH. MADAM CHAIR? YES. COMMISSIONER JONES. AND QUESTION BACK TO MR. MILLER. UH, JUST HYPOTHETICAL AND I GUESS A QUESTION, REALLY A QUESTION HERE. SHOULD THE APPLICANT THAT IS THIS COMMERCIAL RESERVE PROPERTY GROUP, UH, RECEIVED OR TRY TO ACQUIRE A PERMIT FROM THE COUNTY TO EVEN BUILD THAT DRIVEWAY TO THE PRIVATE ROAD? I'M SURE THEY, UM, THEY PROBABLY, UH, TRY TO, UM, TO GET A PERMIT. I CAN'T SWEAR TO IT. IF THERE IS IT THAT IS PERMITTED, I CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT. BUT THERE IS A DRIVEWAY THERE. OKAY. BUT THERE WOULD BE A PERMIT REQUIRED FOR IT TO BE THERE, CORRECT? WOULD BE, YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, THE APPLICANT IS WITH US, IF YOU WANNA ASK THAT QUESTION, CAN WE GO AHEAD AND CALL ON, UH, MARY VIAL? ARE YOU THERE? MADAM CHAIR? GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS MARY RIO WITH THE INFIELD GROUP. UM, WE ARE NOT ACTUALLY APPLICANT, BUT WE ARE THE, UH, ONES THAT DID THE ARCHITECTURE AND THE ENGINEERING. UM, THERE HAS A PERMIT THAT WAS ISSUED BY HARRIS COUNTY THAT INCLUDED THE PRI THE CONNECTION TO THE PRIVATE STREET. UM, WE ARE NOW JUST TRYING TO GET THE PLAT APPROVED. UM, IN THE LAST PLAT SUBMITTAL, THEY, THERE WAS A NOTE TO DENY ACCESS, BUT THERE WAS AN ISSUE IN TRYING TO SUBMIT A VARIANCE FOR THAT. AND SO WE ARE WILLING, I AM, I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THEA'S ATTORNEY, MR. DAVID BURKE AND UM, WE ARE STILL IN COMMUNICATIONS. UM, HE WANTS A COPY OF THE SITE PLAN. UM, SO THAT DRIVEWAY IS CONSTRUCTED. I JUST, I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT, UM, WE, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, I WASN'T INVOLVED FROM THE BEGINNING, JUST TO BE HONEST, BUT I HAVE BEEN HERE LATELY DOING THE RESEARCH AND I HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT TO PLANNING HARRIS COUNTY ABOUT THE MATTER OF DENYING THE ACCESS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT DRIVEWAY TO GLEN ELLEN LANE, THAT'S GONNA CAUSE THE WESTBOUND LANES TO HAVE TO DO A U-TURN AT GLEN ELLEN LANE OR HAVE TO TRAVEL FURTHER DOWN IN ORDER TO COME BACK TO GET INTO THE DEVELOPMENT. SO, UM, I WANTED TO SEE IF THERE MIGHT BE A POSSIBILITY FOR US TO COME IN FOR RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENTS AND ALSO MEET WITH THE HOA. WE'D BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH THEM TO SEE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THE, THE DEFENSE. OKAY. HOLD ON. COMMISSIONER CLARK. I APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION, BUT FRANKLY WE CAN'T OVERRIDE DEED RESTRICTIONS, SO WE WOULDN'T DO IT. WE WOULD NOT EVEN APPROVE A RECONSIDERATION. UM, WE CAN'T OVERRIDE THE FACT THAT THEIR RESTRICTIONS DON'T ALLOW THAT, UH, ENTRY ONTO THE PRIVATE DRIVE. SO I THINK MAYBE YOU AND YOUR CLIENT NEED TO GET TOGETHER AND, AND WORK OUT A WAY TO CLOSE THAT UP AND MAKE YOUR ACCESS FROM 29 20 UNLESS YOU BUILD SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ON THE EXCEPTIONS. COMMISSIONER ALLMAN, IT LOOKS LIKE FROM GOOGLE, FROM THE IMAGE, ARIEL IMAGE THAT THAT'S LIKE A CONTINUOUS LEFT TURN LANE SO THERE'S NO MEDIAN INVOLVED SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO MAKE A U-TURN OR DO ANYTHING. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY COULD JUST TURN INTO THE SITE, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW UP TO DATE, MAYBE THERE'S BEEN CHANGES ON 29 20. I DON'T KNOW. SO. OKAY. UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM, UH, 1 0 4 SUNDAS AND FATIMA ENTERPRISES? I JUST WANNA MAKE A NO, YOUR TIME'S UP. SORRY. UM, OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? UM, SO I'M JUST GOING TO AGAIN ASK OUR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE, UM, THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP THAT I THINK WE SHARE THE CONCERN ABOUT WILL BE NOTED AS NOTES ON THE PLAT. UM, THE DEED RESTRICTED USES WILL COME INTO PLAY AT THE TIME OF PERMITTING AND THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BE PERMITTED FOR THAT USE IF IT'S ONE OF THE RESTRICTED IS, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WILL BE NOTED ON CCPC 1 0 1 AND THE PLAT AND THAT THE RESTRICTED USES AND EXCEPTIONS HAVE BEEN NOTED. OKAY. SO WE WOULD ADVISE THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO STAY ON TOP OF THIS PROJECT AS IT GOES THROUGH THE PERMING PROCESS. YOU MAY HAVE TO WATCH IT CAREFULLY AND BE IN TOUCH WITH THE APPLICANT AND THE DEVELOPER. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT CONTACT INFORMATION, WE'LL GET IT TO YOU TODAY. UM, BUT OTHERWISE KIND OF OUR JOB HERE I THINK IS, IS DONE. SO, UM, AND UH, YES COMMISSIONER, I MEAN MR. CRIDDLE, UH, ONE THING TO ADD THERE, THERE WOULDN'T BE A VARIANCE PROCESS FOR ACCESS FROM THE RESERVE TO THE PRIVATE STREET. UH, THE DEFINITION OF THE UH, TYPE ONE, UH, PRIVATE STREET DOESN'T ALLOW FOR COMMERCIAL USES FOR SINGLE [00:30:01] FAMILY ONLY. SO THERE'S NO VAN, SO THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. CORRECT. OKAY, GOOD, GOOD. UH, MADAM CHAIR, QUICK QUESTION. YES, COMMISSIONER RIS PERLE, IS THIS PROPERTY IN THE CITY LIMITS OR IN THE ETJ HARRIS COUNTY. ETJ HARRIS COUNTY. OKAY. YES MA'AM. YEAH. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? UM, SO DID I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? I DON'T THINK I DID. YOU DID NOT. IF THERE'S NO, NO ONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS. IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION CLARK. IS THERE A SECOND? JONES? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. UM, ITEM 1 0 5 WIFE WYCLIFFE TOWN HOMES HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN AND THAT'LL TAKE [d. Subdivision Plats with Variance Requests (Aracely Rodriguez, Petra Hsia, Tammi Williamson, John Cedillo, Geoff Butler, and Devin Crittle)] US TO SECTION D VARIANCES. GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBER, I MEAN MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS RA RODRIGUEZ, I 1 0 6 VALLEY ESTATES. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON CITY LIMIT ALONG INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 45 AND SOUTHEAST OF EMANCIPATION AVENUE. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A SHARED DRIVEWAY DEVELOPMENT WITH TWO SINGLE FAMILY LOT AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A 10 FOOT BORDERLINE INSTEAD OF 25 ALONG INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 45. THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO DE FURTHER PLA PER THE APPLICANT REQUEST, BUT THAT WAS STILL LIKE TO MAKE A BRIEF PRESENTATION AT THIS IS THE SECOND REFERRAL. OKAY. SO DUE TO THE AMPLE BAY BETWEEN THE FETAL ROAD AND THE PLUS THAT IS IN SUPPORT OF THE, OF THE VARIANT REQUEST TO ALLOW A 10 FOOT BUILD LINE ALONG I 45. ACCORDING TO TECH DOT, A PROPOSED NOISE, NOISE BARRIER WILL BE BUILT WITHIN THIS AREA IN PUBLIC WHERE IT HAS NO OBJECTION. HOWEVER, THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED AT THE LAST MEETING FOR FURTHER REVIEW. THE RESTRICTION PER LEGAL REVIEW, ALL PROPOSED LOTS ARE BOUND TO A DEEP RESTRICTED 20 FEET FRONT BUILDER LINE PER PLA. THE 20 FEET LINE IS BEING PROVIDED FOR LOT TWO, BUT THE APPLICANT IS STILL REQUIRED TO SHOW THE 20 PEOPLE BORDER LINE ON LOT ONE TO COMPLY WITH THE RESTRICTION. SO AS IT WAS SOLD, THE APPLICANT REQUESTED A SECOND DEFERRAL TO ALLOW MORE TIME TO FIND ANOTHER OPTION TO BE MEET BOTH THE ORDINANCE AND THE APPLICABLE RESTRICTION. SO THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLOT PER THE APPLICANT REQUEST. OKAY. UM, THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE STAFF BEFORE WE CALL SPEAKERS? NO SIR. COMMISSIONER JONES. AND, AND JUST AN INQUIRY HERE TO INVESTIGATE IF THE PROPERTY THAT IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF BRILEY IS WITHIN THE SAME, UH, DEEP RESTRICTION. 'CAUSE I DO KNOW THAT A HOUSE WAS BUILT CLOSE TO THE GULF FREEWAY THAT IS 10 FEET OR LESS FROM THAT PROPERTY LINE. YEAH. AND UM, I WOULD PREFER THAT TO LEGAL. IT DEPENDS ON WHICH WAY THE HOUSE FRONTS. IS IT FRONTING THE GULF FREEWAY? NO MA'AM. FRONT. FRONT. OKAY. THEN IT WOULDN'T BE, EXCUSE ME, IT WOULDN'T BE REQUIRED TO HAVE A 20 FOOT BUILDING LINE TO THE GULF FREEWAY. IT WOULD, IF IT'S FRONTING BRILEY THEN IT WOULD NEED TO HAVE THAT 20 FOOT FRONT BUILDING LINE IF IT IS A PART OF THIS SAME SUBDIVISION. OKAY. UM, OKAY. SO WE'LL TURN THOUGH TO THE PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH HAS BEEN CONTINUED AND I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 6. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 1 0 6 THIS WEEK? IF NOT, UM, SAS RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER. IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION? GARZA, GARZA. ALL ALLMAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 0 7, ITEM 1 0 7, KELLY TOOK EXPRESS THIS ITEM HAS BEEN DEFERRED TWICE. THE STATE IS LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS SOUTH OF ARDI STREET AND NORTHEAST OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SIX 10. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING ONE THE SERVE AND IS REQUESTING A VARI TO ALLOW A DUAL 9.6 FEET BUILDER LINE FOR AN EXISTING OFFICE. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THIS PROPERTY CURRENTLY SERVED AT THE COMMERCIAL SITE TO COM ACCOMMODATE 18 WHEELER TRUCKS IN 2021. AN OFFICE BUILDING, A WOODEN WALKWAY AND A COVERED TRUCK PORTED WERE CONSTRUCTED WITHOUT PERMITS. AFTER COORDINATING WITH THE APPLICANT, THE APPLICANT DECIDED TO REMOVE THE WOODEN WALKWAY AND THE PARKING PORT AND IS NOW SEEKING A VARIANCE SOLELY FOR THE EXISTING OFFICE THAT IS ENCLOSING FOUR INCHES INTO THE 10 FEET BORDERLINE. SO [00:35:01] STAFF IS NOW IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST, CONSIDERING IT AS A MINOR MODIFICATION TO THE STANDARD AND THE APPROVAL OF THE VARIANT IS ONLY FOR THE LIFE OF THE STRUCTURE. SO THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANT AND APPROVE THE PLANS SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION AND THAT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE. OKAY. UM, SO THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 0 7, CALI TRUCKS EXPRESS IS CONTINUED. UM, THE APPLICANT, JOYCE OWENS IS PRESENT. UH, MS. OWENS, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR WERE YOU HERE FOR QUESTIONS? GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS. I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? UM, IF NOT, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON 1 0 7. IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO SPEAK? IF NOT, THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. UM, AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT, UM, AND IT'S JUST ONE VARIANCE AT THIS POINT. THE FOUR INCH ENCROACHMENT? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. TO GRANT THE VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? HEINZ, HEINZ, SEC CLARK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. UM, ITEM 1 0 8 THAT WOULD LIKE TO TAKE TOGETHER 1 0 8, 1 0 9, 1 10 AND ONE 11. THANK YOU. OKAY, SOON. JUST A LITTLE EXTRA FOR YOU . SO ITEM 1 0 8 HAWKLEY MEADOW. GP, DO I NEED TO READ ALL THE SECTION AND SECTION RIGHT? THAT'S OKAY. YOU'RE GONNA DO 1 0 8 THROUGH ONE 11 TOGETHER? YEAH. OKAY. BUT THE VARIANT FOR THE GP ONLY, SO THE SITE LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY, SOUTH OF BECCA ROAD AND EAST OF WARREN ROAD DRIVE, THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND IS REQUESTING TRUE VARIANCES. ONE IS TO NOT PROVIDE 20 P RIGHT AWAY ALONG BECA ROAD AND SECOND TO EXIT INTERSECTION FACING ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN PLOT BOUNDARY BY NOT PROVIDING AN EAST, WEST STREET ALONG THE 60 FOOT NARROW STRIP. SO THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO THE FURTHER GP AND SECTION PER CHAPTER 42 STANDARD TO ALLOW TIME TO, FOR THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND TO MAKE CORRECTION ON THE GP AND SECTION. AND TO ADDRESS EXCESSIVE INTERSECTION FACING ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN GP BOUNDARY, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE ANOTHER NORTH SOUTH STREET CONNECTION. OKAY. OKAY. AND THAT CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION. OKAY. UM, SO, AND YOUR RECOMMENDATION THEN IS TO DEFER EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING. BECAUSE WE CAN'T ACT ON THE SECTIONS. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR, UM, MS. RODRIGUEZ? UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP ON THIS. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER ITEM 1 0 8, 1 0 9, 1 10 AND ONE 11. IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER VICTOR K KALI? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM ONE 12. ITEM ONE 12 MANSFIELD TERRACE. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMIT NORTH OF WEST CHEEK WILL ROAD AND WEST OF WHITLEY STREET IN HOMES. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 15 LOTS IN ALONG TYPE TWO PRIVATE ROAD AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO NOT PROVIDE A NORTH SOUTH PUBLIC STREET THROUGH THE SITE. SO STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLA TO ALLOW STAFF TO COORDINATE WITH THE APPLICANT TO SEE OTHER OPTION FOR THE, AND NO PUBLIC COMMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED IN ADVANCE. OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. RODRIGUEZ? I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS ONE. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION? VERA BLAND? IS THERE A SECOND? KLE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM ONE 13. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS JOHN PHILLIPS. YOU, ITEM ONE 13 IS SOLI STATE. THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A TWO POINT 25 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HARRIS COUNTY EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION SOUTH OF ALDEEN, MAIL ROUTE AND EAST OF AIRLINE DRIVE. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A SINGLE RESERVE RESTRICTED TO MULTIFAMILY AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO NOT EXTEND NOR TERMINATE WITH THE CUL-DE-SAC. AMSLER AVENUE STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUESTED VARIANCE. THE SITE IS BOUNDED TO THE EAST AND WEST BY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH BY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. WITH ITS ONLY POINT OF ACCESS BEING AMSLER [00:40:01] AVENUE, THE DEVELOPER DESIRES TO PLACE A TOTAL OF FOUR MOBILE HOMES WITH A LARGE METAL GARAGE ON THE PROPERTY. THE WESTERN 60 FEET OF THE PROPERTY IS TAKEN UP BY THE ADJACENT WATER WELL AND SANITARY SEWER EASEMENTS WHILE THE MAJORITY OF THE EASTERN HALF OF THE PROPERTY IS TAKEN UP BY THE EXISTING WATER WELL AND EASEMENT AS WELL, MAKING ANY EXPANSIVE DEVELOPMENT UNLIKELY. HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEER HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUESTED VARIANCE. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MA'AM, CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CILLO? SO THIS IS GONNA BE A MULTI-FAMILY RESERVE RESTRICTED. IT WAS INITIALLY SO, UH, PROPOSED TO BE AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE, BUT IT WOULD BE BETTER TO RESTRICT IT TO MULTI-FAMILY. THAT WAY IT'S KIND OF MORE LIMB ON WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE DONE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE WELLS THERE, IT KEEPS IT FROM BEING ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD BE OKAY. INTRUSIVE. AND, AND THE THREE, THE THREE MANUFACTURED HOME OR CORRECT MOBILE HOMES. OKAY. UM, OKAY. I DON'T HAVE, UH, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS FOR MR. CILLO, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS. UM, IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION FOR, UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, WHICH IS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN? CLARK? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND JONES. OH, SORRY. IS IT OKAY, JONES? ALRIGHT. OKAY. THAT WAS CLARK AND JONES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM ONE 14. ITEM ONE 14 IS ST. JOHN'S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH PARTIAL REPLAY NUMBER ONE. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS WITHIN THE WA WALKABLE PLACE DESIGNATION IN MIDTOWN AT THE NORTH, AT THE NORTHERN INTERSECTION OF GRAY STREET, JACKSON STREET, AND CRAWFORD STREET. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE INTENDED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE AND IS REQUESTING A ZERO FOOT BUILDING LINE ADJACENT TO INTERSTATE 45, WHICH IS TEX PROPERTY. STAFF WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT THIS SITE IS LOCATED ALONG BOTH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY WALKABLE PLACE STREETS. THE SITE PLAN INDICATES SUPPORT COLUMNS ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE EXISTING PEDESTRIAN REALM AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS EASEMENT ALONG CRAWFORD STREET. STAFF WILL DISCUSS OPTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT TO ADDRESS THIS CONCERN DURING THE DEFERRAL PERIOD. WITH THAT MADAM CHAIR, STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRING THE APPLICATION FOR, FOR TWO WEEKS FOR FURTHER STUDY AND REVIEW. AND MADAM CHAIR, I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CRIDDLE BEFORE I CALL THE SPEAKERS? IF NOT, OKAY. FIRST SPEAKER IS JOHN REZ, R-E-N-T-Z. MR. RENTZ, ARE YOU THERE? HE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE PRESENT. DANIEL EDMONDS. E-D-M-U-N-D-S? YES. COME FORWARD PLEASE. HI, GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. MY NAME IS DANIEL EDMONDS. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF 1500 GRAY LLC. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 1500 GRAY OWNS THE GREEN SPACE THAT IS CADDY CORNERED TO THE LOT. I I HEARD THE PRESENTATION. UH, THIS IS WITHIN, UH, THE WALKABLE SPACES ORDINANCE. UH, COUNTLESS HOURS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAVE BEEN SPENT BY THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND ITS CITIZENS IN PURSUIT OF A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE MADE POSSIBLE BY THOSE ORDINANCES. THIS INCLUDES THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, THE CITY COUNCIL, THIS PLANNING COMMISSION, THE WALKABLE PLACE, THE WALKABLE PLACES COMMITTEE, AND MANY OTHERS. WHEN WE INVESTED IN MIDTOWN, IT WAS AN INVESTMENT IN THE CITY'S PLANS FOR ITS FUTURE. CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED THE WALKABLE PLACES AND TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCES IN AUGUST OF 2020. WE UNDERSTAND THAT IN ORDER TO PURSUE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, THE CITY IMPLEMENTED THESE ORDINANCES AND THESE BUILDING STANDARDS. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY PROMOTE MEANINGFUL ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSIT, SAFE AND EFFECTIVE PEDESTRIAN REALMS AND VIABLE MODES OF ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION. DEPENDENCY UPON CARS, EVEN WITHIN ITS URBAN CORE IS NE SOMETHING THAT NEGATIVELY DISTINGUISHES HOUSTON FROM. ITS FROM OTHER MAJOR CITIES IN THIS COUNTRY. THE CURRENT ORDINANCES REFLECT A UNANIMOUS VISION FOR HOUSTON'S FUTURE AND MUST BE ENFORCED. THE VARIANCE REQUEST DOES NOT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR RECEIVING A VARIANCE. IT SIMPLY ESTABLISHES THAT THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS WOULD SHRINK THE BUILDABLE AREA, BUT THIS JUSTIFICATION CANNOT SUPPORT A VARIANCE BECAUSE IT WOULD BE TRUE OF EVERY SETBACK REQUIREMENT, AND IT WOULD APPLY EQUALLY TO EVERYONE ALONG THE I FOUR I 45 CORRIDOR AND PIERCE ELEVATED, UH, WHICH IS A POSITION, A POSITION OF STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE FOR, UH, THE FUTURE OF THIS CITY. GIVEN T TDOT'S, UM, PLAN TO REROUTE. AND THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, TALK ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THAT PIERCE ELEVATED STREET. IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTICED. UM, THIS JUSTIFICATION, AGAIN, CANNOT SUPPORT [00:45:01] A VARIANCE BECAUSE IT WOULD BE APPLICABLE TO EVERYONE IF IT JUST, IF THE JUSTIF, IF THIS JUSTIFIES AN EXCEPTION, THEN THERE REALLY IS NO RULE. IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT THE APPLICANT WOULD BE REQUESTING THIS VARIANCE EVEN IF THE SETBACK LIMIT WERE 15, 10, OR EVEN EIGHT FEET, AS IT AS IT WAS PRIOR TO THE INITIATIVE OF CREATING MORE, UH, WALKABLE REALMS. IT'S, IT'S NOT THE NEWLY 25 FOOT SETBACK THAT THE APPLICANT APPEARS TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH. IT'S ANY SETBACK AT ALL. THIS PROBLEM WAS SELF-CREATED. THE APPLICANT OWNS THAT ENTIRE CITY BLOCK. THERE'S NO UNUSUAL PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS REGARDING THAT CITY BLOCK. THE APPLICANT, UH, MADE PRIOR CONSTRUCTION DECISIONS THAT RESULTED IN, UH, THE PORTION OF THE EMPTY SPACE THAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO BUILD ON. NOW BECAUSE OF THESE PRIOR DECISIONS, THEY'RE ALWAYS GONNA NEED A VARIANCE FOR A ZERO FOOT BUILDING LINE. IF HOUSTON IS SERIOUS TO CATCHING UP ABOUT THE, TO THE OTHER MAJOR CITIES AND ENHANCING THE LIVABILITY OF URBAN CORE, IT SHOULD ENFORCE THESE STANDARDS VARIANCES SHOULD BE RARE AND BASED UPON ACTUAL UNUSUAL PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROPERTY AND NOT PRIOR CONSTRUCTION DECI DECISIONS. UH, CO CONFLICTING WITH CURRENT SETBACK REQUIREMENTS. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. AND I'LL ASK THE COMMISSIONERS IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER. NO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS, UH, AYAS. I HOPE I PRONOUNCE THAT RIGHT. HI, COME FORWARD. HI. HELLO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND MY FELLOW RESIDENTS. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. MY NAME IS SHALE RES AND I AM A RESIDENT OF MIDTOWN. I LIVE ONE BLOCK FROM THE PROPOSED PROJECT SITE. MIDTOWN IS A COMMUNITY THAT PROMISES A PE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY URBAN LIVING EXPERIENCE, BUT HAS NOT DELIVERED IN THE RECENT YEARS. I FEAR THE PROPOSED VARIANCE FOR A NEW BUILDING PROJECT WILL FURTHER SHRINK THE PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS AND UNDERMINE OUR COLLECTIVE VISION FOR MIDTOWNS FUTURE, WHICH FEATURES SAFE WALK, WALKABLE STREETS, ACCESSIBLE TRANSIT, AND GREEN SPACES. THE PROPOSED BUILDING SETBACK OF ZERO FEET, LEAVES NO ROOM FOR PEDESTRIANS AND UNDERMINES THIS VISION. IT CREATES NARROW, DANGEROUS AND UNATTRACTIVE PEDESTRIAN SPACES. IT PUTS BUILDINGS FLUSH WITH THE STREETS INSTEAD OF SAFE, PEDESTRIAN, UH, PATHWAYS AND VIBRANT GREEN SPACES. THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT TODAY, IT'S ABOUT HOUSTON THAT WE LEAVE FOR OUR GENERATIONS. GRANTING THIS VARIANT SETS A PEDE, UH, DESCENDANT THAT COULD ERODE OUR PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY VISION. THE REASON GIVEN FOR THIS VARIANCE WOULD EQUALLY APPLY TO EVERYONE WHO ACTS FOR VARIANCE TODAY. THIS, IT'S ONE BUILDING TOMORROW, IT'S ANOTHER, THEN ANOTHER RESIDENTS LIKE ME WHO DESIRE A LIVABLE, WALKABLE URBAN LIFESTYLE WILL BE FORCED OUT OF THE CITY. I URGE THE COUNCIL AND THE DEVELOPERS TO RECONSIDER THE PROPOSED PLANS. LET'S FIND A COMPROMISE THAT ALIGNS WITH OUR COMMUNITY'S VISION AND ORDINANCES. IN CLOSING, I ASK THE COUNCIL TO STAND WITH RESIDENTS TO UP, UPLOAD, UPHOLD AND PRE THE PRINCIPLES OF OUR PRE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY VISION AND TO REJECT THE VARIANCE. THANK YOU. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. REYES? THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. THANK YOU. UM, AND THE FINAL SPEAKER I HAVE SIGNED UP IS WILLIAM HOGUE, ALTHOUGH I MAY BE GETTING SOME MORE HERE. AND HI. AND IT'S H-O-G-U-E. YEAH. GREAT. OH, YOU GOT IT RIGHT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN MILL, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. UH, MY NAME IS WILLIAM HOGUE. I WORK AT MIDTOWN JUST A BLOCK AWAY FROM THE PROPOSED PROJECT SITE. MY JOB RELIES ON ATTRACTING PEOPLE TO THE MIDTOWN AREA. THIS REQUIRES A SAFE, WALKABLE, VIBRANT MIDTOWN. IN RECENT YEARS, THIS HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE. I THINK THE CITY COUNCIL GOT IT RIGHT WHEN THEY IN UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED THE WALKABLE SPACES ORDINANCE. UH, AND THIS VISION IS GOING TO BECOME A REALITY. WE MUST ENFORCE THE ORDINANCE. IMPORTANT DECISION, UH, MUST BE MADE ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THE PIERCE ELEVATED THE FORMER MCDONALD'S AND THE OLD GROUND GREYHOUND BUS STATION. ZERO SETBACKS HIGH RISE WOULD LIMIT THE CITY'S FUTURE OPTIONS IN CREATING ACCESSIBLE GREEN SPACES AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE PIERCE ELEVATE ELEVATED, UH, PRESERVING HOUSTON SUSTAINABLE FUTURE RATHER THAN LIMITING TO THE EXISTING. WHY THE CURRENT ORDINANCE EXISTS. I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE APPLICANT'S CURRENT STRUCTURE AND WHAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING RENOVATED FOR SIMILAR PURPOSES. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO MORE RENTABLE UNITS, BUT I AM OPPOSED TO LESS WALKABLE SPACES, PARTICULARLY ALONG THE PIERCE ELEVATED, WHICH HAS SIGNIFICANT FUTURE POTENTIAL. IT SEEMS AS THE APPLICANT HAS THE ABILITY TO MEET ITS GOAL AND [00:50:01] MORE RENTAL UNITS BY RETHINKING, UH, ITS CURRENT RENOVATION PLANS FOR THE EXISTING STRUCTURE IN THE WAY THAT WOULD, UH, REQUIRE VARIANCE INSTEAD OF THE APPLICANT IS JUST PROPOSING TO BUILD ANOTHER STANDALONE BUILDING IN A WAY WHICH WE REQUIRE THE VARIANCE. UH, IF THE APPLICANT'S, UH, RATIONAL IS ACCEPTED, I WOULD APPLY EQUAL TO EVERYONE TO MIDTOWN. THE POINT OF THE SETBACK IS TO RETHINK TRADITIONAL CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTION MODELS AND THE WAY THEY INCREASES WALKABLE SPACES RATHER THAN ERASING THEM. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF MINE AND OTHER COMMENTS IN OPPOSITION TO THE VARIANCE. OKAY, THANK YOU MR. HOGUE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? THANKS FOR BEING HERE TODAY. THANK YOU. UM, THE, WE DO HAVE, UM, CARLOS ESPINOZA WHO IS REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT. ARE YOU THERE, MR. ESPINOZA? HI, UH, NO, I'M NOT REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT. OH, I'M SORRY. I'M RESIDENT. I'M SORRY. OKAY. I'M A RESIDENT OF MIDTOWN. I'M HERE AS A MIDTOWN RESIDENT. I SHOULDN'T HAVE JUMPED TO THAT CONCLUSION. THANK YOU. GO RIGHT AHEAD. THANK YOU. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, CARLOS ESPINOZA HERE. I'M MIDTOWN RESIDENT. I AM IN SUPPORT OF THE VARIANCE REQUESTS. I LIVE WITHIN A FIVE MINUTE WALK FROM THIS PROJECT. I AM EXTREMELY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS KIND OF WALKABLE DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING IN MIDTOWN. AND IF NEEDED, I CAN BRING MORE PEOPLE FOR THE NEXT MEETING TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT. WE NEED MORE HOUSING, WE NEED MORE WALKABLE, UH, BUILDINGS IN MIDTOWN. AND THAT ZERO FOOT SETBACK ALONG 45 ALIGNS WITH TECH SOS UH, PLAN TO REMOVE, UM, THE ELEVATED HIGHWAY IN THE FUTURE. SO IT'LL BE A PERFECT ALIGNMENT WITH THAT NEW WALKABLE DEVELOPMENT THAT EVENTUALLY THE DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT OR THE MIDTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT WILL TAKE OVER AND BUILD A PARK OR, YOU KNOW, A BOULEVARD DOWN THE STREET. SO I'M 100% IN SUPPORT OF IT AND I'M AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE MIDTOWN SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. AND LIKE I SAID, I LIVE WITHIN FIVE MINUTES OF 100 SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. MR. ESPINOZA? OKAY, THANK YOU. UH, THOSE ARE THE ONLY SPEAKERS I HAVE SIGNED. IF THERE'S NOBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS, UM, WE WILL TURN TO WHAT WE WANNA DO WITH IT. AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER, TO WORK OUT SOME ISSUES YES. THAT WE HAVE, INCLUDING THE, THE WALKABLE PLACES. ENCROACHMENT, YEAH. UM, ANY DISCUSSION? YES, COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG? UM, I THINK IT'S A UNIQUE CHALLENGING PROJECT. MM-HMM . AND, UH, MY, MY REALLY ONLY QUESTION IS IN THE SITE PLAN OF THE FIRST FLOOR, YOU CAN GO TO THAT GRAPHIC. I CAN'T TELL SOME DRAWINGS MAKE IT APPEAR. THERE IS LITERALLY NO SIDEWALK. AND THIS DRAWING MAKES IT APPEAR. THERE IS SOME SIDEWALK, WHAT IS THE PEDESTRIAN REALM PATH OF CLEAR PASSAGE IN THIS AREA THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IN THIS DRAWING. SO THAT'S A PART OF THE DEFERRAL. WE WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE DIMENSIONS, UH, ARE. BUT, UM, SOME HISTORY. THIS WAS ALREADY PLATTED, THIS WAS PREVIOUSLY PLATTED AS A, UM, WITH A 15 FOOT PEDESTRIAN REALM WITH A ABOUT A SIX POINT, A SIX AND A HALF FOOT, UH, PEDESTRIAN EASEMENT WITHIN THE PROPERTY. SO, UH, IT'S NOT CLEAR BASED ON THE SITE PLAN. IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT THEY'RE GONNA MEET, UM, THE REQUIREMENTS AS FAR AS NO STRUCTURES WITHIN THAT 15, UM, WITHIN THAT 15 FOOT PEDESTRIAN REALM. UM, AND THE SETBACK IS REFERRING TO THE WHOLE BUILDING FACE ALL THE WAY UP. SO, UM, SO THE QUESTION IS SOLELY THE PEDESTRIAN REALM. THE ZERO FOOT SETBACK FOR THE BUILDING ON THE UPPER FLOORS ISN'T NECESSARY THE ISSUE. IT'S, IT'S SOLELY THE PEDESTRIAN. SO THE, THE VARIANCE REQUEST RIGHT NOW, THE VARIANCE REQUEST ISN'T RELATED TO THE CRAWFORD STREET, WHICH WE HAVE A CONCERN WITH. THE VARIANCE REQUEST IS FOR, OR IS ON THE NORTHERN PROPERTY BOUNDARY ADJACENT TO UH, RIGHT, THE FREEWAY. MM-HMM . BUT THAT'S THE ONE THEY'RE ATTEMPTING TO BUILD THE FACE OF THE BUILDING THAT'S CORRECT. UP TO THE PROPERTY? YEAH. THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. SO THEY COULD RECESS THE GROUND FLOOR. YES SIR. AND THAT OKAY. YEAH. THANKS. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, OKAY. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE ITEM IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER MOTION GARZA SECOND CLARK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM ONE 15. ITEM ONE 15 IS STAR WINDOWS BUSINESS CENTER. UH, THIS APPLICATION WAS DEFERRED AT THE PREVIOUS PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. UH, THIS SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY AT THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF ASH, ASHWORTH STREET AND MAGNOLIA STREET. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A DUAL BUILDING LINE VARIANCE OF 6.6 AND A HALF FEET FOR STRUCTURE ALONG MAGNOLIA STREET. STAFF [00:55:01] IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. THE PROPOSED RESERVE CONSISTS OF MULTIPLE LOTS FROM THE MOUNT HOUSTON SUBDIVISION. THIS SITE OPERATES AS AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THAT HAS PLANS FOR EXPANSION WITH THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION PLAT. ONE OF THE EXISTING WAREHOUSES ON THE PROPERTY WAS CONSTRUCTED WITHIN THE 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE OF MAGNOLIA STREET BY SIX AND A HALF FEET. THIS DUAL BUILDING LINE REQUESTS IS TO BRING THE WAREHOUSE INTO COMPLIANCE. MAGNOLIA STREET IS A PLATTED 60 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY, BUT HAS NOT BEEN CONSTRUCTED AND IS CURRENTLY UNIMPROVED. THE SITE CURRENTLY TAKES ACCESS FROM ASHWORTH STREET AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. TO HELP MITIGATE THE REQUEST FOR THE DUAL BUILDING LINE, THE APPLICANT HAS WORKED WITH STAFF TO PROVIDE A FIVE WOOD SIDE, FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK AND LANDSCAPING BUFFER ALONG THE ASHWORTH STREET RIGHT OF WAY. STAFF HAS COORDINATED WITH HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING OFFICE AND THEY HAVE VOICED NO OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST. MADAM CHAIR STAFF HAS ALSO PLACED A CONDITION ON THE CPC 1 0 1 TO PROVIDE PROOF THAT THE EXISTING FENCE STRUCTURE IS GOING TO BE REMOVED FROM WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY AT THE TIME OF RECOMMENDATION. MADAM CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. K CRIDDLE? UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS, AS MR. CRIDDLE SAID TO GRANT AND APPROVE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION MAD PACA AMANDA PACA SECOND CLARK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ONE 16. GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS TAMMY WILLIAMSON. ITEM ONE 16 IS STASSIN VIEWS. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMITS BETWEEN SCOTT STREET AND CULLEN BOULEVARD, NORTH OF BELFORT STREET AND SOUTH OF IH SIX 10 SOUTH LOOP. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWO LOTS ON A SHARED DRIVEWAY AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG STASSIN STREET BY NOT EXTENDING NOR TERMINATING IN A CUL-DE-SAC. ALBERTA STREET STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. ALBERTA STREET SOUTH OF SUNFLOWER STREET IS UNAPPROVED AND IS PART OF THE BROOKHAVEN EDITION PLATTED IN 1935. THE SUBJECT TRACT IS WITHIN THE RECORDED SUBJECT IN SUNNYSIDE COURT RECORDED IN 1931. STRICT INTERPRETATION OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES A PUBLIC STREET TERMINATING AT THE PLAT BOUNDARY TO BE EXTENDED UNLESS IT MEETS FIVE REQUIREMENTS. IN THIS CASE, TWO CONDITIONS ARE NOT MET. THE EXTENSION OF THE STREET IS REQUIRED FOR INTERSECTION SPACING AND THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION IS EXTENDING RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG STASSIN STREET. THE INTERSECTION SPACING BETWEEN SCOTT STREET AND MCLEAN STREET IS APPROXIMATELY 1,860 FEET. 8 32 0.8% DEVIATION FROM THE STANDARD REQUIREMENT REQUIRING ALBERTA STREET TO EXTEND THROUGH THE PROPERTY TO STASSIN STREET WOULD RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF THE PROPERTY'S BUILDABLE AREA, ONLY LEAVING APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET IN WIDTH AFTER THE SETBACKS. THIS WOULD STILL REQUIRE THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER TO THE EAST TO LIKEWISE DEDICATE FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY EXTENSION TO BE CONSTRUCTABLE. HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST. THEREFORE, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM. CONDITIONS STAFF HAS RECEIVED TWO PUBLIC MENTS IN ADVANCE. ONE IN SUPPORT OF THE VARIANCE AND THE OTHER NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT IN GENERAL. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. OKAY, THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. WILLIAMSON? UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION HINES. WOW. HINES AND HEINZ AND SIGLER. OKAY. THE WINNERS . ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM ONE 17. GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS PETRA SHAW. ITEM ONE 17 IS SUNDANCE COVE EAST GP. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE HOUSTON ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY NORTH ALONG FOLEY ROAD IN WEST OF DALLAS ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A GENERAL PLAN AND IS REQUESTING A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO ALLOW A 450 50 FOOT INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND TWO VARIANCES. UM, TO ALLOW A 1800 FOOT CENTER LINE RADIUS ALONG THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE OF EAST LAKE HOUSTON PARKWAY AND TO ALSO EXCEED 1400 [01:00:01] FEET INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE GP. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUESTS. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO ALLOW AN INTERSECTION SPACING IS 450 FEET ALONG THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE OF EAST LAKE HOUSTON PARKWAY DUE TO THE FUTURE DETENTION RESERVES TO THE NORTH, WHICH IS A 25% DEVIATION FROM THE STANDARD REQUIREMENT OF 600 FEET. THE APPLICANT IS ALSO REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW AN 1800 FEET CENTER LINE RADIUS ALONG THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE OF EAST LAKE HOUSTON PARKWAY IN LIEU OF THE REQUIRED 2000 FEET AND 1800 FEET. CENTER LINE RADIUS IS PROPOSED TO MATCH THE ALIGNMENT OF EAST LAKE HOUSTON PARKWAY WITHIN THE SUNNOVA DEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTH AND THE DESCENDANCE COVE DEVELOPMENT TO THE NORTHWEST. THE PROPOSED CENTERLINE RADIUS IS ONLY A 10% DEVIATION FROM THE STANDARD REQUIREMENT OF 2000 FEET, WHICH IS NOT DISPROPORTIONATE. FURTHERMORE, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED 1400 FEET INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE GP BY NOT PROVIDING A STUB ALONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY. LOCATED JUST NORTH OF THE PROPOSED GP IS AN UNDEVELOPED TRACT WITH EXISTING PONDS AND COUNTRY OAKS IN UNRECORDED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION AND LOCATED JUST NORTH OF BOTH OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS IS ANOTHER EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. THESE EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS WILL PREVENT A NORTH SOUTH STREET FROM EXTENDING FURTHER NORTH. HARRIS COUNTY HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO THE REQUESTS. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED SPECIAL EXCEPTION AND TWO VARIANCES AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. SHAW? UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS THERE BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN, QUITE QUITE EXTENSIVE. . ANY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? OH, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO. NO. OKAY. JUST MOTION WE HAVE A MOTION COLLEAGUE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND ROBINS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES AND I, I'M SORRY. I FORGOT TO NOTE THAT THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT FOR QUESTIONS. I HOPE THERE WERE NO QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. THANK YOU. UM, OKAY. THAT'LL TAKE US TO SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS. ITEM ONE 18. ITEM ONE 18 IS AVALON AT CYPRESS WEST SECTION FOUR. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE HOUSTON ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY ALONG GRAND PARKWAY, NORTH OF WEST ROAD AND WEST OF MASON ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 81 LOTS AND IS REQUESTING A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO TEMPORARILY EXCEED THE POINTS OF ACCESS REQUIREMENT BY ALLOWING 161 LOTS TO HAVE A SINGLE POINT OF ACCESS TO A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY UNTIL FUTURE SECTIONS EXTEND THE STREET PATTERN TO PROVIDE A SECOND POINT OF ACCESS. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST AVALON AT CYPRESS WEST. SECTION FOUR IS PART OF THE AVALON AT CYPRESS WEST GP. THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN 2022. SECTIONS ONE AND TWO OF AVALON CYPRESS WEST GP ARE RECORDED WITH THE INCLUSION OF SECTION FOUR. THERE WILL BE MORE THAN 150 LOTS THAT ARE RESTRICTED BY THE CHOKE POINT LOCATED SOUTH OF SECTION ONE AND WEST OF SECTION TWO. IN TOTAL SECTION TWO AND FOUR WILL HAVE A COMBINED 161 LOTS DUE TO THE PHASE DEVELOPMENT. THE REQUIRED SECTION POINT OF ACCESS WILL BE PROVIDED WHEN SECTION THREE IS PLOTTED. THE PROPOSED 161 LOTS IS A 7.3% DEVIATION FROM THE STANDARD OF 150 LOTS, WHICH IS NOT DISPROPORTIONATE. IN THE MEANTIME, THE APPLICANT WILL REPORT THE PORTION OF AVALON LANDING LANE FROM THE ENTRANCE OF SECTION TWO TO THE ENTRANCE OF SECTION FOUR HIGHLIGHTED IN RED TO ALLOW THE DISPERSION OF TRAFFIC FROM SECTION TWO AND FOUR THROUGH TWO POINTS INSTEAD OF ONE ONTO AVALON LANDING LANE. HARRIS COUNTY HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO THE REQUEST. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED SPECIAL EXCEPTION AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MS. SHAW. WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT AND APPROVE ANY DISCUSSION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION MANKA MANKA SECOND JONES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM ONE 19. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS JEFF BUTLER. ITEM ONE 19 IS TRILLIUM, SECTION 10. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN FORT BEND COUNTY WITHIN THE ETJ. ALONG A PROPOSED SEGMENT OF NETTE BETWEEN FM 1464 AND HARLEM. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION OF 71 LOTS. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO ALLOW SECTIONS NINE AND 10 TO ENCOMPASS 167 LOTS WITH ONE POINT OF ACCESS INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED TWO. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. THE STUDY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE TRILLIUM GENERAL PLAN ALONG A DEVELOPING SEGMENT OF BISSONNET. THIS MAJOR THOROUGHFARE HAS A PLANNED RIGHT AWAY WIDTH OF A HUNDRED FEET WILL EVENTUALLY CONNECT HARLEM FM 1462 THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE GP. WHEN ABUTTING SECTION, THE ABUTTING SECTION TO THE WEST IS PLATTED, THE SUBJECT SITE WILL HAVE THE REQUIRED TWO POINTS OF ACCESS. [01:05:02] THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO ALLOW SECTION 10 TO BE RECORDED WITHOUT SECTION 13 TEMPORARILY LEAVING IT WITH ONE POINT OF ACCESS. THE PROPOSED MAJOR THOROUGHFARE CONNECTION IN WEST FACING SUBST STREET PROVIDE REASONABLE ASSURANCE THAT THE SITE WILL EVENTUALLY FEATURE TWO POINTS OF ACCESS. THE DEVIATION FROM STANDARD IS JUST OVER 10%. THE THRESHOLD THAT CHAPTER 42 DEFINES AS PROPORTIONATE TO THE ORDINANCE. FORT BEND COUNTY'S EXPRESSED THEIR SUPPORT FOR THIS APPLICATION. STAFF RECOMMENDS GRAIN THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION IN APPROVING THE PLAT PER THE CCPC ONE OH FORM CONDITIONS. WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENT. THIS ITEM, THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER? UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT AND APPROVE ANY DISCUSSION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? ALL ALLMAN SECOND CLARK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THAT WILL TAKE [f. Reconsiderations of Requirement (Geoff Butler) ] US TO SECTION F RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENTS. ITEM ONE 20. ITEM ONE 20 IS PALOMA WATER PLANT SITE. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ETJ WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY NORTH OF BECCA. IN WEST OF KICKAPOO. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A RESERVE FOR DEVELOPING A WATER PLANT. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR A UTILITY RESERVE TO BE ACCESSIBLE BY A 30 FOOT ACCESS EASEMENT RATHER THAN THE 50 FOOT PUBLIC STREET. STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRAL TO ALLOW TIME FOR THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE A DRAFT OF THE ACCESS EASEMENT FOR STAFF REVIEW. STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT IN THIS ITEM. THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. OKAY. QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER? UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 20. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER MOTION? AMANDA PARKER. AMANDA PARKER. SECOND ROBS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. IT IS DEFERRED. THAT'LL TAKE US TO SECTIONS, [Platting Activities g - i] GH AND I. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION IF IT PLEASES, EXCUSE ME. MY NAME IS ANTONIA JOHNSON. IF IT PLEADS TO THE COMMISSION, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SECTIONS. GHI AND J AS ONE GROUP. OKAY. OKAY. SECTIONS G. EXTENSIONS OF APPROVAL CONSISTS OF ITEMS 1 21 TO 1 31 SECTION H. NAME CHANGES CONSISTS OF ITEMS 1 32 TO 1 33 SECTION I CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE CONSISTS OF ITEMS 1 34. THERE ARE NO ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS. THE PLANNING DEVELOP, EXCUSE ME. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUESTS THE APPROVAL OF, OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SECTIONS, GH AND I. OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION FOR PERLE? SECOND VIRA BLAND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. UH, THAT TAKES US [k. Development Plats with Variance Requests (Geoff Butler) ] TO SECTION K DEVELOPMENT PLOTS WITH VARIANCE REQUESTS. ITEM 1 35 IS 1901 LEXINGTON STREET. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG LEXINGTON, SOUTH OF RICHMOND AND NORTH OF US. HIGHWAY 59. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A TWO STORY GARAGE APARTMENT ON AN EXIST BEHIND AN EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY HOME. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A DEVELOPMENT PLAT VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR THE GARAGE APARTMENT TO BE LOCATED WITHIN FIVE FEET OF THE REAR PROPERTY LINE RATHER THAN THE REQUIRED 25 FEET FOR FREEWAYS. STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRAL FOR FURTHER COORDINATION WITH CENTER POINT REGARDING NEARBY TRANSMISSION LINES. STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER? UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. IS THERE, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER? MOTION GARZA GARZA. SECOND VICTOR. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. UM, OKAY. THAT [II. Establish a public hearing date of April 18, 2024 ] TAKES US TO ROMAN NUMERAL TWO, WHICH, UH, IS TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF APRIL 18TH, 2024. FOR THE ITEMS, THE APPLICATIONS LISTED ON THE SCREEN, IS THERE A MOTION TO ESTABLISH APRIL 18TH? MOTION CLARK CLARK GARZA? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. AND ROMAN [III. Consideration of an Off-Street Parking Variance at 201 Eastwood Street (Geoff Butler)] NUMERAL THREE IS CONSIDERATION OF AN OFF STREET PARKING VARIANCE AT 2 0 1 EASTWOOD STREET, MR. BUTLER 2 0 1 EASTWOOD STREET. THIS WAS DEFERRED AT THE LAST MEETING. THE STUDY IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT NORTH OF HARRISBURG, SOUTH OF CANAL AND WEST OF LOCKWOOD. THE APPLICANT IS RETROFITTING AN EXISTING MULTI-FAMILY STRUCTURE TO DEVELOP 11 EFFICIENCY IN ONE BEDROOM HOMES. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE FROM THE OFF STREET PARKING ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE NO ON STREET PARKING ON THE SITE AS OPPOSED TO THE REQUIRED 14 SPACES. STAFF RECOMMENDS A SECOND DEFERRAL TO ALLOW TIME TO COORDINATE WITH OTHER CITY PERMITTING AGENCIES TO DETERMINE [01:10:01] IF THE UNITS CONSTRUCTED CONFORMED TO BUILDING REGULATIONS. THE SITE CONSISTS OF ONE AND A HALF STORY STRUCTURE AND REAR ACCESSORY STRUCTURE ON A CORNER LOT. THIS PROPERTY HAD PREVIOUSLY EXISTED AS A FIVEPLEX APARTMENT COMMUNITY BASED ON REVIEW OF HCA RECORDS, PREVIOUS REAL ESTATE LISTINGS AND GOOGLE STREET VIEW IMAGES. THE PREVIOUS CONFIGURATION WAS GRANDFATHERED FROM THE CURRENT PARKING REQUIREMENTS DUE TO HIS LONGSTANDING USE IN THIS CONDITION. THE APPLICANT HAS SINCE ALTERED THE PROPERTY HOUSE 11 UNITS AND IS NOW REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH CURRENT STANDARDS. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN AN AREA WELL SERVED BY OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION FOR FLEXIBLE APPLICATION OF THE PARKING ORDINANCE. HOWEVER, FURTHER COORDINATION IS NECESSARY TO DETERMINE IF THE UNITS ADDED COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE BUILDING AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS. STAFF RECOMMENDS A SECOND DEFERRAL TO ALLOW TIME TO MEET WITH AFFECTED AGENCIES. WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT. THIS ITEM, THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER FOR THE DEFERRAL PERIOD? YES. COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG EARLY. UM, IT'S VERY JUDICIOUS TO GO THROUGH AND ASK ALL THE OTHER BUILDING DEPARTMENTS, BUT, UM, 14 RESIDENCES WITH ZERO PARKING. I MEAN, IS THAT EVEN SOMETHING WE'D WANNA CONSIDER ? WELL, IT'S 11 RESIDENCES. OKAY. THEY, THEY REQUIRED 14 SPACES WHEN YOU ADD UP THE RIGHT, I MEAN IT'S BY RIGHT. THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED JUST A BLOCK SOUTH OF HERE. IT IT'S WITHIN A TRANSIT AREA. OKAY. AND THEN THERE'S A, ANOTHER TRANSIT AREA WHICH IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO, IF IT WERE ON THE BLOCK NORTH, IT WOULD QUALIFY FOR A 50% REDUCTION BY RATE. UM, THAT AND THE EXIT, THE LONGSTANDING USE AS IT'S BEEN AND OTHER SIMILAR USES THERE. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING. UM, THEY'VE ADDED A NUMBER OF UNITS TO IT. SO PRESUMABLY THOSE WOULD ADD MORE DEMAND FOR VEHICLES. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE ALSO CONSIDERING. COMMISSIONER, IS THERE ANY, IS THERE ANY RE PARKING REMOTELY CLOSE BY THAT CAN BE USED? SO THERE'S TWO AREAS SORT OF ON THE PROPERTY THAT ARE, WERE, HAVE BEEN USED FOR PARKING. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY'RE NOT TO STANDARD FOR, FOR PARKING SPACE REQUIREMENTS. THERE'S ONE IN THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY, BUT IT'S ONLY 16 FEET DEEP THAT EVEN IF IT WERE DEEP ENOUGH, IT WOULD ONLY HOLD THREE CARS. THEN THERE'S ANOTHER AREA IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING THAT'S ALL WITHIN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. AND THAT'S ALL HEAD IN PARKING, WHICH IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT'S DISCOURAGED. 'CAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE PREVIOUS STREET VIEW IMAGES, YOU SEE CARS ARE PULLED UP ALL THE WAY TO THE FACADE OF THE BUILDING. SO IT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL TO CLOSE THOSE AREAS. SO AT LEAST THE AREA IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING, WHICH FRONTS TWO STREETS WOULD HAVE SPACE TO, TO PARALLEL PARK. PERFECT. OKAY. GREAT. AND THEN THE, UM, THREE PEOPLE MOVE IN AND OUT A LOT. THAT MIGHT BE A LOADING DOCK. THANKS SIR. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BIERA BLAND. GOT IT. SO, BUT THEY'RE NOT EXPANDING THIS FACILITY. THEY'RE GONNA GET 11 UNITS IN THAT BUILDING THAT WE SEE RIGHT NOW. RIGHT. THE FOOTPRINT AND THE ENVELOPE THAT STAYS THE SAME. THEY'VE ADDED UNITS IN THE ATTIC AND I THINK REDUCED THE SIZE OF SOME OF THE ONES IN THE GROUND FLOOR. OKAY. I DO HAVE A COMMENT NOW. . OKAY. COMMISSIONER , COMMISSIONER VIER OF LAND. UM, YEAH, THIS IS VERY INTERESTING. IF FROM A LIFE AND SAFETY POINT OF VIEW, IT'S SAFE TO LIVE TO HAVE THAT MANY UNITS IN THE BUILDING. I'M NOT NECESSARILY OPPOSED IF PEOPLE ARE SELF-SELECTING TO MOVE INTO A BUILDING WITH NO PARKING. THESE ARE ONE BEDROOMS AND, AND EFFICIENCY UNITS AND IT'S A, I MEAN, WE CAN'T PROVE THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE AFFORDABLE. BUT IF IT IS TARGETED AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WITH NO TRANSPORTATION, WITH NO PERSONAL VEHICLES, I DON'T KNOW WHY I, I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M OPPOSED MAY. YEAH, PLEASE. GOOD. AND, AND I AGREE WITH YOU. I, UM, WHAT WE DIDN'T SEE TODAY WAS THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS REALLY COME UP. I LIVE CLOSE BY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS REALLY COME UP. PEOPLE ARE TAKING CARE OF THEIR YARDS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO JUNK CARS. IT'S REALLY VERY, VERY NICE. AND I THINK IF I LIVED THERE, I WOULD NOT BE SO HAPPY ABOUT THIS COMING UP. I, LIKE YOU DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE PARKING. THERE'S A, IT'S VERY WALKABLE. EVERYTHING IS CLOSE BY. THE ISSUE THAT I HAVE IS THERE SHOULD BE AT LEAST TWO FIRE ESCAPES TO THAT SECOND FLOOR. I MEAN, YOU WOULD HAVE TO COME DOWN A CENTRAL STAIRCASE TO GET OUT OF THAT BUILDING. AND RIGHT NOW, IF YOU GO BACK TO THAT, THE SIDE ELEVATION, IT LOOKS LIKE THE CEILING IS SIX FEET TALL. MM-HMM . I MEAN, I COULD LIVE THERE, HOBBITS COULD LIVE THERE. BUT LOOK, I, I JUST, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT IS THE, AGAIN, WITH COMMISSIONER, THE PARKING IS THE LEAST OF IT. I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE PARKING AT ALL. I MEAN, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THERE WERE BIKE RACKS AND THE LIKE, BUT, UH, I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE UPSTAIRS UNITS. I DON'T THINK THAT THEY'RE GONNA MEET CODE. THAT'S MY NUMBER ONE, UH, PROBLEM WITH THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. BUT, BUT FROM OUR STANDPOINT, IT'S THE PARKING, RIGHT? [01:15:01] YEAH. YEAH. WE'RE WE'RE, I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE WORRIED PERMIT YEAH. THAT NONE OF THAT'S YEAH. FOR OUR CONSIDERATION, JUST THE PARKING IS RIGHT. YEP. YEAH. UM, I HAVE A, AFTER YOUR REVIEW, YOU WILL PROBABLY HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT AFTER TALKING TO SOME OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS ABOUT THE RIGHT. RIGHT. THOSE ISSUES, WE WANT TO, BECAUSE WE'RE BASING THE, THE PARKING COUNT ON THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT ARE THERE, THAT ARE ASSERTED, THAT ARE PRESUMABLY LEGAL. BUT IT'S CALLED INTO QUESTION IF THEY ARE, UH, UP TO CODE. SO IF THEY AREN'T, THEY SHOULDN'T BE COUNTING TOWARDS THE AMOUNT OF PARKING REQUIRED. UH, SO THE END RESULT OF THIS COULD BE, UM, LESS UNITS IN THE BUILDING AND LESS OF A REQUEST. OKAY. COMMISSIONER COLVARD? YES. HI. UM, CAN YOU, UM, LOOK INTO THE ACCESSIBILITY ACCESSIBLE PARKING REQUIREMENTS? OF COURSE. UM, AS WELL AS ACCESSIBLE, MAKING SURE THAT THE WHOLE AREA AROUND IT IS ACCESSIBLE AS WELL. UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ADDRESSED DURING THE DEFERRAL PERIOD. OKAY. CERTAINLY GOT THAT. WE GOT IT. GREAT. UM, ANYBODY ELSE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS? OKAY, THEN, UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER, UH, ROMAN NUMERAL THREE MOTION, GARZA GARZA, ALLMAN ALLMAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SORRY. THE APP. OH, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK OR I DIDN'T HAVE YOU ON MY, YOU DIDN'T SIGN UP TO SPEAK, BUT YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME. BUT STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD SPOT YOU WERE THERE. IT'S OKAY. MY NAME'S LUKE FRY. I'M THE OWNER OF 2 0 1 EASTWOOD STREET. UH, WHEN WE PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY, IT ALREADY HAD ALL THE UNITS THAT WERE, THAT WERE IN THERE. UH, ALL WE DID WAS TRY TO REMODEL THEM, UH, APPAR. AND THEN WE FIND OUT WE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ALMOST TO COMPLETION OF THE PROPERTY, ALMOST TO RECEIVING OUR C OF O WHEN WE STARTED RECEIVING THE RED TAGS IN THE DOOR. UM, YOU KNOW, IT, APPARENTLY THE, THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD NOT PERMITTED THESE THINGS AND ALL WE TRIED TO DO WAS FIX WHAT WAS THERE. AND, UH, WE GOT OURSELVES INTO A KIND OF A BIND HERE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, SORT EVERYTHING OUT THE PROPER WAY. UM, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE'RE HERE. OKAY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS ABOUT THE PARKING, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS HAVE RAISED SOME OTHER CONCERNS ABOUT THE BUILDING ITSELF. UH, ALL WE WERE TRYING TO DO WAS MAKE THIS NICE FOR OUR TENANTS AND HAVE, HAVE A NICE PLACE FOR THESE PEOPLE. YEAH. AND WE, WE HOPE WE CAN WORK IT OUT SOME WAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU WITH YOU. ANY COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER ROBBINS? DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? OKAY. THANKS COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG. WAIT, WAIT. COME BACK. COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, YOU SAID YOU WERE JUST TRYING TO FIX IT UP. YES. YEAH. BUT DIDN'T YOU GO FROM EIGHT TO 11 UNITS? WELL, WE, WE PURCHASED IT. IT WAS ALREADY 11 UNITS. NOW THAT WASN'T IN HA, BUT THAT'S WHAT I SAW WHEN I WENT OUT THERE AND I REVIEWED THE BUILDING. AND YOU DIDN'T PERMIT ANY OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS? UH, I, I THOUGHT IT WAS ALREADY DONE. AND SO WHEN WE, I THOUGHT IT WAS PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED, YOU KNOW, AS 11 UNITS WHEN I PURCHASED THE PROPERTY. AND SO WHEN I SUBMITTED OUR, YOU KNOW, UH, PAPERWORK, IT WAS A REPAIR AND REPLACE. AND NOW, I MEAN WE WERE, WE ALL, ALL WE HAD LEFT WAS OUR ELECTRICAL FINAL AND THEN OUR STRUCTURAL FINAL. AND WE'D HAVE HAD OUR C OF O WHEN WE STARTED SEEING THE RED TAG SHOW UP. AND YOU KNOW, AT THAT POINT WE'RE OUTTA MONEY, WE'RE OUTTA TIME. YOU KNOW, AND IT'S CAUSED A LOT OF ISSUES FOR ME. BUT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN WE NEED TO GET THIS SETTLED, MAKE SURE, MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY'S OKAY WITH THIS. UM, YOU KNOW, SO I MEAN THAT'S KIND OF, THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE GOT INTO THIS. ARE THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT WERE IN THE PACKET, RECENT PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE EXTERIOR? THE IS IS FINISHED. OKAY. I THINK, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE RECENT PHOTOGRAPHS 'CAUSE I'VE GOT A TON ON MY PHONE. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA PASS IT AROUND . YEAH. I MEAN IF YOU'D MAYBE PROVIDE FOR NEXT TIME. SURE, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. I MEAN THE INSIDE WAS FINISHED, YOU KNOW, ALL WE WERE WAITING ON WAS THE ELECTRICAL FINAL AND THEN THE STRUCTURAL FINAL. OKAY. I MEAN, WE HAD, AND THE WHOLE BUILDING WAS, WAS INSPECTED 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT SOME OF THIS STUFF HADN'T BEEN, YOU KNOW, PERMITTED. SO WHEN OUR ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR COMES THROUGH, HE'S INSPECTING EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW, HE IS, YOU KNOW, STRUCTURAL INSPECTORS IS REVIEWING OUR FIREWALLS, YOU KNOW, UH, PLUMBING, INSPECT, EVERYBODY REVIEWED THE WHOLE STRUCTURE, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S WHY WHEN WE STARTED SEEING THE RED TAG SHOW UP, IT WAS LIKE, WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON? OKAY. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, THANKS FOR, ALRIGHT. OH, SORRY. COMMISSIONER JONES GONNA ASK, I'M NOT A BUILDER, BUT ARE THERE REQUIREMENTS FOR SPRINKLER SYSTEMS OR, YOU KNOW, EXTERIOR FIRE EXIT OR SECONDARY? THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GETTING HIT WITH RIGHT NOW. SO WE WERE AT COMPLETION AGAIN OUTTA MONEY AT A TIME. AND THEN HO HOLY CRAP, WE HAVE TO PUT IN, YOU KNOW, $60,000 WORTH OF SPRINKLER SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, AND DUDE, I, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU GUYS, BUT I DON'T HAVE THAT IN MY BANK ACCOUNT, [01:20:01] YOU KNOW, SO WE HAD TO GO BACK TO OUR LENDER AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN QUITE A MESS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DIG OUR WAY OUT OF IT AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, AND, AND INSTALL THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM. BRING EVERYTHING UP TO LIFE SAFETY. UM, YOU KNOW, AND, UM, I THINK SOMEBODY THAT'S ONLINE BROUGHT UP, UH, HANDICAPS ACCESSIBLE. YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE THOUGHT ALL OF THIS STUFF WAS GRANDFATHERED. WE THOUGHT IT WAS ALL DONE, YOU KNOW, NOW WE'RE FINDING OUT THAT WE NEED TO DO THESE THINGS, WHICH MAKES SENSE. YOU KNOW, WE JUST, WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER THE ORIGINAL BUDGET, PUT TOGETHER THE ORIGINAL PLANS, WE HAD THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS ALL GRANDFATHERED. AND SO WE'RE KIND OF CATCHING THIS ON THE BACK END. IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT, BUT, BUT WE'RE HAPPY THAT WE'RE GETTING THROUGH IT. . OKAY. THANK YOU. WE HEAR YA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH GUYS. ANY ANYTHING ELSE? COMMISSION ALL THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING TO ME. I'D LIKE TO JUST YES, COMMISSIONER VAR VAR. THANKS. UM, JUST FOR CLARITY, THERE'S NOT A GRANDFATHER CLAUSE OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, SO, UM, FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE REQUIREMENTS, SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR A DA PARKING AT THAT PLACE, BUT, BUT JUST THERE'S NOT ANY A DA, UM, GRANDFATHER CLAUSE TO THAT LAW, WHICH IT'S, IT'S KIND OF A COMMON MISCONCEPTION. YOU'RE, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, BUT WE WERE LOOKING AT IT FROM A REPAIR REPLACE WITH THE CITY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IN WHICH CASE THERE WAS NOBODY LOOKING AT OUR PLANS. IT WAS A SIMPLE FORM THAT WE FILL OUT, YOU KNOW, AND, AND GET THE INSPECTIONS, YOU KNOW, REQUIRED. SO I'M DEFINITELY PATHETIC. THINK ABSOLUTELY RIGHT THOUGH. YEAH, THAT'S REALLY TOUGH. I, I AM DE SYMPATHETIC. YEAH. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE? COMMISSION. OKAY. AND TELL US YOUR NAME AGAIN. I DIDN'T, MY NAME IS LUKE FRY. FRY. FRY? YES MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. FRY. ALRIGHT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANKS GUYS. UM, DID, WE DID VOTE TO DEFER, CORRECT? MM-HMM . YES. OKAY. ALLMAN? YES. VOTE. AND, UM, SO ROMAN NUMER FOUR IS PUBLIC COMMENT. I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP. DOES ANYBODY WISH TO ADDRESS THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION TODAY? IF NOT, A MOTION TO ADJOURN WOULD BE AN ORDER. HEINS, HEES CLARK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.