* 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] IT IS 2:49 PM ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5TH, 2024. I'M LISA CLARK, YOUR CHAIR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION, AND I'M CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER AS AN IN-PERSON MEETING AT THE CITY HALL ANNEX 900 BAGBY. YOU MAY ALSO MONITOR THE MEETING BY VIEWING VIA HTV SPEAKERS. IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON AN ITEM, PLEASE FILL OUT THE SPEAKER'S FORM BEFORE THE ITEM IS CALLED AND TURN IT INTO STAFF NEAR THE FRONT DOOR. CONSENT AND REPEAT. SPEAKERS WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE. NEW SPEAKERS WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES. TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM. I'LL CALL THE ROLE. AS I SAID, LISA CLARK CHAIR IS PRESENT. VICE CHAIR GARZA. PRESENT. UH, COMMISSIONER ALLMAN IS NOT HERE YET. UH, COMMISSIONER BALDWIN BALDWIN. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER KOVAR VAR. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER HE HIES. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER HINES HEINZ. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER KHALI KHALI. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER JONES. COMMISSIONER JONES. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER MAREZ. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER POROUS PEARL IS NOT HERE. COMMISSIONER ROBBINS ROBBINS PRESENT. COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG. PRESENT. UH, COMMISSIONER SIEGLER IS OUT. COMMISSIONER STEIN STEIN PRESENT. COMMISSIONER TEHIR. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER VICTOR IS OUT. UH, COMMISSIONER LIBBY. VERA BLAND. VERA BLAND. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER MANKA IS NOT HERE. COMMISSIONER? NOPE. NONE OF THOSE FOLKS. AND THEN DIRECTOR TRAN TRAN. PRESENT SECOND. OKAY. SO WE HAVE 15 COMMISSIONERS PRESENT AND WE ESTABLISH A QUORUM. WE NEED AT LEAST 11. OKAY. I DO WANNA LET YOU KNOW BEFORE WE GET STARTED THAT THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED TODAY. ITEM 1 0 3 AND LET ME READ THOSE OUT. SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN AGENDA. 1 0 3 IS VENDORS LANDING ESTATES. SECTION SEVEN PARTIAL. REPL NUMBER ONE. ITEM 1 0 7. FAMILY FORT FOR LIFE. AND ITEM ONE 17, WHICH IS, UH, CAR CORRALES DE DEVELOPMENT. OKAY. [Director’s Report ] AND I'LL CALL FOR THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CLARK COMMISSION MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC. I AM VON TRAN, SECRETARY OF THIS COMMISSION AND DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. WELCOME. PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT THE 2025 PLANNING COMMISSION DATES HAVE BEEN POSTED IN THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE, WHICH BEGAN YESTERDAY, AND WE'LL RUN THROUGH TOMORROW, FRIDAY, DECEMBER THE SIXTH. YOU CAN ALSO FIND THE APPROVED DATES ON OUR PLANNING COMMISSION WEBPAGE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. IN ADDITION, WE WILL RESCHEDULE A DATE TO TAKE ACTION ON THE PROPOSED SIDEWALK ORDINANCE AMENDMENT AFTER THE NEW YEAR, A DATE, WHICH IS YET TO BE DETERMINED. FINALLY, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT CAN BE REACHED AT (832) 393-6600, OR YOU CAN CALL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PLANNER OF THE DAY AT 8 3 2 3 9 3 6 6 2 4. YOU MAY ALSO VISIT OUR WEBSITE@HOUSTONPLANNING.COM AND TAKE A LOOK AT LET'S TALK HOUSTON. THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, COMMISSIONERS, DO I HAVE ANY ABSTENTIONS ON TODAY'S AGENDA? COMMISSIONER, HE YES. MADAM CHAIR, I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM THREE SIX THROUGH 12 22, 45 THROUGH 49, 61 AND 62. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MAREZ. ITEM 11. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. ANY OTHER ABSTENTIONS? AB OH, I DIDN'T DO NOTES. WE'LL DO MINUTE. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO I'LL NEED A MOTION FOR ALL ITEMS IN CONSENT. AGENDA ITEMS A AND B, SAVE AND ACCEPT. ITEM THREE SIX THROUGH 12 22, 45 THROUGH 49, 61, 62, AND 11. DO I HAVE A MOTION MO? MOTION GARZA. MOTION GARZA. SECOND VERA OF BLAND, SECOND VERA OF LAND. BLAND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. I ALSO NEED TO GO BACK AND DO THESE FIRST. SO, UH, NOW I'LL TAKE A MOTION FOR, UH, ALL THE ITEMS THAT WE LEFT OUT OF THE LAST MOTION. ITEM THREE, SIX THROUGH 12. MADAM CHAIR? YES. [00:05:01] YES. WE DIDN'T PRESENT A B YET. OH, YOU DIDN'T TIME. WE DIDN'T PUT THEM UP YET. I WAS IN SUCH A HURRY TO GET IT DONE. THANK YOU, JEFF. YOU COULD'VE STOPPED ME IN THE BEGINNING. THANK YOU. SORRY. OKAY, SO TAKE ALL THAT BACK. REWIND. OKAY, [Consideration of the November 14, 2024, Planning Commission Meeting Minutes ] SO LET'S APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE NOVEMBER 14TH, 2024 MEETING. THANK YOU. KIM. DO HAVE A MOTION? JONES? MOTION. MOTION JONES. SECOND. AYE. SHALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. [Platting Activities a & b] OKAY, NOW LET'S PROCEED WITH A AND B. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS KEN CALHOUN. SECTIONS A AND B ARE PRESENTED AS ONE GROUP, WHICH INCLUDES CONSENT AND REPLAY ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION. SECTIONS A AND B ARE ITEMS ONE THROUGH 1 0 2 SECTIONS A CONSENT ITEMS ARE NUMBER ONE THROUGH 57 AND SECTION B RELA ITEMS ARE NUMBER 58 THROUGH 1 0 2. NO ITEMS NEED TO BE TAKEN OUT OF ORDER AND THERE ARE NO CHANCES TO STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. MADAM CHAIR, IF THERE ARE NO INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO, TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS, THE PLAYING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUEST THEIR APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSENT AND REPLAY ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION. OKAY. SO I TRIED TO GIVE YOU A BREAK AND Y'ALL WOULDN'T LET ME GIVE YOU ONE. UM, DO I NEED TO RECALL THE MOTION OR CAN I, OKAY. SO I JUST NEED TO REDO IT. OKAY. WE ALSO HAVE SPEAKERS. YES, WE DO HAVE SOME SPEAKERS. OKAY. SO WE HAVE SPEAKERS ON ITEMS 34 AND 65. I THINK THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I SEE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A MOTION FOR ALL ITEMS IN A AND B, SAVE AND ACCEPT SECTION ITEM THREE SIX THROUGH 12 22 34, 45 THROUGH 49, 61, 62, AND 65 TO HAVE A MOTION. 11. YEAH, I DID SAY 11 SIX THROUGH 12. SIX 12. THAT'S OKAY. NO, ALWAYS FEEL FREE TO HELP ME 'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY MOTION GARZA . MOTION GARZA. SECOND VEHICLE JONES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. OKAY, NOW WE'RE GONNA DO EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE TWO I HAVE SPEAKERS ON, UM, WHICH ARE ITEMS THREE SIX THROUGH 12 22 45, 3 49, 61, AND 62. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION BALDWIN. MOTION BALDWIN. SECOND, SECOND. SECOND TO HEAR. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A SPEAKER ON ITEM 34, JOHN WYNN. OH, PRESENTATION FIRST. YES, PRESENTATION FIRST. SONNY MESSED ME UP. HE TOLD ME TO CALL IT. SORRY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF EAST PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS JEFF BUTLER. ITEM 34 IS WIND HIGHLAND PLACE. THE SITE IS LOCATED ON LOVER'S LANE, EAST OF MONTGOMERY, WEST OF SHEPHERD. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ALONG A TYPE TWO PE SYSTEM. UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS DISAPPROVAL, UH, FOR, BECAUSE A DRAINAGE PLAN, AN APPROVED DRAINAGE PLAN IS NOT FINALIZED. UH, STAFF HAS RECEIVED WRITTEN A WRITTEN REQUEST FOR A 30 DAY EXTENSION AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TODAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. SO YOU SAID THAT WAS A WRITTEN REQUEST? CORRECT. OKAY. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. OKAY. NOW I'LL CALL OUR SPEAKER MR. WYNN. I'M PRETTY NEW AT THIS, SO I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S OKAY. SO YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. I JUST NEED YOU TO STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS JOHN WYNN. UM, ASKING FOR A THIRD DAY EXTENSION ON THE WIN HIGHLAND PLACE. OKAY, GREAT. THAT, THAT'S ALL YOU NEEDED. OKAY. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE A REQUEST, A WRITTEN REQUEST FOR A 30 DAY EXTENSION. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION. MOTION BALDWIN. MOTION BALDWIN. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION. OKAY, WE HAVE ONE. UH, PLEASE NOTE COMMISSIONER ROBBINS IS OPPOSING. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES THE NEXT ITEM. THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 65. YEP. WE HAD SO MUCH. ITEM 65 IS CANTERBURY BUSINESS PARK. UH, APPLICANT PROPOSES A COMMERCIAL RESERVE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. UM, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. THANK YOU. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JEAN BAUER. MS. BAUER, IT'S NOT HERE. WELL, THAT'S THE SAME. THAT'S I BELIEVE THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE AT THE OH, OKAY. OH, IT'S NOT 65. IT'S THE OTHER. SO IT'S NOT 65. IT'S UH, SO ARE YOU AND ROMAN? FIVE. OKAY. ARE YOU AND WALTER HITMAN [00:10:01] HERE FOR THE SAME THING? OKAY. ROMAN FIVE. OKAY, SO LET ME CHANGE THAT ON YOUR FORM HERE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE A MOTION, I MEAN A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL BY STAFF. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION MATTERS. SECOND. VERA BLAND. SECOND VERA BLAND. ALL IN FAVOR? A OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON TO C, PUBLIC HEARINGS REQUIRING NOTICE. [c. Replats requiring Public Hearings with Notification (Dorianne Powe-Phlegm, John Cedillo, Antwanysha Berry, Aracely Rodriguez)] GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS DORIAN POPLE. ITEM 1 0 4, ITEM 1 0 3 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. ITEM 1 0 4 IS KAYWOOD PLACE. THE SITE IS LOCATED WEST ALONG KAYWOOD LANE, EAST OF ANTOINE DRIVE NORTH OF WESTVIEW DRIVE IN HOUSTON. CORPORATE LIMITS. THE REASON FOR RE PLAT IS TO CREATE EIGHT LOTS AND TWO PARKING RESERVES. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS PLAT. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO PROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM. CONDITIONS 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 PLAT. MADAM CHAIR, IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. MS. FLMA. OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 0 4. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? HEARING NONE. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COMMISSIONERS IS A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION ROBBINS SECOND VERA. SECOND RA. BLAND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 0 5, ITEM 1 0 5 IS CREEK MONT BRANCH REPL NUMBER ONE. THE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF GULF MOUNTAIN DRIVE, SOUTH OF BIRMAN STREET, EAST OF ANTOINE DRIVE AND HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS. THE REASON FOR REPL IS TO CHANGE LOT AND RESERVE DISTANCES. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. THERE ARE NO VARIOUS REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO PROVE THE PLAT PER THE C BBC 1 0 1 FORM. CONDITIONS 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 PLAT ABS RECOMMENDATION. MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM. AT THIS TIME, PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 0 5 IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? HEARING NONE. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION HEINZ. MOTION HINES. MOTION HINES SECOND JONES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 0 6. ITEM 1 0 6 IS EQUIVALENT WASHINGTON. THE SITE LOCATED SOUTH ALONG WASHINGTON AVENUE, EAST OF ANOVA STREET IN HOUSTON. CORPORATE LIMITS, THE REASON FOR APPLIED IS TO CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO PROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS, THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. 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. MADAM 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 0 6 IS OPEN. I DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER SIGNED. GMO. I'M SORRY I CANNOT READ THE LAST NOW I THINK IT'S DEION. OKAY. COMMENTS? NO COMMENTS. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? OKAY. HEARING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, UH, SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION GARZA. MOTION GARZA. SECOND MAREZ. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM 1 0 7. WITHDRAWN IS WITHDRAWN. THANK YOU. ITEM 1 0 8. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS JOHN PHILLIPS OF YOU. ITEM 1 0 8 IS HEALER HAVEN AT SAMSON DIVISION. THE SUBJECT SITE IS A 7,500 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS EAST ALONG SAMSON STREET AND SOUTH OF TEXAS AVENUE. THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE FIVE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND ONE PARKING RESERVE ALONG A SHARED DRIVEWAY. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTS WITH THIS ITEM. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ON NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE APPLICATION DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO COMMENTS FOR THIS APPLICATION. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR WOULD PLEASE THE COMMISSION. HE MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU MR. CILLO. [00:15:01] I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 0 8. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? HEARING NONE. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION GARZA. MOTION GARZA. SECOND VELAND. SECOND. VERA. BLAND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 0 9 IS MANGO SQUARE. THE SUBJECT SITE IS AN OVER FOUR ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS EAST ALONG MANGO ROAD AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY NINE, UH, TWO 90. THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUEST OF THE ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. REVIEW B. LEGAL INDICATES THE APPLICATION DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. THE NORTHERN HALF OR THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY COMES OUT OF THE WHITE OAK ACRES, UH, SUBDIVISION. WHILE THE SOUTHERN PORTION COMES OUT OF LOTS, ONE THROUGH FOUR OF BROOKWOOD'S ESTATES. THE LOTS OF BROOKWOOD'S ESTATES ARE WITHIN THE BOUNDARY OF A 2016 MINIMUM MOS SIZE APPLICATION. STAFF HAS RECEIVED AN ADVANCED COMMENTS FROM THE RESIDENTS OF BROOKWOOD CIVIC CLUB CONCERNED THAT THERE WILL BE POTENTIAL VIOLATION OF DE RESTRICTIONS AND DANGERS. THE COMMUNITY DUE TO INCREASED TRAFFIC LOTS. ONE AND TWO WERE DEEDED AS BUSINESS LOTS. AND IN 1999, A JUDGMENT WAS MADE THAT SHOWING THAT LOTS THREE AND FOUR WERE AND CONTINUE TO BE IN COMMERCIAL USE AND THEREFORE NOT SUBJECT TO THE SINGLE FAMILY USE RESTRICTIONS CARRIED WITH THE MINIMUM MOD SIZE APPLICATION. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO, UH, UH, DEFER THE PLAT FOR VICE MAYOR PROTE REQUEST. UH, MR. MADAM CHAIR, PLEASE OF COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. MR. SADIA. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 0 9 IS OPEN AND REPEAT. AGAIN, THIS IS A SHALL APPROVE, CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY, THANK YOU. AND IS IT A DEFER INSTEAD OF DEFER? SO IT WAS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL, HOWEVER, PER REQUEST OF THE VICE MAYOR PRO TIM, WE ARE RECOMMENDING DEFERRAL PER THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S REQUEST. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. I HAVE A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS. I HAVE, UH, MR. GROWTH IS, I BELIEVE YOU'RE HERE. JUST IF THERE'S QUESTIONS. IS THAT CORRECT OR DID YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? I WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING, UH, FOR THE DEFERRAL, BUT I CAN WAIT UNTIL THE END. OKAY. UH, VICKI FRA FRASER? YES, GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M VICKI FRASER WITH BROOKWOOD CIVIC CLUB. UH, THE FIRST IS, UH, JUST ON THE NOTICE. UH, I'M A LONG TIME RESIDENT. THE DEVELOPER PUT UP A WOODEN FENCE. WE HAVE THE FOUR LOTS. THE WOODEN FENCE KINDA HID THE FOUR LOTS. NEW NEIGHBORS HAVE TORN DOWN HOUSES AND REBUILT NEW HOUSES VERY NEAR THE PROPERTY. THE SIGN SAYS SQUARE, AND THEN IN LITTLE LETTERS IT SAYS BROOKWOOD. SO A LOT OF NEIGHBORS DROVE BY WITHOUT REALIZING IT IMPACTED NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE OLDER NEIGHBORS THAT WE REALIZED, OH MY GOSH, THIS IMPACTS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THE NEXT THING IS BUFFER. THOSE LOTS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE A BUFFER TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, EVEN THOUGH THE LOTS WERE COMMERCIAL, THEY ARE ON, THEY ARE UNDER CHAPTER 42. CHAPTER 42 SAYS, YOU CANNOT, UH, YOU HAVE TO THINK THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY AND WELFARE. WE HAVE KIDS RIDING BIKES BY THESE BRAND NEW HOUSES WHERE PEOPLE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE A PROPERTY SIX WEEKS AGO. IT WAS GONNA BE A MEDICAL THING. YESTERDAY WHEN I TALKED TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, NOW IT'S GONNA BE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. I ASK HOW HOW TALL THEY GO. WE CAN'T TELL YOU. SO IT'S PUT OUR, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN A POSITION WHERE OUR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY IS AT RISK. OUR NOTIFICATION WAS NOT, UH, ADEQUATE IN MY MIND, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY APPLY WITH THE RULES. AND THE OTHER THING IS THAT THE, UM, UM, OH, I'M SORRY. I JUST LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT. , THE, UM, SORRY. YEAH. SO I ASKED FOR A, IT TO BE DENIED OR AT LEAST DEFERRED. OH, IT WAS A THANKSGIVING. THANKSGIVING WEEK, PEOPLE WERE OUT, SO I COULDN'T GET MORE PEOPLE ENGAGED IN THE WINDOW OF TIME. AND HE HAD ONLY HAD BROOKWOOD IN THE FIRST APPLICATION THAT GOT DEFERRED OR DENIED, AND HE HAD TO REAPPLY. AND NOW HE'S INCLUDING A SECOND, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE WEREN'T EVEN AWARE OF. SO THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS IN OUR MIND, SO WE'D LIKE TO HAVE IT DENIED OR DEFERRED. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU MR. FRAZIER. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. AND, AND WE WORKED REALLY HARD FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO MAKE IT SO FAMILIES WILL MOVE IN AND THAT WHAT THE CITY OF, OF WANTS FOR THESE NEIGHBORHOODS INSTEAD OF HOUSES FALLING DOWN. THANK YOU. MR. GROTH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY, COME UP AND SPEAK, PLEASE? GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS RICK GARTHUS. I'M THE APPLICANT, UH, REPRESENTING, UM, THE DEVELOPER [00:20:02] AND JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SPEAK TO THE DEFERRAL. UM, AND IT SPEAKS A LITTLE BIT TO SOME QUESTIONS. BEFORE THIS WAS ACTUALLY AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, SO NOT ONLY DID WE HAVE EVERYTHING UP BEFORE THE 20 DAYS, WE WERE ALMOST 30 DAYS UP, UH, AS WELL AS THE PREVIOUS PERIOD. UM, AS YOU'VE NOTED, THIS IS A SHALL APPROVE. LEGAL HAS GIVEN THEIR OPINION THAT, UM, WE DO NOT VIOLATE ANYTHING. AND SO MY DEVELOPER OR THE DEVELOPER HAS ASKED ME TO, UH, ASK YOU NOT TO DEFER IT AND TO MAKE A JUDGMENT TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS AND I WILL BE VERY HONEST WITH YOU WHEN ONE OF THE COMMISSION, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS ASKS US TO DEFER, WE TYPICALLY DEFER TO GIVE THEM TIME TO LOOK INTO IT. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK, UH, ON ITEM 1 0 9? UH, NINE. OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? OKAY. HEARING NONE. I NEED TO, UM, HAVE A MOTION FOR DEFERRAL PER MAYOR PROTI. MOTION JONES. SECOND ROBINS. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES PUBLIC HEARINGS, EPTEMBER AND THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CONTINUED. ITEM ONE 10. ITEM ONE 10 IS PADDOCK SILVER PROPERTY. THE SUBSEQUENT SIDE IS A NEARLY THREE ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HARRIS COUNTY. EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION NORTH OF GARRE ROAD IN EAST. A PROPOSED ALIGNMENT FOR MAJOR THOROUGH FAIR HARALD BOULEVARD. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING FOUR SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW SAID LOSS TO TAKE ACCESS VIA ROADWAY EASEMENT IN LIEU OF PUBLIC STREET FRONTAGE. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THE APPLICATION DOES NOT VIOLATE D RESTRICTIONS. HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT DID NOT MEET NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. SITE RECOMMENDATION IS TO DISAPPROVE THE PLAT FOR FAILING TO MEET NOTICE REQUIREMENTS AND DENY THE VARIANCE AS THE PLAT MUST BE DISAPPROVED. MADAM CHAIR, PLEASE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM. AT THIS TIME, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM ONE 10 IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? HEARING NONE. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF. RECOMMENDATION. RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL. MOTION. MAD AYE. SECOND. SECOND HA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ITEM ONE 11. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS ANTONIN BERRY. ITEM 111 IS PLAZA ESTATES AT EASTWOOD STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, CITY LIMITS WEST OF CULLEN BOULEVARD AND NORTH OF SIX 10. THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. LEGAL HAS DETERMINED THE RE PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS PLAT AND ALL NOTICE REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 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 ONE 11 IS OPEN. I DO NOT HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. 1 1 11. 1 1 11 . OKAY. UM, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE, I'LL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING. SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION HINES. MOTION HINES. THANK YOU. SECOND TO HEAR. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ITEM ONE 12. ITEM ONE 12 IS SHABI JOHAN ESTATES. THE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF CULLUM BOULEVARD AND MAORI STREET. THE REASON FOR RE PLAT IS TO CREATE THREE SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AND FOUR RESERVES. THE PLAT IS A RE PLAT OF A PORTION OF RESERVE A CREATED WITH THE CLOVER LAND SECTION ONE PLAT RECORDED IN 1955. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS FILED SEPARATELY. THE PLAT WAS DEFERRED AT THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION PER THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST. LEGAL REVIEW INDICATED THAT THE RESERVE THAT IS BEING REPLANTED CAN ONLY BE RESTRICTED TO RETAIL BUSINESSES, PROFESSIONAL OFFICES AND SERVICE BUSINESSES ONLY NOTICE WITH A NEW DRAWING TO MEET THE DEED RESTRICTIONS CANNOT BE MET PER CHAPTER 42 DASH 49. APPLICANT CAN DIVIDE THE RESERVE BY MEETS AND BOUNDS AND DEVELOP ANY OF THE USES ALLOWED IN THE DEED RESTRICTIONS WITHOUT A REPL. THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DISAPPROVE. THE PLAT STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM. MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES COMMISSION, YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. [00:25:01] THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM ONE 12 IS CONTINUED. I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? HEARING NONE. SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF, UH, DISAPPROVAL BALDWIN. MOTION BALDWIN. SECOND ROSENBERG. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. YES. QUESTION JUST, UH, OUTTA CURIOSITY WITH ALL THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD LAST YEAR ABOUT, UM, REAR DRIVEWAYS. YEAH. WE CAN'T HEAR YOU REAL WELL. COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, DID YOU HEAR THAT? WELL, ACTUALLY YES. I I HEARD YOU. YES. UH, THERE WAS A, A CONVERSATION DURING CHECK-IN. UH, THEY HAD, THEY HAD PROVIDED A DIFFERENT LAYOUT, UH, THAT WOULD NOT BE CHAPTER 42. AND SO THEY PROVIDED THIS LAYOUT. UM, SO AFTER THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, LATER ON WHEN LEGAL REVIEWED THE ITEM, THEY FOUND OUT THAT THE RESERVE CAN ONLY BE FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES. AND SO SINCE IT'S ALREADY A RESERVE RESTRICTED FOR BUSINESSES PUR BUSINESS PURPOSES, NOW THEY CAN, UM, CHANGE THE, THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND DEVELOP IF FOR COMMERCIAL USES, THEY CANNOT, UH, DEVELOP IT FOR SINGLE FAMILY USES. GOTCHA. MM-HMM . COULD, COULD WE JUST FOR THE RECORD SO WE HAVE THAT CLEAR ON THE RECORD, ASK YOU TO REPEAT YOUR QUESTION. I'M SORRY. UM, QUESTION SPECIFICALLY WAS WITH OUR EFFORTS, UM, IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS ABOUT SHARED DRIVES AND REAR DRIVEWAYS, UM, SEEING A PLAN OF THIS SORT KIND OF WAS UNEXPECTED. AND DID WE PUSH TO DO THAT WHEN IT WENT THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION? SORRY. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO WE'VE, WE'VE PASSED THAT ONE. OKAY. MOVING ALONG THEN TO ONE 13. ALRIGHT, SO WE VOTED BALDWIN ROSENBERG. YES, SHE DID. YEAH. ALRIGHT. ITEM ONE 13 IS VASQUEZ PLACE. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT PER APPLICANT REQUEST. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, CITY LIMITS SOUTHEAST OF GREGS ROAD AND WEST OF GARLAND STREET. THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. LEGAL HAS DETERMINED THE RE PLAT WILL VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS PLAT. ALL NOTICE REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO, UH, DEFER THE PLAT PER APPLICANT REQUEST. MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM ONE 13 IS OPEN. I HAVE A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JOE FLORES, FOLLOWED BY GINA FLORES. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAN YOU HEAR ME? UM, I'M A PROPERTY OWNER WITHIN 300 FEET OF SAID LOCATION. UH, FIRST OF ALL, I, I SEE THAT IT'S BEEN DEFERRED TILL DECEMBER 19TH, I BELIEVE. MM-HMM . UH, WE'RE MAINLY CONCERNED. I UNDERSTAND THE, THE LOT IS GONNA BE DIVIDED INTO TWO LOTS. SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES. OUR MAIN CONCERN IS THE TYPE OF STRUCTURE FOR THESE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES. UM, WE WOULD BE OPPOSED TO THESE, UM, NEW TWO AND THREE STORY TOWN HOMES THAT ARE POPPED UP THROUGHOUT THE CITY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OWNER'S INTENTION IS. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY OF FINDING OUT. YES, WE CAN CONNECT YOU WITH THE APPLICANT AND YOU COULD SPEAK TO THEM ABOUT THE DESIGNS FOR THE HOMES PLANNING COMMISSION. WE ONLY DO PLATING SO WE DON'T GET INTO DESIGNS OF HOMES AND, UH, THINGS THAT PUBLIC WORKS GETS INTO, BUT WE CAN MAKE THAT CONNECTION FOR YOU. YEAH, THIS IS A, UH, OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD. MM-HMM . YOU KNOW, EAST END SIDE AND IT'S A LOT OF DILAPIDATED HOUSES. SOME PEOPLE DO KEEP UP WITH THEIR PROPERTIES, BUT IT WOULD BE COMPLETELY OUT OF NORMAL FOR THESE TWO OR THREE STORY TOWN HOMES, YOU KNOW. I UNDERSTAND. UM, ALSO SHE MENTIONED THAT LEGAL HAS A CONCERN. YES. I, I, I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT THAT IS. DEED RESTRICTIONS. HOW CAN I FIND IT'S, IT'S DEED RESTRICTIONS ON THE PROPERTY. SO WOULD THAT BE THE DEED RESTRICTIONS FOR THE SAID PROPERTY? NOT FOR MINE. [00:30:01] MINE IS WITHIN THE 300 FEET OF THAT PROPERTY. UH, MS. WOODS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION PLEASE? THE DEED RESTRICTIONS ARE FOR THE ENTIRE SUBDIVISION FOR, UM, PECAN PARK PLACE, FIRST SECTION. RIGHT. AND MINE FALLS, ALTHOUGH IT'S WITHIN 300 FEET, MINE FALLS IN SECTION TWO PECAN PARK PLACE, BUT IT'S JUST AROUND THE CORNER FROM MY PROPERTY. OKAY. I DIDN'T REVIEW THOSE RESTRICTIONS FOR SECTION TWO. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE DIFFERENT OR IF THEY'RE THE SAME. I CAN ONLY SAY THAT WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO ON THIS PROPERTY WOULD VIOLATE THE RESTRICTIONS FOR SECTION ONE. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. SO WE CAN COME BACK ON THE 19TH? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR COMING IN. UH, MS. O OWENS. JOYCE OWENS, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK? OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS JOYCE OWENS AND I REPRESENT THE APPLICANT AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO GET THEIR INFORMATION AND FOLLOW UP WITH THEM. OUR SURVEYOR HAD A DISCREPANCY ON THE PLAT. WE SHOULD HAVE HAD 12,000 SQUARE FEET TO MEET THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE AND HE MISSED A RIDE OR SOMETHING. SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE DEFERRING SO WE CAN GET THE SURVEY CORRECTED. I DON'T HAVE INFORMATION AS FAR AS, I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S GONNA BE A THREE STORY TOWN HOME, BUT I WILL GET THE, UM, NEIGHBOR'S INFORMATION. I THINK I SPOKE WITH THEM AT MY OFFICE AND I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THEM WITH MORE INFORMATION. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. WE'D APPRECIATE IT. SO YOU CAN GET WITH THEM BEFORE YOU LEAVE. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. COMM, ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU MS. OWENS. THANK YOU. OKAY. I HAVE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS SIGNED FOR ITEM ONE 13. ARE THERE, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? OKAY, HEARING NONE. I WILL ASK FOR A MOTION FOR DEFERRAL. MOTION STEIN. MOTION STEIN. SECOND VERA BLAND. SECOND VERA. BLAND. ALL IN FAVOR? SORRY. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS, UM, CONTINUED. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY RODRIGUEZ ONE 14 VENTANA LAKE EAST NORTH BOARDWALK. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY, SOUTH OF SCOTTISH SCHOOL ROAD, EAST OF GRAND PARKWAY AND WEST OF PEAK ROAD. THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLOT IS TO CREATE A RESERVE, BUT TO INCLUDE RECREATIONAL USE AS AN ADDITIONAL PERMITTED USE TO FOR A PLA OF RESERVE CURRENTLY USED RESTRICTED TO DRAIN AND DETENTION, SO THEY'RE CREATING A RESERVE FOR DRAIN AND DETENTION AND RECREATIONAL. NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. REVIEW BY LEGAL DEPARTMENT INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE ANY RESTRICTION ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILE SEPARATELY, APPLICANT MADE ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT. A STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION. STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE. MADAM CHAIR IS TO PLEASE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM ONE 14. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION GARZA. MOTION GARZA. SECOND. SECOND HA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM ONE 15. ITEM ONE 15 VENT LAKE EAST SOUTH BOARDWALK. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY, SOUTH OF SCOTTISH SCHOOL ROAD, EAST OF GLEN PARKWAY AND WEST OF PIG ROAD. THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLA IS TO CREATE A RESERVE RESTRICT TO DRAIN DETENTION AND RECREATIONAL USES. NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. REVIEW BY LEGAL DEPARTMENT INDICATES THAT THIS PLOT WILL NOT VIOLATE ANY RESTRICTION ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT, ALTHOUGH FILED SEPARATELY. APPLICANT MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLUS SUBJECT TO THE CCP C 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION. STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN ADVANCE. MADAM CHAIR, TO APPRECIATE THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM ONE 15 IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION JONES SECOND ROBBINS. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON TO D VARIANCES. [d. Subdivision Plats with Variance Requests (Aracely Rodriguez, Geoff Butler, and John Cedillo)] MADAM CHAIR, I'M GONNA RECUSE FROM ONE 16. THANK YOU. UH, PLEASE NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER HI IS GOING TO RECUSE FROM ONE 16. ITEM ONE 16 IS BOOTS THE MONTE TRACK GP. THE ITEM WAS DEFERRED AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING. [00:35:01] IT MUST BE ACTED UPON TODAY. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE HARRIS COUNTY ETJ, EAST OF THE GRAND PARKWAY IN SOUTH OF FM 5 29. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A GENERAL PLAN OF VARYING USES. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO ALLOW FOR AN 1800 FOOT CURVE RADIUS ALONG WEST GREEN AS OPPOSED TO THE REQUIRED 2000 AND TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING, EXCUSE ME, AND VARIANCES TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIREMENTS. BY NOT DEDICATING ANY INTERNAL LOCAL STREETS. STAFF IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THESE REQUESTS. THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG THE GRAND PARKWAY SOUTH OF BEAR CREEK. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES SITES FUNDING MAJOR MAJOR THOROUGHFARES WITH NO INTERNAL PUBLIC STREET SYSTEM. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO DEDICATE SEGMENTS OF MASON ROAD AND WEST GREEN BOULEVARD AS REQUIRED BY THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN. THE APPLICANT ASSERTS THAT THESE TWO STREET SEGMENTS CAN PROVIDE ADEQUATE ACCESS AND CIRCULATION IN LIEU OF THE REQUIRED INTERNAL SYSTEM. CONSIDERING THE LARGE FLOOD PLAIN TO THE NORTH. THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY, UH, EXCUSE ME, THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OF THE NORTH IS WITHIN THE GRAND MASON GENERAL PLAN, WHICH SHOWS A PROPOSED ALIGNMENT OF MASON WEST OF THAT, OF THE SUBJECT TRACKS. THIS PRESENTS CHALLENGES ALIGNING BOTH SEGMENTS WITH AN APPROVED SEGMENT TO THE SOUTH. THE APPLICANT AND NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNER HAVE ENTERED INTO THE DISCUSSION INTO HOW TO CREATE A COMPLETE SEGMENT THAT WOULD MEET 42. HOWEVER, A SOLUTION WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION, EXCUSE ME, A COORDINATION, AND THERE IS NO OPPORTUNITY TO DEFER THIS ITEM. AGAIN, STAFF RECOMMENDS DENYING THE GP AND THE VARIANCE AND THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION STAFF HAS RECEIVED A WRITTEN REQUEST TO GRANT A 30 DAY EXTENSION AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO SPEAK THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNERS EXPRESSED CONCERN, UH, AND WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADDITIONAL ADVANCEMENT IN COMMON. THANK YOU MR. BUTLER. COMMISSIONERS BEFORE I CALL FOR SPEAKER, ANY QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER MAREZ, JUST A GENERAL QUESTION, IF WE CAN GET A REFRESHER ON THESE 30 DAY NOTICES. ARE WE REQUIRED TO ACCEPT THEM? NO. NO. JUST BECAUSE WE'VE KIND OF OPENED THE FLOOD GATES ON THESE THINGS NOW. STATE, STATE LAW. WELL, THAT'S WHAT I, I NEED ARE WE, I I TRY, I NEED A REFRESHER ON WHAT THE LAW IS, I GUESS IS WHAT I'M SAYING. YEAH. YOU DON'T HAVE NO STATE, STATE LAW SAYS THAT THE APPLICANT MAY REQUEST A 30 DAY EXTENSION, UM, IN WRITING. UM, REMINDER, IT'S JUST THERE ARE HISTORICALLY SOME CITIES REQUESTED MORE TIME, MORE TIME, MORE TIME, MORE TIME. IT DOESN'T PUT THE POWER IN THE CITY TO REQUEST MORE TIME, BUT IT ALLOWS IT FOR THE DEVELOPER SIDE. UM, BUT THE STATE LAW SPECIFICALLY SAYS THAT THE COMMISSION MAY GRANT IT SO IT'S A MAY. IT IS NOT A SHALL IT IS UP TO YOUR DISCRETION. UM, JUST YEAH. TAKE EACH CASE AND I DON'T ASK IT PERTAINING THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION. JUST A GENERAL QUESTION. YEAH. RIGHT. JUST 'CAUSE WE'VE HAD, THERE MAY BE TIME TODAY MORE APPROPRIATE THAN OTHERS OR NOT. THAT'S UP TO YOUR JUDGMENT. RIGHT, RIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? ALL RIGHT. UH, CALL OUR SPEAKER, JENNIFER CURTIS. OKAY. YOU ASK FOR THE EXTENSION. ALL. ALRIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, JENNIFER CURTIS META PLANNING AND DESIGN, UM, WE'RE THE APPLICANT FOR THE BOOSTA ANTI TRACK GP. UM, WE HAD A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING THIS PAST TUESDAY WITH, UM, PLANNING STAFF WITH HARRIS COUNTY, WITH THE APPLICANT TO THE NORTH, UM, WITH OUR ENGINEER ALL AT THE SAME TABLE AND VIRTUAL TABLE. AND, UM, MADE SOME REALLY GOOD PROGRESS ON DISCUSSING THE ALIGNMENT OF MASON ROAD, WHICH I THINK IS THE KEY ISSUE HERE. UM, THIS TRACK IS KIND OF STUCK IN THE MIDDLE AND WE'RE TRYING TO PIECE TOGETHER WHAT HAS BEEN DONE TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF US. UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GONNA MAKE SOME GOOD PROGRESS. UM, I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH, UM, TRACY YOUNGBLOOD AT BGE TODAY, AND I THINK WE'RE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND HEADED TO A COMPROMISE THAT EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE HAPPY WITH. WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME BETWEEN TUESDAY AND TODAY TO GET TO SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY CAN AGREE ON. SO WE JUST HAVE REQUESTED THAT 30 DAY EXTENSION OF THE REVIEW PERIODS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THAT COORDINATION AND GET TO AN AGREEMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU MS. CURTIS. THANK YOU. SO MR. BUTLER, DO YOU FEEL LIKE THE VIRTUAL TABLE MEETING WAS A GOOD MEETING, A PRODUCTIVE MEETING? I, I DO. UM, I JUST WANT TO ADD TO THAT, BEFORE THE ISSUE OF THE, UM, WAY WE THOROUGH AFFAIRS CAME UP, WE WERE IN SUPPORT OF THIS, THIS REQUEST, IT HAS SOME MERIT. IT'S JUST THAT AT THIS POINT WE CANNOT RECOMMEND APPROVING WITHOUT THIS BEING RESOLVED. RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE A REWRITTEN REQUEST FOR A 30 DAY EXTENSION IN FRONT OF YOU. AND I INTENTIONALLY ASK STAFF HOW THEY FELT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE USUALLY GIVE TIME IF THERE'S SOMETHING TO WORK ON WHERE THERE'S A TANGIBLE END TO IT. UM, AND I'M WITH YOU, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD JUST HAND OUT LIKE CANDY 30 DAY EXTENSIONS, BUT THERE ARE INSTANCES WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT [00:40:01] MAY, MAY BE APPROPRIATE. SO NO. OKAY. YEAH. MOTION AND I'LL, I'LL SECOND IT. BASED ON THE PROGRESS THAT THEY'VE MADE TO DATE, RIGHT? I CORRECT? YEAH. BALDWIN AND BALDWIN AND MAR? YES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? NAY. PLEASE NOTE, UH, COMMISSIONER ROBBINS ABSTENTION, UH, OPPOSING, UH, VOTE. OKAY, SO, UM, ALL IN FAVOR? I SAID AYE. NAY. OKAY. MOTION PASSES. 30 DAY EXTENSION IS GRANTED, I HAD TO WALK IT THROUGH MY HEAD. 1 17, 1 17 IS WITHDRAWN. SO WE'LL MOVE TO ONE 18. ONE 18. UM, NO ACTION NEEDED FOR THIS SITE. I, YES, SORRY, THAT IS 30 DAYS. NO ACTION NEEDED UNTIL DECEMBER 19TH. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ONE 19. OKAY. SO ITEM ONE 19 IS BED COMPLEX. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY ALONG ATTIC ZU ROAD, EAST OF STATE HIGHWAY SIX AND SOUTH OF WEST LITTLE GEORGE ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A COMMERCIAL RESERVE TO HAVE 40 FEET OF FURNISH INSTEAD OF 60 FEET ALONG A PUBLISHED STREET. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING TO COMBINE TWO TRACK OF LAND INTO ONE COMMERCIAL RESERVE, WHICH HAS BEEN IN OPERATION AS A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. WITH THIS CURRENT CONFIGURATION FOR THE PAST 14 YEARS. THE SITE ONLY HAS 40 FEET OF FRONTAGE ALONG ATTIC SU ROAD, WHICH DOES NOT MEET THE ORDINANCE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT OF 60 FEET OF FRONTAGE. THE APPLICANT WILL LIKE TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT USE AND BUT CANNOT ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL LAND TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT. SO GRANTING THE VARIANCE WILL NOT BE INJURIOUS TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY AND WOULD ALSO ALLOW THE SITE TO CONTINUE WITH THE CURRENT USE. HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE VAN REQUEST. THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLANS SUBJECT TO THE CCP C 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION. THANK YOU. UH, THE ONLY SPEAKER I HAVE SIGNED UP IS JOYCE OWENS. COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. OWENS? OKAY, MS. OWENS, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO SAY? OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, COMMISSIONERS, UM, THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT. DO I HAVE A MOTION HINES? MOTION ROBINS SECOND HINES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES E SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS. THERE'S NOTHING UNDER THERE. F RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENTS. UM, CHAIR STAFF ASKED TO PRESENT ITEMS 1 21 21 TOGETHER, BUT THEY WILL BE VOTED ON SEPARATELY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ITEM 1 21 21 ARE KINGS RIVER NORTH AND KINGS RIVER SOUTH. THE SUBJECT SITES RANGING BETWEEN 17 AND NEARLY 21 ACRES ARE LOCATED IN THE HARRIS COUNTY, EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION NORTH OF LAKE HOUSTON PARKWAY AND EAST OF KINGS PARK BOULEVARD. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWO TYPE ONE PAE PRIVATE STREET SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISIONS AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A 16 FOOT BUILDING LINE IN LIEU OF THE 20 FOOT BUILDING LINE. REQUIRED STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUESTED VARIANCES. THESE SUBJECT SITES ARE THE LAST REMAINING UNDEVELOPED PROPERTIES IN THE AREA SURROUNDED BY RECORDED SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISIONS AND COMMERCIAL RESERVES. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A CLOSED SYSTEM OF PRIVATE STREETS THAT WILL NOT PROVIDE THROUGH TRAFFIC TO THE PUBLIC. THESE INTERNAL PRIVATE STREETS WILL BE USED AND MAINTAINED BY THE HOMEOWNERS OF THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION AND THUS THE 16 FOOT BUILDING LAND WILL NOT CREATE VISIBILITY OR SAFETY ISSUES FOR THE PUBLIC. HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO THE VARIANCE. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUEST OF VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLATS SUBJECT TO CP C 1 0 1 FORM COMM UH, CONDITIONS MA'AM, CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO OKAY. COMMISSIONERS [f. Reconsiderations of Requirement] ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEM ONE 20 OR 1 21? MADAM CHAIR? YES. COMMISSIONER JONES? YES. UH, SPECIFICALLY TO REFERRING TO THE SIDEWALK AS THE, THE CONSIDERATION IS BASED ON THE LOCATION OF THE SIDEWALK AND THERE'S NOTHING IDENTIFIED ON THIS EXHIBIT THAT WOULD INDICATE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE BACK OF CURB AND THE SIDEWALK SO THAT THEY MEET THE DISTANCE THAT'S SUGGESTED HERE. SO AS FAR AS THE, UH, HARRIS COUNTY JAIL, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR SIDEWALKS, BUT I CAN DEFER THAT TO THE APPLICANT. OKAY. THEY'RE JUST, THERE'S A SIDEWALK, UH, IDENTIFIED ON THE EXHIBIT? YEAH, AND THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I BRING IT UP. OKAY. I'LL FURTHER THAT. MS. CURTIS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND TO THAT? SURE. OKAY. HELLO AGAIN. JENNIFER CURTIS MET A PLANNING WHERE THE APPLICANT. UM, SO YES, WE ARE PLANNING TO PROVIDE A SIDEWALK. UM, WE ARE PLANNING TO MAKE SURE THERE'S AT LEAST 20 OR 21 FEET BETWEEN THE FACE OF THE GARAGE AND THE SIDEWALK BEFORE THE CURB. WE'RE AWARE OF THAT AND WE'RE PLANNING FOR IT. IT JUST IS NOT SHOWN ON THE PLAT. WE DON'T TYPICALLY SHOW SIDEWALKS ON THE PLAT, THAT'S WHY IT'S [00:45:01] NOT THERE. I GET THAT. JUST NOT ON THE EXHIBIT. YES. WANT TO BE CLEAR AND FROM THE EXHIBIT THAT WE'RE, YOU'RE GOING TO MEET THE MINIMUM SO THAT IN FACT YOU DON'T HAVE AN ENCROACHMENT OR UH, AN OBSTRUCTION. CORRECT. THE CARS SHOULD HAVE SUFFICIENT ROOM BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AND THE GARAGE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. CURTIS. OKAY, SO WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THESE SEPARATELY. SO ITEM ONE 20 KINGS RIVER NORTH. I NEED A REC, UH, MOTION TO FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLOT. MOTION TO HEAR SECOND. MAD SECOND MADRE. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 21 KINGS RIVER SOUTH. SAME THING. I NEED A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION MARRE. SECOND TO HEAR. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [Platting Activities g - j] MOVING ALONG TO G EXTENSIONS OF APPROVAL. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR. MEMBERS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, MY NAME IS PETRA SHAW. IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SECTIONS. GHI AND J AS ONE GROUP? YES MA'AM. THANK YOU. SECTION G EXTENSIONS OF APPROVAL CONSISTS OF ITEMS 1 22 THROUGH 1 28 SECTION H. NAME CHANGES CONSIST OF ITEM 1 29 SECTION I CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE CONSISTS OF ITEMS ONE 30 AND 1 31 AND SECTION J ADMINISTRATIVE HAS NO ITEMS. THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUESTS THE APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SECTIONS GHI AND J. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MADAM CHAIR? I'M JUST, JUST FOR THE RECORD, I'M GONNA ABSTAIN FROM 1 29. OKAY. PLEASE NOTE 1 29. UH, COMMISSIONER. HE IS ABSTAINING. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, SO I NEED A MOTION, UH, FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR G-H-I-N-J. MOTION VERA BLAND. MOTION VERA BLAND ROBINS SECOND ROBBINS. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. [k. Development Plats with Variance Requests (Geoff Butler)] KAY. DEVELOPMENT PLATS WITH VARIANCE REQUESTS. ITEM 1 32 IS 57 0 1 HARRISBURG BOULEVARD. THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING AND MUST BE ACTED UPON TODAY. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG HARRISBURG. AT THE INTERSECTION OF CLIFTON STREET, THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A NEW STRUCTURE FOR A CAR DEALERSHIP. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO NOT ABIDE BY THE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS GOVERNING SITE PLANS. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. THE SITE CONSISTS OF A LONGSTANDING USED CAR SALES SITE, INCLUDING A PARKING LOT AND TWO SMALL STRUCTURES. THIS CONFIGURATION LONG PREDATES THE RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM AND THE TOD DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS. THE ORDINANCE ALLOWS FOR NON-CONFORMING USES TO CONTINUE OPERATING AS LONG AS THEY PREDATE THE STANDARD. HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR THIS CONSIDERATION AS THEY HAVE REPLACED A SMALL OFFICE STRUCTURE AT THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY. THE APPLICANT IS NOW REQUIRED TO ABIDE BY THE TOD ORDINANCE, WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW FOR AUTO ORIENTED USES FACING THE PEDESTRIAN REALM. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR THE SITE TO CONS CONTINUE OPERATING AS THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY. THE SITE IS WITHIN AN AREA WITHIN, WITH SEVERAL SIMILAR AUTO SALES AND REPAIR SHOPS. GRANTING THE REQUEST WOULD ALLOW THE SITE TO OPERATE IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE NUMEROUS NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES. IN ADDITION, STAFF FINDS THE TOD RULES TO REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT HARDSHIP IN THIS CASE AS IT WOULD PRECLUDE ANY USE OF THE PROPERTY THAT UTILIZES THE EXISTING STRUCTURES. STAFF RECOMMENDS GRINDING THE VARIANCE TO NOT APPLY THE TO DTOD RULES FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT PLAT. WE'VE RECEIVED ONE WRITTEN COMMENT OPPOSING THE REQUEST CITING INCONSISTENCY WITH THE PEDESTRIAN REALM AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. BUTLER. COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. I'M PRETTY SURE I KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT, UM, WERE THIS BUSINESS OWNER TO SELL THEIR PROPERTY. THIS, IF WE WERE TO GRANT THE EXEMPTION, IT WOULD NOT CARRY OVER TO THE USE THE FUTURE. THE USE. THE USE. IF THE USE CHANGES THE RULES OF THE BANK. OKAY. RIGHT, RIGHT. IF THEY KEPT IT AS THEY HAVE IT, AS THEY'RE PROPOSING IT, THE NEW OWNER CAN OPERATE. IT CONTINUES. IT'S JUST IF THEY CHANGE IT AND REDEVELOP IT INTO SOMETHING ELSE, THEN THET OD RULES WOULD APPLY. OKAY. THANK YOU MR. BALDWIN. AND I JUST WANNA SAY, I MEAN, I WAS A HUGE PROPONENT OF CHANGING THE TOD FROM OPTIONAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS TO MANDATORY, AND WE ALWAYS WONDERED HOW MANY VARIANCE REQUESTS WOULD WE HAVE? IT'S THE FIRST ONE WE'VE HAD IN THE FIVE YEARS, UH, AND WE WANTED TO KEEP TRACK OF IT. WE'VE CHANGED DIRECTORS A FEW TIMES, BUT WE DO WANT TO CONTINUE TO KEEP TRACK OF IT. BUT THIS IS MOST APPROPRIATE AND WE ALWAYS SAID THAT'S WHAT THE VARIANCE IS FOR, WHERE IT MAKES SENSE THAT PERFORMANCE STANDARDS SHOULD BE WAIVED. SO I'M A, YOU KNOW WHY I'M A HUGE FAN OF THE STANDARD. THIS MAKES SENSE. COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR ITEM 1 32? MOTION KALI. SECOND. SECOND. VIRA BLAND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU MR. BUTLER. MOVING ON TO ROMAN NUMERAL THREE, TWO [00:50:01] OH YES. ROMAN NUMERAL TWO. YES. COULD YOU AND I WILL MAKE NOTE THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER ALLMAN HAS JOINED THE MEETING. THANK YOU THAN NEVER. ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE, . OKAY. SO [II. Establish a public hearing date of January 9, 2025] WE'RE GOING TO, UH, ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF JANUARY 9TH, 2025 FOR LOZIER MANOR PARK, PLACE, FIELD WOOD, AND THREE STONE VILLAS. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION GARZA. MOTION GARZA JONES SECOND JONES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. [III. Consideration of an Off-Street Parking Variance at 5226 Elm Street (Geoff Butler)] ALL RIGHT. ROMAN NUMERAL THREE. ITEM THREE IS AN OFF STREET PARKING VARIANCE FOR 52 26 ELM STREET. THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING AND MAYBE DEFERRED AGAIN. . THE SITE IS LOCATED WITH ALONG ELM STREET ALONG, UH, THE HOUSTON BEL AIR CITY LINE WITHIN THE GULFTON COMMUNITY. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A NEW DAYCARE FACILITY WITHIN AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES FROM THE OFF STREET PARKING ORDINANCE. ONE TO ALLOW 60% OF THE REQUIRED PARKING TO BE LOCATED OFFSITE AS OPPOSED TO THE 50%. AND TWO, TO ALLOW THE OFFSITE TO BE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 700 FEET AWAY RATHER THAN THE REQUIRED 500 FEET. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUESTS. THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG ELM STREET, AMONG SEVERAL RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL SITES. THIS AREA FEATURES THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES, MANY OF WHICH PREDATE THE OFF STREET PARKING ORDINANCE. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO RETROFIT AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE FOR A NEW DAYCARE FACILITY. IN ORDER TO MEET THE PARKING STANDARD, THE APPLICANT MUST CONTRACT WITH OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE PARKING ON THE, ON AN OFFSITE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR MORE THAN HALF OF THEIR PARKING TO BE LOCATED OVER THE REQUIRED 500 FEET FROM THE SITE. THE DAYCARE WILL UTILIZE AN EXISTING HORSESHOE DRIVEWAY FOR DROP OFF AND PICKUP. THIS WILL RESULT, EXCUSE ME. THIS WILL REDUCE THE NEED FOR PATRONS TO PARK THEIR VEHICLES IN ANY OF THE 18 SPACES ON SITE. THE APPLICANT ALSO ASSERTS THAT THE OFFSITE IS THE CLOSEST LOCATION TO PROVIDE PARKING PRACTICALLY, AND THAT THIS WILL BE USED PRIMARILY FOR EMPLOYEES IN OVERFLOW PARKING. THE DAYCARE WILL FEATURE SHELL SERVICE BETWEEN BOTH SITES. FURTHERMORE, THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO IMPROVE THE PEDESTRIAN REALM WITH SIDEWALKS AND STRIPING TO PROVIDE A SAFE PATH FOR PEDESTRIANS TO THE OFFSITE STAFF FINDS THAT STRICT IN POSITION OF THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS REPRESENTS AN UNDUE HARDSHIP AND THE APPLICANT IS MEETING THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE. STAFF RECOMMENDS GRAND THE VARIANCE TO ALLOW 60% OF THE PARKING REQUIREMENT TO BE PROVIDED AN OFFSITE 700 FEET AWAY. WE'VE RECEIVED ONE WRITTEN COMMENT EXPRESSING CONCERN OVER TRAFFIC AND STREET PARKING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. BUTLER. OKAY. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK FOR ROMAN NUMERAL THREE. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? YES. COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, I JUST WANT TO GIVE MY SUPPORT TOWARDS YOUR, UH, APPROVAL. YOUR, YOUR, UH, YOUR RECOMMENDATION. SORRY. UM, JUST REMIND EVERYBODY THE, THE NATURE OF GULFTON, IT'S THE DENSEST PART OF OUR CITY. IT'S A HEAVY, WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, LAND IS INCREDIBLY LIMITED AND I THINK THIS IS AN AMAZING SOLUTION AND DESIRE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY. SO I JUST WANT TO OUT FRONT SUPPORT YOUR RE YOUR, UM, RECOMMENDATION. THANKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM THREE? ROMAN NUMERAL THREE. OKAY. SO WE HAVE BEFORE US A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION VERA BLAND. MOTION VERA BLAND. SECOND JONES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ROMAN [IV. Consideration of an Off-Street Parking Variance at 3200 S. Shepherd Drive (Ed Buckley)] NUMERAL FOUR. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. UM, MY NAME IS ED BUCKLEY. ROMAN NUMERAL FOUR IS 3,200 SOUTH SHEPHERD DRIVE. THE SITE IS ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF SOUTH SHEPHERD DRIVE, SOUTH OF WEST ALABAMA STREET AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SOUTH SHEPHERD AND SILVER ROSS STREET. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING AN INTERIOR REMODEL OF A BANK TO CONVERT THE EXISTING BUILDING TO A DESSERT SHOP AND IS REQUESTING TO ALLOW MORE THAN 25% OF THE PARKING REQUIREMENT TO BE LOCATED ON AN OFFSITE TRACK. MORE THAN 500 FEET AWAY, 11 PARKING SPACES ARE PROPOSED ON SITE WITH THE REMAINING PARKING PROVIDED ROUGHLY 720 FEET AWAY AT THE SITE OF DAMARIS BARBECUE STAFF. RECOMMENDED STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER AT THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST. THANK YOU MR. BUCKLEY. I HAVE SOMEONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. JOHN GEIS? UH, NO. I'M NU OKAY. NO, THE ROMAN NUMERALS JUST BACKWARDS. SORRY ABOUT THAT. OKAY. SO I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? HEARING NONE? UH, SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. YES. COMMISSIONER ROBBINS, WHEN WHEN [00:55:01] WE ALLOW APPLICANTS TO, UM, CONTRACT FOR OFFSITE PARKING, HOW DO WE VERIFY THAT THE LOCATION THAT THEY'RE CONTRACTING WITH IT HAS ADEQUATE PARKING? SO WE REQUIRE THEM TO PROVIDE A PARKING ANALYSIS FOR THE OFFSITE TRACT AS WELL. OKAY. THANKS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. HAVE A REQUEST FOR MOTION BALDWIN. MOTION BALDWIN ROBINS SECOND ROBINS. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ROMAN NUMER 4 5 5. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. I'M BENNY CHAMBERS II WITH THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED AN OBLIGATION TO ESTABLISH A 6,250 SQUARE FOOT SPECIAL MINIMUM AND LOSS SIZE BLOCK FOR THE 1900 BLOCK OF CANTERBURY STREET NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES BETWEEN STAFFORD SHIRES BOULEVARD AND CAMBRIDGE STREET. THE APPLICANT PROVIDED EVIDENCE OF SUPPORT FROM OWNERS OF 11 OF THE 20 LOTS, REPRESENTING 51% OF THE TOTAL AREA. A NOTIFICATION WAS MAILED TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE APPLICATION AREA AND TWO TIMELY RATING PROTESTS WERE, UM, FROM A PROPERTY OWNER WE'RE RECEIVED BY A STAFF. ACCORDING TO OUR ANALYSIS, THE APPLICATION AREA CONSISTS OF 18 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS REPRESENTING 90% OF THE TOTAL AREA. AND A MINIMUM MILE SIZE OF 6,250 SQUARE FEET EXIST ON 12 OF THE 20 LOTS, REPRESENTING 74% OF THE APPLICATION IS IN THE DEVONSHIRE PLAY SUBDIVISION, WHICH WAS PLATTERED IN 1925. THE HOUSES ORIGINATE FROM THE 1920S AND 1930S. ALRIGHT, STAFF RECOMMENDS PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THE APPLICATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. THE MADAM CHAIR, WE'RE READY TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THAT IT? YES. YEAH. OKAY. . SORRY. OKAY, SO I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ROMAN NUMERAL SIX FIVE. NO, IT'S SIX. NO, IT'S FIVE. NO, IT'S SIX FIVE. FIVE FIVE. OKAY. ALL THESE NUMBERS WERE WRITTEN WRONG AND I'VE GOT NUMBERS EVERYWHERE, SO, OKAY. [V. Public Hearing and Consideration of a Special Minimum Lot Size Block for Devonshire Place Subdivision – MLS 873 (Bennie Chambers III) ] I'M OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE CONSIDERATION OF A SPECIAL MINIMUM LOT SIZE BLOCK FOR DEVONSHIRE PLACE SUBDIVISION. I HAVE MAKE SURE I'VE GOT TWO SPEAKERS, JEAN BAUER. WELL, I HAD A QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAD RECEIVED THE LETTER FROM ROBERT AND SUSAN NICHOLS. THEY SENT IT TWO DAYS AGO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. I HAVE TO DIRECT THAT TO STAFF THEY HAVE. OKAY. OKAY. UM, OKAY. AND OKAY. YES, WE HAVE THAT. I ALSO SENT A LETTER. SO JEAN BAUER SENT A LETTER, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ITSELF. WINDELL STREET, WHICH IS JUST SOUTH OF CANTERBURY STREET, IS ALL SINGLE RESIDENTIAL AND CANTERBURY SOUTH IS SINGLE. RESIDE NORTH IS SINGLE RESIDENTIAL. LAUDERDALE STREET IS ONE STREET NORTH OF CANTERBURY. AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE A DEVELOPER THAT HAS TAKEN ONE PROPERTY LOT AND DIVIDED IT INTO FOUR AND HAS BUILT FOUR TOWERING HOMES WAY ABOVE OUR HOMES. AND WE HAVE A TWO STORY HOME. UM, THEY HAVE COMPLETELY TAKEN ALL THE GREEN SPACE OUT. THEY HAVE CUT DOWN ALL THE TREES. THERE WERE NINE TREES THERE. THERE'S NONE NOW. SO THERE'S NO GREEN SPACE LEFT. IT'S GONNA BE CEMENT, BUT THE 16 FOOT DRIVEWAY AND THEN MORE CEMENT FOR PARKING ON THE SIDES. SO THAT'S JUST ONE LOT ONE STREET AWAY AND IT'S HAD A DEVASTATING EFFECT ON LAUDERDALE. SO I WAS REALLY HOPING YOU WOULD APPROVE, UH, THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE FOR CANTERBURY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. BAUER. COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS WALTER HITMAN. I AM WALTER HITMAN. UH, I'M MOSTLY HERE. I I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROTESTS ARE, SO I'M HERE JUST TO, UH, BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS, UH, MINIMUM LOT SIZE. THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL AREA. IT'S HISTORICAL, ACTUALLY, I THINK IT WAS ONE OF THE EARLY SUBURBS ESTABLISHED BY MAYOR HOLCOMB WHO HAD A, A MANSION AT THE HEAD. AND, AND THESE WERE HIS, UH, DEVELOPER COLLEAGUES WHO BUILT THESE HOUSES IN THE 1920S. IT'S, IT'S NESTLED IN THE MEDICAL CENTER, [01:00:02] UM, SURROUNDED BY THE MEDICAL CENTER, THE VA, HOSPICE AND SO ON. IT'S A VERY NICE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. AND MEDICAL CENTER PEOPLE WALK IN THE AREA, PATIENTS COME IN AND STAY AT SOME OF THE AREAS CLOSE BY. THEY, THEY USE THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR A WALK. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO LIMIT THE POPULATION DENSITY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO, TO RETAIN THE AMBIANCE OF, OF THIS AREA, WHICH IS CONVENIENT FOR THOSE WHO WORK. I'VE WORKED AT MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER FOR 50 YEARS. IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO WALK, NOT HAVE TO DRIVE. IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO USE, HAVE A WALK TO THE ZOO. WE JUST WANNA RETAIN THE POPULATION DENSITY AND THE RESIDENTIAL NATURE OF THIS AREA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU MR. HILEMAN. I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? OKAY. SO I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. MOTION GARZA. MOTION GARZA. ALL SECOND ALLMAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ROMAN [VI. Public Hearing and Consideration of a Special Minimum Lot Size Block Re-Establishment for Ordinance 2011-867 (Misty Staunton)] NUMERAL SIX. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS MISTY STANTON WITH THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. THE ITEM IS, IS A REQUEST FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER AT 2041 NORFOLK FOR A PARTIAL RECONSIDERATION TO THE ORDINANCE THAT DESIGNATES A SPECIAL MINIMUM LOT SIZE BLOCK FOR THE 1900 2000 BLOCK OF NORFOLK STREET. THE PROPERTY OWNER AT 2041 NORFOLK IS SEEKING A CHANGE TO THE DESIGNATION OF THE, OF THE LOT FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL. THE 2011 MINIMUM LOT SIZE ANALYSIS INDICATED THAT THE PROPERTY WAS IN USE AT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. THE CURRENT REQUEST FOR THE PARTIAL RECONSIDERATION WAS FILED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER ON OCTOBER 1ST OF THIS YEAR FOR THIS PARTIAL RECONSIDERATION. PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE HEARING WAS SENT ON OCTOBER 22ND, 2024. TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE 1900 2000 SPECIAL MINIMUM LOT SIZE BLOCKED DESTINATION. THE DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED FIVE PROTESTS FOR THE PARTIAL RECONSIDERATION. ONE FROM THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF RICHWOOD PLACE CIVIC ASSOCIATION, ONE FROM THE APPLICANT OF THE 2011 MINIMUM SPECIAL MINIMUM AND LOT SIZE BLOCK APPLICATION. AND THREE FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE BOUNDARY. THE DIRECTOR HAS REFERRED THE PARTIAL RECONSIDERATION REQUEST TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR CONSIDERATION IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION. WE ARE REQUESTING A DEFERRAL FOR TWO WEEKS FOR FURTHER REVIEW OF DEED RESTRICTIONS. AND WITH THAT MADAM CHAIR, WE'RE READY TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPENED FOR, UM, SIX NUMERAL SIX. I HAVE ONE SPEAKER SIGNED TO SPEAK. MR. GEIST, JOHN GEIST. THIS IS GONNA BE A DEAN END OF MY ROOM. OKAY. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JOHN GE. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE RICHWOOD PLACE CIVIC ASSOCIATION. I'M HERE TO DATE TO VOICE OUR ASSOCIATION'S OPPOSITION TO THIS APPLICATION TO AMEND THE SPECIAL MINIMUM OT SIZE ORDINANCE. CONTRARY TO THE OWNER'S ASSERTION THAT THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN USED FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES SINCE 2010, ANY OF THE LONG-TERM PROPERTY OWNERS ON THAT BLOCK CAN ATTEST. THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE. THE SKYDIVE ART COLLECTIVE LEASED THE HOUSE FROM 2010 TO 2013, DURING THIS PERIOD, THE BUSINESS DID NOT HAVE PERMITS OR A LICENSE TO OPERATE AS A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, NOR WAS THERE ANY COMMERCIAL SIGNAGE OR DEDICATED PARKING ALLOCATED AFTER THIS TIME PERIOD. THERE WERE TENANTS OVER THE YEARS THAT LEASE THE HOUSE AS A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. EVEN DURING A TIME OF THE ART COLLECTIVE, THERE WAS ALWAYS SOMEONE LIVING IN THE HOUSE. THE PROPERTY HAS ALWAYS BEEN AND STILL IS CLASSIFIED AS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ACCORDING TO THE HARRIS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT. IS MY PICTURE UP? ? NO, I WANNA HAVE A PICTURE FOR YOU. THERE. THERE IT GOES. THIS, IT'S COMING. THERE WE GO. OKAY. SO THIS BANNER IS HANGING ON THE FENCE OF THAT PROPERTY. IT SAYS COMING SOON, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A NICE LUXURY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOUSE. SO I, I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY WOULD, WOULD WANT TO APPLY FOR A COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION IF THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE REALLY PLANNING TO BUILD. SO WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. OKAY. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS, SIR? DID, DID YOU LIVE THERE IN 2010? YOU LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN TWO? YES. AND YOU'RE PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THE PROPERTY? YES. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT. UM, YES. QUESTION FOR STAFF COMMISSIONER MORRIS. I MEAN, I KNOW I'D PERSONALLY BE INCLINED TO [01:05:01] GO AGAINST THE REQUEST, BUT YOU, YOU'RE ASKING FOR A DEFER 'CAUSE THE DEED REVIEW. THE DEED RESTRICTIONS, YES, THE DEED RESTRICTIONS, BUT, UM, A MINIMUM LOT SIZE. I MEAN, THIS IS A, A, IT RESTRICTS THE YOUTH. IT RESTRICTS THE YOUTH. BUT I, I GUESS I'M JUST WONDERING WHY WE NEED A DEED RESTRIC. LIKE, LIKE COULD WE NOT VOTE AGAINST, AGAINST THIS TODAY? UM, SURE, I WOULD LOVE THAT. BUT, UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE REVIEW THE DEED RESTRICTIONS BECAUSE, UH, THE PROPERTY OWNER IS SAYING THAT THEY OPTED OUT OF THOSE DEED RESTRICTIONS. WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S THE CASE. YEAH, AND, AND I'LL ADD, WE GOT THOSE LIKE MONDAY, SO THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED TO KNOW. THANK WAS NOTICE THEY JUST DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO REVIEW. YEAH. THEY APPEAR TO BE INCOMPLETE, SO WE ARE DOING OUR OWN RESEARCH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF. RECOMMENDATION FOR DEFERRAL. MOTION TO DEFER. MOTION. MOTION STEIN SECOND HINES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. [VII. Public Comment] OKAY, ITEM SEVEN, PUBLIC COMMENT. DO I HAVE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT? ALL RIGHT, WELL DONE AT 3:55 PM WE ARE ADJOURNED. YES. YAY. AWESOME TIMING. * 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.