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TAKE YOUR SEATS.[CALL TO ORDER]
GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.I'M LISA CLARK, CHAIR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION, AND I'M CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 2:33 PM ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH, 2025.
THIS IS AN IN-PERSON MEETING TAKING PLACE IN THE CITY HALL ANNEX 900 BAGBY.
YOU MAY ALSO MONITOR THIS MEETING BY VIEWING VIA HTV SPEAKERS.
IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON AN ITEM, PLEASE FILL OUT THE SPEAKERS FORM BEFORE THE ITEM IS CALLED AND TURN IT INTO STAFF NEAR THE FRONT DOOR.
CONSENT AND REPEAT SPEAKERS ARE ALLOWED.
ONE MINUTE AND NEW SPEAKERS ARE TIME FOR TWO MINUTES.
TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM, I'LL CALL THE ROLE CHAIR CLARK IS PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER POR PERLE POROUS PERLE PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER ROBBINS ROBBINS PRESENT.
UH, COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG IS NOT HERE.
UH, COMMISSIONER SIEGLER SIGLER PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER STEIN IS NOT HERE.
COMMISSIONER VICTOR VICTOR PRESENT.
PRESENT AND DIRECTOR TRAN TRAN PRESENT.
OKAY, I WANNA MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
UH, THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN, SO WE'LL NOT HEAR THEM TODAY.
ITEMS 1 0 8, 1 13 AND ROMAN NUMERAL THREE.
[Consideration of the January 23, 2025, Planning Commission Meeting Minutes ]
YOUR, UM, MINUTE MEETING MINUTES FOR THE JANUARY 23RD, 2025 MEETING.DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MOTION COLLEAGUE.
I WAS GONNA DO THE DIRECTOR'S, OH, SORRY.
[Director’s Report]
THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT NOW.CHAIR CLARK COMMISSION MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC.
I AM VON TRAN, SECRETARY OF THIS COMMISSION AND DIRECTOR OF HOUSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
I HAVE TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY.
FIRST, THE CITY OF HOUSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS TURNING 85 NEXT WEEK ON FEBRUARY 14TH.
ALL RIGHT, SO THE SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT, I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT ROBERT WILLIAMSON HAS JOINED THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
WITH OVER 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN SENIOR MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY.
ROBERT BRINGS A WEALTH OF LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES TO OUR PLANNING TEAM.
ROBERT IS WELL VERSED IN HOUSTON'S UNIQUE DEVELOPMENT CULTURE AND HAS A STRONG BACKGROUND IN NAVIGATING COMPLEX DOCUMENTS AND CONCEPTS AS WITHIN OUR CODES OF ORDINANCES.
ROBERT IS A PROVEN LEADER WITH A CUSTOMER CENTRIC SOLUTIONS ORIENTED MANAGEMENT STYLE.
HE EXCELS AT BUILDING STRONG CLIENT AND COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS, ACHIEVING GOALS THROUGH COLLABORATION AND THRIVING IN DIVERSE HIGH PRESSURE ENVIRONMENTS.
IN OTHER WORDS, HE'S USED TO SITTING IN THE HOT SEAT AND KEEPING HIS COOL.
I AM THRILLED TO HAVE ROBERT ON THE BOARD, UH, ON BOARD AS MY SECOND IN COMMAND AND SUPPORT OUR TEAM BY MAKING MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTIONS AND SERVING OUR CITY OF HOUSTON COMMISSIONERS AND THE PUBLIC.
PLEASE JOIN ME TO WELCOME ROBERT WILLIAMSON TO THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT TEAM.
IN CLOSING, 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 FOR MORE INFORMATION.
THANK YOU, DIRECTOR T TRAN, AND ROBERT, WE WELCOME YOU AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
UM, I WANNA TAKE A QUICK MOMENT TO INVITE DIRECTOR ANGEL PONSE TO THE FRONT.
UH, THE DIRECTOR IS WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
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DIRECTOR PONSE.I'M DIRECTOR OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
I'M NO STRANGER TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON, BUT I DID WANNA COME BY TODAY.
I HAVE SOME TIME TODAY AND I WANTED TO MAKE, UH, UH, BE HERE TODAY TO NOT JUST INTRODUCE MYSELF, BUT TO THANK YOU, UM, FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
OUR OFFICE, UH, SERVES AS THE LEAD ADVOCATE FOR THE RIGHTS AND NEEDS OF HOUSTONIANS WITH DISABILITIES.
WE ALSO COLLABORATE WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ON THE SIDEWALK MODIFICATIONS, REVIEW MEETINGS, AND SO WE TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE PERMITS AND ENSURE THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE AND THAT WE ARE CREATING ACCESSIBLE SIDEWALKS AND RAMPS FOR HOUSTONIANS.
WE HAVE OUR PEDESTRIAN ACCESSIBILITY REVIEW PROGRAM WHERE WE PRIORITIZE SIDEWALKS, UH, REPAIRS FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
UM, AND SO JUST WANTED TO, UM, SAY HI.
UH, I'VE WORKED WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER CULVERT IN THE PAST, UM, SEVERAL, SEVERAL TIMES, AND, UH, ESPECIALLY ON SOME, UH, UH, PENDING ITEMS ON SIDEWALKS THAT ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
UH, UH, THAT, THAT HAVE TO DO WITH WITH POLLS
BUT, UH, WE'LL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION LATER.
I JUST WANTED TO, UH, UH, THANK, UH, DIRECTOR TRAN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, UH, FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING AT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND ANYTHING THAT THE MOPD CAN DO TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT PLANNING AND SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE.
THANK YOU, DIRECTOR PONSE, THANKS FOR JOINING US.
[Platting Activities a & b]
TO PLATTING ACTIVITY.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
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 6 SECTIONS A CONSENT ITEMS ARE NUMBERS ONE THROUGH 63 AND SECTIONS B REPL ITEMS ARE NUMBER 64 THROUGH 1 0 6.
IF PLEASES COMMISSION STAFF WOULD LIKE TO MOVE, UH, ITEMS NUMBER 68 AND 69 BRIDGELAND PRAIRIELAND VILLAGE SECTIONS 89 AND 90 WITH ITEM ONE 14 BRIDGELAND PRAIRIELAND VILLAGE GP IN THE VARIANCE SECTION, THERE ARE NO OTHER ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN OUT OF ORDER AND THERE ARE NO CHANCE OF STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, THERE ARE NO INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS. THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUESTS THEIR APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSENT AND REPLAY.
ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATIONS.
DO I HAVE SOME ABSTENTIONS? UH, COMMISSIONER HEI? YES, MADAM CHAIR, I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEMS THREE THROUGH EIGHT 17 AND 18, 22 THROUGH 26 AND 67 AND 70.
I WILL ABSTAIN FROM 68 AND 69 WHEN THEY COME UP AGAIN.
UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, SEVERAL TODAY.
SO 6 8 22, 28, 30, 33, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 47, 49, UH, 67 AND 70 AND THEN 68 AND 69 WILL BE WITH ONE 14.
ANY OTHER ABSTENTIONS? OKAY, SO WE NEED A MOTION FOR ALL ITEMS. SAVE AND ACCEPT ITEM THREE FOOT, WELL THREES THROUGH EIGHT.
MAKE SURE I DON'T SKIP ANYTHING.
17, 18, 22, 23 THROUGH 26, 28, 30, 33, 38 THROUGH 42.
I THINK I MIGHT HAVE SKIPPED SOMETHING.
WELL WE'RE TAKING 68 AND 69 OUT AND 70.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION JONES.
DO I NEED TO REPEAT THESE AGAIN? NO,
SO I HAVE THEM IN MY NOTES IF YOU NEED THEM.
SO I'LL NEED A MOTION FOR ALL OF THE SAVE AND ACCEPT ITEMS. MOTION POURS PER SECOND.
[c. Replats requiring Public Hearings with Notification (Dorianne Powe-Phlegm and John Cedillo)]
TO PUBLIC HEARINGS.SO WE'LL START WITH ITEM 1 0 7.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 1 0 7 IS OIE HOMES RELAID NUMBER ONE.
THE SITE IS IN HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS AT THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF SPRING HILL AND REBECCA
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STREETS WEST OF STATE HIGHWAY 2 88 AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SIX 10.THE REASON FOR RELAID IS TO CHANGE THE DENSITY TABLE ON THE PLAT FROM THREE DWELLING UNITS TO SIX DWELLING UNITS.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE C BBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
THERE ARE NO VARIANTS REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 0 7 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? ARE WE PLANNING SIX UNITS OR THREE UNITS? SHE SAID SIX, BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN A DWELLING FOR SIX.
SO IT'S A CHANGE ON THE, UH, DWELLING UNIT TABLE.
THE ORIGINALLY WAS THREE, UNIT THREE, UH, LOTS, BUT UM, THEY WERE DOING THREE DWELLING UNITS.
NOW THEY'RE GOING TO DO SIX DWELLING UNITS WITH THREE LOTS WITH THREE LOTS ON THREE WITHIN THE THREE LOTS? YEAH.
OKAY, WELL HEARING NO SPEAKERS, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 0 7 AND LOOK FOR A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL.
MOTION BALDWIN SECOND TO HEAR.
ITEM 1 0 9 IS VENDORS LANDING IN STATE SECTION SEVEN PARTIALLY PLAT NUMBER ONE.
THE SITE IS IN HOUSTON'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
THE REASON FOR RE PLAT IS TO CREATE ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOT.
THE SITE IS LOCATED NORTHWEST ALONG HAZY LANDING COURT NORTH OF SHADY HILLS LANDING LANE SOUTH OF RAYFORD ROAD.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE 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.
THE PLAT WAS DEFERRED AT THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO RECEIVE A LETTER OF APPROVAL FROM THE VENDORS LANDING ESTATES ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL COMMITTEE.
THE LETTER WAS RECEIVED BY STAFF AND REVIEWED BY LEGAL AND PER LEGAL'S REVIEW.
THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
NOW, STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
MADAM CHAIR, IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM.
AT THIS TIME, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 0 9 IS CONTINUED.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? SEEING NONE.
I WILL CLOSE THE UH, PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL.
ITEM ONE 10 IS HOLD STREET LIVING.
THE SITE IS IN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMITS, EAST ALONG HOLD STREET, WEST OF SOUTH SHEPHERD DRIVE NORTH OF FAIRVIEW STREET, SOUTH OF INDIANA STREET.
THE REASON FOR REFL IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
THERE ARE NO BEARINGS REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILES SEPARATELY PER THE MARK FILE.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES 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 APPROVAL.
I'M SURE YOU ALREADY NOTED IT, BUT PLEASE NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER TAHIR HAS JOINED US.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM ONE 11 IS NAVAJO PLACE, SECTION ONE OF PARTIAL REPL NUMBER TWO.
THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A NEARLY 12 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HARRIS COUNTY EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION AT THE CUL-DE-SAC OF NAVAJO PLACE DRIVE EAST OF FM 29 78 AND NORTH OF HUFF SMITH DRIVE.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL IS TO CREATE SEVEN SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS, ALL RANGING FROM 1.5 TO 2.7 ACRES IN SIZE.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW B LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE APPLICATION DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
UH, WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THE APPLICATION.
S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR FOR PLEASE THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM ONE 11 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK IS NEW WISHES TO SPEAK.
I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK APPROVAL FOR, UH, ITEM ONE 11.
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OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A NEARLY 2.3 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS AT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF BEDFORD STREET AND DORN STREET SOUTH OF BELFORT AVENUE.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL IS TO CREATE ONE LARGE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTS WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ON NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THE APPLICATION DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
AND STAFF HAS RECEIVED, UH, ONLY ADVANCED COMMENTS REGARDING THE CONCERN OF WHAT WAS TO BE DEVELOPED ON THE PLAT WITH THAT IT WAS TO BE A, UH, WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION CENTER.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CCP C 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS MADAM CHAIR PLEASES THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM ONE 12 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
OH, WE DO HAVE SOMEONE SIGNED TO SPEAK
COUNCIL MEMBER CASTEX TATUM JUST TEXTING YOU THAT SHE WOULD PREFER THIS ITEM TO BE DEFERRED AND HER AS ASSISTANT IS COMING TO SPEAK.
UH, MEMBERS, UH, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
I'M PURITA CHAVIS, CHIEF OF STAFF FOR MAYOR PRO.
TIM MARTHA, CAST SIX TATUM, COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT K.
AND SHE, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE ITEM BE DEFERRED TO ALLOW HER TIME, UM, TO REVIEW, UM, THE APPLICATION AS WELL AS, UM, GATHER, UH, INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE IT WHEN YOU SHOW UP
SO WHERE'S ANOTHER SPEAKER? OH, UH, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
NO, THIS OTHER SPEAKER, I'M SORRY.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
THIS ONE IS UH, IN THE ONE, UH, TWO WAY SMALL ROW.
UH, I'M THE OWNER JUST NEXT TO THIS PROPERTY.
WHAT THE PURPOSE FOR THE, UH, FUTURE USE? YEAH, MRS. SIO, I THINK YOU CAN ANSWER THAT.
I BELIEVE SHE'S ASKING ABOUT THE USE OF THE PROPERTY.
SO THE USE IS TO BE A WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION CENTER.
SO ESSENTIALLY A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
UH, THEY, THEY ARE PROVIDING 30 FOOT BUILDING LINES ALONG BOTH OF THE RIGHT OF WAYS TO GIVE THEM SUFFICIENT ACCESS.
UH, UH, BUT APPARENTLY THE INTENT IS TO GO WITH COMMERCIAL WAREHOUSE, UH, WHICH IS NOT OUT OF LINE WITH SOME OF THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT THAT IS GOING ON IN THIS AREA.
DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? UH, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.
UH, IS IT, UH, INCLUDING LIKE A TUR WAR OR METAL BUILDING? DO YOU HAVE THE LOADING DOCK? OF COURSE WE DON'T HAVE THE EXCITE AT THIS MOMENT BECAUSE UH, IF YOU HAVE THE LOADING DOCK THAT IS A VERY NARROW TWO-WAY ONE TWO-WAY, ONE LANE, IT WILL BE BLOCKED THE TRAFFIC.
UM, THAT'LL COME AT A LATER TIME.
IT'S JUST SUBDIVIDING OR PLATING OF THAT PARCEL OF LAND.
BUT AS IT MOVES DOWN, IT WILL NEED TO HAVE PLANS APPROVED THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS.
BUT MR. CILLO CAN HELP YOU AND, UH, THE STAFF MEMBER THAT JUST SPOKE CHIEF OF STAFF OR UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, TEX TATUM, SHE CAN HELP YOU AS WELL.
IT SOUNDS LIKE SHE'S GONNA TRY TO GET THE NEIGHBORHOOD TOGETHER.
SO JOHN CAN HELP YOU WHEN HE IS DONE.
DO I HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS FOR ITEM ONE 12? I DO NOT SEE ANY.
YEAH, WE HAVE A REQUEST TO DEFER.
SO I'M GOING TO, UH, CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING 'CAUSE I'M ASSUMING WE WILL DEFER.
AND DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR DEFERRAL? MOTION SIGLER.
[d. Subdivision Plats with Variance Requests (Aracely Rodriguez, Petra Hsia, Tammi Williamson and Devin Crittle) ]
SPEAK THE WITHDRAWAL THAT TIME.AND COMMISSIONER MARRE, YOU'RE GONNA BE MAD CHAIR ABSTAINING.
GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR, THE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM ONE PORTION OF BRI LAN VILLAGE GP.
SECTION CT EIGHT IS BRI PARA VILLAGE, SECTION 89 AND ITEM SECTION 90, BRI PARA VILLAGE SECTION 90.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY WEST OF GRAND PARKWAY AND NORTH WEST ROAD.
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THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTED MULTIPLE VARIANCES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN GP AREA.THESE VARIANCES ARE NUMBER ONE TO EXIT INTERCESSION FACING ALONG PARALLEL CROSSING BETWEEN NATURE PRESERVE AND TWO OR TURN ROAD.
NUMBER TWO IS TO EXIT INTERCESSION FACING BETWEEN PEAK ROAD AND A COLLECTOR ROAD AND BETWEEN PRAIRIE LAND CROSSING AND PEAK ROAD NUMBER THREE TO EXIT INTERCESSION FACING BETWEEN NATURE PRESERVE AND TUCKER TURN ROAD NUMBER FOUR IS TO EXIT INTERCESSION FACING BETWEEN PEAK ROAD AND COLLECTOR STREET.
AND NUMBER FIVE IS TO EXIT INTERSECTION FACING BETWEEN PICK ROAD AND INSTEAD OF FATHER LANE AND BETWEEN PICK ROAD AND NATURE FOR SURE WAY, WHICH IS NUMBER ON THE SCREEN THAT IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
BROOKLYN
THIS GP HAS BEEN SUBMITTED MULTIPLE TIMES AND THE TRAC HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE GP BOUNDARY.
SO THIS GP SUBMISSION NOW INCLUDE THIS TRAC FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH VARIANCE REQUESTED TO ADDRESS MINIMUM INTERSECTION PACING WITHIN THIS VICINITY.
SO CONSIDERING THE PREVIOUS APPROVED DP STREET PATTERN AND THE SURROUNDING AREA DESIGNATED FOR MAKE ABUSES SUCH AS SCHOOL, CHURCH, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL, THE VARIANCES ARE NEEDED TO ALIGN THE PROPOSED STREET WITH THE ESTABLISHED STREET PATTERN.
AND THESE VARIANCES ARE ALSO NEEDED TO PROVIDE THE DRAINAGE AND DETENTION AREA REQUIRED TO SERVE THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
SO GRANTING THESE VARIANCES WILL STILL MEET AND PRESERVE THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE BY PROVIDING ADEQUATE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION THROUGHOUT THE GP.
HARRIS COUNTY IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST AND THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCES AND APPROVE THE GP AND THE SECTION SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 INFORMED CONDITION.
SO, UH, DO I HAVE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON 68 69 OR ONE 14? OKAY.
COMMISSIONERS I NEED A, A MOTION FOR GRANTING THE REQUEST OF VARIANCES.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM ONE 15 IS KANEY CROSSING NORTHEAST.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE HOUSTON ETJ IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY SOUTH OF ALONG FM 1485 WEST ALONG US 59 AND NORTH ALONG WALTON AVENUE.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING NINE UNRESTRICTED RESERVES AND A LANDSCAPE OPEN SPACE RESERVE AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW SELECT PROPOSED UNRESTRICTED RESERVES TO, TO HAVE FRONTAGE AND ACCESS VIA EXISTING ACCESS EASEMENTS INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED PUBLIC STREET STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
PER THE ORDINANCE, A RECORDED UNRESTRICTED RESERVE CAN BE SUBDIVIDED BY MEETS AND BOUNDS WITHOUT REPL.
HOWEVER, THIS REQUIREMENT IS NOT ALLOWED IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
THEREFORE, THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED A SUBDIVISION PLAT APPLICATION TO MEET MONTGOMERY COUNTY REQUIREMENTS.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO CREATE NINE UNRESTRICTED RESERVES AND A LANDSCAPE AND OPEN SPACE RESERVE WITH UNRESTRICT UNRESTRICTED RESERVES, D, E, AND F HAVING SOLE FRONTAGE AND ACCESS FROM EXISTING ACCESS EASEMENTS.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY HAS NO OBJECTIONS.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLOT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 15? HEARING NONE.
COMMISSIONERS, I NEED A MOTION TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE.
ITEM ONE 16 MADAM CHAIR, I'M GONNA RECUSE FROM THE NEXT THREE ITEMS. 1 16, 1 17 AND ONE 18.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN NORTHWEST HARRIS COUNTY NORTH ALONG GRAND PARKWAY AND WEST OF MOSKE ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUEST AN ADVANTAGE TO ALLOW AN INTERSECTION FACING OF ABOUT 335 FEET INSTEAD OF 600 FEET ALONG MAY 3RD.
FAIR MOKI ROAD STEP IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
DARVIS JET GP PROPOSES A MULTI-USE DEVELOPMENT THAT INCLUDES COMMERCIAL, LIGHT, INDUSTRIAL, AND RESIDENTIAL
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USES, AND IS BOUNDED BY AN EXISTING UNRECORDED RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION TO THE NORTH GRAND PARKWAY TO THE SOUTH AND MOKI TO THE EAST.PREVIOUSLY A SPECIAL RECEPTION WAS GRANTED TO ALLOW A REDUCED INTERSECTION PACING ALONG MOKI ROAD, ALIGNING THE PROPOSED E WEST STREET, I BELIEVE FIELD BOULEVARD WITH AN ASSISTING MEDIAN OPENING.
HOWEVER, AFTER FURTHER COORDINATION WITH TECH DOT, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A ADJUSTMENT WHERE NEEDED TO RELOCATE THE MEDIAN OPENING AND THE PROPOSED E WEST STREET FOR FURTHER NORTH TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW AND SAFETY, WHICH WOULD INCREASE THE INTERSECTION FACING BETWEEN GRAND PARKWAY AND THE PROPOSED E WEST STREET, BUT WOULD DECREASE THE INTERSECTION FACING BETWEEN THE PROPOSED E WEST STREET AND PLAZA 90 BOULEVARD.
THIS MODIFICATION, UM, INCREASES THE MEDIAN LAND ON MURKY ROAD TO IMPROVE LEFT TURN STACKING TRAFFIC, CIRCULATION, AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
ALSO, I BELIEVE FIELD BOULEVARD WILL FUNCTION AS A ROAD ALONG GRAND PARKWAY AND TWO 90 PLUS TWO 90 BOULEVARD ONLY SERVE TO TO TO THE EXISTING LOW TRAFFIC RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
HARRIS COUNTY IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVED THE GP SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION.
OKAY, COMMISSIONERS, UH, FIRST LET ME ASK, ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS FOR ITEM ONE 16? ALL RIGHT.
HEARING NONE, I NEED A MOTION TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ITEMS ONE 17 AND ONE 18 TOGETHER.
ITEM ONE 17 IS KIRKENDAL VILLAGE GP AND ITEM ONE 18 IS KIRKENDAL VILLAGE.
SECTION ONE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S ETJ IN NORTHERN HARRIS COUNTY NORTHEAST ALONG KIRKENDAL ROAD NORTH OF THE GRAND PARKWAY.
FOR ITEM ONE 17, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A GENERAL PLAN OF 42 ACRES AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE AND SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN AND NORTHWESTERN BOUNDARIES BY NOT PROVIDING AN EAST WEST PUBLIC STREET AND REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED MINIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG KIRKENDAL ROAD, A MAJOR THROWER AND A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO EXCEED MINIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING WITHIN THE TYPE ONE PAE DEVELOPMENT FOR ITEM ONE 18.
FOR SECTION ONE, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 136 LOTS AND 10 RESERVES RESTRICTED TO LANDSCAPE AND OPEN SPACE, COMPENSATING OPEN SPACE AND PARKING WITHIN THE TYPE ONE PAE DEVELOPMENT AND IS REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES TO ALLOW FOR A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE FOR 73 LOTS AND TO ALLOW A 14 FOOT BUILDING LINE FOR THE REMAINING 63 LOTS STAFF REQUESTS TO DEFER BOTH APPLICATIONS PER HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING'S.
REQUEST FOR MORE TIME TO REVIEW THE REVISED INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT IN WORKING TOWARDS SOLUTIONS ACCEPTABLE TO ALL PARTIES.
DO I HAVE ANY SPEAKERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 17 AND ONE 18? ALL RIGHT.
HEARING NONE, UH, COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEFERRAL.
DO I HAVE A MOTION THAT'S FOR ITEM ONE 17 AND ONE 18.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM NUMBER ONE 19 IS ARD TRACK GENERAL PLAN.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN FORT BEND COUNTY SOUTH ALONG ARD ROAD, WEST OF POST OAK ROAD AND EAST OF BLUE RIDGE DRIVE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING OF 4,400 FEET BY NOT PROVIDING A EAST WEST STREET THROUGH THIS TRACK.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.
THE SITE IS A 181 ACRE GENERAL PLAN BISECTED BY MAJOR AIRFARE, CHIMNEY ROCK ROAD.
THE DEVELOPER INTENDS TO CREATE AN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH DRAINAGE AND DETENTION FACILITIES.
THE SURROUNDING AREA CONSISTS OF LARGE ACRES, TRACKS AND CONTAIN STREET CONNECTIONS ON THE MAJOR AIRFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN.
THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE GP INCLUDES A PORTION OF THE UNNAMED EAST WEST MAJOR AIRFARE AND THE PIPELINE.
THE AREA BETWEEN THE UNNAMED MAJOR AIRFARE TO THE SOUTH AND MYCARD ROAD TO THE NORTH IS AFFECTED BY THE CLEAR CREEK FLOODWAY
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REQUIRING A STREET AT 1400 FEET PLACES THE RIGHT OF WAY IN THE CENTER OF THE CLEAR CREEK FLOODWAY.RELOCATING THE STREET CLOSER TO THE MAJOR AIRFARES WOULD NOT GREATLY IMPROVE OVERALL TRAFFIC CIRCULATION.
IN ADDITION, THE OUT TRACKS ADJACENT TO THIS GENERAL PLAN HAVE TAKEN ACCESS FROM RECORDED ACCESS EASEMENT SINCE 2011 FOR BEND.
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS VOICED NO OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST AND STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTING THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVING THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 19? OKAY.
WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO GRANT THE REQUESTED A VARIANCE.
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ONE 20.
ITEM ONE 20 IS MODERN AT YALE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST INTERSECTION OF YALE STREET AND 10 AND A HALF STREET SOUTH OF 11TH STREET.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A REDUCED BUILDING LINE OF EIGHT FEET AND A REDUCED RIGHT OF WAY, DEDICATION OF FOUR AND A HALF FEET ALONG 10 AND A HALF STREET STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO DEVELOP A MULTI-STORY MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
THE SITE IS PLANNED FOR A ACTIVE GROUND FLOOR RETAIL USE WITH A ROOFTOP GARDEN AND RESTAURANT ABOVE THE MAJORITY OF THE SITE FRONTS.
YALE STREET AND VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE SITE WILL BE FROM BOTH YALE AND 10 AND A HALF STREET.
10 AND A HALF STREET IS A 30 FOOT WIDE CURB AND GUTTER RIGHT OF WAY WITH ONLY ONE DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC TRAFFIC.
TRAVELING WEST THE STREET IS ONLY TWO BLOCKS LONG AND THIS BLOCK ONLY CONTAINS TWO TO THREE RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAYS.
THE PEDESTRIAN REALM HAS A BACKUP CURB DISTANCE OF 21 FEET AND THE SITE PLAN SHOWS AN UNOBSTRUCTED EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK WITH LANDSCAPING BUFFER OF ABOUT EIGHT AND A HALF FEET.
YALE STREET HAS A SIMILAR PEDESTRIAN REALM AND QUALIFIES TO MEET THE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR RETAIL USE ALONG A MAJOR FAIR FARE, 80 FOOT OR LESS.
S THE EXHIBITS PROVIDED SHOW HIGH TRANSPARENCY ALONG BOTH RIGHT OF WAYS AT THE GROUND LEVEL AND THE ENTRY TO THE ROOF GARDEN IS ACCESSIBLE AT THE INTERSECTION.
THE COMBINATION OF THE REDUCED BUILDING LINE AND REDUCED RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION WILL ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT TO MEET THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE DUE TO THE EXISTING HOMES CONSTRUCTED CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY LINES AND BEING ADJACENT TO THE, UH, HISTORIC DISTRICT.
THE RIGHT OF WAY ALONG 10 AND HALF STREET HAS LITTLE CHANCE OF EVER BEING WIDE INTO ITS REQUIRED WIDTH.
OVERALL, STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST AND STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTING THE REQUESTED VARIANCE IN APPROVING THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CCPC 1 0 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION.
UH, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO MADE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? OKAY.
I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER GARZA LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GETTING READY TO ASK A QUESTION.
UM, I WAS JUST CONCERNED THAT, UM, THIS DOES BACK UP TO, UH, SEVERAL HOMES.
AND SO I WONDERED IF AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER AND POSSIBLY ON THE WESTERN EASTERN BORDER HAD BEEN DISCUSSED WITH THE APPLICANT AGAIN TO SHIELD THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, WALLS, TREES, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
CAN YOU FILL ME IN? THANK YOU.
SO I SPOKE WITH THE APPLICANT, UH, EARLIER TODAY AND THEY DID AGREE TO HAVE, UH, A EIGHT FOOT FENCE.
UH, WE DIDN'T CLARIFY WHETHER IT WAS A A WOODEN FENCE OR BRICK AND MORTAR, BUT THEY, THEY WERE OKAY WITH HAVING AN EIGHT FOOT, UH, SOLID FENCE AROUND THOSE ADJACENT, UH, RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
AND, AND ALSO THIS IS REALLY MAYBE MORE FOR PUBLIC WORKS, BUT UM, I NOTICED THE RAMP THAT'S EXISTING, IT JUST GOES ONE WAY.
YOU CAN'T, SINCE YOU'RE GONNA BE TAKING ACCESS FROM EITHER 10 AND A HALF OR YALE, I ASSUME THAT PEDESTRIANS WILL ALSO BE GOING EITHER WAY.
AND I WOULD JUST, UM, RECOMMEND MAYBE ONE OF THOSE ROUNDED ONE, ONE OF THE RAMPS THAT HAS THE ABILITY TO TAKE ACCESS FROM EITHER DIRECTION, KIND OF A BI-DIRECTIONAL RAMP.
'CAUSE IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT ON THE PLAN.
JUST A RECOMMENDATION IF YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE YES, MR. GOING OTHER WAY.
UM, THERE WOULD BE A QUESTION BECAUSE WE'VE TYPICALLY GONE AWAY FROM A SINGLE RAMP TO ACTUALLY HAVE DIRECTIONAL RAMPS.
SO WE, BUT WE WILL LOOK INTO IT.
THIS ONE JUST HAD ONE DIRECTION.
AND THERE MAY BE, UH, THEY MAY ACTUALLY SPECIFICALLY HAVE A REASON FOR IT.
UM, I'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT'S ACROSS THE WAY.
SOMETIMES WE DO THAT WHERE WE'RE LIMITING ACCESS OR WE'RE ONLY HAVING 'EM CROSS ON, NOT CROSSING BOTH SIDES OF A STREET.
AND YOU'RE ONLY CROSSING, LIKE I SAID, ON ONE PORTION OF THE, YOU KNOW, LIKE AN L VERSUS ALL FOUR SIDES.
SO WE'D LIMIT IT TO TWO SIDES SOMETIMES.
SO THAT MAY BE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, BUT WE'D HAVE TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE LARGER LAYOUT AND GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING.
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IS IN THE CITY'S ONLY GREEN DESIGNATED CORRIDOR MM-HMMWHERE IT DOES PROTECT THE TREES IN THE FIRST 25 FEET.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE ARE ANY, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A SPECIAL RECOGNITION THAT THIS IS IN THE GREEN CORRIDOR AND LET'S NOT TEAR DOWN THE TREES THAT ARE Y YES.
SO THIS, I DIDN'T SEE ANY EXISTING TREES ON THIS BLOCK THAT'S CURRENTLY, UH, HOME, UH, HOMES RECENTLY, UH, ON THIS PROPERTY.
SO NO LARGE TREES, BUT I STILL CARRY OVER THAT COMMENT.
SO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL OF THE REQUESTED VARIANCE? DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION BALDWIN SECOND VIE BLAND.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMIT EAST ALONG NORTH SHEPHERD DRIVE AND SOUTH OF WEST 43RD STREET.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARI TO ALLOW A 10 FOOT BUILDER LINE INSTEAD OF 25 ALONG A PORTION OF NORTH SHEPHERD DRIVE.
THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLOT PER THE APPLICANT REQUEST.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH THE RETAIL BUILDING AND PARKING.
A VARIANT IS BEING REQUESTED TO ALLOW THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE TO HAVE A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE INSTEAD OF 25 ALONG NORTH DRIVE.
AT THIS TIME, THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED A SECOND DEFER TO ALLOW MORE TIME TO PROVIDE REVISED INFORMATION BY NOON.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLOT PER THE APPLICANT REQUEST.
THE APPLICANT IS HERE IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS.
UH, MY FIRST SPEAKER IS STEVEN CURRY.
I'D LIKE TO REQUEST, UH, EMILY RA FROM PRESERVATION HOUSTON, GO FIRST PLEASE.
UM, I AM EMILY AWA WITH PRESERVATION HOUSTON.
UM, AND I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND BRING THE COMMISSION'S ATTENTION TO THE SEARS PYLON STRUCTURE ON THIS PROPERTY, UM, WHICH IS PROPOSED TO BE REMOVED IN THE SUBMITTED PLANS.
THIS STRUCTURE IS A DISTINCTIVE, WELL-KNOWN AND WELL-LOVED PIECE OF GARDEN OAKS AND HOUSTON THAT HAS STOOD IN ITS SPOT FOR 75 YEARS.
IT'S A TRUE NEIGHBORHOOD LANDMARK THAT ADDS CHARACTER AND A SENSE OF PLACE TO THE PROPERTY, AND IT WOULD ONLY HELP TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS STATED IN THE VARIANCE REQUEST.
THE STRUCTURE WAS DESIGNED IN 1950 BY TEXAS ARCHITECT GEORGE DAHL WITH COWELL AND NEWHOUSE OF HOUSTON.
EVEN THOUGH IT IS IN A BUILDING, IT'S AN IMPORTANT EXAMPLE OF MID-CENTURY MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN HOUSTON AND EVEN THE STATE.
A RECENT BOOK THAT EXPLORES MODERN ARCHITECTURE THROUGHOUT TEXAS FEATURES THIS STRUCTURE WITH A FULL PAGE PHOTO AND CALLS IT ONE OF THE FEW REMAINING EXAMPLES OF MID-CENTURY STREET FURNITURE IN TEXAS.
TO BORROW THE WORDS OF THE AUTHOR, CATHERINE E O'ROURKE, THE PAVILION'S DIAGONAL LINES ROUNDED CANOPY AND STYLIZED TYPEFACE, LINK IT TO THE FUSION OF JAZZY AND STREAMLINED FORMS WITH ADVERTISING CHARACTERISTIC OF COMMERCIAL ART DECO ARCHITECTURE.
HAVING OVERSEEN THE DESIGN AND PLANNING OF THE 1936 CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION, UM, ARCHITECT GEORGE DAHL KNEW THE LANGUAGE WELL, LESS CELEBRATED IN HIS LONG AND MULTIFACETED CAREER WERE THE 32 SEARS STORES HIS OFFICE DESIGNED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.
THE BUS SHELTER RECALLS THE PRE-SHOPPING MALL ERA WHEN MANY PEOPLE USED PUBLIC TRANSIT TO GO NOT ONLY TO DOWNTOWN DEPARTMENT STORES, BUT TO DESTINATIONS ON SIGNIFICANT COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS OUTSIDE OF URBAN CORES.
THE STRUCTURE SYMBOLICALLY EXTENDED THE REALM OF THE STORE ONTO THE SIDEWALK, HELPING TO SHAPE A PEDESTRIAN CORRIDOR THAT WAS PUBLIC, EVEN AS IT WAS IN FRAMED BY THE ARCHITECTURE OF PRIVATE CAPITAL.
IF YOU HEAR THAT AND YOU LOOK AT THE PROPOSED, UM, VARIANCE REQUEST, YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW COMPATIBLE THE HISTORY OF THIS STRUCTURE IS WITH THE PROPOSED NEW USE OF THE SITE.
THE STATED NEED FOR THE VARIANCE INCLUDES RESTORING THE PROPERTY TO A VIBRANT COMMUNITY FOCUSED DESTINATION.
UM, AND FOSTERING A MORE PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED EN ENVIRONMENT, UM, TO HELP MEET THESE GOALS, WE URGE THE DEVELOPER TO USE A MAJOR ASSET THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE THAT IS COMPLETELY UNIQUE TO THIS PROPERTY AND IS PERFECTLY CITED FOR THE NEW PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED LANDSCAPE.
IT PROVIDES SEATING, SHELTER, SHADE, AND A SENSE OF NEIGHBORHOOD HISTORY, IDENTITY AND PRIDE THAT WOULD BE LOST IF THE STRUCTURE IS REMOVED.
UM, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO SPEAK WITH ANY AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES, UM, FOR THIS STRUCTURE.
MR. CURRY, DO YOU WANNA COME UP NOW? THANK YOU.
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CAN WE DISPLAY THIS? CAN WE DISPLAY THIS? YES.YOU WANT ME TO TALK DOCUMENT CAMERA? NO, I'LL LEAVE IT WITH YOU.
UH, CHAIR AND GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.
I'M STEVE CURRY, UH, ARCHITECT AND REPRESENTATIVE OF HOUSTON MOD, UH, PRESERVATION ORGANIZATION SPECIFIC TO MID-CENTURY ARCHITECTURE AND, UM, CULTURE IN HOUSTON AND TEXAS.
THIS IS, UH, A SKETCH OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURE THAT EMILY DESCRIBED.
UM, IT'S A, IT'S A CURRENT PHOTO AND IT'S OVERLAID NEXT TO AN APPROXIMATE LOCATION AS IT EXISTS NOW WITH, UH, THE VERSION OF THE, OF THE RENDERING OF THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS ALONG NORTH SHEPHERD, UM, THAT, THAT ARE ON THE LEFT THERE SO REMOVED FROM THE PLANNED CONSTRUCTION.
UH, NOT AN INTERFERENCE WITH, UH, ANYTHING OTHER THAN PROBABLY THREE PARKING SPACES OUT OF THE ALMOST 500 THAT ARE SHOWN ON THE, UH, SITE PLAN.
IT'S ACTUALLY REMINISCENT OF, UH, MAYBE A SLIGHTLY BETTER KNOWN PROJECT THAT COMMISSIONER BALDWIN AND I WERE, UH, PART OF THE TEAM THAT, UH, PREVENTED WITH, UH, MAYOR TURNER'S HELP.
UM, UNFORTUNATE, UH, NEAR DEFACING OF WHICH WAS MEUM FOUNTAIN.
ALSO CAST CONCRETE, ALSO BUILT, COINCIDENTALLY ABOUT THE SAME TIME, ALSO A BELOVED, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD LANDMARK.
UH, I'M SURE THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION'S IN FAVOR.
OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT'S ENTIRELY ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, THE APPLICANTS.
UM, AND SO, OH, AND I DIDN'T MENTION A WONDERFUL TREE THERE.
THEY'RE SHOWING NEW TREES PLANTED, BUT THERE'S A GREAT OAK TREE RIGHT NOW, AND AS EMILY SAID, THIS IS NOT A BUILDING, IT'S NOT A BUS STOP AND HASN'T BEEN FOR A LONG TIME.
THE METRO STATION IS DOWN THE ROAD.
IF THE SEARS SIGN, CAN WE SHOW THE OTHER ONE QUICKLY? I DON'T THINK WE DID THAT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ISSUES THERE MAY BE WITH THAT.
I DON'T THINK IT'S LEGAL SIGN.
IT OBVIOUSLY PREDATES THE CURRENT SIGN ORDINANCES, BUT FOR INSTANCE, IF, UH, THAT, UH, LETTERING WERE REMOVED, IT'S ON EACH SIDE OF THAT SIGN, THEN IT'S NOT A SIGN, IT'S NOT A BUS STOP.
UH, IT'S IT AS THE TREE DOES ADJACENT.
WE'RE HOPING THAT THERE'S A WAY TO SAVE BOTH AND MAYBE THERE'S SOME LEVERAGE HERE IN TERMS OF THE VARIANCE REQUEST THAT'S COMING OUT REGARDING THAT.
MR. CURRY, A QUESTION FOR YOU.
UM, SO FIRST, DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT MAINTENANCE OF THIS SHELTER AS IT IS, WOULD, WOULD BE INVOLVED? I MEAN, IS IS THERE A MAJOR MAINTENANCE INVOLVED TODAY? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
IT'S, IT, UH, IT, IT, I DON'T HAVE A ENGINEER'S REPORT TODAY, BUT ON, ON OBSERVATION, IT'S ALL CAST CONCRETE.
IT'S IN EXTREMELY GOOD CONDITION.
IT DOESN'T NEED ANY STRUCTURAL WORK.
UH, IT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED, HASN'T BEEN CLEANED IN A LONG TIME.
THE BENCH, THE, UH, PYLON, UH, THE SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND THE ROOF ARE ALL CAST CONCRETE.
OKAY, SO IT'S A SCULPTURAL OBJECT ESSENTIALLY.
DOESN'T HAVE OCCUPANCY ISSUES.
IT DOESN'T HAVE MAINTENANCE ISSUES.
THERE IS A LIGHT FIXTURE THERE THAT, SO, UH, PROBABLY LONG GONE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT NEEDS, NEEDS IT, SO THERE'S ELECTRICITY RUNNING TO IT OR THERE WAS THE SIGNAGE WAS, UH, NEON ON BOTH SIDES.
SO TO ME THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER THE SIGNAGE IS TO REMAIN OR NOT.
FACING A BUILDING THAT NO LONGER EXISTS.
AND THAT LEADS TO MY SECOND QUESTION, WHICH IS HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
WOULD THE NEW OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY ON THIS IS ON HIS PROPERTY, WOULD HE BE RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING THIS UP TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION LEVELS OR CAN HE BASICALLY DO WHATEVER HE WANTS WITH IT? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
IT'S NOT PROTECTED IN ANY WAY, THOUGH.
SO IT'S, IT'S ENTIRELY THE OWNER'S RESPONSIBILITY.
WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN, UM, AGAIN, MAYBE APPLY SOME LEVERAGE HERE TOGETHER AND CONSIDER THAT IT ACTUALLY FITS VERY NICELY.
AND WITH THE SCHEME THAT'S ALREADY BEEN PRESENTED AGAIN AT THE COST OF AS MANY AS POSSIBLY THREE PARKING SPACES AMID ALMOST 500.
OTHER THAN THAT, UM, IT'S EXTREMELY WELL SIDED TO, UH, AS IT HAS BEEN, BUT ALSO TO COORDINATE WITH THE PLANNED, UH, IMPROVEMENTS REGARDLESS OF THE ISSUE OF THE VARIANCE, WHICH IS BEFORE YOU, WHICH WILL BE BEFORE YOU ALL I THINK NEXT TIME.
MR. DIETRICH, I KNOW YOU'RE HERE FOR QUESTIONS ONLY.
DID YOU WANNA MAKE A STATEMENT OR YOU WANNA WAIT UNTIL NEXT MEETING? UM, CAREFUL OVER THERE.
UM, ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT, BASICALLY WE ARE GOING TO, UM, OR ACTUALLY TODAY WE ARE MEETING WITH, UH, A BUNCH OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS.
UM, AND SO THEY'RE DOING THAT TODAY.
I'M NOT SURE OF THE OUTCOME OF THAT, BUT BE HAPPY TO TAKE THEIR NAME AND NUMBER AND GET THEM IN TOUCH WITH THE OWNER AND THAT BE GREAT.
MAYBE THERE IS SOME DISCUSSION THAT COULD BE HAD.
DID YOU HEAR THAT MR. CURRY? AND YES.
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SIR.WELL, I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU, IT IS AN ICONIC PART OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND IF ANY WAY POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO TRY AND SAVE IT, I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO.
NO, I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S A BLACK SLATE.
YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO TO THAT TO MAKE IT GO WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF YOUR NEW PROPERTY.
AND NOT ONLY WILL YOU HAVE THE APPEAL OF, OF THAT LOOK AND THE PRESERVATION, BUT I MEAN, IT'S NOT HISTORICALLY DESIGNATED.
YOU CAN REALLY PRETTY MUCH DO AS YOU WELL KNOW, WHATEVER YOU LIKE.
BUT I THINK, NOT TO SPEAK FOR THIS COMMISSION, BUT I THINK MOST OF US REALLY APPRECIATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION, WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT STAY.
SO IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN PUSH TOWARDS THAT, I KNOW I PERSONALLY WOULD CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT.
I'LL DEFINITELY LET THEM KNOW.
WAS THERE ANOTHER QUESTION? YES, COMMISSIONER.
UM, LOOK, LOOKING AT THE, THE PLAT, IT'S AT LEAST PRESENTED AT THE MOMENT.
UM, DO YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONCERN ABOUT THE TWO DRIVEWAYS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THE BUILDING EXITING SHEPHERD IN TERMS OF LIKE LINE OF SIGHT AND VISIBILITY? UM, NOT THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE ANSWERED TODAY, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS LIKE PROPERLY LOOKED AT.
DID YOU MEAN THE DRIVER THAT IS NEXT TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY TO CVS? UH, YEAH, THE CVS NEXT TO BUILDING A AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER DRIVEWAY, RIGHT? I MEAN, BECAUSE THE DRIVEWAY THE RIGHT NEXT TO THE BUILDING CORNER.
SO, UM, I, I KNOW THERE'S GONNA TRIANGLE, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS REALLY PROPERLY LOOKED AT BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA BE SURE A POTENTIALLY AN ISSUE.
I KNOW THEY ARE PROPOSING TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THE DRIVEWAY, BUT I CAN BRING THAT ANSWER NEXT TIME.
YEAH, IT'S THE ONES THAT ARE RIGHT NEXT TO THE BUILDINGS THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT.
YEAH, SO THE APPLICANT'S REP, REP, UH, REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE.
I'M SURE MR. DIETRICH HEARD THAT.
UM, I BELIEVE THEY'RE JUST SHOWING WHAT'S EXISTING 'CAUSE THERE ARE QUITE A FEW, UH, ON THAT PARCEL.
BUT IF YOU GUYS WOULD KEEP THAT IN MIND, WE'D APPRECIATE IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
SO WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION, UH, FOR DEFERRAL.
ITEM 1 22 IS SAMPLE FORM SECTION THREE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF STEAD ROAD AND NORTH OF BECA ROAD.
THE APPLICANT REQUESTED A VARIANT TO EXCEED THE MINIMUM 1400 INTERSECTION FACING BY NOT PROVIDING A NORTH SOUTH CONNECTION ALONG THE NORTHERN PLOT BOUNDARY STOP IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE DISTANT ALONG SAMPLE FARMS DRIVE BETWEEN KICKAPOO ROAD AND THE FUTURE PUBLIC STREET TO THE WEST IS ABOUT 3,300 FEET.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A NORTH SOUTH CONNECTION ALONG THE NORTH AND BOUNDARY TO MEET THE 1400 INTERSECTION PACING REQUIREMENT.
HOWEVER, A VARI WAS GRANTED FURTHER TO THE NORTH TO EXIT INTERSECTION PACING BETWEEN CUCKOO ROAD AND THE FUTURE ON UNNAMED STREET MAKING THE REQUIRED STREET IMPRACTICAL AT IT WOULD NOT BE EXTENDED PER FOR THE NORTH AND WOULD NOT GREATLY IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION.
ALSO, A LARGE DRAINING AND DETENTION POND IS BEING PROPOSED, NOR OF THE SITE LIMITING THE VISIBILITY OF FURTHER STREET CONNECTION TO GRANTING THE VARI WILL STILL MEET AND PRESERVE THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE BY PROVIDING ADEQUATE TRAFFIC STIPULATION.
HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEER DEPARTMENT IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUEST OF VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE P SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 22.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO OKAY.
COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I NEED A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
ITEM 1 23 IS THOMAS COMPLEX RELA NUMBER ONE.
UH, THE SITE IS LOCATED NEAR THE FIFTH WARD AREA AT THE INTERSECTION OF PINNELL STREET, MARKET STREET AND STONEWALL STREET.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A REDUCED BUILDING LINE ALONG MARKET, EXCUSE ME, ALONG PINNELL STREET AND STONEWALL STREET AND ALSO TO ENCROACH INTO THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE.
UH, DURING REVIEWS, WE LEARNED THE ORIGINAL SITE PLAN PROVIDED TO THE PERMITTING STAFF DID MEET THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED SETBACK.
HOWEVER, DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE, THE BUILDING, THE BUILDING ENDED UP ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF FEET INTO EACH OF THE BUILDING LINES ALONG, UH, PINNELL STREET AND STONEWALL STREET.
UH, ALSO OUR RECORDS INDICATE A FIVE FOOT RIGHT OF WAY DE DEDICATION IS REQUIRED ALONG, UH, STONEWALL STREET, WHICH COULD CHANGE THE DEDICATION FROM, I MEAN, CHANGE THE BUILDING LINE FROM A FIVE AND A HALF FOOT
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REQUEST TO POSSIBLY, UM, A REQUEST LESS THAN ONE FOOT.UM, STAFF RECOMMENDS A TWO WEEK DEFERRAL TO ALLOW FURTHER TIME TO REVIEW THE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS AND ALLOW THE APPLICANT TIME TO REVISE THE VARIANCE REQUEST AND EXHIBITS FOR THE COMMISSION.
UH, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
UH, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 23.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? OKAY.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? SO THERE'S BUILDINGS UP, THERE'S CONSTRUCTION.
WHAT? YEAH, WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR PACK.
YEAH, IT'S, UH, KEN, I SHOULD HAVE A PICTURE OF THE IT'S A BROWN.
SO I NEED A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER MOTION BALDWIN ALLMAN.
MOVING ALONG TO E SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS, WE HAVE NONE F
[f. Reconsiderations of Requirement (John Cedillo and Petra Hsia) ]
RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENTS.ITEM 1 24 IS FUQUAY UH, FUQUAY MANOR.
THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A FIVE ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS SOUTH ALONG FUQUAY STREET AND WEST OF OW ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 72 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AND THE 11 RESERVES ON A TYPE TWO PAE PRIVATE STREET DEVELOPMENT AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT PROVIDING A NORTH SOUTH STREET THROUGH THE PROPERTY.
STAFF IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUESTED VARIANCE.
THE PROPERTY IS PROPOSING TO RELA PORTIONS OF UNRESTRICTED LOTS FOR THE MINX PLACE SUBDIVISION RECORDED IN 1908, WHICH ESTABLISHED THE CURRENT BLOCK LENGTHS.
THIS BLOCK OF FUQUA WAS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, BUT WAS DOWNGRADED IN 2020 TO A MAJOR COLLECTOR.
THE RECORDED PLATS AND MUD DETENTION ON THE EASTERN PORTION OF FUQUA STREET SHOWN IN BLUE WOULD HAVE MET THE INTER MAXIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIREMENTS AT THAT TIME.
BUT DUE TO THE DOWNGRADE OF FUQUA AND THE DENSIFICATION OF OR JUSTIFYING OF THE AREA MORE RIDE OF WAY CONNECTIONS HAVE BECOME IMPORTANT TO THE INCREASED TRAFFIC CIRCULATION.
THE SUBJECT SITE WAS PART OF A LARGER PROPERTY SHOWN IN WHITE THAT WAS UNDER COMMON OWNERSHIP OF THE EDMUND FAMILY, BUT WAS, UH, BUT MANY PARCELS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN SOLD OFF BY MEETS AND BOUNDS.
IN 2023, THE PLAT, UH, FUQUAY ESTATES SHOWN IN YELLOW DEDICATED A NORTH SOUTH STREET OF MATTO.
AND THEN THE GREENVILLE ESTATES PLAT SHOWN IN PINK WAS GRANTED THE A VARIANCE TO NOT EXTEND, UH, ITS RIGHT OF WAY DUE TO ONE, ITS LIMITED FRONTAGE.
AND TWO, THE PROXIMITY TO MATTO STREET.
AND THREE, THE REQUIREMENT THAT MCDOWELL ROAD BE CONTINUED AS A NORTH SOUTH STREET THROUGH THE FUQUA AND SHEME DENYING THE, THE VARIANCE IN FRONT OF YOU.
I WAS JUST GETTING READY TO INTERRUPT YOU.
SORRY, BECAUSE YOUR EXHIBIT WASN'T SHOWING SO.
UH, THROUGH TO THE SUBJECT SITE'S DISTANCE FROM MATT CELL STREET AND BEING THE ONLY VIABLE INTERSECTION OPTION FROM MICA A NORTH SOUTH STREET THROUGH THE PROPERTY MUST BE PROVIDED.
THE SUBJECT SITE WAS NEARLY 280 FEET IN FRONTAGE ALONG FUQUA AND COULD ACCOMMODATE A NORTH SOUTH STREET WITHOUT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTING FEASIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE.
THE APPLICANT HAS PRESENTED INSIGNIFICANT HARDSHIP TO JUSTIFY THE REQUESTED VARIANCE.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DENY THE VARIANCE AND DISAPPROVE THE PLAT.
MADAM CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 24.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO PLEASE COME FORWARD? AND IF YOU'D PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
HI, MY NAME IS KATIE ANN PITTMAN.
I'M THE REAL ESTATE ATTORNEY THAT, UM, SUBMITTED THE VARIANCE.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY ONE THING.
WHEN WE ORIGINALLY APPLIED IN OCTOBER OF 2024, THE PLAT WAS APPROVED, UM, WITH CONDITIONS.
ONE OF THE CONDITIONS WAS THE 1400 INTERSECTION OR REQUEST OF VARIANCE, WHICH BRINGS US TO TODAY.
UM, IF THE VARIANCE IS GONNA BE DENIED, WE'D REQUEST A DEFERRAL, UM, JUST SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND FULFILL THAT LAST CONDITION OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH STREET.
UM, WE JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THE DENIAL YESTERDAY, UH, WHICH IS WHY I AM HERE TODAY.
I HAVE NO ONE ELSE TO SIGN TO SPEAK OR IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO OKAY.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
SO WE HAVE A REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT FOR DEFERRAL.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION JONES.
JUST TO CONFIRM, THERE WAS A, UH, TO DEFER.
ITEM 1 25 IS KATY GRAND VILLAGE, SECTION ONE.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS NEAR THE 19 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HARRIS COUNTY, EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION AT THE NORTH INTERSECTION OF COLONIAL PARKWAY AND WEST SIDE PARKWAY SOUTH ALONG MASON CREEK.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 140 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AND NINE RESERVES ON A TYPE ONE PAE PRIVATE STREET DEVELOPMENT AND IS REQUESTING A REDUCED BUILDING LINE OF 10 FEET ALONG THE INTERIOR.
TYPE ONE PA'S STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUESTED VARIANCE THE APPLICANT.
APPLICANT'S PROPOSING A REVERSE CROWN TYPE RIGHT OF WAY, INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS NOT
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COMMON IN HOUSTON.THE REDUCED BUILDING LINE WOULD BE CONDUCIVE TO REDUCING THE IMPACT OF UTILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALLOW FOR A MORE DENSE BUT FUNCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, THE REDUCED BUILDING LINE WOULD PROVIDE 21 FEET FROM BACK OF CURB TO THE GARAGE AND ALLOW SUFFICIENT OFF STREET, UH, WILL ALLOW OFF STREET VIABLE PARKING.
HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE VARIANCE WITH THE ADDED CAVEAT THAT THE APPLICANT COORDINATE WITH HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT DURING THE DEFERRAL REGARDING PARKING RESERVES WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION.
PRIOR TO FINAL STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUEST OF VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MA'AM, CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
MAYBE I WASN'T PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION, BUT I THOUGHT YOU SAID HARRIS COUNTY HAS NO, NO, SO NO OBJECTION TO THE VARIANCE, BUT THEY DO HAVE THE ADDED CAVEAT THAT THEY DO HAVE CONCERNS WITH, UH, PARKING AND SO THEY WANT THAT TO BE ADDRESSED PRIOR TO FINAL.
I THOUGHT YOU SAID PRIOR AFTER, DURING DEFERRAL.
I'M LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE.
I MAY HAVE SAID THAT JUST NO, NO, IT WAS PROBABLY ME.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON 1 25.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO YES, PLEASE, MR. BROWN.
I JUST WANNA CONFIRM, WE HAVE PARKING AREAS SHOWN ON THE PLAT THAT RESTRICTION TO INCLUDE PARKING AS PART OF THE RESERVE WILL BE ADDED WHEN WE DO THE FIND A PLAT.
IT'S OPEN TO LANDSCAPE RIGHT NOW.
WE'LL JUST ADD THE PARKING RESTRICTION.
ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER MAREZ.
UM, I DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. BROWN? YES, SIR.
UM, ON THE CPC 1 0 4 CENTER POINT, HAVE THE NOTES ABOUT A 14 OR 16 UE, ARE YOU GONNA BE ABLE TO MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS? YES, WE WILL.
THANK AND THE INTERIOR, THOSE 14 FOOT ES ARE IN THE BACK.
SO SPLIT SEVENS ALONG THE REAR LINES ON THE EXTERIOR LOTS.
THOSE ARE GONNA BE IN THE FRONT YARD.
SO IN EFFECT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A 14 FOOT FRONT BL ON THOSE LOTS.
UH, JUST CLARIFICATION, THE APPLICATION SUBMITTAL WAS FOR AN EIGHT FOOT BUILDING LINE, CORRECT.
AND IN THE, IN THE, THE RIGHT UP EIGHT FOOT, BUT THERE'S A A BASICALLY AN AGREEMENT ON A 10 FOOTER? CORRECT.
WE SPOKE WITH THE, UH, THE BUILDER, UH, AND UH, THERE WERE ABOUT A DOZEN OR SO DIFFERENT HOME PLANS FOR THE SITE.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UH, FRONT ELEVATIONS.
UH, THERE'S ONLY ONE OF THOSE 12 THAT DON'T FIT.
IF WE WERE TO GIVE UP THE TWO FEET.
SO THE DEVELOPER WAS WILLING TO CHANGE FROM AN EIGHT FOOT TO A 10 FOOT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. BROWN.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE, UM, A RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF TO GRANT THE REQUESTED, UH, VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT MOTION MATTERS.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE HOUSTON ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY ALONG CYRUS WOOD DRIVE EAST OF LAJUANA LANE AND WEST OF TELLER BOULEVARD.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A SINGLE LOT AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A LOT LESS THAN ONE ACRE IN SIZE TO HAVE DIRECT VEHICULAR ACCESS TO CYRUS WOOD DRIVE.
A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST PER CHAPTER 42.
IN ORDER FOR A LOT TO TAKE DIRECT VEHICULAR ACCESS TO A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, THE LOT MUST BE AT LEAST ONE ACRE IN SIZE AND A TURNAROUND ON THE LOT MUST BE PROVIDED AS VEHICLES BACKING ONTO A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE IS PROHIBITED.
HOWEVER, THE SUBJECT SITE IS BOUNDED TO THE EAST BY ENCHANTED OAK SECTION THREE IN SECTION FOUR, DEVELOPED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS RECORDED IN 1969 AND 1973 RESPECTIVELY.
TO THE NORTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE IS DEVONSHIRE WOOD, SECTION SIX, WHICH IS ALSO A DEVELOPED SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION RECORDED IN 2000 AND TO THE WEST ARE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTIES DIVIDED INTO ITS CURRENT CONFIGURATION IN THE 1970S.
DUE TO THESE EXISTING CONDITIONS, THE PROPERTY OWNERS UNABLE TO ACQUIRE MORE LAND TO BRING THEIR LOT SIZE TO ONE ACRE.
THE PROPERTY OWNER PLANS TO BUILD A SINGLE FAMILY HOME SIMILAR TO THOSE IN THE AREA AND IS PROPOSING A SEMI-CIRCLE DRIVEWAY TO PREVENT VEHICLES FROM BACKING ONTO CYPRESSWOOD DRIVE A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
IN ADDITION, HARRIS COUNTY MUD DISTRICT NUMBER 1 0 4 HAS GRANTED THE PROPERTY, WATER, AND SEWER SERVICES.
HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING HAS NO OBJECTIONS.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK FOR ITEM 1 26.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE.
UH, COMMISSIONERS, IF YOU HAVE NO QUESTIONS, I HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE TO HAVE A MOTION.
MOTION AKA MOTION AKA SECOND VICTOR.
[Platting Activities g - j]
TO G EXTENSIONS OF APPROVAL CHAIR, I'M GONNA STEP OUT FOR 1 27? YES.UH, SO WE HAVE SOME ABSTENTIONS.
SO 1 27 IS COMMISSIONER MAREZ, 1 30, 31 AND 32 COMMISSIONER HAY.
AND ALSO 1 34 FOR COMMISSIONER MODZ.
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GO AHEAD MICHELLE.IF IT PLEASES TO COMMISSION, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SECTIONS G, H, AND I AND J AS ONE GROUP? YES, PLEASE.
SECTION G EXTENSIONS OF APPROVAL CONSISTS OF ITEMS 1 27 THROUGH 1 35 SECTION H.
NAME CHANGES CONSISTS OF ITEM 1 36 SECTION I.
CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE CONSISTS OF ITEM 1 37 AND SECTION J.
ADMINISTRATIVE HAS NO ITEMS. THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUEST THE APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SECTIONS G, H, I AND J.
I HAVE NO SPEAKERS ON ANY OF THOSE ITEMS, SO I NEED, UH, A MOTION FROM THE COMMISSION.
MOTION GARZA, ALLMAN SECOND ALLMAN.
JAY, THERE'S NOTHING UNDER THERE.
[k. Development Plats with Variance Requests (Fabian Esqueda, Ed Buckley, and Ramon JaimeLeon) ]
PLOTS WITH VARIANCE REQUESTS.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 1 38 IS 1002 WEST 11TH STREET.
THE PARKING VARIANCE AT THIS SITE ROOM, NUERAL THREE HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.
THE SITE IS EAST OF NORTH SHEPHERD DRIVE AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF WEST 11TH STREET AND LAWRENCE STREET.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A RESTAURANT CONVERSION AND IN ADDITION TO AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL BUILDING AND IS REQUESTING A FOUR FOOT BUILDING LINE IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG LAWRENCE STREET.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE ITEM AT THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
I HAVE NO SPEAKER SIGNED ON 1 38 OR IS THERE, IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? YOU STOOD UP IN THE BACK.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON 1 38? NO.
CAN WE CLARIFY HOW MANY PARKING SPOTS WE GONNA HAVE? SURE.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, CAN YOU PLEASE CLARIFY HOW MANY PARTS WE'RE GONNA HAVE NOW? JUST NATURE.
SO THE CURRENT PROPOSAL IS 31 PARKING SPACES, THE BACK THAT THEY DISCUSS? YES.
SO, MR. BUCKLEY, I, I JUST WONDERED AGAIN, UH, LIKE THE PREVIOUS ITEM, THIS IS BACKING UP TO A BUNCH OF HOMEOWNERS AND NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE LIKE.
UM, I'D LIKE AT LEAST TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE APPLICANT ABOUT FENCING, UM, TREES, LANDSCAPE, AND OF COURSE LIGHTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE LIGHTING POLLUTION GOING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO IF YOU WOULD JUST MAKE A NOTE TO DISCUSS THOSE WITH THE APPLICANT, I'D APPRECIATE IT.
SO I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION ON 1 38 TO DEFER PER APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
UH, MOTION GARZA SECOND TO HEAR.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
BAYLIN AVENUE SITE IS LOCATED NORTH OF WHITE OAK DRIVE AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BAYLIN AVENUE IN STUDEWOOD STREET.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A ZERO FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG STUDEWOOD STREET IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE FOR A RESIDENTIAL PATIO EXTENSION.
THE SITE PLAN SHOWS A 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE REQUIRED FOR MAJOR THOROUGHFARES IN RED.
CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT, THE EXISTING HOUSE IS CURRENTLY SET BACK 20 FEET.
THE RED BOX OUTLINES THE PROPOSED PATIO EXTENSION PROPOSED AT ZERO FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.
RECOMMENDATION IS TO DENY THE VARIANCE FOR THE PROPOSED PATIO EXTENSION AS THE PROPOSAL IS NOT IN LINE WITH THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND CAN CREATE A POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON 1 39.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO OKAY.
COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH.
I MEAN, WE'VE GRANTED THIS VARIANCE FOR STRUCTURES, ALL KINDS OF STRUCTURES UP AND DOWN STU WAY, BUT I'M, I'M MORE INTERESTED IN THE DEBATE OVER THE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
DID WE REVIEW THE 2015 DEED RESTRICTIONS AND SEE IF IT IN FACT VIOLATED THAT DEED RESTRICTION AGAIN? THAT THE DEED RESTRICTIONS, THE ONES THAT I REVIEWED, WE DID NOT FIND, WE FOUND THAT THE DEED RESTRICTIONS HAD EXPIRED.
THAT THERE WERE NO DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT WERE APPLICABLE TO THIS PROPERTY.
PURDUE, I, KIM, I ONLY SENT 'EM TO YOU 'CAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE THE OTHER EMAIL, BUT I I SENT THE, I SENT THEM ON.
SO THE BRAND NEW 2015 DEED RESTRICTIONS YOU'RE SAYING ARE NOT VALID FOR NOR HILL THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE.
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A REQUIREMENT REGARDING HOW SOON AFTER THE NOTICE OF PETITION COMMITTEE FILES THEIR NOTICE AND WHEN THE SIGNATURES ON THE PETITION HAVE TO BE, UH, FILED IN THE PROPERTY RECORDS.IT HAS TO BE WITHIN A YEAR AND THIS, AND IT WAS OUTSIDE OF THE YEAR WHEN THE POSITION WITH SIGNATURE WAS FILED.
SO THE, THE, THE PROCESS WASN'T FOLLOWED CORRECTLY.
SO THEN WE'RE BACK TO, WE'RE BACK TO, WE HAD THIS GAZEBO FENCES AND STRUCTURE.
WE JUST DID ONE THREE BLOCKS SOUTH.
WE DID, AND WE DID THE ONE AT SEVEN AND A HALF FEET.
THERE WAS THE MAP OF ALL THE OTHER VARIANCES THAT WE HAD GRANTED, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU VERY WELL.
WHEN WE DID THE ONE FOUR MONTHS AGO, THERE WAS A MAP OF ALL THE OTHER VARIANCES THAT WE HAD GRANTED ON STU WOOD AND THERE WERE DOZENS OF THEM OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE.
SO, I MEAN, A GAZEBO BEHIND A FENCE THAT YOU CAN'T SEE IF IT DOESN'T VIOLATE THE, OKAY.
I MEAN THIS IS HOW MANY WE'VE ALREADY GRANTED AND NOW I'M JUST CURIOUS.
I MEAN, WE GRANTED HOUSES WITHIN THIS 10 FOOT SETBACK IN MANY OF THE INSTANCES RECENTLY.
WHY WOULD WE WANT TO NOT ALLOW A GAZEBO IF IT DOESN'T VIOLATE ANY DEED RESTRICTIONS ON A PURELY RESIDENTIAL AREA? I, I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THE STRUCTURE IF IT DOESN'T VIOLATE A DEED RESTRICTION.
HONESTLY, WE HAVE, WE HAVE GRANTED THIS SO MANY TIMES IN THE LAST DECADE.
NOT TO, SIR, I WAS JUST GONNA ANSWER.
MOST OF THOSE VARIANCES WERE APPROVED AT EITHER FIVE OR 10.
UH, THIS ONE IS AT ZERO AND IT'S A, A, A GAS STOVE.
SO I THINK THAT'S, UH, THE REASON WE'RE RECOMMENDING DENY FOR THIS CASE AND REROUTE THE GAS STOVE THE OTHER DIRECTION SOUTH MIKE, COME BACK THAT WAY? YES, SIR.
WE SPOKE WITH THE APPLICANT IF THEY WANTED TO REVISE THEIR PLANS TO MOVE IT BACK FURTHER, BUT THEY WANT TO GO WITH THE ZERO.
SO THEY HAVE THE GAS RANGE UP AGAINST THE PROBABLY
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER, I MEAN, JUST FOR DISCUSSION, BUT RE REGARDLESS OF OTHER APPLICATIONS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS APPLICATION AND HOW IT'S WRITTEN UP, THEIR JUSTIFICATION IS WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT THAT ORDINANCE WAS IN PLACE.
I MEAN, THAT'S LITERALLY WHAT THEY WROTE.
RIGHT? LIKE UNKNOWN THAT THERE WERE THE 25 FOOT BIDDING LINE.
LIKE THAT'S NOT A JUSTIFICATION.
THE FACT THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW THIS ORDINANCE IS NOT A JUSTIFICATION FOR US TO PUT THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION REGARDLESS OF HOW OTHER PEOPLE WROTE THEIR OWN APPLICATIONS IN THE PAST.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, I HAVE ONE.
COMMISSIONER GARZA, UH, MR. SDA.
SO DID, UM, SO I'M ASSUMING STAFF HAS COME UP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS TO SAYING MOVE IT, AS YOU SAID, PUT THE GAS LINE ON THE OTHER SIDE AWAY FROM THE STREET.
I'M, I'M SURE, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE NOT HERE TO REDESIGN THIS, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS APPLICANT, BUT THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES OBVIOUSLY, AND THIS IS THERE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THEY'RE LIKE, THIS IS THE ONE WE WANT.
WELL, THERE'S A POOL ON THAT SIDE, SIR.
UM, SO THEY, THEY ALREADY HAVE AN EXISTING PATIO.
THEY'RE EXTENDING IT SO THERE'S, UH, NOT ANOTHER SIDE TO THE HOUSE.
THEY COULD BUILD IT, IT'S REALLY ONLY THAT SIDE.
OUR INITIAL RECOMMENDATION WAS FOR THEM TO REVISE THEIR PLANS, AT LEAST SET IT BACK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
BUT IT, UH, THEIR INTERESTS ARE TO EXTEND IT 20 FEET, WHICH WOULD BRING IT TO THE ZERO.
SO THERE'S NOT REALLY A, A REASON FOR THAT.
SO I'M LOOKING AT THE DRAWING AND IT, AND IT SHOWS THE POOL IN THE HOT TUB AND WHAT LOOKS LIKE PAVING OR, OR TILE.
IT'S THE NEXT SLIDE I THINK, OR THE ONE PREVIOUS, WHICH MEANS, AND DEPENDING ON HOW DEEP THAT IS, AND I IT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE 10 FEET DEEP.
A YOU COULD COVER PART OF THAT AND MAKE THAT PART OF A COVERED PAVILION AND STILL HAVE DISTANCE FROM THE FENCE RIGHT THERE.
SAYING NO DOES NOT MEAN A HARD NO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
SO WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ON 1 39 TO DENY THE APPLICATION.
DO I HAVE GARZA MOTION? GARZA.
I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION ON THIS FOR KIM, UM, UH, AND LEGAL, BUT ARE WE, ARE THE RESTRICTIONS, IF THEY'RE NOT VALID, ARE WE GOING TO LET THEM KNOW SO THEY CAN, IS THERE A WAY TO FIX THAT
WE'LL MOVE ALONG TO NUMBER ONE 40.
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ITEM ONE 40 IS 66 10 FOURTH STREET.THE SITE IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF FOURTH STREET BETWEEN ROUSE STREET AND ZOE STREET.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A ZERO FOOT BUILDING LINE FOR A CARPORT IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 20 FOOT GARAGE BUILDING LINE FOR A NEW SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.
THERE ARE NO PLA BUILDING LINES.
THE PROPOSED CARPORT IS REPLACING A PREVIOUS CARPORT ALONG A LOCAL STREET AND THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO A REDUCED FOOTPRINT TO REMOVE ENCROACHMENTS OF THE RIGHT OF WAY.
THE REQUESTED SETBACK IS IN LINE WITH OTHER EXISTING CARPORTS ON FOURTH STREET AND THE OPEN DESIGN WILL NOT POSE A SAFETY ISSUE FOR, FOR PEDESTRIAN OR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE REQUEST.
SO JUST SO I UNDERSTAND IT RIGHT, THEY'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY MOVE IT BACK A LITTLE BIT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S BUILT, THEY'RE GONNA CUT IT BACK.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 40.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO OKAY.
COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I NEED A REC, UH, MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
MOTION FOR PER MOTION POURS PER SECOND HINES SECOND HINES.
ITEM 1 41 IS 37 0 2 LOCKE LANE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED NORTH OF WESTHEIMER ROAD AND EAST OF WILLOW ROAD AT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF LOCKE LANE AND MACONDO LANE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A 10 FOOT GARAGE BUILDING LINE ALONG MACONDO LANE IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 20 FOOT FOOT BUILDING LINE FOR GARAGES.
THE PROPOSED GARAGE ADDITION IS IN LINE WITH THE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.
THE DISTANCE FROM THE GARAGE DOOR TO THE BACK OF THE CURB IS 27 FEET AND THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS ALONG MACON LANE.
IT IS UNCHARACTERISTIC WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND A POOL IN THE BACKYARD PREVENTS THE PROPOSED GARAGE ADDITION TO BE SET BACK FURTHER THAN THE PROPOSED 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE.
THEREFORE, STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE FOR THE PROPOSED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL GARAGE ADDITION TO ALLOW A 10 FOOT GARAGE BUILDING LINE IN LIEU OF THE REQUIRED 20 FEET GARAGE BUILDING LINE REQUIRED BY ORDINANCE.
I HAVE, UH, THE APPLICANT HERE IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 41? ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL.
MOTION SIGLER ROBINS SECOND ROBINS.
[II. Establish a public hearing date of March 6, 2025 (Part 1 of 2)]
ALONG TO ROMAN NUMERAL TWO.ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF MARCH 6TH, 2025 FOR ELMWOOD PARK.
EMERALD MEADOW, SECTION TWO, FULTON PLACE, TOWN HOMES REPL NUMBER ONE HIGHLAND VILLAGE PARTIAL REPL.
NUMBER THREE, PADDOCK SILVER PROPERTY PARKWAY AT ELDRIDGE TWO.
NUMBER ONE REPL NUMBER ONE POUND BERRY.
SECTION ONE REPL NUMBER ONE RED TERRACE PARTIAL REPL NUMBER THREE AND U-HAUL.
MOVING IN STORAGE ON HIRAM CLARK TO HAVE A MOTION.
SO MOTION VICTOR SECOND GARZA.
ITEM THREE IS, UH, ROMAN NUMER THREE HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.
[IV. Consideration of an Off-Street Parking Variance at 1126 W Gray Street (Ramon Jaime-Leon) ]
TO ROMAN NUMERAL FOUR.ROMAN NUMERAL FOUR IS 1126 WEST GRAY STREET.
THE SITE IS WEST OF MONTROSE BOULEVARD ON THE NORTH SIDE OF WEST GRAY STREET BETWEEN EBERHARD STREET AND MARCONI STREET.
THE VARIANCE REQUEST IS TO ALLOW FIVE OFF STREET PARKING SPACES INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED NINE FOR A CONVERSION OF AN EXISTING FOURPLEX TO A SPA AND RESIDENTIAL UNIT.
THE PROPOSAL IS A REUSE OF AN EXISTING BUILDING CONSTRUCTED IN 1946, WELL BEFORE THE CITY'S OFF STREET PARKING ORDINANCE.
AND THE EXISTING SITE HAS A HIGHLY CONSTRAINED AMOUNT OF SPACE FOR PROVIDING PARKING.
BICYCLE PARKING WILL BE PROVIDED FOR A 10% REDUCTION IN THE CAR PARKING REQUIREMENT BY ORDINANCE.
AND THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO REMOVE EXISTING HEADING PARKING, HEAD END PARKING ALONG WEST GRAY STREET, A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, WHICH WILL IMPROVE VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, ALTHOUGH THE SITE IS WELL SERVED BY TRANSIT.
SIMILARLY, SIMILARLY CONSTRAINED NEARBY BUILDINGS THAT WERE CONSTRUCTED BEFORE THE CITY'S OFFSITE PARKING ORDINANCE OFFER LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES FOR OVERFLOW PARKING.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DENY THE VARIANCE REQUEST.
THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE GILBERT LEY.
I'M SORRY I CAN'T READ THE WRITING.
COULD YOU COME FORWARD PLEASE AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? UH, GILBERT ISHLY.
UH, I'M THE DESIGNER FOR THE, UH, UH, PROPERTY.
SO BASICALLY JUST TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ON, ON THE PROPERTY, THE, UH, THE FIRST FLOOR IS A SPA AND THE SECOND FLOOR IS A RESIDENCE.
UH, INITIALLY FOR THE SPA WE HAD LIKE SIX SPA ROOM AND WE REDUCED THAT TO A FOUR SPA ROOM, AND NOW WE REDUCED THAT TO A THREE SPA ROOM.
ON THE SECOND FLOOR, THERE ARE, UH,
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UH, IT'S A RESIDENCE AND THE EMPLOYEE OF THE SPA, UH, WE RE RESIDE THERE AND THEY DON'T HAVE A CAR.UH, UH, IN ADDITION, WE HAVE LIKE FIVE, UH, UH, PARKING BEFORE WE HAD ONLY THREE.
SO WE INCREASE THAT TO FIVE AND WE ALSO ADDED, UH, A BICYCLE RACK.
SO, UH, PEOPLE WILL COME TO THE, UH, THE CLIENT WILL COME TO THE SPA BY APPOINTMENT ONLY, SO WE WILL HAVE CONTROL OF THE PARKING ALSO, UH, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS VERY EFFICIENT THERE.
AND, UH, UH, AND, AND CLIENT WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO COME WITH THE ROCK, WITH THE BICYCLE.
AND I SAW DID SHE WANNA SPEAK? NO, I GUESS NOT.
SO I'M
SO AS I HAVE EXPERIENCE FOR THREE, THREE YEARS OPEN THE BUSINESS.
SO WE NEVER HAVE THE PROBLEM WITH THE PARKING LOT.
AND ALSO, THIS IS MY FIRST, UH, NEW LOCATION AND I BELIEVE THAT WE ALSO, UM, UM, DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM.
AND AS WE BOOK THE CLIENT 30 MINUTE IN BETWEEN, SO, UH, THE CLIENT, THEY, UM, THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, EASY TO COME IN AND GO.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER BALDWIN? SO YOU HAVE EXISTING SPAS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THIS? I, I'M SORRY.
I MEAN, I'M JUST GOING DOWN A PATH.
DO YOU HAVE EXISTING SPAS THAT ARE SIMILAR? YES.
MAYBE YOU COULD GIVE US SOME OF THOSE ADDRESSES AND WE COULD LOOK AT 'EM OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS OR SOMETHING JUST TO KIND OF, I MEAN, I'M JUST TRYING TO THROW YOU A BONE HERE BECAUSE, UM, UM, MY, MY FIRST LOCATION IS EIGHT OR THREE WEST WESTWAY IS JUST NEXT UP JUST NEAR THE, UH, 1 1 2 6 WESTWAY.
DOES SOMEONE LIVE THERE AND YOU HAVE YES, YES, YES.
WE HAVE, UH, IN THE SO THREE WEST GATE, WE HAVE THE FOUR ROOMS AND ALSO, UM, OUR STAFF LIVE UPSTAIRS.
AND ALSO, UM, SOME OF THEM CAN HELP THE, THE, THE NEW LOCATION AS WELL.
SO COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, IS THAT A RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER, TO LOOK AT THAT OR? WE HAVE ONE MORE LOCATION.
IS THAT THE ONLY LOCATION? A, A ANOTHER, UH, ANOTHER LOCATION IS, UH, ON, UH, WOODLAND.
ON WOODLAND WHERE, UH, UM, ROY, UM, 2 5 7 5 0 WOODHEAD, UH, NO, UM, TOMBO TOMBO, BUT NEAR WOODLAND WOOD.
AND, AND IF I MAY ADD THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD, THE OLD STREET ON WEST GRAY HAS THE SAME NATURE OF, UH, MY DAUGHTER LIVED IN THAT FOURPLEX.
I MEAN, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH, THERE IS NO PLACE FOR OVERFLOW.
IT USED TO BE RESIDENCE THAT WAS CONVERTED TO COMMERCIAL AND SIMPLY THE, THE DRIVE, UH, THE PARKING IS IN THE BACK.
YOU HAVE THESE DRIVEWAY? DRIVEWAY? I LIVE NEXT DOOR TO ONE.
BUT LIKE MY FELLOW COMMISSIONER, I DON'T WANT THE BUILDING TORN DOWN.
I'D LIKE TO FIND SOME WAY TO MAKE IT WORK, BUT I ALSO DON'T WANNA THROW TRAFFIC DOWN OVER TWO STREETS OVER ON, ON PIER.
SO YES, I'M WILLING TO MOVE TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS AND WE TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR OTHER LOCATION.
WE CAN ALL DRIVE BY OURSELVES.
AND JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT, I MAY GET SHOT DOWN, BUT I'M GONNA GIVE IT A WHIRL.
COMMISSIONER ROBBINS, UH, I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
THERE ISN'T NORMALLY WHEN THERE'S PARKING ISSUES, YOU DON'T WANNA STRAIN THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE'S NOWHERE AROUND HERE TO PARK.
SO WHAT DO WE CARE? I MEAN, THE, SHE'S AN EXPERIENCED OPERATOR.
THE WORST THING IT'S GONNA DO IS MAKE HER BUSINESS MORE DIFFICULT TO OPERATE.
IT'S NOT LIKE THERE'S A NEIGHBOR.
I MEAN, REALISTICALLY, I JUST, I, I DON'T ENVISION THE SPA CUSTOMERS PARKING ON PIERCE AND WALKING AROUND, WHY DO WE CARE? SO I THINK IT'S MORE OF A LACK OF HARDSHIP IN TERMS OF THE PROPOSED USE.
UH, WE FELT THAT THERE WERE OTHER POSSIBLE USES FOR THIS SITE THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENT GIVEN THE LAYOUT THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING.
AND WHAT USES WOULD MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENT IF THERE, IF IT'S A CHANGE USE AND THERE'S NO GRANDFATHERING? UH, THE USES WOULD PRIMARILY BE RESIDENTIAL.
UH, POSSIBLY AN OFFICE USE OFFICE
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WOULD OFFICE MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENT OFFICE ON THE FIRST FLOOR WOULD HAVE A, YOU KNOW, HALF THE PARKING REQUIREMENT OF A SPA.COMMISSIONER COBART, UM, WERE YOU ABLE TO, UM, AND THIS IS FOR THE APPLICANT'S.
WERE YOU ABLE TO, UM, ACCOMMODATE, UM, AN A DA ACCESSIBLE SPOT? UH, YES.
WE DO HAVE A, A DA ACCESSIBLE, UH, PARKING SPOT.
AND SO IT WAS, UM, SIX THAT ARE SIX TOTAL? NO, I'M SORRY, NINE TOTAL SPACES.
AND THE REQUEST IS FOUR, FIVE.
NO, WE HAVE FIVE AND THE REQUEST IS EIGHT.
THE REQUIREMENT IS NOT AND THAT'S AFTER THE REDUCTION FOR YEAH, IT'S, THE ORIGINAL REQUIREMENT IS 10 AND IT'S REDUCED BY ONE FOR THE, AND, AND THEIR PERMITTED USE WOULD BE RESIDENTIAL UPSTAIRS AND SPA DOWN.
AND THEY COULDN'T RUN THE SPOT UPSTAIRS OR ANYTHING, OR WITHOUT GETTING IN TROUBLE WITH SOMEONE.
YEAH, THEY WOULD NEED TO CHANGE THE OCCUPANCY FOR THE SECOND NUMBER.
AND MR. BUCKLEY, COULD YOU STATE AGAIN, UH, HOW MANY REQUIRED PARKING SPACES AND EXACTLY WHAT IT'S BEING REDUCED TO? YEAH, SO THE, THE TOTAL REQUIREMENT WOULD BE 10.
UM, ONE SPACE IS REDUCED PER PROVIDING BICYCLE PARKING.
UM, SO YEAH, THE, THE REQUIREMENT IS NINE AND THE REQUEST IS TO PROVIDE FIVE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER MORRIS, AND I APOLOGIZE IF YOU'VE SAID THIS, UM, FOR THE RESIDENTIAL USAGE.
DO WE KNOW HOW MANY BEDROOMS OR THE OCCUPANCY OR, I MEAN, YOU, YOU MENTIONED ONE EMPLOYEE, IS IT JUST ONE OR I MEAN, HOW MANY ROOMS ARE GONNA BE IN THE RESIDENTIAL FLOOR? UH, FOUR ROOMS. FOUR, FOUR BEDROOM.
I ALWAYS STRUGGLE MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON THINGS THAT WE CAN'T ENFORCE.
SO TO SAY, ONE OF THE ARGUMENTS IS THE EMPLOYEE WON'T HAVE A CAR.
I STRUGGLE WITH THAT BECAUSE THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THEY COULDN'T GO BUY A CAR TOMORROW OR THAT THE NEXT EMPLOYEE DOESN'T HAVE A CAR.
SO I'LL JUST SAY THAT I ALWAYS STRUGGLE WHEN THE ARGUMENTS, UM, ARE IN UNENFORCEABLE IN ANY, IN ANY WAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, MR. BALDWIN? WELL, UH, I, I'M THINKING NOW ALONG THE LINES OF COMMISSIONER ROBBINS THAT, I MEAN, I, I THINK IF THEY GO OUTTA BUSINESS, IT'S ON THEM.
IF THEY FOLLOW THOSE RULES AND HAVE RESIDENTIAL OF ABOVE AND THEY HAVE A SPA AND THEY'RE AN EXISTING BUSINESS NEARBY, AND THEY HAVE A PATTERN, I'M INCLINED TO MOVE TO SUPPORT THE VARIANT REQUEST THAT THE MOTION I AM AS WELL.
UH, NOW WHAT WAS THE ADDRESS OF YOUR OTHER PROPERTY? YOU HAVE ANOTHER PROPERTY ON WEST GRAY.
AND WHAT WAS THE ADDRESS? EIGHT S OH THREE WEST GRAY.
I I WANNA DRIVE BY AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
SO A MOTION BY BALDWIN, SECOND BY ROBINS.
UH, SO PLEASE NOTE THAT OPPOSING IS, UH, COMMISSIONER KLIK.
COMMISSIONER HE, COMMISSIONER GARZA, COMMISSIONER MAREZ, AND COMMISSIONER VICTOR AND RA BLAND.
AND SO RAISE YOUR YES HANDS PLEASE.
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 VERSUS WHAT? SIX.
SO THE MOTION CARRIES FOR APPROVAL.
WHO CARES WHAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE TO DEAL WITH? YEAH.
WELL, THEY WON'T, BUT THEY GOT BROKE.
[V. Consideration of an Off-Street Parking Variance at 3400 White Oak Drive (Ed Buckley) ]
ON TO ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE.ITEM ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE IS 3,400 WHITE OAK DRIVE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED NORTH OF WHITE OAK AND WEST OF HEIGHTS BOULEVARD AT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF WHITE OAK AND ARLINGTON STREET AND THE HOUSTON HEIGHTS SOUTH HISTORIC DISTRICT.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A PARKING VARIANCE TO ALLOW 17 PARKING SPACES IN LIEU OF THE REQUIRED 30 PARKING SPACES FOR A PROPOSED 5,400 SQUARE FOOT RESTAURANT SPACE.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER PER APPLICANT REQUEST.
I HAVE SOME SPEAKERS SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
I LIVE IN THE 600 BLOCK OF CORTLAND STREET, WHICH IS VERY CLOSE TO THIS PROPOSED, UH, RESTAURANT AS I UNDERSTAND IT TO BE.
UM, SO THE APPLICANT HAS FILED A VARIANCE REQUEST FOR 3,400 WHITE OAK DRIVE, WHICH IS A NEW RESTAURANT, AND PARKING THE CITY
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REQUIRES 30 PARKING SPACES.THE APPLICANT WAS TO PROVIDE ONLY 17 THE DIFFERENCE OF 13 SPACES.
SO, UM, MY POSITION IS THAT THE PROPOSED PARKING SPACES ARE TWO FEW RECENT ONGOING COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS ALONG WHITE OAK DRIVE HAVE ALREADY MADE THE STREET CONGESTED BY TRAFFIC, USUALLY IN THE EVENINGS, CARS PARKED ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF WHITE OAK DRIVE, OBSCURE THE VIEW OF WESTBOUND ONCOMING TRAFFIC AT THE NORTHERN INTERSECTION OF WHITE OAK AND THE 600 BLOCK OF CORTLAND STREET.
I ANTICIPATE THIS WILL ONLY GET WORSE WITH INADEQUATE PARKING AT A NEW RESTAURANT, A FEW HUNDRED FEET AWAY.
AT LEAST ONE TWO CAR ACCIDENT HAS OCCURRED AT THIS INTERSECTION ON A FRIDAY NIGHT IN RECENT MONTHS.
I HEAR SQUEALING TIRES AND HORNS, UH, PARKING AND ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY CONGESTED AND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE WITH THE PROXIMITY OF A NEW COMMERCIAL BUSINESS.
UH, IN MY OPINION, THE PROPOSED NINE SPACES OF ADDITIONAL PUBLIC PARKING ON ARLINGTON STREET IS DIRECTLY ACROSS ARLINGTON STREET FROM A POPULAR RESTAURANT CALLED TAVA.
AND COMPETITION FOR THOSE SPACES WILL BE AGGRESSIVE ON AN ALREADY NARROW STREET.
I SUSPECT THE PROPOSED PARKING GARAGE WILL BE A TIGHT SQUEEZE FOR CUSTOMERS IF THE SITE PLAN IS DRAWN ACCURATELY AND DRAWN TO SCALE.
AND ONE ONLY NEEDS TO LOOK AT THE PARKING GARAGE AT 29 0 4 WHITE OAK DRIVE FOR A SIMILAR TYPE SPACE THAT IS SOMETIMES NOT FILLED IN THE BUSY EVENINGS, ONLY THE DIFFICULTY OF GETTING IN AND OUT OF IT.
UH, BAR AND RESTAURANT PATRONS TEND TO PARK IN THE NEARBY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, UH, MY PERSONAL HOME ON CORTLAND STREET, OUR DRIVEWAY AND THE DRIVEWAY OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX CROSS THE STREET.
UH, AT 6 0 9 AND 6 0 9 AND A HALF, CORTLAND ARE CONSTANTLY USED AS A TURNAROUND BY PEOPLE SEEKING PARKING CLOSER TO THEIR INTENDED BARS AND RESTAURANTS ON WHITE OAK.
SO UPON BACKING OUT OF THE ONE OR TWO THREE POINT TURN, MY CAR'S BEEN DAMAGED TWICE.
UH, AND, UH, UH, IT CONTINUES TO BE USED THAT DAILY.
I SEE IT OUTSIDE MY, MY HOME EACH DAY.
UM, AND THAT'S, I HAVE MORE, BUT I'LL JUST STOP RIGHT THERE.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BRIAN WOZNIAK.
UH, IN ADDING ONTO WHAT DAVID HAD TO SAY, WAS LIVED IN A 600 BLOCK OF COURTLAND AS WELL, AND THE LINE OF SIGHT FOR A LACK OF PARKING THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING, OR THE LIMITED PARKING THAT THEY'RE REQUESTED IS ALREADY PROVING SIGNIFICANT SAFETY AND HAZARD CONCERN FOR NOT ONLY, UM, AUTOMOBILES GOING IN AND OUT, BUT ALSO ANY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE HEIGHTS HAS OVER THE YEARS BECOME THE 30 YEARS THAT I'VE LIVED THERE HAS BECOME QUITE AN AREA FOR CHILDREN AND KIDS RUNNING AROUND TOO.
AND WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD QUITE A FEW INCIDENTS WHERE WE'VE HAD, UH, STOPS, PEOPLE THAT HAVE STOPPED OR HAD TO SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES TO STOP SHORT OF EVEN THE KIDS CROSSING THE STREET NOT FAR UP THE STREET, JUST WHERE THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL IS.
WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE CONTINUALLY RUNNING THE STOP SIGN, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THE ONE WHEN PEOPLE ARE IN THE, UM, CROSSWALKS.
IT'S ALSO BECOME A GENERAL NUISANCE FOR THE PEOPLE PARKING AROUND INSIDE THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND AREA, LEAVING TRASH, DRIVING OVER OUR CURBS, UM, KNOCKING OVER TRASH CANS, QUITE FRANKLY, HAVING GONE OUT AND EVEN ON TRASH NIGHT, THEY'RE COMING UP AND PULLING THE TRASH CANS UP ONTO THE SIDEWALKS AND LEAVING THEM THERE TRYING TO PARK.
WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY GO OUT AND YELL AT HIM.
AND IT'S CREATING QUITE A CONFRONTATION.
SO I'D LIKE TO ADVISE AGAINST IT AT THIS POINT.
AND OUR LAST SPEAKER, FRANCESCA BEAUMONT.
UM, I'LL TRY AND KEEP MY COMMENTS BRIEF AND NOT KIND OF REHASH WHAT YOU'VE HEARD, BUT THIS IS BUSINESS IS A TRANSFORMATION FROM A, A BUSINESS THAT WAS A DAYTIME BUSINESS AND NOW IT'S GOING TO BE MORE OF AN ALL DAY BUSINESS AND INTO THE EVENING.
UM, THEY'RE ASKING FOR LESS, FOR A LITTLE OVER HALF THE SPOTS THAT THE CITY HAS DETERMINED IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE BUSINESS.
SO ALL THOSE PEOPLE ARE GONNA HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE.
WHITE OAK IS ALREADY AT CAPACITY.
PEOPLE ALONG THE, UH, WESTERN SIDE, UH, HEADING TOWARDS HEIGHTS BOULEVARD, THEY'RE ALREADY PARKING ALL THE WAY TO THE INTERSECTION.
THERE IS NO, NO ONE'S POLICING 20 FEET BACK.
SO WE ARE UNABLE TO EXIT, UH, ACROSS WHITE OAK WITH ANY SAFETY.
UM, THE THING I'D LIKE TO SAY IS THAT WE, UH, AS LONGTIME RESIDENTS OF THE HEIGHTS DON'T WANT TO BE THE
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OKAY BOOMER GENERATION.WE WELCOME SENSITIVE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S APPROPRIATE TO THE SPACE THAT THESE COMMERCIAL INTERESTS ARE ENTERING INTO.
UH, BUT IT IS NOT ON THE RESIDENTS TO SACRIFICE THEIR SAFETY, THEIR WELLBEING, AND THEIR FAIR USE OF THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD TO SUPPORT A BUSINESS.
THAT'S, THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN THEY'RE, UH, SUGGESTING THESE REDEVELOPMENTS.
UM, SO THAT'S, THERE'S JUST NO MORE CAPACITY FOR ANY PARKING ALONG WHITE OAK, WHICH IS THE COMMERCIAL SIDE.
IT ALL HAS TO GO TO THE RESIDENCE, THE ADJACENT STREETS TO THIS RESIDENCE.
I HAVE NO CURVES AND GUTTERS, AND SO THEY CAN'T SUPPORT IT.
SO IT'S GOING TO COME IN FURTHER INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME OUT AND RESTATE THE RECOMMENDATION, PLEASE? STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER PER THE APPLICANT REQUEST.
ANY QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, OF COURSE, I HAVE AN OPINION.
I'M CURIOUS WHAT THEIR PLAN IS IF THEY'RE DENIED.
I MEAN, IT IS TIGHT OVER THERE.
IT, AND IT IS, IT'S, I MEAN, I'M A HUGE PARKING ADVOCATE OF, NO, NO PARKING, BUT IT, IT'S TIGHT.
THERE IS HARDLY ANY OTHER PLACE FOR SOMEONE TO GO.
SO WHAT WOULD THEY DO? I MEAN, THEY'D HAVE TO GO RENT SOMETHING FROM SOMEWHERE WITHIN 500 FEET, CORRECT? UH, FOR NOW, THE REASON THAT THEY WANNA DEFER IS THEY DO WANT TO EXPLORE OTHER OPTIONS THAT WOULD REDUCE PARKING REQUIREMENT.
AND JUST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE LAST ONE WHERE WHY DO WE CARE? WE CARE VERY MUCH ABOUT THIS ONE BECAUSE OF THE WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THE OVERFLOW TRAFFIC.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
SO I NEED A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEFERRAL.
[VI. Excuse the Absence of Commissioner Martha L. Stein ]
UH, ROOM NUMERAL SIX.EXCUSE THE ABSENCE OF COMMISSIONER MARTHA STEIN.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION GARZA.
[II. Establish a public hearing date of March 6, 2025 (Part 2 of 2)]
YOU MADAM.UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO CORRECT THE ITEM IN A ROMAN NUMER NUMBER TWO, UH, ESTABLISHMENT OF FULTON PLAYS TOWN HALL REPL NUMBER ONE.
WE WISH TO REMOVE THAT FROM THE, UH, OTHER PUBLIC HEARINGS BEING ESTABLISHED FROM MARCH 6TH.
SO WE'RE TAKING, WE NEED TO TAKE THAT OFF, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM.
AND SO I DON'T REMEMBER WHO MADE THE MOTION.
SO ARE, UM, COMMISSIONER VICTOR, ARE YOU WILLING TO RETRACT YOUR MOTION AND DEDUCT FULTON? YES, MA'AM.
AND YOU'RE WILLING TO SECOND THAT? YES.
ALL IN FAVOR? A OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
SO ON THE ITEM FOR THE WEST GRAY STREET, UH, OFFITE PARKING, UM, I UNDERSTAND WHERE WE WENT WITH, UH, EVEN THOUGH I DON'T AGREE WITH IT, BUT THE AGENDA SAID DENY AND THERE WERE OVER 10 PUBLIC COMMENTS AND OPPOSITION TO THAT.
SO IN FUTURE I WOULD REQUEST WE AT LEAST GIVE PUBLIC A CHANCE TO COME AND TALK ABOUT IT SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.
UM, JUST, JUST TO, I UNDERSTAND WHERE WE HEADED, BUT JUST TO COMMENT IN FUTURE.
THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 4 0 7.