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GOOD AFTERNOON.[CALL TO ORDER]
WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED HERE.I'M THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.
I'M CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 2:37 PM ON THURSDAY, APRIL 3RD, 2025.
THIS IS AN IN-PERSON MEETING TAKING PLACE 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 ARE ALLOWED ONE MINUTE AND NEW SPEAKERS ARE TIMED FOR TWO MINUTES.
AND SO I WANNA APOLOGIZE TOO FOR MY VOICE.
UM, I HOPE IT HOLDS OUT THE WHOLE MEETING, BUT PLEASE PARDON ME FOR MY CREAKINESS.
UM, I WILL NOW CALL THE ROLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM OF 11 MEMBERS.
I'M THE CHAIR, LISA CLARK, AND I'M PRESENT.
PRESENT, COMMISSIONER BALDWIN BALDWIN.
COMMISSIONER HINES HINES PRESENT.
PRESENT, COMMISSIONER KHALI KHALI.
COMMISSIONER ROBBINS ROBINS PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG PRESENT, COMMISSIONER SIEGLER SIEGLER PRESENT.
PRESENT, UH, THE HONORABLE ADRIAN GARCIA AND SECRETARY VRAN TRAN PRESENT.
HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE HAVE? OKAY, SO WE HAVE 18 PRESENT, WHICH MEETS OUR QUORUM REQUIREMENT OF 11.
SO BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I ALSO WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT A COUPLE OF ITEMS HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN AND WE WILL NOT HEAR ANYTHING OR MAKE ANY DECISIONS ON THESE TWO ITEMS TODAY.
THE FIRST ITEM IS ITEM ONE 12 VILLAS AT SCOTT, AND THE SECOND ONE IS 1 22 GRAND PRAIRIE, SECTION TWO PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE.
[Director’s Report]
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.
I HAVE TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY.
FIRST, A NEW VERSION OF THE PLAT TRACKER WILL LAUNCH ON MONDAY, APRIL 14TH, 2025.
DURING THE TRANSITION, ONLINE PAYMENTS WILL BE SUSPENDED AS OF 5:00 PM THURSDAY, APRIL THE 10TH, UNTIL THE NEW PLAT TRACKER GOES LIVE AT SIX P 6:00 AM ON APRIL 14TH.
ADDITIONALLY, ACCESS TO THE CURRENT PLAT TRACKER WILL BE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED AT 8:00 AM FRIDAY, APRIL THE 11TH.
TO LEARN MORE, PLEASE VISIT THE PLAT TRACKER HOMEPAGE AT PLAT TRACKER HOUSTON TX.GOV.
SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT IS THE PLANNING DE UH, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT COLLABORATED WITH HOUSTON PARKS AND RECREATIONAL DEPARTMENT, URBAN FORESTRY DIVISION AND CENTER.
POINT TO CLARIFY DEFINITIONS WITHIN THE TREES AND SHRUB ORDINANCE.
APPROPRIATE TREE SELECTION AND PLANTING AND PLACEMENT WILL PRE PREVENT TREES FROM GROWING TO CLOSE TO POWER LINES.
ULTIMATELY HELPING HOUSTON MAINTAIN OUR POWER DURING STORM EVENTS.
WE HAVE CLARIFIED THAT UNDER POWER LINE BE DEFINED AS 20 FEET FROM THE CENTER OF THE OVERHEAD UTILITY LINES.
THE RIGHT TREE, RIGHT PLACE GUIDE FROM CENTERPOINT IS AVAILABLE ON THE TREE AND SHRUB ORDINANCE PAGE ON HOUSTON PLANNING.COM.
THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT CAN BE REACHED AT 8 3 2 3 9 3 6 6 0 0.
YOU MAY VISIT OUR WEBSITE@HOUSTONPLANNING.COM AND ALSO LOOK AT LES TALK HOUSTON FOR MORE INFORMATION.
[Consideration of March 20, 2025, Planning Commission Meeting Minutes]
MINUTES OF OUR MARCH 20TH, 2025 MEETING, WERE POSTED ON THE AGENDA.[Platting Activities a & b]
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GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.SECTIONS A AND B ARE PRESENTED AS ONE GROUP, WHICH INCLUDES CONSENT AND RE REPLY ITEMS NOW REQUIRING NOTIFICATION, SECTIONS A AND B ARE ITEMS ONE THROUGH ONE 16 SECTIONS A CONSENT ITEMS ARE NUMBERS ONE THROUGH 46 AND SECTION B REPLAY ITEMS ARE NUMBER 47 THROUGH ONE 16.
STAFF LIKE TO TAKE OUT ORDERS, TAKE OUT ORDER ITEMS. 11 CYPRESS WOOD GOLF CLUB AND 1 0 7 SUN GROVE SUBURBAN.
UH, THE APPLICANTS ARE HERE TO REQUEST 30 DAY EXTENSION FOR THESE ITEMS WHICH HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED DISAPPROVE.
THERE ARE NO OTHER ITEMS GONNA BE TAKEN OUT OF ORDER AND THERE ARE NO CHANGE TO STAFF RECOMMENDATION MADAM CHAIR, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUEST THEIR APPROVE OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSENT AND RE REPLY.
ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION SAVING.
DO I HAVE ANY ABSTENTIONS COMMISSIONER MAREZ? YES.
ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, SO, UM, WE ARE GOING TO NEED A MOTION FOR ALL ITEMS IN A AND B ITEMS ONE THROUGH ONE 16, SAVE AND ACCEPT.
OKAY, NOW, UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO 13 AND 14 AND THEN WE'LL HEAR THE SPEAKERS ON THE OTHER TWO.
SO I NEED A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR, UH, ITEM 13 AND 14.
ALL IN FAVOR? A OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
UM, SO WILL YOU DO A PRESENTATION FOR US ON 11 OR ARE WE JUST DOING AN EXTENSION REQUEST? I DON'T THINK YOUR MIC IS ON.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, FOR ITEM 11, CYPRUS WOOD GOLF CLUB.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DISAPPROVE BECAUSE, UM, THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED IN THE HARRIS COUNTY, UM, HOUSTON CTJ, AND THERE IS MORE AREA THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER OWNS AND THERE IS A NEED FOR A GENERAL PLAN.
THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO REQUEST AN EXTINCTION OF 30 DAYS FOR THE NEXT ITEM IS 1 0 7 SERGO SUBURBAN.
THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE CITY IN THE 500 YEAR FLOOD PLAIN.
APPLICANT FAILED TO PROVIDE THE DRAINAGE PLAN.
THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS ON THE DRAINAGE PLAN AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO REQUEST A 30 DAY EXTINCTION.
SO I'LL ASK FOR THE SPEAKER FOR ITEM 11, SEAN CONLEY.
IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND STATING YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
I'M THE SURVEYOR FOR THIS, UH, PROPOSED PLOT.
WE SUBMITTED THIS PLOT FOR 27 ACRES.
IT'S, UH, CURRENTLY USED AS A, UH, UH, GOLF CLUB, UM, AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO BRING UTILITIES TO THIS SITE.
IT'S CURRENTLY SERVED BY WATER WELL AND SEPTIC, AND THE MUD HAS REQUESTED THAT THIS PROPERTY BE PLATTED.
ALL THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY IS USED AS GOLF COURSE BOUNDED BY CREEK AND DEVELOPMENT TO THE NORTH.
WE SUBMITTED THIS PLAT, UM, BY MISCOMMUNICATION.
UM, UH, THERE WERE HIGHER LEVEL CONVERSATIONS BEING HAD AND UH, THERE WAS AN UNDERSTANDING THAT WE COULD SUBMIT THIS PLAT.
UM, WITH THE, WITH IT JUST CONTAINING THIS ONE TRACK.
UH, HOWEVER, IT, THERE'S MORE THAN 800 ACRES SURROUNDING THAT'S CURRENTLY USED BY, UH, USED AS GOLF COURSE.
SO, UM, I'M HERE TO ASK FOR AN EXTENSION SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE A GENERAL PLAN TO SUBMIT THIS PLAT AS A PHASE ONE AND THEN SUBMIT THE OTHER PORTION AS A PHASE TWO.
AND IT, WE HAD THE REQUEST IN WRITING, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, SO WE HAVE A REQUEST FOR A 30 DAY EXTENSION.
MOTION ROSENBERG HINES, SECOND HINES.
NOW WE'LL MOVE ALONG TO ITEM 1 0 7 AND I DON'T HAVE A SPEAKER FORM, SO IF, IF THE SPEAKER COULD JUST COME FORWARD, I'D APPRECIATE IT.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS, UH, JESUS WITH DOUCETTE ASSOCIATES.
UH, I'M HERE TODAY TO, UH, FORMALLY REQUEST A 30 DAY EXTENSION.
UH, THIS PLA THAT WE SUBMITTED, UH, UH,
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WE HAD A DRAINAGE PLAN TO SUBMIT AND WE, WE DID SUBMIT A DRAINAGE REPORT, BUT, UH, WE MISUNDERSTOOD THE REQUIREMENTS.AND, UH, SO WE HAVE THE DRAINAGE PLAN IT AT THE, UH, FLOOD MANAGEMENT OFFICE RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE HOPING IT, IT, IT GETS APPROVED AND, AND WE HAVE THEIR SIGN AND SEAL.
IT'S THE, UH, SITE'S GONNA BE DEVELOPED FOR A, UH, BATTERY STORAGE FACILITY, WHICH IS TO STRENGTHEN THE GRID AROUND HOUSTON AND, YOU KNOW, HELP OUT THE COMMUNITY.
SO I'D LIKE TO FORMALLY REQUEST A 30 DAY EXTENSION SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT, UH, DRAINAGE PLAN AS REQUIRED BY THE, UH, BY THE CITY.
AND THAT REQUEST IS DONE IN WRITING TOO? YES, MA'AM.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? OKAY, SO I NEED A MOTION, MOTION MOTION VIA OUR BLAND SECOND JONES.
[c. Replats requiring Public Hearings with Notification (Aracely Rodriguez, Dorianne Powe-Phlegm, and John Cedillo)]
NOW WE'LL MOVE ALONG TO PUBLIC HEARINGS.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM ONE 17 IS AIRPORT GARDENS, PARTIALLY PLAT NUMBER TWO.
THE SITE IS IN HOUSTON, CORPORATE LIMITS SOUTH OF LONG BRANDON STREET AND EAST OF RANDOLPH STREET.
THE REASON FOR RE PLAT IS TO CREATE FOUR SINGLE FAMILY LOTS.
REVIEW BY ILLEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS FILED SEPARATELY.
THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED A DEFERRAL STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS DEFER THE PLA PER THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
MADAM CHAIR, IT PLEASES COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE 17 IS OPEN.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MARY MA MARCHA.
MS. POLAND, WILL YOU HELP HER WITH THE MICROPHONE? OKAY, THERE YOU GO.
UM, I LIVE IN THIS AREA AND, UH, JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT, WELL, LAST TIME I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT, WE CAME AND IT WAS, UM, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? POSTPONED.
SO ANYWAY, UM, I'M HERE TO SAY THAT I HOPE THIS DOES NOT GET APPROVED BY THE CITY BECAUSE THIS IS A LOW, LOW, LOW LOW LINE AREA.
WE GET FLOODED AT ANY, YOU KNOW, JUST EVERY LITTLE RAIN WE GET AND IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE JUST CAVING IN, IN THAT WHOLE PROPERTY AREA.
YOU CAN BARELY CROSS TWO AT A TIME ON MOST OF THESE STREETS IN THIS AREA.
AND SO FOR THOSE REASONS AND FLOODING, OF COURSE, UM, EVERYTHING, UM, WE GET IT REALLY BAD IN THIS AREA.
SO THAT'S WHY I HOPE THAT Y'ALL ARE CONSIDERING NOT TO APPROVE OF THIS REPL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS, COMMISSIONERS.
ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ROBERT TH RELL.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
I LIVE, I OWN THE ONE ACRE DEW, UH, SOUTH OF THIS REQUEST.
THE PREVIOUS OWNERS BROUGHT IN WHAT I COULD COUNT ABOUT 42 LOADS OF SOIL TO RAISE THESE PROPERTIES UP.
AND NOW SINCE THEY'VE BROUGHT IT, AS SHE JUST STATED, WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR? UH, I HAVE PICTURES OF 18 INCHES OF WATER ON THE BACKSIDE OF OUR PROPERTY BECAUSE THE NATURAL WATERSHED SHOULD GO NORTH AND IT'S THE WAY IT USED TO GO UNTIL THEY RAISED ALL OF THIS PROPERTY.
SO WE ARE HAVING SOME NEAR FLOODING IN OUR HOUSES BECAUSE OF THE ELEVATION.
IF THEY REPLANT IT, IF THEY REDESIGN IT, IF THEY SLOPE THE NATURAL WATERSHED TO FLOW NORTH TOWARDS JAVI AIRPORT, TOWARDS SIMS BIO, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE MUCH OF A PROBLEM.
BUT THAT'S, I I KNOW THIS MEETING IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT DRAINAGE, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT FOR US.
THEY'VE BUILT TWO NEW HOUSES TO THE WEST OF US AND RAISED THE ELEVATION.
THEY'VE BUILT A NEW HOUSE TO THE EAST OF MISS MARCHA AND RAISED THE ELEVATION, NOT OF JUST THE HOUSE, BUT THE PROPERTY.
I CALLED PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND TURNED IT IN WHEN ALL THIS DIRT WAS BEING PILED.
THEY CAME OUT, SAID IT WAS NOT IN THE JU JURISDICTION, IT WAS IN THE JURISDICTION OF HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL.
I CALLED FLOOD CONTROL, THEY DEFERRED IT BACK TO PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND I WENT BACK AND FORTH AND I THREW MY HANDS IN THE AIR AND SAID NOBODY'S GONNA DO ANYTHING.
I DON'T SO MUCH MIND FOUR HOUSES NORTH OF ME AS LONG AS THEY SLOPE THE WATERSHED TO THE NORTH TOWARDS THE PROPER DRAINAGE.
BUT I HAVE PICTURES OF WATER, A FOOT AND A HALF DEEP ON THE NORTH END OF THIS PROPERTY COMING
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UP CLOSE TO THE HOUSE.AND WE NEVER HAD THESE PROBLEMS UNTIL THIS PLACE WAS ELEVATED OR ALL THIS LAND WAS ELEVATED.
IT WAS A TOTAL OF AN ACRE AND A HALF THAT THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD.
AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT BROUGHT IN ALL THE SOIL AND KEPT BRINGING IN MORE AND MORE AND MORE AND MORE.
SO THAT'S OUR PROBLEM IS FLOODING.
SO WE'RE SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES NOW.
ALL THE WATER HAS TO GO SOUTH, THEN GO WEST DOWN THE STREETS, THEN TURN BACK AND GO NORTH AGAIN.
MR. THORELL, I DON'T WANT YOU TO LEAVE HERE WITH YOUR HANDS UP IN THE AIR.
UM, WE CAN'T HELP YOU AS A BODY.
WE DON'T DO DRAINAGE, BUT WE'VE GOT TWO REPRESENTATIVES WITH PUBLIC WORKS IN THE BACK.
JOHN AND SUHAIL, COULD YOU PLEASE GET WITH MR. RELL AND TALK THROUGH THIS AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE SITUATION FOR US.
I DID TALK TO, I DID TALK TO JOHN BRIEFLY BEFORE THE MEETING AND HAVE HIS NUMBERS AND I'M GONNA LET HIM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
I HAVE PLATS AND COPIES AND VERY GOOD.
I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? HEARING NONE.
I'LL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ITEM ONE 19 IS AVALON PLACED? IT'S ONE 18.
ITEM ONE 18 AVALON PLACE, PARTIALLY PLAT NUMBER ONE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMITS ALONG L LA LANE, LE LANE, AND EAST OF KIRBY STREET.
THE REASON FOR RE PLAT IS TO CREATE ONE LOT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT PER THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
REVIEW LAW LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT WILL VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS FILED SEPARATELY UNLESS THEY RECEIVE A LETTER FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION.
THE APPLICANT HAD REQUESTED, UH, HAS REQUESTED A DEFERRAL TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION TO GET THAT LETTER.
SO, MADAM, WE, UH, STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS PLAT.
MADAM CHAIR, IT PLEASES COMMISSION.
UH, YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CONTINUED FOR ITEM ONE 18.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? HEARING NONE? UH, UH, UH, I'LL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR A DEFERRAL MOTION.
ITEM ONE 19 IS BLUE CREEK WATER PLANT.
THIS SITE IS LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF STATE HIGHWAY 2 49 ALONG WESTERN SKIES DRIVE EAST OF GALENA, A CREEK DRIVE IN HOUSTON'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS.
THE REASON FOR RE PLAT IS TO CREATE A WATER PLANT RESERVE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTED A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A REPL OF A COMPENSATED OPEN SPACE RESERVE INTO A WATER PLA RESERVE.
THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED THAT THIS ITEM BE DEFERRED.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT PER THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
MADAM STAFF HAS RECEIVED, UH, SEVERAL COMMENTS CONCERNING THIS PLAT MADAM CHAIR, BUT PLEASES COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM ONE 19 IS OPEN OR? YES.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS LORENA ROMERO.
IF YOU'D STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD PLEASE.
MY NAME IS LORENA ROMERO AND I LIVE, UH, JUST RIGHT BEHIND THE PARK BECAUSE THIS IS GONNA BE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARK AND WE'RE REQUESTING NOT TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY GREEN AREA THAT WE HAVE IN OUR SUBDIVISION.
AND I WAS READING A LOT OF THESE, UH, PLANTS GOING THERE IS GONNA CAUSE A LOT OF DAMAGE TO OUR, UH, LANDS RIGHT THERE.
AND WE, UH, A FEW OF US LIVE RIGHT BEHIND THE PARK AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER GREEN AREA, SO THAT'S WHY WE COME OVER HERE.
LAST NIGHT WE WENT TO SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE HAVE 40 SIGNATURE OF PEOPLE SAYING THAT WE DON'T NEED THAT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE REQUESTING FOR YOU TO UNAPPROVE THIS.
IF YOU WOULD LEAVE THE, IF YOU'D LEAVE THAT WITH OUR STAFF OVER AT THE TABLE FOUR.
IS THAT THE CONCLUSION OF YOUR COMMENTS? THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.
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GOOD AFTERNOON.UM, DO WE HAVE SOMEONE HERE THAT CAN YES.
SHE SAID SHE'S HERE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, THE, THE, THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS, THE DETENTION AND, AND THE NEW DEVELOPMENT.
IT IS A GREEN SPACE, LIKE THE NEIGHBOR SAID.
SHE NEEDS IT BECAUSE SHE'S ELDERLY.
AND SHE NEEDS TO WALK IN THE PARK.
AND THERE'S A PLAYGROUND FOR THE KIDS.
AND THEY'RE OPPOSED TO THE, TO THE PLANT.
BASICALLY PUTTING A LOT OF PRESSURE ON ME TO HELP.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALBERTO CASITA.
UH, MY NAME IS ALBERTO CASITA AND THEN ALSO I LIVE IN THE SAME, UH, SUBDIVISION BLUE CREEK RANCH ROCK.
UH, AND THEN, UM, I'VE BEEN LIVING IN THE AREA FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD THAT, I MEAN, IS THEY KIND? THEY THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE HAVING THIS PROJECT TO INSTALL LIKE THE WATER PLANT? I DON'T THINK SO.
WE NEED THAT WATER PLANT RIGHT THERE, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY PARK THAT WE HAVE IN THE AREA.
SO THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS, THERE'S A LOT OF PLAYGROUND THERE.
I'M THE ONE WHO, I MEAN WALK AROUND THE PARK AREA ALMOST EVERY OTHER DAY.
SO WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GO, IF, IF THEY BUILD UP, UH, YOU KNOW, THE WATER PLANT RIGHT THERE.
AND THEN WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE NOISE OR THE WATER PLANT.
AND THEN THE ENVIRONMENT IS NOT GONNA BE THE SAME.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE GREEN AREA NO MORE.
SO IT'S GONNA BE VERY HARD FOR ALL OF US OR THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO LIVE IN THAT SUBDIVISION.
SO PLEASE, IF YOU GUYS CAN TAKE, UH, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONS, TAKES IN CONSIDERATION AND THINK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE, MAYBE THE, THE PLANT CAN BE BUILT IN SOMEPLACE ELSE.
I MEAN, HOUSTON IS A BIG AREA, SO I'M HOPING RIGHT.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND I KNOW THAT STAFF IS WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT AND IT'S RECOMMENDED FOR DEFERRAL TODAY.
WE, WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN.
YOU, YOU, I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO OKAY.
HEARING NONE? I'M GOING TO, OH, MR. BROWN.
YOU HAVE TO BE QUICKER THAN THAT.
I'M CHRISTOPHER BROWN WITH EHRA.
UH, EHRA IS THE MUD DISTRICT ENGINEER FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
UH, SO I DIDN'T WANT Y'ALL TO STEW ABOUT THIS.
I WANT TO GIVE THE REASON WHY WE'RE DOING THIS REPL, UH, THE CURRENT DISTRICT FACILITIES ARE NOT PROVIDING ENOUGH PRESSURE FOR FIRE SUPPRESSION.
THE COS RESERVE THAT WAS PLATTED WITH THE ORIGINAL SUBDIVISION IS THE ONLY AVAILABLE TRACT OF LAND INSIDE THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
THE MUD DISTRICT HAS HELD PUBLIC MEETINGS TO MEET WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UH, THERE HAS BEEN COMMUNITY INPUT AT THOSE MEETINGS.
THE MUD WILL HAS PLEDGED, UH, IN, AND YOU CAN READ THE, THE MINUTES OF THEIR MEETING HAS PLEDGED TO GIVE THE HOA MONIES TO, UH, REBUILD THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE PARK SITE FOR COMMUNITY PARK ACTIVITIES.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE INTERCONNECT IS WITH A A A A, UH, WATER INTERCONNECT WITH THE ADJACENT MUD DISTRICT.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT DISTRICT IS A, UH, IS A WAREHOUSE DISTRICT AND SO THEY USE DIFFERENT CHEMICALS.
AND SO WHEN YOU DO THE INTERCONNECT, NOW YOU HAVE RESIDENTIAL BEING MIXED WITH WATER THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR A DIFFERENT LAND USE AND YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO NOTIFY RESIDENTS.
AND SO THAT MAKES THE INTERCONNECT VERY DIFFICULT.
WE OBVIOUSLY REALIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, BUT THIS IS A FIRE SAFETY ISSUE.
AND THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME, ABOUT
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A YEAR AND A HALF IN THE MAKING, UH, WITH THE MUD DISTRICT.UM, THE REASON FOR OUR DEFERRAL IS TO WORK OUT SOME LEGAL ISSUES, UH, REGARDING THE REPL OF THE COS INTO A WATER PLANT RESERVE.
AND SO MY, MY QUESTION BEFORE I ASK THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS, YOU THE MUD HAS PLEDGED TO REBUILD WHAT IT DAMAGES.
HOW ABOUT PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, ADEQUATE SIDEWALKS MOVING THE PLAYGROUND? IS, IS THE MONEY THERE TO DO ALL OF THAT? THAT'S CORRECT.
THEY PLEDGED AN, AN AMOUNT OF MONEY.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE AMOUNT IS.
I CAN CHECK THE MINUTES FROM THAT MEETING THAT I DID NOT ATTEND.
BUT, UH, THE REMAINING ACREAGE, UH, IS STILL ENOUGH TO COVER THE ORIGINAL PLAT ACREAGE OF COS THAT THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDED.
SO YES, THE PARK WILL BE SMALLER, BUT BRAND NEW EQUIPMENT, YOU KNOW, MODERN EQUIPMENT, MODERN STANDARDS OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, NEW SIDEWALKS WILL BE CONSTRUCTED.
AND HOW ABOUT ANY BUFFERING FROM THE WATER PLANT SITE? WILL YOU FENCE IT? WILL YOU PUT IT TO BE A FENCE PLANTING AROUND IT? YES, MA'AM.
AND YES, COMMISSIONER VICTOR, MR. BROWN IS, UH, THE MUD PLANNING ON MEETING WITH THE RESIDENTS AND HO WARD TO UNDERSTAND, HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THE EMERGE THE REASON WHY YOU'RE TRYING TO BUILD A WATER PLAN AND THE PRESSURE ISSUES, BECAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE THEY GET THAT POINT AS WELL.
SO IT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR YOU ALL TO MEET WITH THE FOLKS AND THE HOMEOWNERS IN THE AREA.
I DO UNDERSTAND THAT COMMISSIONER, UH, UH, QUESTION, COMMISSIONER THE MUD HAS HELD PUBLIC MEETINGS ALREADY.
UH, THE, THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, WAS NOTIFIED WHATEVER MEANS THAT THE MUD DISTRICT USES TO, TO GET OUT TO THEIR RESIDENCE.
UH, AND THOSE MEETINGS HAVE, AND, AND PEOPLE DID ATTEND AND MAKE THEIR COMMENTS THERE AS WELL.
I, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
WILL THE ENTIRE THREE QUARTER ACRES BE FENCED OR, AND WHAT IS THE FOOTPRINT OF WHAT MAY BE ABOVE GROUND? I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION MAYBE IN TWO WEEKS WHEN WE COME BACK.
UH, I HAVEN'T SEEN THE PLANS FOR THE WATER PLANT MYSELF.
I DO KNOW THAT THE LOCATION WOULD BE FENCED, OBVIOUSLY, FOR SECURITY PURPOSES.
UM, SO THERE WOULD BE A, A BACK FENCE LINE, UH, UH, ALONG THE REMAINDER OF THE PARK ACREAGE, UM, THAT, THAT SHOULD SCREEN MOST OF THE EQUIPMENT.
I DON'T BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, WATER PLANTS ARE NOT VERY TALL.
UH, MR. BROWN TIED INTO THAT, UM, I'VE BEEN IN THAT WORLD, UH, DESIGNING AND BUILDING AND AND HANDLING WATER PLANTS.
UH, THE COMPONENTS INCLUDE TALL GROUND STORAGE TANKS, UH, HYDRO PNEUMATIC TANKS THAT ARE TALLER THAN YOUR TYPICAL EIGHT FOOT FENCE OR SIX FOOT FENCE.
SO WHAT ACCOMMODATIONS IS THE DISTRICT MAKING TO THE RESIDENTS THAT BORDER THE PROPERTY AT THIS TIME? MY ONLY KNOWLEDGE IS THAT THEY PLEDGED MONIES, UH, TO BE SPENT IN THE REMAINING PARK ACREAGE.
UH, SINCE SOME OF THE ACREAGE WAS BEING TAKEN FOR THE WATER PLANT SITE, I DON'T KNOW OF COMPONENTS OR LANDSCAPING AT THIS TIME.
SO THE MATTER OF SAY THE, THE SOUTHEASTERN BOUNDARY RESIDENTIAL HOMES, THERE HASN'T, YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT A, A TALLER FENCE, UH, MATERIAL FOR THE FENCE AND WHAT SCREENING OF PLANTING THAT COULD, YOU KNOW, HIDE THE, UH, GROUND STORAGE TANK? COULD, IT COULD VERY WELL BE 15, 20 FEET TALL.
UH, SO AGAIN, AND, AND I JUST, IF NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE, IF, IF IT'S NOT BEEN SHARED, DEFINITELY TAKE THAT AND I WOULD EVEN PRODUCE A RENDERING, UH, YOUR CALL, NOT OUR PURVIEW, BUT JUST TRYING TO HELP EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND AND VISUALIZE WHAT MAY BE, WHAT POTENTIALLY COULD BE FORTHCOMING, REASONABLE.
UH, I'LL GET WITH THE DISTRICT ENGINEER AND FIND THAT OUT.
AND I, I JUST HAVE ONE MORE, UM, REALLY KINDA ASKING THESE QUESTIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY, UH, FROM A LIGHTING STANDPOINT, I SUSPECT THERE'S SOME LIFE SAFETY LIGHTING AT NIGHT.
UM, WELL, HOW CLOSE, WHEN YOU COME BACK, SOME QUESTIONS YOU COULD ANSWER HOW CLOSE THOSE LIGHTS WILL BE TO THE NEIGHBORS, HOW TALL THOSE LIGHTS MAY BE.
I, I THINK ALSO SHOWING THAT THOSE LIGHTS WILL BE SHIELDED SO THEY WON'T GLARE INTO THE NEIGHBOR'S HOUSES.
THAT'S A, UH, THAT THAT'S RIGHT UP MY ALLEY.
I DON'T LIKE, I I LIKE DARK SKIES.
I KNOW YOU LIKE DARK SKIES, SO YEAH.
COMMISSIONER GARCIA, THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, RESPONDING TO THE QUESTIONS.
UH, I WOULD JUST ASK THAT IF THERE IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE ANY, UM, PUBLIC SPACE, UH, THAT, THAT BE CONSIDERED, UH, I KNOW THAT THESE FACILITIES HAVE TO BE FENCED, UH, FOR SAFETY REASONS, OBVIOUSLY, BUT IF THERE'S ANY CAPACITY TO CREATE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THE SIZE OF A POCKET PARK OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, I WOULD JUST ASK THAT THAT BE CONSIDERED.
THE REMAINING ACREAGE OF, OF THE ORIGINAL COS RESERVE, THAT THAT IS STILL GONNA BE THERE, IS GONNA BE IMPROVED, UH, BY, YOU KNOW, DONATING MONIES FROM THE, FROM THE MUD DISTRICT TO THE HOA.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MR. BROWN? IT MAY BE A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE SOME FOLKS DIDN'T ATTEND THE MEETING,
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MAYBE THEY JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A FIRE SUPPRESSION ISSUE.MAYBE A, A LETTER, UH, FROM THE DISTRICT TO THE HOA THAT THEY COULD SHARE.
AND, AND ALSO IN SPANISH THAT THEY COULD SHARE WITH THE NEIGHBORS, WHETHER THEY E-BLAST IT OR THEY POSTED ON THEIR WEBSITE.
THAT THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE VERY HELPFUL.
THAT SOUNDS REASONABLE AS WELL.
UH, I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES AT THE OFFICE ARE LISTENING, SO VERY GOOD.
I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 19.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? OKAY, HEARING NONE.
I'M GOING TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR DEFERRAL.
AND THANK YOU FOR THAT DISCUSSION.
I THINK THOSE WERE ALL REALLY GOOD IDEAS.
ONE IS DEARBORN PLACE PARTIAL RE PLAT NUMBER FIVE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY AT THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF SOUTH SHE DRIVE AND WEST MAIN STREET.
THE REASON FOR REPLY IS TO CREATE AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE.
THE APPLICANT IS ALSO REQUESTING A, A VARIANCE FOR A DUAL BUILDING LINE ALONG WEST BANK STREET FOR ZERO FEET AND 14.5 FEET ALONG SHEPHERD DRIVE.
THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED THAT THIS ITEM BE DEFERRED.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE APPLICANT DID NOT, UH, PROVIDE A, AN ADEQUATE SITE PLAN, UM, AND DID NOT PROVIDE, UM, UH, INFORMATION THAT WAS SHOWING ANY IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, SO THE APPLICANT ALSO DID NOT PROVIDE, UM, HE DID NOT PROVIDE THE PROPER NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER TO SHOW THAT THE, THIS IS A, A VARIANCE THAT'S BEING, UM, BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
SO, UH, THE DEFERRAL TODAY WOULD BE A, A RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER THE PLAT.
UM, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE DEFERRED TWICE, UH, FOR TWO PLANNING COMMISSIONS.
UM, AND THEN FINAL, UM, REVIEW OF IT WILL BE ON MAY 1ST.
SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS A DEFER THE PLAT PER THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
AND WE ALSO HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF, UH, COMMENTS AND CONCERNS ABOUT THIS, UH, VARIANCE REQUEST.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN FOR ITEM ONE 20.
UM, WE'RE GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA REQUEST, SO WE'LL DEF YOU'RE REQUESTING DEFERRAL THIS TIME.
WE'LL REQUEST ANOTHER ONE NEXT TIME.
AND THAT'S TO HELP US MEET NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JOSE FERNANDEZ.
IN THEIR APPLICATION IT SAID THEY WERE IN A MARKET BASED PARKING AREA.
THERE'S NO MARKET BASED PARKING AREA THERE, IS THAT CORRECT? RIGHT.
THAT'S, THAT'S INCORRECT STATEMENT.
JUST MAKING SURE WE YES, NO, THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, HAVE THEY INDICATED WHAT THE USE OF THE SITE MIGHT BE? IT WILL STILL REMAIN AS A RESTAURANT.
WELL, WELL GUYS, WE DON'T, WE DON'T, WE DON'T CONTROL THE USE OF PROPERTIES AT THIS COMMISSION.
UM, SO WE ONLY GO OFF WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD.
UM, BUT CONTROLLING USE IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE DO THAT WOULD BE HANDLED, UM, THROUGH PERMITTING.
BUT WE'RE STILL ENTITLED TO KNOW.
AND SHE'S TELLING YOU WHAT SHE KNOWS.
WELL, THE AUDIENCE, I JUST NEED THE AUDIENCE TO UNDERSTAND.
COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, I KNOW YOU UNDERSTAND.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER COLVARD.
JUST BASED ON THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, I SEE SEVERAL PEOPLE SAYING THAT THEY THINK IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A, A VAPE SHOP, A SMOKER VAPE SHOP.
THAT'LL BE INTERESTING, BUT I'M ALSO LOOKING AT THE VARIANCE REQUEST.
UM, AM I LOOKING AT THE RIGHT ONE? YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME FUNNY.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S THE SITE.
ALRIGHT, SO SAID, UH, LET ME GET OUTTA HERE.
IT'S, UH, FOR, FOR SOME OF THE QUESTIONS, I WOULD LOVE FOR THAT TO BE A LITTLE BIT BEEFED UP BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THIS QUESTION ABOUT ASKING ABOUT ECONOMIC HARDSHIP, AND I DON'T SEE A REAL JUSTIFICATION.
THEY SAY THAT JUST THE JUSTIFICATION IS THE VARIANCE IS THE BEST PATH TO ACHIEVE THE PRESERVATION OF THE EXISTING BUILDING.
AND ALL WITHOUT THE VARIANCE, THE SITE WILL CLOSE DUE TO HIGH DEMAND FOR BETTER REAL ESTATE IN THE AREA.
JUST SINCE IT'S COMING BACK, I WOULD LOVE FOR A BETTER JUSTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED.
YES, THAT'S, THAT WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR COMMENTS ON THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM AS WELL.
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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.HI, UH, MY NAME IS JOSE FERNANDEZ.
UH, I LIVE IN 2023 WEST MAIN STREET, WHICH IS HALF, UH, HALF BLOCK DOCUMENT CAMERA, UH, EAST OF THE CORNER OF SHEPHERD.
UH, I'M ALL IN FAVOR FOR GREAT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS, AND IT'S AN URBAN AREA OR SEMI-URBAN AREA.
UH, I WALK IN THIS AREA, UH, AND THIS, YOU KNOW, RESTAURANT HAS BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME, NOT VERY WELL KEPT.
SO I'M NOT AGAINST COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, BUT I, I SEE IN THE APPLICATION, UH, THE APPLICATION I, I THINK IS VERY FLAWED JUST BY THE BASIC FACTS.
UM, THEY ARE REQUESTING A 14 DEC A DECREASE OF THESE BUILDING SETBACK ON SHEPHERD DRIVE FROM 25 FEET TO 14.5 FEET.
NOT SURE HOW THEY GOT THAT NUMBER.
THE BUILDING WALL OF HUNAN VILLAGE IS 27 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.
THEIR MAIN ARGUMENT IS THAT THEY'RE NOT FURTHER ENCROACHING INTO THE SETBACK, BUT THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE BUILDING MINE TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, 10 AND A HALF FEET FROM REGULATION AND ABOUT 12 FEET FROM WHAT THE EXISTING WALL OF THE BUILDING IS.
NOW, THERE'S A LITTLE PORCH THERE WITH A LITTLE AWNING THAT'S PROBABLY EIGHT FEET WIDE, BUT THAT'S NOWHERE NEAR 14 AND A HALF FEET.
THAT'S PROBABLY MORE LIKE 18 FEET.
SO, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THE PORCH IS SOMETHING THAT THIS LIGHT CONSTRUCTED PORCH IS A GOOD, UH, PRECEDENT FOR BUILDING FURTHER, ENCROACHING FURTHER INTO SHEPHERD.
ON THE WEST MAIN SIDE, IT'S EVEN MORE WORRISOME.
THEY WANT TO GO TO A ZERO LOT LINE.
UH, CURRENTLY THE BUILDING WALL OF THIS RESTAURANT IS 13 FEET FROM THAT SETBACK FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.
AND OVER THE YEARS, THERE WAS WHAT APPEARS TO BE A SHED THAT WAS BUILT FOR THE KITCHEN.
THIS IS WHERE THE GREASE TRAP AND OTHER ELEMENTS WERE.
IT LOOKED LIKE THE KIND OF THING THAT GETS BUILT ILLEGALLY IN HOUSTON, AND IT'S RIGHT TO THE PROPERTY LINE.
AND THEY WANT A 10 FOOT SETBACK, I MEAN, A ZERO SETBACK LINE ON THAT, ON THAT FRONTAGE.
I THINK YOU ALL NEED TO LOOK AT IT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AMIR S VAN.
I MAY PRONOUNCE THAT WRONG BECAUSE THE WRITING IS VERY LIGHT.
UH, I'M REPRESENTING, UH, I'M PROPERTY OWNER OF A COMMERCIAL BUILDING IMMEDIATELY SOUTH, UM, OF THIS PROPOSED SMOKE SHOP.
UM, UH, WE ARE ONE BLOCK SOUTH.
UH, SHARE THE EXACT, UH, UM, UH, PARALLEL FOOTPRINT TO THE CURRENT BUILDING LINE.
AND, UM, AND REALLY I'D LIKE TO, UH, EXPLORE, UM, THE TRAFFIC ISSUES THIS IS GONNA CREATE ON THE STREET THAT ALREADY HAS PREDOMINANT TRAFFIC ISSUES, UM, ON TOP OF THE, UH, ECONOMIC HARM, WHICH WILL JUST CAUSE THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS.
UM, REALLY PUTTING THIS TO THE PROPERTY LINE ON, ON THE NORTH SIDE AND, UM, AND THE SETBACK THAT'S, THAT'S BEING PROPOSED.
IT'S GONNA CREATE ADDITIONAL BURDEN ON, ON REALLY THE TRAFFIC FLOW, UM, WHICH IS ALREADY A PROBLEMSOME ISSUE.
UM, UH, WE ARE, UM, AS A PROPERTY COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNER, UM, I'M ALL FOR DEVELOPMENT AS WELL, UM, UH, ALSO IN THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS.
SO I, I UNDERSTAND THE NEED, UM, UH, FOR, FOR PARKING AND REALLY ACHIEVING THE MOST IN A PROPERTY LINE.
BUT I DO FEEL LIKE THIS, THIS IS A VERY UNREASONABLE, UH, VARIANCE REQUEST.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN TODAY.
OKAY, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BETSY WHITTEN MEYER.
MY NAME IS BETSY WITTMEYER AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER OF MY HOME, OUR DAUGHTER MARGARET WITTMEYER, AND ALSO MY NEIGHBORS NEXT DOOR.
MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE LIVED AT 2015 WEST MAINE OVER FOUR YEARS AND IN HOUSTON A LOT LONGER.
AND WE ARE OPPOSED TO THIS PLAT APPLICATION FOR THREE MAIN REASONS.
PUBLIC SAFETY, FLOOD CONTROL, AND ORDINANCES, PUBLIC SAFETY.
I'M WELL ACQUAINTED WITH THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS AT SHEPHERD AND WEST MAIN, AND IT'S ALREADY A HAZARDOUS INTERSECTION WITH NO STOPLIGHT.
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FOR A LARGER BUILDING WITH REDUCED VARIANCES, INCLUDING A ZERO FOOT BUILDING LINE AND POOR PARKING DESIGN WILL ADD TO CONGESTION BLOCK VISION AT THIS CORNER SITE.IT'S ALREADY A COMPLICATED INTERSECTION THAT'S DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE FLOOD CONTROL WEST MAIN STREET FLOODS, MY NEIGHBORS AND I HAVE BOTH HAD CARS FLOOD DURING RAINSTORMS. SOUTH SHEPHERD AND WEST MAINE GET RUNOFF FROM I 59 AND THE 59 UNDERPASS PUMPS.
A ZERO LOT LINE ANYWHERE INCREASES IMPERVIOUS COVERING AND WE ASK YOU NOT TO ALLOW IT.
ORDINANCES IN OUR CITY WITH NO ZONING ORDINANCES ARE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT AS A TOOL HOUSTON RESIDENTS AND CITY PLANNERS CAN USE TO MAINTAIN QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOODS, THERE ARE PUBLIC CONTRACT, HOW PUBLIC INTEREST IS SAFEGUARDED AND THEY MUST BE UPHELD AND RESPECTED.
AND WE'RE RELYING ON THIS CONTRACT BETWEEN OUR GREAT CITY AND US CITIZENS AND CONSTITUENTS TO GUARANTEE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN.
WE URGE YOU TO DENY THIS VARIANCE REQUEST.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN TODAY, WE APPRECIATE IT.
OKAY, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GARY ASHBY.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING 2038, UH, WEST MAINE, 20 45, 20 51, AND 2055 WEST MAINE.
UH, VARIANCES ARE, UH, IMPOSED FOR A A REASON, UM, IN, IN GRANTING SUCH A VARIANCE IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, I THINK IS DETRIMENTAL TO THE WELFARE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEING ALLOWED TO BUILD OUT TO THE, THE END OF THE LOT.
LINE WILL, UH, CREATE A DANGEROUS, UH, INTERSECTION.
UM, THE PROPERTY RIGHT NEXT DOOR IS GONNA HAVE A TERRIBLE PROBLEM GETTING IN AND OUT OF THEIR DRIVEWAY.
ALL THE OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE BUILDING SETBACKS MORE OVER THE STREET TO THE SOUTH OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PROPERTY IS A, IS A MUCH NARROWER THAN THE OTHERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
BY PERMITTING THE LARGER STRUCTURE, IT WILL CREATE A STREET PARKING THAT CAN MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR FIRST RESPONDERS TO PASS THROUGH.
AS IT IS THE CURRENT NO PARKING SIGN, SIGNS ARE IGNORED AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON REFUSES TO ENFORCE THE PARKING RESTRICTIONS.
THE SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATIONS TO THE EXISTING PROPERTY SHOULD NOT BE A REASON FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER TO INCREASE THE FOOTPRINT OF THE STRUCTURE.
MOREOVER, THE NEW OWNERS PURCHASED THE PROPERTY KNOWING WHAT THE REGULATIONS ARE AND WOULD NOT BE IN A POSITION TO ASSERT THAT THE DENIAL OF A VARIANCE CONSTITUTES A TAKING.
THE CURRENT ORDINANCES WERE IN EFFECT AT THE TIME OF THE PURCHASE.
AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE OR ORDINANCES DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A REGULATORY TAKING.
INSTEAD TO GRANT A VARIANCE TO EXPAND THE FOOTPRINT AND TO DISREGARD THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S ORDINANCES COULD BE CONSTRUED AS A VIOLATION OF THE PRIVATE REAL PROPERTY RIGHTS PRESERVATION ACT WITH RESPECT TO THE NEARBY PROPERTY OWNERS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN TODAY.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH,
OKAY, I'M PROBABLY GONNA MESS THIS UP.
GOOD AFTERNOON AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME.
SP UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE A LITTLE VOICE CLOGGED UP.
SO ALL I WANT TO SAY IN A LIMITED TIME THAT I COMPLETELY OBJECT THE VARIANCE REQUESTS FOR THE MORAL HAS THE SAME REASON THAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS.
RATHER THAN REPEATING, I'M SAY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK UP.
GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN.
AND THE LAST SPEAKER I HAVE SIGNED IS BABU BENGA? YES.
YEAH, SO, SO I'M ACTUALLY GONNA TRY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HAVE 18, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS FROM BURNOUT AND WEST MAIN.
UM, AND 11 OF THEM ARE WITHIN THE 200 FEET, UH, ADJOINING PROPERTY.
EVERYBODY HIGHLIGHTED HERE IS THE ONE IN THE ADJOINING PROPERTY AND WE HAPPENED TO OWN THE ONE WE SHARED THE 125 BOUNDARY LINE WITH THE PROPERTY,
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THE APPLICANT'S PROPERTY.UM, SO I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT EVERYTHING THAT WAS ALREADY SET, BUT ALL THESE GREEN CIRCLES ON THIS IS ALL THE OTHER COUNTER PROPERTIES WHO ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ORDINANCES.
SO WHY GIVE A TREATMENT? UM, THAT IS WHEN THE ORDINANCE ARE THERE FOR A REASON TO EXIST.
AND YOU NEED TO COME A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE MIC SO WE CAN HEAR YOU.
UH, SO GO TO THIS SLIDE PLEASE.
YEAH, SO THE, THE APPLICANT'S SURVEY IS ACTUALLY FLAWED.
IT IS OMITTING THE ENCROACHMENT.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE ENCROACHING ABOUT 10 INCHES OVER OUR PROPERTY LINE AND THEY HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED LEGALLY BEFORE THE OLD OWNER AND THE EXISTING OWNER AS WELL.
AND THAT'S NOT SHOWN IN THE SURVEY.
AND IT DOES NOT SHOW THE FIVE FEET UTILITY EASEMENT THAT'S BEEN COMPLETELY PAVED OVER IN THE BACK.
AND THERE IS MANHOLE COVERS AND ONE PARTICULAR MANHOLE COVER SAYS IT'S A SAMPLE.
WELL, I DUNNO WHAT THAT MEANT WAS THERE IS NO PHASE ONE STUDY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SITE, SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAS BEEN THERE BEFORE.
IT'S A GAS STATION SEWER LINE OR SOMETHING ELSE.
IT'S VERY INCOMPLETE, INCONCLUSIVE, UH, PICTURE.
UM, TO, UH, ON THAT PICTURE AT THE BOTTOM, I'M SORRY, IS WHERE THE UH, WHERE YOU SEE THE CHAIN LINK FENCE, THAT'S WHERE THE ENCROACHMENT IS.
SO IT'S NOT THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS, IT'S A CHAIN LINK FENCE SO YOU CAN GET ACCESS AND TO COMPLETE AND YOU DON'T, YOU ONLY NEED THREE COORDINATES TO DRAW A STRAIGHT LINE.
AND THERE IS A FOUR FEET OF, UH, BUILDING LINE THAT THEY'RE IMP IMPEDING AGAINST.
UH, THERE IS A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT REQUIRED AND THERE'RE REFUSING TO PUT A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT IN PLACE TO FIT THE SHARED BOUNDARY LINE.
AND JUST ONE LAST ONE TO WRAP IT UP.
UH, LAST, NEXT, LAST PAGE PLEASE.
YEAH, SO THESE ARE SOME OUS EXAMPLES OF THEY'RE NOT SHOWING CARE FOR THE PROPERTY.
THAT'S WHY THE NEIGHBORS ARE UP AGAINST THIS DEVELOPMENT.
YOU CAN SEE THEIR STORM WATER IS DRAINING DIRECTLY OVER THE PROPERTY LINE, UH, IN THE CONDENSATE LINES.
AND THERE'S VIOLATION NOTICE BY THE CITY.
THEY'RE NOT TAKING CARE OF THE GROUNDS.
THERE'S BURNED TRASH CANS, SO IT'S JUST NOT WARM.
WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN TODAY.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? OKAY, THANK YOU.
I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? OKAY, SO HEARING NONE, JIM? YES, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
MS. FL, COMMISSIONER MARS HAS A QUESTION ALONG, UH, WEST MAIN.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE ALREADY, THERE'S SOMETHING ALREADY ENCROACHING INTO THE 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE, LIKE A LITTLE PORTICO AND FENCE LINE AND ALL THAT? YES.
WILL THAT BE ADDRESSED?
OKAY, SO I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK, SO I WILL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR DEFERRAL.
UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DISAPPROVE AND WE HAVE NOTICE ISSUES.
WE'VE GOT MISREPRESENTATIONS ON THE APPLICATION REGARDING THE PARKING GUIDELINES RATHER THAN DEFER AND DEFER FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
WHY DON'T I THINK I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
I'LL SECOND AND IF THEY WANNA RESUBMIT, THEN COME BACK.
WILL THE, THE VARIANCE WILL BE DENIED AND THE PLAT WILL BE DISAPPROVED.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ROBBINS, A SECOND BY, YEAH.
AND, UM, IT'S FOR DISAPPROVING THE ENTIRE APPLICATION.
OKAY, SO PLEASE NOTE COMMISSIONER TEHIR.
UH, THE APPLICATION IS DENIED.
ITEM 1 21 IS GENOA AT BARBERRY.
THE SITE IS IN HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS ALONG BRANDON, I'M SORRY, ALONG BARBERRY WEST OF, UH, ROSE HAVEN DRIVE.
THE REASON FOR REPLAY IS TO CREATE THREE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT.
SORRY, OF THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
THE STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS APPLICATION.
FOR THIS PLAT MADAM CHAIR, PLEASE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
I'M OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 21.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS VICKI NUN NEN.
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JUST WEST OF, UH, THIS PROJECT.UH, WHEN WE BUILT BACK IN OH TWO, IT WAS A QUAINT, CUTE LITTLE HISTORIC COUNTRY, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, IT WAS ALSO KNOWN AS THE OIL FIELDS BACK IN THE DAY.
UH, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD'S PROBABLY, I DON'T KNOW, 150 YEARS OLD.
THERE'S JUST NO INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S GONNA SUPPORT THREE HOMES THERE.
IT, WE HAVE TOP STREETS THAT ARE KIND OF ERODING AND DITCHES FOR DRAINAGE.
UM, LOT 20 HAS ALWAYS HELD WATER EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN THERE.
UM, THEY BUILT SAFE SIDEWALKS IN I BELIEVE OH SIX AND PUT THE SAFE SIDEWALK IN THAT AREA OVER TOP THE DRAINAGE PIPE WITHOUT HAVING, UM, ANY DRAINAGE TO GO INTO THE PIPE.
SO, AND NOW IT HOLDS MORE WATER.
I'M JUST, UH, I JUST DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONNA, UM, ACCEPT THIS.
UH, YOU PUT A IMPERMEABLE SURFACE ON THERE, IT'S GONNA JUST DRAIN IN AND FLOOD US AND THEN FLOOD THE, THE ONES DOWN THE WAY, MAYBE ONE LOT 18 AND 21.
OUR NORTH NEIGHBORS JUST HAD TO SHORE UP THEIR, UH, FOUNDATION MAYBE TWO MONTHS AGO.
OUR SITE, OUR DRIVEWAY'S CRACKED AND THERE'S THREE CRACKS IN OUR HOME RIGHT NOW.
AND THE NORTH SIDE HAS ALREADY BEEN BUILT WAY UP, UH, OF THE SUBDIVISION, PROBABLY EIGHT NEW HOMES.
UM, IT'S JUST TAKEN A REALLY BAD HIT.
AND I WOULD ASK THE BUILDER, UM, WHAT THEY WOULD DO WITH THE SEWAGE BACKFLOW.
UM, IF THEY COULD PUT IN BLACK BACKFLOW PREVENTERS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THERE ALSO IS NO PARKING ANYWHERE ON THE STREET.
UM, THANK YOU MS. JOHN AND SUGE, ARE THEY STILL BACK THERE? UM, OUR REPRESENTATIVES IN PUBLIC WORKS WILL GET WITH YOU IF YOU'D LIKE AND DISCUSS SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS.
THEY'RE RIGHT BACK THERE IN THE BACK.
OUR LAST SPEAKER IS LORRAINE LRE PARKER.
MY NAME IS LRE PARKER AND MY MOSTLY CONCERN IS YOU HAVE YOUR DEED RESTRICTION AND THESE SING A FAMILY LOTS.
THEY ALWAYS, I DON'T KNOW IF SOME KIND OF LOOPHOLE THEY FIND TO BRING IN AND PUT A DUPLEX THERE.
WHEN YOU PUT THAT BUILDING THERE, YOU'RE GOING TO ELEVATE THAT PROPERTY CAUSING FLOOD.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO PARK ON THE PARKING.
THE STREETS IS ALREADY SMALL, SO THAT MEAN YOU HAVE TO STOP ANOTHER CAR PASSING.
AND THAT IS MOSTLY MY CONCERN WITH THESE DUPLEX BEING PUT ON ONE FAMILY SEEING A LOT.
AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO STEP OUTSIDE AND TALK TO PUBLIC WORKS TOO ABOUT YOUR CONCERNS, THEY CAN HELP YOU OUT.
COMMISSIONERS, I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT WERE THE RESTRIC, ARE THERE RESTRICTIONS AT ALL MS. WOODS? YES, THERE ARE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
A SINGLE FAMILY LOOPHOLE IS THE CITY'S ORDINANCE THAT ALLOW DUPLEXES TO BE COUNTED AS SINGLE FAMILY.
IT'S NOT A LOOPHOLE, BUT IT'S AN ORDINANCE.
BUT THERE COULD BE A WAY AROUND THAT IN A DEED RESTRICTION THAT DIDN'T ALLOW DUPLEXES, BUT IT DID NOT SPECIFICALLY SAY THAT.
AND I'M TRYING TO PULL UP THE DEED RESTRICTIONS RIGHT NOW TO ISN'T SEE, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT IT SPECIFICALLY SAID THAT THESE WERE GOING TO BE DUPLEXES DID IT? NO, THEY JUST SAID SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
SO I CAN BE, BUT THEY COULD NO RESTRICTIONS TO SEE IF THERE'S A PROHIBITION TO DUPLEXES IF MY COMPUTER OPENS UP.
NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 21.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO? OKAY, IF WE HAVE NO OTHER QUESTIONS THEN I WILL, UM, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE PLAT MOTION.
DO I, DO WE NEED TO GIVE LEGAL TIME TO WAIT SECOND JUDGE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING
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COULD WE COME BACK TO IT? COME BACK TO IT IN A BIT? WE COULD MAKE IT A CONDITION.DO YOU WANNA JUST WE CAN MOVE IT FORWARD.
I'VE CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT WE'LL PUT THAT ON HOLD.
ITEM 1 23 IS HIGHLAND VILLAGE PARTIAL RE PLAT NUMBER THREE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF WESTHEIMER ROAD AND SUFFOLK DRIVE.
THE REASON FOR RE PLAT IS TO CREATE AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND REVISE THE BUILDING LINE ALONG WESTHEIMER ROAD, ALONG WESTHEIMER ROAD AND, UM, SU DRIVE.
THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING A, A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A ZERO FOOT, ZERO FOOT BUILDING LINE FOR A PORTION OF A NEW STRUCTURE AND AWNINGS ALONG THE WEST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF OF S SUFFOLK DRIVE.
PUT MY GLASSES ON
THE APPLICANT IS PLOTTING A RESERVE RECORDED IN 1948 WITH THE HIGHLAND VILLAGE SUBDIVISION.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS A 0.8429 ACRE TRACK THAT IS CURRENTLY USED AS THE EXISTING RETAIL CENTER WITH MULTIPLE TENANTS WITH HEAD AND PARKING ON BOTH SIDES.
THE APPLICANT IS PLANNED TO DEMOLISH THE EXISTING BUILDING AND DEVELOP A THREE STORY FURNITURE STORE THAT WILL INCLUDE RESTAURANT AND ROOFTOP DECK.
THE APPLICANT WILL CLOSE AN EXISTING DRIVEWAY ALONG WESTHEIMER ROAD AND PROVIDE OFF STREET PARKING ALONG SUFFOLK DRIVE.
THE APPLICANT WILL ENHANCE THE PEDESTRIAN REALM, PROVIDED SIX FEET SIDEWALKS ALONG BOTH STREETS AND THE 18.2 PEDESTRIAN REALM ALONG SUFFOLK DRIVE AND 12 FOOT PEDESTRIAN REALM ALONG WESTHEIMER ROAD.
THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE PEDESTRIAN REALM IN THIS AREA AND CON AND CONDUCIVE TO THE PATTERN, THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IN THE AREA.
THE APPLICANT WILL BE REQUIRED TO COORDINATE WITH PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE OF THE CITY OF ENGINEER CONCERNING THE ENCROACHMENTS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY OF THE PROPOSED ENCROACHMENTS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY ALONG SUFFOLK DRIVE AND PROVIDE AN ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT TO STAFF PRIOR TO RECORDATION OF THIS PLAT, THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON OFFENSE OF THE PLAT.
ARE THOSE FILED SEPARATELY? STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCES AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM.
APPROVAL OF THIS PLAT IS CONTINGENT UPON THE APPLICANT PROVIDING THE FOLLOWING, A MINIMUM 18.2 FEET WIDE PEDESTRIAN REALM ALONG SVIC DRIVE, A MINIMUM 12 FOOT, UH, WEST WIDE PEDESTRIAN REALM ALONG WESTHEIMER ROAD, MINIMUM OF SIX FEET WIDE UNOBSTRUCTED SIDEWALK ON BOTH STREETS, MINIMUM THREE INCH CALIBER TREES AND WALL OR FENCE, NOT HIGHER THAN EIGHT FEET.
MADAM CHAIR PLEASES THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
WE ALSO HAD RECEIVED SOME, UM, OPPOSITION, UH, FOR THIS ITEM.
UM, THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC AND PARKING, BUT THE APPLICANT HAS, UH, PROVIDED INFORMATION THAT THAT PARKING WILL BE ADEQUATE FOR THIS USE.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 23.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
MOTION VERA BLEND SECOND BALDWIN.
MS. WOODS, HAVE YOU HAD TIME? YOU WANT ME TO KEEP GOING? YES.
SO THE DEED RESTRICTIONS JUST STATE THAT THE SUBDIVISION SHALL BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES AND THAT NO BUILDING OR IMPROVEMENT SHALL BE ERECTED UPON SAID PROPERTY EXCEPT SUCH AS ARE SUITABLE FOR AND DESIGN AND INTENDED TO BE USED AS A PLACE OR PLACES OF RESIDENCE.
SO MS. BOLE, TO ME IT LOOKS LIKE THESE, THESE ARE THREE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS.
THEY'RE ATTENDING FOR, UM, TO DO DUPLEXES THOUGH.
SO THERE'LL BE SIX RESIDENCES? YES.
BUT IT DOES COMPLY WITH DEED RESTRICTIONS.
COMMISSIONER VAR, IS THIS A SHALL
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APPROVE ITEM? YES.NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS.
COMMISSIONER, UH, ROBBINS, MS. WOODS, I, I PRESUME THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE ABOUT SUB MINIMUM LOT SIZE OR SUBDIVIDING THESE.
UM, I DID NOT NOTE THAT THERE WAS ANYTHING.
AND IN REVIEWING THIS, I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING REGARDING LOT SIZE OR PROHIBITION TO SUBDIVIDING THE LOTS.
SO, UM, I'M SEEKING A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON ITEM 1 21, WHICH IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT MOTION COLLEAGUE SECOND GARCIA.
ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES CHAIR JUST TO YES, COMMENT FOR MS. FLM.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE SPEAKERS ARE STILL IN THE HALLWAY OR NOT, BUT, UM, MAYBE EXPLAIN TO THEM WHY A DUPLEX IS ALLOWABLE AND THEN PERHAPS EVEN IF THEY WANNA LOOK INTO MINIMUM MOD SIZE APPLICATIONS OR SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL BE, YOU KNOW, APPLICABLE OUT THERE OR NOT, BUT NO, THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD RECOMMENDATION.
IT WOULDN'T HELP THIS APPLICATION.
BUT IT'LL HELP HIM IN THE FUTURE.
SO IF YOU COULD DO THAT, MS. POLAND, WE'D APPRECIATE IT.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS RODRIGUEZ, ITEM 1 24 MCKINNEY AND CLAY.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON CITY LIMIT AT THE INTERSECTION OF EASTERN STREET AND AIRBORNE STREET EAST OF I 45.
THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLUS IS TO CREATE FIVE SINGLE FAMILY LOTS.
NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED.
WITH THIS ITEM, THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT AND PER LEGAL REVIEW, THIS
I'M SORRY, I SAID THAT ONE WILL VIOLATE APPLICABLE RESTRICTION.
THE LOT ARE SUBSTITUTE 25 FEET FROM BUILDER LINE WITH MINIMUM OF 75 FEET.
FRONT STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT PER THE APPLICANT REQUEST TO ALLOW TIME TO COORDINATE WITH LEGAL MADAM CHAIR TO PLEASE OF THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN FOR ITEM 1 24.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE, I WILL, UM, CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I SEEK A MOTION FOR MOTION TO DEFER THANK STEIN MOTION STEIN ROBIN, SECOND ROBINS.
ITEM 1 25, ITEM 1 25 NORTH DURHAM ESTATE.
THIS SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON CITY LIMIT ALONG NORTH DURHAM DRIVE, WEST OF NORTH SHEPHERD DRIVE AND SOUTH OF WEST 20 STREET.
THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLAN IS TO CREATE ONE RESERVE.
NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT PER LEGAL REVIEW.
THIS PROPOSED FL WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTION.
STEP RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLUS SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION.
MADAM CHAIR IS TO PLEASE LEAVE THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
WE'RE OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 25.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK OR ANYONE WISHES TO PLEASE COME FORWARD.
AND IF YOU COULD, UH, STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
I, I DIDN'T EXPECT TO SPEAK TODAY.
MY NAME'S NICK PURCELL AND I, I BELIEVE I LIVE SOUTH OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
AND I DID JUST WANT TO COME UP AND SPEAK AND JUST SAY THAT, UM, THIS IS A REALLY NARROW AREA WITH A LOT OF HOUSING BEING BUILT AND UM, ONE OF THE ISSUES WE'RE HAVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS HOW TIGHT THE DRIVEWAYS ARE AND THE CARS ARE GETTING REALLY CLOSE TO, UH, A DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH THE KIDS.
I'VE HAD SOME REALLY CLOSE CALLS WITH MY THREE AND A HALF YEAR OLD LEARNING, UM, HOW TO RIDE A BIKE.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT TO Y'ALL'S ATTENTION AND ASK THAT IF THIS IS GOING TO GENERATE TRAFFIC IN THE AREA THAT WE LOOK INTO ADDING SPEED CUSHIONS OR OTHER TRAFFIC CONTROL MEASURES TO TRY AND MAKE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD SAFER WEST OF DURHAM, UM, NEAR THIS DEVELOPMENT.
THERE'S A PROCESS OUTSIDE OF THIS COMMISSION FOR SPEED HUMPS.
SO HAIL, COULD YOU SPEAK WITH THE GENTLEMAN PLEASE AND GIVE HIM SOME HELP ON THAT? THANK YOU.
I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO? OKAY.
SO WE WILL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING.
I SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
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ITEM 1 26.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 1 26 IS PLUTO ESTATES AT CADO ROAD.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS OVER 14,000 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS NORTH ALONG CADO ROAD, EAST OF MESA DRIVE.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE THREE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM, AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES, UH, THE APPLICATION DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
EZZ RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS APPLICATION.
SA RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM, IF PLEASE THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE COM, UH, PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME.
I'M OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 26.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? HEARING NONE.
I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ITEM 1 27 IS QUICK STORE 46 38.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS A NEARLY SIX ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS AT THE SOUTHEAST INTERSECTION OF LYONS AVENUE AND MCCARTY STREET SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE ONE LARGE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THE APPLICATION DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY, AND STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS PLAT.
RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT FOR TWO WEEKS TO COMPLY WITH NOTICE REQUIREMENTS DUE TO THE SIGNED NOTICE NOT MEETING REQUIREMENTS.
MADAM CHAIR, PLEASE THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 27 IS OPEN.
I HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE, KATHY GARLAND FOR QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
WE WILL, UM, CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I NEED A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER MOTION FOR MOTION FOR FERTILE.
ITEM 1 28 IS U-HAUL MOVING AND STORAGE OF HYMAN CLARK.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS A 2.5 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS AT THE SOUTHEAST INTERSECTION OF HYMAN CLARK ROAD AND BRENTWOOD PARK DRIVE SOUTH OF AIRPORT BOULEVARD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE ONE RESERVE RESTRICTED TO COMMERCIAL USE.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
THE SITE IS A COMPOSITE OF TWO RESERVES FROM TWO DIFFERENT SUBDIVISIONS COMBINING THE COMMERCIAL RESERVE C FROM BRENTWOOD PARK TO THE NORTH AND A PORTION OF THE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE C FROM BRENTWOOD SECTION TWO TO THE SOUTH.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THE APPLICATION DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILES SEPARATELY, THE SUBJECT SITE DOES HAVE NOTED RESTRICTIONS PER DEED RESTRICTIONS, AND A NOTE WILL BE ADDED TO THE PLAT TO CALL ATTENTION TO THOSE RESTRICTIONS TO ENSURE THEY ARE NOT VIOLATED.
STAFF HAS RECEIVED ADVANCED COMMENTS OPPOSING THE APPLICATION CITING NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY AND TRAFFIC SAFETY.
STAFF 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 1 28 IS OPEN.
I HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKERS, UM, PURITA CHAVEZ, UH, OFFICE OF MAYOR PRO, TIM TATUM.
UM, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSION, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION.
I AM PIDA CHAVIS, THE CHIEF OF STAFF FOR MAYOR PRO TEM MARTHA CASTEX TATUM.
SHE'S A COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT K.
UM, AND, UH, AND SPEAKING ON HER BEHALF.
UM, JUST WANTED NOTED, FIRST OF ALL THANKS, UM, TO THE PLANNING, UH, DEPARTMENT STAFF FOR YOUR, UM, EFFORTS AND ASSISTANCE WITH THIS APPLICATION.
ALSO WANT TO THANK THE CONSTITUENTS OF DISTRICT K WHO HAVE SENT COMMENTS AND CONCERNS TO MAYOR PRO TEM AND ALSO THANK THEM FOR ATTENDING.
I KNOW THAT SOME ARE PRESENT IN THE, UM, HERE TODAY TO SPEAK.
I DO WANT IT NOTED ON RECORD THAT MAYOR PRO TEM CASTEX TATUM OPPOSES THIS APPLICATION, UM, AND ADVOCATES FOR THE CONSTITUENTS OF DISTRICT K.
WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE WHEN YOU COME IN.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS, UH, KEITH TAYLOR.
GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, MADAM, UH, CHAIRWOMAN AND, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS KEITH TAYLOR AND I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE HARM CLARK CIVIC CLUB.
UM, I AM, UH, BEFORE YOU TODAY, UH, TO OPPOSE, UM, THE, UM, PERMIT FOR THE U-HAUL, UH, FACILITY.
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OPPOSED TO THIS ON BEHALF OF, UH, MY CONSTITUENTS, UH, FOR FOUR MAIN REASONS.UM, THE FIRST IS NOISE POLLUTION.
UH, WE WANT YOU ALL TO, TO BE AWARE THAT, UH, THIS PROPOSED, UH, FACILITY IS RIGHT NEAR, UH, A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY WE'RE OPPOSED.
'CAUSE HAVING 18 WHEELERS, UH, WOULD, WOULD CONSTITUTE NOISE POLLUTION FOR OUR NEIGHBORS.
UH, THE TRUCKS AND HEAVY, UH, COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ARE INCONSISTENT WITH THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S THE, THE SECOND REASON.
THIRD REASON IS THE PROJECT WOULD VIOLATE OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS.
THE HARM CLARK CIVIC CLUB DEED RESTRICTIONS ARE, UH, DO NOT ALLOW FOR, UH, COMMERCIAL, UM, BUSINESSES TO OPERATE IN A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.
AND LASTLY, UM, OUR NEIGHBORS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE INCREASED TRAFFIC THAT THIS PROPO PROPOSED FACILITY WOULD CONSTITUTE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS.
SO WE RESPECTFULLY, UH, REQUEST YOUR, UM, DECLINATION OF THE PERMIT FOR THIS FACILITY.
COULD YOU HELP US OUT ON THE DEED RESTRICTIONS THERE? YES.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE HAR CLARK DEED RESTRICTIONS MAY STATE.
UM, THIS IS, UH, PARTIAL RELAID OF BRENTWOOD PARK BEING RESERVED C IN BLOCK FIVE OF BRENTWOOD PARK AND A PARTIAL REPL OF BRENTWOOD SECTION TWO BEING A PORTION OF RESERVE C IN BLOCK 14 OF BRENTWOOD SECTION TWO.
SO I LOOKED AT THOSE TWO SUBDIVISIONS DEED RESTRICTIONS.
THE RESERVE C SPECIFICALLY SAYS THAT IT CAN BE USED FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES.
AND THEN THERE IS A DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIONS FOR THE, UM, BRENTWOOD PARK RESERVE SEA PORTION BETWEEN THE DECLARANT AND THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS SAYING THAT RESERVE SEA COULDN'T BE USED FOR A CONVENIENCE STORE.
GAS STATION LAUNDROMAT WAS SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS, A FUNERAL OR MORTUARY ESTABLISHMENT AND OR A FLEA MARKET.
THOSE ARE THE ONLY RESTRICTIONS ON THAT PORTION OF RESERVE SEA IN, UM, BRENTWOOD PARK.
SO, UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT DEED RESTRICTIONS THE SPEAKER IS REFERRING TO, BUT THE ONES THAT GOVERN THESE TWO RESERVES RIGHT.
ALLOW THIS EXCEPT FOR THESE CERTAIN, UH, COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES THAT CAN'T BE THERE.
SO THESE, THESE TWO PARCELS ARE NOT PART OF HIRAM CLARK.
AND, AND THE DEED RESTRICTIONS FOR THOSE TWO PARCELS IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE STATING TO US.
AND THOSE ARE THE, UM, USES THAT WOULD BE PUT ON THE PLAT.
UM, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CLAIRE ETT.
HOW Y'ALL DOING? MY NAME IS CLAIRE DOUCETTE AND I AM A LONGTIME MEMBER OF, UH, HARLEM CLARK BRENTWOOD AREA.
AND THE LAND THAT THEY WANNA USE TO BUILD A U-HAUL IS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUSLY BEAUTIFUL.
WE HAVE CHILDREN IN THE AREA THAT PLAYS ON THE LAND AND INSTEAD OF BUILDING A U-HAUL FOUR STORIES, WHY NOT TURN IT INTO SOMETHING THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY? I LIVE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO ALL THE LAND THAT THEY WANT TO USE TO BUILD THIS U-HAUL.
AND IN BUILDING A U-HAUL, THAT KIND OF CONSTRUCTION WOULD DEFINITELY CAUSE A WHOLE LOT OF CONFUSION.
IT WOULD CAUSE TRAFFIC AND IT WOULD ENTAIL SOME DANGER TO SOME OF THESE KIDS AND STUFF.
I DON'T WANT IT, A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORS IN THE, UH, IN THE HIGHLAND CLARK AREA ON MY STREET DO NOT WANT IT.
SO HOPEFULLY Y'ALL DISAPPROVE IT.
I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? OKAY.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
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OKAY.I'M YOLANDA WEBB AND I AM A RESIDENT OF BRENTWOOD PARK SUBDIVISION.
HOWEVER, WE DIDN'T THINK THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PUT A U-HAUL FACILITY AS ONE OF THE DEED RESTRICTED AREAS BECAUSE IT IS CURRENTLY A U-HAUL FACILITY RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.
SO I DON'T THINK THERE IS A NEED FOR THIS TYPE OF FACILITY TO BE BUILT RIGHT IN THE FRONT OF OUR SUBDIVISION.
AS THE GENTLEMAN MENTIONED, THIS IS NOISE POLLUTION.
I HAVE SMALL KIDS, UH, THAT GO TO SCHOOL IN THE AREA, UM, IMANI SCHOOL.
AND THIS IS NOT A GOOD FACILITY FOR OUR FAMILY, FOR THE NEIGHBORS.
IT WILL BRING INCREASED RISK OF CRIME AND RODENTS IN OUR AREA.
WE'RE TRYING TO BRING DOWN CRIME AND NOT INCREASE CRIME.
SO WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU PLEASE DENY, UM, THIS FACILITY AND SUPPORT US IN HELPING KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE AND VALUABLE AT THIS TIME.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? MS. AND JUST EVERYONE SPOKE.
YOU UNDERSTAND, WE ARE VERY SYMPATHETIC AND, AND MANY OF US AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITH YOU, BUT THE LAW DOESN'T ALLOW US TO DENY THIS PLAID.
AND WE'RE GOING TO SIT HERE AND BEGRUDGINGLY BE FORCED TO VOTE FOR THIS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.
I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, THAT WE'RE VERY, VERY SYMPATHETIC, BUT IT'S A SHALL APPROVE IN OUR RULES, GOVERN THAT WE MUST APPROVE IT.
AND SORRY, BUT I WANT YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNEW.
YEAH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BALDWIN.
THESE ARE ALWAYS VERY DIFFICULT, UH, FOR US TO HAVE TO DO.
UM, BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO IT IN THE BEST MANNER POSSIBLE.
SO, UH, MR. CILLO AROUND THE RESIDENTIAL AREA, UH, IS THERE ANY BUFFERING OR ANY, UH, FENCING AND LANDSCAPING? IS THERE ANYTHING TO, TO BLOCK AND ARE THE LIGHTS GONNA BE SHIELDED? I WOULD'VE TO COORDINATE WITH THE APPLICANT TO CONFIRM.
THEY DID SAY THEY, UH, THEY WERE GONNA SEND A SITE.
I HAVEN'T RECEIVED THAT YET, BUT, UH, THEY DO.
UM, I'M SURE THEY DO INTEND TO PROVIDE SOME KIND OF ASPECT TO THAT.
I I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING OFFICIAL THAN THAT UNLESS THE APPLICANT IS HERE, NOT SIGNED UP ANYWHERE, I WOULD HOPE.
LET'S, UM, STRONGLY SUGGEST, ARE YOU THE APPLICANT? I'M SORRY MA'AM.
YOU CAN'T SPEAK AGAIN 'CAUSE YOU, YOU ALREADY SPOKE.
ARE YOU THE APPLICANT OR YOU WANNA SPEAK? I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME STAND BEFORE YOU AND SPEAK.
UM, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS A WAREHOUSE WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE STORING YOU BOXES.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THE NEIGHBOR'S CONCERNS.
UM, ALL WE WANNA DO IS BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
UM, WE'LL TAKE INTO THE, THE CONSIDERATION OF THE LIGHTING, UH, AND SO FORTH.
SINCE WE'VE BEEN THERE, WE'VE MAINTAINED THAT PROPERTY FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
THAT MEANS WE GO ON AND CUT IT DOWN EVERY TWO MONTHS, TRY TO MAINTAIN IT AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT AS WE GO FORWARD.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? NO.
I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR MAINTAINING THE PROPERTY, UH, BEFORE YOUR DEVELOPMENT AND I APPRECIATE YOU STUDYING THAT.
YOU HEAR THE COMMENTS FROM THE NEIGHBORS AND THE CONCERNS, AND THIS IS ALWAYS DIFFICULT WHEN YOU BRING IN COMMERCIAL RIGHT BESIDE RESIDENTIAL.
THIS IS WHERE THEY FIND PEACE AND LIVE WITH THEIR FAMILY.
AND SO, UM, I'M GONNA PERSONALLY ASK YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT UP AGAINST THOSE RESIDENTS, THAT YOU MAKE SURE THAT YOUR LIGHTS ARE SHIELDED AND NOT GLARING IN THEIR YARDS.
AND IF YOU COULD PLEASE INCLUDE FENCING AND SOME LANDSCAPING, SOME SOMETHING TO KIND OF BUFFER THE RESIDENTIAL FROM THE WAREHOUSES, WE'D APPRECIATE IT.
UM, WE DO, UH, LANDSCAPE AND MAINTAIN ALL OF OUR FACILITIES.
I'LL ALLOW TO ITERATE THAT THIS IS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW THE LIGHTING ORDINANCE.
UM, SO DO I HAVE ANYONE ELSE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK? ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION, UH, FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION THAT WILL INCLUDE THE NON NON USES ON THE PLAT.
UH, ALONG WITH THIS MOTION TO HEAR.
[d. Subdivision Plats with Variance Requests (Aracely Rodriguez, Geoff Butler, Petra Hsia, and John Cedillo)]
ALONG NOW TO VARIANCES, D VARIANCES.THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY, SOUTH OF LAUDER ROAD AND EAST OF ALDEN WESTFIELD ROAD.
THE APPLICANT REQUEST THREE VARIANCES.
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PATIENT ALONG CARNOVALE ROAD.SECOND TO ALLOW PUBLIC STREET TO BE LESS THAN 50 FEET IN WIDTH.
M THREE TO ALLOW A PUBLIC STREET TO TERMINATE WITH A KEY TURNAROUND.
THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED A DEFERRAL TO ALLOW TIME TO REVIEW THE PROPOSED TREAT LAYOUT.
STEP RECOMMENDATION IS TO THE FURTHER PLA PER THE APPLICANT REQUEST.
UM, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 29.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO OKAY, COMMISSIONERS, YOU HEARD THE RECOMMENDATION? DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION JONES.
ITEM ONE 30, ITEM ONE 30 EXTRA SPACE STORAGE MAIN.
THE SITE LOCATED IN HOUSTON CITY LIMIT ALONG MAIN STREET AND EAST OF BUFFALO SPEEDWAY.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A RESERVE TO HAVE A FURNISH OF 36.9 FEET INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 60.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN IN OPERATION AS THE PUBLISHED STORAGE SIZE FOR OVER 20 YEARS WITH ITS CURRENT ASSET POINT ON MAIN STREET.
THE PROPERTY OWNER PLAN TO EXPAND THE ASSISTING BUILDING AND MAKE IMPROVEMENT TO THE SITE DRAINAGE WHICH REQUIRE A SUBDIVISION FLAT PER CHAPTER 42.
A RESERVE IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A MINIMUM FRONT OF 60 FEET ON A PUBLISHED STREET.
HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT IS THICK IN A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FRONTAGE OF 36 FEET DUE TO THE SITE CONSTRAINT.
STREET APPLICATION OF THE ORDINANCE WOULD NOT WHAT MADE THE PROJECT INFEASIBLE AS THE OWNER IS UNABLE TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL LAND TO MEET THE FUND REQUIREMENT.
SO GIVEN TO THE INABILITY TO EXPAND THE FURNISH AND THAT THIS IS AN ASSISTING CONDITION, STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLEDGE SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM.
CONDITION AND STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE.
UM, IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS, WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? MR. CONLEY, WAS THERE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SAY OR ARE YOU JUST HERE IF WE NEEDED QUESTIONS? I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER OKAY.
OKAY, SO I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO? ALRIGHT.
SO WE'VE HEARD STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO GRANT THE REQUEST OF VARIANCE TO HAVE A MOTION.
I MOTION GARCIA SECOND MODEST.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT WEST OF CULLEN BOULEVARD, EAST OF SCOTT STREET, NORTH OF REED ROAD.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR A 7.3 DUAL BUILDING LINE, EXCUSE ME, 7.3 FOOT DUAL BUILDING LINE FOR THE EXISTING DUPLEX RATHER THAN THE REQUIRED 10 FEET.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF DWAYNE AND BRINKLEY STREETS WITHIN THE SUNNYSIDE COMPLETE COMMUNITY.
THE SITE FEATURES IN THE EXISTING DUPLEX CONSTRUCTED IN 2007.
THE CURRENT OWNER PROPOSES SUBDIVIDING THE LOT TO CREATE A SECOND DUPLEX FACING DWAYNE.
THROUGH THIS PROCESS, THEY DISCOVERED THAT THE EXISTING STRUCTURE ENCROACHES 2.7 FEET OVER THE 10 FOOT SIDE SETBACK REQUIREMENT FOR CORNER LOTS.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A DUAL BUILDING LINE VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR THE DUPLEX TO REMAIN WHERE IT IS.
THE DEVELOPMENT WILL OTHERWISE COMPLY WITH THE SETBACK REQUIREMENT AND THERE'S SUFFICIENT ROOM BETWEEN THE ENCROACHMENT AND DWAYNE.
THE DWAYNE STREET PAVING STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO KEEP THE SETBACK A MORE PRACTICAL ALTERNATIVE TO STRICT INTERPRETATION OF THE BUILDING REQUIREMENT, EXCUSE ME, BUILDING LINE REQUIREMENT.
STAFF RECOMMENDS GRAIN THE VARIANCE IN APPROVING THE PLAT FOR THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS AND WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENT.
UH, MS. OWENS, THE APPLICANT IS HERE.
IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 31.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO? OKAY, WELL YOU'VE HEARD THE PRESENTATION AND THE RECOMMENDATION TO GRANT THE REQUEST OF VARIANCE.
MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION STEIN.
MOTION STEIN SECOND COLLEAGUE.
ITEM 1 32 IS MILL ROAD INDUSTRIAL GP.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG MILLS ROAD, WEST OF GESNER ROAD AND SOUTH OF F 1960.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A GENERAL PLAN OF TWO INDUSTRIAL TRACKS.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIREMENTS BY NOT EXTENDING GILDER ROAD THROUGH THE SUBJECT SITE.
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THE STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG THE CITY, ETJ LINE SOUTH OF THE WILLOWBROOK MALL.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES AN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL FEATURE TWO SECTIONS AND AN EXTENSION OF GREENS ROAD ALONG THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY.
SUBSEGMENT OF GILDER ROAD ABUTS THE PROPERTY'S WESTERN BOUNDARY.
STRICT INTERPRETATION OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES THIS SEGMENT TO BE EXTENDED THROUGH THE SITE AND DETERMINATE AT THE DRAINAGE AREA AT THE EASTERN BOUNDARY.
THE PROPOSED EXTENSION OF GREEN, A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE WILL ALLOW FOR SUFFICIENT CIRCULATION AND ACCESS IN LIEU OF ANOTHER EAST WEST LOCAL STREET.
IN ADDITION, THE DRAINAGE AREA AND RECORDED SUBDIVISIONS TO THE EAST WOULD PRECLUDE ANY EXTENSION OF THE NEW STREET BEYOND THE PLAT BOUNDARY.
STAFF FINDS A REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH SOUND PUBLIC POLICY AS IT WOULD ALLOW FOR A BETTER STREET CONNECTION THROUGH THE EXTENSION OF GREENS ROAD.
THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO USE A CURVE RADIUS LESS THAN THE REQUIRED 2000 FEET.
HOWEVER, STAFF FINDS THAT THIS HAS BEEN ADDRESSED THROUGH A PLANNING COMMISSION VARIANCE APPROVED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT EAST OF THE DRAINAGE AREA.
WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCE OR IN COMMENT AT THIS ITEM.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK FOR ITEM 1 32.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO? OKAY.
COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE TO HAVE A MOTION.
ITEM 1 33 SERVED AT HOUSTON HEIGHTS.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON CITY LIMIT AT THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH SHEPHERD DRIVE AND WEST 14TH STREET.
THE ABBI REQUESTING A DUAL BORDERLINE VARIANCE TO ALLOW A FOUR FEET BORDERLINE FOR A PROPOSED AWNING AND 10 FEET BORDERLINE BORDERLINE ALONG A PORTION OF NORTH SHEPHERD DRIVE THAT IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO CREATE ONE RESERVE ON A VACANT TWO ACRE TRACK FOR A RESTAURANT DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING ON ONSITE PARKING.
ASSETS WILL BE PROVIDED VIA NORTH SHE DRIVE AND WEST 13TH STREET.
AT THIS TIME, THE APPLICANT HAS NO PLAN TO USE LA STREET FOR ASSETS.
WITH THE PROPOSED 10 FEET BORDERLINE, THE SITE WILL PROVIDE A 23 WIDE PEDESTRIAN LUM WITH FIVE FEET LENGTH BUFFER AND EIGHT FEET UNOBSTRUCTED SIDEWALK.
THE PROPOSED AWNING AT THE FOUR FEET BORDERLINE WILL PROVIDE SHELTER FROM THE ELEMENT.
FURTHERMORE, THE BORDERLINE VARIANT REQUEST IS SIMILAR TO THE PERFORMANCE STANDARD THAT ALLOW A REDUCED BORDERLINE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED ALONG MAY THOROUGHFARE.
LESS THAN 80 FEET WIDE STAFF HAS RECEIVED MANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.
PROPO OPPOSING THE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PACKET.
ORIGINALLY, THE SITE FEATURE A 14 ROOM BOUTIQUE HOTEL, BUT THE HOTEL APP APPLICATION HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.
THEREFORE, STAFF IS NOW ONLY CONSIDERING THE REDUCED BORDERLINE VARIANT ALONG NORTH SHEPHERD DRIVE.
SO STAFF RECOMMEND GRANTING THE REQUESTED VARIANT FOR THE REDUCED BORDERLINE IN APPROVING THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION.
COMMISSIONERS BEFORE I CALL, UH, SPEAKERS TO SEE I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS TRACY YOUNGBLOOD MAY SPEAK AGAIN ABSOLUTELY AS APPLICANT YOU HAVE THAT ABILITY.
UM, OUR NEXT SPEAKER, NICK, I'M GONNA GET THIS WRONG PROBABLY, BUT IS IT PEREL OR PURCELL? PURCELL.
SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT FROM THE LAST TIME.
UM, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK TRACY BGE AND THE BLACK FAMILY FOR WORKING WITH THE RESIDENTS AND FOR ALL OF YOU FOR THE ROBUST DISCUSSION TWO WEEKS AGO.
THAT WAS ACTUALLY MY FIRST PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING AND IT GAVE ME A LOT OF, UH, ENCOURAGEMENT AT HOW THIS PROCESS WORKS.
THERE ARE A FEW QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE.
I SAW THAT THE STAFF IS, UH, RECOMMENDING TO GRANT THE REQUEST TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS LISTED.
I WANTED SOME CLARIFICATION ON WHAT THOSE CONDITIONS WERE.
I DO SUPPORT THE RESTAURANT BEING IN THIS LOCATION.
I LIVE WEST OF DURHAM OFF OF 13TH ON PRINCE STREET.
AND SO MY SON AND I GO ACROSS DURHAM AND SHEPHERD TOWARDS LOVE PARK AND LOVE ELEMENTARY VERY FREQUENTLY AS IT'S THE CLOSEST PARK TO US.
IT'S ACTUALLY 500 YARDS FROM MY HOUSE.
SO I WANNA KNOW, IS ONE OF THE CONDITIONS LISTED THAT THE TIA IS GOING TO BE COMPLETED AND WILL THAT TIA, UH, BE USED TO WORK WITH HPW AND TS TO REVIEW WARRANTS FOR THIS AREA TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ADDED TRAFFIC
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FROM THE RESTAURANT IS, IS NOT OH, GO AHEAD AND WRAP IT UP.UM, IS NOT GONNA WARRANT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL OR SOME OTHER KIND OF CROSSING THERE.
THE OTHER TWO QUESTIONS I HAVE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE SITE ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE PARKING LOT, THERE'S A LONG STRETCH.
I'M WORRIED ABOUT CARS COMING OUT OF THAT PARKING LOT.
THEY'VE ADDED SOME SIGNAGE, WHICH I'M VERY ENCOURAGED BY.
AND I WONDER IF ONE OF THE CONDITIONS LISTED COULD NOT BE THAT THERE'S SOME KIND OF MECHANICAL STOP FOR CARS TO GO SO FAST.
SOMETHING LIKE A SPEED CUSHION IN THAT PARKING LOT.
AND THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE IS ABOUT THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE AT 13TH AND SHEPHERD, UM, AND HOW THE BIKE, UH, RACK MIGHT IMPACT THAT VISIBILITY TRIANGLE.
UM, MR. RODRIGUEZ, CAN YOU RESTATE THE TWO CONDITIONS THAT ARE ON? UM, THAT WILL BE ON THE PLAT.
THE FOUR, OR EXCUSE ME, THE TWO REQUEST, THE FOUR FOOT VARIANCE AND THE 10 FOOT SETBACK.
SO THE VARI IS TO ALLOW, UM, A FOUR FEET BORDERLINE FOR THE PROPOSED AWNINGS AND 10 FEET, I MEAN, THEY'RE BOTH DUAL BORDERLINE, RIGHT? SO 10 FEET DUAL BORDERLINE ALONG A PORTION OF NORTH SHEPHERD DRIVE.
SO THEN, UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY CLARIFICATION ON THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE? SO ON, ON THE INTERSECTION FACING THE APPLICANT WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A 15 BY 15 VISIBILITY TRIANGLE EASEMENT.
AND IT'S PART OF THE CPC 1 0 1.
AND THEN, LET'S SEE, UM, WE'LL TALK TO TRACY ABOUT THE SPEED BUMP IN THE PARKING LOT.
AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION, I, I KNOW I'VE GOT IT IN MY HEAD, UM, BUT I LOST IT.
OH, THE TIA, UM, THE TIA WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE ADDRESSED BY HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE DO HERE.
DID I GET IT MR. PURCELL? JUST THE WARRANTS TO REVIEW THE WARRANTS.
WHAT ARE WARRANTS? WHAT WARRANTS ALL THE COPIES? OH, OH OH.
BUT THAT WOULD ALL BE DONE AT, AT PUBLIC WORKS AT PERMITTING.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, YOU'RE SITTING BY TWO OF THE EXPERTS OVER THERE.
HELLO, MY NAME IS RACHEL HUMPHREY AND, UM, I SPOKE WITH Y'ALL TWO WEEKS AGO AND I SUPPORT THE NEW PROPOSAL FOR THE RESERVE AT HOUSTON HEIGHTS.
I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR DEFERRING THE DECISION UNTIL TODAY.
DURING THIS TIME, I'VE HAD A FEW EMAIL EXCHANGES WITH TRACY YOUNGBLOOD, A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE PROPERTY.
AND I FEEL LIKE OUR VOICES HAVE BEEN HEARD, EVEN THOUGH THE HOTEL DOES NOT HAVE ANY CURRENT PLANS AT THIS TIME, MY NEIGHBORS AND I ARE HOPEFUL THAT THE HOTEL WILL BE BUILT ONE DAY WITHOUT VALET OR VEHICLE ENTRANCES FROM OUR RESIDENTIAL STREET OF LAD STREET.
I WANTED TO THANK TRACY AND HIS TEAM FOR HEARING OUR CONCERNS AND MAKING CHANGES TO THE DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN THE LAST, UH, SPEAKER I HAVE SIGNED IS TRA UH, RILEY.
UH, IT MAY BE TRACY, BUT ANOTHER TRACY.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY.
UM, I'M PRESIDENT OF THE TIMBER GROVE MANOR CIVIC CLUB.
I ALSO HAVE TWO STUDENTS THAT ATTEND LOVE ELEMENTARY.
MY TWO OF MY FOUR CHILDREN ATTEND LOVE ELEMENTARY.
SO I DRIVE FROM TIMBER GROVE DAILY OVER TO LOVE ELEMENTARY.
I UTILIZE 12TH AND 13TH STREET.
I AM A VERY CIVIC-MINDED PERSON.
I AM SIX FEET TALL AND DRIVE A SUBURBAN.
I HAVE TO PUT MY CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF DURHAM, OFTENTIMES IN THE MIDDLE OF SHEPHERD TO STOP TRAFFIC.
ONE THING THAT I THINK A DISSERVICE THAT WE'VE SAID FOR YEARS IS THAT THE COMMISSION TEAM AND DIRECTOR TRAN, I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHANGE THIS IMMEDIATELY.
NEVER WAS IT MENTIONED THAT THIS IS WITHIN A SCHOOL ZONE, AND IT MAY HAVE HAPPENED TWO WEEKS AGO, BUT IT DOESN'T CHANGE TODAY THAT THE DECISION THAT YOU'RE MAKING OR PROTECTION OF CHILDREN, I KNOW THE BLACK FAMILY, I THINK THEY'RE AWESOME.
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT.
SO PLEASE HEAR ME TODAY IN SAYING I SUPPORTED.
AND I THINK THAT THE MORAL HEIGHTS TURS IS DOING AMAZING WORK.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN'S HERE, HE'S GONNA MAKE SURE THAT THE PEDESTRIAN REALM IS BEAUTIFUL.
WHAT HAPPENED FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT IS DISAPPOINTING THAT BACK IN SEPTEMBER, THE DEVELOPER WENT TO THE PRINCIPAL AND SAID, GIMME A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION.
AND THEY HAVE BEEN NICE TO WORK WITH.
BUT THEN HERE WE ARE IN APRIL OF 2025, THAT HAS TO BE WITHDRAWN BECAUSE THE PLANS HAVE CHANGED.
SO WE GET AN ASK AND YOU PRESENTED A LETTER, AND THEN WE'RE IN A DIFFERENT SITUATION.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TODAY TO GO, I'M ASKING FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR ANOTHER DEFERRAL.
WE KNOW IT'S WITHIN THE, THE LAW, AND LET'S GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.
AND I DID CALL AND TALK TO YOU GUYS, BUT I'M GONNA BE HONEST, I'M BUSY.
I DID NOT GET TO TALK TO THE PLANNER THE DAY TODAY.
SO THERE'S NO HARM IN US WAITING.
AND I'M GLAD THAT THE DEVELOPER'S HERE TODAY,
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BUT I'M DISAPPOINTED IN THE APPROACH THAT THEY TOOK.I THINK THEY'RE DOING BETTER, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT WHEN I LOOK AS A PARENT CROSSING A STREET, A CIVIC CLUB THAT'S BEEN INVOLVED IN A DEVELOPMENT ACROSS FROM THE SCHOOL, HELP US HELP THEM TO DO BETTER, HELP US TO HELP THEM TO CREATE A SAFE SPACE FOR KIDS TO CROSS THE FACT THAT THERE'S A BIKE RACK IN THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE.
WE NEED THEM TO COME BACK TO US WITH SOMETHING MORE SOLID THAT SAYS KIDS CAN SAFELY BE HERE AND GET HOME BECAUSE THE SCHOOL IS GONNA BE THERE A LONG TIME AFTER WITH AN NEXT RESTAURANT.
AND IT'S BEEN THERE A LONG TIME BEFORE.
OUR LAST SPEAKER IS TRACY YOUNGBLOOD, DOCUMENT CAMERA.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, UH, AS THE SPEAKERS HAVE SAID, YES, WE'VE, WE HAVE, UH, REMOVED THE BOUTIQUE HOTEL FROM THE, UM, CONSIDERATION TODAY.
UM, WE'RE TAKING ALL, WE'RE WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT AVENUES, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, INCLUDING OTHER USES AT THIS TIME.
SO, UH, WE'LL HOPEFULLY BE BACK IN THE NEAR FUTURE ON THAT ASPECT OF THE PROJECT.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO HOPEFULLY CLARIFY THOUGH, UH, WEST 13TH AT NORTH SHEPHERD.
UH, THERE IS A DRIVE CONTEMPLATE, THERE'S AN EXISTING DRIVE, UH, WHERE YOU SEE THE PROPOSED DRIVE ON THE SCREEN TODAY.
UH, THAT IS ACTUALLY AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL DRIVEWAY.
UM, WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE, FROM THE RESIDENTS.
UH, I APOLOGIZE, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M HEARING FROM MS. TRACY.
I, I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING, UH, AND HOPEFULLY SPEAKING WITH HER AFTER THE, THE MEETING TODAY.
UM, BUT I WANTED TO SHOW IN DETAIL, UH, THIS AREA.
AND THE FIRST POINT OF CLARIFICATION I'D LIKE TO MAKE IS, UH, WHAT IS THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE PROJECT? THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THIS INTERSECTION? UH, THERE IS NOT A VISIBILITY TRIANGLE THERE, UM, SINCE IT'S A ONE WAY GOING NORTHBOUND, UH, THERE WILL BE A VISIBILITY TRIANGLE IN THE FAR NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE SITE AT LAIRD AND 14TH.
UM, BUT IN THIS CORNER THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AT SHEPHERD AND 13TH, UH, THERE ARE BIKE RACKS, UH, AND LANDSCAPING CONTEMPLATED.
UH, THERE'S, ALL OF THIS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND IS CERTAINLY SUBJECT TO REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF CITY OF HOUSTON, UH, IN THE TURS.
BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING STRIPING ACROSS THE DRIVE APRON, UH, SOME SIGNAGE WARNING BOTH PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLES OF EACH OTHER.
UH, ALONG WITH SOME INLAID BRICK, UH, PAVING, UH, BANDING.
UH, IF YOU SEE THE BLUE CAR, UH, COMING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY THERE, THOSE TWO BANDS, UH, RUNNING EAST AND WEST OR INLAID BRICK TO HELP QUOTE RUMBLE STRIP A LITTLE BIT, UM, TO INFORM DRIVERS OF THE PEDESTRIAN REALM AS THEY ENTER ON THE 13TH.
SO OTHER THAN THAT, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, AND YOU, YOU HEARD THE QUESTION ON THE SPEED BUMP? YES, MA'AM.
AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE THAT UNDER CONSIDERATION AS WELL.
COMMISSIONER VAR, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH, I ACTUALLY, THAT, THAT WAS MY, MY QUESTION, BUT I, I DO WANNA THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THE SIGNAGE AND MAYBE SOME MIRRORS.
I, I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE I, UM, I WOULD HAVE TO
UH, SO WHAT I HEARD IS THERE IS THE TIA REQUESTED.
SO ONCE THAT STUDY IS COMPLETED THERE, IT'LL COME UP WITH RECOMMENDATION FOR EVERYTHING THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND OTHER TRAFFIC SAFETY MATTERS.
SO I WOULD ACTUALLY WAIT FOR THAT TO BE COMPLETED, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WOULD SHOW WHETHER A HAWK WAS NEEDED OR OTHER TYPE OF CAUTIONS FOR, UM, PEDESTRIAN CROSSING.
ABSOLUTELY IT COVERS MOST OF THOSE APPLICATIONS.
WHAT WOULD MAKE THE BEST SENSE FOR THIS, FOR THE GIVEN TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND THE STREET LAYOUTS.
SO THERE ARE SOME TOOLS AVAILABLE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT WILL ADDRESS MOST OF THOSE ISSUES, YOU KNOW.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER PAUL, AND I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST ASKING IS THIS 13TH STREET ENTRANCE AND EXIT NECESSARY OR WOULD IT, COULD IT WORK WITH JUST THE TWO OFF NORTH SHEPHERD THAT SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD SOLVE A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS OF THE CHILDREN CROSSING.
IT DOESN'T SEEM TO ME LIKE IT'S NECESSARY, BUT MAYBE THERE'S SOME RULE THAT IT IS, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS, IS IT ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY? I HONESTLY WOULD NOT KNOW BECAUSE LOOKING AT THE SITE THE WAY THEY'RE PROPOSING, THE
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ENGINEERING COMPANY IS VERY COMPETENT AND I KNOW THE ENGINEERING COMPANY THAT THE SOLUTIONS THEY'RE PROPOSING ARE, ARE SOMEWHAT STANDARD AND, AND PRETTY DECENT.UM, I'M SURE THERE COULD BE OTHER WAYS OF LAYING OUT THIS SITE.
UH, I THINK TIA WOULD REALLY HELP HAVING THAT COMPLETED.
UM, LOOKING AT WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS PRETTY DECENT IN MY OPINION.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF CHILDREN THAT ARE GOING TO THE UNDERSTANDABLE SCHOOL AND I DO THINK THE SCHOOL CONCERNS MANY OF US THAT WE WOULD WANT TO TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTION WHENEVER WE COULD.
IT NEEDS TO BE PERFECTLY SAFE FOR THE CHILDREN.
COMMISSIONER VAR ANOTHER THOUGHT TO SHARE.
UM, AND THIS IS REALLY FOR TRACY YOUNG BOY.
UM, SO I MEAN, JUST HIS QUESTION IS, IS IS A GOOD ONE WHETHER IT'S NEEDED ON 13TH STREET, BUT IF IT IS, COULD IT BE ONE WAY ONLY, YOU KNOW, ENTRANCE OR EXIT ONLY, OR WOULD THERE BE, I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK WHAT WOULD BE CONTRIBUTING TO THE SAFETY HERE.
AND WE'LL CERTAINLY TAKE IT UNDER ADVISEMENT AND DISCUSS FURTHER WITH THE TEAM.
UM, MY KNEE JERK RESPONSE WOULD BE, WE CERTAINLY NEED THE EXIT.
UM, IT'S, IT'S THE TURNING MOVEMENTS INTERNALLY THAT, THAT WE'RE NEEDING AND IT, IT'S A TIGHT TURN FOR CERTAIN VEHICLES TO UH, GO SOUTHBOUND AND THEN COME BACK OUT TO NORTH SHEPHERD, UH, WITHIN THE PARKING LOT.
SO THAT EXIT ONTO 13TH IS PRETTY CRITICAL FOR INTERNAL CIRCULATION.
COMMISSIONER ALLMAN, DID I UNDERSTAND YOU TO SAY THAT RIGHT NOW YOU'RE LOOKING, YOU'RE NOT SURE WHAT KIND OF LAND USE WILL BE ON THE OTHER PORTION OF THE SITE? IT MAY NOT THAT THAT'S CORRECT.
IT SHOULD INCLUDE THE WHOLE SITE.
AND HOW WILL YOU, UM, GENERATE TRAFFIC ANYWAY, SO I'M SURE YOU KNOW HOW, HOW THAT'S DONE, HOW TO YES MA'AM.
UM, I'LL CUT A ACCOUNT FOR ALL THE TRAFFIC WHEN THE SITE IS BUILT OUT AS OPPOSED TO JUST WITH THE RESTAURANT THERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MAY I MAKE ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION? YES.
IN, IN CONFERRING WITH STAFF, I, I STAND CORRECTED ON THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE.
APPARENTLY IT IS NEEDED AT 13TH AND NORTH SHEPHERD EVEN THOUGH IT'S ONE WAY GOING NORTH ON SHEPHERD.
SO, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL LOOK INTO FURTHER.
ALRIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO ONCE THEY GO, THE PLAN GOES FOR PERMITTING, WE HAVE UH, UH, LOTS OF EXPERT.
THEY REVIEW THESE ALL THESE THINGS AGAIN, RIGHT? UH, ON TOP OF WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
SO THEY MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOTHING LEFT, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE UNSAFE.
UH, YOU'LL SEE MORE THINGS ADDED ONCE THEY GO IN THE DESIGN AND PROCESS.
THEY'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE ENTRIES AND EXITS ON 13TH AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, SHEPHERD.
MY, MY ONLY CONCERN, I UNDERSTAND AND I AGREE WITH THE CONCERNS ABOUT BEING REALLY CAUTIOUS WITH THE KIDS, BUT IF WE CLOSE OFF EVERYTHING BUT SHEPHERD SHEPHERD IS ALWAYS ALREADY CRAZY BUSY AND YOU'RE GONNA DIRECT EVERYBODY TO START DOING U-TURNS AND STOPPING AND TURNING IN AND I'VE STOPPED, I STOP AND TURN IN AT HEB AND I'VE ALMOST BEEN HIT A FEW TIMES 'CAUSE THEY JUST DRIVE CRAZY.
THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN WITH THAT.
BUT I DO THINK, AND I KNOW MR. YOUNGBLOOD SAID THEY DO IT TO REALLY LOOK AND CONSIDER THAT EXIT ENTRY, MAKE IT AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE AND MARKED UP, YOU KNOW, AS A CROSSING AND POSSIBLY PUT SPEED BUMPS IN SO THAT BY THE TIME SOMEONE GETS THERE, THEY ARE GOING AT A MODERATE PACE, NOT TO MAKE IT SAFE.
MA'AM, YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKEN OUR RULES.
DON'T YOU HAVE TO SPEAK AGAIN.
WELL, BUT HE'S THE APPLICANT AND THAT'S THE RULES.
THE RULES ARE THAT YOU CANNOT SPEAK AGAIN, MA'AM, I'M SORRY.
WE HAVE ACCURATE INFORMATION MR. HEARD.
OKAY, I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, HEARING NONE WE NEED TO UM, HAVE A MOTION.
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES WITH WITH THE CONDITIONS.
THAT'S HOW IT'S WRITTEN WITH THE, OKAY.
UM, AND I NOW WE'LL MOVE ALONG TO ITEM 1 33 34, EXCUSE ME.
ITEM 1 34 ISSAM HOMES FOR YOUTH LLC.
THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A ONE ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HARRIS COUNTY EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION TAKING ACCESS FROM DEER CREEK DRIVE EAST OF STEUBEN AIRLINE ROAD AND NORTH OF THE WETA ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A RESERVE RESTRICTED TO RESIDENTIAL USE AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO TAKE ACCESS A 20 FOOT WIDE ACCESS EASEMENT IN LIEU OF PUBLIC STREET FRONTAGE.
THE STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUESTED VARIANCE.
THE SUBJECT SITE HAS EXISTED IN THIS FORMATION SINCE 1987 AND HAS
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HAD AN ACCESS EASEMENT SINCE IT BECAME AN ADULT ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY IN 2006.THE EXISTING HOME IS ALTERING THE CURRENT OCCUPANCY TO BECOME A GROUP HOME FOR FOSTERED YOUTH AND HAS TRIGGERED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR REPL.
THE PROPERTY IS A PORTION OF LOT SIX OF EVANS ESTATES SECTION TWO WHILE THE PORTION OF LOT SIX ALONG FOR THE DEER CREEK WAS REP PLATTED IN 2021 AND HAS LEFT A PORTION UNTOUCHED TO ALLOW UNHINDERED ACCESS TO THE SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF LOT FIVE AND SIX INCLUDING THE SUBJECT SITE.
HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST OF VARIANCE AND PROVIDED THAT THE APPLICANT PAVED THE FULL 20 FOOT WIDTH OF THE ACCESS EASEMENT TO ALLOW SUFFICIENT ACCESS FOR FIRE AND SAFETY VEHICLES TO WHICH THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CP C 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
I ALSO CONCLUDE THAT THE AGENDA DOES STATE JUST TO APPROVE THE PLAT, BUT IT IS A RECOMMENDATION OF GRANT AND APPROVE CONSIDERING THE VARIANCE.
MA'AM, CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK FOR ITEM 1 34.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO? OKAY.
COMMISSIONERS WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL MOTION AS, UH, GARCIA SECOND MADRE.
AND I'M GONNA ASK A FAVOR OF STAFF.
CAN YOU ALL REMIND ME, UM, AT, I'D LIKE TO AT THE BEGINNING OF THESE MEETINGS STATE WHY AN, AN APPLICANT CAN SPEAK BEFORE AND AFTER, UM, WE TAKE FOR GRANTED 'CAUSE WE KNOW THAT, THAT THAT'S HOW IT WORKS AND I THINK THAT I WOULD BE DOING MORE JUSTICE TO THE PUBLIC IF I STATED THAT.
ALRIGHT, NOW WE'RE MOVING ALONG TO 1 35.
ITEM 1 35 IS SPRING HIGH SCHOOL.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS AN OVER 208 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HARRIS COUNTY EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION SOUTH ALONG RALEIGH PUZZLE ROAD IN EAST OF HARDY TOLL ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING ONE LARGE, UH, UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO NOT EXTEND NOR TERMINATE WITH THE CUL-DE-SAC.
THE SUBS STREETS OF ETTE CREEK LANE AND CHAPEL RIDGE LANE.
LEY ROSA DOES NOT TRULY INTERSECT HARDY TOLL ROAD AS THERE IS NO CONNECTING, UH, NO CONNECTION ONTO HARDY ROAD NORTH OF RILEY F BUT ONLY AN EXIT RAMP GOING NORTH TO RILEY F AND AN ON RAMP GOING SOUTH ONTO HARDY TOLL ROAD ALONG RILEY F THE SITE IS ROUGHLY 2,600 FEET, UH, FROM THE WESTERN INTERSECTION OF ALDE AND WESTFIELD AND 5,450 FEET FROM THE EASTERN INTERSECTION OF SPRINGS TRAILS RIDGE ALONG THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE SITE.
HARDY TORO DOES NOT HAVE A FRONTAGE OR FEEDER ROAD AND TO THE EAST OF THE SITE IS BORDERED BY SPRING CREEK WITH NO OTHER OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL NORTHEAST WITHOUT FIRST TRAVELING ALONG ALDEN WESTFIELD, NORTH SPRINGS ER AND THEN DOUBLING BACK TO RILEY F EX EXEMPTING THE REQUIREMENT OR ARE THE BELIEVE NEED FOR THIS CONNECTION.
THE SITE PLAN FOR THE SCHOOL SHOWS THE INTENTION TO ALLOW A PRIVATE RIGHT OF WAY CONNECTIONS TO THE STUB STREETS.
SAPP LEAVES PROVIDING AT LEAST ONE OF THE TWO STUBS THROUGH AS A THROUGH STREET TWO.
RILEY F WOULD PROVIDE A MUCH NEEDED CONNECTIVITY.
THAT CONNECTION TO THE OF THE EASTERN STUB WOULD BE PREFERABLE FOR TRAFFIC AND INTERSECTION SPACING, BUT PROVIDING THE CONNECTION OF THE WESTERN SUB WOULD ALLOW A NEEDED CONNECTION TO THE COMMUNITY WHILE ALLOWING THE SCHOOL TO AVOID TRAFFIC, UH, THROUGH THEIR CAMPUS STRUCTURES.
THE PROVIDED SITE PLAN, UH, DOES SHOW AN INTENDED CONNECTION THAT COULD BE MADE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS.
HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING IS REQUESTING A DEFERRAL TO FURTHER COORDINATE WITH THE APPLICANT REGARDING POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS.
SITE RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT FOR TWO WEEKS TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO COORDINATE WITH HARRIS COUNTY.
MADAM CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
ON THE UM, HARDY TOLL ROAD SIDE OR THE HARDY ROAD SIDE, IS THERE A SIDEWALK HARDY TOLL ROAD? WELL, NO, THERE'S NO TRAVEL THERE.
THERE'S NO FEEDER, THERE'S NO SIDEWALK, THERE'S NOTHING ON THE WALK.
NO, THERE'S WALK ON, THERE'S KIND OF AUB PAVEMENT THAT SOMEONE'S CREATED AS A DRIVEWAY TO UH, HAS ACCESS TO ONE 30, BUT THERE'S NO REALLY A ALONG HARDY.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 35.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO YES MA'AM.
PLEASE COME FORWARD AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
HELLO, MY NAME'S ELIZABETH DELGADO AND I'M A RESIDENT OF LEXINGTON WOODS NORTH.
I DO NOT WANT ACCESS TO THE SCHOOL.
I'M CONSTANTLY PASSED UP AND RUN OFF THE ROAD.
WE WALK TO THE PARK THAT IT HAS ACCESS TO THE SPRING TRAILS WHERE WE FEEL SAFE AND WE CAN WALK.
GRANTING ACCESS, DIRECT ACCESS WOULD INCREASE, UH, TRAFFIC AND DANGER TO OUR KIDS THAT PLAY ON THE STREETS.
AND IF THE ACCESS IS GRANTED, I WOULD REQUEST THAT THEY PUT SPEED BUMPS AND WE PAY FOR POLICING TO BE THERE FOR, UH, FOR TRAFFIC CONCERNS AS IT IS, THERE'S STILL PEOPLE CONSTANTLY PASSING US UP AT 20 MILES AN HOUR GOING FASTER, SPEEDING THROUGH ALL THE STOP LIGHTS AND HA GRANTING THIS WHICH HAS CAUSED DANGER TO OUR KIDS AND DANGER TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THERE'S NO NEED FOR THEM TO HAVE DIRECT ACCESS THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL
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AREA.THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN TODAY.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 35? OKAY, SO COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER MOVE MOTION GARCIA.
WE HAVE NOTHING UNDER E SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS.
[f. Reconsiderations of Requirement (Petra Hsia)]
TO F RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENTS.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 1 36 IS WHEN AND FAM DEVELOPMENT AT BROWNIE CAMPBELL ROAD.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE HOUSTON ETJ HARRIS COUNTY ALONG BROWNIE CAMPBELL ROAD, SOUTH OF BELTWAY EIGHT, EAST OF ANN LUIS ROAD AND WEST OF VETERANS MEMORIAL DRIVE.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW THE PROPOSED RESERVE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT PROVIDING A NORTH SOUTH STREET THROUGH THE PROPERTY.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN A FLOODWAY IN SOUTH OF AN APPROXIMATELY 130 FEET WIDE TRACK WITH A DRAINAGE CHANNEL DEDICATED IN FEE TO THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT.
IN ADDITION, REQUIRING A NORTH SOUTH STREET THROUGH THE PROPERTY FOR A POTENTIAL CONNECTION WITH THE SUB STREET OF ELKWOOD DRIVE TO THE NORTH WOULD INTRODUCE THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL UM, SUBDIVISION WITH, UH, RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS ALONG BROWN AND CAMPBELL DRIVE.
PER CHAPTER 42, THE CROSSING OF A DRAINAGE CHANNEL HAVING A WIDTH OF LESS THAN 220 FEET AND MORE THAN A HUNDRED FEET BY A STREET IS REQUIRED EVERY 2000 FEET.
HOWEVER, DUE TO THESE CONSTRAINTS, THE POSSIBILITY OF A STREET CONNECTION ACROSS THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROLLED DISTRICT DRAINAGE CHANNEL WITH THE STUB STREET UP NORTH IS UNLIKELY.
HARRIS COUNTY HAS NO OBJECTION.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 36.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO OKAY.
COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION? DO I HAVE A MOTION? UH, MOTION.
[Platting Activities g - j]
ITEM G.EXTENSIONS OF APPROVAL IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION.
STAFF ELECTS TO TAKE G-H-I-N-J-S ONE GROUP? YES MA'AM.
SECTION G EXTENSIONS OF APPROVAL CONSISTS OF ITEMS 1 37 THROUGH 1 52 SECTION H.
NAME CHANGES HAS NO ITEMS. SECTION I CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE CONSISTS OF ITEMS 1 53 THROUGH 1 55 AND SECTION J ADMINISTRATIVE HAS NO ITEMS. THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUEST APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SECTIONS GHI AND J.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION VICTOR? MOTION.
[k. Development Plats with Variance Requests (Ed Buckley)]
TO ITEM 1 53.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 1 56 IS 66 18 BRIAR GLAD DRIVE SITE IS WEST OF BELTWAY EIGHT AND EAST OF WILCREST DRIVE ALONG BRIAR GLADE DRIVE SOUTH OF LIN DRIVE.
THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSING A NEW SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AND IS REQUESTING A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 20 FOOT GARAGE BUILDING LINE.
THE PROPOSED HOUSE IS A DISASTER RECOVERY PROJECT THROUGH THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE AND WOULD BE BUILT IN LINE WITH THE PRIOR HOUSE FOOTPRINT AND OTHER HOMES IN THE SUBDIVISION, WHICH WERE CONSTRUCTED PRIOR TO THE ORDINANCE GARAGE BUILDING LINE.
THE SITE IS CONSTRAINED BY A 10 FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT IN THE REAR AND THE REQUESTED SETBACK LEAVES APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET BETWEEN THE GARAGE AND THE STREET, THE GARAGE DOOR AND THE STREET STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE REQUEST.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK FOR ITEM 1 56.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO OKAY, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION VE A PLAN.
ITEM 1 57 IS 1 27 WARRENTON DRIVE.
THE SITE IS EAST OF GESNER ROAD AND SOUTH OF MEMORIAL DRIVE AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF TALMAGE DRIVE AND WARRENTON DRIVE.
THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSING AN ATTACHED GARAGE ADDITION WITH A SECOND STORY LIVING SPACE AND IS REQUESTING A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 20 FOOT GARAGE BUILDING LINE.
THE ADDITION WOULD BE IN LINE WITH THE CURRENT HOUSE FOOTPRINT AT THE PLATTED 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE AND IS CONSISTENT WITH OTHER CORNER LOTS IN THE SUBDIVISION BUILT.
PRIOR TO THE ORDINANCE GARAGE BUILDING LINE, THE REQUESTED SETBACK WOULD LEAVE MORE THAN 26 FEET BETWEEN THE GARAGE DOOR AND THE STREET.
ALTHOUGH THOUGH ALTHOUGH THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS AND THE SCOPE OF WORK DOES NOT TRIGGER A SIDEWALK REQUIREMENT, A 10 FOOT GARAGE SETBACK WOULD LEAVE ROUGHLY 17 FEET OF CLEARANCE BETWEEN A FUTURE FIVE FOOT WIDE SIDEWALK AND FOUR FOOT SAFETY BUFFER.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE REQUEST.
UM, MS. VILLAREAL IS HERE FOR QUESTIONS IF WE HAVE ANY COMMISSION, ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, MS. ACTUALLY, I'M SORRY.
SO ARE THEY ENCROACHING INTO THAT AERIAL EASEMENT? UM, IN THE BACK THERE?
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UH, NO.THEY WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO ENCROACH THE AERIAL EASEMENT.
WELL, IF YOU, I GUESS THERE'S A FIVE FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT AND THE FIVE FOOT IT, 2010 FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT.
UM, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE, CAN CAN WE GO TO THE ELEVATIONS SLIDE? THE EXHIBIT THAT SHOWED THAT KIND OF HATCHED? UM, YEAH.
SO ON THE ELEVATIONS YOU CAN SEE THEY, THEY ACTUALLY DREW IN THE AERIAL EASEMENT LINE.
UM, IT'S RIGHT WHERE THE, UM, ADDITION DROPS DOWN TO ONE STORY.
THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THOUGH.
WE HAVE NO QUESTIONS FOR MS. REEL.
I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
I SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL.
ITEM 1 58, ITEM 1 58 IS 37 79 SYRACUSE STREET.
THE SITE IS SOUTH OF SOUTHWEST FREEWAY AND NORTH OF BINET STREET ALONG SYRACUSE STREET BETWEEN EDLO AND AUDEN STREETS.
THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSING A NEW SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AND IS REQUESTING A 20 FOOT BUILDING LINE IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG BINET STREET, A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
THE SUBDIVISION PLAT HAS A 20 FOOT BUILDING LINE AND UTILITY EASEMENT AT THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY ALONG BINETTE STREET.
AND SEVERAL OF THE RESIDENCES IN THE BLOCK ARE BUILT TO THIS LINE.
THE SITE WILL TAKE ACCESS FROM SYRACUSE STREET, A LOCAL STREET TO MINIMIZE TRAFFIC CONFLICTS AND SAFETY CONCERNS.
THE REQUESTED 20 FOOT SETBACK WOULD LEAVE APPROXIMATELY 26 FEET FROM THE STRUCTURE TO THE STREET CURB, A SEPARATION THAT INCLUDES FENCING, UTILITY POLES, AND MATURE TREES.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE REQUEST.
MS. POOL, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK FIRST OR DID YOU WANNA SPEAK AT THE END? I'LL SPEAK LAST.
HI, UH, MY NAME IS KAREN SCHUSS.
HAVING OWNED A HOME ON SYRACUSE STREET FOR OVER 35 YEARS, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH 37 79 SYRACUSE.
UM, THE VARIANCE REQUEST CURRENTLY UNDER CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE DECLINED.
THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER REQUESTING THIS VARIANCE IS UNDER NO HARDSHIP OF ANY KIND.
HE'S RE HE SHE RECENTLY BOUGHT THE PROPERTY.
THE SETBACK LINES THAT Y'ALL HAVE ESTABLISHED AND THAT ARE VARIED, THEY'RE VERY CLEAR, THEY'RE NOT COMPLICATED, THEY'RE NOT VAGUE AND THEY'RE NOT NEW.
I BELIEVE THEY'VE BEEN IN PLACE FOR AT LEAST 35 YEARS BECAUSE I REMEMBER CHECKING ON BISSONET STREET WHEN WE FIRST BOUGHT OUR HOUSE ON THE SAME STREET.
THE PROPOSED 7,755 SQUARE FOOT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE IS WELL OVER THE 1300 SQUARE FEET THAT ARE, THAT'S REQUIRED TO MEET THE DEED RESTRICTIONS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON GEOMETRY, BUT ONE CAN EASILY SEE THAT THERE'S PLENTY OF VIABLE BUILDING SPACE ON A LOT THAT'S 12,765 SQUARE FEET.
AND THE BUILDING CAN BE IN TOTAL COMPLIANCE WITH ALL OUR CITY ORDINANCES AND OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION UNDERSTOOD THIS SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM RECENTLY, UH, A FEW FEET AWAY AT 3 7 6 5.
DRAKE WHEN THIS GROUP DECLINED A REQUEST FOR A SIMILAR SETBACK SUPPORTING A DISORDERLY COLLECTION OF SETBACKS IS NOT A GOOD IDEA.
IT'S UNFAIR TO THOSE WHO ABIDE BY ORDINANCES.
THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER KNEW THE BUILDING PARAMETERS FOR THIS LOT WHEN IT WAS ACQUIRED RECENTLY.
ANY REFERENCES IN THAT APPLICATION TO 1947 AND BISSONNET WHEN IT WAS A DUSTY DIRT ROAD LEADING FROM DOWNTOWN ARE NOT RELEVANT.
ALL OF THE INFORMATION CONCERNING REQUIRED SETBACKS OF LONG BEEN PUBLIC INFORMATION, PLEASE BE SENSIBLE.
KEEP THE SET THE 25 FOOT SETBACK REQUIREMENT IN, IN PLACE.
SO CAN, DO WE HAVE ANY CLARIFICATION OR CAN SOMEBODY REFRESH MEMORY, UM, OF THE PREVIOUS DEC DECLINE IN OF THAT OTHER VARIANCE REQUEST THAT, THAT THE SPEAKER SAID IS SIMILAR? UH, MICHELLE, THAT'S A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
PROBABLY, YEAH, I THINK STAFF IS.
SO MY RESEARCH SHOWED THAT THERE WAS A REQUEST THAT WAS WITHDRAWN THAT WAS VERY SIMILAR TO THIS ONE.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT THE MAIN REASON THAT, UM, IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT STAFF WAS WILLING TO SUPPORT WAS 'CAUSE THEY WERE ALSO PROPOSING TO TAKE ACCESS FROM THIS AND THAT.
UM, SO THAT'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS APPLICATION AND THE PREVIOUS ONE.
UM, MA'AM, MA'AM, PLEASE, UH, AFTER YOU SPEAK, YOU CAN'T SPEAK AGAIN, BUT THANK YOU.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DID, DID YOU GET YOUR ANSWER, MS. UH,
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COMMISSIONER COARD.ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.
AND I'M SURE IT'S ON HERE AND I'M JUST NOT FINDING IT, BUT, SO THERE'S A CURRENTLY A SINGLE BRICK HOME OR A SINGLE STORY BRICK HOME OR THERE? NOTHING ON THE SITE RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT MIGHT BE, I GUESS I'M TRYING TO ALSO THE ALSO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN LIKE IF THERE IS STILL A STRUCTURE THERE, WHAT ITS CURRENT SIZE VERSUS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE.
UH, MS. POOLE, YOU CAN PROBABLY ANSWER THAT BEST.
UH, IF I UNDERSTOOD THE QUESTION, THE EXISTING HOME THAT WAS THERE HAS BEEN ALREADY DEMOLITION LAST YEAR IN 2024.
IT WAS BUILT ON A 20 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG, UH, BINET.
SO RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST A BLANK LOT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
AND THE REQUEST WAS TO BUILD THE NEW HOME ON THE SAME BUILDING LINE AS WAS THERE ORIGINALLY FROM THE OTHER HOME AND WITH ACCESS.
THE DEED RESTRICTIONS ABOUT SQUARE FOOTAGE, I'M ASSUMING THAT'S FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING, NOT TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BUILDING.
I HAVE TROUBLE HEARING YOU ACTUALLY ASKING COUNSEL THE SQUARE FOOTAGE STATEMENT THAT WAS MADE.
USUALLY COVERAGE IS MY EXPERIENCE.
NOT USUALLY THAT'S REGARDING, UM, THE MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE, THE HOME I BELIEVE IS WHAT SHE WAS ADDRESSING.
I NEED TO PULL UP THE RESTRICTIONS TO VERIFY THAT NUMBER.
MS. POOLE, DID YOU WANNA MAKE A PRESENTATION OR WERE YOU JUST HERE FOR QUESTIONS OR IF YOU WANNA DO A PRESENTATION, GO AHEAD.
UM, I WAS PREPARED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
THERE'S NO SAFETY, UH, CONCERNS ALONG THAT STREET.
WE'RE NOT TAKING ACCESS FROM BINET AS SOME OTHER HOUSES ARE WHO HAVE A 20 FOOT BUILDING LINE THAT ARE EXISTING FOR AND HAVE BEEN FOR SOME TIME.
UH, WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, COMPLY WITH THE INTENT OF CHAPTER 42 AND, UH, SIMPLY USING THE EXISTING, UH, SUBDIVISION PLAT SETBACK ALONG BIANET, UH, IN LIEU OF CHAPTER 40 TWO'S.
UH, MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, 25 FOOT.
COMMISSIONER? YES, COMMISSIONER ROBBINS.
UM, DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE AERIAL, THE PROPERTY TO THE EAST.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S 37 75 SYRACUSE.
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THAT AT ALL? NO, I'M NOT.
IT JUST LOOKS LIKE THAT BUILDING LINE'S ABOUT A FOOT AND A HALF FROM BINETTE.
I, I DON'T KNOW IF, I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WERE FAMILIAR WITH IT.
AS YOU COULD SEE IN THE PHOTOGRAPH, THERE ARE A LOT OF TALL FENCES AND BETWEEN HOUSES, THE SAME THING AS THE CASE.
I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE ELSE THAT WISHES TO? OKAY.
SO WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL.
MOTION, UH, BALDWIN SECOND ROBBINS.
[II.Establish a public hearing date of May 1, 2025]
YOU.ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF MAY 1ST, 2025 FOR GRAND PRAIRIE SECTION TWO PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE NOBLE VISTAS PADDOCK SILVER PROPERTY PARK PLACE CENTER.
PORTER MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT LIFT STATION J SPRING BRANCH ESTATE SECTION TWO, PARTIAL REPL NUMBER EIGHT, SENTARA SECTION 62 PARTIAL PLT NUMBER ONE WEST STREET ESTATES AND WICKERSHAM STATES TO HAVE A MOTION.
[III. Consideration of an Off-Street Parking Variance at 4109 McKinney Street (Geoff Butler)]
NUMERAL THREE.ROMAN NUMERAL THREE IS CONSIDERATION OF AN OFF STREET PARKING VARIANCE FOR 41 0 9 MCKINNEY STREET.
THE ITEM WAS DEFERRED AT THE LAST MEETING.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG MCKINNEY STREET, SOUTH OF HARRISBURG BOULEVARD AND WEST OF TELEPHONE ROAD.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A PAIR OF RESTAURANTS WITHIN AN EXISTING STRUCTURE AND A RAILROAD CAR BROUGHT TO THE SITE.
THE APPLICANT'S REQUESTING AN OFF STREET PARKING VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR 19 SPACES AS OPPOSED TO THE REQUIRED 46.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRAL PER THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST REVIEW BY LEGAL IS FOUND THAT THE PROJECT WILL VIOLATE APPLICABLE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF OF HOW TO BEST RESOLVE THE DEED RESTRICTION ISSUE.
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ALLOW TIME FOR THE APPLICANT TO CONSIDER SUGGESTED REVISIONS THAT WOULD BRING THE PROJECT INTO COMPLIANCE.STAFF HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS WITH THOSE IN SUPPORT CITING THE CONGRUENCE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, DESIRE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD AMENITIES AND THE SUPPORTING A NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS.
THOSE WRITING IN OPPOSITION CITED CONCERNS OVER TRAFFIC AND THE LACK OF STREET PARKING AND THE PROXIMITY TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND PARKS.
MY FIRST SPEAKER IS EMILY OLIN.
UM, I LIVE AT 40 10 WALKER WITH MY 9-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.
WE ARE 300 FEET FROM THE RESTAURANT.
I FIRST WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT, UM, I VERY MUCH SUPPORT THIS RESTAURANT AND WOULD LOVE FOR THEM TO COME, BUT I THINK THEY'RE VERY MUCH UNDERESTIMATING HOW POPULAR THEY ARE GOING TO BE.
UM, WHILE WE DO HAVE PEOPLE WHO WALK AND BIKE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, I THINK PEOPLE ARE GONNA COME FROM ALL OVER THE EAST END.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF GOOD RESTAURANTS IN OUR AREA, LET ALONE A LOT OF GOOD BARBECUE.
UM, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IN READING THROUGH THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED, I CAN ONLY SAY THAT ABOUT HALF DEFINITIVELY LIVE IN OUR AREA, AN EMAIL WENT OUT TO THEIR MAILING LIST ASKING PEOPLE TO HELP SEND IN, UH, TO SEND SUPPORT.
SO PLEASE TAKE THE COMMENTS WITH A GRAIN OF SALT AS TO WHO IS ACTUALLY MAKING THESE COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OF THE RESTAURANT.
UM, I WON'T REHASH WHAT A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SAID AROUND CONCERNS WITH MCKINNEY.
YOU DO HAVE TO VEER INTO THE OTHER LANE.
YOU'RE 250 FEET FROM AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THERE IS AN OBVIOUS SOLUTION HERE, WHICH IS THE LOT DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE RESTAURANT IS UP FOR SALE.
THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO DEMOLISH ANYTHING.
IT WOULD BE A GREAT SPACE FOR ADDED PARKING AND GREEN SPACE, ADDITIONAL OUTDOOR SEATING, WHICH WOULD BE FANTASTIC FOR OUR AREA.
THERE'S ALSO, UM, A WAREHOUSE THAT HA ABOUT TWO BLOCKS AWAY THAT HAS A HUGE PARKING LOT.
MAYBE THEY CAN WORK OUT A DEAL WITH THEM.
I THINK THERE ARE OPTIONS HERE AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM PROPOSE SOME ALTERNATE SOLUTIONS RATHER THAN JUST SAYING, OH, WE DON'T WANNA PROVIDE THIS PARKING.
'CAUSE I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S REALISTIC THAT ONLY 19 SPOTS ARE GONNA BE USED.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS EVERETT HERNANDEZ.
UH, MY NAME IS EDWARD HERNANDEZ.
UM, I'M A RESIDENT OF 49 23 ROSS STREET.
UM, I COMMUTE EVERY DAY TO WORK THROUGH MCKENNEY STREET.
UM, I'VE, I CAME UP WITH A LIST OF CONCERNS, UH, REGARDING THE OFF STREET PARKING VARIANCE REQUEST FOR 41 0 9 MCKENNEY STREET.
UH, THE FIRST ONE IS MOBILITY.
UM, AS EMILY MENTIONED, THE 38, UH, FROM 3,800 TO 4,300 BLOCKS OF MCKENNEY STREET ARE SIGNIFICANTLY NARROWER THAN THOSE STARTING AT THE EASTWOOD STREET INTERSECTION.
UH, PARKING ALONG THOSE BLOCKS ALREADY CREATES MOBILITY ISSUES AS SITTING CRUTCHES ON THE RIGHT OF WAY.
MCKENNEY STREET SERVES AS A VITAL EAST WEST CORRIDOR OF IN EASTWOOD, UM, PARTICULARLY DURING TRAIN BLOCKAGES ALONG THE GALVESTON AND WEST BELT SUBDIVISION RAILROAD TRACKS.
UM, A FURTHER INCREASE IN ON-STREET PARKING WILL EXACERBATE CONGESTION, UH, LIMITED ACCESSIBILITY FOR BOTH RESIDENTS AND COMMUTERS.
UM, WITH A BARBECUE RESTAURANT AND A SANDWICH SHOP PLAN FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT, IT IS CRUCIAL THAT WE ASSESS WHETHER IT IS 19 DESIGNATED, UH, PARKING SPACES WILL MEET DEMAND.
AS EMILY MENTIONED, IT'S JUST PROBABLY NOT RIGHT GIVEN THE NATURE OF A BARBECUE RESTAURANT WHERE PATRONS OFTEN SPEND TI EXTENDED TIME ORDERING, WAITING, AND DINING.
PARKING TURNOVER WILL BE SLOWER THAN TYPICAL ESTABLISHMENTS.
UM, OVERFLOW PARKING ON MCKENNEY OAKERS CALLING AND WALK WALKER STREETS IS INEVITABLE AND ADDING STREET IS JUST GONNA ADD STRING TO ALREADY LIMITED CURBSIDE AVAILABILITY.
UH, THE ISSUE IS ALREADY EVIDENT WITH EXISTING BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE ON MCKENNEY.
WE HAVE A BARBER SHOP ON THE 39, UH, HUNDRED BLOCK OF MCKINNEY, WHO CLIENTELE FREQUENTLY PARKED ALONG THE STREET, CREATING MAJOR ISSUES IN TRAFFIC.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THE WALKABILITY MAY BE AN INTENDED FEATURE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, BUT SIGNIFICANT OBSTACLES REMAIN SIDEWALKS ON OAKHURST AND COL STREETS ARE INCOMPLETE, FORCING PEDESTRIANS TO WALK IN THE STREET, CREATING POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARDS, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE NAVIGATING AROUND PARKED CARS.
ADDITIONALLY, HOUSTON CLIMATE PARTICULARLY, IT'S JUST INTENSITY LASTING FOR MUCH OF THE YEAR LIMITS THE PRACTICALITY OF WALKING AS A PRIMARY MEANS OF ACCESS.
UM, IT REMAINS UNCLEAR WHAT THE OPERATION, OPERATION OPERATING HOURS OF THESE BUSINESSES WILL BE OR WHETHER THEY WILL SERVE ALCOHOL.
UM, LATE NET HOURS AND ALCOHOL SALES RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT THE NOISE LITTERING, DRUNK DRIVING, AND OVERALL NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT.
UM, YOU NEED TO WRAP UP REALLY QUICKLY.
UM, JUST AS A FINAL THOUGHT, UH, AS A RESIDENT SINCE 2000, WITHIN SINCE 2017,
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I FULLY SUPPORT GROWTH INVESTMENT IN NEW DINING OPTIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY.I APPRECIATE DEVELOPERS WHO BELIEVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD'S POTENTIAL AND WANT TO SEE IT THRIVE.
UM, HOWEVER, JUST DEVELOPMENT SHOULD NOT COME AT THE EXPENSE OF WORSENING EXISTING CHALLENGES WITH ONGOING RESIDENTIAL GROWTH, THE I 45 EXPANSION, TRAIN BLOCKAGES AND DETERIORATING ROAD AND SIDEWALK CONDITIONS.
IT'S ESSENTIAL TO ENSURE THAT NEW PROJECTS CONTRIBUTE POSITIVELY RATHER THAN ADDING TO THESE ISSUES.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? OKAY.
COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE A, A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEFERRAL PER APPLICANT REQUEST.
[IV. Consideration of an Off-Street Parking Variance at 4101 San Jacinto Street (Geoff Butler)]
NUMERAL FOUR.ITEM FOUR IS A CONSIDERATION OF AN OFF STREET PARKING, EXCUSE ME, A LOADING VARIANCE FOR 41 0 1 SAN JACINTO STREET.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ON A BLOCK BOMB BY CLEBURNE AVENUE, CAROLINA STREET, EAGLE AVENUE.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT AS PART OF THE ION DISTRICT.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE FROM THE OFF STREET PARKING AND LOADING ORDINANCE TO ALLOW FOR A LOADING BER TO BE LOCATED WITHIN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY RATHER THAN WITHIN THE PROPERTY LINE.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ION DISTRICT, A 12 BLOCK MIXED USE COMMUNITY CENTERED AROUND THE FORMER SEARS BUILDING AT MANAN WHEELER.
THE SITE IS WITHIN THE CITY'S MARKET-BASED PARKING AREA, WHICH PRECLUDES DEVELOPMENT FROM THE PARKING COMPONENTS COMPONENT OF THE ORDINANCE.
HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT IS STILL REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A LOADING AREA FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT AS IT FEATURES MORE THAN 50 UNITS.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO PROVIDE A LOADING AREA, BUT TO LOCATE, LOCATE IT WITHIN EAGLE, THE EAGLE RIGHT AWAY RATHER THAN WITHIN THE PROPERTY LINE.
THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH WALKABLE PLACES STANDARDS ALONG THE NORTH AND SOUTH, AND THE REMAINDER OF THE BLOCK WILL FEATURE A SINGLE CURB CUT FOR SOLID WASTE SERVICE.
THIS MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO LOCATE A LOADING AREA WITHIN THEIR BOUNDARY WITHOUT COMPROMISING PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
IN ADDITION, THE PROPOSED LOADING AREA WILL MEET THE SIZE REQUIREMENTS FOR LOADING AREAS, ALBEIT WITHIN A CURB PROTECTED SECTION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY.
FURTHERMORE, THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF FULLY FIRM, EXCUSE ME, FULLY FURNISHED DORMITORIES THAT WILL REDUCE THE NEED FOR LARGE MOVING TRUCKS TO ACCESS THE SITE.
STAFF FINDS THIS CON UH, APPLICATION MEETS THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, AND WE'VE REC RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT IN THIS ITEM.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON, UH, THIS ITEM.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO ALL RIGHT.
COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION IN FRONT OF YOU.
OKAY, SO WE DON'T NEED TO EXCUSE COMMISSIONER PORT PERLE.
[VI. Public Comment]
IS THERE ANYONE THAT'D LIKE TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC COMMENT? MY PUBLIC COMMENT IS THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR PUTTING UP WITH MY VOICE TODAY AND IT ACTUALLY LASTED THE WHOLE TIME.SO WITH THAT NOTE, I WILL CALL THIS MEETING.
UM, I, I, I'D LIKE TO ASK ON THE ITEMS WHERE, UM, THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED A WRITTEN REQUEST FOR A 30 DAY EXTENSION MM-HMM
I, I'D LIKE THE STAFF TO GIVE US SOME COLOR ON HOW WE GOT TO A POINT WHERE THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A 30 DAY EXTENSION.
I THINK WE'VE BEEN GRANTING THEM.
I'VE OBJECTED MOST OF THE TIME WE GRANT THEM, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE WORTHWHILE IF THE STAFF COULD PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND OR SOME COLOR ON WHETHER THE, THE NEED FOR THE 30 DAY EXTENSION WAS CAUSED BY THE APPLICANT OR BY STAFF AND WHETHER THE APPLICANT IS WORKING DILIGENTLY OR IF THEY WAITED UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO SUBMIT THE WRITTEN REQUEST.
I THINK WE NEED TO EXERCISE SOME DISCRETION OVER IT AND NOT JUST GRANT THEM AT THE WRITTEN REQUEST.
MY UNDERSTANDING FROM LEGAL IS THAT THE, THE STATE LAW THAT WAS PASSED IS SILENT ON IT AND IT SAYS WE CAN DO IT AND I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME DISCRETION EXERCISE BY US ON THAT.
YEAH, NO, I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS.
AND I SEE, UH, DIRECTOR TRAN SHAKING HER HEAD YES.
UM, I THINK THAT THAT'S VERY HELPFUL FOR ALL OF US AND YOUR RIGHT, WE GET THESE REQUESTS AND THEY'RE WRITTEN AND THE COMMISSION HAS NO OBLIGATION TO APPROVE THEM.
UM, BUT I DO THINK COLOR WOULD HELP AND YES, COMMISSIONER CULVER.
AND, AND JUST TO PIGGYBACK, WHEN, WHEN THEY HAVEN'T PROPERLY NOTIFIED THE COMMUNITY AND THEN WE NEED LIKE A WHOLE MONTH FOR IT TO COME BACK, THAT PUTS US IN AN A DIFFICULT SITUATION WHERE WE DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEFER, TO CORRECT A, AN ERROR, A FETAL FLAW.
AND, AND IN THE CASE THAT WE, WE DECLINED TODAY, OR, UM, THERE WERE MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE PROBLEMS INCLUDING LACK OF NOTIFICATIONS.
SO I'D LOVE TO SEE THE STAFF MAKE A DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATION FOR THOSE.
WELL, USUALLY THAT'S MADE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE APPLICANT WANTS.
AND SO IF THE APPLICANT IS WILLING TO MOVE FORWARD
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AND HAVE THOSE TWO DEFERRALS TO MEET NOTIFICATION AT THE RISK OF NOT BEING ABLE TO DEFER AGAIN.YEAH, I MEAN THAT IS KIND OF, THEY THEY HAVE THAT DISCRETION.
THEY, THEY CAN REQUEST THAT AND WE REALLY CAN'T SAY, OH NO, YOU CAN'T REQUEST IT.
I CALL THIS MEETING ADJOURNED AT 4:52 PM THANK YOU EVERYONE.