[CALL TO ORDER]
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I'M THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION, AND I'M CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 2:37 PM ON THURSDAY, JULY 24TH, 2025.
THIS IS AN IN-PERSON MEETING TAKING PLACE IN THE CITY HALL ANNEX AT 900 BAGBY.
YOU MAY ALSO MONITOR THE MEETING BY VIEWING 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 FOR ONE MINUTE.
NEW SPEAKERS ARE TIMED FOR TWO SPEAKER RULES ARE FOUND ON THE TOP PORTION OF THE SPEAKER SIGN IN FORM ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA.
COUNCIL MEMBERS SPEAKING ON AN ITEM ARE NOT TIMED.
APPLICANTS HAVE THEIR ALLOTTED TWO MINUTES AT TIME AS WELL AS REBUTTAL TIME.
NON APPLICANTS GENERAL SPEAKERS ARE ALLOWED TWO, TWO MINUTES TIME.
THERE'S NOT AN OPTION FOR A REBUTTAL.
EVEN IF YOU DID NOT USE YOUR FULL TWO MINUTES, YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK AGAIN AND TIME CANNOT BE ALLOCATED TO ANOTHER SPEAKER.
IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM OF 11 MEMBERS, I'M GOING TO CALL THE ROLE COMMISSIONERS.
UH, STATE, STATE YOUR NAME AND THAT YOU'RE PRESENT WHEN YOU'RE CALLED.
PRESENT, UH, COMMISSIONER HINES HINES.
PRESENT, COMMISSIONER SIGLER SIGLER.
COMMISSIONER VERA BLAND, VIRA BLAND PRESENT.
WE HAVE, UH, 11 MEMBERS PRESENT, WHICH MEETS OUR QUORUM.
UM, NOW I WANNA LET EVERYONE KNOW THERE'S TWO ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN, WHICH IS ITEM 72 AND 76.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE WON'T HEAR ANYTHING ON THESE.
THEY WILL NOT BE PRESENTED TO US, AND THERE'LL BE, UH, NO DISCUSSION OR A VOTE.
[Director’s Report ]
NOW I'LL CALL FOR THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CLARK, COMMISSION MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC.
I AM VON TRAN, SECRETARY OF THIS COMMISSION AND DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
I HAVE ONE, UM, ONE UPDATE TODAY.
I DON'T HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENT.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT, UH, THE 30, THE MAYOR WHITMEYER 30 DAY RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PILOT PROGRAM OFFICIALLY LAUNCH ON JULY THE SEVENTH.
UH, THIS INITIATIVE IS A PART OF A LARGER EFFORT TO EXPEDITE CITY OPERATIONS AND TO REBUILD PUBLIC TRUST IN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAPACITY TO FACILITATE RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT.
IN OUR THIRD WEEK OF THE PILOT AT THE PERMIT CENTER OF THE 50 APPLICATIONS PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM, I AM PLEASED TO SAY THAT 31 PROJECTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY ALL DEPARTMENTS IN LESS THAN 30 DAYS ALREADY.
IF PROVEN, THE PROGRAM COULD PAVE THE WAY FOR A BROADER REFORMS IN THE COMMERCIAL AND MULTIFAMILY PERMITTING PROCESS.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PILOT PROGRAM, PLEASE VISIT HOUSTON PERMITTING CENTER DOT UH, DOT ORG.
IN CLOSING, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT CAN BE REACHED AT (832) 393-6600, OR YOU CAN CALL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PLANNER OF THE DAY AT 8 3 2 3 9 3 6 6 2 4.
YOU MAY VISIT OUR WEBSITE@HOUSTONPLANNING.COM.
[Consideration of July 10, 2025, Planning Commission Meeting Minutes ]
COMMISSIONERS.NOW WE'RE GONNA CONSIDER THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES FOR OUR JULY 10TH, 2025 MEETING THAT WERE POSTED ON THE AGENDA.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THESE MINUTES? MOTION MAD.
[Platting Activities a & b]
MOVE ALONG TO A ROMAN NUMERAL, UH, ONE PLANNING ACTIVITY.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SECTION A AND B ARE PRE PRESENTED AS ONE GROUP, WHICH INCLUDES CONSENT AND REPU.
ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION.
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ONE THROUGH 64 SECTION A.CONSENT ITEMS ARE NUMBERED ONE THROUGH 34, AND SECTION B REPU ITEMS NUMBER 35 THROUGH 64.
NO ITEMS NEED TO BE TAKEN OUT OF ORDER AND THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS MADAM CHAIR, IF THERE ARE NO INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUESTS THE APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSENT AND RE REPLY.
ITEMS NOT REQUIRED NOTIFICATION.
I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE ONE RECUSAL FROM COMMISSIONER MAREZ ON ITEM 11.
DO I HAVE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE ITEMS IN SECTIONS A AND B, WHICH IS, UH, ONE THROUGH 64? OKAY.
COMMISSIONERS, I NEED A, A MOTION AND A MOTION.
[c. Replats requiring Public Hearings with Notification (John Cedillo, Ken Calhoun, Aracely Rodriguez, Dorianne Powe-Phlegm and Devin Crittle)]
MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.ITEM 65 IS COASTAL ENCLAVE REPLANT NUMBER ONE.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS IN OVER 25.
ITEM 65 IS COASTAL ENCLAVE RE PLAT NUMBER ONE.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS A NUMBER 25,000 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS SOUTH ALONG CLOVER STREET, EAST OF JUTLAND ROAD AND NORTH OF REED ROAD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE 10 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND TWO PARKING RESERVES ON A SHARED DRIVEWAY.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM, BUT THE APPLICANT HAS NOT PROVIDED SUFFICIENT NOTICE.
THIS IS A FULL PLT OF COASTAL ENCLAVE AND IS CHANGING THE DENSITY TABLE AND CREATING A OR THE REQUIRED ADDITIONAL PARKING TO MEET THAT REVIEW.
BY LEGAL INDICATES THE APPLICATION DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILES SEPARATELY, AND STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS APPLICATION.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DISAPPROVE THE PLAT AS INCOMPLETE NOTICE WAS PROVIDED AND CANNOT COMPLY WITH THE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.
MAD CHAIR, PLEASE THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY CONTINUE THIS PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
I'LL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 65.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO? OKAY.
I'LL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF DISAPPROVAL.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 66 IS FALL CROSSING PLACE.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS A 1.2 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN HARRIS COUNTY ETJ AT THE INTERSECTION OF SPRING S STUEBNER AND FALL ROAD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REPLAY IS TO TURN FIVE LOTS INTO ONE COMMERCIAL RESERVE.
THERE ARE NO VARIANTS REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM, AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
STAFF HAS RECEIVED COMMENTS REGARDING TRAFFIC, LIGHT POLLUTION, NOISE, AND POTENTIAL DEED RESTRICTION VIOLATIONS.
HOWEVER, REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT APPLICATION DOES NOT VIOLATE SEPARATELY FILE DEED RESTRICTIONS OR THOSE ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT STAFF.
RECOMMENDATION IS TO PROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASE THIS COMMISSION, YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
WE'LL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 66.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS ONLY AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
VAL CROSSING, MR. TIM O'LEARY.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE A QUICK MINUTE, UH, BUT THERE IS A PAMPHLET THAT WE TOOK QUITE A BIT OF TIME TO PUT TOGETHER TO EXPLAIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, OUR SITUATION, AND, UM, I GUESS WHY COMMUNITIES MATTER AND RESTRICTIONS DO AS WELL.
SO, UM, I, I'LL JUST, SOME OF THEM HAVE IT ALREADY, BUT I THINK FROM THE PAMPHLET I PUT TOGETHER, THE FIRST TWO PAGES TO ME ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT.
IN THE PAST, UH, OUR NEIGHBORS ARE HELPING.
IF A TREE FALLS DOWN, WE CHOP 'EM DOWN, WE HELP EACH OTHER.
THERE'S SOME BEAUTIFUL NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT LANDOWNERS HAVE STARTED TO BUILD ON THE SECOND PAGE IS MY HOUSE.
SHE PLANTED THE MAGNOLIA TREE.
AND THEN FOLLOWING THEREAFTER IS OUR FIGHT TO ENFORCE RESTRICTIONS AS THE, UM, PERMITTING OFFICE FROM HARRIS COUNTY HAS BEEN TELLING US TO DO.
HOWEVER, WE CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY $500 AN HOUR TO ONLY GET SIX HOURS OF REPRESENTATION TO FIGURE OUT THE SCOPE OF WORK.
SO WE HAVE, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THAT OURSELVES.
SO IN THIS PAMPHLET WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH CITY OF HOUSTON APPLICATIONS FOR PERMITS.
THERE'S THE AFFIDAVIT, WHICH IS VERY CLEAR.
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I KNOW WE'RE IN THE ETJ, BUT WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU ALSO CONSIDER THIS.THAT'S WHY I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE AND TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU.
SO ON THAT AFFIDAVIT, IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT IF SOMEONE BREAKS A RESTRICTION, IT'S ON THEM TO REMOVE IT AT THEIR COST.
AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT, WE HAVE SEVEN VIOLATIONS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH ARE PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY.
UM, FOLLOWING MEMBERS BEHIND US, THEY'LL GO THROUGH ONE.
I'D LIKE TO SPECIFICALLY TALK ABOUT NUMBER TWO.
IT WAS A BUILDING THAT WAS BUILT A SUIT FOR A COMMERCIAL BUILDING FOR A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU CAN SEE ON, UH, VIOLATION TWO EXHIBIT D.
THEY MOVED FROM A STRIP CENTER INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND CAUSED NUMEROUS DAMAGES INCLUDING PARKING, FLOODING, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO PLEASE, I HOPE YOU GUYS LOOK THROUGH IT AND CONSIDER IT OUR WEBSITES THERE WITH OUR INFORMATION AND YOU'LL HEAR MORE FROM BEHIND ME.
UM, TIM, DON'T YOU, UM, TECHNICALLY SERVE AS THE APPLICANT? NO, I'M NOT THE APPLICANT.
WHO'S, WHO'S THE APPLICANT? THE APPLICANT? UH, SO HAIL ALI IS HERE FOR QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT.
WANTED TO SEE IF HE NEEDED SOME MORE TIME AS BENEFITING THE APPLICANT PRE PRESENTING.
IT WOULD REQUEST IF HE NEEDED SOME MORE TIME, HE MAY CONSIDER IT.
UM, I'LL SEE IF, UM, THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AND MAYBE YOU CAN ASK THAT QUESTION.
IF YOU'D STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
UH, VIOLATION SIX EXHIBIT A IN THE PACKET.
UH, I LIVE ON ROSEVILLE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE BUILDING THAT IS SHOWN ON, UH, THE, THEY HAVE BEEN THERE FOR, UH, JUST ABOUT A YEAR WHEN HE, UH, WAS OVER DOING THE DIRT WORK.
TWO OF MY NEIGHBORS AND MYSELF FOR 20 MINUTES STOOD IN THE STREET AND TOLD HIM HE CANNOT DO THAT.
ACCORDING TO DEED RESTRICTIONS, HE LIED TO US.
HE SAYS IT'S GONNA BE A BARNDOMINIUM WITH TWO BEDROOMS, IT'S GONNA HAVE KITCHEN AND A FAMILY WILL LIVE THERE.
IT IS A LITTLE OFFICE IN THERE, AND THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT.
UH, HE'S GUILTY OF PERJURY ON A GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT, AND THAT IS HE FILLED OUT RESIDENTIAL REQUESTS FOR PERMITS AND THE WHOLE TIME HE KNEW IT WASN'T GONNA BE THERE.
NOW THEY HAVE PULLED THOSE SINCE THE BUILDING IS STILL THERE.
WE WERE TOLD THE BUILDING WOULD COME DOWN IF HE DIDN'T HAVE PERMITS.
HE DOESN'T HAVE PERMITS AND IT'S STILL STANDING.
NOW I UNDERSTAND, UM, THAT, UH, THE COUNTY IS BUSY, BUT THEY OWE US SOME RESPONSIBILITY ON THIS.
AND I UNDERSTAND ALSO, DOES THE CITY OF HOUSTON HAVE RESPONSIBILITY ON THIS ALSO? UM, I HAVE JUST RECENTLY LEARNED THAT I THINK YOU DO AND WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR HELP ON IT TO GET ALL OF THESE METAL BUILDINGS, ALL OF THESE COMMERCIAL INSTALLATIONS OUT.
I CAN'T BACK OUTTA MY DRIVEWAY A LOT OF TIMES BECAUSE HE'S GOT TRUCKS AND TRAILERS PARKED UP AND DOWN AND ALONG THE STREET.
THIS BODY DOESN'T HAVE THAT AUTHORITY, BUT WE WILL CHECK WITH PUBLIC WORKS.
IS ANYONE FROM PUBLIC WORKS HERE? YEAH.
CAN YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR US? SEE IF YOU CAN ON THESE VIOLATIONS, I KNOW THIS IS IN THE COUNTY AND OUR ETJ, BUT ON THESE VIOLATIONS, DOES PUBLIC WORKS HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO, UM, STOP THEM OR DO ANYTHING? NO, MADAM CHAIR, THE, ANY KIND OF PARKING ENFORCEMENT COMES UNDER A POLICE DEPARTMENT.
OKAY, SO IT'D BE ENFORCEMENT WOULD BE TOTALLY THE POLICE.
COULD YOU HELP THIS GENTLEMAN AND MAYBE GIVE HIM SOME CONTACT INFORMATION? SURE, ABSOLUTELY.
OKAY, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LARRY SPELL.
UH, MY, I WE HAVE THE CORNER LOT VILLE ROAD AND RAMSGATE.
ACTUALLY, THERE'S THREE LOTS INCLUDING CORNER.
UH, THE LOTS 33 ON AND 34 ON RAMSGATE SHOULD REMAIN SEMI-COMMERCIAL AND THEY CAN BE USED FOR A SEPTIC SYSTEM OR A RETENTION POND.
DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
I BELIEVE ANY CHANGE TO COMMERCIAL WOULD REQUIRE A MAJORITY VOTE BY
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THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN NORTHWOOD PARK.ONCE THOSE LOTS ON RAMSGATE ARE CHANGED, IF THEY'RE CHANGED TO COMMERCIAL, THE INVASION OF OUR SUBDIVISION WILL BEGIN.
AS OTHERS WILL FOLLOW, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STOP IT.
ARE THEY REQUESTING A CHANGE IN USE TO COMMERCIAL? UH, NO MA'AM.
UH, SO THE ORIGINAL DRAWING WAS TO COMMERCIAL RESERVES.
THEY'RE GOING FROM TWO TO ONE COMMERCIAL RESERVE.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DIANA BALDWIN.
MADAM CHAIR? YES, I'M BACK HERE.
PLEASE NOTE COMMISSIONER PORT SLE DOCUMENT, DOCUMENT CAMERA.
UH, MADAM CHAIRPERSON, UM, I WANT TO, UH, IF THE COMMISSION MOVES FORWARD WITH THIS REPLANT IN NORTHWOOD PARK, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU WOULD, UM, LOOK AT THE CONDITIONS ON THE HANDOUT THAT'S COMING AROUND, AND PARTICULARLY WITH, UH, COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES THAT BACK UP INTO A RESIDENTIAL, THAT THERE WOULD BE FENCING, THAT THERE WOULD BE SHIELDED LIGHTING AND ALSO NO BILLBOARDS, SIGNBOARDS OR UNSIGHTLY OBJECTS.
ALL OF THESE ARE ON THE HANDOUT.
THERE'S LIKE SIX ITEMS ON THERE, UM, TO MAKE THIS REPL WITH CONDITIONS.
AND THEN ALSO I LIVE, ONE OF MY PROPERTIES IS ON RAMSGATE.
AND IN YOUR PACKET, UH, VIOLATION NUMBER ONE, EXHIBIT A IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE AND THE DEVELOPER SAID IT WAS GONNA BE FOR PERSONAL ITEMS THAT BUILT A BIG STORAGE BUILDING, ENDED UP BEING A BUSINESS IT WAS NEVER INTENDED TO BE FOR PERSONAL STORAGE.
I RESPECTFULLY ASK IF YOU WOULD, UM, GIVE THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION TO THESE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THIS LIST.
WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN AND SHARING THIS WITH US.
SO I'M VAL AND I RECEIVED ONE OF YOUR LETTERS LETTING US KNOW THAT YOU WERE GONNA HAVE THE MEETING ON JULY 10TH.
SO THAT TELLS YOU THAT OUR HOME IS WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
WE'VE LIVED IN NORTHWOOD PARK FOR 30 YEARS AND HAVE RAISED FOUR CHILDREN, AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD.
NOW WE ENJOY OUR GRANDCHILDREN VISITING.
WE WALK THIS QUIET STREETS SPOTTING THE OWLS AND THE HAWKS AND THE WESTERN BLUE BIRDS THAT NEST IN OUR BEAUTIFUL TREES.
AND I TELL YOU THAT SO YOU CAN VISUALIZE A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S MORE THAN DIAGRAMS ON A PIECE OF PAPER.
WE ARE ASKING FOR OVERSIGHT ON FOUR IMPORTANT ISSUES.
AND THEY ARE THAT THERE IS NO ACCESS ROAD OFF RAMSGATE TO THE GAS STATION, THAT THERE IS FENCES BUILT AROUND THE DETENTION POND, THAT THE USE OF THE TREES IN THOSE TWO WOODED LOTS ON RAMSGATE ARE USED TO BUILD A NATURAL BARRIER BETWEEN THE GAS STATION AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AS MR. DAMIEN HINES SUGGESTED AT THE JULY 10TH MEETING, THE APPLICANT AGREED TO THOSE IN THE MEETING ON JULY 10TH.
HOWEVER, WHEN WE STEPPED OUTSIDE AFTER THE MEETING, WE FURTHER TALKED WITH HIM AND I QUESTIONED HIM ABOUT FLOODING AND HE SAID THAT THEY WOULD NOT BRING IN DIRT AND BUILD UP THAT PROPERTY.
HE SAID THAT THE PROPERTY WOULD BE LEVEL WITH THE SPRING STUEBNER ROAD, WHICH WAS GOOD NEWS, WHICH WILL HOPEFULLY HELP WITH ANY FLOODING ISSUES WE ARE ASKING THIS COMMISSION FOR.
THANK YOU FOR OVERSIGHT ON THIS DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE AS YOU HAVE HEARD, PLANNERS AND DEVELOPERS HAVE COME TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND LIGHT, AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BUSINESSES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND LAWSUITS TO MOVE THEM OUT.
YOU ARE THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
COULD YOU NOT KEEP THE APPLICANT OF ACCOUNTABLE TO THESE
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MAJOR CONCERNS WE HAVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD? THAT'S A REQUEST ON OUR PART THAT SOMEBODY CHECKS INTO THIS FOR US.I, I, I HOPE HE'S A MAN OF HIS WORD, BUT OUR EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN MANY HAVE NOT BEEN.
SO THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME OUT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN.
OUR LAST SPEAKER IS WILLIAM GENTRY.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO GO OVER A COUPLE OF, OF HIGHLIGHTS, BUT THE OTHER SPEAKERS TALKED ABOUT, UH, WE WILL AGREE TO THE REPL.
UH, I HAVE ONE CONCERN MYSELF, THE THREE LOTS THAT ARE IN OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS, FULL COMMERCIAL, THE OTHER TWO BEING SEMI-COMMERCIAL, WHICH MEANS YOU CAN EXTEND THE COMMERCIAL ONTO 'EM.
BUT ON THE NEW PLAT, IT STATES THAT THE WHOLE PLAT WILL BE COMMERCIAL, WHICH IS NOT ACCORDING TO OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS.
SO Y'ALL ARE SMARTER ON THIS STUFF THAN I AM, BUT, UM, THAT, THAT'S A BIG CONCERN THAT I HAVE.
AND I, I'M SORRY, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE NORTHWOOD PARK CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
AND THEN AS FAR AS BEING WITH THE ETJ, WORKING WITH THIS ON THE RE PLAT, I FEEL THAT Y'ALL SHOULD EXTEND TO US HELPING WITH OUR DEED RESTRICTION PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY.
ALL THESE BUILDINGS, WHICH YOU WILL SEE HAVE BEEN RED TAGGED BY MULTIPLE ENTITIES HERE WITH THE COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE.
EVERYBODY ELSE, THEY'RE STILL IN OPERATION, STILL WORKING, UH, AND WE JUST NEED SOME HELP TO, UH, RESOLVE SOME OF THIS STUFF.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN.
I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
UM, I DO HAVE THE APPLICANT SAHA.
MA, DO YOU WANT TO COME UP AND ADDRESS SOME OF THE QUESTIONS? MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR LEGAL.
WHO HAS THE BURDEN OF DEED RESTRICTION WHEN IT'S IN EAJ OF CITY OF HOUSTON? IT'S A PRIVATE MATTER BETWEEN THE PROPERTY OWNERS AMONG THEMSELVES HIRING THEIR OWN E EITHER WITH THE HOA OR HIRING THEIR OWN LEGAL COUNSEL.
THE AUTHORITY FOR THE CITY TO ENFORCE DEED RESTRICTIONS IS LIMITED JUST TO WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS BECAUSE IT'S CONSIDERED FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO BE A WAY TO ASSIST WITH USES THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE BE CONTROLLED BY CITYWIDE ZONING.
THE COUNTY HAS NO AUTHOR, HAS NOT ANY AUTHORITY IN THE LAND USE REALM.
WOULD I'LL SAY EXTREMELY LITTLE? OH, YEAH.
I WOULD SAY A LITTLE BIT, YES.
GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
YOU WON'T GET A SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS THERE, RIGHT? RIGHT, SURE.
I'M THE, UH, ONE OF THE DEVELOPERS, UH, FOR THAT LOT.
UM, AS I MENTIONED IN OUR PREVIOUS MEETING, UM, THAT OUR INTENTION IS TO BUILD A SERVICE STATION OFF OF SPRING STEWARD AND FALLWELL.
I I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROPERTY SORT OF, YOU KNOW, HAS, IS WEIRDLY SHAPED WHERE IT SORT OF GOES TO ANOTHER THIRD STREET RAMSGATE DRIVE.
I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS, UH, OF THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AGAIN, I'M STATING THIS AGAIN TO THIS COMMISSION.
WE ARE NOT PROPOSING A DRIVEWAY FROM RAMSGATE.
WE OURSELVES DO NOT WANT TRAFFIC IN FROM RAMSGATE.
WE ARE PUTTING A FENCE, UH, AS WAS ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATION.
AND WE HAVE MADE THAT SORT OF THE, UH, REQUIREMENT AS PART OF OUR DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR ENGINEER.
SO HE'S ALREADY MADE, ADDED THAT AS PART OF THE BUILDING LINE AND PUT, ADDED THE, UH, THE FENCE.
UH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO ADD TO THE COMMISSION'S POINT IS THAT AGAIN, THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO ENHANCE THE OVERALL COMMUNITY, UH, IN THE STREET IS WE ARE NOT LOOKING TO SORT OF PUT A PRODUCT THAT COULD BE, UH, ANYWAYS, A NUISANCE.
UM, NOT JUST IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT JUST THE COMMUNITY OVERALL.
AND SO, SO WE ARE THERE TO SORT OF, YOU KNOW, HELP HAVE ANOTHER SMALL BUSINESS OPEN UP IN THE COMMUNITY TO SORT OF, YOU KNOW, SERVICE.
UM, WE ARE A SEASON DEVELOPER, WE'RE NOT ONES OFF WHERE WE'RE GONNA JUST, YOU KNOW, BUILD THIS AND THAT'S IT.
WE'VE GOT MULTIPLE SITES, WE HAVE MULTIPLE OPERATIONS, AND SO WE UNDERSTAND A LOT OF THE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
WE'VE GOT RETAIL OPERATIONS IN HOA, WHICH REQUIRES STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS, WHICH WE FOLLOW AND WE'VE BEEN OPERATING FOR LAST 25 YEARS.
SO WE HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF, OF DEVELOPMENT, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS, IS REST ASSURED WE ARE NOT LOOKING TO PUT A DRIVEWAY ANYWAY FROM RAMS SKATE DRIVE.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT CLEARS UP THE COMMUNITY'S CONCERN.
DO YOU THINK WHEN YOUR ENGINEER FINISHES YOUR PLANS
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MM-HMMDO YOU THINK YOU COULD ATTEND AN HOA MEETING? YEAH.
AND JUST STAY IN TOUCH WITH THE, THE RESIDENTS? SURE.
LIKE I SAID, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
AND I THINK THE IDEA IS ONCE WE HAVE CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF COMPLETION OF OF TASK, OUR DRAWINGS WILL START TO FORMALIZE.
RIGHT? NOW'S STILL A PRELIMINARY, WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD UNTIL WE HAVE CERTAIN THINGS CONFIRMED.
RIGHT? AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
AND SO ONCE THOSE THINGS ARE FIRMED UP, WE HAVE, WE'LL, WE'LL BE GLAD TO SORT OF SHARE, UH, AS MUCH DETAILS AS THE, AS THE, AS THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE FORM INFORMED.
WELL THE PRESIDENT OF THE HOA IS HERE.
HE SHARED HIS, SO IF YOU WOULD MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS EXCHANGE CARDS OR CONTACT INFO.
OH, LA SORRY, THE LAST MEETING? YEP.
AND THEN, AND THEN JUST MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU GET WITH THEM AND K, KEEP IN COMMUNICATION.
OH, THERE WAS AN IN INSINUATION THAT SOMEBODY MISLED ON THE PERMIT.
WAS THAT THE PREVIOUS OWNER? THAT IS NOT MY PROPERTY.
IT'S, YES, IT'S ONE OF THE PROPERTIES.
IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT NOT, NOT THIS ONE.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND UH, I'M GONNA ADDRESS THIS TO YOU, BUT IT REALLY IS TO ADDRESS THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE ALREADY DECIDED, AND THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT DOING AN ACCESS EASEMENT THROUGH THE NORTHERN PROPERTY TO THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY TO GIVE ACCESS SINCE THERE IS NO ACCESS FROM, UH, RAMSAY.
THERE'S NO ACCESS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, YOU ALSO TALKED ABOUT, UH, AGREEING TO PUT UP THE FENCING.
HAVE YOU DECIDED WHAT KIND OF FENCING THAT'S GOING TO BE? NO, BUT YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE, WE HAVE TO ALSO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION COST AND STRUCTURE OF COURSE.
AND SO WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS NOT DETRIMENTAL TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE OUR PROPERTY IS SECURED FROM TRESPASSING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO WE WILL PUT ACCORDINGLY WHAT IS REQUIRED TO ENSURE THAT NO ONE SORT OF CROSSES OVER TO THE PROPERTY.
THIRDLY, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY, WHICH IS BASICALLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOUR PLAN IS TO USE THAT AS DETENTION, NOT AS PARKING, NOT AS LIGHTING, NOT AS BUILDINGS, NO, NO.
WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO, I KNOW IT'S PRELIMINARY MM-HMM
UM, OBVIOUSLY THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD LIKE TO SEE A BUFFER ZONE OF TREES, WHICH IT'S A VERY WOODED LOT.
DO YOU THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP SOME OF THOSE TREES ON THE EAST AND SOUTH SIDE TO BUFFER THE NEIGHBORHOOD? AGAIN, THAT'S GONNA BE D DETERMINED BASED ON THINGS AS WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE TASK, WHAT PROPERTY IS GONNA BE REQUIRED FOR SEPTIC, WHAT'S GONNA BE REQUIRED FOR DETENTION OF COURSE, DEPENDS ON WHAT IS LEFT OVER, WE WILL HAVE TO THEN ACCOMMODATE FOR, FOR LANDSCAPING.
AND SO OF COURSE, BUT JUST KNOW THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS VERY INTERESTED IN SEEING, AND, AND AGAIN, WE WANNA HAVE AS MUCH PRIVACY AS WELL.
UH, SO THIS WAY IT SORT OF, YOU KNOW, PROTECTS THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, SHIELDED LIGHTING, WHICH OF COURSE, AGAIN, THE GOOD NEWS IS THE, THE SOUTHERN MOST PART OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS GONNA BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WILL NOT HAVE PROBABLY ANY LIGHTING AT ALL AS ITS DETENTION.
OR MIGHT HAVE SOME, WE DON'T KNOW YET.
THERE WILL BE POTENTIALLY ON THE SIDE JUST BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE FACING THE DETENTION AREA.
JUST IN CASE IN, IN THE NIGHTTIME, THAT HAPPENS TO BE SOME EMERGENCY, SO WE MAY NEED SOME THERE.
BUT AGAIN, THE IDEA IS TO HAVE IT AS MINIMUM AS POSSIBLE.
TO DISTURB THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE BACK, WE'VE HAD A PROPERTY WHICH WE ENDED UP TAKING ONE OF THE, THE, THE, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT, THE AERIAL LIGHTS DOWN BECAUSE IT WAS BLEEDING INTO THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD? YES.
THE NEIGHBOR CAME, IT WAS FIRST DAY OF OUR OPENING AND HE SAID, HEY MAN, THE LIGHTS ARE LIKE BLINDING ME AND WE TOOK THAT LIGHT DOWN.
SO WE ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH OUR NEIGHBORS BECAUSE WE WANT TO COEXIST.
WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH AND, AND UM, AS WE SAID, WE APPRECIATE YOUR BEING HERE AND AS THE CHAIR SAID, STAYING IN CONTACT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO, WHAT, WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE MOVING FORWARD.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OKAY.
CAN YOU RESTATE YOUR, UM, RECOMMENDATION? RECOMMENDATION, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLA.
MR. HINES
CUT YOUR MICRO THE MICROPHONE PLEASE.
UH, THE HOMEOWNERS PASSED AROUND A MEMO WITH SIX ITEMS. THEY WERE SEEING IF THIS COULD BE CONDITIONAL TO THE APPROVAL AND I JUST WANTED TO KNOW FROM LEGAL, UM, WHICH ONES ARE OKAY, WHICH ONES ARE GOVERNED BY STATE LAW, WHICH ONES ARE GOVERNED, GOVERNED BY ORDINANCES THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE.
UM, YEAH, YOU, YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU, I WANNA POINT OUT PLEASE AND LET ME INTRODUCE MR. PAUL BARNES FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES SECTION.
HE'S THE ATTORNEY WHO, UM, REVIEWED THESE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
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SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, UM, HE'LL BE YOUR YOUR CONTACT POINT ON THIS ONE.UM, ITEM NUMBER ONE IS ALREADY IN THE DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT THERE BE NO ACCESS ON.
PART OF THE PROBLEM AND PART OF THE RATIONALE BEHIND MAKING IT ONE LOT INSTEAD OF THE TWO IS THAT TO HAVE CREATED TWO WOULD'VE CREATED A LANDLOCKED PARCEL WITHOUT ACC, WITHOUT ANY ACCESS.
TO THEN GET ACCESS THROUGH AN EASEMENT WOULD'VE PROBABLY REQUIRED A VARIANCE.
WE FIGURED THIS WAS THE BETTER WAY TO HANDLE IT.
UM, FENCING TO PER PROTECT ANYONE FROM DROWNING IN THE DETENTION POND, I WOULD NEED TO DEFER TO HARRIS COUNTY REGULATIONS ON THAT.
I PER, I IMAGINE THAT THOSE ARE REQUIRED TO BE FENCED AND MAINTAINED, UM, TO PREVENT ACCESS.
IT'S AN ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE PROBABLY FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER.
SO IT'S GONNA BE IN HIS IN INTEREST TO DO THAT.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE COVERED BY HARRIS COUNTY REGULATIONS, THOUGH IT'S NOT THE CITY'S RULES THAT WOULD APPLY.
UM, NUMBER THREE AND NUMBER FIVE, RE UH, KEEPING AS MANY TREES AND REQUIRING THE SHIELDED LIGHTING.
THE APPLICANT HAS INDICATED HIS INTEREST IN DOING SO.
I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE IT A CONDITION.
THE PROBLEM IN THE COUNTY MAY BE ENFORCEMENT AND THEY JUST HAVE DIFFERENT RULES AND REGULATIONS THAN WE MIGHT HAVE IN THE CITY AS FAR AS THOSE KIND OF PROTECTIONS AND ENFORCING THE REQUIREMENTS.
UM, NUMBER FOUR, ON DRAINAGE, THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL, UH, DISTRICT REGULATIONS.
AND IT'S ALSO AGAINST THE TEXAS WATER CODE TO DIVERT PROPERTY FROM THE NATURAL FLOW ONTO ADJACENT PROPERTY.
SO, UM, THAT, THAT WILL BE COVERED BY BY COUNTY REGULATIONS.
AND THEN, UH, BILLBOARDS SIGNBOARDS ARE UNSIGHTLY OBJECTS OF ANY KIND.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT ALL THAT MIGHT INCLUDE, BUT I BELIEVE THE BILLBOARD REGULATIONS, I BELIEVE THE CITY OF HOUSTON SIGN REGULATIONS ACTUALLY DO GO OUT INTO, UH, THE ETJ FOR BILLBOARD, UH, WHERE THOSE MAY BE LOCATED.
UM, THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT COVERED BY THE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
I WOULD JUST SAY WE MIGHT ADD A NOTE ON THE PLAT INDICATING THAT THE, I'M GONNA CALL IT THE SOUTHERLY PORTION OF THAT.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE MIGHT DEFINE THAT.
IS LIMITED BY DEED RESTRICTIONS TO SEMI-COMMERCIAL AND THE COMMERCIAL USE CANNOT BE EXPANDED PER THE DEED RESTRICTIONS, BUT KIND OF DOUBLE, DOUBLE LAYER THAT DEED RESTRICTION PROTECTION, BUT TURN ON OH, WHILE THEY'RE CONFERRING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? YES.
COMMISSIONER MAREZ, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECT AND I GUESS I WOULD NEED LEGAL TO CONFIRM THIS, BUT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE TWO PLATS.
SO THEORETICALLY, EVEN THOUGH IT WOULD BE LANDLOCKED, THEY COULD SELL OFF THAT SOUTHERN PORTION.
BUT BY DOING THIS AND CREATING ONE PLAT THEY CANNOT, THEY, THEY WOULD HAVE TO THEN TURN AROUND AND RE SUBDIVIDE AGAIN SUB TO TRY TO SELL THAT OFF ALSO.
SO IN SOME WAYS WE'VE NOW BY APPROVING THIS, WE'RE ENTERING AN ADDITIONAL STEP FOR THEM IN THE FUTURE CORRECT.
TO PREVENT THEM FROM JUST SELLING IT OFF.
THAT, THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING.
SO IT GIVES A LITTLE BIT OF PROTECTION FROM JUST SELLING OFF THAT, THAT SOUTHERN PARCEL ON ITS OWN.
AND THEY NEED IT FOR DRAINAGE AND DETENTION.
UM, PAUL HAS ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE DEED RESTRICTIONS ALSO DO PROHIBIT BILLBOARDS.
COMMISSIONER GARZA, AND THIS IS FOR LEGAL.
UM, SO YOU KNOW, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS OBVIOUSLY HAVING TROUBLE WITH ENFORCING THEIR DEED RESTRICTIONS.
WHO IN THE COUNTY IN THE ETJ PROVIDES CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY? THE PERMIT? I DON'T BELIEVE THEY WERE, THEY APPROVED CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY FOR RESIDENTIAL USES.
OH, THEY DO NOT? I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON THE COUNTY'S RULES.
SO IF THESE ARE IN FACT COMMERCIAL, WOULDN'T THEY REQUIRE CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY? THEY MIGHT OR THEY MIGHT NOT IN THE COUNTY.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION FOR YOU MIGHT HELP, MIGHT NOT.
BUT IF THEY'RE RUNNING BUSINESSES IN YOUR RESTRICTED NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU CAN'T GET RID OF THEM AND THEY DON'T HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY CHECK, THAT MIGHT BE AN INSTRUMENT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE.
THE COUNTY ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE, NOT OCCUPANCY.
AND IT'S BASED ON FIRE CODE AND DRAINAGE CODE.
THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, I AM GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
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CARRIES.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 67 4 OAKS AT NON TALK ON THE ONE LINER CURRENTLY RECOMMEND TO DEFERRED PLAQUE DUE TO PENDING LEGAL REVIEW, BUT THAT WILL LEAD TO UPDATED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL AS THE LEGAL OPINION WAS RECEIVED BEFORE THE MEETING.
SO THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMIT WEST OF FOUNTAIN VIEW DRIVE, AND SOUTH OF SAN FELIPPE STREET.
THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLOT IS TO CREATE FOUR SINGLE FAMILY LOT AND ONE PARKING RESERVE.
NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
PER LEGAL REVIEW, THE PROPOSED PLAT WOULD NOT VIOLATE APPLICABLE RESTRICTION, SO STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBSTITUTE, THE CPC 1 0 1 INFORMED CONDITION.
STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE.
MADAM CHAIR IS TO PLEASE TO THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 67 IS OPEN.
I HAVE MR. GARY KENNY TO SPEAK.
UH, I'M THE OWNER OF, CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE? OH, I'M SORRY.
UH, 2114 NANTUCKET, UH, DIRECTLY OPPOSITE THE PROPOSED REPLAT.
UH, I WAS ACTUALLY SEEKING A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THE FOUR RESIDENCES.
THEIR, UH, GENERAL SIZE OF THE RESIDENCES, UH, WHETHER THEY WERE GOING TO INCLUDE GARAGES AND PARKING IN THAT BEFORE TAKING A POSITION.
REASON BEING NANTUCKET AND POTOMAC, THE WEST HAVEN ESTATES.
WHERE IS, UM, IF YOU'VE BEEN UP AND DOWN THAT STREET, IT'S QUITE A HODGEPODGE OF, OF HOUSES, SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES, SOME APARTMENTS, ET CETERA.
RECENTLY, UH, UH, AT THE NANTUCKET AND BURGO INTERSECTION, UH, THEY'VE DONE EIGHT RESIDENCES THAT ARE ABOUT FOUR STORIES HIGH, WHICH ARE KIND OF OUT OF CHARACTER WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE SEEKING FURTHER INFORMATION.
ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, MS. RODRIGUEZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY OF THOSE? DO YOU HAVE ANY ANSWERS TO HIS QUESTIONS? HAVE THEY I DON'T, THEY PROBABLY HAVEN'T SUBMITTED ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD KNOW HOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE IS OR ANYTHING.
SO THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING FOUR LOT, RIGHT.
AND, UM, THE LOT IS SIZES VARY BETWEEN 2,600 SQUARE FOOTAGE THROUGH 3,500 SQUARE FOOTAGE.
UM, BASED ON THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING, I DO NOT HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
BUT, UM, THEY ARE DOING FOUR UNIT ONE PARKING RESERVE TO MEET CHAPTER 42.
I KNOW THAT DIDN'T ANSWER ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT UM, IF YOU'LL GET WITH MS. RODRIGUEZ AFTER THE PRESENTATION, UM, SHE CAN GIVE YOU SOME CONTACT INFORMATION.
ALL OF THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AS IT GOES ONTO PERMITTING THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS.
I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO ALL RIGHT.
HEARING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL GARZA.
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ITEM 68.
ITEM 68, HIGHLAND CROSSING PLT NUMBER ONE, THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMIT AT THE INTERSECTION OF TEWELL ROAD AND SAM ROAD DRIVE WEST OF SHIPPER DRIVE.
THE PURPOSE OF THE V PLA IS TO CREATE 12 SINGLE FAMILY LOT AND THREE RESERVES FOR OPEN SPACE AND DETENTION, OPEN SPACE AND DETENTION.
NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
HOWEVER, THE PLANNING COMMISSION PREVIOUSLY GRANTED A VARIANT IN 2024 TO NOT EXTEND OR TERMINATE BOOT ROAD WITH THE CUL-DE-SAC LOCATED AT THE SOUTHERN UM, FLOOD BOUNDARY.
THIS VARIANT REMAINS VALID AS THE LAND USE AND THE CONDITION HAVE NOT CHANGED.
THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND PER LEGAL REVIEW, THE PROPOSED PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE APPLICABLE RESTRICTION.
THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION
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THAT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.IN EVENT, MADAM CHAIR IS COMPLETED THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 67 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO 68? EXCUSE ME.
UM, 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.
ITEM 69, ITEM 69, JOHNSON PLACE A STATES THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMIT WEST OF MESA DRIVE AND SOUTH OF KEWELL ROAD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RELIGHT IS TO GRADE TWO SINGLE FAMILY LOT.
NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
PER LEGAL REVIEW, THE PROPOSED PLA WILL NOT VIOLATE APPLICABLE RESTRICTION AND THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLANS SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION.
STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE.
MADAM CHAIR IS A PLEASE OF THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 69 IS OPEN.
I HAVE MS. KIMBERLY LEE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
UH, MY NAME IS KIMBERLY LEE AND I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT TYPE OF ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS WE HAVE, UM, TO DEAL WITH THE DRAINAGE BECAUSE OUR DRAINAGE IN THAT AREA I LIVE ON THAT STREET IS OUTDATED AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE STANDING WATER AND WANTED TO KNOW ARE THE DEVELOPERS REQUIRED TO HAVE A PLAN TO SHOW HOW THE WATER WILL FLOW AND JUST TO SEE IF THERE'LL BE ANY TYPE OF OVERSIGHT TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T BUILD UP TOO HIGH TO WHERE WE'LL SUFFER EVEN MORE THAN WHAT WE ARE SUFFERING.
UM, I'M GONNA ASK PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, YOU SEE MR. YES, IF YOU WOULD GET WITH HIM, HE CAN HELP YOU, UH, BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THAT PROCESS GOES, UH, WITH DETENTION AND DRAINAGE.
UM, AND I KNOW YOU'RE SIGNED TO SPEAK FOR THE NEXT ONE, SO IT'S THE SAME.
YEAH, BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT APPLICATION.
SO I'LL CALL YOU UP IN A SECOND, BUT HE CAN HELP YOU ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS, AT LEAST GIVE YOU SOME DIRECTION.
I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
THE SITE IS, UM, JOHNSON PLA BUTTE.
THE SITE LOCATED IN THE CITY WAS THE METHOD DRIVE AND SOUTH OF TWO
THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLA IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY LOT.
NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.
PER LEGAL REVIEW, THE PROPOSED PLOT WILL NOT VIOLATE APPLICABLE RESTRICTION.
AND, UM, STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 INFORMED CONDITION.
STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.
IN EVENT, MADAM CHAIR IS THE PLEASE OF THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 70 IS OPEN.
MS. KA KIMBERLY LEE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME BACK UP.
UH, AGAIN, MY NAME IS KIMBERLY LEE AND I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM 70 AND THE MAIN CONCERN IS, UM, THE DRAINAGE AND FLOODING IN THE AREA.
JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE SOME PLANS FOR THAT.
AND ALSO, UM, I KNOW IN THE PAST DEVELOPERS HAVE COME UP WITH WAYS TO MAKE SOME TYPE OF, UM, BEAUTIFICATION IN THAT AREA IN WHICH THEY'RE, UM, DEVELOPING.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THEY'RE ALSO DOING THAT AS WELL.
WELL, YEAH, I MEAN, THEY HAVE TO PUT A TREE IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE.
UM, SOME PEOPLE, MOST PEOPLE DO A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT WE, WE DON'T REALLY CONTROL THAT.
WE CAN ONLY CONTROL WHAT GOES IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
BUT, UM, MS. RODRIGUEZ CAN GET YOU IN CONTACT WITH THE DEVELOPER.
AND THEN AGAIN, MR. KUMAR BACK WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT DRAINAGE.
I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
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SECOND.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 71 IS MCGREGOR RESIDENCES.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, CORPORATE LIMITS NORTH ALONG MCGREGOR WAY WEST OF STATE HIGHWAY 2 88.
THE REASON FOR REPL IS TO CREATE EIGHT LOTS, ONE PARKING, RESERVE, AND A RESERVE RESTRICTED TO LANDSCAPE AND OPEN SPACE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE AND A RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENT TO ALLOW A FIFTH, A FIVE FEET BUILDING LINE INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 25 FEET BUILDING LINE ALONG NORFOLK.
MCGREGOR WAY STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.
THIS IS A RELAID OF TWO LOTS OF CRESCENT ISLAND CREATED IN 1929.
THE PLAID WAS SUBMITTED AND APPROVED WITH A 25 FEET BUILDING LINE WITH THE OPTION TO DO A 15 FOOT BUILDING LINE.
IF THE PLAT MET CERTAIN PLANNING STANDARDS JUNE OF THIS YEAR AND IN 2015, A VER A FIVE FOOT VARIANCE, FIVE FOOT BUILDING LINE VARIANCE WAS GRANTED FOR A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE STREET AT THE CORNER OF MCGREGOR OF NORTH MCGREGOR WAY AND STATE HIGHWAY 2 88.
THE UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS OF NORTH MCGREGOR WAY AT THIS LOCATION IS SEPARATED BY A MEDIAN.
THE THE RIGHT OF WAY IN FRONT OF THE SITE FUNCTIONS MORE LIKE A PRIVATE DRIVEWAY AND THERE IS A BARRICADE ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 2 88 ALONG THIS SEGMENT OF MCGREGOR.
IT DOES NOT CONNECT TO STATE HIGHWAY 2 88.
THE PROPOSED BUILDINGS WILL BE 21 FEET FROM THE BACK OF THE CURB TO THE FIVE FEET BUILDING LINE AND 16 FEET FROM THE BACK OF THE CURB TO THE PROPERTY LINE.
THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE SIX FEET SIDEWALK STREET, THREE INCH CALIBER TREES AND FENCING SHOULD BE MAX EIGHT FEET HIGH AND WROUGHT IRON, SEMI OPEC AND 10 FOOT, UM, LANDSCAPE BUFFER, MAINTAIN PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY AND ACCESS GATES FOR ALL UNITS FACING OFF MCGREGOR WAY.
HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO THIS REQUEST.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WOULD NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF, OF THE PLAT.
ARE THOSE FILED SEPARATELY WITH THIS PROPOSAL AND VARIANCE REQUESTS, THE INTENT AND GENERAL PURPOSES OF THIS CHAPTER WILL BE PRESERVED AND MAINTAINED AND CONDUCIVE TO THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE PLAT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCES AND IMPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN FOR ITEM 71.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I WILL, UH, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
ITEM 72 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN FOR THAT APPLICANT REQUEST.
I KNEW I CIRCLED IT FOR A REASON.
73 ITEM 73 IS MOUNT HOUSTON ROAD MUD QDOBA DRIVE PARK.
THIS SITE IS IN HOUSTON'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN HARRIS COUNTY ALONG CORDOBA STREET, EAST OF WEST MONTGOMERY ROAD.
THE REASON FOR REPLAY IS TO CREATE TWO RESERVES, ONE RESTRICTED TO ION AND THE OTHER LIFT STATION STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO PROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM.
CONDITIONS THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM REVIEWED BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT.
OF THOSE FILED SEPARATELY, THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
MADAM CHAIR, PLEASE THE COMMISSION YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 73 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO? YES, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND STATING YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
I JUST, I'M JUST COMING HERE FOR A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION REGARDING TO THAT.
SO WHAT EXACTLY IS IT IF IN A MORE SIMPLIFIED TERM, MAYBE, UM, DORIAN, CAN YOU OR DO I GET WITH HER? YEAH, RESERVE A WILL BE FOR RECREATION AND B WILL FALL LEFT STATION.
ARE YOU LOOKING TO SEE WHERE THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED? NO, I KNOW WHERE IT'S LOCATED.
YOU KNOW, I, I LIVE IN THE AREA.
ALSO, AM I EXPRESS CONCERNS HERE UHHUH OR WITH HER IN REGARDS TO THE ACTUAL DRIVEWAY GOING INTO THE COMMUNITY? WELL, YOU CAN TALK TO US HERE, BUT SHE KNOWS ALL THE INFORMATION.
BUT, BUT DO I TELL THE, MY CONCERNS TO HER OR, OR HERE? NO, THE CONCERNS YOU CAN SHARE WITH US, PLEASE.
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OKAY.SO THEN THE CONCERNS REAL QUICK.
UH, THERE'S ONLY ONE ENTRANCE AND EXIT, WHICH IS FINE, BUT THAT ONE ENT, SORRY.
ON THE WAY OUTTA THE COMMUNITY ON CORDOVA DRIVE, THERE IS A VERY BIG POTHOLE THERE THAT JUST KEEPS GETTING DEEPER AND DEEPER AND THE COMMUNITY, OR I DON'T KNOW WHO KEEPS TRYING TO FILL IT IN WITH SOME KIND OF CONCRETE OR SOME KIND OF ALTERNATIVE, BUT IT'S ONLY GETTING WORSE AND WORSE.
AND AS WELL AS ON THE ENTRYWAY, UM, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE CURB.
ANOTHER SINKHOLE, NOT SINKHOLE, SORRY.
IT ALSO CAUSES PEOPLE AS THEY'RE EXITING THE COMMUNITY TO VEER OFF INTO THE OPPOSING LANE, WHICH COULD CAUSE SOME KIND OF ACCIDENTS.
AND I'VE SEEN IT ALMOST HAPPEN P PLENTY OF TIMES IN THE SHORT TIME THAT I'VE LIVED THERE.
BUT THAT'S JUST A BIG CONCERN THAT I, I MEAN IT'S A VERY, VERY BIG POTHOLE.
I DO NOT SEE THAT OUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM PUBLIC WORKS HAS COME BACK IN YET.
WELL HE WOULDN'T HELP YOU ANYHOW.
MEMBERS OF PLANNING CONDITION.
YOU CAN THINK OF ME AS FRED MATHIS 0.75.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE ROAD CONDITION THAT'S OUTSIDE OF KIND OF WHAT WE DO HERE AT, AT PLANNING, YOU'D HAVE TO MAYBE CONTACT THE, I BELIEVE THE PRECINCT HANDLES THE ROAD MAINTENANCE, UM, IF THE COUNTY MAINTAINS THE ROAD THERE.
SO THEY WOULD'VE TO CONTACT THE PRECINCT THROUGH THEIR MEANS TO WHAT PRECINCT ARE THEY IN? UM, I'LL HAVE TO, I'LL HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT ONE IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND SHARING THAT.
SO HE KNOWS WHO TO GET IN TOUCH WITH? YES.
AND IN, IN TERMS OF THE DRIVEWAY, UM, THAT WOULD'VE TO MEET HARRIS COUNTY DRIVEWAY REGULATIONS IN TERMS OF PLACEMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND OFFSETS SO, RIGHT, RIGHT.
BECAUSE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT HE'S SAYING IS WE, WE DO THE PLATING HERE.
SO THERE ARE PLANS FOR THE HOMES THEMSELVES AND EVEN THE LOCATION OF THE DRIVEWAY, ALL OF THAT IS HANDLED BY HARRIS COUNTY? NO, IT WASN'T A DRIVEWAY FOR THE HOME.
IT'S THE DRIVEWAY FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
AND IF YOU COULD HELP HIM FIGURE OUT WHO TO TALK TO AT HARRIS COUNTY ABOUT THOSE ISSUES, THAT'D BE GREAT.
THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AND SHARING YOUR COMMENTS.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 73? OKAY.
HEARING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION MOTION.
ITEM 74 IS PARK AT CHAMPIONS PARK.
THIS SITE IS IN HOUSTON'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN HARRIS COUNTY WEST ALONG TON ROAD AND NORTH ALONG CHAMPION CENTER DRIVE.
THE REASON FOR REPLAY IS TO CREATE A RECREATIONAL RESERVE.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM.
CONDITIONS THERE ARE NO BEARING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON A FACEBOOK PLAT OR THOSE FILED.
SEPARATELY, THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
STAFF DID RECEIVE A LETTER OF S IN SUPPORT OF THIS UM, PLAT STAFF'S MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC.
YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CONTINUED FOR ITEM 74.
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.
ITEM 75 IS RELA OF SOUTHGATE EDITION SECTION THREE PARTIAL RE PLAT NUMBER ONE.
THE SITE IS IN HOUSTON, CORPORATE LIMITS NORTH ALONG MCCLENDON STREET EAST OF GREENBRIAR DRIVE.
THE REASON FOR RE PLAT IS TO CREATE ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO PROVE THE PLAT PER THE C BBC 1 0 1 FORM.
CONDITIONS THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 75 IS OPEN.
I HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, THEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED AND I'LL SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
WHO WAS FIRST, WASN'T YOU? OKAY.
AND WE ARE SKIPPING 76 WHICH HAS BEEN WITH, UH, WITHDRAWN.
ITEM 77 IS TRAILS ON ELM VIEW.
THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A ONE ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMIT WEST ALONG ELM VIEW DRIVE WEST OF, UH, SOUTH OF NEWLANDS ROAD AND WEST OF BLAYLOCK ROAD.
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IS CREATE 18 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AND THREE RESERVES ON A TYPE TWO PAE PRIVATE STREET DEVELOPMENT.THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
THIS IS A PLT OF LOT 19 AND BLOCK FIVE OF LONG POINT ACRES AND REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED.
SEPARATELY, STAFF HAS RECEIVED, UH, ADVANCED COMMENTS REGARDING THE APPLICATION FROM VICE MAYOR PRO, TIM AMY PECK AND HAVE REQUESTED THAT THE REPRESENTATIVE SPEAK ON THE ITEM TODAY.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CCP C 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MA'AM CHAIR, IF YOU PLEASE THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM IS OPEN.
I HAVE UH, ONE SPEAKER SIGNED, ALAN ROMAN.
I'M, I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF COUNCILMAN RAMIE PECK.
AND UH, WE WILL BE READING HER STATEMENT, UH, REGARDING THE TRAILS ON ELM VIEW ITEM.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
I HAVE MANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRAILS ON ELM VIEW PROJECT.
THE HOMES ARE PROPOSED TO BE BUILT ON A STREET WITH SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.
MANY OF THE HOMES ON THE STREET AND IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE CONTINUOUS STRUCTURAL FLOODING.
WHILE WE ARE WORKING ON A FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT.
IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT ENGINEERING PROJECT AND QUITE COMPLICATE COMPLICATED IT TO MITIGATE FLOODING DUE TO MANY FACTORS INCLUDING AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND, UH, NO AREAS TO DRAIN THE WATER.
GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES BUILDING 18 HOMES ON THIS STREET, THAT ALMOST CERTAINLY WILL FLOOD IS COMPLETELY IRRESPONSIBLE.
I UNDERSTAND THE CONSTRAINTS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MUST OPERATE IN AND YOU ARE GOVERNED BY STATE LAWS THAT DO NOT ALWAYS ALLOW YOU TO VOTE AGAINST ITEMS SIMILAR TO THIS.
HOWEVER, I ASK THAT YOU TAKE CAREFUL CONSIDERATION ON THIS ITEM IN CASE THERE ARE ANY ACTIONS YOU ARE ALLOWED TO TAKE.
IF YOU ARE REQUIRED TO SUPPORT THE ITEM, PLEASE KNOW THAT I WILL PERSONALLY WATCH THIS DEVELOPMENT AS IT GOES THROUGH EACH STEP OF THE, UH, PERMITTING PROCESS TO MAKE SURE ALL ORDINANCES RELATED TO FLOODING REQUIREMENTS ARE TAKEN.
WHILE THOSE REQUIREMENTS WILL SURELY NOT BE ENOUGH TO PREVENT FLOODING, I WILL DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE PROTECTED AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN BE UNDER THE LAW.
THAT'S THE END OF THE STATEMENT.
WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN AND PLEASE THANK THE COUNCILWOMAN, PLEASE.
I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO YES, MR. CILLO, THIS IS A SHALL APPROVE, IS IT NOT? YES SIR.
UM, AND ALSO IF YOU LOOK AT THE PLAT, THE TWO RESERVES TO THE FRONT ON ELM VIEW ARE LARGE DETENTION RESERVES INCORPORATED FOR THE PROPERTY.
I'M GLAD THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WILL BE KEEPING AN EYE ON THIS AS WELL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? OKAY.
I'LL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM NUMBER 78 IS VILLAS AT SCOTT.
UH, THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE SUNNYSIDE AREA, UH, WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS WEST ALONG SCOTT STREET AND NORTH OF REED ROAD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REPLAY IS TO CREATE FOUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS ALONG SHARE DRIVEWAY.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A FIVE FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG SCOTT STREET INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 25 FOOT SETBACK FOR A MAJOR FAIR FARE.
STAFF IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.
HOWEVER, STAFF HAS COORDINATED WITH THE APPLICANT AND WE WOULD RECOMMEND TO DEFER THE PLAT TO ALLOW TIME FOR THE APPLICANT TO REVISE THE REDUCED BUILDING LINE REQUEST AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
UH, MADAM CHAIR, IT'S COME TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THE NOTICE SIGN WAS EITHER REMOVED OR KNOCKED DOWN DURING THIS PAST WEEK.
UH, RESIDENTS IN THE AREA WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY HAD ENOUGH TIME TO DISCUSS THIS PROJECT AND REQUESTED TO DEFER THE ITEM.
UH, THE HAP APPLICANT HAS BEEN MADE AWARE AND IS IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING THE SIGN.
UH, ALLOWING THIS DEFERRAL WOULD BENEFIT THE APPLICANT AND RESIDENTS OF THE SUNNYSIDE AREA.
UH, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
UH, PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 78 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO RIGHT.
HEARING NONE? I WILL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING UNLESS THERE'S QUESTIONS.
I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
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THE SITE IS IN HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS AT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF BLOT AVENUE AND STATE HIGHWAY 2 88.THE REASON FOR REPL IS TO CREATE ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOT.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES.
THE FIRST VARIANCE IS TO ALLOW THE SUBJECT TRACT TO HAVE A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 2 88 INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 25 FEET BUILDING LINE AND TO ALLOW THE SUBJECT TRACK TO TAKE ACCESS FROM BLO AVENUE, A MAJOR RAFFA WITHOUT BEING ONE ACRE STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THESE REQUESTS.
THE SITE IS THE EAST 50TH FEET OF LOT 21 AND THE WEST 10 FEET OF LOT 20 AND BLOCK THREE OF AMENDED PLAT OF ALAMEDA PLACE CREATED AS A 50 FOOT BY 105 FEET, UM, LOT IN 1923.
THE LOT LAYOUT PREDATES THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 2 88 WITH THE PROPOSED 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE.
THE PROPOSED HOUSE WILL SIT APPROXIMATELY 58.8 FEET FROM THE FEEDER ROAD OF STATE HIGHWAY 2 88 AND VEHICLE ACCESS IS DENIED FROM THE FEEDER ROAD AND THE APPLICANT PROPOSES SIX FEET SIDEWALKS ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 2 88.
THE APPLICANT TENDS TO TAKE ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY FROM BLIGE AVENUE AT 80 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY.
MAJOR RAFFA AT SUFFICIENT WIDTH FROM THE BACK OF THE CURB TO THE PROPOSED 25 FEET.
BEND LINE IS 15.7 FEET, A SIX FEET SIDEWALK AND A NINE FEET BUFFER WILL BE PROVIDED.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES AN EIGHT FEET BY NINE FEET TURNAROUND ON THE PROPERTY ALONG BLOT AVENUE TO AVOID VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN CONFLICTS.
HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS HAVE NO OBJECTIONS TO THE RE TO THE REQUEST.
HOWEVER, IT HAS INDICATED THAT A LARGER TURNAROUND MINIMUM 25 FEET BY EIGHT FEET WOULD BE REQUIRED.
THE APPLICANT HAS CREATED ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOT AND IT TENDS TO BUILD ONE TWO STORY HOUSE ON THE LOT.
IT WILL MAINTAIN THE 25 FEET BUILDING LINE AND PROVIDE A TURNAROUND ON BLOT AVENUE.
VEHICLE ACCESS WILL BE DENIED ON STATE HIGHWAY AND NO VEHICLE ACCESS, UM, FROM STATE HIGHWAY 2 88 WITH A PROPOSED WITH A PROPOSAL AND VARIANCE REQUESTS.
THE INTENT AND GENERAL PURPOSES OF THE CHAPTER WILL BE PRESERVED AND MAINTAINED AND CONDUCIVE TO THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT.
ARE THOSE FILED SEPARATELY? STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCES SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS LISTED SIX FEET SIDEWALKS ON BOTH STREETS, NINE FEET BUFFER ALONG LODGE AVENUE, THREE INCH CALIBER TREES.
EIGHT FEET AND WROUGHT IRON OPEC.
ALONG BOTH RIGHT OF WAYS, MAINTAIN PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY, ACCESS GATE AND FRONT DOOR FACING BLO AVENUE STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
MADAM CHAIR PLEASES COMMISSION.
YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 79 IS CONTINUED.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
[d. Subdivision Plats with Variance Requests (Devin Crittle, John Cedillo and Tammi Williamson) ]
LONG TO D SUBDIVISION PLATS WITH VARIANCE REQUESTS.THE SUBJECT SITE IS A 16.4 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN HARRIS COUNTY, EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION WEST ALONG MAJOR THOROUGHFARE BECKER ROAD SOUTH OF BALKINS ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING ONE LARGE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT PROVIDING A NORTH SOUTH STREET TO THE PROPERTY NOR EXTENDING ALTA DINNER DRIVE WITH A CUL-DE-SAC STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE PROPOSED USE IS A COMMERCIAL SITE WITH A MIX OF RETAIL AND WAREHOUSE AND DISTRIBUTION THAT INTENDS TO TAKE SOLE ACCESS FROM BECKER ROAD.
THE SITE'S NORTHERN BOUNDARY IS MOSTLY BORDERED BY A RECORDED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD NOT BE WELL ASSERT BY CONNECTING UH, RIGHT OF WAY FROM THE COMMERCIAL SITE.
THE REST OF THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY AND THE FULL WESTERN BOUNDARY ARE HINDERED BY A NEARLY 180 FOOT WIDE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL CHANNEL.
FURTHER SOUTH, THE SAME CHANNEL CUTS OFF ANY OTHER OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE ANY CONNECTING RIGHT OF WAYS TO THE SOUTH.
THE STRONG MAJOR THOROUGHFARE GRID AND THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OF THE CHANNEL AND THE SUBDIVISION TO THE NORTH PROVIDE SUFFICIENT HARDSHIP TO NOT REQUIRE NORTH SOUTH STREET THROUGH THE SITE.
HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE VARIANCE.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUEST AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR FOR THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 80.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO COMMISSIONERS?
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IF WE HAVE NO QUESTIONS, I SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ITEM 81.
GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 81 IS ENCLAVE AT KATY HOCKLEY.
THIS ITEM HAS BEEN DEFERRED TWICE AND THUS MUST BE ACTED ON TODAY.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S ETJ IN WESTERN HARRIS COUNTY ALONG KATY HOCKLEY ROAD AND NORTH OF STOCKTON SCHOOL ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A 20 ACRE SITE WITH THREE RESERVES, TWO UNRESTRICTED RESERVES AND A LIST STATION RESERVE AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIREMENTS ALONG KATY HOCKLEY ROAD.
BY NOT EXTENDING WHITE HAVEN GATE STREET THROUGH THE SITE AND NOT TO TERMINATE THE STUBB STREET WITH A CUL-DE-SAC.
STAFF IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A MULTI-FAMILY COMMUNITY WITH COMMERCIAL USES AND A LIFT STATION ALONG KATY HOCKLEY.
THE INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG KATY HOCKLEY ROAD FROM STOCKTON SCHOOL ROAD TO THE NEAREST PUBLIC STREET.
KATY MAIN EXING IS APPROXIMATELY 4,200 FEET.
THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES PUBLIC STREET INTERSECTIONS AT LEAST EVERY 2,600 FEET ALONG MAJOR THOROUGHFARES WHICH WOULD MEAN AT LEAST ONE ADDITIONAL EAST WEST STREET CONNECTION.
THIS STREET CONNECTION IS IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN UM, FOR NEEDED EAST WEST CONNECTION WITHIN THIS MAJOR THOROUGHFARE BLOCK AS THERE ARE NONE SOUTH OF THE DRAINAGE CHANNEL THAT BISECTS THIS BLOCK AND THIS AREA IS FAIRLY RAPIDLY DENSIFYING.
ADDITIONALLY, THE SITE WIDTH IS APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET, WHICH ALLOWS FOR BOTH A STREET AND REASONABLE USE OF THE LAND.
HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING ALSO OBJECTS TO THE REQUEST.
THEREFORE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DENY THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND DISAPPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE.
THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED A WRITTEN REQUEST FOR 30 DAY EXTENSION UNTIL THE AUGUST 21ST MEETING AND I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS ALSO PRESENT.
I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK? HI, MY NAME'S NAOMI STRAUSS AND UM, I WORK FOR THE SURVEY COMPANY.
I THINK THE CLIENT WOULD LIKE AN ADDITIONAL 30 DAYS TO KIND OF LOOK AT ALIGNMENT.
I BELIEVE HE'S TALKING TO THE DEVELOPER TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH TO MAYBE TRY AND WORK SOMETHING OUT WITH THEM.
SO JUST TO ENSURE WE GAVE THAT TO YOU, THE INTENT IS TO ADD A STREET, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF ALIGNMENT.
I THINK THE DEVELOPER IS AWARE THAT THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT THE COUNTY AND CITY HAS ADVISED HIM.
AND SO YEAH, I THINK IT'S REALLY ALIGNMENT AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY AND TO MAYBE SPLIT SOME OF THE COST WITH POTENTIALLY SOME OF HIS NEIGHBORS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY COMMISSIONERS, UH, YOU HAVE A REQUEST FOR A 30 DAY EXTENSION THAT IS IN WRITING.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION? UH, YES.
UM, IT'S THE IDEA FROM THAT IT'S WHITE HAVEN GATE AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE I'M SORRY I CAN'T SEE THE, THE STUB STREET THERE.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT ENDS WITH PRAIRIE KATY PRAIRIE.
I'M SO IS IS THAT THE IDEA THAT IT'S GOING TO TIE IN? THAT IS ONE POSSIBILITY.
UM, THERE WAS ANOTHER DISCUSSION THAT IF THE ALIGNMENT, IF THEY IMMEDIATELY TURN IT TO TRY TO KEEP AS MUCH OF THE SITE AS THEY CAN TO GO EITHER NORTH OR SOUTH AND GET FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM KATY PRAIRIE, UM, JUST TO SEE THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TOO.
OBVIOUSLY NOT SOMETHING THAT'S RIGHT CLOSE BUT NOT SO EITHER IN ALIGNMENT OR FAR ENOUGH AWAY TO APPEASE COUNTY ENGINEERING.
YOU HAVE A MOTION FOR UM, WELL A REQUEST FROM THE APPLICANT IN WRITING FOR 30 DAY EXTENSION.
MOTION GARZA TO HEAR? SECOND TO HEAR.
MADAM CHAIR, I NEED TO RECUSE FROM ITEM 82.
PLEASE NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER VIRA BLAND IS GOING TO RECUSE FROM 82 AND YES.
ITEM 82 IS HARRIS HEALTH SYSTEM CASA DE AMIGOS REPLY AND EXTENSION.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMITS WEST AND ALONG NORTH MAIN STREET BETWEEN BURNETT STREET AND HOGAN STREET.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO EXPAND THE EXISTING CAMPUS OF A HARRIS COUNTY HEALTH CLINIC SITUATED ON
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A PARTIAL BLOCK BOUNDED BY NORTH MAIN BROOKS AND KEEN AND PICKNEY STREETS AND IS REQUESTING FIVE VARIANCES.ONE NOT TO WIDEN HARRINGTON STREET OR KEEN STREET.
TWO ZERO FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG HARRINGTON STREET.
THREE NOT TO PROVIDE A VISIBILITY TRIANGLE AT THE CORNER OF HER OF KEEN STREET AND HARRINGTON STREET.
FOUR A SEVEN FOOT DUAL BUILDING LINE ALONG A PORTION OF KEEN STREET AND FIVE TO ALLOW AUTOMOBILE USES WITHIN THE PEDESTRIAN REALM ALONG BROOK STREET AT A PRIMARY TOD STREET STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF ALL REQUESTS.
TWO SIMILAR VARIANCES WERE GRANTED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR.
THIS CURRENT APPLICATION PROPOSES TO READDRESS THE RIGHT OF WAY WINDING REQUEST, MODIFY THE BUILDING LINE ENCROACHMENTS AND ADDRESS THE TOD PEDESTRIAN REALM REQUIREMENTS IN 2022.
THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THIS SITE WAS GRANTED VARIANCES NOT TO DEDICATE WIDENING TO HARRINGTON STREET AND FOR ZERO FOOT BUILDING LINE, DUAL BUILDING LINE FOR RENOVATION TO THE EXISTING HEALTH CLINIC FACILITY.
NOW THIS PORTION OF HARRINGTON STREET IS BEING BAND THROUGH THE JOINT REFERRAL COMMITTEE PROCESS FOR VARIANCE.
ONE NOT REQUIRING 10 FEET OF WIDENING ALONG HARRINGTON STREET AND KING STREET IS UNLIKELY TO SERVE THE PUBLIC GOOD.
THE ABANDONMENT OF A PORTION OF HARRINGTON STREET IN THE PROCESS TO BE ABANDONED LEAVES A 140 FOOT REMAINING SEGMENT OF HARRINGTON STREET WHICH FUNCTIONS MORE LIKE A TURNAROUND THAN A STREET DESIGN FOR THROUGH TRAFFIC.
THE PROPERTY ALONG THE REMAINDER OF HAR HARRINGTON STREET IS CURRENTLY VACANT AND DOUBLE FRONTS ALSO ALONG PICNIC STREET TO THE NORTH FOR VARIANCES TWO, THREE AND FOUR.
A ZERO FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG HARRINGTON STREET, NO VISIBILITY TRIANGLE AT THE INTERSECTION OF HARRINGTON AND KEEN STREET AND A SEVEN FOOT DUAL BUILDING LINE ALONG A PORTION OF KEEN STREET ALONG HARRINGTON STREET.
THE PROPOSED ADDITION IS PLANNED TO BE AN EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING BUILDING LOCATED AT THE PROPERTY LINE.
THIS IS RELATED TO THE REQUEST NOT TO PROVIDE THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE AT THE INTERSECTION OF HARRINGTON STREET KEEN STREET, THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED A SITE LINE EXHIBIT WHICH IS ON THE SCREEN, WHICH ILLUSTRATES THAT VISIBILITY IS NOT OBSTRUCTED AT THE CORNER WITH THE PROPOSED BUILDING AT THE ZERO FOOT BUILDING LINE.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS NOT EXPECTED TO HAVE THROUGH TRAFFIC AT THIS INTERSECTION DUE TO THE DEAD END NATURE OF HARRINGTON STREET ALONG KEEN STREET.
THE BUILDING FACADE IS PROPOSED TO MEET THE ORDINANCE REQUIREMENT OF THE 10 FEET BUILDING LINE EXCEPT FOR A NARROW PLANTER BOX AND AN UNSUPPORTED ABOVE GRADE ROOF PARAPET WALL ENCROACHMENT.
THE THREE FEET HIGH PLANTER BOX IS PROPOSED TO EXTEND ONLY ONE FOOT THREE INCHES PAST THE BUILDING FACADE.
THE ROOF PARAPET IS 10 FEET ABOVE GRADE WITHOUT COLUMN SUPPORT AND EXTENDS THREE FEET FROM THE BUILDING TO PROVIDE COVERED WALKWAYS ALONG THE BUILDING.
THESE SAME PROPOSED ENCROACHMENTS ALONG HARRINGTON STREET ARE WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY AND ARE SUBJECT TO HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS'.
SEPARATE REVIEW PROCESS FOR THE LAST VARIANCE REQUEST, THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES THAT A TOD TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT STREET HAS ADDITIONAL PEDESTRIAN REALM REQUIREMENTS DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE STREET SEGMENTS PROXIMITY TO A RAIL STATION.
STRICT INTERPRETATION OF THE ORDINANCE RESTRICTS AUTO RELATED USES WITHIN THE PEDESTRIAN REALM EXCEPT FOR DRIVEWAY ENTRIES AND DROP OFF LANES.
THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE IS THAT THE BUILDING WOULD BE POSITIONED CLOSER TO THE DTOD STREET MOVING PARKING AREAS TO THE SIDE OR REAR ALLOWING FOR MORE PEDESTRIAN INTERACTION AND SAFER ON FOOT MOBILITY IN THIS CASE, HOWEVER, THE BUILDING IS POSITIONED ALONG HARRINGTON STREET IN LINE WITH THE EXISTING BUILDING'S PRIMARY ENTRY AND THUS THE AMBULANCE DROP OFF AND STAFF PARKING IS TO THE REAR, EXCUSE ME, ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING PARKING LOT THAT PREDATES THE TOD ORDINANCE.
HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST.
THEREFORE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCES AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS INCLUDING THAT THE FINAL STREET ABANDONMENT ORDINANCE IS PROVIDED PRIOR TO RECORDATION STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE AND THE APPLICANT'S IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
YES, THE APPLICANT IS THE ONLY ONE I HAVE SIGNED UP FOR QUESTIONS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE FOR THE APPLICANT? OKAY, SO WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION BY STAFF TO GRANT THE REQUEST OF VARIANCES TO HAVE A MOTION.
MOTION COLLEAGUE SECOND, SECOND SIGLER.
ITEM 83 IS NORTHEAST SLUDGE TRANSFER STATION.
YES, IT'S WHAT YOU THINK IT IS.
UH, SO THE SITE'S LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS AT THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF MARKET STREET AND DORSETT STREET.
UH, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE FOR A REDUCED 15 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG A MAJOR FAIR FARE AND, UH, STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
UH, THE SITE IS HOME TO AN EXISTING WASTEWATER LIFT STATION THAT HAS
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BEEN IN USE SINCE THE MID 1980S.UH, THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS PLAT IS TO OBTAIN PERMITS TO UPGRADE THE FACILITIES PRIOR TO THE PLAT SUBMITTAL, THE STRUCTURES ON THE SITE DID COMPLY WITH THE 25 FOOT SETBACK ALONG MARKET STREET.
HOWEVER, 10 FEET OF RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION IS REQUIRED, WHICH PLACES THESE STRUCTURES ABOUT 15 FEET FROM THE NEW PROPERTY.
LINES OF THIS VARIANCE IS, EXCUSE ME, IF THIS VARIANCE IS APPROVED, THE EXISTING STRUCTURES WOULD COMPLY WITH THE NEWLY PLATTED 15 FOOT BUILDING LINE STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST AND STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTING THE REQUESTED VARIANCE IN APPROVING THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
UH, MADAM CHAIR I WANNA POINT OUT ON THE ONE-LINERS, UH, DOES SHOW TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS LIT LISTED, BUT IT SHOULD SAY TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT TO THE SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS LISTED.
AND THOUGH THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
ALRIGHT, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 83? ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL WITH THE APPROVING THE RE, UH, REQUESTED VARIANCE? DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION.
MOTION MAREZ SECOND VERA BLAND.
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES E SUBDIVISION PLOTS WITH SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS.
UH, WE HAVE NO ITEMS IN SECTION E.
[f. Reconsiderations of Requirement (Geoff Butler)]
WE'LL MOVE TO UH, SECTION F RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENT.UH, ITEM 84 IS SENTARA LEGACY SHOPS.
UH, THE SITES LOCATED IN THE ETJ OF WALLER COUNTY AT THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF BECKENDORF ROAD AND BARTLETT ROAD, WHICH ARE BOTH MAJOR FAIR FAIRS.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE TO TAKE ACCESS FROM AN ACCESS EASEMENT INSTEAD OF FRONTING ALONG A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.
THE SITE IS A VACANT FIVE ACRE TRACK SITUATED IN WALLER COUNTY.
THE RESERVE IS A PART OF A UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT SPLIT INTO FOUR RESERVES.
THREE OF THE FOUR RESERVES WILL HAVE FRONTAGE ALONG MAJOR AIRFARES EXCEPT FOR RESERVE C UH, RE RESERVE C IS HIGHLIGHTED ON YOUR SCREEN IN YELLOW, UH, WILL GET ACCESS THROUGH A RECORDED ACCESS EASEMENT AND THIS EASEMENT FUNCTIONS SIMILAR TO A STANDARD DRIVEWAY.
UH, IN ADDITION, THE ADJACENT RESERVES HAVE INTERNAL DRIVEWAYS THAT PROVIDE ADDITIONAL POINTS OF ACCESS.
UNLIKE HARRIS COUNTY, WALLER COUNTY DOES NOT ALLOW RESERVES TO BE SPLIT BY MEETS AND BOUNDS AND THIS VARIANCE REQUEST IS THE ONLY METHOD TO TO ALLOW THIS RESERVE CONFIGURATION.
UH, MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST AND STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTING THE REQUEST OF VARIANCE AND APPROVING THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO? ALRIGHT.
COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'LL SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
[Platting Activities g - j]
EXTENSIONS OF APPROVAL.IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SECTIONS.
GH PARDON ME? I AND J IS ONE GROUP.
YOU'RE GONNA RECUSE FROM 86 AND 93 AND I'M GONNA RECUSE FROM ITEM 89 AND YES.
UH, COMMISSIONER VIRA BLAND IS RECUSING FROM 89.
SECTION G EXTENSIONS OF APPROVE EXTENSIONS OF APPROVAL CONSISTS OF ITEMS 85 THROUGH 95 SECTIONS.
H NAME CHANGES HAS NO ITEMS SUCH AS I, CERTIFICATIONS OF COMPLIANCE HAS NO ITEMS AND SECTION J ADMINISTRATIVE HAS NO ITEMS. THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUESTS THE APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SECTIONS GHI AND J.
UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION KLIK.
[k. Development Plats with Variance Requests (Ed Buckley and Tammi Williamson) ]
ALONG TO KAY DEVELOPMENT PLOTS WITH VARIANCE REQUESTS.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 96 IS THREE 12 GLENWOOD DRIVE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED NORTH OF MEMORIAL DRIVE AND SOUTH OF WASHINGTON AVENUE BETWEEN WESTCOTT STREET AND GLENWOOD DRIVE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A FIVE FOOT BUILDING LINE FOR A NEW SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AND A ZERO FOOT BUILDING LINE FOR A 12 FOOT FENCE.
IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG WESTCOTT STREET, A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
THE ENCROACHMENTS THAT WOULD HAVE A FIVE FOOT SETBACK INCLUDE A COVERED PATIO AND AN OUTDOOR LIVING AREA WITH SECOND FLOOR HABITABLE SPACE.
THE REQUESTED SETBACK WOULD LEAVE APPROXIMATELY 16 FEET TO THE STREET CURB ALONG WESTCOTT AND IS CONSISTENT WITH OTHER STRUCTURES ALONG THE BLOCK, SEVERAL OF WHICH ARE SETBACK BETWEEN THREE AND 10 FEET.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO CLOSE AN EXISTING CURB, CUT ALONG WESTCOTT AND TAKE DRIVEWAY ACCESS
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FROM GLENWOOD, DRIVE A LOCAL STREET, AS WELL AS TO PROVIDE A SIX FOOT SIDEWALK ALONG WESTCOTT AND FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK ALONG GLENWOOD BUILDING PLANS FOR THIS SITE SHOWING ENCROACHMENTS INTO THE CITY.ORDINANCE 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE WERE APPROVED IN ERROR IN 2023.
THE PROPOSAL UNDER CONSIDERATION IS A STRUCTURAL REVISION AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE BUILDING ALONG WESTCOT STREET AND THE VARIANCE REQUEST IS AN EFFORT TO BRING THE ORIGINAL PROJECT AND THE REVISION INTO COMPLIANCE.
STAFF DID RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST.
LEGAL REVIEW DETERMINED THAT THE PROPOSAL DOES NOT VIOLATE APPLICABLE DEED RESTRICTIONS BECAUSE THE PROPOSED BUILDING LINE IS CONSISTENT WITH OTHER NEARBY STRUCTURES AND BECAUSE THE APPLICANT IS CLOSING A CURB CUT ON A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE.
I DO HAVE A, UH, SOMEONE SIGNED TO SPEAK MS. JENNIFER POOLE.
I'M THE APPLICANT FOR QUESTIONS.
I KNOW IT DIDN'T SAY QUESTIONS ONLY, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS.
OKAY, SO YOU HAVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION SEGLER SECOND GARZA.
ITEM 97 IS LOCATED AT 78 0 3 SAND STREET.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS AT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF EAST CROSS TIMBER STREET AND SANDRA STREET EAST OF INTER OKAY.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO CONSTRUCT A NEW 2,600 SQUARE FOOT SINGLE STORY DUPLEX ON A VACANT LOT AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A 15 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG EAST CROSS TIMBER STREET.
IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE SITE WAS PLOTTED AS A 69 FOOT WIDE LOT WITHIN THE TRIANGLE GARDEN SUBDIVISION WITH A 10 FOOT SIDE BUILDING LINE AND A 25 FOOT FRONT BUILDING LINE RECORDED IN 1944.
AT THAT TIME, CROSS TIMBERS WAS PLOTTED AS ERNIE STREET, A LOCAL STREET WHEN EAST CROSS TIMBERS WAS PIECED TOGETHER AND WIDENED.
10 FEET OF WIDENING WAS TAKEN, LEAVING 59 FEET OF REMAINING LOT WIDTH, APPLYING THE ADDITIONAL 25 FEET BUILDING LINE LEAVES 34 FEET OF BILLABLE AREA.
THE ORDINANCE ALLOWS FOR A REDUCED BUILDING LINE OF 15 FEET ALONG MAJOR THS OF 80 FEET OR LESS, IN WHICH EAST CROSS TIMBERS IS WHEN SUBDIVIDING THE LOT AND USING SHARED VEHICULAR ACCESS.
BECAUSE THIS PROPERTY IS NOT SUBDIVIDING, THE REDUCED BUILDING LINE OF 15 FEET BY RIGHT IS NOT AVAILABLE.
THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE HOWEVER, IS BEING MET BECAUSE THE EXISTING LOT IS PROPOSING A SINGULAR DRIVEWAY APPROACH FOR THEIR PROPOSED DUPLEX ALONG THE LOCAL STREET AND IS PROPOSING TO CLOSE IN THE EXISTING CURB CUTS ALONG EAST CROSS TIMBERS.
ADDITIONALLY, ALONG A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, A SIX FEET WIDE SIDEWALK IS REQUIRED.
STAFF RECOMMENDS TO APPROVE THE REQUESTED VARIANCE TO ALLOW A REDUCED BUILDING LINE OF 15 FEET ALONG A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO, TO SPEAK EITHER.
SO COMMISSIONERS, IF YOU HAVE NO QUESTIONS, DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION.
[II. Establish a public hearing date of August 21, 2025 ]
TO ROMAN NUMERAL TWO, ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF AUGUST 21ST, 2025 FOR THE FOLLOWING.BONAIR ESTATES, BRADFORD VILLAS, CARR STREET ESTATES, CHLOE'S HAVEN, ELLISON CY-FAIR.
SECTION ONE, PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE ENCLAVE AT COLQUITT HEMPSTEAD CROSSING AND MCKENZIE PARK.
SECTION FOUR, PARTIAL REPL NUMBER TWO.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION MARRE.
DO I HAVE ANYONE THAT WOULD MAKE LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT? ALL RIGHT.
HEARING NONE, 4:01 PM WE ARE ADJOURNED.