* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] GOOD AFTERNOON. [CALL TO ORDER] GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I'M LISA CLARK. I'M THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION, AND I'M CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 2:32 PM ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2ND TO 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 THE 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 FOR ONE MINUTE. NEW SPEAKERS ARE TIMED FOR TWO MINUTES. 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 TIME AS WELL AS REBUTTAL. AND, UH, NON APPLICANTS AND GENERAL SPEAKERS ARE ALLOWED TWO MINUTES TIME. THERE'S NOT AN OPTION FOR REBUTTAL. EVEN IF YOU DID NOT USE YOUR FULL TWO MINUTES AND YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK AGAIN AND CANNOT TIME. PASS YOUR TIME, UH, TO ANOTHER SPEAKER TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM OF 11. I'LL CALL THE ROLE CHAIR CLARK IS PRESENT. VICE-CHAIR GARZA. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN BALDWIN. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER VAR VAR. PRESENT COMMISSIONER, HE, HE PRESENT. COMMISSIONER HINES HINES. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER JONES JONES. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER K IS ABSENT. COMMISSIONER MARRE. MAD PRESENT. COMMISSIONER PO. PERLE IS NOT HERE. COMMISSIONER SEGLER SIGLER. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER TAHIR. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER VICTOR VICTOR. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER AKA AKA. I WAS LOOKING OVER THERE, I DIDN'T SEE YOU FOR A SECOND. AND OUR SECRETARY, TRAN TRAN PRESENT. 13. THANK YOU. WE HAVE 13 MEMBERS PRESENT, SO WE MEET QUORUM. OKAY. UH, GONNA LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT WE HAVE ONE ITEM THAT'S BEEN WITHDRAWN, WHICH IS ITEM 74 MILL PLAZA. THAT MEANS WE'LL NOT HEAR ANYTHING OR TAKE ANY ACTION ON THIS ITEM TODAY. AND NOW [Director’s Report] I'LL CALL FOR THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT. DIRECTOR TRAN. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CLARK COMMISSION MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC. I AM VON TRAN, SECRETARY OF THIS COMMISSION AND DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. WELCOME. I HAVE TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY. THE FIRST ONE IS THE 2025 PFI PLANNING WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23RD FROM 8:00 AM UNTIL 4:00 PM AT THE THIRD WARD MULTICENTER AUDITORIUM, ROOM 1 29 AT 3 6 1 1 ENA STREET IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, 7 7 0 0 4. YOU CAN REGISTER@HOUSTONPLANNING.COM. I HAVE, UH, THE SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT IS THAT ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER THE SEVENTH FROM SIX TO NINE, OUR PLANNING DE UH, AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE SOME PLANNERS PARTICIPATING IN THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENTS. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE. UH, THEY WILL BE, UM, IN THE SUNNY SIDE, FIFTH WARD AND THIRD WARD, AND NEAR NORTH SIDE AREA. SO HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE OUT AND VISIT US. UH, THEY ARE GONNA BE SHARING, UH, SOME TOOLS ABOUT PLANNING. UH, THEY'LL BE ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT ORDINANCES AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO 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. AND OUR WEBSITE IS HOUSTON PLANNING.COM. THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR TRAN. NOW WE'LL [Consideration of September 18, 2025, Planning Commission Meeting Minutes] MOVE ON TO A CONSIDERATION OF PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES. THE PRIOR MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2025 HAVE BEEN POSTED ON THE AGENDA. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION BALDWIN. MOTION BALDWIN. SECOND GARZA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. NOW I NEED [Consideration of September 18, 2025, Major Thoroughfare and Freeway Plan Amendment] A SEPARATE, SEPARATE VOTE. UH, SO I NEED A MOTION FOR YOUR PRIOR MINUTES OF OUR MAJOR THIRD FAIR AND FREEWAY PLANNING MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2025 THAT WERE POSTED ON THE AGENDA. MOTION JONES. TA MO. MOTION JONES. UH, SECOND SIGLER. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ALL [Platting Activities a & b] RIGHT. NOW WE WILL MOVE ALONG TO PLATTING ACTIVITY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS [00:05:01] AKAH BIJI. SECTIONS A AND B ARE PRESENTED AS ONE GROUP, WHICH INCLUDES CONSENT AND REPRO ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION. SECTIONS A AND B ARE ITEMS ONE THROUGH 93 SECTIONS A CONSENT ITEMS ARE NUMBERS ONE THROUGH 45 AND SECTION B REPL ITEMS ARE 46 THROUGH 93. NO ITEMS NEED TO BE TAKEN OUTTA 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, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUEST THE APPROVAL OF ALL ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSENT AND REBUT ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION. THANK YOU. BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE NEED TO MAKE A CORRECTION TO THE MEETING MINUTES. COMMISSIONER HINES WAS AT FOUR BOTH MEETINGS OR JUST PLANNING COMMISSION. PLANNING COMMISSION. YOU WERE HERE? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WE'LL REVISE THAT MOTION AND SECOND AND MOVE FORWARD. OKAY. NOW I KNOW I HAVE SOME, UH, FOLKS THAT NEED TO RECUSE THEMSELVES. UH, COMMISSIONER MAREZ? YES. ITEMS 9, 10, 17 25, 26, 39 AND 45. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. HE? YES. MADAM CHAIR, I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEMS 4, 8, 9, 10 18, 20, 37 AND 38. THANK YOU. UH, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. SO I NEED A MOTION FOR, UM, ITEMS A AND B, SAVE AND ACCEPT. 4 8, 9, 10 17, 18, 20, 25, 26, 37, 38, 39, AND 45. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO HEAR? MOTION TO HEAR SECOND VICTOR. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. NOW I NEED A MOTION FOR THOSE ITEMS. 4 8, 9, 10 17, 18, 20, 25, 26, 37, 38, 39 AND 45. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION JONES. MOTION JONES. TAHIR SECOND TAHIR. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. OUR [c. Replats requiring Public Hearings with Notification (Aracely Rodriguez, Dorianne Powe-Phlegm and Ken Calhoun)] NEXT ITEM IS C, PUBLIC HEARINGS. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR OF MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS RODRIGUEZ. ITEM 94 IS COASTAL AND CLAY. WE PLA NUMBER ONE. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMIT NOR OF WEED ROAD AND EAST OF JUTLAND ROAD. THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLOT IS TO CREATE 10 SINGLE FAMILY LODGE AND TWO PARKING RESERVE AND TO REVIVE THE DENSITY TABLE. NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM PER LEGAL REVIEW, THE PROPOSED WE PLOT WILL NOT VIOLATE APPLICABLE RESTRICTION. THE APPLICANT HAS NOT MET THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT. THEREFORE, UM, AND REQUESTING, UM, A DEFERRAL TO APPLICANT TYPE RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER PER THE APPLICANT REQUEST TO ALLOW TIME TO MEET. NOTICE STAFF DO NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN ADVANCE. MADAM CHAIR IS TO PLEASE OF THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 94 IS OPEN. I DO HAVE A SPEAKER, TRAVIS MCGEE. GOOD AFTERNOON. IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND RESTATING YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, I'D APPRECIATE IT. YES. MY NAME IS TRAVIS MCGEE. ALRIGHT. I'M THE CIVIC PRESIDENT AND ALSO THE SOFTBALL SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENT. AND, UH, I'VE BEEN THE CIVIC PRESIDENT FOR 23 YEARS OVER THERE. CHAPTER 42 IS A HORRIBLE ORDINANCE TO START OFF WITH. UH, SINCE THEY'VE BEEN BUILDING THE DRAINAGE HAS GOTTEN WORSE. OUR, UH, SEWER LINES HAS BEEN GETTING BAGGED UP AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IT WAS ALREADY FLOODING, BUT IT FLOOD WORSE NOW BECAUSE THEY'RE PUTTING MORE CONCRETE DOWN. THEY COULD BUILD THESE THINGS UP TO 75 FEET IN THE AIR. THEY COULD PUT AT LEAST FOUR TO SIX TO EIGHT ON ONE OR TWO LOTS. SO IT'S DOING MORE GOOD THAN HARM. I MEAN, DOING MORE HARM THAN GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY. IT IS PRICE US OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY OR IT'S FLOODING US OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO THE MORE CONCRETE YOU PUT DOWN, THE MORE WATER IT'S GOING TO BE TRYING TO FIND PLACES TO GO TO. SO, AND I ACTUALLY LIVED ON CLOVER WHEN I WAS A KID, SO I, I KNOW THE DIFFERENCE. SO IT IS, IT CHAPTER 42 ORDINANCE IS JUST HORRIBLE FOR OUR AREA. SOME AREAS HAVE LOTS 25,000 SQUARE FEET WHERE THEY COULD PUT EIGHT TO 10 OF THESE STRUCTURES ON ONE LOT. IT DOESN'T MAKE MUCH SENSE. AND THEN WHEN THE CITY COME OUT AND INSPECT, THEY DON'T DO WHAT THEY SUPPOSED TO BECAUSE IN, IN THE PAST, THE FECES AND URINE HAS STARTED TO BAG UP THE PEOPLE HOUSES IN DIFFERENT AREAS WITH THE SAME EXACT TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION DUE TO THE SAME ORDINANCE. SO WE, WE OPPOSE THIS PARTICULAR, UH, PROJECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I [00:10:01] APPRECIATE IT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. YES. COMMISSIONER COLVARD. UM, DO WE KNOW WHY THEY DIDN'T MEET THE REQUIRED NOTIFICATION PERIOD? SO THE LEGAL NOTICE THAT I POSTED ON THE NEWSPAPER, IT WAS PUBLISHED TWO DAYS LATE. SO WITH THE DEFERRAL IT WOULD MEET THE 20 DAY REQUIREMENT FOR NOTIFICATION FOR CHAPTER 42. SO THEN WHEN, IF WE DEFER IT WHEN IT COMES BACK, WE WOULD ONLY, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH IT, WE CAN ONLY DEFER ONE MORE TIME. RIGHT. WHICH MEANS WE MIGHT REJECT IT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN IF IT'S, YOU KNOW. RIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. AND I WAS GONNA ASK MR. BROWN TO GET WITH MR. MCGEE, BUT HE BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH. THANK YOU MR. BROWN. UM, HAVING NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK, I WILL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF DEFERRAL MOTION SECOND HIN. SECOND HINES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. PLEASE NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER PO'S PER IS HERE. OKAY. ITEM 95. ITEM 95 FERNDALE LANDING. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMIT WEST OF KIRBY DRIVE AND SOUTH OF WEST HYMAN ROAD. THE PURPOSE OF THE WE FLAT IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY LODGE. NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT PER LEGAL, THE PROPOSED FLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE APPLICABLE RESTRICTION AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO THE CPT 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION, AND A FIVE FEE RIGHT OF WAY. DEDICATION ALONG FERNDALE STREET. STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. IN EVENT, MADAM CHAIR IS THE PLEASE TO THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 95 IS OPEN. 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 LER. MOTION SIGLER. SECOND JONES. SECOND JONES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM 96. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS DORIAN FLM. ITEM 96 IS FREE PARK PLAZA. THE SITE IS IN HOUSTON, CORPORATE LIMITS AT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 45 AND PARK PLACE. THE REASON FOR REPLAY IS TO CREATE ONE COMMERCIAL RESERVE. THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED AT THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION TO ALLOW LEGAL ADDITIONAL TIME TO REVIEW THE SEPARATELY FILED DEED RESTRICTIONS. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS FILED SEPARATELY. THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED THAT THIS ITEM BE DEFERRED TO CONFER WITH LEGAL CONCERNING THE SEPARATELY FILED DEED RESTRICTIONS. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLA PER THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST. THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. MADAM CHAIR PLEASES THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 96 IS CONTINUED. I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE ONE THAT WISHES TO OKAY. HEARING NONE, I'LL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. YES. COMMISSIONER MAR QUESTION, CAN WE JUST GET A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT THE VIOLATION IS? AND I, I ASKED BECAUSE THERE'S ALREADY STRUCTURES ON THE PROPERTY, SO I JUST, UM, ARE THEY CURRENTLY IN VIOLATION OR, UM, UH, SO OUR, THE NOTES ON OUR LEGAL'S DEED RESTRICTION REVIEW STATE THAT, UM, THE ORIGINAL DEED RESTRICTIONS ARE RESIDENTIAL USE. UM, AND, UM, I DO KNOW THAT THE APPLICANT HAS NOTED SOMETHING ABOUT AN AMENDMENT THAT WAS DONE IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, BUT WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT AMENDMENT. SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE STATED THAT THERE IS A VIOLATION AT THIS TIME. COMMISSIONER CULVER. AND IS THERE AN ISSUE WITH THE, SORRY, IS THERE AN ISSUE WITH THE FACT THAT IT'S, UH, WITHIN THE AIRSPACE AT HOBBY AIRPORT? I SEE A NOTE THERE, BUT THAT'S NOT, THAT'S IRRELEVANT RIGHT. TO THIS CONCERN OUTSIDE MY PURVIEW. OKAY. TO BE FRANK WITH YOU, I'M HERE FOR DE RESTRICTIONS, BUT RIGHT. THANKS MS. PFU, DO YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT? OH, THAT'S JUST A, A REQUIREMENT. OKAY. IT'S, IT'S IN THAT, UH, IT'S, IT IS IN THE, UH, TIER AIRPORT TIER. SO IT WOULDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE, THOSE DEED RESTRICTIONS, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO ADHERE TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF, OF BEING IN THE AIRPORT TIER. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. DID I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? NO, I THINK I DID AND I WAS SEEKING A MOTION. MOTION? YES. MOTION MAR SECOND. VER SECOND CULVERT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ITEM 97, [00:15:09] ITEM 97 AND A WHOLE DISTRICT VILLAGE. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMIT EAST OF SHERPA DRIVE AND NOR OF WESTHEIMER DRIVE. THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLA IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY LOT. NO VARIANCE ANSWERS ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND PER LEGAL, THE PROPOSED PLOT WILL VIOLATE APPLICABLE RESTRICTION BECAUSE IT DOES NOT REFLECT THE REQUIRED TWO FEE SITE BUILDER LINE BETWEEN THE LOT. THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED TO DEFER THE PLAT TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL TIME TO COORDINATE WITH LEGAL REGARDING THIS RESTRICTION. SO STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT PER THE APPLICANT REQUEST. STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. IN EVENT, MADAM CHAIR IS TO PLEASE WITH THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 97 IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO? OKAY. I'LL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'LL NEED A MOTION. MOTION FOR MOTION POUR PER SECOND QUESTION. SECOND GARZA. ALL IN FAVOR? A OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM 98 98 IS LUCA RESIDENT. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY, EAST OF AL ROAD AND NORTH OF CREEKSIDE FOREST DRIVE. THE PURPOSE OF THE WELA IS TO CREATE ONE SINGLE FAMILY LOT. NO VARIANCES ARE BEING BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS, BUT STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLA FOR FURTHER THE RESTRICTION REVIEW. STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN ADVANCE. MADAM CHAIR IS TO PLEASE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 98 IS OPEN. I HAVE A SPEAKER. JOSEPH BRYANT. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, MY NAME IS JOSEPH BRYANT AND, UH, I'M OPPOSED TO THIS LIE HERE. UH, WHEN ME AND MY FAMILY BOUGHT OUR LOT, THEY TOLD US, UH, THAT LOT, RIGHT? IT WASN'T A LOT. IT WAS PART OF THE, UH, GOLF COURSE. AND, UM, WE LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO THE FABIO CLUB, SO WE ALREADY HAVE A ISSUE WITH, UH, PARKING IN THAT AREA WHEN THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE THERE, THAT'S A MEMBER OF THE CLUB WHEN THEY PARK THERE AND MAKE IT REALLY KIOSK AND HARD AND DIFFICULT TO GET AROUND THE CUL-DE-SAC, UH, IT WAS OUR ATTENTION THAT, UH, ME AND MY FAMILY, UH, WE WOULD BE THE LAST HOUSE ON THAT CULDESAC. AND SO WHEN WE SAW A SIGN POP UP, WE, WE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT RECOURSE WE HAD. IT'S, IT'S NOT A BIG LOT AND A LOT, WE HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC IN TERMS OF THE RESIDENTS THAT WALK THROUGH THERE. THE KIDS. IT'S A, A WAY YOU WALK THROUGH THERE, YOU GET TO THE FRONT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE PLAYGROUND AND, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF VENDORS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT COME THROUGH THERE. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS THAT, THAT I HAVE AS A, AS A RESIDENT THERE. UH, THE SAFETY, THE PARKING WITH THE SPACE ALREADY AS TIGHT AS AS IT IS. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO COME TODAY AND, AND VOICE SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT SOME OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE, HAVE BEEN, HAVE BEEN VOICING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS MADAM CHAIR IF I, YES. COMMISSIONER JONES INDIVIDUAL. UH, IT'S JUST SIMPLY DEED RESTRICTIONS ARE ANOTHER DEFENSE THAT THEY MAY HAVE TO APPLY REACHING OUT TO THE HOMER'S ASSOCIATION AND CONSIDER THE DEED RESTRICTIONS, WHETHER OR NOT THIS WAS PART, UH, INCLUDED IN THE RESTRICTIONS OR NOT, SINCE YOU SAY IT WAS NOT PART OF THE GOLF COURSE OR ADDITIONALLY PART OF THE GOLF COURSE. SO JUST THROWING OUT ANOTHER SUGGESTION IS TO REACH OUT TO THE HOMER'S ASSOCIATION AND, AND HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE RESTRICTIONS AND INCLUSION AND FACTORS THAT THAT APPLY THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER JONES. ANY, ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. SO I WILL, UM, CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR DEFERRAL. MOTION MAN. MOTION AKKA. SECOND MAD. SECOND MAD. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 99. ITEM 99 IS NEW FLORES ESTATE. THE SITE IS IN HOUSTON'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS WEST ALONG DOULA LANE, [00:20:01] NORTH OF MILE STREET, SOUTH OF CYPRESS, NORTH HOUSTON ROAD. THE REASON FOR REPLY IS TO CREATE ONE LOT AND ONE RE ONE COMMERCIAL RESERVE REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS FILED SEPARATELY. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. THERE ARE NO VARIANTS REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. STAFF HAS RECEIVED ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM CONCERNING REPLYING THE PORTION OF THE LOT INTO A COMMERCIAL USE. UH, THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL USE THAT IS ON THE PROPERTY NOISE, ALCOHOL POLICY, PUBLIC, UM, SAFETY, AND THE ADDRESS LISTING. MADAM CHAIR, IT PLEASES COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 99 IS OPEN. I HAVE A SPEAKER. ANGELA NICKS, CAN I GET CLARITY WHAT THE USE OF LOT ONE WOULD BE THEN ON THE REPL? WHAT CAN THEY USE LOT ONE FOR? I UNDERSTAND THAT COMMERCIAL ON THE BOTTOM PART, BUT WHAT WOULD THE USE BE OF LOT ONE? THE LOT? UM, WELL OF COURSE THE LOT ONE WOULD BE FOR A SINGLE, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE. YEAH. ONLY. YES. AND THEN THE BOTTOM ONE WOULD BE COMMERCIAL? YEAH. FOR COMMERCIAL, YES. SURE. YEP. GREAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, ANGELA NICKS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY NAME IS ANGELA NICKS. I'M REPRESENTING THE SEVEN NEIGHBORS ON EAST MORGAN THAT FACED THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION. AND IF YOU CAN IMAGINE A BIG DONUT WITH 17 HOMES ALL BACKING UP TO THIS PROPERTY. AND ON OCTOBER 12TH, 2021, PEDRO FLORES OPENED A RECEPTION HALL. THIS HALL IS BASICALLY JUST A BIG METAL BUILDING NEXT TO HIS PERSONAL RESIDENCE. UM, IT'S ROUGHLY 4.4 ACRES TOTAL. AND THEN HE POURED A BIG BLACKTOP NEXT TO THE PARTY HALL. SO IT'S HOME BLACKTOP PARTY HALL. THIS RECEPTION FACILITY HOLDS A MAXIMUM OF 250 PEOPLE. UH, MOST SATURDAY NIGHTS THERE ARE EVENTS GOING ON. UM, SO WE AS NEIGHBORS ARE AGAINST THIS BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY SUFFERING SO MUCH FROM WHAT WE'VE HAD TO LIVE WITH THE LAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS. AND THIS IS, UM, MANY, MANY PAGES OF HIS CURRENT BOTH FACE ACTIVE FACEBOOK PAGE WITH THE MOST RECENT ENTRY TWO WEEKS AGO SHOWING AT QUINCEANERA. THE OTHER PAGES ARE STRAIGHT FROM HIS WEBSITE, DOCUMENT CAMERA PLEASE. AND THE FRONT PICTURE THAT SHOWS THE FRONT OF THIS VENUE, YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE MY HOME RIGHT BEHIND IT. SO THAT JUST SHOWS YOU HOW, HOW CLOSE I AM TO THIS PARTICULAR PREDICAMENT. SO THIS ALSO IS A VERY PARTIAL LIST OF ALL THE TIMES THAT THE SHERIFF HAS BEEN CALLED. UM, I, NOT TOO LONG AGO, THE, THE MUSIC WAS SO LOUD THAT A MIRROR IN MY BEDROOM FELL OFF THE WALL FROM THE BASE. THE RATTLING OF THE WALL CRASHED ONTO THE FLOOR IN MY BEDROOM. SO THERE'S THIS POLICE CALLS, UM, AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE FROM EAST MORGAN HAVE EMAILED YOU WITH THEIR CONCERNS AS WELL. WRAP UP QUICKLY. YES. SO ANYWAY, WE ARE AT THE VERY LEAST ASKING YOU TO DO SOME MORE RESEARCH. IT'S WAY MORE IN PERSON THAN IT APPEARS ON PAPER. HE'S ALREADY BEEN DOING THIS ILLEGALLY FOR THREE YEARS AND WE'RE CONCERNED WHAT IS GONNA HAPPEN IF IT'S REALLY A COMMERCIAL LOT, CAN HE GET A LIQUOR LICENSE? I MEAN, IT'S JUST VERY SCARY AND HE'S ALREADY OPERATING OUTSIDE THE LAW, SO, GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN. COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER BALDWIN. MS. NICKS, DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW IF HE HAS A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR HIS USE? OKAY, THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER COBAR, HAVE YOU ENGAGED YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER AS WELL ON THIS ISSUE? UH, NO. YEAH, IT'S IN A TJ. EXACTLY. YEAH. GOTCHA. AND, AND SO THEN DO WE KNOW WHAT THE, UM, SO THERE WAS NOT A COMMERCIAL PERMIT BEFORE AND THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING LIKE THIS HOW LONG? WELL, THIS PROPERTY IS IN THE ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY. OKAY. AND I, I ACTUALLY HAVE A VOICEMAIL ON MY PHONE FROM OCTOBER 17TH OF 21 FOR 51 SECONDS WHERE PEDRO FLORES GOES ON AND ON ABOUT, THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT. MY BUSINESS IS A NIGHTTIME BUSINESS. IT'S ALWAYS ON SATURDAY NIGHTS. THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU MS. NIX. REALLY FLAG. [00:25:01] YEAH, THANK YOU. THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM HARRIS COUNTY IS HERE. OKAY, GREAT. YES. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS MATT TUN. I, TO ANSWER CO BARR'S QUESTION, I DID SOME RESEARCH INTO THE PERMITS THAT I COULD LOOK UP AND NONE OF THEM MENTIONED A COMMERCIAL, UM, BUILDING OR FACILITY, UM, AT ALL. SO THAT'S ALL I CAN CONFIRM RIGHT NOW THAT I'M NOT SAYING THERE WASN'T ONE, BUT I COULDN'T FIND ONE. AND TO BE CLEAR, ONE IS REQUIRED, RIGHT? YES. IN THIS CASE YES. IN THE COUNTY. YEAH. YEAH. TO OPERATE AS A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS, ONE WOULD NEED TO BE REQUIRED. YES. COMMISSIONER GARZA. SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE THAT BEING THE CASE, TYPICALLY THIS BODY IS ONLY ABOUT BRINGING PEOPLE INTO COMPLIANCE. THERE'S NO PENALTIES OR CHARGES THAT WE CAN PUT. SO WHAT IS, WHAT WOULD BE THE SITUATION FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM VIS-A-VIS PERMITS AND ALL OF THAT? SO THERE IS A, A LINK ON THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN, UM, IT'S UNDER SEVERAL OTHER THINGS. SO I'D HAVE TO SEND IT TO DORIAN AND SHE COULD, UM, MAYBE DISPERSE IT TO THE, UH, RESIDENTS OF THE AREA. BUT IT'S A WAY TO, YOU CAN KIND OF HIGHLIGHT AND, UM, ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT IF SOMETHING WAS PERMITTED OR NOT TO THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. OKAY. SO MS. POPLE, WILL YOU GET THAT INFORMATION AND PROVIDE IT TO MS. NICKS SO SHE CAN SHARE THAT WITH HER NEIGHBORS? OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. WE APPRECIATE IT. YES, COMMISSIONER BALDWIN. WELL, UH, I MEAN, I'M, I'M INCLINED TO SEEK A DEFERRAL FOR TWO WEEKS, SO WE COULD CHECK A LITTLE MORE INTO THIS IF HE'S BEEN OPERATING ILLEGALLY FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND TO KNOW WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS MIGHT BE PARKED. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE EJS, SO I DUNNO ABOUT PARKING OR SIGNAGE OR ANYTHING, BUT I'M INCLINED TO HEAD THAT DIRECTION. I THINK, I THINK YOUR CONCERN IS, IS THAT WE GRANT THE REQUEST OF VARIANCE, THEY MAKE IT A COMMERCIAL LOT, THEN WE'RE KIND OF AUTOMATICALLY SAYING IT'S A COMMERCIAL PIECE AND WE'VE APPROVED. RIGHT. THIS IS ALL OKAY. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ANY ADDITIONAL FOLKS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY. SO WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION IN FRONT OF US. UM, DID I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? NO, I DID NOT. I NEED TO, THAT'S RIGHT. I NEED TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING. PROBABLY. YES. I MOVE TO DEFER THIS FOR TWO WEEKS. WE'LL LET THE COUNTY CHECK INTO IT. OKAY. ILL SECOND MOTION BY BALDWIN, SECOND BY COVAD. SO CONTINUING THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALL IN FAVOR OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM 100. ITEM 100 IS PLAZA ESTATES AT SOLO. THE SITE IS IN HOUSTON, CORPORATE LIMITS WEST ALONG SOLO STREET NORTH OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10. THE REASON FOR REPLY IS TO CREATE ONE LOT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM. CONDITIONS REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM. MADAM CHAIR PLEASES THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 100 IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANY, ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION. MOTION VICTOR? MOTION. VICTOR. SECOND HINES. SECOND HINES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 0 1, ITEM 1 0 1 IS RESERVED AT RUTH STREET. THE SITE IS IN HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS AT THE SOUTHWEST INTERSECTION OF JACKSON AND RUTH STREET NORTH OF LODGE STREET. THE REASON FOR RELAID IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 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. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM. MADAM CHAIR, IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 0 1 IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? HEARING NONE. I'LL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION JONES. MOTION JONES. SECOND POROUS. SECOND POROUS PORTAL. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 0 2, ITEM 1 0 2 IS TALTON TWINS. THE SITE IS IN HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS AT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF TALTON STREET IN SURREY STREET WEST OF MESA DRIVE. THE REASON FOR RE PLAT IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 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, THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM. MADAM CHAIR PLEASES THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM [00:30:01] 1 0 2 IS OPEN. 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 VICTOR SECOND MARRE. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ITEM 1 0 3. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS KEN CALHOUN. ITEM 1 0 3 IS WEST HAVEN ESTATES, SECTION ONE PARTIAL REPL NUMBER 11. THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS NORTH OF WESTHEIMER EAST ALONG NANTUCKET DRIVE. THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE EIGHT SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AND TWO PARKING RESERVES. THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT WOULD NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENTS REGARDING THIS APPLICATION. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 0 3 IS OPEN. I DO HAVE SOME SPEAKERS. ROBERTO DENO. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ROBERTO DINO. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE HARMON ASSOCIATION ON THE, ON THE COURT ON NANTUCKET GROVE. AND UM, I'VE BEEN LIVING AT THE 25 25 NANTUCKET UNIT NINE FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS. AND NOW WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE DEVELOPER WANTS TO BUILD EIGHT LOTS RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR UNITS. AND, UH, THANKS TO MRS. JOYCE OWENS, I RECEIVED THE PLA OF THE, OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND I REALIZED THAT THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE NEW HOUSES AND OUR FANS IS VERY, VERY LIMITED. WHICH OF COURSE WILL, WILL DECREASE A LOT OUR THE LIGHT THAT WE HAVE. AND UH, AND UM, WELL, UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT FROM THE PLAT. SEEMS TO ME THAT THE DISTANCE IS ONLY FIVE FEET. I WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE CONFIRMED AND IN THAT CASE OF COURSE, THAT THAT WOULD BE A VERY SAD, VERY SAD STORY. UH, APART FROM THIS, UM, WE HAVE A FENCE WHICH BORDERS WITH, WITH THE LOT ONE 70, WHICH IS OUR FENCE. WE, IN THE LAST 30 YEARS, WE REPLACED THE FENCE TWICE. LAST TIME WAS WHEN? LAST YEAR WHEN THERE WAS A HURRICANE AND WE ALL REPLACED OUR FENCE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE NEW HOUSES THAT THEY WANTED TO BUILD TO OUR FENCE. NOT ONLY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND IF THE DEVELOPER INTENDS TO BUILD HIS OWN FENCE, WE DON'T WANT THE DEVELOPER TO USE OUR OWN FENCE BECAUSE ALONG THE FENCE ALSO PASS CABLES. FOR EXAMPLE, FOR AT 80 T FOR A UNIT NUMBER 11, FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH IS THE ONLY WAY WHERE THE AT AND T CAN GET TO HIS HOUSE. UM, I NEED YOU TO WRAP UP REAL QUICKLY. OKAY. ABOUT FROM THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND HOW MANY STORIES HAVE THE NEW, THE NEW HOUSES, TWO OR THREE STORIES. UH, AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO CERTAINLY THE, CERTAINLY THE DEVELOPMENT KNOWS THAT THERE IS AN EASEMENT EAST OF, UM, LOT 1 71, 71 AN EASEMENT WHERE THERE, THERE ARE POLES WHERE THERE ARE UTILITY CABLES, THERE IS A LARGE TREE THAT BECAUSE OF THE LAST HURRICANE IS ABOUT TO FALL AND TO FALL ONTO LOT ONE 70 ON THOSE EASEMENTS. I NEED YOU TO WRAP UP REALLY QUICKLY. CABLES. SIR, I NEED YOU TO WRAP UP YOUR WAY OVER TIME. THE BELL RANG A WHILE AGO. SORRY. I SAID THE BELL RANG QUITE SOME TIME AGO. SO I NEED YOU TO WRAP UP REALLY QUICKLY. OKAY? OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU DON'T HAVE TO STOP IF YOU HAD A LAST SENTENCE YOU WANTED TO SAY. OKAY. YES. JUST WRAP IT UP. YEAH, I WOULD LIKE, I WOULD, I ALSO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THIS EASEMENT. UH, AN EASEMENT, WHICH, UM, A FEW YEARS AGO I TALKED TO NEIGHBOR PROTECTION. UH, BECAUSE THE ELECTRICAL CABLES ARE, UH, ALONG THOSE POLES, UTILITY CABLES AND [00:35:01] WITH THE TREES THAT ARE ON THOSE EASEMENT CAN CREATE BIG PROBLEMS. NEIGHBOR PROTECTION CAME, I WAS WITH THE, THE INSPECTOR, BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE IN THE EASEMENT. UH, THERE IS A LOT OF, THERE ARE ALSO A LOT OF ANIMALS. UH, THREE YEARS AGO WE HAD AN INVASION OF A POSSUM, WHICH OF COURSE MR. DEO, I'M GONNA HAVE TO CUT YOU OFF NOW. I'M GONNA HAVE TO CUT YOU OFF NOW. AND A FEW YEARS AGO THE WATER WAS SO COLD. SIR, I'M HAVE TO CUT YOU OFF NOW 'CAUSE YOU'RE LIKE TWO AND A HALF TIMES WHAT, WHAT TIME YOU HAVE. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. MS. OWENS. I KNOW THAT YOU SIGNED ONLY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, BUT DO YOU WANNA ADDRESS ANY OF THOSE ITEMS? YES. OKAY. PLEASE COME FORWARD. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR. COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS JOYCE OWENS AND I REPRESENT THE APPLICANT AND I HAVE SPOKEN TO MR. ROBERTO, DID I GET IT RIGHT ON THE PHONE? AND SO HE, UM, HE DID EXPRESS HIS CONCERNS AND I HAVE TALKED TO THE BUILDER. UM, RIGHT NOW THEY DON'T KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR PLANS WHERE THERE'S GONNA BE TWO STORIES OR THREE STORIES. HOWEVER, THEY ARE COMMITTED TO, UH, KEEPING THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I DID EXPRESS TO HIM THAT THAT WAS IMPORTANT. UH, REGARDING, UM, THERE'S NOT A UTILITY EASEMENT TO MY KNOWLEDGE THAT'S RECORDED. HOWEVER, WE HAVE REACHED OUT, UH, TO OUR SURVEYORS TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT THAT GOING DOWN THE SIDE. UM, AS FAR AS THE FENCE, HE, HE, HE'S VERY CLEAR. HE, HE DOESN'T, HE WANTS HIS OWN FENCE. AND WE'RE GOING TO, UH, GO BY THAT THE DEVELOPER WILL PUT THEIR OWN FENCE IN AND I'M SURE IT'LL BE ON THE PROPERTY LINE. AS FAR AS THE TREES, I'M NOT AWARE OF THE TREES, BUT I'M SURE I'LL LET THEM KNOW. I KNOW THEY RECENTLY CUT THE GRASS, SO I'LL LET THEM KNOW. AND I'M SURE THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO BUILD IF THERE IS A TREE THERE, AS LONG AS IT'S NOT IN THE RIGHT OF WAY AND REQUIRES A PERMIT FROM THE URBAN FORESTER. AND I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE OTHER NEIGHBOR. TELL ME YOUR NAME AGAIN. SHERRY WHITLEY. MS. SHERRY WHITLEY. I CAN SPEAK TO THE CATS BECAUSE SHE HAS A PERMIT FROM THE CITY TO TAKE CARE OF THE CATS. YOU HAVE A WHAT CAT COLONY? SHE HAS A CAT COLONY THAT RESIDES ON THIS PROPERTY. SO SHE MADE ME AWARE OF THAT TODAY. AND WE WILL WORK WITH THE OWNERS TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE THEY ARE, SHE'S BEEN TAKING CARE OF THEM AND MEDICATIONS AND ALL OF THAT. SO WE ARE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET SAFELY TO WHEREVER THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE. SHE WILL. SO I AM AWARE OF THAT SITUATION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER GARZA. UM, MS. OWENS, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. SO ON THE EASTERN FOUNDRY MM-HMM . MM-HMM IS THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE PAGE. UM, WHAT IS THAT? IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S JUST OPEN SPACE ON THE FAR RIGHT HAND SIDE AT THE END OF THE DRIVEWAY. IS THAT A DRAINAGE DITCH I DON'T HAVE ON MY GLASSES. Y'ALL HELP ME OUT. WHAT IS IT? IT'S A UTILITY EASEMENT. IT'S UTILITY EASEMENT. OKAY. SO THAT IS GONNA BE REMAIN UNCHANGED? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. IT'S GONNA BE, IT HAS TO REMAIN. AND THEN IT LOOKS LIKE THE, YOU'VE GOT A THREE FOOT, UH, THREE TO FIVE FOOT SURROUND RIGHT? RIGHT. HAS A THREE FOOT EMERGENCY ACCESS EASEMENT. OKAY. AND THEN THE OTHER IS A BUILDING LINE PER D RESTRICTION ALL SO THEY, SO PRETTY STANDARD STUFF, SIR. PRETTY STANDARD STUFF. YES SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE. WHAT'S YOUR BADGE OF HONOR THERE? SAY, UH, TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY. I THOUGHT SO. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU. MY STAFF TODAY. THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE GONNA USE YOU ON YOU. WELL THAT'S GOOD. YOU, THEY SHOULD RECOGNIZE YOUR BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU MS. OWENS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? I THINK THAT'S IT. AND I WILL CONTINUE TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH THE NEIGHBORS, UH, THROUGH THE PROCESS SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO KNOW WHEN THEY'RE GONNA START CONSTRUCTION. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE NEIGHBORS, SO WE'LL STAY IN TOUCH WITH THEM. GREAT. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. MS. WHITLEY, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK? COULD YOU PLEASE COME UP, STATE YOUR FULL NAME FOR US PLEASE? YES. CHERRY WHITLEY. AND YES, I DO HAVE A, UH, FERAL CAT COLONY LICENSE BY BARK. UM, I LIVED ON NANTUCKET FOR 40 YEARS AND I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF TRYING TO KEEP THE POPULATION DOWN, ESPECIALLY WITH CATS WHEN I HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH PEOPLE NOT AGREEING WITH WHAT I DO. UM, IS ACTUALLY KEPT THE COLONY DOWN TO A MINIMAL AMOUNT VERSUS 5,000. AND EVERY TIME I DO GET THE KITTENS, I'M ABLE TO GO TO RESCUE PET MOVEMENT WHO TAKES THEM IN AND AND MOVES THEM. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 35 YEARS, 40 YEARS I'VE BEEN ON TV. ALL I ASK IN, UM, JOYCE. JOYCE, THANK YOU. JOYCE SAID SHE WOULD APPLY WITH JUST DON'T KILL 'EM, DON'T POISON, DON'T SHOOT 'EM. I'LL DO THE BEST I CAN TO MOVE THEM. UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S GROWING OVER THERE. I UNDERSTAND. THIS IS THE ONLY HOME I KNOW THE PREVIOUS, UH, OWNERS FOR FEEDING THEM. SO I'VE JUST KEPT THE POPULATION DOWN AND I'VE SPENT THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON FOOD, ON VET CARE DOING THE BEST I CAN, BUT I DO NEED THE HELP OF OTHER PEOPLE, WHICH I DON'T GET 'CAUSE I GET [00:40:01] SCREAMED AT A LOT, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF IT. SO I'LL WORK WITH JOYCE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DO THE BEST WE CAN TO MOVE. 'CAUSE THIS IS THE ONLY HOME THESE ANIMALS HAVE KNOWN. YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS. I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH, UH, RPM RESCUE PET MOVEMENTS. YES. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. DO I HAVE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE, I'M STILL IN PUBLIC HEARING, SO I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION GARZA. MOTION GARZA. SECOND MATTER IS ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. MOVING TO D [d. Subdivision Plats with Variance Requests (Geoff Butler, Devin Crittle, Tammi Williamson and John Cedillo)] SUBDIVISION PLOTS WITH VARIANCES. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS JEFF BUTLER. I'M SORRY MADAM CHAIR. I NEED TO STEP AWAY FROM THIS ITEM. OKAY. DOES NOT GIVE US YES. ITEM 1 0 4 IS ACE AND IVY RIVER OAKS. UH, THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG WEST OR THIS WAS DEFERRED AT THE LAST MEETING. UH, IT'S LOCATED ALONG WEST ALABAMA, NORTH OF RICHMOND, WEST OF KIRBY, AND SOUTH OF WESTHEIMER. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A RESERVE FOR A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING VARIANCES TO ALLOW FOR A ZERO FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG THREE PUBLIC RIGHTWAY FRONTAGES. INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 10 STAFF RECOMMENDS A SECOND DEFERRAL PER THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE UPPER KIRBY COMMUNITY NEAR THE CITY'S TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AREAS. AS SUCH, THE SITE IS NEAR NUMEROUS RECENT DEVELOPMENT THAT HAVE OPTED INTO THE CITY'S PERFORMANCE STANDARDS WHERE PEDESTRIAN ENHANCEMENTS ARE ALLOWED IN LIEU OF SPECIFIC SETBACK REQUIREMENTS, THE APPLICANT HAS ASSERTED THAT THEIR DEVELOPMENT WILL PROVIDE SIMILAR BENEFITS TO THE PEDESTRIAN REALM. IN ORDER FOR THIS APPLICATION TO DEMONSTRATE CONSISTENCY WITH THE INTENT OF CHAPTER 42, IT SHOULD ACHIEVE SIMILAR RESULTS AS EXISTING REDUCED BUILDING LINE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS. ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT IS NEW CONSTRUCTION, THE APPLICATION DOES NOT FEATURE QUALITIES THAT CAN BE FAVORABLY COMPARED WITH NEARBY PEDESTRIAN RELEVANT IMPROVEMENTS. AND THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT SPECIFIC DEFICIENCIES. THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED A SECOND DEFERRAL TO ALLOW TIME TO CONSIDER THESE REQUESTS AND PROVIDE REVISIONS. WE'VE RECEIVED WRITTEN COMMENTS WITH RESIDENTS EXPRESSING CONCERN OVER TRAFFIC, DRAINAGE AND NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. BUTLER. I DO HAVE A SPEAKER SIGNED. JESSE AMOS. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M JESSE AMOS AND I AM A RESIDENT OF THE RIVER OAK SQUARE TOWN HOMES, WHICH ARE ON BAML LANE TO THE EAST OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. AND I OPPOSE THE VARIANCE WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT TO GO FORWARD. IT DOES NOT FIT WITH THE EXISTING, IT IS NOT COMPARABLE TO THE EXISTING APARTMENT BUILDING TO THE NORTH, WHICH IS AN OLDER MID-RISE BUILDING. IT HAS NO RETAIL AND BOTH THE STREET LEVEL PARKING IN THE BUILDING ARE SET WELL BACK FROM BOTH EAST SIDE STREET AND BAML LANE. THE MAIN CONCERN AS THE PROPOSAL EXISTS IS TRAFFIC. BAML LANE ALREADY IS HEAVILY CONGESTED WITH SCHOOL TRAFFIC AND CARS CUTTING THROUGH BETWEEN WEST ALABAMA AND WESTHEIMER ROAD. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT HAS, I THINK ONE ACCESS, DRIVEWAY ACCESS ON BAMA LANE AND MULTIPLE ACCESS DRIVEWAYS ON EAST SIDE. AND THE STREETS SIMPLY, I DO NOT THINK CAN HANDLE THAT ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC. I BELIEVE THERE ALSO WOULD BE CONCERNS WITH VISIBILITY AT THE CORNERS OF WEST ALABAMA AND BAML AND THE EAST SIDE AND WEST ALABAMA. THE AREA IS HEAVILY TRAFFICKED WITH CARS AND STUDENTS ON FOOT AND I THINK IT WOULD JUST CREATE AN EVEN MORE UNSAFE, UH, ENVIRONMENT FOR BOTH THE RESIDENTS AND THE STUDENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN. COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 4? OKAY, I HAVE A QUESTION. YES. COMMISSIONER GARZA, UH, MR. ER, UH, WHAT IS THAT? WHAT ARE, UM, THE TWO STREETS DESIGNATED? ARE THEY MINOR COLLECTORS? WHAT ARE THEY? THE TWO STREETS? EAST SIDE AND BAML. EAST SIDE. WELL, BAALS A LOCAL STREET. OKAY. IT'S AN 80 FOOT LOCAL STREET. EAST SIDE IS A 60 FOOT, UH, COLLECTOR AS IS, UH, ALABAMA. SO CAN TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES BE NOT BY US, OF COURSE, BUT BY THE CITY? IS THERE A POSSIBILITY FOR TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES? THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN SPEAK TO PUBLIC WORKS ABOUT. I BELIEVE THERE'S A SIGNAL AT EAST SIDE ALREADY. THERE IS, YES. BUT IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING TO HELP SLOW DOWN THE TRAFFIC AND, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT, UH, THAT WOULD CERTAINLY BE PERTINENT BECAUSE TODAY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS NOTHING MORE THAN THE SETBACKS. IF [00:45:01] THE SETBACKS WERE MET, IT WOULD BE A SHALL APPROVE. SO, UH, YEAH, IF WE COULD, I'M SURE THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD APPRECIATE SOME TYPE OF TRAFFIC CALMING IF THAT'S AVAILABLE TO THEM. CERTAINLY. UM, AND THEN AGAIN, WE'RE STILL DISCUSSING WHAT THE SETBACKS ARE GONNA BE ANYWAY. CORRECT. SO DURING THE DEFERRAL PERIOD, THEY'RE GONNA TRY AND MEET THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY MADE? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. GREAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER MARS. UM, AND IT MAY NOT BE WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING A TODAY, BUT AMANDA, THERE'S THREE INGRES AND EGRESS ON EAST SIDE AND IT SEEMS A LITTLE EXCESSIVE. SO I MEAN, ARE YOU TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THAT? YEAH, THE, THE EAST SIDE PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT'S PROBLEMATIC BOTH FROM THE DRIVEWAYS THAT ARE THERE. THEY'RE, THEY'RE THREE DOUBLE DRIVEWAYS AND MOST OF THE GROUND FLOOR IS GONNA BE SURFACE PARKING. AND WE ALSO WANT LIKE, TO KNOW SOME MORE ABOUT THE COLUMNS THAT ARE GONNA LINE THE PERIMETER OF THE SITE TOO, JUST AS FAR AS THICKNESS AND HOW MUCH THEY WOULD AFFECT VISIBILITY. BUT DOES IT MEET ORDINANCE? LIKE DOES IS, DOES THIS CONFIGURATION MEET ORDINANCE OR THAT'S STILL SO THAT THAT'S IT'S A ZERO FOOT SETBACK ALL AROUND BOTH ON EAST SIDE BAML AND ALABAMA. THE REQUIREMENT'S 10, SO THEY'RE ASKING TO DO ZERO, UM, SAYING THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING PEDESTRIAN ENHANCEMENTS THAT MITIGATE THE EFFECT OF HAVING THE BUILDING CLOSER. I, I GUESS I'M ASKING THAT QUESTION IN RELATION TO THE INGRESS EGRESS, LIKE YOUR CONCERNED IS A THREE IN INGRESS EGRESS. YEAH, SO ONE IS ONE, THERE'S PROVISIONS IN 42 BOTH WITH THE TOD AND WITH RETAIL COMMERCIAL CENTER DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE A PERFORMANCE STANDARD THAT ALLOW FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, BUT THEY LIMIT THE DRIVEWAYS. THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THOSE, THOSE PARTS OF THE EXISTING ORDINANCE, YOU, YOU'D HAVE TO, YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT MUCH PARKING IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR SAY, UM, A RETAIL COMMERCIAL CENTER ZERO FOOT BUILDING LINE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE, ASK THEM TO MAKE THIS DEVELOPMENT A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE WHAT THE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS WOULD ALLOW EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T TECHNICALLY APPLY HERE. THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION KIND OF. YES. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER KOVAR. JUST ANOTHER THOUGHT TO FOLLOW UP ON, UH, COMMISSIONER MAD. UM, WHAT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I DUNNO MIRROR, IS THERE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW TO HELP, UM, I MEAN JUST WHAT OTHER OPTIONS DO WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S MORE VISIBILITY? AND WE, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST THING WE'VE ASKED IS JUST TO, TO TRIM THE PROJECT WHERE IT'S ABUTTING THE, THE PROPERTY LINE. RIGHT NOW IT'S ZERO FEET AGAIN AND, AND THERE'S YEAH. COLUMNS ALONG THE ENTIRE SITE THAT WE DON'T KNOW THE THICKNESS OR OPACITY OR ANYTHING. AND, AND THEN THERE'S AN ENCLOSED AREA ON ALABAMA CLOSER TO EAST SIDE THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR THEM TO MOVE BACK AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE, COMMISSIONER THAT ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS? OKAY, GREAT. OKAY, SO YOU HAVE A RE RECOMMENDATION OF DEFERRAL? DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION. MOTION MADS. SECOND. SECOND VICTOR. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM 1 0 5. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS DEVIN CRIDDLE. ITEM 1 0 5 IS BAUER HOCKLEY MASON TRACK GENERAL PLAN. UH, MADAM CHAIR, THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED AT THE PREVIOUS PLANNING COMMISSION. MEETING OF THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HARRIS COUNTY, EAST OF THE GRAND PARKWAY AND NORTH ALONG MAJOR AIRFARE B BAUER HOCKLEY ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG THE NORTHEAST BOUNDARY AND THE SECOND VARIANCE TO ALLOW A REDUCED CENTER LINE RADIUS OF 1200 FEET INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 2000 FEET FOR A MAJOR AIRFARE. UH, MASON ROAD STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF BOTH REQUESTS. UH, THE APPLICANT IS DEVELOPING A GENERAL PLAN INTENDED FOR COMMERCIAL AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE AS SHOWN ON THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN MASON ROAD BY SIX, THE CENTER OF THE GP AND THE APPLICANT ATTENDS TO REALIGN THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE TO GET MORE CONSISTENT BUILDABLE AREA ON THE SITE. UH, THE CHALLENGE WITH REALIGNING THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE IS THAT THE MAJOR FAIR FARE MUST BE CONFIGURED IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T PUSH ANY RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION ON THE OUT TRACKS. UH, WHICH ARE, CAN YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE? UH, ADE THE OUT TRACKS ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, UH, ON THE SCREEN, UH, THE REALIGNMENT. WE HAVE A CENTER LINE RADIUS OF 1200 FEET AND INTERSECT THE GP BOUNDARY IN THE SAME LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN. JUSTIFICATION FOR SUPPORTING THE INTERSECTION SPACING REQUEST IS TO MAINTAIN SEPARATE TRAFFIC FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE FROM THE RESIDENTIAL ESTATES TRAFFIC. THIS ALIGNMENT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED WITH HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING'S OFFICE AND THEY HAVE VOICED NO OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST AND STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTING THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVING THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? [00:50:02] OKAY, DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION. MOTION JONES SECOND TO HEAR. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM 1 0 6, ITEM 1 0 6 IS BEAR AIR NURSERY. UH, THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS SOUTH OF ROAD, EXCUSE ME, SOUTH OF BAY AIR BOULEVARD, JUST WEST OF COOK ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE TO TAKE ACCESS FROM A RECORDED 25 FOOT ACCESS EASEMENT STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. THE SITE IS A VACANT 1.4 ACRE TRACT AND 10 TO FOUR PLANT NURSERY, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO A GARDEN CENTER WITHIN THE SITE. THERE'S A 25 FOOT WIDE ACCESS EASEMENT RECORDED IN 2005. THE EASEMENT IS A TWO-WAY PAVED ROADWAY CONNECTING TO BEL AIR BOULEVARD AND COOK ROAD. THE SITE WILL INCLUDE A TENT LIKE STRUCTURE FOR FLORAL AND PLANT RETAIL WITH A SMALL OFFICE TRAILER. WE BELIEVE THE PLANT NURSERY SITE IS NOT A HIGHLY INTENSIVE USE THAT REQUIRES DIRECT FRONTAGE ALONG THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. AND THE ACCESS EASEMENT FUNCTION SIMILAR TO AN INTERNAL DRIVEWAY STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTED THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVING THE PLANT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU MR. CRILE. I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 6. COMMISSIONERS. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES. COMMISSIONER MAREZ. UM, SINCE IT'S STILL SIMILAR TO LIKE A LANDLOCK, UM, DO YOU KNOW IF THEY CAN GET LIKE UTILITY ACCESS AND, AND EASEMENT THROUGH? I MEAN, THE PUBLIC ACCESS EASEMENT IS NOT THE SAME AS UTILITY EASEMENTS, SO YES. THE, THE EASEMENT THAT'S EXISTING IS MAINLY FOR A ROADWAY, INGRESS AND EGRESS. THAT'S TO REMAIN FREE AND CLEAR. UH, I CAN'T ANSWER THE UTILITIES QUESTION. UH, I MEAN ULTIMATELY IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO BE AWARE OF THAT. THAT'S CORRECT. SO I'M JUST GONNA SAY THAT FOR THE RECORD. YES MA'AM. GREAT, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. SO COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION. MOTION SIGLER SECOND. UH, GARZA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 0 7, MADAM CHAIR. I'M GONNA RECUSE FROM THE NEXT TWO ITEMS. 1 0 7 AND 1 0 8. MOVE SEVEN AND 1 0 8. OKAY. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. HE RA. GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS JOHN PHILLIPS LIO. ITEMS 1 0 7 AND 1 0 8 ARE TO BE TAKEN AS ONE ITEM. OUR BLUE CREEK TRAILS PEAK ROSE STREET DEDICATION AND RESERVES AND BLUE CREEK TRAILS SECTION ONE. THE SUBJECT SITE IS AN OVER 25 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE FORT BEND COUNTY, EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION NORTH ALONG 99 GRAND PARKWAY. AT THE INTERSECTION OF PEAK ROAD, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWO DETENTION RESERVES AND A DEDICATION OF PORTIONS OF THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE OF PEAK ROAD AND THE MAJOR COLLECTOR OF MEADOW RANCH PARKWAY. THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION IS BEING REQUESTED TO EXCEED THE MINIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE TO ALLOW MEADOW CREEK RANCH TO BE, UH, LESS THAN 600 FEET FROM LAVENDER PINES. THERE'S ALSO A REQUEST FOR OF A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A REDUCED CURVE RADIUS OF 1000 FEET IN LIEU OF THE 2000 FEET REQUIRED. THIS HAS BEEN ADDED SINCE THE DEFERRAL PERIOD. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE TWO REQUESTS HE PROPOSED. OFFSET IS 512 FEE, WHICH IS ONLY A 15% DEVIATION FROM THE STANDARD AND IS WITHIN THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE FOR AN OPERABLE, UH, SPECIAL EXCEPTION. THE PROPOSED RIGHT OF WAYS ARE A MAJORITY OF THE MTFP RIGHT OF WAY ALIGNMENTS IN THE OVERALL GENERAL PLAN SHOWN IN GREEN. UH, HOWEVER THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING CHANGES TO THE APPROVED GENERAL PLAN RIGHT OF WAY NETWORK. AS SAID, RIGHT OF AWAYS WERE PREVIOUSLY GRANTED A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO THE REDUCED THE RADI I TO 1500 FEET IN LIEU OF THE 2000 REQUIRED. BUT DUE TO THE, DUE TO THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE PLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING CONNECTIONS SHOWN IN YELLOW, WHICH ARE SMALL ARROWS, UH, AND THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE PLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING OH SORRY. AND THE 270 FOOT WIDE CENTER POINT FEE STRIP SHOWN IN WHITE, UH, AT THE, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO ALLOW A REDUCED RAY AS LOW AS 1000 FEET AT THE CROSSING OF THE FEE STRIP. FORT BEND COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE VARIANCE. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE OF SPECIAL EXCEPTION AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK FOR THIS ITEM. UH, COMMISSIONERS ARE ANY ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, HEARING NONE. I LOOK FOR A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION TO HEAR SECOND HINES. SECOND HINES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ITEM 1 0 9. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS TAMMY WILLIAMSON. ITEM 1 0 9 IS HOLDETH TEL TRACT GP. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S EXTRA EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN NORTHERN HARRIS COUNTY, WEST OF TGE ROAD, EAST OF BARKER, CYPRESS ROAD, SOUTH OF FM 29 20 AND [00:55:01] BISECTED BY FUTURE HOLDER ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A 440 ACRE GENERAL PLAN INTENDED FOR SINGLE FAMILY USES AND IS REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES. ONE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIREMENTS ALONG THE NORTHWESTERN GP BOUNDARY AND TWO TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN BOUNDARY. STAFF RECOMMENDS TO DEFER THE APPLICATION FOR TWO WEEKS TO ALLOW TIME FOR THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE REVISED INFORMATION AND FOR FURTHER STUDY AND REVIEW. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION GARZA. OKAY. ALL AT ONCE A MOTION. VICTOR SECOND JONES. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM ONE 10. YES, I WOULD RECUSE MYSELF. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MAREZ. ITEM ONE 10 IS JUBILEE GENERAL PLAN. THE SUBJECT SIDE IS OVER 1600 ACRE GENERAL PLAN LOCATED IN THE HARRIS COUNTY EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION INCORPORATING THE INTERSECTIONS OF JUBILEE HAVEN BOULEVARD WITH BAY ROAD AND MOUND ROAD SOUTHWEST OF US TWO 90. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A COMPOUNDED VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG MULTIPLE RIGHT OF WAYS TO ADDRESS THE INTERNAL CONNECTIVITY OF THE AREA OF INTEREST SHOWN ON THE SIDE. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. THE AREA OF INTEREST IS WITHIN THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN GRID OF MAJOR THOROUGHFARES OF JUBILEE HAVEN BOULEVARD TO THE WEST BAY ROAD TO THE NORTH AND MOUND ROAD TO THE SOUTH WITH FUNCTIONING COLLECTORS OF HORIZON WONDER WAY, DIVIDING THE TWO AREAS AND AND LJ SCHOLARS RATE CREATING THE EASTERN BOUNDARY. THE GENERAL PLAN PROPOSES LARGE DETENTION AND DRAINAGE RESERVES FORMING CONTIGUOUS DETENTION AREAS ALONG THE THOROUGH AFFAIRS AND COLLECTORS. THE AREA NORTH OF HORIZON WONDER WAY IS COMPOSED OF THREE SECTIONS WITH TWO OF SAID SECTIONS TAKING DIRECT ACCESS TO THE MAJOR THO FAIR BATH ROAD AND THE THIRD TAKING ACCESS FROM HORIZON WONDER WAY. IN REVIEW OF THE AREA SOUTH OF HORIZON WONDER WAY, THERE ARE SIX SECTIONS BEING PROPOSED WHERE COUNTY ENGINEER AND CITY STAFF FOUND POTENTIAL PINCH POINT SHOWN IN BLUE, UH, THAT COULD CREATE TRAFFIC ISSUES THAT, UH, AT THAT INTERSECTION, STAFF REQUESTED THE APPLICANT PROVIDE A MUCH NEEDED CONNECTION TO ALLOW SUFFICIENT CONNECTIVITY AS SUCH AS THAT SHOWN IN THE RED. THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO MAKE THIS CONNECTION. HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE VARIANCE WITH THE INCLUSION OF THE AFFIRMATION CONNECTION. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUEST OF VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CCP C 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU MR. CILLO. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 10. IS THERE ANYONE WISHES TO? ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, I NEED A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION. HE SECOND HINES. SECOND HINES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM ONE 11. ITEM ONE 11 IS SALAZAR ESTATE. THE SUBJECT SITE IS AN OVER 30,000 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS AT THE SOUTHEAST INTERSECTION OF WEST STREET AND EAST CROSS TIMBERS SOUTHWEST OF JENSEN DRIVE. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING SIX LOTS RANGING FROM 3,200 SQUARE FEET TO 6,100 SQUARE FEET AND IS REQUESTING A TWO VARIANCES. ONE TO ALLOW A DUAL BUILDING LINE FOR THE EXISTING STRUCTURE WITHIN LOT ONE AND TWO TO ALLOW A LOT LESS THAN ONE ACRE TO TAKE ACCESS FROM A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUESTS. THE PLAN IS BEING PROPOSED TO CREATE INDIVIDUAL LOTS FOR THESE SIX EXISTING HOMES ON THE SITE. LOT ONE IS THE ONLY PROPERTY TAKING ACCESS FROM MAJOR THOROUGHFARE OVER H CROSS NUMBERS INTENDING TO USE ITS EXISTING ACCESS. THE APPLICANT WILL PROVIDE A TURNAROUND SO THAT THE PARKED VEHICLES WILL NOT HAVE TO BACK OUT ONTO THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE. THE PLAN IS ALSO PROVIDING 17 AND A HALF FEET OF RIGHT OF WAY WHITENING TO WEST STREET. WEST STREET IS A 25 FOOT WIDE NARROW RIGHT OF WAY AS A RESULT OF THE DEDICATION. THE EXISTING STRUCTURE IN LOT ONE WILL BE LESS THAN ONE FOOT FROM THE NEW PROPERTY LINE, BUT WILL BE 17 POINT SE SORRY, 19.7 FEET FROM THE EDGE OF PAVEMENT. THE EXISTING HOMES WERE CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN 1930 AND 1940 AND WOULD TYPICALLY BE EXEMPT FROM THE DUAL BUILDING LINE VARIANCE REQUIREMENT SAVED FOR THE NEW ROOF STRUCTURE AND COLUMNS PLACED TO SUPPORT THE ROOFING OVER THE CONCRETE PAD ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE SHOWN IN YELLOW. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUEST OF VARIANCES AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS INCLUDING THAT ALLOW ONE, PROVIDE A TURNAROUND. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DUAL BUILDING LINE REQUIRES THAT THE DUAL BUILDING LINE REQUIRES THAT SHOULD THE STRUC EXISTING STRUCTURE EVER BE TORN DOWN AND REMOVED, THE NEW STRUCTURE WILL ABIDE BY THE PLOTTED BUILDING LINES. MA'AM, CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. UH, MS. OWENS IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. SO I NEED A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION BALDWIN SECOND SIGLER. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM ONE 12. ITEM ONE 12. EXCUSE ME. ITEM ONE 12 IS SMC GROUP. UH, THIS APPLICATION WAS DEFER DEFERRED AT THE TWO PREVIOUS PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS. UH, MADAM CHAIR, THIS APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED WITH THE VARIANCE REQUEST TO NOT PROVIDE RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION. [01:00:01] UH, EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON WE DID RECEIVE A REVISED PLAT, UH, THAT DID INCLUDE RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION. SO ON YOUR AGENDA, YOU'LL SEE OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS TO DENY THE REQUEST AND APPROVE THE PLAT. UH, THE VARIANCE REQUEST IS NO LONGER REQUIRED AND THIS PLAT DOES MEET CHAPTER 42 WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION. PERFECT. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION GARZA. MOTION GARZA. SECOND MARRE. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM ONE 13. ITEM ONE 13 IS TOLU BEUM. THE SITE WAS, OR THAT ITEM WAS DEFERRED AT THE PREVIOUS TWO MEETINGS AND MUST BE ACTED UPON TODAY. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ETJ WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY, WEST OF PITTS, NORTH OF FM 5 29 AND EAST OF THE WALLACE WALLER HARRIS COUNTY LINE. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A RESERVE FOR A COMMUNITY AND RECREATION CENTER. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING VARIANCES TO ALLOW FOR A 50 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY FRONTAGE INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 60 FEET, AND TO ALLOW FOR EXCESSIVE INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT REQUIRING A NORTH, SOUTH AND TWO EAST WEST STREETS THROUGH THE SITE. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE HARRIS COUNTY ETJ ON A BLOCK FRONTING PITS. IN FM 5 29. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF ATHLETIC FIELDS IN DETENTION WITH LONG RANGE PLAN TO ADD STRUCTURES FOR CULTURAL EVENTS. THE SITE'S T-SHAPED CONFIGURATION RESULTS IN OCCUPYING A LARGE PORTION OF THE BLOCK WITH RELATIVELY LITTLE SPACE ALONG THE ABUTTING THOROUGH FARES. THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO ADDRESS VARIANCES BECAUSE THE SITE ENCOMPASSES THREE 1400 FOOT INTERSECTION SPACING INTERVALS AND THAT THERE IS ONLY 50 FEET OF PUBLIC STREET FRONTAGE. THE APPLICANT HAS SECONDARY ACCESS TO PITS THROUGH AN EASEMENT CROSSING CENTER POINT PROPERTY. THIS WOULD SATISFY THE FRONTAGE REQUIREMENT IF THE PLAT BOUNDARY DIRECTLY INTERSECTED WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY. THIS HAS BEEN SUPPLEMENTED BY A RECENT LAND SWAP ALLOWING FOR A LANDLOCK TRACK. FUTURE ACCESS TO THE NORTH THE SITE'S USES AS ATHLETIC FIELDS AND COMMUNITY GATHERING WILL RESULT IN LESS BURDEN ON ROADS THAN TYPICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THIS ACREAGE. FURTHERMORE, THE LAND SWAP, SWAP AND SYMMETRICAL CONFIGURATION OF THE LAND TO THE NORTH REPRESENTS A BETTER OPPORTUNITY FOR EAST WEST STREET IN THE FUTURE. SHOULD NEW DEVELOP DEVELOPMENT WARRANT IT STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCES IN APPROVING THE PLAT FOR THE CCP C 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS, AND WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT. THANK YOU MR. BUTLER. COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION GARZA SECOND . ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM ONE 14. ITEM ONE 14 IS WINDSOR HEIGHTS. UH, THE SITES IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS IN THE ACRES HOME AREA SOUTH ALONG DOLLY WRIGHT STREET AND EAST OF HARVARD ROAD AND NORTH OF LITTLE YORK ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A PRIVATE STREET DEVELOPMENT AND REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT EXTENDING NORTH TERMINATING WITH THE CUL-DE-SAC. PARKER STREET STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. THE SITE IS A NARROW TRACK JUST OUTSIDE OF THE ACRES HOME MOBILITY STUDY. THE AREA IS A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND INDUSTRIAL TRACKS WITH SUFFICIENT FRONTAGE. THE BLOCK LENGTH ALONG DOLLY WRIGHT STREET IS ABOUT 2,600 FEET AND THE NEAREST NORTH SOUTH STREET IS JUST 330 FEET TO THE EAST. THERE ARE, THERE ARE MULTIPLE NORTH SOUTH STREETS THAT HAVE BEEN DE DEDICATED HALFWAY THROUGH THE STREET. GRID STAFF BELIEVES THE MORE VALUABLE STREET CONNECTION IS CLOSER TO THE 1400 FOOT DISTANCE MAKING VINCENT STREET A MORE JUSTIFIABLE STREET EXTENSION REQUIRING THE ADJACENT STREET TO BE EXTENDED WOULD NOT GREATLY IMPROVE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION BEING WITHIN SUCH CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A EXISTING NORTH SOUTH STREET, WHICH IS PHILLIP STREET. STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTED THE REQUEST OF VARIANCE AND APPROVING THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU MR. CRIDDLE. I HAVE, UH, JOSE MENDOZA, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK OR ARE YOU JUST HERE FOR QUESTIONS? OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. SO I NEED A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION MOTION BALDWIN SECOND GARZA. SECOND GARZA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO E THERE'S NOTHING UNDER SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS. NOTHING UNDER F FOR RECONSIDERATION REQUIREMENTS. SO G EXTENSION [Platting Activities g - j] OF APPROVAL. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS AJI AJU. IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SECTIONS GHI AND J AS ONE [01:05:01] GROUP PLEASE. THANK YOU. SECTION G EXTENSIONS OF APPROVAL CONSISTS OF ITEMS ONE 15 TO 1 25 SECTION H NAME CHANGES CONSISTS OF ITEM 21, 26 SECTION I, CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE CONSISTS OF 1 27 AND 1 28. SECTION J ADMINISTRATIVE CONSISTS OF NO ITEMS. THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUESTS THE APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SECTIONS G, HI AND J. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, I NEED A MOTION. UH, MADAM CHAIR, I JUST WANNA NOTE THAT I'M GONNA ABSTAIN FROM ITEM 1 16, 1 16 AND 1 26. 1 26. OKAY. ANY OTHERS? OKAY, SO DO I HAVE A MOTION? SECOND. SECOND. MAD. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE HAVE NOTHING UNDER J OR K, WHICH IS ODD. UM, SO [II. Establish a public hearing date of October 30, 2025] WE'LL MOVE ON TO ROMAN NUMERAL TWO. ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF OCTOBER 30TH, 2025 FOR CITY ESTATES OF WOODLAND PARK, PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE COMMONS PARK PLACE, PARTIAL RE REPL NUMBER ONE COMMONS PARK PLACE, PARTIAL REPL. NUMBER TWO, DAIMLER RESIDENCE. LA ZACH VILLAS NEW ONE MANOR PARTIAL REPL NUMBER 31, NORTHBOUND AT RESIDENCE PLAZA ESTATES AT GO FORTH AND VISTA EYE CENTER. ICARE, DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION. MOTION? HES SECOND. VICTOR. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ALONG [III. Consideration of an Off-Street Parking Variance at 4109 McKinney Street (Geoff Butler)] TO ROMAN OH THREE, CONSIDERATION OF AN OFF STREET PARKING VARIANCE AT 41 0 9 MCKINNEY STREET. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG MCKINNEY STREET EAST OF MILBY. IN WEST OF LOCKWOOD. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A RESTAURANT IN AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE AND A REPURPOSED RAILROAD CABOOSE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO PROVIDE 19 PARKING SPACES AS OPPOSED TO THE REQUIRED 46 STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF MCKINNEY AND OAKHURST. THE SITE WAS SUBJECT TO A REDUCED BUILDING LINE VARIANCE APPROVED BY PLANNING COMMISSION LAST YEAR. THE COMMISSION APPROVED THIS REQUEST BASED PARTIALLY ON THE PEDESTRIAN REALM AND ACTIVE GROUND FLOOR USE. PROVIDING MORE ONSITE PARKING WOULD DISPLACE THE PROPOSED SEATING AREA AND OR REMOVE THE COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE OCCUPYING THE SITE. REMOVING THE EXISTING STRUCTURE REPRESENTS A REASONABLE HARDSHIP AND WOULD BE INCONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THE IMPROVED VARIANCE. IN ADDITION, THE SITE IS WELL SERVED BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AS WITHIN A WALKABLE STREET SYSTEM. THE SITE WOULD QUALIFY FOR SIMILAR PARKING REDUCTION IF LOCATED A BLOCK TO THE WEST, WHICH IS DESIGNATED A TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT STREET. THE SITE IS WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE CITY'S MARKET-BASED PARKING AREA AND FEATURES MANY COMMON CHARACTERISTICS THAT JUSTIFY REDUCED PARKING. STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE DUE TO ITS SIMILARITY TO THE EXISTING PARKING REDUCTION PROGRAMS. WE HAVE RECEIVED WRITTEN COMMENT FROM THE PUBLIC WITH THOSE IN SUPPORT INDICATING THAT THIS WILL BE A DESIRED AMENITY AND THOSE OPPOSED EXPRESSING CONCERN OVER NEIGHBORHOOD PARKING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. BUTLER. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. UH, COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS? OH, I DO. YES, PLEASE COME FORWARD. SORRY I DIDN'T HAVE A SIGN IN SHEET. IF YOU WOULDN'T THAT'S OKAY. JUST IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND STATING YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. UH, HI THERE. MY NAME IS CHRISTIAN PEPE. UH, I LIVE ON OAKHURST AND WALKER STREET. ABOUT FOUR HOUSES DOWN. UH, I AM AGAINST, UH, THE OFF STREET PARKING BECAUSE OF THE, UH, ON, ON WALKER STREET. ESPECIALLY, UH, THE STREETS ARE FULL OF CARS. MOST PEOPLE HAVE FOUR OR FIVE CARS ON A PROPERTY. THERE ARE A LOT OF MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING UNITS THERE. UM, TOWN HOMES, UM, APARTMENT GARAGE APARTMENTS. UH, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM, UH, TO SUPPORT A RESTAURANT. UH, UM, PEOPLE PARKING ON THE STREET. UH, AT, AT LEAST IN MY OPINION, UH, I THINK Y'ALL SHOULD LOOK INTO THIS. UM, UH, THERE'S NOT A PERMIT, PARKING, UH, ANY, ANYTHING LIKE THAT AVAILABLE. SO I THINK THE THE CITY SHOULD LOOK INTO THAT BEFORE APPROVING ANYTHING. UH, I THINK IT WOULD BE, UH, VERY BAD FOR, UM, EASTWOOD, GREATER EASTWOOD IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, I DON'T THINK THE ROADS, WE HAVE 18 WHEELERS COMING DOWN THE ROADS. THERE ARE POTHOLES. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN REDONE IN A LONG TIME. I DON'T THINK THE INFRASTRUCTURE COULD SUPPORT SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UM, AND I YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME. OKAY. YOU THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? OKAY, SO YOU'VE GOT A MOTION? YES. COMMISSIONER GARZA. MR. BUTLER, HOW MANY PARKING LOTS PARKING SPACES [01:10:01] ARE THERE ON THE LOT TODAY? WELL, IT'S NOT DEVELOPED YET, BUT THERE'S PROPOSED 19 SPACES. OKAY, THANK YOU. YES, COMMISSIONER VAR. AND HOW MANY ARE REQUIRED? I BELIEVE 46. YEAH, IT'S, I'LL REEMPHASIZE. THIS IS HOW WE KEEP THESE OLD BUILDINGS, OTHERWISE YOU TEAR THEM DOWN AND TO MAINTAIN THE CHARACTER OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THESE OLD HISTORIC DEALS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIND SOME USE FOR THESE BUILDINGS. AND THIS IS AN IDEAL OPPORTUNITY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO OPEN IN THAT AREA AND ALLOW PEOPLE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD TO HAVE SOMETHING TO WALK TO. THE TRADE OFF IS SOME PARKING IN THE AREA, BUT, UH, I'M TELLING YOU, IT WORKS TO MAINTAIN THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND I'M SUPPORTIVE OF IT. RIGHT. WE JUST HAVE TO ALSO BALANCE THAT WITH THE INTEREST OF THE NEIGHBORS. SO YEAH, I NO, I GET IT. I JUST, YEAH, IF THEY'RE HAVING DRIVEWAYS BLOCKED AND WHATEVER ELSE, THAT'S A PROBLEM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SUSAN? COULD I ACTUALLY MAKE ANOTHER COMMENT? NO, SORRY. YOUR TIME IS UP. UH, YES. DO YOU WANNA SPEAK? THAT WOULD BE GREAT. COME, COME FORWARD. PLEASE, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND STATING YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? UH, YES MA'AM. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS DAVID CISNEROS. I'M THE OWNER OF THIS PARCEL AND ALSO A RESIDENT OF EASTWOOD, JUST A FEW BLOCKS TO THE SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY. UM, MY OWN COMMENT, UH, JUST ADD ADDITIONAL CONTEXT TO THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT IS THAT DESPITE BEING, YOU KNOW, A HISTORIC, UH, BELOVED AREA, EASTWOOD ITSELF IS ALSO EXTREMELY UNDERSERVED FROM A RETAIL PERSPECTIVE. AND TO A DEGREE, YOU KNOW, THE DENSITY THAT'S BEING DESCRIBED OF ADJACENT APARTMENT DWELLERS AND, UH, RESIDENCES IS ACTUALLY IN MY MIND A FURTHER ENDORSEMENT THAT THIS SITE IS GONNA HAVE A LOT OF WALKABILITY AND A LOT OF TRANSIT ACCESS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARRIVING ON BIKE. UM, I MEAN THE, THE INTENT REALLY IS THAT THROUGH, UH, ALLOCATING SPACE TO THE BUILDING AND ALLOCATING SPACE TO LIKE A CO A PUBLIC REALM OR PUBLIC FEELING REALM THAT CAN SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, UH, QUALITY RETAIL, THAT THIS IS REALLY IN SERVICE OF THOSE EXACT RESIDENTS. AND, AND WE'VE RECEIVED A OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTIVE, UH, COMMENTARY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO YES, COMMISSIONER GARZA, MR. CI NANDOS, YOU REMEMBER, UH, I'VE LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR A LONG TIME AND YEAH, WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY THERE MAYBE HAD 10 PARKING SPACES. SO IT WAS THE GROCERY STORE. YEAH. AND IT WAS LIKE A STRIP CENTER THAT WAS LIKE CLEANERS AND THE PARKING WAS IN FRONT AND IT WAS, BELIEVE ME, THERE WAS NO PARKING IN THE REAR. IT'S, THERE WAS NEVER ANY INTENTION TO HAVE ANY PARKING THERE. IT'S, YOU KNOW, SO ANYWAY, UH, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE, THE SPOT ITSELF DOES NOT GIVE ITSELF TO, UM, TO, UH, TO MORE PARKING. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, AS, UH, COMMISSIONER BALDWIN SAID, WE GET TO SAVE THAT BUILDING. THAT BUILDING IS 1912, I THINK. UM, IT SAYS SO ON THE, ON THE FACADE, THERE'S A DATE STAMP THERE. YEAH. SO ANYWAY, UM, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE, THE BUILDING. IT'S BEEN EMPTY FOR AT LEAST 30 YEARS, IF NOT LONGER. AND SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE SOMETHING GOING IN THERE AND PRESERVE THE BUILDING. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS YOU ASK? COMMISSIONER VAR? UM, JUST TWO . SO, UM, IF THIS VARIANCE WAS APPROVED, UH, MR. BUTLER, THIS WOULD REQUIRE AADA A SPACES OF COURSE, AT THE ORIGINAL 47 OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, USING THAT CALCULATION. I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT'S ONE OR TWO, BUT IT WOULD STILL BE REQUIRED, RIGHT? TWO TWO, MM-HMM . AND, UH, ACCORDING TO THE STANDARD, UH, WE HAVE TALKED TO THE APPLICANT. THERE'S ONE SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN. UH, THEY'RE WORKING ON INCORPORATING THAT AND THEY'RE OPEN TO THE SECOND SPACE THAT'S JUST NOT SHOWN ON THEIR SITE PLAN. OKAY. YEAH, I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE, OBVIOUSLY FOR REASONS. , OF COURSE. AND, AND ALSO, UM, I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK OF WHAT COULD BE DONE TO HELP THE NEIGHBORS. I, I GET THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF COMMENTS IN FAVOR FROM THE NEIGHBORS AND THERE WERE ALSO SOME COMMENTS THAT WHERE THERE WERE CONCERNS. AND SO I JUST WOULD ENCOURAGE, UM, THE OWNER, UM, YOU KNOW, THE OPERATOR, YOU KNOW, JUST TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IF ISSUES ARISE WHERE NEIGHBOR, YOU KNOW, DRIVEWAYS ARE BEING BLOCKED OR WHATEVER, THAT THEY ENGAGE IN TOWING OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, SIGNAGE AND WHATEVER ELSE THEY NEED TO DO. YOU KNOW, JUST TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS TO THEM, CERTAINLY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES, COMMISSIONER MOR COMMENT, I GUESS, UM, SO MY PERSPECTIVE ON THIS HAS SHIFTED THANKS TO COMMISSIONER BALDWIN OVER THE YEAR. UM, 'CAUSE ULTIMATELY, LIKE I WILL TOTALLY DON'T OWN IT TO THE FACT THAT I AM SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T GO PLACES THAT I CAN EASILY PARK. I'M JUST, THAT'S WHO I AM. AND SO IT'S, IT'S KIND OF THE RISK, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE ARGUED ALL THE TIME. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S MARKET BASED PARKING. IT'S THE RISK TO THE DEVELOPER IF HE WANTS TO TAKE ON THAT RISK, LET HIM, AND, AND SO THEY'RE OVERFLOWING. I RENT TO PARKING LOT HAS SHIFTED IN THAT REGARD OF LIKE, YEAH, THAT'S THE RISK THAT THEY'RE GONNA TAKE ON BY TRYING TO MAKE THIS WORK. SO THEY HAVE EVERY INCENTIVE TO MAKE THIS WORK OR ELSE THEY GO OUTTA BUSINESS. RIGHT? THAT'S JUST THE, SO I MEAN, PROBABLY FIVE YEARS AGO I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN AS IN FAVOR OF THIS, BUT, BUT NOW I'M, I'M MORE [01:15:01] RECEPTIVE TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND WOULD VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS YOU ASK COMMISSIONER HALL? I DO JUST FIND IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHEN WE PUT THESE SMALL LITTLE COFFEE SHOPS AND THINGS, SO MANY PEOPLE DO WALK THERE. I MEAN, THEY REALLY DO. AND, AND THIS GIVES PEOPLE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SOMETHING TO WALK TO THAT THEY SO DESPERATELY NEED. SO THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. AND I HAVE NO ONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. ALL RIGHT. SO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF TO APPROVE THE PARKING VARIANCE. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO HEAR SECOND BALDWIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. OKAY, OUR NEXT ITEM [IV. Public Comment] IS PUBLIC SPEAKER. PUBLIC PUBLIC COMMENT. I DO HAVE A SPEAKER. WE ALL KNOW HIM. MR. CARLOS ESPINOZA. HELLO. GOOD. OH, SORRY. HOW YOU DOING? HI, GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, MADAM CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS CARLOS ESPINOZA. I'M JUST HERE HAPPILY TO ANNOUNCE, UH, YOU GUYS KNOW THOSE AS APPLICANTS. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF US HERE, WE TALK WITH DIRECTOR TRENT. A LOT OF DEVELOPERS ARE HERE, ARCHITECTS AND OTHER COLLEAGUES FROM DIFFERENT COMPANIES THAT I'VE KNOWN OVER THE YEARS BY WORKING HERE AT THE CITY AND WORKING HERE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. UH, WE ARE FORMING THE HOUSTON LAND PLANNERS COMMITTEE. WE WANNA WORK WITH YOU GUYS WITH THE CITY AND THEN, UM, THE STAFF TO TALK ABOUT, UH, ADVOCACY FOR CHAPTER 42 AND SOME CHANGES THAT WE SAW PARKING BEING A BIG ISSUE STILL. SO WE'RE JUST PUTTING TOGETHER A LOT OF OUR MINDS AND JUST TALKING TO THE CITY AND THE DIRECTOR AND THE STAFF SO WE CAN FIND A BETTER WAY TO MAKE HOUSTON A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE. SO THAT WAS JUST A QUICK LITTLE ANNOUNCEMENT SO WE CAN BE HERE IN YOUR MINDS AND HAPPY TO BE HERE. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? PARDON ME? IF NOT, WE WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 3:49 PM THANK YOU EVERYONE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.