[CALL TO ORDER]
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EVERYONE, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.MY NAME IS LISA CLARK AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION, AND I'M CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 2:32 PM ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 8TH, 2026.
THIS IS AN IN-PERSON MEETING TAKING PLACE AT THE CITY HALL ANNEX AT 900 BAGBY.
YOU MAY ALSO MONITOR THE MEETING BY VIEWING VIA HTV SPEAKERS.
IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON AN ITEM, PLEASE FILL OUT THE SPEAKER'S FORM BEFORE THE ITEM IS CALLED AND TURN IT INTO STAFF NEAR THE FRONT DOOR.
CONSENT AND REPEAT SPEAKERS ARE ALLOWED FOR ONE MINUTE AND NEW SPEAKERS ARE TIMED FOR TWO MINUTES.
THE 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 AS WELL AS REBUTTALS AND NON APPLICANTS ARE GENERAL SPEAKERS ARE ALLOWED.
THERE IS NOT AN OPTION FOR REBUTTAL.
EVEN IF YOU DID NOT USE YOUR FULL TWO MINUTES, YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK AGAIN AND TIME CANNOT BE ALLOTTED TO ANOTHER SPEAKER.
TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM, I'LL CALL THE ROLE CHAIR CLARK IS PRESENT.
UM, COMMISSIONER FAM FA PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER PORT PERLE'S? NOT HERE.
COMMISSIONER VICTOR VICTOR PRESENT? I DON'T SEE ANYBODY FROM HARRIS COUNTY.
AND DIRECTOR TRAN TRAN PRESENT.
UM, I DO WANNA LET EVERYONE KNOW BEFORE WE GET STARTED, THERE'S A COUPLE OF WITHDRAWALS, SO WE WON'T HEAR, HEAR ANYTHING ON THESE ITEMS NOR WILL WE TAKE ANY ACTION.
ITEM 32, PRECI PRECISION TOMBALL 59 MARIN PROPERTIES AND NUMBER 71 TAYLOR PLACE ON BROWN AND CAMPBELL.
[Director’s Report]
AND NOW I'LL ASK FOR THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CLARK COMMISSION MEMBERS, STAFF, AND THE PUBLIC.
I AM VON TRAN, DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
I HAVE ONE ITEM TO REPORT TODAY, THE 2026 M-T-F-T-M-T-F-P HAS OPENED SCHEDULING FOR THE MANDATORY PRE-SUBMIT CONFERENCE WITH STAFF WILL RUN THROUGH FEBRUARY 20TH.
OUR VERY OWN JEFF BUTLER WAVE.
JEFF IS LEADING THE MTFP THIS YEAR.
HIS CONTACT INFORMATION AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE MTFP PROCESS IS ON OUR WEBSITE.
IN CLOSING, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT CAN BE REACHED AT (832) 393-6600 OR YOU CAN CALL PLANNER OF THE DAY AT 8 3 2 3 9 3 6 6 2 4.
OUR WEBSITE IS HOUSTON PLANNING.COM.
[Consideration of December 18, 2025, Planning Commission Meeting Minutes]
WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE MEETING MINUTES FOR OUR LAST MEETING, WHICH WAS DECEMBER 18TH, 2025.THEY WERE POSTED ON THE AGENDA.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION
[Platting Activities a & b]
OKAY, NEXT ITEM, WE WILL MOVE ON TO PLANNING ACTIVITY SUBDIVISION AND DEVELOPMENT PLOTS.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SECTIONS A AND B ARE PRESENTED AS ONE GROUP, WHICH INCLUDES CONSENT AND REPL.
ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION.
SECTIONS A AND B ARE ITEMS ONE THROUGH 75 SECTION A.
CONSENT ITEMS ARE NUMBERS ONE THROUGH 38 AND SECTION B REPL ITEMS ARE NUMBERS 39 THROUGH 75.
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 REPLANT ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
UM, MEMBERS ARE THERE ANY ABSTENTIONS? YES, FOR SHEPHERD.
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UH, YES.ITEMS FIVE THROUGH 12, 23 AND 24.
MADAM CHAIR, I'LL ABSTAIN FROM ITEMS ONE AND FIVE THROUGH 13.
SO MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR ALL ITEMS? SAVE AND ACCEPT AND MOTION.
LET ME, LET ME NAME THE ONES WE'RE ACCEPTING FIRST.
ITEM ONE, FIVE THROUGH 12, EXCUSE ME.
FIVE THROUGH 13, 21, 23, AND 24 AND 37.
ALL IN FAVOR OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
NOW I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SAVE AND ACCEPT ITEMS WHICH ARE ITEMS ONE FIVE THROUGH 13 21, 23, 24, AND 37.
MOTION POURS PER SECOND SIGLER.
[c. Replats requiring Public Hearings with Notification (Ken Calhoun, Aracely Rodriguez, John Cedillo, Devin Crittle and Dorianne Powe-Phlegm)]
NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE ALONG TO RELAS REQUIRING PUBLIC MEETING, PUBLIC HEARINGS WITH NOTIFICATION.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 76 IS BAYOU TRAIL REPL NUMBER ONE.
THIS ITEM IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS WEST ALONG SCOTT STREET, NORTH OF SOUTH MCGREGOR WAY.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL IS TO CREATE ONE COMMERCIAL RESERVE.
THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
STAFF 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.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 76 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 SYKES VICTOR, SECOND VICTOR.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMIT SOUTH OF PARKER ROAD AND EAST UP WAYSIDE DRIVE.
THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLOT IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY LOT.
NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND PER LEGAL REVIEW, THE PROPOSED PLOT WILL NOT VIOLATE APPLICABLE RESTRICTION.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CCPC 1 0 1 INFORMED CONDITION.
GLENWOOD FOREST COMMUNITY CIVIC CLUB HAS VOICED OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED PLAT, BUT THIS IS A TRIAL APPROVED ITEM.
AND MADAM CHAIR, IF IT APPRECIATE THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 77 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.
ITEM 78, COPPERWOOD WATER PLAN RESERVE.
WE PLA NUMBER ONE AND ABSTENTION.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ SOUTH OF BAR MARKET 2 59 AND WEST OF STATE HIGHWAY SIX.
THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLANT IS TO CREATE ONE RESERVE RESTRICTED TO WATER, PLANT AND RELATED USES.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANT TO SECTION 42 DASH 1 93 TO ALLOW THE WE PLAN OF AN OPEN SPACE LANDSCAPE RESERVE INTO THE RESERVE.
RESTRICTED TO WATER PLANT USE STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST A WATER PLAN FACILITY.
THERE'S AN ASSISTANT WATER PLAN FACILITY OWNED BY THE HARRIS COUNTY MUD 2 57 THAT WAS PLOTTED IN 2001 WITH COPPERWOOD WATER PLANT RESERVE, WHICH PREDATES THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ADJOINING RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION KINGFIELD SECTION TWO TO THE SOUTH.
HARRIS COUNTY MUD 2 57 HAS LATER THAN ACQUIRED ADDITIONAL LAND FROM KINGFIELD SECTION TWO TO EXPAND THE ASSISTANT FACILITY, WHICH IS VITAL TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE SERVICE FOR THE SURROUNDING AREA.
PER LEGAL REVIEW, THE PROPOSED PLOT WILL NOT VIOLATE APPLICABLE RESTRICTION AND THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO THE CCP C 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION.
STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN ADVANCE.
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THE COMMISSION.YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 78 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION MOTION SECOND HINES.
ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMIT NORTH OF CANAL STREET AND EIGHTH OF GEORGIA, MACARIO GARCIA DRIVE.
THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLOT IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY LOT AND TWO RESERVE AND TO REVIVE THE D TABLE BY INCREASING THE DWELLING NUMBER, DWELLING UNIT NUMBER FROM 2, 2 4.
NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND PARALEGAL.
THE PROPOSED PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE APPLICABLE RESTRICTION.
SO STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CCPC 1 0 1 INFORMED CONDITION AND NO PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, HAS BEEN RECEIVED.
SO MADAM CHAIR, IS IT PLEASE WITH THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 79 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANY THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
ALL IN FAVOR? A OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A NEARLY 12,000 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS AT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF FAIRWAY DRIVE AND ROAD DRIVE SOUTH OF SIX 10 AND WEST OF TELEPHONE ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING FOUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND A PARKING RESERVE ON A SHARED DRIVEWAY.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
THIS PLAT IS A REPLAT OF THE SOUTH 100 FEET OF LOTS, FIVE AND SIX OF BLOCK 61 OF THE AMENDED GULF CREST SUBDIVISION.
REARVIEW VALLEY IN THE CASE OF PLAT DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
UM, STAFF RECOMMENDATION? UH, YEAH, SO STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS, UH, I'M SORRY, LOST MYSELF IN THIS ONE.
LEGAL REVIEW STATED IT DOES NOT VIOLATE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS MANAGER CHAIR PLEASE THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 80 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION.
COMMISSIONER MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY, I'M A LITTLE PUZZLED WITH THIS DIAGONAL BUILDING LINE THAT GOES ACROSS JUST, JUST CURIOSITY.
OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOTTA BE A CURRENT PLATTED OR DEED RESTRICTED LINE.
SO IN REFERENCE TO THE APPLICANT, THEY SAID THAT THERE IS A, A COVERT UNDERNEATH THE GROUND AND THERE'S ALSO A LINE RELAYING TO SOME OF OUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, DEDICATION, LANGUAGE REFERENCING HAVING TO BE 15 FEET OFFSET FROM CERTAIN DRAINAGE CHANNELS.
SO THAT WAS THEIR SUPPOSED LINE OF, OF KIND OF GIVING THAT A BILL TO ASPECT OF IT.
BUT SINCE IT IS COVERED BY OUR LANGUAGE, UNLESS THERE IS A SPECIFIC DEED DOCUMENT OR OTHER KIND OF RECORD THAT VERIFIES THAT, THAT PLACEMENT OF IT, THEN WE WOULD HAVE THEM EITHER REMOVE IT OR FULLY LABEL IT.
SO IT WAS KIND OF A MARKUP THAT WE'VE ADDRESSED.
THIS IS A PRELIMINARY ON FINAL IT TO BE ADDRESSED.
HEARING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
THE SUBJECT SIDE IS NEARLY 28,000 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS NORTH OF FERNWOOD DRIVE SOUTH OF MCGREGOR AND WEST OF CALHOUN.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWO LARGE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS RANGING FROM 12,000 TO 15,000 SQUARE FEET.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCE OF REQUEST WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
WE HAVE RECEIVED PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT THERE IS A VIOLATION OF THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE IS A REPLAT OF LOT 16 AND PORTIONS OF LOTS 15 AND 17 OF BLOCK 64 OF RIVERSIDE TERRACE.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
THIS PROPERTY IS SUBJECT TO AN EXISTING MINIMUM LOT SIZE APPLICATION DONE IN 2024.
WE REQUIRING THAT LOTS BE NO LESS THAN 10,000 SQUARE FEET AND IS FOUND TO NOT VIOLATE THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC AND 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MA'AM, CHAIR PLEASE THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 81 IS OPEN.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS KEN COWAN.
IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND STATING YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME EVER APPEARING.
IT'S ON THE CORNER OF CULLEN, UM, AND FERN, UH, CULLEN AND FERNWOOD, A VERY HISTORICAL AREA,
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A VERY, UM, MATURE AND JUST HISTORIC AREA IN THAT, UH, PART OF TOWN.UH, WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE LOT, UH, FOLLOWS THE DEED RESTRICTIONS AND THAT A DUPLEX, DUPLEX, OR APARTMENT COMPLEX IS NOT BUILT AND VIOLATE ANY DEED RESTRICTIONS.
UH, CURRENTLY THERE'S ONLY, UH, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
UM, AND WE JUST REALLY, REALLY JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE INTEGRITY OF THAT, UH, AREA, UH, IS WITHHELD.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID WHITE.
DAVID WHITE, UH, LANCE SERVICES THE APPLICANT.
WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME.
IS THIS JULIAN? THAT'S CORRECT.
ARE YOU GONNA SPEAK JULIAN? ONLY QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS ARE? YEP.
ARE THESE SINGLE FAMILY LOTS? THESE ARE INTENDED FOR SINGLE FAMILY LOCKS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 82 IS GULF WAY TERRA PARTIAL, REPL NUMBER ONE.
THIS SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HEDA STREET AND VERNON STREET, JUST WEST OF FRAY ROAD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL IS CREATE THREE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
AND REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLATTER.
UM, MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THERE ARE DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT LIMIT THE USE OF THE PROPERTY TO ONE DWELLING UNIT.
UH, TYPICALLY A SINGLE FAMILY LOT ALLOWS FOR TWO UNITS, BUT THE DEED RESTRICTIONS, UH, SPECIFICALLY, UH, LIMITED TO ONE DWELLING UNIT.
UM, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVING THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
UH, MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
AND I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.
I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 82.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS RAY SOTO.
I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF FREEWAY MANOR CIVIC CLUB THE FIRST TIME HERE.
SO WE WILL, WE WILL NOT GRADE YOU, I PROMISE.
SO, UH, WE'RE NOT SURE, BUT I, I KNOW THE HISTORY OF OUR, OUR COMMUNITY, OUR SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS.
THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN VACANT FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS.
THE GENTLEMAN THAT PASSED AWAY, UH, WE WERE TOLD THAT HE COULDN'T DEVELOP IT, DEVELOP IT BECAUSE OF THE, UH, A RESERVOIR THAT WAS UNDERGROUND.
WE ALSO HAVE HAD OUR, OUR BY USE AND OUR RETENTION, UH, POND CREATED.
UH, WE HAVE A FLOOD PROBLEM IN THAT AREA.
WE'RE CONCERNED AS FAR AS, UH, MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY OF OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING HOMES.
UH, AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY WERE GONNA BUILD TINY HOMES, MULTIPLE UNITS ON THREE TO FOUR LOTS.
WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO THE LOTS BEING DIVIDED AND, AND ACCOMMODATING SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING HOMES.
UH, BUT WE ARE OPPOSED TO WHAT MAY BE CREATED WITH THE FLOOD ISSUES.
THAT BEING RIGHT, IT'S RIGHT OUTTA THE T OF A BAYOU THAT WE HAVE.
AND THOSE, EVEN WITH THE RETENTION POND, THOSE, THOSE, UH, WATERS ARE RISING ABOVE THE BANKS EVEN TO THIS DAY.
SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR CONCERNS.
UH, THE HISTORY ON THAT PROPERTY, THE GENTLEMAN THAT BOUGHT THAT PROPERTY, HE PUT CONTAINERS ON THE PROPERTY.
HE'S BEEN IN NUMEROUS VIOLATIONS OF, UH, HAVING THINGS OUT THERE.
HE OWNS ANOTHER HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET.
SO WE HAVE NUMEROUS, NUMEROUS VIOLATIONS WITH THAT, THAT OWNER IN PARTICULAR.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO THE LOTS BEING UNDIVIDED, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS.
UH, BUT WE'RE A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT HE'S GOING TO BUILD MULTIPLE UNITS ON THERE, UH, FROM CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD WITH HIM.
AND, UH, AND, AND THEN AGAIN, THE LACK OF CONCERN AND BEING IN VIOLATIONS ON THE OTHER PROPERTY.
HE'S, HE'S DONE SOME, SOME CONSTRUCTION THERE
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WITHOUT PERMITS.SO, UH, PRETTY MUCH THAT'S OUR CONCERN.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF THIS GOES THROUGH, THAT THEY'RE IN ACCORDANCE TO OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS.
AND, UH, WE'VE HAD A HISTORY WITH THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT, ISSUING PERMITS FOR CONSTRUCTION.
I'VE GOT A LOT OF SPEAKERS TODAY.
UH, WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE PERMIT DEPARTMENT ISSUING THE PERMITS AND THEN, UH, US HAVING TO GET THE CITY ATTORNEY INVOLVED AND SHUT DOWN DUPLEXES, UH, HAVE THEM TEAR DOWN WALLS.
SO THAT'S OUR CONCERN WITH THIS PROPERTY.
BUT, UH, REALLY THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
AND, UH, WE HOPE YOU ALL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
AND AS MR. CRIDDLE SAID, YES, YOU DO HAVE CC R UH, DOCUMENTS THAT DO NOT ALLOW ANYTHING OTHER THAN ONE SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
UM, AND HE CAN PROBABLY GET YOU IN TOUCH WITH SOMEONE OVER IN THE PERMITTING OFFICE.
SO YOU CAN FOLLOW THIS ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BRENDA FLUEN.
I'LL BE QUICK WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO RING THE BELL.
FIRST TIME I HEAR WE LIKE RINGING IT
I NEED ONE OF THOSE FOR MY MEETINGS.
I'M BRENDA UE AND, AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE FREEWAY MANOR CIVIC CLUB.
AND LIKE RAY SAID, WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO THE PLATS BEING DIVIDED OUT, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS BECAUSE WE'RE ONE OF THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
AND WE, I WOULD LIKE TO, THE CIVIC CLUB WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT THE, WHEN THOSE PLATS ARE REDONE, THAT THERE BE PUT SOMETHING IN THE PLAT NOTES THAT STATE THAT FURTHER CONSTRUCTION HAS TO ABIDE BY OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS.
THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN OUR MAJOR PROBLEM.
THAT WILL BE A QUESTION DIRECTOR.
I DON'T KNOW, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ADDED? JEFF, CAN YOU ADDRESS THIS FOR US? PLAT NOTES? SO WE CAN ADD A PLATE NODE THAT SAYS THIS PROPERTY IS SUBJECT TO THE DEED RESTRICTIONS AND, YOU KNOW, VOLUME AND PAGE OF THE, OF THE DEED RECORDS.
UH, WE TRY NOT TO BE VERY TOO, TOO SPECIFIC RIGHT ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY PUT A NOTE THAT SAYS THIS PROPERTY IS SUBJECT TO THOSE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
OKAY, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MELISSA LED LEDESMA.
I PROBABLY BUTCHERED THAT AND IF I DID, PLEASE CORRECT ME.
HI, UH, I'M GONNA SPEAK THAT IN SPANISH BECAUSE MY ENGLISH IS TERRIBLE.
SO DO WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT CAN TRANSLATE? RUSTY IS HECTOR HERE? OH, THERE WE GO.
SHE LIVED NEXT TO THE LOT THAT IS BEING RE PLOTTED.
UM, AND SHE SEE A PROBLEM WITH THE TYPE OF HOUSING THAT THEY WANNA BUILD NEXT TO HER PROPERTY, THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET.
UM, IT PREVENT AND THERE'S A LOT OF PROBLEM AND EVEN THE POLICE ALWAYS COME LIKE FREQUENTLY AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE IS.
SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY SHE DOESN'T WANT THE PROPERTY TO BE DEVELOPED TO THE HOUSING TYPE.
SO THAT TYPE OF HOUSING TO BE BUILT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BLANCA OANA.
I LIVE, UH, RIGHT NEXT TO THE LADY.
UM, WE HAVE THE PROBLEM WITH THAT, UM, WITH THE GUYS GONNA BUILD, HE WANTS IT FOR RENT.
I DON'T THINK WE GONNA BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THAT BECAUSE THERE'S PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT.
HE RENTED THE HOUSE ON THE CORNER AND THERE'S A LOT OF COPS GOING IN AND OUT LOUD MUSIC AND THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON.
THEY BUILT, UH, BEHIND THE HOUSE.
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THEY BUILD IT, I GUESS, INTO AN APARTMENT.AND THERE'S PEOPLE GOING IN AND OUT ON THAT, UH, CURVE THAT THEY WANNA BUILD.
THERE'S AN A LOT OF MOVEMENTS RIGHT NOW.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY GO IN AND OUT.
THEY DON'T HAVE RESTROOMS, THEY DON'T HAVE WATER, THEY DON'T HAVE NOTHING, BUT I, THEY LIVE THERE AND THEY HAVE THOSE BIG CONTAINERS.
SO IMAGINE RIGHT NOW WE ARE GOING THROUGH ALL THAT AND IF THEY BUILD THERE FOR RENT, IT'S GONNA GET WORSE.
THE COMMUNITY'S GONNA GO DOWN BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF TRAFFIC, A LOT OF MOVEMENT THERE.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
UM, BEFORE I GO TO THE NEXT SPEAKER, I MEAN, WE DON'T REALLY CONTROL WHETHER THEY RENT OR SELL THEM.
I KNOW THAT THE CITY HAS JUST PUT SOMETHING IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT PASSED REGARDING AIRBNB'S MM-HMM
UM, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAN CONTROL, BUT MAYBE YOU CAN GET WITH THEM.
YES, MA, AFTER YOU'RE DONE, MA? YES MA'AM.
AND OUR LAST SPEAKER IS ESTELLA WATTS.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EACH ONE OF YOU.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE.
MY NAME'S ESTELLA WATTS AND I LIVE A GULF WAY TERRACE, A SINGLE FAMILY, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD OF EDGEBROOK AND 45.
I HAVE LIVED THERE FOR OVER 40 YEARS, RAISED MY CHILDREN THERE VERY SAFELY WITHOUT ANY ISSUES.
WE'RE HERE TODAY TO ASK THE COMMISSION TO ENFORCE THE DUE RESTRICTIONS THAT PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY.
SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS ONLY RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES WAS NEVER MEANT TO INCLUDE DUPLEXES, APARTMENTS, OR MULTI-TENANT CONVERSIONS.
YET THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE SEEING.
ILLEGAL CONVERSIONS THAT VIOLATE OUR 7-YEAR-OLD FRAMEWORK AND BRING OVERCROWDING, INSTABILITY AND CRIME TO OUR AREA.
WE'RE ALREADY DEALING WITH SQUATTERS, OCCUPYING HOMES LEGALLY.
DRUG HOUSES OPERATING IN PLAIN SIGHT, NEARBY APARTMENT COMPLEX DRAWING, HIGH TURNOVER, LOW ACCOUNTABILITY TENANTS, AND ALSO PEOPLE SELLING FOOD OUT OF THE, THOSE RESIDENTIAL, UH, APARTMENTS OR HOUSES THAT ARE BEING RENTED.
FRANCIS CABRINI, WHO'S DOWN THE STREET FROM US, HAS BEEN VANDALIZED.
THIS ISN'T JUST A NEIGHBORHOOD DISPUTE, IT'S A MATTER OF LAW.
UNDER TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 2 1 2 0.1 53, THE CITY HAS THE POWER AND THE DUTY TO ENFORCE A RESIDENTIAL DE RESTRICTION.
FURTHERMORE, THE EXISTING B LIFE IN OUR AREA ALREADY CONSTITUTES A COMMON NUISANCE UNDER TEXAS CIVIL, UH, PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE CHAPTER 1 25, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO PLEASE USE YOUR AUTHORITY TO PREVENT NEW VIOLATIONS OF HOUSTON ORDINANCE NUMBER 10 DASH 4 51 BEFORE IT FURTHER DEGRADES OUR PUBLIC SAFETY.
WE'RE ASKING, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR FUNDING FOR FAVORS, WE'RE SIMPLY ASKING FOR THE LAW TO BE UPHELD.
PLEASE STOP THE MULTI-TENANT DEVELOPMENTS AND HELP US PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF GALLWAY TERRACE.
AND ALSO, ONE MORE COMMENT BEFORE I, I JUST, UM, TAKE MY SEAT.
I ALSO, THERE IS A HOUSE, TWO, THREE HOUSES DOWN FROM US THAT ARE BUILT DUPLEXES IN THE BACK OF THEIR HOUSE.
AND FOR SOME REASON THE CITY APPROVED IT.
AND THEY HAVE ABOUT SEVEN PEOPLE LIVING THERE.
AND I KNOW THAT THEY ARE RENTING BECAUSE I'VE SEEN A SON IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE FOR RENT AND I KNOW THEY'RE RENTING THOSE, UH, TWO DUPLICATES DUPLEXES THAT ARE BEHIND THAT ORIGINAL SINGLE HOUSE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONERS.
ANY QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER GARZA.
SO, MR. CRIDDLE, JUST TO REITERATE, FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE, THE DEED RESTRICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW DUPLEXES, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO NO DUPLEXES CAN BE BUILT, PERMITTING WILL NOT ALLOW, WILL NOT GIVE PERMITS FOR DUPLEXES TO BE BUILT.
UM, SECOND, THE APPLICANT HAS ALREADY WORKED WITH YOU AND GONE FROM FOUR LOTS TO THREE LOTS.
WHICH MEETS THE DE RESTRICTIONS.
UH, YOU'VE ALREADY AGREED TO PUT A NOTE ON THE PLAT SAYING THAT THEY MUST ABIDE BY DE RESTRICTIONS.
SO THAT IS THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU AS FAR AS VIOLATIONS, UM, A GARAGE APARTMENT, IF THOSE THINGS ARE NOT ALLOWED, THOSE WOULD BE I THINK A 3 1 1 CALL.
WOULD THEY NOT CODE ENFORCEMENT? YEAH.
AND I WILL SAY THIS ABOUT THAT, THAT THE MORE YOU CALL, THE MORE LIKELY YOU ARE TO GET ACTION.
SO DON'T BE SHY ABOUT CALLING AND REPORTING VIOLATIONS.
SO AGAIN, THE POWER OF THIS, UH, UH, OF THIS COMMISSION DOES NOT EXTEND TO HELPING YOU WITH THOSE VIOLATIONS, BUT THERE ARE
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OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT CAN ANYWAY.SO THAT'S IT FOR ME AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY, UH, COMMISSIONER GARZA.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND BALL.
AND MR. CRIDDLE, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT.
YES, MS. HOWARD, THE CITY LEGAL DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCING DEED RESTRICTIONS AND THEY HAVE A HOTLINE AND IT IS 8 3 2.
IT'S THEIR HOTLINE, YESS LEGAL DEPARTMENT'S HOTLINE.
AND THE SECTION IS CALLED NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND THEY HANDLE THINGS LIKE CHAPTER 1 25 AND, UH, DEED RESTRICTION VIOLATIONS.
SO WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM 83.
THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A NEARLY 8,000 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS AT THE SOUTHWEST INTERSECTION OF LOCKETT AVENUE AND VAN ETTEN STREET NORTH OF OLD SPANISH TRAIL IN EAST OF ALAMEDA ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
STAFF HAS RECEIVED MULTIPLE ADVANCED COMMENTS FROM RESIDENTS STATING THE PROPOSED PLAT VIOLATES ACTIVE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
THIS IS A RE PLAT OF LOT 13 BLOCK THREE OF THE CENTRAL CITY SUBDIVISION.
THE PLAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DEFERRED AND GRANTED A 30 DAY EXTENSION TO COME BEFORE THE COMMISSION DAY FOR CONSIDERATION.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT DOES VIOLATE SEPARATELY FILE DE RESTRICTIONS THAT WOULD NOT ALLOW THE SUBDIVISION, THE SUBDIVISION OF THIS LOT.
AS SUCH, STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DISAPPROVE THE PLAT DUE TO THE VIOLATION OF DEED RESTRICTIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, PLEASE THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 83 HAS CONTINUED.
I DO HAVE, UH, QUITE A FEW SPEAKERS.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS ALONZO GONZALEZ.
HOW YOU DOING? HELLO EVERYONE.
AND I, I'M JOSHUA, UH, PROTESTING, UH, THE, I HAD SENT PREVIOUS ME EMAILS ABOUT THIS SITUATION AND, UH, HOPEFULLY YOU ALL HAD A CHANCE TO READ THOSE.
BUT I WANT THE THREE PROPERTIES, THE ONES THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY, THE ONE NEXT TO IT, AND ACROSS THE STREET.
SO BASICALLY, I'M ALL AROUND THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
SO IN ACCORDANCE WITH, UH, THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION TWO 12.015, IF THE PROPOSED REPL REQUIRES VARIANCE AND IS PROTESTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS, UH, SEC SUBSECTION, THE PROPOSED REPL MUST RECEIVE IN ORDER TO BE APPROVED, THE AFFIRMATION OF AT LEAST THREE QUARTERS OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS PRESENT MUNICIPALITY.
SO FOR A LEGAL PROTEST, WHICH IS WHAT I'M DOING, WRITTEN INSTRUMENTS, WHICH IS WHAT I HAVE HERE, SIGNED BY MY WIFE AND MYSELF, UH, WE SIGNED, SIGNED BY THE OWNERS OF AT LEAST 20% OF THE AREA OF THE LOTS OR THE MEDIA ATLANTA JOINING THE AREA COVERED BY THE PRO, THE PROPOSED REPL AND EXTENDING TWO, 200 FEET FROM THE AREA.
BUT WITH THIS WITHIN THE ORIGINAL SUBDIVISION, SO MUST BE FILLED WITH THE MUNICIPAL PLAN COMMISSION.
SO I'VE DONE THAT AND I'M PROTESTING, UH, AGAIN, WE WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO COME AND, AND, UH, BUILD A BEAUTIFUL HOME.
THERE'S A LOT OF HOMES, NICE, REAL NICE HOMES IN OUR AREA, BUT WE DON'T WANT THE REP REPLYING.
AND, AND I SURROUND THIS AREA WITH MY PROPERTIES.
I'M NOT DOING IT FOR MYSELF EITHER.
SO I'M ASKING THAT WE JUST STICK FOR NEED RESTRICTIONS AND NOW GO BEYOND THAT.
AND WITH THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPER, WE'VE TRIED DIFFERENT THINGS OR THEY HAVE TRIED DIFFERENT THINGS GOING AROUND US.
BEFORE WE, THEY WERE TRYING TO DO, UH, QUAD PLEX IN THE AREA.
WE CAME HERE, WASTED A LOT OF YOUR TIME.
SO ANYWAY, WE ARE PROTESTING THIS.
UH, AND WE HOPE THAT THEY BECOME GOOD NEIGHBORS.
THEY EXPRESS GOODWILL TOWARDS US AND, AND THEY JOIN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMUNITY, AS YOU'RE GONNA HEAR FROM MY, FROM, UH, OTHERS DO NOT WANT THAT.
AND JUST AS A REMINDER, STAFF IS MAKING A RECOMMENDATION FOR DISAPPROVAL TODAY.
UM, SO JUST WANTED TO LET YOU AND THE FUTURE SPEAKERS KNOW THAT.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, CAN'T WE JUST CLARIFY TO THE SPEAKERS, AS THE STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED DENIAL, WE WOULD NOT HAVE THE ABILITY, THIS COMMISSION WOULD NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO OVERTURN THOSE DEED RESTRICTIONS NOR VOTE AGAINST IT.
SO WE'RE REALLY ONLY LISTENING TO SEE IF THE DEVELOPER OR SOME OTHER SPEAKER HAS SOME PROOF THAT IT DOES NOT VIOLATE
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THE DEED RESTRICTIONS.THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF KEEPING IT THE WAY IT IS, WE'RE BOUND BY LAW TO FOLLOW THAT RULE.
WE'RE GONNA VOTE THAT WAY UNLESS WE'RE PROVIDED SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WOULD CONVINCE US OTHERWISE.
JUST DON'T WANT YOU TO WASTE YOUR TIME AND SAY THE EXACT SAME THING 25 TIMES.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO OVERRULE YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS WITHOUT NEW INFORMATION ABOUT DEED RESTRICTIONS.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BALDWIN.
I WOULD, I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT, UH, REMINDER, THIS IS NOT A VARIANCE APPLICATION.
UH, HOWEVER, WE ARE RECOMMENDING DISAPPROVAL OF THE FACT, WHICH MEANS THE PROPERTY WOULD BE RELEGATED TO STILL BE A SINGLE RESIDENTIAL LOT.
THE NEXT SPEAKER I HAVE SIGNED IS GERARDO GAETAN.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSION.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BALDWIN.
UM, I DIDN'T NOTE THAT COM COMMISSIONER ARMAND PAA HAD COME IN.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER, AND I'M PROBABLY GONNA MESS THIS UP.
CHANDRA, I CAN'T TELL IF THAT'S AN N OR A V.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DISAPPROVING REPLETING.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SARAH GOLDBERG.
I JUST WANT TO ALSO, I'M, UH, ALONG WITH MY NEIGHBORS, UH, APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME THAT, UH, MS. HOWARD AND, UH, MR. SENIO HAS PUT INTO THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE REVISITED THIS SAME SITUATION, UH, TWO YEARS AGO AND THEN THIS ROUND PROBABLY AROUND 6, 5, 4 TO SIX TIMES.
SO WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S TIME AND IN SUPPORT OF DISAPPROVING.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALFONSO PICO.
MY NAME IS ALFONSO PICO AND I, I DON'T NEED TO PUT TO, TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN TODAY.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PETER AES.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND THE TIME TO THIS CASE AND FINDING WITH THE RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL CITY.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CARINA ROSALES.
HELLO, MY NAME IS CARINA ROSALES AND I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UM, THROUGH MY COMMUNICATION WITH MS. HOWARD, I THINK THAT, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE ALL THE PROPER, UH, DOCUMENTATION FOR, TO MAKE, UM, A GOOD DECISION, UM, AND SIDE WITH US THAT I DID RESTRICTIONS TO ACTUALLY APPLY TO THIS PROPERTY.
AND THAT WE WILL FINALLY, FINALLY COME, UH, TO A CONCLUSION TO THIS ISSUE.
THE LAST SPEAKER I HAVE TO SPEAK.
IS JILL, AND I'M GONNA PROBABLY MESS THIS UP 'CAUSE I'M SORRY I CAN'T READ YOUR WRITING YET.
MADAM CHAIRWOMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR CONSIDERING OUR, UH, OPPOSITION.
AND I'M THRILLED THAT MS. HOWARD HAS REACHED THE DECISION TO VALIDATE THE, THE RESTRICTIONS.
I DO NOT NEED TO SPEAK ANY FURTHER.
WOULD YOU MIND MUCH MAKING SURE TO RESTATE YOUR NAME? 'CAUSE I PROBABLY MESSED IT UP.
IT'S JILL, J-I-L-L-E AS Z-G-Y-A-Z-I-J-I
I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAKERS OR ANYONE, ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO.
I AM GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 83.
AND I NEED A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION MOTION BALDWIN.
ITEM 84 IS MILWAUKEE PLATE, EXCUSE ME, MILWAUKEE VILLAGE.
UH, THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS SOUTH OF ALONG MILWAUKEE STREET, BETWEEN HELMER STREET AND FULTON STREET.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
AND REVIEWED BY LEGAL INDICATES THIS PLA WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLATEAU.
UM, IN ADDITION, MADAM CHAIR, UH, THIS APPLICATION DID NOT MEET THE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS AND, UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DISAPPROVE THE SUBDIVISION PLAT.
UM, MADAM CHAIR, IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 84 IS OPEN.
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HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THE SITE IS IN HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS AT THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF PALO STREET AND GASNER ROAD.
THE REASON FOR REPLY IS TO CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FOR FORM CONDITIONS.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCE 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 85 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.
THE SITE IS THE HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS SOUTH ALONG WEST TIDWELL ROAD EAST OF RAY WOOD BOULEVARD.
THE REASON FOR RE PLAT IS TO CREATE FOUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS FILED SEPARATELY PER LEGAL REVIEW.
A 40 FOOT FRONT BUILDING LINE AND A 10 FOOT SIDE BUILDING LINES ARE REQUIRED.
THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED THAT THIS PLAT BE DEFERRED STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS DEFERRED THE PLAT 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, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 86 IS OPEN.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS THOMAS WYNN.
GOOD AFTERNOON LADY AND GENTLEMEN.
WE LEFT, UH, NEXT DOOR TO THE H 2 1 5
NOT THE NOT FOR THE PEOPLE DOOR.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SAM VAUGHN.
I AM A MEMBER OF THE, UH, JO POND GROVE SUBDIVISION, WHICH IS, WHICH THIS ENTAILS, WHICH IS ONLY ABOUT 45 HOUSES BASICALLY.
AND THE DEED, THE DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT I, THAT I HAVE READ IMPLY THAT THERE'S A NUMBER OF, OF BREACHES.
ALL THE HOUSES IN THE SUBDIVISIONS ARE SINGLE STORY, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
AND I UNDERSTAND THIS IS GONNA BE LIKE TWO STORIES.
UM, THE, UH, THE OTHER RESTRICTION IS THAT IT THAT WE ONLY HAVE, UH, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN THE SUBDIVISION.
THERE'S A PART OF THE DE RESTRICTION SAYS NO ANNOYANCES OR NUISANCES.
THIS WILL BE OUT MY BACK DOOR BASICALLY.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GONNA BE APPLICABLE WHEN THEY BUILD IT.
UM, IT HAS TO BE BUILT WITHIN THE CONFORMANT CONFORM TO THE, THE, UM, AND THEN HARMONY WITH THE EXTERNAL DESIGN WITH THE OTHER HOUSES, WHICH IT WON'T BE.
I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THREE STORIES IF THEY HAVE GARAGES.
UM, SO I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY'RE GONNA BUILD FOUR PLACES ON A LOT.
THAT'S 14,000 SQUARE 700 SQUARE FEET, WHICH IS EXACTLY THE SIZE OF MY, MY, UH, MY PLOT, WHICH IS ONE HOUSE.
MS. HOWARD, CAN YOU ANSWER ANY OF THE DEED RESTRICTION COMMENTS? WELL, THE DEED RESTRICTIONS DO REQUIRE ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.
ONLY AND THERE IS A 40 FOOT FRONT BUILDING LINE, WHICH THEY WERE VIOLATING.
AND THERE'S ALSO A 10 FOOT INTERIOR BUILDING LINE, WHICH THEY WERE VIOLATING AS WELL.
YOU CHALK IT UP AS A WIN TODAY.
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SO MUCH, COMMISSIONERS.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DO, YES.
BUT I SEE THE, THE WIDTH OF THESE LOTS ARE 49 FEET.
SO THEY MEET THE FRONT SETBACK.
SO THE ONLY THING THAT ON THIS PLAT THAT WE'RE SEEING, THE ONLY VIOLATION IS THE 10 FOOT SIDE SETBACK.
NO, THEY'RE ASKING FOR A 25 FOOT FRONT SETBACK IS THE 40.
THEY WANNA REDUCE THE FRONT SETBACK BY 15 FEET.
98 ACROSS THE FRONT AND TWO THAT ARE BUILDING LINE? NO, THE SETBACK.
AND WHAT DO YOU SHOW IT TO BE? 25.
I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 86.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO OKAY.
HEARING NONE, I'LL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION OF DEFERRAL PER STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
ITEM 87 IS WINDSOR PLACE EDITION PARTIAL REPLANT NUMBER FOUR.
THE SITE IS IN HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS AT THE SOUTHWEST INTERSECTION OF HAYDEN AVENUE AND PARK STREET.
THE REASON FOR REPLANT IS TO CREATE ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOT.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A SIX FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG HAYDEN AVENUE INSTEAD OF A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE AND 20 FOOT GARAGE BUILDING LINE FOR THE PROPOSED GARAGE BAY ADDITION.
THE SITE IS A REPL OF LOT 11 AND PORTION OF LOT 10, BLOCK SIX AND SEVEN OF THE NORTH HALF OF BLOCKS, I MEAN, I'M SORRY, BLOCK SEVEN OF THE NORTH HALF OF BLOCKS SIX AND SEVEN WINDSOR PLACE RECORDED IN 1922.
THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE WAS BUILT IN 1937 AND THE GARAGE APARTMENT BUILT IN 1948.
THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TIME TO PROVIDE DETAIL FOR PLANS FOR THE EXISTING HOUSE TO BE REMODELED AT THE CORNER OF HAYDEN AND PARK STREETS AND CON AND COORDINATE WITH PUBLIC WORKS CONCERNING THE DRIVEWAY LAYOUT STATUS RECOMMENDATION IS DEFER, UH, DEFER FOR FURTHER STUDY REVIEW THE IMPACTS OF THE REQUEST ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
STAFF HAS RECEIVED ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM AND THE RESIDENT IS OPPOSED TO THE VARIANCE REQUEST AND, UM, THE VARIANCE REQUESTS AND PUT ADDITIONAL GARAGE BAY ALONG THE STREET THAT CARS WOULD POSSIBLY, UH, PARK IN THE DRIVEWAY AND BLOCK THE SIDEWALK.
MADAM CHAIR, IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 87 IS OPEN AND I HAVE A SPEAKER SIGNED.
I LIVE AT 1802 HADDEN STREET, WHICH IS ACROSS THE STREET IN CATTYCORNER TO THIS LOT.
I WALK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FREQUENTLY AS I HAVE DOGS AND THE HOUSE IS AN EYESORE.
I DID GET A NOTICE, BUT MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS DID NOT ABOUT WHAT THE PLANS ARE AND WHAT I RECEIVE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE POSSIBLY ACCURATE ABOUT WHAT THEY INTEND TO DO.
UM, RIGHT NOW THERE'S THREE GARAGES THAT ARE IN A SEPARATE BUILDING THAT APPEAR TO BE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVING IN THE HOUSE.
THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE, WHICH FRONTS ON PARK STREET HAS TWO SEPARATE ENTRANCES AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SITUATION IS.
UM, OH, YOU CAN SEE ABOVE THE GARAGE, BUT THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE LIVING THERE AS WELL.
MOST OF THE TIME NOT IN THE PHOTO THAT YOU'RE SHOWING.
THERE'S A CAR BLOCKING THE DRIVEWAY IN FRONT OF THE GARAGES.
SO WHEN I'M WALKING THERE, NOT ONLY IS THERE NOT A SIDEWALK ON PARK, UM, WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S REQUIRED OR NOT 'CAUSE IT'S AN OLDER HOME.
UM, BUT USUALLY THAT IS BLOCKED OFF.
SO IF I'M WALKING, I CAN'T, I HAVE TO WALK IN THE STREET.
SO, UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL IF WE COULD GET AN ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
THERE ARE NO PLANS IN THE THING I RECEIVED.
THERE WERE NO DETAILS ABOUT THE REMODELING TO MAKE THIS, UM, A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
THIS HOME IS IN UTTER DISREPAIR.
THE SIDING ON THE GARAGE IS PEELING OFF.
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IT'S GONE.UM, EVERYTHING IS FALLING APART.
SO IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO IMAGINE THAT WITHOUT A COMPLETE REMODELING THAT THIS COULD BECOME A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
AND I HOPE YOU'LL KEEP THE NEIGHBORHOOD INFORMED IN A BETTER WAY THAN WAS DONE BEFORE.
I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 87.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO YES.
COME FORWARD? JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE, THE OWNER OF THE HOME AND I APPRECIATE THE, THE NEIGHBOR COMING AND SPEAKING TO US.
ONE THING THAT DORIAN PROBABLY DIDN'T RECEIVE FROM ME, UM, I SENT AN EMAIL FROM ANOTHER NEIGHBOR IN THE, IN THE, IN THE AREA THAT WAS IN WW WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE, THE CHANGES THAT WERE COMING.
AND SO I'D BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH, UM, UM, THE NEIGHBOR AND KIND OF GIVE HER, WALK HER THROUGH ALL THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE, UH, BE DOING ON THIS PROPERTY.
AND, UM, I'LL BE HAPPY TO GET ALL THE OTHER INFORMATION TO DORIAN.
UM, WHILE THIS IS BEING INFERRED.
I RECOMMEND THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
UM, SO, UM, MS. KISLER, DID YOU HEAR HIM? HE'S GONNA GET WITH YOU AND GO OVER EVERYTHING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONERS.
ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO ON ITEM 87? OKAY.
HEARING NONE WILL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'LL SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF DEFERRAL.
[d. Subdivision Plats with Variance Requests (Tammi Williamson, Geoff Butler and Devin Crittle)]
TO D SUBDIVISION PLATS WITH VARIANCE REQUESTS.CHAIR? YES, I NEED A RECUSED FROM 89, I MEAN 88, 89, 90 AND 91.
OKAY, SO MA IN RECUSING FROM 88 THROUGH 91.
GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ITEMS 88 THROUGH 91 TOGETHER AS THEY ARE RELATED.
ITEM 88 IS BRIDGELAND PRAIRIELAND VILLAGE, SECTION 64.
ITEM 90 IS SECTION 66 AND ITEM 91 IS SECTION 67.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN WESTERN HARRIS COUNTY, WEST OF STATE HIGHWAY 99, SOUTH OF BRIDGELAND CREEK PARKWAY AND NORTH OF FUTURE TUCKERTON ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING FOUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SECTIONS WITHIN THE GENERAL PLAN SECTION 64, 65, 66, AND 67 FOR COMBINED 353 LOTS WITH ALL FOUR SECTIONS REQUESTING THE SAME TWO VARIANCES.
ONE FOR THE LOTS TO TAKE VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM A PRIVATE ALLEY TO BE PERMITTED TO HAVE A ZERO FOOT FRONT BUILDING LINE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN WITH A RED HATCH.
AND TWO, TO ALLOW LOTS NOT TO HAVE FRONTAGE ON A STREET, BUT INSTEAD TO HAVE FRONTAGE ON A GREEN SPACE WITH VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM A PRIVATE ALLEY SHOWN ON THE SCREEN IN CYAN.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF BOTH REQUESTS FOR ALL FOUR SECTIONS.
THE HOUSING PRODUCT TYPE AND STREET DEVELOPMENT IN BRIDGELAND IS AN URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD CONCEPT OFFERING A MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT WITH IMPROVED SIDEWALK NETWORK AND ENHANCED LANDSCAPING.
THE FIRST VARIANCE IS TO ALLOW A ZERO FOOT FRONT BUILDING LINE ALONG A PUBLIC STREET FOR THE LOTS THAT TAKE VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM THE PROPOSED PRIVATE ALLEYS, WHICH IS SHOWN IN RED.
THE ORDINANCE ALLOWS THIS EXCEPT FOR CORNER LOTS WHEN VEHICULAR ACCESS IS TAKEN FROM PUBLIC ALLEYS.
THE PROPOSED 20 FEET WIDE PRIVATE ALLEYS WILL MEET THE GENERAL STANDARDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC ALLEYS, THEREBY MEETING THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE EXCEPT THAT THEY'RE PRIVATE.
THE LOTS THAT DO NOT HAVE FRONTAGE ON A STREET, WHICH IS SHOWN IN BLUE ARE PROPOSED TO HAVE VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM THE REAR VIA PRIVATE ALLEYS AND TO FACE A COMMON GREEN SPACE WITH EACH LOT HAVING A PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION TO THE GREEN SPACE PATHWAYS.
THIS IS SIMILAR TO WHAT IS NOW PERMITTED IN THE COURTYARD STYLE DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT WHERE LOTS CAN BE DISCONNECTED FROM THE STREET NETWORK AS LONG AS THEY FRONT FACE AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO AND THROUGH A COMMON COURTYARD SPACE.
GRANTING VARIANCES WILL HELP TO ELIMINATE NUMEROUS DRIVEWAY CUTS ALONG THE PUBLIC STREET AND MINIMIZE THE PEDESTRIAN VEHICULAR TRAFFIC INTERACTION.
HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST, THEREFORE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCES IN SECTION 64, 65, 66 AND 67 AND APPROVE THE PLATS SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 88 THROUGH 91 COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'LL SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR ITEMS 88 THROUGH 91.
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VICTOR.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ETJ WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY NORTH AND ALONG FM 1960 WEST OF CYPRESSWOOD, EAST OF US 59 AND SOUTH OF SPRING CREEK.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWO RESERVES FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
THE APPLICANT'S REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED MINIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG FOX CHESTER LANE BY NOT PROVIDING AN EAST, WEST PUBLIC STREET STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG FM 1960 OPPOSITE GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO DEVELOP THE SITE WITH SMALL OFFICE, OR EXCUSE ME, RETAIL AND OFFICE PARK WAREHOUSE USES WITH DETENTION TO THE NORTH FOX.
SISTER LANE IS AN EXISTING DEDICATED PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, BUT IS CURRENTLY UNIMPROVED.
THE SITE IS ENCUMBERED BY AN EXISTING PIPELINE EASEMENT AND THE SITE IS ALSO WEST OF 160 FOOT WIDE DRAINAGE CHANNEL.
THE APPLICANT IS ASSERTING THAT THESE LIMITATIONS MAKE MEETING THE INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIREMENT AND PRACTICAL.
CHAPTER 42 ALLOWS FOR AN INTERSECTION SPACING EXCEPTION OF 2000 FEET FOR TRACKS AFFECTED BY PIPELINES.
WHILE THE APPLICATION DOES NOT MEET THIS PROVISION, THE INTENDED RESULT, THE INTENDED PRODUCT WOULD ACHIEVE A SIMILAR RESULT.
IN ADDITION, THE SITE IS SURROUNDED BY A PUBLIC STREET SYSTEM ALLOWING RESIDENTIAL TRAFFIC TO CIRCULATE INDEPENDENT IN A COMMERCIAL STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST, MEETS THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
AND WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 92.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO? OKAY.
COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT.
ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
ITEM 93 MADAM CHAIRMAN, RECUSE FROM ITEM NINE THREE.
ITEM 93 IS KIRKENDAL VILLAGE SECTION TWO.
THIS WAS DEFERRED AT THE LAST MEETING, SO THIS MUST BE ACTED UPON TODAY.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ETJ WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY ALONG KIRKENDAL, NORTH AND WEST OF THE GRAND PARKWAY.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT WITH PRIVATE STREETS.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING VARIANCES TO ALLOW FOR A 30 FOOT EASEMENT TO SERVE AS A SECOND POINT OF ACCESS FOR A 251 LOT COMMUNITY AND TO ALLOW LIFT STATION AND DRAINAGE RESERVE TO BE ACCESSIBLE BY A 12 FOOT ACCESS EASEMENT.
STAFF IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THESE REQUESTS.
THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG KIRKENDAL BETWEEN TWO PROPOSED COLLECTOR STREETS, KLEIN OAK LANE AND LINDSEY ROAD.
THESE FUTURE STREETS ARE LISTED ON THE CITY'S MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN AND REPRESENT NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE IN THIS DEVELOPING BLOCK.
THE APPLICANT IS DEDICATING TWO PARTIAL SEGMENTS OF THESE STREETS TO FRONT TWO RESERVES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THEIR TRACT.
HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO ADDRESS A VARIANCE FOR FRONTAGE AND POINTS OF ACCESS AS THESE SEGMENTS REQUIRE ABUTTING PROPERTIES TO TO DEVELOP TO BE FULLY COMPLETED.
STAFF HAS CONCERNS THAT GRANTING THE VARIANCES WOULD COMPLICATE FUTURE STREET CONNECTION AND WOULD LIMIT ACCESS TO THE 251.
LOT DEVELOPMENT STAFF HAS BEEN COORDINATING WITH HARRIS COUNTY AND THE APPLICANT AND HAVE IDENTIFIED A POTENTIAL SOLUTION THAT COULD ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS.
STAFF HAS RECEIVED A WRITTEN REQUEST FROM THE APPLICANT TO EXTEND THIS, A APPLICATION FOR 30 DAYS FOR CONTINUED COORDINATION WITH COUNTY AND STAFF AND STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE.
UH, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
UM, DOES THE APPLICANT WISH TO SPEAK OR JUST HERE FOR QUESTIONS? I'M JUST HERE.
ANY QUESTIONS? SO WE'RE WHAT WE'RE, WHAT ARE WE REACTING ON THE 30 DAY EXTENSION? WELL THAT'S BEEN, YEAH, THAT'S BEEN SUBMITTED IN WRITING.
SO IT WAS, IT, IT'S UP HERE FOR DENY BUT THEY'VE DONE THEIR WRITTEN REQUEST.
SO THE CHOICE IS DO YOU WANNA GIVE THE 30 DAY EXTENSION? SO DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR 30 DAY EXTENSION? MOTION HIDES.
ALL IN FAVOR OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE ETJ OF HARRIS COUNTY NORTH OF STROKER ROAD, EAST OF PETERS ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT PROVIDING A NORTH SOUTH STREET THROUGH THE TRACT.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS A VACANT THREE ACRE TRACT INTENDED TO BE DEVELOPED AS ONE SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
THE TRACK CURRENTLY TAKES ACCESS FROM A RECORDED ACCESS EASEMENT, WHICH IS BEING DEDICATED TO THE PUBLIC FOR
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RIGHT OF WAY WITH THIS SUBDIVISION PLAT.STRICT APPLICATION OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES THIS SITE TO ADDRESS A NORTH SOUTH STREET CONNECTION WITHIN 1400 FEET OF PETERS ROAD.
THIS PLANET COMMISSION BODY GRANTED A VARIANCE FOR THE ADJACENT SUBDIVISION PLAT TO NOT PROVIDE THE STREET CONNECTION.
JUSTIFICATION PROVIDED FOR THAT REQUEST ALSO APPLIES TO THIS DEVELOPMENT.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN AN AREA WITH LARGE TRACKS OF LAND WITH LOW DENSITY USES.
IF THE STREET CONNECTION WAS TO BE PROVIDED IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA, ONE OF THE LARGER TRACKS TO THE EAST FRONTING STROKER ROAD IS A MORE SUITABLE OR PRACTICAL LOCATION.
WE BELIEVE THE ADDITION OF ONE SINGLE FAMILY HOME DOES NOT INCREASE THE DENSITY IN A MANNER THAT TRIGGERS THE NEED FOR A STREET CONNECTION.
HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING OFFICE HAS VOICED NO OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST AND STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTING THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVING THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 94.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO? OKAY.
COMMISSIONERS, IF YOU HAVE NO QUESTIONS, I'LL SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF.
ITEM 95 IS PRECISION TOMBALL COMMERCIAL.
THIS SITE IS LOCATED LOCATED IN THE ETGF HARRIS COUNTY NORTH ALONG FM 29 20.
BETWEEN COBBS ROAD AND HOLLY CREEK TRAIL, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT PROVIDING A EAST, WEST STREET THROUGH THE TRACT.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE SITE IS A VACANT 40 ACRE TRACT INTENDED FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
THE AREA IS MOSTLY COMPRISED OF LARGE ESTATE LOTS AND AGRICULTURAL USES.
THERE ARE MULTIPLE RECORDED PLATS ADJACENT TO THIS SITE THAT RECEIVE SIMILAR VARIANCES TO NOT PROVIDED EAST WEST STREET.
THESE RECORDED PLATS LIMIT THE AVAILABLE AREA WHERE A VALUABLE STREET CONNECTION CAN BE PROVIDED.
STAFF HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING OFFICE TO IDENTIFY A MORE SUITABLE AREA FOR AN EAST WEST STREET CONNECTION.
THIS AREA IS LOCATED NORTH OF THE PROPOSED PLAT CLOSER TO THE MINOR COLLECTORS THAT ARE LOCATED ON THE MAJOR FAIR AIRFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN.
HARRIS HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING OFFICE HAS VOICED ALL OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST AND STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTED THE REQUESTED VARIANCE IN APPROVING THIS PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
THIS ALSO INCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
THE APPLICANT, DAVID WHITE AND JULIAN COHEN.
ARE Y'ALL COMING BACK UP OR ARE YOU JUST HERE FOR QUESTIONS? OKAY.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
SO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION OF GRANTING THE REQUEST OF VARIANCE AND APPROVING THE PLA.
ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
[f. Reconsiderations of Requirement (John Cedillo)]
ON TO F RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENT ITEM 96.ITEM 96 IS LUTHERAN GARDEN'S GENERAL PLAN.
THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A 5.2 ACRE GENERAL PLAN LOCATED IN THE HARRIS COUNTY EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION WEST ALONG LUTHERAN CHURCH ROAD AND NORTH OF LUTHERAN SCHOOL ROAD.
THE INTENDED USE IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT PROVIDING AN EAST, WEST STREET THROUGH THE PROPERTY AND TO NOT EXTEND NORTROM EIGHT WITH THE CUL-DE-SAC LUTHERAN GARDEN ROAD ALONG THE WESTERN BOUNDARY.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF NOT PROVIDING AN EAST WEST STREET THROUGH THE SITE, BUT IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF NOT EXTENDING LUTHERAN GARDEN ROAD.
THE SITE IS 1500 FEET FROM LUTHERAN SCHOOL ROAD TO THE SOUTH AND STRICT APPLICATION.
THE ORDINANCE WILL REQUIRE AN EAST WEST STREET AT THIS LOCATION.
THE ONLY EXISTING POTENTIAL CONNECTION FURTHER WEST WAS KRUG STREET, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY BLOCKED BY THE RECORDING OF THE FORD ACRE PLAT IN 2014 SHOWN IN PINK.
THE LARGE PARCELS TO THE WEST ARE OWNED BY ONE FAMILY OR ONE FAMILY TRUST OF THE PETRICH FAMILY AND KEPT AS HOMESTEAD AND AGRICULTURAL USE, WHICH DOES NOT INCUR HEAVY TRAFFIC USE.
HOWEVER, EXTENSION OF LUTHERAN GARDEN ROAD WOULD EXCEED 1800 FEET AT THE CURRENT PROPOSED STUB WITH 10 LARGE PROPERTIES POTENTIALLY TAKING ACCESS FROM THAT RIGHT OF WAY.
THE RIGHT OF WAY SHOULD BE EXTENDED THROUGH THE PROPERTY OR SH UH, OR AT LEAST CUL-DE-SAC TO THE NORTHWEST PORTION AS THE PROPOSED SECTION ONE OR LOT ONE TO GIVE THAT SITE ACCESS VIABLE TO GIVE THAT PROPERTY VIABLE ACCESS TO ALLOW TURNING SPACE FOR LARGER EMERGENCY VEHICLES SHOULD THAT NEED ARISE.
HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE EAST WEST RIGHT OF WAY BEING, UH, UH, DENIED OR NOT REQUIRING THE EAST WEST, RIGHT, BUT DOES NOT SUPPORT THE, THE FAILURE TO EXTEND LUTHERAN GARDEN ROAD.
SITE RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUEST TO NOT PROVIDE AN EAST, WEST STREET TO THE SITE, BUT TO DENY THE REQUEST TO EXTEND LUTHERAN GARDEN ROAD AND APPROVE THE GENERAL PLAN SUBJECT TO CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS ANDREA SOLIS.
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I BELIEVE THAT'S, NOPE, THAT'S THE NEXT ONE.I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO ON ITEM 96? OKAY, SO COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF ON THE SCREEN.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS AN OVER THREE ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS SOUTH ALONG NEIMAN ROAD WEST, UH, SOUTH OF TIDWELL ROAD AND EAST OF ROSLYN ROAD.
THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO CREATE 44 LOTS AND EIGHT RESERVES AS PART OF A TYPE TWO PAE PRIVATE STREET SUBDIVISION AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ONLY PROVIDE 15 FEET OF RIGHT OF WAY WIDENING FOR NEIMAN ROAD IN LIEU OF THE 20 FOOT DEDICATION REQUIRED STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
NEIMAN ROAD EXISTS AS A 20 FOOT LOCAL STREET AND IS LARGELY UNIMPROVED.
A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SUCH AS THE PLA B FOREST TODAY WOULD REQUIRE A 15 FOOT WIDENING DEDICATION FOR A FULL 50 FOOT WIDE RIGHT OF WAY.
HOWEVER, STRICT APPLICATION OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES 20 FOOT WIDENING DEDICATION AND A 60 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY DUE TO THE UNRESTRICTED RESERVES OF TIDWELL COURT SHOWN IN GREEN, WHICH ALL TAKE ACCESS FROM TIDWELL ROAD.
TIDWELL LANDING NORTH AND TIDWELL LANDING SOUTH SHOWN IN BLUE WERE RECORDED WITH THIS SAME VARIANCE BEING GRANTED.
LAYOUT LANDING IN ORANGE WAS ALSO GRANTED THE SAME VARIANCE, UH, AT THE PREVIOUS COMMISSION AND WOULD HAVE INCLUDED THIS PROPERTY IF THE SUBJECT SITE DID NOT EXCEED FURTHER ALONG.
NEIMAN REQUIRED THAT THE VARIANCE BE ADDRESSED FOR THE ADDITIONAL PORTION OF NEMAN BEING AFFECTED.
A LARGE MAJORITY OF THE EXISTING AND PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ALONG THIS PORTION OF NEMAN IS RESIDENTIAL AND WOULD BE SUFFICIENTLY SERVICED BY 50 FOOT PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AND LEAVE OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 60.
THE ADJACENT EAST AND WEST STREETS, UH, OF DONOVAN TO THE SOUTH AND TIDWELL TO THE NORTH RANGE FROM 65 TO A HUNDRED FEET WIDE AND PROVIDE SUFFICIENT CONNECTIVITY FOR THE EAST AND WEST TRAFFIC WITHIN THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY GRID AS HE SPAN BETWEEN DONOVAN AND TIDWELL BEING LESS THAN A THOUSAND FEET.
THIS PORTION OF NEIMAN WILL TAKE ACCESS FROM PHILLIPS ROAD, UH, SHOWN IN PINK, WHICH WAS RECORDED WITH TIDWELL LANDING SOUTH.
THE LIST WILL ALSO EXTEND NORTH TO CONNECT TO TIDWELL WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF LAYETTE LANDING.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUEST OF VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CCP C 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MA'AM, CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
SO NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ANDREA SOLIS.
WE HAVE A MAIN SPEAKER FOR US.
WE TAKE THEM IN THE ORDER THAT THEY WERE PRESENTED.
UM, WE ARE IN, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD, DONOVAN, UH, TO THE LEFT, KIND OF THE LITTLE CIRCLE THERE.
UM, OUR BIGGEST CONCERN IS, UH, IRRIGATION AND HELEN IS GOING TO TOUCH ON A FEW OF THOSE ISSUES.
UM, MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE ALREADY, UH, CRIME RIDDEN AREA.
IT WILL OP OPENING UP NEIMAN IS GOING TO GIVE US ANOTHER OPENING FOR PEOPLE TO HOP OUR BACKYARDS.
SO, UM, WE'VE DONE REALLY WELL AT KEEPING, UH, CRIME AT BAY AS MUCH AS WE CAN, BUT I FEEL LIKE OPENING UP EVEN THAT EASEMENT IS GONNA JUST, OH LOOK, THERE'S ANOTHER STREET FOR US TO HOP BACK ON OVER, SO, UH, I'M KIND OF A OPPOSED TO THAT, BUT I WANT HELEN TO
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS VALENCIA GANTT.
UH, MY NAME IS VALENCIA GANTT.
I AM ALSO A RESIDENT OF MARBELLA, WHICH IS TO THE LEFT OF THAT PROPERTY THAT'S BEING PROPOSED, UM, TO, LIKE MY OTHER NEIGHBOR HAD MENTIONED, UM, HAVE CONCERNS IN REGARDS TO THE IRRIGATION.
UM, AS WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH FLOODING, WHEN WE DO HAVE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL, UM, THE EASEMENT OF THAT, UM, ROAD LEADS UP TO A GREEN SPACE THAT IS ACTUALLY OPEN TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WITH THE LACK OF GREEN SPACE IN THE HOUSTON AREA, UM, IT WOULD'VE, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY JUST HAVE WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, COULD OCCUR RIGHT AT THAT.
UM, THAT ROAD COMING OVER INTO OUR GREEN SPACE.
IT'S AN OPEN, WE HAVE LOTS OF ANIMALS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE'RE AN OPEN COMMUNITY.
I ALSO HAVE CONCERNS IN TERMS OF RIGHT AWAY FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES WITH THE, THE WIDTH OF AN AMBULANCE, THE WIDTH OF AN A FIRE TRUCK GOING DOWN THAT ROAD, UM, IN THE WIDTH OF CARS NOWADAYS.
UM, WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, TRAVERSE, UM, PROPERLY TO BE ABLE TO GIVE SAFETY TO THE RESIDENTS OF THAT COMMUNITY? UM, AND SO THAT CONCERN IN, IN TERMS OF WHERE THEY ARE, UM, PLOTTING TO HAVE A SIDEWALK AS WELL AS A BUFFER FOR PEDESTRIAN, UM, WOULD THAT ENCROACH UPON THAT 50 FEET THUS ENCROACHING UPON THAT EASE OF WAY FOR SAFETY? THANK YOU.
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YOU WANNA ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS NOW OR DO YOU WANNA WAIT UNTIL THE END? WAIT UNTIL THEY KNOW.UNLESS THERE'S A POINTED CONCERN FROM THE COMMISSIONERS.
SO OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS HELEN LAND VERDE RIPPLE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
MY NAME IS HELEN LAND VERDE RIPPLE.
I LIVE AT 18 0 9 DON ALEJANDRO.
AND I AM GOING TO PRESENT MY OPPOSITION BASED ON THE NOTICE THAT WE RECEIVED IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT WAS PREPARED BY THE, BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
SO I'M NOT CLEAR WHAT RECONSIDERATION MEANS FOR THIS PARTICULAR PLAT.
MY UNDERSTANDING OF IT IS THAT IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS A PRELIMINARY PLAT.
SO I AM AGAINST THE DESIGN OF THE PLAT AND I WILL PROVIDE MY RED MARKING.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE I CAN PUT THAT TO SHOW YOU DOCUMENT CAMERA PLEASE.
BUT THAT IS MY RED LINE OF THE SUBDIVISION DESIGN.
SO AS MY UNDERSTANDING OF IT, SEEING IT, YOU'RE NOT ONLY CONSIDERING THE VARIANCE TO THE RIGHT OF WAY, BUT ALSO TO THE SUBDIVISION DESIGN.
AND MY ARGUMENT ON THAT, LOOKING AT THE CRITERIA PRESENTED ON THE STAFF REPORT, THE CIRCUMSTANCES SUPPORTING THE GRANTING OF THE VARIANCE ARE NOT THE RESULT OF THE HARDSHIP CREATED OR IMPORTS IMPOSED BY THE APPLICANT.
IS IT IS SOMETHING CREATED BY THE APPLICANT BASED ON THE SUBDIVISION DESIGN.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IF THEY WERE TO, I DON'T KNOW,
NUMBER THREE, THE INTENT AND GENERAL PURPOSE OF THIS CHAPTER WILL BE PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN.
NO, IT WILL NOT BE PRESERVED AND MAINTAINED.
AND I HAVE LOOKED AT SECTION 42 DASH ONE 20, GENERAL LAYOUT AND ARRANGEMENT OF STREET SYSTEMS. THESE STREETS ARE NOT CONTINUOUS AND I'M TALKING ABOUT THESE STREETS THAT GO HERE.
THEY DO NOT CONNECT TO ANYWHERE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE SURROUNDING SUBDIVISIONS THAT HAVE APPROVED AND PLOTTED OR LIKE MY SUBDIVISION, WHICH IS MARBELLA, YOU WILL SEE THAT THOSE STREETS ARE CONNECTED.
THE MOST RECENT SUBDIVISION THAT CAME IN, I NEED YOU TO WRAP IT UP QUICKLY FOR ME PLEASE.
TABLE LANDING SOUTH CONNECTS THEM AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE TIDWELL LANDING NORTH THAT IS ALSO CONNECTING THEM.
OUR CONCERN WITH THEM NOT FOLLOWING THE CHAPTER 42 SUBDIVISION HAS TO DO WITH DRAINAGE.
AND WE DO HAVE PICTURES TO SHOW THAT WE DO HAVE DRAINAGE ISSUES.
STAFF WILL ARGUE THAT THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE ENGINEERING, WHICH IS TRUE, BUT AS A PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WE CAN IMPLEMENT ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT TOOLS AND STANDARDS TO MITIGATE DRAINAGE SUCH AS LIMIT THE COVERAGE OF THE FRONT LOT TO 50% AND LIMIT THE COVERAGE OF THE REAR YARD TO 30% TO AVOID THAT DRAINAGE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE NOT IN A FEMA FLOOD ZONE OR WAY.
SO I'M A POST TO THIS SUBDIVISION NOT ONLY TO THE RIGHT OF WAY, AND I DO THINK THAT IT IS SOMETHING IMPOSED BY 'EM AND IT DOES NOT MEET THE ADOPTED 2015 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THERE'S SEVERAL GOALS THAT I HAVE PROVIDED OR THE 2022 ADOPTED COMPLETE STREETS.
UH, MR. SEDILLO, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE JUST TALKED ABOUT AS FAR AS SETBACKS AND YOU KNOW, 50% COVERAGE, THAT'S ALL HANDLED IN WITH PUBLIC WORKS.
CAN, I'M TALKING TO THE STAFF RIGHT NOW.
I KNOW, BUT I WAS GONNA MENTION, I'M ASSUMING THIS AS EXHIBITS.
YOU'RE TWICE OVER WHAT YOUR TIME WAS.
SO THERE ARE RELEGATED REQUIREMENTS FOR LOTS THAT ARE SMALLER THAN THE, THE MINIMUM, WHICH THESE ARE SUCH AS 60% COVERAGE FOR THE LOT.
SO IF IT, UH, WHATEVER THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE LOT IS, THE, THERE CANNOT COVER MORE THAN 60% OF IT.
UM, THIS ARE THINGS THAT ARE VOTED IN BY CITY COUNCIL AS PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS AND THOSE PART OF THOSE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.
UM, THERE WAS REFERENCE FOR SIDEWALK.
THE SIDEWALKS AREN'T REQUIRED ALONG A TYPE TWO PE WHICH THE SUBDIVISIONS COMPOSED OF, BUT IT DOES TAKE ACCESS ALONG NEIMAN, WHICH WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE SIDEWALK ALONG THAT LENGTH.
UM, OTHER ASPECTS WERE CONTINUOUS STREETS.
THESE ARE PRIVATE STREETS WHICH ARE RELEGATED TO USE WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION THAT CREATES THEM.
SO THAT WOULD, THE CONTINUOUS ASPECT WOULD BE MORE SO FOR PUBLIC RIGHT OF VOICE, WHICH WOULD BE A REQUIREMENT AT THAT POINT.
UM, OTHER ASPECTS AS FAR AS, UH, I, THERE'S QUITE A FEW THINGS MENTIONED.
IF YOU WANT TO RECAP IN THE, I WILL BE MORE, HOW ABOUT THE WIDTH OF THE ROADWAYS FOR, UH, EMERGENCY SERVICES? SO THE 50 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY WOULD MEET OUR LOCAL STANDARD REQUIREMENTS.
UM, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THIS ONE, THIS TECHNICALLY NEEDS TO BE 60 BECAUSE THERE ARE UNRESTRICTED RESERVES THAT ARE PLATTED AND RECORDED TO THE NORTH, BUT THOSE DO TAKE ACCESS FROM TABLE, THE MAJOR
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THOROUGHFARE.UM, WE HAVE ALREADY APPROVED MULTIPLE VARIANCES JUST LIKE THIS ONE FOR THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
UM, UH, WE DON'T REALLY KIND OF, AGAIN, THOSE WOULD HAVE TO BE BUILT TO, UH, OFFICE OF CITY ENGINEER STANDARDS, WHICH MORE THAN MAKES IT UP FOR THE ACCESS FOR ANY TYPE OF EMERGENCY VEHICLE.
EVEN THE TYPE TWO PAES HAVE REQUIREMENT TO MEET STANDARDS THAT WOULD ALLOW THE ACCESS OF A FIRE ENGINE OR AMBULANCE.
THERE'S EVEN A FIRE HYDRANT REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THIS SUBDIVISION SO THAT THEY WILL HAVE SUFFICIENT WATER ACCESS AS WELL.
I APPRECIATE YOU GOING OVER THAT.
UM, MY NEXT SPEAKER IS ALEJANDRO CAS.
I'M THE NEIGHBOR ALSO THAT LIVES IN MARBELLA.
I THINK THE BIG CON, THE BIG CONCERN IS FLOODING.
UM, WE HAVE CAMERAS THERE, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND I PRINTED OUT SOME PHOTOS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, FOUR DIFFERENT YEARS.
I'VE BEEN LIVING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 13 YEARS.
I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST, THE FIRST PEOPLES WHO, WHO LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, EXCUSE ME, HE'S TALKING TO.
UM, AND SO FLOODING IS A BIG THING FOR US BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BATTLE THAT EVERY SINGLE, EVERY SINGLE, UM, YEAR.
ALSO THE STREET, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING FROM A 20 FEET TO A 15 FEET AND THAT FEET, THAT STREET IS NOT GOING CONTINUOUS ALL THE WAY TO THE EAST SIDE.
IT'S GONNA CURVE UP, MEANING THAT IT'S GONNA BUTT HEAD TO THE, TO THE PRETTY MUCH OUR FENCE LINE OF A HOUSE.
SO THAT CREATES DANGER IF THERE'S AN ACCIDENT, RIGHT? YOU CANNOT HAVE TWO CARS GOING AT THE SAME TIME.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PULL OUT TO BE ABLE TO GO AROUND.
WHAT IF THE PEDESTRIANS ARE WALKING? IT JUST CREATE AMOUNT OF DANGER.
THERE'S A LOT OF ALLEYS THAT ARE AROUND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE'VE SEEN IT.
WE, YOU GUYS HEARD THERE'S A LOT OF VIOLENCE THERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO THROW STUFF.
SO THEY MAINTAINING THE STREET.
IT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT IT'S JUST THE RISK OF GOING FROM 50 FEET, YOU KNOW, FROM WHERE IT WAS IN 20 FEET AND YOU ARE BUTTING HEAD TWO HOUR FENCE LINE OFF AN ACTUAL HOUSE WHERE PEOPLE AND KIDS PLAY OVER THERE AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO CURVE AROUND TO GO AROUND INSTEAD OF GOING A CONTINUOUS STREET.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
I SEE MR. BROWN, I DIDN'T SEE YOU EARLIER.
MAYBE YOU CAN GET WITH THE, UM, NEIGHBORS AFTER THIS AND TALK TO HIM ABOUT FLOODING AND WHERE THIS GOES FROM HERE AND STREETS AND ALL OF THAT AND SAFETY.
AND THEN MY LAST SPEAKER, UM, I KNOW YOU SAY YOU'RE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
MARY VIAL, IS THERE SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY OR? GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO ENSURE THE NEIGHBORS THAT WE ARE IN COMMUNICATIONS AND HAVE WE MET WITH PUBLIC WORKS PRIOR TO OR IN THE PROCESS OF DESIGNING THIS? UH, THEY WILL BE IMPROVING THE STREETS.
UH, THEY WILL BE PROVIDING THE DRAINAGE, UH, UNDERGROUND ON, UH, UNDER THE, THE NEW PROPOSED PUBLIC STREETS.
AND THEN THEY WOULD BE PROVIDING THE DETENTION THAT'S NEEDED FOR THE EACH DEVELOPMENT.
UH, WE ARE COORDINATING ALSO WITH, UH, UH, THE FIRE MARSHAL IN REGARDS TO PAVEMENT WIDTHS, UH, TURNAROUNDS.
UH, WE'VE ALSO COORDINATED WITH THEM WHERE THE NEW PROPOSED PHILLIPS STREET MEETS THE NEIMAN ROAD TO.
WE'RE GONNA BE IMPROVING THE ENTIRE INTERSECTION TO MAKE SURE THERE'S ENOUGH, UH, TURNAROUND THERE.
WE'VE ALREADY HAD COMMENTS FROM FIRE, UM, THE FIRE MARSHAL, SO WE WILL MAKE SURE TO, TO MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS BY THE CITY.
IT MAY BE A GOOD IDEA TOO FOR YOU TO TALK TO THE NEIGHBORS WHILE THEY'RE HERE.
AND SO I WILL BE HAPPY TO TALK TO THEM.
I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO? OKAY.
CAN YOU PUT THE RECOMMENDATION BACK UP ON THE SCREEN PLEASE? OKAY.
SO COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF TO GRANT THE REQUEST OF VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT FOR ITEM 97.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION MODEST.
ALL IN FAVOR? A OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
[Platting Activities g - j]
ALONG TO G EXTENSIONS OF APPROVAL.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SECTIONS.
G, HI AND J AS ONE GROUP? YES SIR.
SECTIONS G EXTENSIONS OF APPROVAL CONSISTS OF ITEMS 98 TO 108 SECTIONS.
H NAME CHANGES CONSISTS OF ITEM 1 0 9, SECTION I, CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE CONSISTS OF NO ITEMS AND SECTION J ADMINISTRATIVE CONSISTS OF NO ITEMS. THE CLIENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUEST THE APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SECTIONS GHI AND
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J.OJU, DID I GET IT RIGHT? ALMOST.
I HAVE BEEN TR I'VE BEEN TRYING TO STUDY HOW TO SAY THAT.
OKAY, EVERYBODY GOT THAT NOW? OKAY, THANK YOU.
UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR MADAM CHAIR? I JUST WANNA NOTE I'M GONNA BE ABSTAINING FROM ONE ITEM 100.
ANYONE ELSE? ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER HEAS IS ABSTAINING FROM ITEM 100.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR ITEMS? G-H-I-N-J.
MOTION POURS PER SECOND HINES SECOND HINES.
ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
[k. Development Plats with Variance Requests (Edward Buckley and Ramon Jaime-Leon)]
AND WE'LL MOVE ALONG TO KAY DEVELOPMENT PLA WITH VARIANCE REQUESTS.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM ONE TEN FIVE FIVE THIRTY FIVE BIRDWOOD ROAD.
THE SITE IS LOCATED NORTH OF BRASSWOOD BOULEVARD AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF MULLINS DRIVE AND BIRDWOOD ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A 10 FOOT GARAGE BUILDING LINE IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 20 FOOT GARAGE BUILDING LINE FOR A NEW SINGLE FAMILY CONSTRUCTION.
THE PROPERTY WAS PLOTTED, THE PROPERTY WAS PLOTTED, UH, UH, WITH BARKLEY CIRCLE SUBDIVISION IN 1961 WITH A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG MULLINS DRIVE.
BARKLEY CIRCLE IS AN ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WITH CORNER LOTS THAT MAINTAIN A 10 FOOT SETBACK ON THE SIDE.
THE PROPOSED VARIANCE IS KEEPING WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS THERE ARE MANY STRUCTURES THAT ARE LOCATED AT THE 10 FOOT LINE ON THE SIDE ADDITION.
IN ADDITION, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE BACK CURB TO THE PROPERTY LINE IS ROUGHLY 16 FEET, WHICH WILL PLACE THE GARAGE DOOR AT 26 FEET FROM THE EDGE OF THE PAVED STREET.
IN ADDITION, THERE WILL BE A CLEARANCE OF 19 FEET BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AND THE GARAGE DOOR.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE REQUESTED VARIANCE TO ALLOW A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG MULLINS DRIVE IN LIEU OF THE, UH, IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 20 FOOT GARAGE BUILDING LINE.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I DO HAVE TWO SPEAKERS FOR ITEM ONE 10.
MY FIRST SPEAKER IS DON KELSO.
I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED WITH WHAT WAS JUST SAID.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE BUILDING LINE HAS BEEN MOVED 10 FEET CLOSER TO MULLINS AND THERE ARE NO HOUSES THAT ARE WITHIN THAT 10 FOOT MOVE RUNNING FROM, UH, MULLINS RUN.
THIS PART OF MULLINS RUNS ROUGHLY HALF A MILE FROM BEECHNUT TO BRAESWOOD SIX FOOT RIGHT AWAY MOVING THIS STRUCTURE.
IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT WHERE THE HOUSE SITS RIGHT NOW IS ON THE, THE, WHERE THE GARAGE IS GOING TO BE.
SO IF YOU, YOU CAN LOOK AT THE DRAWING OR THE IMAGE.
OH, SO THIS IS THE PROPOSED, WHERE'S THE LINE OF THE HOUSE RIGHT NOW? RIGHT NOW THE EXISTING HOUSE.
THE EXISTING HOUSE RIGHT THERE AT THE 20 FOOT BUILDING LINE DOCUMENT CAMERA.
SO RIGHT NOW THE UH, THE EXISTING STRUCTURE? YEAH, THE EXISTING STRUCTURE, AS YOU CAN SEE, OOPS, SORRY, IS RIGHT HERE.
WHICH IS CAN YOU MAGNIFY THAT? WELL, DON'T TELL WHERE I DID.
SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE GONNA MOVE THE, THE NEW HOUSE WILL BE 10 FEET CLOSER TO MULLINS? NO, THE NEW HOUSE WILL, WILL KEEP THE SAME ALIGNMENT THAT THE EXISTING ONE HAD.
IT IS JUST THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING, UH, THAT THEY HAVE A GARAGE DOOR COMING IN FROM THE LOCAL.
PUT THAT ON THE, WELL YOU'RE NOT ON THE SCREEN NOW.
THEY'RE, UH, REQUESTING A, UH, 10 FOOT GARAGE BUILDING LINE TO ACCESS FROM THE LOCAL.
SO THE NEW HOUSE WILL BE ALIGNED WITH THE 10 FOOT THAT THE EXISTING ONE.
ALRIGHT, SO, SO IF I'M UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THEN THE EXISTING STRUCTURE OF THIS THERE NOW WILL BE TORN DOWN.
AND THE LINE BUILDING LINE OF THE NEW HOUSE FROM THIS GARAGE OR HOUSE WILL BE WHERE IT IS AT THE SAME POINT? YES.
IT WILL NOT BE ANY CLOSER TO MULLENS? NO.
THAT'S ALL ACCURATE AND I'M JUST FINE WITH DOING THAT.
SORRY, IT'S CONFUSING BECAUSE THE BUILD LINE THEY'RE MARKING IS THE CITY BUILD LINE BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE STREET, NOT THE EXISTING BUILD LINE.
THE DEED RESTRICTIONS WERE 10 FEET.
THE BUILDINGS ARE ALL BUILT AT 10 FEET.
AND SO WHAT YOU'RE, THE 20 FOOT WOULD BE THE CITY CODE, NOT THE DEED RESTRICTION.
THE THE STRUCTURES ARE AT 10 FEET, IT'S GOING BACK AT 10 FEET, JUST SO YOU'RE RIGHT.
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WITH ANY, ALL, ALL I WANTED TO MAKE SURE OF WAS THAT THE NEW HOUSE IS NOT CLOSER TO IT'S STAYING WHERE IT WAS.WE DO HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE.
IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, IF NOT, I'M SORRY I DON'T HAVE THE APPLICANT'S NAME, BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, LET ME KNOW.
I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 10, UM, PRESENTATION VIEW.
SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR ITEM ONE 10? MOTION VERSION? I HEARD SOMEBODY ELSE TOO.
THAT'S FIVE 11 CORDELL STREET.
THE SITE IS LOCATED EAST OF 45 SOUTH OF GARDNER STREET AND ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF CORDELL STREET.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A 5.5 FOOT BUILDING LINE IN LIEU OF THE REQUIRED, UH, 20 FOOT BUILDING LINE, UH, FOR A RESIDENTIAL REMODELING.
ADDITION, THE PROPERTY WAS PLATTED WITH BROOK SMITH SUBDIVISION 1905 WITH A ZERO FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG CORDELL STREET.
BROOK SMITH IS A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WITH LOTS THAT MAINTAIN THE MAIN STRUCTURE WITHIN THE 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE.
PART OF THE PROPOSED WORK IS TO EXPAND THE EXISTING, UH, EXISTING HOME, FIVE FOOT TOWARDS THE FRONT PROPERTY LINE WITH AN OPEN, UH, OPEN PORCH.
THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN SUBMITTED FOR REMODEL WITH THE INTENT TO MAINTAIN THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD BY REMODELING THE, UH, EXISTING ONE STORY HOME.
BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT SITE CONSISTS OF AN EXISTING ONE STORY HOME.
AND BECAUSE THE ADDITION IS ONLY FIVE FEET AND WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, STAFF RECOMMENDS, UH, TO APPROVE THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT PLAT VARIANCE, UH, REQUEST FOR A REDUCED BUILDING.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ONE 11 COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, DO I HAVE A MOTION? SECOND HINES.
UH, THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED AT THE LAST MEETING AND MUST BE ACTED UPON TODAY.
UH, LOCATED WEST OF RED ROAD ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF WESTVIEW DRIVE AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF GLORY DRIVE AND WESTVIEW DRIVE, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A 12 FOOT BUILDING LINE IN LIEU OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
ORDINANCE REQUIRED 25 ALONG WESTVIEW DRIVE FOR A NEW SINGLE FAMILY CONSTRUCTION STAFF IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST, UH, INTERSECTION OF WESTVIEW DRIVE AND GLORY DRIVE.
THE PROPERTY WAS PLATTED WITH GLENMORE FOREST SUBDIVISION 1950 WITH A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG WESTVIEW DRIVE.
THE PROPOSED VARIANCE IS, IS PROPOSING VEHICULAR ENTRY VIA THE LOCAL STREET WILL INCREASE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
AND SITE IS ALSO ENHANCING THE RIGHT OF WAY BY PROVIDING A SIX FOOT SIDEWALK WITH THE FOUR FOOT SAFETY BUFFER, UH, BY ADDING ADDITIONAL, UH, 1.5 SIDEWALK EASEMENT.
STRICT INTER UH, STRICT INTERPRETATION OF CHAPTER 42 WILL RESULT IN A SMALLER BUILDING AREA OF 4,100 SQUARE FEET FROM THE ORIGINAL.
UM, 8,600, WHICH IS ALMOST HALF.
THE APPLICANT WILL, UH, ABIDE BY THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE, UH, REQUIREMENTS, UH, ALLOWING FOR SAFE, UH, MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC AT THIS INTERSECTION AND WILL RETRACT THE FENCE 32 FEET FROM A LOCAL STREET.
AND THE CORNER HOUSE WILL BE SET BACK, UH, 23.5, UH, TO FURTHER INCREASE VISIBILITY TO REDUCE, UH, THE CONFUSION.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE CYCLONE? THE, THE WHAT? I MEAN THE 23.5 IS FROM THE MAJOR.
SO, UH, AT THE CORNER OF THE HOUSE, LOOKING AT IT FROM THE FRONT, THAT CORNER IS GOING TO BE 23.
SO THAT, THAT WILL INCREASE VISIBILITY WHEN CARS ARE TURNING.
AND, UM, IT'S REALLY 19 POINT AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE REQUEST, UH, TO ALLOW A 12 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG WESTHEIMER, UH, DRIVE IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MS. AL, IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JESSICA DE DOCO.
MY NAME IS JESSICA D DOMENICO AND MY HUSBAND AND I, UH, TONY, UH, WE OWN THE PROPERTY AT 1402 GLORY DRIVE.
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JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, UH, FOR HELPING US WITH, UM, KIND OF PUTTING THINGS TOGETHER, UH, TO GET TO THIS POINT.WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WE KNOW THAT THERE WAS TIME AND EFFORT PUT INTO THIS BY ALL, AND WE JUST WANNA SAY THAT WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
YES, JESSICA AND I DID, UH, BUY THAT PROPERTY AND WE DO APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFUL COLLABORATION THAT CONTINUED FOR MANY WEEKS, IF NOT MUCH.
AND, AND WE KNOW IT TAKES TIME TO DO THAT COLLABORATION AND WE'RE THANKFUL.
AND THE ONE THING I DO WANNA POINT OUT, WHICH I'VE HEARD ALL DAY TODAY, WAS ABOUT MEETING NEIGHBORS.
THAT WAS AN UNFORESEEN BLESSING THAT WE HAVE MADE SO MANY NEW FRIENDS ALONG THAT STREET WHO WERE SO WELCOMING AND THANKFUL AND JUST LIKE APPRECIATIVE THAT WE'RE CHANGING FROM WHAT THE PICTURE WAS YOU JUST SAW OF WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE.
AND YES, THAT ONE AND THE VISIBILITY AND THINGS THAT WE ARE, HAVE WORKED TOGETHER AS A TEAM HAS JUST BEEN AMAZING.
SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND REALLY THANKFUL FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION SER.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
RUS STREET SITE IS LOCATED SOUTH OF HARRISBURG BOULEVARD AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF RUSK STREET AND SOUTH LOCKWOOD DRIVE.
THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSING A RESIDENTIAL REMODEL IN ADDITION AND IS REQUESTING AN 18 FOOT BUILDING LINE IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE.
REQUIRED 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG LOCKWOOD A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
THE EXISTING BUILDING ENCROACHES THE 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG LOCKWOOD WITH THE CLOSEST PORTION OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.
THE SCOPE OF WORK INVOLVES A COSMETIC REMODEL WITH SOME EXTERIOR STRUCTURAL WORK THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED NEW AT AN 18 FOOT SETBACK, AS WELL AS FRONT AND BACK PORCH EXTENSIONS THAT WILL COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE BUILDING LINES DUE TO THE CURVE OF LOCKWOOD DRIVE ADJACENT TO THE SITE AND THE RIGHT OF WAY, ACQUIRED TO BUILD LOCKWOOD TO ITS CURRENT WIDTH.
THE REQUESTED SETBACK LEAVES ROUGHLY 55 FEET BETWEEN THE STREET CURB AND THE CLOSEST PART OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE, MINIMIZING ANY RISK TO VISIBILITY OR PUBLIC SAFETY.
THE PROPOSED SETBACK IS ALSO COMPATIBLE WITH OTHER EXISTING STRUCTURES IN THE AREA, MANY OF WHICH PREDATE CITY ORDINANCE.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE REQUEST.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
UM, YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL FOR ITEM ONE 13.
[II. Establish a public hearing date of February 5, 2026]
MOVING ON TO ROMAN NUMERAL TWO.ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF FEBRUARY 5TH.
FEBRUARY 5TH, 2026 FOR THE FOLLOWING.
BEDFORD BUSINESS SQUARE, BRIDGELAND CREEK LAND VILLAGE, SECTION SIX, PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE DEL MONTE, SECTION ONE PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE, STEARNS VILLAS AND STU DIVISION.
OKAY, DO I HAVE A MOTION GARZA.
[III. Consideration of an Off-Street Parking Variance for 5317 Inker Street (Edward Buckley)]
NUMERAL THREE, CONSIDER CONSIDERATION OF AN OFF STREET PARKING VARIANCE FOR 53 17 ANCHOR STREET.ROMAN NUMERAL THREE IS 53 17 ANCHOR STREET.
THIS SITE IS LOCATED EAST OF TC JESTER BOULEVARD ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ANCHOR STREET.
THIS APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A WAREHOUSE TO GYM CONVERSION AND IS REQUESTING TO PROVIDE MORE THAN 25% OF THE REQUIRED PARKING AT AN OFFSITE LOCATION MORE THAN 500 FEET AWAY TO PROVIDE A PARTIAL PEDESTRIAN PATH TO OFFSITE PARKING AND TO PROVIDE A TOTAL OF 79 ONSITE AND OFFSITE PARKING SPACES IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 88 SPACES.
THE PROPOSED USE OF THE SITE IS A GYMNASIUM, PRIMARILY OFFERING YOUTH AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR THE LARGEST CLASSES.
PARTICIPANTS ARE DROPPED OFF BY BUS AND PICKED UP BY THEIR PARENTS.
THERE ARE 15 EMPLOYEES ON THE LARGEST SHIFT, NOT ALL OF WHOM DRIVE ACCORDING TO THE APPLICANT.
OFFSITE PARKING IS AVAILABLE IN A PARKING GARAGE ON NODA STREET LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 570 FEET AWAY.
MEASURED PROPERTY LINE TO PROPERTY LINE, WHICH EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM 500 FOOT DISTANCE FOR PROVIDING MORE THAN 25% OF THE REQUIRED PARKING OFFSITE.
THE GARAGE IS APPROXIMATELY 1200 FEET AWAY USING THE MOST COMPLETE PEDESTRIAN PATH TO THE ENTRANCE.
THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES SIDEWALKS OR PEDESTRIAN PATHS TO OFFSITE PARKING.
BUT OPEN DITCHES, POWER POLES AND TREES LEAVE LIMITED SPACE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, MAKING THE COMPLETION OF A SIDEWALK PATH IMPRACTICAL.
THE APPLICANT HAS STATED THAT THE GARAGE PARKING IS USED PRIMARILY DURING EVENTS AND COMPETITIONS AND SHUTTLES ARE PROVIDED TO CARRY PEOPLE TO AND FROM THE GARAGE SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO WALK.
STAFF RECEIVE COMMENTS FROM NEIGHBORS WITH CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC IMPACTS DURING PICKUP TIMES.
THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO IMPLEMENT
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ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO MANAGE TRAFFIC FLOWS SUCH AS REQUIRING EMPLOYEES TO PARK NEXT DOOR UNDER A RECIPROCAL PARKING AGREEMENT, INCREASING THE TIME WINDOW FOR PICKUP, ASKING PARENTS WHO ARRIVE EARLY TO WAIT IN THE PARKING GARAGE AND COORDINATING PICKUP USING A COMMUNICATION APP.GIVEN THE USE OF THE SITE FOR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS TOO YOUNG TO DRIVE THE ABILITY OF OFFSITES EVENT PARKING, THE APPLICANT'S ARRANGEMENTS FOR SHUTTLE SERVICE FROM THE GARAGE AND ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS TO REDUCE TRAFFIC IMPACTS DURING PICKUP WINDOWS.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE REQUEST.
IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS, I'M SEEKING A MOTION FOR, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL.
[IV. Public Hearing and Consideration of a Special Minimum Lot Size Block for East Sunnyside Court Subdivision Section 3— MLS 889 (Jacqueline Brown)]
TO NUMERAL FOUR PUBLIC HEARING IN CONSIDERATION OF A SPECIAL MINIMUM LOT SIZE BLOCK FOR EAST SUNNYSIDE COURT SUBDIVISION SECTION THREE.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THIS APPLICATION BE APPROVED AND FORWARDED TO CITY COUNCIL.
THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED AN APPLICATION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A 6,820 SQUARE FOOT SPECIAL MINIMUM MONTH SIZE BLOCK FOR THE 4,900 TO 5,000 BLOCK OF MAYFLOWER STREET, THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES BETWEEN COFFEE STREET AND CHANGE STREET.
THE APPLICATION WAS DEFERRED TWICE TO ALLOW FOR THE 30 DAY NOTICE PERIOD TO COMPLETE AFTER REVISING THE CALCULATIONS FROM 6,947 SQUARE FEET TO 6,820 SQUARE FEET.
THE APPLICATION IS LOCATED IN THE EAST SUNNYSIDE COURT, SECTION THREE SUBDIVISION.
THE APPLICANT PROVIDED EVIDENCE OF SUPPORT FROM OWNERS OF 10 OF THE 25 LOTS REPRESENTING 46% OF THE TOTAL AREA NOTIFICATION WAS MAILED TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE APPLICATION AREA AND NO PROTESTS FROM PROPERTY OWNERS WERE RECEIVED BY STAFF.
ACCORDING TO OUR ANALYSIS, THE APPLICATION AREA CONSISTS OF 22 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS, REPRESENTING 88% OF THE LOTS IN THE APPLICATION AREA.
THREE VACANT LOTS, REPRESENTING 12% OF THE APPLICATION AREA, AND A MINIMUM LOT SIZE OF 6,820 SQUARE FEET EXISTS ON 16 LOTS IN THE APPLICATION AREA.
THE EAST SUNNYSIDE COURT SECTION THREE SUBDIVISION WAS PLATTED IN 1955 AND SEVERAL OF THE HOMES WERE INITIALLY BUILT IN THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THIS APPLICATION BE APPROVED AND FORWARDED TO CITY COUNCIL.
WITH THAT MADAM CHAIR, WE'RE READY TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CONTINUED.
UM, COMMISSIONERS, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
CAN I GET CLARITY? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
SO WITH NO OPPOSITION, WHY DID IT COME TO US? BECAUSE IT WAS LESS THAN 50% OR LESS THAN 51.
SO THEY MISSED IT BY A FRACTION.
AND TYPICALLY THAT WOULDN'T EVEN COME TO US WITHOUT OPPOSITION, BUT IT'S 50% NOW.
COULD WE ADD TO THE BUCKET THAT IF THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO OPPOSITION, THAT WE LOWER THAT THRESHOLD IN THE FUTURE BY, IN THE ORDINANCE CHANGES IDEA? I MEAN, JUST SEEMS JUST WRITING IT DOWN AS WE SPEAK.
I MEAN, THERE'S NO OPPOSITION OPPORTUNITY TO OPPOSE, RIGHT.
WHY MAKE A MONEY THAT MUCH LONGER MIGHT EVEN BRING IT? YEAH, NO, GOOD POINT.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION? DID I MAKE A MOTION? OKAY.
SO DID YOU DO A VOTE? SEE, Y'ALL CONFUSED ME WHEN YOU INTERRUPT ME.
ALRIGHT, SO ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE IS PUBLIC COMMENT.
DO I HAVE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.
HEARING NONE, I'LL ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 4:10 PM THANK YOU EVERYONE.