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HELLO,[CALL TO ORDER]
I'M LISA CLARK, THE CHAIR OF THE PLANNING HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION, AND I'M CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 2:33 PM ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD, FIFTH, 2026.THIS IS AN IN-PERSON MEETING TAKING PLACE IN THE CITY HALL ANNEX AT 900 BAGBY.
YOU MAY ALSO MONITOR THE MEETING BY VIEWING HTV SPEAKERS.
IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON AN ITEM, PLEASE FILL OUT THE SPEAKER'S FORM BEFORE THE ITEM IS CALLED AND TURN IT IN TO THE 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 REBUTTALS.
NON APPLICANTS AND GENERAL SPEAKERS ARE ALLOWED TWO MINUTES TIME.
THERE'S NOT AN OPTION FOR A REBUTTAL.
EVEN IF YOU DID NOT USE YOUR FULL TWO MINUTES, YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK AGAIN AND TIME CANNOT BE ALLOTTED TO ANOTHER SPEAKER.
TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM THAT WE HAVE 11 MEMBERS, I'LL CALL THE ROLE CHAIR CLARK IS PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER MAREZ IS NOT HERE.
COMMISSIONER NARANJO? PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER PIERCE? NOT HERE.
COMMISSIONER PORT PERLE? NOT HERE.
COMMISSIONER SHEPHERD PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER MON PACA PRESENT.
SO WE HAVE 15, SO OUR QUORUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.
NOW I'LL MOVE ALONG TO, UM, LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF WITHDRAWALS.
SO WE WILL NOT HEAR ANYTHING ON THESE ITEMS AND WE'LL NOT, UH, TAKE ANY ACTION.
ITEM 59 SOUTH PO POST OAK COM COMMERCIAL RESERVE AND 76 RIVER GROVE LP.
[Director’s Report ]
AND NOW I WILL ASK FOR THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CLARK COMMISSION MEMBERS, STAFF, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
I AM VON TRAN, SECRETARY OF THIS COMMISSION AND DIRECTOR OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
I HAVE, UH, TWO ANNOUNCEMENT, BUT BEFORE I GET INTO THE ANNOUNCEMENT, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE A NEW LEGAL COUNSEL THAT IS SITTING HERE WITH US TODAY.
I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU GUYS TO HEATHER AND HEATHER.
WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE FOR YOU TO SIT IN WITH US, UH, WHILE WE'RE, UH, LOOKING FOR OUR PERMANENT, PERMANENT, UH, COUNCIL ON THE TEAM.
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
ALL RIGHT, MY TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FIRST, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS CONDUCTING A PLOT TRACKER USER SURVEY TO GATHER FEEDBACK, REPORT ISSUES AND IDENTIFY IMPROVEMENTS.
THE SURVEY CAN BE A ACCESSED ON THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HOMEPAGE.
THE, UH, AND IT IS, UH, GONNA BE THERE THROUGH FEBRUARY 28TH.
UH, AND E-BLAST, UH, WITH THIS INFORMATION HAS ALSO BEEN SENT OUT TO ALL PLAT TRACKER SUBSCRIBERS, AND YOUR INPUT IS ESSENTIAL TO ENHANCING THE PLAT TRACKER EXPERIENCE.
UH, SO PLEASE, UM, UH, DO THE SURVEY FOR US AND THEN A SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT TO ENSURE THE SMOOTH PROCESS FOR PLAT RECOMMENDATION AND AVOID DELAYS WITH HARRIS COUNTY.
UH, WE ARE SUGGESTING THAT APPLICANTS SHOULD UPDATE THEIR COMPANY NAME IN PLAT TRACKER TO MATCH EXACTLY AS IT AS IT APPEARS ON THE LLC FILINGS.
SO IN CLOSING, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT CAN BE REACHED AT (832) 393-6600.
YOU CAN ALSO CALL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PLANNER OF THE DAY AT 8 3 2 3 9 3 6 6 2 4.
AS YOU KNOW, OUR WEBSITE IS HOUSTON PLANNING.COM.
[Consideration of January 22, 2026, Planning Commission Meeting Minutes ]
WE'RE GONNA CONSIDER THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES OF OUR JANUARY 22ND, 2026 MEETING.[Platting Activities a & b]
MOVE ON TO ROMAN NUMERAL ONE PLATING ACTIVITY.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
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SECTIONS A AND B ARE PRESENTED AS ONE GROUP, WHICH INCLUDES CONSENT AND REPL.ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION SECTIONS AND B ARE ITEMS ONE THROUGH 61 SECTION A.
CONSENT ITEMS ARE NUMBERS ONE THROUGH 31 AND SECTION B REPL ITEMS ARE NUMBERS 32 THROUGH 61.
NO ITEMS NEED TO BE TAKEN OUT OF ORDER AND IF THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO STAFF, I SAID THIS LAST TIME, 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 REPLAY ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON, UH, PLANNING ACTIVITY IN ROMAN NUMERAL ONE? OKAY.
COMMISSIONERS, DO I HAVE ABSTENTIONS? YES.
OKAY, SO SAVE AND ACCEPT ITEMS 2, 3, 28 AND 41.
I NEED A MOTION FOR THE REMAINING ITEMS. MOTION GARZA.
NOW I NEED, UM, DID I INCLUDE NUMBER 10? UH, NO.
SO SIGLER, DO YOU AGREE TO ADD 10 TO YOUR MOTION? YES.
SO NOW WE'LL MOVE ALONG AND APPROVE ITEM 10, 28, 20, NO, EXCUSE ME.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION, VICTOR? MOTION.
ROMAN NUMERAL C, C, EXCUSE ME, ITEM
[c. Replats requiring Public Hearings with Notification (Ken Calhoun, Aracely Rodriguez, and Dorianne Powe Phlegm) ]
C, RE PLATS REQUIRING PUBLIC HEARINGS AND NOTIFICATION.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 62 IS BEDFORD BUSINESS SQUARE.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS EAST ALONG BEDFORD STREET, SOUTH OF WEST BELFORT AVENUE.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENTS REGARDING THIS APPLICATION.
THEREFORE, 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 62 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE TO SPEAK, SIGN TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 63, BRI CLAND VILLAGE, SECTION SIX PARTIAL.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ WEST OF GRAND PARKWAY AND SOUTH OF JACK ROAD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLANT IS TO MODIFY A PORTION OF A APPLIED UTILITY EASEMENT ON ONE LOT.
NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED.
THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT AND STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.
IN EVENT HER LEGAL, THE PROPOSED WE PLA WILL NOT VIOLATE APPLICABLE RESTRICTION.
THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO THE CCPC 1 0 1 FORM.
MADAM CHAIR IS TO PLEASE OF THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 63 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS, IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
ITEM 64 DEL MONTE, SECTION ONE, PART TWO,
THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLOT IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOT.
NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUEST REQUESTED.
THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT AND STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN ADVANCE.
PER LEGAL, THIS PROPOSED REPLI WILL NOT VIOLATE APPLICABLE RESTRICTION.
THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLA SUBSTITUTE THE CCP C 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION.
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THE COMMISSION.YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 64 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 65, ITEM 65, MOTION STREET LIVING.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMIT NORTH OF WESTHEIMER DRIVE AND EAST OF SHEPHERD DRIVE.
THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLA IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LODGE.
NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.
STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IN EVENT PER LEGAL, THIS PROPOSED PLA WILL NOT VIOLATE APPLICABLE RESTRICTION.
AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION.
MADAM CHAIR IS YOU APPRECIATE THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 65 IS CONTINUED.
SO I CONTINUED THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO? ALL RIGHT.
I'LL CLOSE THE 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 IN HARRIS COUNTY EAST ALONG STERN STREET, SOUTH OF OLD SPANISH TRAIL AND NORTH OF LUCA STREET.
THE REASON FOR REPLY IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
LEGAL REVIEW INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL 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 FORM.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 66 IS OPEN.
AMANDA HENEY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR BUSINESS.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS AMANDA HENRY AND I'M A RESIDENT, UH, IN THE NEIGHBORING LOT.
AND I AM HERE TO INQUIRE BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A CIVIC ASSOCIATION IN THE AREA.
UM, WHAT WILL BE THE USE OUTSIDE OF SELLING THE TOWN HOMES? WILL IT BE FOR A SECOND CHANCE OR GROUP HOMES OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE? THANK YOU.
I'LL ASK THAT STAFF GETS WITH YOU AFTER WE'RE DONE WITH THIS PRESENTATION AND SEE IF SHE CAN ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS.
I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO OKAY.
HEARING NONE, I'LL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
BEFORE WE GO TO 67, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU SAW COMMISSIONER PORT PERLE JOIN US.
THE SITE IS IN HOUSTON, CORPORATE LIMITS SOUTH ALONG WEST ALABAMA STREET NORTH OF SARO, ROSS STREET, EAST OF BUFFALO SPEEDWAY.
THE REASON FOR RE PLAT IS TO CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE.
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 APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
THERE ARE NO VARIS REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
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.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 67 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.
[d. Subdivision Plats with Variance Requests (Tammi Williamson, Geoff Butler, John Cedillo, and Devin Crittle) ]
D SUBDIVISION PLOTS WITH VARIANCE REQUESTS.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 68 IS ALDI AND ISD EAST TRANSPORTATION COMPLEX.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ETJ WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY ALONG LOUDER ROAD WEST OF ALDINE WESTFIELD.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A RESERVE RESTRICTED TO SCHOOL AND RELATED USES.
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THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT DEDICATING A NORTH SOUTH STREET THROUGH THE SITE.STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF LAUDER AND CHRISMAN ROAD.
THE SITE CONSISTS OF AN EXISTING SCHOOL BUS HUB THAT APPLICANT PROPOSES TO RECONFIGURE.
THE SITE IS PART OF A RECORDED SUBDIVISION THAT IS REQUIRED TO BE RE PLATTED TO MEET PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO ADDRESS A VARIANCE FOR INTERSECTION SPACING BECAUSE THE BLOCK IS IN EXCESS OF THE CURRENT INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIREMENT, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE A NORTH SOUTH STREET.
THROUGH THIS LOCATION, THE APPLICANT IS ASSERTED THAT A NEW STREET THROUGH THEIR EXISTING FACILITY WOULD BE IMPRACTICAL.
THIS BLOCK IS MOSTLY DEVELOPED AND IS BISECTED BY A FLOOD AREA TO THE NORTH.
THESE FACTORS WOULD LIMIT STREET EXTENSION OPPORTUNITIES BEYOND THE SITE.
IN ADDITION, THE EXISTING STREET GRID SYSTEM CAN ADEQUATELY PROVIDE CIRCULATION AND ACCESS TO ALL TRACKS WITHIN THE BLOCK.
AND THE PROPOSED ALTERATION WILL NOT RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN TRAFFIC.
STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO BE A PRACTICAL ALTERNATIVE TO STRICT INTERPRETATION OF CHAPTER 42 AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
AND WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON 68.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO ALL RIGHT.
OPEN AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I LIKE IT WHEN YOU TRY TO CATCH ME AND IT'S NOT ME.
SO WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT.
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ITEM 69.
ITEM 69 IS HIGHLAND ACRES HOMES PARTIAL REPL NUMBER TWO.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG TOWER STREET NORTH OF WEST MONTGOMERY ROAD AND WEST OF WHEATLEY STREET.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES SIX DUPLEXES ON SIX LOTS.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING VARIANCES TO ALLOW FOR A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE ON LOTS WITH DIRECT ACCESS AS OPPOSED TO 20 FEET AND TO ALLOW FOR 20 FEET OF RIGHT-OF-WAY DEDICATION AS OPPOSED TO THE REQUIRED 30 FEET.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THESE REQUESTS.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ACRES HOME.
COMPLETE COMMUNITY ALONG A 30 FOOT WIDE SEGMENT OF TOWER STREET.
TOWER CONSISTS OF A 60 FOOT SEGMENT ON THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE BLOCK AND A 30 FOOT SEGMENT TO THE NORTH.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO DEDICATE A 30 FOOT SECTION OF THEIR PROPERTY IN ORDER FOR THE ENTIRE BLOCK TO BE 60 FEET WIDE.
THE APPLICANT IS ASSERTED THAT PROVIDING 20 FEET WOULD ALLOW FOR PRACTICAL DEVELOPMENT BY NOT DISPLACING A LARGE PORTION OF THE RELATIVELY NARROW TRACT.
THE APPLICANT HAS PROPOSED SIX DUPLEXES ON THE SITE THAT WOULD BE SET BACK 10 FEET FROM THE PROPOSED DEDICATION AREA.
THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A 25 FOOT BACK A CURB DISTANCE TO THE PROPERTY LINE WITH AN ADDITIONAL 10 FOOT SETBACK TO THE FACE OF THE BUILDING.
THE 20 FOOT FOUR, EXCUSE ME, THE 24 FOOT WIDE DRIVEWAYS WOULD ALLOW FOR ABOUT HALF OF EACH LOT TO REMAIN AS PUBLIC GREEN SPACE.
THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO AGREED TO A CONDITION TO MOVE THE SIDEWALK FURTHER INTO THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DISTANCE BETWEEN THE PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLES.
STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO BE A PRACTICAL SOLUTION TO STRICT INTERPRETATION OF THE ORDINANCE AS IT ACCOUNTS FOR THE UNIQUE SITE LIMITATIONS OF THE TRACK WITH THE TRACKS WIDTH AND THE NARROW RIGHT OF WAY.
STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTING THE VARIANCE IN APPROVING THE PLAT FOR THE CCPC ONE, ONE FORM CONDITIONS.
AND WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT.
I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO, UH, SPEAK FOR ITEM 69.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO ALL RIGHT.
COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION IN FRONT OF YOU TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT TO HAVE A MOTION.
CAN I ASK ONE THING? YES, YOU CAN.
IS THERE SOME REASON WE DIDN'T NOTE THE 19 FOOT GARAGE BILL LINE ON THE PLAT HERE? I MEAN, I SEE IT.
THE REQUEST IS TO HAVE THE GARAGE AND THE FACE OF THE BUILDING AT 10 FEET.
AND THE JUSTIFICATION IS THE FACT THAT THE TRACK ITSELF IS RELATIVELY NARROW AND THEY'RE PROVIDING 20 FEET OF DEDICATION.
SO THE TOTAL DISTANCE TO THE PAVEMENT IS THE, YOU KNOW, FACTOR FOR CONSIDERATION.
BUT ON OUR LITTLE DRAWING HERE, IT HAS THIS GARAGE BUILD LINE AT 19 FEET.
AM I BUT IS IT, IT'S NOT REALLY 19 FEET.
IT'S REALLY 10 THAT MAY BE YES.
IT'S A, IT'S A LITTLE BIT BACK.
FUR 10 IS TO THE FACE OF THE BUILDING.
THE GARAGE IS SET BACK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER FROM THERE.
WE HAD A DATED DRAWING THAT WHERE THEY MISLABELED AS 19 FEET.
I APOLOGIZE, THAT MAY HAVE ENDED UP IN
SO THERE IS NO 19, THERE'S JUST A 10 FOOT BUILD LINE THAT'S CORRECT.
AND SO, OKAY, NOW I WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION.
WHAT'S THE DISTANCE FROM THE PROPERTY FROM, FROM THE CURB TO THE BUILDING THEN? SO I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT CARS BLOCKING THINGS.
BECAUSE ON A NARROW CONFIGURATION, WE, WE RIGHT.
YEAH, CERTAINLY NOT SUPPORT THIS, BUT THE, THE FACT THAT THE LOTS THEMSELVES ARE CLOSE TO 60 FEET
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WIDE, YOU'LL HAVE 24 FEET DRIVEWAY.SO ABOUT HALF OF THE LOT IS GONNA REMAIN AS GREEN SPACE.
AND THEN THE SETBACK DISTANCE, THERE'S 25 FEET TO THE BACK OF THE CURB WITH DEDICATION PLUS THE 10 FEET FOR THE SETBACK LINE.
ITEM 70 IS KIRKENDAL VILLAGE SECTION TWO.
UH, THIS WAS RECENTLY GRANTED A 30 DAY EXTENSION.
THE SITE WAS LO, EXCUSE ME, 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, FOR A 30 FOOT EASEMENT TO SERVE THE SECOND POINT OF ACCESS FOR A 251 LOT COMMUNITY AND TO ALLOW FOR A LIFT STATION AND A DRAINAGE RESERVE TO BE ACCESSIBLE BY, 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 CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ON THIS DEVELOPING BLOCK.
THE APPLICANT IS DEDICATING TWO PARTIAL SEGMENTS OF THESE STREETS WITHIN THE PROPERTY TO FRONT TWO RESERVES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE TRACT.
HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO ADDRESS A VARIANCE FOR FRONTAGE AND POINTS OF ACCESS AS THESE SEGMENTS REQUIRE ABUTTING PROPERTIES TO DEVELOP TO BE COMPLETED.
STAFF HAS CONCERNS THAT GRANTING THESE VARIANCES WOULD COMPLICATE FUTURE STREET CONNECTIONS AND WOULD LIMIT ACCESS TO THE 251.
LOT DEVELOPMENT STAFF HAS BEEN COORDINATING WITH HARRIS COUNTY AND THE APPLICANT AND HAD IDENTIFIED A POTENTIAL SOLUTION THAT WOULD ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE COUNTY, THE APPLICANT WERE NOT ABLE TO COME TO A RESOLUTION AND STAFF'S CONCERNS ABOUT FUTURE STREET CONNECTIONS REMAINS UNADDRESSED.
THE APPLICANT HAS EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO MAKE THEIR CASE AND IT'S HERE TO SPEAK.
UM, PLEASE NOTE THAT IN THE STAFF REPORT THERE'S A REFERENCE TO A POSSIBLE SECOND 30 DAY EXTENSION, BUT WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THAT IN WRITING AND THE APPLICANT WISHES TO NOT PURSUE A SECOND 30 DAY EXTENSION.
UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS DENYING THE PLAT AND DISAPPROVING THE VARIANCE AND WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT.
I DO HAVE SOMEONE SIGN UP TO SPEAK THE APPLICANT.
UH, TRACY YOUNGBLOOD DOCUMENT CAMERA, PLEASE.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION COMMISS, APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S TIME.
AS Y'ALL MIGHT IMAGINE, THERE'S BEEN QUITE A BIT OF BACK AND FORTH AND CONVERSATION BETWEEN OUR CLIENT OURSELVES IN IN HARRIS COUNTY, UH, OFFICE OF THE CITY, UH, COUNTY ENGINEER, EXCUSE ME, UH, ALONG WITH HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT THREE ON THIS MATTER.
I'D LIKE TO LAY OUT THE FACTS AND THEN CERTAINLY, UH, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ANYONE MAY HAVE.
UM, BUT WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST GRANTING OF THE VARIANCE THAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY TO ALLOW A TEMPORARY CONDITION UNTIL SUCH TIME LINDSEY ROAD CAN BE CONSTRUCTED, UH, IN THE FUTURE TO THAT WILL PROVIDE TWO PERMANENT POINTS OF ACCESS.
ADDITIONALLY, IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THE TWO MAIN POINTS OF CONCERN BY HARRIS COUNTY AND IN PARTICULAR HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT THREE, WOULD BE THE CONSTRUCTION AND FUTURE IMPROVEMENT OF LINDSEY ROAD.
I THINK IN A PERFECT WORLD, WE WOULD ALL LIKE TO SEE THAT TODAY.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, THE ENTRY ROAD CURRENT LOCATION, WHICH IS NOT WITHIN THE PLAT BEFORE YOU TODAY, IT'S ACTUALLY WITHIN THE SECTION ONE PLAT.
UM, THAT ROAD'S LOCATION HAS BEEN APPROVED FORMALLY SIX TIMES BY THIS COMMISSION, INCLUDING A VARIANCE FOR INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG KIRKENDAL ROAD, UH, THAT WAS GRANTED 2 20 20 25, ALMOST ONE YEAR AGO.
UH, SECONDLY, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE FUTURE DESIGNATED MINOR COLLECTOR OF LINDSEY ROAD LIES ENTIRELY ON A THIRD PARTY PROPERTY NEXT DOOR TO OUR CLIENT, AND THEREFORE IS OUTSIDE OF OUR CLIENT'S CONTROL.
HOWEVER, TODAY, AND I, I, I REALIZE AND RESPECT THE 11TH HOUR OF IT, BUT WE MERITED ON BEHALF OF MERITAGE HOMES.
WE PROVIDED, UH, HARRIS COUNTY AND HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT THREE, UH, A COMMITMENT LETTER.
UH, IN FULL DISCLOSURE, I THINK THE COUNTY HAS COME BACK OVER LUNCHTIME TODAY WITH A FEW CONCERNS OF THE LANGUAGE OF THAT LETTER THAT I FEEL CONFIDENT WE COULD WORK OUT BETWEEN NOW.
AND, UH, WE'VE GOT ADDITIONAL RUNWAY TO WORK THOSE, UH, THOSE ITEMS OUT.
UM, FINALLY I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, THE RECENT DISCUSSIONS WITH HARRIS COUNTY, UM, AGAIN REGARDING SIGNALIZATION AT KIRK KIRKENDAL ROAD IN DOWEL, ARBOR LANE.
AND I, I KNOW THAT Y'ALL AREN'T HERE TO, TO TALK ABOUT SIGNALIZATION, BUT BASED ON THE TIA AND PARTICULARLY THE PROJECTED LEFT TURNING MOVEMENTS, A TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS WARRANTED.
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UM, WE APPRECIATE THE COMMISSION'S TIME.UM, YOU KNOW, I I DID NOT SUBMIT AN ADDITIONAL 30 DAY EXTENSION AND OUR CLIENT, UH, WAS IN AGREEMENT.
I I WOULD RATHER JUST STATE THE CASE TODAY AND AND PUT IT TO Y'ALL'S VOTE IN CONSIDERATION.
ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
YES, YOU MENTIONED THE CONCERNS OF HARRIS COUNTY, BUT STAFF SAID THEY HAD SOME CONCERNS AS WELL THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED.
UM, HAVE YOU DISCUSSED THOSE CONCERNS WITH STAFF? I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO DISCUSS THOSE CONCERNS.
IN FACT, WHEN I WAS SITTING HERE, UH, LISTENING TO THE INTRODUCTION, I, I'M LEARNING AS, AS YOU ARE OF, OF ANY ADDITIONAL CONCERNS.
AND I, I TOO WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT THOSE MIGHT BE.
MR. BUTLER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT PLEASE? SO THIS IS A ETJ PLAT.
SO THE COUNTY HANDLES THE MORE SPECIFIC THINGS LIKE THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS, THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION.
OUR CONCERNS IS THAT ARE, ARE THAT THE COUNTY'S CONCERNS ARE NOT ADDRESSED YET.
IF THE COUNTY'S CONCERNS ARE ADDRESSED, IN THEORY, YOU KNOW, THE THE, THE ASSERTION MAKES SENSE THAT IF THIS ROAD, IF BOTH THESE ROADS HAVE A FUTURE TO BE CONNECTED, THESE VARIANCES WOULD EVENTUALLY GO AWAY.
BUT OUR CONCERN IS THAT THE COUNTY FEELS THAT, AND THEREFORE WE FEEL THAT THERE'S SOME RISK IN APPROVING THIS NOW BEFORE THERE'S CERTAINTY OVER THE ROAD BEING FINALIZED.
COMMISSIONER MONDE, PACO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY OR DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE HERE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO YES, I WOULD.
UM, I WOULD INVITE, UH, MATT TO SPEAK SOME DETAILS ON THE PROJECT.
IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND STATING YOUR NAME.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO THERE IS AN ACTIVE APPROVED PLAT ON THE NORTH SIDE, WHICH DEDICATED THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF LENS ROAD.
UM, AS IT STANDS TODAY, THAT IS RIGHT AWAY PER THE, PER THE APPROVED PLAT.
AND THEREFORE WE DO NOT SEE THE HARDSHIP OF USING THAT AS A SECOND POINT OF ACCESS ON PUBLIC ROAD, UM, AS IT'S, AS IT STANDS AND GIVEN THAT IT IS, UM, RIGHT AWAY RIGHT NOW.
NOW I'M CONFUSED IF LYNN LINDSEY ROAD ISN'T BUILT, UH, I I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR OTHER OPTION MIGHT BE.
WELL, THE OTHER OPTION, I MEAN, WELL I CAN'T SPEAK AS TO WHEN LENS ROAD IS BUILT, BUT YOU KNOW, THE PLANNING COMMISSION DOESN'T DEAL WITH WHEN THINGS WILL BE BUILT.
BUT THINGS AS, AS YOU, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT LINDSEY ROAD BEING UNAPPROVED RIGHT AWAY OR DEDICATED RIGHT AWAY.
WHAT, HOW DOES THAT CORRELATE WITH THIS PLAT? I GUESS I'M JUST CONFUSED.
SO IT PROVIDES THE SECOND POINT OF ACCESS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO USE THE ACCESS EASEMENT FOR.
SO THEY COULD JUST USE THEIR LITTLE STUB STREET AND PRETEND LINDSAY IS THERE.
I MEAN, HOW WOULD YOU ADDRESS THAT? WHO'S GONNA BUILD THE ROAD? IT'S NOT ON THEIR PROPERTY.
RIGHT, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT MM-HMM
AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THAT THIS PLANNING COMMISSION DOESN'T DEAL WITH WHO'S BUILDING THE ROAD AND WHEN.
WELL, I UNDERSTAND THAT AND WHEN IT, AND WHEN IT GETS BILLED.
BUT THIS PLANNING COMMISSION LOOKS AT PLATS THAT ARE APPROVABLE OR NOT APPROVABLE.
AND SO THE WAY TO GET THIS APPROVED IS TO HAVE TWO POINTS OF ACCESS.
WHICH IT, WHICH IT DOES HAVE, 'CAUSE LENS ROAD IS PLATTED ON AN APPROVED PLAT.
SO THEY CAN JUST TREAT THAT AS IF IT'S THEIR SECOND POINT OF ACCESS AND IT WOULD BE APPROVED.
I MEAN, THE WAY, THE WAY THE COUNTY SEES IT, UH, YES, IT IS, IT IS APPROVED RIGHT AWAY ON A PLAT RIGHT NOW.
ALRIGHT, SO THE QUESTION IS, SO BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE HEARD TODAY, YOU THINK THAT STAFF'S DENIAL IS NO LONGER NECESSARY THAT IT SHOULD ACTUALLY BE APPROVED? NO, NO.
WE'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH STAFF TO DENY THE REQUEST TO USE THE SECOND POINT OF ACCESS AS THAT 30 FOOT ACCESS EASEMENT.
SO NOTHING HAS CHANGED AS FAR AS YOU'RE CONCERNED? AS FAR AS THE INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN GIVEN US.
WELL, WHAT MY QUESTION IS, IS WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT LINDSEY ROAD, IF THEY TAKE AWAY THAT TEMPORARY ACCESS THAT THEY'VE DONE ON THAT BLUE LINE AND THEIR SECOND POINT OF ACCESS IS TO LINDSEY ROAD, DOES THAT GET THEIR PLAT APPROVED? YES.
SO THEY COULD MAKE THAT CHANGE AND IT WOULD BE APPROVED? YES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER JONES? UH, MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MY QUESTION THEN IS WITH THE APPLICANT, UH, ARE YOU AWARE OF, OF THIS OPTION AND AND IS THAT AMENABLE TO YOUR CLIENT? SO WE, I APOLOGIZE, I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED TOO, SO HOPEFULLY I CAN HELP OR WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER.
UH, WE, WE HAVE A PERMANENT STUB STREET IN SECTION TWO'S PLAT THAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY FOR CONSIDERATION.
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AND CONNECTING, I SAY STUBBING, BUT CONNECTING TO WHAT WOULD BE FUTURE LENS ROAD.CAN I ASK A QUESTION? COMMISSIONER SIGLER, THE, THE ROADS AREN'T LABELED ON MY DRAWING.
COULD YOU TELL US WHICH, WHAT, WHICH ROAD IS LINDSEY ROAD? ABSO, ABSOLUTELY.
AND SO THAT PIECE, RIGHT, AND THE HEAVY BLACK LINE YOU SEE THERE IS, IS OUR CLIENT'S PROPERTY BOUNDARY, LINDSEY ROAD FALLING ADJACENT, BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT BLACK LINE AND THEN THE STUB STREET THERE MM-HMM
IS PROPOSED WITH SECTION TWO BEFORE YOU TODAY TO CONNECT TO WHAT WOULD BE FUTURE LINDSEY ROAD PRESENTER VIEW, PLEASE.
RICHARD SMITH WITH HARRIS COUNTY'S, UM, OFFICE OF THE ENG, OFFICE OF THE COUNTY ENGINEER.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE TRAFFIC OPERATIONS AND ENGINEERING.
ONE OF THE THINGS I KIND OF WANT TO CLARIFY ON THIS WAS THAT THE PLOT TO THE NORTHWEST HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THIS COMMISSION AS A PRELIMINARY PLOT.
IT HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED AS THE FINAL, THEREFORE THE WHOLE PIECE OF LINDSEY ROAD, WHAT BOTH THE COUNTY ENGINEER AND THE PRECINCT WERE LOOKING FOR WAS A COMMITMENT OR SUBSTANTIAL WAY TO BUILD THAT ROADWAY AND GET THAT ROADWAY IN BECAUSE IT IS ON THEM MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
ALTHOUGH, LIKE I SAID, IT'S IN A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR THE ADJACENT PROPERTY, WHICH THIS PROPERTY HAS NO CONTROL OVER.
AND UNTIL THAT BECAME A FINAL PLAT, IT WOULD NOT HAVE FORMALLY BEEN RIGHT OF WAY.
ONCE IT, THAT PLAT WAS SUBMITTED AND MADE A FINAL PLAT, IT WOULD BECOME RIGHT OF AWAY.
I APOLOGIZE FOR JUMPING IN HERE, BUT THIS EXHIBIT YOU'RE SEEING BEFORE YOU NOW IS A, AN ENLARGEMENT, A BLOWUP OF THAT AREA WHERE THE SUBS STREET IS.
AND WHAT YOU SEE IN PURPLE IS WHAT OUR CLIENT HAS COMMITTED TO COORDINATING FURTHER WITH HARRIS COUNTY, UH, WHICH IS LINDSEY ROAD, FUTURE LINDSEY ROAD, WHICH IS OUTSIDE OF OUR PROPERTY.
A FOLLOW UP THOUGH WITH, WITH MR. SMITH THAT WE HAVE A PRELIMINARY PLAT MAYBE FOR LY ROAD AND, AND, BUT WE REALLY NEED, OR YOU NEED A RECORDED PLAT OF LINDSEY ROAD RIGHT AWAY.
SO, AND I WILL CLARIFY, I MADE A MISTAKE.
THE PLOT TO THE NORTHWEST HAS BEEN FINAL APPROVED HERE, HERE AS A FINAL, BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN RECORDED.
SO YES, IT STILL IS OUT THERE AS A APPROVED FINAL PLOT THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT HAS NOT GONE AND BEEN RECORDED.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE KIND OF IN A HANGUP RIGHT NOW IS UNTIL IT WAS RECORDED.
AND WHAT I WAS JUST INFORMED IS THAT PLAT EXPIRES, I BELIEVE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH OR EARLY NEXT MONTH, BUT IT IS A FINAL PLAT.
IT JUST HAS NOT BEEN RECORDED.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BALDWIN.
COULD WE NOT DEFER THIS FOR 30 DAYS? GIVE THEM CHANCE TO RECORD THEIR FINAL PLAT AND SOLVE THIS MUCH EASIER? YEAH, THE CLIENT WOULD HAVE TO PUT THAT IN WRITING.
THE, JUST REAL QUICK, THAT PLAT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT HASN'T BEEN RECORDED IS NOT THIS PLAT RIGHT.
IT BELONGS TO SOMEBODY ENTIRELY DIFFERENT.
OH, I GOT, BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PIECE OF PROPERTY.
DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT, DIFFERENT OWNERSHIP, EVERYTHING.
BUT IN THE 30 DAYS, WE'D KNOW BECAUSE IT EXPIRES WITHIN THIR AF WITHIN 30 DAYS.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD EXPIRE.
WHAT I UNDERSTOOD IS SOMETIME IN MARCH, BUT I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THAT EXPIRATION HAPPENED.
BUT YES, COMMISSIONER GARZA, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT WILL NECESSARILY GET RECORDED OR DOES IT RIGHT.
IT IT, IT DOESN'T AND PER THE APPLICANT THAT PROJECT IS NOT RIGHT.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE RISK THAT WE'RE TAKING TODAY IS JUST, IT SEEMS ALL LIKELY THAT ALL THE NUMBERS ARE IN PLACE, BUT IF IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T.
AND THEN WE'RE LEFT HANGING AGAIN AS IS THE CLIENT.
I GUESS MY QUESTION, COMMISSIONER MANKA AND MR. SMITH AND, AND ALL OF THE HARRIS COUNTY, WHAT COULD THIS APPLICANT DO TO MAKE THIS WORK? THEY HAVE NO CONTROL OF ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THEIR PROPERTY BOUNDARY.
COULD THEY MOVE THAT TEMPORARY ROAD A LITTLE BIT, MR. SMITH, LIKE MAYBE OVER TO THE EAST AND SOMETHING TO SEPARATE THOSE TWO ENTRIES AND AND ALLOW THAT TEMPORARY CONNECTION UNTIL LENS ROAD IS FINALIZED? THAT IS A POSSIBILITY.
LIKE I SAID, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH PRECINCT THREE IN THIS.
I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST POSSIBILITIES, AS MR. YOUNGBLOOD MENTIONED EARLIER, THEY SUBMITTED A LETTER EARLY THIS MORNING THAT CAME TO US.
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IF A STIPULATION OF THE COMMISSION WAS THAT PRIOR TO THIS COMING BACK AS A FINAL, THAT ALL OF THOSE ISSUES AND CONCERNS THAT THE COUNTY HAS BE ADDRESSED IN.I BELIEVE IT COULD BE DONE IN A LOT OF THE WORDING, BUT I THINK SOME OF IT WAS THAT WE WERE CONCERNED IN IF THEY DEVELOPED THIS PLAT, THERE'S NOTHING TO SUGGEST THAT THE LINDSEY ROAD WOULD EVER BE BUILT.
AND SO AGAIN, WE'D HAVE A TEMPORARY ACCESS EASEMENT TO THE KIND OF SOUTHEAST ON THEIR PROPERTY, THE MAIN ACCESS EASEMENT, WHICH WAS RECORDED UNDER A DIFFERENT PLOT AND THEN LENS ROAD, WHICH IS ON THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN, BUT NO GUARANTEES THAT IT WOULD EVER BE COMMITTED TO BEING CONSTRUCTED.
AND THAT WAS I THINK THE BIGGEST CONCERN THAT WE HAD WAS GETTING.
SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE THEY'RE LANDLOCKED.
BUT AGAIN, IT IS ON THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN SO WE KNOW IT.
UNLESS THAT CHANGED THROUGH AN AMENDMENT, IT WOULD BE COMING IN.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HOW THAT DEVELOPER ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE WOULD DEVELOP IT, WHICH THIS CLIENT HAS NO CONTROL OVER UNDERSTAND OVER.
BUT I THINK APPROVAL OR GETTING THAT LETTER WORK, HAD WE HAD A COUPLE MORE DAYS, I THINK WE COULD, OR THE REST OF THE WEEK OR EARLY NEXT WEEK, WE COULD HAVE PROBABLY FIGURED OUT HOW TO ADJUST ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT BOTH THE PRECINCT AND THE COUNTY ENGINEER'S OFFICE HAD.
SO YOU THINK IF THEY REQUESTED A 30 DAY EXTENSION THAT WOULD WORK FOR YOU AND THE COUNTY? YES MA'AM.
SO CAN WE CALL MR. YOUNGWOOD? YEAH.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA DO.
MR. YOUNGBLOOD IT, WOULD YOU AND YOUR CLIENT BE AMENABLE TO AN 30, ANOTHER 30 DAY EXTENSION TO WORK THE LETTER ISSUES OUT? YES, MA'AM.
SO WE NEED TO GET THAT IN WRITING BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION.
WE, WE WILL HAVE THAT TO THESE FOLKS RIGHT HERE TO MY RIGHT IN A MATTER OF SECONDS.
UM, I THINK COMMISSIONER JONES HAS SOME QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
SO LET HIM TALK WHILE YOU WRITE YOUR REQUEST UP.
MADAM CHAIR, THAT QUESTION HAS NOW BEEN RESOLVED.
I MUMBLED ON ENOUGH THAT IT GOT RESOLVED.
WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE AND GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE APPLICANT TO WORK 30 DAYS WITH THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER.
I WILL AND BALL WON'T SECOND BUT WE'LL HOLD ON UNTIL WE GET IT IN WRITING.
YOU HAVE IT IN WRITING? WE HAVE IT IN WRITING.
SO A MOTION BY JONES SECOND BY BALL WHEN? ALL IN FAVOR FOR THE 30 DAY EXTENSION? AYE.
THANK YOU TO HARRIS COUNTY AND TO THE APPLICANT AND TO MR. YOUNGBLOOD, UH, FOR ALL THE WORK.
AND JEFF, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS.
ITEM 71 IS MONTROSE MIXED USE.
UH, THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN CITY HOUSTON CITY LIMITS AT THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF MONTROSE BOULEVARD IN WEST CLAY STREET.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A 20 STORY MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR A NINE FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG MONTROSE BOULEVARD.
STAFF IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.
THE SITE CONSISTS OF A CORNER PROPERTY AT THE NORTHEASTERN INTERSECTION OF MONTROSE AND WEST CLAY.
THIS SEGMENT OF MONTROSE IS SUBJECT TO A RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT INTENDED TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND MOBILITY.
THE APPLICANT SEEKS A REDUCED BUILDING LINE TO DEVELOP A 20 STORY HIGH RISE.
THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT FEATURES GROUND FLOOR RETAIL RESTAURANT, SIX LEVELS OF PARKING AND 46 RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
UM, THE CURRENT APPLICATION REPRESENTS AN IDENTICAL RESUBMITTAL OF A PREVIOUS VARIANCE THAT WAS DENIED LAST MARCH.
AFTER WHICH STAFF MET WITH THE APPLICANT AND SUGGESTED THAT THEY REDUCE THE HEIGHT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND REMOVED THE GROUND FULL OF RETAIL ELEMENT.
THE APPLICANT HAS MAINTAINED THEIR INTENT TO RESUBMIT THE PREVIOUSLY DENIED REQUEST, WHICH IS BEFORE E TODAY.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL OF THE VARIANCE REQUEST FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS.
THE APPLICANT FAILED TO ARTICULATE A HARDSHIP TO JUSTIFY THE VARIANCE REQUEST.
THE VARIANCE APPEAR APPEARS TO BE DRIVEN SOLELY BY FINANCIAL CONSIDERATION.
THE PROPOSED IS DISPROPORTIONATE TO THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY AND INCONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WOULD DISRUPT THE EXISTING PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT AND CREATE POTENTIAL SAFETY CONCERNS DUE TO PROPOSED CURB CUTS ALONG CLAY STREET.
RECOMMENDATION IS TO DENY THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO A 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG MONTROSE BOULEVARD.
STAFF WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT WE WILL NOT COMPLETE A FUTURE APPLICATION IF THE IDENTICAL REQUEST IS SUBMITTED AGAIN WITHOUT CHANGES.
WE'VE RECEIVED THREE ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENTS, ONE IN SUPPORT INDICATING THE PROPOSAL WILL BE COMPATIBLE WITH THIS LOCATION AND THOSE OPPOSED INDICATING THE PROJECT'S SCALE PRESENTING SAFETY CONCERNS.
WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED COMMENT FROM THE TS CORRECTING DISCREPANCIES IN THE WRITTEN REQUEST, UH, BUT WITH NO INDICATION OF SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION.
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SPEAKERS COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? OKAY.OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS SUE LEVEL.
DO, UH, FORMER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS GET LIMITED TIME TO SPEAK
THIS HAS COME BEFORE YOU TWICE BEFORE AND YOU HAVE RIGHTFULLY DENIED.
AND LOOK, WE'RE NOT OPPOSING MONTROSE TO, UM, ANY KIND OF REDEVELOPMENT.
'CAUSE IF YOU COME TO MONTROSE RIGHT NOW, IT'S GOING ON ALL OVER THE PLACE.
BUT THE KIND OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WE WELCOME IS THE DEVELOPMENT THAT FITS INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE, UM, WHERE, WHERE IT ADDS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT ALSO WE DEAL WITH DEVELOPERS AND PEOPLE THAT DON'T COME INTO YOUR, YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND TELL YOU LIES.
BEFORE THIS WAS DENIED, THERE WAS A LOT OF LIES, MISINFORMATION, AND MISREPRESENTATION.
AND YOU DENIED IT AS YOU'RE DOING NOW.
SO WHEN WE COME, WHEN YOU COME TO MONTROSE AND YOU WANNA DEAL WITH US, YOU NEED TO COME AND BE TRUTHFUL AND SIT DOWN AND WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT CONTINUE TO REGURGITATE THE SAME THING, HOPING YOU WILL WEAR US DOWN AND THAT WE WILL EVENTUALLY TURN OUR HEAD AND IT'LL SLIP THROUGH.
'CAUSE THAT'S JUST NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
AND YOU'LL SEE A WHOLE POSSE THAT'S HERE TODAY THAT WILL TELL YOU THE SAME THING.
THAT'S ALL FOR ALSO FOR US, A KIND OF A LITTLE BELLWETHER OF SOMEBODY COMES TO YOU DEALING THIS WAY, THEN THEY'RE NOT THE PEOPLE YOU WANNA DEAL WITH.
AND AGAIN, WE HAVE SO MUCH GOING ON IN MONTROSE ON THE BOULEVARD WITH DEVELOPERS THAT ARE COMING IN THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
AND THE TOURISTS DID SEND YOU A LETTER TELLING YOU ALL THE THINGS, THE LIES THAT WERE MISREPRESENTED AND THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE TOLD AND THAT THEY'D MET WITH THEM THEY NEVER HAD.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN AND THANK YOU FOR, UM, SAYING THIS CAN'T COME BACK BECAUSE WE KEPT WONDERING IF WE HAD TO EVERY, EVERY WEEK BE LOOKING TO SEE IF THEY WERE TRYING TO SNEAK BACK IN AND BE COOPERATIVE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO GOOD DEVELOPMENT, BUT THIS IS NOT GOOD DEVELOPMENT.
AND I THINK WHAT MR. BUTLER SAID IS IT CAN'T COME BACK IN ITS SAME FORM.
IT CAN COME BACK, BUT NOT IN ITS SAME FORM BECAUSE THREE TIMES IT'S COME BACK.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTOOD THAT BECAUSE THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WHAT YOU DO.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ROCKY AND I APPRECIATE THIS NATAN.
HE, UH, PHONETICALLY, PHONETICALLY MADE IT EASY FOR ME, SO THANK YOU.
I'M A 34 YEAR RESIDENT OF MONTROSE.
I URGE THE COMMISSION TO DENY THIS VARIANCE REQUEST.
BEAR WITH ME AS I USE SOME COLLOQUIALISMS. YOU CAN PUT LIPSTICK ON A PIG, BUT IT'S STILL A PIG.
I'LL BE WITH A NEW NAME WHOSE VARIANCE HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY DENIED.
IT'S TOO BIG FOR THE LAND AVAILABLE AND IT'S OUTTA SCALE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT WILL DESTROY THE PROPERTY VALUES AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF NEIGHBORING RESIDENCES.
IT'LL ADD TRAFFIC TO AN ALREADY CONGESTED AREA OF MONTROSE BOULEVARD.
THAT DOG WON'T HUNT, MEANING IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK.
THE SERVICE BAY ENTRANCE IS ON WEST CLAY, WHICH IS DESIGNATED AS A SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOL.
THE TOUR 27 IS INSTALLING A SAFETY SIGNAL FOR PARENTS AND STUDENTS TO CROSS MONTROSE TO GET INTO WHARTON ELEMENTARY VIA WEST CLAY.
THE PROJECT OWNERS CLAIM THEY WILL FIND VENDORS AND SERVICE VEHICLES THAT COME DURING SCHOOL ZONE HOURS.
SERIOUSLY, IF A RESTAURANT ON THE GROUND FLOOR HAS THEIR ICE MACHINE FAIL AND THEY ORDER 40 BAGS OF ICE ON A HOT SHOT SO THEY CAN CONTINUE FOOD AND BEVERAGE PREP, YOU REALLY THINK THE TRUCK WILL I 45 MINUTES OUTSIDE ON WEST CLAY DURING AN ACTIVE SCHOOL ZONE, OR IF THERE'S A SERIOUS MECHANICAL FAILURE WHILE ALLEGION OF PLUMBERS OR HVAC TECHS STAND AROUND EATING DONUTS OUTSIDE DURING ZONE HOURS WHEN THEY'RE BADLY NEEDED INSIDE.
ALSO, THERE'S NO WAY TO BUILD THIS TOWER WITHOUT PUSHING CRANES, DUMP TRUCKS AND CONCRETE MIXERS ON WEST CLAY PLUS CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES WILL CREATE DUST AND PARTICULATE MATTER ALONG WITH SMOKE AND TAILPIPE EMISSIONS THAT WILL WAFT THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ONWARD TO THE WHARTON PLAYGROUND, WHICH IS ONLY A HALF BLOCK AWAY.
PART TWO, THE HOLLOW CLAIM THAT THIS TOWER ADDS WALKABILITY TO THE AREA.
PEOPLE AT THE INCOME LEVEL THAT BUY OR RENT LUXURY CONDOS DON'T WALK.
TYPICALLY THEY DRIVE TO THE HOUSTONIAN OR TO RIVER OAKS COUNTRY CLUB TO WORK OUT AND PLAY GOLF.
THEY DRIVE TO PICK UP THEIR DOG FROM DOGGY DAYCARE.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DENNIS PATEL.
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AND I APPROVE THIS PROJECT.OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALEX MOSY.
GOOD AFTERNOON, ALEX MOSEY HERE.
I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE MONTROSE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, I BELIEVE IT'S A POSITIVE STEP FORWARD FOR THE COMMUNITY OF MONTROSE AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BRETT HIGHTOWER.
THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE MONTROSE MIXED USE AS THE APPLICANT.
UH, THIS APPLICATION FOR A VARIANCE IS VERY SIMILAR TO ONE THAT WAS PRESENTED IN 20 18, 1 THAT IS SHOWN ON THE, UH, VIDEO HERE.
THIS VARIANCE IS ACTUALLY APPROVED AT THE EXACT SAME NINE FOOT SETBACK AS THE CURRENT APPLICATION.
UH, A LOT OF COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN MADE ON THE SIZE OF THE LOT IN TERMS OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S BEING MADE WHILE IN 2018, THIS HAS ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE VARI, THE VARIANCE APPLICATION THROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION WAS APPROVED.
HOWEVER, IT WAS NOT RECORDED DUE TO AN ILLNESS OF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER, THEREFORE IT HAD TO BE REKICK BACK TO THE SYSTEM AND REAPPLIED.
SECONDLY, ALONG WITH ME, WHAT I HAVE IS BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME DISCREPANCIES ON WHICH EXACTLY AGENDA ITEM WE WERE ON, BECAUSE WE WERE ON AN APPLICATION AND APPLICATION WOULD BE RESCINDED.
WE HAVE OVER 40 MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE WRITTEN THEIR SUPPORT FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.
AND ONE THAT I'LL HIGHLIGHT, UH, SPECIFICALLY IS MR. MEDA RAS, WHO IS THE NEAR TOWN MONTROSE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD VICE PRESIDENT, NORTH MONTROSE CIVIC ASSOCIATION, VICE PRESIDENT, WHO ALSO HAS A CHILD WHO GOES TO WHARTON ELEMENTARY, WHO EXPRESSED HIS SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT.
NOW, IN TERMS OF ADDING, UH, CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT ONTO THE ALREADY BUSY S BOULEVARD, S BOULEVARD HAS ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPED AS MOLLY'S CENTER HAS WAS JUST DEVELOPED RIGHT THERE.
THERE IT'S CONTINUED DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FUTURE.
THE, THE, THE SIDE OF, UH, THE RIGHT OF WAY IS ALREADY AT ONE LANE, WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO BE ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC.
BUT PENDING THE APPROVAL OF THIS, UH, THIS VARIANCE, THIS, UH, THIS VARIANCE IS ALSO INCREASING.
THE, UM, IS, IS ADDING ONTO THE AVAILABILITY OF HOUSING FOR THIS, THIS, UH, AREA.
UH, THE COMMUNITY HAS COME TOGETHER TREMENDOUSLY, AND NOT ONLY IN JUST IN LETTERS OF SUPPORT, BUT PHONE CALLS THAT WE GET THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO THE VARIANCE PROCESS REQUIRES YOU TO HAVE A SIGN UP FOR AT LEAST 10 DAYS PRIOR TO THE, THE COMMISSION MEETING.
WE'VE HAD TO SIGN UP THERE FOR OVER A YEAR NOW.
THAT DIRECTLY GAVE MY PHONE NUMBER THAT ALLOWED ANYONE TO HAVE INPUT THAT WANTED TO, AND WE MET WITH ANYBODY WHO WAS WILLING TO MEET WITH US AND WE PRESENTED FOR THE PLANS FOR THIS PROJECT.
WE'VE GOTTEN, WE'VE GOT OVERWHELMING SUPPORT AND IT WAS THE REASON WHY WE RESUBMITTED THE SAME APPLICATION AS PREVIOUSLY.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SARAH FRAZIER.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF HYDE PARK CIVIC ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS TO THE IMMEDIATE SOUTH OF THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.
WE'RE SO WITH THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT BEING BETWEEN US AND THE WHARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND CARNEGIE AND, AND, UM, ANOTHER SCHOOL BEYOND THAT.
SO, UM, IT'S MY SECOND TIME HERE OPPOSING THIS PROPOSAL.
UM, AS, AS WE KNOW, THE COMMISSION DENIED THIS BEFORE, UM, CONCLUDING, UH, IN DOING SO THAT, UH, MONTROSE BOULEVARD IS ACTUALLY CHARACTERIZED AS BEST AS MIDRISE RATHER THAN HIGH-RISE.
UM, WE AGREE WITH THAT ASSESSMENT IN 2025.
WE AGREE WITH IT TODAY AS WELL.
UM, IT'S BEEN SUGGESTED THAT THIS PLAN, BECAUSE IT IS HIGH DENSITY, WILL SOMEHOW AFFORD AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR WALKABILITY OR A BETTER CLIMATE.
WE EXPECT THAT PEOPLE WILL DRIVE IN AND OUT OF THE BUILDING.
THEY WILL NOT INTERACT WITH THE STREET ANY MORE THAN A TOWER ON ALLEN PARKWAY DOES.
UM, WE THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, GENTRIFICATION AND DIFFICULTY WALKING TO SCHOOL ARE THE MORE LIKELY OUTCOMES AS WELL AS, OF COURSE, THE FINANCIAL ONE FOR THE DEVELOPERS.
UM, SO I, I DO WANNA MENTION THAT THE SIGNAGE THAT WAS MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO HAS MOSTLY BEEN BEHIND, UM, CONSTRUCTION THIS ENTIRE TIME, OR IT'S FALLEN DOWN AND VISIBILITY HAS BEEN QUITE DIFFICULT, UM, FOR THE SIGN.
UM, WE THANK THE COMMISSION FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS PROPOSAL AND, UH, WE HOPE THAT WE CAN STAY THE COURSE AND DENY THIS PROPOSAL.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARIAN WRIGHT.
HI, NICE TO SEE ALL OF Y'ALL AGAIN.
SO, I'M HERE BECAUSE, UM, I'VE WORKED WITH SOME PEOPLE IN MONTROSE, UM, VOLUNTEERING, WORKING WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO SAVE THE TREES ON MONTROSE.
SO I GOT REALLY CLOSE TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE THERE AND STARTED TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THEIR OTHER CONCERNS, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE ALL STAYED ON THIS LITTLE GROUP CHAT
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AND WE TALK ABOUT CONCERNS THAT GO BACK AND FORTH.WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THE NAME MEDI RES, WHEN EVERYONE CHUCKLED, THERE'S A REASON.
OKAY? I'M JUST GONNA SAY MEDI REYES, MONTROSE NEIGHBORHOOD.
JUST LOOK THAT UP FOR YOURSELVES.
SECONDLY, THIS DOESN'T FIT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT DOESN'T, IT JUST SIMPLY DOESN'T.
IF YOU LOOK AT HOW HIGH IT IS AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR SETBACKS, WHY DO THEY NEED SETBACKS? THEY'RE ASKING FOR SETBACKS SO THAT THEY CAN BUILD THIS THING BIGGER THAN WHAT THE LAND CAN ACTUALLY EVEN TAKE THAT PLUS THEY'RE BUILDING UP SO HIGH.
I MEAN, I'M NOT A PLANNER, I'M NOT A DEVELOPER.
BUT SIMPLY, IF YOU CAN'T FIT WHAT YOU WANT TO FIT ON THE LAND AND THEN YOU'RE GOING UP, WHAT IS IT? 20 STORIES, SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT.
SO THANK Y'ALL FOR LISTENING AND PLEASE DENY IT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MICHELLE BOUCHARD.
I LIVE ON MARCONI STREET WITH MY DAUGHTER.
I OWN A TOWNHOUSE THERE, SO THIS IS RIGHT IN MY BACKYARD.
I'M BETWEEN WEST GRAY AND WEST DALLAS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT MR. HIGHTOWER'S TALKING ABOUT, BUT WE DON'T WANT THIS ON MARCONI STREET.
AND I, I HAVE LIVED THERE NOW FOR NINE YEARS AND WE WERE EXTREMELY UPSET ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
UH, I USED TO BE ON THE BOARD OF NORTH MONTROSE, UH, CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
I'M STILL A MEMBER OF THE NORTH MONTROSE CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
AND, UH, I WOULD BEG YOU TO SIDE WITH THE RESIDENTS HERE.
I'M THE SISTER OF A BIG TIME DEVELOPER.
I'M THE DAUGHTER OF A LAND SPECULATOR.
I'M NOT ANTI-DEVELOPMENT IN ANY WAY, BUT I AM FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT.
AND AS THE PROJECT IS NOW, IT'S GONNA BE VERY DELETERIOUS TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER THE RESIDENTS.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LAURA CAEL KAIL.
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, PLEASE.
I'VE BEEN LIVING HERE FOR OVER 16 YEARS.
I DON'T LIVE VERY FAR FROM THE SITE IN QUESTION AND I SUPPORT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S DECISION, UM, TO DENY.
UM, I DON'T SUPPORT THE PROPOSAL AS SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY LIVES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, I THINK IT'S BEEN SAID THAT THE NATURE IS MORE MIDSIZE, NOT HIGH LEVEL.
AND I THINK YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT 46 UNITS AND SIX SIX LEVELS OF PARKING.
UM, IF THAT'S NOT GONNA ADD TRAFFIC.
AND I THINK IT WAS ALSO MENTIONED THAT MAYBE FINANCIAL GAINS WERE THE FOCUS MORE THAN HOUSING.
UM, I THINK IT'S JUST TOO BIG FOR THE AREA.
I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A HOUSING ISSUE, BUT I THINK MAYBE A MORE PLANNED APPROACH WITH THE CITY WOULD BE MORE BENEFICIAL IN SOLVING THIS ISSUE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE DEVELOPER HAS DONE THAT ALREADY, BUT I THINK THAT JUST A MORE, UM, P PRACTICAL, PRAGMATIC APPROACH WOULD BE BETTER, UH, RATHER THAN MONEY.
THE LAST SPEAKER I HAVE SIGNED IS JOHN CADEN HEAD.
I AM JOHN CADEN, HEAD AND I'M AN ARCHITECT.
I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT.
I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP, YOU KNOW, JUST FIVE BULLET POINTS THAT, THAT I'VE HEARD TODAY.
UH, ONE, THE STATEMENT THAT THIS IS AN ECONOMIC HARDSHIP.
UM, WE DON'T FEEL THAT THIS IS TRUE.
UM, SIMPLY BECAUSE MACHOS IS DESIGNATED A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, IT IS, IT, IT GETS A 25 FOOT SETBACK.
UM, WE, YOU KNOW, IN IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON REALIZE THAT NOT ALL MAJOR THOROUGHFARES ARE EQUAL AND SOME OF 'EM ARE DIFFERENT.
AND THE CHARACTER OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE THE 10 FOOT SETBACK, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WOULD, UH, FIT THE URBAN FABRIC HERE.
UM, AND THEN THE, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A SMALL PROJECT, A SMALL PROPERTY, IT'S SIMPLY A NARROW PROPERTY.
SO IT DIMINISHES THE, UH, THE ACTUAL BUILDABLE FOOTPRINT SIGNIFICANTLY ENOUGH TO WHERE YOU REALLY COULD NOT DO ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE PROJECT.
SO THE HIGHEST BEST USE FOR THE PROPERTY SIMPLY CANNOT BE OBTAINED WITHOUT DIMINISHING, UH, THAT SETBACK.
UH, THE LOADING BERTH ON, ON WEST CLAY IS THERE STRATEGICALLY SIMPLY TO, TO KEEP DELIVERY VEHICLES OFF OF THE STREET.
SO WE WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE PROPERTY.
UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO THAT IS WITHIN THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT AND IT IS FOR DESIGNATED TIMES ONLY.
IT IS THE SAFEST WAY TO SOLVE THE PROJECT AND KEEPS VEHICLES FROM MOVING BACK AND FORTH.
SO ALL OF THE VEHICULAR TRAFFIC IS, UH, INDEED ALONG MONTROSE, UH, TRAFFIC CONCERNS WE'RE IT'S 44 HOMES AND IT'S A SMALL RESTAURANT CURRENTLY ON THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW.
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SO WE ANTICIPATE NO CHANGES THERE.WE DO ANTICIPATE CHANGES WITH THE 44 HOMES.
THESE ARE 3000 SQUARE FOOT HOMES.
THE PEOPLE ARE PRETTY MUCH THERE HALF THE TIME.
WE, WE DON'T FEEL LIKE THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT, UH, TRAFFIC IMPACT.
UH, SO THAT I CERTAINLY, UH, UH, SPEAKS TO THE DENSITY OF THE PROJECT AND THEN THE DIFFERENCES TO THE APPLICATION.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY DIFFERENCES MADE TO THE PLAN.
UM, I FEEL THAT THE DEVELOPERS, THE OWNERS HAVE GOT IT RIGHT AND THE DIFFERENCE HAS BEEN JUST CLARITY.
I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO? OKAY.
COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I DO, YES.
COMMISSIONER GARZA, MR. BUTLER.
SO, UM, WHEN THIS CAME IN, OF COURSE STAFF HAS TO REVIEW IT FROM TOP TO BOTTOM AGAIN AS THOUGH IT WAS COMPLETELY NEW, CORRECT? THAT'S RIGHT.
WERE YOU TOLD BY THE APPLICANT THAT THERE WERE NO CHANGES AT ALL? THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAD BEEN PRESENTED BEFORE? YES.
BUT STILL IT HAS TO BE REVIEWED AND TAKE DEPARTMENT TIME TAX DOLLARS TO GO OVER.
IS THIS THE THIRD TIME WE SEE THIS BUT THE THIRD, SECOND TIME COME TO PLANNING COMMISSION? CORRECT? YES.
AND THEN, UH, ALSO MR. HIGHTOWER MENTIONED THAT IT HAD SOMETHING HAD BEEN APPROVED, A VARIANCE HAD BEEN APPROVED.
SO IN 2018, THE UH, UH, THIS REQUEST, UH, ACTUALLY WITH ANOTHER VARIANCE ALONG WEST CLAY WAS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND THAT VARIANCE WAS FOR WHAT? I'M SORRY FOR PRETTY MUCH IT WAS A SMALL, WE, WE APPROVED A MID-RISE.
IT DID HAVE RETAIL ON THE FIRST FLOOR.
WE HAD DEBATED IT, THANK YOU SUBSTANTIALLY, BUT THEY DID INCREASE THE SIZE SUBSTANTIALLY.
I'M MORE CONCERNED THAT THIS HAS COME BACK MULTIPLE TIMES WITHOUT ANY CHANGES WHATSOEVER.
EVEN THOUGH STAFF HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH THIS APPLICANT TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED, THIS IS WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED, THIS IS WHAT WOULD WORK.
FINALLY, UM, I KNOW IT CAME UP IN THE LAST, IN THE LAST TIME WE VIEWED THIS, THERE WERE QUESTION TO THE APPLICANT AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAD MET WITH THE TURS OR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND TO OUR KNOWLEDGE THEY HAVE NOT DONE EITHER.
SO, AND I'LL LET THEM CORRECT ME IF I MISSPEAK, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY'VE MET WITH SOME ENGINEERS WITH THE TURS AS FAR AS COMPATIBILITY WITH THE CONSTRUCTION, BUT NOT THE TS BOARD, BOARD WHO WOULD MAKE THE DECISION FOR APPROVAL.
ALRIGHT, WELL THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTIONS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, I HAVE A QUESTION.
YES, COMMISSIONER SARRE, SINCE I WAS ON THERE PREVIOUSLY WHEN IT WAS APPROVED, SO IF IT WAS SUBMITTED, LIKE WHAT WAS HAD PUT YOUR MIC OH, IF IT HAD BEEN SUBMITTED, LIKE, LIKE WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.
IF REVISIONS WERE DONE TO WHAT WAS APPROVED IN 2018, THEN WE WOULD REVIEW IT AGAIN AND SEE IF IT, UM, WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
OR HOW DOES, HOW, JUST BECAUSE IT WAS APPROVED ONCE IT EXPIRES, IT'S LIKE A NEW APPLICATION.
IT WAS ALSO A SMALLER PROJECT.
AT THAT TIME IT WASN'T THIS, THIS DID NOT GET APPROVED PREVIOUSLY.
THEY WANT TO REVISE IT TO A SMALLER PROJECT AGAIN.
THEY COULD, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE PRESENTING TODAY.
COMMISSIONER CARROLL IS THE FOOTPRINT THE SAME AS IT WAS IN 2018? SO THE AMOUNT OF DISTURBANCE WOULD BE THE, THE SAME.
IT'S JUST THAT THEY RAISING IT HIGHER, UH, FROM SIX FLOORS, WHICH I AGREE.
TRIPLING IT OVER, TRIPLING IT FROM SIX TO 20.
UH, BUT THE AMOUNT OF DISTURBANCE IN THE GROUND IS THE SAME.
UH, AS IT WAS APPROVED IN 2018, IT WOULD CERTAINLY TAKE LONGER AND THE DISTURBANCE WOULD LAST LONGER BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BUILD 14 MORE STORIES.
MS. CAROL, IT'S SIX FEET OR SIX STORIES LESS.
SO I'M SORRY, BUT YOU, YOU CAN'T CALL OUT FROM THE AUDIENCE.
CAN'T CALL OUT FROM THE AUDIENCE.
SO IT'S STILL THE SAME FOOTPRINT OF DISTURBANCE? CORRECT.
AND THE ACCESS TO AND FROM CLAY STREET HAS NOT CHANGED? NOT, UH, NOT SIGNIFICANTLY, NO.
AND SO ONE OF THE CURRENT CONCERNS ALSO IS THE TRAFFIC.
THAT'S AN ISSUE 'CAUSE YOU'RE, YEAH.
YOU'RE BRINGING MORE TRAFFIC ON THE STREET AROUND THE SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY HAVE MORE RESIDENTS.
BUT SO THE TRAFFIC IS SIX MORE FLOORS? IS THAT, HOW MANY UNITS IS THAT? YES.
I DON'T KNOW AS FAR AS HOW MANY MORE UNITS THAT WOULD BE.
UM, WE'VE GIVEN SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS AS FAR AS WHAT WE WOULD SUPPORT AND THAT IS TO BRING THE HEIGHT DOWN BUT ALSO REMOVE THE MIXED USE ELEMENT ON THE GROUND FLOOR BECAUSE WE FEEL THAT THAT COMBINED WITH, IT'S THE RESIDENCES COMBINED WITH THE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AT SUCH A NARROW AREA AND HAVING THAT AS YOUR ONLY TWO WAYS OF GETTING IN IS WHAT'S PRESENTING THE PROBLEMS. SO IF THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE SUGGESTED AFTER THE PREVIOUS DISAPPROVAL, DIRECTOR TRAN? YES.
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ALSO, UM, CLARIFY AND JUST REMIND PEOPLE, UH, THAT WHEN A PROJECT GETS APPROVED IN THE PAST AND IT DOESN'T GET RECORDED AND TIME PASSED, WHEN A NEW PROJECT COMES TO US AND OUR TEAM IS REVIEWING IT, WE ARE REVIEWING IT TO TODAY'S CONTEXT.SO A LOT OF THE VARIANCE HAS TO DO WITH CONTEXT.
SO REMEMBER IN 2018 THE AREA DIDN'T HAVE CERTAIN DEVELOPMENTS, SO WHEN WE WERE REVIEWING THIS, WE WERE LOOKING AT ADJACENT PROPERTIES THAT HAVE SINCE BEEN BUILT THAT STAYED WITHIN THE 25 FOOT SETBACK.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER IMPORTANT THING.
SO DON'T JUST THINK THAT, OH, A PROJECT WAS APPROVED ONCE BEFORE IT COMES BACK TO US AND WE SHOULD APPROVE IT.
WE STILL HAVE TO RE-REVIEW EVERYTHING AS TO WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY IN CONTEXT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? LAST ONE.
WAS THERE RETAIL APPROVED IN THE 2018? YES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, SO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION BY STAFF TO DENY THE REQUESTED VARIANCE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION GARZA.
WAS THERE ANOTHER CAROL? CAROL? SO YEAH.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 72 IS N-T-W-U-S-A HEADQUARTERS.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS SOUTH ALONG BLE WESTFIELD ROAD AND WEST OF MCKAY STREET.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A RESERVE TO TAKE ACCESS FROM A 20 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY AND A SECOND VARIANCE TO ALLOW A RESERVE TO TAKE ACCESS FROM A NON-CONTINUOUS STREET.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRING THE PLA TO VERIFY THE CENTER LINE RADIUS REQUIREMENT CAN BE MET ALONG MAJOR RAFA HUMBLE PARKWAY.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR DEFERRAL? MOTION GARZA.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN HARRIS COUNTY WEST AND ALONG GOSLING ROAD NORTH OF THE GRAND PARKWAY AND SOUTH OF WILLOW CREEK AND WEST RAYFORD ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG GOSLING ROAD BY NOT EXTENDING ELM ROAD ELM GROVE ROAD, NOR TERMINATED IN A CUL-DE-SAC.
STAFF REQUESTS TO DEFER THE APPLICATION FOR TWO WEEKS TO ALLOW TIME FOR THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE REVISED INFORMATION SPECIFICALLY TO REVISE THE PLAT BOUNDARY TO INCLUDE LAND FROM TWO RECORDED SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE INCORPORATED INTO THEIR SITE PLAN AND PERMIT DRAWINGS.
WE ARE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP A MEETING TO DISCUSS OPTIONS AND STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE.
YES, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
COMMISSIONERS, IF YOU HAVE NO QUESTIONS, DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR DEFERRAL? MOTION JONES.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN WESTERN HARRIS COUNTY, SOUTH OF MORTON ROAD, WEST OF BARKER CYPRESS ROAD AND NORTH OF SOUTH MAY SOUTH NORTH OF SOUTH MATEY CREEK.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING ONE LOT.
AT FIRST THE VARIANCE BEING REQUESTED WAS TO ALLOW THE LOT TO HAVE FRONTAGE AND ACCESS FROM A PRIVATE ROAD EASEMENT.
HOWEVER, THROUGH COORDINATION WITH HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING DEEDS, ROADS IS DEEMED PUBLIC.
THEREFORE, THE VARIANCE BEING REQUESTED IS REVISED TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG DEEDS ROAD.
BY NOT REQUIRING AN EAST, WEST PUBLIC STREET STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE EXISTING INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG DEEDS ROAD BETWEEN MORTON ROAD AND ROSKI ROAD IS APPROXIMATELY 2,650 FEET.
STRICT INTERPRETATION OF THE ORDINANCE WOULD REQUIRE A PUBLIC STREET CONNECTION AT LEAST EVERY 1400 FEET.
MOST OF THE BLOCK TO THE EAST IS ALREADY
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RECORDED.PLATS LEAVING ONE TRACK ALONG JORDAN'S ROAD, WHICH IS ALSO AN ACCESS EASEMENT THAT IS ON THE COUNTY'S ROAD LOG AS THE ONLY REMAINING LOCATION FOR A POTENTIAL EASTWEST CONNECTION.
HOWEVER, THIS SITE IS LESS THAN A THOUSAND FEET FROM ROSKI ROAD.
IF AN EAST WEST PUBLIC STREET WERE PROVIDED THROUGH THIS SITE, IT WOULD ONLY HAVE THE POTENTIAL CONNECT TO JORDAN'S ROAD THAN TEKI ROAD.
WITHOUT ANY FURTHER CONNECTIONS.
THIS PROPERTY IS ONLY PROPOSING ONE LOT AND NEARLY ALL OF THE TRACKS ON DEEDS ROAD AND JORDAN'S ROAD ARE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TRACKS REQUIRING PUBLIC STREET DEDICATION IS IMPRACTICAL AND WOULD NOT DRASTICALLY IMPROVE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION.
HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST.
THEREFORE, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
THE APPLICANT COURTNEY CHENEY IS HERE FOR QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, SO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE? DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? MY POP MOTION MADOCK SECOND SHEPHERD.
UH, THIS APPLICATION WAS DEFERRED AT THE PREVIOUS PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
UH, THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS NEAR THE ACRES, ACRES HOME AREA NORTH OF PAUL QUINN STREET AND EAST OF BALBO STREET.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW SINGLE FAMILY LOTS TO HAVE SOLE ACCESS FROM A PRIVATE ALLEY.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.
THE APPLICANT PLANS TO DEVELOP A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION CONSISTING OF 53 LOTS.
THE STREETS IN THE SUBDIVISION ARE PLANNED TO BE TYPE TWO PAE PRIVATE STREETS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE PRIVATE ALLEY.
THERE ARE NINE HOMES PLANNED TO TAKE ACCESS FROM THIS ALLEY.
UH, THE ALLEY IS 20 FEET IN WIDTH AND ABOUT 150 FEET IN DEPTH.
STAFF HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT AND BASED ON, BASED ON THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED FIRE HYDRANT, EMERGENCY SERVICES CAN ADDRESS FIRE RELATED INCIDENTS WITHOUT EMERGENCY VEHICLES ENTERING THE PRIVATE ALLEY.
THIS REQUEST WILL NOT IMPACT ANY PEDESTRIAN ACCESSIBILITY BECAUSE THIS PRIVATE SUBDIVISION WILL NOT CONTAIN ANY SIDEWALKS.
ALSO, NO LOTS OUTSIDE OF THIS SUBDIVISION WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS REQUEST.
STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTED THE REQUEST OF VARIANCE IN APPROVING THE PLA SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'LL SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
UH, EXCUSE ME, 76 IS WITHDRAWN.
UH, ITEM 77 IS TIDWELL VILLAS.
UH, THIS SITE IS ALSO LOCATED NEAR THE ACRES HOME AREA AT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF WEST TIDWELL ROAD AND TUSKEGEE STREET.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A 15 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG WEST TIDWELL ROAD INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 25 FOOT SETBACK ALONG MAJOR FAIR AIRFARES STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST OF THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO DEVELOP A CORNER PROPERTY INTO 15 LOTS WITH REAR ACCESS ALONG THE SHARED DRIVEWAY.
42 DASH 1 53 B IS A PERFORMANCE STANDARD THAT ALLOWS A 15 FOOT REDUCED BUILDING LINE FOR MAJOR THOROUGHFARES 80 FEET OR LESS WITHOUT THE NEED OF A VARIANCE REQUEST.
THE UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES AFFECTING THIS DEVELOPMENT IS THAT WEST TIDWELL ROAD IS CURRENTLY 120 FEET IN WIDTH, BUT IS SHOWN AS A 80 FOOT MAJOR FAIR FARE ON THE HIERARCHY TABLE.
STAFF BELIEVES THE INTENT OF THIS ORDINANCE IS BEING MET GIVEN THE URBAN NATURE OF TIDWELL ROAD, HAVING TWO TRAVEL LANES IN EACH DIRECTION SEPARATED BY BOULEVARD, ALL OF THE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS ARE BEING MET, INCLUDING REAR ACCESS FROM A SHARED DRIVEWAY ENTRY FEATURES AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO TIDWELL ROAD ROAD AND PARKING SITUATED AWAY FROM THE PEDESTRIAN ROUND STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST.
AND OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVED THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, I SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
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TO E SUBDIVISION PLATS WITH SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS.GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 78 AND 79 ARE COMING, WILL BE PRESENTED
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AS ONE ITEM IF C COMMISSION WILL ACCEPT YES.ITEM 78 AND 79 ARE GRAND MASON GENERAL PLAN AND GRAND RACE GRAND MASON DETENTION RESERVE.
UH, B THE SUBJECT SITE IS AN OVER 1100 ACRE PROPERTY IN THE HARRIS COUNTY EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION SOUTH ALONG WEST ROAD AND EAST OF STATE HIGHWAY 99 GRAND PARKWAY.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO EXCEED THE 2,600 FOOT INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG THE MAJOR THOROUGH OF MASON ROAD TO EXCEED TO 27 14.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.
INTERSECTION SPACING HAS WAS MARKED UP TO BE ADDRESSED ON THE SUBMISSION OF THE GRAND MASON DETENTION RESERVE.
B PLAT THAT PLAT PROPOSES A 38 ACRE DETENTION RESERVE TO SERVE AS A LAKE FOR THE OVERALL GENERAL PLAN AS A LARGE PORTION OF THAT GENERAL PLAN IS WITHIN THE 100 YEAR FLOOD PLAN.
THE PROPOSED INTERSECTION SPACING OF 27 14 IS LESS THAN A 5% DEVIATION FROM THE STANDARD AND WILL NOT PROVE INJURIOUS TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.
HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUEST AS SPECIAL EXCEPTION AND APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
IF YOU HAVE NO QUESTIONS ON ITEM 76 AND 77, NO.
78 9 78 AND 79 DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION.
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES YOU MOVING ON TO F RECONSIDERATION
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OF REQUIREMENT.THAT WILL BE ITEM 80 IS PETTY VILLA.
THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A 4,700 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMITS AT THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF PETTY STREET AND TC JESTER BOULEVARD.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A SINGLE LOT AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A REDUCED BUILDING LINE OF 10 FEET AND LIEU OF THE 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE REQUIRED ALONG THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE OF TC JESTER, THE APPLICANT IS, UH, PROPOSING A SINGLE FAMILY HOME TO TAKE SOLE ACCESS FROM PETTY STREET.
STRICT ADHERENCE TO THE ORDINANCE WOULD MAKE THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, WOULD STRICT, STRICT, SORRY.
STRICT ADHERENCE TO THE ORDINANCE WOULD REQUIRE 25 BUILDING LINE AND WOULD MAKE DEVELOPMENT ON THE SITE AND FEASIBLE.
SIMILAR BUILDING LINE VARIANCES HAVE BEEN GRANTED ALONG THE RIGHT OF WAY AND SOME EXISTING STRUCTURES ARE BUILT CLOSER TO THE RIGHT OF WAY THAN THE REQUESTED VARIANCE.
BUT THOSE STRUCTURES HAVE PREDATED THE EXPANSION OF TC JESTER.
HOWEVER, THIS SITE IS LOCATED AT AN EXIT TURNOFF LANE FROM THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, WHICH TRAFFIC BELIEVES COULD GREATLY INCREASE SAFETY CONCERNS AT THIS LOCATION AND A LESS REDUCED BUILDING LINE WOULD BE MORE VIABLE.
SA CONDITION IS DEFER, IS TO DEFER THE PLA FOR TWO WEEKS TO ALLOW TRAFFIC TO STUDY THIS LOCATION AND SURMISE A MORE VIABLE BUILDING SETBACK FOR THE SITE.
MADAM CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF DEFERRAL.
I'M SORRY, WHO SAID THAT? SHEPHERD MOTION SHEPHERD.
ITEM 81 IS RESON INDUSTRIAL SITE.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS A 2.8 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN HARRIS COUNTY, EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION EAST ALONG RESON ROAD, SOUTH OF ALDEN BENDER AND EAST ULU ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A SINGLE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO NOT PROVIDE AN EAST, WEST STREET TO THE SITE.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE SITE IS A, UH, IS 1,148 FEET FROM THE MAJOR FER OF ALDEEN BENDER.
THE SITE MUST PROVIDE AN EAST WEST STREET TO MEET THE 1400 FOOT INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIREMENTS.
THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OF THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES HINDER THE EXTENSION OF AN EAST WEST STREET.
THE NEIGHBOR IMMEDIATELY TO THE EAST HAS A LARGE DETENTION POND ALONG ITS WESTERN BOUNDARY.
DECIDED IS WITHIN A WELL-ESTABLISHED GRID OF MTFP STREETS, INCLUDING THE PROPOSED MINOR COLLECTOR OF WEST ROAD TO THE SOUTH.
SHOULD AN EAST WEST STREET BECOME NECESSARY FOR THIS AREA, THE LARGER TRACKS TO THE SOUTH OF THE SITE PROVIDE MORE VIABLE ALIGNMENTS.
HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE VARIANCE.
SAY THAT THE LAND USE FOR THE SITE BE RESTRICTED TO INDUSTRIAL TO WHICH THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUEST OF VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I'LL SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
ITEM 82 IS SHELDON INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS PARK.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN EASTERN HARRIS COUNTY SOUTH AND ALONG US HIGHWAY 90 ABUTTING MILLER ROAD NUMBER TWO AND SHELDON ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWO UNRESTRICTED RESERVES AND REQUESTING A RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENT WITH THE VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG US HIGHWAY 90.
BY NOT PROVIDING A NORTH-SOUTH STREET STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE PROPERTY IS A REPL OF PORTIONS OF LARGE ACREAGE TRACKS OUT OF THE HOUSTON FARM SUBDIVISION RECORDED IN 1915.
PRIOR TO US 90, THE CURRENT INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG THE HIGHWAY IS APPROXIMATELY 5,250 FEET.
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ROAD AT THIS LOCATION, STRICT INTERPRETATION OF THE ORDINANCE DOES NOT EXEMPT COMPLIANCE WITH THE MAXIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING OF 2,600 FEET BECAUSE IT IS ALSO, IT IS NOT ALSO GRADE SEPARATED NEAR THE ENTIRE BLOCK IS UTILIZED AS CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS LAY DOWN YARDS.REQUIRING A NORTH SOUTH STREET THROUGH THE SUBJECT SITE WOULD EITHER PROVIDE A PUBLIC STREET FOR SOLE USE BY THE SUBJECT SITE CONNECTING TO KIMBERLY LEE LANE OR WOULD CREATE A SHORT STUB STREET INTO THE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY TO THE SOUTHEAST, BUT NOT PROVIDE A CONNECTION NORTH FOR HIGHWAY FOR ACCESS TO THE HIGHWAY.
HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST.
THEREFORE, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE POT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR ITEM 82? MOTION MAN.
ITEM 83 IS VILLE BUSINESS PARK REPL NUMBER ONE AND EXTENSION.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMITS NORTH AND ALONG WALLACE FULL ROAD BETWEEN MESA DRIVE AND OATS ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING ONE 18 ACRE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND IS REQUESTING A RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENT WITH A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT PROVIDING AN EAST, WEST STREET STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE PROPERTY IS A COMPLETE REPL OF VILLE BUSINESS PARK AND AN EXTENSION OF THE BOUNDARY TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST.
THE SITE IS GREATER THAN 1500 FEET DEEP STRICT INTERPRETATION OF THE ORDINANCE WOULD REQUIRE AN EAST WEST PUBLIC STREET AT LEAST EVERY 1400 FEET.
THE AREA BETWEEN HUNTING BAYOU AND WALLACE FULL ROAD WAS LARGE ACREAGE TRACKS THAT WERE SUBDIVIDED WITHOUT PLATTING OVER MANY DECADES.
TRAIL MOBILE DRIVE THE PRIVATE ROAD EASEMENT TO THE WEST THAT ALSO PROVIDES ACCESS TO THE SMALL CEMETERY SITE HAS BEEN IN THIS CONFIGURATION MOST LIKELY SINCE THE 1960S.
AL'S COURT TO THE EAST DEDICATED 590 FEET TO THE PUBLIC FOR ROAD PURPOSES IN 1934, BUT THE REMAINDER OF THE PAVE NORTH TOWARDS THE BAYOU IS PRIVATE.
THE SUBJECT SITE ONLY HAS FRONTAGE ON THE PRIVATE PORTION OF AL'S COURT TO ITS EAST AT 30 FOOT WIDE.
INGRESS EGRESS, EGRET EASEMENT ALONG ITS WESTERN BOUNDARY AND ALONG WALLACE FULL ROAD AND EAST WESTS STREET THROUGH THIS SITE WOULD ONLY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO TO CONNECT TWO PRIVATE ACCESS EASEMENTS WITH HUNTING BY YOU ABOUT A THOUSAND FEET TO THE NORTH.
TRAFFIC CIRCULATION IS RESTRICTED.
ADDITIONALLY, THE SITE IS AN EXISTING CONTAINER SHIPPING AND STORAGE FACILITY INTENDING TO EXPAND TO THE NORTH IN THE AREA BEING ADDED FROM THE RECORDED PLAT AND EAST WEST STREET IN LINE WITH A GILA STREET FROM THE EL DORADO SUBDIVISION.
AND THE PORTION OF AYAS THAT IS PUBLIC WOULD REQUIRE A STREET TO BE DEDICATED THROUGH THE SITE'S EXISTING BUILDINGS MAKING A STREET CONNECTION.
IMPRACTICAL HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST.
THEREFORE, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS, I'M I'LL SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
THIS ITEM IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS SPLIT BETWEEN HARRIS COUNTY AND FORT BEND COUNTY.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG THE EASTERN BOUNDARY BY NOT EXTENDING OR TERMINATING PEACH WILLOW ROAD WITH THE CUL-DE-SAC STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.
THE SITE IS ACREAGE PROPERTY CONSISTENT OF 17 ACRES PLANNED FOR INDUSTRIAL USE.
THE PLATT IS AFFECTED BY MULTIPLE PIPELINE EASEMENTS.
THE PROPERTY ALONG THE SOUTHEAST BOUNDARY IS A 60 FOOT WIDE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL EASEMENT CROSSING OVER A PLATTED STUBB STREET FROM THE SOUTHWEST CROSSING SUBDIVISION CREATED IN 1982.
THE APPLICANT HAS EXPRESSED CHALLENGES OF CONSTRUCTING A BRIDGE OVER THE DRAINAGE EASEMENT WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY CROSSING MULTIPLE PIPELINES.
STAFF'S MAIN JUSTIFICATION TO NOT MAKE THE EXTENSION IS TO ALLOW THEN THIS INDUSTRIAL SITE TO MAINTAIN DIRECT ACCESS FROM BELTWAY EIGHT AND REMOVE THE ABILITY TO TRAVERSE THROUGH THE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION.
STAFF HAS COORDINATED WITH THE APPLICANT TO REPLACE THE UNRESTRICTED LAND USE OF THE RESERVE TO A MORE RESTRICTIVE INDUSTRIAL USE.
THE APPLICANT HAS VOICED NO OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST AND STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY, EXCUSE ME.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS
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ON THIS ITEM.STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I DO HAVE TWO SPEAKERS SIGNED TO SPEAK.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MS. CHAVEZ REPRESENTING THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S OFFICE.
UM, GOOD AFTERNOON AND GOOD AFTERNOON.
MEMBERS OF, UH, OF THE COMMISSION.
I'M PURITA CHAVIS, THE CHIEF OF STAFF FOR MAYOR PROTE.
SHE'S A COUNCIL MEMBER OF DISTRICT K.
AND JUST WANTED TO, UM, MAKE A COMMENT, UH, IN REFERENCE TO THE RECONSIDER RECONSIDERATION OF THE REQUIREMENT.
UM, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE INTEGRITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, IS MAINTAINED AND THAT, UM, I UNDER, IF I'M READING THIS CORRECTLY, I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, THE, UH, STATEMENT OF FACTS WOULD PROHIBIT, WOULD STOP TRAFFIC FROM GOING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AND ALSO THERE'S A CONCERN, YOU KNOW, UM, WITH TRAFFIC NEAR, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC NEAR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALSO WANT TO ENSURE THAT DRAINAGE WILL NOT BE NEGATIVE, NEGATIVELY IMPACTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL.
WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN.
UH, YOU COME MORE THAN ANYONE AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND WE APPRECIATE IT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GARTH ELLIS.
I'M A RIGHT AWAY AGENT FOR KINDER MORGAN.
AS YOU SAW UP IN THERE, WE ARE DISCUSSING WITH THEM ACCESS ROAD.
WE DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA GIVE IT TO 'EM OR NOT.
UH, WE ARE OPPOSED TO IT BECAUSE AT THIS POINT WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET IN THERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO CROSS OUR FEE PROPERTY TO GET IN THERE.
SO WE ARE OPPOSED AND THANK YOU.
SO, UM, MR. CRIDDLE, I'M GONNA ASK YOU A QUESTION.
ARE YOU RECOMMENDING APPROVAL PENDING THEIR AGREEMENT WITH KINDER MORGAN? YES.
UM, THE SITE DOES MEET THE MINIMUM FRONTAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR RESERVES, UH, AT LEAST 60 FEET, UH, ALONG THE BELTWAY.
UM, WHETHER THERE'S A PRIVATE AGREEMENT THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS WITH A SECOND OR THIRD PARTY, THAT'S, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE OUTSIDE OF THIS YEAH.
OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE WILL REVIEW, BUT, UM, I UNDERSTAND THE, THE SITUATION.
SO MR. ELLIS, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT RIGHT? SO IF IT GETS APPROVED TODAY, THEY STILL HAVE TO GET YOUR PERMISSION.
I'VE WORKED WITH YOUR GROUP BEFORE TOO, SO YEAH, WE UNDERSTAND HOW ALL THAT WORKS, SO THANK YOU.
OKAY, SO COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'LL SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
MOVING ALONG TO I CANNOT GET MY PAPER SEPARATED.
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OF APPROVAL.AND WE DO HAVE GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SECTIONS.
BUT I DO NEED TO, UM, LET COMMISSIONERS, WE'VE, I THINK WE'VE GOT ONE COMMISSIONER THAT NEEDS TO ABSTAIN FROM A COUPLE OF ITEMS. YES.
OKAY, SO WE'VE MADE THAT NOTE.
SO I NEED A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE GH AND I.
WE HAVE NOTHING UNDER K DEVELOPMENT PLA WITH VARIANCE REQUESTS.
[II. Establish a public hearing date of March 5, 2026 ]
TO ROMAN NUMERAL TWO.ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF MARCH 5TH, 2026 FOR THE FOLLOWING.
CHARLES MONT HOME FRICK ROAD RESERVES FUEL DEPOT SOUTHMORE, HLB HOMES ON ALVIN, HLB HOMES ON CARUTHERS, HLB HOMES ON LA COPI, REPL NUMBER ONE HLB, HOMES ON SPRINGDALE, HLB HOMES ON SPRINGDALE ESTATES.
HLB HOMES ON TOUCHSTONE, HLB HOMES ON WAYBURN, KELVIN PARK, KINGSBURY VILLAS, MARINER HEIGHTS, MCAL MC, ALPINE TERRACES, MANIL BOOKSTORE AND RESTROOM.
MILWAUKEE VILLAGE PARK AT OAK FOREST.
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REPL NUMBER ONE, SPRING BRANCH ESTATES NUMBER TWO, PARTIAL REPL.NUMBER 19, WHISPERING PINES ESTATES PARTIAL REPL NUMBER 14 AND WHITE OAK TERRACE ESTATES REPL NUMBER ONE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION PSYCH SECOND SIGLER.
SO, ROMAN NUMERAL THREE PUBLIC COMMENT.
[III. Public Comment ]
I BELIEVE DIRECTOR TRAN WANTS TO MAKE A COMMENT.THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME SOME MORE TIME.
EARLIER IN MY DIRECTOR'S REPORT, I FAILED TO GIVE PROPER ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO OUR NEW ATTORNEY, HEATHER COOK, WHO IS SITTING WITH US.
I APOLOGIZE, I WAS NOT SO ORGANIZED AND DIDN'T HAVE MY NOTES WITH ME.
BUT HEATHER, THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO HELP US.
UH, YOU ARE AN ADDITIONAL, UH, THIRD PARTY ATTORNEY THAT WE'VE RETAINED.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US, UH, TO GET OUR WORK DONE AND NOT HAVE SO MANY DEFERRALS.
UH, SO WE'RE TRULY GRATEFUL FOR YOU.
UH, I JUST WANT, UH, SOME OF OUR NEWER MEMBERS TO KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON BEFORE JOINING THE, UH, RANDALL LAW OFFICE.
UH, I THINK YOU JOINED THEM IN 2023, BUT YOU SERVED 11 YEARS AT THE CITY OF HOUSTON, HELPING CODE ENFORCEMENT PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, UH, LITIGATION.
I MEAN, THERE'S A WHOLE LONG LIST AND I DON'T WANNA NAME 'EM ALL.
UH, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DID WITH OUR TEAM FOR THE PAST, UH, TWO AND A HALF WEEKS.
HAS IT BEEN? AND, UH, IT WENT SO SMOOTHLY BECAUSE YOU ARE HERE WITH US SUPPORTING US.
SO COMMISSION MEMBERS, PLEASE, UH, PROPER INTRODUCTION.
SO, ROMAN NUMERAL FOUR, WE ARE ADJOURNING AT 3:59 PM THANK YOU EVERYONE.