* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:04] AFTERNOON EVERYONE. [CALL TO ORDER] I'M LISA CLARK, THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION, AND I'M CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 2:32 PM ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 20TH, 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, UH, VIA HTV SPEAKERS. IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON AN ITEM, PLEASE FILL OUT THE SPEAKER'S FORM BEFORE THE ITEM IS CALLED AND TURN IT INTO STAFF NEAR THE FRONT DOOR. CONSENT AND REPEAT SPEAKERS ARE ALLOWED FOR ONE MINUTE. NEW SPEAKERS ARE TIME 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 IS 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 OF 11, I WILL CALL THE ROLE CHAIR CLARK IS PRESENT. VICE CHAIR GARZA PRESENT. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN PRESENT. COMMISSIONER BALLARD. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER CARROLL. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER? HE PRESENT. COMMISSIONER HINES PRESENT. COMMISSIONER JONES? PRESENT. COMMISSIONER MAREZ. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER NARANJO? NOT HERE. COMMISSIONER FAM. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER PIERCE. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER POROUS PERLE. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER RIM PRESENT. COMMISSIONER SHEPHERD. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER SIGLER PRESENT. COMMISSIONER SYKES. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER VICTOR PRESENT. COMMISSIONER MANKA PRESENT AND SECRETARY VON TRAN. PRESENT. 19. THANK YOU. WE HAVE 19 MEMBERS, UH, IN, UH, IN ATTENDANCE. SO WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF 11. I DID NOT LOOK. I THINK WE DO HAVE A WITHDRAWAL. I'M SORRY. I DID NOT LOOK FOR THAT. I THINK IT IS. BEAR WITH ME ONE SECOND. I'M SORRY. EVERYONE. 94. NINE NINE AND 99. 8 89. 89. OKAY. 89 AND 94. SO WHAT THAT MEANS, OUR FIRST WITHDRAWAL IS NUMBER 89 MONT SECTION ONE, AND OUR SECOND ONE IS 94 TGI HILL BUSINESS PARK. WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE WILL NOT HEAR ANYTHING ON EITHER OF THESE ITEMS, NOR WILL WE TAKE ANY ACTION. AND NOW I'LL [Director’s Report] CALL FOR THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT. DIRECTOR TRAN. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CLARK, COMMISSION MEMBERS, STAFF, AND THE PUBLIC. I AM VON TRAN, SECRETARY OF THIS COMMISSION AND DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. WELCOME. I DO NOT HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY. UH, JUST A REMINDER ON THE MTFP, UH, WE STAFF PRESENTED THE MTFP APPLICATION UPDATES EARLIER TODAY. NEXT STEP ON SEPTEMBER THE THIRD STAFF WILL PRESENT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COMMISSION, AND FROM THERE WE WILL FORWARD THE MTFP TO CITY COUNCIL FOR A VOTE. THAT CONCLUDES MY, UM, REPORT, UH, BUT JUST QUICKLY FOR ASSISTANCE, PLEASE CALL THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AT 8 3 2 3 9 3 6 6 0 0. TO REACH THE PLANNER OF THE DAY, CALL 8 3 2 3 9 3 6 6 2 4. YOU MAY VISIT US ONLINE@HOUSTONPLANNING.COM. NOW, I TRULY FI AM FINISHED. THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR TRAN. THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM [Consideration of August 6, 2026, Planning Commission Meeting Minutes ] IS CONSIDERATION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES OF OUR AUGUST 6TH, 2026. MEETING COMMISSIONERS WAS ATTACHED TO YOUR AGENDA. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION BALLARD. MOTION BALLARD. SECOND. SECOND FAM. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. MOVING [Platting Activities a & b] ON TO ROMAN NUMERAL ONE PLATTING ACTIVITY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS AKAH BIJI. 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 76 SECTION A. CONSENT ITEMS ARE NUMBERS ONE THROUGH 43 AND SECTION B REPL ITEMS ARE 44 THROUGH 76. NO ITEMS NEED TO BE TAKEN OUTTA ORDER AND THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO STOP. RECOMMENDATIONS. MADAM CHAIR, IF THERE ARE NO INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUEST THE APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSENT AND REBUT ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION. THANK YOU. I DO HAVE A SPEAKER SIGNED FOR ITEM 32, ALTHOUGH THEY'RE HERE JUST FOR QUESTIONS, SO I'M NOT SURE THAT I NEED TO TAKE THAT OUTTA ORDER. UM, TONYA WELLS, DO YOU THINK YOU'LL HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY OR JUST IF WE ASK YOU QUESTIONS? YOU'RE HERE. [00:05:02] ARE YOU HERE NOW? I HAVE A YOU DO HAVE A COMMENT? YES. OKAY, LET ME MARK THAT OUT, THEN I'LL TAKE THIS ONE ASIDE. OKAY. AND I KNOW I HAVE SOME EXTENSIONS. UM, COMMISSIONER HY AYE. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MARRE? YES, I ABSTAIN FROM ITEM 4 5 6 23 AND 24. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER SHEPHERD. 4, 5, 6, 17, 18, AND 45. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHERS? YES. COMMISSIONER. I'M PRIOR THOUGHT ON B, HAVE 55 AND 66. OH YES. I ACTUALLY HAD THAT WRITTEN DOWN TOO. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. SO I NEED A MOTION. SAVE AND ACCEPT ITEMS 4, 5, 6 17 18, 23, 24, 32, 45 AND 55. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION GARZA TAKEN CARE OF. UH, MOTION GARZA. SECOND CAROL. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. NOW I NEED A MOTION FOR ITEMS 4 5 6 17 18, 23, 24, 45 AND 55. MOTION FOR MOTION FOR PER SECOND. SECOND FAM. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. STAFF, YOU'LL DO A PRESENTATION ON 32. GOOD AFTERNOON, MS. BANDY. YES MA'AM. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. BANDY PLANNING DEPARTMENT. UH, ITEM 32 IS MARTIN VIEW HEIGHTS. THIS IS A CLASS THREE FINAL PLAT CREATING 19 LOTS AND TWO RESERVES WITH THE TYPE TWO PAE DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY SITE IS LOCATED EAST OF NORTH SHEPHERD DRIVE AND NORTH OF MARTIN STREET. THE PROPERTY IS PROVIDING THE REQUIRED DEDICATION FOR MARTIN STREET STAFF'S. RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO MARKUPS. UM, THERE NEEDS TO BE A WATER METER EASEMENT SHOWN, UH, WHEN TAKING ACCESS VIA A TYPE TWO PRIVATE STREET, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE MARKUPS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, NOW I'LL CALL SPEAKERS. OUR SPEAKER IS TANYA WELLS. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. MY NAME IS TONYA WELLS. I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE INDEPENDENT HEIGHTS REDEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. I'M HERE REGARDING MARTIN HEIGHTS APPLICATION 2026 DASH 1334, AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT MY COMMENTS BE INCLUDED IN THE OFFICIAL RECORD. IHRC IS NOT OPPOSED TO RESPONSIBLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT INDEPENDENT HEIGHTS, WE SUPPORT INVESTMENT IN QUALITY HOUSING, BUT DEVELOPMENT MUST ALSO BE TRANSPARENT, SAFE, AND ACCOUNTABLE TO THE COMMUNITY. THE APPLICANT'S PRIOR PLAT PROPOSES 19 SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING UNITS ON APPROXIMATELY ONE ACRE. THE PLAT ALSO IDENTIFIES A PRIVATE WATER SYSTEM, PRIVATE FIRE HYDRANTS, PERMANENT PRIVATE ACCESS EASEMENTS THAT ARE NOT PUBLIC RIGHTS AWAY AND NO ELIGIBILITY FOR CITY WASTE COL FOR SOLID WASTE COLLECTION. IHRC HAS REVIEWED THE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE PLAT TRACKER MATERIALS AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE DOCUMENTATION IDENTIFYING THE AGENCY REVIEWS AND LONG-TERM RESPONSIBILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THESE PRIVATE SYSTEMS. SO WE RESPECTFULLY ASK WHO REVIEWED THE PRIVATE WATER SYSTEM AND FIRE HYDRANTS? WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THEM AFTER THE 19 LOTS ARE SOLD? HOW WE EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND PRIVATE SOLID WASTE COLLECTION VEHICLES ACCESS THE DEVELOPMENT AT WHAT DRAINAGE AND STORM WEATHER ANALYSIS WAS CONDUCTED FOR THIS SITE? WE ARE NOT ASKING THIS COMMISSION TO PERFORM THE WORK OF OTHER AGENCIES. WE ARE ASKING FOR TRANSPARENCY. WHO REVIEWED THESE ISSUES? WHAT DID THEY DETERMINE AND WHAT IS THAT DETERMINATION? WHERE IS THAT DETERMINATION DOCUMENTED? FINALLY, IHRC IS ASKING THAT THE STREET ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT BE NAMED IN HONOR OF A HISTORIC INDEPENDENT HEIGHTS COMMUNITY LEADER. SO THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT HELPS PRESERVE NOT ERASE THE HISTORY OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THESE QUESTIONS BE ADDRESSED ON THE RECORD AND IF NECESSARY, THAT CONSIDERATION OF THIS APPLICATION BE DEFERRED UNTIL THE OUTSTANDING ISSUES ARE DOCUMENTED AND ADDRESSED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, MS. BANDY, DO YOU WANNA ADDRESS SOME OF THAT FOR US PLEASE? UM, COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT I HEARD IS THE REVIEW ITSELF, LIKE THE FIRE REVIEW, THE DRAINAGE AND DETENTION REVIEW, ALL OF THAT? IT BECOMES POSSIBLE AT THE PERMITTING STAGE. THIS IS THE PLANTING STAGE WHERE THEY'RE LAYING OUT THE LAND WITH THE NUMBER OF LOTS. PRIVATE STREET SYSTEM IS ALLOWED IN CHAPTER 42, AND THIS PROJECT MEETS ALL OF THE CHAPTER 42 REQUIREMENTS. UM, NAMING OF THE STREET IS, UM, AN APPLICANT'S OPPORTUNITY TO NAME THE STREET. UM, IF THE COMMUNITY LEADER IS ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE APPLICANT AND CONVINCE THEM TO CHANGE THE STREET NAME, THAT MAY BE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER, RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT THE FINAL PLAT STAGE, SO THE NAME IS GETTING APPROVED AS IT IS AND IT MEETS THE NAMING GUIDELINES FOR STREETS. THANK YOU. ANY [00:10:01] OTHER QUESTIONS? DIRECTOR TRAN, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONNECT THE DEVELOPER WITH THE APPLICANT AT THIS POINT? IS THERE A A AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SET A PAUSE FOR A DISCUSSION TO HAPPEN? I'M NOT AWARE IF THE APPLICANT IS HERE OR NOT. I CAN CHECK AND PROVIDE THE INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY LEADER. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. YES. UM, AND TRY TO COORDINATE A MEETING BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM. OKAY. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAID. OKAY. AND THEN, UM, IS MR. BROWN STILL HERE OR OUR OKAY. MR. BROWN, WILL YOU GET WITH OUR SPEAKER AND TALK THROUGH SOME OF THAT WITH HER TOO ON THE PUBLIC WORK SIDE PLEASE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MS. BANDY. COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. MOTION GARZA. MOTION GARZA. SECOND VICTOR. ALL IN FAVOR? A OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. MOVING [c. Replats requiring Public Hearings with Notification (Ken Calhoun, John Cedillo, and Dorianne PowePhlegm) ] ON TO C RELAS REQUIRING PUBLIC HEARINGS. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS KEN CALHOUN. ITEM 77 IS AZIZ VISTA. THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS AT THE CORNER OF SAMSON AND DENTIST STREET. THE PURPOSE OF THE RELA TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS. 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. STATUTE RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. 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 A PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION GARZA. MOTION GARZA. SECOND. SECOND BALLARD. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 78. ITEM 78 IS CHARLES MON STREET VIEWS. THE SUBJECT SIDE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS EAST OF NORTH WAYSIDE DRIVE AND SOUTH OF PARKER ROAD. THE PURPOSE OF THE RELA TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, IN REGARDS TO THIS APPLICATION. UH, REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILES SEPARATELY. SUCH RECOMMENDATIONS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR OF IT, PLEASE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. 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 SIGNALLER. MOTION SIGLER. SECOND. SECOND MAD. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 79. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS JOHN PHILLIPS . ITEM 79 IS FISHER'S POINT AT WAVERLEY PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE. THE SUBJECT SITE IS A NEARLY 8,000 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS EAST ALONG WAVERLY STREET WEST OF VL STREET AND NORTH OF 11TH STREET. THE REASON FOR RE PLAT IS TO CREATE ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOT. THERE ARE NO VARIANCE VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. THIS PLAT HAS BEEN DEFERRED TWICE TO COMPLY WITH NOTICE REQUIREMENTS AND THE APPLICANT HAS NOW MET ALL OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS. THIS IS A REPL OF LOT 21 AND BLOCK 180 1 OF THE HOUSTON HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION AND A REPL OF LOT TWO BLOCK ONE OUT OF FISHER'S. POINT OF WAVERLEY REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THERE IS NO VIOLATION OF RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY S HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCE COMMENTS REGARDING THE APPLICATION STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CCP C 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, IF PLEASE THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CONTINUED FOR ITEM 79. 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 JONES. MOTION JONES. SECOND. SECOND PSYCHS. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ITEM 80. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS DORIAN FL. ITEM 80 IS GOMEZ BIG WOOD DEVELOPMENT. THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS EAST OF NORTH WHITE SIDE DRIVE AND SOUTH OF PARKER ROAD. THE PURPOSE OF THE RELIGHT IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE [00:15:01] FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS. NO VARIANCE ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED, HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WOULD NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OF THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 80 IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WANT ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION. VICTOR? I'M SORRY. UH, MOTION SECOND VICTOR. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 81 MOTION. I I NEED TO REPEAT. THANK YOU. ITEM 81 IS PARKWAY OAKS, SECTION SIX, PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE. THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A 5.3 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE FORT BEND COUNTY, EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION NORTHWEST ALONG EMPIRE OAKS LANE, NORTH OF WESTHEIMER PARKWAY AND EAST OF ROSNER ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A SINGLE RECREATIONAL RESERVE AND THERE IS AND IS REQUESTING A 42 1 93 VARIANCE TO ALLOW THE SITE RESTRICTED TO DRILL SITE AND LANDSCAPE AND OPEN SPACE TO BE CONVERTED TO RECREATIONAL USE. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THIS IS A RE PLAT OF RESERVES B AND C AND BLOCK ONE OF PARK OAKS. SECTION SIX. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THE PLAT DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. THE PLAT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE A RECREATIONAL AREA INCLUDING A SOCCER FIELD, VOLLEYBALL COURT, AND A PAVILION, AND INCLUDES A PARKING LOT WHERE THERE WAS ONCE A LANDSCAPE AND OPEN SPACE RESERVE. AS THIS IS A ONE 90, UH, 42 1 93 VARIANCE, THE PLAT IS INTENDED TO ALTER THE RESTRICTED USE OF A RESERVE WITHIN THAT RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION. AS SUCH, STAFF INSISTS UPON A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THE EXISTING HOA AND CIVIC ASSOCIATION, WHICH HAS NOW BEEN PROVIDED. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUEST OF VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, PLEASE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 81 IS CONTINUED. UM, THE APPLICANT IS HERE FOR QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MS. CRAFT, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO SAY OR JUST HERE FOR QUESTIONS? GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. IF THERE'S NO ONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK, I'LL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION. MOTION MODEST SECOND JONES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ITEM 82. ITEM 82 IS ST. AUGUSTINE PARK. THE SITE IS IN HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS AT THE SOUTHEAST INTERSECTION OF ST. AUGUSTINE AND WARD STREETS. THE REASON FOR RELIGHT IS TO CREATE ONE MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL RESERVE. THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. 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, THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCE COMMENTS. UM, IN ADVANCE. MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 82 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 HINES. MOTION HINES GARZA. SECOND GARZA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 83. YES. 83. THANK YOU. ITEM A THREE IS WARWICK PLACE PARTIAL RE PLAT NUMBER TWO. THE SUBJECT SIDE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS AT THE CORNER OF SANDRA AND BRELAND STREET. THE PURPOSE OF THE RELA TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS WHERE REVIEW BILINGUAL HAS INDICATED THAT THIS PLAT WILL VIOLATE, UM, BUILDING LINE D RESTRICTIONS AND WE HAVE ALSO NOT RECEIVED PROOF OF SUFFICIENT NOTICE. THEREFORE, STATUTE OF RECOMMENDATION IS TO, TO PROVE THIS APPLICATION. MADAM CHAIR OF PLEASE COMMISSION. YOU MAY CONTINUE TO PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CONTINUED FOR ITEM 83. 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 BALLARD. WOW. OKAY. I THINK I HEARD MOTION BALLARD. SECOND. SECOND BALL ONE. RIGHT. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? A OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM 84. ITEM 84 [00:20:01] IS WHITE CHAPEL ESTATE. THE SITE IS IN HOUSTON, CORPORATE LIMITS AT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF CONSUELA AND SOME SUMMER BALL STREETS. THE REASON FOR REFL IS TO CREATE ONE COMMERCIAL RESERVE AND REVISE THE BUILDING LINE. THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS IN ADVANCE. MADAME CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME, WHAT NUMBER ARE WE ON? 84. 84. 84. WHY DOES IT SAY ST. AUGUSTINE PARK? OH. OH. . I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE WE'RE ON. I THOUGHT WE WERE ON 84, BUT THE I HAVE YEAH, IT SAYS IT NOW. IT WAS A PREVIOUS SLIDE, I THINK. OKAY. . I WAS CONFUSED. I'M LIKE, OH GOSH. WHAT HAVE I DONE UP HERE? OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 84. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION GARZA. MOTION GARZA. SECOND JONES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM 85. ITEM 85 IS WHITE OAK TERRACE ESTATES REPL NUMBER ONE. THE SITE IS IN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMITS, EAST ALONG TC JESTER BOULEVARD, SOUTH OF LITTLE YORK ROAD AND NORTH OF GARAN STREET. THE REASON FOR REPL IS TO INCREASE THE DENSITY DENSITY FROM FIVE DWELLING UNITS TO 10 DWELLING UNITS. THE APPLICANT IS ALSO, UH, REQUESTING A RE CONSIDERATION REQUIREMENT AND VARIANCE TO ALLOW A PARKING RESERVE TO BE LOCATED WITHIN 20 FEET FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY OF MAJOR D-F-L-T-C ADJUSTABLE AWARD STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE SUBJECT SITE IS A REPLAT OF FIVE LOTS, ONE PARKING RESERVE AND THE LANDSCAPE LANDSCAPING RESERVE CREATED IN 2023. PRIOR TO THE CHANGES OF THE ORDINANCE THAT OCCURRED IN NOVEMBER OF 2023. AT THE TIME WHEN THE SUBDIVISION WAS FIRST CREATED, THE LOCATION OF THE PARKING SPACE WAS ALLOWED. THE APPLICANT IS ONLY INCREASING DENSITY AND NO ADDITIONAL LOTS OR PARKING SPACES ARE REQUIRED. WITH THE REPL, THE APPLICANT HAS PUSHED THE PARKING RESERVE CLOSER TO THE 25 FEET PEDAL LINE TO ALLOW A SAFE DISTANCE FOR, FOR MANEUVERABILITY AND WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE FROM THE BACK OF THE CURB AND FROM THE BACK OF THE CURB TO THE PARKING RESERVE IS 31 FEET. THE PLAT WAS DEFERRED AT THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION BECAUSE THERE WAS A QUESTION WHETHER THE RESERVE COULD MOVE CLOSER TO THE PROPERTY LINE FOR TC JUSTIN BOULEVARD TO ACCOMMODATE AN ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACE. HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS STAFF DID A SITE VISIT AND REVIEWED THE SITE PLAN AND DETERMINED BY HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS TRAFFIC ENGINEERS THAT TO MOVE THE PARKING RESERVE CLOSER TO THE RIGHT OF WAY WOULD BE UNSAFE AND THE NEW LOCATION OF THE RESERVE IS ADEQUATE. THE DEVELOPMENT IS CONDUCIVE TO THE RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND PROVIDE MORE HOUSING OPTIONS IN THE AREA. 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. HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS HAVE NO OBJECTIONS TO THE REQUEST. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUEST OF VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCE COMMENTS. ANY COMMENTS IN ADVANCE FOR THIS ITEM? MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES TO COMMISSION, YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 85 IS CONTINUED. I HAVE NO SPEAKER SIGNED. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? HEARING NONE. DID I CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING OR OPEN IT? YOU OPEN? OKAY. NOW I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION BALLARD. MOTION BALLARD. SECOND FAM. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. [d. Subdivision Plats with Variance Requests (Petra Hsia, John Cedillo, and Tammi Williamson) ] MOVING ON TO D SUBDIVISION PLA WITH VARIANCE REQUESTS. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS PETRA SHAW. ITEM 86 IS ALDE, ISD DOUGLAS MACARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL AND HAMBRICK MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUSES GP. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, ETJ HARRIS COUNTY EAST OF JOHN F. KENNEDY BOULEVARD, WEST OF US 59 AND SOUTH ALONG ALDINE MALE ROUTE ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING [00:25:01] A GENERAL PLAN FOR AN EXISTING MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS AND IS REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES TO NOT EXTEND NOR TERMINATE CONNOR STREET AND WINFIELD ROAD WITH THE CUL-DE-SAC. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE GP PER HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING'S REQUEST. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS. IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CAN I HAVE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION HINES. MOTION HINES. SECOND. SECOND. CCA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM 87. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS TAMMY WILLIAMSON. ITEM 87 IS ALDEEN ISD NIMITZ HIGH SCHOOL. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN HARRIS COUNTY, EAST OF EAST HARDY ROAD, NORTH OF EAST RICHIE ROAD AND SOUTH OF FM 1960. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A RESERVE RESTRICTED TO SCHOOL AND RELATED USES AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG EAST HARDY ROAD AND WW THORN DRIVE BY NOT EXTENDING ROSE HEATH LANE AND H AND R ROAD, NOR TO TERMINATE THE STUBB STREETS IN A CUL-DE-SAC. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE SITE IS AN EXISTING SCHOOL SITE. H AND R ROAD WAS DEDICATED BY SEPARATE INSTRUMENT IN 1963 AND 1966 ROSE HEATH LANE WAS DEDICATED WITHIN THE WOOD CREEK SECTION ONE SUBDIVISION IN 1978, NORTHEAST OF THE SUBJECT SITE ACROSS TURKEY CREEK. A PORTION OF H AND R ROAD WAS ALREADY ABANDONED THROUGH COMMISSIONER'S COURT IN IN 2007 WITH THE RE PLATTING OF GST SUBDIVISION, WHICH ALSO GRANTED VARIANCES TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING. SIMILAR TO THIS REQUEST, THE REMAINDER SEGMENT OF H AND R ROAD AT THE SUBJECT SITE'S NORTHEASTERN BOUNDARY IS UNIMPROVED REQUIRING THE EXTENSION OF WW THORN DRIVE WOULD INTERSECT IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO ONE OF THE TWO EXISTING PUBLIC STREETS THAT PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE EAST REQUIRING THE EXTENSION OF ROSE HEATH LANE THROUGH THE EXISTING SCHOOL SITE TO EAST HARDY ROAD. WOULD LIKEWISE NOT PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT TO THE AREA'S TRAFFIC CIRCULATION, BOTH HARVEST HILL LANE, THE UNIMPROVED, THE IMPROVED STREET THAT INTERSECTS EACH IN OUR ROAD AND ROSE HEATH LANE ARE ONE LOT IN DEPTH AND WOULD OTHERWISE MEET THE EXCEPTION NOT REQUIRING THE STREETS TO TERMINATE IN A CUL-DE-SAC EXCEPT FOR THE EXCESSIVE INTERSECTION SPACING. ADDITIONALLY, A PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION TO ROSE HILL LANE WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED. HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING HAS VOICED NO OBJECTIONS 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. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS. IF YOU HAVE NO QUESTIONS, MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION AK MOTION AKA. SECOND CAROL. SECOND CAROL. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ITEM 88. ITEM 88 IS ALDE WESTFIELD INDUSTRIAL. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S EX TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN HARRIS COUNTY WEST AND ALONG ALDE WESTFIELD ROAD, SOUTH OF EAST AIRTECH ROAD AND NORTH OF RANKIN ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW EXCESSIVE INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT REQUIRING A NORTH SOUTH STREET STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE APPLICANT IS INTENDING TO USE THE SITE FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES. THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE SUBJECT SITE'S NORTHERN BOUNDARY IS WITHIN A RECORDED SUBDIVISION OF DEVELOPED LOTS WITHOUT A SUB STREET. ALTHOUGH THE INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG ALDEEN WESTFIELD ROAD IS MORE THAN 5,600 FEET, THE ORDINANCE DOES NOT REQUIRE A LOCAL STREET TO CROSS THE CENTER POINT OWNED TRANSMISSION CORRIDOR. THEREFORE, NO VARIANCE IS NEEDED NOT TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC STREET WEST BECAUSE THE PROPERTY DEPTH IS APPROXIMATELY 1800 FEET, A PUBLIC STREET COULD BE PROVIDED FROM ALDE WESTFIELD AND TURNED TO STUB INTO THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY. THIS IS IMPRACTICAL, HOWEVER, DUE TO THE RECORDED SUBDIVISION IN THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THIS BLOCK. ANY STREET PROVIDED EAST OF THE CENTER POINT FEE STRIP BETWEEN EAST AEX AND RANKIN ROAD WOULD NOT PROVIDE MEANINGFUL CONNECTIVITY TO THE REGION. HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING HAS VOICED 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 RECEIVED ONE PUBLIC COMMENT IN ADVANCE WITH DRAINAGE CONCERNS. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. COMMISSIONERS, IF YOU HAVE NO QUESTIONS, MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION MOTION [00:30:01] AKA. MOTION AKAKA. SECOND. SECOND MAD. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 89 IS WITHDRAWN. MOVING TO 90, ITEM 90 IS ENCLAVE AT ST. CHARLES. THE SUBJECT SIDE IS AN OVER 5,600 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS WEST ALONG ST. CHARLES STREET NORTH ALONG ALABAMA STREET AND EAST OF EMANCIPATION AVENUE. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING THREE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW THREE LOTS TO TAKE ACCESS VIA ACCESS EASEMENT IN LIEU OF PUBLIC STREET FRONTAGE. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE PLAT INTENDS TO COMBINE AN EXISTING SIX FOOT WIDE ACCESS EASEMENT IN THE ADJACENT PROPERTY SHOWN IN RED, UH, WITH A SIX FOOT WIDE, UH, ACCESS EASEMENT SH IN RECENTLY CREATED IN THE SUBJECT SITE SHOWN IN BLUE TO PROVIDE AN OVERALL 12 FOOT ACCESS EASEMENT TO ALLOW VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE THREE LOTS. THE EXISTING CURB AND THE PAVEMENT OF ST. CHARLES CURRENTLY EXISTS OR ARE CURRENTLY ENCROACHED INTO THE SITE BY 6.1 FEET. THAT 6.1 FEET IS BEING DEDICATED TO THE RIGHT OF WAY. THE PLAT WAS DEFERRED LAST COMMISSION TO PROVE VIABLE, UH, VEHICULAR ACCESSIBILITY IN THE LIMITED EASEMENT AND TO PROVIDE A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THE NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH WHO IS PROVIDING THAT OTHER SIX FOOT EASEMENT. THERE WAS ALSO A REQUEST FOR A REDUCED FIVE FOOT BUILDING LINE, BUT THE APPLICANT HAS REPEALED THAT REQUEST AND IS MEETING THE 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE REQUIREMENT AND DENYING VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM LOT ONE TO ST. CHARLES. THE SITE ISN'T AN UNUSUAL FORMATION THAT, UH, MAKES ACCESS DIFFICULT AND HINDERS, UH, OTHER VIABLE SUBDIVISION OPTIONS. VIA CHAPTER 42. IN PURSUIT OF VIABLE ACCESSIBILITY, THE APPLICANT ACQUIRED AN EASEMENT FROM THE NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH, UH, WHO HAS ALSO PROVIDED A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IN THE DEFERRAL. THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO PROVIDED A TRAFFIC STUDY TO SHOW THE FUNCTIONING VEHICULAR ACCESS AND TURNING RADII, WHICH HAS BEEN APPROVED BY PUBLIC WORKS. THE GARAGES SHOW A 21 FOOT, UH, SPACING FROM THE FAR SIDE OF THE ACCESS EASEMENTS, WHICH DOES EXCEED THE 20 FOOT MINIMUM REQUIRED BY THE IDM STAFF. RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUEST OF VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CCP C 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES SAS PRESENTATION. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I HAVE YES, COMMISSIONER BALDWIN. I'M VERY NERVOUS ABOUT THIS. . IT'S LEADING US DOWN A PATH WHERE WE HAVE A HOUSE WITH AN ALLEY AND WE JUST CUT IT IN HALF AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE HOUSES THAT FACE ALLEYS, WHICH IS BASICALLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING HERE. I DON'T KNOW HOW THE UBER DRIVER'S GONNA FIND THEM OR UBER EATS OR AMAZON LOT TOO. I I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S GONNA FIND THEM, BUT IT, IT, WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING THESE LOTS AND WE'RE ALLOWING THEM TO SUBDIVIDE AND FACE A 12 FOOT ACCESS EASEMENT. THAT WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE OF CUTTING A LOT IN THE HEIGHTS AND LET IT TAKE ENTRANCE FROM THE ALLEY, WHICH WE HAVE DENIED MULTIPLE TIMES. I'M, I'M VERY NERVOUS ABOUT THIS PRECEDENT. WHO WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO THAT? MS. BANDY? I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS. GOOD AFTERNOON. S BANDY. UM, THAT IS A VERY VALID QUESTION. THE ONLY REASON THAT STAFF WENT WITH THE SUPPORT OF AN ON THIS PROJECT IS THERE IS, THERE WAS A ALREADY AN EXISTING ACCESS EASEMENT. SO THINK OF IT LIKE A PROPERTY THAT ALREADY TAKES ACCESS FROM AN ACCESS EASEMENT AND THEY WERE SUBDIVIDING AND ALSO ADDING TO THE WIDTH OF THE ACCESS EASEMENT. SO THAT WAS THE REASON FOR SUPPORT. UM, SO AS IF IT'S A LANDLOCKED PROPERTY, BUT IT'S A VALID QUESTION IF YOU WANT US TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AND, UM, THINK ABOUT IT MORE. IT'S ONLY 12 FEET. I THINK IT'S VERY NARROW. IT IS NARROW TO GET THERE. THIS IS A SELF-IMPOSED CONDITION. THEY HAVE ACCESS ALL ONLY NINE FEET WIDE. MICROPHONE PLEASE. THE PRESIDENT MAKES ME VERY NERVOUS. THE AXIS FROM ALABAMA IS ONLY NINE FEET. THE, THE STRIP IS VERY NARROW. UM, IF THE COMMISSION PLEASES, WE CAN TAKE A DEFERRAL TO LOOK AT IT FURTHER AND COME UP WITH OTHER SOLUTIONS AND WORK WITH APPLICANT. I WOULD LIKE FOR THE COMMISSION TO WELL, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I THINK THAT THE REASON THEY CHOSE THIS SOLUTION IS BECAUSE THE SOLUTION OF THAT STEM IS NINE FEET. MM-HMM . SO THE APPLICANT ACTUALLY ACQUIRED ADDITIONAL SPACE AND IS GIVING ADDITIONAL SPACE TO WIDEN THE ACCESS EASEMENT. SO IT WAS KIND OF A GIVE AND TAKE I THINK IS, YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE TO LET THEM DIVIDE INTO THREE. THEY HAVE A LOT THAT THEY CAN BUILD ON JUST LIKE A TYPICAL 50 BY 1, 32 LOT IN THE HEIGHTS. IF WE LET THEM DIVIDE IT IN THE MIDDLE, TAKE ACCESS FROM A 15 FOOT ALLEY, THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA START HAPPENING. SO MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY, COMMISSIONER GAR. SO COMMISSIONER, UH, I TOO HAVE A REAL PROBLEM WITH THE FACT THAT IT'S [00:35:01] ONLY 12 FEET WIDE. IF THE CAR BREAKS DOWN AT ONE, YOU CAN'T GET IN OR OUT. I UNDERSTAND THAT. WOULD YOU, SO FOR STAFF TO HAVE SOME MORE DIRECTION, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THAT AT 18 FEET OR FOR THEM TO HAVE TWO LOTS INSTEAD OF THREE LOTS? WHAT ARE YOU, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? I'M THINKING SIMILAR TO A THREE PACK TOWNHOUSE DEAL. DON'T EVEN COUNT THAT EXTRA LITTLE NINE FEET TOWARDS DEAL. HOW WOULD WE TREAT THAT IF THEY CAME IN TO DIVIDE INTO THREE? WE WOULDN'T ALLOW 12 FEET. WE WOULD ALLOW GREATER THAN THAT. RIGHT. FOR A TOWNHOUSE, A THREE PACK, WHAT WOULD WE ALLOW? OKAY, SO WITH THE NEW ORDINANCE CHANGES, THERE IS AN INTRODUCTION OF THE 12 FEET SHARED DRIVEWAY THAT WAS INTRODUCED AND WITH THE 12 FEET SHARED DRIVEWAY, THERE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR AN EIGHT FEET GARAGE BUILDING LINE. PRETTY MUCH. I THINK IF WE CAN GO TO THE SITE PLAN, PLEASE. THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE PROPOSING. UM, BUT I DO HEAR YOUR CONCERNS. WE HAD VERY EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION IN THE TEAM ITSELF. SO, UH, THE APPLICANT IS HERE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, FOR THE APPLICANT, SO I UNDERSTAND IT, MS. BANDY. SO THEY'RE MEETING THE NEW REQUIREMENT OF A SHARED DRIVE. THEY'RE TRYING TO SHARED DRIVEWAY. THEY'RE TRYING TO MEET THE 12 FOOT. HOWEVER, THEY DON'T HAVE CONTROL OF THE NORTHERN 12 FOOT, BUT THEY DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE SIX FEET. SO THEY ADDED ANOTHER SIX FEET. MM-HMM . UM, WE COULD DEFER, RIGHT? THIS IS THE FIRST TIME. THIS IS THE FIRST DEFER. YES. HOW WOULD THE, HANG ON GUYS. COMMISSIONER SIGLER, THIS IS THE SECOND DEFERRAL. SO WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IF YOU WANNA UM, TAKE A SECOND LOOK. OKAY. I I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY THEY ONLY HAVE SIX FEET OF FRONTAGE, BUT THEY HAVE THE WHOLE 40, THEY HAVE 40 FEET ON ST. CHARLES. CORRECT. THE NINE FEET OF FRONTAGE IS ALONG ALABAMA. THEY ARE SIX FEET OF THE 12 FOOT OVERALL EASEMENT IS WITHIN THEIR FRONTAGE, WHICH IS SHOWN IN BLUE. THEY HAVE AN OVERALL 40 FOOT FRONTAGE ALONG ST. CHARLES, THE NARROW ASPECT OF THAT FOR THIS FOUNDATION. SO THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS IN THAT 40, IN THE 40 FEET POTENTIALLY. UH, THAT WOULD KIND OF MITIGATE SOME OF THE POTENTIALITY FOR THIS TO ACTUALLY ACCESS AND PARK THE WAY THEY'RE ANGLING INTO THE GARAGE. IF, IF, IF THE FULL 12 FEET WERE TO BE WITHIN THEIR PROPERTY, THEY WOULD POTENTIALLY LOSE THAT ABILITY TO HAVE THE GARAGE HEAD IN FROM THAT DIRECTION. THEY WOULD CHANGE THE, THE LAYOUT. BUT I GUESS THERE ARE OTHER POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, BUT WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT IN THE, IF YOU REQUEST A DEFERRAL AND HAVE SOMETHING POINTED FOR US TO RESEARCH. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, YOU HAD SOMETHING ELSE? OKAY. COMMISSIONER GARZA. NO, I JUST, I UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT STAFF HAS AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT, WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE, COMMISSIONER. I MEAN, I, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT DRAWING RIGHT THERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S MORE DRIVEWAY. THERE'S FIVE MORE FEET. AND SO I JUST DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT STAFF TO WALK AWAY GOING, WHAT THE HECK DOES HE WANT US TO DO? COULD YOU BE A LITTLE MORE PRECISE? YEAH, I I WANT TO CONSIDER THAT ENTERING FROM ST. CHARLES. WHAT WOULD A NORMAL THREE PACK LOOK LIKE? WE JUST DIDN'T ALLOW PARKING IN THE FIRST 31 FEET OF THE ONE TWO BACK OR WHATEVER, . AND, AND SO NOW WE'RE LETTING THEM BUILD CLOSE. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW ANYONE'S GONNA BE ABLE, WE, WHEN WE HAD WALKABLE PLACES, WE TALKED ABOUT THESE THINGS IN LIVABLE PLACES. WE, WE TALKED ABOUT FRONT DOORS FACING THE STREET AND EASIER IDENTIFICATION FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR THE NUMBER OF THE UNIT. WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT IN THIS TRACK. IT'S A LOT OF DENSITY IN A VERY SMALL TRACK THAT I THINK IS CREATING AN UNSAFE AND UNHEALTHY PRECEDENT. WE DO HAVE OTHER LOTS THAT HAVE COME IN WITH 12 FOOT SHARE DRIVEWAYS, SAME THREE COUNT LOTS WITH LESS SQUARE FOOTAGE THAN THIS PROPERTY. OF COURSE IT DOES HAVE SLIGHTLY MORE, BUT IT DOES HAVE THAT OFFSHOOT THAT DOESN'T REALLY AMOUNT TO ANY BILLABLE AREA. RIGHT. BUT WITH THAT, WITH THE SHIFTING OF THE EASEMENT INTO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY, THEY ARE GIVEN THEMSELVES THE SPACING TO CREATE THE, THE THREE PARCELS. THE PUBLIC WORKS HAS REVIEWED THAT THEIR TRAINING RADIO AND THE ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE VEHICLES DOES FUNCTION, UH, WITHIN THE SAME ASPECTS OF, UH, THE SH THE SHARED DRIVEWAY, THOUGH THE SHARED DRIVEWAY DOES HAVE D DIFFERENT LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR DEFINITIONS. UH, BUT, UH, OUR CRIME WOULD HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST 21 FEET OR 20 FEET BE FROM THE BACK OF THE EASEMENT AND TO THE GARAGE DOOR. THEY'RE GIVING US 21. SO IT ACTUALLY GIVES SLIGHTLY MORE, UH, TURNING RADI SPACE FOR THIS. UM, IT WOULDN'T BE ATYPICALLY, THEY'RE KIND OF PUSHING OFF BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL 10 FEET THAT A LOT, A NORMAL LOT WOULD. THEY'RE SUBJECT DOWN TO 40 IN THE WIDTH. THEY DO HAVE THIS ODD FORMATION. THEY HAVE COORDINATED WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS TO THE WEST TO TRY AND SEE IF THEY COULD DO A LAND SWITCH WITH THAT SLIVER THAT POTENTIALLY KIND OF ROUND OUT THEIR SPACING. BUT THAT WAS NOT A VIABLE OPTION FOR THEM. SO THEY HAVE SEARCHED OUT SOME OF THE OPTIONS. THIS SEEMED TO BE A, A VIABLE, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UH, UH, UH, IDEA FOR THE SITE COMMISSIONER GARZA. SO, SO IS IT BASICALLY JUST A FLAG LOT? IS THAT BASICALLY WHAT I MEAN, IF YOU NARROW IT DOWN TO EVERYTHING SIMPLY IT'S A FLAG LOT. YOU GO UP THE SAME DRIVEWAY TO REACH ALL THREE. THE UNIT AT THE END, YOU [00:40:01] DRIVE STRAIGHT INTO WHILE THE TWO, YOU TURN TO THE LEFT TO GO INTO THEM. YES, SIR. CORRECT. AND NOT LEGAL DEFINITION, BUT BY FUNCTION. YES. IT IS BASICALLY A THREE PACK TOWNHOUSE SORT OF LAYOUT. SO AGAIN, COMMISSIONER I, I, I DON'T WANT THEM TO WALK AWAY GOING, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE WANTS US TO DO. DO YOU, DO YOU WANNA SEE LIKE THE UNITS TO BE SLIGHTLY SMALLER SO THAT THERE'S MORE DRIVEWAY? I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO FIND UNIT TWO AND THREE WHEN YOU'RE THE UBER DRIVER OR PLACE FOR THE TRASH CANS OR A GUEST PARKING. I MEAN, THERE'S, I I, I DON'T EVEN, I I THINK IT'S CREATING A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR THE BACK TWO UNITS. I DON'T THINK THE AMBULANCE COULD FIND YOU. IS THERE ACCESS FROM THE STEM AND FROM WHAT IS, SO THE STEM DOES A BUT AND DOES REACH, UH, ALABAMA, BUT IT IS ONLY NINE FEET WIDE AND WIDTH. SO WE'RE ONLY ON BY THREE LOTS. ONE AND TWO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO IT. RIGHT. OKAY. BECAUSE IT'S NOTHING. IT'S JUST A YES. EXTRA PARTIAL PLAN. YOU WANNA YEAH. DO YOU WANT YES. DIRECT YOUR TRAN STAFF. CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT WOULD BE THE ADDRESS FOR THESE THREE PROPERTIES? WILL THE ADDRESS BE ON ALABAMA OR ON, I CAN'T READ THE NAME OF THE OTHER STREET. ST. CHARLES. ST. CHARLES CHARLES. SO IS THE ADDRESS ON ST. CHARLES MM-HMM . CORRECT. OKAY. SO BASICALLY WHAT ACCESS FROM ST. CHARLES WHAT, UH, CO-CHAIR GARZA IS SAYING THAT, UH, THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN A THREE PACK, UH, WITH FRONTAGE ON ST. CHARLES. MM-HMM . ALL RIGHT. YES. AND SO WHAT'S THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE? NOT COUNTING 5,600. OH, NOT COUNTING THE SLIP, NOT COUNTING THE LITTLE FINGER COMING OUT. I, I WOULDN'T KNOW TO OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. I JUST KNOW THE TOTAL IS 5,600 SQUARE FEET. SO 5,600 SQUARE FEET GIVE OR TAKE. VERY SIMILAR TO 5,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT FACING OUT TO ST. CHARLES. SO COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, I HONESTLY DON'T SEE THAT IT'S REALLY ANY DIFFERENT. I THINK THAT MY NEXT QUESTION IS, THIS DOES MEET FIRE CODE CORRECT FOR FIRE TO GET TO THAT LAST UNIT, THE A SAY THAT THEY COORDINATE WITH FIRE, BUT THEY ARE HERE AND THEY CAN ANSWER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT. SO CERTAINLY WE'RE OPEN TO ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS, BUT I THINK THIS IS WHERE STAFF CONCLUDED WITH IS, IS YOUR TYPICAL 5,000 SQUARE FOOT THREE PACKED WITH A SHARED DRIVEWAY ON THAT 5,000 SQUARE FOOT THREE PACK SHARED DRIVEWAY. WHAT'S THE DRIVEWAY WITH REQUIREMENT FOR THAT LOT? SO IF THEY'RE DOING A FLAG LOT, THE OVERALL FLAG ITSELF, THE STAFF MUST BE 20 FEET ON A THIRD SHARED DRIVEWAY. WE ALLOW A RANGE FROM 12 FEET TO MORE THAN 18. WE DO ALLOW A 12 FOOT SHARED DRIVEWAY PROVIDED THAT THEY HAVE ENOUGH SPACING BETWEEN THE GARAGE DOOR AND THE REAR OF THAT SHARED DRIVEWAY. UM, SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE FUNCTION FUNCTIONALITY, IT DOES OPERATE TO THAT WAY THOUGH NOT LEGALLY DEFINED. SO, BUT IT FALLS WITHIN SOME OF THOSE VIABLE, UH, DEVELOPMENT IDEAS. STAFF. CAN YOU CLARIFY AGAIN, WHAT IS THE WIDTH OF THE DRIVEWAY THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT? 12 FEET. 12 FEET. 12 FEET, OKAY. WOULD IT WORK IF WE ASKED FOR A WIDER DRIVEWAY? I THINK THAT'S WHAT COMMISSIONER IS LOOKING AT. SO MAYBE WE DEFER AND SEE IF WE CAN WORK WITH THE APPLICANT. WE CAN DEFER DIRECTLY. OKAY. BUT WE ALLOW 12 FEET. IT MEETS THE PROPERTY, BUT THIS, THEY'RE GETTING SIX FEET FROM THE OTHER PROPERTY. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IT'S STILL THE SAME. YEAH, IT'S STILL, IT'S STILL 12 FEET. UM, AND THERE OKAY. AND THERE LOOKS LIKE TO BE MORE THAN AMPLE BACKUP SPACE. YES. UM, HAS, I THINK YOU ASKED THIS QUESTION, BUT HAS FIRE LOOKED AT THIS PER THE APPLICANT FIRE HAS LOOKED AT IT AND IT'S SEEN NO ISSUES, BUT THEY ARE HERE TO ANSWER, TO GIVE MORE CONFIRMED INFORMATION. OKAY. WE MAY HAVE THEM COME UP. YES. COMMISSIONER SIGLER, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. THERE'S A 12, THERE'S A NOTE THAT SAYS 12 FOOT SHARE DRIVE AND THEN THE NOTE THAT SAYS, UM, TO TAKE ACCESS, UM, AN ACCESS TO TAKE ACCESS VIA AN ACCESS EASEMENT IN LIEU OF THE PUBLIC STREET. AND I, I THINK I MIGHT, MIGHT JUST NOT BE UNDERSTANDING SO THAT IT'S NOT TRULY A 12 FOOT SHARE DRIVE BECAUSE SIX CORRECT FEET OF THAT. OKAY. SO THAT NOTE IS WRONG ON THE PLOT? YES. SO THEY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY MISLABELED IT, BUT IN OUR MARKUP, THAT IS PART OF OUR MARK. OKAY. CORRECTLY LABELED THESE ASPECTS. 'CAUSE IT IS A REQUEST FOR AN ACCESS EASEMENT, NOT THE 12 FOOT SHARED DRIVEWAY, 12 FOOT SHARED DRIVE. OKAY. IT HAS TO BE FULLY WITHIN THEIR PROPERTY TO FILL, FULFILL THAT LEGAL DEFINITION. OKAY, THANK YOU. SO IF IT'S SIZING, JUST NOT LEGAL, LEGAL DESCRIPTION. YEAH. OKAY. DO YOU ALL WANT THE APPLICANT TO COME UP AND ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS? I'LL SAY YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO COULD THE APPLICANT COME FORWARD? PLEASE COME FORWARD PLEASE. NO, I HAVE MY GC OUTSIDE. OH, CAN YOU JUST, CAN I JUST CALL? YEAH. IF HE'S OUT IN THE HALLWAY, TELL HIM TO COME QUICK. [00:45:01] WELL, SO YOU'VE GOT THE 12 AND THEN YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER FIVE MM-HMM . 17 MM-HMM. TO BACK UP AND GET OUT. IT'S NOT UP. AND THE APPLICANT IS ARMANDO BUCHANAN. GREAT. IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND STATING YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. ARMANDO BUCHANAN. THANK YOU ARMANDO. SO COMMISSIONER GARZA. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, THIS IS YOUR CHANCE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. UH, I I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE ACCESS. UH, DO YOU, DO YOU, I MEAN, I KNOW IT LOOKS LIKE YOU MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA, BUT IT'S STILL A COMPLICATED ENVIRONMENT TO CREATE THERE. UH, IT'S GONNA BE DIFFICULT, I THINK FOR A FIRETRUCK OR AN AMBULANCE OR THE UBER DRIVER TO GET THERE. BUT YOU'RE, YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT THIS. OKAY. UM, AND HAVE YOU REALLY TALKED TO FIRE, I MEAN, I, I KNOW YOU SAID THAT, BUT HAVE, HAS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? I'M STILL CONCERNED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REALLY HASN'T LOOKED AT IT, BUT DID, SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, UM, IT MEETS ALL REQUIREMENTS, UM, THAT YOU HAVE ASKED FOR THROUGH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. UM, AS FAR AS, UH, THE FIRE MEETING WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL, THAT WAS THROUGH BUCHANAN VENTURES, UH, WHICH IS THE OWNER OF THE COMPANY, UH, CARLOS BUCHANAN. HE SAID HE MET WITH THEM AND THEN ASKED FOR CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS TO BE, UH, PRESENTED AND PLANNED OUT. THAT INCLUDES A THREE FOOT, UM, EVERYWHERE AROUND THE PROPERTY FOR, UH, THE LINE, FOR THE FIRE LINE. AND SO THAT'S IN A SOLID, WE'VE PROVIDED A SOLID WASTE PLAN AND A, UM, A, UH, FIRE PLAN, UH, TO JOHN CILLO. UM, SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, UM, WHAT I PERSONALLY THINK OF THE UBER DRIVERS HAVING ACCESS, I THINK WE'VE MET THE REQUIREMENT FOR 12 FOOT. I CAN'T, UH, VENTURE TO GUESS WHAT A UBER DRIVER WILL BE DRIVING. I CAN'T VENTURE TO GUESS IF THEY WOULD EVEN COME IN THE DRIVEWAY. UM, CAN I MAKE THIS A LITTLE EASIER, MR. CILLO, WHEN THIS GOES TO BE PERMITTED, IT WILL BE GIVEN A THOROUGH LOOK BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. HAVE TO FACE OFF PUBLIC WORK SCRUTINY. RIGHT. SO THEY HAVE TO MEET PUBLIC WORK STANDARDS. THEY HAVE TO MEET FIRE CODE STANDARDS. FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE WILL LOOK AT IT. UM, SO ALL OF THAT'LL BE LOOKED AT. AND IF THERE IS AN ISSUE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY'D, THEY'D STOP IT AT THAT POINT. AND THEN IF THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT HAD TO BE CHANGED, OF COURSE THAT WOULD COME BACK AGAIN, THAT HAVE TO REPL IT AND MOVE FORWARD. DID I MISS ANYTHING MR. CILLO? AND WE TOTALLY CAUGHT HIM OFF GUARD, SO THANK YOU FOR COMING UP AND THAT'S OKAY. GETTING UNDER THE BRIGHT LIGHTS AND GOING OH MY GOODNESS. YES. I APPRECIATE IT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. CLARK. UM, YES, UH, I SPOKE WITH CARLOS AND HE SAID AT CARLOS BUCHANAN MM-HMM . AND HE STATED THAT YES, HE SPOKE TO THE FIRE MARSHAL AT THE, UH, CITY OF HOUSTON AT THE RESIDENTIAL UNIT. RIGHT. UM, AND HE'LL BE VISITING HIM AGAIN AT PERMANENT. YES, DEFINITELY. SO, YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK FOR YOUR TIME, COMMISSIONERS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER? WELL, UH, MR. CILLO, JUST ONCE AGAIN, WHAT, WHAT EXACTLY IS THE VARI THE, THE VARIANCE THAT WE'RE BEING ASKED TO APPROVE, TO TAKE ACCESS VIA ACCESS EASEMENT IN LIEU OF PUBLIC STREET FRONTAGE. OKAY. AND WHEN THEY'RE TAKING ACCESS, BEING THE EASEMENT. YES. I, I THINK MY, MY STRUGGLE IS THAT I'M CERTAINLY NOT TRYING TO DESIGN ANYTHING FOR ANYBODY. IT'S JUST, IT'S, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS IS NOT A SELF-IMPOSED HARDSHIP. LIKE THAT'S, THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, SO LIKE WHY WOULD WE APPROVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS? RIGHT. AND I DON'T, I DON'T DON'T WANNA REDESIGN ANYTHING FOR ANYBODY. IT'S NOT MY, IT'S NOT OUR POINT. BUT THIS, WE DON'T HAVE TO, WE DON'T HAVE TO GRAB THE VARIANCE IF IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. YOU DON'T, I THINK THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER, JUST LIKE ANY OF ANYONE ELSE THAT OWNS PROPERTY, JUST TRYING TO GET THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE, UM, IT'S A VERY LONG PIECE OF PROPERTY. SO HE IS GONNA HAVE TO ACCESS OFF THE ACCESS EASEMENT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. AND IF WE RESTRICT HIM TO ONE HOUSE, HIM OR HER TO ONE HOUSE, WE'RE LIMITING THEIR ABILITY IF THEY'RE BUILDING THIS TO SELL IT. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OVER A MILLION DOLLARS PROBABLY. 'CAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF PROPERTY THERE. SO IS IT SELF-IMPOSED? PROBABLY. BUT IT'S A WEIRD PIECE OF PROPERTY AND IT ONLY HAS [00:50:01] A COUPLE OF OPTIONS, IF I MAY ADD. YES, YES. UM, YES. THE, THE PROPERTY IS IN A, A VERY ODD FORMATION, KIND OF HAVING LIMITED KIND OF ACCESS WITH ONLY THE 40 FEET FRONTAGE. THEY DO ALREADY HAVE ITS EASEMENT THAT IS GRANTED TO THEM FOR ACCESS THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO UTILIZE. UM, WITH THAT, THE, THE LENGTH OF IT FROM ST. CHARLES TO THE REAR IS ABOUT 130 FEET. SO ANY FIRE WOULD BE PARKING ON LONG ST. CHARLES AND TAKING THOSE THROUGH THERE, THROUGH THE, THE ACCESS EASEMENT TO BE ABLE TO FIND THE FIRE. I'M NOT SURE IF IT IS INTENDED TO BE GATED. UH, BUT THAT WOULD BE NO DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER SHARED DRIVER THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY HAVE THE GATE AND WHATEVER DELIVERY SERVICE OR FIRE WOULD BE PARKED OUTSIDE. UH, AND, AND YOU KNOW, CONTACTING FROM THERE. SO, UH, I DO UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN OF THE COMMISSION OF THE HARDSHIP, BUT, UH, JUST LOOKING AT SOME OF THE, THE SITUATION WITH THE PROPERTY ITSELF, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DECIDED TO, UH, BE IN SUPPORT OF. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR TRAN. OH, STEPH, CAN YOU, UM, FORWARD TO THE LAST SLIDE FOR YOUR RECOMMENDATION? I HEARD, UH, FROM COMMISSIONER THAT WHAT IS THE STATED HARDSHIP OF ACTUALLY THIS HARDSHIP FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY IS THE CONFIGURATION AND THE LENGTH, THE, UH, THE UNUSUAL DEPTH. TYPICALLY YOUR REGULAR LOTS ARE 50 BY 100, SO THAT ACTUALLY THE CONFIGURATION OF THE LOT QUALIFIES FOR PREVIOUS HARDSHIP OF WHAT WE HAVE GRANTED IN CASE SOMEBODY NEEDED THAT. AND I APOLOGIZE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT AHEAD OF TIME TO PULL IT OUT FOR YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER GARZA, YOU HAD A COMMENT. JUST, UH, MR. SEDILLO JUST TO TRY AND FIND A SIMPLE SOLUTION. SO I'M LOOKING AT THE NEXT DRAWING THAT SHOWS YOU THE DRIVEWAY IN OTHER SHOWS YOU THE SHARED DRIVEWAY SHOWS THE INDIVIDUAL DRIVEWAY IN THE GARAGES. COULD YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE? THE ONE PREVIOUS? SO IT'S FIVE FEET? NO, THE TURNING RADIO. THAT, THAT ONE. OKAY. SO IT SHOWS YOU THE SHARED DRIVEWAY AND THEN IT SHOWS YOU DRIVEWAY AND THEN IT SHOWS YOU FIVE FEET, UM, WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A SIDEWALK GOING TO THE MAIN DOOR. SO THE ONLY SOLUTION AT THIS POINT IN TIME WOULD BE TO TAKE THAT FIVE FEET WHERE IT LITERALLY SAYS THE WORD DRIVEWAY AND ADD THAT TO THE SHARED DRIVEWAY, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT 17 FEET WIDE, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT ALL CONCRETE. I'M NOT SAYING, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY WERE GONNA PUT TREES OR SHRUBBERY OR ANYTHING ELSE THERE. BUT BASICALLY THEY WOULD EXPAND THE WIDTH OF THE SHARED DRIVEWAY BY FIVE FEET, WHICH MEANS THE LITTLE SIDEWALK THAT YOU SEE, THE LITTLE L-SHAPED SIDEWALKS WOULD BASICALLY BECOME PART OF THE DRIVEWAY IN ONE REALLY BIG SIDEWALK. IS THAT, IS THAT DOABLE? UM, POTENTIALLY DOABLE. THAT WOULD, UH, CALL INTO QUESTION THE REQUIREMENTS FOR LOTS THAT ARE SMALLER THAN 3,500 IN THE CITY HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF GREEN SPACE AVAILABLE FOR MM-HMM . UH, FOR THAT, THAT RECOMMENDATION. BUT, UH, THAT WOULD KIND OF BE SOMETHING DETERMINE THAT THAT CAN, WE CAN'T TURN NINE FEET BY, BY 87 FEET INTO GREEN SPACE. NO, I'M JOKING. I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND A SIMPLE SOLUTION. YEP. TO WHAT REALLY LOOKS LIKE A VERY COMPLEX PROBLEM. UM, WE, THERE IS A POTENTIAL, WE, WE COULD RE REQUEST A, A WIDER EASEMENT BE DEDICATED PER THE, THE APP, THE APPLICANT'S SIDE, AND SEE IF WE CAN WIDEN THE PROPOSED OVERALL ACCESS EASEMENT WITH THAT COULD BE SOMETHING WE CAN IMPOSE AND LET THEM, UH, KIND OF JUST LOOK AT AND SEE IF THEY CAN COME UP WITH A BETTER SOLUTION OR OFFER SOMETHING ELSE IN THE DEFERRAL PERIOD. IF YOU DO REQUEST DEFERRAL, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PUBLIC WORKS COMES BACK AND SAYS THERE'S NOT ENOUGH GREEN SPACE, THEN THEY'D HAVE TO REPL THEY HAVE TO BUILD SMALLER UNITS. THERE'S ENOUGH GREEN SPACE AND THEY'RE THE ONE THAT WANT THAT LARGE UNIT. WE, WE WOULD BE GRANTING BASED ON THE PLAT AND THE SIZE OF THE EASEMENT, NOT ON THE ACTUAL FORMATION OF THE SITE PLAN. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD POTENTIALLY, POTENTIALLY BE WORKED OUT A PERMITTING PHASE, JUST LIKE WE DID LIKE TWO WEEKS AGO WITH THOSE LITTLE BITTY INDEPENDENCE HIGH SLOTS THAT WERE ALL, YOU KNOW, 12 TO 1400 SQUARE FEET. WE, WE, WE PROVED THEM. THOSE UNITS ARE GONNA MEET IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE. 'CAUSE THOSE UNITS ARE GONNA BE SMALLER. THE SAME WOULD APPLY HERE. UM, I'LL MOVE FOR A DEFERRAL AND HOPE THAT IN THE TWO WEEKS WE COULD COME BACK WITH A SLIGHTLY BETTER PLAN. OKAY. OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND MOTION? OKAY. SO MOTION BY BALDWIN FOR TWO WEEK DEFERRAL. SECOND BY MAD. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? OPPOSED GARZA. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO, UH, COMMISSIONER FAMINE. COMMISSIONER GARZA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GOOD LUCK. UH, MADAM CHAIR, I NEED TO LEAVE THE MEETING. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER JONES, PLEASE NOTE COMMISSIONER JONES' LEAVING. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM 91. ITEM 91 IS MAX ROY'S CORNER. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS. HARRIS COUNTY, NORTH OF WASHINGTON AVENUE, SOUTH OF KANSAS STREET, AND EAST ALONG MAX STREET. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING THREE LOTS ALONG A 12 FOOT SHARED DRIVEWAY. ENTERS REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES TO ALLOW THE SITE TO HAVE FRONTAGE ALONG A RIGHT [00:55:01] OF WAY LESS THAN 50 FEET IN WIDTH. AND TO ALLOW NO FOUR FOOT SHARED DRIVEWAY OFFSET STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLOT TO FULFILL NOTICE SIGN REQUIREMENTS. THE SIGN WENT MISSING FROM WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED AND THE APPLICANT WAS NOTIFIED AND HAS SINCE REINSTALLED THE SIGN. AS OF THIS MORNING, STAFF HAS RECEIVED PUBLIC COMMENTS CITING CONCERNS ABOUT FIRE SAFETY ACCESS IN CONSTRUCTION. AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. I DO HAVE A SPEAKER SIGNED, UH, CASEY REED. GOOD AFTERNOON. IF YOU'D PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS CASEY REED AND I'M A CONCERNED PROPERTY OWNER IN THE AREA. UM, MANY OF MY CONCERNS WERE ADDRESSED IN THE LAST SECTIONS OF VERY SIMILARLY AND I'LL BE LOOKING TO COME BACK WHEN THEY COME BACK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, COMMISSIONERS, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEFERRAL. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION HEINS. MOTION HEINS. SECOND SHEPHERD. SECOND SHEPHERD. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. COULD I HAVE ONE QUESTION ON THIS ONE TOO? ? YES, YOU'RE DONE. YOUR TIME IS UP. , WHEN YOU SEE THE PLAT MAP, IT HAS THE SHARED DRIVE IN THE BACK THERE, BUT WHEN YOU SEE THE NEXT SLIDE, IT SAYS THAT THEY'RE GONNA ENTER FROM THIS OTHER PIECE OF PROPERTY. YOU SEE THIS, THIS SLIDE THAT CAME IN MY DEAL SAID THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE GONNA ACCESS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. DO WE KNOW WHAT THIS SLIDE IS? OH, THIS, THIS IS, UM, THIS THEY'RE ENTERING JUST FROM THEIR PROPERTY? JUST FROM THEIR PROPERTY? YEAH. YEAH. THEY'RE NOT ENTERING. THERE'S NO, THE 12 FOOT, UM, SHARED DRIVEWAY IS WITHIN THEIR PROPERTY BOUNDARY. JUST MM-HMM. LOOKING AT WAS IN OUR PACKAGE, HAD A DRIVEWAY FROM ANOTHER TRACK. THEY'RE NOT DOING THAT. MM-HMM. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM 92. UM, ITEM 92 IS ROMAN ROCK COMPLEX. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS. HARRIS COUNTY, EAST OF TELEPHONE ROAD, WEST OF DOVER STREET AND NORTH ALONG WIN LEAH STREET. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND A RESERVE FOR DETENTION AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED LITTLE LOCAL STREET INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT EXTENDING NOR TERMINATING. TEMPORARY LANE WITH THE CUL-DE-SAC STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE CURRENT BLOCK LENGTH BETWEEN TELEPHONE ROAD AND GLEN LOCK DRIVE MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 2,730 FEET. STRICT APPLICATION OF THE ORDINANCE WOULD REQUIRE THE EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY LANE THROUGH THE PROPERTY, HOWEVER, REQUIRING THE STREET EXTENSION WOULD NOT PROVIDE A SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT TO TRAFFIC, CIRCULATION OR CONNECTIVITY. THE EXISTING STREET GRID, WHICH INCLUDES MULTIPLE NORTH, SOUTH AND EAST WEST MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND COLLECTOR STREETS PROVIDE SUFFICIENT TRAFFIC CIRCULATION IN CONNECTIVITY IN THIS AREA. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I DO HAVE TWO SPEAKERS. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JOE WILSON. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M JOE WILSON WITH THE GLENBROOK VALLEY CIVIC CLUB. WE ARE THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THIS DEVELOPMENT AND WE ARE, UH, IN AGREEMENT THAT TEMPORARY SHOULD NOT BE EXTENDED THROUGH. OUR CONCERN, OF COURSE, IS ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THERE IS A COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC ALLOWED, OUR TRUCK TRAFFIC ALLOWED ON BROADWAY. UM, PEOPLE TEND TO CUT THROUGH GLENBROOK VALLEY TO GET THROUGH AND SO EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE SIGNS POSTED TO SAY NO TRUCKS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, WE HAVE A BIG PROBLEM WITH THAT. SO THAT'S OUR MAIN CONCERN. IF WE EXTEND A TEMPORARY THROUGH IT WOULD MAKE IT EVEN WORSE. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE. WHAT WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE IN ADDITION TO THIS WOULD BE LIKE A SPEED BUMP PUT AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE SAYING NO TRUCKS TO, AS, AS YOU SEE FROM THE SIGN, THOSE HOMES IMMEDIATELY TO THE, UH, EAST. THAT'S US. WE'RE RIGHT THERE. SO WE WANT TO GET THEM TO GO THE OTHER DIRECTION TOWARD TELEPHONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. BROWN, ARE YOU STILL HERE? PUBLIC WORKS REP? YEP. WOULD YOU MIND GETTING WITH THIS GENTLEMAN AND, UH, TALKING TO HIM ABOUT HIS RECOMMENDATION FOR A SPEED BUMP AND SIGN PLEASE. THANK YOU. AND THEN MS. OWENS IS HERE FOR QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, MS. OWENS, YOU'RE OFF THE HOOK. I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK. DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION GARZA. MOTION GARZA. SECOND. SECOND, PACO. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO 93. ITEM 93 IS SIMS ORUM INDUSTRIAL. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMITS IN HARRIS COUNTY ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF STATE HIGHWAY 2 88, SOUTH OF SIMS BAYOU AND NORTH OF WEST OREM DRIVE. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING [01:00:01] ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND REQUESTING A VARIANCE NOT TO REQUIRE THE EXTENSION OF A PROPOSED STUB STREET FROM THE WEST, NOR TO TERMINATE IN A CUL-DE-SAC. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE SITE IS CURRENTLY VACANT BUT PROPOSED TO BE UTILIZED AS A COMMERCIAL WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT. THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE WEST IS PART OF THE SKYVIEW GENERAL PLAN INTENDED FOR RESIDENTIAL LOTS THAT PROPOSES A PUBLIC STREET TO STUB INTO THE PROPERTY'S BOUNDARY ONLY. SECTION ONE HAS BEEN RECORDED WITH GERONIMO ARROW LANE AS THE PROPOSED EAST WEST STREET. HOWEVER, DUE TO THE STU STREET SHOWN ON THE APPROVED GENERAL PLAN, THE PROPOSED STU STREET IS REQUIRED TO BE ADDRESSED. THE SUBJECT SITE HAS FRONTAGE ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 2 88, A CONTROLLED ACCESS FREEWAY, WHICH AT THIS LOCATION IS AN EXIT RAMP. THE SITE WILL TAKE ACCESS FROM THE SOUTH THROUGH CITY PARK CENTRAL LANE TO WEST ORUM DRIVE THROUGH EXISTING ACCESS EASEMENTS ACROSS THE CENTER POINT FEE STRIP. WITH THE CURRENT LAYOUT OF THE GENERAL PLAN, THE LENGTH OF THE STUB STREET WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 120 FEET, WITH ONLY 303 LOTS USING IT FOR ACCESS AT THIS TIME, NO SECTION PLAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED FOR SECTION TWO. HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS HAS VOICED NO OBJECTIONS 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. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'LL SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION GARZA. MOTION FAM. SECOND GARZA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 94 IS WITHDRAWN. MOVING ON TO 95. EXCUSE ME. AND PLEASE NOTE, UH, COMMISSIONER SHEPHERD WILL BE ABSTAINING FROM 95 96 AND 97. THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS DEVIN K CRIDDLE, MADAM CHAIR. UH, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ITEMS 95 AND 96 AS THEY ARE RELATED, PLEASE. YES, PLEASE, . ALRIGHT. UM, ITEM 95 AND 96 IS VALLEY VIEW AT NORTH PARK, GP AND VALLEY VIEW AT NORTH PARK SECTION ONE. THE SITES ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE ETJ OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY WEST ALONG SORTERS ROAD, SOUTH OF NORTH PARK DRIVE, AND NORTH OF KINGWOOD DRIVE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW MINIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING OF LESS THAN 600 FEET ALONG A MAJOR FAIR FARE STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE GENERAL PLAN IS INTENDED FOR A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH ONE ACCESS POINT FROM MAJOR FAIR FARE SORTERS ROAD. THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES INTERSECTIONS LONG ON MAJOR AIRFARE TO BE STATES THE MINIMUM OF 600 FEET APART FROM ONE ANOTHER. IN THIS SCENARIO, THE ENTRANCE INTO THE GP IS ROUGHLY 300 FEET FROM THE EDGE MIRROR DRIVE RIGHT OF WAY. TYPICALLY, STAFF WOULD ASK FOR THE APPLICANT TO SHIFT THE RIGHT OF WAY TO THE NORTH IN ORDER TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT. HOWEVER, SHIFTING THE STREET NORTH WOULD PLACE THE INTERSECTION WITHIN 600 FEET OF NORTH PARK DRIVE. MOST IMPORTANTLY, EDGEMAN STREET IS NOT CONSTRUCTED AND DOES NOT HAVE ANY EFFECT ON VEHICULAR TRAFFIC ALONG SORTERS ROAD. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST AND STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTING THE REQUEST OF VARIANCE IN APPROVING THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSION. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON 95 OR 96? IF NOT, DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION. MOTION. SYKES SECOND BALLARD. SECOND BALLARD. ALL IN FAVOR? A OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES MOVING TO 97. ITEM 97 IS WEST WEST HAVEN, NORTH MANOR, SECTION TWO. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE ETGF HARRIS COUNTY SOUTH OF MAY ROAD IN EAST OF FM 360 2. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW SINGLE FAMILY LOTS TO HAVE SOLE ACCESS FROM A PRIVATE ALLEY. STAFFS RECOMMEND DEFERRING THE PLAT PER THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS. IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION GARZA. MOTION GARZA. SECOND. MODEST. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON TO 98. ITEM 98 IS WILBERFORCE PARK PLAZA. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN NORTHWEST HOUSTON IN THE ACRES HOME AREA WEST OF WHEATLEY ROAD AND SOUTH OF BLUE, NEW YORK ROAD ALONG WILBERFORCE ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED LOCAL INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT PROVIDING A NORTH SOUTH STREET THROUGH THE TRACK. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ACRE HOMES [01:05:01] MOBILITY STUDY AREA, WHICH IDENTIFIES IDEAL STREET CONNECTIONS NECESSARY TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION IN THE AREA. THIS BLOCK IS BOUNDED BY SIBEL STREET AND WHEATLEY STREET AND IS ROUGHLY 4,000 FEET IN LENGTH. AS STATED, THE MOBILITY STUDY RECOMMENDED A STREET CONNECTION LOCATED MID-BLOCK STAFF RECENTLY APPROVED THE PLAT, WHICH DEDICATED HALF OF THE NECESSARY RIGHT OF WAY IN ORDER TO MAKE A CONNECTION FROM WILBER BEFORE STREET TO SEBER STREET. WE BELIEVE ONE STREET, EXCUSE ME, WE BELIEVE ONE STREET CONNECTION ALONG THIS BLOCK WILL ALLEVIATE CIRCULATION CONCERNS. ALSO, THE PROPERTY IS ROUGHLY 80 FEET IN WIDTH, REQUIRING A 50 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY THROUGH THE PROPERTY COULD RESULT IN A DISPROPORTIONATE REQUEST BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY OVERALL, STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED, RECEIVED ANY OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST, AND STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTED THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVING THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION. MOTION SIGLER. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. [f. Reconsiderations of Requirement (John Cedillo and Devin Crittle) ] THERE'S NOTHING UNDER E SO WE'LL MOVE TO F RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENT. UM, AND I DO HAVE SOME ABSTENTIONS. YOU ALL CORRECT ME IF I MISS ANYTHING. I HAVE, UH, MAREZ ABSTAINING FROM 1 0 5 AND ONE 10. AND THEN I HAVE COMMISSIONER HAY ABSTAINING FROM ONE 12 THROUGH ONE 15. ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. DID I SKIP? OH, I DID. I JUST WENT RIGHT ONTO EXTENSION OF APPROVAL. WELL NOTE THAT FOR G UM, . I SAID WHY IS MR MORE ABSTAINING FROM MY, I NEED, I NEED STRONGER GLASSES APPARENTLY. 'CAUSE I'M LIKE, I'M RIGHT UNDER THERE. . THANK YOU. GO AHEAD MR. CILLO. ITEM 99 IS HARTLEY RESERVE. THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A 4.6 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HARRIS COUNTY EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION SPANNING BETWEEN HARTLEY ROAD AND TURN STREET, NORTH OF HOP ROAD AND EAST OF BENTLEY. MAJOR THOROUGHFARE. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWO COMMERCIAL NON-RESIDENTIAL RESERVES AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT PROVIDING AN EAST WEST STREET THROUGH THE SITE. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE SITE PLAN SHOWS THE INTENT TO IMPROVE UPON THE EXISTING LAY DOWN STORAGE YARD WHILE MAINTAINING THAT SAME COMMERCIAL USE. THE VARIANCE STATES THAT THE JUSTIFICATION IS TO NOT BURDEN THE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION TO THE WEST WITH HEAVY INDUSTRIAL TRAFFIC AND THAT THERE IS NO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR THAT WESTERN RESERVE. HOWEVER, THE PROPOSED WESTERN RESERVE IS RESTRICTED TO THE SAME USE AS THAT LAY DOWN YARD AND WOULD HAVE NO OTHER MEANS OF ACCESS EXCEPT FOR THOSE FOR THAT THROUGH THE UM, RESIDENTIAL STREET. IN COORDINATION WITH STAFF AND COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO DENY RESERVE B VEHICULAR ACCESS TO TURN STREET AND PROVIDE INSTEAD AN ACCESS SEASON TO GIVE RESERVE B ACCESS DIRECTLY TO HARTLEY ROAD. FURTHERMORE, THE EXISTING INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG HARTLEY IS 1,460 FEET, WHICH IS ONLY A 4% DEVIATION FROM THE STANDARD AND NOT DISPROPORTIONATE TO THE ORDINANCE. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS. IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION. MOTION MANKA SECOND GARZA. SECOND GARZA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ITEM 100. ITEM 100 IS SCHUMER RESIDENCES. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN SOUTH HOUSTON, NORTH ALONG SCHUMER ROAD BETWEEN COTTINGHAM AND SOUTHWEST SIDE DRIVE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT PROVIDING, UH, NORTH SOUTH STREET THROUGH THE TRACK. UH, STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST, HOWEVER, STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRING THE PLAT TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL TIME FOR THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE INFORMATION REGARDING THE WIDTH OF SCHUMI ROAD. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. CAN I HAVE A, A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION PIERCE. MOTION PIERCE. SECOND . ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. NOW WE'LL [Platting Activities g - j] MOVE TO G EXTENSION OF APPROVAL. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS MARIA TOVAR. IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SECTIONS GHI AND J AS ONE GROUP? YES, PLEASE. THANK YOU. SECTIONS G EXTENSIONS OF APPROVAL CONSISTS OF ITEMS 1 0 1 THROUGH ONE 18 SECTION H. NAME CHANGES CONSISTS OF NO ITEMS. SECTION I CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE CONSISTS OF ITEMS ONE 19 AND ONE 20 SECTION J. ADMINISTRATIVE CONSISTS OF NO ITEMS. THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUESTS THE APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SECTIONS G, H, I AND J. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION. MOTION FAM SECOND GARZA. ALL IN FAVOR A. AYE. [01:10:01] OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. [k. Development Plats with Variance Requests (Malcolm Oliver and Ramon Jaime-Leon) ] MOVING ON TO K DEVELOPMENT PLANS WITH VARIANCE REQUESTS. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS MALCOLM OLIVER. ITEM 121 IS 1 26 CINNAMON OAK LANE. THE SITE IS LOCATED SOUTH OF MEMORIAL DRIVE AND WEST OF BELTWAY EIGHT AT THE CORNER OR SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE HERMITAGE LANE AND CINNAMON OAK LANE INTERSECTION. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A NEW SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AND IS REQUESTING A REDUCED GARAGE BUILDING LINE OF 10 FEET ALONG HERMITAGE LANE. INSTEAD OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 20 FEET FOR GARAGES AND CARPORTS. THE SUBDIVISION WAS PLATTED WITH A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE, UH, BEFORE THE 20 FOOT GARAGE BUILDING LINE ORDINANCE WAS ESTABLISHED AND THE EXISTING HOME AND GARAGE WERE BOTH CONSTRUCTED AT THAT SAME SETBACK OF 10 FEET. THE REQUESTED SETBACK WILL LEAVE APPROXIMATELY 27 FEET OF SPACE, UH, BETWEEN THE BACK OF CURB AND THE, UH, PROPOSED STRUCTURE AND WILL COMPLY WITH THE 15 BY 15 UH, VISIBILITY TRIANGLE. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN A WELL-DEVELOPED EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD WITH NO SIDEWALKS AND THE HOME WILL BE BUILT TO A SETBACK CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE REQUEST. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION. MOTION BALDWIN SECOND SIGLER. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. UH, ITEM 122 IS 1 3 9 3 1 PEBBLEBROOK DRIVE. THE SITE IS LOCATED NORTH MEMORIAL DRIVE AND WEST OF BELTWAY EIGHT AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE NORTH KIRKWOOD ROAD AND PEBBLE BROOK INTERSECTION. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING AN ADDITION TO AN EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AND IS REQUESTING A REDUCED BUILDING LINE OF 20 FEET ALONG NORTH KIRKWOOD ROAD. INSTEAD OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG MAJOR THOROUGHFARES. THIS SUBDIVISION WAS PLATTED WITH A 20 FOOT BUILDING LINE, UH, BEFORE THE BUILDING LINE FOR MAJOR THOROUGHFARES WAS ESTABLISHED AND THE EXISTING HOME WAS BUILT ACROSS THAT SETBACK, UH, WITH THE CLOSEST POINT BEING AT 8.9 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE DUE TO THE ORIGINAL 20 FOOT BUILDING LINE SHOWN ON THE PLAT. UH, MANY HOMES NEARBY ARE BUILT TO A SIMILAR SETBACK AND ARE ALSO ENCROACHING INTO THE 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE. THE EXISTING HOME IS CURRENTLY TAKING ACCESS FROM THE LOCAL STREET, WHICH DOES NOT EXTEND ALL THE WAY TO NORTH KIRKWOOD ROAD, AND THE PROPOSING ADDITIONS WOULD KEEP THAT ACCESS POINT INTACT. THE REQUESTED SETBACK WOULD NOT CAUSE ANY VISIBILITY CONCERNS ALONG TO MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AS THE SITE IS BLOCKED BY A LANDSCAPE BUFFER AREA WITH A SIDEWALK AND FENCE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE REQUEST. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION BALDWIN, BUT CAN WE CONFIRM THAT IT'S A CONDITION THAT THERE IS NO ACCESS OFF OF KIRKWOOD? IS THAT A CONDITION OF THIS GRANTING? DUNNO IF WE CAN DO THAT FOR, WELL, YEAH, THAT'S THE ORDINANCE REQUIREMENT. WE COULD TAKE ACCESS FROM THE LOCAL. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. SO MOTION BALDWIN SECOND GARZA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 23, ITEM 1 23, UH, 39 0 2. UH, UH, TRISTAN STREET. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS RAMON ION. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED SOUTH OF ALL SPANISH TRAIL ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF SCOTT STREET AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SCOTT STREET AND TRISTAN STREET. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A DEVELOPMENT PLAT VARIANCE TO REQUEST A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 25 ALONG SCOTT STREET FOR A RESIDENTIAL ADDITION. THIS IS AN EXISTING SITE THAT CONSISTS OF A PROPERTY THAT IS 60 FEET BY 108 FEET THAT CONTAINS A ONE STORY SINGLE FAMILY STRUCTURE. THE EXISTING STRUCTURE IS CURRENTLY ADHERING TO THE 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG THE LOCAL STREET AND A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG, UH, SCOTT STREET, NOW KNOWN AS A MAJOR FER. THE PROPOSAL IS ONLY A SMALL ADDITION TO A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE TO EXPAND THE KITCHEN, WHICH WILL MAINTAIN THE SAME SETBACK AS THE EXISTING HOUSE ALONG SCOTT STREET. THE DISTANCE FROM THE BACK OF CURB TO THE PROPOSED, UM, SORRY. THE DISTANCE OF BACKUP CURB TO THE PROPERTY LINE IS APPROXIMATELY 11 FEET IN TOTAL. THE PROPOSED ADDITION WOULD BE 21 FEET FROM THE BACK CURB TO THE, UH, PROPOSED ADDITION, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE, UH, SITE'S EXISTING LAYOUT. THE VEHICLE ACCESS WILL STILL BE MAINTAINED ALONG THE LOCAL STREET. THE ORIGINAL SUBDIVISION WAS PLATTED WITH A 10 FOOT BUILDING AND ALONG SCOTT STREET AND MAKING THE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED FRAMEWORK. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE REQUESTED VARIANCE. UM, LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS HAVE RECEIVED ONE COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM IN A POSITION CONCERNING THE, UH, CONCERNING ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS. IF YOU HAVE NO QUESTIONS, CAN I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION GARZA. MOTION GARZA. SECOND. SECOND MOTTOS. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. [II. Establish a public hearing date of September 17, 2026 ] MOVING ON TO NUMERAL TWO. ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2026. FOR [01:15:01] AS ASTON WOODS VILLAS VILLAS PLAZA, CHARLES MONT CORNER CON BUSINESS PARK, CRESS PLACE, PARTIAL REPL NUMBER FIVE, IT STATES AT NOLL STREET REPL NUMBER ONE ISLAND LAKE LAKE RESIDENCE. LO CREST PLAZA, RELA NUMBER ONE MELBOURNE PLACE, SECTION ONE PARTIAL RELA. NUMBER SIX, PARK ENCLAVE AT ST. AUGUSTINE POCO ESTATES RESERVES AT PARK PLACE RESERVES ON GROVER RIVERS REVE RIVERSIDE TERRACE. SECTION SIX, PARTIAL REPL NUMBER FOUR, EXCUSE ME. AND TOUCHSTONE PARK. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION GARZA. MOTION GARZA. SECOND BALLARD. SECOND BALLARD. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. [III. Consideration of an Off-Street Parking Variance at 5800 Eastex Freeway (Ed Buckley) ] MOVING ON TO ROMAN NUMERAL THREE CONSIDERATION OF AN OFF STREET PARKING VARIANCE AT 5,800 EAST E FREEWAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS ED BUCKLEY. ROMAN NUMERAL THREE IS 5,800 EAST E FREEWAY. THE SITE IS LOCATED WEST OF HIRSH ROAD AND NORTH OF THE SIX 10 LOOP AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF INTERSTATE 59 AND KELLY ROAD. THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSING IN ADDITION TO THE BARBARA JORDAN CAREER CENTER AND IS REQUESTING TO PROVIDE 231 PARKING SPACES IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 338 SPACES. THE SITE PROVIDES CAREER TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ATTEND IN HALF DAY BLOCKS AND ARE PRIMARILY BROUGHT IN BY BUS FROM THEIR HOME CAMPUSES. SO THE EXISTING PARKING AREAS ARE ALMOST, ARE USED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY BY STAFF. AN APRIL, 2026 PARKING STUDY PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT FOUND A MAXIMUM PARKING USAGE OF 45 SPACES. THE PROPOSED EXPANSION WILL INCREASE POTENTIAL CAMPUS OCCUPANCY BY 45%, WHICH WOULD TRANSLATE TO A PROJECTED DEMAND OF 65 SPACES WELL WITHIN THE 231 PARKING SPACES PROVIDED. THE SITE IS BOUNDED BY METRO OFFICES AND MAINTENANCE FACILITIES, FRANCIS SCOTT KEY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND MAJOR THOROUGHFARES AND FREEWAYS SIGNIFICANTLY LIMITING ANY POTENTIAL FOR SPILLOVER PARKING IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS BECAUSE OF LIMITED STUDENT TRAFFIC. A STUDY SHOWING MINIMAL PARKING DEMAND AND LOW POTENTIAL FOR SPILLOVER TRAFFIC. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE REQUEST. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION CAROL? MOTION CAROL. SECOND BALDWIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. [IV. Consideration of an Off-Street Parking Variance at 13620 Memorial Drive (Ed Buckley) ] ROMAN NUMERAL FOUR ROMAN RULE FOUR IS 13,620 MEMORIAL DRIVE. THE SITE IS WEST OF NORTH WILCREST DRIVE ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF MEMORIAL DRIVE, EAST OF CHESTER DRIVE. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO EXPAND A PILATE STUDIO AND TO AN EXISTING TENANT SPACE IN A SHOPPING CENTER AND IS REQUESTING TO PROVIDE 32 PARKING SPACES IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 43 SPACES USING A SHARED PARKING REDUCTION. THE CURRENT TENANT MIX INCLUDES TWO RESTAURANTS, THE PILATES STUDIO AND A RETAIL SHOP. NO EXTERIOR WORK OR CHANGES TO THE PARKING. LOT OF PROPOSED THIS PILATES EXPANSION WAS INADVERTENTLY APPROVED WITHOUT A PARKING REVIEW, BUT THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VARIANCE TO BRING THE SITE INTO COMPLIANCE. ALTHOUGH A TOTAL OF 46 PARKING SPACES EXIST ON SITE EXCEEDING THE 43 SPACES REQUIRED, 14 SPACES ARE LOCATED PARTIALLY IN THE RIGHT OF WAY AND CANNOT BE COUNTED TOWARDS THE ORDINANCE REQUIREMENT. WE'VE RECEIVED MANY COMMENTS IN FAVOR OF AND IN OPPOSITION TO THE VARIANCE REQUEST. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DE FURTHER REQUEST FOR FURTHER STUDY AND REVIEW. THANK YOU. I DO HAVE SPEAKERS SIGNED. COMMISSIONERS ARE THERE QUESTIONS BEFORE WE HEAR SPEAKERS? OKAY. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS KAITLYN ROBBAR BACK THAT PARKING PLAN WITH SHOWS THE, YEAH. OKAY. HI, I'M SORRY. I'M NERVOUS. THAT'S OKAY. , IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND STATING YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. I'M CAITLYN VART AND THIS IS MY BUSINESS PARTNER KRISTEN BER. AND WE'RE THE OWNERS OF THE WELD, THE PILATES STUDIO THAT'S AT QUESTION. OKAY. UM, I HAVE A PREPARED STATEMENT, SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M GONNA READ IT. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. WE'RE THE OWNERS OF THE WELL PILATES AND HOPEFULLY SOON TO BE INFRARED HEATED MAT STUDIO AND MEMORIAL AREA. WE ARE HERE TODAY TO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE PARKING VARIANCE AT 1 3 6 2 0 MEMORIAL DRIVE. UM, WE'RE, WE'RE OPENING OUR SECOND LOCATION. WE HAVE A FIRST LOCATION THAT WAS OPEN JANUARY OF 2025. UM, AND IT'S DOING VERY WELL. SO WE WANTED TO OPEN A SECOND ONE, JUST THREE DOORS DOWN WITH DIFFERENT MO MODALITIES FOR OUR MEMBERS. UM, IN JANUARY OF 2026, WE SUBMITTED OUR ARCHITECTURAL PLANS TO THE CITY AND PERMITTING APPLICATION, INCLUDING PARKING, AND THEY WERE REVIEWED AND APPROVED UPON THAT APPROVAL. UM, WE MOVE FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTION AND HAVE INVESTED OVER $300,000 IN A BUILD OUT IN A SPACE THAT'S READY TO OPEN. WE CURRENTLY HAVE A, UM, TEMPORARY CO THAT WE'RE OPERATING UNDER AT THIS LOCATION. UM, JUST THREE DAYS BEFORE OUR PLANNED OPENING, OUR [01:20:01] PERMITS WERE PULLED, CITING PARKING CONCERNS FROM THE OTHER TENANTS IN OUR STRIP. UM, SINCE THEN WE HAVE ACQUIRED OUR TEMPORARY A CO AND WE HAVE BEEN RUNNING MORNING CLASSES WITH NO ISSUES TO PARKING. WE DO HAVE VERY DIFFERENT HOURS BECAUSE THERE'S TWO RESTAURANTS WHICH RUN LUNCH AND DINNER. AND OUR PRIMARY CLIENTELE IS THERE FROM SIX 30 TO 1130. ACTUALLY LIKE FIVE 30. YEAH, SORRY, FIVE 30. I MEANT TO SAY. OUR FIRST CLASS AT 5:30 AM WHEN NO ONE ELSE'S IN THE STRIP IS OPEN. UM, THE REQUEST TODAY IS SIMPLE. WE JUST WANT TO ALLOW US TO COUNT THE CENTER'S EXISTING PARKING THAT HAS BEEN THERE FOUR YEARS TOWARDS OUR PARKING MINIMUM SO THAT WE CAN FULLY OPEN WITH A PERMANENT CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. THIS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO BOTH OF US AS THE BUSINESS OWNERS, AS YOU CAN TELL. UM, I'M VERY NERVOUS. I'M SORRY, I'M SHAKING. UM, UM, OH, JUST GO AHEAD AND GO AHEAD WRAP. WE ALSO HAVE A PARKING STUDY SUPPORTING OUR REQUEST AND A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MARY ANNE HUFFMAN, INCLUDING MANY EMAILS AND LETTERS I'M SURE FROM MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. UM, I THINK CLOSE TO A HUNDRED. UM, WE FOLLOWED THE CITY'S PROCESSES. WE'VE RECEIVED APPROVAL AND UPON THE APPROVALS IS HOW WE DECIDED TO INVEST THE MONEY IN THIS SPACE. AND NOW WE'RE JUST SITTING HERE SORT OF HANDS TIED, UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING AND IT'S INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING. SO WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR SUPPORT THAT WE CAN COUNT THOSE 14 SPACES THAT ARE ALREADY THERE AND OPERATE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, KRISTEN BAER, DID YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS YOU WANTED TO MAKE? NO, WE HAVE THE SAME. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SAME. I FIGURED YOU HAVE THE SAME INTEREST. YES. . OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? JUST A QUICK QUESTION. YES, COMMISSIONER VICTOR. SO NO EVENING CLASSES, YOU ONLY HAVE MORNING. RIGHT NOW AT OUR PILATES STUDIO, WE HAVE ONE EVENING CLASS AT 5:30 PM OKAY. FOUR DAYS OF FOUR DAYS OF THE WEEK. OKAY. I NEED, I NEED ONE AT A TIME. I'M SORRY. AND I NEED YOU TO SAY YOUR NAME, I'M SORRY TO CORRECT YOU, BUT IT'S BECAUSE IT'S RECORDED. THAT'S OKAY. UM, MY NAME'S KRISTEN BER. WE HAVE AN EVENING CLASS FOUR EVENINGS OF THE WEEK, CURRENTLY AT OUR PILATES STUDIO. THAT'S NOT UNDER QUESTION. UM, AND THAT'S INCLUDING MONDAY WHEN BOTH, ACTUALLY ALL THE TENANTS IN OUR SHOPPING CENTER ARE CLOSED FOR BUSINESS. OKAY. SO ONLY ONE NIGHT A WEEK IN THE NEW SPACE. CORRECT. IN OUR NEW SPACE. WE DON'T HAVE ANY EVENING CLASSES PENDING YET. NOT IN THE NEW ONE. IN THE CURRENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER BALLARD? YES. SO THE PARKING SPACES THAT WERE ALREADY THERE, WHAT'S THE ISSUE THAT THEY'RE NOT BEING COUNTED NOW? THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. BUT THEY WERE APPROVED BEFORE. LONG TIME AGO. YES. MISTAKE. A LONG TIME AGO. LONG TIME AGO. SO WHEN, BUT THE PERMITS WERE APPROVED BASED ON THAT ALREADY? YES. YES. OH, MR. MR. BE STAFF HAS, YES. MR. BUCKLEY, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? COULD YOU? YEAH, THANK YOU. THE, THE PERMITS FOR THE PILATES EXPANSION FOR THE SECOND SPACE WERE NOT REVIEWED BY PLANNING, UM, DURING THE ROUTING PHASE FOR THOSE PERMITS, THEY WERE INADVERTENTLY NOT ROUTED TO PLANNING. SO PLANNING DID NOT REVIEW THE PARKING FOR THE MOST RECENT, UM, EXPANSION. ARE THERE ANY OPTIONS FOR THAT? UH, THIS ESSENTIALLY IS, IS THE OPTION. YEAH. YOU CAN GRANT YES AND YES. OKAY. ONE AT A TIME. OKAY. SO YES, I, I WILL SAY FINISH. I, I LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, WE GO TO THOSE RESTAURANTS ALL THE TIME AND IT IS NOT AN ISSUE PARKING IN THOSE SPACES. IT IS CLOSE TO THE MA MEMORIAL DRIVE, BUT EITHER PEOPLE WILL WALK TO THE RESTAURANTS OR GO, UM, PARK IN THOSE SPOTS. IT'S NOT A BIG ISSUE. UM, DEFINITELY WOULD BE IN SUPPORT. MM-HMM . GREAT. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? JUST MY STANDARD, IF THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PARKING, THEY'LL GO OUTTA BUSINESS. AND SO THAT'S CALLED MARKET BASED PARKING, SO VERY TRUE. OKAY. COMMISSIONER MAR? UM, I WAS GONNA SAY ONE OF MY FAVORITE RESTAURANTS IS THERE, AND I GO THERE PRETTY FREQUENTLY, AND THE ONLY TIME IT'S EVER BEEN A PROBLEM IS, UM, PRIME DINNER TIME. BUT THE HOURS THAT THEY'RE OPERATING, AND I'VE BEEN THERE AT LUNCHTIME AND OTHER THINGS, I I DON'T REALLY FORESEE IT BEING A PROBLEM. AND I KNOW THAT WE CAN'T TECHNICALLY COUNT THOSE PARKING, BUT THE REALITY IS THEY ARE BEING USED BY EVERYBODY, UH, AT ALL TIMES OF THE DAY. , SO WAIT, WAIT. YOU KNOW, HANG ON A SECOND. OKAY. THANK YOU. ARE, ARE THOSE COMM, PARKING, COMMISSIONER FAM, ARE THOSE PARKING, IS IT GONNA EVER GO AWAY? NO, IT'S IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. THAT'S THE POINT. IT'S GONNA ALWAYS BE THERE AND BE ABLE TO BE USED AS PARKING. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THEY COULD GO AWAY IF, IF THE ROAD IS EVER WIDENED. I, I DID SPEAK WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND, UH, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE ANY PLANS TO WIDEN THAT PORTION OF MEMORIAL DRIVE IN THE NEAR FUTURE, BUT THAT IS A, A POSSIBILITY. YEAH. IF IT'S EVER WIDENED, THEY WILL GO AWAY. THAT'S NOT A QUESTION. SO, BUT THEY'RE NOT GONNA GO AWAY NOW, RIGHT? THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE RECONSTRUCTED AND GOTTEN, GOTTEN [01:25:01] RID OF OR ANYTHING, WHICH MEANS THEY'LL, THEY'LL CONTINUE TO BE USED BY YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOUR CONSTITUENTS, YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO THAT'S WHY THEY DON'T COUNT PARKING SPACES IN THE RIGHT OF WAY BECAUSE THEY CAN AT ANY TIME GO AWAY IF THERE'S AN EXPANSION OF THE ROADWAY. WHAT ARE WE DEFERRING FOR? WHAT ARE WE, WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE DEFERRAL, MR. BUCKLEY? WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE DEFERRAL? WE'VE, WE'VE GOTTEN MANY, MANY COMMENTS IN FAVOR OF AND, AND OPPOSED AND OPPOSED TO THIS REQUEST AND, AND WE JUST NEED A BIT MORE TIME TO SORT THROUGH EVERYTHING AND MAKE A, A SOUND DECISION. I THINK THE APPLICANT HAD SOMETHING ELSE. OKAY. DID, DID YOU ALL HAVE ANOTHER, I HAD ONE MORE THING TO SAY. OKAY. YOU NEED TO STATE YOUR NAME AGAIN. YES. ONCE AGAIN, I'M KATE ROBBAR. UM, I, THE MAIN POINT THAT I WANTED TO MAKE TO YOU ALL, AND THE MAIN APPEAL THAT I WANTED TO MAKE WAS THAT WE DID GO THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS TO RECEIVE THE PERMIT. SO WHETHER OR NOT IT WENT THROUGH THE RIGHT CHANNELS, WE DID EVERYTHING IN GOOD FAITH THAT THEY WOULD COME THROUGH. THE OTHER POINT THAT I WAS HOPING TO MAKE IS THAT THIS IS A SHARED PARKING LOT THAT ALL OF THE TENANTS USE. IT'S NOT RE THAT BACK ROAD. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO RESERVE IT FOR US OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SAY THIS PARKING'S THERE. IF WE COULD PLEASE COUNT IT TOWARDS OUR MINIMUMS AND OPEN PERMANENTLY, IT WOULD BE GREAT. AND THEN ALSO, UM, ANOTHER IMPORTANT POINT THAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE IS OUR, OUR BUSINESS HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL, WHICH IS WHY WE ARE EXPANDING AND TRYING TO OFFER MORE MODALITIES FOR OUR MEMBERS. AND THEY SHOP AT THE BOUTIQUE AND THEY EAT AT THE RESTAURANTS WHEN THEY COME. LIKE I'M BRINGING RIGHT NOW FOR PILATES, 10 WOMEN ALMOST EVERY SINGLE HOUR TO WALK PAST THE BOUTIQUES WINDOWS. AND I'VE SEEN THEM GO IN AND SHOP. RIGHT. WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND IT IS, IT'S ALWAYS AWFUL WHEN I GOT IT. IT'S AWFUL WHEN APPLICANTS GET STUCK IN A PROCESS THAT THEY FOLLOWED AND THERE WAS A MISTAKE. BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE HUMANS IN THE LOOP AND, UH, WE MAKE MISTAKES. YES, MA'AM. SO, UM, WHETHER THIS GETS DEFERRED OR NOT, STAFF WILL, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT EVERYTHING AND, AND COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION. THAT'S JUST MY WAY OF SAYING WE REGRET YOU'RE IN THIS POSITION. YES. THANK YOU FOR THAT SO MUCH. I ALSO WANT TO JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT SOME OF THE TENSIONS WITH THE OTHER TENANTS HAVE GOTTEN QUITE, UM, THEY'VE GOTTEN VERY HEATED WITH US. UM, AND SO THE SOONER THAT WE COULD JUST HAVE THIS PROCESS OVER AND BEHIND US, PROBABLY THE BETTER JUST GIVEN THE FACT THAT ONE TENANT IN PARTICULAR IS VERY UPSET. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, COMMISSIONER. THANK, DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? COMMISSIONER VICTOR? UM, FOR STAFF OR FOR, WELL, FOR THE STAFF. OKAY. SO WOULDN'T THESE PARKING SPOTS BE COUNTED FOR THOSE TENANTS AS WELL? ALL THE RESTAURANTS THE SAME PARKING SPOTS? YEAH. THE, THE SHOPPING CENTER IS USING A SHARED PARKING ARRANGEMENT, SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO SHARE ALL OF THE AVAILABLE PARKING SPACES. OKAY. SO SAME WOULD APPLY TO THEM THAT'S BEING APPLIED TO THEM? YES. RIGHT. YES, YES. BUT THEY DON'T HAVE AN APPLICATION IN FRONT OF US. YES, EXACTLY. IF ANOTHER TENANT WANTED TO EXPAND, THEY WOULD BE HELD TO THE SAME STANDARD. YES. RIGHT. YEAH. ANYTHING ELSE? I HAVE A QUESTION. YES. COMMISSIONER CARROLL, UM, THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING DEFERRAL. CAN THE COMMISSION RECOMMEND? YES. APPROVAL? UH, APPROVAL? YES. MM-HMM . YES, WE CAN. IS THAT A MOTION? UM, YES, YOU CAN, BUT UNDER, BUT OH, AS MR. BUCKLEY SAID, I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND WE MIGHT HAVE SOME OTHER SPEAKERS. I, I ONLY HAVE THOSE FOLKS SIGN, BUT I NEED TO ASK FOR MORE SPEAKERS. BUT STAFF HAS GOTTEN A LOT OF PROS AND CONS, AND SO THEY MAY NEED THAT TIME TO SORT THROUGH IT AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION. SO I WAS JUST ASKING THE QUESTION. NO, AND YOU CAN MAKE THAT MOTION. I'M NOT STOPPING YOU. I'LL LET THE SPEAKER GOING. OKAY. MM-HMM . I HAVE ONE MORE THING TO SAY. AND YOUR NAME IS? I'M, YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M LOSING MY VOICE. I TAUGHT A LOT OF CLASSES TODAY. THAT'S OKAY. UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY WITHIN, UM, REGARDS TO THE PARKING PERMIT THAT WE WERE APPROVED OF WHEN WE DID THIS, IT WAS ONLY THREE DAYS BEFORE OPENING THAT THIS FLAG WAS THROWN. AND IT WAS ACTUALLY BECAUSE OF A LETTER FROM THE RESTAURANTS IN OUR SPACE. SO IT WASN'T THAT SOMETHING CAME UP RANDOMLY THROUGH THE CITY. IT WAS A INTENTIONAL OKAY. BLOCK BY OUR NEIGHBORS. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING IN. I'M GONNA CALL YOU MA'AM. I I SEE YOU RAISING YOUR HAND. THANK YOU. UM, SO I DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK. I KNOW YOU WANNA SPEAK. IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND COMING FORWARD AND STATING YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. YES. UM, HI THERE. HI. I'M ALSO VERY NERVOUS. I'VE NEVER DONE THAT. ANYTHING LIKE THIS'S. OKAY. NO NEED TO BE NERVOUS. WE'RE NOT JUDGING PEOPLE UP HERE. YES. AND I, I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, I AM, I WAS EXCITED ABOUT THE WORKOUT STUDIO COMING IN, TO BE HONEST, I'VE GONE TO A WORKOUT THERE. IT WAS A GREAT WORKOUT. I'VE RECENTLY [01:30:01] BOUGHT A HOUSE WITHIN THE VARIANCE, UM, WITHIN THE 800 FEET OF THIS, UM, WORKOUT STUDIO. AND I JUST, IT TERRIFIES ME, TO BE HONEST. I, THERE ARE BUS STOPS ALONG YORK, CHESTER. THERE'S NOT ADEQUATE PARKING EVEN WITH THE ADDITIONAL SPOTS ON MEMORIAL. I HAVE PICTURES. WE'VE, I KNOW SOME PICTURES HAVE BEEN SENT IN, UM, 32 WORKOUT SPACES ALONG WITH THE 10 AND THE PILATES, ALONG WITH THE RESTAURANTS. IT'S, IT'S TOO MANY CARS. IT, THEY'RE CREATING UNSAFE PARKING ALONG, UM, CHESTER WHEN KIDS ARE GETTING ON AND OFF THE BUSES. UM, IT'S JUST THE, THE OVERFLOW IS GONNA, IS GONNA, UM, SPILL INTO THE, INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I BOUGHT ON A CUL-DE-SAC WITH THE IDEA OF HAVING A QUIET STREET. AND THE IDEA OF CARS PARKED UP AND DOWN THE STREET, UM, TERRIFY ME. AND I WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO PULL UP THE CLASS SCHEDULE. AND IF IN THE CLASS SCHEDULE, TO ME LOOKS LIKE WITHIN A 13 HOUR PERIOD, THERE ARE, UM, 11 CLASSES GOING. NOT FROM, NOT FROM NO, NO, NO. SORRY. YOU CAN'T SPEAK FROM THE AUDIENCE. OH, I'M NOT TALKING TO YOU. I'M TALKING TO THE AUDIENCE. YES. OH, SORRY, SORRY. YES. UM, SO I DON'T, THAT'S PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, ON, ON THE WEBSITE THAT CLASSES START AT FIVE 30 AND 5 30, 6 30, 7 30, 8 30, 9 30, 10 30, 11, 30, 12, 31 35, 36 30, THAT, THAT THESE OTHER BUSINESSES AREN'T GONNA HAVE ADEQUATE PARKING. AND THEN THE, I SPILLOVER IT JUST, UM, I AM A FAN OF THE WORKOUT. I JUST THINK 32 IS TOO MANY. IT NEEDS TO BE CAPPED AT A SMALLER NUMBER. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN TODAY AS THE APPLICANTS, YOU GUYS GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A REBUTTAL, SO IF ONE OF YOU WANTS TO COME UP. HI KRISTEN. BER, UM, THE SCHEDULE THAT SHE JUST MENTIONED IS OUR CURRENT PILATES STUDIO THAT'S BEEN RUNNING SINCE JANUARY 25TH, 2025. UM, AND YES, WE DO HAVE CLASSES ON 10 PEOPLE, CLASSES ON THE HALF HOUR, MANY HOURS OF THE DAY. AND THEN WE HAVE A BLOCK OPEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON. UM, SO WE ARE NOT ADDING 11 MORE CLASSES A DAY IN OUR NEW SPACE. HOW MANY CLASSES A DAY, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME ASKING? WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO AND WE PLAN TO MAYBE HAVE FOUR. TRULY OUR TARGET CLIENTELE IS, UM, EITHER WOMEN THAT ARE AND MEN WHO ARE DROPPING THEIR KIDS OFF AND COMING QUICKLY AFTER SCHOOL, GOING BEFORE SCHOOL, BEFORE THEIR KIDS GET ON THE BUS, GOING BEFORE WORK. THE MORNING TIME IS OUR PRIME TIME AND THAT IS BEFORE ANY OF THE OTHER BUSINESSES ARE OPEN IS WHEN WE RUN ABOUT 80% OF OUR CLASSES. OKAY, THANK YOU. YEAH. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION, COMMISSIONER CARROLL? I DO. UH, THE PREVIOUS, UM, SPEAKER WAS QUOTING CLASSES FROM YOUR ORIGINAL LOCATION, NOT YOUR BRAND NEW ONE THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING. THAT IS CORRECT. AND THAT'S NOT CHANGING AND IT HASN'T CHANGED. SO WE'RE REALLY TALKING APPLES AND ORANGES THERE. CORRECT. OKAY. JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS CURRENT LOCATION. IT'S YOUR OTHER ONE YOU STARTED IN 20? NO, THE SCHEDULE SHE JUST MENTIONED IS OUR, THE WELL PILATES SCHEDULE THAT HAS BEEN THAT WAY SINCE JANUARY OF 25 AT A TOTALLY DIFFERENT LOCATION. IT'S IN THE CENTER, SAME CENTER. IT'S IN THE SAME CENTER. OKAY. AT THE OTHER END OF THE CENTER. GOTCHA. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANKS. THAT WAS THE EXISTING EXISTING. YEAH. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? I THINK THERE'S SOMEONE BEHIND YOU, MR. BUCKLEY? YES. CAN YOU COME FORWARD? GOOD AFTERNOON. IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. I'M SO NERVOUS. OKAY. UM, MY NAME IS KIM ZANDER AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME TODAY. UM, WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE, WHAT WHAT WE ARE SEEING WITH THE, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, RIGHT BEHIND THE, UM, SHOPPING STRIP IS THAT THERE'S SPILL OVER TRAFFIC THAT'S ALREADY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO RIGHT AROUND THE, THE CORNER FROM THIS STRIP IS CHESTER AND THAT'S OUR BUS ROUTE RIGHT THERE. AND THEN THE FIRST STREET IS, CAN I INTERRUPT YOU? IS THAT THE YELLOW LINE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? YES. THAT ARROW THAT GOES UP. OKAY. THANK YOU'S. THANK YOU. AND SO THAT'S OUR, UM, THAT'S WHERE THE BUS PICK UP THE KIDS IN THE MORNING. OKAY. AND THEN THE FIRST STREET, UM, DIAGONALLY FROM, I MEAN, UM, HORIZONTALLY FROM THERE IS TAYLOR CREST AND THERE ARE CARS THAT ARE SPILLING OVER ONTO THAT STREET. IN FACT, YESTERDAY AND TODAY, TODAY I SAW FOUR CARS AT 1145 THAT [01:35:01] PULLED UP AND PARKED THERE AND THEY WERE ALL WALKING OVER INTO THE, UM, THE SHOPPING STRIP. UM, AND THEN YESTERDAY IT WAS PACKED. THERE WERE CARS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN THERE WERE CARS PARKED OUTSIDE OF THE EASEMENT ON THE SHOULDER OF, UM, OF MEMORIAL. AND SO SOUTH, UM, SOUTH OF THAT RED LINE RIGHT THERE, ALL OF THAT, UM, THAT PARKING RIGHT THERE ON THE SHOULDER WAS FILLED UP. AND SO THERE IS A LOT OF OVERLAP. WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH THE CLASS SCHEDULE AND THE RESTAURANTS. UM, THEY'RE MONDAY, THE RESTAURANTS AREN'T OPEN, BUT THE RESTAURANTS ARE OPEN. THE OTHER, THE REST OF THE DAYS AT LUNCH AND AT DINNER. AND THERE ARE, UM, CLASSES FROM THE PILATE STUDIO DURING LUNCH AND ALSO DURING DINNER TIME. AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE OVERLAP IS HAPPENING. AND SO THAT'S WHEN WE'RE SEEING THE SPILLOVER INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT. OKAY. THANK YOU UHHUH COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, MAR YES. COMMISSIONER MAREZ FOR STAFF. QUESTION FOR STAFF. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN. WE, WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. UHHUH ? YES. COMMISSIONER MAR. UM, I KNOW WE CAN'T COUNT THE PARKING SPOTS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, BUT THEORETICALLY IF WE COULD, WOULD THEY MEET? YES. YES. THE REQUIREMENT? YES. OKAY. YEAH, I, I MEAN, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL CLEAR ON THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED BEYOND, I MEAN, I GUESS IT, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE HAVING AN ISSUE AT CERTAIN TIMES AND I RESPECT THAT. BUT LIKE, THEORETICALLY, WE'RE NOT EVEN A, WE CAN'T ENFORCE MORE THAN WHAT'S ALREADY OUT THERE. ACTUALLY IT IF THOSE WERE COUNTED RIGHT, IF THOSE WERE ABLE TO BE COUNTED, NO, IT COULD NOT REQUIRE MORE THAN WHAT THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES. I OBJECT. YES. I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR. THE AUDIENCE. YES. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GARZA. AND THE SAME POINT, WHICH IS THE CENTER DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH PARKING. CORRECT? CORRECT. IT'S NOT ABOUT ONE STORE, ONE SHOP, ONE RESTAURANT, ONE THING. THE CENTER IN ITS ENTIRETY DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH PARKING. SO ANYONE OPENING THEIR CLOSING, THEIR STARTING A NEW BUSINESS THERE IS GONNA HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. THAT THERE'S SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH PARKING AT THIS POINT IN TIME. BUT, UH, COMMISSIONER FAM HAD SAID, UH, ACTUALLY MY QUESTION, WHICH IS THE CURRENT PARKING, WHICH WE ARE NOT COUNTING, IS STAYING, IT'S NOT GOING AWAY. IT'S NOT BEING TORN OUT. IT'S GOING TO REMAIN. AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT'D BE GREAT IF THERE WAS MORE PARKING, BUT YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY IT BEFORE, THE EGGS ARE BROKEN. IT'S NOW WHAT DO WE MAKE WITH THE BROKEN EGGS? AND SO WE MAKE THE BEST OF THE SITUATION THAT WE CAN FOR EVERYONE CONCERNED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GARZA. ANYONE ELSE? WELL, YES. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, YOU KNOW, AND TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT THEY HAD PLAYED BY THE RULES. THEY'VE EXPENDED THEIR MONEY. THIS IS IT, IT IS NOW TRULY A FINANCIAL HARDSHIP ON THEM. I MOVE TO GRANT THE VARIANCE. OKAY, SO THAT'S A MOTION. YEP. I'M GONNA SECOND THAT I SECOND. OKAY. HOLD ON A MINUTE. I THINK COMMISSIONER FAM HAD A SECOND. UM, OKAY. SO ALL IN FAVOR OF APPRO GRANTING THE VARIANCE AND APPROVING THIS APPLICATION. SHOW OF HANDS. YEAH, DO IT BY SHOW OF HANDS PLEASE. ALL IN FAVOR. OKAY, NOW KEEP YOUR HANDS UP 'CAUSE WE NEED TO COUNT 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. OKAY. OPPOSED BY SHOW OF HANDS, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. IS THAT RIGHT? 1, 2, 3. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. FIVE. FIVE FIVE. OPPOSED? YEAH. SO, SO THE MOTION IS MOTION TO GRANT, THE VARIANCE HAS PASSED. HAS PASSED. YES. THANK YOU MR. THANK YOU. PAPERWORK FOR DEPARTMENT . [V. Consideration of an Off-Street Parking Variance at 913 Sharpstown Center (Ramon Jaime-Leon)] OKAY, SO NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE FIVE, UH, 39 0 2 SHARP SOUND CENTER. THE SITE IS LOCATED NORTH OF BELLOR BOULEVARD AND NORTHWEST OF US 59. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A PARKING VARIANCE TO ALLOW A PARKING RATIO OF 2.3 SPACES PER EVERY 1000 SQUARE FEET. INSTEAD OF THE CHAPTER 26 REQUIREMENT OF FOUR SPACES PER EVERY 1000 SQUARE FEET FOR A REGIONAL SHOPPING CENTER. HIS STAFF RECOMMENDATION, UH, SORRY. THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER FOR FURTHER STUDY AND REVIEW. OKAY, THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR IF NOT, DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER? OKAY. MOTION GARZA. SECOND. SECOND BALLARD. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ROMAN [VI. Public Hearing and Consideration of a Special Minimum Building Line for the 600-700 Block of Marshall Street in the Montrose Subdivision – MBL 90REN (Jacqueline Brown)] NUMERAL SIX. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR [01:40:01] AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS JACQUELINE BROWN. THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED AN APPLICATION FOR THE RENEWAL OF A 22 FOOT SPECIAL MINIMUM BUILDING LINE BLOCK FOR THE 600 TO 700 BLOCK OF MARSHALL STREET ON THE SOUTH SIDE BETWEEN AUDUBON PLACE AND STANFORD STREET. THE BLOCK IS LOCATED IN THE AUDUBON PLACE NEIGHBORHOOD IN COUNCIL DISTRICT C AND THE NEAR TOWN MONTROSE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. THE APPLICATION AREA CONSISTS OF 12 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS REPRESENTING 100% OF THE LOTS IN THE APPLICATION AREA. A MINIMUM BUILDING LINE OF 22 FEET EXISTS ON 11 LOTS IN THE APPLICATION AREA. THE APPLICATION IS WITHIN THE MONTROSE SUBDIVISION, WHICH WAS PLOTTED IN 1914. THE EARLIEST HOMES WERE CONSTRUCTED IN THE 1910S NOTIFICATION WAS MAILED TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE APPLICATION AREA AND ONE TIMELY WRITTEN PROTEST WAS RECEIVED BY STAFF. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO FORWARD THE APPLICATION TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS? YES. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, THE ONE THAT OBJECTED THAT CLEARLY DOES NOT MEET THE 22 FOOT SETBACK. NOW THEY'RE EXEMPT TODAY. WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY TEAR THAT DOWN? THEY ACTUALLY MEET IT TODAY. THEY DO MEET IT TODAY. THEY DO MEET IT TODAY. OKAY. FROM THE MARSHALL STREET SIDE. THEY'RE 22 FEET BACK? YES. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THERE'S A HOUSE. YEAH. ANYONE ELSE? IF NOT, I SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. OH, WAIT A MINUTE. WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. DID I MISS SOMEONE? YES. DO WE HAVE A SPEAKER? I HAVE A SPEAKER. CHRISTOPHER BRYANT. I AM SO SORRY. NOT A PROBLEM. IF YOU WERE ABOUT TO APPROVE , WELL, IT SOUNDED LIKE THEY WERE GOING TO APPROVE IT. . ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. YES. UM, MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER BRYANT. I LIVE AT SIX 11. MARSHALL IN THE SOUTH SIDE OF THIS, UH, OF THIS BLOCKING QUESTION. JUST TO BE ABSOLUTELY CLEAR. THE, I KNOW THAT IT WAS, JACQUELINE MENTIONED THIS, BUT THE, UM, THE AGENDA DOES NOT SPECIFICALLY MENTION THIS AS THE SOUTH SIDE ONLY. SO I'M SURE YOU KNOW THAT, BUT I'M JUST GONNA MENTION IT. THE QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED ABOUT THE ONE HOUSE THAT DID NOT APPROVE, UH, DIDN'T MEET IT. NOW THAT'S NOT CORRECT. THEY DO MEET IT, BUT THEY FACE ONE OF THE SIDE STREETS. SO THE HOUSE THAT DISAPPROVED WAS ON ONE OF THE ENDS, BUT THEY DO MEET IT NOW IF, IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE PICTURE. THAT WAS THE, THE, THE GOOGLE SATELLITE IMAGE OF THE OVERVIEW. I JUST WANNA POINT OUT FOR NO, KEEP GOING BACK. SORRY. IT'S THE RIGHT THERE. NOTICE THAT EVERY HOUSE IN THAT IMAGE HAS LARGE TREES AND LOTS OF GREEN SPACE, AND THAT'S MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE SETBACK. UH, IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE LOOK OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. THE ENTIRE GREATER AREA IS A PART OF A HISTORIC DISTRICT THAT'S BEEN APPROVED BY THE CITY IN THE PAST. AND THERE ARE DEED RESTRICTIONS ON THIS GREATER NEIGHBORHOOD UBON PLACE FROM THE NINETIES. NOW, EVEN IN SPITE OF THE DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT ABOUT 80% OF THE HOMES HAVE MAYBE 75% OF THE HOMES HAVE OPTED INTO. AND THE HISTORIC DESIGNATION, THIS BLOCK IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE OF THE VIEW OF THE STREET, ASKED FOR THIS SETBACK, UH, FOR THIS, THIS, UH, 22 FOOT YEAH. EASEMENT. AND, UM, IT WAS APPROVED ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, RIGHT? IT COMES UP FOR RE RE-APPROVAL NOW. AND I WAS A PART OF THAT ORIGINAL REQUEST DURING THE TIME. FROM THEN TILL NOW, THOSE 12 HOMES HAVE TURNED OVER ALL, BUT TWO OF THE HOUSES HAVE TURNED OVER ONCE, MANY OF THEM SEVERAL TIMES, ONE OF THEM FOUR TIMES. AND EACH AND EVERY TIME YOU GET COMMENTS FROM THOSE BUYERS SAYING, I JUST LOVE THE LOOK OF THIS, I LIKE THE FEEL OF IT. MOST OF THOSE HOMES, UM, OR HAVE AT LEAST A SKELETON IN THEM FROM THE ORIGINAL BUILDINGS, WHICH IS FROM OVER 100 YEARS AGO. AT THIS POINT. OUR HOME WAS BUILT IN 1922. SO, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING APPROVED BECAUSE IT HELPS WITH THAT. AND I, I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT TO YOU BECAUSE IT'S MORE THAN JUST 22 FEET, RIGHT? HERE'S THE THING, RIGHT? YEAH. SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? NOPE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. UM, SO I NEED A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE MOTION. OKAY. MOTION SIGLER. AND I HEARD ANOTHER VOICE OVER HERE. VICTOR. VICTOR. SO MOTION SIGLER SECOND VICTOR. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE DON'T NEED TO EXCUSE COMMISSIONER. HE, UH, ROMAN NUMERALS EIGHT, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE, WE WILL ADJOURN AT 4:16 PM THANK YOU EVERYONE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.