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MS. SINA, CAN YOU START US OFF WITH THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS.
DISTRICT ONE, DISTRICT TWO, DISTRICT THREE, PRESENT.
DISTRICT FOUR, DISTRICT FIVE, DISTRICT SIX, DISTRICT SEVEN, DISTRICT EIGHT.
DISTRICT 12, DISTRICT 13 HERE.
YOU HAVE QUORUM, SIR? WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.
UH, TODAY IS THURSDAY, APRIL 4TH, 2024 AT 9:02 AM GOOD MORNING.
UH, WELCOME BACK COMMISSIONERS.
UH, HAVE A, A GOOD DOCKET TODAY.
WE'RE GONNA JUMP RIGHT IN, UH, FOR QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH CASE NUMBER TWO.
THAT ONE IS AS BRIEF AS NEEDED.
UH, LET'S TABLE THAT ONE JUST FOR JUST A SECOND.
UH, GIVE COMMISSIONER KINGSTON SOME TIME TO COME IN.
UH, AND WE'LL JUMP INTO THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH CONSISTS OF CASES THREE THROUGH SIX.
SIX HAS COME OFF CONSENT BECAUSE THERE, THERE'S SOME BOXES IN THERE.
SO WE'LL, UH, TAKE THAT ONE OFF.
CONSENT AND DISPOSE OF IT INDIVIDUALLY.
TAKES US TO CASE NUMBER THREE IN DISTRICT EIGHT, MICHAEL AND MR. PPI.
ITEM THREE IS Z 2 2, 3 1, 9, 8.
AND THIS, THIS ONE IS LOCATED, UM, SOUTH OF I 20 ON BONVIEW ROAD APPLICATION, AND IT'S AN APPLICATION FOR AN LI LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
AND TWO, A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE PARKING ON A PROPERTY ZONE IN AA AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT ON THE WEST LINE OF BONVIEW ROAD NORTH OF LOGISTICS DRIVE.
PURPOSE OF THE REQUEST BEING TO ALLOW COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE PARKING ON THE SITE.
AND HERE'S THE SITE AS IT EXISTS TODAY, AND IT SURROUNDS.
UM, THERE'S LIGHT INDUSTRIAL PD TO THE EAST AND THE SOUTH.
UH, THERE'S CS GENERAL DISTRICTS WITH SUVS FOR COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE PARKING INTO THE WEST.
UH, THERE'S ONE AG PARCEL TO THE NORTH AND SOME LI TO THE NORTH THAT PROXIMITY TO A COUPLE REMAINING AG PARCELS, UM, NECESSITATES THE SUP AND IT IS ONLY ACCESSED FROM BON VIEW ROAD, BUT GENERALLY IT'S INDUSTRIAL IN CHARACTER OR ENTITLED AS SUCH.
BUT THEY DO NEED THE SUP, UH, DUE TO SOME AG THAT EXISTS IN THE AREA RIGHT NOW.
HERE IS THE PROPERTY LOOKING WEST, NOT BONNEY VIEW, LOOKING SOUTHWEST, LOOKING SOUTH.
IT JUST STARTED RAINING IN THIS PHOTO, IT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, SOUTHEAST THE, UH, WAREHOUSE IN THE INDUSTRIAL PD CROSS THE WAY, AND LOOKING UP BONNIE VIEW, LOOKING BACK.
SO AS FORWARD AS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, WE'VE GOT AG, UM, AT THIS TIME, AND THEY'RE PROPOSING LI THERE ARE DEFINITELY SOME RESTRICTIONS ON THE LI UH, DUE TO THE PROXIMITY TO THE A AND SHARING A BLOCK FACE WITH, WITH A, HERE'S A SITE PLAN AS IT'S PROPOSED.
AND, UM, SO I AM TALKING ABOUT YOURS,
UM, SO BASICALLY IT SHOWS THEIR, UH, COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE PARKING.
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THEY HAVE A, A SMALL OFFICE BUILDING ON THE SITE AS WELL.AND, UH, THEY DO HAVE TO PUT IN A 50 FOOT SETBACK DUE TO THE, UH, BLOCK BASED CONTINUITY WITH A DISTRICT ON THE BLOCK.
AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS FOR APPROVAL OF ONE, THE, UH, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
AND TWO, THE APPROVAL OF THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE PARKING FOR A FIVE YEAR PERIOD, SUBJECT TO A SITE PLANNING CONDITIONS HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? MM-HMM, NO QUESTIONS.
THIS IS THE 2 2 3 DASH 2 3 6, AND THIS IS THE APPLICATION FOR AN AMENDMENT TO A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 2 3 3 7 FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN CONJUNCTION WITH A GENERAL MERCHANDISE FOOD STORE, 3,500 SQUARE FEET OR LESS ON PROPERTY ZONE, A REGIONAL RETAIL DISTRICT WITH A D ONE LIQUOR CONTROL OVERLAY.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUEST IS TO ALLOW THE CONTINUED SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE GENERAL MERCHANDISE FOOD STORE.
3,500 SQUARE FEET OR LESS IS LOCATED THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF GREAT TRINITY FOREST WAY AND MURDOCK ROAD.
THIS IS THE ZONING MAP YOU WILL SEE IT'S SURROUNDED BY RETAIL USES AND ALSO A MOTOR VEHICLE FUELING STATION.
OUTLINED IN BLUE IS THE AREA REQUEST ON THE AREA MAP.
UM, THEY RENEW THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
WELL, IT WAS APPROVED ON JUNE 12TH, 2019 FOR A TWO YEAR PERIOD WITH AUTOMATIC RENEWAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO YEAR PERIODS, AND FOR THE USE OF SALE OF ALCOHOL AND BEVERAGES IN CONJUNCTION WITH A GENERAL MERCHANDISE FOOD STORE, 3,500 SQUARE FEET OR LESS.
AND THE APPLICANT FILED FOR A RENEWAL OF THE SUP ON MARCH THE 21ST, 2023.
THE APPLICANT REQUEST A RENEWAL OF SUP 2 3 3 7 FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS WITH THE ELIGIBILITY FOR AUTOMATIC RENEWAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO YEAR PERIOD.
UM, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE TIME LIMIT, THE APPLICANT DOES NOT PROPOSE ANY CHANGES TO THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OR SITE PLAN OF SUP NUMBER 2, 3 3 7.
THE NEXT FEW SLIDES WILL BE PICTURES OF THE SITE AND THE SURROUNDING SITES.
ON THE SCREEN, YOU WILL SEE THE SUP CONDITIONS AND THE CONDITIONS ARE THE SAME.
THE ONLY THING DIFFERENCE IS THE, UH, TIME.
THIS IS THE SITE PLAN AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL FOR A TWO YEAR PERIOD WITH ELIGIBILITY FOR AUTOMATIC RENEWALS FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO YEAR PERIOD SUBJECT TO SITE PLANNING CONDITIONS.
QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER BLAIR, PLEASE.
WERE YOU AWARE THAT THERE IS A LOT OF HOMELESS ACTIVITY AT THIS LOCATION? WHEN I DID MY SITE VISIT, I DID SEE A FEW HOMELESS PEOPLE.
WERE YOU AWARE THAT THIS APPLICANT NO.
BE AWARE OF IT BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T HERE WHEN THEY OR THE LAST TIME.
SO WERE YOU, LET ME POSE IT IN A QUESTION FORM.
UM, WERE YOU AWARE THAT WHEN THEIR LAST SUP WAS RENEWAL, IT WAS, UH, ONLY FOR A TWO YEAR CONTINGENT ON THE FACT THAT EVERYBODY ON THAT STREET CLEANED UP THEIR HOMELESS, UM, AND, AND THE VAGRANCY AND PEOPLE HANGING OUT AND DOING A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER STUFF, DRINKING AND WHATEVER ON THE PROPERTY? NO, MA'AM.
ON PROPERTY, I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT.
SO I LOOKED AT, AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKING AT YOUR STATS, BUT I LOOKED AT YOUR STATS AND IT'S, AND THE STAT, UH, WELL THE STATS KIND OF, KIND OF CONCERN ME.
SO WERE YOU, WERE YOU AWARE THAT, THAT THERE IS A, UM, FUNERAL
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HOME AND A CEMETERY NOT HALF A MILE DOWN THE STREET, ABOUT HALF A MILE, MILE DOWN THE STREET, AND THIS IS THE SPOT THAT PEOPLE WOULD GET OFF AND GO DOWN IN ORDER TO GET TO THAT LOCATION? NO, MA'AM.I WASN'T AWARE THAT THEY WOULD GO DOWN AT THAT LOCATION, BUT I DID NOTICE THAT THERE WAS A FUNERAL HOME DONE.
SO, BUT THERE WAS, YOU DID, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU DID YOUR SITE VISIT, THERE WAS HOMELESS THAT WERE THERE? YES, MA'AM.
AND THERE WERE, IT WAS A CHALLENGING LOCATION TO VIEW IT IF IF TO SAY THE LEAST, IF, IF NOT CORRECT.
I WOULDN'T SAY IT WAS CHALLENGING, BUT I DID NOTICE THAT THERE WERE A FEW HOMELESS PEOPLE OUT FRONT.
UM, CAN YOU TAKE THIS OFF OF CONSENT? ABSOLUTELY, YOU CAN.
DO, YOU KNOW, UM, THEY DID NOT CONFIRM, BUT I DID SEND THEM SEVERAL EMAILS LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THE CASE WAS ON THE AGENDA TODAY.
I SENT THEM THE STAFF REPORT AND I TOLD THEM WHAT TIME TO BE HERE AND THEY DID NOT CONFIRM.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BLAIR, IF THE APPLICANT IS, UH, IS LISTENING, HIGHLY RECOMMEND, UH, YOU MAKE IT DOWN HERE AT 1230.
UH, QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS, CAN YOU CALL COMMISSIONER BLACK PLEASE? CAN YOU CALL THEM AGAIN AND ASK THEM TO GET TO COME DOWN AT 1230? YES.
I'LL RUN TO MY OFFICE AND GIVE THEM A CALL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? COMMISSIONERS.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS KZ 2 23 2 50.
THE REQUEST IS AN APPLICATION FOR A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT SUBDISTRICT FOR AN MF TWO MULTIPLE FAMILY SUBDISTRICT USES AND AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY USE ON PROPERTY ZONED AND FM MF TWO MULTIPLE FAMILY SUBDISTRICT WITHIN PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 1 93, THE OG OAKLAND SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT.
IT IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST LINE OF INWOOD ROAD, NORTHEAST OF LEMON AVENUE.
IT'S APPROXIMATELY 3.035 ACRES.
SO THIS IS THE LOCATION MAP OF THE, WHERE THE SITE IS AT.
THEN AERIAL MAP, THE AREA IN BLUE IS THE AREA OF REQUEST.
SO, UH, THIS IS A ZONING MAP SURROUNDING, UH, USES AROUND THE SITE.
MULTI, UH, MULTIFAMILY TOWARDS, TOWARDS THE NORTH AND NORTH EAST, INDUSTRIAL INSIDE TOWARDS THE, TOWARDS THE WEST, AS WELL AS MORTAR VEHICLE REPAIR.
AND THEN THERE IS A RESTAURANT WITH DRIVE THROUGH SERVICE TO THE SOUTHWEST.
AND THEN THERE'S SINGLE FAMILY TOWARDS THE SOUTH.
THE AREA OF REQUEST IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPED WITH SEVERAL TWO STORY MULTIPLE, UH, MULTI-FAMILY BUILDINGS AND ZONE MF TWO DISTRICT.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY WITH AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY AND A REDUCTION IN PARKING SPACE REQUIREMENT.
THE EXISTING ZONING DOES NOT ALLOW THIS USE, THEREFORE THEY ARE REQUESTING USE OF DISTRICT TO PERMIT THIS USE AND DEFINE TERMS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR IT.
UH, THE, THE PD CONDITION DOES DEFINE THE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY USE AS A PERMANENT RESIDENTIAL FACILITY REQUIRING EXISTING LIVING FACILITY LICENSE FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR ALL UNITS, WHICH, UH, FURNISHES IN SINGLE OR MULTIPLE FACILITIES, FOOD, SHELTER, LAUNDRY, AND OTHER ASSISTANCE WHICH MAY INCLUDE MEMORY CARE AND ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING TO FIVE OR MORE PRESENTS WHO ARE NOT RELATED BY BLOOD MAR OR ADOPTION OF THE OWNER OR ITY OF THE AS ESTABLISHMENT.
THE PEDESTRIAN REALM WILL BE ENHANCED BY DESIGN STANDARDS THAT ENSURES THEY AN ACTIV ACTIVATED SIDEWALK AND REQUIRE BELOW GRADE PARKING.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE SITE PHOTOS OF THE SITE ON SITE LOOKING SOUTHEAST, AGAIN, LOOKING SOUTHEAST TOWARDS THE MORE TOWARDS THE NORTH.
UM, LOOKING SOUTHEAST, LOOKING SOUTHEAST, LOOKING SOUTHEAST, LOOKING SOUTHEAST, LOOKING
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NORTHWEST, LOOKING NORTHWEST, LOOKING SOUTHWEST, LOOKING WEST, LOOKING NORTHWEST, LOOKING NORTHEAST, LOOKING NORTHEAST, LOOKING NORTHEAST, LOOKING NORTHWEST.THEN SURROUNDING USES AROUND THE SITE ON SIDE ON ONSITE LOOKING SOUTHWEST, LOOKING EAST, LOOKING EAST, LOOKING NORTH AND LOOKING E WEST, LOOKING EAST, LOOKING EAST, LOOKING EAST TOWARDS THE SOUTH.
SOUTHEAST, SOUTHWEST, SOUTHEAST, SOUTHWEST LOOKING WEST, LOOKING SOUTHEAST AND LOOKING SOUTHWEST.
AND THESE ARE THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT ARE BEING, UM, PROPOSED FOR THE PD 180 3.
UM, THE NEW PDS FOR THE FRONT, THEY'RE ALL PROPOSING 15 FOOT FRONT SETBACK FOR THE SITE AND REAR A 10 SETBACK.
HOWEVER, FOR BELOW GRAY PARKING STRUCTURE, THEY ARE REQUIRING A ZERO MINIMUM.
AND THEN FOR DENSITY, NO MINIMUM LOT AREA PER DWELLING UNIT, UM, THEY'RE PROPOSING A 1 1 70 UNITS MAX.
THE HEIGHT, THEY'RE NOT, UM, DOING ANY UH, VARIANCES.
AND THEN FOR THE LOT COVERAGE, THEY ARE PROPOSING A 70%.
AND THEN THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT, THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.
AND THEN I DID A MORE, UH, ZOOMED IN AND THEN, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVED, SUBJECT TO DEVELOPMENT, PLANT AND CONDITIONS.
QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER HALL.
UH, JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY A FEW THINGS, UH, MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
UH, THE, UH, THE APARTMENTS THAT ARE ON THIS LOCATION WERE BUILT IN 1948, CORRECT? I'M NOT AWARE OF WHEN THEY WERE BUILT.
YEAH, AT 1948, THAT MAKES 'EM JUST A LITTLE BIT OLDER THAN ME.
UM, THE CURRENT ZONING ALLOWS RETIREMENT HOUSING AT 55 UNITS PER ACRE, I BELIEVE.
AND SO THEY'RE ASKING TO DO 170 UNITS IN TOTAL IN, IS IT TWO OR THREE STORIES? I THINK IT'S THREE LEVELS.
THEY'RE PROPOSING A DEVELOPMENT PLAN DOES SAY THREE STORIES.
BUT, BUT NOT, UH, NOT ANY HIGHER THAN THE EXISTING BUILDINGS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THEY'RE KEEPING THE, THE SAME HEIGHT.
UH, CURRENT ZONING DOES NOT ALLOW ASSISTED LIVING, NOR DOES IT ALLOW KITCHENS.
AND SO THE APPLICANT WANTS TO PROVIDE ASSISTED LIVING ALONG WITH KITCHENS? YES.
AND, UH, LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE WAS IT? UM, I BELIEVE THEY'RE GONNA DO SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON LA FOY DRIVE THE, WHERE THE DUMPSTER AREA IS.
YEAH, I THINK, I THINK THEY'RE GONNA DO, UH, MAYBE WIDEN THE STREET OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT JUST TO, UH, MAKE IT EASIER TO GET, UH, UH, THE DUMPSTER TRUCKS IN AND OUT.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER, VICE CHAIR RUBEN, JUST A, A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS.
ONE, UM, I HAVEN'T LOOKED IN ANY DETAIL AT THE NEW MAPS AFTER REDISTRICTING, BUT WHEN I THINK OF PD 1 93, I, I THINK DISTRICT 14 AND DISTRICT 12, BUT I GUESS D 13, DD TWO, THANK YOU.
UH, I GUESS DISTRICT 13 WAS REDRAWN TO GET INTO PART OF PD 1 93, IS THAT RIGHT? SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? OKAY.
AND THEN ONE OTHER, UM, QUICK QUESTION ON THESE ACCESSORY USES.
UM, IT SAYS THAT THEY'RE FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE RESIDENTS.
I CAN THINK BACK TO VISITING, YOU KNOW, A GRANDPARENT OF MINE AT A FACILITY LIKE THIS, AND I MIGHT GO WITH THAT GRANDPARENT TOO, THE MOVIE THEATER OR THE SALON OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
DOES, DOES THIS PROHIBIT, YOU KNOW, GUESTS AND FAMILY OF THE RESIDENTS FROM USING THAT, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY? I AM NOT AWARE.
AND NOW THAT I'M LOOKING AT THE LANGUAGE AGAIN, I THINK WE CAN CLEAN IT UP TO MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR THAT IT WAS FOR THE RESIDENTS AND THEIR GUESTS.
BUT I WOULD DEFER TO THE APPLICANT IF THAT'S WHAT THEY, UM,
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ACTUALLY INTEND.BUT I KNOW IN DRAFTING IT, THAT WAS WHAT I SORT OF ENVISIONED.
MS. GARZA, TWO QUESTIONS ON THE TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS.
I SEE THAT IT'S 15% ALONG INWOOD ROAD.
COULD YOU SPEAK TO HOW THAT RELATES TO OTHER STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE? IT'S ON FIVE 12 OF OUR CASE REPORT.
I KNOW FOR THIS ONE, UM, THEY DID MENTION THAT THEY STILL WANTED, UM, A BUFFER FOR THE RESIDENTS THERE, LIKE, UH, A TRANSPARENCY FOR, NOT FOR, FOR THE, THE RESIDENTS THERE TO HAVE A PRIVACY.
WELL, I HAD GONE BACK AND LOOKED AT, UM, JUST FORM-BASED CODE AS A REFERENCE.
'CAUSE I KNOW IT TYPICALLY HAS, UM, TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS AND EVEN ALONG PRIMARY STREETS, UM, IT WAS A HIGHER PERCENTAGE THAN THAT.
THAT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS A LOW, BUT CERTAINLY RECOGNIZED INWOOD A A BUSIER STREET.
UM, SECOND QUESTION IS, I NOTICED THAT THE LANDSCAPING IS CALLED OUT TO BE COMPLIANT WITH, UM, PART ONE, WHICH WOULD BE PART ONE OF PD 1 93.
COULD YOU SPEAK TO WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OPEN SPACE WILL BE PROVIDED? WAS THAT INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT? YES, THEY DID PROVIDE, AND I APOLOGIZE IF I LOOKED PAST IT.
SO THEY DID, UM, PROVIDE, THEY'RE PROVIDING, UM, MINIMUM OF 3,500 SQUARE FEET OF OPEN SPACE MR. OR ROUGHLY 27% OF THE LOT.
AND IS THAT FUNCTIONAL OPEN SPACE OR DOES THAT INCLUDE ALL OF THE SETBACKS IN OTHER AREAS? I GUESS I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS WHAT, WHAT ARE THE, UM, AMENITIES PROVIDED TO THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE, ARE USABLE OPEN SPACE? I BELIEVE THEY MENTIONED THE WHOLE ENTIRE SET.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER FORSIGHT, PLEASE.
I WANTED TO ASK, ARE THEY TEARING DOWN THE EXISTING, UH, BUILDINGS THAT ARE ON THIS SITE TO BUILD A NEW, ARE THEY JUST RENOVATING EXISTING BUILDINGS TO, TO, UH, TO MAKE IT INTO A, AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY? THEY WILL BE, UH, DEMOLISHING THE, THE EXISTING BUILDINGS AND BUILDING A NEW, UH, BUILDING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? OKAY, WE'LL KEEP GOING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. GARZA.
COMMISSIONERS AGAIN, CASE NUMBER SIX HAS BEEN TAKEN OF CONSENT.
ITEM SIX, THIS IS Z 2 2 3 2 60, AND THIS IS LOCATED OFF OF LEMON IN OAK LAWN.
AND IT'S AN APPLICATION FOR A PLAN DEVELOPMENT SUBDISTRICT ON PROPERTY ZONED AT GR GENERAL RETAIL SUBDISTRICT AND AN AN MF TWO MULTIFAMILY, UH, MULTIPLE FAMILY SUBDISTRICT WITHIN PD 1 93.
THE OAK LAWN SOCIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT, BOUNDED BY LEMON ROCK B AND BOWSER AVENUE AND REAGAN STREET, AND IT IS 3.07 ACRES.
PURPOSE OF THE REQUEST BEING TO ALLOW MODIFIED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS PRIMARILY RELATED TO USES, UH, SETBACKS, DENSITY LOCK COVERAGE, FLOOR AREA RATIO, HEIGHT, DENSITY STANDARDS, OR EXCUSE ME, DESIGN STANDARDS, PARKING, LANDSCAPING, AND MIXED INCOME HOUSING.
DEVELOPED A SITE WITH RESIDENTIAL AND RETAIL USES.
AND HERE'S THE AERIAL MAP OF THE SITE AS IT EXISTS TODAY.
TRIED TO HIGHLIGHT THE SPLIT ZONING NATURE OF THE PARCEL AS IT IS OR THE, THE, UH, BLOCK.
IT'S, UH, SPLIT BETWEEN MF TWO AND GR UH, RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE.
THERE'S A ALLEY THERE AT THIS TIME.
THERE IS MULTIFAMILY, MULTIPLE FAMILY USES TO THE NORTHEAST EAST.
UH, SOME SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED SUBDIVISIONS TO THE EAST, UH, MULTIPLE FAMILY TO THE SOUTHEAST RESTAURANT WITHOUT A DRIVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST ACROSS, UH, REAGAN.
AND THEN A COUPLE RESTAURANTS WITH DRIVE THROUGH ACROSS LEMON WITH AN OFFICE BUILDING, RETAIL
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BUILDING, AUTO SERVICE CENTER, THE NORTHWEST.AND THEN FINALLY A SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED SUBDIVISION TO THE NORTHWEST.
AND IT IS SPLIT BETWEEN THOSE TWO ZONING DISTRICTS, UH, WHICH SEPARATE THE USES.
UH, BUT THE CHANGE WOULD, UM, SORT OF BLEND THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OF THOSE TWO IN TERMS OF THE HEIGHT AND MASSING ALLOW THEM TO SPREAD OUT THEIR HEIGHT AND RATHER THAN FOCUSING AT ALL A HUNDRED PERCENT ON LEMON, UH, WHERE THE GR ENTITLES QUITE A BIT, WHEREAS THE MF TWO ENTITLES A LOT LESS.
UH, SO THEY BE ABLE TO SPREAD IT OUT A LITTLE BIT BETTER WITH THEIR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
UM, THEY DO HAVE A MIXED INCOME COMPONENT AND THEY HAVE DESIGN STANDARDS AND THEY'RE PROPOSING A CONCEPTUAL PLAN, DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND A LANDSCAPE PLAN.
AND HERE'S THE SITE, UM, ON THE ROCK MORTON LOOKING SOUTH, THE ALLEYS, EXCUSE ME, THE ALLEY ALLEY'S RIGHT THERE IN THE FRONT.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GO AROUND THE BLOCK SLOWLY.
THERE ARE SOME TOWN HOMES THERE ON THE SITE RIGHT NOW.
SERVICE PARKING, YOU CAN GO AROUND THE SITE, DOWN, DOWN BOWSER SERVICE PARKING, SURFACE PARKING, SERVICE PARKING, OLD ABANDONED RETAIL STRUCTURE, SURFACE PARKING THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT SURFACE PARKING, SOME UNDEVELOPED SPACE.
THERE WAS A TACO BUENO HERE AT ONE POINT WHERE THAT TILE IS.
UM, THERE'S, UH, SURFACE PARKING AT THE CORNER OF LEMON AND, UH, LEMON AND THROCKMORTON.
I'M GONNA TURN TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE SURROUNDING USES.
SO THERE'S A RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVE THROUGH CATTYCORNER.
THERE'S A, A TAKE FIVE AUTO SERVICE CENTER ACROSS THROCKMORTON, AND THERE'S A SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED, SOME MULTIPLE FAMILY MIX OF MULTI-FAMILY PLEXES ACROSS BOWER, LOOKING AT SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED, CIRCLING THE CORNER FROM BASON TO REAGAN.
IT'S A MULTIFAMILY AND, UH, THE, UH, RESTAURANT ACROSS REAGAN.
AND THEN FINALLY BACK AT LEMON, MORE MORE RESTAURANT GOING IN, UH, OFFICE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET AND ANOTHER TACO DRIVE THROUGH ACROSS THE WAY.
UM, HERE'S THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN AND CONCEPTUAL PLAN.
THERE ARE SOME, UH, CLARIFICATIONS OFFERED IN THE LAST MINUTE CHANGES FROM THE DOCKET.
THEY ARE KIND OF ADMINISTRATIVE IN NATURE.
UH, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS CONCEPTUAL PLAN STANDS TO, UH, LIMIT USES, UH, SOUTHWEST OF THE HALF LINE, UH, TO THE RE TO THE, UH, COMMERCIAL ONES.
GR ALLOWS MULTIFAMILY IN, IN THERE, UH, ALREADY, AND THEN MULTIFAMILY, UH, USES STRICTLY MULTIPLE FAMILIES STRICTLY TO THE NORTHEAST AS WHAT SORT OF KEEPS IN THE USE REGIMEN.
WHILE THE REST OF THE SECTION, UH, ALLOWS DEVIATIONS FROM THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, UH, OF THOSE TWO DISTRICTS.
SO WE END UP WITH, UM, KIND OF STRICTLY MULTIFAMILY ON THE NORTHEAST, SHOWN HERE ON PLAN NORTH, AND THEN A PODIUM, PODIUM, PARKING AND RETAIL IN THE SOUTHWEST TAKING UP THE WHOLE BLOCK.
ANOTHER, ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT AND MY AMATEUR CROSS SECTION.
BUT I DID FEEL THAT WAS IMPORTANT.
IT STEPS UP AS IT GETS AWAY FROM THE VASSER STREET, VASSER AVENUE RESIDENTIAL PARK.
UM, IT HAS TO JUMP UP FOR THAT PARKING PODIUM.
I HAVE PARTIAL ABOVE GROUND, PARTIAL BELOW GROUND, UH, AND THAT ALSO JUMPS UP TO ALLOW A LITTLE RETAIL BLOCK ON LEMON.
AND AS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE HIGHLY QUALIFIED, BUT UM, THEY HAVE REDUCED SETBACK ON LEMON, GET THAT BUILDING CLOSER TO THE STREET, UH, WHEREAS IT, IT KIND OF MAINTAINS, UH, HIGHER SETBACK A LOCK.
REAGAN ALSO HAS HIGHER SETBACKS TO STEP BACK THE MASSING AWAY FROM THE RESIDENTIAL HALF OF THE BLOCK.
UM, AS FOR MINIMUM LOCK AREA, THEY ACROSS THE WHOLE SITE IN TERMS OF PURE UNIT COUNT, THEY'D REDUCE IT, UH, A LITTLE BIT.
UM, PL AREA RATIO IS OTHER, AS WELL AS OTHER DEVELOPMENT STANDARD MAY MAKE THE, UH, EXISTING, UH, CAP OF FIVE 20 A LITTLE HARD TO HIT.
UM, BUT WE DO INCLUDE THE, UH, TOTAL DENSITY THAT WOULD BE ALLOWABLE ON THE BASE REGIMEN, UH, THERE NONETHELESS.
AND MENTION THE MIXED INCOME HOUSING PERCENTAGES IN THERE.
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TO CHANGE IN THE, UH, CHANGES OF THE DOCKET.UM, THEIR MIH ALSO IS TIED TO THE BASE, UH, INCREASING FROM A 2.0 FAR TO A 3.4, UM, 2.0 KIND OF HAD TO BE A SPECIFICALLY SET BASE BECAUSE MULTIFAMILY TWO DIDN'T HAVE A FAR TO START WITH.
UH, BUT YEAH, WE SEE THAT HEIGHT DECREASED FROM 85 ON LEMON DOWN TO 36 ON BOWSER.
THERE'S THE INTERMEDIATE STEPS AND THEN 90% L COVERAGE.
THE WHOLE STRUCTURE ALLOWS THEM TO, UH, ENCLOSED THEIR GARAGE.
AND AS FOR A LANDSCAPE PLAN, THEY HAVE A LANDSCAPE PLAN, WHICH GENERALLY MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF PART ONE.
THEY HAVE SOME REDUCED STREET TREES ALONG ROCK MORTON, UH, PROVIDED THAT THEY PRESERVE THE EXISTING LARGE TREES THAT YOU SEE THERE, UH, ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER, OR IT'S ACTUALLY THE NORTH CORNER, UH, PLAN NORTHWEST, BUT THAT'S THE PRIMARY VARIATION.
OTHERWISE, THE STREET TREES AND OTHER PLANTING GROUPS ARE THE SAME AS YOU WOULD SEE IN THE PART ONE I TO MODIFY THE GARAGE SCREENING.
SO IT DOESN'T OVERLAP WITH FOUR POINT 1107, BUT IN THIS CASE, FOUR POINT 1107 CONTROL AND ALLOW FOR PRESERVATION OF SPECIFIC LIVE OAKS ON THROCKMORTON MIXED INCOME PROVISIONS, UH, HAVE UPDATED IN THE CHANGE OF THE DOCKET.
UM, THE OLD ONE WAS 3.5 AT 61 TO 80 AM FI UH, WHEN, WHEN USING A 1.4 INCREASED FAR, UH, THE MAX HEIGHT IS TIED TO THE, THE FAR, BUT THE, UH, THE MAX HEIGHT ACTUALLY DECREASED ACROSS THE WHOLE PARCEL.
UH, IT'S A SLIGHT REDUCTION IN THE AVERAGE HEIGHT ACROSS THE PARCEL, STILL TIED TO THAT.
UM, STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF FIVE, AT 5% AT 61 80 AM F FIVE IS BASED ON THE EXISTING M-I-H-D-B ORDINANCE THAT WE USE ACROSS THE BOARD, WHICH IS 5% AT 61 TO 80 FOR A ONE FAR RATIO INCREASE AND OTHER VARIATIONS FROM FOUR POINT 1107.
THEY MEET FOUR POINT 1107 MIXED INCOME DESIGN STANDARDS.
UM, FOR THE MOST PART, UH, THEY VARY THEIR ACTIVE BUILDING WITH, UM, THE HOPE IS THAT WILL LET THEM, UH, USE THAT ACTIVE BUILDING A LITTLE MORE FREQUENTLY THAN THEY WOULD MAYBE SCREENING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, AND ALLOW THAT RETAIL IN FRONT OF YOUR GARAGE ON LEMON.
UH, TRANSPARENCY PACING DOES NOT APPLY TO GARAGE PARKING WALLS.
MOST OF THAT IS, IS WRAPPED AS IT IS.
UM, EVERYTHING ELSE IN 4.107 REMAINS A MODIFIED FENCING.
INDIVIDUAL ENTRIES ARE PEDESTRIAN SCALE, LIGHTING, GROUND LEVEL, OPEN SPACE, UH, GARAGE SCREENING, ALL STANDARD AND ADDITIONAL DESIGN STANDARDS.
THEY HAVE TWO PIECES OF STREET FURNITURE FROM THE REGULAR MIX OF THREE FOR EACH FRONTAGE.
THEY HAVE DRIVEWAY WIDTH AND NUMBER MAXIMUMS. SO 25, UH, MAXIMUM WIDTH ANYWHERE, UH, ONE PER FRONTAGE ON BROCK, MARTIN, REAGAN, AND LEMON, AND THEN NONE ON BOWSER.
UM, ADDITIONAL 40% TRANSPARENCY ABOVE WHAT'S CALLED FOUR AND FOUR POINT 1107, THAT'S 40% ON LEMON.
THEY'RE REQUIRED TO MEET THE FOUR POINT 1107 TRANSPARENCY, UH, WHICH IS EVENLY SPACED AND THREE FOOT VERTICAL BUFFERS BETWEEN SIDEWALK AND PARKING OR DRIVING SURFACES.
THEY DON'T HAVE A, UH, AT THE, ON THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, PRIMARY EXPOSED PARKING OR DRIVING SPACES.
BUT THE, UH, THREE FOOT VERTICAL BUFFERS IS, SHOULD THEY CHANGE THEIR DEVELOPMENT PLAN IN ANY WAY TO INCLUDE THOSE, UH, THAT'LL APPLY, UH, PROTECT THE SIDEWALK FROM, UM, CAR ENCROACHMENT AND SAFE CROSSING LANGUAGE YOU'RE LIKELY FAMILIAR WITH.
UH, ONE DIFFERENCE IN THE RECOMMENDATION IN THE, UH, REQUEST IS IN REGARDS TO SIDEWALKS.
SO STAFF, RE STAFF AND THE APPLICANT ARE IN AGREEMENT ON EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK WITH A SIX FOOT PARKWAY, SORRY, FIVE FOOT PARK, SORRY, IT'S A FIVE FOOT PARKWAY ON LEMON.
AND THEN ON THE OTHER STREETS, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS SIX FOOT SIDEWALKS ACROSS THE BOARD AND A, UM, PARKWAY MINIMUM OF FIVE FOOT.
UH, THEY RECOMMEND OR THEY REQUEST TO, UH, YOU KNOW, SHRINK THEIR DRIVEWAYS WHEN THEY REACH, EXCUSE ME, SHRINK THEIR SIDEWALKS WHEN THEY REACH THE DRIVEWAY AS YOU GO NORTHEAST ON THE SITE TO A FOUR FOOT MINIMUM.
SIDEWALKS, UH, HAVE A LARGER PARKWAY.
SO RECOMMENDATION IS TO KEEP THE SIX ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND I'M GONNA LOOK AT THE PLAN.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE THEY'VE MARKED THEIR DRIVEWAYS ON HERE.
IT'S NOT EXACTLY MIDWAY THROUGH THE SITE, BUT APPROXIMATELY IN THE NORTH OF THOSE DRIVEWAYS, THEY SHRINK THE SIDEWALKS DOWN FOUR FEET.
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THAT'S A REFRESHER ON THAT.WE DID HAVE CHANGES FROM THE DOCKET AND THEY'RE, UH, MOSTLY ADMINISTRATIVE.
SOME CLARIFICATION ON CONCEPTUAL PLAN, JUST TO BEEF UP THAT LANGUAGE, MAKE SURE THAT IT APPLIES ONLY TO USE, UH, USES NOT TO DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
'CAUSE THE WHOLE POINT OF THE REZONING IS TO ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS TO VARY ACROSS THOSE TWO TRACKS.
UH, BUT TO KEEP THAT RE RESIDENTIAL, OR EXCUSE ME, RETAIL COMPONENTS OF THE SOUTHWEST.
UM, AND SO THAT'S ACHIEVED ON PAGE 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, AND THREE.
PAGE FOUR HAS DETAILED, DETAILED AS SMALL LOADING SPACES NEED TO BE ON THE GROUND FLOOR.
THERE WERE ALREADY REQUIRED SMALL LOADING SPACES, BUT IT GIVES DETAIL AS TO WHERE THOSE SHOULD BE.
UH, REMOVES TURRET FROM THE LIST OF PUBLIC ENTRANCE ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS.
LONG STORY SHORT, THEIR PRI THEIR PRIMARY ENTRANCES NEED TO HAVE ARCHITECTURE ELEMENTS.
AND, UH, PAGE SIX ADDED SOME SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES LIKE ALBIDO, ROOF STRUCTURES, RECYCLING, UH, IRRIGATION FOR LANDSCAPING AND, UH, BIKE RACKS.
I THINK, I BELIEVE IT WAS THREE BIKE RACKS NEED TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC OF THE, OF THE OVERALL BIKE PARKING THAT THEY HAVE.
AND THE APPLICANT ACCEPTED, INCORPORATED STAFF RECOMMENDED MIXED INCOME HOUSING UNITS AT 5% AT 61 TO 80 A FI.
IT WAS PREVIOUSLY 3.5 AS STATED A MINUTE AGO.
SO STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO A CONCEPTUAL PLAN AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND A LANDSCAPE, A LANDSCAPE PLAN, AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS.
COMMISSIONER KINGSTON, PLEASE.
YEAH, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION, AND THIS IS PROBABLY FOR PHIL IRWIN.
UM, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION SORT OF LATE ABOUT THE TREES ON LEMON.
THERE WAS DISCUSSION WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THEM BEING SIX INCH CALIBER.
AND I THINK MAYBE THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION BY PHIL THAT THEY BE FIVE INCH, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION ABOUT THAT.
I DON'T THINK THE DEVELOPER CARES AND I DON'T CARE.
SO I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HE WOULD PREFER, UM, FOR THE HEALTH OF THE SITE.
WHAT, UH, WHAT PHIL WOULD PREFER.
SO THE ONE THING WE TOUCHED ON LEMON WAS, UH, NOT USING LIVE OAKS AS THE PRIMARY PLANTING GROUP THERE.
BE A LITTLE TOO, UH, IN THERE IN HIS SOME, UH, ESTIMATION TO, UM, DENSE TO SEE THERE.
'CAUSE IT'S A DENSE TREE COVER, UH, THE LIVE OAK.
UH, WHEREAS WE'D BE ABLE TO USE LIVE OAKS ELSEWHERE.
UH, THE CONDITIONS DON'T TOUCH ON THE CALIPER WIDTH ON LEMON YET.
I CAN, LET ME, I, I CAN SEE IF, UH, PHIL IS AVAILABLE, BUT BEYOND THAT, AT THE, THE TIME THE PROPOSAL LEAVES IT AS, UH, AS THE BASE STANDARD, WHICH I CAN'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO ASK HIM SOMETHING SPECIFIC? YEAH, IF, IF HE HAS, I GUESS THERE WAS A REPRESENTATION OR AN AGREEMENT MADE WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AND I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, AND I THINK THE AGREEMENT MADE WITH THE COMMUNITY WAS THAT THEY WOULD DO SIX INCH AND THEN MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION THAT FIVE INCH MIGHT BE A BETTER CHOICE, UM, FOR THOSE TREES ON LEMON, UH, TO, I DON'T KNOW, GROW HEALTHIER OR GROW FASTER OR WHATEVER.
AND SO I'M JUST LOOKING FOR HIS PROFESSIONAL OPINION ABOUT WHICH SIZE TREE WOULD BE BEST TO PLANT FROM THE START.
IF NOT, I WILL GET YOU THAT INFO, UH, BEFORE PUBLIC.
UM, BUT JUST TO CLARIFY, THERE'S NOT ANY TEXT AT THIS TIME, UH, REFLECTING THAT DISCUSSION.
I UNDERSTAND, BUT IT COULD BE ADDED.
UH, I THOUGHT I COULD STEP IN HERE REAL QUICK IF YOU COULD HEAR ME OKAY.
UH, THE, THE, THE DIFFERENCE THAT WE HAD ON THIS WAS THE CODE AND REFERENCES A, A MINIMUM OF THREE AND A HALF INCHES.
WHEN WE START ESCALATING UP TO A SIX INCH TREE, WE START LOOKING AT, UH, DIFFICULTY OF PLANTING.
UH, ALSO THE DIFFICULTY FOR THE TREE TO ADAPT TO THE CONDITION.
THAT'S A MORE MATURE TREE BEING PLANTED IN A, IN THAT, UH, LIMITED URBAN CONDITION.
SO WE LOOK FOR PLANTING THREE AND A HALF INCH TREE IS JUST AS SUBSTANTIAL AS PLANTING A SIX INCH TREE FROM MY POINT OF VIEW.
SO WHAT'S YOUR RECOMMENDATION? LEAVE IT AS IS.
I WOULD TYPICALLY LEAVE IT AS IS OR CODE MINIMUM AND ALLOW IT TO GROW TO THE SIX INCH.
UH, IF IT'S, THE IDEA IS TO PROVIDE THE LARGEST SIZE POSSIBLE AT TIME OF INSTALLATION, THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN TRY TO APPLY FOR.
BUT FOR THE LONGEVITY OF THE TREE AND THEN
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ADAPTING TO THE LOCATION, A THREE AND A HALF INCH TREE, FOUR INCH TREE MAYBE WOULD BE MORE SUITABLE.I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR THAT LAST PART.
UH, THE THREE AND A HALF INCH TREE MINIMUM IS A GOOD STANDARD IF YOU WANT TO GO TO FOUR INCH.
I MEAN, IT IS JUST A MATTER OF THE AGE OF THE TREE THAT YOU'RE INSTALLING INTO THE SITE.
THE YOUNGER THE TREE, THE FASTER IT CAN PROBABLY GROW AS IT'S MATURING INTO THE LOCATION.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER HOUSEWRIGHT.
UH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UM, MR. PEPE, I BELIEVE I READ THAT THERE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR 13,000 SQUARE FEET OF GROUND FLOOR OPEN SPACE.
IS THAT, DID I READ THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
IT'S THE GROUND FLOOR AND YOU'RE SATISFIED IT'S THERE BECAUSE WITH MY MATH SKILLS, I COULDN'T GET TO 13,000 FEET, BUT I'M SURE YOU'RE FINE.
NOW THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE CON THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE CONDITIONS.
UH, WHAT IS, UH, LEADING YOU TO, UH, WELL, I JUST DIDN'T SEE ENOUGH INFORMATION FOR ME TO CONFIRM THAT.
SO YOU, YOU CAN THINK ABOUT THAT FOR THIS AFTERNOON.
AND THEN THERE WAS SOME LANGUAGE ABOUT SOME, EVIDENTLY SOME RELIEF TO THE GARAGE SCREENING BECAUSE OF LANDSCAPE.
I DIDN'T QUITE FOLLOW HOW THAT WORKED.
WELL, IT'S A, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? IT'S AN INTERACTION BETWEEN THE L LANDSCAPING IN PD 1 93 DOES SOME THINGS THAT WE WOULD CALL DESIGN STANDARDS ELSEWHERE, INCLUDING GARAGE SCREENING.
THEY ARE GOING TO MEET THE FULL GARAGE SCREENING REQUIREMENTS OF FOUR POINT 1107, BUT THEY, UM, THEY WERE GETTING RELIEF FROM THE SCREENING REQUIREMENT OF PART ONE, PD 1 93, WHERE THEY MAY CONFLICT.
UM, AND IT WOULD ALLOW AN OPEN SPACE, UH, IN ENSURE THEY, THEY WANT, THEY WANNA IN AND THAT THAT RELATES TO THE OPEN SPACE.
THEY WANNA PUT AN OPEN SPACE OUTSIDE OF A GARAGE, BUT IF YOU HAVE A GARAGE IN PD 1 93, YOU NEED TO PUT, UH, I THINK PLANTING GROUPS IN FRONT OF IT.
AND SO THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT.
HAVE A KIND OF AN URBAN OPEN SPACE ON, UM, ON LEMON AVENUE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE PLAN.
SO WE'RE COVERED IN, IN STAFF'S ESTIMATION, IN, IN TERMS OF GARAGE SCREENING, BUT IT'S SORT OF A INTERACTION BETWEEN TWO SCREENING STANDARDS AND IN THE MIXED INCOME DESIGN STANDARDS AND, AND PD 1 93.
AND THEN AS FOR THE OPEN SPACE, OPEN SPACE IS REQUIRED IN THE URBAN DESIGN STANDARD SECTION.
SO FOR DEVELOPMENT, THEY, THEY HAVE TO HAVE 34,000 SQUARE FEET OF TOTAL OPEN SPACE AND THEN 13,000 OF TOTAL OPEN SPACE ON THE GROUND FLOOR.
AND THAT'S REQUIRED BY CONDITION.
COMMISSIONER HOFF, I, THAT COMMISSIONER HARBERT, UH, MR. PEPE, ARE THERE, THERE'S, ARE THERE EXISTING BUILDINGS ON THIS SITE THAT ARE GONNA BE DEMOLISHED? THERE'S ONE LEFT.
I THINK IT WAS A LA MADELINE, UH, THERE'S ONE LEFT THEN, OH, YOU KNOW WHAT, THERE'S ACTUALLY, THERE'S THREE, UH, ATTACHED SINGLE FAMILY IN THE NORTH CORNER, UH, THAT I UNDERSTAND ARE OWNED BY THE, UH, THE DEVELOPER.
AND THOSE WOULD BE, UH, DEMOLISHED TO, TO BUILD THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
HERE'S THE OTHER, UH, COMMERCIAL BUILDING.
AND THEN THERE ARE THREE ATTACHED SINGLE FAMILY BETWEEN THE ALLEY AND BOWSER AVENUE.
UH, THAT WOULD BE DEMOLISHED IN THIS CASE.
BUT EVERYTHING ELSE ON LEMON, UH, IS ALREADY DEMOLISHED A WHILE BACK.
AND I NOTICED LOOKING THROUGH THE BRIEF, THAT HHEB, IS THIS GONNA BE AN HEB STORE OR WHAT? I'LL, I'LL BE STRAIGHT.
UM, I THINK THEY DID OWN THIS SITE AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE MOVING IT, THEY'RE MOVING ON FROM IT
'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT THE, THE APPLICANT DEVELOPER, THEY'RE THE LANDOWNER.
UM, A POINT OF CLARIFICATION YOU MENTIONED, UM, AND THIS IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, BUT YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT IRRIGATION AND YOU, YOU, YOU SPOKE REALLY FAST, WHICH YOU NORMALLY DON'T DO.
MIKE, CAN YOU, UM, TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR PRESENTATION ABOUT IRRIGATION? YEAH.
THOSE ARE IN THE SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS FOR THAT, THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR THE PROJECT.
UH, THIS DRAFT DOESN'T HAVE IT HERE.
UH, SO I DON'T HAVE THE FULL LANGUAGE, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S PART OF THE SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS.
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UM, DRIP IRRIGATION FROM, UH, FROM AIR CONDITIONER AND, AND, UM, RAINWATER COLLECTION.SO IT, IT'S, IT'S, I UNDERSTAND IT'S RELATED TO, RELATED TO THAT.
I DON'T HAVE THE NEW ADDED LANGUAGE IN, IN FRONT OF ME, UH, AT THIS TIME, BUT IT'S, I CAN ANSWER THAT.
IT'S A REQUIREMENT FOR LANDSCAPING.
THEY'RE REQUIRED TO COLLECT ANY CONDENSATION FROM HVAC SYSTEMS THAT ARE FIVE TONS OR MORE AND DO RAINWATER COLLECTION AND REUSE IT AS PART OF THEIR LANDSCAPING.
UM, THEY ALSO INTEND TO MEET, IT'S NOT LEAD, IT'S ONE OF THE OTHER STANDARDS, BUT THE CITY ATTORNEY WON'T ALLOW US TO PUT THAT IN.
AND SO WE HAVE TRIED TO CAPTURE SOME OTHER SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS WITHIN THE ORDINANCE THAT, UM, SORT OF DOVETAILS INTO WHAT THEY'RE INTENDING TO DO ON THE SITE.
AND IN THOSE SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS, THEY'RE PUT INTO THE PD OR IS IT A CASE BY CASE? WELL, THE, THERE'S SOME SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS IN THE PD, BUT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WON'T LET US REFERENCE STANDARDS LIKE LEAD IN THE PD.
SO EVEN THOUGH A DEVELOPER MAY CHOOSE TO COMPLY WITH THE LEAD STANDARD, WE CAN'T REQUIRE IT IN THE PD.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER HAMPTON.
I SEE WE STILL HAVE MR. IRWIN, SO I WAS WONDERING IF I COULD ASK A FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON THE TREE DISCUSSION.
COULD YOU SPEAK TO THE RELATIVE, UM, SIZE VARIANCE? I THINK I UNDERSTAND, UM, THE PLANTING CONSTRAINTS AND THAT A YOUNGER TREE WILL ADAPT MORE QUICKLY, THEREFORE GROW MORE QUICKLY ON THE SMALLER VERSUS THE LARGER CALIPER.
AND I'M JUST GONNA SAY FOUR TO SIX, KEEP IT SIMPLER IN MY MIND.
WHAT WOULD BE THE RELATIVE, UM, IMPACT OF THAT IN TERMS OF PLANTING, IN TERMS OF SCALE OF THAT TREE WHEN THEY WERE PLANTED? IS THAT A SIGNIFICANT HEIGHT DIFFERENCE? UM, AND AGAIN, IS THERE ANY SORT OF RULE OF THUMB ON ON HOW THOSE, UM, INFILLS THE YOUNGER VERSUS AN OLDER, MORE MATURE TREE? WELL, THE, THE MORE MATURE TREE, OBVIOUSLY THE TALLER, UH, DEPENDS ON THE SPECIES OF COURSE.
UH, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE SPREAD OF THE CANOPY ALSO DEPEND ON THE SPECIES.
UH, THE LARGER TREE WILL BE TALLER IMMEDIATELY.
IT WILL TAKE TIME FOR IT TO BEGIN TO GROW IN HEIGHT.
UH, AND THAT MEANWHILE, THE YOUNGER TREE WOULD, WOULD TYPICALLY BE GROWING FASTER AND CATCH UP TO THE HEIGHT OF THE TREE OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS THAT BY, BY THE TIME WE GET 10 TO 15 YEARS, THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA BE CAUGHT UP WITH EACH OTHER, YOU KNOW, IN IF IN COMPARISON.
UH, AND ALSO DEPENDS ON THE SOIL CONDITIONS THAT WE'RE PLANTING IN.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, OPTIMAL PLANTING CONDITIONS, THE YOUNGER TREE WILL TYPICALLY BE MORE RAPIDLY GROWING, BUT, BUT YOUR MATURE TREE, IF IT'S BEING WELL MAINTAINED, WILL DO WELL.
AND IT, IT'S GONNA FILL IN THE SPACE, UH, IMMEDIATELY AND IT, IT'LL LOOK LIKE IT'S BEEN A, A MORE MATURE TREE'S BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
I NOTICED IN THE CASE REPORT THAT IT MENTIONS THE PRESERVATION OF EXISTING TREES ALONG LEMON AVENUE.
I DIDN'T SEE THOSE LOCATED ON THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
UH, DON'T THINK THEY'RE ON LEMON.
I THINK THEY'RE ON THROCKMORTON.
YEAH, I, I'M, I'M LOOKING AT THE PLAN BACKWARDS, SO MY APOLOGIES.
UM, AND SO IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL, I GUESS, LANGUAGE THAT SHOULD BE CONCERNED? THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR MR. PEPE, BUT IF THE INTENT IS TO, UM, MAINTAIN THOSE TREES AS A PART OF THE OVERALL LANDSCAPING, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT NEEDED TO BE CONSIDERED? AND I'M CONFIDENT COMMISSIONER KINGSTON HAS THIS WELL IN HAND.
I JUST DIDN'T SEE IT IMMEDIATELY.
YEAH, WELL THIS, THIS, THE LANGUAGE THAT'S PROPOSED IS THE NUMBER OF TREES REQUIRED IN THE TREE PLANTING ZONE ALONG THE ROCK MORTON IS EIGHT, WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT THE STANDARD IN THE NORMAL.
UH, SO PROVIDED THE, FOR LIVE LI LARGE LIVE OAKS EXISTING PRIOR TO 2020 WERE SHOWN IN THE LANDSCAPE PLANT PRESERVED.
UM, SO OTHERWISE THEY HAVE TO MEET THE BASE STANDARD.
UM, SO THEIR INCENTIVE TO DO IT IS THEY CAN PLANT LESS, THEY CAN PRESERVE IT.
BUT THAT LANGUAGE, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF, MAYBE I WON'T LET PHIL FOLLOW UP IF NECESSARY, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IT CAN BE TRICKY TO SAY YOU, IT'S ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED THAT THIS IS PRESERVED BECAUSE OF, UH, THE HEALTH OF THINGS OVER TIME.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A, AN ALTERNATIVE, BUT THE INCENTIVE THERE IS THEY DON'T HAVE TO PLANT AS MANY ON THAT FRONTAGE.
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UNDERSTOOD.SO THAT'S, AND, AND AGAIN, I, I WAS READING THAT AND DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THE FULL CONTEXT OF IT, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
SO THEN A SECONDARY QUESTION REGARDING, UM, THE EXCEPTIONS THAT ARE ALLOWED RELATED, WELL, TWO FOLLOW UPS.
ONE THE EXCEPTIONS ON THE SCREENING, AND I WAS NOTICING SPECIFICALLY IN TERMS OF THE LOADING THAT IS REQUIRED, IS THAT BASE REQUIREMENT OF PD 1 93.
I SEE IT REFLECTED ON THE PLAN, BUT THERE'S NO STANDARD.
SO IS THAT DEFERRING BACK TO PD 1 93? THE, THE LOADING, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE LOADING STANDARD CORRECT, ON PAGE 23 OF THE REPORT WITH THE CONDITIONS? YES.
SO THE LOADING STANDARDS WERE VOLUNTEERED BY THE APPLICANT SPECIFICALLY AND AS I ASSUME AS FOLLOW UP TO CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY.
I, I KNOW WE'LL HEAR THIS INDIVIDUALLY, SO I CAN ASK THEM TO CONFIRM THAT.
AND THEN FINAL QUESTION ON THE, UM, TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS.
I, I NOTICED IT'S MUCH HIGHER WHERE WE'VE GOT THE GR ZONES.
IS THERE TRANSPARENCY THAT IS ANTICIPATED FOR THE RESIDENTIAL PORTION OF THE SITE? YES.
SO WE HAVE TWO LAYERS OF, UM, TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS HERE.
SO THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE TO MEET 40%, UH, MINIMUM ON LEMON.
AND THEN IT'S THE FOUR POINT 1107 TRANSPARENCY STANDARDS ON THE EVERYWHERE OUT, ON EVERY OTHER FRONTAGE.
AND THAT IS, THAT ONE WORKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
IT'S NOT A PERCENTAGE, BUT IT DOES, I I THINK IT'S ROBUST LANGUAGE.
IT TALKS ABOUT AT LEAST ONE WINDOW AND ONE PRIMARY ENTRANCE, UM, AT THE STREET LEVEL.
AND THEN IT SAYS A TRANSPARENT SURFACE IS REQUIRED FOR EVERY 25 LINEAR FEET OF STREET FRONTING AND OPEN SPACE FRONTING FACADE.
SO IT'S EVERY 25 FEET, THEY REQUIRE A TRANSPARENT SURFACE.
SO IT'S A DIFFERENT MECHANISM FOR TRANSPARENCY THAN IS THE 40% ON LEMON.
THE, SO THEY'RE GONNA OVERLAP ON LEMON.
AND I PRESUME THAT IF YOU'RE MEETING 40%, IT'S EASY TO MEET YOUR 25%, UM, OR EVERY 25 FEET YOU HAVE MUST HAVE AN OPENING.
BUT THAT'S THE STANDARD THAT WE USE FOR MIXED INCOME PROJECTS.
TRANSPARENCY OF THE ONE IN 4.107.
WELL, WE HAVE THOSE FOR THE RESIDENTIAL PORTION IN THE BACK.
AND THEN THAT IS WHAT ALSO TRIGGERS, UM, ANY GROUND LEVEL UNITS CONNECT TO THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AND ALL THE OTHER PROVISIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED.
UH, THE, THE PARK, THE PARKING SCREENING, UH, PEDESTRIAN SCALE LIGHTING, YEAH.
COMMISSIONER CARPENTER? YES, MR. PEPPER.
MY QUESTION IS ABOUT SIDEWALKS.
'CAUSE I SEE THAT THE APPLICANT AND STAFF ARE IN AGREEMENT ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE WIDTH OF THE SIDEWALK AND THE WIDTH OF THE PARKWAY ON LEMON AND FROCK, MORTON AND REAGAN, SOUTH OF THE DRIVEWAY.
BUT CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE DIFFERENCES IN THE RECOMMENDATION, UM, STAFF AND WHAT THE APPLICANT IS OFFERING ON BOWSER AND THRO MORTON? BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE JUST WIDTH BECAUSE THE APPLICANT'S SUGGESTING FOUR IN 10, WHICH IS 14 FEET, AND THE STAFF IS SIX AND FIVE, SO IT'S 11 FEET.
SO IS IT TREES OR, OR COMMUNITY PREFERENCE, OR DO YOU HAVE AN EXPLANATION? I UNDERSTAND IT'S COMMUNITY PREFERENCE, WHY THEY'VE VOLUNTEERED FOR, UM, STAFF IN, YOU KNOW, ACKNOWLEDGES THAT, BUT STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS SIX.
THE, UH, A DA PASSING DISTANCE FOR TWO WHEELCHAIRS IS FIVE.
SO THAT'S A FLOOR YOU WOULD SEE FROM ME IN TERMS OF RECOMMENDATION.
UM, THEY ALSO HAVE A FRONT, THEY HAVE A 15 FOOT FRONT SETBACK ON BOWSER, FOR EXAMPLE.
UH, I SEE NO ISSUE IN ACCOMMODATING A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PARKWAY AND A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SIDEWALK, NONETHELESS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS ON THIS ITEM? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PIPET.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT VICE CHILDREN HAS A CONFLICT ON ITEM ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AND A STEPPED OUTTA THE CHAMBER.
THIS IS Z 2 34 DASH 1 0 1 AND THIS IS AN APPLICATION FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ESTABLISHMENT, LIMITED TO A BAR, LOUNGE, A TAVERN, AND A COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT INSIDE, LIMITED TO A DANCE HALL ON PROPERTIES ZONE F WM U THREE DASH SH WALKABLE URBAN
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MIX USE FORM SUBDISTRICT WITH A SHOPFRONT OVERLAY WITHIN PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 5 95, WHICH IS THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK.SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT OUTLINE IN BLUE IS THE AREA REQUEST ON THE AREA MAP.
THIS IS THE ZONING MAP YOU WILL SEE IS SURROUNDED BY UNDERDEVELOPED FOR ITS PARK AUTO SERVICE CENTER, VEHICLE SALE AND MANUFACTURING.
THE AREA OF REQUEST IS LOCATED AT 29 10 BJO BOULEVARD.
THE STRUCTURE WAS BUILT IN 1939.
IT'S APPROXIMATELY 2,688 SQUARE FEET.
THE ONLY USED AUTHORIZED BY THIS SPECIFIC PERMIT WOULD BE A BAR LOUNGE OF TAVERN, AND THE PROPOSED BAR LOUNGER TAVERN WILL OPERATE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 8:00 AM TO 1:00 AM AND THE NEXT DAY AND SUNDAY 11:00 AM TO 11:00 PM THE NEXT FEW SLIDES WILL BE PICTURES OF THE SITE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
ON THE SCREEN NOW WILL BE THE CONDITIONS AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL FOR A FIVE YEAR PERIOD WITH ELIGIBILITY FOR AUTOMATIC RENEWAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
AND IT'LL BE SUBJECT TO SITE PLAN AND STAFF RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS.
QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER WHEELER, PLEASE.
UM, IS THERE ANY REASON THE RECOMMENDATION IS FOR A FIVE YEAR AUTOMATIC WITH THE AUTOMATIC RENEWAL WHEN THIS IS A NEW SUP AND THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TIME TO ADAPT TO IT? CAN YOU REPEAT THAT FOR ME? I DIDN'T QUITE HEAR YOU.
ALL I HEARD WAS THE SUP RENEWAL.
THE RECOMMENDATION IS FOR A FIVE YEAR PERIOD WITH A AUTOMATIC RENEWAL WHEN THIS IS A NEW ALCOHOLIC ESTABLISHMENT IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TIME TO ADAPT AND SEE, UM, WHAT WOULD THIS BUSINESS BE AN ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY? WELL, I SPOKE WITH RYAN ABOUT THAT AND HE SAID, RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE A POLICY STATED THAT ALL NEW SUVS SHOULDN'T HAVE AUTOMATIC RENEWALS.
SO THAT'S WHY I LEFT IT AS THE FIVE YEAR WITH AUTOMATIC RENEWALS.
SO I KNOW THERE IS NOT A POLICY, BUT PUTTING A NEW SUP ON A, UH, IS PUTTING A NEW SUP ON A AUTOMATIC RENEWAL, HOW DOES THAT DEAL THE COMMUNITY, UH, IF, IF SOMETHING GO SOMETHING, IF THEY DO SOMETHING AND IT'S AUTOMATIC RENEWAL AND, AND THEN, UM, IT DOESN'T GIVE A COMMUNITY ROOM, IT DOESN'T GIVE A COMMUNITY ROOM TO HAVE A CHOICE ON WHETHER THEY WANT TO KEEP THEM IN A LATER DATE.
UM, IF THEY, IF THEY REDO THEIR AUTOMATIC RENEWAL AND AT THAT TIME EVERYTHING IS OKAY, UM, THEN THE COMMUNITY IS KIND OF LEFT WITH SOMETHING THAT, THAT THEY MIGHT NOT WANT.
UH, GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONER WHEELER.
UM, YEAH, SO, SO THIS IS JUST STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
UH, AS GIANNA SAID, YOU KNOW, WE ARE RECOMMENDING INITIAL FIVE YEAR PERIOD WITH THAT ELIGIBILITY FOR AUTO RENEWAL, UH, FOR ADDITIONAL FIVE YEAR PERIODS.
UM, ALSO AS GIANNA SAID, UM, ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS COMMISSIONERS, VARIOUS COMMUNITIES MAY HAVE, UM, SORT OF ESTABLISHED INTERNAL POLICIES ON, ON WHEN THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE APPROVING SOMETHING WITH AUTOMATIC RENEWAL OR NOT.
UH, CITY STAFF DOES NOT HAVE A HARD AND FAST RULE OR POLICY, UM, ON, ON WHEN WE RECOMMEND AUTO RENEWAL OR NOT.
IT'S REALLY JUST A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
UM, IN THIS CASE, UH, WE ARE RECOMMENDING ELIGIBILITY FOR AUTO RENEWAL.
UM, HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, YOU AS THE COMMISSIONER AND YOUR FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, YOU'RE, YOU'RE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO FOLLOW STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, UM, IF YOU WEREN'T COMFORTABLE, UH, RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF AUTO RENEWAL TO CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
COMMISSIONER HERBERT, UM, FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION, THEREFORE, MYSELF AND, UM, NEWER COMMISSIONERS, WHAT GOES IN THE DECISION FROM STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON, UM, YEARS OF, OF ELIGIBILITY FOR AUTOMATIC RENEWALS? WHAT GOES IN THAT DECISION MAKING? YEAH, I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, IT'S REALLY JUST A, A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
UM, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY LIKE FORMAL GUIDANCE, UM, IN THIS CASE.
DO YOU KNOW WHY WE CHOSE THIS OR IS IT I'LL PASS THAT TO THE CASE PLANNER.
UM, I CHOSE TO GO WITH THE FIVE YEAR WITH AUTOMATIC RENEWAL BECAUSE I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY OPPOSITION FROM THE COMMUNITY.
I DIDN'T RECEIVE ANYTHING FROM THE COMMUNITY.
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ALSO I DID IT BASED ON THE USE.UM, SO IF HAD I HEARD ANYTHING NEGATIVE FROM THE COMMUNITY, THEN MAYBE I WOULD NOT HAVE SELECTED TO DO THE AUTOMATIC RENEWAL, BUT I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING FROM THE COMMUNITY.
WE ADDRESSED THIS A LITTLE BIT IN AN EMAIL, BUT TO, TO GET IT ON THE RECORD AT THE BRIEFING.
UM, THIS IS A BRAND NEW OPERATOR AND A BRAND NEW SUP.
THIS OPERATOR HAS NOT HAD AN SUP AT THIS LOCATION BEFORE YOU ARE CORRECT.
SO EVEN THOUGH AN SUP WAS REQUIRED FOR THIS USE, UH, A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WAS SOMEHOW ISSUED AN ERROR FOR THIS USE? THAT'S CORRECT.
THE CO WAS ISSUED AN ERROR FOR THIS PARTICULAR USE.
AND SO THESE SU UH, SUP CONDITIONS, THESE ARE BRAND NEW CONDITIONS THAT THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, MA'AM.
UH, CAN, I MEAN, THERE ARE SEVERAL, UM, CONDITIONS HERE THAT DON'T SEEM TO BE APPLYING TO, UH, THIS SORT OF USE.
I MEAN, IT SAYS IT REFERENCES A, A PRIVATE RECREATIONAL FACILITY.
IT SAYS FIELD LIGHTING IS NOT PERMITTED.
UM, AND THEN THE HOURS OF OPERATION, WHICH ARE, WHICH INCLUDE NO SATURDAY HOURS ARE VERY UNUSUAL FOR A, FOR A BAR.
WAS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THESE CONDITIONS WITH THE APPLICANT? YES.
AND SOME OF THESE CONDITIONS, UM, I STRIKED OUT BECAUSE THEY DID NOT PERTAIN TO THIS PARTICULAR USE, BUT I DID DISCUSS THAT WITH THE APPLICANT AND HE SAID THAT THESE ARE THE HOURS THAT HE WANTED TO, UM, OPERATE AT.
AND SO DID HE, WAS IT HE, DID HE ALSO HAVE AN EXPLANATION FOR THE REFERENCES TO FIELD LIGHTING AND PRIVATE RECREATIONAL FACILITY? IT ALMOST LOOKS AS IF THIS SET OF CONDITIONS WAS ADAPTED FROM ANOTHER USE AND DIDN'T QUITE GET TO WHERE IT NEEDED TO BE.
HE COULD HAVE USED AN EXAMPLE AND MAYBE FORGOT TO SWAP OUT SOME WORDING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT HE WILL BE HERE THIS AFTERNOON.
THAT WAY YOU CAN ASK HIM THOSE QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER, FORESIGHT IS THE EXISTING, UH, THE, THE, YOU, YOU SAY THIS IS A NEW OPERATOR.
UH, THE, THE BUILDING THAT'S THERE, IS IT CURRENTLY BEING OPERATED AS A NIGHTCLUB OR AS A LOUNGE? I BELIEVE SO BECAUSE THEY WERE ISSUED A CO AND ERROR.
SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE HERE TO GET THE SUP SO THAT THEY CAN LEGALLY OPERATE.
EXPLAIN TO ME THAT AS THE CO WAS ISSUED AN ERROR, HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS.
UH, WHAT HAPPENED HERE? SO WHENEVER THEY WENT TO THE PERMIT CENTER TO GET A CO FOR THIS PARTICULAR BUSINESS, THEY ACTUALLY GOT THE CO FOR THE, THAT'S LOCATED NEXT DOOR INSTEAD OF THIS PARTICULAR ADDRESS.
SO THEY WAS OPERATING OFF OF A CO THAT DID NOT BELONG TO THIS PARTICULAR ADDRESS.
HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN OPERATING? UM, I'LL HAVE TO CHECK THE SYSTEM AND SEE HOW LONG THEY HAVE BEEN OPERATING.
WE CAN HAVE THAT THIS AFTERNOON.
I CAN GET SOME INSIGHT TO THAT.
UH, WITH THAT QUESTION, THEY ACTUALLY WAS ISSUED A TO ON JULY 11TH, UH, THE, THE NEIGHBORING BUSINESS CALLED I AND CONTACTED ME THEIR SUP FOR THE NEIGHBORING BUSINESS, SOME KIND OF WAY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UM, ATTACHED TO THAT BUSINESS.
BUT THEY HADN'T SAID THAT THEY NEEDED A SUP ALSO.
UM, THEY HAD WENT TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND, AND STATED THAT, THAT THE BUILDING WAS NOT NON-CONFORMING AND THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT ALLOWED FOR THEM TO GO BACK UP UNDER THE PREVIOUS USE OF PD 5 9 5, UM, FOR THE AREA.
THEY, UH, THEY WERE, UM, WE WENT TO, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, PUT THEIR CO ON HOLD, BUT SAID THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO CLOSE, BUT THEY DID HAVE TO APPLY FOR A SUP.
THEY STARTED THIS PROCESS IN JULY AND THEY JUST GAVE THE PLANS TO THE PLANNER.
UM, THE COMPLETED PLANS LAST WEEK.
ALSO, THE C THE, THE, THAT PARTICULAR, UH, OPERATOR'S NOT TELLING THE TRUTH, THEY ARE OPEN MONDAY THROUGH, UH, SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
SATURDAY IS THE DAY THAT THEY'RE REALLY OPEN.
UM, SO THEY'RE OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? OKAY.
THE RECORD WILL REFLECT THAT, UH, VICE CHAIR RUBIN WILL BE STEPPING BACK IN SHORTLY, TEXAS TO CASE NUMBER EIGHT.
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ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS KZ 2 23 2 68.THE REQUEST IS AN APPLICATION FOR ONE A U SUBDISTRICT FOR FWMU FIVE WALKABLE URBAN MIXED USE FORM DISTRICT USES ON PROPERTY ZONED A DA DUPLEX SUBDISTRICT, A CC COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL SUBDISTRICT, AND A PA PARKING SUBDISTRICT WITHIN PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 5 95, THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT.
UM, NUMBER TWO IS A SPECIFIC USE FIC COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT OR GARAGE AND PROPERTY ZONED A CC SUBDISTRICT AND A DA SUBDISTRICT WITHIN PD NUMBER 5 95 AND THREE, A SPECIFIC USE PERIMETER COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT OR GARAGE ON PROPERTY ZONED A CC SUBDISTRICT WITHIN PD NUMBER 5 95 IS GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG THE SOUTHWEST LINE OF SOUTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, NORTHWEST OF PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE AND EAST OF JULIUS SHOPS.
UH, FREEWAY, APPROXIMATELY 7.88 ACRES.
THIS LOCATION MAP, THIS IS THE AERIAL MAP, THE AREA OF REQUEST IS THE HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE, THE ZONING, UH, MAP, UH, SO TOWARDS THE NORTH IS AN R 7.5, A SUBDISTRICT AND A CC SUBDISTRICT WITHIN PD 5 95 TO THE NORTH IS AN, IS AN R FIVE A SUBDISTRICT AND A CCC SUBDISTRICT WITHIN PD 5 95.