* 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. [00:00:01] ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. IT IS 10:01 AM ON MARCH 26. 2026, AND THIS IS THE BRIEFING OF THE DALLAS CITY PLAN COMMISSION. UH, MS. LOPEZ, CAN WE START OFF WITH THE ROLL CALL? GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. DISTRICT ONE COMMISSIONER SIMS. I'M HERE. DISTRICT TWO. COMMISSIONER HAMPTON. PRESENT DISTRICT THREE. VICE CHAIR. HERBERT? DISTRICT FOUR. COMMISSIONER FORSYTH, DISTRICT FIVE. COMMISSIONER SERRATO? HERE. DISTRICT SIX. COMMISSIONER CARPENTER. DISTRICT SEVEN. COMMISSIONER WHEELER, REAGAN. DISTRICT EIGHT. COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN? DISTRICT NINE. COMMISSIONER C***S. PRESENT? DISTRICT 10. COMMISSIONER HOUSEWRIGHT. PRESENT? DISTRICT 11. COMMISSIONER COX? PRESENT? DISTRICT 12. COMMISSIONER KAUFMAN. HERE. DISTRICT 13. COMMISSIONER HALL HERE. DISTRICT 14, COMMISSIONER KINGSTON AND PLACE 15 CHAIR RUBEN? I'M HERE. YOU HAVE QUORUM, SIR. GREAT. AND JUST NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT UH, VICE CHAIR HERBERT, UM, JUST WALKED IN. ALRIGHT. UM, JUST EVERYONE AS A REMINDER, THIS IS OUR BRIEFING. THIS IS OUR TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS OF CITY STAFF ON THE CASE LETTER BEFORE US. UM, ANY DISCUSSION WE SHOULD RESERVE FOR THE AFTERNOON? UH, MY UNDERSTANDING AND UH, MS. MORRISON, YOU CAN CONFIRM IS THAT THERE IS A NOTIFICATION, ERROR OR I A AGENDA ERROR WITH RESPECT TO THE BRIEFING FROM THE CHIEF INTEGRITY OFFICE THAT WON'T BE MOVING FORWARD THIS MORNING. THAT'S CORRECT. IT WAS JUST AN ERROR IN THE POSTING, SO WE'LL HAVE TO DO THAT BRIEFING ANOTHER TIME. OKAY, GREAT. WELL WE LOOK FORWARD TO RESCHEDULING THAT. UM, ALRIGHT, WE HAVE OUR MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. COMMISSIONER CARPENTER SAID THAT SHE DID NOT NEED ITEM NUMBER ONE, BRIEFED. DOES ANYONE NEED THAT BRIEFED ITEM NUMBER TWO? COMMISSIONER HALL, DO YOU KNOW THAT BRIEFED OR DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? UH, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. OKAY, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. UM, AS OF RIGHT NOW, ITEMS 3, 7, 8, 13, 14, AND 16 HAVE COME OFF. UM, DOES ANYONE ELSE NEED FOUR? FOUR? THAT'S COMING OFF AND OH, NINE. OKAY, NINE AND NUMBERS FIVE. AND NUMBERS 11, MR. CHAIR. OKAY. ARE YOU DIDN'T WANT A CONSENT AGENDA TODAY, DID YOU? FIVE AND 11 ARE OFF. SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, THAT LEAVES 6, 10, 12, AND 15 ON CONSENT AND WE WILL SEE IF THAT HOLDS. UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT NUMBER THREE IS GOING TO BE HELD, SO I DON'T THINK WE NEED THAT ONE BRIEFED. UM, COMMISSIONER HERBERT, DO YOU LIKE NUMBER FOUR BRIEFED? YES. OKAY, GREAT. MS. OR DR. SHEMI? GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. UH, DO YOU WANT TO BRIEF THE CASE? YES, PLEASE. THANK YOU. IT'S GIVING ME THIS ERROR. WE CAN SEE THE SLIDE DECK ON OUR END. YEAH, BUT , IT DOESN'T LET ME TO PROCEED. OH, IT SAID THAT IT IS UNTRUSTED. UNTRUSTED OR UNKNOWN. AND DO YOU WISH TO PROCEED AND WHEN I'M CLICKING, YES. NOTHING HAPPENED. WHAT DO WE SAY? NO , NO , NOTHING. HEY, JOSH, [00:05:01] BUT IT JUST KEEPS . OKAY. IT SEEMS THAT IT WENT AWAY. IT'S OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, SORRY FOR THAT. UH, KC 25 0 0 0 1 54. IT'S AN APPLICATION FOR MF TWO MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT ON PROPERTY ZONED R 7.5 SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT LOCATED ON WEST LINE OF LEAD, BETTER DRIVE NORTH OF TY DRIVE. AND IT'S APPROXIMATELY 4.3 ACRES. IT IS LOCATED ON COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE AND UH, THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED AND APPLICANT WANTS TO DEVELOP A SITE WITH THE SMALLEST SCALE MULTI-FAMILY BUILDING, UH, SUCH AS A MULTIPLEX OR UH, UH, FOR TWO SIX UNIT RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE. AND, UH, IT CAME AS A MORE INTENSE REQUEST THAT WAS U ONE AND A PORTION OF THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT ZONE. UM, AND THE APPLICANT, UM, UH, WORKED WITH, UH, OFFICE OF ENGINEERING, UM, UM, TO, TO WORK ON ALL THOSE, UH, CONSTRAINTS AND SEE IF IT DOES MAKE SENSE, UH, TO PROCEED WITH THE CASE. AND THEN THEY DECIDED TO PROCEED WITH THE CASE. HERE IS AN AERIAL MAP. UM, HERE IS SURROUNDING ZONING AND LAND USE MAP TO THE NORTH, UH, ZONED R 7.5. UH, A MIX OF, UH, VACANT, UH, AND MULTI-FAMILY AND TO THE SOUTH IS, UM, R 7.5, SINGLE FAMILY AND VACANT LOTS TO THE, UM, TO THE WEST IS AGRICULTURAL AND TO THE EAST IS UM, MOSTLY ZONE MF TWO AND UM, IS MIXED OF, UH, SINGLE FAMILY AND, UM, UH, VACANT AND COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER USE. HERE ARE SOME SITE PHOTOS, UH, LOOKING AT SITES, UH, FROM LEAD WEATHER, UM, ROAD AND, UH, LOOKING SOUTH AT THE, UM, WOODEN AREA OF THE SITE, LOOKING WEST AT THE SITE LOOKING NORTHWEST. UM, AND, AND SURROUNDING AREA, LOOKING SOUTHEAST AT SURROUNDING AREAS. LOOKING NORTHWEST, LOOKING NORTHEAST, UH, LOOKING EAST, LOOKING SOUTHEAST. AND UM, HERE IS A COMPARISON BETWEEN R 7.5 AND UH, MF TWO. AND THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN, UM, COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL AND UM, THE PROPOSED REZONING, UM, TO OUR DEVELOPMENT OF SMALLER SCALE MULTI-FAMILIES CONSISTENT WITH THE PERMITTED LAND USERS OF THE, UM, COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL. THANK YOU DR. HASHMI. DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS? YEAH, JUST BERT, JUST A FEW. UH, DR. MONA, UM, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE CALLS IN LAST NIGHT FROM NEIGHBORS AND THEY JUST HAD SOME QUESTIONS AROUND THE ESCARPMENT. UM, SO JUST BEAR WITH ME AS WE GET THROUGH THEM TO CLARIFY SOME THINGS. SO YOU MENTIONED THE ESCARPMENT, THE REPORT NOTES THAT PART OF THE SITE FALLS WITHIN THE ESCARPMENT ZONE AND REQUIRES, UM, GEOLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGIC REVIEW BEFORE CONSTRUCTION CAN OCCUR 'CAUSE STAFF HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH OF THE SITE MIGHT BE REALISTICALLY AFFECTED. I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER THAT HOW MUCH OF THIS, I BELIEVE I HAD A, A MAP, BUT I DON'T HAVE IT ON. OKAY. BUT IS IT THE BACK PORTION OF THE SITE? YES, IT IS. BACK PORTION, YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. UM, DO WE EXPECT ESCARPMENT RELATED LIMITATIONS LIKE SLOPE STABILITY OR SOIL CONDITIONS? I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE ENGINEERING SERVICES. YES. MM-HMM . OKAY. BUT THAT REVIEW ISN'T COMPLETE YET OR IS THAT AN ONGOING PROCESS? IT IS ONGOING PROCESS. THEY WILL COME BACK TO THEM FOR PERMITTING. PERFECT. THEY JUST WANTED TO GET, UM, UH, A SENSE OF, OF OF IF, IF IT WAS TO PROCEED THE CASE OR NOT. OKAY. BUT THE PROCESS IS NOT COMPLETE. THEY WILL COME BACK [00:10:01] TO THE, GOTCHA. SO THERE WAS A MENTION ABOUT, UM, DRAINAGE. ARE THERE ANY STONE WATER IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED? IS THAT, WILL THAT ALSO BE REVIEWED BY ENGINEERING? YES. PLATING, MM-HMM . OKAY. UH, THERE WAS A SINGLE ACCESS POINT, UM, I THINK WAS TALKED ABOUT IN THE REPORT. DO YOU HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT EMERGENCY ACCESS OR SHOULD, WOULD THEY RUN INTO PROBLEMS EVENTUALLY ABOUT HAVING EMERGENCY ACCESS TO THE SITE? I DON'T THINK THAT IT WOULD BE A PROBLEM. IT'S GONNA BE A SMALL, A MULTI-FAMILY, FOUR TO SIX UNITS. UM, BUT I CAN LOOK INTO IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, AND LAST, HAVE YOU HEARD ANY FEEDBACK FROM ANY NEIGHBORS NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO. OKAY. I HAVEN'T. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. SURE. MM-HMM . MR. HOUSEWRIGHT, UM, THE STAFF REPORT, UH, IS WRITTEN IN A WAY THAT IMPLIES THERE WILL BE A SINGLE STRUCTURE BUILT AS A RESULT OF THIS ZONING, BUT MF TWO WOULD ALLOW AS MANY STRUCTURES AS WOULD FIT A, UH, ACKNOWLEDGING THE ESCARPMENT ISSUE. RIGHT. AND THERE COULD BE MULTIPLE OF THESE FOUR TO SIX UNIT BUILDINGS JUST WANTED TO MAKE, UH, YEAH, I THINK WE, UH, PICTURE AS, UH, PICTURE THAT DEVELOPMENT AS, UH, ONE STRUCTURE. UH, BUT, UM, YEAH, UH, MF TWO WILL, UM, I THINK, BUT THAT THE CONS, THE SITE CONSTRAINTS WOULDN'T LET THEM ACTUALLY TO HAVE, UH, MULTIPLE STRUCTURE. WELL, I MEAN, IF IT'S A FOUR ACRE SITE AND SAY YOU LOSE HALF OF IT TO ESCARPMENT, I MEAN, YOU HAVE TWO ACRES TO WORK WITH, YOU'RE GOING TO LIKELY HAVE MORE THAN ONE STRUCTURE ON TWO ACRES. SO YEAH. I, I'M NOT REALLY SURE ABOUT THE END, UM, GOAL OF THE, UM, OKAY, THANKS. OH YEAH. CAN I SHARE HERBERT FOLLOW UP? SO THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION WITH THE APPLICANT ABOUT, UM, WHAT, UH, COMMISSIONER HOUSEWRIGHT JUST MENTIONED, UM, AND THE SIZE LIMITATIONS AND, AND STRENGTH. UM, THEN SBA A 40 CAME UP RIGHT? AND IT WAS LIKE, WELL, HOW CAN I RESTRICT THEM? THE PD WON'T RESTRICT THEM, RIGHT? WE CAN ONLY TAKE THEIR WORD FOR IT AT THIS POINT. WOULD YOU SAY THAT'S ACCURATE LOOKING AT SBA 40 AND IF THIS IS TURNED INTO FMF TWO, WHAT OUR CONTROLS ARE? I THINK SO, YEAH. MICHAEL, DO YOU WANNA CHIME IN? YEAH, NO, AND, AND I'LL ADD, YEAH, I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S TRUE OF, OF ANY, UM, DEVELOPMENT LIKE THAT IS SUBJECT TO EIGHT 40. SO, WHICH IS ANYWHERE THAT, SO ACROSS THE STREET WE GOT MF TWO, THEY'RE SORT OF SUBJECT TO THAT AS WELL. THEY'RE MODIFIED BY EIGHT 40 AS WELL AS THE, UM, EXISTING, UH, CR THAT'S NEARBY. THEY'RE MODIFIED BY IT. SO I, I GUESS IT'S A LONG WAY OF SAYING NO. YEAH. PD CAN'T, YOU CAN'T JUST DROP A PD TO, TO OVERRIDE IT OR UNDER, IT'S STILL GONNA GO BACK TO WHERE IT IS. SO, UM, WE, WE STILL CAN USE ONE OF THE DISTRICTS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN IN OUR CODE. GOTCHA. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? OKAY. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE. AND IT'S YOU AGAIN. UM, DO WE NEED THIS ONE BRIEFED? UH, COMMISSIONER SIMS, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? NO, AS CHAIR. OKAY. UM, ITEM SIX I BELIEVE IS STAYING ON CONSENT AS OF RIGHT NOW. UM, ANY QUESTIONS OR DESIRE TO HAVE THAT ONE BRIEF? WE CAN CIRCLE BACK WHEN COMMISSIONER CARPENTER REJOINS US. OKAY. UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS GOING TO BE HELD, DOES NOT NEED TO BE BRIEFED. IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S HELD UNTIL APRIL THE 23RD, 4 23. JUST HAVE TO CELEBRATE YOU. I CAN DO IT. UM, THEN ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, I THINK COMMISSIONER CARPENTER IS GOING TO MAKE A MOTION ON THAT ONE SINCE COMMISSIONER FORSYTH WON'T BE WITH US TODAY. DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS ON, ON THAT? COMMISSIONER CARPENTER? I'LL GIVE YOU A SECOND TO GET SITUATED, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION, A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. SURE. ITEM NUMBER SIX, UM, THE SIGN ALONG. STEMMONS, DO YOU NEED THAT ONE BRIEFED? DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NO, I DON'T. I CAN STAY ON CONSENT. OKAY. AND THEN I THINK YOU'RE MAKING THE MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, THE, UH, CELLULAR SUP IN DISTRICT FOUR. DO WE NEED A, IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE BRIEF, BUT IT'LL COME OFF CONSENT. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEM NUMBER EIGHT FOR STAFF? OKAY. [00:15:04] I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. MM-HMM . OKAY. HAS THERE EVER BEEN A REASON TO DE TO DENY, UH, UH, UH, SUP FOR A CELL TOWER? THAT, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION FOR ME. I WON'T, I WON'T LET YOU 'CAUSE IT'S A, IT'S A BIGGER PICTURE. UM, WHAT'S QUESTION? I THINK THAT, I THINK THAT, UM, WE'VE HAD SOME CELL TOWERS DENIED, UM, IN WE'RE TALKING A 15, 20 YEAR PERIOD. UH, WE'RE CITY STILL ALLOWED TO DENY THEM. I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT KIND OF THE, THE PURVIEW AND SOME OF THE THINGS WE CAN AND SHOULD TALK ABOUT, UM, AS WELL AS THE TIMEFRAME THEY NEED TO BE, UH, DELIBERATED ON. BUT THE CITY STILL HAS THE AUTHORITY TO, TO, TO DENY THEM. UM, BASICALLY, UH, BUT IT HAS TO BE BASED IN A LAND USE RATIONALE ZONING IN LAND USE, LIKE, LIKE ANYTHING HERE. UM, SO THAT'S, THAT IT'S STILL POSSIBLE. UM, I THINK WE HAD EXAMPLES. I, I DON'T QUOTE ME, MAYBE I CAN PULL THEM, BUT I THINK THERE WERE EXAMPLES IN THE PAST 15, 20 YEARS. I CAN'T SAY IF THERE'S BEEN ONE IN THE PAST FIVE THAT WAS, UM, DENIED, BUT IT'S TECHNICALLY POSSIBLE. UM, IN THIS SITE WE FOUND IT TO BE APPROPRIATE STILL. OKAY. IT'S, IT'S A BUT IT'S A RARE THING. IF IT, IF IT OCCURS, IT'S, I WOULD SAY IT'S RARE. OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT COMMISSIONER CARPENTER AND COMMISSIONER WHEELER HAVE BOTH JOINED US SINCE THE START OF THE MEETING. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? UH, NUMBER NINE, COMMISSIONER HAMPTON IS, UH, WE'LL WAIT FOR HER TO COME BACK TO, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S UNDER ADVISOR. OH, IT'S BEING HELD. OKAY, GREAT. THEN WE WON'T BRIEF IT. ITEM NUMBER 10. UH, COMMISSIONER SERATO. DO YOU NEED THAT ONE BRIEFED? NO. ANYONE ELSE BRIEFING OR QUESTIONS? OKAY. ITEM 11. COMMISSIONER SIM, DO YOU WANT A BRIEFING ON THIS ONE? YES, PLEASE. OKAY, GREAT. MS. GARZA. GOOD MORNING. ITEM NUMBER 11 IS KZ DASH 26 DASH 0 0 0 1 2. THE REQUESTS AN APPLICATION FOR A WM U THREE WALKABLE MIX USE TO SUBDISTRICT C ON PROPERTIES ON RESIDENTIAL TRANS TRANSITIONS OF DISTRICT A WITHIN PD 4 68, THE OAK CLIFF GATEWAY SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT ON THE WEST CORNER OF NORTH MADISON AVENUE AND BAYLOR AVENUE. THE PURPOSE OF THE REQUEST IS TO ALLOW RESIDENTIAL AND OFFICE USES. THIS IS A LOCATION MAP AS MENTIONED. IT IS WITHIN DISTRICT ONE. THIS IS THE AERIAL MAP. IT IS CORNER LOT AS MENTIONED. UH, THE REQUEST IS CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED AND IS ZONED, UM, TRACK ONCE THE DISTRICT A WITHIN PD 4 68. SO DISTRICT A IS THE RT AND RESIDENTIAL TRANSITION DISTRICT. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO DEVELOP A SITE WITH RESIDENTIAL AND OFFICE USE. UM, SUBDISTRICT A, WHICH IS THE RTN DOES NOT ALLOW OFFICE USE, THEREFORE, THEY ARE REQUESTING A WMU THREE WALKABLE MIX USE SUBDISTRICT. THE PROPOSED WMU THREE DISTRICT IS CONSIDERED A LOW DENSITY DISTRICT. UH, SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE ZONING LAND USE AROUND THE SITE. UH, TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST. UH, THERE'S MEDICAL CLINIC, UH, FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, GENERAL MERCHANDISER, FOOD STORE, LESS THAN 3,500 SQUARE FEET AND A RESTAURANT WITHOUT DRIVING SERVICE, UH, TOWARDS THE SOUTHWEST SINGLE FAMILY. THEN ACROSS THE STREET, THERE'S A PRIMARY SCHOOL, UH, TOWARDS THE SOUTH AND THEN TOWARDS THE, UH, EAST, UH, ACROSS THE STREET, THERE'S A MEDICAL CLINIC, UM, , UH, SURGICAL CENTER. THESE ARE SOME OF THE SITE, UH, PHOTOS OF THE SITE ON NORTH MADISON AVENUE. YOU ON BAYLOR AVENUE ON ONSITE, LOOKING SOUTH SOUTHEAST. AND THEN SURROUNDING PHOTOS OF LIKE, AROUND ON SITE [00:20:02] LOOKING NORTHWEST, LOOKING SOUTHEAST, LOOKING SOUTH. AND THEN, UH, DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, UM, AS I MENTIONED, THE EXISTING AS AN RTN, THEY ARE NOW PROPOSING A WMU THREE. AND THEN, UM, STAFF RECOMMENDATION, UM, THE CONSISTENT REVIEW, UM, IT IS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL, AND THEN STOCK RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL. THANK YOU, MS. GARZA. COMMISSIONER SIMS. OKAY, MS. GARZA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COULD YOU TAKE US BACK TO SLIDE NUMBER FIVE? THE, UH, THE AERIAL VIEW, PLEASE? GREAT, THANK YOU. SO IS, UM, WE'VE RECEIVED SOME EMAILS AND CONCERNS FROM THE NEIGHBORS ABOUT, UH, MAKING SURE THAT THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS PRESERVED WITH ANY PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT. SO IF I'M, IF I SEE THE SLIDE CORRECTLY, IF I REMEMBER THE ZONING SLIDE, SO OFF TO THE SORT OF NORTHWEST IS A PARKING LOT IN A BUILDING, CORRECT? YES. YEAH. AND THEN A PARKING LOT ACROSS THE STREET, UH, TO THE NORTHEAST AND THEN THE SCHOOLS DOWN TO THE SOUTHEAST. AND THEN IF I SEE THE DRAWING CORRECTLY, IT APPEARS THERE IS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, THEN SOUTH, I BELIEVE IS THE NORTH MADISON HOTEL. CORRECT. AND THEN A COUPLE MORE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. AND THEN THAT LOOKS LIKE DOWN AT THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER, IT APPEARS THAT THOSE ARE MULTI-FAMILY OR AT LEAST TALLER STRUCTURES. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. OKAY. YES. 'CAUSE AS I, AS I HAD LOOKED AT IT, IT, IT APPEARED TO ME THAT THOSE WERE ROUGHLY THREE STORY HIGH FOURPLEXES, UH, ON EACH OF THOSE, EACH OF THOSE THREE LOTS. YES. I DID, UH, DRIVE THERE WHEN I DID THE SITE VISIT. UM, AND THEY WERE, UH, THREE STORY, UH, LIKE MULTI VALVE. SO 30, 36 FEET HIGH ROUGHLY, GIVE OR TAKE. AND SO IN THE PROPOSED MAXIMUM HEIGHT FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, IS 50 FEET. SORRY, FOR THE WM, THE GROUND STORY MINIMUM 30, 30 FOOT MAX, UH, DEPENDING ON ALSO THE, THE TYPE THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO DO. UM, OKAY, SO I DID I READ THAT WRONG? SO YOU'RE SAYING THE WM U THREE IS A, IS A 30 FOOT MAX HEIGHT THAT I MAY HAVE READ IT ABOVE? NO, IT'S, IT'S 50 FEET. IT'S 50. THAT'S THREE AND A HALF STORIES, 50 FEET. IT'S ON PAGE. THAT'S WHAT'S IT'S FINE. ON PAGE 11 DASH SEVEN. SORRY, I WAS LOOKING AT THE STORY HEIGHT. YEAH, YEAH. THE, THE HEIGHT, THE MAX IS 50 FEET. NO. AND I PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, SO I YEAH, I APOLOGIZE THAT THAT'S WHAT I REMEMBER. COMMISSIONER CAR TO SAY IT WAS. YEAH, IT'S ROUGHLY WITHIN SCALE. UM, HAVE YOU SEEN, HAS STAFF SEEN ANY PROPOSED DRAWINGS FOR WHAT THE DEVELOPER PROPOSES TO DO FOR THIS SITE? NO, I HAVE NOT. UM, THEY DID MENTION, UM, THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING, UH, ABOUT THE TYPE THREE TOWN HOMES WITH AN OFFICE BUILDING. OKAY. UH, THAT, THAT'S ALL THEY MENTIONED. UM, THIS IS A GENERAL ZONING CHAIN. SO, UH, SITE, UH, SITE PLAN IS NOT REQUIRED. GREAT. GOOD. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONERS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MS. GARZA? ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER 12, UH, COMMISSIONER HALL, DOES THAT ONE NEED TO BE BRIEFED? DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? YES, I HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY. DO I BRIEF IT? I THINK HE JUST HAS A QUESTION. OKAY. OH, YOU WANT, YOU, DO YOU WANT A FULL BRIEFING? THAT'S, I, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS FOR HER. OKAY. BUT I DUNNO THAT WE NECESSARILY OKAY. AND CAN YOU JUST TURN ON YOUR MICROPHONE? YEAH, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS OKAY. FOR HER, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT IT NEEDS TO BE BRIEFED. I'LL LEAVE IT UP. LET'S START WITH THE QUESTIONS AND WE CAN EXPAND IT TO A FULL BRIEFING. UH, MS. GARZA, IN THE, UH, IN THE, UH, STAFF'S REPORT, IT MENTIONS THAT, UH, ONE PART OF THE AMENDMENTS TO THE THE PD IS, UH, FOR AN ILLUMINATED SIGN NEAR THE TOP OF THE BUILDING ON THE WEST FACADE. UH, BUT I UNDERSTAND THERE'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE TWO SIGNS. THERE'LL BE ONE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING AS WELL, BUT FOR SOME REASON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE, IN THE P PD. YES. 'CAUSE ON THE EAST SIDE IT IS ALLOWED. OKAY. IT IS, IT IS ALLOWED. ALRIGHT. THERE'S NO SIGN RESTRICTIONS OR ANYTHING IN THIS, THIS AREA. IT'S NOT A SPECIAL PUR PURPOSE DISTRICT OR ANYTHING? NO. OKAY. UM, LET'S SEE. OH, ONE OTHER QUESTION. UM, IN THE, UH, UH, IN THE, UH, PROPOSED PD, IT REFERS TO, UH, ANY MODIFICATION WOULD HAVE TO BE CLEARED WITH, UH, [00:25:01] OH, LET'S SEE, WITH A, A NEIGHBOR NEIGHBORING, HOA ORGANIZATION, UH, COALITION OF, UM, NORTH PARK AREA HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT ENTITY NO LONGER EXISTS. UH, THE APPLICANT REACHED OUT TO THEM AND WAS NOTIFIED. IT, IT NO LONGER EXISTS. I, I TINKERED WITH THE IDEA, DO WE NEED TO DELETE THIS, UH, FROM THE PD, UH, BUT THEN IT GOES ON TO SAY, OR ITS SUCCESSOR, IF ANY. SO DO YOU VIEW IT NECESSARY TO ALTER THE PD TO, TO REMOVE THAT OR BECAUSE IT SAYS OR A SUCCESSOR, IF ANY, WE COULD LEAVE THAT IN THERE. I'LL, I'LL SPEAK TO IT. YEAH. AND, AND SO WHEN WE SEE THESE IN, IN PDS, CITY DOESN'T TYPICALLY CONSIDER THEM IN ENFORCEABLE BY, BY OUR END. UM, WE TRY AND ENCOURAGE THE APPLICANTS TO COMPLY, UM, BY, YOU KNOW, POINTING, POINTING THEM TO THESE SECTIONS OF CODE AND THEN, UM, ASKING THEM TO DO IT. UM, I WOULD SAY IF WE WERE STRIKING THIS FROM THE PD, SINCE IT'S IN THE OVERALL PD, WE'D PROBABLY, WE'D, WE'D MAYBE HAVE SOME NOTIFICATION ISSUES SINCE IT'S IN THE OVERALL PD. I, I, I DON'T KNOW IF LEGAL WOULD LET US DO IT VERSUS, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S IN AN UNENFORCEABLE THING. BUT IT, IT'S, IT IS STILL IN THE OVERALL PD, NOT THIS SUBDISTRICT SUB AREA. YEAH. IF WE'VE ONLY NOTICED PART OF THE PD, WE CAN'T ADJUST, DELETE, OR AMEND ANY CONDITION THAT AFFECTS THE WHOLE PD. OKAY. UH, THANK YOU . COMMISSIONER CARPENTER. YES, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE NUMBER OF SIGNS. 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW THE ON PAGE 1214, IT SAYS THAT, UH, NO SIGN LOCATED ABOVE A HEIGHT OF 30 FEET AND FACING EITHER WEST OR SOUTH MAY BE ILLUMINATED. OKAY. SO THAT, THAT GOES ON TO SAY IN TRACK THREE ZONE E SIGNS MULTIPLE LOCATED ABOVE A HEIGHT OF 30 FEET AND FACING WEST MAY BE ILLUMINATED. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY'RE ONLY LOOKING TO ADD ONE ILLUMINATED SIGN AT THE TOP OF THE BUILDING. THIS LANGUAGE WOULD SEEM TO, UM, OPEN THE GATE TO ANY NUMBER OF ILLUMINATED SIGNS. WAS THAT A CONCERN? NO. UM, AS MENTIONED, THE, THE REQUEST WAS ONLY FOR ONE SIGN. SO THAT, THAT IS ALL WHAT WE, WE'VE HEARD. OKAY. AND, AND I'D SAY, I THINK THAT JUST FALLS IT CLOSER BACK TO WHAT OUR BASE CODE SIGN SIGN CODE WOULD DO. BECAUSE IF YOU, IT WHEN, IF, IF SOMETHING'S NOT SPECIFIED IN THIS BD, THEN IT JUST SHORTS BACK TO THE L OH ONE, UH, ZONING, WHICH HAS ITS OWN SPECIAL RULES FOR SIGNS. SO IT, IT COULD ALLOW MAYBE MORE THAN ONE. UM, BUT THERE ARE STILL LIMITS ON THE NUMBER SIZE PLACEMENT OF THOSE THAT LIVE IN THE LO ONE, UH, SIGN CODE. I DON'T KNOW ALL OF THOSE BY HEART. UM, BUT ALTHOUGH IT SAYS SIGNS, 'CAUSE THERE IS A POSSIBILITY FOR MULTIPLE PREMISE SIGNS UNDER LO ONE. MM-HMM . UH, POTENTIALLY IF THEY ARE TENANTS OR WHAT HAVE YOU. BUT, UM, THAT SIGNS JUST HELPS US DEFAULT BACK TO THE LO ONE SIGN CODE. NO, I WAS JUST ATTEMPTING TO CLARIFY WHAT WE WERE ENABLING BECAUSE THE PD WAS WRITTEN WITH VERY SPECIFIC PROHIBITIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SIGNS. SO I DON'T READ. YEAH. AND, AND, AND NO, AND GOOD POINT. I, I DON'T READ IT AS ENABLING ADDITIONAL SIGNS OUTSIDE OF WHAT THE LL ONE STILL CONTROLS. SO THERE'S STILL AREA AND NUMBER, UH, LIMITATIONS. IT'S JUST THE, THIS PD WENT AND SAID NON ELIMINATED OR NOT ALLOWED AND THEN THIS TAKES IT BACK TOWARDS THE LL ONE. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ITEM NUMBER 12? OKAY. ONWARDS WE GO. ITEM NUMBER 13, THAT'S GONNA BE HELD TO THE 23RD AND OF APRIL. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT NEEDS TO BE BRIEFED. UH, COMMISSIONER SERATO, DO WE NEED 14 BRIEFED? ANYONE ELSE QUESTIONS ON 14? ITEM NUMBER 15, COMMISSIONER KINGSTON BRIEFING OR QUESTIONS THERE? I DON'T. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? ITEM NUMBER 16. UM, COMMISSIONER KINGSTON, DO YOU NEED THAT BRIEF? DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? UM, I, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE DOES. ANYONE ELSE? WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE IT BRIEFED AND DON'T BE FAST WITH QUESTIONS. OKAY. I HAVE A CONFLICT ON SEVEN. I'M, I'M GONNA STEP OUT FUN TIMES. OKAY. ON, UM, 17. DO WE NEED A BRIEF? IT'S UNDER ADVISEMENT. I THINK WE'VE, WE DON'T, BEFORE WE'RE BRIEFED, RIGHT? THERE WERE SOME, SO I'LL SPEAK ON THE RECORD. UH, BELIEVE WE BRIEFED IT BEFORE, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CHANGES, BUT THEY WERE [00:30:01] VERY LATE MINUTES, SO THEY'RE NOT INTEGRATED INTO OUR MATERIALS. GOTCHA. THANK YOU. YES. AND, UM, I, MR. LEE OR WHOEVER WANTED TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, , I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, THE REQUEST IS PRIMARILY RELATED TO ALLOWING ROOFTOP SIGNS IN THE DISTRICT, IS THAT CORRECT? I THINK THAT'S WHY THEY'RE HERE DOING A PD OR PD, UH, SUBDISTRICT. 'CAUSE IT'S NOT, THERE'S NOT ANOTHER MEANS TO DO IT IN THE CODE. RIGHT. SO ONE LOT IS ADJACENT TO THE, UM, EXISTING PD 10 0 0 2. SO IT BECOMES A SUBDISTRICT THAT'S AN EXPANSION AND A SUBDISTRICT, RIGHT? YES. AND SO THEN THE NEW PD IS LIMITED TO, OR IT'S FOLLOWING PD 10 0 0 2, BUT AGAIN, IT'S A SINGLE SITE. IF IT WAS CO-JOINED, IT WOULD LIKELY ALSO BE PART OF THE SUBDISTRICT. YEAH, IT IS NOT, WHICH IS WHAT'S LEADING US TO, BUT AGAIN, THE, IT'S GENERALLY FOLLOWING ALL OF THE 10 0 0 2, WHICH WAS AUTHORIZED HEARING SUBSTANTIAL COMMUNITY INPUT. AND IT'S JUST ADDING THESE, UH, ROOFTOP SIGN PROVISIONS. OKAY. AND THEN THE PROVISIONS, AND I KNOW THEY CAME LATE, WE HAD A LOT OF MEETINGS AND COMMUNITY INPUT AND MET WITH SIGN STAFF. UM, IT'S ONE ROOFTOP SIGN PER DISTRICT, IS THAT CORRECT? IN THE LATEST DRAFT? YES. I THINK THAT WAS THE CRUX OF THE LAST EDITS, RIGHT? YES. AND THEN ALL THE OTHER PROVISIONS WERE JUST, UM, FOCUSING ON THE SIZE, HOW THEY'RE LOCATED, AND THEN, UM, PER THE APPLICANT REQUEST, THERE'S UM, LIGHTING PROVISIONS THAT ARE NOW INTEGRATED WITHIN THERE. BUT THAT'S REALLY, IT'S THAT ONE SECTION IN BOTH OF THE PDS, UM, THAT IS REALLY THE FOCUS OF WHAT'S BEFORE US TODAY. CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER HAMPTON. UM, CHAIR, YOU CAN ENTER THE CHAMBERS AGAIN. ALRIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 18. COMMISSIONER KINGSTON, WOULD YOU LIKE A BRIEFING ON THAT ONE OR DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? ITEMS 19 AND 20. I THINK THOSE ARE RELATED. NEED FOR, UH, THEY ARE, NO, I DON'T NEED A BRIEFING, MS. SHARON, UNLESS ANYBODY ELSE DOES. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 21. UH, COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN DID SUGGEST THAT THIS BE BRIEFED, OR AT LEAST THAT WE, AT LEAST ON THE ISSUE OF WHERE STAFF DIFFERS FROM, UM, THE APPLICANT ON THIS ONE. OH, I ALSO HAVE A CONFLICT ON THIS ONE. SORRY. UH, THE CHAIR HAS A CONFLICT, SO WE'RE GONNA LET HIM LEAVE THE CHAMBER. THANK YOU, DR. MONA. UH, SO SHOULD I BRIEF IT FROM THE BEGINNING OR JUST THAT A SPECIFIC MAYBE WE CAN GO THROUGH QUICK AND THEN GO JUST OKAY. AND THEN JUST MAKE SURE WE HIGHLIGHT THE, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. OKAY. UM, I, UM, CASE Z 25 0 0 2 3 3. IT'S AN APPLICATION FOR A, AN AMENDMENT TWO PD, UH, 7 52. IT'S LOCATED ON SOUTH CORNER OF EDGE ROAD AND GARDEN GROVE DRIVE, AND IT'S APPROXIMATELY 12 ACRES. IT'S IN COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT. HERE IS AN AERIAL MAP. UM, UH, THE PD WAS, UM, UH, APPROVED ON 2006 AND THE PROPERTY WITH, UM, ONE STORY ELEMENTARY. A SCHOOL BUILDING IS THERE SINCE 1987. NOW THEY WANT TO ADD, UH, A NEW STORM SHELTER, UH, BUILDING THAT INCLUDES, UM, 16 CLASSROOMS AND, UH, SCIENCE LAB. AND ALSO THEY WANNA ADD NEW TRAFFIC LOOP AND FIRE LANE. HERE IS, UH, SURROUNDING ZONING LAND USE, UM, TO THE, UH, [00:35:01] NORTHWEST THIS, UM, LIBRARY PD 30, UH, 3 99 AND ALSO PARK RECREATION CENTER. AND TO THE, UH, SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST IS PD 1 62 ARE ALL SINGLE FAMILY. AND, UH, TO THE NORTHEAST, UH, IS PD, UM, 11 0 0, WHICH IS UNDEVELOPED, BUT IT WILL BE, UM, MULTIFAMILY. HERE ARE SOME SITE PHOTOS FROM EDGE ROAD LOOKING SOUTHEAST AT THE SITE, LOOKING EAST, LOOKING SOUTHEAST, UH, FROM THE ALLEY LOOKING EAST AT THE SITE FROM GARDEN GROVE DRIVE, LOOKING SOUTHEAST AT THE SITE, LOOKING SOUTHWEST FROM GARDEN GROVE LOOKING NORTHWEST. AND HERE IS, UH, SCHOOL SITE AND FROM, UH, GARDEN GROVE DRIVE, LOOKING AT THE ALLEY. UM, AND SOME SURROUNDING PHOTOS, UH, LOOKING NORTHEAST, UH, AT THE LIBRARY, LOOKING SOUTHEAST AT, UH, UM, ALL THOSE, UH, SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTIES LOOKING NORTHEAST, THE UNDEVELOPED LAND AND, UH, LOOKING SOUTHWEST FROM GARDEN GROVE. AND, UH, HERE IS, UM, UH, DEVELOPMENT STANDARD THAT HASN'T BEEN, UH, UM, CHANGED. UH, BUT HERE ARE THOSE, UM, ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS, UH, SOME PROVISIONS ON FENCES. AND HERE IS THE PROPOSED CONDITIONS ON SIDEWALK AND BUFFER. UM, BASED ON WHAT THEY RECOMMEND, THE EXISTING SIDEWALK ALONG EDGE ROAD AND GARDEN GROVE DRIVE, UM, WHICH ARE IN A GOOD CONDITION WILL, UM, UH, REMAIN AS IS. AND IF ANY PORTION OF THE SIDEWALK ALONG, UM, UH, FRONTAGE, UH, IN THOSE TWO STREET, UM, IS REPAIRED OR REPLACED, AND THE ENTIRE SIDEWALK, UH, REQUIRED TO BE, UH, RECONSTRUCTED AND A STAFF RECOMMENDED, UM, UH, TO INCLUDE PROVISION ABOUT, UM, A SPECIFIC SEGMENT OF GARDEN GROVE DRIVE, WHICH IS, UM, CURRENTLY DOESN'T HAVE ANY BUFFER. AND, UH, A SIDEWALK IS, UH, LESS THAN, UH, FIVE FEET. SO A STAFF RECOMMENDS, UH, PRIOR TO A ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, THEY NEED TO ADD A MINIMUM SIX FOOT WIDE ON OBSTRUCTED SIDEWALK WITH A MINIMUM FIVE FOOT OF BUFFER, UM, MUST, UM, BE PROVIDED ALONG GARDEN GROVE FROM THE EXISTING MIDDLE DRIVEWAY TO THE SOUTHEAST END PROPERTY LINE, UH, BECAUSE THE NEW ADDITIONAL BUILDING WILL BE THERE AND, UH, THE EXISTING, UM, SIDEWALK DOESN'T, UH, MEET, UH, THE SAFETY, UH, CONCERNS. SO, UH, AND HERE IS THE PROPOSED CONDITION ON, UM, THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN, THAT THEY ARE ADDING A NEW INTERNAL LOOP THAT ACCOMMODATING, UM, UH, PARENT, UH, TRAFFIC. UM, UH, WHICH, UM, UH, I WILL GET TO THAT, UH, ON THE, UH, DIAGRAM AND SOME, UM, UH, PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES PROVISION THAT THEY, UH, MUST PROVIDE A MINIMUM OF THREE OF BENCH AND, UH, TRASH RECEPTOR AT, UH, THOSE TWO, UH, STREET FRONTAGE AND LAND ESCAPING WILL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 10. UH, HERE IS THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND, UH, HERE IS THE, UM, IS THE NEW ADDITIONAL BUILDING AND HERE IS WHERE STAFF RECOMMENDS TO UPGRADE SIDEWALK. AND, UM, THIS IS, THEY PROPOSED A TMP AND THIS IS THE NEW INTERNAL, UH, TRAFFIC LANE, UH, WHICH THEY WILL ENTER FROM GARDEN GROVE AND EXIT FROM ED ROAD, UH, WHICH, UM, INTENT TO ADDRESS, UM, UH, PARENT QUEUING, UM, WHICH IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, UH, ON THE STREET ALONG EDGE ROAD AND GARDEN GROVE. AND THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL, WHICH SUPPORTS THE MAINTAINING ALL THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING INSTITUTIONS, UH, WHICH IS CONSISTENT. AND, UM, STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO A REVISED DEVELOPMENT PLAN, A TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND, [00:40:01] UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS. THIS CONCLUDED THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, DOC. ANY QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER SIMS. SO JUST A QUICK QUESTION, DR. SHIMMY, JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD THE PRESENTATION RIGHT, THAT THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THE APPLICANT REQUESTS AND WHAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING IS THE SIDEWALK? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, COMMISSIONER, UH, ME, CARPENTER? . OKAY. UM, THE REPORT SEEMED A LITTLE DOUBTFUL THAT A TRIPLE Q WORKS FOR A TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN. IS THERE ANY PLACE IN THE CITY WHERE THAT'S BEEN TRIED? UH, WHAT WE HEARD IS THAT NOTE, THERE IS NOT ANY PLACE THAT HAS BEEN TRIED AND, UM, UM, MR. NAVAREZ WAS WORKING WITH APPLICANT ON THAT AND, UH, HE BELIEVED THAT IT NEEDS, UM, UH, ACTIVE STAFF MANAGEMENT. UH, BUT, UM, THEY CAN, THEY CAN, UM, A SCREEN THAT FOR, UM, UH, ANOTHER, UH, REVIEW OF, UH, TMP TO SEE HOW IT OPERATES, HOW THOSE TREE LINE IS OPERATES, BECAUSE THERE IS NO EXAMPLE RIGHT NOW, BUT IN HIS OPINION, IT, IT'S WORTH TRYING. YES. THANK YOU. YEAH, BECAUSE IT WILL REMOVE CONGESTION ALONG THE STREETS, SO THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE JUST ONE. IS THERE, UM, UH, DO WE KNOW WHY THE, THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS NOT WANTING TO DO THE SIDEWALKS? WERE THERE ANY JUSTIFICATIONS GIVEN FOR THAT? UH, I, I THINK THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE, THE EX. THEY BELIEVE THEIR EXISTING CON, THEIR EXISTING SIDEWALK IS IN A GOOD CONDITION AND THEIR NEW ADDITIONAL WANTS, UM, DESTROY THE SIDE SIDEWALK AND IT'S GONNA BE COSTLY FOR THEM TO REPLACE THE SIDEWALK. OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . IF THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS THAT ARE IN THE BRIEFING, CHERRY CAN ENTER THE CHAMBERS AGAIN. ALRIGHT. RIGHT. NUMBER 22 WITH THAT ONE BRIEFED. ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS ON 22 OR WHEN IT BRIEFED? OKAY. NUMBER 23. DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS ON THAT OR WANT IT BRIEFED? OKAY, THAT'S ALL OF OUR ZONING ITEMS. DO WE NEED A BRIEFING ON THE RULES OF PROCEDURE AMENDMENT OR ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF THERE? OKAY, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO TACKLE IT. THIS MORNING'S BRIEFING. SO IT IS 10:44 AM AND THIS CONCLUDES THE BRIEFING OF THE DALLAS CITY PLAN COMMISSION. WE'LL BE BACK FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1230. [CALL TO ORDER] ALRIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. IT IS THURSDAY, MARCH 26TH, 2026 AT 1:34 PM AND THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING OF THE DALLAS CITY PLAN COMMISSION. MS. LOPEZ, CAN WE START WITH THE ROLL CALL? GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. DISTRICT ONE, COMMISSIONER SIMS HERE. DISTRICT TWO, COMMISSIONER HAMPTON. DISTRICT THREE. VICE CHAIR HERBERT? HERE. DISTRICT FOUR. COMMISSIONER FORSYTH, DISTRICT FIVE. COMMISSIONER SERRATO? HERE. DISTRICT SIX. COMMISSIONER CARPENTER. PRESENT DISTRICT SEVEN. COMMISSIONER WILLER REAGAN. DISTRICT EIGHT. COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN PRESENT? DISTRICT NINE. COMMISSIONER KONS. PRESENT DISTRICT 10. COMMISSIONER HOUSEWRIGHT. PRESENT? DISTRICT 11. COMMISSIONER? UH, COX PRESENT DISTRICT 12. COMMISSIONER KAUFMAN. PRESENT DISTRICT 13. COMMISSIONER HALL HERE. DISTRICT 14, COMMISSIONER KINGSTON AND PLACE 15 CHAIR RUBEN? I'M HERE. YOU HAVE QUORUM, SIR. GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, BEFORE WE GET INTO OUR AGENDA, JUST A FEW HOUSEKEEPING NOTES. IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK WITH US, UM, THERE IS A LITTLE YELLOW CARD TO MY LEFT, YOUR RIGHT. UM, PLEASE BE SURE TO FILL THAT OUT. SO WE HAVE A RECORD FOR ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS AND WHEN YOU DO, UM, COME DOWN TO GIVE COMMENT, IF YOU COULD JUST PLEASE START WITH YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. OUR RULES, UM, GENERALLY GIVE SPEAKERS THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE THE DISCRETION TO, UM, MODIFY THAT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. UM, IF THERE IS OPPOSITION ON A CASE, OUR RULES ALSO ALLOW THE APPLICANT A TWO MINUTE [00:45:01] REBUTTAL PERIOD. AND WITH [APPROVAL OF MINUTES] THAT I WILL GO TO COMMISSIONER HALL, WHO I BELIEVE HAS A MOTION ON THE MINUTES. MR. CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 5TH, 2026 CITY PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING AS POSTED ON MARCH 9TH, 2026. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER HALL FOR YOUR MOTION. VICE CHAIR HERBERT FOR YOUR SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY. THE MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL [Miscellaneous Zoning Items - Consent] MOVE ON TO OUR, UH, MISCELLANEOUS ZONING ITEMS. CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH CONSISTS OF ITEMS NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO AND UH, THESE WILL BE TAKEN UP IN APPROVED OF, IN A SINGLE MOTION UNLESS ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER ONE, AN APPLICATION FOR A MINOR AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING SITE. PLAN FOR SPECIFIC USE PERMIT 1464 FOR A REFUSE TRANSFER STATION ON PROPERTY ZONE AM INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING DISTRICT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF CALIFORNIA CROSSING ROAD AND EAST WILDWOOD DRIVE. STAFF. RECOMMENDATIONS. APPROVAL. DID YOU READ TWO AS WELL? YES. ITEM NUMBER TWO, AN APPLICATION FOR A MINOR AMENDMENT TO AN EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PLAN ON PROPERTY ZONE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ONE ON THE SOUTH LINE OF FOREST LANE, WEST OF EASTERN AVENUE, AND EAST OF INWOOD ROAD. STAFF. RECOMMENDATIONS? APPROVAL. ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS ON THESE ITEMS? NUMBER ONE AND TWO, I DO SEE THAT THERE'S SOMEONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ONLINE. IT'S A REPRESENTATIVE. ARE THEY ONLINE AND THEY ARE? MONICA HERNANDEZ. MONICA? YES, I'M HERE. I'M SORRY. ARE YOU JUST HERE FOR QUESTIONS OR DID YOU, UH, HAVE COMMENTS THAT YOU WANTED TO PROVIDE? NO, I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER CARPENTER, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? YES, IN THE MATTER OF THE MISCELLANEOUS ZONING ITEMS, CONSENT AGENDA, ITEMS ONE AND TWO, I MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND FOLLOW STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. GREAT, THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER CARPENTER FOR YOUR MOTION. COMMISSIONER HAMPTON FOR YOUR SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY. THE MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, WE WILL MOVE TO OUR SUBDIVISION OR I'M, I'M [Zoning Cases - Consent] SORRY, OUR ZONING CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH WAS NOTICED FOR ITEMS THREE THROUGH 16, BUT SEVERAL ITEMS HAVE BEEN PULLED OFF OF CONSENT. UM, RIGHT NOW ITEMS 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, AND 16 WILL BE CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY. AND, UM, AS OF RIGHT NOW, THAT MEANS OUR CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ITEMS 6, 10, 12, AND 15. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WANTED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 6, 10, 12, OR 15 OR ARE WE GOOD TO YES, FOUR FOUR HAS COME OFF. OKAY. OKAY, THEN WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM 6, 10, 12, AND 15 ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA, CASE Z 26 0 0 0 0 1 8 AN APPLICATION FOR AN AMENDMENT TO SUB-DISTRICT ONE IV PLANT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 6 21, THE OLD TRINITY AND DESIGN DISTRICT, A SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT ON THE SOUTH CORNER OF INSPIRATION DRIVE AND NORTH STEMMONS FREEWAY STAFF. RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS CASE Z 26 0 0 0 0 1 7 AND APPLICATION FOR U ONE MIXED USE DISTRICT ON PROPERTY ZONE NOA NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE DISTRICT WITH DI ONE LIQUOR CONTROL OVERLAY DISTRICT AND R 7.5 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT ON THE WEST LINE OF, UH, HABER HILL LANE, NORTH LINE OF ELAM ROAD AND EAST LINE OF NORTH PRAIRIE CREEK ROAD. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL CASE Z 25 0 0 0 1 95 OR Z 2 45 [00:50:01] DASH 1 41 AND APPLICATION FOR A NEW SUBDISTRICT FOR A MIX OF COMMERCIAL USES AND A STANDARD ON PROPERTY ZONE. A UM, ZONE A SUB-DISTRICT THREE WITHIN PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 4 63 ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF WEST NORTHWEST HIGHWAY AND NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY. STAFF. RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO DEVELOPMENT PLAN, AMENDED CONCEPTUAL PLAN AND AMENDED CONDITION KC 26 0 0 0 2 2. AN APPLICATION FOR AN AMENDMENT TO A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. 25 86 FOR A HOTEL OR MOTEL USE ON PROPERTY ZONE CA ONE CENTRAL AREA DISTRICT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF MAINE STREET, EAST OF SOUTH PEARL EXPRESSWAY. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO AMENDED CONDITIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH DR. HASHMI. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS? 6, 10, 12, AND 15. ALRIGHT, SEEING NO SPEAKERS. COMMISSIONER CARPENTER, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? YES IN THE MATTER OF THE ZONING CASES, CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 6, 10, 12, AND 15. I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND FOLLOW STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL AS IT APPEARS IN THE DOCKET. GREAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR MOTION. COMMISSIONER CARPENTER FOR YOUR SECOND VICE CHAIR. UH, ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYE. OH, AS LOUD. ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY. THE MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL [3. 26-1066A An application for a new Specific Use Permit for vehicle display, sales, and service on property zoned Subdistrict 2, within Planned Development District 535, the C.F. Hawn Special Purpose District No. 3, on the south line of CF Hawn Frwy. Frontage Road, northwest of Ellenwood Street. Staff Recommendation: Approval for a five-year period, with eligibility for autorenewal for additional five-year periods, subject to a site plan and conditions. Applicant: Alberto Matos Cedano Planner: Jordan Gregory Council District: 8 Z-25-000207 / Z234-275] NOW MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER THREE. CASE 25 0 0 0 2 0 7 AN APPLICATION FOR A NEW SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR VEHICLE DISPLAY SALES AND SERVICE AND PROPERTY ZONE SUB-DISTRICT TWO WITHIN PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 5 35. THE CF HUNT SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT NUMBER THREE ON THE SOUTH LINE OF CF HUNT, FREEWAY FRONTAGE ROAD, UH, NORTHWEST OF ELWOOD STREET. STAFF. RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL FOR A FIVE YEAR PERIOD WITH ELIGIBILITY FOR A TOTAL FOR ADDITIONAL FIVE YEAR PERIOD SUBJECT TO A SIDE PLAN AND CONDITIONS. THANK YOU DR. HASH SHEMI. IS THERE ANYONE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER THREE? OKAY. OH, MR. BALDWIN, HE'S GETTING A CALL. OH, JUST GET IN THE CARD. OKAY. UH, COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? I DO. MR. CHAIR IN THE MATTER OF MZ 2 5 0 0 0 2 7. I MOVE TO KEEP THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN AND, AND CALL THIS CASE UNDER ADVISEMENT UNTIL APRIL 23RD, 2026. GREAT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN FOR YOUR MOTION. UH, COMMISSIONER HOUSEWRIGHT FOR YOUR SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, SAY NAY. THE MOTION CARRIES [4. 26-1067A An application for MF-2(A) Multifamily District on property zoned R-7.5(A) Single Family District, on the west line of Ledbetter Drive, north of Tyrone Drive. Staff Recommendation: Approval. Representative: Jaqueline Gamble / RMA Consultant Planner: Mona Hashemi Council District: 3 Z-25-000154] ITEM NUMBER FOUR, KC 25 0 0 0 1 5 4 AND APPLICATION FOR MF TWO MULTI-FAMILY DISTRICT ON PROPERTY ZONE R 7.5 SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT ON THE WEST LINE OF LEAD WEATHER DRIVE NORTH OF TIRE AND DRIVE. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL. GREAT. THANK YOU DR. HASHMI. I THINK THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ONLINE. JACQUELINE GAMBLE. AND I'LL JUST NOTE FOR THE RECORD, UH, THAT COMMISSIONER WHEELER REAGAN JOINED US. MS. GAMBLE? HI. YES. HI. I AM HERE. I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO UNMUTE. UNMUTE. OKAY, YOU'RE YOU'RE UNMUTED. YOU GOTTA TURN ON THE CAMERA TOO TO COMPLY WITH THEIR TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. OKAY, HOLD ON. SO, OKAY, I'M HERE. GREAT. ALRIGHT. UH, MS. GAMBLE, YOUR COMMENTS. WHENEVER YOU'RE READY, PLEASE BE SURE TO START WITH YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS JACQUELINE GAMBLE. ADDRESS IS 7 0 4 DART BROOK DRIVE, DESOTO, TEXAS 7 5 1 1 5. AND DID YOU HAVE COMMENTS MS. GILBERT? NO, NO, I WAS JUST HERE FOR QUESTIONS. OKAY. IN CASE YOU HAD QUESTIONS FOR ME. GREAT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF ITEM FOUR? [00:55:01] ANY SPEAKERS AND OPPOSITION? OKAY, IF I SHARE HERBERT YOUR MOTION? YES. UM, I MOVE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF Z 2 5 0 0 0 1 5 4 AS REQUESTED, NOTING THAT ALL DEVELOPMENT IS SUBJECT TO ALTMAN REGULATIONS, DRAINAGE REQUIREMENTS, ARTICLE 10, TREE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY ACCESS STANDARDS. OKAY, SO, GREAT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR MOTION, VICE CHAIR HERBERT FOR YOUR SECOND COMMISSIONER HOUSEWRIGHT. ANY DISCUSSION REALLY QUICKLY? UM, REALLY QUICKLY, UM, I HAD A COUPLE CALLS FROM NEIGHBORS, UM, THEY WALKED AWAY FROM THE CALL, UM, SATISFIED AND WHAT WE'VE DONE, UM, I DID WANT TO THANK THE APPLICANT, UM, FOR, UH, THEIR CHANGES. THEY MADE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES FROM A COMMERCIAL SITE TO RESIDENTIAL, UM, AND HAVE A LOT OF, UH, OBSTACLES TO GO FORTH WITH. UM, BUT I WANTED TO GET ON RECORD, UM, THE QUESTIONING THAT WE HAD EARLIER AND, UM, MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS UNDERSTOOD THE ESCARPMENT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO THE AREA. SO THANK YOU, UM, FOR YOUR COOPERATION AND, UM, HOPE I CAN GET THE SUPPORT OF MY COUNTERPARTS. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY, MR. CHAIR, I JUST WANNA JUMP IN, UM, ON, ON THAT MOTION, UH, WE'RE GONNA CONSIDER THE, THOSE COMMENTS TO THE MOTION, NOT PART OF THE MOTION ITSELF BECAUSE WE CAN'T ATTACH CONDITIONS TO A GENERAL ZONING CHANGE, BUT ON ANY GENERAL ZONING CHANGE, OF COURSE, UM, THE PROPERTY HAS TO CONTINUE TO COMPLY WITH THE CITY CODE, SO, OKAY. ALRIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, WE HAVE A MOTION BY THE VICE CHAIR, UH, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HOUSEWRIGHT TO FILE STATUTES RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED, SAY NAY. THE MOTION CARRIES. [5. 26-1068A An application for 1) a D-1 Liquor Control Overlay and 2) a new Specific Use Permit for the sale of alcoholic beverages in conjunction with a general merchandise or food store 3,500 square feet or less use on property zoned NS(A) Neighborhood Service District with a D Liquor Control Overlay, on the northwest corner of W. Clarendon Drive and S. Rosemont Avenue. Staff Recommendation: Approval of 1) a D-1 Liquor Control Overlay and 2) a new Specific Use Permit, subject to a site plan and conditions. Applicant: Amir Alhelwani / Labodega Planner: Mona Hashemi Council District: 1 Z-25-000237] WE'LL MOVE ON TO CASE NUMBER FIVE, CASE Z 25 0 0 0 2 3 7 AND APPLICATION FOR ONE, A DI ONE LIQUOR CONTROL OVERLAY AND TWO, A NEW SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN CONDITION WITH A GENERAL MERCHANDISE OR FOOD STORE. 3,500 SQUARE FEET OR LESS ON PROPERTY ZONE NS NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE DISTRICT WITH A DAILY E CORE CONTROL OVERLAY ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF WEST CLARENDON DRIVE AND SOUTH ROSEMONT AVENUE. STAFF. RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL OF ONE A D ONE LEAK CONTROL OVERLAY, AND TWO, A NEW SPECIFIC USE PERMIT SUBJECT TO A SITE PLAN AND CONDITIONS. THANK YOU DR. HASHMI. IT LOOKS LIKE THE APPLICANT IS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ONLINE. AMIR ALANI, IS HE ONLINE LINE? YES. UH, I AM. ALL RIGHT. UH, HELLO? YES, I AM. I'M HERE. I'M, UH, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO PRESENT BUT I, I'M JUST HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, OKAY? OKAY, GREAT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF ITEM NUMBER FIVE? ANY SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION? OKAY, WE'LL GO TO COMMISSIONER SIMS FOR A MOTION. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR IN THE MATTER OF CASE Z DASH 25 DASH 0 0 0 2 3 7. I MOVE TO FOLLOW STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF A D ONE LIQUOR CONTROL OVERLAY AND A NEW SPECIFIC USE PERMIT SUBJECT TO THE SITE PLANNING CONDITIONS, EXCEPT THAT THE TIME LIMIT WILL BE FIVE YEARS WITH NO AUTO RENEWAL. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER SIMS FOR YOUR MOTION. COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN FOR YOUR SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, SAY NAY. THE MOTION CARRIES. [7. 26-1071A An application for a TH-3(A) Townhouse District with deed restrictions volunteered by the applicant on property zoned R-7.5(A) with existing SUP 42 for a private school, kindergarten and day nursery, on the west line of Ferguson Road, between Larry Drive and Province Lane. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to deed restrictions volunteered by the applicant. Applicant: Robert Reeves / Robert Reeves & Associates, Inc. Planner: Lori Levy, AICP Council District: 2 Z-25-000164] MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. THANK YOU. UH, MR. CHAIR, COMMISSIONERS, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS AN APPLICATION FOR A TH THREE, A TOWNHOUSE DISTRICT WITH DEED RESTRICTIONS VOLUNTEERED BY THE APPLICANT ON PROPERTY ZONED R 75 A WITH EXISTING SUP 42 FOR A PRIVATE SCHOOL KINDERGARTEN AND DAY NURSERY. AND IT'S LOCATED ON THE WEST LINE OF FERGUSON ROAD BETWEEN LARRY DRIVE AND PROVINCE LANE. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO DEED RESTRICTIONS VOLUNTEERED BY THE APPLICANT. THANK YOU MS. LEVY. UH, MR. BALDWIN, GOOD AFTERNOON. ROB BALDWIN 3 9 0 4 ELM STREET, SUITE B IN DALLAS. UM, I'M HERE, UH, IN, IN PLACE OF ROBERT REEVES, WHO'S, UH, NOT AVAILABLE TO BE AT THE HEARINGS. SO, UM, I'M GONNA BE TAKING OVER THIS CASE [01:00:01] AND I'M WORKING WITH COMMISSIONER HAMPTON. WE'RE SCHEDULING A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING, I BELIEVE IT'S APRIL 6TH. AND, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK AND, UH, PROCESSING THIS CASE. AFTER THAT MEETING. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. BALDWIN. ANY OTHER SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT ON ITEM SEVEN? ANY SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION? I SEE ONE OPPOSITION SPEAKER ONLINE. IS HE THERE? OKAY. NOT ONLINE. OKAY, WE'LL GO TO COMMISSIONER HAMPTON FOR A MOTION. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR IN THE MATTER OF Z 2 5 0 0 1 6 0. I MOVE TO LEAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN AND HOLD THIS MATTER UNDER ADVISEMENT UNTIL APRIL 23RD. GREAT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER HAMPTON FOR YOUR MOTION. COMMISSIONER HOUSEWRIGHT FOR YOUR SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, SAY NAY. THE MOTION CARRIES [8. 26-1072A An application for an amendment to SUP 1571 for a tower/antenna for cellular communication limited to a monopole cellular tower on property zoned CR Community Retail District, on the northeast corner of E. Kiest Boulevard and S. Lancaster Road. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject amended to conditions. Applicant: Jim Lee / Crown Castle USA, Inc. Representative: Justin Robinson / MMI Titan, Inc. Planner: Lori Levy, AICP Council District: 4 Z-25-000120] ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS AN APPLICATION FOR AN AMENDMENT TO SUP 1571 FOR A TOWER ANTENNA FOR CELLULAR COMMUNICATION LIMITED TO A MONOPOLE CELLULAR TOWER ON PROPERTY ZONE CR COMMUNITY RETAIL DISTRICT. IT'S LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF EAST KEY BOULEVARD AND SOUTH LANCASTER ROAD. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO AMENDED CONDITIONS. THANK YOU MS. LEVY. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER EIGHT? MY NAME'S JUSTIN ROBINSON. UH, 3 1 3 2 ST. ALBANS DRIVE, LOS ALAMITOS, CALIFORNIA 9 0 7 2 OH. UM, I'M THE APPLICANT, UM, AND JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND, UH, LISTEN TO WHATEVER, UM, WHATEVER THE STAFF, UH, REPORTS IN HER STAFF REPORT. THANK YOU MR. ROBINSON. ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. OKAY. NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS. COMMISSIONER CARPENTER, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? YES. ON THE MATTER OF CASE Z DASH 25 DASH 0 1 2 0. I MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND FOLLOW STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL, BUT FOR A 10 YEAR PERIOD WITH NO ELIGIBILITY FOR AUTO RENEWALS, SUBJECT TO SUBJECT A TO A TO AMENDED CONDITIONS. GREAT. UH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CARPENTER FOR YOUR MOTION. VICE CHAIR HERBERT FOR YOUR SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION COMM? YEAH, VICE CHAIR HERBERT, JUST A QUICK QUESTION, UM, ON THIS CELL TOWER IN THIS AREA, UM, THIS AREA IS KNOWN TO HAVE BAD SERVICE SOMETIMES. WILL IT SERVE THE IMMEDIATE AREA? IS IT A GLOBAL, UM, SERVICING FOR THIS CELL? UH, IT DOES SERVE JUST THE IMMEDIATE AREA THAT, UH, THAT INTERSECTION THERE. UM, AS YOU PROBABLY HAVE SEEN, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE, UH, ANOTHER CARRIER BACK BEHIND THERE. UM, AND YEAH, THE SHOPPING CENTER, THE, UH, RESIDENTIAL AREAS, UH, AROUND THERE. UM, THE FOOTPRINT FOR THIS SITE IS, IS ROUGHLY, UM, A LITTLE OVER A QUARTER MILE IN EVERY DIRECTION. SO IT'S, UH, IT'S GOT A FAIRLY, FAIRLY DECENT SIZED FOOTPRINT TO IT. AND LASTLY, THIS AREA IS, UH, HIGHLY WALK. PEOPLE WALK IN A LOT. UM, WILL THERE BE PROTECTIONS FOR YOUNG KIDS WHO ALSO FREQUENT THAT AREA AS WELL? YEAH, THE, UH, THE SITE IS, UH, COMPLETELY SECURE. UM, THEN THERE'S NO, UH, NO RISK OF GETTING INTO THE SITE OR ANY CLIMBING HAZARDS AROUND THE SITE. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? OKAY, SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CARPENTER, SECONDED BY THE VICE CHAIR TO FOLLOW STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL SUBJECT TO AMENDED CONDITIONS, BUT FOR A 10 YEAR PERIOD WITH NO AUTO RENEWALS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, SAY NAY. THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, NUMBER [9. 26-1073A An application for MU-1 Mixed-Use District on property zoned CS Commercial Service District, on the southeast line of East Side Avenue, northeast of Carroll Avenue. Staff Recommendation: Approval. Applicant: Jorge Silva / Estelar, LLC Planner: Lori Levy, AICP Council District: 2 Z-26-000009] NINE, MS. LEVY. ITEM NUMBER NINE IS AN APPLICATION FOR MU ONE MIXED USE DISTRICT ON PROPERTY ZONE CS COMMERCIAL SERVICE DISTRICT. IT'S LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST LINE OF EAST SIDE AVENUE, NORTHEAST OF CARROLL AVENUE. STAFF. RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL. THANK YOU MS. LEVY. IS THERE ANYONE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON CASE NUMBER NINE? NO SPEAKERS. SO COMMISSIONER HAMPTON, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? I DO. AND I HAVE, UM, SOME, UH, COMMENTS IF I HAVE A SECOND IN THE MATTER OF Z DASH 26 DASH 0 0 0 0 0 9. I MOVE TO HOLD THE PUBLIC, LEAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN AND HOLD THIS MATTER UNDER ADVISEMENT UNTIL APRIL 23RD. [01:05:05] THANK YOU COMMISSIONER HAMPTON FOR YOUR MOTION. COMMISSIONER HOUSEWRIGHT FOR YOUR SECOND YOUR COMMENTS. COMMISSIONER HAMPTON, AND THIS REALLY MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OF QUESTIONS, BUT I APPRECIATE MS. LEVY, UM, AND THE APPLICANT. I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK, UM, WITH BOTH LEADING UP TO THIS CASE. UM, THERE I DON'T THINK CS IS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS SITE. UM, I THINK ANYBODY WHO'S LOOKED AT THE ZONING MAP CAN SEE THERE'S A VERY VARIED, UM, DEVELOPMENT PATTERN. UM, HOWEVER, THIS FRONTAGE IS PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL. UM, WHAT THE APPLICANT WANTS TO DO IS ACTUALLY JUST ADD, UM, RESIDENTIAL USES AS AN ALLOWED USE. HOWEVER, MOVING TO THE MU ONE I THINK GOES A LITTLE BIT FURTHER THAN WHAT THEY ARE INTENDING TO DO OR WHAT THIS AREA MIGHT REALLY NEED FOR ITS LONG-TERM GROWTH. SO I JUST WANNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA TIME TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND IF THERE MAY BE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES IN HOW WE APPROACH THE CASE. SO I HOPE MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS WILL SUPPORT THE REQUEST. THANK OR MY MOTION. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HAMPTON, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HOUSEWRIGHT TO HOLD THE MATTER OPEN UNTIL APRIL 23RD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, SAY NAY. THE MOTION CARRIES [11. 26-1075A An application for WMU-3 Walkable Mixed Use Subdistrict C on property zoned Residential Transition Subdistrict A within Planned Development 468, the Oak Cliff Gateway Special Purpose District, on the west corner of N. Madison Avenue and Ballard Avenue. Staff Recommendation: Approval. Applicant: Sarkis J. Kechejian / Kechejian Enterprises, LP Representative: Terri McMorris / Kechejian Enterprises, LP Planner: Liliana Garza Council District: 1 Z-26-0000012] ITEM 11. ITEM 11 IS KZ DASH 26 DASH 0 0 0 0 0 1 2. AN APPLICATION FOR WMU THREE WALKABLE MIX USE DISTRICT SUBDISTRICT C ON PROPERTIES ZONE RESIDENTIAL TRANSITION, SUBDISTRICT A WITHIN PLAN DEVELOPMENT 4 68, THE OAK CLIFF GATEWAY SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT ON THE WEST CORNER OF NORTH MADISON AVENUE AND BILLARD AVENUE SA RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL. THANK YOU MS. GARZA. ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT ON ITEM NUMBER 11? COME ON DOWN. THE ADVOCATE WILL ANSWER QUESTION. OKAY. ANY SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION? HELLO, MY NAME IS MARI HIDALGO KING. I'M AT 6 1 6 HAYNES AVENUE, DALLAS, TEXAS 7 5 2 0 8. I COME TO YOU TODAY. I'M PRESIDENT OF OUR KID SPRINGS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THIS FALLS WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, AS A REMINDER, UM, I'M HERE TO SUPPORT, UM, WHAT I'M HEARING FROM OUR RESIDENTS AND WE HELD A MEETING ON THIS TOPIC ON MONDAY AND UH, WE HAD SEVERAL RESIDENTS ON THE 1100 BLOCK COME ATTEND AND TELL US THEIR, UM, OPINIONS AND THEIR, AND SO THEY'RE UNABLE TO BE HERE TODAY. I I'M HOPING YOU'VE RECEIVED SOME CORRESPONDENCE FROM A FEW OF THEM. UM, AND, UH, I JUST WANTED TO READ YOU OUR NOTES. UM, SO JUST TO RESURFACE, OUR GOAL AS KID, KID SPRINGS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS TO SUPPORT RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS WITH THE GOAL OF MAINTAINING A PREDOMINANTLY SINGLE FAMILY CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, THIS PROPERTY IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF A SCHOOL AND JUST BEHIND THIS STREET IS A SLEW OF BUSINESSES, AND THEN BEHIND THAT IS THE HOSPITAL. UM, THIS IS THE ONLY BUFFER FOR KEEPING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS, UM, AND PLUSES SAFE STREET FOR KIDS. AND SO THAT INTEGRITY IS OF IMPORTANCE TO THOSE NEIGHBORS. UM, THEY WANTED TO KEEP BUSINESS OFF OF THEIR STREETS FACING THE SCHOOL. THAT WAS A PRIORITY FOR THEM. AND THEN THEY WERE OF CONCERN OF THE ENTRANCE OF THE STREET AND, UM, OFF THE STREET. AND ALSO HEIGHT WAS A BIG CONCERN AS WELL. UM, BUT AGAIN, THEY FELT THAT IT WAS SOMETHING THEY WOULD PREFER TO NOT SEE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AS INVESTING INTO IT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. HI, MY NAME IS LAURA PALMER. I RESIDE AT NINE 11 NORTH MADISON AVENUE. I LIVE TWO BLOCKS FROM THE SCHOOL. I'VE BEEN A COMMUNITY LIAISON WITH THE SCHOOL FOR OVER 10 YEARS. UM, SO I AM FAIRLY, UM, WELL VERSED IN HOW OUR SCHOOL OPERATES THERE. UM, THIS PARTICULAR BLOCK IN WHICH THE REQUEST IS BEING MADE IS A, A, IT'S AN INTERESTING BLOCK. IT IS NARROWER THAN THE REST OF MADISON GOING SOUTH. IT'S NARROWER. AND I DID, UH, PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME PHOTOS THAT I TOOK THIS WEEK, KIND OF SHOWING HOW IT NARROWS, PARTICULARLY IN THIS BLOCK. THE [01:10:01] SCHOOL USES THAT STREET FOR ITS ENTRANCE AND EXIT FOR THEIR PICKUP LINES. THEY HAVE BUILT A HORSESHOE IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL, SO THE PARENTS HAVE TO ENTER OFF OF MADISON, EXIT OFF OF MADISON AND GO DOWN THE BLOCK IN ORDER TO EXIT. UM, SO IT'S ALREADY AN ISSUE WITH PICKUP AND DROP OFF TIMES WITH THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT IS GOING DOWN MADISON, THAT IT DOES HAVE TO BECOME A ONE-WAY STREET. AND THAT SIGN THAT YOU SEE THAT I GAVE YOU, THAT SIGN IS ACTUALLY POSTED RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION THAT, THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY WHEN WE WENT THROUGH REZONING ON THIS BLOCK. AND YOU NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THIS ACTUALLY HAS TWO PDS COVERING THIS PARTICULAR BLOCK. THIS IS THE ONLY LOT IN THAT BLOCK THAT IS UNDER PD 4 68. THE REST OF THE BLOCK IS UNDER PD EIGHT 30 SUBDISTRICT ONE. BUT IN BOTH INSTANCES, THE NEIGHBORHOOD STROVE TO MAINTAIN THE WEST SIDE OF NORTH MADISON AS RESIDENTIAL TO BE A BUFFER BETWEEN THE BUSINESSES THAT WOULD BE GOING IN ON BISHOP. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, THAT THE EVERYTHING THAT WAS FACING IN TOWARDS THE SCHOOL WAS RESIDENTIAL. AND FOR THAT PURPOSE, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU DENY THIS, UM, SO THAT WE CAN PROTECT THOSE RESIDENCES AND THE SCHOOL. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION? SO SINCE WE HAD OPPOSITION, THE APPLICANT DOES GET A TWO MINUTE REBUTTAL. THANK YOU. I'M DAVID JONES. I I AM A COMMERCIAL BROKER REPRESENTING MY CLIENT WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY AND WHO'S ACTUALLY THE APPLICANT AND HE ASKED ME TO SPEAK ON HIS BEHALF. UM, WE UNDERSTAND THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE ALL. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A VACANT LOT. UH, DR. CHECHEN OWNS THE PROPERTY. HE OWNS THE TWO BUILDINGS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET AS WELL AS A SMALL DUPLEX JUST TO THE, TO THE SOUTH OF HIS PROPERTY AS WELL. UH, IN EFFECT, WHAT HE'S BASICALLY ASKING FOR IS MIXED USE, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR THREE RESIDENTIAL UNITS PLUS ONE OFFICE. AND THE OFFICE IS ACTUALLY FRONTING THE STREET. THAT'S NOT MADISON, IT'S THE OTHER, THE BALLARD STREET, UH, ACCESS. UM, WE DIDN'T THINK THAT THAT WAS CONTROVERSIAL, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE WILLING TO LISTEN TO WHAT YOU ALL HAVE TO SAY. BUT ULTIMATELY IT'S A PRETTY NON, UH, UH, NON-DISRUPTIVE USE OF THE PROPERTY AS WE SEE IT. AND IT'S OBVIOUSLY, DR. KACHEAN HAS BEEN A PROPERTY OWNER THERE FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS. AND MR. JONES, COULD YOU PROVIDE YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE? YES, IT'S 65 10 CLUBHOUSE CIRCLE HERE IN DALLAS. GREAT. 7 5 2 4 0. OKAY, THANK YOU. AND SIR, THE, THE REBUTTALS LIMITED TO, TO TWO MINUTES. SAR IAN, UH, 55 15 ED DRIVE DALLAS. UH, AS, AS, UH, MR. UH, JONES SAID I OWN A PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET. SEVERAL, ACTUALLY THREE PROPERTIES ACROSS THE STREET. UH, THAT'S YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THE, THE ZONING IS, SO THE APP, THE APPLICANTS GET JUST A TWO MINUTE REBUTTAL SINCE YOU DIDN'T SPEAK THE FIRST TIME. CAN I JUST MENTION ONE MINUTE? I I, SOMEONE IS WELCOME TO ASK YOU A QUESTION DURING THE, THE QUESTION PERIOD. AND YOU CAN PROBABLY, THE, THE MAIN ROAD THERE IS IS BISHOP. SIR, SIR, I'M SORRY. I HAVE TO APPLY THE RULES EVENLY TO EVERYONE. ALRIGHT. COMMISSIONER SIMS, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? I, I DO. MR. CHAIR, UM, UH, COMMENTS IF I RECEIVE A SECOND AS WELL IN THE MATTER OF CASE Z DASH 26 DASH 0 0 0 1 2, I MOVE TO HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN AND HOLD THIS CASE UNDER ADVISEMENT UNTIL OUR MEETING ON APRIL 9TH, 2026. GREAT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SIMS FOR YOUR MOTION. COMMISSIONER, UM, FRANKLIN FOR YOUR SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? YES. UH, THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. JUST VERY BRIEFLY, UM, I APPRECIATE THE HEARING OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM THE APPLICANTS FOR THE FIRST TIME. SO I, UH, I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH THE APPLICANTS AND WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A CHANCE TO CHAT WITH THEM AND SEE IF WE CAN FIND SOMETHING THAT WORKS FOR EVERYBODY. GREAT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SIMS. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER [01:15:01] SIMS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN TO HOLD THIS MATTER UNDER ADVISEMENT UNTIL APRIL 9TH. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, SAY NAY. THE MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL MOVE ON [13. 26-1077A An application for a new Specific Use Permit for a Handicapped Group Dwelling Unit on property zoned R-7.5(A) Single Family District, on the south line of Laura Lane, between Sweet Sue Lane and Firebird Lane. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to a site plan and conditions. Applicant: LaVinny & Darryl Gray Representative: LaVinny Gray Planner: Oscar Aguilera Council District: 8 Z-26-000006] TO CASE NUMBER 13. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE SEA PLAN COMMISSION, OSCAR RA ITEM, UH, 13 IS AN APPLICATION FOR A NEW SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A HANDICAPPED GROUP, UH, DWELLING UNIT ON A PROPERTY ZONE. R SEVEN FIVE SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT LOCATED ON THE SOUTH LINE, UM, LINE OF LAUREL LANE BETWEEN, UH, SUITE TWO LANE AND UH, FIREBIRD LANE. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO A SITE PLAN AND CONDITIONS. GREAT. THANK YOU MR. AGUILERA. IS THERE ANYONE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 13? MY NAME IS RUTH STEWART. I'M THE HOMEOWNER'S PRESIDENT FOR THAT PARTICULAR AREA AND, UM, WE FEEL THAT THE HOUSE IS TOO SMALL TO HAVE AS A, UH, HANDICAPPED DRILLING. AND WE ALSO FEEL THAT, UH, WE, UM, WE'RE ALREADY HAVING PROBLEMS OUT OF THIS PARTICULAR YOUNG LADY, UH, WITH CODE VIOLATIONS. AND, UH, WE ALREADY HAVE THREE HANDICAPPED HOUSES IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE ONLY HAVE 10 BLOCKS OF OUR HOA AND IF YOU PUT ANOTHER ONE IN THERE, IT'S OVERLAPPING ON A THOUSAND FEET PER THE CITY. AND SO WE FEEL LIKE THIS SHOULD NOT, SHE SHOULD NOT PUT A HANDICAP, UH, DWELLING THERE. THE HOUSE IS JUST TOO SMALL. ONE OF THE BEDROOMS IS EIGHT BY 12. THE OTHER ONE IS A, IS A, JUST A LITTLE LARGER THAN THAT. WE KNOW FOR A FACT THAT PEOPLE THAT IS HANDICAPPED WHEN THEY'RE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF, THEY DON'T COMPLAIN BECAUSE THEY WON'T HAVE ANYWHERE ELSE TO GO. SO THEY END UP BEING, UH, TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF WHILE THEY'RE IN HANDICAPPED HOUSING. AND, UM, THE OTHER REASON WHY WE, OUR HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION, WE VOTED AND WE, SHE HASN'T COME TO US. I LIVE THREE HOUSES FROM THIS LADY AND THE STREET. SWEET SUE IS NOT THE STREET. MY STREET BALAKA IS NEXT TO THAT STREET. SO YOU WENT OVER A STREET. YOU SKIPPED MY STREET TO PUT IT ON THIS LIST SAYING, SWEET SUE. THIS YOUNG LADY DOES NOT NEED A HANDICAP THERE. SHE ALREADY HAS A ACTIVITY HOME. SHE ALREADY DOES FOOD, DISTRIBUTE FOOD OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. SO IT'S ENOUGH GOING ON AT THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION. SHE DOESN'T NEED HANDICAP AS WELL. THERE'S NOT TOO MANY'S UP. I THINK YOU STILL HAVE TIME IF YOU WANNA KEEP TALKING. OKAY. SO, SO WE'RE ASKING YOU ALL, AND WE ALSO SENT A LETTER OUT ASKING YOU ALL TO DENY THIS, NOT TO APPROVE IT, EVEN THOUGH STAFF IS SAYING APPROVE IT, BECAUSE WE KNOW HANDICAP PEOPLE GET TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF EVERY DAY. AND THOSE POOR PEOPLE WON'T HAVE ANY RESOURCE OR KNOW WHO TO GO AND COMPLAIN TO WHILE THEY'RE BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF. AND THAT HOUSE IS JUST TOO SMALL. SHE DOESN'T NEED THAT TO BE A HANDICAPPED PLACE. THAT'S IT. ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? UH, YES, MR. CHAIR IN THE MATTER OF Z 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 6. I MOVE TO KEEP THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN AND HOLD THIS MATTER UNDER ADVISEMENT UNTIL APRIL THE 23RD, 2026. IF I GET A SECOND, I'LL JUST MAKE A QUICK COMMENT ON THE RECORD. UH, GREAT. UH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN FOR YOUR MOTION. COMMISSIONER HOUSEWRIGHT FOR YOUR SECOND, YOUR COMMENTS. UH, YES, MR. CHAIR. I DID MEET WITH THE APPLICANT, UH, THIS MORNING ABOUT HER, HER PROPOSED SUP FOR THIS LOCATION. UH, AND I INFORMED HER THAT WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE A COMMUNITY, UH, MEETING. SO I THANK MS. STEWART, UH, FOR COMING OUT AND EXPRESSING, UH, HER THOUGHTS ON THIS PROPOSED SUP. BUT WE'LL BE HAVING A, A COMMUNITY MEETING WITHIN THE NEXT TWO [01:20:01] WEEKS, AND WE'LL GET THIS UNDER, HAVE A DISPOSITION FOR IT AT THE APRIL 23RD MEETING. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? OKAY, NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. SO IT'S A MOTION TO HOLD THE MATTER TILL APRIL 23RD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, SAY NAY. THE MOTION CARRIES. [14. 26-1078A An application for an amendment to Specific Use Permit 2519 for the sale of alcoholic beverages in conjunction with a restaurant without drive-in or drive-through service on property zoned CR Community Retail District, with a D-1 Liquor Control Overlay, on the west line of S. Buckner Boulevard, between N. Scyene Road and Blossom Lane. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to conditions. Applicant: La Campina, Inc. Representative: Kendra Abchi Planner: Oscar Aguilera Council District: 5 Z-26-000019] WE'LL GO TO ITEM 14. ITEM 14 IS AN APPLICATION FOR AN AMENDMENT TO A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. 25 19 FOR THE SALES OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE RESTAURANT WITHOUT DRIVING OR, UH, DRIVE THROUGH SERVICE ON A PROPERTY ZONE. CR COMMUNITY RETAIL DISTRICT WITH, UH, D ONE LIQUOR CONTROL OVERLAY, UH, LOCATED ON THE WEST, UH, LINE OF SOUTH BANKER, UH, BOULEVARD BETWEEN, UH, NORTH, UH, CY ROAD AND, UH, BLA LANE STAFF, UH, RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. THANK YOU MR. AGUILERA. IS THERE ANYONE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 14? COME ON DOWN. OH, GREAT. THANK YOU MS. HARIMOTO. ANYONE ELSE ON ITEM 14? ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER SERATO, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? YES. UH, IN THE MATTER OF KZ 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 9, I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE SEP FOR FIVE YEARS WITH KNOWLEDGEABILITY FOR AUTO RENEWALS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. GREAT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER SERATO FOR YOUR MOTION. VICE CHAIR HERBERT FOR YOUR SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, SAY NAY. THE MOTION CARRIES [16. 26-1070A An application for a new Planned Development Subdistrict for GR General Retail uses on property zoned GR General Retail Subdistrict, MF-3 Multiple Family Subdistrict, P Parking Subdistrict, within Planned Development District 193 with a D Liquor Control Overlay, on the southwest line of Brown Street, between Shelby Avenue and Oak Lawn Avenue. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to a development plan, landscape plan, and conditions. Applicant: James Halperin [Oak Lawn Partners LP] Representative: Suzan Kedron Planner: Martin Bate Council District: 14 Z-25-000149] ITEM NUMBER 16. ITEM 16 IS CASE Z 25 0 0 0 1 49. AN APPLICATION FOR NEW PLAN DEVELOPMENT SUBDISTRICT FOR GR GENERAL RETAIL USES ON PROPERTY ZONE GR, GENERAL RETAIL SUBDISTRICT, MF THREE, MULTIPLE FAMILY SUBDISTRICT AND P PARKING SUBDISTRICT WITHIN PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 1 93 WITH A DEAL CONTROL OVERLAY ON THE SOUTHWEST LAWN OF BROWN STREET BETWEEN SHELBY AVENUE AND OAK LAWN AVENUE. STATUS'S. RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO A DEVELOPMENT PLAN, LANDSCAPE PLAN AND CONDITIONS IS CIRCULATED TO THE COMMISSION. THANK YOU MR. BATE. UH, DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? WE'LL START WITH SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M PHIL PERRY. I AM AT 36 10 NORTH VERSAILLES. I AM THE CITY LIAISON FOR OAK LAWN COMMITTEE, AND THIS PROJECT WAS PRESENTED ON MARCH 4TH, 25 TO THE OAK LAWN COMMITTEE. AND AT THAT MEETING, THE OAK LAWN COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT AS PRESENTED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE DALLAS CITY PLAN COMMISSION. SUZANNE KEDRON, 2323 ROSS AVENUE. I'M JUST HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CONDITIONS THAT WERE CIRCULATED, UM, HAD, UH, THE OBSERVATION DECK STRUCK THAT SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN INCLUDED. AND THEN ALSO ON THE MICRO UNITS, UM, AS WE INITIALLY PROPOSED, IT WAS AT 5% AND WE'D LIKE TO UP THAT TO 7%. SO IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. THANK YOU, MS. KATHERINE. ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NUMBER 16, SEEING NO FURTHER SPEAKERS, COMMISSIONER KINGSTON, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? I DO IN THE MATTER OF Z 2 5 0 0 0 1 49, MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC RECORD AND, UH, RECOMMEND APPROVAL SUBJECT TO THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, LANDSCAPE PLAN AND CONDITIONS WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGES IN SECTION, UH, AND, AND I'M MAKING THE CHANGES TO THE CONDITIONS THAT WERE CIRCULATED TO STAFF EARLIER THIS WEEK, UH, BY STAFF EARLIER THIS WEEK IN SECTION 1 0 8 YARD LOT SPACE REGULATIONS, SUBSECTION C, HEIGHT TWO, A FOUR, STRIKE OBSERVATION DECK. AND IN B FOUR STRIKE OBSERVATION DECK. AND [01:25:01] IN SECTION ONE 12, URBAN DES DESIGN. I'M SORRY, YEAH. SECTION ONE 12, URBAN DESIGN AND SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS. SECTION C, SUBSECTION NINE. THERE SHOULD BE A P AFTER TO MAKE THE WORD PLAN AFTER DEVELOPMENT. I THINK THAT'S JUST A TYPO. AND THEN, UH, IN SUBSECTION 13, REQUIREMENT FOR MULTIFAMILY HOUSING, INCREASE THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL MICRO UNITS FROM 5% TO 7%. GREAT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER KINGSTON FOR YOUR MOTION. COMMISSIONER HAMPTON FOR YOUR SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, SAY NAY. THE MOTION CARRIES I A CONFLICT ON THEIR NEXT ITEM, SO I WILL BE STEPPING OUT. [17. 26-1080A An application for 1) a new Planned Development District for a mix of residential, commercial, and light industrial uses on property zoned CS Commercial Service District, on the southeast line of Main Street, northeast of S. Peak Street; and for 2) a new subdistrict within of Planned Development District 1002 on property zoned IM Industrial Manufacturing District, on the north corner of N. Washington Avenue and Main Street. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to conditions. Applicant: Main Washington Partners, LLC / Thomas Tucker Representative: Baldwin Associates, LLC / Robert Baldwin U/A From: February 19, 2026. Planner: Justin Lee Council District: 2 Z-25-000132] UM, YOU READY FOR NUMBER 17, MR. LEE? YES. UH, ITEM 17 AND APPLICATION FOR ONE, A NEW PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR A MIXED RE MIXED RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL AND LAND INDUSTRIAL USES ON PROPERTY ZONED CS COMMERCIAL SERVICE DISTRICT ON THE SOUTHEAST LINE OF MAIN STREET, NORTHEAST OF SOUTH PEAK STREET. AND FOR TWO, A NEW SUBDISTRICT WITHIN A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 10 0 2 ON PROPERTY ZONE. IM INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING DISTRICT ON THE NORTH CORNER OF NORTH WASHINGTON AVENUE AND MAIN STREET STAFF. RECOMMENDATIONS, APPROVAL, SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? OH, HI MR. BALDWIN. HOPEFULLY IT'S A MOTION TO APPROVE CONVERSATION. MR. BALDWIN. UM, ANY SPEAKERS? YEAH. ROB BALDWIN. 3 9 0 4 ELM STREET, SUITE B IN DALLAS. I'M HERE REPRESENTING, UH, MAINE, WASHINGTON PARTNERS IN THIS REQUEST. JORGE, I'M SORRY, GEORGE. HERE WE GO. I'LL DO IT THIS WAY. SO THIS IS AN AREA OUTSIDE SOUTH OF BAYLOR HOSPITAL. UM, THIS IS KIND OF AN INTERESTING REQUEST. THERE'S ONE REQUEST, TWO PDS THAT ARE TIED TO THEY'RE, THEY'RE SEPARATE, BUT RELATED. SO THE FIRST ONE IS A, WE'RE CREATING A SUBDISTRICT OF PD 1002 FOR ONE LOT FOR AN EXISTING BUILDING TO ALLOW US TO PUT DISTRICT IDENTIFICATION SIGNS ON A ROOF OF A BUILDING AT THE OTHER END OF THE STREET. THERE IS, UM, ANOTHER BUILDING, AND YOU CAN SEE IT ON, ON THIS, IT'S THE BUILDING IN THE GREEN THAT IS CURRENTLY ZONED, UH, CS. AND WE'RE ASKING THAT TO BE A STANDALONE PD WITH THE BA WITH THE PD BASED ON ONE THOU PD 1002, BUT WITH LANGUAGE TO ALLOW FOR ONE DISTRICT IDENTIFICATION SIGN. SO TWO LOTS, TWO PDS ALLOWING ONE SIGN ON EACH LOT ON AN EXISTING BUILDING. IF THE EXISTING BUILDING GOES AWAY, WE LOSE THE RIGHTS TO THE SIGNS. SO, UM, THIS IS AN AREA, UH, KNOWN AS, UH, TOWER 22. UM, MY OFFICE IS ABOUT A BLOCK FROM HERE. UM, TOWER 22 WAS A HISTORIC, UH, WHERE TWO TRAIN TRACKS CAME TOGETHER. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN DOWN THERE WHERE, UH, THE SANTA FE TRAIL RUNS INTO THE DART LINE. THERE USED TO BE A TOWER THERE WHERE THEY SWITCHED TRAIN TRACKS, AND THAT WAS TOWER 22. SO THE TOWER 22 DISTRICT IS KIND OF OUTLINED HERE. WE'RE NOT CREATING THE DISTRICT, WE'RE NOT CHANGING ANY ZONING ON ANY PROPERTY THAT WE DON'T OWN JUST THOSE TWO LOTS. BUT IT KIND OF GIVES A, A SENSE OF YOU'VE ARRIVED AT A PLACE. IT'S, UH, AN AREA FULL OF OLDER BUILDINGS, ATTRACTIVE OLDER BUILDINGS THAT, UM, PEOPLE CREATIVE TYPES GO TO, ZONING CONSULTANTS GO TO, THERE'S RESTAURANTS THERE, RETAIL STORES. AND, UM, THIS IS, UH, I, I THINK I, I FIND IT EXCITING HAVING AN OFFICE THERE FOR 20 YEARS. SO, LIKE I SAID, TWO BUILDINGS, TWO SIGNS, ONE ON EACH BUILDING. THIS IS WHAT, THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO OPTIONS FOR THE SIGNS. ONE, A SQUARE SIGN, TWO, UH, MORE OF A RECTANGULAR SIGN WORK, UH, CLOSELY WITH COMMISSIONER [01:30:01] HAMPTON ON CRAFTING THE LANGUAGE ON FOR THESE SIGNS. SO IT JUST MATCHES WHAT IS ALLOWED. WE HAVE A, A SIGN PACKET ATTACHED AS AN EXHIBIT ON BOTH PDS THAT WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH, BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN A DECISION WHERE WE'RE GOING TO DO OPTION A OR OPTION B YET. AND HERE'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON THE OTHER SIDE. SO, UM, WE'VE WORKED WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAR FROM ONE OF 'EM. AND WITH THAT, WE'VE ADDRESSED WHAT I THINK WAS MOST OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE COULD, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE UNDERLYING ZONING IN PD 1002. WHERE IS ADDING A SUB-DISTRICT TO ALLOW FOR SIGNS THE OTHER DISTRICT? THAT'S YOUR TIME, TIME, TIME. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, THERE ANY COMMENTS IN SUPPORT? ANY MORE COMMENTS IN SUPPORT? OKAY. ANY IN OPPOSITION? THANK YOU. HELLO, I'M CATHERINE KOAL OF 39 21 ELM STREET, DALLAS, TEXAS 7 5 2 2 6. UM, I'VE SPOKE IN OPPOSITION LAST TIME. UM, I'M, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATION WITH MR. BALDWIN AND MS. HAMPTON, UM, AND WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER TO WORK THROUGH SOME CONCERNS THAT MY NEIGHBOR AND I HAVE HAD. UM, SOME CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE. WE RECEIVED THE, UH, DRAFT OF IT YESTERDAY AT 3 45 IN THE AFTERNOON. I'VE REVIEWED IT. A LOT OF THINGS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED, BUT THERE'S ONE OR TWO SMALL THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE FURTHER ADDRESS. SO I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT WE HAVE ONE OR TWO MORE MEETINGS TO IRON OUT, JUST ONE OR TWO SMALL THINGS. AND I'D, AT THAT POINT, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF IT. UM, I DO WANNA SEE THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROW AND DEVELOP AND, YOU KNOW, UH, SUSTAIN FOR THE AREA. SO, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. NO, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS IN OPPOSITION? THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND MR. BALDMAN, YOU GET A A A THREE MINUTE REBUTTAL. TWO MINUTE REBUTTAL. OKAY. UM, CATHERINE IS CORRECT. WE'VE, WE'VE MET EXTENSIVELY ON THIS. WE HAD, UH, AND SHE'S MET WITH COMMISSIONER HAMPTON ON HER OWN. I THINK WE'VE ADDRESSED MOST OF HER COMMENTS THAT WE CAN, I UNDERSTAND SOME OF HER COMMENTS DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE SIGNS PER SE, WHICH ALL WE'RE DOING HERE IS SIGNS. WE'RE NOT CHANGING ANY OF THE BASE REGULATIONS. WE'RE NOT CHANGING ANYBODY ELSE'S ZONING. UM, I ASK THAT YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. UH, YOU CAN SEE THIS IS AN OLD CASE. WE ORIGINALLY PAID, FILED FOR THIS IN PAPER, UH, BECAUSE IT WAS CON UH, A COMPLEX CASE WHERE WE HAD ONE APPLICATION, TWO PDS STAFF'S BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH, BUT WE, WE NEED TO GET THIS GOING. MY, MY CLIENT, UH, REALLY WOULD LIKE TO GET THESE SIGNS UP. SO, UM, I HOPE YOU CAN SUPPORT THIS REQUEST AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, HEARING THAT, DO WE GET A MOTION? COMMISSIONER HAMPTON? WE DO. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. UM, AND I HAVE COMMENTS AND A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AS WELL IN THE MATTER OF Z DASH 25 DASH 0 0 0 1 3 2. I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR THE NEW SUBDISTRICT OF PLAN DISTRICT 10 0 0 2 AND THE NEW PD FOR THE NORTH CORNER OF NORTH WASHINGTON, OR EXCUSE ME, THE NEW SUBDISTRICT. I'LL JUST SAY THAT 'CAUSE IT'S NOT AT THE CORNER OF WASHINGTON. UM, MY EXCUSE MY BAD MOTION THERE. UM, THEY ARE THE APPROVAL SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS AS CIRCULATED TO THE COMMISSION ON MARCH 25TH, 2026, SUBJECT TO A REVISED EXHIBIT TO REFLECT THE ORDINANCE DIMENSIONS FOR THE NEW SIGNS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CHANGE THAT THE NEW PD AT AN SUP REQUIREMENT TO THE PUBLIC UTILITY USE. THAT WAS A MOUTHFUL, BUT THANK YOU COMMISSIONER HAMPTON AND THANK YOU COMMISSIONER HOUSEWRIGHT FOR YOUR SECOND, UH, A COMMENTS. YES, THANK YOU. UM, I'M GONNA START BY ASKING MR. BALDWIN A QUESTION, WHICH IS THAT, UM, IN THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAD, UH, WITH, UH, MS. KOFA, UM, ANOTHER OF THE, EXCUSE ME, WITH THE SURROUNDING STAKEHOLDERS AND MR. ROPER, IS IT CORRECT THAT, UM, WE REVIEWED HOW THE ROOFTOP SIGNS ARE REVIEWED, THE EVALUATION PROCESS, AND I THINK AS YOU MENTIONED, IF THESE AREN'T APPROVED BY THE FIRE MARSHAL, THERE WILL NOT BE SIGNS INSTALLED. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, SCOTT ROPER IS THE HEAD SIGN INSPECTOR FOR THE CITY, AND HE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO GIVE US, I GUESS ALMOST AN [01:35:01] HOUR, UH, TO TALK ABOUT THIS. UH, ANY, ANY ROOFTOP SIGNS HAVE TO BE REVIEWED BY THE FIRE MARSHAL AND IF THE, IF WE CAN'T MEET THE STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS, THEY WILL NOT GET APPROVED, EVEN IF THE ZONING ALLOWS IT. WE SPECIFICALLY ADDED IN BOTH PDS A STATEMENT THAT SAYS FIRE DEPARTMENT APPROVAL'S REQUIRED. SO, UM, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS, LOAD BEARING WIND, WIND RESISTANCE, ALL THAT BEFORE WE CAN GET A A, A PD. UH, AND IN THE CASE OF THE NEW, UM, PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL PROVISION THAT THE SIGNS COME BACK TO PLAN COMMISSION FOR REVIEW, UM, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS AS WELL AS CONFIRMING THAT THEY'RE NOT OBSCURING ANY SIGNIFICANT, UH, FEATURE OF THE BUILDING. THAT'S CORRECT. AND ONE THING I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT AS WELL, UM, MS. KOFA AND HER FATHER, THEY, THEY OFFICE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME, AND I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH THEM TO TRY TO RESOLVE ANY OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS. I DON'T HAVE TO GO VERY FAR, BUT I WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE MOVED FORWARD, BUT I I DON'T MEAN THAT TO MEAN WE'RE GONNA STOP TALKING TO OUR NEIGHBORS. THANK YOU FOR THAT AS WELL. UM, REGARDING SOME OF THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS, WE ARE CHANGING THE UNDERLYING ZONING ON BOTH THESE SITES, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. UH, ONE IS GOING FROM A INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING TO A PD 1002 SUBDISTRICT, AND ONE IS GOING FROM COMMERCIAL SERVICES TO BASICALLY A PD 1002 DISTRICT. SO THE EX OR THE, THE SITE THAT'S A SUBDISTRICT FOLLOWS ALL THOSE ALLOWED USES IT, UM, PUT A HEIGHT RESTRICTION FAR CONSISTENT WITH EXISTING. YEAH, SO FOR THE ONE IN P SUBDISTRICT, A PD 1002, BASED ON, UH, CATHERINE'S COMMENTS, WE LOWERED THE ALLOWABLE HEIGHT TO MATCH WHAT'S OUT THERE TODAY, WHICH WENT FROM 160 FEET TO 110 FEET AND MATCHED THE FAR. AND SAME IN THE NEW PD, BUT ALSO THEN REMOVED BECAUSE WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS USES THAT MIGHT NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE LONG-TERM VISION. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. AND, UH, I THINK THAT IS MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO AS MY COMMISSIONERS HEARD, I DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR THIS. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MS. KOFA DID NOT HAVE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME TO REVIEW THIS. UM, I THINK YOU ALL ARE IN THE SAME POSITION, . SO, UM, I HOPE THAT YOU'LL HAVE CONFIDENCE AND I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COMMISSIONER CARPENTER, UM, GAVE THIS A VERY CLOSE REVIEW, AND I APPRECIATE HER ADDITIONAL INPUT THAT I THINK, UH, CLARIFIED THE ORDER AND THE CONSISTENCY WITHIN THE ORDINANCE CONDITIONS, JUST TO BRING MORE CERTAINTY IN HOW THIS WILL BE EVALUATED GOING FORWARD. I STATED, UM, IN WORKING WITH THOSE WHO, UM, SPOKE IN OPPOSITION, AND I WILL STATE IT ON THE RECORD THAT I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM. UM, THIS WILL GO FORWARD TO COUNCIL, AND IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE RESOLVED, THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. I DO THINK THAT THIS IS MOVING IN THE DIRECTION OF THE LONG-TERM VISION FOR THE COMMUNITY. I WAS ABLE TO BE PART OF THE ADOPTION OF PD 10 0 0 2 IN 2018. AND FROM THAT THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY INPUT. I THINK THERE IS, AND THERE HAS BEEN SINCE THAT TIME, A STRONG DESIRE TO CONTINUE THAT PD IN THAT DIRECTION. ANYONE WHO LOOKS AT THE ZONING MAP OF THIS AREA CAN SEE, UH, IT IS ALL OVER THE MAP. AND I THINK HAVING A CONSISTENT DEVELOPMENT CHARACTER, UM, IS IMPORTANT. I ALSO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WHILE I APPRECIATE THE APPLICANT HAS, YOU KNOW, THINKING OF THIS AS TOWER 22 DISTRICT, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO CONSIDER THE LANGUAGE OF THE SIGN. IT MAY COME THROUGH AS A DIFFERENT NOMENCLATURE THAT IS NOT WITHIN OUR PURVIEW. UM, SO I, I DO THINK THAT THESE WILL BE A CONTRIBUTION LONG-TERM TO THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE COMMUNITY, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE DIALOGUE WITH THOSE BOTH THOSE ARE HERE TODAY AS WELL AS THE LARGER COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER HOUSE WRIGHT? UH, YEAH, COMMENTS AND A QUESTION. UM, I THINK THIS IS A, A, A, A GREAT CASE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING IT, UH, HERE IN A MOMENT WHEN WE VOTE, UH, I THINK THIS WILL ADD, UH, SOME IDENTITY AND CHARACTER TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP IT AND, AND MAKE IT AN IMPORTANT PART OF EAST DALLAS. SO, UH, UH, I APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER HAMPTON'S. UH, GOOD WORK ON THIS, UH, GETTING EVERYTHING SQUARED AWAY. UH, I DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. BALDWIN. YOU, YOU MENTIONED, UH, POTENTIAL TENANTS AND USERS IN THIS AREA, CREATIVE TYPES AND ZONING CONSULTANTS. I WAS JUST WONDERING, ARE THOSE TWO SEPARATE GROUPS , OR ARE THOSE SORT OF THE SAME, THE SAME GROUP? WELL, THOSE THAT, UH, KNOW ME [01:40:01] KNOW, I'M NOT REALLY CREATIVE. I, I DO KNOW HOW TO TALK, BUT I, I'M NOT THE CREATIVE TYPE. OKAY. WELL, OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP, BUT, UH, I, I THINK YOU ARE CREATIVE, MR. BALDWIN. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE GREAT CONVERSATION. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COMMISSIONER HAMPTON, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOUSEWRIGHT. MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MM-HMM . CHAIR CAN ENTER THE ROOM. ALRIGHT, [18. 26-1081A An application for the termination of D-1 Liquor Control Overlay on property zoned LC Light Commercial Subdistrict with deed restrictions Z978-258, within Planned Development District 193, the Oak Lawn Special Purpose District, on the southwest line of Lemmon Avenue, between McKinney Avenue and Noble Avenue. Staff Recommendation: Approval. Applicant: Walgreens Co / Brian Brown Representative: Marcus Schwartz U/A From: February 5, 2026. Planner: Justin Lee Council District: 14 Z-25-000066] ITEM NUMBER 18. ITEM 18 AND APPLICATION FOR THE TERMINATION OF, OF D ONE LIQUOR CONTROL OVERLAY ON PROPERTY ZONE LC, LIGHT COMMERCIAL SUBDISTRICT WITH D RESTRICTION Z 9 78 DASH 2 58 WITHIN PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 1 93, THE OAK LAWN SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT ON THE SOUTHWEST LINE OF LEMON AVENUE, BETWEEN, BETWEEN MCKINNEY AVENUE AND NOBLE AVENUE STAFF. RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL. THANK YOU, MR. LEE. UM, I SEE THAT WE HAVE THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ONLINE. UH, MS. CHAMBLEE? YES, SIR. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEP. LOUD AND CLEAR. HI. YES. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO SPEAK TODAY. UH, MY NAME IS CATHERINE CHAMBLEE, LOCATED AT 5 1 1 WEST SEVENTH AVENUE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, 7 8 7 0 1. UM, I'M HERE. UH, I'M HERE ONLINE TO REPRESENT WALGREENS CO. UM, IN THIS, UH, SEEKING OF A REMOVAL OF A D ONE LIQUOR CONTROL OVERLAY. THIS LOCATION, UH, AS I THINK IT'S, IS EXPLAINED IN THE INFORMATION, HAD A SUP PREVIOUSLY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS THAT SUP EXPIRED, UH, AT WHICH POINT THE LOCATION CEASED SALES AND SOUGHT A NEW SUP FOR THE LOCATION FOR OFF-PREMISE BEER AND WINE SALES. UM, AT THE MEETING, UH, OR PRIOR TO THE MEETING, UH, FEBRUARY 5TH, 26TH, UH, COMMISSIONER KINGSTON RECOMMENDED THAT WE SEEK THE D ONE OVERLAY REMOVAL AS OPPOSED TO, UH, A NEW SUP, UM, DUE TO SEVERAL, UM, FACTS ABOUT THE AREA. UM, AND, AND WE WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREED WITH THAT, UM, WITH THAT ROUTE. UM, SO WE'RE BEFORE YOU HERE AGAIN TODAY, UH, SEEKING AGAIN THE REMOVAL, THE D ONE, UH, LIQUOR CONTROL OVERLAY FOR THE OFF-PREMISE SALES OF BEER AND WINE. AND I WANTED TO THANK, UH, COMMISSIONER KINGSTON, STAFF MEMBER LEE AND THE OAK LAWN COMMITTEE FOR ALL THEIR ASSISTANCE AND HELP IN, IN, IN GETTING TO THIS POINT. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR, UM, FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE. AND I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, AS IS ANTHONY MARTY FROM WALGREENS CO. IS ALSO PRESENT THERE TODAY IN PERSON. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR RUBEN. MY NAME IS ANTHONY PAGE, UH, 32 10 CARLISLE STREET, DALLAS, TEXAS, HERE ON BEHALF OF THE UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. UH, WE DON'T HAVE A POSITION ON THIS CASE, BUT DID WANNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, WHICH WE'VE BROUGHT UP WITH WALGREENS IN THE PAST TO REMIND 'EM THERE'S A LEGACY CONDITION ON THIS SITE. THERE'S A 40 FOOT WIDE DRIVEWAY ON MCKINNEY, UH, WHICH IS ABOUT TWICE WHAT WOULD BE UNDER THE DALLAS STREET DESIGN MANUAL, RECOMMENDED, UH, MAXIMUM WIDTH FOR A DRIVEWAY. AND THAT CREATES A, UH, HAZARDOUS CONDITION HERE BECAUSE OF THE LARGE NUMBER OF PEDESTRIANS THAT ARE WALKING IN THE AREA. SO AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, I'D, UH, ENCOURAGE WALGREENS TO LOOK AT, UH, NARROWING THAT DRIVEWAY IF POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? PARDON ME? ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? OH, FORMER COMMISSIONER SLEEPER. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. UH, RUBIN, IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK. GOOD TO SEE ALL THESE FRIENDLY FACES AGAIN. IT'S BEEN A WHILE. UM, I JUST WANTED TO, I'M NEIL SLEEPER, 33 74 BLACKBURN. I LIVE LESS THAN A MILE FROM THE PROPERTY AND MY PARTNERS AND I OWN, I DON'T KNOW, 40, 50 ACRES WITHIN THE NOTICE AREA. SO WE'RE KEENLY INTERESTED IN THIS CASE. AND, UM, I'M REALLY DOWN HERE JUST TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR IT. UM, HAVING THIS SITE BE VACANT FOR, UH, ABOUT 10 YEARS NOW HAS BEEN [01:45:01] REALLY ONE OF THE, THE WORST THINGS THAT YOU COULD HOPE FOR IN, IN A WALKABLE AREA, WHICH WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON BEING. SO HAVING THIS STORE THERE IN THAT LOCATION WILL BE A TREMENDOUS, UH, BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY. I THINK. UH, EVERYBODY'S PRETTY, THIS IS THE WALGREENS CASE? THIS IS WALGREENS. OH, WE'RE, ARE WE TALKING WALGREENS? THEY'RE VERY NECK CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. SIR, CAN EXCUSE ME FOR NOT PAYING CAREFUL ATTENTION. I WILL, I WILL HOLD MY COMMENTS UNTIL THE APPROPRIATE TIME. WE'LL HEAR FROM YOU IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT NICE TO SEE YOU NONETHELESS. GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO. ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON ITEM NUMBER 18? THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, COMMISSIONER KINGSTON, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION IN THE MATTER OF Z 2 5 0 0 0 0 6 6? I MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC RECORD AND, UM, APPROVE THE APPLICATION. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER KINGSTON FOR YOUR MOTION. VICE CHAIR HERBERT FOR YOUR SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION SAYING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A ANY OPPOSED, SAY NAY. THE MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, IT'S 1:37 PM LET'S TAKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK AND BE BACK AT 1 47. GET GOING. ALRIGHT. IT IS 1:53 PM AND, UH, THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION MEETING IS BACK ON THE RECORD. KZ [19. 26-1082A An application for a new Planned Development Subdistrict on property zoned R-7.5(A) Residential Subdistrict within Planned Development District 631, the West Davis Special Purpose District with SUP No. 128 for Convent, on the southwest corner of W. Davis Street and S. Cockrell Hill Road. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to conditions. Representative: Laura Lee Gunn / Masterplan Consultants U/A From: January 15, 2026. Planner: Mona Hashemi Council District: 1 Z-25-000156] 25 0 0 0 1 5 6. AN APPLICATION FOR A NEW PLAN DEVELOPMENT SUBDISTRICT ON PROPERTY ZONED R 7.5 RESIDENTIAL SUBDISTRICT WITHIN PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 6 31, THE WEST DAVIES SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT WITH SUP NUMBER 1 28 FOR CONVENT ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF WEST DAVIES STREET AND SOUTH COCKRELL HILL ROAD. STAFF. RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. MR. CROWLEY CARL CROWLEY. 3 3 3 3 WELBURN. AND ACTUALLY, I THINK MAYBE THE LAST TIME WE'RE MOVING, SO I'LL HAVE TO LEARN A NEW ONE NOW. UM, UH, REPRESENTING THE, UH, CATHOLIC DIOCESE, ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF DALLAS IN THIS REQUEST, UH, I WANT TO THANK THE THREE COMMISSIONERS WE'VE WORKED WITH OVER THE TIME OF THIS, UH, THING. COMMISSIONER SIMS BEING THE, THE LAST ONE, AND WE'VE, WE'VE ALL GONE OUT AND VISITED THE SITE AND STUFF. THE, THE REAL PURPOSE OF THIS IS THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, INSTITUTIONAL USES ON, ON THIS SITE, AND THE ADJACENT SITE IS, IS VACANT, BUT A LOT OF INSTITUTIONAL USES HERE THAT, THAT ARE, ARE BASICALLY NON-CONFORMING. AND, UM, THE PROPERTY WAS OWNED BY THE SISTERS OF CHARITY. UM, THEY'VE, UH, PRETTY MUCH SOLD, THEY'VE SOLD THEIR PROPERTY TO THE DIOCESE, AND THE DIOCESE HAS INHERITED A LOT OF NON-CONFORMING USES. SO THE, THE REAL PURPOSE, UNDERLYING PURPOSE OF THAT IS TO MAKE THESE USES CONFORMING. AND THEN THERE'S SOME VACANT LAND ON THIS TRACK IN THE, THE NEXT ZONING CASE THAT HAVE POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE FUTURE AND STUFF. SO, UM, WE'RE IN SUPPORT OF THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CRAWLEY. ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER SIMS YOUR MOTION? GREAT, THANK YOU. MR. CHAIR IN THE MATTER OF CASE NUMBER Z DASH 25 DASH 0 0 0 1 5 6. I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. GREAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR MOTION. UH, COMMISSIONER SIMS FOR YOUR SECOND COMMISSIONER HOUSEWRIGHT. ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED, SAY NAY. THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM 20 [20. 26-1083A An application for a new Planned Development Subdistrict on property zoned R-7.5(A) Residential Subdistrict within Planned Development District 631, the West Davis Special Purpose District, on the south line of West Davis Street, west of Cockrell Hill Road. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to conditions. Representative: Karl Crawley / Masterplan Consultants U/A From: January 15, 2026. Planner: Mona Hashemi Council District: 1 Z-25-000157] Z 25 0 0 0 1 5 7, AN APPLICATION FOR A NEW PLAN DEVELOPMENT SUBDISTRICT ON PROPERTY ZONE R 7.5 RESIDENTIAL SUBDISTRICT WITHIN PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 6 31, THE WEST DAVIS SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF WEST DAVIS STREET, WEST OF RE HILL ROAD. STAFF. RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. MR. CROWLEY, AGAIN, CARL CROWLEY. THREE THREE. THREE THREE WELBURN. UM, SAME AS BEFORE. . I'LL KEEP IT REAL QUICK, QUICK. THIS IS THE VACANT TRACK, THE LAND, EXCUSE ME. IT HAS, UM, PROBABLY ONLY ABOUT A HUNDRED FEET OF FRONTAGE ON, ON DAVIS STREET, AND THEN IT EXPANDS TOWARDS THE BACK. UM, IT HAS SOME, UM, ESCARPMENT THAT WE [01:50:01] UNDERSTAND WE CAN'T DEVELOP ON. UM, BUT, BUT THIS IS A VACANT TRACK THAT, UH, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BRING IT INTO THE SAME CONDITIONS AS THE OTHER SITE HAS. SO, UM, THANKS, UH, AGAIN FOR COMMISSIONER, UH, SIMS FOR WORKING WITH US ON THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CROWLEY. ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO OTHER SPEAKERS. BACK TO YOU AGAIN. COMMISSIONER SIMS. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR AND THE MATTER CASE NUMBER Z DASH 25 DASH 0 0 5 7. I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND FOLLOW STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SIMS FOR YOUR MOTION. COMMISSIONER HOUSEWRIGHT FOR YOUR SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION SAYING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAYING NAY. THE MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, I AM STEPPING OUT [21. 26-1084A An application for an amendment to Planned Development District 752, on the south corner of Edd Road and Garden Grove Drive. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to a revised development plan, a traffic management plan, and staff’s recommended conditions. Applicant: Elsie Thurman / Land Use Planning & Zoning Services Planner: Mona Hashemi Council District: 8 Z-25-000233] ON 21 BECAUSE I HAVE A CONFLICT. KC 25 0 0 0 2 3 3. AN APPLICATION FOR AN AMENDMENT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 7 5 2 ON THE SOUTH CORNER OF EDGE ROAD AND GARDEN GROVE DRIVE. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO A REVISED DEVELOPMENT PLAN, A TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND STAFF RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU DR. MONA. I SEE WE HAVE THE REPRESENTATIVE HERE TO SPEAK. ELSIE THURMAN, 9 4 0 6 BISCAY BOULEVARD, DALLAS, TEXAS 7 5 2 1 8. GOOD AFTERNOON, VICE CHAIR COMMISSIONERS. UM, AS YOU MENTIONED IN BRIEFING THIS, UH, SCHOOL IS IN DISTRICT EIGHT, UH, KLEBERG ELEMENTARY, AND I HAVE A PRESENTATION, A BRIEF ONE. THANK YOU. WHAT DO I, I SEE, YEP. HERE I JUST USE THIS. YEAH. PUT THE RIGHT KEYS. THIS, YEAH, DOWN. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. SORRY, LAST THING. FORGOT TO SHARE IT. OH, THERE YOU GO. OKAY, GREAT. OOPS. OKAY. SO THIS IS MY, THIS, THIS IS OUR NEW EDITION. IT'S, AS I MENTIONED IN BRIEFING A STORM SHELTER, A 15 CLASSROOM EDITION. UM, WE ALSO HAVE A, SOME RENOVATION WE HAVE TO DO ON THE INSIDE AND A NEW HVAC DEVELOPMENT PLAN. SO HERE'S THE LOOP WE ENDED UP DOING. WE ALWAYS TRY TO PLAN FOR EXCEPTIONS ON ANY PROJECT. THIS WAS A PRETTY BIG EXCEPTION. WE HAVE TWO FRONTAGES FOR THIS SCHOOL. WE HAVE GARDEN GROVE AND WE HAVE, UM, ED ROAD. WE HAD QUITE A BIT OF QUEUING ON THE STREET, SO WE DID THAT LOOP. YOU SAW THE ONE THAT, UM, COMMISSIONER CARPENTER TALKED ABOUT IN THE BRIEFING. SO WE HAD THREE LINE, THREE LANES COMING THROUGH THAT WAS REALLY EXPENSIVE. AND IN THAT THREE LANES. UM, TO SHOW YOU HOW MANY, HOW MUCH WE HAVE, WE HAVE 79% PARENT PICK UP AND DROP OFF. WE ONLY HAVE 14% WE WALKERS. UM, WE ALSO HAVE 21 PORTABLES THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO REMOVING, UM, FOR DISTRICT EIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. SO HERE'S MY SIDEWALK. I HAVE 460 FEET OF SIDEWALK AND WE'VE REALLY BEEN WORKING WELL WITH STAFF AND THANK YOU. BUT ON THIS ONE, UM, I'D HAVE TO RELOCATE THE TELEPHONE POLE. I ALSO HAVE A FIRE HYDRANT. I HAVE DRAINAGE. I HAVE A, A FAIRLY NEW, UM, SIX FOOT ROD IRON FENCE. I'D HAVE TO MOVE THAT COULD BE DAMAGED. I HAVE A CAMPUS THAT NEEDS SOME CARE. I DON'T USUALLY ASK FOR ANYTHING FROM MY, MY COMMISSIONERS, BUT THIS ONE I AM ASKING THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER ALLOWING US TO KEEP OUR FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK UNTIL IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE REPAIRED. IT IS PRETTY IN PRETTY GOOD CONDITION. UM, I'M HERE, SO IS MY TRAFFIC ENGINEER AND SO IS MY ARCHITECT. LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. OH, AND MY COMMISSIONER MAY HAVE A FEW COMMENTS. , THANK YOU. ARE YOU FRIEND? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER, UM, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS CASE? [01:55:02] ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION? ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN, YOU HAVE A MOTION? I DO. MR. CHAIR, IN CASE NUMBER Z DASH 25 DASH 0 0 0 2 3 3. I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, AND APPROVE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGE. SUBSECTION C OF THE SIDEWALK BUFFER, SECTION FIVE ONE A DASH 7 5 2 0.0 7.2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS. ONE. ALONG THE GARDEN GROVE DRIVE FRONTAGE, THE EXISTING FIVE FOOT WIDE SIDEWALK MAY REMAIN WITHOUT A RE, WITHOUT A REQUIRED BUFFER. TWO, PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EDITION, THE APPLICANT MUST REPAIR, REPLACE ANY PORTIONS OF THE EXISTING SIDEWALK ALONG GARDEN GROVE DRIVE THAT ARE BROKEN OR CRACK RESULTING IN AN UNEVEN SURFACE. AND THREE, ANY REPAIRED OR REPLACED SECTIONS UNDER THE SUBSECTION ARE PERMITTED TO MAINTAIN THE EXISTING FIVE FOOT WIDTH TO ENSURE A CONSISTENT PEDESTRIAN PATH ALONG THE ENTIRE FRONTAGE. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN AND COMMISSIONER SIMS FOR YOUR SECOND. UM, ANY ANY COMMENTS? THE ONLY QUICK COMMENT IS THAT, UH, NO, MS. BLUE AND MS. THURMAN AND I, WE'VE, UH, WORKED QUITE A BIT ON THIS AND ALTHOUGH I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M A BIG SUPPORTER OF HAVING WIDER SIDEWALKS WITH THE BUFFERS, BUT IN THIS INSTANCE, IT MAKES SENSE TO KEEP THE EXISTING FIVE FOOT, UH, SIDEWALK, SIDEWALK IN PLACE CONSIDERING THAT THERE'S FINITE FUNDS AND THOSE FUNDS COULD GO TOWARD, UH, THINGS THAT ARE MORE BENEFICIAL TO THE STUDENTS. AND SO FOR THAT, UM, I'VE WORKED WITH THE, THE APPLICANT AND WE'VE COME TO THIS TYPE OF EXCEPTION TO MOVE THIS, THIS THING FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. NO OTHER COMMENTS? YES. COMMISSIONER HAMPTON, IF I MAY JUST ASK MS. THURMAN, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A EXISTING FENCE, OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE THE EXISTING SIDEWALK. IT APPEARS THAT THERE IS A, UM, AVAILABLE SPACE FROM THE BACK OF THE CURB TO THE FENCE LINE. WAS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION OF SIMPLY WORKING WITHIN THAT AVAILABLE AREA TO GIVE SOME BUFFER FOR FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS? UM, I WOULD HAVE TO ASK MY ARCHITECT. THANK YOU. I'M, I'M HAPPY TO DIRECT THAT QUESTION TO YOUR ARCHITECT . SO DO YOU NEED ME TO, WAS THAT CLEAR? I'M MATTHEW HEATON WITH KIRKSEY ARCHITECTURE. IF YOU NEED THE ADDRESS, IT'S 1 4 3 MANUFACTURING STREET IS OUR OFFICE. THE BUFFER THAT YOU'RE MENTIONING IS ONLY A PORTION OF THE GARDEN GROVE DRIVE. IT'S ABOUT HALF THE SECTION THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE. SO WHILE YES, YOU COULD POTENTIALLY MOVE IT, YOU ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF FEET, AND THEN IT WOULD CREATE A SITUATION LIKE WAS JUST MENTIONED WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT SITUATIONS ALONG THAT FRONTAGE ROAD. AND I GUESS WHAT I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND IS, UM, YOU KNOW, BEING ONE WHO WALKS A GREAT DEAL MM-HMM . THAT SIDEWALK AGAINST THE BACK OF THE CURB, UM, CAN BE AN UNCOMFORTABLE PLACE TO WALK. SO I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE MOTION AND SUPPORT. UM, COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN, I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK WHEN YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT YOU'RE GOING TO REDEVELOP, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO REPLACE THE SIDEWALK. THIS WOULD SEEM TO PRECLUDE THAT YOU WOULD, THAT YOU WOULD LOOK AT THAT BUFFER AS YOU WERE DOING FUTURE WORK. AND THAT'S ALL I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. THERE IS A SPACE AVAILABLE, COULD THAT SPACE NOT BE INTEGRATED IN PROVIDING A BUFFER IN THE FUTURE FOR FUTURE WORK BASE? THAT WAS SHOWN. SORRY, I BELIEVE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS SPACE RIGHT HERE THAT'S IN THAT MIDDLE PHOTO, UH, NEXT TO THE TREE. IT, IT WOULDN'T ALLOW FOR THE FULL BUFFER REQUIREMENT, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE TRYING, I, I UNDERSTAND ABOUT NOT DOING FIVE FEET, AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THE STAFF'S LANGUAGE EFFECTIVELY SAID THE VARIANCE IS BUILT INTO THAT TO AVOID EXISTING LANDSCAPE. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE EVALUATED IT. UM, I WAS JUST HOPEFUL THERE MIGHT BE A, A MIDDLE GROUND THAT, UM, PRESERVED THAT FLEXIBILITY LONG TERM, SO THANK YOU. I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND. BUT THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. YES. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HAMPTON. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? HEARING NONE. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SIMS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU. UH, CHAIR, YOU CAN ENTER THE CHAMBERS AGAIN. [22. 26-1085A An application for an amendment to Planned Development District 372, on the southwest line of Lemmon Avenue East, the southeast line of McKinney Avenue, and the northeast line of Lemmon Avenue, northwest of Oak Grove Avenue. Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to a landscape / development plan and staff’s recommended conditions. Applicant: Benjamin Scott / H-E-B Representative: Suzan Kedron / Jackson Walker Planner: Monda Hashemi Council District: 14 Z-25-000087] ITEM NUMBER 22, CASE C 25 0 0 0 0 8 7. AND APPLICATION FOR AN AMENDMENT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 3 72 [02:00:01] ON THE SOUTHWEST LINE OF LEMON AVENUE EAST, THE SOUTHEAST LINE OF MCKINNEY AVENUE AND THE NORTHEAST LINE OF LEMON AVENUE NORTHWEST OF OAK GROVE AVENUE. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS. THANK YOU DR. HASHMI. UH, UH, SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR RUBEN. MY NAME IS ANTHONY, PAGE 32, 10 CARLISLE STREET, DALLAS, TEXAS 7 5 2 0 4. I'M APPEARING HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TO EXPRESS OUR STRONG ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT FOR THIS APPLICATION. UH, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THIS, UH, UPTOWN AREA HAS BEEN UNDERSERVED BY GROCERY FOR QUITE A LONG TIME SINCE THE, UH, PROCEEDING TO ALBERTSONS CLOSED SEVERAL YEARS AGO. IT FOLLOWED, UH, THERE WAS A SUN FRESH AIR FORCE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, BUT THIS SITE HAS BEEN EMPTY EVER SINCE. UM, WHAT THAT MEANS, I KNOW SOMETIMES YOU HEAR ABOUT, UH, WRONGLY HERE THAT SUPERMARKETS INCREASE, UH, VEHICLE TRAFFIC. THEY ACTUALLY DON'T BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS TO GO TO A SUPERMARKET, WHETHER IT'S NEARBY OR FAR FURTHER AWAY. UM, IN THIS CASE, WHAT HAPPENS RIGHT NOW IS IN UPTOWN WE HAVE 20,000 RESIDENTS AND THERE'S ANOTHER PROBABLY 10,000 RESIDENTS JUST TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF UPTOWN, UM, THAT DON'T HAVE A SUPERMARKET IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. UH, WE'VE GOT ONE, BUT THAT'S, UM, REALLY NEED MORE. AND SO WHAT HAPPENS AS A RESULT IS THERE ARE A LOT OF, UH, VEHICLES THAT ARE TRAVELING OUTSIDE UPTOWN TO GO, UH, GET THEIR GROCERY NEEDS MET BY, UH, PUTTING THIS DOOR HERE, WHAT YOU'RE GONNA ACTUALLY DO IS REDUCE THE NUMBER OF VEHICLE MILES ON THE ROAD. YOU ALSO HAVE SEVERAL THOUSAND RESIDENTS WHO ARE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF THE SUPERMARKET, AND SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO WALK. UH, IT'S ALSO VERY, UH, CONVENIENTLY SERVED BY THE TROLLEY AND BUS SERVICE. SO I THINK IT'S GONNA REALLY FOSTER OUR GOALS OF INCREASING URBANISM AND WALKABILITY IN UPTOWN. UH, THE DESIGN OF THE STORE IS EXCELLENT. UM, THE, UH, CENTRAL MARKET, HEB HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER IN WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY, HEARING OUR CONCERNS ABOUT DESIGN STANDARDS AND HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY RESPONSIVE. SO, UH, AGAIN, ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UH, SUPPORT THIS APPLICATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, COMMISSIONER RUBIN, MEMBERS OF THE PLAN COMMISSION. IT'S GOOD TO BE. IT'S I'M NEIL SLEEPER, 33 74 BLACKBURN. IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE NOW SPEAKING ON THE RIGHT CASE INSTEAD OF THE WRONG CASE. AND SO, UM, I WON'T REPEAT ALL MY COMMENTS FROM BEFORE. I THINK THEY'RE PROBABLY UNNECESSARY, BUT I DO WANNA SAY THAT WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE, THE WORK THAT, UM, BEN AND THE OTHER REPRESENTATIVES FROM CENTRAL MARKET AND, UH, THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER KINGSTON HAD PUT IN ON THIS CASE TO, TO GET IT TO THIS POINT. IT IS, IT HAS A HIGH LEVEL OF SUPPORT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, AND AS A NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNER, WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THIS DEAL GO FORWARD AFTER STARING AT A VACANT LOT FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. SO, UM, I WOULD SAY THAT, UH, IT HAS OUR FULL SUPPORT AND AS TONY MENTIONED, THE, THE COMMUNITY IS STRONGLY BEHIND IT AND WE HOPE YOU'LL APPROVE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, UH, BENJAMIN SCOTT WITH CENTRAL MARKET, UH, 6 4 6 SOUTH FLORES, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. JUST WANTED TO TAKE A QUICK SECOND TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE. SO TO STAFF, TO, UH, COMMISSIONER KINGSTON AND TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORTERS THAT HAVE HELPED, UH, ALONG THE WAY IN CREATING THIS PROJECT. SO FROM OUR FIRST DESIGN, UH, TO WHAT WE HAVE TODAY, IT'S A MUCH BETTER PROJECT BECAUSE OF ALL THAT INPUT. AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE COLLABORATION. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN, SUZANNE KEDRON. 2323 ROSS, UH, AGAIN, I ECHO ALL OF THE SUPPORTERS AND I AM HERE FOR QUESTIONS. I KNOW THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE GONNA BE TIGHTENED UP, HOPEFULLY WITH THE CONDITIONS AS IT RELATES TO USES LANDSCAPING A LITTLE BIT ON LIGHTING AND THE SHELTERED, UH, TROLLEY STOP. UM, I AM EXCITED TO BE HERE. I THINK THEY SAY THE FOURTH TIME'S THE CHARM. I THINK THIS IS NOW THE FOURTH TIME I STAND BEFORE YOU ON THIS CASE, BUT I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, GETTING THE STORE OPENED. IT'S ALSO CLOSE TO WHERE I LIVE, SO I WILL BE WALKING THERE AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. ANY OTHER SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT? ANY SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION? [02:05:01] OKAY, COMMISSIONER KINGSTON, YOUR MOTION IN THE MATTER OF Z 2 5 0 0 0 0 8 7. I MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE APPLICATION SUBJECT TO LANDSCAPE AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND, UM, THE FOLLOWING, BUT WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGES. UM, ON SECTION THROUGH 3 72 0.105, SUBSECTION B, LOCAL UTILITIES WOULD BE SUBJECT TO AN SUP SECTION 3 72 0.109 LANDSCAPING SEC PARAGRAPH EIGHT WOULD READ AS FOLLOWS ALONG LEMON AVENUE EAST. ALL TREES ALONG LEMON AVENUE EAST MUST BE A MEDIUM OR LARGE TREE EXCEPT WHERE THERE IS A UTILITY CONFLICT, THEN AN ORNAMENTAL TREE IS ALLOWED ALL ALONG LEMON AVENUE EAST. A MINIMUM UNOBSTRUCTED PEDESTRIAN ZONE WIDTH OF SEVEN FEET MUST BE PROVIDED. ADDITIONALLY, SIDEWALKS ON THIS FRONTAGE MUST HAVE AN AVERAGE WIDTH OF 12 FEET INCLUSIVE OF HARDSCAPE OR TREE GATES. STRIKE THE NEXT SENTENCE. THE FINAL SENTENCE WILL READ. ALL TREES ALONG LEMON AVENUE EAST MUST BE PLANTED TO APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET ON CENTER, INCLUDING DRIVEWAY AND FRANCHISE UTILITIES. PARAGRAPH NINE WILL BE AMENDED TO READ ALONG LEMON LA ALONG LEMON AVENUE. ALL TREES ALONG LEMON AVENUE MUST BE MEDIUM OR LARGE TREE EXCEPT WHERE THERE IS A UTILITY CONFLICT AND AN ORNAMENTAL TREE IS ALLOWED ALONG LEMON AVENUE. A MINIMUM UNOBSTRUCTED PEDESTRIAN ZONE WIDTH OF SEVEN FEET MUST BE PROVIDED. ADDITIONALLY, SIDEWALKS ON THIS FRONTAGE MUST HAVE AN AVERAGE WIDTH OF 10 FEET INCLUSIVE OF HARD SCRAPES OR TREE GATES. STRIKE THE NEXT SENTENCE. FINAL SENTENCE. SHALL READ, ALL TREES ALONG LEMON AVENUE MUST BE PLANTED OR APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET ON CENTER EXCLUDING DRIVEWAYS AND FRANCHISE UTILITIES. NEXT CHANGE IS IN SECTION 3 72 0.110 0.1 DESIGN STANDARDS SUBSECTION B THREE LIGHTING SUB SUBSECTION A. THE LAST SENTENCE SHALL SAY IF POLE LIGHTS ARE USED, THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT IS 15 FEET. ALL EXTERIOR LIGHT FIXTURES WILL BE FULL CUTOFF TO PREVENT LIGHT FROM TRESPASSING THE PROPERTY LINE. AND THE FINAL CHANGE IS IN THE SAME SECTION IN SUBSECTION D, ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS FOR PARKING STRUCTURES. PARAGRAPH FIVE WILL READ FOR SPECIAL ADAPTIVE REUSE PROJECT, THE GROUND STORY OF AN ABOVE GROUND PARKING STRUCTURE MUST BE ATTACHED TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE IS LIMITED TO TWO LEVELS AND CONTAIN. AND THEN SUB SUBSECTION B SHALL READ A SHELTERED TROLLEY STOP INCLUSIVE OF THE NECESSARY FLATWORK AND RAILS FOR SUCH. STOP. AND THAT'S ALL OF THE CHANGES I PROPOSE. GREAT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER KINGSTON FOR YOUR MOTION, VICE CHAIR FOR YOUR SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? I DO, UM, I WANNA THANK THE APPLICANT AND THE COMMUNITY. UM, UH, THIS DOES HAVE ABOVE GRADE PARKING, WHICH IS NOT MY FAVORITE IN THIS PART OF TOWN, BUT I THINK THAT WITH A LOT OF THE CHANGES WE'VE MADE TO FULLY ACTIVATE MCKINNEY AVENUE, UM, AND ANTICIPATING THE REVERSION OF COLON MCKINNEY BACK TO TWO WAY, UH, I THINK THAT THIS IS A GOOD SOLUTION, PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF THE VACANCY THAT THIS SITE HAS HAD FOR A DECADE AND THE, UM, EXCITEMENT THAT THE [02:10:01] COMMUNITY HAS FOR GETTING A CENTRAL MARKET. UM, AND I ALSO AM EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A STRUCTURED, UH, TROLLEY STOP INCORPORATED INTO THE PROJECT. UM, THE TWO-WAY CONVERSION BUDGET DOES NOT INCLUDE THESE TROLLEY STOPS IN, IN, UH, NOT TO BE A SPOILER ALERT, BUT THIS IS NOT GONNA BE THE FIRST PROJECT THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE COMING MONTHS WHERE PART OF THE COMMUNITY GIVE BACK FOR APPLICANTS IS TO CO CON INCLUDE, UM, NICE SHELTERED TROLLEY STOPS ON THEIR, AS PART OF THEIR PROJECTS. AND I THINK THAT REALLY GOES A LONG WAY TOWARDS MAKING THE TROLLEY SYSTEM A VIABLE COMPONENT OF MASS TRANSIT, WHICH THIS PART OF TOWN DESPERATELY NEEDS. UM, SO I HOPE THAT YOU WILL JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING THIS APPLICATION. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER KINGSTON, SECONDED BY THE VICE CHAIR. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, SAY NAY. THE MOTION CARRIES NUMBER 23. [23. 26-1086A An application for an amendment to Planned Development Subdistrict 171 within Planned Development District 193, the Oak Lawn Special Purpose District, in an area bounded by Lemmon Avenue, Throckmorton Street, Bowser Avenue, and Reagan Street. Staff Recommendation: Denial of amended conditions. Applicant: Trademark Acquisition Limited Partnership Representative: Katherine Durham / Winstead PC Planner: Michael V. Pepe Council District: 14 Z-26-000039] ITEM ITEM 23 IS AN APP IS Z 2 6 0 0 0 3 9. IT'S AN APPLICATION FOR AN AMENDMENT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT SUBDISTRICT 1 7 1 WITHIN PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 1 93, THE OKLAHOMA SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY LEMON AVENUE ROCK, MORTON STREET, BOWSER AVENUE, AND REAGAN STREET. STAFF. RECOMMENDATION IS DENIAL OF AMENDED CONDITIONS. THANK YOU MR. PEPE. MR. MANN, TOMMY MANN 500 WINSTEAD BUILDING, UH, REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT. FIRST A BIT OF GOOD NEWS. YOU CAN IGNORE THE CONFUSING CONDITIONS IN YOUR DOCKET. UH, AND I WILL EXPLAIN, UH, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. MANY OF YOU ARE ON THIS BODY WHEN WE BROUGHT THIS CASE ORIGINALLY THROUGH, BUT FOR THE FEW OF YOU WHO WEREN'T, THIS ONE IS THE PRODUCT OF AS EXTENSIVE A NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY COLLABORATION AS ANY I'VE WORKED ON IN MY CAREER. IT BEGAN IN OUR ARCHITECT'S OFFICE WITH THE NEIGHBORS DRAWING PLANS CULMINATED WITH OAK LAWN COMMITTEE SUPPORT, UNANIMOUS SUPPORT HERE, UNANIMOUS SUPPORT AT THE CITY COUNCIL. AND MY CLIENT HAS BEEN AGGRESSIVELY TRYING TO GET THE PROJECT CAPITALIZED EVER SINCE. THE GREAT THING ABOUT CATALYTIC PROJECTS ON UNDERUTILIZED STRETCHES LIKE THIS STRETCH OF LEMON AVENUE IS THEY CAN SPUR NEEDED AND POSITIVE REDEVELOPMENT. THE CHALLENGE WITH CATALYTIC DEVELOPMENT IS THERE AREN'T MANY COMPARABLES TO SHOW TO INVESTORS AND BANKS. SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING VERY EARNESTLY WITH COMMISSIONER KINGSTON AND THE COMMUNITY TO ABANDON NOTHING ABOUT THE PLAN, BUT FIND WAYS TO BRING THE COST OF THE PROJECT IN LINE SO WE CAN GET IT BUILT, UH, RATHER THAN WHAT WE DID IN THE DOCKET, WHICH WAS A WAY TO AFFECT THE CALCULATION OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FEE. WE'VE TURNED OUR FOCUS TO A MUCH SIMPLER APPROACH RELATED TO THE MICRO UNITS. UH, AND THAT IS WHAT MY LATEST CONVERSATION WITH COMMISSIONER KINGSTON AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN ABOUT. SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT FUNDAMENTALLY THE PROJECT IS NOT CHANGING. WE WERE JUST TRYING TO CAPTURE A LITTLE MORE NET RENTABLE AND DECREASE SOME CONSTRUCTION COSTS SO WE CAN ACTUALLY BUILD IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. MANN. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF CASE 23? ANY SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION? COMMISSIONER KINGSTON, YOUR MOTION? I DO, UM, IN THE MATTER OF Z 2 6 0 0 0 0 3 9, I MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND NOT FILE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, DISREGARD THE PROPOSED CHANGES, UH, OR AMENDED CONDITIONS THAT WERE IN THE DOCKET AND INSTEAD, UM, ELIMINATE THE REQUIREMENT FOR MICRO UNITS AND OTHERWISE, UH, PROCEED AS IT PREVIOUSLY WAS PASSED. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER KINGSTON FOR YOUR MOTION. UH, COMMISSIONER HAMPTON FOR YOUR SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? YEAH, UM, WHILE I REALIZED THAT, YOU KNOW, MICROUNITS ARE, UH, AN IMPORTANT PART OF PROVIDING SOME AMOUNT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THIS PROJECT WILL STILL HAVE THE FEE AND LIE COMPONENT. IT DOES STILL PROVIDE HOUSING, UM, THAT THE CITY NEEDS AND THE COMMUNITY IS VERY, VERY INTERESTED IN SEEING THIS PROJECT GET DONE. THE SITE HAS BEEN VACANT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. IT IS A SOURCE OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT BLIGHT PROBLEMS IN THIS PART OF TOWN. AND I ALSO THINK THAT IT STANDS THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY, UM, IMPROVE THIS SECTION OF LEMON AVENUE AND MAYBE, UH, SOMEDAY CHANGE THE WAY THE CITY EVEN LOOKS AT LEMON AVENUE, WHICH WOULD BE LOVELY. UM, SO I I I THINK GIVING UP THE MICRO UNITS IN ORDER TO MAKE IT A MORE ECONOMICALLY VIABLE PROJECT IS WORTH IT. [02:15:01] UM, I MAYBE, LIKE SOME OF YOU SITTING AROUND THE HORSESHOE ARE KEENLY AWARE THAT WE ARE PASSING ZONING FOR A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT GETTING BUILT OR NOT GETTING BUILT VERY QUICKLY. THE CAPITAL MARKETS, FRANKLY, ARE JUST DIFFICULT RIGHT NOW. AND WHILE THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING THAT SHOULD GO INTO EVERY ZONING CONSIDERATION, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T IGNORE WHEN WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS AT THIS HORSESHOE. IT'S JUST UNREALISTIC TO THINK WE SHOULD. UM, SO FOR THAT REASON, UM, I HOPE THAT YOU CAN SUPPORT THE MOTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER KINGSTON. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I JUST HAD A PROCEDURAL QUESTION QUICKLY. UM, JUST BASED ON THE NATURE OF THIS MOTION BEING DIFFERENT FROM WHAT'S IN THE DOCKET, ARE WE GOOD TO MOVE FORWARD TODAY? YEAH. UM, WHEN I HEARD, UM, THAT MAYBE THIS, UH, GENERAL APPROACH WAS BEING CONSIDERED, I, THIS IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT I HAD IN MIND, UM, FOR THE LOGISTICS OF IT. SO, UM, STAFF FULLY UNDERSTANDS THE MOTION AND I, I THINK IT, IT MAKES SENSE FROM OUR END, SO, YEAH. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER KINGSTON, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HAMPTON TO NOT FILE A STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION BUT TO, UM, APPROVE SUBJECT TO THE, WITH THE CHANGE IN THE, UM, OR ELIMINATION OF THE MICRO UNITS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY. THE MOTION CARRIES. WE MOVE [SUBDIVISION DOCKET] ON TO OUR SUBDIVISION CONSENT DOCKET, WHICH CONSISTS OF ITEMS 24 THROUGH 31. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR, COMMISSIONERS AND EVERYONE, UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF EIGHT ITEMS. ITEM 24, ITEM 25, ITEM 26, ITEM 27, ITEM 28, ITEM 29, ITEM 30, ITEM 31. ALL CASES HAVE BEEN POSTED AT THE HEARING AT THIS TIME. AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS LISTED IN THE DOCKET OR AS AMENDED AT THE HEARING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. SHARMA. UM, IS THERE ANYONE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 24 THROUGH 31? THEY'RE ON OUR SUBDIVISION CONSENT DOCKET, SO THEY'LL BE TAKEN UP AND APPROVED OF IN A SINGLE MOTION UNLESS SOMEONE HAS WOULD LIKE ONE REMOVED AND I, I THINK THE REPRESENTATIVE IS ONLINE ON ITEM 26. IS HE HERE TO SPEAK OR JUST THERE FOR QUESTIONS? NOT ONLINE. OKAY. HE IS. OKAY. UM, NO, I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY. OKAY. UNLESS, GREAT, THANKS. ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION ON THE SUBDIVISION CONSENT DOCKET IN THE MATTER OF THE SUBDIVISION CONSENT AGENDA? ITEMS 24 THROUGH 31. I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND FOLLOW STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS LISTED IN THE DOCKET. GREAT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN FOR YOUR MOTION. UH, COMMISSIONER CARPENTER FOR YOUR SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER HAMPTON. THANK YOU. UM, SHARMA QUESTION ON ITEM 31, THERE IS AN ABANDONMENT OF THE RIGHT OF WAY PROPOSED. UM, COULD YOU, UM, HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW THAT'S REVIEWED BY STAFF? 81, RIGHT? YES MA'AM. 31. YEAH, THAT WILL GO WITH THE PLAT RIGHT? OF THE ABANDONMENT AND UM, AND TO CREATE ALSO BOTH OF THEM. AND I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS IT'S THE MIDPOINT BETWEEN, UM, TWO ADJACENT ROADWAYS AND SO, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE REMOVING THE RIGHT OF WAY. YES. SO PRESUMABLY THERE IS A FUTURE REALIGNMENT THAT WILL BE SUBMITTED EITHER THROUGH THE THOROUGHFARE COMMITTEE OR THROUGH ANOTHER BODY, BUT WHEN WE APPROVE THIS, THAT CONNECTION NO LONGER EXISTS. YES, I UNDERSTAND THAT. AND THEN OUR PLAT IS ROUTED TO ALL ENGINEERING AND TRANSPORTATION AND THEY MUST HAVE LOOKED AT IT AND WE HAVE COMMENTS AND CONDITIONS WITH THE PLAT. OKAY. [02:20:01] THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELCOME MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY, WE HAVE OUR SUBDIVISION CONSENT DOCKET CONSISTING OF ITEMS 24 THROUGH 31. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY. THE MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, ITEM 32. [32. 26-1095A An application to replat a 0.8911-acre (38,815-square foot) tract of land containing all of Lots 4 and 5 in City Block 4/8616 to create four lots ranging in size from 0.209-acre (9,128-square foot) to 0.262-acre (11,429-square foot), on property located on Kristen Drive at Kolloch Drive, northwest corner. Applicant/Owner: Zsazo LLC Surveyor: Seth Ephraim Osabutey Application Filed: February 27, 2026 Zoning: R-7.5(A) Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to compliance with the conditions listed in the docket. Planner: Hema Sharma Council District: 4 PLAT-26-000074] ITEM 32 PLA 26 DASH 0 0 0 74. AN APPLICATION TO REPLANT A 0.8911 ACRE. THAT IS 38,815 SQUARE FOOT TRACK OF LAND CONTAINING ALL OF LOTS FOUR AND FIVE IN CITY BLOCK FOUR OVER 8 6 1 6 TO CREATE FOUR LOTS RANGING IN SIZE FROM ZERO 2.209. THAT IS 9,128 SQUARE FEET TO 0.262 ACRE. THAT IS 11,000 FOUR HUNDRED AND TWELVE TWENTY NINE SQUARE FOOT ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON CHRISTINE DRIVE ON COLLOS DRIVE NORTHWEST CORNER. 13. NOTICES WERE SENT TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE PROPERTY ON MARCH 6TH, 2026. WE HAVE RECEIVED ZERO REPLIES IN FAVOR AND ZERO REPLIES IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITION LISTED IN THE DOCKET OR AS AMENDED AT THE HEARING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. SHARMA. IS THERE ANYONE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 32? ALRIGHT, SINCE THERE'S NO SPEAKERS. COMMISSIONER CARPENTER, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? YES. FOR PLAT TWO SIX DASH 0 0 0 0 7 4. I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND FOLLOW STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS LISTED IN THE DOCKET. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CARPENTER FOR YOUR MOTION. VICE CHAIR HERBERT FOR YOUR SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY. THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM [33. 26-1096A An application to replat a 1.193-acre (51,952-square foot) tract of land containing all of Lots 4 and 5 in City Block 2/8616 to create six lots ranging in size from 0.184-acre (8,003-square foot) to 0.215-acre (9,346-square foot), on property located on Ledbetter Drive at Kolloch Drive, northeast corner. Applicant/Owner: Morati Remodeling, LLC Surveyor: ARA Surveying Application Filed: February 27, 2026 Zoning: R-7.5(A) Staff Recommendation: Approval, subject to compliance with the conditions listed in the docket Planner: Hema Sharma Council District: 4 PLAT-26-000079] 33. ITEM 33 PLAT DASH 26 DASH 0 0 0 7 9. APPLICATION TO REPLY AT 1.193 ACRE. THAT IS 51,952 SQUARE FOOT TRACK OF LAND CONTAINING ALL OF LOTS FOUR AND FIVE IN CITY BLOCK TWO OVER 8 6 1 6 TO CREATE SIX LOTS RANGING IN SIZE FROM 0.184 ACRE. THAT IS 8,003 SQUARE FOOT TO 0.215 ACRE. THAT IS 9,346 SQUARE FOOT ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON LEDBETTER DRIVE OFF AT COLLEGE DRIVE NORTHWEST CORNER. EIGHT NOTICES WERE SENT TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE PROPERTY ON MARCH 6TH, 2026. WE HAVE RECEIVED YOUR REPLIES IN FAVOR AND YOUR REPLIES IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE AND THE CONDITION LISTED IN THE DOCKET AND AS AMENDED AT THE HEARING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. SHARMA. UH, I'LL JUST NOTE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC LEFT IN THE CHAMBERS. SO COMMISSIONER CARPENTER, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? YES. IN THE MATTER OF PLA TWO SIX DASH 0 0 0 0 7 9. I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND FOLLOW STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS LISTED IN THE DOCKET. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CARPENTER FOR YOUR MOTION, VICE CHAIR FOR YOUR SECOND. ANY DISCUSSIONS SAYING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED, SAY NAY. THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. [34. 26-1097A Consideration of amending the meeting procedures in the City Plan Commission Rules of Procedure to update the process for the distribution of written communications regarding subdivision matters. [See language highlighted in green on Pages 4 and 11] Planner: Megan Wimer Council District: Citywide] ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONERS. UM, WE ARE NOW ON TO OTHER MATTERS. ITEM 34. UM, THIS IS TWO SIX DASH 1 0 9 7. A CONSIDERATION OF AMENDING THE MEETING PROCEDURES IN THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION. RULES OF PROCEDURE TO UPDATE THE PROCESS FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS REGARDING SUBDIVISION MA MATTERS, UM, AND SEE LANGUAGE HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN ON PAGES FOUR AND 11 FOR THIS AMENDMENT. THANK YOU MS. WEER. WE DON'T HAVE ANY, ANYONE IN THE CHAMBER TO SPEAK. COMMISSIONER SIMS, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? I DO. MR. CHAIR IN THE MATTER CASE NUMBER TWO SIX DASH 0 9 7 A I MOVE TO APPROVE THE AMENDED RULES AS PASSED BY THE RULES COMMITTEE THIS MORNING. GREAT, THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER SIMS FOR YOUR MOTION. COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN FOR YOUR SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY. THE MOTION CARRIES. [35. 26-1098A Consideration of amending the City Plan Commission rules of procedure to delete Section 13(f)(2)(A)(iii) and clarify that all standing committees shall strive to solicit views from a variety of backgrounds. [See language highlighted in blue on Pages 16 and 18] Planner: Megan Wimer Council District: Citywide] ALL RIGHT. ITEM 35, UH, [02:25:01] TWO SIX DASH 1 0 9 8. A CONSIDERATION OF AMENDING THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION RULES OF PROCEDURE TO DELETE SECTION 13 F TWO A THREE AND CLARIFY THAT ALL STANDING COMMITTEES SHALL TRY STRIVE TO SOLICIT VIEWS FROM A VARIETY OF BACKGROUNDS. UH, SEE LANGUAGE HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE ON PAGES 16 AND 18. THANK YOU MS. WEER. WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK MR. OR COMMISSIONER SIMS IN THE MATTER OF CASE NUMBER TWO SIX DASH 1 0 9 8 A. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE AMENDED RULES AS PASSED BY THE RULES COMMITTEE THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER SIMS. YOUR MOTION? UH, COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN FOR YOUR SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION SAYING NONE. ALL THOSE PAPERS SAY AYE. A ANY OPPOSED SAYING NAY. THE MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. AND THE FINAL [36. 26-1099A Consideration of amending the City Plan Commission Rules of Procedure to add an additional responsibility of the zoning ordinance advisory committee. [See language highlighted in yellow on Page 21] Planner: Megan Wimer Council District: Citywide] ITEM 36. UH, THAT'S TWO SIX DASH 1 0 9 9. A CONSIDERATION OF AMENDING THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION RULES OF PROCEDURE TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE SEE LANGUAGE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW ON PAGE 21. NO SPEAKERS. COMMISSIONER SIMS. YOUR MOTION IN THE MATTER OF CASE NUMBER TWO SIX DASH 1 0 9 9 A I MOVE TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO THE RULES AS PASSED BY THE RULES COMMITTEE THIS MORNING. GREAT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SIMS FOR YOUR MOTION. COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN FOR YOUR SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? YES, COMMISSIONER KINGSTON. I'M INTERESTED WHY THIS PROVISION DOESN'T INCLUDE SOME OF THE SAME LANGUAGE LIKE RECEIVING INPUT FROM CITIZENS INTEREST GROUPS, PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OR OTHER GROUPS OR INDIVIDUALS DEEMED APPROPRIATE AND LANGUAGE THAT DIRECTS ZO OAC TO, UM, CONSIDER AND UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS LIKE THE PREVIOUS SECTION DOES. IS IT THE INTENT THAT ZAC IS NOT GOING TO CONSIDER INPUT FROM RESIDENTS THAT THAT WAS NOT THE CONTENT, UH, THE INTENT COMMISSIONER? UM, IT WAS JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT IT IS WITHIN THEIR PURVIEW TO, UH, CONSIDER A NEW DEVELOPMENT CODE AND NOT JUST DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENTS. WELL, UM, WOULD YOU CONSIDER A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THAT ADDS THAT LANGUAGE? I'M NOT SURE IT'S NECESSARY. COMMISSIONER KINGSTON. 'CAUSE AS I READ, LOOKING AT PAGE 16 AS I READ E TWO B SMALL, I, IT REFERS TO ALL STANDING COMMITTEES STRIVING TO SOLICIT VIEWS FROM A WIDE RANGE OF BACKGROUNDS. SO I, I THINK IT WOULD BE DUPLICATIVE TO ADD IT AGAIN INTO THE ZO OAC SECTION. UH, TO ME IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'VE GOT SUBSECTION I THAT SPECIFICALLY REQUIRES Z OAC TO CONSIDER THOSE DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS WHEN MAKING AMENDMENTS TO CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CODE, BUT DOESN'T REQUIRE IT TO DO SO WHEN MAKING A NEW DEVELOPMENT CODE. AND I THINK THE ARGUMENT COULD BE MADE THAT IF WE INTENDED TO RECEIVE INPUT FROM CITIZENS INTERESTED GROUPS, ET CETERA, IN ADOPTING A NEW DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT WE DEMONSTRATED IN SUBSECTION I, THE ABILITY TO SO STATE AND BY NOT SO STATING IN SUBSECTION DOUBLE I, WE ARE IN INDICATING AN INTENT NOT TO DO SO. MR. CHAIR, MAY I, UM, RECOMMEND A POSSIBLE SOLUTION HERE? SURE. IT, IT COULD BE THAT WE BREAK OUT THAT LANGUAGE FROM ROMAN I AND ADD IT TO ROMAN THREE SO THAT IT THEN PERTAINS TO ALL OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT FALL UNDER ZAC. THAT SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD WORK ALSO. THAT'S ACCEPTABLE TO ME. OKAY, GREAT. WE HAVE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO MOVE THAT LANGUAGE TO MAKE IT, UM, APPLICABLE TO ALL OF THE SUBSECTIONS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? EXCUSE ME. WOULD IT HAVE TO SAY THEN THAT THE AMENDMENTS AND THE ADOPTION OF A NEW CODE MEET THE SPIRIT AND INTENT BECAUSE THE LANGUAGE IS TALKING ABOUT AMENDMENTS MEET THE SPIRIT AND INTENT AND DO NOT CONTRADICT AND RECEIVE AND PUT BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. SO, I, I'M SORRY, COULD YOU RESTATE THE QUESTION? I'M LOOKING AT THE LANGUAGE. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT LANGUAGE WOULD STAY IN ROMAN AT I AND THE LANGUAGE WILL JUST MOVE DOWN TO ROMAN AT THREE [02:30:01] WOULD BE STARTING WITH RECEIVING INPUT BECAUSE ENSURING THAT AMENDMENTS MEET THE SPIRIT AND INTENT OF THE DALLAS DEVELOPMENT CODE. I MEAN THAT, THAT, THAT'S TALKING ABOUT AMENDING THE CODE AND, AND DOUBLE I IS TALKING ABOUT CREATING A NEW CODE. SO THERE'S NO, OKAY, SO IT'S JUST MOVING EVERYTHING AFTER RECEIVING INPUT TO ROMAN AT THREE? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIMS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN WITH THE AMENDMENT MOVING THE LANGUAGE ABOUT PUBLIC INPUT. UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY. THE MOTION CARRIES ANY OTHER BUSINESS. ALRIGHT. IT'S 2:37 PM AND THIS MEETING, THE DALLAS CITY PLAN COMMISSION IS ADJOURNED. SORRY TO. * 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.