[BRIEFINGS]
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IT IS THURSDAY, JULY 23RD, 2026 AT 10:33 AM THIS IS THE BRIEFING OF THE DALLAS CITY PLAN COMMISSION.
CAN WE START OFF WITH THE ROLL CALL MS. LOPEZ? GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.
DISTRICT ONE COMMISSIONER SIMS. I'M HERE.
DISTRICT DATE COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN PRESENT.
DISTRICT 14, COMMISSIONER KINGSTON HERE AND PLACE 15 CHAIR RUBIN? I'M HERE.
UM, JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS IS OUR BRIEFING.
THIS IS THE TIME FOR STAFF TO BRIEF US ON THE CASES THAT ARE FOR US TODAY AND FOR US TO ASK QUESTIONS OF STAFF REGARDING THOSE CASES.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT WILL HAPPEN IN THE AFTERNOON AND AS WELL, UM, COMMISSIONERS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON THE CASES, UM, AT THE PUBLIC HEARING THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL.
SO THIS TIME IS JUST FOR QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AND THEIR PRESENTATIONS.
WITH THAT WE WILL DIVE ON IN, UM, WE HAVE OUR, UM, CASES ON CONSENT.
UM, A FEW OF WHICH HAVE COME OFF ALREADY.
THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM CONSENT.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHERS THAT PEOPLE KNOW NEED TO BE TAKEN OFF CONSENT AT THIS TIME? ITEM ITEM 12.
THAT IS, THAT IS ON UNDER ADVISEMENT, SO WE'RE GOOD THERE.
CONSENT CONSISTS OF ONE THROUGH EIGHT.
OKAY, SO THAT LEAVES ON CONSENT AT THE MOMENT, 1, 2, 6, AND SEVEN.
AND ITEMS 3, 4, 5, AND EIGHT WILL BE CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY.
DO WE NEED, I GUESS COMMISSIONER WHEELER, REAGAN, UM, WILL BE JOINING US A LITTLE LATER, SO LET'S HOLD OFF ON ITEMS ONE AND TWO.
COMMISSIONER KINGSTON, DO WE NEED THAT BRIEF TODAY? ARE WE OKAY? OKAY, GREAT.
THREE'S BEING HELD, FOUR IS BEING HELD.
COMMISSIONER HAMPTON, WE CAN FOREGO THE BRIEFING THERE.
COMMISSIONER SERATO, DO YOU WANT A BRIEFING ON THAT ONE? ANYONE ELSE? LIKE A BRIEFING OR QUESTION FOR STAFF? GREAT.
DO YOU WANT THAT ONE BRIEFED? YES, PLEASE.
ITEM NUMBER SIX, UH, Z DASH 25 DASH 0 0 1 9 4.
UH, THIS IS APPLICATION FOR A NEW SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, UH, FOR A PRIVATE RECREATIONAL CENTER CLUB AREA ON PROPERTY ZONE R DASH 7.5, A SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT.
HERE'S THE LOCATION MAP LOCATED IN DISTRICT NINE AT AERIAL, INCLUDING ALL THE PARCELS.
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UH, THE PROPERTY.THE AREA REQUEST IS CURRENTLY ZONED, UH, R DASH 7.5 SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT, AND IT'S CURRENTLY DEVELOPED WITH A SINGLE FAMILY HOME AND SEVEN AND SEVEN UNDEVELOPED BLOCKS.
UH, THE AREA IS PREDOMINANTLY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL WITH THE CHURCH AND THE SCHOOL TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, THE APPLICANT SHOULD USE THE SITE FOR A PRIVATE RECREATIONAL CENTER CLUB AREA.
AS SUCH, THEY'RE REQUESTING PACIFIC USE PERMIT.
HERE'S THE SURROUNDING LAND USE AND ZONING.
UH, HERE'S THE PHOTO OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
HERE'S LOOKING TO THE EAST, TO THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH.
HERE'S THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ACCORDING TO THE R UM, THE RR DASH 7.5 A.
HERE'S THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN.
HERE ARE THE SUP CONDITIONS, UH, CORNER FOUR OF DALLAS.
THIS PROPERTY IS IDENTIFIED AS COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL AND WITH THAT, UM, STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, APPROVAL FOR A FIVE YEAR PERIOD, ELIGIBLE FOR AUTO RENEWAL FOR ADDITIONAL FIVE YEAR PERIODS SUBJECT TO A SITE PLAN CONDITIONS.
QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? YEAH, MY MR. KS, I JUST, I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION, UM, JUST ASKING FOR ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL.
THE INTENT OF THE USE OF THIS SITE IS FOR A, A SPORTS FIELD, A SOCCER FIELD, AND, AND FOOTBALL FIELD FOR PRIVATE USE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ITEM NUMBER SIX? OKAY.
UM, COMMISSIONER WHEELER, REAGAN, DID YOU NEED ITEMS? ONE OR TWO BRIEFED.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS ON THOSE OR NEED THEM BRIEFED? ALRIGHT, WE'LL KEEP MOVING ALONG THEN.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, UH, THAT'S YOURS AS WELL.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? ARE YOU RAISING YOUR HAND, MR. PEPE? YES.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, COMMISSIONER FUNKIN.
DO YOU LIKE THAT ONE? BRIEFED? OH, OKAY.
NO BRIEFING NECESSARY ON ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
IS THAT COMING OFF TO BE HELD OR, OKAY.
DO YOU HAVE A DATE FOR THE HOLD THERE? AND CAN YOU, IT'LL BE THE SECOND HEARING DATE IN AUGUST.
THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER NINE, COMMISSIONER KINGSTON.
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HI.THIS IS AN APPLICATION FOR AN AMENDMENT TO SUBDISTRICT 30 WITHIN PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 1 93 OAK LAWN SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT.
THIS IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH CORNER OF REAGAN STREET AND BROWN STREET.
OKAY, THIS IS, UM, THE LOCATION.
THIS IS LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT NUMBER 14.
THIS IS THE AREA OF REQUEST ON REAGAN BROWN.
AGAIN, THIS IS CURRENTLY ZONED SUBDISTRICT 30 WITHIN PD 1 93, AND IT'S CURRENTLY DEVELOPED WITH THE COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER BUILDING AND OFFICE.
AND, UM, IT WAS THE RESOURCE CENTER OF DALLAS INCORPORATED, UH, P DS 30 FUNCTIONS SIMILAR TO THE MULTIFAMILY TWO SUBDISTRICT, BUT IT HAS MODIFIED YARD LOT AND SPACE STANDARDS PRIMARILY TO FACILITATE AN EXISTING COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER BUILDING.
SUBJECT PROPERTY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED WITH THAT OFFICE BUILDING SINCE 1964, AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER HAS BEEN THERE SINCE 1985.
UM, BUT THE TENANT HAS, OR OWNER HAS SINCE VACATED THE EXISTING BUILDING.
SO THEY'RE REQUESTING AN AMENDMENT TO THIS PD TO ALLOW A NEW INDOOR GAME COURT CENTER, UM, FOR INDOOR GAME COURTS.
NOTHING WILL BE OUTDOOR AT ALL.
UH, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 2000, UM, WITH AN APPROXIMATELY 2000 SQUARE FOOT RESTAURANT WITHOUT DRIVE THROUGH.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO MODIFY, UM, THE FRONT YARD SETBACK ALONG REAGAN STREET TO 10 FEET IN LIEU OF THE, THE MF TWO DISTRICT REQUIREMENT OF A 15 FOOT FRONT, FRONT SETBACK AND ALSO DOUBLE FRONTAGE FOR THE LONGEST STREET.
UM, THEY ALSO ARE ASKING FOR A 65% LOT COVERAGE FOR THE NEW GAME COURT CENTER IN LIEU OF THE REQUIRED 50% LOT COVERAGE.
UM, THE APPLICANT ALSO IS PROPOSING, UM, A LOT OF DIFFERENT STANDARDS TO, FOR THE SUBDISTRICT, PRETTY MUCH COMPATIBLE WITH WHAT YOU SEE IN OTHER, UM, PD 1 93 LOCATIONS.
UM, THAT INCLUDES HABITAT, GARDENS, SOME OTHER SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES SUCH AS SOLAR FOR THE ROOF, PEDESTRIANS, SIDEWALKS AND PATHS AND SIDEWALK AMENITIES.
UM, AGAIN, THIS IS THE AERIAL AND LAND USE MAP.
IT'S PRETTY MUCH SURROUNDED BY MULTIFAMILY.
UH, FOR THE MOST PART, THERE IS AN INSTITUTIONAL USE, A CHURCH USE JUST, UM, JUST NEXT TO IT ADJACENT TO THE NORTH, BUT OTHERWISE IT'S, UM, MULTIFAMILY AND THEN THE VARIETY OF OTHER TYPES OF HOUSING.
UM, I DON'T, DID YOU WANT ME TO SKIP THE PHOTOS OR YOU WANT ME TO GO THROUGH 'EM? DO YOU WANT A FULL PRESENTATION? OKAY.
UM, THIS IS ON BROWN STREET LOOKING NORTHEAST.
THIS IS BROWN STREET LOOKING NORTHEAST AS WELL.
THIS IS BROWN STREET LOOKING SOUTHEAST REAGAN STREET LOOKING NORTHEAST AND SURROUNDING PHOTOS.
BROWN STREET AND REAGAN STREET, JUST ACROSS THE STREET COULD SEE THE MULTIFAMILY, UM, BROWN STREET LOOKING SOUTHWEST.
LOOKING NORTHWEST ON BROWN, LOOKING NORTH, NORTHWEST DOWN BROWN STREET AGAIN.
UH, LOOKING NORTHEAST ON BROWN, THIS IS LOOKING NORTHEAST.
THIS IS THE ALLEY IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING FACILITY.
AND ON REAGAN STREET, THIS IS LOOKING, LOOKING NORTHEAST REAGAN STREET LOOKING NORTHEAST.
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AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, DIFFERENT HOUSING TYPES SURROUNDING, UM, THIS FACILITY.THIS IS LOOKING SOUTHEAST ON REAGAN, REAGAN AND BROWN.
UM, ALSO LOOKING, UM, JUST DIRECTLY, UM, KIND CORNER OR CAT CORNER, REAGAN STREET AND BROWN AND LOOKING UP NORTH, UM, ON REAGAN AND BROWN.
THIS IS THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
UM, IT IS SHOWING AGAIN, THE, THE WIDER SIDEWALKS, UM, FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK ALONG, UH, BROWN STREET AND THEN, UM, AND WITH THE BUFFER ALSO.
AND THEN A LITTLE BIT OF A VARIATION ON REAGAN STREET TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK AND THE BUFFER.
UM, THE BUFFER WILL VARY A LITTLE BETWEEN FOUR AND FIVE FEET.
UM, THIS IS JUST A CLOSEUP VIEW.
UM, PD, PD CONDITIONS, UM, HABITAT GARDEN.
AGAIN, THAT'S, UM, WE HAVE A DEFINITION FOR THAT.
THEY ALSO HAVE THE MICRO MOBILITY CHARGING.
UM, SO WE HAVE A DEFINITION FOR THAT.
WE HAD TO ADD, UM, THIS IS TO ALLOW THE GAME COURT CENTER USE.
UM, THIS IS SPECIFYING A GAME COURT CENTER, UH, MUST BE LOCATED INDOORS.
I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO POINT OUT, UM, YOU SHOULD HAVE A HANDOUT AND THERE WAS ALSO AN EMAIL SENT OUT WITH, UM, A FEW UPDATED, A FEW UPDATES, UM, WITHIN THE PD CONDITIONS.
UM, THEY ARE IN, IN THE PRESENTATION AS WELL, THOUGH.
UM, 15 ALONG BROWN, 10 ALONG REAGAN DESIGN STANDARDS.
AGAIN, THE SIDEWALKS AND PEDESTRIAN PATHS ARE IN HERE.
UM, THE PHOTOVOLTAIC FOR THE ROOFS, PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES, EXCUSE ME.
UH, LANDSCAPING, UM, AGAIN, SO THAT EVERYTHING CAN BE ACCOMMODATED.
UM, WE DO HAVE SOME LANGUAGE IN HERE, UH, SPECIFYING THAT THE MINIMUM GENERAL OR SPECIAL PLANTING AREAS WHICH ARE REQUIRED IN PD 1 93 IN THIS SUBDISTRICT MAY BE REDUCED, UH, FOR THE PURPOSES OF ALLOWING UP TO ONE FOOT OF THE MINIMUM FIVE FOOT UNOBSTRUCTED SIDEWALK TO BE CONSTRUCTED.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING FITS IN.
UM, HABITAT GARDEN SIGNAGE, UM, THIS IS WHAT I HAVE IN BLUE HERE AND LAVENDER IN YOUR HANDOUT IS, UM, THIS WAS ADDED HOURS AFTER THE, UM, DOCKET WENT OUT.
HOURS OF OPERATION ARE BEING ADDED FOR THE GAME COURT CENTER.
THEY MAY ONLY OPERATE WITHIN 7:00 AM UH, TO 10:00 PM OKAY, SO, UM, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A COMPARISON CHART.
IT'S, UM, PRETTY COMPATIBLE WITH PD PD 30.
NOW AGAIN, WE'RE JUST, UM, VARYING SLIGHTLY ONE OF THE, SOME OF THE SETBACKS, UM, LOT COVERAGE AND THEN ADDING IN ALL OF THE SPECIAL STANDARDS THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED.
UM, THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH FORWARD DALLAS 2.0.
IT'S IN THE CITY RESIDENTIAL PLACE TYPE, UM, WHICH DOES ALLOW FOR CIVIC, UM, INSTITUTIONAL USES, COMMERCIAL OFFICE, A VARIETY.
BASICALLY A MIX OF USES IN A, IN AN URBAN AREA.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND AMENDED CONDITIONS AS BRIEFED.
UM, AGAIN, THAT'S PER THE CONDITIONS ON THE HANDOUT THAT YOU HAVE.
WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS FOR STAFF COMMISSIONER HALL.
MS. LEVY, I, I APOLOGIZE IF I MISSED THIS.
INDOOR GAME COURTS ARE THOSE PICKLEBALL COURTS.
UM, THE INDOOR GAME COURT WILL BE, UM, PADDLE, UH, A PADDLE TYPE GAME.
THAT'S SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT NEW.
WAS THAT YOUR QUESTION? I'M SORRY.
YEAH, I'M JUST CURIOUS OF WHAT, WHAT KIND OF GAME COURTS ARE THERE? YES SIR.
ANYONE ELSE? QUESTIONS? OKAY, ON WE GO.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS ITEM NUMBER 10 IS GOING TO BE HELD.
DO WE NEED THAT BRIEF? DO WE OKAY.
TO MOVE ALONG? WE OKAY TO PROCEED WITHOUT BRIEFING.
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NUMBER, ARE WE OKAY TO PROCEED WITHOUT BRIEFING? ITEM 10.COMMISSIONER HAMPTON QUESTIONS OR BRIEFING ON THIS ONE? ANYONE ELSE? OKAY.
NO BRIEFING NECESSARY THERE UNLESS ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE IT.
ITEM 13, COMMISSIONER CARPENTER DOES NOT NEED BRIEFING.
ANYONE ELSE WITH QUESTIONS ON ITEM 13? THAT TAKES US TO ITEM NUMBER 14.
COMMISSIONER KINGSTON, WOULD YOU LIKE A BRIEFING OR QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? NO.
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE A BRIEFING ON ITEM 14? OKAY, YOU CAN ALWAYS ASK QUESTIONS OF STAFF AT THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ITEM NUMBER 15, COMMISSIONER SERATO? YES, I'D LIKE TO BRIEF PLEASE.
OKAY, LET'S BRIEF THIS ONE, MR. LEE.
UH, ITEM 15, UH, THIS IS GONNA BE Z DASH 26 DASH 0 0 0 9 3.
UH, LOCATED COUNSEL DISTRICT FIVE.
UH, HERE'S THE AERIAL IN THE ZONING SURROUNDING ZONING LAND USES OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, THE PROPOSAL FOR HIS APPLICATION IS THIS NEW SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THE SALES OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE GERMAN MERCHANDISE STORE.
UH, 3,500 SQUARE FEET OR LESS ON PROPERTY ZONE SUB AREA TWO WITHIN PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 360 6 BUTNER BOULEVARD SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT WITH THE D ONE LIQUOR CONTROL OVERLAY.
HERE'S A FEW BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
UM, CURRENTLY THE SITE IS DEVELOPED, UH, WITH THE DRUM MERCHANDISE STORE 35,000 SQUARE FEET OR LESS.
UH, THIS WILL BE A NEW SUP FOR THE PROPERTY.
UM, WHICH THAT IN THAT CASE WOULD BE NO CHANGES TO SVP OR SITE PLAN SINCE IT'S A NEW ONE.
UH, HERE'S THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
UH, IT IS GOING TO BE THE, THE WINDOW, UM, THREE, THREE DOORS DOWN TO THE RIGHT HERE'S LOOKING, UH, WEST ALONG LATE JUNE ROAD TO THE NORTH AND THEN TO THE EAST.
UH, HERE'S THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN WITH THE APPLICATION, UH, THE PROPOSED SUP CONDITIONS.
ACCORDING TO FORWARD DALLAS, THIS PROPERTY IS IDENTIFIED AS NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE AND, UH, RECOMMENDATION APPROVAL OF SUBJECT TO SITE PLANNING CONDITIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF COMMISSIONER SERATO? YEAH, THANK YOU MR. LEE.
I KNOW WE SPOKE ABOUT A COUPLE OF, OR WE EMAILED BACK AND FORTH ABOUT A COUPLE OF THESE QUESTIONS ALREADY.
UM, I, IN THE, YOU KNOW, THE DOCKET AND THE REPORT I RECEIVED, IT SHOWS THE BLUE SQUARE WHERE THE SUP WILL APPLY AND, UM, IT SHOWS ALMOST A, YOU KNOW, A QUARTER OF THE BUILDING THAT'S GONNA BE COVERED BY THE SUP, WHICH WOULD COVER MORE THAN THAT ONE UNIT THAT YOU'RE SHOWING.
I, I THINK IT WAS UNIT ONE 20 IS WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT.
SO THE SUP WOULD COVER ACTUALLY BOTH UNITS ON THAT CORNER AND IT ACTUALLY EXTENDS INTO THE STREET, WHICH WAS STRANGE TO ME.
UM, SO I WAS JUST WONDERING LIKE IF SOMEONE ELSE IS GONNA OWN THE OTHER UNIT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THAT, 'CAUSE THAT THAT APPEARS TO ALSO BE COVERED BY THAT BLUE SQUARE AND THEN WHY IT EXTENDS INTO THE STREET THE WAY IT DOES.
UH, YEAH, SO THE REASON IT EXTENDS INTO THE STREET, UM, THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR OUR GIS TEAM, WHICH, UM, THE PERSON WHO DOES THAT, SHE'S OUT OKAY.
I COULDN'T GET AN ANSWER FOR THAT.
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TO THE DIFFERENT UNITS, I BELIEVE WHEN I WENT TO THE PROPERTY THEY WERE DOING INTERIOR RENOVATIONS.UM, SO I THINK IT WOULD BE THE TWO, THE TWO DOORS.
THE ONE 20 AND ONE 30 UNIT? YES.
AND DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT AS TO WHY IT EXTENDS INTO THE STREET? I CAN SPEAK TO THAT ACTUALLY.
UH, SO THERE'S KIND OF TWO THINGS GOING ON.
ANY, ANY ZONING CAN BE DONE THROUGH A MEETS AND BOUNDS, WHICH IS AN INDIVIDUALIZED SURVEY OF A SMALL BASE OF LAND.
THAT'S WHAT THEY DID IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE.
SO IT DOES NOT ACTUALLY, YEAH, AS, AS YOU SAID, APPLY TO THE WHOLE, UH, PARCEL, WHICH IS MUCH LARGER.
UM, THAT'S FAIRLY COMMON WITH THESE, UH, KIND OF SUITE BASED OR, OR, OR STRIP MALL TYPE BUSINESSES.
UH, ON THE OTHER HAND, GOING TO THE STREET, THAT'S ACTUALLY, THAT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY COMMON FOR A LOT OF ZONING BECAUSE ZONING ACTUALLY, UH, EXTENDS TO THE CENTER OF THE STREET.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE PROPERTY LINE, WHICH I BELIEVE THEY SURVEYED IT TO THE PROPERTY LINE MM-HMM
ZONING, ANY ZONING ACTUALLY GOES TO THE CENTER LINE OF THE STREET.
SO IN THE SITUATION WHERE, UH, STREET WAS ABANDONED, THEN THE ZONING, UH, THEN GOES OUT THERE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF A, A QUIRK, BUT I THINK IT'S BECAUSE THEY SURVEYED THIS FROM THE PROPERTY LINE INTO THEIR SUITE AND THEN UP, BUT I, AND, AND, AND HARDER TO SAY EXACTLY WHERE IT FALLS IN THOSE SUITE LINES, BUT THEY, THEY DID THEIR BEST TO SURVEY.
STILL LEARNING ABOUT SOME OF THIS STUFF, SO I APPRECIATE YOU.
UM, GOOD QUESTION, UH, ASK, ANSWERING THAT FOR ME ALSO, DO YOU, DO WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE OWNER? I WAS TRYING TO LOOK UP LIKE WHAT TYPE OF CONVENIENCE STORE, THIS IS GONNA BE THE OWNERSHIP.
I JUST WANNA KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR HISTORY 'CAUSE THERE'S SEVERAL CONVENIENCE STORES ALREADY ON THAT SAME BLOCK, SO I JUST, UH, WANTED TO KNOW IF THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A GOOD HISTORY WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE OWNER THEMSELVES.
UH, NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY HISTORY.
ANY HISTORY OF THE APPLICANT OR ANYTHING? UM, FROM WHAT I KNOW, IT JUST IS GONNA BE A CONVENIENCE STORE.
AND THEN, UM, I SAW THAT IT, IT WAS FOR A THREE YEAR SUP AND I, I KNOW I ASKED THIS PREVIOUSLY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS ON RECORD, UM, THAT YOUR RECOMMENDATION WAS.
UM, YEAH, I JUST, I SAW THAT THERE WAS LIKE A BOX THAT SAID STAFF RECOMMENDATION THREE, UH, THAT WOULD HAVE NO EXPIRATION, BUT THAT THE APPLICANT WAS ASKING FOR THREE YEARS.
THE APPLICANT WAS THREE YEARS.
UM, STAFF RECOMMENDED NO EXPIRATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ITEM NUMBER 15? OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON.
ITEM 16, COMMISSIONER HAMPTON BRIEFING OR QUESTIONS ON ANYONE ELSE ON ITEM 16? OKAY.
UM, IF, DID MR. PEPPY REMIND ME, ARE WE, IS SOMEONE HERE ON THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN AMENDMENTS OR DO THEY JUST BE HERE THIS AFTERNOON? UH, THEY ARE TRANSPORTATION'S HERE.
IF, IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, I THINK, DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS OR WOULD ANYONE LIKE INTO THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN AMENDMENTS BRIEF? THOSE ARE ITEMS 36 THROUGH 38.
COMMISSIONER WHEELER, I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
IF YOU COULD TURN YOUR MICROPHONE ON.
I ACTUALLY HAD, UM, CAN YOU PULL YOUR MICROPHONE DOWN? I DON'T NEED TO BE BRIEF.
I ACTUALLY HAD THE PLANNER TO SEND IT TO CPC BECAUSE IT WAS, IT WAS READY.
UH, VICE CHAIR HERBERT, DO YOU NEED 36 BRIEF? OKAY.
AND COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN, WOULD YOU LIKE A BRIEFING ON 38? NOT NECESSARY.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN ITEMS? UM, SINCE WE'VE GOT TIME, I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY USE, SINCE WE HAVE SEVERAL NEW MEMBERS WHO I DON'T THINK HAVE SEEN THOROUGHFARE PLAN AMENDMENTS BEFORE, IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO TAKE FIVE TO 10 MINUTES JUST FOR A QUICK EXPLAINER, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH MS. MORRISON.
YEAH, SO JUST HOW THE PLAN WORKS AND, AND WHAT THE THOROUGH FAIR PLAN IS AND EQUALLY IMPORTANTLY IS NOT.
I'M JANNA WEELL, I'M THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ADMINISTRATOR WITH THE TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
UM, SO THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN IS REALLY SIMPLY HOW THE CITY PLANS OUR LONG WAY, OUR LONG RANGE ROADWAY CAPACITY AND, UM, ANY RIGHT OF WAY THAT WE NEED TO PRESERVE TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN MOBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY ACROSS THE CITY.
SO IT LOOKS AT SOME BASIC THINGS LIKE THE AMOUNT OF RIGHT OF WAY NUMBER OF LANES, IS IT DIVIDED OR UNDIVIDED, WHAT ITS FUNCTION IS WITHIN THE CITY.
UM, IT DOES NOT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THINGS LIKE AESTHETICS, UH, SAFETY SIDEWALKS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
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ON HOW MUCH RIGHT AWAY NEEDS TO BE PRESERVED SO THAT DALLAS CAN REMAIN CONNECTED, HAVE ACCESS TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY, UM, MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH CAPACITY.UM, WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE ME TO COVER? CHAIR? UM, I THINK THAT, THAT, SORRY, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD INTRODUCTION.
ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR MS. WENZEL? I, I DO MR. CHAIRS.
SO, UH, YOU SAID THAT WE, THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT AESTHETICS, SIDEWALKS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
WHERE ARE THOSE THINGS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT? SO, UM, THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS MULTIPLE STANDARDS AND STREET DESIGN MANUALS, UM, DIFFERENT POLICIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO A THOROUGHFARE PLAN IS REALLY JUST LOOKING AT THE BASICS OF THE ROADWAY AND YOU WOULD APPLY THOSE STREET DESIGN STANDARDS DURING PLAN REVIEW DURING PUBLIC MEETINGS THROUGH DIFFERENT LIKE, UM, PROCESSES OUTSIDE OF THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
ANYONE ELSE? COMMISSIONER CARPENTER? YEAH.
COULD YOU KIND OF RUN THROUGH THE SORT OF HIERARCHY OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF, YOU KNOW, THE ARTERIALS AND, AND THE FACT THAT NOT ALL STREETS ARE ON THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN? YES, THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
SO, UM, THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN HAS DIFFERENT FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS OF STREETS.
SO YOU HAVE YOUR MAJOR AND MINOR ARTERIALS, UM, WHICH PROVIDE CONNECTIVITY OVER LARGER DISTANCES, COLLECTORS THAT FEED INTO THOSE ARTERIALS.
UM, AND THEN LOCAL STREETS ARE NOT INCLUDED ON THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN, SO YOU'RE MORE RESIDENTIAL STREETS.
THERE ARE STILL REQUIREMENTS FOR HOW THOSE ARE DESIGNED AND BUILT, BUT THEY'RE JUST NOT PART OF THE LARGER THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ONE, JUST ONE FOLLOW UP.
I SEE ON TODAY'S AGENDA THAT WE HAVE AN APPLICATION FROM A PRIVATE APPLICANT AND UM, A COUPLE OF APPLICATIONS FROM THE CITY.
ARE WE ALSO ABLE AS COMMISSIONERS TO IN OR REQUEST THOROUGHFARE PLAN I AMENDMENTS? SO THE UM, CITY CODE LAYS OUT THE DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN DO IT.
YOU AS A PRIVATE DEVELOPER, YOU SUBMIT AN APPLICATION, YOU CAN ALSO REQUEST THROUGH YOUR COUNCIL OFFICE, I BELIEVE, AND I MIGHT DEFER TO LAURA ON THIS, ON EXACTLY WHAT THE CODE SAYS.
I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? CAN WE REQUE AS COMMISSIONERS REQUEST A THOROUGHFARE PLAN AMENDMENT? WHAT CAN COMMISSIONERS REQUEST A THOROUGHFARE PLAN AMENDMENT? UM, I HAVE TO LOOK AT THE RULES OF PROCEDURE, UM, AND THE CODE, I'M NOT SURE IF THE PLAN COMMISSION HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT AS AN AUTHORIZED CASE.
IF YOU CAN JUST UPDATE ON THAT SOMETIME.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MS. WENZEL? WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I APOLOGIZE FOR PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR OUR BRIEFING THIS MORNING? ALRIGHT, IT IS 11:06 AM AND THAT CONCLUDES THE BRIEFING OF THE DALLAS CITY PLANNING COMMISSION.
WE'LL BE BACK AT 1230 FOR OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
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GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.IT IS JULY 23RD, 2026 AND THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING OF THE DALLAS CITY PLAN COMMISSION.
IT IS 12:32 PM CAN WE START OFF WITH THE ROLL CALL PLEASE? GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT ONE.
VICE CHAIR HERBERT PRESENT? DISTRICT FOUR.
COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN PRESENT? DISTRICT NINE.
DISTRICT 10 COMMISSIONER HOUSE WRIGHT PRESENT? DISTRICT 11.
DISTRICT 14, COMMISSIONER KINGSTON AND PLACE 15 CHAIR RUBEN? I'M HERE.
THEY'RE THRILLED TO HAVE ALL OF US HERE IN PERSON TODAY.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HOUSEKEEPING BEFORE WE GET STARTED.
UM, OUR RULES TYPICALLY ALLOW FOR EACH SPEAKER ON AN ITEM TO SPEAK FOR THREE MINUTES.
IF THERE IS OPPOSITION, A TWO MINUTE REBUTTAL BY THE APPLICANT IS ALLOWED.
UM, WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO FLEX THAT TIME UPWARDS OR DOWNWARDS ON A PARTICULAR CASE.
UM, IF YOU DO, UM, SPEAK TO US, THERE ARE LITTLE YELLOW CARDS TO MY LEFT, YOUR RIGHT.
IF YOU'RE SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE FILL ONE OF THOSE OUT SO WE HAVE A RECORD OF YOU SPEAKING TO US TODAY AND ALSO START YOUR COMMENTS WITH YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR OUR RECORD.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
UH, WITH THAT I WILL LOOK TO COMMISSIONER HALL FOR A MOTION ON OUR JUNE 25TH MINUTES.[00:35:01]
THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.UM, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE JUNE 25TH, UH, 26TH 2026 CPC MEETING AS POSTED ON JULY 2ND, 2026.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER HALL FOR YOUR MOTION.
COMMISSIONER KONZ FOR YOUR SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.
[Zoning Cases - Consent]
GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT DOCKET NEXT, WHICH, UM, WAS NOTICED AS ITEMS ONE THROUGH EIGHT.AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE ITEMS WILL BE TAKEN UP AND APPROVED OF IN A SINGLE MOTION UNLESS A MEMBER OF THE BODY, UM, ASKS TO HAVE IT HEARD INDIVIDUALLY.
IF THERE IS OPPOSITION ON THAT ITEM.
A FEW ITEMS HAVE ALREADY COME OFF.
CONSENT, THAT'S ITEM 3, 4, 5, AND EIGHT.
SO THAT LEAVES ITEMS 1, 2, 6, AND SEVEN.
ARE WE CHAIR SEVEN IS GONNA COME OFF CONSENT AND, AND UM, BE HELD OPEN UNTIL THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING.
OKAY, SO THAT'S OUR AUGUST 6TH MEETING? YES.
ANY, ANYTHING ELSE NEED TO COME OFF OF CONSENT RIGHT NOW IT'S ITEMS ONE, TWO, AND SIX.
CAN WE READ THE CONSENT AGENDA INTO THE RECORD? GOOD AFTERNOON.
SO I WILL READ THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IS STARTING WITH ITEM ONE.
IT'S AN APPLICATION OF SUB AREA TWO ON PROPERTY ZONE CYBER AREA, ONE WITHIN PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, UH, 3 6 3, THE JEFFREY MYERS PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ON THE SOUTH CORNER OF OAK LANE AND MYERS STREET, THE WEST CORNER OF ASH LANE AND MYERS STREET STAFF.
RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO REVISED EXHIBITS 360 3 A AND 360 6 B.
UH, ITEM TWO IS UH, Z 2 6 0 0 109.
IT'S AN APPLICATION FOR AN AMENDMENT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
2 5 3 1 FOR A COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT GARAGE USE ON PROPERTY ZONE SUBDISTRICT ONE, SUB AREA B WITHIN PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 5 9 5 SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT ON THE WEST CORNER OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR BOULEVARD, SMI PARKWAY.
UH, STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL FOR A FIVE YEAR PERIOD SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
AND THEN ITEM SIX IS Z 2 500 0 1 94.
IT'S AN APPLICATION FOR A NEW SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A PRIVATE RECREATION CENTER COLLABORATE AREA ON PROPERTY ZONED R 75, A SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT ON THE NORTHWEST LINE.
A LAKE HIGHLANDS DRIVE ON BETWEEN HARDER ROAD AND PV ROAD STAFF.
RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL FOR A FIVE YEAR PERIOD WITH ELIGIBILITY FOR AUTOMATIC RENEWALS FOR ADDITIONAL FIVE YEAR PERIOD SUBJECT TO A SITE PLAN AND CONDITIONS.
UM, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS? ONE, TWO, OR SIX.
SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONER WHEELER, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? ONE, TWO, AND SIX IN THE MATTER OF ITEMS ONE, TWO, AND SIX.
ON TODAY'S AGENDA, I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND FOLLOW STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL SUBJECT TO UM, UM, ITEM THIS, THE ITEM THIS IN THE DOCKET PETITION LISTED IN THE DOCKET.
THANK YOU VICE CHAIR FOR YOUR SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
[3. 26-2333A An application for an amendment to Specific Use Permit No. 2576 for an alcoholic beverage establishment limited to a bar, lounge, or tavern and commercial amusement (inside) limited to a dance hall, on property zoned Planned Development District No. 619 with H/48 Harwood Historic District Overlay, on the southwest corner of N. Harwood Street and Pacific Avenue, AKA 1930 Pacific Avenue.]
NUMBER THREE.ITEM NUMBER THREE IS KZ DASH 26 DASH 0 0 0 1 1 8.
AN APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT 25 76 FOR AN ALCOHOLIC RIVER SLASH LIMITED TO A BAR, LOUNGE OR TAVR AND COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT INSIDE LIMITED TO A DANCE HALL ON PROPERTY ZONE PLANNED 11 DISTRICT SIX 19 WITH H 48 HARWOOD.
HIS HISTORIC DISTRICT OVERLY ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF NORTH HARWOOD STREET AND PACIFIC AVENUE ATION IS APPROVED FOR A 10 YEAR PERIOD SUBJECT TO AMENDED CONDITIONS.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF ITEM THREE? YOU'RE GOOD? OKAY.
ANY SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION? OKAY.
COMMISSIONER KINGSTON, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION IN THE MATTER OF Z 2 6 0 0 0 1 1 8 A MOVE THAT WE KEEP THE PUBLIC MATTER MEETING OPEN AND HOLD THIS OVER UNTIL AUGUST 20TH.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER KINGSTON FOR YOUR MOTION.
COMMISSIONER COX FOR YOUR SECOND.
[4. 26-2334A An application for 1) an amendment to Planned Development District No. 800 and for the creation and expansion of new subdistricts therein for specified non-residential uses and 2) a new Specific Use Permit for a pedestrian skybridge on property zoned Planned Development No. 800, on the southeast line of Cadiz Street, between Riverfront Boulevard and the Union Pacific RR and the north and south lines of Riverfront Boulevard, northwest of Corinth Street.]
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ITEM FOUR IS CASE Z 25 0 0 0 0 9 4.AN APPLICATION FOR ONE, AN AMENDMENT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 800 AND FOR THE CREATION AND EXPANSION OF NEW SUBDISTRICTS THAT ARE IN FOR SPECIFIED NON-RESIDENTIAL USES.
AND TWO, A NEW SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR PEDESTRIAN SKYBRIDGE ON PROPERTY ZONE PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
NUMBER 800 ON THE SOUTHEAST LINE OF CATO STREET BETWEEN RIVERFRONT BOULEVARD AND THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD AND THE NORTH AND SOUTH LINES OF RIVERFRONT BOULEVARD NORTHWEST OF CURRENT STREET STAFF.
RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL OF ONE AND AMENDMENT TO PD 800, SUBJECT TO A DEVELOPMENT PLAN AMENDED EXHIBITS 800 A AND B AND AMENDED CONDITIONS.
AND TWO, A NEW SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR PEDESTRIAN SKYBRIDGE SUBJECT TO SITE PLANNING CONDITIONS.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER TWO, FOUR? I'M SORRY.
UH, WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK OUT A FEW MORE DETAILS WITH THE COMMISSIONER AND WE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF A HOLD.
ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR? OKAY, WE WILL GO TO COMMISSIONER HAMPTON FOR A MOTION.
THANK YOU MR. CHAIR IN THE MATTER OF Z DASH 26, EXCUSE ME.
I MOVE TO KEEP THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN AND HOLD THIS MATTER UNDER ADVISEMENT UNTIL AUGUST 20TH.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER HAMPTON FOR YOUR MOTION.
COMMISSIONER KAUFMAN FOR YOUR SECOND.
[5. 26-2335A An application for a new Specific Use Permit for a public school limited to an open-enrollment charter school on property zoned CR Community Retail District, on the south line of Lake June Road, east line of Barredo Street, west line of N. Masters Drive.]
ITEM NUMBER FIVE.AN APPLICATION FOR A NEW SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A PUBLIC SCHOOL LIMITED TO LIMITED TO AN OPEN ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOL ON PROPERTY ZONE CR COMMUNITY COMMUNITY RETAIL DISTRICT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF LATE JUNE ROAD, EAST LINE OF BARETTO STREET, WEST LINE OF NORTH MASTERS DRIVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION APPROVAL SUBJECT TO A SITE PLAN, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN AND CONDITIONS.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE? ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER SERATO, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? YES, MR. CHAIR IN THE MATTER OF CASE Z 2 0 0 0 112.
I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS WITH NO ELIGIBILITY FOR AUTOMATIC RENEWALS, SUBJECT TO SITE PLAN, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN AND CONDITIONS.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SERATO FOR YOUR MOTION.
COMMISSIONER SIMS FOR YOUR SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? UM, YEAH, JUST TO NOTE QUICKLY THAT THIS, UM, WAS JUST THEIR PREVIOUS SUP WAS FOR THE SAME THING.
IT EXPIRED WHEN THE CITY WAS MAKING ALL OF THEIR SYSTEM CHANGES.
THE SCHOOL'S BEEN THERE FOR 20 PLUS YEARS, SO, UM, THEY'RE LONGSTANDING IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO I THAT'S THE REASONING BEHIND THE 10 YEAR, UM, DATE ON THAT.
SO, UH, HOPE TO HAVE YOUR SUPPORT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS? OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SERATO, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SIMS TO APPROVE SUBJECT TO SITE PLAN, TRAFFIC PLAN, MANAGEMENT PLAN AND CONDITIONS, BUT WITH 10 YEARS NO AUTO RENEWAL.
[7. 26-2337A An application for a new Specific Use Permit for the sale of alcoholic beverages in conjunction with a restaurant without drive-in or drive-through service on property zoned RR Regional Retail District with a D-1 Liquor Control Overlay, between Samuell Boulevard and E I-30 Fwy, east of N. Jim Miller Road, AKA 6465 Samuell Boulevard.]
NUMBER SEVEN.UH, MR CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE SEA PLAN COMMISSIONER ASK AGUILERA ADAM.
SEVEN IS AN APPLICATION FOR A NEW SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THE SALT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A RESTAURANT WITH, UH, WITHOUT DRIVING OR DRIVE THROUGH SERVICE ON A PROPERTY ZONE ARE OUR REGIONAL RETAIL DISTRICT WITH A D ONE LIQUOR CONTROL OVER LAKE, UH, BETWEEN SAMUEL BOULEVARD AND, UH, EAST.
UH, I I 30 FREEWAY EAST OF NORTH JIMMY MILLER ROAD, AKA 64 65 SAMUEL BOULEVARD.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO THE SITE PLANNING CONDITIONS.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN? OKAY, NO SPEAKERS WILL GO TO COMMISSIONER WHEELER FOR A MOTION IN THE MATTER OF ITEM SEVEN, MEAN Z DASH 26 0 0 7 0.
I MOVED TO CLOSE, MEAN I MOVED TO KEEP THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN
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UNTIL AUGUST 6TH.COMMISSIONER WHEELER, YOUR SECOND COMMISSIONER HOUSEWRIGHT, ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION OR DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? NO, WE'RE JUST KEEPING IT OPEN BECAUSE WE HADN'T HAD ANY PREVIOUS CONVERSA COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE APPLICANT AND SO JUST TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A TALK WITH THE APPLICANT AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND IT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.
THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
ITEM NUMBER, UH, EIGHT IS AN APPLICATION FOR A NEW SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE PARKING ON A PROPERTY ZONE LI LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, UH, LOCATED ON THE WEST LINE OF VAN B VIEW ROAD, UH, SOUTH OF TELEPHONE ROAD, ALSO KNOWN AS, UH, 9,300, UH, VIE VIEW ROAD.
UH, STAFF, UH, RECOMMENDS APPROVAL FOR A 10 YEAR PERIOD WITH ELIGIBILITY FOR AN AUTOMATIC RENEWALS FOR AN ADDITIONAL 10 YEAR PERIOD SUBJECT TO A SITE PLAN AND CONDITIONS.
ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT OF ITEM NUMBER EIGHT? COME ON DOWN.
CAN YOU TURN THE MICROPHONE ON? YES.
UH, IS THERE A WAY SOMEBODY CAN HELP ME WITH A SCREEN? CAN YOU HELP HIM OUT WITH THE PRESENTATION PLEASE? THANK YOU.
HEY, HOW ARE YOU? UM, COULD YOU, YOU THAT TO ME QUICK OTHER THAN THE EMAIL I THIS THROUGH? ALL RIGHT.
I THINK WE'RE DEALING WITH A FEW TECHNICAL ISSUES, SO WHY DON'T WE, UH, SET THIS CASE ASIDE FOR NOW AND COME BACK TO IT IN A FEW MINUTES.
[9. 26-2339A An application for an amendment to Subdistrict 30 within Planned Development No. 193 Oak Lawn Special Purpose District, on the north corner of Reagan Street and Brown Street.]
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LET'S MOVE ON TO CASE NUMBER NINE.ITEM NUMBER 9 2 6 2 3 3 9 A CASE NUMBER Z 2 6 54 IS AN APPLICATION FOR AN AMENDMENT TO SUBDISTRICT 30 WITHIN PLAN DEVELOPMENT NUMBER 1 93 OAK LAWN SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT.
THIS IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH CORNER OF REAGAN STREET AND BROWN STREET.
RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO A DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND AMENDED CONDITIONS AS BRIEFED.
UH, ANY SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT ON ITEM NUMBER NINE? COME ON DOWN.
GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.
MY ADDRESS IS 2 7 2 8 NORTH HARWOOD STREET AND I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT, AV VENTURA ASSET MANAGEMENT.
AS YOU MAY KNOW, THIS SITE IS THE FORMER HOME OF THE RESOURCE CENTER WHO HAS BEEN AMAZING TO WORK WITH AND SUPPORTIVE OF OUR GOAL TODAY.
THE RESOURCE CENTER HAS A NEW, BEAUTIFUL HOME IN TOWN WHERE IT IS CONTINUING ITS MISSION AND WOULD LIKE TO SELL THIS PROPERTY.
THIS PROPERTY IS SOMEWHAT UNIQUE BECAUSE OF ITS SIZE AND PROXIMITY TO RESIDENTIAL.
SO WE HAVE A SOMEWHAT UNIQUE IDEA WITH CONSTRAINTS IN PLACE IN ORDER THAT WE CAN BE GOOD NEIGHBORS TO THE EXISTING COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY AND HONOR THE LEGACY OF THE SITE WE ARE PROPOSING.
AND AN AMENDMENT TO THE PD TO ALLOW FOR THE GAME COURT CENTER USE FOR THE OPERATION OF A PADEL FACILITY ON THE SITE.
PADEL IS A QUICKLY GROWING SPORT THAT IS A HYBRID BETWEEN TENNIS AND RACKETBALL.
IT IS PLAYED FULLY INDOORS WITH TENNIS SIZE RACKETS, BUT PLAYERS CAN UTILIZE WALLS OF THE COURT LIKE RACKETBALL.
WE STARTED THIS PROCESS OF AMENDING THE PD BY MEETING WITH NEIGHBORS, OBTAINING SUPPORT FROM THE OAKLAND COMMITTEE AND WORKING WITH THE CITY TO ARRIVE AT CONDITIONS WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR OUR INTENDED USE, WHICH IS NOT CURRENTLY ALLOWED IN THE MF TWO BASED DISTRICT OF THE PD.
WE HAVE SPOKEN TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY THAT HAVE HAD ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, INCLUDING THE GENTLEMAN WHO SPOKE IN OPPOSITION AT OUR LAST CPC MEETING AND IS NO LONGER SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION FOR A PROJECT.
THE POEL CENTER WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND NOT A PRIVATE CLUB.
WE HOPE IT WILL SERVE AS A COMMUNITY AMENITY FOR NEARBY RESIDENTS AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
AND WE ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT TODAY TO TRANSFORM THIS WONDERFUL SITE.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME.
MY, MY COLLEAGUE MALLORY MUSE AND I ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
ANY OTHER SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT OF ITEM NINE? MS. MUSE IS HERE IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I SEE THE GENTLEMAN FROM THE OAK LAWN COMMITTEE.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE OAK LAWN COMMITTEE.
THIS PROJECT WAS PRESENTED TO US, UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR AND ON FIRST PRESENTATION IT WAS SUPPORTED BY THE COMMITTEE.
WE WERE IMPRESSED BY WHAT THEY HAD DONE WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND THEIR REACH OUT AND THEIR PARKING CONCERNS.
ANY OH, MR. PERRY, YOUR, YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
IN, INTO THE MICROPHONE IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND.
THIRTY SIX TEN NORTH VERSAILLES.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER.
VICE VICE CHAIR HERBERT, ANY OTHER SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION.
OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS.
COMMISSIONER KINGSTON, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? I DO IN THE MATTER OF Z 2 6 0 0 0 0 5 4.
I MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE APPLICATION WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGES IN SECTION 30.104.
ADD SUBSECTION D TO READ FOR GAME COURT CENTER DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF THE PROPERTY.
MUST COMPLY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
THERE IS A CONFLICT IF THERE IS A CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TEXT OF THIS ARTICLE AND THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
THE TEXT OF THIS ARTICLE CONTROLS NEXT EDITION 30.105.
ADD A SUBSECTION TWO UNDER B TO READ A GAME.
COURT CENTER MUST BE LOCATED INDOORS
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AND NEXT EDITION IN SECTION 30.108.SUBSECTION D SHOULD READ FOR A GAME COURT CENTER INDOOR RESTAURANT USE A MINIMUM OF 18 OFF STREET PARKING SPACES IS REQUIRED.
SUBSECTION E SHOULD READ CONSULT PART ONE OF THIS ARTICLE FOR THE SPECIFIC OFF STREET PARKING AND LOADING REQUIREMENTS.
AND IN SUBSECTION, I'M SORRY, IN SECTION 30.113, ADD A SUB A SUBSECTION D TO READ HOURS OF OPERATION.
A GAME COURT CENTER MAY ONLY OPERATE WITHIN THE HOURS OF 7:00 AM TO 10:00 PM AND THAT IS IT.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER KINGSTON FOR YOUR MOTION.
COMMISSIONER COX FOR YOUR SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION JUST BRIEFLY? I, I REALIZE THAT THERE ARE STILL A COUPLE OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE OPPOSED TO THIS AND THEIR PRIMARY CONCERNS ARE POTENTIAL NOISE AND PARKING ISSUES.
UM, AND I THINK A LOT OF THE CHANGES WE'VE MADE WILL HELP ALLEVIATE THOSE, BUT THE REALITY IS THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY IS THAT VACANT FOR A DOZEN YEARS OR SO.
AND, YOU KNOW, ALLOWING PROPERTY THAT LIVE VACANT IN A COMMUNITY LIKE THIS ISN'T GOOD FOR IT.
AND THIS PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN, YOU KNOW, EXERCISE ACTIVITIES, WHICH IS ALSO BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO I SUPPORT THIS APPLICATION AND I HOPE YOU DO TOO.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? I DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, MS. MS. LEVY.
UM, THE MOTION REQUIRED 18 OFF STREET PARKING SPACES, CORRECT? YEAH.
WHAT WOULD IT REQUIRE? UNDER BASE? UNDER THE, UNDER THAT BASE I BELIEVE.
I BELIEVE THE BASE, UM, BECAUSE UNDER 51, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE WRITTEN IN THE PROPOSED CONDITIONS, WOULD NOT REQUIRE ANY PARKING.
AND HOW MANY ARE SHOWN ON THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN COMMISSIONER? IT'S THERE.
WHAT'S THAT? I THINK YOUR MICROPHONE IS OFF.
IT'S THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES THAT ARE ALREADY PRESENT ON THE SITE, WHICH IS 18.
UM, I'M GONNA SUPPORT THE MOTION.
I THINK SINCE WE'RE JUST LEAVING THE EXISTING PARKING THERE AT THE SAME TIME, I DO THINK WHILE PARKING REFORM DID NOT TOUCH THIS PD OR, OR CERTAIN, OR I GUESS IT DID.
IN FACT, UM, I, I THINK WE'VE MADE A WISE POLICY CHOICE THERE AND I WOULD NOT, I'M GENERALLY NOT SUPPORTIVE OF, OF CONTINUING TO IMPOSE PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN PLACES WHERE WE'VE SINCE REPEALED THEM.
BUT THIS IS WHAT IT IS AND OVERALL I THINK IT'S A GOOD CASE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? MR. KINGSTON? I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THE PARKING REFORM DOESN'T APPLY TO PD PD 1 93 AT ALL, INCLUDING THE SUBDISTRICT.
I THOUGHT MS. MS. LEVY'S COMMENT SUGGESTED THAT IT MAY STAFF RECOMMENDED THAT WE ADOPT, UH, THE GENERAL CODE AND THE MEMBERS OF THE OAKLAWN COMMITTEE HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT THEY DO NOT WANNA DEVIATE FROM THEIR PARKING SCHEME.
AND SO I ELECTED TO, MY MOTION WAS TO REQUIRE PARKING AND NOT ADOPT STASH PROPOSAL.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
I CAN NEVER REMEMBER WHICH PDS WERE AFFECTED AND WHICH MAINTAINED THEIR OWN PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY, SEEING NONE.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER KINGSTON, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COX TO APPROVE SUBJECT TO DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND, UH, AMENDED CONDITIONS AS AMENDED BY BY COMMISSIONER KINGSTON.
[10. 26-2340A An application for an amendment to Planned Development District No. 17, on the southeast corner of Alpha Road and Preston Road.]
ALL RIGHT.CASE NUMBER 10, CHEMI CASE NUMBER 10 Z 26 0 0 0 0 7 9.
AN APPLICATION FOR AN AMENDMENT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 17 ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ALPHA ROAD AND PRESTON
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ROAD.STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO AN AMENDED DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND CONDITIONS.
ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? OKAY, SEEING NONE.
COMMISSIONER COX, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? THANK YOU MR. CHAIR, BECAUSE THE REVISED CONDITIONS FOR ZONING CASES, MR. COX, JUST YOUR MOTION RIGHT NOW, SORRY.
AND YOU CAN MAKE YOUR JUST THE MOTION FOR RIGHT NOW AND THEN YOU CAN MAKE YOUR COMMENTS IN THE MATTER OF CASE Z DASH 26 0 0 0 7 9.
UH, CONDITIONS ARE STILL PENDING AND AS SUCH MOVED TO DELAY THE CASE UNTIL AUGUST 20TH, UH, TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL TIME FOR STAFF AND THE APPLICANT TO FINALIZE AND PRESENT THE UPDATED CONDITIONS.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER COX FOR YOUR MOTION.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER SIMS? ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY, I GUESS THE DISCUSSION HAS HAPPENED.
[11. 26-2341A An application for 1) a new Subdistrict for LC Light Commercial uses and 2) a new Specific Use Permit for a mini-warehouse use on property zoned LC Light Commercial Subdistrict, Planned Development District No. 193, on the south corner of Lemmon Avenue and Hedgerow Drive.]
ITEM NUMBER 11.AN APPLICATION FOR ONE, A NEW SUBDISTRICT FOR LC LIKE COMMERCIAL USES.
AND TWO, A NEW SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A MINI WAREHOUSE USE ON PROPERTY ZONED LC, LIKE COMMERCIAL SUBDISTRICT IN PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 1 9 3 ON THE SOUTH CORNER OF LEMON AVENUE AND HEDGE ROAD DRIVE.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL OF ONE, A NEW SUBDISTRICT AND TWO, A NEW SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A MINI WAREHOUSE SUBJECT TO A SITE PLAN, LANDSCAPE PLAN AND CONDITIONS.
ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT ON ITEM NUMBER 11? GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.
KEKE MISSION RIDGE CONSULTANTS 1900 FURMAN RICHARDSON 7 5 0 8 1.
I WOULD LIKE TO START BY THANKING COMMISSIONER HAMPTON FOR ALL OF HER ATTENTION AND WORK ON THIS PROJECT.
WE'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS SINCE, SINCE WE WERE APPROVED AT OAK LAWN AND THEN ALSO ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS SINCE OUR LAST PLAN COMMISSION HEARING.
UM, SO VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT AND WE HOPE THAT THAT COMES ACROSS IN OUR REQUESTED TERM LIMIT THAT IS PART OF THE DOCKET.
UM, AND I'M AVAILABLE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, MS. K, ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT ON ITEM NUMBER 11? ANY SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION? OKAY.
COMMISSIONER HAMPTON, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? I DO.
AND I HAVE BRIEF COMMENTS IF I HAVE A SECOND IN THE MATTER OF Z DASH 25 DASH 0 0 2 3 0, I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE, UH, THE NEW SUBDISTRICT AND A NEW SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR MANY WAREHOUSE SUBJECT TO THE SITE PLAN, LANDSCAPE PLAN AND CONDITIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR MOTION.
COMMISSIONER HAMPTON, YOUR SECOND VICE CHAIR, HERBERT.
ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER HAMPTON? THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.
UM, I JUST WANNA THANK MS KAY FOR, UM, HER DILIGENCE IN WORKING THROUGH THIS CASE.
IT WAS REVIEWED AT OAK LAWN COMMITTEE WHO PUT A PRIMARY FOCUS ON THE RIGHT OF WAY LANDSCAPING IMPACT AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PEDESTRIAN ZONE.
UM, WORKING WITH MS KAY, WE WERE ABLE TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE LANDSCAPE STANDARDS AS A BUFFER FOR THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AND CONSIDERING, UM, THE NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING AS WELL AS INTRODUCING SOME TRANSPARENCY STANDARDS, UM, JUST TO SOFTEN THIS.
SO I APPRECIATE EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY AND HOPE MY COMMISSIONERS WILL SUPPORT THE REQUEST.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER HAMPTON.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? MR. BATE WAS ASKING DO WE HAVE A TIME PERIOD ON THAT? IT'S LISTED IN THE PD AS 20 YEARS WITH NO AUTO.
SUPI SAID PD SUP REQUIREMENTS.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER KINGSTON? UM, I'M PLEASED TO SUPPORT THE MOTION.
UH, I'M PLEASED TO SEE THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE SINCE THEY WENT THROUGH OAKLAWN COMMITTEE.
I THINK PARTICULARLY THE CHANGES THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THE MULTIFAMILY RIGHT NEXT DOOR ARE IMPACTFUL FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO LIVE NEXT TO THIS STRUCTURE.
AND I APPRECIATE THE APPLICANT'S WILLINGNESS TO CONSIDER THE, UH, QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES FOR THOSE FOLKS TOO.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HAMPTON, SECONDED BY THE VICE CHAIR.
[8. 26-2338A An application for a new Specific Use Permit for commercial motor vehicle parking on property zoned LI, Light Industrial District, on the west line of Bonnie View Road, south of Telephone Road, AKA 9300 Bonnie View Road.]
LET'S GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.WOULD YOU JUST BE ABLE TO READ THAT IN MR. BATE? SURE THING.
UH, ITEM EIGHT IS CASE Z 26 0 0 0 84.
AN APPLICATION FOR A NEW SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR COMMERCIAL MOTOR
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VEHICLE PARKING ON PROPERTY ZONED LI LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT ON THE WEST LINE OF BON VIEW ROAD, SOUTH TELEPHONE ROAD, ALSO KNOWN AS 9,300 BON VIEW ROAD STAFF'S.APPROVAL FOR A 10 YEAR PERIOD WITH ELIGIBILITY FOR AUTOMATIC RENEWALS FOR ADDITIONAL FOR ADDITIONAL 10 YEAR PERIODS.
SET IT TO A SITE PLAN OF CONDITIONS.
ALRIGHT, OUR FIRST SPEAKER IN SUPPORT.
HELLO? UH, MY NAME IS HAMEL BARDI ADDRESS, UH, 9 3 0 0 BONNE VIEW ROAD.
UH, I'M HERE TO, I'M SORRY, I'M GONNA TAKE SOME OF YOUR TIME, BUT I NEED TO EXPLAIN THE SITUATION.
UH, SO IN THE BEGINNING, THE OWNER BOUGHT THIS LAND FOR THE REASON, UH, TO MAKE A COMMERCIAL PARKING, AND HE DID A ZONING CONSULTATION AND THEY TOLD HIM THAT HE, UH, THE ZONING IS, UH, ALLY, WHICH IS A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
UH, AND HE WAS, UH, SUPPOSED TO BE ALLOWED TO DO A COMMERCIAL, UH, PARKING, UH, FOR, UH, FOR UH, COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE.
SO, UH, WHEN, UH, I CAME TO THE CITY, I WAS CHECKING TO SEE IF WE CAN GO FORWARD WITH, UH, WITH DOING THAT.
UH, THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE IS A LAND BEHIND THIS LAND BEHIND NINE, UH, 9 3 0 0 ADJACENT LAND WITH AGRICULTURE ZONING.
UH, FOR THAT REASON, UH, WE CANNOT DO A COMMERCIAL PARKING WITHOUT SUP.
SO, UH, WE ARE DOING THE SUP NOW, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, UH, IF WE ARE GOING TO THE RIGHT DIRECTION, IF WE HAVE TO DO THE SUP, BECAUSE WHEN I, UH, READ THE ZONING CONSULTATION, IT SAYS WITHIN 500 SQUARE FEET, UH, 500 FOOT OF, UH, RESIDENTIAL ZONING, NOT AGRICULTURE ZONING.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE OF THAT.
SECOND THING, UH, IF YOU COULD TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE FIRST PAGE, AND SIR, IF YOU COULD CONTINUE TO SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE SO WE CAN HEAR YOU.
UH, IF WE GO BACK TO THE FIRST ONE.
SO IF, IF YOU SEE, THIS IS THE AERIAL MAP, UH, SHOWING THE, THE SQUARE IS THE LAND.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SEE THE LAND BEHIND, UH, THE SQUARE, THE BLUE SQUARE.
IT'S, UH, THE ONE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AGRICULTURE ZONING.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE, TO THE BEST OF MY VISION, I SEE ALL KIND OF TRUCKS IN, IN, IN THAT LAND AND ALL THE AREA AROUND IT.
SO, UH, IN AGRICULTURE ZONING, I DON'T BELIEVE THEY SUPPOSED TO HAVE A COMMERCIAL PARKING.
UH, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE HAVING ISSUE WITH, BUT, UH, WE ARE ONLY DOING AN SL PARKING FOR, UH, THOSE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE.
AND TO SERVE THE, THE CITY CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
UH, WE ARE TRYING TO DO, UH, 76, UH, COMMERCIAL PARKING.
UH, AND THIS WILL SERVE THE, THE WHOLE AREA.
THERE IS MULTIPLE BUSINESSES LIKE AMAZON AND, UH, ETON AND, UH, UH, KROGER.
THEY ALL NEED, UH, THIS COMMERCIAL PARKING ALSO.
THIS GONNA BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE CITY, UH, MORE, UH, TAX MONEY TO THE CITY.
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IF EVERYTHING IS OKAY, THAT'S YOUR TIME.
NO, YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOTHING TO APOLOGIZE FOR.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT? ANY SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION? OKAY, COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER EIGHT? I'LL DO IT.
MR. CHAIR, IN THE MATTER OF Z DASH 26 DASH 0 0 0 0 8 4, I MOVE TO KEEP THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN AND HOLD THIS MATTER UNDER ADVISEMENT UNTIL AUGUST 20TH, 2026.
UM, ANY COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN? UH, YES, UH, I, UM, HAVE A REAL QUICK COMMENT.
I UNDERSTAND THE APPLICANT'S, UH, CONCERNS, UH, BUT THE FIRST I'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS CASE AND THE FIRST TIME I'VE SPOKE TO THE APPLICANT WAS LAST WEEK.
WE HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO HAVE ANY MEANINGFUL DISCUSSION, UH, REGARDING, UH, THIS PARTICULAR CASE.
UH, BUT I DO SEE FROM AN EMAIL CHAIN THAT YOU WERE FIRST ASKED TO REACH OUT TO ME, UH, BACK IN APRIL AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S TAKEN SO LONG TO REACH OUT TO ME ABOUT THIS CASE CONSIDERING THE CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE, BUT I COULDN'T MEANING MEANINGFULLY, UH, YOU KNOW, RECOMMEND THIS EITHER WAY FOR APPROVAL DENIAL WITHOUT ANY, YOU KNOW, TIME SPENT ON THIS CASE.
OKAY, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? UM, I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT.
I, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE TECHNICAL ZONING ISSUES.
I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO SPEAK IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE ALREADY TO, UM, MR. ARGUE THE PLANNER ASSIGNED TO THIS CASE.
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ABLE TO, TO WALK YOU THROUGH ALL OF THOSE ISSUES, INCLUDING HOW AG IS TREATED UNDER OUR CITY CODE IN TERMS OF WHAT SORT OF ZONING DISTRICT IT'S, SO WE WILL, I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE ALREADY.ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CARPENTER TO HOLD THE MATTER UNTIL EIGHT 20.
SORRY, I JUST HAD EIGHT 20 IN MY NOTES.
WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE IN IN AUGUST.
[12. 26-2342A An application for a new planned development district for LI Light Industrial uses on property zoned A(A) Agricultural District, on the south line of Cleveland Road, west of Lancaster-Hutchins Road. (Part 1 of 2)]
BACK TO IT.CASE NUMBER 12 IS OUR NEXT CASE.
AN APPLICATION FOR A NEW PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR LI LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES ON PROPERTY ZONED AA AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF CLEVELAND ROAD, WEST OF LANCASTER HUTCHINS ROAD STATUS RECOMMENDATION.
APPROVAL SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
MEMBERS OF COMMISSION SANTOS MARTINEZ 24 89 CAMINO PLATA LOOP, NORTHEAST RIO RANCHO, NEW MEXICO 8 7 1 4 4.
UH, THIS CASE WAS PRESENTED TO YOU BACK AT YOUR JUNE HEARING.
UH, IN CONVERSATIONS WITH COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN, UH, WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCORPORATED MORE LANDSCAPE PROVISIONS AND FOR WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED.
UH, THE PROPERTY IS AT THE WHAT USED TO BE THE DEAD END OF CLEVELAND ROAD, THE LAST PARCEL WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND IT'S SURROUNDED PRIMARILY BY, UH, THE INLAND PORT PD.
AND SO WE TOOK A LOT OF THOSE, UH, UH, STANDARDS TO PLACE IN HERE.
UH, THERE WAS ANOTHER STANDARD WE, UH, DISCUSSED WITH STAFF THAT COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD, UH, PROTECTIONS FOR THE CREEKS.
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY COVERED IN ARTICLE SIX OR TITLE VI SIX OF CODE TODAY.
SO, UM, THE BIGGEST PROVISIONS YOU SEE FROM YOUR JUNE HEARING IS THE LANDSCAPING SECTIONS THAT ARE BELIEVED BEEFED UP.
AND THEN WE ALSO ADDED AN SUP FOR A TEMPORARY BATCH PLANT.
STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ANY OTHER SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT ON ITEM 12? ANY SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION? OKAY, NO FURTHER.
I JUST FORGOT TO MENTION THAT WE HAD AGREED WITH COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN THAT ORIGINALLY THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT WITH THE INLAND PORT IS LIKE 300 FEET.
AND SO THE PROVISIONS WE'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD TODAY INCLUDE THE LANDSCAPING PROVISIONS, THE SUP ON A TEMPORARY BATCH PLANT AND A MAXIMUM HEIGHT IS NOW 70 FEET INSTEAD OF WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY LISTED AS TWO OR 300 FEET.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CONFIRMATION.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE GO TO COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN FOR A MOTION.
IN THE MATTER OF CASE NUMBER Z DASH 25 DASH 0 2 29, I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE STATUS RECOMMENDATION SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS HANDED OUT AT THE HORSESHOE.
TODAY IT SHOW THE FOLLOWING CHANGES AN SUP REQUIREMENT FOR TEMPORARY CONCRETE OR ASPHALT BATCH PLANT REDUCE MAXIMUM STRUCTURE HEIGHT TO 70 FEET DEVIATIONS FROM ARTICLE 10, LANDSCAPING FOR SITE TREES, STREET YARD, LANDSCAPING, BUFFERS, PARKING LOTS, AND DUMPSTER SCREENING INCORPORATED ARTIFICIAL LOT DELINEATION FROM ARTICLE 10 IN ADDITION OF IRRIGATION REQUIREMENTS.
HAVE WE SEEN THOSE? HAVE WE SEEN THOSE? I HAVEN'T ADDITIONS.
THOSE WERE, SO THOSE WERE CIRCULATED, UH, EARLIER BY MS. LOPEZ.
I DON'T THINK WE DID HAND THEM OUT PHYSICALLY.
UM, CAN I DON'T SINCE AT 11:04 AM UM, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED THOSE.
SO WHY DON'T WE TABLE THIS ONE FOR JUST A FEW MINUTES TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE ON THE COMMISSION HAS A CHANCE TO SEE THE SPECIFIC, UM, ITEMS. THEN WE CAN COME BACK TO IT.
AND I KNOW YOU HAVE SOMETHING AT ONE 30, IS THAT RIGHT? COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN? THAT'S CORRECT.
WELL WE WILL WORK TO WORK AROUND YOUR, YOUR ONE 30.
[13. 26-2343A An application for an amendment to Specific Use Permit No. 2377 for commercial motor vehicle parking on property zoned IR Industrial Research District, on the southwest corner of Dairy Milk Lane and Zodiac Lane, AKA 2850 Dairy Milk Lane.]
LET'S MOVE ON TO CASE NUMBER 13.ITEM 13 IS KZ DASH 26 DASH 0 0 0 0 7 6.
AN APPLICATION FAIR AMENDMENT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT 2377 FOR COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE PARKING ON PROPERTY ZONED IR INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH DISTRICT ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF DAIRY MILK LANE AND ZODIAC LANE.
THIS RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVED FOR A THREE YEAR PERIOD SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
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ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? OKAY, COMMISSIONER CARPENTER, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? YES.IN THE MATTER OF Z DASH 26 DASH 0 0 0 0 7 6.
I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND FOLLOW STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL FOR A THREE YEAR PERIOD SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CARPENTER FOR YOUR MOTION.
VICE CHAIR HERBERT FOR YOUR SECOND.
[14. 26-2344A An application for (1) a new Planned Development District Subdistrict for GR General Retail Subdistrict uses on property zoned MF-2 Multiple Family, MF-3 Multiple Family, and GR Subdistricts within Planned Development District No.193, the Oak Lawn Special Purpose District; and (2) removal of a D Liquor Control Overlay on a portion, bounded by Maple Avenue, Shelby Avenue, Fairmount Street, and Reagan Street.]
NUMBER 14, ITEM 14 Z 26 0 0 0 9 7.AN APPLICATION FOR V AND EU PLANT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT SUBDISTRICT FOR GR GENERAL RETAIL SUBDISTRICT USES ON PROPERTY ZONE MF TWO, MULTIPLE FAMILY MF THREE, MULTIPLE FAMILY AND GR SUBDISTRICT WITHIN PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 1 93, THE OAK LAWN SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT AND TWO, REMOVE ALL OF, UH, A DLE CORE CONTROL OVERLAY ON A PORTION BOUNDED BY MAPLE AVENUE.
SHELL B AVENUE, FAIRMONT STREET AND REAGAN STREET.
RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL OF ONE NU, UH, PD SUB-DISTRICT SUBJECT TO A DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND STAFF RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS AND TWO REMOVAL OF THE CONTROL OVERLAY ON A PORTION.
ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? GOOD AFTERNOON PLAN COMMISSIONERS.
MY NAME IS CODY ARM BRISTER, UH, 38 19 MAPLE AVENUE, DALLAS, TEXAS 7 5 2 1 9.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION HERE TODAY.
UH, I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANTS FOR, UH, THE EXPANSION OF THE OLD PARKLAND CAMPUS, UH, THROUGH A VERY COLLABORATIVE AND BENEFICIAL PROCESS IN WORKING WITH CITY STAFF, UH, COMMISSIONER KINGSTON, UH, AND REALLY DRAFTING OFF OF OUR, OUR PRIOR PHASE AND WORKING WITH COMMISSIONER HAMPTON.
UH, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT, UH, THE, THE APPLICATION IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY AND ADDING TO THE OLD PARKLAND, UH, CAMPUS AND, UH, THE BETTERMENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, THROUGH THAT COLLABORATIVE PROCESS, WE'VE MADE MANY GREAT IMPROVEMENTS, UH, TO OUR DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN, UH, WHICH YOU SEE, UH, BEFORE YOU IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT PARTNERING WITH THE CITY ON SOME, UH, IMPROVED, UH, IMPROVEMENTS IN THE, IN THE NEIGHBORING VICINITY AS WELL.
AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT OUR APPLICATION.
AND I AM STILL PHIL PERRY, 36 10 NORTH VERSAILLES REPRESENTING COMMITTEE.
THIS PROJECT WAS PRESENTED TO US IN MAY, AND THE OAK LAWN COMMITTEE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT AS IT WAS PRESENTED.
THE MEMBERSHIP WAS VERY, UM, APPRECIATIVE OF THE THOUGHTFUL DESIGN, ATTENTION TO DETAIL, AND THE HIGH QUALITY REFLECTED THROUGHOUT THEIR PROPOSAL.
ANY OTHER SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT? SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION.
COMMISSIONER KINGSTON, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? I DO, AND I HAVE BRIEF COMMENTS.
IF I GET A SECOND IN THE MATTER OF Z 2 6 0 0 0 0 9 7, I MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE, UH, THE PROPOSAL IN THE DOCKET SUBJECT TO ONE CHANGE, AND THAT IS TO GO WITH THE APPLICANT'S, UM, RECOMMENDATION ON PARKING INSTEAD OF STAFF.
AS A REMINDER, THIS IS IN PD 1 93.
I ALSO MOVE THAT WE REMOVE THE D LIQUOR OVER CONTROL OVERLAY.
COMMISSIONER KINGSTON FOR YOUR SECOND COMMISSIONER HAMPTON.
ANY DISCUSSION? YEAH, I JUST WANNA THANK THE APPLICANT FOR WORKING WITH US ON SOME THINGS THAT ARE, I THINK ARE GONNA BE REALLY BENEFICIAL FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN IN THE PIPELINE IN THIS AREA FOR A WHILE ARE IMPROVEMENTS TO MAPLE AVENUE AND SOME OF THE SURROUNDING STREETS IN THAT AREA IS FURTHERANCE OF OUR VISION ZERO, UM, INITIATIVE.
AND THE APPLICANT HAS GRACIOUSLY AGREED, UM, TO WORK WITH TRANSPORTATION ON SOME OF THE SIGNALS, UH, IN THAT IMMEDIATE AREA TO THEIR CAMPUS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR FURTHERING THE CITY'S, UM, VISION IN THAT AREA AND HOPEFULLY IMPROVING THE
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TRAFFIC FLOW AND PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES IN THAT AREA.AND I JUST WANNA THANK THE APPLICANT FOR DOING THAT BECAUSE THESE TYPE OF PUBLIC, UM, PRIVATE, UH, COLLABORATIONS IS HOW WE ARE ABLE TO MOVE THE CITY FORWARD IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND, UH, AND I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY'RE DOING OVER AT OLD PARKLAND AND IN THAT AREA GENERALLY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER 14? OKAY, SEEING NONE, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER KINGSTON, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HAMPTON.
[15. 26-2345A An application for 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 on property zoned Subarea 2, within Planned Development District No. 366, the Buckner Boulevard Special Purpose District, with a D-1 Liquor Control Overlay, on the south line of Lake June Road, between Hillburn Drive and Rose Garden Avenue.]
NUMBER 15, UH, ITEM 15, AN APPLICATION FOR A NEW SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE GENERAL MERCHANDISE OR FOOD STORE.3,500 SQUARE FEET OR LESS ON PROPERTY ZONE SUB AREA TWO WITHIN PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 3 6 6, THE BUCKNER BOULEVARD SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT WITH A D ONE, THE CONTROL OVERLAY ON THE SOUTH, ON THE SOUTH LINE OF LAKE JUNE ROAD BETWEEN HILLBURN DRIVE AND ROSE GARDEN AVENUE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO A SITE PLAN AND CONDITIONS.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 15? GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, COMMISSIONERS.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE.
UH, MY NAME IS ROBERT NUNEZ AND I'M WITH ALCHEMY DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING MR. UM, MOND, RAJI AND OR K AND AR INVESTMENT INC.
UM, OUR CLIENTS ARE, UM, GOT INTO A LEASE AGREEMENT AND AFTER THEY GOT INTO THE LEASE AGREEMENT FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 78 12 LATE JUNE, THEY FOUND OUT THAT THEY REQUIRED TO APPLY FOR AN SUP, UH, FOR, UH, THE SALE OF BEER AND WINE.
THEIR, UM, INTENT, OR THEIR THEME WAS JUST A, A CONVENIENCE STORE, A NEW AGE CONVENIENCE STORE WITH LIGHTING, LOTS OF MODERN CAMERAS AND SO ON.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S WHY THEY HIRE US TO BRING THE SUP TO YOU GUYS.
UM, THEIR INTENT IS ALSO TO REMODEL THE ENTIRE SUITE, UH, TO BRING THE SUITE TWO, CODE TWO, THE CURRENT CODE, THE CURRENT CITY CODES, UH, INCLUDING, UH, THE RESTROOMS, THE, UH, AISLE WIDTH, UM, HEIGHTS, AND SO ON.
AND THEN THEY ALSO BRING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EXTERIOR WHERE THEY'LL FINISH, WHAT DO, THEY'LL REPLACE ALL THE FINISHES AND THEN ALSO ADD CAMERAS, LIGHTING, UH, FOR PROTECTION AND SO ON.
UM, THEY ALSO HAVE A, ANOTHER STORE OPERATING IN DALLAS, SO THEY HAVE PLENTY OF EXPERIENCE WITH THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS AND HOW TO HANDLE BEER AND WINE AND IN, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CONVENIENCE STORE.
AND SO THEIR PLAN IS TO BRING A SAFE, CLEAN ENVIRONMENT, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO I'M, I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
UM, AND THEY ARE HERE AS WELL, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'D LIKE FOR THEM TO SPEAK, THEY'LL, THEY'LL COME DOWN AND SPEAK AS WELL.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT ON ITEM NUMBER 15? ANY SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION? OKAY.
COMMISSIONER SERATO, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? YES, UH, MR. CHAIR IN THE MATTER OF CASE C 2 6 0 0 0 0 9 3, I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR WITH NO ELIGIBILITY FOR AUTOMATIC RENEWALS, SUBJECT TO SITE PLAN AND CONDITIONS.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SERATO FOR YOUR MOTION.
COMMISSIONER SIMS FOR YOUR SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? YEAH, JUST QUICKLY, JUST, UH, A YOU KNOW, THE ONE YEAR PERIOD IS JUST, IT'S A NEW DEVELOPMENT, IT'S A NEW, UM, SPACE.
UM, I BELIEVE THERE'S LIKE SIX OR SEVEN UNITS TOTAL IN THAT ONE, UM, BUILDING.
AND SO JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, UM, TO HOLD THE, THE APPLICANT ACCOUNTABLE FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, ANY ACTIVITY HAPPENING THERE.
SO, UM, YEAH, HOPE I'LL HAVE YOUR SUPPORT.
JUST COMMISSIONER WHEELER, IS IT FOR ONE YEAR OR MOTION? UM, WHAT WAS THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION? I DON'T HAVE SLEEP FOR THE, WHAT WAS THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR HOW MANY YEARS? THREE.
UM, SO KIND OF MY CONCERN IS THAT, UM, SOMETIMES THAT ONE YEAR DOESN'T GIVE 'EM A TIME TO, TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT, WHAT, WHAT CAN BE DONE.
UM, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A NEW BUSINESS.
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PROB MORE LIKE MAYBE TWO YEARS.IF YOU, I WOULD MAKE LIKE TO MAKE A FRIENDLY, UH, RECOMMENDATION.
I'M OKAY WITH SWITCHING TO TWO YEARS.
DO YOU NEED ME TO READ THE AGAIN? UM, NO.
SO YOU'RE AMENDING YOUR MOTION TO, TO AMD MY MOTION TO FOR A TWO YEAR PERIOD? YES.
IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU COMMISSIONER SIMS? YEAH, WE'LL JUST TAKE THAT AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER 15? RIGHT.
[16. 26-2346A An application for a new Specific Use Permit for a bar, lounge, or tavern and inside commercial amusement limited to a live music venue on property zoned Tract A within Planned Development No. 269, the Deep Ellum/Near East Side District, on the northeast corner of Commerce Street and Malcolm X Boulevard, AKA 2901 Commerce Street. (Part 1 of 2)]
NUMBER 16.ITEM UH, NUMBER 16 IS AN APPLICATION FOR A NEW SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A BAR LAUNCH OR A TAVERN INSIDE A COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT LIMITED TO A LIVE MUSIC VENUE ON, UH, PROPERTY ZONE.
UH, TRACK A WITHIN, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT NUMBER 2 69, WHICH IS THE DEEP LUM NEAR EAST SIDE DISTRICT, UH, LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST, UH, CORNER OF COMMERCE STREET AND MALCOLM X BOULEVARD, ALSO KNOWN AS UH, 29 0 1 COMMERCE, UH, STREET STAFF.
RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO THE SITE PLAN AND STAFF'S, UH, RECOMMENDATION.
UH, NOTE THAT, UH, WE, UH, STAFF SEND AN UPDATED, UH, UH, CONDITIONS.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. AGUILERA.
ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT ON ITEM NUMBER 16? OKAY, ANY SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION? SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONER HAMPTON, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? I DO.
THANK YOU MR. CHAIR IN THE MATTER OF Z DASH 26 DASH 0 0 0 1 33, I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE REQUEST SUBJECT TO SITE PLAN AND APPLICANT'S REQUESTED, UH, CONDITIONS FOR A ONE YEAR PERIOD AND I HAVE COMMENTS IF I HAVE A SECOND.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER HAMPTON FOR YOUR MOTION.
COMMISSIONER KAUFMAN FOR YOUR SECOND, YOUR COMMENTS.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE APPLICANT AS ALWAYS.
UM, REACHING OUT TO THE STAKEHOLDER COMMUNITY, THIS IS RECOMMENDED AS A ONE YEAR PERIOD.
THIS IS AN EXISTING BUSINESS, BUT A NEW SUP UM, DEEP ELM HAS A VERY ROBUST PROCESS IN PLACE FOR EVALUATION OF PARTICULARLY NEW BUSINESSES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR OPERATIONS ARE RUNNING AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE ROBUST NUMBER OF SUVS THAT THEY HAVE WITHIN THIS AREA.
I FULLY EXPECT THAT AS A GOOD OPERATOR, THEY LIKELY WILL BE, WE HOPE THEY WILL BE, UM, THAT IT WILL BE, UM, A LONGER TIME PERIOD WHEN THEY RETURN.
AND I HOPE MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, UM, WILL SUPPORT THE MOTION.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER HAMPTON.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HAMPTON, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER KAUFMAN.
[SUBDIVISION DOCKET - Consent Items]
MOVE TO OUR SUBDIVISION DOCKET.GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF 11 ITEM ITEM 17, ITEM 18, ITEM 19, ITEM 20, ITEM 21, ITEM 22, ITEM 23, ITEM 24, ITEM 25, ITEM 26, AND ITEM 27.
CORRECTION NEEDED TO BE DONE TO THE DESCRIPTION OF, UH, ITEM NUMBER 17 S 2 34 DASH 1 28 R IS AN APPLICATION TO, UH, TO REVISE A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PRELIMINARY PLAT S 2 34 DASH 1 28 TO CREATE 13 RESIDENTIAL LOT RANGING IN SIZE FROM 6,306 SQUARE FEET TO 11,353 SQUARE FEET, TWO COMMON AREAS AND A DEDICATED OF RIGHT AWAY FROM 4.618 ACRE TRACK OF LAND ON PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE DALLAS EXAR TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION, ETJ ON RAY, ON LAKE RAY HUBBARD DRIVE.
WHAT WAS MISSING ON THIS DESCRIPTION WAS THE
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TWO COMMON AREA CORRECTION IS NEEDED FOR ITEM NUMBER 23 PLAT DASH 26 DASH 0 0 0 1 6 4.THE ZONING DISTRICT IS PD 1 67, TRACK B, WHAT WAS LEFT OUT WAS THE TRACK B.
ALL CASES HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR HEARING AT THIS TIME.
AND A STAFF RECOMMEND APPROVAL SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITION LISTED IN THE DOCKET OR AS AMENDED AT THE HEARING.
THANK YOU MR. BBAR, I SEE THAT WE HAVE THE REPRESENTATIVE SIGN UP TO SPEAK ONLINE ON NUMBER 18, OR IS HE THERE? NO, NOT ONLINE.
OKAY, THEN WE'LL GO TO THE VICE CHAIR FOR A MOTION.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON OUR SUBDIVISION CONSENT DOCKET CONSISTING OF ITEM 17 THROUGH 27? NO SPEAKERS.
VICE CHAIR, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? I DO.
UM, IN THE SUBDIVISION DOCKET OF CASES 17 THROUGH 27, MA'AM, WERE YOU HERE TO SPEAK ON ONE OF THE SUBDIVISION CONSENT? OH, I'M SORRY, 27.
OH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 26.
I'M OKAY, LET'S TAKE THAT ONE OFF AND HAVE IT CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY.
UM, AND COMMISSIONER HERBERT, CAN YOU MAKE YOUR MOTION? YES.
AND, UH, UM, SUBDIVISION DOCKET CASES 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, AND 27.
I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE, THE DOCKET AS, UM, SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS LISTED AND ADOPTED OR CHANGES MADE AT THE HEARING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, VICE CHAIR HERBERT FOR YOUR MOTION.
COMMISSIONER CARPENTER FOR YOUR SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM NUMBER
[26. 26-2356A An application to create 34 residential lots ranging in size from 7,500 square feet to 16,600 square feet and 3 common areas, and to dedicate a right-of-way from a 9.224-acre tract of land in City Block 7535 on property located between Bonnie View Road and Dalview Avenue, north of Arrow Road.]
26, ITEM NUMBER 26 PLAT DASH 26 DASH 0 0 0 1 70 IS AN APPLICATION TO CREATE THE 34 RESIDENTIAL LOSS RANGING IN SIZE FROM 7,500 A SQUARE FEET TO 16,000 A SQUARE FEET AND THREE COMMON AREAS.AND TO DEDICATE THE RIGHT OF WAY FROM A 9.224 ACRE TRACK OF LAND IN THE CITY BLOCK 7 5, 3 5 ON PROPERTY LOCATED BETWEEN BON VIEW ROAD AND BELLEVUE AVENUE NORTH HUB ARROW ROAD.
UM, A STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITION LISTED IN THE DOCKET OR AS AMENDED AT THE HEARING.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. BOARD BARR.
UH, WE'LL GO TO OUR PUBLIC SPEAKER ON ITEM NUMBER 26.
YEP, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY MA'AM.
HELLO, MY NAME IS DOLORES HODGE AND THE RECORDS HAVE ME AS DOLORES WILLIAMS. UM, MY ADDRESS IS 2228 SUTHERLAND AVENUE, OF COURSE, DALLAS 7 5 2 0 3.
UH, ACTUALLY, I, I CHECKED ON MY CARD THAT I WAS OPPOSED AND SIMPLY BECAUSE I DON'T REALLY HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, UH, WHEN WE HAVE OUR MEETINGS AT THE CEDAR CREST COUNTRY CLUB, THEN IT'S ONE THING SAID, AND THEN ANOTHER THING, IT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND SO WHEN I RECEIVED THE NOTICE, IT WILL STILL AGAIN A DIFFERENT THING.
SO I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS SOMEONE HERE ON THIS ISSUE THAT I COULD ACTUALLY SPEAK WITH THAT COULD ACTUALLY SAY, OH, THIS IS WHAT IT IS.
BECAUSE IT, IT CONTINUOUSLY CHANGES.
SO WHEN WE HAVE THE MEETINGS, I'M REALLY THE ONLY PERSON WHO CAN SPEAK BECAUSE I LIVE DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM WHERE THE TRANSITION IS TAKING PLACE.
SO WHERE I LIVE, SINCE IT'S A GREEN BELT IN FRONT OF ME AND WE WOULD HAVE A LOT OF ANIMALS COMING OUT AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WELL I WAS TOLD THAT THE ENTRANCE TO THE PLACE WAS GONNA BE ON ONE SIDE AND THEN I FOUND OUT IT'S GONNA BE ON ANOTHER SIDE AND THEN I ASKED, WELL SINCE IT THE LINE KEEPS MOVING ON, YOU KEEP MOVING THE GOAL THEN IS IT GONNA BE DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME? SO WHEN IT SAYS THREE COMMON AREAS, I ACTUALLY DIDN'T KNOW LIKE WHERE THAT WAS GOING TO TAKE PLACE.
AND I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION SINCE WE HAD THIS MEETING BEFORE THEY KEPT, YOU KNOW, CHANGING THAT RIGHT NOW THE STREET THAT IT'S CALLED THE LEGENDS ON KEY, IT'S BEING BUILT NOW A KEY IN SUTHERLAND AT THE END OF MY STREET.
SO IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HOUSE HOUSES, BUT THEN I SEE IT COMING UP, IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT 70% COMPLETE, BUT THEY'RE NOT HOUSES SO I GUESS THEY'RE GONNA DO IT ON THE OTHER SIDE.
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SO THAT'S ALL I WAS WANTED TO ASK, JUST FOR SOME CLARIFICATION.IF SOMEONE KNOWS SOMEBODY WHO CAN TELL ME SOMETHING OTHER THAN OUR LITTLE SITTING MEETING THAT WE'RE HAVING, THAT WAS WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I APPRECIATE WHEN YOU TOLD THE OTHER GENTLEMAN, DON'T APOLOGIZE, SO I FIGURED THIS IS THE CITY AND YOU HAVING GOOD COMMUNICATION, SO I DON'T APOLOGIZE.
BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
ANY OTHER SPEAKERS IN ON ITEM NUMBER 26? THANK YOU.
HI, I'M RUSSELL LYONS, UH, WITH STRAND ENGINEERING 1 0 0 3 TECHNOLOGY BOULEVARD, WEST DALLAS, TEXAS 7 5 2 2 0.
UM, SO THIS ONE IS, IS THE NORTHERN SECTION.
I THINK THE ONE YOU MAY BE REFERRING TO IS THE SOUTHERN PORTION, WHICH IS THE PD.
OKAY, SO THE PD WAS THE ONE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE RUN STREET NAMES BY THE COMMUNITY AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING.
THIS ONE IS JUST STREET ZONING.
SO WE'RE JUST GOING WITH THE ZONING THAT'S ALREADY THERE.
MM-HMM
WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT DOING APARTMENTS.
I KNOW THEY'RE DOING APARTMENTS ACROSS THE STREET, BUT THAT'S NOT US.
WE'RE STICKING TO WHAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN SHOWN IN THE COMMUNITY SCENE.
UM, BUT THE PD ONE WILL BE LATER.
SO THAT ONE SHOULD MATCH WHAT YOU'VE SEEN.
ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON ITEM NUMBER 26? OKAY, SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONER GILBERT SMITH, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION IN THE MATTER OF PLAT 2 6 0 0 0 1 7 0? I WANNA, UH, I MOVE TO UH, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING SUBJECT, ALL ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND IS THAT SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS LISTED IN THE DOCKET? YES.
COMMISSIONER GILBERT SMITH FOR YOUR MOTION.
COMMISSIONER WHEELER FOR YOUR SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND CONGRATULATIONS ON MAKING YOUR FIRST MOTION.
[28. 26-2358A An application to replat a 2.950-acre (128,522-square foot) tract of land containing part of Lot 7 and all of Lot 4 in City Block 3/7490 to create one lot on property located between Ricks Circle and Hillcrest Road, north of Northaven Road.]
NUMBER 28.NUMBER 28 FLAT DASH 26 DASH 0 0 1 2 4 IS AN APPLICATION TO REPL 2.950 ACRE TRACK OF LAND CONTAINING PART OF LOT SEVEN AND ALL OF LOT FOUR IN CITY BLOCK THREE OVER 7 4 9 0 TO CREATE ONE LOT ON PROPERTY LOCATED BETWEEN RICK'S CIRCLE AND HILLCREST ROAD NORTH OF NORTH HAVEN ROAD.
NOTICES WERE SENT TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE PROPERTY ON JULY 6TH, 2026.
WE HAVE RECEIVED ONE REPLY IN FAVOR AND ZERO REPLIES IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST.
A STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITION LISTED IN THE DOCKET OR AS AMENDED AT THE HEARING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. BOARD, ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS ON ITEM NUMBER 28 SAYING NONE.
COMMISSIONER COX, YOUR MOTION? THANK YOU MR. CHAIR AND THE MATTER OF PLAT 26 DASH 0 0 1 24 UH, MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITIONS LISTED IN THE DOCKET.
COMMISSIONER COX, YOUR SECOND COMMISSIONER SIMS, ANY DISCUSSION? NONE.
ANY OPPOSED? NAY? THE MOTION CARRIES
[29. 26-2359A An application to replat a 7.043-acre (306,789-square foot) tract of land containing all of Lot 1 in City Block 1/7500 and part of City Block 7500 to create 31 lots ranging in size from 3,150 square feet to 6,002 square feet and 3 common areas on property located on Forest Lane and Stults Road, southwest corner.]
ITEM 29, ITEM 29, PLAT NUMBER 26 DASH 0 1 5 6 IS AN APPLICATION TO REPL AS 7.043 ACRE TRACK OF LAND CONTAINING ALL OF LOT ONE IN THE CITY BLOCK ONE OVER 7, 5, 0, 0 AND PART OF CITY BLOCK 7,500 TO CREATE 31 LOTS RANGING IN SIZE FROM 3,150 SQUARE FEET TO 6,002 A SQUARE FEET AND THREE COMMON AREA ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON FOREST LANE AND AALS ROAD, SOUTH CORN SOUTHWEST CORNER 80 NOTICES WERE SENT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE PROPERTY[01:40:01]
ON JULY 6TH, 2026.WE HAVE RECEIVED ZERO REPLY IN UH, FAVOR AND ONE REPLY IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST.
A STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITION LISTED IN THE DOCKET OR AS AMENDED AT THE HEARING.
ANY SPEAKERS ON ITEM NUMBER 29? OKAY, SEEING NONE.
COMMISSIONER HOUSEWRIGHT, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? YES, MR. CHAIR.
AND PRIOR TO THE MOTION I DID WANNA STATE THAT I YESTERDAY RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM THE APPLICANT, WHICH I DID NOT RESPOND TO OR OPEN.
SO, UM, IN THE MATTER OF PLAT TWO SIX DASH UH, 1 5 6, I MOVE THAT WE FOLLOW STAFF, STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS LISTED IN THE DOCKET.
UH, COMMISSIONER HOUSEWRIGHT FOR YOUR MOTION.
VICE CHAIR HERBERT FOR YOUR SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY, ANYONE ELSE WITH COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[30. 26-2360A An application to replat a 2.142-acre (93,312-square foot) tract of land containing all of Lots 4 and 5 in City Block M/4892 to create one 35,731-square foot lot and one 57,581-square foot lot on property located on Canyon Drive at Watauga Road, southeast corner.]
ITEM NUMBER 30 AND THERE'S BEEN A REQUEST TO HAVE THIS BRIEF, SO LET'S HAVE MR. BOGART GO THROUGH THAT BEFORE WE, UM, CALL THE CASE ITEM NUMBER 30.PLAT NUMBER 26 DASH 0 0 1 6 3 IS AN APPLICATION TO REPL A 2.142 ACRE TRACK OF LAND CONTAINING ALL OF LOT FOUR AND FIVE IN CITY BLOCK M OVER 4 8 9 2 TO CREATE ONE 35,731 SQUARE FEET LOT AND ONE 57,581 SQUARE FEET LOT ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON CANYON DRIVE AT WAGA ROAD SOUTHEAST CORNER.
16 NOTICES WERE SENT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE PROPERTY ON JULY 6TH, 2026.
WE HAVE RECEIVED ZERO REPLIES IN FAVOR AND FIVE REPLIES IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST.
UH, A STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITION LISTED IN THE DOCKET OR AS AMENDED AT THE HEARING.
THE PROP, THE PROPERTY ON THE CORNER OF WAGA AND CANYON DRIVE, UH, HAVE A SLOW POWER OF, UH, ABOUT 30 FEET FROM, UH, UH, UH, DIMENSION OF, UH, ELEVATION OF 5 0 3 TO 4 83.
THAT WOULD BE MORE THAN 30 FEET DROP DROP OFF.
SO WHAT THEY'RE DOING, THEY'RE ADJUSTING THE LOT LINE BETWEEN THE LOT FOUR AND FIVE AND GIVING MORE BUILDABLE AREA TO LOT FOUR.
UH, THE, THE SURROUNDING AREA IS STARTING FROM NORTH OF THE PROPERTY.
WE HAVE LOTS 22,000 UNCHANGE, 45,073,000, 56,000, 54,000 TO THE SOUTH.
WE HAVE 15,000, 17,000, 16,000 TO THE EAST.
WE HAVE 35,000, 42,000, 38,000 BASED ON THE VARIATION OF THE LOT SIZES AND, UH, DIFFERENT SHAPE OF THE LOTS WITHIN THE IMMEDIATE AREA, A STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THERE THERE IS NO, UM, THAT SECTION 51 8 8 0.503, UH, BE COMPLIES WITH THAT SECTION.
AND THERE IS NO ISSUE WITH THE PLANNING REGULATION NO WITH THE ZONING REGULATION, THEREFORE A STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
SO WHY DON'T WE GO TO OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT? MR. BALDWIN?
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GOOD AFTERNOON.I HAVE 3 9 0 4 ELM STREET, SUITE B IN DALLAS.
UH, I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE PROPERTY OWNER ON THIS AND THIS IS, THIS IS UP IN BLUFF VIEW.
SO AS MR. BBAR SAID, IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE.
SO THIS IS THE, THE PROPERTIES IT IS TODAY, BOTH LOTS, LOT FOUR AND LOT FIVE.
UH, LOT FOUR IS IN THE GREEN LOT.
FIVE OF THE PROPOSED IS IN THE BLUE.
SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
UH, IF YOU LOOK REALLY CLOSELY, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE WAS ORIGINAL LOT LINE, YOU FOLLOW THE BLUE ARROW DOWN.
SO LOT FIVE AND LOT FOUR WERE, UM, BASICALLY, UM, SEPARATE LOTS, UH, BUT LOT FIVE WAS A BIGGER BUILDING SITE BACK BEFORE, UH, CURRENT TIMES.
UH, THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS LET YOU BUILD OVER LOT LINES AND SO WHAT THE PREVIOUS PROPERTY OWNER DID WAS ANNEX PART OF LOT FOUR INTO THEIR, THEIR BUILD SITE AND THEY BUILT THE HOUSE ON THAT PROPERTY.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUEST IS TO ACTUALLY MOVE THE ORIGINAL LOT LINE EAST OR SOUTHEAST TO MATCH THE BUILDING TRACK LINE.
SO WE HAVE A A, A LEGAL BUILDING SITE HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, UM, BUT LOT FOUR DOESN'T IS NOT A LEGAL BUILDING SITE 'CAUSE IT IS PART OF A LOT NOW.
SO, UM, THE, THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO MOVE THE ACTUAL LOT LINE TO MEET THE BUILDING SITE THAT HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY AT AND AND TRANSFERRED IN THAT CONFIGURATION.
UM, SO THERE'LL BE A SINGLE FAMILY HOME BUILT ON EACH LOT.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ANY OTHER SPEAKERS IN SUPPORT? WE WILL GO TO OUR SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION.
I THINK WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, SO LET ME, AND WE HAVE, HMM, YES SIR.
DALLAS CRUM, UM, UH, 1431 WEST MOCKINGBIRD, SUITE 1 0 7 WEST.
UM, YOU KNOW, I MAY FROM TIME TO TIME HAVE CERTAIN OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE CITY OF DALLAS, RARELY AM I HERE AGAINST THINGS.
UM, BUT ONE THING THE CITY OF DALLAS DOES REALLY WELL IS SUBDIVISION STUFF.
THEY DO IT FAST, WHICH IS UNUSUAL TOO.
SO THIS IS AN EFFORT I THINK TO ASK FORGIVENESS FOR.
AND YOU'LL HEAR FROM THE NEIGHBORS FOR SORT OF SOME EGREGIOUS NOT GETTING DRAINAGE AND PAVING AND 8.503, I, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH MR. BORO GUARD ABOUT IT MEETS THE MATH, BUT IF YOU READ AFTER THAT, THE PATTERN ALREADY ESTABLISHED IN THE ADJACENT AREA IS HAVING DUE REGARD TO THE CHARACTER OF THE A AREA.
ITS PARTICULAR, PARTICULAR SUITABILITY FOR DEVELOPMENT AND IN TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE NATURAL TOPOGRAPHY OF THE GROUND, DRAINAGE, ET CETERA.
SO THE FIRST PART OF THIS, THEY PROBABLY MEET THE MATH PART THAT THERE'S A VARIETY OF SHAPES AND A LOT OF LOTS, BUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING HERE IS, YOU KNOW, CHANGING THE NATURE.
I THINK MOST PEOPLE KNOW THIS WAS A DAIRY FARM, WHICH IS KIND OF
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COOL AND YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE LOTS ARE ONE ACRE AND, AND IT, AND YOU KNOW, LIKE ONE HISTORY THAT SAYS LOT CHARACTER TREES SETBACK, PRIVACY ARE WHAT DEFINE THIS AREA.THAT'S WHAT MAKES BLUFF VIEW, BLUFF VIEW AND THE BLUFF.
THEY HAVE REALLY REMOVED THE BLUFF BY THEIR, YOU KNOW, GOING OUT AND, AND JUST SCRAPING THE SITE, UH, WITHOUT, AT THE TIME ALL THE RIGHT PERMITS, UM, TO THE POINT THAT THEY HAVE CREATED SOMETHING THAT WOULDN'T OTHERWISE BE THERE.
I MEAN MY, I THINK WHAT DEFINES BLUFF VIEW AND THAT NEIGHBOR, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS THE NATURAL SPACE IS WHAT DEFINES IT AND MAKES ITS CHARACTER, NOT THE STRUCTURES.
LIKE IN VENT TREE, YOU KNOW, BIG HOUSE AND A BIG LOT THEY'RE CREATING AS MR. BURGART, HE GOT THIS, THAT PART, RIGHT? FOR SURE THEY ARE CREATING A LARGER BUILDING SITE AND THEY'VE DONE IT BY DIGGING INTO THE BLUFF AND THE SLOPE TO CREATE A MUCH LARGER SITE.
AND THEY'VE ALSO, WE'LL SHOW YOU, I MEAN THIS IS KIND OF THE NATURE OF, YOU KNOW, YOU GO OUT TO BLUFF VIEW, YOU CAN'T SEE THE HOUSES UNTIL YOU'RE ON THE LOT.
IN MANY CASES WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BIG SUBURBAN STYLE, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT.
SO HERE, YOU, YOU KNOW, HERE I THINK THIS EXHIBIT SHOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND THEN THEY'VE CREATED IN THAT BLUE AREA A LOT MORE BUILDABLE SPACE.
SO THEY'RE CHANGING THE NATURE OF THE SITE AND MAKING IT MUCH LARGER THAN WHAT OTHERWISE WOULD BE THERE.
SO THIS ISN'T LIKE, OH, WE GOT AN OLDER HOME AND WE'RE JUST GONNA REPLACE IT WITH A SIMILAR NEWER HOME.
UM, I MEAN, AND HERE I'LL SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES.
I THINK THE NEIGHBORS WILL SHOW YOU MORE.
THERE WERE, I, I I MEAN HUNDREDS OF DUMP TRUCKS TAKING THIS SITE DOWN, CREATING THIS VERY LARGE PLA SO THAT'S WHEN I SAID AT THE BEGINNING, THEY'RE ASKING FOR PERMISSION NOW AFTER THAT'S YOUR TIME, YOU KNOW, UH, MY COLLEAGUE WILL FINISH FOR US, BUT I'M HAPPY TO STAY AND ANSWER QUESTIONS TOO.
HELLO, CRYSTAL LIMAS 1341 WEST MOCKINGBIRD LANE, SUITE 1 0 7 WEST, UH, DALLAS, TEXAS 7 5 2 4 7.
COTHRAN WAS TALKING ABOUT, THEY'RE TAKING THE BLUFF OUT OF BLUFF VIEW.
I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF DUE DILIGENCE THAT WASN'T DONE BEFOREHAND, ESPECIALLY FOR THIS MAJOR REMODEL.
UH, THE PROPOSED PLA CONFLICTS WITH THE INTENT AND THE PURPOSE OF THE DALLAS DEVELOPMENT CODE BY FAILING TO RESPECT THE ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD.
ITS NATURAL TOPOGRAPHY, THE PATTERN, ITS CHARACTER, UM, ITS INCONSISTENCY TO PRESERVE ITS NATURAL CHARACTER, THE TERRAINS, THE TREES, THE LANDSCAPE, AND HAS ALREADY MADE SIGNIFICANT ALTERATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED HERE.
WE CAN SEE THE BEFORE AND AFTER OF THE EXISTING SUBJECT SITE WHERE THE SINGLE CAR DRIVEWAY THAT IS OFF OF TU WAGA ROAD AND NOW IT HAS BEEN WIDENED FOR CONSTRUCTION ACCESS.
AND THIS IS THE BLUE AREA THAT WAS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE TERRAIN.
NOW LONG CANYON DRIVE THE SLOPE AS WELL.
UM, YOU COULD SEE THE SLOPE, THE DRAINAGE THAT GOES, FALLS INTO WAGA ROAD, BUT THOSE MATURE TREES HAVE ALSO BEEN REMOVED.
AND THE ELEVATION CHANGE OF THE FIRE HYDRANT, THE GRADING, THAT WAS COMPLETELY DONE BEFOREHAND.
I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF, UM, THIS IS ONE OF THE STAGES HAVING THE PLAT DEVELOPMENT DONE, IS THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER DEVELOPMENT STAGES THAT ARE IN THE FUTURE.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DUE DILIGENCE IS GONNA HAVE TO BE REALLY RESPECTFUL AND HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED.
AGAIN, WE HAVE THE DRAINAGE, THE SLOPE THAT IS GOING DOWN INTO WAGA ROAD AND SITE GRADING.
I THINK THESE ARE A COUPLE OF VIDEOS AND YOU CAN SEE THE DRASTIC GRAY CHANGE THAT IS HAPPENING ON SITE.
AND FOR THE NEXT VIDEO, NOT ONLY ARE THEY MAKING ALTERING THEIR SITE, THEY'RE ALSO ALTERING THE NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET WHERE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY SITS AT A HIGHER ELEVATION.
AND I THINK IT'S MORE, THE MORE THAN SIMPLY DRAWING NEW LOT LINES OF PHASES OF CONSTRUCTION THAT WILL TAKE PLACE.
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FOOTPRINT ON A CORNER LOT AND CORNER LAWS ARE MORE VISIBLE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE STREET SCAPE, ESPECIALLY WITH TWO FRONTAGES FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.ALRIGHT, NEXT SPEAKER AND OPPOSITION.
I LIVE AT 44 30 WILDWOOD ROAD.
I WALK MY DOG BY THIS HOUSE AND THIS PROPERTY EVERY DAY.
I I WANNA THANK ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE FOR TRYING TO HELP DALLAS BE A BETTER PLACE.
I KNOW YOUR TIME IS VALUABLE AND I'LL TRY AND BE SUCCINCT.
UM, I REPRESENT OVER 20 NEIGHBORS WHO FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS HEARING, BUT WERE UNABLE TO MAKE IT AND KNEW I WAS GONNA BE HERE AND SAYS, PLEASE SPEAK FOR US.
AND I CAN TELL YOU WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE ARE UNITED AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN BLUFF VIEW ARE OPPOSED TO THIS PROJECT.
WE ALL ASSUME A DEGREE OF RESPONSIBILITY WHEN WE DO A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN A NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT CAN DISRUPT A NEIGHBORHOOD, IT CAN DISRUPT PRIVACY OF NEIGHBORS, IT CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE NEGATIVE.
THERE'S A POSITIVE OUTCOME MANY TIMES, BUT ONLY WHEN YOU WORK WITH YOUR FELLOW NEIGHBORS, ONLY WHEN YOU COMMUNICATE, YOU WORK WITH THEM.
THIS DID NOT HAPPEN IN THIS CASE.
I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT THE OWNERS OF THIS PROPERTY ARE NOT HERE TODAY.
THEY WERE NEVER AVAILABLE TO US.
THEY NEVER, THEY HID BEHIND THE PROJECT.
YOU COULDN'T GET THROUGH THE DUMP TRUCKS THAT WERE GOING TO DESTROY THIS PROP, THIS PROPERTY.
YOU COULDN'T FIND A WAY TO CONTACT THEM.
THERE WERE NEVER POSTINGS TO FIND OUT WHO WAS DOING THIS.
JUST SUDDENLY I COULDN'T, I COULDN'T GO BY THE PROPERTY.
THERE WERE SO MANY DUMP TRUCKS TAKING THIS PROPERTY DOWN 20 FEET OR MORE OF HARD ROCK, REMOVING MATURE TREES.
THE DESTRUCTION IS A MORAL CRIME.
IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO BLUFF VIEW, YOU KNOW HOW BLUFF VIEW IS UNIQUE.
IT HAS CHANGING TOPOGRAPHY UNIQUE TO DALLAS, LOTS OF MATURE TREES.
WE LIVE IN A HOUSE THAT'S OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OLD.
OUR HOUSE IS ONLY REMARKABLE BECAUSE BARNEY, THE PURPLE DINOSAURS CRA LIVE THERE.
ORIGINALLY THIS PROPERTY WAS UNIQUE BECAUSE IT'S HAD ANYBODY FROM PAUL MCCARTNEY'S FAMILY SPENT A SUMMER THERE TO A LOT OF OTHER FOLKS LIKE THE CAST OF DALLAS AND OTHER FOLKS.
IT WAS A UNIQUE PROPERTY THAT'S BEEN DESTROYED.
WE DON'T TRUST THIS OWNER TO GO FURTHER BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE SO FAR.
HOW CAN WE TRUST THEM TO MAINTAIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF BLUFF VIEW AND HOW SPECIAL IT REALLY IS TO THE CITY OF DALLAS IF THEY CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD? THEY HAVE NOT EARNED THAT TRUST FOR US.
HOPEFULLY THEY HAVEN'T EARNED IT WITH YOU GUYS.
UM, I REALLY HOPE THAT THE COMMISSION AND I KNOW YOU ARE HERE TO TRY AND PROTECT DALLAS AND LOOK AFTER ITS BEST INTERESTS.
HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO EXACTLY THAT AND SAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF BLUFF U AND ITS SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS.
HI, I AM HALEY OW AT 48 0 7 WEST LOVERS LANE.
BLUFF VIEW IS ONE OF DALLAS'S MOST UNIQUE NATURAL LANDSCAPES FOR GENERATIONS.
IT HAS BEEN DEFINED BY ITS DRAMATIC TOPOGRAPHY, MATRI, MATURE TREES, WILDLIFE IN HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.
IT HAS BEEN HOME TO GREAT HORNED DOWS, RED-TAILED HAWKS, AND MANY OTHER PROTECTED SPECIES WHILE SERVING AS A NATURAL BUFFER FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TODAY.
ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN DESTROYED.
BEGINNING IN NOVEMBER, MATURE TREES WERE NOT MARKED AND WERE RIPPED OUT WITH EXCAVATION IN MARCH AND ONLY LEFT A FEW STANDING TO THIS DAY, MANY OF THEM HAVE EXPOSED ROOTS, DYING TREES AND NEARLY 50 FOOT TREES LEANING TOWARD HOMES IN POWER LINES, CREATING SAFETY CONCERNS.
A LANDSCAPE THAT TOOK GENERATIONS TO FORM HAS BEEN ALTERED IN JUST MONTHS.
IN EARLY MARCH, EXCAVATION HAPPENED IN MORE THAN A THOUSAND ROCK TRUCKS LINED THE ROADS TO REMOVE MATERIAL FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE LARGE TRUCKS ARE RESTRICTED TO 2000 POUNDS, 2000 TONS EXCEPT FOR DELIVERIES HARD, FAST, AND DO NOT GET CAUGHT.
APPROACH TO MY UNDERSTANDING, REQUIRED PERMITS WERE NOT OBTAINED BEFORE THIS WORK BEGAN.
CITY RULES REQUIRE PERMITTING FOR EXCAVATION OF FOUR FEET OR MORE.
YET THERE WAS BETWEEN ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 15 FEET MINIMUM OF, OF EARTH REMOVED OFF OF THE TOP LAYER ON THE PROPERTY AS A WHOLE, WHICH I AM SURE IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WAS PRESENTED IN THE ORIGINAL PAPERWORK.
SINCE THE EXCAVATION BEGAN, WE HAVE SEEN CHANGES THAT HAVE NEVER BE OCCURRED BEFORE.
THE TREES, THE VEGETATION THAT ONCE ABSORBED, THE
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RAINFALL HAS BEEN REMOVED, LEAVING EXPOSED CLAY AND INCREASED RUNOFF.THE RESULTS ARE ALREADY VISIBLE.
THE EROSION FAILING STREETS, BROKEN ASPHALT AND INCREASED FLOODING RISK FOR NEARBY HOMES.
ONE HOME HAS ALREADY EXPERIENCED WATER ENTERING ITS ATTACHED GARAGE AND BLUFF.
YOU DID NOT HAVE THESE ISSUES BEFORE.
BLUFF YOU'S BEAUTY AND PRIVACY COMES FROM ITS NATURAL TERRAIN.
REPLACING THAT WITH A BARE CONCRETE HOUSE WILL INCREASE THE HEAT, THREATEN REMAINING VEGETATION AND PERMANENTLY CHANGE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
I ASK THAT YOU NOT RELY ON REPORTS AND DRAWINGS.
PLEASE COME WALK THE PROPERTY, SEE THE DAMAGE, THE EROSION, AND TALK TO MORE OF THE RESIDENTS EXPERIENCING THESE IMPACTS FIRSTHAND.
THE REALITY ON THE GROUND TELLS A DIFFERENT STORY THAN WHAT THE PAPERWORK WILL SHOW.
I ASK FOR A FULL TRANSPARENT, INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF WHAT HAS OCCURRED AND THE LONG-TERM IMPACT OF, OF BLUFF VIEW IN ALL OF ITS RESIDENTS.
BLUFF VIEW IS MORE THAN A DEVELOPMENT SITE.
IT IS AN IRREPLACEABLE PART OF DALLAS'S NATURAL HERITAGE.
ONCE IT IS GONE, IT CANNOT BE RESTORED.
PLEASE DO NOT APPROVE THIS PROJECT UNTIL THE FULL IMPACT THAT'S HAS BEEN PROPERLY EVALUATED.
THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT IS NO LONGER ON'S YOUR TIME, PROJECT YOUR TIME.
DON'T YOU FIND THAT QUESTIONABLE? THANK.
MY NAME IS CAROLYN BLANKENSHIP COLEMAN.
I'M A NATIVE DALLASITE AND I LIVE DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THIS PROPERTY.
I RESPECTFULLY OPPOSE THE PROPOSED PROPERTY LINE ADJUSTMENT BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT'S INCONSISTENT WITH THE CHARACTER OF BLUFF VIEW AND THE, AND THE PROTECTION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
FOR THESE REASONS, I RESPECTFULLY AS THE COMMISSION TO DENY THIS REQUEST.
I HAVE PROVIDED A HANDOUT WITH PHOTOGRAPHS COMPARING THE PROPERTY'S CONDITION WHEN IT WAS MARKETED FOR SALE TO ITS CURRENT STATE.
ALONG WITH THE PRIOR AND CURRENT SURVEYS.
THESE MATERIALS SHOW SIGNIFICANT CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED.
THE SURVEY MAPS APPLIED BY THE OWNER, WHICH IS LABELED CURRENT, REFLECTS TOPOGRAPHY CONDITIONS CREATED AFTER SUB SUBSTANTIAL GRADING AND EXCAVATION HAS ALREADY OCCURRED.
THIS WORK WAS DONE WITHOUT A CITY PERMIT AND DOES NOT REPRESENT THE PROPERTY'S NATURAL STATE AT THE TIME OF THE PURCHASE.
THE HILL ON CANYON REFLECTS THE ORIGINAL ELEVATION, YET THE HILL HAS BEEN LOWERED APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 14 FEET.
THESE ALTERED CONDITIONS SHOULD NOT BE TREATED AND ACCEPTED SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY APPEAR ON THE APPLICANT'S SURVEY.
IN RECENT MONTHS, THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS EXPERIENCED EXTENSIVE EXCAVATION.
APPROXIMATELY A THOUSAND TRIPS FROM 18 WHEELER, ROCK TRUCKS REMOVE DIRT AND STONE FROM THE SITE ALONG WITH DUST, NOISE AND REMOVAL.
ABOUT A HUNDRED TREES CAUSING MAJOR TERRAIN CHANGES.
THESE ACTIVITIES HAVE ALREADY CREATED VIABLE EROSION AND DAMAGE ALONG CANYON DRIVE AND HAVE PLACED SIGNIFICANT STRESS ON NEARBY TREES, WILDLIFE, AND THE SURROUNDING NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
BLUFF VIEW IS DEFINED BY ITS NATURAL BLUFFS, CREEKS, MATURE TREES, WILDLIFE, AND ROLLING TERRAIN.
EXPANDING THE PROPERTY TO CREATE A FLATTER, LARGER BUILDING SITE IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE CHARACTER OF BLUFF VIEW IN RISKS, FURTHER DAMAGE IN THE NATURAL TERRAIN, MATURE TREES, DISTURBING WILDLIFE HABITAT, AND REDUCING THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS THAT MAKE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD UNIQUE.
THESE LOTS ARE BORDERED BY A NATURAL RAVINE ON THE BACKSIDE THAT SERVES AS A DRAINAGE CORRIDOR AND PROVIDES IMPORTANT HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE.
ALTERING THIS TERRAIN IN THIS AREA HAS THE POTENTIAL TO AFFECT NATURAL WATER FLOW DISTURB WILDLIFE HABITAT, INCREASE EROSION AND DIMINISH ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES THAT DEFINE BLUFF VIEW ITSELF.
PLANS APPEAR TO INCLUDE A LARGER RESIDENCE, GUEST HOUSE AND TENNIS COURT, WHICH WILL REQUIRE FURTHER GRADING TO INCREASE A LEVEL IN LEVEL PAD IN COURT.
INCREASING THESE NEGATIVE IMPACTS.
SUCH CHANGES ARE INCONSISTENT WITH BLUFF USE, NATURAL CHARACTER AND ROLLING TERRAIN.
FOR THESE REASONS ARE, UH, RESPECTFULLY ASK THE COMMISSION TO DENY THE REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY ALIGNED ADJUSTMENT IF THIS COMMISSION NEVERTHELESS APPROVES THE REQUEST.
IT CLEARLY STATES THAT THE APPROVAL IS ONLY LIMITED SOLELY TO THE BOUNDARY AND NOT THE TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY.
I LIVE AT 87 32 CANYON DRIVE, UH,
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DIRECTLY NORTH OF THE PROPERTY.20 YEARS AGO, WE BOUGHT A LITTLE 1940S HOUSE IN BLUFF VIEW BECAUSE OF ITS NATURAL BEAUTY AND THE WONDERFUL NEIGHBORS.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD TELLING THE OWNERS WHAT AND HOW THEY SHOULD BUILD.
IT'S ABOUT FOLLOWING THE PROPER PERMIT PROCESS AND FILING THE CORRECT PERMITS.
THE OWNERS KNEW FROM THE BEGINNING IF THEY PROPERLY PRESENTED WHAT THEY HAD PLANNED TO DO, THE CITY WOULD HAVE DENIED THE PERMITS.
THE OWNERS ALSO TRIED TO IMPOSE A GAG ORDER IN AN NDA WHEN A NEIGHBOR TRIED TO GET THEM TO PAY FOR THE DAMAGE TO HER PROPERTY.
IF SHE HAD SIGNED THIS NDA, SHE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TALK OR SPEAK TODAY ABOUT THE REPL.
WHY DID THE OWNERS TRY TO IMPOSE THIS GAG ORDER? WHAT ARE THEY TRYING TO HIDE WHEN FILING THE INITIAL PERMIT? THE OWNERS COMPLETELY MISREPRESENTED WHAT WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE DONE TO THE PROPERTY.
WOULD THE CITY HAVE ACTUALLY APPROVED THE REMOVAL OF 25,000 CUBIC YARDS OF SOIL AND DESTRUCTION OF THE BLUFF? IN BLUFF VIEW? I DON'T THINK SO.
WOULD THE CITY HAVE ALLOWED THE OWNER TO CUT DOWN NUMEROUS LARGE OLD GROWTH TREES WITHOUT AN INVENTORY OF THE EXISTING TREE TYPES AND SIZES? I DOUBT IT.
WHAT IS THE TRUE INTENT OF THE OWNERS WANTING TO REPLANT THIS? WHY ARE THE OWNERS TRYING TO CHANGE THE PROPERTY LINES BY INCREASING THE SIZE OF ONE LOT AND DECREASING THE SIZE OF THE OTHER LOT? WHY ARE THE OWNERS NOT COMBINING THE TWO LOTS INTO A SINGLE PARCEL, WHICH IS HOW THEY'VE TREATED THIS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, GIVEN THE OWNER'S LACK OF TRANSPARENCY IN THE PERMITTING PROCESS, I STRONGLY URGE YOU THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION TO REJECT AND OPPOSE THE PRO REPL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
OTHER SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION HERE IN PERSON? I THINK WE HAVE A FEW SIGNED UP ONLINE OR ANY OF THEM ONLINE.
OH, I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? OH, UH, YOU WERE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ONLINE, BUT YOU JUST SPOKE IN PERSON.
I BELIEVE YOU TRY TO DO IT ONLINE.
YEP, WE'RE GOING TO HIM ONLINE.
MR. MCNEIL, ARE YOU THERE? SCOTT MCNEIL? OKAY, I THINK WE HEARD FROM CAROLYN BLANKENSHIP COLEMAN AND MR. COTHRAN AND STEVE BYERS.
ALRIGHT, UH, MR. MCNEIL, ONE MORE TIME.
ARE YOU THERE? WE'D BE HAPPY TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU'RE THERE.
OKAY, WE WILL MOVE ON TO MR. BALDWIN FOR A TWO MINUTE REBUTTAL.
UM, I AGREE THAT BLUFF YOU IS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE AND BUT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE TODAY IS DOES IT MAKE SENSE FOR THE, THE COMMISSION TO APPROVE THE CHA MOVING OF A LOT LINE TO MATCH THE WAY THE PROPERTY'S ACTUALLY BEEN USED FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS OR SO? THAT IS THE ESTABLISHED PATTERN OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE CURRENT BUILDING SITE AND THE SECONDARY LOT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TODAY.
UM, I'VE NOT BEEN INVOLVED WITH ANY OF THE PERMITTING, DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S, WHAT'S INVOLVED WITH THAT, BUT I DO KNOW THAT GOING THROUGH THE PLATING PROCESS DOES PUT THE PROPER UNDER MORE SCRUTINY, MEANING WE HAVE TO TURN IN FULL ENGINEERING PLANS, WATER AND SEWER PLANS, PAVING AND DRAINAGE PLANS THAT HAVE TO BE APPROVED AND ENFORCED BY THE CITY.
SO I THINK IF THE NEIGHBORS ARE LOOKING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, GOING THROUGH THE PLA PROCESS IS THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT.
UH, AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
COMMISSIONER HALL, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? UH OH.
MR. CHAIRMAN, MAY I HAVE A MOMENT TO CONFER WITH YOU AND PERHAPS OUR LEGAL COUNSEL ON THIS? WHY DON'T WE TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK? THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S, UH, GO BACK ON THE RECORD.
IT IS NOW TWO 15 COMMISSIONERS.
IF WE COULD ALL TAKE OUR SEATS.
IT IS NOW 2:16 PM AND WE ARE BACK ON THE RECORD.
WE'RE ON CASE NUMBER 30 AND WE WILL GO TO COMMISSIONER HALL FOR A MOTION.
UH, THANK YOU MR. CHAIR AND THANK YOU FOR THE THE
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TIME TO CONFER.UM, IN THE MATTER OF PLAT 26 0 0 0 1 63.
I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND FOLLOW STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS OF APPROVAL FOR THE REPL OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS LISTED IN THE DOCKET.
AND IF I GET A SECOND, I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS TO MAKE.
VICE CHAIR HERBERT FOR YOUR SECOND, YOUR COMMENTS.
UH, THIS IS A TOTAL BLINDSIDE TO ME.
I HOPE YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THAT BY STATE LAW WE ARE LIMITED TO WHAT WE CAN DISCUSS REGARDING PLAT CASES.
UH, THIS, THIS, THIS IS ALL NEW BECAUSE THIS IS A PLAT.
I COULD NOT AND CANNOT DIG INTO THIS CASE AS I WOULD FOR A ZONING CHANGE.
WE SIMPLY JUST CANNOT DISCUSS AND WE GENERALLY HAVE TO FOLLOW BY STATE LAW STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
OUR ROLE TODAY IS TO VOTE ON THE REPL, NOT TO ADDRESS THE DEMOLITION DESTRUCTION OF THE LAND ALTERATION, LACK OF PERMITS, AND SO FORTH.
THAT WILL BE DONE, UH, BY ENGINEERING.
UH, THIS IS A PRELIMINARY PLAT.
IN ORDER TO GET THE FINAL APPROVAL OF THE PLAT, IT HAS TO GO THROUGH A BUNCH OF IN, IN ENGINEERING EVALUATIONS, LANDSCAPE AND SO FORTH.
THE ISSUES YOU BRING UP HERE TODAY WILL BE ADDRESSED IN THAT PROCESS, NOT BY THIS REPL.
SO THEREFORE, I, UH, HAVE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL AND, UH, THE COMMISSION WILL HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT.
I DO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE EVERYONE WHO CAME DOWN HERE TO SPEAK.
AS COMMISSIONER HALL HAS MENTIONED, WE ARE LIMITED IN WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO CONSIDER, UM, THE INFORMATION THAT WAS CIRCULATED IN, UM, THE TESTIMONY.
WE ARE, UH, WE, WE DO HAVE THE PROVISIONS OF 51 A, UM, 8.503 IN CONSIDERING LOTS.
BUT MOST OF THE ITEMS, UM, THAT I HEARD REGARDING ACCESS REGARDING TREE REMOVAL, UM, THOSE ARE IMPLICATIONS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE CONSIDERATION OF THIS BODY, UNFORTUNATELY, AND I DO HOPE THAT THERE IS MORE ROBUST ENGAGEMENT AS THIS GOES THROUGH THE OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS.
UM, WE HEAR YOU, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF, UM, LEEWAY IN THESE CONSIDERATIONS.
COMMISSIONER WILLER, REAGAN, I CONFER WITH, UM, EVERYTHING THAT MY OTHER, UM, COMMISSIONERS HAVE SAID AND THESE ITEMS THAT WE MIGHT NOT DISCUSS THERE.
YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH OTHER AVENUES WITHIN THE CITY THAT CAN ADDRESS THAT RIGHT NOW, UM, AND USE THOSE TOOLS WHEN THOSE THINGS HAPPENING IN YOUR COMMUNITY THAT IS NOT ADDRESSED, THAT, THAT YOU BELIEVE IS ILLEGAL.
UM, AND YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THOSE AVENUES SUCH AS 3 1 1 IN YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICT COMMISSIONER'S.
UM, I'LL, I'LL JUST SPEAK FOR A MOMENT ON THIS.
I, I DO WANT ACKNOWLEDGE THE, UM, NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE COME DOWN.
UM, OUR AUTHORITY WHEN IT COMES TO PLATS IS REALLY LOOKING AT SOME VERY NARROW ITEMS, WHETHER IT'S MET STATE LAW REQUIREMENTS FOR PLATTING AS WELL AS WHETHER IT'S MET THE CITY CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR PLATING.
UM, THERE ARE THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP TODAY THAT SOUND LIKE THEY COULD BE VERY VALID CONCERNS IN THE PART OF THE NEIGHBORS, BUT WE'RE NOT HERE TO, UM, ULTIMATELY UNDER OUR LIMITED PLATTING AUTHORITY TO LOOK AT, UM, THOSE ISSUES.
FOR EXAMPLE, WHETHER PROPER PERMITS WERE PULLED OR NOT.
UM, THAT DOES NOT GIVE US A BASIS TO APPROVE OR DENY A PLAT THAT IS FOR, UM, CODE COMPLIANCE AND THE, THE BUILDING OFFICIAL TO LOOK AT.
AND ADDITIONALLY, SOME OF THE ENGINEERING AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT, WHICH ARE AGAIN, VERY IMPORTANT AREN'T FOR OUR CONSIDERATION AT THIS PRELIMINARY PLAT STAGE.
UM, I, I UNDERSTAND I, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WISH WE COULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE ENTIRETY OF A DEVELOPMENT, EVERYTHING THAT'S COME BEFORE OR AFTER, BUT WE REALLY, WE ARE VERY LIMITED IN WHAT WE LOOK AT HERE IN TERMS OF PLATTING AS TO THE STATE LAW AND THE 8.503 STANDARD.
AND I'LL ADD ON 8.503, WHICH IS OUR STANDARD FOR LOT SIZE.
THE PRIMARY, PRIMARY CONSIDERATION THERE IS THE PATTERN ALREADY ESTABLISHED IN ADJACENT AREAS AND THE REMAINING THINGS ABOUT CHARACTER SUITABILITY FOR DEVELOPMENT TOPOGRAPHY, THOSE ARE SUBORDINATE CONSIDERATIONS TO THE
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PATTERN.THE PATTERN BASED ON THE WAY THAT IT'S DIRECTED IS OUR PRIMARY CONSIDERATION.
AND THIS DOES FIT IT WITHIN THE PATTERN AND QUESTIONS ABOUT CHARACTER AND, AND OTHER ISSUES, UNFORTUNATELY, OR, YOU KNOW, DON'T WE, WE DON'T HAVE FREE WIDE RANGING DISCRETION UNDER 8.503.
IT IS HEMMED THEN PRETTY NARROWLY.
SO AGAIN, I, I DON'T WANT TO, I, I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY DETERMINE THAT THE TRUTH OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE NEIGHBORS HAVE SAID TODAY ABOUT THE LACK OF PERMITS OR OTHER ISSUES THERE.
UM, THEY SOUND LIKE VERY IMPORTANT CONCERNS, BUT THEY'RE ULTIMATELY ONES THAT, UH, DO NEED TO BE ADDRESSED IN A DIFFERENT FORUM OTHER THAN THE PLAN COMMISSION.
SO WE DO NEED TO, I, I DO BELIEVE THAT WE'RE COMPELLED UNDER STATE LAW IN THE CITY CODE TO APPROVE THIS PLOT TODAY.
UM, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK TO THOSE OTHER FORUMS TO, UM, RAISE THOSE CONCERNS THAT YOU'VE ADDRESSED.
SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HALL, SECONDED BY THE VICE CHAIR TO FOLLOW STAFF INFORMATION OF APPROVAL SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITIONS LISTED WITH DOCKET.
[31. 26-2361A An application to replat a 5.851-acre (254,864-square foot) tract of land containing all of Lot 1 in City Block B/6773 and a tract of land in City Block 6773 to create one 43,560-acre lot, one 43,568-acre lot, and one 158,729-acre lot on property located on Bruton Road, east of Masters Drive.]
ITEM 31 PLAT 26 DASH 0 1 66 IS AN APPLICATION TO REPL A 5.851 ACRE TRACK OF LAND CONTAINING ALL OF LOT ONE IN CITY BLOCK B OVER 6 7 7 3, AND TRACK OF LAND IN CITY BLOCK 6 7 7 3 TO CREATE ONE FOUR THOU 43,560 ACRE LOT AND ONE 43,568 ACRE LOT AND 158,729 ACRE LOT ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON BRUTON ROAD EAST OF MASTERS DRIVE.NOTICES WERE SENT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE PROPERTY ON JULY 6TH, 2026.
WE HAVE RECEIVED TWO REPLIES IN FAVOR AND ZERO REPLY TO OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST.
A STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS, UH, APPROVAL SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITION LISTED IN THE DOCKET OR AS AMENDED AT THE HEARING.
THANK YOU MR. BOARD BARR, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON ITEM NUMBER 31? OKAY, SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONER WHEEL.
REAGAN, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? I I DO IN THE MATTER OF PLAT DASH 26 DASH 0 0 0 1 6 6.
I MOVE TO CLOSE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND FOLLOW STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL SUBJECT TO THE COMPLIANCE WITH THE LIST, WITH THE CONDITIONS LISTED IN THE DOCKET.
COMMISSIONER WHEELER REAGAN FOR YOUR MOTION.
THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM NUMBER
[32. 26-2362A An application to replat a 27.5-acre tract of land containing all of Lots 1 through 16 in City Block A/7538; all of Lots 1 through 15 in City Block B/7538; all of Lots 1 through 16 in City Block C/7538; all of Lots 1 through 14 in City Block D/7538; all of Lots 1 through 12 and 17 in City Block E/7538; all of Lots 1 through 6 in City Block F/7538; and an abandoned portion of rights-of-way to create 122 lots ranging in size from 4,000 square feet to 7,156 square feet, along with seven common areas, and to dedicate rights-of-way on property located on Bonnie View Road, south of Arrow Road.]
32, ITEM NUMBER 32 PLA 26 DASH 0 1 7 1 IS AN APPLICATION TO REPL A 27.5 ACRE TRACK OF LAND CONTAINING OLIVE OF LOTS, ONE THROUGH 16 IN CITY BLOCK A OVER 7, 5, 3 8 OLIVE OF LOTS, ONE THROUGH 15 IN CITY BLOCK B OVER 7, 5 38, ALL OF LOTS, ONE THROUGH 16 IN CITY BLOCK C OVER 7, 5, 3 8, OLIVE OF LOTS, ONE THROUGH 14 IN CITY BLOCK D OVER 7, 5, 3, 8, ALL OF LOTS ONE THROUGH 12 AND 17 IN CITY BLOCK E OVER 7, 5, 3 8, OLIVE LOTS ONE THROUGH SIX IN CITY BLOCK F OVER 7, 5, 3 8, AND AN ABANDONED PORTION OF A RIGHT OF WAY TO CREATE 122 LOTS RANGING IN SIZE FROM 4,000 SQUARE FEET TO 7,156 SQUARE FEET, ALONG WITH THE SEVEN COMMON AREAS.AND TO DEDICATE A RIGHT OF WAY ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON BON VIEW ROAD SOUTH OF ARROW ROAD 41.
NOTICES WERE SENT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE PROPERTY ON JULY 6TH, 2026.
WE HAVE RECEIVED EIGHT REPLIES IN FAVOR AND ZERO REPLY IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST.
A STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITION LISTED IN THE DOCKET OR AS AMENDED AT THE HEARING.
ANY SPEAKERS ON ITEM NUMBER 32? IS YOUR MICROPHONE ON? I DON'T, CAN YOU, CAN YOU TURN YOUR MICROPHONE ON AND REPEAT WHAT YOU JUST SAID? OH, SORRY.
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WITH STRAND ENGINEERING, UM, 1 0 0 3 TECHNOLOGY BOULEVARD, WEST DALLAS, TEXAS 7 5 2 2 0.UM, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE ON THIS PROJECT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? ONE ACROSS
DOLORES HODGE, 2228 SUTHERLAND AVENUE, DALLAS, TEXAS 7 5 2 0 3.
NOW I LIVE DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THIS PROPERTY THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED AND UH, RUSSELL DID TALK TO ME TO TELL ME SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT AND THEN I DID HEAR WHAT IT SAID THAT THERE WERE EIGHT IN FAVOR AND THEN ZERO OPPOSED.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MINE GOT MISSED, BUT OKAY.
BUT I OPPOSE IT AND I'LL DO A NEW, A NEW SLIP AS WELL.
BUT, UH, LISTENING TO HOW IT'S BEING DEVELOPED AND WHERE I LIVE ON LOT EIGHT H MARK CUBAN IS LOT G HE, SO WE'RE CONNECTED.
SO SINCE WE'RE CONNECTED AND IT'S BEING DEVELOPED, AND, AND I KNOW THIS BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT IN, IN FRONT OF ME, THAT APPARENTLY SOMETHING IS BEING DONE TO THE TREES TO, TO START TO GET THEM TO, YOU KNOW, LAY DOWN OR WHATEVER, TO DEVELOP THE AREA.
BUT IT'S DONE IN A MANNER IN WHICH THAT DOES NOT REALLY PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM IT AND, BUT I'M, I'M, I'M GONNA BE MORE INCLINED TO GO AHEAD AND SPEAK WITH RUSSELL, UH, ASIDE FROM THE BOARD TO GET MORE CLARIFICATION.
I WAS, BUT I WAS TOLD, BUT HE JUST TOLD ME DIFFERENT.
SO I WAS TOLD THAT THE ENTRANCE WOULD BE, IF I'M STANDING HERE, IT WOULD BE WHERE, UM, COLIN IS, COLIN KUN IS, BUT NOW I'M BEING TOLD IT'S NO THAT THE OPENING WILL BE LIKE WHERE IT SAYS LILIANA.
SO IT'S MORE CLOSER TO ME THAN IT IS AWAY FROM ME.
SO WHEN I WAS SAYING EARLIER HOW IT KEEPS MOVING, IT'S, IT'S JUST NOT CONSISTENT, SO YOU CAN APPROVE IT IF YOU WANT.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT IT JUST, IT JUST DOESN'T PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY.
BUT I, I, LIKE I SAID, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM, SO I DON'T WANT TO JUST LIKE, OH, I DON'T WANT IT BECAUSE I DO KNOW THE CITY OF DALLAS DOES NEED HOUSING.
A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS HAPPEN, BUT WE KNOW IF, BECAUSE I WORKED FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS BEFORE, IF WE DON'T SAY ANYTHING THEN YOU DON'T KNOW.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON ITEM NUMBER 32? OKAY.
COMMISSIONER GILBERT, GIL GILBERT SMITH, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION THIS TIME? I'M PREPARED.
DELORE DOLORES? NO, I'M, I'M ASKING MS. MS. OH COMMISSIONER GILBERT SMITH, UH, IN THE MATTER OF CASE PLAT TWO SIX DASH 0 0 0 1 71, I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND FOLLOW STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS OF APPROVAL SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS LISTED IN THE DOCKET.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GILBERT SMITH FOR YOUR MOTION.
COMMISSIONER HOUSEWRIGHT FOR YOUR SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY, NO DISCUSSION.
[33. 26-2363A An application to replat a 0.245-acre tract of land containing all of Lot 15 in City Block 9/6176, to create one lot and reduce a portion of the 15-foot platted building line along the west line of Lakemont Drive, varying from 7.8 feet to 13.6 feet, on property located on Davilla Drive at Lakemont Drive, northwest corner.]
ITEM 33 PLA 26 DASH 0 0 0 1 5 7 IS AN APPLICATION TO RELA 0.245 ACRE TRACK OF LAND CONTAINING ALL OF LOT 15 IN CITY BLOCK NINE OVER 6 1 7 6 TO CREATE ONE LOT AND TO REDUCE A PORTION OF A 15 FOOT PLAID BUILDING LINE ALONG WEST LINE OF LAKEMONT DRIVE, VARYING FROM 7.8 FEET TO 13.6 FEET ON PROPERTY, LOCATED ON D VILLA DRIVE AT LAKEMONT DRIVE NORTHWEST CORNER.22 NOTICES WERE SENT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE PROPERTY ON JULY 6TH, 2026.
WE HAVE RECEIVED THREE REPLIES IN FAVOR AND ZERO REPLY IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST.
THIS REQUEST REQUIRES TWO MOTION BECAUSE IT'S A RELA AND INVOLVED WITH REMOVAL, EXCUSE ME, REDUCTION OF A PLAID BUILDING LINE.
THE FIRST MOTION IS TO APPROVE OR DENY REDUCTION OF THE EXISTING BUILDING LINE.
AND THE SECOND MOTION WOULD BE TO APPROVE OR DENY, UH,
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THE PLAT.THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITION LISTED IN THE DOCKET OR AS AMENDED AT THE HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 33? OKAY.
COMMISSIONER HALL, YOUR FIRST MOTION? THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.
UH, CONCERNING CASE PLAT 26 0 0 0 1 5 7.
I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE REQUEST TO REDUCE A PORTION OF THE 15 FOOT PLATTED BUILDING LINE ALONG THE WEST LINE OF LAKE MARK DRIVE.
WITH THE FINDING OF FACT THAT REDUCTION OF THE BUILDING LINE WILL NOT REQUIRE MINIMUM FRONT, SIDE OR REAL YARD SETBACKS LESS THAN REQUIRED BY ZONING REGULATION BE CONTRARY TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST, ADVERSELY AFFECT NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES OR ADVERSELY AFFECT THE PLAN FOR THE ORDER ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE SUBDIVISION.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER HALL FOR YOUR MOTION.
COMMISSIONER COX FOR YOUR SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
ANY OPPOSED TO MAY? THE MOTION CARRIES.
COMMISSIONER HALL, YOUR SECOND MOTION.
UM, IN THE MATTER OF PLAT 2 6 0 0 0 1 5 7, I MOVE TO FOLLOW STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS OF APPROVAL FOR THE REPL OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITIONS LISTED IN THE DOCKET.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER HALL FOR YOUR MOTION.
COMMISSIONER COX FOR YOUR SECOND.
[34. 26-2364A An application for a Certificate of Appropriateness by Victoria Morris of Jackson Walker LLP, for a 292.8-square-foot back lit channel letter sign mounted on the Southwestern facing façade at 1919 WOODALL RODGERS FWY (SOUTHWEST ELEVATION).]
WE WILL MOVE TO OUR CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR SIGNS, WHICH IS A CONSENT DOCKET.ITEM THREE FOUR IS SIGN DASH 26 DASH 0 0 8 8 9.
AN APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BY VICTORIA MORRIS.
UH, JACKSON WALKER, LLP FOR A 292.8 SQUARE FOOT BACKLIT CHANNEL LETTER SIGN MOUNTED ON THE SOUTHEASTERN FACING, SOUTHWESTERN FACING FACADE AT 1919.
WOODALL ROGERS FREEWAY, SOUTHWEST ELEVATION STAFF RECOMMENDATION APPROVAL S-S-D-A-C.
DASH TWO SIX DASH 0 0 0 8 9 0.
AND APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BY VICTORIA MORRIS OF JACKSON WALKER, LLP FOR A 383.3 SQUARE FOOT BACKLIT CHANNEL LETTER SIGN MOUNTED ON THE SOUTHEASTERN FACING FACADE AT 1919.
WOODALL ROGERS FREEWAY, SOUTHEAST ELEVATION STAFF RECOMMENDATION APPROVAL S-S-D-A-C.
UM, IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON EITHER OF HER SIGNED CONSENT ITEMS? VICTORIA MORRIS WITH JACKSON WALKER, 2323 ROSS AVENUE, SUITE 600 IN DALLAS HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, BUT VERY EXCITED FOR THESE APPLICATIONS AND, UH, RESPECTFULLY REQUEST FOR YOUR RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OR I GUESS YOUR APPROVAL.
ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON OUR SIGNED CONSENT ITEMS? 34 OR 35.
COMMISSIONER KINGSTON, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? YES.
IN THE MATTERS SIGN 26 0 8 8 9 AND SIGN 26 0 8 9 0 ON THE CONSENT DOCKET.
THANK YOU MR. KINGSTON FOR YOUR MOTION ADVICE CHAIR FOR YOUR SECOND.
ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.
WE'LL GO TO OUR THOROUGH FOR PRE AMENDMENT.
[12. 26-2342A An application for a new planned development district for LI Light Industrial uses on property zoned A(A) Agricultural District, on the south line of Cleveland Road, west of Lancaster-Hutchins Road. (Part 2 of 2)]
DID WE WANNA DISPOSE OF OUR OPEN ZONING CASE AND OUR, AND I WILL APOLOGIZE TO MY COLLEAGUES RECONSIDERATION OF AN ITEM? SURE, WE CAN, WE CAN DO THAT.UM, DO WE WANNA GO BACK TO CASE NUMBER? IS IT EIGHT? YES.
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UH, ITEM 12, THIS CASE Z 25 2 29.AN APPLICATION FOR A NEWED PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR LI LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES ON PROPERTY ZONED A AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT ON THE SOUTH LINE CLEVELAND ROAD, WEST OF LANCASTER, HUTCHINS ROAD.
RECOMMENDATIONS, APPROVAL, SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
THANK YOU MR. BATE, I BELIEVE CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION? COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN? YES, I WILL.
MR. CHAIR IN THE MATTER OF CASE NUMBER Z DASH 25 DASH 0 0 0 2 29, I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE, DO RECOMMENDATION SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS HAND WELL CIRCULATED VIA EMAIL IN TODAY'S, UH, MEETING TO SHOW THE FOLLOWING CHANGES.
ONE A A AN SUP REQUIREMENT FOR TEMPORARY CONCRETE OR ASPHALT BATCH PLANT NUMBER TWO, REDUCE MAXIMUM STRUCTURE HEIGHT TO 70 FEET.
THREE DEVIATIONS FROM ARTICLE 10.
LANDSCAPING FOR SITE TREES, STREET YARD, LANDSCAPING, BUFFERS, PARKING LOTS, AND DUMPSTER SCREENING.
NUMBER FOUR, INCORPORATED ARTIFICIAL LOT DELINEATION FROM ARTICLE TEN FIVE, ADDITION OF IRRIGATION REQUIREMENTS.
AND SIX, CHANGE THE CALIPER SIZES, THE CALIPER TREE SIZES FROM TWO INCHES TO FOUR INCHES IN SUBSECTIONS A ONE, TWO, AND THREE, AND C ONE B IN THE LANDSCAPING SECTION.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FRANKEN FOR YOUR MOTION.
COMMISSIONER CARPENTER FOR YOUR SECOND MS. MORRISON.
DOES THAT COVER ALL THE PERFECT.
ALRIGHT, UH, ANY COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN? UH, NO.
NOTHING OTHER THAN, UH, WANTED TO THANK, UH, MR. MARTINEZ, UH, FOR HIS WORK.
IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, BUT I THINK WE FINALLY GOT IT THERE AND OVER THE FINISH LINE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER HAMPTON? JUST ONE QUESTION WITH THE, UM, SUP FOR THE TEMPORARY BATCH PLANT THAT WILL BE SUBMITTED AT A LATER DATE, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
IF THE APP OR IF THE PROPERTY OWNER.
OR PROPERTY OWNER, YEAH, IT WAS, THE CONDITIONS CARRIED OVER THE OLD LANGUAGE WE USED WITH SPECIAL AUTHORIZATION BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL.
UH, WE'VE SINCE MOVED ON FROM USING THAT LANGUAGE AND WE USES NOW.
THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
COMMISSIONER WILLIE REAGAN, UM, ON THE CHANGE OF THE CALIBER OF THE TREES BY ANY CHANCE IS, IS THERE, WAS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION OR DID IT SHOW WHETHER UTILITIES ARE LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY OR IF THOSE UTILITIES ARE UNDERGROUND? THAT MIGHT CAUSE THE, UH, THE CALIBER OF TREES TO UM, NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLY WITH THE, WITH THE TERMS? 'CAUSE IF IT'S, IF THERE IS OVERHEAD UTILITIES, THOSE MIGHT HAVE TO BE PLACED THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY.
OTHER PLACES WHERE A LOWER, UH, SMALLER CALIBER TREES WOULD BE, UM, IN PLACE ALONG WHERE THOSE UTILITIES ARE AT, UH, THOSE PARTICULAR CONDITIONS WERE NOT, UH, CONSIDERED.
BUT I'LL ALLOW MR. MARTINEZ JUST OPINE.
CAMILLE
THOSE PROVISIONS ARE ALREADY IN ARTICLE 10.
IF THERE ARE CONFLICTS WITH, UH, UTILITIES, UH, A DIFFERENT LOCATION NEEDS TO BE PROPOSED FOR THOSE TREES.
BUT I WILL SAY FOR THE RECORD, THERE ARE NO UTILITIES ON THE LOT TODAY.
IT'S, UH, 50 ACRES OF VACANT LAND.
IF ANYTHING, THERE MIGHT BE, UM, ON THE PERIMETER, BUT I THINK IT'S ACROSS THE STREET.
THERE ARE, THERE'S NOTHING SERVICING THE PROPERTY TODAY.
MM-HMM UM, BUT IN THE EVENT THAT UTILITIES DO COME IN, ARTICLE 10 DOES HAVE PROVISIONS OF EITHER RELOCATION OR LOOKING AT A SMALLER TREE THAT THE ARBORIST CAN, UH, RECOMMEND SO THAT THE STANDARDS ARE STILL MET.
UM, SO ONE CONCERN IS, IS THAT BECAUSE WE'RE CREATING A LANDSCAPE PLAN WITHIN THIS INSTEAD OF DE WE'RE DEVIATING FROM ARTICLE 10, IS THAT ANYWHERE THAT, IF THAT IS THE PROVISION THAT WE PUT THAT INTO THIS, INTO THIS, UM, TODAY 'CAUSE WE'RE DEVIATING FROM ARTICLE 10 AND CREATING A LANDSCAPE PLAN.
UH, JUST TO CHIME IN SOME DE JUST TO CHIME IN WITH SOME DETAIL THERE, UH, THERE ISN'T A LANDSCAPE PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS, UM, PD AT THIS TIME.
IT'S JUST THE LANDSCAPING STANDARDS.
UM, I READ OF THE STANDARDS HERE IS THAT THEY ARE PRETTY BROAD IN TERMS OF THE SIGHTING OF THE TREES.
UH, I THINK THAT WOULD PROVIDE THE NEEDED FLEXIBILITY BETWEEN THAT AND STANDARD INTERPRETATION OF LANDSCAPING AT PERMITTING, UH, TO DEAL WITH UTILITY CONFLICTS AS THEY COME UP.
IT'S REALLY JUST, YOU KNOW, SITE TREES BASED ON A CERTAIN SQUARE FOOTAGE, STREET YARD LANDSCAPING WHERE AGAIN, IT JUST HAS TO BE WITHIN THE STREET YARD, WHICH IS DEFINED IN THE PD, UM, AS WELL AS LANDSCAPE BUFFERS AND PARKING LOT BUFFERS AND FOR THE PARKING LOT BUFFERS, A LOT OF THAT IS JUST SHRUBBERY ACTUALLY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CARPENTER.
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ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.[16. 26-2346A An application for a new Specific Use Permit for a bar, lounge, or tavern and inside commercial amusement limited to a live music venue on property zoned Tract A within Planned Development No. 269, the Deep Ellum/Near East Side District, on the northeast corner of Commerce Street and Malcolm X Boulevard, AKA 2901 Commerce Street. (Part 2 of 2)]
I THINK I'LL RECOGNIZE COMMISSIONER HAMPTON FOR A MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION ON ITEM NUMBER 16.THANK YOU MR. CHAIR IN THE MATTER OF Z DASH 26 DASH 0 0 0 1 3 3.
I MOVE TO RECONSIDER THE CASE.
OKAY, DO WE HAVE SECOND? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? UH, THANK YOU VICE CHAIR HERBERT FOR YOUR SECOND.
I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS DEBATABLE SO WE WILL JUST TAKE A VOTE ON IT.
SO CAN YOU READ THE CASE BACK IN 16? IT'S CASE NUMBER 16 1 6.
WE OH, WE DON'T NEED TO READ IT BACK IN, RIGHT BACK TO HER.
WE'LL GO BACK TO COMMISSIONER HAMPTON FOR A MOTION ON CASE 16.
AND I, WELL THANK YOU IN THE MATTER OF Z DASH 26 0 0 0 1 3 3.
I MOVE TO CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE, UM, THE REQUEST, UM, FOR AN SUP FOR A ONE YEAR PERIOD SUBJECT TO A SITE PLAN AND APPLICANT'S RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS AGAIN FOR A ONE YEAR PERIOD, NO AUTOMATIC RENEWAL WITH THE HOURS OF OPERATION REVISED TO 6:00 PM AND 2:00 PM THE NEXT DAY, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND 11:00 AM UNTIL 2:00 AM THE NEXT DAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
AND I HAVE BRIEF COMMENTS IF I HAVE A SECOND.
COMMISSIONER HAMPTON, COMMISSIONER KAUFMAN FOR YOUR SECOND, YOUR COMMENTS AND I APOLOGIZE TO MY COMMISSIONERS.
THESE ARE THE, UM, CONDITIONS THAT WERE CIRCULATED EARLIER.
I MISSED INCLUDING THE HOURS OF OPERATION IN THE RECORD IN MY ORIGINAL MOTION AND, UM, WOULD ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.
[36. 26-2366A An amendment to the City of Dallas Thoroughfare Plan to change the designation of Grady Niblo Road between 3,650 feet east of Mountain Creek Parkway and Merrifield Road from a standard six-lane divided principal arterial roadway in 107 feet of right-of-way (S-6-D) to a minimum four-lane divided minor arterial roadway in 80 feet of right-of-way (M-4- D(A)).]
THOROUGH FAIR PLAN AMENDMENTS.ITEM 36, AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF DALLAS THOROUGH FAIR PLAN TO CHANGE THE DESIGNATION OF GRADY NELO ROAD BETWEEN 3,650 FEET EAST OF MOUNTAIN CREEK PARKWAY AND MARYFIELD ROAD FROM A STANDARD SIX LANE DIVIDED PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL ROADWAY AND 107 FEET OF RIGHT OF WAY TO A MINIMUM FOUR LANE DIVIDED MINOR ARTERIAL RAILWAY IN 80 FEET OF RIGHTWAY STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL TO AMEND THE DESIGNATION OF GRADY NUMBER ROAD BETWEEN 3,650 FEET EAST OF MOUNTAIN CREEK PARKWAY AND MARYFIELD ROAD FROM A STANDARD SIX LANE DIVIDED PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL RAILWAY IN 107 FEET OF RIGHTWAY TO A MINIMUM FOUR LANE DIVIDED MINOR ARTERIAL
UM, I SEE THAT THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE, MR. SEGOVIA HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ONLINE.
IS HE THERE? OKAY, MR. SEGOVIA.
HI, UM, JUST HERE, UH, TO REPRESENT AND ANSWER ANY POTENTIAL QUESTIONS THAT MAY COME UP.
ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? UH, ON ITEM NUMBER 36.
COMMISSIONER HERBERT, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? YES.
ON UM, ITEM NUMBER 36, THOROUGH FAIR PLAN.
I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING TO APPROVE THE THOROUGH FAIR PLAN AS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE.
COMMISSIONER HERBERT, OR VICE CHAIR HERBERT FOR YOUR MOTION.
COMMISSIONER HOUSEWRIGHT FOR YOUR SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? I'M GONNA MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS ONE.
I AM REALLY THRILLED TO SEE THIS THOROUGHFARE PLAN AMENDMENT.
UM, THE THREE SIX LANE DIVIDED ROADWAY HAD CREATED ALL SORTS OF CHALLENGES IN THE PAST, UM, WITH RESPECT TO WHAT COULD BE DEVELOPED IN THE AREA WITH THE NEED TO PUT IN THAT MUCH, UM, THAT MANY LANES, UM, IN THE AREA AND LED TO, YOU KNOW, SOME ZONING CASES IN THE PAST THAT I THINK WERE VERY CHALLENGING AND FREQUENTLY PEOPLE WOULD POINT TO THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN AS THE REASON WHY THOSE CASES ARE SO CHALLENGING.
SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THIS RIGHT SIZED AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE AREA MOVING FORWARD.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[37. 26-2367A An amendment to the City of Dallas Thoroughfare Plan to remove Colonial Avenue between Pennsylvania Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.]
AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF DALLAS THOROUGHFARE.PLAN TO REMOVE COLONIAL AVENUE BETWEEN PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE AND MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR BOULEVARD STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL TO REMOVE COLONIAL AVENUE BETWEEN PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE AND MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR BOULEVARD.
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SPEAKERS ON ITEM NUMBER 37? OKAY, NO SPEAKERS.COMMISSIONER WHEELER, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? I DO IN THE MATTER OF, UM, ITEM NUMBER 37 AND THE, UH, THIRD FLOOR PLAN AMENDMENTS, I MOVE TO CLOSE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO FOLLOW STAFF RECOMMENDATION APPROVAL TO REMOVE COLONIAL AVENUE BETWEEN PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD, AND KERN.
COMMISSIONER HALL FOR YOUR SECOND.
[38. 26-2368A An amendment to the City of Dallas Thoroughfare Plan to change the designation of Crouch Road between Patrol Way and Lancaster Road from a standard two-lane undivided roadway in 56 feet of right-of-way (S-2-U) to a minimum four-lane undivided roadway in 60 feet of right-of-way(M-4-U).]
38, AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF DALLAS THOROUGHFARE.PLAN TO CHANGE THE DESIGNATION OF CROUCH ROAD BETWEEN PATROL WAY AND LANCASTER ROAD FROM A STANDARD TWO LANE UNDIVIDED ROADWAY AND 56 FEET OF RIGHT OF WAY TO A MINIMUM FOUR LANE UNDIVIDED ROADWAY AND 60 FEET OF RIGHT OF WAY.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL TO AMEND THE DESIGNATION OF CROUCH ROAD BETWEEN PATROL WAY AND LANCASTER ROAD FROM A STANDARD TWO LANE UNDIVIDED ROADWAY AND 56 FEET OF RIGHTWAY TO A MINIMUM FOUR LANE UNDIVIDED ROADWAY AND 60 FEET OF RIGHT AWAY.
ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS ON ITEM NUMBER 38? GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M HERE AT, UM, TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON THE PROJECT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON ITEM 38? OKAY, SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN, YOUR MOTION IN THE MATTER OF ITEM 38 OF THE THEREFORE PLAN AMENDMENT.
I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL AS DESCRIBED IN THE DOCKET.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN FOR YOUR MOTION.
VICE CHAIR HERBERT FOR YOUR SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
ONLY DISCUSSION IS I'M SO HAPPY THAT THEY'RE DOING THIS.
I DRIVE CROUCH ROAD ALL THE TIME AND IT'S BEEN IN DISCUSSION OF BEING WIDENED FOR 30, 40 YEARS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.
SO I'M FINALLY, I'M HAPPY THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY GETTING DONE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE.
I BELIEVE THAT UM, WRAPS UP EVERYTHING IN OUR AGENDA TODAY.
SO IT IS 2:49 PM AND THIS MEETING OF THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION IS ADJOURNED.