Feb 15, 2022 Planning and Zoning Commission

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HELP HER IN YOU.

IS EVERYBODY READY? YES, IT

[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL]

UM, AND ASK NATE TO CALL.

ROLL MR. WALTERS.

HERE.

MR. LAREDO? HERE.

MR. HARLOW? HERE.

MS. WINFREY? HERE.

MS. WHEELER? HERE.

MR. BALLOU? HERE.

MS. BARAT.

TIMS HERE.

THANK YOU.

MAY.

UH, NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA FEE TO, UH,

[2. MINUTES]

REGULAR MEETING.

SO MOVED.

SECOND.

HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED LIKE SIGN.

MOTION CARRIES.

UM, WE HAVE

[a. Conduct the second public hearing concerning a request to amend the official zoning map to rezone an approximately two-acre parcel located at 2518 Massey Tompkins Road from a Low Density Single-family Residential Dwellings (SF1) Zoning District to a General Commercial (GC) Zoning District.]

PLEASE BE MINDFUL THAT EACH SPEAKER IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES FOR THEIR COMMENTS.

PLEASE BE CONCISE AND SPECIFIC.

THE PUBLIC HEARING IS BEING HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING ALL INTERESTED PERSONS THE RIGHT TO SPEAK AND BE HEARD.

EVERYONE DESIRING TO SPEAK AT TODAY'S HEARING SHOULD HAVE SIGNED THE APPROPRIATE LIST IN THE FOYER AS THIS LIST WILL PROVIDE THE SPEAKING ORDER FOR THE HEARING.

EACH SPEAKER SHALL GIVE HIS OR HER NAME AND AG AND ADDRESS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD OF THIS HEARING.

THE RULES ALLOW EACH SPEAKER THREE MINUTES TO PRESENT INFORMATION.

HOWEVER, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE AS BRIEF AND TO THE POINT AS POSSIBLE.

IF YOU ARE A GROUP OR PERSON'S WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THE SAME SUBJECT, PLEASE SELECT A SPOKESPERSON TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION.

IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DIRECT THEM TO ME.

CHRIS.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSION.

UH, THE ITEM THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT HERE IS, UH, AGAIN, UH, TWO ACRE AREA THAT IS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF CROSBY, CEDAR BAYOU OR CRO YEAH.

CROSBY, CEDAR BAYOU ROAD IN MASSEY.

TOMPKINS.

UM, THIS PARTICULAR AREA IS INSIDE OF ONE OF THE UNDEVELOPED PORTIONS OF THE CORRIDOR, UH, CROSBY, CEDAR BAYOU AND OR PARTS SPARSELY DEVELOPED AREA.

I'M SORRY.

IT IS DEVELOPED.

UM, THIS PARTICULAR AREA, UH, HAS AN INTERSECTION OF TWO MAJOR ARTERIALS.

SO CROSBY, CEDAR BAYOU, AND ALSO MASSEY TOMPKINS ARE TWO MAJOR ROADS.

IT CARRIES A LOT OF TRAFFIC AND THAT KIND OF ENDED IS INDICATED ALONG WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN THAT IS THERE, OR AT LEAST THE EXPECTATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.

THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN HAS, HAS THE CORRIDOR.

ONE HALF OF THE, OF THE INTERSECTION IS DEDICATED AS COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR.

THE OTHER HALF IS LOW TO MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND THE, IT'S A DIRECT SPLIT.

CHRIS, IS YOUR MIC ON? YES.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

SO THE MAP THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU, UM, SHOWS CLEARLY WHERE THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR ABRUPTLY ENDS AND WHERE THE LOW TO MEDIUM DENSITY, UH, RESIDENTIAL BEGINS FOR THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.

UM, STAFF LOOKED AT THIS PARTICULAR AREA AND WE FEEL THAT THIS IS STILL IN KEEPING WITH THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR SECTION BECAUSE IT IS JUST ACROSS THE STREET.

GENERALLY WHEN YOU DRAW THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN LINES, THEY ARE NOT PARCEL BASED.

THEY'RE GENERAL GUIDELINES AGAIN.

SO BEING SO CLOSE IN SUCH CLOSE PROXIMITY, WE FEEL THAT IT IS STILL IN KEEPING WITH WHAT THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN IS SUGGESTING.

UM, THE REMAINDER OF THIS AREA, UM, THIS TWO ACRES THAT IS BEING REZONED IS A PART OF A LARGER TRACK.

UM, SO SIX ABOUT 16 ACRES REMAINS UNENCUMBERED AFTER THE ZONING, UH, IS CONSIDERED.

AND AT THIS PARTICULAR INTERSECTION, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS, UH, GENERAL COMMERCIAL BEING LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION.

AND THEN AGAIN, UH, LOAD SF TWO BEING LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OR ON THE EAST SIDE.

AND THEN SF ONE BEING LOCATED ON THAT SOUTH EASTERN PORTION OF THE THE CORRIDOR.

SO

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THANK YOU, CHRIS.

THANK YOU.

UH, WE HAVE TIFFANY FOSTER SIGNED UP.

TIFFANY, WELL, CLEARLY ME NOR CHRIS.

IS THAT TALL? GOOD .

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

UH, MY NAME IS TIFFANY FOSTER.

ADDRESS IS 47 30 MOHEGAN COURT, UH, BAYTOWN, TEXAS.

AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

UM, MR. CHAVEZ HAS OBVIOUSLY ALREADY KIND OF GONE THROUGH THE, UM, UH, DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS A TOTAL OF 18 ACRES, UM, THAT IS, UH, CURRENTLY ZONED AS SINGLE FAMILY ONE.

WE'RE LOOKING TO JUST REZONE THE CORNER AT THE MAJOR INTERSECTION OF TWO ARTERIALS TO, UM, GENERAL COMMERCIAL.

WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS BETTER USE OF THAT PROPERTY AND IT'LL HELP SPUR THE DEVELOPMENT AROUND THAT AREA.

UM, ON THE OTHER TWO CORNERS, THEY'RE ALREADY GENERAL COMMERCIAL ON THE LAST REMAINING CORNER THAT DOES HAVE A, UM, DEVELOPMENT ON.

IT IS ACTUALLY ZONED FOR WHATEVER REASON, SINGLE FAMILY TOO, BUT HAS A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ON IT.

SO IT'S NON-CONFORMING.

UM, SO THE LIKELIHOOD OF THAT, YOU KNOW, IMPROVING ITSELF AND HAVING A BRAND NEW DEVELOPMENT.

SO IT'S LITTLE TO NOTHING.

SO, UM, WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS A GOOD SPOT FOR REDEVELOPMENT AWAY FROM THE GARTH ROAD CORRIDOR, UH, FOR REDEVELOPMENT THAT WE'D HOPE WOULD SPUR MORE REDEVELOPMENT ALONG THE MASSEY TOMPKINS CORRIDOR AND HAVE SOME INTERNAL, INTERNAL CITY, UM, DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT, NEW DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT.

SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY, ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, NOT THANK I HAVE ONE FOR THE CITY, OR IS THERE ANY FUTURE PLANS OF RUNNING COMMERCIAL ANY FURTHER DOWN? MATTHEW TOMPKINS, UH, AS YOU MAY KNOW, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF, UM, REVISING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP NOW.

SO, UM, THAT MAY BE A LITTLE PREMATURE, BUT I THINK AS CHRIS MENTIONED, WE ORDINARILY WOULDN'T JUST LIKE CUT OFF A A CORRIDOR LIKE THAT AT AN INTERSECTION.

IT, IT'S A LITTLE AWKWARD.

WE WOULD ORDINARILY ENCOMPASS AN ENTIRE, UH, AN ENTIRE INTERSECTION, UM, AT LEAST THE FOUR CORNERS BECAUSE THAT, THAT MAKES A LITTLE BIT MORE SENSE, UM, FROM A, FROM A PRACTICAL STANDPOINT, UM, WHETHER WE, I'M, I'M SURE WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS CORRIDOR AND THE CORNER, UM, THE, THE NEW FUTURE LAND USE MAP AS I'VE SEEN, THE FIRST DRAFT IS A LITTLE, UM, IT'S A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC THAN THE ONE WE HAVE NOW FOR SURE.

AND I'M, AND I'M SURE WE WOULD TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT, BUT I I, I COULDN'T SAY OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WHETHER WE DID THAT OR NOT.

SORRY, CHRIS.

THANK YOU.

I THINK WE WORK TOGETHER.

OTHER QUESTIONS? NO.

THANK YOU, TIFFANY.

THANK YOU.

MR. MOEN, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? NO, HERE.

GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSION.

UH, MY NAME IS ALTA MORMAN.

I'M THE APPLICANT FOR, UH, THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

I DO NOT HAVE ANY CONTENT OR MATERIAL TO PRESENT TODAY, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

UH, THERE BEING NO OTHER SIGNED UP FOR THE, SO I'LL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

IN THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS CONSIDER A REQUEST

[b. Consider a request to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately two acres located at 2518 Massey Tompkins Road from a Low Density Single-family Residential Dwellings (SF1) Zoning District to a General Commercial (GC) Zoning District. ]

WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE MOVE TO MOVE? TO APPROVE? TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

YOU MOTION RICK IN AUGUSTINE.

WERE Y'ALL FIGHTING OVER IT? .

SO AUGUSTINE MOTION AND RICK SECOND.

CORRECT.

ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED LIKE, SIGN.

MOTION CARRIES.

WE ARE DOWN TO ADAM FOUR

[a. Receive a report regarding action taken by City Council on planning and zoning items.]

CHRIS, WOULD YOU MIND JUST, YOU CAN JUST SNAP IT FORWARD UNTIL IT'S, UNTIL ALL THE BULLET POINTS ARE UP THERE.

SO WE HAVE HAD SOME, UH, SOME ACTIVITY AT CITY COUNCIL WITH, UM, ITEMS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH, UH, THIS BOARD.

UM, THE FIRST TWO ON THE LIST ARE RELATED.

SO IT'S THE ANNEXATION OF, UH, 34

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WE DIDN'T HAVE A CONCEPT MAP OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT FOR THE, FOR THIS PROPERTY.

SO THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL.

UH, AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A REZONE OF 57 ACRES, UM, LET'S SEE, NORTHWEST CORNER OF MAIN STREET, NORTH MAIN AND HUNT ROAD.

UM, THAT WENT FROM SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE TO SF MOSTLY SF TWO, UH, AND GC, WHICH IF YOU REMEMBER THAT PIECE THAT WAS OUT ALONG NORTH MAIN WAS ALREADY GC.

SO WE WERE JUST KIND OF TAKING IT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE.

PLUS THE REST OF THAT STRIP TO THE WEST, UM, BECAME SF TWO THAT WAS ALSO APPROVED BY COUNCIL.

AND THEN WE HAD THE, UM, PUD OF 13 AND A HALF ACRES OUT ON SAN JACINTO.

AND THAT, UH, THAT WAS OUR, UM, COTTAGE, THE, THIS, THE, UM, MULTIFAMILY COTTAGES THAT WAS ALSO, UH, APPROVED BY COUNCIL.

UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS AND THEY'RE MORE SORT OF, UM, UH, OPERATIONAL FOR THIS BOARD.

UM, I, WE'VE MADE A COUPLE OF CHANGES THAT YOU WILL SEE ON UPCOMING AGENDAS.

SO I DON'T WANT IT TO THROW YOU, SO I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE PREVIEW OF THAT.

THE FIRST ONE IS, IF YOU REMEMBER, UM, WE HAVE FOR A LONG TIME ALWAYS REQUIRED.

SO THE ITEM TONIGHT WAS ON SECOND PUBLIC HEARING.

WE'VE ALWAYS REQUIRED A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING.

THE STATE STATUTE IS A LITTLE VAGUE ON THAT.

AND SO, UM, THE STRICTEST INTERPRETATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS.

UM, WE'VE DECIDED TO MAKE A CHANGE AND, UH, ONLY REQUIRE ONE PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH IS WHAT MOST OF THE COMMUNITIES AROUND HERE DO.

AND IN FACT, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO FIND ANOTHER COMMUNITY THAT DOES TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, AT PUBLIC HEARING OR AT, UM, EXCUSE ME, AT PLANNING COMMISSION.

AND SO WE'VE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND REMOVE THAT SECOND PUBLIC HEARING FROM THE PROCESS THAT ESSENTIALLY, UH, CUTS 30 DAYS OFF OF THE PROCESS FOR THE APPLICANTS, WHICH WE FEEL IS, IS A, IS A GOOD THING.

BUT IT ALSO STILL, IF YOU REMEMBER, WHEN THEY GET TO CITY COUNCIL, THEY STILL HAVE A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING AT THAT TIME.

SO WE FEEL LIKE THE, THE DUE PROCESS IS STILL SERVED.

WE FEEL LIKE THE INTENT OF THE STATUTE IS SERVED.

SO, UM, SO YOU'LL START SEEING THAT FROM NOW ON.

YOU WON'T SEE ONE OR TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS.

YOU'LL JUST SEE ONE PUBLIC HEARING.

NOW WITH THAT, UM, THIS MAY BE A LITTLE CONFUSING TOO.

IN THE PAST WE HAVE ALWAYS, TONIGHT WE SAW TWO ITEMS FOR THE PUBLIC.

WE SAW THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN WE SAW THE ORDINANCE.

WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST FOR TWO REASONS.

ONE, TO MAKE SURE TRACY REMEMBERS, OH YEAH, WE GOTTA GO ON TO, THIS WAS THE PUBLIC HEARING, NOW WE'RE GONNA DO THE DECISION.

WELL, IN A LOT OF OTHER COMMUNITIES WHAT YOU DO IS YOU HAVE ONE PUBLIC HEARING.

SO YOU JUST SAY, OKAY, AT THE END OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE'RE GONNA VOTE.

THAT'S JUST HOW IT WORKS.

AND YOU DON'T NECESSARILY NEED A SECOND ITEM FOR THAT.

SO WE'RE ESSENTIALLY GONNA TAKE THAT ITEM AND WE'RE GONNA REMOVE IT.

AND BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE ONLY DOING ONE PUBLIC HEARING, YOU DON'T REALLY NEED THAT REMINDER WHETHER IT'S THE FIRST OR THE SECOND ONE.

SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? SO YOU'LL NOW JUST SEE THERE'D BE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUCH AND SUCH WITH THE DECISION THAT COMES AT THE END OF IT, AND WE'LL WORD IT SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON, ON THE AGENDA.

SO, UM, FROM NOW ON, YOU'LL SEE, SO THIS IS AN EFFORT TO SORT OF STREAMLINE, UM, NOT ONLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IN OUR PROCESSES, BUT ALSO TO KIND OF STREAMLINE THE AGENDAS FOR YOU GUYS AS WELL.

UM, I, I WOULD ENCOURAGE, I I WILL BE ENCOURAGING CITY MANAGEMENT TO LOOK AT, UM, CITY COUNCIL'S AGENDA IN A SIMILAR MANNER, BUT I, I DON'T HAVE ANY SWAY ON THAT.

SO, WE'LL, WE'LL SEE WHERE THAT GOES.

UM, OTHERWISE THAT, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT, ABOUT THAT? OKAY, PERFECT.

SO, AND, AND I KNOW, UM, TIFFANY BEING IN THE AUDIENCE HAS PROBABLY BEEN FIGHTING ON THAT TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS THINGS FOR LIKE A DECADE, RIGHT? YEAH.

SO, UH, SO YEAH, SO WE DID IT.

UM, OTHERWISE I, UH, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S ALL FROM MY REPORT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

UH, THERE BEING NO FURTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.

WE ARE ADJOURNED.

AND THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.