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[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL]
THE MEETING TO ORDER OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AT, UH, FOUR WHENEVER IT IS.SEEING AS WE HAVE A QUORUM, LET'S GO TO ITEM
[2. MINUTES]
TWO A AND CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF MAY 10 OF THE COURT.SHOULD HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A COPY OF THE MINUTES.
SO, SO I, I'D LIKE TO SUBMIT A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED TO US.
ANY DISCUSSION? I ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
[a. Conduct a public hearing and consider a request regarding a special exception for property consisting of approximately 1.10 acres located at 2711 North Main Street, Baytown, Harris County, from the Unified Land Development Code (ULDC), Article II, Division 3, Section 2.10 Land Use Conditions, condition A40, requesting a reduction from the required building setback and the required vegetative buffer for a warehouse use in a General Commercial Zoning District.]
IS TO, UH, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, SEVERAL PUBLIC HEARINGS, UM, EXCEPT WE HAVE ONE.UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING ALL OR INTERESTED PERSONS THE RIGHT TO SPEAK AND BE HEARD.
TODAY'S HEARING SHOULD HAVE ALREADY SIGNED UP WITH YOU, APPROPRIATE WITNESS, AND THAT WILL PROVIDE THE SPEAKING ORDER.
EACH SPEAKER WILL GIVE HER NAME, UH, HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS, UH, TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD OF THIS HEARING.
UH, THE RULES APPLY TO EACH SPEAKER FOR THREE MINUTES.
UH, HOWEVER I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE AS PRECISE AS POSSIBLE SEEING AND CREW ADDRESS THAT.
UM, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS AS WE GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE DIRECT THEM TO, AND IF WE COULD TALK ABOUT WHERE, WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS TODAY.
SO THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE HAD TODAY IS A REPEAT, UH, THAT YOU ALL HAD FROM, UH, LAST MONTH.
UH, THIS IS CONCERNING THE REDUCTION OF THE SETBACK AND THE BUFFERING ALONG, I MEAN, FOR THE PROPERTY AT 27 11 NORTH MAIN STREET.
UH, WE WOULD ACTUALLY ASK YOU ALL TO PUSH THIS ITEM TO SUSPEND IT TO TEMPORARILY, UH, TILL AUGUST.
THE APPLICANT IS IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING HIS SITE PLAN SO THAT HE CAN COME BACK WITH A BETTER PROPOSAL FOR YOU ALL TO VOTE ON.
IF YOU REMEMBER IN THE LAST MEETING, YOU ALL VOTED AND IT WAS A SPLIT VOTE.
SO TECHNICALLY THAT WAS A NO ACTION BY THE BOARD.
UM, SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO COME BACK, UM, WITH A NEW PLAN, AND THEN THE GUYS WILL GET A CHANCE TO SEE IT AND CONSIDER HIS NEW VOTE.
SO, DO WE NEED A MOTION TO PUSH, A MOTION TO SUSPEND, SUSPEND? I DON'T UNTIL, UH, A MEETING, A MEETING DATE NO LATER THAN SECOND.
ANY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR, FOR CHRIS TO ANSWER? I ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THAT MOTION PASSES AND WE'LL SUSPEND ITEM THREE A UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING.
[b. Conduct a public hearing and consider a request regarding a special exception for the property located at 417 West Main Street from the ULDC to reduce the required open space setback from 20 feet to 11 feet for a residential dwelling in an MU zoning district which is adjacent to an existing non-residential use.]
THREE B CALLS FOR CONDUCTING A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A REQUEST REGARDING A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT FOUR 17 WEST MAIN FROM THE LC, UH, TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED OPEN SPACE SETBACK FROM 20 FEET TO 11 FEET FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDING IN INUS ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO AN EXISTING NON-RESIDENTIAL USE.WE HAVE STAFF TO SUMMARIZE, UH, CONTENT OF, OF THIS, UH, REQUEST AND INTO, UH, HEAR YOU FOLKS THAT WANT TO SPEAK.
I'M A PLANNER TWO WITH THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
SO IT'S A, A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FROM THE UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE ARTICLE TWO DIVISION THREE, SECTION 2.1 TO ALLOW FOR THE REDUCTION OF THE, UH, OPEN SPACE SETBACKS, UH, FROM
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20 FEET TO, UH, TO 11 FEET.THE, UH, THE UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE STATES THAT, UH, NEW, NEW DWELLING UNITS ARE ALLOWED IN MU, WHERE THE RESIDENTIAL LOT PROVIDES AN OPEN SPACE SETBACKS OF 20 FEET TO ADJACENT, UH, EXISTING NON RESIDENTIAL, NON RESIDENTIAL USE.
SO THE REQUEST WE HAVE TODAY IS TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED OPEN SPACE SETBACK FROM 20 FEET TO 11 FEET FOR A RESIDENTIAL DWELL.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WEST MAIN STREET.
FRONTAGE ABOUT, UH, IT'S 42 FEET BY A HUNDRED FEET.
AND, UM, IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS, UM, BLOCK BOUNDED BY, UH, WEST MAIN STREET FROM THE NORTH.
UH, FROM THE EAST IS, UH, TBD STREET FROM THE SOUTH IS, UH, BOLSTER STREET, AND FROM THE WEST IS BAY STREET.
THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY VACANT AND IT HAS BEEN, UH, VACANT AND UNDEVELOPED FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS.
AND THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
UH, THE ADJACENT USES ARE A, UM, A COMMERCIAL USE TO THE EAST AND A RESIDENTIAL HOME, SINGLE FAMILY HOME TO THE WEST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FURTHER WEST ON THE CORNER OF BAILEY STREET AND WEST MAIN STREET IS A WAREHOUSE.
AND FURTHER WEST ON THE CORNER OF BAILEY STREET, THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BAILEY STREET AND WEST MAIN STREET IS THE DAYCARE, WHICH IS A COMMERCIAL USE.
IS THE BOTTOM IS THE BOTTOM RIGHT.
AND THE PICTURE, THE BOTTOM RIGHT ROUND BUILDINGS, THE RESIDENCE? NO, THE, UH, THE CURRENT RESIDENCE.
THIS IS THE CURRENT RESIDENCE? YES.
ON THE NORTH SIDE OF WEST MAIN STREET, THERE ARE, UH, LOOKING FROM THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, YOU WILL SEE A NUMBER OF UNDEVELOPED PARCELS OF LANDS.
AND THE SECOND TO, UH, THE SECOND PICTURE ON THE TOP IS A VACANT COMMERCIAL USE.
AND NEXT TO IT IS A, UH, COMMERCIAL USE, MULTI OCCUPANCY, UH, RETAIL AND A NUMBER OF RETAIL USES.
AND ALSO THERE ARE TWO HOMES ON, UH, FURTHER WEST, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF WEST MAIN STREET.
SO THIS IS ABOUT THE, UH, THE PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES OF ADJACENT NON-RESIDENTIAL USE USE, UM, FROM LOOKING FROM MAIN STREET, THE ONE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE SIDE IS A, UM, THE COMMERCIAL USE, WHICH DOES NOT HAVE ANY VEHICULAR ACCESS ON WEST MAIN STREET.
AND FROM THE, UH, THE SECOND ONE IN THE MIDDLE IS SHOWING THAT THE ADJACENT NOT COMMERCIAL USE DOES NOT HAVE ANY WINDOW OPENINGS OR WALL OR ANY ACCESS TO THE ADJACENT TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
ALL COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES AND, UM, AND, UH, ACCESS LER ACCESSES ARE TAKING PLACE FROM TBD STREET.
AND THE, UH, ZONING MAP SHOWS THAT IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S PREDOMINANTLY, UM, CONSISTENT WITH ADJACENT LAND USES OF MIXED USE AND IT BACKS TO URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP ADOPTED RECENTLY IN MAY 26TH, UM, SHOWS DESIGNATES THE PROPERTY AS MIXED USE, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO ITS ZONING, ITS CURRENT ZONING.
SO, UM, THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION CRITERIA, THE FIRST ONE IS TO ENSURE THE SAME GENERAL LEVEL OF LAND COMPATIBILITY AS THE OTHERWISE APPLICABLE STANDARDS.
SO FROM OUR RESEARCH, THE CURRENT USES CONSISTS OF MIX OF COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, AND UNDEVELOPED PARCELS.
THE NEW DWELLINGS INCLUDING, UH, THE NEW DWELLINGS, INCLUDING DUPLEXES, ARE PERMITTED WITH
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CONDITION IN MU ZONE.AND THE PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL USE IS COMPATIBLE WITH ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL USES IN THE AREA.
SPECIAL EXCEPTION CRITERIA NUMBER TWO DOES NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT ADJACENT LAND USES AND THE PHYSICAL CHARACTER OF USES IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY BECAUSE OF INADEQUATE BUFFERING SCREENING, SETBACKS AND OTHER LAND USE CONSIDERATIONS.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED BETWEEN AN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL HOME BUILT IN 2008 TO THE IMMEDIATE TWIST AND AN EXISTING NON-RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE TO THE IMMEDIATE EAST.
AND THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL USES ACTIVITY AND VEHICULAR ACCESSES, UH, ARE ALL LOCATED FROM TI STREET.
SO IT IS A, UM, STAFF'S OPINION THAT THE, UH, THE PROPOSED REDUCTION OF OPEN SPACE SIT BACK WILL HAVE NO IMPACT ON ADJACENT LAND USES AND THE PHYSICAL CHARACTER OF USES.
SPECIAL EXCEPTION CRITERIA NUMBER THREE DOES NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT PROPERTY VALUES OF ADJACENT PROPERTIES IN ANY MATERIAL WAY.
THE PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL USE LOOKS LIKE A STANDARD TWO STORY DWELLINGS, AND, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE IN STAFF REPORT, IT'S NOT ANTICIPATED THAT THE PROPOSED REDUCTION OF OPEN SPACE SETBACK WILL AFFECT PROPERTY VALUES OF ADJACENT PROPERTIES AND ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS LANDSCAPING WILL HELP WITH THE OVERALL LOOK OF THE PROPERTY, ENHANCING THE IMAGE OF THE SURROUNDING AREA AND IMPROVING THE VALUE OF ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
SPECIAL EXCEPTION CRITERIA NUMBER FOUR, BE GENERALLY CONSISTENT WITH THE PURPOSE AND THE INTENT OF THE ULDC.
THE ULDC IS TO PROMOTE HEALTH, SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE BY PROMOTING SAFE, ORDERLY, AND ECONOMICALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
AND ENSURE COMPATIBILITY WITH SURROUNDING LAND USES THE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USES ARE MEANT TO COEXIST IN MU ZONE.
AND ANY CONCERNS, UH, IN RESPECT TO INCOMPATIBLE USES OR PRIVACY OF, UM, OF EXISTING OR NEW DWELLINGS IS NOT VALID IN THIS, UH, SITUATION.
UH, THE DEDICATION OF TOTAL OF THIS IS ANOTHER POINT WHICH WE, IF WE, UM, ALLOW THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TO DEDICATE 20 FEET ON ONE SIDE ADJACENT TO NON-RESIDENTIAL, UH, USE IN ADDITION TO FIVE FEET SETBACK ON THE OTHER SIDE, THIS IS A TOTAL OF 25 FEET AND ON BOTH SIDES AND THE, UH, THE PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY ONLY 42 FEET.
SO THIS WOULD LEAVE THE PROPERTY WITH 17 FOOT OF, UH, DEVELOPABLE, UH, AREA ON THE FRONTAGE OF THE PROPERTY AND WOULD CREATE UNNECESSARY GAP IN BUILDING CHARACTER.
AND, UM, IF WE LOOK AT THE OTHER SIDE, UH, IF WE PERMIT A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT TO OCCUR IN THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WOULD ONLY PROVIDE FOR FIVE FEET TO EXISTING RESIDENTIAL HOME AT 4 23 WEST MAIN, WHICH IS LESS COMPATIBLE AND, UH, LESS IN LINE WITH IT'S NOT IN LINE WITH THE INTENT OF THE ULDC AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED SPECIAL EXCEPTION.
NEED TO HEAR FROM OUR FOLKS AND THEN WE CAN, UH, QUESTIONS OR DO WE ASK QUESTIONS NOW OF STAFF? UM, HEARING MODE? YEAH, WE'RE IN PUBLIC HEARING MODE.
SO THE APPLICANTS YES, PLEASE.
MAY I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? WHO ALL, WHO ALL DO WE HAVE SIGNED UP? DID YOU SIGN UP SIR? I'M SORRY.
DID YOU SIGN UP TO SPEAK? YEAH, IT, IT'S OKAY.
WELL, THE NUMBER ONE, TELL US WHO YOU ARE AND YOUR ADDRESS.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME? MY NAME IS JESSE.
UM, I LIVE IN HERE BACK TOWN, AND I COME TO TALK ABOUT MY PROPERTY BECAUSE, UH, UH, WHEN I BUY THIS LAND, I BUY IT, UH, 50 YEARS AGO, ONE FIVE YEARS.
AND THEY, THE FIRST I CHECK IT OUT AND I CAN MAKE A HOUSE THERE.
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THEY CAN SAY, YES, I CAN MAKE IT.NOW, WHEN WE PUT THE BLUEPRINTS ON THE CITY, NOW THEY SAY NO, BECAUSE IT'S A COMMERCIAL AND WE NEED TO SEPARATE 20 FOOT.
IT'S NO WAY TO, AND WE SEPARATE 20 FOOT.
SOMETHING FOR COMMERCIAL THERE.
IT'S ONLY WE GOING TO HAVE KNOWN ABOUT WHAT, UH, 20 FEET.
THERE'S NO WAY TO MAKE THAT ONE.
THIS IS WHY I COME HERE AND SEE.
THEY CAN GIMME THE PERMIT, THE SECTION AND SEE WE CAN BUILD SOME
YOUR DESIRE IS TO BUILD A DUPLEX TWO STORY.
RESIDENTIAL AND NOT A COMMERCIAL.
NO, BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S NO WAY, IT'S NO WAY TO MAKE SOME COMMERCIAL THERE ANOTHER WAY.
YOU COULD HAVE A BOWLING ALLEY THOUGH.
AND I'M SORRY ABOUT MY ENGLISH.
YOU KNOW, I, I I TRIED TO MAKE MY BEST.
THANK YOU THERE BEING NOBODY ELSE TO SPEAK.
WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK STAFF, UH, OR ASK THE BOARD IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF AS WE TALK ABOUT THE FOUR CRITERIA.
SO, I MEAN, SO THE PRESENTATION'S BEEN MADE ALREADY, RIGHT? SO I'LL, I'LL JUST MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, READING THROUGH WHAT STAFF USES IS, IS, IS KEYWORDS AND THE FOUR CRITERIA.
IT SURE SEEMS TO ME THAT ALL FOUR CRITERIA ARE MET, BUT, UM, I WANNA BE SURE YOU GUYS GIVE, GIVE GIVE YOUR THOUGHTS AND INPUTS ON WHETHER YOU THINK THERE ARE ANY ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.
UH, AND INDEED, BUILDING A DUPLEX THERE SEEMS TO ME TO BE COMMON SENSE.
AND INDEED, IF WE CUT IT DOWN TO 17 FEET, NOTHING'S GONNA BE BUILT THERE EXCEPT MY STUPID EXAMPLE OF A WHOLE FAMILY.
I, I, I AGREE WITH YOU MR. WILSON.
STAFF, HAVE Y'ALL HEARD FROM ANY OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS, PROPERTY OWNERS AT ALL? HAS THERE BEEN ANY FEEDBACK OR RESPONSE FROM THEM? WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS, UH, OR FEEDBACK FROM PROPERTY OWNERS.
HOWEVER, UH, I WENT, WHEN I WENT TO, UH, ON SITE VISIT, I SPOKE TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS AND THEY WERE, UM, I AGREE WITH STAFF.
I THINK IT ONLY ENHANCES WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE AREA FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AND, AND BACK BEHIND IT, THERE'S ALREADY A SMALL TWO STORY, UH, THAT IS, THERE ARE HOMES BACK BEHIND IT THAT ARE, UH, ONE STORY, ONE AND A HALF STORY.
THERE IS AN ALLEY IN BETWEEN, RIGHT? LIKE 12, 12 FEET ADDIE IN BETWEEN, UH, THIS PROPERTY AND THE PROPERTY, UH, THAT MR. SANTANA THOUGHTS? YEAH, I THINK THE FACT THAT THERE'S A, UH, AN EXISTING RESIDENCE NEXT TO THIS PROPERTY, UH, KIND OF VALIDATES THE MIXED USE MM-HMM
IF IT WASN'T THERE, I'D HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT A HOME POPPING UP WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ALL COMMERCIAL ON WEST MAIN, BUT IT APPEARS THAT THERE ARE HOMES UP AND DOWN, UH, WEST MAIN ALREADY, WHICH I GUESS IS WHY IT'S CALLED MIXED USE.
UM, SOMETIMES WE, WE STRUGGLE WITH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL BEING BACK TO BACK, AND HERE THEY'RE SIDE BY SIDE.
SO, UM, IT LOOKS APPROPRIATE FOR THE AREA.
I THINK A HOME THERE WILL ENHANCE THE, THE, UM, THE STREETSCAPE AND, AND THE OVERALL AREA.
I THINK, I THINK THEY'RE GONNA BRING MORE VALUE, LIKE YOU SAID, TO THE BUSINESSES THAN THE BUSINESSES WOULD BRING TO THE RESIDENTIAL.
AND IT'S NICE TO, TO BE ABLE TO CONSIDER, UH, A REQUEST WHERE AN EXCEPTION IS, IS NEEDED THAT WILL IN FACT ENHANCE THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT WE HAVE A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY THAT WANTS TO GO IN INTO SUCH A WIDELY MIXED USE AREA.
AND, AND IT DOES SEEM TO BE AN ENHANCEMENT AND IT SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY USE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHOUT SOME KIND OF ANCE.
WELL, THE BOWLING ALLEY THING, ANYTHING, ANYTHING COULD GO IN LIKE WILSON'S BOWLING ALLEY, BUT YEAH, BUT YOU COULD ONLY PARK TWO CARS DRIVE BOWLING ALLEY IF THAT WOULD WELL, WE CAN'T AFFORD TO DRIVE ANYWAY, SO, SO, SO I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE CRITERIA THAT WERE APPLIED AND THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION ON EACH ONE OF 'EM.
SO INDEED, WE'RE, WE'RE ALL AGREEING IN AGREEMENT THAT ALL FOUR CRITERIA ARE MET.
SINCE ALL FOUR CRITERIA ARE MET, I WOULD, UH, ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST.
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MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE REQUEST AS PRESENTED.UH, THE SETBACK FROM 20 FEET TO 11 FEET WAS THE, UH, REQUEST, RIGHT? UM, AS PRESENTED SECOND.
WE LOOK, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING CONGRATULATIONS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR BUILDING AND PEOPLE LIVING THERE.
THANK YOU FOR INVESTING IN THAT PART OF BAYTOWN.
THE MOST JUBILANT APPLICANT I'VE EVER SEEN.
HAVING MADE OUR DAY WITH THAT, LET'S GO TO ITEM
[5. DIRECTOR'S REPORT]
FIVE A AND RECEIVE A REPORT FROM THE DIRECTOR.UH, AS YOU KNOW, MR. SCRIBNER IS USUALLY SITTING IN THIS CHAIR.
UH, HE, HE WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY, HE WITHOUT OUT FROM WORK TODAY.
UM, SO I'M SITTING IN, AND INSTEAD THERE REALLY ISN'T MUCH TO REPORT.
I WILL EXPOUND UPON, UH, THE IMPORTANCE OF INFIELD DEVELOPMENT INSIDE OF THE CITY, SIR, PARTICULARLY IN THE AREAS LIKE THE ITEM THAT YOU JUST REVIEWED.
UM, SO, UH, YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED THE REVITALIZATION INCENTIVE ZONE, WHICH INCENTIVIZES DEVELOPERS LIKE, UH, UH, MR. JESSE TO BUILD PRODUCTS INSIDE OF AREAS, UH, LIKE WEST MAINE, PULL, UH, ALEXANDER, KIND OF THOSE OLDER PARTS OF TOWN WHERE WE HAVE THOSE VACANT LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR MULTIPLE YEARS.
SO, UM, I'M GLAD YOU ALL WERE ABLE TO SEE EYE TO EYE WITH STAFF AND AGREE WITH, AGREE WITH OUR CRI, AGREE WITH OUR, UM, FINDINGS ON THE CRITERIA.
UM, 'CAUSE THIS WILL HELP SPUR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
BRING, BRING THIS BOARD JUST LIKE THIS
SO HOPEFULLY IF, I MEAN, WE HAVE SOME INTEREST, UM, IN THE MU ZONING DISTRICT, WE'RE ACTUALLY TAKING AN ITEM BEFORE P AND Z TO AMEND THE CRITERIA TO MAKE IT MORE FLEXIBLE.
SO HOPEFULLY WE WON'T SEE MORE OF THESE BECAUSE IT'LL BE PERMITTED IN HOLD FOR THEM TO DO SOMETHING.
I MEAN, I THINK THE INTERESTING THING HERE IS, UH, IF IT, IF IT WAS THE RESIDENCE ON THE OTHER SIDE, THEY COULD FEET FROM YOU.
IT, IT IS KIND LIKE THIS RESIDENCE WAS TAKING THE BRUNT OF THE COMMERCIAL ZONING SIDE WHERE THE, IT LOOKED TO ME LIKE THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THAT WAS THERE WAS ALMOST ON THE PROPERTY LINE.
RIGHT? YOU'D HAVE TO GIVE SOME CONSIDERATION TO THESE VACANT LOTS, BEING ABLE TO DO SOMETHING REASONABLE WITH IT AND TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE KELLY, LIKE THE WEST MAIN AREA WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT BEEN SORT OF HAPA PATCHWORK, NOT HAP PATCHWORK DEVELOPED OVER THE LAST A HUNDRED YEARS.
AND LITERALLY, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH IT? YOU GET WHAT? YOU GET
SO IT, IT HAS VERY LIMITED RESIDENTIAL ALLOWANCES IN IT.
WHAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO WITH OUR, OR REWRITE IS TO KIND OF GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE BALANCE.
UM, SO WE ALLOW A DUPLEX PRODUCT, WE ALLOW ATTACHED SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO GO IN THERE, AND WE'RE NOT TRYING TO SPILL PEOPLE OUT ONTO MAJOR CORRIDORS LIKE THAT.
SO THERE MAY BE SOME CONDITIONS THAT REQUIRE YOU TO USE A ALLEYWAY TO PARK IN THE BACK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, WE WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO, TO USE THOSE AREAS FOR DENSITY.
SO, SO EVEN THOUGH I SAID BRING US MORE LIKE THIS, ARE YOU SAYING THAT PERHAPS WE CAN MODIFY THE ULDC TO WHERE STAFF COULD APPROVE ITEMS LIKE THIS WITHOUT IT EVEN NEEDING TO COME TO THE ORDER OF ADJUSTMENT? THAT'S CORRECT.
WHICH WILL SPEED EVERYTHING UP.
IT GETS IT GETS US OUT OF THE WAY.
NOT THAT WE DON'T ENJOY BEING WITH Y'ALL BECAUSE WE DO.
WE WILL SEE YOU IN AUGUST RELATIVE TO THE U-HAUL.
UH, PERHAPS, I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY ITEMS FOR NEXT MONTH.
SO, UH, I SEVEN DIFFERENT, IT'LL BE AUGUST.
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ALREADY MISSED JULY, SO IT'LL BE AUGUST, MAYBE AUGUST.THEY'RE PROPOSING, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO COME BACK IN AUGUST.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE LIKELY, LIKELY DATE.
SO IF WE HAVE VACATIONS PLANNED FOR JULY, TAKE 'EM, TAKE 'EM, BE BACK BY GOLLY
WE HAVE TWO OTHER MEMBERS, RIGHT? YEAH.
DO YOU HAVE MOTION ADJOURN? SECOND.