Sep 20, 2022 Planning and Zoning Commission

THOSE OPPOSED LIKE, SIGN.

UM, I WANT READ THE FOLLOWING ONE TIME AND IT APPLIES TO ALL PUBLIC HEARINGS.

PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE 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.

AS THIS LIST WILL PROVIDE THE SPEAKING ORDER FOR THE HEARING.

EACH SPEAKER SHALL GIVE HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS 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 CONCISE AS POSSIBLE.

IF YOU ARE A GROUP WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON THE SAME SUBJECT, PLEASE SELECT A SPOKESPERSON TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION.

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

I WILL NOW OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

AND OUR FIRST ORDER OF

[a. Conduct a public hearing and consider a request to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 49.87 acres at 5814 North State Highway 146 from a General Commercial (GC) and Open Space/Recreation (OR) to a Light Industrial (LI) Zoning District.]

BUSINESS IS THREE A.

CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 49.87 ACRES AT 58 14 NORTH STATE HIGHWAY 1 46 FROM A GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND OPEN SPACE RECREATION TO A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

OF THE SITE CURRENTLY AND WHAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT, UM, THIS IS AT THAT INTERSECTION OF 1405 AND STATE HIGHWAY 1 46.

HELLO COMMISSIONERS.

UH, MY NAME IS TREVOR HARLOW.

I'M A PLANNER TWO HERE AT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

UH, AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS FIRST ITEM THAT IS SITTING HERE BEFORE YOU IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

IT IS ALONG, UH, 58 14 NORTH SH 1 46.

THAT'S THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 1 46 AND FM 1405.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE VICINITY MAP THERE.

I DID WANNA POINT OUT, UH, ONE THING IF WE GO TO THIS OTHER VICINITY MAP, THIS, UH, UH, THIS APPLICATION FOR REZONE IS ALSO HAPPENING CONCURRENTLY WITH A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION.

SO IT'S CARRYING OUT TOGETHER.

THE ONLY DIFFERENCE YOU'RE GONNA SEE IS ON THAT VICINITY MAP.

THE ANNEXATION IS ALSO INCLUDING A STRIP OF LAND, JUST A LITTLE BIT TO THE NORTH.

AND THAT AREA IS NOT PART OF THIS REZONE APPLICATION THAT'S GONNA STAY AS OPEN SPACE.

UM, IT'LL STAY IN THE OR ZONING DISTRICT STAY AS OPEN SPACE AND KIND OF SERVE AS THAT ADDITIONAL BUFFERING BETWEEN, UH, THIS PROPOSED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AREA AND THE RESIDENTIAL USES UP THERE TO THE NORTH.

UH, GOING INTO THE ZONING HERE A LITTLE BIT, AS I SAID, WE'RE GOING FROM A OPEN SPACE RECREATION AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THOSE, UH, VICINITY MAPS CURRENTLY IN THE ZONING, WHEN THAT ANNEXATION DOES COME THROUGH, THEY WOULD BE LOOKING AT THIS OR, AND THEN THAT GC IS PART OF THE FRONTAGE THAT IS ALONG, UH, UH, STATE HIGHWAY 1 46.

AND THEN ALL OF THAT WOULD TURN INTO THAT LI WHILE STILL LEAVING THE OPEN SPACE STRIP UP THERE.

LOOKING AT OUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP, WE DO SEE THAT, UH, THE PART THAT, THE PORTION OF IT THAT IS PART OF THE ANNEXATION IS, UH, SLATED HAS INDUSTRIAL WITH LARGE SCALE COMMERCIAL FOLLOWING ALONG WHERE THAT GENERAL COMMERCIAL STRIP IS AS WELL.

SO AN OVERALL SUPPORT OF INDUSTRIAL WITHIN THE AREA SUPPORTED BY THE ADDITIONAL FLUME DESIGNATIONS AND LAND USE CATEGORIES HAPPENING DOWN THERE.

LOOKING A LITTLE BIT AT THE STATE

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WE'RE LOOKING NORTHEAST HERE.

UM, THIS IS ONE OF THE PRIMARY INTERSECTIONS WE'RE GONNA SEE IN THE PRIMARY AREA OF THAT LAND THERE.

MOVING OVER, THIS IS, UH, JUST A STRAIGHT EAST, A LITTLE BIT UP FROM THAT INTERSECTION.

WE SEE THAT KIND OF CORNER A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM THAT ANGLE.

YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE TRUCK TRAFFIC THAT IS COLLECTS, UH, DOWN HERE, PART OF THIS GAS STATION AND TRAVEL THIS ROUTE AS WELL.

THIS IS LOOKING AT A, UH, SOUTHEAST ANGLE.

WE'RE LOOKING DOWN A LITTLE BIT, KIND OF SEEING THAT SAME INTERSECTION THAT'S GONNA BE THE PRIMARY, UH, AREA OF USE FOR, FOR THIS INDUSTRIAL PRIMARY TRANSPORTATION USE IN THAT AREA.

AND THEN ONCE AGAIN, JUST LOOKING ALONG FM 1405 OR YEAH, FM 1405, LOOKING TOWARDS THAT INTERSECTION, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT LAND LOOKS LIKE NOW IN THE AREA SURROUNDING IT, UH, GOING INTO THE PROPOSED SITE.

AND THE APPLICANTS, UH, ARE HERE.

SO IF THEY WANT TO GO INTO MORE DETAIL, THEY, THEY CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT.

BUT I'LL JUST GIVE YOU KIND OF A BRIEF IDEA.

THEY'RE LOOKING AT, UH, TWO, UH, WAREHOUSE TYPE SETUPS HERE.

THOSE ARE BOTH ABOUT 370,000 SQUARE FOOT.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT.

UM, THAT COMBINED AREA OF ABOUT 750,000 SQUARE FOOT OF DEVELOPMENT.

UM, AS YOU CAN SEE ALL THE OTHER DETAILS LAID OUT, THE TENSION, THE BUFFERING THERE AND SCREENING AS WELL AS THE PARKING.

AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE ACCESS IS ON BOTH 1405 AND UH, STATE HIGHWAY 1 46 THAT ARE PROPOSED THERE AS WELL.

UM, BEFORE I DO, UH, TURN, UH, END HERE, I DO WANNA ALSO MENTION FOR YOUR, JUST FOR YOUR ATTENTION THAT UH, WE DID HAVE THREE COMMENTS ON BAYTOWN ENGAGED, UH, RELATED TO THIS.

UH, TWO OF THEM WERE SUP AND OR TWO OF THEM WERE IN OPPOSITION AND ONE WAS IN SUPPORT.

THE MAIN CONCERN THAT THOSE, UH, PARTICIPANTS BROUGHT UP IN THE COMMENT WAS, UH, CONCERNS WITH TRAFFIC VOLUME.

THERE IS, THEY HAD ISSUES WITH, UH, THERE'S BEING AN AREA WITH A LOT OF INDUSTRIAL USE AND THERE IS ALREADY QUITE A BIT OF TRUCK TRAFFIC.

SO THEY JUST BROUGHT UP CONCERNS WITH THAT.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, THE APPLICANT, UH, HAS BEEN AWARE OF.

SO IF THEY WANT TO TALK MORE ON THAT, THEN THEY CAN.

BUT AFTER THAT, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

I'LL LEAVE IT.

ANY QUESTIONS? NOBODY? I HAVE A QUESTION AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S APPROPRIATE OR NOT, SO TELL ME IF IT'S NOT.

I WAS WONDERING TO ALLEVIATE TRAFFIC 'CAUSE THAT WAS THE FIRST THING THAT POPPED INTO MY MIND AS WELL.

IS THERE A RIGHT HAND LANE? RIGHT TURN LANE GONNA BE PUT HERE AT THIS INTERSECTION? 'CAUSE THAT WOULD HELP.

UM, YEAH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN DEFINITELY BE PLANNED.

UH, AT THIS STAGE.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN INC REALLY LOOK AT FOR PART OF THE REZONE, BUT THERE IS DEFINITELY TRAFFIC, UH, SITUATIONS AND ADDITIONS THAT CAN BE DONE.

THAT'S DEFINITELY MORE OF AN ENGINEERING, UH, CONCERN, UH, RATHER THAN US.

SO THAT'S NOT MUCH WE CAN SPEAK ON, UH, HAS REGARD TO THIS REZONING.

BUT THERE ARE OPTIONS SUCH AS THAT AND ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT COULD DEFINITELY BE CONSIDERED COMMISSIONER AT A LATER TIME.

UH, DURING THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

UM, THE CITY WILL REQUIRE A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS OF THE SITE AND THAT DETERMINATION WILL BE MADE AT THAT TIME.

AND JUST TO PIGGYBACK, UM, I SEE THERE'S ONE RESS IS YOUR YES, I'M NOT SPEAKING TO IT.

I'M BACK THERE TO TURN IT ON.

SORRY.

UM, I SEE THERE'S ONE INGRESS AND EGRESS THAT'S A LOT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR ONE INGRESS AND EGRESS.

SO I GUESS THAT'LL BE ADDRESSED AS WELL WHEN WE GET TO DEVELOPMENT.

MY, MY OTHER QUESTION WOULD'VE BEEN THE SAME, ESPECIALLY NORTHBOUND ON 1 46, TO TRY TO GET SAFELY UP TO SPEED AND INTO, INTO THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC.

THEY'RE GONNA NEED SOME SORT OF, OF AN ALLOWANCE THERE.

OH, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE ON 1405.

I SEE.

YEAH, THERE IS A YES, YOU HAVE ACCESS ON BOTH, UH, 1405 AS WELL AS OKAY.

ANYONE ELSE? AND WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE SIGNED UP.

UH, JEFF NISH PRESENT.

YOU WANNA, I WAS GONNA DEFER MY TIME TO JASON TANGAN.

OKAY, JASON.

YEP.

PLEASE TELL US YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.

NAME IS JASON TANGAN.

ADDRESS IS 74 NORTH CURLY WILLOW, TOMBALL, TEXAS.

JEFF AND I ARE PRINCIPALS OF NIT.

THIS IS OUR PROPOSED SITE PLAN.

WE WANTED TO COME HERE, YOU KNOW, OPEN EARS, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ANYBODY HAD.

UM, KIND OF 30,000 FOOT VIEW.

THESE ARE PLANNED AS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION CENTRIC BUILDINGS, 36 FOOT CLEAR.

WE DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY ACCESS TO BOTH 1 46 AND 1405.

WE HAVE WORKED WITH TXDOT IN THE PAST IN ADDING

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TURN LANES, DESAL LANES.

WE'VE DONE THAT OVER OFF OSCAR NELSON AND 1405 AND CEDAR PORT.

SO THAT'S NOT ABOVE OUR BOARD AND ABILITY.

UM, AND HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS TO GET TO A SITUATION WHERE YOU GUYS ARE COMFORTABLE.

WE WANTED TO LEAVE THAT ADDITIONAL THREE ACRES AS A BUFFER.

SO THE FULL INTENT THERE IS TO LEAVE THAT AS GREEN SPACE AGAINST THE NEIGHBORHOOD SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO SEE BUILDINGS OUTTA THEIR BACKYARD.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

UM, WE DID INCLUDE AN EXCESSIVE, YOU KNOW, 50 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER AROUND THE ENTIRE PERIMETER OF THE SITE TO TRY AND HIDE AND MASK AND SCREEN THINKING THAT MAY BODE WELL WITH THE AREA RESIDENTS AND, AND NOT IMPACT THEM TOO MUCH.

WE, WE TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT WE WANNA BE GOOD NEIGHBORS WITH EVERYBODY AND, AND WANNA WORK TO THAT ACCORD.

ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS? THE ONLY OTHER THING I MIGHT MENTION IS IT IS NICE TO SEE DEVELOPMENT DESIGNS WITH LIGHTS THAT FOCUS DOWNWARD ON THE PROPERTY AND DON'T INTRUDE OUT AND, AND CREATE A LIGHT POLLUTION.

SO HOPEFULLY Y'ALL WILL YEAH.

PUT THAT IN MIND TOO.

WE WOULD INCLUDE THOSE.

ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU.

PERFECT.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS VAUGHN DAVIDSON.

I SIGNED UP SIMPLY TO DEFER MY TIME.

I HAVE NO COMMENTS, BUT THANK YOU.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

OKAY, IF WE HAVE NO FURTHER PEOPLE WISHING TO SPEAK, WE'LL CLOSE THAT PUBLIC HEARING AND GO TO THREE B, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP.

WE, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO DECISION ON THAT LAST PUBLIC HEARING.

IT DOES.

SO NEED TO CONSIDER THE ITEM.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

I SECOND HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

MOTION CARRIES MITCHELL, YOU ON MOTION? CORRECT? YES MA'AM.

AND DONNA WAS MY SECOND.

YES MA'AM.

A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 2.2 ACRES.

SO NOW MOVING TO THREE B.

CONDUCT

[b. Conduct a public hearing and consider a request to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 2.2 acres located at 706 East Cedar Bayou Lynchburg Road from an Open Space/Recreation (OR) to a Neighborhood Serving Commercial (NSC) Zoning District.]

LOCATED AT 7 0 6 EAST CEDAR ROAD, LYNCHBURG ROAD, FROM AN OPEN SPACE RECREATION TO A NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

GOOD EVENING.

UH, MADAM CHAIRWOMAN COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS LAMIA S PLANNER TWO WITH THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

THE SUBJECT ZONING MAP AMENDMENT, UH, BEFORE YOU, UM, IS FOR, UH, A REZONE FROM OR TO NSC, WHICH IS NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING COMMERCIAL.

THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE, UH, THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF, UM, CEDAR BAYOU, LYNCHBURG AND OOP.

AND IT'S, IT'S A 2.2 ACRE, UH, PROPERTY.

THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO, UM, REUSE THE EXISTING STRUCTURE, UH, THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE AND, UM, REPAINT THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOUSE AND, UH, MAKE SOME, UM, UH, IMPROVEMENT ON THE LANDSCAPING ALONG THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AND ALSO ADD PARKING SPACES FOR, UH, EMPLOYEE AND, UM, AND, UM, CUSTOMERS.

SO THIS IS THE ZONING, UM, THE CURRENT ZONING, UH, MAP AMENDMENT.

UM, THE, SORRY, THE CURRENT ZONING ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

AND, UM, AS YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT WAS ANNEXED IN, IN 2017 AND WAS ZONED, UM, OR AS A DEFAULT ZONE.

SO A REZONE OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY MUST OCCUR IN ORDER FOR ANY PROPERTY IMPROVEMENT, UH, TO BE PERMITTED OR FOR ANY CHANGE OF USES ON EXISTING STRUCTURE.

SO THIS IS THE EXISTING, UH, RESIDENTIAL DWELLING.

IT'S ABOUT 2,500 SQUARE FEET.

UH, ONE STORY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING.

UH, THE INTERIOR WAS RECENTLY REMODELED TO ALLOW FOR BUSINESS USE OR COMMERCIAL TO THE EAST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ACROSS BARLOW.

UM, OUR, UH, VEHICLE STORAGE AS YOU SEE HERE AND TO THE WEST ARE, UM, RESIDENTIAL HOMES, ONE OF WHICH IS BEING USED AS, UH, OFFICE OR COMMERCIAL.

THE NORTHEAST CORNER IS, UM, HAS A, UH, RESIDENTIAL HOME.

THE NORTH AND THE NORTHWEST HAS,

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UH, EXISTING COMMERCIAL AND PLANNED COMMERCIAL FOR THIS WHOLE BLOCK.

SO THE, UM, THE FUTURE LAND USE, UH, MAP DESIGNATES THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AS LOAD DENSITY STEER, WHICH ALLOWS FOR RESIDENTIAL USES UP TO SIX UNIT PER ACRE, UM, AS PRIMARY LAND USE ON THE SUBJECT LAND.

AND ALSO, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING COMMERCIAL IS PERMITTED WITH, UM, UH, WITH LOCATIONAL CRITERIA SUBJECT TO LOCATIONAL CRITERIA FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING COMMERCIAL.

THE LOCATIONAL CRITERIA WAS LAID OUT IN THE, UH, STAFF REPORT AND, UH, STAFF CONCLUDES THAT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY MEETS THE SECONDARY LAND USE LOCATIONAL CRITERIA.

IT IS ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND IS LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF AN ARTERIAL ROADWAY AND A COLLECTOR ROAD IS CONSIDERED AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING COMMERCIAL AND PLANNED COMMERCIAL ACROSS, UH, CEDAR LYNCH ROAD AND IS PROPOSING TO REUSE THE EXISTING, UH, STRUCTURE FOR AN OFFICE BUILDING.

UM, SO IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY, UH, CONFLICT WITH ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL USES.

AS SUCH, UM, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REONE.

HOWEVER, I WANTED TO, UH, MAKE SURE, UH, BEFORE I PAUSE FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT YOU ALL KNOW THAT ONCE THE PROPERTY, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS ZONED FROM OR TO NSC, THIS WILL ALLOW ANY OTHER, UH, PERMITTED USES, UH, TO OCCUR IN THE FUTURE.

SO I HAVE CONCLUDED SOME EXERTS FROM THE LAND USE TABLE IN, UH, IN OUR CODE THAT TELLS YOU, UM, WHAT ARE THE, THE PERMITTED USES.

IT SHOWS HERE IN P AND PERMITTED WITH CONDITIONS AND THE CONDITION WILL BE, UH, LAID OUT IN THE, IN THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.

SO THINGS LIKE COMMUNITY SERVICES, DAYCARE CLINICS, OUR PERMITTED USES IN NSC, UH, ALSO GENERAL GAS STATION IS PERMITTED WITH CONDITION, UM, FOOD ESTABLISHMENT OFFICE USE IS PERMITTED WITH CONDITION THAT THE, UH, THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING SHALL NOT EXCEED 10,000 SQUARE FEET.

SO WITH THIS, I UM, I WILL PAUSE FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.

WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY RESPONSES FROM ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ADD ANY, UH, COMMENTS IF YOU FOLLOW IT.

DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS OF LAMI? THANK YOU FOR LISTING THOSE USES.

THAT WAS HELPFUL.

OKAY, WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

JENNY MONTEZ.

JENNY, HELLO.

GOOD EVENING.

I JUST WANNA INTRODUCE MYSELF.

I'M THE BUSINESS OWNER, SO JENNY EZ STATE FARM.

I HAVE OPENED, I OPENED HERE LOCALLY IN 2018.

I AM FROM BAYTOWN LIVE IN BAYTOWN.

KIDS ARE RAISED IN BAYTOWN, SO I DO A LOT FOR THE COMMUNITY.

UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A SPACE AND HAVE SPACE.

RIGHT NOW I'M IN THE MALL PARKING LOT AND I'VE GOT A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.

SO I'M LOOKING TO USE THIS AS MY, MY GO-TO FOR OFFICE.

UM, I DON'T, NOT HIGH TRAFFIC.

HAVE A FEW CUSTOMERS COME IN.

I'VE GOT FIVE EMPLOYEES THAT I EMPLOY IN THE COMMUNITY LOOKING TO HAVE AROUND SEVEN.

UM, SO IT'S NOT A LOT OF TRAFFIC LOOKING TO KEEP THE SPACE AS IT IS, WHICH IS SOME UPGRADES.

SO AS SHE MENTIONED, PAINT, UM, LANDSCAPING, JUST BEAUTIFYING THE CORNER A LITTLE BIT.

UH, I'LL UTILIZE THE PARKING IN THE BACK FOR MY EMPLOYEES AND ADDING TO IT AND FIVE TO SIX SPACES UP FRONT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? NO QUESTIONS.

JENNY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE THEN HAVE TO MAKE, UM, A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CHANGE IN, UM, ZONING MOTION CHANGE IN ZONING.

WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND FROM HELEN.

UH, ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

DID YOU CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING PRIOR TO ACCEPTING A MOTION? PROBABLY NOT.

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, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, JUST TO BE CLEAR, LET'S, IF WE COULD JUST DO THAT, WE'LL CLOSE, DO OVER THIS PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH IS THREE B UH, SINCE ONE ELSE IS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AND WE'LL REDO OUR MOTION.

SHALL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT.

ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

UM, OUR THIRD IS THREE C.

CONDUCT

[c. Conduct a public hearing and consider a request to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 55.49 acres, located generally east of North Main Street between East Wallisville Road and FM 1942 from an Open Space/Recreation (OR) to a Mixed Residential at Low to Medium Densities (SF2) Zoning District.]

A PUBLIC HEARING.

CONSIDER A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 55.49 ACRES LOCATED GENERALLY EAST OF NORTH MAIN BETWEEN EAST VILLE ROAD AND FM 1942.

FROM OPEN SPACE RECREATION TO A MIXED RESIDENTIAL AT LOW TO MEDIUM DENSITY ZONING DISTRICT.

GOOD EVENING COMMISSION.

MY NAME'S TRISTAN LYONS.

UH, PLANNER ONE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

SO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY CONSISTS OF FOUR TRACKS OF LAND, UH, TO THE NORTHEAST AND WEST OF THE PROPERTY IS ALL VACANT LAND TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE PROPERTY IS GOOSE CREEK, ISD.

AND THIS SUBJECT PROPERTY IS A CONTINUATION OF BAY CREEK 1.0 DIRECTLY TO ITS SOUTH, WHICH CONCLUDED IN JUNE OF 2021 AND WAS ALSO REZONED TO SF TWO.

THE UH, BAY CREEK 2.0 IS PROPOSING TO CREATE 156 RESIDENTIAL LOTS ON THE FOUR TRACKS OF LAND.

THESE PHOTOS ARE OF THE PROPERTY ITSELF.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS A LARGE VEGETATIVE TREE BUFFER ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF NORTH MAINE.

ALL ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ITSELF HAS NOT BEEN DEVELOPED YET.

LOOKING AT THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, IT DESIGNATES ALL FOUR TRACKS AS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, WHICH ALLOWS UP TO TYP TYPICALLY SIX DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE OR LOWER IT.

THIS INCLUDES A VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES AND NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH SUPPORTS THE ZONING AS SF TWO.

THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES WERE ZONE, WERE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY BACK ON SEPTEMBER 8TH.

AND THIS IS CONTINUING WITH THAT WITH THE PROPOSAL TO REZONE TO SF TWO, THE 2040 COMP.

THE 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LISTS OUT THAT THIS SUPPORTS MULTIPLE GOALS ON DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL GROWTH, AND WELL-MAINTAINED HOUSING STOCK.

IT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREAS TO HELP PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA AS MOST OF THE LAND AROUND THE AREA IS VACANT.

THE 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ALSO POINTS OUT THAT THERE'S A COMMUNITY NEED FOR MORE HOUSING.

IT POINTS OUT THAT THERE IS CURRENTLY A LOW SUPPLY OF HOUSING, BUT AN INCREASING DEMAND FOR HOUSING WITH THE INCREASED AMOUNT OF RESIDENTIAL LOTS.

THIS WILL HELP MITIGATE THE SUPPLY OF HOUSING WITHIN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AND HELP MEET THAT.

THERE WAS A SINGLE RESPONSE ON OUR, OUR ONLINE FORUM, WHICH BROUGHT CONCERNS WITH WATER MITIGATION AND FLOODING PREVENTION IN THE AREA.

STATING THAT THE CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE AREA CANNOT SUPPORT THE DRAINAGE FROM HEAVY RAINS.

THEY, THEY CLAIM THAT WATER HAS, THAT WATER IS ALWAYS DEVIATED TOWARDS OLDER HOMES AND PROPERTIES IN THEIR SURROUNDING FLOOD AREAS.

AND AFTER CONSULTING WITH ENGINEERING STAFF, ENGINEERING HAS STATED THAT ALL DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDING THIS ONE FOR FUTURE WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE DETENTION TO HELP MITIGATE FLOOD WATERS AND PROVIDE DRAINAGE IMPACT ANALYSIS.

HOWEVER, CURRENT DETAILS ON WHAT THEY WILL BE PROPOSING, UH, IS NOT, WILL BE OCCUR DURING THE DEVELOPMENT PHASE.

AND WITH THAT, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS IF TREVOR DYLAN? UM, IN ADDITION, THANK YOU TREVOR.

WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.

SO I'LL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION AS TO APPROVING.

SO DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

FOURTH ZONING HEARING IS CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING.

OUR

[d. Conduct a public hearing and consider a request to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 40 acres located at 6455 East Interstate Highway 10 (IH 10) from an Open Space/Recreation (OR) to a General Commercial (GC) Zoning District.]

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CONSIDER A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 40 ACRES LOCATED AT 64 55 EAST INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10 FROM AN OPEN SPACE RECREATION TO A GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSION.

UH, THE ITEM THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US IS A VACANT PIECE OF PROPERTY OF 40 ACRES.

UH, THIS AREA IS LOCATED ABOUT 0.3 MILES TO THE EAST OF NORTH MAIN STREET AND THEN ALSO ANOTHER ONE AND A HALF OR SO MILES WEST OF SLANDER, WHICH IS NOT ON THE SCREEN HERE.

AS YOU LOOK AT THIS PARTICULAR, UH, VICINITY MAP, YOU CAN SEE THAT A LARGE AMOUNT OF THE ACREAGE IS, UH, CONTINUES TO BE VACANT, UM, EVEN THOUGH IT IS LOCATED ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD.

UM, A PART OF THAT REASON IS BECAUSE THE AREA'S IN A SIGNIFICANTLY, UM, UH, INTENSE FLOOD AREA.

SO THIS MAP SHOWS US THAT THERE IS A FLOOD ZONE, UM, THAT BASICALLY RUNS FROM THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ALL THE WAY TO THE EAST, UH, OF THE AREA.

AND THAT HINDERS DEVELOPMENT FROM OCCURRING.

CURRENTLY.

THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, UM, IS PROPOSING TO, UH, I MEAN DESIGNATES THIS AREA TO BE LARGE SCALE COMMERCIAL, UM, WHICH IS, WHICH DOES SUPPORT THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION THAT IS BEING PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT.

ON THIS PARTICULAR MAP THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS THE EXISTING ZONING.

THIS PROPERTY WAS ANNEXED INTO THE CITY AROUND 2015 AND AT THAT TIME IT WAS OF COURSE ZONED OPEN SPACE, RECREATIONAL OPEN SPACE RECREATION.

THE APPLICANT, AGAIN IS LOOKING TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM OPEN SPACE RECREATION TO THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.

AND WITH THAT IT'S A VACANT PIECE OF PROPERTY.

IT'S ON I 10.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL FOR THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS PARTICULAR ZONING PROPOSAL.

QUESTIONS SINCE THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT FLOODING, WHICH WAY WOULD THEY DIVERT THEIR RAINWATER? IT WOULD LIKELY GO TO THE NORTH.

SO ON THIS EXISTING PIECE OF PROPERTY, THERE ARE ALREADY TWO PONDS, LARGE DETENTION PONDS, AND WE DON'T HAVE THE, I GUESS THE TAP VERSION ISN'T WORKING, BUT TO THE NORTH HERE, UH, NORTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, THERE ARE ALSO, UH, TWO LARGE PONDS ALREADY ON THE PROPERTY.

SO IT'S LIKELY THAT THE DETENTION WILL REMAIN UP THERE.

YOU'LL SEE THAT THIS IS A FLOODWAY AND A FLOOD CHANNEL, UM, THERE.

SO IT'S SHOWING US THAT WATER FLOWS IN THAT DIRECTION.

SO IT WOULD GO INTO MCGEE, LIKELY.

BUT AGAIN, THAT'LL BE A DEVELOPMENT.

UM, DETERMINATION WHEN THEY START BUILDING AND CHANGING THE GRADE, ET CETERA.

DO WE KNOW OF ANY PLANS FROM THE COUNTY OR ANY ENTITY THAT'S GONNA ENLARGE MCGEE AT ANY TIME FOR CONCERN? WE DO NOT, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY INDICATION OF ANY PLANS OF IMPROVEMENTS OF, OF THE MCGEE GULLY.

WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, SO I'M GONNA CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS, NOW IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY.

OTHERWISE WE'D ACCEPT A MOTION TO APPROVE FOR US.

WE ARE HERE, WE JUST DID SIGN TO SPEAK.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS OF THE I I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

CONSIDER APPROVING CHAMBERS PARKWAY.

WE ARE AT FOUR

[4. CONSENT]

CONSENT AGENDA.

DO I NEED TO READ THAT? NOPE.

NOPE.

IT IS CONSENT TO ITEMS. MM-HMM .

WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? UH, MOTION TO APPROVE BOTH.

SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? LIKE SIGN.

, YOU'RE MOVING THIS ONE RIGHT ALONG, AREN'T YOU? MM-HMM .

MARTIN, WE'RE DOWN TO YOU.

[a. Receive a report from the Planning Director.]

YOU TOLD ME I HAD TO STAY OVER .

I DID.

I DID TELL YOU I HAD TO STAY OVER.

UM, OKAY.

SO WE HAD A FEW ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED SINCE OUR LAST MEETING.

UM,

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I THINK WE HAD A COUPLE THAT WERE KIND OF HOLDOVERS FROM BECAUSE WE HAD THE, THE SCHEDULING STUFF LAST MONTH.

SO, UM, WE DID HAVE, UH, A REZONE AT SLANDER AND I 10 FROM OR TO GC.

THAT'S THE, UM, THE, THERE'S SORT OF A TRIANGULAR PIECE THAT'S RIGHT THERE.

UM, AGAIN, RIGHT, RIGHT ON, UM, SLANDER.

UM, THERE'S A LARGE INDUSTRIAL PIECE JUST THE EAST OF THAT.

THIS WAS ZONED TO A GENERAL COMMERCIAL.

UM, IF YOU REMEMBER THIS CAME, THAT CAME THROUGH HERE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND THEY DIDN'T BRING ANYTHING FORWARD WITH ANY PLANS.

THIS WAS SPECULATIVE.

SO THAT WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.

UM, THERE WAS AN ANNEXATION, AGAIN, YOU GUYS SAW THE, UM, REZONE FOR BAY CREEK TOO.

UH, THAT, THAT ANNEXATION WAS ALSO APPROVED ON THE EIGHTH AND THE ULDC TEXT AMENDMENT, THAT WAS WHERE WE WANTED TO TAKE ALL OF THE STUFF THAT'S DEVELOPMENT RELATED CODE AND PUT IT IN THE ULDC.

SO IT'S EASIER TO FIND, CONSOLIDATE THAT THAT WAS ALSO APPROVED.

SO THAT IS EFFECTIVE NOW.

UM, IT'S, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GONNA BE SEEN ONLINE IN THE CODE THAT'S THERE BECAUSE THAT, THAT ONE IS A PRETTY HEFTY LIFT IN TERMS OF MOVING TEXTS AROUND.

SO, UM, BUT WE ANTICIPATE THAT THAT'LL BE ON THE WEBSITE SOON.

IT'S, AT THE VERY LEAST IT'S MARKED AT THIS, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THAT'LL TAKE.

WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OTHERS.

UM, WE HAD A SMALL REZONE ON, UH, DFI FROM SF TWO TO NSC THAT WAS ALSO APPROVED BY COUNSEL AND UM, NOPE, THE OTHER ONE'S ALREADY UP THERE, SO WE'RE GOOD.

SO I THINK THAT'S, UM, AS YOU HOPEFULLY SAW, I'VE BEEN PROMISING TRAINING AND I'M DELIVERING TONIGHT.

SO WHEN WE'RE DONE, I HAVE ABOUT AN HOUR'S WORTH OF TRAINING TO, TO GIVE YOU GUYS.

WE BROUGHT YOU SNACKS, .

SO, UM, WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO THIS CONFERENCE ROOM OVER HERE, SO IT'S A LITTLE MORE RELAXED.

SO, UM, NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE INVITED THE PUBLIC TO, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT'S OPEN.

UM, SO ANYBODY WHO WAS WONDERING ABOUT THAT, THAT WILL BE IN THE OTHER ROOM.

UM, I'M SURE THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE I WAS GONNA SAY.

I THINK THAT'S IT.