* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. I FEEL LIKE I'M [00:00:01] IN TROUBLE. FIVE [1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL] O'CLOCK. I WILL CALL THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17TH TO ORDER NOW, WOULDN'T YOU PLEASE DO? YES MA'AM. TAMMY? HERE. AUGUSTINE? HERE. RICK. HERE. DONNA? HERE. TRACY HERE. [a. Consider approving the meeting minutes of the September 19, 2023, Planning and Zoning Commission regular meeting.] THANK YOU. UH, FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS THE MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2023 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, REGULAR MEETING. HAS EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK OVER IT? I, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION TO AND A SECOND TO APPROVE. ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL INFL FAVOR, PLEA TO INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? LIKE, SIGN. MOTION CARRIES [3. PLATS] OUR NEXT ITEM. WE HAVE THREE PLATS TO CONSIDER. UH, CONSIDER APPROVING SCOTS BIN. SECTION SIX. PRELIMINARY PLAT, APPROXIMATELY 14.54 ACRES. GENERALLY LOCATED EAST OF GARTH ROAD AND NORTH OF EAST VILLE. ARE WE GONNA TAKE ALL THREE OF THESE TOGETHER? UM, I THINK, DO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THEM SEPARATELY? WE DO, YEAH. YEAH. WELL I CAN, I CAN KIND OF TALK ABOUT THEM. OKAY. OVERALL. ALRIGHT. WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, SO YES, FIRST ONE, THIS SHOULD ALL LOOK VERY FAMILIAR. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE, THE KIND OF BLOCK OF PLA THEY ALL CONSIDERED PREVIOUSLY AT LAST MONTH'S MEETING. UH, GOING, UH, A LITTLE MORE EAST AND AND SOUTHEAST BOUND. SO, UH, THIS, UM, ORANGE KIND OF CORAL SECTION SIX HERE, IF YOU WILL. IT'S KIND OF LIKE MIDBLOCK FOR THE SUBDIVISION. UH, BUT THIS IS, SCOTTS BEEN SECTION SIX, UM, WHICH GENERALLY CONSISTS OF 14.54 ACRES. UM, AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO CREATE 71 WATTS, UM, AND ONE, ONE RESERVE AND FOUR BLOCKS WITH THIS PLANT. AND I'LL SHOW YOU THE SUBDIVISION FOR REFERENCE. UM, KIND OF MOVING ON FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES. UM, IF YOU HEAD SOUTH, THAT BEGINS, UH, THE FIRST FEW SECTIONS OF PLY PLACE. UM, AND SPECIFICALLY SECTION TWO, UH, WHICH CONSISTS OF GOT MY NOTES, BUT 84 LOTS OR SIX. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, IT CONSISTS OF 19.50 ACRES. UH, THEY'RE CREATING 84 LOTS WITH THIS. SIX RESERVES AND FOUR BLOCKS. I THINK THIS IS A TWO PAGER. NO, THE NEXT ONE IS MOVING ON THIS SECTION. UM, TWO OF PROBABLY PLACE YES. OR THE, THE PRIOR ONE WAS SECTION ONE. SECTION TWO IS GONNA BE, UH, CONSISTING OF 22.09 ACRES, UH, WHICH IS GONNA CONSTITUTE 102 LOTS, UH, WITH FIVE RESERVES AND THREE BLOCKS. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. HERE'S A SECOND PAGE OF THAT PLOT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS? I, I GUESS I DO. I'M JUST CURIOUS. I DON'T SEE ANY DETENTION PONDS ANYWHERE. I WAS JUST, THERE'S UH, IN THE OVERALL, WE DON'T HAVE THE GENERAL PLAN FOR Y'ALL, BUT THERE IS SOME DETENTION SITES, UM, AND PRIOR SECTIONS, BUT THEY ALL ARE TALKING TO EACH OTHER. OKAY. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ENGINEERING FOR THESE, UM, AS WELL WHEN WE CAN, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE PRELIM PLATS. OKAY. SO THANKS. MM-HMM . SO THEY WOULD BE IN SOME OF THE OTHER PLATS? YES. WE IN THAT DETENTION SYSTEM? YES MA'AM. FINITY, CORRECT. AND WE DON'T NEED THOSE BEFORE WE APPROVE PLATS. UH, WELL IT'S PART OF THE GENERAL PLAN, LIKE THE GENERAL FRAMEWORK. UM, AND THE ENGINEERS WE'RE OBVIOUSLY LOOKING AND JUAN CAN SPEAK TO THIS, BUT, UM, WHENEVER WE EVALUATE THESE DIFFERENT SECTIONS, YOU KNOW, IN PHASES AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE FOR THAT DETENTION IN WHATEVER PRIOR OR SUBSEQUENT PHASE. I DON'T KNOW IF JUAN WANTS TO TOUCH ON THE TECHNICALITIES OF THAT OR NOT, BUT IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, UM, PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION HAS SEEN THE GENERAL PLAN. YEP. UH, IT WAS A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, MAYBE THREE OR FOUR MONTHS AGO. SO Y'ALL ARE COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT'S PROPOSED? MM-HMM . ANYTHING ELSE? NO MA'AM. SO WE NEED TO TAKE THESE INDIVIDUALLY? YES. UH, THREE A SCOTT'S BEEN SECTION SIX, PRELIMINARY PLAT PROMOTION. HAVE A MOTION. ONE SECOND AND A SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY [00:05:01] SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED LIKE SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. UH, THREE B, CONSIDER APPROVING P PLACE SECTION ONE. PRELIMINARY PLAT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . DO A SECOND. SECOND. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED LIKE SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. UH, THREE C. CONSIDER APPROVING PE PLACE SECTION TWO, PRELIMINARY PLAT. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED LIKE SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. UH, [a. Conduct a public hearing and consider a request for a subdivision variance to allow for the creation of one (1) utility reserve with no lot frontage on an improved public right-of-way for approximately 7.46 acres located at 3603 Danek Road.] FOUR BEGINS VARIANCES. AND FOUR A IS CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR A SUBDIVISION VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR THE CREATION OF ONE UTILITY RESERVE WITH NO LOT FRONTAGE ON AN IMPROVED PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY FOR APPROXIMATELY 7.46 ACRES. LOCATED AT 36 0 3 DAN ROAD. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS MIA MA PLANNER WITH THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. I WOULD, UH, FIRST START TO GIVE YOU AN A BRIEF IDEA ABOUT THE SUBDIVISION VARIANCES SINCE WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED THOSE. UH, FOR THE PAST ONE AND A HALF YEAR. UM, THE SUBDIVISION VARIANCE COULD, UM, APPLY TO WITHIN THE CITY LIMIT AND IN THE A TG, THE DECISION MAKERS ON THE SUBDIVISION VARIANCE APPROVAL AND ITS ASSOCIATED PLA ARE THE COMMISSION, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AS WELL AS THE PLANNING DIRECTOR. UM, WE GIVE THE APPLICANT THE CHANCE TO APPLY FOR THE PLA ALONGSIDE WITH THE, UH, SUBDIVISION VARIANCE APPLICATION. AND THE FIRST ITEM WE HAVE TODAY IS THE, UH, UH, AN APPLICATION FOR, UH, CENTER POINT ENERGY. AND THEY'RE NOT, UH, PROPOSING TO HAVE THE PLA ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUBDIVISION VARIANCE AS OF YET. SO NEXT MEETING, WE WILL SEE THE PLA APPLICATION FOR THIS SUBDIVISION VARIANCE. THE, UH, SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED, UH, NORTH OF BARBERS HILL, UH, ROAD AND WEST OF DANI CRUDE. IT IS AT THE, UM, THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE LARGER TRACT OF LAND. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO HAVE NO FRONTAGE ON, UH, PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. UM, ANY STATE. THEY'RE CREATING ONE UTILITY RESERVE ON A PRIVATE ACCESS EASEMENT, UM, WITH A WIDTH OF 60 FEET. SO THAT'S THE, UH, THE PLA THAT WE WILL SEE NEXT TIME. BUT THIS IS THE VARIANCE FOR THIS SUBJECT. UH, UH, PLAT AND STAFF SEE THAT IT MEETS THE CRITERIA, UH, FOR A SUBJECT, UH, FOR THE SUBDIVISION VARIANCE APPROVAL. AND WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS PLAT. OKAY, THANK YOU. WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR THIS, SO I'LL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND WE DO NEED TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION APPROVE. HAVE A MOTION. SECOND. SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED LIKE SON, A PUBLIC HEARING. MADAM CHAIR, YES. BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE, JUST A QUICK HOUSEKEEPING. THE REST OF THE ITEMS UNDER NUMBER FOUR ON YOUR AGENDA MIGHT GET A LITTLE CONFUSING. THE FIRST ONE WAS A VARIANCE BY ITSELF. MOST OF THE OTHERS, I THINK, EXCEPT SAVE ONE, ARE A VARIANCE. AND THEN A PLAT, THEY'RE GONNA BE PRESENTED EACH ONE OF THOSE TOGETHER, BUT WITHOUT THE VARIANCE, THE PLATS CAN'T BE APPROVED TONIGHT. SO UNDERSTAND THAT THE VARIANCE HAS TO BE FIRST AND THEN VOTE ON THE PLAT AFTER THAT. BUT, UM, BEYOND THAT, UM, JUST PAY ATTENTION TO STAFF AND THEY'LL KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH WHICH ONES WHICH AND, AND WHAT WE NEED. SO I WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT BECAUSE THE AGENDA ITSELF IS A LITTLE CONFUSING. IT IS A LITTLE CONFUS, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S KIND OF AWARE WHERE WE'RE HEADED WITH IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MARTIN. THANK YOU. [b. Conduct a public hearing and consider a request for a subdivision variance to allow for the creation of three lots with no frontage on an improved right-of-way for approximately 4.30 acres at 0 Riverside Street, located south of Morton Street and west of North Main Street.] SO FOUR B, CONSIDER CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR SUBDIVISION VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR THE CREATION OF THREE LOTS WITH NO FRONTAGE ON AN IMPROVED RIGHT OF WAY FOR APPROXIMATELY 4.3 ACRES AT ZERO RIVERSIDE STREET, LOCATED SOUTH OF MORTON STREET AND [00:10:01] WEST OF NORTH MAIN STREET, LAIA. SO THIS SUBDIVISION VARIANCE CAME, UH, ALONG WITH A PLAT. SO, UM, THIS IS A, THE, THE LOCATION OF THE, UH, SUBJECT PROPERTY. IT'S, UH, WEST OF NORTH MAIN AND SOUTH OF MORTON, UH, STREET. AND THE A TJ, THE SUBDIVISION VARIANCE IS TO CREATE THREE LOTS RESIDENTIAL LOTS THAT HAS NO FRONTAGE ON AN IMPROVED PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. SO AS YOU SEE HERE, THE, UM, THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY ENDS TERMINATES AT MORTON, UH, STREET HERE. AND THEN THIS EXISTING EASEMENT IS PART OF THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. AND THE APPLICANT IS, UM, CREATING THREE LOTS. ONE OF THEM NEEDED THIS PROPOSED EASEMENT. IT'S 20 FEET WIDE TO ACCESS, UH, FOR EMERGENCY ACCESS SERVICES TO LOT THREE. SO, UM, THAT'S THE, THE SUBDIVISION VARIANCE, UH, THAT WE HAVE TODAY. AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. OKAY, SO AGAIN, WITHOUT THAT VARIANCE, THE PLAT ITSELF, WE, WE'D HAVE TO SEND THEM BACK TO, TO REDESIGN SOMEHOW. UM, AT, IN THIS PARTICULAR ONE, AS, AS LAMIA HAS PRESENTED, UM, ONLY HAS ACCESS TO THE MAIN ROAD THROUGH THESE EASEMENTS. THAT'S THE ONLY THING THEY'VE GOT BECAUSE THEY DON'T, THEY'RE LANDLOCKED OTHERWISE. OKAY, WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AT THIS PUBLIC HEARING, SO I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE NEED TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE OR DENY THIS VARIANCE. I'D LIKE TO MOVE FOR APPROVAL. THANK YOU AUGUSTINE. I'LL SECOND HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED LIKE, SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. [c. Consider approving Sherry Favors Estates, approximately 4.30 acres located at 0 Riverside Street, south of Morton Street and west of North Main Street.] C CONSIDER APPROVING SHERRY FAVOR'S ESTATES APPROXIMATELY 4.3 ACRES LOCATED AT ZERO RIVERSIDE STREET, SOUTH OF WHARTON STREET AND WEST OF NORTH MAIN STREET, OMNI. SO THIS IS THE SAME. UH, THIS IS THE, UH, THE FINAL PLAT ASSOCIATED WITH THE PREVIOUS SUBDIVISION VARIANCE. UM, AND THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO CREATE, AS I SAID, UH, THREE RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND TO CREATE, UM, ONE, UH, ACCESS EASEMENT 20 FEET WIDE FROM AN EXISTING EASEMENT. AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THERE? YOUR MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE PER STAFF RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU. TAMMY, DO I HEAR A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU ALL IN. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED LIKE, SIGN. MOTION CARRIES [d. Conduct a public hearing and consider a request for a subdivision variance to have lot frontage of 41.61 feet which is less than the required 50 feet for approximately 3.51 acres located at 1009 East Wallisville Road.] FOUR D. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR SUBDIVISION VARIANCE TO HAVE LOT FRONTAGE OF 41.61 FEET, WHICH IS LESS THAN THE REQUIRED 50 FEET FOR APPROXIMATELY 3.51 ACRES. LOCATED AT 10 0 9 EAST VILLE ROAD. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME'S JOHN WILLIAMS. I'M A PLANNER WITH, UH, CITY. AND UM, TODAY WE'VE GOT, UH, SOMETHING TO CONSIDER ON VILLE ROAD. UM, THIS IS AN EXISTING THREE AND A HALF ACRES OF PROPERTY THAT THE OWNER'S WANTING TO DIVIDE THE BACKSIDE. AND NEXT SLIDE. UH, BUT THIS IS ALSO GONNA BE A PLAT AND A VARIANCE. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE VARIANCE AND LOOK AT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT SLIDES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I ASK ABOUT THAT. UM, IN THE CITY WE WOULD CALL THIS A FLAG LOT. WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN THE ETJ. ALL, ALL THREE OF THESE PROPERTIES, BY THE WAY THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT ARE IN THE ETJ. AND SO, UM, WE REQUIRE LOTS TO HAVE A 50 FOOT FRONTAGE. AND OBVIOUSLY WITH BEING, UH, OVER THREE ACRES, THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM HERE. BUT, UM, THEY HAVE FLARED THE, THE, UH, OPENING OF THE LOT, UM, TO WHERE IT'S ABOUT, IT WAS ABOUT 46 [00:15:01] FEET. AND THE, UH, ENGINEERING WANTED AN EASEMENT ACROSS THERE, UH, FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY FUTURE WIDENING. AND SO IT'S NOW NARROWED DOWN TO 41 FEET, 41.61 FEET. UM, IF THIS WERE IN THE CITY, WE WOULD BE ACCEPTING IT WITHOUT, UH, ANY ISSUE AS FAR AS THAT GOES. UM, LET ME BACK UP HERE. UM, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT AT ALL? NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ON THE NORMAL, I'LL JUST MENTION ON THE NORMAL, ON THE FLAG LOTS THAT WITHIN THE CITY WE ONLY REQUIRE 20 FEET. AND THIS ONE'S GOT ABOUT, UH, 25 TO I THINK OF EVEN UP TO 30 FEET. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT LARGER AND WIDER IN SOME OF THOSE REGARDS AS FAR AS THAT GOES. UM, AND THEN SECONDLY, JUST SO WE HAVE THE PLAT, UM, FOR THE SAME SITUATION AS FAR AS THAT GOES. AND UM, AGAIN, WE WOULD, WE ARE REQUESTING THAT THIS BE APPROVED AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. UH, THERE BEING NO ONE TO SIGN UP FOR OR FOR FOUR D I'LL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND NEED A MOTION. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE PER STAFF RECOMMENDATION. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED LIKE SIGN. AND MARTIN, DO WE NEED TO DO THE ACTUAL VARIANCE AS WELL? NOW AS A SECOND? OKAY, THEN THE PLAT? YES. OKAY. EXCUSE [e. Consider approving Elena Fruit and Cotton Farms Unit C Partial Replat Alan and Pat Arnold, approximately 3.51 acres located at 1009 East Wallisville Road.] ME. SEEMS TO REASON. SO FOUR E CONSIDER APPROVING ELENA FRUIT AND COTTON FARMS UNIT C, PARTIAL REPL, ALLEN AND PAT ARNOLD. APPROXIMATELY 3.51 ACRES LOCATED AT 10 0 9 EAST VILLE ROAD. AND THIS IS THE SAME PROPERTY WITH THE SAME SITUATION AS WE DISCUSSED BEFORE. DO WE NEED A MOTION? MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SECOND. A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE FOR E. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED LIKE SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. [f. Conduct a public hearing and consider a request for a subdivision variance to allow reduced front setback from 25 feet to 20 feet at 4314 Cedar Ash Drive.] FOR F CON, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR A SUBDIVISION VARIANCE TO ALLOW REDUCED FRONT SETBACK FROM 25 FEET TO 20 FEET AT 43 14 CEDAR ASH DRIVE. THANK, THANKS. YOU GET CAUGHT UP HERE. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THIS IS A LOT. UM, IN THE, IN STERLING POINT, SUBDIVISION MAY, THEY'VE GOT SOME ZOOMED IN AREAS HERE, UM, FRIENDS WITH DEVELOPMENT AND LENNAR HOMES AND, UM, THE PLAT SHOWS A 25 FOOT SETBACK AND THE HOUSE WAS, UH, BUILT ACCIDENTALLY TO 20 FOOT OR 22 FOOT, UH, SETBACK INSTEAD. UH, IF YOU'LL NOTICE THE LOT ACROSS THE STREET ALSO IS SET AT 25 BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF AN A STRAIGHT NARROW, STRAIGHTER AREA OF THE, UH, PLAT. BUT THEN, UH, AS IT GOES AROUND THE RADIUS OF THE CUL-DE-SAC, IT GOES DOWN TO 20 FEET. AND UM, SO I THINK WHEN THEY WERE COMING OUT OF THE OTHER HOUSES AROUND THE CUL-DE-SAC, THEY INADVERTENTLY MADE THIS ONE AT 20, 22 FEET AS WELL. AND, UM, THE PROPERTY IS BUILT AND, UM, I WAS JUST GOING TO WENT OUTSIDE OR WENT OUT THERE TO JUST KIND OF TAKE SOME PICTURES EARLIER. WELL, THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK. NOW WHAT DID I DO? UM, GO BACK TO THERE ALONG THE BOTTOM. THE GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT TO THE LEFT, RIGHT THERE. DID IT CLOSE? I THINK IT CLOSED. HIT THE, UM, THING THAT'S, I APOLOGIZE. OH, IT'S NOT UP. YOU HAVE TO RESTART THE PRESENTATION. UM, BASICALLY THE PROPERTY, THE HOUSE IS ABOUT, OH, 80% BUILT. IT NEEDS TO BE FINISHED THAT THE, UH, PARKING, UH, DRIVEWAY AND, UH, [00:20:01] PARKING AS FAR AS THAT GOES IN SIDEWALKS AND THE INTERIOR. BUT THEY DID, I GUESS, HALT CONSTRUCTION ONCE THEY REALIZED WHAT THE SITUATION WAS. AND UM, THE PICTURES I SHOWED WAS, UH, THE HOUSE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET AS WELL AS THIS HOUSE, JUST TO WHERE YOU COULD KIND OF GET AN IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. THANK YOU. YOU IS THE HOMEOWNER OR BUILDER BRINGING THIS? OKAY, REQUEST THE BUILDER. I'M SORRY, I COULDN'T, IS THE HOMEOWNER OR THE BUILDER, THE HOME BUYER OR THE BUILDER BRINGING THIS REQUEST FOR VARIANCE? THIS HAS NOT BEEN CLOSED ON YET BY A PURCHASER. SO THIS WOULD BE FROM THE BUILDER. SO LEMME GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT ON THIS. UM, THIS IS ONE OF OUR, UH, SUBDIVISIONS THAT'S OUT IN THE ETJ. THIS IS, UH, FRIENDSWOOD. THIS IS LENNAR HOMES. UM, SO FOR CONTEXT, AGAIN, USUALLY WHAT WOULD BE A SETBACK VARIANCE WOULD GO TO OUR BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT BECAUSE THIS IS IN THE ETJ. OUR BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT DOES NOT HAVE ANY AUTHORITY OUT THERE. YOU GUYS DO. BUT THE OTHER PART OF THIS IS THAT 25 FOOT SETBACK IS ON THE PLAT. SO TODAY THIS IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT DOES NOT HAVE A PLAT ATTACHED TO IT. 'CAUSE THAT PLAT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED AND, AND FINALIZED. SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING TO DO IS TO BASICALLY SET ASIDE THAT THAT 25 FOOT SETBACK FOR A 20 FOOT SETBACK. SO ABOUT A WAS THAT END UP BEING A 20%, A 20% REDUCTION. UM, THE HOUSE IS ALREADY BUILT. UH, AS YOU CAN SEE THESE, JOHN TOOK THESE PICTURES TODAY. SO THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE AT IN THE, IN THE PROCESS. SHOULD YOU NOT APPROVE THAT VARIANCE, THEY HAVE ONE OF THREE OPTIONS. THEY CAN TEAR IT DOWN, THEY CAN PICK IT UP AND MOVE IT. THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. UM, OR THEY CAN CUT THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE OFF BY FIVE FEET. THOSE ARE THEIR OPTIONS OTHER THAN GAINING A VARIANCE FROM THIS BOARD. SO, OR WE COULD IGNORE IT, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT. SO, UM, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME SOME OF US, AS AS PROFESSIONALS, HAVE SEEN THIS SITUATION HAPPEN. UM, THERE'S A WHOLE NOTHER BACKSTORY THAT GOES TO WHY IT ENDED UP IN THIS POSITION, WHICH I WON'T BORE YOU WITH. OKAY, LEMME JUST CONTINUE. OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS, OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WE'LL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING. THERE'S NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. UM, DO I HEAR A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED LIKE, SIGN. MOTION CARRIES [g. Conduct a public hearing and consider a request for a subdivision variance allowing for the creation of two (2) lots to have no lot frontage on an improved public right-of-way for approximately one acre at 1332 and 1336 North Battlebell Road.] 4G. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR SUBDIVISION VARIANCE, ALLOWING FOR THE CREATION OF TWO LOTS TO HAVE NO LOT FRONTAGE ON AN IMPROVED PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE ACRE AT 1332 AND 1336 NORTH BATTLE BELL ROAD. SIMILARLY, THIS, UH, PRO PROPERTY IS ALSO OUT IN THE ETJ, JUST, UH, OFF BATTLE BELL AND NEAR THOMPSON. AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, IT IS ONE ACRE REQUESTING TO BE SUBDIVIDED INTO TWO HALF ACRE LOTS. UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE, IT HAS NO FRONTAGE, UM, ON BATTLE BE. AND SO THEY HAVE SOUGHT AND GOTTEN THAT TWO WELL, A 20 FOOT EASEMENT, BOTH FOR ACCESS AND, UM, FOR RIGHT AWAY AND, UH, UTILITY EASEMENT. AND, UH, MUTUAL IS A, YOU KNOW, NON-EXCLUSIVE, UH, EASEMENT. AND, UH, SO IT CARRIES THEM AND GIVES THEM ACCESS TO VILLE UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THAT. I HAVE QUESTIONS. UH, THERE'S NO ONE TO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, SO WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE WILL NEED A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. HAVE A MOTION. YOU HEAR? A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU. HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED LIKE, SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. [h. Consider approving the Lewis & Smiley Final Plat, approximately one acre at 1332 and 1336 North Battlebell Road.] UH, FOR H, CONSIDER APPROVING LEWIS AND SMILEY FINAL PLAT, APPROXIMATELY ONE ACRE AT 1332 AND 1336 NORTH BATTLE BE ROAD. THIS IS THE SAME PROPERTY, EXACT SAME PROPERTY ONLY. THIS IS THE PLAT. YOU MAY HAVE QUESTIONS. NEED A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE. THANK YOU, DON. SECOND. THANK YOU TAMMY. WE HAVE MOTION AND A SECOND COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? LIKE, SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. [a. Unified Land Development Code (ULDC) Update Discussion] ITEM FIVE DISCUSSIONS. UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, ULDC. UPDATE DISCUSSION. NC HI, I AM FRANKIE. I'M [00:25:01] WITH, UM, THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, UH, PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND I'M JUST GOING TO INTRODUCE, UM, OUR CONSULTANTS. UM, AND JUST KINDA, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT THE CITY IS CURRENTLY REDOING OUR UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. WE HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING ON THIS WITH A THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW. SO WE'RE, UM, ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE WAY THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND SO THEY'RE HERE TONIGHT TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW, KIND OF REINTRODUCE IT, UM, AND THE PROCESS AND, AND THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH FOR THE PAST YEAR. AND THEN, UM, UH, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE IT ADOPTED OR TAKE IT FOR ADOPTION, HOPEFULLY ADOPTED IN THE SPRING OF 2024. SO WE'RE GONNA START COMING BACK WITH Y'ALL WITH SMALLER CHUNKS SO WE CAN REALLY DIVE INTO IT AND MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL GET YOUR HANDS ON IT AND FEEL CONFIDENT IN THE NEW CODE. OKAY. SO WITH THAT, I WILL GIVE IT OVER TO STEVE AND LET HIM INTRODUCE HIMSELF AND HIS TEAM. LET ME PULL UP THE PRESENTATION. IT'S NOT HERE. OH, SORRY. THERE. NO, THAT'S NOT IT MAY, UH, HE EMAILED IT TO YOU. OKAY. WAS IT AFTER FOUR O'CLOCK? YEAH, JUST ONE SECOND WHILE WE FIGURE THIS OUT. I'M SORRY. YOU CAN PULL UP THE OUTLET AND IT'LL BE OKAY. NO WORRIES. UM, OOPS. THAT'S IT. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR, UH, THE INVITATION TO SPEAK TO YOU AND KIND OF GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY. I JUST WANNA SAY THANKS TO STAFF. UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM FOR, FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW, ACTUALLY TO THE DATE, UM, ONE WEEK AWAY. UH, NEXT WEEK WAS OUR FIRST MEETINGS. SO, UM, IT'S BEEN A GREAT PROCESS. HAVE A GREAT STAFF HERE. AND, UH, BRIAN MABRY AND I HAVE BEEN, WHO'S ALSO WORKING ON A PROJECT. I'VE ENJOYED OUR EXPERIENCE IN BAYTOWN SO FAR AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MONTHS AHEAD THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE, UH, STILL WORKING ON THIS. SO, SO JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHO WE ARE, UH, KENDA KEYS BRIEFLY. UM, OUR TEAM AS WELL. WE HAVE A SUB-CONSULTANT ON THIS. AND THEN GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT, WHERE WE'VE BEEN IN THE PROCESS SO FAR, AND WHAT'S KIND OF, WHAT'S, WHAT YOU SHOULD BE EXPECTING COMING UP IN YOUR REVIEW OF THE ULDC OR THE UPDATE OF THE ULDC. SO, AS I MENTIONED, I'M STEVE SIZEMORE, I'M THE DEPUTY PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS. BRIAN MABRY IS THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR KENDA KEYS. WE'RE ACTUALLY BASED IN, IN THE HOUSTON AREA IN SUGAR LAND. UH, WE'VE DONE PROJECTS ALL OVER THE HOUSTON AREA AND ALL OVER TEXAS. UH, AND IN FACT, YOU'RE, YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH US THROUGH, THROUGH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS HERE. SO, UM, WE ALSO ON OUR TEAM HAVE MARY MADDEN, WHO IS WITH, UH, WHO'S AN ARCHITECT AND URBAN PLANNER. SHE'S BEEN WORKING ON, UM, ON THE FORM-BASED COMPONENTS OF IT, LOOKING AT THE DOWNTOWN ARTS DISTRICT, UM, AND THE, UH, SAN JACINTO DISTRICT AS FAR AS LOOKING AT MORE OF A, AN APPROACH WHERE YOU'RE LOOKING MORE AT THE, UH, BUILDING FORM AND DESIGN RATHER THAN USE BASED APPROACH TO IT. UM, AND KIND OF THINKING ABOUT THE WAY WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS LIKE THE MENU BOARD AT THE RESTAURANT. YOU'RE, YOU HAVE ALL THE ITEMS IN FRONT OF YOU AND YOU'RE MAKING SELECTION OF THE BIGGER, THE BIGGER CONCEPT OF IT. LOTS OF PICTURES, NOT TOO MUCH DETAIL, RIGHT? YOU JUST, YOU KIND OF HAVE TO GUESS. IT'S THE, IT'S THE ACTUAL RECIPE FOR THESE ITEMS WHERE YOU GET INTO THE DETAILS. AND THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY THAT THE ZONING CODE IS, OR THE, THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE ARE THE DETAILS OF HOW DEVELOPMENT WILL LOOK, HOW IT SHOULD APPEAR. AND THAT'S TRANSLATING THE GOALS AND THE, THE VISION SET FORTH IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WHAT THE ULDC IS, IS, AND YOU HAVE A HEAD START ON THIS STAFF, AND YOU HAD, UH, BASICALLY BEGUN TO CONSOLIDATE A LOT OF THESE COMPONENTS INTO THE UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. WHAT WE'RE DOING IS KIND OF PULLING IN EVERYTHING ELSE, REORGANIZING IT, MAKING IT A MORE USER FRIENDLY, UH, DOCUMENT. UH, AND SO ONE OF THE KEY APPROACHES IN THAT IS MAKING SURE WE'RE REMOVING ANY DUPLICATES OR INCONSISTENCIES IN THAT APPROACH. UH, HAVING A SINGLE SOURCE FOR STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES AND DEFINITIONS SO THEY'RE NOT IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES AND IN SIMPLIFYING WAYS FOR INTERPRETATION, ADMINISTRATION AND, AND BASICALLY RE ENFORCEMENT OF THOSE STANDARDS. AND OVERALL, THE GOAL IS [00:30:01] TO INCREASE USER FRIENDLINESS FOR ALL END USERS. IT IS NOT A POLICY, A PROPERTY TAX POLICY OR ANNEXATION POLICY NOT RELATED TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAMMING OR THE BUILDING CODE EVEN. THERE ARE ELEMENTS THAT WE CROSS REFERENCE TO THE BUILDING CODE, BUT IT'S NOT ON ITS OWN TO ENSURE HOW THEY'RE BUILT, UH, NOR CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS. THOSE OFF, THOSE SIT ALONE IN THOSE DOCUMENTS DEVELOPED BY THE APPROPRIATE AGENCIES. AND THEN PROPERTY MAN MAINTENANCE OR NUISANCE CODE, IT IS NOT THAT. IT DOES SERVE A, A, A FORM OF THAT, BUT NOT DIRECTLY IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE. SO WHEN WE SET OUT THE, IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROJECT, OUR GOALS, SOME, SOME BIG PICTURE GOALS WERE TO, ONE, MODERNIZE THE CODE, LOOKING AT CONTEMPORARY PRACTICES, NOT ONLY IN THE REGION HERE, BUT NATIONALLY, HOW THOSE CAN FIT INTO THE CONTEXT OF BAYTOWN. UM, ALSO TO IMPLEMENT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, IMPLEMENT THE SPECIFIC GOALS THAT ARE SET FORTH IN THAT. UM, AND THEN ORGANIZE IT IN A WAY THAT THE, THE REGULATIONS ARE SIMPLE, LOGICAL, AND EASY TO ADMINISTER. LOOKING AT THE DEVELOPMENT, THE SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IN A WAY THAT WE CAN TAILOR THOSE TO MEET THE NEEDS EXPRESSED IN A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE NEEDS EXPRESSED IN THE COMMUNITY TO, TO CREATE A, A HIGH, HIGH QUALITY BUILT ENVIRONMENT FOR, FOR BAYTOWN. AND THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT IS MAKING THOSE EASIER TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS EASIER TO DO, AND LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN STREAMLINE THE REVIEW PROCESS TO BE MORE CLEAR, HAVE ILLUSTRATED, ILLUSTRATED, UH, GRAPHICS, USE OF TABLES, ET CETERA, FINDING WAYS THAT MAKE THE CODE LESS, UH, INTENSIVE, EASIER TO FOLLOW AND ADMINISTER. RIGHT? AND THEN FINALLY, TO CREATE A FORMAT THAT'S MORE USER-FRIENDLY, UH, THROUGH THE USE OF GRAPHICS AND TABLES AND SUCH. IF WE COULD PUT IT IN THAT, RATHER THAN HAVING TO READ THROUGH ALL THE TEXT TO FIND WHAT YOU NEED TO, TO, TO, TO PUT INTO A PLAN, MAKE IT JUST EASY ACCESSIBLE TO ALL USERS. IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS, WE SET OUT AND DID A, A CODE CRITIQUE WHERE WE LOOKED AT THE EXISTING STANDARDS, LOOKED AT ALL THE, ALL THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THE CODE, OF THE UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, AND UNIFIED AREAS WHERE WE COULD MAKE BIG IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT. UM, ONE OF THE FIRST WAS TO, AND WE, WE SET OUT SORT OF SOME TOP PRIORITIES. ONE IS ALIGN THE ULDC WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, MAKING SURE WE'RE IMPLEMENTING ELEMENTS SUCH AS THE FUTURE LAND USE, UH, MAP, MAKING SURE WE'RE ADDRESSING THE RIGHT SITE DEVELOPMENT PROVISIONS TO MEET THOSE GOALS. UM, AND IN THAT PART IS ALSO LOOKING AT WAYS TO CONSOLIDATE OR RESTRUCTURE THE ZONING DISTRICTS TO ALIGN WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. ALSO TO IMPROVE THE USE REGULATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, ONE, THEY ALIGN WITH THE ZONING DISTRICTS, BUT ALSO THAT THEY ARE CLEAR AND, AND ESTABLISH THE EXPECTED, UM, OUTCOMES BASED ON USE THE STANDARDS, THE CRITERIA THAT GO WITH THOSE. AND ALSO TO MAKE SURE THERE'S A SET OF TOOLS FOR THINGS SUCH AS WHETHER IT'S A, IT'S A CONDITIONAL USE OR TEMPORARY USE ACCESSORY USE. MAKING SURE ALL THOSE STANDARDS ARE OUTLINED AND CLEARLY, UM, CLEARLY EASY TO FOLLOW. AS I MENTIONED, TAILORED DEVELOPMENT SITE STANDARDS, UM, STREAMLINING DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCEDURES AND CREATING A USER FRIENDLY CODE. SO I MENTIONED THOSE IN OUR GOALS, BUT WE, THESE HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED THROUGHOUT. AND THEN MAKING SURE WE'RE CREATING A LEGALLY COMPLIANT CODE. WE ARE REVIEWING ALL OF OUR PROVISIONS AGAINST THE TEXAS CODE AS WELL AS HAVING A THIRD PARTY REVIEW THOSE IN RELATION TO WHETHER OR NOT, UH, THESE ARE, ARE UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST LEGISLATION, UH, IN THE TEXAS CODE, IN THE TEXAS, UH, LEGISLATIVE CODE. WHAT DO WE MEAN? I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER BY, UH, USER FRIENDLY CODE. UM, WE'RE GONNA BE PUBLISHING THIS ONLINE, UM, IT ALREADY IS ONLINE, BUT EVEN MORE ENHANCED OR USE OF CROSS-REFERENCING AND USE OF, OF INTERACTIVE TABLES. AND THIS, THIS SORT OF, UH, APPROACH TO MAKING IT JUST EASIER TO FIND THE RIGHT INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED FOR YOUR APPLICATION. THIS FORM, THIS DOCUMENT WILL BE EASY TO PRINT AND DOWNLOAD. UH, IT MAY INCLUDE AND IT'S FLEXIBLE FOR, FOR HAVING BUILT IN CALCULATORS TO IT OR LOOK UP TOOLS SO YOU, SO YOU CAN CUSTOMIZE HOW YOU, UH, INTERACT WITH YOUR PARTICULAR APPLICATION TYPE OR PROPERTY. IF WE CAN, IF WE CAN USE A GRAPHIC OR TABLE TO EXPLAIN THE, THE, THE, WHETHER THE APPLICABILITY OR THE, THE INTENSITY OF A SITE OR WHATEVER THE STANDARD IS, WE'LL PUT IT IN A TABLE OR A GRAPHIC. AND OVERALL, JUST MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS HYPERLINKED AND ALL DEFINITIONS ARE INCLUDED. JUST MAKING IT A, A, A CODE THAT IS DEFENSIBLE AND EASY TO ADMINISTER AND FOR YOU TO INTERPRET AS WELL. AS I MENTIONED, THE USE OF TABLES AND GRAPHICS AND JUST THE, WHERE WE HAVE, WHERE WE HAVE [00:35:01] THE OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE THE STANDARDS, WE WILL BE DOING THAT AS WELL. AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF TO IDENTIFY THOSE ONES THAT ARE NOT CLEAR OR ARE NOT OR FREQUENTLY, UM, REQUEST FOR, FOR VARIANCES, ET CETERA. WE ARE UPDATING THOSE AS WELL, BUT JUST ENSURING THAT WE ARE, ARE TAKING APPROACHES THAT MAKE THIS CODE A MODERN AND USEFUL CODE FOR, FOR ADVANCING, UH, BAY BAYTOWN IN THEIR APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT. SO AS WE MENTIONED, WE'VE BEEN ON THIS PROJECT FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW AND IN THE DRAFTING PROCESS, REALLY, REALLY SINCE EARLY, SINCE LATE SPRING. SO WE HAVEN'T BEEN DRAFTING FOR A YEAR. WE STARTED DRAFTING THAT EARLIER, THIS IN THE LATE, LATE IN THE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER. AND KIND OF LOOK BREAKING THIS UP INTO THREE MODULES. WE'RE NOW IN THE SECOND MODULE, SECOND PART AND THE FIRST MODULE BASICALLY FOR THE GENERAL PROVISIONS. ALL THE THINGS ARE UP IN THE FRONT OF THE CODE THAT KINDA SET THE AUTHOR AUTH AUTHORITY FOR THE, FOR THE CODE AND BASIC ELEMENTS FOR THAT ADMINISTRATION. AND THEN ALSO THE ZONING CODE, ZONING DISTRICTS AND THE LAND USE STANDARDS AND DEFINITIONS FRONT. THESE ARE THE THINGS ARE THE, THAT ARE THE, THE MOST, UH, ACCESSED THE MOST USED PROVISIONS IN THE CODE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO UNDERSTAND FOR THEIR PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT SITE. THE SECOND PART, WHICH WE ARE, ARE JUST TOWARDS THE END OF OF DRAFTING. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF TO, TO REVISE AND, AND, AND GAINING FEEDBACK ON THAT. UM, ARE THE SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AS WELL AS THE SUBDIVISION STANDARDS WHERE WE CAN CARRY OVER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. WE WILL, WHERE WE FEEL LIKE WE RECOMMEND AND DISCUSS WITH STAFF AND NOT JUST THE PLANNING STAFF, BUT THE CITY STAFF AS WELL, ENGINEERING, THE, THE CITY ENGINEER, THE BUILDING, BUILDING, UH, OFFICIALS, ET CETERA. BUT UPDATING THESE STANDARDS TO REFLECT, UH, A BETTER WAY OF DOING IT, AN EASIER WAY TO DOING IT. SO, SO WE'RE NOW AT THAT PART. THE THIRD PHASE WILL BE, OR THIRD MODULE WILL BE THE FORM-BASED REGULATIONS, WHICH ARE RELATED TO THE ZONING DISTRICTS, BUT THAT WILL BE THE PARTS FOR, UH, THE SAN SAN JACINTO DISTRICT AS WELL AS WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE DOWNTOWN ARTS FORMERLY OR CURRENTLY THE ACE DISTRICT, THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT. UM, THAT WILL BE ONE COMPONENT OF, OF THE THIRD MODULE. THE OTHER PART WILL BE THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE PROCEDURES. THIS IS WHERE YOUR PART COMES IN VERY , VERY IMPORTANT. UM, THAT MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS EASY TO FOLLOW, WHO HAS WHAT ROLE IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS, WHAT, WHAT PROCEDURES ARE FOLLOWED, WHAT CRITERIA IS USED AND WHAT EFFECT THOSE HAVE. BUT MAKING SURE THESE STANDARDS ARE, ARE, ONE, EASY TO FOLLOW, BUT TWO, ARE NOT COMPLICATE IT FOR, UH, DUPLICATIONS AND REDUNDANCIES IN THE PROCESS. THAT EVERYTHING IS OUTLINED IN A WAY THAT, THAT, UM, THAT STAFF AND, AND THE COMMISSION AND APPLICANTS CAN USE. SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE IN GENERAL ON THAT. UM, I SAY WE'RE IN PHASE PHASE OR IN THIRD MODULE OR OR SECOND MODULE, BUT REALLY KIND OF THINKING ABOUT WHERE WE'VE BEEN. WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE THROUGH THE PROCESS, THEY HAVE BEEN INFORMING US OF, OF, UH, PRACTICES AND TRENDS IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS JUST GIVING FEEDBACK. WE HAD A SERIES OF FOCUS GROUP MEETINGS AND LISTENING SESSIONS BACK LATE FALL LAST YEAR WHERE WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE, THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN FROM THAT PROCESS WE'VE BEEN DRAFTING THE, THE, THE MODULES AS WE MENTIONED, DEVELOPING, HAVING, UH, SPECIFIC MEETINGS BACK IN THE SPRING THIS YEAR, UH, WE HAD, OR LATE WINTER, WE HAD MEETINGS WITH STAKEHOLDERS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND SAN JACINTO AND JUST TALKED ABOUT THOSE PARTICULAR DISTRICTS. SO WHERE WE ARE NOW IS IN THE DRAFTING PROCESS. AND THIS HAS BEEN THE ONE SINCE, SINCE SPRING, REALLY KIND OF LATE SPRING INTO NOW AND THEN, SO WE HAVE JUST A FEW MORE MONTHS REMAINING. UH, WE'RE, WE'RE FINISHING UP MODULE TWO, UH, GETTING READY TO SUBMIT FOR FEEDBACK FROM THE, FROM THE STAFF ON THE MODULE THREE, WHICH OF THOSE PROCEDURES ADMINISTRATION AS WELL AS THE, THE, UH, THE, THE FORM DISTRICT. SO AS I MITCH AS AS, AS FRANKIE MENTIONED, WE'RE LOOKING TO ADOPTION IN THE SPRING. UM, AND THIS WILL BE THE PROCESS WHERE YOU ARE DEFINITELY GONNA HAVE A ROLL IN OBVIOUSLY. SO, UH, YOU'LL HAVE VERSIONS OF IT BEFORE THEN TO REVIEW AND GIVE FEEDBACK. UH, SO THE IDEA IS FOR US TO MAKE THIS AS E MAKE THIS CODE AS FUNCTIONAL AND AS EASY FOR YOU TO USE AND SET FORTH THE CRITERIA YOU NEED TO MAKE THE DECISION. SO, UM, THAT'S ALL FOR MY PART. UH, SO ANY ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT THIS POINT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER. ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, THANK YOU. LOOK FORWARD TO, TO SEEING YOU AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. [a. Receive a report from the Planning Director.] [00:40:03] UH, NUMBER SIX ON OUR AGENDA'S DIRECTOR'S REPORT. MARTIN. GOT IT. THANK YOU, . WELL, WHILE SHE'S DOING THAT, I WILL REMIND EVERYBODY THAT UH, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION IN FRONT OF COUNCIL LAST WEEK. THIS IS IN FACT, OCTOBER IS COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH IN THE CITY OF MARICOPA, MARICOPA, BAYTOWN, JESUS, YOU FORGOT WHERE YOU ARE. YOU REMEMBER EARLIER YOU SAID IT WAS ONE OF THOSE DAYS UHHUH IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, BUT ALSO, BUT IT IS ALSO THERE AS WELL AS ACROSS THE COUNTRY BECAUSE THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION HAS DESIGNATED OCTOBER AS AMERICAN, UH, COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH. SO YES, THAT'S TRUE. EVEN IF I MISSPOKE . SORRY ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. SO JUST A REMINDER ON THAT, UM, THAT SAID, WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON IN BAYTOWN, UH, AS PART, UH, MAYBE AS PART, MAYBE NOT, MAYBE IT'S JUST A COINCIDENCE. UM, SO THE FIRST ONE, UH, A COUPLE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED AT, UH, CITY COUNCIL IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. UH, THE TEXT AMENDMENT, IF YOU REMEMBER. WE'VE GONE THROUGH A COUPLE OF TEXT AMENDMENTS, CODC REGARDING WAREHOUSES IN GENERAL COMMERCIAL. THE FIRST ONE WAS WE ADDED A SPECIAL USE PERMIT AS PART OF ONE OF THE CONDITIONS. WELL, COUNCIL THEN OF COURSE, UH, GUIDED US INTO SAYING WE DON'T WANT, UH, WAREHOUSES IN GENERAL COMMERCIAL AT ALL. THAT WAS APPROVED. SO, UH, AS OF, UH, THERE'S A 10 DAY WAIT, SO I THINK IT'S, UH, PROBABLY A MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK. MM-HMM . THOSE WILL NO LONGER BE ALLOWED IN GC. THAT IS NOT TO SAY THAT YOU WON'T SEE ANOTHER ONE. 'CAUSE I THINK WE STILL HAVE ONE IN THE HOPPER AND WE CAN'T, ONCE THEY, ONCE THEY PUT THEIR APPLICATION IN, WE CAN'T TELL THEM NO, THAT WE WON'T GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. SO YOU MAY STILL SEE ONE, UM, DEPENDING. SO, UH, THE NEXT ONE WAS THE BATTERY STORAGE, UH, BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM OUT ON GARTH ROAD. IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER THAT ONE THAT WAS APPROVED AT COUNCIL LAST WEEK, UH, SPECIAL USE PERMIT. AND THEN, UH, THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THIS WAS NINE SMALL WAREHOUSES OUT ON I 10 WEST OF SLANDER. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, JUST WEST OF SLANDER. UM, THAT WAS ALSO APPROVED WITH SOME CONDITIONS. UH, AGAIN, THIS WAS A WAREHOUSE IN GC, BUT IT'S, IT'S NINE SMALL ONES. THE BIGGEST ONE BEING I THINK ABOUT 70,000 SQUARE FEET. SO NOT QUITE THE SAME SCALE AS WHAT WE'RE USED TO SEEING THAT WAS, UH, APPROVED. UH, LET'S SEE, UH, AS WE'RE LISTENING TO STEVE, UH, TALK ABOUT THE ULDC UPDATE, I ALSO WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WE HAVE TALKED IN THE PAST ABOUT DOING SOME MORE TRAINING AND ONE OF THOSE TRAINING, UH, ITEMS I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WAS PART OF OUR ULDC ZONING CODE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS SO THAT YOU GUYS KNOW WHERE TO FIND EVERYTHING BECAUSE WE ARE ONLY A FEW MONTHS FROM HAVING THE NEW VERSION OF EVERYTHING OUT. WE DIDN'T WANT TO MUDDY THE WATERS. SO THAT IS STILL COMING, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT THE NEW, UH, CODE IN PLACE BEFORE WE DO THAT. AND YOU GUYS WILL GET SOME OF THAT ALONG THE WAY AS WELL, BECAUSE THAT'S JUST INHERENT TO UNDERSTANDING THE, THE CODE AND YOU WON'T GET EVERY LITTLE DETAIL OF IT. BUT, UM, BUT AS YOU LOOK THROUGH THE CODE AND SEE WHAT HAS BEEN DONE WITH IT, WHEN WE GET TO THE ACTUAL TRAINING PART, WE WILL GET INTO SOME OF THE NITTY GRITTY, ESPECIALLY THE STUFF THAT YOU GUYS SEE ON A REGULAR BASIS. I WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO NOT ONLY, NOT ONLY UNDERSTAND IT, BUT TO KNOW WHERE TO FIND IT. IF YOU EVER WANNA SAY, OKAY, I THOUGHT OF SOMETHING ELSE, I WANT TO GO LOOK IT UP. UM, SO YOU WILL HAVE THAT INFORMATION, BUT IT'LL BE SOMETIME NEXT CALENDAR YEAR BEFORE WE CAN TO DO IT. UM, WE HAVE TWO OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY THAT I WANTED YOU GUYS TO KNOW ABOUT. THE, UH, THE DOWNTOWN PLAN, WHICH WE ARE CALLING THE ARTS DISTRICT BLUEPRINT. MM-HMM . UH, IF, IF YOU REMEMBER, THERE IS A, A DOWNTOWN PLAN IN PLACE IS FROM 2004. SO IT WAS TIME TO UPDATE THAT. SO WE ARE IN PROCESS OF THAT NOW. WE HAD AN OPEN HOUSE, UH, PUBLIC INPUT MEETING LAST WEEK AT LEE COLLEGE. AND, UH, THAT WAS, THAT WENT VERY WELL. WE GOT SOME GOOD INPUT OUT OF THAT. SO THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING OF THAT PROCESS. BUT THESE ARE THIS ONE. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN. WE HAVE A FANCY NAME FOR THAT ONE TOO, DON'T WE? WE DO. IT'S A, IT'S BEEPER BEEPER BEEPER. THAT'S, IT'S WHAT THE ACRONYM IS. BAYTOWN ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, PROSPERITY ROADMAP, PROSPERITY ROADMAP. OKAY. THAT ONE IS ALSO UNDERWAY. SORRY, I COULDN'T, I COULDN'T REMEMBER THAT ONE. UM, THAT ONE IS ALSO UNDERWAY, UH, HAS STARTED THE SAME TEAM THAT IS DOING THE DOWNTOWN PLAN IS ALSO DOING THE BEEPER. UM, THAT IT'LL TAKE A MINUTE FOR ME TO GET USED TO THAT . UH, AND UH, DO YOU REMEMBER IT A LITTLE BETTER? YES, THAT'S TRUE . THAT'S TRUE. UM, THAT IS ALSO FROM, UM, KENNEDY KEITH COLLABORATIVE. [00:45:01] IT'S A DIFFERENT TEAM THAN, UH, STEVE BRIAN WORKING ON THE OLD DC BUT THEY DO, UH, TALK TO ONE ANOTHER AND, AND THEY'RE ALL IN THAT SAME COMPANY. SO THOSE ARE MOVING ALONG QUICKLY. YOU WILL SEE THOSE IN THE SPRING AS WELL. SO JUST TO, TO KEEP IN MIND, YOU WILL SEE THE ULDC UPDATE. YOU WILL SEE THE DOWNTOWN PLAN AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN IN PRETTY RAPID SUCCESSION. SO IT'LL BE A LOT, BUT I WANT YOU TO BE AWARE IT'S COMMON. UM, WHAT ELSE? UH, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, JOHN, WHO'S IN THE BACK ROOM THERE TONIGHT, WAS HIS FIRST PRESENTATION TO PLANNING COMMISSION. SO IF YOU'VE ONLY RECOGNIZED HIM AS WALKING BACK AND FORTH BEFORE, SO BECAUSE WE'VE, WE'VE FINALLY STUCK HIM AT THE MICROPHONE TONIGHT. SO THANK YOU JOHN FOR YOUR EFFORTS. WITH ANY LUCK, WE'LL SEE, UH, TIM NEXT MONTH. I THINK TIM WAS BACK THERE AS WELL, SO THERE HE IS. . SO, UM, THAT, AND THEN I HAD ONE OTHER ITEM THAT APPARENTLY WE HAVE SOME PRETTY GOOD NEWS THAT I WAS GONNA LET FRANKIE TELL YOU ABOUT. YES. UM, SO WE DID GET SOME GREAT NEWS, UM, RECENTLY. SO WE'VE WON A COUPLE AWARDS. SO WE WON, UM, A STATE AWARD RECOGNIZING PLANNING EXCELLENCE IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. AND THAT'S RECOGNIZING THE AMOUNT OF PLANNING WORK WE DO. SO FOR ALL OF THE PLANNING EFFORTS THAT MAR JUST SAID, AS WELL AS STAFF TRAINING AND ACCREDITATION AND AS WELL AS P AND Z TRAINING, UM, AND ALL THE WORK Y'ALL DO. SO THANK YOU. IT'S ALSO RECOGNITION OF YOURSELVES. SO GREAT JOB. CONGRATULATIONS YOU. YEAH. AND THEN THE OTHER TWO WE WON ARE FOR THE SAME PROJECT. IT IS FOR THE, UH, ONLINE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT HUB ON BAYTOWN ENGAGE, UM, WHICH WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH, RIGHT? PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. OKAY. SO . SO, UH, WE WON A HOUSTON SECTION A PA GOLD AWARD FOR PUBLIC OUTREACH AS WELL AS A TEXAS STATE, UM, GOLD AWARD FOR PUBLIC OUTREACH FOR OUR DEVELOPMENT PERMIT HUB ON BAYTOWN ENGAGE. SO THAT'S AWESOME. WE ARE ONE OF TWO IN THE WHOLE STATE, SO WE'LL GET A, WE'LL GET A TROPHY FOR THAT SECOND ONE NEXT MONTH, SO WE'LL AT THE CONFERENCE. SO WE'LL MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE PUBLIC, UH, AT THAT STAGE. BUT CONGRATULATIONS, WELL DESERVED. AND THAT, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR ME, THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR MY REPORT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WITH THAT, WE ADJOURN. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.