[ CITY OF BAYTOWN NOTICE OF MEETING PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2024 5:00 P.M. TEJAS ROOM, COMMUNITY CENTER 2407 MARKET STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77520 AGENDA ]
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IT'S 5:03 PM AND, UH, I WILL CALL THIS, UH, MEETING ORDER, UH, FOR NOVEMBER 19TH, 2024 FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
UH, IN ORDER AND ASK AND ASK LESLIE TO CALL OLA.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A QUORUM, MR. CHAIR.
CAN I JUST, UH, POINT OF ORDER TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY SPEAK UP TONIGHT SINCE WE DON'T HAVE MICROPHONES OR PUBLIC ADDRESS FOR YOU GUYS? WE DO HAVE THESE.
THEY'RE, THESE ARE MAINLY FOR THE RECORDING? I THINK SO.
UM, LIKE I WAS HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING, RICK, SO JUST MAKE SURE YOU SPEAK UP WHEN YOU SPEAK.
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, FIRST I'M GONNA READ THE CITIZEN'S COMMENTS.
SO, THE PURPOSE OF CITIZEN COMMENTS IS TO GO, IS TO GIVE CITIZENS A RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS.
ANYONE DESIRING TO SPEAK SHOULD HAVE SIGNED THE APPROPRIATE LIST OF THE FOYER IN THIS CASE, SOMEWHERE OVER HERE ON THE TABLE.
EACH CITIZEN SHALL GIVE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD.
THE RULES ALLOW EACH PERSON A ONE MINUTE, UH, TO SPEAK.
A CITIZEN MAY PASS THEIR TIME TO ANOTHER PERSON TO WHO REQUESTED TO ADDRESS THE PLANNING AGAINST ANY COMMISSION.
HOWEVER, NO CITIZEN'S REMARKS SHALL EXCEED THREE MINUTES.
THE ONE MINUTE OR THREE MINUTE LIMIT MAY BE EXTENDED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE COMMISSION.
I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE AS CONCISE AS AS POSSIBLE.
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THE COMMISSION CANNOT DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE ON ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC NOTICE HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN ON THIS AGENDA.
ISSUES THAT CANNOT BE REFERRED TO ADMINISTRATION OR FOR ACTION MAY BE CONSIDERED FOR PLACEMENT ON THE AGENDA OF FUTURE PLANNING ZONING AGENDA.
IF ANYONE WISHES TO SPEAK, UH, WE CAN HAVE THEM COME TO THE PODIUM.
NOW, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP? WE HAVE NO, NO, NO ONE SIGNED UP.
ALREADY, UH, THERE BEING NO ONE, UH, THEY'RE HERE DESIRING TO TO SPEAK.
UH, THIS INCLUDES THE CITIZEN'S COMMENT PORTION OF THIS AGENDA.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE.
CONSIDER, UH, APPROVING THE MEETING, THE MEETING MINUTES OF OCTOBER 15TH, 2024.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONED REGULAR MEETING.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
WHILE WE'LL READ THE FOLLOWING ON AT ONE TIME, AND, UH, IT APPLIES TO ALL PUBLIC HEARINGS.
PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING ALL AND ED PARTIES THE RIGHT TO SPEAK AND BE HEARD.
EVERYONE DESIRE TO SPEAK AT TODAY'S HEARING SHOULD HAVE, HAVE SI SHOULD HAVE SIGNED THE APPROPRIATE LIST AS IT WILL LIST.
PROVIDE THIS THE SPEAKING ORDER FOR THE HEARING.
EACH SPEAKER SHALL GIVE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD FOR THIS HEARING.
THE RULES ALLOW EACH SPEAKER THREE MINUTES TO PRESENT INFORMATION.
HOWEVER, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE CONCISE.
IF THERE YOU, YOU ARE A GROUP WISH TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON THE SAME SUBJECT, PLEASE CONSIDER HAVING A SELECT TWO OF, SORRY.
PLEASE SELECT A SPEC
IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DIRECT THEM TO ME.
SO, UH, THE THE FIRST ITEM WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS, UH, ITEM FOUR PLATS WE HAVE TO CONSIDER, UH, APPROVING AMERICORP BUSINESS PARK NORTH PRELIMINARY PLAT 165.51 ACRES AT THE CORNER OF F FM 5 65 IN MARRAN PARK PARKWAY.
I'LL ASK THE STAFF TO GIVE A SUMMARY OF THE ITEM.
MY NAME IS LAIA SALE PLANNER, UH, WITH THE PLANNING AND SERVICES DISTRICT IS, UH, 126 ACRES, UM, 0.5.
AND, UM, IT'S LOCATED IN THE CHAMBERS COUNTY, UH, IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT TWO.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO CREATE ONE BLOCK AND ONE RESERVE.
IT'S THE PLAT IS TO CREATE ONE BLOCK AND ONE RESERVE.
UH, SO THE, UM, THIS IS THE PLAT FOR THIS PROPERTY, AND, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COMMISSIONERS? NO.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
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FOR THIS, UH, NEXT SECTION, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ITEMS B THROUGH G.WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THAT AND WE'RE GONNA, UH, CONSIDER APPROVING, APPROVING SCOTT'S BEND, PLATS FOR ALL SIX, UH, WITH A MOTION FOR ALL, ALL OF THEM TOGETHER.
SO THE NEXT SIX PLATS ARE ALL FROM, UH, SCOTTS BEND AND LEY PLACE, SUBDIVISION LOCATED, UH, NORTH OF EAST WALLACE BEND ROAD, UM, AND ON THE EAST SIDE OF GARTH ROAD, ALL THE WAY TO NORTH MAIN AND HAYDEN ROAD.
SO I'M GOING TO PRESENT, UM, SIX PLANS TODAY.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN SEE THE MOUSE.
IT'S, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT SEEN ON THE, ON THIS SCREEN.
UH, SO I'M GOING TO PRESENT, UM, SCOTTS BEND, SECTION SEVEN, SECTION EIGHT, CALIFORNIA.
THAT'S SECTION SEVEN, SECTION EIGHT, SECTION NINE, AND THAT'S SECTION 10.
AND ALSO I'M GOING PRESENT AS SET AND DETENTION FILE.
IT IS TO CREATE 84 LOTS, FIVE RESERVES, AND FIVE BLOCKS.
THEY'RE ALL FOUR, UH, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
THIS IS SECTION EIGHT TO CREATE 140 LOTS, FOUR RESERVES AND FIVE BLOCKS.
THIS IS SECTION NINE TO CREATE 88 LOTS, NINE RESERVES AND FIVE BLOCKS.
THIS IS, UH, SCOUTS BEND SECTION 10 TO CREATE 61 LOTS, SIX RESERVES IN TWO BLOCKS.
THIS IS SCOTTS BEND DETENTION.
PRELIMINARY PLA TO CREATE ONE RESERVE IN ONE BLOCK.
THIS IS THE, UH, SCOTS BEND BOULEVARD STREET, DEDICATION AND RESERVE.
PRELIMINARY PLA TO CREATE ONE RESERVE IN ONE BLOCK.
AND THE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, I'LL NEED A MOTION.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED IN FAVOR? UM, MOTION CARRIES.
ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, VARIANCE, UH, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR A SUBDIVISION VARIANCE ON APPROXIMATELY EIGHT EIGHT A SORRY, EIGHT ACRES TO ALLOW THE CREATION OF ONE LOT WITH NO LOT FRONTAGE ON AN IMPROVED PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
33 73 30 EAST INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10.
I'LL OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK STAFF TO PLEASE SUMMARIZE THE ITEM.
IS THERE ANYONE TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK FOR THIS? NO.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, EIGHT ACRES LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF I 10 ON THE WEST SIDE OF SLANDER IMMEDIATELY, UH, WEST OF GATEWAY 10 BUSINESS PARK.
AND IT IS, UH, DIVIDED INTO TWO TRACKS.
UH, THE FIRST TRACK, WHO HAS THE, THE FLAG? IT DOES HAVE LIKE A 60 FOOT FRONTAGE.
YOU CAN SEE IT AS THE FLAG LOT.
THE FIRST, UH, TRACK OF LAND, THE FIRST FOUR ACRES.
UM, AND THE SECOND TRACT DOES NOT HAVE ANY FRONTAGE ON ITEM.
THIS PROPERTY WAS DIVIDED IN 2003, UM, AND IT'S CURRENTLY, UH, OCCUPIED BY, UH, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USES THAT PREDATED THE CODE.
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ANNEXED TO THE CITY AND WAS ASSIGNED AN, UH, OPEN SPACE RECREATION ZONING DISTRICT FOR ANY PROP FOR ANY IMPROVEMENT ON ANY OF THOSE TRACKS OF LAND.THE APPLICANTS NEED TO PLED THE PROPERTY AND REZONE IT.
THE PROPERTY AT THE BACK CANNOT BE, UH, DOES NOT HAVE FRONTAGE ON, UH, PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
THAT'S WHY, UH, IT'S THE SUBJECT VARIANCE PERTAINS TO THE PROPERTY AT THE BACK.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO PROVIDE A 24 FOOT WIDE ACCESS TO, UH, TO THE TRACK AT THE BACK FOR UTILITY AND EASEMENT, UM, TO PROVIDE, UM, UTILITIES AND EASEMENT BASICALLY FOR, UH, FOR THE PROPERTY AT THE BACK.
ONCE THIS, UPON APPROVAL OF THIS SUBDIVISION VARIANCE, UH, THE APPLICANT CAN, UH, GO THROUGH THE PLATTING PROCESS AND CAN GO THROUGH THE REZONING OF THE PROPERTY TO DO, TO BE ABLE TO DO ANY IMPROVEMENT ON THIS PROPERTY AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
LA WHAT IS THE PROPOSED USE FOR THAT PROPERTY? SO RIGHT NOW IT'S USED AS A, UH, MANUFACTURE HOME, UH, UH, RESIDENTIAL.
THE BACK PROPERTY IS FOR A MANUFACTURE HOME RESIDENTIAL.
RIGHT NOW, THE FRONT PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY USED FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USES.
WHEN YOU SAY INDUSTRIAL, THAT'S NOT ZONED FOR INDUSTRIAL, IT'S NOT ZONED FOR IT'S LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
YEAH, IT'S NOT ZONED FOR, FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
UH, BUT IT WAS PREDATED THE CODE OF THE, UH, THE 2014 UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
AND, UH, THE USE EXISTED PRIOR TO THE CODE.
SO THEY'RE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE DOING THE SAME THING.
BUT IN TERMS OF ANY IMPROVEMENT ON THE PROPERTY, THEY NEED TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE, WITH THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES.
IN TERMS OF PLEADING THE PROPERTY, REZO THE PROPERTY, IT WAS ANNEXED.
THIS, THIS PROPERTY IS, UM, THIS IS VERY COMPLICATED CASE STUDIES FOR US.
WE'VE BEEN, UM, TALKING TO THE OWNERS FOR A COUPLE YEARS NOW, UM, TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT THE SOLUTION TO KIND OF GET THEM WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.
UM, BECAUSE OF WHAT LAMI WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT, THE FACT THAT THEY WERE ANNEXED IN, IN 2017 AND OUT IN THE COUNTY, THEY COULD PRETTY MUCH DO WHATEVER THEY WANTED AND THEY WERE ANNEXED IN ALL THAT STUFF.
BASICALLY HAD TO BE GRANDFATHERED AT THAT POINT.
THERE HAS BEEN SOME OTHER, UM, OPERATIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN BETWEEN THAT.
AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO SORT THAT OUT.
SO THIS IS NOT THE LAST TIME YOU'LL SEE THIS PROPERTY RIGHT NOW IS JUST FOR THE VARIANCE.
THEY WILL ALSO NEED TO DO A PLAT, THEY WILL ALSO NEED TO RE DO A REZONE, AND I BELIEVE THEY'LL ALSO NEED TO DO A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
SO AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MESSY.
UM, THIS IS THE EASIEST OF THE ISSUES TO, TO WADE THROUGH.
SO I, I HOPE THAT HELPS PUT THE CONTACT IN.
YEAH, I READ THAT IT WAS PROPOSED USE WAS INDUSTRIAL AND THAT CONCERNS ME ABOUT WHERE IT IS.
UH, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT THERE AT THIS STAGE.
THERE'S NO USE THAT'S PROPOSED.
IT'S JUST EVERYTHING THAT'S THERE.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET THEM IN COMPLIANCE, WHICH IS PROVING TO, TO BE CHALLENGING.
IT'S ALSO, UM, GOOD TO KNOW THAT THE, UH, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATES THIS PROPERTY AS INDUSTRIAL.
UM, SO, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, YEAH, AS MR. SCRIBNER WAS SAYING, THIS IS COMING IN THE FUTURE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? I THINK I'D LIKE TO GET SOME MORE CLARITY ON, UM, WHAT TRACY WAS ASKING.
AND YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE STAGES, ALL THE STAGES THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
SO, AND THE FINAL ONE WAS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR SOMETHING.
AND IS THERE AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT SPECIAL USE PERMIT WOULD BE? THE, UH, THE, THE CURRENT CODE ACTUALLY, UH, AND I'M NOT SURE WE'VE EVER USED IT, THE CURRENT CODE AND, UM, HOPEFULLY THE NEW CODE AS WELL.
WE'RE WORKING ON SOME UPDATES TO THAT, WHICH RYAN WILL KIND OF GO OVER LATER IN YOUR AGENDA.
UM, ALLOWS FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION TO BRING NON-CONFORMING USES INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE.
AGAIN, YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN SPECIAL USE PERMITS.
YOU ARE ALLOWED AS A BOARD AND AS CITY COUNCIL, UM, ARE ALLOWED TO BE VERY SPECIFIC AS TO WHAT THEY CAN ALLOW AND WHAT THEY CAN'T, UM, WHERE THE BUILDINGS ARE, WHERE THE USES ARE, THAT SORT OF THING.
SO IT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY,
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OKAY, EVERYTHING YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW, WE'RE MEMORIALIZING ON PAPER TO SAY, YOU WERE, YOU WERE BROUGHT IN WITH THIS USE, YOU CAN DO THIS, BUT YOU CAN'T DO MORE THAN THIS.OR IF YOU NEED TO DO MORE THAN THIS, YOU HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE US TO DO IT.
SO THAT, THAT WOULD BE WHAT THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT WOULD BASICALLY BE FOR.
WE'D PROBABLY DO THAT IN, IN TANDEM WITH THE REZONE ITSELF BECAUSE THEY'RE BASICALLY THE SAME PROCESS.
SUP JUST ALLOWS YOU TO GET VERY SPECIFIC.
SO I GUESS JUST AGAIN FOR CLARITY THAT IN THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT THAT THEY MAY BE GOING FOR LATER, IT IS ESSENTIALLY TO DO THE SAME THING THAT THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN DOING.
BUT WITH IT BASICALLY WOULD, UH, WITH THE, MAKE IT FROM BECOMING NONCONFORMING USE TO A CONFORMING USE.
SO THAT WOULD TAKE AWAY ANY OF THE RESTRICTIONS, ANY OF THE, UH, POTENTIAL EXPANSION RESTRICTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT COME ALONG WITH A NON-CONFORMING USE AS WELL AS ISSUES WITH POTENTIALLY GETTING FINANCING FOR THE PROPERTY AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS.
SO IT WOULD BASICALLY BE TREATED AS, IT WOULD BE A, A LEGAL USE WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF WHATEVER THE SUP APPROVES.
ANY OTHER TO, TO REITERATE TONIGHT THE REQUEST IS JUST TO ALLOW FOR AN EXISTING PARCEL, WHICH ALREADY HAS ACCESS, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE, THEY DON'T HAVE LEGAL ACCESS TO THE ROADWAY.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE FOR THEM.
THAT LOT HAS BEEN EXISTING FOR WHAT WE SAY ABOUT 20 YEARS NOW.
AND SO THEY'VE BEEN EXISTING THE WAY IT IS BECAUSE, UH, THEY ARE FAMILY OWNS BOTH PARCELS.
WELL, SHOULD THEY SELL ONE OF THOSE PARCELS, THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS AND PERPETUITY.
SO THAT'S WHAT TONIGHT IS ABOUT.
WHETHER OR NOT ANY OF THE REST OF THE THINGS HAPPEN THAT THAT'LL COME LATER TONIGHT IS JUST ABOUT ACCESS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
SO WITH NO ONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK, AS I UNDERSTAND, I'LL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 5:20 PM AND NOW I NEED A MOTION.
I'LL MOVE TO MAKE THE MOTION AND A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR? A.
WE'RE GOING TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDER A REQUEST CONCERNING THE PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER ONE 11, UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE ELDC OF THE BAYTOWN CODE OF ORDINANCES TO REVISE DIVISIONS.
1.1, 1.2, I'M SORRY, 2.2, 2.2 2.3.
3.6, 4.2, 6.1, 7.7, 7.4, AND 8.17.
SORRY, EVERYBODY, 7.7
I'LL OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE STAFF TO, TO SUMMARIZE THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
RYAN, BEAT LOOK, UH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
SO KIND OF A REAL QUICK, UH, HOW WE GOT HERE.
AND THEN I'M GONNA GO THROUGH EVERYTHING KIND OF QUICKLY, UM, BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE ARE JUST, UM, YOU'LL SEE IN HERE, THEY'RE JUST CLEANUP AMENDMENTS.
WE CAN CERTAINLY GO BACK, UM, AND DISCUSS ANY OF THEM IN DEPTH, BUT WE'LL KIND OF GET THROUGH THEM FIRST AND THEN, UM, HAVE IT OPEN UP FOR DISCUSSION.
SO AS Y'ALL ARE AWARE THAT, UH, WE ARE CALLING THIS A 2025 ULDC BECAUSE WE KEPT GOING OLD VERSUS NEW.
AND, AND SO 2025 ULDC WAS ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 12TH OF, UH, 2024.
IT HAS AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF JANUARY 1ST, 2025.
UH, AS I MENTIONED, THESE AMENDMENTS ARE, ARE REALLY, UH, WHAT WE WOULD CALL CLEAN AMENDMENTS.
SO, UH, THEY'RE CLEANING UP TYPOS, INCONSISTENCIES, MISSING INFORMATION, UM, OR THINGS THAT, UM, ARE, UM, MAYBE INCONGRUENT WITH THE CURRENT CODE VERSUS, UH, THE, THE NEW CODE.
SO I'M GONNA KIND OF GO THROUGH THESE, I BROKE THESE OUT INTO THE DIFFERENT ARTICLES, UM, THAT THEY ARE IN.
AND UH, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, WE CAN CERTAINLY, UM, GO BACK AND AND DISCUSS ANY OF THEM.
UM, I DID WANNA MENTION A COUPLE OF THESE AND I, I WILL MENTION IN THE INDIVIDUAL ONES, UM, THESE WERE ALL, UH, CAME FROM STAFF REVIEW AS WE HAVE NOW GOTTEN INTO THE CODE REALLY FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS AND
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HAVE REALLY BEGUN TO KIND OF, UH, READ THROUGH IT, BE ABLE TO USE IT, FIGURE OUT MAYBE WHERE THERE ARE SOME ISSUES, AND THEN ALSO SOME COUNSEL, UH, COMMENTS THAT WE GOT DURING THE APPROVAL PROCESS.UM, SO THE FIRST ONE, ARTICLE ONE THAT IS YOUR GENERAL PROVISIONS, UH, ARTICLE OF THE CODE.
UM, WE ARE PROPOSING, UH, TO REMOVE SIGNS AND LANDSCAPING FROM WHAT IS, UH, REGULATED IN THE ETJ.
UM, STATE LAW DOES ALLOW FOR, UM, CITIES TO REGULATE SIGNS AND LANDSCAPING WITHIN THE ETJ.
UM, BUT STAFF BELIEVES NOW WITH SOME OF THE, UH, CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN STATE LAW WITH, UH, ANNEXATIONS, UM, THAT, UM, PRETTY MUCH ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BE ANNEXED NOW HAS TO COME INTO THE CITY VOLUNTARILY.
WE CANNOT DO REALLY IN ANY INVOLUNTARY ANNEXATIONS.
SO THAT HAS REALLY, UM, KIND OF ELIMINATED THE NEED FOR US TO, UM, DEAL WITH, UH, SIGNS OR LANDSCAPING, UM, IN THE ETJ, UM, ZONING, UH, ARTICLE TWOS, YOUR ZONING DISTRICTS AND DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS.
UM, IN HERE WE, THERE WERE SEVERAL KIND OF THINGS THAT WERE MISSING FROM THE DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS TABLES.
UM, AND SO THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF THESE ARE.
UM, SO IN YOUR MIXED RESIDENTIAL, UM, DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS TABLE, UM, IT HAD AN A COLUMN FOR INFILL DEVELOPMENT.
IF YOU LOOK FURTHER IN THE CODE, WE DON'T ALLOW FOR INFILL DEVELOPMENT IN THE MR DISTRICT.
SO THERE WAS KIND OF A, UH, AN ERROR IN THAT.
SO WE WERE REMOVED IT FROM MIXED RESIDENTIAL.
WE ADDED IT BACK TO ALTERNATIVE RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS WHERE IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE.
UM, WE ALSO DID LOOK BACK AT THE OLD CODE, UM, THE AR WHICH YOU ALL, UM, KNOW AS THE URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, UH, CODE OR, UH, UM, DISTRICT NOW, UM, WHICH ALLOWS FOR MANUFACTURED HOMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, WE WERE MISSING SEVERAL RESIDENTIAL TYPES IN THAT ZONING DISTRICT.
SO, UH, WE ARE A PROPOSAL TO ADD THOSE BACK INTO THE CODE.
UM, AND THEN MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, WE HAD MISSED A FEW RESIDENTIAL TYPES IN THERE AS WELL.
SO GOING FARTHER INTO ARTICLE TWO, UM, THIS WAS A KINDA LAST MINUTE CHANGE FROM, UH, COUNCIL.
UM, WE HAD ORIGINALLY HAD APARTMENTS IN GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, UM, AT THE, UH, TOWARDS THE END OF THE APPROVAL PROCESS.
UM, COUNCIL SAID THEY DIDN'T WANT THEM IN GENERAL COMMERCIAL, THEY ONLY WANTED THEM, UM, IF THERE WAS GONNA BE IN A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
THEY ONLY WANTED THEM IN THE FREEWAY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
THEY ARE STILL LOUD IN, UM, A COUPLE OF THE OTHER RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
BUT THIS AGAIN, IS JUST, UM, DEALING WITH REMOVING IT FROM GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND ADDING IT TO THE FREEWAY COMMERCIAL.
UM, THERE WAS A, AN ERROR IN THE MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE IN OUR HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
UM, THE, UH, THE NEW CODE HAD 50% LOT COVERAGE.
UM, THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE 90%.
UH, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THAT CHANGE IS FOR THERE.
UM, REMOVE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS FROM GENERAL, UH, COMMERCIAL.
UM, YOU REALLY CAN'T HAVE A RESIDENTIAL UNIT IN A, UH, IN A GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
SO THERE'S REALLY NO NEED FOR AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT.
WE DO ALLOW FOR CARETAKERS UNITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT IS.
UM, REMOVING TRUCK STOP AND TRAVEL CENTER FROM YOUR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND YOUR HEAVY, UM, INDUSTRIAL, UH, DISTRICTS, UM, AGAIN, DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING.
UM, THE, THE DISTANCE, UH, REQUIREMENTS, THE LOCATION REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE IN THE CURRENT CODE, UM, WITH WHERE THEY CAN BE LOCATED, THOSE STILL DID CARRY OVER INTO THE NEW CODE.
UM, BUT WE LOOKED, THERE IS NO AREA IN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL OR HEAVY INDUSTRIAL WHERE SOMEBODY COULD BUILD A TRUCK STOP OR A TRAVEL CENTER.
UH, WE MISSED A CONTRACTOR SHOP, UM, WITH A SERVICE YARD.
UM, WE INTENDED FOR THAT TO BE A LIMITED USE IN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, UM, THAT WAS MISSED.
CAN WE ASK A QUESTION? OF COURSE.
WHEN YOU REMOVE TRAVEL CENTERS AND TRUCK STOPS FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, WHERE DID THEY GO? SO THEY STAY, THEY, UM, WOULD BE MOSTLY IN FREEWAY COMMERCIAL.
BUT AGAIN, UM, IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE LOCATION STANDARDS OF THEM.
SO WE HAD THE THINGS THAT, UH, IN THE CODE THAT SAYS, UM, IT CAN ONLY BE WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE OF THE INTERSECTION OF I 10 AND THOMPSON ROAD, UM, AS WELL AS I BELIEVE TRAVEL CENTERS.
IT IS, UH, I 10 AND, UM, THE FOUR CORNERS, UM, UH, OVER BY THE SAN JACINTO RIVER, I BELIEVE I 10 AND THOMPSON ROAD, AND THEN ONE OTHER PLACE.
SO WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY CHANGE ANY OF THOSE LOCATION STANDARDS.
WE JUST ARE SAYING YOU CAN'T PUT IN LA OR HI, WHICH THERE ARE NO, UM, DISTRICTS, THERE'S NO LOCATIONS WITHIN THOSE DISTRICTS WHERE IT WOULD MEET THOSE LOCATION STANDARDS.
WE HAVE THOSE IN SPECIFIC AREAS, CORRECT.
AND THEN WE DID NOT CHANGE THAT.
THAT CARRIES OVER FROM THE CURRENT CODE.
UM, MOVING INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING PRODUCTS, SALES AND SUPPLIES TO HEAVY INDUSTRIAL.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USE FOR SOME REASON IT WAS JUST LISTED UNDER THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, UH, CATEGORY.
DOESN'T CHANGE AGAIN, WHERE IT'S LOCATED, ALLOWED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT'S JUST PUTTING IT IN THE PROPER CATEGORY.
UM, ADDING THE ONE MILE SEPARATION FOR SELF STORAGE, UM, THAT IS IN THE CURRENT CODE, UM, THAT WAS MISSED IN THE NEW CODE.
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WE ARE ADDING THAT BACK IN THERE.UM, THIS WAS A COUNCIL CONCERN THAT WE HAD, UH, THE TIMING OF RESIDENTIAL ACCESSORY STRUCTURES ON CERTAIN PARCELS.
SO TYPICALLY FOR AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE BEFORE YOU CAN HAVE AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
THE CURRENT CODE DOES ALLOW FOR SOMEBODY TO BUILD CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.
SO A BARN, A GARAGE, A CARPORT, PERGOLA, UH, POOL HOUSE, UH, UH, NOT A POOL HOUSE, I'M SORRY, EXCUSE ME, UH, A FENCE.
UH, IT ALLOWS FOR THOSE TO BE BUILT ON PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN THE, UM, SFE DISTRICT, WHICH IS OUR STATE RESIDENTIAL AND OUR SF ONE, WHICH IS OUR, UH, LIGHT DENSITY LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
UM, IT ALLOWS FOR THOSE TO BE BUILT WITH AN SUP.
SO WE'RE CARRYING THAT OVER TO THE CURRENT OR TO THE NEW CODE WHERE WE ARE SAYING THEY CAN BE ALLOWED IN A STATE RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS THE NEW SFE AND SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS THE NEW SF ONE.
UM, WITH AN SUP, UM, THERE HAD BEEN SOME CONCERNS, UH, THAT WE HAD HEARD FROM SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, OF, OF TIMING OF THAT.
THE REASON FOR THAT IS MOST OF THOSE PROPERTIES ARE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE STATE RESIDENTIAL, THEY'RE GONNA BE AN ACRE OR MORE YOUR SF UM, ONE OR YOUR, UH, SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL, THOSE ARE QUARTER OF AN ACRE OR MORE.
SO OFTENTIMES YOU MAY HAVE SOMEBODY WHO HAS A PIECE OF PROPERTY, THEY WANNA BUILD A BARN OR SOMETHING TO, YOU KNOW, PUT THEIR EQUIPMENT IN TO MAINTAIN THE, THE PROPERTY.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THEY HAVEN'T ACTUALLY, UM, BUILT A HOME ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, BUT THEY STILL NEED SOMEPLACE TO STORE THEIR EQUIPMENT.
SO THAT JUST CARRIES OVER FROM THE CURRENT CODE, UM, ALLOWING OPAQUE FENCES IN THE FRONT YARD UP TO 42 INCHES IN HEIGHT.
SO THREE AND A HALF FEET IN HEIGHT.
UM, SO WE CURRENTLY ALLOW FENCES IN THE FRONT YARD, UM, UP TO THE NORMAL HEIGHT, BUT THEY HAVE TO BE OPEN.
UM, WE'RE JUST ALLOWING THEM TO GO UP TO 42 INCHES IN HEIGHT, UM, AS LONG AS YOU, UM, IF THEY'RE OPAQUE OR LIKE A SOLID PRIVACY FENCE.
SO, UM, THAT, AGAIN, THAT WAS A COUNCIL, UH, COMMENT WE HAD RECEIVED FROM, UH, SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS OF, UM, WHY ARE WE NOT ALLOWING SOMEBODY TO PUT A PRIVACY FENCE IN IN THEIR FRONT YARD? AND WE LOOKED AT SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES THEY ALLOW FOR IT.
UM, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T VIOLATE THE SITE TRIANGLE, UM, OR THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, WE BELIEVE 42 INCHES IS, IS A REASONABLE, UM, HEIGHT FOR THAT.
SO, ALMOST WRAPPING UP WITH ARTICLE TWO HERE, UM, IF YOU REMEMBER, UM, WE DID CHANGE OUR CODE A LITTLE BIT, UM, WITH THE NEW CODE, UM, WHERE WE BROKE OUT ACCESSORY STRUCTURES ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES ON PROPERTIES THAT ARE LESS THAN AN ACRE AND MORE THAN AN ACRE.
THE CURRENT, I'M SORRY, THE 2025 CODE READS CURRENTLY THAT YOU CAN HAVE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES ON A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY GREATER THAN ONE ACRE.
UM, AND ALL IT JUST SAYS IS YOU CAN HAVE IT GREATER THAN THE SIZE OF THE HOME ON THE PROPERTY.
AND SO WE LOOKED AT THIS AND, AND, UM, DID SOME, SOME TESTING ON THIS AND, AND WE KIND OF WANNA REIN THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.
SO WE'RE SAYING HERE IS ACCESSORY STRUCTURES ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES GREATER THAN ONE ACRE MAY EQUAL UP TO 10% OF THE LOT AREA.
SO AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE A ONE ACRE LOT, YOU COULD HAVE UP TO 4,356 SQUARE FEET OF ACCESSORY STRUCTURES ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, AS LONG AS YOU STILL MEET SETBACKS, UM, LOT COVERAGE AND ALL OF THAT.
BUT AGAIN, UM, KNOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE A LARGER BIT OF A LARGER PART OF LAND, YOU'RE GONNA MAYBE WANT TO DO MORE THINGS WITH YOUR PROPERTY.
AND IT'S, UM, SO THAT THAT IS WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE.
AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO ACTUALLY KIND OF REIN THAT IN A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE CURRENTLY THE CO SAYS YOU CAN HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT IS LIKE EVEN, YOU KNOW, ABOVE WHAT'S THE SIZE OF THE HOUSE.
UM, A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATION HERE.
THE LAST ONE, PORTABLE STORAGE UNITS, PODS.
UM, WE WOULD ALLOW THOSE FOR UP TO THREE MONTHS BEHIND THE FRONT OF THE PRINCIPAL BUILDING WITH A BUILDING PERMIT.
SO CURRENTLY THE CODE, UM, WOULD RE CURRENTLY THE 2025 CODE READS THAT YOU CAN HAVE THAT AS LONG AS IT'S A NON-RESIDENTIAL BUILDING.
THERE'S REALLY NO REASON WHY WE WOULD PREVENT A RESIDENT FROM BEING ABLE TO DO THAT AGAIN, AS LONG AS IT'S BEHIND THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING AND FOR NO MORE THAN THREE MONTHS AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE A BUILDING PERMIT.
'CAUSE FOLKS WILL GET LIKE PODS TO PUT THEIR, THEIR FURNITURE IN WHILE THEY'RE REDOING THEIR HOME OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO AGAIN, UM, TRYING TO, TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE FAIR ACROSS, UH, ACROSS THE PROPERTIES.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, LIKE THEY WANT TO BRING PAUSE FOR THEIR HOUSE AND THE, I'M ASSUMING THEY COME ON THE DRIVEWAY, YES, BUT IF THEIR DRIVEWAY STOPS AT THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE.
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THIS, AND I COULD SHOW YOU IN THE CODE.THE REST OF THAT SECTION SAYS THAT YOU CAN PLACE IT ON YOUR DRIVEWAY FOR UP TO 30 DAYS.
SO IF YOU WANT IT LONGER THAN 30 DAYS, WHICH TYPICALLY THAT WOULD BE SOMEBODY WHO, AGAIN, IS DOING A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
IF YOU'RE JUST USING IT TO MOVE, YOU PROBABLY ONLY CAN HAVE IT ON YOUR, YOUR PROPERTY FOR NO LONGER THAN 30 DAYS.
UM, THOSE CAN STILL STAY IN THE DRIVEWAY.
UM, IF YOU'RE WANTING TO GO LONGER THAN THAN 30 DAYS, YOU CAN HAVE UP TO THREE MONTHS, BUT IT'S GOTTA BE PLACED BEHIND THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING AND IT HAS TO BE WITH A BUILDING PERMIT.
OKAY, MOVING ON TO ARTICLE THREE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
UM, FIRST ONE, THIS IS JUST A SIMPLE, UM, CHAPTER 1 22, UM, USED TO HAVE OUR SIDEWALK REGULATIONS.
UM, THAT CHAPTER WAS REPEALED AND WAS ALREADY FOLDED INTO THE ODC, SO IT WAS JUST A CROSS REFERENCE THAT WE JUST NEED TO CLEAN UP.
SO THAT DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING.
UM, THE LANDSCAPING TABLE, WE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT NON-RESIDENTIAL USES, BUT UM, THERE WAS SOME, UH, LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF OF WHAT THAT MEANS.
AND SO, UM, WE CLARIFIED THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN TERMS OF, UM, WHAT, UM, UH, OF, OF WHAT A, WHAT WE CONSIDER NON-RESIDENTIAL USE.
UM, WE REVISE OUR STREET SCAPE REQUIREMENTS FOR PROPERTIES LESS THAN ONE ACRE ALONG ARTERIALS TO MATCH THE CURRENT CODE.
SO CURRENTLY IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY LESS THAN ONE ACRE, UM, ALONG AN ARTERIAL, TYPICALLY YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE A 12 FOOT WIDE, UH, STREET SCAPE.
IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY LESS THAN AN ACRE, UM, YOU CAN GO DOWN TO SIX FEET WIDE.
UH, WE'RE JUST, UH, CARRYING THAT LANGUAGE OVER TO MATCH THE, THE CURRENT 2014 CODE.
UNDER OUR SIGN, UH, REGULATIONS.
WE REALIZED WE WERE MISSING THE SAN JACINTO, UM, OVERLAY DISTRICT OR THE SAN JACINTO, UH, DISTRICT, EXCUSE ME.
AND SO, UM, WE JUST MADE SURE THAT THAT WAS FOLDED IN THERE AS WELL.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH.
UM, ARTICLE FOUR SUBDIVISION DESIGN.
UM, THIS ONE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF, WE READ IT AND WE REALIZED WHAT WE INTENDED TO DO DIDN'T ACTUALLY GET DONE IN THE CODE.
AND SO, UM, EVERYONE'S FAMILIAR WITH WHAT AN INFILL DEVELOPMENT IS.
KIND OF THINK OF THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN WHERE YOU'VE GOT A BUNCH OF SMALLER LOTS THAT ARE SURROUNDED BY, UM, ART EXISTING DEVELOPMENT, UM, HOW THE CODE HAD READ PREVIOUSLY.
UM, IT WASN'T SUPER CLEAR THAT IF SOMEBODY COULD, SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO DEVELOP AN INDIVIDUAL LOT DO INFILL DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO WHAT WE HAVE CLARIFIED HERE IS THAT YES, YOU CAN DO INFILL DEVELOPMENT ON INDIVIDUAL LOTS IN THE URBAN RESIDENTIAL AND IN THE, UM, ALTERNATIVE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS AS LONG AS THEY, YOU MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE LAID OUT IN THE CODE.
AND AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE TYPICALLY THERE'S UTILITIES THAT ARE TO THE SITE.
UM, MORE THAN 50% OF THE PROPERTIES IN THE AREA ARE, ARE DEVELOPED.
UM, AND, AND, AND A FEW OTHER, UM, REQUIREMENTS AS WELL.
IT JUST DIDN'T ACTUALLY, UH, GET THAT, UH, COME ACROSS CLEARLY WHEN WE, UM, ACTUALLY STARTED READING IT.
UM, CLARIFYING THE SIZE OF PARCEL NEEDED FOR AN INFILL SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT.
SO THIS WOULD BE SOMEBODY WHO MAYBE FINDS, YOU KNOW, SOME EMPTY LAND.
UM, AGAIN, IN THE UR AR ZONING DISTRICTS, UM, IT WOULD NEED TO BE AT LEAST FIVE ACRES FOR THEM TO DO A FULL ALL, UM, INFILL TYPE SUBDIVISION.
SO AGAIN, INDIVIDUAL LOTS YOU CAN DEVELOP THEM, BUT IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO SUBDIVIDE AND CREATE AN INFILL SUBDIVISION, WE'RE SAYING THAT, UM, THAT NEEDS TO BE A MINIMUM OF FIVE ACRES.
THAT'S ALREADY IN, UM, THE CODE.
AGAIN, IT WAS TO KIND OF MAKE SURE WE WERE CLEARLY SAYING THAT INDIVIDUAL VERSUS A SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT.
UM, WE REALIZED WE WERE MISSING THE MINIMUM LOT WIDTH FOR RADIO LOTS WITHIN CITY LIMITS RADIO LOT.
THAT WOULD BE TYPICALLY WHAT YOU SEE ON A CUL-DE-SAC, THE LOW PIE SHAPED LOTS.
UM, SO THAT IS, THAT'S 40 FEET WE HAD ALREADY SAID THAT IS THAT IS THAT IS THE MINIMUM WIDTH IN THE ETJ.
WE ARE JUST CARRYING THAT OVER TO THE CITY LIMITS.
I DUNNO WHY THAT OVER HERE WE GO.
UM, ARTICLE SIX, DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BODIES, UM, CITY COUNCIL CHANGED, I BELIEVE LAST YEAR, UM, THE APPOINTMENT PROCEDURE FOR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
IT USED TO SAY THAT THE CITY MANAGER COULD APPOINT A A COUPLE OF MEMBERS TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
UM, COUNCIL CHANGED THAT, SO NOW COUNCIL HAS THE COMPLETE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT.
WE'RE JUST MATCHING THAT LANGUAGE.
DOESN'T REALLY CHANGE ANYTHING.
UM, ARTICLE SEVEN DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCEDURES, UM, WE NOTICED WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THAT, UM, THE NEW CODE HAD STATED A COUPLE OF NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR PLATS THAT WE DON'T REQUIRE, STATE LAW DOESN'T REQUIRE.
UM, AND SO WE AGAIN WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT LINED UP WITH THE CURRENT CODE.
AND THEN IF YOU REMEMBER, WE DID A CHANGE TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE CLDC, I BELIEVE LAST YEAR TO REMOVE THE EXPIRATION FOR
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PUD DETAIL PLANS THAT DID NOT GET CARRIED OVER INTO THE CODES.WE MADE SURE THAT THAT, UM, DID.
SO, UH, A DETAIL PLAN FOR PUD DOES NOT HAVE AN EXPIRATION DATE, UM, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER TYPE OF A ZONING, UH, A REZONING TYPE, UH, OF ACTION NONCONFORMITIES AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE BIT, UM, COMMISSIONER KOSTIC ABOUT, UM, SUVS, UH, FOR NONCONFORMITIES.
UM, THE TABLE IN THIS SECTION, UH, STATED THAT A NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURE WAS ALSO ELIGIBLE TO GET AN SUP TO CONVERT TO NON-CONFORMING, BUT THE TEXT ITSELF DID NOT SAY IT.
SO THIS IS JUST ADDING THAT STRUCTURES ARE ALSO, UM, ALLOWED IN THERE.
AND THEN, UM, FINALLY, UH, WORD USAGE, UM, TRAVEL PLAZA.
WE DON'T, UH, HAVE A USE FOR TRAVEL PLAZA.
IT'S NOWHERE IN THERE, SO WE JUST REMOVE THAT DEFINITION.
SO I THREW A LOT AT Y'ALL, SO I WILL PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS, BUT THAT IS EVERYTHING.
AS I KIND OF MENTIONED, VERY FEW ACTUAL SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES.
THEY'RE ALL REALLY CARRYOVERS OR THINGS THAT WE NOTICED THAT WE MISSED, UM, OR THAT WE NEED TO CLARIFY IN THE CODE.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? OKAY.
UM, GOING BACK TO THE PODS, YES, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I ALSO KNOW THAT OUR AREA HAS SEEN A NUMBER OF NATURAL DISASTERS MM-HMM
AND I MEAN, I KNOW THAT I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PUT ONE IN MY BACKYARD MM-HMM
AND, UM, 30 DAYS VERY LIKELY WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH.
I THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE REALLY CONSIDERED THAT IT, MAYBE IT IS 30 DAYS AT A TIME MM-HMM
AND, AND THAT INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING IT'S 30 DAYS MM-HMM
AND, BUT YOU HAVE TO PUT IT IN YOUR BACKYARD AND YOU CAN DO IT FOR THREE MONTHS.
SO THE CODE DOES HAVE A SECTION IN THERE, UM, THAT ACTUALLY ALLOWS FOR THE BUILDING OFFICIAL TO EXTEND, UM, THE TIME UPON REQUEST.
SO AGAIN, IF THERE WAS A NATURAL DISASTER, THINGS LIKE THAT, WE ALREADY DID PASS SOMETHING AT COUNCIL LEVEL.
UM, RIGHT AFTER HURRICANE BARREL OF THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF WAIVED SOME OF OUR, OUR, UM, PERMITS, UH, APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE, WE HAVE BEEN FLEXIBLE IN THE PAST AND, AND AGAIN, UM, THE BUILDING OFFICIAL WOULD HAVE KIND OF A, AGAIN, WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY AND THE SAME WITH THE DIRECTOR WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO EXTEND THAT UPON SOMEONE'S REQUEST.
SO, UM, WE CERTAINLY COULD PUT THAT IN THERE.
UM, THE CODE KIND OF ALREADY, UH, TALKS ABOUT THAT AND I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I KNOW HOW IT WAS CHANGED TO BE BECAUSE EVERY NATURAL DISASTER WE DID START WAIVING FEES.
AND SO I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY WORTH CONSIDERING JUST LETTING IT BE SOMETHING THAT WE DO FOR OUR RESIDENTS THAT IF IT BE, IF, IF IF A NATURAL DISASTER, I MEAN, 'CAUSE I JUST TALKED ABOUT WAIVING THE FEES MM-HMM
BUT IF THERE ARE IS A CATASTROPHIC EVENT, A FIRE THAT THEY MAY INDIVIDUALLY EXPERIENCE OR SOMETHING THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT 30 DAYS.
'CAUSE I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, I HAD DAMAGE TO MY HOUSE AND IT TOOK 30 DAYS FOR THE INSURANCE JUST TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS.
UM, AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION, THE OPAQUE FENCES, 42 INCHES.
UM, SO WOULD THAT PREVENT A HOME FROM BUILDING, I'M ASSUMING LIKE A SIX FOOT METAL FENCE AROUND THEIR PROPERTY? NO, IT'S, IT, SO OPAQUE WOULD MEAN THAT IT'S, IT'S A PRIVACY FENCE THAT'S FULLY ENCLOSED.
SO YEAH, WE STILL ALLOW THE OPEN LIKE ROD IRON FENCES OR STUFF LIKE THAT AROUND SOMEONE'S PROPERTY.
THIS IS JUST, YOU CAN'T PUT A PRIVACY FENCE GREATER THAN 42 INCHES IN THE FRONT YARD.
AND THIS IS THE FRONT YARD SETBACK AS WELL.
SO ONCE YOU GET PAST THAT SETBACK LINE, YOU COULD DO SIX FEET.
AND MY LAST QUESTION IS THE RESIDENTIAL TYPES MM-HMM
THAT YOU SAID KIND OF CHANGED AND IT SKIMMED OVER.
ARE THERE ANY BIG CHANGES? NO, THERE ARE NOT.
WHAT WE DID IS WE CARRIED OVER WHAT WAS ALREADY ALLOWED IN THE URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT.
THAT WAS AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT WAS, THAT WAS JUST AN OVERSIGHT.
AND THEN ON THE MIXED USE, UM, RESIDENTIAL, WE JUST REALIZED THAT WE DIDN'T ALLOW FOR, UM, SINGLE FAMILY, UM, SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES.
AND THAT AGAIN, IS SOMETHING THAT IS PERMITTED.
AND SO THIS IS JUST MATCHING UP THE PERMITTED, UM, USES THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE CODE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? GOOD JOB.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? THANKS FOR BEARING WITH ME.
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BE THE LARGEST ONE THAT WE HAVE.WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE A FEW MORE OVER THE NEXT YEAR AS WE CONTINUE TO GET INTO THIS CODE.
UM, BUT THIS WAS KIND OF ONES THAT WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GOT PUSHED OUT BEFORE THE CODE ACTUALLY OFFICIALLY GOES INTO EFFECT ON JANUARY ONE, SO I APPRECIATE IT.
AND IF I, AS I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, WITH THIS ELDC BEING PASSED, DID THE OVERLAY DISTRICT GO AWAY? SO THE OVERLAY DISTRICT IN SAN JACINTO, IT DID GO AWAY, GOT CONVERTED TO A ZONING DISTRICT, JUST LIKE, UM, THE DOWNTOWN ZONING DISTRICT.
IT'S A FORM-BASED CODE, BUT YES, IT'S A ZONING DISTRICT, JUST LIKE, UM, ANY OTHER ZONING DISTRICT IN THE CITY.
AS I UNDERSTAND IT, NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
UH, NO OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS.
SO WOULD NO ONE ELSE DESIRE, DESIRE TO SPEAK? I'LL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 5:43 PM I'LL NEED A MOTION.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
MOVING ON TO ITEM B AND NUMBER SIX, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE 3.81 ACRES, LOCATED AT 58 14 NORTH HIGHWAY 4 1 46, FROM A PLANT URBAN DEVELOPMENT POD TO A MIXED RESIDENTIAL MR. UH, ZONING DISTRICT.
I'LL OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK IF THE STAFF TO, TO SUMMARIZE THE ITEM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN, MR. CHAIRMAN.
UM, SO THIS ONE IS, UH, WHAT THIS REQUEST IS, IS ACTUALLY DOING TWO THINGS.
IT ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY REZONES, UM, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
IT ALSO REMOVES THIS PROPERTY FROM THE PUD.
SO IF YOU ALL REMEMBER, WE HAD AN INDUSTRIAL PUD UM, APPROVED ABOUT THIS TIME LAST YEAR AT THE CORNER OF 1405 AND 1 46.
UM, IT'S ACTUALLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW.
UM, THERE WAS A PIECE OF PROPERTY, UM, THIS NORTHERN 3.81 ACRES THAT WAS WITHIN THAT PUD, THAT PUD HAD ALWAYS INTENDED FOR IT TO REMAIN UNDEVELOPED AS, AS A BUFFER SPACE.
IT WAS NEVER INTENDED TO BE DEVELOPED AS PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
UM, BUT IT WAS UNDER THE OWNERSHIP OF, UM, THE DEVELOPER WHO WAS DEVELOPING THE PUD.
SO WHAT THIS REQUEST IS, AGAIN, IS THIS VERY NORTHERN PORTION OF THAT PUD THAT IS ADJACENT TO THE DEVON WOODS SUBDIVISION.
UM, SO IT'S A LONG, SKINNY, UH, PIECE OF ABOUT THREE POINT, UH, EIGHT ONE ACRES.
SO, UM, IT REALLY IS NOT WIDE ENOUGH TO DEVELOP ANYTHING IN.
UM, THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEVON WOOD HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
UM, THEY HAVE HAD EXPRESSED INTEREST THAT THEY WOULD LIKE THAT PROPERTY TO KIND OF ADD SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, GREEN SPACE TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO, UM, THAT IS WHAT THIS, UH, REQUEST IS STEMMING FROM.
SO AGAIN, UM, THE INTENT IS NOT TO DEVELOP ANYTHING IN THIS, UM, BUT IT IS TO TRANSFER, UM, AS PART OF THE TRANSFER OVER TO THE DEVON WOOD.
UM, HOA THERE IS, UH, NEEDING TO HAVE THIS REZONED TO REMOVE IT FROM THE PUD UH, ZONING AS WELL AS AGAIN THE, UH, THE PUD ITSELF.
SO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS CURRENTLY ZONED THAT LIME GREEN, WHICH IS, UH, PUD AND WHAT IT IS BEING.
UM, SO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP CALLS, UH, ALONG 1 46 THAT IS, UH, UH, CALLS OUT TO BE LARGE SCALE COMMERCIAL.
AND THEN, UM, FURTHER BACK ADJACENT TO THOSE HOMES IN DEVON WOOD IS INTENDED TO BE LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, SIMILAR AGAIN TO THE, UM, ZONING OR THE FUTURE LAND USE, UM, DESIGNATION FOR DEVON WOOD.
AND AGAIN, WHAT, UM, IS BEING PROPOSED IS TO REZONE THIS TO MIXED RESIDENTIAL SO IT WOULD MATCH WHAT IS IN THE DEVON WOOD SUBDIVISION.
UM, AND THAT IS REALLY WHAT THIS REQUEST IS.
AND THE APPLICANT, UM, IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, BUT STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REONE REQUEST.
ANYONE SIGNED A SIGNED UP TO SPEAK INCLUDING THE APPLICANT? NO.
ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE COMMISSION? ANY QUESTIONS? NO.
WITH NO ONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK, I'LL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING AT 5 47.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
UH, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
UM, AND YOU GUYS MADE THAT ONE WAY TOO EASY.
UM, SO, UH, THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, APPROVED SINCE LAST MONTH, UM, WE, OF
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COURSE, UH, THE SAN JACINTO MARKETPLACE, PUD WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL, UH, A WEEK AFTER, UH, THIS BOARD SOUGHT.AND, UM, SO THEY ARE, UH, FREE TO START MOVING FORWARD WITH, WITH THEIR ACTIVITIES.
UH, STONE, PUD, THAT WAS THE, WHAT WAS IT, 28 ACRES, I THINK, AT, UH, 1 46 AND ALEXANDER, UM, THAT WAS CONTINUED LAST MONTH, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S STILL SOME, SOME CONVERSATION AMONGST COUNCIL, UH, AS TO WHETHER THEY WANT, WHETHER THEY, UH, LIKE THE, THE, UH, APPLICATION OR NOT.
UM, THAT IS ACTUALLY AT TONIGHT'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET A, UM, DECISION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
UH, WE WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, WE WANT YOU TO EXPECT SOME TRAINING IN JANUARY, PROBABLY REGARDING THE NEW ULDC.
AS YOU KNOW, WHEN WE, WHEN STAFF PROVIDES THE REPORTS FOR YOU GUYS FOR INDIVIDUAL APPLICATIONS, WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS IN THAT REPORT THAT IS RELEVANT TO WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE YOUR DECISION.
IN THE OFF CHANCE THAT WE MISSED SOMETHING OR THAT YOU WANT TO DELVE FURTHER INTO THE CODE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS KNOW HOW TO GET AROUND THE CODE.
SO WE ARE, WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE SOME OF THAT TRAINING FOR, UH, THIS BOARD, FOR THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
AND, UM, WE'RE DOING SOME SIMILAR TRAINING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY AS WELL.
UH, AND, UH, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, WE DO HAVE A NEW PLANNER, UH, THAT HAS BEEN WITH US.
SO I WANT YOU TO PLEASE WELCOME, UH, DRIA GIBSON IS OUR NEW PLANNER ONE, AND, UH, SHE'S COME BACK FOR HER 12TH DAY ON THE JOB.
SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A PLUS IN MY BOOK.
AND, UH, THIS BEING, UH, AN HOUR LONG MEETING, THAT'S, THAT'S HOPEFULLY THAT'LL, THAT'LL KEEP COMING.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO REPORT.
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, WITH THAT SAID, UH, I HAVEN'T EXHAUSTED ALL THE AGENDA ITEMS. THIS MEETING IS NOW APPARENT.