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ONE.[ CITY OF BAYTOWN NOTICE OF MEETING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2020 4:00 P.M. HULLUM CONFERENCE ROOM, CITY HALL 2401 MARKET STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77520 Due to the COVID 19 Disaster and the CDC's recommendation regarding social distancing measures, the public may not be allowed to be physically present at this meeting, as there is a limited amount of space when maintaining the required six feet of separation from others. For those members of the public that cannot or do not wish to be physically present at the meeting, they will be able to participate through two-way communications. For video conferencing, use the following website www.zoom.com, click on "join a meeting" on the top right corner, and input the following Meeting ID: 868 6469 7733. For telephone conferencing please use the following toll-free number: 1-877-853-5247, Meeting ID: 868 6469 7733. Any person who is participating through video/teleconferencing interested in speaking on any item on the agenda must submit their request via email to the Planning and Development Service Department at planning@baytown.org. The request must include the speaker's name, address, and phone number that will be used if teleconferencing as well as the agenda item number. The request must be received prior to the posted time of the meeting. The agenda packet is accessible to the public in both HTML and PDF formats at the following link: https://www.baytown.org/city-hall/city-clerk/agendas-minutes. For more information or questions concerning the teleconference, please contact the Planning and Development Service Department at planning@baytown.org. AGENDA CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM ]
PROPERTY STANDARDS, PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OF THE ULDC.AND THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 1815 MARYLAND STREET AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT EIGHT B BLOCK THREE.
LEDGER LAKER LEDGER SUBDIVISION HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS.
AND LET ME READ THE, THE RULES OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AS TODAY IS HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING ALL INTERESTED PARTIES THE RIGHT TO SPEAK AND BE HEARD.
EVERYONE DESIRING TO SPEAK AT THIS, UH, HEARING.
UH, SHOULD HAVE EITHER SIGNED IN, SHOULD HAVE SIGNED IN ON THE LIST OR EMAILED, UH, IT TO THE PLANNING@BAYTOWN.ORG.
PRIOR TO THE POSTED TIME OF THIS MEETING, WE DO HAVE JUST, JUST OUR APPLICANT.
DO WE HAVE AN EMAIL? ANYBODY THE EMAIL? NO.
UH, EACH SPEAKER, SHE'LL GIVE HER HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS WHEN YOU SPEAK.
UH, THESE RULES ALLOW EACH SPEAKER THE RULES, ALLOW EACH SPEAKER THREE MINUTES TO PRESENT THEIR INFORMATION.
HOWEVER, BE AS BRIEF AS YOU CAN.
UH, THE REST OF IT, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A GROUP, IS IMMATERIAL.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DIRECT THEM TO ME AND WITH STAFF, WE'LL TRY TO ANSWER THE OFFICIAL RULES.
AND WHERE AM I GOING HERE? AT THIS POINT, WE SHOULD HAVE YOU GUYS SUMMARIZE THE, UH, SUMMARIZE THE REQUEST.
THE APPLICANT, JOE WILLIAM CONEZ, IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ENCROACH INTO THE REQUIRED 15 FOOT FRONT YARD SETBACK FOR A COVERED PATIO.
UH, THE PROPOSED DIMENSIONS ARE 22 FEET BY NINE FEET, AND HE HAS PROVIDED ALL SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS ALONG WITH A PETITION OF NEIGHBORS WHO ARE ALSO SUPPORTING THE REQUESTS.
ANYTHING ELSE WANNA GO OVER? NOPE.
SO WE'LL DO, WE'LL DO ALL THE 10 ITEMS AFTER, AFTER EACH FACE.
YOU WANNA TALK TO US ABOUT YOUR REQUEST? ACTUALLY, IF YOU CAN PUT THAT, THAT PRIOR SCREEN.
UM, I'M THE OWNER OF 18 14, 18 15, SORRY.
I ALSO OWN ACROSS THE STREET OF 1817 MARYLAND AS WELL.
I ALSO OWN THE LOTS, THE TWO LOTS, THE TWO VACANT LOTS ADJACENT TO THE PROPOSED, UH, PROPERTY THAT I'M ASKING FOR VARIANCE.
UH, THIS HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1940.
UH, THERE'S NEVER BEEN NO MODIFICATIONS TO THE HOME.
TOOK ME ABOUT FIVE YEARS TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY.
UH, I KNEW THE, I KNEW THE FAMILY FOR MANY YEARS.
UH, UH, I BOUGHT ACROSS THE STREET BACK IN 2009 AND I'VE KNOWN THEM.
AND ANYWAY, THEY'RE FROM THE DEATH IN THE FAMILY AND SO FORTH.
SO I WAS ABLE TO ACQUIRE IT THE LAST YEAR AFTER ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF YEARS, FIVE YEARS OF ALL OF DUE DILIGENCE TO GET IT ACQUIRED.
UH, I'M ASKING FOR VARIANCE BECAUSE THE HOUSE IS BUILT UP, UM, CLOSE TO THE, TO THE BUILDING LINE.
UH, THE CITY HAS, UH, GIVING ME PERMISSION TO DO FIVE FEET, BUT WITH NO COVERED FORGE, UH, BECAUSE THE SUN IS COMING FROM THAT DIRECTION IN THE EVENING.
IT'S THE, THE, THE HOUSE IS VERY PLAIN RIGHT NOW.
UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, AT, AT MY PROPOSAL, UH, I'VE HAD ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS.
AFTER TODAY'S MEETING, HOPEFULLY WE GET THIS APPROVAL, THEN I'LL GO BACK TO MARKET TYPE TO GIVE YOU THE ACTUAL DRAWINGS FOR ALL THE SPECIFICATION FOR THE ADDITION.
'CAUSE I HAVE BEEN, 'CAUSE I AM GONNA ADD TO THE PROPERTY, UH, UH, A BEDROOM IN THE BATHROOM, AND ALSO UTILITY ROOM.
UM, UH, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO, UH, EVERY TIME I BUILD OR EVERY TIME I REMODEL A PROPERTY, I, I, I, I, HOPEFULLY, MY INTENT IS OBVIOUSLY FOR THE SECURITY OF WHOEVER IT LIVES THERE THAT I RENT TO.
UH, YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, I DO FENCING.
I MEAN, I CAN MAKE SURE IT'S SECURED AND IT WILL INCREASE THE PROPERTY VALUES IN THE SUBDIVISION.
UH, I HAVE NOTHING BUT PRAISE FROM ALL THE NEIGHBORS AROUND ME.
UH, THEY'RE VERY, THEY'RE VERY CLOSE TO ME.
THEY, THEY ACTUALLY TAKE CARE OF MY PROPERTY WHENEVER ANYBODY, SOMEBODY COMES TO THE PROPERTY THAT KIND OF ODD, THEY ALWAYS CALL ME.
SO I HAVE SOME VERY GOOD NEIGHBORS THERE.
UH, THEY'RE ALL EXCITED THAT I'M CONTINUED, THAT I BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY SO I CAN REMODEL IT, UH, AND GET IT UP STANDARD.
UH, AND I DO ASK FOR THE COMMITTEE TO, UH, UH, TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT.
I'M NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING MORE THAN WHAT I WOULD THINK THAT I WOULD NEED FOR A NICE LITTLE PORTION OF FRONT COVERED, UH, WITHOUT COVERING, THEN I WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH SOME OTHER EXPENSE FOR AWNINGS AND JUST, JUST OTHER THINGS THAT REALLY DON'T NEED TO COME PLAY.
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UH, DRAWINGS THAT I'VE HAD.UH, THE, THE, THE FRONT OF THE HOME WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT PITCH, UH, THE BACK OF THE HOME AS WELL.
THEY'LL ALSO HAVE A BACK PORCH IN THE BACK.
UH, YEAH, THAT'S ONE OF THE HOUSES.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT HOUSE CAME FROM, BUT, WELL, THAT'S JUST DOWN THE STREET.
UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I COME HERE IN GOOD FAITH AND, UM, UM, UM, I, I'M NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING EXTRA ORDINARY, UH, BUT BASICALLY AN EXTRA FOOT TO BE COVERED.
SO, UH, IT IS GOING TO BE FENCED SOON.
UH, I AM GONNA PUT, UM, CHAIN LINK FENCE.
UH, YEAH, THOSE ARE THE HOUSES ACROSS THE STREET.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S SO ODD THAT SINCE I, SINCE I ACQUIRED 18, 17 YEARS AGO, AND I'VE BEEN IMPROVING IT, BY THE WAY, ALL THOSE TREES HAVE COME DOWN.
I'VE TRIMMED ALL THOSE STREET, ALL THOSE FOUR HUGE TREES.
AND, UH, THE GAS METER'S BEEN MOVED TO THE BACK.
AND I'VE DONE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS ALREADY TO THE HOME, UH, JUST AT THIS POINT, JUST TO KEEP IT UP.
BUT I DID NOT WANNA DO ANYTHING EXTRAORDINARY UNTIL I GOT CITY APPROVAL.
UH, EVERYBODY ELSE, OH, YOU DON'T NEED TO GO TO THE CITY.
I DO EVERYTHING THE RIGHT WAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN I'M, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO GET CAUGHT IN THAT SITUATION.
UH, YEAH, THERE'S AN EXAMPLE THERE OF THAT, UH, PORCH, THE COVERED PORCH THAT'S NEXT DOOR.
UH, IT DOES ENCROACH INTO THE 15 FOOT.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THAT'S BEEN THERE, SO IT MIGHT'VE BEEN GRANDFATHERED IN AT SOME POINT, BUT, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF HOMES IN THAT AREA, IN, IN THE ADJACENT STREETS THAT, UH, DO ENCROACH THAT HAVE BEEN DONE RECENTLY.
AND I'M NOT HERE TO THROW ARROWS AT YOUR BODY,
BUT I, I'M, I'M WORRIED ABOUT, I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT MY PROPERTY THERE.
AND IS THAT OUR SUBJECT PROPERTY RIGHT THERE? YES, THAT'S, YES.
AS YOU CAN TELL, IT'S JUST A REAL SIMPLE LITTLE TWO BEDROOM, ONE BATH HOUSE.
IT WILL BE A THREE BEDROOM, TWO BATH WITH THE UTILITY ROOM.
UH, AND IT, AND, UH, THE GARAGE HAS ALREADY BEEN REDONE.
UH, CONCRETE HAS ALREADY BEEN DEMOLISHED.
AND WE'RE PUT NEW, NEW FOUNDATION IN THE, IN, IN THE GARAGE.
UH, UH, AND I, ALL I DO IS GET PRAISE FROM THE NEIGHBORS THAT IT'S REALLY IMPROVING.
AND THAT'S, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE TO SPEAK AT THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE ON TO ITEM WHATEVER THE NEXT ITEM IS TO B OR NOT TO BE.
DO WE, DO YOU NOW OR DO WE DO YOU UNDER TWO B.
HEARING NOW, GO TO TWO B, WHICH IS OFFICIALLY, UH, TO CONSIDER OUR REQUEST.
THE REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE TO ENCROACH INTO THE 15 FOOT FRONT YARD SET BACK IN THE NEXT RESIDENTIAL AND LOW TO MEDIUM DENS ZONING DISTRICT REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THREE, DIVISION ONE, TABLE THREE ONE, PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OF THE ULDC FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1814 MARYLAND STREET, THAT WOULD DESCRIBE AS TRACT EIGHT B, BLOCK THREE, LEGGER, SUBDIVISION, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS.
AND IF STAFF COULD GO THROUGH OUR CRITERIA.
SO IT'S JUST THE CRITERIA, RIGHT? IF IT MEET IT, DO YOU WANT ME TO, I DON'T THINK WE NEED ANY MORE EXPLANATION UNLESS YOU GUYS THINK WE DO.
WELL, EITHER THAT OR AFTER THE CRITERIA, WHICHEVER ONE YOU DESIRE, HOW FAR INTO THE SETBACK IS THE APPLICANT REQUESTING? NINE FEET.
THE FRONT YARD, THE REQUIRED SETBACK IS 15 FEET.
AND HIS HOUSE IS AT THE 15 FEET.
THE CODE ALLOWS FOR A FIVE FOOT ENCROACHMENT OF UN ENCLOSED, AN UN ENCLOSED PATIO.
AND BECAUSE HE WANTS, HE WANTS IT COVERED.
HE WANTS TO ENCROACH UP TO NINE FEET.
SO IT'S NINE FEET OF UP TO NINE FEET, OR WELL, UP TO NINE FEET FROM THE MM-HMM.
UH, IT ENSURES CRITERIA NUMBER ONE ENSURES THE SAME GENERAL LEVEL OF
NUMBER TWO, IT IS NOT A HARDSHIP OF THE APPLICANT'S OWN MAKING.
SO THE DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES AND PATTERNS THAT WERE IN PLACED WERE ALREADY ESTABLISHED CRITERIA NUMBER THREE, IT IS NOT ANTICIPATED THAT THE REQUEST VARIANCE WILL A AFFECT THE PHYSICAL CHARACTER USES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT IS NOT ANTICIPATED THAT THE PROPOSED COVERED PORCH WILL CREATE A VISIBILITY OBSTRUCTION WITH THE NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTIES
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FOR CRITERIA.NUMBER FOUR, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS IN THE RISK AREA, WHICH ENCOURAGES PROPERTY IMPROVEMENTS AND REINVESTMENT.
IT IS NOT ANTICIPATED THAT IT WILL AFFECT THE PROPERTY VALUES OF ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
REMIND RIA STANDS FOR REVITALIZATION, REVITALIZATION INVESTMENT INVESTMENT ZONE.
CRITERIA NUMBER FIVE, IT FURTHERS THE GOALS AND, AND VISIONS OF THE CITY AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS, QUALITY OF LIFE GOALS, S GOALS, AND THE CITY'S VISION STATEMENT IN REGARDS TO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND RESPONSIVENESS TO THE NEEDS OF THE CITIZENS CRITERIA.
NUMBER SIX, IT IS GENERALLY CONSISTENT WITH THE PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THIS UODC CRITERIA.
NUMBER SEVEN, THE RESIDENT STRUCTURE.
AGAIN, IT WAS BUILT IN 1939 AT A 15 FOOT FRONT BUILDING SETBACK, WHICH DOES NOT PROVIDE ENOUGH SPACE FOR A COVERED PORCH CRITERIA.
NUMBER EIGHT, A COVERED PORCH IS PERMITTED IN THE SF TWO DISTRICT, BUT DUE TO THE CURRENT SETBACK, UH, WHERE THE BUILDING STANDS, IT DOES NOT ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS ON THAT FRONT PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE.
CRITERION NUMBER NINE, IT IS THE MINIMUM ACTION THAT WILL MAKE POSSIBLE THE USE OF THE LAND OR STRUCTURE TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE APPLICANT IN CRITERIA NUMBER THREE.
A NINE FOOT ENCROACHMENT TO THE FRONT YARD SETBACK WOULD ALLOW THE APPLICANT THE REASONABLE USE OF HIS PROPERTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE O C'S PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, WELFARE, AND AESTHETIC GOALS.
AND IF APPROVED, THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS MAY BE APPLIED TO THE REQUEST.
THE VARIANCE SHALL BE ONLY TO THE COVERED PORCH.
ANY SECONDARY OR ACCESSORY STRUCTURES MUST COMPLY WITH ALL THE CITY'S ADOPTED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO OBTAIN ALL REQUIRED PERMITS FOR THE PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE, AND ALL INSPECTIONS SHALL BE CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE COMPLIANCE WITH BUILDING CODE.
AND I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
FROM WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU AND WHAT I'M READING, YOU KNOW, OUR JOB.
AND FOR YOUR INFORMATION TOO, ALL 10 CRITERIA HAVE TO BE MET.
AND IT APPEARS TO ME THAT ALL 10 HAVE BEEN MET, IN MY OPINION.
UH, AS FOR THE REST OF THE BOARD TO THE SIDE ALSO.
UM, AND PERSONAL COMMENT, I THINK FRONT PORCHES, ESPECIALLY IN THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS, ARE VITAL AND JUST MAKE HOUSES JUST LOOK SO MUCH BETTER.
SO, UH, AS I SAID, AT EVERY MEETING, UH, IF ANY OF THE CRITERIA ARE NOT MET, WE HAVE, WE HAVE TO TURN IT DOWN.
IF ALL OF 'EM ARE MET, WE ARE OBLIGATED TO APPROVE.
UH, MR. KANO, UM, MR. MR. KANO, MR. CANNO, ANY, ANY THOUGHTS PLEASE? THOUGHTS? FINE.
WELL, HE SAID YOU EXPLAINED IT WELL.
ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? I'M GOOD, GILBERT.
HEARING, UH, NO NEGATIVE THINGS.
I WOULD, UH, REQUEST, UH, A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE REQUEST WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDED IN THAT APPROVAL.
MR. WILSON, I MOVE THAT THE VARIANCE, UM, BE APPROVED CONTINGENT ON INCLUDING THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
I'LL SECOND A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE.
MR. KATO, WE COULDN'T HEAR YOU.
ANY, CAN'T BE ANY OPPOSED? 'CAUSE WE'RE ALL FOR THE EYES, SO THEREFORE THE VARIANCE IS APPROVED, SIR.
WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA? LOST MY PAGES.
JUST, UH, REPORTED ACTIONS HERE, SIR.
SO YOU CAN STAY WITH THIS IF YOU WANT TO.
AND WE, OH, JUST, JUST LET, LET US KNOW WHEN YOU'RE DONE SO WE CAN DRIVE BY AND SEE IT.
WELL, THEY'LL KNOW
UM, I DID APPLY FOR THE REVITALIZATION PROGRAM, WHICH ALLOWS ME, UH, YOU KNOW, TAX BENEFIT FOR FIVE YEARS, WHICH IS VERY GOOD.
AND, AND ALL THE PERMITS TO BE WAIVED, UH, EVERY YEAR THAT I DO THAT.
SO, UH, I AM GOING TO INCREASE THE VALUE BY MORE THAN 20% OF THE CURRENT VALUE RIGHT NOW.
SO I DID THAT SAME THING WITH 18, 17 YEARS AGO.
UH, IT JUST HELPS UPLIFT THE, THE LOWER AREAS AND THAT THEY NEED MORE REVITALIZATION, NOT
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LOWER AREAS, THE MORE MATURE AREAS.YOU CONTINUE TO INVEST IN BAYTOWN.
YES, IT IS A MORE MATURE CITIZEN.
AND, AND I HAVE SUBMITTED TO NATHAN ABOUT A YEAR AGO, OR OCTOBER LAST YEAR.
UH, I WAS, MATTER OF FACT, I AM GONNA BUILD A DUPLEX IN ONE OF MY, UH, EMPTY LOTS.
BUT WHEN THIS CAME INTO PLAY, AND I, 'CAUSE I THOUGHT THIS WAS GONNA TAKE LONGER TO GET THIS TO ACQUIRE THIS PROPERTY, I PUT A HOLD ON THAT.
SO YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE OF ME IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO.
I, WE'LL BE DOING A DUPLEX, A REAL NICE DUPLEX.
SO SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT DID OCCUR OVER THE, YOU GET THAT NOTIFICATION OR SOMETHING, OR THE LETTER? SURE.
I WILL EMAIL YOU A COPY OF THE VARI APPROVAL, HOPEFULLY WEEK.
YOU WANNA COME PICK UP YOUR SIGN? OH YEAH.
SO JUST SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT HAVE GONE TO CITY COUNCIL THAT WE'D JUST LIKE TO KEEP YOU GUYS ABREAST OF ARE, UM, 1500 BLOCK OF BARCELONA WAY IT CHANGED FROM, THERE WAS A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT THAT WENT FROM MU TO SF TWO.
IT, IT ACTUALLY WAS A VERY SIMILAR SITUATION, UM, TO WHAT MR. CAN'S DOING.
UM, IT IS AN INFILL PROJECT OVER OFF OF WARD ROAD.
AND, UH, THEY, THEY REPL IT ALSO TO GO FROM 14 LOTS TO NINE LOTS.
AND THEY'RE ALL DOING SINGLE FAMILY, UM, DETACHED OVER THERE AND THEY'RE MEETING ALL OF OUR RULES AND REGULATIONS.
SO IT'D BE A GREAT INFILL PROJECT, UH, THAT THE CITY WILL, UH, END UP BENEFITING FROM.
DO YOU ANTICIPATE ACTION FOR US NECESSARILY? NO.
THAT'S AN AREA THAT REALLY NEEDS IT.
YEAH, AND I THINK HONESTLY, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO, TO LOOK INTO.
UM, PROBABLY IN ABOUT SIX MONTHS WE'LL PROBABLY SEE THE FIRST PERMITS THAT ARE GONNA BE COMING IN.
UM, IT IS, UM, UM, MR. UH, VARRIO OVER HERE.
HE'S BEEN WORKING WITH THE FOLKS AND, UM, HE'S ALSO KIND OF DIRECTED THEM TO SOME OTHER INFILL PROPERTIES THAT, UH, THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THE CITY.
SO THIS, THIS PERSON, THIS DEVELOPER, LIKES TO LOOK FOR THOSE TYPES OF LOTS.
AND, UH, SO I THINK IT WOULD, IT'S A, IT'S A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP TO HAVE WITH THOSE TYPES OF DEVELOPERS.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAINTAIN THAT, UH, THAT GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS GUY.
UM, 2014 AND 2024 OFF OF LEE, UH, DRIVE, IF YOU WERE TO TAKE, UM, WEST MAIN OVER UNDERNEATH, UM, THREE, NO, UM, 1 46 THERE.
AND THEN YOU GO OUT TO WHERE BAYTOWN SEAFOOD IS, YOU TAKE A RIGHT, YOU GO TOWARDS 99.
THERE'S TWO PROPERTIES ON YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE THAT HAVE JUST RECENTLY BEEN REZONED FROM SF TWO TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL.
UM, IT IS ACTUALLY A, A, A LOCAL COMPANY THAT IS MOVING FROM ITS LOCATION HERE ON MARK ON MARKET STREET OVER TO THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION.
UM, AND UH, THEY ACTUALLY VACATED SOME OF THEIR PROPERTY FOR THIS SCHOOL TO, UM, BUILD OVER HERE ON MARKET STREET AT THE CORNER OF MARKET IN ERHARDT.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY NEW PERMITS COME IN FOR THAT, BUT THAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING HERE VERY SOON.
THERE WAS ALSO, UM, BACK IN 2017, THERE WAS, UM, A LARGE, UM, LARGE PROPERTIES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT WERE INVOLUNTARILY ANNEXED.
THIS, THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION WAS THAT THE CITY WENT BACK IN AND REZONED THE PROPERTY THAT WAS ANNEXED INTO THE CITY AS OPEN SPACE RECREATIONAL AND WAS CHANGED FROM OPEN SPACE RECREATIONAL TO, UM, SINGLE FAMILY ONE.
THESE WERE PROPERTIES THAT HAD BEEN KIND OF LIKE RURAL LIKE SETTINGS.
AND WE FELT THAT, UH, SF ONE WAS, UH, THE MOST APPROPRIATE ZONING DISTRICT FOR THEM TO CONTINUE THEIR, UM, IN MOST CASES THEIR, UM, SINGLE FAMILY TYPES OF, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, LIVING OVER THERE.
UH, SO THAT WAS, UH, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS OVER THERE.
UM, THAT'S RIGHT ALONG, ARE THESE LIKE TO THE EAST OF SANON BOULEVARD AS YOU GO? THAT'S CORRECT, SIR.
AND, UM, IT WAS A, IT'S APPROXIMATELY ABOUT A HUNDRED ACRES THAT WAS DONE.
THERE WAS A SUBDIVISION VARIANCE THAT WE RECENTLY JUST DID UP ON, UH, FIG ORCHARD ROAD.
UM, AND THAT WAS APPROVED TO ALLOW FOR A DEVELOPMENT, UM, ACCESS FROM, UH, AN ACCESS ROAD.
AND THEN WE'RE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH A ZONING, UH, ACTUALLY A FLU AMENDMENT, A FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT, A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, AND A REZONING FROM ALLI TO HI.
OVER AT 65 11 THOMPSON ROAD, WHICH IS CURRENTLY KNOWN AS THE PON TIKIS UH, DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THEY'RE LOOKING TO, UM, INTENSIFY WHAT WAS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, FREIGHT AND WAREHOUSING, UM, TO WHICH WILL STILL BE FREIGHT AND WAREHOUSING, BUT THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE ADDING IN A COMPONENT OF A RAIL YARD.
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WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED IN A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL WAS GONNA BE ABOUT 30 30 OR SO SPURS THAT WERE COMING FROM THAT MAIN LINE.UM, THEY'RE INTENSIFYING THAT USE, UM, TO ABOUT 75 SPURS.
AND SO WE FELT THAT WITH THAT INTENSIFICATION IT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR, UM, A REZONING TO OCCUR AND ALSO A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO BE REQUESTED.
SO THAT'S CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH TO BE HEARD AT OCTOBER 22ND MEETING, UH, FOR CITY COUNCIL.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO REPORT.
HOW ABOUT A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED.
NATHAN, PLEASE TURN OFF THE RECORDING.