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ALRIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
UH, IF WE COULD PLEASE HAVE OUR SPANISH INTERPRETATION SERVICES STATEMENT READ FOR THE RECORD.
IF YOU HAVE ANY COVID LIKE SYMPTOMS, PLEASE LEAVE UM,
WE HAVE EXTRA MASKS UP HERE, OTHERWISE, UH, THE C D C STILL RECOMMENDS MASKS AND YOU MAY WEAR ONE IF YOU PLEASE.
MY NAME IS JOHN BUSTAMANTE AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT FIVE ZONING COMMISSION.
COMMISSIONER, UH, I HEREBY CALL THIS REGULARLY NOTICED MEETING OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ZONING COMMISSION INTO SESSION.
UH, I'D LIKE TO DO ROLL CALL BY ALLOWING THE ZONING COMMISSIONERS TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, STARTING WITH THE COMMISSIONER ON MY FAR LEFT.
OZZIE ALDO ORTIZ, DISTRICT EIGHT CHARLES FUENTES, DISTRICT THREE, MARK WHITE, DISTRICT 10.
TAYLOR WATSON, DISTRICT TWO, SUMMER GRADE HOUSE DISTRICT ONE.
DISTRICT SEVEN IAN DISTRICT SIX STAFF IS A QUORUM PRESENT.
WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, NOMINATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL RIGHT.
PRIOR TO BEGINNING OUR MEETING, I WOULD LIKE STAFF TO PLEASE REVIEW OUR MEETING FORMAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE STAFF IF YOU WOULD.
SO BEFORE I BEGIN, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO TURN YOUR PHONES ON VIBRATE OR TURN THEM OFF.
THE ZONING COMMISSION IS AN 11 MEMBER BODY APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON ZONING CASES UPON RECEIVING A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSION.
YOU HAVE SIX MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO FORWARD YOUR CASE TO CITY COUNCIL.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PROCEDURE, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CASE MANAGER.
STAFF WILL BEGIN EACH CASE WITH A SHORT PRESENTATION OF THE REQUEST.
PART OF THE PRESENTATION INCLUDES A MAP THAT SHOWS THE AREA TO BE CONSIDERED FOR REZONING AND PROPERTY WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY CHECK MARKS INDICATE TO THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST AND AN X INDICATES THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS IN OPPOSITION.
FOLLOWING THIS PRESENTATION IN ANY QUESTIONS BY THE COMMISSION, THE APPLICANT WILL PRESENT THE REQUEST FOR THOSE THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THE PROPOSED REZONING.
YOU WILL BE CALLED AN ORDER THAT YOU SIGN UP TO SPEAK.
THOSE IN SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND YOU ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO UTILIZE THE MAXIMUM TIME LIMITATION.
YOU WILL BE INFORMED THAT YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE UP.
FOR THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THEIR TIME TO A SPEAKER, THAT SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF TWO PEOPLE GIVING THEIR TIME FOR A TOTAL OF NINE MINUTES.
AND THOSE GIVING UP THEIR TIME MUST BE PRESENT AND SIGNED IN TO SPEAK.
THE APPLICANT WILL THEN BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL LIMITED TO ONE SPEAKER WITH A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT ALONG WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS COMMISSION QUESTIONS.
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UH, STAFF IF WE COULD, UH, ANNOUNCE FOR THE RECORD THOSE POSTPONED, WITHDRAWN OR OTHERWISE PULLED ITEMS FROM OUR AGENDA TODAY PLEASE.ITEMS NUMBER ONE, TWO AND 25 HAVE BEEN POSTPONED.
THAT MEANS THEY WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED AT ALL TODAY.
UH, ONCE THEY ARE READY TO CONTINUE FORWARD IN THE PROCESS, THEY WILL BE REPUBLISHED AND RE NOTIFIED.
SO ITEM NUMBER ONE IS LOCATED AT 90 98 SOUTH INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 35.
ITEM TWO IS LOCATED AT THREE 17 EAST THEO AVENUE AND ITEM 25 IS THE 8,600 BLOCK OF RAY ELLISON BOULEVARD.
THOSE ITEMS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED TODAY.
NOW I DO SEE THAT THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE HERE TO SPEAK ON THOSE ITEMS, SIR.
UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO IN PARTICULAR.
OKAY, SO MA'AM, UM, YOU CAN HANG AROUND WITH US IF YOU WANT, BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE ITEMS TODAY.
THEY WILL PROVIDE YOU, UM, A FURTHER NOTICE, JUST LIKE THEY DID PREVIOUSLY.
THEY HAVE TO RESEND OUT THE NOTICES, UH, WHEN THESE ITEMS ARE POSTPONED.
SO IF THERE'S ANOTHER ITEM, PLEASE YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY WITH US.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY WITH US EVEN IF THERE ISN'T ONE.
UH, YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE.
BUT THEY WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY.
UH, STAFF IF WE COULD MOVE ON NOW TO OUR
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COMBINED HEARING.YES, THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE FOR COMBINED HEARING.
NUMBER ONE, ITEM NUMBER 13, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 26 AND 27.
ALRIGHT, UH, COMMISSIONERS, IS THERE ANY ITEM THAT HAS BEEN LISTED THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION? LOOKING TO MY LEFT, LOOKING TO MY RIGHT.
UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE TO SPEAK ON THOSE ITEMS THAT WERE JUST READ? ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND READ THOSE ITEMS INTO THE RECORD IF WE COULD.
ITEM NUMBER 13 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM R SIX H A H O D TO RMM FIVE H A H O D LOCATED AT TWO 20 LEE STREET.
THERE WERE 29 NOTICES MAILED NONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE IN OPPOSITION AND LAVACCA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT.
ITEM NUMBER 16 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM MF 33 A H O D C ONE A H O D LOCATED AT 5 0 0 2 NORTHWEST LOOP FOUR 10.
THERE WERE SIX NOTICES MAILED, NONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE IN OPPOSITION, AND THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
ITEM NUMBER 17 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM R FOUR A H O D TO R FOUR C D A H O D WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR THREE DWELLING UNITS LOCATED AT 6 38 WEST ELMIRA STREET.
FIVE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION AND FIVE POINTS.
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT.
ITEM NUMBER 18 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM C TWO TO R FOUR WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 1 0 0 7 EDTA STREET.
THERE WERE 29 NOTICES MAILED, NONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE IN OPPOSITION, AND HARVARD PLACED EAST LAWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT.
ITEM NUMBER 21 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM C THREE TO C THREE CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A TRUCK STOP OR LAUNDRY.
FULL SERVICE WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 94 25 SOUTH PRESA STREET.
ITEM NUMBER 23 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM MF 33 A H O D TO R AND R SIX A H O D TO MF 33 A H O D.
THERE WERE 28 NOTICES MAILED, NONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR.
THREE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION AND NO RESPONSE FROM HILLS OF NORTH PARK.
AND THAT'S LOCATED AT 4,200 IN THE 4,200 BLOCK OF NACO PARIN BOULEVARD.
ITEM NUMBER 26 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM R SIX TO R SIX HL WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 10 12 WEST MULBERRY AVENUE.
ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION.
AND BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT.
AND THEN ITEM NUMBER 27 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM R SIX A H O D TO MF 33 A H O D LOCATED AT 1 0 6 AND ONE 10 MABEL DRIVE.
THREE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ONE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION.
AND THERE'S NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, MR. CHAIR.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE A VOICEMAIL ON THESE ITEMS IF WE COULD PLAY THAT AT THIS TIME.
HELLO, MY NAME IS CASSANDRA MILLER AND MY ADDRESS IS PO BOX 3 3 3 2 1 SAN ANTONIO 7 8 2 6 5.
I'M CALLING REGARDING CASE NUMBER Z 2 2 2 DASH 0 7 0 0 0 7 4 FOR THE ADDRESS.
1007 PONTA STREET AND FOR THE ZONING CHANGE FROM COMMERCIAL FACILITY PARKING, TRAFFIC CONTROL TO RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY FACILITY.
I'M CALLING TO SAY THAT WE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, HARVARD PLACE EAST LAWN, APPROVE THE CHANGE.
THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR A MOTION.
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WHICH ONE SIR? I NEED TO PULL NUMBER 23.WE WILL MOVE 23 TO THE INDIVIDUAL, UH, CONSIDERATION.
ALRIGHT, NOW THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR A MOTION.
ALRIGHT, UM, LEMME MAKE SURE I GOT THAT RIGHT.
ALRIGHT, MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. ITEMS NUMBER 13, NUMBER 16.
ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER SIPES FOR THE ITEMS READ ON THE RECORD.
ALRIGHT, UM, GIVE IT TO COMMISSIONER WATSON.
UM, ALRIGHT, THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS, UH, 13, 16, 17, 18, 21, 26, AND 27.
UH, BY COMMISSIONER SIPES, THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE.
AT THIS TIME, UH, COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE IS STEPPING OUT OF THE HEARING ROOM AND WE WILL CONSIDER ITEM NUMBER 15 SEPARATELY DUE TO COMMISSIONER GREAT HOUSE'S RECUSAL, THE TIME IS ONE 11.
AND LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE HAS LEFT THE HEARING ROOM.
COULD WE PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER 15? AND TO THE RECORD, ITEM NUMBER 15 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM C THREE MF 33 WITH ALL, ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 11 700 BLOCK OF SOUTHEAST LOOP FOUR 10.
ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE IN OPPOSITION.
AND LOMA MESA RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY HAS NO OBJECTIONS.
UH, THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR A MOTION.
MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR ITEM NUMBER 15.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER FUENTES FOR THE SECOND.
UM, ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.
UH, THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 15 BY COMMISSIONER S SIPES WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES.
ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD RETRIEVE COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE.
ALRIGHT, THE TIME IS ONE 12 AND LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE HAS RETURNED TO THE HEARING ROOM.
UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU WERE HERE AS THE APPLICANT OR OTHERWISE FOR THE ITEMS THAT WE JUST WENT OVER, YOU'RE WELCOME TO GO ON YOUR WAY AND ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR DAY.
UH, YOUR CASE MANAGER WILL BE CONTACTING YOU REGARDING NEXT STEPS, UH, BUT YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY TO CITY COUNCIL SO GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON NOW TO OUR COMBINED HEARING NUMBER TWO AGENDA, WHICH IS CONTINUANCES OR CONSISTS OF CONTINUANCES.
I HAVE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS NOTED FOR CONTINUANCES TO MAY THE THIRD.
IT'S ITEM NUMBER 10, NUMBER 12, NUMBER 19, AND NUMBER 24.
AND WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER ON ITEM NUMBER 24.
LET'S HAVE THE SPEAKER FOR ITEM NUMBER 24 IF WE COULD.
JOSHUA PANUS IS GONNA BE SENT TO
ALRIGHT, ANY FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? NOT ON THESE UH, ITEMS, SIR.
NOT ON THESE ITEMS. ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD.
UH, THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR A MOTION.
OH SIR, I'VE GOTTA READ 'EM INTO THE RECORD REAL QUICK.
ITEM NUMBER 10 IS A REQUEST FOR A CONTINUANCE OF MAY 3RD TO REZONE FROM R FOUR A H O D TO R FOUR CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR FOUR DWELLING UNITS LOCATED AT 1736 WEST OLMOS DRIVE.
THERE WERE 39 NOTICES MAILED, NONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR.
TWO RECEIVED AN OPPOSITION AND LAS LOS ANGELES HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS NOT IN OPPOSITION.
ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM C TWO TO C TWO CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR AUTO AND LIGHT TRUCK TRUCK REPAIR WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 8 0 5 GILLETTE BOULEVARD, THERE WERE 17 NOTICES MAILED, NONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ONE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION AND NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
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19 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM R FOUR TO MF 25 WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.LOCATED AT 1519 WEST VETTE BOULEVARD, THERE WERE EIGHT NOTICES MAILED, NONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE IN OPPOSITION, AND NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THERE WAS ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR OUTSIDE 200 FEET.
AND ITEM NUMBER 24 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM Q D Q D SS A H O D WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR BLASTING AND ASPHALTIC CONCRETE TO C TWO A H O D, GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 5,400 BLOCK OF EAST LOOP.
16 0 4 3 NOTICES MAILED, ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE IN OPPOSITION, AND NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
AND ALL OF THESE ITEMS ARE SEEKING A CONTINUANCE TO MAY THE THIRD.
ALRIGHT, NOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN READ INTO THE RECORD, THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR A POTENTIAL MOTION.
MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR CONTINUANCES TO THE MAY 3RD MEETING FOR THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. ITEMS NUMBER 10, NUMBER 12, NUMBER 19 AND NUMBER 24.
COMMISSIONER FUENTES IS THE SECOND.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.
A MOTION IS FOR CONTINUANCE TO MAY THE THIRD FOR ITEMS 10 12 19 AND 24.
MOTION PASSES FOR APPROVAL FOR CONTINUOUS TO MAY 3RD.
SORRY, I SET THE PRECEDENT FOR THAT.
ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD GO ON TO, UH, THE NEXT ITEM IN OUR COMBINED HEARING.
NUMBER TWO CONTINUANCE AGENDA.
THE REQUEST IS FOR THE CONTINUANCE TO THE MAY 17TH ZONING AGENDA.
AND THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM R FOUR CD WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS TO MF 18 WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 1 1 7 KOHLER COURT.
THERE WERE 28 NOTICES MAILED, NONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE IN OPPOSITION AND HOT WELL'S MI MISSION REACH IS OPPOSED.
AND WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM, MR. BRADY ALEXANDER.
MR. ALEXANDER, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP AND ADDRESS THE COMMISSION, MR. ALEXANDER AS YOU KNOW, NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE.
I RESIDE AT 1 8 3 9 EAST PIRON 7 8 2 2 3 REPRESENTING THE HOT WELLS MISSION REACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
OUR OPPOSITION TO THIS IS AUTOMATIC WHEN THE APPLICANT DOES NOT CONVERSE WITH US AND LET US KNOW WHAT KIND OF INFILL THEY WANT TO PUT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, I'M GLAD THEY'RE DOING A CONTINUANCE.
I WAS GONNA REQUEST THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING, UM, THEIR PLANS FOR THEIR PROPERTY AND, UM, IF THEY DO NOT, UM, CONVERSE WITH US, OUR POSITION WILL REMAIN THE SAME.
ALRIGHT, ANY FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE, UH, THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN FOR A MOTION WITH RESPECT TO ITEM NUMBER 14.
MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE TO THE MAY 17TH MEETING FOR ITEM NUMBER 14.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES.
ALRIGHT, UH, ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, I WOULD NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT AT ONE 18, COMMISSIONER BOTTO JOINED OUR MEETING, UM, AND SEEING NO DISCUSSION.
UH, THE MOTION IS FOR CONTINUANCE TO MAY 17TH FOR ITEM NUMBER 14, ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE.
MOTION PASSES FOR CONTINUANCE TO MAY 17TH.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.
UH, FOR THOSE WHO ARE PRESENT FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WE'RE GOING TO PUSH THOSE A LITTLE BIT LATER DOWN INTO THE MEETING, UM, RIGHT BEFORE ITEM NUMBER NINE.
IF WE CAN MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, OUR FIRST INDIVIDUAL HEARING ITEM.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MARCO RAVI, PLAN COORDINATOR AND ZONING.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS ZONING CASE 22 OR 22 2 2 0 D GOING FROM M F 18 OR GOING FROM R SIX TO MF
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18.UH, DURING LOCATED AT 69 20 69, 46 AND 69 50 WEST HAUSMAN ROAD.
UH, THE EXISTING R SIX SIGNAL FAMILY, UH, RESIDENTIAL IS APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY OF SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED MF 18 IS ALSO APPROPRIATE AND OFFERS A HOUSING ALTERNATIVE TO THE AREA.
THE LIMITED DENSITY HOUSING ALSO SUITED FOR THE WEST HAUSMAN ROAD, A SECONDARY ARTERIAL, UH, 22 NOTICES WERE MAILED OUT.
FIVE OPPOSED NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THREE IN FAVOR, OUTSIDE 200 FEET AND 10 OPPOSED OUTSIDE OF 200 FEET.
UH, STAFF AND SAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT AND SAS IS HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HAVE THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM SAS PLEASE.
MIKE BARR WITH THE RESOURCE PROTECTION DIVISION OF THE SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEM.
I AM HERE TO PRESENT STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ZONING.
UH, SAS HAS REVIEWED THE ZONING APPLICATION LOCATED WEST OF HAUSMAN ROAD AND INTERSTATE 10 WEST AT THE INTERSECTION ALLOWING FOR A RESIDENTIAL UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
CURRENTLY THE SITE IS A FARMSTEAD WITH AREA OF NATIVE TREES AND OPEN FIELDS.
APPROXIMATELY 20 ACRES OF THE OVERALL 30 38 ACRES LIES IN THE RECHARGE ZONE.
UH, THE, THE ADDITIONAL LIES IN THE CONTRIBUTING ZONE WITHIN TRANSITION ZONE.
SO IT'S OFF THE RECHARGE ZONE.
UH, THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SITE IS IN THE FLOODPLAIN AND NO SENSITIVE GEO ELECTRIC FEATURES WERE OBSERVED ON THE SITE NOR NOTED ON FILE.
SAUL'S RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH ALL ENVIRONMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO INCLUDE 52% IMPERVIOUS COVER FOR THE 20 ACRE PORTION ON THE RECHARGE ZONE AND A FLOODPLAIN BUFFER SHALL BE BE PROVIDED ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE SITE.
MR. BARRER IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.
KEVIN DINDA, BROWN AND ORTIZ ONE 12 EAST PECAN STREET, UH, IN LIGHT OF STAFF AND SAS BOTH RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF OUR REZONING REQUEST.
I'M GOING TO DEFER A FULL BRIEFING, BUT WANTED TO NOTE A FEW THINGS ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT.
UH, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 38 ACRES LOCATED JUST WEST OF I 10 AND HAUSMAN, CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED AND ZONED R SIX.
UH, WE ARE REQUESTING TO REZONE TO MF 18 IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
UH, AND IF I COULD BEFORE, I'M NOT TRYING TO GLOSS OVER THE OPPOSITION THAT YOU HEARD FROM STAFF, BUT WANTED TO NOTE THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DELL OAK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS JUST NORTH OF HAUSMAN ROAD.
UH, THEY ARE NOT RECOGNIZED BY THE CITY AS A REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, BUT THEY ARE ORGANIZED AND WE HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT.
UH, LAST FRIDAY WE WERE ABLE TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT TO ENTER INTO RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS ON THE SITE IN ORDER TO LIMIT DENSITY AND INSTALL A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT RIDGE OAK PARKWAY.
UM, AGAIN, MY NAME IS KEVIN DENDA.
I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
MR. DENDA, IF, UH, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL, YOU WILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, SIR.
YOU DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL? VERY WELL.
THIS IS A DISTRICT EIGHT CASE.
UH, COMMISSIONER ORTIZ TO YOU.
I DO ACTUALLY HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR KEVIN, UH, FOR THE APPLICANT.
UM, A COUPLE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE, UM, THE COMMUNICATION.
WERE YOU GONNA PLAN TO CONTINUE THE COMMUNICATION WITH THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT? UM, THAT WAS NEAR THE AREA PRIOR TO THAT IS CORRECT.
AND THEN REGARDING THE, UM, BUFFER AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE BUFFER AROUND THE AREA THAT'S BEFORE, I GUESS BY HAUSMAN? 'CAUSE THERE IS SOME OPPOSITION THAT'S ACROSS THE STREET FROM HAUSMAN.
SO THE OPPOSITION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THE NEIGHBORS ON HAUSMAN HAS TO DO WITH TRAFFIC ON THE SITE.
SO WE HAVE A FULL T I A OR WE DID A FULL TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS FOR THIS PROJECT.
AND WHAT THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS FOUND WAS THAT, UH, OUR DEVELOPMENT, ALTHOUGH INCREASING TRAFFIC ALONG HAUSMAN ROAD, UH, WILL NOT INCREASE THE TRAFFIC TO A POINT THAT HAUSMAN ROAD WILL BE, UH, WILL DETERIORATE.
SO WE PLAN TO CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS WITH THOSE RESIDENTS ALONG HAUSMAN ROAD AND THE GREATER DEL OAK ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
AND I GUESS ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS TO PUT A CITY LIGHT, I GUESS, AT THAT CORNER? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND HAVE YOU SPOKE, I GUESS WITH THE, I GUESS WERE THEY PLANNING TO HAVE THAT, HAVE THE DISCUSSIONS WERE GONNA BE COMPLETED BY, DO YOU KNOW THE TIME TO HAVE THAT COMPLETED OR ARE THEY GONNA BE BASED BEFORE CITY COUNCIL HEARINGS? IT WON'T BE.
UH, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL? THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL WILL NOT BE COMPLETED BEFORE CITY COUNCIL, HOWEVER, THE RESTRICTIVE
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COVENANTS ARE PLANNED TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE THEN.UH, NO MORE FURTHER QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON MY LEFT? QUESTIONS ON MY RIGHT? COMMISSIONER SYKES, JUST A BRIEF QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
UM, YOU MENTIONED THIS IS FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
WHAT, HOW, WHAT, WHAT KIND OF COUNT ARE YOU LOOKING AT FOR THE APPROXIMATELY 320 UNITS, WHICH WOULD COME OUT TO ABOUT 8.4 UNITS PER ACRE.
AND R SIX ALLOWS SEVEN UNITS PER ACRE RIGHT NOW.
SO IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOVE WHAT'S PERMITTED ON SITE CURRENTLY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONER ORTIZ FOR TO YOU FOR DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL MOTION.
UM, JUST GONNA GO AHEAD, JUST MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS, I GUESS AS LONG AS THE APPLICANT CAN GET SOME OF THESE THINGS ADDRESSED WITH THE ONGOING NEIGHBORS, CONTINUE THE COMMUNICATION, UM, THAT WAY THERE IS A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NEW DEVELOPMENT AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.
UM, PRIOR TO CITY COUNCIL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR THIS CASE CHAIR.
ALRIGHT, SECOND FOR THAT MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER THREE BY COMMISSIONER ORTIZ WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARROS.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT.
THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER THREE.
ALRIGHT, WE ARE NOW GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE ON OUR INDIVIDUAL DOCKET.
MY NAME IS, MY NAME IS REBECCA RODRIGUEZ.
I'M A PLANNER WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE, LOCATED AT 23 0 1 4 US HIGHWAY 2 81 NORTH IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C THREE R.
GENERAL COMMERCIAL RESTRICTIVE ALCOHOL SALES DISTRICT TO C THREE RS GENERAL COMMERCIAL RESTRICTIVE ALCOHOL SALES DISTRICT WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR AN ANIMAL CLINIC.
THERE WERE TWO NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO IN OPPOSITION.
AND THERE IS NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION REGISTERED FOR THIS AREA.
THE EXISTING C THREE R GENERAL COMMERCIAL RESTRICTIVE ALCOHOL SALES DISTRICT IS APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED C THREE R S GENERAL COMMERCIAL RESTRICTIVE ALCOHOL SALES DISTRICT WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR AN ANIMAL CLINIC IS ALSO APPRO APPROPRIATE DUE TO ITS COMPATIBILITY WITH SURROUNDING USES.
THE BAY ZONING DISTRICT WILL REMAIN IN THE SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION WILL ALLOW FOR AN ANIMAL CLINIC AS AN ACCESSORY USE TO THE EXISTING RETAIL PET STORE STAFF AND SASS RECOMMEND APPROVAL STAFF AND SAS IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE IS ALSO PRESENT.
DO WE HAVE SAS REPRESENTATIVE TO GIVE THEIR RECOMMENDATION? MIKE MIKE ESCALANTE WITH, WITH, UH, SAWS AQUIFER PROTECTION AND EVALUATION SECTION.
UH, WE HAVE REVIEWED THE ZONING APPLICATION LOCATED AT 23 0 1 4 US HIGHWAY 2 81 NORTH, ALLOWING FOR A VET CLINIC.
UH, CURRENTLY SITE IS AN EXISTING PETCO STORE LOCATED IN THE VILLAGE AT STONE OAK SHOPPING CENTER.
UH, NO, NO NEW CONSTRUCTION IS BEING PROPOSED, THEREFORE THE EXISTING IMPERVIOUS COVER WILL NOT BE INCREASED.
SAWS RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH ALL ENVIRONMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN THE SAS REPORT.
UH, IS THE APPLICANT OR THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE PRESENT? YES, SIR.
MY NAME IS MATT MCCLELLAN WITH M G TWO ARCHITECTURE.
UH, DO I NEED TO GET MY ADDRESS? YES, PLEASE.
UH, BUSINESS OR HOME? EITHER ONE.
THREE THREE MICKELSON DRIVE, SUITE 100 IRVINE, CALIFORNIA.
UH, SO TELL US WHY YOU'RE SEEKING THIS REZONING.
UM, OUR, OUR CLIENT PETCO IS, UH, LOOKING TO EXPAND THEIR SERVICES AND THEIR STORES.
UH, SO THEY'RE ADDING VET SERVICES WITHIN THE, UH, EXISTING BUILDING.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, CURRENT COMPETITION ONLINE SHIFTING TO, UH, SALES IS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TRYING TO INCREASE THEIR CUSTOMER DRAW.
UH, THIS IS A DISTRICT NINE CASE COMMISSIONER BARTOS TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS.
YEAH, I, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, SO I'LL ASK ANY COMMISSIONERS.
I, I WAS CALLED BY PETCO A FEW MONTHS AGO AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS JUST REGULAR
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S ON THE STORE SERVICES.SO I'LL WAIT AND SEE IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS, BUT, UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION RIGHT AFTER THAT.
COMMISSIONER RE BOTTLES? UH, ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT.
COMMISSIONER REBUTS, UH, TO YOU FOR DISCUSSION AND MOTION? YEAH, I, UH, I'LL BE BRIEF ON THIS.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE, I'LL MAKE A, UH, MOTION TO MOVE FOR APPROVAL THAT THE LOCATION IS 20 3014.
US HIGHWAY 2 81 IS AN APPROPRIATE USE, UH, FOR, UH, THIS, UH, TYPE OF BUSINESS.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
COMMISSIONER BOTTLES MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT COMMISSIONER TO MY RIGHT.
THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER FIVE BY COMMISSIONER BOTTLES WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHITE ROLL CALL.
WE'LL MOVE NOW ON NOW TO INDIVIDUAL ITEM NUMBER SIX.
I'M PLANNING WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER SIX IS LOCATED AT 24 40 CELEBRATION DRIVE AND 24 55 CELEBRATION DRIVE AND 25 5 60 US HIGHWAY 2 81 NORTH.
GOING FROM C TWO C D COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR HOME IMPROVEMENT CENTER WITH OUTSIDE STORAGE AND GROCERY STORE AND C THREE GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO M X C MIXED USE DISTRICT WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
THERE WERE 10 NOTICES MAILED WHEN RECEIVED IN FAVOR.
NONE IN OPPOSITION AND THERE IS NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THE EXISTING C TWO CD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR HOME IMPROVEMENT CENTER WITH OUTSIDE STORAGE AND GROCERY STORE IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED M X D MIXED USE DISTRICT IS ALSO AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED REZONING WOULD ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF VACANT LAND WITHIN THE STONE OAK REGIONAL CENTER.
SUBJECT PROPERTY IS PRIMARILY ABUTTING VACANT LOTS AND THE PROPOSED COMMERCIAL MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE ALONG US HIGHWAY 2 81.
STAFF AND SAWS RECOMMEND APPROVAL IN THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT.
IS THE SAS REPRESENTATIVE PRESENT TO GIVE US THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS? YES.
ONCE AGAIN, MIKE WITH THE RESEARCH PROTECTION DIVISION OF THE PROTECTION DIVISION OF THE SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEM.
UM, HERE TO PRESENT STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ZONING, KZ 20 21, 1 0 7 0 0 3 5 3.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, SAS HAS REVIEWED THE ZONING APPLICATION LOCATED EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF 2 81 NORTH AND OVERLOOKED PARKWAY ALLOWING FOR A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
CURRENTLY THE SITE IS UNDEVELOPED AND PRIMARILY CLEARED OF VEGETATION WITH AREAS OF NATIVE TREES REMAINING TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE SITE.
NO PORTION OF THE SITE IS WITHIN THE FLOODPLAIN AND NO SENSITIVE FEATURES WERE OBSERVED ON SITE DURING A SITE INVESTIGATION.
SAUL'S RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO INCLUDE 65% IMPERVIOUS COVER FOR THE OVERALL 57 ACRES.
UH, IS THE APPLICANT OR THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE PRESENT? HI, GOOD AFTERNOON.
ASHLEY FAIRMONT KILLING GRIFFIN AND FAIRMONT 1 0 1 0 1 REUNION PLACE.
UM, WE'RE AGREEABLE WITH SAWS RECOMMENDATIONS AND ALSO THERE'S NO OPPOSITION.
SO I'LL, I'LL TRY TO KEEP IT PRETTY BRIEF.
I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE A LONG AGENDA.
UM, BUT AS SUMMER MENTIONED, 57 ACRES.
CURRENTLY IT'S ALL ZONED COMMERCIAL.
IT'S A MIXTURE OF C TWO WITH SOME ADDITIONAL USES AND C THREE, THERE'S ALSO SOME OTHER COMMERCIAL USES THAT ARE PERMITTED ON THE PROPERTY THAT WERE PLANNED PRIOR TO ANNEXATION.
UM, BUT AFTER REVIEWING ALL OF THAT, THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF THIS PROPERTY IS FOR A COHESIVE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AND TO BRING SOME MORE ADDITIONAL HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING TO THE AREA.
SO WITH THAT, WE THINK THAT MULTIFAMILY ADDED TO THE COMMERCIAL IS, IS THE BEST OPTION AND THE BEST WAY FOR THE SITE TO LAY OUT.
UM, SAWS RECOMMENDED 65% IMPERVIOUS COVER.
CURRENT ALLOWANCE IS ABOUT 79 OR 80%.
SO, SO IT IS A GOOD, UH, REDUCTION FOR THE SITE.
UM, AND, AND HAPPY WITH ALL OF THE REST OF SAWS AS RECOMMENDATION.
SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NO SIR.
THIS IS ANOTHER DISTRICT NINE CASE COMMISSIONER RE BATTLES TO YOU.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS SO I'LL ASK ANY COMMISSIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I'M FAMILIAR WITH THIS SIDE AND THESE ARE THE BEST PROPER USE FOR, FOR THE LAND.
SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONER BOTTLES TO YOU FOR A MOTION AND DISCUSSION.
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SO TO KEEP IT BRIEF AGAIN, UM, BEING, UH, THAT STAFF AND SAS APPROVAL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.UH, ITEM NUMBER SIX, UH, LOCATED AT 25 5 60 US HIGHWAY 2 81.
UH, MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER SIX BY COMMISSIONER BARROS WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ORTIZ.
ALRIGHT, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, PLEASE.
MY NAME IS SINA ZAKO, SONY PLANNER DEVELOPMENT SERVICES I NUMBER SEVEN.
IT'S LOCATED AT 7 70 23 WEST HAUSMAN ROAD GOING FROM R 60 E R Z D WITH ASSISTED LIVING FOR UP TO 12 RESIDENTS TO R SIX C D E R Z D WITH ASSISTED LIVING FOR UP TO 13 RESIDENTS.
THERE WERE 12 NOTICES SENT OUT.
THERE IS NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN THE AREA.
STAFF DOES NOT FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON THE NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.
THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA WHERE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE PRIMARILY R SIX AND R FOUR.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF TWO STAIRS AND THEN IN FRONTS A MAJOR ARTERIAL.
AND THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO ADD ONE.
RESIDENT STAFF AND SAS RECOMMEND APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT AND SAS STAFF ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IS THE SAS REPRESENTATIVE PRESENT TO GIVE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS? MIKE ESCALANTE WITH ZA FOR PROTECTION AND EVALUATION SECTION.
WE, WE HAVE REVIEWED THE ZONING APPLICATION LOCATED AT 7 0 2 3 WEST HAUSMAN ROAD, ALLOWING FOR 13 BEDS AT AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY.
CURRENTLY THE SITE IS DEVELOPED, UH, IS A DEVELOPED RESIDENTIAL LOT WITH AN EXISTING HOUSE PREVIOUS, PREVIOUSLY BUILT IN 2011.
NO NEW CONSTRUCTION IS BEING PROPOSED, THEREFORE, THE EXISTING PARIS COVER WILL NOT BE INCREASED.
MR. ESCALANTE, IS THE APPLICANT OR THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE PRESENT? UH, MS. ZA UH, DE OKAY.
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS, AND TELL US WHY YOU'RE SEEKING THIS REZONING.
ADDRESS, 7 0 2 3 WEST HAUSMAN.
SO SEPTEMBER, 2020, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A ZONING CHANGE FOR MY BUSINESS LOCATED AT 7 0 2 3 WEST HAUSMAN ROAD.
THE ZONING REQUEST WAS APPROVED AT THE TIME, BUT THE CONDITION THAT I HAD LIMITED THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS IN THE HOME TO 12.
MY GOAL NOW IS TO REQUEST APPROVAL TO INCREASE FROM THE RESIDENT COUNT FROM 12 TO 13.
AND HERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE BACKGROUND ON THE CASE.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 7 0 2 3 WEST HAUSMAN.
WHILE IT IS IN THE DELL OAK SUBDIVISION, THE PROPERTY ACTUALLY FACES AWAY FROM THE SUBDIVISION AND IS ON THE CORNER OF HAUSMAN AND ROADRUNNER WAY.
I PURCHASED THE PROPERTY LAST YEAR PERSONALLY, UH, APRIL 22ND, 2021.
AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE, THE PROPERTY WAS ALREADY ZONED.
AS STATED ABOVE, THE BUSINESS HAS BEEN IN OPERATION SINCE 2014.
IT IS A STATE LICENSE, 16 BED TYPE B ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY.
THE BUSINESS HAS ALWAYS PERFORMED WELL IN ALL CITY AND STATE INSPECTIONS AND IS IN GOOD STANDING WITH THE COMMUNITY.
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BUSINESS LAST YEAR, I ASSISTED THE PREVIOUS OWNERS THE NEGROS WITH, UH, THE ZONING CHANGE IN 2020.SINCE I WAS PLANNING TO PURCHASE THE BUSINESS AND I DIDN'T WANT ANY ISSUES WITH ZONING, WE ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO ASK FOR THE MAXIMUM RESIDENT OCCUPANCY OF 16 RESIDENTS SINCE THAT IS WHAT THE STATE AUTHORIZED.
BUT THE NEIGHBORS PROTESTED THIS AS THEY WERE NOT FULLY INFORMED OF OUR INTENT AND SUSPECTED THAT WE WERE GOING TO TURN THE HOME INTO LIKE A MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS.
ONCE THEY UNDERSTOOD OUR INTENT, THE NEIGHBORS WERE MORE ACCEPTING OF THE CHANGE.
AND AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, I WROTE A LETTER TO ALL THE NEIGHBORS AND I'D LIKE TO READ THAT LETTER TO THE BOARD.
NOW IT SAYS HELLO, DELL OAK NEIGHBORS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.
I WANTED TO SEND OUT AN UPDATE ON, ON OUR NEW YEAR'S PLANS AND ASK FOR YOUR FEEDBACK AND SUPPORT.
AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, I PURCHASED ARDEN PARK ASSISTED LIVING ON THE CORNER OF HAUSMAN AND ROAD RUNAWAY LAST APRIL.
THE HOME IS DOING WELL AND A COUPLE OF YOU GRACIOUSLY VOLUNTEERED YOUR TIME AND TALENTS THIS CHRISTMAS TO LOVE ON OUR RESIDENTS.
THIS WAS VERY SPECIAL AND MEMORABLE.
ONE OF OUR CHIEF GOALS THIS YEAR IS TO BRING IN A FULL-TIME COOK AND A PART-TIME HOUSEKEEPER TO ARDEN PARK.
TO DO THIS, WE WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE INCREASING OUR RESIDENT COUNT FROM 12 TO 13.
CURRENTLY OUR ZONING ORDINANCE LIMITS US TO A MAXIMUM OF 12 RESIDENTS.
WITH YOUR CONSENT, WE WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK TO COUNSEL THIS YEAR AND REQUEST THIS.
AND THEN I GO ON TO EXPLAIN THAT THE 13TH RESIDENT WOULD ENABLE THE FOLLOWING SERVICES, ONE, A FULL-TIME COOK.
THIS POSITION IS CRITICAL IN ASSISTED LIVING AS IT RELIEVES CAREGIVERS OF THE BURDEN OF COOKING SO THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE MORE ONE-ON-ONE CARE TO RESIDENTS.
AND EQUALLY IMPORTANT, IT ALLOWS US TO SERVE SCRATCH HOMEMADE MEALS INSTEAD OF PRE-COOKED OR FROZEN MEALS OR SANDWICHES.
NUMBER TWO, UH, A, A HOUSE CLEANER, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW WITH THE CURRENT WAVES OF COVID, HOUSE CLEANING AND SANITIZING IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
MOST OF THIS BURDEN, AGAIN, FALLS ON CAREGIVERS, WHICH TAKES AWAY TIME FROM RESIDENT CARE AND INTERACTIONS.
THE HOME OFFERS 12, UH, PRIVATE BEDROOMS AND TWO OF THESE ROOMS ARE LARGE ENOUGH TO SHARE.
AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, THE TYPE OF ZONING DESIGNATION WE HAVE LIMITS US TO THE USE OF ASSISTED LI LIVING ONLY.
IT CANNOT BE USED FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSES.
OUR LICENSE, GRANTED BY THE STATE AUTHORIZES UP TO 16 RESIDENTS IN OUR HOME, BUT BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE BEDROOMS AND THE SPACE AVAILABLE.
SO THIS CHANGE ONLY REQUIRES APPROVAL AT THE LOCAL CITY LEVEL AND NOT AT THE STATE LEVEL.
I KNOW THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE WAS AWARE OF OUR PLANS THIS NEW YEAR AND TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN AND SHARE YOUR FEEDBACK.
I I GOT A COUPLE OF RESPONSES AS A RESULT OF THE LETTER.
UH, MOST OF THEM WERE IN FAVOR.
AND THEN I ALSO MET WITH TIM CARRASCO, THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADER.
THERE IS NO HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
UH, BUT I DID MEET ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADER AND GAINED HIS SUPPORT.
AND SO, UH, THAT ALL WORKED OUT WELL.
THE LAST SLIDE I HAVE IS THE PARKING.
AND WHAT THIS DOES IS IT JUST HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE'VE GOT, UH, BY CODE, I HAVE TO HAVE NINE PARKING SPACES AVAILABLE AND THAT INCLUDES FOR STAFF AND RESIDENT FAMILY MEMBERS.
SO THE SURVEY I THREW UP JUST SHOWS WHERE THE PARKING IS LOCATED.
I'VE GOT THREE PARKING SPACES IN FRONT OF THE HOME NEAR HAUSMAN.
AND THEN ON THE SIDE OF THE HOME I HAVE AN ADDITIONAL SEVEN.
SO I'M ACTUALLY SURPASSING THE NUMBER OF REQUIRED PARKING SPACES BY ONE.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. CALDWELL.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, SIR.
THIS IS A DISTRICT WAIT, DISTRICT EIGHT CASE.
UH, COMMISSIONER ORTIZ TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS.
ACTUALLY, YES, I ACTUALLY, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF WITH THIS CHANGE THAT HE, UH, HE'S PROPOSING DOES JUST ADDING ONE MORE RESIDENT DOES, WHEN DOES HE, WHEN DOES IT CAP HIM AT 16? IS THERE ANOTHER HE HAD TO COME BACK IN AND MAKE ANOTHER ZONING CHANGE? RIGHT.
SO ANYTHING ABOVE 13, HE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK AND REZONE AGAIN.
AND THEN JUST THIS, I GUESS ADDING THIS CHANGE TO JUST ONE CONDI, IT'S A CONDITION JUST ADDING ONE MORE TO IT FROM THE PREVIOUS TIME HE CAME IN.
NO, THE ACTUAL, WELL, YES, THE ACTUAL USE IS FOR ASSISTED LIVING AND HIS CURRENT ORDINANCE SAYS 12 AND SO THIS WOULD ALLOW HIM THE ADDITIONAL FOR 13 MAX.
UH, NO MORE FURTHER QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. CALDWELL FOR THE UH, PRESENTATION.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? TO MY LEFT.
COMMISSIONER ORTIZ TO YOU FOR MOTION AND DISCUSSION.
I AM JUST GONNA GO AHEAD AND RECOMMEND, UH, APPROVAL.
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FOR MR. CONWELL.THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER SEVEN BY COMMISSIONER ORTIZ WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARROS.
UH, THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, PLEASE.
MY NAME IS SOMEONE MCCANNON PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS LOCATED AT 16,845 BLANCO ROAD.
GOING FROM R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT TO C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAIN THE SAME.
THERE WERE 17 NOTICES MAILED TO RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE IN OPPOSITION, AND THERE IS NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THE EXISTING R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IS ALSO AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS A BUDDING O TWO HIGH-RISE OFFICE DISTRICT AND C THREE AND A GENERAL COMMERCIAL NON ALCOHOLIC SALES DISTRICT ZONINGS.
THE PROPOSED REZONING IS REQUESTED TO ALLOW FOR THE EXISTING RETAIL SLASH OFFICE SPACE ON THE PROPERTY.
ADDITIONALLY, THE PROPOSED ZONING WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE ALONG BLANCO ROAD, WHICH IS A PRINCIPAL STREET STAFF AND SAS RECOMMEND APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT.
UH, THE SAS REPRESENTATIVE TO GIVE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS, PLEASE.
I GUESS ME AND MIKE ARE GONNA TAG TEAM THESE TODAY SINCE THERE'S SO MANY OF THEM.
UH, THIS IS, UH, YOU HAVE AN ABBREVIATED VERSION ON THIS ONE.
IT'S, UH, IT WAS A BUILDING THAT WAS BUILT IN 1985 ON 1.2 ACRES.
AND, UM, WE WENT AND TOOK A LOOK AT IT.
UM, WE LOOKED AT THE APPLICATION 16 8 4 5 BLANCO ROAD, ALLOWING COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN ZONING AND THE EXISTING LAND USE.
UH, CURRENTLY THERE IS A TWO LEVEL OFFICE BUILDING WITH PARKING.
UH, NO PORTION OF THE SITE IS IN THE FLOODPLAIN.
UH, NO NEW CONSTRUCTION IS BEING PROPOSED, THEREFORE, THE EXISTING COVER WILL NOT, UH, BE INCREASED, UH, ON THE SITE, UH, WHICH IS ACTUALLY 94.96%.
UH, BUT IT WAS BUILT WAY BEFORE THE WATER QUALITY ORDINANCE AND THEREFORE WE RECOMMEND DIS UH, RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
IS THE APPLICANT, UH, PRESENT MR. MCKNIGHT? IT'S ALWAYS MY LEAST FAVORITE PART IS WALKING UP HERE AFTER MIKE BARR.
CAN I REQUEST THAT MIKE ESCALANTE DO MINE FROM NOW ON
UH, I DON'T SUPPOSE ME OFFERING A FOOTS STOOL WOULD HELP US.
I BETTER GET AN APPROVAL AT THIS POINT.
AND I'M NOT GONNA MAKE A MOTION THAT YOU RECUSE YOURSELF FOR THIS ONE.
UM,
IT'S, UM, IF YOU, UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THIS IS AN EXISTING OFFICE BUILDING THAT, LIKE MIKE SAID, HAS BEEN HERE SINCE 1985.
UM, IT IS A COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE IN, IN AN R SIX ZONING.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY, UH, NON-CONFORMING.
UM, THE PROBLEMS CAME WHEN THE, UH, EXISTING OWNER, SOME OF THE PEOPLE WANTED TO CHANGE THEIR CFOS AND THEY REALIZED THE ZONING WAS INCORRECT.
SO THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO CORRECT THE ZONING.
AND YOU CAN, UH, SCROLL THROUGH THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S SURROUNDED BY O TWO AND, AND C THREE TO THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH.
AND, UH, IT'S, IT, AS IT'S, UM, SITS NOW, IT'S ON SITTING ON BLANCO ROAD SO THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE TO HAVE A COMMERCIAL SPACE ON SUCH A, A BUSY STREET.
SO WE'RE JUST REALLY JUST TRYING, TRYING TO BRING IT INTO COMPLIANCE.
THANK YOU, UH, MR. MCKNIGHT FOR THAT ABBREVIATED PRESENTATION.
THIS IS A, WHAT I WAS TRYING TO BE NICE.
ALRIGHT, UH, COMMISSIONER BARTOS, THIS IS A DISTRICT NINE CASE.
ANY QUESTIONS? I I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, THIS IS A VERY SIMPLE CASE, SO I'LL SAVE YOU SOME TIME.
IT'S, IT IS JUST TO BRING IT UP TO SPEED, BUT I, I'LL MAKE A MOTION RIGHT NOW TO, UM, TO GET, UH, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT APPROVED.
AND, UH, THIS IS BASED ON 16 8 45 BLANC ROAD.
AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL, UM, OFFICE SPACE, BY THE WAY, NEAR MY HOUSE.
SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS AND SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
COMMISSIONER ORTIZ IS THE SECOND.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT COMMISSIONER TO MY RIGHT.
THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER EIGHT BY COMMISSIONER
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BARTOS.UH, WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ORTIZ.
UH, MR. MCKNIGHT, YOU KNOW THE GREAT REGARD.
ALRIGHT, UH, WE ARE GONNA MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
MY NAME IS SUMMER MCCANN ZONING PLANNER OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS GENERALLY LOCATED AT NORTH LOOP 1604 EAST AND EMERALD FOREST GOING FROM OH TWO HIGH-RISE OFFICE DISTRICT AND OH ONE OFFICE DISTRICT TO C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
THERE WERE SIX NOTICES MAILED ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, THREE IN OPPOSITION.
EMERALD FOREST HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED.
28 ARE OPPOSED OUTSIDE OF 200 FEET.
AND A PETITION WAS SUBMITTED WITH 24 SIGNATURES IN OPPOSITION.
THE EXISTING O ONE OFFICE DISTRICT AND OH TWO HIGH RISE OFFICE DISTRICT ARE APPROPRIATE ZONINGS FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IS ALSO APPROPRIATE AND CONSISTENT WITH NEIGHBORING COMMERCIAL ZONINGS.
ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT ZONINGS ABUTTING THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, THE SURROUNDING LAND USES ARE PRIMARILY VACANT.
ADDITIONALLY, THE PROPOSED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IS APPROPRIATE GIVEN PROXIMITY TO LOOP 1604.
STAFF AND SAWS RECOMMEND APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT.
MR. ESCALANTE, I BELIEVE IT IS YOUR TURN.
MIKE, MIKE WITH
WE HAVE REVIEWED THE ZONING APPLICATION LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF EMERALD FOREST, UH, DRIVE AND NORTH LOOP 1604 TO ALLOW AN OFFICE DEVELOPMENT.
CURRENTLY THE SITE IS UNDEVELOPED AND VEGETATED WITH NATIVE TREES AND UNDERSTORY.
THE NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE SITE IS WITHIN A FLOODPLAIN.
AND NO SENSITIVE FEATURES WERE OBSERVED ON SITE, NOR NOTED ON FILE.
SAWS IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL WITH ALL ENVIRONMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN THE REPORT TO INCLUDE 56% IMPERVIOUS COVER FOR THE 7.9 ACRE SITE AND A 120 FOOT, UH, FLOODPLAIN BUFFER TO BE PROVIDED ALONG THE, THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE SITE.
MR. ESCALANTE IS THE APPLICANT OR THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE PRESENT? GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR.
I'M A ATTORNEY WITH LAW FIRM OF KILLEN GRIFFIN FAIRMONT.
OUR ADDRESS IS 1 0 1 0 1 REUNION PLACE.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, PRESENT.
I WANNA THANK, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF FOR THEIR RECOMMENDATION APPROVAL SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEM FOR THEIR RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL.
AND I WANT TO ESPECIALLY THANK THE, UH, EMERALD FOREST, H O A FOR MEETING WITH US OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
I KNOW THEY'RE IN OPPOSITION, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A SECOND.
UH, BUT THEY HAVE INVESTED TIME.
THEY'D ASKED US TO CONTINUE THIS AT THE LAST HEARING FOR A MONTH SO WE COULD CONTINUE THAT DIALOGUE.
AND I, I JUST WANNA THANK THEM FOR THEIR CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT.
AND SO I'VE GOT A, I CAN'T CONTROL IT HERE ANYMORE, CAN I? NOW I I LIKE HAVING A LITTLE CLICKER.
UH, SO I'M NOT IN CONTROL, BUT, UH, COULD YOU ADVANCE THE SLIDE? THANK YOU.
UH, SO, UH, THE SITE IS, IF YOU KNOW, BULL VERDE IN 1604, THIS IS JUST WEST OF THAT, UH, YOU'VE GOT, UH, NORTHERN HILLS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND THE, UH, CHRISTIAN FAMILY CHURCH, WHO'S ACTUALLY OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY.
OUR CLIENT, THE APPLICANT IS BUYING THE PROPERTY FROM, UH, CHRISTIAN FAMILY CHURCH.
SO WE'VE GOT, UH, TWO CHURCHES NEXT TO US, UH, ZONE PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL.
UH, AND THEN WE'RE ON THE EAST SIDE OF EMERALD FOREST DRIVE.
AND THAT'S JUST A KIND OF A CLOSE UP.
THE, THE TRACT IS, IS UNDEVELOPED.
AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO OUR CLIENT WANTS TO BUILD THREE OFFICE BUILDINGS, THE LITTLE PICTURE, AND I'VE GOT SOME MORE, UH, PRETTY PICTURES AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION IS THAT NORTHERN BUILDING, WHICH IS KIND OF A U-SHAPED BUILDING.
IF YOU LOOK, THE NORTHERN END IS TO THE LEFT.
IT'LL MAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE SENSE IN FUTURE SLIDES.
SO THEY ONLY BUILD THREE OFFICE BUILDINGS ON THE SITE.
AND IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED OH TWO WITH A LITTLE SLIVER OF OH ONE.
AND IT'S BEEN ZONED, UH, THIS IS STRAT OUTTA THE REPORT.
IT'S BEEN ZONED OFFICE SINCE 2007.
SO THE LAST 15 YEARS IT'S BEEN ZONED, UH, FOR OFFICE ISSUES.
NOW YOU'RE ALL GONNA STOP ME THIS POINT, SAID, ROB, YOUR CLIENT WANTS TO BUILD OFFICES AND YOU'RE ZONED O TWO.
WHY ARE YOU HERE? AND, AND WE'RE NOT HERE FOR USE PURPOSES.
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IT'S REALLY ABOUT SITE DESIGN, ABOUT LOT LAYOUT BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRAINTS, UH, BECAUSE OF THE PREVIOUS E R Z D CASE, UH, FROM 2007.AND BECAUSE OF O TWO'S, UH, SETBACKS.
LET'S GO AHEAD ADVANCE THIS NEXT SLIDE.
UH, BY THE WAY, WE ARE GOING TO RESTRICT THE PROPERTY ONLY TO O TWO USES.
EVEN THOUGH WE'LL HAVE C TWO ZONING, WE'RE GONNA RESTRICT IT JUST TO THE OFFICE USES.
SO ALL WE'RE DOING IS CHANGING THE ZONING FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF LOT LAYOUT.
SO CURRENTLY IN O TWO, WE HAVE A MAXIMUM FRONT SETBACK.
WE'RE ALL USED TO BUILDING SETBACKS.
WE'RE USED TO MINIMUM TYPICALLY BUILDING SETBACKS.
YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANNA BE TOO CLOSE TO YOUR NEIGHBORS TO THE REAR, TO THE SIDE.
O TWO REQUIRES YOU TO FRONT YOUR BUILDING UP NEAR THE STREET.
YOU CAN BE A MAXIMUM OF 80 FEET FROM THE STREET.
AND THE STREET WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW IS EMERALD FOREST DRIVE, WHICH IS THE SOLE ENTRANCE INTO THE EMERALD FOREST NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO IT REQUIRED TO, TO PUSH THE BUILDINGS RIGHT UP ON THE STREET.
WE'D HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF PARKING, BUT BASICALLY BUILDINGS HAVE TO COME RIGHT UP ON THE STREET.
UH, WITH C TWO, WE DON'T HAVE A, UH, MAXIMUM FRONT SETBACK.
WE CAN PUSH THE BUILDINGS FURTHER FROM THE STREET.
SO THAT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO PUSH THEM BACK, CREATE SOME GREEN SPACE ALONG THE FRONT.
THE OTHER THING WHILE WE'VE GOT THIS SLIDE UP IS THAT O TWO, I THINK, AS YOU ALL KNOW, HAS UNLIMITED BUILDING HEIGHT.
AND C TWO HAS A BASE 25 FOOT, UH, BUILDING HEIGHT.
AND SO WE'RE, WE DON'T WANNA BUILD TALL BUILDINGS ON THE SITE, WHAT WE'D BE PERMITTED TO CURRENTLY.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND I MENTIONED, UH, UH, PREVIOUS ZONING CASE, 2007 ZONING CASE HAD THESE THREE ZONES FOR IMPERVIOUS COVER.
UH, THERE'S THAT TOP BUFFER THAT MR. ESCALANTE TALKED ABOUT THAT WILL, EVEN WITH A ZONING AS A PRE APPROVED, IF THE ZONING IS APPROVED, WOULD REMAIN A BUFFER SO THAT THAT TOP BUFFER WOULD STAY THE SAME.
THERE'S A SMALL PORTION UP NEAR THE NORTH END THAT'S, UH, 1.6 ACRES.
IMPIOUS COVER THE BALANCE OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS 5.3 ACRES.
YOU CAN GO UP TO 79% IMPERVIOUS COVER.
SO THAT ALL AVERAGES OUT TO SOMEWHERE IN THE MID 60, 60 SOMETHING PERCENT IMPERVIOUS COVER SAWS IS RECOMMENDING.
WE'RE AGREED WITH THE RECOMMENDATION, 56% IMPERVIOUS COVER.
SO IT'S BLENDED ACROSS, BUT IT'S A NET REDUCTION IN IMPERVIOUS COVER.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO THIS IS WHAT THE CURRENT O TWO ZONING WOULD REQUIRE.
LIKE I SAID, THERE'S NO HEIGHT LIMIT IN O TWO.
THIS IS JUST WHAT A 10 STORY BUILDING WOULD LOOK LIKE.
WHY 10 STORIES OUTTA OUR BUILDING, WHICH IS UNION SQUARE, WHICH IS JONES MALTSBERGER.
ISO 2 81 AREA NEXT TO THE AIRPORT IS 10 STORIES.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE HIGH OF THE OFFICE BUILDING I'M IN.
NOW, AGAIN, THAT'S NOT WHAT OUR CLIENT WOULD BUILD, BUT THAT'S WHAT COULD BE BUILT THERE, UH, TODAY AND YOU CAN SEE.
AND LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
THE NEXT SLIDE YOU CAN SEE, UH, THIS IS UNDER THE O TWO ZONING.
WE WOULD HAVE TO PUSH THE BUILDINGS AS CLOSE TO THE STREET AS POSSIBLE.
SO A LITTLE BIT OF PARKING, BUT THE BUILDINGS ARE BASICALLY RIGHT UP ON THE STREET.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
NOW AGAIN, YOU'RE GONNA SAY, WELL, ROB, THERE'S NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE.
YOU CAN SEE THERE IS MORE GREEN SPACE, MORE OPEN SPACE, MORE PERVIOUS, UH, SURFACE.
AND WE HAVE PUSHED THE BUILDINGS BACK AWAY FROM THE ROAD.
AGAIN, THE ONLY THINGS BEHIND US ARE THE CHURCHES.
WE'VE GOT, UH, UNITED METHODIST AND THEN CHRISTIAN FAMILY RIGHT BEHIND US, WHICH ARE, YOU KNOW, ZONED RESIDENTIAL, BUT THEY'RE COMMERCIAL REALLY USES.
SO WE GET FURTHER AWAY FROM THE STREET.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND ADVANCE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND THIS IS A VERY, VERY ROUGH SHOWING THE BUILDINGS PUSHED BACK AND WITH THAT 25 FOOT BASE, UH, ZONE, WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE, UH, IF WE WERE TO REZONE THE C TWO.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, THIS IS THAT NORTHERN BUILDING.
IT'S KIND OF A U-SHAPED BUILDING.
SO THIS IS THE BUILDING THAT'D BE CLOSEST TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
OKAY, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
LIKE I SAID, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD DIALOGUE WITH, UH, EMERALD FOREST, H O A, UH, WE, WE CONTINUED, WE HAD A BIG MEETING AT AT UNITED METHODIST, AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, WELL, WELL ATTENDED.
UH, THEY WERE TRANSITIONING THEIR MANAGEMENT COMPANY.
THEY ASKED FOR SOME TIME SO WE COULD WORK SOMETHING OUT.
THEY DRAFTED, UH, RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.
EVERYONE KNOWS APRIL'S THE WORST MONTH TO DO SOMETHING IN SAN ANTONIO.
UH, SO THEY, BUT THEY GAVE US THEIR FIRST SET OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS ON BATTLE OF FLOWERS FRIDAY.
AND, AND SO A WEEK LATER ON GOOD FRIDAY, WE GOT OUR COMMENTS BACK TO THEM.
SO A FEW DAYS LATER, SO WE'RE WORKING ON HOLIDAYS, UH, BUT, AND AS WAS THE H O A, UH, BUT THEY, THEY GOT THEM BACK.
WELL, WE SUBMITTED BACK TO THEM WAS DIFFERENT OBVIOUSLY.
AND WHAT THEY SUBMITTED TO US BECAUSE THEIR LAWYER DRAFTED THEIR STUFF, WE, WE DRAFTED OURS.
AND SO WE HAVEN'T COME TO, UH, A MEETING OF THE MINES YET.
BUT LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE, THE NEXT SLIDE.
HERE'S, HERE'S JUST SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE INCLUDED WHEN WE SENT IT BACK TO THEM.
AGAIN, THE, THE BIGGEST THING IS WE'RE ASKING FOR C TWO.
WE'RE GONNA LIMIT IT TO THE OFFICE USES.
THAT'S REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE
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EVER COME TO ANY FINAL AGREEMENT WITH EMERALD FOREST OR NOT.WE'RE STILL GONNA RECORD RESTRICTIONS, LIMITING IT TO O TWO USE.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE C TWO HEIGHT, TRASH RECEPTACLES, OF COURSE, SCREEN FROM VIEW, UH, LIGHTING ON THE PROPERTY.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UH, SIGNAGE, THE, THE LANGUAGE AND THE SIGNAGE.
THE, UH, 12 FOOT CANDLES MEASURED AT FIVE FEET FROM THE SIGN, UH, IS LANGUAGE STRAIGHT OUT OF THE MILITARY LIGHTING OVERLAY DISTRICT, WHICH IS THE, UH, DARK SKY LIGHTING AND DISTRICT EIGHT THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER ORTIZ IS VERY, UH, FAMILIAR WITH.
AS WELL AS IT, UH, LIMITATIONS ON WHAT CAN BE ON THE SIGN.
IT'S JUST THE ADDRESS AND THE TENANT NAME.
UH, THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAD ADDED THIS, YOU KNOW, NO, NO WAVY MAN OR THE GUY WHO'S SPINNING THE PLACARD.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT ON SITE.
THIS IS JUST PROFESSIONAL OFFICES.
AND THEN ANY LOADING AREAS, ALL OFFICES HAVE SMALL LOADING AREAS WOULDN'T BE VISIBLE FOR NIMBLE FORCE.
REALLY THE INTENT OF ALL OF THESE RESTRICTIONS, THE INTENT OF EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING IS, IS TO PROTECT THAT VIEW.
AS YOU'RE COMING DOWN NORMAL FORCES, YOU'RE GOING, GOING HOME AT THE END OF THE DAY OR COMING IN.
AND IT'S REALLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE OFFICE DEVELOPER.
OUR CLIENT WHO WANTS TO MAINTAIN MORE OF A NATURAL LOOK.
THEY WANT IT GREENER ALONG THE FRONT.
THEY DON'T WANNA PUSH THE BUILDINGS UP WITH A PARKING FRONT BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA OFFICE THERE TOO.
AND SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
AGAIN, UH, WE'RE REDUCING THE MAXIMUM PERMITTED HEIGHT, WE'RE DECREASING THE MAXIMUM IMPERVIOUS COVER AND WE'RE INCREASING THAT, UH, FRONT BUILDING SETBACK.
SO I KNOW THAT A LOT OF FOLKS, AND YOU KNOW, THE SIZE OF EMERALD FOREST, IT'S ACTUALLY A SMALL PROPORTION OF FOLKS, BUT A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE SIGNED A PETITION OR INDICATED THEY'RE OPPOSED TO THIS.
I KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE A COUPLE FOLKS WHO ARE GONNA SPEAK IN OPPOSITION.
THEY ARE OPPOSED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROPERTY.
THEY WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT STAY GREEN STATE PARKLAND, LIKE I SAID, IT'S BEEN ZONED PROPHECIES.
UH, BUT, BUT I ADMIRE YOUR, SHE JUST WANTS ME TO HURRY UP.
SHE'S LIKE, ROB, YOU'RE JUST TAKING SO LONG.
LET'S JUST GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UH, BUT THEY DON'T WANT, THEY DON'T WANT THE PROPERTY DEVELOPED.
IF, IF WE'RE, IF YOU WERE TO ASK SOMEONE, WOULD YOU RATHER GO FROM THE MORE INTENSE O TWO ZONING TO THE C TWO ZONING, WHICH IS MUCH LESS INTENSE FROM A SITE DESIGN, UH, STANDPOINT? CLEARLY THERE'S NOT A QUESTION IN TERMS OF THE ZONING.
IT'S WHETHER THE PROPERTY SHOULD BE DEVELOPED OR NOT.
WE'RE NOT HERE TO ASK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY.
WE'RE ASKING IF WE CAN LAY IT OUT IN A WAY THAT MAKES MORE SENSE FOR THE SITE.
AND WITH THAT, NO, DON'T GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO STOP, UH, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMISSION MAY HAVE.
BUT AGAIN, I KNOW SOME FOLKS HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AS WELL FROM THE H O I, SO I'M WILLING TO STOP TALKING NOW.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY? YES, SIR.
WE HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS SIGNED IN TO SPEAK.
DID I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY? TWO.
AS I THINK YOU'VE SEEN DURING THE MEETING, IF YOU WOULD JUST ANNOUNCE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND TELL US YOUR POSITION.
AND MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS JOE JESSE SANCHEZ, AND I'M ON THE H UH, ERMO FOREST, H A BOARD.
I LIVE AT 37 11 RIVER FALLS, AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE ERMO FOREST SUBDIVISION, REPRESENTING 453 HOMES.
MOST OF THE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BECOME AWARE OF THE ZONING CHANGES, UH, CHANGE RATHER, HAS HAVE VOICED A NEGATIVE OPINION ABOUT THE RECOMMENDED ZONING CHANGE.
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE EAST, WE ARE SURROUNDED BY A PRISTINE GREEN BELT IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
THIS HAS BEEN STATED AS AN INCENTIVE FOR RESIDENTS TO BE LIVING IN ERMO FOREST STRUCTURES, WE UNDERSTAND WILL BE BUILT THAT CAN BE SEEN FROM OUR SOUTHERN AND WESTERN WESTERN BORDERS.
AND THE RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED, THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT.
UH, WE'VE, WE'VE ENJOYED THE CONVERSATIONS AND THE, AND THE, UH, EMAILS BACK AND FORTH THAT WE'VE HAD WITH MR. KILLEN AND HIS STAFF.
WE DID SUBMIT RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS, UH, ON, ON, UH, THE, UH, 8TH OF APRIL.
AND, UH, SOME OF US SEPTIC ALWAYS HAVE A DAY OFF.
AND, UH, WE, WE HAD A TOWN HALL MEETING ON THE 3RD OF MARCH WHERE THEY WERE, UH, ALLOWED TO, TO SPEAK TO THE, UH, TO THE RESIDENTS ON OUR, ON OUR RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.
WE, WE SUBMITTED 30, 30 ITEMS. THIS, THIS WAS THE RETURN.
I THINK WHAT YOU ALL SAW WAS ONLY 17% THAT WERE UNTOUCHED.
57% OF OUR, OF OUR ITEMS WERE ELIMINATED, AND 37%
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WERE ALTERED.AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE OPPOSING THE ZONING CHANGE.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE TIME TO VISIT TODAY.
I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO, UH, SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE H O A BOARD FOR EMERALD FOREST.
UM, AND IT IS TRUE INDEED THAT MR. KLER AND I AND MEMBERS OF OUR BOARD HAVE BEEN IN EXTENDED NEGOTIATIONS.
AS FAR AS WITH THIS, UM, WE ARE NOT OBSTRUCTIONISTS.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE REAL WORLD OPERATES IN A CERTAIN FASHION.
UM, OUR CONCERNS HAVE TO DO WITH UNANSWERED QUESTIONS THAT WE FEEL STILL ARE, ARE UNANSWERED.
UM, WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH MR. KILLEN AND, AND THE, UH, THE APPLICANT.
WE, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THE APPLICANT IS.
WE'VE BEEN TOLD FIRST AMERICAN, BUT IN THE PAPERWORK THAT WE GET BACK, WE DON'T SEE THEIR NAME ON ANY OF THE PAPERWORK.
SO WE THINK THERE'S A LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS HERE.
UM, MY APPEARANCE HERE TODAY IS STRICTLY ONE TO REINFORCE AND STATE ADAMANTLY AND STEADFASTLY THAT THE EMERALD FOREST, H O A BOARD IS OPPOSED TO THIS CHANGE.
WE REPRESENT THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE 453 RESIDENTS OF EMERALD FOREST.
WE'VE BEEN TASKED WITH THAT, AND WE TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.
AND WE APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING TO US.
UH, MR. KILLEN A BRIEF REBUTTAL.
I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THAT WORD? BRIEF.
AGAIN, UH, KUDOS TO THE H O A.
I WANNA CONTINUE THE DIALOGUE.
UH, WE CONTINUE THIS FOR A MONTH, SO WE'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD TODAY.
WE WILL CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION.
COUNCILMAN PERRY WILL NOT LET US MOVE FORWARD UNLESS WE CONTINUE, UH, THE DIALOGUE.
SO, UH, IT'S, IT WAS A GOOD CONVERSATION.
AGAIN, A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THEY HAVE RELATE TO THE DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S NOT ZONING, UH, SPECIFIC, BUT WE WANNA BE SENSITIVE TO IT.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH HIM.
BUT, UH, FOR TODAY, WE WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD TO COUNSEL AND THEN CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE H O A.
BUT, UH, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY.
UH, THIS IS A DISTRICT 10 CASE, AS POINTED OUT, UH, COMMISSIONER WHITE TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS.
AND JUST A BRIEF QUESTION, YOU, YOU JUST STATED THE H O A IS ADAMANTLY AGAINST THIS.
CAN YOU SUM UP FOR ME WHY IT IS THAT, UM, YOUR ASSOCIATION IS AGAINST THIS? WE FEEL THAT ONCE THE C TWO HORSE IS OUT OF THE BARN, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO PUT IT BACK IN.
THAT'S THE REALITY OF THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN.
WE ARE UNCONVINCED AS FAR AS WE ARE, IF YOU WANT TO CALL US UNBELIEVING IN WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO US AS FAR AS THE ULTIMATE USE OF THE PROPERTY.
THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY QUESTIONS.
I MEAN, IF I MIGHT SPEAK FRANKLY TO YOUR QUESTION, I MEAN, WE HAVE A, WHAT'S BEEN REPRESENTED TO US AS A CLIENT WHO HAS AN OPTION ON THE PROPERTY, NOT EVEN THE OWNER GOING TO ALL THIS TROUBLE.
OUR FEAR IS THAT IF WE JUST ROLL OVER AND SAY, SURE.
I MEAN, THAT PROPERTY COULD BE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE PERSON WE'VE BEEN INTRODUCED TO AS A POTENTIAL BUYER COULD DISAPPEAR TO MARK, COULD BE FLIPPED.
I MEAN, C TWO IN ESSENCE ALLOWS IT TO BE ANYTHING FROM A CAT HOUSE TO A DOG CEMETERY.
I MEAN, WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
I MEAN, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO, WE UNDERSTAND IT'S GONNA BE DEVELOPED SOMEHOW.
ALL WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS TO MAINTAIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE.
AND, AND FOR THAT MATTER, THAT PORTION OF 1604 BETWEEN REDLAND ROAD AND, AND BULVERDE ROAD, WE, WE HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS AS FAR AS WHAT THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF THIS, OF THIS ZONING CHANGE IS.
SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS ISN'T GONNA GO FORWARD WITHOUT A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT IN PLACE THAT LIMITS THE USE OF THIS PROPERTY TO ONLY O TWO USES.
WOULD THAT NOT ALLEVIATE YOUR CONCERN OF, UH, YOU KNOW, OTHER C TWO USES? COME, WE, WE ALREADY LIVE UNDER O TWO.
WHY, WHY, WHY DO WE NEED TO GET IT CHANGED? WHETHER WE, WE REMAIN UNCONVINCED THAT THERE'S NOT ANOTHER REASON THAT THAT C TWO IS BEING, YOU KNOW, PUT OUT THERE FOR CONSIDERATION.
AND SO A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT TO THAT EFFECT DOESN'T, DOESN'T ALLEVIATE YOUR CONCERN.
UM, WELL I, I'VE BEEN, UH, PRETTY INVOLVED IN THIS, IN, IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, SO I'M, I DON'T NEED TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, BUT I'M GONNA OPEN IT UP TO MY COMMISSIONERS IF THEY HAVE ANY.
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UH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER, WHITE, COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE.JUST A QUICK QUESTION FOR STAFF.
UM, SO O TWO HAS A MINIMUM AND A MAXIMUM SETBACK, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S PART OF THE REASON THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE CHANGE.
DOES O ONE ALSO HAVE A MINIMUM AND A MAXIMUM SETBACK? O ONE DOES NOT HAVE A MINIMUM SETBACK, BUT IT DOES HAVE A MAXIMUM FRONT SETBACK.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE.
ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS TO MY LEFT COMMISSIONER RE BOTTLES? I'M JUST CURIOUS.
UH, THIS IS THEIR ONLY ENTRANCE TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, MR. TINGER? NO, WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO ENTER OFF BULVERDE ROAD.
WE ARE, WE ARE ALSO ABLE TO ENTER OFF BULVERDE ROAD.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE WERE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY WITHIN THE PAST TWO YEARS AS FAR AS DEEDING PROPERTY TO THE CITY IS TO ALLOW THEM TO PUT A, A TRAFFIC SIGN OR ACTUALLY A TRAFFIC LIGHT THERE.
I, I WAS JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON 1604 AND FOUR MAJOR CHURCHES IN THAT AREA.
SO JUST CURIOUS TO SEE IF, IF THERE'S PROGRESS BEING MADE ON FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT FOR US TO DETERMINE.
I MEAN, WE ARE, WE ARE ALSO AWARE OF, OF POTENTIAL TRAFFIC SITUATIONS THERE.
UM, ANY FURTHER COMMISSIONER? QUESTIONS TO MY LEFT COMMISSIONER? QUESTIONS TO MY RIGHT COMMISSIONER SIPES, THIS IS A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
UM, WE CANNOT, WE CAN ONLY, WE COULD NOT DO A C TWO CD AND PULL DOWN OFFICE USE.
'CAUSE OFFICE IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT.
SO THE CD HAS TO REPRESENT A USE THAT IS MORE INTENSE THAN WHAT IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT.
AND C TWO I I OKAY, I SEE WHERE THEY'RE GOING WITH THAT.
AND THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE DOWN ZONING THE PROPERTY FROM O TWO TO C TWO.
'CAUSE O TWO IS A VERY INTENSE DISTRICT.
UM, ALTHOUGH THE USES ARE OFFICE, PRIMARILY OFFICE USES WITH RETAIL, UM, THE HEIGHT IS UNLIMITED.
SO IF THEY CAN FIT IT, THEY CAN GO AS HIGH AS THEY WANT.
NO, I, I I, I, NOW I UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT THE, THE PURPOSE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH COMMISSIONER SYSES, UH, FOR MENTIONING THOSE THINGS THAT SHALL NOT BE NAMED.
UH, I DID WANNA POINT OUT THAT, UH, AT 1 53, COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL DID JOIN OUR MEETING FOR THE RECORD AND COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL, ANY QUESTIONS? UH, SO FOLLOW UP TO MY COLLEAGUE HERE SO I CAN WE NOT CONDITION, UH, HEIGHT LIMITS? NO.
UH, YOU CAN'T CONDITION HEIGHT LIMIT.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY, YOU CAN RESTRICT HEIGHT WHEN YOU'RE DOING A CONDITIONAL USE AND A SPECIFIC USE, UM, AUTHORIZATION.
YOU CAN RESTRICT HEIGHT TO A, TO A CERTAIN MAXIMUM.
SO THE BASE DISTRICT WILL, WILL DETERMINE WHAT THAT HEIGHT IS.
RIGHT? LET'S SAY IT'S 35 FEET, A CONDITIONAL USE, YOU CAN SAY NO TALLER THAN 25 FEET.
YOU CAN'T GIVE THEM MORE, BUT YOU CAN'T DO IT FOR THIS ONE 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT, THERE'S NO CONDITIONAL USE OR SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING.
AND THE, AND BY CHANGING IT TO C TWO ALSO RESTRICTS THE HEIGHT BECAUSE C TWOS BASE DISTRICT STANDARD IS 25 FEET.
YOU CAN GO A LITTLE BIT HIGHER WITH THE STAIR STEP APPROACH, BUT IT STARTS OFF AT 25 FEET.
WELL, AND THAT WAS MY QUESTION BECAUSE IF WE WERE GONNA REMAIN WITH O TWO USES, MY CONCERN WAS GETTING BACK TO A 10 STORY BUILDING VERSUS WHAT THEY SHOWED ON SCREEN.
SO, SO IT'S SUFFICE TO SAY THAT IF WE, UH, UH, RECOMMEND A C TWO, THEY WILL START OUT WITH 25 FEET, BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANYTHING BEYOND THAT.
SO THEY START OFF WITH 25 FEET IS THEIR MAX.
THE ONLY WAY TO GO HIGHER IS USING THAT WEDDING CAKE APPROACH FOR EVERY ONE FOOT SET AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY LINE AND GET TWO FEET HIGHER.
UH, CAN WE ADD A NON-ALCOHOL CONVICTION FOR THE REQUESTED C TWO? YES, YOU CAN.
I MIGHT, UH, SUGGEST THAT POSSIBLE AMENDMENT.
UH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL.
COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE, WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THE SECOND ROUND.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TO MY RIGHT? ALRIGHT.
SEEING NONE, ANY QUESTIONS TO MY LEFT? UH, SURE.
COMMISSIONER BOTTLES TO INTERRUPT, BUT THE SOLE PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY A HUNDRED PERCENT ON DISTRICT 10.
IS THAT CORRECT, ROB? THERE IS A TINY SLIVER.
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I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT ACREAGE, BUT THE, THERE'S A VERY TINY SLIVER TO THE NORTH THAT IS IN DISTRICT NINE, BUT I WOULD SAY ABOUT 98, 90 9% OF IT IS IN DISTRICT 10.JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A DISTRICT 10 CASE.
COMMISSIONER BOTTO, I TAKE THE COVER, UH, TAKE THE POLITICAL COVER AT THIS POINT.
UM, ALRIGHT, UH, COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE TO YOU.
OKAY, JUST ONE MORE QUESTION FOR STAFF.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO, FOR THERE TO BE A VARIANCE ON THE MAXIMUM SETBACK? YES, BUT THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT CANNOT, UM, WAIVE A VARIANCE MORE THAN 99% OF THE REQUEST.
SO IF THE MAXIMUM SETBACK IS 80 FEET, YOU CAN'T GO MORE THAN 159 FEET.
YOU CAN'T MORE DO MORE THAN DOUBLE.
SO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT COULD NOT CONSIDER WHAT I THINK THEY'RE PROPOSING, WHICH IS MORE THAN DOUBLE.
WOULD YOU CARE TO ELABORATE ON THAT? THA THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE.
AND I THINK THIS, THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION GOES TO SEVERAL OF THE QUESTIONS I HEARD FROM COMMISSIONERS.
THE, THE SHORT ANSWER IS IF THERE WAS A DIFFERENT WAY TO DO THIS, WE WOULD DO THIS.
IF WE COULD HAVE GONE TO BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, WHICH IS A, ABOUT A 30 DAY PROCESS WOULD'VE BEEN IN AND OUT VERY QUICKLY, UH, WE HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE A HARDSHIP.
WE CAN'T GO BEYOND AS, AS KAT SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED PERCENT, WE CAN'T DOUBLE THAT.
SO IF THERE'S A, IF THERE'S A BETTER WAY TO, IF WE COULD CONDITION TO DOING A CONDITIONAL ZONING, ABSOLUTELY, UH, WE WOULD'VE DONE THAT.
SO THERE'S, THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO BLEND THE IMPERVIOUS COVER, REDUCING IT ULTIMATELY, WHICH, WHICH HAS TO GO THROUGH SAWS.
AND THE ONLY WAY TO GET THE INCREASED SETBACK.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, UH, THE STANDARD IN FRONT OF BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, I THINK, AS YOU KNOW, IS A SUPER MAJORITY, WHICH MEANS I'VE GOTTA CONVINCE NINE OF 11 PEOPLE SITTING WHERE YOU ARE, THAT WE'VE GOT SOME SORT OF HARDSHIP AND UNDEVELOPED TRACK, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, CHALLENGING BECAUSE WE CAN GET THERE THROUGH THE REZONING WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE, UH, VARIANCE PROCESS.
SO WE, WE EXPLORED EVERY OPTION OTHER THAN ZONING AND OTHER THAN ZONING AND ASKING JUST FOR C TWO, I WISH THERE WAS A WAY JUST TO KEEP IT O TWO AND GET A, A DEEPER SETBACK AND THEN BLEND THE IMPERVIOUS COVER.
UH, CAN WE DO, UM, AND, AND OUR ON THIS? NO, THAT'S ONLY APPLICABLE TO C THREE.
THAT'S R UM, YES, YOU CAN BECAUSE C TWO ALSO ALLOWS FOR NR.
THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER FRIENDLY AMENDMENT SUGGESTION.
UH, I GUESS NO ONE'S GONNA ASK THE QUESTION I'M GONNA ASK, SO IT'LL REMAIN AN ETERNAL MYSTERY.
WHAT WAS ON THE LAST SLIDE THAT MR. KILLEN DIDN'T WANT US TO SEE? UM, BUT, UM, SO AT THIS POINT, I'M GOING TO GIVE IT BACK TO COMMISSIONER WHITE FOR, UH, DISCUSSION AND MOTION AND INCLUDING ANY POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO THE REQUEST TO INCLUDE NR OR NA.
AND I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST THAT, UM, IF THE APPLICANT IS AGREEABLE TO THAT, GET THAT ON THE RECORD AND, AND WE WILL, WE WILL DO THAT NOW.
COMMISSIONER WHITE, I THINK, YES, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON? YES.
I WAS GONNA ASK, UH, MR. KILLEN IF HE WANTS TO FORMALLY AMEND HIS REQUEST.
COMMISSIONER WHITE, I WOULD LIKE TO FORMALLY, UH, AMEND MY REQUEST.
UH, THIS IS OKAY, JUST FOR EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND.
THIS MEANS WE CAN'T SELL ALCOHOL ON THE PROPERTY.
IF SOMEONE KEEPS A BOTTLE IN THEIR DESK DRAWER THOUGH, THAT'S OKAY.
UH, BUT, UH, THAT NO SALE OF ALCOHOL ON, ON SITE, WE WILL ABSOLUTELY AGREE TO THAT.
THAT ADDRESSES THE NA DID WE WANNA ADDRESS THE NR NR FOR EVERYONE'S, UM, UNDERSTANDING IS, UH, NOISE RESTRICTIVE? THAT JUST MEANS NO OUTDOOR SPEAKERS.
SO, UM, FIRST LEMME SAY THAT, UM, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH, UH, MR. KILLEN'S OFFICE AS WELL AS ALL OF THE NEIGHBORS OVER THE PAST, UH, COUPLE OF WEEKS ON THIS ONE.
I, I'M ALWAYS, UM, IMPRESSED AND, AND, UH, JUST, JUST HAPPY WHEN I SEE NEIGHBORHOOD INVOLVEMENT, UM, SUCH AS WE'VE SEEN ON THIS CASE, EVERYBODY.
UM, IT'S, IT'S YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU LIVE THERE, AND WHEN PEOPLE GET INVOLVED AND TAKE AN INTEREST IN WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND THEM, UM, IT ALWAYS PLEASES ME.
UM, WHENEVER I SEE OPPOSITION TO PROJECTS, UM, FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD, IT ALWAYS CONCERNS ME.
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AND I TAKE EXTRA, EXTRA CARE TO LOOK AT THE REASONS FOR THE OPPOSITION AND HOW MANY FOLKS ARE OPPOSING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.AND SO ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, UM, DID A LOT OF HOMEWORK ON IT.
TALKED TO A BUNCH OF FOLKS, AND, UM, REALLY WANTED TO DETERMINE WHY, WHY THERE WAS THE LEVEL OF O UH, OPPOSITION THAT, UH, THAT THERE WAS.
AND FRANKLY, OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, THERE'S BEEN, UM, LESS AND LESS OPPOSITION TO THIS, UH, THAN THERE WAS IN THE BEGINNING.
AND I THINK THAT'S BECAUSE, UM, MR. KILLEN'S OFFICE HAS, HAS DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF REALLY EXPLAINING, UH, AND MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORS TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT, WHAT WAS GOING ON HERE, UM, INCLUDING THAT BIG MEETING THAT HE REFERENCED, UM, YOU KNOW, SIX, SIX WEEKS OR SO, UM, AGO.
SO, UM, WITH ALL OF THAT BEING SAID, UM, TO ME, THIS IS A CASE ABOUT WHERE THIS, UH, OFFICE BUILDING IS GOING TO BE BUILT.
IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN ON THIS PROPERTY.
AND I THINK ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS EARLIER, UH, MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THIS PRISTINE GREEN BELT, UM, THAT'S THERE.
UM, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT.
UM, IT'S, IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND, AND FOLKS LOVE LIVING AROUND THERE.
UM, HOWEVER, IT'S A PROPERTY THAT SOMEBODY OWNS, UM, AND THAT SOMEBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO DEVELOP.
AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS PROPERTY IS GOING TO GET DEVELOPED, UM, FOR AN OFFICE, UM, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
AND SO THERE'S A BIG PART OF ME HERE THAT FEELS LIKE, UM, WHEN, WHEN I MAKE THIS MOTION TO, TO APPROVE THIS PROJECT, THAT IT'S REALLY IN SUPPORT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THE RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PUT INTO PLACE HERE ARE GOING TO PROTECT THE NEIGHBORS FROM ANYTHING GOING UP THAT WOULD BE, UM, MORE INTRUSIVE, UM, TO THE DAY, TO THEIR DAY-TO-DAY LIVES.
UM, THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS THAT ARE GONNA BE PUT IN PLACE THAT I UNDERSTAND HAVE BEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THEY'RE NOT ALL FINALIZED.
UM, AND I, AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY, AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK, UM, MR. KILLEN WITH, WITH THE NEIGHBORS BETWEEN NOW AND AND CITY COUNCIL TO FINALIZE THESE.
UM, BUT THIS, UH, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE GOING TO C TWO HERE, IT'S GONNA BE LIMITED TO THE OFFICE USE.
UM, WHICH AGAIN, IS GONNA LIMIT THE IMPERVIOUS COVER.
IT'S GONNA LIMIT THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDINGS.
UM, WE'VE ADDED THE NA AND THE, AND THE NR TODAY.
AND SO REALLY, I THINK IT'S GONNA MAKE FOR A MUCH BETTER LAYOUT OF THE PROPERTY WHEN THIS THING IS BUILT.
AND I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S REALLY GOING TO SERVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD WELL.
UM, SO WITH THAT SAID, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION, UM, TO APPROVE ITEM, APPROVE ITEM FOUR AS AMENDED.
THERE'S A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR BY COMMISSIONER WHITE.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
ALRIGHT, THERE IS A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ORTIZ.
UH, DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT COMMISSIONER TO MY RIGHT.
I TOO ALSO WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR COMING OUT AND WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT TO TRY TO NEGOTIATE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN ON THESE, UM, ISSUES.
IT IS HARD TO LOSE THE GREEN SPACE, AND IT KILLS ME EVERY TIME WE'RE SITTING UP HERE AND HEARING THESE CASES AND WE SEE THIS HAPPENING.
BUT, UM, IT'S, AS MY COLLEAGUE SAID, UH, THE OWNER HAS A RIGHT TO BUILD SOMETHING ON HIS PROPERTY, AND HE'S AT LEAST TRYING TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO FIND SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN AT LEAST HOPEFULLY LIVE WITH AND NOT, UM, FACE SOME OF THE WORST, UM, SITUATIONS THAT SOME OF OUR OTHER, UM, RESIDENTS HAVE TO DEAL WITH WHEN WE'RE TALKING WITH LARGE STORAGE BUILDINGS OR HUGE MULTIFAMILY COMPLEXES OVER YOUR BACKYARD, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
SO I, I DO THINK THAT THERE'S AN EFFORT HERE, AND AGAIN, JUST TO COMMEND YOU ALL FOR AT LEAST TRYING TO WORK WITH THIS AND HOPING THAT YOU GET THAT RESOLVED BEFORE YOU GET TO COUNCIL WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE DOING THAT.
UM, ADDING THE, THE, THE, THE NOISE REDUCTION AND THE NON, UH, NO ALCOHOL, UM, CONDITIONS ON HERE, HOPEFULLY GIVE YOU ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF PEACE OF MIND THAT IT WON'T CHANGE HORRIBLY FROM THE OFFICE USE.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT? YES.
I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION FOR THE REASONS THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY STATED.
UM, I NOTE THAT WE JUST HAD, UH, ONE OF THE PREVIOUS PROJECTS THAT WE JUST HAD HERE.
UM, TODAY WE WERE LOOKING AT REDUCING THE IMPERVIOUS COVER TO 65%.
AND WE WERE, WE WERE EXCITED OR MAYBE NOT EXCITED, BUT WE WERE, WE WERE, UM, PLEASED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SHOWING A REDUCTION IN IMPERVIOUS COVER.
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COVER TO 56%.AND I THINK THAT THAT FOR ME IS A, A WIN-WIN BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE, THE BUFFER, THE 120 FOOT BUFFER BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE, THE, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT.
AND WE'RE, THE WAY I LOOK AT IT IS ALMOST KIND OF HOW WE'VE LOOKED AT I D Z WITHIN THE CITY WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT, OKAY, HOW CAN WE DEVELOP THIS TO ALLOW SOMETHING THAT THE DEVELOPER WOULD LIKE TO SEE WITH, UM, A MORE INNOVATIVE DESIGN.
AND SO WHAT I'M SEEING IS IN ORDER TO PRESERVE IS MORE OF THE TREES ALONGSIDE THE ENTRANCE TO THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, I, I, I SEE THIS AS A, AS A WIN.
AND I THINK I'LL TAKE THE LAST WORD.
UH, I DON'T WANNA REPEAT EVERYTHING THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID UP HERE ON THE DICE.
UM, WHAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE IS, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE NEIGHBORS DO HAVE A REASONABLE FEAR THAT THEY'RE BUYING A PIG AND A POKE, UM, AS MY GRANDMA WOULD SAY.
AND AS A RESULT, MR. KILLEN, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU DURING THE PROCESS AS YOU CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM, THAT YOU CAN DISCLOSE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE, UH, AS YOU ARE ALLOWED TO UNDER ANY POTENTIAL NDAS OR SIMILAR ITEMS, UH, SO THAT THEY CAN GET GREATER PEACE OF MIND.
AND, UH, THIS WILL MOVE FORWARD, I BELIEVE, TOWARDS COUNSEL.
AT THIS POINT, THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR AS AMENDED BY COMMISSIONER WHITE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ORTIZ.
MOTION PASSES FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED.
THANK YOU ALL, ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
WE ARE NOW BACK TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING AND THANK YOU TO THE MIKES FROM SAS.
UH, Y'ALL DID YEOMAN'S WORK TODAY.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER NINE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, ZONING COMMISSION MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS KORIN HOOPER, I'M A SENIOR PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER NINE IS A REQUEST FROM, UH, FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R SIX M L O D TWO M L R DASH TWO A H O D, REPRESENTING IN RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY, UH, LACKLAND MILITARY LIGHTING OVERLAY, MILITARY LIGHTING REGION TWO AIRPORT HAZARD OVERLAY DISTRICT, UH, TWO A C TWO C D WITH THE OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
UH, THERE WERE 25 NOTICES MAILED OUT.
UH, ONE OUT IN FAVOR OUTSIDE OF THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY.
UH, AND ONE RECEIVED AN OPPOSITION.
UH, I HAD CONTACTED THE LONE STAR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THUS FAR, UH, HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING.
THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGES FROM OUR SIX SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO C TWO CD COMMERCIAL WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE SALES.
UH, THE EXISTING R SIX IS AN APPROPRIATE USE FOR THE PROPERTY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.
THE SITE IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPED WITH A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE.
UH, THE MAJORITY OF THE BLOCK, AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE, IS GEARED TOWARDS RESIDENTIAL.
UH, MANY OF THEM BEING A SIMILARLY EITHER R SIX OR R FOUR BASED ON THE LOT SIZE, UH, DIMENSIONS, THE LOAN EXCEPTION IN THE AREA TO A RESIDENCE IS THE ADJACENT PROPERTY TO THE NORTH, WHICH IS C THREE GENERAL COMMERCIAL, UH, IN THE OPERATING AUTOMOBILE REPAIR BUSINESS.
AS SUCH, STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT.
MR. MARROQUIN, IF YOU WOULD, IF YOU WOULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF, GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS AND TELL US WHY YOU'RE SEEKING THIS REZONING.
JULIO MARROQUIN, UM, ADDRESS 5 2 5 BRA STREET.
AND, UH, THE REASON FOR THE REQUEST IS SIMPLY SO THAT I COULD WORK OUT OF A PLACE THAT I OWN FREE AND CLEAR, YOU KNOW, AS, UH, AS YOU JUST HEARD A RECOMMENDATION FOR, FOR DENIAL.
UH, I'D LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER AT LEAST THREE REASONS WHY YOU COULD, UH, APPROVE MY REQUEST.
UH, ONE OF THE REASONS IS THAT, UH, WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE BEFORE.
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NORTH TO ME, ONE BLOCK NORTH TO ME IS 5 2 1 EL DORADO.THAT PROPERTY WAS ZONED AS A RESIDENTIAL A FEW YEARS BACK.
AND, UH, BEFORE THE REZO REZONING FOR COMMERCIAL USE, A CITY REPRESENTATIVE HAD REACHED OUT TO THE NEIGHBOR AT FIVE 17 EL DORADO, MR. AND MRS. VALERO.
AND, UH, THEY, UH, THE REASON FOR PERHAPS THE, UH, THE REASON FOR THE REACH OUT WAS IN REGARDS TO THAT 15 FOOT BUFFER THAT IS REQUIRED, UH, WITH THE COMMERCIAL AND, AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, AND FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, SEVERAL YEARS THAT PROPERTY OF, OF BEING A COMMERCIAL ZONE PROPERTY HAS BEEN RIGHT IN LINE OR RIGHT NEXT TO A RESIDENCE WITH ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I KNOW THAT IS BECAUSE I USED TO WORK AT, UH, THE 5 2 1 EL DORADO LOCATION FOR OVER 10 YEARS.
I GOT TO KNOW SEVERAL OF MY NEIGHBORS.
UH, I FEEL LIKE I'M A PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, IN MY CASE, MY NEIGHBOR AT, AT THIS LOCATION, THE 5 2 5 PARADO, UH, SHE'S IN FAVOR.
I SPOKE WITH MY NEIGHBOR, I SPOKE WITH SEVERAL OF MY NEIGHBORS AND, UH, THEY WERE IN FAVOR OF THE REZONING.
IN FACT, SHE'S EVEN HERE TODAY IN, IN SUPPORT OF, UH, OF MY DECISION.
SO I'M ASKING FOR SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE BEFORE.
RIGHT? UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE SECOND REASON WHY I WAS MAKING THIS REQUEST IS REALLY THAT, THAT PROPERTY AS A RESIDENCE, IT'S, IT'S BEEN RUINED AS A RESIDENCE.
ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IS BECAUSE WHEN THE STATE OF TEXAS PUT THAT HIGHWAY IN THERE, PUT THAT INTERSTATE 35 AND WENT RIGHT THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY AFFECTED THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF MANY PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT LIVE RIGHT ON THE ACCESS ROAD.
MY PROPERTY IS 10 FEET FROM THE ACCESS ROAD.
NOW, YOU COULD IMAGINE THAT IF YOU HAVE AN IMPORTANT MEETING OR MAYBE YOUR CHILDREN HAVE A A TEST AT SCHOOL, BUT THE PREVIOUS NIGHT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO SLEEP BECAUSE THERE'S HOT RODDERS THAT ARE HOT RODS THAT ARE ACCELERATING AS THEY GET ONTO THE ON-RAMP OR VEHICLES WITH BUSTED MUFFLERS, SIRENS, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO GET A GOOD NIGHT REST.
I FEEL THAT THAT PROPERTY, AS OF RESIDENCE HAS BEEN RUINED.
AND NOW, SO I'M REQUESTING THAT IT BE USED FOR DAYTIME USE AS A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY FOR, FOR WHAT I DO.
FINALLY, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, THAT YOU HAVE TO ABIDE BY GUIDELINES, PRINCIPLES, CODES, AND RULES.
BUT I FEEL THAT IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE UP THE COMMUNITY AND MY NEIGHBORS HAVE SUPPORTED MY DECISION TO REZONE THAT I FEEL BECAUSE THEY KNOW ME AND, AND I FEEL A PART OF A PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY HAVE CERTAIN GUIDELINES TO, TO ABIDE BY, I'M MAKING THE REQUEST THAT YOU PLEASE ALLOW ME TO GET BACK TO WORK TO SEND ME IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL WITH AT LEAST ONE APPROVAL SO THAT I CAN GO AHEAD AND, UM, CONTINUE TO BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND USE THAT PROPERTY FOR WHAT I NEEDED TO, WHAT I NEED TO DO AND GET BACK TO WORK.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? JOANNE RAMIREZ.
MR. RAMIREZ, IF YOU WOULD SAY YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND TELL US YOUR OPINION ON THIS PROJECT.
HI, MY NAME IS JOANNE LOSANO RAMIREZ AND MY FAMILY PRACTICALLY OWNED HALF THE BLOCK OF PRADO STREET.
MY DAD PASSED AWAY THREE YEARS AGO.
MY MOTHER HAS SLOWLY GOTTEN RID OF ALL THE PROPERTIES.
WE HAVE KNOWN HIS FAMILY FOR MANY YEARS.
MY MOTHER'S HOUSE IS THE ONE NEXT DOOR TO MR. AKING AND SHE'S TOTALLY IN FAVOR OF HIM DOING WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY.
HE JUST BROUGHT UP SOMETHING THAT, YOU'RE RIGHT JULIAN, YOU TAKE THAT CURVE COMING UNDERNEATH THE UNDERPASS REALLY, REALLY FAST AND SOMEBODY COULD BE DRUNK ONE DAY AND GO INTO THAT HOUSE.
AND I THINK IT'S ONLY BEST TO BE USED FOR DAYTIME, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS.
THE GENTLEMAN OWNS HIS PROPERTY FREE AND CLEAR.
MR. WHITE, SOMEBODY OWNS THAT PROPERTY, THE ONE THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT EARLIER BEFORE THIS.
HE SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO WHAT HE WANTS WITH HIS PROPERTY.
MY MOTHER IS 89 YEARS OLD AND HE'S ALWAYS BEEN AVAILABLE.
IF SOMETHING'S GOING ON IN HIS PROPERTY, TREES NEED TO BE CUT.
HE ACCOMMODATES MY MOTHER ALL THE TIME.
MY CONCERN IS, AND THIS IS THE WAY I LOOK AT IT, WE LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU DON'T, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH EVERYTHING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
HIS BUSINESS IS ONLY DURING THE DAY.
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IT CANNOT HINDER ANY MORE TRAFFIC THAT WE SEE FROM BURBANK HIGH SCHOOL.WE CELEBRATING OUR 45TH CLASS REUNION, THE SPORTS COMPLEX.
I WAS ON THE BOND COMMITTEE FOR THAT.
IF THE NEIGHBORHOOD APPROVED A BOND FOR THE NEW $3 MILLION SCHOOL AND THE SPORTS COMPLEX, WHY CAN'T THE YOU AS A PANEL AGREE FOR THIS MAN TO MAKE A LIVING FOR HIS FAMILY AND LIVE, I MEAN, WORK OUT OF A PROPERTY THAT HE OWNS, FREE AND CLEAR.
WHY ARE Y'ALL GOING TO BREAK HIS HUSTLE? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? YOU KNOW, AND WE LIVE THERE.
YOU DON'T, YOU KNOW, AND MY MOTHER, LIKE I SAID, WHEN THE TIME COMES FOR MY MOTHER GO TO BE WITH MY FATHER, I'M GONNA LIVE THERE.
AND WHEN IT'S TIME FOR ME TO GO, MY DAUGHTER'S GONNA GET IT.
MY BROTHER LIVES TWO HOUSES AWAY FROM HIS PROPERTY.
I'M HERE TO REPRESENT 5 21 5 17 AND FIVE 14 PRADO STREET.
AND LIKE I SAID, I THINK THE ONLY PERSON THAT MAY HAVE OPPOSED IT IS AN INVESTOR THAT CAME IN AND WANTS TO BUILD A HOUSE.
AND LIKE I TOLD HIM, WHY ARE YOU OPPOSING IT? YOU ARE JUST GONNA MAKE YOUR MONEY AND LEAVE.
EVERYBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS LIVED THERE AND GROWN UP.
I JUST TURNED 63 ON SUNDAY AND MY PARENTS HAVE BEEN LIVING IN THAT HOUSE NEXT DOOR TO HIM SINCE 1953.
ANY FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? NO SIR.
ALRIGHT, THIS IS A DISTRICT FIVE CASE.
UH, SO IT GOES TO ME, UM, I HAVE HEARD THIS CASE ALREADY AS A MEMBER OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, AND STAFF, IF YOU COULD REMIND THE REMAINDER OF THIS COMMISSION WHAT THE RESULT WAS AT PLANNING, UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, RECOMMENDED DENIAL.
UM, ONE OF THE CONCERNS, AND I APPRECIATE MS. LOSANO RAMIREZ'S, UH, STATEMENTS HERE IS, UH, THERE IS IN FACT A REQUIREMENT FOR A TYPE B BUFFER.
ISN'T THAT CORRECT? STAFF IN C TWO? YES.
I'LL, I'LL ASK YOU A QUESTION IF THAT'S THE CASE.
UM, AND IN THIS CASE, GIVEN THE DIMENSIONS OF THE PROPERTY AND THE EXISTING HOUSE, WOULD THIS PROPERTY BE IN CONFORMITY WITH THAT BUFFER? IT'S NOT IN CONFORMANCE WITH IT.
IF REZONED, IF REZONED RIGHT NOW IT IS 'CAUSE IT'S R SIX.
WHAT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN IF MR. MARROQUIN WANTED A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? IT, IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE AFFECTED IF HE EXPANDS THE FOOTPRINT.
SO HE COULD USE IT IN A NON-CONFORMING USE AS C TWO C IF IT'S REZONED YES SIR.
KAT? YEAH, THERE'S ALSO THE, THE 50% THRESHOLD, IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH WORK HE HAS TO DO ON THE INSIDE.
SO THAT MAY KICK IN THOSE STANDARDS.
SO IT, WHAT IT DOES IS IT WILL PUSH HIM INTO A, UH, VARIANCE FOR BOTH SETBACK AND BUFFER.
MR. RAM, MATO KEEN QUESTION TO YOU, SIR.
I FOUND YOUR PRESENTATION PERSUASIVE.
UH, THAT BEING SAID, DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT HERE REGARDING, UH, THE POTENTIAL FOR VARIANCES OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE? VERY LIMITED UNDERSTANDING TO THE DISCUSSION THAT, OKAY, SO I WANT, I WANT ME TO UNDERSTAND THIS MM-HMM.
UH, YOU WILL BE IN A SIMILAR SITUATION SHOULD THIS BODY RECOMMEND AND THE CITY EVENTUALLY APPROVE REZONING TO C TWO HERE MM-HMM.
UM, WHAT THAT MEANS IS, YOU KNOW, WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, IF YOU WANT TO SAY TEAR DOWN THAT HOUSE MM-HMM.
CALLED THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? ARE YOU SAYING THAT,
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UH, IF IF YOU RECOMMEND WHAT I'M REQUESTING, THEN I WOULD HAVE TO TEAR DOWN THE HOUSE TO BE IN COMPLIANCE? NO, NO, NO, NO.I'M SAYING IF YOU DECIDED TO LATER ON.
ONE, UH, YOU GET YOUR ZONING REQUEST, CITY COUNCIL APPROVES IT MM-HMM.
SO IT'S A REPAIR REPLACE TYPE SITUATION.
UH, DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? YES.
BECAUSE THE EXISTING STRUCTURE IS ALREADY SET UP AND HAS BEEN, UH, REBUILT FOR BUSINESS USE.
THERE'S, THERE'S NOTHING TO REBUILD OR, I MEAN, I, I FEEL THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO GET A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY OFF THE BAT.
SO YOU, YOU CAN DO THAT AS LONG AS AGAIN, THERE'S NOT THIS REPAIR OR REPLACE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I THINK THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS IN THIS CASE.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT MR. CHAIR? DID I MISS WHAT, WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE RETAIL? WHAT, WHAT WAS THE MAIN PURPOSE? I MAY, I MISSED IT, MR. MARQUIN, UM, IF YOU WOULD.
I, I WORK AS A USED CAR DEALER AND I ONLY HAVE NEED A SPACE FOR ABOUT LIKE SIX AVERAGE OF SIX VEHICLES.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT COMMISSIONER IS TO MY RIGHT.
COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
SO, UH, YOU'RE LOOKING TO HAVE ABOUT SIX CARS AS IN YOUR INVENTORY? YES MA'AM.
AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND ON THE SITE PLAN, YOUR DISPLAY WOULD BE BASICALLY WHAT'S THE BACKYARD? THAT'S RIGHT.
AND WHERE WOULD YOUR PATRONS PARK TO COME AND LOOK AT YOUR CARS? SO I HAVE A LONG DRIVEWAY, UH, THAT'S, UH, STATED THERE ON THE, UH, SITE PLAN.
AND THAT, UH, LONG DRIVEWAY CAN, UH, SERVE AS THE, UH, THE PARKING, UM, STAFF DOES THAT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS? TRAFFIC WOULD REVIEW, BUT TANDEM PARKING IS ALLOWED IN CERTAIN INSTANCES.
UH, BUT WHEN HE COMES IN FOR A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, THAT'S WHEN THEY'LL REVIEW HIS, UH, PROPOSED, UH, PARKING PLAN.
AND WHAT WOULD YOUR HOURS OF OPERATION BE? UH, PERHAPS, UH, LIKE WHAT THERE ARE NINE TO SIX.
IS THAT MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY? WHAT? MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY? YES.
CAN YOU SELL YOUR CLOTHES ON THE WEEKENDS? UH, YES.
WELL SOMETIMES OPEN ON SATURDAYS.
UH, THE, UH, UH, THE STATE OF TEXAS REQUIRES AT LEAST FOUR DAYS, I BELIEVE IN MM-HMM.
SO THEN YOU MIGHT WANT DO, BE OPEN ON SATURDAY MM-HMM.
AND FROM BASICALLY
THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL ANY FURTHER? YES.
COMMISSIONER WHEAT, UH, QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT PLEASE.
I THINK JUST STAY UP HERE FOR THE TIME BEING.
AS PART OF YOUR OPERATIONS, DO YOU INTEND TO HAVE, UH, AMPLIFIED OUTDOOR, UM, OH NO.
WHAT ABOUT THOSE CRAZY BALLOON MEN? YEAH.
MOST OF MY CELLS ARE ONLINE CELLS.
I REALLY DON'T GENERATE TOO MUCH TRAFFIC.
UH, I, THE INTERNET IS REALLY MY PRIME SOURCE OF SELLING AND ADVERTISING.
SO, BUT NO, IT, I I AM, UH, CERTAINLY OPEN TO KEEP IT AS A RESIDENTIAL APPEARANCE AND NOT DRAW TOO MUCH ATTENTION.
UH, IN FACT, I EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT JUST CLOSING UP THE, UH, PUTTING MAYBE A FENCE THAT DOES NOT ALLOW TOO MUCH VIEW FOR THE INSIDE BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL OF STEALING OF CATALYTIC CONVERTERS.
THAT'S VERY COMMON ON THE, UH, SOUTH PART OF TOWN.
SO YOU DON'T INTEND TO HAVE ANY OUTDOOR SIGNAGE OR, UM, MY BUSINESS SIGNAGE, YES, SIR.
WHAT ABOUT, WHAT ABOUT THE, UH, OUTDOOR ADVERTISEMENT? UH, OUTDOOR ADVERTISEMENT WOULDN'T PERHAPS, UH, VERY LIMITED.
SUCH AS A, UH, SOMETHING THAT WOULD RECOGNIZE THE PLACE AS A BUY HERE PAY HERE.
BUT I'M NOT OPPOSED TO EVEN HAVING NO SIGNAGE OTHER THAN MY BUSINESS NAME UP THERE.
IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S RECOMMENDED BY THIS, BY THE, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? TO MY RIGHT.
UM, SO MR. QUIN, MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS HAVE
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SUGGESTED A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU ABOUT, UH, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS CLEAR.UM, IF YOU WOULD COME UP, SIR, UM, IF I WERE TO LIMIT YOUR HOURS FROM MONDAY TO SATURDAY, 9:00 AM TO 6:00 PM WOULD THAT BE SUFFICIENT FOR YOUR PURPOSES? ABSOLUTELY.
UM, STAFF, IF YOU COULD HELP ME OUT HERE, NO PENANCE, NO BANNERS AND NO OUTDOOR AMPLIFICATION.
WHAT IS PENANCE? PENANCE ARE THE BIG FLAGS THAT WAVE UP AND DOWN.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE BASICALLY TALKING NO TEMPORARY SIGNAGE? NO TEMPORARY SIGNAGE.
UM, AND WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO AMEND YOUR APPLICATION TO NO ALCOHOLIC SALES? OF COURSE, YES.
WE'RE DOING THIS BY COMMITTEE ON THE COMMISSION TODAY.
SO I THINK THEN I AM READY TO GO WITH MY MOTION AT THIS TIME.
UM, I HAVE BEEN TROUBLED BY THIS CASE FOR A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME.
UH, WE LOOK AT, AGAIN, WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS, UH, A REALLY PRETTY STRONG NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL ON THESE BLOCKS WITH GOOD RESIDENTIAL HOUSING PEOPLE WHO, AS MS. LOSANO RAMIREZ HAS POINTED OUT, HAVE BEEN HERE FOR GENERATIONS AND INTEND TO STAY HERE FOR GENERATIONS.
UM, AND UP UNTIL TODAY THAT WAS LEANING OR AT LEAST LEADING ME TO HEAD TOWARDS DENIAL, UM, MS. LOZANO RAMIREZ.
MR. MAD KEEN, YOU DID A GOOD JOB.
UH, AND YOU CHANGED THE WAY I SAW THIS CASE.
UM, WITH THE HELP OF MY COMMISSIONERS, I AM GOING TO MOVE FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS, HOURS OF OPERATION MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, 9:00 AM TO 6:00 PM UH, NO TEMPORARY SIGNAGE AND NO OUTDOOR AMPLIFICATION.
AND AGAIN, THE AMENDMENT WAS FOR NO IN OR, SORRY, NO ALCOHOLIC SALES.
ALRIGHT, SO IT'S C TWO CD NA WITH THE CONDITIONS AS READ ON THE RECORD.
UM, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
ALRIGHT, THERE'S A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
UH, DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT? UH, YES.
COMMISSIONER RE BUTS, I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR ON THIS, THIS IS ONLY FOR AUTOMOBILE SALES.
THIS IS NOT A MECHANIC OR SHOP WITH NOISE AND REPAIRS CHANGES OIL.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE CLEAR 'CAUSE THAT'S A DIFFERENT PERMIT.
IT IS, IT IS A C TWO CD WITH ALCOHOL.
WE JUST ESTABLISHED THAT, UH, FOR CAR SALES.
AND, AND BY THE WAY, THE, IF HE, HE HAS TO APPLY FOR SIGNAGE ANYWAY THROUGH ANOTHER PROCESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICE.
ANYWAY, SO WE WE'RE CONTROLLING ALL THE, 'CAUSE THIS IS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT THESE PEOPLE DON'T HEAR A LOT OF NOISES AND, AND THE WORD DOESN'T BECOME A MECA MECHANIC SHOP.
AND, AND LET ME JUST CLARIFY, THE USE IS PERMITTED BY RIDE AND C TWO DO INCLUDE OIL CHANGES AND TIRE INSTALLATIONS, TIRE REPAIR.
SO, BUT WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED IS AUTOMOTIVE BODY WORK OR AUTO REPAIR LIKE REPLACEMENT OF ENGINES, ALL OF THAT.
SO THAT'S NOT ALLOWED, BUT A OIL CHANGE PLACE LOOP TUBE FACILITY THAT IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT IN C TWO.
SO THIS, THIS APPROVAL WOULD GIVE 'EM ALL OF THOSE C TWO USES PLUS THE MOTOR VEHICLE SALES.
SO YOU CAN USE THAT TO INFORM YOUR VOTES ON THE MOTION ONCE WE HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE.
UM, ALRIGHT, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COMMERS ON MY LEFT? YES.
UM, I FOUND THIS CASE TO BE COMPLICATED, UM, BUT I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION MOSTLY BECAUSE, UM, WE DO HAVE SOME CONDITIONS ON THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I RESPECT PROPERTY RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS, UM, AND THAT YOU'RE APPEAR TO BE A GREAT OWNER AND OPERATOR AND A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND THAT YOUR NEIGHBORS HAVE EVEN COME OUT TO SUPPORT YOU.
UM, BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT ZONING IS IN PERPETUITY.
SO WHEN YOU SELL THIS PROPERTY, SOMEONE ELSE CAN COME IN AND OPERATE ANYTHING THAT'S UNDER C TWO, WHICH COULD BE AN OIL CHANGE SHOP NEXT TO NEXT DOOR TO WHERE YOU MAY BE LIVING.
SO THAT'S THE REASON THAT I THINK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GO THROUGH THIS SO THOROUGHLY IS TO
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CONSIDER WHAT ALL THE OTHER USES ARE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.BUT I THINK FOR ME ANYWAYS, THE FACT THAT WE ARE LIMITING, UM, HOURS OF OPERATION, THE FACT THAT, UM, WE'VE GOT, UH, SOME OTHER LIMITATIONS WITH RESPECT TO SIGNAGE THAT WE ARE ON THE ACCESS ROAD TO 35, WHICH IS A VERY BUSY ROAD AND THAT THERE ARE SOME HEALTH SAFETY AND WELFARE FACTORS THAT GO INTO THAT, AS YOU MENTIONED, SOMEONE CRASHING INTO THE HOUSE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT I THINK THAT FOR ME IT MAKES ME LEAN TOWARDS THIS, THE FACT THAT A COMMERCIAL USE IS APPROPRIATE HERE WITH SOME LIMITATIONS.
SO FOR THAT REASON, I'LL BE SUPPORTING.
AND, UM, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE SMALL BUSINESS THAT YOU WANNA RUN, UM, I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION.
I DID ASK MY QUESTIONS TO FIND OUT WHAT KIND OF CONDITIONS YOU MIGHT AGREE TO.
UM, AND MY REASONING IS SUCH, I, I RARELY SUPPORT THE USE OF A RESIDENTIAL HOME FOR A COMMERCIAL USE.
I JUST DON'T LIKE TO SEE THOSE KINDS OF CASES.
AND EVEN THOUGH IT SITS ON THE EDGE OF WHAT IS, UM, AN ACCESS ROAD, I STILL FIND THAT IT HAS RESIDENTIAL USE.
AND THE, UM, OTHER THING FOR ME IS I DON'T LIKE ENCOURAGING BUSINESS TO CONTINUE TO ENCROACH INTO NEIGHBORHOODS ALONG THOSE LINES.
AND I THINK THAT THIS IS ALSO OPENING THAT DOOR.
COMMISSIONER SIPES A AS COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE SAID THIS IS A COMPLICATED CASE.
UM, AND I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE GONE WITH A DENIAL IF THAT WAS THE UH, MOTION AS WELL.
UM, AND ONE OF THE REASONS IS BECAUSE YES, IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK AND I'LL ADMIT I'M ONE OF THE ONES GUILTY OF USING IT AS THE ENTRANCE TO, UH, WATCH SOME FOOTBALL AND SOCCER GAMES AT THE SPORTS COMPLEX.
UM, SO IT'S NOT AS RESIDENTIAL AS I SEE TRADITIONAL RESIDENTIAL.
IT'S, IT'S ALMOST AN ENTRANCE TO ANOTHER LARGE COMMERCIAL AREA.
UM, AND UM, FOR THAT REASONS AND FOR THE REASONS THAT THE, THE APPLICANT, UM, MENTIONED, UH, OR THE NEIGHBOR ACTUALLY MENTIONED, UM, IT, IT'S, ITS LOCATION IS, IS, IS IS REALLY POOR FOR A, UH, A, A RESIDENTIAL HOUSE.
SO I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION.
ALRIGHT, WELL SEE, UNLIKE Y'ALL, I HAD THE BENEFIT OF HA GETTING IT BOTH WAYS.
I GOT TO VOTE AGAINST IT AT PLANNING AND NOW I GET TO VOTE FOR IT HERE AT ZONING.
UM, SO I WAS AGAINST IT BEFORE I WAS FOR IT.
SO THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED WITH THE CONDITIONS AS READ ON THE RECORD BY ME.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
MOTION PASSES FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED WITH CONDITIONS.
WE'RE A LITTLE EARLY FOR OUR TRADITIONAL BREAK BUT NONETHELESS WE ARE GOING TO TAKE IT NOW.
UH, WE WILL STAND IN RECESS FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES.
UH, THE TIME IS 2 53, WE'LL MAKE IT SEVEN.
WE'LL COME BACK AT 3:00 PM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IS IT ON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE TIME IS 3:00 PM AND WE ARE GOING TO RESUME THIS MEETING OF THE ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
ALRIGHT, UH, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM HERE.
SO AT THIS TIME WE WILL PROCEED TO ITEM NUMBER 11.
MY NAME IS ELIZABETH STEWART, ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 11 IS LOCATED AT 8 0 3 INDIANA STREET.
GOING FROM RMM FOUR TO R ONE WITH ALL OVERLAYS STAYING THE SAME.
THERE ARE 38 NOTICES SENT OUT.
ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED DENVER HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN OPPOSITION AND ZERO IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED OUTSIDE OF 200 FEET.
THE EXISTING RMM FOUR A H O D RESIDENTIAL MIXED AIRPORT HAZARD OVERLAY DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED R ONE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY IS ALSO APPROPRIATE AND ALLOWS THE APPLICANT TO MEET THE MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE LOT IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY AS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
ADDITIONALLY, THE REZONING TO R ONE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY REDUCES THE DENSITY CURRENTLY ALLOWED BY THE RMM FOUR RESIDENTIAL MIXED DISTRICT.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL STAFF IS AVAILABLE
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FOR QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT.UH, THE APPLICANT CAN COME FORWARD PLEASE AND GIVE US YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS, AND TELL US WHY YOU'RE SEEKING THIS REZONING.
HELLO, MY NAME IS JOSE RODRIGUEZ.
I LIVE IN CASTROVILLE, TEXAS, 2 3 3 COUNTY ROAD 4 7 2 0.
UM, MY, WE'RE REZONING I GUESS FROM AN R FOUR, WHICH WOULD BE FOUR UNITS TO ONE, JUST ONE UNIT ON THE SINGLE FAMILY.
AND IT KIND OF LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CURRENTLY, I MEAN I'M NOT ABLE TO TO BUILD THERE AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE EVERY DAY THERE'S SOMEONE GOING THERE LIVING UNDER THE TREES TRASH ALL THE TIME.
SO I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE WHY SOMEONE, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU WOULD OPPOSE IT.
I MEAN, IT'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE BE USED INSTEAD OF JUST THERE WITH, YOU KNOW, JUST PEOPLE STAYING UNDER THE TREES AND I MEAN JUST TRASH AND ME HAVING TO CLEAN IT ALL THE TIME.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. RODRIGUEZ.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY? NO SIR.
THIS IS A DISTRICT TWO CASE, UH, COMMISSIONER WATSON.
SO I PULLED THE MOVE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UH, THEY SUBMITTED A LETTER, UH, OPPOSING THIS, UM, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A DOWN ZONE AND TO READ IT INTO THE RECORD, UM, OUR DECISION WAS NOT SUPPORTING THE ABOVE RE CASE.
THIS DECISION, WE SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROPERTY BY THE DEVELOPER.
OUR BOARD WILL BE MEETING AGAIN ON MAY 9TH, AND SHOULD THE DEVELOPER BE INCLINED TO DISCUSS THIS CASE AND GIVE US SPECIFICS, WE ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO HEAR THEM.
SO, UM, AS WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES IN DISTRICT TWO WITH TRUST FOR THE ZONING PROCESS, UM, I WANTED TO RESPECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION'S OPPOSITION AND REQUEST FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
UM, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT WHEN WE GET HERE.
IT WASN'T, ALRIGHT, WELL IT'S YOUR QUESTION TIME.
SO MR. RODRIGUEZ, IF YOU'D COME FORWARD PLEASE.
ARE YOU PLANNING ON RESIDING IN THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL YOU ARE PLANNING ON BUILDING ON THIS PROPERTY? I AM PLANNING ON BUILDING ON THAT PROPERTY, YES.
WILL YOU BE LIVING IN THE RESIDENCE YOU'RE PLANNING ON BUILDING? NO MA'AM.
HOW WILL YOU BE USING THE PROPERTY? THE PROPERTY WILL BE FOR A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENT.
ARE YOU PLANNING ON REMAINING THE OWNER AND HAVING TENANTS OR SELLING IT? WHAT ARE YOUR MY PLANS ARE TO REMAIN THE OWNER AT THE CURRENT TIME.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER WATSON.
UM, COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONER WATSON TO YOU FOR DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL MOTION.
OKAY, I'M GONNA BRING THE APPLICANT UP ONE MORE TIME.
AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN THE AREA HAS REQUESTED THAT YOU MEET WITH THEM, WOULD YOU ENTERTAIN THE POSSIBILITY OF ATTENDING THEIR BOARD MEETING ON MAY 9TH AND PROVIDING SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO THEM ABOUT YOUR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT? MAY 9TH IS MY BIRTHDAY.
I'LL SHOW YOU
NO, NO, I MEAN, I'LL, I'LL GO IT'S THE END THE DAY.
I MEAN, I'M JUST SAYING
YEAH, WOULD CONSIDER, UM, MEETING WITH THEM THAT SHOULD GIVE US, UM, IF I'M GONNA REQUEST A CONTINUANCE TO MAY 17TH, ACCOMMODATE THEIR SCHEDULE.
UM, JUST SO WE CAN DO THAT COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND TURN THIS OPPOSITION INTO A, A SUP REQUEST FOR SUPPORT.
SO JUST SO I UNDERSTAND CLEARLY, SO IF I MEET MAY 17TH AND THEN EVERYTHING YES.
I STILL HAVE TO COME BACK OVER HERE.
YOU NEED TO MEET WITH THE BOARD ON THEIR PROPOSED TIME.
MAY 9TH AND THEN WE'LL HEAR THIS CASE AGAIN ON MAY 17TH.
IS THERE A POSSIBILITY TO TAKE CARE OF IT NOW OR ARE YOU SAYING NO, WE NO, YOU NEED TO MEET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UM, WITH THAT I MOVE TO CONTINUE THIS CASE TO MAY 17TH TO ALLOW TIME FOR THAT COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
UM, I DO THINK THIS IS A, A REASONABLE REQUEST, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE RESPECT THAT, THAT NEED FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT.
AND IF I COULD COMMISSIONER, IF MAYBE STAFF COULD ALSO BE INVITED JUST TO KIND OF HELP CLARIFY WHAT THIS ABSOLUTELY IS ABOUT.
THERE IS A MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE TO MAY 17TH.
UM, I'M GONNA GIVE IT TO COMMISSIONER WHITE THIS TIME.
UH, THE MOTION IS FOR CONTINUANCE TO MAY 17TH OF ITEM NUMBER 11, UH, BY COMMISSIONER WATSON WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE.
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REF.UM, ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT.
MOTION IS FOR CONTINUOUS TO MAY 17TH.
MOTION PASSES FOR CONTINUANCE TO MAY 17TH.
AND, UM, IF YOU, UM, COULD COME UP HERE REALLY QUICK, I WILL GIVE YOU OUR CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE OFFICE AND WE'LL FACILITATE THAT MEETING FOR YOU.
UM, I WAS GONNA SEND, UH, THE CASE MANAGER OUT, BUT OKAY.
UM, ALRIGHT, UH, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER 19 ON OUR AGENDA.
OH, THIS IS A PLEASANT SURPRISE.
WE ARE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 20 ON OUR AGENDA.
S ZONING PLANNER OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
IRON NUMBER 20 IS LOCATED AT 7 9 7 8 BROADWAY GOING FROM OH ONE TO C TWO.
WITH ALL OVERLAYS STAYING THE SAME.
THERE ARE 84 NOTICES SENT OUT ONE IN FAVOR TO OPPOSED OAKWOOD.
NORTHWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS CONDITIONAL SUPPORT.
THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN ALONG BROADWAY, HOWEVER, IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN ALONG SUNSET BOULEVARD.
SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE PRIMARILY C ONE, C TWO AND R FIVE DISTRICTS.
GIVEN ASIDES PROXIMITY TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOUSING, A LIGHT COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION OF C WOULD BE MORE SUITABLE, THE MORE REQUESTED C TWO COMMERCIAL ZONING.
SUCH A DESIGNATION WITH PERMIT LIGHT COMMERCIAL USES THAT COULD SUPPORT THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL USES.
WHEREAS A HIGHER INTENSITY COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION WILL ALLOW FOR USES THAT COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT EXISTING RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE PRIOR APRIL 13TH HEARING.
THE A APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, IF THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE COULD COME FORWARD, YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND TELL US ABOUT THE REZONING REQUEST, PLEASE.
JERRY HERNANDO 1 0 4 0 6 LAZY F UM, THE PROPERTY, FIRST OF ALL, LEMME JUST, LET'S BE A PRETTY SIMPLE AND QUICK, UH, PRESENTATION.
AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE PROPERTY'S LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF BROADWAY AT SUNSET.
THE PROP, THE OTHER THREE CORNERS HERE THAT WE ARE, UH, LOOKING AT ARE ALL ZONED C C TWO.
THE PROPERTY WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS ZONED OH ONE.
SO OUR REQUEST WAS FOR A C TWO.
AFTER MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OF WHICH WE HAVE THEIR SUPPORT, UH, WE'RE AMENDING THE REQUEST TODAY TO A C TWO NA.
AND THERE'S ALSO SOME, UH, DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING IN PLACE, WHICH, UH, PATRICK CHRISTENSEN, UH, JUST COMPLETED.
AND SO WE'LL BE PRESENTING THAT AT, UH, CITY COUNCIL WHEN WE GET, UH, ASSUMING WE GET FORMAL APPROVAL.
AND, UH, THE, AS YOU CAN SEE THAT THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY IS AT A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE OF BROADWAY AND THERE'S FOUR LANES ON EACH ONE OF THOSE PROPERTIES.
THERE'S A DIRECTIONAL STOPLIGHT RIGHT HERE ALSO.
AND WE'VE MET, UH, AND HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ALONG WITH A, UH, PRETTY LARGE MEETING OVER AT THE BARN DOOR AND WITH THE DISCUSSIONS, AND I THINK ROB SAID HOW HARD THEY WORKED ON, ON THEIR CASE, BUT WE, WE ACTUALLY HAD SENT STUFF AT THREE, THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING SO PEOPLE WOULD HAVE HAVE THEIR STUFF FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.
SO THEY HAD THEIR COFFEE, THEY COULD READ ALL THE STUFF THAT WE'RE GOING BACK AND FORTH AND WE DID REACH AN AGREEMENT ON, ON EVERYTHING.
AND SO WE'RE REAL PLEASED TO HAVE, AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WORK REAL HARD TOO.
I THINK, UH, WE HAD GINA MAKE RESPONDING TO ALL OF OUR EMAILS BACK AND FORTH VERY QUICKLY.
AND SO WE WERE REAL APPRECIATE APPRECIATIVE OF THEIR, THEIR WORK IN WORKING WITH US TO REACH AN AGREEMENT ON, ON, UH, BEING ABLE TO GET THEIR SUPPORT.
SO WITH THAT, I WOULD ASK, UH, LIKE THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO APPROVE.
I ASK, UH, FOR UNANIMOUS APPROVAL FROM THE ZONING COMMISSION TODAY ALSO.
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MR. ABANO.UM, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, SIR.
THIS IS A DISTRICT 10 CASE, SO IT WILL BE TO COMMISSIONER WHITE FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, AGAIN, UM, MR. REDONDO AND THE, UM, THE OWNER AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER OVER THE PAST, UH, FEW WEEKS.
UM, I HAVE RECEIVED AN EMAIL, UM, THIS MORNING THAT SAID THAT THEY'RE IN AGREEMENT, UM, WITH ABOUT, LOOKS LIKE 10 RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS, UH, WITH RESPECT TO HOW THIS PROPERTY CAN BE USED.
AND WITH THAT, THE, THE LEADER OF, UH, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAS TOLD ME THAT, UH, BASED ON THE AGREEMENT ON THESE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS, UH, THEY HAVE AGREED TO SUPPORT THIS REZONING.
AND, UH, THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS, UH, MR. ARRADONDO, TELL ME IF I'M RIGHT HERE, IS GONNA LIMIT THE, THE USE OF THE PROPERTY TO MASSAGE THERAPEUTICS, UH, MEDICAL CHIROPRACTIC OFFICE, MEDICAL CLINIC, MEDICAL CLINIC, PHYSICAL THERAPIST, MEDICAL LABORATORY, DENTAL OR MEDICAL, MEDICAL, OPTICAL GOODS, RETAIL, MEDICAL OPTOMETRY, OFFICE, COSMETICS, PROFESSIONAL OFFICE AND STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHY.
IS THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING? THAT IS CORRECT, YES, SIR.
SO, UM, EVERYTHING'S BEEN, AND, AND ALSO WITH THE AMENDED NA, WITH THE AMENDED NA, THAT'S CORRECT, YES.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORS.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE'S AN AGREEMENT HERE.
UM, I THINK THAT THIS IS A, UM, AN APPROPRIATE USE FOR, UH, THE PROPERTY.
AND SO I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I ASKED A QUESTION THERE, UM,
I'LL OPEN IT UP TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS.
UH, COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT QUESTIONS.
UM, AND I MAY HAVE MISSED THIS.
WHAT IS THE PROPOSED U SO WE'RE LOOKING AT JUST OFFICE USES MOSTLY.
WHAT IS THE PROPOSED? YEAH, IT, IT'S CURRENTLY AN OH ONE OFFICE AND IT'S, IT'S OWNER OCCUPIED BASICALLY BECAUSE THE DR.
WHO OWNS THE BUILDING ALSO HAS HIS ORTHO ORTHODONTIC OFFICE IN THERE TOO.
SO THESE ARE GONNA BE A FEW EXTRA USES THAT HE'S GONNA BE ABLE TO OCCUPY THE, THE, UH, THE BUILDING ON THAT.
AND QUESTION FOR STAFF WAS THERE, IF THE USES THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED, WHY ARE WE GOING TO SEEK TWO? COULD THOSE USES BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE CURRENT ZONING? AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE JERRY CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTION BECAUSE THE, WE FEEL LIKE THEY COULD HAVE USED A LESSER ZONING, UM, OR EVEN STAYED WITH THE SAME ZONING, BUT THEY HAVE OTHER REASONS FOR WANTING THE MORE, A SLIGHTLY MORE INTENSE C TWO AND THEN THEY'RE USING OTHER TOOLS TO SPECIFY THE USES.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT, MM-HMM.
THOSE ARE MOSTLY COMPLIMENTARY TO THE EXISTING ORTHODONTIC, UH, UH, CLINIC THAT'S THERE RIGHT NOW.
SO WE HAVE TO GO FROM AN OH ONE TO C TWO TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE ADDITIONAL USES.
AND WHAT, COULD YOU BE SPECIFIC AS TO WHAT THOSE ADDITIONAL USES ARE? UH, OKAY.
THOSE WERE THE ONES THAT WERE JUST READ OFF AND I'LL READ 'EM AGAIN.
UH, MASSAGE, THERAPEUTIC MEDICAL CHIROPRACTOR, MEDICAL CLINIC PHYSICIAN OR DENTIST MEDICAL CLINIC, PHYSICAL THERAPIST, MEDICAL LABORATORY.
DENTAL OR MEDICAL? MEDICAL, OPTICAL GOODS.
RETAIL, MEDICAL OPTOMETRY OFFICE, COSMETIC, PERMANENT, UH, PROFESSIONAL OFFICE, STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHY.
AND SO STAFF, I COULD, I JUST GET A CLARIFICATION THAT THOSE CANNOT BE DONE IN OH ONE.
SO LIKE THE, FOR I, I'M, I'M GUESSING, SORRY, I, I DON'T HAVE THE USE TABLE IN FRONT OF ME, SO I'M JUST WANTING TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHY WE'RE NEEDING THE ZONING CHANGE.
'CAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF THE USES ARE ACTUALLY MORE LIKE AN OH ONE.
PART OF THE OTHER ISSUE WAS, UH, THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT IS 7,700 SQUARE FEET, BUT UM, YES, SOME OF THE USES ARE PERMITTED IN A C UH, LET'S SEE.
PERMITTED, LIKE A MEDICAL CLINIC IS PERMITTED IN OH ONE.
UM, I THINK THEY WANTED A THERAPIST,
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A MEDICAL THERAPIST THAT IS NOT, THAT NEEDS A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION.SO THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS IN OFFICE THAT MAY HAVE AN ADDITIONAL ZONING TOOL.
AND REMEMBER, YOU CAN ONLY GET ONE OF THOSE THINGS IF YOU CONDITION DOWN, SO.
AND WOULD THOSE BE AVAILABLE FOR C ONE THE USES THAT NO, IT'S IS A BUILDING SIZE ISSUE.
AND THAT, THAT WAS WHY WE WANTED TO STAY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL AND, AND LOOK AT A USE MORE LIKE A C ONE.
HOWEVER, IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, HIS BUILDING FOOTPRINT IS ALREADY 7,700 SQUARE FEET.
SO IT CREATES A NON-CONFORMING, UH, STRUCTURE OR USE, WELL, NOT A USE, BUT STRUCTURE.
THANKS FOR BEARING WITH ME WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT.
UM, SO UNDER C TWO, WE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE OUTDOOR AMPLIFICATION.
IS, WOULD RESTRICTING THAT BE SOMETHING YOU'D BE AMENABLE TO? RESTRICTING WHAT? I'M SORRY.
UH, I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.
AS EX FOR EXAMPLE, FOR, SO UNDER C TWO, YOU WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO OPERATE A RESTAURANT, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THIS PROPERTY.
WOULD YOU BE WILLING IN, IN THAT RESTAURANT COULD HAVE OUTDOOR STICKERS? WE COULDN'T.
WE COULDN'T BECAUSE THE RESTRICTIONS I JUST READ OUT RESTRICT CORRECT.
BUT UNDER ZONING, YES, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO, I'M TRYING TO RESPECT THAT.
WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT RESTRICTED COVENANTS, EVEN THOUGH I REALLY LIKE TALKING ABOUT RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.
ALL, ALL THESE WERE DISCUSSED IN OUR MEETING WITH'S NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT WITH RESPECT TO ZONING, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO RESTRICT THE PROPERTY TO NO OUTDOOR AMPLIFICATION? SO NO OUTDOOR SPEAKERS.
IT WOULD BE IN N R NOISE RESTRICTED.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE.
AND THANK YOU FOR HOLDING YOURSELF BACK FROM TALKING ABOUT RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS AS THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD NOT DISCUSS AS THEY ARE OUTSIDE OUR PURVIEW.
TO THE EXTENT THAT PRIVATE PARTIES, UH, WANT TO DISCUSS THOSE, THEY'RE HAPPY TO DO SO.
I, I'M HAPPY FOR THEM TO DO SO, BUT WE WILL NOT TALK ABOUT THEM HERE.
HOPEFULLY NOT AS MUCH AS WE DID TODAY.
QUESTIONS TO MY RIGHT, PLEASE? YES, I'M SORRY.
I'M SORRY, I, APPARENTLY I'M NOT GONNA TALK AT ALL.
SO JERRY, UNDERSTANDING THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE DISCUSSED WITHIN THE DOCUMENT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S HARD FOR US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT SERVICES ARE THAT YOU'RE WANTING TO USE FROM C TWO, WHICH IS THE CONFUSION THAT WE'RE HAVING.
AND I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING IF STAFF UNDERSTANDS THE REASON WHY HE'S ASKING FOR C TWO, WE'RE STILL IN A POSITION OF DENIAL.
WHAT IS THAT PARTICULAR SERVICE THAT WE ARE DISAGREEING ABOUT? WE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW BASED ON THE DOCUMENT THAT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT.
UM, SO THERE'S THERAPY SERVICES THAT REQUIRE AN SS IN OH ONE.
THERE'S A, A OPTOMETRIST RETAIL GLASSES THAT REQUIRES AN SS IN OH ONE.
SO THERE ARE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR USES ON THAT LIST THAT REQUIRE AN SS AND LIKE CHRISTIE SAID, YOU CAN ONLY DO ONE S PER PROPERTY.
SO THEY'RE TRYING TO EXPAND TO ALLOW THOSE TYPE OF MEDICAL USES ON THIS PROPERTY.
DO, DO YOU KNOW ALSO, OKAY, THE ONE SECOND, JEREMY.
SO, SO STAFF'S UH, POSITION IS STILL IN DENIAL JUST STATING THAT THOSE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE WANTING AREN'T APPROPRIATE FOR THE CURRENT SITE.
WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE RESPECTING THE PLAN ITSELF.
THE PLAN, UH, LOOKS AT NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL AS AN APPROPRIATE USE FOR THIS SIZE OF PROPERTY.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WE'RE SAYING IS, IS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMERS TO MY RIGHT? YES.
I, UH, JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
I THOUGHT I HEARD SOMEBODY SAID, UM, THAT THEY WERE RECOMMENDING AN NA FOR THIS, UH, AS WELL.
WAS THAT, IS THAT ALSO IN, UM, WHAT WE CONSIDERING I, I JUST AMENDED MY REQUEST FROM THE C TWO TO THE C TWO.
ALRIGHT, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? I, I THINK WE JUST NEED TO CLARIFY THAT BECAUSE I THINK WHAT COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE WAS ASKING WAS THE NR.
SO WHEN HE BEGAN, HE, HE BEGAN, HE DID THE N A HE AMENDED WITH THE N A.
SO I JUST WANNA CONFIRM THAT YOU'RE AMENDING TO ADD NA AND N R.
UM, IN LIGHT OF THAT AMENDMENT, IT GOES TO COMMISSIONER WHITE FOR DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL MOTION.
SO I LIVE NEAR HERE, DRIVE BY THIS ALL THE TIME.
THIS IS A PROPERTY THAT'S RIGHT ON THE CORNER OF, OF BROADWAY.
UM, I THINK THAT THE APPLICANT HAS
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GOTTEN CREATIVE HERE AND, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE READ OFF WHAT WE WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO READ OFF OR TALK ABOUT.UM, SO WITH THAT SAID, AND AS AMENDED, UM, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION, UH, TO APPROVE ITEM 20, UH, AGAIN AS AMENDED AND INCLUDING THE NR THAT WE JUST SPOKE OF.
THERE IS A MOTION, UH, FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 20 AS AMENDED BY COMMISSIONER WHITE.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES.
UH, DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT.
UM, THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED OF ITEM NUMBER 20.
COMMISSIONER, WE A COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? YES.
MOTION PASSES PER APPROVAL AS AMENDED.
UH, WE ARE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 22 PLEASE.
MY NAME IS ANNE BENAVIDEZ, ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 22 LOCATED AT 11 0 1 1 0 8 NORTH CENTER STREET IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FOUR TO RMM FOUR WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
THERE WERE 57 NOTICES SENT OUT, ZERO RECEIVED BACK IN FAVOR ZERO AND OPPOSITION AND NO RESPONSE RECEIVED FROM JEFFERSON HEIGHTS OR DITY HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
STAFF DOES FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THE ZONING REQUEST.
THE PROPOSED USE ADDS MORE DENSITY THAN THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE AREA.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO PROPERTY ZONE RMM FOUR RESIDENTIAL MIXED DISTRICT IN THE AREA OR SURROUNDING THE SITE.
ADDITIONALLY, THE PROPERTY IS SMALLER IN SIZE AND LOCATED INSIDE THE BLOCK.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I UNDERSTAND THEY'D LIKE TO AMEND THE REQUEST.
IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? PLEASE IF YOU WOULD PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
TELL US YOUR ADDRESS, UM, AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR REZONING REQUEST AS AMENDED.
UH, CHRISTINA ALANISE, UH, 1 0 8 6 1 VANDEL STREET.
I REPRESENT THE OWNER FOR THIS PROPERTY.
UM, RIGHT AT THE MEETING WE'RE REQUESTING TO FORMALLY AMEND OUR APPLICATION AT THIS TIME.
UH, IDEALLY WE HAD REQUESTED RMM FOUR JUST FOR ZONING PURPOSES.
UM, AFTER STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS WE'RE OKAY WITH GOING WITH, UH, R FOUR WITH CD.
UM, I KNOW THEY WERE RECOMMENDING DENIAL BECAUSE THE RM FOUR WOULD ALLOW FOR A FOURTH UNIT.
UM, AT THIS TIME THEY'RE WE'RE ONLY TRYING TO GET THE ZONING CHANGED SO THAT WE CAN PERMIT, UM, A THIRD DWELLING ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE? NOPE, UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
I'M SORRY? IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO SIR.
UH, THIS IS A DISTRICT TWO CASE, COMMISSIONER WATSON TO YOU.
UM, JUST TO CONFIRM WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE SITE PLAN, IS THERE AN EXISTING ADDITIONAL STRUCTURE? YES.
ALREADY ON THE PROPERTY? SO THAT IS WHY WE CAME BEFORE ZONING AND EVERYTHING FOR PERMITTING.
UM, YOU HAVE THE UNIT ONE IS THE FIRST HOUSE THAT WAS BUILT IN THE SEVENTIES, UM, BACK WAY BACK WHEN IN THE EIGHTIES.
THEY WERE PERMITTED, I GUESS, OR GRANDFATHERED IN THAT UNIT TWO, WHICH IS TO THE FAR BACK, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN DUMPED AND BUILT OUT.
UM, AND THEY DO HAVE A DETACHED GARAGE, WHICH THEY'RE WILL, UM, WANTING TO CONVERT.
UM, THE MARKET SUPPORTS, UM, ADDITIONAL HOUSING FOR THIS AREA AND FOR THAT, FOR THAT IT TO BE USED AS A RENTAL.
IT IS AN INVESTMENT PROPERTY FOR MY CLIENT.
UM, SO WE'RE JUST DOING OUR CHECKS AND BALANCES TO GO THROUGH ZONING TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S PERMITTED CORRECTLY.
AND THEN THIS IS GONNA BE YOUR SITE PLAN FOR THE CD, RIGHT? YES.
UH, COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT.
QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT.
ALRIGHT, UH, THEN COMMISSIONER WATSON, IT IS TO YOU, UH, FOR DISCUSSION AND A POTENTIAL MOTION.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE, UH, WILLINGNESS TO AMEND THE REQUEST.
I WOULD'VE HAD A HARD TIME SUPPORTING RMM FOUR JUST BECAUSE IT WOULD OPEN UP THE DOOR TO POTENTIALLY, UM, CHALLENGING DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO YEAH, THEY DON'T HAVE HAVE ANY, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS RIGHT NOW FOR YES, SO, AND I, I APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS A GONNA BE A RENTAL UNIT AS WELL.
UM, WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL UNITS IN DISTRICT TWO.
UM, SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR THE RESPECT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO, UM, MOVE TO APPROVE THIS, UM,
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REQUEST AS AMENDED.UM, AND, UH, NO FURTHER COMMENT FOR ME.
THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED OF ITEM NUMBER 22.
UH, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED OF ITEM NUMBER 22.
MOTION PASSES FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED.
ALRIGHT, WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 23, PLEASE.
MARCO MBI, PLANNING COORDINATOR FOR ZONING.
ITEM NUMBER 23 IS LOCATED ON THE 4,200 BLOCK OF N PERON BOULEVARD GOING FROM MF 33 AND R SIX TO MF 33.
THERE'S 28 NOTICES MAILED OUT.
THREE OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE HILLS OF PARK NORTH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THE EXISTING MF 33 AND R SIX ARE APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED MF 33 CONSOLIDATE THE PROPERTY INTO ONE DESIGNATION AS APPROPRIATE ADJACENT TO RM FOUR AND C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, UH, COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.
AND USES, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? SIR, IF YOU WOULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF, TELL US YOUR ADDRESS AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR REZONING REQUEST PLEASE.
HELLO? UH, MY NAME IS ET MUNOZ.
I'M REPRESENTING THE CLIENT ON THIS PROJECT.
UH, MY ADDRESS, BUSINESS ADDRESS, BUSINESS ADDRESS IS FINE.
UH, IT'S ON JOHN MOSSBERG 11 5 0 3, UH, JOHN MOSSBERG, RIGHT BY THE AIRPORT.
SO, UH, ON THIS, UH, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S AVAILABLE, BUT LIKE, UH, THE, THE CURRENT ZONING FOR THIS, IT'S, IT'S A 1.117 ACRE, UH, TRACK OF LAND.
AND ABOUT 70, 72% OF IT IS ALREADY SEWN.
MF 33, UH, THE BACK PORTION, IT'S A SEW R SIX.
AND THE INTENT IS LIKE, UH, I MENTIONED IS TO HAVE EVERYTHING, UH, MF 33, UH, WE, UH, HAVE A, ARE WORKING ON THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, OF THIS PROPERTY TO HAVE LIKE A, AN APARTMENT, UH, COMPLEX WITH, UH, THERE'S GONNA BE LIKE TWO BUILDINGS AND A TOTAL OF, UH, 20 UNITS.
UM, AND UM, BASICALLY WE JUST WANNA HAVE LIKE THAT LITTLE PORTION OF THE VAC, UH, THAT IS R SIX TO V M F 33 SO THAT IT'S JUST ONE ZONING.
THAT'S, UH, I KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME OPPOSITION AND I WOULD LIKE TO, I GUESS HEAR THE REASONS AND, AND THEN I'LL COME BACK.
IF THERE ARE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? UM, NO SIR.
SO MR. MUNOZ, UH, YOU DON'T HAVE A REBUTTAL 'CAUSE THERE'S NOTHING TO REBUT, BUT WE ARE GOING TO OPEN IT NOW FOR QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS.
THIS IS A DISTRICT 10 CASE, SO COMMISSIONER WHITE, IT IS TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS INITIALLY.
I WOULD LIKE NEXT MEETING TO PASS BACK, UH, THE MANTLE OF, UH, MOST CASES TO SUMMER.
UM, UH, JUST, I, I ENJOY LISTENING TO SUMMER.
DO THESE THINGS, JUST HAVE STAFF REMOVE THE ZERO.
BUT, UM, I OF COURSE AM KIDDING BECAUSE I LOVE IT THAT THERE'S A BUNCH OF DEVELOPMENT IN DISTRICT 10.
SO LET'S NOTE THAT FOR THE RECORD, UM, I HAVE REVIEWED THE, WELL, YEAH, I HAVE REVIEWED THE THREE OPPOSITIONS, UH, OR TO, OR EMAILS OF OPPOSITION THAT WE'VE GOT IN THIS MORNING ON THIS CASE.
UM, SO I'M SURE YOU ALL HAVE SEEN 'EM AS WELL.
BUT FOR THOSE THAT HAVE HAVEN'T, UH, THE OPPOSITIONS BA BASICALLY CENTER ON APARTMENTS, UH, YOU KNOW, CAN CREATE CRIME AND, UM, THERE'S DOESN'T, APARTMENTS DON'T, YOU KNOW, INDICATE LONG-TERM COMMITMENT TO THE AREA, UM, ARE MORE OR LESS WHAT THESE, UH, COUPLE OF NOTICES HAVE HAVE SAID.
OTHER THAN THAT, THERE HAS BEEN NO OPPOSITION, UH, TO MY KNOWLEDGE AND I GUESS TO TO ANYONE ELSE'S.
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I THINK YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION, SIR, WITH THE 24 UNITS.SO, UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I'M GONNA OPEN IT UP TO, UH, THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, UH, TO MY LEFT QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT QUESTIONS? YES.
SO QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT.
I, I'D JUST LIKE TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE SINCE YOU DON'T HAVE A SITE.
DO YOU HAVE A SITE PLAN? UM, WE, WE DO, WE DID SEND, I, I DON'T KNOW, UH, WE DID SEND AN A, UM, I, I GUESS I HAVE ONE COPY HERE THAT I CAN SHOW YOU.
HUH? WE CAN PROJECT THE PSYCHIATRIST.
SO THERE'S LIKE SEVERAL IMAGES I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW.
UH, SO THAT ONE IS LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S SHOWING HOW THE TWO BUILDINGS ARE.
UM, YOU KNOW, EACH BUILDING IS GONNA HAVE, UH, 12 UNITS.
UH, THERE'S, THERE'S PLENTY OF, UH, I GUESS LIKE THE, THE NEIGHBORS THAT, THAT THE, I GUESS BOTH ARE THE NEIGHBORS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT, UH, EXHIBIT.
AND, UH, I GUESS LIKE THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE REASON I ALREADY MENTIONED, RIGHT? I MEAN, BUT THE, THE, THE PROPERTIES ALREADY ON MF 33.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE BUILDINGS ARE PUSHED BACK AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, UH, TO NOT COMPARING, UH, THAT'S PROBABLY RIGHT THERE.
UH, 25, 35, 45, LIKE, LIKE 60 FEET AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.
RIGHT? YOU CAN SEE LIKE, YOU KNOW, PARKING LOT IS 18 AND THEN THE, THE DRIVE IS, UH, 25 FEET.
SO IT'S, WE'RE TRYING TO KINDA LIKE, LIKE LEAVE AS MUCH A SPACE FROM THE BACK.
UH, AND, AND THEN YOU WE'RE MEETING, UH, ALL, ALL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR, YOU KNOW, BUILDING HEIGHT, UH, UH, SETBACKS.
UH, THE IN PREVIOUS COVER IS ABOUT LIKE 60%.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
I MEAN, I, I DO HAVE SOME OTHER, OTHER IMAGES, UH, IN THE SAME PRESENTATION.
I GUESS IF YOU CAN JUST GO SHOW THIS.
SO THIS IS A RENDER, UH, THAT SHOWS HOW, HOW THE APARTMENTS WILL LOOK.
UM, I THINK ONE OF THE CONCERNS FROM ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT IS GONNA BE LIKE UGLY DEVELOPMENT AND, AND IT'S NOT, UH, THE ARCHITECT, UH, BELMAR, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY TRY TO BLEND IN WITH THE SURROUNDINGS, YOU KNOW, WITH SOMETHING THAT IS NOT TOO MODERN.
UM, AND I CAN SHOW YOU A FEW MORE OF THOSE SLICES, SLIDES, I'M SORRY.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THIS ONE IS SHOWING, UH, DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE, OF THE APARTMENTS.
AND THIS IS SO MUCH MORE HELPFUL.
MY QUESTION WAS, WERE YOU PLANNING TWO OR THREE STORIES AND IF YOUR RENDERING IS YES, PRETTY TRUE TO FACT THAT IS CORRECT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THREE STORIES.
ARE YOU ANY PLANS TO DO LIKE A SOLID SCREEN FENCE OR WHAT DO YOU HAVE ELSE TO HELP BUFFER BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORS? SO, OKAY, GOING BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE, THERE'S LIKE A FIVE FEET, UH, UH, BUFFER RIGHT THERE.
LIKE THE GREEN, THE GREEN STUFF, UH, THE GREEN LINE ON THE NORTH.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PLANNING ON ON, THERE'S ALREADY TREES IN THERE, SO WE'RE PLANNING ON, ON KEEPING THOSE TREES.
UH, PLUS WE'RE ALSO PLANNING ON ADDING, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME MORE TREES, WHAT YOU SEE IN THE ISLANDS OVER THERE, AND THEN SOME OTHER SMALLER TREES.
YOU KNOW, THAT CAN FEED ON THOSE, UH, FIVE FEET, UH, BUFFER BETWEEN THE BACK NEIGHBORS AND THE NEIGHBORS TO THE RIGHT.
UM, I, I WOULD LIKE YOU AT LEAST TO TRY TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS AS FAR AS GIVING A GOOD BUFFER FOR THEM TO, BECAUSE IT, APARTMENTS DO TOWER OVER THE BACKYARDS AND THEY LOSE THEIR PRIVACY.
AND THAT IS A CONCERN THAT I RECOGNIZE.
UM, AND THE OTHER THING I WOULD JUST ALWAYS POINT OUT TO DEVELOPMENTS IS TO FIND SOME GREEN SPACE TO HAVE A LITTLE PICNIC AREA FOR FAMILIES.
KEEP THE KIDS OUT OF THE STREET INSTEAD OF PLAYING, YOU KNOW, PLAYING A LITTLE GREEN SPACE AREA IF YOU CAN.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TO MY RIGHT? UH, COMMISSIONER SIPES AND THEN BACK TO COMMISSIONER WHITE.
THIS IS A, I GUESS THIS IS A TWO PART QUESTION TO STAFF, UM, BECAUSE I WASN'T ABLE TO LOOK IT UP FAST ENOUGH.
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REQUIREMENT BETWEEN LIKE FOR THE, UH, APARTMENTS WHEN IT'S ADJACENT THERE TO THE SINGLE FAMILY? AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION IS, IS RELATED.WOULD, IS THERE A WAY TO PUT THAT SOMEHOW IN A MOTION? AND WHERE I'M GOING IS BECAUSE I SEE IT, IT ALMOST APPEARED TO ME THAT IT WAS INTENTIONALLY WHEN IT WAS ZONED THAT THAT R SIX WAS ZONED, WAS PUT THERE AS A WAY AS TO ENSURE A BUFFER.
THE, THE REQUIRED BUFFER IS, IS 10 FEET AND THAT'S JUST, IT'S A REQUIREMENT.
YOU CAN'T GO ANY LESS THAN 10 FEET, UM, ON THE MF.
AND THEN THE, THE R SIX IS ALREADY GONNA HAVE THEIR OWN REAR YARD OF 20 FEET.
UH, THE ONE THING THAT I WILL CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD IS THAT THE ONE, BUILDING ONE WHICH IS CLOSER TO THE RMM FOUR PROPERTIES, UM, WE DO HAVE THE RMM M F REGULATIONS THAT SAY THAT IF THERE IS SINGLE FAMILY ESTABLISHED, UM, ADJACENT TO WHERE THERE'S PROPOSED MF OR, OR ADDITIONAL RM DISTRICTS, THEN THE, THEY HAVE THAT 50 FOOT REQUIREMENT TO MATCH THE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY.
OR THEY CAN ONLY DO TWO AND A HALF STORIES, 35 FEET, THAT'S IT.
SO THEY'LL HAVE TO PUSH THEIR BUILDING OVER, UM, TO MEET THAT REQUIREMENT AS WELL FOR BUILDING ONE.
COMMISSIONER SIPES, UH, COMMISSIONER WHITE TO YOU.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK.
ON BUILDING ONE, IT SAYS, IT SAYS 25 FEET AWAY, SO THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE MOVED TO WELL, THEY'LL AT LEAST, YEAH, FOR THOSE FIRST 50 FEET, UH, THEY HAVE TO MATCH THE HEIGHT OF THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL OR DO TWO AND A HALF STORIES, 35 FEET.
KAT'S SAYING THEY'RE RESTRICTED TOO, BUT I, I COULD HAVE SWORN A SOLID LANGUAGE THAT SAYS THAT THEY CAN BE THE SAME HEIGHT AS THE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
'CAUSE IT CAN'T BE THREE STORIES WHERE IT'S, WHERE IT'S MARKED NOW.
UM, SECOND THING IS THAT FENCE, HOW HIGH IS THE FENCE THERE? UM, ON, ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE PROPERTY? HOW TALL? SO, SO THAT FENCE ON THE BACK OF THE BAY RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT SIX FEET.
AND, AND I I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY.
SO ON THE, I GUESS THREE STORIES, THAT'S IF, IF THE NEIGHBORS TO THE RIGHT, THE, THE R M FOURS ARE SINGLE FAMILY, RIGHT? IF THEY ARE, THEY THEY ARE CONSIDERED SINGLE FAMILY.
SO SIR, SO SO YOU UNDERSTAND THEN THE ISSUE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE WITH RESPECT TO YOU BEING WITHIN 50 FEET OF THOSE NEIGHBORS? YEAH, SO I GUESS BASICALLY LIKE MOVING THE BUILDING, BUILDING NUMBER ONE TO THE LEFT, UH, GOD, I MEAN, UH, THERE'S ROOM IN THERE.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE LIKE, LIKE 50 FEET.
WE CAN PROBABLY PUSH LIKE SOME, BUT THEN, THEN IT'LL BE TOO CLOSE TO, TO BUILDING NUMBER TWO.
THEN, THEN WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE SOME SEPARATION BETWEEN BUILDINGS.
UH, I DID TRY TO SEE THAT, UH, OPTION.
UH, BUT LIKE I SAID, LIKE IT'S KINDA LIKE NOW THE DEAL IS GONNA BE LIKE BUILDINGS TOO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER.
SO, UH, WE CAN EXTEND IT, YOU KNOW, LIKE HAVE, LIKE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A PROBABLY LIKE 35 FEET, UH, TRY TO GO LIKE, UH, MORE, UH, BUT 50, I WANNA SAY IT'S, IT'S GONNA GET IT LIKE, YOU KNOW, THOSE TWO BUILDINGS TO, YOU KNOW, AT THE CORNER, AT THE BOTTOM CORNER PROBABLY LIKE 10 FEET FROM EACH OTHER.
UM, SO THERE ARE, UH, VARIANCE PROCESSES HE CAN GO THROUGH AND THERE'S ALSO THE OPTION OF MEETING THE REQUIREMENT TO GO THE 50 FEET AND THEN BEYOND THAT HE CAN GET ADDITIONAL STORIES.
AND THEN THAT'S SOMETHING I GUESS LIKE A, IT'S MORE LIKE A, I GUESS ONCE WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING, UH, WE'RE PLANNING THE PROPERTY AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GONNA SUBMIT A, A BUILDING PERMIT SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CAN DEAL WITH LIKE ALL THAT STUFF ONCE WE GO THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS AND THE PLANNING PROCESS.
UM, SECOND THING FOR STAFF, CAN WE, I, I KNOW HE SAID HE WAS GONNA PLANT SOME ADDITIONAL VEGETATION ALONG THAT BACK FENCE.
IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN REQUIRE OR NO, NO, WE, WE ONLY, UM, HE ONLY HAS TO MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS PER THE U D C, THE BUILDING CODE.
BUT, BUT YOU ALL ARE COMMITTED TO DOING IT.
WHAT WE'RE WILLING WE WILL WE TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS, UH,
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YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS IT IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT FOLLOWS, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO NEED PARKING.RIGHT? I MEAN, SO YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE ARE ADDING TREES IN THERE.
UH, WE CAN ADD SOME MORE AS, AS LONG AS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE LIKE, YOU KNOW, MEAT PARKING REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY THAT COUNCILMAN PERRY IS VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF, UH, AS COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL SAID, SOME GREEN SPACE AS WELL AS IF WE CAN GET SOME MORE VEGETATION ALONG YEAH, OF COURSE.
TO, TO PROTECT THOSE NEIGHBORS OVER THERE.
WELL, UM, THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS SLASH COMMENTS.
I'M READY FOR A MOTION UNLESS THERE'S MORE QUESTIONS.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, UH, COMMISSIONER WHITE TO YOU FOR DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL MOTION.
UM, WELL, WITH EVERYTHING BEING SAID AND, UH, BASED ADDITIONALLY ON STAFF'S, UM, RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL, UM, I WILL MAKE A MOTION, UH, TO APPROVE, UH, WITH THE ONLY COMMENT BEING, UM, PLEASE WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS, UM, MAKE GOOD ON YOUR COMMITMENT COMMITMENTS REGARDING, UH, THE VEGETATION, THE FENCING, AND ALL OF THAT.
UH, BECAUSE YOU GUYS WANT HAPPY NEIGHBORS OF COURSE.
ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 23 BY COMMISSIONER WHITE.
COMMISSIONER SIPES, I'M REALLY HAVING ISSUES WITH THIS, WITH THIS, UH, CASE.
UM, I, I, I WONDER IF IT WAS A LESS DENSE SOLUTION.
PERHAPS IT WOULD WORK, BUT I I, I'M SEEING TOO MANY THINGS THAT GIVE ME PAUSE.
UM, I'M SEEING LIGHTS AT THE BACK OF SOME PEOPLE'S BACKYARD.
I'M SEEING A DUMPSTER THAT'S LITERALLY ADJACENT TO SOMEONE'S BACKYARD AND I'M SEEING AN ISSUE WITH TRYING TO MAKE A 50 FOOT SETBACK WORK.
UM, SO IT'S CLOSE, BUT AT, AT, AT THIS TIME, I, I DON'T THINK I CAN SUPPORT THE MOTION.
ALRIGHT, UM, I KIND OF COME TO THE OPPOSITE CONCLUSION ON THIS PERSONALLY.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN MF 33, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW, UH, WITH AN R SIX.
I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE ASKED THE QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THIS WAS REALLY REQUIRED TO BE REZONED, GIVEN THAT, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE ALL OF THE RESIDENTIAL WOULD HAVE BEEN PARKING.
UM, NOW TOO LATE FOR THAT 'CAUSE I'M TRYING TO FOLLOW MY OWN RULES, UM, FOR ONCE.
UM, BUT SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS? SEEING NONE.
THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER WHITE ON ITEM NUMBER 23 WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES.
I WOULD NOT HAVE PEGGED THIS ONE FOR OUR MOST SORT OF, UH, SEAT OF THE PANTS CASE AT THIS ONE, BUT COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL BROUGHT THAT DRAMA.
UH, I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY FURTHER CASES TO CONSIDER AT THIS TIME, BUT WE DO HAVE
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MINUTES.UM, ANYONE HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS UM, EDITS COMMENTS REGARDING THE MINUTES AT THIS TIME? HEARING NONE, UH, IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? THERE'S A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VARDOS.
UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES AS SUBMITTED, SAY AYE.
ANY ABSTENTIONS? HEARING NONE.
AND IS THERE A DIRECTOR'S REPORT? I'M GONNA SAY NO.
NO DIRECTOR'S REPORT AT THIS TIME.
WE HAVE ONE MORE MEETING WITH COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL.
SO, SO WE WILL BE SAYING GOODBYE NEXT TIME AND EVERYONE WE'RE EXPECTING REALLY GOOD SPEECHES.
THIS MEETING OF THE ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS ADJOURNED.