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IF WE COULD BEGIN WITH OUR SPANISH TRANSLATION SERVICES STATEMENT, PLEASE.
MY NAME IS ROB SIPES AND I AM THE CHAIR OF THE ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT SEVEN ZONING COMMISSIONER.
I HEREBY CALL THIS REGULARLY NOTICE MEETING OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ZONING COMMISSION INTO SESSION.
I'D LIKE TO DO A ROLL CALL BY ALLOWING THE ZONING COMMISSIONERS TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, STARTING WITH THE COMMISSIONER ON MY FAR LEFT.
UH, DISTRICT NINE, JOHN BUSTAMANTE, DISTRICT FIVE.
DANIEL KELLEN, DISTRICT ONE, JOHN WITT, DISTRICT 10, TAYLOR WATSON, DISTRICT TWO.
JANELLE CHASE, MAYORAL GEORGE AND OSA DISTRICT THREE.
WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG THE UNITED, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
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PRIOR TO COMMENCING OUR HEARING, I WOULD LIKE OUR STAFF TO REVIEW OUR MEETING FORMAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE.BEFORE I BEGIN, PLEASE 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 PROCESS, 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 OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE SUBJECT.
PROPERTY CHECK MARKS INDICATE THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN FAVORS OF THE IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST AND AN X INDICATES THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS IN OPPOSITION.
FOLLOWING THIS PRESENTATION AND ANY QUESTION BY THE COMMISSION, THE APPLICANT WILL PRESENT THEIR REQUEST FOR THOSE THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THE PROPOSED REZONING.
YOU WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER THAT YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
THOSE IN SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND YOU'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO UTILIZE THE MAXIMUM TIME LIMITATION.
YOU WILL BE INFORMED WHEN 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.
THOSE GIVING UP THEIR TIME MUST BE PRESENT AND SIGNED IN TO SPEAK AND MUST YIELD THAT TIME.
WHEN THE SPEAKER GOES TO THE PODIUM, THE APPLICANT WILL THEN BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL LIMITED TO ONE SPEAKER WITH A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT ALONG WITH OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS COMMISSION QUESTIONS.
IF WE COULD GO OVER, UM, ANY POSTPONED ITEMS FOR TODAY.
THERE ARE TWO ITEMS THAT ARE TO BE POSTPONED.
UM, ITEM NUMBER ONE, LOCATED OFF OF EAST ERIE AVENUE, EAST LAUREL AND PAAL STREET.
AND THEN ITEM NUMBER THREE, LOCATED IN DISTRICT 10, LOCATED AT 2 8 7 6 NACODOCHES ROAD.
UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU ARE HERE FOR, UM, ITEMS ONE OR THREE.
UH, THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN POSTPONED AND WE WILL NOT BE HEARING THEM TODAY AND YOU WILL RECEIVE A NEW NOTICE IF OR WHEN THEY COME BACK, UM, BEFORE THIS COMMISSION.
SO YOU ARE FREE TO LEAVE AND BE SAFE TRAVELING WHEREVER YOU GO ON THE ROADS.
IF WE COULD GO OVER THE LIST OF ITEMS ON THE COMBINED AGENDA, SORRY.
ITEMS ON THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA ONE.
WE HAVE ITEMS 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, 20, AND 21.
UH, ANY COMMISSIONERS WISH TO PULL ANY OF THESE ITEMS FROM THE COMBINED HEARING? ONE TO UM, INDIVIDUAL LOOKING LEFT, SEEING NONE.
ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD READ THE COMBINED HEARING NUMBER ONE AGENDA INTO THE RECORD PLEASE.
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SIX IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM O2 AND R SIX TO MF 18 CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.LOCATED AT 7 29 SOUTH WE OR SOUTHWEST 34TH STREET 35 NOTICES WERE SENT.
RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED.
LOS CARDENAS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C TWO TO C3 NA CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A WAREHOUSE WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 1 1 2 1 1 SOUTH HIGHWAY 180 1.
AND THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FIVE AND C3.
NA CDS WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR A MINI WAREHOUSE FACILITY EXCEEDING 2.5 ACRES AND A CONDITIONAL USE FOR AN OUTDOOR VEHICLE AND BOAT STORAGE TO R FOUR WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 43 1 2 ROLAND AVENUE.
RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED.
AND PECAN VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GAVE NO RESPONSE.
ITEM NUMBER NINE IS A REQUEST IN A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R SIX TO IDZ ONE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR A NON-COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 3 0 0 5 WEST MARTIN STREET.
OPPOSED WEST END HOPE IN ACTION.
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION DID NOT PROVIDE A RESPONSE AND PROSPECT HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED.
ITEM NUMBER 11 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM I TWO TO I TWO S WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR A BULK PLANT OR TERMINAL.
INCLUDES BULK STORAGE OF PETRO CHEMICALS GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 20,000 BLOCK OF PETROLEUM COMMON ROAD.
ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR? ONE IN OPPOSITION.
AND THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
ITEM NUMBER 13 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C TWO R FOUR AND R FIVE TO C TWO ON 31.73 ACRES OUT OF NCB 1 1 1 3 9 MF 33 ON 12.68 ACRES OUT OF NCB 1 1 1 3 9 AND MF 18 ON 13.33 ACRES OUT OF NCB 1 1 1 3 9 WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
AND THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
ITEM NUMBER 15, A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FOUR TO RM FOUR WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 2 3 2 6 CINCINNATI AVENUE.
AND WOODLAWN LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GAVE NO RESPONSE.
ITEM NUMBER 20 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FOUR TO R FOUR HL WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 1 1 0 6 BURLESON STREET.
AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE DITY HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM I ONE AND C3 S WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CENTER SYSTEM TO I ONE HL AND C3 SHL WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH ALL OVERLAY TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 9 0 1 NO STREET 18 NOTICES WERE MAILED.
AND COLLINS GARDEN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT AND WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT OF VOICEMAIL ON ITEM 20.
IF WE'D HEAR THE VOICEMAIL PLEASE.
UM, I'M A MEMBER OF THE
UM, NEAR SEVERAL OF MY NEIGHBORS ARE COMPLETELY CONFUSED AS WHAT THIS ZONING REQUEST ENTAILS.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE CITY PLANNER AND GET SPECIFIC AS WHAT IS THE ZONING REQUEST WE ALLOW OR NOT ALLOW IN MY AREA.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS TWO TEN SEVEN ONE NINE EIGHT EIGHT NINE THREE.
MY NAME IS PATRICIA HERNANDEZ AND THAT'S IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
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UH, COMBINED HEARING NUMBER ONE MR. CHAIR? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. ITEMS NUMBER 6 7 8 9 11 13, 50 AND 21.ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS NUMBER 6 7 8 9 11 13, 15, 20, AND 21 BY COMMISSIONER WATSON WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BOTTLES.
ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS LOOKING LEFT.
COMMISSIONER ORTIZ ARRIVED AT 1:06 PM COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES.
AND THANK YOU FOR NOTING WHEN, UH, COMMISSIONER ORTIZ CAME IN.
UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU ARE HERE FOR ANY OF THOSE ITEMS ON THE COMBINED HEARING, NUMBER ONE, THOSE ITEMS WILL NOW BE PROCEEDING ON TO CITY COUNCIL AND YOU ARE FREE TO LEAVE AND ENJOY THE, UH, WEATHER OUTSIDE.
UM, WE ARE NOW MOVE, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST CONTINUANCE HEARING.
SORRY, UH, ITEMS THAT ARE UP FOR A TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE TO THE SEPTEMBER 17TH MEETING.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THOSE ITEMS? WE DO NOT.
ALRIGHT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE FIRST CONTINUANCE HEARING.
MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS TO THE SEPTEMBER, EXCUSE ME, SEPTEMBER 17TH, HEARING ITEMS NUMBER TWO, 14 AND 18.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
UH, THERE IS A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEMS, UH, TWO 14 AND 18 TO THE SEPTEMBER 17TH MEETING BY COMMISSIONER WATSON WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ORTIZ.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO, OR WE WILL, IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THOSE ITEMS, WE'LL SEE YOU IN A COUPLE WEEKS.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR SECOND CONTINUANCE HEARING.
IF WE COULD HEAR THOSE ITEMS PLEASE.
THERE ARE THREE ITEMS REQUESTING A FOUR WEEK CONTINUANCE TO THE OCTOBER 1ST MEETING.
AND WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER 17.
ALRIGHT, WHAT ABOUT, UM, AND 12? OKAY, THANK YOU.
UM, ARE THEY ALL VOICEMAILS? NO.
WE HAVE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP FOR ITEM NUMBER 17.
THEY ARE JUST VOICEMAILS ON ITEM 12.
ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HEAR THE VOICEMAILS FIRST PLEASE.
ACTUALLY, JUST REAL QUICK, UM, MS. GARZA, YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, BUT YOU ALSO LEFT A VOICEMAIL.
WOULD YOU PREFER THE VOICEMAIL TO BE PLAYED OR HAVE, OR SIGN OR SPEAK AT THE PODIUM? YOU WANNA SPEAK? OKAY.
SO PLEASE DON'T PLAY MS. GARZA'S VOICEMAIL.
MSUA WITH CONCERNED CITIZENS OF DIGNITY HILL, CALLING IN ON CASE NUMBER Z 20 24 1 0 7 0 0 1 72 S, UM, 1738 EAST COMMERCE STREET.
UH, WE WOULD PREFER, IF POSSIBLE, WE WOULD LIKE TO, WE ARE REQUESTING THAT THIS CASE BE, UM, CONTINUED.
UH, NO INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UH, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HEARD OF THIS REZONING CASE.
UH, AND EVEN IT DOES FALL IN, OR THE, THE CEMETERY WITHIN DIGNITY HILL OR IT DOES, IT DOES FALL IN WITH THE, UM, WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AREA.
SO WE WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION BEFORE WE CAN PROVIDE ANY
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KIND OF NOTIFICATION OR AS TO WHETHER WE SUPPORT OR DON'T SUPPORT THIS CASE.UM, SO THE REQUEST IS FOR A CONTINUANCE SO THAT THE APPLICANT CAN PROVIDE US WITH INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN THEN COMMUNICATE THIS, UM, REQUEST TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN GENERAL.
7 24 MONTANA STREET REGARDING 1738 EAST COMMERCE.
MY WIFE AND I ARE RESIDENTS IN DIGNITY HILL AND OUR PROPERTY OWNERS IN BOTH DENVER HEIGHTS AND DIGNITY HILL.
WE BOTH OPPOSE THE REQUEST FOR A ZONING SPECIAL PERMIT FOR A FIVE STORY HOTEL AT 7 38 17 38 EAST COMMERCE.
ONE SIGNIFICANT CONCERN I HAVE IS THAT THE SUBMITTED SITE PLAN IS VERY REMEDIAL AND DOESN'T ACCURATELY SHOW HOW A PROJECT LIKE THIS WILL FIT INTO THE SITE WITH REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.
FOR EXAMPLE, WHILE GUESTS MAY NOT NEED CAR STORAGE, REAL USABLE SPACE IS REQUIRED FOR THE BUSINESSES TO RECEIVE DELIVERIES, ACCOMMODATE RIDE SHARE, DROP-OFFS, LOADING FOR SERVICE AND VENDOR PROVIDERS, AND ADEQUATELY ACCOMMODATE TALL LADDER FIRE EQUIPMENT FOR A FIVE STORY BUILDING.
THE SITE PLAN DOES DOESN'T REMOTELY ADDRESS THESE EVERYDAY NEEDS FOR A BUSINESS.
AND THE OFF STREET SPACES SHOWN ARE NOT MANEUVERABLE FOR FA UH, PARKING FIVE VEHICLES.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROJECT IS USING REMOTE SHARED PARKING, HOWEVER, THE CASE MATERIALS DO NOT INDICATE WHERE THAT IS AND HOW IT SERVES THE HOTEL PROPERTY.
I ENCOURAGE THE COMMISSIONERS TO EITHER DENY THE REQUEST OR AT THE VERY LEAST CONSIDER A CONTINUANCE SO THAT THE APPLICANT CAN PROVIDE A CREDIBLE SITE PLAN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
HELLO, MY NAME IS BARBARA RYERSON.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS TWO TEN EIGHT SIX ONE ZERO ZERO NINE THREE.
I AM A 47 YEAR RESIDENT AND PROPERTY OWNER IN ROYAL RIDGE AND CROWN RIDGE NEIGHBORHOODS OF SAN ANTONIO 7 8 2 3 9.
MY ADDRESS IS 1 0 9 1 8 CROWN PARK IN CROWN RIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I AM CALLING PER THE ZONING CASE Z LIKE ZEBRA, 2 0 2 4 1 0 7 0 0 1 7 8 TO WHICH I AM IN OPPOSITION.
THE APPLICATION FOR A ZONING CHANGE GIVES NO RELEVANT INFORMATION AS TO SITE PLAN TRAFFIC FLOW MANAGEMENT, NO INTEGRATION WITH EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, NO REFERENCE TO ANY GREEN SPACES AND NO REFERENCE TO HOW THE EXISTING DEER HERD WILL BE HANDLED.
I WOULD LIKE A FOUR WEEK EXTENSION DURING WHICH I WOULD EXPECT THIS INFORMATION TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS AND A TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT REPORT FROM SAN ANTONIO CITY PLANNERS DUE TO THE CONGESTION IN THE AREA.
UH, FIRST WE HAVE MR. STEVE CASTILLO AND DR.
MR UM, CAST, I'M SORRY, COST, I BELIEVE IT'LL BE MS. GARZA.
SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR.
UM, MY NAME IS STEVE COSTELLO, SPELLED C-O-S-T-E-L-L-O.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING MY WIFE.
SHE'S AN UNDIVIDED, SHE OWNS AN UNDIVIDED INTEREST IN ONE OF THE PROPERTIES ON KING'S CROWN, WHICH IS DIRECTLY ABUTTING, UH, CONTI CONTIGUOUS WITH THAT, UH, PROPERTY AT 1 4 4 IN THE O'CONNOR ROAD.
UH, SO I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN ON, ON, UH, IN ON BEHALF OF MY WIFE IN HER OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER E 24 1 0 7 0 0 1 7 8.
UM, FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS TO MULTIFAMILY USE.
UH, JUST LIKE MANY OF THE OTHER RESIDENTS THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO ON, ON KING'S CROWN, WE SHARE THE SAME CONCERNS ABOUT THIS CHANGE.
IT'S STILL A KIND OF A SEMI-RURAL PROPERTY.
UM, THIS IS ABOUT A 10 ACRES, 10 PIECE OF PROPERTY.
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THE PROPERTY.WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT MANY OF THE, THE OTHER THINGS, THE SAME CONCERNS THAT OTHER RESIDENTS IN THE AREA HAVE, UH, IN TERMS OF THE ADVERSE EFFECT THAT THIS ZONING CHANGE WOULD HAVE ON THE PROPERTY OWNER'S PRIVACY, QUITE ENJOYMENT OF THEIR PROPERTY AND THEIR PROPERTY VALUES.
WE'RE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT THE ZONING CHANGE WOULD HAVE UPON THE TRAFFIC IN THE AREA, WHICH IS ALREADY CONGESTED ON, ON UH, RANDOLPH BOULEVARD AND O'CONNOR ROAD.
AND WE'RE ALSO, LIKE I ALREADY MENTIONED, AND, AND CONCERNED ABOUT THE, UM, THE IMPACT ON, ON THE WILDLIFE ON ON THAT PROPERTY.
UM, BUT DURING MY DUE DILIGENCE OF THIS, UM, PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE, I NOTICED THAT, UM, UH, PRESUMING THAT ABUNDANT LIFE CHURCH OF SAN ANTONIO IS THE, UM, PURPORTED PROPERTY OWNER WHO HAS MADE THIS REQUESTED CHANGE.
AND SO IN DUE MY DUE DILIGENCE OF THIS, I NOTICED THAT, UH, ONE OF THE PRINCIPLES OF ABUNDANT LIFE CHURCH HAD MADE A, HAD FILED A, UM, AFFIDAVIT OF USE AND POSSESSION ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO, UM, WHICH SUGGESTED TO ME THAT THEY DO NOT CLEAR OWN CLEAR TITLE TO THIS PROPERTY.
WHAT I DID THEN WAS, UM, BACKING UP.
I MEAN, AS A BUSINESS REAL ESTATE ATTORNEY, I KNOW THAT YOU DON'T DO THAT.
YOU DON'T FILE AN AFFIDAVIT OF ADVERSE POSSESSION OR AN AFFIDAVIT OF USE IN POSSESSION.
IF YOU OWN CLEAR PROPERTY, CLEAR TITLE TO A PIECE OF PROPERTY, YOU JUST DON'T DO THAT.
SO I HAD A TITLE SEARCH DONE ON THE PROPERTY AND THE CHURCH DOES NOT OWN CLEAR TITLE TO THE PROPERTY.
THERE ARE CON CONFLICTING DEEDS TO THIS PARCEL OF PROPERTY.
UM, AND THERE ARE DEEDS SUGGESTING THAT ABUNDANT LIFE CHURCH OWNS THE PROPERTY OR OWNS AN INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY.
HOWEVER, THERE'S A 2018 DEED FROM THE ESTATE OF ALDA GABY SPELLED G-A-D-S-B-Y, FROM ALDA GABY TO HER HUSBAND HAROLD S GASBY SENIOR.
UM, AND ALL THIS IS I I DOCUMENTED IN A LETTER TO, UH, MR. RAIO GOMEZ.
I HOPE I'M NOT MISPRONOUNCING, UH, RAO'S NAME.
BUT, UM, I, I DOCUMENTED THIS IN THE LETTER TO HIM LAST WEEK AND I SENT HIM A COPY OF THE TITLE, UH, THE TITLE REPORT.
I HAD A TITLE SEARCH DONE BY TITLE, UH, TITLE HOUSTON HOLDINGS, AND IT SHOWS THAT THERE ARE COMPETING CON CONFLICTING DEEDS.
UM, AND SO THE CHURCH, NEITHER THE CHURCH NOR THE GABY FAMILY OWN CLEAR TITLE TO THIS PROPERTY.
NEXT I HAVE MS. BARBARA GARZA.
MY NAME IS BARBARA GARZA AND I HAVE LIVED IN THE RANDOLPH HILLS ROBARDS, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE 1991.
WE CHOSE THAT AREA BECAUSE OF THE COUNTRY ATMOSPHERE.
UM, THE PROPOSED ZONING FOR THIS CASE NUMBER Z 2 0 2 4 1 0 701 78, UM, IS AT THAT PROPERTY AT, UH, 1 44 O'CONNOR ROAD IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE 296 UNITS AND 515 PARKING SPACES WITH ONLY TWO ENTRANCES ON O'CONNOR ROAD, AS YOU HAVE HEARD, IS ALREADY CONGESTED.
UM, IT'S GONNA CAUSE DRAMATIC IMPACT ON DANGEROUS TRAFFIC CAUSING DANGEROUS TRAFFIC TURNING LEFT FROM KING'S CROWN AND FOX RUN EVEN FROM ROYAL RIDGE AND FROM ON ONTARIO'S PARK WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE AT THAT SECTION.
UH, IN ADDITION, THERE'S GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL FOOT TRAFFIC, TRASH CRIME.
AND THEN LET'S TALK ABOUT THE NATURE.
THERE'S WILDFLOWERS OVER THERE, INCLUDING BLUE BONNETS AND UH, ALSO THERE ARE DOZENS OF MATURE TREES.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE CHECKED WITH THE ARBORIST YET, BUT LET'S TRY AND DO THAT.
AND THEN, UM, THAT WOODED AREA THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS ALSO A REFUGE FOR MANY OF THE NATIVE, UM, ANIMALS.
WHITE TAILED DEER, THE FOX, THE HAWK.
WE SEE, UM, ARMADILLOS, ALL KINDS OF OTHER NATIVE ANIMALS THERE.
UM, THEY'RE GONNA END UP IN THE MIDDLE OF OCONNOR ROAD DEAD.
SO AGAIN, WITH THE GREEN SPACE, A SUBSTANTIAL GREEN SPACE IS GOING TO BE LOST.
IN SHORT, THE CHARACTER OF THAT WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE ROBARDS OR RANDOLPH HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, IS GOING TO BE DEVASTATED AND DEVALUED, AS YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD.
SO THE ZONING DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY RECEIVED MANY RESPONSES FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS ADJACENT TO THE LOTS IN QUESTION.
UH, OBJECTING TO THE PROJECT, WE HAVE MORE ON A, UM, PETITIONS, UH, MORE SIGNATURES ON A PETITION.
UM, AND MORE WILL BE RECEIVED FROM THE
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PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITHIN THE 200 FEET AS, UH, THE NOTIFICATIONS.SOME OF THEM DIDN'T COME UNTIL LAST THURSDAY OR FRIDAY, UH, OF LAST WEEK.
SO SOME OF 'EM STILL HAVEN'T EVEN RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION.
AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR THE CITY NOT TO SEND THE NOTIFICATION TO THE PEOPLE WITHIN THE 200 FEET.
SO ON BEHALF OF THE NEIGHBORS OF ROBARDS, WE STRONGLY OBJECT TO THE PROPOSED REQUEST FOR ZONING OF THE PROPERTY AT 1 44 O'CONNOR ROAD.
UH, WE DO NOT WANT IT TO GO FROM R SIX TO MF THREE.
AND WAS THAT THE EXTENT OF PUBLIC COMMENT? IT IS, AND I JUST HAVE ONE.
UM, LAST WE HAVE MISS SANDRA, UH, SANDRA COSTELLO.
THEN THAT'LL GIVE YOU, SORRY, SORRY, UH, AN ADDITIONAL THREE MINUTES TO FINISH.
SO, UM, IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE THAT YOU'RE YIELDING TIME TO PLEASE BE SURE YOU YIELD IT WHEN THEY GO UP TO THE PODIUM.
PLEASE STAND UP AT THAT TIME AND YIELD YOUR TIME.
UH, AT, AT, I NEARLY FINISHED WHAT I HAD TO SAY.
UM, LIKE I SAID, I MENTIONED I'M AN ATTORNEY, SO IT'S AN OCCUPATIONAL HAND, IT'S HAZARD.
I, I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, LIMITED MY, HAD HAD MY TIME LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.
SO ANYWAY, UH, UM, THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO MENTION WAS THAT AS I WAS CONCLUDING, THE, UM,
AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE MUNICIPAL CODE 35 DASH 3 0 7 SUB B REQUIRES THAT ALL PROPERTY OWNERS ON ALL DEEDS, ON ALL WARRANTY DEEDS MUST SIGN AN APPLICATION FOR, UM, AN APPLICATION FOR REZONING CHANGE.
AND SO, IF, IF PURPORTEDLY THE GASBY FAMILY AND ABUNDANT LIFE CHURCH ARE ALL PURPORTED PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ALL, ALL HAVE THEIR NAMES ON WARRANTY OF THIS PROPERTY, UM, THEY WOULD ALL HAVE TO BE IN, IN MY UNDERSTANDING.
LIKE I SAID, I, I'M NOT, I'M NOT AN EXPERT IN MUNICIPAL CODE, BUT THAT WOULD BE MY UNDERSTANDING.
AND I DON'T THINK IT'S MY, NOT, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT IS NOT HAPPENED AT THIS, AT THIS CURRENT POINT.
SO, AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE, LIKE MS. GARZA SAID, OR GARCIA, EXCUSE ME, UM, UM, FORGIVE ME, UH, SHE, LIKE SHE SAID, I, WE SHARE, MY WIFE AND I, UH, MY WIFE SHARES MANY OF THE SAME CONCERNS THAT, THAT MANY OF THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE IN RANDOLPH HILLS IS THAT THIS, UM, UH, THIS ZONING CHANGE IS GONNA HAVE A, A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON, ON PRIVACY, UH, THE, THE QUIET USE AND ENJOYMENT OF THE PROPERTY BECAUSE ALL OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS' BACKYARDS, UH, ARE CONTINUOUS, CONTIGUOUS WITH THIS PROPERTY.
AND WE'RE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE, UM, UH, THE IMPACT IT'S GONNA HAVE ON PROPERTY VALUES, NOT TO MENTION, UM, THE, UM, THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, THE, UH, TRAFFIC IMPACT OF PUTTING SEVERAL HUNDRED RESIDENTS ON THIS VERY SMALL PIECE OF PROPERTY.
UM, AND WHICH IS, WHICH IS ON RIGHT OFF OF OANA ROAD, WHICH IS ALREADY, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, IF YOU'VE DRIVEN OUT THERE ANYTIME RECENTLY.
UH, THE TRAFFIC IS, IS, UH, IS CRAZY OUT THERE NOW.
BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR, UH, ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
AND, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK, UH, HOPEFULLY IN, IN, IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
UM, AND I DID WANNA MENTION THAT, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT WAS, UH, I, I THINK A SERIOUS PROBLEM, UM, IN, IN ALLOWING THIS REZONING CHANGE.
UM, BECAUSE THERE ARE CONFLICTING DEEDS, UM, CONFLICTING OWNERS, CONFLICTING PURPORTED OWNERS OF THIS PROPERTY IN, IN MY OPINION, THAT WOULD HAVE TO GET RESOLVED AND SETTLED BEFORE ANY ZONING CHANGE COULD OCCUR.
AND THAT'S IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE CON SECOND CONTINUANCE HEARING.
MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS TO THE OCTOBER 1ST HEARING ITEMS NUMBER FIVE, 12 AND 17.
IS THERE A SECOND? WE DO SECOND THAT.
THERE IS A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEMS FIVE, 12 AND 17 TO THE OCTOBER 1ST MEETING BY COMMISSIONER WATSON WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARTOS, UH, DISCUSSION.
ALRIGHT, WE WILL SEE Y'ALL IN FOUR WEEKS AND TO THOSE THAT SPOKE, YOU HAVE
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THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND SPEAK AGAIN IF YOU WOULD LIKE.ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR INDIVIDUAL HEARING AND I BELIEVE THE FIRST ITEM IS NUMBER FOUR.
IF WE COULD HAVE STAFF'S REPORT PLEASE.
MY NAME IS ALEXA RATANA, ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS LOCATED AT 10 10 WARNER AVENUE.
GOING FROM C3 GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO C3 CD GENERAL COMMERCIAL WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR OVERSIZED VEHICLE STORAGE.
THERE WERE 21 NOTICES SENT OUT.
ZERO OPPOSED WITHIN THE 200 FEET KEYSTONE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT ONE RESIDENT ASSOCIATION GAVE NO RESPONSE.
THERE WERE THREE IN FAVOR OUTSIDE THE 200 FEET.
THE EXISTING C3 GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IS NOT INAPPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
GIVEN THE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY A BUDDING THE PROPERTY IN THE REAR END SIDE, THE PROPOSED C3 CD GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR OVERSIZED VEHICLE AND VEHICLE STORAGE IS NOT APPROPRIATE.
COMMON LAND USE PRINCIPLES RECOMMEND THAT HIGH DENSITY LAND USES ARE SEPARATED BY LOWER INTENSE USES TO BUFFER THE AND REDUCE THE IMPACT ON RESIDENTIAL USES THAT ARE NEARBY.
OVERSIZED VEHICLE USES PERMITTED BY WRIGHT AND L LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND I ONE GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS, WHICH ARE TYPICALLY REMOVED FROM RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMERCIAL USES.
ADDITIONALLY, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY SITUATED BETWEEN A LOCAL STREET AND AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY FRONTAGE ROAD BUT ONLY HAS ACCESS THROUGH THE LOCAL STREET STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE.
MY PHYSICAL ADDRESS IS 1 2 5 0 1 WEST LINWOOD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0.
AND I'M STAYING OVER 20 YEARS MY, WITH MY FAMILIES.
AND UH, I HAVE THE PIECE OF LAND NEXT TO MY HOUSE AND VERY LIMITED TO CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE IT'S A FLOOD FLOOD ZONE PLAN.
THAT'S WHY COUPLE OF TIMES I HAVE INCIDENT LIKE, UH, PEOPLE LIKE COME TO MY PROPERTY, THEN I CALL THE COPS HOMELESS ON THE STREET AND THEN I DO THE LIKE METAL IRON FENCE.
THEN I HAVE INQUIRY ABOUT, UH, FOR THE ONE PERSON, LIKE A RENTAL PEOPLE TO USE FOR THE STORAGE FOR THE LIKE, UH, OVERSIZED, NOT AUTO, BUT THE OVERSIZED LIKE A FOOD TRUCK, NOT SELLING ONLY FOR THE PARKING.
THEN I SAY, OKAY, IF YOU INTERESTED THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
AND MY, I TALKED TO MY REALTOR AND REALTOR SAY YOU CAN DO C3 ZONING.
THEN AFTERWARDS I FIND OUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, CODE ENFORCEMENT, THEY GIVE THE LIKE AND UH, NOTICE LIKE MRS. MARTIN YOU CAN DO ON THE UH, C3 ZONING.
YOU NEED TO BE 'CAUSE OVERSIGHT VEHICLE.
THAT'S WHY YOU NEED TO CHANGE THE ZONING.
THEN I CAME TO CI APPLY EVERYTHING THEN HOPEFULLY IF YOU GUYS CAN SUPPORT ME, I CAN DO, BECAUSE IT'S A CONSTRUCTION IS HARD TO C3 ZONING AND THE FLOOD PLAN, BUT FOR STORAGE FACILITY, THEN I CAN IMPROVE THE LAND FOR THE, LIKE A LANDSCAPING AND THE, LIKE A PARKING LOT RIGHT NOW IS JUST LAND SITTING LIKE OVER 20 YEARS ON THE LAWN.
AND, BUT IF YOU GUYS CAN SUPPORT ME, I CAN MOVE FORWARD.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DO NOT.
NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
ALRIGHT, THIS IS A DISTRICT ONE CASE.
SO TO YOU COMMISSIONER LUM FOR QUESTIONS.
SO HOW MANY SPACES AS I LOOKED, IS THERE 10 SPACES? MS. MARTIN, COULD YOU COME UP? I'M SORRY, IS LIKE, UH, LIKE FOUR, FIVE FOOT TRUCK HE WANTS TO PARK.
AND ARE THEY GONNA BE COVERED SPACES OR JUST IN THE OPEN? UH, IS A COVERAGE? UH, LIKE A, UH, THEN YOU KNOW, LIKE IN CASE EVERYTHING GONNA APPROVE THEN I DO THE LIKE A PARKING LOT AND PARKING SPOT AND EVERYTHING.
THEN THEY'LL BE, THEY'LL BE COVERED.
OH NO, HE'S NOT COVERED, SORRY.
AND THEN THE RESIDENTS TO I KNOW IF IT'S IS 200 FEET.
WE, I CONTACT MY NEIGHBORHOOD THEN EVERYONE SAY MRS. MARTIN, IF YOU IMPROVE, THEN WE ARE FINE.
AND OUTTA CURIOSITY, THE UH, THE APPROACH IS GOING TO BE OFF WARNER AVENUE.
WILL THERE BE SOME IMPROVEMENT OF THAT STREET BECAUSE IN TERMS OF CURBS, SIDEWALK.
UH, IF I NEED TO, THEN I HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING AND I HAVE LIKE, UH, BEFORE LIKE OVER 10 YEARS MIGHT BE FOR THE SURVEY I HAVE THE TEXT DOT ALSO HAS A ONE ENTRANCE FROM THE TEXT DOT ALSO.
IF I NEED TO DO, THEN, YOU KNOW, I GONNA ASK THEM TO THEN BETTER, YOU KNOW, NOT TRAFFIC ON THE WARNER STREET.
I CAN DO THE OFFICIALLY ON THE TEXT DOT.
AND THEN JUST FOR STAFF, DOES THAT NEED TO BE A SOLID FENCE AROUND THIS PROPERTY OR IS THE WROUGHT IRON FENCE THAT YES, IT IS A SOLID FENCE.
IT HAS TO BE A SOLID SCREEN FENCE.
ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE MAYBE SHE ABUTS RESIDENTIAL.
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SO THAT, WILL THAT BE A SOLID FENCE? SOLID FENCE IS A SIX FEET? YES.FELLOW COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
NONE COMMISSION ON MY RIGHT? YES.
COMMISSIONER REYES, UH, FOR THE APPLICANT.
I'M SORRY, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT SIZE VEHICLES ARE YOU PLANNING? UH, LIKE, UH, EIGHT BY 16.
I THINK I SAW THE, LIKE 14 OR 16 IS A FOOD TRUCK, LIKE, YOU KNOW, SEMI FOOD TRUCK IS NOT BIG FOOD TRUCK, BUT THEY DON'T SELL BUT JUST STORAGE.
AND HAS STAFF LOOKED AT THE DRIVEWAY DESIGN TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THROAT, THE RADII, EVERYTHING WORKS FOR THAT SIZE VEHICLE? NO, SIR.
THAT COMES AT THE BUILDING PERMIT PHASE.
THAT THE SITE PLAN THAT YOU GET IS THE CONCEPT.
SO IT HAS WHERE THE, THE PROPOSED ENTRANCES AND EXITS ARE.
UM, BUT THEY MAY NOT BE TO SCALE ON THE SITE PLAN.
THAT'S NOT UNTIL THEY GET REVIEWED FOR THE BUILDING PERMIT.
AND YOU SAID YOU'RE GONNA APPROACH TECHSTAR FOR A ACCESS POINT ON ACCESS? YES.
ALREADY IN THE PLATING IS ALREADY THERE.
BUT IF WE LIKE FOR THE, LIKE A CD ZONING C3 TO CD ZONING HEADING, THEN I CAN DO FOR THE LIKE, PARKING LOT AND THE, AND TRANSFORM THE TAX LOT AND EVERYTHING FOR SIPAN FOR THE ARCHITECT ENGINEER, WHATEVER I NEED TO BE INVOLVED.
UM, THERE'S REQUIREMENTS BETWEEN ACCESS POINTS AND THE INTERSECTIONS.
ARE YOU AWARE OF THAT? UH, FOR THE TEXT DOT? RIGHT? YES.
UH, NO PROBLEM IF I NEED TO ASK THEM AND YOU KNOW, LIKE SPEND WHATEVER, I'M FINE WITH THAT.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSION'S ON MY RIGHT.
UM, I DON'T, WELL I MEAN YOU ANSWERED MY QUE YOU ANSWERED THE QUESTION THAT I HAD ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SEEKING ACCESS FROM THE FRONTAGE ROAD.
UM, AND I GUESS THE QUESTION TO STAFF IS, AND THAT'S ALL GONNA BE DECIDED LATER.
I MEAN, THERE'S NO WAY THAT, RIGHT.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT CONSISTENCY OF ZONING.
UM, SHE'S GONNA HAVE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT ISSUES BECAUSE IT IS IN A FLOOD PLAIN.
SO THERE'S GOING TO BE STANDARDS FOR, YOU KNOW, HER IMPERVIOUS COVER.
THERE'S GOING TO BE STANDARDS FOR THE DRIVEWAYS.
AND THEN WE DID SUBMIT COMMENT TO, OR THIS APPLICATION TO TECH DOT, BUT THEY HAVEN'T PROVIDED COMMENT.
WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE IF MAYBE THEY GOT SOMETHING TO US EARLY TODAY, BUT WE DON'T SEE ANYTHING SO FAR.
BUT TDOT WILL ALSO LET HER KNOW WHETHER SHE'S EVEN CAN HAVE AN ACCESS POINT OFF OF THE HIGHWAY.
ALL RIGHT, WELL I GUESS THAT'S THE EXTENT OF OUR COM OUR QUESTIONS.
SO BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER KELLUM FOR A MOTION.
UM, I, I DO LIKE THE IDEA THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE IMPROVING THIS, THIS PROPERTY.
YOU KNOW, I THINK MAKING SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE APPEALING ON THE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS, IS A GOOD THING.
SOME OF MY RESERVATIONS HAVE TO DO WITH THE APPROACHES.
YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WOULD BE NICER IF IT WAS COMING OFF THE ACCESS ROUTE, BUT I THINK THAT WILL BE DETERMINED LATER.
UM, I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE, UM, THE NEED FOR LIGHTER UTILIZATION OR LIGHTER USES TO HAVE YOUR USES IN TERMS OF THE COMMERCIAL, UH, ZONING.
BUT I THINK IN THIS SITUATION, UH, ALL THAT BEING SAID, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.
THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL WITH A SECOND.
IS THERE DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? MAYBE YOU'VE ANSWERED THAT QUESTION.
BUT THE REASON FOR DENIAL, IS IT BECAUSE IT'S JUST, IS IT A BUDDING BECAUSE IT'S A BUDDING OF TWO AN R SIX TO IT, IT'S JUST THE REASON WHY.
SO IT IS, UM, JUST, THERE'S, IT'S PREDOMINANTLY RESIDENTIAL ESTABLISHED IN THAT AREA.
AND SO ALTHOUGH SHE ALREADY HAS THE RIGHTS OF A C3, UM, SHE'S ASKING A CONDITION UP ACTUALLY TO A USE THAT WOULD REQUIRE AN L OR AN I ONE.
AND SO FOR THAT REASON WE JUST FEEL THAT INTENSITY WOULD BE SLIGHTLY TOO MUCH.
UM, BUT IT IS A CONDITIONAL USE AND IT DOES HAVE A SITE PLAN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? LOOKING LEFT, SEEING NONE.
UM, YEAH, THIS IS A, FOR ME, THIS IS A REALLY DIFFICULT CASE AND IT'S PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF WHAT'S ACROSS THE STREET, UM, AS IN THE RESIDENTIAL ACROSS THE STREET, NOT NECESSARILY THE HIGHWAY ACROSS THE STREET.
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AND I WISH THERE WAS A WAY TO, UH, TO ENSURE THAT ACCESS FROM THE, FROM THE, UM, FROM THE ACCESS ROAD.BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR DENIAL.
UM, BUT I THINK IT COULD, IT COULD BE MODIFIED A LITTLE BIT OR, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.
FOR ME IT, IT, IT IS JUST A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO HAVE.
THERE'S, THERE'S TOO MANY THINGS I GUESS GOING ON.
WE'RE, WE'RE BRINGING DOWN A, A HIGHER INTENSE USAGE AND WE'RE ACCESSING IT FROM A, ESSENTIALLY A, A RESIDENTIAL STREET.
UM, BUT, UM, THAT'S ALL I, I DON'T KNOW
THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER KELLUM WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARDOS.
IT DOESN'T MATTER BUT NO, SORRY.
ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 10.
MY NAME IS ALEXA RATANA ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 10 IS LOCATED AT 2 6 3 9 NACODOCHES ROAD GOING FROM R SIX CD RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR REAL ESTATE OFFICE TO C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH ALL OVERLAYS STAYING THE SAME.
THERE WERE 23 NOTICES SENT OUT.
SEVEN OPPOSED WITHIN 200 FEET.
NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET AND TWO IN FAVOR AND EIGHT OPPOSED OUTSIDE THE 200 FEET.
THE EXISTING R SIX CD RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR REAL ESTATE OFFICE IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE SURROUNDING AREA, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, BUT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES.
AND THE PROPOSED C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WOULD INTRODUCE MORE INTENSE USES TO THE AREA.
THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO CONTINUE TO USE THE PROPERTY AS A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE BUT NEEDS A COMMERCIAL ZONING DESIGNATION, WHICH WILL ALLOW SIGNAGE ALONG NACODOCHES ROAD.
THUS STAFF RECOMMENDS NC NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, AMEND THE REQUEST TO ALIGN WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HAVE, UH, APPLICANT PLEASE.
THANK Y'ALL FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SEE US TODAY.
UH, THE ADDRESS OF MY BUILDING, UH, 26 39 NACODOCHES ROAD.
AND WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO BE ABLE TO GET SOME SIGNAGE PUT UP.
AND ARE YOU OFFICIALLY AMENDING YOUR REQUEST TO, TO ALIGN WITH IF THAT WILL WORK? I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT.
UM, I'VE BEEN OWNING A BUILDING SINCE 2019.
I'M LICENSED IN REAL ESTATE LICENSED MORTGAGE.
UM, I ACTUALLY CAME IN HERE, UH, JUST UH, MAYBE ABOUT A MONTH OR SO AGO TO GET AN APPROVAL FOR A HOUSE THAT I HAVE OVER OFF OF VIRGINIA BOULEVARD FOR QUARTER HOUSING.
TRANSITIONAL LIVING FACILITY WILL ALSO BE HEADQUARTERING OUT OF THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION.
SO, UH, ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, TWO YEARS, SOMEONE JUMPED, UH, IT WAS A RAINSTORM, A CAR, HYDROPLANE, UH, WENT THROUGH MY FENCE.
IT WAS FENCED ALL THE WAY AROUND AND THERE WAS A SIGN IN THE FRONT.
IT WENT THROUGH THE FENCE, TOOK MY SIGN OUT AND I'VE JUST BEEN KIND OF WRESTLING GOING BACK TO BEING ABLE TO GET MY SIGNAGE PLACED BACK IN MY, IN FOR MY BUILDING.
SO NO ONE REALLY KNOWS WHAT WE DO 'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANY ADVERTISING.
THERE WAS PREVIOUS ADVERTISING, NO LONGER ADVERTISING.
THEY JUST DIDN'T GRANDFATHER IT.
DOES THAT, I GUESS A QUESTION TO STAFF, DOES THAT COUNT AS AMENDING TO THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION? SO YOU'RE AMENDING TO NC NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL? YES, THE NC NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.
AS LONG AS YOU GUYS APPROVE THE SIGNAGE THAT WAS SUBMITTED.
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APPROVE YOUR SIGNAGE, BUT YOU CAN SUBMIT FOR YOUR SIGN FROM THAT POINT ON.WELL, YEAH, SO, UH, THERE WAS A SIGN THAT WAS ACTUALLY SENT AS LONG AS THEY CAN APPROVE FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO GET A SIGN.
I DON'T, MY, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.
I JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, I'M ABLE TO HAVE SIGNAGE TO ADVERTISE MY BUSINESSES.
AND I WILL CONFIRM THAT NC DOES ALLOW SIGNAGE ONE SIGN? YES.
DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DO.
ANY VOICEMAILS? UH, NO VOICEMAILS, JUST SPEAKERS.
ALRIGHT, WELL, BEFORE WE DO THAT, IF YOU DON'T MIND, JUST REAL QUICK, I DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF, I APOLOGIZE.
SO THERE WAS, UH, SOME OPPOSITION OF GENTLEMEN THAT WENT AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ONCE, UH, THE DOCUMENTATION PAPERWORK WAS SUBMITTED.
UH, OBVIOUSLY THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL WENT AROUND.
I ACTUALLY WENT AROUND AND GOT A PETITION, SIGNED MYSELF AND EXPLAINED EVERYTHING.
SO EVERYONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITHIN 2, 2, 200 FEET OF ME IS ALL ON BOARD.
I HAD ONE INDIVIDUAL AT 4 0 7 HAVERHILL J ALVERSON.
UH, SHE DID STATE THAT SHE APPROVED THE SIGN REPLACEMENT, BUT SHE JUST DIDN'T WANNA SIGN A PETITION 'CAUSE SHE DIDN'T WANNA GET IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
IF, IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT PETITION PART OF THE RECORD, I CAN TAKE IT AND WE CAN PASS IT DOWN.
I HAVE PROBLEM WITH THE COMMISSION PROBLEM.
AND IF WE COULD HEAR FROM THE SPEAKERS PLEASE.
FIRST, UM, SPEAKER, WE HAVE MR. CHARLES EDENS.
I JUST SIT BACK DOWN REAL BRANDON.
I'M GONNA YIELD MY TIME TO EMMANUEL CASTILLO.
NEXT WE HAVE, UM, MANUEL CASTILLO TO BE FOLLOWED BY MS. DONNA CASTILLO.
I'M GONNA GIVE MY TIME TO MANUEL CASTILLO.
SO THAT GIVES MR. CASTILLO, YOU'LL HAVE NINE MINUTES.
I HAVE A COPY OF THE PLAQUE HERE OR THE YES, IF YOU CAN HAND IT TO THEM SO EVERYBODY CAN UNDERSTAND.
UM, MY NAME'S MANUEL CASTILLO.
I HAVE BEEN LIVING AT 26 41, WHICH IS THE FOUR 60 ACRE, RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE.
UM, BACK IN THE DAYS OF THE YESTERYEAR WHEN THE RIFLE MAN WAS PUTTING UP, UH, BOB WIRE AND THEY CUT IT IN SO THAT CATTLE COULD MOVE IN.
I SIMILARLY HAVE THAT PROBLEM THAT, UM, ALL THREE PLOTS ARE PRIVATELY OWNED LAND.
UM, WHICH ELMER POPPY SOLD MY FATHER, THE 4 23.
I PLAYED BASEBALL IN THAT PROPERTY.
RIGHT NOW I LIVE IN FOUR 60 ACRE TRACK AND A DENTIST, UM, MOVED, UH, WENT TO OH ONE ON 4 74.
UM, I'M OPPOSED TO C TWO BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC, UM, AND THE EXTENSIVE USE OF PARKING.
UM, AND UNBEKNOWNST TO MANY PEOPLE, THESE ARE PRIVATE.
UM, IT'S AN EASEMENT FOR THE CITY ALONE TO HAVE INGRESS OUT AS FOR AS FAR AS GAS, ELECTRICITY.
BUT, UM, THE DENTIST OFFICE HAS BEEN USED FOR, UM, UH, WHAT IS THE WORD IN, UH, UM, INGRESS.
THEY, THEY, THEY DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO IN THROUGH THE DENTIST PROPERTY.
AND I HAVE THE STATEMENT HERE FROM THE DENTIST THAT SAYS, I AM THE OWNER OF 26 35 NACODOCHES, AND I'VE NOT GIVEN ANY PERSON ACCESS OR AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER MY PROPERTY IN USE OF MY EASEMENT AS ACCESS TO THEIR PROPERTY.
THAT KIND OF TELLS STATES IT ALONE, THAT, UH, NO ONE IS ALLOWED TO ENTER THE DENTIST PARKING LOT TO ACCESS THEIR PROPERTY IF IT'S A PRIVATE EASEMENT.
NOW, UM, THEY WERE DOING A SURVEY ON THAT, HIS PROPERTY A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK.
I WENT TO THE SURVEY AND I SAID, I ASKED HIM, WHY ARE YOU MEASURING IT FROM THE INSIDE FENCE? AND HE SAYS, IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S A, A STAKE THAT THEY MEASURED IT FROM.
AND HE HAD SAID THAT THIS IS HIS PROPERTY, HE PAYS TAXES ON IT.
SO THEREFORE, IF HE PAYS TAXES ON THAT EASEMENT ALL
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THE WAY ACROSS LIKE I DO, IT'S HIS PROPERTY TO DO WHAT HE WANTS.NOW IN THIS CASE WHERE THE THREE ARE TOTAL ARE CODEPENDENT ON EACH OTHER, WHAT HAPPENS TO ONE HAPPENS TO THE OTHER.
WE JUST WANT, WE HAVE ALWAYS, FOR 44 YEARS ACCESS TO NACODOCHES.
NOW THIS, UH, REAL ESTATE COMPANY HAS ENCROACHED THROUGH THE PRIVATE EASEMENT AGAINST THE DENTIST'S WILL AND PARKING AT NIGHT.
THEY WERE HAVING CLASSES, REAL ESTATE CLASSES AND PARKING THERE.
HE, AT THAT TIME, PUT UP A SIGN PARKING ONLY FOR TOOTH ACRES PERMITTED BECAUSE IT WAS, UH, UH, HE'S, HE'S OPPOSED TO IT.
SO ALL I'M SAYING IS, IS I'M OPPOSED FOR IT TO GO TO COMMERCIAL.
AND I ALSO AM OPPOSED THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM FROM DAY ONE, THAT IN 1977, MAN BY MR. BRYANT PUT A MAILBOX THERE ON AN, ON AN EASEMENT, I GUESS TO MAKE HIMSELF FEEL LIKE THIS IS A PART OF ME, BUT IT'S NOT.
IT BELONGS TO THE DENTIST, IT'S HIS PROPERTY.
UM, THEY TORE DOWN THE FENCE AND GAVE THEMSELVES, THEY PAVED THE BACKYARD AND GAVE THEMSELVES ACCESS TO THE BACK OF IT THROUGH THE DENTIST PARKING LOT, WHICH IS MY EASEMENT.
SO WHENEVER THERE'S, UM, DELIVERIES, BIG TRUCKS, WHICH I HAVE PICTURES OF IT ON, ON A PEN DRIVE, I CAN SEND IT TO YOU, UH, ALL THE TIME.
THERE'S ALWAYS A CONTRACTOR PARKING RIGHT THERE IN THE EASEMENT.
UM, AND IT'S, IF THEY'RE, IF IT'S GONNA GO COMMERCIAL, IT'S GONNA GET WORSE.
UM, SO, UM, I HAVE SEVERAL LETTERS FROM ALL THE WAY FROM 1977 THAT TOLD, UH, WAS EXPRESSED TO MR. BRYANT, WHO WAS THE RESIDENT AT THE TIME.
THE EASEMENT HAS NEVER BEEN DEDICATED AS A PUBLIC ROAD, NO PROPERTY IN NORTHEAST PARK SUBDIVISION.
SO WHEN DAVID POPPY WAS GIVEN LAND IN LIEU OF, HE OWNED POPPY'S FEED STORE AT THE CORNER OF BROADWAY AND WHAT WAS IT, LOOP 13 BACK THEN.
AND HE WAS GIVEN PROPERTY BY THE FARMERS IN THE AREA AND HE COLLECTED PROPERTY FROM NACODOCHES TO MCCULLOUGH TO 1604.
HIS SON STILL LIVES IN THE AREA ON VERDE ROAD.
IF YOU NOTICE, THERE'S A BRAND NEW HEBA WHATABURGER SALVATION ARMY THERE.
HIS PROPERTY ALSO WAS THE THREE PLAQUES THAT I BOUGHT.
ONE, WHICH IS HENDERSON'S HOUSE.
MY DAD BOUGHT THE ONE IN THE BACK AND THE DENTIST NOW HAS THE ONE.
THESE THREE TRACKS ARE THE ONLY ONES FROM BLOSSOM DRIVE AND NACODOCHES ALL THE WAY TO WHERE I LIVE.
IT'S CONSIDERED OAK GROVE ESTATE.
OAK GROVE ESTATE IS NOW A HEARSAY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A, UH, LOCAL GET TOGETHER.
AND FROM HAVERFORD, THAT'S NORTHEAST PARK.
THAT'S WHERE THE DENT, UH, FOUR 18 HAVERFORD.
THE FRONT OF IT WENT RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS FINE.
BUT TO ENCROACH ON MY EASEMENT, WHICH I'M REPRESENTING THE DENTIST JUST AS WELL AS MYSELF, UM, AGAINST ANYBODY ENCROACHING INTO OUR EASEMENT.
IT, IT'S, IT'S PRIVATE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THE PEACE AND THE JOY OF ENJOYING, UH, I PLAYED BASEBALL OVER THE FENCE WAS A HOME RUN, YOU KNOW, WHEN MR. HENDERSON LIVED THERE, WHICH INCIDENTALLY HE WAS A RETIRED COLONEL AND LEFT BECAUSE OF THIS COMMOTION ABOUT WHO OWNS THE EASEMENT.
WE OWN THE EASEMENT, THE THREE OF US THAT MR. POPPY SOLD US.
THOSE THREE PIECES OF LAND, WE OWN IT.
NOBODY ELSE IS ALLOWED TO PARK IN IT, CROSS IT BACK UP INTO IT OR HAVE ANYTHING TO DO.
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TO, MY DAD HIRED AN ATTORNEY AND UM, HE IN TURN JUST TURNED AROUND AND JUST BLEW EVERYTHING OFF.AND SO, UM, YOU ARE HEREBY REQUESTED TO RELOCATE YOUR FENCE.
SO THAT BEING SAID, IT'S KIND OF AN INVITATION FOR THEM TO WANNA CROSS OVER AND PARK BACK THERE, WHICH IS INFRINGING IN OUR PROPERTY.
UM, WHAT ELSE CAN I SAY? YOU KNOW, UM, IT'S BEEN, THAT WAS IN 1977.
IN 2003, MY DAD GOT A LETTER FROM PLEASANT REAL ESTATE STATING WE ARE UH, WE ARE CHECKING THE BACK FENCE OF THE PROPERTY.
A MAILBOX IS LODGED ON THE FENCE.
WE WILL CLOSE THE TRANSACTION THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY AND WE'RE GOING TO TEAR DOWN THE FENCE.
WE'LL BE USING THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY FOR PARKING AND ENTERING FROM THE NADOS ENTRANCE.
I WANNA STATE ONCE AND FOR ALL, SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THE ENCROACHMENT.
AND THEN DID WE HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS? NO, WE DID NOT.
WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE A CHANCE TO RESPOND? OH, ALRIGHT.
SO AGAIN, UM, I PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY IN NINE IN 2019.
UH, THE ISSUES THAT HE HAVE STEM BACK TO 73 OR 77.
UH, I LITERALLY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY OF THAT STUFF.
THERE'S AN EASEMENT THAT RUNS ALONG THE BACKSIDE OF THE BUILDING.
AND THERE'S AN EASEMENT THAT RUNS RIGHT HERE.
HIS LOT STARTS HERE IN THIS LITTLE ROAD THAT GOES BACK AND GOES INTO HIS PROPERTY.
HAVE NO PROBLEM WHATSOEVER WITH HIM UTILIZING THE EASEMENT AND DOING WHAT HE EVER HAS.
WHATEVER HE HAS TO DO WITH THAT.
UM, AS FAR AS USE OF AN EASEMENT, IT'S AN EGRESS ONTO TO A PROPERTY THAT ALLOWS ACCESS TO, UH, LANDLOCKED AREAS, WHICH HIS IS LANDLOCKED IN THE BACK.
IT'S A REGULAR, NORMAL COMMERCIAL LOOKING PARKING LOT.
THE EVERY PROPERTY NEXT TO IT, THEY'RE ALL COMMERCIAL.
EVERYONE USES THAT PARKING LOT.
EVEN THE DENTIST'S OFFICE TO TURN AROUND TO GO TO THE DUTCH BROTHERS, BRO BROTHERS TO GET COFFEE RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
'CAUSE THERE'S, UM, LIKE A SLIGHT LITTLE MEDIAN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD NOW.
UH, SO IT'S ACCESSED BY THE PUBLIC REGULARLY.
UH, AS FAR AS THE SIGNAGE GOES, AS I EXPLAINED TO THE GENTLEMAN WHEN I, WHEN I SPOKE WITH HIM, UH, AS FAR AS THE, UH, UH, DENTIST OFFICE NEXT DOOR PRIOR TO ME MOVING INTO THE BUILDING, UH, PLEASANT REALTY, THEY WERE THE OWNERS THERE FOREVER.
THEY WERE A LARGER REAL ESTATE FIRM.
UH, HAD QUITE A FEW PEOPLE AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD, THEY KIND OF HAD WENT BACK AND FORTH AS FAR AS PEOPLE PARKING IN THEIR, UH, PARKING LOT.
SO THEY MADE IT CLEAR THAT YOU COULDN'T USE THAT LAND.
WE'RE NOT A BIG FIRM, UH, AND WE'RE JUST KIND OF A SMALL, UM, INSULATED COMPANY THERE.
AGAIN, I'VE BEEN THERE FOR FIVE YEARS.
WE'VE NEVER HAD AN ISSUE WHATSOEVER WITH ANYONE.
ONLY ISSUE THAT I HAVE HAD IS SOMEONE JUMPED THE CURB, KNOCKED DOWN MY SIGN.
I JUST LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW PUBLIC KNOW THAT THIS IS WHERE I'M LOCATED WHEN I TELL 'EM TO COME AND SIT WITH ME OR HAVE A MEETING OR WHATNOT.
SO ANY OF THE ISSUES THAT, UH, STEM FROM WHAT THE GENTLEMAN IS DISCUSSING OR EXPLAINING HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH ME.
IT, IT IS WAY BE BEFORE MY TIME.
WE'RE TALKING 19 73, 77 PROBLEMS. UH, THERE'S NOT MUCH I CAN DO ABOUT THAT UNFORTUNATELY.
UH, BUT AS FAR AS JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN AND KEEP THE PEACE AS FAR AS, UH, DOING BUSINESS IN THE AREA THAT WE'RE IN, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT WHATSOEVER.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE, UH, WORKING IN THE SAME CAPACITY AS WE HAVE FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS WITH NO ISSUES WITH NONE OF MY NEIGHBORS.
UM, THIS IS A DISTRICT 10 CASE QUESO TO YOU, COMMISSIONER WHITSETT FOR QUESTIONS.
UH, MR. THE APPLICANT BEFORE YOU SIT BACK DOWN PLEASE.
YOUR SURVEY, UH, DOES NOT INCLUDE THAT EASEMENT.
DO YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE I'M GONNA BE HONEST.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA IF HIS PLAT INCLUDES THAT LAND
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THAT IS PURPORTED TO BE THE EASEMENT? NO, SIR.I MEAN HIS, THE, THE PROPERTY THAT'S OUTLINED IN THAT MAP IS FULLY WITHIN THE SCOPE OF HIS, THAT'S HIS PROPERTY.
SO ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT IS A PRIVATE MATTER BETWEEN, UH, YEAH, THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND, UM, THE EASEMENT ITSELF.
I, YOU COULD SEE HOW WE PULLED THAT UP INTENTIONALLY.
SO YOU COULD SEE HE HAS HIS OWN ACCESS EASEMENT AND THEN THEY HAVE THE ACCESS EASEMENT ON THE OTHER SIDE.
I CAN IMAGINE IT IS PRETTY DIFFICULT TO KEEP DRIVERS ANY OLD DRIVER.
I MEAN, I COULD EASILY MAKE THE MISTAKE OF MAYBE GOING IN THERE TO GO TO DUTCH BROTHERS MYSELF, BUT, YOU KNOW, UM, IT, IT, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S AN ISSUE BETWEEN PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS AND IT WOULD BE A CIVIL MATTER THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO ADDRESS IN COURT.
I WAS JUST WONDERING WHETHER IT WAS AN ALLEY WITH EASEMENT OR SO WHO OWNS THE AREA? SO I PULLED THE PLAT, UH, FOR THE APPLICANT'S PROPERTY, WHICH IS LOT 16.
IT DOES NOT SHOW AN EASEMENT ON HIS PROPERTY.
IT SHOWS AN EASEMENT IMMEDIATE, WELL, IT SHOWS A DASHED LINE.
IT'S NOT LABELED ON THIS PLAT, BUT THERE IS SOMETHING NOTATED OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF THIS PLAT.
UH, IT WOULD BE VERY UNUSUAL FOR THAT DASHED LINE TO BE DRAWN FOR NO REASON, BUT THAT IF IT IS AN EASEMENT IS NOT SHOWN TO BE ON LOT 16.
UH, SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS YOU'RE WILLING TO ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL SO YOU CAN DO YOUR SIGNAGE OTHERWISE, YEAH, NO CHANGES BEING SO RIGHT ON THE SIDE, IF YOU LOOK ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING THERE, WHERE THE SIDEWALK GOES UP THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING, IF YOU LOOK ON THE FRONT PART WHERE THE CAR IS PARKED UP THERE, THERE'S STILL A FENCE LINE THAT RUNS RIGHT THERE.
THERE WAS A FENCE THERE ON THE SIDE RIGHT BY THAT.
UM, WHERE THE LITTLE TREE LOOKING THING IS.
YES, I HAD A, I HAD A, I, I HAD A A A SIGN RIGHT WHERE THAT TREE IS AT NOW, AND THE CAR JUMPED OVER THE POLE.
WELL THAT'S AN OLD PICTURE, BUT HE HAD A CAR, JUMPED OVER THE POLE, KNOCKED THE SIGN OUT AND I JUST DON'T NEED TO PUT, PUT, SIGN HIS BACK UP.
THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD OF YOU.
ANYTHING ELSE? WELL, WE WILL SEE, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMERS ON MY LEFT.
COMMISSIONER ORTIZ, MY QUESTION FOR STAFF, UM, FOR THE APPLICANT, I GUESS IF HIM COMING, IS HE HAVING TO COME BACK AND REZONE IT JUST TO PUT THE SIGN BACK UP? OR WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF HIM HAVING TO COME IN? RIGHT, SO RIGHT NOW HE'S ZONED R SIX CD AND IT ALLOWS THE USE OF THE OFFICE, HOWEVER, IT ONLY LIMITS, IT LIMITS HIM TO A SIGN THAT'S ONE BY ONE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER OF THE STRUCTURE, RIGHT? SO, UH, FOR THAT REASON HE'S HAVING A REZONE.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER'S ON MY LEFT.
ALRIGHT, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
SO TO YOU, COMMISSIONER WHITSETT, UH, IN THAT CASE I WILL RECOMMEND APPROVAL SUBJECT TO THE AMENDING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, UM, BY COMMISSIONER WITT WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ORTIZ.
COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE? YEAH, BRIEFLY.
AND, AND THANK YOU, UM, MR. CASTILLO FOR YOUR COMMENTS, BUT I, I HAVE TO REITERATE WHAT STAFF HAS SAID.
UM, AGAIN, NOT ACTING AS AN ATTORNEY TODAY AS A MEMBER OF THE ZONING COMMISSION, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT Y'ALL ARE DISCUSSING, UM, ARE OUTSIDE THE PURVIEW OF ZONING AT THIS POINT.
UH, GIVEN THE PARKING THAT'S AVAILABLE FROM A REVIEW OF GOOGLE MAPS, GIVEN THE STATEMENTS HERE AND THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL AS A ZONING AND LAND USE MATTER, THIS SEEMS TO BE THE APPROPRIATE THING.
AND SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO WORK TOGETHER WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS ON THE LIMITATIONS ON THE EASEMENT.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY IT MIGHT END UP BEING THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE THE DENTIST WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY THROUGH WHICH THE EASEMENT RUNS, PUT UP A FENCE ON HIS SIDE OF THE PROPERTY AND THAT MIGHT PREVENT PEOPLE FROM PARKING OR TRY GOING THROUGH USING THAT EASEMENT TO PARK ON THIS PROPERTY.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S OUTSIDE OF OUR PURVIEW AS THE ZONING COMMISSION TODAY.
SO I WILL BE VOTING IN FAVOR AS A ZONING AND LAND USE MATTER.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COMMISSION ON MY LEFT.
YEAH, AGAIN, I'LL, I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS MOTION AS WELL.
HOWEVER, THAT BEING SAID, I'M, I'M ASSURE THAT IN 20 YEARS FROM NOW, SOMEONE'S GONNA BE LIKE 20, 24.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WAS BEFORE I WAS BORN WHEN THEY DID THE ZONING CHANGE TO THIS
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PROPERTY.UM, AS AN EDUCATOR, YOU KNOW, HISTORY'S VERY IMPORTANT.
UH, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU HAVE NEIGHBORS NOW.
WELL, YOU'VE ALWAYS HAD NEIGHBORS, BUT YOU KIND OF HEARD WHAT THEY KIND OF WANT.
DEFINITELY LET'S ALL BE GREAT NEIGHBORS TO SUPPORT, UM, REAL ESTATE IF YOU'RE HAVING EVENTS.
I MEAN, BE MINDFUL OF WHERE THEY PARK.
MAYBE PUT SIGNS OR GET APPROVAL, WRITTEN APPROVAL FROM THE DENTIST.
UH, BUT THANK YOU MR. DE CASTILLO FOR, FOR SHARING THAT.
UM, MY WIFE SAYS I TALK TOO MUCH AND I TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY TOO MUCH TOO AS WELL.
SO, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT? NONE.
UM, I WILL ECHO WHAT THE, MY FEDERAL COMMISSIONERS HAVE, HAVE SAID, AND PERHAPS ONE WAY TO, UM, HELP IS TO ADD STRIPING, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW THIS IS NOT A ZONING ISSUE, BUT ADD STRIPING SO THAT THEY'RE NOT PARKING THE WAY THAT THEY ARE AS SHOWN ON, ON GOOGLE MAPS.
YOU CAN ADD STRIPING SO THAT IT'S ONLY COMING OFF YOUR PROPERTY AND PARKING HEAD IN VERSUS USING THE DENNIS PROPERTY.
IF YOU WERE TO PULL UP A, A, A RECENT, UH, GOOGLE MAP, I DON'T KNOW IF IT COULD PULL THAT, BUT I HAVE STRIPED.
I JUST RECENTLY RE STRIPPED THE ENTIRE PARKING LOT FRONT AND BACK AND, UH, PAINTED THE, UH, CURBS, THE BUMPERS.
I PAINTED ALL THAT YELLOW, YELLOW STRIPING THROUGHOUT AND JUST YELLOW POSTS TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE BUMPS IN ANYTHING.
SO I'M DOING EVERYTHING THAT I CAN TO, YOU KNOW, YEAH.
I, IT'S JUST THAT LOOKING AT THE LATEST GOOGLE MAPS, IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYBODY IS PARKING PARALLEL TO NACODOCHES.
WHEN IF, IF THEY WERE PARKING PERPENDICULAR TO NACODOCHES, THAT WOULD HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE, UH, THE, THE, UH, EASEMENT ISSUES.
UM, BUT THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF THE ZONING PORTION OF THAT, WHICH IS A NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.
IF WE COULD MOVE TO ITEM, IS IT 16? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
IF WE COULD HEAR STAFF'S REPORT, PLEASE.
ALEXA, RATANA ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 16 IS LOCATED AT 2 0 1 IRA AVENUE, GOING FROM MF 33 MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT TO R FOUR CD RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT.
WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR PROFESSIONAL OFFICE, THERE WERE 27 NOTICES SENT OUT, ZERO IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED WITHIN 200 FEET.
MANKEY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GAVE NO RESPONSE AND NO RESPONSE OUTSIDE THE 200 FEET.
THE EXISTING MF 33 MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT IS IN AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED R FOUR CD RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR PROFESSIONAL OFFICE IS ALSO APPROPRIATE.
THE PROPOSED ZONING ALLOWS FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE ALIKE COMMERCIAL USE WHILE RETAINING THE RESIDENTIAL BASED ZONING DISTRICT.
THE AREA IS COMPRISED OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES, MAKING THE PROPOSAL CONSISTENT WITH WHAT IS CURRENTLY PRESENT.
THE PRESCRIBED SITE PLAN WOULD PREVENT EXPANSION OF THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT AND DEVIATION FROM THE APPROVED DOCUMENT COULD POTENTIALLY WARRANT ADDITIONAL COUNSEL CONSIDERATION.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF WE COULD HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT PLEASE.
HELLO, MY NAME IS PATRICK BAJO.
UM, I REPRESENT MR. RENEE ESCOBEDO FOR 2 0 1 IRA.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE CURRENTLY ZONED MF 33.
UH, WE DID SPEAK TO THE MANKEY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS PRIOR TO US SUBMITTING OUR APPLICATION FOR ZONING.
WHEN WE INITIALLY CAME TO ZONING, THEY ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED US GOING IDZ.
UM, IT WAS UPON THEIR RECOMMENDATION FROM MANKEY PARK THAT WE WENT TO R FOUR WITH CONDITIONAL USE.
UM, HE WILL BE RESIDING IN THE PROPERTY.
UH, HE'S CURRENTLY AN ATTORNEY.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT HE IS LOOKING TO DO IS JUST BE ABLE TO PRACTICE.
UH, THE A DU IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS.
UM, IT CAN ONLY BE INCLUDED WHEN YOU ARE RESIDING IN THE PROPERTY.
AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THAT WAS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, WE DID SPEAK TO, UH, BOTH.
WE ACTUALLY, THERE WERE INITIALLY TWO PEOPLE THAT WERE IN OPPOSITION.
UH, WE DIDN'T GET THE INFORMATION TILL EARLIER TODAY.
WE DID SPEAK WITH THEM BOTH AND BOTH WILL HAPPILY PROVIDE, UH, A LETTER ALSO,
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UH, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY IN FAVOR OF THIS AS WELL.DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DO NOT.
WELL THIS IS A DISTRICT TWO CASE, SO TO YOU COMMISSIONER WATSON FOR QUESTIONS.
SO SINCE ADJUSTING YOUR REQUEST FROM AN IDZ TO AN R FOUR CD, HAVE YOU MADE CONTACT AND PROVIDED THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITH THE UPDATES TO THE REQUEST? YES, MA'AM.
UM, THEY REQUESTED THE CONTINUANCE BECAUSE THEY NEEDED SOME CLARIFICATION.
UM, AND I THINK THEY WANT TO CONFIRM THAT THE SUPPORT THAT YOU CONFIRMED THIS MORNING, I'M ASSUMING OVER THE PHONE, UM, IS SOMETHING IN WRITING.
UM, I ORIGINALLY SUGGESTED, BASED ON THEIR REQUEST TO ME OVER THE WEEKEND, A FOUR WEEK CONTINUANCE.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ADJUST THAT TO TWO, JUST SO YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET, UH, THE SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN OVER THE PHONE IN WRITING AND PROVIDE THAT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, GIVEN THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEND IN A POSITION LETTER, WHICH IS SOMETHING THE COUNCIL OFFICE WILL WANNA SEE BEFORE THIS GOES TO COUNCIL.
YEAH, IT'S ACTUALLY, UH, AN EMAIL FROM, UH, THE MANKEY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITH ER RECOMMENDATION.
SO I, I HAVE THE APPLICATION PACKET AND I'VE SEEN THE EMAIL EXCHANGES YOU'VE HAD.
UH, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY CONFIRM APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST, JUST ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COMMUNICATION.
SO I'M ASKING THAT YOU GET THE SUPPORT CONFIRMED, UM, SO THAT WE CAN NOT ONLY TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT, BUT HAVE IT IN WRITING.
UM, WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PROVIDE THEM.
IT DOES LITERALLY SAY WHAT THEY RECOMMEND THOUGH IN THAT CORRESPONDENCE.
A RECOMMENDATION IS NOT THE SAME THING AS CONFIRMING THAT YOU HAVE ACCEPTED IT AND THEY ARE APPROVING THAT REQUEST.
THEY'RE ALSO NOT HERE IN OPPOSITION TODAY ALSO.
THEY'RE NOT HERE IN OPPOSITION, BUT THEY DID REQUEST A CONTINUANCE OVER THE WEEKEND.
WHICH IS WHY I AM HAPPY TO REACH A COMPROMISE AND DO TWO WEEKS INSTEAD OF FOUR.
UM, I BELIEVE WE ALSO JUST FOR THE PEOPLE THAT DID, WE DID GET ONE, UH, BACK IN WRITING IN THE 45 MINUTES WE HAD BEFORE THIS STARTED, SO I THINK THAT'S WHY IT WAS TWO AND NOW IT'S ONE AND THE OTHER ONE WE SHOULD HAVE SHORTLY.
UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOT A CONCERN WITH MISINFORMATION AND YOU DON'T RUN INTO ANY SURPRISES WHEN YOU GET TO THE COUNCIL VOTE.
UM, AND WE DO TYPICALLY ACCEPT THAT INFORMATION TILL 10.
SO THIS IS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT INFORMATION OUT THERE.
AND IT'S NOT, HE, HE SAID, SHE SAID IT'S IN WRITING.
FELLOW COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
ALRIGHT, BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER WATSON FOR A MOTION.
UH, THIS IS A SORT OF INTERESTING CASE.
UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR WITH MICKEY PARK, THIS IS TOWARD THE PERIMETER OF MINKE APPROACHING BROADWAY.
UM, IT RECENTLY WENT THROUGH THE MIDTOWN PLAN PROCESS AND THE LAND USE MAP DOES, UH, SUPPORT HIGHER DENSITY TOWARDS BROADWAY.
UH, A NUMBER OF THE NEIGHBORS IN THIS BLOCK ARE NOT AWARE, UH, THAT IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT THEY WERE REZONED TO MF 33.
AND SO FEEDBACK THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION RECEIVED IS CONCERN, UM, THAT WHILE THIS IS A DOWN ZONE, THE PROPOSED COMMERCIAL USE COULD POTENTIALLY BE ENCROACHMENT, UH, BECAUSE OF THE CONDITIONAL USE PROVIDING ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS.
UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS THAT INFORMATION, UH, SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE AN ENCOUNTER SURPRISE, OPPOSITION, UM, MOVING FORWARD.
AND, UM, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I'LL BE MAKING A MOTION FOR A TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE.
UM, HOPEFULLY THIS CAN BE ON CONSENT.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THAT SUPPORT IN WRITING.
SO THE MOTION IS FOR A TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
MOTION FOR A TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE BY COMMISSIONER WATSON WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER KELLUM.
TRYING NOT TO TALK ABOUT MY KNOWLEDGE OF VANKE PARK.
WE WILL JUST GO TO, UH, ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE THEN.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL SEE YOU IN TWO WEEKS.
WE COULD HAVE STAFF'S REPORT PLEASE.
MY NAME IS SAMANTHA BENAVIDEZ, ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 19 IS LOCATED AT 9 2 3 NORTHWEST 24TH STREET, GOING FROM R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT TO C TWO GENERAL C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH ALL OVERLAY STAYING THE SAME.
THERE WERE 32 NOTICES SENT OUT.
ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED PROSPECT HILL AND WEST END HOPE IN ACTION.
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ARE IN FAVOR AND OUR RESPONSE WAS RECEIVED FROM OUTSIDE 200 FEET.
THE PROPOSED USE IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF SURROUNDING AREA.
SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE R FOUR, RESIDENTIAL
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SINGLE FAMILY, AND C ONE LIGHT COMMERCIAL.THE EXISTING R SIX IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE AREA.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO AN ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE PROPOSED C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WOULD INTRODUCE MORE INTENSE COMMERCIAL USES TO THE AREA.
THUS STAFF RECOMMENDS AN ALTERNATE BASE ZONING OF C ONE LIKE COMMERCIAL, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH OTHER ESTABLISHED LIKE COMMERCIAL ZONING IN THE AREA.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OF C ONE LIKE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND THE APPLICANTS ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE.
MY NAME IS MARY HELEN, BE CRUZ.
UM, I AM THE DAUGHTER OF, UM, WELL, ONE OF THE OWNERS.
WELL MY, MY PARENTS ARE THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, WE COME BEFORE YOU TO ASK FOR A REZONING OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, MY PARENTS PURCHASED IT AND BACK IN APRIL OF 1985, UH, THEY REZONED IT TO A C3, USED IT AS A USED CARLA.
AND, UM, IN AUGUST OF 2023, THE, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DID A BIG REZONING TO THAT AREA AND GOT REZONED BACK TO A, UH, RESIDENTIAL, UH, PROPERTY.
AND WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF, UH, WORKING WITH THE CITY TO GET THIS, UH, PROPERTY REZONED.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH SUBMITTING PLANS.
WE HAVE A ENGINEER, WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR.
AND WHEN THIS PROPERTY GOT REZONED TO UH, RESIDENTIAL, WE WERE AT A STANDSTILL.
WE COULDN'T, UH, SUBMIT ANYTHING COMMERCIAL BECAUSE OF COURSE NOW IT'S CLASSIFIED AS A, UH, RESIDENTIAL.
SO WE ARE, UH, THE FAMILY IS ASKING IF, UH, TO GET THIS PROPERTY BACK TO, UH, THE COMMERCIAL STATUS SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE WITH, UM, UM, GETTING THIS, THE FAMILY'S EAGER TO, TO GET THIS RENOVATION STARTED.
UH, THERE WAS, UH, SOME, UH, FIRE DAMAGE TO THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY AND OF COURSE THIS IS WHY, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO GET THIS.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
ALRIGHT, SO DISTRICT FIVE CASE.
SO TO YOU, COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE FOR QUESTIONS.
SO I GUESS THE PRIMARY QUESTION IS, UM, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU INTEND TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY? SO THE PROPERTY, WE'D LIKE TO DO NOT DIVIDE THE WHOLE THING, BUT MAKE LITTLE SUITES, THREE SUITES.
UM, ONE WE WOULD LIKE TO USE AS LIKE A LITTLE OFFICE TYPE MM-HMM.
AND THEY, UH, THE OTHER, WE, WE WOULD LIKE TO DO LIKE A LITTLE CRAFT SHOP TYPE THING.
AND THE THIRD IS NOT A FULL BLOWN RESTAURANT, BUT A FOOD, FOOD ESTABLISHMENT.
LIKE A LITTLE SNACK SHOP, SNACK SHACK TYPE DEAL.
UM, AND JUST GET IT BACK UP AND, AND RUNNING TO COMMERCIAL STATUS.
UM, STAFF HAD TALKED TO YOU ABOUT A POTENTIALLY TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE PREVIOUSLY.
UM, I THINK RATHER THAN SORT OF GO OVER THAT AND SOME OF THE ZONING POSSIBILITIES, I THINK, AND I GAVE YOU MY CARD YES SIR.
OR HAD STAFF GIVE YOU MY CARD.
UM, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO, UM, IF THIS IS IN FACT THE BEST WAY TO GO ABOUT THIS, UM, BECAUSE THE C TWO IS A PRETTY INTENSIVE USE AND, AND THE FACT IS, NO MATTER WHAT IT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY, THIS IS STILL A PRETTY, PRETTY HEAVY RESIDENTIAL, ALTHOUGH THERE IS SOME C ONE AROUND.
SO RATHER THAN HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS NOW IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSION, WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS THAT WE DO A TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE AT THIS POINT YOU CALL ME AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT SORT OF WHAT MIGHT BE THE BEST WAY TO ADDRESS THAT.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES, SIR.
I DO HAVE CONCERNS THOUGH, IF I MAY.
BUT I'D RATHER DO THAT WITH HERE.
I MEAN, IF, UNLESS YOU WANT THE ENTIRE COMMISSION TO HEAR IT, WHICH IS FINE TOO.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS FOR.
THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY A, A BACK AND FORTH DISCUSSION.
OR LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW TO BEST RESOLVE YOUR ISSUE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I I THINK OUR TIME IS BEST USED, UH, WITH AN APPLICATION WHERE, YOU KNOW, I CAN TALK TO YOU, I CAN TALK TO THE CASE MANAGER, WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT A, A GOOD SOLUTION MIGHT BE.
I WANNA CHIME IN REALLY QUICK.
HER MAIN CONCERN IS I THINK SHE HAS A HEARING COMING UP WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT AND SO SHE HAS A DEADLINE TO MEET, TO PULL PERMITS.
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AND SO SHE'S FEARFUL OF A CONTINUANCE AND THEN AN IMPEDING ON THAT DEADLINE.SO, SO WHAT WE CAN DO, I MEAN CERTAINLY IT'S ALWAYS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE JUDGE TO MAKE A DECISION, BUT IT IS NOT ATYPICAL FOR US TO SAY THIS IS STILL PLAYING OUT IN THIS PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS.
CAN YOU GIVE US A 30 OR A 60 DAY CONTINUANCE? SO WE MAY BE ABLE TO HELP YOU RESOLVE THAT PROBLEM.
WE JUST NEED TO TALK TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
AND I WILL ADD, JUST FOR THE RECORD, THAT C ONE DOES ALLOW ALL OF THE THINGS THAT SHE NOTED, OFFICE CRAFTS AND A SNACK SHACK WOULD ALL SNACK SHOP.
I MEAN, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, LIKE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE SAY SNACK SHOP, I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS.
UM, WELL, I MEAN, IN THAT CASE, TELL YOU WHAT IF, IF YOU'RE HAPPY TO, TO AMEND YOUR APPLICATION TO C ONE, GIVEN THAT REPRESENTATION THAT YOU CAN DO THE, THE SNACK SHOP, YOU CAN DO THE OFFICE AND YOU CAN DO THE LITTLE SHOP, UH, IT'S GONNA LIMIT, IT'S GONNA HAVE SOME LIMITS, UM, REGARDING SIZE RIGHT.
WELL IN THAT CASE, I MEAN IF YOU WANT TO AMEND FORMALLY TO C ONE, UH, I DON'T WANNA PUT YOU ON THE SPOT THOUGH.
AND THAT'S WHY I THINK THE TWO WEEKS STILL MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE.
BUT IF YOU AMEND FORMALLY TO C ONE, WHICH IS WHAT STAFF'S RECOMMENDING RIGHT NOW, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE YOU TO C ONE AND GET YOU ON YOUR WAY TO CITY COUNCIL.
I'M NOT IN OPPOSITION TO THE C ONE.
I'LL, I'LL, SORRY, LET ME BE VERY CLEAR.
WILL YOU FORMALLY AMEND? I'M SORRY? YOUR APPLICATION TO C ONE? YES, SIR.
NO FURTHER QUESTIONS MR. CHAIR.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
COMMISSIONER ON MY RIGHT? UH, COMMISSIONER OSA? YES MA'AM.
WHAT WERE YOU GOING TO SAY? NO, I WAS GONNA SAY, UM, I, I UNDERSTAND THE, THE DENIAL OF THE C TWO AND, UM, I, I, I, I WILL AMEND AND I, I CAN ACCEPT THE C ONE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMERS ON MY RIGHT.
ALRIGHT, BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER BUSANTE FOR A MOTION.
AND I'M SORRY I DIDN'T MEAN TO BE RUDE.
UH, IT'S JUST FOR THE PROCESS OF THIS OR FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROCESS, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT, YOU CAN'T BE OPPOSED TO IT.
YOU HAVE TO FORMALLY AMEND IT.
I'M SORRY, SO YEAH, NO, NO, IT'S FINE.
WHICH IS ALSO WHY I REALLY ENCOURAGE, AND THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY TO YOU NOW, BUT TO ALL APPLICANTS, AND I THINK ALL CASE MANAGERS KNOW THIS.
I THINK ALL CASE MANAGERS DO THAT.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT AHEAD OF TIME.
UM, AND WE CAN HOPEFULLY RESOLVE THESE TYPE OF ISSUES.
BUT AT THIS POINT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR AMENDMENT.
AND THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED.
THERE IS A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER BUSANTE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER'S ON MY LEFT.
COMMISSIONER'S ON MY RIGHT? NONE.
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UH, I BELIEVE MINUTES ARE THE LAST ITEM CORRECT.IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OR MODIFICATIONS TO THE MINUTES? MR. CHAIR? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES BY COMMISSIONER REYES.
IS THERE SECOND? I'LL SECOND WOULD YOU COMMISSIONER? OKAY.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA.
ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, MR. CHAIR, A QUICK POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
UH, IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT ONE OF OUR PLANNERS HAD A BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY.
SO DID YOU WALK OUT? OH, THERE'S NO POINT NOW,
UH, BUT HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SAMANTHA, UH, FOR HER RECENT BIRTHDAY.
AND, UH, I WAS TOLD THAT I SHOULD NOT BRING IT UP, SO I WANTED TO, YOU ALWAYS SEEM TO BE ON THE INSIDE KNOWLEDGE TRACK HERE.
UM, DO WE HAVE A DIRECTOR'S REPORT? NO, SIR.
I WANNA WAIT UNTIL IT'S LIKE TWO 30, BUT NAH, WE'LL GO.
BUT THAT CASE, UH, THE ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS ADJOURNED.