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>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. IF YOU COULD BEGIN TO TAKE OUR SEATS. THE TIME IS IS 2:20 P.M. ON THE THIRD DAY OF APRIL, 2025.
WE WILL CALL OUR ZONING MEETING TO ORDER. WROTE -- WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL.
QUORUM. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
WELCOME TO OUR ZONING AGENDA. WE HAVE -- I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH OUR PROCEDURE TODAY. WE HAVE TWO ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN, ITEMS 7 AND 8. THOSE ARE STRUCK FROM THE AGENDA, 7 AND 8.
WE HAVE ONE ITEM THAT WILL BE CONTINUED TO MAY 15, 2025.
THAT IS ITEM NUMBER 4. AND THEN WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHER ITEMS THAT WILL BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY. ITEMS 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, AND 21.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS GOING TO BE HEARD ON CONSENT. AND SO LET ME ASK NOW MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO BE HEARD
INDIVIDUALLY. >> KAUR: IF I HAVE TO SUBMIT AN UPDATE ON DEEDS, DO I HAVE TO PULL IT OR JUST SUBMIT THEM? DEED RESTRICTIONS.
YOU NEED ME TO PULL IT? 2 AND 3. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ITEMS 2 AND 3 WILL BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY. ANY OTHERS? OKAY. LET'S FIRST HEAR A MOTION ON ITEM 4 FOR CONTINUATION TO
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR ITEM 4 TO BE CONTINUED.
IS THERE ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION CARRIES. SO ITEM 4 WILL BE HEARD AGAIN ON MAY 15.
THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT REMAIN ON CONSENT. ITEMS 1, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 15, 19, 20, 22 AND 23. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE ITEMS. THERE IS A MOTION BY VIAGRAN AND SECOND BY CASTILLO. WE DO HAVE FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON CONSENT ITEMS. I'LL CALL YOU IN ORDER. WE'LL START WITH JACK FINGER
ON ITEM 1. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, MY NAME IS JACK FINGER AND ITEM NUMBER 1 IS AN ALCOHOL VARIANCE, AND MS. KAUR, IT'S NO YOUR DISTRICT. IT'S -- IN YOUR DISTRICT. IT'S LOCATED MIRROR THE HAWTHORN ACADEMY OVER ON -- LET'S SEE, WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE STREET THERE? IT DOESN'T GIVE THE NAME -- YEAH, WEST GRAYSON. MS. KAUR, I THINK YOU MAY HAVE CONTINUED THIS EARLIER, AND I WOULD -- WELL, I WOULD JUST SAY I THINK YOU NEED TO JUST SAY NO TO THIS ALTOGETHER BECAUSE IT'S JUST LESS THAN 300 FEET AWAY FROM WHERE THE SCHOOL KIDS PLAY. SO MS. KAUR, WOULD YOU PLEASE PUT ITEM 1 ON YOUR -- THE PORTION FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AND SAY NO TO THIS THING.
MS. KAUR? THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. ALL RIGHT. THAT IS EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT ARE ON CONSENT. EVERYTHING ELSE WILL BE
HEARD INDIVIDUALLY. >> SORRY. DOMINICK LIPWITS. IS COME DOMINIQUE HERE?
WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL CONSTITUTION. >> CASTILLO: I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT 10 AND 11 AND THANK THE APPLICANT AND WELL AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. THIS WAS A PROPERTY THAT HAD BEEN VACANT AND A NUISANCE AND WE'RE GRATEFUL TO MARCO FOR BEING IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD
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ASSOCIATION AND THE NEARBY FOLKS. I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTINGTHIS ITEM. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO.
COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN. >> VIAGRAN: I'D LIKE TO ENTER IN THE LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR HARLANDALE MCCOLLUM ASSOCIATION FOR ITEM 9.
THEY BELIEVE IT WILL BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE COMMUNITY AND A NEEDED ONE.
THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER VIAGRAN.
FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA? THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR THE ITEMS THAT REMAIN ON CONSENT AS I PREVIOUSLY READ.
PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL GO NOW TO OUR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. WE'LL START WITH ITEMS 2 AND 3.
OPPOSED. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT.
COUNCILMEMBER KAUR. >> KAUR: YEAH, I WANT TO THANK MY TEAM AND CAMERON SPECIFICALLY GIVEN ALL OF THE CONVERSATION THIS MORNING FOR HIS WORK IN GETTING LOS ANGELES HEIGHTS TO SUPPORT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE APPLICANT T WAY THEY DID THAT WAS BY REQUESTING DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT TO THE RECORD WHICH I BELIEVE THE CLERK HAS. I WANT TO APPROVE AS
AMENDED. NOTION APPROVE AS AMENDED. >>
>> KAUR: WITH THE DEED RESTRICTIONS. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS 2 AND 3 WITH THE DEED RESTRICTIONS AMENDMENT. CABELLO HAVRDA. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ITEMS 11 -- EXCUSE ME, 12
AND 13. >> CLERK: 17 NOTICES MAILED, THREE IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED. CLARIFY, PLANNING COMMISSION AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I AREA THAT. AND THOMAS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 12 AND 13.
JACK FINGER. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, MY NAME IS JACK FINGER, AND THIS PARTICULAR ZONING CASE IS IN DISTRICT 5, MS. CASTILLO, YOUR DISTRICT. YES. MS. CASTILLO, IT'S ABOUT A DOWN ZONING FROM COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL. AND NORMALLY I ACTUALLY THINK SUCH A SITUATION OF DOWN ZONING -- I NORMALLY AM IN FAVOR OF SUCH.
BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN IT IS REALLY TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE.
THE REASON THE ZONING STAFF THOUGHT THAT IT WAS A BAD IDEA, THE REASON THE PLANNING STAFF THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD IDEA, WHEN YOU ARE PLACING RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA, THEY ARE GOING TO BE EXTREMELY UNHAPPY. THIS AREA IS GOING TO BE -- IS MAINLY COMPOSED OF STORAGE AREAS FOR TRUCKS, EQUIPMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT THERE. AND ZONING STAFF SAID SHOULD NOT HAVE TO LIVE AMONG THAT AND SO LET'S -- LET'S NOT EVEN TRY.
SO MS. CASTILLO, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO JUST SIMPLY SAY NO TO THESE TWO ITEMS.
THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, MR. FINGER.
COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, MAYOR.
LIKE MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT ARE FACING WITH A DECISION OF SCHOOL CLOSURES, EDGEWOOD ISD IS NOT EXEMPT FROM THAT AND THIS IS AN AREA IN WHICH WE DO NEED MORE HOUSING AND I'M GRATEFUL THE THOMPSON ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT
AND WITH THAT I MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS 12 AND 13. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE.
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MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 14. >> CLERK: I NEED TO READ AGENDA ITEM 3 WAS THE ACTION WAS ONLY ON 2. EARLIER WHEN WE DID THE COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS. SO I DO NEED TO OFFICIALLY READ IN 3.
SO WE DID APPROVE ITEM 2 AS AMENDED, AND SO ITEM 3 NEEDS A SEPARATE VOTE.
COUNCILMEMBER KAUR. >> KAUR: I MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED WITH DEED
RESTRICTIONS. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THERE WAS A MOTION. WAS THERE A SECOND ON ITEM 3?
>> KAUR: COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: ALL RIGHT. MOTION AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED ON ITEM 3. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION CARRIES. BACK TO ITEM 14. >> CLERK: CASE] 18 NOTICES MAILED, THREE IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THIS ONE IS IN DISTRICT 5. NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, MAYOR.
THANK YOU, MELISSA. WITH THIS ITEM I MOTION TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS.
>> SECOND. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 14 WITH CONDITIONS. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 16.
>> CLERK: AND THERE WAS ONE OPPOSED OUTSIDE THE 200-FOOT BOUNDARY.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 16.
JACK FINGER. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, ONCE AGAIN MY NAME IS JACK FINGER, AND ON IN PARTICULAR CASE IT HAPPENS TO BE IN DISTRICT 7, MS. GAVITO, YOUR DISTRICT. IT'S ABOUT THE IDEA OF -- WELL, IN MY WORDS, SHOEHORNING FOUR UNITS, 2024 DWELLING UNITS OVER INTO THIS LITTLE LOT OVER ON BEXAR DRIVE IN YOUR AREA. STAFF THOUGHT THAT WAS AD ABOUT IDEA. THEY SUGGESTED YOU SAY NO TO IT.
YES, BASICALLY IN THEIR WORDS IT SAID IT MAKES IT TOO DENSE FOR ALL THE SURROUNDING FAMILY RESIDENCES WHO HAVE TO LIVE IN THESE AREAS.
SO, MS. GAVITO, IF YOU WOULD KINDLY SAY NO TO THIS EXCESSIVE DENSITY.
THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, MR. FINGER.
COUNCILMEMBER ALDERETE GAVITO. >> GAVITO: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM WITH THE REVISED SITE PLAN AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF THREE UNITS.
>> SECOND. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 16 WITH THE REVIEWED SITE PLAN.
ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VETO. MOTION CARRIES.
25 NOTICES MAILED, ZERO IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: WE
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HAVE A COUPLE FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ONE. EDWIN VIDAL.YOU'RE PASSING? THANK YOU. JACK FINGER.
>> WELL, MAYOR NIRENBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I, JACK FINGER, ALSO AM HERE ONCE AGAIN TO SAY THE PROPOSAL IS A SLIGHT DOWN ZONING FROM, WELL, WHAT IS IT, C-2 TO C-1. NORMALLY THAT SEEMS TO BE A GOOD IDEA, BUT IT'S NOT THIS TIME. SO BAD THAT BOTH THE STAFF AND THE ZONING COMMISSION SAID NO, DO NOT DO THIS. WHY? THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR A WAREHOUSE. IT'S GOING TO, IN THEIR WORDS, OFFER COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT. YES. IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN IN A NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU'VE SEEN VARIOUS BUILDINGS, COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS GOING UP ARCHED YOU AND YOU THINK TO YOURSELF, WELL, WHAT HAPPENED TOMES ALL THE LIVABLE AREA THAT WE USED TO HAVE? IT'S GOING TO BE DRAB BUILDINGS THAT OUR KIDS ALWAYS HAVE TO WALK BY EVERY TIME THEY GO TO SCHOOL.
COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT, IT'S A VERY REAL PROBLEM AND YOU REALLY DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND MS. GAVITO, MAYBE YOU REALLY ISN'T HAVE IT HAPPEN -- REALLY SHOULDN'T HAVE IT HAPPEN IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. I SAY THAT, THAT'S RIGHT OVER THERE ON BANDERA ROAD.
PLEASE SAY NO TO THIS ONE. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. THIS IS IN DISTRICT 7. COUNCILMEMBER ALDERETE
GAVITO. >> GAVITO: THANK YOU, MAYOR.
THANK YOU TO THE APPLICANT FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I MOTION TO APPROVE THIS
WITH THE REVISED SITE PLAN AND CONDITIONS AS READ. >> SECOND.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL.
OF ITEM 17 WITH AN AMENDED SITE PLAN. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 18.
>> CLERK: FAVOR, THREE OPPOSED. AND I'M SORRY, TWO OPPOSED OUTSIDE THE 200-FOOT
BOUNDARY. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THIS IS IN THE ETJ OF DISTRICT 8.
COUNCILMEMBER PELÁEZ. >> PELÁEZ: SO UNLESS ASHLEY WANTS TO COME UP AND DO AN ENTIRE PRESENTATION, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO APPROVE AS READ INTO
THE RECORD. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 18 AS READ.
ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES.
ITEM 21. >> CLERK: 22 NOTICES MAILED, ONE IN FAVOR, SIX OPPOSED. AND THERE WAS 11 OPPOSED
OUTSIDE THE 200-FOOT BOUNDARY. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: WE
HAVE SEVERAL FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 10. >> CLERK: MAYOR, IF I CAN, I FORGOT TO MENTION THIS WILL REQUIRE A SUPER MAJORITY VOTE.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: GOT IT. ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE FIVE FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 21. WE'LL START WITH BRANDON BABCOCK. YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY EUNICE FLORES.
>> I DIDN'T HEAR THAT LAST PART. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: I WAS
JUST CALLING THE NEXT PERSON. >> BRANDON BABCOCK.
THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME. I ACTUALLY RUN, MAINTAIN AND OWN SEVERAL CAR WASHES.
ONE OF THOSE BEING ON THOUSAND OAKS. IN THE DISTRICT 10 AREA,
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THERE ARE OVER 20 OPULUS CAR WASHES IN THERE. THAT PARTICULAR AREA YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING ANOTHER CAR WASH INTO IS ON JONES-MALTZBERGER LITERALLY ON ONE OF THE BUSIER CORNERS OF THAT AREA. THEY ARE CONSTANTLY TRAFFIC JAMS, CAR ACCIDENTS IN THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION. WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING IS IN BASICALLY YOU COULD CALL THOUSAND OAKS AND TURN IT INTO THE CAR WASH MILE. THERE'S GOING TO BE A CAR WASH GOING IN NEAR 281 AND THOUSAND OAKS. THERE'S THE CAR WASH THAT I ACTUALLY RUN.THE SECONDARY CAR WASH SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE. WE HAVE TWO OTHERS, ONE ON JONES-MALTZBERGER ALREADY. THERE ARE THREE OTHER SELF-SERVE CAR WASHES IN THAT SAME DIRECTION. YOU BASICALLY ARE GOING TO BE TURNING THOUSAND OAKS AND ZONES MALTZBERGER INTO THE CAR WASH MILE. THE SECOND THING YOU ARE PUTTING A CAR WASH RIGHT NEXT TO A SUBDIVISION. OUR CAR WASH DOESN'T SIT ANYWHERE NEAR A SUBDIVISION. YOU CAN GOOGLE IT AND A CAR WASH, JUST THE BLOWERS ALONE GENERATE BETWEEN 80 AND 90 DECIBELS. THAT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF A JETLINER COMING IN AT 1,000 FEET. YOU TALK ABOUT HAVING THAT EVERY TWO TO THREE MINUTES WHENEVER A CAR IS GOING THROUGH, IT IS GOING TO BE RIDICULOUS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY LIVE THERE. MY CUSTOMERS, WHO ARE ALL MEMBERS OF MY CAR WASH, HAVE TOLD ME AND TOLD MOW ABOUT THIS AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TO TELL YOU PUTTING A CAR WASH IN AND BUTTING UP AGAINST A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION IS NOT A GOOD IDEA. I UNDERSTAND, I LOVE CAPITALISM AND I BRING ON, YOU KNOW, COMPETITION, BUT YOU ARE PUTTING IT INTO AN AREA WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO BE HAPPY ABOUT IT. THEY WILL OPPOSE IT.
AND I'VE HEARD THAT FROM SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE. I ONLY FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS CHANGE ONLY A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. SO I CAN TELL YOU THE PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO BE HERE COULD NOT BE HERE AND THEY'VE ASKED ME TO SPEAK FOR THEM AND SAY WE DO NOT WANT THIS RIGHT THERE. AND THAT'S ABOUT IT.
YOU CAN ASK ME ANY SUBJECT MATTER QUESTIONS. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS OVER
FIVE YEARS NOW. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT IS EUNICE FLORES. YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
ANDREW FLORES. >> HELLO. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. OUR HOUSE, WE LIVE AT 2734 PEBBLE BREEZE WHICH WOULD BE RIGHT UP AGAINST THIS CAR WASH.
I REALIZE THEY UPDATED PLANS FOR A TWO-STORY BUILDING NOW, WHICH IN FACT WOULD NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO AFFECT AS THE GENTLEMAN BEFORE ME SAID THE DECIBELS.
IT'S GOING TO GO OVER WHATEVER FENCE OR WALL THEY WANT TO BUILD.
IT'S GOING TO HIT OUR HOME. THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS A ENTIRETY, WE'VE SPOKEN AND WE DO NOT WANT IT AT ALL. IT'S INFRINGING ON OUR PRIVACY.
MY NEIGHBORS HAVE A POOL. IT'S NOT AT ALL WANTED. WE DON'T WANT STRANGERS LOOKING INTO US. THE NOISE LEVEL IS GOING TO BE ATROCIOUS.
WE HEAR RIGHT NOW MCDONALD'S DRIVE-THRU. THE TRAFFIC ON THE CORNER IS RIDICULOUS. THERE'S AN ACCIDENT THERE AT LEAST EVERY DAY IF NOT EVERY TWO DAYS. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE CUTTING THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO GO AROUND THAT TRAFFIC. IT PUTS OUR KIDS IN DANGER.
IT'S NOT WHAT WE NEED OR WANT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE HAVE ELDERLY, RETIRED MILITARY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE DON'T WANT THAT AT ALL.
IT IS DESIGNATED, I BELIEVE, AS A C-2. WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT AT THAT. WE WERE MORE THAN WELCOME OTHER TYPES OF BUSINESSES.
THIS COMPANY THAT IS COMING IN WANTING TO DO THIS CAR WASH, THEY HAVE FIVE OTHER LOCATIONS THEY ARE TRYING TO PUT IN AT THE SAME TIME. THEY ARE FROM OUT OF TOWN.
THEY ARE FROM OUT OF TEXAS. IF WE'RE GOING TO HELP AND DO SOMETHING THERE AT THAT PROPERTY, WHY NOT LET IT BE A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER FROM OUR OWN COMMUNITY OR FROM WITHIN TEXAS TO BENEFIT ANOTHER TEXAN OR SOMEONE IN SAN ANTONIO.
WHY DO WE ALLOW SOMEBODY FROM OUTSIDE SAN ANTONIO AND TEXAS TO BENEFIT? I AND OUR NEIGHBORS WOULD APPROVE A RETAIL, A DOCTOR'S OFFICE, ANOTHER RESTAURANT.
BUT DEFINITELY NOT A CAR WASH. THEY DID PROVIDE THE UPDATED
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VERSION OF THEIR -- AND I HAVE THAT MAP AS WELL. SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ABOUTIT. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, MS. FLORES. ANDREW FLORES. YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
BRANDON DENNISSON. >> HELLO. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF OUR NEIGHBORS. MY NAME IS ANDREW FLORES.
I LIVE DIRECTLY BEHIND THE PROPOSED CAR WASH ZONING AREA WHERE THEY WANT TO BUILD IT. 2734 PEBBLE BREEZE. OUR CORE CONCERNS, WE NEIGHBORS ARE NOT AGAINST HAVING A BUSINESS BEHIND OUR HOUSES.
WE WOULD WELCOME A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE, RETAIL STORE, ANOTHER RESTAURANT ON THE FORMER PIZZA HUT SITE. THE LOT IS TOO SMALL FOR A CAR WASH SITTING AT 0.36 ACRES, IT IS ONE-THIRD SMALLER THAN THE ONE ACRE PREFERRED BY THE DEVELOPER.
BECAUSE OF THE SIZE LIMITATION. THE OUTDOOR COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AT A CAR WASH WOULD BE TOO CLOSE TO OUR PROPERTIES.
THE DEVELOP HAS PROPOSED A TUNNEL THAT EXCEEDS THE 25-FOOT LIMIT.
WE WANT TO RETAIN THE C-2 ZONING DESIGNATION BECAUSE IT PROVIDES A BUFFER BETWEEN OUR PROPERTIES AND MORE EXPENSE USES THUS WE REQUEST OUR CITY COUNCIL DENY THE C-2 S REZONING REQUEST. ALSO OUR NEIGHBORS ARE JUST -- THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE NOISE, THE PROBLEMS THAT MAY OCCUR. THERE'S JUST SO MANY PROBLEMS THAT MAY OCCUR WITH THIS CAR WASH. AND I'M HERE THANKING YOU GUYS FOR LISTENING TO ME AND I JUST WANT TO OPPOSE THIS CAR WASH.
THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, MR. FLORES.
BRANDON DENNISO. YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY JACK FINGER.
>> MY NAME IS BRANDON DENNISSON AND I REPRESENT THE APPLICANT, LONE STAR BUILDERS. I WANT TO SPENT MOST OF MY TIME ADDRESSING SOME OF THE CONCERNS, MOSTLY ABOUT NOISE. WE PRODUCED A SOUND STUDY DONE BY A THIRD PARTY WHICH RESULTS FOUND THE EXISTING DECIBEL LEVELS OF THE STREET THERE AT THE RESIDENTIAL LINE ARE 59 DECIBELS. AND THE EXISTING NOISE PLUS THE PROPOSED CAR WASH WOULD RAISE THAT TO JUST 61 DECIBELS, ONLY A TWO DECIBEL DIFFERENCE. IN ORDER TO BE PER SEPTEMBER I BELIEVE TO THE HUMAN EAR WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THREE DECIBELS. I HAVE A PRESENTATION.
QUICK QUACK, ONLY 26 GALLONS OF NEW WATER IS USED ON EACH CAR WASH.
WE ACTUALLY, SOUNDS COUNT I INTUITIVE, BUT WE SAVE WATER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
THERE'S BEEN CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC AND WE ARE NOT A DESTINATION.
WE GENERALLY DO NOT INCREASE TRAFFIC ON ROADS. PEOPLE POP INTO OUR LOCATIONS ON THEIR WAY TO AND FROM THEIR OTHER DESTINATIONS.
LIKE I MENTIONED WITH THE SOUND STUDY, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO REQUIREMENT AT THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY LINE WOULD BE A DECIBEL LEVEL OF 63 AND WE ARE BELOW THAT BY TWO DECIBELS. WE HAVE PROPOSED A 15-FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER WITH BETWEEN US AND THE RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND AS WELL A 15-FOOT MASONRY WALL TO BLOCK ALL SOUND. THE AMENDED SITE PLAN, ALTHOUGH CONSIDERED A TWO-STORY, LIKE THE PREVIOUS GENTLEMAN SAID, IS A LITTLE OVER 32 FEET WHICH BASED ON CITY CODE WE CAN EXCEED 25 FEET BASED ON INCREASING OUR SETBACK FROM THE PROPERTY LINE. THIS TUNNEL IS LONGER THAN MOST TUNNELS.
THE ACTUAL BLOWERS OF THE CAR WASH, THE LOUDEST PART OF THE CAR WASH, ARE INSIDE THE TUNNEL 40 FEET. THERE WILL BE 40 FEET BETWEEN THE BLOWERS AND THE EXIT OF THE CAR WASH. THIS WILL CREATE ESSENTIALLY INPER SEPTEMBER I BELIEVE NOISE. HERE'S THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN.
THIS IS AN ELEVATION. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING. IT REALLY IS A GOOD THING TO LOOK AT FROM THE STREET. ANOTHER THING ABOUT QUICK QUACK, WE DO FUNDRAISING AND DONATE TO FAMILIES IN CITIES WHERE WE BUILD NEW CAR WASHES WITH OVER 200 LOCATIONS, WE HAVE HELPED OVER 200 FAMILIES. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION WE ARE ABIDING BY EACH REQUIREMENT SET FORTH IN THE CITY CODE IN THE SUA
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SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION. WE WOULD ASK THE CITY COUNCIL, I ASK COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE AS WELLS TO UPHOLD OUR PROPERTY RIGHTS AS WELL AS EVERYONE ELSE'S.THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU.
JACK FINGER. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, MY NAME IS JACK FINGER, AND THIS ITEM ONCE AGAIN IS IN MR. WHYTE'S DISTRICT.
MR. WHYTE, CAR WASHES. THEY CAN BE A CONVENIENCE FOR MANY OF US.
EVEN THOSE WHO USE CAR WASHES WOULD NOT NECESSARILY WANT ONE IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD. AND THIS IS PRACTICALLY WHERE THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE PLACED. THE ZONING STAFF AND THE ZONING COMMISSION THOUGHT THESE WERE BAD IDEAS FOR THAT VERY REASON. IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE RESIDENTS ON THE STREET. IN FACT, IT'S NOT EVEN ACROSS THE STREET, IT'S JUST ACROSS THE LANE AS WE SAW THE DIAGRAM THERE. AS MANY AS -- WHEN YOU HAVE AS MANY AS NINE PEOPLE COMING TO THE ZONING SESSION, EIGHT OF THEM IN PERSON, SAYING PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS, AND WHEN YOU HAVE AS MANY AS, WELL, FOUR PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE 200-FOOT ZONE PETITIONING SAYING NO, THIS IS SOMETHING TO TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT. THE GENTLEMAN BEFORE ME MENTIONED IT'S GOING TO BE JUST A 15-FOOT BUFFER. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. BEFORE YOU SAY YES TO THIS, HAVE THE ZONING STAFF COME FORWARD AND SIMPLY SAY, HEY, IS THESE BUFFERS REALLY GOING TO WORK? YOU KNOW, SO ANYWAY, JUST SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT HERE.
THANK YOU. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, MR. FINGER.
COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE. >> WHYTE: YES, THANKS, MAYOR.
I WANT TO THANK THE NEIGHBORS FOR BEING VERY, VERY INVOLVED IN THIS MATTER FROM THE BEGINNING. I WANT TO THANK THE DEVELOPER AS WELL FOR HIS EFFORTS. I'LL TELL YOU, I LOVE SMALL BUSINESSES, I WELCOME MORE SMALL BUSINESSES IN DISTRICT 10. UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS ONE THAT IS BEING PROPOSED FOR THE WRONG SITE. IT'S MUCH, MUCH TOO CLOSE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE HAD UNANIMOUS DENIAL AT ZONING COMMISSION.
STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED DENIAL. THIS ISN'T THE RIGHT SPOT FOR THIS CAR WASH. WITH THAT I MAKE A MOTION FOR DENIAL.
>> SECOND. >> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR DENIAL OF ITEM 21. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.
AGAIN, A YES VOTE IS TO DENY THE ITEM. A NO VOTE WOULD BE TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD. SO PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES.
THAT IS THE BALANCE OF OUR ZONING AGENDA. THE TIME IS 25:00 P.M. ON THE THIRD DAY OF APRIL, 2025. AND WE -- OUR ZONING AGENDA IS
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