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GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF WE COULD PLEASE HAVE OUR SPANISH INTERPRETATION SERVICES STATEMENT.
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ONE PRELIMINARY MATTER BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR HEARING.UH, THERE WAS SOME INFORMATION GOING AROUND THAT THIS MEETING WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE FORUM TO TALK ABOUT THE PROPERTY AT 5 42 SOUTHEAST LOOP FOUR 10.
UM, THAT ITEM WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY AND SO NO PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE HEARD ON THAT ITEM.
SO IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THAT ITEM, UH, YOU ARE WELCOME TO GO ABOUT YOUR DAY AND LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT LATER.
BUT IT WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY BY THIS COMMISSION, NOR WILL IT BE HEARD BY THIS COMMISSION UNDER THE BINDING CONSTITUTIONAL STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE AND OUR LOCAL REGULATORY ITEMS. SO IF YOU WERE HERE FOR THAT, ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR DAY.
I THINK IT'S PRETTY NICE OUTSIDE.
MY NAME IS JOHN BUSTAMANTE AND I AM THE CHAIR OF THE ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT FIVE ZONING COMMISSIONER.
I HEREBY CALL THIS REGULARLY NOTICED MEETING OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ZONING COMMISSION INTO SESSION THE TIME IS 1 0 2.
ALRIGHT, I LIKE TO DO ROLL CALL BY ALLOWING THE ZONING COMMISSIONERS TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, STARTING WITH THE COMMISSIONER ON MY FAR LEFT.
I REPRESENT DISTRICT ONE JOHN WITT, DISTRICT 10 MOSES VAL, DISTRICT NINE.
I'M MIA LOS DISTRICT TWO GEORGE OSA, DISTRICT THREE.
EDDIE PETE RODRIGUEZ, DISTRICT FOUR, JANELLE CHASE MAYOR'S OFFICE STAFF IS A QUORUM PRESENT.
WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? AYE.
PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ALRIGHT, PRIOR TO BEGINNING OUR HEARING, I WOULD LIKE STAFF TO REVIEW OUR MEETING FORMAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE STAFF.
IF YOU WOULD, BEFORE I BEGIN, PLEASE TURN YOUR VOTES 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 WILL 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 THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST AND AN EX INDICATES THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS IN OPPOSITION.
FOLLOWING THIS PRESENTATION AND ANY QUESTIONS BY THE COMMISSION, THE APPLICANT WILL PRESENT THEIR REQUEST.
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THE PROPOSED REZONING, YOU WILL BE CALLED IN THE MA IN THE ORDER THAT YOU ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
THOSE IN SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND YOU ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO UTILIZE THE MAXIMUM TIME LIMITATION.
YOU WILL BE INFORMED THAT THE TWO MINUTES ARE UP.
FOR THOSE WHO 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 SIX MINUTES.
THOSE GIVING UP THEIR TIME MUST BE PRESENT AND SIGNED IN TO SPEAK.
AND PLEASE ANNOUNCE THAT WHEN THAT SPEAKER'S GOING UP TO THE PODIUM THAT YOU ARE YIELDING THEIR, YOUR TIME TO THEM.
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 COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS.
AT THIS TIME ARE THERE ANY WITHDRAWN, POSTPONED, OR POSTPONED ITEMS? YES.
WE HAVE THREE WITHDRAWN ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, NUMBER NINE, AND 13.
ALRIGHT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU ARE PRESENT FOR ITEMS EIGHT, NINE OR 13,
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WHICH ARE ARE ON GW LEE, VIRGINIA BOULEVARD AND SOUTH ALAMO STREET, THOSE ITEMS WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY AND IN FACT, WE'LL HAVE TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF ZONING ALL OVER AGAIN.SO THOSE THREE ITEMS, EIGHT, NINE, AND 13, UH, ARE NO LONGER ACTIVE IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THEM.
UH, PRESUMING SOMEONE INITIATES A NEW APPLICATION TO START THE ZONING PROCESS, YOU WILL THEN GET NOTIFIED ABOUT THAT CHANGE AND THAT APPLICATION.
BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, THOSE ARE NO LONGER BEFORE THIS COMMISSION.
ALRIGHT, IF WE CAN GO ON NOW TO OUR COMBINED HEARING NUMBER ONE AND READ, UH, JUST THE ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, 10, AND 14 ARE THE COMBINED HEARING.
DOES ANY COMMISSIONER WANT TO PULL ANY OF THE ITEMS? SEVEN, 10 AND 14.
LOOKING LEFT, SEEING NONE, LOOKING RIGHT, SEEING NONE.
IF WE COULD READ THOSE ITEMS INTO THE RECORD PLEASE.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING FROM C3 R TO C3 RCD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR MANUFACTURED HOME OVERSIGHT VEHICLE SALES SERVERS OR STORAGE LOCATED AT 3 2 2 RACO DRIVE ALL OTHER OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS.
INSTALLATION OF 15 FOOT TYPE B BUFFER ALONG THE NORTHERN PROPERTY LINE THAT IS CLOSEST TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND TWO VE CLEAR INGRESS EGRESS NOT TO BE PERMITTED ALONG TOCO DRIVE.
THERE WERE 24 NOTICES MAIL TWO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED RAINBOW HILLS AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR.
ITEM NUMBER 10, A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING FROM R SIX TO R SIX HHL LOCATED AT 10 41 WEST AGARITA AVENUE.
ALL OTHER OVER BELIEFS REMAIN THE SAME.
29 NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR, ZERO POST BEACON HILL AREA NA IS IN FAVOR.
ITEM NUMBER 14, A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING FROM I ONE C3 R AND NP TEN TWO R FOUR LOCATED AT 46 21 CASSON ROAD AND 92 33 NEW LAREDO HIGHWAY 18 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR.
ZERO OPPOSED? THERE IS NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET OUTSIDE 200 FEET TO A POST.
WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP FOR THAT ITEM.
UH, WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AS YOU NOTED.
DO WE HAVE VOICEMAILS? NOT FOR THESE ITEMS. EXCUSE, EXCUSE ME.
UH, DID ANYONE LEAVE A VOICEMAIL FOR ITEMS SEVEN, 10, OR 14? ALRIGHT, LET'S START WITH THE VOICEMAIL FOR ITEM 10 AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE SPEAKER FOR ITEM 14.
I'M CALLING IN REFERENCE TO CASE NUMBER 1 0 7 0 0 3 3 2.
SORRY, HLI WOULD LIKE TO READ INTO RECORD A LETTER FROM THE BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
DEAR ZONING COMMISSION MEMBERS, BEACON HILL NOT ONLY APPROVES THE LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR 10 41 WEST AGARITA, WE ENCOURAGE SUCH DESIGNATIONS.
WE ARE PROUD AND GRATEFUL TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS FOR PROTECTING BEACON HILL'S UNIQUE HISTORY AND AN ARCHITECTURE THAT IS DISAPPEARING QUICKLY.
WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THE ZONING COMMISSION TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST.
CYNTHIA WALKER, CHAIRMAN OF THE ZONING AND URBAN DESIGN COMMITTEE FOR THE BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
MARVIN HAS, I'M SORRY, LET'S GO INTO SPEAKERS.
YEAH, WE'RE GOING ON SPEAKERS.
MARVIN, LAST CHANCE IF YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT 14.
JULIE FU SORRY I CAN'T GET THE LAST NAME.
MARVIN AND JULIE OUTSIDE PLEASE.
MARVIN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP.
MARVIN, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND TELL US, UH, YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT THE PROPERTY AT CASSON ROAD AND NEW LAREDO HIGHWAY.
UM, UH, MY ADDRESS, I DO HAVE SEVERAL LOCATIONS, BUT I WANT TO ANNOUNCE ONE OF THE LOCATIONS I HAVE AND IT'S, UH, 91 94 NEW LAREDO HIGHWAY.
I AM, UH, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, UH, FACILITY.
I HAVE, I DO RECYCLING AND A SALVAGE ONLY THING IS, UH, IMPOSING OR COMING AGAINST, UH, PROPERTY THAT IS ABOUT TO DEVELOP A BUNCH OF HOUSES OUT THERE JUST DUE TO OUR INDUSTRY.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF HARD.
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IS, UH, YOU DO NOT WANNA LIVE NEXT TO HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AREA DUE TO WE DO HAVE HEAVY EQUIPMENTS THAT MAKES A LOT OF NOISE, UH, CREATES A LITTLE DUST HERE AND THERE.UH, KIND OF, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF REGULATIONS, UH, THAT WE HAVE TO OBEY.
AND, UH, HAVING HOUSES REALLY BACK TO US, IT, IT HURTS OUR INDUSTRY, NOT OUR INDUSTRY ONLY.
I THINK IT HURTS THE HOUSES THAT THEY'RE ABOUT TO LIVE IN.
UH, ONE THING IS, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY, UM, THEY WANT TO GO THROUGH OR NOT, BUT IF IT GOES THROUGH, I MEAN, I WISH THEY WOULD GIVE US A LITTLE BUFFER, UH, 50 FEET OR A HUNDRED FEET AWAY FROM OUR INDUSTRY TO JUST KEEP OUR INDUSTRY SAFE.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S LITERALLY WHAT I HAVE.
SORRY, JULIE, IF YOU'D INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TELL US YOUR ADDRESS.
I'M AT 96 0 3 NEW LAREDO HIGHWAY.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE OTHER, UH, PROPERTIES ON THAT SAME HIGHWAY.
UH, JUST TO NOT SOUND AS REPETITIVE AS MR. AS MR. HAAS.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME, UH, THINGS WE WANNA BRING UP AS WHAT, WHAT BRINGING THAT, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS INTO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE NOW.
UH, THE CONSTRUCTION THAT IT'S GONNA TAKE, IT'S GONNA TAKE FROM OUR BUSINESSES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE TRAFFIC IT'S GONNA CAUSE, CAUSE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE, UH, IT'S, I DON'T WANT US TO HAVE THE SAME ISSUE AS ST.
MARY'S DID WHEN THEY WERE, WE HAD ALL THAT CONSTRUCTION GOING ON AS LONG.
UM, SOME OTHER POINTS I SPOKE TO, UH, WITH THE, WITH ONE OF THE REPS.
IT WAS JUST NOT PREPARED RIGHT NOW.
I'M SO, UH, ALONG WITH THE CONSTRUCTION, UH, MR. HAAS TOUCHED ON A LOT OF THE POINTS I WAS THINKING OF AS WELL WAS, YOU KNOW, THE, I DON'T WANT IT TO BE LATER ON, YOU KNOW, WHERE MONTEREY MEADOW IS AT NOW, YOU KNOW, ALL THE ISSUES THEY'RE HAVING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT SURROUNDS THEIR BUSINESS.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA HAVE PROBLEMS AS WELL.
THESE, THESE, UH, THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY'RE GONNA COMPLAIN ABOUT THE NOISE, THE, UH, I GUESS POLLUTION, IF YOU WANNA SAY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA COMPLAIN ABOUT EVERYTHING.
BASICALLY WHAT MONTEREY, THE PROBLEMS MONTEREY IS HAVING RIGHT NOW.
I FORESEE THAT HAPPENING TO US.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN THERE BEFORE THAT BEFORE AND UH, BUSINESSES BEFORE US, YOU KNOW, UH, BASICALLY DISTRICT FOUR IS KNOWN FOR HAVING, UH, ALL THE SALVAGE YARD AND METAL RECYCLINGS.
BUT YEAH, I JUST DON'T WANNA FORESEE THE PROBLEMS THAT MONTEREY IS HAVING NOW.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE THOSE PROBLEMS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. MATHA.
ANY FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? THAT IS IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
UH, ANY COMMISSIONER WANT TO PULL ITEMS FROM SEVEN 10 OR 14? LOOKING LEFT? LOOKING RIGHT? YES.
COMMISSIONER VO ON ON 14, I, I'D LIKE TO PULL JUST TO OKAY.
HAVE A LITTLE MORE DISCUSSION.
ITEM 14 IS NO LONGER ON THE CONSENT COMBINED AGENDA.
UH, THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN FOR A MOTION.
I'LL MOVE TO, UH, RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF COMBINED HEARING ONE.
THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM SEVEN AND 10.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
COMMISSIONER HEINA SAYS THE SECOND DISCUSSION.
THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM SEVEN AND 10.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE FOR ITEM SEVEN AND 10, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW MOVING ON TO CITY COUNCIL.
YOU HAVE SIX MONTHS TO GET THERE AND GOOD LUCK TO YOU.
ALRIGHT, WE ARE NOW GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR CONTINUANCE HEARING DOCKET, UH, TO FEBRUARY 17TH.
IF WE COULD READ THOSE ITEMS. ITEM SEEKING A CONTINUANCE TO THE FEBRUARY 17TH MEETING ARE 3, 4, 5, 11, AND 12.
YOU DO HAVE SPEAKERS FOR ITEM 11 AND VOICEMAILS.
AND WE HAVE VOICEMAILS ON A NUMBER, NUMBER OF THE ITEMS, CORRECT.
MS. MATA, ARE YOU GONNA STICK AROUND? OKAY, PERFECT.
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WHO LEFT A VOICEMAIL FOR FOUR, FIVE, AND 11? ARE YOU HERE TODAY? IF YOU LEFT A VOICEMAIL AND YOU'RE HERE TODAY, WOULD YOU RAISE YOUR HAND? ALRIGHT, SAYING NONE.COMMISSIONER, I BELIEVE UH, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE REQUESTING FOUR WEEKS INSTEAD OF TWO.
SO IT'LL JUST BE ITEMS 3, 4, 11 AND 12 FOR THE TWO WEEK.
PETE RODRIGUEZ, ITEM FIVE TO FOUR WEEKS, CORRECT? YES.
ALRIGHT, UH, SO THE ITEMS ARE 3, 4, 11 AND 12.
SO IF YOU WERE HERE AND LET THE VOICEMAIL FOR FOUR 11, RAISE YOUR HAND.
LET'S START WITH THE VOICEMAILS AND THEN LET'S HAVE SPEAKERS PLEASE.
I RESIDE AT 3 7 1 BANK STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SEVEN EIGHT TWO OH FOUR.
CASE NUMBER Z DASH 2 0 2 5 DASH 1 0 7 0 0 2 9 5.
UH, LIKE I SAID, MY NAME'S EMELIA FLORES AND I RESIDED BANK STREET.
I'VE RESIDED HERE MOST OF MY LIFE, WHICH HAS BEEN 65 YEARS OLD.
I COULD NOT BE WITH Y'ALL TODAY TO HEAR THIS CASE.
I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS ABOUT 3 7 31 PROBAND BECOMING EXTREMELY CONGESTED WITH VEHICLES AND HUMAN TRAFFIC CREATING AN ATMOSPHERE FOR POSSIBLY PAN HANDLERS AND PROSTITUTION.
LIKE OTHER AREAS HAVE BECOME, MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS ALREADY LOUD AND WILL ONLY WORSEN WITH UH, ADDED RENTERS AND CUSTOMERS AT 3 7 1 PROBAND.
THE PREVIOUS BUSINESS ENDED THEIR DAY AT 5:00 PM AND IT WAS QUIET AFTER THAT.
THEY HAD SPECIFIC HOURS AND THE AREA JUST QUIETED DOWN.
HOPEFULLY 7 31 DOES NOT HAVE EXTENDED HOURS.
UH, THEY WILL HAVE MULTIPLE RENTERS SO IT COULD BE CONTINUOUS NOISE AND CARS.
WHO KNOWS MY HEALTH AND THE HEALTH OF OTHERS WILL BE AFFECTED DUE TO INTERRUPTED SLEEP.
MY PROPERTY FACES TWO SIDES OF 7 31 PROB PROBAND PROPERTY.
THE PROPERTY AT 7 31 PROGRAM IS BEING REMODELED TO HAVE OTHER BUSINESSES RENTING FROM THE OWNER.
MY THOUGHT IS, WHY IS THIS HEARING NOW JUST HAPPENING AFTER THE OWNER HAS ALREADY SPENT HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS REMODELING THE BUILDING? HELLO, THIS IS MICHELLE VINEYARD AT 8 6 3 1 PIN DRAGON STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SEVEN EIGHT TWO FIVE FOUR.
UH, PHONE NUMBER (361) 537-2709.
CALLING ABOUT CASE NUMBER Z AS IN ZETA, 2 0 2 5 1 0 7 0 0 3 3 3.
CHARLIE DELTA, UH, WE ARE GOING TO VOTE NO ON THE REZONING FOR 8 5 0 4 OLD TAZO ROAD.
AGAIN, WE ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF THAT.
HELLO, MY NAME IS LARRY RAFER.
I LIVE AT 85 15 BRAUN KNOLL HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
CASE NUMBER ENDING IN 0 3 3 3.
I'M CALLING TO OBJECT TO THE ZONING CHANGE FROM PROPERTY ADDRESS AS 8 5 0 4 OLD TESLA ROAD, A PROPERTY 200 FEET FROM MY LOCATION.
IT APPEARS THAT THIS ZONING CHANGE WILL INCLUDE A CONDITIONAL USE PROVISION ALLOWING FOR A FULL SERVICE MOTOR VEHICLE SALES BUSINESS TO OPERATE WITHIN IT.
I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A DEVIOUS MOVE.
THIS PROPERTY IS TOO SMALL FOR AN AUTO SALES BUSINESS.
I'M A 24 YEAR RESIDENT OF MY ADDRESS.
SO I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DAILY OBSERVE THIS PROPERTY FOR YEARS.
IT'S BEEN AN EYESORE FOR SEVERAL YEARS EVER SINCE THE CAR WASH FACILITY THERE WENT OUT OF BUSINESS AND WAS ABANDONED A LOT BECAME WORSE WHEN IT WAS THEN FILLED WITH USED CARS OR BROKEN CARS OR CARS THAT SEEMED TO BE COMING AND GOING ALL THE TIME.
THE CITY WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY CLOSED THAT LOT AND PUT UP A CHAIN LEAK FENCE TO FURTHER AUTO STORAGE THAT MADE IT EVEN MORE HORRIBLE.
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EYESORE.THIS ATTEMPT TO REZONE THIS SINGLE LOT AS AN AUTO SALES OPERATION WILL RESULT IN THIS PROPERTY BECOMING A USED CAR STORAGE AND TRANSFER POINT AND THE WORST KIND OF RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY ADDITION.
THERE IS AN AUTOMOBILE DEALERSHIP ON OLD TESLA WHERE IT INTERSECTS BRON ROAD.
IT IS AN EYESORE AND WAS THE SOURCE OF THE VEHICLES THAT WERE MOVED TO THIS LOT IN THE FIRST TIME.
IT APPEARS THAT ONCE THEY WERE DENIED DOING THIS BY THE CITY PROBABLY BECAUSE OF ZONING, NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO CHANGE THE ZONING.
THIS ATTEMPT TO REZONE IS A THIS SINGLE LOT TO AN HELLO MRS. FRANCISCO GARCIA.
I'M CALLING FROM THE PROPERTY 8 6 3 1 PENN DRAGON, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SEVEN EIGHT TWO FIVE FOUR.
PHONE NUMBER AREA CODE (361) 227-1282.
CALLING IN REGARDS OF CASE Z DASH 2 25 DASH 7 0 3 3 3 CDI WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE THE OPINION THAT NO, I AM AGAINST THIS HAPPENING.
I DO NOT WANT THIS NEAR MY PROPERTY.
UH, I WOULD PREFER THAT THEY FIND A DIFFERENT LOCATION.
OUR NAMES ARE DAVID AND MARY MARTINEZ.
OUR ADDRESS IS NINETY THREE EIGHTEEN WENDOVER STREET.
OUR PHONE NUMBER IS (915) 525-0727.
THE ZONING CASE NUMBER IS Z DASH 2 0 2 5 DASH 1 0 7 0 0 3 3 3 CD.
WE LIVE WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE ZONING CHANGE LOCATION.
WE ARE AGAINST THE ZONING CHANGE BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC SITUATION IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
THE INTERSECTION OF ILBO AND OLD TEZO IS LOCATED WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE ZONING CHANGE.
ALSO, THIS INTERSECTION IS VERY CONGESTED AND IS HAZARDOUS TO PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC.
THERE IS A SCHOOL NEARBY AND THIS PRESENTS A DANGER TO THE CHILDREN WALKING TO AND FROM SCHOOL.
HAVING A CAR LOT IN THAT AREA WILL JUST WORSEN THE SITUATION.
IN ADDITION, THERE IS CURRENTLY A PROPOSAL BEFORE THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION TO BUILD A 65 UNIT FOUR STORY APARTMENT BUILDING IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA.
THE TRAFFIC WILL BE A MESS AND THE SAFE AND PEACEFUL CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BE FOREVER CHANGED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE OUR OPINION.
HI, THIS IS CHRISTIE HARDIN, H-A-R-D-I-N.
I LIVE AT 92 18 OXID SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 5 4.
I'M CALLING IN REGARD TO THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE TO CAR WASH ON THE CORNER OF OLD TESLA AND
WE ALREADY HAVE A, UH, LOT OF TRAFFIC AT THAT AREA.
IT'S ALREADY A TIGHT INTERSECTION IF YOU WILL.
VERY DIFFICULT TO BURN RIGHT AND LEFT.
UM, WE HAVE A DAYCARE ON THE OTHER END OF THAT BLOCK.
WE HAVE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NOT FAR FROM IT.
WE HAVE A PROPOSED 65 UNIT HOUSING UNIT.
IN FACT, I THINK IT'S NEXT DOOR TO IT.
WE HAVE THE INCARNATE WORD SATELLITE CLASSROOMS AT THE SHOPPING UNIT ACROSS THE STREET.
I DON'T THINK THAT A CAR WASH CAN BE SUPPORTED THERE ECONOMICALLY.
I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA LAST EVEN IF IT WAS BUILT.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BE STUCK WITH AN EYESORE, SO I'M DEFINITELY IN OPPOSITION TO THAT.
THIS IS FOR ALEX ANA, THE ZONING PLANNER.
IT'S ZERO THREE THREE THREE ZERO THREE THREE THREE.
UM, TELEPHONE NUMBER ONE OH SEVEN OH ZERO THREE THREE THREE CD.
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MY NAME IS ANITA GARCIA AND MY HOME ADDRESS IS EIGHTY FOUR ELEVEN BRONZE PATH.MY PHONE NUMBER IS (661) 406-3549.
ZONING CASE IS Z 2 0 2 5 1 0 7 0 0 3 3 3.
AND I'M CALLING UM, REGARDING 85 0 4 OLD TEEL ROAD, WHICH IS GOING IN FOR A REZONING REQUEST.
AND, UM, 85 0 4 OLD TE ROAD IS A VERY NARROW TWO LANE ROAD, ONE LANE EACH WAY AND APPROXIMATELY 12 TO 15 STEPS CROSSING FROM 85 0 4 TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN NEXT DOOR TO 85 0 4.
OLD ROAD IS IS HOMES AS WELL RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
AND THIS, THIS PROPOSAL OF REZONING JEOPARDIZES THE PEACE AND THE SAFETY THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS DEEPLY ENJOYED.
AND, AND THIS CAR LOT NOT ONLY CLASHES WITH OUR RESIDENT NATURE OF THE AREA, BUT IT ALSO POSES A SIGNIFICANT RISK TO OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.
WITH THREE SCHOOLS WITHIN A THREE MILE RADIUS.
THE INTRODUCTION OF A CAR DEALERSHIP WILL INTENSIFY TRAFFIC CONGESTION DURING PEAK SCHOOL AND WORK HOURS.
THE NARROW TWO LANE STREET CANNOT ADEQUATELY ACCOMMODATE THE ADDED INFLUX OF THAT IS THERE FOR VOICEMAILS.
ALRIGHT, CAN WE MOVE ON TO SPEAKERS PLEASE? JANET MCCART.
AND WHICH ITEM IS THIS FOR? ITEM 11? ITEM 11.
AND JUST FOR EVERYONE'S REFERENCE, THIS IS ACTUALLY A DISTRICT SEVEN CASE, ALTHOUGH I THINK ON THE SUMMARY IT DOES SAY DISTRICT TWO.
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TELL US YOUR ADDRESS AND ABOUT THE PROJECT.
MY, UH, NAME IS JOHNNY MCCART.
I'M THE NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT OF BRONZE STATION WEST.
OUR CLUBHOUSE IS 86 30 TEEL ROAD.
UM, I'M HERE TO REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH IS 1,153 HOMES AND OVER 3,700 SOULS.
WE, WE HAVE THREE SCHOOLS IN THE AREA AND ACTUALLY THERE'S ANOTHER SCHOOL THAT'S DOWN OVER OFF OF TESSEL THAT IS CLOSE AND NEARBY.
WE WERE VERY DISAPPOINTED TO FIND OUT THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS NOT ONLY NOT TALKED TO OUR COMMUNITY, HE HAS DONE THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF NOTICE TO THE RESIDENTS.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE IMMEDIATE PROPERTIES THAT ARE CLOSE WITHIN THIS PROPERTY RECEIVED A NOTICE IN THEIR MAILBOX.
UPON FINDING THAT, AND WE'RE A VERY CLOSE KNIT COMMUNITY.
UPON FINDING THAT, UH, INFORMATION OUT, WE WENT OUT AND STARTED GATHERING PETITIONS.
I'M NOT A GURU ON THE COMPUTERS, SO I HAVE WITH ME A SIGNED PETITION OF OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE.
WE'RE NOT HAPPY WITH THE ABANDONED CAR WASH THAT IT'S THERE AND WE DON'T HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE THERE.
BUT WHAT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT THE IMMENSE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC, I RECOMMEND THAT EVERYONE STAY OFF OF ILBO AT ALL POSSIBLE.
THAT IS AT THE CORNER OF THE EZZO PROPERTY WITHIN A MILE LESS THAN A MILE AWAY.
THERE ARE FOUR, SOMETIMES FIVE, FULL SERVICE CAR LOTS THAT ARE AT THE CORNER OF BRAUN AND OLD TEZO.
THESE HAVE ALREADY DEMONSTRATED THAT THEY POSE A PROBLEM.
THEY PARK CARS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THEY COMBINE WITH, UM, USING THE AREAS ON BRAUN, ON ESL AND RYDER ROAD.
WE SUGGEST THAT THIS BE DENIED AND THAT IT MOVE FORWARD, UH, THAT IT NOT BE FORWARD.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
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UH, I'M JAMES STOPPER.YEAH, THAT'S HOW, THAT'S HOW IT'S SPELLED
AND UH, I LIVE AT 8,500 PIN DRAGON AND I'M CLOSER THAN 200 FEET WITHIN THE PROPERTY THAT IS CURRENTLY IN ABANDONED CAR WASH.
UM, YOU KNOW, HOWEVER, I AM IN OPPOSITION TO HAVING THIS MADE A CAR SALES LOT WITH, UH, POSSIBLY, UM, SOME LIGHT MAINTENANCE WORK ON, UM, OIL CHANGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THE PROPOSED BUSINESS WILL CREATE EXCESS, EXCESS EXCESSIVE NOISE DURING THE DAY.
THE RESIDENTS DIRECTLY NEXT TO THE PROPERTY WORKS FROM HOME.
I AM THREE HOUSES, FOUR HOUSES FROM THAT PROPERTY.
A REQUIRED BUFFER DOES NOT EXIST TO SHIELD THE HOMEOWNERS.
THERE IS CONCERN THAT VEHICLES FROM THE BUSINESS WILL BE PARKED, ROTATED THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND ARE STORED ON THE STREET WITH, WITH, UH, WITH HOMES AROUND THE CORNER AND OLD TEZO ROAD BLOCKING DRIVEWAYS, MAILBOXES AND SIDEWALKS.
THE BUSINESS WILL CAUSE FURTHER TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON OLD TEZO ROAD AND CLO IN THE CLOSE BY INTERSECTION AT GIBO ROAD.
THERE IS A CONCERN THAT THE BUSINESS WILL CREATE LITTER AND HAVE DISCARDED PARTS LAYING AROUND.
UH, NOT AND NOT, NOT PROPERLY DISPOSED OF.
THERE HAS BEEN A DRIP, A DEBRIS PILE ON THE PROPERTY FOR MONTHS.
IF THE OWNER IS NOT KEEPING THE PLACE CLEAN NOW, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE IT'LL BE KEPT CLEAN IN THE FUTURE.
A CONCERN THAT IN INADEQUATE MATERIAL SUCH AS PLY BOARD OR OTHER INEX, INEXPERIENCED, INEXPENSIVE MATERIAL WILL BE USED TO CREATE A MAKESHIFT WALLS TO ENCLOSE THE CURRENT CI BLOCK STRUCTURE.
THERE'S WATER DRAINAGE THROUGH THE PROPERTY.
OIL SPILLED FROM VE VEHICLE MAINTENANCE WILL MAKE ITS WAY INTO THE SAN ANTONIO ROT WATERWAYS.
THERE'S NO PROPER STRUCTURE FOR OIL CONTAINMENT AND OR STORAGE ON THE PROPERTY.
THAT IS ZIPPER PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS ON THE DOCKET RIGHT NOW FOR A TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE, WHICH MEANS IT'LL COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS.
YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THIS COMMISSION AGAIN AT THAT TIME.
UH, IF IT IS CONTINUED AT THIS TIME, THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR A MOTION.
MR. CHAIR, LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE TO THE FEBRUARY 17TH MEETING FOR ITEMS NUMBER THREE FOR 11 AND 12.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
THE MOTION IS FOR A CONTINUANCE TO FEBRUARY 17TH FOR 3, 4, 11 AND 12 BY COMMISSIONER KELLUM WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA DISCUSSION TO MY LEFT.
I MADE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER IN THE MEETING AT THE OUTSET.
UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE PRESENT FOR THE PROPERTY AT 5 42 SOUTHEAST LOOP FOUR 10, THAT ITEM WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY AT THIS ZONING COMMISSION MEETING.
AND SO NO PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE HEARD ON THAT ITEM.
FURTHER, DUE TO CONSTITUTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS, FEDERAL AND STATE LEGISLATIONS, THAT ITEM WILL NOT BECOME BEFORE THE ZONING COMMISSION.
SO IF Y'ALL ARE HERE FOR THAT, YOU CAN GO ABOUT YOUR DAY AND ENJOY IT.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON NOW TO OUR CONTINUANCE HEARING FOR THE MARCH 3RD, 2026 MEETING ITEMS. SORRY, BEFORE WE DO THAT AND, AND JUST, I SKIPPED A STEP EVERY, ANYONE WHO'S HERE FOR THE UH, ITEMS 3, 4, 11, AND 12, WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN IN TWO WEEKS.
Y'ALL CAN GO ABOUT YOUR DAY TOO.
NOW ITEM IS REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE THROUGH THE MARCH 3RD MEETING OR ITEM FIVE.
ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD PLAY THE VOICEMAIL.
IT'S GONNA BE ITEMS FIVE AND SIX AND WE HAVE VOICEMAILS FOR UH, FIVE.
ALRIGHT, LET'S HEAR THE VOICEMAILS FOR ITEM FIVE.
I'M WITH MIGHTY FORTRESS CHURCH IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
WE'RE LOCATED AT 7 25 CEDAR HURST, UH, IN SAN ANTONIO.
UM, MY NUMBER'S 2 1 0 6 6 7 8 7 6 7.
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IT'S IN REFERENCE TO CASE Z 2 0 2 5 1 0 7 0 0 2 9 7.UH, WE'RE CALLING TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE AGREE WITH, UH, WHAT OUR NEIGHBOR IS TRYING TO DO, THE ZONING CHANGE.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO GIVE ME A CALL AT YOUR CONVENIENCE.
UH, AGAIN, MY NUMBER'S 2 1 0 6 6 7 8 7 6 7.
UH, THIS MESSAGE IS FOR SAMANTHA BENAVIDEZ.
ALRIGHT, ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS FOR FIVE OR SIX? NO SPEAKERS SIGNED UP.
UH, THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN FOR A MOTION.
MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE TO THE MARCH 3RD HEARING FOR ITEMS FIVE AND SIX.
THERE IS A MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEMS FIVE OR SIX TO THE MARCH 3RD MEETING BY COMMISSIONER KELLUM WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHITSETT DISCUSSION.
COMMISSIONER PIE RODRIGUEZ? YES.
SO IF YOU ARE HERE FOR ITEM EITHER ITEMS FIVE OR SIX, WE'LL SEE YOU IN A MONTH ON MARCH 3RD.
ALRIGHT, WE ARE NOW GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR INDIVIDUAL HEARING DOCKET AND WE ARE WHAT WE WILL BEGIN WITH ITEM NUMBER ONE.
MY NAME IS THAT EITHER GOMEZ ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER ONE LOCATED AT 52 51 OLD PIERCE SALT ROAD IS REQUESTING A CHANGE OF ZONING FROM RM FOUR RESIDENTIAL MIX DISTRICT TO C TWO CD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR MANUFACTURED HOME OVERSIZED VEHICLE SALES SERVICE VEHICLE STORAGE.
THERE WERE 14 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO POSTS.
THE SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION DID NOT PROVIDE A RESPONSE.
THE CURRENT RM FOUR RESIDENTIAL MISS DISTRICT ZONING IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED C TWO CD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH A CONDITION OF USE FOR MANUFACTURED HOME OVERSIZED VEHICLE CELL SERVICE AND STORAGE IS NOT APPROPRIATE.
THE INSTRUCTION OF HIGH INTENSITY COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES SUCH AS OVERSIZED VEHICLE CELLS AND STORAGE ON THE PROPERTY WITH AN ACTIVE RESIDENTIAL USE CREATES A FUNDAMENTAL LAND USE CONFLICT.
GRANTING THE REQUEST WOULD CREATE A RESIDENTIAL ISLAND SCENARIO, ISOLATING A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING WITHIN A COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS, WHICH IS DETRIMENTAL TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY OR WELFARE OF THE CURRENT AND FUTURE OCCUPANTS OF THE RESIDENCE.
WHILE THE SURROUNDING AREA IS COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL, RETAINING A SINGLE RESIDENTIAL UNIT WITHIN THE ZONING CHANGE CREATES AN IRREGULAR DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE, IF YOU WOULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF, TELL US YOUR ADDRESS AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR PROJECT.
UM, RYAN PLUGINS WITH BOWMAN CONSULTING GROUP.
I'M REPRESENTING, UH, THE OWNER, UH, FOR THIS ZONING CASE.
UH, ADDRESS IS 1 1 1 TOWER DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 3 2.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF SLIDES, BRIEF SLIDES FOR YOU, UH, TO WALK THROUGH.
UH, SO THE PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN GREEN HERE.
AS RAIO MENTIONED, THE OWNER HAS LIVED AND OPERATED AT THIS LOCATION, UM, WITH THIS BUSINESS FOR 30 OVER 30 YEARS WITH NO REQUIRED ZONING CHANGE.
UM, HE'S REQUESTING A ZONING CHANGE TO APP PORTION, THE FRONT PORTION OF THE PROPERTY WHERE HE OPERATES OR PARKS HIS TRUCKS AND OPERATES THE BUSINESS, UM, TO CONTINUE OPERATING HIS BUSINESS, UH, DUE TO A CODE COMPLIANCE VIOLATION.
CAN YOU GO THE NEXT SLIDE? UM, HIS RESIDENCE IS AT THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, AND HE DOES HAVE A PRIVACY FENCE THAT KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE THAT SEPARATES THE FRONT PORTION FROM THE REAR PORTION WHERE HE OPERATES HIS TRUCKS.
UM, SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES DO EXIST ON ADJACENT PROPERTIES, UM, TO THE EAST AND EVEN ON THE MANUFACTURED HOME, UM, SITES, THERE IS A TIRE BUSINESS, UM, THAT POPS UP ON GOOGLE EARTH.
UM, HE IS UNABLE TO CONTINUE HIS DAILY BUSINESS OPERATIONS FOR FEAR OF ADDITIONAL CODE COMPLIANCE VIOLATIONS.
SO HE IS ADHERING TO NOT CONTINUING CONTINUING HIS BUSINESS UNTIL WE CAN GET THIS, UM, SQUARED AWAY.
UM, OUR REQUEST HAS BEEN REDUCED FROM THE ORIGINAL REQUEST.
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IT WAS THE ENTIRE SITE AND WE REDUCED IT TO INCLUDE ONLY HIS OPERATIONAL AREAS.UM, AND THEN HERE WE HAVE JUST A QUICK OR A BRIEF VIEW OF, UH, THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN FOR THE SA TOMORROW, UH, PORT SAN ANTONIO AREA.
THE SITE, UM, IS IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE URBAN MIXED USE, UM, WHICH DOES INTEGRATE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES.
UM, THE PROPOSED ZONING DOES COMPLY WITH, UH, THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
UM, AND IT DOES PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LIVE AND WORK OPTIONS, UM, WHICH ARE PERMISSIBLE UNDER THAT LAND USE PLAN.
UM, I WILL NOTE THAT THE ADJACENT C3 AND I ONE PROPERTIES DO NOT, UH, CORRESPOND TO THIS LAND USE PLAN.
AND IT WAS PROBABLY DUE TO JUST AN OVERLAY, A ZONING OVERLAY THAT WAS DONE AT SOME POINT IN TIME.
AND, UM, THAT'S REALLY ALL I CAN KIND OF RESOLVE ON THAT.
BUT, UM, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
ALRIGHT, WELL, MS. PLUGINS, THAT MEANS YOU DON'T GET A REBUTTAL.
THIS IS A DISTRICT FOUR CASE, SO COMMISSIONER PETE RODRIGUEZ TO YOU FOR, UH, QUESTIONS.
IS THE OWNER HERE, CAN YOU STEP UP TO THE PODIUM PLEASE? CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME SIR TINO, I LIVE AT 52 51 OPI ROAD.
I'M THE OWNER AND I RUN A SMALL BUSINESS THERE AND I'VE BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS.
WELL, 31 'CAUSE I'M GOING ON 31 RIGHT NOW, BUT, AND, UH, I'VE BEEN OPERATING NOBODY TO COMPLAIN OR ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, AND NOW THIS CAME UP THAT I WAS IN COMPLIANCE AND THAT IT WAS A, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHEN I BOUGHT THE PROPERTY THAT IT WAS IN A COMMERCIAL AREA.
AND IT'S ALWAYS, I MEAN, I SEE EVERYTHING THERE.
I DIDN'T, NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT TRYING TO FIND OUT WITH THE ZONING OR ANYTHING, BUT, UH, EVER SINCE THIS CAME UP, YOU KNOW, NOW I'M HAVING, UH, PROBLEMS SLEEPING AND WITH MY HEALTH AND I'M HAVING ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS NOW WITH THIS AND STRESSED OUT AND ALL THAT BECAUSE I MEAN, I'VE HAD THIS BUSINESS EVEN WHEN BEFORE I, I MOVED IN THERE AND NOW THERE'S, THEY'RE KEEPING ME FROM MY LIVELIHOOD.
SO I, I'M JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I AT THE MERCY OF YOU ALL, YOU KNOW, CITY AND EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, SEE WHAT YOU ALL CAN DO FOR ME SO THAT I CAN CONTINUE OPERATING AS I WAS HAVE BEEN OPERATING.
YOU ANSWERED ALL MY QUESTIONS WITHOUT EVEN HAVING ME TO AN, UH, ASK YOU.
QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER DUBAL, UH, TO STAFF, UH, COULD YOU SHARE WITH US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ELEMENT FOR THIS AREA? WHAT IS, WHAT'S THE VISION FOR THIS AREA? AND JUST AS, AS, AS AS CONTEXT, I, UH, I WENT TO THE, BROUGHT MY KIDS TO THE PARK, UH, ACROSS THE STREET LIKE JUST LAST WEEK.
AND I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE NEW DEVELOPMENT.
THERE'S SOME APARTMENTS, THE PALLADIUM APARTMENTS LOOK LIKE REALLY NICE APARTMENTS DOWN THE STREET ON THE ROAD.
UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF UPGRADES ON THAT PARK THERE.
SO I'M CURIOUS WHAT THE, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAS FOR THE, THE LONG-TERM VISION OF THIS STREET.
YOU HAVE ZONING WITH INDUSTRIAL NEXT DOOR, BUT INCREASING NUMBER OF NEIGHBORHOODS BEING BUILT AROUND IT.
UM, THE ZONING, THERE IS A MIX OF COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL RESIDENTIAL.
THERE IS ESTABLISHED MH UH, MANUFACTURED HOMES THERE.
UM, THE RM FOUR, I MEANT HE THE APPLICANT, THE OWNER DOES LIVE ON THE PROPERTY.
THIS WAS AS FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT'S AN URBAN MIXED USE LAND USE, WHICH IS MEANT TO BE A CONTAIN, UH, A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND INSTITUTIONAL USES AT A MEDIUM LEVEL OF INTENSITY.
UM, SO AS THE, UM, AS MS. RYAN DID SAY THAT THE, UM, EVEN THOUGH THE EXISTING C3 AND THE I ONE ARE NOT REALLY ALIGNED WITH THE ESTABLISHED, UH, LAND USE, THAT LAND USE MOST LIKELY CAME INTO PLACE AFTER THE ZONING WAS ALREADY THERE.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THE LAND USE, THEY DO WANT SOMETHING OF A MEDIUM LEVEL OF INTENSITY AND STAFF JUST HAS CONCERNS FOR THE HIGHER INTENSITY OF THE USE OF THE, UM, STORAGE
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OF THE OVERSIZED VEHICLES TO STICK TO THE ZONING RATHER THAN LOOKING AT THE PROPOSED USE.COULD YOU SHARE WHAT KIND OF OTHER USES WOULD BE ALLOWED UNDER C TWO HYPOTHETICALLY TO, HYPOTHETICALLY IT'S MOSTLY RETAIL, UH, SERVICE CONDITIONAL, OR, I'M SORRY, SERVICE COMMERCIAL USES.
SO A LOT OF YOUR, UH, AGAIN, RETAIL USES, UH, SERVICE, UH, USES, THAT'S BASICALLY THE TYPICAL, UM, ITEMS THAT ARE PERMITTED IN A C TWO.
AND GENERALLY THOUGH, TO CONFIRM THE STAFF REPORT SAID IT, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND C TWO IS PERMITTED UNDER THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ELEMENT.
GENERALLY, IT, IT DOES ALIGN WITH THE, UH, THE URBAN MIXED USE LAND USE CLASSIFICATION.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS TO MY LEFT? SEEING NONE.
ALRIGHT, UM, COMMISSIONER PETE RODRIGUEZ TO YOU FOR DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL MOTION.
I, I HAVE NO DISCUSSION, BUT I DO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR THE REZONING.
ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AS SUBMITTED BY COMMISSIONER PETE RODRIGUEZ WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA, UM, DISCUSSION TO MY RIGHT, NONE DISCUSSION TO MY LEFT.
YEAH, IT, IT DOES SEEM LIKE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DISCONNECT BETWEEN A LITTLE, THE VISION AND THE, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN VERSUS SOME OF THE PREVAILING USES PROBABLY SHOULD BE WORKED OUT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER TO AVOID CONFLICTS IN THE FUTURE.
I COULD TOTALLY IMAGINE THIS AREA, ESPECIALLY WITH THOSE APARTMENTS, THE PALLADIUM APARTMENTS DOWN THE STREET, THIS AREA CONTINUING TO, YOU KNOW, BE DEVELOPED AS, UM, RESIDENTIAL AND, AND, AND MULTIFAMILY.
SO AT, AT SOME POINT WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE CHARACTER, THE INTENDED CHARACTER IS.
UM, BUT WITH THIS PROJECT NOW, BEFORE US NOW, UM, C TWO IS ALLOWED WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
MAYBE THIS IS, UH, REFLECTIVE OF A LARGER ISSUE WITH JUST THE USES AND THE USE TABLE FOR C TWO IF
UM, BUT THAT'S NOT, SHOULDN'T BE THIS APPLICANT'S PROBLEM.
UM, THAT'S A CHANGE FOR THE UDC.
SO, SO FOR WITH THAT, I'M GONNA BE SUPPORTING THE PROJECT.
AND ANY FURTHER COMMENTS LEFT SAYING NONE BRIEFLY, MR. MR. CHAIR? YEP.
CAN I SAY SOMETHING REAL QUICK? OF COURSE.
UH, THE REASON THAT I APPROVED IT IS HE'S BEEN THERE FOR 31 YEARS.
UH, THERE HASN'T BEEN NO ISSUES AND, YOU KNOW, WE, I DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT TO UPROOT HIM AND MOVE HIM, SO THAT'S WHY I, I APPROVED IT OR CONSIDER, UH, RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER PETE RODRIGUEZ.
ALRIGHT, UH, BRIEFLY, I AM ALSO GONNA SUPPORT THE MOTION.
UH, THE BIGGEST ISSUE THAT STAFF RAISED IN THEIR REPORT TO MY MIND IS THE ISOLATION OF A RESIDENCE ON THE ISLAND.
HOWEVER, GIVEN THE HISTORIC USE OF THIS OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS WITH THIS INDIVIDUAL BEING IN THAT HOME, RUNNING THIS BUSINESS ON THE FOR FIRST, UH, FRONT PORTION, UH, I'M GONNA SUPPORT THE MOTION, UH, THERE BEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL AS SUBMITTED BY PETE RODRIGUEZ, BY COMMISSIONER PETE RODRIGUEZ AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA.
COMMISSIONER PIE RODRIGUEZ? YES.
Y'ALL ARE ON YOUR WAY TO CITY COUNCIL.
YOU HAVE SIX MONTHS TO GET THERE.
IT'S NOT THAT FAR DOWN THE ROAD.
UM, ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO FOR INDIVIDUAL HEARING PLEASE.
ALEX RATANA ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS LOCATED AT 41 31 COLLAB ROAD GOING FROM R FIVE CD RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR NON-COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT AND C TWO AND A CD COMMERCIAL NON-ALCOHOLIC CELLS DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR HOME IMPROVEMENT CENTER TO C3 GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH ALL OVERLAYS STAYING THE SAME.
THERE WERE 33 NOTICES SENT OUT.
ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED WITHIN 200 FEET.
CLUBBER PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED AND OUTSIDE THE 200 FEET, NO RESPONSE.
THE EXISTING R FIVE CD AND C TWO CD ARE APPROPRIATE ZONINGS FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED C3 IS NOT THE SUBJECT.
PROPERTY IS WITHIN AN ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL BLOCK AND IS ABUTTING EXISTING RESIDENTIAL USES.
THIS PROPERTY WAS REZONED IN 2024 WHERE STAFF RECOMMENDED THE PORTION OF PROPERTY ABUTTING COLLE MAINTAIN A COMMERCIAL ZONING AND THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE PROPERTY MAINTAIN THE RESIDENTIAL BASED ZONING DISTRICT
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TO LIMIT COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT AND PRESERVE THE RESIDENTIAL NATURE OF THE AREA WHILE STILL PERMITTING COMMERCIAL USES.THE REQUESTED C3 WOULD INTRODUCE MORE INTENSE COMMERCIAL USES TO THE AREA AND CONTRIBUTE TO COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT INTO AN ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL BLOCK.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND AMEND THEIR REQUEST AND BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPERTY.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE AND IF YOU WOULD, YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE.
4 1 3 1, UH, COLLIBRA AND THIS IS MY SON IAN HIJA, IF YOU WOULD TELL US ABOUT YOUR PROJECT AND MAYBE FOCUS ON THE AMENDMENT OKAY.
AND WHY YOU MADE THE AMENDMENT.
UM, SO, UH, ORIGINALLY I HAD, UH, HIRED A REPRESENTATIVE TO, UH, MAKE THE PROPERTY TO UH, USE CAR DEALERSHIP.
AND UH, I HAD SOMEONE BECAUSE I'M NOT EXPERIENCED AND I THINK THE, UH, REPRESENTATIVE WENT TO THE EXTREME OR REQUESTING, UH, A C3, UH, SAYING THAT THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S ALLOWED TO SELL CARS.
BUT THE PURPOSE OF ME IS JUST FOR AN APPROVAL FOR ZONING TO HAVE CAR SALES.
SO WITH UH, BEING HERE SEVERAL TIMES WITH, FOR THE DISCUSSION, WE HAD AMENDED THE REQUEST TO WHERE, UH, KEEPING ONLY THE, THE PROPERTIES THAT FACE COLLIBRA, WHICH WERE APPROVED IN 2024 FOR COMMERCIAL USE TO STAY COMMERCIAL USE C TWO AND CHANGING THE CD FROM HOME IMPROVEMENT TO JUST, UH, FULL CARE SERVICE, WHICH WE HAVE REC UH, WE HAVE DONE.
AND AMENDED IT TO THE REQUEST OF IN AGREEANCE WITH EVERYONE FOR WHAT'S BEEN DONE AND THE BACK PROPERTY WILL STAY AS IS.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, THIS IS A DISTRICT SEVEN CASE, SO COMMISSIONER SIPES TO YOU.
ALRIGHT, SORRY, DON'T, DON'T HIT OFF TOO FAR.
UM, COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU AND UM, FORGIVE ME IF I MISPRONOUNCED IT.
UM, HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU REACHED OUT TO COLLIBRA PARK WITH THIS NEW PROPOSAL? UH, WELL WE, WE REACHED OUT TO THEM TWICE AND UH, WE'VE UH, UH, BASICALLY SPECIFIED THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE PROPERTY IS JUST FOR CAR SALES AND UH, WE REACHED OUT AGAIN WHEN THE AMENDMENT WAS, UH, BASICALLY THE NEW PROPOSAL TO ELIMINATE THE BACK PROPERTIES AND KEEPING THEM RESIDENTIAL AND ONLY KEEPING THE FRONT AS IT IS.
AND, UH, BUT WE NEVER GET ANY RESPONSE, BUT YES SIR.
UM, SO THE, THE FRONT PROPERTY WOULD ONLY BE USED FOR CAR SALES AND FULL SERVICE? YES, SIR.
AND I GUESS, OKAY, THAT, THAT, THAT'S IT FOR ME FOR RIGHT NOW.
UM, WHAT WOULD STAFF'S OPINION BE THEN OF THE CHANGE TO JUST TO THE, THE, TO THE C TWO TO A C TWO? IT'D BE A C TWO.
SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN, WHAT THE AMENDMENT IS, IS CHANGING THE, JUST FOR LOTS NINE AND THE 32.35 FEET OF LOT 10, WHICH IS THE SOUTHERN SECTION FACING COLLIBRA ROAD.
UM, AND THEN THE REQUEST IS AMENDMENT TO C TWO NA CD WITH A, UM, CONDITIONAL USE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE SALES FULL SERVICE.
SO THIS WOULD INCLUDE, UM, ADDITIONAL WORK, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD WORK ON THE CARS AND WHATNOT.
UM, STAFF AGAIN IT OKAY WITH THE C TWO CD JUST BECAUSE IT IS A LONG COLLIBRA A, UM, ARTERIAL STREET AND THERE IS PLENTY OF COMMERCIAL UH, USES ALONG THE ROAD.
UM, THERE'S ALWAYS THE OPTION, I'M JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE.
UH, LOGAN BROUGHT, IF YOU WANTED TO REMOVE THE FULL SERVICE ASPECT, THEY COULD STILL WORK ON THE CARS DOING SMALLER ITEMS LIKE, UM, LUBE TIRE CHANGE, THOSE KIND OF ITEMS. THEY JUST COULDN'T DO LIKE FULL-BLOWN MECHANICAL WORK OR AUTO BODY KIND OF ITEMS. OKAY, GOT
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IT.THANK YOU FOR THAT EXTRA INFORMATION.
UM, AT THIS TIME THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.
UH, SO OTHER COMMISSIONERS, UH, COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT QUESTIONS? YES.
COMMISSIONER WHITSETT, I GUESS THIS IS FOR STAFF.
LOOKING AT THE MAP, IT LOOKS LIKE EITHER THAT'S AN ALLEY NEXT TO THEM, UH, AND IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO EXIST AND IT APPEARS TO BE CLOSED OFF EITHER ON THIS PROPERTY OR THE ADJACENT PROPERTY.
IS THERE ANYTHING Y'ALL CAN TELL ME ABOUT THAT? IT, IT'S BASICALLY WHAT I BELIEVE WE WOULD CALL LIKE A PAPER ALLEY.
BASICALLY IT WAS DESIGNED, DEVELOPED THAT WAY, BUT IT HAS NEVER BEEN DEVELOPED AS A FULL BLOWN ALLEY.
SO RIGHT NOW IT JUST LOOKS LIKE, UM, VACANT LAND.
SO IF THERE'S ANY SETBACKS AND THINGS, UH, THEIR SETBACK WOULD BE FROM PROPERTY, FROM THE PROPERTY LINE, THEIR PROPERTY LINE FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.
SIR THE ALLEY WOULD NOT BENEFIT THEM ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
TO BE HONEST THOUGH, WHEN YOU ARE A BUDDING AN ALLEY, THE UM, SETBACK IS UM, YOU GET TO USE HALF OF THE ALLEY.
UM, AND I BELIEVE WITH A C TWO THERE'S NO SETBACKS IF YOU'RE NOT ABUTTING A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, WHICH WOULDN'T BE, WHICH WOULD BE THIS CASE.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER DUVALL QUESTIONS.
THE C3, SO PA ONE OF THE LOTS IS THE, UH, REQUEST ZONING IS STILL C3 FOR ONE OF THE LOTS, CORRECT? NO, THEY'RE WANTING TO AMEND FROM C3 TO THE C TWO NA CD.
SO THEY'RE BRINGING DOWN THE BASE ZONE FROM C3 TO C TWO, WHICH STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF BECAUSE C3 IS WHEN YOU GET INTO MORE OF YOUR LARGER SCALE ITEMS AND THEN YOU'VE GOT YOUR BARS, YOU KNOW, LARGE SCALE, UH, MORE MOTOR VEHICLE SALES, MORE OF YOUR, UM, CAR REPAIR ITEMS. WELL, I'M GLAD I ASKED
UM, SO THE PLANNING COMMISSION MET ON JANUARY 14TH.
DID THEY REVIEW THE PRIOR C3 REQUEST OR THIS THE NEW PROPOSAL? THEY, UM, THE ORIGINAL REQUEST FOR C3 WAS GOING TO MANDATE OR REQUIRE A PLAN AMENDMENT BE, BUT BECAUSE HE WANTS TO AMEND AND DO ONLY THE C TWO, THAT PLAN AMENDED IS NO LONGER NEEDED AND THAT ITEM WAS WITHDRAWN BECAUSE C TWO ALIGNS WITH THE EXISTING LAND USE.
ALRIGHT, QUESTIONS TO MY RIGHT? SEEING NONE BRIEFLY QUESTIONS FOR ME TO STAFF JUST FOR THE SAKE OF ABSOLUTE CLARITY OR AS CLOSE AS WE CAN GET.
UH, WE ARE REALLY AT THIS POINT WITH THE AMENDMENT TO THE PROPERTY DESIGNATION TALKING ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT COLOR THAT IS.
41 31 ON THE MAP THAT'S UP HERE.
YES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT BOUNDARY, WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LOT NINE AND HOWEVER OTHER MANY FEET OF LOT 10 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT AREA.
AND THE REMAINDER, THE R FIVE CD ABOVE THAT IS NO LONGER PART OF THIS REQUEST.
IT IS OUTSIDE OF THIS REQUEST NOW REMOVED.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? TO MY LEFT.
SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT.
THIS IS A DISTRICT SEVEN CASE COMMISSIONER SIPES TO YOU FOR DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL MOTION.
ALRIGHT, SO THIS IS, UM, THE, THE, THE PROPOSED CHANGE KIND OF THROWS A WRENCH INTO EVERYTHING.
UM, BECAUSE AS A STRICT C UH, C3 IT WAS, IT WAS A PRETTY EASY DENIAL.
UM, BUT I STILL HAVE, UM, SOME ISSUES WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF ADDITIONAL AUTO USES.
UM, I KNOW THAT COLLIBRA PARK, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THAT'S THEIR BIG CONCERN IS UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE KIND OF TIRED OF SEEING CAR LOT AFTER CAR LOT ALONG THEIR, YOU KNOW, UH, ALONG THEIR CORRIDOR.
UM, AND SO WHEN THERE WAS A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN IT WAS PROPOSED TO BE, TO CHANGE FROM A, UH, A CD FOR A HOME IMPROVEMENT, IT WAS LIKE, OKAY, WELL THAT'S A SMALLER, THAT, THAT'S NOT A CAR LOT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT A STORE THAT PEOPLE COULD ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, UH, PATRONIZE.
UM, AND, AND SO I AM KIND OF JUST TALKING 'CAUSE I'M TRYING TO DECIDE WHETHER I WANT TO ASK FOR A CONTINUANCE OR NOT.
UM, BUT AT, AT, AT THIS POINT, AND I THANK YOU FOR THE, FOR THE CHANGE THAT YOU HAVE RECOMMENDED OR THAT YOU'RE SEEKING, UH, I THINK THAT'S EXCELLENT, WHICH IS WHY I'M STRUGGLING WITH THIS RIGHT
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NOW.UM, SO WHAT YOU DID GREAT IDEA.
UM, BUT I THINK JUST BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS SO AGAINST ADDITIONAL CAR USE OR AUTO USE ON, ON THE CORRIDOR, I THINK I STILL AM GONNA RECOMMEND OR MAKE A MOTION FOR DENIAL.
THERE IS A MOTION FOR DENIAL OF ITEM NUMBER TWO BY COMMISSIONER S SIPES.
IS THERE A SECOND? LOOKING LEFT.
COMMISSIONER LOAF PROVIDES A SECOND FOR DENIAL OF ITEM NUMBER TWO.
ALRIGHT, A DISCUSSION TO MY LEFT? YES.
I, I'D, I'D LIKE TO SEE A CONTINUANCE, UM, JUST TO SEE IF WHAT THE STATUS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
HATE TO KNOCK IT DOWN IF IT WAS STILL POSSIBLE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
UM, BUT INTERESTED IN HEARING WHAT THE REST OF THE COMMISSION'S THOUGHTS ARE ON THAT.
COMMISSIONER, WHAT'S THAT? UH, I THINK I'M ALSO IN FAVOR OF CONTINUANCE TO TALK ABOUT IT FURTHER.
COMMISSIONER KELLY? UH, I THINK I'LL JOIN THE, ALSO LIKE TO HAVE A CONTINUANCE.
ANYONE ELSE WANNA GET IN THAT BOAT? NO, I'M KIDDING.
COMMISSIONER CALL? NO RIGHT DISCUSSION.
BACK BAG BANDWAGON FOR CONTINUANCE.
ALRIGHT, SAME COMMISSIONER CHASE.
ALRIGHT, I'D LIKE TO OFFICIALLY JOIN THAT
UM, ALRIGHT, THAT'S VERY GOOD.
UH, STAFF, ONE QUICK QUESTION.
OUR PUBLIC COMMENT IS OVER, SIR, I'M SORRY.
UM, BUT HOW MANY TIMES HAS THIS CASE BEEN CONTINUED SO FAR? HAS THE ZO THE ZONING CASE HAS BEEN CONTINUED ONCE.
SO IF IN FACT, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, AND YOU CAN TALK TO YOUR CASE MANAGER ABOUT THIS, IF IN FACT THIS CONTINU IF A CONTINUANCE OCCURS, IT WOULD BE THEY COULD MOVE ON TO CITY COUNCIL WITH A DEEMED RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL, CORRECT? CORRECT.
SO THAT'S JUST FOR EVERYONE'S, I'M SORRY, COULD YOU INFORMATION YEAH.
STAFF, IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN THAT BETTER THAN I CAN PLEASE.
SO THE, THE CODE UM, OBVIOUSLY REQUIRES THAT A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ZONING COMMISSION BE FORWARDED TO CITY COUNCIL.
IF THIS BODY HAS CONTINUED A CASE TWICE, THE APPLICANT RETAINS THE AUTHORITY TO, AT THAT POINT IN TIME, SKIP FURTHER CONSIDERATION FROM THE ZONING COMMISSION, BUT THEY WOULD PROCEED TO COUNSEL WITH A PRESUMED RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL.
THAT WAS A MUCH BETTER EXPLANATION THAN MINE.
BUT NONETHELESS, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
I JUST WANTED THAT INFORMATION TO BE AVAILABLE BOTH TO THE APPLICANT AND TO THIS COMMISSION.
UH, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW IS A DENIAL, UH, BY A MOTION FOR RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL BY COMMISSIONER SIPES WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LOAF ROLL CALL.
CAN, CAN I MOVE TO A, UH, UH, AMEND? NO, THE, UH, WELL IT WOULD NOT BE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT AT THIS POINT UNLESS YOU'RE, I DON'T KNOW.
IS THERE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO DENIAL? I DON'T THINK THERE CAN BE, RIGHT? NO.
YEAH, IT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT MOTION.
SO WE NEED TO GO THROUGH WITH THIS MOTION, UH, AT THIS POINT.
SO JUST, JUST TO SAY FOR EVERYONE, IF YOU, IF YOU VOTE YES, YOU'RE VOTING FOR THE DENIAL.
IF YOU VOTE NO VOTING AGAINST, YOU'RE VOTING AGAINST THE DENIAL.
CAN I GET CLARIFICATION? CHAIR
IF, IF YOU ARE AGAINST THE DENIAL, SAY NO.
IF YOU WANT TO ELSE, IF YOU WANT DENY SOMETHING, SAY YES.
COULD BE CONTINUOUS, COULD BE ANYTHING.
DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
COMMISSIONER HENO? NO FOR COMMISSIONER NOOSA.
THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN FOR A MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION.
THAT MOTION MAY BE MADE BY ANY MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION THAT VOTED NO ON THE PREVIOUS MOTION CHAIR.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION.
THERE IS A MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION BY COMMISSIONER KELLUM.
BY COMMISSIONER VE DISCUSSION LEFT.
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FOR RECONSIDERATION BY KELLUM.WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER UL.
COMMISSIONER PIE RODRIGUEZ? YES.
THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN FOR A MOTION MOVE TO CONTINUE THE ITEM TO THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING.
THERE IS A MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE TO THE FEBRUARY 17TH MEETING OF THE ZONING COMMISSION BY COMMISSIONER VE.
THE MOTION IS FOR CONTINUANCE TO THE FEBRUARY 17TH MEETING BY COMMISSIONER DUVALL WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CHASE.
COMMISSIONER PIE RODRIGUEZ? YES.
GET WITH YOUR MANAGER, SEE WHAT YOUR OPTIONS ARE.
ALRIGHT, WE ARE NOW GONNA MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR INDIVIDUAL DOCKET.
ITEM NUMBER 14 IS LOCATED AT 46 21 CASSIAN ROAD AND 92 33 NEW LAREDO HIGHWAY GOING FROM I ONE GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO C3, SORRY, I ONE AND C3 ARE GENERAL COMMERCIAL RESTRICTIVE ALCOHOL SALES AND NP 10 NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION DISTRICT TWO R FOUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
THERE WERE OT 18 NOTICE NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED OUTSIDE OF 200 FEET.
THERE IS NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
STAFF HAS NOT FOUND INDICATION OF LIKELY ADVERSE EFFECTS ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH OR SAFETY OR WELFARE.
THE CURRENT I ONE C3 R AND NP 10 DISTRICTS ARE NOT APPROPRIATE ZONINGS FOR THE PROPERTY SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED ARE FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT IS MORE APPROPRIATE.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY A VACANT PARCEL THAT HAS REMAINED UNDERUTILIZED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD.
DEVELOPING THIS SITE REPRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A NEIGHBORHOOD AND REVITALIZE THE AREA BY INTRODUCING MUCH NEEDED HOUSING STOCK TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
THIS PROJECT COULD NOT ONLY PUT LAND TO USE, BUT COULD ALSO IMPROVE THE VISUAL, VISUAL AND ECONOMIC CHARACTER OF THE IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS.
FURTHERMORE, GIVEN THE ABSENCE OF EXISTING RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS ALONG NEW LAREDO HIGHWAY AND CASTING AND ROAD, THE PROPOSED CHANGE CAN BE ACCOMMODATED WITH LOW IMPACT ON CURRENT TRAFFIC PATTERNS.
THE PROPOSAL WOULD ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THE GOALS OF THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN BY PROVIDING DIVERSE HOUSING CHOICES.
WE ADVISE THE DEVELOPER TO PRIORITIZE SITE LAYOUT STRATEGIES THAT BUFFER NEW HOMES FROM THE DAY.
ABUTTING MR. PROVIDING THIS SEPARATION IS CRITICAL TO REDUCING NEGATIVE INTER INTERFACE IMPACTS AND ENSURING LONG-TERM COMPATIBILITY.
IT'S WORTH NOTING THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED AN APPROVAL ON JANUARY 28TH FOR THE PLAN PLAN AMENDMENT.
THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT OR APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE PLEASE.
EMILY WEISLER WITH KILLING GRIFFIN AND FAIRMAN 1 0 1 0 1 REUNION PLACE SUITE TWO 50 HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
UM, THIS IS A PROPERTY OFF OF CASSON ROAD IN NEW LAREDO HIGHWAY PROPOSED FOR DEVELOPMENT BY DR HORTON FOR A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION.
UM, AND REALLY DO APPRECIATE, UM, EVERYONE THAT IS HERE TODAY.
UM, PARTICULARLY JULIE AND I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING FOR THE LAST WEEK, UM, AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE SPEAKING AND WORKING WITH EACH OTHER, UM, ON, UH, COMPATIBLE COEXISTENCE FOR THIS PROJECT, UM, AND THE EXISTING BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I JUST WANNA WALK YOU QUICKLY THROUGH THE SITE.
UM, SO WE ARE HERE IN THE KIND OF SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE CITY, UM, RIGHT AT THE 4 10 35, JUST UP FROM THE 4 10 35 INTERSECTION.
THIS IS ABOUT 75 ACRES, UM, WITH FRONTAGE ON QUINTANA ROAD, NEW LAREDO HIGHWAY AND CASSON.
SO, UM, A LOT OF ACCESS POINTS, UM, WHICH MAKES IT A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR, UH, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND PARTICULARLY WITHOUT CREATING MASSIVE IMPACT FOR THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS SURROUNDING BUSINESSES AS WELL.
YES, PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.
I THINK THIS VISUAL IS VERY, VERY HELPFUL.
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SIDE, LEFT SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, THAT 38 ACRES IS CURRENTLY ZONED.IT IS VACANT, IT IS UNDERUTILIZED.
UM, THE NP 10 FRONT END ON CASON ROAD, THAT IS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING.
UM, THOSE ARE 10,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT MINIMUMS. WE ARE PROPOSING 4,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT MINIMUMS THAT ALLOWS FOR A VARIETY OF LOT SIZES, AND I'LL KINDA SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT OF THAT MIX HERE THAT DR. HORTON IS PROPOSING.
UM, BUT THE, THE, THE PRESIDENT OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, NOT INAPPROPRIATE.
UM, FOR THIS AREA, AGAIN, WITH ALL OF THIS FRONTAGE, UM, MULTIPLE ACCESS POINTS ALLOWS US A WAY TO SUFFICIENTLY INEFFICIENTLY GET TRAFFIC IN AND OUT, UM, WITH THESE NEW HOMES.
UM, WITHOUT DISRUPTING EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING, UM, WE ARE LOOKING, DR. HORTON IS LOOKING AT, UM, A MIX OF LOT SIZES, 40 BY 1, 10 35 BY ONE 15, THEY HAVE 20, 25 FOOT SETBACKS.
UM, THE ZONING CASE ITSELF, WE ARE PROPOSING TO REZONE ALL 75 ACRES TO R FOUR.
THIS PROPERTY, THIS ZONING REQUEST DOES NOT HAVE A SITE PLAN.
WE DO NOT HAVE A FUNCTIONAL WAY IN A TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT TO CREATE ANY SORT OF OTHERWISE ZONING BUFFERS, UM, TO CREATE ANY SORT OF SITE PLAN WITH BUFFERS IN THIS REQUEST.
UM, BUT WE'RE HAPPY AND WE'LL CONTINUE ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY, CONTINUE ENGAGING WITH THE COUNCIL OFFICE AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AROUND HERE ON MAKING SURE, UM, WITH RESPECT TO ALSO STAFF'S REPORT, UH, COHESIVE COEXISTENCE AND COMPATIBILITY HERE FOR, FOR EVERYONE, NEW RESIDENTS, EXISTING BUSINESSES HERE.
UM, BUT NEW LAREDO HIGHWAY IS 120 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY CASS ROADS AND 80 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, THESE ARE, THESE ARE LARGE ROADS, UM, THAT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO SERVE A DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THE, THE UNIT ONE SIDE, THIS IS A VERY PRELIMINARY LAYOUT, BUT THE UNIT ONE SIDE, IT'S A MUCH EASIER SHAPE TO LAY LOTS OUT ON.
UM, THE UNIT TWO SIDE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED.
UM, WE HAVE DETENTION AREA, WE HAVE FLOOD PLAIN AREA, A LOT OF EASEMENTS, UM, WHICH THIS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS LAYOUT DOES HAVE THOSE KIND OF BUILT IN BUFFERS WHERE WE'RE NOT JUST STICKING RESIDENTS ON TOP OF THESE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES, INDUSTRIAL BUSINESSES AS WELL.
UM, WE'RE VERY AWARE, UM, AND WANT THAT PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE.
UM, AND THIS IS JUST A SNIPPET KIND OF REALLY ZOOMED IN.
IT'S A VERY HARD MAP TO READ THE CITY'S MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN MAP.
UM, BUT JUST TO SHOW YOU, AND I'M GONNA LET YOU LOOK AT THAT FOR A SECOND, BUT IF WE GO BACK TO THIS IMAGE, YOU CAN SEE, UM, TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE PROPERTY, THERE IS A TON OF VACANT LAND.
UM, BUT THAT HAS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE GOING RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF IT.
I'LL GO BACK, I'LL SWITCH BACK.
UM, SO THERE IS ACTUALLY, IN REALITY, VERY LIMITED OPPORTUNITY RIGHT IN THIS AREA FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT BASED ON A LOT OF OTHER FACTORS THAT GO INTO SITE DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLANS.
SO JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT THERE ARE EXISTING COMMUNITIES.
THIS IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS IN REASONABLE ACCESS TO MAJOR EMPLOYERS, UM, AND ALSO SCHOOLS.
UM, SO WITH THE EXISTING BUSINESSES, BUT ALSO PROXIMITY TO A LOT OF ADDITIONAL EMPLOYERS IN AND AROUND THE AREA WITH HIGHWAY FRONTAGE THAT MAKES THAT ACCESSIBILITY POSSIBLE.
SO, UM, RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL OF THIS TODAY.
AND AGAIN, WE WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND THE BUSINESS OWNERS IN THIS COMMUNITY AND THE COUNCIL OFFICE ON THIS REQUEST AS WELL.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WE'RE GONNA BRING HIM BACK UP FOR ANOTHER ROUND.
YEAH, THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY SPOKEN.
UH, LET'S START WITH MS OR MR. HIJA.
MY NAME, WE'RE GONNA BE THE WHOLE SONG AND DANCE.
I'M, UH, OWNER OF SEVERAL, UH, PROPERTIES AROUND THAT AREA AND ONE OF THEM, OR TWO OF THEM THAT BUTTED TO THE PROPERTY UP THERE.
THEY'RE, UH, ABOUT TO DEVELOP, JUST WANNA BRING SOMETHING VERY MINOR AND I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S A TRAIN TRACK THAT RUNS BEHIND ONE OF THE TRACKS UP THERE THAT TRACK THE BIG TRACK THAT'S SQUARE LOOKING.
SO THERE IS A TRAIN TRACK UP THERE THAT RUNS.
I THINK THAT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT HARD ON, I GUESS, HOUSES NOISE.
AGAIN, WE ARE RECYCLING, WE HAVE EQUIPMENTS, WE HAVE EXCAVATORS.
WE HAVE A CRUSHERS THAT SQUASHES CARS METAL ALL DAY LONG.
IT DOES MAKE A LOT OF NOISE RIGHT NOW.
WE DON'T HAVE NOBODY AROUND US.
UH, I'M PRETTY SURE YOU DON'T WANT A BIG OLD, UH, A HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS AS AN EXCAVATOR
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RUNNING UP AND DOWN ALL DAY, EVEN AT NIGHT.WE HAVE THOSE EQUIPMENTS RUNNING.
AND WHILE YOU BUILD 40 FEET AWAY FROM US, THAT MEANS WE CAN'T RUN OUR BUSINESS.
THAT'S KIND OF WHERE IT COMES TO.
UH, THERE IS A PIPELINES THAT GOES INTO THAT PROPERTY, REALLY, TRULY, YOU DON'T WANT TO LIVE NEXT TO A PIPELINE.
SO, I MEAN, IT IS A HAZARD THAT'S, THAT'S TO ME, I SEE IT'S A HAZARD.
UM, THAT AREA UP THERE, IT IS BIG PORTION OUT OF IT.
I I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WERE SAYING THERE'S A LOT OF ROADS THAT CAN ENTER TO THAT.
I'VE BEEN UP THERE FOR GOING ON 25 YEARS.
LITTLE BIT RAIN AND IT SLOWS DOWN THE RAIN.
AND WE WILL HAVE UNDERNEATH THAT BRIDGE ON CASTON ROAD, ABOUT 30 FEET OF WATER.
WE GOT SO MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY GOT STRANDED AND SOME OF THEM PASSED AWAY UNDERNEATH THAT BRIDGE.
UM, IT'S NOT A EASY, UH, ACCESS ONCE IT FLOODED.
UM, AGAIN, I, I DON'T HAVE NO ISSUES AS A RESIDENTIAL, JUST AS FAR AS THE RESIDENTIAL.
UNDERSTAND THEY'RE COMING INTO INDUSTRIAL, THEY'RE ABOUT TO HEAR SOME NOISES UP IN THE SURROUNDING SURROUNDING AREA.
UH, I I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S THE MAJOR.
I'M NOT GONNA LIVE OUT THERE, BUT I DON'T WANT OTHERS TO LIVE.
I DON'T WANT THEM TO FACE THAT PAIN THAT THEY WANT TO GO LATER ON.
THEY WANNA TRY TO SELL THEIR HOUSE AND THEY CAN'T.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE MAJOR ISSUES AS WELL.
MS. MATA, ONCE AGAIN, GO ON BACK THROUGH IT.
I THINK, UH, JULIE MATA, UH, 96 0 3 NEW LAREDO HIGHWAY.
UH, AGAIN, WE DO HAVE ABOUT THREE PROPERTIES OURSELVES THERE ON THAT HIGHWAY.
UM, NOT TO BE REPETITIVE, BUT THE TRAFFIC THERE, WHEN WHEN IT FLOODS, IT FLOODS.
THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY YOU CAN GO.
UM, I, THAT'S AN ANOTHER HUGE CONCERN.
THE TRAFFIC, I DON'T SEE WHERE YOU'RE GONNA, WHERE THAT'S GONNA GO.
IT'S JUST GONNA BE CONGESTED THROUGHOUT THAT AREA OTHER THAN WHAT MR. THE POINTS MR. ASSAN BROUGHT UP, YOU KNOW, THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE I AM.
UM, APPRECIATE MARVIN AND, UH, JULIE COMING OUT HERE TODAY.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH THEM ON THIS, UM, WORK WITH THEM ON TRAFFIC, THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE, HOW THAT ALL FUNCTIONS SO THAT WE CAN PEACEFULLY COEXIST, UM, WITH A VACANT 75 ACRES.
UM, THAT IS A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS MISSING TO MANAGE THE WATER, UM, IN AND AROUND THIS AREA.
SO WE WOULD, I AM NOT AN ENGINEER, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY PRETTY OBVIOUS, UM, BY ANY MEANS OF THE ACCOUNT.
BUT, UM, I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS GOING TO BE NECESSARY TO SUPPORT, UM, A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY LIKE THIS, UM, IS GOING TO, UH, IMPROVE HOPEFULLY THAT FLOODING SITUATION AND PUT INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE THAT DOESN'T EXIST NOW.
UM, AND AGAIN, WORK TOWARDS, UM, CONTINUING WORKING TOWARDS A PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE HERE.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, THIS IS A DISTRICT FOUR CASE, SO COMMISSIONER PETE RODRIGUEZ TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS.
HOW MANY HOMES ARE THEY GONNA BUILD ON THE PROPERTY? APPROXIMATELY 350.
AND YOU CAN SEE ON THAT UNIT TWO SIDE CAS AND LE LAREDO IS WHERE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MAJOR DETENTION FUNCTIONALITY IS THERE, BUT APPROXIMATELY 350 HOMES.
IF I MAY, FOR THE, UH, COMMISSION'S CONSIDERATION, THIS IS A CASE WHERE THE NEW LEGISLATION SB 15 MAY COME INTO PLAY.
IT ALREADY COMES INTO PLAY ON THE PORTION OF THE PROPERTY ZONED NP 10.
AS A BRIEF REMINDER, THAT LEGISLATION SAID THAT IF THERE IS A TRACT LAND THAT IS AT LEAST FIVE ACRES IN SIZE ZONED SINGLE FAMILY AND HAS NEVER BEEN PLATTED, THE CITY CANNOT REQUIRE LOTS TO BE GREATER THAN 3000 SQUARE FEET.
SO THAT ALREADY APPLIES TO THE PORTION OF THE LAND ZONED NP 10.
IT WOULD APPLY TO THE ENTIRE TRACT WITH A SUCCESSFUL REZONING.
COMMISSIONER PETE RODRIGUEZ, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS WITH THAT INFORMATION? DOES THAT CHANGE ANYTHING? UM, SORRY, I ACCIDENTALLY TURNED MY MIC OFF.
SO THAT WOULD ONLY APPLY TO THAT, THAT PORTION THAT EXISTS.
UM, BUT AGAIN, WE ARE LOOKING AT MINIMUM 4,000
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SQUARE FOOT LOTS.UM, APPRECIATE THAT FLEXIBILITY AWARDED BY THE STATE.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'RE PURSUING RIGHT NOW.
SEEING NONE QUESTIONS TO MY LEFT.
UH, COMMISSIONER BEL, UH, STAFF, WOULD IT BE FAIR TO SAY THAT THIS AREA ALONG I 35 IS, UH, IN TRANSITION? UH, THERE ARE CERTAINLY A VARIETY OF USES OUT THERE.
UM, THERE ARE EXISTING NON-CONFORMING BUSINESSES THAT OPERATE IN THE VICINITY, AND THAT IS WHY STAFF IN ITS REPORT RECOMMENDED THAT THE LAYOUT BE SENSITIVE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, SHARING PROPERTY LINES WITH WHAT ARE GENERALLY INCOMPATIBLE USES.
UH, THE REASON WHY I ASK, I LOOK ON, ON GOOGLE MAPS AND I I SEE AT LEAST, YEAH, NO NEW DEVELOPMENT.
LENNAR, UM, HAS A NEW SUBDIVISION.
IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, LEGEND HOMES HAS A NEW SUBDIVISION.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S NEW, THERE'S A LOT OF NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT COMING UP HERE, RIGHT? IS THAT ACCURATE? YES.
AND, BUT YOU HAVE A LOT OF THESE IN, YOU KNOW, EXISTING INDUSTRIAL USES.
THAT'S WHAT I MEANT BY IN TRANSITION.
UM, SO THAT, YEAH, THAT, UM, SOUNDS LIKE THE, THE RISK FOR POTENTIAL CONFLICT.
SO I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, TALKING IT THROUGH AND EVERYTHING.
UH, BY THE WAY, WHAT IT WAS, THE CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAS IT AS AGRIBUSINESS.
WHAT IS AGRIBUSINESS LIKE? WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL? WHAT ARE THE USES THAT ARE ENVISIONED BY THAT? IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, IT IS PART OF THIS, ONE OF THE SECTOR PLANS, WHICH WERE, UM, ADOPTED IN 2011.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED 15 YEARS AGO, APPROXIMATELY.
AGRIBUSINESS WAS MEANT TO BE A MIX.
UM, IT, IT WAS MEANT TO BE A MIX OF LARGE TRACKED RESIDENTIAL MEANT FOR LIKE FARM HOMESTEADS ALONG WITH NON-RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL AND LIGHT INDUSTRY USES.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS MEANT TO BE.
IF THERE WERE RESIDENTIAL, THEY WANTED IT TO BE LARGER TRACKS THAT WOULD ALLOW SPACE TO BE, UM, A SPACE FROM THE INDUSTRIAL LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES PERMITTED ON IN THAT AREA.
AND, AND FOR REFERENCE THE, UM, UH, JUNK YARDS, UH, TRUCK REPAIR.
ARE THOSE ENCOMPASSED WITHIN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL OR IS THAT A DIFFERENT ZONING? WELL, THE RELATED ZONING DISTRICTS FOR AGRIBUSINESS ARE MORE LIKE, UM, FARM AND RANCH I ONE MI ONE, WHICH IS MIXED INDUSTRIAL.
I BELIEVE THAT THE U APRS AND THE MRES NEED USUALLY WILL NEED A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION TO BE IN AN I ONE OR AN I TWO.
SO YEAH, THOSE, THOSE USES METAL RECYCLING ENTITIES AND USED AUTO PARTS RECYCLERS ARE USES THAT ARE AUTHORIZED BY RIGHT.
UH, IN AN I TWO S, THAT IS THE MOST RESTRICTIVE ZONING DISTRICT IN THE CITY.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF LOCATIONS THAT OPERATE IN TOWN OPERATE ON NONCONFORMING, UH, REGISTRATION.
BELIEVE THE PROPERTY, UH, IN QUESTION HERE IS ZONE C3, I WILL BRIEFLY HIGHLIGHT FOR THE COMMISSION'S CONSIDERATION THAT MARVIN, HOW LONG AGO WAS IT? LAST YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF AGO, UH, MARVIN PARTICIPATED ON A TASK FORCE TO UPDATE SOME OF THE REGULATIONS FOR METAL RECYCLING ENTITIES AND USED AUTO PARTS RECYCLERS TO MAKE THEM, UM, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE LESS, UM, OF A NUISANCE.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE CALLED FOR DIFFERENT FENCING REQUIREMENTS, DIFFERENT OPERATING STANDARDS, MORE FREQUENT INSPECTIONS, BUT AGAIN, NOT PUTTING ALL OF THE ONUS ON THE BUSINESS, AGAIN, ASKING THAT THE DEVELOPER FOR THIS PROPERTY SENSITIVELY DESIGNED THE SITE, UH, TO, UH, BUFFER THOSE, THOSE USES.
SO AS OF 2011, WHEN THE GENERAL PLAN ELEMENT WAS ADOPTED AS AGRIBUSINESS, THOSE, UM, WRECK WRECKING FACILITIES AND UM, JUNKYARDS WERE NOT IN LINE WITH THE AGRIBUSINESS LAND USE ELEMENT, THEY, THEY, PRESUMABLY THEY WERE THAT'S CORRECT.
UH, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM WERE ESTABLISHED OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS AND WERE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY AND BECAME NON-CONFORMING AT THAT TIME.
ALRIGHT, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS LEFT? YES.
COMMISSIONER WHITSETT AND THEN COMMISSIONER SIPES.
I GUESS IT'S PROBABLY FOR BOTH.
UM, IF YOU CAN TELL ME HOW YOU PLAN TO SORT OF PROTECT THE INDUSTRIAL FROM NOT GETTING THE COMPLAINTS IN FIVE YEARS FROM NOW? PEOPLE TRYING TO FORCE
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THEM OUT OF BUSINESS.UH, I WORKED FOR A DEVELOPER YEARS AGO THAT WE HAD STUFF OUT NEAR THE MILITARY BASES AND THERE WAS A CL CLAUSE IN THEIR DEEDS THAT SAID THERE WAS ORDINANCES THAT HAD BEEN FOUND AROUND THEIR PROPERTY AND THEY HAD TO AGREE THAT WHEN THEY BOUGHT IT, THEY WERE AWARE OF THOSE KINDS OF ISSUES.
AND IS THAT SOMETHING YOU CAN CONSIDER ADDING TO, BECAUSE IT WILL HAPPEN THAT THEY WILL BE COMPLAINING NIGHT AND DAY ABOUT THESE USES? THAT IS NOT SOMETHING I CAN PERSONALLY COMMIT TO AT THIS POINT.
I'M HAPPY TO TALK WITH DEAR HORTON AND, AND FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ABOUT THAT.
SO LIKE, WHAT ABOUT BUFFERING FENCING, LIKE THOSE KIND OF THINGS, LIKE A SOLID EIGHT FOOT FENCE OR A 10 FOOT FENCE, SOMETHING TO GIVE SOME SIGNIFICANT BUFFERING? YES, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, BUFFERING AND FENCING IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE IN DISCUSSION ON, UM, FIGURING OUT WHAT IS THE BEST USE FOR THOSE EXISTING, UM, BUSINESSES ON THE PERIMETER, UM, OF THIS PROJECT AS WELL.
AND, AND FINDING, FINDING WHAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH COMMISSIONER SIPES QUESTIONS.
UM, AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BUFFERING, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO BE SENSITIVE TO THE INDUSTRIAL USES.
UM, IF THE, THE PROPERTY IS REZONED FOR, UM, R FOUR, WHAT IMPACT WOULD IT HAVE ON FUTURE EXPANSION OF, OF, I'M, I'M THINKING PRIMARILY OF THE INDUSTRIAL USE THAT'S ON THE WESTERN SIDE, UM, OF THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE WESTERN SIDE.
AND I, WHAT I, WHAT I'M WONDERING, OR, OR I, I GUESS THE OTHER, ACROSS THE STREET AS WELL, BOTH SIDES OF THE, OF, UH, NEW LAREDO HIGHWAY.
UM, IF, IF THOSE OWNERS DECIDED, HEY, WE'RE GONNA EXPAND, WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING, WOULD THAT IMPACT SETBACK REQUIREMENTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? ARE THEY GONNA HAVE, ARE THEY GONNA HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING A BUFFER IN THE FUTURE? SO THE PROPERTY, UH, TO THE SOUTHWEST ON THAT CORNER IS ZONED C3 R.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A-U-A-P-R YARD, A USED AUTOMOTIVE PARTS RECYCLER YARD.
IF THAT'S THE CASE, IT'S OPERATING ON A NON-CONFORMING LICENSE AND YOU CANNOT EXPAND A NON-CONFORMING USE.
THE SAME WOULD APPLY TO THE PROPERTY ON THE NORTH SIDE.
THAT'S NOT THE ZONING THAT YOU NEED FOR THAT.
SO YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T EXPAND ONTO ADJACENT PROPERTY.
UH, WHEN WE UPDATED THE CODE, WE DID ALLOW FOR THE EXPANSION WITHIN THE EXISTING PROPERTY LINES.
THAT IS THE ONLY TWO USES IN THE CITY THAT ARE ALLOWED TO EXPAND THEIR NON-CONFORMING USES.
UM, SO IF THEY, THOSE BUSINESSES WANTED TO PUT UP ANOTHER BUILDING, THEY COULD PUT UP A BUILDING, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH SETBACKS, UM, BUT THEY COULD NOT EXPAND ONTO ADJACENT PARCELS.
I, I'M, I'M, I THINK I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ONE THAT'S ALL, THAT'S, IT'S ZONED I DASH I ONE S.
GIVE US A SECOND SO I CAN SEE WHAT THE I ONE, WHAT THE S IS FOR.
WE GET TO DO SOME HOMEWORK ON THAT ONE.
UM, I THINK WHILE, LET'S SEE IF I HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
I, I WILL START OFF KIND OF HIGH LEVEL, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE S IS FOR, WHATEVER THE S IS FOR IS GONNA BE HELD TO THE SITE PLAN FOR THE S SO THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO A DRAMATIC EXPANSION OF THAT FACILITY INCONSISTENT WITH THE APPROVED SITE PLAN WITHOUT HAVING TO COME BACK THROUGH THIS BODY AND CITY COUNCIL.
SO ACCORDING TO THE, UM, THE ORDINANCE FROM 2003, IT IS A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR WOODEN TRUSS MANUFACTURING BUSINESS.
NOT ONE OF THE UAPS THE, OR THE MRA METAL RECYCLING.
BUT AS LOGAN SAID, THEY WILL, THEY WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THEIR ORDINANCE SITE PLAN OR WHATEVER THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE ORDINANCE WHEN IT WAS APPROVED BACK IN 2003.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS LEFT? SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONER PETE RODRIGUEZ QUESTIONS? YEAH, THIS IS FOR STAFF.
IF APPROVED, CAN WE PUT ANY CONDITIONS THAT THEY PUT A 10 FOOT WALL OR SOME TYPE OF BUFFER TO HELP WITH THE NOISE FROM THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE? NO, SIR.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS LEFT? ALL RIGHT.
SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONER PETE RODRIGUEZ TO YOU
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FOR DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL MOTION.FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE TWO PEOPLE THAT CAME UP HERE, UH, TO GIVE YOUR FEEDBACK.
UH, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT WHEN THEY BOUGHT THE PROPERTY AND THEY DECIDED TO, UH, BUILD THESE HOMES THAT THEY TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION THE FLOODING, UH, ALSO THE, UH, THE NOISE FROM THE TRAIN TRACKS.
UM, BUT WITH THAT SAID, I AM, I AM GONNA RECOMMEND FOR APPROVAL.
THERE IS A MOTION FOR RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER PETE RODRIGUEZ FOR ITEM NUMBER 14, UH, WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA DISCUSSION TO MY RIGHT.
OBVIOUSLY I'M GONNA BE SUPPORTING THIS MOTION.
UH, JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT MAKING ANY MORE NEW LAND AND, UH, SOUTH SIDE, IT'S BEEN SO, UH, UNDERDEVELOPED OR DEVELOPED IN A CERTAIN WAY THAT NOW WE'RE, THEY'RE STARTING TO MOVE IN.
THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY IS IT'S BETTER TO HAVE HOMES THAN APARTMENTS BECAUSE OF THE TRANSITION STUFF FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND, AND, AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I DO SEE WHERE THERE'S ISSUES WITH THE ROAD AND OTHER ISSUES THAT HOPEFULLY THE CITY CAN, CAN PROVIDE.
UH, AND AGAIN, TO UM, ECHO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONER HERE, UH, THE FLOODING WAS BROUGHT UP WITH THE AREA, BUT I'M, I'M ASSUMING THEY'RE NOT, THEY'VE LOOKED INTO THIS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BUILD HOMES IN A FLOODING CAPACITY, UH, TO, TO CAUSE ISSUES.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? RIGHT? SEEING, OH, COMMISSIONER PETE RODRIGUEZ, ONE LAST, UH, COMMENT HERE.
UH, FOR THE POTENTIAL BUYERS, UH, I'M SURE THAT, UH, THEY'RE GONNA DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND INVESTIGATE WHERE THEY'RE GONNA WANT TO LIVE.
AND YOUR BUSINESS IS ALREADY THERE SO THEY KNOW WHAT THEY SH THEY'RE GONNA BE GETTING INTO.
SO THERE SHOULDN'T BE COMPLAINTS, SO, ALRIGHT.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT.
UH, COMMISSIONER BEL, UH, HAD THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PREVIOUSLY ALLOWED FOR OR ENVISIONED THESE KIND OF EXISTING INDUSTRIAL USES? UM, I THINK IT WOULD PROBABLY COME OUT DIFFERENTLY.
UH, FOR ME, THE ANALYSIS WOULD COME OUT DIFFERENTLY.
THE FACT THAT THEY WERE NOT, UH, WOULD NOT BE CONFORMING WITH THE AGRIBUSINESS.
UH, LAND USE DESIGNATION I THINK IS IMPORTANT.
UM, BECAUSE ZONING, FOR US, OUR JOB IS A PREDICTABILITY, UH, REASONABLE INVESTMENT BACKED EXPECTATIONS.
UM, SO FOR THESE BUSINESS OWNERS WHO HAVE BEEN OPERATING THESE BUSINESSES, UM, THEY, THEY SHOULD KNOW THAT THEY'RE, THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING WITH, UH, NON-CONFORMING PERMITS, UM, AT LEAST SINCE 2011.
UM, I HAD MENTIONED BEFORE, THIS IS AN AREA OF TRANSITION.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF NEW DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND IT'S, I DON'T THINK THE, UH, UH, PROPERTY INTEREST ON THE PART OF THOSE INDUSTRIAL, UH, USERS, UM, WOULD REQUIRE THAT NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TO GIVE WAY.
UM, BECAUSE THE PLANET LEASE SINCE 2011 HAS BEEN TO MOVE TOWARDS MORE TOWARDS RESIDENTIAL AND, AND AWAY FROM THOSE H HIGHER INTENSIVE, UH, INDUSTRIAL USES.
SO FOR THAT REASON, I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE, UH, MOTION.
UH, COMMISSIONER WHITSETT, I'M GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF OPPOSITE APPROACH.
I, I'M, WHILE I'M IN FAVOR OF THE RESIDENTIAL, I THINK THAT GROWTH IS GOOD.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROTECTION OF THE EXISTING BUSINESSES REGARDLESS OF THEIR REASONING.
AND, BUT THEY'VE BEEN THERE A LONG TIME AND WE DON'T WANT TO BE PUSHING BUSINESSES OUT, UH, FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'VE REALLY WORKED WITH THEM, THE RESIDENTIAL ENOUGH TO, UH, JUSTIFY ME SUPPORTING IT.
SO, UH, I, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHERE, UH, COMMISSIONER WHITSETT IS COMING FROM AND I AGREE A LOT WITH IT, BUT I THINK, UM, FOR ME, THE DECIDING FACTOR IS WHAT, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, PETE RODRIGUEZ SAID JUST A MINUTE AGO WHERE HE WAS SAYING THESE BUSINESSES ARE EXISTING.
UM, IF THIS WAS CURRENTLY ZONED, IF THERE WERE NO BUSINESSES THERE AND THEY WERE CURRENTLY ZONED AS, UH, LIKE THE I ONE AND EVERYTHING, I, I WOULD HAVE ACTUALLY MORE CONCERN THAN I DO THAT THEY'RE ALREADY THERE.
UM, BECAUSE WE HEAR OFTEN OF, OF NEIGHBORHOODS THEY COME, THEY COME TO THE ZONING C AND THEY'RE LIKE, WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT THAT WAS ZONED THAT.
AND IT'S LIKE, I MEAN A LOT, YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE WHEN THEY BUY A HOME, THEY DON'T CHECK THE ZONING MAP.
AND SO I WOULD, I WOULD KIND OF FEEL FOR THEM THAT THEY WOULD NOT KNOW THAT THERE WAS INDUSTRIAL ZONING AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN SOMETHING POPS UP HERE AT LEAST DRIVING BY, THEY'RE GONNA SEE, OH, THAT'S AN INDUSTRIAL SITE, THAT'S AN AUTO RECYCLE.
OKAY, I KNOW WHAT I'M GETTING INTO.
SO, UM, I THINK WITH THAT, UM, I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION.
ALRIGHT, THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL AS SUBMITTED FOR ITEM NUMBER 14 BY COMMISSIONER PETE RODRIGUEZ WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA.
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COMMISSIONER PETE RODRIGUEZ.UH, CONTINUE TO WORK AS YOU GO TOWARDS CITY COUNCIL.
WE ARE A RECOMMENDING BODY, WHICH MEANS WE SIMPLY MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL.
CITY COUNCIL CAN DO WITH IT AND WHAT THEY WILL.
UM, SO GOOD LUCK TO YOU AND WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON NOW TO OUR YES.
UH, THE TIME IS 2 36 AND COMMISSIONER WHITSETT IS LEAVING THE MEETING.
UH, WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 15, WHICH IS NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS FOR CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND PRO 10.
AT THIS POINT, UH, THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIR.
I NOMINATE CHAIR BOOSTER MONTE TABLE FOR THE CHAIR.
UH, THERE IS A NOMINATION FOR ME BY COMMISSIONER KELLUM WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? ALRIGHT.
IF THERE'S ONLY ONE, CAN WE GO ACCLIMATION? ALRIGHT.
UH, IN THAT CASE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE NOMINATION OF COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE AS CHAIR SAY AYE.
THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN FOR VICE CHAIR NOMINATIONS.
I NOMINATE, UH, COMMISSIONER HUEY FULL VICE.
UH, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER KELLUM.
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER NOMINATIONS FOR VICE CHAIR? GOING ONCE.
THE, THE FLOOR IS NOW CLOSED FOR NOMINATIONS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF COMMISSIONER HUEY AS VICE CHAIR SAY AYE.
COMMISSIONER HUEY IS OUR VICE CHAIR AND THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR BEING ABSENT
UM, AND FINALLY, NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN FOR CHAIR PROTON.
I NOMINATE COMMISSIONER KELLUM.
ALRIGHT, ANY FURTHER NOMINATIONS GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.
UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF COMMISSIONER KELLUM AS PRO TEM SAY AYE.
CONGRATULATIONS COMMISSIONER KELLUM, YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO BE ABSENT.
[Approval of Minutes ]
AT THIS POINT WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO OUR APPROVAL OF MINUTES.SO, UH, IT IS TIME TO CONSIDER AND POTENTIALLY APPROVE THE JANUARY 20TH, 2026 ZONING COMMISSION MINUTES.
ARE THERE ANY CHANGES, ANY ERRORS, ANYTHING WE NEED TO ADDRESS IN THOSE MINUTES? IF NOT, THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR A MOTION.
I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE AS SUBMITTED.
THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AS SUBMITTED BY COMMISSIONER DUO.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PETE RODRIGUEZ.
UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[Director’s Report ]
APPROVED.IS THERE A DIRECTOR'S REPORT? UM, JUST WHAT I NOTED IN WORK SESSION THAT THEY WILL CEASE TO, UM, EXCEPT VOICEMAILS STARTING APRIL 1ST.
SO WE WILL BE LISTENING TO VOICEMAILS FOR THE MEETINGS IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH, BUT AFTER APRIL 1ST, NO MORE VOICEMAILS FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
THE TIME IS 2 39 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.