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WE WILL CALL THE WEDNESDAY, JULY 8TH, 2026.
PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER.
WOULD STAFF PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL? COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ PRESENT.
CAN WE HAVE THE SPANISH ENGLISH INTERPRETER PLEASE? THANK YOU.
[Plats ]
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TWO AGENDAS.FIRST AGENDA IS THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA.
CASES ON THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA ARE CASES WHERE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY FURTHER DETAILED DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM.
ALL CASES WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD IN ONE UNIFIED MOTION.
UM, THE NEXT AGENDA IS THE INDIVIDUAL HEARING AGENDA.
ANYTHING ON THE INDIVIDUAL HEARING AGENDA WILL BE HEARD SEPARATELY BEFORE ANY ACTION IS TAKEN BY THE COMMISSION.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ON INDIVIDUAL ITEMS EIGHT AND NINE.
WE DO HAVE PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE AND ITEM 10.
WE'RE GONNA LEAVE THOSE ON CONSENT.
UM, 'CAUSE THE PERSON SIGNED UP ON ITEM 10 IS ACTUALLY SPEAKING FOR THE ITEM AND THE COMMISSION DOESN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE ITEM.
I'M GOING TO ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FIRST, BUT, UM, STAFF, I JUST WANTED TO ASK THIS IS A PLAT.
DOES THIS PLAT MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED BY THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE? YES, IT DOES.
UM, JUST FOR EVERYBODY'S INFORMATION, STATE LAW SAYS THAT IF THE PLAT MEETS CODE AS PER, UH, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CODE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS TO APPROVE IT BY LAW.
SO WE ARE OBLIGATED TO APPROVE THE PLAT.
SO WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO, UH, TELL COMMISSIONER BUSANTE TO STEP OUT.
HE IS RECUSING FROM ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE.
COMMISSIONER BUS HAS LEFT THE MEETING, AND WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON WITH PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER ONE.
SORRY, JUST A CORRECTION ON THAT.
TWO AND SIX THAT, OH YEAH, RIGHT.
UM, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON WITH THE PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER ONE.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
I'M THE ATTORNEY FOR, UM, EILEEN.
WE, SHE LIVES ADJACENT TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
UM, THE PROPERTY THAT'S BEING REPLANTED IS A BIG UNDEVELOPED PORTION, UM, BEHIND HER LOT, BUT ALSO WHAT I WANNA POINT THE, UM, ATTENTION OF THE COMMISSIONERS TO IS THE PORTION OF THE REPL THAT INVOLVES LOT 11.
IT'S A 30 FOOT LOT, UH, RESIDENTIALLY ZONED THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE A RIGHT OF WAY FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS FROM CHESTNUT BEND, WHICH IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER PROPERTY.
TO GO FROM THAT LOT INTO THE BIG DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY'RE SUBDIVIDING, THEY'RE PLANNING ON BUILDING, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE AT LEAST THREE TO FOUR HOUSES ON THAT.
AND THAT WOULD BE LOT 11 WOULD BE THE MAIN POINT OF INGRESS AND INGRESS INTO THE LOT.
UM, THIS POSES MANY ISSUES, UM, FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND, UH, MY CLIENT AND HER, HER NEIGHBORS, THE LOT ITSELF IS 30 FEET LONG, OR TH 30 FEET WIDE.
IT FROM THE READING OR MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE UDC AND I, AND I HAVE IT IN MY OBJECTION LETTER, THERE'S ONLY A FEW TYPES OF ROADS OR PATHWAYS OR THOROUGHFARES THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO COULD DESIGNATE THIS RIGHT OF WAY AS, AND THAT WOULD BE A LOCAL RIGHT OF WAY OR LOCAL THOROUGHFARE, A LANE, A UM, ALLEY OR A TRAIL.
NOW THE ISSUE HERE IS, IS THAT IF THEY WERE BUILDING ONE HOUSE ON THE LOT, UH, BEHIND, AND THEY WERE JUST HAVING A BIG DRIVEWAY RUN THROUGH LOT 11, THERE WOULD BE NO ISSUE THERE.
IT'D JUST BE A DRIVEWAY THAT'D BE EXTENDED ACROSS THAT LOT.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
THEY HAVE A DEVELOPMENT, AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THEIR SUGGESTED REPL, THERE'S FOUR SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE BEING DIVIDED, UH, INSIDE THIS LOT.
MY CLIENT'S LOT IS THIS LOT RIGHT HERE.
IF YOU GO AND LOOK AT EXHIBIT E, UM, IN, IN OUR OBJECTION LETTER, YOU'LL SEE THAT'S A PHOTO OF WHAT THE LOT CURRENTLY LOOKS LIKE.
ALL THE HOMES ON THIS DEVELOPMENT
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ARE ON ZERO LOT LINES IN THAT PHOTO.YOU CAN SEE THAT WINDOW THERE.
THEY'RE TRYING TO ONE, MAKE THE SMALL 30 FOOT PATH THE MAIN INGRESS AND EGRESS TO ALL THOSE LOTS.
IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE THE EASEMENTS ARE GOING TO RUN ON THEIR REPL HERE, THEY'RE RIGHT HERE.
YOU'LL SEE ON THE ZOOMED IN PORTION OF THIS, ON THE SECOND PAGE THAT THIS IS ROUGHLY 20 FEET ACROSS AND RIGHT BEHIND OUR CLIENT LOT, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY'RE GOING WITH THIS.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE, UM, ACCESS BE FROM CHESTNUT BEND INTO THAT SUBDIVISION.
AND I, I, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL IT LIKE PITCHING THE STRAW.
YOU HAVE A CITY STREET THAT'S ALREADY DEDICATED TO THE CITY MEETS THE UD C'S REQUIREMENTS FOR, FOR RIGHT OF WAYS AND PAVEMENT WIDTHS THAT THEN GOES INTO THIS 30 FOOT LOT AND EXPANDS BACK INTO SOMETHING THAT'S MORE THAN 50 FEET OR AT LEAST 50 FEET THAT WOULD FEED INTO FOUR OTHER HOUSES.
THE ISSUE WITH THIS IN THE UDC IS THAT THE UDC, IF THIS WAS TO BE A LOCAL, A ROAD WOULD REQUIRE 50 FEET FOR A RIGHT OF WAY.
THAT'S NOT IF IS A 30 FOOT LOT.
IF THEY WERE WANTING TO EXPAND THIS TO 50 FEET, THEY'D HAVE TO TAKE MY CLIENT'S HOUSE.
THERE'S NO ROOM FOR THEM TO EXPAND THIS LOT IF THEY WANT THIS TO DO.
OKAY, NEXT PERSON IS GARY FLORES.
IF YOU BROUGHT UP THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY, AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE I, OH, EXCUSE ME, GARY FLORES, 26 34 CHESTNUT BEND, AND I LIVE NEXT DOOR TO EILEEN.
WE, I'VE LIVED THERE FOR 15, 16 YEARS RATHER.
AND MY DISAPPROVAL IS TOTAL OPPOSITION TO THIS BECAUSE HER BEDROOM IS ADJACENT TO THAT ACCESS.
I MEASURED IT BY MYSELF AND IT WAS 28.3 INCHES FROM HER BEDROOM, HER HOUSE, THE BACK OF IT TO THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR'S LOT OR THE THROUGH THE LOT.
AND THEN TO THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR'S FENCE.
NOW, IF YOU HAVE MULTIPLE CARS COMING IN, HOW ARE TWO CARS GONNA ACTUALLY ENTER OR EXIT THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY? I'VE, THERE'S A, A, UH, EXCUSE ME, THERE'S A STREET FURTHER DOWN NORTH OF US.
AND THAT HAS A ROAD WHICH IS 30 FEET.
IT HAS TWO SIDEWALKS, WHICH ALMOST FOUR FEET EACH.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IF THEY IN KEEP THE INTEGRITY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THE SAME WAY, THERE'S NO WAY THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO PUT A ROAD AND TWO SIDEWALKS WHICH GO INTO THEIR SUBDIVISION.
IT'S EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FOR HER KNOWING THAT HER BEDROOM'S RIGHT THERE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN ALLOW A ROAD TO GO THROUGH WITH BUILDING TRUCKS WITH NEIGHBORS IF THEY HAVE FOUR OR FIVE HOUSE, UH, HOUSES IN THERE WITH MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE FAMILY OR FRIENDS COMING IN ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT, PER SE.
AND THEN HER BEDROOM RIGHT THERE.
THERE'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
UM, THERE ARE MULTIPLE OR RATHER TWO, UH, DEAD ENDS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THAT PROPERTY, WHICH COMES OFF OF SILVER HORN AND CHESTNUT, EXCUSE ME, UH, WILL WHISPER HOLLOW SUBDIVISION AND THEY, THEY BUTT INTO OR DEAD INTO THE OTHER SIDE OF HER PROPERTY IF THEY CAN COME THROUGH THAT WAY.
OR THERE IS A DRIVEWAY ON, UH, EXCUSE ME, ON JONES MALTSBERGER ADJACENT TO THAT WHISPER HOLLOW.
AND THEY COULD COME IN THROUGH THAT WAY IF THEY, IF THEY HAVE THEIR RIGHT OF WAY TO, TO UH, BUILD THESE, BUILD THIS SUBDIVISION.
AGAIN, I OPPOSE THIS EXTREMELY DUE TO OUR NEIGHBOR'S SAFETY AND I JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CAN APPROVE THAT KNOWING THAT WE'VE HAD A WOMAN LIVED THERE FOR 20 SOME ODD YEARS NOW.
NEXT WE HAVE, I CAN'T REALLY READ THEIR FIRST NAME.
IS IT B LANDRY? BEATRICE LANDRY, 20 26 18 CHESTNUT BEND, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
UM, MY QUESTION IS, I HAVE LIVED IN MY HOME, WHICH I'M ON THE OTHER SIDE OF EILEEN.
I'VE LIVED THERE FOR 25 YEARS, AND NOW I'M GONNA HAVE TO KNOCK DOWN MY FENCE BECAUSE 13 INCHES OF HIS PROPERTY.
I'VE BEEN ON THERE FOR 13, FOR 25
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YEARS.I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WHEN I BOUGHT THE HOUSE, THE BUILDER HAD THE FENCE AND SO NOW HE WANTS TO TAKE MY FENCE DOWN, WHICH HE SAID HE WOULD.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA DO.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN WRITING, SO THAT'S KIND OF DANGEROUS TOO.
'CAUSE I MEAN, I HAVE A DOG, I HAVE, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T JUST HAVE DEFENSE KNOCKED DOWN.
SO HE WANTS 13 INCHES IN THE BACK, 19 INCHES IN THE FRONT.
AND I'VE HAD IT SURVEYED ALREADY, BUT THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2008.
AND I DON'T KNOW, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT SAFE TO DO THAT.
IT'S NOT SAFE FOR THE OTHER NEIGHBOR AND IT'S JUST NOT SAFE TO HAVE, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE, UH, FIRST RESPONDERS CAN COME IN BEFORE THAT'S, THAT WAS THE PROBLEM THAT THE FIRETRUCKS EMS ALL THAT COULD NOT COME IN 'CAUSE THEY CAN'T TURN AROUND.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
BUT AGAIN, I LEMME TELL YOU, I HAD TALKED TO A DOC, UH, A LAWYER AND HE SAID THAT IT WAS ADVERSE POSSESSION BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THERE FOR SO LONG, BUT I HAVEN'T SIGNED ANYTHING OR GONE TO THE CITY TO REDO IT, SO, OKAY.
UH, RAMIRO MORALES, MY QUESTION WAS ASKED QUESTION BEFORE.
AND LAST ONE ON ITEM NUMBER ONE IS TRACY NAER.
OKAY, THAT'S EVERYBODY SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE.
UH, WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGN UP ON ITEM 10.
BIANCA MALDONADO, MONTICELLO PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, PO BOX 1 0 0 3 1 5 7 8 2 0 1, OFFERING COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OF THE REDEVELOPMENT OF WHAT IS IS OCCURRING HERE ON THE 1900 BLOCK OF FREDERICKSBURG ROAD.
IT IS SOMETHING QUITE PHENOMENAL, TO BE HONEST.
I TELL EVERYBODY IT'S A UNICORN.
WE HAD A HISTORIC LANDMARK BUILDING THAT'S CURRENTLY LANDMARKED TODAY.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORTED THAT IN 2007 AND 2008, MAYBE 40, 50 YEARS AGO, HALF OF IT WAS CHOPPED OFF.
SO WE HAVE A VERY, UH, INVESTED OWNER WHO IS GOING TO RECREATE THE MISSING PORTION OF THAT BUILDING ALONG FREDERICKSBURG ROAD DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE WOODLAWN THEATER.
AND TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT IS, UH, HENCE WHY YOU HAVE THE APPLICATION BEFORE YOU TODAY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IT BECAUSE IT'S A VERY UNIQUE SITUATION.
UM, IT IS A REZONING TO OR RE PLATTING ESSENTIALLY FOR THE, UH, LAND USE CATEGORY SO THAT THE TWO PROPERTIES CAN BE ON THE SAME PAGE AND SUPPORT THE, THE FUTURE LAND USE IN THIS AREA.
AND THE APPLICANT HAS WORKED SIGNIFICANTLY WITH US THROUGH THE REDESIGN AS IT GOES THROUGH THE HDRC PROCESS AND ALSO AS IT GOES THROUGH THE ZONING AND PLATTING PROCESS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO COME AND OFFER OUR COMMENTS AND STRONG SUPPORT AND ALSO HIGHLIGHT IT FOR YOU BECAUSE IT IS A REDEVELOPMENT IN THE URBAN CORE ON ONE OF OUR MAJOR, UH, CORRIDORS ALONG FREDERICKSBURG ROAD.
SO YOU DON'T SEE SOMEBODY STEPPING FORWARD TO DO THIS ALL TOO OFTEN.
UM, AND THE FACT THAT THIS REMAINING HALF WAS SAVED, IT ALSO RECEIVED A, A GRANT FROM THE CONSERVATION SOCIETY FOR PRESERVING THE ROOF, THE TILE ROOF.
SO IT'S A VERY UNIQUE BUILDING AND, AND VERY UNIQUE LOCATION AND WE'RE JUST VERY THANKFUL AND VERY SUPPORTIVE AND OFFERING OUR SUPPORT.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
APPRECIATE THE, THE INFORMATION ON THAT.
UH, THAT IS ALL THE PUBLIC INPUT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UM, WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ANY COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS OR A MOTION.
UH, WHAT IS THE STANDARD WIDTH OF THE A STREET THAT SHOULD BE, UM, DONE? OKAY, HOLD IT.
UM, SO FOR CLARIFICATION, THAT IS NOT A STREET, THAT IS AN INGRESS EGRESS EASEMENT, SPECIFICALLY A PLATTED IRREVOCABLE INGRESS.
SO THE STANDARDS ARE NOT THE SAME AS WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE FOR A STREET CLASSIFICATION.
UM, ESSENTIALLY IT IS A DRIVE, UH, IT IS A PRIVATE DRIVE, WHICH IN THE UDC HAS TO BE AT LEAST 20 FEET WIDE.
WHAT THEY PROPOSED FOR THIS ONE IS A 26 FOOT WIDE PAVE DRIVE WITH CURBS ON BOTH SIDES.
SO THERE WOULD BE TWO FEET OF ADDITIONAL SPACE BETWEEN THE CURB AND THE PROPERTY LINES ON BOTH SIDES.
SO I HEAR, I WOULD HEARD THAT SHE'S GETTING HER
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FENCE TAKEN DOWN.ARE THEY GOING TO BE PUTTING UP A NEW FENCE AND HOW FAR AWAY WILL THAT BE FROM HER HOME? SO THE PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD NOT BE THE APPROPRIATE ENTITY TO WEIGH IN ON THAT.
THAT IS THEIR DECISION AS THE PROPERTY OWNER, THE CLAIM OF ADVERSE POSSESSION.
SIMILARLY, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE RESOLVED IN COURTS NOT BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ANY FURTHER COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS OR MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA.
MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA BY COMMISSIONER PROFIT.
SECOND BY, I THINK IT WAS COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ STAFF, PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL.
[Comprehensive Master Plan Amendments ]
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.IT IS TWO 16 AND COMMISSIONER BUSANTE HAS REENTERED THE MEETING.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, LOCATED, UH, GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 4,400 BLOCK OF NIETO DRIVE IS REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE TO THE AUGUST 12TH PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
IS THERE ANY, UH, THERE'S NOBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANY COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS OR A MOTION ON THE, UM, CONTINUANCE MOTION TO APPROVE APPLICANT'S REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE TO AUGUST 12TH PC.
SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER PROFIT AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.
UH, COOPER COMMISSIONER PROFIT? YES.
MOTION PASSES FOR CONTINUANCE.
MY NAME IS SEAN SHEELEY, PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ITEM NINE.
LOCATED AT 3 8 5 7 EAST SOUTH CROSS BOULEVARD.
AS A REQUEST FROM COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL TO REGIONAL COMMERCIAL 18 NOTICES WERE MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO IMPOSED WERE RECEIVED AND THE PECAN VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION DID NOT RESPOND.
THE PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT FROM COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL TO REGIONAL COMMERCIAL IS REQUESTED TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO SEE THREE GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
THE PROPOSED REGIONAL COMMERCIAL LAND USED IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
THE CURRENT PROPERTY IS SPLIT ZONED INTO THREE DIFFERENT ZONINGS OF C3 GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IN THE FRONT HALF OF THE PROPERTY.
C TWO, UH, COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY.
AND OH TWO HIGH-RISE OFFICE DISTRICT AT THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.
THE ONLY PORTION OF THE PROPERTY THAT IS CURRENT COMPLIANT WITH THE CURRENT LAND USE IS THE C TWO PORTION.
THE APPLICANT WANTS TO UNIFY THE ZONING TO GIVE THE CURRENT EXISTING STRIP CENTER A WIDER ARRAY OF USES IN ORDER TO FILL VACANCIES.
ALTHOUGH THERE IS CURRENT C3 ZONING IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA, THEY'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE AS THEY'RE ALL LISTED AS COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL, FUTURE LAND USE THIS PLAN AMENDMENT WOULD BE AN INCREASE OF INTENSITY FOR THE OVERALL AREA, WHICH IS NOT APPROPRIATE.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT.
WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? HELLO COMMISSIONERS ALAN OV WITH, UH, REPRESENTING THE OWNER F NINE PROPERTIES.
SO, UH, THE PROPERTY IN, UH, THAT WE ARE SEEKING A PLAN AMENDMENT FOR IS, UH, 38 57 EAST SOUTH CROSS.
THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY, UH, IT CON CURRENTLY CONTAINS THREE DIFFERENT ZONING CODES, C TWO, C3 AND OH TWO.
AS, UM, SEAN MENTIONED, OUR GOAL IS TO UNIFY THE ZONING OF THE PROPERTY INTO ONE DISTRICT, NAMELY C3.
UM, LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ABOUT THE PROPERTY.
IT WAS BUILT IN 1985 BY HENRY MINTON AND HE OWNED IT FOR 40 YEARS.
UH, THE NEW OWNERSHIP BOUGHT IT LAST YEAR AND HAS SINCE TAKEN CARE OF THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ON THE PROPERTY.
UH, THEY'VE DONE NEW PAINT, REPLACED OLD HVAC UNITS, NEW DECK BOARDS WHERE THEY'VE GOTTEN OLD.
WE'VE SIGNED NEW LEASES WITH NEW TENANTS WHO HAVE BROUGHT LIFE BACK TO THE CENTER.
WHY WE ARE CHANGING AND REQUESTING FOR A CHANGE NOW IS WE RAN INTO AN ISSUE A FEW MONTHS AGO WHEN WE HAD A PROSPECTIVE DAYCARE TENANT AND THEY SOUGHT TO APPLY FOR THEIR CFOA FEW MONTHS BACK AND THEY WERE REJECTED DUE TO IMPROPER ZONING THAT A RAISED A HUGE ALARM TO US AS TO WHY THEY WERE REJECTED BECAUSE, UH, DAYCARE WOULD BE AN AWESOME USE FOR THE CENTER.
THE, UH, PROSPECT OF DAYCARE TENANT WAS TOLD BY THE DSD STAFF THAT THE O2 OVERLAY TOUCHED A PORTION OF THE PROSPECT OF DAYCARE SPACE AND THEREFORE WAS DENIED A CFO, WHICH LED US TO BEING HERE.
SO OUR CURRENT TENANT MIX IS THE FOLLOWING.
WE HAVE A HEAD SHOP, A TATTOO SHOP, A NAIL SALON, A CHRISTIAN CHURCH, AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT, NAMELY CAPELLI'S,
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AND A GAME ROOM.THE TENANTS THAT HAVE A C3 ZONING ARE IN THE C3 AREA.
RECENT PROSPECTIVE TENANTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED INTEREST FROM HAVE BEEN A LAUNDROMAT GROUP, BEAUTY AESTHETICS GROUP, AND APPLIANCE STORE STAFFING AGENCY, AND A CELL PHONE STORE.
I'D LIKE TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THE UDC STATEMENTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF A C3 ZONING.
IT'S, UH, C3 USES ARE TYPICALLY CHARACTERIZED AS COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL SHOPPING CENTERS.
C3 DISTRICTS SHOULD INCORPORATE SHARED INTERNAL CIRCULATION AND LIMITED CURB CUTS TO ARTERIAL STREETS.
WE SEE THE PECAN PLAZA AS A COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL SHOPPING CENTER AND THEREFORE ALIGNS WITH THE C3 ZONING.
UH, I'D LIKE TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO THE NEAREST C3 PROPERTY ZONE PROPERTY, NAMELY, IT'S ACTUALLY US.
UH, AND THEN THE NEXT NEAREST IS THE CONVENIENCE STORE.
BUT THEN THE NEXT NEAREST IS, IF YOU CAN PLEASE PUT THIS ON THE IS A, UH, THE, UH, LEMME GET THE ADDRESS.
IT IS THE PROPERTY ON 39 39 EAST SOUTH CROSS, WHICH IS THE EL MEXICAN RESTAURANT THAT, AND IT IS APPROXIMATELY 432 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY.
SO THERE IS A PRECEDENT THAT THERE ARE NEARBY C3, UH, DISTRICT, UH, PROPERTIES NEARBY OUR CENTER.
UH, IT MAKES THE MOST SENSE BECAUSE OUR, UH, PROPERTY ALREADY CONTAINS A C3 ZONING.
UH, AND A WHAT A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL WOULD MEAN FOR THE PROPERTY IN DISTRICT THREE IS YOU'D BE PROMOTING UNIFORMITY IN THIS DISTRICT.
OWNERS FAMILI, UH, WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS THAT WE ARE FACING WILL BE CONFIDENT THAT THEIR REQUESTS MAY GO THROUGH AS THERE'S BEEN.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE O2 SLIVER EXTENDS TO MULTIPLE PROPERTIES.
UM, I WAS TOLD THAT THE O2 WAS USED AS A BUFFER, UH, BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.
NOW THAT HAS CAUSED ISSUES WHEN WE'VE, UH, TRIED TO GET TENANTS ALIGNED WITH OUR, UH, USES.
UH, SO THEN YOU PRO PROMOTING UNIFORMITY AND A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY ALREADY CONTAINS THE DESIRED USE.
IT WOULD BE A SIGNAL OF CONFIDENCE.
SO THE REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS MARKET THAT DISTRICT THREE SUPPORTS SMALL BUSINESSES.
THIS AREA OF, OF THE SOUTHEAST AREA OF SAN ANTONIO HAS A LOT OF LOCAL, LOCAL BRAND TENANTS AND, AND, AND, UH, SEVERAL REGIONAL BRAND TENANTS.
UM, THE PROPERTY CONTAINS NO NATIONAL OR REGIONAL FRANCHISES AND ONLY ONE LOCAL FRANCHISE, NAMELY CAPARELLI.
SO YOU'D BE SUPPORTING, UH, LOCAL BUSINESSES BEING ABLE TO GO INTO THE AREA AS A RESULT.
PROPERTY VALUES WILL ALSO APPRECIATE BOOSTING TAX REVENUE AS A, UH, HIGHER ZONING MEANS HIGHER VALUE OF THE PROPERTY.
AND YOU'D BE UPHOLDING THE SPIRIT OF THE PURPOSE OF A C3 ZONING, NAMELY COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, SO WE'LL MOVE TO COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS START ON THE LEFT WITH COMMISSIONER BUSTAMANTE.
UH, FOR STAFF, CAN YOU, SO SOME OF THE PRO, SOME OF THE TENANTS REQUIRE A C3 ZONING AND CAN THERE BE CONDITIONAL USE APPLIED TO DIFFERENT TENANTS TO STAY IN THE, UH, CURRENT PLAN? THAT IS CORRECT.
UM, CERTAIN USES THAT HE WAS EXPLAINING LIKE, UH, THE TATTOO PARLOR AND I BELIEVE THE HEAD SHOP, UM, THEY COULD BE, UH, DOWN ZONE TO LIKE A C TWO CD THAT WOULD STAY ALIGNED WITH THE EXISTING COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL.
IS THE O2 NECESSARY FOR ANY OF THE BUSINESSES? NO.
IT'S BASICALLY MEANT FOR OFFICE USES, HENCE WHY THE DAYCARE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PERMITTED.
I DO, IF I MAY, I WANT TO ADD ONE OTHER THING JUST BASED ON THE TESTIMONY.
SO THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT THE HEAD SHOP AND THE DAYCARE.
I, I SUS WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY HEAD SHOPS IN THE CITY.
WE DON'T HAVE CFOS ISSUED FOR HEAD SHOPS.
THOSE, IF YOU MAY RECALL, WERE RELATED TO THE BREATH ORDINANCE FROM A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
WE ADDED THE HEMP RETAIL TO THE CODE.
REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS TODAY, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF A DAYCARE.
SO THAT WOULD ALWAYS TRIGGER A REZONING PROCESS THROUGH CITY COUNCIL AS WELL.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S ON THE RECORD.
AND FOR CLARITY, A HEAD SHOP MEANS A SMOKE SHOP.
WE HAVE SEPARATE, YEAH, WE HAVE SEPARATE USES WHERE A SMOKE SHOP IS MORE FOR TOBACCO USES.
HEAD SHOP IS MEANT FOR ILLEGAL, UH, DRUGS LIKE CANNABIS WEED, THEN I'M REFERRING TO HEAD.
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YES, IT'S A HEAD SHOP.SO AGAIN, JUST YEAH, LET, LET ME REITERATE, HEAD SHOP OF WHICH WE HAVE NONE IN THE CITY IS DEFINED AS A BUSINESS WHO DEALS IN PARAPHERNALIA RELATED TO ILLEGAL DRUG USE.
IT IS, BUT YOU'RE SAYING IT IS ALSO NOT A TOBACCO STORE? NO, THEY SELL TOBACCO PRODUCTS.
IT, IT'S A, IT'S A SMOKE SHOP.
SO WHATEVER THE CITY'S VERBIAGE OF WHAT A SMOKE SHOP IS, DO THEY SELL CONSUMABLE HEMP? YES.
THEN THAT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF A DAYCARE WITHOUT SPECIFIC AUTHORIZATION FROM CITY COUNCIL.
SO MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE SEE IF WE COULD MAYBE POSSIBLY DO CON CONDITIONAL USE, WHICH WILL BE ZONING.
UM, SO IT CAN NOT HAVE TO MAKE THE PLAN AMENDMENT.
WHAT, WHAT CAN I ASK A QUESTION? UH, WHAT, WHAT WOULD A CONDITIONAL USE MEAN FOR THE O2 OVERLAY? WHAT WOULD WE DO WITH THE O2 OVERLAY? YOU WOULD STILL BE GETTING RID OF THE O2, BUT YOU WOULD BE ZONING IT TO C TWO WITH CONDITIONAL USE RATHER THAN C3.
NOW ONE AREA THAT SHOULD ALSO BE HIGHLIGHTED IS YOU CAN ONLY HAVE ONE CONDITIONAL USE TIED TO A GIVEN PIECE OF PROPERTY.
BUT WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST IS AN APPLICANT GETS FIELD NOTES TO DESCRIBE A PARTICULAR SUITE AND THEY CAN DO A CONDITIONAL USE TIED TO THOSE.
SO YOU DON'T NEED THE ENTIRE PROPERTY TO BE ZONED WITH CONDITIONAL USE FOR A TATTOO PARLOR.
YOU CAN CONDITION THAT ONLY TO THE SUITE IN WHICH THEY OCCUPY.
SO THEN OUR, OUR CURRENT C3 TENANTS ARE CONFORMING BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THE C3 ZONED AREA OF THE PROPERTY.
IF WE WERE TO, UH, PROVIDE MEETS AND BOUNDS DESCRIPTIONS OF THE O2 AREA, THEN WE CAN REZONE THAT AREA INTO C TWO CONDITIONAL USE, WHICH WOULD ONLY APPLY TO ONE EXTRA TENANT.
THAT WOULD BE INTO ONE OF THE SPACES THAT WE HAVE VACANT ON THAT C TWO AREA ONE USE FOR THAT DEFINED AREA MEETS AND BOUNDS IN THE FIELD NOTES ONE USE.
SO IT WOULD BE, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE, ONE USE THAT IS NOT PERMITTED IN C TWO YOU ARE PERMIT, YOU WOULD BE PERMITTED EVERYTHING IN A C TWO.
WHICH INCLUDES A LOT OF ITEMS. UM, UNDERSTOOD.
AND THEN THAT CONDITIONAL USE DOES NOT APPLY TO THE C3 SECTION.
IT WOULD APPLY TO THE C TWO SECTION ONLY THAT YOU'RE REZONING.
EVEN IF THE, SORRY, EVEN IF THE O2 HAS A SLIVER, UH, BECAUSE THE O THE PROBLEM IS IS THAT THE O2 ENCOMPASSES ONLY A SLIVER OF THE BACK PORTION OF THE, OF THE BUILDING AREA BE WE'D BE GETTING RID OF THAT O2 PORTION.
IT'D BE C TWO CD FROM THE C TWO PORTION AND IT ONLY UP THE O2.
IT IS 2 28 AND COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ HAS LEFT THE MEETING.
NO MORE QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I JUST AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER PROFIT'S.
UH, I DON'T KNOW, CALL IT SOLUTION I GUESS.
UM, I THINK THAT'S BECAUSE, BECAUSE YEAH, I'M ON THE SAME BOAT AS YOU.
IS THAT, YEAH, I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE C3, BUT THE, THE, UH, REGIONAL COMMERCIAL, UH, DOESN'T NECESSARILY FIT IN THIS LOCATION.
IT IS 2 28 AND COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ HAS REJOINED THE MEETING.
UM, DOESN'T REALLY FIT IN THIS LOCATION TO ME BECAUSE OF ONE THE LOCATION AND TWO THE SIZE.
THAT'S ONLY 1.8 ACRES DOESN'T MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF REGIONAL COMMERCIAL IN MY BOOK.
SO I WOULD KIND OF AGREE WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER PROP'S ASSESSMENT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, AT THIS POINT, I MEAN, WHAT WOULD, IF YOU'RE AMENABLE TO THAT DID A CONTINUANCE OR A FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE TAKE ACTION HERE.
I'M JUST TRYING TO YEAH, SO I I THINK WE HAVE A, A COUPLE OPTIONS.
ONE OPTION IS JUST TO REQUEST A CONTINUANCE.
IF YOU'RE ABLE TO DRAFT UP MEETS AND BOUNDS AND WE CAN PROCEED WITH C TWO CD AND KEEP THE C3, THEN YOU COULD JUST NOT COME BACK TO PLANNING COMMISSION AND WITHDRAW THE PLAN AMENDMENT AT THAT TIME.
I, I, THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION IS FOR US TO GO IN FRONT OF THE ZONING WITH THIS, UH, REVISED PLAN.
MOVE FOR CONTINUANCE TO AUGUST 22ND.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BUSTANI FOR A CONTINUANCE TO, WHAT DID YOU SAY? AUGUST 22ND? DO YOU, JULY 22ND OR WHAT DAY AM I? NO, I,
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IT'S DECEMBER COMMISSION MID JULY 22ND.THAT, THAT'S TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY.
IS THAT SUFFICIENT TIME ZONING? I THINK ZONING MEETS THE 21ST.
SO IS TWO WEEKS SUFFICIENT OR WOULD YOU RATHER A MONTH OR LONGER? I BELIEVE WE HAVE A, WE, WE, WE HAVE A MEETS AND BOUNDS DESCRIPTION ALREADY.
SO IF THAT'S ALL WE NEED TO PROVIDE, THEN WE SHOULD BE FINE.
AND, AND TALK TO YOUR CASE MANAGER FOR THE ZONING CASE RIGHT.
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT EXACTLY THE ZONING REQUIREMENTS ARE TO BRING DOWN FROM C3 OR WHATEVER.
I THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO YOUR RECOMMEND, SO YOUR MOTION COMMISSIONER BUSMAN IS, IT IS FOR JULY 22ND.
OR SOME OTHER MADE UP MONTH 2026
SO WE HAVE A, AND I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER WHO THE SECOND WAS AT THIS STAGE.
I, I, COMMISSIONER WALLER WAS THE SECOND.
CAN STAFF PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL? VOTE PLEASE.
MOTION PASSES FOR CONTINUANCE.
THAT IS EVERYTHING EXCEPT, UH, DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
IT IS 2 31 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.