WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.920 Good evening at 5 37 p.m. January 15th I will call the work session of the Denton 00:00:10.920 --> 00:00:18.960 Planning and Zoning Commission to order. Our first item of business is if 00:00:18.960 --> 00:00:31.000 there's any citizen comments for the consent agenda I don't see any. Does 00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:35.580 anybody have any questions on the consent agenda the one item on the 00:00:35.580 --> 00:00:48.280 consent agenda this evening? No? Okay and then any any questions procedurally or 00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:53.940 otherwise on the item for individual consideration? This is coming up because 00:00:53.940 --> 00:01:01.560 Chair Ellis resigned effective after the last meeting and it's also the new year 00:01:01.560 --> 00:01:10.720 so we would have to do this anyway even if she was still here. So okay so and 00:01:10.720 --> 00:01:16.040 the public hearing has been renoticed and withdrawn so we won't be looking at 00:01:16.040 --> 00:01:24.680 that this evening and so I will move to our work session reports PZ 25034 00:01:24.680 --> 00:01:31.600 holder report and a discussion regarding master plan communities in particular 00:01:31.600 --> 00:01:38.600 Coleranch and BC. Welcome Angie. Thank you Planning and Zoning Commission Angie 00:01:38.600 --> 00:01:44.400 Manglars development review manager here to talk to you today a little generally 00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:48.280 about master plan communities and then a little more specifically about the 00:01:48.280 --> 00:01:52.740 Coleranch master plan community so the objective of this work session just 00:01:52.740 --> 00:01:56.580 provide a brief overview of what MPCs are where they currently exist within the 00:01:56.580 --> 00:02:02.200 city give a high-level overview of the history of landmark or what was Hunter 00:02:02.200 --> 00:02:06.800 Ranch and Coleranch MPCs and then go into a little bit of a deeper dive on 00:02:06.800 --> 00:02:11.320 the Coleranch MPC that'll include the project location the sub districts that 00:02:11.320 --> 00:02:15.820 are located within the MPC some of the deviations between the master plan 00:02:15.820 --> 00:02:23.120 community guiding documents and the 2019 DDC and then just kind of look at some 00:02:23.120 --> 00:02:26.200 of the maps you all would typically see with the development case that includes 00:02:26.200 --> 00:02:31.560 phasing mobility and ESAs and then we'll talk a little bit about some of the 00:02:31.560 --> 00:02:35.000 uniqueness with Coleranch and that includes developer responsibilities as 00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:41.160 part of the master plan community and their associated agreements. So having 00:02:41.160 --> 00:02:45.600 said all of that master plan community is a zoning designation utilized for 00:02:45.600 --> 00:02:50.520 large-scale comprehensively planned developments we currently have four MPCs 00:02:50.520 --> 00:02:54.880 in the city of Denton that's the hills of Denton the hills of Denton North 00:02:54.880 --> 00:03:01.800 landmark or you've commonly heard Hunter Ranch and Coleranch all of these MPCs 00:03:01.800 --> 00:03:06.480 that we have today in the city were created under the 2002 DDC and were 00:03:06.480 --> 00:03:13.480 carried forward with the adoption of the 2019 DDC. Master plan communities they 00:03:13.480 --> 00:03:16.920 provide alternate zoning districts and development processes and are generally 00:03:16.920 --> 00:03:22.200 used to accommodate large-scale master plan developments. If an MPC request 00:03:22.200 --> 00:03:25.640 were to come in today it would be processed like a plan development 00:03:25.640 --> 00:03:31.760 request. So hills of Denton and hills of Denton North where are these these are 00:03:31.760 --> 00:03:39.520 generally located north of loop 288 west of Locust Street and east of Bonnie 00:03:39.520 --> 00:03:44.400 Bray. Hills of Denton and hills of Denton North they're contiguous. Hills of Denton 00:03:44.400 --> 00:03:50.720 was adopted in 2007 it's approximately 2100 acres it permits a variety of 00:03:50.720 --> 00:03:54.520 residential land uses that includes single-family townhomes as well as some 00:03:54.520 --> 00:03:58.680 commercial land uses and then just to the north of that is hills of Denton 00:03:58.680 --> 00:04:05.080 North it is smaller it's 501 acres and focuses on single-family and commercial 00:04:05.080 --> 00:04:09.300 uses. These plan developments have not been amended since adoption they are as 00:04:09.300 --> 00:04:15.360 they were adopted in 07 and 08 and are situated on the northern portion of the 00:04:15.360 --> 00:04:26.360 city limits. Further south generally along I-35W we have the landmark and 00:04:26.360 --> 00:04:31.840 coal ranch MPCs. Similarly these are also right next to each other if you can 00:04:31.840 --> 00:04:37.640 follow my mouse this hatching area is where the landmark MPC is it's 00:04:37.640 --> 00:04:44.040 approximately 3200 acres it was initially zoned MPC in 2008 it has had 00:04:44.040 --> 00:04:50.240 it had two amendments in 2010 one was to rezone out approximately 195 acres and 00:04:50.240 --> 00:04:53.640 then the other was to allow various exceptions to the gas well and 00:04:53.640 --> 00:04:58.520 subdivision regulations. Coal Ranch is situated a little bit further to the 00:04:58.520 --> 00:05:05.640 north and was also zoned MPC in 2008 both MPCs were adopted in 2020 they 00:05:05.640 --> 00:05:11.080 adopted the 2019 DDC is the base development code with some major 00:05:11.080 --> 00:05:15.280 deviations which will go into detail on and then the base zoning for these 00:05:15.280 --> 00:05:20.120 sub-districts also transitioned to match our zoning districts within the 2019 DDC. 00:05:20.120 --> 00:05:25.600 So both Hunter Landmark and Coal Ranch adopted these MPCs which function very 00:05:25.600 --> 00:05:29.880 similarly to our DDC they have the same subsections that our DDC has with 00:05:29.880 --> 00:05:34.160 accepting some of those minor deviations and outline the various development 00:05:34.160 --> 00:05:41.400 processes that these respective MPCs would go through as they begin build out. 00:05:41.400 --> 00:05:45.160 So now we're going to focus a little bit more on Coal Ranch and just talk kind of 00:05:45.160 --> 00:05:49.200 specifics about Coal Ranch and some of the nuances and differences between the 00:05:49.200 --> 00:05:56.640 2019 DDC and the Coal Ranch MPC. So as I said Coal Ranch is approximately 3,200 00:05:56.640 --> 00:06:02.640 acres it is situated entirely on the west side of I-35 it is situated 00:06:02.640 --> 00:06:08.280 southwest of the Den Enterprise Airport which is right here and northeast of the 00:06:08.280 --> 00:06:12.200 Robeson Ranch plan development and then surrounding it would be where the Hunter 00:06:12.200 --> 00:06:20.920 Ranch MPC is located. There are six base zoning districts in the Hunter Ranch MPC 00:06:20.920 --> 00:06:27.240 so MPC is kind of the overlying zoning designation outlined in orange but 00:06:27.240 --> 00:06:30.600 within that there are there are sub-districts that match what you would 00:06:30.600 --> 00:06:35.560 see in the 2019 DDC and so those include Light Industrial, Mixed Use Neighborhood 00:06:35.560 --> 00:06:40.840 and Regional, Residential 7, Residential 6, and Residential 4. Along with that 00:06:40.840 --> 00:06:45.520 there are caps on the maximum allowable units for single-family and multifamily 00:06:45.520 --> 00:06:49.720 with single-family being 5,900 single-family units and multifamily being 00:06:49.720 --> 00:06:59.000 3,200 units. So now we're not going to go over all of the deviations between the 00:06:59.000 --> 00:07:03.360 Coal Ranch MPC and the Denton Development Code. There are several some 00:07:03.360 --> 00:07:08.160 of them are minor and likely would not be seen before you all but the ones we're 00:07:08.160 --> 00:07:12.080 going to cover are kind of the more the major deviations and also things that 00:07:12.080 --> 00:07:18.960 you guys will deal with on a regular basis including tree preservation. So 00:07:18.960 --> 00:07:23.240 first process differences just wanted to highlight a few things that are unique 00:07:23.240 --> 00:07:28.360 preliminary plats will continue to come to you all for the Coal Ranch MPC as you 00:07:28.360 --> 00:07:33.960 know we amended the DDC back in 2023 making the preliminary plat process 00:07:33.960 --> 00:07:39.160 optional. One preliminary plat has been seen and approved by the Planning and 00:07:39.160 --> 00:07:42.120 Zoning Commission for Coal Ranch and that's phase one and this is just kind 00:07:42.120 --> 00:07:47.240 of what that looked like. Another difference is cluster developments where 00:07:47.240 --> 00:07:51.800 we consider different densities for single-family to preserve more open space. 00:07:51.800 --> 00:07:58.080 In the DDC they're only allowed by PD. Coal Ranch does allow them by right. The 00:07:58.080 --> 00:08:02.680 Coal Ranch MPC also outlines a couple minor amendments that may be approved by 00:08:02.680 --> 00:08:06.160 staff but also major amendments that function similar to a public hearing 00:08:06.160 --> 00:08:12.280 process such as zoning changes. Those would continue to be seen by you all. In 00:08:12.280 --> 00:08:18.280 terms of zoning districts the DDC establishes 16 zoning districts I'm not 00:08:18.280 --> 00:08:22.960 going to read them all but they're there. Seven overlay zoning districts and 00:08:22.960 --> 00:08:27.480 allows for the creation of new plan development districts. Coal Ranch as we 00:08:27.480 --> 00:08:31.640 discussed earlier it establishes six base zoning districts and establishes 00:08:31.640 --> 00:08:38.520 one highway overlay buffer zone. There are some differences when looking at 00:08:38.520 --> 00:08:42.440 these zoning districts and some of the dimensional standards specifically 00:08:42.440 --> 00:08:47.960 residential 7 lot width is still 50 feet in the Coal Ranch MPC as it is in the 00:08:47.960 --> 00:08:53.120 DDC but does have a carve out that allows for up to 40% of the land areas 00:08:53.120 --> 00:08:58.040 zoned R7 to have a 40 foot wide lot width for single-family residential. 00:08:58.040 --> 00:09:05.400 There's also a difference in residential 7 side yard setbacks in the 2019 DDC 00:09:05.400 --> 00:09:11.160 side yard setback is 5 feet. Likewise the Coal Ranch MPC does carry that 5 foot 00:09:11.160 --> 00:09:14.880 setback but does allow for the option for there to be a 10 foot setback on one 00:09:14.880 --> 00:09:20.600 side and a 0 foot setback or have the the structure situate on the property 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:25.120 line on the other. So slight slight difference there where it does allow for 00:09:25.120 --> 00:09:29.600 essentially zero lot line for one side and then creating that side yard being 00:09:29.600 --> 00:09:34.000 10 feet on the other rather than 5 feet on both sides. So a little bit of a 00:09:34.000 --> 00:09:41.000 difference there. In mixed-use neighborhood the DDC does allow for a 00:09:41.000 --> 00:09:46.800 maximum building height of 65 feet. Coal Ranch does allow that height to be up to 00:09:46.800 --> 00:09:53.600 100 feet and then mixed-use regional DDC has a 100 foot maximum height Coal Ranch 00:09:53.600 --> 00:10:01.080 MPC 200 foot maximum height. In both of these cases both DDC and Coal Ranch MPC 00:10:01.080 --> 00:10:06.160 buildings are subject to height and transition requirements and there is a 00:10:06.160 --> 00:10:12.280 difference between the DDC and the Coal Ranch MPC. Where in the DDC we have our 00:10:12.280 --> 00:10:18.920 0 to 50 foot so for any building next to a residential use if it's within 50 feet 00:10:18.920 --> 00:10:22.960 of a residential use so if it's a commercial structure coming in next to a 00:10:22.960 --> 00:10:29.440 residential use or zone property those buildings within 50 feet are not allowed 00:10:29.440 --> 00:10:33.840 to exceed the building height in the residential zoning district. For buildings 00:10:33.840 --> 00:10:37.840 between 50 and 100 feet away from that residential structure they could be the 00:10:37.840 --> 00:10:42.280 height of that residential zoning district plus 15 feet and then for 00:10:42.280 --> 00:10:46.960 buildings a hundred feet or further away from that residential zone property or 00:10:46.960 --> 00:10:51.600 use they could have the maximum height that that zoning districts allows. The 00:10:51.600 --> 00:10:55.920 Coal Ranch MPC takes that height and transition and continues to expound on 00:10:55.920 --> 00:11:03.360 it going up to distances of 150 feet away as well as 200 and 200 feet away so 00:11:03.360 --> 00:11:07.680 for a building in the Coal Ranch MPC that might be 200 feet in height if it's 00:11:07.680 --> 00:11:13.120 adjacent to a single-family residential use or lot that is zoned that way it 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:18.120 would have to be at least 200 feet away so it takes that transition and expounds 00:11:18.120 --> 00:11:23.360 upon it so that buildings that are 200 feet are at least 200 feet away from a 00:11:23.360 --> 00:11:29.160 residential use or zoned property so it adds a couple of additional steps to 00:11:29.160 --> 00:11:32.560 accommodate that additional height. 00:11:32.560 --> 00:11:39.080 Subchapter four in the DDC goes over overlay and historic districts many of 00:11:39.080 --> 00:11:44.480 these don't apply to the Coal Ranch MPC such as the Fry Street overlay and some 00:11:44.480 --> 00:11:48.520 of our historic districts situated along Oak and Hickory so those are not 00:11:48.520 --> 00:11:53.200 included in the MPC. The Coal Ranch MPC does retain the municipal airport 00:11:53.200 --> 00:11:58.280 overlay district and it does introduce a highway buffer zone. That buffer zone is 00:11:58.280 --> 00:12:03.760 generally you can see one kind of the yellow dashed line outlining the future 00:12:03.760 --> 00:12:09.040 loop 288 and does state that no single-family detached platted lot can be 00:12:09.040 --> 00:12:13.920 located within that 600 foot highway buffer zone so that is a change in that 00:12:13.920 --> 00:12:21.400 subchapter. There are various land use differences that are allowed between the 00:12:21.400 --> 00:12:28.660 MPC and the 2019 DDC but I wanted to highlight a few. The Coal Ranch MPC does 00:12:28.660 --> 00:12:34.480 allow for multi-family NR7 without an SUP. It also permits single-family in 00:12:34.480 --> 00:12:40.160 the mixed-use regional zoning district and permits self-storage in MR without 00:12:40.160 --> 00:12:46.000 the requirement for an SUP. Major automotive repair is prohibited in MR 00:12:46.000 --> 00:12:51.440 and retail 15,000 square feet and greater is allowed in the MN district 00:12:51.440 --> 00:12:55.760 without the requirement for an SUP. Those are some of the deviations that you 00:12:55.760 --> 00:13:03.920 might see as projects start to come in for the Coal Ranch development. Gas wells 00:13:03.920 --> 00:13:08.680 there's not a lot of changes between the DDC and the Coal Ranch MPC. One thing to 00:13:08.680 --> 00:13:13.140 highlight is the only approved drilling and production sites in the Coal Ranch 00:13:13.140 --> 00:13:17.920 MPC are those that were shown on gas well development plats and in existence 00:13:17.920 --> 00:13:23.080 at the time of the adoption of the Coal Ranch MPC. Apart from that the various 00:13:23.080 --> 00:13:32.200 setbacks match what are in the DDC today as do protected uses. Some things to note 00:13:32.200 --> 00:13:37.360 differences in environmentally sensitive areas. Some changes were made from the 00:13:37.360 --> 00:13:44.560 2019 DDC in the Coal Ranch. One I wanted to highlight was credit the Coal Ranch MPC 00:13:44.560 --> 00:13:49.960 does not allow for ESA that's preserved to count as parkland dedication so that 00:13:49.960 --> 00:13:56.440 is a difference between the two. It does allow for two additional permitted uses 00:13:56.440 --> 00:14:00.760 within the riparian buffer and water related ESAs and that would be the 00:14:00.760 --> 00:14:04.800 placement of trails as well as culvert and bridges. It takes all of the allowed 00:14:04.800 --> 00:14:10.560 uses within those buffer areas of the DDC and adds on trails as well as 00:14:10.560 --> 00:14:17.000 culverts and bridges provided that that area is restored and any invasive 00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:21.920 materials are mitigated at that time. So tax on a couple of additional allowed 00:14:21.920 --> 00:14:30.720 uses there. Tree preservation you'll also notice some differences. Preservation 00:14:30.720 --> 00:14:36.760 requirements are slightly different in that Coal Ranch MPC requires 35% 00:14:36.760 --> 00:14:44.080 mitigation rather than the 30 per the DDC and then for replacement rates 00:14:44.080 --> 00:14:48.280 heritage trees are required to be mitigated at three inches for every inch 00:14:48.280 --> 00:14:55.840 removed versus two and a half inch for every inch removed for the DDC. Those 00:14:55.840 --> 00:15:01.600 are some of the major differences between the two. I just kind of wanted to 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:06.080 go through some of the other plans that are attached to the MPC including the 00:15:06.080 --> 00:15:12.840 phasing plan that was adopted with the Coal Ranch MPC outlining four phases for 00:15:12.840 --> 00:15:18.280 development for this moving forward. The mobility plan is the city of Denton's 00:15:18.280 --> 00:15:23.440 2022 mobility plan but it does help to highlight some of the roadway network 00:15:23.440 --> 00:15:29.360 that is planned for this area as it begins to develop. You may remember some 00:15:29.360 --> 00:15:34.920 of you at least in the fall of 2024 there was an amendment to some of the 00:15:34.920 --> 00:15:39.520 roadways in the Coal Ranch MPC boundary and that was to reclassify underwood 00:15:39.520 --> 00:15:45.920 which generally runs along this area to a secondary arterial from a primary 00:15:45.920 --> 00:15:52.960 arterial and then to remove a portion of the extension of Amex Road avoiding this 00:15:52.960 --> 00:15:57.120 soil conservation lake here. So there have been a couple amendments to the 00:15:57.120 --> 00:16:03.760 mobility plan recently for this region. And then I also wanted to show just the 00:16:03.760 --> 00:16:08.040 environmentally sensitive areas both confirmed and unassessed in the area 00:16:08.040 --> 00:16:13.360 just to kind of give you an idea of where these are located throughout the 00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:18.080 Coal Ranch boundaries. There is as I said the soil conservation lake kind of 00:16:18.080 --> 00:16:22.200 situated central and water would generally flow this way and then there's 00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:26.000 also some water related habitat meandering throughout the southern 00:16:26.000 --> 00:16:38.000 portion of the MPC. And then so we've gone over a lot. So Coal Ranch MPC is a 00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:44.080 large land area and there is a lot of moving pieces to the Coal Ranch MPC in 00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:48.720 addition to the guiding document of the MPC that guides development processes 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:53.320 there's also an operating agreement and a project agreement. And that memorializes 00:16:53.320 --> 00:16:58.200 the developer obligations. So the developer is responsible for either land 00:16:58.200 --> 00:17:03.760 conveyance or monetary contributions for parkland as well as other city and 00:17:03.760 --> 00:17:08.280 Denton ISD facilities. The developer is responsible for construction of public 00:17:08.280 --> 00:17:13.080 improvements and that includes roadways unless it's otherwise specified. And then 00:17:13.080 --> 00:17:17.120 as part of both the Hunter and Coal projects studies were done regarding 00:17:17.120 --> 00:17:21.960 transportation water and wastewater and facilities to ensure that adequate 00:17:21.960 --> 00:17:25.640 public facilities for these areas are able to be provided as they begin to 00:17:25.640 --> 00:17:30.640 build out. The findings of those studies identify the infrastructure and capital 00:17:30.640 --> 00:17:34.720 contributions required by the developer and the results of those studies are 00:17:34.720 --> 00:17:38.920 captured and enforced in the project and operating agreements. So as these 00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:43.800 developments move forward those infrastructure and capital contributions 00:17:43.800 --> 00:17:48.680 are memorialized in those agreements and that's how they're enforced as they 00:17:48.680 --> 00:17:56.240 begin to develop. And that is my very high level overview of the Coal Ranch MPC 00:17:56.240 --> 00:18:02.820 just to kind of give you all an idea of some of the things you might see unique 00:18:02.820 --> 00:18:07.440 to that development versus the DDC and also familiarize you all with the 00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:11.280 various project agreements. So I'm happy to answer any questions you all may have. 00:18:11.280 --> 00:18:19.640 Yes sir. Thank you. Just real quick going back to the allowed uses and ESAs under 00:18:19.640 --> 00:18:26.720 section 7 you were going over. So why are placement of trails and 00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:33.160 culverts and bridges allowed here in the Coal Ranch Development District and what 00:18:33.160 --> 00:18:40.600 makes their ESAs different from other ESAs in the in the city? So we do already 00:18:40.600 --> 00:18:49.160 allow for some roadway construction to take place within the various ESAs. Some 00:18:49.160 --> 00:18:53.960 of the why I may have to look into and get back to you on how we got to some of 00:18:53.960 --> 00:18:59.360 these decisions but that's not the placement of culverts and bridges is in 00:18:59.360 --> 00:19:05.240 line with the roadway allowances for these areas and trails are designed to 00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:12.200 accommodate pedestrian travel and so to help create sort of a cohesive connected 00:19:12.200 --> 00:19:17.080 integrated pedestrian trail system my understanding is is that was allowed 00:19:17.080 --> 00:19:21.920 however those do come with the caveats like I like I stated that those areas do 00:19:21.920 --> 00:19:26.640 need to be restored invasive species do need to be removed and so it's not as 00:19:26.640 --> 00:19:32.480 though we're giving anyone a free pass to do construction in those areas this 00:19:32.480 --> 00:19:36.920 is tacked on to the the additional uses that are permitted by right in ESAs and 00:19:36.920 --> 00:19:39.920 they're subject to those same standards but I'm happy to follow up with more 00:19:39.920 --> 00:19:44.080 detail if that would be helpful. Yes that would and if this were if we're 00:19:44.080 --> 00:19:47.480 proposing placement of trails or culverts and bridges in the ESA outside 00:19:47.480 --> 00:19:52.960 of this area would that require an AESA at that point? Yeah if the if the ESA is 00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:57.480 being disturbed it would require an AESA to ensure those mitigations are 00:19:57.480 --> 00:20:09.800 happening. Okay thanks. I'll I'll have what follow up on that I when you look 00:20:09.800 --> 00:20:15.920 into the the trails and culverts and bridges I believe we went through an 00:20:15.920 --> 00:20:24.560 amendment of the 2019 DDC after the 2020 amendment for the the coal ranch and 00:20:24.560 --> 00:20:31.120 hunter ranch MPC which added trails as a permitted use within you know within 00:20:31.120 --> 00:20:39.760 certain constraints within ESAs okay so I maybe those are more aligned now than 00:20:39.760 --> 00:20:45.040 they were when the MPCs were passed but there may be some differences so it'd be 00:20:45.040 --> 00:20:53.160 interesting to know the differences so. Haley says that's correct so I'm gonna 00:20:53.160 --> 00:21:00.040 take her word for it. Okay any any other questions? I was just wondering can you 00:21:00.040 --> 00:21:06.440 pull back up the ESA coverage across the property because it does look like it'd 00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:17.600 be pretty difficult to not cross that and then develop so that's all. I have a 00:21:17.600 --> 00:21:26.880 couple small ones the when you talked about compatibility setbacks we're very 00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:31.960 familiar with that in Denton and in areas where it development comes in 00:21:31.960 --> 00:21:39.240 adjacent to existing development because this the the coal and hunter MPC permits 00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:49.280 single-family and townhome uses within MN and MR. I believe our 2019 code 00:21:49.280 --> 00:21:54.320 requires those compatibility setbacks adjacent to a residential district which 00:21:54.320 --> 00:22:02.360 is RR through R7 or a residential use. How do we anticipate handling those 00:22:02.360 --> 00:22:08.560 setback requirements in the case when there is likely to be a residential use 00:22:08.560 --> 00:22:12.680 in a non-residential district it just hasn't been developed yet does that 00:22:12.680 --> 00:22:22.740 make sense? So commercial comes first yeah so I can speak to that there are 00:22:22.740 --> 00:22:30.640 carve-outs within the the landscape buffering that do account for that in 00:22:30.640 --> 00:22:49.520 that well that didn't work I apologize so today if it is not multitask and do 00:22:49.520 --> 00:23:00.280 this so today if a residential use were to come in next to a commercial use there 00:23:00.280 --> 00:23:07.040 is a minimum of 10 feet 10 points from our buffering table required not 00:23:07.040 --> 00:23:13.880 necessarily a buffering distance so when multifamily comes in adjacent to 00:23:13.880 --> 00:23:16.880 single-family it's the developing responsible for creating that buffering 00:23:16.880 --> 00:23:21.320 and that in the DDC when single-family is coming in next to the more intensive 00:23:21.320 --> 00:23:26.760 use commercial industrial multifamily they're required to provide some points 00:23:26.760 --> 00:23:32.480 but not necessarily the buffer width and so to accommodate for some of that and 00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:36.080 some of those situations that may occur like you said this the coal ranch NPC 00:23:36.080 --> 00:23:42.600 does call out in the MR and MN sub districts when that situation may occur 00:23:42.600 --> 00:23:48.360 that they provide a minimum of a 15 foot buffer and provide 15 points from table 00:23:48.360 --> 00:23:53.960 7 point G to create a little bit more of that that buffering separation between 00:23:53.960 --> 00:24:02.360 those types of uses okay thank you and then is there a place as we start to see 00:24:02.360 --> 00:24:08.840 more of these applications that we can find the the MPC full equivalent of the 00:24:08.840 --> 00:24:13.840 DDC somewhere it's you know the the full DDC is available on Mina code and the 00:24:13.840 --> 00:24:17.360 download and that sort of thing but I'm not sure just for the benefit of 00:24:17.360 --> 00:24:25.220 everybody of where access to these is I don't know that we have those on our our 00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:29.560 like the website we can certainly look into what it might take to get them on 00:24:29.560 --> 00:24:34.920 there in the meantime I can certainly send out the adopted 2019 MPC for y'all 00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:38.920 to have on hand okay I think that'd be useful 00:24:42.560 --> 00:24:49.800 looking forward to our CIAC meeting coming up I know for our development 00:24:49.800 --> 00:25:01.440 within the city that's not in the MPC's the impact fees are set and and they're 00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:06.360 essentially made effective at the time of platting is that correct and is that 00:25:06.360 --> 00:25:14.000 the same for the colon colon PC or is it different my understanding is it's the 00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:22.320 same but I've asked Charlie to come for this very reason yes so the the hunter 00:25:22.320 --> 00:25:27.440 landmark and coal ranches would be required to pay the impact fees at the 00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:32.080 time of final platting so whenever they go and they're adopted whatever the new 00:25:32.080 --> 00:25:35.320 impact fee is that the city's currently working on them that would be applied to 00:25:35.320 --> 00:25:51.440 them okay thank you anything else anybody thank you very much Angie that's 00:25:51.440 --> 00:26:00.640 our last work session report so we will go into recess and reconvene at 630 in 00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:07.760 the council chambers for the regular meeting thank you 00:26:07.760 --> 00:26:19.840 good evening and welcome to the regular meeting of the Denton planning and 00:26:19.840 --> 00:26:27.240 zoning Commission at 6 31 p.m. on Wednesday January 15th our first order 00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:32.560 of business is the Pledge of Allegiance to the US flag in the Texas flag 00:26:57.240 --> 00:27:11.040 that brings us to pz 25 0 0 1 consider approval of the December 11th planning 00:27:11.040 --> 00:27:16.880 zoning agenda minute minutes Commissioner Villarreal move approval 00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:25.160 Commissioner Padron I second and I will call for a vote on the board 00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:41.320 that item passes 5-0 that brings us to our consent agenda fp 24 0 0 4 3 00:27:41.320 --> 00:27:50.200 Commissioner Villarreal move approval Commissioner Riggs and I will call for a 00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:53.280 vote on the board 00:27:58.120 --> 00:28:05.880 and that passes 5-0 our one item for individual consideration is to elect a 00:28:05.880 --> 00:28:10.800 chair and a vice chair for the planning and zoning Commission we have a motion 00:28:10.800 --> 00:28:15.320 on the floor from Commissioner Villarreal I'm gonna motion to nominate 00:28:15.320 --> 00:28:19.840 our current interim chair and vice chair Eric Pruitt for a full term as chair 00:28:19.840 --> 00:28:23.160 although we don't always agree on everything I think Eric would be a 00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:28.680 fantastic leader someone who's gonna offer a good conversation during PNZ and 00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:32.880 be a good facilitator for our meetings so look forward to having you as our 00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:39.640 full-time chair thank you and Commissioner Padron I second I reiterate 00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:43.920 what Commissioner Villarreal expressed I've really been impressed by your 00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:50.960 leadership Eric thank you I will try to live up to Commissioner Ellis's 00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:58.760 coattails especially defining all of the typos on the flats call for a vote on 00:28:58.760 --> 00:29:01.040 the board 00:29:01.040 --> 00:29:10.920 that passes 5-0 we also need a vice chair and and I see a motion from 00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:17.600 Commissioner Padron I move to nominate Commissioner Villarreal as a vice chair 00:29:17.600 --> 00:29:22.320 for this Commission I believe with his tenure and then also the work done with 00:29:22.320 --> 00:29:29.240 the development Ruby board committee he would make a great vice chair and 00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:38.560 Commissioner Prado Carrillo I second I'll just echo those thoughts so thank you 00:29:38.560 --> 00:29:43.400 for your service over the last three plus years and I will call for a vote on 00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:56.400 the board that motion passes 5-0 our one public hearing this evening has been 00:29:56.400 --> 00:30:04.480 withdrawn and renoticed for our January 29th meeting so come back for that one 00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:12.460 and our last item or next to last item of business is PZ 250013 the Commission 00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:19.360 matrix report thank you chair Pruitt so no changes were made to the actual 00:30:19.360 --> 00:30:23.600 matrix itself since there were no requests from the prior meeting then I 00:30:23.600 --> 00:30:28.360 do have several items for your benefit so make yourselves comfortable I have a 00:30:28.360 --> 00:30:33.520 list actually a couple of things to bring to your attention our CIA see 00:30:33.520 --> 00:30:38.120 meeting capital improvement advisory committee as some of you may recall the 00:30:38.120 --> 00:30:40.920 planning and zoning Commission members also serve as the capital improvement 00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:46.720 capital improvements advisory committee and so with our utility impact fees we 00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:51.680 are needing to have that committee convene in February so right now we have 00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:54.660 that scheduled for February 12th a reason why I want to bring that to your 00:30:54.660 --> 00:30:58.800 attention is because that would have a 4 p.m. start time so for those of you that 00:30:58.800 --> 00:31:01.240 have busy calendars if you could put that on your work calendar I would 00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:05.820 appreciate that so that way we can ensure meeting quorum also if you could 00:31:05.820 --> 00:31:09.960 please be sure to respond to Kathy's email that she sent you about that just 00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:13.880 so we can confirm your attendance which friendly reminder just give it given our 00:31:13.880 --> 00:31:18.720 five members on the on the Commission if if you could stay on top of your email 00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:20.880 correspondence with her on your availability I would I would greatly 00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:25.680 appreciate it she also had sent correspondence regarding an upcoming 00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:31.680 training event focused North Texas it is a planning and planning profession but 00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:35.000 also elected and appointed officials educational opportunity that's actually 00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:40.600 locally here in the Dallas Fort Worth area it is on February 21st in Dallas if 00:31:40.600 --> 00:31:43.880 you are interested in attending this if you could please let Kathy or myself know 00:31:43.880 --> 00:31:48.040 I do have some money is available for training to descend some commissioners so 00:31:48.040 --> 00:31:52.640 if you're interested again would would love to afford you the opportunity just 00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:55.880 let us know if you could let me know by this Friday that would be great because 00:31:55.880 --> 00:32:01.160 then we can take advantage of a reduced registration fee but but I realize you 00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:04.280 may want to monitor your work schedules also leading up to that so just let us 00:32:04.280 --> 00:32:09.120 know our Development Code Review Committee so our Development Code Review 00:32:09.120 --> 00:32:13.480 Committee is in need of a Planning and Zoning Commissioner representative on 00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:19.080 that and so if you are interested in serving that capacity I would encourage 00:32:19.080 --> 00:32:22.640 you to reach out to Councilmember Beck Councilmember Beck is the chair of that 00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:27.480 committee and so I know that he has expressed interest in appointing 00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:31.360 someone from the Planning and Zoning Commission to that for those of you new 00:32:31.360 --> 00:32:35.320 to the Commission the Development Code Review Committee it is comprised of 00:32:35.320 --> 00:32:40.920 three council members and three Planning and Zoning Commission members and the we 00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:43.480 also refer to them as the DCRC just because Development Code Review 00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:48.240 Committee is a lot in the mouth there so but the DCRC typically is working on 00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:53.240 with staff amendments to our Development Code typically their larger scale 00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:59.160 amendments items that have possibly more that policy discussion and so that's 00:32:59.160 --> 00:33:02.600 where we benefit from the assistance of three commissioners and in three council 00:33:02.600 --> 00:33:06.960 members for us to vet proposed code amendments through it also then ideally 00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:10.080 helps us through the public hearing adoption phase when we get to that point 00:33:10.080 --> 00:33:14.000 so that way the Commission and Council can assist us with helping to get those 00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:16.920 amendments carried across the finish line so again if you're interested 00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:27.960 please do let Councilmember Beck know so since your last meeting on December 11th 00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:33.840 we have had a handful of council meetings so back on December 17th just 00:33:33.840 --> 00:33:36.480 wanted to share with you the final outcome of some projects that you all 00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:43.760 had previously considered let me get to that portion of my agenda so the first 00:33:43.760 --> 00:33:50.240 item was an alternative environmentally sensitive plan and or an ALT ESA if you 00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:54.960 will that was done for Hunter Ranch now known as landmark and so if you recall 00:33:54.960 --> 00:33:59.800 that was the plan that had the the opportunity for more of a master plan 00:33:59.800 --> 00:34:05.880 approach to addressing any impacts to the ESA areas and then how's how those 00:34:05.880 --> 00:34:09.600 would be mitigated over time associated with that development so that was 00:34:09.600 --> 00:34:16.000 approved 6-1 we also had a consideration of a change in zoning from rural 00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:20.520 residential in R2 to suburban quarter this was the six tenths of an acre 00:34:20.520 --> 00:34:24.640 property that was located over there on Teasley Lane near Denton Geyer High 00:34:24.640 --> 00:34:31.840 School and so that was approved four to two on that the dissenting votes had 00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:36.400 some similar concerns that were expressed by former Commissioner Ellis 00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:41.240 related to doing the quarter study first prior to taking action on any zoning 00:34:41.240 --> 00:34:49.420 there and then also oh you'll be happy to know one of the primary action items 00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:53.480 or first key action items listed on the design downtown Denton plan was expansion 00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:57.840 of the Terz district so council approved the final ordinance to allow for that 00:34:57.840 --> 00:35:00.920 expansion expansion so I feel like we've already checked an item on the to-do 00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:04.520 list out of the design downtown Denton plan so I'm happy to have that being 00:35:04.520 --> 00:35:11.240 accomplished on their January 7th meeting we had the rezoning of property 00:35:11.240 --> 00:35:14.860 from rural residential to light industrial district a light industrial 00:35:14.860 --> 00:35:21.020 district is about 16 acres located off of our near Mosh branch and lovers Lane 00:35:21.020 --> 00:35:26.080 if you recall Bryce presented this zoning case we had noted it as metal 00:35:26.080 --> 00:35:31.480 metal towns rezoning this property it shouldn't develop as particularly with a 00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:34.680 retail use will probably benefit more residents out in crumb just given its 00:35:34.680 --> 00:35:37.520 proximity to crumb being right there on the edge of the city limits so 00:35:37.520 --> 00:35:42.960 nonetheless that was approved five to two dissenting votes had some concerns 00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:47.600 regarding the unassessed ESA on that property that that was the only case we 00:35:47.600 --> 00:35:53.200 had that evening and then last night we had another environmentally or an 00:35:53.200 --> 00:35:55.800 alternative environmentally sensitive area plan that you had considered 00:35:55.800 --> 00:36:02.400 previously for Harris Ranch industrial this was to offset about 1.92 acres of 00:36:02.400 --> 00:36:09.560 ESA area and it is located west of interstate 35 and about 1900 feet south 00:36:09.560 --> 00:36:14.920 of the intersection of State Highway loop 288 and interstate 35 so that was 00:36:14.920 --> 00:36:22.920 approved last night with a vote of 7-0 so that concludes council's actions and 00:36:22.920 --> 00:36:28.200 then also if you've kept up with some of the council conversations and there was 00:36:28.200 --> 00:36:32.840 a two-minute pitch back on January 8th that mayor Pro Tem Meltzer had made to 00:36:32.840 --> 00:36:37.600 allow planning and zoning commission members to participate remotely that 00:36:37.600 --> 00:36:41.760 request did receive the four votes necessary to be able to move it to the 00:36:41.760 --> 00:36:47.200 next step in the two-minute pitch process which is the development of an 00:36:47.200 --> 00:36:50.920 individual staff report or assuming an informal staff report or a legal staff 00:36:50.920 --> 00:36:54.680 report as needed so I will keep the planning and zoning Commission informed 00:36:54.680 --> 00:36:59.240 of what the outcome is associated with that and then lastly I would like to 00:36:59.240 --> 00:37:02.440 thank Commissioner Thagard for her time on the planning and zoning Commission 00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:07.080 and she recently had stepped down due to having some professional promotional 00:37:07.080 --> 00:37:10.480 opportunities and also wanting to be there for her family but I would also 00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:13.240 like to welcome Commissioner Riggs so thank you for joining us as well and 00:37:13.240 --> 00:37:22.160 that concludes my report thank you that brings us to concluding items 00:37:22.160 --> 00:37:28.840 anybody have any concluding items Commissioner Villarreal thank you chair 00:37:28.840 --> 00:37:33.200 just wanted to thank both chairwoman Ellis since I was not able to be at our 00:37:33.200 --> 00:37:38.480 previous meeting and Commissioner Thagard for their work on the Commission 00:37:40.520 --> 00:37:45.800 anyone else I'll just think Commissioner Riggs and welcome you to the planning 00:37:45.800 --> 00:37:51.400 and zoning Commission and Commissioner Prado Carrillo I think this is your 00:37:51.400 --> 00:37:56.560 second or second meeting so I'm very much looking forward to our future in 00:37:56.560 --> 00:38:02.560 2025 as we all learn together and and see what what we can do to make Denton 00:38:02.560 --> 00:38:11.920 better going forward with that I will adjourn the meeting of the planning and 00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:16.880 zoning Commission on Wednesday January 15th thank you