WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.720 Good afternoon and welcome to the City of Denton Planning and Zoning Commission work 00:00:08.720 --> 00:00:09.720 session. 00:00:09.720 --> 00:00:18.640 We'll call us to order at 5.03 p.m. February 26, 2025. 00:00:18.640 --> 00:00:29.120 The first item that we have on the work session agenda is any comments for the regular session 00:00:29.120 --> 00:00:31.960 consent agenda. 00:00:31.960 --> 00:00:39.160 I do not see any members of the public present to comment, so we'll move on. 00:00:39.160 --> 00:00:47.880 The next item is our clarification of agenda items listed for this meeting. 00:00:47.880 --> 00:00:50.760 So we have a lot of consent agenda items. 00:00:50.760 --> 00:00:54.720 Any questions about the consent agenda? 00:00:54.720 --> 00:00:57.460 No, okay. 00:00:57.460 --> 00:01:07.200 There was one updated item within that consent agenda that was emailed to you, and then we 00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:14.900 do have some items for individual consideration this evening. 00:01:14.900 --> 00:01:43.200 Next one is FP25006. 00:01:43.200 --> 00:01:52.760 Good evening, Commission. 00:01:52.760 --> 00:01:57.520 This is a request for a final plot in the ETJ of the City of Denton. 00:01:57.520 --> 00:02:02.080 It is a final plot that will create three residential lots. 00:02:02.080 --> 00:02:13.760 It's located about 1,000 feet east of FM2164 on a private road, and about 5,450 feet north 00:02:13.760 --> 00:02:15.460 of loop 288. 00:02:15.460 --> 00:02:19.680 It does not meet our criteria for approval at this time, so we're recommending denial. 00:02:19.680 --> 00:02:26.400 However, we have no objection to their first extension request to a date certain of March 00:02:26.400 --> 00:02:27.400 19th. 00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:28.400 Okay. 00:02:28.400 --> 00:02:30.120 I'm not here to answer any questions. 00:02:30.120 --> 00:02:32.360 Any questions on this item? 00:02:32.360 --> 00:02:33.360 No? 00:02:33.360 --> 00:02:34.360 Okay. 00:02:34.360 --> 00:02:35.360 Thank you, Matt. 00:02:35.360 --> 00:02:36.360 Next item, V24. 00:02:36.360 --> 00:02:45.240 I think this is the first time I've seen a V before one of these items, 0137, Julie. 00:02:45.240 --> 00:02:50.040 Yes, so this one's a little unique. 00:02:50.040 --> 00:02:58.000 All right, I'm Julie Wyatt, principal planner, and I'm presenting tonight V24137 to you. 00:02:58.000 --> 00:03:02.000 This is for an alternative development plan. 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:06.360 Just a quick summary, I could go over all the slides if you want to, or I could just 00:03:06.360 --> 00:03:08.280 do a summary during work session. 00:03:08.280 --> 00:03:14.760 So Commissioner Pruitt, you may remember, but under our 2002 Denton Development Code, 00:03:14.760 --> 00:03:19.800 and that was the development code before the code that we have now, we had a process called 00:03:19.800 --> 00:03:22.280 an alternative development plan. 00:03:22.280 --> 00:03:30.240 And it allowed for a flexible process for P and Z to approve deviations from site development 00:03:30.240 --> 00:03:36.240 standards, things like number of parking spaces, or where the parking was going to be installed, 00:03:36.240 --> 00:03:39.120 maybe building orientation, landscaping. 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:44.240 If the applicant couldn't necessarily meet those requirements, they could request planning 00:03:44.240 --> 00:03:48.360 and zoning commission approval of a site plan. 00:03:48.360 --> 00:03:50.560 So that was an old process that we had. 00:03:50.560 --> 00:03:58.040 We just have a few remaining in the city of Denton, but this is a request to modify an 00:03:58.040 --> 00:04:03.540 approved alternative development plan that the applicant received in 2020. 00:04:03.540 --> 00:04:06.360 So it's been going on for a while. 00:04:06.360 --> 00:04:08.740 It's for the Agave Ranch project. 00:04:08.740 --> 00:04:16.040 It is a single-family residential neighborhood that is currently under development on the 00:04:16.040 --> 00:04:18.240 east side of FM 428. 00:04:18.240 --> 00:04:23.700 So platting has been done, and really it's now they're installing the streets and going 00:04:23.700 --> 00:04:27.500 to start building the houses soon. 00:04:27.500 --> 00:04:34.480 The original alternative development plan had to do with a variety of things like architecture 00:04:34.480 --> 00:04:40.800 on the structures and percentages of windows and doors and garage doors. 00:04:40.800 --> 00:04:48.560 The specifically related to garage doors are the setbacks and then also the percentage 00:04:48.560 --> 00:04:52.840 that a garage door could occupy in the front of a home. 00:04:52.840 --> 00:04:57.200 So they did receive that alternative development plan approval in 2020. 00:04:57.200 --> 00:05:01.560 They would like to tweak those provisions, and so that is the request. 00:05:01.560 --> 00:05:08.560 So just ultimately the request is to allow the garages to be set back three feet from 00:05:08.560 --> 00:05:16.720 the building frontage and then allow the two car garages to occupy 45 percent of the frontage 00:05:16.720 --> 00:05:23.500 instead of 40, and then the three car garages 50 percent of the frontage instead of 40. 00:05:23.500 --> 00:05:25.280 That's really the request. 00:05:25.280 --> 00:05:26.800 We're going to have to get through this together. 00:05:26.800 --> 00:05:31.160 It's going to be a little challenging to go through all of what was previously approved 00:05:31.160 --> 00:05:36.280 and what's on the table now, but I'll be happy to answer any questions. 00:05:36.280 --> 00:05:39.400 Any questions at this time? 00:05:39.400 --> 00:05:40.400 Commissioner Riggs? 00:05:40.400 --> 00:05:48.520 Yeah, so I was looking at it and one of the questions I had was, staff recommended a tweak 00:05:48.520 --> 00:05:49.520 to it. 00:05:49.520 --> 00:05:52.280 Can you kind of explain the tweak that you recommended? 00:05:52.280 --> 00:05:53.280 Sure. 00:05:53.280 --> 00:05:58.720 So I'll just skip ahead. 00:05:58.720 --> 00:06:02.360 For the garage width, let me see which one would be best. 00:06:02.360 --> 00:06:03.680 We'll look at this one. 00:06:03.680 --> 00:06:12.920 So for the garage width, the original approval for the ADP allowed the two car garages to 00:06:12.920 --> 00:06:20.520 occupy 45 percent of the frontage and three car garages to occupy 55 percent of the frontage, 00:06:20.520 --> 00:06:27.800 but it limited the number of houses that could take advantage of that to 45 percent. 00:06:27.800 --> 00:06:31.240 Given that that's kind of arbitrary, it's going to be kind of difficult maybe to apply 00:06:31.240 --> 00:06:38.800 in terms of not only city staff, but also think about the sales staff for the builder 00:06:38.800 --> 00:06:42.140 as well as buyers for those homes. 00:06:42.140 --> 00:06:51.480 We felt like the better approach would be to just allow that small expansion of 45 percent 00:06:51.480 --> 00:06:58.560 for any of the two car garages in Agave Ranch, but limit the three car garages to lots that 00:06:58.560 --> 00:07:01.800 are 62 feet and wider. 00:07:01.800 --> 00:07:04.560 So it would only be allowed on larger lots. 00:07:04.560 --> 00:07:09.280 It seems to be a little more straightforward way to approach it instead of, well, the neighbor 00:07:09.280 --> 00:07:17.240 got the 45 percent, but we hit 45 percent of the units with that one, so no more can 00:07:17.240 --> 00:07:18.240 be done. 00:07:18.240 --> 00:07:20.720 So we felt like it was probably just a fair way to approach it. 00:07:20.720 --> 00:07:23.200 Did that make any sense? 00:07:23.200 --> 00:07:24.200 No that did. 00:07:24.200 --> 00:07:28.760 So does the number of lots that that could go on, is that kind of aligned with the 45 00:07:28.760 --> 00:07:29.760 percent? 00:07:29.760 --> 00:07:30.760 You know, I don't know. 00:07:30.760 --> 00:07:31.760 I can look at it. 00:07:31.760 --> 00:07:34.040 I would say it might be fewer than that. 00:07:34.040 --> 00:07:38.320 Most of the lots in Agave Ranch are probably 50 feet wide. 00:07:38.320 --> 00:07:46.200 They do have some larger lots that are 60 to 80 feet wide, but I could take a look at 00:07:46.200 --> 00:07:49.440 that and see if we've got just a ballpark idea. 00:07:49.440 --> 00:07:52.440 I think that's good enough. 00:07:52.440 --> 00:07:57.800 Any other questions? 00:07:57.800 --> 00:08:00.760 Okay. 00:08:00.760 --> 00:08:01.760 Commissioner Dyer. 00:08:01.760 --> 00:08:04.720 Okay, so I have a question. 00:08:04.720 --> 00:08:05.720 Sure. 00:08:05.720 --> 00:08:12.960 And I know I'm new, first night on the job, but when I'm hearing these differences in 00:08:12.960 --> 00:08:16.960 the frontage, is it because they want to make the garages bigger or they kind of want to 00:08:16.960 --> 00:08:25.640 shrink the living space on the house, like what's the actual reason for the differences? 00:08:25.640 --> 00:08:29.600 I prepared a slide just for this question, so I'm excited. 00:08:29.600 --> 00:08:30.680 All right. 00:08:30.680 --> 00:08:34.800 So standard two-car garages are 16 feet wide. 00:08:34.800 --> 00:08:37.060 So each car bay is eight feet wide. 00:08:37.060 --> 00:08:41.380 So a three-car garage would then be 24 feet wide. 00:08:41.380 --> 00:08:47.920 When we look at that 40% width regulation, it really is based upon a 50-foot-wide lot 00:08:47.920 --> 00:08:52.520 with five-foot setbacks, which leaves you a 40-foot building pad. 00:08:52.520 --> 00:08:59.480 And then that 16 feet is 40% of 40 feet. 00:08:59.480 --> 00:09:07.600 Their product, the Builder Now, has a few models that are 39 feet wide. 00:09:07.600 --> 00:09:15.920 So the garage door doesn't get bigger, but the house pad is slightly smaller. 00:09:15.920 --> 00:09:23.760 And so it now ups that percentage of the area that the garage door, that that 16 feet would 00:09:23.760 --> 00:09:26.560 accommodate. 00:09:26.560 --> 00:09:31.960 So then if they're going from a 40-foot pad to a 39, now you've just got, I mean, it's 00:09:31.960 --> 00:09:37.120 only a foot, but you've got a little bit extra in between the houses, as I said, on these 00:09:37.120 --> 00:09:38.120 lots. 00:09:38.120 --> 00:09:42.320 It'd be a larger setback on the side. 00:09:42.320 --> 00:09:43.320 Okay. 00:09:43.320 --> 00:09:44.320 Yeah. 00:09:44.320 --> 00:09:45.320 Okay. 00:09:45.320 --> 00:09:49.320 My only question, we don't have to answer it now if you already have it in the presentation, 00:09:49.320 --> 00:09:53.460 but I actually haven't seen one of these yet. 00:09:53.460 --> 00:09:58.320 So this is brand new to me, well, 2020 was before I was here. 00:09:58.320 --> 00:10:10.760 But the, we're somewhat familiar with the considerations that we make for zoning changes 00:10:10.760 --> 00:10:16.800 versus for plats, and I'm not sure exactly what the list is for these alternative development 00:10:16.800 --> 00:10:21.360 plans because they were in the 2002 code, which we don't see very often. 00:10:21.360 --> 00:10:23.880 So it looks like we'll see it in the... 00:10:23.880 --> 00:10:34.120 Yeah, there's a list of criteria that they needed to meet in order to, you know, get 00:10:34.120 --> 00:10:35.120 staff's recommendation. 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:37.960 Ultimately, it's something you all would consider. 00:10:37.960 --> 00:10:38.960 Okay. 00:10:38.960 --> 00:10:40.480 Thank you. 00:10:40.480 --> 00:10:42.320 All right. 00:10:42.320 --> 00:10:44.240 And we have two public hearings tonight. 00:10:44.240 --> 00:10:51.040 First one is PD 23-0006. 00:10:51.040 --> 00:10:54.280 And I see Julie is up for this one as well. 00:10:54.280 --> 00:10:55.280 Okay. 00:10:55.280 --> 00:10:58.280 Let me find it. 00:10:58.280 --> 00:11:02.360 Ah, there it is. 00:11:02.360 --> 00:11:03.360 Okay. 00:11:03.360 --> 00:11:04.360 All right. 00:11:04.360 --> 00:11:05.360 All right. 00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:09.800 So this is a plan development for the Family Justice Center. 00:11:09.800 --> 00:11:12.320 So just a quick summary of this proposal. 00:11:12.320 --> 00:11:20.200 The site is located in the north side of the city on the east side of Bonnie Bray, just 00:11:20.200 --> 00:11:25.040 south of Riney Road north, kind of between Windsor and Riney. 00:11:25.040 --> 00:11:27.240 It's that box in yellow. 00:11:27.240 --> 00:11:32.360 They are proposing to rezone the property from R7 to really a PD with that same base 00:11:32.360 --> 00:11:33.900 zoning of R7. 00:11:33.900 --> 00:11:39.560 And the purpose of this is to create or develop a mixed-use community facility. 00:11:39.560 --> 00:11:48.680 And it would have a range of services, including residential component, office component, counseling 00:11:48.680 --> 00:11:49.680 component. 00:11:49.680 --> 00:11:57.200 But it really is intended to be sort of comprehensive to serve families within Denton County. 00:11:57.200 --> 00:12:01.520 The proposal is consistent with the with the vision statement within our comprehensive 00:12:01.520 --> 00:12:04.080 plan, as well as the future land use map. 00:12:04.080 --> 00:12:07.600 And so staff recommends approval of the request. 00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:08.880 I've got the site plan here. 00:12:08.880 --> 00:12:10.440 It's a little, little difficult to see. 00:12:10.440 --> 00:12:20.440 But I'll be happy to answer any questions and that's it. 00:12:20.440 --> 00:12:23.640 Any questions? 00:12:23.640 --> 00:12:24.640 I think we'll. 00:12:24.640 --> 00:12:25.640 Yeah. 00:12:25.640 --> 00:12:28.280 One from Commissioner Riggs. 00:12:28.280 --> 00:12:31.840 So they're kind of sharing access, though, right? 00:12:31.840 --> 00:12:33.960 Is that kind of what I read? 00:12:33.960 --> 00:12:37.380 Well, that yes, that is that is a good question. 00:12:37.380 --> 00:12:39.360 So there are three access points. 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:43.160 They actually don't have an access point to Bonnie Bray. 00:12:43.160 --> 00:12:46.300 Their access comes from the north and the south. 00:12:46.300 --> 00:12:50.440 So there is an emergency access only to the north. 00:12:50.440 --> 00:12:55.180 Some might remember that that that access driveway to the north is actually related 00:12:55.180 --> 00:12:58.480 to the Reeves Elementary School that's under construction right now. 00:12:58.480 --> 00:13:02.680 They have coordinated with Denton ISD and gotten the necessary permissions for that 00:13:02.680 --> 00:13:04.080 access point. 00:13:04.080 --> 00:13:06.200 So that would be emergency only access. 00:13:06.200 --> 00:13:09.040 It's that elementary school's bus loop. 00:13:09.040 --> 00:13:12.080 Their main access is going to come from the south. 00:13:12.080 --> 00:13:18.760 And that is is this it's it's a public right of way to that park property. 00:13:18.760 --> 00:13:23.020 But then that would connect on to to Bonnie Bray. 00:13:23.020 --> 00:13:26.600 We also worked with them to make sure that there was adequate pedestrian connectivity 00:13:26.600 --> 00:13:29.240 because there is an elementary school right next door. 00:13:29.240 --> 00:13:34.440 It'd be really great to make sure that that there are those connections for students. 00:13:34.440 --> 00:13:38.320 And so there is a pedestrian connection along that southern property boundary. 00:13:38.320 --> 00:13:43.640 It's going to connect to a planned trail in the park, which will then connect on to Reeves 00:13:43.640 --> 00:13:44.640 Elementary. 00:13:44.640 --> 00:13:45.640 Anything else? 00:13:45.640 --> 00:13:46.640 All right. 00:13:46.640 --> 00:13:52.540 We'll see you at the public hearing. 00:13:52.540 --> 00:13:57.560 And the last public hearing tonight is Z250001. 00:13:57.560 --> 00:14:02.440 Welcome Erin. 00:14:02.440 --> 00:14:12.560 OK. 00:14:12.560 --> 00:14:17.840 This is Sequoia Park rezoning from Residential 3 to Residential 6. 00:14:17.840 --> 00:14:21.160 So I also just have a summary slide I'll go over and then I'll have a longer presentation 00:14:21.160 --> 00:14:24.700 with the main session unless you guys have any questions. 00:14:24.700 --> 00:14:29.760 So this is a request to rezone approximately eight point nine three acres from Residential 00:14:29.760 --> 00:14:31.960 3 to Residential 6. 00:14:31.960 --> 00:14:41.160 This is generally located north of Mingo Road, east or west of Nottingham Drive, generally 00:14:41.160 --> 00:14:46.720 at the corner there and west of the Denton Bible College for reference. 00:14:46.720 --> 00:14:51.560 The subject site is undeveloped currently and has been undeveloped since at least the early 00:14:51.560 --> 00:14:52.560 1900s. 00:14:52.560 --> 00:14:56.160 That was as far back as we could pin it on the aerials. 00:14:56.160 --> 00:15:00.360 And the purpose of this rezoning is to facilitate future residential development in accordance 00:15:00.360 --> 00:15:02.320 with our six standards. 00:15:02.320 --> 00:15:06.720 The proposal is consistent with the overall goals and policies of the comprehensive plan 00:15:06.720 --> 00:15:09.240 and staff is recommending approval. 00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:15.840 I'm happy to answer any questions. 00:15:15.840 --> 00:15:20.120 Seeing none, we'll see you at the public hearing. 00:15:20.120 --> 00:15:21.800 Thank you. 00:15:21.800 --> 00:15:24.120 All right. 00:15:24.120 --> 00:15:27.040 We do have a couple of work session reports this evening. 00:15:27.040 --> 00:15:33.600 First one is PZ25056, receive a report and hold a discussion regarding the fiscal year 00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:37.160 planning work plan. 00:15:37.160 --> 00:15:48.120 Good evening Chair and Commission, I'm Keisha Siriano, Assistant Plaint Director. 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:53.880 So the last couple of years, maybe a couple of you have been here when we've been giving 00:15:53.880 --> 00:15:59.040 you updates on the two area plans, Southeast Denton and Design Downtown Denton. 00:15:59.040 --> 00:16:04.320 Well we've started implementing both of those plans and Chair Pruitt challenged us last 00:16:04.320 --> 00:16:06.640 year to hit the ground running and we've been. 00:16:06.640 --> 00:16:12.160 So we're here tonight to give you some updates, not only on those plans, but what we've been 00:16:12.160 --> 00:16:16.640 doing with the comp plan as well as some regulatory needs, historic preservation and neighborhood 00:16:16.640 --> 00:16:17.720 engagement. 00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:22.160 If you see a star on the slide, it's just to let you know that that item is also a City 00:16:22.160 --> 00:16:24.040 Council strategic initiative. 00:16:24.040 --> 00:16:29.800 And also want to let you know the city has a program called Invisio that we use to track 00:16:29.800 --> 00:16:35.480 progress and all of our plans have been inputted and are now being tracked in that particular 00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:36.480 program. 00:16:36.480 --> 00:16:39.880 So if you go on our website, in between us giving you updates and you want to see what's 00:16:39.880 --> 00:16:46.640 going on with a particular item, feel free to check out our dashboard. 00:16:46.640 --> 00:16:52.440 So last summer, if you remember, Julie came in August and gave you an update for the comp 00:16:52.440 --> 00:16:56.840 plan updates for that previous fiscal year and at that time she mentioned we were going 00:16:56.840 --> 00:17:01.480 to have a road show and at this road show we were going to invite all the city departments 00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:05.920 to come out and just have a conversation about what the comp plan is. 00:17:05.920 --> 00:17:06.920 Why do we have it? 00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:07.920 What does it do? 00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:08.920 What's the purpose? 00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:13.060 Go over a little bit their particular action items within their departments and then do 00:17:13.060 --> 00:17:14.400 some follow ups. 00:17:14.400 --> 00:17:18.880 So we did that back in November, right now in December we started meeting with each department 00:17:18.880 --> 00:17:24.600 to go over their specific items, how they can use those items and policy recommendations 00:17:24.600 --> 00:17:27.640 to put forth their projects and initiatives they want to do. 00:17:27.640 --> 00:17:31.320 Also doing some checking, there's some things that we've realized some departments may be 00:17:31.320 --> 00:17:35.960 lead and it really should be a different department so we're also checking those things, sitting 00:17:35.960 --> 00:17:39.600 with them to see if the items that are proposed, is it still feasible? 00:17:39.600 --> 00:17:41.560 The time frame, are those still feasible? 00:17:41.560 --> 00:17:46.240 And so we've started in December, we're still working through each department, it's taking 00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:51.200 a little bit just due to staff plates sometimes, it goes up and down but we're working and 00:17:51.200 --> 00:17:54.260 so we'll continue to give updates on that as well. 00:17:54.260 --> 00:17:59.960 And then we added to our work plan this year to do some quarter planning along I-35 so 00:17:59.960 --> 00:18:03.400 staff has gone out and looked at their corridor, you know corridors are very important, they're 00:18:03.400 --> 00:18:08.200 gateways to the city, you want your corridors to be welcoming and engaging and invite people 00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:12.520 to stop in and check out dentists so we're working on that and checking our codes and 00:18:12.520 --> 00:18:16.040 everything to see if they think they need to change or shift just based on how things 00:18:16.040 --> 00:18:20.160 are looking right now. 00:18:20.160 --> 00:18:26.800 So you challenged us, we had 30, I believe 30 actions Chair Pruitt for the Southeast 00:18:26.800 --> 00:18:31.200 Dent plan for the first two years and you challenged us to get 15 done this year so 00:18:31.200 --> 00:18:34.140 we're steadily working, we've hit the ground running. 00:18:34.140 --> 00:18:39.460 So we started with establishing the overlay districts, we're working on residential and 00:18:39.460 --> 00:18:43.660 the live work, residential staff has gone out in a windshield survey community, we really 00:18:43.660 --> 00:18:47.420 want to make sure they preserve the character of the community so we're steadily working 00:18:47.420 --> 00:18:52.320 on that and live work, remember Prairie Street used to be a black main street and they want 00:18:52.320 --> 00:18:55.720 more of a live work feel in that area so we're also working on that. 00:18:55.720 --> 00:18:59.960 So we put out a people economic development survey, we went to the MLK event, got some 00:18:59.960 --> 00:19:05.680 surveys there, it's on the Discuss Denton, we also have a block party coming up in March 00:19:05.680 --> 00:19:11.240 where we'll be having some visual preference surveys as well as pushing the live work survey 00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:15.800 as well for the community and we're having a block party to hopefully encourage people 00:19:15.800 --> 00:19:19.560 to come out and this thought it may be a fun way for them to socialize, engage with their 00:19:19.560 --> 00:19:25.560 neighbors as well as give us the feedback that we need to prepare these items. 00:19:25.560 --> 00:19:30.520 We've also in November helped partner with economic development and community services 00:19:30.520 --> 00:19:36.000 to hold a small business boot camp, it was taken to Southeast Denton, we didn't get as 00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:40.600 much participation from there as we wanted but we did get nice participation across the 00:19:40.600 --> 00:19:41.600 city. 00:19:41.600 --> 00:19:44.680 We're trying to do some more, the purpose of this people with economic development survey 00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:49.360 is to really help us figure out what is it they need, what workshops they need, some 00:19:49.360 --> 00:19:53.440 people may, maybe it's not, they're not ready to buy a home or not ready to start a business 00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:57.600 but maybe it's more how do I manage my money so we have questions like that on that survey 00:19:57.600 --> 00:19:59.920 to help inform some of these other items. 00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:04.400 We also have a partnership right now, community services is doing that, we're in support of 00:20:04.400 --> 00:20:11.280 with Stoke to provide mentoring at Project HOPE as well as some space for three months 00:20:11.280 --> 00:20:16.380 for those that need small business assistance in space at actual Stoke so we're excited 00:20:16.380 --> 00:20:21.040 about that and see how that goes and then I'm happy to report last summer we applied 00:20:21.040 --> 00:20:27.960 for a grant for $75,000 to do a historic resource survey in Southeast Denton. 00:20:27.960 --> 00:20:33.880 We saw a press release that we were awarded but we haven't had an official notification 00:20:33.880 --> 00:20:34.880 so we're not sure. 00:20:34.880 --> 00:20:39.840 That is a federal grant, everyone knows what's going on there so we'll keep you updated if 00:20:39.840 --> 00:20:46.720 and when we receive that official notification and then lastly the plan asked for us to start 00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:51.680 working on neighborhood empowerment zone just establish that initial program statement so 00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:56.240 we've partnered with ED and community services as well and we've been talking to several 00:20:56.240 --> 00:21:02.320 cities and so we'll keep you updated on their projects as well. 00:21:02.320 --> 00:21:07.600 Design downtown Denton, so one of the first items was to adopt a new branding and advertising 00:21:07.600 --> 00:21:08.600 strategy. 00:21:08.600 --> 00:21:12.960 I'm not sure if you know the city is actually going through its own process, own branding 00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:17.160 project should be wrapping up soon so we put this project on hold we do have funding set 00:21:17.160 --> 00:21:21.800 aside for we put it on hold until the city's branding was done just to make sure everything 00:21:21.800 --> 00:21:27.280 is cohesive and runs smoothly and then we have some regulatory changes that we're working 00:21:27.280 --> 00:21:28.400 on. 00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:32.520 You saw Julie's presentation those that you were here a couple weeks ago with the town 00:21:32.520 --> 00:21:38.360 home development so that definitely touches this particular plan as well as working on 00:21:38.360 --> 00:21:42.560 permitting and licensing to allow for balcony overhangs and sidewalk dining in the downtown 00:21:42.560 --> 00:21:48.320 area as well as starting those initial stages for modifying the MN and MD districts and 00:21:48.320 --> 00:21:54.040 downtown and you will probably have a presentation on that coming up soon and then lastly I just 00:21:54.040 --> 00:22:00.760 want to mention both plans we have started trying to collaborate and communicate more 00:22:00.760 --> 00:22:01.760 with CIP. 00:22:01.760 --> 00:22:06.920 We've had at least two meetings the last meeting we had a couple weeks ago we did a deep deep 00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:13.240 dive into both plans excuse me showing them those street cross sections just really want 00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:18.160 them to be aware gave them a handout that when they receive a project within our two 00:22:18.160 --> 00:22:27.520 plan areas that they're aware of what the plan recommends as far as the streets go. 00:22:27.520 --> 00:22:33.080 Neighborhood engagement so we know this is something that is you all encourage city council 00:22:33.080 --> 00:22:38.160 to encourage we all want more of this so we are on our work excuse me on our work plan 00:22:38.160 --> 00:22:42.200 we really want to encourage and do more neighborhood engagement this year this is the base year 00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:47.560 so we're just trying to establish what is that we have so we have a map here right already 00:22:47.560 --> 00:22:52.960 on our website that shows some existing neighborhoods but we have no idea if those neighborhoods 00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:57.680 are still operating so we want to deep dive and try to check in and see who those contacts 00:22:57.680 --> 00:23:03.960 are also encourage later on in the year other groups to form and then at the block part 00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:08.680 if you see that who was my neighbor that's a magnet and so you see you got your home 00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:12.800 in the middle and then the ideal is to go around and get the contact information of 00:23:12.800 --> 00:23:15.440 those around you and put on your refrigerator. 00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:20.160 Just trying to do more outreach and more engagement and get our neighborhoods more engaged and 00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:24.440 connected with each not only with each other but also learn more about the city and resources 00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:28.760 and services that we have plan to do something electronically you see national they national 00:23:28.760 --> 00:23:35.560 good neighbor day is September 28th so we're hoping to do something for that as well historic 00:23:35.560 --> 00:23:40.960 preservation so the city does have a historic preservation plan and one of the recommendations 00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:46.320 the plan is to broaden the tax exemption eligibility so we have a tax exemption program for properties 00:23:46.320 --> 00:23:50.560 that are locally designated if they spend up to ten thousand dollars I believe over 00:23:50.560 --> 00:23:56.440 two to three period they can submit and request for 50% tax break on their taxes and so we've 00:23:56.440 --> 00:24:02.160 been working with our historic landmark commission to see if we want to expand expand that to 00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:07.720 not only include the his those are designated but those are contributed so if you have a 00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:12.520 historic district you have some properties in there that may not be designated but they 00:24:12.520 --> 00:24:16.440 still contribute to the look and feel and character of the neighborhood so that meeting 00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:19.560 it won't be next meeting it'll be a future meeting but we're working with them to figure 00:24:19.560 --> 00:24:27.080 out on what options they would like to put forward so here's a couple of regulatory needs 00:24:27.080 --> 00:24:31.680 I believe this is my last slide so we look at been looking at the tree preservation code 00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:36.000 is doing assessment to see if there's any things we need to shift any areas of improvement 00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:40.560 any things that's in there that's difficult to enforce we did have a meeting in January 00:24:40.560 --> 00:24:45.560 with some landscape design professionals they gave us some great feedback so we're looking 00:24:45.560 --> 00:24:49.840 at that information and then also looking to see like what design downtown didn't are 00:24:49.840 --> 00:24:55.400 there any barriers within our tree code that's going to be a prohibit any infield development 00:24:55.400 --> 00:25:00.280 coming in downtown we're also working teams been working collaboratively so there's another 00:25:00.280 --> 00:25:03.880 team working on the landscape regulations I've been working together with the tree code 00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:07.600 just make sure it's an alignment with that assessment as well as an alignment with the 00:25:07.600 --> 00:25:12.960 city's water efficiency plan update and then if you all heard of a decision which may or 00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:17.880 may not be a challenge depending on what happens with this legislative but look we're already 00:25:17.880 --> 00:25:23.240 trying to be proactive with our notification requirements see what we may could do just 00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:27.640 make sure we're on track with that and maintaining and updating the DDC whenever we have to do 00:25:27.640 --> 00:25:34.600 a notification for that and then lastly like I just mentioned we are monitoring those legislators 00:25:34.600 --> 00:25:45.800 changes and will definitely give you updates as needed moving forward any questions have 00:25:45.800 --> 00:25:53.680 one there's more of a comment I'm excited to see the live work action in the southeast 00:25:53.680 --> 00:26:01.440 and plan I would suggest that staff look at the provision that we have in the DDC I believe 00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:11.560 it actually is opposite of the building code and banking requirements for what's designed 00:26:11.560 --> 00:26:16.480 as the live work building type that may have just been an oversight when we had the 2019 00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:21.880 code but be good to get that cleaned up so that we don't do all this work and then have 00:26:21.880 --> 00:26:33.520 nobody use it because they can't yeah yes Commissioner Padron thank you Keisha a couple 00:26:33.520 --> 00:26:39.720 questions with the southeast end engagement what types of engagement do you feel have 00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:45.840 been more successful with engaging like our residents to get more involved or what types 00:26:45.840 --> 00:26:50.640 of engagement methods have been applied to try to connect with our residents in the area 00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:55.160 so the the southeast didn't team from what after a lot of engaging with them before I 00:26:55.160 --> 00:27:01.560 came but from my understanding it was the the one-offs that just walking into restaurants 00:27:01.560 --> 00:27:09.880 or shops or just catching people out in the park doing just conversations so we've we've 00:27:09.880 --> 00:27:14.960 connected with southeast the neighborhood association we did at this week and we have 00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:19.480 brought in this time with the as far as promoting the block party one thing we're going to try 00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:24.240 this time is actually doing door hangers at each part we've done postcard we're gonna 00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:29.280 try the door hanger and see how that works in addition to all the other flyers posters 00:27:29.280 --> 00:27:35.980 large signs in the community so and hopefully we'll get a better idea of what works one 00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:39.960 plan we have is on the day of is to really track and ask people how did you find out 00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:48.340 about the event but yeah more grassroots speaking of that thank you I tried to look up more 00:27:48.340 --> 00:27:53.120 information about the block party online is there a specific location to direct people 00:27:53.120 --> 00:27:57.200 to find the information it will be on the disgusted and we've been working with more 00:27:57.200 --> 00:28:01.960 com they just and everything the printers either yesterday or today okay that's probably 00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:08.960 why you haven't seen anything yet okay thank you 00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:14.120 commissioner riggs let's have more of a comment too I think all this is great thank you yeah 00:28:14.120 --> 00:28:19.960 it's exciting to see so thank you one other thing you mentioned the Akuna decision just 00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:26.560 because that's somewhat new to us could you explain what that is and what the impacts 00:28:26.560 --> 00:28:31.400 that that might have I know there's still some pending things but I'm just aware of 00:28:31.400 --> 00:28:36.560 what's going on 00:28:36.560 --> 00:28:43.360 so it boils down to let's see I've slept since I've read it last but it boils down 00:28:43.360 --> 00:28:47.160 to whether 00:28:47.160 --> 00:28:54.880 citywide notice is required before development code changes that aren't zoning code changes 00:28:54.880 --> 00:29:00.880 or that aren't pardon me that aren't discrete zoning changes because the state statute as 00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:07.120 you all know has that 200 foot radius requirement and so there's been for a while an open question 00:29:07.120 --> 00:29:13.720 of like when you're doing something that affects the whole study what is the 200 foot radius 00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:22.040 and the default has been to do newspaper notice and the Akuna decision which is not yet binding 00:29:22.040 --> 00:29:30.120 on the city of Denton basically says no that's insufficient direct notice to everyone in 00:29:30.120 --> 00:29:40.920 the city is required yeah do we know how much it costs to do direct mailing notice to everybody 00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:45.880 in the city just ballpark 00:29:45.880 --> 00:29:50.320 this number I came up with I believe was short-term rentals and that may not have even been completely 00:29:50.320 --> 00:29:54.280 citywide but I think we should have had 16,000 on each round of notifications for short-term 00:29:54.280 --> 00:30:01.160 rentals and that was believed to our residential districts looking to the experts and them 00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:06.520 in so less than or slightly probably more than half the city received those and that 00:30:06.520 --> 00:30:15.200 was 16,000 so okay yeah we'll see what happens there I I know some of the short-term rental 00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:21.400 notification I think that was a good example of how to inform our residents sometimes because 00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:27.920 of the postcard format and everything the the 200 and 500 foot notifications can can 00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:35.000 scare more than inform so as we do go through that that process and see where that lands 00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:42.360 yeah it's it's always hard to boil down a 400 page document into something that people 00:30:42.360 --> 00:30:48.680 can understand what's actually changing but we just need to be sensitive to that so thank 00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:59.000 you very much thank you okay and with that that concludes our work session for this afternoon 00:30:59.000 --> 00:31:09.400 we will reconvene at 630 oh we do I'm sorry I my brain thought we had done to one more 00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:17.600 work section report item 3b pz 25072 receive a report and hold a discussion regarding the 00:31:17.600 --> 00:31:22.680 development process and comprehensive planning we can conclude it if you don't if you don't 00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:30.280 wanna we don't have to do this today if you don't want to okay good evening chair members 00:31:30.280 --> 00:31:34.960 of the Commission I'm Mia Hahn senior planner and this is the planning one-on-one boot camp 00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:39.840 we're going to talk a little bit about the development process as well as the comprehensive 00:31:39.840 --> 00:31:44.400 planning process what's what goes into the comprehensive plan and things of that nature 00:31:44.400 --> 00:31:49.080 this is a bit of a little layout of the the various topics that we're planning on bringing 00:31:49.080 --> 00:31:53.680 to you all over the next few months for some of you Commissioner Pruitt or Chair Pruitt 00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:58.200 I know that this will be a refresher for some of you newer Commission chairs some of this 00:31:58.200 --> 00:32:04.720 information might be new these further topics at later dates will get more into the details 00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:11.760 of like zoning and PDs annexations SUPs this presentation today will basically cover where 00:32:11.760 --> 00:32:15.880 those kind of exist within the development review process so where we're getting from 00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:21.920 a feasibility stage all the way to certificate of occupancy and businesses opening and then 00:32:21.920 --> 00:32:27.120 like I said the later presentations will go more into detail on those so if you have questions 00:32:27.120 --> 00:32:30.960 about specific details it might be covering in later topics but I'm gonna try to give 00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:39.200 you a broad overview of some stuff today so the Denton Development Code and overview the 00:32:39.200 --> 00:32:43.640 purpose of the Denton Development Code is to promote the health safety and welfare of 00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:48.840 the residents it's to implement the comprehensive plan preserve and protect the natural environment 00:32:48.840 --> 00:32:53.160 improve the city appearance so we have landscape standards and things of that nature within 00:32:53.160 --> 00:33:01.000 their screening standards improve mobility so there's a items for or requirements for 00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:08.000 a bike biking bike parking as well as transportation services and things of that nature facilitate 00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:14.560 adequate public infrastructure encourage appropriate use of land we have the table of allowed land 00:33:14.560 --> 00:33:19.960 uses that takes you through what uses are committed within each zoning district and 00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:28.040 then establish procedures within planning to get to from like I said the feasibility 00:33:28.040 --> 00:33:32.840 stage to ultimate construction and businesses opening within that planning or within the 00:33:32.840 --> 00:33:39.160 DDC we have several planning tools zoning platting is one platting I think this body 00:33:39.160 --> 00:33:43.880 sees the most of we've had a lot of plats on the consent agenda tonight for approval 00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:49.080 zoning also we have a few of those cases Aaron presented to you a zoning case development 00:33:49.080 --> 00:33:56.120 standards those are range from environmental requirements parking tree preservation lighting 00:33:56.120 --> 00:34:04.960 landscaping things of that nature criteria manuals are published with our utility departments 00:34:04.960 --> 00:34:11.300 that let us know or let developers know specifically what specs engineering specs and things to 00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:19.160 put to install when they're doing public utilities and then process the ensuring fair treatment 00:34:19.160 --> 00:34:26.000 consistent with predictable timelines and outcomes really just ensuring that we have 00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:36.800 a written process for people to follow for zoning and planning purposes the 2019 development 00:34:36.800 --> 00:34:42.080 code is the code that we are currently adhering to it's our current development code it does 00:34:42.080 --> 00:34:46.560 have nine sub chapters originally when we adopted this code it had four hundred and 00:34:46.560 --> 00:34:50.840 eighty pages we're now up to about five hundred and sixty five so just to give you an idea 00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:56.280 of the things that we add it's a it's a living sort of document that we we bring code amendments 00:34:56.280 --> 00:35:03.760 to this body and they're passed by council in order for them to be put into the development 00:35:03.760 --> 00:35:09.320 code and it does include seventeen zoning districts and the regulations and requirements 00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:14.720 for those zoning districts so a broad overview of the development review or development process 00:35:14.720 --> 00:35:19.680 we start applicants off with the feasibility stage which is essentially where they get 00:35:19.680 --> 00:35:27.580 to talk to the city and learn is their project actually feasible will there be zoning changes 00:35:27.580 --> 00:35:33.640 needed is the use permitted by right what is the process for actually getting from empty 00:35:33.640 --> 00:35:39.640 ground all the way to construction step two is the application phase that's where once 00:35:39.640 --> 00:35:44.960 we figured out what it's gonna take we actually start to review applications for entitlement 00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:49.560 civil engineering plans final planning all that stuff is established that's usually the 00:35:49.560 --> 00:35:54.400 long longer process I think it requires a lot of back and forth sometimes there's several 00:35:54.400 --> 00:36:00.000 applications that are required within there where applicants and contractors will submit 00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:04.640 to the city for review city staff will check that against or for compliance with other 00:36:04.640 --> 00:36:10.700 codes and criteria manuals and then will will again work with them will provide comments 00:36:10.700 --> 00:36:15.000 and work with them on revisions and things of that nature once all that is done and all 00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:20.680 the plans and stuff are submitted and approved we move on to pre-construction where we get 00:36:20.680 --> 00:36:26.640 development contracts we host pre-construction meetings and give a notice to proceed that's 00:36:26.640 --> 00:36:31.280 essentially where the contractors and the people that will be building the things meet 00:36:31.280 --> 00:36:40.160 with the people in the city that will be inspecting the things and talk about what that process 00:36:40.160 --> 00:36:45.080 looks like as the for the for the building of things next we're in construction so this 00:36:45.080 --> 00:36:50.080 is when construction is happening permanent is happening inspections are happening and 00:36:50.080 --> 00:36:55.320 then final stage is project completion where we're closed out and then there's a typically 00:36:55.320 --> 00:37:01.920 a 24 month maintenance period so who's involved in this process as I was mentioning earlier 00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:09.640 the reviewers usually they're wrangled together by our development facilitators and that is 00:37:09.640 --> 00:37:16.560 Michelle Lexi and Miranda they are wonderful individuals who sort of stand in the way or 00:37:16.560 --> 00:37:22.320 standing between the the planning team the engineering team and the development community 00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:26.600 and really field all of our emails filter all the things through all the questions and 00:37:26.600 --> 00:37:32.360 requests for meetings and stuff like that through to help facilitate this whole process 00:37:32.360 --> 00:37:37.220 there this whole thing that is the development review process so we have our facilitators 00:37:37.220 --> 00:37:42.040 and then also included in that we have the engineering team the planning team the building 00:37:42.040 --> 00:37:47.200 safety team public works inspections and depending on the project we pull in or depending on 00:37:47.200 --> 00:37:51.880 the application review we pull in several subject matters like the fire department watershed 00:37:51.880 --> 00:37:57.800 parks DME and our consultant engineers as well. 00:37:57.800 --> 00:38:03.760 So stage one and feasibility I covered this a little bit with that broad overview so during 00:38:03.760 --> 00:38:08.320 our stage one feasibility what we have and didn't that I love about us is the pre application 00:38:08.320 --> 00:38:14.640 conference tool which is a it allows for people to submit anything from like a paper napkin 00:38:14.640 --> 00:38:21.180 drawing all the way to like detailed site plan for free they submitted to the city we 00:38:21.180 --> 00:38:26.920 put together a development assistant review team of planners engineers all those people 00:38:26.920 --> 00:38:31.800 that you saw involved in that they we provide sort of preliminary comments we do let them 00:38:31.800 --> 00:38:36.680 know that they should not substitute them to review the development code they to still 00:38:36.680 --> 00:38:41.880 familiarize themselves with the code and criteria manuals throughout their review process but 00:38:41.880 --> 00:38:46.760 we give them comments provide them with comments at this phase on their preliminary drawing 00:38:46.760 --> 00:38:54.280 so this lets them know if we notice that you know they're proposing a a industrial warehouse 00:38:54.280 --> 00:38:57.800 on something that zone rule residential where you're going to have to go through a zoning 00:38:57.800 --> 00:39:01.320 process you're going to have to do a zoning compliance plan this is where we tell all 00:39:01.320 --> 00:39:06.640 of them all of those applications and those requirements that would be needed. 00:39:06.640 --> 00:39:11.560 Once we've gotten through that phase we have stage two which is where we actually they 00:39:11.560 --> 00:39:16.260 actually apply with those major applications so in that example that I just used they would 00:39:16.260 --> 00:39:22.020 apply at this stage for a zoning change most likely that would come before this body they 00:39:22.020 --> 00:39:27.160 would apply for a zoning compliance plan that would not depending on where you are would 00:39:27.160 --> 00:39:32.220 not necessarily come before this body that's typically administrative approved and then 00:39:32.220 --> 00:39:38.360 following that most likely civil engineering plans to establish any public facilities. 00:39:38.360 --> 00:39:42.600 Some of the other application types that we have are alternative environmentally sensitive 00:39:42.600 --> 00:39:48.520 area plans those do typically have to be approved by this body traffic impact analysis again 00:39:48.520 --> 00:39:54.740 depending on the type of development the volume of traffic that's being brought in by the 00:39:54.740 --> 00:40:00.640 development variances drainage studies textile permits easements right of way abandonments 00:40:00.640 --> 00:40:08.200 are all sort of supplementary things that we take into account we assess a project see 00:40:08.200 --> 00:40:16.240 if those are needed and then they would support them or apply for them at this at this time. 00:40:16.240 --> 00:40:23.200 So again a little broad overview of some of those applications annexations that is when 00:40:23.200 --> 00:40:26.840 a property is within the city's ECJ or outside of the city's limits and they want to be brought 00:40:26.840 --> 00:40:31.680 in to the city's limits they will apply for that this body does not see those applications 00:40:31.680 --> 00:40:37.640 those go straight to council and it does require some public hearings comprehensive plan amendment 00:40:37.640 --> 00:40:44.280 is another one that we don't see quite often but this is a case where we have usually it's 00:40:44.280 --> 00:40:48.920 the future land use map that they want to amend within the comprehensive plan to maybe 00:40:48.920 --> 00:40:53.920 meet some changing conditions some change conditions since we have initially established 00:40:53.920 --> 00:41:00.320 that future land use map and they have usually there's a project that that is that's following 00:41:00.320 --> 00:41:04.640 behind this they have a reason for wanting to amend the comprehensive plan and an idea 00:41:04.640 --> 00:41:10.760 that doesn't directly align with something that is the comprehensive plan currently shows 00:41:10.760 --> 00:41:16.880 this body does review that make a recommendation and then council has the final say on that. 00:41:16.880 --> 00:41:22.680 So this map and just these are images for the applications that we just talked about 00:41:22.680 --> 00:41:32.840 before the ETJ properties excuse me properties within the the ETJ are shown here or ETJ one 00:41:32.840 --> 00:41:37.640 are shown here in light blue properties within ETJ two are shown within the purple area so 00:41:37.640 --> 00:41:43.000 for annexations it would be properties that are within those areas that want to come into 00:41:43.000 --> 00:41:47.960 the core city of didn't limits and then this is the the future land use map of the comprehensive 00:41:47.960 --> 00:41:55.580 plan that's usually the the the subject of a comprehensive plan amendment zoning compliance 00:41:55.580 --> 00:42:01.080 plan is another application that they would go through during that process again this body 00:42:01.080 --> 00:42:05.040 doesn't typically see them in the rare the rare occasion that you do it's because it's 00:42:05.040 --> 00:42:12.840 come from the razor ranch area off of university and I 35 that area specifically has an overlay 00:42:12.840 --> 00:42:18.940 that requires that applications be approved by the planning and zoning commission and certain 00:42:18.940 --> 00:42:25.160 for certain areas so you'll see that one and usually it's a standard I provide you with 00:42:25.160 --> 00:42:30.080 the site plan I give you the basic you know details of the site plan they include elevations 00:42:30.080 --> 00:42:35.100 and landscape plan and essentially if it meets the requirements of the razor ranch overlay 00:42:35.100 --> 00:42:41.000 we approve it another application type are civil engineering plans that doesn't come 00:42:41.000 --> 00:42:45.000 before this body at all I don't think there's been a case where that's had to come before 00:42:45.000 --> 00:42:50.600 this body but that is essentially the plans for public improvement so it includes drainage 00:42:50.600 --> 00:42:56.680 sewer water traffic road if there's any roadway improvements and things of that nature that 00:42:56.680 --> 00:43:02.840 needs to be included zoning amendments so those are the zoning changes those are the 00:43:02.840 --> 00:43:10.440 z application types that you all see for zoning amendments those do come before this body 00:43:10.440 --> 00:43:18.240 for recommendation and then final approval is made by the city council and usually those 00:43:18.240 --> 00:43:22.640 are zoning straight zoning changes are wanting to go from one zoning district so we have 00:43:22.640 --> 00:43:26.820 our zoning district shown here in the table of allowed uses one zoning district to another 00:43:26.820 --> 00:43:34.640 basically another application type we have our plan developments we do have two different 00:43:34.640 --> 00:43:40.440 types of plan developments we have standard plan developments that includes a basic a 00:43:40.440 --> 00:43:46.520 site plan or a zoning compliance plan with landscape plans usually and a building footprint 00:43:46.520 --> 00:43:51.240 or envelope sometimes building elevations I believe are included in there also and a 00:43:51.240 --> 00:43:56.280 development is essentially oh and PD development standards is included in the standard plan 00:43:56.280 --> 00:44:03.280 development and these are essentially districts or zonings within forward like specific for 00:44:03.280 --> 00:44:08.800 a specific area so if a area is under a plan development most likely it does refer to the 00:44:08.800 --> 00:44:14.140 code in some capacity or form but it usually has either additional restrictions or additional 00:44:14.140 --> 00:44:21.400 flexibility within the PD that that the code doesn't allow for by right I mean the point 00:44:21.400 --> 00:44:26.960 of a plan development is it's supposed to be a tool to allow for unique types of developments 00:44:26.960 --> 00:44:33.960 within the within the city and one example that comes to mind is one that I worked on 00:44:33.960 --> 00:44:39.340 I believe last year maybe over the past couple of years actually that had a mix of uses a 00:44:39.340 --> 00:44:44.600 commercial and a residential component as well as identified a street layout it had 00:44:44.600 --> 00:44:49.520 preliminary drainage or utilities in there including drainage water sewer and electrical 00:44:49.520 --> 00:44:56.040 and the reason or one of the reasons that it came as a as a PD was because the community 00:44:56.040 --> 00:45:01.240 surrounding residents wanted some additional protections put in place that otherwise would 00:45:01.240 --> 00:45:06.040 have would have not had to be the case if it was just under a straight zoning district 00:45:06.040 --> 00:45:12.760 another application type is a specific use permit this people apply for when the code 00:45:12.760 --> 00:45:18.600 has a use that essentially we feel might be appropriate within that zoning district but 00:45:18.600 --> 00:45:23.560 we may want to assess on a case by case basis that's what a specific use permit allows for 00:45:23.560 --> 00:45:31.880 us to do and usually those do come with site plans and landscape plans and elevations also 00:45:31.880 --> 00:45:36.760 they also come to this body for recommendation and City Council for final approval and then 00:45:36.760 --> 00:45:41.840 here's an example I believe this this specific use permit was yeah related to building height 00:45:41.840 --> 00:45:49.040 so we have in some areas where your building can't exceed a certain height based on what's 00:45:49.040 --> 00:45:53.600 next to it or based on the zoning that's next to it and so this gave us the opportunity 00:45:53.600 --> 00:45:58.520 to again assess the building and the use on the sort of case by case basis see how it 00:45:58.520 --> 00:46:04.440 was oriented on the site and see if it was appropriate in fact for this site another 00:46:04.440 --> 00:46:09.320 application that does come before this body is the environmental or alternate alternative 00:46:09.320 --> 00:46:13.760 environmentally sensitive plan that becomes comes before this body for recommendation 00:46:13.760 --> 00:46:24.560 and council for final decision essentially this application type allows for we have existing 00:46:24.560 --> 00:46:33.760 environmentally sensitive areas it allows for it's a engineered solution to provide 00:46:33.760 --> 00:46:38.220 for better treatment of the environmentally sensitive areas what it's what it's intended 00:46:38.220 --> 00:46:47.040 to do so if a developer has a plan for development and it's supposed to happen over or on within 00:46:47.040 --> 00:46:52.980 some environmentally sensitive area the alternative ESA plan is supposed to have a better solution 00:46:52.980 --> 00:46:58.080 for allowing that development to sort of coexist within that area and then better treatment 00:46:58.080 --> 00:47:07.240 for the environmentally sensitive areas that are there and this is a map showing that that 00:47:07.240 --> 00:47:11.360 environmentally sensitive those environmentally sensitive areas across the city we do identify 00:47:11.360 --> 00:47:16.380 across timber upland habitats water related habitats riparian buffers as well as flood 00:47:16.380 --> 00:47:22.880 plain buffers with that okay so subdivision application types those were all all the application 00:47:22.880 --> 00:47:27.040 types that I've gone over so far were more entitlement it's it's getting the property 00:47:27.040 --> 00:47:32.440 into the city and then figuring out from a zoning perspective what land uses and developments 00:47:32.440 --> 00:47:37.960 are allowed there one of the other application or types of I guess classes of applications 00:47:37.960 --> 00:47:44.040 that we have is subdivisions that includes preliminary platting final platting replating 00:47:44.040 --> 00:47:51.320 and vacating plats the preliminary plat is not a is no longer a tool that is required 00:47:51.320 --> 00:47:58.600 it is an option for a lot of developments I believe it's required for is it ropes what's 00:47:58.600 --> 00:48:03.920 one of those master plan community hunter it's hunter it's required for hunter so you 00:48:03.920 --> 00:48:10.360 will see a preliminary plat before you required from from that development one of these days 00:48:10.360 --> 00:48:16.200 but typically it's those are few apart between no one really uses that tool anymore final 00:48:16.200 --> 00:48:21.400 plats you all see all the time this body has final approval of that of those we do have 00:48:21.400 --> 00:48:26.280 minor plat application types that are administratively approved and those are typically if someone 00:48:26.280 --> 00:48:32.120 is like drawing property lines with with very minor changes or something like that it's 00:48:32.120 --> 00:48:41.420 one I believe it's one less than I should have noted it less than three lots and no 00:48:41.420 --> 00:48:46.840 public utilities we have less than four lots of someone if someone is divide subdividing 00:48:46.840 --> 00:48:53.180 an area or creating less than four plotted lots and they that that plat would not require 00:48:53.180 --> 00:48:58.560 the extension of public utilities then it can be administratively approved otherwise 00:48:58.560 --> 00:49:03.860 it does have to come before the playing is only Commission and this is just an example 00:49:03.860 --> 00:49:09.940 of a plat you've seen them by now many times we have it typically includes the the face 00:49:09.940 --> 00:49:16.200 of the plat the plat graphic of vicinity map showing where north is in a scale a legend 00:49:16.200 --> 00:49:21.600 development notes are typically included in their meets and bounds description owner signature 00:49:21.600 --> 00:49:26.820 and the title block and then the approval block is down here and for plots that that 00:49:26.820 --> 00:49:33.660 come before this body there is a place for the chair to sign on these plots okay so those 00:49:33.660 --> 00:49:39.180 are that's step one and two I guess yes I see questions I can stop at this point to 00:49:39.180 --> 00:49:43.540 answer any okay since I'm a newbie I'm going to ask this question because you said something 00:49:43.540 --> 00:49:50.580 that like piqued my interest so when you were talking about the plan developments for subdivisions 00:49:50.580 --> 00:49:56.440 did I hear you correctly that our Commission they approve or deny we don't like recommend 00:49:56.440 --> 00:50:00.400 in the City Council it moves on that's only if there's an issue and they have to appeal 00:50:00.400 --> 00:50:08.260 it so for plan developments in this this application type it was it was the last one you just oh 00:50:08.260 --> 00:50:16.300 for plats for subdivisions yes yes so that's for plat so okay developments are the zoning 00:50:16.300 --> 00:50:21.660 piece of late like laying out the development for the land the plat is the official property 00:50:21.660 --> 00:50:26.440 boundaries yes this body approves what can what those official property boundaries are 00:50:26.440 --> 00:50:32.820 and for the most part is ministerial so it's if it meets the requirements of the code and 00:50:32.820 --> 00:50:48.220 our checklist we we kind of have to approve it okay yeah just one the in in step two where 00:50:48.220 --> 00:50:58.020 you talked about all the entitlements can you give us like a general average of understanding 00:50:58.020 --> 00:51:02.700 what what the different timeline is for someone who needs entitlements versus for someone 00:51:02.700 --> 00:51:08.980 who's doing a by right development project sure that's a good question so I think it 00:51:08.980 --> 00:51:12.820 definitely depends on the entitlement because like a plan development has standard plan 00:51:12.820 --> 00:51:18.100 development includes a complete detailed site plan and PD regulations that we have to review 00:51:18.100 --> 00:51:24.860 and make sure that we're all okay with before we bring to this body those I would give a 00:51:24.860 --> 00:51:29.180 lot of four to six months for for plan development and honestly I'm pulling these we when we 00:51:29.180 --> 00:51:34.520 do the feasibility the pre-application conferences we usually give people a timeline so I'm giving 00:51:34.520 --> 00:51:38.740 you the timeline that we usually give developers but it varies it depends on it depends on 00:51:38.740 --> 00:51:42.820 how they submit it depends on how responsive developers are it depends on if we run into 00:51:42.820 --> 00:51:47.820 issues with the neighborhood meeting it depends you know so it varies but I think for plan 00:51:47.820 --> 00:51:52.420 developments it's probably about four to six months zoning amendments about three to four 00:51:52.420 --> 00:51:57.140 months I think the the big hold up on that one is the fact that we have to give notices 00:51:57.140 --> 00:52:01.860 for public hearings usually zoning amendments are straightforward if they you know are meeting 00:52:01.860 --> 00:52:08.020 our criteria for approval planning is a we're easy it's easier for us to come to a recommendation 00:52:08.020 --> 00:52:12.080 and therefore it's not a lot of the back and forth specific use permits are probably along 00:52:12.080 --> 00:52:20.220 the same lines of plan developments four to six months let's see what else and then alternative 00:52:20.220 --> 00:52:27.100 essays do you have I would think four to six months also yeah and I think that one PD the 00:52:27.100 --> 00:52:31.900 you showed the example of 380 took over a year that one took a while and that is one 00:52:31.900 --> 00:52:39.160 of those those outlier examples because of we really wanted to make sure we had the because 00:52:39.160 --> 00:52:42.700 this one started off as a zone straight zoning case and we got a lot of feedback from the 00:52:42.700 --> 00:52:46.540 community we really wanted to make sure that there was and the applicants wanted to make 00:52:46.540 --> 00:52:51.460 sure that there was buying an agreement with the community before even coming before the 00:52:51.460 --> 00:52:58.340 planning and zoning Commission again so that one took a second thank you on to number three 00:52:58.340 --> 00:53:03.620 I think unless sorry Commissioner Riggs I have one question and maybe you'll get to 00:53:03.620 --> 00:53:09.300 it or but kind of like Commissioner Dyer I'm new to got three meetings or so now but at 00:53:09.300 --> 00:53:15.460 what point do we do we look at developer agreements DA's yeah okay yeah that I will get to that 00:53:15.460 --> 00:53:25.860 that is usually in step before I want to you step three oh well okay development agreements 00:53:25.860 --> 00:53:34.380 for so for like municipal utility districts and things like that we will establish those 00:53:34.380 --> 00:53:41.740 well before I guess during the app during the feasibility phase for several projects 00:53:41.740 --> 00:53:47.180 and then maybe during the application phase for other I think it depends on and Haley 00:53:47.180 --> 00:53:50.300 you may have something to add here I think it depends on what the development agreement 00:53:50.300 --> 00:54:02.500 is for so if your question was would PNC see those applications that would be no like Mia 00:54:02.500 --> 00:54:07.220 mentioned sometimes most often for something like a municipal utility district we may enter 00:54:07.220 --> 00:54:11.980 into a development agreement and those go straight to council once staff kind of negotiates 00:54:11.980 --> 00:54:15.700 and gets a draft of it work with our city attorney's office make sure everything is 00:54:15.700 --> 00:54:21.620 up to our legal standard and form and then those go to council for approval thank you 00:54:21.620 --> 00:54:33.900 okay thank you all right ready for stage three stage three all right yeah okay pre-construction 00:54:33.900 --> 00:54:38.740 so once we've gotten all the applications out of the way we've reviewed all the plans 00:54:38.740 --> 00:54:43.260 we've given them the the go-ahead we've recommended approval they've gotten every approval from 00:54:43.260 --> 00:54:46.420 the commission or the council whoever they need to get approval from and they're ready 00:54:46.420 --> 00:54:51.580 to start construction there are a few things that they have to submit to the city development 00:54:51.580 --> 00:54:55.740 contracts are one of them and exhibit a which gives us the estimated cost of construction 00:54:55.740 --> 00:55:00.860 for them because I think we have some fees that are based on that cost that we collect 00:55:00.860 --> 00:55:06.960 on our end during that point we get I thought you were referring to development contracts 00:55:06.960 --> 00:55:12.620 commissioner rigs during that point is when we look at contracts for the development hold 00:55:12.620 --> 00:55:18.500 harmless agreements for any public improvements that they install and then we also host a 00:55:18.500 --> 00:55:23.480 pre-construction meeting is a meeting and that's a meeting with public works and the 00:55:23.480 --> 00:55:29.420 subject matter experts on water lines and sewer lines and drainage and things like that 00:55:29.420 --> 00:55:36.420 payment of fees and then initial inspections for erosion control great and once the great 00:55:36.420 --> 00:55:42.840 grading is being done or for the grading to be done in tree protection fencing tree protection 00:55:42.840 --> 00:55:46.900 tree preservation is a really big deal here and didn't so we take that a little we take 00:55:46.900 --> 00:55:53.900 that very seriously and ensure that that that that stuff is laid out before we clear for 00:55:53.900 --> 00:55:59.800 construction of buildings and projects going vertical and then we give a notice to proceed 00:55:59.800 --> 00:56:06.700 which let's let's them begin construction stage four is construction so that's when 00:56:06.700 --> 00:56:13.100 they are contractors are out there building our team is or city side is doing on site 00:56:13.100 --> 00:56:17.420 inspection there's any follow-up questions or any change orders that happen I just got 00:56:17.420 --> 00:56:25.940 a call today there was a rail that's too close to a fire lane for retaining wall and these 00:56:25.940 --> 00:56:31.060 things happen on the field so it's it's once they get out there and they start construction 00:56:31.060 --> 00:56:36.140 if there's any change orders they would they would submit them during this stage of construction 00:56:36.140 --> 00:56:44.040 and then we final finalize it finalize the projects we do final walkthroughs final acceptance 00:56:44.040 --> 00:56:50.420 of public infrastructure and then the contractors apply and we issue certificates of occupancy 00:56:50.420 --> 00:56:56.120 for businesses to open up and that is pretty much the construction or the development review 00:56:56.120 --> 00:57:03.140 process like I said the longest process is that stage to that application we tried our 00:57:03.140 --> 00:57:08.340 best to let people know ahead of time what that's going to look like what that timeline 00:57:08.340 --> 00:57:13.260 is going to look like so that they have that built into their budget and things but that 00:57:13.260 --> 00:57:17.460 pretty much concludes the the development process are there any overall questions on 00:57:17.460 --> 00:57:30.620 that end just just one I'm curious do we track the the number of by right projects that happen 00:57:30.620 --> 00:57:38.620 versus the the number of projects that seek entitlements we could maybe get it well I'm 00:57:38.620 --> 00:57:43.540 just curious it doesn't have to be a specific number I just don't know whether it's 50% 00:57:43.540 --> 00:57:50.660 or 5% we could probably deduce it by pulling like building permit numbers versus zoning 00:57:50.660 --> 00:57:55.020 cases maybe but I think even then you might get into a it might be a little weird because 00:57:55.020 --> 00:57:59.940 some zoning cases include a bunch of different building permits right I don't know we could 00:57:59.940 --> 00:58:04.780 see if we could get that that number for you it's nothing urgent maybe maybe when we do 00:58:04.780 --> 00:58:15.620 our next yearly review I'd find that interesting so okay seeing nothing else Mia I have I have 00:58:15.620 --> 00:58:20.620 a second part I'm sorry we're going to get into I just keep getting ahead of ourselves 00:58:20.620 --> 00:58:26.340 I apologize this will be shorter this is just an overview of what comprehensive planning 00:58:26.340 --> 00:58:33.620 is so the comprehensive plan sets policies and goals for the for the city it helps us 00:58:33.620 --> 00:58:38.220 manage growth it helps us promote reinvest investment and reinvestment into the city 00:58:38.220 --> 00:58:45.580 and in developments and improve the overall quality of life for the city of Denton it 00:58:45.580 --> 00:58:49.940 is a guiding document a policy document it is not the didn't development code which has 00:58:49.940 --> 00:58:56.620 the requirements and standards and things that we just discussed this document is really 00:58:56.620 --> 00:59:01.420 a policy document and it's one one thing to be considered amongst a lot of things a lot 00:59:01.420 --> 00:59:06.460 of goals and things within the city but it does try to be or it is it is as comprehensive 00:59:06.460 --> 00:59:18.580 as you can think of it includes ten elements which are not showing here well it includes 00:59:18.580 --> 00:59:30.140 mobility it includes land use it includes economic development it includes various various 00:59:30.140 --> 00:59:34.300 elements various components of of planning everything that you I think everything that 00:59:34.300 --> 00:59:40.220 you think of housing affordability there are quite a few things in there so we did update 00:59:40.220 --> 00:59:48.140 the didn't twenty or plan didn't comprehensive plan in March of twenty twenty two we had 00:59:48.140 --> 00:59:51.820 the didn't plan twenty thirty we now have the didn't plan twenty forty and we typically 00:59:51.820 --> 00:59:56.660 I think update comprehensive plans every five to seven years to reflect changes in the current 00:59:56.660 --> 01:00:03.140 and anticipated conditions address major local issues ensure compliance with you know changing 01:00:03.140 --> 01:00:08.860 state legislation we have to keep updated with that and accommodate changes for unforeseen 01:00:08.860 --> 01:00:13.980 circumstance like text that decides to randomly put a highway through your your city you got 01:00:13.980 --> 01:00:20.860 to have to update your comp plan for that typical comp plan update fate our schedule 01:00:20.860 --> 01:00:26.860 usually there's project initiation again feasibility where we try to assess what it's all going 01:00:26.860 --> 01:00:37.300 to take phase two is usually phase two three and four is usually what we do a lot of engagement 01:00:37.300 --> 01:00:42.140 and trying to assess where the community is what's happening what's going on in the community 01:00:42.140 --> 01:00:48.780 as well as what their goals and desires are step or phase five is usually the we're getting 01:00:48.780 --> 01:00:56.740 into adoption where we're talking to this body as well as council on the final document 01:00:56.740 --> 01:01:04.840 and then phase six is adoption of the actual plan so within the comprehensive plan we have 01:01:04.840 --> 01:01:10.900 implementation items their specific action items that we have established in the comprehensive 01:01:10.900 --> 01:01:16.100 plan it identifies areas where we need to focus and sort of do some area planning it 01:01:16.100 --> 01:01:23.420 also has elements of neighborhood planning population projections it also gives us planning 01:01:23.420 --> 01:01:28.800 department some projects to coordinate with other departments on and local and regional 01:01:28.800 --> 01:01:38.500 entities and then updates the plans and codes of the city or recommendations for updates 01:01:38.500 --> 01:01:44.900 to plans and codes of the city as well as annexation and special study focus areas like 01:01:44.900 --> 01:01:50.140 I mentioned earlier this is that element slide that I was looking for earlier so the plan 01:01:50.140 --> 01:01:56.220 includes a framework of the comprehensive plan it includes items related to land use 01:01:56.220 --> 01:02:04.420 it includes fiscal and economic vitality community character and urban design parks conservation 01:02:04.420 --> 01:02:10.460 environment mobility items housing and neighborhoods community health safety services infrastructure 01:02:10.460 --> 01:02:15.660 and utilities implementation and monitoring so it's a it's a it is what it is named it 01:02:15.660 --> 01:02:22.780 is a very comprehensive document a comprehensive plan and policy goal for the for the city 01:02:22.780 --> 01:02:26.460 and within the goal I just want to or within the comprehensive plan I wanted to give you 01:02:26.460 --> 01:02:33.700 a sort of idea of the the actions that that come out of that I think within the Denton 01:02:33.700 --> 01:02:38.880 2040 plan we have 272 actions and just two of them was to establish area plans which 01:02:38.880 --> 01:02:45.660 also resulted in 53 actions for South East and then 23 specific actions for downtown 01:02:45.660 --> 01:02:51.960 so it's it is our really our guiding document as far for the planning department that lets 01:02:51.960 --> 01:02:55.500 us know the sort of things that we're supposed to be doing on a day-to-day and how we're 01:02:55.500 --> 01:03:01.940 supposed to be supporting the various application types that we just talked about so within 01:03:01.940 --> 01:03:07.620 the development review process the comprehensive plan like I said is one component that that 01:03:07.620 --> 01:03:13.220 sort of informs what our our thought and how our vision should should flow and in response 01:03:13.220 --> 01:03:18.820 to some of those applications we look at it when we are performing recommendations to 01:03:18.820 --> 01:03:24.920 prepare for this body if you look at your backup for any zoning cases we do assess how 01:03:24.920 --> 01:03:31.180 those requests adhere or align with the comprehensive plan so it is a a policy document in that 01:03:31.180 --> 01:03:36.460 form and that is pretty much all I have for development review process and comprehensive 01:03:36.460 --> 01:03:55.580 planning are there any questions seeing none thank you any more parts thank you very much 01:03:55.580 --> 01:04:02.980 so with no objection and we'll bring our work session to a close and we will reconvene 01:04:02.980 --> 01:04:20.980 at 630 in council chambers for our regular meeting it's good evening at 633 p.m. I will 01:04:20.980 --> 01:04:28.260 call this regular meeting of the planning and zoning commission of Denton to order our 01:04:28.260 --> 01:04:35.940 first order of business is the pledge of allegiance to the u.s. and Texas flags 01:04:35.940 --> 01:04:58.700 to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands one 01:04:58.700 --> 01:05:17.420 indivisible next item is PZ 25004 consider approving the minutes for both the capital 01:05:17.420 --> 01:05:25.320 improvement advisory committee and the planning and zoning meeting on February 12th a commissioner 01:05:25.320 --> 01:05:40.220 padrone move approval commissioner Riggs second and let's vote on the board 01:05:40.220 --> 01:05:52.300 that passes 4-0 next we have our consent agenda commissioner padrone move approval the consent 01:05:52.300 --> 01:06:05.580 agenda commissioner Riggs second any questions let's vote on the board then 01:06:05.580 --> 01:06:13.820 that also passes 4-0 next item that brings us to our items for individual consideration 01:06:13.820 --> 01:06:30.540 first item for a is FP 25006 welcome Matt 01:06:30.540 --> 01:06:35.820 good evening chair and commission Matt Bodine assistant planner here to present a request 01:06:35.820 --> 01:06:43.060 for approval of a final plot in the city of Denton's ETJ one this plot would create three 01:06:43.060 --> 01:06:49.700 residential lots the tract in question is located approximately 1200 feet east of FM 01:06:49.700 --> 01:06:57.460 2164 along the private road and about 5500 feet north of loop 288 at this time staff 01:06:57.460 --> 01:07:02.340 cannot recommend approval because it does not meet our criteria however we have no objection 01:07:02.340 --> 01:07:17.940 to their extension request to a date certain of March 19 2025 any questions or emotion 01:07:17.940 --> 01:07:28.100 commissioner padrone move to approve the extension request to a date certain of March 19th commissioner 01:07:28.100 --> 01:07:41.180 Riggs second and let's call for a vote on the board 01:07:41.180 --> 01:07:52.780 second item for that passes 4-0 next item for individual consideration for BV 24-0137 01:07:52.780 --> 01:08:00.380 take us through this fearless leader Julie why the March down history lane good evening 01:08:00.380 --> 01:08:10.260 Julie Wyatt principal planner and I'm presenting V 24-0137 agave ranch alternative development 01:08:10.260 --> 01:08:17.340 plan so before I get into this specific request I just wanted to take a brief moment to talk 01:08:17.340 --> 01:08:22.580 about alternative development plans generally so as we talked about in the work session 01:08:22.580 --> 01:08:28.140 these are a process that this was a process that we had in the 2002 didn't development 01:08:28.140 --> 01:08:33.580 code it is not something we carried forward to our current code so it's not something 01:08:33.580 --> 01:08:38.540 you're going to see very often it is very limited and it would just be related to projects 01:08:38.540 --> 01:08:43.940 that predated our current code and what it did is it authorized the planning zoning commission 01:08:43.940 --> 01:08:49.180 to approve an alternative design to allow for flexibility I just have just a sample 01:08:49.180 --> 01:08:56.180 on screen things like building orientation or maybe the number of parking spaces or buffers 01:08:56.180 --> 01:09:02.420 those are the kinds of things that were generally requested as part of an alternative development 01:09:02.420 --> 01:09:07.820 plan it's not included in the current code because we have other options for flexibility 01:09:07.820 --> 01:09:14.460 now so that's why we didn't take this forward and I did want to let you know ADP's did 01:09:14.460 --> 01:09:20.260 not include an expiration date so those approvals remain in effect to today and would control 01:09:20.260 --> 01:09:24.420 over any conflicting provisions within our current codes so now we're going to get to 01:09:24.420 --> 01:09:31.340 the the substance of this request so the agave ranch project is was a single-family residential 01:09:31.340 --> 01:09:39.440 development it was platted with 239 single-family detached lots and 18 common area lots it's 01:09:39.440 --> 01:09:45.780 located in the northeast part of town just east of 428 Sherman Drive the property is 01:09:45.780 --> 01:09:51.300 outlined in black it has gone through the plotting process so it's near its nearing 01:09:51.300 --> 01:09:57.220 going vertical in development I think they're working on public infrastructure right now 01:09:57.220 --> 01:10:03.300 there was an ADP that was approved in 2020 because this was developed under our 2002 01:10:03.300 --> 01:10:10.740 didn't development code and it was really to accommodate two specific builders plans 01:10:10.740 --> 01:10:15.540 and it was and specifically what we're talking about tonight is those front entry garages 01:10:15.540 --> 01:10:19.940 there were some other elements related to the ADP those are remaining in place it's 01:10:19.940 --> 01:10:24.580 really that front entry garage we're talking about under the 2002 didn't development code 01:10:24.580 --> 01:10:29.900 we had two provisions related to garages one is they could not be extend forward to the 01:10:29.900 --> 01:10:34.940 front building line and the other is that the garage door could not occupy more than 01:10:34.940 --> 01:10:42.460 40 percent of the building frontage that approved modification allowed the garages to move forward 01:10:42.460 --> 01:10:49.580 a little bit up to six feet from the building plane or or 11 feet from a from a recessed 01:10:49.580 --> 01:10:56.980 front door also allowed an eight-foot setback and then it also allowed a little larger width 01:10:56.980 --> 01:11:03.880 with 45 percent of the total building frontage for two car garages and then 55 percent for 01:11:03.880 --> 01:11:10.220 three car garages it did add a limitation on both of those that only 45 percent of the 01:11:10.220 --> 01:11:15.620 products in agave ranch could avail themselves of this of this alternative development plan 01:11:15.620 --> 01:11:21.020 and as I mentioned all other provisions related to the zoning the ADP all of those are in 01:11:21.020 --> 01:11:25.780 place tonight we're just talking about these two provisions so now we're going to talk 01:11:25.780 --> 01:11:33.420 about the request so the proposal is to revise that ADP to just simplify the language and 01:11:33.420 --> 01:11:38.260 require the front entry garages be set back a minimum of three feet from the front face 01:11:38.260 --> 01:11:42.820 of the building this is actually more consistent with the current standards our current standards 01:11:42.820 --> 01:11:48.140 require just a three-foot offset so whether it's forward or behind that building garages 01:11:48.140 --> 01:11:53.860 need to be offset has to allow some visual interest for the front of the homes and so 01:11:53.860 --> 01:11:58.300 this is just slightly different and that it would set the garages back three feet from 01:11:58.300 --> 01:12:03.300 the front building plane we feel like this is clear language it is more consistent with 01:12:03.300 --> 01:12:10.840 the current builder who is developing the agave range development it also sets the garages 01:12:10.840 --> 01:12:16.460 back just a little bit so it could potentially reduce the perceived size of the garage so 01:12:16.460 --> 01:12:22.140 you could see a site plan on your screen I've got the yellow that is where that that front 01:12:22.140 --> 01:12:27.060 plane of the house and you could see this garage is set back in this instance it's set 01:12:27.060 --> 01:12:31.500 back 12 feet and you could see how that would kind of a similar product would look in real 01:12:31.500 --> 01:12:38.700 life the second item I want to talk about is the front entry garage percentage so we're 01:12:38.700 --> 01:12:46.420 proposing to revise that ADP to keep that 45 percent maximum on the two car garages 01:12:46.420 --> 01:12:52.980 but remove that maximum number of dwelling units just for clarity for ease of use in 01:12:52.980 --> 01:12:57.880 terms of not only city staff reviewing that not not having to maintain a list of what 01:12:57.880 --> 01:13:03.260 percentage we're at but also for those in in consumers so it's just clear and understandable 01:13:03.260 --> 01:13:10.940 for to apply we're also their request also would reduce that maximum percentage for three 01:13:10.940 --> 01:13:18.180 car garages from 55 percent to 50 percent but limit the three car garages just to those 01:13:18.180 --> 01:13:23.760 lot widths that are 62 feet wide and larger and we feel like this is is just clearer more 01:13:23.760 --> 01:13:28.580 straightforward allows variation for building sizes and facades as we talked in the work 01:13:28.580 --> 01:13:35.540 session that garage door width is pretty standard at 16 feet just allows for some variability 01:13:35.540 --> 01:13:43.780 in the house size the width of the house giving that more diversity and design and it also 01:13:43.780 --> 01:13:48.260 kind of removes that limitation once again for that clarity so there is specific criteria 01:13:48.260 --> 01:13:53.700 for approval outlined in the 2002 Denton Development Code I won't read all this to you but we'll 01:13:53.700 --> 01:13:58.380 just kind of talk through it briefly first preserve existing neighborhoods this request 01:13:58.380 --> 01:14:02.740 is just specific to these this individual project it's not going to extend into other 01:14:02.740 --> 01:14:08.380 neighborhoods and any visual impacts associated with it would be internal to this development 01:14:08.380 --> 01:14:13.980 so it would be just contained within this development assure quality development that 01:14:13.980 --> 01:14:18.620 fits in with the character of Denton apart from those deviations requesting all other 01:14:18.620 --> 01:14:25.060 site design standards would apply for focus new development to activity centers to curb 01:14:25.060 --> 01:14:30.020 strip development at urban straw sprawl once again this is just specific to this to this 01:14:30.020 --> 01:14:35.260 development it's it's not going to extend out or increase the number of homes ensure 01:14:35.260 --> 01:14:38.980 infrastructure is capable of comedy development this has gone through the platting process 01:14:38.980 --> 01:14:43.540 so they've already demonstrated that the that the infrastructure is in place capacity 01:14:43.540 --> 01:14:50.100 is there and they're going to be building the roads and sewers and water lines and ensure 01:14:50.100 --> 01:14:54.060 that the developers alternative proposal results in a high quality development meeting the 01:14:54.060 --> 01:14:59.100 intent of the standards so why do we have this why do we have these limitations on front 01:14:59.100 --> 01:15:04.700 garages it's really to ensure that those garage doors don't overwhelm the front facade of 01:15:04.700 --> 01:15:09.020 the residential homes think about maybe some homes you've seen where there have been really 01:15:09.020 --> 01:15:15.220 large garages and it really is just to minimize that visual impact however some variations 01:15:15.220 --> 01:15:21.380 can be appropriate to allow that diverse housing type also diversity in design and this is 01:15:21.380 --> 01:15:26.260 really consistent with our comprehensive plan because our comprehensive plan encourages 01:15:26.260 --> 01:15:32.180 diversity not only in housing types throughout the city but within communities to to have 01:15:32.180 --> 01:15:38.180 dynamic places and diverse and diverse places with a variety of architectural styles and 01:15:38.180 --> 01:15:46.300 and facades the proposed garage door is it'll provide additional design options for for 01:15:46.300 --> 01:15:53.340 future residents and once again provide that diversity we are of course we want to make 01:15:53.340 --> 01:15:57.860 sure that the visual impacts are addressed so that's where that setback comes in as well 01:15:57.860 --> 01:16:03.500 as the as well as the reduced width of the of the three car garages and and the larger 01:16:03.500 --> 01:16:08.980 lot size for the three car garages and then once again just removing that 45 cap just 01:16:08.980 --> 01:16:14.780 to make sure it's real clear for for future buyers and and reviewers so with that staff 01:16:14.780 --> 01:16:24.220 recommends approval of the request I'll be happy to answer any questions any questions 01:16:24.220 --> 01:16:35.180 on this one okay so I just it kind of piggybacks on our questions in the work session so when 01:16:35.180 --> 01:16:41.380 you push back the garage three feet are they taking away from the square footage of the 01:16:41.380 --> 01:16:48.060 inside of the house number one number two will the square footage of the house still 01:16:48.060 --> 01:16:54.860 fall within the city's guidelines the recommendations the requirements for this development and 01:16:54.860 --> 01:17:00.140 then number three does that push back push the house back on the lot so you have you 01:17:00.140 --> 01:17:07.860 know that final between the back of the house and the fence line does that affect that footage 01:17:07.860 --> 01:17:14.380 there well I can answer so the city of Denton doesn't have a minimum lots or minimum single 01:17:14.380 --> 01:17:21.820 family dwelling unit size so so we it it doesn't run afoul of any of those regulations in terms 01:17:21.820 --> 01:17:29.660 of that setback this meets their their house designs so it is consistent with you know 01:17:29.660 --> 01:17:36.220 what what they feel is is appropriate for the for their their buyers so I'm I'm I don't 01:17:36.220 --> 01:17:41.100 know if it takes away from those individual homes but it is consistent with what they 01:17:41.100 --> 01:17:48.060 intend to build out there and then in terms of the rear of the of the rear so we do have 01:17:48.060 --> 01:17:55.940 a ten foot building line for rear lots in fact you could see it on this on this site 01:17:55.940 --> 01:18:00.180 plan that's really consistent with with our residential districts throughout the city 01:18:00.180 --> 01:18:06.800 and so any any property owner could build up to that ten foot building line I don't 01:18:06.800 --> 01:18:17.340 know how many do but it is a possibility so did I answer the question okay good anything 01:18:17.340 --> 01:18:30.700 else Commissioner Riggs so do I have to say the motion or can I just say make a motion 01:18:30.700 --> 01:18:37.500 to approve as staff recommended and with the changes staff recommended Commissioner 01:18:37.500 --> 01:18:53.340 for drone I second very well let's vote on the board and that passes for zero brings 01:18:53.340 --> 01:19:07.020 us to our first public hearing item 5a PD 23 - 0 0 0 6 and I will open the public hearing 01:19:07.020 --> 01:19:36.900 before we get carried away here how do we okay sorry all right here we go Julie Wyatt 01:19:36.900 --> 01:19:43.260 principal planner and I am presenting PD 23 6 Family Justice Center all right so the request 01:19:43.260 --> 01:19:49.340 before you is to rezone the property from our seven district to PD our seven district 01:19:49.340 --> 01:19:54.180 to develop the site with a mixed use community facility to serve Denton County with a range 01:19:54.180 --> 01:19:59.980 of services for persons and families experienced it experiencing domestic violence you could 01:19:59.980 --> 01:20:04.180 see I want to talk about a couple maps on your screen first of all we'll talk about 01:20:04.180 --> 01:20:10.880 the the large one so the property is located kind of on the north side of town on the east 01:20:10.880 --> 01:20:18.340 side of Bonnie Bray just south of loop 288 and north of Windsor so it's it's in that 01:20:18.340 --> 01:20:23.740 part of town there are a variety of uses surrounding it so we've got Denton High School across 01:20:23.740 --> 01:20:28.300 Bonnie Bray we've got an elementary school under construction just to the northeast of 01:20:28.300 --> 01:20:35.340 the south of the site there's a park just to the east and south of the property commercial 01:20:35.340 --> 01:20:41.420 development along to loop 288 it's about a mile from the site and then we have a variety 01:20:41.420 --> 01:20:46.260 of residential uses in the area we're ranging from single-family horizontal multifamily 01:20:46.260 --> 01:20:54.900 to traditional multifamily town home so variety of residential uses there is Bonnie Bray is 01:20:54.900 --> 01:20:59.860 a secondary arterial as well as Windsor is also a secondary arterial and then you've 01:20:59.860 --> 01:21:07.140 got highway 77 to the north which is a primary arterial and then and then as I said the property 01:21:07.140 --> 01:21:14.500 is zoned r7 and it's shown on your screen so we'll talk about the development plan that 01:21:14.500 --> 01:21:20.940 they're proposing so as as you know a plan development is something where they can create 01:21:20.940 --> 01:21:25.980 kind of that specialized zoning for the use especially if it's a unique use like the subject 01:21:25.980 --> 01:21:32.180 like the property and the project it includes not only development standards but also a 01:21:32.180 --> 01:21:38.620 development plan and these two things go hand-in-hand so as I mentioned the uses in work session 01:21:38.620 --> 01:21:44.500 that the uses include residential it's a transitional housing there's a daycare administrative and 01:21:44.500 --> 01:21:50.900 professional offices medical offices they have a pet kennel for residents on-site dining 01:21:50.900 --> 01:21:57.820 so it's it's pretty comprehensive and what is included in the building and is designed 01:21:57.820 --> 01:22:02.580 to the the building is designed to house all of these activities in this secure environment 01:22:02.580 --> 01:22:07.300 and you could see kind of on your screen it has a kind of a wagon wheel look to it the 01:22:07.300 --> 01:22:14.260 building is highlighted in yellow and it creates that that wheel with the with the the social 01:22:14.260 --> 01:22:21.660 space the plaza area in the center there are there's a security gating on a portion of 01:22:21.660 --> 01:22:28.420 the property and then as we talked about in in work session there are our three access 01:22:28.420 --> 01:22:34.580 points emergency access to the north connects to that bus loop for the elementary school 01:22:34.580 --> 01:22:40.540 and then two full access points to the south as well as you could see the the purple on 01:22:40.540 --> 01:22:45.420 your screen those are pedestrian walkways throughout the site also connecting to the 01:22:45.420 --> 01:22:49.820 to the park property to the east which will connect to a future trail and on to the elementary 01:22:49.820 --> 01:22:59.540 school to allow safe route for school for for any children who might be using this facility 01:22:59.540 --> 01:23:04.900 there's also a landscape plan associated with it right now the property is pretty flat there 01:23:04.900 --> 01:23:10.460 aren't any trees on the site if you're familiar with bonnie bray you know there's some pretty 01:23:10.460 --> 01:23:17.260 tall power lines running along the east side of bonnie bray so that kind of informed their 01:23:17.260 --> 01:23:22.580 landscape plan especially along bonnie bray and that we've got some berms and some naturalized 01:23:22.580 --> 01:23:27.860 prairie area along that we don't want any trees within that that utility line easement 01:23:27.860 --> 01:23:33.360 so it'll just provide that naturalized area as a gate as a kind of a front door trees 01:23:33.360 --> 01:23:37.540 throughout the parking area street trees along the park access road which is on the south 01:23:37.540 --> 01:23:44.820 side they also have a dog yard and dogway station in the secure area for the residents 01:23:44.820 --> 01:23:49.940 so with any project we look at the comprehensive plan first to see what it says in this instance 01:23:49.940 --> 01:23:54.180 this proposal conforms to the vision and goals of the comprehensive plan to provide those 01:23:54.180 --> 01:23:59.460 community programs to meet the the needs of underserved groups in denton also provide 01:23:59.460 --> 01:24:05.060 needs for neighborhood and social services within the community it's also consistent 01:24:05.060 --> 01:24:09.460 with our moderate density residential future land use designation which is what the property 01:24:09.460 --> 01:24:14.300 is designated and it provides that community service to support residents in an appropriate 01:24:14.300 --> 01:24:19.380 location since this is on an arterial it really is that appropriate location for this this 01:24:19.380 --> 01:24:24.700 a little more intensive use that this institutional use bonnie bray being that arterial roadway 01:24:24.700 --> 01:24:32.300 it provides that adequate access as well as supports that scale of development we also 01:24:32.300 --> 01:24:38.700 analyze the use the design and location the proposed uses within this plan are intended 01:24:38.700 --> 01:24:45.740 to support the organization's mission i did want to point out that this is a plan development 01:24:45.740 --> 01:24:51.340 and so the plan development establishes the permitted use and development scale within 01:24:51.340 --> 01:24:57.260 it's not tied to necessarily the user it's tied to the land so any user could come in 01:24:57.260 --> 01:25:05.100 if this is approved and and and use these development standards for their for their 01:25:05.100 --> 01:25:09.860 development but i did want to let you know that we have an amendment process within the 01:25:09.860 --> 01:25:15.460 denton development code so any any substantial change to the mix of uses on the side or the 01:25:15.460 --> 01:25:21.020 scale of development or changes to substantial changes to the site plan would require that 01:25:21.020 --> 01:25:25.860 development to come back through the planning and zoning and city council approval processes 01:25:25.860 --> 01:25:33.340 all over again so that's part of that pd process the design of the site balances that safety 01:25:33.340 --> 01:25:39.540 with those with the aesthetics so that the as as a development it meets all of our development 01:25:39.540 --> 01:25:44.460 standards for commercial or institutional buildings so that it will it will it will be 01:25:44.460 --> 01:25:50.620 developed in in a manner in which we typically see for commercial and institutional buildings 01:25:50.620 --> 01:25:55.780 and it is nearby that residential commercial and institutional growth and so that proximity 01:25:55.780 --> 01:26:01.940 to schools and services and residential will be will provide those opportunities for residents 01:26:01.940 --> 01:26:08.820 within within the project providing things like employment shopping as well as residential 01:26:08.820 --> 01:26:15.820 opportunities if and when they move out of the facility and then there are upcoming improvements 01:26:15.820 --> 01:26:21.260 to north bonnie bray street which will improve the experience for all users especially those 01:26:21.260 --> 01:26:27.700 who are right now trying to get to denton high school on a daily basis so the improvements 01:26:27.700 --> 01:26:33.100 to bonnie bray are coming public outreach was sent out we've received one letter in 01:26:33.100 --> 01:26:38.860 support of the proposal it's just the property to the north and so based upon the criteria 01:26:38.860 --> 01:26:45.260 for approval staff recommends approval of the request we have an anticipated council 01:26:45.260 --> 01:26:48.420 date of march 25th if it moves forward from the planning and zoning commission i'll be 01:26:48.420 --> 01:26:52.500 happy to answer any questions and the applicant is here and i do believe they have a presentation 01:26:52.500 --> 01:27:05.460 as well any questions for staff okay thanks thank you i have a card from the applicant 01:27:05.460 --> 01:27:13.020 representative amy bissett good evening commissioners chair pruett nice to see you all i'll introduce 01:27:13.020 --> 01:27:19.980 myself while i open my slides amy bissett with 97 land company we are a local development 01:27:19.980 --> 01:27:25.060 consultant with those of you who are new and haven't seen us here yet before we're on the 01:27:25.060 --> 01:27:30.220 square next door to cartwrights and we're frequent flyers here so you'll see us on a 01:27:30.220 --> 01:27:38.500 regular basis and i just i want to open by saying that our client tony johnson simpson 01:27:38.500 --> 01:27:42.740 who is the executive director for denton county friends of the family is here and it's her 01:27:42.740 --> 01:27:48.180 birthday so be nice to her please she and i are going to tag team this a little bit and 01:27:48.180 --> 01:27:52.020 she's going to get up and speak as well i want to start with a little bit of um just 01:27:52.020 --> 01:27:57.860 context for for this proposal um we've been working on this plan development since 2023 01:27:57.860 --> 01:28:05.180 we've been through seven rounds of reviews with city staff and um the land has been donated 01:28:05.180 --> 01:28:10.780 to the non-profit organization by the razor family and just recently within the last 30 01:28:10.780 --> 01:28:16.420 days denton county um awarded a grant amount of eight million dollars to construct this 01:28:16.420 --> 01:28:22.980 facility so um it's getting a lot of traction quickly and i'm honored to be here representing 01:28:22.980 --> 01:28:30.940 it tonight and um appreciate your time i will not review the location map other than to 01:28:30.940 --> 01:28:37.020 re-emphasize um the proximity to north lakes park as well as denton high school and the 01:28:37.020 --> 01:28:41.300 elementary school that is under construction today that i'll talk a little bit more about 01:28:41.300 --> 01:28:48.940 in a little bit um we are maintaining the base zoning district of r7 and um proposing 01:28:48.940 --> 01:28:55.380 some plan development standards to layer on top of that to enhance um the the overall 01:28:55.380 --> 01:29:04.700 campus um and and to basically set a higher standard for for the development it is uh 01:29:04.700 --> 01:29:08.940 the future land use is moderate residential julie reviewed that and how this proposal 01:29:08.940 --> 01:29:14.940 is consistent with the future land use plan and we are proposing the plan development 01:29:14.940 --> 01:29:20.020 with the purpose to be facilitating a mixed use campus for comprehensive services for 01:29:20.020 --> 01:29:25.440 denton county friends of the family this does include both both residential and non-residential 01:29:25.440 --> 01:29:31.620 uses and and i will walk you through the site plan in a little more detail than julie did 01:29:31.620 --> 01:29:37.260 just so you can kind of see how it's going to function and lay out 01:29:37.260 --> 01:29:42.540 i i want to point this out first this is another view of the campus um i want to note a couple 01:29:42.540 --> 01:29:48.620 of things to note here um the buildings are designed um to be connected between each other 01:29:48.620 --> 01:29:56.300 to to create a security uh sense of security for the residents and the central courtyard 01:29:56.300 --> 01:30:02.860 is secured as well and will include a number of residential amenities so let me walk you 01:30:02.860 --> 01:30:07.260 through the details of the site plan here quickly um everything that you see highlighted 01:30:07.260 --> 01:30:13.500 in blue is a non-residential use we have um client services partner services training 01:30:13.500 --> 01:30:20.100 child care kitchen and admin offices an event hall and a pet kennel as um julie pointed 01:30:20.100 --> 01:30:25.620 out i do want to say something a little more about that um families that are in this situation 01:30:25.620 --> 01:30:31.900 and needing to seek help often will be reluctant to do so because of having to leave pets behind 01:30:31.900 --> 01:30:37.020 and so this is an important component of this development to have pet services available 01:30:37.020 --> 01:30:46.100 and a very um an amenitized and large dog park for for that um specific um need in the 01:30:46.100 --> 01:30:52.620 community i also want to point out here um everything outlined in red that you see is 01:30:52.620 --> 01:30:58.800 a security fence so essentially what happens is that um everything behind the security 01:30:58.800 --> 01:31:05.120 fence is is designed to be accessed by residents and staff only and then um and so the the 01:31:05.120 --> 01:31:11.100 back side of the parking lot is secured and fenced off and those those fencing connections 01:31:11.100 --> 01:31:17.660 connect to buildings to provide um fully secured site and then the the buildings that are closer 01:31:17.660 --> 01:31:24.820 to bonnie bray are those that um non-residents would come in to receive services or um there 01:31:24.820 --> 01:31:32.100 may be other types of meetings that are held there 01:31:32.100 --> 01:31:36.340 here's another version of this that's done by phasing um you'll see phase one to the 01:31:36.340 --> 01:31:42.360 bottom right is in blue and that is um residential services a small admin office and kitchen 01:31:42.360 --> 01:31:48.460 and dining um phase two is on the north side and that is all residential um phase three 01:31:48.460 --> 01:31:54.900 is the majority of the non-residential uses and then phase four is the um community recreation 01:31:54.900 --> 01:32:01.700 center or event center i i also want to point out two things that i think julie covered to 01:32:01.700 --> 01:32:08.140 an extent um on the north side the access point is emergency access only that was determined 01:32:08.140 --> 01:32:13.660 in multiple meetings and collaboration with the isd to make sure that their bus lane was 01:32:13.660 --> 01:32:19.220 free and clear and was not conflicting with any of our traffic and so we'll have a public 01:32:19.220 --> 01:32:24.820 access easement for fire and emergency personnel to access the site from that location but 01:32:24.820 --> 01:32:31.660 all other traffic will be directed to the park road that is um it is dedicated right 01:32:31.660 --> 01:32:36.100 of way on the south side and the development will be dedicating right of way as well to 01:32:36.100 --> 01:32:42.180 expand that park road fire access there is an emergency fire access that will be available 01:32:42.180 --> 01:32:46.540 to get to the interior courtyard if necessary on the south side of the building it will 01:32:46.540 --> 01:32:54.020 be gated and and have a knocks box lock on it as well 01:32:54.020 --> 01:32:57.420 back up just a minute i missed one of these i want to talk about the permitted land uses 01:32:57.420 --> 01:33:03.220 here um so the the planned development standards list out what land uses will be permitted 01:33:03.220 --> 01:33:08.100 and which will not be permitted and of the land uses that will be permitted housing child 01:33:08.100 --> 01:33:14.740 care admin offices dining hall recreation medical office kennel vet clinic laundry service 01:33:14.740 --> 01:33:18.700 the only things that are not permitted there by right today are your kennel and your vet 01:33:18.700 --> 01:33:24.500 clinic and these would be only for residential use and then the self-service laundry would 01:33:24.500 --> 01:33:30.080 if it was a standalone use would require a specific use permit all other land uses are 01:33:30.080 --> 01:33:37.220 prohibited within the within the pd standards and we do have a an extensive amenity plan 01:33:37.220 --> 01:33:42.260 that includes a dog park pollinator gardens uh two playgrounds one for the child care 01:33:42.260 --> 01:33:49.940 facility one for residential um area uh lawn and picnic area seating plaza splash pad and 01:33:49.940 --> 01:33:53.860 which is the only piece that will be built in phase two everything else will be built 01:33:53.860 --> 01:34:02.020 in phase one and a staff grilling area here's a rendering of an interior courtyard uh just 01:34:02.020 --> 01:34:07.420 a couple of highlights on the pd standards there's a 52 foot maximum building height 01:34:07.420 --> 01:34:13.540 this is um equates to three stories is essentially what we're proposing uh 25 minimum landscape 01:34:13.540 --> 01:34:20.340 um 35 minimum tree canopy and we are proposing the alternative landscape um for bonnie bray 01:34:20.340 --> 01:34:25.300 because we can't plant trees in that very large um transmission easement and then we 01:34:25.300 --> 01:34:30.820 have an exemption to exterior lighting restrictions there's a provision in the code that that 01:34:30.820 --> 01:34:36.260 with residential uses your parking lot lighting can't um can't illuminate the residences 01:34:36.260 --> 01:34:42.660 and we have written that out of this code for additional security purposes we did attempt 01:34:42.660 --> 01:34:47.020 neighborhood engagement we sent out invitations for four neighborhood meetings over the course 01:34:47.020 --> 01:34:52.700 of a year but we did not receive any responses um we did meet in person with denton isd and 01:34:52.700 --> 01:34:57.260 coordinated with them on the driveways traffic routes and civil plans and we've met with 01:34:57.260 --> 01:35:01.620 the parks department to provide the trail connection um for the residents to be able 01:35:01.620 --> 01:35:08.740 to access north lakes park directly um preliminary drainage plans i'm not going to go into any 01:35:08.740 --> 01:35:13.420 detail on this or traffic study recommendations but if you have specific questions about it 01:35:13.420 --> 01:35:17.460 then i will um i'll come back up for that but i'd like to have tony come up and speak 01:35:17.460 --> 01:35:34.980 a little more broadly about the organization thank you 01:35:34.980 --> 01:35:38.660 thank you commissioners my name is tony johnson simpson i've served as the executive director 01:35:38.660 --> 01:35:42.900 of denton county friends of the family for 20 years um the agency has existed since uh 01:35:42.900 --> 01:35:49.220 1980 we'll celebrate our 45th year in service this year we currently operate um a variety 01:35:49.220 --> 01:35:52.860 of facilities in the community and what happens with the family justice center is it means 01:35:52.860 --> 01:35:57.940 that all those locations will really come together under one location that provides 01:35:57.940 --> 01:36:02.300 those people who are accessing our services the opportunity to come to one location receive 01:36:02.300 --> 01:36:07.540 services but telling their story one time allows for partner um community agencies law 01:36:07.540 --> 01:36:17.380 enforcement officers and different organizations to also be under the same collaborative campus 01:36:17.380 --> 01:36:21.860 reduces uh as we said as i said reduces the number of times that a victim needs to tell 01:36:21.860 --> 01:36:27.300 their story and really increases the uh access that they have um for those families that 01:36:27.300 --> 01:36:32.420 are in need of our services so we talk about what is this what is the problem the problem 01:36:32.420 --> 01:36:37.060 here in denton county of course we have our some uh traffic issues um we have a county 01:36:37.060 --> 01:36:42.060 that's growing very much so this ease is that issue for those families that are accessing 01:36:42.060 --> 01:36:49.740 our services um it allows for them to be able to have the the cope of location of other 01:36:49.740 --> 01:36:54.580 organizations that can also be there do it prevents duplication of services because we 01:36:54.580 --> 01:37:00.580 don't have to have families going around to different organizations for that and amy shared 01:37:00.580 --> 01:37:05.980 with you a picture of the preview of the campus that's the artist rendering and it looks beautiful 01:37:05.980 --> 01:37:10.520 we expect for it to look very similar to that as we uh move into it we've taken a lot of 01:37:10.520 --> 01:37:15.060 uh i guess the artist running doesn't demonstrate some of the security precautions that we've 01:37:15.060 --> 01:37:20.580 taken with the property as we think about that of course our the security and safety 01:37:20.580 --> 01:37:27.580 of our families and of our staff and our volunteers is at the utmost importance to us and we will 01:37:27.580 --> 01:37:32.420 take all those efforts and measures that are necessary to do so if you have any questions 01:37:32.420 --> 01:37:46.580 for us we'd love to have them any questions commissioner padron yes hi thank you so much 01:37:46.580 --> 01:37:50.500 for your presentation um for the transitional housing how many clients would you be able 01:37:50.500 --> 01:37:56.740 to support we're really talking about um at any one time about 40 families is going to 01:37:56.740 --> 01:38:01.180 max out and they could be there from different amounts of time some people may need to stay 01:38:01.180 --> 01:38:05.500 for a month or three months and others may need to stay for longer periods of time but 01:38:05.500 --> 01:38:10.140 we look at family households then we're talking about about 40 households at a time thank 01:38:10.140 --> 01:38:20.060 you max yes any other questions uh i have one it may be more for amy you mentioned the 01:38:20.060 --> 01:38:25.180 street trees along bonnie bray were not able to be planted because of the electricity easement 01:38:25.180 --> 01:38:32.300 um i when i look at the site plan it looks like there's about 20 25 feet between the 01:38:32.300 --> 01:38:38.240 property line and where that easement starts am i reading the the plan wrong or or is there 01:38:38.240 --> 01:38:44.380 a larger distance required if you um look at the exhibit above everything that's in 01:38:44.380 --> 01:38:49.540 yellow here is within an easement so even our first row of parking is within the easement 01:38:49.540 --> 01:38:55.860 all the way out to the existing bonnie bray um we really explored a number of options 01:38:55.860 --> 01:39:01.500 for how we could potentially accommodate that including with the widening of bonnie bray 01:39:01.500 --> 01:39:07.220 would we might be able to add trees at that point in time but with with that not being 01:39:07.220 --> 01:39:13.100 imminent or or known um there's just the provision for an alternative landscape plan home we just 01:39:13.100 --> 01:39:19.900 simply can't plant those trees along the street and i want to say that that entire width is 01:39:19.900 --> 01:39:25.980 about 75 feet um and then we've got the same issue on the the other side of the development 01:39:25.980 --> 01:39:31.220 where that everything outside of the security fence is a water line easement as well okay 01:39:31.220 --> 01:39:38.900 thank you i don't see any other questions uh this is you're completed you're finished 01:39:38.900 --> 01:39:44.140 okay thank you this is a public hearing i don't have any cards uh registered to speak 01:39:44.140 --> 01:39:51.300 on this item but uh you may certainly come down and speak fill out a card later if you 01:39:51.300 --> 01:40:00.500 have any comments on this item seeing nobody making a mad rush i will close the public 01:40:00.500 --> 01:40:10.220 hearing uh and open it up for discussion or questions uh from the commission or a motion 01:40:10.220 --> 01:40:24.220 if if anybody's so inclined commissioner padrone i move approval commissioner riggs yeah i 01:40:24.220 --> 01:40:29.500 move approval and i just want to make a stick or second that sorry i don't make move um 01:40:29.500 --> 01:40:32.760 but i do want to make a statement when we're looking at pds you know i think it's always 01:40:32.760 --> 01:40:38.780 important to think of what can go in there for some reason this this were to go you know 01:40:38.780 --> 01:40:43.660 just not come to fruition so kind of what what rights are we granting with that and 01:40:43.660 --> 01:40:49.060 i don't have any problem with the additional rights that are being asked for yeah that's 01:40:49.060 --> 01:40:56.380 a good point to keep keep in mind right as we grant rights through zoning changes what 01:40:56.380 --> 01:41:02.500 uh what could happen so i i i share your thoughts commissioner riggs and uh with that i'll call 01:41:02.500 --> 01:41:11.980 for a vote on the board 01:41:11.980 --> 01:41:17.900 that passes four zero uh that brings us to our second public hearing for the evening 01:41:17.900 --> 01:41:34.860 item 5b z25-0001 welcome erin good evening 01:41:34.860 --> 01:41:43.820 erin stanley assistant planner i'll be presenting z25-0001 sequoia park rezoning so this is 01:41:43.820 --> 01:41:52.140 a request to rezone um approximately 8.93 acres from r3 to r6 district generally located 01:41:52.140 --> 01:41:58.220 north of mingo road and west of nonningham drive um the property is undeveloped and has 01:41:58.220 --> 01:42:03.100 been since the early 1900s and the purpose is to facilitate residential development consistent 01:42:03.100 --> 01:42:08.740 with the r6 standards there has been previous action on this property so it was final plotted 01:42:08.740 --> 01:42:15.980 um back in 1958 and we will get into that in the next slide so you can see the part 01:42:15.980 --> 01:42:21.620 of the final plot on the left side of the screen um includes the subject property the 01:42:21.620 --> 01:42:28.380 original final plot was for approximately 40 acres and included this part of the subject 01:42:28.380 --> 01:42:38.260 property in 1980 um two replats were approved so shown in yellow and in red that were adjacent 01:42:38.260 --> 01:42:46.980 to this subject tract these replats the yellow portion did replat um we did realign the single 01:42:46.980 --> 01:42:52.900 family lots there to change access to the subject property originally access would have 01:42:52.900 --> 01:42:58.380 been taken off of shawnee street um and today that is not possible due to those residences 01:42:58.380 --> 01:43:02.740 residences there but the property still has sufficient access which today would just be 01:43:02.740 --> 01:43:10.260 taken off of mingo road whenever they come in to develop the property is currently zoned 01:43:10.260 --> 01:43:21.020 r3 district and they are proposing r6 and so with all rezoning requests staff reviews 01:43:21.020 --> 01:43:26.660 the general criteria for approval as well as the specific rezoning criteria um with 01:43:26.660 --> 01:43:32.820 this the subject property the proposed the purpose of the rezoning is consistent with 01:43:32.820 --> 01:43:37.260 the r6 purpose statement the proposal is also generally consistent with the comprehensive 01:43:37.260 --> 01:43:43.580 plan goals and policies and the future and land use map designation uh it will be required 01:43:43.580 --> 01:43:47.900 to comply with all ddc standards when they do come forward for development that's not 01:43:47.900 --> 01:43:53.180 something we evaluate really with just the rezoning and then it is not expected to generate 01:43:53.180 --> 01:44:02.180 any significant adverse environmental infrastructure or fiscal impacts so to start with consistency 01:44:02.180 --> 01:44:08.480 with the r6 purpose statement uh the proposed zoning will is intended to accommodate a variety 01:44:08.480 --> 01:44:14.260 of housing types and share existing character is maintained uh and serve as a transition 01:44:14.260 --> 01:44:19.420 between established single family neighborhoods and adjacent commercial uses mixed uses and 01:44:19.420 --> 01:44:26.140 key corridors those are the goals of r6 um the allowed uses within r6 would be single 01:44:26.140 --> 01:44:33.420 family as well as townhome duplex triplex and fourplex uses and with evaluating the 01:44:33.420 --> 01:44:38.740 request staff looks at these uses and sees what um their requirements for development 01:44:38.740 --> 01:44:44.660 would be so with the checked items here so these uses would all still be required the 01:44:44.660 --> 01:44:51.180 same architectural design as any single family home would be um things like covered front 01:44:51.180 --> 01:44:57.540 porches or stoops or recessed entries those would all be required for these other types 01:44:57.540 --> 01:45:03.820 of residential uses these would also all see internal street networks providing that neighborhood 01:45:03.820 --> 01:45:10.500 character design um and and network throughout the subdivision and r6 would also provide 01:45:10.500 --> 01:45:16.020 a buffer from mingo as well as the multi-family to the south and the uh religious private 01:45:16.020 --> 01:45:21.900 school use to the east um this would be an appropriate buffer from that more denser dense 01:45:21.900 --> 01:45:32.300 use to the single family to the north and west so with the uh future land use map this 01:45:32.300 --> 01:45:37.220 property is designated as low residential and this is intended to prime predominantly 01:45:37.220 --> 01:45:42.380 be single family neighborhoods up to five units per acre and have a distinct subdivision 01:45:42.380 --> 01:45:51.380 development style um while r6 does allow slightly denser than five units per acre staff did 01:45:51.380 --> 01:45:57.700 look at their surrounding area and the properties to the directly to the north um do have a 01:45:57.700 --> 01:46:04.860 slightly denser pattern already than r3 does um it's not quite as dense as what is proposed 01:46:04.860 --> 01:46:10.180 for r6 but it is closer to that it doesn't meet that uh five units per acre density that 01:46:10.180 --> 01:46:19.580 of low residential and see this is also a unique um location having two other future 01:46:19.580 --> 01:46:25.540 land uses designations in proximity so the moderate residential designation just to the 01:46:25.540 --> 01:46:32.060 south um is intended to be a transition area and between single family neighborhoods and 01:46:32.060 --> 01:46:37.860 mixed use or commercial areas and the pink shaded color of mixed use community mixed use 01:46:37.860 --> 01:46:42.620 is also intended to have those supporting uses for residential be a bit higher density 01:46:42.620 --> 01:46:47.060 mixed housing types so these are important things to consider um in evaluating their 01:46:47.060 --> 01:46:53.860 quest and rezonings do not have to comply a hundred percent with their lower their future 01:46:53.860 --> 01:47:00.060 land use designation um as long as they still further overall goals of the comprehensive 01:47:00.060 --> 01:47:06.580 plan this is looked at more holistically so some of those goals that we will get into 01:47:06.580 --> 01:47:13.180 the first one um is to grow compactly with in coordination with transportation and infrastructure 01:47:13.180 --> 01:47:18.540 so the subject property is located at the corner of mingo and noddingham and our comprehensive 01:47:18.540 --> 01:47:24.340 plan designates both of these streets as arterial roadways so arterial roadways are intended 01:47:24.340 --> 01:47:31.100 to serve as major routes into and throughout the city um making this more of a place that's 01:47:31.100 --> 01:47:41.180 more appropriate for that higher density um mixed type uses and in the 2023 bond mingo 01:47:41.180 --> 01:47:46.140 improvements were approved including what you see here to have a continuous left turn 01:47:46.140 --> 01:47:53.620 lane as well as a 10 foot side path that would run along the southern boundary of this property 01:47:53.620 --> 01:47:57.980 and then some distances i'd like to point out um this is in very close proximity to 01:47:57.980 --> 01:48:03.900 texas women's university it's about a 1.2 mile walk along mingo to get to the center 01:48:03.900 --> 01:48:11.060 of twu campus and it's about a third of a mile walk to get to sequoia park that's outlined 01:48:11.060 --> 01:48:19.780 in the in the upper right hand map the property also already does have public water and sewer 01:48:19.780 --> 01:48:28.140 that already runs along or through the property two other goals um these two touch on the 01:48:28.140 --> 01:48:35.260 need for diverse housing stock in terms of type cost and location and the first goal 01:48:35.260 --> 01:48:40.820 specifically calls out the uses that are allowed in r6 as potentially compatible with single 01:48:40.820 --> 01:48:50.180 family neighborhoods staff did send out notifications and notification uh or the signs were posted 01:48:50.180 --> 01:48:56.860 on the property um we have received four responses in opposition within the 200 foot buffer uh 01:48:56.860 --> 01:49:02.580 totaling 8.72 percent and the applicant did have a neighborhood meeting um last week in 01:49:02.580 --> 01:49:09.580 which five people attended and he is here to speak as well with that staff is recommending 01:49:09.580 --> 01:49:13.900 approval of the zoning change as it complies with the criteria for approval and i will 01:49:13.900 --> 01:49:25.700 be happy to answer any questions any questions just just one i think we had a um a written 01:49:25.700 --> 01:49:31.100 comment uh from the public that talked about please know multifamily here is multifamily 01:49:31.100 --> 01:49:37.700 a permitted use within r6 no okay it would not be permitted okay thank you i will open 01:49:37.700 --> 01:49:46.900 the public hearing because i think i failed to do that earlier i have a card from uh miss 01:49:46.900 --> 01:49:56.900 nancy sorrels oh i'm sorry is you said the applicant is here um does the applicant wish 01:49:56.900 --> 01:50:06.260 to speak or not um it doesn't look like there are any questions at the time if uh if you'd 01:50:06.260 --> 01:50:15.620 like to to come up after the the public has an opportunity i think that'd be fine um okay 01:50:15.620 --> 01:50:21.620 nancy sorrels please come down state your name and address for the record and then you'll 01:50:21.620 --> 01:50:30.140 have four minutes to speak hello commissioners i'm nancy sorrels i live at 3501 rose lawn 01:50:30.140 --> 01:50:35.780 drive i'm actually the current owner of this property i've had it under contract a number 01:50:35.780 --> 01:50:43.260 of times but no one can develop it due to the zoning that it's in now and due to some 01:50:43.260 --> 01:50:48.780 of the issues with the property with houses built places where maybe they don't belong 01:50:48.780 --> 01:50:55.220 etc so i'm very much for this change in zoning and i'm hopeful that we'll be able to get 01:50:55.220 --> 01:51:01.940 this accomplished i also sent in responses um in support but apparently it didn't make 01:51:01.940 --> 01:51:09.220 it through the mail so um i've sent those in as well thank you thank you any questions 01:51:09.220 --> 01:51:18.500 okay this is a public hearing if anybody would like to speak i do have one uh card in opposition 01:51:18.500 --> 01:51:25.220 to this item uh not wishing to speak so that will be entered into the record in addition 01:51:25.220 --> 01:51:32.420 to the the four properties that you saw in the presentation but it is a public hearing 01:51:32.420 --> 01:51:40.580 if anybody has any thoughts to offer or questions for staff or the applicant feel free to come 01:51:40.580 --> 01:51:56.420 forward not seeing any i will close the public hearing um any questions for staff or comments 01:51:56.420 --> 01:52:08.980 um i guess i have one erin um as i look at the the gis map i don't see any isa's mentioned 01:52:08.980 --> 01:52:15.300 but there is a creek drainage creek that runs through it yes i'm trying to understand obviously 01:52:15.300 --> 01:52:20.660 not you know we're talking about a straight zoning change but when i look at that it looks 01:52:20.660 --> 01:52:26.100 to me like you would have to take two points of access off of mingo in order to serve the 01:52:26.100 --> 01:52:33.700 entire property is that a a reasonable conjecture um the applicant has looked at some some conceptual 01:52:33.700 --> 01:52:39.460 plans and in conceptual plans the area that is east of it's a drainage easement um this 01:52:39.460 --> 01:52:45.700 kind of shown here it's a 30 foot wide drainage easement so it is not isa okay um but in conceptual 01:52:45.700 --> 01:52:51.540 plans they are preserving everything east uh you are correct it would take some some engineering 01:52:51.540 --> 01:52:56.900 to get across that necessarily um but it could be possible okay thank you 01:52:59.620 --> 01:53:08.180 any questions from the commission or a motion i do have a question yes it's commissioner for 01:53:08.180 --> 01:53:16.100 staff so uh looking at the permitted uses going from r3 to r6 looks like town homes duplexes 01:53:16.100 --> 01:53:22.260 triplexes and fourplexes are permitted uses are those on the table is part of what the 01:53:22.260 --> 01:53:28.580 development's going to look like or um i will let the applicant answer that if you would like 01:53:28.580 --> 01:53:39.300 perfect primarily there's two reasons we're looking for a zone change the first one is 01:53:39.300 --> 01:53:46.740 r3 versus r6 in typical lot width and lot depth as well as lot size is a lot of bigger of a lot 01:53:46.740 --> 01:53:52.340 in r3 so what we're hoping with r6 is even if we do single family for example we can do a typical 01:53:52.340 --> 01:53:58.020 50 by 110 lot which is what home developers are looking for in terms of duplex triplex fourplex 01:53:58.020 --> 01:54:05.780 that's not what we would do we would either go single family or town homes by a deed restriction 01:54:05.780 --> 01:54:10.660 as well we can only do single family so that's single family sales so even if we did town homes 01:54:10.660 --> 01:54:15.540 we couldn't necessarily do a bill to rent unless someone wanted to go in and buy every single 01:54:15.540 --> 01:54:19.220 individual home which we can't stop them but they would have to be a for sale product 01:54:19.220 --> 01:54:25.780 so if i understand right you're saying like a duplex or triplex would be 01:54:26.500 --> 01:54:31.380 we could do like a twin home okay but we wouldn't yeah we wouldn't we wouldn't do something like that 01:54:31.380 --> 01:54:38.260 okay and that that's because of the deed restrictions on the property currently not 01:54:38.260 --> 01:54:44.260 because of the zoning correct correct yeah um also there's not really a big demand here for that 01:54:44.260 --> 01:54:50.340 so we're looking more of individual for sale product for the for consumer okay uh commissioner 01:54:50.340 --> 01:54:57.700 dyer so when you're talking about the rezoning would allow you to do smaller lots about how many 01:54:57.700 --> 01:55:04.340 home sites can you fit on this property today based on current zoning based on if this got approved 01:55:04.340 --> 01:55:11.940 oh and the smaller lots about 36 to 38 would be probably the most as erin pointed out there is a 01:55:11.940 --> 01:55:16.820 drainage easement on top of that there's tree preservation that would have to be considered 01:55:17.380 --> 01:55:23.220 buffers we were also working currently with traffic uh here they would like us to dedicate 01:55:23.220 --> 01:55:28.500 about a 35 foot easement in the front for that future mingo expansion so there's a lot of things 01:55:28.500 --> 01:55:33.700 adversely affecting this that would would shrink our yield down significantly okay thank you 01:55:33.700 --> 01:55:43.460 any other questions okay thank you thank you 01:55:47.380 --> 01:55:51.460 discussion or emotion 01:55:51.460 --> 01:56:01.940 i don't necessarily have an issue if this is essentially the only way that the 01:56:01.940 --> 01:56:06.180 property is going to be developed if others have tried and can't can't make it work 01:56:06.180 --> 01:56:11.460 i don't necessarily have an issue with that it still remains single family so kind of my thoughts 01:56:13.220 --> 01:56:19.380 okay commissioner dire but there's no guarantee i mean there's no guarantee that it would remain 01:56:19.380 --> 01:56:24.340 single family because they could put town homes essentially they could put any of those up there 01:56:24.340 --> 01:56:32.260 but in the end you know as the current property owner states she's attempted multiple times to 01:56:32.260 --> 01:56:37.380 sell this and this sounds like it's probably the only way that the deal is going to get done 01:56:40.980 --> 01:56:45.780 can i ask a question to staff just for clarification for the nearby residents 01:56:45.780 --> 01:56:52.340 i think we we kind of jumped over the terminology of of what the zoning allows versus what the deed 01:56:52.340 --> 01:56:58.820 restriction allows can you explain the difference between those and also what the process if you're 01:56:58.820 --> 01:57:04.900 aware would be to change or remove the deed restriction because it doesn't come before us 01:57:04.900 --> 01:57:10.820 is my understanding no it would not um staff does not regulate those deed restrictions that's more 01:57:10.820 --> 01:57:17.700 private agreements with with the property owner and it would just be up to anyone another resident 01:57:17.700 --> 01:57:25.460 to enforce that essentially and just report i guess um the process of changing those i would 01:57:25.460 --> 01:57:30.900 you they would need to consult like a land use eternity attorney so not not us not this body 01:57:30.900 --> 01:57:35.220 okay thank you commissioner padron 01:57:38.900 --> 01:57:44.100 i just wanted to say that i agree with commissioner riggs um on uh just the context of the of the 01:57:44.100 --> 01:57:49.860 property um the limitations with being able to move forward with it and then finding a way to 01:57:49.860 --> 01:58:00.100 move forward with this proposal yeah i'll just say that i um i'm happy to see uh however many 01:58:00.100 --> 01:58:07.140 homes that it would be go here instead of uh you know three miles away outside the loop creating 01:58:07.140 --> 01:58:11.620 more traffic for the rest of our residents as they as they get to stores and that sort of thing 01:58:11.620 --> 01:58:21.780 i'll entertain a motion if anybody has one commissioner padron move approval 01:58:21.780 --> 01:58:27.140 commissioner riggs second and i will call for a vote on the board 01:58:35.060 --> 01:58:38.100 and that passes four to zero thank you 01:58:38.100 --> 01:58:48.660 that is our last public hearing brings us to item six a the planning and zoning commission project 01:58:48.660 --> 01:58:58.340 matrix hayley that's good evening um just in terms of updates since our last meeting um city council 01:58:58.340 --> 01:59:03.460 did meet last week and the coal ranch master plan community amendments that you all had considered 01:59:03.460 --> 01:59:08.260 uh were approved i believe that was the only action that they took that directly related to 01:59:08.260 --> 01:59:13.380 anything this body has been working on um and i don't believe we had any significant changes 01:59:13.380 --> 01:59:17.060 to your matrix but i'm happy to add anything that you all might be interested in 01:59:25.460 --> 01:59:34.260 i don't think this is something specifically um to be reported on uh but uh as we were doing our work 01:59:34.260 --> 01:59:41.780 session uh earlier today we we saw that that the planning and zoning commission doesn't see uh 01:59:41.780 --> 01:59:52.900 applications for um um admission into the city why can i not think of this word right now 01:59:52.900 --> 01:59:58.900 annexation thank you uh uh and so we don't see those but sometimes we see zoning requests 01:59:58.900 --> 02:00:07.060 after that um it might help us just to get some preview in the future if uh the council actions 02:00:07.060 --> 02:00:12.580 would include any annexations in addition to to final action that they took on items we've 02:00:12.580 --> 02:00:17.380 already seen certainly we can do that okay um and in the spirit of that i will say if you're 02:00:17.380 --> 02:00:22.900 interested the last council meeting there were three uh projects that were requesting resolutions 02:00:22.900 --> 02:00:28.260 in support of low income housing tax credits i anticipate if those are awarded at least one 02:00:28.260 --> 02:00:35.300 of those will come before this body for a specific use permit request okay good to know uh 02:00:35.300 --> 02:00:42.660 that brings us to our final item concluding items anyone have anything 02:00:45.060 --> 02:00:51.540 excited for denton oh actually i do have something so so last friday i had the opportunity of going 02:00:51.540 --> 02:00:58.100 to focus north texas uh actually you know accompanied staff to that that was really 02:00:58.100 --> 02:01:01.620 really eye-opening and i would encourage anyone who gets a chance to go next year 02:01:01.620 --> 02:01:12.020 very good uh and and i have oh commissioner dire thank you all for being so welcoming um to me on 02:01:12.020 --> 02:01:18.100 my very first meeting thank you for being here with us we uh we look forward to learning together 02:01:18.100 --> 02:01:25.460 so thank you um i do have one and i'm looking up the date to make sure that i don't misstate it 02:01:25.460 --> 02:01:33.540 um it is not this saturday but next saturday uh afternoon is the winter warmer 02:01:33.540 --> 02:01:41.300 um have some some staff and others that are very involved in supporting this fundraiser for 02:01:42.020 --> 02:01:49.540 our students here in town so look that up and please attend and and uh it's a great time so 02:01:49.540 --> 02:01:56.180 with that with no objection i will uh 02:01:56.180 --> 02:02:05.860 adjourn our meeting of the planning and zoning commission at 7 31 p.m thank you