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 Good evening and welcome to the September 24th 2025 meeting of the Planning and

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 Zoning Commission. At 532 I will call our work session to order. Please note at

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 this time commissioners Pruitt, Riggs, and McDade are absent from the meeting.

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 The first item on our work session agenda for this evening is an item for

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 individual consideration PZ 25 187, elect an acting chair for the Planning and

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 Zoning Commission's September 24th 2025 meeting and that will be for the work

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 session and the regular session. So at this time I will open it up for you all

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 to have a nomination for that. Yes, Commissioner McDuff. Yes I'd like to

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 nominate Commissioner Lisa Dyer to serve as acting chair for this meeting and

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 just want to say out loud that I think she would be a good fit. She's a senior

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 member on the committee that's present this evening. She's a successful

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 realtor and has a knowledge of processes and terminology and also she's a proven

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 leader in our other organizational memberships. Thank you. Is there a second?

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 Yes Commissioner Garland. I'll second that. All right and we can do a hand vote as

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 long as you're willing to accept the nomination. Yes I will accept. All right so

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 I will call for a vote. Everyone raise their hand. There an aye. All right four

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 Where do I start at? Okay at this time we will call for citizen comments. There is

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 of agenda items listed on the agenda for this meeting? Okay we will go ahead and

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 go down to the the minutes. Do we have any questions on the minutes or any

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 motions? Oh clarifications on the minute sorry. I'm a newbie. No clarifications? Okay

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 we're gonna go ahead and move on to the consent agenda. We will look at consent

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 agenda a FP 2 5 - 0 0 1 8 C considering our request by double our Devco LLC and

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 Hickory Grove residential community for a final plot of Hickory Grove phase 4.

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 Good evening Planning and Zoning Commission Matt Bourdine assistant planner. Here is Subin

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 Infamia Hine. She's the reviewer of this plot but this is a an approximately 114

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 acre site located south of Jackson Road and approximately 80 feet east of the

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 intersection of Nail Road and Jackson Road in the city of Denton's ETJ

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 Division 1. This plot staff is recommending approval of as it complies

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 with the established criteria for approval. I'm here to answer any

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 questions. Does anybody have any questions? We do not. Sweet. Thank you.

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 Okay moving on to the consent agenda. We've got now the individuals for item

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 going to consider a request by Kim Lee Horn and Associates on behalf of Razor

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 Investments LTD for a preliminary plat of C5 LC Razor Ranch Edition. Good evening

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 Chair and members of the Commission. Erin Stanley assistant planner. This is a

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 plot for approximately 76 acres generally located south of US 380 west

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 of I-35 and north of Jim Crystal Road. At this time it does not meet our criteria

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 for approval so staff does recommend a denial. However this applicant did

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 submit a extension request earlier today and this should have been emailed to you

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 just prior to the start of this meeting. So we are have no objection to their

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 requested extension to a date certain of October 22nd 2025. Does anybody have any

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 questions? Any commissioners? Okay thank you so much. Moving along to letter B V

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 2 5 0 0 6 1. Consider a request by Ron and Elizabeth Langham for approval of a

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 point C point 2a regarding the maximum number of residential lots permitted to

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 take access from a private access access easement. Good evening

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 Matt Burdine assistant planner. I'm here presenting the subdivision

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 variance request. I want to begin by explaining a little bit about what these

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 are since we have some newer people on the Commission. So when an applicant comes

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 in and is facing a hardship and meeting our platting and subdivision

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 requirements they may apply for a subdivision variance request which comes

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 before this body for approval. As part of that request staff looks at and they

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 need to meet four items for consideration. Generally these are first

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 that must not cause any detriment to the public. There must be something about the

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 surrounding that's causing a hardship. Third it doesn't violate any planning or

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 guiding documents for the city and fourth that it's not a result of the

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 action of the applicant. This particular subdivision request is for a piece of

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 property located about 5,500 feet north of loop 288 and over a thousand feet

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 east of FM 2164 or North Locust Street in the city of Denton's ETJ 1. This

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 subdivision request is associated with the final plat that's also be considered

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 tonight. They're proposing to subdivide their property into three lots two for

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 residential. Currently this property has access via private access easement that

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 has nine months and so because of that they are requesting a subdivision

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 variance to allow more than three residential lots access a private drive.

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 Staff reviews found that it meets all the criteria for or all the

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 considerations for approval of subdivision variance. We'll get more into

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 that later in the presentation tonight. Ultimately recommending approval. I'm

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 here to answer any questions or concerns. Any commissioners have questions? I do.

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 Yeah. I'm just looking at the plat and you see the one on the far left but then

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 it's like lot two block A is kind of in the middle of everything going around it.

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 lot three that kind of wraps around is the agricultural lot. So just from my

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 vantage point my knowledge base the decision-making that went into having

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 it divided that way why would you not have like residential residential and

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 everything else like farm like why the weird like shape like yeah what's the

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 backstory on this? Yes so the as the code does discourage irregular shape lots it

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 was I can't point out if that doesn't prohibit them that in order for an ag

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 exemption to apply to lot three the whole thing has to be continuous is what

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 they brought up. Additionally lot two on that lot currently is the site of their

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 existing well and so they wanted to keep that on a residential lot and then they

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 want space in between the two residential lots so that was their

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 justification for why they want the lots this way. So on that I'm going to assume

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 it's the eastern border there of lot two why not just make that one great big

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 line and then lot two is now super huge so you have a lot of space and then

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 everything on the east side of that is the the farmland is it now we don't have

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 recommendations made to the owners this is the layout the insisted upon and so

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 that's I have for you. And on the south end of that is that where the road is

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 that connects all it like this? Yeah so the highlighted blue part is so is the

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 right-of-way reservation for a future primary arterial and so and then the

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 access easement is along their south property border. They wanted the least

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 way it's oriented. So personally that is just odd to me and what are I'm going to

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 all of this? Absolutely so there are two matters on this property that are before

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 that Matt's going to discuss in further detail. The second item the Platt

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 approval is where there's a little bit more state law

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 constrainment on to how and when to vote. State law says the Platt approval is

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 largely a ministerial act and that means that if you as a commissioner agree with

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 staff's analysis that the Platt meets approval meets the listed criteria that

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 are in the staff report and in the DDC then essentially you have an obligation

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 to vote to approve. A recommendation in the past for commissioners who want to

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 need to give a recitation to this particular standard they don't believe

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 has been accomplished so they need to explain why with the reference to state

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 statute or pardon me to the DDC. Am I correct Haley? Yeah to the DDC. So

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 basically from what I read in the agenda they and I know we're not really on the

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 Platt but to me it's all kind of merging together. The approval of the Platt

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 hinges on the approval of the variance. Correct. So what is the city and in the

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 city I feel like there was a little vagueness in the city's recommendation

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 for all of this so what is what is the city's viewpoint on the variance in

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 this and was this something that the neighbors had to get notified how are

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 the neighbors feeling does this not really affect the neighbor it's just

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 really these homeowners that it really just affects. So for subdivision

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 variances and and the final plot public notification is not required so we didn't

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 send out any mailings to the to the neighbors. The as city's position on the

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 variances is recommended approval it's purely about can you have more than

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 three residential lots off of this existing private access drive decisions

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 regarding the lot I mean as city staff has recommended approval of the final

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 plot but as decisions with regards to the layout as we've been discussing

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 would be more appropriate for decision being made on the plot. I would just

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 Matt's point it's regarding the number of lots that is the matter for discussion

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 variance with respect to the lot shape and as Matt pointed out are the way the

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 are discouraged so while Matt did make recommendations and suggestions for ways

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 that they could make the lots more regularly shaped ultimately it is up to

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 the property owner in this instance if they wish to have irregularly shaped

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 lots. Commissioner McDuff. Yes ma'am thank you I think we might find an answer in

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 exhibit five where we have a narrative and just to say that this is a going to

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 be a retirement home for the Lanning Hams and they're putting in the lot one

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 their kids and then they'll be living in want to live in lot two and then the

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 agriculture around them so it may just be something as simple as dividing the

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 property home lots. Chair if I may we're kind of getting into deliberation and

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 that's not really what we're fixing to do in this part of the work session okay

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 but these are all great things to put a pin in and bring back up in the open

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 community. Any other questions? Okay thank you. I do have one other question I'm

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 there will be a motion on this proposal and then another motion on the other

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 proposal they go together but yeah. You have to approve the variance first yeah

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 the decision-making on the plat. Okay so we will go ahead and move into the FP

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 25-0030 considering the requests by landmark surveyors on behalf of Ron

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 block A 697 Pecan Creek edition. Yes yeah here to present a request for the final

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 plot associated with the variance that we just discussed to create three lots

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 of 11 acre tract. As I slightly misspoke you the earlier staff's recommendation at

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 this time is dependent on PNZ's decision regarding the variance if the

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 Commission approves of subdivision variance staff is recommending approval

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 of this final plot and then vice versa if the Commission denies the subdivision

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 variance staff is then recommending now of this plot. Do we have any other

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 further questions? Okay thank you. Okay moving on to FP 25-0027 consider a

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 request by McAdams on behalf of the property owner RDO equipment for a

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 final plot of the RDO edition. Good evening chair members of the Commission

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 Ashley Eckstead associate planner. This is FP 25-27 RDO equipment. This is a

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 request for a final plat for a 10 acre property on the south side of US 380

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 west of Mosh Branch Road. At this time staff is recommending denial but we do

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 not have an objection to the requested extension till October 22nd. Do we have

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 any questions? Okay thank you. FP 25-0028 consider a request by

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 Manhard Consulting on behalf of the property owner Kana Capital for a final

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 plot of the reserve at Brush Creek. Good evening Angie Manglars development

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 review manager. This is a final plot for the reserve at Brush Creek. It is located

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 at the northeast corner of US 377 and Brush Creek Road. The purpose of this

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 final plot is to plot 42 residential lots zoned to plan development. At this

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 time staff is recommending denial as it does not comply with all of our criteria

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 for approval but we have no objection to the requested extension to a date

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 certain of October 22nd. Happy to answer any questions. Do we have any questions?

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 recommendation to the City Council regarding a request to rezone

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 presentation. So that means we will also cover item B Z25-0016. Thank you.

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 rezone two properties to approximately one acre lots from Mixed Use

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 zoning districts so this these are both generally located south of Loop 288 and

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 requests are to facilitate development of commercial uses consistent with the

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 this is consistent with the comprehensive plan and future land use map and staff

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 is recommending approval. I'll have a longer presentation in the main session

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 on approximately 1.08 acres and from Mixed Use Neighborhood District to

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 Mixed Use Downtown on approximately 42.62 acres. Thank you. Good evening Chair

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 and members of the Commission. Sean Jacobson, Associate Planner here to

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 present Z25-11 expanding opportunities in southern downtown. For some of you

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 rezone 43.7 acres from a public facility and MN zoning to mixed use

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 downtown zoning. To give you a little background this area which I'll be

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 way however in 2024 we completed a city project to remove this area from the

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 floodplain suddenly development redevelopment adaptive reuse was possible

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 for the first time in years we had an opportunity for this to develop like the

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 rest of downtown so 2024 we had the design downtown Denton plan process

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 looking at the next 20 years of downtown as part of that we identified and the

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 community identified that this is an area of great opportunity for our

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 downtown and so one of the recommendations of that plan approved by

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 council and of course supported by the planning and zoning Commission was that

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 we pursue a new southern downtown in this area so that we work to facilitate

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 developing new shops residential areas more activity in that southern downtown

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 area the first step that was recommended by the design downtown Denton plan was

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 that staff study rezoning this area to MD essentially giving it back that

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 downtown zoning that it had had from 2002 to 2019 so staff went ahead and did

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 an extensive analysis of that area and here's essentially what we came back

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 with the future land use map the comprehensive plan designates the entire

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 area as downtown Denton so it's very much consistent with the future land use to

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 zone this area makes to use downtown that would restore the downtown zoning

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 to this area and would give property owners in the area more flexibility to

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 develop in the same way that property owners closer to the square can develop

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 those MD standards that we come into play would also help to make it easier

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 to develop mixed-use developments it makes infill development on smaller lots

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 more possible it makes easier to develop different housing options so town homes

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 become easier develop as well as small multifamily key downtown uses like bars

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 and craft brewery become develop you can develop by right instead of needing an

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 SCP so essentially those things that allow you to develop in a downtown way

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 become much more possible with this zoning change so staff was leaning in

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 favor of this but we wanted to make sure we also talked to the community we held

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 two community meetings in May presented our findings to the attendees and after

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 robust discussion both of those meetings the attendees were unanimously in

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 support of the zoning change so staff's recommendation is that the area you see

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 there that forty three point seven acres be rezoned to mixed use downtown it's

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 consistent with our comprehensive plan it's consistent with the recommendations

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 of the design downtown Denton twenty-year plan for the area and it does

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 also comply with our criteria for approval for zoning changes which I'll

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 discuss more in my main meeting presentation with that I'm happy to

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 answer any and all questions you may have thank you

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 does anybody have any questions yes mr. Jacobson how does this recommendation how

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 is it different from the information that we heard in our work session

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 presentation on July 23rd it should be roughly exactly the same okay excellent

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 another comment is that I am thankful that you have managed to brought forth

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 the change in ordinance that recognizes the current single-family residential

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 dwellings that are legal and conforming yes ma'am I think that was a point of

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 contention the other may I proceed I'll have one more yes chair I notice the

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 comments that we got in the mail today in the email today and over the weekend

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 one of those was from an automotive person will those have a special use

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 permit I know so happening to respond or if you had any more to the question I'm

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 happy yes that was it that was my last one so it is it is correct that for minor

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 automotive uses those are not a permitted use within the MD zoning

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 district so we would not see new minor automotive uses being developed if this

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 passes however any legally existing use at this time can continue operating on

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 into the future essentially for as long as they want to continue to do that and

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 they maintain the use they can sell it to a new business that business continue

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 to do it for example major automotive has not been a permitted use in this

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 area for I think over a decade and we still have many of those same major

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 automotive uses that we've had they've continued operating just as they would

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 have so that our protections for what we call non-conforming uses are very robust

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 and they will be all in place for those existing minor and I'm just asking that

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 question because we had a comment and a comment Sean so I'm sure we get back to

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 all those people on their questions but absolutely okay thank you any other

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 questions okay thank you moving on to CA 25 - to the city of Denton planning and

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 zoning Commission will hold a public hearing and consider making a

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 recommendation to City Council regarding a comprehensive plan amendment on

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 approximately thirty four point five acres from rural areas future land use

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 designation to light industrial future shim generally located south of US 380

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 beginning a half a mile east of Gisling Road and extending approximately half a

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 mile east to North Trinity Road thank you Aaron Stanley assistant planner so

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 this is a city initiated request for a future land use map amendment of

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 approximately 57 acres this is located on the far northeast side of town

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 indicated with the star in the top right map there and we are going to talk about

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 this in two different areas there's two recommendations for the area so area one

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 is shown in yellow this is approximately thirty four point five acres the current

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 future land use map designation is rural areas for this part and we are

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 recommending changing this to light industrial the second area circled in

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 orange is approximately 22.5 acres this is existing low residential designation

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 today and we are proposing amending the future land use map designation to

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 community mixed use we are recommending approval of both of these and I have a

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 few background slides I want to go through during work session as well so

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 before we dive in I kind of wanted to put this request in perspective with our

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 larger development process so the comprehensive plan Sean talked about it

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 others have talked about it's that 20-year vision guidebook for the city

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 and within this comprehensive plan we have the future land use map so in this

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 future land use map it's a bigger picture for what types of land uses in

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 different parts of the city we want to see you see that's there's not as many

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 colors as in the zoning map it's not as as detail that just would highlight

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 things of residential area commercial area industrial area and this is what

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 we're discussing today that future land use map not zoning zoning is where you

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 get more detailed it's at the parcel level you see more colors on that map

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 that's where it determines if you can have a single-family home or an office a

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 restaurant those specific uses but all of that is intended to match the future

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 land use map designation and it's a tool to carry out that future land use map so

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 just keeping in mind as we're going through the discussion this this request

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 does not change any zoning of properties today only that future land use map and

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 then some background on the project why we're looking at this specific area not

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 the entire corridor so staff began this corridor study because we received in

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 the last year year and a half several development inquiries in the area that

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 do not match the current zoning designation or the future land use

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 designation this kind of indicates to us that maybe something something might be

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 wrong in the area to take a look at that it's also identified in the

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 comprehensive plan as a gateway into the city for staff to look further at so

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 approximately nine months ago we began this corridor study we looked at things

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 like existing conditions those two photos are from this from the site we

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 see a lot of single-family homes vacant lots there are some there's some

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 agriculture some driveways into the ETJ where we see more commercial and

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 industrial uses in the area but along the corridor itself it's a lot of vacant

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 and single-family properties with driveways directly onto 380 we also

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 looked at the development history of the area existing zoning annexation pattern

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 and transportation had some meetings with our transportation department and

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 text dot and some of their proposed changes for the area some of you might be

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 aware of the anticipated 380 and 288 connector this is anticipated to be

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 completed a roughly through 2030 and that would be approximately half a mile

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 west of the subject area for the subject area longer term they anticipate a

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 freeway conversion where the freeway would be free flowing all the way

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 towards Frisco and they would have service roads on the north and south with

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 with intersections signaled intersections so this would be a big

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 change to the area and influence what types of developments come in also

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 wanted to mention we we came before this body in April for the work session not a

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 lot has changed with that recommendation has stayed the same this body

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 recommended that we go out and talk with the community was already our plan but we

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 did have four community meetings two in person and two virtual and all who

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 attended those agreed with staffs recommendation thought that this was

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 appropriate for the area and and liked the suggestion I will have a longer

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 presentation in the main session but I'll be happy to answer any questions

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 commissioners you have any questions

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 Commissioner McDowell this is a comment where is the environmentally sensitive

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 area so there is some ESA further towards the east it comes in a little

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 bit into the subject area but where you see the Elm Fork Trinity River that area

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 gets into some ESA it's really on the outskirts of this area there's some

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 some corners where it comes in but mostly to the east okay and how we're

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 going to manage that the same way we do for all developments that come in if

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 there is any suspected ESA on the property they have to do their ESA field

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 assessment if they're impacting it they might have to go through that alternative

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 ESA usually they just would not impact it in this case any other questions okay

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 thank you

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 okay is there any other comments or discussions by the commissioners or the

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 staff we will go ahead and close out today's work session we will see you in

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 the main chambers at 630 for our regular meeting good evening welcome to the City

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 of Netons planning and zoning Commission on Wednesday September 24th we do have a

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 quorum today of commissioners so we are going to start our meeting we will begin

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 with the pledge to the United States flag and then to the Texas flag

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 I pledge allegiance to the Texas one state under God one and indivisible we will begin by

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 considering approval of the minutes from the September 10th 2025 planning and

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 zoning meeting minutes is there any discussion over the minutes from our

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 last meeting do we have a motion do we have a second okay we have a motion is

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 our motion to approve yes our motion to approve the September 10th 2025 planning

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 and zoning meeting minutes commissioner and you're second I second okay all in

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 favor of approving the minutes from September 10th 2025

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 okay they pass unanimously four to zero we will go ahead and move into our

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 consent agenda for the evening we will begin with a FP 25 - zero zero 18 C we

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 are going to consider a request by double our Devco LLC and Hickory Grove

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 Residential Community Inc for a final plat of Hickory Grove phase four okay

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 thank you do we have a motion Commissioner Mcduff like to move approval

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 of a final plat for the double our Devco and Hickory Grove Residential Community

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 Incorporated for a final plat okay and a second I second okay go ahead and place

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 your vote okay the motion is passed four to zero we will now move into the evening

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 where we have individual items for individual consideration the first one

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 is PP 25 - 3a we're going to consider a request by Kim Lee Horn and Associates

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 on behalf of razor investments limited for a preliminary plat of c5 LC razor

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 ranch edition

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 good evening Aaron Stanley assistant planner this is a plat for approximately

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 76 acres generally located south of US 380 west of I 35 and north of Jim Crystal

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 Road at this time the plot does not meet our criteria for approval and the

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 applicant has requested an extension to the date certain date certain of October

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 22nd 2025 and staff has no objection to that extension I'll stand for any

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 questions commissioners are there any questions okay do we have a motion

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 Commissioner is it catcher said and we do want to welcome you tonight to your

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 very first meeting so thank you for joining us

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 so I'm motion to adopt approve the extension to the date that was stated by

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 the city okay okay we'll take a vote that motion passed unanimously moving on

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 to be 25 - 61 we're going to consider a request by Ron and Elizabeth

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 Langham for approval of a subdivision variance from the 2019 Denton

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 Development Code subsection eight point three point two point C point two point

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 a it's regarding the maximum number of residential lots permitted to take

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 access from a private access easement good evening planning zoning Commission

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 Matt Bodine assistant planner I said here to present the six nine seven

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 pecan Creek subdivision variance so this variance is for a piece of property

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 located approximately 5500 feet north of loop 288 and over a thousand feet west

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 of FM 2164 and city of Denton's ETJ division one the subject property itself

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 is approximately 11.2 acres it takes has access to a public road by means of an

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 existing private access easement this variance is associated with the final

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 plot is being considered as a separate item on today's agenda and seeking to

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 subdivide the property into three lots just another thing for consideration a

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 similar variance for property also off of this existing easement was approved

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 by P and Z back in March 19th of this year so now on to the variance request

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 itself so this is a request to allow more than three residential lots to

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 access a public street by means of a private access easement or variance from

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 the requirement that no more than three no more than three single-family detached

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 lots may access a road by and easement for the first consideration staff found

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 that the granting of this variance would not be detrimental to the public safety

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 health or welfare of the public as well as the surrounding property owners for

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 the second consideration staff found that the peculiar pattern of development

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 in this area I created the hardship that the owner is in now because of how the

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 the lots have developed in this area there are nine properties that take

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 access from a private access easement so no matter what the property owner could

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 do to subdivide even just to plot one lot they would still need a variance from

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 our requirements in order to perform that action additionally the easement

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 they are using does cross does cross several property lines so staff finds it

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 would be laborious and difficult on their part to try and secure that land

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 that would be needed to come into compliance and in the end probably also

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 requiring a variance but from another requirement about five lot maximums and

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 this combination of things leads staff to believe that the strict letter of our

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 subdivision regulations would make it particularly difficult for this

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 applicant to develop this property the third consideration that this variance

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 will not vary or change those guiding documents that help develop help guide

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 our city of Denton on the associated plot there is a right of way

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 reservation being established that would preserve the corridor for a future

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 primary arterial that the debt mobility plan identifies for this area the fourth

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 consider fourth and final consideration at the particular conditions creating the

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 need for this request are not the result of the owners actions so this is found

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 that this roughly general lot configuration of all these lot of

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 multiple lots off of this private road have been existence since at least 1987

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 well before this owner and as well as the Denton development code requirement

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 came into place along with that more than three residential lots are in

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 existence so the reason for the variance is not a result of the owner actions

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 itself therefore the staff is recommending approval of said subdivision

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 variance as it complies with the criteria but here to answer any questions

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 commissioners do you have any questions anything that you would like to discuss

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 regarding okay Commissioner McDuff do you have a motion yes I do I'd like to

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 make a motion to agree with the staff's recommendation for approval to

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 consider a request by Ron and Elizabeth Langham for approval of a subdivision

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 variance from the 2019 didn't development code okay Commissioner Garland yes and I

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 second the motion to approve the variance okay let's vote

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 that motion passed unanimously thank you we're gonna move to FP 25 - 30 consider

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 a request by landmark surveyors on behalf of Ron and Elizabeth Langham for

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 approval of a final plot for the same property for lots one through three block

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 a 697 the pecan Creek addition good evening again Matt burdening assistant

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00:44:21,720 --> 00:44:30,040
 planner here to present a request to approve a final plot for lots two through

444
00:44:30,040 --> 00:44:35,760
 three of the 697 pecan Creek addition I'm located in the city of Denton ZTJ

445
00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:40,880
 this is the same plot associated with the subdivision variance request that

446
00:44:40,880 --> 00:44:48,280
 you just approved in light of that staff is recommending approval of said plot

447
00:44:48,280 --> 00:44:56,240
 due to PNC approving the subdivision variance but here to answer any questions

448
00:44:56,240 --> 00:45:07,760
 do we have any questions discussion sorry I need to switch my screen back

449
00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:14,960
 Commissioner Macduff do you have a motion I've just made that motion thank

450
00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:21,360
 you chair Dyer I have a motion to approve this proposal this final plan

451
00:45:21,360 --> 00:45:28,580
 based on the approval of the variance okay and Commissioner Garland and I

452
00:45:28,580 --> 00:45:41,120
 second the approval okay we will move into a vote the motion passes thank you

453
00:45:41,120 --> 00:45:48,080
 now on to FP 25 - 27 we're going to consider a request by McAdams on behalf

454
00:45:48,080 --> 00:45:55,920
 of the property owner RDO equipment for a final plat of the RDO addition good

455
00:45:55,920 --> 00:46:00,160
 evening chair members of the Commission Ashley extended associate planner this

456
00:46:00,160 --> 00:46:04,640
 is a request for a final plat for the art RDO addition at this time staff

457
00:46:04,640 --> 00:46:08,540
 recommends denial as they do not meet the criteria for approval but we have no

458
00:46:08,540 --> 00:46:12,920
 objection to the requested extension to a date certain of October 22nd 2025

459
00:46:12,920 --> 00:46:21,920
 happy to answer any questions are there any questions or discussion no

460
00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:29,960
 do we have Commissioner Macduff yes I'd like to make a motion for approval for

461
00:46:29,960 --> 00:46:35,800
 a first extension for the request by McAdams on behalf of the property owner

462
00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:40,920
 RDO equipment for a final plant of the RDO edition and this would be an

463
00:46:40,920 --> 00:46:50,800
 extension to a date certain of October 22nd 2025 okay Commissioner Kertrussett I

464
00:46:50,800 --> 00:46:57,320
 second the motion for the extension to the October date okay we have we have a

465
00:46:57,320 --> 00:47:05,000
 motion and a second to approve the moving of the date to October 22nd which

466
00:47:05,000 --> 00:47:17,760
 we will vote on now and that motion passed now on to FP 25 - 28 we will

467
00:47:17,760 --> 00:47:21,640
 consider a request by man hard consulting on behalf of the property

468
00:47:21,640 --> 00:47:26,800
 owner Kana capital for a final plat of the reserve at Bush Creek I'm sorry brush

469
00:47:26,800 --> 00:47:31,440
 Creek good evening chair members of the Commission Angie Manglars development

470
00:47:31,440 --> 00:47:38,560
 review manager here to present FP 25 - 0 0 2 8 this is a final plat for

471
00:47:38,560 --> 00:47:42,920
 approximately 42 residential lots located at the northeast corner of

472
00:47:42,920 --> 00:47:48,080
 Fort Worth Drive and brush Creek Road the subject property is zoned PD at this

473
00:47:48,080 --> 00:47:51,360
 time they do not meet all of the requirements to recommend approval of

474
00:47:51,360 --> 00:47:54,800
 the final plot but staff has no objection to the recommended extension

475
00:47:54,800 --> 00:47:59,000
 to date certain of October 22nd I'm happy to answer any questions you all may

476
00:47:59,000 --> 00:48:10,000
 have do we have any questions any discussion okay

477
00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:16,160
 Commissioner McDuff yes elect to make a motion to approve the first extension of

478
00:48:16,160 --> 00:48:20,560
 a request for manner consulting on behalf of the property owner Kana

479
00:48:20,560 --> 00:48:26,800
 capital for a final plant of the reserve at brush Creek and this extension would

480
00:48:26,800 --> 00:48:34,280
 be to a date certain of October 22nd 2025 okay Commissioner Garland no second

481
00:48:34,280 --> 00:48:43,760
 the approval to move forward okay let's go ahead and vote on that that motion

482
00:48:43,760 --> 00:48:51,360
 passes we will now move into the public hearings portion of the evening we have

483
00:48:51,360 --> 00:48:56,040
 a few public hearings but our first one we're actually going to do a joint one

484
00:48:56,040 --> 00:49:04,240
 for Z 25 - 12 and Z 25 - 16 they both are regarding wreck making a

485
00:49:04,240 --> 00:49:10,120
 recommendation to City Council to request to rezone approximately an acre

486
00:49:10,120 --> 00:49:14,580
 of land from mixed-use neighborhood districts zoning district to suburban

487
00:49:14,580 --> 00:49:25,000
 corridor around the loop 288 service road north of Randall Street and I at this

488
00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:29,560
 time I would like to open up the public hearing good evening Aaron Stanley

489
00:49:29,560 --> 00:49:35,320
 assistant planner so this is a request to rezone two properties approximately one

490
00:49:35,320 --> 00:49:39,760
 acre each from mixed-use neighborhood zoning district to suburban corridor

491
00:49:39,760 --> 00:49:44,520
 district these properties throughout the presentation will be referenced as a and

492
00:49:44,520 --> 00:49:49,440
 B correlating to the items on your agenda they're both located south of

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00:49:49,440 --> 00:49:55,200
 loop 288 and north of Randall Street and west of East Sherman Drive and the

494
00:49:55,200 --> 00:49:58,440
 purpose of these requests are to facilitate development of commercial

495
00:49:58,440 --> 00:50:04,480
 uses consistent with adjacent existing zoning so to go over the current and

496
00:50:04,480 --> 00:50:08,300
 proposed zoning districts currently the sites are both zoned mixed-use

497
00:50:08,300 --> 00:50:12,560
 neighborhood district and be they are requesting a suburban corridor zoning

498
00:50:12,560 --> 00:50:18,120
 district a few different highlights of comparisons between the districts the

499
00:50:18,120 --> 00:50:22,880
 mixed-use neighborhood district is more pedestrian oriented for residential

500
00:50:22,880 --> 00:50:27,400
 commercial office and retail uses while the suburban corridor district is more

501
00:50:27,400 --> 00:50:33,360
 auto oriented it does however still provide the development standards would

502
00:50:33,360 --> 00:50:38,680
 provide a safe pedestrian and cyclist atmosphere even in that suburban

503
00:50:38,680 --> 00:50:43,240
 corridor district some dimensional standards between the two mixed-use

504
00:50:43,240 --> 00:50:47,240
 neighborhood has a front setback of 10 feet suburban corridor has a front

505
00:50:47,240 --> 00:50:53,160
 setback of 20 feet side yard setback of 5 and rear setback of 10 the big thing to

506
00:50:53,160 --> 00:50:56,920
 point out also is in the mixed-use neighborhood district a development

507
00:50:56,920 --> 00:51:00,640
 standard for that district is that buildings must be located close to the

508
00:51:00,640 --> 00:51:04,800
 street between 10 and 15 feet from the front setback or from the front property

509
00:51:04,800 --> 00:51:10,600
 line that would bring the building up close to loop 288 and be difficult to

510
00:51:10,600 --> 00:51:14,400
 align with the adjacent properties that are zoned suburban corridor those

511
00:51:14,400 --> 00:51:19,440
 properties are proposing front drive aisles that would be difficult to align

512
00:51:19,440 --> 00:51:23,680
 with if these two properties had to have their building closer to the street it

513
00:51:23,680 --> 00:51:28,480
 could also propose pedestrian safety issues trying to encourage people to be

514
00:51:28,480 --> 00:51:35,960
 closer to loop 288 criteria for approval this develop both of these requests do

515
00:51:35,960 --> 00:51:41,080
 meet both the general application criteria and zoning specific criteria for

516
00:51:41,080 --> 00:51:46,240
 approval the proposed zoning's are consistent with the SC purpose statement

517
00:51:46,240 --> 00:51:50,880
 both are generally consistent with the comprehensive plan goals and policies as

518
00:51:50,880 --> 00:51:53,680
 well as the future land use map designation which we will get into in a

519
00:51:53,680 --> 00:51:58,040
 second and the development plans would be required for these properties to move

520
00:51:58,040 --> 00:52:02,360
 forward and they must comply with all development code criteria and the

521
00:52:02,360 --> 00:52:06,280
 zoning's are not expected to generate significant adverse environmental

522
00:52:06,280 --> 00:52:13,000
 infrastructure or fiscal impacts that suburban corridor purpose statement does

523
00:52:13,000 --> 00:52:17,080
 state that the district shall provide moderate to high intensity commercial

524
00:52:17,080 --> 00:52:22,640
 office and retail use along major corridors which this does it also will

525
00:52:22,640 --> 00:52:26,400
 be required to provide that safe environmental or safe environment for

526
00:52:26,400 --> 00:52:31,720
 pedestrians and cyclists as I mentioned this location being on the corner of a

527
00:52:31,720 --> 00:52:36,520
 freeway and primary arterial is appropriate for suburban corridor and

528
00:52:36,520 --> 00:52:39,800
 development standards or standards will require that safe pedestrian atmosphere

529
00:52:39,800 --> 00:52:45,240
 as well the comprehensive plan designates both of these sites for

530
00:52:45,240 --> 00:52:49,360
 community mixed use development that's intended to provide a variety of uses

531
00:52:49,360 --> 00:52:53,480
 that support residential development but where commercial uses are predominant

532
00:52:53,480 --> 00:52:58,200
 the suburban corridor district conforms to this as well as other goals mentioned

533
00:52:58,200 --> 00:53:02,680
 below growing compactly in coordination with transportation and infrastructure

534
00:53:02,680 --> 00:53:08,160
 being that this is along a major freeway it is it does make sense to have this

535
00:53:08,160 --> 00:53:14,920
 district and would meet this goal and also would create new workplaces that

536
00:53:14,920 --> 00:53:19,800
 are close to residential properties to the south is a developing multifamily

537
00:53:19,800 --> 00:53:25,320
 site and to the west is an existing multifamily site and that would support

538
00:53:25,320 --> 00:53:34,760
 those residential uses notifications were conducted for both projects 255

539
00:53:34,760 --> 00:53:41,600
 mailed notices were sent out for the first item 5a and we did not receive any

540
00:53:41,600 --> 00:53:46,120
 responses in favor or opposition the applicants did hold a virtual meeting

541
00:53:46,120 --> 00:53:51,540
 for this project on month this past Monday no applicant no residents attended

542
00:53:51,540 --> 00:53:58,520
 the meeting 5b also was required to send out their notices and we did not receive

543
00:53:58,520 --> 00:54:02,960
 any responses in favor or opposition to my knowledge a meeting was not held for

544
00:54:02,960 --> 00:54:06,400
 this by the applicant that is a suggestion and in the development code

545
00:54:06,400 --> 00:54:12,240
 not a requirement for rezonings but that stuff is recommending approval of this

546
00:54:12,240 --> 00:54:17,520
 zoning change for both of the requests 5a and 5b and I'll be happy to answer

547
00:54:17,520 --> 00:54:23,700
 any questions before the public makes their comments commissioners do you have

548
00:54:23,700 --> 00:54:32,720
 any questions or discussion okay we will go ahead so far it looks like we have

549
00:54:32,720 --> 00:54:43,800
 one person that would like to speak on this I'm clay Christie you will have four

550
00:54:43,800 --> 00:54:48,520
 minutes to talk good evening Commission click Christie claim we're engineering

551
00:54:48,520 --> 00:54:54,360
 3231 Harwood Drive in Bedford we're actually the applicant here so I think

552
00:54:54,360 --> 00:54:57,560
 staff did a good job present presenting what they had for us for we are for

553
00:54:57,560 --> 00:55:02,720
 representing 5b here and we're just here for the rezoning and mainly if there's

554
00:55:02,720 --> 00:55:07,080
 any questions we're here to answer and as the applicant you actually get ten

555
00:55:07,080 --> 00:55:10,360
 minutes so if there's anything it's okay I tried to tell her whenever I handed it

556
00:55:10,360 --> 00:55:14,120
 to her that I was the applicant and they had it on here and I did not see it it's

557
00:55:14,120 --> 00:55:18,760
 my first time in this chair so thank you for your patience no no problem no no

558
00:55:18,760 --> 00:55:22,120
 questions at all I mean staff presented everything that we have I don't know

559
00:55:22,120 --> 00:55:24,800
 that I have a whole lot else to add we're definitely here for any questions

560
00:55:24,800 --> 00:55:31,080
 okay commissioners do you have any questions for the applicant okay I know

561
00:55:31,080 --> 00:55:34,720
 we have no other cards for this but is there anybody here in the public that

562
00:55:34,720 --> 00:55:44,800
 would like to address this agenda item okay for this agenda item we'll close

563
00:55:44,800 --> 00:55:52,960
 the public comments on that close the public hearing on that and any questions

564
00:55:52,960 --> 00:56:11,480
 or anything from commissioners okay commissioner catcher said my motion to

565
00:56:11,480 --> 00:56:18,280
 approve the Sony change as requested yeah and I think you have to do both of

566
00:56:18,280 --> 00:56:22,600
 them oh both of them we're gonna do one at a time okay so this will just be for

567
00:56:22,600 --> 00:56:34,440
 z25 0 0 1 2 yes I approve vote to approve okay motion do we have a second

568
00:56:34,440 --> 00:56:45,440
 commissioner Macduff yes I'll present a second to that motion to approve okay

569
00:56:45,440 --> 00:57:01,560
 we'll go ahead and vote on that and we have a four to zero motion passed

570
00:57:01,560 --> 00:57:11,920
 approval now for item number z25 - 16 do we have a motion for that recommendation

571
00:57:11,920 --> 00:57:33,400
 to City Council commissioner catcher said a motion to adopt these z25 0 0 16 be

572
00:57:33,400 --> 00:57:44,760
 as requested okay and Commissioner Garland I'll second the motion okay we'll

573
00:57:44,760 --> 00:57:57,600
 go ahead and vote on that and that one also passes unanimously okay moving on to

574
00:57:57,600 --> 00:58:06,920
 z25 - 0 0 11 we will now open the public hearing to consider making a

575
00:58:06,920 --> 00:58:11,120
 recommendation to City Council regarding a city initiated zoning change from

576
00:58:11,120 --> 00:58:16,760
 public facilities district to a mixed use downtown district on approximately one

577
00:58:16,760 --> 00:58:21,960
 point oh eight acres and from a mixed-use neighborhood to a mixed-use

578
00:58:21,960 --> 00:58:28,560
 downtown on approximately 42.62 acres good evening chair and members of the

579
00:58:28,560 --> 00:58:33,720
 Commission Sean Jacobson associate planner here to present z25 11 expanding

580
00:58:33,720 --> 00:58:41,000
 opportunities in southern downtown so I'm going to move forward this is a

581
00:58:41,000 --> 00:58:45,720
 request for a rezoning of approximately 43.7 acres from the current public

582
00:58:45,720 --> 00:58:50,120
 facilities and mixed-use neighborhood zoning to a mixed-use downtown district

583
00:58:50,120 --> 00:58:54,840
 zoning I'll start by giving y'all a little bit of history and background on

584
00:58:54,840 --> 00:59:00,680
 this area which I'll be referring to as southern downtown 2002 this area was

585
00:59:00,680 --> 00:59:05,400
 zoned downtown commercial general DCG same zoning is around the square we

586
00:59:05,400 --> 00:59:10,800
 essentially had one zoning for the majority of the core of downtown in 2010

587
00:59:10,800 --> 00:59:15,800
 we passed the downtown implementation plan and that boundary that drew a

588
00:59:15,800 --> 00:59:19,920
 boundary around kind of a more central core part of downtown around the square

589
00:59:19,920 --> 00:59:24,320
 which excluded the southern downtown that was in part because much of the

590
00:59:24,320 --> 00:59:27,760
 southern downtown at the time was covered by a floodplain so additional

591
00:59:27,760 --> 00:59:31,120
 development in that area was not anticipated because the floodplain

592
00:59:31,120 --> 00:59:37,000
 essentially presented prevented any new development or redevelopment based on

593
00:59:37,000 --> 00:59:43,640
 that D tip border that was drawn in 2019 when we had the citywide zoning

594
00:59:43,640 --> 00:59:47,480
 transition to a whole new set of zoning districts that southern downtown area

595
00:59:47,480 --> 00:59:52,280
 did not transition to the new mixed-use downtown zoning so the area around the

596
00:59:52,280 --> 00:59:57,960
 square within that kind of core boundary that went to mixed use downtown but in

597
00:59:57,960 --> 01:00:05,480
 downtown instead transition to mixed-use neighborhood the change that occurred

598
01:00:05,480 --> 01:00:10,720
 after that in 2024 was that the city did a project to remove the southern

599
01:00:10,720 --> 01:00:16,880
 downtown from the floodplain that took away the barrier hat that had existed to

600
01:00:16,880 --> 01:00:21,000
 those properties redeveloping developing with new uses and created an

601
01:00:21,000 --> 01:00:26,320
 opportunity at that point we got to the design downtown Denton plan process in

602
01:00:26,320 --> 01:00:33,440
 2024 this process identified we have a great opportunity here this southern

603
01:00:33,440 --> 01:00:37,280
 downtown area is now out of the floodplain and it has the opportunity to

604
01:00:37,280 --> 01:00:42,040
 develop more in line with the rest of downtown we got community responses from

605
01:00:42,040 --> 01:00:45,240
 our engagement efforts that indicated desire for more businesses and more

606
01:00:45,240 --> 01:00:49,680
 focus on that area south of the square there was an opportunity with the flood

607
01:00:49,680 --> 01:00:54,480
 plan removal and a need for more going down in that area so we respond to that

608
01:00:54,480 --> 01:00:58,900
 in the design downtown Denton plan which was approved by City Council with two

609
01:00:58,900 --> 01:01:03,400
 key recommendations one of those 3a was that we moved towards a future southern

610
01:01:03,400 --> 01:01:07,260
 downtown with new housing shops restaurants and potentially a city park

611
01:01:07,260 --> 01:01:14,360
 in the area the other recommendation 3d was that in order to implement this

612
01:01:14,360 --> 01:01:21,260
 staff analyze whether we should rezone that area that southern downtown to MD

613
01:01:21,260 --> 01:01:27,800
 and essentially restore the downtown zoning that it had had up until 2019 so

614
01:01:27,800 --> 01:01:31,800
 staff went ahead and analyzed the area came back with the recommendation that

615
01:01:31,800 --> 01:01:37,440
 it did in fact make sense to rezone this area to MD it would expand development

616
01:01:37,440 --> 01:01:41,280
 opportunity and flexibility for property owners respond to that community desire

617
01:01:41,280 --> 01:01:45,960
 to see more attention more life more activity in that area and it would be

618
01:01:45,960 --> 01:01:50,480
 that first step to implement the design downtown didn't envision future southern

619
01:01:50,480 --> 01:01:55,680
 downtown however we do want to go into more detail about that analysis to

620
01:01:55,680 --> 01:02:00,440
 clarify why this makes sense for this area so first off what does it mean to

621
01:02:00,440 --> 01:02:05,000
 transition to MD from MN so mixed use downtown biggest thing is it allows

622
01:02:05,000 --> 01:02:09,960
 property owners to use more of their lots so within MD you have a somewhat

623
01:02:09,960 --> 01:02:16,640
 lower requirement for landscape a higher building coverage permitted for

624
01:02:16,640 --> 01:02:20,200
 commercial uses you're not required to provide a minimum parking so there's

625
01:02:20,200 --> 01:02:23,280
 more freedom for an owner decide how much parking they need for their use

626
01:02:23,280 --> 01:02:28,480
 similarly for smaller residential so townhomes and multifamily under 10 units

627
01:02:28,480 --> 01:02:32,200
 again they're not held to a mandatory parking requirement there's more

628
01:02:32,200 --> 01:02:36,560
 flexibility that allows you to develop on a smaller lot more easily so it's

629
01:02:36,560 --> 01:02:41,000
 providing more flexibility does also allow more height on those lots

630
01:02:41,000 --> 01:02:45,440
 essentially it's allowing a greater level of density and more flexibility for

631
01:02:45,440 --> 01:02:51,800
 the property owners to develop in a more downtown way just for example right now

632
01:02:51,800 --> 01:02:56,600
 under MN you would have to provide a buffer between a multifamily use and a

633
01:02:56,600 --> 01:02:59,480
 commercial use which in a downtown setting really doesn't make any sense

634
01:02:59,480 --> 01:03:02,320
 why would you be putting a hole you know a fence and some landscaping between

635
01:03:02,320 --> 01:03:06,520
 those things to downtown area with the MD zoning that requirement goes away in

636
01:03:06,520 --> 01:03:12,400
 this area is free develop more like the lots north of it it's always important

637
01:03:12,400 --> 01:03:15,520
 to look at our comprehensive plan and what that's saying about the area the

638
01:03:15,520 --> 01:03:19,560
 future land use map for this area indicates that its future land use is

639
01:03:19,560 --> 01:03:24,920
 downtown Denton it's actually the most appropriate zoning for this area is MD

640
01:03:24,920 --> 01:03:29,680
 mixed use downtown likely the only reason that it hasn't been that all along

641
01:03:29,680 --> 01:03:34,320
 was because of that floodplain which is now no longer in the way it does also

642
01:03:34,320 --> 01:03:37,920
 align with some of the other goals or help us to move towards some of the

643
01:03:37,920 --> 01:03:41,440
 other goals in our comprehensive plan the comprehensive plan encourages

644
01:03:41,440 --> 01:03:47,760
 compact development reinvestment in our key corridors and diversifying the uses

645
01:03:47,760 --> 01:03:51,120
 downtown so different types of commercial you notice we have a number

646
01:03:51,120 --> 01:03:56,080
 of corridors going through this area Elm Street Locust Street this is helping us

647
01:03:56,080 --> 01:03:59,800
 enable property owners to invest more use their properties to a greater extent

648
01:03:59,800 --> 01:04:03,960
 along those key corridors this is an area where we have strong infrastructure

649
01:04:03,960 --> 01:04:08,120
 already much of it recently upgraded again this is where we want to see that

650
01:04:08,120 --> 01:04:11,260
 denser development occurring where we already have the infrastructure in place

651
01:04:11,260 --> 01:04:15,760
 to support it very much in line with our comprehensive plans goals similarly with

652
01:04:15,760 --> 01:04:20,240
 our sound growth principles we want to encourage reinvestment and infill in a

653
01:04:20,240 --> 01:04:24,240
 historically underutilized area again this is enabling making it easier for

654
01:04:24,240 --> 01:04:27,240
 property owners to make some of those investments and get a better return on

655
01:04:27,240 --> 01:04:31,800
 it it's also consistent with our housing goals in the Denton 2040 plan and in the

656
01:04:31,800 --> 01:04:35,560
 design downtown Denton plan we want to encourage more people to live downtown

657
01:04:35,560 --> 01:04:39,720
 so that they can support businesses there again because this does not

658
01:04:39,720 --> 01:04:44,720
 require parking for multifamily up to 10 units because it has some of those

659
01:04:44,720 --> 01:04:51,040
 reduced standards for landscaping and crucially multifamily is not required to

660
01:04:51,040 --> 01:04:54,480
 provide an open space on each individual a lot this makes it much easier

661
01:04:54,480 --> 01:05:00,360
 potentially to develop townhomes smaller multifamily in this area versus what it

662
01:05:00,360 --> 01:05:04,800
 is now under MN so again more opportunities to create diverse housing

663
01:05:04,800 --> 01:05:10,000
 opportunities in our downtown we also want to consider though are there adverse

664
01:05:10,000 --> 01:05:14,680
 impacts and have we minimized those our height transition buffer is a key part

665
01:05:14,680 --> 01:05:19,440
 of the DDC that's remains in place and that limits how close you can build a

666
01:05:19,440 --> 01:05:24,400
 very tall building next to a residential home in a residentially zoned area sets

667
01:05:24,400 --> 01:05:28,640
 a limit of you have to be 50 feet away if you're going to build any higher than

668
01:05:28,640 --> 01:05:33,400
 the adjacent residential zoning district so again that protection for single

669
01:05:33,400 --> 01:05:38,200
 family uses use buffers are still in place between any commercial or

670
01:05:38,200 --> 01:05:42,400
 multifamily building and a single-family home so again that protection is

671
01:05:42,400 --> 01:05:47,240
 required that spacing for single-family homes we also need to think about the

672
01:05:47,240 --> 01:05:52,400
 impact on existing uses and I really want emphasize this our DDC protections

673
01:05:52,400 --> 01:05:59,540
 mean that no currently existing legal use business or otherwise would have to

674
01:05:59,540 --> 01:06:04,360
 stop operating because of this everyone can continue to operate just as they

675
01:06:04,360 --> 01:06:08,600
 have before whether use was non-conforming before it's made

676
01:06:08,600 --> 01:06:12,520
 non-conforming by this regardless everything that is currently legally

677
01:06:12,520 --> 01:06:16,680
 existing can continue to exist and operate as it did we also want to

678
01:06:16,680 --> 01:06:21,040
 specifically address single-family residential it is true that within the MD

679
01:06:21,040 --> 01:06:24,480
 zoning district single-family residential is not normally a permitted

680
01:06:24,480 --> 01:06:29,000
 use however we recognize that we have quite a bit of existing single-family in

681
01:06:29,000 --> 01:06:32,640
 this area and we don't want to have an impact on those so this ordinance has

682
01:06:32,640 --> 01:06:36,600
 been specifically written to protect single-family housing so that any

683
01:06:36,600 --> 01:06:40,880
 single-family residential that would be rezoned to continue just as it has and

684
01:06:40,880 --> 01:06:45,180
 not only that if you wanted to say tear it down and build a new house there you

685
01:06:45,180 --> 01:06:49,360
 could do that nothing would change you can expand it invest in it for

686
01:06:49,360 --> 01:06:55,440
 single-family residential there would be no change to this ordinance it's always

687
01:06:55,440 --> 01:06:59,120
 important that we do our public outreach so we sent out our standard mailings as

688
01:06:59,120 --> 01:07:04,520
 well as posting signs we did receive four responses in opposition and ten in

689
01:07:04,520 --> 01:07:10,680
 favor we also as I mentioned hosted two neighborhood meetings in May 2025 the

690
01:07:10,680 --> 01:07:14,140
 attendees at both of those meetings expressed unanimous support for the

691
01:07:14,140 --> 01:07:18,440
 rezoning and we did also present this to planning and zoning Commission in a work

692
01:07:18,440 --> 01:07:22,200
 session planning zone Commission indicated support for the rezoning at

693
01:07:22,200 --> 01:07:27,560
 that time so with that staff does recommend approval of the rezoning with

694
01:07:27,560 --> 01:07:31,800
 the condition presented in your backup that is my presentation happy to stand

695
01:07:31,800 --> 01:07:34,360
 for any questions

696
01:07:34,360 --> 01:07:39,520
 commissioners does anybody have any questions

697
01:07:40,200 --> 01:07:46,080
 Commissioner McDuff mr. Jacobson I just want to make sure that what I'm hearing

698
01:07:46,080 --> 01:07:50,480
 you say and I've asked this question that it would not affect the current

699
01:07:50,480 --> 01:07:57,400
 single-family residential dwellings and it would not affect the current building

700
01:07:57,400 --> 01:08:04,080
 employment opportunities that are currently available in this area yes so

701
01:08:04,080 --> 01:08:08,680
 for single-family residential absolutely nothing changes for any existing

702
01:08:08,680 --> 01:08:14,280
 business they can continue to operate as they have if a user business were to be

703
01:08:14,280 --> 01:08:17,600
 made non-conforming they can nonetheless continue to operate they can sell that

704
01:08:17,600 --> 01:08:21,720
 business to another business that business can continue to operate it the

705
01:08:21,720 --> 01:08:25,720
 only limitation would be on potentially the ability to expand so they would not

706
01:08:25,720 --> 01:08:32,960
 have to cease operation they would not I have a couple questions first off I want

707
01:08:32,960 --> 01:08:37,560
 to state that there was an e-comment that was in favor of this as well that

708
01:08:37,560 --> 01:08:43,040
 the city received so we want to note that first question is the four in

709
01:08:43,040 --> 01:08:48,400
 opposition do you know what they're did they state what they were opposing with

710
01:08:48,400 --> 01:08:53,960
 why they were in opposition to this in some cases there was believe some

711
01:08:53,960 --> 01:08:58,800
 concern about the effect on existing businesses in the area one of those four

712
01:08:58,800 --> 01:09:03,240
 I have had a conversation with the applicant by the time we were done he'd

713
01:09:03,240 --> 01:09:07,760
 essentially determined in fact we were going to make it more possible for to do

714
01:09:07,760 --> 01:09:10,960
 what he wanted to do but he hadn't necessarily rescinded that opposition at

715
01:09:10,960 --> 01:09:15,840
 the time okay and then my other question and this is just more personal but a

716
01:09:15,840 --> 01:09:23,720
 little history behind this you said this wasn't a flood flood zone how did that

717
01:09:23,720 --> 01:09:29,120
 get removed like was there a rerouting of a body of water is that now this has

718
01:09:29,120 --> 01:09:33,980
 the flood zone designation been taken off these properties what's the what's the

719
01:09:33,980 --> 01:09:39,680
 history behind this great question yes the city in fact executed a multi

720
01:09:39,680 --> 01:09:43,880
 million dollar peck for project to take what was the floodplain and put very

721
01:09:43,880 --> 01:09:47,760
 large pipes under the ground there to completely remove that floodplain from

722
01:09:47,760 --> 01:09:52,360
 the area so yeah that was that was a very significant change okay thank you

723
01:09:52,360 --> 01:10:02,800
 any other questions yes it completed that stage of it is there will be

724
01:10:02,800 --> 01:10:10,000
 another one to remove even more of downtown from the floodplain thank you

725
01:10:10,000 --> 01:10:16,920
 okay we need to close the public hearing oh we can oh sorry we have not even had

726
01:10:16,920 --> 01:10:23,920
 the public thank you I'm so sorry okay um we have a few people that would like

727
01:10:23,920 --> 01:10:37,040
 to speak Hugo Cruz I think you filled out two of these yes man so mr. Cruz you

728
01:10:37,040 --> 01:10:42,280
 you only get to speak for one and you'll get four minutes okay that's fine okay

729
01:10:42,280 --> 01:10:47,520
 thank you okay well the reason we are here is because I mean we've been

730
01:10:47,520 --> 01:10:52,520
 having our business for more than 30 years serving to Denton community

731
01:10:52,520 --> 01:10:57,880
 people and it's a ways until you know service then and then Tony the most

732
01:10:57,880 --> 01:11:03,480
 beautiful place actually we actually we'd be leaving I mean it's amazing I

733
01:11:03,480 --> 01:11:08,560
 would change them from for no other place but I mean the situation right now

734
01:11:08,560 --> 01:11:15,160
 is you know all the things I mean they trying to do constructions of all the

735
01:11:15,160 --> 01:11:19,640
 the houses around apartments and everything I mean that's fine but the

736
01:11:19,640 --> 01:11:25,360
 only problem about is why they have to actually destroy some little business

737
01:11:25,360 --> 01:11:30,560
 we've been actually working for more than 30 years and also they need to

738
01:11:30,560 --> 01:11:38,560
 think about this our retirement plans on my on my case my wife is already

739
01:11:38,560 --> 01:11:42,440
 retirement I will be retirement pretty soon so who's gonna pay my retirement

740
01:11:42,440 --> 01:11:46,280
 plan they're gonna do it building all those things around and they're gonna

741
01:11:46,280 --> 01:11:50,920
 provide me all that stuff like that and I've always been thinking I mean there's

742
01:11:50,920 --> 01:11:54,080
 nothing wrong with that but I mean if they're gonna start you know taking

743
01:11:54,080 --> 01:11:58,960
 people away just because they want to make business around here in Denton I

744
01:11:58,960 --> 01:12:02,920
 mean that's fine if they agree that's fine but they're gonna be destroying

745
01:12:02,920 --> 01:12:07,720
 families taking their business away legacy for their own kids and everything

746
01:12:07,720 --> 01:12:13,280
 I mean then to get a lot of you know Lance around here and by the way you

747
01:12:13,280 --> 01:12:17,520
 know on eagle they build those apartments and everything and I don't

748
01:12:17,520 --> 01:12:20,840
 want to tell you this but you know how many actually being happy because it's

749
01:12:20,840 --> 01:12:25,280
 just close to the street and this what they actually start doing it but all

750
01:12:25,280 --> 01:12:31,440
 what I want to know is how is that gonna affect my business that's my question on

751
01:12:31,440 --> 01:12:37,840
 five to five side M Street and sir what is your business what what business do

752
01:12:37,840 --> 01:12:49,260
 you run do you know I don't sell LHC okay okay we will have this we will have

753
01:12:49,260 --> 01:12:52,360
 Mr. Jacobson come back up and he will address that shape thank you very much

754
01:12:52,360 --> 01:13:03,200
 thank you guys happy to address that so right now under the current zoning auto

755
01:13:03,200 --> 01:13:10,680
 sales is not a permitted use however it is protected as non-conforming uses the

756
01:13:10,680 --> 01:13:17,300
 terminology we used to use was grandfathered in so right now it is not

757
01:13:17,300 --> 01:13:20,700
 permitted but it can continue operating just it has if this zoning change goes

758
01:13:20,700 --> 01:13:25,880
 through nothing changes exactly the same situation not technically permitted but

759
01:13:25,880 --> 01:13:29,640
 protected under non-conforming continue to operate can be sold to someone else

760
01:13:29,640 --> 01:13:35,320
 they can operate this has no impact so mr. Cruz could sell his business he

761
01:13:35,320 --> 01:13:39,520
 could pass it down to his children to continue to run it if he wanted to

762
01:13:39,520 --> 01:13:51,320
 absolutely okay did you want to say anything else mr. Cruz you need to come up here to the mics please

763
01:13:51,320 --> 01:13:57,960
 state your name and your address so my father has two so five eleven locusts and

764
01:13:57,960 --> 01:14:02,520
 six eleven south locusts or six eleven locusts and your name Jennifer Cruz

765
01:14:02,520 --> 01:14:08,320
 sorry so I am the daughter but one of the things I wanted to express is I have

766
01:14:08,320 --> 01:14:13,720
 been born and raised in Denton all my life like all my life so I feel like I

767
01:14:13,720 --> 01:14:17,640
 submitted one of the requests I think it was to him I feel like a score didn't

768
01:14:17,640 --> 01:14:21,040
 nice I just don't want to feel like we've been run out one of the things I

769
01:14:21,040 --> 01:14:25,560
 fell in love with didn't is the small town feel and that's kind of going away

770
01:14:25,560 --> 01:14:30,320
 it's being overcrowded over-trafficated I even tell my sister all the time it

771
01:14:30,320 --> 01:14:34,120
 feels like it's little Dallas now you know so those are the things that I'm

772
01:14:34,120 --> 01:14:37,880
 just concerned about aside from losing the business like my dad said that's his

773
01:14:37,880 --> 01:14:42,260
 retirement plan that's something he is gonna pass over to us so I just want to

774
01:14:42,260 --> 01:14:47,120
 make sure that one the original business that actually helped grow Denton and our

775
01:14:47,120 --> 01:14:51,280
 family oriented don't get affected but also we don't get overcrowding because

776
01:14:51,280 --> 01:14:55,800
 first like a while they had construction there on the street that affected our

777
01:14:55,800 --> 01:14:59,240
 business we've literally lost a lot of business because they couldn't even

778
01:14:59,240 --> 01:15:02,480
 enter our way I want to make sure that's not something that's gonna happen with

779
01:15:02,480 --> 01:15:09,360
 both of our locations mr. Jacobson would you like to address potential future

780
01:15:09,360 --> 01:15:20,120
 construction I know that's hard like I can make an effort certainly we have no

781
01:15:20,120 --> 01:15:24,960
 intention with this this is not designed for any particular project this is

782
01:15:24,960 --> 01:15:28,800
 designed simply to create opportunities for all property owners in the area if

783
01:15:28,800 --> 01:15:37,600
 they wish to redevelop develop adaptive labor use that may involve construction

784
01:15:37,600 --> 01:15:41,840
 at some point I will note that on Elm and Locust both of those projects have

785
01:15:41,840 --> 01:15:46,640
 recently been redone by textile and so we don't anticipate significant future

786
01:15:46,640 --> 01:15:50,760
 construction on either of those roadways but beyond that I really can't speak to

787
01:15:50,760 --> 01:15:54,880
 future construction one way or the other okay do either of you have any other

788
01:15:54,880 --> 01:16:04,600
 questions for mr. Jacobson okay I also have one from Kristen Bigley

789
01:16:04,600 --> 01:16:18,160
 please state your name and address good evening I'm Kristen Kendrick Bigley

790
01:16:18,160 --> 01:16:26,000
 address is 4004 Vineyard Way I am the director at the UNT collab on 207 North

791
01:16:26,000 --> 01:16:30,000
 Elm Street I've been there five years and been very involved in the downtown

792
01:16:30,000 --> 01:16:34,080
 community since taking that role the last two years have actually served as

793
01:16:34,080 --> 01:16:37,400
 president of the Denton Main Street Association and that's really why I'm

794
01:16:37,400 --> 01:16:42,160
 speaking is on behalf of that organization and our participation in the

795
01:16:42,160 --> 01:16:47,280
 whole design downtown didn't plan throughout last year so we really were

796
01:16:47,280 --> 01:16:53,280
 strong participants our board our members were in you know engaging with

797
01:16:53,280 --> 01:16:59,080
 any of those sessions that the design downtown didn't plan had with the public

798
01:16:59,080 --> 01:17:05,160
 we gave feedback we were involved in the presentation to City Council to also

799
01:17:05,160 --> 01:17:10,240
 approve the design downtown didn't plan we are in support of this redevelopment

800
01:17:10,240 --> 01:17:16,520
 for property owners for business owners to help bring more to downtown that will

801
01:17:16,520 --> 01:17:22,120
 help build and sustain that for the long term so that South corridor area is a

802
01:17:22,120 --> 01:17:27,080
 huge area development that is underutilized right now and to allow the

803
01:17:27,080 --> 01:17:30,680
 zoning to change in a way that will allow those properties to be developed

804
01:17:30,680 --> 01:17:35,760
 to bring in more business and residential kind of coexisting

805
01:17:35,760 --> 01:17:39,880
 seamlessly together where you have a coffee shop downstairs you know you've

806
01:17:39,880 --> 01:17:44,560
 got residential above you get that density they're close to all three

807
01:17:44,560 --> 01:17:54,400
 universities it becomes a very a very what's the word just vibrant community

808
01:17:54,400 --> 01:18:00,000
 and space for people to exist if we you know can look further to developing some

809
01:18:00,000 --> 01:18:03,480
 green space in that area so we have Quaker town in the north and then we

810
01:18:03,480 --> 01:18:09,760
 have a South Denton Park you can imagine dogs being walked you have areas for

811
01:18:09,760 --> 01:18:16,280
 young families to go out and play you can navigate the downtown area bicycle

812
01:18:16,280 --> 01:18:22,160
 walking other ways and it just becomes a kind of community within a community

813
01:18:22,160 --> 01:18:26,400
 that really provides all that you need so where you don't have to get in your

814
01:18:26,400 --> 01:18:31,040
 car and drive out to this urban areas very often and that's what we're really

815
01:18:31,040 --> 01:18:36,000
 trying to do here is develop a vibrant downtown where everyone can live and

816
01:18:36,000 --> 01:18:40,440
 work and play and have an entertainment district and do all of these great

817
01:18:40,440 --> 01:18:46,200
 things together so we are in support of the rezone of the South downtown area to

818
01:18:46,200 --> 01:18:55,160
 allow for this mixed-use development thank you um those are all the

819
01:18:55,160 --> 01:18:59,360
 individuals that have filled out a card but is there anybody in the audience if

820
01:18:59,360 --> 01:19:03,560
 you would like to come up just please make sure to state your name and your

821
01:19:03,560 --> 01:19:08,040
 address and then I think they still want you to get a card and fill it out for

822
01:19:08,040 --> 01:19:12,920
 the record please my name is Martha Wallard I hope y'all can hear me I can't

823
01:19:12,920 --> 01:19:18,960
 hear anything in here but I own a property on 301 South Locust I was not

824
01:19:18,960 --> 01:19:25,800
 informed about this and I'd like first of all to know who is the developer who

825
01:19:25,800 --> 01:19:32,100
 is planning all of this is this a city idea or is this a private individual who

826
01:19:32,100 --> 01:19:37,600
 wants to take over the downtown area and put high-rises and whatever else

827
01:19:37,600 --> 01:19:43,400
 congestion we can have down there is this a way to raise taxes for the city

828
01:19:43,400 --> 01:19:49,800
 what is what's the real decision behind this number two if you are going to

829
01:19:49,800 --> 01:19:56,720
 approve this I would like personally to have a guarantee for all all of the

830
01:19:56,720 --> 01:20:02,680
 businesses that have been working and residents like this gentleman who there

831
01:20:02,680 --> 01:20:08,000
 is a nice little group of houses in this neighborhood that have most of them are

832
01:20:08,000 --> 01:20:14,280
 being bulldozed down for not one but many apartments way too many apartments

833
01:20:14,280 --> 01:20:21,080
 I've been in Denton since 1956 and the town has changed dramatically for the

834
01:20:21,080 --> 01:20:27,440
 worst and I'm sorry to say that and actually I'm very sorry but I want

835
01:20:27,440 --> 01:20:33,980
 something in writing I didn't get any notification on this that if anybody who

836
01:20:33,980 --> 01:20:39,980
 has a business in this neighborhood or has a residence in this before you come

837
01:20:39,980 --> 01:20:44,760
 in and bulldoze down our little neighborhood that these people get to

838
01:20:44,760 --> 01:20:51,840
 stay and stay most of these people have had businesses there for 20 25 years and

839
01:20:51,840 --> 01:20:58,000
 it is totally unfair to have them uprooted for a Starbucks or another

840
01:20:58,000 --> 01:21:04,400
 tattoo shop or what are their other little trendy item that you want to have

841
01:21:04,400 --> 01:21:11,360
 put in to welcome a student and it's a real shame I mean when Davis Bakery can't

842
01:21:11,360 --> 01:21:17,720
 even it's been sitting idle for months for years because nobody can afford to

843
01:21:17,720 --> 01:21:23,360
 rent it what makes us think that these big high rises are going to make a

844
01:21:23,360 --> 01:21:29,320
 difference so I hope you'll consider this 75 year old person who's been in

845
01:21:29,320 --> 01:21:36,920
 debt in a long time and that wants to preserve what little history we have

846
01:21:36,920 --> 01:21:44,280
 mr. Keith I hope you've heard this Hillary Erica and the rest of you thank

847
01:21:44,280 --> 01:21:51,120
 you very much thank you are that before I send it back to mr. Jacobson for her

848
01:21:51,120 --> 01:21:58,480
 questions is there any other person that would like go ahead

849
01:22:06,920 --> 01:22:15,320
 my name is Barbara Shaw I live at 309 Stroud Street and I have been in Denton

850
01:22:15,320 --> 01:22:22,920
 since I started nursing school back in 73 it's same house my big concern with

851
01:22:22,920 --> 01:22:27,280
 all of this is I know that we need to expand I won't be here probably who

852
01:22:27,280 --> 01:22:34,400
 knows for how many years let God decide but what's happening to our area on

853
01:22:34,400 --> 01:22:41,800
 Stroud sycamore the construction that is going on right now on Hickory Street and

854
01:22:41,800 --> 01:22:47,600
 the credit union and with the gas companies coming through and changing

855
01:22:47,600 --> 01:22:55,120
 everything we have had major traffic that is just we're being annihilated with

856
01:22:55,120 --> 01:23:00,400
 it it's unbelievable the traffic that comes through the road is in such

857
01:23:00,400 --> 01:23:09,040
 disrepair right now and nobody when you try to contact somebody like we had

858
01:23:09,040 --> 01:23:17,240
 Atmos come in and they went ahead and re did the pipes they left our place in a

859
01:23:17,240 --> 01:23:23,080
 total mess I had a two-foot drop-off that people were tripping over that I

860
01:23:23,080 --> 01:23:28,560
 have to contact people all the time to say you need to fix this I think that

861
01:23:28,560 --> 01:23:34,080
 you guys should take you know a ride down our street on Pierce prayer not

862
01:23:34,080 --> 01:23:39,680
 Pierce because that's nice and smooth now so is prairie a little bit but hit

863
01:23:39,680 --> 01:23:47,200
 Stroud and sycamore and see what all of this is done and my concern is even like

864
01:23:47,200 --> 01:23:52,280
 when we had the Jazz Fest here the Blues Fest we had parking on our street what's

865
01:23:52,280 --> 01:23:58,820
 going to happen when everything really starts to come into play my main

866
01:23:58,820 --> 01:24:05,360
 concern is that any time something is done especially like this 20-foot area

867
01:24:05,360 --> 01:24:10,480
 that's on Hickory to sycamore street where they're throwing up these

868
01:24:10,480 --> 01:24:21,560
 apartments that there's no place to go to utilize a fairway of one area to just

869
01:24:21,560 --> 01:24:26,080
 like Hickory Street you can't have all these construction cars going down there

870
01:24:26,080 --> 01:24:30,440
 because of the businesses and how it takes so long to go through so you're

871
01:24:30,440 --> 01:24:36,360
 using our areas to cut through and these people are not friendly they're coming

872
01:24:36,360 --> 01:24:42,640
 from Fort Worth these companies who are redoing they don't care they go down you

873
01:24:42,640 --> 01:24:49,440
 know 60 miles an hour down our street we've had animals killed we've you know

874
01:24:49,440 --> 01:24:55,900
 thank God we don't have children anymore on the area but it's just it's a menace

875
01:24:55,900 --> 01:25:03,840
 and it shouldn't be so I don't know we talked about this and we said we'd get

876
01:25:03,840 --> 01:25:08,880
 back with it and to see about how this is all going to re-effect you know or

877
01:25:08,880 --> 01:25:16,400
 affect our area as far as parking goes and is it slowly we see this area being

878
01:25:16,400 --> 01:25:24,080
 taken over slowly I'm with her I wanted him writing that you know that we can

879
01:25:24,080 --> 01:25:30,640
 stay as it is but let's get the traffic taken care of let's get the streets I

880
01:25:30,640 --> 01:25:35,680
 can tell you if we were in Montecito or Southridge this wouldn't have happened

881
01:25:35,680 --> 01:25:42,520
 this would not have happened but of course we're not building high-rises over

882
01:25:42,520 --> 01:25:50,680
 there but still you're gonna leave that area clean neat the minute you do it so

883
01:25:50,680 --> 01:25:57,040
 why not us okay thank you for your comment is there anybody else from the

884
01:25:57,040 --> 01:26:02,560
 public that would like to say something mr. Jacobson would you like to address

885
01:26:02,560 --> 01:26:08,200
 the items that both individuals brought up please absolutely and I tried to

886
01:26:08,200 --> 01:26:12,840
 write them down in so in case you know we'll make sure to hit them I appreciate

887
01:26:12,840 --> 01:26:18,000
 you can let me know if there's any that I missed first off on the 301 South

888
01:26:18,000 --> 01:26:24,120
 Locust property that is actually currently zoned MD so nothing will change

889
01:26:24,120 --> 01:26:29,280
 for that property standing exactly the same in regard to single-family existing

890
01:26:29,280 --> 01:26:33,400
 single-family uses and putting that in writing I actually completely and

891
01:26:33,400 --> 01:26:37,440
 totally agree which is why I put it in writing in this ordinance that

892
01:26:37,440 --> 01:26:42,080
 absolutely nothing will change for any single-family home in this area there

893
01:26:42,080 --> 01:26:48,060
 they'll be able to continue just as they have they can sell it expand it you

894
01:26:48,060 --> 01:26:53,340
 wanted to so that guarantee is in the ordinance yes I wrote it myself if it

895
01:26:53,340 --> 01:26:56,160
 burned to the ground you want to build it right back up you could do that too

896
01:26:56,160 --> 01:27:01,120
 and to change it that would be another bringing it forth to planning and zoning

897
01:27:01,120 --> 01:27:07,520
 yes and then City Council the whole the process yes that is correct that is correct and

898
01:27:07,520 --> 01:27:11,600
 similarly for any businesses operating that is part of our nonconformity

899
01:27:11,600 --> 01:27:17,640
 protections that they can continue to operate really the only limitation is

900
01:27:17,640 --> 01:27:22,400
 that there may be limitation on the ability to expand it but continue to

901
01:27:22,400 --> 01:27:27,680
 operate be sold and operated by someone else into the future I can't necessarily

902
01:27:27,680 --> 01:27:35,320
 speak to at miss or street repair but certainly I would hope that would be

903
01:27:35,320 --> 01:27:41,880
 handled better in the future yes so one individual said she was not notified

904
01:27:41,880 --> 01:27:47,840
 okay so can you kind of explain the notification and maybe if she was missed

905
01:27:47,840 --> 01:27:52,360
 how that could have happened or absolutely so we our goal was to send

906
01:27:52,360 --> 01:27:56,620
 out a notification to every property owner within the boundary as well as

907
01:27:56,620 --> 01:28:03,340
 within 200 feet we rely on the appraisal districts certified addresses and we do

908
01:28:03,340 --> 01:28:07,680
 our best to send that as well as postcards to utility customers out to

909
01:28:07,680 --> 01:28:12,600
 500 feet occasionally letters will come back because the post office has said

910
01:28:12,600 --> 01:28:15,720
 they for some reason the address didn't work for them or occasionally what the

911
01:28:15,720 --> 01:28:19,800
 appraisal district gives us doesn't get to where we want to we do make every

912
01:28:19,800 --> 01:28:23,640
 effort but it is possible that that can happen and I did just remember the other

913
01:28:23,640 --> 01:28:29,240
 thing I wanted to address because I remember hearing this there is no private

914
01:28:29,240 --> 01:28:33,120
 developer planning any specific project here and in fact the city doesn't

915
01:28:33,120 --> 01:28:37,640
 necessarily have any exact project either what we're wanting to do is

916
01:28:37,640 --> 01:28:43,720
 simply make it easier for each property owner if they chose to develop to give

917
01:28:43,720 --> 01:28:48,000
 them more freedom to do that however they see fit long term of course the

918
01:28:48,000 --> 01:28:51,960
 vision is to see in the southern downtown area more things for people to

919
01:28:51,960 --> 01:28:55,360
 enjoy that live there and the opportunity for more folks to enjoy it

920
01:28:55,360 --> 01:28:59,720
 and live there but there is no project that this is anticipated so no

921
01:28:59,720 --> 01:29:03,940
 developer this is just a recommendation by city staff before the boards of the

922
01:29:03,940 --> 01:29:08,480
 planning and zoning and then it will go into the City Council after this yes ma'am

923
01:29:08,480 --> 01:29:16,720
 okay taxes somebody it was asked would this raise their property taxes that is

924
01:29:16,720 --> 01:29:21,480
 in the hands of the appraisal district it is certainly possible that if the

925
01:29:21,480 --> 01:29:26,640
 area becomes more desirable property values can increase but we have no

926
01:29:26,640 --> 01:29:32,320
 control okay ladies did I get did mr. Jacobson answer all of those questions

927
01:29:32,320 --> 01:29:35,320
 for you

928
01:29:35,320 --> 01:29:51,440
 yes ma'am yes ma'am and oh no I'm a city planner I I work I work

929
01:29:51,440 --> 01:29:59,600
 for the city I live just ten minutes from here there's no there's no project

930
01:29:59,600 --> 01:30:03,440
 there's no developer this is simply to allow property owners to have more

931
01:30:03,440 --> 01:30:06,640
 freedom if they wanted to do something different with their property they had

932
01:30:06,640 --> 01:30:11,400
 the freedom to do that if not they don't have to and as far as being right I want

933
01:30:11,400 --> 01:30:15,260
 to make sure I say that again I wrote the ordinance and what I wrote in there

934
01:30:15,260 --> 01:30:19,720
 was that for single-family homes nothing changes they can stay exactly as they

935
01:30:19,720 --> 01:30:23,720
 are you can add on to it you can knock it down and build it up again you can

936
01:30:23,720 --> 01:30:43,920
 you can do everything you can do now after this so mr. Jake no it's okay we

937
01:30:43,920 --> 01:30:47,040
 would like to put if you're okay with it if maybe you can have some of these

938
01:30:47,040 --> 01:30:52,440
 conversations out outside in the hallway so we can move on with the agenda did

939
01:30:52,440 --> 01:31:00,440
 you want to add anything okay yes commissioners did you have anything yes

940
01:31:00,440 --> 01:31:07,560
 I was just going to say that we also talked about high-rise proliferation so

941
01:31:07,560 --> 01:31:11,920
 perhaps we can address that in what does the ordinance allow for high rises to be

942
01:31:11,920 --> 01:31:17,140
 built in this area so that's actually already permitted in the MN zoning and

943
01:31:17,140 --> 01:31:22,760
 as I mentioned what we also already have is protections limiting how close any

944
01:31:22,760 --> 01:31:26,560
 high-rise building can be built to a single-family home so currently in the

945
01:31:26,560 --> 01:31:31,360
 current zoning high rises are already allowed and but that what this does is

946
01:31:31,360 --> 01:31:35,200
 it changes some of like the proximity of one building close to another building

947
01:31:35,200 --> 01:31:45,080
 and some little nuances like that okay any any other questions okay so this

948
01:31:45,080 --> 01:31:56,080
 closes the public hearing for this item agenda agenda item thank you okay any

949
01:31:56,080 --> 01:32:01,400
 last-minute questions or discussion by commissioners yes commissioners one other

950
01:32:01,400 --> 01:32:05,960
 comment I think that's important to me because that's lived in this

951
01:32:05,960 --> 01:32:12,240
 neighborhood for quite some time was experience the issues with floodplain

952
01:32:12,240 --> 01:32:17,600
 and sold my house to the city it's not a minute not a week goes by I don't miss

953
01:32:17,600 --> 01:32:22,400
 that neighborhood it's a critical neighborhood south of downtown we want

954
01:32:22,400 --> 01:32:29,480
 to continue to preserve it but I think we need to say out loud the other thing

955
01:32:29,480 --> 01:32:37,880
 that mr. Jacobson talked about was the need for town homes and smaller family

956
01:32:37,880 --> 01:32:42,240
 multifamily developments that we don't have in debt and close to the downtown

957
01:32:42,240 --> 01:32:47,720
 area so I just want to make that point the other thing the point I'd like to

958
01:32:47,720 --> 01:32:53,720
 make from my seat is that I will tell you I'm also horrified by how the area

959
01:32:53,720 --> 01:32:58,720
 around south of downtown looks and the empty businesses and the empty store

960
01:32:58,720 --> 01:33:04,760
 fronts so for me when I saw this and heard this presentation from Sean

961
01:33:04,760 --> 01:33:09,240
 Jacobson we've been working on it quite some time I believe I was personally

962
01:33:09,240 --> 01:33:14,480
 glad to see this and personally glad to see that there are some things in

963
01:33:14,480 --> 01:33:19,360
 writing and I will tell you that this young man Sean Jacobson is a very

964
01:33:19,360 --> 01:33:25,480
 personable and very good and very willing to receive comments and act on

965
01:33:25,480 --> 01:33:32,160
 them and if you all don't know that please know that thank you chair and I

966
01:33:32,160 --> 01:33:37,980
 would agree with all of that it would be nice to see some revitalization and the

967
01:33:37,980 --> 01:33:43,160
 growth for by bringing in new businesses and more residents that should hopefully

968
01:33:43,160 --> 01:33:52,680
 help the current businesses grow as well so that will be nice to see okay if

969
01:33:52,680 --> 01:33:56,200
 there are no other questions or discussion by commissioners um do we

970
01:33:56,200 --> 01:33:58,680
 have a motion

971
01:33:58,680 --> 01:34:20,560
 Commissioner Ketchers it a motion to adopt the z25 11 to make a

972
01:34:20,560 --> 01:34:25,920
 recommendation to the City Council to change the zoning yes okay do we and do

973
01:34:25,920 --> 01:34:28,400
 we have a second

974
01:34:28,400 --> 01:34:40,280
 Commissioner Macduff yes I second the motion for approval to make the

975
01:34:40,280 --> 01:34:46,600
 recommendation to the City Council okay let's take a vote

976
01:34:50,560 --> 01:35:11,280
 okay the motion passes three to one okay we're gonna move on to the next

977
01:35:11,280 --> 01:35:18,680
 item CA 25 - - the we're gonna hold a public hearing to consider making a

978
01:35:18,680 --> 01:35:23,320
 recommendation to City Council regarding a comprehensive plan amendment on

979
01:35:23,320 --> 01:35:27,360
 approximately thirty four and a half acres from rural acres future land use

980
01:35:27,360 --> 01:35:34,520
 designation to light industrial future land use designation I would like to open

981
01:35:34,520 --> 01:35:41,160
 up the public hearing at this time for this item good evening Aaron Stanley

982
01:35:41,160 --> 01:35:50,120
 assistant planner this is CA 25 - 0 0 0 2 US 380 corridor flume amendment this is

983
01:35:50,120 --> 01:35:58,000
 a request to change the future land use designation on two separate areas located

984
01:35:58,000 --> 01:36:04,160
 on the far northeast side of town along US 380 we'll discuss these in two

985
01:36:04,160 --> 01:36:09,880
 separate areas area one and two area one is circled in yellow on your screen this

986
01:36:09,880 --> 01:36:15,680
 is approximately thirty four point five acres and is currently has a future land

987
01:36:15,680 --> 01:36:19,880
 use designation of rural areas and a proposed future land use designation of

988
01:36:19,880 --> 01:36:24,680
 light industrial area two is circled in orange on the screen and is

989
01:36:24,680 --> 01:36:29,080
 approximately twenty two point five acres this is currently has a future

990
01:36:29,080 --> 01:36:32,920
 land use designation of low residential and a proposed future land use

991
01:36:32,920 --> 01:36:39,600
 designation of community mixed use some existing conditions for the area there's

992
01:36:39,600 --> 01:36:43,800
 primarily single-family homes here today undeveloped property some agricultural

993
01:36:43,800 --> 01:36:49,240
 property and driveways into the ETJ with varying commercial and industrial uses

994
01:36:49,240 --> 01:36:55,560
 the purpose there's also this is on a six lane divided textile roadway US 380

995
01:36:55,560 --> 01:37:02,760
 with a future freeway conversion planned the purpose of this request is that staff

996
01:37:02,760 --> 01:37:05,880
 has received several development inquiries in the area that do not match

997
01:37:05,880 --> 01:37:09,680
 the current zoning nor the future land use designations in the area which

998
01:37:09,680 --> 01:37:13,520
 prompted us to take our take a closer look it is also identified in the

999
01:37:13,520 --> 01:37:20,240
 comprehensive plan as a gateway area for staff to examine closer we pursued it an

1000
01:37:20,240 --> 01:37:24,200
 approximately nine month corridor study of this area which revealed the current

1001
01:37:24,200 --> 01:37:29,880
 designation does is not appropriate for this area hence this request to go

1002
01:37:29,880 --> 01:37:36,360
 through each of the the areas and proposed designation light industrial is

1003
01:37:36,360 --> 01:37:42,720
 proposed for area one so you can see in the images primarily light industrial

1004
01:37:42,720 --> 01:37:46,680
 future land use designation is intended for things like light manufacturing

1005
01:37:46,680 --> 01:37:51,120
 assembling warehouses distribution but also those supporting uses such as

1006
01:37:51,120 --> 01:37:55,680
 office retail and restaurants it does not have to be as industrial can be

1007
01:37:55,680 --> 01:38:00,960
 those office and retail type uses this also should be in areas that have

1008
01:38:00,960 --> 01:38:05,800
 adequate infrastructure and transportation network the the proposed

1009
01:38:05,800 --> 01:38:09,840
 textile changes for the area as well as the existing conditions would support

1010
01:38:09,840 --> 01:38:14,720
 these types uses more than the existing single-family and what would be allowed

1011
01:38:14,720 --> 01:38:20,120
 today therefore as I said it's consistent with the development pattern

1012
01:38:20,120 --> 01:38:25,640
 in the area we do already see some of these uses in the ETJ changing this area

1013
01:38:25,640 --> 01:38:29,320
 to light industrial would just allow these uses to be up closer to the roadway

1014
01:38:29,320 --> 01:38:34,320
 rather than pushed back in the ETJ and it considers the US 380 roadway design

1015
01:38:34,320 --> 01:38:40,040
 improvement today and in the future throughout the city and that top right

1016
01:38:40,040 --> 01:38:44,800
 map is where you can see our current land use map light blue is light

1017
01:38:44,800 --> 01:38:49,120
 industrial and we see it already along US 380 just further to the west of this

1018
01:38:49,120 --> 01:38:54,000
 subject site so it would naturally continue that designation we also see it

1019
01:38:54,000 --> 01:39:01,880
 northwest side of town where US 380 and I 35 meet generally aligned zoning

1020
01:39:01,880 --> 01:39:06,360
 districts with this future land use designation would be light industrial

1021
01:39:06,360 --> 01:39:11,600
 general office and suburban corridor this is not an exclusive list but that

1022
01:39:11,600 --> 01:39:14,840
 these are what we typically see throughout the city aligned with this

1023
01:39:14,840 --> 01:39:22,840
 future land use designation as for area 2 staff is recommending changing this

1024
01:39:22,840 --> 01:39:28,560
 from low residential to community mixed use in the community mixed use future

1025
01:39:28,560 --> 01:39:33,520
 land use designation this is intended to be primarily commercial but where

1026
01:39:33,520 --> 01:39:38,480
 residential service and other uses are are complementary it should complement

1027
01:39:38,480 --> 01:39:43,120
 and embrace existing uses so those existing residential uses in the area

1028
01:39:43,120 --> 01:39:48,720
 and create a sense of place for the local community the reason staff is

1029
01:39:48,720 --> 01:39:52,720
 recommending community mixed use in this area and not light industrial as well

1030
01:39:52,720 --> 01:39:57,720
 it's because there is an existing neighborhood that was built in the early

1031
01:39:57,720 --> 01:40:03,040
 2000s just south of this where you see a lot of the yellow today this community

1032
01:40:03,040 --> 01:40:06,220
 mixed use designation would provide neighborhood services that are an

1033
01:40:06,220 --> 01:40:12,480
 appropriate scale for US 380 also buffer industrial and you industrial uses and

1034
01:40:12,480 --> 01:40:16,640
 traffic from those existing homes and provide a higher design standard near

1035
01:40:16,640 --> 01:40:23,520
 this existing residential area in the upper right hand corner this map shows

1036
01:40:23,520 --> 01:40:28,040
 again where you see this designation today it is throughout the city

1037
01:40:28,040 --> 01:40:32,520
 indicated with light pink and it's clustered around primary arterial roadways

1038
01:40:32,520 --> 01:40:38,320
 and text out roadways similar to this one generally aligned zoning districts

1039
01:40:38,320 --> 01:40:45,160
 would include suburban corridor and mixed use regional zoning districts this

1040
01:40:45,160 --> 01:40:50,660
 request is does achieve a couple goal goals of the comprehensive plan the

1041
01:40:50,660 --> 01:40:55,840
 first one is to grow compactly so this this change would allow the corridor to

1042
01:40:55,840 --> 01:41:01,300
 develop compactly closer to the roadway rather than back further in the ETJ

1043
01:41:01,300 --> 01:41:05,160
 where we already see some of these uses that would allow that more compact dense

1044
01:41:05,160 --> 01:41:09,760
 growth along the corridor rather than spreading out into the ETJ it would also

1045
01:41:09,760 --> 01:41:14,680
 be compact with the adjacent development to the west and east of this corridor

1046
01:41:14,680 --> 01:41:21,160
 where we already see similar development action item 2 also stresses that staff

1047
01:41:21,160 --> 01:41:26,880
 and every application should try to match the future land use map since we have

1048
01:41:26,880 --> 01:41:30,000
 been receiving these requests that are not consistent with the future land use

1049
01:41:30,000 --> 01:41:34,240
 map this is difficult today so revising this map would allow future developments

1050
01:41:34,240 --> 01:41:41,920
 to be in in coordination with the future land use designations as with all

1051
01:41:41,920 --> 01:41:47,620
 requests we do see how this aligns with the criteria for approval this is not in

1052
01:41:47,620 --> 01:41:51,000
 conflict with any other goals or policies of the comprehensive plan and

1053
01:41:51,000 --> 01:41:55,560
 proposed and the proposed amendment is consistent with existing

1054
01:41:55,560 --> 01:42:00,080
 non-residential pattern of development in the area and would encourage

1055
01:42:00,080 --> 01:42:03,920
 development that's compatible with what's existing today and with the future plans

1056
01:42:03,920 --> 01:42:10,720
 of tech stop this also considers the existing and proposed infrastructure as

1057
01:42:10,720 --> 01:42:15,440
 with all our projects and as we can encourage applicants to we did notice

1058
01:42:15,440 --> 01:42:19,960
 all of the owners and residents within the boundary and also within 500 feet

1059
01:42:19,960 --> 01:42:26,560
 owners within 200 feet and property residents 200 feet and owners within 500

1060
01:42:26,560 --> 01:42:32,960
 feet and we posted two signs out in the area as well we did receive two

1061
01:42:32,960 --> 01:42:37,960
 responses one in opposition and one in favor of the request and we held two

1062
01:42:37,960 --> 01:42:41,860
 in-person meetings and two virtual meetings at both of those meetings in

1063
01:42:41,860 --> 01:42:46,240
 person of those who attended everyone was in favor of their quest and agreed

1064
01:42:46,240 --> 01:42:53,120
 with staff that this was a favorable revision to the comprehensive plan staff

1065
01:42:53,120 --> 01:42:56,960
 is recommending approval of the comprehensive plan amendment to the zoning

1066
01:42:56,960 --> 01:43:01,880
 to the future land use map and the next step would be City Council on October

1067
01:43:01,880 --> 01:43:09,960
 14th and I'll be happy to answer any questions commissioners do you have any

1068
01:43:09,960 --> 01:43:15,960
 questions or comments at this time yes mr. McDuff yes miss Stanley would you

1069
01:43:15,960 --> 01:43:23,040
 speak to the environmentally sensitive area the ESA we continue to be concerned

1070
01:43:23,040 --> 01:43:29,240
 about preservation sure yes there is some environmentally sensitive area to

1071
01:43:29,240 --> 01:43:33,280
 the east of the subject site closer where you see and so on the very far

1072
01:43:33,280 --> 01:43:38,280
 east side of this map where you see Elm Fork and Trinity River this area does

1073
01:43:38,280 --> 01:43:42,920
 have some ESA some of it kind of comes into the boundary here of the subject

1074
01:43:42,920 --> 01:43:47,560
 area when any development would come forward in the future they would be

1075
01:43:47,560 --> 01:43:51,360
 required to do an environmentally sensitive area field assessment to

1076
01:43:51,360 --> 01:43:54,640
 identify those areas if they're encroaching they would have to do an

1077
01:43:54,640 --> 01:44:08,120
 alternative ESA any other questions okay as of right now we do not have any

1078
01:44:08,120 --> 01:44:12,360
 public comments on this but is there anybody in the audience that would like

1079
01:44:12,360 --> 01:44:18,400
 to speak regarding this agenda item yes go ahead and come forward please make

1080
01:44:18,400 --> 01:44:22,480
 sure you state your name and address and then you we do ask that you still fill

1081
01:44:22,480 --> 01:44:32,280
 out a speaker card for us good evening everybody my name is E Tony I my address

1082
01:44:32,280 --> 01:44:40,360
 is 50 120 East University Drive we are actually the property that Aaron was

1083
01:44:40,360 --> 01:44:47,520
 talking about having some little affected by the reservation of the trees

1084
01:44:47,520 --> 01:44:53,640
 and stuff I just want to be honest with everybody we are planning to develop

1085
01:44:53,640 --> 01:45:01,280
 this site and we are supporting this comprehensive comprehensive plan change

1086
01:45:01,280 --> 01:45:09,240
 and as somebody who is trying to bring something to this tree and environment

1087
01:45:09,240 --> 01:45:16,480
 is the biggest thing to me and my family as with some conversations with cities

1088
01:45:16,480 --> 01:45:25,120
 and some county commissioners we made a promise that if we may remove any trees

1089
01:45:25,120 --> 01:45:34,440
 we will plant above what city requested to do so that's that's all thank you

1090
01:45:34,440 --> 01:45:44,520
 thank you commissioners do you have any other questions any other public

1091
01:45:44,520 --> 01:45:52,560
 comments okay we will close the public hearing at this time on this agenda item

1092
01:45:52,560 --> 01:45:59,720
 any final comments or questions from the commissioners do we have a motion I

1093
01:45:59,720 --> 01:46:02,600
 would you have a comment just a comment I think there was some concern about

1094
01:46:02,600 --> 01:46:11,440
 traffic on 380 there was some we had some input from a citizen from that the

1095
01:46:11,440 --> 01:46:15,880
 e-comment oh we did I'm sorry yes ma'am thank you so much for reminding me we

1096
01:46:15,880 --> 01:46:23,080
 did have one e-comment that was against this proposal yes the e-comment did

1097
01:46:23,080 --> 01:46:30,400
 speak to concern with fast traffic along us 380 and how these uses would would

1098
01:46:30,400 --> 01:46:37,980
 would interact with that traffic the uses that are allowed today under the

1099
01:46:37,980 --> 01:46:41,600
 current zonings and current future land use designation what would align with

1100
01:46:41,600 --> 01:46:47,720
 that staff believes would be more inconsistent with this traffic today

1101
01:46:47,720 --> 01:46:52,400
 future future land use designations of low residential and the current zonings

1102
01:46:52,400 --> 01:46:57,240
 out there would allow things like single-family homes agricultural property

1103
01:46:57,240 --> 01:47:02,880
 but really not a lot of larger development where we see multiple points

1104
01:47:02,880 --> 01:47:08,240
 of access and more traffic studies those single-family homes have have driveways

1105
01:47:08,240 --> 01:47:12,160
 directly off of us 380 and future development would be required to likely

1106
01:47:12,160 --> 01:47:16,160
 go through traffic studies have different points of access turn lanes

1107
01:47:16,160 --> 01:47:20,760
 that you wouldn't see today with single-family driveways does that answer

1108
01:47:20,760 --> 01:47:24,960
 the question yes I just want to make sure we address that concern thank you

1109
01:47:24,960 --> 01:47:33,880
 commissioner okay anything else okay we have a motion from Commissioner Garland

1110
01:47:33,880 --> 01:47:39,440
 yes I make a motion to approve the recommendation of the amendment of the

1111
01:47:39,440 --> 01:47:44,480
 comprehensive plan as defined by the city and Commissioner Ketcher said you

1112
01:47:44,480 --> 01:47:51,560
 have a second I second the motion okay any other discussion we will go ahead

1113
01:47:51,560 --> 01:48:11,080
 and take a vote okay that passes unanimously four to zero that ends the

1114
01:48:11,080 --> 01:48:18,480
 public hearing section of the evening we will go into the project matrix on PZ

1115
01:48:18,480 --> 01:48:26,360
 25 - 28 do we have any updates to the matrix yes I will just add that we

1116
01:48:26,360 --> 01:48:30,560
 removed the one item from the matrix that we addressed last meeting regarding

1117
01:48:30,560 --> 01:48:34,380
 the I believe is the gas well request but that's the only change that we have

1118
01:48:34,380 --> 01:48:39,720
 made at this time just to give you all the typical updates on council actions

1119
01:48:39,720 --> 01:48:43,800
 that have occurred on items that came before you all the mobility plan

1120
01:48:43,800 --> 01:48:48,600
 amendment that you recently heard for the area south of UNT Eagle and Avenue A

1121
01:48:48,600 --> 01:48:53,320
 was approved by council at their meeting on the 16th as well as the plan

1122
01:48:53,320 --> 01:48:57,460
 development request for the property that was in that triangle between loop

1123
01:48:57,460 --> 01:49:04,080
 288 I 35 north and highway 77 and then the alternative ESA plan that was heard

1124
01:49:04,080 --> 01:49:07,160
 that same night for the property on Spencer Road has been postponed

1125
01:49:07,160 --> 01:49:14,020
 indefinitely those are the only updates that I have for you all okay any final

1126
01:49:14,020 --> 01:49:18,880
 remarks from the commissioners okay I just want to again welcome

1127
01:49:18,880 --> 01:49:24,080
 Commissioner catcher said tonight I hope that this was an exciting one for your

1128
01:49:24,080 --> 01:49:28,480
 first one and I just want to thank the public we had quite a group of

1129
01:49:28,480 --> 01:49:32,760
 attendance and it really does take the public to interact with the government

1130
01:49:32,760 --> 01:49:38,120
 you are checks and balances so I know a lot of them have left but if they should

1131
01:49:38,120 --> 01:49:42,760
 see this thank you all for coming and I hope those of you watching know that

1132
01:49:42,760 --> 01:49:46,920
 this is your opportunity come to these meetings because it's really important

1133
01:49:46,920 --> 01:49:51,760
 and with that we will conclude our meeting at 749 tonight everyone have a

1134
01:49:51,760 --> 01:49:54,080
 good evening