[1. Call to order and roll call of members]
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6:00. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. WE'LL START WITH THE ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS. PAM ARNOLD. SHE'S NOT HERE. FRANK DOMINGUEZ, I'M HERE. ANGIE MERTENS, I'M HERE. JOEL DICKERSON, HE IS NOT HERE. MARK EDELMAN. JAMES WAGUESPACK HERE. AND RUTH MORRISON HERE. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A QUORUM. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. EVERYONE HERE HAS HAD A CHANCE
[2. Approval of March 12, 2026 minutes]
TO REVIEW THE MINUTES. IF THERE ARE NO CHANGES, WE'LL. ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR CHANGES TO THE TO THE MINUTES. SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THOSE AS SUBMITTED. NEXT ITEM.CITIZENS COMMUNICATION. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO GIVE COMMENTS AT THIS TIME LASTING NO LONGER THAN THREE MINUTES ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ALREADY ON THE AGENDA. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY HERE THAT WANTS TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? ON AGENDA? YEAH, CORRECT. OKAY. IF
[4. Public Hearing and Action Items]
WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO TO ITEM FOR PUBLIC HEARING AND ACTION ITEMS. HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL ON A ZONING CHANGE APPLICATION MAP. 250005 2904 HILL TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 0.29 ACRES FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY FIVE TO LIMITED INDUSTRIAL.GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF HILL AVENUE, SOUTH OF EAST STRAWBERRY STREET AND NORTH OF FARM TO MARKET ROAD 646, WITH THE ADDRESS OF 2904 HILL AVENUE. MARK. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS MARK LINDENSCHMIDT, PLANNING MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF LAKE CITY. THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU TODAY IS TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 2.98 ACRES FROM SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL OR SF FIVE TO LIMITED INDUSTRIAL OR ILL. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE ZONING MAP ON YOUR LEFT, IT IS TWO OF THE THREE TRACKS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ZONED R SF FIVE IN THE ENTIRE BLOCK. A BLOCK IN THIS PORTION OF TOWN IS A CONSIST OF 12 LOTS, SO THESE ARE THE TWO OF THE THREE REMAINING. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE AERIAL MAP, IT IS LARGELY UNDEVELOPED IN THE AREA. THE ROADS ARE CONSTRUCTED FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN. ON YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE, THE. THE LAND USE PLAN CLASSIFIES THIS AREA BETWEEN HILL AVENUE AND HIGHWAY AND THE. BETWEEN HIGHWAY THREE. THE TWO BLOCKS BETWEEN EAST WEST OF HILL AVENUE. AS. SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL THAT FOCUSES ON COMMERCIAL WHICH LARGELY RETAINED. WHICH LARGELY DISCUSSES RETAIL OFFICE TYPE USES AS WELL AS INDUSTRIAL USES. THE AREA ON THE RIGHT IS THE AERIAL CLOSE UP. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT WAS ALREADY CONSTRUCTED THAT. THAT'S KIND OF HOW THIS PROJECT REALLY STARTED, IS THE APPLICANT WAS IN. THERE WAS A COMPLAINT FROM THAT. CODE ENFORCEMENT DID. WE STARTED THE PROCESS. WE MET WITH THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY TO DISCUSS OPTIONS THAT WERE AVAILABLE. REALLY BECAUSE OF THE, THE TWO FRONT, LOTS OF THREE TRACKS THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER DOES OWN. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THE REAR TRACT IS ACTUALLY ALREADY ZONED INDUSTRIAL. SO THAT'S WHY THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS FOR THE TWO ADDITIONAL TRACKS AS PART OF THE PROCESS. IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THE TWO TRACKS UP FRONT, THAT FRONT HILL AVENUE WOULD NEED TO BE REZONED TO A LIMITED INDUSTRIAL.
THE INTENT IS FOR CONTRACTOR STORAGE. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE LIST NOW IS A LIST OF USES THAT ARE ALLOWED WITHIN THE PERMISSIBLE USES ON THE TOP END OF THE. THE SLIDE, AS WELL AS THE USES THAT DO REQUIRE SPECIAL USE PERMIT. ALSO, THE. AS YOU NOTICED IN YOUR STAFF REPORT, STAFF DID RECEIVE A LETTER OF OPPOSITION FROM THE NEIGHBORING AREA THAT SUPPORT THAT LETTER OF OPPOSITION, EXCUSE ME, IS SHOWN ON THE SUPPORT SLASH OPPOSITION. MAP IT. MAP IT IS OUTSIDE OF THE NOTIFICATION AREA. SO IT WOULD NOT TRIGGER ANY SORT OF STATE REQUIREMENTS. BUT NONETHELESS, WE STILL WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU A LOCATION OF WHERE THAT WAS PROVIDED. AND THAT LETTER OF OPPOSITION IS IN YOUR REPORT BASED ON STAFF'S FIGHTING. THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN. IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PREVAILING ZONING OF THE MAJORITY OF THE BLOCK. ONE CAVEAT IS THE APPLICANT, AS A RECOMMENDATION, DID TRY TO REACH OUT TO THE OWNER ADJACENT TO HIM THAT WAS ALSO ZONED R SF
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FIVE TO SEE IF HE WANTED TO JOIN IN. HE COULD NOT GET A HOLD OF THEM TO GET THE AUTHORIZATION TO BE INCLUDED. AS PART OF THE REQUEST. THE REQUEST WOULD NOT CREATE ANY NONCONFORMANCES FOR THAT ADJACENT PROPERTY OR ANY OTHER ADJACENT PROPERTY. AND REGARDLESS OF THE DECISION BECAUSE OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTION, WHETHER IT'S APPROVAL, IF IT IS APPROVED, THEN THE APPLICANT WILL NEED TO DEVELOP THE SITE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OF THE EDC. IF NOT, HE WILL STILL NEED TO MITIGATE AND IMPLEMENT CORRECTIVE MEASURES FOR THE SITE TO CORRECT THE ISSUES OF THE VIOLATIONS. STAFF DOES NOT HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST. WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THE APPLICANT IS HERE ALSO, SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MARK. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 605. IF THERE IS ANYBODY HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE MICROPHONE, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.AND I THINK THAT'S A SIGN IN SHEET UP THERE AS WELL. THIS IS ON THE SHEET HAS BEEN SIGNED ALREADY. MY NAME IS STEPHEN HIPPOLITE, LIVE AT 2909 ARIZONA AVENUE. OBVIOUSLY, I. LET ME MAKE SURE I. I PERSONALLY DISAPPROVE OF THIS. BUSINESS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO EMBARK ON.
FIRST OF ALL, WHEN WE FIRST BOUGHT THE PROPERTY WHERE WE ARE NOW, WE WERE TOLD THAT IN 2020 THAT THAT WAS SINGLE FAMILY IN SO MANY AREAS AROUND US. AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, ABOUT A TWO YEARS AFTER WE MOVED IN, WE FOUND THAT WE DIDN'T GET NOTIFICATION THAT EVEN BUSINESSES WAS COMING UP BEHIND US. OF COURSE, WE CONSTANTLY COMPLAINED. IF YOU LOOK AT THE RECORDS, YOU SEE WHAT WE COMPLAINED ABOUT THAT, AND OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS KNOW THAT WE HAVE A HOME THERE. WE DON'T WANT THE VALUE OF OUR HOME TO DETERIORATE AS TIME GOES ON. IT'S BAD ENOUGH WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THE NOISE IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.
AS IT IS MY PERSONAL OPINION AND MY WIFE, I THINK IT'S A BAD IDEA. I THINK THE CITY NEED TO HOLD UP TO ITS AGREEMENT THAT IT WAS A SINGLE FAMILY. IT SHOULD STAY THAT WAY BECAUSE I DON'T WANT OUR HOME TO DEPRECIATE IN VALUE. WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY OVER THERE AND WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN. MY WIFE WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS MYRA HIPPOLITE. WE BUILD OUR HOUSE. WE BOUGHT THE LAND IN 19 2019. THERE WAS NOTHING BEHIND US FROM BEHIND OUR HOUSE. WE LIVE AT 2909 ARIZONA ON HILL STREET. THERE WAS NOTHING EXCEPT THE PROPERTY AT THE CORNER OF HILL AND 646 SAW THAT MR. JOHN MURILLO'S PROPERTY, WHICH HE HAS IT IMMACULATE. IF ALL THE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES WERE LIKE HIS, WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM. LITTLE BIT BY LITTLE BIT THEY CHANGED. WHEN WE BOUGHT OUR PROPERTY, WE CAME HERE TO PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THEY SAID ALL THAT BLOCK WAS SINGLE RESIDENTIAL. LITTLE BIT BY LITTLE BIT, IT STARTED CHANGING IT FROM SINGLE FAMILY TO INDUSTRIAL. AND ONCE WE STARTED SEEING FENCE FENCES COMING UP, I'VE GOT PICTURES OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE BACK HERE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE METAL FENCES. WE STARTED CALLING 311.
WE STARTED CALLING THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND SAID, HEY, THEY'RE BRINGING THEIR CONSTRUCTION. THEY'RE BRINGING JUNK MOTOR VEHICLES. THEY'RE BRINGING CONSTRUCTION TRASH.
THEY'RE LEAVING IT THERE. THEY'RE NOT MOWING THEIR LOT. THEY'RE NOT MAINTAINING THEIR PROPERTY. AND IT WAS ONE BY ONE, ONE BY ONE. WE'RE COMING IN. THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SAYS, WELL, WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN NOW. WE CAN'T. WE'VE ASKED THEM THEY ARE ALLOWED TO PUT A FENCE, WHATEVER FENCE THEY WANT TO, AS LONG AS IT'S NOT OVER EIGHT FEET TALL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND SO I USED TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT. I DO KNOW THE ORDINANCES, YOU KNOW, SO WHEN WE CALL IN, WE TRASH AND AND JUNK MOTOR VEHICLES, WE EXPECT YOU TO DO WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN WE RECEIVE A LETTER, WHICH WE ARE WITHIN THE DISTRICT, IN THE AREA. WE'RE WITHIN 150FT FROM THEIR PROPERTY, BECAUSE WE DID RECEIVE A LETTER FROM THE CITY OF LAKE CITY TELLING US WE WERE WITHIN THE AREA DISTRICT AREA. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE WROTE THE
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LETTER. AND WE, WE, WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON THIS RETIREMENT HOME. WE THIS JUST UPSET US THAT WHEN WE FIRST MOVED IN HERE, THERE WAS NOTHING BACK THERE. AND LITTLE BIT BY LITTLE BIT, THEY'VE ALLOWED CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES TO COME IN AND BUILD INDUSTRIAL. YOU CALL IT INDUSTRIAL, BUT THEY'RE LEAVING JUNK MOTOR VEHICLES, TRASH, EVERYTHING THAT THEY BRING THEIR TRASH THEY CAN BRING FROM THEIR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. THEY BRING IT IN, THEY WAKE UP AT 6:00 AND THEY'RE ON THE PROPERTY AT 6:00 IN THE MORNING MAKING NOISE.AND MY HUSBAND AND I, WE WORK, WE PAY TAXES, WE KEEP OUR HOUSE. IF YOU WANT TO DRIVE BY OUR PROPERTY, YOU WILL SEE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF OUR PROPERTY. WE'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT TRYING TO CHANGE THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WE WANT THEM TO COME AND RESPECT US ALSO.
AND IF THEY ARE, AND I'M JUST FIVE IF MONTHS, YOU ARE GOING TO BUILD SOMETHING, THEN THEY SHOULD BE JUST LIKE THE ONE NEXT DOWN THE STREET, MR. AMARILLO. AND IF YOU DRIVE DOWN THAT STREET, TAKE THE TIME ON HILL STREET AND SEE HOW HE BUILT IT. EVERYONE ELSE SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO YOUR NEIGHBORS AND BE RESPONSIBLE TO BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR. THANK YOU. OH, ONE MORE THING. I'M SORRY. WE JUST DON'T WANT OUR OUR HOME TO GO TO. OH. I'M SORRY. SO WE CAN HAVE IT ON RECORD. THANK YOU. OUR BIGGEST COMPLAINT WE PUT OUR INVESTMENT IS OUR HOME. THIS IS OUR RETIREMENT HOME. ONCE YOU ALLOW ONE TWO, YOU'VE ALREADY ALLOWED FOR INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY. COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS COME TO OUR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY'RE DISRESPECTING IT. YOU CAN DRIVE DOWN THE STREET. IT'S GOING TO LOWER OUR APPRAISAL HOME. YOU, EACH ONE OF Y'ALL WOULD NOT ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. SO IF YOU WOULD NOT ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHY WOULD YOU ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN TO OURS? THANK YOU. I WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS AT FIRST, AND THE MORE I THINK ABOUT IT, THE A LITTLE BIT MORE UPSETTING I GET. I'M GOING TO SAY THIS AND I'M GOING TO BE DONE WITH IT. I, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.
IF YOU REALLY CONSIDER NOT LETTING THIS HAPPEN. BECAUSE ONCE, LIKE MY WIFE MENTIONED, YOU WOULDN'T WANT IT TO HAPPEN TO YOU. I GOT SEVEN GRANDKIDS, I GOT FOUR KIDS AND THEY LOVE THE BACKYARD. THEY LOVE PLAYING OUT. AND I DON'T WANT THEM TO BE A BUNCH OF WEEDS AND UNNECESSARY THINGS THAT YOU WOULDN'T WANT YOUR CHILDREN AROUND. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE, THE APPLICANT OR ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? IF YOU WOULD, AGAIN, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND. GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS RAY HERRERA, OWNER OF 1406 HILL AVENUE. I'M GONNA RECAP A FEW THINGS THAT MARK BROUGHT UP IN HERE. A LOT OF THESE LOTS HAVE BEEN INDUSTRIAL BEFORE THEY EVEN MOVED IN HERE.
THEY'VE BEEN CLASSIFIED INDUSTRIAL. JUST THOSE THREE LOTS ON THE FRONT CORNER ARE RESIDENTIAL. MY REAR LOT IS INDUSTRIAL. I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO IT. I HAVE TO COME FROM HILL.
JUST LIKE THEY BROUGHT IN FORCING. THEY CITED US THAT WE NEED TO COMPLY AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. I MADE ALL THE CHANGES THAT THEY ASKED ME TO DO, AND THIS IS A PROCEDURE TO GET THEIR. I JUST GOT DONE BUILDING HIS HIS BUILDING THE CORNER LOT THAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT. BUT HE HAD JUST LIKE US, FENCED UP SIX FOOT TALL, LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE OUT THERE HAS IT.
THERE MIGHT BE SOME JUNK CARS IN OTHER LOTS. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THEM. WE DON'T WORK TILL ABOUT 730, 8:00, AND IT'S JUST A LAY DOWN YARD. WE GO IN AND WE LEAVE FOR THE MOST PART.
WE'RE FACING RAILROADS. IT'S AN INDUSTRIAL, PRETTY MUCH AN INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL ROAD. HER HOUSE, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS DISCREPANCY. I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE HAD A FOOT. THEN MY MY LOT BEHIND US ANOTHER 50 FOOT. THAT'S 100. AND THEN THE 306 LOTS WITHOUT THE GREEN PART, THAT'S ANOTHER 50FT. AND THEN HER HOUSE IS 2909. SO WE'RE ABOUT OVER 200FT BEFORE WE GET TO HER HOUSE. SO AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW HOW, BUT THAT'S BESIDES THE POINT. THEIR HOUSES ARE ON ARIZONA, FACING THE OPPOSITE FACING HIGHWAY THREE. SHE HAS A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE. I GIVE HER THAT. BUT WE COMPLY. OUR LAWN IS KEPT UP, OUR FENCE IS CLEAN. EVERYTHING IS ORGANIZED, Y'ALL.
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HE HAD A AERIAL VIEW OF OUR LOT. EVERYTHING IS PICKED UP. BUT AGAIN, WE STILL HAVE TO COMPLY.AND THAT'S WHAT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. THAT'S THAT'S JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING I HAVE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO COMPLY WITH WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE ACCESS TO ALL MY THREE LOTS, BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE REAR LOT. AND IF I'M GONNA OPERATE FROM THAT ONE LOT, IT NEEDS TO BE FROM HILL BECAUSE THE GREEN, THE GREEN ROAD IS NOT DEVELOPED BY THE CITY. SO I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO TO THE REAR LOT FROM THE CITY. SO THE ONLY WAY THAT I CAN GET TO MY REAR LOT AND OPERATE OFF MY REAR LOT IS THROUGH THE FRONT. THANK YOU, MISS HERRERA. DID YOU. WELL. IF WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO FIELD QUESTIONS HERE IN A MINUTE. AND IF I MAY ADD A PIECE OF INFORMATION. JUST TO CLARIFY, WHEN STAFF NOTIFIED, WE NOTIFIED BEYOND THE REQUIRED NOTIFICATION AREA. SO THE AREA THAT YOU SEE IN THE MAP IS THE REQUIRED NOTIFICATION AREA. WE ACTUALLY NOTIFIED BASED ON THE OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY. SO AS MR. O'HARA MENTIONED, HE OWNS THREE LOTS. WE NOTIFIED THE AREA. SO FROM A STATE STANDPOINT, FROM THE LEGAL REZONING ASPECT, THE AREA WITHIN THE 200FT WAS NOTIFIED, BUT WE DID. ADDITIONALLY, THE HYPO LIGHTS WERE WITHIN THE AREA THAT WAS WITHIN THE 200FT OF THE OWNERSHIP. SO THEY ARE NOT 200FT WITHIN THE REQUEST. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. THE THE CORNER LOT THAT I DON'T OWN, THAT IS THE THIRD RESIDENTIAL. I HAVE MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, LETTERS, CALLS TO THAT HOMEOWNER. THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN SELLING DOING ANYTHING WITH THEIR LOT. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THEM EITHER. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? YES. IF YOU IF YOU CAN JUST BE QUICK, PLEASE. YEAH, JUST REAL QUICK. SO HE'S HE'S NOW TALKING AND I'M JUST GOING TO COME UP HERE SO YOU'LL SEE. YEAH. SORRY. SO SORRY. NOT TRYING TO BE RUDE, BUT IF YOU'LL SEE HIS PROPERTY HE'S TRYING TO GET GO THROUGH THE GREEN AREA TO GO TO HIS PROPERTY. THAT'S RIGHT BEHIND OUR YARD. SO YOU'RE TELLING ME WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CONSTRUCTION TRUCKS GOING THROUGH HIS PROPERTY, GOING THROUGH THE GREEN AREA, GOING RIGHT BEHIND OUR HOUSE. AND WE HAVE OUR FENCE IS WHAT DO YOU CALL OUR FENCE BAY OR. YOU CAN SEE THROUGH OUR FENCE WHERE WHAT IRON FENCE? YEAH, AN IRON FENCE. SO HE WANTS THE BACK PART TO GO THROUGH THE GREEN AREA THAT IS ON PROPOSED STREET RIGHT AWAY. WELL, THAT'S RIGHT BEHIND OUR HOUSE. SO NOW YOU'RE TELLING US THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE CONSTRUCTION TRUCKS GOING RIGHT BEHIND OUR HOUSE? WELL, YES. OKAY. THAT'S THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE. WELL, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING I. PEOPLE. YEAH. AND THE REASON BEING IS WE NEED THIS ON THE RECORD, I GET IT. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. I, I'M NOT REQUESTING TO USE THE BACK ROAD, OKAY? I JUST DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO IT. OKAY. IF THAT WAS MY OPTION. YEAH. AND WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ALL THAT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AND FOR THE APPLICANT POSSIBLY. AND AND SO WE'LL GET TO THAT. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION.
ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 618. IS THERE ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE STAFF OR. YES. YEAH, I GOT ONE. GOING BACK TO THE LOTS.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHICH ONES THE ON THE I GUESS ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY TO THE RIGHT. SO THAT'S THE THAT'S THE PROPERTY IN TOTALITY. THAT'S THE THREE LOTS, WHICH LOTS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE INDUSTRIAL, THE ONES UP, THE ONES UP TOP FACING HILL. IS THAT CORRECT? SO IF YOU LOOK.
BACK HERE, WRONG WAY. SO OF THE ENTIRE BLOCK, WHICH IS 12 LOTS, ONLY THE THREE LOTS IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER ARE ZONED R SF DASH FIVE. SO THAT'S THE CORNER LOT I BELIEVE IS STRAWBERRY AND HILL. AND THEN THE TWO LOTS WHICH ARE SUBJECT OF THIS CURRENTLY REQUEST THOSE TWO LOTS. ALL THE OTHER LOTS IN THE BLOCK ARE ALREADY ZONED INDUSTRIAL, AND THOSE WERE ZONED BACK IN ABOUT 2007 AS PART OF THE EMPOWERMENT ZONE REZONING. OKAY. SO YOU'RE
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SAYING ALL THE LOTS ARE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. THEY'RE ALREADY CONSIDERED LIMITED. THEY'RE ALREADY ZONED LIMITED INDUSTRIAL. ARE THERE BUSINESSES ON THEM? SORRY, CAN I SPEAK? YEAH. YES. SO MR. WARMELO WAS ONE AND THAT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE. HE CAME IN, HE DEVELOPED HIS SITE IN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT REQUIREMENTS FOR INDUSTRIAL. AND AS YOU KNOW, PART OF THIS PROCESS, IF IF MR. HERRERA'S REZONING IS APPROVED, HE WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW THE SAME BASIC REGULATIONS FOR HIS PROPERTY.SO AT THIS POINT, THERE WAS SOME PROBLEMS THAT. AND HE SAYS THEY'RE ALL FIXED. THERE WERE THERE WAS, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THERE WAS WORK DONE ON THE PROPERTY WITHOUT PROPER PERMITS AND NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE. SO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT, YOU KNOW, NOTIFIED THE OWNER AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO COORDINATE MEETINGS THROUGH OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND PROVIDE HIM SOME OPTIONS ABOUT HIS WISHES, WHAT HE WANTED TO DO, THE PROPERTY. SO FROM THIS ASPECT, WE'RE AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH THOSE OPTIONS.
YOU KNOW, THE NEXT STEP, AGAIN, IF HE IS APPROVED, THEN WE WILL GO BACK. HE WILL STILL BE REQUIRED TO PLAT, YOU KNOW, ALL THREE TRACKS AS ONE LOT, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE REQUIRED LANDSCAPING, HAVE THE REQUIRED BUFFER YARDS, MEET ALL OF OUR SETBACK REQUIREMENTS, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT RUN THROUGH DRAINAGE, EVERYTHING JUST LIKE MR. WARREN DID JUST DOWN THE STREET. BUT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PROBLEMS WERE BECAUSE HE BUILT ON THE LAND WITHOUT THE PROPER CORRECT, NOT THE THAT HE'S NOT UNDER THE RIGHT. THAT IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE VIOLATIONS. THERE ARE SEVERAL VIOLATIONS. SO ONE IS BUILDING WITHOUT A PERMIT. ONE IS CONSTRUCTING OR DEVELOPING A BUSINESS IN A DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WHERE IT'S NOT PERMITTED. AND THAT'S HENCE WHY THE REQUEST IS COMING IN FOR TWO LOTS OUT OF THREE OWNED BY THE GENTLEMAN. I'M SAYING. BUT THE TWO CODE ENFORCEMENT, I MEAN, CODE ENFORCEMENT FOR THE TWO LOTS AT THE FRONT. HAS HE KEPT WITH THOSE? THAT'S PART OF THIS PART OF THIS PROCESS IS THAT I MEAN, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BUILDING. CORRECT. YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DEVELOP A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS ON A RESIDENTIAL LOT. SO THAT'S WHY THE REQUEST IS COMING. IT'S KIND OF RIGHT NOW OF, OF ALL OF HIS PROPERTIES IS CALLED SPLIT ZONED. HE SPLIT ZONED TWO THIRDS OF HIS PROPERTY. HE CAN'T BUILD A BUSINESS BECAUSE HE CAN ONLY, YOU KNOW, OUR USES ONLY DICTATE THAT YOU CAN ALLOW BUSINESSES ON INDUSTRIAL, YOU KNOW, THESE TYPE OF BUSINESSES USE THAT. HE WANTS TO DO. THE TWO FRONT LOTS ARE ZONED CURRENTLY THAT YOU COULD ONLY BUILD SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. I UNDERSTAND I'M JUST SAYING ON ON THE TWO LOTS THAT ARE INDUSTRIAL, HE ALREADY OWNS THAT. SO HE OWNS THREE LOTS, RIGHT? SO THE TWO TWO ONES AT THE FRONT AND THEN THE ONE IN THE REAR. RIGHT. THE TWO ONES IN THE FRONT ARE THEY HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT PROBLEMS OR ALL THREE LOTS DO BECAUSE IT'S UNDER THE SAME OWNERSHIP AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE. IT WAS DEVELOPED AS THE WORK WAS DONE ON ALL THREE LOTS. SO WE YOU KNOW, REGARDLESS RIGHT NOW WITH THE CURRENT SITUATION, REGARDLESS IF IT WAS ZONED CORRECTLY OR NOT, THERE WOULD STILL BE VIOLATIONS. IT'S JUST HAD THESE ALREADY BEEN ZONED INDUSTRIAL, WE WOULDN'T BE SEEKING THE REZONING REQUEST. RIGHT. WHAT WHAT PERMANENT STRUCTURES ARE ON HERE. IT LOOKS LIKE SHIPPING CONTAINERS AT THE FRONT. IS THERE SOME PERMANENT BUILT STRUCTURES IN THE BACK? I'M GOING TO LET MR. HERRERA COME AND ANSWER EXACTLY THAT. WE. WE WE ALREADY PROVIDED THE CITY WITH PROPER PLANS OF WHAT WE WANT TO DO IF EVERYTHING GETS APPROVED. SO THEY ALREADY HAVE THAT. BUT CURRENTLY WHAT WE HAVE THERE IS JUST THREE CONTAINERS WHERE WE STORE MERCHANDISE, EQUIPMENT, TOOLS, WHATEVER, AND IN TRAILERS AND TRUCKS, THAT'S ALL WHAT WE KEEP ON SITE AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT OF COURSE. SO SO NO PERMANENT STRUCTURES ON HERE AT THIS POINT. NO, WE HAVE A SHED, BUT IT'S NOT CONSIDERED PERMANENT STRUCTURE. GOTCHA. YEAH. OKAY. CORRECT. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. YEAH. THANK YOU. SO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, MARK. I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE TRYING TO GROUP IT ALL TOGETHER. THE OR HAVE HIM APPLY FOR THE REZONING. IS THERE A WAY TO HAVE THE THE CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES
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RESOLVED BEFORE? NO, BECAUSE THE MAIN THE MAIN ISSUE RIGHT NOW, THE KIND OF THE RIGHT NOW OF THE ISSUE. YOU CANNOT DEVELOP A COMMERCIAL SITE ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, RIGHT? SO WHEN WE'RE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPING A PROPERTY, KIND OF THAT FIRST LEVEL OR FIRST TIER THAT WE KIND OF DISCUSS AND HOW WE DO DEVELOPMENT, THE FIRST TIER IS ZONING, AND THEN WE DEAL WITH PLATTING AND THEN WE DEAL KIND OF. SO WE KIND OF START VERY BROADLY AND WE GET A LITTLE BIT MORE. SORRY, I'M TALKING WITH MY HANDS TOO MUCH, VERY BROAD, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE ZONING. THEY NEED TO BE ALLOWED TO DO IT FIRST BEFORE WE CAN ISSUE A PERMIT. AND WE CAN'T EVEN ISSUE A PERMIT UNTIL THE LOT IS PLOTTED CORRECTLY.OKAY. SO IT'S KIND OF WE HAVE CERTAIN TRIGGERS IN PLACE. GOTCHA. SO MY NEXT QUESTION IS ALL OF THE. ALL OF THE. PIECES OF PROPERTY IN THAT. GROUP OF 12. ALL THE LOTS. THE BLOCK.
YES. IF THAT'S I COULDN'T TELL FROM THE LAST ONE IF IT WAS ONE BLOCK OR MORE THAN ONE, EVERYTHING ON THE BLOCK HAS BEEN ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL SINCE 2007, EXCEPT FOR THOSE THREE. SO TO KIND OF GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND, IN 2005, WHEN WE REVISED OUR ZONING ORDINANCE, WE DID A KIND OF A WE KIND OF DID A SIGNIFICANT SHIFT OF HOW WE DID DEVELOPMENT AS PART OF THAT PROCESS, WE WENT THROUGH AND WE STARTED HAVING A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS AREA AND OF WHICH THIS AREA IS A PART OF IS CALLED THE EMPOWERMENT ZONE. AND THE BOUNDARIES OF THE EMPOWERMENT ZONE ARE HIGHWAY THREE TO THE WEST, THE RAILROAD TRACKS TO THE EAST, WALKER STREET TO THE NORTH, DOWN TO THE CITY LIMITS. AND CITY COUNCIL AT THE TIME ASKED US, HEY, GO BACK AND LOOK AT THIS A LITTLE BIT AREA, BECAUSE THE EMPOWERMENT ZONE WAS REALLY MORE OF A TOOL FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RATHER THAN A ZONING TOOL. BUT THEY WANTED US TO REVISIT THAT WITH BECAUSE THERE IS STILL RESIDENTIAL, SUCH AS THE HYPPOLITE PROPERTIES THAT ARE STILL IN PLAY, YOU KNOW, AND SO WHAT ULTIMATELY CAME OUT OF THAT IS IF YOU'LL LOOK AT OUR ZONING RELATIVELY AS PART OF THAT STUDY THAT CAME BACK TO THE COMMISSION, IS OF THAT AREA IS KIND OF BISECTED BY LEAGUE CITY PARKWAY. SO WHAT WAS APPROVED WAS EVERYTHING TO THE NORTH OF THAT WIDTH, WHICH WAS FOUR BLOCKS IN WIDTH. SO THERE'S FOUR BLOCKS BETWEEN HILL AVENUE OR THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND HIGHWAY THREE. IF YOU TOOK THE TWO SET OF BLOCKS AGAIN, HERE I AM TALKING WITH MY HANDS. IF YOU TAKE THE TWO BLOCKS CLOSER TO HIGHWAY THREE, THAT WAS GENERALLY ZONED GENERAL COMMERCIAL, BECAUSE THEY FELT LIKE IT WAS BETTER TO TRY TO PUT A COMMERCIAL PRODUCT THERE. THEY TOOK THE WEST EASTERN TWO BLOCKS AND ZONED INDUSTRIAL BECAUSE IT WAS CLOSER TO THE RAILROAD TRACKS. AND THE IDEA WAS, I HAVE A BETTER ACCESS AND POTENTIALLY AN UPGRADE FOR NOT ONLY ROAD, BUT RAIL TRACK, RAIL FREIGHT. WHERE IT CHANGED WAS THAT SAME BASIC IDEA EXTENDED FROM LEAGUE CITY PARKWAY ALL TO THE CITY LIMITS. HOWEVER, THE KEY DIFFERENCE THERE WAS A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS WANTED TO KEEP THEIR ZONING BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE LEGALLY NON-CONFORMING. THEY KNEW THEY COULD CONTINUE. THEY JUST KIND OF DIDN'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THE HASSLE. AND SO CITY COUNCIL HAD PRETTY MUCH SAID WHERE THE PERSONS OR THE OWNERS DID NOT WANT TO CHANGE THEIR ZONING AND WANTED TO KEEP THE RESIDENTIAL ZONING THEY WERE ALLOWED. SO THAT'S WHERE IN THAT AREA, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE OUR SF FIVE KIND OF INNER INNER SPACE THROUGHOUT THE AREA, WHICH IS A GOOD REPRESENTATION HERE. OVER THE YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REZONING REQUESTS. ONE EXAMPLE IS JUST BARELY OFF THIS QUARTER RIGHT HERE TO THE VERY NORTH WHERE THE RECYCLING CENTER IS. THEY WENT BACK NOT TOO LONG AGO, I WANT TO SAY 2 OR 3 YEARS, YEARS AGO, AND THEY ACTUALLY WANTED TO REZONE THE ENTIRE THING BECAUSE THEY OWNED ALL FOUR BLOCKS ALL THE WAY BACK, AND THEY SUCCESSFULLY GOT THAT REZONED. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE AS, AS INDUSTRY COMES IN AND BUSINESSES COME IN, IT'S KIND OF THAT TRANSITIONAL ZONE BETWEEN A COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL KIND OF WAVES. IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHERE IT IS WITHIN THAT AREA. SO I HOPE THAT WAS A NOT TOO LONG EXPLANATION. NO, NO, THAT THAT HELPS. SO THE ENTIRE BLOCK THAT THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS ON THAT ENTIRE BLOCK WAS INDUSTRIAL. NO. SO IT WAS ORIGINALLY ZONED IN 2005 AS INDUSTRIAL. THEN WE CAME AND THEY SAID, HEY, WE WANT YOU TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THIS. THEN IT WAS ZONED WITH NINE LOTS AS INDUSTRIAL AND THE THREE THREE IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER AS RSF FIVE. AND WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN? ABOUT I DON'T QUOTE ME EXACTLY
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ON THAT, BUT IT WAS AROUND TWO. IT TOOK US ABOUT TWO YEARS. OKAY. BECAUSE WE HAD TO DO SOME BACKLOG REQUESTS, SOME SOME FREEDOM REQUESTS, BUT THEN WE WERE ABLE TO GO BACK AND HAVE THE PARTICIPATION MEETINGS, BECAUSE ALL THESE WERE A SERIES OF PUBLIC HEARINGS WITH THE OWNERS OF THOSE PROPERTIES, BOTH COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND RESIDENTIAL, TO KIND OF AGAIN, WE KIND OF WENT BACK AND SAID, OKAY, WHAT ARE YOU WHAT ARE Y'ALL LOOKING FOR? WE HAVE THIS NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WE DID JUST, YOU KNOW, A YEAR OR TWO BEFORE THAT. HOW DO Y'ALL SEE THIS GOING? OKAY. AND SO WE WENT BACK WITH THAT SUGGESTION OF, HEY, SOUTH OF LAKE CITY PARKWAY. WE DON'T SEE ANY REASON. COUNCIL SAID THEY THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT IDEA.AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE IT BECAME, BECAME THE ORDINANCE CHANGES THROUGH THOSE OF THE ZONING. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. YOU MIND IF I ASK A QUESTION? ABSOLUTELY. CAN YOU POINT OUT WHERE THE THE PROPERTY OWNER OBJECTORS PROPERTY IS, PLEASE? ON THE MAP, ON THE RIGHT, ON THE SUPPORT OPPOSITION MAP THERE TO THE SOUTHWEST. AND THAT I APOLOGIZE.
IT WASN'T BOLD ENOUGH, BUT IT'S THE ONE THAT'S OUTLINED WITH THE RED DOT ON IT. SO IT IS WITHIN 200FT OF ALL OF THE PROPERTY OWNED BY THE APPLICANT. IT IS NOT WITHIN 200FT OF THE REZONING REQUEST. AND IN THAT INSTANCE, THE DISTANCE THERE ARE ABOUT, I BELIEVE, APPROXIMATELY 330FT FROM THE BOUNDARY OF THE OF THE REQUEST REQUESTED AREA. CAN I ASK IF.
IF THE ZONING IS CHANGED OR IF IT IS NOT, ARE THEY ALLOWED TO USE THE GREEN SPACE? THAT'S A DEDICATED ROAD, BUT NOT A ROAD. IT IS A. IT IS AN OPEN RIGHT OF WAY IS UNDEVELOPED. IF THEY CHOOSE TO. THEY MAY. BUT THEY MUST. PART OF THE CAVEAT WITH THAT IS THEY'D HAVE TO. THEY BASICALLY HAVE TO BUILD IT AS A STREET TO OUR REQUIREMENTS. THEY WOULD HAVE TO PUT A STREET.
THEY WOULD. IF THEY WERE PUT A STREET IN, PUT FULL ACCESS. CORRECT. OKAY. CHAIR CAN ASK ONE MORE QUESTION. I'M SORRY, CAN I ASK ONE MORE? YES, YES. ONE MORE. OKAY. I AND I HATE TO PUT FORTH MY LACK OF KNOWLEDGE SINCE WE MOSTLY WORK WITH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL, I DON'T REALLY HAVE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR LIKE LANDSCAPING AND SETBACK? AND IN THIS AREA, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T ESSENTIALLY IT JUST LIKE EVERY ZONING DISTRICT HAS A MINIMUM LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENT, I BELIEVE. I APOLOGIZE, I CAN'T REMEMBER ALL THE ZONING DISTRICT. I BELIEVE THE MINIMUM LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENT IS 10% EACH LITTLE ZONING DISTRICT, THEY ALL HAVE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS. THEY ALL HAVE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS. THEY HAVE A MAXIMUM IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE. WHEN WE REVIEW A SITE, WE ALWAYS, ESPECIALLY WITH COMMERCIAL, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT DRAINAGE, LANDSCAPING. WE ACCOMMODATE WITH MAKING SURE THAT THEY FOLLOW THEIR, YOU KNOW, DEED RESTRICTIONS ON ARCHITECTURE, PARKING, YOU KNOW, IS THERE ENOUGH PARKING? DO THEY MEET, YOU KNOW, ANY ACCESSORY BUILDINGS? DO THEY MEET? YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE EXAMPLES WILL BE IS THAT WE DO HAVE REQUIREMENTS REGARDING SHIPPING CONTAINERS. SO YOU THE IF APPROVED, THOSE REQUIREMENTS WOULD HAVE TO BE MET AS WELL. A VERY SIMILAR ASPECT WOULD BE MR. ROMEO'S PROPERTY JUST DOWN THE STREET. THE APPLICANT HERE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MEET THE SAME REQUIREMENTS AS MR. ROMEO DID WITH THE OTHER LIMITED INDUSTRIAL ZONE PROPERTY. AND THEY'RE SAYING THAT LOOKS NICE.
SO IT PROBABLY HAS LANDSCAPING. AND THAT'S WHERE WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS KIND OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS ON THE AERIAL OF THESE ARE THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OF KIND OF WHAT, WHEN NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES APPROACH THE PROPERTY, THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE KIND OF SEEING.
YOU'RE NOT SEEING, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THE FINAL PRODUCT. THE OTHER THING WITH THAT IS WHEN I MENTIONED ON OUR FINDINGS, IF IT IS APPROVED, HE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MEET ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OF THAT LIMITED INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT IF FOR SOME REASON IS DENIED, THE OWNER WOULD STILL BE REQUIRED TO BRING THE PROPERTY BACK TO PRE VIOLATION ISSUES OR STANDPOINT. AT THIS POINT, THIS IS JUST A PARKING LOT, STORAGE AND PARKING. AND THAT'S THE INTENT IS TO TO BE A CONTRACTOR STORAGE AS A USE CONTRACTOR.
ARE WE ALLOWED TO KNOW WHAT THE THE BUILDING. HE SAID THAT THE CITY KNOWS WHAT THEY PLAN ON DOING WITH IT. YEAH, WE WERE IN INITIAL DISCUSSIONS, YOU KNOW, WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A PRE DEVELOPMENT MEETING. THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, YOU KNOW, WE TOLD THEM WHAT OUR REQUIREMENTS ARE BASED ON THE DRAWING. SO WE HAVEN'T HAD A FORMAL SUBMITTAL FOR A PERMIT BECAUSE HE WOULD NEED TO ENLIST THE SERVICES OF AN ARCHITECT OR ENGINEER TO FORMALLY SUBMIT PLANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH, WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. SO WE NOTHING HAS BEEN SUBMITTED
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FOR A PERMIT AT THIS TIME, BUT NO PERMANENT BUILDING IS REALLY EXPECTED TO BE BUILT ON IT.IT'S GOING TO BE A STORAGE AND PARKING LOT. OH WELL, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO BUILD STORAGE BECAUSE OF THE CONTAINERS. YEAH. AND I, YOU KNOW, WE'D STILL HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WATER, SEWER. THEY STILL HAVE TO BE CERTAIN. SO AGAIN, WE'D STILL HAVE TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ARE MET. I GUESS THE QUESTION I WAS TRYING TO ASK YOU EARLIER AND I JUST DIDN'T THE OWNERS ARE HERE. I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT SOUND BAD, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THE PROPERTY'S NOT VERY PRETTY RIGHT NOW, AND THE NEIGHBORS WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PROPERTY IS PRETTY. IS, IS THAT A REQUIREMENT? I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IT FOR THEM IT'S STORAGE AND PARKING, BUT TO THE NEIGHBORS IT'S THEIR HOME. SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT TO THEM IT'S STILL GOING TO BE STORAGE AND PARKING. AND THAT'S ALL THEY INTEND FOR IT TO BE.
BUT YEAH, THE KEY QUESTION RIGHT NOW WITH, WITH THE AGENDA ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS THAT STEP OF HOW IS THE ZONING GOING TO BE DECIDED? BECAUSE THAT WILL DETERMINE EITHER WHICH WAY IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE CORRECTED. IT'S JUST WE DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO BE CORRECTED YET. YEAH. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? PLAYING DEVIL'S ADVOCATE. OKAY. SO YOU'VE GOT TWO RESIDENTIAL AND ONE COMMERCIAL, RIGHT. SO IF WE DECIDE TO SAY YES, THEN THAT WOULD ALL BE COMMERCIAL. I MEAN, NOT COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL. IF WE DECIDE TO SAY NO, THEN YOU'RE STILL STUCKWITH TWO AND ONE. SO THEN WHAT HAPPENS AT THAT IF IT'S DENIED DEPENDING UPON IF THE APPLICANT WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, YOU KNOW, THE REQUEST, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO DEVELOP ON ONE LOT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO DEVELOP A SITE ON, ON ONE LIGHT BECOMES REALLY UNFEASIBLE BECAUSE YOU STILL HAVE TO MEET THE REQUIRED PARKING, YOU STILL HAVE TO MEET THE LANDSCAPING, YOU STILL HAVE TO MEET THE DRAINAGE FOR ONE LOT, NOT A LARGER PROPERTY. BECAUSE AGAIN, BEFORE WE WOULD DEVELOP THE SITE, WE WOULD PLOT THREE TRACKS AS ONE AND YOU HAVE MORE LAND TO WORK WITH. SO IT REALLY THEN BECOMES KIND OF A SCALED KIND OF ISSUE, BEING ABLE TO TRY AND FIT EVERYTHING ON A SMALLER PARCEL. SO YOU STILL, AS A LANDOWNER, HE STILL WOULD BE SPLIT. YEAH. GOTCHA.
OKAY. ANY OTHER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF APPLICANT. I, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE HOMEOWNERS AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ANSWER UP HERE, I THINK. RIGHT. SO MY QUESTION IS, I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE OF YOU SAID, BUT SOMEBODY SAID WHEN YOU PURCHASED THE PROPERTY, NOTHING WAS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. RIGHT. WE WENT TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THEY TOLD US ALL WAS SINGLE FAMILY. WHEN WE BOUGHT YOUR BLOCK. BUT NOT NO. WE ASKED THEM AND WE SAT DOWN WITH THEM AND WE ASKED THEM SPECIFICALLY, IS THERE WATER ON THE PROPERTY, THEIR SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD A HOUSE THERE, WATER ON THE PROPERTY IS THERE ELECTRIC? CAN WE GET ELECTRIC? AND WHAT IS THE ZONING ALL AROUND? BECAUSE WE I USED TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON. WE WERE. THIS IS OUR INVESTMENT. AND WE KNOW THE OWNERS OF ALL THAT PROPERTY. THEY ARE THE BILLS. AND THEY ALSO TOLD US IT WAS SINGLE FAMILY. SO IT'S NOT JUST THEM. IT'S NOT THE ONLY CITY THAT TOLD US. THE OWNERS ALSO SAID THAT IT WAS ALL ALL THE WAY FROM HILL TO ARIZONA TO STRAWBERRY. AND ACTUALLY THEY SAID JUST TO THAT PROPOSED STREET RIGHT AWAY, THAT RIGHT. THAT WAS ALL SINGLE FAMILY. NOW, LITTLE BIT BY LITTLE BIT, THE BELL STARTED SELLING THEIR PROPERTY. AND THEN THEN IT STARTED CHANGING FROM INDUSTRIAL TO SINGLE FAMILY. OUR CONCERN IS THAT HE GOT HE STARTED BUILDING THE PROPERTY KNOWING IT WAS SINGLE FAMILY AND NOT APPLYING. HE SHOULD& HAVE COME HERE FIRST BEFORE HE STARTED BUILDING ANYTHING ON THAT PROPERTY AND SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN IT ZONED INDUSTRIAL JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE DID. IF YOU ALREADY NOT ABIDING BY THE RULES, JUST LIKE WE DID WHEN WE BUILD OUR HOUSE, WE HAD TO HAVE PERMITS. WE HAD TO HAVE A A WINDSTORM. WE HAD TO HAVE FLOOD.
I MEAN, THERE WAS A STEP OF PROCESS TO BUILDING OUR HOME. WE COULDN'T GO FROM A TO, TO DOUBLE X WITHOUT A SPECIFIC PERMIT AND SPECIFIC. SO HOW MY HUSBAND AND I ARE CONCERNED IS IF YOU ALLOW HIM TO GO AHEAD AND DO THIS WITHOUT THE RIGHT PERMITS, WITHOUT THE RIGHT ZONING, JUST LIKE THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY ALLOWED THEM TO DO. WELL, WHAT'S TO TELL US THAT HE'S GOING TO ABIDE BY WHAT ANYBODY ELSE TELLS THEM? HE CAN TELL US. I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT
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THERE AND I'M NOT GOING TO BUILD ANYTHING. AND IN TWO WEEKS, THREE WEEKS, HE CAN COME IN AND BUILD WHATEVER HE WANTS TO. YES, MISS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. BUT I THINK I THINK AT THIS POINT WE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION, AND I THINK WE'VE ASKED ENOUGH QUESTIONS THAT I.AND I'M SORRY, I'M JUST VERY. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING PASSIONATE, BUT I THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION HERE. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR THE APPLICANT? I MEAN, THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS. DO WE HAVE A MOTION. I MOVE THAT WE. THAT'S LOUD. SORRY THAT WE APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE APPLICATION MAP 25-0005 TO REZONE THE 0.298 ACRES FROM RSF5 TO I L AS PROPOSED. SO MISS MORRISON HAS MADE. THEY MADE THE PROPOSAL I SECOND, AND MISS MERTENS SECOND. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? WE'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE AYE AYE AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SO WE HAVE FOUR THAT ARE FOUR AND ONE OPPOSED. SO THE MOTION CARRIES. THE NEXT ITEM IS HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL ON AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 125, ARTICLE THREE ENTITLED ZONING AND APPENDIX A ENTITLED DEFINITIONS OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY RELATED TO MANUFACTURED HOMES AND ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS. MARK, IS THAT YOU AGAIN? YES, SIR. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. REALLY, THIS IS KIND OF A CLEANUP EVERY TWO YEARS, THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE, IN THEIR INFINITE WISDOM, DECIDES TO TO REVISE SOME ORDINANCES EVERY NOW AND THEN. AND THIS IS JUST PART OF OUR ANNUAL PROCESS. WE LOOK AT OUR OWN ORDINANCES TO MAKE SURE. ARE THEY STILL USER FRIENDLY? UNDERSTANDABLE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE TO MAKE CHANGES WITH STATE LAW. THE. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PLAN IN THE NEXT SERIES OF OF UPCOMING MONTHS, WE PLAN ON AVERAGE ABOUT ONCE A QUARTER, BRINGING SOME ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS TO YOU, BOTH BASED ON THINGS GOING ON IN INDUSTRY, STATE LAW, VARIOUS.
AND JUST SOME STUFF WE KNOW THAT THAT PROBABLY WE COULD DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER. BUT THE ITEM REQUEST BEFORE IS FIRST SENATE BILL, SENATE BILL 785, WHICH WAS ADOPTED INTO LAW, WHICH BASICALLY SAYS WITH MANUFACTURED HOUSING, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, A FEDERALLY MANDATED HOUSING PRODUCT CONSTRUCTED UNDER THEIR REQUIREMENTS CANNOT BE DIFFERENTIATED FROM A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. THE OTHER ONE IS SENATE BILL 1567, DEALING WITH ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS. AND THAT BASICALLY SAYS WE CANNOT SPECIFY THE UNITS CANNOT PROHIBIT UNITS BY EXCLUSIVELY BECAUSE OF RELATIONS TO THE OWNERS OF THE OR THE PARTICIPANTS, OCCUPANTS OF THE ORIGINAL OF THE PRIMARY DWELLING UNIT. EXCUSE ME. SO BASICALLY, FROM THE MANUFACTURED HOME STANDPOINT, WE WE THOUGHT IT'D BE BEST JUST TO FOLLOW STATE LAW AND REVISE OUR DEFINITION BASED ON STATE LAW. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY DIRECTLY FROM STATE CODE. AND THEN WE ALSO WENT BACK AND REALIZED THAT WE NEEDED TO CLEAN UP A COUPLE THINGS. BECAUSE THERE IS A DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN A MOBILE HOME AND A MANUFACTURED HOME. MOBILE HOMES CAN OFFICIALLY BE PROHIBITED IN THE STATE LAW. THOSE ARE BASICALLY ANYTHING THAT WAS BUILT BEFORE, I THINK IT WAS LIKE JUNE 2ND OR JUNE 6TH, 1976. EVERYTHING THERE EVER WAS, ANYTHING THEREAFTER WAS MANDATED BY FEDERAL HUD LAW. SO THAT'S WHERE WE JUST, AGAIN, DOING SOME CLEANUP BASED ON THAT, AS WELL AS SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICTS, WE WERE ONLY ALLOWING IT WITHIN PER A SPECIAL USE PERMIT IN THE SF FIVE, DISTRICT RMF TWO AND RF, RMF 1.2 DISTRICTS. SO WE WANT TO REMOVE ALL THAT AND JUST ALLOW IT WITHIN THE SF TWO ZONING DISTRICT. AND THEN AGAIN, IN OUR REGULATIONS UNDER RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARKS, ALLOWING THE CARETAKERS QUARTERS REALLY, AGAIN, MOBILE TO MANUFACTURED. ON THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE SIDE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER. WE'RE JUST REMOVING THE PORTION WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE RELATION BY BLOOD OR MARRIAGE. AND THEN THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR THAT. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 644. IS THERE ANYBODY HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? DOES NOT APPEAR. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 644. WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS. COULD YOU JUST MOVE BACK ONE SLIDE MARK? CERTAINLY. SORRY, I COULDN'T
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READ. SORRY. MY MY SCREEN IS NOT WORKING. CAN I ASK A QUESTION, MR. CHAIRMAN? GETTING A CHANCE TO LOOK AT SO WHAT IS THE IMPETUS FOR 3.31 D? WHY WHY THE CHANGE. CAN YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? SO 3.31 D AND THAT PAGE IS PART OF THE REGULATIONS WHERE THIS IS WHERE WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS. AND THIS WAS JUST A SENTENCE TACKED ON TO THE END OF THE DEFINITION FOR THAT ENTIRE ZONING DISTRICT.I'M SORRY. SO DID YOU SAY THAT YOU'RE REMOVING RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY 1.2 AND F TWO FROM THE ALLOWED MANUFACTURED HOME? NO. SO RIGHT NOW WE ONLY WILL PERMIT A MANUFACTURED HOME IN AN RSF5RMF2, WHICH IS RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY TWO OR RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY 1.2 SUBJECT TO AN SUP APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL. SO THERE IS NO CURRENTLY NO WAY FOR SOMEBODY TO BRING IN A MANUFACTURED HOME BY RIGHT IN LEAGUE CITY CURRENTLY THAT RIGHT NOW THAT IS NOT IN CONFORMANCE WITH STATE LAW. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS TO REMOVE THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT CONDITIONS AND JUST MAKE IT OKAY. SO WE'RE REMOVING IT BY RIGHT. SO WE'RE REMOVING THE SUP. OKAY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IT LOOKS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION DO WE HAVE A MOTION. SHE LIKES TO. I MOVE THAT WE RECOMMEND TO CITY COUNCIL THAT THEY APPROVE THE AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 125, ARTICLE THREE, SECOND. SO MISS MORRISON MADE THE MOTION. MR. EDELMAN SECOND. GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? I SEE ME USING MY HANDS. OPPOSED. BEING NONE. THE MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0.
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STAFF COMMENTS. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. JUST I DO HAVE A LENGTHIER LIST THAN NORMAL. BUT FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME MR. EDELMAN BACK TO THE COMMISSION. WELCOME BACK. THANK YOU. ALSO, SINCE IT HAS BEEN SOME TIME SINCE WE LAST MET, I DID WANT TO DO SOME FOLLOW UP ON SOME PREVIOUS CONSIDERATIONS THAT THAT THE COMMISSION SO THE LEAGUE CITY PARKWAY AND LEGACY REZONING TO THAT THEY WANTED TO REZONE FROM F7 TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL. THAT WAS DENIED BY CITY COUNCIL. HOWEVER, IN DISCUSSIONS THERE WAS A BETTER SEEMED A BETTER COMFORT LEVEL TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL. SO THE APPLICANT IS IN THE PROCESS OF RESUBMITTING AN APPLICATION.THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING PROCESS, AND WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT REQUEST COMING BACK FOR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL IN THE FUTURE. THE DUNCAN PUD AMENDMENT TO ALLOW OVERHEAD LINES FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOBBS ROAD, THAT KIND OF SITUATION THAT WAS APPROVED. AND THEN ANCHOR BAY GAS STATION WAS APPROVED. S P WAS APPROVED BY SECOND READING AS WELL BY THE COUNCIL. THEY DID ADD SOME CONDITIONS AS WELL, JUST TO LET Y'ALL KNOW, I THINK THE THE MAIN ONE WAS THEY FLIPPED THE SITE SO THAT THE GAS STATION IS ON THE NORTHERN END INSTEAD OF NEAR THAT HARD CORNER. AND THEN LASTLY, AT YOUR LAST MEETING. YES, ON 270. YES, MA'AM. 270 AT AUSTIN STREET. THE LAST ITEM WAS THE WYOMING. AND THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON THEIR FIRST READING AND IS GOING TO THEIR NEXT MEETING FOR SECOND READING. AND THAT'S THE ONE ON WYOMING. THAT'S RIGHT ON THE CITY LIMIT LINE WITH OUR ET, TJ OR DICKINSON. SO THAT IS ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU MARK. WITH NO OTHER BUSINESS TO ATTEND TO, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN AT
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