May 22, 2025 Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting

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GOOD AFTERNOON. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. WE'VE ESTABLISHED A QUORUM. PLEASE RISE FOR PRAYER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

LET US PRAY. GOD, OUR FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR HAVING CALLED US TOGETHER.

THAT WE MAY HUMBLY SERVE YOU AT THIS MEETING.

SEND YOUR HOLY SPIRIT UPON US AND REMAIN PRESENT AMONG US TO LEAD US IN THE CONVERSATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS WE WILL HAVE.

BLESS OUR WORDS AND THOUGHTS.

SORRY WITH HOLINESS THAT WE MAY BE FITTING INSTRUMENTS OF YOUR GRACE.

WE ASK THIS IN YOUR NAME.

AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

YOU HAVE A CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE. YES, SIR. MR. CHAIRMAN, STAFF DID NOTIFY THE PUBLIC AS PER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON FRIDAY, MAY 16TH AT 5 P.M.. THANK YOU.

ANY DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITH THE COMMISSION? NONE.

NONE. ALL RIGHT. MEETING PROCEDURES.

PUBLIC COMMENTS. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. EVERY RESIDENT DESIRES TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT.

PLEASE NOTIFY THE CHAIRPERSON PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING. A SPOKESPERSON FOR LARGE GROUPS IS REQUIRED.

WE ASK FOR EVERYONE'S COOPERATION IN FOLLOWING THESE PROCEDURES.

AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THE EXCUSING THE ABSENCE OF COMMISSIONER MEMBER RUBY CASAS FROM THE MAY 8TH, 2020 REGULAR MEETING.

SO MOVED. SECOND. IN FAVOR?

[1. Call Meeting To Order, Establish Quorum]

[A. Prayer]

[B. Pledge of Allegiance]

[2. Certification of Public Notice]

[3. Disclosure of Conflict of Interest]

[4. Meeting Procedures]

I'LL SECOND. EVERYBODY IN FAVOR?

[6. ABSENCES]

[A. Consider excusing the absences of Commission Member Ruby Casas from the May 8, 2025]

[7. MINUTES]

ITEM EIGHT A, WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FROM AUTO URBAN USES TO SUBURBAN USES.

AND THE REZONING REQUEST FROM AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN DISTRICT, A 16.277 ACRE TRACT OF LAND OUT OF BLOCKS 37 AND 38.

[8. PUBLIC HEARINGS]

[A. Consider the Comprehensive Plan Amendment from Auto-Urban Uses to Suburban Uses and]

SEE STEPH. HELLO. ALEX GONZALEZ, PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT.

THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED OVER ON THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF NORTH TANKHOUSE AND PHILIP WAY. CURRENTLY, THIS PROPERTY IS AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE ZONING, AND THEY'RE PROPOSING TO GO TO RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN ZONING DISTRICT.

WE MAILED OUT NOTIFICATIONS TO SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS. WE RECEIVED NO COMMENTS IN FAVOR OR AGAINST OF THIS REQUEST.

QUEST STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE COMP PLAN AND REZONING REQUEST FROM AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE TO RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN DISTRICT.

IS THAT YOU'RE DONE? OKAY.

YES. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS. YOU WANT TO STEP UP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE FLOOR COMMISSION. MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND. EVERYBODY IN FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM EIGHT B. WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FROM GENERAL COMMERCIAL USES TO AUTO URBAN USES, AND THE REZONING REQUEST FROM COMMERCIAL GENERAL DISTRICT AND RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL, URBAN AND TOWNHOME DISTRICT, 9.51 ACRES OUT OF PART OR PORTION OF LOT

[B. Consider the Comprehensive Plan Amendment from General Commercial Uses to Auto-Urban Uses]

STAFF. THANK YOU. SO THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED OVER ON EAST WISCONSIN AND SOUTH LONGORIA ROAD. THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY ZONING DISTRICT AND A PORTION IS COMMERCIAL GENERAL. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING RESIDENTIAL, URBAN AND TOWNHOME DISTRICT TO ESTABLISH A TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT HERE AT THIS LOCATION.

SURROUNDING ZONING. WE HAVE RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY TO THE NORTH AND TO THE SOUTH.

WE MAILED OUT NOTIFICATIONS TO SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS AND WE RECEIVED NO COMMENTS IN FAVOR OR AGAINST. OF THIS REQUEST.

STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE COMP PLAN AND THE REZONING REQUEST BASED ON ADJACENT LAND USES AND THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA, AND IF IT IS APPROVED, THEY WOULD NEED TO COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS DURING THE PERMITTING PROCESS.

THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, PLEASE.

YVONNE. DID YOU WANT TO.

YEAH. DO YOU HAVE IT? YES.

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THIS IS A BRIEF PRESENTATION THAT MY CLIENT PUT TOGETHER, JUST TO GIVE YOU A VISUAL OF WHAT THE INTENT IS.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THE STRUCTURES ARE DETACHED.

AND THEY ARE BASICALLY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

THERE'S AND I GUESS I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WANT TO COME IN, BUT BASICALLY THESE ARE SOME MORE VISUALS OF WHAT THE INTENT OF THE PROJECT IS.

IT WOULD BE A GATED SUBDIVISION, RIGHT, WITH CONTROLLED ACCESS AND EVERYTHING.

AND AGAIN THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED THERE, I GUESS CLOSE TO MORE MULTIFAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS. BUT BASED ON THE SURROUNDING AREAS, THERE'S THERE'S SOME MULTIFAMILY RIGHT ADJACENT.

SO THIS WOULD BE KIND OF LIKE A TRANSITION FROM THE HIGHER DENSITY TO LOWER DENSITY AS WELL. THIS IS MORE OR LESS A LITTLE RENDER OF HOW IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE, I GUESS MY, MY CLIENTS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING SEVERAL TRACKS HERE IN THE, IN THE CITY AS WELL, IN SOME OTHER AREAS. SO AGAIN, I WILL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMISSION MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU SIR.

YOU'RE WELCOME. I'D LIKE TO THANK MICHAEL, COME THROUGH.

FOR THE RECORD, I'M ONE OF THE PARTNERS. LIKE IVAN SAID, THIS IS A GATED PRIVATE COMMUNITY.

OUR INTENT IS TO DO TOWNHOMES.

WE ACTUALLY DEVELOPED THE MULTIFAMILY PROJECT TO THE NORTH OF IT.

FOUR PLEXES. ORIGINALLY WE HAD THIS PROPERTY ALSO SLATED FOR FOUR PLEX, BUT BECAUSE OF, I GUESS, THE SATURATION OF FOURPLEXES, WE FELT IT WAS TOO MUCH.

SO THIS WOULD BE A BETTER FIT FOR THE FOR THE PROPERTY, NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF WHAT WE FEEL IS AN OVERSUPPLY ON THE FOUR PLEX, BUT JUST BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A NEED FOR THE SMALLER FOOTPRINT FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTIES. SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER.

THANK YOU SIR. I THINK WE'RE GOOD.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISTER COMPTON? THANK YOU SIR. I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE FLOOR. COMMISSION. MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND IN FAVOR. RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM EIGHT C WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THE REPLAT OF LOT 13 PABLO BLANCO SUBDIVISION TO BE CALLED WILL'S PLACE, BEING LOT 13, PABLO BLANCO SUBDIVISION, LOCATED AT 3001 16 HACKBERRY LANE.

STAFF. HI. PLANNING AND ZONING?

[C. Consider the Replat of Lot 13, Palo Blanco Subdivision to be called “Will’s Place”, Being Lot 13, Palo]

THE CURRENT ZONING IS RESIDENTIAL URBAN AND TOWNHOME.

THIS WAS REZONED LAST YEAR.

THE PRELIMINARY PLAT DOES CONSIST OF FOUR SINGLE FAMILY LOTS, AND WE DID RECEIVE ONE LETTER IN OPPOSITION ONCE THE WE HAD ALREADY DONE OUR REPORT STAFF'S RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE REPLAT.

OKAY. AND IT'S FOR THE SAME TYPE OF TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT.

IT'S JUST FOR THE I GUESS BECAUSE YOU HAD TO PLAT THE THE PROPERTY TO BE ABLE TO DO.

THEY ALREADY HAVE ONE HOME ON THE FIRST LOT AND THEN THERE'LL BE AN ADDITIONAL THREE LOTS. OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS.

CORRECT. THANK YOU. THIS IS A FAMILY PARTITION.

IS IT? NO, A FAMILY PARTITION.

IT'S ONE OF THE EXCEPTIONS FOR SUBDIVIDING.

SO THIS ONE THEY ARE REQUIRED TO TO PLOT TO THOSE THREE FOUR PLOTS.

OKAY. AT THIS TIME I'LL GO TO AND OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.

IF YOU WANT TO STEP UP TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE.

HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS RUBEN LOZANO AND I'M ACTUALLY THE GENTLEMAN'S NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH.

I'M JUST CURIOUS, IS IT FOR A BUILDING A HOME OR IS IT FOR BUSINESS? NO, IT'S BUILDING A HOME.

RESIDENTIAL, SIR. SO IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE FOR A BUSINESS, CORRECT? NO, SIR. OKAY.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT FOR A BUSINESS.

NO. NO, SIR. OKAY. I APPRECIATE IT, SIR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS BENJAMIN WORSHAM. I'M THE ENGINEER.

SUBDIVIDING THE PROPERTY. I'M ALSO THE SON OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS.

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WE'RE AT THE END, TAIL END OF IT.

AND THIS IS I GUESS ONE OF THE LAST STEPS WE WANT TO PROCEED WITH, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HELP AND ASSISTANCE IN DOING THIS BRIEF PLAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY, I'LL GO AND CLOSE THE FLOOR. COMMISSION. MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. ANYBODY IN FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.

MR. ACEVEDO. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS.

I WANTED TO FILL YOU IN ON A COUPLE OF THE PAST CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AS TO SOME OF THE ACTIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE AT THE MAY 6TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

THEY VOTED TO APPROVE THE TEN ACRES ON SOUTH SUGAR ROAD.

THOSE ARE THE TEN ACRES THAT WERE ZONED MULTIFAMILY,

[9. DIRECTOR’S REPORT]

[A. City Council Actions (To be handed out at the Planning & Zoning Meeting)]

THAT WAS APPROVED. NO ISSUES.

AND THEN ALSO AT THAT MEETING, WE HAD THE TWO REZONINGS OFF OF ALBERTA ROAD THE 311 WEST ALBERTA AND 421 WEST ALBERTA, ONES THAT WERE GOING TO COMMERCIAL.

THE ONES THAT WERE BOTH WANTING TO GO TO COMMERCIAL WITH THE COUNCIL DID WAS THEY HAD TABLED ONE OF THE ITEMS PREVIOUSLY, AND IT WENT BACK ON MAY 6TH AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE OTHER ONE WAS BEING PRESENTED. SO WE HAD BOTH OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME. SOMEBODY DID SHOW UP IN OPPOSITION TO THE ONE THAT WAS SURROUNDED BY HOMES.

SO THAT ONE WAS DENIED.

BUT THEY DID APPROVE THE ONE CLOSER TO KLAUSSNER.

OKAY. AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO A VARIANCE BY A GENTLEMAN ON 3710 SOUTH SUGAR ROAD NOT TO HAVE TO SUBDIVIDE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER THAT GENTLEMAN BEING THAT IT WAS FOR ONE SINGLE FAMILY, ONE LOT, ONE HOUSE.

THE COUNCIL VOTED TO APPROVE THAT VARIANCE.

AND THEN LAST NIGHT WE ONLY HAD ONE ITEM.

IT WAS ALSO A VARIANCE.

BUT DAVID SALINAS AND THAT ONE WAS FOR A PROPERTY OFF OF MAR-MAC.

AND IN THE ROGERS AREA, IT WAS IN A REGULAR LOT THAT HAD ABOUT 28FT OF FRONTAGE. AND THEY WANTED TO BUILD THE HOUSE IN THE BACK OF 3.4 ACRES.

THAT ONE WAS APPROVED IN ITS ENTIRETY.

I THINK PNC ALSO VOTED FOR APPROVAL.

STAFF WAS RECOMMENDING AGAINST THE CONNECTION OF THE SEWER.

WE WANTED THEM TO CONNECT TO SEWER INSTEAD OF BEING ON SEPTIC, BUT THAT WAS APPROVED AS WELL.

SO THAT'S ALL I GOT. ALL RIGHT, WE APPRECIATE IT.

NEXT MEETING IN TWO WEEKS.

NEXT MEETING IN TWO WEEKS.

OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.