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JUST FOR THE RECORD RECORDING IN PROGRESS, COMMISSIONER LER IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING, UH, BUT WE
[1. Call Meeting to Order]
STILL CONSTITUTE A QUORUM.SO ON NOW CALL THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO ORDER IT IS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2022.
THE TRIAGE ACT, AS WE DID THE BEGINNING OF EACH MEETING, YOU STAND, JOIN ME AT PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE.
I PLEDGE AGENTS TO THE STATES OF STANDS UNDER GOD.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR GUESTS THAT ARE HERE THIS EVENING.
UH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A VERY FULL AGENDA AND I, I WILL CHALLENGE YOU TO STAY THROUGH THE WHOLE EVENING.
UM, IF ANY OF YOU, UH, WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DURING, UM, FOUR OR AGAINST ONE OF THE, UH, UH, REQUESTS WE HAVE TONIGHT, WOULD YOU PLEASE FILL OUT A CARD THEY'RE ON THE TABLE AND HAND THEM TO LESLIE, IF YOU'RE JUST HERE AS INTERESTED IN PARTIES AND WOULD LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON AN ISSUE, YOU MAY DO THAT.
I DO WANNA REMIND ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK, THAT YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO PRESENT YOUR COMMENTS AND PLEASE REFRAIN FROM ASKING THE COMMISSIONERS DIRECT QUESTIONS.
ALTHOUGH THE COMMISSIONERS CAN ASK YOU QUESTIONS, AND IF THEY DO ASK QUESTIONS IN THE TIME, IT TAKES YOU TO RESPOND WILL NOT BE, UH, APPLIED AGAINST IN THREE MINUTES WITH ALL OF THAT OUTTA THE WAY LET'S BEGIN.
[ Consent Agenda: All items listed under the Consent Agenda are considered routine by the Planning and Zoning Commission and will be enacted by one motion with no individual consideration. If individual consideration of an item is requested, it will be pulled from the Consent Agenda and discussed separately.]
IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA.THERE ARE TWO ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR TONIGHT.
ONE IS THE MINUTES AND THE AUGUST 16TH, 2022 MEETING.
UM, AND THE OTHER IS THE, UH, REPLAT OF LOT CR BLOCK.
ONE OF THE OAKS NORTHWEST NUMBER TWO EDITION COMPRISING 1.24 ACRES SITUATED IN THE ALLEN BLEDSO SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 1 57.
WEST OF MONTH FOR DRIVE AND APPROXIMATELY 275 FEET SOUTH BELTLINE ROAD.
THIS IS CASE R 2 22 3 SLASH OAKS NORTH WEST NUMBER TWO EDITION 14, 9 99 MUNFORD DRIVE THERE BE NO REQUEST FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION MADE THE WORK SESSION.
DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE TWO ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS STATE SECOND AND SECOND, AND BY JOHN, UM, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, CONSENT AGENDA.
ALL RIGHT NOW FOR THIS MOVING TO THE REGULAR AGENDA, FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS, PULLED OF PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE PROVING AND SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 53 75, 3 7 EDISON ROAD IS CURRENTLY OWNED LOCAL RETAIL LR TO ALLOW A RESTAURANT.
THIS IS CASE 1849 SLASH 5 3 75 EDISON ROAD OR KNOWN AS AMBROSIA CAFE.
LESLIE, YOU HAVE STAFF REPORT, PLEASE.
UM, THE APPLICANT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PRESENT.
UH, THEY INDICATED THEY WOULD ATTEND IN PERSON.
UM, WOULD THE COMMISSION BE COMFORTABLE, UM, DELAYING THAT ITEM TO THE END OF THE MEETING AND, AND WE MOVE FORWARD.
WAIT TO SEE IF THE APPLICANT ARRIVE.
WE DO HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT ALSO.
SO I'M SORRY IF, UH, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO WAIT IF YOU DON'T MIND.
WITH THAT MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM.
I BELIEVE THE ONLY APPLICATION WE HAVE, UH, THE APPLICANTS PRESENT FORWARD WOULD PRECISION SET.
OH, DO WE KNOW IF AMBROSIA CAFE WILL BE JOINING US? I, I SPOKE WITH THEM TODAY AND THEY INDICATED THEY WOULD ATTEND IN PERSON.
[4. Hold a Public Hearing, Present, Discuss, and Consider Action on a Recommendation regarding an Ordinance Approving a Special Use Permit (SUP) for Property Located at 14380 Marsh Lane, Suite 100 that is currently zoned Planned Development (PD), Ordinance No. 016-017, to allow a restaurant with a drive-thru. Case 1855-SUP/14380 Marsh Lane, Suite 100 (Jeremiah’s Italian Ice). ]
WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON, NOT IN FOUR NOW.YOU'RE NOT WITH THE S COMFORTABLE THAT.
ITEM FOUR IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING APPROVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 14 3 8 LANE SUITE 100, THAT IS CURRENTLY ZONED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PD
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ORDINANCE NUMBER SIX, A RE 14 3 80 LANE, SUITE ONE, JEREMIAH ITALIAN, HER FOURTH, PLEASE.UH, LESLIE KNIGHT WITH THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR THE TOWN, I'LL BE PRESENTING.
THIS IS A, UH, SPECIAL USE PERMIT REQUEST FOR A RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVE THROUGH AT THE, UM, BROOKHAVEN SHOPPING CENTER AT THE, UM, SOUTHEAST CORNER OF MARSH LANE AND SPRING VALLEY DRIVE.
THIS PARTICULAR SHOPPING CENTER HAS BEEN, UM, HAS HAD SEVERAL ZONING ACTIONS.
SO OVER THE LAST, UM, SEVERAL YEARS, UH, IN RELATION TO VITRI PARK REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT, AND, UH, MORE SPECIFICALLY IN 2016, THIS SITE WAS APPROVED FOR, UH, EXCUSE ME, WAS APPROVED WITH UPDATED.
WITH UPDATED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, PERMITTED USES AND CONCEPT PLANS.
I'M HERE ON THE ZOOM CALL, PLEASE REMAIN MUTED.
THAT TWO, ONE FOURS NOT UPDATED.
IN TWO 16 UPDATED DEVELOPMENT PLANS, UH, APPROVED, UH, THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THIS SITE, UH, INCLUDING BUILDING B, WHICH IS ON THE, THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE EXISTING TOM THUMB STRUCTURE.
UH, SO THIS IS A NEW BUILDING, UH, HAD SEVEN SPEC SUITES, AS WELL AS SOME PAD SITES ALONG MARSH LANE.
UH, AND THEN IN 2019, IT ALSO CAME BACK, UH, BEFORE THE P AND Z COMMISSION CITY COUNCIL FOR A PLAN DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT TO MODIFY PERMITTED USES.
SO THOSE PARTICULAR REQUESTS IS FOR SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO OCCUPY ONE OF THOSE SUITES AND BUILDING B.
UH, IT WOULD BE THE, UM, NORTH NORTHEAST COAST SITE, UH, ON THE BUILDING AND THE DRIVE THROUGH WOULD BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING KIND OF BEHIND, UH, THAT CENTER.
THIS, UH, JEREMIAH'S ITALIAN ICE IS A DESSERT RESTAURANT.
THEY PROPOSE TO HAVE INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SEATING, UH, INCLUDING A FEW PATIO TABLES IN FRONT OF THE, IN FRONT OF THE, THE SUITE AND UNDER THE, ON THE EXISTING AWNING.
UH, THEY WILL BE SEATING FOR APPROXIMATELY 44 ON SITE.
UH, THEY WILL ALSO HAVE A, A DRIVE THROUGH FACILITY, AS WELL, AS I MENTIONED, UH, THEY WILL SELL, UH, ICE CREAM, ITALIAN ICE, AND GELA, UH, WHICH IS A MIXTURE OF THE TWO.
THIS PARTICULAR, UH, BUSINESS WAS, UH, FOUNDED IN FLORIDA IN THE NINETIES AND HAS QUICKLY GROWN.
THEY HAVE OVER 71 LOCATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES, UH, AND ARE, THEY DON'T HAVE VERY MANY, UM, IN TEXAS CURRENTLY, HOWEVER, THEY'RE ANTICIPATING SIX NEW LOCATIONS IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
SO GROWING, UH, PRETTY NE RAPIDLY, UM, IN THE AREA WE PROPOSED HOURS OPERATION ARE, UH, NOON TO 10:00 PM SATURDAY'S WEEK UNDER THE EXISTING PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
THIS SITE, UH, FOR BUILDING B, UH, ACCOMMODATES PARKING FOR 50% OF THE BUILDING TO BE USED AS RETAILER OFFICE AND THE OTHER 50% TO BE USED AS RESTAURANT, UH, THIS AS, AS PROPOSED AND WITH THE EXISTING USES, UH, THAT WOULD EQUATE TO APPROXIMATELY 58%, UH, BY RETAIL.
AND THE TWO PROPOSED ITEMS ARE 30% RESTAURANT ON 12% OF THE, THE BUILDING IS CURRENTLY VACANT.
ADDITIONALLY, THE OPEN SPACE AND LANDSCAPING WAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED DURING THE, UH, 2016, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT, APPROVED DEVELOPMENT PLANS.
AND THAT WAS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT WRAPPED IN THE BEGINNING OF 2019.
AND STAFF CONDUCTED, UH, INSPECTIONS
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FOR THAT WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR CODE COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE THINGS AS WELL FOR THE EXTERIOR COM UH, APPEARANCE OF THE SUITE, NO CHANGES OR MODIFICATIONS ARE PROPOSED, UH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A NEW SIGN ON THE PRIMARY FACADE, WHICH BASES NORTH TOWARDS SPRING VALLEY ROAD.UM, AS WELL AS A SIGN ABOVE THE, UM, THE DRIVE THROUGH INDICATING THE HEIGHT OF VEHICLES, THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF STAFF DID NOTIFY ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE SITE, UH, INCLUDING 12 RECIPIENTS AND DID NOT RECEIVE ANY, UM, RESPONSES, THE APPLICATION.
AND WITH THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH NO CONDITIONS, HAPPY TO, TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
AND WE APPLICANT IS, UH, PARTICIPATING VIA ZOOM.
LESLIE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR LESLIE? NO, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR LESLIE, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE MEETING AND LESLIE INDICATED THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT.
UH, MR. BARNETT, YOU WISH TO MAKE A STATEMENT, UH, SORRY.
HE IS THE, UM, GENERAL CONTRACTOR ON THE PROJECT.
DO YOU WISH TO MAKE A STATEMENT OR PRESENTATION, SIR? BEAR WITH US, MR. MARK.
YOU HEAR US? WE'RE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES HERE.
ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR US WELL, NOT CONNECT, NOT UNMUTE.
MS. MARKO, CAN YOU HEAR US? SORRY.
WE'VE BEEN HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ALL DAY WITH THE SYSTEM.
WE'RE SEE IF SOMEONE ELSE ON THE CALL IS TO SPEAK, MR. BARNETT, WERE YOU ABLE TO HEAR US THIS RANDY BARNETT? YEAH, WE TRYING TO OUT, SEE, WE WERE ABLE TO, CAN YOU, UM, SHOULD BE FUNCTIONING? THAT'S NOT OUR, IT, PEOPLE DON'T COME TO OUR MEETINGS, SO THIS IS KIND WHAT WE DEAL WITH FREQUENTLY.
UM, IT SHOULD HAVE CHANGED A WHILE AGO, BUT THAT IS WHAT IT IS.
SO WE GO FORWARD, I THINK BETTER.
IF I ASK A QUESTION, SO WE WERE PLANNING IF I WAS TRYING TO SPEAK ON PERHAPS ON THE, ON THE FIRST THING ON, ON THE AGENDA.
AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT, IF THAT'S TOO LATE OR WHAT, WHEN YOU JUST FOUND OUT, WELL, THE FIRST, YEAH, I I'VE GOT YOUR CARD.
FIRST AGENDA ITEM ACTUALLY WAS THE MINUTES FOR THE MEETING, I SUPPOSE.
SO I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ABRO CAFE.
YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING? THAT'S FINE.
WELL, THIS THE ZONING RE ZONING MEETING.
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TO TALK ABOUT THE ACQUISITION OF THIS PLACE, THE ZONING OF THIS PLACE, THE, OH, THIS IS THE ITEM.WE ARE GONNA ALLOW YOU SOME DISCUSSION TIME BUTS.
NO, I SAW THAT IT WAS UP FOR, AND YOU'RE MUTED.
HEY, ON THE ZOOM CALL HARRIS, PLEASE.
WE SHOULDN'T BE DEALING WITH THIS AT THIS POINT, BUT UH, MR. CHAIR IS WHAT IT IS.
UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PROCEED WITHOUT, UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE NOT GONNA QUESTION TO THE APPLICANT.
I'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER CHANCE THEN TO ASK QUESTIONS OF, OF LESLIE OR KEN WHO MAY HAVE SOME OF THOSE ANSWERS.
IF NOT, DO I HEAR A MOTION ON JEREMIAH'S ITALIAN ICE? I BELIEVE THAT WE PROVE, UH, 18 UP, UH, FOR MARSH SWEEP HUNDRED FOR JEREMIAH
THIS ITEM HAS A, HAS A PUBLIC HEARING BEEN HELD ON THIS ITEM? YOU OPENED A PUBLIC HEARING.
I HAVE NOT CLOSED PUBLIC HEARING, SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING THEN SINCE NO ONE'S HERE TO SPEAK FOR.
AND JOHN HAS MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND SECONDED BY NANCY.
DO I HEAR ALL IN FAVORS, SAY, AYE, I I'LL OPPOS SAY NO AND ABSTENTION READY TO PASS.
SO KEN, DO YOU WANNA MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM? SO WE
[3. Hold a Public Hearing, Present, Discuss, and Consider Action on a Recommendation regarding an Ordinance Approving a Special Use Permit (SUP) for Property Located at 15375 Addison Road, that is currently zoned Local Retail (LR), to allow a restaurant. Case 1849-SUP/15375 Addison Road (Ambrosia Café). ]
DO HAVE FOLKS, UH, THE APPLICANT FOR THE FIRST ITEM.YES, WE CAN PROCEED WITH THAT ITEM.
SO I WILL REREAD THE ITEM THAT WE SKIPPED HERE VOLUNTARILY IT'S TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, PRESENT, DISCUSS, AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE APPRO A SPECIAL USE PERMIT U FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 53 75 ADDISON ROAD THAT IS CURRENTLY ZONED LOCAL RETAIL LR TO ALLOW OUR RESTAURANT CASE 1849 U SLASH 5, 3 75 ADDISON ROAD, AMBROSIA CAFE.
LESLIE, CAN YOU GIVE US A STAFF REPORT PLEASE? THANK YOU.
UH, LESLIE AND I DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR THE TOWN, UH, BE PRESENTING, UH, THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR ABRO CAFE.
UH, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 15, UH, 3 75 ADDISON ROAD, UM, AT THE INTERSECTION OF ADDISON ROAD AND LIMEBURG DRIVE, UH, AND FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR, UH, TO ALLOW A RESTAURANT, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
HEY, GOOD AFTERNOON TO EVERYBODY.
WHEN, WHEN ARE WE SUPPOSED TO START THIS? OH, NOW IT'S WORKING NOW.
CAN YOU HEAR US? ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR US? DOES ANYBODY KNOW MISS RICARDO? CAN YOU HEAR US TO CHAT? YOU CAN'T HEAR US.
CAN WE SEND HIM A NOTE THROUGH CHAT? ALL RIGHT.
UM, PRESUMING, UH, FOR AMBROSIA CAFE, UH, THIS PARTICULAR SITE HAS SERVED, UH, AS A RESTAURANT, UH, IN SOME CAPACITY SINCE THE EARLY 1980S, UH, WHEN IT WAS DEVELOPED WITH THE EXISTING, UH, STRUCTURE AND SITE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS.
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UM, AN ORDINANCE FOR SEA SHELL RESTAURANT WITH ALCOHOL SALES.UH, THERE WAS ALSO, UM, SEVERAL OTHER U APPROVALS, UH, ON THE SITE AS WELL.
AND THE CURRENT APPLICATION IS FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A RESTAURANT, UH, WHICH STAFF HAS, UM, RECOMMENDED A CONDITION IF APPROVED TO REPEAL THOSE PREVIOUS, UM, S U REQUIREMENTS.
AS FAR AS THE, UH, INTERIOR FLOOR PLAN OF THE RESTAURANT IS THERE ARE SOME SIGNIFICANT RENOVATIONS TO THE INTERIOR, INCLUDING BRINGING THE RESTROOMS UP TO ADA COMPLIANCE AND, UH, GENERALLY ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL STORAGE AS WELL AS ADDING, UH, OR EXPANDING AN EXISTING, UM, SECOND FLOOR MEZZANINE AREA WITH A, AN OFFICE AND, AND SOME STORAGE AREA THIS EXISTS CURRENTLY, BUT IT'S UMS VERY SMALL AND, AND NOT VERY FUNCTIONAL INDOOR SEATING INCLUDES, UH, IS PROVIDED FOR 88, UH, INDIVIDUALS.
THEY ARE NOT PROPOSING ANY ALCOHOL SALES ON SITE.
UH, HOWEVER HOOKAH WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PATRONS.
THE RESTAURANT IS PROPOSED TO, TO HAVE A AMERICAN MEDITERRANEAN CUISINE.
UH, THEIR HOURS OF OPERATION, UH, ARE AS PROPOSED WITH THE APPLICANT ARE 6:00 AM TO 12 MIDNIGHT, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, AND THEN 6:00 AM TO 2:00 AM FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
SO THEY ARE PROPOSING, UM, TO OFFER BREAKFAST, LUNCH, AND DINNER OPTIONS, UM, AS WELL AS SPECIALTY, UH, DRINKS SUCH AS COFFEE AND TEAS AND SMOOTHIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND HOOKAH, AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, UH, YOU'LL SEE IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT THE SITE CURRENTLY DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE MINIMUM OF MARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SITE.
SO SINCE THIS IS A FREE STANDING RESTAURANT, A RATIO OF ONE, UM, PARKING SPACE FOR EVERY 70 SQUARE FEET IS REQUIRED, UH, WITH THAT RATIO, THE, UM, AND THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS IN THE, ON THE BUILDING, THE REQUIRED PARKING WOULD BE 80 PARKING SPACES ON SITE, AND THE CURRENT PLANS PROVIDE 38 PARKING SPACES.
SO THROUGHOUT THE, THE HISTORY OF THIS SITE, THERE WAS, UM, APPROVAL OF A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION OF PARKING IN 1991 VIA A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A RESTAURANT.
SO AT THAT TIME IN 1991, THEY APPROVED, UM, A SITE PLAN WITH 49 PARKING SPACES, WHICH WAS, UM, DEFICIENT TO WHAT WOULD'VE BEEN REQUIRED AT THE TIME.
AND SINCE THEN, SINCE 1991, THE PARKING LOT HAS BEEN, UH, RETRIED AND THERE'S BEEN SOME IMPROVEMENTS AND SOME CHANGES ON THE SITE THAT DON'T NECESSARILY REQUIRE A BUILDING PERMIT.
UH, WE DON'T REQUIRE A PERMIT FOR RES STRIPING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND SO SINCE THAT TIME PARKING HAS, UM, HAS THE PARKING LOT HAS EVOLVED AND SOME OF THOSE PARKING SPACES HAVE, UM, BECOME CHALLENGING AND, AND AREN'T, UH, FUNCTIONAL AS THEY SHOULD BE, AND DON'T NECESSARILY NEED THE REQUIREMENTS.
UM, AND THEN WITH THIS REQUEST, UH, A FEW ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES WERE ALSO LOST TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, THE REQUIRED HANDICAP, ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACES ON SITE, AS WELL AS ADD SOME PARKING ISLANDS, WHICH YOU'LL SEE ON THE LANDSCAPE PLAN BEFORE YOU, UH, CURRENTLY THERE ARE NO LANDSCAPE ISLANDS.
IT IS THE PARKING LOT IS, UM, COMPLETELY PAVED WITH NO, NO TREES OR, UH, LANDSCAPING IN THAT AREA.
THE PROPOSED PLAN ALSO DOES, UH, COMPLY WITH THE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS.
THEY WERE ABLE TO BRING THE, UM, LANDSCAPED AREA OF THE SITE UP TO 30%, WHICH IS, UM, 10% ABOVE OUR 20% REQUIREMENT, UM, AS YOU'LL SEE THE, THE UNIQUE SHAPE OF THE LOT DOESN'T AND THE LOCATION OF THE EXISTING BUILDING, DOESN'T REALLY, UM, ACCOMMODATE MAKING UP THAT ADDITIONAL PARKING ELSEWHERE.
A LOT OF THAT LANDSCAPING IS ALONG THE, THE ROADWAY FRONTAGES OF, OF LINDBURG DRIVE AND ADDISON ROAD.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, UH, AS I MENTIONED, INTERIOR PARKING LANDSCAPING IS REQUIRE, IS PROVIDED, UH, IN THE FORM OF LANDSCAPE ISLANDS.
UM, A LANDSCAPE BUFFER WAS PROVIDED AS WELL ALONG ADDISON ROAD BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AND THE BACK OF CURB.
THE SIDEWALK CURRENTLY EXISTS OFF THE BACK OF CURB.
UM, AND STAFF ASKED THEM TO RELOCATE THAT DUE TO THE EXISTING CONDITIONS.
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OR ONLY ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE ABOUT FIVE FEET BETWEEN THAT SIDEWALK AND THE BACK OF THE CURB.UM, BUT, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO, TO GET THAT OFF THE BACK OF THE CURB.
AND YOU'LL SEE CLOSER TO ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ACCESS POINT ON ADDISON ROAD, THE SIDEWALK GOES BACK TO THE BACK OF CURB TO A LINE BACK UP WITH THE DARK CROSSING SIDEWALK CROSSING, AS FAR AS THE, UH, FACADE IMPROVEMENTS ARE CONCERNED.
UH, MANY OF THE WINDOWS AND DOORS WERE REPLACED AND OR EXPANDED, UH, TO ADD, TO ADD LARGER, LARGER WINDOWS, UM, ON THE FACADES, GENERALLY, THE MATERIAL IS NOT CHANGING.
UM, THEY ARE ALSO ADDING A SOLID WOOD DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE.
UH, THEY'RE CURRENTLY IS NOT ONE PROVIDED ON THE PROPERTY.
UH, STAFF DID NOTIFY 53, UH, RECIPIENTS OF THE, THE ZONING REQUEST AND HAS NOT, UH, RECEIVED ANY RESPONSES AND CONCLUSION STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, UH, WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
AND THE FIRST THING THAT THE PREVIOUS, UH, SPECIAL USE PERMITS, UH, WOULD BE REPEALED UPON ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR THE PREVIOUS, UH, RESTAURANTS WITH THE SALE OF ALCOHOL ON THIS SITE, UH, THAT THE OPERATING HOURS BE LIMITED TO, UH, REQUIRE THE VENUE CLOSURE AT, UM, 12 MIDNIGHT, SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AND 2:00 AM FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, AND THAT, UH, BYOB SERVICES ARE PROHIBITED ON SITE.
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR LESLIE? UM, SO I LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THE INVESTMENTS AND THE IMPROVEMENTS IN WHAT IS NOW VACANT SPACE.
UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE TO THE LANDSCAPE AREA, BUT WE DO MAKE THE COMMENT IN THE WRITE UP WHERE IT SAYS THEY'RE, THEY'RE MEETING THE LANDSCAPE AREA, UM, STANDARD, BUT THEY'RE NOT MAKING IT ON THE LANDSCAPE MATERIAL STANDARD.
WHAT, WHAT DO WE MEAN BY THAT? UM, SO THAT WAS THE EXISTING CONDITIONS.
AS OF TODAY, THEY MEET THE MINIMUM OF 20% LANDSCAPED AREA, SO 20% GRASS, BUT WE ALSO, UH, HAVE REQUIREMENTS FOR SHRUBS AND TREES AND THINGS, ESPECIALLY LIKE INTERIOR PARKING LOT TREES.
AND THEY'RE NOT CURRENTLY MEETING THAT.
THE PROPOSED PLAN DOES BRING THAT INTO COMPLIANCE WITH LANDSCAPING MATERIAL LIKE SHRUBS AND TREES.
COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT THE LANDSCAPE IN THE PARKING, PLEASE? LESLIE, UM, YOU SAID 80 SPACES REQUIRED AND AFTER THE SITE ALTERATIONS, THERE'LL BE 38.
HOW MANY SPACES WERE TAKEN OUT IN OTHER WORDS, HOW CLOSE DO THEY GET TO 80 BEFORE THEY MADE THE SITE ALTERATIONS? SO BEFORE SITE ALTERATIONS, I BELIEVE THEY WERE AT 41.
SO THREE WERE ULTIMATELY REMOVED.
SO EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T DO THESE ALTERATIONS THERE STILL SIGNIFICANTLY DOWN ON THE, ON THE PARKING.
AND WHEN YOU SAID THAT BASED UPON THE HISTORY OF THE SITE, YOU DID NOT FORESEE PARKING ISSUE.
WHAT IS THE HISTORY YOU'RE REFERRING TO? JUST THE FACT THAT IT HAS EXISTED AS A RESTAURANT.
SO, UM, IT DIDN'T APPEAR BASED ON MARKET CONDITIONS ANYWAYS, THAT IT DETERRED ANY RESTAURANT FROM, YOU KNOW, OCCUPYING THE SPACE OR OPERATING IN THE SPACE.
UM, IT IT'S, UM, UNSUBSTANTIATED, BUT IT WAS MENTIONED IN THE WORK SESSION THAT IN PREVIOUS TIMES SOME PEOPLE HAVE PARKED ACROSS THE STREET AND HAVE WALKED ACROSS TO WHAT THE RESTAURANT THAT WAS THERE.
UM, IS THERE ANY WAY TO CONTROL THAT THAT IS, DOES NOT OCCUR IN THIS INSTANCE IF INDEED THEY NEED MORE THAN THE 38 SPACES? UH, SO PARKING SHOULD BE CONTAINED ON SITE.
UH, IF, UH, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, TO THE NORTH OR TO THE EAST OF THE SITE SPECIFICALLY AND IN THE, UM, CONDO, THOSE CONDOS THAT LOOK LIKE DIFFERENT HOUSES.
SO ANY PATRONS FOR THE RESTAURANT NEED TO BE PARKING ON SITE? THEY SHOULDN'T, IT SHOULDN'T BE ACCOMMODATING PARKING OFFSITE.
UH, ANY BUSINESS OR PROPERTY OWNER WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE AUTHORITY TO, TO RESTRICT THAT PARKING, UH, AND POTENTIALLY TOW ANY CARS THAT ARE OKAY.
SO YOU A QUESTION? NO, I DIDN'T GO AHEAD.
UH, LESLIE, YOU MENTIONED THAT, UH, THEY WOULD BE, UM, PROVIDING OR CONSTRUCTING A SOLID WASTE ENCLOSURE.
UM, IN LOOKING AT THE PLANS, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT LOCATION IS FAIRLY VISIBLE FROM THE STREETS.
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ANY BUILDING STANDARDS ON THE MATERIALS OR CONSTRUCTION DESIGNED FOR, FOR SUCH SOLID WASTE ENCLOSURES? I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT IT WOULD BE WOODEN.SO, UH, OUR PROVISIONS REQUIRE A SOLID SCREEN.
IT DOESN'T, UM, SPEAK TO MATERIALITY.
SO FOR THIS PARTICULAR, UM, SITE, THEY'RE PROPOSING A WOOD ENCLOSURE, UM, AT THE, THE BACK OF THE BUILDING ALONG LINDBERG, UH, WITH LANDSCAPING IN BETWEEN THE WOODEN DUMPSTER CLOSURE AND THE, AND, UH, LINDBURG DRIVE.
UM, SO BE THIS SITE IS, IS UNIQUE IN THE SENSE THAT IT, IT REALLY HAS NO BACK OF THE BUILDING.
THE BACK OF THE BUILDING IS, UH, ALONG A STREET FRONTAGE.
HOWEVER, UH, LINDBURG IS ALSO THE EDGE OF THE AIRPORT AND IT FUNCTIONS, UH, THAT AREA FUNCTIONS A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT TYPE.
AND SO AS FAR AS PLACEMENT ON THE SITE, THIS IS LIKELY THE, THE MOST AESTHETICALLY CONCEALED AREA, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF, OF HOW THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING IS REALLY FRONTING SOUTH TOWARDS, UH, TOWARDS THE, THE DART LINE.
AND THEN YOU HAVE ADDISON ROAD, WHICH IS REALLY THE, TRULY THE PRIMARY FRONT.
THERE WON'T BE ANYTHING BLOCKING LINE OF SIGHT WHEN YOU'RE ON LINBERG, IF THE DOORS ARE LEFT OPEN, CORRECT.
ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE COMING UP TOWARDS ADDISON ROAD.
AND A FOLLOW UP TO NANCY'S QUESTION.
DID THAT SPACE COME AT THE EXPENSE OF PARKING? NO.
SO THE DUMPSTER THAT'S THE CURRENT LOCATION FOR THE DUMPSTER.
THERE IS JUST NOT A, AN ENLO FOR IT, JUST SO IT'S JUST THE BAND SITTING THERE.
UH, DO YOU HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS? IT DID, JULIE.
SO THIS BUILDING, IT SAYS IT'S 57 OR 47 TO 5,300 AND IT ONLY HAS 88 TABLES CUZ LIKE THESE OTHER RESTAURANTS ARE SMALLER AND THEY HAVE LIKE A HUNDRED TABLES.
SO, SO IT'S LIMITED, WE'RE LIMITING IT 88.
SO WE, UH, STAFF DID NOT LIMIT THAT.
UH, WE ASKED DURING, UH, THE REVIEW PROCESS.
SO, UH, WITH A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, A FLOOR PLAN, UH, IS REQUIRED AS PART OF THE APPLICATION.
AND WE DO ASK THAT THEY SHOW PROPOSED, UM, UH, IMPROVEMENTS AND EQUIPMENT IN THERE AS WELL.
AND THAT WAS WHAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING.
IF WE PASS IT SAYING IT CAN ONLY HAVE 88 OR THEY CAN EXPAND AD TABLE.
SO WHAT WOULD BE THE CERTIFICATE OCCUPANCY FOR THE BUILDING THAT SORRY, THE 80, WOULD IT BE 80 OR WOULD IT BE HIGHER THAN 80? SO TRULY THE, UM, THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS FOR THE LAND USE, WHICH IS A RESTAURANT.
SO A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WOULD BE FOR A RESTAURANT AS WELL, AS FAR AS THE FLOOR PLAN GOES AND THE SEATING IS CONCERNED.
UH, IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO THE INTENT.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, IF THEY REMOVE ALL THE TABLES AND, UM, PUT IN COUCHES THAT DOES NOT MEET THE IN INTENT OF, OF A DINING AREA, HOWEVER, IF THEY ADD A FEW MORE TABLES, IT IS STILL MEETING THE GEN THE GENERAL INTENT OF, OF A RESTAURANT.
CAUSE MY CONCERN IS THAT THERE'S 88 TABLES.
IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME, BUT IF IT'S SO BIG, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IS THAT CUZ THE, MAYBE IT'S CUZ THE FLOOR IS GOING UP OR SOMETHING, BUT UM, IF THEY CAN EXPAND TO SAVE 200 TABLE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE THEN THE 38 SPACES IS NOT ADEQUATE.
AND HOW DOES IT, THE ANOTHER RELATED QUESTION IS HOW IS IT ATTACHED TO THE DART STATION? LIKE CAN PEOPLE WALK OFF THE TRAIN AND GO UP, GO OVER THERE, TECHNICALLY WALK, WALK.
I MEAN THEY CAN WALK ANYWHERE IN TOWN.
AND ONE OF, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH, WITH THE, THIS SPACE AND, AND REALLY THE PREVIOUS OCCUPANT AND, AND PROBABLY SPEAKS TO SOME OF THE PARKING ISSUES THAT THEY FACED IS, UH, IT PREVIOUS OCCUPANT IT, I THINK RESTAURANT WAS A VERY GENEROUS DESCRIPTION OF IT.
IT PROBABLY, UH, OPERATED MORE LIKE A, A NIGHTCLUB OR A LOUNGE.
UM, SO THEY HAD EVENTS, THEY HAD MARKET EVENTS, NEW YEAR'S EVE TYPE OF EVENTS.
UM, I, I THINK THAT CREATED SOME OF THE PARKING ISSUES, UH, THIS CERTAINLY WITH THE NATURE OF THIS SITE, UM, IT'S, IT IS UNDER PART.
UM, BUT IT IS LARGELY AN EXISTING CONDITION.
I THINK THIS IS A, A LITTLE DIFFERENT USE IN OPERATION THAN THE PREVIOUS USER WHERE IT COULD HAVE SOME VERY HIGH ACTIVITY.
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IT'S MORE LIKE A, A NIGHTCLUB.THIS ONE IS OR IS NOT, NO, THIS ONE IS NOT A PREVIOUS USER KEN AND LESLIE, THEY LIKE TO GET BACK TO THE 88.
UM, I'M, I'M CERTAIN THAT, THAT, THAT A RESTAURANT CANNOT CONTINUE TO ADD MORE AND MORE TABLES AND STILL BE A DINING ROOM KIND OF THING.
BECAUSE IF THERE'S FIRE, IT'S A JUST ALLOWED FOR CERTAIN NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
SO WOULD NOT THE CO ADDRESS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ALLOWED IN THIS FACILITY TO A MAXIMUM.
SO THERE, AND SO I GUESS I'M TRYING TO GET AROUND TO JULIE'S QUESTION IS IF WE THINK THAT THERE'S ONLY 38 PARKING SPACES AND THERE'S GONNA BE 88 PEOPLE.
THAT SOUNDS REASONABLE THAT THERE MIGHT BE TWO OR THREE PEOPLE PER TABLE AND YOU CAN GET 88 IN THERE WITH, WITH JUST 38 PARKING SPACES.
BUT IF THEY DO ADD 15, 20 MORE TABLES THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO STILL BE UNDER THE FIRE CODE, UM, ISSUES, BUT THEN NOW IT BECOMES MORE OF A PARKING PROBLEM.
CAN WE BASICALLY STIPULATE THAT THEY CANNOT HAVE MORE THAN 88 PEOPLE IN THIS RESTAURANT AT ANY ONE TIME? OR IS THAT JUST BEYOND THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE? UM, I THINK IT THERE'S, YOU CERTAINLY HAVE THE, THE OPTION TO, TO RECOMMEND CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL.
UM, I THINK IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO, UM, ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS FOR THAT, THAT KIND OF, UH, OF CONDITION AND THE, THE IMPACT OF THE SITE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE ZONING.
UM, IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, WHEN YOU'RE REFERRING TO EXISTING CONDITIONS IN PARKING AND YOU'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW, OCCUPANCY NEEDS TO BE LIMITED BASED ON THE EXISTING SITE CONDITIONS.
UM, I THINK IT COULD BE POTENTIALLY, COULD BE WARRANTED BASED UPON, UH, YOUR CONCERNS WITH, YOU KNOW, THE SITE CONDITIONS.
UM, AND YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT ON THAT.
SO THE, THE FLOOR PLAN IS A COMPONENT OF THE ZING.
WE CAN STRICTLY ENFORCE ANY COMPONENT OF LOANING.
UH, THERE'S PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS THAT FROM AN ENFORCEMENT STANDPOINT, AREN'T WE GOING IN AND COUNTING PEOPLE REALLY WE'RE THE, THE, THE TRUE SYMPTOM OF THIS ISSUE IS IF THEY END UP IN A SCENARIO LIKE, UH, JULIE MENTIONED IS WHETHER THEY'RE PARKING OFF SITE, IF I DON'T CARE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN THERE, IF THEY'RE USING UBER AND, UH, USING, UH, THE SURFACE PARKING AS WELL, AND THEY'RE NOT OVERWHELMING THEIR SITE AND SPILLING OVER ONTO OTHERS, UH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A, A REALITY OF THESE TYPES OF USES TOO.
BUT, UM, THE, THE PARKING ISSUE IS REALLY HOW THE, THE BEST WAY TO ENFORCE THAT.
I DON'T REALLY WANT TO, I DON'T THINK IT'S VERY PRACTICAL FOR US TO BE SENDING CODE PORTIONS OFFICERS IN TO, TO CONTINUALLY MONITOR WHETHER THEY HAD 90 SEATS OR 88 SEATS.
AND, AND THAT GETS TO BE MY BIGGEST CONCERN.
IT IS IF IT GOES THE OTHER DIRECTION AND THERE'S LESS TABLES AND MORE OF A CLUB ATMOSPHERE OR MORE OF AN EVENT ATMOSPHERE, THEN YOU REALLY DO HAVE THE PARKING ISSUES.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE ENFORCE THAT? AND WHAT, WHAT RECOURSE DO WE HAVE? GOOD POINT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THIS IS A COMMENT, AND I'M GONNA SORT OF PILE ON TO, WHAT'S BEEN SAID, PARKING IS GONNA BE A PROBLEM BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY COMES AND LEAVES AT THE SAME TIME.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT NICE AND NEATLY COMPARTMENTALIZE IT.
THERE'S GONNA BE THIS MANY PEOPLE THERE, PARKING PLACES WILL BE FINE AND EVERYTHING WILL BE GOOD.
SO WHEN THEY GET BUSY, THERE'LL BE PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL THERE THAT ARE FINISHING WHATEVER IT IS THEY'RE DOING.
AND THERE'LL BE NEW PEOPLE COMING BECAUSE AN END WILL HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS.
SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION FOR IT, BUT I, I DO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT OTHERS WILL DEAL WITH DOWN THE ROAD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
IF NOT, I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE MEETING.
DO YOU WISH TO GIVE A PRESENTATION? YEAH, I'M HERE.
OH, GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE.
I GOOD HOME ADDRESS OR BUSINESS.
GIVE YOU, GIVE YOUR NAME AND YOUR HOME ADDRESS.
WHY NOT? WELL, MY NAME'S SAM NASER.
UM, MY ADDRESS IS 1525 FLOWERS DRIVE AND PROJECT.
UM, I WASN'T REALLY FAIR FOR THE PRESENTATION, BUT IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTION, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY.
I'M AN ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERING AS WELL.
UM, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP OUT WITH THE NOTES.
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HAVE QUESTIONS.SO WE HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT JUST THE PARKING REQUIREMENT AND YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT'S A DEFICIT USUALLY.
I MEAN, WE USUALLY HOLD PEOPLE TO A HIGHER STANDARD.
IF IT'S CLOSE, MAYBE WE'LL, WE'LL CUT SOMEONE, SOME SLACKS, BUT WE'RE SHORT, I THINK 42 SPOTS.
SO WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHT ON THAT? RUNNING A SUCCESSFUL OPERATION GOING INTO, YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU, THERE'S GONNA BE A, A PARKING SHORTAGE? WELL, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, IT'S HARD TO MANAGE AS MR. CAN MENTION, YOU KNOW, UM, REALLY CANNOT CONTROL HOW MUCH PEOPLE IN AND OUT IN THE PARKING LOT.
I MEAN, EVEN THE CROWD STREET, UH, THE SPARK PLACE, THEY SHARE THE, THE PARKING LOT WITH US SOMETIME, YOU KNOW, LIKE PERMISSION WITH, YOU KNOW, THIS DEAL, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU CAN'T USE IT, YOU KNOW? UM, AND IT'S MORE BLOCKED.
DOESN'T HAVE SOME ISSUE, PARKING LOT PEOPLE, AS I SAID, MR. KEN SAID, YOU KNOW, THEY PARK ACROSS THE STREET AND THEY COME, WE DO HAVE ENOUGH PARKING ACROSS THE STREET, BOTH SIDE, UM, LESS THAN TWO BLOCK, YOU KNOW, UM, BESIDE THIS HARNESS IS HARD TO, TO MANAGE THE PARKING LOT IS NOT REAL UP TO US.
YOU KNOW, THIS PLACE IS TO BE CLUBHOUSE.
UH, THERE'S MANY ISSUES BACK THEN I CAME, YOU KNOW, WE BOUGHT IT, UH, JUST THE IMPROVEMENT'S GONNA COST ME ABOUT ALMOST 700,000 TO BRING YOUR TO LIFE.
BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING INSIDE, IT WAS GONE, YOU KNOW, UH, WE SEE ROS INSIDE, UM, MOLD, EVERYTHING, WE STRIPPED EVERYTHING, CLEAN, EVERYTHING.
SO WE BRINGING SOMETHING REALLY ALIVE BACK, UH, AND EQUALITY, HONESTLY.
UM, WE DID COMPLY WITH THE, UH, NEWER REQUIREMENT.
UH, WE HAVE LIKE NEW SPRINKLER SYSTEM.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE BACK SPRINKLER SYSTEM.
WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, COST FROM ABOUT 160,000 JUST TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS.
YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH I CAN'T FIGHT IT IN OUR GROUP, BUT I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S DO IT.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T MIND, THIS IS MY BUSINESS AND I'M GOING, YOU KNOW, DO IT RIGHT.
SO I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH ABOUT THE PARKING LOT, BUT AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, THE BUILDING SELF, WE DID OUR BEST, YOU KNOW, DESIGN WISE, UH, UM, QUALITY.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE FOOD, YOU KNOW, UH, EVEN WORKWISE, YOU KNOW, SO A LOT OF STUFF WE CLEANED UP, UM, WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON THIS PROJECT AND THEN JUST HOPING, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T GET IT RIGHT.
AND KEEP GOING, YOU KNOW, FAR AS PARKING LOT, I REALLY CANNOT ANSWER, AS I SAID, THEY CAN PARK CROSS STREET AND JUST COME IN, YOU KNOW? SO DO YOU ALREADY HAVE AGREEMENTS WITH THE PEOPLE ACROSS THE STREET TO SHEER PARKING? THEY DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES.
I TALKED TO THEM, UM, THE PREVIOUS OWNERS USED USE THEM.
THEY DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM, HONESTLY, YOU KNOW? SO DO YOU, YOU OWN THE REAL ESTATE AND YOU'RE THE OPERATOR OF THE ALLOWANCE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER LOCATIONS? ORLANDO? YEAH, I HAVE ABOUT SIX OF THEM.
I MEAN, MY MAIN JOB HERE IN DALLAS BUILDER, YOU KNOW, BUILD HOMES ONLY, YOU KNOW, BUT I JUST DECIDE TO HAVE THIS IT'S A NICE LOCATION CLEAN, YOU KNOW, SO I WAS LIKE, CAN MOVE ON AND GET IT.
UH, SO ON YOUR LOCATIONS IN FLORIDA, IS IT NO ALCOHOL SALES THERE EITHER? IT'S B, Y O B.
THERE IS NO, NO, NOT COLORADO.
SO IN TODAY'S WORLD, HOW, HOW DO YOU, IS THAT GONNA BE AN ISSUE IN FORCING THAT? WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMEBODY BRINGS A BOTTLE IN, IN THEIR HANDBAG OR IN THEIR JACKET OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE IS, WELL, I MEAN, NOT AGAINST THE DRINKING ALCOHOLS AT ALL.
YEAH, SO I'M NOT AGAINST AT ALL.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T DRINK AT ALL, BUT, UM, I MEAN, THERE'S MANY PLACES THEY CAN GO AND ENJOY THEIR TIME TOO.
YOU KNOW? I MEAN, THIS PLACE IS KIND OF FAMILY, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, PLACE, YOU KNOW, AND THE NEW GENERATION, BUT IF THEY WANNA DRINK, THEY CAN MAKE AS MANY PLACES THEY CAN DRINK.
THERE'S ALMOST LIKE 25 RESTAURANTS.
THEY CAN DRINK ALL DAY LONG, YOU KNOW? UM, I JUST WANNA GO AHEAD.
BUT THE FACT THAT THEY CAN'T DRINK IN YOUR PLACE, IF THAT'S THE WAY YOU WANT IT, I JUST WANNA MAKE, FEEL ASSURED THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ENFORCE THAT.
I'M GONNA HAVE LIKE A SIGN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I DID IN ORLANDO.
I WILL HAVE MY ATTORNEY WRITE A SIGN AND WE JUST PUT IT THERE AND JUST IT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I NEVER HAVE PROBLEM FOR EIGHT YEARS, SIX PATIENT.
I NEVER HAVE ANY PROBLEMS THERE.
THEY SEE AN ALCOHOL, NONE, THIS, ALL THAT.
SO THEY MAKE SURE ANYBODY ELSE I, I GOT ONE MORE FOLLOW UP WITH, I'M SORRY.
SO WITH THE SIX LOCATIONS, HOW DO YOU DRIVE BUSINESS? I MEAN, DO YOU, DO YOU TYPICALLY HAVE, UM, LIKE, UH, EVENTS OR LIKE AFTER HOUR CLUB STYLE MUSIC OR LIKE, IS, IS IT REALLY
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FINDING IT'S GONNA BE JUST NORMAL MUSIC? YEAH.I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S A SILLY PLACE.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THEY GO AND TELLS FROM WHEN LOOSE LEY, SHE MENTIONED FROM SIX TO 26 TO TWO, IT'S GONNA BE COFFEE SHOP, YOU KNOW, CUZ ALMOST LIKE YOU SEE, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE CURRENT, LIKE RIGHT HERE, IF YOU SEE, IT'S NOT GONNA BE A LOT FOR SURE.
IT'S NOT A CLUB END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL CONTROL THAT.
SO YOU ARE AN ARCHITECT ENGINEER AND YOU'RE THE BE AND THE OWNER.
UM, I NOTICED IN THE APPLICATION THAT THIS IS A, A WOMAN'S OWN BUSINESS.
WHAT'S YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE WOMEN OR THE WOMAN WHO OWNS THIS BUSINESS? OH, SHE'S MY WIFE.
AND WE WERE TALKING TO OUR, OUR WORK SECTION THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE A, A NUMBER OF, OF THESE TYPES OF FACILITIES, UM, PLANNED OR ALREADY HERE IN ADDISON.
UM, DO, DO YOU SEE THAT THERE IS ENOUGH BUSINESS OF ENOUGH DEMAND FOR THIS TYPE OF FACILITY TO MAKE, TO YES.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT'S WHAT I GO AND, YOU KNOW, JOIN MY TIME.
DON'T FIND SIMPLIFY LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY BUSY YOU AND THEY MAKING IT, YOU KNOW.
I MEAN, WE'RE NOT TRYING MONEY, NOT WORRIED ABOUT THIS, BUT THANK YOU.
HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS ALL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE DO HAVE ONE, UH, WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER.
AON BRUCE, YOU WANNA GET UP AND FORMALLY INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE.
SO YOU JUST WANT ME TO HAVE GOOD BRUCE AON, 1 70, 85 WINDWARD LANE IN ADDISON.
AND, AND I'M REALLY GLAD TO HEAR Y'ALL TALKING ABOUT THE RIGHT THINGS TONIGHT WITH THIS I, WITH THIS ITEM AND I'M NOT SPEAKING IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED TO IT.
I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF ADD TO THE CONVERSATION A LITTLE BIT.
UH, THE PARKING IS A HUNDRED PERCENT.
THAT'S THAT'S GONNA BE AN ISSUE ON THIS PROPERTY.
THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME, WHY WE WOULD APPROVE THAT BECAUSE ONE THING IS SETS THE PRECEDENT FOR THE NEXT APPLICANT DOWN THE ROAD THAT COMES IN AND YOU KNOW, IS MISSING 10 SPOTS OR SOMETHING.
SO THAT'S, SO THAT'S AN ISSUE HISTORICALLY OVER THE YEARS, I MEAN, IT'S BEEN MOSTLY A LATE NIGHT, UH, VENUE.
AND IF YOU, IF YOU'RE NOT USUALLY DRIVING NORTH OF BELTLINE ON ADDISON ROAD, LATE AT NIGHT, YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT PEOPLE PARK ACROSS ADDISON ROAD TO GET TO THIS PLACE BACK AND FORTH ALL NIGHT LONG.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I'VE ALMOST RUN OVER PEOPLE GOING UP AND DOWN ADDISON ROAD BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST, THEY ACT LIKE THEY HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY.
AND, AND THEY'RE DRESSED IN THERE GOING OUT CLOSED.
THEY'RE DARK CLOSED A LOT OF TIMES YOU JUST DON'T SEE THEM.
AND THEY THINK THAT THEY HAVE RIGHT AWAY.
IT'S A REALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
THEY'RE PARKING OVER ON, ON BROADWAY STREET.
YOU GUYS MENTIONED THAT ALREADY.
THEY'VE, THERE'VE BEEN COMPLAINTS.
I TALKED TO PREVIOUS TOWN STAFF AND THEY CONFIRMED THAT THERE WERE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS OVER THE YEARS ABOUT PARKING THOSE BUSINESSES OVER THERE.
SO, UH, TO ME, THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE A FULL CAPACITY OF THE RESTAURANT ON SITE.
YOU CAN'T EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO GO PARK INTO CIGAR SHOP, WHICH IS OFTEN FULL PARKING LOT ANYWAY, OR ACROSS SOME BROAD ROADS OR OVER AT THE DART STATION OR AT THE ANYTHING AT THE, AT THE OTHER SPOTS THAT ARE GONNA BE AS PART OF THE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND THAT THEY MIGHT BE GOING OVER THERE HAVING SOME COCKTAILS AND THEN COMING ACROSS THE STREET, MAYBE EVEN LITTLE LESS ATTENTIVE AS THEY COME ACROSS THE STREET.
SO THOSE ARE, THERE'S A NUMBER OF ISSUES WITH THAT.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS JUST, JUST TO THINK ABOUT, AND I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT A LAWYER, BUT I DON'T KNOW, BUT I HAVE HEARD THAT PUTTING A, A NO Y B RESTRICTION HAVING, HAVING A NO OB HAVING NO RESTRICTION FOR NO B Y B IS NOT ENFORCEABLE.
SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING FOR US TO THINK ABOUT.
AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT, BUT SOMETHING FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY TO LOOK AT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
ANY COMMISSIONERS? I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BRUCE, RIGHT.
IF I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY, I MEAN, CAN WE ENFORCE, UH, A NO, B Y O B, IF THE, IF THE LOCATION IS THERE AND THEY DO NOT HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THET, A C THE LIABILITY TO THEM IS EXTRAORDINARY.
IF THEY DON'T PROCLAIM IN WRITING THAT THEY DO NOT PERMIT ALCOHOL AT PREMISES, IF THEY DIDN'T BY ALLOWING THEM IN THERE, THEY WOULD PRESUME THAT RESPONSIBILITY WITHOUT THE TABC LICENSING.
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SO THAT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE AN ADDISON ENFORCEMENT ISSUE.WOULD BETC ENFORCEMENT ISSUE FOR THE, FOR THE BUSINESS OWNER.
SO WE DO REGULATE IN EVERY SEP WE DO, WE REGULATE ALCOHOL USE.
SO, UM, IF WE COULDN'T REGULATE FOR, BY B, I DON'T KNOW WHY WOULD, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO REGULATE FOR N PERMIT ALCOHOL, BE A ZONING ANYWAY.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY INPUT ON THAT.
OUR, OUR CITY ATTORNEY DOES REVIEW, UH, OUR ORDINANCES REVIEW, THE LAST ONE WITH LAHA CERTAINLY, UH, THAT, THAT COMMENT DIDN'T COME OUT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I WILL CLOSE A PUBLIC PORTION OF THE MEETING.
UM, AND IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS, DO I HEAR A MOTION ON THIS REQUEST? NOBODY WANTS TO BE THE, WELL, I REALLY APPRECIATE MR. NO'S INTEREST IN ADDISON AND THE INVESTMENTS YOU MADE.
I MEAN, THAT'S SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT AND I MEAN, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT MAKES OUR TOWN BETTER.
UM, BUT I REALLY DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, WITH A PARKING REQUIREMENT.
UM, I, I JUST FEEL LIKE FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, UM, IT, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO CONSIDER.
UM, SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A MOTION, UM, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO, TO DENY CASE 1849, UH, THE U 15, 3 75 AS ROAD AND BRO CAFE.
AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, IF YOU VOTE, YES, YOU ARE DENYING THE APPLICATION VOTE.
NO, YOU ARE APPROVED THE APPLICATION.
DO I HEAR A SECOND FOR THAT? HEAR A SECOND FOR CHRIS'S JOHN.
JOHN, CAN YOU REPEAT HIM, CHRIS? YEAH, MY, I MAKE A MOTION TO DENY, UH, CASE 1849, SCP 15 375 ADDISON ROAD, THE ABRO CAFE.
SO ALL IN FAVOR, DENYING THE APPLICATION, SAY AYE.
IT IS DENIED BY THE COMMISSION.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS.
CAN I SAY SOMETHING FURTHER, PLEASE LEAVE.
YOU CAN JUST GIMME, GIMME IT'S OKAY.
I KNOW WHAT THE ZING NEXT, LIKE WHAT I WANNA DO WITH THE 2.5 MILLION, YOU KNOW, UN UNDERSTAND, JUST GIMME A CALL TOMORROW AND, AND WE CAN CATCH UP.
[5. Hold a Public Hearing, Present, Discuss, and Consider Action on a Recommendation regarding an Ordinance Adopting a Development Plan for the Addison Reserve Townhomes, including a Site Plan, Landscape Plan, Lighting Plan, Facade Plans and Floor Plans for 31 Townhomes and associated Public Open Space and Common Area Lots in an existing Planned Development District (PD), through Ordinance 022-08, situated on approximately 1,804 Acres located at 4150 Beltway Drive. Case 1856-Z/4150 Beltway Drive (Addison Reserve Townhomes). ]
ALL RIGHT.ITEM NUMBER FIVE TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARING, TO PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR EDISON RESERVE TOWN HOMES INCLUDE A SITE PLAN, LANDSCAPE PLAN LIGHTING PLAN, THE SIDE PLANS AND FLOOR PLANS FOR 31 TOWN HOMES, AN ASSOCIATED PUBLIC OPEN SPACE AND COMMON AREA, LOTS IN AN EXISTING PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PD THROUGH ORDINANCE 0 2, 2 DASH ZERO EIGHT.
SITUATED ON APPROXIMATELY 1008, ONE POINT.
WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE 1.804 ACRES, UH, LOCATED AT 41 50 BELTWAY DRIVE CASE 1856 DASH Z SLASH 41 50 BELTWAY DRIVE, ADDISON RESERVE TOWN HOMES.
KEN, CAN YOU GIVE US STAFF REPORT PLEASE? YES, SIR.
GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS, KEN SCHMIDT, UH, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR THE TOWN ADDISON.
THIS REQUEST IS FOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPROVAL FOR A TOWN HOME DEVELOPMENT AT THE FORMER SUPER EIGHT MOTEL SITE, UH, AT THE SOUTH SIDE OF BELTWAY DRIVE AND JUST WEST OF MIDWAY ROAD.
SO A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT THIS SITE, UH, WAS INITIALLY DEVELOPED WITH THAT, UH, MOTEL IN 1979, UH, VARIOUS, UH, ZONING ACTIONS, UH, AND PROPERTY OWNERSHIP CHANGES, UH, TOOK PLACE OVER THE, THE NEXT SEVERAL DECADES.
AND, UH, AS THAT, UH, PROPERTY, UH, AGED AND EXPERIENCED DECLINE, IT ULTIMATELY, UH, REACHED ITS, UH, END OF LIFE AS A RESULT OF A FIRE IN 2018.
UH, IN, UH, THE SPRING OF THIS YEAR, WE HAD A, UH, A REZONING ACTION, UH, TO A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO SUPPORT A TOWN HOME DEVELOPMENT, UH, PRESENTED BY COBALT HOMES.
THE APPLICANT WHO'S HERE FOR YOU TONIGHT.
UH, SO, UH, WITH THIS REQUEST, UH, YOU ARE,
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UM, EVALUATING THE SECOND PHASE OF THE ZONING PROCESS, UH, FOR, UH, THIS REQUEST.SO THAT'S DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPROVAL PREVIOUSLY, UH, YOU APPROVED A PD, UH, WITH A CONCEPTUAL PLAN AND PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT STANDARDS, UH, THAT IS USED TO GUIDE, UH, THE, UH, MORE DETAILED SITE DESIGN THAT'S PART OF, UH, PHASE TWO OF THE ZONING CONSIDERATION.
SO WITH THIS, YOU DO HAVE A, UM, A PLAN SET COMPRISED OF A SITE PLAN, LANDSCAPE PLAN, UH, FACADE PLAN, FLOOR PLANS, UH, PHASING PLANS, OPEN SPACE IMPROVEMENT PLANS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.
UH, THOSE PLANS INCLUDE 31 TOWN HOME, LOTS.
UH, THOSE, UH, BUILDINGS ON THOSE LOTS WILL BE, UH, THREE STORY, UH, BUILDINGS, UH, FOUR IN TOTAL 31 INDIVIDUAL UNITS, UH, GENERALLY RANGING FROM 2000 TO 2,500 SQUARE FEET IN FLOOR AREA, THREE BEDROOMS, THREE AND A HALF BATH FOR EACH OF THOSE UNITS.
UH, THEY WILL ALL HAVE ENCLOSED GARAGES, SO THAT WILL PROVIDE FOR TWO OFF STREET PARKING SPACES.
AND THEN FOR EACH UNIT A, UM, UH, HALF OF AN OFF STREET PARKING SPACE.
SO, UH, JUST OVER 16 AND A HALF REQUIRED, UH, BUT MORE PROVIDED TO ACCOUNT FOR VISITOR PARKING.
UM, SO THAT SITE DESIGN, UH, THAT'S PROPOSED DOES COMPLY FULLY COMPLY WITH THE, UH, PD DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND CONCEPT PLAN, UH, THAT WERE, UH, PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.
ADDITIONALLY, UH, WITH THIS PROJECT AND A, AND A, A SUBSTANTIAL COMPONENT OF THE PROJECT IS THE, UH, LOT AT THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE SITE, UH, THAT IS A, UH, PLANNED, UH, PUBLIC OPEN SPACE LAW TO BE IMPROVED BY THE DEVELOPER AND TO BE DEDICATED TO THE TOWN UPON, UH, INSTALLATION OF IMPROVEMENTS AND ACCEPTANCE, UH, THE TOWN WOULD MAINTAIN THAT SPACE, UH, FOLLOWING ACCEPTANCE OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, ALSO, UH, THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS, BOTH WITH TREE PRESERVATION.
UH, MOST NOTABLY, UH, THE APPLICANT IS PRESERVING SIX OF SEVEN TREES THAT EXIST AT THE BELTWAY DRIVE FRONTAGE, AND THEN ALSO WITH, UH, NEW PLANTINGS, UM, THEY ARE PROVIDING FOR, UH, A, UM, UH, SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF NEW CANOPY, ORNAMENTAL TREES, UH, MOST NOTABLY WITHIN THE PUBLIC OPEN SPACE.
AND THEN ALSO WITHIN, UH, THE, UH, PRIVATE OPEN SPACE IN THE CENTER OF THE SITE, AND THEN ALONG THE, UH, STREET EDGES, UH, AT THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN LIMIT OF THE SITE, UH, THIS, UH, LANDSCAPE DESIGN FULLY COMPLIES WITH THE PD STANDARDS, UH, WITH THIS, UH, PD, UH, WE DID REQUEST, UH, GIVEN THAT THIS IS A, UH, PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND IT'S RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE APPROPRIATE SITE LIGHTING, UH, WITHIN THAT PUBLIC OPEN SPACE, BUT ALSO AT THE, UH, EDGES OF THE PROJECT.
SO THEY'VE PROVIDED A LIGHTING PLAN, UH, THAT COMPLIES WITH THE PD STANDARDS, UH, PROVIDING FOR, UH, PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING AND STREET LIGHTS, UH, AT THOSE KEY PEDESTRIAN AREAS.
UM, LIKE YOU'VE SEEN WITH RECENT PROJECTS, UH, THIS, UH, PROJECT INCLUDES A PHASING PLAN.
THIS ONE GETS A LITTLE MORE GRANULAR GIVEN THE, THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT.
SO GENERALLY WHAT YOU'LL SEE WITH WHAT'S PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT IS, UH, THEY WOULD GO IN, UH, AFTER THEY OBTAIN ALL NECESSARY APPROVALS AND, UH, BEGIN WITH, UH, UH, DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING PAVEMENT IMPROVEMENTS THAT, UH, UH, REMAIN OUT THERE AND THEN ALSO, UH, THEN TRANSITION TO INSTALLATION OF THE, UH, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THAT'S THE STREETS, YOU SEE UTILITIES, UM, AND, UH, THE, UM, UH, DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL.
UH, ONCE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE WAS INSTALLED, THEY'D MOVE, UH, FORWARD INTO BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.
AND, UH, THEY WOULD GENERALLY, UH, BEGIN, UH, FROM, UH, SOUTH, UH, TO, UH, OR EXCUSE ME AT THE WESTERN EDGE AND THEN OVER, UH, TO THE SOUTHERN EDGE AND THEN MOVED NORTH.
SO THAT NORTHERN BUILDING WOULD BE, UH, THE LAST BUILDING TO BE COMPLETED.
AND THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE EXISTING SCREENING WALL AT BELTWAY DRIVE TO BE RETAINED, UH, AS LONG AS POSSIBLE FOR THAT PROJECT.
NOW, ONCE THOSE, UH, UNITS ARE, OR WHILE THOSE UNITS ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THAT WALL WOULD BE REMOVED TO ALLOW FOR THOSE, UH, BUILDINGS TO BE COMPLETED.
UH, THE FINAL PHASE WOULD BE, UH, WHAT YOU SEE WITH BOTH THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LANDSCAPE IN THE PUBLIC OPEN SPACE AT THE WESTERN EDGE, AND THEN ALSO THE PRIVATE OPEN SPACE, UH, AT THE CENTER OF THE SITE.
UH, SO WITH THIS REQUEST, UH, THE, UH, TOWN NOTIFIED ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH TOWN AND STATE REQUIREMENTS.
ALSO, WE NOTIFIED DALLAS ISSD IN
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ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW AND WE, UH, SENT 29 NOTICES.UH, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY FEEDBACK ON THE CASE AT THIS TIME.
UH, THIS PROJECT DOES FULLY COMPLY, UH, WITH THE PD CONCEPT PLANS AND THE PD, UH, DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
UH, SO STAFF DOES RECOMMEND, UH, APPROVAL REQUEST AND THE APPLICANT, JOSH NICHOLS, AND THE COBALT HOMES TEAM IS HERE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM.
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, IF CAN, OKAY.
IF NO QUESTIONS I'LL OPEN UP, THE PUBLIC PORTION APPLICANT IS ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY PRESENT HERE CAN, OR ONLINE, THEY ARE PHYSICALLY PRESENT.
DO WISH TO GIVE A PRESENTATION? NO, ONLY IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT, JULIE? SO, UM, I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT, UM, THE IMPACT OF ELECTRIC CARS SINCE THEY'RE LIKE THREE TIMES AS HEAVY AND THEY, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT REQUIRING 'EM, YOU KNOW, IN A FEW YEARS AGO, IS THERE, LIKE WHEN YOU BUILD THESE NEW HOMES, ARE THEY LIKE THICKER ON THE BOTTOM, YOU KNOW, UM, IN THE GARAGES, DO YOU HAVE MORE PLUGS OR HOW DOES THAT, IS THERE ANY ACCOMMODATION FOR THAT? SURE.
SO, UM, ARE YOU GUYS OKAY IF I TALK FROM HERE IS THAT IF ON CAMERA, UH, SURE.
SO AS FAR AS THE FOUNDATIONS GO, THE FOUNDATIONS ARE SOLID.
THERE'S A WHOLE HOME, SO THE CAR ITSELF DOESN'T MAKE, UH, MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE.
UM, BUT WE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE IN EVERY, I BELIEVE IN EVERY HOME WE'VE BUILT SINCE 2019, UM, PUT A TWO 20 BOLT OUTLET IN THE GARAGE IN ANTICIPATION OF THE FACT THAT PEOPLE WILL HAVE ELECTRIC CARS, WHETHER IT'S NOW OR THE FUTURE, OR IF IT'S JUST A NICE OPTION.
UM, AND CANDIDLY, IT'S CHEAPER TO DO DURING INITIAL CONSTRUCTION THAN TO DO IT, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE FACT ONE, PLUG ONE PLUG, PUT IT FOR THE TWO 20 VOLT.
JUST WE JUST ONE PLUG BY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
I'VE GOT, I'VE GOT SEVERAL IN MAYBE THEIR COMMENTS AS MUCH AS QUESTIONS, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE IF IT'S APPROVED, WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE BEGINNING THIS PROJECT? UM, WELL, I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE WORKING THROUGH WITH STAFF ON THE PERMITTING AND OUR EXPECTATION IS ONCE WE ARE, ONCE WE ARE READY TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD RELATIVELY QUICKLY.
UM, WE JUST NEED TO GET THE, YOU KNOW, GET OUR CONTRACTORS LINED UP AND, AND, UH, BIDS APPROVED, BUT OUR ANTICIPATION IS TO MOVE FORWARD, YOU KNOW, WITH THE PROJECT, AS SOON AS WE, AS SOON AS WE CAN.
AND HOW LONG DO YOU ANTICIPATE IT TAKING TO COMPLETE? UH, SO, SO I BELIEVE THE, THE TIMELINES THAT WE'VE LAID OUT, UH, BEFORE, UM, OR IN THE RANGE OF 30 MONTHS, KIND OF FROM WHEN WE START TO THE, TO THE COMPLETION, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR ANTICIPATION OBVIOUSLY WE'LL DO THE SITE STRUCTURE FIRST AS, AS CAN KIND OF LAID OUT AND THEN MOVE KIND OF BUILDING TO BUILDING.
UM, WE, WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT GOING TO TRY AND BUILD A BUILDING AND SELL IT AND THEN START THE NEXT ONE AND SELL IT.
WE WILL, WE WILL WORK THROUGH THE SITE EFFICIENTLY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE REQUIREMENTS FROM OUR LENDERS.
WE HAVE TO, PRE-SELL CERTAIN EMERG UNITS BEFORE WE MOVE ON.
UM, AND WITH A SMALL SITE LIKE THIS, THAT'S KIND OF HOW YOU KEEP THE, THE CONSTRUCTION EFFICIENT, UH, THOSE OF US THAT ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH, ENOUGH TO LIVE CLOSE TO MIDWAY ROAD, WE HAVE ENJOYED THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THE LAST SEEMS LIKE
SO THIS IS GONNA BE ONE MORE INCONVENIENCE FOR THOSE OF US THAT HAVE TO MANEUVER ON BELTLINE, UH, BELTWAY.
AND THERE IS NO WAY THERE IS NO OTHER PLACE TO GO.
UH, SO HOW, UM, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE CONSIDERATIONS FOR BEING SORT OF A, A, YOU KNOW, A, A GOOD BUSINESS PERSON ABOUT MITIGATING OR MINIMIZING THE AMOUNT OF DISRUPTION THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA HAVE BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION IN THE AREA? SURE.
SO AS FAR AS THE COORDINATION BETWEEN THE MIDWAY SCHEDULE, I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT ON BOARD WITH, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE TIMELINE IS, BUT I BELIEVE OUR PHASING IS GONNA LINE UP PRETTY WELL WHERE THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE A LOT OF OVERLAP.
UM, BUT THE REALITY IS WITH THIS SITE, THE IMPACT THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE ON, UH, BELTWAY IS REALLY LIMITED TO JUST WHEN WE'RE DOING THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT GOES INTO BELTWAY, EVERYTHING ELSE WILL BE, WILL BE SELF-CONTAINED.
UM, WE, WE ARE NOT BEYOND THE RIGHT OF WAY WORK.
UH, WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE THERE.
WON'T BE TRUCKS, PARKING ON BELTWAY, IT'LL ALL BE CONTAINED WITHIN THE SITE.
UM, SO I DON'T ANTICIPATE IT BEING, UH, MUCH OF AN IMPACT EXCEPT FOR WHEN WE'RE DOING THE WATER AND WASTES WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE, UH, THE STORM SEWER SECTION THAT GOES INTO BELTWAY.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT RECENTLY HAPPENED, I, I GUESS, A COUPLE OF CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AGO, UH, THE QUESTION CAME UP ABOUT ADDISON GROVE MM-HMM
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WALL CAME DOWN, UH, WE HAD THE PLEASURE OF LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, UNFINISHED BUSINESS OVER THERE.AND, UH, THE, ONE OF THE COUNCILMEN RECOMMENDED IT WAS APPROVED THAT WHEN THE WALL CAME DOWN, ANOTHER WOOD FENCE WOULD GO UP SO THAT IT WOULD, WOULD CONTINUE TO BLOCK THE AREA.
IS THAT A CONSIDERATION? WELL, WHEN WE ARE, AND BY THE WAY, THAT'S, THAT IS NOT A, THAT, THAT IS WHEN WE HAVE PHASED THIS, THE INTENTION IS TO KEEP THAT WALL UNTIL THE VERY END I UNDERSTAND.
UM, AND WHEN THAT WALL COMES DOWN, LOST WITH THE TIME AT WHICH WE'RE DOING THE SIDEWALK WORK ALONG BELTWAY.
UM, SO LOGISTICALLY, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ROOM TO DO A, DO THE SIDEWALK AND PUT THE FENCE UP.
UM, BUT AGAIN, OUR INTENT IS TO NOT DO IT AS SOME CROWS DID.
UH, WE HAVE BEEN, UH, VERY GOOD STUDENTS OF THAT PRODUCT, THAT PROJECT IN THE PROCESS WITH THE TOWN.
UM, AND, UH, AND SO WE, WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT THIS COUNCIL AND THE TOWN GENERALLY, UM, WOULD LIKE NOT TO HAPPEN.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING WITH STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COORDINATION ON THINGS LIKE WHEN THAT WALL COMES DOWN, BE VERY WELL COMMUNICATED.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL WORK WITH THEM.
THEY HAVE IDEAS AT THAT TIME TO KIND OF MITIGATE WHATEVER IMPACT THEY'RE CONCERNED WITH.
UM, ON THE, UM, MOTORIZED GATES, MM-HMM,
UM, HOW ARE THOSE, HOW ARE THOSE CONTROLLED? ARE THOSE LIKE RESIDENT CONTROLLED OR I'M JUST THINKING IF SOMEBODY COMES IN THE OTHER LOCATION, CAN THEY GET OUT OR THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO TURN AROUND? SURE.
NO, THE, THE INTENT IS THAT THEY WILL OPEN AUTOMATICALLY WHEN EXITING.
UM, BUT ONLY RESIDENTS WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE A CONTROL TO COME IN THAT DIRECTION, BUT A VISITOR COULD USE IT THEN TO LEAVE.
OH, DID YOU SPEAK TO THE STAGING OF THE GREEN SPACE? THE, THE GREEN BELT, THE, THE TRAIL SPACE AND, AND THE PHASING ON IT? UH, NO, I, I THINK, I THINK KEN VERY KIND QUICKLY WENT OVER IT, BUT, BUT THE, THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT THE ADJACENT GREEN SPACE WOULD BE, UH, WOULD BE DEVELOPED, UM, SOON AFTER THE ADJACENT BUILDING IS COMPLETED.
SO YOU'LL USE THAT FOR PART OF YOUR STAGING AND THAT SORT OF THING.
UH, I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE? NOT I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE MEETING, AND IF COMMISSIONERS DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS REQUEST, MOVE TO APPROVE AND ADOPT ORDINANCE AS DESCRIBED IN CASE 1856 DASH C SLASH 41 50 BELTWAY DRIVE ADDISON RESERVE TOWN HOMES.
[6. Hold a Public Hearing, Present, Discuss, and Consider Action on a Recommendation regarding an Ordinance Approving a Special Use Permit (SUP) for Property Located at 14380 Marsh Lane, Suite 160 that is currently zoned Planned Development (PD), Ordinance Nos. 016-017 and 016-018, to allow a restaurant with the Sale of Alcoholic Beverages for On-Premises Consumption. Case 1858-SUP/14380 Marsh Lane, Suite 160 (Buttermilk Biscuits Brunch House). ]
NEXT ITEM IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING RESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE PROVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT U FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 14 3 8 MARSH LANE, SUITE ONE 60.THAT IS CURRENTLY ZONED PLAN DEVELOPMENT PD ORDINANCE NUMBER ZERO 16 DASH SEVEN AND 0 1 6 DASH 0 1 8.
TO ALLOW A RESTAURANT WITH A SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR ON-PREMISES CONSUMPTION.
THIS IS CASE 1858 U SLASH 14,380 MARSH LANE, SUITE ONE 60 BUTTERMILK BISCUITS, BRUNCH HOUSE.
LESLIE CAN HAVE SAFFRON FORT PLACE.
UH, LESLIE KNIGHT PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR THE TOWN.
UH, I'LL BE PRESENTING THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR BUTTERMILK BUTTERMILK BISCUITS, BRUNCH HOUSE.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 14 3 80 MARSH LANE, UH, SUITE ONE 60.
UH, THIS IS AT THE BROOK HAVEN SHOPPING CENTER AT THE, UM, SOUTHEAST CORNER OF MARSH LANE AND SPRING VALLEY ROAD.
THE PARTICULAR SUITE IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHERN MOST SUITE AND BUILDING B ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE, UM, TOM THUMB BUILDING.
THE REQUEST IS FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR RESTAURANT WITH THE SALE OF ALCOHOL FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER THIS EVENING, THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY, AS, AS WENT THROUGH, UM, VARIOUS, UM, ZONING ACTION ITEMS AND REDEVELOPMENT, UH, SINCE IT WAS INITIALLY, UH, DEVELOPED AS A SHOPPING CENTER AND THE 1970S, UH, LATER REDEVELOPED.
AND THEN, UH, ONCE AGAIN, REDEVELOPED IN 2016 AS IT, THE CURRENT, UM, BUILDING THAT WAS COMPLETED
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IN EARLY 2019.SO THE PROPOSED SUITE IS SUITE ONE 60.
UH, THIS PARTICULAR SUITE HAS AN EXISTING PATIO THAT WRAPS ON THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING AS SHOWN HERE ON THE FLOOR PLAN.
THE, UH, INTERIOR RESTAURANT WOULD, UM, COVER ABOUT 3,400 SQUARE FEET.
AND IT WOULD HAVE, UH, JUST OVER 1100 SQUARE FOOT OF PATIO SPACE, UH, THAT WOULD PROVIDE, UM, SEATING, TABLES, UH, BOOTHS, UM, AND BAR SEATING AS WELL.
THERE ARE 122 INDOOR SEATS PROVIDED AND, UH, 44 SEATS ON THE PATIO, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, TWO BAR AREAS.
THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ARE PROPOSED FOR ONSITE CONSUMPTION.
UH, THIS PARTICULAR, UM, BUSINESS IS A, UH, BRUNCH RESTAURANT, SO ORIENTED TO BREAKFAST AND LUNCH, UM, OPTIONS AS WELL AS, UH, VARIOUS SPECIALTY BRUNCH COCKTAILS.
THE OPERATOR HAS TWO OTHER LOCATIONS, UH, ONE IN HIGHLAND VILLAGE AND THE OTHER IN, UH, FRISCO.
UM, THEY BOTH SEEM, UH, VERY SUCCESSFUL.
UH, THEY, THE HIGHLAND VILLAGE LOCATION OPENED IN NOVEMBER, 2020, AND THE SECOND LOCATION IN FRISCO OPENED, UH, MAY OF 22.
UH, YOU'LL SEE THOSE OTHER LOCATIONS, UM, OPERATE UNDER THE NAME BERRIES AND BATTER CAFE.
THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION, UM, IS A NAME CHANGE, OBVIOUSLY UNDER THE BUTTERMILK BISCUITS.
UM, BUT THEY STILL RETAIN THE SAME, UH, UH, LOGO THAT THEY USE AT THE OTHER LOCATIONS.
THE, UH, PROPOSED HOURS OF OPERATION ARE 7:00 AM TO 2:30 PM, UH, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
THE EXISTING PLAN DEVELOPMENT ON THE SITE, UH, ALLOWS, WHICH WAS APPROVED IN 2016, ALLOWS FOR, UH, THIS NORTHERN BUILDING B TO OCCUPY 50% RETAIL OFFICE IN THE OTHER 50%, UH, RESTAURANT, UH, USING THE RATIOS OF ONE TO TWO 50 SQUARE FEET AND ONE TO 100 SQUARE FEET FOR RESTAURANTS.
AND, UH, THE CURRENT AND PROPOSED USES FOR THIS BUILDING, UH, EQUATE TO 58% OFFICE RETAIL AT THE HIGHER RATIO AND THE, AND 30% RESTAURANT WHILE THE 12% IS CURRENTLY VACANT.
SO, UH, ALL PARKING, UM, REQUIREMENTS ARE ACCOMMODATED ON SITE.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, THE SITE, UH, DOES COMPLY WITH THE, THE OPEN SPACE AND LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE APPROVED IN THOSE PLANS IN 2016.
UH, THE APPLICANT IS NOT PROPOSING ANY SITE, UH, OR EXTERIOR MODIFICATIONS OTHER THAN THE ADDITION OF A SIGN ON THE FRONT FACADE, WHICH FACES TOWARDS MARSH LANE.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, THE PROPOSED SIGN, UH, IS PRO IS, UM, PICTURED HERE ON THE FRONT FACADE OF FRONTING MARSH LANE.
UH, NO OTHER EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS ARE PROPOSED 12.
UH, RECIPIENTS WERE NOTIFIED OF THE ZONING REQUEST AND STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY, UH, RESPONSES TO THIS, UH, ITEM.
UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS A APPROVAL OF THESE SPECIAL USE PERMIT WITH, UH, ONE CONDITION OF APPROVAL.
AND THAT IS THAT THE APPLICANT SHOULD NOT USE, UH, TERMS OR GRAPHIC DEPICTIONS RELATED TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ON THEIR SIGN, UM, WHICH IS NOT CURRENTLY PROPOSED.
UM, HOWEVER, THEY WILL REQUIRE A SIGN PERMIT, BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IF NOT, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE MEETING APPLICANT PRESENT HERE.
HI, HOW ARE YOU? DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION OR WE DON'T HAVE A LIKE PRESENTATION.
CAN I ASK YOU TO COME TO THE FRONT AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? AND WE MAY ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS.
MY ADDRESS IS 39 64 STATE HIGHWAY 1 21 IN LOUISVILLE, ZIP CODE 7,556.
AND I AM ANDREA BOOR, UM, LIVING AT THE SAME MATTRESS.
COMMISSION, YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT.
I HAVE ONE WITH, WITH YOU THEN AT HIGHLAND VILLAGE AND ONE IN FRISCO.
ARE WE JUST KIND OF IN BETWEEN, OR IS THERE SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT ADDISON THAT BRINGS YOU HERE? WELL, WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND AND, UM, WE REALLY WERE THINKING ABOUT ADDISON AS, UM, A THIRD LOCATION.
UM, WE'VE BEEN HAD IN OUR MINDS FOR A WHILE.
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UM, WE, WE WENT AHEAD WITH THE FRI FISCAL LOCATION THAT GOT APPROVED.AND THEN WHEN WE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND EXPAND MORE AND WE SAID, ADDISON SHOULD BE THE NEXT ONE OR LIST.
UM, FRISCO'S LOCATION HAS BEEN DOING REALLY WELL.
WE'VE BEEN OPEN SINCE MAY, THIS YEAR AND THE SALES HAVE BEEN REALLY HIGH.
UM, WE DO TAKE PRIDE IN OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE, AS YOU, UM, NOTICED WE DO SELL ALCOHOL ON PREMISES AND THAT ACTUALLY IS, UM, REALLY GOOD.
UM, ADDITION TO THE MENU, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ASKED FOR OSAS AND BODY MARYS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO THAT REALLY GOES WITH OUR CONCEPT.
AND WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE IF YOU GET APPROVED, WHEN YOU ANTICIPATE YOU WOULD BE HOP ASSUME ONCE.
I MEAN, ONCE WE HAVE EVERYTHING APPROVED, AS FAR AS LIKE CONSTRUCTION GOES, IT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE ABOUT LIKE SIX MONTHS.
THE EARLIEST IT MIGHT, BUT IT MIGHT GET PUSHED BACK EVEN MORE USUALLY WITH RESTAURANTS, LIKE IN OUR EXPERIENCE, IT USUALLY GOT PUSHED BACK YEAH.
WITH OUR, SO PROBABLY NOT EARLIER ANYTHING LATER.
ANYTHING ELSE? I JUST THINK IT'S A, UM, IT'S THE, IT'S A GREAT CONCEPT.
THINK IT'S NEEDED IN MADISON AND I THINK IT'S GONNA, IT'S ALSO NEEDED FOR THAT CENTER.
SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE YOU GUYS TAKE SPACE, NOT ONLY IN THAT CENTER, BUT IN MADISON.
WELL, THE PATIO WILL BE DOG FRIENDLY.
SO, UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PATIO ON FRISCO AS WELL.
AND SO FAR HOW WE'VE GONE ABOUT IT IS PATIO'S DOG FRIENDLY.
AND AS FAR AS INSIDE IT'S SERVICE DOG FRIENDLY, IT'S WALKING DISTANCE.
I DON'T ANYBODY SIGNED UP? IS THERE ANYBODY HERE WHO WILL SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OKAY.
IF NOT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC PORTION MEETING.
THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS.
CAN I GET A MOTION? I BELIEVE THAT WE APPROVED 1858 SET SLASH 14, 3 80 MARSH LANE, SUITE ONE 60 FOR BUTTERMILK BISCUITS, BRUNCH HOUSE, THE CONDITION THAT THEY DO NOT, UH, DISPLAY ANY GRAPHIC CONVICTIONS OF RELATED TO ALCOHOL BEVERAGES ON ANY EXTERIOR SIGNAGE BY YOUR SECOND, SECOND.
[7. Hold a Public Hearing, Present, Discuss, and Consider Action on a Recommendation regarding an Ordinance Amending Planned Development (PD) District Ordinance No. 099-025 for a 7.76 Acre property Located at the southeast corner of Westgrove Drive and Excel Parkway in order to Modify Use Regulations by allowing Light Assembly of Jewelry as a Permitted Use. Case 1861-Z / 16650 Westgrove Drive (Precision Set). ]
ITEM, BUSINESS, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT PD DISTRICT ORDINANCE NUMBER 0 99 DASH 0 2 5 FOR A 7.76 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WEST GROVE DRIVE IN EXCEL PARKWAY.IN ORDER TO MODIFY USE REGULATIONS BY ALLOWING LIGHT ASSEMBLY OF JEWELRY AS A TO USE.
THIS IS CASE 1861 C SLASH 1 66 50 WEST GROVE DRIVE.
LESLIE, CAN I HAVE STAFF REPORT PLEASE? YES.
UH, LESLIE KNIGHT WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR THE TOWN.
UM, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS A, UH, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT FOR THE SITE LOCATED AT 1616 WESTCO DRIVE.
UH, THIS IS AN EXISTING OFFICE WAREHOUSE STRUCTURE, UH, AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF EXCEL PARKWAY AND WESTCO WEST GROVE DRIVE.
UH, IT CURRENTLY IS, UM, ZONED UNDER, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT, UM, 0 99 DASH 0 2 5.
UH, THAT, UM, PLAN DEVELOPMENT WAS, UH, APPROVED IN AUGUST, 1999 FOR THIS, UH, PARTICULAR, UH, DEVELOPMENT.
UH, IT WAS PREVIOUSLY A VACANT SITE BEFORE THAT.
AND, UM, IT HAS OBVIOUSLY REMAINED SINCE THAT TIME THE EXISTING PLAN DEVELOPMENT DOES.
UM, I JUMPED AHEAD THERE, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
UH, THE PROPOSED OCCUPANT, UH, TENANT IS PRECISION SET.
UH, THEY ARE A JEWELRY, A FINE JEWELRY, UM, MANUFACTURER.
UH, THEY PROPOSED TO OCCUPY APPROXIMATELY 9% OF THE, THE BUILDING.
THE BUILDING IS AROUND 97,000 SQUARE FEET AND THEIR SUITE IS JUST UNDER 8,500.
UH, WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY OF JEWELRY.
UM, PRIMARILY THE ASSEMBLY PROCESS WILL INCLUDE THE SETTING OF, UM, VARIOUS DIAMONDS AND, AND GEN GEMSTONES.
UM, THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND I I'LL LET THEM EXPLAIN IN MORE IN DEPTH AS, AS FAR AS THE, THE TECHNICAL TERMS OF THEIR PROCESSES GO, BUT THERE WILL BE NO PROPOSED, UH, SMELTING
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OR SOLDIERING, UH, OR USE OF HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS ON SITE.UM, STAFF DID VISIT THEIR CURRENT LOCATION AND, UH, THERE WAS NO WHILE THEY WERE WORKING ON THEIR OPERATIONS.
THERE WAS NO, UM, EVIDENT, YOU KNOW, EXCESSIVE NOISE, SMOKE DUST, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UH, PRIMARILY APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THEIR OPERATIONS ARE PROPOSED TO BE AN OFFICE SETTING.
SO THEY DO ALSO HAVE, UM, AN ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT SALES DEPARTMENT, UH, DESIGN SERVICES AS WELL.
SO THERE'S OFFICES FOR ALL OF THOSE, UM, YOU KNOW, PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES AS WELL.
THE EXISTING PLAN DEVELOPMENT, UH, USED REGULATIONS, UH, IN PLACE TODAY ALLOW ALL COMMUTE COMMERCIAL, ONE LAND USES AS WELL AS, UH, ALL DISTRIBUTION WAREHOUSE USES RELATED TO THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY OF PAPER GOODS, COMPUTER PRODUCTS, OR SIMILAR MATERIALS.
UM, STAFF DID NOT BELIEVE, UH, JEWELRY ASSEMBLY WAS INCLUDED IN THAT SIMILAR MATERIALS, UH, WARRANTING THE NEED FOR THIS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT.
SO WHAT IS PROPOSED, UH, BEFORE YOU IS, UH, THE ADDITION OF JEWELRY IN THE, UM, PERMITTED USES UNDER THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY? UH, THERE IS NO PROPOSED SITE MODIFICATIONS OR EXTERIOR BUILDING MODIFICATIONS.
UM, THEY DO NOT HAVE A RETAIL COMPONENT, UH, SO THEY WILL NOT EVEN HAVE A SIGN ON THE BUILDING, UH, AT THEIR CURRENT LOCATION.
THEY HAVE A DECAL ON THEIR, UH, THEIR GLASS FRONT DOOR.
SO, UH, WILL ALMOST BE UNAPPARENT THAT THEY'RE THERE.
UH, STAFF DID, UH, NOTICE 51 RECIPIENTS OF THE REQUEST AND DID NOT RECEIVE ANY, UM, RESPONSES TO THAT REQUEST.
AND, UH, IN CONCLUSION STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT WITH THE CONDITION THAT A LIGHT ASSEMBLY OF JEWELRY SHALL NOT INCLUDE, UH, ANY SMELTING, SOLDIERING OR THE USE OF HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS.
AND I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR LESLIE, IF NOT, I'M GONNA OPEN UP THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE MEETING.
IS THAT ANYONE IS APPLICANT PRESENT? UH, I SHOULD NOTE THAT THEY, THE APPLICANT DOES HAVE A PRESENTATION AS WELL.
DO YOU WANNA JUST SO TRY YOU WANNA INTRODUCE YOURSELF, CUE ME, CUE YOU, CUE ME AT ALL.
I MAIN STREET, DALLAS, TEXAS WITH MASTER PLAN.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY, LESLIE, SHE'S DONE A GREAT JOB TO WORK WITH.
I'VE WORKED WITH HER ON DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND SHE'S ALWAYS VERY RESPONSIVE.
SO THAT'S A GREAT ADMIRATION TO THE CITY OF THE TYPE OF EMPLOYEES THAT YOU HAVE THE STAFF.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I MEAN, SHE'S GONE THROUGH A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE ALREADY WHAT I WAS ALREADY GONNA PROPOSE.
IF YOU GO ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, THIS SHOWING THAT THIS SHOWING WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING ONCE AGAIN, THE ONLY CHANGE WILL BE JEWELRY PRODUCTS.
UM, WE DON'T, WHEN WE FIRST BROUGHT THIS, BROUGHT THIS TO THE CITY, I MEAN, YOU HEAR JEWELRY MANUFACTURING, THAT'S THE USE.
I WOULD FALL UNDER, UM, FLAGS START GOING UP.
THEY START THINKING OF SMELLING, UM, FUMES, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
I ACTUALLY THOUGHT THE SAME THING WHEN WE FIRST MET OUR CLIENT AND WE GRILLED THEM.
WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS CUZ WE WANNA BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE.
UM, AND I RELATE TO THEM THIS, THESE ARE THE SAME QUESTIONS YOU'RE GONNA BE ASKED.
I MEAN, I PREVIOUSLY WORKED TO PAST LIFE SITTING BELOW THING.
WE HAVE HUGE, UH, WE HAVE FEW HUGE MANUFACTURERS THERE.
WE HAVE, UH, WE DO HAVE REFINERS THERE.
I'VE TAKEN A TOUR OF THESE REFINERIES AND MY CLOTHES CAME OUT WITH DUST ALL OVER.
I MEAN, I WAS FILTHY, I WENTED THEIR TOUR BASICALLY WEARING THIS AND CAME OUT THE SAME.
UM, I, I WAS COMPLETELY SHOCKED AND COMPLET, I BOOT BE WHEELED.
UH, WHEN I LEFT, UM, UH, WHAT I WOULD COMPARE TO IS ANY JEWELRY STORE ACROSS THE NATION, THEIR BACK ROOM.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO DO JUST ON A LARGER SCALE.
UM, IT'S THINGS THAT YOU, IF THESE JEWELRY STORES, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE HIGH END, THE TYPE OF USE THAT THEY'RE DOING ARE THINGS THAT YOU'D FIND IN THE MALLS AND THESE STRIP CENTERS IN A COMMERCIAL AREAS AROUND LOTS OF PEOPLE.
UM, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY SMELLS COMING OUT OF, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY WASTE OUT OF IT.
UH, ONE OF THEIR PROCESSES THEY'RE CERTIFIED BY MANY COMPANIES, UM, BECAUSE OF THE HIGH JEWELRY THAT THEY DO AND THEY WANNA BE AS GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE AS POSSIBLE.
UM, THEY ACTUALLY WILL FILTER ALL THE AIR THAT COME THROUGH ANY FUMES THAT COME THROUGH THE BUILDING.
THEY FILTER THAT ALL OUT FOR ANY PRECIOUS METALS THAT MAY HAVE ESCAPED.
THEN THEY FILTER THAT OUT AND IT GOES THROUGH THIS PROCESS WHERE THEY'RE FILTERING EVEN THE WATER THAT LEAVES EVERYTHING THAT'S LEAVING THEIR CENTER IS REFILTER TO MAKE SURE NOTHING IS GONE.
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THAT'S HOW SUSTAINABLE THEY ARE WITH THEIR OWN ENVIRONMENT.IF ANYTHING, ESCAPES, UM, CAN YOU, ON THE NEXT SCREEN, HERE'S SOME OF THEIR PARTNERS THAT THEY HAVE ARE SOME OF THE BUSINESSES THAT THEY DEAL WITH.
I'D SHOW YOU THE TYPE OF, UH, BUSINESS THAT THEY HAVE.
I MEAN, THEY HAVE NEMAN MARCUS, UH, BC CLARK, UM, PAULS, CORMAN, FINE JEWELRY EISMAN.
UH, WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH PRECISION SAID, THIS IS ONE, ONE BUSINESS, ONE CASE I WON'T TELL MY WIFE ABOUT
UM, ONE THING THAT REALLY STICKS OUT WITH, UH, THIS BUSINESS AND WHAT THEY WILL BE BRINGING TO THE TOWN OF ADDISON IS THE RETENTION OF EMPLOYEES.
THEY HAVE A HIGH RETENTION OF EMPLOYEES THERE.
UM, MOST OF HAVE BEEN THERE FOR FIVE PLUS 10 PLUS YEARS, UM, WORKING AS THESE GEMOLOGISTS, UH, THEY HAVE 32 EMPLOYEES WITH, OR SELLER OF $70,000, UH, PER YEAR WITH BENEFITS, WHICH IS GREAT IN THIS INDUSTRY.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, THEY'RE A LEADER IN THE JEWELRY INDUSTRY FOR OVER 35 YEARS, THEY CAN GO TO THE NEXT, UH, SLIDE, UM, SHOWING THE CURRENT SITE.
THEY SIMPLY JUST SCREW OUT OF IT.
UM, THEY NEED SOMETHING LARGER OVER THE YEARS, THEY'VE, THEY'VE GROWN AND THEY CONTINUE GROWING, UH, TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND GO TO THE NEXT SITE.
UH, THIS WILL PROVIDE MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE, ALLOW THEM TO MOVE AROUND MORE FREELY, ALLOW FOR THEIR BUSINESS TO HAVE BETTER MOVEMENT THROUGHOUT THE BUSINESS.
UM, IT'S PRETTY CROWDED IN THERE.
UM, STAFF PROBABLY TEST THAT EVERYTHING IS JAMMED IN THERE.
YOU HAVE THESE GEMOLOGISTS WORKING WITH, I'M NOT A PROFESSIONAL, THIS, SO I DON'T KNOW THE EQUIPMENT SKULL.
THEY HAVE THESE MICROSCOPE THINGS ON THEIR HEAD, LOOKING DOWN AT THE JEWELRY OR, OR THEY'RE LOOKING THROUGH USING THAT.
THERE'S A REASON I DON'T DO IT, UM, WITH THESE HANDS.
UM, AND THEN YOU HAVE THEIR BUSINESS OPERATIONS GOING THROUGH IT.
AND SO THIS WILL ALLOW THEM TO BE MORE EFFICIENT IN WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
UM, THIS WILL ALSO ALLOW THEM ESSENTIAL LOCATION FOR THEIR CURRENT 32 EMPLOYEES THAT THEY HAVE ON STAFF RIGHT NOW.
UH, ADDISON'S ESSENTIAL LOCATION FOR THEM.
UM, IF YOU WOULD'VE LOOKED AT THE PREVIOUS SLIDE FOR THE CURRENT SITE AND THIS SLIDE, THIS WORK AREA, AND APOLOGIZE ALL STEP IN THIS WORK AREAS WERE ON THE GEMOLOGISTS FOR WHERE MOST OF THEM ASSEMBLIES BEING PUT TOGETHER WHERE THEY'RE DOING THIS, THIS ART, UM, AND IT WILL ALLOW THEM A GREATER AREA TO SPACE OUT THOSE EMPLOYEES AS WELL.
UM, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SCREEN, ONCE IN, UH, AS STEP HAD ALREADY MENTIONED, WE'RE NOT CHANGING ANY CHANGE.
WE'RE NOT PROPOSING ANY CHANGES TO THE STRUCTURE.
WE'RE NOT PROPOSING ANY SIGNAGE.
IF WE DO HAVE SIGNAGE AND WE ALSO SEE REQUIREMENTS, BUT ONCE AGAIN, WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT WHERE WE'RE AT DUE TO THE TYPE OF BUSINESS THEY'RE IN.
UM, AND THERE WAS A REASON WHY WE'RE FINE NOT HAVING ANY SIGNAGE.
ONCE AGAIN, IT'S A VERY SMALL DECAL.
FIRST TIME I VISITED THE SITE, I DROVE RIGHT PAST IT, UM, MISSING IT COMPLETELY, CUZ I HAD NO IDEA IT WAS THERE.
THERE ISN'T ANY EXHAUST, AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, GO ON THE NEXT SLIDE I'M SHOWING WHAT SOME OF THE, THIS IS THEIR CURRENT FACILITY SHOWING HOW PACKED IN IT IS.
UM, GENERALLY WHEN YOU WALK IN IT'S SHOULDER SHOULDER, YOU'RE HAVING TO WALK IN, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DO EVERY DAY OF THEY'RE ABLE TO MAKE IT WORK RIGHT NOW.
UM, THEY HAVE A SEPARATE ROOM FOR WHERE THE DESIGNERS ARE, BUT ALL AROUND THIS AREA OR NOTHING BUT OFFICES WHERE THEY GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF, YOU KNOW, PACKAGING, IT, GETTING READY TO MAIL OFF, PUTTING TOGETHER THE ORDERS, DESIGNING, UM, ET CETERA.
UH, IF GO TO THE NEXT ONE IS THE JEWELRY, SOMEONE ONE SCAN, WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IT, MINIMAL NOISE.
THEY HAVE SCENE TRAPS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY CUZ THEY DON'T WANNA LOSE ANYTHING.
UM, IF YOU IMAGINE THESE VISITS THEY'RE DOING WITH PRECIOUS METALS, DI GEMS, YOU LOSE SOMETHING.
THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY OR LITERALLY DOWN THE DRAIN.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE PREVENTING ANYTHING FROM LEAVING.
THEY FILTER IT, THEY FILTER IT AGAIN.
UM, THERE'S, IT'S COMPLETE, UH, INCONSPICUOUS USE ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS THE SAME THING THAT YOU SEE IN MOST JEWELRY STORES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY IN HIGHLY TRAFFICKED AREAS, JUST ON A LARGER SCALE, GO TO THE NEXT.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I, WE, WE APPROACH WAS HOW MUCH SHIP, HOW MUCH SHIPPING DO YOU HAVE WILL THIS CHANGE? THEY HAVE ONE TO TWO FEDEX TRUCKS, MAYBE A DAY, UH, PICKING UP AND DROPPING OFF DELIVERIES.
THAT'S IT? UM, YOU'D PROBABLY SEE MORE IN, IN A NORMAL PROFESSIONAL OFFICE SETTING.
YOU'D SEE MORE, UH, SHIPMENTS A DAY.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, THIS WILL NOT HAVE A IMPACT ON THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.
IT WILL NOT HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE TRAFFIC.
UM, MOST BUSINESSES WON'T EVEN KNOW THEY'RE THERE.
UM, THAT'S ANOTHER SIDE, SIDE THING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP ON TALKING ABOUT, IS THIS A CLEAN USE IS A INCON SPEAK WITH WHAT'S GOING ON.
EPA IS THEIR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR.
THE EPA IS ACTUALLY SURE SHERIFF
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FACILITY WITH THEM.UH, THEY HAVE THEIR AIRPLANES IN THE BACK EPA WILL WITH THEIR, THEY HAVE AIRPLANE STRIKES, WATCH BE CAUSING MORE, UH, MORE NOX, OBNOXIOUS FUMES, I MEAN, THAN THESE THAN PRECISION THAT WILL, UM, PRECISION SET ALSO RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD IS, UH, CITY, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
UM, I ALWAYS KEEP AN EYE ON US, BUT ONCE AGAIN, UH, IN THIS THERE'S AN AIRPORT DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTHWEST OR DIRECTLY BEHIND THIS BUILDING.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS PROBABLY THE LEAST INTENSE USE IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE AREA.
UM, MY NEXT ONE ONCE AGAIN, SHOWING SURROUNDING USE IS WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, HAND DRAWN, PRESSING, UH, STEPHEN GOAL MAXILLA SOUTHWEST.
THESE ARE THE TYPES OF USES THAT ARE SIMILAR.
ACCORDING TO THAT PD, THE LANGUAGE I WAS IN IT THAT COULD GO IN THE SAME BUSINESS, OUR SAME BUILDING.
UH, HERE THEY ARE LISTED OUT GOING THE EXERCISE.
UM, I REALLY WANTED TO KEEP IT SHORT FOR YOU.
UM, THINK THEY SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES AND THEY CAN SPEAK FOR HOURS ON THE PROCESS OF WHAT THEY DO.
UM, THERE ARE SOME WHAT THEY DO THAT ARE AMAZING.
UH, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER 'EM UH, LOCALLY OWNED OWNERS.
AND THE 32 EMPLOYEES THAT YOU HAVE, YOU'RE NOT ADDING ANYMORE.
YOU'RE JUST GIVING THE EXISTING PEOPLE MORE SPACE TO WORK IS CORRECT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATIONS I'VE SEEN.
I DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO IS INDICATED A DESIRE TO SPEAK ON THIS.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT? IF NOT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE MEETING, UH, COMMISSIONERS WHO HAVE NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION ON THIS CASE, JULIE
[8. Hold a Public Hearing, Present, Discuss, and Consider Action on a Recommendation regarding an Ordinance Amending Planned Development (PD) District Ordinance No. 016-003 for a 0.552 Acre segment of a property Located East of the Intersection of Runyon Road and Magnolia Street, in order to Modify Use Regulations by Allowing Offsite Parking Lot as a Permitted Use. Case 1862-Z /18 Runyon Road. ]
WE HAVE JUST TWO MORE QUICK ITEMS AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GET TO YOU.OUR NEXT ITEM IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON THE RECOMMENDATION REGARDING ORDINANCE AMENDED, AMENDING THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT PD DISTRICT ORDINANCE NUMBER 0 16 0 0 3 FOR 0.552 ACRE SEGMENT OF A PROPERTY LOCATED EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF RUN ROAD AND MAGNOLIA STREET.
IN ORDER TO MODIFY USE REGULATIONS BY ALLOWING OFFSITE PARKING LOT AS A PERMITTED USE CASE 1862 C SLASH 18 RUN UNION ROAD, KEN GET STAFF REPORT, UM, LESLIE STAFF REPORT.
SO THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, UH, ITEM EIGHT ON THE AGENDA, UM, HAS, UM, THE APPLICANT IS THE TOWN AND, UH, DUE TO SOME, UM, FURTHER DEVELOPMENT THAT'S NEEDED ON THIS APPLICATION, UH, STAFF IS ASKING, UM, YOU ALL TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM INDEFINITELY.
AND, UH, WHEN IT IS WHEN, AND AT THE TIME IT IS PREPARED, A STAFF WILL RE-NOTICE AND, AND BRING IT BACK BEFORE YOU.
ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR LESLIE? ANYBODY HERE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE? OPEN THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE MEETING.
IF NO ONE'S HERE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC PORTION.
DO I HEAR A MOTION TO SUSPEND INDEFINITELY, MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE CASE 1862 Z UH, 18 ONION ROAD.
OPPOSED NA AND EXTENSIONS PASSAGE UNANIMOUSLY.
[9. Hold a Public Hearing, Present, Discuss, and Consider Action on a Recommendation regarding an Ordinance Amending the Development Plans for Planned Development (PD) District Ordinance No. 446 for a 0.945 Acre property Located at 14951 Midway Road, to account for Site Modifications resulting from the Acquisition of Right-of-Way for the Midway Road Reconstruction Project. Case 1863-Z /14951 Midway Road (Nate’s Seafood & Steakhouse).]
ITEM, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING.PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON RECOMMENDATION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR PLAN DEVELOPMENT PD DISTRICT ORDINANCE NUMBER 4 46 FOR A 0.945 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 49 5 1 MIDWAY ROAD TO ACCOUNT FOR SITE MODIFICATIONS RESULTING FROM THE ACQUISITION OF RIGHT AWAY FOR THE MIDWAY ROAD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
THIS IS CASE 1863 DASH C SLASH 14, 9 51 MIDWAY ROAD, NATE SEAFOOD AND STEAKHOUSE.
LESLIE, CAN I HAVE STAFF REPORT? YES.
UH, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS, UH, RELATED, UH, TO THE, THE PREVIOUS ITEM ITEM EIGHT.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, THE TOWN IS THE APPLICANT
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AND, UM, THERE IS SOME, UM, ADDITIONAL, WE NEED SOME ADDITIONAL TIME TO ADDRESS, UH, SOME OUTSTANDING ITEMS AND WE ASK THE COMMISSION TO, UH, POSTPONE THIS ITEM, UH, OR TABLE THIS ITEM INDEFINITELY.DO I HEAR ANY QUESTIONS FOR LESLIE? THANK YOU.
IF NOT, I'M GONNA OPEN UP A PUBLIC PORTION OF THE MEETING IS ANYONE WHO SHOULD SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE MEETING.
AND DO I HEAR A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS AGENDA ITEM AS WELL? I MOVE TO POSTPONE CASE 1863 DASH SE SLASH 14, 9 51 MIDWAY ROAD, EIGHT SEAFOOD AND REST STEAKHOUSE UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING.
18 ALL FAVORS AI OPPOSED SAY A AND EXTENSIONS.
NOW WE HAVE ONE ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON AN ISSUE THAT IS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BECOME BEFORE THE PLANNING, ZONING COMMISSION.
SO I BELIEVE JACQUELINE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO STAND UP TO THE FRONT, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF, GIVE YOUR ADDRESS AND GIVE US YOUR COMMENTS.
I DON'T REMEMBER ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER, SO IF I DO SOMETHING WRONG, UH, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.
I WORK HERE IN THIS LOVELY OFFICE PARK.
AND THIS MAY BE ME ASKING YOU THE QUESTION, UM, HAS THE ZONING BEEN APPROVED FOR, UH, BASICALLY CHANGING THIS THING OVER TO THE ALEY PROPERTY? HAS THAT ALREADY HAPPENED? YES, YES.
THAT, UH, THAT WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON, UM, AUGUST 9TH.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER, UH, WORK GONNA BE DONE ON THIS OR ANY FURTHER MOVEMENTS ON THIS THAT ARE PENDING IN TERMS OF, UH, BASICALLY MOVING THIS THING FORWARD? I'M JUST WONDERING IF I SHOULD CONTINUE SPEAKING OR IF IT'S JUST ALREADY DONE.
SO THE PROPERTY'S REZONED THAT'S THE, THE PUBLIC COMPONENT OF THIS, THE ZONING HAS CHANGED, BUT FOR THE PROJECT TO ACTUALLY BE IMPLEMENTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT ZONING, IT'S A PRIVATE MATTER BETWEEN THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER AND AMIE.
RIGHT? THE REASON I ASK IS CUZ I KNOW THERE WERE A NUMBER OF, UM, CONSIDERATIONS AND CONTINGENCIES IN APPROVING THE ZONING THINGS THAT WERE DONE BY AMIE AND YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF MAKING THE PROPOSAL FOR THE ZONING CHANGE, UM, AND THAT THE CITY WAS GOING BACK AND FORTH FOR A WHILE ON THAT.
AND SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT PORTION HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE CUZ I I'M A BUSINESS OWNER HERE LIKE HUNDREDS OF OTHERS AND HAD NO IDEA THIS WAS HAPPENING.
UM, AND SO JUST THAT, THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THE, THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN REZONED.
IT COULD CONTINUE UNDER THE EXISTING USE IN DEF UNDER HOW IT'S CURRENTLY BEING USED INDEFINITELY.
BUT UH, THE PROPERTY OWNER DOES HAVE THE RIGHT TO DEVELOP IT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMIE PROJECT.
APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE FOR STAYING AROUND.