[1. Call Meeting to Order]
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[1. Present and discuss the Administrative Procedures section of the Unified Development Code (UDC).]
COVERING THE FIRST TWO ARTICLES AS PART OF THIS MATERIAL.SO IT'S THE OVERALL LEGAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CODE, AND THEN ALSO THE PROCEDURES.
YOU KNOW, WHO DOES WHAT, WHAT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF STAFF, WHAT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF COUNSEL, ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
AND THE, THERE'S A QUOTE THERE FROM THE ASSESSMENT.
UM, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE NEED TO IMPROVE THE PROCEDURES.
WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS PROJECT.
UM, WE ABOUT THE NEED FOR CLEARLY DESCRIBING PROCEDURES.
I WON'T READ THAT TO YOU, BUT THE, THE, THE SITUATION IN ADDISON WAS THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF THE PROCEDURES ACTUALLY WRITTEN DOWN.
YOU KNOW, YOU WERE DOING THINGS LIKE SITE PLAN REVIEW, BUT THEY WEREN'T ACTUALLY DESCRIBED IN THE CODE.
AND SO A BIG PART OF THIS PART OF THE PROJECT IS JUST CODIFYING, UH, THE ACTUAL PRACTICE.
SO THE, THE RULES ARE CLEARLY APPLIED TO EVERYBODY.
SO WE'RE GONNA START WALKING THROUGH, UM, THIS FIRST ARTICLE IS GENERAL PROVISIONS, AND THIS IS REALLY FOUNDATION STUFF.
UH, THIS IS SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE OVERALL CODE.
ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THESE SLIDES IN THE BLACK IS SHOWING YOU THE ORGANIZATION, WHAT THE MAIN SECTIONS ARE, AND THEN THE BLUE ON THE RIGHT.
THOSE ARE JUST SOME, SOME QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE TYPICALLY HAVE THAT ARE ANSWERED IN THIS PART OF THE CODE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT, HOW DO YOU FORMALLY REFER TO THE ORDINANCE? WHEN DO THE REGULATIONS GO INTO EFFECT? UM, HOW, HOW DOES THE UDC, THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE RELATE TO OTHER PLANS FROM THE CODE? SO THOSE ARE JUST TYPICAL, UM, UH, TYPES OF QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE THAT ARE ANSWERED IN THIS PART OF THE CODE.
THE, THE FINAL PIECE UP THERE, TRANSITION, UH, FROM PRIOR REGULATIONS IS, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE.
PEOPLE OFTEN ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
WHAT HAPPENS TO STUFF THAT'S IN THE PIPELINE? OR WHAT IF I ALREADY HAD A PRIOR, PRIOR APPROVAL? AND HOW DOES THAT GET AFFECTED BY THE NEW CODE? AND, AND THAT'S ALL LAID OUT HERE.
AND, AND ESSENTIALLY THE, THE RULES ARE THAT YOU, YOU, YOU PLAY BY THE, THE RULES THAT WERE IN PLACE WHEN YOU SUBMITTED A COMPLETE APPLICATION.
AND THESE NEW RULES WILL APPLY TO NEW FUTURE APPLICATIONS.
UH, AND THEN THERE'S MORE DETAIL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IF YOU HAD A PRELIMINARY
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APPROVAL, AND HOW DOES THAT CHANGE WITH, WITH THE NEW CODE? BUT, BUT THAT'S WHERE THAT'S ALL ADDRESSED.UM, YOU KNOW, A VIOLATION OF THE OLD CODE CONTINUES TO BE A VIOLATION OF THE NEW CODE UNLESS IT'S MADE LEGAL, ET CETERA.
UM, NONCONFORMITIES, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT A FEW SLIDES ABOUT THAT, SO I'LL, I'LL COME BACK TO THAT PIECE.
UM, BUT THIS, THIS MATERIAL ALSO COVERS, UH, ENFORCEMENT SEVERABILITY.
IT DESCRIBES THE, THE DIFFERENT BODIES THAT HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES IN ADDISON.
SO THE CITY COUNCIL, THE ALL THE DIFFERENT BODIES THAT HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER THIS, THIS CODE ON THE NONCONFORMITIES PIECE, PEOPLE OFTEN HAVE, UH, THIS IS THE, THE, THE PIECE OF THIS CHAPTER THAT THEY FOCUS IN ON, YOU KNOW, A NONCONFORMING SITUATION IS ONE THAT WAS LEGAL WHEN IT WAS FIRST CREATED, BUT IT'S NO LONGER LEGAL UNDER THE RULES OF THE NEW CODE.
SO IT COULD BE A USE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT THERE, MAYBE A LIQUOR STORE, YOU KNOW, WAS LEGAL WHEN IT WAS FIRST ESTABLISHED, BUT IT'S NO LONGER ALLOWED IN THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION.
UH, MAYBE THE SIGN, THE, IN THE TOP RIGHT THERE, MAYBE THAT WAS LEGAL WHEN IT WAS FIRST PUT IN, BUT IT DOESN'T COMPLY WITH THE NEW SIGN RULES.
YOU ALSO COULD HAVE A NON-CONFORMING BUILDING OR STRUCTURE DOESN'T COMPLY WITH SETBACKS.
MAYBE, UM, YOU COULD HAVE A NON-CONFORMING SITE FEATURE.
SO MAYBE THE LANDSCAPING OR THE PARKING, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ABOUT THAT SITE DOESN'T MEET THE NEW RULES.
AND SO THIS, THIS, THIS PIECE OF THIS ARTICLE GOES INTO MORE DETAIL THAN YOUR CURRENT ORDINANCES ABOUT ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT SITUATIONS AND ABOUT, UH, WHAT IS AN NONCONFORMITY AND, AND WHAT ARE THE RULES THAT APPLY.
UM, IT CLARIFIES THAT, UH, WHEN, WHEN YOU MIGHT LOSE YOUR STATUS AS A NONCONFORMITY.
YOU KNOW, THE GENERAL RULE IS THAT NONCONFORMITIES CAN CONTINUE, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS THEY DON'T EXPAND THE NONCONFORMITY, AS LONG AS THEY DON'T BECOME MORE NON-CONFORMING.
UM, BUT YOU, YOU CAN, YOU CAN KEEP 'EM UP, YOU CAN DO MINOR REPAIRS, YOU CAN MAINTAIN 'EM, UH, THOSE ARE ALL LEGAL, BUT THE CODE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO MAKE MAJOR INVESTMENTS IN NONCONFORMITIES.
THEY, THEY ULTIMATELY WANT YOU TO, TO CHANGE THOSE THINGS OVER TIME TO, TO CURTAIL THE INVESTMENT THERE.
UM, IF YOU'RE DOING A BIGGER PROJECT, THIS, THIS PART OF THE DOCUMENT SETS SOME THRESHOLDS AND DEFINES, YOU KNOW, THE BIG STUFF.
AND IT SAYS, IF YOU'RE MAKING A BIG INVESTMENT IN THE PROPERTY, YOU'VE GOTTA BRING SOME OF THESE THINGS INTO COMPLIANCE AND SOME OF THE THINGS, MM-HMM,
AND SO THEY ARE NOT EVER REQUIRED TO BE BROUGHT UP TO CODE.
IF, IF THERE'S, IF IT'S A NON-CONFORMING USE IS THAT, WELL, THIS, UH, THIS NEW ORDINANCE WOULD REQUIRE SOME OF THOSE THINGS TO BE BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE IF, IF THERE IS LIKE A, A LARGE INVESTMENT IN THE PROPERTY, OR IF THEY'RE MAKING A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL ENLARGEMENT OF A BUILDING, SAY, SO THIS MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN, THAN THE RULES THAT YOU HAVE IN PLACE NOW.
YEAH, AND WHAT I WOULD ADD TO THAT IS BECAUSE SO MUCH OF OUR ZONING, LIZ, IS BASED OFF OF PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ZONING, AS WELL AS SPECIAL USE PERMITS, WHICH BOTH OF THOSE PROCESSES GIVE, UH, P AND Z AND CITY COUNCIL DISCRETION TO VARY FROM SOME OF OUR BASE STANDARDS.
IT'S A LITTLE UNCONVENTIONAL FOR SUVS, BUT THAT IS HOW OUR CODE IS DRAFTED.
PDS THAT IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT IS MORE COMMON.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE YOU TYPICALLY SEE THOSE SCENARIOS.
AND IT'S TYPICALLY, OF COURSE, WITH EXISTING DEVELOPED SITES WHERE YOU'RE SEEING REUSE, REDEVELOPMENT, INFILL, WHERE IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE, UM, AS IT WOULD BE FOR A, A GREENFIELD DEVELOPMENT OF A VACANT LOT.
THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD SAY IS MANY OF THE, UM, CHANGES THAT ARE PRESCRIBED IN THIS CODE WILL ELIMINATE A LOT OF THOSE ISSUES AS WELL.
'CAUSE IT TYPICALLY IS DRIVEN BY THE AMOUNT OF PARKING THAT'S REQUIRED AND THE AMOUNT OF OPEN SPACE THAT'S REQUIRED.
AND THOSE, THOSE THINGS TYPICALLY CONFLICT.
UM, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE, WE ARE HAVING, UM, MORE, I WOULD SAY DEVELOPMENT FRIENDLY AND I ULTIMATELY COMMUNITY FRIENDLY PARKING STANDARDS WHERE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE PARKING TO A SCENARIO WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF UNUSED PARKING, IT'S BECOMING MORE EFFICIENT.
UH, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE LESS CONFLICT AND LESS CON NONCONFORMITIES TO ADDRESS OVERALL, PARTICULARLY WITH SITE NONCONFORMITIES.
UM, THE LAST PART OF THIS FIRST ARTICLE, IT DESCRIBES THE DECISION MAKING BODIES.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST LAYING OUT THE DIFFERENT, UM, ENTITIES THAT HAVE SOME ROLE IN ADMINISTERING THIS CODE.
THE CITY COUNCIL IS ESTABLISHED BY YOUR CHARTER, BUT THIS IS THE FORMAL DOCUMENT THAT THAT ESTABLISHES THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UH,
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THE BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT.SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST THE, THE, THE, THE CLARIFICATION OF WHAT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE.
AND WE'RE GONNA SPEND THE BALANCE OF THIS PRESENTATION REALLY GETTING INTO THE DETAILS OF ALL THE DIFFERENT PROCEDURES THAT THEY ALL HAVE, UM, RESPONSIBILITIES FOR.
THIS IS THE PART OF THE CODE ALSO WHERE WE CLARIFY THAT, THAT THEY MUST COMPLY WITH THE TEXAS OPEN OPEN MEETINGS ACT FOR ALL PUBLIC MEETINGS.
UM, THAT'S IT FOR GENERAL PROVISIONS.
THAT'S REALLY ALL WE WANTED TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
IT'S, IT'S PRETTY, UH, STRAIGHTFORWARD STUFF.
IT'S JUST ESTABLISHES THE FOUNDATION.
UM, BUT IT'S, UH, IT'S KIND OF FOR THE LAWYERS, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST TO, UH, ESTABLISH THE FOUNDATION.
WE'RE GONNA SPEND THE BALANCE OF THIS MEETING, TALKING ABOUT THE PROCEDURES, BUT, UH, IN ARTICLE TWO, BUT DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ARTICLE ONE STUFF BEFORE WE MOVE ON? ANYTHING ELSE? ALRIGHT, KEEP MOVING.
UM, I'M GONNA GIVE TO GABBY, I THINK, TO START TALKING ABOUT ARTICLE TWO.
SO ARTICLE TWO, UM, CONTAINS THE ARTICLES, UM, THE ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURES.
AND SO, UM, YOU'LL SEE HERE WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED THE FIRST CHUNK OF THIS ARTICLE HAS THE FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS FOR THE PROCEDURES.
UM, SO THE PURPOSE, UM, THE ORGANIZATION, THE SUMMARY TABLE OF REVIEW PROCEDURES, WHICH, UM, ARE, IS INCLUDED ON FUTURE SLIDES.
THEN, UM, THAT COLLECTS ALL OF THE DIFFERENT SPECIFIC PROCEDURES AND THEN THE COMMON REVIEW PROCEDURES, UM, WHICH AGAIN, I'LL TALK ABOUT SHORTLY.
AND THEN WE MOVE INTO THE PROCEDURES THAT BUILD ON THAT FOUNDATION.
UM, SO YOU'LL SEE THAT, UM, WITHIN EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES, THERE ARE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROCESSES.
UM, BUT THOSE CATEGORIES, UM, ARE REZONING, ZONING, TEXT AND PLAN AMENDMENTS, SITE PLANNING AND MISCELLANEOUS PERMITS, ENGINEERING PLANS, STUDIES AND SITE DEVELOPMENT, PERMITS, AGREEMENTS, PLANNING OF LAND, AND THEN FLEXIBILITY AND RELIEF.
UM, SO AGAIN, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IN THE CODE, UM, THESE PROCEDURES AREN'T REALLY WRITTEN OUT, UM, IT'S GONNA SEEM LIKE A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT REALLY WHAT IT'S TRYING TO DO IS ESTABLISH, UH, STRAIGHTFORWARD AND CLEAR PROCEDURES FOR STAFF.
AND THEN, UM, THAT SETS UP EXPECTATIONS FOR APPLICANTS AND MAKES THINGS MORE PREDICTABLE.
THE KEY GOALS OF UPDATING THIS ARTICLE, UM, WERE TO DELEGATE MORE DECISION MAKING POWER TO STAFF.
UM, A LOT OF THE TIMES, UM, THERE ARE, UM, TYPES OF DECISIONS THAT CAN BE MADE AT THE STAFF LEVEL AND DON'T REALLY REQUIRE OR NEED, UM, THE PUBLIC COMMENT, THE PUBLIC, UM, INPUT ON THEM, UM, ESTABLISHING THOSE COMMON REVIEW PROCEDURES, UM, UPDATING THE SITE PLAN REVIEW PROCEDURE, AS MATT WAS MENTIONING, THE TOWN HAS BEEN DOING THAT, BUT ACTUALLY PUTTING IT INTO WORDS.
UM, AND THEN ALSO ESTABLISHING A PROCESS TO ALLOW, UM, FOR MINOR MODIFICATIONS, UM, DURING THE REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS.
MOVING INTO THE SUMMARY TABLE OF REVIEW PROCEDURES, UM, THIS IS KIND OF THE, THE MAIN EVENT I GUESS, OF THIS ARTICLE.
UM, IT CONSOLIDATES A LOT OF DIFFERENT INFORMATION.
SO WITHIN THAT TABLE, YOU'LL FIND, UM, YOUR APPLICATION TYPE.
UM, ON THE ONLINE VERSION, THERE IS A HYPERLINKED, UM, LINK TO THAT SPECIFIC PROCEDURE.
SO IT'LL TAKE YOU DOWN INTO THE EXACT PROCESS YOU NEED TO FOLLOW.
UM, IT INDICATES WHETHER OR NOT, UH, PRE-APPLICATION ACTIVITIES ARE NECESSARY.
SO EITHER A PRE-APPLICATION CONFERENCE OR A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING.
UM, AND THEN IT TELLS YOU WHO REVIEWS AND DECIDES ON THE APPLICATION, UM, AS WELL AS IF A PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED WITH THAT DECISION AND IF THE DECISION CAN BE APPEALED, WHO THAT APPEAL GOES TO.
UM, SO THIS MIGHT BE A LITTLE HARD TO READ, UM, BUT, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, IT IS ORGANIZED IN THOSE CATEGORIES OF APPLICATIONS.
SO FOLLOWING THAT SAME, UM, ORDER OF REZONING, ZONING, TEXT AND PLAN AMENDMENTS, SITE PLANNING, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
UM, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE IS A, UM, KEY UP AT THE TOP OF THE TABLE THAT TELLS YOU WHAT THE CHECK MARKS MEAN, UM, WHAT THE LITTLE DIAMOND SHAPE MEANS, UM, AND THEN WHO, UH, REVIEWS AND DECIDES ON APPLICATIONS.
UM, AND SO THE, UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE, THE CHECK MARKS MEAN THAT IT IS REQUIRED,
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UM, VERSUS THE, UM, DIAMONDS MEAN THAT IT IS, UM, RECOMMENDED BUT OPTIONAL.UM, AND SO IF WE MOVE INTO SOME OF THE OTHER TYPES, YOU'LL SEE THAT SOME OF THESE LOOK A LOT SIMPLER BECAUSE THEY ARE STAFF DECI DECISIONS.
BUT WE REALLY WANTED TO ADD ALL OF THESE THINGS TO THE TABLE SO THAT AGAIN, IT'S VERY CLEAR FOR APPLICANTS WHAT THEIR PROCESS IS GONNA BE.
HOW LONG IS IT GONNA TAKE? JUST GETTING ALL OF THOSE HEADS UP,
UM, SO, UH, TIMELINES FOR HOW LONG IT TAKES TO PROCESS AN APPLICATION ARE MORE TRULY ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND THAT THEY'RE NOT IN THE CODE.
BUT THERE ARE, UM, GUIDELINES THAT WE PROVIDE VIA OUR WEBSITE, UH, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL NOTE CURRENTLY ON OUR WEBSITE, THERE'S CALENDARS FOR THAT OUTLINE HOW LONG IT TAKES TO PROCESS A ZONING APPLICATION FROM PRE-APPLICATION CONFERENCE THROUGH SUBMITTAL, THROUGH REVIEW, AND ULTIMATELY CITY COUNCIL ACTION.
UH, SAME THING FOR GENERAL DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE PUT THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION.
YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS THAT COULD IMPACT HOW QUICKLY SOMETHING MOVES THROUGH THE PROCESS.
ONE IS JUST THE, THE QUALITY OF THE APPLICATION.
YOU KNOW, IF, IF SOMEBODY SUBMITS AN INCOMPLETE APPLICATION, THAT'S GONNA ADD TIME TO THE PROCESS WHERE YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND FORTH TO GET NEW MATERIALS.
UM, ANOTHER THING IS JUST THE COMPLEXITY OF THE APPLICATION, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS, BUT THEN, LIKE KEN SAYS, THAT THERE, THERE WILL BE EXTERNAL DOCUMENTS THAT COVER THINGS LIKE THE FEED THAT YOU HAVE TO PAY OR THE GENERAL TIMELINE.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE THINGS OUTSIDE THIS CODE THAT COVER JUST THE ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS OF HOW ALL THIS STUFF GETS IMPLEMENTED DAY TO DAY.
UM, BUT YOU WANT TO HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY TO UPDATE THINGS LIKE SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS AND FEES OUTSIDE THE CODE.
AND SO WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH A CODE AMENDMENT.
AND SO WE KEEP THAT KIND OF STUFF OUTSIDE THE CODE.
THE REASON FOR MY QUESTION, THE REASON FOR MY QUESTION WAS TWO POINTS.
ONE, THEY USED TO PROMISE 45 DAYS.
AND THE SECOND JUST THE AWFUL PUBLICITY THAT ONGOING ABOUT DALLAS AND THEY'RE SCREWED UP MASS.
I DIDN'T HEAR YOUR SECOND POINT, LIZ, YOU THE PUBLICITY ABOUT A PROJECT.
UH, WAS IT, PARDON? I DIDN'T HEAR YOUR SECOND POINT.
SECOND POINT WAS JUST THE ONGOING PUBLICITY ABOUT DALLAS AND THEIR SCREWED UP PROCESS, DALLAS.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS A RESULT, NOBODY'S BUILDING IN DALLAS.
YEAH, I, I CAN SHARE THAT WE BENEFIT FROM THAT PUBLICITY AND, UH, WE'RE NOWHERE NEAR, UH, THE, THE TIME OR THE PROCESS THAT IT TAKES TO DEVELOP IN A, A LARGE COMMUNITY LIKE DALLAS AND, UH, EFFICIENCY OF OUR OPERATION IS A, IS A PRIORITY FOR OUR DEPARTMENT.
PNZ CITY COUNCIL 45 DAYS IS A, IS A GOOD ASPIRATIONAL GOAL FOR A NUMBER OF APPLICATION TYPES.
BUT ONE THING I WOULD, I WOULD ALWAYS CAUTION, UH, WITH US BEING BUILT OUT NOW AND TIMES BEING, UH, A BIT DIFFERENT, UH, THAN SAY MAYBE 20, 30 YEARS AGO, IT IS, UM, THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO A DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, UM, THAN IT WAS, UM, AS ADDISON WAS GROWING.
SO THAT, THAT DOES PLAY INTO THAT.
AND I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT JUST AS A WHOLE, UH, NOT JUST ADDISON, BUT UM, OUR, OUR SOCIETY, THERE'S A STRONG DESIRE FOR FAR MORE, UM, COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY AND, AND DIALOGUE ON THINGS THAN MAYBE IT WAS THERE WAS AT THAT TIME.
SO THAT IMPACTS OUR ABILITY TO MOVE FAST AS WELL.
AND THAT'S NOT A BAD THING 'CAUSE IT'S GOOD TO TALK ABOUT, UH, DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES, BUT, UH, WHEN YOU HAVE AN AUTHENTIC DIALOGUE ON THINGS, THAT ADDS TIME.
UM, I'M NOT SURE IF NOW'S THE, THE TIME TO COMMENT ON IT, BUT ONE OF THE OBSERVATIONS I HAD WAS THAT, UM, ALL NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS ARE OPTIONAL AND FROM A DEVELOPER'S PERSPECTIVE, IT MEANS THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED.
AND SO IF EVERYTHING'S OPTIONAL, I'M NOT GONNA DO IT UNLESS I'M FORCED TO.
SO DO WE WANT TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE REQUIRED OR, AND DO WE WANT TO HAVE MULTIPLE NOTIFICATIONS? SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW,
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I CHECK THE BOX, I DID A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING AND THEN THE, IT'S EITHER CHANGED SO MUCH THAT IT DOESN'T RESEMBLE WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING SAW OR IT'S SO LATE IN THE PROCESS THAT, WELL, WE'RE NOT CHANGING IT BECAUSE I'VE SPENT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS YEAH.SO I WONDER IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MAYBE TWO, ONE, WHICH IS LIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD NOTICE, WHICH WE HAVE THOSE REGULAR FRIDAY EMAILS, WHICH THIS IS A REQUIRED, THESE WILL GO OUT AS AT SOME POINT DURING THE APPLICATION PROCESS VERY EARLY ON.
AND THAT WAY THE WHOLE TOWN'S NOTIFIED BECAUSE WE'RE NOT DALLAS WITH
I THINK MOST RESIDENTS CARE WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE WITHIN THE 200 FOOT BUFFER IS I THINK WHAT I WOULD SAY.
AND THEN MAYBE LATER ON THERE'S JUST MAYBE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS RATHER THAN JUST SAYING IT'S A PRE-APPLICATION ACTIVITY THAT'S OPTIONAL ONE TIME.
UM, WE, WE DO HAVE A SLIDE ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING PIECE COMING UP, SO WE'LL GET TO THAT.
BUT, UM, ACTUALLY LET US JUST GET THROUGH A FEW MORE SLIDES SO WE CAN PUT THAT TOPIC IN CONTEXT.
UM, 'CAUSE I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT ON THIS, THIS JUST THIS GENERAL TOPIC OF EFFICIENCY AND GETTING THROUGH THE PROCESS, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, A COUPLE THINGS.
FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANNA EMPHASIZE WHAT KEN SAID.
AUTHENTIC DIALOGUE TAKES TIME AND THE MORE THAT YOU REALLY GET INTO MEANINGFUL EXCHANGES WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT THAT DOES THAT TIME.
BUT IN TERMS OF THIS TABLE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S COLUMNS THERE FOR THE REVIEW AND DECISION MAKING BODIES ON THE RIGHT.
THERE'S THE STAFF, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THE CITY COUNCIL, THE BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT.
NOW, WHEREVER THERE'S AN R THAT'S A REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION ONLY WHERE THERE'S A D THAT'S A DECISION.
AND SO ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF DS THERE ON THE COUNCIL AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION BY THE STAFF AND BY THE, AND BY THE, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
ONE OF OUR GOALS WITH THIS PROJECT IS TO TRY TO GET MORE DS INTO THAT STAFF COLUMN.
WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE THINGS TO THE STAFF LEVEL.
YOU KNOW, REMEMBER GABBY SAID ONE OF THE GOALS OF THE ASSESSMENT REPORT WAS TO DELEGATE MORE DECISION MAKING TO STAFF.
THIS GETS TO THAT EFFICIENCY ISSUE.
IF IT COULD BE HANDLED BY THE STAFF BASED ON CLEAR STANDARDS IN THE CODE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEND THE TIME OR THE MONEY FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AND GOING OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS IF, IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY THE STRAIGHTFORWARD DECISIONS FOR THE STAFF, THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR EFFICIENCY.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE TRIED TO DO IN THIS DRAFT IS MOVE MORE DS INTO THAT STAFF COLUMN.
AND SO YOU SEE THE SITE PLAN THERE, UH, WE'VE, WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT YOU'VE GOT MAJOR AND MINOR SITE PLANS AND WE'RE TRYING TO PUT A LOT OF THINGS.
CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? WE'RE TRYING TO PUT A LOT OF THINGS IN THE MINOR SITE PLAN CATEGORY.
UM, SO, SO THAT WOULD BE FASTER, THAT WOULD BE FASTER DECISIONS.
AND SO THAT MIGHT MEAN THE CODE IS A LITTLE BIT LONGER 'CAUSE THERE'S A LITTLE MORE STANDARDS IN PLACE TO GUIDE THE STAFF, BUT IT MIGHT MEAN THE DECISION IS GONNA HAPPEN FASTER IN REAL TIME, UH, IF IT'S JUST STAFF.
AND, UH, SO THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF DYNAMICS AT PLAY IN THAT EFFICIENCY QUESTION.
UM, BUT JUST BE THINKING ABOUT CAN WE GET MORE DS IN THAT STAFF COLUMN? AND, AND THAT WAS PART OF OUR DIRECTION FROM YOU ALL.
UM, UH, I GUESS WE'RE, WE'RE PROBABLY DONE WITH THIS TABLE.
WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA COVER ALL THESE CATEGORIES, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF THE OVERALL CATEGORIES THOUGH, FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE THE, THE BIG AMENDMENTS TO ORDINANCES.
SO THAT'S A REZONING, THAT'S A CHANGE TO THE ZONING MAP.
UH, A A CHANGE TO THE TEXT OF THIS CODE THAT'S A TEXT AMENDMENT OR A CHANGE TO THE TEXT OF THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN, WHICH YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON NOW.
THOSE ARE THE BIG THINGS IN THAT FIRST CATEGORY.
THEN WE GET INTO SITE PLANNING.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE'LL TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A AN APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT ON A PARTICULAR SITE.
MAYBE IT'S A SIGN PERMIT OR A, OR A OR A TEMPORARY USE PERMIT.
THE NEXT CATEGORY IS EVEN MORE DETAILED PLANS.
SO ENGINEERING PLANS OR STUDIES, SOMETHING THAT THE CITY NEEDS.
KEN NEEDS TO HAVE YOUR TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE IMPACTS OF TRAFFIC ON THE SITE.
THEN YOU'VE GOT A CATEGORY OF AGREEMENTS.
SO THESE ARE, THESE ARE THE ONE-OFF THINGS WHERE MAYBE THE CITY'S ENTERING INTO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH A, WITH A, A PROPERTY OWNER TO, TO COVER LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT, UH, PLATTING PROCEDURES.
UH, THOSE ARE HEAVILY REGULATED BY STATE LAW.
AND THEN FINALLY, FLEXIBILITY AND RELIEF.
HOW DO YOU DECIDE, UM, WHEN SOMEBODY, UH, IF YOU, IF YOU WANT TO GET A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY IN YOUR APPLICATION, IF YOU, IF YOU WANT TO PROVIDE 90 PARKING SPACES AS OPPOSED TO A HUNDRED MAYBE, AND, AND WE'VE GOT A MINOR MODIFICATION FOR THAT, OR IF YOU WANNA APPEAL SOMETHING OR IF YOU WANNA SEEK A VARIANCE, THAT'S THAT WHOLE CATEGORY OF FLEXIBILITY AND RELIEF.
SO THIS IS THE TABLE THAT ORGANIZES ALL THE PROCEDURES.
GABBY AND I ARE GONNA TALK ABOUT A LOT OF THOSE SPECIFIC PROCEDURES.
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I'LL GIVE THE MICROPHONE BACK.THE, THE, THE, THE ANCHORING PART OF THIS DOCUMENT BEYOND THE TABLE IS THESE COMMON PROCEDURES THAT APPLY TO EVERYTHING.
SO WHEN WE SAY COMMON PROCEDURES, WHAT WE TRY AND DO IS FIND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS THAT ARE COMMON TO MOST DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION REVIEWS, AND THEN WRITE OUT THAT PROCEDURE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO REPEAT IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN WITHIN EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL PROCEDURES.
UM, SO IT AVOIDS THAT REPETITION.
UM, AND SO WE'VE SUBSTANTIALLY REWRITTEN THESE TO REFLECT CURRENT PRACTICE.
UM, AND SO EACH OF THE SPECIFIC PROCEDURES, YOU'LL SEE THIS, UH, FLOW CHART IMAGE.
UM, SO IT'LL LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FOR EACH.
UM, IF THE STEP DOESN'T APPLY, IT'LL BE A GRAY OUT BOX.
BUT REALLY, AGAIN, IN THE SPIRIT OF MAKING THE ENTIRE UDC MORE VISUALLY FRIENDLY, UM, EASIER TO READ, UM, THOSE ARE WITHIN EACH OF THE SPECIFIC PROCEDURES.
AND SO THE COMMON PROCEDURES INCLUDE THESE SEVEN THINGS.
SO THERE IS THE PRE-APPLICATION CONFERENCE, SO THE MEETING WITH THE APPLICANT BEFORE THEY EVEN SUBMIT THE APPLICATION.
UM, THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS ARE INCLUDED.
UM, ANOTHER COMMON PROCEDURE IS JUST HOW ARE APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED? WHEN AND HOW IS AN APPLICATION DEEMED COMPLETE? UM, AND HOW IS IT PROCESSED? UM, IF, UH, THE APPLICANT NEEDS TO, UM, WITHDRAW THEIR APPLICATION.
UM, THE HOW ARE IS STAFF GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE APPLICANT? ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IS THERE.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S THE STAFF REVIEW, UM, STEP.
UM, AND THAT MOVES INTO PUBLIC HEARING AND PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.
UM, SO NOT ONLY WHICH APPLICATIONS REQUIRE PUBLIC NOTICE, BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT INFORMATION NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED ON A POSTED NOTICE ON A PROPERTY VERSUS A MAILED NOTICE, UM, VERSUS A PUBLISHED NOTICE.
UM, AND THE TIMEFRAMES THAT GO WITH THAT.
UM, AND THEN THE REVIEW AND DECISION COMMON PROCEDURE INCLUDES SOME GENERAL CRITERIA FOR, UM, REVIEW AND APPROVAL, WHICH, UM, ARE CROSS-REFERENCED IN CERTAIN SPECIFIC PROCEDURES.
THAT WAY, AGAIN, THERE'S ONE SET OF SET STANDARDS AND CRITERIA THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO MULTIPLE APPLICATION TYPES.
UM, AND THEN THE POST-DECISION ACTIONS AND LIMITATIONS.
SO THAT INCLUDES ANYTHING THAT WOULD HAPPEN AFTER AN APPLICATION, UM, HAS BEEN APPROVED OR DENIED.
UM, SO APPEALS, UM, HOW LONG, UM, APPROVALS ARE VALID, ALL OF THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE COMMON PROCEDURES.
UM, SO ONE OF THE KEY CHANGES THAT, UM, JOSEPH POINTED OUT, UM, THERE IS A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING PROCESS THAT ALLOWS PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT EARLIER, UM, FOR MAJOR PROJECTS.
SO IT'S, IT'S CURRENTLY RECOMMENDED, NOT REQUIRED, UM, FOR ANY APPLICATION THAT'S SUBJECT TO DISCRETIONARY REVIEW BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
AND THE APPLICANT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SCHEDULING, NOTICING, AND FACILITATING THE MEETING.
IT'S WRITTEN THAT, UM, ATTENDANCE BY TOWN STAFF IS NOT REQUIRED, BUT THEY CAN ATTEND.
UM, AND THEN THE SUMMARY OF THAT MEETING IS, UM, A SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENT, UM, WITH THE APPLICATION MATERIALS.
UM, AND WE CAN PAUSE THERE IF WE WANNA CHAT MORE ABOUT THAT.
AND, AND SO JOSEPH IS JUST RAISING THE IDEA THAT MAYBE SOME OF THESE SHOULD BE MANDATORY AND NOT JUST RECOMMENDED.
AND WE DEFINITELY HAVE WORKED IN PLACES WHERE THAT'S THE RULE.
UM, I THINK I'M THINKING ABOUT, UH, SEDONA, ARIZONA, THEY, THEY HAVE A CITIZEN REVIEW PROCESS THAT'S MANDATORY FOR LARGER PROJECTS.
UM, IN OUR EXPERIENCE, THE, WELL, THERE'S SEVERAL FACTORS THERE.
UM, A LOT OF GOOD DEVELOPERS ARE GONNA DO THESE MEETINGS ANYWAY, UH, SO THAT THEY GET GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY BEFORE THEY PUT THE TIME AND MONEY INTO A BIG APPLICATION.
UM, SO WE OFTEN HEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THESE ANYWAY.
UM, YOU COULD MAKE THEM MANDATORY, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND SET SOME THRESHOLDS AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POLICY DISCUSSION AND WE CAN RAISE THAT WITH THE COUNCIL TONIGHT AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND SEE IF THERE'S SOME APPETITE FOR THAT.
THERE'S A LOT OF RESISTANCE THOUGH SOMETIMES TO, UH, THE CODE ADDING ADDITIONAL COSTS OR ADDITIONAL MANDATORY TIME WHEN, WHEN THEY REALLY DON'T THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A, A, A, A GOOD USE OF, OF, OF THEIR ENERGY.
SO IT'S A GOOD POLICY DISCUSSION TO HAVE.
AND I SEE COMMUNITIES COME DOWN ON DIFFERENT PLACES THERE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE OFTEN SAY IS THAT THE CODE IS A LIVING DOCUMENT, AND WE'RE GONNA BE ESTABLISHING THRESHOLDS IN A VARIETY OF PLACES HERE.
THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF A THRESHOLD.
DO YOU REQUIRE THESE OR NOT? OR, OR DO YOU SET A THRESHOLD FOR MAJOR VERSUS MINOR? Y'ALL ARE GONNA NEED TO COME BACK IN A YEAR AND OR A COUPLE YEARS AND LOOK AT THE METRICS AND LOOK AT HOW THE CODE HAS BE BEEN USED AND SAY, WELL, HOW MANY APPLICATIONS CAME IN THAT, UM,
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THAT WERE, THAT, THAT WE WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE A, A, A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING AND THAT THERE WAS NOT ONE THERE.UH, OR HOW MANY VARIANCE APPLICATIONS DID WE GET? OR WHAT HAVE YOU? AND ALL THOSE METRICS ARE GONNA HELP YOU EVALUATE SHOULD WE ADJUST THE THRESHOLDS THAT WE SET IN THE FIRST CODE.
SO, UM, I I JUST SAY THAT THIS IS NOT GONNA BE LOCKED IN FOREVER, THAT THE, THE CITY MIGHT DECIDE TO HAVE ONE THRESHOLD IMMEDIATELY AND IT MIGHT CHANGE TO THE FUTURE, BUT, UM, IT'S A GOOD POINT.
YOUR OTHER QUESTION ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, JOSEPH, WAS DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT IT OR, UH, BEYOND THE RECOMMENDED VERSUS MANDATORY? SO I GUESS THE OTHER PIECE WAS MAYBE JUST NOTIFICATION IN THAT OH YEAH.
I THINK MOST OF IT IS TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, WITHIN 200 FEET.
AND AT A CERTAIN TIME PRETTY FAR ALONG AS OPPOSED TO HOW DO WE BUILD THOSE IN WITH OUR NEWSPAPER THAT GOES OUT EVERY FRIDAY OR EMAIL THAT GOES OUT EVERY FRIDAY? YEAH.
SOME CODES REQUIRE MAILED NOTICE TO GO TO ALL REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE A TRADITION OF, OR A CULTURE OF STRONG NEIGHBORHOODS IN ADDISON, THAT, THAT, THAT YOU HAVE A MAILING LIST OF THOSE.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN THE DRAFT RIGHT NOW.
WHAT, WHAT I WOULD SAY ON THAT TOPIC IS BECAUSE OUR DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IS SO UNIQUE, IT'S GOING TO VARY SIGNIFICANTLY.
SO WHAT I'VE DONE WITH PROJECTS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO, UH, A NEIGHBORHOOD OR A SERIES OF NEIGHBORHOODS, I'LL HAVE A MORE BROADER NOTICE WELL BEYOND THE 200 FOOT NOTICE.
SO, UH, LIKE, UH, AM TREE HOUSE, IT REALLY WENT TO NOTICE FOR ALL THE BORDERING HOMES IN, UH, MIDWAY MEADOWS TOWN LAKE, UM, SOME EVEN, UM, FURTHER SOUTH, THE TRAMMELL CROW PROJECT WAS VERY BROAD AS WELL.
I THINK THEY ENDED UP SENDING OVER 500 NOTICES.
UM, SO WHAT I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR ON BOTH ISSUES IS, UH, STAFF DISCRETION.
UM, IT'S GENERALLY NOT IN STAFF'S INTEREST TO NOT HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, UH, PARTICULARLY FOR A CHALLENGING PROJECT.
AND, UH, I THINK WHAT YOU'LL FIND WHEN THEY ARE OPTIONAL, IT'S VERY POWERFUL IN TELLING WHEN STAFF GOES TO P AND Z AND CITY COUNCIL AND SAYS, WE RECOMMENDED THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT DO NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS AND THIS DEVELOPER CHOSE NOT TO.
IF I'M ON IN YOUR CHAIR OR COUNCIL'S CHAIR, THAT'S, THAT TELLS ME THAT, UH, JUAN EITHER STAFF'S NOT BEING FAIR, WHICH ISN'T TYPICALLY THE CASE, OR TWO, THEY JUST DIDN'T CARE AND DIDN'T WANT TO GET INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS, I'M NOT SURE YOU WANT THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT IN YOUR COMMUNITY FOR A DISCUSS DISCRETIONARY REVIEW PROCESS.
SO WITH THAT, I WOULD SAY GIVING STAFF DISCRETION ON BOTH ISSUES ALLOWS US, ALLOWS JUDGMENT TO BE APPLIED EFFECTIVELY.
UM, IS IT PERFECT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TIME? NO.
BUT FOR THE MAJOR PROJECTS THAT WE KNOW ARE LIKELY GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST AND INPUT IT, IT'S GOING TO WORK OUT WELL.
THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS THAT IF WE MANDATED IT IN A, IN A VERY, UM, ACROSS THE BOARD FASHION WHERE YOU'RE DOING, UM, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS FOR LIKE A BANK OR A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT NEXT TO OTHER FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS, IT'S, IT'S KIND WATERS DOWN THE, THE IMPORTANCE AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THAT PROCESS.
SO, UH, SOME DISCRETION I, I THINK WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IS THE AMOUNT OF DISCRETION IN THE CODE NOW THE BEST, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT MANDATING IT ACROSS THE BOARD PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE THE BEST EITHER.
UH, I THINK MAYBE AND CURIOUS OTHER PEOPLE'S OPINIONS, BUT, YOU KNOW, BOTH OF THE PROJECTS THAT YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT AM EMILY AND, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, TRAMELL CROW, BOTH OF THOSE PROJECTS I DRIVE BY AND THE WHOLE COMMUNITY DRIVES THROUGH TO GET HOME, YET I WASN'T IN THE 200, I WASN'T IN THE 500.
AND IT JUST FEELS LIKE THERE IS A VERY SIMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT IT IN AN EMAIL, WHICH WE ALREADY ALREADY DO WITH ALL THE OTHER NOTIFICATIONS.
UM, FIGURING OUT THE RIGHT TIME OF WHEN YOU DO THAT OR 'CAUSE AGAIN, THINGS CHANGE, THINGS DEVELOP, THINGS POP UP AND DISAPPEAR.
AND IT CAN, I CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE IT GETS OVERWHELMING AND PEOPLE STOP, THEY BECOME NUMB TO IT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE RESIDENT BASIS OF ADDISON IS MUCH SMALLER THAN OTHERS, WHICH I THINK ALLOWS UNIQUE COMMUNICATION OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, SO THERE, I I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS, THIS, UH, STAFF DISCRETION, BUT I ALSO THINK TECHNOLOGY MAKES IT VERY EASY AND IT'S KIND OF CONFUSING THAT WE'RE STILL RELYING ON FLYERS LIKE, OR MAILED NOTICES AT THIS DAY AND AGE.
AND, AND SO I DON'T DISAGREE THAT WE SHOULD USE OUR TECHNOLOGY IN, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESSES.
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SHOULD DO THAT.AND, AND, AND WHAT I'D SAY IS BECAUSE TECHNOLOGY CHANGES AND HOW WE USE IT, CHANGES, PUT IT IN A CODE THAT'S VERY FAR MORE PERMANENT, IS PROBABLY, MAYBE NOT THE BEST APPROACH, BUT HAVING ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES.
AND THAT CAN BE A RECOMMENDATION COMING OUT OF THIS BODY PNZ COUNCIL THAT, HEY, IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE CODE TO HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING, HERE'S THE GUIDELINES THAT WE WANT YOU ALL TO, UM, UH, IMPLEMENT IN THAT PROCESS.
AND THAT CAN INCLUDE USING OUR NEWSLETTER, USING SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, THE TYPE OF NOTICE, THE AMOUNT OF NOTICE, UH, WE CAN DO ALL THAT.
AND WHY WE DO THINGS LIKE FLYERS IS WE DO THAT FREQUENTLY IN ADDITION TO SOCIAL MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY.
'CAUSE WE DO HAVE RESTAURANT OR, UH, RESIDENTS THAT DON'T HAVE SMARTPHONES.
IT'S, THERE'S NOT MANY, BUT WE, WE DO, AND I HAVE ONE PARTICULAR RESIDENT THAT LOVES OUR FLYERS, AND THAT IS THE PRIMARY WAY BY WHICH THAT RESIDENT DOES GET INFORMATION FROM THE TOWN.
SO WE TRY TO HIT ALL THE VARIOUS MEDIUMS. WHAT, WHAT IS THE THINKING ABOUT NOT HAVING STAFF PRESENT AT THE FIRST NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING? I, I'M THINKING BACK TO, TO THE WHITE ROCK CHAPEL PROBLEMS. THERE WAS SO MUCH MISINFORMATION THAT WAS COMMUNICATED EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN HEADED OFF, UH, WITH, WITH COMMENTS FROM STAFF SAYING, NO, THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE, OR WHATEVER THE ISSUE WAS.
UH, THAT THAT WOULD SAVE EVERYBODY A LOT OF HEADACHES.
I THINK THE, THE TRICK IS, UM, AND WHERE THAT'S KIND OF GOING, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT WE'RE GOING TO NOT ATTEND ANY OF THESE MEETINGS, IS IT, IT IS EASY FOR STAFF TO GET CAUGHT UP AND BEING PERCEIVED IN A CERTAIN WAY WHEN THOSE MEETINGS, REALLY THE WAY WE WORK WITH, WITH APPLICANTS IS THAT IT IS THEIR MEETING.
THEY HAVE TO SELL THEIR PROJECT.
I'M NOT THERE TO SELL THEIR PROJECT.
I'M NOT THERE TO, UH, INFORM PEOPLE ON HOW THEIR PROJECT WILL BE APPROPRIATELY MITIGATED IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS.
SO, UH, WHETHER IT'S US NOT ATTENDING OR ATTENDING OR SIMPLY HAVING AN INTENT STATEMENT THAT SAYS THIS IS NOT A, A TOWN DRIVEN EVENT IS, IS REALLY WHAT IT'S GETTING AT IN, IN MY MIND.
MATT, ANYTHING OR GABBY, ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE ON ALONG THOSE LINES? I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID THAT THIS IS NOT A TOWN EVENT.
I, I THINK ONE THING TO CLARIFY, OR ONE THING TO EMPHASIZE THAT KEN WAS SAYING IS THAT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT'S ACTUALLY DONE IN PRACTICE AND WHAT THE TOWN ENCOURAGES AND, AND WHAT'S ACTUALLY IN THE CODE.
AND, AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT IS TO ENSURE THAT YOU'RE MEETING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF STATE LAW IN TERMS OF WHAT'S REQUIRED BY NOTICE.
THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THIS IS ALL THE NOTICE THAT'S GONNA BE DONE.
YOU, YOU MAY WELL DO ADDITIONAL WEB-BASED NOTICE OR, OR, OR GO BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES OF THE, OF THE MINIMUM, UH, UH, DISTANCES IN STATE LAW.
BUT IF YOU PUT THAT IN THE CODE, THEN YOU'RE POTENTIALLY SETTING YOURSELF UP FOR A CHALLENGE LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD IF THE TOWN FOR SOME REASON, YOU KNOW, MAKES A MISTAKE AND, AND NOT BEING ABLE TO MEET ALL THOSE EXPANDED DISTANCES THAT ARE IN THE CODE OR THOSE THAT EXTENDED EXPANDED NOTIFICATION.
SO, YOU KNOW, PRACTICALLY SPEAKING, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANNA SET THE THE TOWN UP TO BE VULNERABLE TO THOSE TYPES OF CHALLENGES FOR MINISTERIAL MISTAKES.
SO THAT ALSO APPLIES TO THIS ISSUE OF THE, THE ATTENDANCE AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS.
AND IF YOU GO AHEAD AND SAY UPFRONT THE TOWN STAFF'S GONNA BE THERE, THEN MAYBE JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR LOGISTICAL REASONS OR SOMETHING, YOU CAN'T HAVE A STAFF PERSON THERE AND YOU'D BE CHALLENGED.
SO, UM, THAT, AND THAT'S BEYOND THE POINT OF JUST EMPHASIZING THAT IT'S NOT A TOWN HELD MEETING.
SO JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS AS A LEGAL DOCUMENT THAT'S HELPING YOU MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF STATE LAW AND, AND THAT IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN, THAN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE TOWN ENCOURAGES THROUGH GUIDELINES, UH, THAT MAY GO BEYOND BUT ARE RECOMMENDED.
SO I JUST WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT I RAISED A QUESTION ONLINE, BUT I RAISED IT HERE 'CAUSE OF THE DISCUSSION.
WHAT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD? IS IT STRICTLY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL? 'CAUSE THAT'S THE DISCUSSION I'M HEARING THAT INCLUDE A MULTI-FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT WHAT ABOUT A COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE YOU HAVE A GROUP OF COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS WHERE THE NEIGHBORS MAY HAVE SOME INPUT ON WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED, UH, BECAUSE OF NOISE OR SOME OTHER ISSUE? OR WHEN WE SAY NEIGHBORHOOD, WE DON'T, I DON'T, ANYTHING I READ IN THIS CURRENT SECTION,
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I NEVER SAW A DEFINITION OF NEIGHBORHOOD.IT'S, IT'S, IT'S INTENDED TO JUST APPLY TO THE PEOPLE WITHIN THE VICINITY OF THE PROJECT.
AND THAT COULD BE MULTIFAMILY, IT COULD BE COMMERCIAL, IT COULD BE RESIDENTIAL, UM, BUT, UH, I MEAN MAYBE, MAYBE A DIFFERENT NAME MIGHT BE MORE DESCRIPTIVE OF THE PROCESS BECAUSE I, I, I AGREE THAT MAYBE DOES SOUND LIKE AN A RESIDENTIAL ONLY THING.
UM, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LISTINGS OF, OF, OF DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR PROJECTS AND, AND IT'S JUST ANYBODY THAT'S WITHIN THOSE DISTANCES GENERALLY IS WHO SHOULD BE NOTIFIED.
AND, AND THAT'S WHY, UH, I SPEAK TO STAFF DISCRETION IN THIS, IN THAT IT'S, SO, ONCE AGAIN, IF, IF YOU'RE USING NEIGHBORHOOD BROADLY AND NOT JUST LIMITING IT TO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, IF SAY YOU'RE LOOKING AT A COMMERCIAL PROJECT IN A COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE USE IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE SURROUNDING COMMERCIAL USES, THE OPTIONALITY OF A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING IS APPROPRIATE IN MY MIND BECAUSE IT'S COMPATIBLE.
AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I WOULD ANTICIPATE A STAFF AS BEING SOMETHING THAT THE SURROUNDING COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD HAVE AN ISSUE WITH.
IF IT WAS SAY, UH, PUTTING SOME SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN THE MIDDLE OF AN AREA THAT'S FILLED WITH HIGH-RISE OFFICE BUILDINGS, A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING MAY BE MORE APPROPRIATE BECAUSE THE USE AND COMPATIBILITY THERE IS, UM, UH, A, A DIFFERENT CONSIDERATION.
SO IT'S ALL GONNA DEPEND ON EACH INDIVIDUAL UNIQUE CASE.
SO HAVING THAT, THAT ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINE WHERE YOUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF CAN APPLY PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT IS, IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND I DO AGREE WITH YOU, JIM, UH, PARTICULARLY IN A PLACE LIKE ADDISON THAT JUST USING THE TERM NEIGHBORHOOD IS, IS SOMETHING I THINK WE HAVE TO FLESH OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THIS PROCESS.
I WILL GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IS THE NOTICE ABOUT THE LAY LOCKS, UM, UH, POND REFURBISHING, NO ONE IN THE APARTMENTS THAT ARE A BLOCK AWAY KNOWS THAT THAT'S COMING.
AND, UH, THERE'S GONNA BE A BIG CURE, CURE WHEN ALL OF THAT HAPPENS AND THEY CAN'T WALK THEIR DOGS AROUND THE PARK.
AND, AND THE, THE NOTICE PROCESS, WHAT THAT'S BE REQUIRED BY LAW, YOU NOTICE PROPERTY OWNERS, SO YOU COULD HAVE, UH, FOUR OR FIVE APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND, AND THE VICINITY OF A ZONING CASE AND YOU'RE SENDING FOUR NOTICES INSTEAD OF 1200.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S EASY FOR THAT PROCESS TO NOT BE AS EQUITABLE AS IT SHOULD BE.
UM, WE TRY TO NOTICE FOR THE, UH, TENANTS WITHIN THE APARTMENT BUILDING AS WELL FOR WHAT WE FEEL WILL BE SIGNIFICANT ISSUES THAT REQUIRES THEIR NOTICE AND INPUT.
UM, BUT ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE APPLYING JUDGMENT THERE.
AND IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY COMPATIBLE, WE MAY NOT MAKE THAT JUDGMENT.
'CAUSE WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO BE EFFICIENT WITH THE USE OF TOWN FUNDS.
BUT KEN, THAT'S ANOTHER SITUATION WHERE PUTTING IT IN THE FRIDAY EMAIL IS EASY, DOESN'T COST THE TOWN ANYTHING AND IT CAN GET IT OUT TO MORE PEOPLE.
I THINK THIS WAS A HELPFUL DIALOGUE IN HEARING KIND OF THE, THE ALTERNATE PIECES.
AND SO I, I THINK IN OTHER ITEMS, I MENTIONED THIS AS WELL OF JUST HAVING A CHECKLIST OF THERE'S A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WE'LL DEFINE IT AT THE PRECON AT THE, AT THE PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETING.
AND THAT WAY THE DEVELOPER UNDERSTANDS, ALRIGHT, HERE'S THE STEPS THAT I AM GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO DO.
BECAUSE EVERY PROJECT IS DIFFERENT, THE SCALE, SOME MAY NEED SIX, SOME MAY NEED ONE, AND A CHECKLIST TO ME, UM, WHILE OUR CURRENT STAFF IS VERY, IS WONDERFUL, THIS DOCUMENT IS SUPPOSED TO PROBABLY OUTLIVE MOST OF OUR CURRENT STAFF AND THE KNOWLEDGE THAT KEN HAS, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THAT GETS PASSED ONTO THE NEXT, WHICH I THINK A CHECKLIST GIVES SOME OF THOSE, HERE'S THE SIX THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT YOU CAN CONSIDER AND IT GROWS AS TECHNOLOGY GROWS OR THINGS CHANGE, OR WE RECOGNIZE LAPSES.
SO I UNDERSTAND DISCRETION, MAYBE THERE'S A CHECKLIST.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR DEVELOPERS TO UNDERSTAND EXPECTATIONS AT THE SAME TIME.
WELL, AS A GOVERNMENT PLANNER, I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF A CHECKLIST, SO, WELL THIS IS GETTING AT, UM, A LOT OF OUR DISCUSSION.
UM, BUT WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ANOTHER, A SUMMARY TABLE, UM, FOR YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT IS THE SUMMARY OF PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.
UM, SO THAT SHOWS YOU WHETHER A PUBLISHED NOTICE IS REQUIRED, A MAILED NOTICE IS REQUIRED,
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UM, OR A POSTED NOTICE.UM, AND POSTED NOTICE MEANS ON THE PROPERTY.
AND AGAIN, THIS INCLUDES THE TIMEFRAMES FOR ALL OF THOSE.
UM, AND IT IS ONLY INCLUDES I, THIS SUMMARY TABLE, SORRY, ONLY INCLUDES THOSE TYPES OF APPLICATIONS THAT DO NEED ANY FORM OF PUBLISHED NOTICE.
THAT'S WHY IT'S A LOT SMALLER, UM, OF A TABLE.
UM, ANYTHING YOU WANNA ADD TO THAT? OKAY, WE CAN KEEP MOVING.
AND THEN FINALLY, UM, ON COMMON PROCEDURES, JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THESE POST-DECISION ACTIONS AND LIMITATIONS.
UM, SO FOR APPLICATIONS, THERE'S A NOTICE OF DECISION REQUIRED, UM, WITHIN 10 DAYS AFTER THE DECISION.
UM, AND THIS IS ALSO WHERE, UM, THE CODE LAYS OUT, UM, WHEN APPLICATIONS EXPIRE AND IF THEY DO, UM, HOW DEVELOPERS OR APPLICANTS, UM, CAN EXTEND THOSE APPROVALS OR REQUEST EXTENSIONS.
UM, AND THEN THIS ALSO INCLUDES, UM, A PROCEDURE FOR THE DIRECTOR TO APPROVE MINOR CHANGES TO APPROVED PLANS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE PRETTY SMALL CHANGES THAT COME UP, UM, AFTER A PLAN HAS BEEN APPROVED.
SO, UM, AS ENGINEERING IS BEING DONE, IF THERE'S SOME, YOU KNOW, SMALL TWEAKS THAT NEED TO BE MADE, UM, IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SMALL MINOR DEVIATIONS IN THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT JUST BASED ON TOPOGRAPHY AND WHEN IT ACTUALLY, AGAIN, STARTS TO GET ENGINEERED, UM, THE RELOCATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, BUT IT DOES NOT ALLOW FOR REDUCTIONS TO THE AMOUNT OF OPEN SPACE.
IT DOESN'T ALLOW ANYTHING TO CHANGE WITH THE BUFFERING REQUIREMENTS, AND THEN THE ACTUAL FLOOR AREA CANNOT INCREASE.
SO THESE REALLY ARE JUST MEANT TO BE, UM, MINOR MODIFICATIONS, UM, TO ACCOUNT FOR SOME OF THOSE TECHNICAL ENGINEERING, UM, ISSUES.
THE COMMON PROCEDURES ARE THE FOUNDATION PART OF THIS CHAPTER, AND THEN THE, THE BALLOTS OF THE MATERIAL APPLIES THOSE, UH, THOSE COMMON PROCEDURES TO ALL THE DIFFERENT APPLICATION TYPES.
AND WE'VE JUST GOT A FEW SLIDES HERE JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES OF HOW THIS PLAYS OUT.
SO REZONINGS, WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH REZONINGS.
UH, HOW WOULD THOSE COMMON PROCEDURES APPLY? WELL, THIS, THIS SECTION OF THE CODE IS GONNA HAVE A, A TAILORED VERSION OF THAT FLOW CHART, THAT PROCESS CHART THAT, THAT GABBY SHOWED YOU.
SO YOU CAN SEE AT THE TOP HALF IN THE BLUE OF THIS CHART, YOU SEE THE, THE TITLES FOR THOSE COMMON PROCEDURES.
AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM, YOU'VE JUST GOT A LITTLE ANNOTATION THAT THAT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPLANATION THAT'S UNIQUE TO REZONINGS.
SO LET'S JUST WALK THROUGH HERE.
SO PRE-APPLICATION ACTIVITIES, THAT'S IN SECTION 2, 4 2, IT IS REQUIRED.
AND YOU'VE GOT SOME TEXT THERE IN THE, IN THE, UM, IN THE, IN THE CODE THAT EXPLAINS SPECIFICALLY WHICH TYPES OF REZONINGS HAVE TO DO THIS, UM, APPLICATION SUBMITTAL AND PROCESSING.
UM, YOU SUBMIT IT TO THE TOWN, A STAFF REVIEW THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
THEN THERE IS GONNA BE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR REZONING.
AND SO YOU'VE GOT THE PUBLIC HEARINGS REQUIRED FOR THE PNZ AND FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE REVIEW AND DECISION AGAIN BY THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT POST-DECISION ACTIONS.
AND SO THERE'S ABOUT A PAGE AND A HALF A TEXT HERE THAT, THAT, THAT FLUSHES OUT THIS PROCEDURE, BUT WE GOT IT TO A PAGE AND A HALF AS OPPOSED TO ABOUT 10 PAGES IF WE HAD TO REPEAT ALL THAT STUFF THAT GABBY SAID ABOUT WHAT'S A, WHAT'S A COMPLETE APPLICATION AND HOW DO YOU APPEAL AND ALL THAT STUFF.
SO THIS ORGANIZATION IS, IS JUST INTENDED TO MINIMIZE REPETITION AND TO ENSURE THAT IT'S ALL CONSISTENT.
UM, THE, THE, THE FLOW CHART, YOU KNOW, CAN BE PUT ON A HANDOUT AND IT CAN BE PUT ON THE WEBSITE, AND IT'S JUST AN EASY WAY FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND.
UH, THE BASIC PIECES OF THIS, UH, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ONE WHERE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS ARE RECOMMENDED.
REZONINGS ARE OFTEN A BIG DEAL.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ZONING TO COMMERCIAL MAYBE AND, AND WHAT THAT MIGHT MEAN.
UM, REZONINGS ARE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE PROTESTED.
UM, AND THERE'S STATE LAW PROVISIONS THAT ALLOW PROTEST PETITIONS.
AND SO, UH, THOSE ARE, UH, AVAILABLE HERE, UH, IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW.
UM, SO REZONING IS ONE, APPLI IS ONE EXAMPLE.
THERE ARE CRITERIA IN THIS SECTION.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT ARE UNIQUE TO EACH OF THE PROCEDURES ARE THE CRITERIA AND A LOT OF TEXT HERE, BUT THIS IS JUST, THESE ARE PRETTY TYPICAL, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL LOOKS AT, YOU KNOW, IN DECIDING IF A REZONING IS SHOULD BE APPROVED OR NOT.
IS IT CONSISTENT WITH A COMP PLAN? IS IT CONSISTENT WITH THE PURPOSES OF THIS CODE? UH, IS IT CONSISTENT WITH THE PURPOSE STATEMENT OF THE ZONE DISTRICT, ET CETERA.
SO, UM, THIS IS, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT ALL THE PROCEDURES AND IT'S INTENDED TO PROVIDE SOME RIGOR SO THAT THERE'S GENERALLY SOME CONSISTENCY IN THE DECISION MAKING, BUT IT'S, IT'S, THERE'S ALSO SOME FLEXIBILITY HERE.
THERE'S SOME WIGGLE ROOM IN THESE, IN THESE TERMS TO ALLOW THE OFFICIALS TO EXERCISE THEIR DISCRETION.
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UM, REZONING ALSO CAN BE DONE NOT JUST TO A GEN A BASE DISTRICT, BUT TO A, A PD.AND AS, AS KEN SAID, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE DEVELOPMENT IN ADDISON TO DATE HAS BEEN PDS.
ONE OF THE GENERAL GOALS HERE IS TO SHRINK THAT BOX A LITTLE BIT SO THAT NOT AS MANY APPLICATIONS ARE, ARE NEGOTIATED PDS IN THE FUTURE, AND THAT WE USE NEW TOOLS LIKE A SITE PLAN.
AND SO, UH, THERE ARE CHANGES SUGGESTED TO THE, THE PD REZONING PROCESS.
THERE'S A PRELIMINARY CONCEPT PLAN, FIRST OF ALL, WHERE YOU JUST TELL YOUR BIG IDEAS.
THIS IS GENERALLY WHAT I, WHAT I WANNA DO WITH THIS SITE AND HOW THE CIRCULATION LAYOUT IS GENERALLY GONNA LOOK AND THE USE IS ALLOWED, AND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO REALLY, UH, TALK ABOUT BIG IDEAS WITH THAT CONCEPT PLAN.
UH, AND THEN ONCE YOU DO THAT, YOU'LL COME BACK AND YOU'LL DO A MORE DETAILED FINAL PLAN THAT GETS INTO MORE SITE LEVEL SPECIFICS ABOUT HOW THAT'S GONNA BE DEVELOPED.
UM, THERE'S ALSO GONNA BE SOME THRESHOLD CRITERIA THAT TRY TO MINIMIZE, YOU KNOW, UH, WHEN YOU NEED TO DO A PD VERSUS A BASE DISTRICT.
AND AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S NOT GOING TO ELIMINATE PDS ALTOGETHER.
YOU'LL STILL HAVE 'EM, BUT IT'S TO TRY TO REDUCE THAT, THAT IS THE PREFERRED OPTION EVERY TIME.
SO, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF REDEVELOPMENT COMMUNITIES, UM, ARE THEY, DO YOU SEE THE, LIKE ADDISON'S UNIQUE IN THAT THERE'S A A TON OF PDS YEP.
BUT IF WE JUST TAKE THE CITY OF DALLAS, ARE MOST OF THE REZONINGS STRAIGHT REZONINGS OR PDS? AND JUST IN TERMS OF ANY INFILL, ANY REDEVELOPMENT CITY, I GUESS I WOULD, IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE SO MANY PDS THAT MAKES IT COMPLICATED.
BUT WITH REDEVELOPMENT, THERE'S ALWAYS CREATE, IT SEEMS LIKE PEOPLE JUST GO TO PDS BECAUSE THERE'S CREATIVE THINGS OR UNUSUAL THINGS, AND USE THE CODE AS A BASELINE.
IN OUR EXPERIENCE, UH, PDS BECOME THE NORM BECAUSE THE CODE WAS BROKEN AND PEOPLE DID NOT HAVE FAITH IN THE CODE TO ESTABLISH MINIMUM QUALITY STANDARDS.
UM, AND OR THE, THE CODE JUST DIDN'T ADDRESS ALL THE DIFFERENT SITUATIONS THAT THEY NEEDED TO ADDRESS.
SO THAT'S WHY WE DO PROJECTS LIKE THIS, IS TO TRY TO RA RAISE THE BASELINE.
SO TO HAVE A MINIMUM NEW HIGH QUALITY SET OF PARKING STANDARDS, MINIMUM NEW HIGH QUALITY, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION STANDARDS, SO THAT THOSE TYPES OF THINGS DON'T HAVE TO BE, UH, GUESSWORK AS, AS NEW APPLICATIONS COME IN AND YOU'VE GOT A HIGHER LEVEL BASELINE.
UH, IN OUR EXPERIENCE, THE PLACES THAT HAVE HAD, YOU KNOW, REALLY HIGH PERCENTAGES OF PDS, UM, HAD OLD CODES AND THEY HADN'T MUSTERED THE WILL TO REWRITE THEIR CODES AND TO REALLY RAISE THAT BASELINE.
SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO WRITE THAT SHIP AND TO MAKE A SLOW COURSE CORRECTION TOWARDS MORE REZONINGS TO BASE DISTRICTS AND THE NEW DISTRICTS THAT ARE IN THE CODE, AND HOPEFULLY ALL THOSE DISTRICTS THAT WE CREATED IN THE FIRST INSTALLMENT, ALL THOSE, UH, USE STANDARDS THAT WE DRAFTED TO CONTROL, USE IMPACTS ALL THOSE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT WE DRAFTED TO CREATE HIGH QUALITY.
HOPEFULLY ALL THAT COLLECTIVELY IS GONNA GIVE YOUR OFFICIALS CONFIDENCE THAT THIS CODE IS SUFFICIENT ON ITS OWN.
AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO NEGOTIATE EVERY NEW SIT, EVERY NEW APPLICATION ON ITS OWN TERMS. UM, THEY'RE NOT GONNA ALWAYS GET AWAY FROM NEGOTIATION, BUT HOPEFULLY THAT'S GONNA MINIMIZE THOSE, UM, THAT THAT'S OUR EXPERIENCE.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG GOALS OF THE PROJECT.
UM, YOU KNOW, TO BE DETERMINED, YOU KNOW, HOW SUCCESSFUL THAT IS.
YOU KNOW, PART OF THIS IS JUST PEOPLE AND, YOU KNOW, UM, THE OFFICIALS ON THE DAIS AND HOW WILLING THEY ARE TO STICK TO THE CODE ONCE THEY ADOPT IT STAFF HOW COMFORTABLE THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, STICKING TO THE CODE AS WELL.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S A, THERE'S A CULTURAL SHIFT THAT'S REQUIRED, YOU KNOW, IN PLACES THAT HAVE JUST BEEN DOING PDS TO, TO, TO SWITCH OVER TO BASE ZONING.
WE'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN A LOT, BUT IT, IT, IT TAKES TIME.
YOU SAID IT PERFECTLY
BUT I, WE TALKED WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE COUNCIL THAT WAS IN PLACE WHEN WE STARTED THE PROJECT, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THEIR GOALS IS TO NOT HAVE TO NEGOTIATE EVERYTHING IN ADDISON.
AND, AND, AND, UM, ADDISON'S KNOWN FOR HIGH QUALITY PROJECTS.
HOW CAN WE GET THAT AS PART OF THE BASE RULES VERSUS ALWAYS HAVING TO NEGOTIATE? SO, UM, SITE PLAN REVIEW.
THIS IS ONE OF THESE THINGS GABBY MENTIONED WHERE Y'ALL ARE DOING IT NOW.
UM, YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE CHECKLISTS FOR SITE PLANS, BUT IT'S NOT ACTUALLY IN THE CODE IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO ESTABLISH A SPECIFIC PRE UH, UH, PROCEDURE TO, TO CODIFY WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
UM, WE ARE PROPOSING A MAJOR VERSUS A MINOR SITE PLAN.
SO GETTING BACK TO THAT PRIOR SLIDE, IF, IF YOU MOVE AWAY FROM PDS, THE CITY NEEDS A TOOL TO EVALUATE HOW YOU'RE COMPLYING WITH THE
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PARKING STANDARDS AND THE LANDSCAPING STANDARDS.THE SITE PLAN REVIEW IS GONNA ALLOW THE STAFF TO EVALUATE COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE.
UM, IDEALLY YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO HAVE MOST THINGS DECIDED EFFICIENTLY, SO MINOR, THAT'S THE STAFF DECISION.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE ALL THE CRITERIA THERE ON THIS SLIDE THAT, UH, ARE CALLED MINOR SITE PLANS, SINGLE USE IN AN EXISTING STRUCTURE, LESS THAN 10,000 SQUARE FEET, ET CETERA.
UM, THIS IS HOPEFULLY A LOT OF STUFF, BUT IT'S, IT'S RELATIVELY SMALL IMPACT STUFF.
SO THESE CAN BE HANDLED BY STAFF.
MINOR REDEVELOPMENT IS ONE OF THESE, UH, THINGS AS WELL.
AND, AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A WHOLE LIST OF THINGS THAT QUALIFY AS MINOR REDEVELOPMENT.
IF YOU'RE NOT FALLING WITHIN THIS DEFINITION OF MINOR REDEVELOPMENT OR IF YOU'RE NOT FALLING WITHIN ONE OF THESE OTHER THRESHOLDS FOR MINOR SITE PLAN, YOU'RE A MAJOR SITE PLAN AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO UP AND, AND GET APPROVAL.
UM, I THINK WE SAID THAT AS A COUNCIL, IS THAT RIGHT? PLANNING COMMISSION.
OH, AND WE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THESE FLOWCHARTS.
SO HERE'S THE FLOW CHART FOR MAJOR SITE PLAN.
UM, THIS IS AGAIN, FOLLOWING THAT SAME FORMAT.
THIS IS PUBLIC MEETING REQUIRED FOR P AND Z, AND THEN A DECISION BY THE P AND Z.
AND THEN THE MINOR IS AN EXAMPLE, LIKE GABBY SAID, IT, IT'S GRAYED OUT IF IT'S NOT REQUIRED.
AND SO THERE'S NO PUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED FOR THE, FOR THE MINOR SITE PLAN.
AND SO THAT 2, 4, 5 IS GRAYED OUT.
BUT, UM, THERE'S THRESHOLDS HERE.
UH, THERE'S, THERE'S CRITERIA.
UH, SO FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THESE ARE GENERAL CRITERIA, UM, COMPLIANCE WITH ANY PRIOR APPROVALS ON THE SITE, COMPLIANCE WITH PHASING PLANS, ET CETERA.
UH, THESE ARE, THESE ARE DECISIONS BY THE P AND Z.
AND SO THESE AND STAFF, AND SO THESE CAN BE APPEALED TO THE BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT, BUT THESE ARE NOT UNUSUAL IN TEXAS.
YOU KNOW, MOST COMMUNITIES HAVE SITE PLAN PROCESSES.
THIS, THIS IS JUST BRINGING THE CODE INTO, INTO ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY DOING IN PRACTICE.
BUT, BUT THE MINOR MAJOR DISTINCTION IS NEW, AND THAT'S INTENDED TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS FOR THE SMALL STUFF.
UM, PLATTING IS A BIG PART OF THE PROCEDURES AS WELL.
UM, YOU DON'T SEE AS MANY, UH, SUBDIVISIONS IN ADDISON, BUT ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IS, IS, UH, YOU KNOW, SCRUB AND UPDATE ALL THESE PROCEDURES TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH NEW STATE LAWS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, MINIMUM, UH, TIMELINES FOR, FOR, UH, REVIEWING APPLICATIONS.
UH, THERE'S A MINOR PLAT PROCEDURE THAT APPLIES TO RELATIVELY SMALL, UH, SUBDIVISIONS FOR FEWER, LOTS, ET CETERA, DO NOT REQUIRE ANY PUBLIC DEDICATION.
THOSE CAN BE HANDLED BY THE, UM, THE, THE DIRECTOR OR THE PNZ, DEPENDING ON THE APPLICATION.
UH, FINAL PLATS, UM, FOR MAJOR SUBDIVISIONS, FOLLOW PRELIMINARY PLATS.
UM, THEY MUST BE SUBMITTED WITHIN TWO YEARS OF PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL.
UM, FINAL PLATS, THE, THE BIG ACTION FOR SUBDIVISION IS, IS THAT PRELIMINARY PLAT STAGE.
THAT'S WHEN YOU GET THE APPROVAL BY THE COUNCIL.
UM, THIS, THE, THE FINAL PLAS ARE, ARE INTENDED TO BE MORE STREAMLINED.
THE, THE, THE COPY OF THE DRAFT THAT WE SENT OUT TO YOU GUYS IN ADVANCE IS ONLY PARTIAL.
IT'S ONLY THE FIRST HALF OF THE PROCEDURES.
AND WE'RE ACTUALLY STARTING TO GET INTO STUFF, STUFF, SOME PROCEDURES NOW THAT ARE NOT IN THE DRAFT THAT YOU SENT OUT.
SO IT'S, IT'S KIND OF A PREVIEW OF COMING ATTRACTIONS, BUT THIS IS THE PIECE THAT'S NOT GONNA BE IN YOUR DRAFT.
THE, THE SUBDIVISION PIECES WE'RE STILL FINALIZING.
THE FINAL SECTION OF PROCEDURES IS FLEXIBILITY AND RELIEF.
UM, AND THESE ARE THINGS AGAIN, JUST TO, UM, STEP OUTSIDE THE BOX.
YOU KNOW, I WANNA GET A VARIANCE.
I WANNA SHOW SOME KIND OF HARDSHIP ON MY SITE.
UM, AND SO THE VARIANCE PROCEDURE IS, IS CARRIED FORWARD.
THERE'S A, THERE'S PARTICULAR, UH, NUANCES TO THE SUBDIVISION VARIANCE.
UM, THOSE HAVE TO GO TO THE PNZ, UH, AS OPPOSED TO BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT.
AND SO THAT'S CALLED OUT SEPARATELY HERE.
AND THEN THIS MINOR MODIFICATION IS NEW THAT'S INTENDED TO GREASE THE WHEELS FOR SMALLER PROJECTS.
SO IF I WANT TO REQUEST A MINOR CHANGE IN THE NUMBER OF REQUIRED PARKING SPACES, MAYBE, UM, I CAN POTENTIALLY REQUEST THAT THROUGH THIS MINOR MODIFICATION.
THERE IS A TABLE THAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT OF THE SLIDE THAT IDENTIFIES THE PROVISIONS FROM WHICH YOU CAN REQUEST A MINOR MODIFICATION.
SO THESE ARE NOT THAT UNCOMMON.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THEY'RE, IN OUR EXPERIENCE, THEY'RE TYPICALLY USED FOR SMALLER PROJECTS JUST TO HELP GREASE THE WHEELS.
UM, THAT'S, UH, WE HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE ON FLEXIBILITY.
UM, THE, THE MINOR MODIFICATION IS REALLY APPLICABLE TO, TO NUMERIC STANDARDS.
YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT HAVE LIKE NUMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM, BUT SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT WANT SOME FLEXIBILITY THAT'S MORE QUALITATIVE.
UM, AND THERE'S AN ALTERNATIVE EQUIVALENT COMPLIANCE PROVISION, LIKE MAYBE IT'S JUST SLIGHTLY CHANGING BUILDING DESIGN OR SOMETHING IN A WAY THAT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A NUMERIC STANDARD, BUT IT DOESN'T MEET THE STRICT LETTER OF THE CODE.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS ALTERNATIVE
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EQUIVALENT COMPLIANCE WOULD ALLOW YOU TO DO.UH, APPEALS ARE COVERED HERE, UH, AND THEN ALSO THE INTERPRETATION PROVISION IS COVERED HERE.
SO ALL THIS STUFF IN THIS CHAT CHAPTER IS JUST ABOUT, UM, KIND OF, UH, ENSURING THAT THE CODE FITS INTO UNUSUAL SITUATIONS.
THAT'S, THAT'S OUR MAIN CONTENT SLIDES.
UM, SO NOW WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO JUST STOP AND CHAT, BUT WE ARE GONNA, WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS FOR YOU THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, WE WILL HAVE THE BALANCE OF THIS ADMINISTRATION STUFF FOR YOU.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND, AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE OR TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE OTHER PROCEDURES IN MORE DETAIL IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
WE ARE ALSO THOUGH, GONNA GO BACK AND REVISIT THE DISTRICT'S PIECE, THE DISTRICT'S AND USES.
'CAUSE THAT WAS WRITTEN LIKE THREE YEARS AGO AND THE INITIAL CONVERSATIONS WE HAD WERE A LONG TIME AGO AND WE ALL FORGOT IT.
AND WE'RE ALL GONNA HAVE TO COME BACK UP TO SPEED AND, AND MAKE SURE IT'S, YOU KNOW, STAFF HAS CHANGED AND YOUR OFFIC OFFICIALS HAVE CHANGED.
AND ONE OF THE GOALS OF THAT IS GONNA JUST BE TO RECONFIRM, UM, THAT PIECE OF THE CODE, WHICH IS, WHICH IS PRETTY OLD AT THIS POINT BEFORE WE GET INTO THE CONSOLIDATED DRAFT STAGE.
UM, THAT'S I THINK OUR LAST SLIDE.
SO, UH, THE, THE CONVEO IS UP AND, UH, YOU GOT THE EMAIL FROM JADE WITH THE INFORMATION ABOUT, UH, CONVEO AND REMINDING YOU ABOUT THAT LINK.
SO HAVE Y'ALL USED CONVEO? LIZ, I WOULD NEED TO REFRESH IT.
UM, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A PICTURE OF IT HERE.
IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY, UH, WE TAKE, WE TAKE THIS DOCUMENT AND WE PUT IT ONLINE AND YOU CAN DROP A COMMENT ANYWHERE AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY SIMPLE AND YOU CAN JUST DROP A PEN ON A PARTICULAR, UH, WORD OR ON A, JUST A GENERAL PAGE AND SAY, I AGREE WITH THIS, OR I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THIS.
YOU COULD ALSO SEE, YOU KNOW, IF JOSEPH HAD GONE IN BEFORE, YOU COULD SEE JOSEPH'S COMMENTS AND YOU COULD SAY, I AGREE WITH JOSEPH'S COMMENTS, OR JOSEPH, I DISAGREE WITH HIS COMMENTS.
UM, SO YOU CAN COMMENT ON EACH OTHER'S, UH, WORK.
JIM, DID I UNDERSTAND YOU AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING THAT, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE WHAT, 2019? IT'S BEEN A FUN TIME, BUT IN ALL THAT TIME, I'VE NEVER HAD A RESPONSE TO A SINGLE COMMENT OR QUESTION.
SO IS THAT GONNA BE DONE AT A SUMMARY STAGE THAT'S GONNA BE IN A CONSOLIDATED DRAFT? YEAH.
SO THE WAY WE, THE WAY WE, AND, YOU KNOW, CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE STRETCHED THIS OUT.
UM, BUT THIS, THE, ALL THE INTENT WAS ALWAYS THAT WE WOULDN'T DO REVISED VERSIONS OF THE, OF THE INTERIM PIECES.
WE WOULD FOLD ALL THOSE REVISIONS INTO THE CONSOLIDATED DRAFT.
SO WHEN YOU SEE THE CONSOLIDATED DRAFT, IT'S GONNA BE A RED LINE DOCUMENT.
YOU'RE GONNA GET A CLEAN ONE, BUT YOU'RE ALSO GONNA GET ONE THAT'S RED LINE THAT SHOWS ALL THE CHANGES FROM THESE VERSIONS.
SO THAT'S WHEN YOUR QUESTIONS ARE GONNA BE ADDRESSED.
AND, AND WE'VE GOT ALL THOSE IN, IN BUCKETS AND, YOU KNOW, BUT WE, WELL, IT, WE DON'T IGNORE THOSE AND WE, WE APPRECIATE THE EFFORT YOU PUT INTO 'EM.
AND WE'RE SORRY THAT IT'S TAKEN SO LONG FOR YOU TO SEE REVISIONS.
IT'S JUST, IT WAS ALWAYS GONNA BE THE CONSOLIDATED DRAFT STAGE THAT'S JUST GOTTEN STRETCHED OUT.
UM, DID I DESCRIBE THE PROCESS, RIGHT? ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD ON THE PROCESS? UH, NO.
MATT'S DONE A GREAT JOB AND GABBY'S DONE A GREAT JOB DESCRIBING THE PROCESS.
WHAT I WOULD SHARE FROM STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE IS YES, IT, IT HAS DRAGGED ON AND IT'S LARGELY BEEN, UH, MY FAULT THAT IT'S DRAGGED ON.
UH, I THINK THE, THE DRAGGING IS GOING TO HELP US GET TO A BETTER PRODUCT, UH, BECAUSE WE DID AND HAVE EXPERIENCED A LOT OF CHANGES IN, UH, DEVELOPMENT REVIEW HERE IN ADDISON, AND IT'S ALSO COMING IN AT A TIME.
WE'RE ALSO UPDATING OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND HAVING A LOT OF BIG DISCUSSIONS IN TOWN ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO EVOLVE FOR NOT ONLY THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS, BUT UH, OUT TO 2050.
SO THE TIMING IS GOOD FOR THAT AND, UH, WE'RE EXCITED TO REALLY, UH, GET DOWN THE HOME STRETCH ON THIS PROJECT AND, AND GET A, THE CONSOLIDATED DRAFT TOGETHER AND START WORKING WITH THE COMMITTEE TO FINISH THIS UP AND GET IT ADOPTED IN DECEMBER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, FOOD FOR THOUGHT? I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE WE DON'T BLAME YOU FOR THE, FOR THE DELAY.
THIS, IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD CODE AND MOMENTUM HAS BEEN REESTABLISHED.
SO JOSEPH, UH, I APPRECIATE THE PUSH TO WRAP IT UP.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW
JUST WORRY THAT THEY'RE SO CLOSE THAT IN SOME, AND WE KINDA HAVE TO PUSH THROUGH IT, BUT
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IT'S LIKE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE COMP PLAN, WHICH WILL IMPACT THE UDC, BUT WE LITERALLY JUST ADOPTED THE UDC, SO I DON'T KNOW, LIKE, IT, IT WOULD BE NICE IF IT WAS, UH, NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR DELAYED MORE, BUT IT'S LIKE THEY'RE SO CLOSE.THE GOOD THING IS, IS THAT THE TIMING'S NOT GOING TO BE, UH, TOO FAR OFF.
AND I THINK IT, IT ACTUALLY IS A PRETTY GOOD OPPORTUNITY.
I THINK THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH, UH, USES IN DISTRICTS, AGAIN, AS WE'RE ENTERING INTO THAT DIALOGUE ON THE COMP PLAN WILL BE TIMELY.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA BENEFIT FROM THAT.
UH, JUST TO, UH, TO GIVE YOU SOME CLARITY ON THE SCHEDULE FOR BOTH PROJECTS, WE WANT TO BE DONE WITH THIS PROJECT IN DECEMBER, AND THE COMP PLAN IS AN ANTICIPATED TO BE DONE IN FEBRUARY.
SO THERE WILL BE A DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RIGHT ABOUT THE TIME THAT THIS IS GOING UP FOR ADOPTION.
SO WE WILL HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF WHERE THERE'S STRONG ALIGNMENT AND HOPEFULLY WHERE THERE'S LITTLE MISALIGNMENT.
UH, AND IF WE HAVE TO MAKE A TWEAK TO THIS AT THE END AS WE, AS WE HAVE A MUCH BETTER PICTURE OF WHERE THE COMP PLAN'S GOING, I, I THINK WE'LL, WE'LL BE WELL SUITED TO DO THAT.
UM, I WOULD SAY JUST SHARING MY PERSPECTIVE ON BOTH PROJECTS, I THINK THERE, UM, IS STRONG ALIGNMENT ALREADY.
SO I, I THINK WE'RE GONNA BENEFIT FROM HAVING THESE, THESE DIALOGUES GOING ON CONCURRENTLY.
I WAS NOT AWARE THAT ONCE THE CODE WAS ADOPTED, THERE WAS MUCH FLEXIBILITY IN CHANGING IT.
AND YOU SAID SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT IN PART OF THE DISCUSSION TODAY.
THE, I MEAN, THE CODE CAN ALWAYS BE REVISITED AND YOU CAN ALWAYS ADOPT AMENDMENTS TO THE CODE AND CHANGE IT.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S DONE TODAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THIS IS A STRONGER FOUNDATION AND THAT'S GONNA BE A RELATIVELY INFREQUENT THING.
BUT, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S ALWAYS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THE CODE.
UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, LIKE EVERYTHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THIS MEETING, ALL THESE PROCEDURES, THOSE ARE ALL SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT PROBABLY ARE NOT GONNA BE IMPACTED AT ALL BY THE NEW COMP PLAN.
I THINK THE COMP PLAN IS REALLY GONNA HAVE THE OVERLAP WITH THE DISTRICTS AND USES PIECES THAT MIGHT REQUIRE SOME TARGETED, UM, YOU KNOW, FINE TUNING, UH, TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S ALIGNMENT THERE.
BUT THE, THE TIMING IS REALLY GOOD, I THINK, TO MAKE SURE, SURE.
THAT WE'RE, WE'RE FOLLOWING THE SAME PATH, USING THE SAME TERMINOLOGY.
SO IF, IF THE, IF THE PLAN CALLS FOR MORE RESIDENTIAL IN SOME AREA, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT WE HAVE ZONING TOOLS IN PLACE AND THE TOOLBOX HERE TO, TO, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN A FULL PROVISION.
THE, THE CHALLENGE YOU SEE, PARTICULARLY IN SMALLER COMMUNITIES WITH SMALLER STAFF IS YOU HAVE A LOT OF COMPETING DEMANDS.
AND THE HARDER, UH, TO ACHIEVE COMPETING DEMANDS GENERALLY, UH, GET PUSHED, UH, TO, UH, UH, NOT BE AS COMPETITIVE FOR OTHER MORE URGENT DEMANDS.
SO THAT IS WHY YOU FREQUENTLY SEE CODES LIKE THE ONE WE HAVE NOW WHERE, UH, A USE THAT WE HAVE IN EVERY ZONING DISTRICT.
WE WERE JOKING ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY AS WE WERE REVIEWING THE USES IN DISTRICT SECTION OF THE NEW CODE, IS THAT OUR CURRENT CODE HAS A USE IN EVERY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, UH, SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT FOR LAWNMOWER BLADE SHARPENING
SO, UH, IT, IT, IT HAS, UH, IT HAS LIVED ITS LIFE.
WE DON'T HAVE MORE LAWNMOWER BLADE SHARPENING SHOPS HERE IN ADDISON.
IT'S PERMITTED ALL QUITE PERMISSIVELY.
I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT ONE BEFORE.
UM, THE ONLY, I GUESS A FRAME OF REFERENCE AT, AT THE BEGINNING WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPERS AND DOING THE RIGHT THING, UM, WHICH IS ALWAYS THE GOAL, BUT AS WE'RE WRITING THIS, THAT'S NOT ALWAYS, THAT'S NOT WHO THIS IS WRITTEN.
LIKE, IT'S PROTECTING AGAINST OTHERS.
AND SO, UM, AS A, YOU KNOW, WHEN OUR DEVELOPERS WOULD COME AND ASK US TO GO CHECK OUT A CITY, THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE PUSHING ON IS HOW QUICKLY CAN WE DO THIS? HOW MANY THINGS CAN WE OVERLAP? UM, HOW MANY THINGS ARE OPTIONAL? HOW MANY THINGS ARE REQUIRED? IT IS A VERY TARGETED, EVEN BEFORE, BEFORE WE GO TO THE PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS, MM-HMM.
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AND THINK WE HAVE A SCHEDULE SET.SO I GUESS THAT'S JUST, I'M SURE YOU'RE ALREADY AWARE OF THIS, BUT JUST HAVING THINGS OUTLINED, I THINK HOPEFULLY MAKES THE DEVELOPER MORE PREPARED IN WHAT THEY'RE WALKING INTO.
SO, YEAH, AND, AND A LOT OF THAT'S GONNA GET TO THE EXTERNAL DOCUMENTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, LIKE THE SUPPORTING MATERIALS, THE TIMELINES THAT MIGHT BE ON THE WEBSITE OR THE LIST OF REQUIREMENTS AND THINGS.
AND, UH, IT'S GONNA BE A COMBINATION OF THE CODE, BUT ALSO THOSE EXTERNAL THINGS.
AND, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT IT IS A SMALL STAFF, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S A LOT OF DEMANDS ON Y'ALL'S TIME, BUT I, I I, I, OVER TIME, THOSE THINGS CAN BE DEVELOPED AND THEY'LL REALLY HELP, UM, PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.
AND I, I WOULD SAY THAT'S THE GREATEST CHALLENGE TO DEVELOPING AN ADDISON PERHAPS, IS, I MEAN, BEYOND THE ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS OF HOW MUCH LAND'S GONNA COST.
BUT AS FAR AS DOING BUSINESS WITH TOWN STAFF IN MY DEPARTMENT, IS THE LACK OF CLEAR, UM, EXPECTATIONS AND THE CODE AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS OF THE CODE OF WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT Z TO DEVELOP A PROJECT.
IT, IT REALLY REQUIRES THEM COMING TO TALK TO ME OR LESLIE, OUR PLANNING MANAGER, OR JADE, OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING MANAGER, AND US SCOPING OUT PROJECTS INDIVIDUALLY.
AND WE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH THAT.
BUT IT'S INEFFICIENT AND IT'S NOT, UH, UH, I WOULD SAY PREDICTABLE, UH, FOR FOLKS, UH, IDEALLY, AND WITH THIS CODE LAYS OUT WITH THESE PROCEDURES IS A, A VERY, UM, UH, THOUGHTFUL, CONCISE, ELEGANT PROCESS, WHICH THEY CAN HAVE PREDICTABILITY TO GET THROUGH OUR PROCESS.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE GONNA SLOW THEM DOWN ALWAYS HOW CONTROVERSIAL THEIR PROJECT IS, HOW TECHNICALLY COMPLEX IT IS, BUT AT LEAST THEY COME INTO IT IN READING OUR CODE ON THE FRONT END AND KNOWING WHAT EXACTLY WILL BE EXPECTED OF THEM.
THIS, THIS CODE IS DESIGNED TO SHOW THAT ADDISON HAS ITS ACT TOGETHER IN TERMS OF PROCESS AND IS CONSISTENT AND FAIR AND STREAMLINED, AND THAT'S SUPPOSED TO ATTRACT GOOD INVESTMENT.