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[1. Call Meeting to Order]
AFTERNOON.I'M JADE BROAD, NEXT COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING MANAGER, ALSO SERVING AS THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE.
UM, I KNOW IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE OUR LAST MEETING IN FEBRUARY, UM, AND SO I'M EXCITED TO GET STARTED WITH THE
[1. Present and discuss the Administrative Procedures section and Districts and Uses section of the Unified Development Code (UDC). ]
SECOND PART OF ADMINISTRATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND A REVISIT OF DISTRICTS AND USES.THE LAST TIME WE WOULD'VE SEEN DISTRICTS AND USES WAS, UM, AROUND SEPTEMBER OF 2019.
SO, UM, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THIS PROJECT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, I'LL JUST TOSS IT OVER TO CLARION ASSOCIATES IF Y'ALL NEED A REFRESHER.
WE HAVE MATT GOBEL, UM, AND GABBY HART WHO ARE SERVING ON THAT CAPACITY AS WELL AS Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH LESLIE NPE.
OUR, UM, UH, WHAT'S THE TITLE? PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER AND ALSO INTERIM DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? ALL RIGHT? OKAY, GREAT.
UM, SO WE HAVE A LOT TO COVER TODAY.
A LOT OF BACKGROUND MATERIAL WAS SENT TO YOU, AND SO, UH, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET THROUGH IT AS EFFICIENTLY AS WE CAN.
UH, JUST TO REMIND YOU, UH, THE TEAM MEMBERS ARE UP ON THE SLIDE, UH, MYSELF AND GABBY.
AND THEN YOU HAVEN'T MET JIM IN PERSON IN A WHILE, BUT JIM DOHERTY IS A TEXAS LAND USE LAW EXPERT, AND HE'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL AT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE JUST WATCHING THE CHANGES IN TEXAS STATUTES, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARDS TO PROCEDURES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, I WANNA SPEND SOME TIME ON THIS SLIDE 'CAUSE WE'VE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE ASK.
JUST PLEASE STEP, STEP BACK AND JUST REMIND US WHERE WE ARE.
IT'S, IT'S DRAGGED OUT OVER A LONG TIME.
SO, UM, I REALLY WANNA FOCUS ON THIS ELEMENT THREE, THIS DRAFTING OF THE UDC.
WE'VE GOT SEVERAL THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON.
WE'VE BEEN DRAFTING THE CODE IN INSTALLMENTS FOR INSTALLMENTS.
AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TODAY IS COVER A COUPLE OF THEM.
UH, AT THE LAST MEETING WE, WE, WE COVERED A LOT OF ADMINISTRATION WITH YOU ALL.
WE COVERED MOST OF THE ADMINISTRATION TOPIC AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT WE DIDN'T GET THROUGH QUITE ALL OF IT AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE FULL DRAFT.
AND SO WE'VE GOT A FEW SLIDES TODAY JUST TO FINISH OFF THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURES.
AND THEN AFTER WE GET THROUGH THOSE FEW SLIDES, WE'RE GONNA CIRCLE BACK TO DISTRICTS AND USES.
AND JADE MENTIONED THIS, BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST THING WE DRAFTED.
AND, UH, KEN AND JADE, WHEN THEY WERE THINKING ABOUT PUTTING THIS MEETING TOGETHER, SAID, LET'S GO AHEAD AND LET'S CIRCLE BACK TO THOSE ZONING DISTRICTS JUST TO REMIND PEOPLE, 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THOSE FOUNDATION, UH, COMMENTS, UH, TOPICS WERE AFTER THIS MEETING.
WE'RE GONNA PUT BOTH OF THOSE BACK UP ONLINE IN CONVEY O AND SO YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GO IN AND, AND ADD NEW COMMENTS.
WE ARE GONNA GO BACK IN AND WE'RE GONNA ADD THE ORIGINAL COMMENTS THAT YOU GAVE US.
SO YOU'LL, YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE YOUR ORIGINAL COMMENTS AND ALSO SEE IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING NEW TO THOSE DISTRICTS AND USES.
UM, AND IS THIS GONNA BE IN A RED LINE FORM OF PREVIOUS OR NOT? UM, LIZ, IF YOU WOULD USE THE MIC FOR THE RECORD.
BEG PARDON? UH, IS THIS WHAT'S GONNA BE POSTED? GONNA BE IN A RED LINE FORM SO WE COULD SEE WHAT HAPPENED? I MEAN, WHAT THE ORIGINAL CODE SAID AND WHAT THE NEW VERSION IS.
IT WILL NOT BE A RED LINE FROM THE CURRENT CODE VERSUS THIS NEW DRAFT.
WHAT WE WILL HAVE FOR YOU IS RED LINES FROM PRIOR DRAFTS OF THE NEW CODE VERSUS NEW DRAFTS.
SO THAT'S THE RED LINES THAT WE'LL HAVE.
UM, BUT THE, THE, UH, THE, THE RED LINE THAT WILL BE UP THE, THE NEW VERSIONS OF DISTRICTS AND USES IS GONNA REFLECT A LOT OF EDITS THAT WE GOT FROM STAFF ABOUT HOW THOSE SHOULD BE UPDATED.
WE KNOW THAT WE GOT FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL BACK WHEN THAT WAS FIRST DRAFTED ON ALL THESE THINGS.
AND THE INTENT STILL IS TO FOLD ALL THE COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE, FROM THE COUNCIL, FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THAT'S ALL GONNA COME IN THE CONSOLIDATED DRAFT, WHICH WILL BE LATER THIS YEAR.
UM, SO ONCE WE GET THIS FULL ROUND OF EDITS FROM YOU GUYS ON THIS LAST SET OF MATERIAL TODAY, THEN WE'RE GONNA COME BACK AND PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND THAT'S GONNA REFLECT ALL THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM YOU ALL SO FAR.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GONNA SEE YOUR EDITS, THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GONNA SEE RED LINES FROM THE, UH, FROM, FROM PRIOR MEETINGS TO, TO THIS NEW DRAFT.
YOU WE'RE, WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT WHAT THAT CALENDAR IS GONNA LOOK LIKE.
IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE EITHER LATE JULY OR FIRST PART OF SEPTEMBER, UH, UH, FIRST PART OF AUGUST, UM, WHEN THE CONSOLIDATED DRAFT COMES BACK.
BUT WE'RE STILL TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT, UH, SET OF, OF THAT, THAT PART OF THE CALENDAR.
UM, WE'RE GONNA COME BACK AND DO MEETINGS AND GIVE YOU ALL TIME TO LOOK AT THAT CONSOLIDATED DRAFT.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE A WHOLE NOTHER ROUND OF, OF REVIEW AND EDIT ON THAT.
AND THEN WE'LL DO ANOTHER VERSION THAT HOPEFULLY WILL BE THE ADOPTION DRAFT THAT CAN GO INTO ADOPTION HEARINGS.
UM, THE GOAL IS STILL TO GET THIS ADOPTED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE MISSION AND THE, AND STAFF IS VERY COMMITTED TO THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CALENDAR OR JUST THE, THE, WHERE WE ARE IN THE
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PROCESS? OKAY.WELL, UM, SO, UH, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED FROM WHAT WE'VE HEARD WITH MAYBE SOME OF THE INITIAL COMMENTS? I KNOW WE'RE NOT DONE WITH CPAC YET, BUT WHAT'S GOING ON THERE? AND THEN THE OTHER ONE, OBVIOUSLY, UH, FOR THE RECORD THAT WAS HELPFUL IS THE ADOPTION OF THE 24 IBC.
UM, IS THERE ANYTHING WITH EITHER OF THOSE TWO THAT YOU THINK THAT WE NEED TO ALSO CONSIDER AS WE'RE, AS WE'RE NEARING THE END HERE TO GET THIS THING TO PUBLISH DRAFT FORM THAT WE NEED TO INCORPORATE? UH, YEAH, SO OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A LOT OF INITIATIVES ONGOING SIMULTANEOUSLY, AND ONE THING THAT WE ALREADY ANTICIPATE WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO WITH THE UDC IS AFTER WE DO IMPLEMENT IT AND WE BEGIN USING IT, THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO IDENTIFY MAYBE PAIN POINTS OR CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO THEN REVISIT.
UM, THAT TIMELINE WILL LIKELY ALIGN MORE NEATLY WITH WHERE WE'RE AT WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND SO WE COULD POTENTIALLY KIND OF LOOK AT THOSE POLICIES AND SEE HOW THE POLICIES COMPARED TO THE UDC.
UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T THINK WE WILL BE AT A POINT WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO, I GUESS, USE THOSE POLICIES FOR THE CODE NECESSARILY.
HOWEVER, I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE, UM, A STRONG GROUP OF PEOPLE, BOTH STAFF ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE ELECTED APPOINTED OFFICIALS THAT ARE ALL WORKING TOWARDS COMMON GOALS.
SO IT IS, IT, IT'S LIKELY THAT A LOT OF THOSE, WHETHER THEY'RE KIND OF GENERAL OVERARCHING VISION AND POLICY GOALS AND OUR CODE WILL ALL ALREADY ALIGN.
WE JUST MAY NEED TO TWEAK THEM AND REFINE THEM A BIT.
UM, JUST TO ADD TO THAT, UM, THANKS LESLIE.
AS FAR AS DISTRICTS AND USES, UM, THOSE ANTICIPATED CHANGES HAVE BEEN REFLECTED IN KIND OF THE STAFF DRAFT THAT'S BEING PRESENTED.
SO WE GENERALLY KNOW THE DIRECTION THAT THAT'S GOING WITH KIND OF FUTURE LAND USE DISCUSSIONS AND HAVE INTEGRATED THAT ALREADY.
SO TO LESLIE'S POINT, THERE WOULD BE RELATIVELY MINOR CHANGES THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING, BUT IT'S NOT AT ALL UNUSUAL TO HAVE CODE AMENDMENTS AFTER IT'S ADOPTED TO ACCOUNT FOR THOSE THINGS.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF, WE'RE ON TARGET, UM, WITH THOSE PROJECTS WORKING TOGETHER TIMELINE WISE.
YEAH, THE INTENT OF THE ZONING DISTRICT UPDATES HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO GIVE YOU A BETTER ZONING TOOLBOX, UH, THAT YOU CAN USE WHEN YOU'RE UPDATING THAT CONFERENCE PLAN.
AND SO THAT'S SOME OF THE UPDATES THAT THE STAFF'S BEEN WORKING ON TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE MOVING IN THE SAME DIRECTION.
ANY OTHER PROCESS QUESTIONS? OKAY.
UM, SO LET'S JUMP INTO THE SUBSTANCE.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE FINISHING OFF OUR CONVERSATION ABOUT ADMINISTRATION PART TWO, UH, WHERE WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE MORE SPECIFIC PROCEDURES, UH, AND THEN, UH, WE'LL SPEND THE BULK OF THIS MEETING ON REVISITING THE ZONING DISTRICTS AND THE USE REGULATIONS.
SO TO REMIND YOU ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION, UM, WE'VE GOT THE OVERALL CODE ORGANIZED INTO SEVEN ARTICLES.
UH, WE'RE GONNA BE COVERING TWO, THREE, AND FOUR, UH, AS PART OF THIS MEETING.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS HERE, BUT IT'S, UH, YOU'VE, YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN EVERYTHING ELSE.
UH, WE'RE GONNA SPEND THE BULK OF OUR TIME ON, ON, UH, THE SECOND HALF OF TWO AND THEN, UH, COVERING THREE AND FOUR.
SO, ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURES.
THIS IS, THIS IS GONNA REVISIT A FEW SLIDES THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT JUST TO REMIND YOU, UH, SOME FOLKS WEREN'T HERE.
THE WAY THIS CHAPTER IS ORGANIZED IS THERE'S A FOUNDATION OF COMMON PROCEDURES THAT APPLY ACROSS THE BOARD RIGHT NOW.
YOU'VE GOT, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF PROCEDURAL STUFF DESCRIBED IN LIKE 15 DIFFERENT PLACES IN YOUR CURRENT CODE.
AND, AND A LOT OF IT'S DESCRIBED DIFFERENTLY IN DIFFERENT PLACES.
SO THE WAY A PRE-SUBMIT CONFERENCE IS DESCRIBED MIGHT BE DIFFERENT IN ONE PROCEDURE THAN IT IS IN ANOTHER.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE FOCUSED ON IS UPFRONT WRITING THESE COMMON REVIEW PROCEDURES THAT PROVIDE A MORE CONSISTENT AND PREDICTABLE FRAMEWORK THAT'S THE BUILDING BLOCK, UH, OF, OF, OF THE ARTICLE.
AND THEN SECTIONS FIVE THROUGH 10 BUILD ON THAT.
AND THEY HAVE SPECIFIC PROCEDURES LIKE THE REZONING PROCEDURE OR THE SITE PLAN PROCEDURE, OR THE TEMPORARY USE PERMIT PROCEDURE.
AND THOSE ALL REFER BACK TO THE COMMON PROCEDURES.
AND SO THAT COMMON REVIEW PROCEDURE IS THE FOUNDATION.
UM, AND IT'S ALSO, UH, UH, AS PART OF THAT FOUNDATION, THERE'S A SUMMARY TABLE OF ALL THE PROCEDURES.
UM, SOME OF THE KEY GOALS THAT WE HAD, WE TALKED ABOUT WAY BACK IN THE ASSESSMENT REPORT, WHERE, FIRST OF ALL, JUST TO DELEGATE MORE DECISION POWER TO STAFF.
THERE ARE PLACES WHERE, UH, IT'S VERY COMMON IN TEXAS AND AROUND THE COUNTRY TO LET PROFESSIONAL PLANNING STAFF MAKE THE EASY DECISIONS ON SMALLER
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PROJECTS SO THAT THE BIGGER PROJECTS, UH, CAN BE HEARD BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, BY THE CITY COUNCIL, THE, THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THE APPOINTEDS CAN SPEND THEIR MORE TIME, THEIR TIME ON THE MEATIER PROJECTS.AND SO THAT WAS THE THRUST OF THAT.
IT WAS JUST A, UH, AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE OVERALL PROCESS MORE EFFICIENT.
AND SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE PLACES WHERE THAT HAS, UH, BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
UH, ESTABLISHING THE COMMON REVIEW PROCEDURES, WHICH I MENTIONED WAS, WAS A BIG GOAL.
THERE'S, THAT'S A, THAT WAS A REAL AREA WHERE THE CURRENT ADDISON ORDINANCES ARE LACKING.
UM, CODIFY AND UPDATE THE SITE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS.
THIS IS A PLACE WHERE ADDISON RIGHT NOW IS DOING SITE PLANS.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RE YOU'RE REQUIRING SITE PLANS FOR MOST DEVELOPMENT PERMITS, BUT IT'S NOT IN THE CODE, IT'S JUST SEPARATE HANDOUTS THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED OVER TIME.
AND SO THOSE NEEDED TO BE PUT IN THE CODE THAT YOU NEEDED TO CODIFY THAT PROCESS.
AND THEN FINALLY, A PROCESS TO ALLOW MINOR MODIFICATIONS.
SO MAYBE THERE'S A PROJECT WHERE SOMEBODY, UH, WANTS TO PROVIDE JUST A SLIGHTLY SMALLER NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES.
UH, MAYBE THE, UH, YOU KNOW, 50 ARE REQUIRED, BUT THEY WANNA REQUIRE 49 OR PROVIDE 49 OR 48.
UM, THAT'S A PROCESS THAT A LOT OF TEXAS COMMUNITIES HAVE, AND WE INTEGRATED THAT INTO THIS DRAFT AS WELL, JUST TO KIND OF GREASE THE WHEELS FOR SMALLER PROJECTS THAT NEED A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY.
SO THOSE WERE JUST REMINDERS OF SOME OF THE KEY GOALS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAY BACK IN THE ASSESSMENT REPORT.
UM, NOW I MENTIONED THAT THERE'S THIS OVERVIEW TABLE AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS ARTICLE, AND THIS IS THE FIRST HALF OF IT HERE, BUT THIS JUST REMINDS YOU, UM, OF SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE PRIOR MEETING.
WE WENT THROUGH THIS TABLE AND WE TALKED ABOUT HOW IT'S ORGANIZED, AND WE'VE GOT A MUCH CLEARER ORGANIZATION FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF REVIEW PROCEDURES IN ADDISON.
SO YOU'VE GOT A CATEGORY, FIRST OF ALL, OF REZONING AND, AND ZONING, TEXT AMENDMENTS AND, AND, AND PLAN AMENDMENT PROCEDURES.
ALL THOSE BIG POLICY CHANGE THINGS ARE, ARE RIGHT UP FRONT.
UH, THEN YOU'VE GOT A CATEGORY OF SITE PLAN AND MISCELLANEOUS PERMITS RIGHT THERE.
UM, LESLIE AND JADE PASSED OUT A HARD COPY T ALL YOU SHOULD HAVE IT AT YOUR TABLE.
AND THIS IS NOT IN THE, THE MATERIALS THAT WERE PRESENTED IN ADVANCE, BUT, UM, THIS IS, THIS IS A, AN ANNOTATED TABLE THAT SHOWS YOU THE CHANGES FROM YOUR CURRENT PROCEDURES TO WHAT'S NEW.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THIS TABLE, THERE'S GREEN AND THERE'S RED.
AND SO THE ONLY CHANGES FROM YOUR CURRENT PROCEDURES ARE IN THE GREEN OR THE RED.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE SCROLL DOWN TO TEMPORARY USE PERMIT, UH, WE CAN SEE THAT, UH, THE CHANGE THERE IS PROPOSED FROM TAKING THAT FROM A CITY COUNCIL DECISION TO A STAFF DECISION.
AND THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE, REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT DELEGATING MORE AUTHORITY TO STAFF.
THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHERE MOST COMMUNITIES HAVE CLEAR CRITERIA FOR TEMPORARY USE, UH, USES.
AND THEY ALLOW THE PERMITS FOR THOSE TO BE HANDLED AT THE STAFF LEVEL.
SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE THAT IS A, A CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE.
UM, SAME THING FOR, UH, THE CHANGE OR ELIMINATION OF NONCONFORMITIES RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S, THAT'S A, UH, THAT'S A, UH, DECISION AT THE STAFF LEVEL, BUT THAT'S APPROPRIATELY A DECISION FOR THE BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT.
AND SO WE MADE THAT CHANGE AS WELL.
SO AS YOU LOOK AT THIS TABLE, WE'RE NOT GONNA GO THROUGH EVERY LINE NOW, BUT AS YOU LOOK AT THIS, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S NOT MUCH GREEN OR RED.
SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CHANGES TO THE WAY THE PROCEDURES ARE BEING DONE NOW.
BUT THIS IS A REALLY HELPFUL, UH, UH, LIST FOR YOU OF, OF WHERE THOSE CHANGES ARE.
NOW, AT THE MEETING LAST TIME, WE COVERED A LOT OF THIS STUFF.
WE, WE WALKED THROUGH HOW THIS TABLE WAS ORGANIZED AND WE WALKED THROUGH ALL THE, UH, ALL THE, THE GENERAL PROVISIONS, THE NONCONFORMITIES, ET CETERA.
ALL WE WANTED TO DO TODAY IS JUST COVER SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES THAT WE DIDN'T GET TO LAST TIME.
JUST GONNA ADD ON TO THAT CONVERSATION.
I'M SORRY, COULD I INTERRUPT ON, ON THE SECOND PAGE OF THE, UH, SUMMARY OF PROCEDURES.
I NOTICED THE VERY LAST THING, ALTERNATIVE SIGN DESIGN.
I ASSUME THAT IS A SIGN VARIANCE.
IS THAT WHAT THAT IS? IT'S A REPLACEMENT FOR WHAT Y'ALL ARE CALLING MERITORIOUS EXCEPTIONS NOW.
AND LAST TIME WE WERE HERE THERE, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE SAID, LET'S PUT THE DECISION MAKING AND PLANNING AND ZONING IS SO THAT THERE WOULD BE AN APPEAL PROCESS TO THE COUNCIL.
BUT IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE WITH THIS D ASTERISK THERE, THAT YOU JUST DELETED THAT APPEAL PROCESS.
IS THAT THE INTENT? UH, I WOULD SAY THIS IS ONE THAT HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION
SO THIS DRAFT THAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE REFLECTS THE DRAFT AS IT WAS PRESENTED.
UM, I THINK THAT THAT ONE IS STILL IN FLUX THOUGH.
'CAUSE THEY'RE STILL DEBATING WHO IF, IF YOU SHOULD HAVE THAT APPEAL PROCESS TO COUNCIL.
WELL, AND, AND I KNOW THAT AT LEAST ONE OF US, BUT I THINK MORE THAN ONE OF US ON THIS COMMITTEE THINK THAT THE FINAL
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DECISION MAKING OUGHT TO REMAIN WITH THE COUNCIL, RIGHT? YEAH.UH, ANYWAY, UH, SO THAT'S WHY, BECAUSE, AND I'LL, I'LL MAKE THIS SHORT.
WITH THE CHANGES TO THE SIGN PER PERMIT REGULATIONS, THE NUMBER OF VARIANCES THEORETICALLY ARE GONNA GO DOWN A LOT.
'CAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA WORRY ABOUT THE LOGOS, RIGHT? AND SO THE ARGUMENT THAT WE NEED TO DECREASE THE WORKLOAD FROM THE COUNCIL OF ALL THESE SIGNED VARIANCE REQUESTS, UH, IT THEY'RE GONNA BE MUCH LESS NOW SUPPOSEDLY.
AND SO, UH, I'LL ONE MORE TIME ASK THAT WE MAKE THAT THE DECISION OF THE COUNCIL AND NOT APPOINTED OFFICIALS, BUT I'VE SAID MY PIECE MULTIPLE TIMES AND, AND I'LL SAY IT TO THE COUNCIL IF IT EVER GETS THAT, WHEN IT GETS THAT.
AND I THINK YOU, YOU REPRESENTED AN ARGUMENT THAT WE HEARD A LOT AT THE, AT THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION LAST TIME.
SO THAT, THAT IDEA IS DEFINITELY OUT THERE.
I I BUT THERE WERE ALSO SOME COMPETING ARGUMENTS THAT, LIKE, THERE'S WAS DRAFTED.
SO I, I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT'S STILL ONE THAT'S IN FLUX.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING FOR MORE CONCRETE DIRECTION ON THAT AS WE PUT THE CO CONSOLIDATED DRAFT TOGETHER.
BUT NO, I APPRECIATE YOU REMINDING US.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE LIVELY CONVERSATION AT THE COUNCIL.
UM, ANOTHER THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME IS, IS THE, JUST THE FORMAT OF THIS, OF THIS ARTICLE WHERE WE HAVE THIS GRAPHIC THAT SHOWS YOU THE BASIC STEPS OF THE COMMON PROCEDURES FOR EACH TYPE OF, OF PROCEDURE.
THIS IS THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
THIS IS ONE WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT, SO WE'VE GOT A GRAPHIC OF IT HERE.
BUT THIS IS A GOOD ILLUSTRATION OF HOW THESE ARE ALL ORGANIZED.
UM, UH, BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE COMMON PROCEDURE STEPS ARE AT THE TOP OF THE GRAPHIC.
SO YOU'VE GOT A, A SET OF PRE-APPLICATION ACTIVITIES, LIKE, LIKE, IS THERE A PRE-APPLICATION CONFERENCE REQUIRED? IS THERE A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING? UH, THEN YOU'VE GOT THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED, UH, AND THEN IT'S PROCESSED BY STAFF.
THERE IS A STAFF REVIEW, UH, THEN IF APPLICABLE, THERE'S SCHEDULING OF, OF NOTICE AND, AND PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE HELD.
AND THEN THERE'S A REVIEW AND DECISION BY SOMEBODY.
AND THEN THERE MIGHT BE THINGS THAT HAPPEN AFTER THE DECISION IS MADE, THOUGH, SO MAYBE THERE'S AN EXPIRATION OF THE DEC DECISION.
SO THAT'S THE GENERAL CATEGORIES AT THE TOP.
AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE TAILORED THOSE TO EACH PARTICULAR PROCEDURE.
SO HERE WE'VE TAILORED THOSE TO THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
SO REMEMBER, A SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS, IS, IS A, IS A SITE SPECIFIC EVALUATION OF A PROPOSED USE.
AND, AND IS IT APPROPRIATE AT THAT SITE IN TERMS OF ITS, ITS IMPACTS, IT'S NOISE AND ITS TRAFFIC AND IT'S HOURS OF OPERATION, ALL THOSE THINGS.
SO THAT'S THE PROCEDURE FOR SPECIAL USE PERMITS.
SO PRE-APPLICATION ACTIVITIES, THEY ARE REQUIRED.
UH, YOU, YOU DO HAVE A PRE-APPLICATION CONFERENCE.
AND, AND WE TALK ABOUT THAT, THAT THERE'S A CROSS-REFERENCE THERE.
YOU DO HAVE TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION.
IT IS REVIEWED BY THE TOWN IN THIS CASE, YOU DO HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS REQUIRED BY PNZ AND THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND THEN YOU HAVE A REVIEW RECOMMENDATION BY PNZ AND DECISION BY COUNCIL.
AND THEN YOU DO HAVE AN EXPIRATION, UH, FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
UH, AND YOU, YOU CAN SEE A CROSS REFERENCE THERE FOR MORE DETAILS.
SO THAT'S JUST A WAY THAT THIS IS ALL ORGANIZED.
IT'S INTENDED TO BE AT A GLANCE.
THE KEY PARTS OF EACH PROCEDURE.
THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS ONE THAT'S NOT REALLY CHANGING MUCH FROM WHAT YOU'VE GOT NOW.
UM, THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT AGAIN, IS, IS THINKING ABOUT THE LOCATION AND THE DESIGN AND, AND THE INTENSITY OF A PROPOSED USE.
AND IS IT, UH, IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR A CERTAIN SITE? AND, UH, WHEN GABBY COMES UP AND TALKS ABOUT THE FIRST INSTALLMENT WITH THE USE TABLE, WE'RE GONNA TALK MORE ABOUT WHICH SPECIFIC USES ARE REQUIRED TO GET A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOTELS, WE'LL TALK ABOUT RESTAURANTS.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE BIG ONES THAT, THAT, UM, CAME UP IN THE EARLIER CONVERSATIONS.
UM, THE PLATTING IS NEW IN THIS DRAFT.
Y'ALL HAD NOT SEEN THIS IN THE PRIOR DRAFT, BUT WE HAVE UPDATED THE PRO THE PLATTING PROCEDURES TO ALIGN WITH CHANGES IN STATE LAW, JUST TO MAKE IT MORE CLEAR ABOUT WHEN PLATTING IS REQUIRED.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE PRELIMINARY PLAT IS ON THIS SLIDE.
UH, IT IS REQUIRED FOR SUBDIVISIONS THAT IF, IF THE LAND HAS NOT BEEN PLATTED, IF IT'S GONNA BE DEVELOPED IN PHASES, IF THERE'S SOME TYPE OF DEDICATION OF PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY OR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, ALL THOSE THINGS WOULD BE TRIGGER FOR THE PRELIMINARY PLAT PROCESS.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE OF THESE GRAPHICS THAT SHOWS, UM, UH, THE, UH, THE STEPS THAT ARE REQUIRED.
FINAL PLAT HAS TO BE SUBMITTED WITHIN TWO YEARS, UH, AFTER APPROVAL OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT.
SIMILARLY, THERE'S UPDATES TO THE RE PROCEDURE, UH, WHICH IS ANOTHER, UH, THING THAT MIGHT BE REQUIRED IF, IF SOMEONE IS, IS, IS DOING SOME TYPE OF, UH, UH, MODIFICATION TO A, TO AN EXISTING PLAT, UH, THAT REQUIRES SOME, UH, UNUSUAL CONSIDERATION.
UH, YOU'VE GOT THE REPL UH, CONSIDERATION THERE.
THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
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LIKE WE HAD A REALLY GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PROCEDURES AT THE LAST MEETING.UM, WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS A CHANCE.
NOW YOU'VE SEEN THE FULL DRAFT, THAT THAT FLESHES OUT EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AND WE WANTED TO SEE IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS OR TO, TO, TO RAISE FOR US BEFORE WE JUMP BACK INTO THE DISTRICTS IN USES.
I'LL, I'LL LEAVE THIS SLIDE UP HERE JUST 'CAUSE IT REMINDS YOU ALL THE TOPICS THAT ARE COVERED HERE, AND IT REMINDS YOU ABOUT THIS TABLE.
UM, ANYBODY HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS? UH, WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE THIS SHORT SCRIPT, BUT WE DIDN'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS AT THE LAST MEETING, JIMMY.
IT, IT JUST OCCURRED TO ME IN THE EN ENGINEERING PLANS, IT INDICATES THAT A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS MAJOR AND MINOR IS DECIDED BY STAFF.
DOES THAT MEAN THE REQUIREMENTS FOR DOING ONE IS DECIDED BY STAFF OR THE, IS THAT WHAT THAT IS INTENDED TO CONVEY? GO AHEAD.
SO THERE ARE, UM, SPECIFIC CRITERIA THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THE, UM, THE IT E WHICH IS THE, A TRAFFIC ENGINEER MANUAL THAT SAYS THIS.
THESE ARE THE COMMON THRESHOLDS, WHETHER YOU NEED A-A-T-I-A AND THOSE THINGS, I COULDN'T TELL YOU THE EXACT FIGURES OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT IT HAS TO DO WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, NUMBER OF INCREASED TRIPS PER DAY, PER PEAK HOUR, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THE TOWN USES THOSE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO TODAY.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S OTHER USES THAT COMMONLY WE REQUIRE REGARDLESS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, SCHOOLS THAT MAY HAVE PICKUP AND DROP OFF OPERATIONS, UM, CHICK-FIL-A, WE REQUIRED ONE DUE TO THEIR EXTENSIVE DRIVE-THROUGH OPERATION.
SO THERE IS A BIT OF DISCRETION, BUT I WOULD SAY GENERALLY STAFF ERRORS ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION WHEN WE REQUIRE THEM.
UM, BUT AS FAR AS THE KIND OF THOSE TRIGGERS THAT ARE OUR BASELINE TRIGGERS, WE FOLLOW STANDARD TRAFFIC ENGINEERING PRACTICES FOR THOSE.
UM, AND, AND I THINK THE D THERE IS, IS NOT, IS NOT THE STAFF DETERMINING WHAT THE THRESHOLDS ARE.
THOSE ARE IN THE DRAFT, BUT IT'S ENSURING THE ADEQUACY OF WHAT'S SUBMITTED AND IT MEETS THE STANDARDS.
I WOULD, I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.
I THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT STAFF DETERMINATION FOR THE, FOR THE TIA, UH, THE QUESTION I DID HAVE ON THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT, UM, LOOK, I LIKE THAT ADDISON'S PROBABLY BEEN A TOWN THAT'S ALWAYS HAD THE ABILITY TO HEAR A LOT OF CASES AND TO REALLY HAVE THE CONTROL AND, AND YOU KNOW, THE, THE DESIRE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING WHERE.
BUT JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY IS, DID THAT COME UP WITH ANY CONCERN WHERE MAYBE A SUP WOULD NOT REQUIRE COUNCIL APPROVAL AND THAT IT COULD BE DONE? WAS THAT BROUGHT UP AS YOU DISCUSSED THAT WITH, WITH PNZ OR WITH COUNCIL WHERE THEY FELT THERE WAS TOO MUCH OF A BURDEN? UH, WE'RE GONNA CIRCLE BACK TO THE SPECIFIC USES THAT REQUIRES IN THE NEXT PART OF THE PRESENTATION.
I CAN SAY FOR SEVERAL USES, YEAH, THERE WAS SOME PUSH AND PULL, UM, ON WHEN AND IF A SUP SHOULD BE REQUIRED BECAUSE THERE'S, ON THE ONE HAND, AN INTEREST IN EFFICIENCY.
AND IF WE HAVE GOOD STANDARDS IN THE CODE, WHY MAKE SOMEONE GO THROUGH A SUBJECTIVE PROCESS THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY GONNA ADD ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, TO THE CONDITIONS AND THE CRITERIA WE ALREADY HAVE.
UM, DO WE REALLY NEED TO BE HEARING ALL THESE THINGS THROUGH THAT LEVEL OF FORMALITY? ON THE OTHER HAND, ADDISON IS A SMALL TOWN AND WE HAVE HAD A TRADITION OF LOOKING CAREFULLY AT THINGS THAT WE THINK MIGHT IMPACT OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND SO, UH, I THINK YEAH, THERE'S THAT PUSH AND PULL THAT WE HEARD IN SEVERAL PLACES AND THAT I, THE PROBABLY THE BIGGEST AREA WHERE THAT HAS STILL PLAYED OUT IS THE RESTAURANTS AND THE ALCOHOL USES, UM, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT.
YEAH, SO WE'VE NEVER, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY DISCUSSION.
I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY INTENT THAT WE WOULD MOVE THE SPECIAL USE APPROVAL TO STAFF.
WE'RE MORE FOCUSED ON WHAT LAND USES AND OR SPECIFIC STANDARDS THAT WE COULD APPLY THAT MAYBE THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UM, USES THAT COULD BE PERMITTED BY RIGHT.
IF THEY MEET SPECIFIC STANDARDS.
SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT IT FROM AN ADMIN PROCEDURE, BUT TO, UM, OH, I MAY HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD YOUR QUESTION.
I I YOU WERE ASKING IF THE DECISION WOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO STAFF? NO, NO.
THAT WE HADN'T TALKED ABOUT THAT.
AND NO, IT WAS JUST, COULD CERTAIN USES MAYBE BE TAKEN OUT OF THIS CATEGORY IF THEY, IF THEY DON'T NEED TO BE SPECIAL USE PERMITS? THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
'CAUSE AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE THINGS TO BE STREAMLINED, CODIFIED, CLEAR PATH FORWARD, YOU KNOW, I STILL THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE TOWN TO HAVE THAT, THAT LEVEL OF CONTROL.
'CAUSE IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA RELATE TO ULTIMATELY WHO THE OPERATOR IS AND THE QUALITY THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
ANYTHING ELSE ON PROCEDURES? ALL RIGHT, WELL, I GUESS WE CAN MOVE ON TO ZONING DISTRICTS AND USES
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2 20 19 REVISITED.SO KNOWING THAT, UM, IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE A LOT OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY LOOKED AT THE DRAFT, WE WANTED TO JUST GIVE, YOU KNOW, THE BROAD OVERVIEW, UM, AS WELL AS HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE KEY CHANGES THAT ARE MADE IN THE DRAFT.
UM, SO STARTING WITH THE ZONING DISTRICTS, UM, THIS IS KIND OF HARD TO READ, BUT THESE ARE ALL OF THE CURRENT ZONING DISTRICTS IN ADDISON AND HOW MUCH OF ADDISON IS ZONED IN THOSE PARTICULAR DISTRICTS? UM, SO SOME THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT 50% OF ADDISON IS IN A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, UM, WITH THE NEXT HIGHEST BEING THE MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL.
AND THAT MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL HELPED INFORM ALL OF THE DIFFERENT NOW RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS, WHICH I'LL GET TO IN A MINUTE.
BUT JUST SO YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS WHAT IS ON THE GROUND TODAY.
AND WHEN WE, SORRY, GO TO UPDATE THE DISTRICT'S.
UM, SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES TO THE EXISTING ZONING ITSELF ARE NOT CONTEMPLATED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.
UM, THIS WAS MORE SO THE NEED TO CLEAN UP THE DISTRICT LINEUP, UM, TO MOVE FROM THE CURRENT APPROACH THAT ADDISON HAVE, WHICH IS A VERY AREA SPECIFIC TYPE OF DISTRICT.
SO THINGS LIKE ADDISON CIRCLE OR VITRUVIAN HAD SPECIAL ZONE DISTRICTS APPLIED TO THEM, WHEN REALLY WE WANNA FIND A TOWN WIDE APPROACH TO ZONING DISTRICTS, UM, AND THEN REORGANIZING, RENAMING, UM, SO THAT THEY'RE CLEAR AND THE INTENT IS CLEAR.
AND ALSO JUST MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS A FULL MENU OF DISTRICTS THAT ALLOWS FOR ALL OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF USES NEEDED IN ADDISON.
SO WHEN WE WENT TO FINE TUNE THE ZONING DISTRICTS, UM, SOME OF THE FACTORS FOR CONSOLIDATING ZONING DISTRICTS, SO COMBINING EXISTING ZONING DISTRICTS ARE IF THERE WAS A SIMILAR PURPOSE LISTED, IF THEY HAD VERY SIMILAR LOT AND BUILDING STANDARDS, UM, AS WELL AS IF SIMILAR USE TYPES WERE PERMITTED.
UM, SO RATHER THAN HAVING MULTIPLE DISTRICTS THAT ONLY HAVE SLIGHT MINOR DIFFERENCES, WE WANTED TO MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT AND JUST GET THAT DOWN TO ONE.
UM, THERE WERE SEVERAL DISTRICTS THAT WERE ELIMINATED AND THE FACTORS FOR DOING THAT WERE IF THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN APPLIED TO THE ZONING MAP OR IF THE INTENT OF THOSE DISTRICTS CAN BE MET BY A DIFFERENT DISTRICT.
AND THEN WE ALSO ESTABLISHED A FEW NEW DISTRICTS.
AND THE FACTOR FOR DOING THAT WAS, UM, IF THE CURRENT DISTRICTS DID NOT ACHIEVE A DESIRED RESULT, UM, IN ADDISON FOR DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO SOME EXAMPLES OF THE CONSOLIDATED DISTRICTS, UM, THE C TWO I ONE AND I TWO ALL HAD VERY SIMILAR USE ALLOWANCES AND LOT AND BUILDING STANDARDS.
SO THOSE HAVE BEEN CONSOLIDATED INTO ONE DISTRICT.
UM, SOME OF THOSE OBSOLETE DISTRICTS WERE THE R TWO AND R THREE.
UM, WE HAVE CONVERTED THE SUB-DISTRICTS THAT CURRENTLY EXIST IN THE MXR IN THE UC INTO SOME OF OUR RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED USE DISTRICTS.
AND I'VE GOT SOME TABLES ON SLIDES COMING UP THAT WILL SHOW THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
AND THEN WE HAVE TWO DISTRICTS THAT WE ARE CALLING LEGACY DISTRICTS, AND THESE ARE GONNA REQUIRE SOME MORE DISCUSSION WITH STAFF AS WELL.
BUT AT THE MOMENT, THESE LEGACY DISTRICTS ARE DISTRICTS THAT WILL STAY APPLIED TO THE MAP, UM, AND WE WILL KEEP THEIR STANDARDS WITHIN THE CODE.
BUT MOVING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE, THERE CANNOT BE LAND REZONED INTO THOSE DISTRICTS.
SO THAT'S THE, A APARTMENTS AND THEN THE PD TOWN HOMES.
UM, SO ANY LOT THAT IS CURRENTLY, UM, ZONED THAT WAY IT DOESN'T BECOME NON-CONFORMING, IT'S JUST THAT NO NEW LAND CAN BE ZONED INTO THOSE.
UM, AND THEN SOME OF OUR NEW DISTRICTS ARE THE M THREE, WHICH IS A MIXED USE DISTRICT AND THE COMMUNITY FACILITIES.
SO LOOKING AT OUR RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS, UM, WE HAVE R ONE THROUGH R FIVE, AND AS YOU CAN SEE THAT MXR DISTRICT HAD THREE DIFFERENT SUB-DISTRICTS TO IT.
SO THOSE INFORMED, THE STANDARDS ALLOWED IN NOW THE R THREE THROUGH R FIVE.
UM, SO IT'S JUST A TIERED, UM, LEVEL OF INTENSITY AND LEVEL OF DENSITIES ALLOWED IN THOSE DISTRICTS.
UM, OTHER THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT ARE IMPROVED PAGE LAYOUT.
SO EACH OF THE DISTRICTS HAS THIS ONE PAGE LAYOUT THAT INCLUDES
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ALL OF THE LOT AND BUILDING STANDARDS IN A TABLE AS WELL AS A REPRESENTATIVE GRAPHIC THAT SHOWS, UM, SOME OF THOSE LOT AND BUILDING STANDARD DETAILS.SO LABELS WHERE THE SETBACKS ARE MEASURED OR WHERE, UM, THE BUILDING FRONTAGE IS ME MEASURED.
JUST A FEW OF THOSE THINGS ARE HIGHLIGHTED.
AND SOMETHING TO KNOW ABOUT THOSE GRAPHICS IS THAT THEY'RE NOT MEANT TO SHOW EITHER WHAT EXISTS OR WHAT SHOULD BE BUILT.
IT'S REALLY JUST SUPPOSED TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE ZONING DISTRICTS.
UM, BUT IF YOU DO HAVE COMMENTS ABOUT EITHER THE PARTICULAR TYPE OF BUILDING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT WITH THOSE GRAPHICS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COMMENT ON THAT AS WELL.
UM, ANOTHER THING TO HIGHLIGHT, WE'VE REMOVED THE MINIMUM DWELLING SIZE REQUIREMENTS EXCEPT FOR MULTI-FAMILY USES.
UM, AND THAT IS, UM, REALLY SOMETHING THAT IN A LOT OF MODERN ZONING CODES, UM, MINIMUM DWELLING SIZES ARE BEING REMOVED BECAUSE OF THE, UM, UM, OTHER TYPES OF LOT STANDARDS.
SO THINGS LIKE SETBACKS, IMPERVIOUS SURFACE LIMITATIONS, ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF LOT AND BUILDING STANDARDS ALREADY, UM, SORT OF SHAPE THE POTENTIAL BUILDING TO MAKE IT COMPATIBLE.
SO THERE DOESN'T NEED TO BE A MINIMUM DWELLING SIZE, WE FIND, UM, MOVING INTO THE MIXED USE DISTRICTS.
UM, SO THESE COME FROM MAINLY THE UC URBAN CENTER DISTRICT AND THEN THE BL BELT, LIGHT BELT LINE CURRENT DISTRICT.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN, SORT OF, UM, TAKING ALL OF THOSE SUB-DISTRICTS AND TURNING THEM INTO JUST GENERAL DISTRICTS WITH, WE HAVE A NEW MIXED USE DISTRICT, UM, DEFINED, WHICH IS THE MIXED USE URBAN CORRIDOR.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S BOTH A SUBURBAN CORRIDOR AND AN URBAN CORRIDOR.
AND THAT URBAN CORRIDOR IS MEANT FOR THINGS LIKE BELTLINE OR MIDWAY OR ANY OF THE MAJOR ARTERIALS THAT MIGHT BENEFIT FROM SOME MORE URBAN STYLE DEVELOPMENT, UM, MAKING THAT TRANSITION FROM SUBURBAN PATTERNS INTO MORE URBAN PATTERNS.
UM, SOME HIGHLIGHTS HERE ON THE DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS, WE'VE REPLACED CURRENT BUILD TO LINES, SO WHERE THE BUILDING MUST BE BUILT AT WITH A BUILD TO RANGE.
SO RATHER THAN SAYING IT MUST BE AT FIVE FEET, WE SAY IT CAN BE BETWEEN FIVE AND 15 FEET.
AND WE DID THAT TO ADD SOME FLEXIBILITY OF DESIGN WITH DIFFERENT RESIDENTIAL TYPES.
AND THEN WE'VE ALSO ADDED NEW MINIMUM RESIDENTIAL DENSITY STANDARDS, UM, TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF PEDESTRIAN AND TRANSIT FRIENDLY DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN FINALLY, THE NON-RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS.
UM, SO THIS IS EVERYTHING FROM THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS, THE INDUSTRIAL, THE ADDISON AIRPORT DISTRICT IS INCLUDED IN THIS.
UM, AND THEN THERE ARE DISTRICTS FOR COMMUNITY FACILITIES, PARKS, AND OPEN SPACE, UM, AS WELL AS THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT IS REMAINING.
MAY I, MAY I ASK A QUESTION, PLEASE? YEP.
GOING BACK TO YOUR PREVIOUS GRAPHIC WHERE YOU SHOWED THE M1 AND TWO MM-HMM.
ARE WE DETERMINING THAT FLEXIBILITY FOR THE OVERHANG FOR THE AWNING THAT'S SHOWN? IS THE AWNING OVER THE BUILDING LINE OR AT THE BUILDING LINE, OR HOW DID, HOW'S THAT WORKING? I WOULD NEED TO CHECK HOW WE DEFINE THE BUILD TUBE.
WHAT WERE YOU GONNA SAY? OH, I COULDN'T, OKAY.
I COULDN'T QUITE HEAR YOUR QUESTION, ED, BUT IT C IS THE BILL TO RANGE.
AND BASICALLY, RATHER THAN JUST SAYING THAT THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING HAS TO BE AT X ON THE LOT, YOU KNOW, 10 FEET, WE ARE SAYING THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE A RANGE BETWEEN EIGHT AND 12 FEET, AND YOU HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THINKING ABOUT THE FRONT PLACEMENT OF THAT BUILDING.
MAYBE YOU WANT TO DO A FRONT, YOU KNOW, PATIO FOR SEATING IN A RESTAURANT OR SOMETHING, AND YOU COULD HAVE THE BUILDING BACK A LITTLE BIT, BUT THE FRONT HAS TO BE SOMEWHERE WITHIN THAT RANGE, AND YOU'VE GOT MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE FEET WITHIN THAT RANGE AS OPPOSED TO JUST A NUMBER.
AND I'LL ALSO ADD THAT THERE IS A SEPARATE SECTION THAT SPECIFICALLY OUTLINES ENCROACHMENT ALLOWANCES.
SO, AND THOSE, THAT'S A VARIETY OF THINGS, RIGHT? THAT COULD BE A STOOP, THAT COULD BE A, LIKE A CHIMNEY, A PARAPET, A, THERE'S A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, THAT IT'S, FOR EXAMPLE, ALLOWED TO ENCROACH UP TO FIVE FEET AS SO LONG AS IT DOESN'T IMPEDE X.
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EXAMPLE.THERE'S A VARIETY OF THINGS LIKE THAT TO ACCOUNT FOR MAYBE UNIQUE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OR, YOU KNOW, PARAPETS FOR SCREENING OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
LESLIE, WHAT WHAT, WHAT I WAS GETTING AT IS, IS I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND SETBACKS AND BUILDING LINES AND SUCH, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WHERE YOU CAN MAKE ALLOWANCES FOR CERTAIN THINGS TO BE WITHIN THAT AREA, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME IF WE SAY BUILD A RANGE, THEN WE'RE, ARE WE NOT SAYING THAT, OKAY, WE CAN PULL THE BUILDING NECK FIVE FEET AND YOU CAN USE THAT, UH, THAT FIVE FEET FOR OTHER, UH, OPTIONS, WHETHER IT'S SEATING OR, OR JUST WHATEVER.
SO I'M, I'M JUST QUESTIONING IF IT'S VERY CLEAR ON THIS GRAPHIC, IS THAT BUILD RANGE.
SO THEY WANNA BUILD A BUILDING ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE TIGHTEST PIECE, WHICH OF COURSE THEY WILL IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.
AND THEN THEY WANT TO EXTEND AN AWNING OR SEATING OR SOMETHING OUTSIDE.
THAT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE'RE GIVING THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY.
IS IT, MAYBE I'M MISREADING THIS GRAPHIC, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO LOOK AT IT FROM SOMEBODY WHO JUST WALKS UP AND THEY'RE DOING A PRE-PLANNING PIECE AND THEY'RE SAYING, OKAY, MY BUILDING, MY BUILDING MINIMUM IS FIVE FEET.
NOW I'M GOING TO USE THE EXCEPTIONS TO EXTEND OUT ANOTHER FIVE FEET, UM, PROCEEDING.
YOU, YOU'RE RIGHT ON THE CONCEPT, BUT THE EXCEPTIONS ARE NOT WRITTEN THAT BROADLY.
SO IT WOULDN'T BE, THE ENTIRE BUILDING COULD COME UP AN ADDITIONAL FIVE FEET.
IT MIGHT JUST BE SOME ARCHITECTURAL ENHANCEMENT OR SOME ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE.
SO MAYBE IT'S A, A, A PROJECTING SIGN, OR THAT'S OVER THE RIGHT OF WAY, OR MAYBE IT'S, UH, SOME KIND OF, UH, YOU KNOW, ROOF FEATURE THAT IS THIS ANGLING A LITTLE BIT OVER THE RIGHT OF WAY.
SO IT'S SOME LIMITED DEFINED THING, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT THE ENTIRE BUILDING.
SO THE, THE WAY IT'S INTENDED IS THAT IT'S A, IT'S A SMALL ARCHITECTURAL ENHANCEMENT.
WE CAN GET YOU A CROSS REFERENCE ON THAT, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THE WAY IT'S INTENDED.
WAS THAT FOR THE BUILD TWO RANGE OR FOR THE O OVER, OR IT'S THE OVERHANG.
I, I, AND, AND I GUESS TO ED'S POINT, WHY WOULD EVER A DEVELOPER NOT GO AND USE ALL OF THE RANGE? IT GETS HIM A BIGGER BUILDING? UH, THEY MIGHT NOT, BUT THE INTENT IS JUST TO ALLOW A ARCHITECTURAL VARIETY SO THAT YOU ARE NOT HAVING A COOKIE CUTTER DEVELOPMENT PATTERN WHERE EVERYTHING LOOKS EXACTLY THE SAME AND THE PLACEMENT IS THE SAME.
SO THEY MAY WELL DECIDE THAT THEIR OUTDOOR SEATING IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THEIR MARKETING, AND THEY WANT TO HAVE THAT LITTLE PATIO SPACE IN FRONT, OR MAYBE THEY'LL HAVE HALF THEIR BUILDING UP FRONT AND HALF BEHIND JUST TO GIVE IT SOME VARIETY.
AND I GUESS THEY CAN DO THAT NOW, RIGHT? THEY CAN ALWAYS GO BACK, BUT SO, SO I, I GUESS IT, IT, I, THEY DON'T HAVE TO BUILD TO THE BILL TO LINE, RIGHT? AS IT IS WRITTEN TODAY? YES.
BECAUSE IT IS MM-HMM,
WELL, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT DISTRICT, BUT YES.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE IN ADDISON CIRCLE, THERE ARE BUILD TWO STANDARDS THAT ENCOURAGE YOU TO BRING YOUR BUILDING TO THE FRONT, RIGHT? WE DON'T WANT SOMEONE TO COME IN AND BUILD A, A BIG SHOPPING CENTER WITH A SEA OF PARKING AND IN THE BUILDING IN THE BACK, THAT KIND OF DEFEATS THE URBAN NATURE OF THE DISTRICT.
SO RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NOT THAT BUILT-IN FLEXIBILITY.
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS RANGE IS SAYING.
UM, MAYBE YOU WANT A GROUND FLOOR PATIO.
SO LIKE ASTORIA COULD BE A GOOD EXAMPLE.
WE'RE GONNA ALLOW YOU TO SET BACK A LITTLE BIT SO YOU CAN HAVE THAT PATIO, BUT MAYBE, OR MAYBE YOU HAVE, UM, LIKE TOWNHOME UNITS, LIKE, UH, DISTRICT A IS ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE.
THEIR SETBACK SLIGHTLY, AND THEY HAVE SMALL GRASS AREAS LIKE A SMALL LAWN.
IT'S NOT VERY BIG, BUT THIS ALLOWS THEM THE FLEXIBILITY TO DO IT BY RIGHT.
SO THOSE TWO EXAMPLES I JUST MENTIONED, BOTH OF THOSE WERE GRANTED WAIVERS OR I'M GONNA SAY SPECIAL APPROVAL TO DO THOSE THINGS.
SO THIS WOULD ALLOW YOU IN THE BASE CODE, UM, WITHIN REASON, RIGHT? 'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS TO BOTH OF THOSE CONDITIONS THAT COULD ALLOW YOU TO SET THE BUILDING BACK BY, RIGHT? AND THAT, THAT'S ANOTHER IMPORTANT PART OF OUR GOALS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS HERE, IS MINIMIZE THE NEED FOR WAIVERS OR FOR VARIANCES BY BUILDING IN SOME OF THE FLEXIBILITY THAT YOU'RE ALREADY ALLOWING INTO THE STANDARDS THEMSELVES.
SO LIKE IN THE M THREE DISTRICT, YOU'VE GOT A MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM THE, THE BUILD TWO RANGE IS ZERO TO 10 FEET.
SO YOU COULD HAVE THE PARTS OF THE BUILDING OR ALL OF THE BUILDINGS SET BACK UP TO 10 FEET, OR YOU COULD HAVE THE WHOLE THING RIGHT AT THE PROPERTY LINE.
UM, AND YOU CAN DO ANY OF THAT BY RIGHT, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING TO GET A WAIVER OR A VARIANCE.
SO LESLIE, THE, THE, THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION, BUT THAT, SO THAT SAYS THAT ONLY IN THE, UH, THE ZONING, UH, USES WHERE THE
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BUILDING CURRENTLY HAS A SET BUILT, YOU HAVE TO BUILD TO THE BUILDING LOT.SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS MEANT TO APPLY TO ONLY THOSE USES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BUILD TO THE BUILDING, UH, SETBACK LINE, I THINK.
SO WHATEVER DISTRICTS, AND THESE ARE THE BUILD TO RANGES WHICH ARE BEING APPLIED IN THIS CONTEXT ARE FOCUSED IN THE MIXED USE DISTRICTS.
NOT, WE'RE NOT SAYING, YOU KNOW, FOR LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE OUR R ONE DISTRICT, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S A BUILD TO RANGE.
WE, IN THOSE INSTANCES, WE USE A MINIMUM SETBACK.
SO THERE'S, UM, SO REALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILD TO RANGES, THOSE ARE FOCUSED IN OUR MORE URBAN MIXED USE ENVIRONMENTS THAT YOU, WHERE YOU MORE COMMONLY SEE THAT, UM, BUILDING ARTICULATION.
IT, IT IS ALSO IN R FOUR AND R FIVE.
SO THE MORE INTENSE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS, NOT THE, NOT THE LESS INTENSE, BUT THE, THE MORE THE R FOUR AND R FIVE, WHICH ARE THE ONES THAT ALLOW TOWNHOUSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, REMIND ME AGAIN, WHERE ARE THE PARKING STANDARDS THAT COME THAT, THAT ALIGN WITH THE, THE ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS? THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ARTICLE? YEAH, IT WAS INSTALLMENT TWO.
YEAH, SO IT WAS CHAPTER ARTICLE FOUR, 4.6 I THINK.
UM, SOME, JUST A FEW THINGS ABOUT THE NON-RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
UM, WE HAVE INCLUDED AN IMPERVIOUS SURFACE COVERAGE, SO A, LIKE A TOTAL IMPERVIOUS SERVICE LIMITATION FOR ALL ZONING DISTRICTS.
UM, AND THOSE VARY BY DISTRICT.
UM, AND THEN THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, WE HAVE MADE UPDATES TO CLARIFY THAT THIS SHOULD BE A TOOL FOR UNIQUE CASES AND THE TOWN WANTS TO GET AWAY FROM USING SO MUCH PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.
AS YOU SAW, THERE'S ABOUT 50% OF THE TOWN.
AND REALLY WHAT THAT DOES IS CREATE A LOT OF LITTLE MINIS ZONING ORDINANCES ESSENTIALLY THAT, UM, GET HARDER AND HARDER TO ADMINISTER OVER TIME.
UM, SO THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT IS NOW WRITTEN IN A WAY WHERE IT REQUIRES PUBLIC BENEFITS IN EXCHANGE FOR THE FLEXIBILITY THAT IS ALLOWED THROUGH A PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THERE IS QUALIFYING CRITERIA PROPOSED, UM, INCLUDING THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE LOCATED IN THE MIXED USE CENTER DISTRICT.
UM, AND THAT IT COULDN'T OTHERWISE THE, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT COULDN'T OTHERWISE BE DEVELOPED USING STANDARDS WITH AN ACTUAL BASE DISTRICT.
SO AGAIN, TRYING TO MOVE AWAY FROM USING THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, UM, AS A TOOL TO GET KIND OF A AROUND LOT AND BUILDING DIMENSION LIMITATIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE ARE DISTRICTS THAT, UM, CAN SUPPORT ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS AND ALLOW FOR THAT FLEXIBILITY THROUGH THOSE DISTRICTS.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS RELATED TO ZONING DISTRICTS BEFORE WE GET INTO USES? UH, YES.
UH, I, I I ASSUME THAT THE EXISTING PD DISTRICTS OTHER WILL STAY, WILL, WILL STAY PD STANDARD DISTRICTS UNTIL A ZONING REQUEST IS MADE TO CHANGE IT TO ONE OF THESE MORE CORRECT, UH, GENERALIZED ZONING DISTRICTS.
SO WE'RE NOT REZONING ANY OF THE PDS WITH THIS EXERCISE.
MOVING INTO THE USE REGULATIONS.
UM, SO THIS IS WHAT THE CURRENT CODE INCLUDES RELATED TO USES.
SO IT'S LONG LISTS, UM, AND A FEW TABLES.
AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE THIS A MORE USER-FRIENDLY EXPERIENCE, EASIER FOR APPLICANTS AND STAFF TO FIND, UM, DIFFERENT LAND USES, DIFFERENT BUSINESSES, DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, AND WHERE THEY CAN GO.
SO THERE IS A NEW CONSOLIDATED USE TABLE, THE GREEN AND RED COLORING AS WELL AS SOME OF THE BOLD WILL GO AWAY IN THE FINAL, UM, DRAFT.
THAT IS JUST A WAY OF TRACKING WHAT WE HAVE CHANGED FROM THE CURRENT USE ALLOWANCES.
UM, BUT THE FINAL USE TABLE WILL LOOK A LOT SIMPLER AND CLEANER THAN THIS.
UM, BUT WHEN YOU WERE LOOKING AT THE USE TABLE, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT IN A WHILE, UM, THE LEFT HAND SIDE IS THE LIST OF USES, AND THOSE USES ARE ORGANIZED INTO CATEGORIES, UM, STARTING WITH RESIDENTIAL, MOVING INTO SOME OF THE CIVIC USES, AND THEN THE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USES.
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UM, AND THEN ACCESSORY AND TEMPORARY USES ARE ALSO IN THEIR OWN SECTION AT THE END.UM, AND THEN YOU WILL SEE THAT P MEANS THAT THE USE IS PERMITTED BY RIGHT.
A MEANS THAT USE IS ALLOWED AS AN ACCESSORY USE IN THAT DISTRICT.
T MEANS IT'S ALLOWED AS A TEMPORARY USE.
S IS THAT A SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS REQUIRED AND THEN A BLANK CELL MEANS THAT THAT USE IS PROHIBITED IN THE ZONING DISTRICT.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE, UM, IN THIS VERSION AS WE'VE BEEN IN, IT'S OUR WORKING VERSION, THE RED CELLS MEAN THAT IT IS LESS PERMISSIVE THAN THE CURRENT CODE.
AND THEN THE GREEN MEANS THAT WE HAVE MADE IT MORE PERMISSIVE.
SO THAT MIGHT MEAN THAT RIGHT NOW THE USE REQUIRES A SPECIAL REVIEW IN THOSE DISTRICTS AND WE'VE, UM, MADE IT ALLOWED BY WRIGHT.
UM, AND THERE ARE A VARIETY OF NEW USES IN THE TABLE.
UM, I HAVE A SLIDE THAT LISTS SOME OF THEM SHORTLY, BUT YOU WILL SEE THE WORD NEW BY THOSE, WHICH MEANS THAT THAT TYPE OF USE DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE A DEFINITION IN THE CURRENT CODE.
UM, SO SOME OF THOSE, I'M NOT GONNA LIST ALL OF THESE OUT LOUD, BUT EVERYTHING FROM COTTAGE DEVELOPMENT HOUSING TO ARTISAN MANUFACTURING, SO REALLY SMALL WAREHOUSES OR REALLY SMALL, UM, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS, UM, ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS HAVE ALSO BEEN ADDED, WHICH WE'LL HIGHLIGHT IN A SECOND.
UM, SO THEN JUST WE HAVE SOME KEY CHANGES.
JUST REAL QUICK, BACK ON THAT SIDE WITH NEW NEW USES.
'CAUSE I THINK WE ALL APPRECIATE THAT, UM, YOUR FORWARD THINKING WITH WHAT THERE WILL BE, UH, AS ADDISON CONTINUES TO REDEVELOP, BUT IS, IS IT SAFE TO SAY THAT THIS LIST, UM, IS, IS A LIST SIMILAR THAT YOU WOULD USE WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT YOU'VE CONSULTED WITH THAT YOU KNOW, YOU'VE TRIED TO, MEANING? WAS THERE ANYTHING SPECIFIC TO ADDISON THAT YOU PUT IN HERE, UM, THAT WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT? THESE ARE ALL COMMON AMIDST MODERN ZONING CODES THAT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU THINK OF THINGS LIKE MOBILE FOOD TRUCKS AND, UM, DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN THE SCALES OF VEHICLE REPAIR.
SO IT'S NOT THAT YOU DON'T ALLOW VEHICLE REPAIR REPAIR RIGHT NOW ON THE SLIDE, IT'S THAT WE'VE SET IT UP INTO TWO TIERS ESSENTIALLY, SO THAT, UM, SOME OF THE MORE INTENSE USES ARE, UM, LIMITED TO MORE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL VERSUS IF THERE'S KIND OF A LIGHTER REPAIR SERVICE, IT CAN BE IN MORE OF THE MIXED USE.
BUT I WOULD SAY THAT THESE ARE COMMON GOOD.
YEAH, BECAUSE I SAW LIKE THE ARTESIAN COOKING AND THE BOUTIQUE THINGS, THE SPECIALTY SPORTS, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE ALREADY SEEING KIND OF CREEP INTO THE AREA.
ADU WILL BE INTERESTING, BUT THANK YOU.
MOVING INTO SOME OF THE KEY CHANGES WE MADE FOR SPECIFIC USES, UM, SO FOR RESTAURANTS WE HAVE PROPOSED REMOVING THE REQUIREMENT FOR ACCESSORY ALCOHOL SALES TO RECEIVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
HOWEVER, WE'VE MAINTAINED THAT ANY RESTAURANT, UM, HAS TO RECEIVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
AND THEN THERE ARE ADDITIONAL USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS FOR RESTAURANTS WITH LATE NIGHT HOURS IN THE M1, M TWO AND M THREE ZONING DISTRICTS.
AND THEN ALSO DRIVE-THROUGHS ARE LIMITED TO THE M TWO DISTRICT, WHICH IS THAT SUBURBAN CORRIDOR DISTRICT.
UM, AND ITS DRIVE-THROUGHS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN ANY OF THE OTHER MIXED USE DISTRICTS.
UM, ANOTHER CHANGE IS TO THE AUTO RELATED USES.
UM, AND THIS JUST, UM, SHOWS THAT THERE'S VEHICLE FUEL STATIONS, AGAIN, THOSE TWO DIFFERENT TIERS OR TYPE OF VEHICLE REPAIR, UM, VEHICLE SALES AND THEN VEHICLE WASHES.
UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY ARE PRETTY LIMITED TO THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, UM, AS WELL AS THE AIRPORT DISTRICT.
MAY I ASK YOU TO GO BACK TO THE ALCOHOL SALES, JUST FOR MY CLARITY? SO WE'RE REMOVING THE SUP REQUIREMENT FOR ACCESSORY ALCOHOL SALES.
UM, DOES THAT INCLUDE RETAIL ALCOHOL SALES? NO, IT DOES NOT.
SO WE'RE SAYING IN THIS CONTEXT THAT IF YOU HAVE A RESTAURANT AND YOU ALSO WISH TO, AND THAT'S PERMITTED, UM, FOR WHAT WITH WHATEVER, HOWEVER YOU MEET THESE STANDARDS.
LET'S, FOR THE THE SAKE OF AN EXAMPLE,
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YOU HAVE A RESTAURANT THAT'S ALLOWED BY WRIGHT, UH, OR YOU'VE ALREADY RECEIVED AN SUP FOR THE RESTAURANT.WE ARE NOT SAYING YOU ALSO NEED A AN SUP OR COUNCIL APPROVAL IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SELL ALCOHOL FOR ONSITE CONSUMPTION AS AN ACCESSORY USE TO THAT RESTAURANT.
HOWEVER, ANY USE WHICH THE PRIMARY, UM, USE IS RELATED TO LIKE, UH, THE SALE OF ALCOHOL, THAT WOULD STILL REQUIRE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
AND IF I ALREADY HAVE, UH, A RESTAURANT MM-HMM,
AND I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY THAT IN ESSENCE A BAR WOULD BE CATEGORIZED BY STAFF AS THE PRIMARY USE OF ALCOHOL NOT TO SERVE FOOD AND HINTS WOULD NEED AN SUP.
IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT I THINK I HEARD? THAT IS CORRECT.
I DON'T BELIEVE, UM, I'D HAVE TO LOOK BACK THROUGH, I, I DON'T BELIEVE LOUNGES OR BARS ARE IN OUR PERMITTED USE TABLE ANYWAYS AS PROPOSED.
I KNOW THEY'RE NOT CURRENTLY, I DON'T BELIEVE WE ARE PROPOSING THEM.
UM, AND I HEARD A CONFIRMATION.
NO, SO THAT WOULD NOT EVEN BE AN OPTION.
YOU COULDN'T, IT'S, IT'S A PROHIBITED USE.
SO THE, AND THAT WOULD BE DEFINED AS THE PRIMARY USE BEING ALCOHOL SALES FOR ONSITE CONSUMPTION.
SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF USES THAT YOU COULD ESSENTIALLY HAVE ALCOHOL SALES AS ACCESSORY TO, UH, SO THE ONE OF THOSE BEING RESTAURANTS, WHICH WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
ANOTHER COMMON ONE IS SOMETIMES, UH, OUR HOTELS HAVE LIKE A, WHETHER IT'S A CONFERENCE CENTER AND MAYBE THEY HAVE A HOTEL BAR AND A RESTAURANT, THAT IS SOMETHING, WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE IN TOWN THAT CURRENTLY OFFER, UM, IN THEIR MARKET PANTRY, THEY SELL ALCOHOL AS WELL.
SO THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER EXAMPLES.
MIGHT IT BE A GOOD IDEA TO ASTERISK THOSE TYPES OF USES WHERE, UH, UH, ADDITIONAL ALCOHOL, ACCESSORY ALCOHOL SALES ARE ALLOWED? SO THAT THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT, I MEAN, YOU JUST NAMED THEM RIGHT? HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, MAYBE WE OUGHT TO SAY ACCESSORY ALCOHOL SALES ARE ALLOWED FOR THESE USES.
I, I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE OTHERWISE I COULD SEE QUESTIONS COMING UP ABOUT OTHER USES.
I HAVE A BAKERY THAT'S GOT A PANTRY, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
I, BUT I'M JUST THINKING IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA.
I, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD COMMENT.
AND JIMMY, WE, WE DO THAT IN A DIFFERENT WAY IN THE DEFINITIONS FOR ALL THE USES WHERE SOMETIMES WE'LL SAY FOR CERTAIN USES, ACCESSORY USES MAY INCLUDE, SO IN RESIDENCE, HOTEL ACCESSORY USES MAY INCLUDE MEETING ROOMS, CLUBHOUSE AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, ET CETERA.
SO WE COULD USE YOUR SAME CONSTRUCTION MAY INCLUDE ACCESSORY ALCOHOL SALES, JUST TO CLEARLY IDENTIFY THOSE FIVE OR SIX THINGS THAT, THAT LESLIE IDENTIFIED.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION, LESLIE, THERE'S A, THERE'S A CLUB BAR, WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT, OVER IN ADDISON, UH, IN THE, UH, SHOPPING CENTER, UH, CALLED STIR.
AND THAT'S, I THINK THEY DO SELL SOME FOOD, BUT IT'S PRIMARILY A BAR, RIGHT? SO HOW, WHERE DOES THAT FIT HOW, I'M TRYING TO WRAP MY HEAD ABOUT WHERE DOES THAT FIT IN THIS, UH, ZONING CASE? SURE.
SO STIR IS, UH, THEY RECEIVED APPROVAL FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A RESTAURANT WITH THE SALE OF ALCOHOL.
UM, I DON'T, I PERSONALLY DIDN'T WORK ON THAT SPECIFIC ZONING CASE, SO I COULDN'T TELL YOU ALL THE INS AND OUTS.
UM, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE STANDARDS SET FORTH IN THAT SUP, UM, WHICH STATE, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, A VERY COMMON ONE IS THAT THEY MUST, UH, BE ABLE, I BELIEVE IT'S 60 40 SPLIT FOR THEIR, UM, SO THEIR GROSS REVENUE, 60% FOOD SALES AND 40% ALCOHOL SALES.
UM, SO IF THEY'RE, IF THERE'S A, MAYBE A SUSPICION THAT THERE'S A VIOLATION OR WE HAVE ISSUES, WE COULD REQUEST CONFIRMATION THAT THEY ARE STILL IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT SUP.
UH, AND IF THEY ARE NOT, THEN TECHNICALLY THEY'RE IN, THEY THAT'S A ZONING VIOLATION.
HOW IS THAT VALIDATED? WHO LOOKS AT THAT? THE, YES.
SO, SO STAFF LOOKS AT THAT, BUT YOU HAVE TO REPORT IT THROUGH THE TEXAS TABC, TEXAS ALCOHOL BEVERAGE COMMISSION.
AND SO I ASSUME THEN THAT IN THE DEFINITION OF RESTAURANT THAT'S IN THE NEW CODE, THE RATIO WOULD BE MENTIONED IN THERE TO BE A
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RESTAURANT YOU MUST HAVE X NUMBER PERCENTAGE SALES OF FOOD.IS THAT TRUE? NOT IN THE CURRENT DRAFT.
BASICALLY RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST FOOD AND OR BEVERAGES.
THEN I THINK WE NEED TO ADD IT, OTHERWISE THAT RESTRICTION THAT WE HAVE IN THE SUP GOES AWAY.
AND THEN YOU COULD HAVE A RESTAURANT SELLING A HUNDRED PERCENT ALCOHOL.
AND JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT AS WELL, I DO THINK THAT'S A GREAT RECOMMENDATION.
I DO ALSO KNOW THAT TABC HAS DIFFERENT CATEGORIES FOR HOW YOU SELL.
AND SO IN ORDER TO BE CLASSIFIED AS, UH, A RESTAURANT THAT SELLS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MAJORITY FOOD SALE.
SO, AND THAT'S JUST ABOVE 50%.
RIGHT? SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY CAME TO, TO LIGHT DURING THE PANDEMIC BECAUSE IF YOU REMEMBER, UH, UM, USES THAT MAYBE WERE NOT, UH, CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL, WHICH, UH, WERE RESTAURANTS WERE ONE OF THOSE.
SO EVERYONE TRIED TO PROVE UP THAT THEY WERE A RESTAURANT BY MEETING THAT 50%.
SO, UH, IT'S NOT A UNCOMMON THING.
AND WE DID GO THROUGH AND, UM, PULL THOSE NUMBERS FROM TABC SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
SO WE HAVE THOSE, AND I DO THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE IT IN OUR CODE SO WE COULD ENFORCE IT INSTEAD OF HAVING TO CALL SOMEBODY, SOMEBODY AT THE STATE TO SAY, LOOK AT THESE GUYS WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT 2000 OTHER GUYS IN AROUND THE STATE.
I'LL TELL YOU FROM, UH, EXPERIENCE MANY YEARS AGO THAT THE TOWN HAS DELIBERATELY NEVER TESTED THE 60 40 RATIO ON THE CONCEPT THAT IF THEY TESTED IT, THEY WOULD PROBABLY LOSE AND THAT WOULD OPEN THE DOOR TO BARS EVERYWHERE.
SO THAT 60 40 IS THERE, BUT IT HAS NEVER BEEN TESTED AND NEVER, WE'VE ALWAYS WORKED IT OUT WITH THE CLUBS INVOLVED BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT TRULY RESTAURANTS AND CLEARLY WE'RE NOT MEETING THE 60 40.
SO IT, IT'S IN THERE, BUT I DON'T THINK IT COULD EVER BE EXPECTED TO STAND UP TO A LAWSUIT, FOR EXAMPLE.
HAS THE SIGN ORDINANCE EVER BEEN TESTED WITH NOT ALLOWING, UH, BARS? NO.
THE 60 40, NO, THE 60 40 RULE WAS DESIGNED TO AVOID HAVING COKE BARS.
SO NO, IT HAS NEVER BEEN TESTED.
I MEAN, IT'S, THERE'S REALLY NOTHING THAT SAYS YOU CAN'T HAVE A BAR PER SE.
THERE, THERE WERE SOME SIGNAGE ISSUES, I'M SURE WE, I I THINK WE'VE NOW LOST ON THOSE, UH, ABOUT WHAT YOU COULD ADVERTISE AND, AND OUTSIDE.
BUT, UH, THE WHOLE IDEA OF AVOIDING BARS PER SE WAS THE 60 40 RATIO IN, IN THE SIGN ISSUE.
IT WASN'T THE ORDINANCE PER SE THAT NEEDED TO BE CHALLENGED.
IT WAS THE, THE RESTRICTIONS WERE PUT IN THE SPECIAL USE PERMITS.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THE, THE CONTENT BASED RESTRICTIONS WERE.
AND SO WE TALKED IN SOME PRIOR MEETINGS ABOUT NEEDING TO MOVE AWAY FROM THAT PRACTICE OF, OF, OF REGULATING CONTENT THROUGH THE SPECIAL USE PERMITS.
DO WE SAY ANYWHERE OVERTLY IN ZONING THAT BARS ARE NOT A PERMITTED USE IN THE TOWN? THEY ARE NOWHERE IN OUR LAND USE TABLES, WHICH WOULD INDICATE THEY ARE.
SO HOW THEY'RE SET UP TODAY IS THE FOLLOWING USES ARE ALLOWED AND IT IDENTIFIES THOSE BARS AND LOUNGES ARE NOT ONE OF THOSE, UH, THAT'S ALLOWED BY RIGHT.
AND THEN AS PROPOSED IN THE TABLE TABLE, UM, THAT IS ON THE SCREEN THERE, WE DON'T HAVE A LINE ITEM FOR A BAR OR A LOUNGE.
SO ESSENTIALLY IT'S, IT'S PROHIBITED 'CAUSE IT'S NOT IDENTIFIED.
BUT THAT PREVIOUS VERBIAGE IS THERE SOMEPLACE WHERE BARS AND LOUNGES ARE NOT A PERMITTED USE.
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD QUESTION IS SHOULD WE HAVE A BAR AND LOUNGE LINE THAT HAS NOWHERE IS PERMITTED? NO.
OUR ATTORNEY JUST ANSWERED THAT QUESTION.
BASICALLY IT'S NOT ALLOWED BECAUSE IT'S SILENT.
AND SO THAT'S HOW WE SHOULD OPERATE BECAUSE AS SOON AS YOU START PUTTING IT OUT THERE THAT IT'S SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITED, NOW WE CAN START GETTING INTO SOME PROBLEMS. IT'S WAY MORE RED FLAG.
MOVING INTO OUR AUTO RELATED USES.
UM, THERE ARE NEW STANDARDS FOR GAS STATIONS, FOR VEHICLE FUELING STATIONS.
UM, THERE NEEDS TO BE A MINIMUM OF 100 FEET OF FRONTAGE ON AN ARTERIAL ROAD.
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THE SITE ACCESS ALSO HAS TO BE FROM AN ARTERIAL ROAD.UM, THEY ARE ALLOWED BY RIGHT IN THE CG, WHICH IS COMMERCIAL GENERAL AND LI LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
UM, BUT THEN OTHERWISE THE CL, WHICH IS THE LIMITED COMMERCIAL DISTRICT THAT REQUIRES, UM, A SPECIAL USE PERMIT AND IS LIMITED TO FOUR FUEL PUMPS.
SO REALLY TRYING TO KEEP FUELING STATIONS INTO THE MORE COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL AREAS.
UM, AND IF THEY NEED TO BE CLOSER TO MORE MIXED USE OR LIGHTER COMMERCIAL AREAS, LIMITING THEIR SIZE THROUGH THAT.
UM, PUMP RESTRICTION, UM, MAJOR AND MINOR VEHICLE REPAIR ARE BOTH ALLOWED IN THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND AIRPORT DISTRICTS.
UM, ALL ACTIVITIES HAVE TO BE INSIDE THE BUILDING AND THEN NO OUTDOOR STORAGE IS ALLOWED.
UM, THOUGH THESE, UM, WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE COMMENTS AND THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME CLARIFICATION ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS.
SO OBVIOUSLY A, UM, VEHICLE REPAIR, UM, BUSINESS IS LIKELY GOING TO HAVE CARS OUTSIDE.
UM, SO PLACING SOME SPECIFIC LIMITATIONS ON, YOU KNOW, THE CARS NEED TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, ACTIVELY BEING FIXED OR REMOVED WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.
UM, WE RECOGNIZE WE NEED TO CLARIFY THAT A BIT.
UM, AND THEN FOR VEHICLE SALES AND LEASING, UM, AGAIN, INDOOR OPERATIONS OR DISPLAY ONLY, UM, THERE CANNOT BE REPAIR OPERATIONS ON SITE ON AT A, UM, VEHICLE SALES BUSINESS.
UH, IN TERMS OF FUELING STATIONS.
I, WHAT, WHAT ABOUT ELECTRIC CHARGING STATIONS? OR ARE THEY CONSIDERED FUELING STATIONS? I WOULD NOT THINK SO.
THE DEFINITION, I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE EXACT DEFINITION OF VEHICLE FUELING, BUT I DON'T, I THINK WE SEPARATELY DEFINE EV CHARGERS, THOUGH.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WOULD DO IF THERE WAS A COMBINATION OF THE TWO.
WELL, UH, NO, IT IS INCLUDED ACTUALLY.
A FACILITY LIMITED TO RETAIL SALES TO THE PUBLIC OF GASOLINE, BIODIESEL, ELECTRICITY, ETHANOL, FUEL BLENDS, ET CETERA.
UM, WE, WE SEPARATELY DO HAVE, UH, AN ACCESSORY USE FOR AN EV CHARGING STATION, BUT YOU CAN DO, UH, ELECTRIC, UH, CHARGING OUT OF REGULAR FUEL PUMP.
AND WE'VE, WE'VE STARTED TO SEE THOSE MORE, THOSE COMBINATION OF FUEL PUMPED ELECTRIC CHARGING STATIONS.
BUT THERE IS AN ACCESSORY USE THAT COULD GET PERMITTED IN SAY, A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT OKAY.
FOR EV CHARGING? YEAH, FOR EV CHARGING, YES.
YEAH, WE'VE STARTED TO SEE SOME GAS STATIONS COME IN IN DENVER THAT HAVE, UM, ELECTRIC CHARGERS AS WELL AS REGULAR FUEL PUMPS.
AND I THINK YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LOT MORE OF THOSE, BUT YOU CAN ALSO DO THE INDIVIDUAL EV CHARGING STATION.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ADD, PER YOUR COMMENT, TAYLOR, UM, ABOUT SOME OF THE MORE INNOVATIVE USES YOU'LL FIND IN THE CONSOLIDATED DRAFT THAT A LOT OF THOSE ARE CAPTURED IN THE DEFINITIONS.
UM, SO FOR THINGS THAT, UM, ARE KIND OF NEEDING, UM, MORE THOROUGH DEFINITION, UM, YOU'LL WANNA REFER TO SECTION SEVEN THREE, UM, TO SEE THAT THAT'S CAPTURED THERE.
LOOK, HOPEFULLY WE CAN ALL JUST AGREE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL, UM, WILL CLEARLY CHANGE OVER TIME.
SO HAVING THE FLEXIBILITY HERE IS GONNA BE VERY IMPORTANT.
BUT IT NOT TO GO DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE OF, YOU KNOW, EV CHARGERS, BUT FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO COMPLY WITH ENERGY CODES, UH, LEAD STANDARDS, THINGS THAT MAY BENEFIT YOU IN THAT REGARD, YOU'LL HAVE TO HAVE THEM.
BUT WE DON'T WANT TO GET INTO A SITUATION WHERE THEY, YOU NEED A SUP AND THAT AREA.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S ISSUES WITH FIRE CODE TOO, AS YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN, WHERE FIRE MARSHALS SOMETIMES DON'T WANT THEM IN BUILDINGS 'CAUSE THEIR FEAR WILL EXPLOIT.
YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S ALL SORTS OF STUFF THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA SOLVE WITH THIS EXACTLY, OTHER THAN I THINK TO AGREE THAT WE'RE GONNA, THIS IS GONNA EVOLVE OVER TIME.
ANYTHING ELSE ON AUTO RELATED USES? OKAY.
UM, NEXT CHANGE IS WITHIN THE LODGING USES.
SO IN THE CURRENT CODE, THERE ARE MULTIPLE DEFINITIONS FOR HOTELS AND THOSE VARY BETWEEN DISTRICTS.
UM, SO THE BELT LINE DISTRICT DISTINGUISHES LODGING USES, UM, BETWEEN FULL SERVICE, LIMITED SERVICE AND EXTENDED STAY, BUT THEY AREN'T CLEARLY DEFINED.
AND THEN OUTSIDE OF THAT, IN AN ADDISON CIRCLE, ALL HOTELS MUST BE FULL SERVICE HOTELS.
UM, AND THEN IN THE OTHER DISTRICTS, UM, THEY ARE ALLOWED BY SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
SO WE WANTED TO FIND A SIMPLER WAY OF DEFINING THESE USES AND CLARIFYING WHERE THEY CAN GO.
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SEE THAT THERE IS A HOTEL FULL SERVICE AS WELL AS A LIMITED SERVICE HOTEL.UM, AND THE LIMITED SERVICE HOTELS, UM, OR SORRY, THE FULL SERVICE HOTEL REQUIREMENTS.
SO FULL SERVICE HOTELS MUST HAVE AN ENTRANCE FROM A COMPLETELY ENCLOSED AREA.
UM, ACCESS FROM A COURTYARD OR A SWIMMING POOL AREA IS ALLOWED FOR THE FIRST FLOOR UNITS AS WELL.
IT HAS TO HAVE A LOBBY, A FITNESS CENTER, A FULL COMMERCIAL KITCHEN, KITCHEN, AND 5,000 SQUARE FEET MINIMUM OF MEETING FACILITIES.
AND THEN NOT MORE THAN 30% OF THE ROOMS CAN HAVE, UM, CAN BE DEFINED AS SUITES, WHICH INCLUDES THINGS LIKE KITCHENETTES, UM, OR A SEPARATE SLEEPING AREA AND KIND OF LIVING AREA.
SO REALLY TRYING TO SEPARATE A LIMITED SERVICE HOTEL FROM A FULL, UM, FULL SERVICE HOTEL THAT DOES HAVE ALL OF THE AMENITIES.
JUST TO COMMENT ON THE VERBIAGE, YOUR FIRST SENTENCE ENTRANCE FROM A COMPLETELY CLOSED, UH, AREA.
THE, THE ENTRANCE IS TO EACH ROOM.
YEAH, YOU MIGHT PUT THAT IN THE VERBIAGE AS YOU GO ALONG.
NOT MORE THAN 30% OF ROOMS MAY BE SUITES AS DEFINED AS HAVING A KITCHENETTE.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE CODE? YES, IT IS CURRENTLY TODAY.
THAT'S, UH, EXCUSE ME, THAT'S IN THE DEFINITION OF HOTEL IN OUR CURRENT CODE.
SO AT EMBASSY SUITES WOULDN'T BE A FULL SERVICE HOTEL.
IT'S NOT REQUIRING THAT YOU HAVE, UH, I GUESS I'M NOT, UH, AS FAMILIAR WITH THE SPLIT OF SUITES PROVIDED IN THE, THE EMBASSY HOTEL.
IT'S SAYING THAT ESSENTIALLY YOU CAN'T HAVE EVERY SINGLE ROOM HAVE A KITCHENETTE.
IT CAN'T BE A, THAT'S WHAT AN EMBASSY SUITES IS.
SO TECHNICALLY, SO THIS DEFINITION WAS ADOPTED, I BELIEVE, IN 2016.
UM, AND SO ANY HOTEL THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED SINCE THAT TIME HAS BEEN EVALUATED WITH OUR CURRENT DEFINITION.
THERE ARE SEVERAL, MANY OF OUR HOTELS OR LODGING ESTABLISHMENTS IN ADDISON WE'RE CONSTRUCTED PRIOR TO 2016.
SO THEY MAY NOT MEET THIS DEFINITION.
AND, AND HOW, AND NOT THAT I WORKED FOR EMBASSY SUITES OR ANYTHING ELSE, BUT IF YOU HAVE A FULL SUITE, IF YOU HAVE SAY, EMBASSY SUITES WHERE EVERYTHING IS A SUITE AND HAS A KITCHENETTE, WHAT WOULD IT BE? IF IT'S NOT A FULL SERVICE HOTEL, IT WOULD BE LIKE THE BUDGET SUITE OF OPERATING AS A PARK.
WELL, AND I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN, BUT I'M, I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHAT IT WOULD BE IF WE WANTED TO ALLOW IT.
UH, SO THAT WOULD, IN, HE'S LIKE LEGAL, I WOULD SAY MOST COMMONLY IT WOULD BE DEFINED AS AN EXTENDED STAY, UM, DEFINITION.
SO WE HAVE AS WE DO, OKAY, WELLAND, HE LOOKS, I UNDERSTAND THE SENSITIVITY HERE, BUT, BUT I'M JUST, AND, AND MAYBE IT'S AN UNSOLVABLE PROBLEM, UH, AND THAT THIS WAS ONE WAY TO ATTEMPT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
UH, BUT, BUT THERE, THERE ARE CERTAIN BRAND, WELL, I'M NOT GONNA GO THERE, BUT YOU GET MY POINT.
'CAUSE I MEAN, WHAT I, I'M NOT GOOD AT THIS, THAT, THAT TERM, WHAT IS IT LIKE LEGAL NON-CONFORMING, YOU KNOW, YOU OFTEN HEAR ABOUT THAT IN DALLAS AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AS THEY'VE REZONED AREAS AND, BUT YOU'LL HAVE A USE THAT NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO STAY.
AND AS ADDISON REDEVELOPS, I DO SEE THIS BEING SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE FACED WITH WHERE THERE'S PREVIOUS ZONING THAT ALLOWED FOR A LOT OF THESE KIND OF HOTELS AND STRUCTURES THAT WE, THAT ADDISON CLEARLY WAS SAYING THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO CONTINUE WITH.
SO HOW IS THAT A, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED? WELL, IT MIGHT BE LEGAL NONCONFORMING IF IT WAS APPROVED LIKE LESLIE SAID, YOU KNOW, PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF THESE CURRENT REGULATIONS.
UM, I, I, I THINK A SEPARATE QUESTION THOUGH IS AS THE NEW DEFINITIONS HAVE BEEN DRAFTED, ARE, IS IS A PARTICULAR PRODUCT TYPE FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS? UM, AND I I, I JUST WOULD WANT TO GO BACK AND REVISIT THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD.
I REMEMBER THERE WAS DISCUSSION, A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PROS AND CONS OF AN EMBASSY SUITES EXAMPLE, UH, IN OUR EARLIER CONVERSATIONS, AND, AND THIS IS WHERE WE LANDED, UM, I, I'M, I'M NOT EX I'M NOT REMEMBERING EXACTLY IF THAT WAS JUST A POLICY CHOICE THAT, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE THEM GO THROUGH A VARIANCE PROCESS IF THEY WANT TO DO THAT.
I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME GEOGRAPHIC LIMITATIONS ON THE DEFINITIONS
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OF DIFFERENT HOTEL TYPES IN THE CURRENT CODE, AND THOSE HAVE BEEN NOW MADE CITYWIDE.AND SO MAYBE THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT AS WELL.
SO I I, I'M, I'M PUNTING A LITTLE BIT, BUT I, I, I HEAR YOUR QUESTION.
UM, TO BE HONEST, MY MEMORY FROM FIVE YEARS AGO ISN'T AS GOOD AS IT PROBABLY SHOULD BE.
SO, UH, BUT I, THAT THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING, BUT, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE AND, UH, I, I LIKE IT IN AN ATTEMPT TO SOLVE A KNOWN PROBLEM IN THE FU GOING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE, I WON'T SAY IT.
I GUESS I, I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE, WHAT THE GOAL IS BECAUSE WE HAVE THE, THE FIRST TWO, UH, REQUIREMENTS, ROOM ENTRANCE, ENCLOSED AREAS, SWIMMING POOL, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
WHY IS THERE A CONCERN ABOUT ROOMS WITH KITCHENETTES FOR FULL SERVICE HOTEL? SO I BELIEVE WITH, WITH THESE TYPES OF USES, IT'S EASIER TO, UM, SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AND REGULATION BASED UPON THE DESIGN, RIGHT? SO IF WE, UM, KIND OF, I, I THINK THIS IS A LITTLE BIT WHAT JIMMY WAS, WAS MENTIONING, IF WE ALLOW, UM, A, A LODGING ESTABLISHMENT TO BE CONSTRUCTED WITH BEDROOMS AND KITCHENS, IT COULD LEAD TO CHALLENGING ENFORCEMENT WITH HOW IS THAT, HOW IS THAT OPERATING? UM, SO, SO IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A TRICKY SUBJECT.
THERE ARE FINE LINES, UM, BUT AS FAR AS KIND OF ZONING AND, AND DEVELOPMENT AND LAND USE GO, IT'S EASIER TO DRAFT CODE TO HELP US SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AS OPPOSED TO KIND OF LETTING IT RUN WILD AND THEN TRYING TO KIND OF REIN IT BACK IN.
AND I'LL, I'LL JUST MENTION SOMETHING WITHOUT VIOLATING ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE, BUT AS Y'ALL MAY KNOW, THERE'S AN ONGOING LAWSUIT WITH THE TOWN OF ADDISON AND BUDGET SUITES, RIGHT? AND PART OF THAT WAS HOW DO YOU DEFINE BUDGET SUITES? IS IT A HOTEL, IS IT AN EXTENDED STAY? IS IT AN APARTMENT? AND SO THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING LITIGATED.
AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE PROBLEMS I THINK THAT WAS HIGHLIGHTED, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE'RE DRAFTING IT THE WAY WE ARE.
YEAH, I'LL TELL YOU, I WAS, I WAS HAPPY TO BE ON COUNCIL IN 2016 WHEN WE CHANGED THE DEFINITION OF A HOTEL.
THE INITIAL REASON WAS WE FELT LIKE WE WERE GETTING OVERLOADED WITH LIMITED SERVICE HOTELS.
THEY WERE JUST POPPING UP EVERYWHERE.
AND IT, IT, AND THERE WAS NO WAY TO, TO STOP THAT OTHER THAN REDEFINED WHAT CAUSED WHAT WAS A HOTEL.
THE, THE DEFINITION, THIS 30% DEAL IS, IS A DIRECT RESPONSE TO WHAT HAPPENED TO US WITH BUDGET SUITES.
WHEN WE HAD THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT, UH, WHICH I THINK WE DID IN 2018, UH, THE CITY BROUGHT FORWARD THIS DEAL TO START AN INSPECTION PROGRAM FOR ALL THE HOTELS IN TOWN TO TRY TO BRING IT IN.
AND COUNCIL DECIDED THAT THAT WAS A BURDEN ON THE OTHER HOTELS WHO WERE OPERATING PROPERLY, THAT THIS WAS REALLY A LAND USE QUESTION.
THEY HAD A, THEY HAD ZONING FOR A HOTEL.
THEY WERE OPERATING AS AN APARTMENT.
I MEAN, I KNOW OF NO HOTEL IN THE ANYWHERE I'VE EVER STAYED IN.
THEY HAD TO BRING MY OWN BEDSHEETS.
SO I MEAN, IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR THAT THEY WERE NOT OPERATING.
AND SO ALL THAT HAPPENED IN THIS 2016, 17 TIMEFRAME, AND SPECIFICALLY IT STARTED BECAUSE WE WERE, WERE ABOUT TO BE OVERLOADED WITH LIMITED SERVICE HOTELS.
WE ALREADY ARE OVERLOADED WITH LIMITED SERVICE HOTELS.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD MOVE PERSONALLY TO, TO PUT THAT IN THERE BACK ON THE EMBASSY SUITES QUESTION OR, OR A PRODUCT OF THAT TYPE.
UM, I REMEMBER WE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE DEFINITION OF KITCHENETTE, AND UH, THAT'S NOT IN THIS DRAFT.
I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S INTENDED TO APPLY THE BUILDING CODE DEFINITION, BUT THE, THE, THE PRODUCT OF A, THE EQUIPMENT IN AN EMBASSY SUITE'S MODEL WOULDN'T RISE TO THE LEVEL OF A KITCHENETTE AS IT'S DEFINED HERE.
SO, BUT, BUT, BUT THE OTHER ONE ABOUT THE PARTITION, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S A DIFFERENT ISSUE.
SO THERE, THERE'S ANOTHER ISSUE ALSO, I THINK WITH LIMITED SERVICE IN TERMS OF THE LENGTH OF STAY AND, AND WHETHER HOTEL TAXES ARE, ARE DUE OR NOT DUE.
AND OF COURSE, IS THERE A WAY TO DEFINE THAT OR SHOULD THERE BE A DEFINITION? WE, WE DO IN THE DEFINITION SAY THAT ALL THESE, EXCEPT FOR EXTENDED STAY, THESE ARE ALL INTENDED FOR 30 DAYS OR LESS.
EXTENDED STAY IS FOR OF MORE THAN THAT.
SO WE DO HAVE THAT, THAT PIECE COVERED.
YOU SAID THAT THE KITCHENETTE ARE NOT DEFINED
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AS FAR AS WHAT EQUIPMENT CAN BE IN THERE.AND I THINK THE INTENT WAS TO, TO DEFER BUILDING.
BECAUSE OF COURSE, TYPICALLY IF YOU PUT IN A FULL STOVE, THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN REVIEW THAT WOULD, WOULD REQUIRE A, UH, EXHAUST HOOD WITH A, UH, FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM.
WELL, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL UNITS AND THE KITCHEN FACILITIES WITHIN THE OVERALL, RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.
BUT IN GENERAL, IF YOU PUT IN A COOKING STOVE IN ANY OFFICE LOCATION AS SUCH, YOU HAVE TO PUT IN A FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM.
WELL, AND WE CURRENTLY REQUIRE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS REGARDLESS, SO FOR ALL BUILDING TYPES AND IN ALL SQUARE FOOTAGES.
UM, THE LAST SECTION OF USE REGULATIONS IS RELATED TO TEMPORARY AND ACCESSORY USES.
SO RIGHT NOW, BOTH OF THESE TYPES OF USES ARE NOT VERY CLEARLY ADDRESSED IN THE CURRENT CODE.
UM, SO WE'VE CONSOLIDATED ACCESSORY USE STANDARDS AND THEN TEMPORARY USE STANDARDS TOGETHER.
UM, THAT WAY THERE CAN BE A TOWN WIDE APPROACH.
AND SO THAT INCLUDES, UM, EVERYTHING FROM A TEMPORARY EVENT, TEMPORARY SALES, UM, TO ACCESSORY USES LIKE HOME OCCUPATIONS.
UM, AND THEN SORT OF THE KEY NEW ADDITION IS THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
AND SO AS PROPOSED, CURRENTLY THE DRAFT SAYS THAT THEY ARE ONLY ALLOWED ON LOTS WITH A SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED DWELLING.
THEY ARE LIMITED TO ONE BEDROOM.
UM, AND, UM, THE SIZE CANNOT BE MORE THAN 50% OF THE PRINCIPAL DWELLING SIZE.
AND THAT'S, UM, EITHER INTERNAL TO A PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE OR IF IT'S IN A DETACHED STRUCTURE, UM, A SEPARATE EXTERIOR ENTRANCE IS REQUIRED.
UM, THE OWNER MUST LIVE ON THE PROPERTY, SO EITHER IN THE PRINCIPAL DWELLING OR IN THE A DU.
UM, AND THEN WHEN AN A DU APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED, UM, THE DRAFT PROPOSES HAVING A MAILED NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET.
AND SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE, THE KEY STANDARDS THERE.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON ADUS OR COMMENTS? UH, IS, IS EVERYBODY SURE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE PUT IN HERE? WAS THIS REQUESTED BY COUNSEL? WAS THIS, UH, DIRECTION OR WAS IT, UH, ASPIRATION OR WHAT'S EVERYBODY THINK? UM, SO WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD A COUPLE OF SIMILAR USES BEING PROPOSED, AND SO WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE STANDARDS FOR IT.
SO I GUESS I CAN'T SPEAK TO MAYBE SOME OF THE EARLY ON CONVERSATIONS WHEN THE PROJECT FIRST STARTED.
BUT I KNOW JUST IN DURING MY TENURE HERE, UH, WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE PROPOSE.
SO IT'S, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS IT IN THE CODE.
UM, HOW WE ADDRESS IT IS UP FOR DISCUSSION, BUT I THINK WE DO NEED TO ADDRESS IT.
AND I, I WILL ALSO ADD THAT, UM, A LOT OF THEM, WHETHER IT'S, UH, RELEVANT OR NOT, ARE BEING USED FOR MORE LIKE MOTHER-IN-LAW OR FATHER-IN-LAW SUITES, UM, TO KINDA WHETHER TO HELP AGE IN PLACE ESSENTIALLY.
I DON'T THINK THEY'RE REALLY BEING USED, UH, IN ADDISON SO MUCH AS, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR, TO, TO INCREASE DENSITY.
AND I WOULD JUST ADD THAT IF YOU, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE ASSESSMENT REPORT WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT ALL THE FEEDBACK WE HEARD FROM THE STAKEHOLDERS, THERE WAS A LOT OF INTEREST IN MORE HOUSING OPTIONS IN ADDISON AT DIFFERENT PRICE POINTS AND JUST OF DIFFERENT TYPES AND, UH, RECOGNIZING THAT, YEAH, INTERGEN INTERGENERATIONAL LIVING IS, IS AN INCREASINGLY COMMON, UH, DESIRE.
PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE THEIR MOTHER, YOU KNOW, STAY ON SITE.
UM, SO WE HEARD IT FROM MORE THAN ONE STAKEHOLDER.
UM, UH, SO IT, IT'S, IT, IT IT'S PART OF THE BASKET OF HOUSING VARIETY, UM, THAT IS ALSO REFLECTED IN THE NEW MIXED USE DISTRICTS JUST TRYING TO GET MORE, MORE HOUSING, UH, OPTIONS, MINIMUM LOT SIZE REQUIRED.
I DON'T THINK AS DRAFTED THERE IS, CAN LOOK AT THAT.
AS A PRACTICAL MATTER, UH, AS A PRACTICAL MATTER, THERE ARE PROBABLY NOT A WHOLE LOT OF LOTS IN ADDISON THAT WOULD SUPPORT AN A DU.
UH, I MEAN, I THINK THE R ONE AND R THE NEW R TWO DISTRICTS ARE PROBABLY,
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I MEAN THERE, THERE'S JUST PROBABLY LOTS ON THE EAST SIDE ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT WOULD REALLY SUPPORT, UH, THAT ARE BIG ENOUGH THAT THEY COULD SUPPORT AN A A DU, UH, 'CAUSE I, SO I DON'T IMAGINE THERE WILL BE TOO MANY UNLESS YOU HAVE TEAR DOWNS.I WAS THINKING, HAVING BEEN IN SOME OF THE, UH, ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS IN AUSTIN, UM, THAT, THAT, UH, ARE SIMPLY ADDED ON TOP OF AN EXISTING, UH, BUILDING.
THERE ARE SOME SIZE RESTRICTIONS OVERALL.
IT'S, IT'S BACK IN THE A DU STANDARDS.
UM, THERE'S SOME MAXIMUM HEIGHT STANDARDS.
UH, THE, UM, A DU SHALL NOT EXCEED 50% OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE PRINCIPAL DWELLING UNIT.
THEY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE SETBACKS THAT APPLY TO THE PRINCIPAL USE.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S VARIOUS THINGS THAT ARE GONNA ACT TO CONSTRAIN THE SIZE OF THESE AND ALSO THE NUMBER OF LOTS WHERE THEY COULD OCCUR.
AND LIKE SOMEBODY SAID, MAYBE IT WAS JIMMY, THE, THE, YOU'RE PROBABLY PRACTICALLY SPEAKING, NOT GONNA HAVE A LOT OF PLACES WHERE THESE COULD BE DONE.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE ARE THE SHORT TERM RENTALS ADDRESSED? YOU ASKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE THE MEETING ED, I MISTAKENLY THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE IN THE USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS, AND THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE A SEPARATE ORDINANCE THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE CITY, AND WE HAD SPECIFIC CONVERSATIONS ABOUT NOT WANTING TO REVISIT THOSE BY, BY PUTTING THEM INTO THE UNIFIED CODE.
UM, SO THEY'RE NOT IN THE DRAFTS CURRENTLY.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE A SEPARATE PART OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE.
WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? UM, WHERE ARE SHORT TERM RENTALS ADDRESSED? SO THAT IS AN EVER EVOLVING ISSUE,
UM, AND SO OUR ADVICE IS ALWAYS TO TREAD LIGHTLY WITH STR.
UM, AND ESPECIALLY NOW AND UNTIL THE LEGISLATURE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT, UM, BECAUSE THE, WHAT'S COMING OUTTA COURTS IS GOING BACK AND FORTH.
AND SO WHILE WE HAVE ONE ON THE BOOKS, OUR ADVICE HAS BEEN NOT TO ENFORCE IT CURRENTLY.
AND SO WE DON'T WANNA PUT ANYTHING NEW, ESPECIALLY WHEN THAT THAT ISSUE JUST HASN'T BEEN RESOLVED YET.
WELL THAT WAS IT FOR OUR, UM, SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
UM, WE WILL, UM, UPDATE YOU ALL WHEN WE GET A DRAFT ON CONVEY O WE WILL HAVE BOTH THE FULL ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURES DRAFT AS WELL AS THIS UPDATED ZONING DISTRICTS AND USES DRAFT.
UM, IT MIGHT TAKE ABOUT A WEEK OR SO FOR US TO GET THAT UP BECAUSE WE NEED TO TRANSFER ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS FROM THE FIRST PART OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURES AS WELL AS THE ZONING DISTRICTS AND USES.
UM, BUT YOU WILL STILL BE ABLE TO DO THE USUAL COMMENTING IN CONVEO.
UM, YOU CAN ALSO FEEL FREE TO SUBMIT COMMENTS TO UDC@ADDISONTX.GOV.
UM, AND AS MATT DESCRIBED EARLIER, ALL OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED THUS FAR, INCLUDING ON THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, UM, WHICH IS THE OTHER BIG PIECE OF THIS THAT WE ARE NOT DISCUSSING, AND THE SIGNS IN WIRELESS THAT WE ALREADY WENT THROUGH, ALL OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED ON CONVEO AND MEETINGS VIA EMAIL, UM, WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE CONSOLIDATED DRAFT AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE RED LINES OF HOW THINGS HAVE BEEN, UM, INTEGRATED.