[1. Call Meeting to Order]
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I CALL THE PLANNING AND WORK PLANNING AND ZONING WORK SESSION, UH, IN ORDER TODAY, JULY 20.
UH, MAN, I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT EARLIER IN, LATER IN THE MONTH THAN IT IS TUESDAY, JULY 15TH.
UM, WE HAVE ALL COMMISSIONERS HERE, SO QUORUM IS APPROPRIATE.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN OVER TO LESLIE.
[1. Status update on recent Planning and Zoning Commission cases and planning policy items. ]
EVENING.LESLIE KNIGHT, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
UM, THE FIRST ITEM IS A STATUS UPDATE ON RECENT, UH, COMMISSION CASES AND OR PLANNING POLICY ITEMS. UM, I DO NOT HAVE ANY UPDATES FOR YOU.
THE LAST ZONING CASE THAT YOU ALL APPROVED, UM, WHICH WAS GRADUATE AMERICA, IT WAS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION THAT IS GOING TO CITY COUNCIL NEXT WEEK ON THE 22ND.
SO WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT.
SO CAN WE ASK QUESTIONS? ASK QUESTIONS? I GOT MY GREEN BUTTON ON.
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE SCHOOL? THE SCHOOL, WHAT SCHOOL? THE SCHOOL ACROSS FROM THE COURTYARD BEHIND THE MAHORN CROWN PLAZA.
THAT WESTWOOD, YEAH, THAT I SWEAR THEY WANTED TO BE IN, IN LIKE DECEMBER, AUGUST.
SO IT'S STILL CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THERE'S BEEN, UM, SEVERAL ONGOING CHALLENGES WITH, UM, WITH THE WORK GOING ON THERE TO GET IT, UM, IN A POSITION WHERE THEY CAN OPEN, WHERE THEY CAN PASS FINAL INSPECTIONS.
IT'S TAKING MUCH LONGER THAN EXPECTED.
SO ARE WE TALKING SUPPLIES OR MANPOWER PROBLEMS? UM, CREW.
PROBABLY MORE MANPOWER SUPERVISION.
AND THERE IT IS JUST VERY CHALLENGING TO CONVERT A BUILDING FROM, IT'S CHALLENGING TO CONVERT AN EXISTING BUILDING TO ANY OTHER USE CLASSIFICATION PERIOD.
UH, AND THEN WITH THE ADDITION OF ALL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS ADDITIONAL CODES AND SAFETY REGULATIONS RELATED TO SCHOOLS, UM, IT IS EVEN MORE CHALLENGING.
THEY STILL TRYING ON PLANNING ON BEING IN THERE BEGINNING OF THIS COMING YEAR? UM, MAYBE, YEAH.
I MEAN THAT'S, THEY'RE STILL PLANNING ON, THAT'S STILL THEIR PLAN.
UM, I DO KNOW THAT THEY ARE OUT OF THEIR F OLD FACILITY.
THEY ACTUALLY ARE USING THE NEW FACILITY AS STORAGE.
WE HAVE ALLOWED THEM, THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS, FLOORS THAT ARE IN A STATE OF BEING COMPLETED, UH, OR LIKE FINISHED.
AND SO THEY ARE USING SOME OF THOSE COMPLETED FLOORS AS STORAGE FOR ALL OF THE THINGS THEY MOVED OUT OF THEIR OLD FACILITY.
SO I GUESS YES IS THE ANSWER OR THOSE KIDS WILL BE YES.
STUDYING FROM HOME FOR A WHILE.
THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE GAME PLAN.
I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE, I MISSED A, IT'S BEEN POSTPONED.
THAT SURE THING OVER THERE BY THE TOLLWAY, THE PRINCETON PROJECT, THE BUILD THE PRINCETON.
IS THAT COMING? IT'S STILL COMING MONTH.
THAT IS STILL THE GAME PLAN THAT IT WILL BE BEFORE YOU, UH, AT THE AUGUST MEETING.
ACTUALLY IT, THE FARMER'S BRANCH COMPONENT IS GOING TO THE FARMER'S BRANCH CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT.
SO THAT'S WHY THEY HAD ASKED FOR A, A ADDITIONAL MONTH POSTPONEMENT.
SO I WILL, THE GAME PLAN RIGHT NOW IS THAT IT'LL COME BACK TO P AND Z FOR THE ADDISON PORTION NEXT MONTH.
I DON'T KNOW HOW FARMER'S BRANCH CITY COUNCIL WILL DETERMINE ON THAT CASE.
I'LL LET YOU KNOW ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
UM, ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO JUST UPDATE YOU ALL ON, I SENT OUT A TRAINING OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, THE ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS WORKSHOP.
I KNOW SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE ATTENDED, UM, LAST YEAR, THE YEAR PRIOR.
UM, BUT I KNOW LIKE, I THINK IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO WE HAD ALMOST THE ENTIRE COMMISSION ATTEND.
UM, SO THAT IS STILL AVAILABLE.
UM, IT IS NEXT FRIDAY THE 25TH.
SO IF YOU WOULD, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UM, SO A WEEK FROM FRIDAY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
I'LL REGISTER ON YOUR BEHALF AND THE TOWN WILL, UM, PAY FOR THE REGISTRATION FEE.
UM, AND IT'S JUST A, A, I GUESS NEARLY A DAY LONG, UM, WORKSHOP.
SO YEAH, JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
I WOULD IF IT'S, IS IT HELD BY THE SAME GROUP THAT DID? YES.
UH, IT'S, IT'S A GOOD PROGRAM.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVEN'T DONE IT, I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST.
AND THEN, SO THAT'S, THOSE ARE ALL OF THE UPDATES WE CURRENTLY, OH, I GUESS I DO HAVE ONE MORE UPDATE.
UM, AND I APOLOGIZE I DIDN'T INCLUDE A SLIDE, BUT THERE HAS BEEN, UM, A SLIGHT DELAY IN THE COMP PLAN.
WE WERE PLANNING ON BRINGING JUST A MORE OF A DISCUSSION BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.
UM, BUT SINCE WE ARE DOING ALL OF THE UPDATES IN HOUSE AND OTHER PROJECTS, UM, HAVE BECOME JUST JUGGLING PRIORITIES RIGHT NOW.
SO IT'S TAKEN A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO DO ALL THOSE UPDATES.
SO, UH, OUR SCHEDULE IS ABOUT A MONTH PUSH, ABOUT FOUR
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WEEKS.SO WE'RE STILL, UH, WE'RE PLANNING ON BRINGING THAT DISCUSSION FOR YOU AT THE AUGUST MEETING.
SO JUST A HEADS UP ON THAT AND WE'LL SEND, WE'LL SEND OUT ONCE WE HAVE LIKE MORE OF A DETAILED SCHEDULE, WE'LL SEND THAT OUT TO ALL OF YOU.
SO IS THERE LIKELY OTHER THINGS IN AUGUST? WELL, THE PRINCETON PROJECT IS RIGHT ANTICIPATED.
UM, I THINK WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE OR TWO OTHER SUVS, LIKE SUP.
SO I, I WOULD GIVE A HEADS UP THAT WE'RE PROBABLY DOING WORK SESSION AT FIVE THEN.
UM, YEAH, SO WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE ONE OR TWO.
UH, WE HAVE ONE OR TWO SUVS THAT MAY BE READY.
THEY'RE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD RESTAURANTS, NOTHING, UM, NOTHING SIGNIFICANT.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE THE PRINCETON PROJECTS, WHICH IS A, A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
[2. Discussion regarding items on the agenda for the July 15, 2025 Planning and Zoning Commission Regular Meeting: June 17, 2025 Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting Minutes Rezone to establish zoning districts based on Unified Development Code (UDC)]
MOVING ON, OH TO ITEM TWO, WHICH IS DISCUSS, UM, ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING.UH, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
WE HAVE THE MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING, WHICH WAS JUNE 17TH.
UM, THOSE MINUTES ARE UNIQUE, UM, DUE TO THE ACTION THAT OCCURRED.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE? ALRIGHT.
WELL THEN MOVING ON TO THE ITEM TWO.
SO THAT IS THE, UM, THE RECOMMENDATION FOR ADOPTION OF THE ZONING MAP FOR THE UDC.
UM, THIS ITEM WAS BROUGHT BEFORE PNZ LAST MONTH AT THE JUNE MEETING.
HOWEVER, UM, IT WAS BELIEVED THAT THERE WAS A STALEMATE BETWEEN THE VOTES TWO AND THREE AND THREE AND TWO AND TWO AND THREE AND THREE AND TWO.
AGAIN, UH, I BELIEVE THERE WAS FOUR MOTIONS, UH, MADE IN TOTAL.
HOWEVER, AFTER GOING BACK THROUGH, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT TECHNICALLY THE THREE VOTES WOULD HAVE PASSED THE MOTION.
'CAUSE IT IS A MAJORITY OF PRESENT WHEN THERE IS A QUORUM.
SO IF THERE WAS ONLY FOUR PRESENT, THREE WOULD'VE BEEN REQUIRED OR THREE WOULD'VE BEEN REQUIRED.
IF THERE WAS FIVE, THREE WOULD'VE PASSED THE VOTE.
UM, THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION BECAUSE IT DOES REQUIRE FOUR FOR COUNSEL TO, TO ADOPT SOMETHING.
SO, UM, FOR TRANSPARENCY, WE'RE BRINGING THE, WE'RE ESSENTIALLY STARTING OVER KIND OF WIPING THE SLATE CLEAN, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT TRANSPIRED.
UH, SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO GO THERE.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S AT LEAST TWO, TWO OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT SEEN THE PRESENTATION.
UM, AND WE HAVE PROVIDED SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS FROM THE LAST MEETING.
UM, AND THIS PRESENTATION IS ALSO IN YOUR ONEDRIVE AS WELL IF YOU WANNA FOLLOW ALONG.
UM, SO THIS IS THE KIND OF THE LAST STEP, IF YOU WILL, IN THE UDC PROCESS TO ESTABLISH TO ADOPT THE MAP.
SO ALL OF THE, THE CODE, THE UDC WAS ADOPTED BACK IN MARCH BY CITY COUNCIL.
AND SO NOW WE NEED TO APPLY THE DISTRICTS THAT WERE ADOPTED TO THE MAP.
UM, AND SO ONCE AGAIN, THIS PROJECT DID HAVE A PROJECT TEAM.
WE DID HAVE A CONSULTANT WHO HELPED US WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A UDC ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT INCLUDED 12 INDIVIDUALS, EIGHT RESIDENTS, AND FOUR BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES.
UM, THIS WAS ALL OF THE PROJECT ENGAGEMENT THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS THAT INCLUDE SEVERAL PUBLIC MEETINGS AS WELL AS SEVERAL WORK SESSIONS WITH P AND Z AND COUNCIL ALONG THE WAY AS WELL AS THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, TO REFINE THE CODE.
UM, NOW A LITTLE BIT ON THE HISTORY, THIS BRIEFLY CAME UP AT THE LAST MEETING.
SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A, UM, UM, A SNIPPET OF THE ORIGINAL CODE FROM 1965 THAT WAS ADOPTED THERE.
THIS IS OUR FIRST ZONING ORDINANCE, UM, UH, ORDINANCE 66.
SO, UM, WITH THE FIRST ZONING ORDINANCE, UH, 14 ZONING DISTRICTS WERE ESTABLISHED, AND THESE ARE ALL CURRENTLY USED TODAY IN SOME MANNER.
THE UDC TOOK THESE PLUS OUR CURRENT CODE, UH, WHICH ADDED THREE MORE, UM, ZONING DISTRICTS AND EITHER MODIFIED REPURPOSED OR EVEN ELIMINATED SOME OF THEM.
SOME OF THEM TURNED IT INTO LEGACY DISTRICTS AS AN EXAMPLE.
UM, SO SINCE THIS ORIGINAL CODE, THESE 14 THREE WERE ADDED, AS I MENTIONED, THAT WAS THE MIXED USED RESIDENTIAL, THE URBAN CENTER, WHICH URBAN CENTER IS WHAT'S COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS ADDISON CIRCLE ZONING DISTRICT.
AND THEN WE ALSO ADDED A COMMERCIAL TWO DISTRICT, AND THEN THIS COMMERCIAL HERE BECAME C ONE.
SO WE ESSENTIALLY, UH, CREATED A C TWO AND REPURPOSED A COMMERCIAL TO C ONE.
NOW THIS IS OUR CURRENT TODAY, UM, THAT WE WILL HAVE UP UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1ST.
'CAUSE SEPTEMBER 1ST IS WHEN THE NEW CODE TAKES EFFECT.
SO YOU CAN SEE THESE ARE ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS PLUS THE THREE THAT WERE OBTAINED, UH, OR OVER TIME SINCE THAT TIME.
UM, TO STAFF'S KNOWLEDGE, THERE HAS NEVER BEEN, ADDISON
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HAS NEVER HAD A PARKS DISTRICT OR A PUBLIC DISTRICT OR COMMUNITY FACILITIES, OPEN SPACE, AGRICULTURE, WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT, THAT TAKES SEVERAL DIFFERENT, UM, NAMES.SO LOOKING AT OUR ZONING MAP, WHICH THIS IS ON OUR ONLINE INTERACTIVE ZONING MAP THAT IDENTIFIES ZONING FOR, UM, ALL PARCELS IN ADDISON.
SO, UH, THIS WAS WAY BACK WHEN THEY USED A BIG PAPER MAP AND THEY USED HIGHLIGHTER AND, AND UH, PENCIL.
AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THEM THAT ARE VERY HARD TO READ
UH, WE HAVE ONE FROM, I THINK IT'S LIKE 84, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE ORIGINAL 'CAUSE THERE'S SO MANY MARKS AND, UH, ON IT.
BUT, UH, AT SOME POINT THAT WAS CONVERTED TO THIS DIGITAL MAP.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE DATE THAT OCCURRED.
UM, I WAS NOT WORKING WITH THE TOWN AT THE TIME.
HOWEVER, I DO KNOW THAT AT SOME POINT, EVEN PRIOR TO THIS MAP, BECAUSE THOSE BIG GIANT ROLLUP MAPS I REFERENCED, THOSE HAD SEVERAL PARCELS THAT WERE MARKED AS PUBLIC ON THEM.
WE'VE NEVER ALSO, SINCE THE FIRST ZONING MAP, HAVE NEVER HAD A DIS, HAVE NEVER HAD A ZONING DISTRICT THAT'S REFERRED TO AS PUBLIC.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF IN WHAT THE ZONING OF THESE ARE IS, UM, OF SEVERAL OF THESE PARCELS THAT ARE SHOWN AS PARKS AND GREEN, THIS DISTRICT.
UM, BECAUSE THAT DISTRICT DOES NOT EXIST.
HOWEVER, IT'S SHOWN ON SEVERAL MAPS JUST BECAUSE IT, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT JUST BECAUSE IT'S SHOWN ON THE MAP DOES NOT CREATE THE DISTRICT ITSELF.
IT'S MORE OF REPRESENTING THE LAND USE FOR THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
UM, SO THERE, LIKE I SAID, THERE ARE SEVERAL OF THESE AREAS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED AS PARKS THAT WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE ZONING IS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY REFERENCE TO THEM.
UM, THERE'S SOME MAPS THAT WE DO HAVE OR THERE'S SOME PARCELS THAT WE DO HAVE MAPS THAT WE HAVE FOUND ZONING FOR THOSE.
FOR EXAMPLE, UM, I HAVE FOUND A MAP FROM THE SEVENTIES THAT CHOSE TOWN HALL, THIS BUILDING THE PROPERTY WE'RE CURRENTLY IN AS LOCAL RETAIL.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE CURRENT ZONING BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT.
SO THOSE ARE SOME CHALLENGES THAT WE ARE FACING WITH THE ZONING IDENTIFICATION JUST DUE TO THE AGE AND LACK OF RECORDS.
SO MOVING FORWARD TO THE UDC, UM, FOLLOWING WHAT HAS BEEN DONE SINCE THE FIRST ZONING MAP, UH, OR THE FIRST ZONING ORDINANCE IN 1965, UM, STAFF DID NOT, UH, WITH THE CONSULTANT, UM, AND WHAT WAS ULTIMATELY ADOPTED DID NOT ESTABLISH A PARKS ZONING DISTRICT.
SO THESE ARE THE ZONING DISTRICTS WHICH HAVE BEEN APPROVED WITH THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, NONE OF THEM ARE SPECIFIC TO PARKS OR PUBLIC FACILITIES.
THEY, UH, REALLY WHAT THIS WAS, IS MANY OF THESE WERE MODIFIED FROM EXISTING DISTRICTS.
WE HAD, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LIMITED NON-CONFORMITY.
SO ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THIS APPROACH WAS TAKEN WAS TO ENSURE COMPATIBILITY BECAUSE WHAT WE FOUND WHEN WE WERE, BECAUSE IT WAS CONTEMPLATED CREATING A A PARKS DISTRICT, IS THAT WE HAVE A WIDE VARIETY OF PARKS THAT HAVE A WIDE VARIETY OF PURPOSES AND A WIDE VARIETY OF PROGRAMMING.
SO WHAT MAY BE APPROPRIATE IN, UH, THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY, CELESTIAL WYNWOOD, IS NOT APPROPRIATE IN BECKERT OR ADDISON CIRCLE OR VICE VERSA.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE JAVA AND HOPS, WHICH IS COFFEE SHOP CAFE CONCEPT AT ADDISON CIRCLE PARK.
THAT SAME CONCEPT MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE AND LIKELY IS NOT APPROPRIATE IN CELESTIAL.
THERE'S NOT PARKING FOR IT, THERE'S NOT, I'M GONNA SAY GENERALLY ADEQUATE ACCESS TO THAT.
UM, SO TO CREATE A ONE SIZE FITS ALL WAS GOING TO BE EXTREMELY CHALLENGING.
AND WE WERE GOING TO END UP CREATING A BUNCH OF LITTLE PARKS DISTRICTS THAT MIMICKED WHAT WAS ADJACENT OR A SURROUNDING IT.
SO TO EXPAND ON THAT, THIS WAS SIMILAR, A SIMILAR CHALLENGE WE FACED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
SO ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE.
UM, ANY NEW STRUCTURES BUILT IN OUR VARIOUS TYPES OF PARKS SHOULD FOLLOW WHAT THE SURROUNDING AREAS NEED TO COMPLY WITH.
SO FOR A SIMPLE ONE TO THINK ABOUT IS SETBACKS.
SO ONCE AGAIN, IF THE TOWN WAS TO PURSUE A NEW SHADE STRUCTURE AS AN EXAMPLE, AND WYNWOOD OR CELESTIAL, IT SHOULD FOLLOW SIMILAR SETBACKS AS THE RESIDENTIAL HOMES NEARBY.
WE WOULD LIKELY NOT WANT IT ON THE EDGE OF THE PROPERTY.
AND EVEN THOUGH TECHNICALLY THE TOWN HAS CONTROL OF THAT, 'CAUSE CITY COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO FUND THAT AND APPROVE THAT, THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY COME TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR REVIEW.
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UM, AN IMPORTANT THING TO THINK ABOUT IS IF THESE, THESE ARE THE R ONE BULK STANDARDS.SO THIS IS, IF WE'RE REFERENCING SPECIFICALLY WINDWOOD AND CELESTIAL, THESE ARE THE STANDARDS THEY WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW, UM, TO MODIFY FROM THESE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS THAT WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT.
CITY COUNCIL COULD NOT APPROVE THE VARIANCE FOR THOSE.
SO THAT INHERENTLY PROVIDES A CHECK AND BALANCE BETWEEN WHAT'S APPROPRIATE, UM, FOR THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS.
SO JUST ANOTHER KIND OF WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT.
AND THEN LASTLY, I WANT TO ADDRESS THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSITION ZONE.
SO THIS IS A GRAPHIC, THIS IS DIRECTLY FROM THE UDC.
UM, AND THIS ESSENTIALLY IS WHAT IT'S SAYING IS THAT IF YOU ARE ADJACENT TO A RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT OR A PD WITH RESIDENTIAL USES, THEN YOUR HEIGHT IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO YOUR SETBACK.
SO THE TALLER YOU'RE BUILDING, THE GREATER YOUR SETBACK TO LIMIT IMPACTS.
AND WHY THAT IS IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE, UM, THIS IS ADDISON CIRCLE PARK.
AND SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE WERE TO REZONE ADDISON CIRCLE PARK TO, UM, ANY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, SO THAT WOULD BE THE R ONE, R TWO, R THREE DISTRICT, OR UM, UH, POTENTIALLY A PD THAT ALLOWED RESIDENTIAL USES, IT WOULD MAKE THESE PARCELS, UH, NON-CONFORMING.
SO THEN IF THEY CAME BACK AND TRIED TO, FOR EXAMPLE, REINVEST, THEY WOULD HAVE TO HYPOTHETICALLY TAKE OFF TWO FLOORS, WHICH IN ORDER TO, TO MAKE THOSE INVESTMENTS POTENTIALLY, I'M SIMPLIFYING THE PROCESS.
UM, BUT THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT WOULD THIS SIDE EFFECT OF TRYING TO REZONE ADDISON CIRCLE PARK AS A RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT.
AND, UM, AS WE REFERENCED EARLIER, IT WOULD MAKE JAVA AND HOPS, UH, NOT A NONCONFORMING USE.
SO WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HAVE THINGS LIKE A FARMER'S MARKET OR A CAFE OR ANYTHING AT ADDISON CIRCLE PARK.
AND THEN, UM, THE LAST THING I WANTED TO TOUCH ON WAS THE COMPARATOR CITIES ANALYSIS.
SO STAFF DID ANALYSIS OF ALL OF OUR COMPARATOR CITIES, AND THESE ARE 13 CITIES THAT CITY COUNCIL HAS IDENTIFIED AS OUR COMPARATOR CITIES FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, WHETHER IT'S BUDGET, DEMOGRAPHICS, STAFF POPULATION, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
UM, THEY LOOK AT AND THEY HAVE SELECTED THESE, UM, OBVIOUSLY PROXIMITY.
SO, UM, STAFF DID A COMPARISON.
AND NONE OF OUR COMPARATOR CITIES, UM, I HAVE TWO SLIDES, UH, HAVE A PARKS DEDICATED ZONING DISTRICT.
SO IT IS NOT UNIQUE, UM, TO ADDISON.
IT'S NOT UNIQUE TO THE REGION.
UM, THE, PROBABLY THE CLOSEST THING THAT'S IDENTIFIED IS IN FLOWER MOUND, WHICH IS ACTUALLY QUITE UNIQUE BECAUSE THEY HAVE A RECREATION DISTRICT, BUT THEY DON'T ACTUALLY ALLOW PUBLIC PARKS IN THEIR RECREATION DISTRICT.
SO IT'S MORE TAILORED TO LIKE WA LIKE THEY HAVE A WATERFRONT RECREATION AND THEN A RECREATION.
SO IT'S MORE, THINK ABOUT LIKE OUTDOOR SPORTS, NOT LIKE PUBLIC PARKS.
SO IT VERY, VERY UNIQUE ZONING AT IN FLOWER MOUND.
SO, AND THEN THE LAST THING I WANTED TO ADDRESS, UM, BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THE MAP ITSELF, IS THE, UM, PARKLAND PROTECTION.
THAT WAS A, A BIG POINT OF CONVERSATION AT THE LAST MEETING AND THAT ZONING COULD INHERENTLY PROTECT OUR PARKS AND PRESERVE THEM.
UM, AND SO BOTH, UH, THESE ARE BOTH REFERENCES TO BOTH STATE LAW AS WELL AS OUR TOWN CHARTER.
AND, UM, IT DOES, DOES NOT, BOTH, BOTH CHARTER AND STATE LAW DO NOT ALLOW THE SALE OF PUBLIC PARKLAND WITHOUT A REFERENDUM.
SO THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE A HEARING.
SO ONE COUNCIL WOULD'VE TO TAKE ACTION, THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING, UM, THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE A VOTE, A NOTICE, SO FORTH.
ALL OF THAT WOULD HAVE TO OCCUR IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
SO IT'S QUITE SIGNIFICANT TO, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
UM, AND I'LL ALSO MENTION, WHICH THIS IS KIND OF LIKE A SIDE, A SIDEBAR.
UM, IT WOULD LIKELY NEED, IT WOULD NEED TO COMPLY WITH OUR LONG RANGE PLANS TOO.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER POINT THAT IT WOULD POTENTIAL COUNCIL WOULD POTENTIALLY HAVE TO MODIFY IF THEY WERE TO TRY TO ATTEMPT THIS.
WE WOULD THEN NEED TO GO BACK AND MODIFY OUR LONG RANGE PLANS.
'CAUSE ANY, UM, LAND USE PLANNING WOULD NEED TO COMPLY WITH OUR LONG RANGE PLAN, SUCH AS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, OKAY, NOW I'M GONNA GO THROUGH ZONING, UM, AND SEVERAL OF THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE.
UM, SO ALL OF THE LAND, EXCEPT FOR THE SEVERAL FOLLOWING SLIDES, HAVE FOLLOWED THIS MATRIX FOR THE, UM, HOW ZONING WAS APPLIED TO THEM.
SO WE HAVE OUR EXISTING ZONING DISTRICTS AT THE TOP.
THEN WE HAVE OUR NEW ZONING DISTRICTS ON THE LEFT THAT THE UDC HAS ESTABLISHED.
UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE DISTRICTS DOWN HERE, WHICH IS PLAN DEVELOPMENT, PD, CONDOM, CONDOMINIUM, CONVERSION, PD, TOWN TOWNHOME.
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UM, THOSE ARE REMAINING AS IS.THOSE ARE NOT PROPOSED TO CHANGE THE SAME AS APARTMENTS DISTRICT HERE.
UM, M THREE IS A NEW DISTRICT, SO YOU'LL NOT FIND ANY PROPERTY THAT IS ZONED M THREE IN THE, IN THE ZONING MAP.
SO, UH, HERE'S OUR EXISTING AND PROPOSED MAPS AND THEN ONCE AGAIN, THE EXISTING MAP, WHICH WE SAW IN PREVIOUS SLIDES.
AND THEN THE PROPOSED ZONING MAP.
SO YOU'LL SEE ALL OF THE GREEN IS ELIMINATED 'CAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE A PARKS DISTRICT PROPOSED, UH, OR ADOPTED IN THE UDC.
UM, HERE'S A GENERALIZED OVERVIEW OF THE AREAS THAT WERE, UH, MENTIONED OR THAT ARE, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH.
ANYTHING IN RED IS PRIVATE PROPERTY.
ANYTHING IN GREEN IS PUBLIC OR OWNED BY THE TOWN.
UM, SO THESE NEXT FEW ARE PRIVATE PROPERTY.
UM, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PROPERTIES ALONG QUORUM SPECIFICALLY, THEY'RE ACTUALLY ZONED INDUSTRIAL ONE RIGHT NOW.
AND WE, AND SO THE CONVERSION WOULD BE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
THEY'RE ALL CURRENTLY DEVELOPED WITH OFFICE BUILDINGS.
AND SO STAFF IS PROPOSING TO, UM, INSTEAD OF THE STRAIGHT CONVERSION TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, WE WOULD CHANGE THEM TO COMMERCIAL GENERAL.
THEIR LAND USE IS STILL ALLOWED.
AND AS FAR AS THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, IT WOULD STILL ALIGN WITH WHAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
UM, IT JUST DOESN'T, FROM A LAND USE PERSPECTIVE, DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THAT LIGHT INDUSTRIAL WOULD BE ALLOWED IN THIS AREA.
UM, SO THIS IS THE SAME, UM, FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY, WHICH IS ACTUALLY DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET.
UM, OOPS, SORRY, SKIPPED THAT ONE.
THE SAME FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY AS WELL.
UH, WHICH ONCE AGAIN SUPPOSED TO BE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL FOR THE CONVERSION AND WE'RE PROPOSING COMMERCIAL GENERAL.
THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY IS THE, UM, US, UH, POST OFFICE ON AIRPORT PARKWAY.
UM, THE CONVERSION WOULD MAKE IT LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND WE WERE PROPOSING ONCE AGAIN, COMMERCIAL GENERAL.
UM, WE HAVE THE HOME TWO SUITES, WHICH IS LOCATED, UM, KIND OF OFF BELT LINE AND BEHIND, UM, LIKE HUDSON HOUSE AREA.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE WITH A CONVERSION WOULD BE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
AND WE'RE PROPOSING COMMERCIAL GENERAL.
UM, THIS HOTEL WAS PERMITTED BY SPECIAL USE PERMIT, SO IT WOULD BE ALLOWED BY WRIGHT.
UM, THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL, UM, APPROVALS NEEDED, UH, WITH THE HOTEL AS LONG AS IT COMPLIES WITH THE APPROVED SUP, WHICH WAS APPROVED, I BELIEVE IN 2017 TIMEFRAME.
UM, AND THEN THE DART TRANSIT, UH, CORRIDORS, THAT'S KIND OF, UM, THAT AREA WE'RE PROPOSING TO, TO REZONE TO, UM, M1 AND M FOUR BASED UPON THE PROXIMITY TO ADDISON CIRCLE.
AND THEN NOW WE'RE MOVING INTO TOWN OWNED PROPERTY AT THIS POINT.
UM, SO YOU'LL SEE MOST OF OUR PARKS THAT WE DON'T HAVE A CONVERSION FOR AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, UM, ARE BEING PROPOSED TO BE, UM, COMPATIBLE, MOST COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA.
IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, WE ARE PROPOSING R TWO, GIVEN ITS PROXIMITY TO, UM, THE TOWN HOMES TO THE SOUTH.
THIS IS, UH, COMMONLY REFERRED TO BELTWAY PARK OR SAM'S CLUB PARK.
WE ARE PROPOSING, ONCE AGAIN R TWO DUE TO COMPATIBILITY WITH THE AREA, THE ATHLETIC CLUB, AND THE PARK SURROUNDING THAT.
WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING R TWO, THE CORRIDOR, THE, THE, FOR THE REDDING TRAIL.
AND THEN THIS IS, UH, THE RAWHIDE PARK AND TRAIL, ALSO PROPOSING R TWO THERE, THE QUORUM PARK R TWO AND THEN THE PARKS IN ADDISON CIRCLE.
WE ARE PROPOSING M FOUR, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE AREA.
ONCE AGAIN, THIS, UM, HELPS ACHIEVE COMPATIBILITY AND ELIMINATES SOME OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSITION ZONES.
THE PROPERTY WE'RE CURRENTLY ON TODAY, TOWN, TOWN HALL, 5,300.
BELTLINE IS PROPOSED TO BE R TWO.
AND THEN SEVERAL OF THE PARKS IN, UM, ALONG WYNWOOD AND CELESTIAL WE'RE PROPOSING R ONE AS THAT IS THE MOST COMPATIBLE ADJACENT PROPERTY.
AND THEN A COUPLE OF OUR OTHER FACILITIES ALONG ARAPAHO, WE ARE PROPOSING R TWO.
SO, UH, STAFF DID NOTICE THIS.
UM, THE ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN ADDISON, WE ALSO PUT IN THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS.
UM, STAFF HAS RECEIVED THREE RESPONSES FROM THREE DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS.
UM, BUT THEY DID NOT, THEY JUST ASKED QUESTIONS.
THEY DIDN'T PROVIDE ANY STATEMENT OR SPECIFICALLY FOR OR POST.
SO, UM, I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT.
SO ANY QUESTIONS TO ADDRESS BEFORE THE REGULAR MEETING? I HAVE A QUESTION.
SO DO I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY THE PRIMARY CONCERN OR ONE OF THE PRIMARY CONSIDERATIONS
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WAS THE POSSIBLE CREATION OF NON-CONFORMING PROPERTIES RELATED TO TRANSITION ZONES PREDOMINANTLY? WAS THAT A BIG DRIVER OF THE CONFLICT THAT WAS CREATED GIVEN THE AMBIGUITY OF PAST ZONING AND WHERE WE ARE? UM, SO A BIG CONCERN IS NON CREATING, NON-CONFORMING.IN TERMS OF BUILDING REQUIREMENT, I WOULD SAY THAT IT WAS A CONSIDERATION.
I WOULD NOT SAY THAT THAT WAS A BIG CONCERN.
I MEAN, YES, IT WAS A CONCERN.
I WOULD NOT SAY THAT WAS A DRIVING FACTOR IN ANY OF THE DECISIONS MADE.
I WOULD SAY THAT WAS A DRIVING FACTOR IN THE CONSIDERATION OF WHAT SOME OF THESE AREAS WERE PROPOSED TO BE REZONED TO.
BUT AS FAR AS THE CREATION OF A PARKS DISTRICT, THAT WAS NOT NECESSARILY, THAT WAS NOT THE DRIVING FACTOR.
UM, YOU MADE A, YOU MADE YOU, YOU MADE A STATEMENT ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE COFFEE SHOP IN ADDISON CIRCLE PARK.
WHY CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT FURTHER? WHY WOULD WE NOT, UH, BE ALLOWED TO HAVE THAT IN A PARK? THERE WAS A CONVERSATION AT THE LAST MEETING THAT, UM, SUGGESTED REZONING ADDISON CIRCLE PARK FROM INSTEAD OF M FOUR TO A RESIDENTIAL SUCH AS POTENTIALLY AN R ONE OR AN R TWO R THREE, UM, NON-RESIDENTIAL USES.
SO A CAFE RETAIL IS NOT ALLOWED IN R ONE, R TWO, R THREE.
SO IF WE REZONED ADDISON CIRCLE PARK TO R ONE, R TWO, R THREE, IT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED.
UM, WE HAVE, DO YOU KNOW, UM, I ASKED YOU EARLIER BEFORE THE MEETING IN CASE WE WANTED TO, TO LOOK AT A DOCUMENT, BUT I, I WAS HOPING WE COULD BRING UP THE ADDISON RECREATION OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LOOK AT AND ASK A QUESTION ABOUT? YEP.
IS THERE A PARTICULAR PAGE, PAGE, PAGE 23 OF THE PDF OR THE YEAH, I I THINK IT'S THE PDF, IT'S THE PLAN THAT I LOOKED AT.
SO THERE'S A MAP PAGE IF WE COULD SCAN QUICKLY THAT WILL SHOW THE, THAT SHOW THE DESIGNATED PARKS SECOND TOUCH SCREEN.
UH, IT'S PROBABLY EARLIER THAN THAT THEN I GUESS MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW.
SO, UM, SO THIS, THIS DOCUMENT IS A MASTER PLAN FOR THE CITY OF ADDISON ADOPTED IN APRIL OF 2019, CORRECT? I WOULD ASSUME SO.
I'M PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT ADMINISTERS THIS, THIS PARTICULAR CLAIM.
SO, UM, AS I UNDERSTAND OUR OBLIGATION, UM, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO CONFORM WITH ZONING REGULATION MUST BE ADOPTED IN COOR, IN CONFORMANCE AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH COMPREHENSIVE PLANS.
IS THAT A TRUE STATEMENT? ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE ADHERING TO COMPREHENSIVE PLANS? IS THAT FOR ZONING? SUPPOSED TO BE IN CONFORMITY TOO.
SO DO WE CREATE A POTENTIAL NON, A NON-CONFORMANCE WITH OUR, OUR, OUR PARKS PLAN BY NOT HAVING THESE AREAS DESIGNATED AS PARKS? N NO.
'CAUSE ZONING'S A DEVELOPMENT TOOL TO IN INFLUENCE THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT ZONING IS NOT, DOES NOT DICTATE HOW NECESSARILY HOW IT'S USED, ESPECIALLY IN THE SENSE THAT IT'S A PUBLIC PARK.
SO WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT.
IF IT'S A DESIGNATED AS A PUBLIC PARK, THEN THE ONLY WAY IT CAN MODERN BE CHANGED FROM A PUBLIC PARK IS VIA REFERENDUM AND, AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS VIA STATE LAW AND TOWN CHARTER.
SO IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE, TO YOUR POINT, IT WOULD BE IF FOR EXAMPLE, WE TOOK, IF TOWN HALL WAS DESIGNATED, WELL IT'S NOT, UM, LET'S TAKE CELESTIAL PARK WAS SOMEONE, THE TOWN DECIDED TO BUILD A SINGLE FAMILY HOME THERE AND RENT IT OUT AS AN EXAMPLE.
THAT WOULD BE FOR PRIVATE PURPOSE AND THAT WOULD VIOLATE LONG RANGE PLANNING SUCH AS THIS PLAN, POTENTIALLY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT'S STILL IN, IN FLUX.
I DON'T, I AND THEN, AND ALSO STATE LAW AND THE TOWN CHARTER.
SO BUT THIS WOULD BE THE DOCUMENT WHERE WE WOULD SAY NO, THAT'S I'M, WHAT I'M ASKING IS WE'VE DESIGNATED THAT AS A PARK, CORRECT.
IS THAT HISTORICALLY, HISTORICALLY MANY PEOPLE BELIEVED IT WAS DESIGNATED IN THAT ZONING MAP, EVEN THOUGH YOU SAID IT WAS NOT PROPERLY PUT IN PLACE OR THERE'S SOME AMBIGUITY MM-HMM
SO IS THIS THE PROPER DOCUMENT THAT THAT DESIGNATES THAT AREA AS A PARK? OR WHERE DO WE, WHERE DO WE LEGALLY DESIGNATE CELESTIAL AS A PARK? WHERE'S THAT DONE? IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT.
BECAUSE WE'RE SAYING THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER 'CAUSE WE'RE CHANGING THE ZONING.
SO STATE LAW IS, UM, AND, AND STATE LAW ACTUALLY SAYS THAT IF IT'S, WELL, I GUESS MAYBE SARAH, DO YOU WANNA ADDRESS HOW IT'S, HOW IT'S WORDED REGARDING WHETHER OR NOT IT'S ACTUALLY DEDICATED OR IF IT'S JUST PRESUMED TO BE YEAH, SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE DEDICATED.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE CAN TO BE A, AN OFFICIAL DESIGNATION, A DEDICATION AS, UM, LAND AS A, AS A PART FOR IT TO BE TRUE AS PARKLAND.
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FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS AND, AND OTHERWISE THAT, UM, NOTHING HAS TO BE FORMALLY DEDICATED AS THE PARK.UM, THAT IF CITIZENS BE THE LAND AS PARKLAND, THAT UM, THE CITY SHOULD TREAT THAT LAND AS PARKLAND FOR PURPOSE OF USING SUB CONVEYING, ET CETERA.
SO ONCE IT IS KNOWN AS A PARK OR IT, IT'S BELIEVED TO BE A PARK, IT'S IN PARK, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE ZONING IS, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON.
AND THOSE STATE PROTECTIONS AND THE, THE CHARTER, SO, AND THAT IS IT, IS IT, WOULD IT BE CORRECT TO SAY THAT THIS DESIGNATES THE PARKS OR INTENTIONS AND WHAT THEY ARE RECOGNIZED AS PARKS? IS THAT, I MEAN, IT'S A FORMAL MASTER PLAN DOCUMENT, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD FORMALLY DEDICATE THESE AREAS AS PARKS.
IT DOES NOT FORMALLY DEDICATE THESE AREAS AS PARKS, HOWEVER IT DOES IDENTIFY THEM.
SO IT WOULD SUPPORT, IT WOULD SUPPORT WHAT SARAH JUST SAID.
SO, UM, THIS DOCUMENT IS REF REFERENCED IN OUR UDC AND OUR, UH, COULD WE ALSO REFERENCE THIS DOCUMENT IN OUR UDC MAP? I MEAN YEAH, WE COULD, THERE'S A, SO WHEN YOU, UM, LIKE YOU CAN ACTUALLY REMOVE IT.
UM, SO WHEN YOU ENTER INTO OUR MAP FOR THE FIRST TIME, THERE'S A, THERE'S A DISCLAIMER THAT POPS UP AND YOU CAN SAY, DON'T SHOW ME THIS ANYMORE MM-HMM
AND THEN YOU CLICK IT AND IT GOES AWAY.
BUT THE DISCLAIMER ESSENTIALLY SAYS THAT LIKE, YOU NEED TO DO YOUR OWN DUE DILIGENCE.
THIS DOCUMENT CAN BE CHANGED AT ANY TIME ON ITS OWN.
I MEAN, SO YEAH, IT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE, A MASTER PLAN.
IT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH A MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT PROCESS.
IT'S A MASTER PLANNING DOCUMENT.
SO IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE LIKE A MINI, THINK ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IT WOULD BE LIKE A MINI COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, RIGHT? 'CAUSE IT'S A, IT'S A UNDER THE UMBRELLA WHAT IT SAY SUBSET OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND IT NEEDS A FORMAL PROCESS TO GO THROUGH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONER? CLOSE THE WORK SESSION.
HAVING SEEN NONE, I OFFICIALLY CLOSE THE WORK SESSION ON TODAY, TUESDAY, JULY 15TH.
UH, WE WILL RECONVENE IN LIKE FIVE MINUTES.