[00:00:01] AT 6:07 P.M., I CALL THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO ORDER. [CALL TO ORDER ] WELCOME. IF YOU'D PLEASE RISE AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. PUBLIC COMMENT. THERE ARE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS. OKAY. LET'S MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. CONSENT AGENDA. [CONSENT AGENDA ] THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION AND CONTAINS ITEMS THAT ARE ROUTINE AND TYPICALLY NONCONTROVERSIAL. ITEMS MAY BE REMOVED FROM THIS AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION BY COMMISSIONERS OR STAFF. DOES ANYONE WISH TO PULL AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? NO. OKAY. COMMISSIONER BROUNOFF. MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE. WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF. THANK YOU SIR. COMMISSIONER LINGENFELTER. I'LL SECOND. OKAY, SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY COMMENT? OKAY. LET'S VOTE. COMMISSIONER ALALI. YES. HOW DO YOU VOTE? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. COMMISSIONER ALALI IS JOINING US VIA ZOOM. AND COMMISSIONER RATLIFF WILL NOT BE WITH US THIS EVENING. [1. (JK) Discussion and Action – Reinstatement of Approval Request – Concept Plan: Morgan Village Retail Center, Block A, Lots 2-5 – Retail and restaurant on four lots on 2.6 acres located at the northeast corner of Ohio Drive and McDermott Road. Zoned Regional Commercial. Project #CP2023-011. Applicant: Richard E. Ferrell. (Legislative consideration) ] LET'S MOVE ON TO PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. APPLICANTS ARE LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF 15 MINUTES OF PRESENTATION TIME, WITH A FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL IF NEEDED. REMAINING SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO 30 TOTAL MINUTES OF TESTIMONY TIME, WITH THREE MINUTES ASSIGNED PER SPEAKER. THE PRESIDING OFFICER MAY MODIFY THESE TIMES AS DEEMED NECESSARY. NONPUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. THE PRESIDING OFFICER WILL PERMIT LIMITED PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA NOT POSTED FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. PRESIDING OFFICER WILL ESTABLISH TIME LIMITS BASED UPON THE NUMBER OF SPEAKER REQUESTS, LENGTH OF THE AGENDA AND TO INSURE MEETING EFFICIENCY, AND MAY INCLUDE A TOTAL TIME LIMIT. ADMINISTRATIVE CONSIDERATION ITEMS MUST BE APPROVED IF THEY MEET CITY DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. LEGISLATIVE CONSIDERATION ITEMS ARE MORE DISCRETIONARY EXCEPT AS CONSTRAINED BY LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS. THANK YOU. AGENDA ITEM ONE. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE. DISCUSSION AND ACTION. REINSTATEMENT OF APPROVAL REQUEST. A CONCEPT PLAN FOR MORGAN VILLAGE RETAIL CENTER BLOCK A LOTS TWO THROUGH FIVE RETAIL AND RESTAURANT ON FOUR LOTS ON 2.6 ACRES. LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF OHIO DRIVE AND MCDERMOTT ROAD ZONED REGIONAL COMMERCIAL. THE APPLICANT IS RICHARD E FERRELL. THIS ITEM IS FOR LEGISLATIVE CONSIDERATION. MR. KIM. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS JOHN KIM, SENIOR PLANNER WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. HERE IS THE CONCEPT PLAN IN FRONT OF YOU. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF OHIO DRIVE AND MCDERMOTT ROAD. ON THE PLAN, THE LOT TWO. IT'S LOT TWO, THREE, FOUR AND FIVE. SO FOR THE REASON FOR THE LAPSE THE LOT TWO HAS PROCEEDED FORWARD AND PLANS HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR A RESTAURANT TO BE BUILT ON LOT TWO. BUT LOTS THREE THROUGH FIVE ARE STILL BEING MARKETED FOR DEVELOPMENT. SO THERE HAVE BEEN NO SUBMITTALS YET. AND SO THAT IS WHY THE PLAN HAS EXPIRED ON OCTOBER 16TH, 2025, AND THIS REQUEST FOR REINSTATEMENT IS BEING HEARD BEFORE YOU. SO SINCE THE EXPIRATION, WE HAVE ADOPTED A NEW STREET DESIGN STANDARDS ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2023. THE THE PREVIOUS CONCEPT PLAN WAS APPROVED BASED ON THE PREVIOUS DESIGNS AND WERE APPROVED WITH A FOUR FOOT SIDEWALK. SINCE THEN, THE NEW STREET DESIGN STANDARDS DOES RECOMMEND A 12 FOOT SIDEWALK BASED ON THE STREET TYPOLOGY, BUT BASED ON THE CURRENT RECORD, BASED ON THE CURRENT CONDITIONS OF THE RIGHT OF WAY, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND A SEVEN FOOT SIDEWALK, AND WE DID CONSULT WITH THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AS WELL. AND THEY ALSO THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE HERE. SO STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REINSTATEMENT REQUEST, SUBJECT TO INCREASING THE SIDEWALK WIDTH TO SEVEN FEET ALONG BOTH STREET FRONTAGES AT THE TIME OF SUBSEQUENT PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN AND SITE PLAN SUBMITTALS FOR LOTS THREE THROUGH FIVE. I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. DO COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? COMMISSIONER OLLEY. [00:05:06] JUST ONE. THE SEVEN FOOT SIDEWALK. WOULD THEY NEED TO GRANDFATHER LOT TWO INTO THAT OR THE SIDEWALKS ON LOT TO STILL BE THE FOUR? SO LOT TWO WILL BE APPROVED. YOU KNOW, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SITE WITH THE FOUR FOOT SIDEWALKS, BUT LOTS THREE THROUGH FIVE WILL NEED TO MEET THE SEVEN FOOT REQUIREMENT. IS THE APPLICANT AGREED TO MAKING THAT SEVEN FOOT? YES. OKAY. AND I BELIEVE HE IS AVAILABLE ON ZOOM AS WELL IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER TONG. THANK YOU PRESIDENT. MY QUESTION IS SIMILAR OR KIND OF A CONTINUATION OF THE QUESTION FROM COMMISSIONER OLLEY. SO IF WE REQUIRE THE LOT TWO TO HAVE FOUR FOOT SIDEWALK AND REQUIRE THREE THROUGH SEVEN, SORRY, SORRY THREE THROUGH FIVE TO HAVE SEVEN FOOT SIDEWALKS, WOULD THE ROAD LOOK LIKE A FOUR FOOT WIDE SIDEWALK CONNECTING ADJACENT TO A SEVEN FOOT SIDEWALK? HOW DO WE HOW DO THEY CONNECT? YEAH, SO IT WOULD JUST KIND OF BE A NATURAL TRANSITION, LIKE TAPER FROM 7FT TO 4FT AT THAT LOT. AND SO BECAUSE LOT TWO WAS ALREADY APPROVED WITH THE UNDER THE PREVIOUS STANDARDS THEY JUST HAVE TO PROVIDE THAT FOUR FOOT. BUT YOU KNOW, FOR LOTS THREE THROUGH FIVE, THEY'LL JUST PROVIDE A TRANSITION FROM THAT SIDEWALK WIDTH TO THIS NEW WIDTH AS WELL. AND THEN JUST PROVIDE THAT ON THEIR LOTS. OKAY. WHO'S GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TAPERING IS IS THE BURDEN ON THE THREE THROUGH FIVE LOT OR IS ON THIS LOT TWO. YES. SO IT WILL BE FOR THE DEVELOPERS. LOTS THREE THROUGH FIVE. FIVE. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BROUNOFF. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. ACTUALLY, LOOKING AT THE CONCEPT PLAN, I'M THINKING THERE MIGHT BE A DRIVEWAY BREAK BETWEEN THE SEVEN FOOT SIDEWALK AND THE FOUR FOOT SIDEWALK. IS THAT CORRECT? YOU KNOW, THAT MAY ACTUALLY MAY BE CORRECT. SO THAT WORKS OUT. IT WOULDN'T BE A NEED FOR A TAPER. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ALSO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION OR IF I NEED TO ASK THE APPLICANT, BUT WHEN YOU SAY THE LOTS THREE THROUGH FIVE ARE BEING MARKETED FOR DEVELOPMENT, EXACTLY. WHAT DO YOU MEAN, WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO MARKET IT FOR DEVELOPMENT? THAT MIGHT BE BETTER FOR THE APPLICANT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER TECHNICAL QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION, COMMISSIONER ALALI, PLEASE. SO ARE THEY ALLOWED? LIKE, ARE THEY GOING TO SUBMIT A NEW SITE PLAN FOR THOSE LOTS? FOR APPROVAL? YES. SO SINCE THIS IS JUST A CONCEPT PLAN, THEY WILL STILL HAVE TO SUBMIT PRELIMINARY SITE PLANS AND SITE PLANS FOR THE LAST THREE THROUGH FIVE AND GOES THROUGH. YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, BUT YOU KNOW, LIKE EXCEPT FOR YOU KNOW, LIKE THE RESTAURANT LOTS, RIGHT? YES. CORRECT. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. NO OTHER QUESTIONS. OKAY. I'LL NOW CALL THE PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE THE APPLICANT? THE APPLICANT DID REGISTER. THEY'RE NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE VIA ZOOM. OKAY. CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JUAN VAZQUEZ. I'M THE CIVIL ENGINEER FOR RICHARD R FERRELL. 1919 SOUTH SHILOH ROAD, SUITE 440. GARLAND, TEXAS. SO GOING GOING BACK TO THE 7 FOOT TO 4 FOOT. WE DO HAVE A DRIVEWAY THAT SPLITS THE LOT LINE. SO ON ONE SIDE OF THE DRIVEWAY YOU HAVE A FOUR FOOT WALK. OTHER SIDE YOU HAVE THE SEVEN FOOT WALK. SO IT TAKES CARE OF THAT ISSUE THERE. AS FAR AS THE MARKETING. SO LOT TWO HAS BEEN SOLD. AS JOHN SAID, THAT HAS A APPROVED SITE PLAN. THEY'RE GOING THROUGH BUILDING PERMIT NOW. THEY SHOULD START CONSTRUCTION HERE EARLY NEXT YEAR. AND THEN MY CLIENT CURRENTLY HAS IS IN CONVERSATIONS WITH DIFFERENT TENANTS FOR THE OTHER THREE LOTS. NOTHING'S FINALIZED YET. SO THAT'S WHY WE CAN'T DIVULGE WHO THEY ARE YET. BUT HE'S WORKING DILIGENTLY TO GET THOSE GET THOSE APPROVED OR GET SIGNED UP. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING TO HAVE THIS PLAN EXTENDED AND STUFF FOR THAT, FOR THAT REASON. OKAY. THANK YOU. SIR. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I DO HAVE A QUESTION. COMMISSIONER ALALI. SO IT IS MARKETED RIGHT NOW. WHAT'S THE TIMELINE? SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE, WHAT'S THE EXTENSION IS GOING TO BE? IS IT GOING TO BE FOR TWO YEARS? EXTENSION ANOTHER TWO YEARS. YES, IT'LL BE ANOTHER TWO YEARS IF APPROVED. OKAY. AND IF NOTHING HAPPENS WITHIN THOSE TWO YEARS, ARE THEY ALLOWED ANOTHER EXTENSION OR DO THEY HAVE TO REAPPLY? THEY WOULD HAVE TO. THEY COULD REQUEST ANOTHER EXTENSION FROM P&Z AT THAT TIME AND AGAIN PROVIDE MORE REASONS FOR THE LAPSE. [00:10:08] OKAY. YEAH. THANKS. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BROUNOFF. THANK YOU. YOU SAID THE OWNER IS IN CONVERSATION WITH POSSIBLE TENANTS. IS THAT FOR ALL? USERS BUYERS FOR THE LOTS. YES. IS THAT FOR ALL THREE, WELL. I'M SORRY. ARE THEY LOOKING TO SELL THE LOTS OR DEVELOP THE LOTS? BOTH. EITHER SELL THEM OR DEVELOP THEM. LOT TWO HAS BEEN SOLD. AND THAT'S FOR NATIONAL RESTAURANT THAT'S UNDER REVIEW RIGHT NOW. AND THEY'LL START CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR. THE OTHER THREE LOTS IS EITHER GOING TO, YOU KNOW, DEVELOP 1 OR 2 OR HE'S GOING TO SELL TO OTHER, YOU KNOW, PROSPECTIVE TENANTS OR PROSPECTIVE USERS, BUYERS TO DEVELOP, YOU KNOW, RETAIL, COMMERCIAL, RESTAURANT, WHATEVER IS ALLOWED BY THE ZONING FOR THE FOR THOSE THREE LOTS. I MEAN, IS THE OWNER IN CONVERSATION WITH PROSPECTIVE. YES. EITHER USERS OR BUYERS FOR ALL THREE OF THE LOTS, LOT THREE, LOT FOUR, AND LOT FIVE. I DO NOT KNOW IF IT'S FOR ALL THREE LOTS, BUT I KNOW THAT HE IS IN CONTACT. WHEN I SPOKE TO HIM EARLIER TODAY THAT HE IS IN CONTACT WITH POTENTIAL BUYERS FOR SOME OF THE LOTS, HE DID NOT DIVULGE WHERE THERE WAS ALL THREE LOTS, ONE LOT OR TWO LOTS. OKAY. HOW LONG HAS HE BEEN HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS? WELL, EVER SINCE WE DID THE PLAN, WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT WITH DIFFERENT USERS. THE FIRST THE FIRST ONE WAS GETTING THE LOT TWO DONE BECAUSE WE DID DO INFRASTRUCTURE. SO HE'S ALREADY WE'VE THERE'S ALREADY A HOODED TURN LANE THAT WAS JUST COMPLETED BY HIM. AND WE ALSO WE ALSO ALREADY EXTENDED SANITARY SEWER AND STORM DRAINAGE THROUGH THE SITE ALREADY WHICH SHOULD BE WAITING FOR THE FINAL INSPECTIONS TO GET THAT DONE. SO HE IS FULLY COMMITTED TO THE PROPERTY, AS HE'S ALREADY SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON ON SITE INFRASTRUCTURE RIGHT NOW. HAS HE DONE ANY LIKE, DIRT WORK? I THINK I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REALIZE WE'RE LOOKING AT. THE SITE ITSELF. AND BE RESPECTFUL OF THE APPLICANTS NEGOTIATIONS ON WHAT HIS DOLLARS ARE. AND I'M NOT ASKING ABOUT HIS DOLLARS AT ALL. YEAH, I AGREE, I AGREE. I JUST THINK WE NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS. SO GO AHEAD PLEASE. NO. HAS I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S BEEN ANY DIRT WORK OR GRADING BEEN BEEN DONE ON THESE THREE LOTS? NO. NO GRADING. ALL WE DID WAS THE UTILITIES AND THE TURN LANE. AND IS IT IN OHIO DRIVE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO WE HAVE ANY REGISTERED SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM? THERE ARE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SEEING NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. CONFINE COMMENTS TO THE COMMISSION AND STAFF. COMMISSIONER LANGFELDER, I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE A MOTION. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY COMMENTS. I CAN HOLD. OKAY, SO I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF. OKAY. COMMISSIONER OLLEY. SECOND. OKAY, SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER TONG. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION TO THE STAFF. ACTUALLY, I DIDN'T THINK OF IT EARLIER, SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE APPLICATION OR APPLICATIONS EXPIRED ON OCTOBER 16TH, AND IT'S BEEN MORE THAN A MONTH NOW AND I JUST WONDER HOW TIME WORKS. SHOULD WE EXTEND IT NOW OR SINCE IT'S ALREADY EXPIRED, IS RIGHT NOW TOO LATE TO APPLY FOR EXTENSION? SO THE ORDINANCE ALLOWS 60 DAYS TO REQUEST AN EXTENSION. THE REQUEST WAS SUBMITTED WITHIN 60 DAYS. IF APPROVED, IT WOULD EXTEND THE EXPIRATION DATE TWO YEARS FROM THE ORIGINAL EXPIRATION DATE. OKAY. GOT YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WELL, I THOUGHT OF. EXCUSE ME, COMMISSIONER ALALI. GO AHEAD. YES. YOU KNOW, LIKE I JUST THOUGHT OF ABOUT A QUESTION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE APPLICANT SAID THAT THEY DID SOME GRADING AND UTILITIES DOES THIS, YOU KNOW, LIKE, NOT IMPLIES THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON THE SITE, AND THE SITE PLAN CAN STILL BE VALID FOR THOSE THREE LOTS. NO, THAT THE GRADING WORK DOES NOT EXTEND APPROVAL OF THE PLAN, SO THEY WOULD NEED THIS REQUEST TO BE APPROVED SO THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH PRELIMINARY SITE PLANS AS THE NEXT STEP. OKAY. THANKS. OKAY. COMMISSIONER. BROUNOFF. YEAH. JUST BRIEFLY LOOKING AT THE THREE CRITERIA FOR US TO APPLY UNDER REASONS FOR LAPSE I THINK THE INTENT OF THOSE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SATISFIED THAT THE APPLICANT IS ACTUALLY MOVING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, IN A SERIOUS MANNER WITH, [00:15:03] WITH THE PLANS FOR THE PROPERTY AND IS NOT HAS NOT BEEN SITTING ON HIS HANDS FOR TWO YEARS. AND THE FACT THAT HE HAS BEEN WORKING ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND HAS BEEN MARKETING THE THE PROPERTIES SATISFIES ME AS FAR AS HIS MAKING A SERIOUS EFFORT SO I'LL BE VOTING IN FAVOR. THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY. SEEING NO MORE LET'S VOTE. COMMISSIONER ALALI HOW DO YOU VOTE? YES. OKAY. THE MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. ITEM TWO. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO. ZONING AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE REWRITE. [2A. (JR) Presentation: Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance Rewrite Module 1 – Presentation of Module 1 (Zoning Districts and Land Uses) of the Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance Rewrite project and update on project progress. Project #DI2025-004.] MODULE ONE. PRESENTATION OF MODULE ONE. ZONING DISTRICTS AND LAND USES OF ZONING AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE. REWRITE, PROJECT AND UPDATE ON PROJECT PROGRESS. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU SIR. YEAH. SO MY NAME IS JORDAN ROCKERBIE, A LEAD PLANNER IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. STARTING THE PRESENTATION ON ITEM NUMBER TWO HERE, WHICH IS ABOUT THE SUBDIVISION AND ZONING ORDINANCE REWRITE. SO THIS IS AGENDIZED AS THREE DIFFERENT ITEMS, 02,A, 2.B AND 2.C. THE WAY THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED. FIRST OUR PROJECT CONSULTANT IS GOING TO PRESENT ON THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE ZONING DISTRICTS AS WELL AS THE LAND USE DEFINITIONS. AT THE CLOSE OF THEIR PRESENTATION, THERE WILL BE A SHORT OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT THE PRESENTATION THUS FAR, SO LIMITED TO THE ZONING DISTRICTS AND THE PROPOSED LAND USE DEFINITIONS. ONCE THAT IS DONE, I WILL COME BACK UP AND DO A PRESENTATION ON THE RESIDENTIAL TERMS AND THE RESIDENTIAL LAND USE DEFINITIONS. AND AT THE CLOSE OF MY PRESENTATION, WE WILL BREAK INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION WHERE YOU'LL RECEIVE SOME LEGAL ADVICE. AFTER THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE WILL COME BACK INTO OUR OPEN MEETING. I'LL PROVIDE A VERY SHORT SUMMARY OF THE MODULE ONE, AND WE'LL HAVE OUR TYPICAL QUESTION, DISCUSSION AND ACTION BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. SO WITH THAT AGENDA OUT OF THE WAY, I WILL PASS IT OVER TO ERICA CRAYCRAFT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JORDAN. GOOD. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AGAIN. MY NAME IS ERICA CRAYCRAFT WITH FREESE AND NICHOLS. ZOOM HERE. I AM THE ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE UDC UPDATE ON THE CONSULTANT TEAM. I'M ALSO THE ZONING LEAD, AND I'M JOINED TODAY BY DAVID JONES. ALSO ON OUR TEAM. DAVID IS THE SUBDIVISION LEAD, SO YOU'LL SEE HIM MORE A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE PROCESS. FOR MY PRESENTATION TODAY, I'LL START WITH AN OVERVIEW, A REMINDER OF THE PROCESS IN GENERAL NEXT AND REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE ZONING DISTRICTS. THEN LOOK AT THE USES. THIS WILL BE A MORE BROAD LOOK AT THE TERMS. AS GEORGE MENTIONED, YOU'LL HEAR MORE FROM HIM LATER, MORE SPECIFICALLY ON THE RESIDENTIAL USES. BUT THIS IS A GENERAL LOOK AT THE USES. LOOK AT NEXT STEPS AND THEN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE RELATED TO THE PRESENTATION. AS A REMINDER, THE OVERALL PURPOSE OF WHY WE'RE DOING THIS ZONING AND SUBDIVISION UPDATE AND CONSOLIDATING INTO A UDC THE UPDATE WILL FOCUS ON IMPLEMENTING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND THEN ALSO MODERNIZE AND STREAMLINE THE REGULATIONS AND THE PROCESSES IN THE CODE. THE UDC UPDATE IS A THREE PHASE PROCESS. THE FIRST PHASE WRAPPED UP ABOUT A YEAR AGO NOW, THAT WAS THE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT. DURING THAT PHASE, WE OUTLINED A LOT OF THE ISSUES RELATED TO THE CURRENT ORDINANCES AND IDENTIFYING PRINCIPLES FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT SHOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO THE UDC AS WE DO THIS UPDATE. RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN PHASE TWO, WHICH IS THE CODE DRAFTING AND REFINEMENT. WE'RE DRAFTING THE CODE IN FOR WHAT WE'RE CALLING MODULES, BASICALLY SECTIONS OF CONTENT OF THE OF THE CODE. WE'LL BE WORKING ON THIS STEP UNTIL ABOUT FALL OF NEXT YEAR. AND AT THAT TIME WE'LL MOVE FORWARD INTO PHASE THREE, WHICH WILL BE LOOKING AT ONCE WE HAVE A COMPLETE DRAFT TO REVIEW, LOOKING AT PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ADOPTION. SO AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE ARE REFERRING BACK TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AS I MENTIONED QUITE A BIT. THE GRAPHIC THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE LEFT IS A MEASLES CHART, WHERE WE'RE COMPARING THE FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORIES ALONG WITH THE PROPOSED ZONING DISTRICTS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE DISTRICTS THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE THE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDED BY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. YOU ALSO SEE A PICTURE HERE OF ONE OF OUR REWRITE ADVISORY COMMITTEE OR RAC MEETINGS. WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE RAC, WITH SEVERAL MEETINGS PER MODULE TO GET FEEDBACK. [00:20:02] IN ADDITION TO THE RAC FEEDBACK, WE ALSO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ONLINE INPUT, BOTH FROM THE RAC MEMBERS AND THEN THE PUBLIC AS AS A WHOLE. SO YOU SEE A SCREENSHOT HERE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON THE WEBSITE, WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE ACTUAL DRAFT DOCUMENT AND PROVIDE COMMENTS DIRECTLY INTO THE DRAFT. SO MOVING INTO SOME OF THE MORE SPECIFIC CHANGES WE'VE MADE IN THE IN THE DISTRICTS, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'VE REORGANIZED QUITE A BIT OF CONTENT. AND THIS COMES FROM SHIFTING FROM THE STANDALONE ZONING AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCES THAT YOU HAVE TODAY AND TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE. SO AS AS PART OF THAT, YOU'LL SEE SOME REORGANIZATION THROUGHOUT. WE'VE ALSO REMOVED SOME PROVISIONS THAT AREN'T USED VERY OFTEN. THIS WOULD BE A LOT OF PROVISIONS RELATED TOWARD GREENFIELD DEVELOPMENT THAT DON'T NECESSARILY APPLY TO PLANO TODAY, AND SHIFTING THOSE MORE TOWARD PROVISIONS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON INFILL AND REDEVELOPMENT. SO THIS SLIDE IS SHOWING THE CHANGES IN ZONING DISTRICTS IN GENERAL. SO TODAY THERE ARE 31 EXISTING DISTRICTS. AND THAT'S A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL AND NONRESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS. AND WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED IS 24 NEW DISTRICTS. THOSE ARE GROUPED BY RESIDENTIAL MIXED USE COMMUNITY DESIGN AND SPECIAL. YOU'LL NOTICE IN THESE CHANGES THAT THERE IS NO LONGER A CATEGORY THAT'S CALLED NONRESIDENTIAL. WE ONLY HAVE MIXED USE. I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT SB840 AND THE IMPACTS THAT THAT'S HAD ON DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE CITY, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE WHERE THERE ARE NO MORE TRADITIONAL NONRESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS ANYMORE. THOSE ARE REALLY NOW CONSIDERED MIXED USE. SO THAT IS A CHANGE TO TO NOTE. AND I'LL DESCRIBE THESE DIFFERENT FOUR CATEGORIES IN MORE DETAIL SHORTLY. IN SOME OF THOSE DISTRICTS WE HAVE WHAT WE'VE CALLED SUBDISTRICTS. SO YOU SEE AN EXAMPLE HERE OF THE R&D DISTRICT OR RDN DISTRICT. EXCUSE ME. THIS DISTRICT HAS THREE SUBDISTRICTS. SO THE WAY THAT THIS WOULD BE USED, THERE'S ONE SET OF PERMITTED USES FOR THE DISTRICT. THESE THREE SUBDISTRICTS ALLOW FOR MORE FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF THE DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS. YOU'LL ALSO SEE IN THIS FIGURE, AND THIS IS INCLUDED IN THE DRAFT AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH IT. THE YELLOW ROW THAT SAYS CURRENT DISTRICTS. THIS TIES BACK EACH OF THESE DISTRICTS WERE SUBDISTRICTS BACK TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IF THERE'S A FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY THAT APPLIES, OR ALTERNATIVELY TO AN EXISTING ZONING DISTRICT. THIS SLIDE SUMMARIZES THE ALL OF THOSE ZONING DISTRICTS THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED IN IN THE NEW DRAFT AND GROUPED INTO THOSE FOUR CATEGORIES, AND I WANTED TO COVER THIS TO HELP EXPLAIN THE NOMENCLATURE, THE NAMING SYSTEM THAT WE'RE USING FOR THESE DISTRICTS. SO EACH OF THE FOUR CATEGORIES HAS A LETTER THAT WE'RE USING TO START EACH OF THE TERMS. SO ALL OF THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS START WITH AN R, MIXED USE ALL STARTS WITH AN M, COMMUNITY DESIGN WITH A C AND SPECIAL WITH AN S. SO THAT HELPS YOU TO EASILY SEE WHENEVER YOU SEE THE THREE LETTER SYMBOL WHAT TYPE OF DISTRICT THAT IS. SO I'LL GO THROUGH THESE IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, STARTING WITH THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS. YOU SEE IN THESE EXAMPLES, WE'VE CONSOLIDATED A NUMBER OF DISTRICTS INTO THESE THREE DISTRICTS SHOWN ON THE RIGHT SIDE. AND THEN THE LAST NOTE HERE IS THAT WE REMOVE THE UNUSED MOBILE HOME DISTRICT. AGAIN, THIS IS NOT USED TODAY. AND THERE ARE ALSO OTHER DISTRICTS THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE FUTURE. NEXT WE ADDED A RESIDENTIAL DETACHED SMALL LOT DISTRICT. THIS IS THIS WOULD NOT CURRENTLY BE MAPPED. IT WOULD JUST BE A TOOL IN THE CITY'S TOOLBOX. AND THIS DOES TIE BACK TO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IMPLEMENTATION. ON THIS SLIDE YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE EXISTING MULTIFAMILY ONE, TWO AND THREE DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN PROPOSED TO BE CONSOLIDATED INTO ONE APARTMENT LOW RISE DISTRICT. AND THE REASON THAT THESE ARE CONSOLIDATED, THIS IS ANOTHER IMPACT OF SB840, WHERE THE CITY IS LIMITED IN WHAT IT CAN REGULATE IN TERMS OF DENSITY AND HEIGHT AND DIFFERENT DIFFERENT STANDARDS LIKE THAT. SO WE WERE ABLE TO STREAMLINE AND CONSOLIDATE THOSE INTO ONE DISTRICT. NEXT, MOVING ON TO THE MIXED USE DISTRICTS, THESE ARE ALL GENERALLY 1 TO 1 CHANGES ITS RENAMING FOR A CONSISTENT NAMING SYSTEM. AND AGAIN, THESE ARE THE WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE MIXED USE DISTRICTS, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE SPECIFICALLY NONRESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS GOING FORWARD. THESE ARE MORE OF THE MIXED USE DISTRICTS. AGAIN, THE 1 TO 1 TRANSITION, OTHER THAN THE TWO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS, WE WERE ABLE TO CONSOLIDATE INTO ONE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY SIMILAR PERMITTED USES AND DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS. [00:25:11] THE NEXT CATEGORY IS THE COMMUNITY DESIGN DISTRICTS OR THE CD DISTRICTS. THESE ARE OUR EXISTING DISTRICTS JUST WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A NEW NAME. THE COMMUNITY DESIGN PROCESS IS SIMILAR TO THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, THE PD PROCESS, WHERE IT'S A CUSTOMIZED ZONING DISTRICT. HOWEVER, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT'S IT ESTABLISHES THESE THREE DISTRICTS AS THE BASE DISTRICT THAT YOU START FROM IN IN THE CUSTOMIZATION. EACH OF THESE THREE DISTRICTS HAS A DISTINCT PURPOSE AND GOAL THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF THEM. AND LASTLY IS THE SPECIAL DISTRICTS. THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT IS INCLUDED HERE SINCE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY RESIDENTIAL OR MIXED USE. AND WE'VE ALSO ADDED A NEW DISTRICT FOR PUBLIC PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT. THE PARKS THAT YOU HAVE TODAY ARE GENERALLY ZONED FOR RESIDENTIAL USES. SO THE IDEA OF ADDING THIS USE AGAIN AS A TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX WOULD BE USED TO HELP BETTER REFLECT THE ACTUAL USE OF THE PROPERTY. NEXT, I'LL MOVE ON TO THE USE CHART. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE USE TERMS HERE. NOT NECESSARILY WHAT'S PERMITTED WHERE JUST YET. SO WE HAD A MAJOR FOCUS HERE ON CONSOLIDATING SIMILAR USES. SO YOU CAN SEE AN EXAMPLE HERE. ON THE LEFT SIDE THE BLUE COLUMNS ARE THE EXISTING USES AND EXISTING DEFINITIONS. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME GOING THROUGH AND TAKING A DETAILED LOOK AT THESE USES AND SEEING WHICH ONES WE CAN CONSOLIDATE. SO ON THE RIGHT SIDE IN THE GREEN COLUMNS YOU SEE WHERE WE'VE PROPOSED ONE CONSOLIDATED TERM FOR ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUAL USES. THROUGH THIS PROCESS WE WERE ABLE TO GO FROM ABOUT 200 DIFFERENT LAND USES DOWN TO ABOUT 110 LAND USES. HERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE. SO THIS IS LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF RETAIL USES. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ALSO WE SEE A LOT OF CITIES DOING TO HELP FUTURE PROOF THE CODE. SO AS NEW RETAIL USES COME UP, WE DON'T HAVE TO TRY TO ANTICIPATE EVERY POSSIBLE TYPE OF RETAIL USE THERE MAY BE. WE JUST HAVE ONE RETAIL INDOOR. AS PART OF THIS CONSOLIDATION, WE ALSO WILL ADDRESS COMPATIBILITY THROUGH DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS RATHER THAN TRYING TO ADDRESS COMPATIBILITY THROUGH THE USE CHART. SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT APPROACH. AND HERE'S THE LAST OF THE THREE EXAMPLES, I'LL HIGHLIGHT THE INDUSTRIAL USES. WE'VE SPLIT THOSE INTO INDUSTRIAL LIGHT INTENSITY AND INDUSTRIAL HEAVY INTENSITY HIGH INTENSITY. INSTEAD OF LISTING OUT EVERY INDIVIDUAL USE. SO THAT WRAPS UP MY PRESENTATION. AS AS JORDAN MENTIONED EARLIER, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS BASED ON THE CONTENT THAT I PRESENTED. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ONE COMMENT AS WE OPEN THIS UP FOR QUESTIONS IS I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE, MISS CRAYCRAFT OF FREESE AND NICHOLS AND BEING A PART OF THIS FROM SOMEONE WHO SERVED ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMISSION ALL THE WAY THROUGH. SEEING ALL OF THIS IMPLEMENTED IS REALLY A FULFILLMENT OF WHAT WE WERE ALL THINKING IN THAT PROCESS. AND FOR FREESE AND NICHOLS TO CONTINUE TO BE A PART OF THAT, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. AND I ALSO APPRECIATE OUR PLANNING STAFF FOR THE FORESIGHT IN WANTING TO BE FORWARD THINKING WHILE PROTECTING THE CITY AS WE ARE. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER OLLEY. ECHO EVERYTHING COMMISSIONER BRONSKY SAID. JUST ONE QUESTION. GIVEN THAT WE'RE A CITY THAT HAS INDEXED HIGHLY TO MORE GRANULAR, DETAILED INFORMATION, WHAT SHOULD WE BE CONCERNED, IF ANY, BY COLLAPSING THOSE USES INTO THAT ONE, WHICH I AGREE WITH. I DON'T LIKE BUSY WORK INTO ONE USE. ARE WE LOSING ANYTHING IN THE NUANCE OF THE USES THAT WE ARE COLLAPSING INTO THAT ONE RESIDENTIAL OR PUBLIC BUILDING FACILITIES, FOR INSTANCE, RIGHT? IS THERE SOMETHING WE SHOULD HAVE AT THE BACK OF OUR MIND AS WE GO THAT ROUTE? AND JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING. SO YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT THE USES, NOT NECESSARILY THE DISTRICTS, RIGHT? YES. THE USES. OKAY. WHEN WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND COLLAPSED THESE OR PROPOSED CONSOLIDATING, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT'S PERMITTED IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS. SO WE'VE INTENTIONALLY GROUPED THESE TO TRY TO AVOID CREATING ANY NON-CONFORMITIES. ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT'S ALREADY PERMITTED IN SIMILAR LOCATIONS. [00:30:02] SO THE INTENT IS IT'S SIMILAR TO THE EXISTING PERMISSIONS, JUST A SIMPLER USE CHART, RIGHT? AND WHAT WHAT I'M SCRATCHING OUT A BIT IS. SO RIGHT NOW LET'S USE THE INDUSTRIAL LIGHT INTENSITY, WHICH AGAIN I THINK IS FAIRLY INTUITIVE. BUT ARE WE. IN YOUR OPINION, IS THERE A. SOMETHING THAT MAY BE LOST BY, YOU KNOW, NOT CLEARLY CALLING OUT A DRY CLEANING PLANT IS INDUSTRIAL LIGHT. LIKE, DO WE LOSE SOMETHING BY BEING THAT HIGH LEVEL IS BASICALLY WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY MIGHT NOT BE AN ANSWER FOR IT, BUT DO YOU? I WONDER IF THERE'S SOMEWHERE. OR MAYBE IT'S A GLOSSARY OF TERMS THAT WE KEEP SOMEWHERE IN, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT CAN KIND OF LIKE TIE PEOPLE BACK TO THAT. YOU KNOW, THE OLD DEFINITIONS WILL FALL UNDER INDUSTRIAL LIGHT FOR A DRY CLEANING PLANT DOESN'T INTUITIVELY COME TO ME AS AN INDUSTRIAL USE, WHICH APPARENTLY IT IS, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO WORK AROUND THAT. THE THOUGHT BEHIND CATEGORIZING THEM IN THIS WAY IS THAT IN CASE THERE IS A NEW USE THAT WE HAVEN'T ANTICIPATED IN THE FUTURE COMES FORWARD, OR MAYBE AN EXISTING USE THAT ISN'T SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT IN THE CODE, THAT THERE'S A PLACE WHERE IT CAN BE CATEGORIZED. SOMETHING WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT WITH CITY STAFF IS MAINTAINING A LIST SIMILAR TO THIS. WHAT YOU SEE HERE, THAT WOULD BE AN EQUIVALENCY. SO IT COULD BE A GUIDE FOR FOR STAFF TO HELP SEE WHAT THE EQUIVALENT USE MIGHT BE. IT JUST WOULDN'T BE INCLUDED IN THE ACTUAL CODE ITSELF. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BROUNOFF. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO ADD MY THANKS TO FREESE AND NICHOLS. AND YOU, MISS CRAYCRAFT. AND THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF THE REWRITE COMMITTEE, FOR THEIR HARD WORK OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. AND THEY'VE OBVIOUSLY PUT A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO THIS. AND I THINK THE THOUGHT IS EVIDENCED BY THE JUST BY LOOKING AT THE STRUCTURE OF WHAT YOU'VE CREATED HERE. MY QUESTION IS I, FROM READING THE MATERIAL OVER THE WEEKEND AND IT WAS A LOT OF READING, BY THE WAY. I RECALL THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A CATEGORY OF USES UNDER THE, UNDER THE HEADING OF OVERLAY DISTRICTS. NOW, WHICH OF THESE BROAD CATEGORIES IS THAT GOING TO FIT IN. THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE A FIFTH CATEGORY. THOSE ARE FIFTH CATEGORY. YES. THESE THESE FOUR ARE THE BASE DISTRICTS. OKAY. ONE OF THE OVERLAY DISTRICTS WAS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT WITH A BLANK SPACE INDICATING THAT DETAILS AND SPECIFICATIONS WERE FORTHCOMING IN A LATER MODULE. OKAY. I'D BE VERY INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT THOSE ARE WHEN THEY COME DOWN. GREAT. THAT WILL BE PART OF MODULE TWO. YEAH OKAY. BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN PRESERVING THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AS A USEFUL TOOL, BUT NOT ONE TO BE ABUSED. AND I CAN GET INTO THAT IN LATER COMMENTS TONIGHT, BUT THANK YOU. WITH REGARD TO, YOU KNOW, SPECIFYING SPECIFIC INDUSTRIES AND SPECIFIC USES, I SORT OF HAVE THE VIEW THAT YOU KNOW, ONCE WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE AND WE CAN SEE HOW IT'S WORKING, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TWEAK IT LATER AS TWEAKS COME UP, WE CAN GET LOST TONIGHT TRYING TO TWEAK THE THING. AND I DON'T WANT US TO, YOU KNOW, TO TO GET INTO THE WEEDS ON THAT. BUT ANYWAY. THANK YOU. SO AS A WE'VE BEEN PART OF THIS RAC COMMITTEE, WE'VE BEEN VERY CAREFUL ABOUT UNDERSTANDING, AS YOU MENTIONED, PRESERVING PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS, BUT FINDING A WAY TO MAKE THEM LESS ABUSABLE AND MORE USABLE. COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER ALALI DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION? YES. YEAH, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, LIKE, THANK YOU FOR THE EFFORT. IT'S A GREAT EFFORT. I READ THROUGH THE REPORT AND IT'S VERY INTENSIVE AND EXTENSIVE. LIKE I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE DISTRICT. SO, LIKE, WE ARE CONSOLIDATING THE RESIDENTIAL AND LIKE INTO THREE, LIKE ALL THREE, ONE AND TWO AND THREE WERE CONSOLIDATING THOSE INTO RESIDENTIAL, BUT WE STILL HAVE THE DESIGNATION FOR ONE AND TWO AND THREE, THE. DISTRICT AND THE INDUSTRIAL. SO THE INDUSTRIAL, WE STILL HAVE THE LIGHT AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, BUT WE ARE CONSOLIDATING THE DISTRICT AS INDUSTRIAL. CORRECT. JUST I LET ME MAKE SURE I'M FOLLOWING. SO YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT THE SUB DISTRICTS? YES. SO WE STILL HAVE WE KEEP THE SUB DISTRICT, BUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE FOR FOR THE BASE A ZONING DISTRICT OR CALL IT RESIDENTIAL. [00:35:04] IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING? SO THE THE DISTRICT WOULD BE CALLED RDN. THAT WOULD BE WHAT DETERMINES THE USES THAT ARE PERMITTED IN THAT DISTRICT. AND THEN THE SUBDISTRICTS ONE, TWO AND THREE THAT DETERMINES THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. SO THE SETBACKS THAT ARE REQUIRED, THE LOT COVERAGE THAT'S PERMITTED. SO WE STILL HAVE THOSE THE ONE AND TWO AND THREE. CORRECT. SIMILAR TO THE INDUSTRIAL LIKE THE INDUSTRIAL. SO YOU KNOW LIKE UNDER THE BASE DISTRICT IS INDUSTRIAL. BUT THEN WE STILL HAVE THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL SPECIFIC USES AND THEN THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL. IS THAT RIGHT. THE INDUSTRIAL I BELIEVE DOES NOT HAVE SUBDISTRICTS, BUT IN THE USE CHART IS WHERE WE WOULD DISTINGUISH BETWEEN LIGHT AND HEAVY. LIGHT AND HEAVY. YES. OKAY. THANKS. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER LINGENFELTER. A COUPLE THINGS WITH THE USES WHICH COMMISSIONER ALALI KIND OF TOUCHED ON, THAT IS DEFINITELY A CONCERN BECAUSE I, I'M, I'M, I HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT A LOT WITH WHEN TENANTS COME IN AND WANT TO WANT TO DO A CERTAIN USE AT A BUILDING, AND I'M HAVING TO QUICKLY FIGURE OUT IS THAT USE ALLOWABLE FOR THIS BUILDING WITHIN THIS ZONING THAT THAT THIS BUILDING IS AND SOMETIMES THEY JUST DON'T FALL IN INTUITIVELY. MAYBE IT DOES NOT FALL INTO THE LIST EXACTLY. AND THEN IT'S ALL OF A SUDDEN UP TO INTERPRETATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE ONE, WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD WE MAINTAIN A USE CHART OF SOME KIND FOR EACH OF THESE. THAT REALLY EXPLAINS IT REAL WELL, BECAUSE IT CAN BE CUMBERSOME AND VERY FRUSTRATING AT TIMES TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS, IS THAT EVEN ALLOWED? AND THEN I'M CALLING THE CITY AND GOING, HEY, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO THEY WANT TO MOVE IN, YOU KNOW, IS THIS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM? CAN THEY GET THEIR CO? SO I'M JUST, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS THAT IS DEFINITELY NOT LOST IN THIS AND THAT WE'RE REAL COGNIZANT ON MAKING SURE THAT THE USES ARE SPELLED OUT REAL WELL FOR EACH OF THESE DISTRICTS. THE OTHER THING, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I, WHEN I'VE DONE SINGLE FAMILY, I'VE DONE A LOT OF SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT OVER THE YEARS. AND WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THE ZONING OR I'M REQUESTING ZONING THE NUMBER OF THAT ZONING SF9, I KNOW THAT 9000FT², YOU KNOW, SF7 OR 6 OR WHATEVER, 6000FT² THAT THAT FINAL NUMBER IS, IS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE TYPICALLY OF OF WHAT MY MINIMUM LOT SIZES ARE. WE LOSE THAT WITH THE RDN1, RDN2. SO IT IS NICE HAVING WHEN I'M LOOKING AT A MAP. OKAY. THOSE ARE 6000FT². THOSE ARE 9000FT². THOSE ARE BECAUSE I SEE THE NUMBER THAT THAT NUMBER AND THE ONE, TWO AND THREE IS NOT AS INTUITIVE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SO WHEN I SAW SF9, I KNEW THAT IT'S A 9000 SQUARE FOOT MINIMUM LOT SIZE. SO NOW IT'S ALREADY ONE. THAT ONE REALLY DOESN'T MEAN A LOT TO ME. AND I HAVE TO GO LOOK IT UP. SO THAT'S JUST ANOTHER COMMENT I WANTED TO KIND OF POINT OUT. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. COMMISSIONER BENDER. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. AND LIKE COMMISSIONER LINGENFELTER INDICATED THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS IS ALSO LOOKING TOWARD THE FUTURE AND LOOKING AT THINGS THAT WE HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN YET, RIGHT, IN CATEGORIES. AND SO I THINK THE CONSOLIDATION, AS LONG AS WE MAINTAIN A CHART AND SO FORTH INTERNALLY. BUT I THINK THE CONSOLIDATION IS BENEFICIAL AS WE MOVE FORWARD, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE USES AND THINGS THAT WE HAVEN'T EVEN IMAGINED YET, AND THIS WILL HELP STREAMLINE THINGS. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO. OKAY. THANKS. OKAY. A LITTLE CHANGING OF THE GUARD. SO. HELLO AGAIN. I'M GOING TO GUIDE YOU THROUGH THE RATHER DRAMATIC CHANGES TO THE WAY THAT WE ARE HANDLING THE REGULATION OF RESIDENTIAL LAND USES IN THIS PROPOSED REWRITE. SO WE ARE PROPOSING A NEW RESIDENTIAL FRAMEWORK. IT'S BASED ON UPDATED TERMS FOR THE WAY THAT WE DESCRIBE AND DEFINE DIFFERENT RESIDENTIAL BUILDING TYPES. IT'S ALSO BASED ON NEW FOUNDATIONAL TERMS THAT HELP DESCRIBE RESIDENTIAL USES, AS WELL AS AN OVERHAUL OF THE ACTUAL DEFINED LAND USES RELATED TO RESIDENTIAL [00:40:02] USE OF A PROPERTY. SO REALLY, THIS IS DRIVEN VERY MUCH BY A SEPARATE OR BY A DESIRE TO SEPARATE THE BUILDING FORM FROM THE BUILDING FUNCTION. SO WHAT YOU HAVE ON THE SLIDE IN FRONT OF YOU IS TWO DEFINITIONS FROM OUR CURRENT ZONING ORDINANCE. THE ONE ON THE TOP THAT IS A LAND USE DEFINITION, THE LAND USE OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE, DETACHED AND BELOW. THAT IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN REFERRING TO AS A BUILDING BLOCK. SO THAT'S A DEFINITION THAT IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THAT LAND USE DEFINITION. AND IN MANY CASES THE RESIDENTIAL LAND USE DEFINITION INCLUDES A LOT OF LANGUAGE THAT SPEAKS TO HOW A BUILDING IS CONSTRUCTED, AND OVERLAPS WITH THE STANDARDS THAT ARE ALREADY ESTABLISHED IN THE ZONING DISTRICT. SO IN THE CASE OF THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE, DETACHED LAND USE DEFINITION, PART OF THAT IS SAYING THAT IT IS LOCATED ON A LOT OR A SEPARATE BUILDING TRACT. SO ONE RESIDENCE ON ONE LOT, AND WE ARE ALREADY CONTROLLING THAT THROUGH A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS PER LOT IN THE DISTRICT STANDARDS. AND THEN THE LAST PIECE OF THE DEFINITION IS THAT IT IS NOT PHYSICALLY CONNECTED TO ANY OTHER BUILDING, I.E. IT HAS SETBACKS. SO BY REMOVING THOSE TWO THINGS THAT ONLY SPEAK TO HOW THE BUILDING IS CONSTRUCTED, YOU'RE LEFT WITH A DWELLING DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED FOR OCCUPANCY BY ONE FAMILY, WHICH IS VERY MUCH JUST OUR EXISTING DEFINITION OF A DWELLING UNIT, WHICH ISN'T A LAND USE. WE WERE ALSO LOOKING AT HOW, THE FUNCTION OF A BUILDING CAN BE THE SAME ACROSS MANY DIFFERENT BUILDING TYPES. SO A FAMILY MAKING THEIR RESIDENCE IN A SINGLE DETACHED HOME, A FAMILY RESIDING IN A DUPLEX, A FAMILY RESIDING IN AN APARTMENT. AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S A GROUP OF PEOPLE LIVING TOGETHER IN A DWELLING. SO THAT'S JUST TO ILLUSTRATE HOW DIFFERENT BUILDING TYPES CAN CONTAIN THE EXACT SAME USE. SO FOR THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING FORMS, WE'VE ESTABLISHED FOUR TERMS THAT WE HOPE ARE EASILY UNDERSTOOD. THE FIRST IS A DETACHED HOUSE. SECOND IS A DUPLEX AND A TOWNHOUSE AND APARTMENT. SO THOSE ARE THE FOUR TERMS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR REPEATED TONIGHT. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THEM IN THAT UDC IN THIS MODULE AND THROUGHOUT OUR REWRITE PROCESS. FOR THOSE FOUNDATIONAL TERMS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN. THOSE ARE ALL FROM OUR EXISTING ZONING ORDINANCE. AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE, THOSE ARE THE FOUNDATIONAL TERMS FOR THIS NEW UDC. SO WE MAINTAIN DWELLING OR DWELLING UNIT, BUT WE ADD IN PRIVATE ROOM, SLEEPING QUARTERS, RESIDENTIAL FACILITY, CARE HOME AND RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY. SO THOSE ARE ALL DEFINED TERMS, NOT LAND USES. AND TO HELP YOU KIND OF WRAP YOUR HEAD AROUND HOW THIS WORKS, THIS IS A CHART THAT SHOWS HOW THE DIFFERENT RESIDENTIAL LAND USES ARE DISTINGUISHED FROM ONE ANOTHER AS YOU LAYER ON MORE OF THOSE TERMS. SO AT THE TOP THERE, JUST A STRAIGHT DWELLING VERY LIKELY IS GOING TO BE A PRIVATE RESIDENCE LAND USE. AS SOON AS YOU ADD PRIVATE ROOMS TO THAT DWELLING, NOW YOU'RE INTO EITHER A SHARED RESIDENCE OR POSSIBLY A BOARDING HOUSE, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY PRIVATE ROOMS THERE ARE. YOU LAYER ON SLEEPING QUARTERS. NOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES, WHICH WE HAVE DIVIDED INTO BOTH SUPERVISED AND UNSUPERVISED. AND FINALLY, IF THERE IS CARE PROVIDED IN THAT RESIDENCE. NOW YOU ARE IN A CARE, A CATEGORY OF CARE HOME OR A RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY. AGAIN, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY OF THOSE PRIVATE ROOMS ARE SLEEPING QUARTERS, THERE ARE IN THAT RESIDENTIAL TYPE. SO ON THE CARE HOMES AND THE CARE INSTITUTIONS, THIS HAS BEEN SLIGHTLY MODIFIED FROM WHAT YOU'RE USED TO TODAY. OUR CURRENT DEFINITIONS DO A LITTLE BIT OF MIXING IN THE TYPES OF CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE RECEIVING CARE IN THE DIFFERENT LAND USES. WE'VE TRIED TO SEPARATE THEM OUT INTO DISCRETE LAND USES. SO WE HAVE A CARE HOME AND RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY FOR THE ELDERLY, FOR THE DISABLED, FOR THE TEMPORARY DISPLACED, FOR NEGLECTED CHILDREN, FOR THE CHRONICALLY UNHOUSED, AND FOR THE PURPOSES OF REHABILITATION. ONE NOTE ON APPLYING THE FRAMEWORK. THERE ARE SOME SUBTYPES OF RESIDENTIAL USES, SO INDEPENDENT LIVING RESIDENTS, STUDIO RESIDENTS, SHORT TERM RENTAL RESIDENTS, CARETAKER RESIDENTS THOSE ARE ALL DIFFERENT FLAVORS OF A PRIVATE RESIDENCE OR A SHARED [00:45:01] RESIDENCE. AND WITHIN THE PROPOSED FRAMEWORK THAT WE HAVE, ANY OF THOSE FOUR RESIDENTIAL BUILDING TYPOLOGIES THAT IS PERMITTED IN THE DISTRICT CAN CONTAIN ANY ONE OF THE PERMITTED RESIDENTIAL USES IN THAT DISTRICT. SO IN TERMS OF APPLYING THIS FRAMEWORK THIS WOULD BE A DETACHED HOUSE. SO MOST OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE A PRIVATE RESIDENCE. THAT WOULD BE IF A SINGLE FAMILY IS LIVING WITHIN THE HOME. IF YOU HAVE A SITUATION WITH MULTIPLE ROOMMATES WHO ARE SHARING THE SPACE, THAT IS VERY LIKELY TO BE A SHARED RESIDENCE, WHICH IS A DISTINCT USE FROM THE PRIVATE RESIDENCE, BUT BOTH WOULD GENERALLY BE PERMITTED EVERYWHERE THE OTHER ONE IS. AND THEN FINALLY, WHEN YOU LAYER IN THAT CARE, THEN YOU HAVE THE COMMUNITY CARE HOME. CURRENTLY THAT'S DEFINED AS A RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY LAND USE. AND IN AN APARTMENT BUILDING, THIS IS WHERE IT GETS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE MULTIFAMILY RESIDENCE AS A LAND USE. WE'VE SWITCHED IT SO THAT ONE APARTMENT BUILDING CONTAINS MANY DIFFERENT RESIDENTIAL USES. SO MAYBE EVERY SINGLE APARTMENT IS A PRIVATE RESIDENCE, MAYBE EVERY SINGLE ONE IS A SHARED RESIDENCE. VERY LIKELY IT'S GOING TO BE A MIX OF THE TWO. AND THEN WHAT WE CURRENTLY REFER TO AS AN INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITY IS SIMPLY AN APARTMENT BUILDING THAT CONTAINS INDEPENDENT LIVING RESIDENCES. THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED VERSION OF THE HOUSING MATRIX THAT IS IN YOUR PACKET. AS ERICA MENTIONED IN HER PRESENTATION, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE GOING DISTRICT BY DISTRICT, AND A USE CHART, AND DETERMINING WHICH USES SHOULD BE PERMITTED IN EACH OF THOSE DISTRICTS SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL, BUT BASED ON OUR CURRENT USE CHART AND OUR EXISTING ORDINANCE, WE CAN KIND OF TELL WHERE THESE THINGS MIGHT BE PERMITTED, WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE IN A RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT OR IN A MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICT. THE COMMUNITY DESIGN DISTRICTS ARE A LITTLE BIT INTERESTING BECAUSE THEY'RE MODIFIED WHEN THEY ARE IMPLEMENTED AND FOLLOW A DEVELOPMENT PLAN. TWO OF THEM ARE VERY MIXED USE FOCUSED, AND ONE OF THEM IS A LOT MORE RESIDENTIAL, RESIDENCE FOCUSED. SO WE'VE LEFT THEM OFF OF THIS PARTICULAR MATRIX. AND THAT'S THE SECOND PART THAT WE CAN REFER BACK TO IF NEEDED. SO TO SUMMARIZE THE RESIDENTIAL PORTION OF THIS PRESENTATION WE'RE PROPOSING A VERY NOVEL APPROACH TO THE REGULATION OF RESIDENTIAL USES IN PLANO. WE HAVE DISTRICT STANDARDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN PLACE TO REGULATE THE BUILDING FORM AND USE STANDARDS AND USE DEFINITIONS THAT WOULD REGULATE THOSE RESIDENTIAL USES. AND THE INTENT IS TO CLARIFY THAT A VARIETY OF RESIDENTIAL USES ARE PERMITTED WITHIN ANY ONE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING. SO THAT ENDS MY PRESENTATION. AND I BELIEVE NOW WE'RE GOING TO. OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BREAK US INTO EXEC, PLEASE. OKAY, SO I NOW RECESS THE REGULAR MEETING AT 6:55 P.M. AND MOVE THE COMMISSION INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR LEGAL ADVICE PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.071 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT [2B. (MD) Executive Session: Legal advice pursuant to Section 551.071 of the Texas Government Code regarding Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance Rewrite Module 1 (Zoning Districts and Land Uses). Project #DI2025-004. ] CODE. 7:43, I WILL RECONVENE THE COMMISSION. MR. ROCKERBIE. ALL RIGHT. SO ITEM 2.C IS THE DISCUSSION AND ACTION ON MODULE ONE. [2C. (JR) Discussion & Action: Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance Rewrite Module 1 – Discussion of Module 1 (Zoning Districts and Land Uses) of the Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance Rewrite project. Project #DI2025-004. ] SO, AS ERICA MENTIONED IN HER PRESENTATION ON SOME OF THE DRIVING GOALS OF THIS REWRITE PROJECT ARE TO ALIGN THE CODE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO SIMPLIFY THE CODE, AS WELL AS IMPROVE THE CODE. IN MODULE ONE, WE ARE PROPOSING A NEW ZONING DISTRICT STRUCTURE THAT INCLUDES FOUR TYPES OF ZONING DISTRICTS. IN PLACE OF THE TWO THAT WE HAVE TODAY, WE HAVE CONSOLIDATED MANY OF OUR LAND USE TERMS AND UPDATED THE DEFINITIONS. AND WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING A SIGNIFICANT OVERHAUL OF THE APPROACH TO THE REGULATION OF RESIDENTIAL USES IN BOTH THE TERMS AND DEFINITIONS. MODULE ONE AND THE PROJECT TO DATE HAS INCLUDED QUITE A BIT OF PUBLIC OUTREACH. SO WE HAVE BEEN POSTING THE DRAFTS OF THE ORDINANCE OR OF THE PROPOSED UDC LANGUAGE ONLINE FOR REVIEW AND FEEDBACK, BOTH BY THE REWRITE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND BY THE PUBLIC. WHENEVER WE DO POST THOSE DOCUMENTS FOR PUBLIC REVIEW, WE HAVE DONE ADVERTISING ON VARIOUS MEDIA CHANNELS THAT HAS BEEN BOTH IN THE PLANO CITY NEWS, AS WELL AS ON THE CITY SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS. THERE'S A PROJECT WEBSITE, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A A SECOND PROJECT WEBSITE WHERE PEOPLE CAN SIGN UP FOR EMAIL ALERTS WHENEVER WE DO THOSE POSTINGS. ALL THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC IN MODULE ONE WERE INCLUDED WITH YOUR PACKET. [00:50:01] SO NEXT STEPS IN THE LARGER PROCESS. SO WRAPPING UP MODULE ONE WITH YOU GUYS TONIGHT AND THEN HEADING OFF TO COUNCIL FOR THE SAME PRESENTATION HOPEFULLY ON DECEMBER 16TH OR ON JANUARY 12TH. WE'RE ALSO IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT SECOND MODULE, WHICH IS OUR ZONING PROVISIONS AND PROCEDURES. WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING WITH THE REWRITE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND WE ARE WORKING ON UPDATES. THE SECOND MEETING WITH THE REVISED MODULE TWO IS GOING TO BE ON DECEMBER THE 11TH ONCE WE'RE FINISHED WITH MODULE TWO, IT'S ONTO MODULES THREE AND FOUR. THAT'LL TAKE US THROUGH MOST OF NEXT YEAR INTO THE FALL, WHERE WE PROCEED INTO THE ADOPTION PHASE ONCE WE HAVE A COMPLETE TEXT. SO SIMPLE RECOMMENDATION FOR Y'ALL TONIGHT IS TO RECOMMEND TO ACCEPT THE DRAFT OF MODULE ONE OF THE UDC AS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE, SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE SUBSEQUENT MODULES. I'M HERE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, AND I'M SURE THAT ERIKA CAN JOIN ME AS WELL IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT HER EARLIER PRESENTATION TOO. OKAY. COMMISSION, QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER ALALI ANY QUESTIONS? NO. I'M GOOD. OKAY. I'M OPEN FOR A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. NO, IT'S NOT A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. COMMISSIONER ALALI. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE DRAFT OF MODULE ONE OF THE UDC, AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF. JUST IN THE PAUSE. HENRY, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? THERE ARE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER OLLEY. I'LL SECOND. OKAY, SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. DO WE HAVE ANY CONVERSATION? OKAY. LET'S VOTE. COMMISSIONER ALALI, HOW WAS YOUR VOTE? YES. YES. YES. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA? NO, SIR. NO, SIR. OKAY, SO AT 7:47 P.M., I WILL CLOSE. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.