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[Planning & Zoning Commission on October 14, 2025.]

[00:00:08]

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. AT 6 P.M., I'LL CALL THE OCTOBER 14TH, 2025 PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING TO ORDER.

THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE INVOCATION.

CLINT, CAN YOU LEAD US, SIR? SURE. FATHER GOD, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE TOGETHER THIS EVENING TO CONSIDER BUSINESS OF CITY. AND WE JUST ASK THAT YOU HELP US TO HAVE AN OPEN MIND.

OPEN HEART. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE. AND MOST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR JESUS.

FOR WE PRAY IN JESUS MOST HOLY NAME. AMEN. AMEN.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS.

ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

NEXT ITEM IS CITIZEN APPEARANCES. IT'S NOT APPEAR THAT WE HAVE ANY TONIGHT, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE ENACTED WITH ONE MOTION.

UNLESS SOMEONE FROM THE AUDIENCE, COMMISSIONER OR STAFF WOULD LIKE TO PULL AN ITEM. OTHERWISE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I MOTION TO APPROVE.

I'LL SECOND HAVE A MOTION BY ASHLEY. A SECOND BY CLINT.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

MOVING ON TO ITEM FOUR, A PUBLIC HEARING. 2520 COUNTY ROAD 913.

CASE 25-259. HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE FOR A ZONING CHANGE.

REQUEST FROM PAY AGRICULTURAL TO SEE COMMERCIAL FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS.

STAFF CONTACT IS LIDON PEARCE. GOOD EVENING. COMMISSION.

THANK YOU. THIS IS, AS YOU MENTIONED, ZONING CASE 25-259.

THIS IS FOR THE LOCATION AT 2520 COUNTY ROAD 9130.

SEE IT THERE ON YOUR SCREEN HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE.

IT IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF 1902 AND 913. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A ZONE CHANGE FROM THE DEFAULT A AGRICULTURAL ZONING TO AC COMMERCIAL. SO THIS SCREEN JUST SHOWS YOU ON THE LEFT THE CURRENT ZONING AND THE SURROUNDING ZONING.

AND THEN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO THIS IS A DESIGNATED IN THE CHISHOLM TRAIL CORRIDOR FOR THIS LOCATION.

SO WITH THAT IT ALLOWS SOME KIND OF COORDINATED USES.

SEE IS A DESIGNATION FOR ZONING DISTRICT THAT MAY BE AUTHORIZED IN THIS COMP PLAN CATEGORY.

THIS IS JUST TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE ALLOWED BY RIGHT AND SPECIFIC USE PERMIT USES.

SO AT THIS TIME, THE APPLICANT IS LITERALLY JUST TRYING TO ENTITLE THE LAND THEY DON'T HAVE A PROPOSAL.

CAN ONLY SPECULATE WHAT MIGHT GO ON THAT CORNER OF THAT INTERSECTION.

BUT THE FULL LIST IS IN OUR ZONING CODE, SECTION SEVEN EIGHT.

BUT I DID WANT TO JUST HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE USES FOR YOU IN THE PACKAGE.

SO THIS LOCATION WOULD REQUIRE A COMMERCIAL SITE DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING.

IF THE ZONING WAS APPROVED, AS WELL AS ENGINEERING, CIVIL CONSTRUCTIONS SO THINGS SUCH AS LANDSCAPING, SITE PLAN, PARKING, THOSE WOULD ALL BE REVIEWED AT THAT PHASE.

ONE THING I DID WANT TO POINT OUT, AND THIS ONE, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE THERE IS A RESIDENTIAL USE BEHIND THE PROPERTY, IS IT TRANSITIONAL SCREENING WOULD BE REQUIRED ALONG THE ENTIRETY OF THAT NORTHERN PROPERTY LINE, AND THAT WOULD BE INCUMBENT UPON THE DEVELOPER OF THIS PARCEL TO PUT IN.

SO IT'D HAVE TO BE AT LEAST EIGHT FEET IN HEIGHT, PROVIDE A VISUAL BARRIER, AND BE CONSTRUCTED OF A MASONRY OR REINFORCED CONCRETE.

THERE ARE SOME PROVISIONS WHERE THEY COULD DO POTENTIALLY SOME MIX OF VEGETATION, BUT THEY'D HAVE TO BE EIGHT FEET AT THE TIME OF PLANTING AND FULL YEAR ROUND.

IT CAN'T BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO DIE OFF IN THE WINTER.

AND SO IN THIS CASE, GENERALLY MASONRY IS WHAT STAFF IS GOING TO PUSH THEM FOR.

WE SENT NOTICES IN THE MAIL AND WE I POST THIS ON THE PROPERTY AS WELL AS PUBLISHING A NEWSPAPER.

AT THIS TIME WE'VE HAD NO FORMAL OPPOSITION OR REALLY EVEN ANY INQUIRIES ABOUT THE ZONING REQUEST.

STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS BASED OFF OF THE LOCATION BEING ALONG THAT INTERSECTION AND AS WELL AS BEING IN CONFORMANCE OF THE COMP PLAN.

SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE, AND I AM HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THE PROPOSAL.

ALL RIGHT. THANKS. I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:04 AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS FROM THE COMMISSION.

[00:05:09]

I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE AREA IN GENERAL. IS THAT GOING TO BE ALL COMMERCIAL? BASICALLY ALL COMMERCIAL. SO THE LIGHT PINK IS THE CHISHOLM TRAIL CORRIDOR.

SO SOME OF THOSE ARE GOING TO STAY RESIDENTIAL JUST BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE THAT OWN IT WANT TO LIVE THERE.

AND THE PARCELS ARE ALREADY BEING USED FOR THAT.

BUT AS THEY SLOWLY REDEVELOP, THE VISION IS THAT THEY WOULD BE KIND OF A COMBINATION OF WELL THOUGHT OUT.

SO ON A CORNER, SOMETHING LIKE COMMERCIAL MAKES SENSE BECAUSE THAT MIGHT BE YOUR GAS STATIONS OR CONVENIENCE STORES.

AND THEN IN SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR MORE LIKE YOUR CAMPUSES, YOUR DESTINATION HOSPITALS, ACUTE CARE, PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS COMPLEXES. SO THAT IS THE VISION FOR THOSE PROPERTIES KIND OF ON THAT SWATH OF THE TOLLWAY YOU'RE GOING.

YES, SIR. THE YELLOW IS OUR NEIGHBORHOODS CATEGORY.

SO THAT'S WHERE YOU WOULD SEE MORE OF YOUR TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED.

YOU COULD POTENTIALLY BE IN THE PINK. SEE SOME PLAN DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE A MIX OF MAYBE SOME HIGHER DENSITY APARTMENTS WITH SOME COMMERCIAL RETAIL, BUT A LOT OF THAT'S GOING TO BE DRIVEN BY INFRASTRUCTURE AND GROWTH OVER TIME.

JUST ANOTHER QUESTION.

WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD THAT Y'ALL WOULD APPROVE OR NOT? SO IF IT'S IN THE PINK AND IT'S GENERALLY LIKE A COMMERCIAL, NOT A INDUSTRIAL USE, THEN STAFF WOULD MOST LIKELY BE IN SUPPORT OF IT. YOU DO HAVE THE SCHOOL KIND OF DOWN THE ROAD THERE, SO WE WOULD BE SENSITIVE TO THAT.

SO SOMETHING LIKE INDUSTRIAL PROBABLY WE WOULD NOT RECOMMEND.

BUT HEY HUTTON'S HAVEN OVER THERE I'M SORRY. WHICH ACROSS WHICH STREET? I'M SORRY.

JUST TO THE RIGHT OF. THE ONE THAT'S YELLOW HUNTING HAVEN.

YEAH. YOU KNOW, BELOW. HUNTING HAVEN AND ABOVE.

NO, SIR. HOW FAR THAT GOES? SO THOSE ARE YELLOW.

THAT WOULD BE WHAT I WAS MENTIONING. THAT WOULD BE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS FOR SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED.

AND THEN THAT WOULD BE IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO DO COMMERCIAL IN THAT AREA, YOU WOULDN'T THAT WOULDN'T BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED.

STAFF WOULD MAKE THE STATEMENT THAT IT'S NOT IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE COMP PLAN, AND WE'D BE UNABLE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL, AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO BEFORE YOU AND COUNCIL. I MEAN, ANYBODY CAN REQUEST ANY ZONING THEY WANT ON THEIR PROPERTY.

STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS BASED OFF THE SURROUNDING ZONING DISTRICTS AND THE COMP PLAN THE PROPERTY DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT.

THAT'S YELLOW ON THE ZONING SCREEN. THEY CAME IN AND ZONED FOR SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE, ONE ACRE LOTS THAT FIT WITH THE COMP PLAN TO THE SOUTH OF THAT ON THE SOUTHEAST INTERSECTION THAT IS NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO IF THEY CAME IN COMMERCIAL, IT WOULDN'T BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE COMP PLAN. MAYBE A NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES TYPE GENERAL RETAIL.

VERY LIGHT WE MIGHT CONSIDER ON THAT CORNER, BUT NOT A HEAVY COMMERCIAL USE WE WOULD NOT RECOMMEND.

IT'S HARD TO SAY I CAN'T I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT WITHOUT SEEING THE PROPOSAL BECAUSE I'M PREEMPTING SOMETHING THAT HASN'T OCCURRED. BUT IT MIGHT BE HARD FOR SOMEBODY TO GET APPROVAL. YES. THIS SIDE OF THE THIS SIDE OF 913 THE WEST SIDE IS YOUR RETAIL COMMERCIAL. THE OTHER SIDE IS SUPPOSED TO BE NEIGHBORHOODS.

THAT'S WHAT WAS ENVISIONED WITH THE COMP PLAN. NOW, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A PLANNING DOCUMENT.

AND THOSE BOUNDARIES ARE WIDE SWATHS, AND THOSE PROPERTIES CAN BE SPLIT UP AND WE CAN SPLIT HAIRS.

BUT WE WOULD LOOK AT WHAT THE PROPOSAL WAS AT THE TIME OF SUBMITTAL AND THE SURROUNDING ZONING AT THE TIME OF SUBMITTAL.

NOT TO GET TOO OFF TOPIC FOR THIS REQUEST, BUT WE WOULD TAKE ALL THOSE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION FOR OUR RECOMMENDATION TO THIS COMMISSION OR CITY COUNCIL.

YES, SIR. AND IT DEPENDS IF 30 YEARS FROM NOW, IF I'M STILL HERE AND SOMEBODY COMES IN AND NOTHING'S DEVELOPED OUT THERE, IT MAY BE A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION. HEY, NOTHING ELSE IS DEVELOPED, YOU KNOW? BUT IF IT'S THREE WEEKS FROM NOW, MORE THAN LIKELY WE'RE GOING TO SAY IT DOESN'T FIT THE COMP PLAN.

THANK YOU. YES, SIR. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? I DO HAVE A QUESTION. SO JUST TO CLARIFY, THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH IS A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, CORRECT? IT'S ZONED AG, BUT IT'S BEING USED AS RESIDENTIAL.

AND IN OUR CODE IT DOES HAVE KIND OF A SAVING GRACE, NOT JUST ZONING FOR THAT TRANSITIONAL SCREENING TO BUFFER THEM.

[00:10:01]

IT ALSO GOES BY USE. SO EVEN IF THAT WAS ZONED SAY GENERAL RETAIL, BUT THEY WERE USING IT AS RESIDENTIAL BECAUSE I HAD A HOUSE, THE TRANSITIONAL SCREENING WAS STILL APPLIED. SO WHAT ABOUT THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST? SO THAT ONE TO THE WEST, IF YOU SAW IN THE STAFF REPORT IT'S ACTUALLY STABLES.

OKAY. SO IT'S NOT BEING USED AS A RESIDENTIAL USE AND THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF EARTH BETWEEN THE TWO.

AND WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL THE PROJECT COMES IN.

DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS, THEY MAY WANT SCREENING.

I CAN ONLY SPECULATE QUIKTRIP, 7-ELEVEN TEND TO LIKE CORNERS LIKE THIS, BUT WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL THEY UNTIL SOMEBODY BUYS AND SUBMITS. AND THE CONVENIENCE STORE ALLOWS. THAT'S BASICALLY THE SAME LANGUAGE FOR A GAS STATION.

A CONVENIENCE STORE IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT IN THE C AND GENERAL RETAIL ZONING DISTRICTS.

YES. OKAY. BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW APPRECIATIVE RESIDENT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A GAS STATION THAT CLOSE TO THEIR DRIVE. SO THEY'LL BE SO THEY STILL HAVE TO FOLLOW ALL THE ENGINEERING STANDARDS FOR DRIVEWAY CIRCULATION.

THERE'S THERE'S CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR SPACING.

SO AND THEY WERE NOTICED WE SENT THEM A NOTICE AND I PUT A SIGN SO THEY ARE AWARE OF THE ZONING CHANGE.

I MEAN, ON THE MAP IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S SO CLOSE.

BUT WHEN YOU DRIVE OUT THERE, THERE'S I MEAN, THIS SITES, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE ACRES.

SO THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF DISTANCE. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUILD A BUILDING RIGHT UP ON THAT PROPERTY LINE.

THERE'S GOING TO BE SPACE, THERE'S GOING TO BE VEGETATION, LANDSCAPING.

SO YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY PROBABLY GET MORE NOISE FROM THE TOLLWAY THAN THEY, TO BE HONEST.

BUT I'M, I'M BRAND NEW, AND I JUST DROVE PAST THERE, SO I'M STILL LEARNING.

LOTS TO LEARN. BUT EVEN THOUGH IT IS A RESIDENCE, CLEARLY IT LOOKED TO ME LIKE THERE WAS A BUSINESS GOING ON THERE AS WELL.

IT'S POSSIBLE A LOT OF THIS PROPERTY WAS ANNEXED IN.

SO IT'S, I WOULD SAY KIND OF LEGAL NONCONFORMING SO THAT THEY MAY BE OPERATING A BUSINESS OUT OF THERE.

I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT. AND I CAN GO KNOCK ON THEIR DOOR OR ANYTHING.

ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:12 P.M.

AND HEAR A MOTION. TO APPROVE THE SCREEN AT THE HEAD OF THE MOTION OR THE.

YEAH. THANK YOU. JUST SO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE MOTIONING FOR.

YEAH. MOTION TO APPROVE. 25-259. SECOND.

OOPS. HAVE A MOTION BY A SECOND. BY BETH. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM FIVE.

REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS. THERE ARE NONE. NO GENERAL ITEMS, NO COMMUNITY INTEREST ITEMS, AND NO RECESS SESSION. ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 6:13 P.M.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.