[ CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:03] ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON. WE WILL CALL THIS PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING TO ORDER. KEVIN, WOULD YOU MIND STARTING US WITH A PRAYER? LORD, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DAY AND THE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO COME TOGETHER AND HEAR THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY, CONSIDER DEVELOPMENTS, AND JUST MAKE WISE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL. WE PRAY THAT OUR EARS WOULD BE OPEN TO TO HEAR AND MAKE SOUND JUDGMENTS TODAY. WE PRAY THAT YOU'D CONTINUE TO HELP OUR CITY DEVELOP AND GROW AND BECOME THE THE BEST CITY THAT WE CAN BE FOR OUR CITIZENS AND FOR THE DEVELOPERS DEVELOPING HERE. ASK THESE THINGS IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN. FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE MINUTES FROM OUR PREVIOUS MEETING, [ MINUTES] AND IT WAS A LONG ONE. COMMISSIONERS HAVE YOU ALL HAD THE CHANCE TO REVIEW THOSE MINUTES? ANY COMMENTS OR EDITS? WE'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND COMMENT ON OUR MINUTES, YOU CAN DO SO AT THIS TIME. SEEING NO ONE. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED, SAY AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING NO. ONE MOVING TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO. [ ZONING] I SHOULD HAVE READ THIS AT THE VERY BEGINNING. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS THE FINAL AUTHORITY FOR THE APPROVAL OF PLATS. HOWEVER, IT ACTS ONLY AS A RECOMMENDING BOARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON MATTERS OF ZONING. THE DECISIONS OF THIS COMMISSION MAY BE APPEALED TO CITY COUNCIL THROUGH THE OFFICE OF THE CITY SECRETARY, NO LATER THAN TEN DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS MEETING, AND ALL APPEALS MUST BE IN WRITING. THE PUBLIC WILL BE INVITED TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM THAT'S UNDER DISCUSSION BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AFTER RECEIVING COMMISSION OR RECOGNITION BY THE CHAIR. THOSE WISHING TO BE HEARD SHALL APPROACH THE PODIUM, STATE THEIR NAME AND PURPOSE FOR APPEARING. EACH SPEAKER IS REQUESTED TO LIMIT THEIR PRESENTATION TO NO MORE THAN THREE MINUTES. AN ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL TIME MAY BE GRANTED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR. ONE IMPORTANT PART OF THAT STATEMENT FOR EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE. WE ARE RECOMMENDING BOARD TO CITY COUNCIL. IF WE END UP DECIDING IN YOUR FAVOR TODAY, YOU STILL SHOULD GO TO CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE YOUR CASE THERE. IF WE END UP DECIDING AGAINST YOU TODAY, YOU STILL SHOULD GO TO WARD CITY COUNCIL. THAT CAN EITHER BE GO DIRECTLY TO CITY COUNCIL IN OUR APPROVAL OR IF WE WERE TO DENY SOMETHING, THE PARTY THAT WAS DENIED HAS THE CHANCE TO APPEAL TO CITY COUNCIL. AND SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO CERTAINLY COME AND SHARE WITH US YOUR THOUGHTS TODAY. BUT DON'T LEAVE YOUR THOUGHTS HERE. IF YOU FEEL LIKE THOSE THOUGHTS STILL NEED TO GO FORWARD, PLEASE GO FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL WITH ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR. OUR FIRST ITEM UNDER OUR ZONING DOCKET IS 2026-02. RECEIVE A REPORT, WHOLE DISCUSSION, AND PUBLIC HEARING TO TAKE ACTION ON THE REQUEST FROM THE OWNER TO APPLY A HISTORIC OVERLAY ZONING TO APPROXIMATELY 1.139 ACRES. THAT'S ZONED GENERAL COMMERCIAL. IT'S LOCATED AT 1902 NORTH FIRST STREET HERE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS CARA VALLOIS. I'M A PLANNER FOR THE CITY OF ABILENE. TODAY I'M PRESENTING CASE HOZ202602. THE OWNER IS JONATHAN CRISP. THE REQUEST IS TO ADD HISTORIC OVERLAY TO 1902 NORTH FIRST STREET. PHILIP FOREST WAS ORIGINALLY OPENED IN 1920 AT 241 SALES BY MR. AND MRS. W AYE PHILPOT. THEY OPERATED THE BUSINESS UNTIL 1923, THEN SOLD TO THEIR DAUGHTER RUTH AND HER HUSBAND, WHO OPERATED THE BUSINESS FOR 22 YEARS. IN 1945, THE BUSINESS WAS SOLD TO RUTH'S COUSIN, HARRIET LOVEDAY. MISS LOVEDAY HIRED JIMMY TITTLE TO DESIGN THE BUILDING, CURRENTLY RESIDING AT 1902 NORTH FIRST STREET. IN 1955, PHILPOT FLOORS WERE RELOCATED FROM ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION ON SALES TO ITS NEW LOCATION AT 1902 NORTH FIRST. RAY MADDUX PURCHASED THE BUSINESS FROM MISS LOVEDAY IN 1970 1973, WHO THEN SOLD IN 19 IN 2022. IN 2025, JOHN CHRIST BECAME THE OWNER AND CONTINUES CONTINUES THE PROUD TRADITION OF TALENTED FLORISTS WHO HAVE SERVED THE ABILENE COMMUNITY FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY. HERE WE HAVE OUR AERIAL LOCATION MAP. THE ZONING MAP. HERE ARE SOME VIEWS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. HERE ARE SOME HISTORIC PHOTOS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. STAFF HAS REVIEWED. ACCORDING TO SECTION 2.3.4.4, THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN FILLED. PLOT FOR US SINCE 1955, AND JIMMY TITTLE WAS THE ARCHITECT WHO DESIGNED THE BUILDING FOR PHILPOT FLORIST IN 1955 AND IS KNOWN FOR HIS WORK AROUND ABILENE AND BUILDINGS AT AREA COLLEGES. LANDMARKS HAS HEARD THIS AND HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR KIRA? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. [00:05:02] WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO COME UP AND ADDRESS THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY CONVERSATIONS AMONG THE COMMISSIONERS OR MOTIONS. I WONDER IF MR. TITTEL DESIGNED THE LOGO. I'M INTERESTED. WHEN I SAW THE RETRO SIDE PICTURES. IT'S VERY MUCH HIS KIND OF MID-CENTURY STYLE. THAT'S PRETTY. I BET HE DID. THAT'S PRETTY AWESOME. SO WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE KEVIN WITH A FIRST. SHANTI WITH A SECOND. MR. STRASSER? YES. YES. YES. MR.. HALLIBURTON. YES. MISS. LEWIS. YES. MR. SEATS. YES. AND MR. BENHAM. YES. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. OUR THIRD AGENDA ITEM IS ZONING CASE 2026-43 RECEIVER REPORT. HOLD A DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC HEARING TO TAKE ACTION ON THE REQUEST FROM THE OWNER TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 8.8 ACRES FROM HEAVY COMMERCIAL TO A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. DISTRICT. PD 22202, LOCATED AT 803825 AND 833 PINE STREET. KIRA. GOOD AFTERNOON. KIRA VALLEJO, PLANNER FOR CITY OF ABILENE. TODAY, THIS IS A CASE Z 2020 643. THE AGENT IS JACOB AND MARTIN. THE OWNER IS THE ABILENE IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION. REQUEST IS CHANGE. A ZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 0.8 ACRES FROM HEAVY COMMERCIAL TO A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT LOCATED AT 803825 AND 833 PINE. HERE WE HAVE THE AREA LOCATION MAP. THE ZONING MAP. HERE IS THE PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN. THE PROPOSED BASE ZONING IS TOWNHOME WITH THE FOLLOWING MODIFICATIONS. MEDIUM LOT WIDTH IS 18FT. MINIMUM. EXTERIOR SLASH STREET. SIDE SETBACK IS TEN FEET. INTERIOR SIDE YARD SETBACK IS FIVE FEET, REAR YARD 20FT AND FRONT SETBACK 20FT. HERE ARE SOME PROPERTY VIEWS. PERMITTED USES IN THE HEAVY COMMERCIAL ZONING. NOTIFICATIONS WERE SENT OUT IN 200 FOOT BUFFER. TWO WERE RECEIVED IN FAVOR ZERO IN OPPOSITION. THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE SURROUNDING USES AND ZONING GENERALLY ACCEPTED PLANNING PRINCIPLES AND THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL IN THE LDC. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. NO DRIVEWAY ACCESS OFF OF NORTH EIGHTH OR PINE STREET AND REQUIRED LANDSCAPE AREA EQUAL TO 15% OF THE SITE. BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I KNOW THE AGENTS HERE. HAVE YOU ALL SHARED THOSE CONDITIONS WITH THEM? YES. DID THEY SEEM AGREEABLE TO THEM? YES. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR KIRA? THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU. WE'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO COME UP AND ADDRESS THIS MATTER? GOOD AFTERNOON. TAL FILLINGIM, AGENT FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER. SO THIS ZONING REQUEST IS TO SUPPORT A SMALL TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT. YOU CAN SEE FROM THE, THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT WE PROVIDED THE INTENT IS TO HAVE SIX CONTIGUOUS UNITS AND THEN SEPARATED BY AN OPEN SPACE AND SIX MORE CONTIGUOUS UNITS. THE REASON FOR THE PD IS WE HAVE SOME VERY SPECIFIC UNIT SIZES. AND SO WE'RE ADDRESSING SOME OF OUR SETBACKS AND LOT WIDTHS AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. OBVIOUSLY IT'S A HALF A BLOCK IN DEPTH. SO SO THE LOT DEPTHS ARE, ARE, ARE LARGE. WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE IT HELPS US CREATE THE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY AND THE LANDSCAPE THAT WE HOPE TO CREATE ALONG PINE AND NORTH EIGHTH. AND YES. BRAD, WE, WE WORKED WITH STAFF ON THOSE CONDITIONS. WE FELT LIKE IT WAS APPROPRIATE IN THIS SCENARIO. OBVIOUSLY, PINE STREET IS ULTIMATELY, I THINK, GOING TO BE A MIXED USE TYPE DEVELOPMENT. CERTAINLY, WE BELIEVE TOWNHOME FITS AT THIS LOCATION, BUT BY ADDING THOSE RESTRICTIONS, KEEPING ANY DRIVEWAYS OFF OF PINE AND EIGHTH AND THEN HAVING ALL THE ACCESS IN THE ALLEY TO THE REAR REALLY HELPS CREATE THE FRONTAGE THAT YOU WANT ALONG PINE. SO AS PINE CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND REDEVELOP I SUSPECT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HOPE FOR AND PUSH FOR. CERTAINLY THERE'S CURRENTLY A CORRIDOR OVERLAY THERE AS WELL. WE BELIEVE WE ACHIEVED THAT WITH THESE CONDITIONS AND IN THIS LAYOUT SO LIKE STAFF, WE ALSO BELIEVE IT TO BE APPROPRIATE AND ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF I CAN. ANY QUESTIONS FOR TOWN? YEAH, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. SO ARE THESE GARAGES IN THE BACK? NO, SIR. NO, THE PARKING IS GOING TO BE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE DEVELOPMENT. IS THAT THE PARKING WILL BE ON THE EAST SIDE? YEAH, OFF THE ALLEY. OKAY, SO THESE ARE INDIVIDUAL PARKING. SORRY. NORTH IS. YEAH. NORTH IS TO THE RIGHT. THOSE ARE. THOSE ARE DRIVEWAYS. OKAY. SO DRIVEWAYS INTO THE BACK. [00:10:02] IN TERMS OF THE THE LOOK AND FEEL OF THESE PROPERTIES FROM THE STREET, HAVE YOU GUYS DESIGNED THAT CONCEPT YET IN TERMS OF MATERIALS AND MATERIALS. I DON'T BELIEVE HAVE BEEN SELECTED YET. THE THE THE GENERAL FLOOR PLAN FOR THE TOWNHOMES HAS BEEN SELECTED. WHAT APPROXIMATE SIZE ARE THE UNITS IN. I DON'T REMEMBER OFFHAND. TYSON. OKAY. I'M SORRY. DO YOU KNOW IF THERE ARE LIKE, TWO BEDROOM, ONE BEDROOM? YOU KNOW, SO I BELIEVE THEY'RE FOUR. I THINK MOST OF THEM, IF NOT ALL OF THEM, ARE FOUR BEDROOM, TWO STORY CONCEPT. IT IS A, AS YOU SAID, HALF BLOCK. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE LONG. THEY'RE JUST THEY'RE SKINNY ROW HOUSES. RIGHT. SO DEPTH I THINK IS ABOUT 53FT, 53.5FT. SO THEY DON'T, THEY CERTAINLY DON'T TAKE UP THE ENTIRE LOT DEPTH. THERE'S SIGNIFICANT ROOM IN THE FRONT FOR THE, FOR THE LANDSCAPING THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE INCORPORATING. DO WE KNOW IF THESE ARE BEING DESIGNED FOR RENTAL OR FOR SALE? WELL, SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE PLOTTED AS INDIVIDUAL LOTS. OKAY. RIGHT. SO THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE SPECIFYING THE SPECIFIC LOT WIDTHS IN THE PD. SO, SO THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR THOSE TO BE SOLD OFF INDIVIDUALLY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. PUBLIC HEARING IS STILL OPEN. WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO COME UP AND ADDRESS THIS MATTER? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY COMMENT AMONG THE COMMISSIONERS OR IF SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, PLEASE MAKE IT WITH THE CONDITIONS AS WELL. I'D LOVE TO SEE MORE DEVELOPMENTS JUST LIKE THIS. THAT'S MY THOUGHT. WELL, I THINK IT'S I THINK TAL HAS WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH WHAT WE WANT DOWNTOWN AND DIFFERENT THINGS TO LOOK AT. AND SO THE IDEA OF HAVING SIDEWALKS AND TREES AND DIFFERENT THINGS IS GREAT. AND SO I AGREE, WHETHER IT'S COMMERCIAL OR RETAIL OR, OR, OR RESIDENTIAL THINGS LIKE THIS. AND I LIKE THE FACT THAT THAT THE PARKING IS IN THE BACK. IT'S NOT RIGHT OFF OF PINE STREET WHERE YOU CAN KIND OF RIGHT WHEN YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT PEOPLE STOPPING AND TURNING IN REAL QUICK OR WHATEVER INTO THERE. AND SO IT SHOULD BE SAFER FOR EVERYBODY ON, ON WHAT'S A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE FOR US. SO I MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. OKAY, I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION WITH THE CONDITIONS AND KRISTEN WITH A SECOND. I JUST HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. YEAH. SO THOSE PARKING SPOTS IN THE BACK, IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE FOR RESIDENTS, WILL THEY ALL BE ABLE TO PARK IN THE DRIVEWAY AND GET IN AND OUT. THEY THEY ACCOMMODATE THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS. TWO OFF STREET PARKING. TWO UNIT. OKAY. TWO. OKAY. SO IT'S A BIG ENOUGH FOR AT LEAST TWO. IT DOES LOOK LONG ENOUGH FOR TWO. YEAH. OKAY. GOOD QUESTION. ALL RIGHT. I THINK THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. MR. STRAUSS. YES. YES. MR. HALLIBURTON. YES. MISS. LEWIS. YES. MR. SEITZ. YES. AND MR. BYNUM. YES. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. OUR FOURTH AGENDA ITEM IS ZONING CASE 2026-44. RECEIVE A REPORT. HOLD A DISCUSSION. PUBLIC HEARING TO TAKE ACTION ON THE REQUEST FROM THE OWNER. TO CHANGE. APPROXIMATELY 8.5 ACRES FROM GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO MULTIFAMILY. LOCATED AT THE 1200 BLOCK OF SPUR ON. 707. CLARISSA. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS CLARISSA. I'M A PLANNER WITH THE CITY OF ABILENE. BEFORE YOU YOU HAVE KZ 2020 644. THE REQUEST IS TO CHANGE THE ZONING FROM GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ALONG THE EDGE OF SPUR 707 AND RIGHT OFF THE SERVICE ROAD OF HIGHWAY 8384. THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED GENERAL COMMERCIAL, AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO REZONE TO MULTI FAMILY. THESE ARE SOME OF THE SUBJECT VIEWS AS WELL AS NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES. AS YOU CAN SEE, MOST OF THE AREA IS UNDEVELOPED. THIS WOULD BE THE CURRENT PERMITTED USES AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING. AND THERE ARE REQUESTING TO REZONE TO MULTIFAMILY. THEREFORE THIS WOULD BE THEIR PERMITTED USES. WE SEND OUT NOTIFICATIONS AND WE RECEIVED TWO IN FAVOR AND ONE IN OPPOSITION. STAFF HAS REVIEWED THIS AND FOUND THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE SURROUNDING USES AND ZONING. GENERALLY ACCEPTED PLANNING PRINCIPLES AND THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. STAFFS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. TODAY, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. CAN WE SEE THE MAP THING AGAIN WITH THE ZONING OR. DID THE OPPOSITION GIVE ANY FEEDBACK? NO, SIR, NOT ON THIS ONE. [00:15:02] THEY JUST SAID THEY WERE AGAINST IT. YES, SIR. SO, TIM, HOW HOW LONG AGO DID. MULTIFAMILY QUIT BEING A USE BY RIGHT IN GENERAL COMMERCIAL. THAT WAS BACK IN 2017. OKAY. SO UP UNTIL 2017 IT WAS A USE BY. RIGHT. AND NOW THE CONDITIONAL USE. YES, SIR. OKAY. THAT'S CORRECT. I'M TRYING TO. IS IT IS THAT NOT THE LOW LYING. IT'S PRETTY LOW. IT'S REAL LOW. THERE'S GOING TO HAVE SOME. IT'S RIGHT BY WHERE THE NEW FIRE STATION IS. OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING RIGHT AT THAT CORNER. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT ADDITIONAL HISTORY. YES. LIKE YOU SAID, THE FIRE STATION IS FURTHER DOWN ON SPUR 707 ON THE PARCEL OF 74512. AND ON THE PARCEL REMAINING TO THE EAST OF. THAT'S GOING TO BE REMAINING GENERAL COMMERCIAL. THERE IS A RESIDENCE THAT'S A LEGAL NONCONFORMITY. THIS WAS RECENTLY REZONED FROM AGRICULTURAL OPEN IN 2023 TO GC. SO THAT'S PROBABLY WHY YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER HAVING A KIND OF LIKE A DEJA VU MOMENT OF WE'VE SEEN THIS. I WAS JUST THINKING, THIS IS VERY, VERY LOW. IS THIS A FLOOD AREA HERE? YES. YES. IT KIND OF GOES FROM THE INTERSECTION BACK THIS WAY. YEAH. THERE USED TO BE A SINGLE FAMILY ON IT. THERE'S SINGLE FAMILY NEXT TO IT. YEAH. THEY HAVE THERE IS A. YEAH. AND IT KIND OF SLOPES DOWN TOWARDS KIRBY THERE. SO IS THAT IT'S NOT REALLY RELEVANT, BUT IS THAT, ARE YOU SURE THAT'S AGRICULTURAL OPEN WHERE THE NEW FIRE STATION IS. IT'S SHOWING ON THE MAP HERE IS AGRICULTURAL OPEN. I SEE THAT, I BELIEVE SO IT'S STILL STILL AGRICULTURAL OPEN. OKAY, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CLARISSA? OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO COME UP AND ADDRESS THIS MATTER? SUPER BUSY STREET. TAL. FILLING AGENT FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER. THE ZONING REQUEST IS IS TO SUPPORT A SPECIFIC MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT ON THIS PROPERTY. SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE HELPED THE CURRENT OWNER REZONE THE PROPERTY TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL. I BELIEVE THE HARD CORNER MAYBE WAS ALREADY GENERAL COMMERCIAL, AND WE WERE KIND OF EXPANDING THAT OUT. IT WAS SOMEWHAT SPECULATIVE. AND AS IS THE CASE WITH A LOT OF GENERAL RETAIL AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL TYPE ZONINGS, WHEN THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF SPECULATION BUILT IN, A LOT OF TIMES YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME OF THOSE COME BACK TO YOU AS YOU ALREADY HAVE OVER THE LAST PROBABLY SIX MONTHS FOR MULTIFAMILY SPECIFIC, BECAUSE NOW IT REQUIRES CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT OR REZONE THE PROPERTY. SO ONCE, CERTAINLY ONCE WE GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK. AND MY, MY RECOMMENDATION IS, IS TYPICALLY ALWAYS TO, TO JUST GO FOR THE STANDARD ZONING. NOT NECESSARILY PD, NOT NECESSARILY CUP, BUT JUST GO WITH THE STANDARD ZONING. I THINK MOST OF THE TIME THAT'S WHAT MAKES SENSE. WE DO HAVE A SPECIFIC USER HERE AND THAT'S THE REASON FOR, FOR THE REQUEST. THE FIRE STATION IS STILL ZONED AYE. OH THAT'S ACCURATE. A A FACILITY OF THAT NATURE DOESN'T IS ALLOWED BY. RIGHT. AND IT'S LIKE A CHURCH. YOU CAN PUT IT ANYWHERE, RIGHT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, FURTHER SOUTH, YOU'VE GOT COFFEE, RIGHT. AND SO I DO EXPECT THAT ALL OF THAT FRONTAGE ALONG 83, 84 THERE BETWEEN 707 AND SPUR 707 TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. I HEARD SOMEBODY ASK ABOUT DRAINAGE THERE. THERE'S NOT NOT A FLOODPLAIN THAT RUNS THROUGH THERE, BUT THERE'S SOME SIGNIFICANT DRAINAGE STOCK TANK OR SOMETHING THAT USED TO BE. YEAH, THERE'S A TANK. AND, AND SO WE'VE DONE SOME CONCEPTUAL LAYOUTS ON THAT PROPERTY AND MOST OF WHICH INCORPORATE A NICE WATERWAY AND AND EMPHASIZING THAT MORE OF A WATER FEATURE. SO IT NEEDS SOME WORK FROM WHAT IT IS TODAY. I GET THAT, BUT THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN ANY DEVELOPMENT THAT GOES IN THERE. SO CERTAINLY THAT'S GOT TO STAY. THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF WATER THAT RUNS THROUGH THERE. THERE'S A CULVERT UNDER SPUR 707 THAT'S HEADED DIRECTLY INTO LAKE KIRBY. SO THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WORK THROUGH DURING THE DESIGN PROCESS. AND HOW MANY RESIDENCES DO THEY FEEL LIKE WILL FIT ON THIS? I MEAN, IT'S ALREADY A BUSY LITTLE. YEAH. SO MULTIFAMILY ALLOWS BY RIGHT. 24 UNITS AN ACRE. WE'RE GOING TO BE HAMSTRUNG A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF THE TOPOGRAPHY. THERE'S A LOT OF TOPOGRAPHY ON THAT SITE. AND THAT'LL RESTRICT, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH WE CAN FIT. WITH THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT. WE HAVEN'T LAID THAT OUT YET. THAT'S COMING VERY SOON. A LOT OF TIMES WE LIKE TO GET A STEP OR TWO INTO THE ZONING PROCESS BEFORE WE SPEND THAT TIME AND DOLLARS ON THAT, [00:20:04] ON THAT EFFORT. SO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR TOWN? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. PUBLIC HEARING IS STILL OPEN. WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO COME UP AND ADDRESS THIS MATTER? SEEING. NO. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. DISCUSSION AMONG THE COMMISSIONERS. THIS IS AN AREA I TRAVEL FREQUENTLY JUST WHERE I AM. AND I GUESS I'D LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE MORE OF WHAT THEY'RE NOT LIKE. HOW THIS IS GOING TO GET PLANNED OUT JUST BECAUSE I KNOW THE AREA ITSELF. I'M NOT AGAINST THEM HAVING AGAINST THAT AT ALL. I DON'T SEE IT ANYWHERE AROUND IT, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE TEND TO LOOK FOR IT TO MAKE SENSE. BUT IF IT'S, IF IT'S OPEN EGG AND THEN IT GOES HEAVY COMMERCIAL, THAT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE TO ME EITHER. SO I JUST, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY BANKING ON TO THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND DOWN THAT AREA THAT YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE GOING DOWN, WHICH 100% THINK IT WILL BE. I'M MORE WORRIED ABOUT MULTIPLE HOUSES, MULTIPLE MULTIFAMILY GOING IN RIGHT THERE ON THAT CORNER. REALLY, I THINK WE'RE CHARGED WITH JUST DECIDING WHETHER MULTIFAMILY IS A GOOD FIT HERE. GOOD FIT, WHICH IS WHY I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, HOW IT GETS DEVELOPED. AND SO CAN YOU BRING UP THE MULTIFAMILY? CAN YOU BRING THE MAP UP THAT SHOWED THE OPPOSITION IN FAVOR, THESE 1002583 AND 73366 ARE THOSE SEPARATE PROPERTY OWNERS? YES. YES. OH THEY ARE. THEY'RE TWO DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERS IN THERE. SO REALLY NOT REALLY ON THAT CORNER. THE HARD CORNER COULD STILL BE DEVELOPED AS YOU KNOW, RETAIL OR COMMERCIAL. YEAH. THAT MAKES A WHOLE LOT MORE SENSE TO ME. FOR SOME REASON I WAS THINKING IT WAS RIGHT THERE ON THAT TIP. TO ME, THIS IS ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY MULTIFAMILY BEING CLOSE TO A MAJOR ROAD THAT CAN HANDLE CARS. I DO THINK JACOB AND MARTIN'S A GOOD FIRM TO TO DO IT. I DO THINK THERE WILL BE TOP. TOPOGRAPHY ISSUES RELATED TO WHAT THEY CAN DO. BUT WE NEED MORE HOUSING IN TOWN. AND BOTH THESE ROADS WERE DESIGNED TO HANDLE WHATEVER THESE HOUSINGS WOULD PUT OUT. YEAH. SO THAT, THAT SO WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION OR IS THERE FURTHER MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE KEVIN WITH THE FIRST. I'LL SECOND. ZACH WITH A SECOND. MR.. STRASSER YES, YES. MR.. HALLIBURTON. YES. MISS. LEWIS. YES. MR.. SYKES YES. AND. MR.. YES. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. OUR FIFTH ITEM IS ZONING CASE 2026-45. RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC HEARING TO TAKE ACTION ON THE REQUEST FROM THE OWNER TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 166.9 ACRES FROM AGRICULTURAL OPEN TO PATIO, HOME, MULTIFAMILY AND GENERAL RETAIL, LOCATED AT 6002 TEXAS AVENUE. CLARISSA. HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN, CLARISSA. PLANNER FOR THE CITY OF ABILENE. WE'RE LOOKING AT KS 2020 645. THE REQUESTING AGENT IS JACOB MARTIN, LLC. THE REQUEST IS TO CHANGE FROM AGRICULTURE OPEN TO PATIO HOMES, MULTIFAMILY AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S A VERY LARGE PARCEL EXTENDING FROM TEXAS AVENUE ALONG THE RIGHT AND ALMOST TO THE HARTFORD STREET. THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED AGRICULTURAL OPEN. YOU CAN SEE A PLAN. THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT TO THE WEST WOULD BE THE AIR FORCE BASE. AND THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT TO THE NORTH IS A GAS STATION WITH A ZONING OF GENERAL COMMERCIAL. YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS RESIDENTIAL SINGLE HOMES TO THE EAST AND A MOBILE HOME PARK TO THE SOUTH. AND THESE ARE SOME PROPERTY AND SUBJECT SOME PROPERTY IN EVERGREEN ABUSE. WE SEND OUT NOTIFICATIONS. WE RECEIVE ONE IN FAVOR AND ONE IN OPPOSITION. OH IT WAS. I WOULD LIKE TO READ THE OPPOSITION IF YOU ALLOWED ME TO. MY HOUSEHOLD IS OPPOSED TO THE ZONING WITH THE EXCEPTION OF BEING IF THE EASEMENT BETWEEN PART PARTRIDGE PLACE IN THE FIELD TO THE WEST BEING REPURPOSED TO AN ALLEYWAY. THIS IS EASEMENT IS AN ISSUE FOR NAVIGATION IN AND OUT OF OUR PROPERTY FROM THE BACK. IF REZONING MEANS THIS WILL BE TURNED INTO AN ACCESSIBLE ALLEYWAY. WE ARE IN FAVOR. OTHERWISE WE ARE OPPOSED. SO I WASN'T QUITE SURE. IT'S PRETTY SPECIFIC TO THEIR HOUSE AND WHAT HOW THE DEVELOPMENT WILL HAPPEN. [00:25:02] YES. SO CURRENTLY THERE IS NOT AN ALLEYWAY BACK THERE. OKAY. THE THESE ARE THE PERIMETER USES IN AGRICULTURAL ZONING. THIS WOULD BE THE PERMITTED USES IN PATIO HOME MULTIFAMILY ZONING AND GENERAL RETAIL ZONING. THIS IS THE PROPOSED ZONING LAYOUT. THEY WILL HAVE THE GENERAL COMMERCIALS IN MULTIFAMILY, ALONG WITH THE PATIO HOMES TOWARDS THE EAST, CLOSER TO THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES. THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE SURROUNDING USES AND ZONING, GENERALLY ACCEPTED PLANNING PRINCIPLES AND THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. STAFF'S RECOMMENDING APPROVAL, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR CLARISSA? DO YOU HAVE ANY BUDGET LEFT FOR SENDING OUT NOTIFICATIONS IN THE FUTURE? NO, THAT'S THAT'S ALL FOR NOTIFICATIONS SENT OUT ON THIS PROPERTY. YES, THAT'S A LOT. YEAH. LUCKY THAT THE ACROSS THE STREET HASN'T BEEN DEVELOPED YET. OR YOU WOULD HAVE HAD EVEN MORE SO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER. WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO COME UP AND ADDRESS IT? CLAYTON, YOU AND TASHA TO CARPOOLED MEETING AFTER THIS. SO WE COULDN'T DO THAT. OKAY. CLAYTON FARROW, JACOB AND MARTIN, AGENT FOR THE DEVELOPER. THIS IS A ZONING REQUEST TO SUPPORT THE MASTER PLAN. MASTER PLANNING OF THIS PROPERTY. I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THE REQUEST IS NOT FOR GENERAL COMMERCIAL, BUT FOR GENERAL RETAIL SHOWN IN THAT PEACH COLOR RIGHT THERE IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER. WE WOULD AGREE WITH STAFF THAT THE FRONTAGE THE FIRST, I THINK IT'S 250FT OF DEPTH FOR THOSE GENERAL RETAIL AND MULTIFAMILY ARE APPROPRIATE ADJACENT TO DUB, RIGHT? TRANSITIONING TO PATIO HOME ADJACENT TO THE RF6 IN THE BACK. THIS IS A SIMILAR DIFFICULT PROPERTY SIMILAR TO THE ONE YOU JUST SPOKE TO IN THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DRAINAGE THROUGH HERE AND EASEMENTS AND PIPELINES. SO WHILE THE BIG BLOCK OF THE COLORFUL BLOCKS APPEAR TO BE, YOU COULD VISUALIZE THAT THEY COULD BE VERY DENSE. THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF OPEN SPACE THAT'S OUT OF NECESSITY DUE TO TITLE ENCUMBRANCES THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE PROPERTY. SO WE WOULD AGREE WITH STAFF AND THAT THIS IS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS AREA. AND DYESS IS EXCITED. THEY'VE, THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS DEVELOPER IS LOOKING TO PUT IN MORE HOUSING NEARBY THE BASE AND WOULD SEEK YOU GUYS APPROVAL AS WELL. HOW CONSTRAINED ARE YOU BY THESE LIKE BOXES AS DRAWN ON THIS MAP? IT'S A THE LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS FOR EACH OF THE BOXES IS PROVIDED IN THE ORDINANCE FOR CITY COUNCIL, SO THAT IT IS AN EXACT BOUNDARY. ALL ACCESS IS GOING TO BE OFF OF THAT. ARE YOU COMFORTABLE BEFORE GETTING INTO THE LAND OF BEING THIS. THIS IS PRETTY TYPICAL FOR FOR US HAVING TO DO THIS. YES, SIR. WE'VE LAND PLANNED THIS. WE'VE DONE A BOUNDARY SURVEY FOR THE PROPERTY FOR THE OWNER. SO WE WERE UNAWARE OF WHERE THE EXACT BOUNDARIES ARE ALREADY. AND THIS WAS DONE VERY INTENTIONALLY. I GUESS THAT'S MY ANSWER. I JUST DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IF YOU NEEDED A P, D, D TO HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY OR SOMETHING. I CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. BUT WITH THIS DEVELOPER, HE WAS JUST WANTING TO DO STANDARD ZONING. THAT'S GREAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CLAYTON? THANKS FOR BEING HERE. APPRECIATE YOU. PUBLIC HEARING IS STILL OPEN. WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS MATTER? HELLO, BRAD AND THE BOARD. I'M ELENA JETER, I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT NOAH PROJECT, AND I JUST THINK IT'S WORTH NOTING WHEN WE TALK PLANNING AND ZONING TALKED ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT DOOR, THAT WE'RE IMMEDIATELY TO THE RIGHT. AND SO IT'S NOT JUST RESIDENTIAL. IT IS OUR CITY AND OUR TEN COUNTY AREA, BUT OUR CITY'S ONLY PROTECTED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER. AND SO I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO TO NOTE THAT. AND THEN WITH PATIO HOMES, I HAVE A CONCERN IF THEY ARE TWO STORY. AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A WAY TO ENSURE THE FIRST COUPLE STREETS OF THOSE ARE ONE STORY. I'M GLAD TO HEAR IT'S NOT MULTIFAMILY, BECAUSE I WOULDN'T BE COMFORTABLE WITH AN APARTMENT BEING ABLE TO LOOK RIGHT AT DIRECTLY INTO OUR PROPERTY AND THE SAFETY OF THOSE VICTIMS THAT WE SERVE EVERY DAY. SO I JUST WANTED TO NOTATE THAT AND SEE IF THERE WAS AN OPTION ON THE PATIO HOMES. THERE'S WE, WE CANNOT MAKE CONDITIONS TO LIMIT THINGS TO, TO, TO ONE STORY. I GUESS POTENTIALLY WE COULD, BUT WE TRADITIONALLY DO NOT. YEAH. BUT WE WILL, WE'RE WELCOME TO INVITE THE DEVELOPER BACK UP TO SEE IF HE HAS ANY INCLINATION OF THAT AT THIS POINT. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND YES, Y'ALL ARE RIGHT. YEAH, WE'RE WE'RE RIGHT WEST AND SOUTH, I GUESS RIGHT THERE. YEAH. JUST DIRECTLY AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF THE YELLOW. OKAY. TO THE YELLOW. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOUR PRIMARY CONCERN IS JUST VISIBILITY INTO YOUR PROPERTY WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO PROTECT IT IS ABSOLUTELY. AND WE KNEW IT WOULD BE DEVELOPED. WE KNEW WE WOULDN'T ALWAYS HAVE A TREE LINE, BUT JUST WHATEVER WE CAN DO AND WE'LL DEFINITELY HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATION DIRECTLY WITH [00:30:07] THE PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT. BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL HAD THAT INFORMATION. THANKS. THANK YOU. CLAYTON, WOULD YOU MIND COMING BACK UP IF YOU HAVE AN ANSWER? OR MAYBE Y'ALL CAN JUST BE CONNECTED IN THE FUTURE AS WELL, BUT. NO. YOU'RE WELCOME IF YOU HAVE AN ANSWER, I DON'T KNOW. CLAYTON FARROW, AGENT FOR THE DEVELOPER. WE'RE AWARE OF NO PROJECT THERE AND APPRECIATE THE SERVICES THAT YOU GUYS DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THAT PROPERTY, THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THIS PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY BOUNDED. THERE'S A TRANSMISSION LINE EASEMENT THAT CUTS KIND OF DIAGONAL RIGHT THERE. WELL, NEAR THE NOAA PROJECT WHERE THIS DEVELOPER IS AWARE OF NOAA PROJECTS DESIRE WITH WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH THEIR PROPERTY AND WANTS TO BE COGNIZANT OF, WITH HOW HE DEVELOPS THIS PROPERTY, HOW IT WILL IMPACT THEM. SO I CAN'T SPEAK EXACT TWO STORY, BUT I DO ZONING HAS A HEIGHT REQUIREMENT. I BELIEVE IN PATIO HOME 30FT 35. FIVE. 35FT. TRADITIONALLY, FROM WHAT I'M EXPECTING OF THIS CLIENT, I WOULD NOT EXPECT TWO STORY HOMES. BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE CONSTRUCTED. I WILL SAY WITH LAND PLANNING, I THINK WE WOULD BE RESPECTFUL OF WHAT THE ADJACENT PROPERTY USE IS. YES. THANKS. ONE PLACE THAT'S NOT IN A FLOOD ZONE YOU'VE GOT THERE'S A LOT OF FLOOD ZONE ON THIS PROPERTY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PUBLIC HEARING IS STILL OPEN. WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO COME UP AND ADDRESS THIS MATTER? SEEING NO ONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. OH, WAIT. SORRY. SORRY, SIR. COME ON UP. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS STILL OPEN. MY APOLOGIES. BLAKE KEATING. I ACTUALLY LIVE ON BISHOP ROAD, NOT FAR FROM ME. RIGHT THERE. I'M HERE FOR SOMETHING ELSE. THE TRAFFIC, WHEN THIS DOES COME UP, IS THIS BEING ADDRESSED OF HOW IT'S GOING TO BE ZONED ABOUT HOW THE ROADS ARE GOING TO HANDLE THAT BECAUSE IT'S SLOWLY STARTING TO GET A LITTLE WORSE NOW. NOT A BIG DEAL. IT'S THE WAY THINGS HAPPEN IN LIFE, BUT I JUST THAT WAS ONE CONCERN I FORGOT. I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS UP TODAY. I DIDN'T MY MY IGNORANCE ON THAT. AND I WAS CURIOUS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE ADDRESSED ON THAT THE ROADS ITSELF, BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE BEST ROAD I DON'T LIKE. I'VE NEVER I'VE LIVED THERE 24 YEARS AND I STILL DON'T LIKE THAT PART OF TEXAS. NEVER HAVE. YOU CAN'T SAY THAT. ESPECIALLY TEXAS ROAD WHEN THEY TOOK AWAY THAT CENTER TURNING LANE, I DID NOT LIKE IT. YEAH, I LIKED WHEN WE HAD A CENTER TURNING LANE, BUT THAT WENT AWAY. AND NOW THERE'S A BIKE LANE THAT WHATEVER. BUT I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THAT'S BEING ADDRESSED OR WOULD THAT BE LOOKED AT? ANY I'LL SAY WE ARE NORMALLY THE FIRST DOMINO IN REGARDS JUST TO LAND USE. YES. AND THEN NORMALLY OTHER CITY SERVICES LOOK AT WHAT NEED. AND THEN AS THINGS GET DEVELOPED, SOMETIMES IT BRINGS IN TXDOT OR CITY TO HELP DO IMPROVEMENTS AROUND IT. GOTCHA. THERE ARE CERTAIN ZONING CASES THAT WE'VE, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE STREET IS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT THAT WE'VE APPROVED. AND IT WILL NEED ROADS INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND IT, BUT NOT UNTIL IT GETS DEVELOPED. OH, ABSOLUTELY. AND SO, BUT YES, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE ON PEOPLE'S RADARS AS IT STARTS GETTING. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. THANKS FOR THE QUESTION. IT WAS ON MY RADAR. NO. ANYONE ELSE TO ADDRESS THIS MATTER? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY COMMENTS AMONG THE COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONERS. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THERE WERE ANY SUGGESTED. IT'S JUST A STRAIGHT APPROVAL. IF ANYBODY HAS A MOTION, I'LL HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT, ESPECIALLY NOT ONLY WHERE WE'RE AT HOUSING WISE RIGHT NOW, BUT WHERE DICE IS GOING TO BE GOING IN THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. SO I WILL MOTION TO APPROVE. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. I'LL SECOND. OH GO AHEAD. YOU GOT IT ZACH WITH THE FIRST KRISTEN FORT SHANTAY FOR SECOND. IT'S ALWAYS KRISTEN. SACHSE. SHANTI. SHANTI. KRISTEN. MR.. STRAUSER. YES. MISS. KIKER. YES. MR.. HALLIBURTON. YES. MISS. LEWIS. YES. MR.. SYKES. YES. AND MR.. BENHAM. YES. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX. THE ZONING CASE 2026-46. RECEIVER REPORT. HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO TAKE ACTION ON THE REQUEST FROM THE OWNER. TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF APPROXIMATELY TWO ACRES FROM AGRICULTURAL OPEN TO RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY. RS SIX. LOCATED AT 3234 BELTWAY SOUTH. ADAM. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ADAM HOLLAND, PLANNER FOR THE CITY OF ABILENE. THIS IS CASE Z 2020 646, OWNED BY MIKE PAPPAS AND REPRESENTED BY THOMAS BURNS. THIS IS A REQUEST TO CHANGE APPROXIMATELY TWO ACRES FROM AGRICULTURAL OPEN TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, LOCATED AT 3254 BELTWAY SOUTH. HERE IS THE LOCATION MAP KIND OF SHOWING THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HERE. YOU CAN SEE ON THE ZONING ZONING MAP, EXCUSE ME. HERE THERE IS AGRICULTURAL OPEN TO THE WEST HERE. CURRENT SUBJECT PROPERTIES, AGRICULTURAL OPEN AND RS SIX TO THE NORTH AND THE EAST AS WELL. THE OWNER INTENDS TO SUBDIVIDE THIS PROPERTY AND WOULD LIKE TO REZONE IT TO RS SIX TO KIND OF MATCH WHAT'S NEARBY ACROSS THE STREET. IT'S LITERALLY RIGHT THERE. HERE ARE SOME VIEWS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. CURRENTLY, THERE IS A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE WITH SOME ACCESSORY BUILDINGS ON THE PROPERTY. [00:35:05] NEARBY IS A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING TO THE NORTH, TO THE EAST AND ALL AROUND IT BASICALLY HERE ARE THE USES PERMITTED IN THE AGRICULTURAL OPEN ZONING DISTRICT. HERE ARE THE USES PERMITTED IN THE RESIDENTIAL RS6 ZONING DISTRICT. WE SENT OUT SOME NOTIFICATIONS. WE DID RECEIVE ONE IN OPPOSITION FAIRLY RECENTLY. WE WEREN'T ABLE TO PLACE IT ON THIS AGENDA. HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFIC IN IT? THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT DENSITY AND SUBDIVISION OF THE LAND. BUT IN GENERAL, OKAY. STAFF HAS FOUND THAT THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SURROUNDING USES AND ZONING, GENERALLY ACCEPTED PLANNING PRINCIPLES. AND THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL IN THE LDC STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE FOR ME. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ADAM HAS TAKEN THIS LONG. I FIGURED IT WOULD BE A LONG TIME AGO. THANK YOU. WE'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO COME UP AND ADDRESS THIS MATTER? HI THERE. THOMAS BURNS. I'M THE AGENT FOR THE OWNER, MIKE PAPPAS. JUST WANTED TO GIVE THE RUNDOWN THAT WE ARE, LIKE ADAM SAID, TRYING TO GET THE PROPERTY ZONED RESIDENTIAL. WE'RE NOT SURE WHY IT'S STILL A OH, AS IT'S TWO ACRES. AND I WAS INFORMED THAT APPARENTLY NEED TO BE MINIMUM OF FIVE TO BE RESIDENTIAL. SO IT MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN GRANDFATHERED IN THE PAST. BUT MY CLIENT DOESN'T NEED THIS MUCH LAND. IT DOES NEED SOME MONEY THAT A SALE WOULD GET FROM HIM FOR SUBDIVIDING IT. AND YEAH, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, I CAN ANSWER THOSE RIGHT NOW. THAT MAKES SENSE. I WOULD BET IT USED TO BE PART OF A LARGER PARCEL AND THEN IT JUST NEVER GOT NEVER GOT THE TUSCANY SUBDIVISION WENT IN. YES, SIR. THAT'S MY BEST GUESS. BUT ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY COMMENTS AMONG THE COMMISSIONERS OR ANY MOTIONS? I THINK IT MAKES TOTAL SENSE. MAKES SENSE. I THINK IT'LL ACTUALLY MAKE THE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ENTRANCE MAKE MORE SENSE THAN WHAT IT CURRENTLY DOES. SO. AND I WOULD BET THEY SELL THE PARCELS PRETTY QUICKLY. YEAH. SO MOTION TO APPROVE KEVIN WITH A SECOND. TYSON WITH A SECOND. MR. STRASSER YES. MISS. KIKER YES. MR.. HALLIBURTON. YES. MISS. LEWIS. YES. MR.. SYKES. YES. AND MR. BENHAM. YES. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS ZONING CASE 2026-47. RECEIVER REPORT. HOLD A DISCUSSION. PUBLIC HEARING. TAKE ACTION ON THE REQUEST FROM THE OWNER TO AMEND THE TERMS OF A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT KNOWN AS PD DASH 76, SPECIFICALLY TO ALLOW TOWNHOMES AND PATIO HOMES WITHIN TRACK THREE. THIS IS LOCATED AT 5534 HEALTHWAY DRIVE. ADAM. GOOD AFTERNOON ONCE AGAIN. ADAM HOLLAND, PLANNER FOR THE CITY OF ABILENE. THIS IS A REQUEST BY EIGHT ENGINEERING TO AMEND THE TERMS OF PD 76 TO ALLOW PATIO HOME AND TOWNHOME USES WITHIN TRACT THREE. HERE IS AN AERIAL LOCATION MAP OF THE AREA SUBJECT TO REZONING IN GENERAL. THESE PROPERTIES ARE CURRENTLY VACANT WITH NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES BEING ZONED MOBILE HOME, MOBILE, MANUFACTURED HOME, R6, MD, AND SOME AGRICULTURAL OPEN TO THE SOUTH AS WELL. THE PD ADJACENT IS ZONED FOR SOME LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TYPE USES SUCH AS MANUFACTURING. THAT IS TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THIS SUBJECT PROPERTY HERE. HERE'S THE VIEWS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. AS I SAID IT WAS, IT IS VACANT WITH SOME OFFICES WITHIN THAT PD SPECIFICALLY FOR MEDICAL OFFICES, AND THEN SOME ADJACENT HOMES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPED. HERE'S THE AMENDED CONCEPT PLAN KIND OF SHOWING THE PROPOSED USES. TOWNHOME SLASH MEDIUM DENSITY USES ARE PROPOSED IN THE NORTH AS WELL AS SOME OF THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THIS LOT OF THIS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. WHILE NO CHANGES ARE TO BE MADE FOR THE REST OF THE PD ITSELF WE DID SEND OUT NOTIFICATIONS. WE RECEIVED ONE IN OPPOSITION IN TIME TO PLACE IT ON THIS AGENDA. AND WE DID RECEIVE ANOTHER ONE IN OPPOSITION AS WELL THIS MORNING. BUT THERE WERE NO COMMENTS ON, ON THOSE OPPOSITIONS FOR THIS REQUEST. OPPOSED? NO WORDS. OKAY. STAFF HAS FOUND THAT THIS REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SURROUNDING USES AND ZONINGS GENERALLY ACCEPTED PLANNING PRINCIPLES AND THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL IN THE LDC AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE FOR ME. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ADAM? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. [00:40:03] WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO COME UP AND ADDRESS THIS MATTER? DAVID J. GOOD AFTERNOON. BJ PRITCHARD, AGENT FOR THE APPLICANT HERE. AS ADAM MENTIONED, THIS IS KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF A RETREAD FROM A PD AMENDMENT WE DID A COUPLE YEARS AGO. SAME CONCEPT IS REALLY IN MIND. THEY JUST WANTED TO ADD THE FLEXIBILITY, MAYBE ADDING SOME TOWNHOMES, POSSIBLY INSIDE OF THIS SAME DEVELOPMENT, STILL KIND OF EXPLORING THE POSSIBLE CONFIGURATION AND LAND USE WITHIN IT. BUT LOOKING AT TRYING TO COME UP WITH A WAY TO CREATE A VARIETY OF HOUSING OPTIONS IN THERE TO HELP BETTER SERVE THIS PART OF ABILENE. OBVIOUSLY RIGHT THERE BY DYESS. SO I MEAN, THIS IS CERTAINLY AIMING RIGHT AT THAT AS WELL. SO AND THERE'S A LOT OF PATIO HOMES. IS THE PATIO HOME MORE ABOUT SETBACKS OR IS IT STILL LOOKING AT TRUE PATIO HOMES OR TRUE TOWNHOMES? IT'S IT'S MORE ABOUT SETBACKS. JUST YES, THEY, THEY JUST CONFIGURING AROUND THE LOT. YEAH, ESSENTIALLY. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR BJ? THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANKS. PUBLIC HEARING IS STILL OPEN. WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO COME UP AND ADDRESS THIS MATTER? BLAKE KEATING AGAIN. HARRY. THIS IS ACTUALLY MY STREET. THIS IS WHAT I CAME HERE FOR. I ACTUALLY LIVE ON BISHOP ROAD, WHERE ALL THIS IS IN FRONT OF ME. THE FIELD. AND I MEAN MY WIFE AND I SAID FOR YEARS, WE WOULD LOVE TO ABSOLUTELY BUY LAND THERE IF WE COULD, BUT IT WOULD BE A BIG WALL AROUND IT. HAVE A HOUSE. DON'T WORRY ABOUT ANYBODY. IT NEEDS TO BE DEVELOPED. I AGREE, BUT THE ONE I DON'T WANT. AND THEY JUST BUILT A TON OF TOWNHOMES AROUND. RIGHT BEHIND US AND AROUND AND IT. I'M GLAD SOMEBODY DID SOME OF THE LAND. I'M NOT TAKING THAT AWAY FROM ANYBODY OR LANDOWNER OR WHATEVER. THE GUY THAT OWNS THE RETINA CLINIC BOUGHT THE LAND YEARS AGO. MY MY CONCERN AND WITH SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS, I SPOKE WITH HIM A LITTLE BIT AGO FOR THE MEETING, JUST GOING THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE LETTERS MEANT. THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE SIGNS WERE FOR. AND I WAS HERE TWO YEARS AGO FOR THE OTHER ONE. AND IT'S JUST IT'S THE KIND OF HOMES THAT GO IN. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SINGLE FAMILY NON-ATTACHED HOMES GO IN FOR OTHER THE LANDS THERE. WHY NOT? IT'S NOT A FLOOD AREA THAT I KNOW OF AND IT'S GREAT FOR KIDS. I MEAN, THAT'S WHY WE LIVED THERE FOR 24 YEARS. I JUST WANT WHATEVER IS APPROVED. I KNOW APPROVED LAST TIME. BUT WHEN IT WENT FURTHER ON, IT WAS DENIED. AND I WAS KIND OF HAPPY TO HEAR THAT. BUT FOR ME, IT'S THE STYLE OF HOMES THAT MIGHT GO. AND AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY FROM SOMEONE'S RIGHT TO SELL THEIR LAND OR DO WHATEVER WITH IT, BECAUSE I'D BE MAD IF THAT WAS ME. BUT WE DO LIVE THERE. WE LOVE IT THERE. WE'VE ESTABLISHED THERE. WE JUST DON'T WANT A BUNCH OF RENTAL PROPERTIES THAT THAT JUST SCARED US. AND WE SEE WHAT'S BEHIND US AND ABILENE'S GROWING. NOTHING'S GOING TO CHANGE THAT. BUT I JUST HOPE WHEN IT'S LOOKED AT, PLEASE CONSIDER THAT AND LET'S GET SOME DETACHED HOMES. GET SOME BACKYARD KID. GROW UP. YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE WAY I LOOK AT IT. NOT MORE TOWNHOMES, NOT MORE RENTALS FOR PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT. AND WHEN THAT MARKET'S GONE, IT'S JUST GOING TO DIMINISH. THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. I'VE WORKED ALL OVER THE WORLD FOR MY JOB, AND I SEE IT EVERYWHERE I GO AROUND THE US, TOO. I JUST HOPE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN HERE, AND I JUST HOPE THAT'S CONSIDERED. THAT'S MORE OF A PERSONAL VIEW. BUT MY NEIGHBORS THAT WHEN I TOLD THEM ABOUT IT, THEY'RE LIKE, OH NO, WE DON'T WANT APARTMENTS THERE UNTIL I CAN DO SPEAK FOR THEM. WELL, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBORS TO COME TO THE I'VE. YES, TO COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL. I'LL BE IN TOWN THIS TIME FOR THIS ONE. I'LL TELL YOU JUST TO PLAY DEVIL'S ADVOCATE A LITTLE BIT. I DO THINK WITH THIS CLOSENESS TOWARDS DYESS AIR FORCE BASE AND THE GROWTH THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THERE, WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE A VIBRANT RENTAL MARKET FOR AIRMEN THAT DON'T WANT TO OWN A HOME. AND SO, SO WHETHER THAT MEANS THAT THERE SHOULD BE TOWNHOMES OR MEDIUM DENSITY OR WHATEVER. I'M NOT ONE OF THEM. I'M NOT STATIONED HERE. I'M NOT MAKING THAT ARGUMENT. I'M JUST SAYING THAT THAT IN AND AROUND LIKE THE LIKE THE PREVIOUS CASE HAVING, HAVING SOME THINGS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE A MIXTURE OF SINGLE FAMILY, A MIXTURE OF SMALLER FAMILY, A MIXTURE OF, OF RENTAL IS IMPORTANT FOR US AS, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LAND THAT'S STILL AVAILABLE OUT THERE. BUT YEAH, I AGREE WITH THAT AS WELL. YEAH. AND I ALSO KNOW PEOPLE COME IN, THEY DON'T WANT THEY WANT SOMETHING DETACHED. THEY WANT A HOME BACKYARD, EVEN WHETHER IT'S A RENTAL OR THEY EVEN BUY IT. THAT'S JUST WHAT I WAS HOPING FOR WITH THAT ONE. THAT'S WHAT I CAME THE LAST TIME I JUST SAID THAT RIGHT THERE SPECIFIC. I DON'T WANT A TWO STORY APARTMENT I PLEASE TO GOD. NO, BUT THAT'S NOT MY THAT'S NOT MY SAY ON THAT ONE. BUT IT'S JUST THAT'S A PERSONAL VIEW. BUT WE'RE GETTING DUPLEXES EVERYWHERE, AND MOST OF THEM AREN'T EVEN OWNED IN ABILENE. I DON'T KNOW, IN MY OPINION, THAT I'VE HEARD, I DON'T KNOW, I COULD BE WRONG ON THAT, BUT I JUST WANT SOME FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE A PIECE OF LAND THEMSELVES. I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S JUST ME. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. RECORD KEEPER. WOULD YOU MIND STATING YOUR NAME? I THINK YOU SAID IT. SORRY. THE NEW MEDICATION, BLAKE KEATING. THANK YOU. SIR. YES, SIR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE TO ADDRESS THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. DISCUSSION AMONG THE COMMISSIONERS OR ANY MOTIONS. WERE THERE ANY. THERE WAS. THIS WAS JUST A STRAIGHT. THERE WAS NO NOT AMENDMENTS. WHAT AM I TRYING TO. CONDITIONS. JUST A RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL. ONE THING I NOTICED THERE'S THIS. [00:45:07] A REAL HODGEPODGE OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING AROUND THIS SUBJECT PROPERTY. THERE'S MOBILE HOMES, THERE'S SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES. THERE'S SOME TOWNHOMES ALREADY EXISTING. SO DUPLEXES, YOU KNOW, JUST A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT SEEMS TO FIT WITHIN THE AREA TO SOME DEGREE. NO, I, I THINK I AGREE WITH WHAT THE GENTLEMAN WAS SAYING, LIKE, I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY WANT A THREE STORY TOWNHOME BACKING UP TO MY SINGLE FAMILY HOME, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT'S ON THE DEVELOPER TO DEVELOP HOMES IN SUCH A WAY WHERE YOU YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO YOUR NEIGHBORS ARE. NOT LIKE PUTTING A LOT OF TWO STORY ANYTHING HERE. SO I AGREE WITH YOU, TYSON. I THINK THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE MIXED USE OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING OPTIONS. AND I CAN EVEN SEE IT BEING DEVELOPED IN TEARS TO SEE LIKE WHICH ONES FILL UP. AND THEN LET'S BUILD A FEW MORE OF THOSE. AND, AND MAYBE BJ IS GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK FOR A THIRD TIME TO, TO SWAP IT INTO SOMETHING ELSE. BUT AS WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD AND AS WE'RE TRYING TO GROW FOR 7000 MORE AIRMEN IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS IN DYESS HAVING A, HAVING A FEW DIFFERENT OPTIONS IN AND AROUND THE BASE, I THINK MAKES SENSE. SO I WOULD AGREE. WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, A MOTION TO APPROVE KEVIN WITH THE FIRST. TEE WITH THE SECOND. MR. STRASSER? YES. YES. MR.. HALLIBURTON. YES, MISS. LEWIS. YES. MR.. SEITZ. YES. MR.. BENHAM. YES. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. RECEIVE A REPORT, WHOLE DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC HEARING TO TAKE ACTION ON THE REQUEST FROM THE OWNER TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 30.08 ACRES FROM AGRICULTURAL OPEN TO RESIDENTIAL RS SIX. LOCATED AT 6648 BUTTERFIELD. KIRA KIRA, PLANNER WITH THE CITY OF ABILENE TO DATES Z 2020 648. THE AGENT IS E T. THE REQUEST IS TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 30.08 ACRES FROM AGRICULTURAL OPEN TO RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY LOCATED AT 6648 BUTTERFIELD TRAIL. HERE WE HAVE THE AERIAL LOCATION MAP. THE ZONING MAP. HERE ARE SOME PROPERTY VIEWS. THE CURRENT PERMITTED USES IN AGRICULTURE. OPEN PERMITTED USES IN RESIDENTIAL ZONING. NOTIFICATIONS WERE SENT OUT IN A 200 FOOT BUFFER. WE DID RECEIVE ONE IN FAVOR, ONE IN OPPOSITION. THEY DID NOT WRITE ANYTHING OF WHY THEY WERE OPPOSED. THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE SURROUNDING USES AND ZONING GENERALLY ACCEPTED PLANNING PRINCIPLES, AND THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL IN THE LDC STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR KIRA? NO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS MATTER? AFTERNOON. BJ PRITCHARD, E EIGHT, AGENT FOR THE APPLICANT HERE. THIS SEEMS TO BE ONE OF THE HOTTEST LITTLE GROWN AREAS OF ABILENE RIGHT HERE, COMING ACROSS 277 AND RIGHT THERE AT DOUG WRIGHT. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS KIND OF THE LAST LITTLE HOLDOUT RIGHT THERE. THERE'S ALREADY PATIO HOME THERE TO THE WEST. WE JUST DID THE ZONING FOR THE 30 ACRES OR SO THERE TO THE EAST. THIS PIECE AND THE 30 ACRES TO THE EAST ARE GOING TO WIND UP BEING KIND OF ONE SUBDIVISION. ONCE IT'S THE SAME, SAME OWNERS GOING TO HAVE THAT WHOLE SECTION. YEAH. THEY'RE KIND OF WORKING TOGETHER TO, TO PULL THAT ALL TOGETHER. SO IT'LL ALL BE RS. SIX SINGLE FAMILY HOMES RIGHT IN THERE. ANYWAY, WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS CERTAINLY AN APPROPRIATE USE FOR THIS PART OF THE CITY OUT THERE. IT'S GROWING AND THERE. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR BJ? NOPE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANKS. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS STILL OPEN. WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSIONERS OR MOTIONS. SAID AT ONCE, I THINK. TO ME IT MAKES SENSE RIGHT THERE. IT MAKES SENSE, AS THE PREVIOUS GENTLEMAN THAT SPOKE. IT'S NICE TO SEE COMBINATIONS OF RS6 AND DIFFERENT. LIKE HAVING DIFFERENT. HAVING A FEW DIFFERENT TYPES COMING IN IS IMPORTANT. SO ZACH, IS THAT A MOTION THAT IS A MOTION TO APPROVE ANYBODY WITH A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. KEVIN WITH A SECOND. MR.. STRAUSER YES. YES. MR.. HALLIBURTON. YES. MISS. LEWIS. YES. MR.. SYKES YES. AND MR. BENHAM. YES. AND THE MOTION CARRIES BEFORE WE ADJOURN ON THE CASE THAT CLAYTON HAD BEFORE US, THAT HE CORRECTED SOMETHING, SAID GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND NOT GENERAL RETAIL. [00:50:02] DID WE END UP MAKING THE CORRECT MOTION TO SUPPORT IT THE WAY HE WANTED IT TO? OKAY. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS A TYPO OR SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED TO CORRECT ON THE RECORD, BUT NO, IT WAS IT'S IT'S IN THE PACKET AS GENERAL RETAIL, IT'S IN CORRECTLY. WE WERE JUST SAYING IT WRONG. SO ALRIGHT, AS LONG AS THAT'S ALL RIGHT THEN WE'RE GOOD. WE'LL BE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.