[Zoning Board of Adjustment on May 19, 2025.]
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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. WE ARE GOING TO CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING FOR THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. THIS IS MAY 19TH. IT IS 6:00 PM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. ARE THERE ANY CITIZENS PRESENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD ON ANY NON AGENDA ITEMS, SEEING THAT THERE IS NONE, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA AND THAT IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON MINUTES FROM THE MAY. EXCUSE ME FROM THE APRIL 21ST, 2025 REGULAR MEETING, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AND A SECOND. MR. CHAIR, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING AS PRESENTED. OKAY. VICE CHAIR. SECOND, THE MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. LET'S GO AHEAD AND CAST OUR VOTES. AND THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
ALL RIGHT. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA THIS EVENING. I BELIEVE WE HAVE THREE ITEMS THAT WE WILL CONSIDER. THE FIRST AGENDA ON OUR FIRST ITEM, EXCUSE ME, ON OUR REGULAR AGENDA, IS TO HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A REQUEST BY TINA BROWN FOR A VARIANCE TO SECTION FIVE POINT C OF PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 22,000 DASH 20. TO ALLOW FOR A FENCE HEIGHT. FENCE HEIGHT EIGHT FEET IN HEIGHT. PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 1909 FOUNTAIN SPRAY DRIVE, ZBA 2020 5-08 KEVIN. YES. GOOD EVENING. SO OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR A FENCE THAT'S EIGHT FEET IN HEIGHT. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 1909 FOUNTAIN SPRAY DRIVE, AND IT'S LOCATED WITHIN A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS A RESTRICTION OF SEVEN FEET. AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE VARIANCE. THE ZONING ORDINANCE DOES ALLOW UP TO EIGHT FEET. SO IT'S NOT THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR A VARIANCE ON THE CITY CODE. IT'S THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT CODE. THEY HAVE RECEIVED HOA APPROVAL FROM THE CASCADES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. AND THEN ANOTHER REASON THAT THEY'RE WANTING THE ADDITIONAL FOOT IS BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX NEAR THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY. AND SO THAT'S THE HOA APPROVAL THAT I'M SHOWING ON THE SCREEN. AND THEN IT'S ALONG THE REAR AND SIDE WHERE THEY'RE WANTING THE FENCE. WE DID MAIL 24 NOTICES AND RECEIVED ONE IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST. IT'S LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET AT 1912 FOUNTAIN SPRAY DRIVE. YEAH, THAT'LL BE SHOWING UP HERE. OH IT'S NOT. NO. OH, OKAY. YEAH, WE'RE WORKING ON OKAY. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. KEVIN, YOU MENTIONED YOU RECEIVED A PERMITTING ALL THE REQUIRED NOTICES. YOU RECEIVED ONE APPROVAL. ANY KNOWS? NO. NO, NO. ALSO THE THIS PROPERTY IS IN A PD AND PD ONLY ALLOWS UP TO SEVEN FEET, BUT WE'RE NOT IN THE PD. AND SUBJECT TO THE REGULAR ZONING, IT WOULD BE EIGHT FOOT WOULD BE ALLOWED BY RIGHT. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. KEVIN, IS THERE THE APPLICANT PRESENT AND WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO SPEAK. THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT HERE TODAY OKAY. VERY VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR KEVIN BEFORE WE MOVE ON. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THIS REQUEST. ARE THERE ANY CITIZENS PRESENT THAT WOULD PRESENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD, CONSIDERING CONSIDERING THIS ISSUE? SEEING THAT THERE IS NONE, I WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL MOVE TOWARDS BOARD DISCUSSION. THERE'S NO DISCUSSION. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS VARIANCE. MR. CHAIR, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE AS SUBMITTED BY STAFF AND IS LISTED ON THE AGENDA. WE HAVE A MOTION. SORRY, I SECOND MR. CHAIR. VERY GOOD. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO VOTE FOR THIS MOTION. AND THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY FOUR ZERO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO OUR SECOND AGENDA ITEM
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THIS EVENING. OUR SECOND AGENDA ITEM IS TO HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A REQUEST BY ERIK HAAGER FOR VARIANCE TO SECTION 4.2. A POINT THREE FOR THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO ALLOW FOR TEN FOOT FRONT SETBACKS IN LIEU OF THE REQUIRED 25FT. PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 1603 MARTINEZ LANE, ZBA. 2020 5-09 KEVIN. OKAY, OUR SECOND ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE FOR THE FRONT SETBACKS OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1603 MARTINEZ LANE. THE PURPOSE OF THE REQUEST IS TO ALLOW FOR TEN FOOT FRONT SETBACKS IN LIEU OF THE REQUIRED 25FT, AND THAT'S REALLY TO ALLOW FOR THE PARKING LOT TO BE BUILT NEAR THE REAR AND FOR A FIRE LANE TO BE INSTALLED NEAR THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY. THIS IS THE SITE PLAN THAT THEY'RE PLANNING ON SUBMITTING TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, BUT THEY NEED THIS VARIANCE FIRST IN ORDER FOR THAT SITE PLAN TO EVEN BE CONSIDERED FOR APPROVAL. AND EVEN WITH THIS TEN FOOT REAR SETBACK, THEY'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE 23FT OF SPACE BETWEEN THE CURB CUT AND THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING. WE HAVE A SIMILAR VARIANCE TO THIS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. AND THIS IS THE IMAGE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. IT DOES HAVE A SIDEWALK THAT'S BUILT RIGHT ALONG THE BUILDING.SO THEY WILL WILL BE PROVIDING A SIDEWALK AS WELL. AND WE MAILED 17 NOTICES AND DIDN'T RECEIVE ANYTHING IN OPPOSITION OR IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST. AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE AS WELL. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, KEVIN, LEAVE THAT THERE FOR A SECOND. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE BOARD DID PREVIOUSLY APPROVE ONE FOR LITERALLY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, AND IT JUST POPPED. WHEN HE BROUGHT THAT UP. IT REMINDED ME OF THAT. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT I PERSONALLY, AS A CITY PLANNER, THINK THAT LOOKS REALLY, YOU KNOW, IT MAKES A STREETSCAPE LOOK NICE. BUT THAT BEING SAID, THERE IS ONE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. ANY QUESTIONS FOR KEVIN? HE'S WORKING NOW.
YEAH OKAY. THANK YOU. YES. SO THE PICTURE OF THE ONE THAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT IS THAT THE ONE THAT WAS APPROVED. YES. YEAH. IT IS LITERALLY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. YES. I THINK THE BOARD APPROVED IT A YEAR AGO. WERE YOU. YEAH, I WAS PART OF THAT. YEAH. YES. YEAH. OUR CHAIRMAN WAS PART OF THAT APPROVAL. AND WHEN THEY GOT DONE THE PARKING BEING IN THE BACK AND ALL THAT KIND OF ADDS TO A STREETSCAPE THAT, YOU KNOW, CAN LOOK KIND OF NICE AND HAVING A PARKING LOT UP FRONT. SO AND IT'S USEFUL ON THESE LOTS THAT AREN'T THAT DEEP. YEAH. AND ALSO ONE OF THE BIG REASONS THEY NEEDED THIS WAS FOR THE FIRE LANE AND HOSE LAY. SO THE FIRE TRUCK NEEDS 150FT OF HOSE LAY. AND IT COULDN'T BE SERVICED OFF OF THE STREET. SO THAT'S WHY THEY NEEDED THAT FIRE LANE ON THE PROPERTY, WHICH WHICH IS WHAT THEY HAVE RIGHT HERE. SO, KEVIN, CAN YOU LEAVE THAT THAT THE PLAN UP THERE, THAT SITE PLAN. AND SO. SO TO MY LEFT THEY REALLY HAVE PROPOSED TEN FOOT SETBACK. SO THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE OKAY. SO THIS IS THIS IS WHERE THE VARIANCE IS BEING ASKED THIS RED LINE. RIGHT. SO THAT TEN FOOT IS THE TEN FOOT FRONT SETBACK OKAY. SO FROM THE STREET TO THAT RED LINE IS THE SETBACK THEY'RE ASKING FOR YES OR NO. THAT'S 23FT FROM THE STREET. THAT'S 23FT. YEAH. IT'S FROM THE RED LINE. THE LITTLE PINK RED LINE. THAT'S THE TEN FOOT SETBACK TO THE RED LINE. SO THE PINKISH TO THE RED. THAT IS THEIR PROPERTY. THAT'S THEIR PROPERTY LINE. YES. THE CITY THE RIGHT OF WAY. THE STREET RIGHT OF WAY CONTINUES ON TO THE CURB FROM THAT PINK LINE TO THE CURB. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO THE BUILDING WILL STILL BE 23FT AWAY FROM THE ROAD, NOT TEN, BUT IT'S MEASURED FROM THAT PINK LINE. YES, BUT IT'S MEASURED FROM THAT PINK LINE. BUT IT'S 23FT AWAY FROM THE ROAD. FROM THE CURRENT ROAD.
YES, SIR. OKAY, KEVIN, I DO HAVE A QUESTION AND I THINK IT WAS SAID IN HERE. SO THIS IS JUST MORE CLARIFICATION THAN A QUESTION. THE IDEA IS THAT ANY KIND OF GARAGE DOORS, ETCETERA, IS GOING TO BE ON THE PARKING LOT SIDE, NOT THE STREET SIDE. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO THE ONLY THING ON THE STREET SIDE IS JUST GOING TO BE A SIDEWALK, POTENTIALLY WITH SOME DOORS, BUT NO CURB ACCESS TO THE TO THE FACILITY. CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. IT WILL BE A SIMILAR LOOK TO THAT. REAL SIMILAR TO THAT. YES, SIR. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. SO THE BUILDING IS ALREADY THERE. LET'S SAY IF WE DO THAT. NO NO NO NO, THIS IS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET. THIS IS THE ONE THAT APPROVED LAST YEAR, THIS GRASSY AREA. THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE WANTING THE BUILDING WHERE MY MOUSE IS MOVING. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. KEVIN, IS THE APPLICANT HERE WITH THE APPLICANT? LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? FEEL FREE TO COME ON UP.
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WHEN YOU GET TO THE PODIUM. PLEASE TELL US YOUR NAME. HI. SO MY NAME IS BAILEY HARGER. I REPRESENT HARGER PROPERTIES. THAT'S MY DAD, ERIC HARGER, RIGHT THERE, THE LISTED OWNER.SO JUST TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO WE ARE. WE'RE A SMALL, FAMILY OWNED COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT FIRM. WE HAVE ONE PROPERTY HERE, ONE PROPERTY IN FRISCO AND ONE IN DENTON.
BASICALLY WHAT WE DO, OUR BREAD AND BUTTER IS DEVELOPING SMALL COMMERCIAL FLEX SPACES. SO WHAT THAT ALLOWS IS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO STAY IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES, FINDING SPACES TO RENT AND GROW THEIR BUSINESS, THIS ADDITIONAL SPACE AS WELL, BESIDES JUST ALLOWING US TO DEVELOP IT PROPERLY WITH THE PROPER FIRE LANE, FOLLOWING THE REGULATIONS, THAT EXTRA SPACE AS WELL WILL ALLOW US TO KEEP OUR MARKET RENTS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ON THE LOWER END AS WELL. SO IT'LL HELP US HELP SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE WILEY COMMUNITY. VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO A PUBLIC HEARING. ARE THERE ANY CITIZENS PRESENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD CONCERNING THIS REQUEST? I WILL. WHEN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. ONE NAME, ONE. HI, MY NAME IS JACKIE TOBER. I LIVE AT 635 LEGEND TRAIL IN WYLIE, TEXAS. 75098I AM SPEAKING IN. I DON'T KNOW THESE PEOPLE AT ALL, BUT I'M SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF THIS. I WAS LOOKING AT THE GOOGLE MAP HERE AND I WORK IN REAL ESTATE. I'M A TITLE COMPANY. I OWN A TITLE COMPANY HERE IN WYLIE. AND LOOKING AT THIS, THE REASON THAT SETBACKS ARE CREATED IS FOR LINE OF SIGHT. AND I FIND NO REASON THAT THIS COULD NOT BE THERE IF IT WAS A BIG, MAJOR THOROUGHFARE THAT HAPPENED AND THERE WAS GOING TO EVENTUALLY BE LIKE LIGHTS AND POSSIBILITY OF LOTS AND LOTS OF TRAFFIC, THEN THAT WOULD BE A PROBLEM. BUT LOOKING AT WHERE THIS IS IN THE INDUSTRIAL STYLE STYLE PLACE OVER THERE, I DON'T FIND THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE.
THE ACROSS THE STREET HAS THE EXACT SAME THING, AND SO LONG AS WHERE THE PROPOSED TEN FOOT FRONT SETBACK AND THE TO THE LINE OVER ON THE OTHER SIDE, NOT TO THE PINK, BUT AS LONG AS THAT IS WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IS GOING TO BE THE SIDEWALK AGAIN, THERE'S REALLY NO ISSUE WITH THIS. THIS IS THEIR PROPERTY AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S A PROBLEM WITH THE LINE OF SIGHT. SO I THINK THAT THIS SHOULD DEFINITELY GO THROUGH AND BE SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL CONSIDER AS A AS A IN FAVOR FOR THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. WITH THE APPLICANT. LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING IN RESPONSE TO THAT. VERY GOOD. ARE THERE ANY OTHER CITIZENS PRESENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD SEEING THAT THERE ARE NONE, I WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE WILL MOVE TO BOARD DISCUSSION. MR. CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS SUBMITTED IN THE AGENDA. VERY GOOD. WE HAVE A MOTION. VICE CHAIR. VICE CHAIR. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. LET'S GO AHEAD AND CAST OUR VOTE FOR THIS VARIANCE REQUEST. AND THAT MOTION PASSES FOR ZERO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO OUR THIRD AGENDA ITEM THIS EVENING. THIS EVENING OUR THIRD AGENDA ITEM IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A REQUEST BY MEEZAN INVESTMENTS, LLC FOR A VARIANCE TO SECTION 3.4. D, 0.1 A. 3.4.1 D POINT D POINT ONE C, EXCUSE ME AND FIGURED 3-4 THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO ALLOW FOR A SINGLE FAMILY. 1024 DEVELOPMENT WITH A VARIANCE TO THE REQUIRED 30 FOOT BUFFER FROM A FLOODPLAIN VARIANCE TO THE REQUIRED 40 FOOT BUFFER FROM THE THOROUGHFARE AND VARIANCE TO THE DOUBLE FRONTAGE LOT DEPTH AND REAR SETBACK REQUIREMENTS. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 1501 WEST BROWN STREET, ZBA 2025 DASH TEN. OKAY, OUR LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A REQUEST FOR MULTIPLE VARIANCES FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1501 WEST BROWN STREET. THIS PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED SINGLE FAMILY SF 1024, AND THE DEVELOPERS WANTING TO DEVELOP 12 RESIDENTIAL LOTS. THIS IS THE PRELIMINARY PLAT THAT THEY'VE SUBMITTED AS A ROUGH SKETCH. AND
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ESSENTIALLY WHEN THEY WERE TRYING TO SUBMIT THIS PLAT, THEY REALIZED THAT THEY NEEDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL BUFFERS AND THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY MEET THE LOT DEPTH OR REAR SETBACKS FOR DOUBLE FRONTAGE LOTS. THAT'S A LOT. SO I'LL GO OVER IT ONE BY ONE SO THAT IT'S EASIER TO UNDERSTAND. THE 30 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER VARIANCE IS REQUIRED DUE TO IT BEING ADJACENT TO A FLOODPLAIN. THAT'S WHERE MY MOUSE IS RIGHT NOW. THE ORDINANCE ALSO CALLS OUT A TRAIL TO BE INSTALLED WHEN IT'S ADJACENT TO THE FLOODPLAIN. THE DEVELOPER IN LIEU OF THAT IS WANTING TO PROVIDE AN OPEN SPACE LOT, WHICH IS THIS TRIANGULAR PIECE. IT DOESN'T EXTEND ALL THE WAY UP TO THE PROPERTY LINE OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, BUT IT DOES COVER MOST OF IT. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE VARIANCES. THE OTHER VARIANCE IS THE 40 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER FOR A THOROUGHFARE. AND THAT'S BECAUSE BROWN STREET IS LISTED AS A THOROUGHFARE. THE DEVELOPERS ARE ALREADY REQUIRED TO DEDICATE 20FT FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY BECAUSE IT WASN'T FULLY DEDICATED ALREADY. BROWN STREET'S ALREADY FULLY BUILT OUT, AND IT HAS AN EXISTING SIDEWALK THERE. EVEN IF THIS VARIANCE PASSED, THEY'RE STILL GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE SCREENING, WROUGHT IRON FENCE. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S THAT SECOND VARIANCE. THE LAST VARIANCE IS JUST DUE TO THE DOUBLE FRONTAGE. LOTS TO EXPLAIN. A DOUBLE FRONTAGE LOT IS ESSENTIALLY A LOT THAT FACES TWO STREETS. SO IN THIS CASE ALL OF THESE LOTS ADJACENT TO SAND IN BROWN AND THE NEWLY CREATED STREET WOULD BE DOUBLE FRONTAGE LOTS. ZONING ORDINANCE REQUIRES A DEPTH OF 120FT. THEY AREN'T ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT ON SOME OF THE LOTS. AND THEN IT ALSO CALLS OUT A 45 FOOT REAR SETBACK, WHICH THE DEVELOPER IS REQUESTING 30FT INSTEAD, WHICH WOULD KEEP THEM CLEAR FROM THE EXISTING UTILITY EASEMENTS THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE PROPERTY. IF THIS VARIANCE PASSES, THEY'RE STILL GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE DWELLING UNIT SIZE AND THE LOT SIZE REQUIREMENTS, WHICH ARE 10,000FT■!S LOTS AND 2400 SQUARE FOOT HOMES. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT MOST LIKELY THEY'RE GOING TO BE MULTIPLE STORY UNITS. WITH THAT SAID, WE DID MAIL OUT 16 NOTICES AND DIDN'T RECEIVE ANYTHING IN OPPOSITION OR IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST. AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE AS WELL. AND MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO ADD TWO QUICK THINGS. YES, SIR.PLEASE. FIRST OFF, THE REASON THE APPLICANT IS ASKING FOR THESE VARIANCES IS THERE'S TWO QUICK REASONS. NUMBER ONE, THEY DID GET TRY TO DO TOWNHOMES IN THIS AREA. AND COUNCIL DENIED THAT REQUEST BECAUSE THIS IS ZONED SINGLE FAMILY 1024. AND COUNCIL WANTED SINGLE FAMILY HOMES BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT WAS ZONED. AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, IS THE 1024 MEANS 10,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS, 2400 SQUARE FOOT HOMES AND COUNCIL HAS BEEN RESISTANT TO SHRINKING LOT SIZES. JUST BECAUSE OF PROPERTY YOU KNOW, ISN'T NECESSARILY FIT. YOU KNOW, THOSE HOMES. SO IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS PENCIL TO USE A DEVELOPER, IN OTHER WORDS, FOR THEM TO EVEN MAKE ANY MONEY ON THIS, THEY HAVE TO BUILD A CERTAIN NUMBER OF HOMES TO PAY FOR THE STREETS AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AND SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE ASKING FOR THESE VARIANCES, WHICH GENERALLY MAKES SENSE. THE IDEA FOR THE FLOODPLAIN IS, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE A 30 FOOT BUFFER SO YOU CAN PUT A TRAIL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND IT'S USUALLY IT'S IT. WHEN THAT WAS WRITTEN, THE INTENT WAS FOR MUCH LARGER SUBDIVISIONS THAN JUST A SMALL CORNER TYPE OF SUBDIVISION. AND THEN THE STREET WAS TO PROVIDE SOME EXTRA CAPACITY IN ORDER TO WIDEN THE STREETS. BUT BROWN IS NEVER SAY NEVER, BUT I SERIOUSLY DOUBT BROWN'S GOING TO EVER BE MORE THAN FOUR LANES DIVIDED. AND SO THAT'S WHY THE VARIANCE FOR THE FRONTAGE ON BROWN SHOULD BE GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE. SO I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE. MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTOOD THAT WE'VE LOOKED THE APPLICANT HAS LOOKED AT ALL OTHER OPTIONS IN ORDER TO TRY TO MAKE THIS A PROFITABLE PIECE OF PROPERTY FOR THEM. THANK YOU JASON. ANY QUESTIONS FOR KEVIN? OKAY. SO JUST FOR REFERENCE, THAT'S LITERALLY RIGHT DOWN THE STREET. YOU CAN ALMOST SEE IT FROM HERE.
RIGHT OVER THERE. YEAH. IT'S THE MORMON CHURCH IS RIGHT THERE. YEAH. THAT'S THE PROPERTY RIGHT THERE. SO KEVIN, IF WE LOOK AT PAGE 21 AND THEN CAN YOU EXPLAIN FROM THE NORTH SIDE LIKE WHAT'S
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THE REQUIREMENT AND HOW MUCH ARE THEY ASKING THEN FROM THE SOUTH SIDE, WHAT'S THE REQUIREMENT FROM THE BROWN STREETS. RIGHT. AND WHAT ARE THEY ASKING LIKE TO JUST HELP ME VISUALIZE IT. YEAH.SO YEAH. SO FOR EXAMPLE HERE IT'S 30FT FOR THIS SIDE, THE NORTH SIDE. AND THAT'S THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER FOR THE FLOODPLAIN. IT'S 40FT FOR ANY STREET FRONTAGE ALONG BROWN BROWN STREET 40FT. AND THEN THE LAST VARIANCE IS JUST THE DOUBLE FRONTAGE LOTS. SO IT'S MOSTLY THESE THREE THAT ARE 120FT IN DEPTH. AND THAT'S WHAT'S REQUIRED. SO AND THE YELLOW HIGHLIGHTED PART IS WHAT IT SHOULD BE. SO THE YELLOW IS AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT THEY WOULD BE GIVING IF THEY ACTUALLY DEDICATED THE LAND. THAT WOULD MAKE MOST OF THESE LOTS NOT COMPLIANT WITH THE LOT SIZE OF 10,000FT■!S. AND THEN THE STREET THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING ALSO IS A FULLY BUILT RESIDENTIAL STREET, 50FT RIGHT OF WAY. SO. IN TERMS OF ACCESS, THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL OF THAT AND LOT SIZES. THEY'LL HAVE DRIVEWAYS AS WELL. THE HOMES. SINCE THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR A REDUCTION TO THE FRONT SETBACK OF THE HOMES. IT'S JUST THE REAR IN SOME OF THE AREAS. THAT'S THE PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL STREET IS SHOWN THERE. YES. AND THAT DOESN'T THE 50 FOOT, THE LEFT TURN AROUND AND FIRE TRUCKS AND ALL THAT? YES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. WITH THE APPLICANT LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, SIR. WHEN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS HOUSHANG GIOVANNI. GIOVANNI, CONSULTING ENGINEERS. MY ADDRESS IS 2121 NORTH JOSIE LANE, 3200 CARROLLTON, TEXAS, 75,006. I'M THE ENGINEER FOR THIS PROJECT. AS KEVIN MENTIONED, THIS SITE IS ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF ACRES. ONE ACRE OF IT IS IN THE FLOODPLAIN AND THE SITE IS VERY IRREGULAR SHAPE. IT'S HARD TO WORK TO HAVE MORE THAN 12 LOTS, AND WITH ALL THESE RESTRICTIONS THAT KEVIN MENTIONS ABOUT THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER AND THE EASEMENTS. WE CANNOT HAVE MORE THAN EIGHT LOTS IF WE COMPLY WITH ALL THE REQUIREMENTS AND WITH THE FIVE, FIVE AND A HALF ACRES AND EIGHT LOTS IS NOT GOING TO BE FEASIBLE ECONOMICALLY TO BUILD THE SUBDIVISIONS HERE. SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE ASKING THE BOARD TO WORK WITH US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HAVE 12 LOTS. AND CLARIFY, CLARIFY. SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT IF YOU WERE TO COMPLY WITH THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS, YOU ONLY YOU WILL ONLY BE ABLE TO HAVE EIGHT LOTS IN THIS PROPERTY, RIGHT? BECAUSE EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE SHIFTED UP ON ALL THOSE FOUR LOTS. WE'RE GOING TO LOSE THOSE FOUR LOTS FOR SURE. RIGHT? BUT BEING GRANTED THE VARIANCE YOU'RE THEN ABLE TO PUT IS IT 1212 LOTS. YES. FOR FIVE AND A HALF ACRES SITE. YEAH. THANK YOU. AND ACCORDING TO THE COMMENTS THAT JASON MADE EARLIER, THOSE ADDITIONAL LOTS ARE NECESSARY FOR THE ECONOMIC YES IMPACT WITH THE COST OF THE LAND AND THE IMPROVEMENTS TO JUST MAKE IT FOR LESS THAN 12 IS NOT FEASIBLE. YEAH, IT'S VERY GOOD. IT'S VERY HELPFUL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'LL JUST THROW ONE OTHER THING OUT THERE JUST FOR REFERENCE. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PUTTING 12 LOTS ON FIVE ACRES. NORMAL A NORMAL IF YOU HAD STRAIGHT STREETS AND A RECTANGULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY FOLLOWING OUR NORMAL ORDINANCE REQUIRE THE CITY'S NORMAL ORDINANCE REQUIRES YOU CAN FIT ANYWHERE RIGHT AROUND 3.2 HOUSES, LOTS PER ACRE. SO NORMALLY IT WOULD BE LIKE 16 OR 17 LOTS, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S STILL GOING TO BE WELL SHORT OF THAT. EVEN SO, JUST JUST SO YOU KNOW, FOR REFERENCE THAT THAT REALLY HELPS HELP. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING. ARE THERE ANY CITIZENS THAT ARE PRESENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON THIS REQUEST? PLEASE COME STATE YOUR NAME. HELLO. JACKIE TOVAR, I LIVE AT 635 LEGEND TRAIL, WYLIE,
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TEXAS 75098. AS AFOREMENTIONED, I AM IN REAL ESTATE. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH MOUSSA A COUPLE OF TIMES DURING HIS HIS REQUEST TO DO THE TOWNHOMES, WHICH I SPOKE IN FAVOR OF AS WELL. WHILE I LIVE IN ETJ OF WYLIE, I HAVE TWO BUSINESSES HERE IN WYLIE PROVEN NATIONAL TITLE AND PROVEN SUITES. THEY ARE BOTH LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN WYLIE, AND I THINK WE NEED TO LET THIS GUY MAKE SOME HOUSES. OKAY, SO THIS VARIANCE IS NOT A BIG DEAL. THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER, IF YOU GO DOWN THE STREET TO BROWN AND WESTGATE, IT DOESN'T HAVE THAT LANDSCAPE BUFFER REQUIREMENT BECAUSE THAT ZONING WAS JUST RECENTLY CHANGED. SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE. LIKE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT'S ALREADY OUT THERE. AS WELL AS I AGREE WITH WHAT MR. HASKINS SAID, THE LIKELIHOOD OF BROWN BECOMING SIX LANES IS VERY, VERY MINIMAL AS WELL BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THEY'RE CHANGING WHAT PARKER'S DOING. IT'S GOING TO PUSH PEOPLE TO DIFFERENT STREETS RIGHT NOW.THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE TRAFFIC TODAY, BUT THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME. AND I'M I MEAN, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THAT AS WELL AS THE PARKER REVISION, IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE IN THE SAME TIMELINE. SO I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S NECESSARY TO DO THAT EITHER TO PREVENT HIM FROM HAVING THAT VARIANCE. BECAUSE OF THAT REASON, BECAUSE OF A SHORT TERM SITUATION. I LOVE THE IDEA OF HAVING 40FT OF LANDSCAPE, BUT HE'S CREATING AN HOA FOR THIS, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO UPKEEP IT ANYWAY. IT'S ALREADY GOING TO BE PRETTY. THEY'RE ALREADY GOING TO HAVE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FOR THE RESIDENTS TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE LANDSCAPING. SO I DON'T THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE A REASON EITHER. AND I LOVE THAT SOMEBODY IS WILLING AND INTERESTED IN PUTTING HOMES THAT CLOSE TO THE MARSHLAND, BECAUSE, AS WE ALL KNOW, SNAKES AND COYOTES AND THINGS LIVE ON PLACES THAT DON'T HAVE INHABITANTS YET. AND SO THEY'RE LITERALLY LIKE KNOWING THAT AND BRINGING THAT TO LIGHT. AND THEY'RE WILLING TO DO THAT. AND THIS, THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY HAS BEEN SITTING THERE VACANT FOR A WHILE. LET'S LET THEM BUILD SOMETHING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE THERE ANY CITIZENS PRESENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO EXCUSE ME? I'M SORRY. WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO RESPOND? OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER CITIZENS THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON THIS MATTER? SEEING THAT THERE IS NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE TO BOARD DISCUSSION. MR. CHAIR.
KEVIN PAGE 21. WHAT IS THAT? CAN YOU PULL IT BACK? PAGE 21 I JUST I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHAT DOES THAT SYMBOL. WHAT THE NEXT PAGE, THE ONE THAT SHOWS. THAT ONE RIGHT THERE. GO BACK. THAT ONE GO UP.
WHAT IS THAT BOTTOM THERE. THAT THIS IS A PARKING LOT, RIGHT? YEAH. IT'S PARKING LOT THAT.
THAT'S THE PARKING LOT FOR THE TRAIL. YEAH. ON THE EAST. YEP. SO YEAH, THAT'S WHERE THE PARKING LOTS BUILT FOR THE NEW SPLASH PADS THAT ARE THERE. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. GOOD QUESTION. DUE TO THE IRREGULAR SHAPE OF THIS PROPERTY, THIS SEEMS LIKE THIS REQUEST IS RIGHT IN LINE. IN ORDER FOR THE APPLICANT TO DO WHAT? WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. MR. CHAIR, GIVEN THAT I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS SUBMITTED IN THE AGENDA. VERY GOOD. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND, SIR, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO VOTE ON THIS VARIANCE REQUEST. AND THIS MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FOUR ZERO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. I BELIEVE THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR REGULAR AGENDA. I BELIEVE WE HAVE NO GENERAL BUSINESS AND ONLY ONE ITEM LEFT ON OUR AGENDA, AND THAT IS FOR ADJOURNMENT. SO IF WE HAVE A MOTION, WE CAN ADJOURN. MOTION TO ADJOURN A SECOND I SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND CAST YOUR VOTES UNLESS YOU WANT TO STAY HERE. AND CLOSE. AND WE
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