[4A. Consider action to approve the Rowlett Self Storage Final Plat. The approximately 6.94-acre site is located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Miller Road and Rowlett Road, in the City of Rowlett, Dallas County, Texas.]

UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON THE AGENDA. ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. ITEM-4-A, CONSIDER ACTION TO IMPROVE THE ROWLETT SELF-STORAGE FINAL PLAT.

APPROXIMATELY 6.94-ACRE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF MILLER ROAD AND ROWLETT ROAD, IN DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS. YES, SIR.

>> . >> GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

WE HAVE THE FINAL PLAT. IT IS APPROXIMATELY 6.94 ACRES.

LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MILLER ROAD AND ROWLETT ROAD.

IT IS ZONED PD. IT HAS SELF-STORAGE USE ON THE SITE. THE FINAL PLAT ON MAY 17, '22, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED ORDINANCE 1922 APPROVING THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ALLOWING FOR COMMERCIAL, RETAIL AND STORAGE USES. THIS PLAT WOULD ESTABLISH THREE LOTS. IT HAS APPROXIMATELY 17,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL SPACE.

AND CAN HAVE SELF-STORAGE USE. SOME BACKGROUND ON HERE.

THE SECOND TIME LOOKING AT THIS. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAS APPROVED THE FINAL PLAT ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2022. AND THE APPLICANT ADDRESSED THIS APPROVAL BY ADDING THE FRONT BUILDING LINES.

MATCHING THE LOT NUMBERS AS SHOWN.

IMPROVING THE CONCEPT PLAN. THEY INCLUDED A NOTE FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE OPEN SPACE. THIS INCLUDED AN OPEN SPACE EASEMENT ON THERE. AND THAT INCLUDED THE CORRECT LAND FOR THE OWNER'S DEDICATION STATEMENT.

THE RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PLAT, ALL TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS. ORDINANCE 1922.

AND THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED.

QUESTIONS? >> COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MAREZ? NO?

MS. WILLIAMS? >> CAN YOU POINT OUT FOR ME ON THE PLAT WHERE THE ENTRANCE AND EXITS ARE ON ROWLETT ROAD?

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OKAY. HE SHOWED ME.

>> ANYTHING ELSE? COMMISSIONERS? I UNDERSTAND THAT APPLICANT IS HERE FOR QUESTIONS.

IS THAT TRUE? >> I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

I DON'T BELIEVE THEY ARE HERE. >> OH, OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. F WELL, WE READY FOR A MOTION?

>> MADAM CHAIRMAN, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE

PLOT AS PRESENTED. >> OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY MR. COTE TO APPROVE THIS PLAN AS PRESENTED. DO I HAVE A SECOND?

>> I SECOND. >> AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY MS. WILLIAMS. ALL IN FAVOR?

AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> THANK YOU.

[4B. Consider and make a recommendation to City Council on an Alternative Landscaping Plan under Section 77-504.I of the Rowlett Development Code to modify the incompatibility buffer landscaping requirements on property zoned General Commercial/Retail (C-2) District. The approximately 4.34-acre site is located west of the intersection of Rowlett Road and Big A Road, being Lot 7R, Block A of the Briarwood Armstrong Addition Replat, in the City of Rowlett, Dallas County, Texas.]

>> MOVING ON TO ITEM 4-B. CONSIDER OR MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL ON AN ALTERNATIVE LANDSCAPING PLAN UNDER SECTION 77504.1 OF THE ROWLETT DEVELOPMENT CODE TO MODIFY THE INCOMPATIBILITY BUFFER LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS ON PROPERTIES ZONED GENERAL, COMMERCIAL, RETAIL C-2 DISTRICT.

THE SITE IS LOCATE WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF ROWLETT ROAD AND BIG A KRP ROAD. IN DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS.

YES, SIR. >> THANK YOU, CHAIRWOMAN ESTEVEZ. COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. AS YOU JUST READ, WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS AN ALTERNATIVE LANDSCAPE PLAN FOR THE PROPERTY AS SHOWN HERE ON THE RIGHT OF YOUR SCREEN.

WE ARE HERE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL.

THEY WILL ULTIMATELY BE MAKING A DECISION DUE TO THE FACT THAT THIS PROPERTY IS... OR THAT THE ALTERNATIVE PLAN ENCOMPASSES MORE THAN AN ACRE IN SIZE. THE PROPERTY DOES.

ULTIMATELY, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL MAKE THE FINAL DETERMINATION ON THIS INCOMPATIBILITY BUFFER.

ON THE PROPERTY ZONE, COMMERCIAL RETAIL DISTRICT C-2.

IT IS ADJACENT TO THE NORTH TO THE PROPERTIES.

SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. DIAGONAL WEST THERE.

IT IS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AS WELL. WHICH IS WHY THE INCOMPATIBILITY BUFFER IS REQUIRED. YES, SIR.

>> REAL QUICK. ON THIS DRAWING THAT YOU ARE SHOWING RIGHT HERE, THAT GREEN LINE IS THE COMPATIBILITY BUFFER

THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. >> YES.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> AND IT IS INTENDED TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF NATIVE VEGETATION AND SPECIMEN TREES. NOT SERVING AS AN EXEMPTION FROM LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS. A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND.

THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN WAS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 24, 2017.

AND BIDDING BEGAN THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

THE YOU WILL RECALL, THIS WAS INITIALLY INTENDED TO BE A 24-HOUR FITNESS. IN 2020, THAT APPLICANT WENT AWAY, SOLD TO THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER WHO ESSENTIALLY UNDERTOOK... YOU KNOW, UNDERTOOK THE REST OF THE DEVELOPMENT AFTER BEING ABANDONED FOR ABOUT A YEAR OR SO.

AND SO OBVIOUSLY, THE PROJECT WAS MOSTLY JUST A CONCRETE...

JUST CONCRETE WALLS AT THAT POINT.

THEY HAVE UNDERTAKEN EVERYTHING FROM LANDSCAPING TO FINALIZING THE ACCESS POINTS AND PARKING AREAS.

AND IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR, A RE-PLAT WAS BROUGHT FORTH IN FRONT OF YOU AND WAS APPROVED. THIS RE-PLAT SHOWED A 15-FOOT DRAINAGE EASEMENT AS WELL AS A TEN-FOOT ENCORE ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY EASEMENT ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY AND SLIGHTLY TO THE WEST OF THIS INCOMPATIBILITY BUFFER.

CONSIDERATIONS FOR TODAY, SECTION 77504I-2 ARTICULATES WHAT MODIFICATIONS AN ALP CAN ALLOW.

IN WHICH A BUFFER, LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS FOR TREE SLUSHES, COMPATIBILITY BUFFER STANDARDS. THEN DUMPSTER AND TRASH IMPACT SCREENING. TO BE WITHIN A 15-FOOT-WIDE

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AREA. YOU HAVE READ IN YOUR REPORT THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT TODAY.

OR THE REASONS FOR WHICH YOU CAN RECOMMEND IN FAVOR OF THIS ALP.

I'LL BRIEFLY GO THROUGH THEM. THERE ARE UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS WARRANTING SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS TO MODIFY OR DEVIATE FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION.

AND THAT THESE CHARACTERISTICS ARE NOT SELF-CREATED.

THE ALP MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SECTION.

WHILE RECOGNIZING THE UNUSUAL SITE DESIGN OR USING RESTRAINTS ON THE PROPERTY. APPROVAL OF THE ALP WILL PROVIDE FOR INCREASED CONSISTENCY AND COMPATIBILITY WITH ADJACENT PROJECTS LOCATED IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF THE PROPERTY.

THE ALP CONFORMS TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECTION.

NO MODIFICATIONS ARE REQUESTED EXCEPT FOR THOSE SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED. I WON'T ANSWER THE QUESTIONS DIRECTLY. I WILL GIVE YOU SYNOPSIS OF WHAT THE PROJECT IS PROPOSING. IN THIS CASE, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A LANDSCAPING BUFFER, IN THIS CASE, WOULD BE A TYPE TWO INCOMPATIBILITY BUFFER. REQUIRED 15-FOOT WIDE LANDSCAPE BUFFER. YOU WILL SEE THAT IN GREEN ALONG THE EDGE OF THE PROPERTY. ALLOWS FOR A MASON WALL OR A LIVING SCREEN. THE PREVIOUS PROPERTY OWNER, AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN DID ELECT A LIVING SCREEN.

ONE CANOPY TREE PER 35 LINEAL FEET.

THIS WILL BE ONE CANOPY TREE EVERY 35 FEET ALONG THE LENGTH OF THAT BUFFER. AND THEN TEN EVERGREEN SHRUBS FOR 30 LINEAL FEET. LY COME BACK TO THAT ONE IN A SECOND. AS I MENTIONED, THE LIVING SCREEN WAS SELECTED AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

WHICH THE CURRENT OWNER INHERITED.

AS PART OF THE LIVING SCREEN REQUIREMENTS, IT DOES REQUIRE A BERM BETWEEN ONE AND FIVE FEET. AND THEN LARGE EVERGREEN SHRUBS WHICH ARE LOCATED IN A BED AB ABOUT... OR AT LEAST FIVE FEET WIDE. STAGGERED TO PROVIDE A SOLID SCREEN. WITHIN ONE YEAR OF PLANTING.

A MINIMUM OF EIGHT FEET IN HEIGHT AT THE TIME OF PLANTING.

THEN IT DOES REQUIRE A WROUGHT-IRON FENCE.

HAVING A MINIMUM HEIGHT OF NOLESS THAN SIX FEET.

AS PART OF THAT REQUIREMENT, IT DOES STATE IN THE CODE THAT IF THEY ARE ELECTING A LIVING SCREEN AS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR THE MASONRY WALL, THAT EVERGREEN SHRUBS CAN... IT DOESN'T HAVE TO DOUBLE UP, ESSENTIALLY. AS LONG AS YOU HAVE IF SHRUBS ALONG THE WROUGHT-IRON FENCE. YOU DON'T ALSO HAVE TO DO THE TEN EVERGREEN SHRUBS PER LINEAL FEET.

YES. AS PART OF THE LIVING SCREEN, IT DOES REQUIRE A BERM. A SERIES OF SHRUBS.

AND A WROUGHT-IRON FENCE. WHEN PEOPLE OR APPLICANTS ELECT THE LIVING SCREEN COMPONENT, THEN WE GO BACK TO... IF WE GO BACK TO THE TYPE TWO INCOMPATIBILITY BUFFER, IT REQUIRES THE 15-FOOT-WIDE LIVING SCREEN.

THE TREES, AND THEN TEN EVERGREEN SHRUBS.

PER 30 LINEAL FEET. IF THEY DO SELECT THE LIVING SCREEN, WHICH ALREADY INCLUDES SHRUBS, THEY DON'T HAVE TO MEET THE TEN EVERGREEN SHRUBS PER 30 LINEAL FEET.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE SHRUBS, TREES, SHRUBS. SO I WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.

AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, THIS IS WHAT WAS PROPOSED.

AS PAR OF... AS PART OF... IT IS A VARIABLE WIDTH.

IT IS GIVE OR TAKE 20 FEET. YOU HAVE TWO AND A HALF-FOOT FLAT LANDSCAPE OR GRASSY AREA. YOU HAVE A THREE-FOOT LIMESTONE WALL OF SORTS. THREE-FOOT WROUGHT-IRON FENCE ON TOP OF IT. THEN YOU HAVE THE ORNAMENTAL TREES ON TOP OF THAT. UP TO AN EIGHT-FOOT HEIGHT.

AND THAT ALL SLOPES TOWARDS THE NORTH UNTIL IT MEETS THE PROPERTY LINE. HENCE, THE WRAIGHT-IRON FENCE THAT DIVIDES THE PROPERTIES FROM THE SINGLE-FAMILY AREA.

YES, SIR. >> ALL THIS BEAUTIFUL INCOMPATIBLE SCREEN CAN'T BE VIEWED BECAUSE THERE IS EIGHT-FOOT PRIVACY FENCES DOWN THERE.

RIGHT? I MEAN, THIS IS BETWEEN THIS

RETAINING WALL AND THE DRIVEWAY. >> YES.

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>> AND THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL. THEY ALL HAVE EIGHT-FOOT PRIVACY

FENCES. >> IN THE SINGLE-FAMILY AREAS?

>> YES. THEN YOU HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL EVERGREEN OR LIVING SCREEN THAT NOBODY IS REALLY VIEWING BECAUSE IT IS HIDDEN BEHIND A SWELL AND A LIMESTONE RETAINING WALL.

>> THIS WAS APPROVED AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

ESSENTIALLY, A REACTION OR REFLECTION OF THE CODE.

OR AT LEAST THAT WAS INTERPRETED AT THE TIME.

YEAH. IT IS ESSENTIALLY STUCK BETWEEN THE PRIVACY FENCES AND THEN THIS BERM THAT LEANS AWAY FROM THE DRIVEWAY OR THE DRIVE LANE. IN ADDITION, I WOULD SAY THAT THAT AREA THAT SHOWS US THE FLUME THERE ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS PART OF THE DEDICATED STREET ALLEY.

IT COULD POTENTIALLY DEVELOP AS AN ALLEY IN THE FUTURE.

WITH CONCRETE PAVEMENT IT IS PRIVACY FENCES AND THE PROPERTY LINE. THERE IS ABOUT A 12 TO 15-FOOT AREA. I CAN TRY TO GO BACK TO THIS GRAPHIC. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE... THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A BUFFER BETWEEN THE PROPERTY LINES AND THE GREEN LINE. SO IT IS PROPERTY OR CITY PROPERTY, AT THAT POINT. IT IS CURRENTLY JUST DEDICATED FOR A DRAINAGE FLUME. NOT AN ACTUAL ALLEY.

YES, MA'AM. >> HOW MANY FEET, IF YOU'LL GO BACK... HOW MANY FEET IS IT FROM, SAY, WHERE THE FENCE...

THE SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL FENCES TO WHERE THAT BERM STARTS

INCREASING IN HEIGHT? >> I DON'T KNOW SPECIFIC

MEASUREMENTS. >> YEAH.

I DON'T WANT SPECIFIC. I'M CURIOUS.

WOULD THAT BE, LIKE, BIG ENOUGH FOR IT TO BE...

>> BASED ON THIS PLAN, BEING... YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY 15 FEET TO THE EDGE OF THAT BERM, YOU WOULD PROBABLY BE LOOKING AT 20 FEET FROM THE LOW POINT OF THE BERM. TO THE EDGE OF THE PRIVACY

FENCES. >> OKAY.

>> IT WOULD BE A 15-FOOT ALLEY PLUS FIVE FEET LEFT IN THE BUFFER. SO PROPOSED CONDITIONS: THIS IS THE SITE. IMPORTANT TO KNOW THEY ARE NOT CHANGING ANYTHING ELSE WITHIN THE SITE.

SO THINGS LIKE PARKING ISLANDS, AROUND THE BUILDING ARE BEING MAINTAINED. EVERYTHING WITHIN THE SITE, EXCEPT FOR THE INCOMPATIBILITY BUFFER, THEY ARE PROPOSING A SIX-FOOT WROUGHT-IRON FENCE WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN INSTALLED. THE ONLY THING, OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU HAVE DRIVEN THROUGH THERE, THERE ARE SOME PANELS THAT NEED MAINTENANCE. THEY WOULD BE REPAIRING THAT FENCE AND THEN PROVIDING OAK TREES PLANTED 35 FEET ON CENTER.

SIMILAR TO THE GRAPHIC ON THE RIGHT.

JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT, IN COMPARISON TO THE APPROVED GRAPHIC, THESE ARE ACTUALLY FLIPPED.

SO THE FENCE... THE PROPERTY LINE HERE IS SHOWN ON THE LEFT.

WHEREAS, THE OTHER ONE, THE STREET WAS ON THE LEFT SIDE.

CONSIDERATIONS, AND REALLY THE CRUX OF WHY THEY ARE DOING THIS IS THE FACT THAT THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT UTILITIES UNDERNEATH I SPOKE TO YOU EARLIER ABOUT THE RE-PLAT SHOWING A TEN-FOOT DRAINAGE EASEMENT. AS WELL AS THE ELECTRIC LINE OR ELECTRIC EASEMENT, RATHER, TO THE NORTH OF THIS PROPERTY.

THOSE ARE REFLECTED IN THIS GRAPHIC THERE.

THE ORANGE BEING THE STORM DRAIN WHICH IS A 60-INCH REINFORCED CONCRETE PIPE. THAT IS APPROXIMATELY THREE TO FOUR FEET UNDERNEATH. THERE IS A GAS LINE.

WHICH IS SHOWN IN THE BLUE. THAT RUNS A LARGE PORTION OF T THE, OF THE AREA. AND RED LINE BEING RIGHT ON THE PROPERTY LINE. BEING AN OVERHEAD EASEMENT FOR THAT ELECTRIC LINE. THE APPLICANT HAS INHERITED AND INSTALLED A SIX-FOOT WROUGHT-IRON FENCE.

THEY WILL BE DOING MAINTENANCE TO IT SO THEY CAN BRING IT BACK TO A PRESENTABLE LEVEL. AND THEN THE HORN HOLLIES AND THE LIVE OAK TREES, THERE ARE SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS.

THEY HAVE SELECTED THESE BECAUSE OF THEIR SHALLOW AND WIDE ROOT SYSTEMS. THAT ALLOWS THEM TO SPREAD OUT HORIZONTALLY FOR THE MOST PART, WITHOUT AFFECTING THE STORM DRAIN AS WELL AS THE NATURAL GAS LINES.

AND THEY ARE DISTANCED FAR ENOUGH FROM THE CURB THAT IMPACT TO THOSE SHOULD BE MINIMAL. AND SO TYPICALLY, WE HAVE VERY SPECIFIC RULES THAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE LIVE OAKING RIGHT NEXT TO

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HOUSES OR SPECIFICALLY SIDEWALKS.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A SIX-FOOT AREA WHERE YOU SHOULDN'T PUT A TREE THREE FEET AWAY FROM THE SIDEWALK.

RULE OF THUMB IS ONCE YOU ARE TEN FEET AWAY, TYPICALLY, THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH. AND GIVEN THE LINEAR EXPANSE OF THIS AREA, YOU SHOULD HAVE ENOUGH AREA FOR THOSE ROOTS TO SPREAD OUT. AND SO AS PART OF THE... THAT CONSIDERATION, STAFF IS OFFERING TWO CONDITIONS.

IT IS RECOMMENDING IN FAVOR. THOSE CONDITIONS ARE INSTEAD OF THE SHRUBS BEING SPACED OUT EVERY EIGHT FEET, THEY WOULD BE SPACED OUT EVERY SIX FEET. TO CREATE MORE OF A BUFFER ON DAY ONE. AND TWO, THAT THE SHRUBS BE A MINIMAL OF EIGHT FEET AT THE TIME OF PLANTING AS A RESPONSE TO THE CODE REQUIREMENT THAT DOES SAY THOSE SHRUBS WO SHOULDE A MINIMUM OF EIGHT FEET AT PLANTING.

AS PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION, WE ASSERT THAT EXISTING PLACEMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE. THE MODIFIED LIVING SCREEN IS A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION. PROVIDING A BARRIER.

THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

AS WELL. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

QUESTIONS? >> YES, MA'AM.

>> CARLOS, I THINK I READ IN THE PACKAGE THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT CURRENTLY EXISTS IN THAT AREA FOR INCOMPATIBILITY BUFFER BETWEEN THE RESIDENTS AND THE COMMERCIAL.

YOU SAID THERE WASN'T ANYTHING THERE.

THAT WOULD SET A PRECEDENT OR SET A TONE FOR THAT AREA.

YET BEHIND SPROUTS, YOU HAVE THAT MASONRY WALL WHICH WE DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE BECAUSE OF THE UTILITY PROBLEM.

>> RIGHT. >> IN FRONT OF THAT WALL, THERE IS SOME LOW SHRUBS, SOME JUST... TWO, THREE FEET TALL MAYBE.

THEN AN OCCASIONAL TREE. HALF OF WHICH ARE DEAD.

OKAY? >> RIGHT.

>> SO THAT KIND OF SETS THE TONE FOR HOW DO YOU CONTINUE AROUND THAT PROPERTY? IF YOU END UP WANNING US TO PUT THESE EIGHT-FOOT CHINESE HOLLIES... IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID

IN. >> CORRECT.

>> AND THE LIVE OAKS. THAT IS... THERE IS GOING TO BE A HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT'S BEHIND THIS 24-HOUR FITNESS VERSUS WHAT'S BEHIND SPROUTS. HOW ARE WE GOING TO... CAN WE THINK ABOUT THAT? SHOULD WE THINK ABOUT THAT?

OR... >> CERTAINLY.

AND IT IS OBVIOUSLY UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, IF YOU HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL. OR CONDITIONS YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THIS REQUEST. WHEN... THE QUESTION THAT YOU ARE ALLUDING TO, IT IS NUMBER THREE IN THE CONSIDERATIONS.

IT SAYS APPROVAL OF THE ALP WILL PROVIDE CONSISTENCY AND COMPATIBILITY WITH ADJACENTST PROJECTS LOCATED IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF THE PROPERTY.

AT THE TIME OF CONSTRUCTION, EVEN THE SPROUTS WAS PART OF THIS INITIAL PARCEL. AND SO... AND THAT MASONRY WALL DOES ENCOMPASS HALF OF WHAT IS CURRENTLY THIS PROJECT.

AND SO IT WASN'T THAT IT WAS... IT IS PART OF THIS PROJECT.

THEREFORE, NOT NECESSARILY A CONTINUATION OF PRECEDENT.

I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS IN TERMS OF... AND I ALSO SPOKE ABOUT TECHNICALLY, WHEN YOU SELECT A LIVING SCREEN, THOSE BUSHES GO AWAY. IF YOU HAVE A MASONRY WALL, THERE SHOULD BE A SERIES OF BUSHES SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU

MENTIONED THERE BEHIND SPROUTS. >> IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE BUSHES, TREES... IN THIS CASE, IT WAS TREES.

>> SO IT IS NOT THAT IT HAS TO BE A SPECIFIC ORDER.

THEY JUST HAVE TO BE PROVIDED WITHIN THAT 15-FOOT BUFFER.

AND SO IN THIS CASE, THEY DID SELECT TO DO THAT.

WICH IS... YEAH. PERHAPS IN CONTRAST TO WHAT IS

BEING PROPOSED HERE TONIGHT. >> YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF TREES

THOSE WERE? >> -DEAD.

>> BEFORE THEY WERE HALF-DEAD? (LAUGHTER).

THEY ARE NOT LIVE OAKS. >> THEY ARE DEAD OAKS.

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>> DO WE HAVE A COMMENT? >> I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

SO THAT ALLEYWAY THAT CURRENTLY HAS A FLUME, ARE THERE ANY PLANS ANYWHERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE FOR THE CITY TO PAVE THAT AS AN

ALLEY? >> NOT TO MY UNDERSTANDING.

>> NO, OKAY. >> AND THE CONCRETE PIPE THAT IS IN THAT AREA, IS THAT A PROPOSED OR EXISTING...

>> EXISTING. >> IT IS EXISTING ALREADY.

THE OAK TREES THAT ARE BEING PLACED OUT THERE, ARE THOSE REQUIRED AS PART OF THE TREE, THE TREE-PLANTING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SITE OVERALL? ARE THESE JUST PART OF THE

>> THEY ARE REQUIRED AS PART OF THE INCOMPATIBILITY BUFFER.

TO BE PLANTED AS KIND OF TREES EVERY 35 FEET ON CENTER.

WITHIN THIS 15-FOOT BUFFER. >> THE REASON I'M ASKING IS TWO-FOLD. ONE, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE IS AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE. IN THAT AREA AS WELL?

>> TO THE NORTH OF THIS PROPERTY, YOU CAN SEE THAT RED

LINE ON THE... >> THERE COULD BE POTENTIALLY...

I'M TRYING TO THINK AHEAD HERE. F THE ISSUE THAT I HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST WHEN WE PUT IN LARGE TREES LIKE OAK TREES, EVERGREEN OAK TREES LIKE THIS, LIVE OAKS, YOU LOOK DOWN THE ROAD, 20-30 YEARS, AND THESE BRANCHES ARE NOW OVERHANGING THE ELECTRICAL POWER LINES. THAT IS AN ISSUE.

THE SECOND PART OF THAT IS THAT IF YOU HAVE A ROW OF HOLLIES OR OTHER VEGETATION UNDERNEATH THESE KIND OF TREES, THE CANOPY FROM THESE TREES IS GOING TO BE REALLY THICK AND REALLY BIG.

IT IS GOING TO OBSCURE A LOT OF THE SUNLIGHT THAT GOES TO TH THESE... WHATEVER KIND OF VEGETATION YOU PUT DOWN THERE.

YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A HARD TIME KEEPING THOSE KIND OF TREES OR BUSHES GROWING IN A HEALTHY MANNER.

I'M WONDERING IF ANY OF THIS HAS BEEN THOUGHT OUT AND WHETHER THE DECISION TO USE THE LIVE OAKS HAS BEEN SET AND COULD ANOTHER KIND OF TREE THAT'S MORE, MORE FRIENDLY OR MORE REASONABLE TO PUT NEXT TO OVERHEAD POWER LINES AS WELL AS NEXT TO A HEDGE LIKE

THIS... IS IT EVEN DOABLE? >> LY PREFACE THIS BY SAYING I'M NO LANDSCAPE EXPERT. IN MY PLANNING EXPERINCE, ESPECIALLY WORKING HERE IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT, THE HOPE WAS THAT THOSE BUSHES WOULD BE ESTABLISHED BY THE TIME THAT CANOPY GREW. THEREFORE, THEY WOULD HAVE LESS OF A HARD TIME ADAPTING. THE SECOND PART TO THAT IS YOU MENTIONED IF THOSE TREES CAN CHANGE.

AND THE ANSWER IS TECHNICALLY, YES.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU REMGED RECOMMENDED THAT THEY CHOOSE A DIFFERENT SPECIES OR IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC SPECIES IN MIND AND THE APPLICANT IS AMENABLE TO THAT, CERTAINLY... WELL, YOU CAN MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION REGARDLESS OF THERE... THEM BEING AMENABLE. OBVIOUSLY, IF THEY ARE AMENABLE

TO IT OR THEY HAVE... >> YEAH.

THE ISSUE WITH THE LIVE OAK IS THAT IT IS AN EVERGREEN TREE.

MEANING THAT EVEN IN THE WINTER, IT HAS A FULL CANOPY.

AND THAT IS PART OF WHAT MAKES ANY KIND OF VEGETATION THAT GROWS UNDERNEATH THESE TREES KIND OF HARD TO SURVIVE.

>> RIGHT. >> SO... I'M NOT PROPOSING FOR YOU. I'M JUST SAYING AS A CONTRAST, THERE ARE THE RED OAK. TREES OF THAT NATURE THAT ARE DECIDUOUS AND WILL ALLOW, BASICALLY FROM THE MONTHS OF NOVEMBER TO MARCH, ENOUGH LIGHT TO PENETRATE TO ALLOW THESE BUSHES TO CONTINUE TO THRIVE, EVEN AS OPPOSED TO THE SUMMER CANOPY SHADE THAT TAKES A LOT OF THE SUNLIGHT FROM THEM.

SO I WOULD JUST WANT US TO THINK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE

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CAREFULLY. >> YEAH.

NO. YOU HAVE A GOOD POINT THERE.

BOTH OF THE SPECIES YOU MENTIONED ARE ON THE ALLOWED PLANT LIST HERE IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT.

I GUESS THAT IS A MATTER OF... >> DO YOU KNOW AS FAR AS HEI HEIGHTS, COMPARISONS WITH YOUR TWO RECOMMENDATIONS AS OPPOSED

TO... >> YEAH.

AT LEAST AS TALL AS THE LIVE OAKS.

IF THE ISSUE WITH THE OVERHEAD ELECTRIC IS AN ISSUE TO STAFF, MAYBE THE SHOEMARK RED OAK IS NOT A GOOD OPTION.

THERE ARE OTHER TREES THAT A ARE... THAT DON'T GROW, THAT GROW TALLER AND NOT AS WIDE, FOR EXAMPLE: THE BALD SIGH PRESS.

CYPRESS. IT IS DECIDUOUS ALSO.

BUT IT HOLDS ITS LEAVES A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

BUT THAT MIGHT BE AN OPTION AS WELL.

>> WHAT ABOUT THE PISTACH? >> THAT ONE IS SMALLER.

>> THE CONCERN INITIALLY WAS THE DEPTH OF THE ROOT SYSTEMS.

>> I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE RED OAKS.

MOST TREES STAY WITHIN 24 INCHES.

>> YOU SAID THEY WERE AT LEAST THREE FEET

>> THE 60-INCH RCP FOR THE STORM DRAIN IS AT LEAST THREE TO FOUR

FEET BELOW GRADE. >> WELL, I THINK LOUIS MAKES A GOOD POINT. THE SHOEMARK OAK IS A BEAUTIFUL TREE. REALLY, REALLY PRETTY.

I HAVE HAD ONE FOR 15 YEARS, AND IT IS NOT THAT TALL REALLY I DON'T THINK IT... I DON'T HIT IT... I DON'T THINK IT GROWS AS FAST AS MY LIVE OAK. SO I WOULD BE OKAY WITH EITHER ONE OF THOSE. SUGGESTIONS.

THAT IS A GOOD POINT. >> YEAH.

IF YOU WANTED TO LEAVE IT SOMEWHAT VAGUE, YOU COULD ALWAYS SPECIFY A DECIDUOUS KIND OF A TREE.

THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT IS WITHIN THE ALLOWED PLANT LIST.

>> THAT WOULD PROVIDE... THAT... WHICH CANOPY WOULD PROVIDE SOME SUNLIGHT IN THE WINTER MONTHS TO THE SHRUBS.

>> RIGHT. THE KEY IS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO... WE DON'T WANT THE TREES TO CANNIBALIZE... I MEAN, THAT IS YOUR... WHAT'S GOING HAPPEN OVER TIME, THE TREES ARE GOING TO GROW TALLER, AND THEY ARE GOING TO GET PRUNED.

THE HEDGE WILL BECOME YOUR LIVING SCREEN.

THAT IS WHAT WE ARE COMPROMISING HERE.

YOU KNOW, NOW YOU ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE THROUGH THE LIVING SCREEN. IT IS NOT GOING TO GROW VERY WELL IN THE SHADOW OF THESE TREES.

>> RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS,

COMMISSIONERS? >> THEY ARE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. I WOULD PRESUME...

>> WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS TO THE APPLICANT?

>> YES. >> PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND

ADDRESS FOR THE MINUTES. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS CYNTHIA GARCIA. >> AND YOUR ADDRESS?

>> FOR THE PROPERTY >> SURE.

>> 5055 ROWLETT ROAD. >> WELL, THE BUSINESS ADDRESS

>> 5956 SHERRY LANE, FLOOR 20, DALLAS, TEXAS.

75225. >> THANK YOU.

OKAY. MR. COTE?

>> THE QUESTION I HAVE IS ON YOUR SUBMITTED EXHIBIT C WHICH... I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEBODY CAN HELP YOU PULL IT UP. IS THAT YOUR PROPOSAL?

>> I'M HERE IN REPRESENTATION OF THE OWNER, WALKER ROIL.

HE PRESENTED THIS TO ME. I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME...

YOU KNOW, HOW WE DISCUSSED HERE TODAY, CURRENTLY, WE HAVE A FITNESS THAT IS PLANNING TO OPEN SOMETIME IN NOVEMBER.

WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE THESE PLANS APPROVED.

OK, WE ARE TAKING EVERYTHING INTO CONSIDERATION OR ANY RECOMMENDATIONS SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT GOING FOR THEM.

IF YOU HAVE ANY INPUT, WE WOULD GLADLY LIKE TO HEAR IT.

>> OKAY. MY INPUT IS WHY ARE WE ORPHANING

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EVERYTHINGOS TO THE NORTHWEST OF THIS BUILDING? IF YOU LOOK AT THE ITEM PRESENTED THERE, YOU CAN SEE THE

IRRIGATION SYSTEM STOPS. >> YES.

>> WHERE YOUR BUSHES STOP. THEN YOU HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF TREES. BUT I GUESS THERE IS AN INDICATION THAT THERE MAY BE FOUR TREES EXISTING THERE

ALREADY? >> YES.

I DON'T... I THINK I HAVE... THERE WAS ANOTHER... I KNOW THAT THERE WAS... I HAD... SORRY, ONE MOMENT.

I KNOW THERE WAS 69 SHRUBS THAT WERE BEING PLANTED, AND THEN THE 21 TREES THAT WERE GOING TO GO ALONG THAT, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS. I GUESS I'M NOT REAL WILL... YOU ARE SAYING THEY ARE WHERE THE SHRUBS STOP.

>> WELL, THAT AND YOUR IRRIGATION SYSTEM SEEMS TO STOP, TOO. WHO IS GOING TO MAINTAIN THE TREES AND THE SHRUBS ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THAT PROPERTY? WHICH, IF WE LOOK AT THE PROPERTY LINE, YOU GO DOWN TO THE CORNER. OR AT LEAST IT APPEARS THAT WAY.

>> SURE. IF WE ARE NEEDING TO HAVE THAT MAINTAINED, OF COURSE, WE ARE... YOU KNOW, IF IT FALLS UNDER OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO DO SO, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL, OF

COURSE, TAKE CARE OF. >> ARE YOU OPPOSED TO THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CITY PLANNERS ARE MAKING?

WHICH IS EIGHT-FOOT-TALL SHRUBS? >> SO I THINK IT WAS THE EIGHT-FOOT, THE SHRUBS, YES. I BELIEVE THAT THERE WERE SOME SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES WITH THAT WE WERE ASKING FOR APPROVAL ON SIX FEET. SHRUBS.

OF COURSE, WITHIN A YEAR OR LESS, THEY WILL BE UP TO WHAT THE... THEY ARE RECOMMENDING FOR THE EIGHT FEET

>> THAT IS THE CHINESE HORN HOLLIES

SIX-FOOT CHINESE HOLLIES. >> I BELIEVE THAT IS WHAT THAT WAS. YES.

>> THANK YOU. >> IS THAT IT FOR YOU, JOHN IN

>> YES. >> I WAS GOING TO MENTION THE EIGHT FEET VERSUS SIX. I DOENT THINK THAT IS A BIG D DEAL. THEY PROBABLY GROW PRETTY FAST.

EIGHT-FOOT SHRUBS ARE GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE.

WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS ON THE TREES AS FAR AS SIZE?

DO YOU KNOW, CARLOS? >> YEAH.

THEY JUST NEED TO HAVE A 12-FOOT HEIGHT MINIMUM.

THEY NEED TO BE TRIMMED UP TO SIX FEET AT THE TIME OF PLANTING. BEING A THREE-INCH CALL PER MINIMUM. I WILL ADD A RECOMMENDATION.

JUST SPEAKING NOW WITH OUR INTERIM DIRECTER TO OF ENGINEERING. IF THE CONCERN IS DAYLIGHT AS WELL AS THE HEIGHT AND THE ROOT SYSTEMS, THAT THERE IS ALSO AN EXCEPTION PROVIDED IN THE CODE THAT ALLOWS FOR THREE ORNAMENTAL TREES TO REPLACE A SINGLE CANOPY TREE.

AND SO IT WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE... IF YOU WERE OPEN TO THAT SUGGESTION AS WELL, YOU COULD CONSIDER REPLACING EVERY ONE OF THESE CANOPY TREES FOR THREE ON ORNAMENTALS.

WAX MYRTLES, THAT SORT OF THING. THEY WOULD HAVE MUCH SHALLOW SYSTEMS, MUCH SMALLER ROOT SYSTEMS.

>> SMALLER CANOPIES TO AFFECT THE SHRUBS.

>> I WANT TO BRING THAT UP. >> OKAY, THANK YOU.

QUINN? GO AHEAD.

YOU HAVE A QUESTION? >> I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE SIX FEET. I WAS JUST CURIOUS.

IF THE SHRUBS DIED... WOULDN'T THEY JUST BE REPLACED BY THE

APPLICANT? >> YES, YES.

>> OKAY. I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE BIG CANOPY TREES, THEN. I WILL TELL YOU WHAT.

LEAVES FALL OFF. IT LOOKS REALLY BAD.

AND YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THOSE EVERGREENS FOR A REASON ON COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES. I WANT YOU ALL TO THINK ABOUT THAT. IT GETS REALLY MESSY WITH LEAVES FALLING EVERYWHERE. YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE REASONS.

>> YEAH. THE RED OAKS DO SHED THEIR LEAVES THE LIVE OAKS DO NOT.

>> YEAH. THAT WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM.

WE WOULD HAVE MAIN NANCE THERE ON SITE MAINTAINING THE AREA

>> I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THE TREES THE SAME.

I DON'T MIND THE SIX FOOT ON THE SHRUBS.

PERSONALLY. UNLESS WE... I DON'T KNOW.

>> LOUIS, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE ON THE

ORNAMENTALS? >> I LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING THE FLEXIBILITY OF ORNAMENTAL. ODDLY ENOUGH, IT SEEMS LIKE WE

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ARE REALLY GIVING YOU GUYS A LOT OF OPTIONS HERE WHICH IS TO YOUR ADVANTAGE. ON THE HEIGHT ISSUE, I TEND TO LIKE A SHORTER TREE. BECAUSE THEY TEND TO BE YOUNGER AND MORE RESILIENT. THEY TEND NOT TO DIE OFF.

YOU KNOW, WHEN THE TREES ARE YOUNG OR THE BUSHES ARE YOUNG AND THEY CAN GROW, THEY TEND TO HAVE BETTER SURVIVABILITY RATES THAN MORE MATURE BUSHES OR TREES.

I'M OKAY WITH... AND IT WILL GROW FAST.

I MEAN, WITHIN ONE OR TWO GROWING SEASONS, THEY WILL BE AT EIGHT OR MORE EASILY. SO I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

TO ME, IT IS MORE ABOUT THE THICKNESS, AND IF WE ARE SPACING

THEM ALREADY... >> IT WOULD BE THREE AND ONE.

WHAT KIND OF SPACING? ON THE THREE?

>> THREE ORNAMENTALS. EVERY 35 FEET.

>> PLUS THE HOLLY HEDGE. >> PLUS THE HOLLY HEDGE.

>> YEAH. I'M TOTALLY OKAY WITH THAT.

>> Y'ALL LIKE THAT? >> MM-HMM.

>> I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO DICTATE ANY KIND OF A SPECIES OR TYPE, BUT I'M TOTALLY OKAY WITH LEAVING THAT UP TO YOU.

ORNAMENTALS. >> DO... AS LONG AS THEY ARE IRRIGATED. BY THE WAY, I DO APPRECIATE JOHN'S COMMENTS ABOUT EXTENDING THE HEDGE.

I DON'T THINK THAT IT IS TOO MUCH TO ASK THAT THE HEDGE BE CONTINUOUS AROUND THROUGH THAT NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, INCLUDING THE LANDSCAPING. I'M SORRY.

THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM. >> IT SOUNDS LIKE WE WANT TO EXTEND THE IRRIGATION POSSIBLY CHANGE THE TREE TO... THE ONE TREE TO THREE ORNAMENTALS. AND GO SIX FEET VERSUS EIGHT.

ON THE SHRUBS. WHICH I THINK WOULD LOOK BETTER INITIALLY WITH THE ORNAMENTALS AT THAT HEIGHT.

DON'T YOU? >> WHAT IS THE SPACING ON THE SIX-FOOT CHINESE HOLLIES? WHAT ARE WE ASKING FOR? WHAT IS THE REQUIREMENT? FOR THE SHRUBS?

>> IT WAS TEN >> IT DOESN'T SPECIFY.

THEY JUST NEED TO BE STAGGERED TO PROVIDE A DENSE BARRIER.

SO JUST BASED ON OUR RESEARCH OF THE SPECIES, GROWING MOSTLY T TALL, ESPECIALLY AT THE TIME OF PLANTING, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT BE SOMEWHAT DENSE, BUT, YOU KNOW, TYPICAL IS BETWEEN FIVE AND EIGHT. WELL, FIVE AND TEN FEET.

TYPICALLY, THOSE BUSHES WILL GROW TO HAVE ABOUT EIGHT FEET WIDE... WELL, THOSE BUSHES WILL BE ABOUT EIGHT FEET WIDE.

IF WE SPACE THEM EVERY SIX FEET AT THE TIME OF PLANTING, THEY WILL TYPICALLY GROW INTO EACH OTHER.

>> SIX FEET. >> SIX-FOOT-TALL HOLLIES.

SIX FOOT APART >> OKAY.

>> THAT IS SQUARE. >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THAT THREE ORNAMENTALS.

THEY WOULD BE CLUMPED TOGETHER? OR IN A LINE?

LINEAR? >> 11 FEET APART.

>> THE OPTION IS THERE. LIKE I SAID.

THE REQUIREMENT IS REALLY 35 FEET ON CENTER.

FOR THE CANOPY TREES. THEY CAN BE REPLACED.

THEY COULD BE GROUPED TOGETHER IF NECESSARY.

OR YOU CAN REQUEST FOR THOSE TO BE SPACED OUT EVENLY.

>> I WOULD SPACE THEM OUT >> SPACE THEM OUT.

>> YEAH THIS IS A LONG THIN... YOU

KNOW... >> WHAT KIND OF SPACING SHOULD

WE SPECIFY THAT? >> YOU COULD SIMPLY STATE EVENLY

SPACED WITHIN THAT 5-FOOT... >> OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE, COMMISSIONERS? FOR THE APPLICANT? OR STAFF?

I THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONERS, GO AHEAD, JOHN.

>> OKAY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AN ALTERNATE LANDSCAPING PLAN WITH THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS.

THAT THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM BE EXTENDED TO THE ENTIRETY OF THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE PROPERTY LINE, THAT WE INCLUDE SIX- SIX-FOOT-TALL CHINESE HOLLIES EVERY SIX FEET, AND ORNAMENTAL TREES EVERY 12 FEET. AS A LIVING...

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>> ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

TO APPROVE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SIX-FOOT INSTEAD OF EIGHT-FOOT SHRUBS EVERY SIX FEET, EXTEND THE IRRIGATION THROUGH THE PROPERTY LINE ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, AND REPLACE THE SINGLE TREES WITH THREE ORBMENT@ORNAMENTALS PLANTED EVERY 12 FEET. DO I HAVE A SECOND?

>> EXTEND THE HEDGE? >> YES.

>> HEDGE IN THE NORTHWEST >> YEAH.

SO ACROSS THE ENTIRE NORTH, NORTH PROPERTY LINE, WHICH

INCLUDES A PORTION... >> BUT THEY ARE SAYING EXTEND

THE HEDGES ALL THE WAY. >> YEAH.

>> OKAY. THE IRRIGATION AND THE HEDGES THROUGH THE NORTHWEST PROPERTY LINE.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >> I SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A SECOND BY MS. WILLIAMS. ALL IN FAVOR, AND THAT IS AND MOVING TO ITEM FOUR... 4-C.

[4C. Consider and make a recommendation to City Council on a Tree Removal Permit application on property zoned Form-Based Urban Village (FB-UV) District. The subject properties are located at the southwest corner of Main and Oliver Streets, being Lot 1, Block A of Wall Addition, and the northwest corner of Dennis and Oliver Streets, being Lot 6, Block A of Oliver’s Addition No. 1, in the City of Rowlett, Dallas County, Texas.]

CONSIDER AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL ON A TREE REMOVAL PERMIT APPLICATION ON PROPERTY ZONE URBAN VILLAGE DISTRICT. THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES ARE LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MAIN AND OLIVER STREETS.

WALL ADDITION. AND THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF DENNIS AND OLIVER STREETS BEING LOT SIX BLOCK A OF OLIVER'S ADDITION NUMBER ONE AND THE CITY OF ROWLETT, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS. YES, SIR.

>> MADAM CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THE NEXT ITEM WE HAVE IS A SKY VIEW TREE REMOVAL PERMIT. SOME BACKGROUND ON THIS SITE.

THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY THE VILLAGE DISTRICT.

ON NOVEMBER 5, 2020, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED ORDINANCE 2620, REQUIRING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING BUILDINGS AND PROJECTS. ON DECEMBER 7, 2021, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED ORDINANCE 4621, APPROVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF... THE DEVELOPMENT ON THE SITE.

MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT ON THE SITE.

APPROVAL OF THE TREE REMOVAL APPROVAL, THE APPLICANT TO BE ON SITE FOR PREPARATION OF CONSTRUCTION.

SOME CONSIDERATIONS: ARTICLE 2.11 OF THE CODE MODIFIES THE TREE PRESS VISION PRESERVATION RIERMS. REQUIREMENTS. SECTION 5577504H3 5577504H3C-OF-THE-DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIRES THE TREE REMOVAL PERMIT BE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IF MORE THAN THREE PROTECTED TREES ARE REMOVED. THAT IS THE REASON THAT IT CAME FORWARD TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

THAT HAS TO BE APPROVED FIRST BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL.

PROTECTED TREES ARE ALL EIGHT TREES OR GREATER.

OAK, ELM, OR PECAN TREES. IN TERMS OF THE SITE, THERE IS 19 TOTAL TREES ON SITE. NINE TREES.

NINE TREES ARE PROTECTED TREES. AND ALL THE PROTECTED TREES ARE PROPOSED FOR REMOVAL. CORRECT.