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>> ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING. IT IS 5:33, TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 2023.
AS AUTHORIZED BY SECTION OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, THIS MEETING IS BEING CONVENED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF SEEKING CONFIDENTIAL LEGAL ADVICE.
CITY OF ROWLETT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RECONVENE, RECESS, REALIGN IN REGULAR SESSION OR CALL EXECUTIVE SESSION TO ORDER OF BUSINESS ANY TIME PRIOR TO ADJOURN.
PROCESS FOR PUBLIC INPUT. IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND IN PERSON, YOU MAY COMPLETE THE CITIZEN INPUT FORM ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE BY 5:00 PM THE DATE OF THE MEETING.
COMMENTS, REGISTRATION FORMS AND INSTRUCTIONS ARE AVAILABLE INSIDE THE DOOR IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. OUR FIRST ITEM FOR THE NIGHT IS PUBLIC INPUT.
DOES ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA?
[2A. Joint meeting with the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council.]
SEEING NONE, NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 3, JOINT MEETING WITH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.THE ANNUAL PRESENTATION BY THE [INDISCERNIBLE]. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
WE HAVE A SLIDE DECK TO GO THROUGH. >>
>> CALL YOUR PORTION TO ORDER, PLEASE. >> WE ARE GOING TO CALL TO ORDER, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION PORTION OF THE MEETING AT 5:34 PM.
OKAY, SO WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CONSISTS OF 7 REGULAR MEMBERS AN FOUR ALTERNATE MEMBERS SERVING TWO YEARS STAGGERED TERMS. I'M LISA ESTEVEZ, THE CHAIR. WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME PLEASE RAZE YOUR HAND SO EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO YOU ARE AND HOW WONDERFUL YOU ARE.
MR. COTE, OUR COCHAIR. MR. [INDISCERNIBLE] I DON'T KNOW IF HE IS PRESENT.
MR. FRISBIE. MR. SEGARS, LONG TIME REGULAR MEMBER.
ROBERT SWIFT IS OUT OF THE COUNTRY. MS. TAMARA WILLIAMS, A REGULAR MEMBER . TIM RYAN IS NOT HERE. MR. LARRY TUCKER IS PRESENT.
YOLADA WILSON, I DON'T THINK I SAW HER. AND I DON'T THINK PETER IS HERE EITHER. THOSE ARE OUR MEMBERS. WE MEET ON THE 2ND AND 4TH TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH. WE ARE THE RECOMMENDING BODY TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO WHEN WE APPROVE OR DENY, IT IS FOR -- THAT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL. THE TYPES OF THINGS WE HEAR ARE REZONING, SUPS, SPECIAL USE PERMITS, FOREMOST CODE MAJOR WARRANTS, TREE REMOVAL PERMITS, ALTERNATIVE LANDSCAPE PLANS, DEVELOPMENT CODE AND CODE AMENDMENTS. WE DO HAVE APPROVAL AUTHORITY FOR PLATS, INCLUDING PRELIMINARY, FINAL AND REPLATS CONVEYANCE AND VACATION PLATS.
WE ALSO HAVE APPROVAL AUTHORITY ON ALTERNATIVE LANDSCAPE PLANS, WHICH INCLUDES PROPERTIES LESS THAN ONE ACRE AND 250 FEET OF STREET FROOJT AND SITE DEVELOPMENT PLANS WITH MORE THAN 5,000 SQUARE FEET OF BUILDING AREA. SINCE OUR LAST JOINT MEETING, THE COMMISSION HAS CONVENED 20 TIMES AND ACTED ON TEN ZONING ITEMS AND 17 PLATS.
AND BELOW YOU'LL SEE A DETAILED RIGHT THERE ON THE PROJECT TYPES.
SO PLATS ARE A BIG PART OF IT. 17 THERE. EIGHT VARIANCES.
FOUR TREE REMOVAL PERMITS. AND A GOOD PORTION, AGAIN, IS THE REZONING, SPECIAL USE PERMITS. SO WHAT'S NEXT? WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT RECODE OF TWO OUR OF OUR P & Z ACTIVE MEMBERS, MR. JOHN COTE AND MR. SEGARS, MEMBERS OF THE ENGAGEMENT GROUP. WE OOL EEL LOOK AT PROJECT UPDATES AN PARTICIPATION AND PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MYSELF OR ANYONE ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION? AWESOME. IS IT YOUR TURN?
>> MY TURN. ALL RIGHT. THE SECOND PORTION OF OUR
[2B. Receive an update of the Recode Rowlett project.]
PRESENTATION THIS EVENING IS AN UPDATE OF THE RECODE ROWLETT PROJECT.[00:05:02]
WE WANT TO TALK THROUGH THIS, THAT WE ARE MANAGING THIS THROUGH THE PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN DIVISION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.WE ARE JUST SORT OF THE DAY-TO-DAY STUFF IN THAT. THIS IS A CITYWIDE PROJECT WHICH IS REFLECTED BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING SUPPORT FROM OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORKS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PARKS, FIRE, POLICE AND CITY MANAGERS OFFICE HAS ALSO BEEN PROVIDING OVERALL LEADERSHIP FOR THIS PROJECT. THE ONGOING PARTICIPATION OF ALL THOSE FOLKS, AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO BE VITAL TO THE OVERALL SUCCESS OF THIS PROJECT TO CREATE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, TO SHAPE ROWLETT AND JUST ROWLETT, THE ROUTE BUILD OUT OF THE COMMUNITY AND INTO THE FUTURE. ANOTHER KEY PART TO THIS EFFORT IS THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT GROUP. THIS IS A VERY STRATEGICALLY SELECTED GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WHICH CHAIRPERSON ESTEVEZ MENTIONED, WE HAVE TWO OF OUR PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS, MR. SEGARS AND MR. COTE SERVING ON THIS, AS WELL AS MR. TUCKER, WHO IN THE INTERVENING TIME, WILL BE APPOINTED TO THE CITY -- PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AS AN ALTERNATE. HE WAS ALREADY A MEMBER OF OUR A NEIGHBORHOOD LEADER. GROUP AS- WE ALSO HAVE BILL WRIGHT, A NEIGHBORHOOD LEADER WHO IS INVOLVED IN THIS EFFORT.
WE HAVE MR. GALLET FROM THE CHAMBER REPRESENTING BOTH THE NON-PROFIT SECTOR AS WELL AS GIVING US A CONNECTION TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY HERE IN ROWLETT.
SO THAT THEY ARE ALSO INVOLVED WITHIN THIS EFFORT. THEN WE HAVE TWO DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS, BART READER AND PRESTON WILD HOOD, WHO ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN GETTING THE NEIGHBORHOODS BUILT. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE TWO MEMBERS OF THIS BODY OF THE COUNCIL, MR. MARGOLIS, THE MAYOR, AND MR. [INDISCERNIBLE] THE COUNCILMAN INVOLVED IN THIS STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT GROUP. WHEN WE GO BACK -- WRONG WAY. LET ME GO BACK A BIT TO THE STAKEHOLDER GAGEMENT GROUP HERE. WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH THEM MORE INTENSELY, I SUPPOSE, FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS AS THIS EFFORT DOES CONTINUE TO RAMP UP.
AND SO THEY ARE, AGAIN, INVALUABLE IN THE WAY OF PROVIDING US IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT OUR CONSUL AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME AS WELL AS WE THE STAFF ARE LOOKING TO BRING FORWARD FOR DISCUSSION AND FOR A CONSENSUS AND RECOMMENDATION ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD THE NEW DEVELOPMENT CODE. I TOUCHED UPON -- WE ALSO HAVE A CONSULTING FIRM, CLARION ASSOCIATES ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS EVEN THEY ARE A MULTIDISCIPLINE FIRM THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR OVER 30 YEARS OUT OF OFFICES IN CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA; DENVER, COLORADO. THE TWO PRIMARY FOLKS WE ARE WORKING WITH ARE MATT GOBEL AND JEFF GREEN. THEIR PHOTOS ARE THERE BELOW.
THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN TO ROWLETT A COUPLE THREE TIMES THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND WILL CONTINUE AS NECESSARY TO COME BACK AND ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITY, ENGAGE WITH THE COUNCIL, ENGAGE WITH PANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AS APPROPRIATE WHEN THEY HAVE KEY PIECES TO MOVE FORWARD DISCUSSION AND APPROVAL WITH THAT. BOTH OF THEM ARE MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN ASTUTE -- AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PLANNERS, THE PROFESSIONAL CERTIFYING BODY FOR URBAN PLANNERS. AS WELL, BOTH OF THEM ARE POSSIBLE [INDISCERNIBLE].
THEY ARE LAWYERS AS WELL AS PLANNERS. BECAUSE AS MUCH AS WE SOMETIMES HATE TO ADMIT THAT A ZONING DOCUMENT, A LAND USE REGULATION IS A LEGAL DOCUMENT IN THERE.
HE IS SHAKING HIS HEAD IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT. WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE THEM INVOLVED SO WE STAY ON THE APPROPRIATE SIDE OF THE LAW. THE PRIMARY DOCUMENT THAT WE WANT TO USE AS OUR BASIS FOR CONVERSATION, I GUESS, THIS EVENING, IS THE DEVELOPMENT
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REGULATIONS ASSESSMENT AND THIS I AS STATED HERE, A DOCUMENT THAT CLARION PREPARED.IT IS AN IN-DEPTH REVIEW OF THE HEALTH OF THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
WHICH THEY COMPILED THROUGH GOING THROUGH THE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE REGULATING THE CURRENT PLANS AND REGULATING DOCUMENTS. THE FORM-BASED CODE, ROWLETT DEVELOPMENT CODE IN PARTICULAR, AS WELL AS RECODE -- ROWLETT 2020 AS WELL AS EXTENSIVE INTERVIEWS WITH THE CITY PROJECT TEAM AS WELL AS STAKEHOLDERS. THEY ALSO HAVE THEIR OWN EXPERTISE IN DEVELOPING CODES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. THEY WERE HERE FOR THREE DAYS BACK IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR.
WE ENGAGED A NUMBER OF PEOPLE FOR THEM TO TALK TO PRIMARILY WITHOUT STAFF THERE AS A -- I'LL LEAVE IT THERE. WITHOUT STAFF THERE. SO THERE COULD BE HONEST CANDID CONVERSATION FOR THAT. IF WE WISH FOR THIS BE TO BE SUCCESSFUL, WE NEED TO HAVE THA THAT WE CAN GET A CLEAR PICTURE FROM WHERE EVERYBODY IS RIGHT NOW AND WHERE THINGS SHOULD BE GOING WITH THAT. THEY ALSO HAVE AN EXTENSIVE TOUR THAT WE DID THROUGHOUT THE CITY SO THEY COULD SEE ROWLETT AS IT IS AND THEN ALSO TALK WITH US, THE STAFF, AS WELL AS -- WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR ADVISOY BOARD INVOLVED WITH THAT, TOO, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AGE AND PLACE PLAN THIS THEY ARE DOING THE AARP COMMUNITY PLAN AS WELL. AND SO THAT WAS ALSO VERY HELPFUL IN THAT FOR THEM TO GET A BETTER BASELINE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT CODES HAVE BROUGHT ABOUT IN THE WAY OF ACTUAL ON THE GROUND DEVELOPMENT AND AS WELL AS WHAT KINDS OF THINGS WERE BEING PROPOSED AND COMING IN THE PIPELINE FOR THAT.
SO PART OF THIS AS WELL, IS, AGAIN, SETTING FORWARD THOSE OVERARCHING GOALS FOR THIS PROJECT. AND THOSE ARE ESTABLISHING SIMPLER AND MORE CONSISTENT DEVELOPMENT PROCEDURES. RESTRUCTURING AND UNIFYING THOSE TWO SETS OF DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. THE ROWLETT DEVELOPMENT CODE, WHICH WAS ADOPTED 17 YEARS AGO, WHICH FOR BASELINE -- I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO TALK IN DOG YEARS WITH THAT.
17 YEARS FOR CITY OF ROWLETT'S SIZE IS A LONG TIME FOR DEVELOPMENT CODE TO LAST FOR THAT -- FOR -- FOR THAT. THE FORM-BASED CODE, WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN -- IN 2012.
ANOTHER GOAL IS TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO ACHIEVE THE CITY'S GOALS RELATED TO FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WHICH WOULD INCLUDE A BROAD BASE AFTER OF HOUSING -- PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTH SHORE, AND ALSO FOR INFILL AND REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. AND THEN THE FOURTH ONE WOULD BE TO CREATE MORE PREDICTABLE DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES. WHAT THAT STATEMENT REALLY -- REALLY MEANS IS SO WE AS -- AS STAFF STATE DOWN WITH -- WITH SOMEONE WHO IS LOOKING TO RUN A PROJECT HERE IN ROWLETT SO WE CAN COMMUNICATE TO THEM THAT IF YOU DO ABC, YOU ARE LIKELY TO HAVE THIS OUTCOME WITH -- WITH -- WITH -- WITH THE INPUTS THAT -- THAT ARE GIVEN.
I WANT TO TAKE A BRIEF PAUSE HERE TO HAND OUT SOME DOCUMENTS TO EVERYBODY SO THAT WE CAN HAVE
EVERYBODY AND THE TABLE. HOW DOES THIS WORK, CARLOS? >> I CAN PASS THEM.
>> THIS WAS INCLUDED IN THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATION ASSESSMENT AND SO ALSO PUT INTO THE STAFF REPORT. BUT WANTED TO BE SURE THAT WE HAD THIS IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY AROUND THE TABLE HERE SO YOUR COULD BE LOOKING AT IT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS BECAUSE THIS IS -- TO SOME EXTENT, MEAT OF WHAT WE WANTED TO GET TO DISCUSS THIS EVENING WITH YOU.
SO ARE WE READY? LET'S GO. SO WE HAVE -- BETWEEN THE TWO CODES, WE HAVE THE FORM BASED CODE AND ROWLETT DEVELOPMENT CODE.
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WE HAVE 32 ZONING DISTRICTS. I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY JUDGMENTS CALLS AS TO WHETHER THAT IS ENOUGH, BUT 32 IS THE NUMBER. 26 OF THOSE ARE IN THE ROWLETT DEVELOPMENT CODE, WHICH INCLUDES 12 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS, EIGHT COMMERCIAL OFFICE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS, NON RESIDENTIAL. ONE MIXED USE DISTRICT AND FIVE SPECIAL DISTRICTS.WITHIN THE FORM BASED CODE, THERE ARE ONLY SIX DISTRICTS WITHIN THAT.
THE LAST BULLET POINT. MUST STATE WITH THAT, THAT IS INFORMATION THAT WAS -- ALL OF THIS INFORMATION THAT WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT PE PERCENTAGES OUR GIS DEPARTMENT PROVIDED DATA TO CLARION, THEY PUT THAT INTO THEIR SYSTEM, CRUNCHED THE NUMBERS AND CAME UP WITH THAT. THAT 30% WOULD ALSO REFLECT THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT HISTORY OF THE CITY OF ROWLETT. SO THOSE WERE NOT ALL DONE AFTER 2006 AS WELL.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO PUT OUR CITY ATTORNEY HERE ON THE SPOT KNOWING HE'S BEEN AROUND FOR A BIT, BUT THIS IS A LONG USED TOOL WITHIN THE CITY OF ROWLETT FOR BRINGING DEVELOPMENT TO REALITY. SO HAVING COVERED THE CURRENT TWO DISTRICTS TO SOME EXTENT, WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE ON TO WHAT IS CONTAINED WITHIN THE REGULATION, DEVELOPMENT REGULATION ASSESSMENT AS A STARTING POINT FROM OUR CONSULTANT LOOKING AT WHAT THEY SAW IN OUR DOCUMENTS, WHAT THEY HEARD FROM THE FOLKS THEY HAVE SPOKEN TO HERE, AS WELL AS WHAT THEY ARE SEEING AND DOING ACROSS THE COUNTRY KEEPING UP WITH THE WAY CITIES LIKE ROWLETT ARE CURRENTLY VIEWING REGULATIONS. THEY RECOMMEND THERE BE 22 ZONING DISTRICTS.
AGAIN, WE WANT TO SAY WE ARE JUST MAKING THIS RECOMMENDATION OUT THERE.
WE'LL DISCUSS THAT. I WANT TO HIT -- HOPE ANY NOT TOO HEAVILY -- BUT TO THE RIGHT AMOUNT TO SAY THAT ROWLETT IS LARGELY BUILT OUT. VERY CLEARLY WITH THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF VACANT TRACKS THAT ARE OUT THERE. THE ONE THAT I FOCUS ON WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT -- WE SHALL NOT LIKELY UNLESS WE SEE A MAJOR CHANGE IN HOW SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS GET DEVELOPED IN THE WAY OF MORE DENSITY, OR IF WE CHANGE OUR VISION FOR NORTH SHORE, WE ARE NOT LIKELY TO HAVE A SUBDIVISION OF 100 HOMES BEING DEVELOPED IN ROWLETT. JUST BASED UPON THE CURRENT INVENTORY PROPERTY WE HAVE.
PSO WHERE WE ARE LOOKING TO FOCS OUR EFFORTS HERE IS TOWARD GETTING DESIRED DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES FOR THE REMAINING VACANT TRACKS WITHIN THE CITY. AGAIN, TOUCHING ON NORTH SHORE IN PARTICULAR, AS WELL AS GUIDING REDEVELOPMENT IN OTHER PORTIONS OF THE CITY SUCH AS DOWNTOWN AND ALSO, INFILL OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST, THOSE SCATTERED VACANT PARCELS, THE ONES THAT ARE KIND OF EASY TO MAYBE PICK ON OR THE ONES THAT WERE SET ASIDE BACK IN THE DAY WHEN THE CORNERS OF MAJOR INTERSECTIONS AND SUCH WERE SET ASIDE FOR FUTURE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WHEN A SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPER CAME IN AND SAID, WE'LL DO A SHOPPING CENTER. SOMEONE IN THE FUTURE CAN DO A SHOPPING CENTER OR OFFICE THERE.
THAT IS WHERE WE AS THE PROJECT TEAM ARE LOOKING TO, AGAIN, FOCUS THE EFFORT ON THERE, WHICH ALSO HAS PERHAPS IMPORTANT PART OF BUILDING CONSENSUS THROUGHOUT THIS EFFORT AND IN THE WAY OF -- WE ARE NOT SEEKING TO DO WIDE SWEEPING CHANGES ACROSS ROWLETT. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS AS WE CONTINUE THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION. A BIT OF BREAKDOWN ON THIS 22 ZONING DISTRICTS PROPOSED IN THIS DOCUMENT FOR CONSIDERATION AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE ENTIRE
WEEK OF ROWLETT PROCESS. EIGHTY SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICTS. >> THERE IS MUSIC.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY KNOWS. I'M HEARING MUSIC. >> I WAS, TOO.G CRAZY.-
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3W4R6R7B 6R7B8GD UB I'M SITTING HERE AND IT IS GETTING LOUDER. >> I HAD MY BROWSER OPEN AND IT WAS ON MSNBC. SORRY. I PROBABLY HAD IT OPEN AT WORK
AND -- >> I'M NOT GOING CRAZY. >> I'M SITTING HERE AND I
DIDN'T -- >> WE ARE -- RIGHT NOW EIGHT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONES, TWO COMMERCIAL ZONES, TWO MIXED USE ZONES AND SINGLE DISTRICT FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.
SO IN YOUR PACKET THERE, I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PROPOSED ZONING DISTRICTS IN THERE TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH THAT AS WE TALK THROUGH THIS. ALL OF THESE DISTRICTS ARE PROPOSED TO MINIMIZE NON CONFORMITIES. NON CONFORMITIES, OF COURSE, I'LL USE THE TERM WITH ITS BAGGAGE AND ISSUE. I'LL REITERATE AGAIN, WE ARE NOT LOOKING TO CREATE A SITUATION WHERE EVERYTHING THAT WAS DEVELOPED PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF THIS CODE IS NOW SUDDENLY ILLEGAL AND IF IT GOES AWAY, NO. NOT WHAT WE ARE INTENDING TO DO IN THERE. SECONDLY, THESE DISTRICTS ARE INTENDED TO ALLOW FOR CREATIVITY, FLEXIBILITY ALLOW F DEVELOPMENT VISION OF RESIDENTS, BUSINESS AND PROPERTY OWNERS, DEVELOPERS AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP TO BE REALIZED IN THERE.
THE ORDER THAT WE PUT THOSE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS INTO THIS NOT NECESSARILY OVERLY INTENTION, AND ALSO WOULD SAY THEY CERTAINLY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE EQUAL WEIGHT.
I WILL LEAVE THAT AS WELL IN THERE IN A WAY TO SAY THAT IS THISES A CODE FOR ROWLETT AND ROWLETT IS REPRESENTED BY PEOPLE THAT COME TOGETHER HERE AT THE CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS ON HOW THIS COMMUNINGTY GROWS AN DEVELOPS.
THE OUTCOME, AGAIN, THAT WE ARE INTENDING THROUGH THIS WILL BE INTEGRATING THE ZONING DISTRICTS AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS INTO A SINGLE UPDATED AND CONTEMPORARY CODE FOR ALL THE CITY, RAT ERP THAN THE TWO CODES WE HAVE RIGHT NOW THAT COVER JUST PORTIONS OF CITY WITH THAT THAT WILL ALSO, AGAIN, KEEP WHAT WE HAVE FOR THE MOST PART IN PLACE, AND THEN ALSO, AGAIN, ALLOW FOR THE REALIZATION OF WHAT VISION THAT IS BEING CREATED AND CRAFTED TO BE REALIZED.
WE ARE GOING TO LOOK NOW AT THE PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS. FIRST POINT, WE ARE GOING TO CARRY FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATION ASSESSMENT WOULD BE TO CARRY FORWARD THE EXISTING SF 40, 20, 15, 10, 9 AND 8 DISTRICTS WITH NO SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES TO THOSE REGULATIONS. SO THE NEXT POINT TO THAT WOULD BE THE SINGLE FAMILY 7, SINGLE FAMILY 5 AND TOWNHOUSE DISTRICTS WOULD BE ELIMINATED FROM THAT. .
SO WITH THAT, THERE ARE OF COURSE SOME OF THOSE 7, 5, DISTRICTS THAT ARE COVERED UNDER PLAN DEVELOPMENTS. THOSE ALSO CARRY FORWARD, SO THOSE WOULD NOT BE CHANGED.
SO THAT IS CURRENTLY THE PROPOSAL. WOULD ALSO SAY THE PROPOSED DISTRICT NAMES THAT WE HAVE IN THE REGULATION ASSESSMENT, WE ARE CERTAINLY NOT MARRIED TO THOSE IN THERE. IT IS AN ATTEMPT TO DISTINGUISH THIS IS A NEW CODE THAT DOESN'T CARRY FORWARD THE DEVELOPMENT -- THE ROWLETT DEVELOPMENT CODE IN ITS ENTIRETY, NOR DOES IT CARRY FORWARD FORM-BASED CODE AS WELL. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL, AGAIN, IRON OUT THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS AS TO WHAT THOSE DISTRICTS SHOULD BE CALLED. POINT OF REFERENCE FOR THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT CODE, ROWLETT DEVELOPMENT CODE, 40, 20, 15, 10, 9, 8 ARE ALL
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SHORTHAND FOR 40,000, ET CETERA, MIN MUTT LOT AREA. IT DOES SOMEWHAT UNINTENTIONALLY WORK OUT THAT THOSE PROPOSED RSF1, 2 WOULD BE NEARLY EQUIVALENT TO A DENSITY PER ACRE, HOWEVER, THAT IS NOT -- THAT WAS A SOMEWHAT DISCOVERED AFTER THOUGHT, ACCIDENTAL PARTOF THAT. IT REALLY JUST WAS 1, 2, 3, 4. >> YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT RSF
40 AND THAT BEING THE MAX PULMO-- >> NO, NO.
SF 40 IS OUR CURRENT WITH THAT. 1, 2, 3, 4. THAT ENDS UP BEING CLOSE TO WHAT THE DENSITY PER ACRE. THE RS1 ENDS UP BEING CLOSE TO 1 UNIT PER ACRE IN DENSITY.
MIGHT BE A SIDE NOTE. THAT IS JUST -- >> I WILL SAY, I WAS IMMEDIATELY CONFUSED WHEN I READ UNDER SF5, THIS ZONE -- THE REZONE TO THE CITY
>> YES, YES. >> 5 + 5 EQUALS 8. >> THAT IS, AGAIN, WHERE WE HAVE SOME THINGS THAT OVER-- LIKE I SAID, OVER THE BETTER PART OF TWO DECADES, THAT ROWLETT HAS BEEN DEVELOPING UNDER THE DEVELOPMENT ROWLETT DEVELOPMENT CODE WE HAVE GOTTEN USED TO IN A SHORTHAND, THAT WE MAY WANT TO CONTINUE THAT ON JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE USED TO THAT. THAT WAS THE INTENTION AGAIN. AS WE STARTED TO SAY LET'S HAVE DIFFERENT NAMES FOR THESE DISTRICTS ON THAT. SO IS THAT WILL BE A
CONVERSATION AS WE GO INTO THE NEXT PHASE. >>
>> THAT IS A FINE QUESTION. WE'LL SEE IF THAT IS THE DESIRE FOR US TO BE MORE ALIGNED TO
WHAT FOLKS ARE CONVERSANT IN IN OTHER NEARBY COMMUNITIES. >> MY I INTERJECT? DISTRICTS BUT WE'LL CERTAINLY BRING THAT INTO THE CONVERSATION AS TO WHERE OTHER SIMILAR COMMUNITIES ARE GOING WITH THAT. ANOTHER A TEAM WOULD BE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, ADUS.
THESE ARE THINGS -- JUST YESTERDAY WE HAD SOMEBODY COME BY ASKING IF IT WAS POSSIBLE TO DO THAT ON A PROPERTY. SO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, BEING SMALLER SECONDARY WELLING UNITS, SUBORDINATE TO THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. AT THIS POINT THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO ALLOW THOSE BY RIGHT WITH APPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS TO BE DISCUSSED AND AGREED UPON. THAT WOULD PROTECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD INTEGRITY IN THE RSF1 AND 2 DISTRICTS, WHICH WOULD BE ANALOGOUS TO THE EXISTING SF 40 AND SF 20, THE LARGE LOT PROPERTIES HERE IN THE CITY. THEN WITH REMAINING SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICTS, SPECIAL USE PERMIT WOULD BE REQUIRED WITH THE APPROVAL -- REQUIRING APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT IN THOSE REMAINING ZONING DISTRICTS TOUCHING NOW ON PROPOSAL FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL MIXED USE, RECOMMENDATION FOR DEVELOPMENT REGULATION ASSESSMENT. THE LIMITED COMMERCIAL, C1 DISTRICT, WOULD BE CARRIED FORWARD. WE'D COMBINE THE OTHER TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS, C2 AND C3. WHAT IS NOTED IN YOUR MATERIALS THAT I WOULD ALSO TOUCH UPON
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HERE WOULD BE THAT WE HAVE VERY FEW POPPERTIES THAT ARE ZONED C3, WHICH IS -- HIGHWAY DISTRICT. AND SO WE WOULD â– NOT BELOSING MUCH IN THE WAY OF COMBINING THOSE TWO DISTRICTS. IN FACT, PRIMARILY THOSE PROPERTIES THAT ARE ZONED C3 ARE BEING DEVELOPED WITH THINGS THAT ARE NOT COMMERCIAL AS WELL. SO -- IN THAT.ALSO, THROUGH THIS DOCUMENT THE CONSULTANTS RECOMMEND THAT WE ELIMINATE OFFICE ZONING DISTRICTS. WE DO NOT USE THAT DISTRICT VERY MUCH HERE IN THE CITY.
SO, AGAIN, THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE'D BE ELIMINATING A WHOLE CATEGORY OR A NUMBER OF PARCELS THAT WOULD BE REZONED. AND THEN PROPOSAL FOR OFFICE USES TO BE ALLOWED WITHIN THE COMMERCIAL OR THOSE PROPOSED MIXED USE DISTRICTS. THEN WITH THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS, WE HAVE THE TWO CURRENTLY, THE M1, THE M2. THE RECOMMENDATION FROM CLARION WOULD BE TO COMBINE THOSE INTO ONE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AND TO HAVE AN IMPOSITION OF SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE MORE INTENSE INDUSTRIAL USES STARTING POINT FOR THAT WOULD BE THOSE USES THAT ARE CURRENT ROWLETT PUBLIC CODE THAT ARE ALLOWED IN THE HEAVIER INKUS TREE DISTRICT FOR
THOSE TO BE REARING SPECIAL USE PERMIT IN THE M1 DISTRICT. >> EXPLAIN DO YOU THINK WE'LL
SEE OOO TABLE OF PERMITTED USES ACROSS EACH OF THESE? >> THAT IS THE FIRST MODULE, WHICH COMES UP PROBABLY IN THE REALM OF THE TWO TO THREE MONTHS FROM NOW IS WHEN CLARION WOULD BE BASED UPON INITIAL CONVERSATIONS THAT THEY'D BE READY TO COME BACK WITH THAT.
>> KIND OF INDUSTRIAL -- WE HAVE A LOT OF DISCUSSION, ZONING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT.
>> THIS IS GOING TO INKRCREASE THE NUMBER OF SPECIAL USE PERMIT REQUESTS BECAUSE A LOT OF THINGS
IN PARTICULAR DISTRICT NOW ARE IN A CONSOLIDATED DISTRICT WITH SPECIAL USE PERMIT.P>> YOU ARE
INDUSTRIAL USE DISTRICT? >> YEAH. >> SO I'LL TALK A BIT TO THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PROPERTY CURRENTLY ZONED FOR INDUSTRIAL, HOWEVER, AS TOUCHED UPON BY THE COUNCILMAN THERE, AND I BELIEVE WHERE YOU'RE ALSO GOING, WE HAVE GOTTEN A NUMBER OF REQUESTS FOR THAT, SO I SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THAT. IT IS POSSIBLE.
>> IT IS JUST. IF THIS IS THE WILL OF THE COMMUNITY, IF WE ARE SEEKING MORE OF THESE USES, IT MAY MAKE THAT MORE OF AN EASIER PROCEDURE IF WE ARE NOT LOOKING TO DO THAT
THEN THAT IS WHAT SHOULD BE REFLECTD IN THIS NEW CODE. >> WE HAVE VERY FEW INDUSTRIAL ZONE AREAS OF THE CITY AND -- THE WORK IS PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO BE DONE ANYWAY FROM THE STAFF POINT OF VIEW IN TERMS OF REZONING OR PLAN DEVELOPMENT OR MAJOR AMENDMENT SO THE PROCESS WILL PROBABLY -- DEFINITELY INVOLVED IN BRINGING IT TO P & Z COU
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COUNCIL. >> MOST OF THIS IS [INDISCERNIBLE].
>> YES. >> THE OTHER POINT TO REMEMBER IS -- AND I THINK THE QUESTION YOU ASKED ABOUT WHEN WE ARE GOING TO SEE THIS IS WHEN WE DO SEE IT, WE'LL HAVE THAT DISCUSSION SO THAT WE CAN HAVE -- DO A LOT OF HEAVY WORK AND PERHAPS I'LL PUT IT OUT THERE IS THE DISCUSSIONS AND DISAGREEMENTS, HAVE THOSE ONCE AS MUCH AS WE CAN DURING THE CODE PROCESS. SO THIS PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, FUTURE COMMISSIONS IN COUNCILS WILL NOT NEED TO HAVE SO MANY MANY OF THOSE IN THE FUTURE AS WELL.
MIXED USE DISTRICTS, THERE IS RECOMMENDATION FOR TWO OF THOSE DISTRICTS.
THERE IS THE MUNM AND MUMV. THE FIRST IS MIXED USE MIDDLE NEIGHBORHOODS.
MIDDLE NEIGHBORHOOD MIGHT BE A DIFFERENT -- A NEW TERM FOR FOLKS TO HAVE HEARD.
WHAT MIDDLE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE INTENDED TO DO IS PROVIDE MID DENSITY RESIDENCES AND SO ONE OF THE -- IT TURNS OUT THEY ARE IN THE HOUSING FIELD IS THE MISSING MIDDLE AND WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT THERE ARE HOUSING OPTIONS. THAT WOULD BE STRUCTURED PROVIDING MORE THAN TWO DWELLING UNITS AND UP TO EIGHT DWELLING UNITS AND THOSE ARE TYPICALLY NOT FOUND IN MOST SUBURBAN CITIES IN THE COUNTRY. SUCH AS ROWLETT. SO THIS IS A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR CONSIDERATION OF CREATING A DISTRICT THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR A MIDDLE GROUND BETWEEN SINGLE FAMILY DUPLEX DISTRICTS AND MULTIFAMILY. I'LL ALSO INSERT HERE, WHAT -- I HOPE THAT IT WAS NOTICED WHEN READING THROUGH MATERIALS, THERE IS NOT A PROPOSAL FOR ANY MULTIFAMILY DISTRICTS STRAIGHT UP WITH THAT. WHAT THE CURRENT THINKING ALONG THE MULTIFAMILY WOULD BE TO CARRY FORWARD WHAT WAS DONE BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2020 IN THE PROCESS OF WHERE THEY ARE IN THE FORM-BASED CODE AS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPROVED COMBOIN SILL TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT BE THE OPTION SO THE DIVISION OF NORTH SHORE DISTRICT AND OTHER FORM BASED AREAS FOR WELL INTEGRATED AND DESIGNED MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE TO THE VISION OF THE CITY MAY BE APPROVED WITH DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL WHO DID THAT.
>> THE MIXED USE MIDDLE NEIGHBORHOOD INCLUDES MULL FAMILY COMPONENTS?
>> IT DOES NOT. >> DOES NOT. SO WHAT WE ARE SEEKING THROUGH THIS OR WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION IT WOULD BE TO ALLOW STRUCTURES THAT ALLOW UP TO 4 TO 6 UNITS.
>> THE PARCEL COULD BE MULTIPLE -- >> YES, HOWEVER -- --
>> I SHOULD HAVE SAID NO TO YOU WITH THAT. I FORGET THAT IT IS NOT
APARTMENTS. LET ME CLARIFY THAT. >> MINUS APARTMENTS.
MINUS THAT, WITH THE SUP WILL STAY FOR APARTMENTS. >> CORRECT.
>> UNDER THIS PROPOSAL, THE SUP IS REQU REQUIRED UNITS PER STRUCTURE, WHICH IS STILL MULTIFAMILY AN SUP WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED.
>> CORRECT. THE SECOND PART OF THIS IS WE ARE JUST SEEKING TO GET CONSENSUS TO SAY, LET'S EXPLORE THIS. BECAUSE --
>> I GET IT. I'M JUST -- >> WHAT WE'D NEED TO PUT IN PLACE HERE CLEARLY WOULD BE MAXIMUM DENSITY PER ACRE. ALSO MAXIMUM NUMBER OF UNITS
PERHAPS FOR AN OVERALL PROJECT! THAT IS A BIG POLICY REQUEST. >> VERY MUCH IS.
IN THERE, SO WE SEE THIS AS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR INCREASING THE HOUSING OPTIONS HERE IN THE
CITY. >> UNDERSTOOD. >> BUT SUP IMPLEMENTED TODAY APPLIES TO ALL MULL FAMILY AND THIS SUGGESTS THAT THAT SUP NO LONGER APPLIED TO ANY DEVELOPMENTS WITH BASICALLY ANYTHING LESS THAN A 6 PLEX AN SUP WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED UNDER
THIS ZONING.P>> PERHAPS. BUT LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE NOT YET FLESHED OUT THE DETAILS.
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I THINK THE KEY TO THIS WOULD HONESTLY BE FROM THE STANDPOINT OF GETTING EVERYONE COMFORTABLE WITH AN OVERALL DENSITY AND NOT -- AND THEN ALLOWING A DEVELOPER TO HAVE LIMITED DISCRETION ONHOW THOSE ARE DISTRIBUTED IN BUILDINGS. >> I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO MULTIFAMILY, THAT APPETITE ISN'T BEING, JUST TO BE HONEST. I THINK YOU KNOW THAT.
>> YES, OH, I -- >> I KNOW YOU'RE DOING YOUR JOB AND STAFF IS DOING THEIR JOB BY REQUESTING THIS OR ASKING US TO THINK ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S A BIG ASK.
>> APPRECIATE THAT CANDOR. >> I MEAN, WHEN WE TALK MULTIFAMILY, WE'RE TALKING
APARTMENTS. >> NOPE. >> TALKING TOWN HOMES.
>> ANYTHING -- IT COULD BE ONE STRUCTURE WITH TWO UNITS, BASICALLY A DUPLEX AND THAT IS
MULTIFAMILY. >> AND WE WANT TO ELIMINATE -- >> NO.
NOT SAYING THAT. I'M SAYING THAT IT'S A BIG ASK TO SAY THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO SUP REQUIRED ON THAT, TO BRING IT FORWARD TO COUNCIL, GIVEN ITS DEN DENSITY. BUT THAT'S A QUESTION AS TO WHAT DO WE WANT OUR CITY TO LOOK LIKE GOING INTO THE FUTURE? DO WE WANT TO ALLOW THIS BY RIGHT, DUPLEXES BY RIGHT TO BE DEVELOPED IN OUR CITY, OR IS THAT NOT WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO GO WITH FOR COMMUNITY GOING INTO
THE FUTURE. IT IS A BIG QUESTION. >> THERE IS A DEVELOPMENT THAT JUST STARTED UP HERE AT THE CORNER OF ROWLETT ROAD AND CASTLE.
THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS IS TARGETING. THEY ARE CALLING THAT A BUILD TO RENT, A SINGLE FAMILY RENTAL PROJECT. SO THAT IS -- I BELIEVE AS WAS ELOQUENTLY STATED BY A COMMISSIONER AT A ZONING HEARING THAT WE HAD, APARTMENTS BY
ANOTHER NAME. >> SINGLE FAMILY APARTMENTS. >> THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS IS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. AWAITING THIS PROCESS AND THEN WE'LL GIVE YOU OUR KIND OF
THOUGHTS ON -- >> >> THE GOAL IS TO INTRODUCE CONCEPTS IN MIDDLE NEIGHBORHOODS, IMPORTANT TO ALL COMMUNITIES OF THIS AGE IN OUR TIMES TODAY.
IT DIVERSIFICATION OF HOUSING STOCK, ABSOLUTELY. IT ENABLES OWNERSHIP.
UNDERSTAND THAT. WHAT WE ARE PRESENTING TO YOU TODAY IS BASICALLY A WRITTEN TRUST COMING TOGETHER SAYING THESE ARE GOOD ELEMENTS TO INTRODUCE INTO CODE, BUT NOT FULLY FLESHED OUT YET. SO WE ARE INTRODUCING THESE CONCEPTS.
THEY'LL GO BACK TO SEG FOR FURTHER REQUIREMENT BEYOND WHICH WE'LL COME BEFORE YOU MARIJUANA WE HAVE TO HAVE AN SUP WITH ALL MIDDLE NEIGHBORHOODS. BUT WE THINK IT IS CRITICAL IN PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION THAT WE START TALKING ABOUT MIDDLE NEIGHBORHOODS,
CONSIDERING THE AGE OF OUR COMMUNITY TODAY. >> DO WE HAVE PARTICULAR
PARCELS THIS BUILDING WOULD APPLY TO AT THIS POINT? >> NOT YET.
>> WE DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO -- >> IT IS PREMATURE, ABSOLUTELY.
>> THAT WAS THE QUESTION. >> SO THE CONVERSATION WE'LL HAVE LATER.
>> ABSOLUTELY. BUT WE DON'T WANT ANY SUSH PRIZES AND DIDN'T WANT TO BE
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CLOSER TO -- DID WANT TO BE CLOSER TO A MILESTONE AND SAY, OH, BY THE WAY, WE ARE TALKING MIDDLE NEIGHBORHOODS. WE WANT TO INTRODUCE MIDDLE NEIGHBORHOODS FROM THE ONSET SOWE CAN HAVE FURTHER DIALOGUE DOWN THE ROAD. >> AS A DEVELOPER WALKING IN, WE DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC PARCELS, MIXED USE MIDDLE NEIGHBORHOOD. WHY WOULD I CHOOSE TO REZONE TO
THAT AS OPPOSED TO SIMPLY [INDISCERNIBLE]. >> SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO, AGAIN, ACCOMPLISH THROUGH THIS, IS TO LIMIT PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS AND TO
HAVE STANDARDS ZONE DISTRICTS TO FIT MORE DEVELOPMENTS. >> WHAT IS THE DRIVER FOR THAT PLAN DRIVENLTHSS HAVE A SPECIFIC INTENTION R INTENTION IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
THE PLAN SGOEFRJTD OF OVERSIGHT WHILE PROVIDING UNIQUE DESIGN ELEMENTS ASSOCIATE WITH THAT [INDISCERNIBLE] THAT CANNOT BE ACHIEVED THROUGH THE LAY OF THE LAND, WHAT HAVE YOU.
PLAN DEVELOPMENT IS NOT A TOOL FOR DEVIATIONS FROM THE CODE OR VARIANCE.
PLAN DEVELOPMENT IS A VERY THOUGHT OUT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. THE MIDDLE NEIGHBORHOOD CONCEPT THAT WE ARE PURELY DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW, KNOWING WE DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL BE WARRANTED AS A STRAIGHT ZONING DISTRICT IN SOME OF OUR AREAS, AT LEAST IS A THOUGHT IN THINK ING IF IT IS VIABLE ONCE WE GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF THIS JOURNEY, IF IT IS VIABLE, THEN HOW DO WE LOOK AT IT FROM ZONING PERSPECTIVE. DEFINITELY KNOW THAT
GOING PD ROUTE. >> MY UNDERSTANDING IS TO SIMPLIFY THAT, IS THAT YOU'RE -- -- IS THAT THIS REQUIRES LESS COUNCIL P & Z ACTION BY VIRTUAL OF INTEGRATING VARIOUS USES INTO ONE ZONING INSTEAD OF 20 DIFFERENT ZONINGS WHERE IT IS SO SPECIFIC THAT YOU HAVE TO DO A
PD BECAUSE YOU ARE BOXED IN. THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING HERE. >> YES.
>> I DON'T THINK THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH MIDDLE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WE'LL SEE.
>> IF WE DO, THEN THAT IN ITSELF WOULD BE RESULTING CHANGE WE'D NEED TO TALK ABOUT WITH
WHOMEVER THAT HAS THE PROPERTY AS WELL AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD. >> MORE TO COME.
>> WE ARE TRYING TO GIVE YOU CONCEPT THAT IS WE ARE GOING TO FLESH OUT LATER THROUGH THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY DISTRICTS, THE RECOMMENDATION THROUGH THE ASSESSMENT IS ALSO TO CREATE FIVE OVERLAY DISTRICTS. OVERLAY DISTRICTS HAVE THEIR GENESIS IN THE WAY OF -- IN THE WAY OF A PAPER WORLD WHERE YOU HAVE PAPER MAN AND THEN YOU OVERLAY SOMETHING ON TOP OF THAT. AND SO WHAT IT DOES IS KEEPS A DISTRICT, ZONING DISTRICT IN PLACE, BUT THEN ADDS OR SUBTRACTS DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS BASED UPON WHAT IS INTENDED FOR THAT SPECIFIC AREA. SO THE HERE WOULD BE SAPPHIRE
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BAY OVERLAY DISTRICT, WHICH WOULD CAPTURE THE REGULATIONS SET OUT IN THAT SPECIFIC PLAN AND IT WOULD BE APPLIED TO SAPPHIRE BAY. THE COMMERCIAL CENTER OVERLAY WOULD COVER THE PORTIONS OF NORTH SHORE DISTRICT THAT ARE ZONED CURRENTLY FORMED BASED COMMERCIAL CENTER, WHICH IS INTENDED TO BE A VERY INTENSE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.SO THAT WOULD BE A PROPOSAL FOR THAT AREA. SO PRIMARILY BOTH OF THOSE, THE FIRST FOUR ARE PRIMARILY CONTINUATIONS CARRY OVERFROM WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOR FULL REGULATIONS. THIRD ONE BEING THE DOWNTOWN OVERLAY.
WHICH WOULD INCORPORATE THE DOWNTOWN REGULATED PLAN FOR ROWLETT.
ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PLANNING EFFORTS AND A NEW DOWNTOWN MANAGER IN PLACE AS WELL, SO COORDINATING BOTH WITH THOSE PIECES AS WELL AS EXISTING PROPERTY OWNERS AND THE COMMUNITY OF DOWNTOWN TO BE SURE THAT WE CREATE THIS OVERLAY SHOULD WE DECIDE TO GO THIS DIRECT. WE CREATE IT SO IT ACCOMPLISHES WHAT IS INTENDE.
FOURTH WOULD BE THE NORTH SHORE OVERPLAY. GEP, WOULD BE PROPOSED TO APPLY TO PORTIONS OF THE NORTH SHORE DISTRICT THAT ARE ZONED THE URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT WHICH WOULD NOT BE BROUGHT FORWARD IN THIS CODE. THERE IS JUST A SMALL BIT OF THAT PROPERTY THAT'S THERE. SO THAT WOULD BE PROPOSAL ON THERE.
BUT BECAUSE OF HAVING THE FRAMEWORK PLAN, THE REGULATING PLAN -- FRAMEWORK PLAN FOR THAT AREA, WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE CAPTURE WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ENTITLED FOR THAT AREA.
THE LAST ONE -- AND THIS IS YET ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE THAT WE DO NOT HAVE A LANDING ZONE FOR THIS RIGHT NOW. WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROPERTY THAT IS WE ARE SUGGESTING TO BE REZONED TO THIS, BUT THIS IS A TOOL WE SEE AS SOMETHING THAT MAY BE GOOD TO HAVE IN OUR ARSENAL, SO TO SPEAK, WHICH WOULD BE THE NEIGHBORHOOD INVESTMENT ZONE OVERLAY, WHICH WOULD BE APPLIED IN LIMITED AREAS THAT HAVE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE TO SUPPORT APPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENT IN ONE OR MORE AREAS SHOULD THOSE BE DESIRABLE.
>> SAPPHIRE BAY, SPECIFICALLY FOR [INDISCERNIBLE] WHAT ABOUT THE AREAS NORTH OF THE BAY SIDE
AREA. >> I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER HERE HOW THOSE -- THOSE ARE CURRENTLY ZONED -- HELP ME OUT. A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT DISTRICTS AND THEY ARE ALSO COVERED BY SPECIFIC -- THAT AREA IS ALSO DEVELOPED AND COVERED BY REGULATING PLANS THAT ARE ALREADY MUTT IN PLACE, AS SCH IS ALL THOSE DISTRICTS WOULD CARRY FORWARD IN SOME WAY IN THE NEW CODE, WITH THOSE UNDERLYING DISTRICTS ON THERE. WHEREAS THE SAPPHIRE BAY CURRENTLY IS ZONE D KSH BAYSIDE SPECIAL DISTRICT WHICH HAS TAKEN BITS AND PIECES --
>> WE HAVE -- AT ONE POINT BAYSIDE WAS ONE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING DESIGNATION.
HE STILL IS. HOWEVER, THE OWNER SHICH AND MASTER DEVELOPERS HAVE CHANGED SO YOU HAVE THE SOUTH SIDE BEING DEVELOPED BY ONE SPECIFIC MASTER DEVELOPER WITH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. DETAIL PROGRAMS SO THE OVERALL ZONING IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE ENTIRE ZONING DISTRICT -- BAY SIDE 1, LET'S CALL IT THAT. AND SAPPHIRE BAY PROJECT ALL FALL UNDER THE SAME ZONING UMBRELLA, WHICH SPECIFIC DESIGN CRITERIA, SUCH AS BAYSIDE DISTRICT FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH WOULD THEN IDENTIFY DEVELOPMENT CRITERIA IN THE [INDISCERNIBLE] WHICH FOLLOWS THE PROGRAM OF PERFORM BASED CODE. IN ESSENCE, IN THE OVERLAY
DISTRICT, BUT NOW BIFURCATED BY [INDISCERNIBLE]. >> AS WELL AS REMEMBER, EVERY OVERLAY DISTRICT HAS BASE ZONING. THERE ARE THINGS HAPPENING IN SAPPHIRE BAY THAT WE MAY NOT WANT TO SEE HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THESE OTHER DISTRICTS WITH THE
SAME UNDERLYING ZONE. >> SO THE UNDERLYING ZONING IN THIS
>> GOIMG BACK TO MULL FAMILY, PWE ARE PROPOSING THROUGH THE WORK CLARIOON COMPILED THAT
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THERE WOULD BE EIGHT LEGACY ZONING DISTRICT THAT IS WOULD BE BROUGHT INTO THE NEW CODE THAT WOULD COVER PROPERTIES THAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE THERE, WHICH ARE CURRENTLY DEVELOPED WITH MULL FAMILY PROJECTS, DEVELOPED A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO WITH THAT.BY LEGACY, WHAT WE MEAN HERE IS WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SPECIFIC STANDARDSS THAT WAIL L WOULD MAKE IT SO THESE PROPERTIES ARE GIVEN SOME KIND OF RECOGNITION. HOWEVER, WE WOULD NOT ALLOW FOR ANYBODY TO REZONE TO THIS DISTRICT. THROUGH ANY REZONING AND INTO
THE FUTURE. >> SO A LITTLE BIT OF -- LEGACY IS A FUNNY NAME FOR THIS.
IS THERE A DIFFERENT WORD WE CAN BE -- THAT CAN BE USED THAT IS NOT SO --
>> YES. EXACTLY, YES. >> SECTION.
>> THERE IS NOTHING REALLY LEGACY ABOUT THOSE TWO THINGS. >>
>> THAT IS CORRECT. YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. THAT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE CAN -- SHOULD WE HAVE SOMEONE COME IN AND SAY WE'D LIKE TO BUILD AN APARTMENT COMPLEX SUCH AS THAT, AND THEN WE SAW -- WE SAW YOU HAVE THIS DISTRICT. WAS LIKE, YOU ALSO DIDN'T QUITE
READ FAR ENOUGH TO SAY -- >> [INDISCERNIBLE] ONE-TIME ONLY DISTRICT.
>> THAT WOULD BE -- YEAH. >> I KNOW RULES THAT ARE SET FORWARD STILL APPLY. IF THERE IS DESTRUCTION -- SGH IN THAT CASE, NO.
>> THEY CAN REBUILD. >> I THINK IF IT IS DESTROYED, 50% OF THE PROPERTY IS DESTROYED, THEY SHOULD COMPLY WITH CURRENT EXISTING REQUIREMENTS AND --
>> WITH THE ZONING IN PLACE SAYS MULTIFAMILY IS PERMITTED ON THAT PROPERTY.
THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN IF YOU HAVE HOUSE SITTING ON A COMMERCIAL ZONED PROPERTY AND THE HOUSE IS 50% DESTROYED YOU CAN'T REBUILD THE HOUSE. THIS IS A CASE WE ARE SAYING WE HAVE A MULTIFAMILY PIECE OF PROPERTY, THAT IS LEAKING SAY OR --
>> YOU CAN'T BUILD TO THE OLD STANDARDS. >> RIGHT.
THEY CAN REBUILD EXACTLY AS IT WAS BEFORE. >> EXACTLY AS IT WAS BEFORE.
>> YES, OLD REGULATIONS STILL APPLY BECAUSE LEGACY ZONING CARRIES FORWARD THE OLD ZONING.
THERE IS NO NON CONFORMITY THERE. >> WELL, OKAY.
OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE TO THEY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH OTHER BUILDING STANDARDS.
THAT'S OBVIOUS, RIGHT? >> RIGHT. >> RIGHT?
>> TO REBUILD THEY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH BUILDING CODES, YES. >> THANK YOU.
THAT WAS MY BIGGEST CONCERN. >>
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DESIGN ZONE. THERE IS A LOT OF DETAIL THAT SOMEONE WALKING IN IS GOING TO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY RELATIVE TO WALKING INTO ZONED COMMERCIAL. THIS IS COMMERCIAL. EVERYBODY'S GOT THAT.AND PUTS US, MANNING AND ZONING, PLANNING DEPARTMENT, CITY COUNCIL IN THE POSITION OF BEING DESIGNERS. THAT CONCERNS ME A BIT, THAT WE GET AT A LEVEL THAT IS LOWER THAN PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SAFETY AND WE DELVE INTO DEEPER INTO DESIGN.
I'D LIKE TO SEE US ELEVATE SOME OF THAT IF WE CAN. I'D LOVE TO HAVE BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOODS. TRAVELED LOTS OF PLACES TO LOTS OF BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOODS.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE FORM BASED CODE. THEY DIDN'T HAVE MUNICIPALITIES DOING DESIGN. THEY HAD PEOPLE TRYING TO SELL PRODUCT DOING DESIGN, REACTING TO MARKET DEMANDS. I'M CONCERN THAT HAD WE LOCK OURSELVES IN BY CREATING
ORDINANCES THAT INSTITUTIONALIZE >> RIGHT. >> THIS IS THE FUNDAMENTALS OF
FORM BASED CODE. >> I WANT TO BE -- I'M CAUTIONING.
I WANT TO BE CAREFUL AS WE LOOK AT THESE DISTRICTS -- >> NOT GET TOO IN THE WEEDS.
>> OUR FOCUS IS PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC WELFARE. IT IS NOT OUR JOB TO SELL
PROPERTY. >> THERE IS A NEED TO BALANCE THAT AS WELL WITH -- NOT GETTING
TOTALLY IN THE WEEDS, BUZZ -- >> THIS PROJECT, THAT WE COME BEFORE YOU AND PRESENT THAT UPDATE TO YOU SO WE CAN GLEAN FROM THE CONVERSATION AN DISCUSSION AND TAKE IT BACK. YES, ABSOLUTELY, THAT IS ONE OF OUR MAJOR CONCERNS, TOO. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO NOT RUN INTO THAT
>> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE NON CONFORMING LEGACY DISTRICT. WE HAVE AS YOU MENTIONED, NUMEROUS ZONING DISTRICTS WITH DIFFERENT USES IN THEM THAT ARE NOT ALLOWED, PERMITTH IN THE ZONING DISTRICTS, SO THEY ARE LEADING NON CONFORMING USES. WHEN THEY ARE THEY ARE LIENING ON THAT, THE INTENT IS TO THAT IS THE PURPOSE. I THINK THAT IS -- WE ARE TRYING TO DELVEUATE FROM THE TERM LEGALLY NON CONFORMING AND TRYING TO ADD SOME -- [INDISCERNIBLE] CHANGE THE LAINING WAJ. ABSOLUTELY, INTENT IS NOT TO ALLOW OR ENABLE THE USE TO
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CONTINUE EVEN --[LAUGHTER]. >> THAT IS DREBT. I LIKE THAT.
OKAY. >> I THINK IN NEXT SLIDE WILL THEN HELP TO ILLUSTRATE AND TO GET TO WHAT THE COUNCILMAN WAS SPEAKING TO ABOUT DESIGN ELEMENTS AND SPEAKING GOOD LANGUAGE AS WELL. WE PUT THIS HERE AS THE UNDERLYING STRUCTURAL ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE. ONE OF THE PIECES THAT IS LACKING SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE DEVELOPMENT CODE ARE GRAPHICS. AND THIS NEW CODE WILL BE HEAVILY GRAPHICED.
WHAT IS MISSING IN BOTH CODES IS HAVING HAVING INFORMATION ABOUT -- I HAVE A PIECE OF PROPERTY ZONED WHATEVER DISTRICT. AND I WANT OF KNOW WHAT I CAN DO THERE.
THAT MEANS YOU NEED TO FLIP TO VARIOUS DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF BOTH CODES TO LEARN WITH THAT.
WE ARE INTENDED TO GET THIS TO A ONE SHEET, PERHAPS ONE PAGE, ONE SHEET BANG TO BACK.
SO THAT IT IS A SOMEWHAT FREESTANDING TYPE OF THING IN THE CODE.
SAYING IF YOUR PROPERTY ZONED THIS, THESE ARE THE KEY POINTS OF WHAT ARE GOING TO GET YOU THE INFORMATION YOU NEED AS TO HOW THAT PROPERTY MAY BE DEVELOPED WITH THAT.
AGAIN, TOUCHING MORE UPON THE DIFFERENCES WITHIN THE UNDERLYING PHILOSOPHY OF THE DEVELOPER CODE AND FORM-BASED P DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS LIKE SETBACKS AN HIKES, WITH SETBACKS BEING SECONDARY AND DESIGN BASE IS MORE DESIGN FORWARD IN HAVING DESIGN ELEMENTS BE MORE OF WHAT LEADS WITH THAT WHAT WE ARE INTENDING TO DO WITH THIS CODE WHICH WILL LEAD -- A LOT OF -- THERE IS A BACK AND FORTH OVER THE COMING MONTHS, WILL BE TO HAVE THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT WILL BE MUCH MORE GRAPHICALLY ORIENTED, BETTER ORGANIZED, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE EASIER CONVERSATIONS WITH POTENTIAL DEVELOPERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS AS TO WHAT CAN BE DONE ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY AS WELL. SO, AGAIN, WE WANTED TO -- THIS IS THE FIRST PAGE OF YOUR PACKET THAT WAS HANDED OUT THIS EVENING.
IT IS AN INITIAL MOCK UP OF WHAT ONE OF THESE-THERE WOULD BE 22 IF WE GO FORWARD WITH THE NUMBER OF DISTRICTS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. THERE WOULD BE 22 OF THESE THAT WOULD BE CREATED AND WOULD HAVE VERY SIMILAR TYPES OF THINGS YOU SEE ON THE LEFTHAND SIDE THE PARTICULAR DESIGN ELEMENT OR STANDARD THAT MAY BE REQUIRED. WHAT THE PARTICULAR REQUIREMENT WILL BE IN THE WAY OF THINGS THAT ARE NUMERIC, MEASURABLE, EASY TO UNDERSTAND, WITH THAT AS WELL, AS WELL AS TO GIVE GIVE A GOOD BALANCE BETWEEN A SOMEWHAT RIGID STANDARD, BUT ALSO TO BUILD IN FLEXIBILITY WITH THAT AND THEN PARTICULAR DETAILS WE TALKED ABOUT THE SPECIFIC KINDS OF THINGS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MEET THAT REQUIREMENT. THIS, AGAIN, BEING WAY MORE GRAPHIC THAN WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THERE. THE OLD SAYING OUT THERE, PICTURE BEING WORTH 1,000 WORDS KINDS OF THINGS. LESS WORDS, MORE PICTURES.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL COMMUNICATE THINGS AS WELL. AGAIN, PUTS LOT MORE INFORMATION IN ONE PLACE THAN WHAT WE HAVE AND THEN ALSO ALLOWS FOR CHARACTER AND DESIGN STANDARDS THAT ARE KEY TO MAKING DEVELOPMENT ATTRACTIVE OR SPECIFIC TO WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE HERE OTHER PROPOSED UPDATES. THIS IS JUST A FEW OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE 60-PAGE DOCUMENT THAT IS THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATION ASSESSMENT.
AGAIN, TRY TO MODERNIZE THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT REFLECT THE CURRENT AND EMERGING
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TRENDS THAT HAS BEEN ALMOST TWO DECADES SINCE THE RVC WAS ADOPTED AND SINCE THE FORM BASED CODE WAS ADOPTED TO THE CITY. THERE'S NOT BEEN AN UPDATE TO THOSE CODES THROUGH THE YEAR WITH THAT. AS WAS TOUCHED ON EARLIER, THE FIRST BIG CHUNK OF THE NEW CODE IS TO BE SETTLING ON -- AGREEING TO THE -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY SETTLE.AGREEING TO WHAT THE NEW ZONING DISTRICTS WILL BE. AND THEN A USE CHART THAT GOES WITH THAT. TO BE SURE THAT IT REFLECTS WHAT ACTUALLY IS HAPPENING IN THE CITY AND THOSE THINGS THAT ARE EMERGING. REVIEWING USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS AND SPECIAL USE PERMITS. A BIT MORE ON THAT IS WE DO HAVE SUCH THINGS AS NEIGHBORHOOD PROTECTION STANDARDS THAT ARE PUT IN INTO THE CODE THAT ARE INTENDED, OF COURSE, TO MAKE SURE THAT SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS, RESIDENTS ARE SHIELDED AND PROTECTED FROM THE NEGATIVE IMPACT THAT MIGHT PHAP RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SO BE SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE BETTER LAID OUT AS WELL AS SPECIAL USE PERMITS FROM THE STANDPOINT OF BEING SURE THAT IF WE HAVE -- WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE USES THAT REQUIRE SPECIAL USE PERMITS THAT WE GET TO -- IF WE CAN, SO TO SPEAK. THAT WE HAVE THE JUST-RIGHT LEVEL IN THERE AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE APPROPRIATE REVIEW STANDARDS FOR STAFF TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE INFORMATION OUT OF OUR APPLICANTS FOR THAT SO THEY ARE BETTER PREPARED SO THAT THEY MEET WHAT IS EXPECTED FROM THE COMMUNITY. ALSO, IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL OVERLAY DISTRICTS LIKE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER DISTRICT THAT MIGHT NEED TO REPLACE, AGAIN, TO KEEP A PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD IN THOSE CHARACTERISTICS, IN PLACE, AS WELL.
ONE I'LL TOUCH ON HERE AS WELL, GOING BACK TO MARCH THAT WE DIDN'T ENGAGE IN CONVERSATION ON -- I'M NOT LOOKING TO DO THAT HERE TONIGHT EITHER -- BUT THIS WOULD BE PARKING AS WELL.
ENOUGH, TOO MUCH, DO WE CARE? SHOULDN'T SAY DO WE CARE? WE OBVIOUSLY CARE.
JUST THE MENTIONING OF DO WE CONTINUE TO HAVE MINIMUM PARKING STANDARDS OR SAY MAXIMUM PARKING STANDARDS? HOW DO WE GET THE RIGHT LEVEL AND RIGHT AMOUNT OF PARKING THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WHEN I SAY THAT, NOT JUST IN COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS BUT WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL ON HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS. IS THISES INFORMATIONAL UPDATE.
EVERYTHING YOU HAVE SEEN TODAY, WE ARE JUST IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THE -- AGAIN, COMPILING WHAT WAS HEARD FROM RESIDENTS, STAKEHOLDERS, CITY STAFF BEYOND JUST THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND ALSO, BRINGING THAT FORWARD SO THAT WE WILL BE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE ENGAGEGROUP AS WELL AS CONSUL AT THAT PARTICULAR TIMES TO TAKE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE ASSESSMENT TO DRAFT THE UPDATED CODE. THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH PUBLIC MEETINGS, WORKSHOPS, THINGS ON THE DEDICATED RECODE ROWLETT TO GET THIS PRODUCT TO A SPOT WHERE IF WE DO OUR JOB WELL, ALL OF US COLLECTIVELY, WE CAN HAVE A NON CONTENTIOUS ADOPTION IN THE FUTURE. [LAUGHTER].
>> SO -- BUT THAT IS -- SO WE ARE -- WHERE I WANT TO HIT ON THIS IS WE ARE IN THE EARLY STAGES ON THIS AND I LEARN SAY HOPE THAT YOU DON'T FEEL THAT WE ARE -- WE ARE NOT -- THAT WE HAVE NOT ADOPTED -- WE HAVE NOT IN OUR MINDS, THE STAFF, ADOPTED CLARITY ON --
>> WE KNOW THAT. >> GOOD. >> WE SEE THIS AS SORT OF THE STARTING POINT AND, AGAIN, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A VIGOROUS DISCUSSION WITH
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EVERYBODY ON THIS. GOING BACK TO THE ADOPTION PROCESS, WE HOPE TO NOT HAVE ANYBODY AT THE LAST MINUTE BE ABLE TO SAY WAIT A MINUTE, WHY DIDN'T I HEAR ABOUT THIS.WE ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO GET PEOPLE INTERESTED AND EXCITED ABOUT DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
>> IT IS AN HONOR TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL REALLY HAVE A LONG-TERM IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY, JUST LIKE THE PREVIOUS CODES -- THE CURRENT CODES HAVE HAD ON THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER GOOD OR BAD. IT IS AN HONOR BEING PART OF THE
PROCESS. >> WILL WE HAVE VISUALS? PULL UP OUR CURRENT VERY POWERFUL ZONING MAP WHICH IS A COMBINATION OF ZONING SCHEMES SO I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL WHEN CONSIDERING DISTRICTS, THAT WE THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WITH THOSE DISTRICTS THE OTHER THING I WILL SAY -- I HAVE SEEN THIS ONCE BEFORE. I STRUGGLED WITH UNDERSTANDING HOW THAT GOES, BUT I JOTTED A NOTE DOWN ABOUT HAVING EXAMPLES AND TO SAY I JUST CAME TO THE CITY, I BOUGHT THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY, I WANT TO DO THIS WITH IT.
GIVE ME A STEP-BY-STEP TO WHAT THAT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE TO WHOEVER IS TRYING OF DO THAT SO
WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROCESS LOOKS LIKE. >> YES, YOU TOUCH UPON -- LET ME TAKE THIS HOPEFULLY THE RIGHT DIRECTION. FIRST MODULE IS USES AND ZONING DISTRICTS. USES. NEXT PHASE WILL BE THOSE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. THIRD WILL BE HEAVY ON PROCESS. WITH THAT SO, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE IDEA THAT THOSE WILL BE THREE MONTHS FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE.
WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES IN PRACTICE. AS WELL.
SO -- >> I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS UNDERSTANDING THAT THIRD MODEL, PROCESS PARK AND HOW THAT PLAYS WITH THE STANDARDS, I THINK, TELLS US WHETHER WE'RE ACHIEVING WHAT OUR GOAL IS IN SIMPLIFYING WHERE WE ARE GOING. IT WOULD HELP MY UNDERSTANDING OF THAT DESIGN PROCESS AND I STRUGGLE A BIT WITH DETAILS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE IT IN CONCRETE, BUT IN DESIGN SENSE, TO SAY OKAY, HERE IS HOW WE THINK THIS WOULD BE APPLIED.
>> APPLIED, PERHAPS ENFORCED, REVIEWED. CORRECT? SO WE'LL BE VERY GLAD TO HAVE AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO START LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE FUTURE KINDS OF THINGS AS WELL. DIGS [INDISCERNIBLE] IF WE SAY THIS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL IS GOING TO WANT TO HAVE THE APPROVAL AUTHORITY ON LET'S GET THAT OUT THERE AS
WELL. >> ALEX, WHAT IS THE SEG INTERACTION AND CITIZEN ENPUT
RIGHT NOW LOOK LIKE? >> SO WE ARE -- WE HAVE BEEN MEETING SINCE APRIL WITH THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEGROUP TO START DELVING INTO SOME OF THOSE FIRST INITIAL THINGS IN THE WAY OF SETTING UP THE STRUCTURE AND GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE WITH THE ONE-PAGE -- WITH THAT. THE WEBSITE ALSO HAS THIS FULL DEVELOPMENT REGULATION ASSESSMENT. THAT IS WHERE THE PRIMARY PUBLIC INPUT IS AT THIS POINT.
>> AND THERE IS A SURVEY ONLINE AS WELL. >> A SURVEY ONLINE.
AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION FROM CLARION, THAT WILL NEED DISCUSSION, GUIDANCE, THE GOOD ONCEOVER, THAT IS WHEN WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT GOING IN THE WAY OF NOT JUST THE WEBSITE, BUT PUBLIC COMMUNITIES, WORKSHOPS, AS WELL. GOING BACK TO THAT STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT GROUP, ALSO THEIR CHARGE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THEIR PARTICULAR INTEREST GROUPS, CONSTITUENCIES, STAKEHOLDER GROUPS TO THE TABLE, STOT MEETINGS, TO THE WEBSITE.
SO WE GET AS MUCH INPUT INTO THIS AS WE CAN. >> HOW MANY RESPONSES WILL BE HAD TO THE WEBSITE SURVEY SO FAR? APPROXIMATELY.
>> I THINK IT IS AROUND 150. >> I WANT TO SAY LOOKING AT THIS TONIGHT, I LIKE THE OVERALL DIRECTION THAT YOU'RE GOING, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE SOME DETAILS THERE THAT I THINK -- YOU KNOW, PROBABLY NEED TO BE TWEAKED A BIT, AND WILL BE WITH ALL THAT INTERACTION, BUT COMPARED TO THE FIRST PRESENTATION THAT WE GOT IN THE PREPARED BEGINNING WITH ALL THE
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THINGS SORT OF RECOMMENDATIONS, I LIKE THIS A LOT BETTER. I THINK YOU HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF LOOKING AT WHAT THE COUNCIL, CITIZENS HAVE SAID IN THE PAST, RECENT PAST, THAT THEY WANT IN A DEVELOPMENT CODE. BECAUSE ELIMINATING THE CONFUSION IS GOING TO BE JUST A BIG, HUGE STEP IN ITSELF. SO MANY PEOPLE WITH THE TWO CODES WERE JUST TOTALLY CONFUSED>> SPEAKING AS A STAFF PERSON IT IS CONFUSING FOR US ON OCCASION.
>> AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. >> IT MAKES OUR JOB ALREADY INTERESTING, MORE INTERESTING IN
THE WAY OF THAT. >> ALSO, I WANTED TO SAY TO LISA AND THE OTHER P & Z MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I KNOW THOSE 20 MEETINGS YOU HAD, I KNOW HOW MUCH MUCH HARD WORK GOES INTO THAT. THE MEETING ITSELF IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG JUST LIKE THE COUNCIL WITH PREPARATION, IT IS LOT OF HARD WORK.
I APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO. I MISS YOU. >> WE MISS YOU, TOO.
>> IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THE COMMISSION CAN DO DURING MEETINGS THAT WOULD HELP COUNCIL
IN ANY WAY? THAT WE'RE NOT DOING. >> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
>> THAT IS ONE OF THOSE WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT. >> IN THE PAST WHEN WE HAD THESE MEETINGS, THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, LET US KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING WHEN.
LET US KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS. WE TRY TO DO THAT. WE TRY TO GET AROUND, LET EVERYBODY HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT IT, WHY THEY FEEL THE WAY THEY DO
ABOUT IT. SO -- >> MOST OF US WATCHED P & MEETINGS BEFORE WE MAKE ZONING DECISION OR SUPS, WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
>> WE'RE NOT SHY. WE DO A LOT OF DISCUSSION. >> MOST OF US WATCH THAT.
THAT IS WHY I FEEL LIKE -- I CAN'T THINK OF AN AVENUE BECAUSE I'M ALREADY GETTING YOUR --
>> THAT'S GOOD. >> IT IS REALLY HELPFUL [INDISCERNIBLE].
>> IT IS VERY EASY TO KNOW WHERE YA'LL STAND ON IT. >> WE'RE NOT SHY ABOUT IT.
[LAUGHTER] >> EXCEPT FOR LEWIS, WHO NEVER SAYS ANYTHING.
>> RIGHT. IS THAT -- WAS THAT THE -- OKAY. THAT IS THE CONCLUSION.
WELL, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TONIGHT. I'M GOING TO SAVE MY QUESTIONS FOR WHEN YA'LL COME BACK TO COUNCIL. GREAT JOB.
I THINK WE ARE GOING DOWN THE RIGHT TRACK. AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING
WHAT COMES NEXT. >> SURE. >> I WANTED TO ALSO -- I GOT A NOTE HERE FROM [INDISCERNIBLE] TO BE SURE WE RECOGNIZE MR. WILDHOOD AND [INDISCERNIBLE], THEIR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT GROUP FOR, AGAIN, BRINGING US TO THIS POINT. AGREEING TO THIS VERY NECESSARY SERVICE.
>> ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
OKAY. WELL, THEN NO OTHER ACTION NEEDING TO BE TAKEN TONIGHT, THEN I NOW CALL THIS MEETING ADJOURNED AT 6:56 PM FOR
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.