May 06, 2025 Planning and Zoning

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EVERYONE, WELCOME TO THE WESTLAKE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING FOR MAY 6TH, 2025.

[A. CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE A QUORUM PRESENT]

SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECITING THE PLEDGE.

ALLEGIANCE] I'M STARTING TO GET THAT ONE DOWN. ALRIGHT, STAFF INTRODUCTION AND UPDATES.

[C.1. Introduction of Chris Pham, Town Planner]

COME ON UP. IT'S A LITTLE WEIRD BEING ON THIS SIDE OF THE PODIUM TODAY, BUT GOOD AFTERNOON.

IT'S VERY NICE TO MEET YOU. MY NAME IS CHRIS PHAM.

I COME FROM THE CITY OF COLLEYVILLE. I GRADUATED FROM UTD WITH BOTH MY MASTERS AND MY UNDERGRAD IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS, WHICH IS THEIR WAY OF SAYING PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.

I WAS AT COLLEYVILLE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE COMING HERE, AND SO I'M SUPER EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH WESTLAKE.

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME. I REALLY LIKE DOGS. I LIKE BEING ACTIVE, AND I LIKE PLAYING VIDEO GAMES, SO NICE TO MAKE YOUR ACQUAINTANCE. NICE TO MEET YOU.

WELCOME TO THE TOWN. GLAD TO HAVE YOU. OKAY. CITIZEN COMMENTS.

DO WE HAVE ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK ON ANYTHING THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING? NOBODY SEEN, NOTHING HEARD. GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON.

I'M NOT SURE IF EVERYBODY THE COMMISSIONERS YOU HAD A CHANCE TO READ THE MINUTES FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING OF APRIL 8TH.

[D. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NONE OPPOSED.

MINUTES ARE APPROVED. OKAY. NEW BUSINESS. ITEM F 125-111.

[F.1. Discuss, consider and act to recommend approval to the Town Council of Ordinance 1022, an ordinance amending certain provisions within PD, Planned Development Zoning District 1-2 (PD 1-2) regulating the development of approximately 85.9 acres of land generally located between State Highway 114, Davis Boulevard, and Solana Boulevard, and commonly known as “Entrada” to include adding a definition and certain standards for stacked flats; removing the residential to non-residential development ratios; updating the schedule of permitted of uses; and updating the standards for building height.]

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS WITHIN PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT, ZONING DISTRICT 1-2 PD1-2.

REGULATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 85.9 ACRES OF LAND, GENERALLY LOCATED BETWEEN STATE HIGHWAY 114 DAVIS BOULEVARD AND SOLANA BOULEVARD, COMMONLY KNOWN AS ENTRADA, TO INCLUDE ADDING A DEFINITION AND CERTAIN STANDARDS FOR STACKED FLATS.

REMOVING THE RESIDENTIAL TO NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT RATIOS.

UPDATING THE SCHEDULE OF PERMITTED USES AND UPDATING THE STANDARDS FOR BUILDING HEIGHT.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. GOOD EVENING. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

AGAIN, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT IS REQUESTING TO AMEND CERTAIN PROVISIONS TO THE TEXT FOR PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 1-2, WHICH IS ENTRADA. AND HERE IS AN IMAGE OF ENTRADA ON A BEAUTIFUL DAY.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO START FIRST BY PROVIDING A CONTEXT FOR THESE PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENTS.

ON APRIL 22ND, 2013, TOWN COUNCIL ADOPTED ORDINANCE NUMBER 703, WHICH ESTABLISHED THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR ENTRADA, AND ENTRADA IS ENVISIONED TO BE A MIXED USE COMMUNITY WHERE RESIDENTIAL ACTIVITIES, COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES, AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES CAN CO-EXIST IN PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER, MEANING THAT THEY'RE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE AND IN HARMONY, MEANING THAT THEY ARE COMPATIBLE WITH EACH OTHER.

THE PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENTS THAT ARE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, THEY CONTEMPLATE QUITE A BIT, BUT THEY ARE PRIMARILY FRAMED WITHIN IMPLICATIONS FOR THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT, MEANING URBAN PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN. THE STANDARDS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF YOU ARE THE SAME THAT HAVE BEEN APPLIED IN OTHER ENVIRONMENTS, AND THEY ALSO COME FROM ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ARE IN ADOPTION AND PRACTICE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

ONE OF THOSE WOULD BE THE SOUTHEAST FEDERAL CENTER ZONE, WHICH IS A SPECIAL DISTRICT IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AND THE OTHER IS CLEARFORK. HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE VERTICAL MIXED USE BUILDINGS IN CLEARFORK.

AND I SHARE THIS IMAGE WITH YOU, BECAUSE THIS WILL BE FORTHCOMING AGAIN AT A FUTURE DAY AND TIME WHEN THERE'S ANOTHER ZONING DISTRICT THAT IS BROUGHT BEFORE YOU.

THE PURPOSE OF SHOWING THIS THIS AFTERNOON, AGAIN, IS TO PROVIDE CONTEXT FOR STACKED FLATS.

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AND IN THIS IMAGE AS YOU SEE IT PAN TO THE RIGHT.

THAT COMMERCIAL FRONTAGE CONTINUES WITH RESIDENTIAL ABOVE.

I ALSO SHOW THIS IMAGE, WHICH WILL BE ANOTHER ONE THAT WILL COME BEFORE YOU AGAIN AT A FUTURE DATE.

THERE ARE, AS WE WOULD CALL THEM, AS PROPOSED, STACKED FLATS IN THE BACKGROUND THERE, WITH GROUND FLOOR COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY THAT FEEDS INTO A CENTRAL AREA THAT HAS GROUND FLOOR COMMERCIAL SPACE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND INTO OUTDOOR SEATING AND DINING AREAS. THAT WAS PART OF THE INSPIRATION FOR THE TEXT AMENDMENTS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT, AS PROPOSED. ONE OF THE FIRST AMENDMENTS IS REMOVING THE RATIO OF RESIDENTIAL TO NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

THE DESIRE BEHIND REMOVING THAT REQUIREMENT IS BECAUSE WHEN THE ENTRADA PD WAS FIRST CREATED, THE DESIRE WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS A BALANCE OF RESIDENTIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

AS WE SEE WITH ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN THE MARKET FLUCTUATING AND SO FORTH, THAT REALLY DID STYMIE A LITTLE BIT OF THE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN ENTRADA.

AND THE DEVELOPER AND OTHERS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RESPOND TO MARKET CONDITIONS AS THEY WOULD HAVE LIKED.

THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD SAY WITH THE REMOVAL OF THE RATIO IS THAT IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO COMPLETE ENTRADA ON AN EXPEDITED OR ACCELERATED PACE, BECAUSE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE'RE NOT WAITING FOR COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY TO COME IN BEFORE RESIDENTIAL ACTIVITY CAN OCCUR.

AND AS PROPOSED AGAIN, THIS TEXT AMENDMENT WILL BE REMOVED IN ITS ENTIRETY.

A LITTLE BIT OF THE COMFORT WITH REMOVING THAT TEXT AMENDMENT COMES FROM STACKED FLATS, AND THAT IS A TERM THAT WE ARE WANTING TO DESCRIBE MULTIFAMILY. AND IT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE STACKED FLATS SOUNDS DIFFERENT, BUT IT'S BECAUSE IN REALITY, WE'RE WANTING TO SEE RESIDENTIAL PRODUCTS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO FLATS THAT YOU SEE IN COUNTRIES IN EUROPE.

AND AS PROPOSED, THESE TYPES OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS, THEY HAVE TO BE LOCATED ON THE UPPER FLOOR, UPPER FLOORS, EXCUSE ME. AND THE FIRST FLOOR MUST BE FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY.

THERE'S A LIST OF RECOMMENDED USES THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE TEXT AMENDMENTS, AND PART OF THAT IS TO ENCOURAGE SPECIFIC TYPES OF USES ON THE GROUND FLOOR THAT COMES FROM THE SOUTHEAST FEDERAL CENTER ZONING DISTRICT IN WASHINGTON, D.C., WHERE THEY ACTUALLY ENCOURAGE VERTICAL MIXED USE BY RECOMMENDING AND EVEN IN SOME CASES, MANDATING THAT THERE BE CERTAIN USES ON THE GROUND FLOOR.

THOSE UNITS MUST BE A MINIMUM OF 1800 SQUARE FEET IN AREA.

THEY ARE ALSO LIMITED TO CERTAIN BLOCKS WITHIN ENTRADA CANNOT BE EVERYWHERE.

AND THEN AGAIN, THE GROUND FLOOR. BECAUSE IT'S DESIGNATED FOR COMMERCIAL USE, IT MUST BE DESIGNED AS A SHOP FRONT.

AND WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT, FROM AN URBAN PLANNING PERSPECTIVE, IS THAT THERE IS DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN THE GROUND FLOOR, WHICH IS COMMERCIAL USE ESTHETICALLY, AND THEN THE FLOORS ABOVE BEING FOR COMMERCIAL OR PARDON ME, FOR RESIDENTIAL USE SO MUCH, AS YOU SEE IN THIS IMAGE WHERE THE GROUND FLOOR IS FOR COMMERCIAL, UPPER FLOORS, RESIDENTIAL. AND THEN YOU SEE IT EVEN HERE DELINEATED BY THAT TRANSITION BETWEEN THOSE TWO USES.

THIS IS ULTIMATELY WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN WOULD LOOK LIKE IF THESE TEXT AMENDMENTS AS PRESENTED, ARE APPROVED BY TOWN COUNCIL WITH AN AFFIRMATIVE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

IN THE IMAGE THAT IS ON THE SCREEN, THE DARKER RED THOSE WOULD BE THE AREAS THAT STACKED FLATS WOULD BE LIMITED TO.

AND I'LL LEAVE THAT UP THERE JUST FOR YOU TO SEE.

AND WE ALREADY SEE A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF STACKED FLATS UNDERWAY WITH ONE OF THE BUILDINGS FACING DAVIS DRIVE.

THAT IS A VERTICAL MIXED USE BUILDING THAT HAS GROUND FLOOR RETAIL WITH RESIDENTIAL UNITS ABOVE.

AND THERE IS A DELINEATION BETWEEN THE GROUND FLOOR RETAIL WHERE YOU SEE KIND OF THAT PROTRUDING.

WE'LL CALL IT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PHOTOGRAPH, CORNICE LINE WITH THE VERTICAL OPENINGS FOR WINDOWS ABOVE FOR THE RESIDENTIAL USES.

THE LAND USE SCHEDULE, AS PROPOSED, WOULD ALSO BE AMENDED TO REMOVE PRIVATE CLUB AS A USE THAT IS PERMITTED BY A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT ONLY,

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HOWEVER, WITH STACKED FLATS BEING ADDED AS A PERMITTED USE BY RIGHT, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS WITHIN ENTRADA CANNOT EXCEED 322. ALL OF THE OTHER USES THAT ARE CURRENTLY WITHIN THE PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR ENTRADA WOULD REMAIN AS IS FOR BUILDING HEIGHT, AS IT IS CURRENTLY STATED WITHIN THIS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.

IT IS MEASURED AS MEAN SEA LEVEL AVERAGE FOR HEIGHT.

WE WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE THAT AND FOR THAT TO REFLECT THE FOLLOWING.

THAT THE FIRST FLOOR HEIGHT FOR ALL BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED AFTER THE APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE.

IF IT IS APPROVED BY TOWN COUNCIL, THAT WOULD BE 16FT FROM FINISHED FLOOR TO CEILING.

AND THEN FOR THE UPPER FLOORS, IT WOULD BE A MINIMUM OF TEN FEET FROM FINISHED FLOOR TO FINISHED CEILING, AND THAT THE MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT BE FOUR STORIES.

AND THAT'S KEEPING WITH THE GENERAL DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED WITH ENTRADA, WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT THERE'S A BUILDING HEIGHT WAIVER SUB AREA THAT I WILL SHOW HERE, WHERE THERE WOULD BE UNLIMITED HEIGHT AND WOULD ALLOW FOR A DEVELOPER OR A BUILDER TO GO AS TALL AS THEY WOULD DESIRE. HOWEVER, THE DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR ENTRADA WOULD STILL BE IN EFFECT.

SO COULD IT SEE MODERN OR CONTEMPORARY SKYSCRAPERS OR OFFICE BUILDINGS, THAT SORT OF THING, STILL WOULD SEE THE TYPES OF BUILDINGS THAT YOU SEE OUT THERE TODAY, PARKING.

THOSE REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN RELAXED A LITTLE BIT FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIAL USES ON BLOCKS K, L AND Q THAT ANYTHING THAT'S 1500 SQUARE FEET OR LESS, RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL, THAT WOULD NOT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL PARKING.

AND THAT'S TO ENCOURAGE NEW BUSINESSES TO COME INTO ENTRADA AND CREATE A MORE WALKABLE ENVIRONMENT.

AND THEN FINALLY, IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE UNITS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN CONSTRUCTED ON THE COMMERCIAL AND THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE, BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE PROVISIONS IN PLACE AND CHANGES TO STATE LAW DEALING WITH NON-CONFORMING USES, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T CREATE THAT SITUATION OR NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURES.

SO A LOT OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE PERTAINING TO BUILDING HEIGHT AND STACKED FLATS, THAT IT KEEPS THE SAME STANDARDS THAT ARE IN PLACE FOR THOSE UNITS THAT WERE CONSTRUCTED PRIOR TO MAY 20TH, 2025, ASSUMING THAT IT IS APPROVED IN PLACE, THEN AFTER THEN IT WOULD NEED TO COMPLY FULLY WITH THE PROVISIONS AS PROPOSED. AND THE SAME THING FOR BUILDING HEIGHT.

AND THAT MAKES SURE THAT WE'RE NOT CREATING A NON-CONFORMING SITUATION.

IN SOME THESE TEXT AMENDMENTS AS PROPOSED, THEY ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL VISION FOR ENTRADA, WHICH WAS MORE MIXED USE AND THINKING HERE ON THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR A MOMENT, THAT KIND OF IN THE CENTER OF THE PLAN, WHERE SOME OF THE STACKED FLATS ARE PROPOSED TO GO, THAT THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH AN EARLIER IMAGE THAT WAS SHOWN OF VERTICAL MIXED USE FRAMING THE CANAL AREA WITHIN THE HEART OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND CREATING ANOTHER ICONIC ARCHITECTURAL COMPOSITION.

THESE PROPOSED CHANGES ARE ALSO VERY MUCH IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

AND AGAIN, THEY DO HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOWN.

THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE TEXT AMENDMENTS AS PROPOSED AND PRESENTED TO YOU, AND THESE ARE THE ACTIONS OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU.

I AM AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM.

THE DEVELOPER IS ALSO IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT AND IS ALSO HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM. PLANNING AND ZONING MEMBERS? I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, SIR. SECTION TWO DEFINITION OF STACKED FLAT.

THE LAST SENTENCE STACKED FLATS MAY BE FOR RENT OR FOR SALE.

DOES THAT MEAN POTENTIAL FOR MORE OF AN APARTMENT? LACK OF A BETTER WORD TYPE SITUATION ABOVE CONDOS? YES, SIR. SO IT COULD GO EITHER WAY THAT THE DEVELOPER OR THE BUILDER WANTED TO SELL THEM AS A CONDOMINIUM, WHICH IS ORIGINALLY WHAT IS BEING CONTEMPLATED FOR THE UNITS ALONG DAVIS BOULEVARD.

THEY COULD DO THAT IF THEY WANTED TO RENT THEM FOR NEW UNITS THAT WERE COMING IN.

THEY COULD DO THAT AS WELL. PART OF THAT CONCERN COMING IN THERE IS WITH RECENT CHANGES WITH STATE LAW DEALING WITH OWNER OCCUPANCY VERSUS RENTAL OCCUPANCY, AND THAT CONCERN REALLY STEMS FROM ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.

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THAT'S WHY WE'RE GIVING THAT OPTION ONE. THE SECOND REASON WHY WE'RE GIVING THAT OPTION IS DUE TO A DEVELOPER OR A BUILDER BEING ABLE TO FINANCE THE PROJECT, THAT THEY MAY FIND IT MORE DIFFICULT IN SOME SITUATIONS TO BE ABLE TO SELL SOME OF THE UNITS.

SO THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SOME OF THE BUILDINGS BEING UNOCCUPIED OR VACANT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GET THE UNITS OCCUPIED.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU. I'M GENERALLY IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES, BUT I DO HAVE A FEW. YES, SIR. NUMBER ONE, THE REMOVAL OF THE RATIO.

I WOULD PREFER TO THAT, TO THESE PHASES, THIS, THE STACKED FLAT PHASES, AND THEN SEE HOW THAT DEVELOPS. AND IF THERE'S A NEED FOR THE OTHER COMMERCIAL, DO IT.

AT THAT TIME, I WOULD RATHER SEPARATE THE PARKING, THE RATIOS FOR NOW.

THE OTHER ITEM IS PARKING. YES, SIR. AS YOU KNOW, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH NOT BEING ABLE TO, I DON'T SEE RETAILERS BEING ABLE TO SURVIVE. THEY'VE GOT A PARK IN THAT PARKING GARAGE, WHICH IS NOT CONVENIENT.

SO WE'VE GOT TO PROVIDE PARKING IF WE HAVE ANY EXPECTATION THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SURVIVE.

LIKEWISE. THERE'S DELIVERIES RETAILERS AND THERE'S ALSO AMAZON DELIVERIES FOR WHOEVER LIVES IN THOSE STACKS.

SO ANY SITE PLAN THAT COMES FORWARD NEEDS TO ADDRESS, IN MY OPINION, PARKING.

YES, SIR. IF I MAY, ON THE PARKING CONCERN. I KNOW THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME POTENTIAL BUSINESS PROSPECTS OF USING SHARED PARKING AGREEMENTS, WHICH IS ALLOWED UNDER THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AS IT IS CURRENTLY TO SUPPLY PARKING, PARTICULARLY IN THOSE AREAS THAT ARE PRETTY FAR AWAY FROM THE PARKING STRUCTURE THAT YOU HAVE DESCRIBED.

AND SO WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER ON THAT AND ENSURING THAT PARKING IS SUFFICIENTLY SUPPLIED AND PROVIDED.

AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE PHASING, IF I MAY, TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING.

AND IF I'M NOT, PLEASE WALK ME BACK. BUT IT'S ON A STACKED FLAT SIDE, NOT NECESSARILY THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, BUT TYING THAT POTENTIALLY TO A PHASED APPROACH.

IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? ON THE STACK FLATS, I'M FINE WITH WHAT'S PROPOSED. WHAT I'M SAYING IS THE OTHER COMMERCIAL.

I WOULD PREFER TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE THE RATIO FOR THE STACKED FLATS.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE IT IN PLACE FOR THE OTHER COMMERCIAL. OKAY.

AND THEN IF WE HAVE NEED FOR THAT, WE CAN REVISIT IT.

YES, SIR. UNDERSTOOD. INSTEAD OF JUST REMOVING IT FOR THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE EARLY.

IN MY OPINION. YES, SIR. SO I WOULD LIKE. I'M OKAY WITH IT FOR STACKED FLATS.

IT'S GOING TO HAVE A COMMERCIAL. BUT I DO REALLY FEEL STRONGLY THAT WE'VE GOT TO PROVIDE CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THOSE RETAILERS. YES, SIR. JUST REMIND ME, PLEASE. TOTAL NUMBER OF UNITS IS BEING CAPPED AT 322.

WHAT WAS IT PRIOR TO THIS? 322. OKAY. JUST MAKING SURE.

AND THEN ON THE HEIGHT REMOVAL, IS THERE ANY CURRENT POTENTIAL USE CONTEMPLATED THAT REQUIRES A 1000 FOOT LIMIT? NO, SIR. NOT AT THIS MOMENT. BUT AGAIN, JUST KIND OF THINKING, IF THERE IS, SAY, A CORPORATE USER THAT MAY WANT TO COME INTO THE AREA AND BUILD TALLER AND KIND OF HAVE SOMETHING ICONIC WITHIN ENTRADA BEING ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT. SO IF WE WAIVE THAT AND SOMETHING LIKE THAT DOES HAPPEN WOULD THAT

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NO, SIR. AND THEN IN TERMS OF THAT UNLIMITED HEIGHT, IT WILL ONLY BE LIMITED TO THE AREA THAT IS SHADED.

I'LL CALL THAT A SKY BLUE AREA WHERE THAT HEIGHT WAIVER WOULD APPLY.

OKAY. OTHER QUESTIONS. WAS THERE VERBIAGE IN THERE THAT SAID THE WAIVER SUB AREA STILL FALL UNDER THE CURRENT LIMITS OF THE WHOLE DEVELOPMENT? WHAT WOULD BE THE MAX HEIGHT, LET'S SAY, IN THAT AREA? SO HERE IN THEORY, EVEN RIGHT NOW, THERE REALLY ISN'T A MAX HEIGHT BECAUSE IT JUST SAYS THAT YOU CAN BE 765FT ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL.

SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WANTED TO CLARIFY WHAT BUILDING HEIGHT ACTUALLY IS.

AND THEN IN THIS AREA, IT REALLY WOULD DEPEND UPON THE USER.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE IS A CORPORATE OFFICE BUILDING THAT WANTED TO COME IN AND SAY THEY WANT TO GO 20 STORIES IN HEIGHT, WELL UNDER THE CURRENT PROVISIONS FOR BUILDING HEIGHT.

IT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO ACCOMMODATE THAT BECAUSE OF HOW THAT CALCULATION FOR BUILDING HEIGHT IS MADE UNDER WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED HERE IT WOULD, IN THEORY BE A CONCERN BECAUSE OF THAT UNLIMITED HEIGHT.

NOW THAT BEING SAID, CHAIR OR PARDON ME, COMMISSIONER, I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET ANY BUILDINGS COMING IN ANYTIME SOON THAT ARE GOING TO BE TALLER THAN 5 OR 6 STORIES. EVEN THE STACKED FLATS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE UNDER CONTEMPLATION, THEY'RE NOT TALLER THAN SIX STORIES. BUT AGAIN, IT'S JUST WANTED TO CREATE THAT SAME OPPORTUNITY HERE THAT WAS GIVEN TO HILLWOOD AND THEIR PD TEXT AMENDMENT THAT CAME BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND TOWN COUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AND TO STIMULATE MORE ACTIVITY HERE IN ENTRADA.

I HAVE A COUPLE. YES, SIR. SO CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT? AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT HEIGHT WOULD ONLY BE IN, JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE I'M SEEING IT CORRECTLY, BLUE AREA. YES, SIR. AND THEN HOW DOES THAT IMPACT WHAT WOULD BE IN FRONT OF IT? BECAUSE THAT SEEMS TO BE. IN THE FRONT OF IT.

RIGHT. SO THEY'RE THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT WOULD BE FOUR STORIES.

AND THEN FOR THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THAT AREA, THEY WOULD BE HELD TO THE STANDARD OF THE MEAN SEA LEVEL, BECAUSE THOSE PLANS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED AND THEY'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS.

THIS WOULD BE FOR ANY FUTURE BUILDINGS COMING IN.

OKAY. I'D LIKE TO TOUCH ON THE PARKING. YES, SIR.

BECAUSE LOOKING AT WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT, SPECIFICALLY THE STACKED FLATS AND THE TYPES OF OPPORTUNITY RETAIL THAT WOULD BE THERE, I CONCUR, THERE'S ARE WE LOOKING AT UNDERGROUND PARKING OR ARE WE.

IS THAT GOING TO BE ENOUGH? I BELIEVE THE DEVELOPER IS WILLING TO PROVIDE A PARKING STRUCTURE THAT WOULD BE ATTACHED, AND BETWEEN A MIX BETWEEN ANOTHER PARKING STRUCTURE, NOT THE ONE THAT IS CLOSE TO WHERE THE HILTON GARDEN INN IS BEING CONSTRUCTED, BUT THIS WILL BE A NEW ONE THAT WILL SUPPLY PARKING, NOT JUST FOR THE TENANTS THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY RESIDE AT THE STACKED FLATS, BUT ALSO PARKING FOR COMMERCIAL USERS. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THOSE ROADS ARE PRETTY TIGHT.

SO LIKE IF A DELIVERY CAME IN, FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THERE'D BE ADEQUATE SPACE FOR AMAZON TO PULL IN OR THERE'LL BE A SPOT FOR AMAZON DELIVERY SERVICE IT IS. WE CAN CERTAINLY WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER ON THE SITE PLAN TO ACCOMMODATE THAT AS IT COMES IN, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH ORDINANCE THAT WAS THAT CAME BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND TOWN COUNCIL THAT DEALT WITH THAT.

BUT THAT WOULD KIND OF FALL UNDER THAT. AND I GUESS THE I GUESS THE REAL QUESTION THAT I HAVE THEN IS OBVIOUSLY WE'RE BRINGING THIS IN FRONT OF US TODAY TO BRING TO THE COUNCIL. DO WE HAVE VIABLE OPPORTUNITIES RIGHT NOW OR IS THIS JUST WE THINK WE CAN SELL IT? NO, SIR. WE'VE GOT A VIABLE OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW.

AND THAT WAS REALLY THE IMPETUS FOR WANTING TO BRING FORWARD THESE PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENTS.

THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE BEING CONTEMPLATED TODAY.

ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO PROVIDE FREE PARKING WITHOUT BEING IN A PARKING? OFF STREET OR ON STREET? I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR IT WOULD BE THE STREETS ARE ONLY 24 FOOT WIDE, SO IT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE TO BE, OTHERWISE YOU'RE BLOCKING A FIRE LANE.

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YES, SIR. THAT WOULD BE CONVENIENT FOR THE RETAILER.

YES, SIR. AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS WHERE THE DEVELOPERS WANTED TO HAVE THAT SHARED PARKING AGREEMENT IN PLACE, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR SOME OF THAT OVERFLOW PARKING. IT WOULD BE MORE THAN JUST STRUCTURE. YES, SIR. OTHER QUESTIONS? ONE LAST THING. JUST GOING BACK TO THE [INAUDIBLE] AREA RIGHT ADJACENT TO THE SINGLE FAMILY.

THERE'S NOTHING CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

NO, SIR. NOT IN THE HEART OF THAT AREA THAT I'M GOING TO CALL THAT PLAN MIDDLE.

THAT IS KIND OF LEADING INTO THAT MAJOR PART OF THE CANAL AREA.

NOTHING THERE YET. BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT AREA, THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE SEEING SOME OF THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL COME UP AS WELL AS THE HILTON GARDEN. AND THAT IS KIND OF PLANNED NORTH LEFT SECTION DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THAT FAMILY.

IF WE WAIVE THE HEIGHT REQUIREMENT THEORY, SOMETHING REAL CLOSE TO THOSE SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS COULD BE TOWERING OVER.

REALLY? REALLY? AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THE BUILDING HEIGHT, WEIGHT, SUB AREA. AND PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE AND I THINK YOU MIGHT BE LOOKING AT THE SINGLE FAMILY A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO SOLANA.

YES. THAT'S THERE. OKAY. NOW I'M WITH YOU. YES, SIR.

RIGHT. SORRY. THAT'S THE ONE. SO IN THAT AREA TO THE BACK OF THE SINGLE FAMILY THERE, THAT IS A PARKING LOT, SURFACE PARKING LOT. AND THAT'S POTENTIALLY WHERE WE WOULD WANT TO ALLOW A DEVELOPER TO MAYBE COME BACK IN AND MAYBE TAKE A LOOK AT SOME STRUCTURE PARKING THAT TRANSITIONS APPROPRIATELY TO THE DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY THERE.

SO, YES, I KNOW THAT WE WOULD BE VERY CONCERNED IF WE HAD, SAY, A 20 STORY TALL BUILDING THAT WERE OVERLOOKING THAT.

BUT RIGHT NOW THAT'S WHAT'S OUT THERE. AND THEN OF COURSE, I HEAR CONCERN.

BUT AS I SAID, IF THERE'S NO BUILDING HEIGHT WAIVER, WHAT'S TO PREVENT SOMEONE FROM DOING? THERE WOULDN'T BE. THERE WOULDN'T BE. AND THE SITE PLAN WOULDN'T COME BACK TO YOUR QUESTION THERE BECAUSE OF THE ORDINANCE AMENDMENT.

MAY I ASK THIS IF WE TOOK THAT PART OF THE BUILDING HEIGHT WAIVER SUBAREA OUT AND MAYBE PUSHED IT FURTHER NORTH, WOULD THAT BE AMENABLE TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, BECAUSE THEY STILL COULD HAVE A PARKING STRUCTURE THERE, BUT THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT WOULD BE FOUR STORIES.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH? THAT SOUNDS MORE APPROPRIATE. OKAY. I AGREE. WE CAN MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT.

SO I'VE HEARD TWO POTENTIAL ADJUSTMENTS. HARRY, DO YOU WANT TO ARTICULATE AGAIN WHAT IT WAS YOU WERE LOOKING FOR? COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL. BUT LEAVE IT IN PLACE FOR THE OTHER COMMERCIAL AT THIS TIME.

OKAY. UNDERSTOOD. SO WITH THAT CHANGE. WITH A CHANGE TO PUSH THE BUILDING HEIGHT WAIVER FURTHER FROM THE RESIDENTIAL AREA. I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO DEFINE THAT RIGHT NOW.

IF WE COULD JUST TO INCLUDE IN YOUR MOTION THAT IT WOULD TAKE OUT THE SURFACE PARKING AREA.

AND IF I WOULD ASK TO BE SPECIFIC. SO THAT WAY WE KNOW THAT THE SURFACE PARKING AREA BACKING UP TO VENTANAS.

YEAH. WE NEED A LASER POINTER. YES. YES.

SURFACE PARKING AREA. YES, SIR. BUT NEAR VENTANAS.

OKAY. ANY OTHER REQUESTS? OKAY. SO THAT'S THEN I WOULD SAY THAT. ANY OTHER FINAL QUESTIONS? OKAY. SO CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE. SUBJECT TWO TO THE ADDITION OF THE TWO COMMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE WITH RESPECT TO THE ELIMINATION OF THE RATIOS IN THE PLAN STACKED FLAT AREAS, BUT TO PRESERVE IT FOR A FUTURE DATE. COMMERCIAL AREA. AND THEN THE MOVING OF THE HEIGHT RESTRICTION OF THE UNLIMITED WAIVER.

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YES, SIR. IF THAT IS A DESIRE OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, WE CAN MODIFY THAT LANGUAGE AS PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION PRESENTED TO THE TOWN COUNCIL.

OKAY. CAN I HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT PLEASE? MAKE THAT MOTION.

CAN I HAVE A SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NONE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES WITH THE STIPULATIONS.

OKAY, LET'S TAKE A LOOK. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.

ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO DISCUSS?

[J. REVIEW MEETING CALENDAR TO ADD, AMEND OR CANCEL MEETINGS AS NEEDED]

ANYTHING ELSE? NOTHING HEARD. I WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 5:34.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY. GOOD JOB ON THE MOTION.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.