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MINUTES
The Plan Commission of the City of Garland convened in regular session at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, February 27, 2023, in the Council Chambers at the William E. Dollar Municipal Building, 200 N. Fifth Street, Garland, Texas, with the following members present:
Present:
Scott Roberts, Chairman
Wayne Dalton, At Large
Julius Jenkins, Commissioner
Douglas Williams, 2nd Vice Chair
Stephanie Paris, Commissioner
Michael Rose, Commissioner
Rich Aubin, Commissioner
Georgie Cornelius, Plan Commissioner
Staff Present:
Will Guerin, Planning Director
Shawn Roten, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Nabiha Ahmed, Lead Development Planner
Matthew Wolverton, Development Planner
Evelyn Martinez, Planning Technician
Elisa Morales, Secretary
CONSENT AGENDA
All items under this section are recommended for approval by a single motion of the Plan Commission, without discussion. The Plan Commission has had the opportunity to review each of these items during a pre-meeting. The Chairman will announce the agenda and provide an opportunity for members of the audience and the Plan Commission to request that an item be removed and considered separately.
1.
MINUTES
a.
Consider approval of the Plan Commission Minutes for the February 13, 2023 meeting.
APPROVED
Motion was made by
2nd Vice Chair Douglas Williams,
and seconded by
Commissioner Michael Rose
Vote:
8 - 0
ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION
Speaker Regulations:
Anyone wishing to speak for, against, or on agenda items must fill out a speaker card and give it to the Plan Commission Secretary before speaking (cards are located at the entrance to the Council Chambers). The Chairman will recognize speakers; he may impose a time limit and may provide for rebuttal. All comments and testimony are to be presented from the podium.
3.
ZONING
a.
Consider of the application of
My Choice Custom Homes
, requesting approval of a Detail Plan for a Single-Family Detached Use on a property zoned Planned Development (PD) District 18-40 for Single-Family-7 (SF-7) Uses. This property is located at 5475 Robin Road. (District 4) (File Z 22-66 – Detail Plan)
Representing the applicant Azhar Mohammed, 1100 Business Parkway, Ste. 195, Richardson, Texas, remained available for questions.
There was discussion between the Plan Commission and Mr. Mohammed whether if a fence would be installed at the property.
Representing nearby property ownership, speaking in opposition:
Eric Fulkerson, 5335 Broadway, Garland, Texas 75041
The speaker spoke in opposition of the request due to possible complaints by residents regarding the odors coming from the surrounding commercial businesses.
Motion
was made by Commissioner Jenkins to close the public hearing and
approve
the Detail Plan as presented. Seconded by Commissioner Williams.
Motion carried
:
7
Ayes,
1
Nay by Commissioner Cornelius.
APPROVED
b.
Consideration of the application of
Pape-Dawson Engineers
, requesting approval of an Amendment to Planned Development (PD) District 00-39 and Planned Development (PD) District 04-45 for Community Retail Uses to allow a Texas Department of Public Safety office. This property is located at 4802 North President George Bush Turnpike. (District 1) (File Z 22-73 – PD amendment)
(This case is postponed to the March 13, 2023 Plan Commission meeting.)
Motion
was made by Commissioner Aubin to postpone this item to the March 13, 2023 Plan Commission Meeting. Seconded by Commissioner Williams.
Motion carried
:
8
Ayes,
0
Nays.
POSTPONED
c.
Consideration of the application of
Pape-Dawson Engineers
, requesting approval of a Detail Plan for a Texas Department of Public Safety office. This property is located at 4802 North President George Bush Turnpike. (District 1) (File Z 22-73 – Detail Plan)
(This case is postponed to the March 13, 2023 Plan Commission meeting.)
Motion
was made by Commissioner Aubin to postpone this item to the March 13, 2023 Plan Commission Meeting. Seconded by Commissioner Williams.
Motion carried
:
8
Ayes,
0
Nays.
POSTPONED
d.
Consideration of the application of
J3P Consulting LLC.
, requesting approval of a Change in Zoning from Community Office (CO) District to Multi-Family-2 (MF-2) District. This property is located at 2700 West Walnut Street and 320 King Lane. (District 6) (File Z 22-81) (This case was postponed from the February 13, 2023 Plan Commission meeting.)
Representing the applicant Zacariah Jacob, 5166 Highland Hills Dr., Frisco, Texas 75036, provided an overview of the request, and remained available for questions.
There was discussion between the Plan Commission and Mr. Jacob regarding experience in residential development and the results of the traffic study. Further discussion included the various unit sizes for the development.
There was clarification and discussion between staff and the Plan Commission regarding the reason why this case is MF-2 and not MF-1. This zoning request is MF-2 because there is limited developable land, making the density requirement of MF-1 difficult to achieve.
Motion
was made by Commissioner Jenkins to close the public hearing and open for discussion. Seconded by Commissioner Williams.
Motion carried
:
8
Ayes,
0
Nays.
Commissioner Jenkins spoke against the request due to the area being densely populated and future public safety concerns.
Chair Roberts shared his initial optimism of the request in hopes it might incentivize the neighboring complexes to make improvements.
Commissioner Aubin spoke in favor of the request and adding new multi-family development in the area.
Commissioner Dalton spoke against the request due to the request being incomplete in terms of containing a Detail Plan as part of the request.
Commissioner Jenkins offerred a rebuttal to the comments made by Chair Roberts. Commissioner Jenkins does not believe this would be the best use of land due to there being other appropriate zoned uses such as neighborhood services, commercial retail, commercial office.
Motion
was made by Commissioner Jenkins to
deny
the request as presented. Seconded by Commissioner Williams.
Motion failed
:
3
Ayes,
5
Nays by Commissioners Paris, Cornelius, Roberts, Aubin and Williams.
Motion
was made by Commissioner Aubin to
approve
the request as presented. Seconded by Commissioner Paris.
Motion failed
:
4
Ayes,
4
Nays by Commissioners Dalton, Jenkins, Williams and Rose.
Senior Assistant City Attorney Rowen informed Chair Roberts that due to the request not receiving the majority of votes in favor of the request, the request fails and will move forward to Council with no recommendation for approval.
DENIED
4.
ADJOURN
There being no further business to come before the Plan Commission, the meeting adjourned at 7:31 p.m.
CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS
/s/ Scott Roberts, Chairman
/s/ Elisa Morales, Secretary
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