[00:00:01] IT IS 6:30 P.M., AND I CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR TUESDAY, [A. Call to Order and Announce that a Quorum is Present.] JULY 1ST, 2025. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I'LL ENTERTAIN A AN [B. Approval of Minutes] APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOVE TO APPROVE BY FRANCESCA. SECOND. BY AND PAST ME BEFORE I GOT TO READ IT. JOSH. JOSH! JOSH! JOSH. THANK YOU. JOSH. YOU MAY VOTE NOW. MOTION APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO. NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS A REGULAR HEARING CONSIDERATION OF THREE ALTERNATIVE [C. Regular Hearing] STANDARDS TO THE I-35 CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT STANDARDS ASSOCIATED WITH SECONDARY WALKWAYS, LOADING AREAS AND BUILDING ORIENTATION. ON 26.84 ACRES LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF VALLEY RIDGE BOULEVARD, APPROXIMATELY 1000FT WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF VALLEY RIDGE BOULEVARD AND NORTH MILL STREET. LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS VALLEY RIDGE BUSINESS PARK EAST. BLOCK B LOTS THREE, FOUR AND SIX ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, AS REQUESTED BY IRIS HARRIGAN OF KIMLEY-HORN ON BEHALF OF THE OWNER. CONSTELLATION REP 2503 FOUR. ALT STANDARDS. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. CONSTELLATION IS PLANNING ON DEVELOPING THESE LOTS INTO TWO SEPARATE INDUSTRIAL LOTS AND AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT, HAVE REQUESTED THREE SEPARATE ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS. THE FIRST ONE IS FOR A SECONDARY WALKWAY. THEY'RE REQUESTING TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM WIDTH TO EIGHT FOOT ON THE FIRST BUILDING. AND LET'S SEE, THIS IS OUT OF ORDER. BUT THEY'RE PLANNING ON REDUCING THE THE WALKWAYS FROM 8 TO 8FT ON THE FIRST BUILDING AND TO TEN FOOT ON THE SECOND BUILDING. WE HAVE TAKEN SEVERAL ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS IN THE PAST FOR INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES TO REDUCE THE WALKWAY, AS THE STANDARD WAS MAINLY DEVELOPED FOR COMMERCIAL RETAIL PROPERTIES WITHIN THE I-35 OVERLAY. SO STAFF SEES NO ISSUE WITH THIS REDUCTION. THE SECOND ALTERNATIVE STANDARD IS TO MODIFY THE BUILDING ORIENTATION. THE CURRENT OVERLAY REGULATIONS REQUIRE THAT BUILDING FRONT FACADES BE PARALLEL TO THE MAIN FRONTAGE THAT THEY FACE. HOWEVER, IN THE CASE OF THIS LAW VALLEY RIDGE BOULEVARD, WHICH THESE THIS FACES CURVES A BIT AND SO YOU SEE HERE THAT BUILDING TWO CAN PRETTY EASILY MATCH THIS PARALLEL REQUIREMENT. BUT FOR BUILDING ONE IF THIS IF THE BUILDING WAS TO MATCH, IT WOULD NOT FIT ON THE CURRENT LOT. AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS A FLOODPLAIN HERE THAT RESTRICTS THE ORIENTATION OF THE BUILDING HERE AS WELL. AND SO WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED INSTEAD IS FOR BUILDING ONE TO MATCH THE SAME ORIENTATION AS BUILDING TWO. THIS WORKS WELL FOR WERE ALSO ESTHETICALLY OR ARCHITECTURALLY MATCHING HAVING MATCHING BUILDINGS. SO STAFF IS ALSO IN SUPPORT. THE THIRD ALTERNATIVE STANDARD IS TO WAIVE THE SCREENING REQUIREMENT. EIGHT FOOT TALL MASONRY SCREENING WALL OF THE LOADING DOCKS. SO THE LOADING DOCKS ARE RIGHT HERE. BASED OFF OF SEVERAL THINGS, MAINLY THE ELEVATION OF THE SITE, THE PROPOSED INDUSTRIAL SITE SHOULD, I BELIEVE, IS GOING TO BE 15FT BELOW WHERE THE CEMETERY CURRENTLY IS. SO THE PLACEMENT OF A EIGHT FOOT TALL MASONRY WALL WOULD NOT DO MUCH TO SCREEN. ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE SOME EASEMENTS THAT PREVENT A MASONRY WALL FROM BEING BUILT. RIGHT AT THE PROPERTY LINE THAT'S SHARED WITH THE CEMETERY. SO YES, THE APPLICANT HAS ASKED TO WAIVE THAT REQUIREMENT. [00:05:03] ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS SOME EXISTING TREE LINE THAT SURROUNDS THE PROPERTY LINE THAT IS SHARED WITH THE CEMETERY AND THE WHERE THE INDUSTRIAL SITE WILL BE. THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO PROPOSED ADDING ADDITIONAL TREES WHERE THERE ARE CURRENTLY GAPS. ON THIS EASTERN PORTION. TO FURTHER SCREEN. THE CITY DOES ALLOW I THINK I SAID TREES, BUT I MEAN SHRUBS. THE CITY DOES ALLOW SHRUBS TO BE PLACED WITHIN CITY EASEMENTS. AND WE VERIFIED WITH OUR ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT THAT THAT SHOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE. DUE TO THE SENSITIVITY OF THIS ALTERNATIVE STANDARD WITH THE CEMETERY NEARBY. STAFF HAS REQUESTED THAT THE THE PROPERTY OWNERS GET THE SUPPORT OF THE CEMETERY BOARD IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THIS ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS. WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE BOARD AND AN INITIAL CONVERSATION WITH ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES. THEY SEEMED FAVORABLE. HOWEVER, THEY DID NEED TO MEET WITH THE ENTIRE BOARD TO GET A LETTER OF SUPPORT. AND THAT MEETING HAS NOT HAD A CHANCE TO HAPPEN YET. AS A RESULT, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE TABLE THIS ITEM TO A FOLLOWING. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING. SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO OBTAIN THAT SUPPORT. I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. AND THE REPRESENTATIVE, THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE. MY QUESTION IS TABLE OR CONTINUE. OKAY. IT WOULD BE TABLE. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFICATION ON THAT. I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE OVERLAY MAP. ON THE OVERLAY, YOU SAID. OKAY. ON BUILDING TWO, IT APPEARS LIKE THERE IS AN APRON THAT APPROACHES THE BALLAST OR THE EMBANKMENT OF THE RAILROAD. IS THAT DRAWN CORRECTLY? THE. SORRY, I FOR SOME REASON I CAN'T REALLY HEAR YOU THAT WELL. OKAY. THE IT APPEARS THAT BEHIND BUILDING NUMBER TWO, THERE IS AN APRON OR A LOADING BAY THAT IS ENCROACHING ON THE EMBANKMENT OF THE RAILWAY. OR AM I SEEING THAT WRONG? SO IT'S NOT ENCROACHING INTO THE RAILROAD RIGHT AWAY. BUT THOSE LINES THAT YOU SEE THERE REPRESENT THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT EASEMENTS THAT RUN ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, SOME OF WHICH ALLOW PAVEMENT IN THEM, SOME OF WHICH ALLOW DISTURBANCE AS LONG AS IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, MOVING IT SO MANY FEET, BECAUSE OPPORTUNITY HAS A LARGE WATER LINE. SO IT'S NOT ENCROACHING INTO THE RAILROAD RIGHT AWAY. IT'S THERE'S EASEMENTS ALONG THE BACK SIDE OF THE PROPERTY OVER UTILITY RIGHT OF WAY. THANK YOU. SO I HAD A QUESTION, I THINK IN THE ORIGINAL PACKET THAT WENT OUT, YOU WERE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THIS PENDING ANY LETTERS FROM THE CEMETERY BOARD. DID YOU DECIDE NOW TO TABLE IT AND. YEAH. YEAH. SO AS MENTIONED, WE HAD A ORIGINAL DISCUSSION WITH ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE BOARD. WHEN I TALKED WITH HIM, HE SAID THAT THEY I BELIEVE IT WAS THURSDAY OF LAST WEEK. HE SAID THAT THE BOARD WAS MEETING ON SUNDAY AND THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO GET THE LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR IN TIME FOR THIS. BUT I RECEIVED A EMAIL FOLLOWING UP, SAYING THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO MEET. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE CHANGED THE RECOMMENDATION. I MEAN, WELL, THE RECOMMENDATION IS STILL PENDING THEIR SUPPORT. BUT SINCE WE DON'T HAVE THE OFFICIAL LETTER OF SUPPORT, WE RECOMMEND TABLING. IS THAT NORMAL AND CUSTOMARY FOR US TO DO THAT? SEVERAL. IN TERMS OF SCREENING CASES, WE HAVE SEVERAL EXAMPLES WHERE WE HAVE REQUESTED AND RECEIVED LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE MOST IMPACTED BY THAT SCREENING. WE TRY TO DO THAT WHEREVER POSSIBLE. AND WITH THIS BEING, I THINK, A HEIGHTENED SENSITIVITY, THAT IT'S A CEMETERY THAT IS STILL ACTIVE, THAT PEOPLE DO USE AND VISIT THEIR LOVED ONES THAT ARE BURIED THERE. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD THAT BEFORE WE WE TOOK THIS FARTHER FORWARD. THANK YOU MICHELLE. FURTHER QUESTIONS. HAVING NONE. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. A MOTION TO TABLE THIS ITEM UNTIL JULY 15TH. SECOND. MOTION BY RICK. SECOND. BY AINSLEY. YOU MAY VOTE [00:10:01] NOW. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO AND IS TABLED UNTIL JULY 15TH. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS. NEXT ITEMS ARE SOME PUBLIC HEARINGS. [D. Public Hearings] THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IS CONSIDERATION OF A ZONE CHANGE FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AR 7.5 DISTRICT TO OLD TOWN, MIXED USE ONE OF CMU ONE DISTRICT ON APPROXIMATELY 0.304 ACRES ON LAND OUT OF THE J. CRAFT SURVEY. ABSTRACT NUMBER 295, LOCATED AT 572 RICHLAND STREET. AS REQUESTED BY DEBORAH LYNN WRIGHT, THE PROPERTY OWNER. 25 038Z. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. LILLIE SUTTON, PLANNER. YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THIS CASE FROM THE MAY 20TH MEETING. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 572 RICHLAND STREET, FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL 75 TO OLD TOWN MIXED USE DISTRICT ONE. YOU MAY ALSO RECALL FROM THAT MEETING THAT WE ORIGINALLY NOTIFIED FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR OLD TOWN MIXED USE DISTRICT TWO. BUT STAFF, AFTER WE NOTIFIED THROUGH MORE DISCUSSIONS OF WHAT THE APPLICANT WAS INTENDING TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY, FELT THAT OLD TOWN MIXED USE DISTRICT ONE WAS A BETTER FIT, BOTH FOR THE INTENDED USES AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD. AT THE TIME, STAFF BELIEVED THAT BECAUSE THE NEW DISTRICT WAS A LESS INTENSIVE DISTRICT THAN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY REQUESTED, THAT WE COULD CONTINUE FORWARD WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING. HOWEVER, AFTER THE MAY 20TH PUBLIC HEARING, WE WERE NOTIFIED BY OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT THAT WE DID IN FACT NEED TO RE NOTIFY AND THEN HOLD ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING. SO WE ARE BRINGING THIS BACK TONIGHT AFTER WE HAVE RE NOTIFIED FOR OLD TOWN MIXED USE DISTRICT ONE. OTHER THAN HAVING TO RE NOTIFY. NOTHING ABOUT THE CASE HAS CHANGED SINCE YOU'VE LAST SEEN IT. THE APPLICANT STILL INTENDS TO DIVIDE THE LOT INTO TWO AND BUILD A SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON EACH OF THE LOTS, AND IS STILL CURRENTLY LOOKING TO OCCUPY ONE OF THE UNITS. AND GIVEN THAT, THIS WAS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL PREVIOUSLY, AND THAT ALL OF THE ELEMENTS ARE THE SAME. STAFF DOES RECOMMEND THAT THE COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL AGAIN, AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS. IN THAT CASE, I WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE WISHING TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK, PLEASE COME FORWARD NOW. STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE. HAVING NO ONE COME FORWARD, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COMMISSIONERS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF ZONE CHANGE AS PRESENTED. SECOND MOTION BY ARAM. SECONDED BY FRANCESCA. YOU MAY VOTE NOW. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. COMMISSIONERS. THIS ITEM WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, WHO WILL HOLD A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING AND MAKE A FINAL DECISION ON MONDAY, JULY THE 21ST, 2025 AT 7:00 PM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU RICHARD. NEXT PUBLIC HEARING IS A CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDER AMENDING SECTION 2-2-2.2.1 DEFINITIONS TO ADD A DEFINITION OF SHORT TERM RENTAL UNITS. AMENDING ARTICLE SEVEN USES PARKING REQUIREMENTS, SUPPLEMENTAL USE REGULATIONS, AND CERTAIN REGULATIONS TO AMEND THE HEADING OF ARTICLE SEVEN TO USES, PARKING REQUIREMENTS, SUPPLEMENTAL USE AND REGULATION, AND CERTAIN DISTANCE AND DENSITY REGULATIONS TO ADD A NEW SECTION. 7.4.3 RENTAL ESTABLISHING DISTANCE AND DENSITY LOCATION REGULATIONS FOR SHORT TERM RENTAL UNITS, AND TO REPEAL AND DELETE SECTION 7.2.1.5 INTERIM PROHIBITION ON SHORT TERM RENTAL OF DWELLING UNITS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO THE SHORT TERM RENTAL. I KNOW RICHARD GAVE THIS PRESENTATION AT OUR LAST MEETING. THAT WAS ON JUNE THE 17TH. IT IS JULY 1ST. NOW, WE DID CONTINUE. WE DID REQUEST TO CONTINUE IT, TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING TO THIS MEETING BECAUSE WE WERE STILL FINE TUNING THE LANGUAGE. [00:15:06] WE ARE ACTUALLY STILL IN A PLACE. WE ARE FINE TUNING THAT LANGUAGE WITH LEGAL. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER YOU FINALLY SEE IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL CODE LANGUAGE WILL BE WHAT WE'RE TAKING FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL. SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY CHANGES BETWEEN YOUR RECOMMENDATION UNLESS YOU RECOMMEND THE CHANGE AS PART OF YOUR MOTION. TO THE CITY COUNCIL. SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS JUST REAL QUICKLY JUST IN CASE ANYONE IS WATCHING TONIGHT. FOR THIS ITEM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON SHORT TERM RENTALS FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW. AND WE INITIALLY ADOPTED A IN A LIMIT. WE INITIALLY DID A ONE YEAR PROHIBITION. WE ADOPTED SOME PERMITTING PROCEDURES. WE ADOPTED 130 ACTIVE STR LIMIT. WE ARE THEN LOOKING AT NOW ADDING SOME DENSITY REQUIREMENTS, BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE SHORT TERM RENTALS DO SEEM LIKE THEY'RE CO-LOCATING A LITTLE BIT IN A TIGHT AREA, WHICH MAGNIFIES THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. SO, SO FAR WE'VE IDENTIFIED 132 SHORT TERM RENTALS. THERE ARE SEVERAL THAT WE'RE WORKING TO GET THEM IN COMPLIANCE IN TERMS OF PERMITTING THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE KNOWN THAT THEY NEEDED TO BE PERMITTED. WE'RE TRYING TO RESOLVE THAT, AND WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC INPUT AND ENGAGEMENT. BUT IF PEOPLE STILL WOULD LIKE TO GIVE US THEIR INPUT, THEY CAN ALWAYS EMAIL PLANNING AT CITY OF LEWISVILLE.COM OR CALL US HERE AT THE CITY. BUT MOST RESPONDENTS DO FEEL THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME LIMITATIONS OF SHORT TERM RENTALS IN SINGLE FAMILY ZONING DISTRICTS, AS WELL AS IN MIXED MULTIFAMILY DISTRICTS AS WELL. AND SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING WITH THIS IS TO LIMIT SHORT TERM RENTALS IN SINGLE FAMILY OR DUPLEXES, TO BE SEPARATED BY 1000FT FROM EACH OTHER, TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF SHORT TERM RENTALS IN MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS, TO BE NO MORE THAN 3% OF THE UNITS OR TWO UNITS, WHICHEVER IS GREATER. SAY THERE'S NOT THAT MANY UNITS IN A PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT. ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE MADE LEGAL, NON-CONFORMING SAY THERE'S TWO SHORT TERM RENTALS TODAY THAT EXISTS WITHIN 1000FT OF EACH OTHER. THEY WOULD BE MADE LEGAL AND NONCONFORMING. THAT MEANS THEY'D BE ABLE TO CONTINUE OPERATING AS A SHORT TERM RENTAL AS UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THEY THEY CEASE THAT USE. AND SO THAT'S HOW THAT WOULD WORK. IT WOULD FOLLOW OUR STANDARD PROCEDURES FOR NONCONFORMITY. SO WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. BUT AGAIN, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT IS TO CONTINUE THIS TO THE JULY 15TH MEETING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CONTINUE IT TO THE JULY 15TH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT FINAL LANGUAGE BEFORE YOU ALL. I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. SO IT SAYS THAT NEW BUYERS WOULD BE ALLOWED TO USE THOSE PROPERTIES AS STRS AS WELL. AND SO THE LANGUAGE AROUND THE TRANSFER TRANSFERENCE OF PERMITS. IS THAT LANGUAGE GOING TO BE UPDATED AS WELL. YEAH. SO WE'RE WORKING ON UPDATING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AT THE SAME TIME AS WE UPDATE THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE. BECAUSE WE HAVE NOW THE STR REGULATIONS IN TWO PLACES, OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES IS WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE PERMITTING PROCEDURES AND NEEDS. AND THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BECAUSE THESE ARE DISTANCE SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS. THEY REALLY DO BELONG MORE IN THE DEVELOPMENT CODE, THE THE ZONING TYPE REGULATIONS. OKAY. MICHEL, WHERE DID WE GET THE 130? SO THAT IS BASED ON ONE HALF PERCENT OF EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN LOUISVILLE. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THAT 130 WAS INITIALLY DERIVED FROM. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL MIGHT LOOK AT ADJUSTING AS WELL. AS WE ADOPT THESE DISTANCE REGULATIONS, THEY MIGHT RAISE THAT A LITTLE BIT. I BELIEVE WITH THE CODE OF ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS, WE ARE PROPOSING TO INCREASE THAT BY A LITTLE OVER TO 150 UNITS, BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO 130. WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE AN OVERSATURATION OF THEM, AND WE DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE THERE CURRENTLY. SO THAT WOULD BE IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, THOUGH NOT IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE. SO WAS THE THOUGHT THAT THE THE NUMBER WE'RE LOOKING FOR WOULD BE A HARD STATIC NUMBER, OR WOULD IT BE DYNAMIC WITH POPULATION? SO THE WAY THAT IT'S DRAFTED NOW, IT'S A HARD STATIC NUMBER, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ADJUST OVER TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. IF NOT, ONE MORE QUESTION. HAS THERE BEEN ANY ECONOMIC REVIEW OF THE CURRENT IMPACTS OF SHORT TERM RENTALS IN LEWISVILLE? AND WHAT THIS WHAT THESE PROPOSED CHANGES MAY HAVE ON THAT? YEAH. SO ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS WITH THE PERMITTING IS THAT THEY ACTUALLY PAY HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. FROM OUR RESEARCH TO DATE, THEY'VE MANY OF THEM HAVE NOT BEEN PAYING HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN THEN ENFORCE WITH THE PERMITTING PROCESS. [00:20:01] OR IT'S THE GROUNDS TO POTENTIALLY NOT RENEW A PERMIT. SO HOPEFULLY THERE IS A BENEFIT IN TERMS OF HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES. THANK YOU. WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN THE CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK SPANK ME. COME FORWARD. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. FOR US. WITH THAT, WE WISH TO CONTINUE THIS PUBLIC HEARING. MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT MOTION TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING UNTIL JULY 15TH. SECOND. OKAY. MOTION BY AINSLEY. SECOND. BY JACK. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. WE WILL CONTINUE TO JULY 15TH. NEXT ITEM IS A PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS. ANTENNA OVER 25FT IN HEIGHT ON APPROXIMATELY 1.544 ACRES OUT OF THE S RIGGS SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER 1088, LOCATED AT 1550 NORTH SIMMONS FREEWAY, ZONED GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT. AS REQUESTED BY DANIEL PETTIS AND GAZETTE. I'M NOT SURE THAT'S COMING OUT CORRECTLY. INCORPORATED ON BEHALF OF VERIZON WIRELESS, THE OPERATOR AND CECIL DALTON FAMILY FUNERAL HOMES LIMITED, THE PROPERTY OWNER. CASE NUMBER 2409 DASH 17. SUP. GOOD EVENING. COMMISSIONERS. VERIZON WIRELESS IS PROPOSING A NEW 90 FOOT TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER TO BE LOCATED AT THE REAR OF THE DALTON AND SON FUNERAL HOME WITH TELECOMMUNICATION TOWERS. THEY SUBMIT A PROPAGATION MAP THAT SHOWS THE LEVEL OF COVERAGE CURRENTLY EXISTING. AND WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH THE ADDITION OF A NEW TOWER FOR BOTH THEIR LTE COVERAGE AND AWS COVERAGE. THE LEVEL OF COVERAGE IMPROVES FOR THEIR SURROUNDING AREA. TELECOMMUNICATIONS IS A VERY IMPORTANT SERVICE FOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS IN LEWISVILLE. AND SO STAFF DOES NOT SEE THIS AS HAVING ANY SORT OF NEGATIVE IMPACT. THE BASE OF THE TOWER WILL BE SCREENED WITH A WROUGHT IRON FENCE, WITH THE LIVING SCREEN SPECIES BEING CROSS VINE ON IT. SO IT WILL HELP A BIT. ALSO WITH SOME OF THE BEAUTIFICATION NEARBY. BUT YEAH. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE CIP AS PRESENTED. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS. IF NOT, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE WISHING TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. WE'LL BE HAPPY TO HEAR FROM YOU. HAVING NO ONE COME FORWARD, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COMMISSIONERS. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. CAN I CAN I MAKE A STATEMENT REAL QUICK? NO, IT'S. I LIVE IN THE YELLOW SLASH RED AREA, AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT BECAUSE WE'RE IN A DEAD ZONE UP THERE. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. THAT'S ALL THAT COUNTS. OKAY. THERE'S A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT GOING TO COME IN THAT WAY TOO. SO OKAY, THERE IS A MOTION BY RICK AND A SECOND MOTION TO APPROVE THE SPECIAL SECOND BY FRANCESCA. YOU MAY VOTE NOW. THIS ONE'S FOR AINSLEY. YOU'RE FLUSTERED. I'M SORRY. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. COMMISSIONERS, THIS ITEM WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING AND A FINAL DECISION ON MONDAY, JULY THE 21ST, 2025 AT 7:00 PM. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM IS THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDERATION OF A ZONE CHANGE FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, WHICH IS PD DISTRICT ON 20.11 ACRES, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS [00:25:02] LOTS 3R-1 AND 3R2 BLOCK J VISTA RIDGE, LOCATED AT 800 STATE HIGHWAY 121 BYPASS AND 2780 LAKE VISTA DRIVE. AS REQUESTED BY HAFT ASSOCIATES, INCORPORATED. THE APPLICANT, ON BEHALF OF BANK OF AMERICA NA, THE PROPERTY OWNER 20 5-04- FOR PC. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. AND SO I WANT TO START WITH JUST SORT OF A SHORT RECAP OF THE RECENT CHANGES THAT IMPACT WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION AND MANUFACTURING FACILITIES. THE FIRST SET OF CHANGES WERE ADOPTED ON DECEMBER 9TH OF 2024, AND THAT DID NOT REQUIRE THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT. THAT JUST ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL STANDARDS FOR LANDSCAPING AND ORIENTATION AND SUCH. THAT WAS THE SAME DAY THAT A CONCEPT PLAN CAME IN FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY. AND SO AFTER THAT, A LITTLE WHILE AFTER THAT, WE DID ALSO ADOPT SPECIAL USE PERMIT STANDARDS. THOSE WOULD NOT APPLY TO THIS PROPERTY. AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER JUST BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF HOW THIS PROJECT CAME IN, TO DO A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, JUST TO ADD CLARITY AND CERTAINTY AND BALANCE THE CURRENT STANDARDS WITH THOSE THAT WERE IN PLACE PRIOR TO DECEMBER 9TH, 2024, WHEN THEY MADE THEIR APPLICATION. IN THE SPIRIT OF WORKING WITH EVERYONE WHO WAS COMING IN AND WORKING WITH THE CITY PRIOR TO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS CHANGING. SO THIS PROPERTY IS ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. THEIR EXISTING OFFICES HAVE BEEN VACANT FOR OVER A YEAR NOW. AND SO THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO DO A WAREHOUSE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TYPE BUILDING. AND I WANTED TO KIND OF JUST GO THROUGH JUST A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT THIS PLAN DEVELOPMENT OUTLINES AND DOES. AND SO LET ME PULL UP THE CONCEPT PLAN FOR YOU TONIGHT. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MAKE MENTION OF IS THAT IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT, YOU DO SEE A REVISED CONCEPT PLAN. THE REVISIONS ARE VERY SLIGHT. THEY ARE VERY SLIGHT DRIVEWAY MODIFICATIONS TO MEET OUR MAXIMUM DRIVEWAY WIDTH. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S FAIRLY MINOR AND WOULD HAVE BEEN APPROVED AT A STAFF LEVEL AT THE ENGINEERING SITE PLAN. ANYWAY, WE JUST WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU THE LATEST AND GREATEST SO THEY'RE NOT CHANGING THE BUILDING SQUARE FOOTAGE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT WAS JUST SOME MINOR TWEAKS TO THE DRIVEWAYS AND THEN ALSO CORRESPONDINGLY TO THE FIRE LANES TO FOLLOW THOSE DRIVEWAY TWEAKS. AND THEN WITH THE STANDARDS THAT ARE BEFORE YOU, THE STANDARDS WERE REVISED TO ADD THEY DO PLAN TO DO 20% WINDOWS ON THE FRONT FACADE, WHICH IS A VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF WINDOWS FOR THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT. AND THEY'RE ALSO PLANNING TO DO 35 AWNINGS. THEY HAD PUT THAT IN THEIR NARRATIVE, AND THEY HAD PUT THAT KIND OF IN THEIR TABLE AND ON THEIR ELEVATIONS, BUT THEY DIDN'T ACTUALLY HAVE THAT STANDARD IN THE PD TEXT ITSELF. AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S THE REGULATORY PORTION OF THAT. SO WE ASKED THEM TO ADD THAT LANGUAGE INTO THE PD TEXT ITSELF. SO THAT'S THE CHANGE THERE. AND THAT'S WHY WE GAVE YOU THOSE UPDATED DOCUMENTS TONIGHT AT THE DAIS. AND SO OUR RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE TO APPROVE THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT WITH THESE UPDATED EXHIBITS THAT ARE BEFORE YOU. BUT TO KIND OF GO BACK TO USES. SO THIS WOULD THEN ALLOW WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION USES AND MANUFACTURING LIGHT INTENSITY USES. THEY'RE ALSO ASKING TO ALLOW WHOLESALE USES BY RIGHT, PROVIDED THAT THERE IS NO OUTSIDE STORAGE. SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE FULLY CONTAINED WITHIN THE BUILDING. TYPICALLY THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED 10% OUTSIDE STORAGE. IN ORDER TO FEEL COMFORTABLE ALLOWING WHOLESALE USES, STAFF REQUESTED THAT THEY PROHIBIT OUTSIDE STORAGE ASSOCIATED WITH WHOLESALE USES. BUT WITH THAT PROVISION, STAFF IS COMFORTABLE WITH THE WHOLESALE USES BEING A PERMITTED USE IN THIS AREA. THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE WITH LANDSCAPING IS THE LANDSCAPE STRIP. SO THEY ARE REQUESTING A LANDSCAPE STRIP. THAT'S A VARIABLE WIDTH STRIP. THE MINIMUM IS 10.3FT ALONG SAM RAYBURN TOLLWAY AND 13FT ON LAKE VISTA. HOWEVER, IT AVERAGES 23FT ON SAM RAYBURN AND 20FT ON LAKE VISTA. THEY ARE ALSO PROVIDING ONE SHADE AND ONE UNDERSTORY TREE PER 500FT² OF THAT LANDSCAPE STRIP. BASED ON THE CODE IN PLACE AT THE TIME THAT THEY SUBMITTED, IT COULD HAVE BEEN TO UNDERSTORY TREES. THEY'RE COMMITTING TO MAKE AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE TREES THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED. A CANOPY OR SHADE TREE. THEY ARE ALSO REQUESTING THAT THEY'RE KEEPING THE PARKING LOT TREES THE SAME. AND THEY'RE NOT PROPOSING ANY BERM. NO BERM WAS REQUIRED WHEN THEY WERE INITIALLY SUBMITTED. ANOTHER ITEM IS WHEN WE GET TO ARCHITECTURE. SO THEY HAVE TWO BUILDINGS THAT ARE OVER 100,000FT² AND ONE BUILDING THAT IS LESS THAN 100,000 SQUARE FOOT. SO THOSE ARE TYPICALLY TREATED DIFFERENTLY. THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE OVER 1000FT², 100,000FT² ARE ONLY REQUIRED A MINIMUM OF [00:30:08] 10% BRICK VENEER BASED ON THE STREET FACING ELEVATION, BUT APPLIED ANYWHERE ON THE BUILDING. BUT THE BUILDING, LESS THAN 100,000FT², IS REQUIRED A MINIMUM 50% BRICK VENEER ON THE FRONT ELEVATION. SO WE JUST LOOK AT THE FRONT ELEVATION. IT HAS TO BE ON THE FRONT ELEVATION. BUILDING THREE IS THEIR BUILDING THAT IS LESS THAN 100,000FT². THEY'RE PROPOSING 38% OF THE FRONT FACADE FOR THAT BUILDING. WELL, THEY'RE PROPOSING WHAT WOULD BE 38% OF THE FRONT FACADE BEING BRICK, WHICH IS ABOUT 4300FT², BUT THAT COULD BE APPLIED ANYWHERE ON THE BUILDING FOR BUILDINGS ONE AND TWO, THEY'RE LOOKING AT SIMILARLY, 29% OF THE FRONT FACADE APPLIED ANYWHERE ON THE BUILDING AND 33% OF THE FRONT FACADE PROVIDED ANYWHERE ON THE BUILDING. SO THEY'RE KIND OF BALANCING IT AMONGST ALL THREE OF THEIR BUILDINGS. AND THEN THEY ARE ADDING ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES, INCLUDING THOSE WINDOWS AND AWNINGS. IN TERMS OF SCREENING. AT THE TIME THAT THEY SUBMIT THE CONCEPT PLAN, NO SCREENING WAS REQUIRED. AND CURRENTLY IT'S A 12 FOOT MASONRY TILT OR TILT WALL. THEY ARE PUTTING A 12 FOOT TILT WALL ON THE EXTERNAL SIDES, NOT INTERNAL TO THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT IF YOU'RE ON A STREET SIDE WHERE YOU WOULD SEE IT FROM OUTSIDE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, THEY ARE PROPOSING THE TILT WALL THERE. AND THEN THEY ARE ALSO DOING A 15 WIDE LANDSCAPE STRIP WITH ONE CANOPY TREE EVERY 20FT AND ONE ORNAMENTAL TREE EVERY 30FT IN A CONTINUOUS ROW OF SHRUBS ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE SOUTH AND WESTERN PORTION, WHICH IS ALONG THE LEVEE DISTRICT AND ALONG THE TRAIL. SO THEY'VE REALLY TRIED TO EMPHASIZE THE SCREENING AND THE LANDSCAPING ALONG THAT SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, BASED ON STAFF'S DIRECTION TO HELP SCREEN THE TRAIL FROM THE TRUCK COURTS. THEIR PARKING STANDARDS ARE VERY IN LINE WITH WHAT WAREHOUSES NEED. STAFF HAS NO CONCERNS ABOUT THE REQUESTS WHEN IT COMES TO PARKING STANDARDS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE PROPOSED IS TO LIMIT THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF TRUCK BAYS AND DOCKS WITH THIS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, SO THEY WOULD NOT HAVE. AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE CONCEPT PLAN IN FRONT OF YOU WHERE THOSE ARE LOCATED. IN THIS CONCEPT PLAN, THOSE COULD BE MOVED, BUT THEY WOULD BE LIMITED TO NO MORE THAN ONE. MORE THAN IS SHOWN IN THESE PICTURES ON THE REAR FACADES. AND SO THE THE REASON THAT THAT IS IMPORTANT TO US IS BECAUSE IF YOU TYPICALLY HAVE A LARGE WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION THAT IS CONSTANTLY SHIPPING AND GOING, THEY WANT AS MANY TRUCK DOCK BAYS AS POSSIBLE. SO THIS TENDS TO PUSH YOU TOWARDS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT USER THAT'S DOING A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PROPERTY. AND IT'S NOT JUST PURE DISTRIBUTION LIKE A CROSS DOCK KIND OF BASE SETUP MIGHT BE FOR TREE PRESERVATION. THE ONE THING THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING IS THAT IN THOSE FUTURE CAR PARKING AREAS, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO REMOVE THE TREES ALREADY. THAT'S GOING TO BE BASED ON IF THE TENANT REALLY NEEDS THAT EXTRA PARKING OR NOT, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PAY FOR THAT TREE MITIGATION UPFRONT OR REPLANT UPFRONT. NOW, THAT DOES MEAN IF THEY CHOOSE TO PAVE THAT LATER ON, THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY THAT MITIGATION AGAIN, THEY'VE ALREADY DONE THAT. AND THEY WOULD LIKE FOR THEIR UNDERSTORY TREES OR THEIR ORNAMENTAL TREES TO COUNT TOWARDS MITIGATION AS WELL. NOW THE TREES ON THIS SITE FOR THE MOST OF THEM WERE PLANTED WHEN THIS PROPERTY WAS BUILT. AND IT'S NOT LIKE A NATIVE POST OAK FOREST OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE. FOR FENCING, THEY ARE PROVIDING A STANDARD FOR ANY FUTURE FENCING IN THE PROPERTY THAT IS HIGHER THAN WHAT OUR CODE REQUIREMENT WOULD BE. THEY, ANY FUTURE TENANT OR OWNER WOULD BE REQUIRED TO USE A BAT LIKE TUBULAR STEEL OR DECORATIVE METAL THEY WOULD BE PROHIBITED FROM USING CHAIN LINK WOOD, PLASTIC OR SYNTHETIC FENCE MATERIAL. RAZOR WIRE AND BARBED WIRE WOULD BE PROHIBITED. WE DO ALLOW IN OUR BASE CODE A LOT OF THOSE FENCING MATERIALS, AND SO THIS DEFINITELY UPS THE FENCING MATERIAL, BUT THAT'S IF SOMEONE WANTS TO SECURE OTHER PROPERTY. IT'S VERY NICE FROM A CODE ENFORCEMENT STANDPOINT BECAUSE WE CAN EASILY SEE THROUGH IT. SO WE KNOW IF PEOPLE ARE EXCEEDING THEIR OUTSIDE STORAGE REQUIREMENTS. AND IT'S ALSO JUST A HIGHER QUALITY ESTHETIC FENCE. THEY'RE NOT PROPOSING ANY CHANGES TO LIGHTING. AND THEN THEY'VE SPECIFIED THAT AGAIN, THE WHOLESALE USES CANNOT HAVE OUTSIDE STORAGE. ALL OTHER USES ARE LIMITED TO 10% OUTSIDE STORAGE. THEY HAVE CLARIFIED THAT THE TRAILERS ADJACENT TO TRUCK DOCK DOORS WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED STORAGE, BUT THOSE THAT ARE SEPARATE AND APART AND NOT IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE TRUCK DOCK DOORS WOULD BE CONSIDERED STORAGE. THAT'S IN LINE WITH HOW WE'VE INTERPRETED THE CODE REGARDLESS. AND SO STAFF DOES FIND THAT THIS PLAN DEVELOPMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE LEWISVILLE 2025 VISION PLAN, BIG MOVE OF EMPLOYMENT VITALITY. AND SO I'M JUST GOING TO KIND OF GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE EXHIBITS SO YOU GUYS CAN KIND OF SEE THE LAYOUT HERE. AND SO HERE IS THE LANDSCAPE PLAN. AND THEN KIND OF A CLOSER UP SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'RE PLANTING A FAIRLY TIGHT TREE SPACING ALONG THAT SOUTHERN BOUNDARY WITH THE SHRUB [00:35:07] ROW. THEY'VE GOT THEIR KIND OF TABLE OF ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS. WE HAVE THEIR NARRATIVE. THIS IS THE EXISTING CONDITIONS AS EXISTS ALONG SAM RAYBURN TOLLWAY. THEY'RE ACTUALLY WIDENING THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER FROM WHAT IS EXISTING THERE TODAY. AND IN SOME CASES, THEY'RE ABLE TO PRESERVE THOSE TREES THAT ARE THERE IN THAT LANDSCAPE BUFFER. AND THEN THIS AGAIN, THIS IS THE AREA THAT'S ON THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SIDE ALONG THE TRAIL. THAT WOULD BE THE LANDSCAPING AREA. AND THEN THIS IS HOW THAT SCREENING WOULD LOOK HOPEFULLY AT TIME OF PLANTING. AND THEN AS IT GROWS AND MATURES AT FIVE YEARS AND THEN AT TEN YEARS. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT SCREENING ACTUALLY BECOMES VERY EFFECTIVE AND ROBUST. AFTER SOME YEARS HAVE PASSED. AND THEN THIS IS AN EXHIBIT SHOWING YOU THE AVERAGE DEPTHS AND THE MINIMUM DEPTHS OF THE SCREENING ALONG THE FRONT YARD. AND HERE YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE THE ONE YEAR OF THE LANDSCAPING ALONG THE FRONT, THE FIVE YEAR AND THE TEN YEAR, THE ONE YEAR, THE FIVE YEAR AND THE TEN YEAR. SOME OF THOSE THE TREES THAT ARE VERY LARGE IN THE BEGINNING ARE SOME OF THE ONES THAT ARE BEING ABLE TO BE PRESERVED. THIS IS THE TREE MITIGATION PLAN, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP THE TREES AND WHICH TREES WOULD BE REMOVED WITH THIS PROPERTY. SO AGAIN, ALONG THE PERIMETER THEY ARE ABLE TO PRESERVE SOME OF THE TREES. AND IN THOSE POTENTIAL PARKING LOT EXPANSION AREAS, THOSE TREES WILL BE PRESERVED UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THOSE PARKING AREAS ARE DESIRED TO BE PAVED. THESE ARE THE ELEVATIONS THAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED TO US. YOU CAN SEE THE WINDOWS, BOTH THE GLASS DOORS AND WINDOWS ALONG THE FRONT. THAT'S 20% OF THE FRONT FACADE, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE. THEY DO HAVE AWNINGS OVER ALL THOSE WINDOWS AND DOORS, WHICH REALLY DOES HELP WITH THE DESIGN ESTHETICS. THEY'RE USING THEIR BRICK AND CONCENTRATING IT AT THE END CAPS AND AT THE MIDDLE WHERE YOU HAVE YOUR KIND OF ENTRANCES TO THE BUILDING. AND THEY DO HAVE THESE KIND OF BRICK AWNINGS THAT COME OUT OVER THE MAIN ENTRANCE, JUST TO ACCENTUATE THOSE AS WELL. WE DO HAVE A, A TRAFFIC ANALYSIS THAT'S BASED ON TRIP GENERATION. THE PROPOSED USE ACTUALLY GENERATES SIGNIFICANTLY FEWER TRIPS PER DAY THAN THE OFFICE USE DID. NOW IT'S BEEN VACANT, SO IT'S NOT GENERATING ANY TRIPS RIGHT NOW. BUT WHEN THAT WAS OCCUPIED, THAT DID GENERATE A LOT MORE TRIPS PER DAY. NOW THE TRAFFIC IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AND THAT THERE WILL BE MORE TRUCK TRAFFIC. HOWEVER, THEY HAVE PROVIDED SOME TURNING TEMPLATES AND THEY ARE PROPOSING A DECELERATION LANES TO JUST HELP ACCOMMODATE THOSE TRUCKS, EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY MEET COUNT THRESHOLDS. IT'S JUST HELPFUL FOR THE TRUCK MOVEMENTS. AND SO THIS WAS. PREPARED BY HALF THIS KIND OF JUST A TRAFFIC ASSESSMENT. AND THAT'S THE SITE PLAN. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. AGAIN, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED PLAN DEVELOPMENT WITH THE UPDATED EXHIBITS THAT WE'VE PASSED OUT TO THE COMMISSION THIS EVENING, THE APPLICANT ALSO HAS A PRESENTATION THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO TO GIVE TO YOU THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. MICHELLE. GOOD EVENING. HI. FIRST I WANT TO SAY TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THANK YOU FOR SERVING AND TO HAPPY, HAPPY 4TH OF JULY. MY NAME IS SCOTT KRIKORIAN. I'VE BEEN WITH TRAMMELL CROW COMPANY FOR 38 YEARS. IT'S BEEN WE'VE. YOU'VE GOT AMAZING STAFF HERE. AND I KNOW WE SEE MOST OF THE OUR COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN WITH RICHARD AND MICHELLE. THEY'VE BEEN GREAT. I'M SURE THERE'S THERE'S A VAST TEAM BEHIND THEM. BUT THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB. WE WE HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THEM TO WORK THROUGH THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE'S INTENSIVE REVIEW PROCESS. AND WE'RE PROUD THAT STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE. A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON TRAMMELL CROW COMPANY. JUST I THINK THAT REALLY, IF WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU KIND OF A VISION OF WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE PROPERTY. SO ONE, WE THOUGHT WE'D TELL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OURSELVES. WE WERE BOUGHT BY CBRE IN 2007. CBRE IS A FORTUNE 150 COMPANY. THEY'RE VERY INSTITUTIONAL. THERE'S WE'RE NOT COUNTRY CLUB CAPITAL. OUR COMPANY AND OUR PARTNERS OWN BEST IN CLASS REAL ESTATE. THAT'S WHAT WE DO. A PICTURE OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESS UNIT. WE STARTED TRAMMELL CROW COMPANY STARTED HERE IN DALLAS 75 YEARS AGO. CURRENTLY WE HAVE ABOUT 2 BILLION IN PROCESS. THE BIG PROJECT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS ON KNOX WITH WE'RE DOING A HOTEL AND A CONDO AND APARTMENTS AND 100,000FT OF RETAIL AND SOME OFFICE SPACE. BUT THIS GROUP THAT'S BEFORE YOU IS THE INDUSTRIAL TEAM. [00:40:02] AND WE HAVE DEVELOPED 32,000,000FT² OR 48 BUILDINGS IN THE LAST 15 YEARS. THIS IS WHAT'S EXISTING. YOU SAW MICHELLE PRESENTED. THERE IS TWO TILT WALL OFFICE BUILDINGS AND TWO MASSIVE PARKING GARAGES ON EACH ON EACH CORNER, AND A LARGE PARKING FIELD IN FRONT. THE SUBURBAN OFFICE MARKET HAS BEEN DESTROYED BY THE PANDEMIC. THERE'S REALLY NOBODY WILLING TO STEP UP TO LEASE THIS. THIS PROPERTY WAS TAKEN BACK BY BANK OF AMERICA, AND TRAMMELL CROW COMPANY IS PURCHASING IT OUT OF FORECLOSURE. I WILL. THIS IS A GREAT LITTLE PICTURE TO ILLUSTRATE WHAT MICHELLE WAS TALKING ABOUT. THIS IS THE EXISTING LANDSCAPE ALONG 121. YOU CAN SEE IT'S JUST A LITTLE ROW. THERE'S 16,000FT THAT'S ON THE PROPERTY THAT'S DESIGNATED FOR THAT LANDSCAPING. WE'RE ALMOST DOUBLING THAT. SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME PICTURES THAT SHE SHOWED ALSO AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. THIS IS ACTUALLY VERY SIMILAR PRODUCT TO WHAT'S THERE CURRENTLY IN THE TILT WALL CONSTRUCTION. PEOPLE WILL DRIVE UP LIKE A, LIKE AN OFFICE BUILDING. FRONT PARK. THE BACK IS IS HIDDEN AND YOU'LL SEE THAT WHICH MICHELLE SHOWED YOU ALSO A LITTLE BIT A MINUTE AGO. BUT SOME OF THE DESIGN ENHANCEMENTS, WE USED A A VERY HIGH END RETAIL BUILDING AS INSPIRATION TO COME UP WITH THIS. YOU HAVE A BRICK ON THE FRONT ENTRIES WITH OUTLINED BY FORM LINER ON THE SIDES. GIVE ME ANOTHER PICTURE HERE. GLASS ACROSS THE FRONT. WITH WITH WITH THE AWNINGS THAT SIT OVER THOSE BAYS. BRICK ENTRY AWNING, WHICH SHE SHOWED YOU THAT AND REALLY KIND OF A DARK BROWN ACCENT ALL THROUGHOUT ON THOSE FINISHES, LIKE THE LIGHTS AND THE AND THE CANOPY. SO WHO THIS IS OBVIOUSLY VERY EXPENSIVE. AND ALSO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE LANDSCAPE IN THE BACK. THIS HAS BEEN VERY EXPENSIVE AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE HIGHEST RENTS. SO THE QUESTION IS WHO WHO WHO WILL BE THE TENANT THAT WILL LEASE US. AND IT'S SHALLOW BAY MEANS THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT MORE THINGS PERFORMED IN THE WAREHOUSE. IT'S GOING TO BE MUCH MORE TECH ORIENTED. IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE 100% AIR CONDITIONED. THE VISIBILITY WILL TRACK THOSE EMPLOYEES, AND THE REAR LOAD MEANS IT'S HIGHER IMAGE. ALL THIS GOES TOWARDS CREATING JOBS. AND THIS WE DO NOT WANT A BULK WAREHOUSE. WE DO NOT WANT FORKLIFT DRIVERS. WHAT WE WANT IS A COMPANY THAT IS GOING TO, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THIS IS GOING TO BE 100% OR IT'S GOING TO BE HIGHER OFFICE SIMILAR TO THESE TYPE OF USERS. THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF TENANTS IN DFW THAT SIGNED LEASES THAT WE WANT TO ATTRACT TO LEWISVILLE. THEY'RE WHITE COLLAR JOBS, HIGHER EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH THERE. YOU KNOW, DEFENSE CONTRACTORS, THEIR FIBER OPTICS, THEIR ELECTRONICS, THEIR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT. AND WHAT THIS MEANS IS WE HAVE A WE TRACK THESE DEALS. THIS HAS HAPPENED IN THESE DEALS HAVE HAPPENED IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF IN THE NORTH DFW MARKET. AND THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT WE TRACK THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT ARE HIRED THERE. AND BASICALLY BASICALLY WHAT IT WORKS OUT TO IS IT'S ABOUT ONE EMPLOYEE PER 1000FT² THAT YOU BUILD. SO WE'RE BUILDING 316,000FT ROUGHLY. IF YOU FOLLOW THIS DATA THAT REPRESENTS ABOUT 316 JOBS. SO AS WE WORKED WITH RICHARD AND MICHELLE, IT WAS CLEAR THE PARAMETERS OF THE PD ONE MAKE IT BEAUTIFUL OR LOOK NICE, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO SAY IT, TO PUSH IT AWAY FROM THE LAKE. AND THREE CREATE A GREEN SCREEN TO OBSTRUCT A VIEW TO THE PROJECT. SO WE PUSHED WE PUSHED THE PROJECT AWAY FROM THE LAKE AS WE COULD AND BUT WE STILL HAVE 76% MORE LANDSCAPING UP FRONT AND 87% MORE LANDSCAPE AREA THAN WHAT IS EXISTING. WE YOU CAN SEE HERE WE THE CIRCLES REPRESENT WHERE THE BRICK IS ON THE ON ALL THE BUILDINGS, AND THAT REPRESENTS A 360% OF THE TOTAL BRICK REQUIREMENT. KIND OF GO BACKWARDS. I DID THIS, AND THEN NOW I'M GOING TO SHIFT TO THE SOUTHERN END OF THE SITE, ALONG THE JOGGING TRAIL ON THE LAKE. OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS SCREENED. WE HAVE A LANDSCAPE LANDSCAPE STRIP, A 15 FOOT MINIMUM, AN AVERAGE OF 25FT AVERAGE. THE DEEPEST PART OF THAT IS 50FT, AND THERE'S 171 TREES AND HEAVY, HEAVY LIFT LIVE SCREEN UNDERNEATH THOSE TREES. [00:45:05] THIS. THERE YOU GO. THIS REPRESENTS 212% OF THE REQUIRED TREES ALONG THE SOUTHERN END OF THE PROPERTY. AND JUST AS MICHELLE DID, I'M ALSO GOING TO SHOW THE BEST WAY TO VIEW THIS IS THROUGH ARCHITECTURAL RENDERINGS A15 IN YEAR ONE, ONE YEAR, FIVE YEAR AND TEN YEAR SPAN. SO THIS IS AS IF YOU'RE RUNNING DOWN THE TRAIL. YEAR ONE, THIS HAS JUST BEEN DELIVERED. THIS IS WHAT THE LANDSCAPE WILL LOOK AS YOU'RE RUNNING DOWN THE TRAIL. IT EFFICIENTLY, SUFFICIENTLY BLOCKS OUT THE BACK END OF THE BUILDING. BUT AT FIVE YEARS, IT REALLY GETS A LOT BETTER. AND THEN AT TEN YEARS, YOU CAN SEE THE BUILDINGS ARE ACTUALLY COVERED. AND AS THE TREES MATURED, IT CREATED VIEW CORRIDORS ACTUALLY UNDERNEATH THE TREES. SO RICHARD MICHEL SUGGESTED WE ADD SHRUBS UNDER THE TREES TO ADD TO ADD ADDITIONAL SCREENING, WHICH YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THIS VIEW. THESE ARE THE VIEWS FROM ACROSS THE LAKE. AS YOU LOOK AT IT, THAT'S WHEN IT WILL BE INSTALLED. THIS IS YEAR FIVE. THAT'S YEAR TEN. AND THEN THIS IS CURRENTLY THE EXISTING AMPHITHEATER THAT WE UNDERSTAND IS GOING TO BE A BEER GARDEN. THIS IS THE EXISTING VIEW. YOU CAN SEE THE SIX LEVEL PARKING GARAGE THERE. THE HIGHWAY IS TO THE LEFT THERE AND THE NEW CONSTRUCTION WILL BE A LOWER PROFILE. AND WILL. THIS WILL. YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THE GREEN AS IT'S INSTALLED. THIS IS YEAR FIVE AND YEAR TEN. AND FINALLY I THINK MICHELLE POINTED THIS OUT. THIS IS THE VIEW ACTUALLY FROM LAKE VISTA. AND 121 PEOPLE PULLED THAT INTERSECTION. THOSE TREES ARE EXISTING. WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN THOSE. BUT IF YOU DID HAVE A VIEW AT THE OF THE OFFICE BUILDING THROUGH THE TREES, IT WOULD LOOK MUCH MORE LIKE AN OFFICE BUILDING THAN NECESSARILY A WAREHOUSE BUILDING. SO THIS IS ONE YEAR, FIVE YEAR, TEN YEAR. SO WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH RICHARD AND MICHELE WORKING THROUGH THIS PD TO GIVE THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE ASSURANCE OF THE DESIGN QUALITY. AND WE ARE PROUD THAT THE STAFF SUPPORTS US. WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SERVING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND HAPPY 4TH OF JULY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS. I JUST A QUICK QUESTION. ARE THEY IS THIS THE OLD THE BUILDINGS THAT MR. COOPER WAS IN THE CHASE BUILDING? THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. SO THEY'RE ALL IT'S ALL GOING TO BE RAISED AND THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO GO IN THERE. THAT'S RIGHT. WOW. MY WIFE WORKS FOR MR. COOPER. SHE'LL BE GLAD TO KNOW THOSE BUILDINGS AREN'T THERE ANYMORE. SO THEY ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT HAVING TO GO BACK INTO THE OFFICE AND WORK. SO THEY'LL BE GONE. IT'S. IT'S AMAZING TO ME BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN THEY WERE BUILT AND AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, THAT WHOLE OFFICE PARK WAS I MEAN, IT'S A BUT I DO BELIEVE STILL, THIS IS A GREAT ALTERNATIVE. AND I THINK THE TYPE OF PRODUCT WE'RE PUTTING THERE IS GOING TO ATTRACT BUSINESSES I THINK WE'LL ALL BE PROUD OF. SO JUST ONE MORE QUICK QUESTION. THAT INTERSECTION THERE WITH THE 121 THE FRONTAGE ROAD AND LIKE IN LIKE VISTA DRIVE, I MEAN, IT'S JUST A NORMAL INTERSECTION. I MEAN, DO WE I MEAN, WHAT'S THE TRAFFIC GOING TO BE LIKE NOW? I'M SURE I KNOW WHEN MR. COOPER WAS THERE, THOSE BUILDINGS WERE FULL AND THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, A THOUSAND PEOPLE IN THERE. SO, YEAH, THERE'S NO NOT GOING TO BE ANY ISSUES WITH KIND OF OVERLOADING THAT, THAT INTERSECTION THERE WITH PEOPLE. NO, I THINK ACTUALLY I THINK THE THE TRAFFIC STUDY CONFIRMED THAT IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE LESS. AND MR. COOPER, IT WAS A CALL CENTER. AND YOU SAW THOSE TWO PARKING GARAGES. THEY HAD THEIR IT WAS THE ACTIVITY THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT. AND THIS WILL BE MUCH LESS I THINK THEY HAD AND I MEAN, I DON'T IT'S KIND OF A GUESS, BUT I BET THERE ARE FIVE PER THOUSAND IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THAT BUILDING. IT WAS PACKED. YEAH. TIMES CHANGE. IT DOES. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY NICE. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE VERY NICE AND NICE TO SET UP THERE. SO THANK YOU. QUESTIONS I HAVE A QUESTION. GO AHEAD. WHAT IS THE ATTRACTION OF THE PD LIGHT INDUSTRIAL OVER JUST THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONE. I'M NOT A DEVELOPER SO I DON'T KNOW. WELL WE WOULD RATHER NOT DO THE PD BUT BUT IT WAS CLEAR THAT WAS THE ONLY WAY THAT WE COULD WE COULD MOVE FORWARD. AND IS THAT THE CITY OF LEWISVILLE WANTED TO MAKE OR HAVE INPUT INTO THE PLAN. AND SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE LAST HONESTLY, IT'S PROBABLY BEEN I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN TALKING? SIX MONTHS. FIVE MONTHS. [00:50:02] AND NEGOTIATING IS KIND OF A NEGOTIATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I NEED A LITTLE MORE LANDSCAPE HERE. I NEED, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO COME. YOU NEED TO DO THIS. I NEED, I NEED THE BUILDING NEEDS TO BE A CERTAIN SQUARE FOOTAGE TO JUSTIFY ALL THIS MONEY WE'RE SPENDING ON THIS OTHER STUFF. YOU KNOW, IT WAS A UP. SO A PD ALLOWS THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE TO BASICALLY DISCUSS SPECIFICATIONS TO THE BUILDING AND THE SITE. OKAY. THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND MR. DANIEL IS HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY. BUT I THINK WE'RE PRETTY WELL INFORMED. BUT THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO US, PLEASE COME FORWARD. STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO HEAR FROM YOU. HAVING NO ONE COME FORWARD. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION. JESSICA. SECOND. SECOND. BY AARON. VOTE NOW. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. COMMISSIONERS. THIS ITEM WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEY WILL ALSO BE MAKING A FINAL DECISION ON MONDAY, JULY THE 21ST, 2025 AT 7:00 PM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RICHARD. ANNOUNCEMENTS. [E. Announcements] WE ARE OBVIOUSLY HAVING THE LAST SOUNDS OF LEWISVILLE TONIGHT, WHICH I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE TIME TO ENJOY AFTER THIS WITH THE DRONE SHOW AND FIREWORKS. THANK YOU. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY OUR HEROES ARE JOHN AND PATTI. THANK YOU. WE LOVE BEING PARKED. YES. OH, I'M SORRY, I FORGOT ONE MORE ANNOUNCEMENT. WE DID WANT TO JUST LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE WERE WE DID SUBMIT FORM. WE DID RECEIVE A CENTER FOR LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT EXCELLENCE AWARD FROM THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS FOR THE BUSINESS 121 CORRIDOR PLAN AS AN EXCELLENCE IN SUSTAINABLE AND JUST QUALITY DEVELOPMENT IN THE THE POLICY AND PLANNING CATEGORY. AND THEN WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED A SECOND CLYDE AWARD FOR THE BACKYARD COTTAGE DESIGN COMPETITION IN THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH CATEGORY. LOVE THAT ONE. DOUBLE CONGRATS. ANYTHING ELSE COMMISSIONERS? IF NOT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOVE TO ADJOURN. I HAVE A MOTION BY FRANCIS, SECONDED BY JACK. I SPOKE FOR HER. OKAY. I SEE SOMEBODY ELSE. CAN'T TELL YOU. HER FINGER WAS FASTER. MY MOUTH WAS FASTER. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. WE ARE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.