[A. Call to Order and Announce that a Quorum is Present.] [00:00:10] >> IT IS 6:30 P.M. WE WILL CALL TO ORDER THE TUESDAY AUGUST 18TH 2026 REGULAR SESSION OF THE LEWISVILLE [B. Approval of Minutes] PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. THE FIRST-ORDER BUSINESSES TO ANNOUNCE WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT. AND I WILL CALL FOR APPROVAL OF MINUTES. CONSIDER THE MINUTES OF THE JULY 7TH 2026 REGULAR MEETING TO APPROVED. >> MOTION MADE. AND SECONDED. PLEASE VOTE. [C. Public Hearing] MOTION PASSES. 7-0. NEXT WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. OH, GOSH. OKAY. LET ME-- YEAH. AND ORDINANCE OF THE LEWISVILLE CITY COUNCIL AMENDING VOLUME TWO OF THE LEWISVILLE CITY CODE, KNOWN AS THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE. AMENDING ARTICLE TWO CHAPTER 2. DEFINITIONS TO ADD AND MODIFY DEFINITIONS IMPACTED BY THE CHANGES BELOW. AMENDING ARTICLE THREE, CHAPTER 4, SECTION THREE, ENGINEERING SITE PLAN REQUIREMENTS AND APPROVAL, TO REQUIRE OUTSIDE STORAGE TO BE SHOWN ON ENGINEERING SITE PLANS AND MAKE OTHER NONSUBSTANTIVE-- SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES. AMENDING CHAPTER 7.2, ALLOWED USES BY DISTRICT, EXHIBIT 7.23-2 THROUGH 7.2 DON-- 7.2.3.4 TO ALLOW SUPPLEMENTAL USE IMPLICATIONS. ALLOW MEDICAL FACILITIES IN THE DISTRICT. ALLOWED COMMUNITY CENTERS AND THE OLD TOWN MIXED USE, AND MIXED-USE 90 ZONING DISTRICTS, AND CLARIFY THAT ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS ARE ALLOWED BY RIGHT IN ALL ZONING DISTRICTS AS AN EXCESSIVE DEGREE USE. AMENDING ARTICLE SEVEN CHAPTER 3, SUPPLEMENTAL USE REGULATIONS TO MODIFY CERTAIN SUPPLEMENTAL USE STANDARDS REGULATING ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES. BACKYARD COTTAGES. BREAD AND BREAKFAST. FOOD TRUCK PARKS. HOTELS, MOTELS, INS OR EXTENDED STAY HOTELS, HOME OCCUPATIONS, OUTSIDE STORAGE, INDEPENDENT LIVING, ASSISTED-LIVING, LONG-TERM CARE OR CONTINUING CARE FACILITY. SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED DWELLING TOWNHOUSES. SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS. STATE LICENSED VEHICLE STORAGE FACILITIES. TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION BUILDINGS AND MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS TO ADD SUPPLEMENTAL STANDARDS FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS AND TO CLARIFY RELIEF PROCEDURES FOR SUPPLEMENTAL USE REGULATIONS. AMENDING ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 5, SCREENING REQUIREMENTS. TO ADD STANDARDS FOR SCREENING OUTSIDE STORAGE, AND GROUND MOUNTED SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS. AMENDING ARTICLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 1, OFF-STREET PARKING STANDARDS TO CLARIFY REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO PARKING FOR DUPLEXES AND NONRESIDENTIAL USES. AND TO MAKE OTHER MINOR CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS THROUGHOUT THE ABOVE LISTED PROVISIONS. PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE, REPEALER SEVERABILITY, AND IN DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. >> AT EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAD QUITE A SCOPE YOUR. WE WANTED TO LOOK AT BACKYARD COTTAGES, AMEND AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS, THERE WERE SOME STATE LAWS BUT CHANGED, SO WE WENT AHEAD AND THROUGH THOSE IN TO THE SCOPE AS WELL. AND AS WE WENT THROUGH THE ORDINANCE WE REALIZE THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT COULD BE CLARIFIED, SUCH AS MAKING SURE WE ARE CLEAR WHEN A MODIFICATION TO ONE OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL STANDARDS COULD BE DONE THROUGH AN ALTERNATIVE STANDARD, OR AN ADMINISTRATIVE MODIFICATION, VERSUS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, WHICH TRIGGERS A WHOLE PUBLIC HEARING. WHETHER IT IS USE RELATED-- THAT SHOULD BE A PUBLIC HEARING WITH A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, BUT IF IT IS A DESIGN STANDARD, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD GO THROUGH AN ALTERNATIVE STANDARD PROCESS, WHICH IS A LITTLE LESS ONEROUS ON THE APPLICANT. I WILL GO THROUGH AND GIVE YOU THE GOALS. OUR GOALS WERE TO ALIGN OUR LOCAL REGULATIONS WITH RECENT STATE REGULATION TO ESTABLISH STANDARDS FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS. THOSE ARE OFTEN REFERRED TO AS DRONES. TO MAKE BACKYARD COTTAGES EASIER, TO DIRECT INADVERTENT OMISSIONS. TO RELOCATE AND CONSOLIDATE SCREENING REQUIREMENTS, PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND DESIGN STANDARDS WHEN IT COMES TO GARAGES. ESTABLISH THE ALTERNATIVE STANDARD AS A RELIEF MECHANISM ACROSS THOSE DESIGN BASED STANDARDS IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL USE CHAPTER. WE DID A LITTLE REORGANIZATION THERE. WE HAD TO ADD SOME NEW DEFINITIONS AIKO IN THE DEFINITION SECTION. WE HAD TO MODIFY THE USE TABLES TO INCORPORATE OUR NEW USES. [00:05:02] SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT TOUCHED A LOT OF SECTIONS OF THE UDC. I WILL START WITH WHAT THE BIGGEST CHANGES ARE. THAT'S ADDING THE UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS OR DRONES. WE ADDED THREE NEW DEFINITIONS TO HELP US REALLY UNDERSTAND AND REGULATE THESE BETTER. AND UNMANNED AIRCRAFT IS AN AIRCRAFT OPERATOR THAT DIRECTS HUMAN INTERVENTION FROM WITHIN OR ON THE AIRCRAFT. IT IS DONE REMOTELY. AND UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM IS THE ASSOCIATED OPERATIONAL EQUIPMENT FOR ESTATE-- SAFE AND STAGING FLIGHTS. AND THE OTHER AREAS WHERE IT'S DESIGNATED FOR LAUNCH PADS, TAKEOFF AND LANDING ZONES, DOCKING STATIONS DEPENDING ON THE TECHNOLOGY. SAFETY ZONES, OUTDOOR STORAGE TO PROVIDE POWER AND SUPPORT TO THOSE STATIONS. SO THIS IS A LAND USE. THIS IS A REAL LAND-USE COMPONENT OF THE DRONES. WE CANNOT REGULATE THEM ONCE THEY ARE IN THE AIR. THAT'S THE FAA'S JOB. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT DEFINING WHAT THEY ARE IN LOOKING AT REGULATIONS FOR THE LAND USE ITSELF. THE STAGING AREA. THEN WE ARE LOOKING AT ADDING THE STAGING AREA TO THE USE CHARTS AS AN ACCESSORY USE. WE ARE LOOKING AT PROHIBITING THE STAGING AREAS WITHIN 300 FEET OF RESIDENTIAL USES, PARKS, HOSPITAL, UNLESS IT IS SERVING THE HOSPITAL. THERE ARE INSTANCES AND APPLICATIONS WHERE HOSPITALS MIGHT USE DRONES FOR MEDICINE DELIVERY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IF IT IS SERVING THE HOSPITAL, THAT WOULD BE PERMISSIBLE. AND LEELA. WE WANT TO LIMIT THE GROUND MATTED STAGING AREAS TO 1000 SQUARE FEET OR 10% LOT AREA. WE ARE AUTHORIZING A 10% REDUCTION AND REQUIRED MINIMUM SITE PARKING TO ACCOMMODATE THE STAGING AREAS. SO IF WE REQUIRED TEN PARKING STATE-- SPACES, YOU MIGHT HAVE NINE AND DEVOTE ONE TO THE DRONE AREA. THE IDEA HERE IS THAT IT WILL PROVIDE DELIVERY. SO POTENTIALLY REDUCE THE TRIPS TO THE SITE. IT CAN THE HEIGHT OF THE DIFFERENT SIDE-MOUNTED-- AT THE HEIGHT OF THE ROOFLINE, IT PROHIBITS A STREET FACING PRISS-- FACADE. SO DRUMS CAN BE ATTACHED AND DONE IN MANY WAYS. WALMART HAS A WHERE THEY ARE DONE SEPARATE IN THE BUILDING FROM THE PARKING LOT. DIFFERENT OPERATORS HAVE THEM ON POLES, ATTACHED TO A BUILDING, SO THE PERSON LOADING THE DRONE IS INSIDE THE BUILDING. THEY PICK UP THE PACKAGE AND GO OUT LITTLE DOORS THAT OPEN UP. THERE ARE ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF TECHNOLOGY. BUT THEY TYPICALLY WANT THESE TO BE FENCED. SO THIS WOULD PROHIBIT CHAIN-LINK FENCING. IT ROUTABLE REQUIRE TUBULAR STEEL OR MATCHING MASONRY. THEY WANT TO SECURE THESE SITES AND MAKE SURE THERE IS ENOUGH LIGHT THAT THEY ARE NOT CREATING SHADOWS THAT COULD THROW OFF THE DRONES. SO THOSE ARE KIND OF SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT THE INDUSTRY HAD. AND WE HAVE EXEMPTED POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PURPOSES FROM THOSE. OBVIOUSLY OUR STAGING AREAS ARE GOING TO BE ON THE FACILITIES WHERE THEY ARE REQUIRED AT THAT POINT. BACKYARD COTTAGES, WE HAD UTA DO AN ANALYSIS OF A LOT OF LOTS IN LEWISVILLE AND DETERMINE WHAT STANDARDS IN OUR BACKYARD COTTAGES WILL-- WERE PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM USING BACKYARD COTTAGE? THAT MIGHT BE MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING. SO THEY ASSESSED AND PART OF-- AND PART OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS WERE TO REDUCE THE SIZE FROM 400 TO 300. TALKING TO ARCHITECTS, THEY FELT THEY COULD GET IN A ONE BEDROOM ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT WITH A BATHROOM AND KITCHENETTE WITH ABOUT 250 SQUARE FEET, BUT 300 SEEMED MORE REASONABLE. ALLOW THEM TO BE ATTACHED OR DETACHED. SO IF THEY ARE DETACHED, THEY WOULD BE IN THE BACK OF THE LOT. BUT THERE IS CURRENTLY A 10-FOOT SEPARATION REQUIREMENT. WE ARE PROPOSING TO REMOVE THAT REQUIREMENT. THAT REQUIREMENT WAS BASED ON BUILDING CODE. ONCE YOU'RE 10 FEET APART FROM ANOTHER BUILDING YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT FIRE SEPARATIONS OR OPENINGS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IF YOU ARE WITHIN 10 FEET, YOU HAVE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT DOORS OR WINDOWS FOR FIRE SPREAD. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE REVIEWED WITH A BUILDING PERMIT AND WILL BE REVIEWED WITH A BUILDING PERMIT. SO WE DON'T SEE THE NEED TO ZONE IT. AND IT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER IN SOME INSTANCES WITH A SMALLER YARD SPACE, TO BUILD A BACKYARD COTTAGE. AND IF THEY ARE ATTACHED, THEY NEED TO COMPLY WITH THE ZONING, HEIGHT AND YARD REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAIN HOUSE. SO WITHIN THE MAIN SETBACKS OF THE MAIN HOUSE, THEY ARE LOOKED AT AS MORE OF AN EXTENSION OF THE STRUCTURE, ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE A SEPARATE ENTRANCE, AND THEY ARE LIMITED IN SIZE. SO YOU CAN'T USE THIS FOR A WORKAROUND WITH A DUPLEX BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE LESS THAN THE MAIN STRUCTURE IN TERMS OF SIZED AREA. AND THEN WE ADDED SOME PARKING FLEXIBILITY. THE LANGUAGE CURRENTLY IN THE CODE WAS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING TO READ, AND WE WANTED TO SIMPLY STATE, YOU NEED ONE DEDICATED OFF-STREET PARKING SPACE FOR THE BACKYARD COTTAGE. [00:10:01] REMOVING THE RESTRICTIONS ON WHERE AND HOW THAT LOOKS-- WE STILL HAVE STANDARDS THAT PREVENT THE ENTIRE FRONT OF THE YARD FROM BECOMING THE DRIVEWAY AND PARKING AREA, OR THE GARAGE DOOR FROM EXCEEDING A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THE HOME FACADE. DOES WOULD BE APPLICABLE, BUT WE WOULD NOT HAVE ANY OTHER STANDARDS. YOU WOULD HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER PARKING SPACE. AND THEN YOU REMOVE THE SPECIFIC PROHIBITION AGAINST TEMPORARY BUILDINGS, NOT BECAUSE WE ARE ALLOWING TEMPORARY BUILDINGS, BUT BECAUSE THAT'S REDUNDANT AND THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED ANYWAY. TO CLARIFY THAT, TEMPORARY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES ARE PROHIBITED. WE DON'T ALLOW THOSE ARE BUILDING CODE. HERE YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE MAPS WHERE THEY LOOKED AT WHERE YOU COULD FIT REASONABLE BACKYARD COTTAGES IN EXISTING LOTS, IN A TYPICAL NEIGHBORHOOD IN LEWISVILLE. IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS IT WAS MAYBE 40% OF THE LOTS COULD MAYBE FIT ONE. SO THAT MAKES IT REALLY HARD, BECAUSE MAYBE THOSE HOMEOWNERS DON'T WANT ONE, AND SOME HOMEOWNERS DO. WE WANTED TO MAKE IT FLEXIBLE FOR EVERYBODY. WE ARE DOING SOME CHANGES TO OUR USES. ONE THING WE ARE DOING IS WE ARE ADDING ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGERS AS A ALLOWED ACCESSORY USE. WE HAVE BEEN ALLOWING THESE AS AN ACCESSORY USE WITH A BUILDING PERMIT, PEOPLE HAVE CONVERTED THEIR GARAGE TO HAVE A PORT FOR THEIR CARD TO CHARGE AND THAT HAS BEEN FINE. WE HAVE HAD GAS STATIONS THAT HAVE ADDED A COUPLE PORTS. WE HAVE SOME AT CITY HALL, IN THE LIBRARY AND THRIVE, BUT WHEN WE WANTED TO JUST MAKE IT CLEAR, WE DID GET THE CHARGING SMART BRONZE DESIGNATION IN 2025. ONE THING THEY LOOK FOR IS DOES YOUR CODE ALLOW IT BY RIGHT AND IN DIFFERENT ZONING DISTRICTS. SO THIS WILL GET US EXTRA POINTS THERE AND CLARIFY TO EVERYBODY, YES, IT IS ALLOWED. GET A PERMIT AND YOU CAN INSTALL IT. INDEPENDENT LIVING. WE ADDED THAT TO THE MEDICAL DISTRICT. IT HAD BEEN IN THE PREVIOUS ZONING ORDINANCE BEFORE WE SWITCH TO UDC. INDEPENDENT LIVING, ASSISTED LIVING, CONTINUING CARE FACILITIES, THOSE ARE ALL THE SAME, AGE RESTRICTED, WHERE YOU ARE 55 AND UP. AND THAT HAS ALWAYS MOSTLY BEEN ALLOWED IN THE MEDICAL ZONING DISTRICT AS A WAY TO PREVENT THEM FROM TURNING INTO FULL-BLOWN APARTMENTS IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE IF THERE IS OWNED MEDICAL, THAT 55 AGE RESTRICTION AS PART OF THE ZONING ESSENTIALLY. SO ADDING INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTERS BACK TO THAT DISTRICT. AND ALLOWING COMMUNITY CENTERS AND THE OLD TOWN MIXED-USE DISTRICTS. WHICH THEY WERE NOT. WE DID NOT REALLY HAVE THEM BEFORE. BUT THAT IS A USE THAT PEOPLE WILL WANT TO HAVE MEETING SPACES AND GATHERING SPOTS. SOMETIMES THEY ARE NONPROFIT DRIVEN, SO ALLOWING THOSE TO HAPPEN WITHIN OUR OWN ZONING DISTRICT. SOME OTHER CHANGES ARE FOR FOOD TRUCK PARTS. WE REMOVE THE 12 HOUR OPERATIONAL LIMIT AND COMMISSARY REQUIREMENTS BASED ON STATE STATUTES RELATED TO FOOD TRUCK PARTS. THEY RESTRICTED HOW CITIES CAN REGULATE THOSE FOOD TRUCK PARTS, AND A LOT OF FOOD TRUCK PARTS MIGHT HAVE A TRUCK PARKED THERE FOR A WHILE AND MIGHT HAVE THE COMMISSARY RIGHT THERE AT THE PARK ANYWAY. SO AS LONG AS THEY ARE MEETING HEALTH CODE AND GETTING THEIR LICENSE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE STATE, THAT IS ACCEPTABLE. FOR HOME OCCUPATIONS, WE REMOVE THE PROHIBITIONS AGAINST VEHICLE OR ENGINE REPAIRS SERVICING, AND WE HAVE HAD TO REMOVE THE RESTRICTIONS LIMITING EMPLOYEE STRICTLY TO RESIDENTS. THOSE ARE BASED ON STATE STATUTES CHANGES THAT SAY THAT YOU HAVE TO ALLOW HOME OCCUPATIONS AS LONG AS THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF THE HOME OCCUPATION FROM THE STREET. YOU CANNOT BE SPECIFIC REALLY TO WHAT IT IS. PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE HOME OCCUPATIONS, AND THEY ARE ALLOWED TO EMPLOY AS MANY PEOPLE AS IS ALLOWED BY THE MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY OF THE HOME. SO WE ARE CHANGING TO GET IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE STATUTES THERE. FOR SOME OTHER REGULATIONS. BED-AND-BREAKFAST, WE EXTENDED THE MAXIMUM GUEST STAY FROM TEN TO 30 DAYS. WE DON'T HAVE MANY BED-AND-BREAKFAST'S IN LEWISVILLE, BUT SINCE ALL HOTELS IN LEWISVILLE ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE STAYS UP TO 30 DAYS, AFTER THAT IT'S AN EXTENDED STAY, WE FIGURED WHY TREAT THESE DIFFERENTLY. THAT WILL PREVENT PROBLEMS IN THE FUTURE. VEHICLE STORAGE, VEHICLE STORAGE FACILITIES PREVIOUSLY ALLOWED STORAGE UP TO 30 DAYS. WE EXTENDED THAT TO 45 DAYS TO ALLOW-- A LOT OF TIMES VEHICLES WILL BE STORED AS PART OF AN INVESTIGATION, THE POLICE NEED TO HAVE ACCESS TO IT AND WANT TO KEEP IT THERE LONGER. SO WE ALLOW UP TO 45 DAYS, IF IT'S A COMPLICATED INVESTIGATION,-- IT CAN BE THERE LONGER. BUT WE DO NOT WANT THEM IN STORAGE. FOR SCREENING STANDARDS, WE REALLY JUST REORGANIZED WHERE THESE WERE. FOR SOLAR PANELS AND OUTSIDE STORAGE, THE SCREENING STANDARDS [00:15:02] WERE IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL USE STANDARDS. WE MOVE THOSE OVER TO THE SCREENING SECTION OF THE CODE SO ALL THESE SCREENING REGULATIONS ARE TOGETHER. THERE IS NO SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES, IT'S TAKING IT FROM ONE PART IN MOVING A TO THE OTHER PART. FOR PARKING AND GARAGE RULES, FOR DUPLEXES AND SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES, REGULATIONS ON GARAGE DESIGN WAS IN THREE DIFFERENT SPOTS IN THE UDC. WE TOOK THAT AND COMBINED IT IN TO ONE. BASICALLY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT HAVING THE WHOLE FRONT OF THE YARD BEING PAVED FOR PARKING, OR THE WHOLE FRONT OF THE HOUSE IS JUST A GARAGE ENTRY POINT. AGAIN, WE ARE NOT TRYING TO CHANGE THE STANDARDS HERE. WE ARE JUST TRYING TO COALESCE THEM IN TO ONE LOCATION TO MAKE IT EASIER TO FIND. SOME CHANGES WE MAY TO THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ENGINEERING SITE PLANS, ON YOUR ENGINEERING SITE PLAN YOU MUST NOW SHOW ANY OF YOUR OUTSIDE STORAGE AND SCREENING. IN PRACTICE THIS WAS MOSTLY DONE. BUT NOW IT'S CLEARLY REQUIRED BY THE CODE THAT YOU NEED TO SHOW WHAT YOUR OUTSIDE STORAGE AREAS ARE GOING TO BE. BECAUSE OF THE LIMITATIONS. DEPENDING ON YOUR ZONING. HOW MUCH OUTSIDE STORAGE IS ALLOWED. AND THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS. BASED ON HOW MUCH OUTSIDE STORAGE YOU CAN PROVIDE. SO THIS JUST SHOWS IT ON THE ENGINEERING SITE PLAN SO WE CAN REVIEW IT. SO THAT IS A LOT OF REVISIONS. I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. STAFF RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT IS APPROVAL OR RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED UDC TEXT AMENDMENTS. >> THAT WAS A LOT. IT WAS VERY THOROUGH. DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? >> LULA HAS MENTIONED IN THE UAV LOCATION, IS THERE ANY CURRENT. [INDISCERNIBLE] >> THE DAM COULD BE CONSIDERED SENSITIVE INFRASTRUCTURE. SO THERE COULD BE REGULATIONS ON FLYING OVER THE DAM. IT'S ARMY CORPS ENGINEER LANDS. SO IT'S UP TO FAA AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON ANYWHERE THAT THEY CAN FLY. WE CANNOT REGULATE THAT. I'M NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING THAT PREVENTS THEM FROM FLYING OVER CURRENTLY. BUT WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT THE STAGING AREAS NEAR LEELA. >> AND I UNDERSTAND THIS MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS TOPIC. BUT THE IMPACTS LOW THE FEDERAL PROPERTY IS SOMETHING TO BE CONSIDERED. THANK YOU. WE DID REVIEW THE SECOND INSTALLATION AND THEY WERE VERY PROUD. HOW DOES WHAT WE ARE REVIEWING TODAY IMPACT THAT? DID THEY EXCEED THOSE? >> THE FREESTANDING THINGS? YES. I HAVE MY MEMO HERE. THE ROOFLINE IS FOR-- IF IT'S SIDE MOUNTED STAGING EQUIPMENT, WHAT THEY HAVE THERE IS NOT MOUNTED TO THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING. IT IS SEPARATE SO IT WOULD NOT APPLY TO THEM. >> THE EV CHARGING STATION, THIS IS OUT OF CURIOSITY. HAS THE FIRE CHIEF BEEN INVOLVED IN THE REVIEW? WITH THE INCREASING AMOUNT OF EV CHARGERS, I AM CURIOUS, HAS THE CITY REINVESTED OR BUILT UP IT'S EV FIREFIGHTING CAPABILITY? >> I CANNOT ANSWER THAT SPECIFIC QUESTION. I KNOW THE FIRE MARSHAL IS IN ON OUR SITE PLAN REVIEW. SO SOMEBODY FROM THE DEPARTMENT AS PART OF THE SITE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS. AND WE SPOKE TO APPLICANTS BEFORE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S IN PARKING GARAGES. THAT'S WHEN IT'S IN THE MOST CONCERN. IT'S IN A UNCLOSED AREA. THEY DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH CONCERN WHEN IT'S OPEN AIR. BUT THEY DO-- WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT A SITE PLAN, WE WERE-- THE EV PARKING STATIONS WERE IN THE GARAGE. THEY REQUESTED THE APPLICANT CONSIDERED RELOCATING IT OUT OF THE GARAGE TO MAKE IT EASIER TO FIGHT FIRE. AND THE APPLICANT WAS WILLING TO DO SO AND DID SO IN THAT CASE. >> I HAVE TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF THE EV CHARGERS. THIS IS APPLYING TO THE HOME INSTALLATIONS? >> YES. AND THOSE ARE TYPICALLY IN THE [00:20:02] GARAGE. AND AGAIN THIS IS SORT OF PUTTING ON PAPER WHAT WE'VE BEEN PRACTICING. WE DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING PROHIBITING IT. SO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ADDING THE CHARGING CAPACITY, GETTING THE ELECTRICAL PERMITS THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT'S DONE CORRECTLY. >> I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. JUST BECAUSE I AM MORE FAMILIAR WITH THIS AT THIS POINT. I THINK YOU SAID ON THE SLIDE THAT THE HEIGHT ISSUE IS ONLY FOR ATTACHED? >> IT'S NEW FOR ATTACHED. ATTACHED IS A NEW. FOR A DETACHED ONE IS IMITATED TO THE HEIGHT OF THE DETACHED STRUCTURE. >> THAT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE. AND IT MAYBE HELPFUL THAT FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO BRIDGE THAT 10-FOOT DISTANCE, BECAUSE OF HOW THEIR PROPERTY IS SHAPED, TO GIVE THEM AND ASKED RICK'S, BECAUSE YOU JUST NEED INCREASED FIREPROOFING MATERIALS PER BUILDING? ASIDE AND ASKED RICK'S? THERE IS OTHER FIREPROOFING STUFF TO BE AWARE OF. >> WE CAN PUT THAT IN OUR GUIDES AND CHECKLIST. IF YOUR COTTAGES WITHIN 10 FEET OF YOUR HOME STRUCTURE, BE AWARE, THERE IS ADDITIONAL FIRE REQUIREMENTS THAT MAYBE REQUIRED. >> I LOVE THAT YOU ARE MAKING THIS SIMPLE OR. BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN KIND OF A DETACHED JOHN. AND IT HAS BEEN KIND OF CLIENT-- TIME-CONSUMING. SO I AM GLAD THAT YOU ARE ALL MAKING IT EASIER TO NAVIGATE. >> ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. I NEED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? >> YES. >> WE WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK, PLEASE COME FORWARD TO THE PODIUM. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. HAPPY TO HEAR FROM YOU. AND THERE IS NOBODY HERE. SO WE WILL TURN RIGHT AROUND AND CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING. COMMISSIONERS, ARE WE READY TO TAKE A MOTION? >> ITE MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENTS AS PRESENTED. >> MOTION BY FRANCIS. SECOND BY JOSH. PLEASE VOTE NOW. MOTION PASSES 7-0. >> COMMISSIONERS, THIS ITEM WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. WE WILL HOLD A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING. WE MAKE A FINAL DECISION ON MONDAY SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2026 AT [D. Presentation] 7:00 P.M. THANK YOU. >> NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A PRESENTATION. RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON REVISED POLICY STATEMENT 1.0, ADMINISTRATION-SECTION 2-CITY COUNCIL MEETING SPEAKER PROTOCOL. >> GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. THIS IS TO GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS PASSED EARLIER THIS YEAR IN MAY. JUST GIVING YOU ALL SOME UPDATES ON THE SPEAKERS PROTOCOL FOR COUNCIL, AND I BELIEVE SOME OF THIS WOULD APPLY TO YOU AS WELL. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION ON SOME OF THE THINGS WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT WAS MAKE THINGS MORE EFFICIENT GOING FORWARD. A LOT OF THIS UPDATE, TO BRING SOME MORE CLEAR IDENTIFICATION. AND PART OF THAT IS WE NORMALLY GO INTO ASKING THEM FOR THEIR ADDRESS. SO THIS JUST REQUIRES THEM TO STATE THEIR NAME AND STATE WHERE THEY ARE A RESIDENT. IF THEY ARE A RESIDENT OF SOMEWHERE ELSE, THAT'S GOING TO BE A REQUIREMENT. WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT GROUPS, IF THERE IS A GROUP COMING INTO SPEAK, YOU WANT TO ALLOW FOR A TIME FOR THE GROUP TO GET THEIR POINT ACROSS, SO ONE THING WE LOOKED AT HERE, AND THIS WILL BE MENTIONED THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION TUCKED IF THERE IS A GROUP OF FIVE OR MORE, THE TIME ALLOTTED FOR THEM WILL BE DOUBLED. WE ALSO WANT TO GIVE SOME FLEXIBLE TIME CONTROLS. SO THIS WILL ALLOW OUR CHAIR TO FLEX A LITTLE BIT OF THE TIME IF YOU DETERMINE THAT SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN THAT MOMENT. AND WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE TALKING ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT I WILL GO INTO THAT YOUR. [00:25:06] SOME OF THESE, I MENTIONED THE SPEAKERS GUARD. THE CARD ITSELF A HAVE A NAME AND AN ADDRESS. AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT GO WITH COUNCIL, AND A STANDARD TO BE RECOGNIZED. AND TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE UP HERE, THEY NEED TO STATE THEIR NAME IN THE CITY OF RESIDENTS. AND ADDRESS THE CHAIR. THIS IS SOMETHING I MENTIONED. IT'S JUST A GROUP. AT THERE IS A GROUP SPOKESPERSON THEY GET DOUBLE-TIME, AS WELL AS IF THERE IS A TRANSLATOR HERE FOR SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT SPEAK ENGLISH, THEY GET DOUBLE-TIME AS WELL. AND I MENTIONED OFFICER'S DISCRETION. IF THEY FEEL THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE TIME, THEY HAVE DISCRETION TO ADD THAT. AND IF OUR APPLICANT OR PERSON SPEAKING DEEMS THAT THREE TO 5 MINUTES IT'S GOING TO BE TOO SHORT, THEY CAN SUBMIT THEIR COMMENT IN WRITTEN FORMAT, AND THAT WILL BE READ OUT LOUD. AND THIS IS TO KIND OF SHOW YOU WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE 3 MINUTES. THE VISITORS FORM WOULD BE 3 MINUTES. -- IF THERE IS A PRESENTATION, IF THERE IS AN APPLICANT DOING A PRESENTATION, THAT WOULD BE 10 MINUTES, AND AN ADDITIONAL 5 MINUTES IF THERE IS A BACK-AND-FORTH ON THAT. FOR PUBLIC HEARING, ALL APPLICANTS ARE GIVEN ALLOTTED 5 MINUTES FOR THAT. AND FOR REGULAR HEARINGS IT WILL BE A THREE MINUTE TIME FRAME FOR THAT. THE OTHER THING THAT WE WANT TO MAKE CLEAR IS OUR AUDIOVISUAL REQUIREMENTS. WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THERE BE NO THING WITH AUDIO, VIDEOS, NO EXTERNAL LINKS. THAT THE DOCUMENT BE SUBMITTED IN PDF, AND PREFERABLY THE STAFF GET US WHATEVER THEY WANT TO PRESENT TO THE COMMISSION. PREFERABLY THAT WEEK BEFORE WE HAVE OUR MEETING. SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR PNC-- FOR PLANNING AND ZONING. JUST MORE HELP, AND GUIDANCE. SO THAT PEOPLE CAN COME HERE WITH THE TIME THEY ARE ALLOTTED. BUT ALSO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTIAL TO KNOW THEY HAVE 5 MINUTES IF THEY ARE SPEAKING ON A PUBLIC HEARING. REMIND THEM OF OUR PDF GUIDELINES WHEN THEY ARE BRINGING THINGS FOR PRESENTATION, AND ALSO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN, AND THE GROUPS COMING IN, TO PRESENT WHAT THEY ARE BRINGING IN TO COMMISSION OR COUNCIL AS A UNIFIED FRONT BY HAVING A GROUP SPOKESPERSON WHICH WOULD GIVE THEM MORE TIME TO GET THE POINT ACROSS. AND IF WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO STICK TO COMMISSIONS MIGHT BE LONGER THAN THE THREE TO 5 MINUTES ALLOTTED. IF THE COMMENTS ARE SUBMITTED IN A WRITTEN FORMAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GET THEIR POINTS ACROSS BECAUSE IT WILL BE READ BY OUR OFFICER. THOSE ARE THE UPDATES. I HAD TO SHARE. THIS IS SOMETHING PASSED IN MAY BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN OUR POLICIES, AND I WANT TO MAKE THE COMMISSION AWARE OF THESE UPDATES AND CHANGES. AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL APA CONFERENCE. TEXAS CHAPTER. OUR CONFERENCE IS LOCAL. IT'S DOWN THE STREET IN URBAN. OCTOBER 14 THROUGH 16TH. I KNOW OUR SENIOR PLANNER HAS SENT OUT INFORMATION ON THAT, BUT I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT'S COMING. AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO ATTEND, BUT THEM KNOW SO WE CAN GET YOU REGISTERED. IF YOU WANT TO ATTEND ALL CONFERENCE, WE CAN DO THAT, IF YOU WANT TO BE THERE FOR ONE DAY, WE WILL HAVE THAT AS WELL. I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF, I WILL BE WORKING ON SOME OF THE SHORT COURSES THAT ARE SPECIFIC FOR [00:30:02] ELECTED OFFICIALS. SO WE WILL HAVE ABOUT SIX OF THOSE THROUGHOUT THE CONFERENCE. SO IF YOU WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT. WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE-- TO ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO COME OUT AND SEE DIFFERENT THINGS HAPPENING, AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PRACTICES WE CAN IMPLEMENT HERE AS A CITY. >> RICHARD, TO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO ANNOUNCEMENTS. ALL RIGHT. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MOTION BY KAREN. SECOND BY JOSH. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.