* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] OKAY. [Call to Order - Determine if a Quorum is Present] IT IS 6:00 PM WE ARE GONNA CALL THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER AND CALL. ROLL CALL. CRYSTAL JOHNSON IS ABSENT. NICOLE SHAW IS PRESENT. KYLE KENNEDY IS ABSENT. BRITTANY IS PRESENT. SUSAN IS PRESENT. AND WE HAVE TWO NEW PEOPLE JOINING OUR COMMISSION THIS EVENING. WE HAVE JOHN AND MELTON. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF. WELL, I'M JOHN MELTON, SPOUSE HERE. BRIAN MELTON LIVE HERE FOR MANY YEARS, SO I'M EXCITED AND I'M THRILLED TO BE SERVING THE COMMUNITY, SO GREAT. WONDERFUL. GOOD TO HAVE YOU. THANK YOU. AND PETER, LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF. I'M PETER BER. I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE. HAPPY TO HELP. GOOD TO HAVE YOU. THANK YOU FOR JOINING OUR COMMISSION. OKAY. IF EVERYONE WILL STAND INDICATION YOU, BY YOUR HEADS. LORD, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING EVERYONE HERE TONIGHT. EVERYONE'S HAPPY AND HEALTHY AND SAFE. UM, LET'S HAVE A GREAT MEETING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING NEW PEOPLE. COME JOIN US AND LET'S HAVE A GOOD NIGHT ALL. AMEN. OKAY. FLAG BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE RECOVER FOR RACIST HANDS AND BRA. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, WHICH TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD ONE PHYSICAL. OKAY. COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS. ARE THERE ANY COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO. OKAY. CITIZEN INPUT. ANY PERSON MAY ADDRESS THE COMMISSION. IF YOUR COMMENTS ARE CONCERNING AN AGENDA ITEM, YOU MAY WAIT UNTIL THE DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM IF YOU PREFER. WE DO HAVE ONE GENTLEMAN, GLEN HU HUSK. HUSKY. HUSKY. OKAY. DO YOU WANNA WAIT FOR ON THE ITEM? THAT'S FINE. NEW BUSINESS [1. Consideration and action on approving the minutes of the June 11 , 2026 meeting. ] CONSIDERATION AND ACTION. ON APPROVING THE MINUTES ON THE JUNE 11TH, 2026 MEETING, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ADMITS. OKAY. AND DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. SEE NICOLE APPROVES AND SUSAN SECONDS. ALL FOUR. YOU RAISE YOUR HAND. OKAY. DENY NO FIVE TO ZERO. OKAY. NUMBER TWO, CONSIDERATION AND [2. Consideration and action on electing a member to serve as co-chairperson for a one year term ending December 31, 2026.] ACTION ON ELECTING A MEMBER TO SERVE AS A CO-CHAIR PERSON FOR A ONE YEAR TERM ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2026. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPOINT SOMEONE FOR CO-CHAIR NICOLE, WHEN APPOINT NICOLE. OKAY, WONDERFUL. LIKE TO APPOINT NICOLE FOR CO-CHAIR WHO? MOTION TO APPROVE SUSAN? YES. YES. AND WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SECOND JOHNNA? ALL FOUR OPPOSED PASSES. FIVE. DC. THANK YOU. WELCOME. NUMBER THREE, HOLD A PUBLIC [3. Hold a public hearing, consider, and make a recommendation to City Council regarding an amendment to Exhibit 14A, "Zoning Ordinance," of Chapter 14, "Zoning" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Aubrey, Texas and the official Zoning Map of the City to rezone approximately 0.43 acres of land, being Lot 1, Block A, Bouchie Addition, an Addition to the City of Aubrey, Denton County, Texas, recorded under Document Number 2025-141, Plat Records of Denton County, Texas, from "MF - Multifamily" to "SFAC - Two-Family Residential Attached". The property is generally located north-east of the intersection of Maple Street and Rockhill Road. DCAD Parcel ID No. 52164 (Bouchie Addition)] HEARING, CONSIDER AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL REGARDING AN AMENDMENT TO EXHIBIT 14, A ZONING ORDINANCE TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 0.43 ACRES OF LAND BEING LOT ONE BLOCK A BOUIE BOUIE EDITION. IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH. OKAY. UM, IT'S GENERALLY LOCATED ON NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF MAPLE STREET AND ROCK HILL ROAD. GOOD EVENING COMMISSION MEMBERS, UH, THIS ITEM IS A REZONING APPLICATION FOR APPROXIMATELY 0.43 ACRES OF LAND, UM, LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF MAPLE STREET AND ROCK HILL ROAD. UM, AND THE REZONING IS FROM MULTI-FAMILY, MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING, DISTRICT TWO, TWO FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ATTACHED. THE, UM, THE PROPERTY IS, UM, CURRENTLY ON MULTIFAMILY. UM, AND IN FACT THIS ENTIRE BLOCK IS ZONED AS MULTIFAMILY AT THE MOMENT. UH, HOWEVER, THE CONTEXT OF THE BLOCK AND THE SURROUNDING AREA [00:05:01] IS, UH, GENERALLY, UM, LOW DENSITY OR MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. IT'S NOT A MULTIFAMILY CONTEXT. UM, WITHIN THIS BLOCK ITSELF, UM, THERE'S NO MULTIFAMILY STRUCTURE. MOST OF THE STRUCTURES IN THIS BLOCK ARE, UM, SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED, UH, WHICH IS WHAT THE PROPOSAL IS AS WELL. AND THERE ARE, I THINK, OTHER STRUCTURES. THE REST OF THE STRUCTURES ARE SINGLE FAMILY. SO THE PROPERTY JUST NORTH, FOR EXAMPLE, IS A SINGLE FAMILY AS WELL AS, UM, WHILE THE PROPERTY NORTHWEST, UH, I'M SORRY, NORTHEAST IS A SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED. SO THE CONTEXT IS VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH WHAT THE PROPOSAL IS. UM, THERE OFTENTIMES WHEN CITIES ADOPT ZONING ORDINANCE, UH, A SINGLE ZONING, UH, DISTRICT IS APPLIED TO AN EXISTING OLDER PART OF TOWN. UM, HOWEVER, IN THE THESE CASES, THE LOTS DO NOT MEET THE STANDARD OF THE ZONING THAT'S, UH, PUT IN PLACE THERE. AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE FINDING HERE AS WELL. UM, THE LOTS IN THIS BLOCK DO NOT MEET THE MULTIFAMILY, UM, STANDARDS, ESPECIALLY THE MULTIFAMILY DESIGN STANDARDS, UM, AS THEY'RE MOSTLY SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED OR, UH, RESIDE SINGLE FAMILY. THE PROPOSAL INCLUDES CREATING TWO LOTS FOR TWO FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ATTACHED DWELLINGS, WHICH ARE PERMITTED WITHIN AND MEET ALL OF THE SFA DISTRICT REQUIREMENTS. THE PROPOSED ZONING IS ALSO COMPATIBLE WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE OF RESIDENTIAL HIGH DENSITY THAT CONTEMPLATES A, UH, DEVELOPMENT OF DUPLEXES ON SITE WITH A DENSITY OF EIGHT TO 12 UNITS PER ACRE. THE PROPOSAL IS, UH, FOR FOUR UNITS, SO IT'S TWO SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED, UM, STRUCTURES WITH FOUR UNITS TOTAL, WHICH RESULTS IN A DENSITY OF 9.3 UNITS PER ACRE, WHICH IS IN LINE WITH THE RESIDENTIAL HIGH DENSITY, UH, LAND USE. THE SFAC DISTRICT ALSO SERVES AS A BUFFER DISTRICT. AND IF, UM, YOU NOTICED, UM, IN THE IMAGE THERE, THE DISTRICT ZONING DISTRICT JUST TO THE WEST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS ALL SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED. UM, SO IT WILL SERVE AS A GOOD BUFFER DISTRICT BETWEEN LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO A HIGHER DENSITY, UH, LAND USE. AND, UH, BECAUSE OF THAT, UM, IT IS MY OPINION THAT, UH, THIS PROPOSAL IS UH, UH, APPROPRIATE FOR THE SITE NOTIFICATIONS AS REQUIRED BY TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. AND THE CITY OF AUBREY'S ZONING ORDINANCE WERE PROVIDED. UH, SINCE THE TIME OF A AGENDA REPORT, PREPARATION CITY HAS RECEIVED ONE RESPONSE AND SUPPORT OF THE REZONING REQUEST. STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE REZONING APPLICATION AND RECOMMENDS IT FOR APPROVAL, AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. OKAY. SO TO, UM, RIGHT NOW IT'S MULTIFAMILY AND YOU WANNA MAKE IT, AND IT'S PROPOSED TO DO A TWO FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ATTACHED, WHICH WOULD BE FOUR UNITS. THAT IS CORRECT. IS THIS LIKE A, UM, ARE THESE HOMES OR ARE THEY LIKE, UM, SO THERE WILL BE TWO STRUCTURES WITH, UM, OH YEAH, TWO STRUCTURES WITH, UH, TWO UNITS EACH. SO THERE'LL BE SIDE BY SIDE DUPLEXES. DUPLEXES, YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. NOW IS GLEN HUSKY. WOULD, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TALK, SPEAK. CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND OPEN PUBLIC HEARING? OH, PARDON ME. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. I LIKE TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:09 PM THANK YOU. OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? GOOD EVENING. GOOD. MY NAME IS GLEN . MY WIFE KIM, AND I LIVE AT 6 0 4 MAPLE, WHICH IS JUST ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE THIS PROPOSAL IS, IS BEING MADE. UH, I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE IMPACT THIS CHANGE COULD HAVE ON THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO TRAFFIC AND THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT CAN BRING. I UNDERSTAND THAT OFFERING IS GROWING, THAT NEW HOUSING IS PART OF THAT GROWTH. MY CONCERN IS NOT THAT THE DEVELOPMENT IS HAPPENING, BUT WHETHER THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT IS THE RIGHT FIT FOR THIS LOCATION. TWO DUPLEXES MAY NOT SOUND LIKE MUCH, BUT THEY REPRESENT FOUR SEPARATE HOUSEHOLDS AND UNDER THE CITY'S PARKING [00:10:01] REQUIREMENTS, THAT WOULD REQUIRE AT LEAST EIGHT OFF STREET PARKING SPACES. BUT PARKING SPACES DON'T TELL THE WHOLE STORY. FOR HOUSEHOLDS, FOUR HOUSEHOLDS CAN MEAN MULTIPLE VEHICLES, VISITORS DELIVERIES, AND MORE DAILY TRAFFIC COMING IN AND OUT OF A PROPERTY THAT IS NEXT TO, SORRY, THAT SITS NEXT TO EXISTING LOWER DENSITY CITY HOMES. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE ALREADY DUPLEXES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I'M NOT HERE TO SAY THAT THEY DON'T BELONG, BUT MY CONCERN IS THAT WE CAN ALREADY SEE AN IMPACT THEY HAVE ON PARKING TRAFFIC. EVEN TODAY, IT'S CO SEE CARS PARKED ALONG BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET BECAUSE MANY HOMES DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DRIVEWAY OR GARAGE SPACE FOR ALL OF THE VEHICLES AT END. MY OWN FAMILY IS IN THAT SITUATION AS WELL. WE ALSO HAVE TO PARK ON THE STREET BECAUSE OF LIMITED PARKING THAT OUR HOME, ANYONE WHO DRIVES THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE EVENING CAN SEE THAT ON STREET PARKING IS ALREADY A REALITY. AT FOUR MORE HOUSEHOLDS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO INCREASE THAT DEMAND EVEN FURTHER, EVEN IF THE DEVELOPMENT MEETS THE CITY'S MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS. THOSE MINIMUMS DON'T ALWAYS REFLECT HOW MANY VEHICLES PEOPLE ACTUALLY ARE. MORE CARS PARKED ALONG THE STREET AND MADE IT HARDER TO SEE AROUND QUARTERS BACK OUT OF RUNWAY SAFELY AND LEAVE ENOUGH ROOM FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO GET THERE. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS ALREADY SHOWING SIGNS THAT PARKING CAPACITY IS STRAINED, AND WHILE THIS PROPOSAL MAY MEET THE MINIMUM CODE REQUIREMENTS, THOSE MINIMUMS DON'T CHANGE. THE REALITY THAT MANY RESIDENTS ALREADY RELY ON STREET PARK ARE RESPECTFULLY ASKED THE COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER. NOT JUST WHETHER THIS PROPOSAL MEETS THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS, BUT WHETHER IT IS TRULY COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHETHER THE SURROUNDING STREETS CAN REALISTICALLY ELIMINATE THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC AND PARKING. I APPRECIATE THE NEED FOR RESPONSIBLE GROWTH WHERE GROWTH SHOULD BE PLANNED IN A WAY THAT PROTECTS THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT FAMILIES HAVE ALREADY INVESTIGATED AND CALL HOME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU GLEN. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT SIX 12. CAN I ASK WHY THEY WANT TO MAKE THIS A MULTI, UM, A TWO FAMILY, UH, RESIDENTIAL INSTEAD OF A MULTI-FAMILY TAKING IT FOR MULTI-FAMILY? YES. YES MA'AM. UM, SO THE APPLICANT, UM, HAVE CONSIDERED MULTIFAMILY AS WELL, BUT THIS SITE CANNOT ACCOMMODATE, UM, A MULTIFAMILY, IT'S NOT A VERY BIG SITE. UM, MULTIFAMILY WOULD BE A LOT MORE UNITS. UM, UH, SO THEY'RE DECIDED TO DOWN ZONE TO, UM, ALLOW THEM TO LESSEN THE NUMBER OF UNITS TO DEVELOP THE SITE. AND THERE ARE OTHER CONSTRAINTS AS WELL WITH MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT. THEY ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE, UM, CERTAIN AMOUNT OF OPEN SPACE AND, UM, SETBACKS THAT ARE NOT PRACTICAL IN THIS SMALL SITE. SO, UM, THEY CANNOT DEVELOP IT AS MULTI-FAMILY. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE DECIDED TO, UH, DOWNONE IT TO SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED. AND THE APPLICANT IS ALSO AVAILABLE TO ANSWER IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. OKAY. SO JUST TO, JUST TO BE CLARIFIED FOR MYSELF AND ANYONE ELSE, THE, UM, MULTI-FAMILY, IT COULD BE CONSIDERED JUST TWO HOMES, UM, THAT LOT OR THAT AREA. IS THAT NOT CORRECT? NO, NO MA'AM. OKAY. COULD NO MULTI-FAMILY WOULD BE AN APARTMENT. IT GONNA BE AN AN APARTMENT? YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. ANYMORE, SO THEY'RE WANTING TO DO TWO. OKAY. OKAY. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY. WELL RECOMMEND A MOTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVED TABLE OR DENY OF THE RESOUNDING APPLICATION OF CITY COUNCIL. DO I HAVE A RECOMMENDATION? NO. I'M GONNA RECOMMEND, CAN WE TABLE THIS? I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND A TABLE AT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. I WILL TABLE AND SECOND WILL BE SUSAN I LAND. OKAY. ANY [00:15:01] OPPOSED? NO. OKAY. FIVE TO ZERO. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. I'M FROM THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION AT 6:15 PM THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.