The Planning and Zoning Commission of Arlington, Texas, convened on August 21, 2024, at 5:36 PM in the City Hall Council Chamber. The meeting addressed four zoning cases, approval of prior minutes, and a continuance request. All actions were approved with majority votes, several with conditions including community engagement and design enhancements.
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. My name is uh Ignacio Nunez. I serve as chair of the Planning and Zoning Commission for the City of Arlington. I hereby call this regularly noticed meeting of the City of Arlington's Planning and Zoning Commission regular session to order for August 21st, 2024. This time I will ask the administrator to read the speaker guidelines in general decorum. The City of Arlington fully embraces the values of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility where people of all identities and experience are understood, appreciated, and fully included in the community, and where equitable treatment outcomes prevail. We ask that the citizens and other visitors in attendance assist in persevering the order and decorum of this meeting and to provide for attendance and participation in the meeting without fear of intimidation, threats, or hostility. 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The applicant will then be given five minutes for any rebuttal. If multiple speakers plan to provide the same or similar comments, those speakers may, if they so desire, designate one or more individuals to provide public comment on behalf of the group. A bell will signal the end of each speaker's time in consideration of other speakers. Please conclude your comments promptly when you hear the bill. We ask that you address your comments to the planning and zoning commissioners. Thank you very much. A copy of the minutes of our August 21st, 2024 regular session agenda meeting were sent to all the commissioners in advance. Were there any changes or corrections needed to the minutes? Hearing none, may I have a motion to approve and a second. We have a motion to approve by Commissioner Payne and a second by Commissioner Blake. Please cast your votes to approve the minutes. Next on the agenda, uh, we're going to first go to case uh PD 2337, 1600 East Pioneer Parkway, which has been uh there the applicant has asked for continuance to September the 18th, 2024. I need a motion to approve the continuance. Um, and I have a motion from Commissioner Sumter and a second from Commissioner Payne. Uh please cast your votes. Motion passes nine to nothing. Next on our agenda is PD 24-22 with a general location of 100 120, 150, and 200 East Stevens Street. Application is for approval of a change in zoning from general commercial to a planned development for light industrial uses on four different adjacent lots, measuring approximately 1.438 acres, 1.352 acres, 1.367 acres, and 2.753 acres. At this time, I ask that staff present its report on case PD 24-22. Good evening, Commissioners. Link to Sudbury Planning and Development Services Development Planning Manager. I have for you tonight, PD 24-22. This is a zoning case at 100, 120, 150, and 200 East Stevens Street, located south of Stevens and east of Matlock Road. There are four tracks involved in this rezoning. It's currently zoned general commercial GC, and the request is for PD for limited light industrial uses. It's an undeveloped tract, vacant land. This is property to the north of the site. It's developed with industrial manufacturing uses and office warehouse. These are site photos to the south. In the southwest area of the property to the southwest area is an assisted living facility, and to the southeast is a multifamily project. To the east of the site is the office warehouse, zone GC. And to the west of the site is zone GC and developed with retail and personal service commercial uses. The history of the site, the multifamily to the southeast was developed in the late 80s, 1980s. In 2008, generally the property around the site has been developed, and then the assistive living came in after 2008, and you see that in the 2024 area. The exclusions include a trailer camp or RV park, a massage therapy clinic, tattoo parlor or piercing studio, gun range, nightclub, or live entertainment venue, specially paraphernalia sales, tobacco or e-cigarettes or CHP or non-traditional smoking related retail store and sexually oriented business. After the packet went out on Friday, they have asked to exclude four additional uses, which are pawn shop, secondhand goods store, a record service, and salvage yard indoor. There is a hundred and sixty-five feet buffer between the assisted living and the site where there is a retention detention pond in the southeast where the multifamily is.