My name is Dr.

Ignacio Nunez, and I am the chair of the Planning and Zoning Commission for the City of Arlington.

I hereby call this regularly scheduled and noticed meeting of the City of Arlington's Planning and Zoning Commission regular session to order for July the 16th, 2025.

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A copy of the minutes of our June 18, 2025 regular session agenda meeting were sent to all the commissioners in advance.

Were there any changes or corrections needed to the minutes?

Seeing none, I now have a motion to approve by Commissioner Ware and a second by Commissioner Winkles.

Cast your vote.

Motion passes nine to nothing.

Next on the agenda, we have five zoning cases.

I'm gonna go a little bit out of order just to make sure that if there's anyone here for the zoning case ZA 25-3, located at 1225 California Lane.

Uh that particular case has been tabled and will not be discussed tonight, so you can uh leave if you'd like to.

The other case that let me see if it's on here.

Mark run.

Nope, that's okay.

Nope.

And Matlock Road.

Yep, the rest of them are okay.

All right, very good.

So case, zoning case PD 24-28, roughly located at 5920 Matlock Road.

An application for approval of a change in zoning from office commercial uses to a planned development for residential medium density RM12 uses and office commercial uses with a development plan on approximately 3.1 acres.

At this time, staff will present its report on this case.

Thank you good evening, Commissioners, and to everyone present here today.

For the record, Tarani Devi Palma, principal planner with the planning and development services here to press in zoning case PD 2428.

The subject site is approximately 3.165 acres, addressed off of 5920 Matlock Road.

The properties currently zoned office commercial OC, and the applicant requests approval for a PD for residential and medium density, RM12 uses and office commercial uses with the development plan.

The property is generally located north of West Sublet Road and west of Matlock Road.

The properties to the north is developed with the daycare and duplexes.

The properties to the east, west, and south are developed at single family homes.

Looking at the history of the property, the subject site was annexed into the city limits in 1970.

Single family development began in 1980s, and the daycare to the north was constructed in 1987.

Matlock Road was completed in 1997, and since then homes began developing to the east, west, and south.

The aerial image shows that how the area evolved from 1970s to percent.

These are the site photos and view west subject site and view south is also from the towards the subject site, and to the north is the duplexes, and this is the west is across Matlock Road.

In the site layout, the development proposes 29 townhomes in the southern portion of the property and a commercial building to the north.

Each unit in townhome is two stories with three bedrooms and two and a half bath.

It also includes one car garage with tandem parking in the driveway and eight visitors' parking spaces in the southwest portion adjacent to the residential.

A commercial building is also proposed to the northern portion of the property, and that building will be just one-story shell building, leaving the interior for tenant customization.

They're also providing 26 parking spaces for the commercial.

Looking at the dimensional standards, they the proposed development does meet most of the dimensional standards for the townhomes, except for the required lot area.

They're providing 2,000 square feet, but the required is 2,900 square feet.

The lot dimensional standards for office commercial, they do meet all of the required dimensional standards.

Elevation, the applicant proposes brick and stucco on facades.

The roof feature a pitch design with a composition shingle covering with roof pitch of eight is to 12.

Variation and building facades, roof designs, and window placements have been integrated to add character and to establish an identity to the community.

This is the first floor plan, and that includes a garage, living room, kitchen, pantry, and a bath.

In the second floor, there are three bedrooms and one and a half bath.