With that, I believe we're all signed in.

So again, I call this regularly noticed meeting of the uh planning and zoning commission for the city of Arlington for January the 14th, 2026 into session.

Period.

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First item of business for our regular session is the approval of the minutes of December the 17th, 2025.

Were there any changes or corrections that were needed?

Hearing none, uh, do I have a motion to approve the minutes?

I have a motion to approve by Commissioner Winkles.

I have a second by Commissioner Blake.

Cast your vote, please.

Motion is approved, eight to nothing with one abstention.

Next on our agenda, we have two zoning cases.

The first case.

Yeah, no, hold on just a minute.

It's down here at the bottom.

Yeah.

One little sentence.

Okay.

PD 25-14 addressed approximately at 1112 North Collins Street.

This is an application for approval of a change in zoning from community commercial to planned development for community commercial uses plus a package liquor store within an existing building on a site of approximately 0.86 acres.

At this time, I will call on staff to present its report on zoning case PD 25-14.

Excuse me, we can't hear you.

Now you're on.

Thank you.

Chair Commissioners for the record, Clifford Ghost and Principal Planner, Planning and Development Services.

We have for you PD 25-14 addressed at 1112 North Collins Street.

Again, this is a 0.907-acre site, uh currently zone EDO community commercial with a request for a plan development for EDO community commercial uses plus a package liquor store.

And this is just the UDC's uh definition for a package liquor store as an established license by the state for the retail sale of liquor, malt, and venous liquors for off-premises consumption.

Again, this is the site location.

It's located, excuse me, uh along North Collins Street, uh less than a little less than a quarter mile north of uh ATT Stadium.

Again, these are the site photos, it's uh with it being located on uh North Collins Street is surrounded uh mostly by commercial developments with some residential uh developments across uh North Collins Street.

And again, this is the overall uh site location, just with highlighted here.

Uh what we're uh the PD is for is for this just specifically for this uh 2400 square foot site within this center that is currently a C store.

Uh the existing center again is uh 11,98 square feet center uh with various uses, uh restaurants, barber and styling salon offices, and this convenience use.

Hours of operation will be Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m.

to 9 p.m.

Uh, with two to six employees on site at any given time.

And again, based on the UDC requirements per all the uses, existing uses in the site, or and with the change if if approved for the package liquor store, the site does meet all the current minimum UDC parking requirements based on the uses in the center.

Yeah, this is just a site layout to showing the different uh units um uses on the site.

It does have access to access points uh off of North Collins Street to the existing center.

And then these are the packaged liquor stores uh within a two-mile radius of the site, uh, within the one mile, you have two packaged liquor stores.

There are actually four within the two mile radius.

This is just uh the coordination of uh consideration uh with coordination of other plans to evaluate the development proposal in context with existing infrastructure, connectivity and some mounting uses.

Encourage uh appropriate redevelopment and reinvestment, encourage uh the redevelopment of aging shopping centers uh with high vacancy rates.

And again, the staff recommendations if approved uh for consideration is uh staff recommends requiring the applicant to remove any of the illegal signage in the windows and bring the site into compliance with clean, visually appropriate and well designed signage, and additionally the gaps and shrugs along uh Collins Street uh be filled with more shrubs, and the applicant has agreed uh you know to add additional landscaping uh within that landscape setback uh buffer area along North Collins Street.

And we did receive you should have one letter of opposition we received uh in in the packet, and we did receive another one today uh after posting that you should have as well, and in speaking with the applicant prior to, I provided a list of signatures, which uh the applicant is is prepared to explain.

And the applicant is our Kimmy Development Partners represented the owner is Nayep family staff.

He's available for any questions.

Do we have any questions of staff at this time?

Saying none.

I'm going to open up the public hearing and I'm gonna call for the first speaker.

Uh the applicant at this time, if you would come forward.

I have two speakers.

As you come forward and you speak into the mic, please state your name and the city, not your address, just the city that you live in.

Okay.

My name is Robert Nunes, and I'm live at DeSoto, Texas.

And I'm here with Alchemy Development Partners and representing Mr.

Cumlesh, which he is here as well.

He is part of the group that well, there you are.

He's part of the group who owns the store located at 1112 North Collins.

Uh they they signed a lease to operate a convenience store in 2023.

Uh initially the business was doing great.

Um, soon after, though the 711 was actually constructed within maybe less than a half a block from the property.

And these guys have a mom and pop shop.

They have four stores in the DFW, so it's not like they can compete with the 711.

So their business started going down.

They tried cutting, they tried cutting prices, they tried cutting many different little things so that way you can get customers to come in more and slowly business just kind of dissipated.

They got into a point where they now feel like they either have to go this route, and this route came because they actually started asking their customers what type of business would be a business that they would like in that space only.

And so they started communicating with customers, and this is what they came up with.

This was their choice basically based on all the comments and questions that he that they received.

And so it's either they go this route, which is why we're here on this request to you guys, um, or they will have to figure out a way to shut down because they've they've gone pretty bad.

Their businesses really dropped dramatically.

And so, and in fact, that's one of the things that you know in the conversations I've had with him and his partners is basically pushing me to make sure that I can get whatever I can get you guys in so that we can move with the permit.

Unfortunately, I do want to apologize.

I wasn't here last month last year, last uh or last year.

Uh December, uh wasn't here and I wasn't able to make it.

I'm sorry that we had to request the extension.

Um I had a family issue, but uh nonetheless, they were patient with me, so here I am.

Um, so part of the part of the application includes improvements as well, uh, a complete remodel of the space, uh, as well as as Clifford discussed, as we're planning on bringing that row of trees.

There's a row of shrubs in the front of the the whole the whole shopping center.

It's kind of broken up into different spots.

I don't know if they died or I don't know if they either ever just wanted the whole world, the whole world to and we do have if you go to the landscape plan, please.

Or if I can continue.

Okay.

Or did I do that?

Um I don't know if I can zoom in, but you can see in the bottom the image seven, that's what we're proposing.

We're basically trying to bring in an entire line of shrubs as well as new young trees as well in the area.

Uh we will follow the urban forest uh recommendations for specific species that they like for us to bring there as well.

So we're also proposing uh to bring in trees not only in that row in the front that you see there, but then we're gonna also bring in another one at the top that it's not shown on this one.

Um, unfortunately, but I'm sorry about that.

Um, but it should have shown on that one because I have it here.

That's my mistake.

But we are preparing to bring in multiple trees, species to nature to Arlington, and so that's one of the things.

And then the complete remodel also included uh uplift of the phase, the facade will have to change to meet the new business.

The remodel will also have to meet um compliance with uh ADA, the American disability standards as well.

Um, if we are needing to make any changes to restrooms so that the ADA requirements are met, then we plan on doing that as well.

The remodel is a requirement because it's a completely new different business that we're gonna be running.

A C stores, a convenience store is not the same as a liquor store as far as as far as uh how you how you shelf or how you sell or how do you promote uh as well as the the people who are gonna be running the store.

Uh Mr.

Kamlesh and his group, they have a liquor store in Fort Worth of Altamisa, and they've run that store for a while now, and they have I've helped them as well with a couple of convenience stores in Dallas.

Um of the issues that they came into is the previous owner at of that store was having issues with bandals that were just coming in and you know acting out, or there were some people that were just selling drugs out there.

So what we recommended to them, and they actually came up with that idea, and that's the reason why we were able to get our SUP approved for the city of Dallas for that store on South Cleaver, is hire someone who's not only experienced with being a store manager or whatever, or let's just say that he's just a stalker, but hire somebody who has experience with some sort of security, right?

That it's not gonna just escalate whatever situation happens in the space.

And so that's what we proposed to the city of Dallas, and that's what he came up with.

And he find he found someone that could that could you do have to pay more, obviously, because you have someone who has to be trained to be able to handle customers who are ruling, who customers who are in some cases you know addicted to drugs and things like that.

And so we need we needed someone who actually had the experience to do that, and that's one of the things that we're bringing here as well.

Um he is aware of you know some of the concerns that you guys may have, and we're here for any questions you may have.

And so thank you.

Um, did you want to say anything?

Yes, sir.

You want to say my name is Kamless Mandel, I'm president of Arving.

So the reason for applying liquor is not just uh downgrade of business.

It's also many customers comes in every day asking for liquor.

So that was one of the reasons we wanted to apply for liquor.

We applied for liquor a year back as well, and uh we didn't know that the joining changed after that.

So we were approved first, and when we went to City of Arlington to pick up the paper, they said the zoning has been changed.

That was the reason, or we would have got the liquid license way back a year back.

Okay.

Any questions of the commissioners of the applicants?

Commissioner Blake.

So you mentioned hiring people with security backgrounds.

Is it common in liquor stores to have additional crime in that area?

So be true.

Well in liquory stores, the crime is very less compared to C stores.

It's open on 10 a.m.

to 9 p.m.

And we have multiple we have two employees working at liquory stores, and we have we don't have any problem at all.

But in sea stores, we are having problems.

But in liquor stores, we never have any problems.

Any other questions?

Well, thank you for your presentation.

Thank you.

Let's see what happens.

Are there any other speakers in favor?

And are there any speakers here tonight in opposition?

Saying none, I'm going to close the uh public hearing and ask for any comments or a motion from any of the commissioners about this particular uh request.

Is there a motion?

I have a motion to approve by Commissioner Semter, and I have a second by Commissioner Ware.

Commissioner Semter, would you state your motion?

Yes, I move to approve PD 25-14 address at 1112 North Cullen Street for Plan Development for Community Commercial Uses Plus Package Liquor Store.

With the considerations as presented in the staff report.

Thank you.

Commissioner Ware, is that your second?

That is my second.

Cast your vote.

Motion passes five to four.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

Next on our agenda.

SUP 25-9.

Located at approximately 1012 Gay G A Y E line.

This is application for approval of a specific use permit for a secondary living unit on a property zone, residential single family 7.2.

This time I'll ask staff to present its report on this case.

Good evening, Commissioners.

For the record, Alex Van Amberg, uh planner, planning and development services.

Presenting case SUP 25-9.

The site is approximately 0.234 acres or 10,192 square feet.

It is addressed 1012 Gay Lane, and its current zoning is residential single family RS 7.2.

They are requesting a specific use permit for a secondary living unit.

The subject site is located in a neighborhood just south of Randall Mill Road.

And here we see some images of the neighborhood up and down the street directly across the street.

Um and then the subject property.

The proposal is a 360 square foot secondary living unit.

The setbacks are six foot six inches from the rear and five feet from the side property line.

These do comply with the UDC setback requirements.

Uh would constitute a 21% lot coverage, which is below our 50% lot coverage maximum for this zoning district.

And the living unit is to be used for family, uh, as the UDC states.

The applicant has said that their mother would be living in the secondary living unit.

The floor plan consists of a bedroom, uh small bathroom, a little kitchen area, and a living space.

Um can only be approved with a specific use permit from PNZ and City Council.

The applicant is Chris Trevino with CT4 construction, and the owner is Martin Franco.

Staff did receive uh two letters of opposition, and I'm available for any questions.

Do the commissioners have any questions of staff at this time?

I'd like for you to just uh reiterate uh we this case was discussed upstairs during our work session, and uh Commissioner Blake had a really good question that I didn't know the answer to.

So how many uh buildings can someone have in their backyard?

You can have three accessory structures on a lot that's less than an acre.

Uh so that could be secondary living, uh just a shed, a gazebo, so up to three accessory buildings.

Okay, thank you.

Any other questions of staff at this time?

Commissioner Sumter.

Uh just refresh my memory.

What residential districts allow this as by right?

The RE, so residential estate allows it by right.

Um I believe RS 15 and RS20 do, but those are very there's not many properties in Arlington zoned those, so RE would be the most common one that you can do.

And there's nothing between RS 15 and R7.2, right?

No, it goes RS 7.2, then 1520, and RE.

So I want to make sure I understand I understood your response.

So RS 7.2 is also allowed up to three units.

Uh yeah.

So for excess like the number of accessory structures you can have, that's based on the acreage, not necessarily zoning distant uh zoning district.

So anything under an acre gets three over an acre, you can have up to five.

Okay.

All right, thank you.

Thank you for that clarification.

Any other comments or questions, staff?

Thank you very much, Ms.

Van Amberg.

Um this time I'll open up the public hearing and call for the first speaker.

Will the applicant step forward?

I have several cards here that are support.

So uh click through with this.

Okay.

State your name and the city that you live in.

Hi, my name is Chris Travino.

Uh, I live in Bedford, Texas.

Um I'm civil engineer for CT4 construction representative of uh Martin Franco.

Um staff did a great job presenting uh really uh everything, all the details about this project.

So I won't uh be redundant, but I I just wanted to focus on the intent and the use of this um secondary dwelling unit.

It's a you know it's a pretty modest uh unit in the it behind the uh the property.

360 square feet, it's just a bedroom, bathroom, kitchenette, you know, it's uh you know one ten volt, not not even running two forties.

But um just a you know, it really uh accompanies the primary residence and and allows this to be used um for family purposes.

Um and that's really that's really all.

I mean, here's here's kind of an architectural um drawing of it so you can get a good idea of it.

But the layout it works out with the property, uh little walkway to it.

So it's uh I think we'll be it'll be a good addition to this property.

Uh uh and Mr.

Franco, did you want to make say anything?

My name is Martin Franco.

I'm the owner of the property.

I live here in Arlington.

Um just the main purpose of it is my parents, uh mainly my mother.

Um, you know, they're getting up there in age, and with the way the economy is right now, it's uh it's hard for her to live on her own, uh, even just to have an apartment.

So I'd with her getting up there in age, I just recommended that maybe why don't you come live with us and uh we can help you out?

And I think this is the best uh option we found for her.

So with that, do the commissioners have any questions of the applicants at this time Commissioner Winkle?

Just for clarification, you do live on the property as we speak, correct?

Correct.

Thank you.

Any other questions?

Commissioner uh where?

Um you're kind of up against fence on one side.

Have you uh spoken with your neighbors around you?

Are they aware of what what you want to do here?

I know you've got a big sign in the yard, but that uh that doesn't always make a difference with uh no, actually I didn't really see any requirement to go speak with them just because they were gonna receive those letters.

So I figured if they had any issues or concerns, they would come ask me about it.

Um because I I see other um structures in some of my neighbors' um yards there, so I I would assume that if they have structures, they wouldn't oppose me having a structure.

So okay, thank you.

Any other questions?

Well, I'll I'll just I'll be I'll ask uh uh what would you imagine happening?

Um always uh uh uh I'll I don't want to this is not an insult.

But when our parents get older, eventually they're going to uh pass away.

So what happens to that structure after your mom passes away?

What do you anticipate uh using it for?

Uh well we we currently have two children and uh we would more than likely give that space to be uh for our oldest son.

Um so you know be either during his teenage years or once he gets older before he can um begin his career, you know, just kind of help him out, and then once he moves out of there, then we have the second child that can take over the living space, and then if we have a third child, then that would be an excellent line.

I'm just curious, how long have you lived there now?

Uh we will uh I think February will be one year.

Well, so not quite a year.

Any other comments or questions at this time?

Thank you very much.

Uh are there any other oh there are so Martin has spoken and Chris Trevino has spoken.

I have two other uh cards here in support uh non-speakers.

I'm gonna call your name and if you will raise your hand.

Uh is it Marissa Trevino?

Marissa, that's you, okay.

And Meg Carr in your support.

Okay, thank you very much.

All right.

Is there anyone here in opposition that would like to speak?

At this time, uh for the record, uh, because we just received it uh down here uh uh before the meeting started.

There is one other uh letter of uh opposition uh from the property owner at 1009 Ross Trail.

Uh he said states want the neighborhood to be left single family.

It's signed by uh Kat and Jason Dickey, and they signed it.

And so I'm just reading that into the record.

The other uh objections are already in the record.

With that, I'm gonna close the public hearing.

Is there anyone else?

Uh do the commissioners have any comments or questions, or is there a motion on the floor?

Have a motion to approve by Commissioner Winkles, and would you please state your motion, Commissioner?

Good evening.

I make a motion that we approve SUP 25-9 at 1012 Gay Lane for an application for approval of the SUP secuse permit for a secondary living unit on the property zone residential single family with any accommodations provided by the staff.

Very good.

Commissioner Sumter, is that your second?

Yes, sir.

Cast your vote.

Motion passes seven to two.

Thank you very much, and congratulations.

You've uh you can start the process and we'll see what it can be.

All right, very good.

Let's see.

Do we have any reports or from any boards or commissions?

I would just say that we have two zoning cases next week.

We have another meeting on Wednesday night.

Okay, that's right.

Back to back.

Not very common.

Okay.

Uh any other reports uh from staff or any other announcements?

No, sir.

Does any of the commissioners have any announcements?

Uh finally, I want to remind everyone that our next regular session will be as stated Wednesday, January the 21st at 5 30 p.m.

So next Wednesday, I hope to see all of y'all here.

With that, this uh this uh regular session of the planning and zoning commission of Arlington is hereby adjourned.

Thank you.