The Planning and Zoning Commission met on July 3, 2026 (note: the meeting transcript indicates the date as Thursday, July 2, 2026, creating a discrepancy with the provided timestamp). The primary agenda item was a public hearing on a rezone request for a site at 163rd Avenue and Happy Valley Road, proposed for a commercial development including a Terribles gas station. The commission approved the rezone unanimously with stipulations.
Note: The transcript indicates the meeting date as July 2, 2026, but the provided metadata states July 3, 2026. This summary uses the metadata date as instructed, with the discrepancy noted for accuracy.
I'd like to call to order this planning and zoning commission meeting on this Thursday, July second, two thousand twenty-six. And could uh Sarah could we please have roll call? Yes. Commissioner Perry. Here. Commissioner Holland. He has an excused absence. Commissioner Leonard. And he has an excused absence. Chair Chapman. Here. Vice Chair Spada. Here. Commissioner Everett. Here. Commissioner Bash. Here. We have a quorum. Okay, thank you. Could you please join me in the stand and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the recall, which is one nation. Okay, thank you. Then we'll go with our first uh consent agenda item is a number one, sir. Consideration and action to approve or disapprove the June eighteenth, twenty twenty-six planning and zoning commission meeting minutes. I move to approve the June eighteenth, twenty twenty-six planning and zoning second regular meeting minutes. And we have Leslie, our presenter way over here. Okay. Good evening, Chair. Commissioners. The item before you is the um 163rd Avenue and Happy Valley Rezone. Case number FS25001. The site is generally located on the southeast corner of 163rd Avenue and Happy Valley Road. The current zoning is rural residential. The parcels to the west and south are also zoned rural residential. Zoning to the north is high density residential, and to the west of 163rd Avenue is a Sante PAD. The request is to rezone to community commercial, which is C2. The site lies in the neighborhood character area, which supports the development of local orientated commercial uses. This proposed development will provide neighborhood scale commercial uses that are strategically located at the intersection of two arterial roadways. This table represents the development standards. Um project will adhere to from the LDO. A site plan will be reviewed for conformance with all applicable city codes. This is the most uh recent uh site plan that has been submitted. Um you'll see they take access, they have one driveway on Happy Valley, one driveway on 163rd. Both of those driveways are um existing and they are right in right out. Uh the proposal is for a terribles gas station uh with two additional pads for either a restaurant or retail use. A neighborhood meeting was held on April 1st. There were four residents in attendance. Um they expressed concerns over traffic and just overall cons uh circulation in that area. If the commission wishes to recommend approval of the rezone, the um staff is also uh recommending approval subject to stipulations A and B.