[1. Call Meeting To Order]
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WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON PLANNING COMMISSION TO ORDER.
COMMISSIONER EDWARDS IS ABSENT.
ARE THERE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST? SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
[4. Approval Of Minutes]
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY? WE HAVE THE WORKSHOP MINUTES AND THE REGULAR MEETING MINUTES.WE'LL DO THOSE BOTH. WE'LL PROVE THOSE BOTH TOGETHER.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS TO THOSE? SEEING NONE, WE'LL APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE WORKSHOP AND THE REGULAR MEETING.
[5. Public Comment]
ITEM. SO IF YOU'RE HERE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION AND YOUR ITEM THAT YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, THIS IS WHEN YOU HAVE A TIME TO SPEAK AND LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOOD THERE. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS 24BF-018.[6.A.1. 24BF-018 (19166 Kahala Dr) Notice Of Mitigation For Disturbance Of Dunes And Vegetation. Property Is Legally Described As Abstract 121 Hall & Jones Survey Lot 2 Block 2 Kahala Beach Estates, A Subdivision In The City And County Of Galveston, Texas. Applicant: Jay Wilson Property Owner: Noelle Perry]
CAN YOU HEAR ME? THERE WE GO.YES, SIR. HEY, GOOD AFTERNOON, PLANNING COMMISSIONERS.
THIS IS A NOTIFICATION OF MITIGATION.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO DEMOLISH THE EXISTING RAMP.
THE APPLICANT ALSO PROPOSES TO ADVERSELY IMPACT 2.5FT² OF DUNE VEGETATION, AND COMPENSATE FOR THE IMPACTS ON SITE IN UNVEGETATED AREAS IN THE CRITICAL DUNE AREA, THE ADDRESS IS 19166 KAHALA DRIVE.
THE PROPERTY IS LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS ABSTRACT 121 HOLLAND JONES SURVEY LOT TWO, BLOCK TWO.
KAHALA BEACH ESTATES, A SUBDIVISION LOCATED IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED IN THE KAHALA BEACH ESTATES SUBDIVISION.
SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS ARE LOCATED TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
STAFF HAS PREPARED PHOTOS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FOR YOUR VIEWING.
IS A PHOTO OF THE PROPOSED WALKOVER ADDITION.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IN YELLOW THAT'S THAT AREA THAT THEY WANT TO ADD ON TO IT.
ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDE WE HAVE A CROSS SECTION LAYOUT OF THE PROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE WALKOVER, AND ON THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPOSED MITIGATION AREA, AND IN THE EXISTING FOOTPATH OF THE CURRENT WALK OVER.
FIRST IS LOOKING WEST WITH THE PROPOSED EXTENSION NEXT LOOKING WEST WAS A PLAIN VIEW.
NEXT LOOKING NORTH FROM PROPOSED END OF WALK OVER EXTENSION.
NEXT LOOKING SOUTH AND LOOKING EAST.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
CERTAINLY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? SEEING NONE, WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CASE.
IF YOU ARE HERE AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS, ON THIS CASE PLEASE COME FORWARD.
I WAS GOING TO DO THE CONSTRUCTION.
I JUST THINK THESE PEOPLE ARE DOING THE CORRECT THING.
THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO SAVE THAT WHOLE NEW DUNE LINE.
SO I LOWERED MY PRICE AND SAID I'D HELP YOU OUT.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE'S MORE DUNES TO WALK OVER.
SO LUCKILY THAT'S THE CASE, BUT I'VE SEEN IT DECREASE OVER THE YEARS.
YEAH. I USED TO LIVE ON A RANCH RIGHT ACROSS FROM THIS, AND WE HAD DUNES ABOUT 12 FOOT TALL RIGHT BACK IN THOSE DAYS, BUT IT WAS ONLY CATTLE BACK THEN, YOU KNOW, AND RATTLESNAKES, BUT THANK YOU.
ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON IT? SIR, DID YOU SIGN IN BY ANY CHANCE? YEAH, I DID. OKAY. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING THIS BACK TO COMMISSION FOR-- OH, NO, THIS IS JUST A HEARING ONLY.
SO. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOOD TO GO.
[7.A.1. 24P-019 (23107 Gulf Dr) Request For Beachfront Construction Certificate And Dune Protection Permit To Include Proposed Demolition And Reconstruction Of A Single-Family Dwelling With Fibercrete Driveway And Footer. Property Is Legally Described As Abstract 121 Page 12 Lot 19 Terramar Beach Section 5, A Subdivision In The City And County Of Galveston, Texas. Applicant: David Dale Property Owner: Mercedes And David Tang]
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24P-019. ALL RIGHT.GOOD AFTERNOON, PLANNING COMMISSIONERS.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AGAIN.
THE ADDRESS IS 23107 GULF DRIVE.
THE PROPERTY IS LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS ABSTRACT 121.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED IN THE TERRAMAR BEACH SUBDIVISION.
SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS ARE LOCATED TO THE EAST AND WEST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
A BEACH AND DUNE SYSTEM ARE LOCATED TO THE SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
ACCORDING TO THE BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, THIS AREA IS ERODING AT A RATE OF 1 TO 2FT PER YEAR.
STAFF HAS PREPARED PHOTOS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FOR YOUR VIEWING.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE PROPERTY SURVEY.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE HAVE THE GROUND FLOOR LAYOUT AND PILING PLAN.
NO FIBERCRETE IS PROPOSED UNDERNEATH ANY DECK SPACE OR WITHIN THE DUNE CONSERVATION AREA.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDES INCLUDE THE EXTERNAL SITE ELEVATIONS FIRST FROM THE STREET VIEW, NEXT FROM THE EAST, THEN FROM THE SOUTH, AND THEN FINALLY FROM THE WEST.
OH, FINALLY WE HAVE FIVE PHOTOS OF THE SITE, FIRST LOOKING SOUTH.
NEXT LOOKING WEST, WE HAVE A DIFFERENT ANGLE LOOKING WEST.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I HAVE A QUESTION.
YOU SAID NO FIBERCRETE UNDER THE EXISTING UNDER THE STRUCTURE, UNDER THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE.
UNDER THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE, BUT THAT DOES THEY'VE GOT FIBERCRETE, LIKE A FIBERCRETE DRIVEWAY, AND, YEAH, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A NORMAL FIBERCRETE DRIVEWAY, AND THEY'VE KIND OF GOT A LITTLE OFFSHOOT.
THEY'VE GOT FIBERCRETE UNDERNEATH THE HABITABLE SPACE, BUT THE DECK SPACE, THE DECK SPACE.
OKAY. YEAH. PERFECT. THANK YOU.
I'M CONFUSED. ON ONE POINT IT SAYS THE DUNE PROTECTION LINE IS 25FT FROM THE NORTH TOE OF THE DUNE, BUT THE STRUCTURE PROPOSED IS 22FT FROM THE NORTH TOE.
YES. THEY'RE ASKING FOR AN EXEMPTION TO BUILD WITHIN THAT 25 FOOT OFFSET.
OKAY, AND THAT'S TYPICALLY GRANTED, WHEN THEY REQUEST, IT'S WE THE CITY HAS DONE AND WORKED WITH THE APPLICANT IN ORDER TO PUT IT IN A WAY THAT IS ACCEPTABLE, BUT INEVITABLY, IT'S YOUR GUYS'S DECISION ON IT.
WHAT WE DID WITH THE APPLICANT IS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED.
THEY HAD PILINGS GOING WITHIN THE DUNE CONSERVATION AREA.
THEY SWITCHED TO A CANTILEVERED SO I BELIEVE IT'S ON THE SITE EXTERNAL ELEVATIONS.
THEY MOVED TO A CANTILEVERED VERSION.
THEY ACTUALLY REDUCED THE DECK SPACE THAT THEY HAVE NOW.
SO THEY DIDN'T REALLY LOSE ANYTHING.
SO EXISTING DECK EXTENDS INTO THE DCA BY 4.6FT.
THE NEW PORTION OF DECK WITHIN THE DCA STICKS OUT 4.6FT, BUT IT'S ONLY 20FT WIDE.
SO THAT'S WHY WE KIND OF MOVED WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF OF APPROVAL.
OKAY. SO SO THEY'VE CANTILEVERED THE DECK.
IT'S HIGH ENOUGH. THE SUNLIGHT AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF GETS IN.
WAS THIS THERE WAS ONE THAT HAD SOME FENCING ON IT.
DOES THIS ONE HAVE FENCING OR NO? IT DOES, BUT IT'S ALREADY EXISTING.
THIS HOME'S BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE.
OKAY, SO THE FACT THAT THE FENCING IS EXISTING LETS THEM KEEP IT THERE.
IF THEY WANTED TO MAKE REPAIRS TO THE EXISTING ONE, THEY COULD.
RIGHT NOW THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING IN REGARDS TO A NEW LOCATION FOR THE FENCE.
I THINK THEY TALKED ABOUT MAYBE FIXING WHAT THEY HAVE, BUT NOT ANY MOVING OF ANY FENCE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW FAR INTO THE DCA THE FENCE GOES? I WANT TO SAY THAT THE FENCE ITSELF IS PRETTY CLOSE TO THE NORTH TOE OF THE DUNE, BUT THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO WITH AN EXISTING FENCE THAT'S ALREADY THERE.
OKAY, AND THIS COMES UP ALL THE TIME, AND THEN AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION IS, IS THERE REALLY NOT SUPPOSED TO MOW THE GRASS THERE EITHER? CORRECT. SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST ASK IT WAS SOMETHING I NOTICED AND I'M GAME ON THE CANTILEVER DESIGN.
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I GET THAT WE WOULD GRANT THEM A PERMIT FOR A DUNE WALKOVER, PROVIDED IT WAS DESIGNED HIGH ENOUGH AND SPACED OUT ENOUGH.ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? ALL RIGHT. WOULD ANYBODY HERE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING THIS ITEM BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR ACTION.
I RECOMMEND WE APPROVE CASE 24P-019 AS WRITTEN WITH CONDITIONS FROM STAFF.
SECOND, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE.
24P-019. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE.
THOSE IN FAVOR? THAT'S UNANIMOUS.
[7.B.1. 24P-022 (13733 And 13751 Stewart Road) Request For A Preliminary Plat For A Single-Family Residential Development. Property Is Legally Described As The W.O. Ranch Replat (2021), Abstract 121, Tracts A And B, In The City And County Of Galveston, Texas. Applicant: Michael Gaertner, Sr., Architect Property Owners: Rafiq Wazir Ali, ASSS Capital LLC]
24-P-022. THIS IS 1371.I'M SORRY. IT'S 13733 AND 13751 STUART ROAD.
IT'S A REQUEST FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT.
THE DEVELOPMENT IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPROVED PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PUD THAT WAS GRANTED UNDER ORDINANCE 23-081 AND THAT WAS PLANNING COMMISSION CASE 23P-055 THE RELIEF PROVIDED BY THE PUD INCLUDED ONE DEVIATION FROM THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE, LOT WIDTH, LOT DEPTH, AND FRONT AND REAR SETBACKS.
TO ALLOW FOR A PRIVATE DRIVE AND REDUCE THE WIDTH OF THE PRIVATE DRIVE FROM NINE 60FT TO 50FT.
PLEASE NOTE THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS IN YOUR STAFF REPORT.
THERE WILL BE SOME REQUIREMENTS FOR TREE REMOVAL.
BEFORE ANY INFRASTRUCTURE CAN BE APPROVED.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
SPECIFIC CONDITIONS ONE THROUGH FIVE AND THEN ITEMS SIX THROUGH TEN ARE STANDARD.
THOSE TWO LOTS OUTLINED IN BLUE ARE THE SITE OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS THE PRELIMINARY PLAT.
A LITTLE HARD TO SEE ON THE SCREEN, AND THEN WE HAVE THE PICTURES OF THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY SUBJECT PROPERTY AGAIN THAT IS THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST.
PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH, AND PROPERTY TO THE EAST, AND THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CATHERINE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I HAVE ONE. THIS WAS A PUD CASE, AND IT WENT TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL, AND I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME COMMENTS ABOUT AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ABOUT THEM RESTRICTING. SHORT TERM RENTALS, I DON'T THINK, AND I WANT TO GET SOME CLARITY ON THIS.
I DON'T THINK THAT IT WAS A CONDITION OF THEIR PUD APPROVAL, WAS IT? IT WAS NOT. SO THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT, BUT IT WAS NOT PART OF THE PUTT APPROVAL.
ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.
ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE. IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT.
GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
WAS THERE SOME CONVERSATION? AND I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT POSSIBLY LIMITING YOU KNOW, THIS IS FOR, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, ORIGINALLY THE INTENT OF THIS WAS FOR AFFORDABLE, NOT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT FOR MORE LIKE WORKFORCE TYPE HOUSING IS PRICED MODERATELY PRICED.
THERE YOU GO. SORRY I GET THEM CONFUSED, BUT I JUST WAS.
SO MANY NAMES. THERE'S SO MANY NAMES.
I LIKE THAT ONE, BY THE WAY, AND I'M JUST WANTING TO GET JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TO THE POINT WE'RE NOT YOUR PUD'S APPROVED, BUT I'M JUST KIND OF THE OWNERS AND SEVERAL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE MET INDIVIDUALLY, AND THEN OF COURSE, IN CITY COUNCIL MEETING AS WELL, AND THE OWNERS HAVE AGREED WHEN THEY DO THE DEED RESTRICTIONS, THERE'S GOING TO BE ALL KINDS OF PROTECTIVE COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS AND ONE OF THOSE WILL HAVE TO DO WITH SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? WITH THE COMMENT FROM THE FIRE MARSHAL THAT AS LONG AS THE UNDER UNDEVELOPED COUNTY ROAD IS IMPROVED, TO PROVIDE A SECOND ACCESS FOR THE
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SUBDIVISION, WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS THAT? THAT WOULD BE THE DEVELOPER'S RESPONSIBILITY.OKAY, AND ARE THEY GOING TO DO THAT? YES, OF COURSE. OKAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR.
IT'S JUST NOT A PART OF THE PLAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT PROPERTY THAT THEY OWN.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING THIS BACK TO COMMISSION FOR ACTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE.
24P-022 WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
SECOND. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE.
ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE.
THOSE IN FAVOR? THAT'S UNANIMOUS.
[7.B.2. 24P-023 (11703 – 11719 Ostermeyer Road) Request For A Replat To Increase The Number Of Lots From Three To Twelve And A Reserve. The Properties Are Legally Described As Abstract 121, Lots 1 – 3, Treasure Oaks Estates (2024), In The City And County Of Galveston, Texas. Applicant: Tricon Land Surveying Property Owner: Sujit And Linsy Mani]
THIS IS 11703 - 11719 OSTERMEYER RD.THERE WERE NO OBJECTIONS FROM ANY PRIVATE UTILITIES OR CITY DEPARTMENTS.
THE REPLAT MEETS OR EXCEEDS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE R-1 LOT STANDARDS.
THEREFORE, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REPLAT REQUEST SUBJECT TO SPECIFIC CONDITIONS ONE AND TWO AND STANDARD CONDITIONS THREE THROUGH FIVE, AND NOW WE HAVE SOME PHOTOGRAPHS.
THIS IS AN AERIAL MAP OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OR PROPERTIES? AND THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE, AND HERE ARE THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST, AND THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, ADRIEL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? SEEING NONE, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE.
WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING THIS BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR ACTION.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE 24P-023 AS WRITTEN.
SECOND. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE 24P-023.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.
WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE. THOSE IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED? SO WE HAVE HOW MANY? FIVE FOR, ONE AGAINST.
THAT'S AN APPROVAL FOR 24P-023.
[7.B.3. 24P-024 (801 Avenue K) Request For A Minor Plat To Reconfigure One Lot Into Five. Property Is Legally Described As Motel 6 Seawall (2015), Abstract 628, Block 1 Reserve B, Acres 0.295, In The City And County Of Galveston, Texas. Applicant: Jordan Alcocer, Tricon Land Surveying Property Owners: BT & R No. 2, LLC.]
MOVING ON, 24P-024.ALRIGHTY, THIS IS ANOTHER REQUEST FOR A REPLAY AT 801 AVENUE K.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING REQUESTING A REPLAT OF ONE PARCEL.
ONE LARGE PARCEL INTO FIVE PARCELS.
CURRENTLY, THE PARCEL IS VACANT AND LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF AVENUE K AND NINTH STREET.
PER LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, AND MUST BE APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THE SITE IS COMPOSED OF ONE PARCEL, AS NOTED ORIENTED GENERALLY NORTH SOUTH.
WATER AND SANITARY SEWER LINES ARE LOCATED IN THE MID-BLOCK ALLEY DIRECTLY BEHIND THE PARCELS.
SUBJECT PARCEL. THE PARCELS TO THE NORTH AND WEST ARE ZONED URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD AND ARE PRIMARILY INCLUDES SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS AND PARCELS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST ARE ZONED COMMERCIAL. YOU CAN ALSO NOTE THAT SURROUNDING ZONING AND LAND USE IN THE STAFF REPORT AND THE MINIMUM LOT AND BLOCK CONFIGURATION, WHICH IN URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BE A MINIMUM OF 2500 SQUARE FOOT PER LOT WITH NO OTHER DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
PLEASE NOTE THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL IN THE STAFF REPORT.
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NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. HERE WE HAVE A GIS MAP WITH THE OVERLAY OF THE APPROXIMATE BOUNDS OF THE PROPOSED REPLAT AND THE LOT CONFIGURATION. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, AND WE HAVE THE PHOTOS OF THE PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH, TO THE EAST, TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE WEST, AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT.ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I'VE GOT ONE. DANIEL.
SO JUST TO REITERATE HERE, BECAUSE OF THE URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD ZONING, IF THIS WERE FOR IF THIS WERE TO BE DIVIDED INTO FOUR PARCELS INSTEAD OF FIVE, AND THEY'RE ALL OF THEM ARE 25 70, WHICH IS 70FT OVER THE RECOMMENDATION, THEN THIS WOULD BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL, CORRECT? LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SAYS SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF IF FOUR OR FEWER LOTS ARE INVOLVED, IT CAN BE REVIEWED A CERTAIN WAY.
IF IT'S MORE THAN FOUR, THEN IT COMES TO A PUBLIC HEARING.
ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I HAVE A QUICK WHAT IS THE MINIMUM LOT WIDTH ON LOTS AND UN.
THERE IS NONE. IT'S ONLY A SQUARE FOOTAGE OF 2500 SQUARE FOOT.
THERE ARE NO OTHER DIMENSIONAL.
SO THERE'S NO LIMITATION ON FRONTAGE? NO. WIDTH OR ANYTHING? NO, JUST THE SQUARE FOOTAGE.
WHAT ABOUT WE DID GET A COMMENT FROM THE PUBLIC, AND WHAT ABOUT PARKING AND PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS IN URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD? NO, OF COURSE, IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE DEVELOPER WILL NOT PROVIDE PARKING, BUT THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT FOR OFF STREET PARKING IN URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF? ALL RIGHT.
IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? YES, MA'AM. PLEASE COME FORWARD.
WHILE YOU'RE DOING THAT, I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
YOU CAN TELL US WHAT YOU'RE THINKING.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN'T ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT THERE ARE FOLKS HERE WHO CAN.
I WANTED TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY WOULD BE BUILT IN THIS SMALL OF LOTS, BECAUSE IT IS WHERE WE LIVE AS RESIDENTS IN GALVESTON. WE DO HAVE A VERY HISTORICAL TIE IN THIS AREA TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY, AND WE, WHILE WE RESPECT THAT IT MAY SEEM WOKE TO REQUIRE ASK FOR SOME PRESERVATION OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAVE SEEN RECENTLY SEVERAL LARGE BOX TYPE RENTAL PROPERTIES BEING CONSTRUCTED.
MY HUSBAND IS ACTUALLY THE DESCENDANT OF ONE OF THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT IN THE PORT OF HUDSON, SO THERE'S NO REAL UNDERSTANDING OF THIS PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD AS SIGNIFICANT TO GALVESTON'S HISTORY, BEING THAT WE CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH AS THE LAST PLACE TO FIND OUT THAT THEY WERE FREE.
CURRENTLY, OUR HOME IS SURROUNDED BY RENTALS.
SHORT TERM RENTALS ARE LIKELY TO POP UP AS WELL.
WE HAVE NOT ONE NEIGHBOR WHO LIVES NEXT TO US DIRECTLY THAT OWNS AND LIVES IN THE PROPERTY.
WE HAVE RESTORED OUR HISTORIC HOME.
NOBODY'S EVER MOVED OUT OF THAT HOUSE.
IT'S BEEN HANDED FROM SON TO SON TO SON THAT MAYBE THERE IS SOME VALUE TO THAT COMMUNITY RATHER THAN HOTELS. THIS LOOKS LIKE IT USED TO BE THE MOTEL SIX, IF WE RECALL, THAT HAD PROSTITUTION AND DRUGS.
IT MIGHT BE SHORT TERM RENTALS.
I MEAN, WHERE'S THE VALUE IN THAT? WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT LOOKS HISTORIC.
IT FEELS A LITTLE CRAFTSMAN STYLE, BUT WE'RE KIND OF TIRED OF BEING OVERLOOKED IN THAT AREA.
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WHEN THESE RENTAL OWNERS RUN OUT, ARE TOSSED OUT OF THEIR HOUSES, OR MOVE OUT.TRASH, TRASH, MORE TRASH, AND THE CITY PICKS IT UP EVERY SINGLE TIME.
THESE RENTERS MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
THE SLUM. THANK YOU, MA'AM, AND IF YOU WOULD, IF YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
THIS YOUR CASE, DANIEL, RIGHT? DANIEL IS A PRETTY NICE GUY.
IF YOU BRING HIM A SANDWICH, HE WILL TALK TO YOU FOR HOURS, BUT HE'LL ANSWER.
IF YOU'RE ASKING SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE USE OF THE PROPERTY, I WOULD TELL YOU GIVE.
I'M JUST. IF YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE USE DON'T HESITATE TO CALL THE STAFF.
WE WE CAN GET YOU HIS INFORMATION.
ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR ACTION.
THIS IS. THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHERE WE'RE CONSTRAINED.
IT IS. YES, BY THE REGULATIONS.
YEAH. SO IT MEETS ALL THE CRITERIA.
OKAY. WELL I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE 24P-024 WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, AND I'LL SECOND THAT.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE, AND A SECOND IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION.
YES, SIR. WELL, SO WE'RE RIGHT HERE, ABUTTING.
THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF WE GET.
THEY'VE HAD ISSUES THERE FOR HISTORICALLY.
WE KNOW, BUT I WANT TO JUST GET YOUR OPINIONS.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WHAT WOULD BE VIABLE TO YOU IF YOU LIVED IN THAT AREA? AND DOES THIS APPEAR TO BE VIABLE TO YOU AS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO BE LIVING NEXT TO? SO I'LL BITE AT THAT.
I'VE SEEN SOME STUFF THAT'S BEEN DONE IN UN.
UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, WHEN SOMEBODY COMES, IT IS A PLANNING REQUEST.
THE PROBLEM SHE'S HAVING IS NOT AN UNCOMMON PROBLEM, AND.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO FIX IT ON A PLANNING CASE, BUT WE HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR, AND YOU'RE NOT THE FIRST ONE WHO'S EXPRESSED THEIR CONCERNS, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT MEETS THE STANDARDS.
IF SOMETHING IS PRESENTED TO US IN THAT FASHION, WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO APPROVE IT.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.
IF THERE'S SOME PORTION OF THE UN THAT WE NEED TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT, I HAVE NO OBJECTION.
YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE AND HOW THEY AFFECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
YES, MA'AM. PLEASE HAVE A SEAT.
SO, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I WAS READING AND THIS MAY BE OLD NEWS, JAMAICA BEACH WHERE THE TRASH SINCE SHE'S ADDRESSING THE TRASH IF THEY SHORT TERM RENTALS PUT OUT WHITE TRASH BAGS, THERE CAN BE 100 TO $500 FINE.
WHAT? WHO ADDRESSES SOMETHING LIKE THAT? THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO I'LL GO AHEAD, DONNA, I'LL LET YOU HAVE THAT ONE.
I JUST WANT TO SAY LET'S JUST FOCUS ON THE APPLICATION AT HAND.
ACROSS THE HALL OR AFTER THE HEARING? YES, MA'AM. OKAY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SO IF THIS WAS FOUR LOTS, WE WOULD NOT BE LOOKING AT THIS, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.
I'LL JUST NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT THIS PROPERTY IS ALSO IN PROPERTIES ARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICT, THE SAN JACINTO NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICT, AND SO THAT PART OF THE UN NEIGHBORHOOD HAS ADDITIONAL STANDARDS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION.
SO THERE ARE REGULATIONS THAT REQUIRE THAT THE NEW CONSTRUCTION ALIGN WITH WHAT IS ALREADY THERE.
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BASIC REGULATIONS, BUT THEY DO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEIGHBOR THAT THE NEW CONSTRUCTION FITS IN WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SO THEY CAN'T DO SOMETHING THAT'S WILDLY OUTSIDE OF WHAT'S ALREADY THERE. ALL RIGHT.ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE.
THOSE IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED.
SO WE GOT FIVE FOR, ONE AGAINST.
IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS? NO OTHER SEEING, MA'AM.
THEN WE'LL CALL THE MEETING ADJOURNED.
THE FIRST MEETING IN JULY IS CANCELED BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAY, AND THE ONE AFTER THAT. HANG ON, AND WAY FAR OUT.
OKAY, SO THE NEXT MEETING IS JULY 16TH.
JULY 16TH, AND I CONFIRMED WITH JANELLE THAT THE EX-OFFICIOS WILL BE ON THE JUNE 27TH, WHICH IS NEXT THURSDAY.
SO OKAY, HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS WILL HAVE AN EX-OFFICIO FOR JULY.
HOPEFULLY. YEAH.
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