May 05, 2026 Planning Commission

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ALL RIGHT, WE'LL CALL IT 3:30. WE'LL CALL THE MEETING FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE CITY OF GALVESTON TO ORDER.

[1. Call Meeting to Order]

WE HAVE A QUORUM. ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST? YEAH.

PASS THAT DOWN. CONFLICTS. NO CONFLICTS. SO THEN WE'LL I GUESS WE NEED TO VOTE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

[4. Approval of Minutes]

THIS IS PUBLIC COMMENT FOR NON AGENDA ITEMS. LOOKS LIKE WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR NON AGENDA ITEMS. SO THEN WE'LL MOVE TO PUBLIC HEARINGS AND WE'LL LISTEN TO 26P-018.

[6.A.1 26P-018 (Vacant Tract Adjacent to the East of 2911 South Sonny Lane) Request for a Minor Plat to reconfigure two lots into four. The property is legally described as Abstract 121 Hall & Jones Survey Part of Lot 229 (229-11) Trimble & Lindsey Section 2, in the City and County of Galveston, Texas. Applicant: Michael Gaertner Property Owner: N3on Media, LLC.]

SO THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A REPLAT OF I BELIEVE IT'S ONE LOT INTO 4 OR 2 LOTS INTO FOUR.

I'M SORRY. ADJACENT TO 2911 SOUTH SUNDANCE UNADDRESSED PARCEL.

YOU CAN SEE IT THERE ON THE SCREEN. 23 PUBLIC NOTICES WERE SENT.

AND I WILL NOTE THAT THIS IS A A PUBLIC HEARING ONLY, NO ACTION REQUIRED BY PLANNING COMMISSION.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A MINOR PLAT TO SUBDIVIDE TWO PARCELS INTO FOUR, BECAUSE THE REPLAT WILL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF LOTS IN A RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT, PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING IS REQUIRED. I NOTE THAT TWO OF THE PROPOSED LOTS ARE FLAG LOTS, WHICH ARE PERMITTED WITH CONDITIONS PER LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS 6.302B, 4B, WHICH IS INCLUDED THERE IN THE STAFF REPORT.

THIS IS A VACANT PARCEL SOUTH OF OSTERMEYER ROAD, BEING APPROXIMATELY 140FT EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF OSTERMEYER AND SOUTH SUNNY.

ONCE AGAIN, THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY VACANT.

THE AREA IS ADJACENT TO MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEMS ALONG OSTERMEYER, BUT THERE IS NO SANITARY SEWER AVAILABLE, SO THESE WILL BE ON SEPTIC. IN THIS PART OF R-1 ZONING, MINIMUM LOTS MUST BE AT LEAST 5000 SQUARE FOOT IN AREA.

MUST BE AT LEAST 20 FOOT WIDE, AT LEAST 100 FOOT DEEP, AND HAVE A REQUIRED MINIMUM SETBACK OF 20 FOOT IN THE FRONT, THREE FOOT IN THE SIDE, TEN FOOT IN THE REAR.

ALL THE LOTS PROPOSED MEET OR EXCEED ALL OF THESE STANDARDS.

THERE WERE NO OBJECTIONS FROM OUTSIDE UTILITIES OR OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS.

THE CITY FIRE MARSHAL IS REQUIRING THAT THE FLAG LOTS, THE FLAGPOLE PARCEL LOTS BE INCLUDED INTO ONE COMMON ACCESS EASEMENT FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND THIS IS INCLUDED ON THE PROPOSED PLANT THAT THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED.

YOU CAN SEE IT THERE ON THE ON THE EXHIBIT. I NOTE THE PLAT APPROVAL CRITERIA IN THE STAFF REPORT.

SO THIS REQUEST WILL BE APPROVED WITH SPECIFIC CONDITION ONE AND STANDARD CONDITIONS TWO THROUGH SIX.

WE HAVE SOME PHOTOS. ONCE AGAIN THIS IS A PROPOSED PLAT SORT OF OVERLAID ONTO THE AERIAL IMAGERY.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND HERE WE HAVE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH TO THE WEST. AND THEN A OBLIQUE AERIAL VIEW SHOWING HOW THOSE THAT THOSE TWO PARCELS SIT IN RELATION TO THE SURROUNDING.

AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT. ALL RIGHTY.

THANK YOU DANIEL. SO WE'LL ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? YOU GOT SOMETHING? GO AHEAD. THE HIGHLIGHTED PROPERTY, WHICH WOULD BE IN WHAT YOU HAVE LABELED AS THE OBLIQUE. WHAT IS THE ACTUAL AREA THAT THEY ARE? LET ME SEE. LET'S SEE HERE IF WE HAVE THAT.

ISN'T THAT AN EASEMENT IN THE BACK OF THE OBLIQUE HIGHLIGHT? I DO NOT BELIEVE SO. THE SURVEY OF RECORD THAT WAS PROVIDED DOES NOT INCLUDE THAT.

TYPICALLY, THE SURVEYORS WOULD PICK THAT UP. SO IF THERE IS AN EASEMENT BACK THERE, I DON'T THINK IT AFFECTS THESE PARTICULAR PARCELS.

SO I OWN THE PROPERTY THAT IS IMMEDIATELY TO THE SOUTH OF THE DESCRIBED PROPERTY AND I DIDN'T GET A NOTICE AT ALL. AND I'M NOT LISTED ON THERE.

THAT'S GETTING THE NOTICE. I'M CURIOUS AS TO HOW THIS WORKED OUT.

I'M NOT SURE. I MEAN, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO KNOW WHO GOT NOTICES ONCE WE MAIL THEM OUT.

I WILL SAY THAT YOU KNOW, WE DID GET A FEW COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON THIS, AND I ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, VERIFY IF THE PEOPLE ARE WITHIN OR OUTSIDE THE 200 FOOT NOTIFICATION.

I DID SEE YOUR NAME ON THE THE POND LIST. SO I'M NOT SURE WHY YOU DIDN'T GET THEM, COUNCILMAN.

BUT I BELIEVE THEY WERE SENT OUT. YEAH. JUST CONFIRMING THERE ARE TWO ENTRIES WITH YOUR NAME ON THE [INAUDIBLE] LIST,

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I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT. I'LL HAVE TO QUALIFY, BUT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? STAN? OKAY, SO I WAS NOTICING ON HERE YOU HAD THE SWPPP HAS TO BE DONE, BUT THE THERE WERE NO COMMENTS FROM PUBLIC WORKS OR OBJECTION.

CONSIDERING THE SEPTIC CONDITION, YOU KNOW, THE CONDITIONS ABOUT THE SEPTIC AREAS WOULDN'T, WOULDN'T SOMEONE HAVE FLAGGED THAT, WOULDN'T YOU GUYS OR WOULDN'T HAVE THE PUBLIC WORKS FLAGGED THAT? BECAUSE WHEN YOU START DIVIDING UP NOW YOU'RE RUNNING INTO MINIMAL AREAS FOR, FOR DOING THE SEPTIC.

SO PREVIOUSLY TO I FORGET EXACTLY WHAT YEAR THAT WAS VERY RECENTLY.

LAST 2 OR 3 YEARS, THERE WAS A STATUTE THAT SAID THAT YOU COULDN'T PUT OSSF ON SITE SANITARY SEWER ON A LOT LESS THAN A HALF ACRE.

HOWEVER, THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS PASSED A EXEMPTION TO THAT WITHIN THE LAST FEW YEARS, WHICH IS VERY SPECIFIC TO CERTAIN COUNTIES ALONG THE COAST WITH A CERTAIN POPULATION BETWEEN THIS AND THAT AND GALVESTON VERY MUCH FALLS INTO IT.

SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION WE WOULD LEAVE THAT UP TO THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

AND IF THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY CAN DO IT. AS FAR AS THE SWP3 GOES, TYPICALLY THAT WOULD BE REVIEWED DURING A BUILDING PERMIT.

I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT THAT REQUIREMENT IS THERE FOR WHEN IT'S DEVELOPED. OF COURSE WE WANT TO PROTECT THE, YOU KNOW, WATER AND SURFACE FROM ANY RUNOFF FROM CONSTRUCTION.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL GO TO A PUBLIC HEARING, THEN OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHO'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT. IT APPEARS THAT THAT IS A NO. SO WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THIS ONE. SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO, I GUESS,

[7.A.2. 26P-017 (Adjacent to 302 21st Street/Moody) Request for a License to Use for construction fencing and scaffolding. Adjacent property is legally described as M.B. Menard Survey, Lots 1, 2 and West 18 Feet of Lot 3 (1-1), Block 560, in the City and County of Galveston, Texas. Applicant: Dylan DeVito, The ITEX Group, LLC. Adjacent Property Owner: Galveston 302 21st Street, LLC. Easement Holder: City of Galveston]

THIS IS ADJACENT TO 302 21ST STREET. IT'S A REQUEST FOR A LICENSE TO USE.

13 NOTICES WERE SENT. ZERO RETURNED. NO OBJECTION FROM CITY DEPARTMENTS OR PRIVATE UTILITIES.

SUMMARY. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A LICENSE TO USE THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY FOR CONSTRUCTION, FENCING AND SCAFFOLDING ASSOCIATED WITH RENOVATIONS TO THE BUILDING.

A PERMANENT LICENSE TO USE FOR CONSTRUCTION, FENCING AND SCAFFOLDING HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. IT WAS ORIGINALLY GRANTED IN 2024 AND THEN EXTENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO OCTOBER OF 2027.

THIS REQUEST IS FOR AN ADDITIONAL AREA FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, FENCING AND SCAFFOLDING ALONG MECHANIC AVENUE C, WHICH WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE PREVIOUS APPROVALS.

PAID PARKING. NO PAID PARKING IS AFFECTED BY THIS LTU REQUEST.

OTHER REVIEWS THE PROPERTY IS DESIGNATED AS A GALVESTON LANDMARK.

THE LANDMARK COMMISSION REVIEWED THIS REQUEST AT THEIR MEETING YESTERDAY AND UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS SPECIFIC CONDITIONS ONE THROUGH THREE AND THEN STANDARD CONDITIONS FOUR THROUGH NINE.

AND WE HAVE SOME PHOTOS. THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

IT'S COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE MEDICAL ARTS BUILDING THAT'S UNDERGOING RENOVATIONS TO BE TURNED INTO A HOTEL.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S SCAFFOLDING AND CONSTRUCTION FENCING. IT'S BEEN ON SITE FOR SOME YEARS. THE AREA WHERE THE EXPANSION IS TAKING PLACE IS JUST RIGHT HERE WHERE CORINNA'S GOT THE CURSOR. AND THAT IS AN AREA ALONG MECHANIC ADJACENT TO THE SHORTER PORTION OF THE BUILDING THAT'S REFERRED TO AS THE PRINTING BUILDING.

NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS SHOWS THE EXTENT OF THE LTU, CURRENT LTU ALONG 21ST STREET.

NEXT SLIDE. HERE IS THE SITE PLAN SHOWING WHERE THE NEW THE EXTENSION IS ALONG MECHANIC.

AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. AND THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT. ALL RIGHTY.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. YES. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE JUST EXTENDING WHAT'S ALREADY EXISTING.

RIGHT. YEP. SO IT'LL BE MORE SCAFFOLDING AND CONSTRUCTION FENCING TO SECURE THE SITE.

RIGHT. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? IS IT. IS IT GOING TO BE THE SAME THING WITH WITH WOOD AT THE BOTTOM.

OR IS IT GOING TO BE CHAIN LINK. DO WE KNOW? YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT THE APPLICANT IS IN THE AUDIENCE AND HE CAN ADDRESS THAT.

OKAY. AND SO THIS ONE IS LIKE ON 21ST STREET.

IT IT BLOCKS ABOUT HALF OF THE SIDEWALK. IT'S STILL PASSABLE, RIGHT? YES. OKAY. AND THERE'S NOTHING IN THE PARKING AREA.

GOTCHA. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHTY THEN.

WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT?

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GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. MY NAME DOWN.

SO YES, MEDICAL ARTS BUILDING. REALLY EXCITED TO GET THINGS KICKED OFF HERE IN THE NEXT 4 TO 6 WEEKS GOING THROUGH THE CLOSING PROCESS DATING BACK MARCH 19TH. WE MET ON SITE WITH SOME PHASE ONE CONTRACTORS.

PHASE ONE IS GOING TO BE THE EXTERIOR ROOFING CONCRETE DEMOLITION PHASE OF THIS PROJECT.

AS YOU SEE NOW SCAFFOLDING AND FENCING IS CURRENTLY ONLY ON THE MEDICAL ARTS BUILDING WITH THESE LENTILS ON THE PRINTING BUILDING.

THEY'RE FULLY COMPROMISED, LEAVING BRICK HAVING AN INCREASED PROBABILITY OF FALLING OFF THE BUILDING.

SO WHAT OUR REQUEST IS, IS ESSENTIALLY JUST CONTINUING THE PERIMETER OF THE SCAFFOLDING WITH CHAIN LINK FENCING AROUND EIGHT FEET TALL JUST TO MINIMIZE THE RISK OF ANYONE PASSING THROUGH BRICKS FALLING ON THEM. JUST SAFETY IS OUR NUMBER ONE CONCERN HERE.

SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR APPROVAL. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS YOU GUYS MAY HAVE WITH THIS PROJECT AS WELL. ALL RIGHTY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? YES. YES, SIR. CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? DYLAN DEVITO WITH THE ITEX GROUP.

WHAT KIND OF SIGNAGE WILL YOU PLACE AROUND THIS FENCING FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC? LETTING PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT CONSTRUCTION OR WHEN ONCE WE'RE FULLY OPEN.

BOTH. OKAY. WITH CONSTRUCTION OUR PHASE ONE CONTRACTOR WILL BE INSTALLING FENCING SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY, LET US KNOW THAT IT'S AN ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION SITE.

ONCE WE BEGIN OPERATIONS, THERE WILL BE A CANOPY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY.

THAT'S GOING TO BE THE MAIN ENTRANCE. RIGHT NOW THAT IS WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR RECOMMENDING APPROVAL THERE.

JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS SOME COLOR, THEY CAME BACK TO US SAYING, HEY, IT WAS A LITTLE TOO THICK. WE WANT TO MINIMIZE THE INDUSTRIAL LOOK OF THE CANOPY.

SO WE'RE SKINNING IT UP A BIT. IT'S GOING TO BE ALUMINUM CLADDED GLASS LIGHTING THROUGH.

IT'S GOING TO LOOK REALLY NICE. SO AS WELL AS A HILTON TAPESTRY PLAQUE ON THE ON THE CALL IT THE SKIN OF THE BUILDING, RIGHT ABOUT 4 OR 5FT TALL. OKAY. I THINK MY MAIN, MY MAIN CONCERN IS JUST WHILE IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THAT THERE'S SOME SIGNAGE ON THE LIKE AT EYE LEVEL, PEOPLE CAN SEE THIS IS A CONSTRUCTION SITE IF YOU'RE WALKING AROUND THIS CORNER.

YES, SIR. THAT KIND OF THING. YES, SIR. IS THERE EXISTING SIGNAGE THAT INDICATES IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR, YOU KNOW, JUST WATCH YOUR HEAD? NOT. NOT YET.

WE AREN'T FULLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION YET. AS CATHERINE MENTIONED, WE ARE.

I JUST RESUBMITTED FOR A BUILDING PERMIT FOR PHASE ONE.

IT WAS WORKING WITH ROBERT WINNICK. SO THAT SHOULD BE BUTTONED UP HERE PRETTY SOON. PHASE TWO IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY, WHICH WE'RE ACTIVELY RESOLVING PERMIT COMMENTS WITH. HOWEVER, ONCE WE DO KICK OFF CONSTRUCTION, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT OSHA COMPLIANCE IS NUMBER ONE AS WELL AS PUBLIC SAFETY.

OKAY. AND THIS EXISTING CHAIN LINK FENCE GOES BACK BETWEEN THE PARKING GARAGE AND THIS BUILDING.

THE EXISTING CHAIN LINK FENCE ESSENTIALLY I WOULD SAY REPRESENTS THE PROPERTY LINE CURRENTLY.

THE ADDITIONAL FENCE WOULD BE THE SAME WIDTH OF THAT PLYWOOD YOU SEE THERE RUNNING ALONG JUST TO THE EDGE OF THAT OF THE PRINTING BUILDING.

AGAIN, JUST TO MAKE SURE NO BRICKS ARE FALLING ONTO THE SIDEWALK.

NOT GOING TO MAKE THE TURN. NO, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE? ALRIGHTY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. SO I GUESS WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

BRING THIS BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR ACTION.

ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? SURE. GO AHEAD.

NO. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE 26-017 ACCORDING TO STAFF REPORT.

ALL RIGHT, I'LL SECOND THAT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALRIGHTY THEN. I GUESS WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR. AND THAT'S UNANIMOUS. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SIR. AND I GUESS THAT'S THE END OF OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY.

SO NICE MEETING. AND THEN WE'LL BE ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU ALL. WELL DONE.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.