Aug 19, 2021 Planning Commission

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THE ROLL, BECAUSE I THINK EVERYBODY IS HERE, SO WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A QUORUM.

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

[1. ANNOUNCEMENT/REMINDERS: Live public access is available on TV15.]

IT WILL BE LIVE STREAMED ON THE VICTORIA, TEXAS, PUBLIC MEETING YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

THE RECORDING MEETING TONIGHT WILL BE UPLOADED TO THE CABLE CHANNELS TOMORROW.

THANK YOU. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE RECOGNITION OF SERVICE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

[2. RECOGNITION OF SERVICE TO PLANNING COMMISSION: Mary Anne Wyatt, Chair ...]

I AM REALLY HAPPY TO PRESENT AWARDS TO OUR CHAIR MARY WYATT AND VICE CHAIR MICHAEL AKERSON, BECAUSE THIS IS THEIR LAST MEETING AND THEY ARE TERMING OUT WHICH, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD SERVE TWO THREE YEAR TERMS. SO THEY BOTH BEEN WITH US FOR SIX YEARS AND WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE AND ARE VERY SAD TO SEE YOU GO.

MICHAEL WAS AWARDED HIS PLAQUE AT CITY COUNCIL ON TUESDAY, AND I HAVE A PLAQUE HERE FOR MARY ANN. I MISSED YOU.

OH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT. THAT'S PRETTY.

THE GOOD WORD IS THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I'VE ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH.

A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE TO WORK WITH.

OK, AT THIS TIME, WE'D LIKE TO OPEN OUR CITIZENS COMMUNICATION PORTION OF THE MEETING.

[3. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: [Chairperson will recognize any citizen wishing...]

IF YOU WOULD GIVE US YOUR NAME.

MY NAME IS MICHAEL VONDRA, SIR.

ONE MOMENT I NEED TO PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES.

OK, I WILL, BECAUSE YOUR THANK YOU.

I WENT TWO MINUTES. MY NAME IS MICHAEL VONDRA.

I LIVE AT 22 O FOUR EAST NORTH ST..

TWENTY A AND I DON'T THINK THE FUTURE OF VICTORIA IS, YOU KNOW, HAVING RUN DOWN TRAILER PARKS WITH LANDLORDS THAT DON'T DO THEIR JOB.

WE HAVE FOUR ABANDONED TRAILER HOUSES AND CODE ENFORCEMENT HAD CONDEMNED THEM IN MAY OF THIS YEAR. IT'S IN TRAILER 10, TRAILER 16, TRAILER 29 AND TRAILER 32.

AND TRAILER 29 DID FIX IT, BUT THE DOORS ARE OPEN, AND IT'S KNOWN FOR A PLACE OF HIGH CRIME AND HOARDERS AND DRUGS, AND I WISH SOMEONE COULD TEAR THEM DOWN.

THE TRAILER PARK OWNER, HE'S GOT DEEP POCKETS, AND MONEY ISN'T NO PROBLEM IN DOING IT.

HE JUST DON'T WANT TO TAKE ACTION AND CODE ENFORCEMENT DOES HAVE THE PHONE NUMBER TO THE TRAILER PARK OWNER.

AND I JUST WISH SOMEONE COULD INSPECT THEM IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND SEE WHAT KIND OF PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE BECAUSE IT DON'T LOOK LIKE NO PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE.

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TRAILER 29 THANKS AND HAVE A GOOD, GOOD DVD.

THANK YOU FOR COMING BEFORE US.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S QUITE IN OUR JURISDICTION, HOWEVER.

OBVIOUSLY WE WILL PASS IT ALONG.

YEAH, THE ONLY THING THAT I'M SEMI AWARE OF, I KNOW THAT THE CITY HAD CONDEMNED THE PROPERTIES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT I BELIEVE AND I'M JUST MAKING THIS ASSUMPTION, IT'S NOT A LEGAL OPINION IN ANY WAY AWARE OF FACT, BUT THE TRAILERS IN QUESTION ARE PERSONAL PROPERTY.

THEY'RE NOT REAL PROPERTY, SO IT'S LIKE YOU CAN CONDEMN THEM OR THEY HAVE TO GET SOME OTHER ABILITY TO BUILD TO DRAG THEM OFF.

AND I'M JUST GUESSING THAT THAT'S PROBABLY PART OF THE PROBLEM.

YEAH, COULD BE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, BUT THANKS FOR GIVING ME YOUR INPUT BECAUSE I DON'T GET INPUT FROM NOBODY OTHER THAN YOU JUST NOW.

THANKS. YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU FOR COMING. OK.

OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A VARIANCE REQUEST FOR THE HERNANDEZ SUBDIVISION NUMBER

[1. Variance Request for Hernandez Subdivision No. 4 - City Plat File 2107...]

GOOD EVENING. COMMISSIONERS TODAY ARE ONLY DEVELOPMENT ITEM IS A FINAL PLOT IN VARIANCE REQUEST FOR HERNANDEZ SUBDIVISION.

NUMBER FOR THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED AT 13 OH SEVEN JULIUS STREET WITHIN THE CITY OF VICTORIA. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HAS LONG EXISTED AS AN UNPILOTED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LAW, A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE WAS LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY BUT HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED, AND THE PROPERTY OWNER NOW WISHES TO PLACE A MANUFACTURED HOME ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IN ORDER TO PLACE THE MANUFACTURED HOME.

THE PROPERTY OWNER WILL NEED TO PLOT THE PROPERTY FIRST BEFORE THEY COULD OBTAIN A PLACEMENT PERMIT AS REQUIRED BY THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE.

THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD LIKE TO PLOT THE PROPERTY INTO ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOT. THE PROPERTY OWNER IS REQUESTING VARIANCES IN ORDER TO PLOT THE PROPERTY, WITH THE LOT BEING BELOW THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE.

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THE LAW HAS EXISTED AS AN UNPILOTED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LAW, BUT THE LOT SIZE OF FOUR THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SQUARE FEET AND A LOT WITH OF FORTY FIVE FEET, BOTH BEING BELOW THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.

THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WILL KEEP ITS FORTY FIVE FOOT LOT WIDTH ONCE PLOTTED, BUT DUE TO REQUIRED RIGHT AWAY DEDICATION FOR THE FUTURE EXPANSION OF JULIUS STREET.

THE LAW WILL DROP TO AN EVEN SMALLER LOT SIZE OF FOUR THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOUR SQUARE FEET.

JULIUS IS ALSO CLASSIFIED AS A LOCAL STREET AND REQUIRES SIXTY FEET OF RIDE AWAY, BUT IT CURRENTLY HAS THREE FEET.

THIRTY FIVE FEET OF DRIVEWAY.

WHEN A SUBDIVISION IS BEING PLOTTED AND ABUTS, ONLY ONE SIDE OF THE EXISTING STREET IS REQUIRED TO DEDICATE ONE HALF OF THE RIGHT OF WAY NECESSARY TO BRING THE STREET INTO CONFORMANCE. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO ORIGINALLY DEDICATE TWELVE POINT FIVE FEET OF RIDE AWAY ALONG JULIUS.

BUT IN ORDER TO MAKE A LOT MORE DEVELOPABLE, THE CITY HAS ONLY REQUIRED FIVE FEET OF DRIVEWAY DEDICATION FOR THE SUBDIVISION AND A 10 FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT IN LIEU OF THE FULL RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION.

OTHERWISE, THE LAW WILL BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH TO ALL REQUIRED YARD SETBACKS AS REQUIRED BY THE DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES.

IN ADDITION, THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS PURCHASED A 16 FOOT WIDE TIME, SEVENTY TWO FOOT LONG MANUFACTURED HOME TO BE PLACED ON THE FLOOR PRIOR TO PERMITTING AND WAS NOT AWARE OF THE DRIVEWAY DEDICATION THAT WILL BE REQUIRED WITH THE PLODDING PROCESS.

THE GRANTING OF THESE VARIANCES WOULD ALLOW THE PROPERTY OWNER TO PLOT THE PROPERTY INTO A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LAW WITH A MINIMUM LOT SIZE OF FOUR THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY FOUR SQUARE FEET AND A MINIMUM LOT WIDTH OF FORTY FIVE FEET.

THE VARIANCE WOULD ALSO ALLOW THE PROPERTY OWNER TO PLACE A MANUFACTURED HOME THAT WOULD ENCROACH THE REAR YARD SET BACK BY APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET WHILE MEANING ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS. THE HERNANDEZ SUBDIVISION NUMBER FOUR IS A PROPOSED FINAL PLOT OF ZERO POINT ONE ZERO SEVEN FOUR ACRES.

THE PROPOSED PLOT WILL DEDICATE FIVE FEET OF RIGHT AWAY REQUIRED FOR THE FUTURE EXPANSION OF JULIUS STREET AND A 10 FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT.

ACCESS TO THE SUBDIVISION WILL BE FROM JULIUS STREET AND THE FINAL PLOT WILL MEET ALL APPLICABLE ORDINANCES WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE ASSOCIATED VARIANCES.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE VARIANCE REQUEST TO ALLOW THE PLOTTING OF ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LAW.

THE PROPERTY WAS PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED AS A RESIDENTIAL LOT WITH A SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON IT AND EXISTED FOR YEARS DESPITE THE SMALLER LOT SIZE.

HOWEVER, THE CONDITION OF THE PREVIOUS HOME WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DETERIORATED TO A SUBSTANDARD CONDITION, AND IT WAS NECESSARY FOR IT TO BE DEMOLISHED.

STAFF HAS DETERMINED THAT APPROVING THE VARIANCE WOULD NOT SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE THE EXISTING CHARACTER OF THE AREA AND WOULD NOT BE DETRIMENTAL TO SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT.

IN ADDITION, OUR ANALYSIS SUGGESTS THAT ALLOWING THE PLACEMENT OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME WITH APPROXIMATE THREE FOOT ENCROACHMENT WOULD NOT BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE HEALTH, SAFETY, WELFARE OR INJURIOUS TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD, AS IT STILL ADHERES TO THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING AND FIRE CODE OF A MINIMUM FIVE FOOT CLEARANCE BETWEEN STRUCTURES DUE TO A RIGHT WAY DEDICATION THAT IS REQUIRED BY THE CITY CODE.

THIS VARIANCE REQUEST FOR THE ENCROACHMENT IS NOT CONSIDERED A SELF-IMPOSED HARDSHIP.

THE VARIANCE IS A UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCE.

AS SUCH, THE PROPOSED MANUFACTURED HOME WILL BE ABLE TO EXIST WITHIN ALL BUILDING SETBACKS, IF NOT FOR COMPLYING FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION REQUIREMENT.

STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PLOT OF HERNANDEZ SUBDIVISION NUMBER FOR CONDITION UPON THE FINAL APPROVAL OF THE REQUESTED VARIANCE BY CITY COUNCIL.

I'M OPEN TO QUESTIONS NOW.

FROM THE STAFF REPORT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OH, GO AHEAD. PREVIOUS STRUCTURE DEMOLISHED BECAUSE IT WAS CONDEMNED BY THE CITY OR JUST HOMEOWNER CHOSE TO DO IT BECAUSE IT WAS JUST USING THAT SHAPE.

QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AT THIS TIME, WE'D LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS AGENDA ITEM AND THE VARIANCE REQUEST. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO SPEAK? SEEING NONE AT THIS TIME WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND I'D ENTERTAIN DISCUSSION MOTIONS, WHATEVER FROM THE MEMBERS.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO GO AHEAD AND ON ALL THREE VARIANTS.

YES, THE MOTIONS OF MAY TO APPROVE ALL THREE AND SECONDED BY MR ATKINSON, ALL IN FAVOR OF ANY OPPOSED GASES.

AND I BELIEVE WE TAKE UP THE SUBDIVISION PLAN IN OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

OK, WHICH IS OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, HAS ANYONE.

[D. Consent Agenda:]

THAT'S ON THERE, AND ALSO THEN ADOPTION OF THE FINAL FLAG FOR THE HERNANDEZ SUBDIVISION NUMBER FOR WHICH WE JUST APPROVED THE VARIANCES FOR.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR BY ANY POST AT THIS TIME, WE'D LIKE TO TAKE THE MONTHLY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

[1. Monthly Development Report]

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WE ARE CONTINUING TO SEE INCREASED MONTHLY ACTIVITY COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE OF ANY PERMITS AND PERMIT FEES THAT HAVE BEEN COLLECTED.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MONTHLY PERMIT ACTIVITY FOR IN THE MONTHLY DEVELOPMENT REPORT? SYDNEY, THANK YOU.

WELL, I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ANY MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP?

[F. Items from Planning Commissioners:]

IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WATCHING YOU AND LEARNING FROM HOW YOU YOU.

SO I'LL GET A HOOT WATCHING SOMEBODY NEXT MONTH.

SEE WHO'S SITTING HERE. I'LL TAKE CARE OF THE MEETING'S ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.