AGENDA Planning Commission Meeting 5:15 PM - Thursday, September 16, 2021 107 West Juan Linn Street (Council Chambers) |
CALL TO ORDER |
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1. | Welcome Citizens |
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2. | ANNOUNCEMENT/REMINDERS
Live public access is available on TV15. |
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3. | Quorum Roll Call |
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INTRODUCTION OF NEW PLANNING COMMISSIONERS
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TRAINING FOR PLANNING COMMISSIONERS
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ELECTION OF OFFICERS
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CITIZEN COMMUNICATION
[Chairperson will recognize any citizen wishing to address the Commission on issues listed on the agenda without public hearings or any issues not specifically listed on the Agenda. Please note that Planning Commission may not deliberate on topics not included on this agenda.] |
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DEVELOPMENT ITEMS WITH PUBLIC HEARINGS
The Planning Commission shall call a public hearing before taking action on each item below in this section. Any person wishing to address the Planning Commission on these items should please come forward when the public hearing is called. |
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1. | Variance Request for Signage for Burger King and Dunkin' Donuts - 8401 N. Navarro Street, 8405 N. Navarro Street, 108 Primrose Street, and 702 Bingham Road - Victoria Equity Group (Owner) Variance to Section 5-149(A)(1)(a)(1), On-Premise Signs, which states that only one freestanding sign shall be allowed on each lot which fronts only one public street. For lots fronting on more than one public street, one sign shall be allowed for each street, with each sign to be oriented towards a different street or street corner. Businesses, entities, or tenants represented on a multi-tenant sign are prohibited from any additional freestanding signs. Variance to Section 5-149(A)(1)(a)(2)(a), On-Premise Signs, which states that The area of a sign face shall be computed by means of the smallest square, circle, rectangle, triangle, or combination thereof that will encompass the extreme limits of the writing, representation, emblem, color, or other display, together with any material or color forming an integral part of the background of the display or used to differentiate the sign from the backdrop or structure against which it is placed, but not including any supporting framework, bracing, or decorative face or wall when such face or wall otherwise meets these or other ordinances or regulations and is clearly incidental to the display itself. Variance to Section 5-152(B)(1)(h), Prohibited signs, which states that a person commits an offense if the person places, allows to be placed, or allows to remain on property controlled by the person off-premise signs, unless otherwise authorized by this ordinance. | 4 - 13 |
2. | Variance Request for Off-Street Parking for Future Multi-Family Development - Located south of the intersection of Odem Street and Callis Street - Kristopher Gostecnik and the Greater Mount Calvary Baptist Church (Owners of the Odem Street Properties); Williams-Cavalier Enterprises LLC (Owner of the Callis Street Property) - NRP Lone Star Development LLC (Agent) Variance to Section 21-92(b), Off-street parking, which states the parking requirements for Multiple-Family Residential uses as 1.5 parking spaces per one bedroom units; 2 parking spaces per two bedroom units + additional 0.5 spaces for each additional bedroom in excess of two bedroom units Staff Report Proposed Multi-Family Development Off-Street Variance | 14 - 22 |
CONSENT AGENDA
All consent agenda items listed are considered to be routine by the Planning Commission and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Planning Commissioner so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered after the remainder of the consent agenda. Information concerning consent agenda items is available for public review. |
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1. | Adoption of Minutes of Regular Meeting on August 19, 2021. | 23 - 25 |
ACTION ITEMS FOR COMMISSION DISCUSSION |
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1. | Variance Request for Commercial Driveway Radius for Texas Concrete Co. - 4702 N. Vine Street - Texas Concrete Company, Inc. (Owner) - Killen, Griffin, & Farrimond, PLLC (Agent) Variance to Section 20-85(a), Driveway curb radii, which states that the minimum driveway curb radius shall commercial driveways. | 26 - 36 |
OTHER BUSINESS |
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1. | Monthly Development Report | 37 - 38 |
ITEMS FROM PLANNING COMMISSIONERS
With respect to items not listed on this agenda, Planning Commissioners may request specific factual information, recitation of existing policy, or placement of items on the Planning Commission agenda for discussion at the following meeting. |
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1. | Attendance Report | 39 |
ADJOURNMENT |
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* In addition to the items listed under “Public Hearings” every item on this agenda shall be considered a public hearing.
** Regardless of the agenda heading under which any item is listed, any subject mentioned in any word or phrase of any item listed on this agenda may be deliberated by the Planning Commission, and it may vote on recommendations and resolutions concerning any such item. Additionally, any ordinance of the City of Victoria relating to the development of land, including, but not limited to, Chapter 21 of the Victoria City Code, may be discussed and deliberated, and the subjects of this agenda are hereby stated as such, regardless of the limitations of any particular item on the Planning Commission agenda. Also, in this meeting, the Planning Commission may discuss: (1) Article XIII, "Signs" of Chapter 5 of the Victoria City Code, (2) the City's adopted Building Code, Electrical Code, Fire Code, Plumbing Code, Residential Building Code, or Minimum Housing Code, (3) the City's unsafe building ordinance, (4) City requirements to extend sewer, water, and other utility lines, (5) the provision of transportation facilities, including sidewalks, roads and public transit, within the City and its extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ), (6) the master plans of the City, including the City's Comprehensive Plan, Master Thoroughfare Plan, Master Drainage Plan, and Annexation Plan, (7) City restrictions on private water wells and septic tanks, (8) manufactured housing parks, permitting, and placement, (9) the City's capital improvements plans, (10) federal and state environmental restrictions on the City and residents thereof, (11) the control of nuisances within the City and the City's ETJ, (12) City restrictions on mineral production and exploration, (13) City requirements for landscaping and restrictions thereon, (14) restrictions on development in floodplain and floodway, (15) driveway restrictions, (16) platting requirements and procedures, (17) requirements for dedication and construction of land, easements, and facilities, (18) development guidelines, (19) parking requirements and restrictions, (20) drainage requirements and restrictions, (21) restrictions on fences, lighting, and building height, (22) zoning regulations, (23) infrastructure reimbursement methodology and requirements, (24) building setback requirements, (25) storm water drainage mains, channels, retention ponds, and other drainage facilities, (26) the width and construction requirements for streets and other public facilities, and (27) design principles for subdivision planning and development. No action or failure of the Planning Commission to act in any proceeding or any statement by any member of the Planning Commission may be relied on by any member of the public to limit the Planning Commission's right to discuss any of the aforementioned subjects in any of its meetings. Any statement specifying inclusion of any word or phrase shall not exclude non-listed items.
*** Any item on this agenda may be discussed in executive session if authorized by Texas law regardless of whether any item is listed under “Executive Sessions” of this agenda, regardless of any past or current practice of the Planning Commission. Executive sessions described generally hereunder may include consideration of any item otherwise listed on the agenda plus any subject specified in the executive session notice, to the maximum extent for which executive sessions are permitted pursuant to Chapter 551 of the Texas Local Government Code.