I think we're ready. >> It is now 5:30 and I will call the August 3rd planning commission meeting to order. Could we have the roll call, please? >> The roll. >> Did I say that right? >> Yep. >> Okay. Uh, Shonac
>> here. >> Tangquist >> here. >> Seagull >> here. Casper >> here. >> McDougall >> here. >> Krabanhoff >> here. >> Is there a motion to approve the August
3rd agenda? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Second. >> All in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Oppos. Same sign. It is approved. Is there a motion to amend or approve
the minutes for the July 14th meeting? >> A second. Second. >> I'm sorry you guys are going fast. Are all the mics on? >> I believe >> I think so. >> I think somebody I didn't catch those first two motions. >> Is that you, Paul?
>> I did the minutes. >> Minutes >> and Sebastian did the second. >> Okay. And how about the agenda? Who who motioned? Okay, >> Chris. Yeah, >> gotcha. Sorry, I was I always look for the lights and I wasn't seeing the
lights light up. Those in favor of approving the uh minutes for July 14th signify by saying I. >> I opposed. Same sign. >> Are there citizens present who wish to be heard for items that are not on the
agenda for this afternoon? Anyone present who wish to be heard on items that are not on the agenda? Seeing none, we'll move to public hearings. There's a request of Agassy Builders LLC for zoning map and comprehensive plan
amendments for 1325 Main Avenue Southeast. Is there a motion to open the public hearing? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Second. >> Those in favor signify by saying I. >> I against. Same sign. >> City Planner Houston, would you provide
the commission with an overview of this particular item, please? Uh, Chair Seagull, assistant city planner Forest Steinhoff will present this item. The community commercial is usually between 45 and 55 ft, but in this case, there is a residential use just to the north of
this um development. So, any uses would be 45. And we know that he is planning on building additional shop condos. So, they won't be um 45 ft. They'll be 45 ft or less. Uh, another question he had on this development was I think he was
referring to this um the zoning for the pond that's adjacent to the new parcel and we have a the zoning map shows a green area that's the pond. uh we reszone those all open space. But I think the question he had
was actually about um the future land use still shows commercial or community commercial. So that will get updated. So um all of all of this like this will be this will be green. All of this and then
the new parcel would be the light purple which is industrial. So it's it's still contiguous. there won't be any island um islands of single zoning. Uh another question he had was regarding uh traffic um access. This this new
parcel will have an access easement and retain access from Main Avenue Southeast. Um the access easement just hasn't been recorded yet. this access or this whole development can only have the one um access based on our subdivision requirements for this is a p not a
primary a minor arterial um so it is a pretty busy street so that's why we would only allow one access uh then he had another question about moving commercial traffic through the industrial that's very typical in the
Morhead industrial um park and we have a lot parcels that are everything along Main Avenue Southeast is own community commercial whereas the interior lots are light industrial. So this is nothing out of the ordinary. Um he was just able to
be able he had the space to be able to split this off and then open up um the he has one existing building here and then he plans on building two more here. It just really opens up the uses. All the same community commercial uses
pretty much will be permitted and then it just opens it up to like more light industrial um use uses. And I think that was the last question for uh this project
>> and I'm assuming since we've had no public response regarding traffic or we're >> no comments. >> No comments at this point. Any further comments or questions from members of the commission? Are there comments from the public that
is present regarding this particular request? Would you step forward and address us, please? May we have your uh name and address, please? My name is David Bratch. I live at 2902 14th Avenue South, which is just
across Main Avenue from it. And I guess my main concern has maybe been addressed and there won't be a whole lot of there'll be buildings and not not a gravel pit or anything like that going in there. >> I can answer that chair. Um it's a shop
condo development and it's just going to be more shop condos. There's there's nothing nothing further proposed. Now, that said, you know, this this area is still available, but there's not room for a gravel mine or anything like that.
Anything he would propose there, um we would have to review it. But he's doing a whole shop condo, and then he's also doing um condo plats with those units, he just has two more buildings yet to build. And the whole reason why he
wanted to do this was um some of the prospective buyers were limited to what they could do in the 1325 building and then probably future buildings. So he wanted to have it open to more buy to more buyers in the in this development
because right now all the buildings that are um towards the front those all have to you know they're light commercial uses essentially. there's not a ton of parking, so it can't be, you know, big uh big retail uses that generate a lot
of traffic. Each shop, condo, you know, they get like two parking spaces, so it's it's not um heavy uses where, you know, there wouldn't be any additional noise created that you would have to worry about hearing that across the road.
>> So, that won't increase the traffic a whole lot. Is that what you're saying? >> It shouldn't. should still be smaller, you know, because each shop condo I I apologize. I didn't look up the square footage, but they're not huge. So, each each business in there, a lot of times there's man um well, we call them man
caves, but they're basically hobby hobbyist sites. Somebody buys a unit and works on their motorcycle in there. Um sometimes somebody will put an office like a insurance office in one. Uh we've had people use them for storage for like
a furniture store. So it's it's it's really not intense. It's not going to be heavy industrial uses. It still will be uh commercial and light industrial uses. >> The the reason I'm concerned is I've been there since 1977 in my home across
the road and uh I I saw a gravel pit in there and that was way too much. >> Yeah. Our codes have been updated. If anything were ever um approved like that, we we do have a lot more standards in our zoning code, you know, like dust
control, uh a gravel pit would not be allowed in this industrial park. That would be a heavy industrial use and this is all light industrial >> because like I say, there was a gravel pit in there at one time. So, >> Right. >> But that's not going to happen again. >> Not anymore. Not.
>> Okay. So, the so the one road going in, is that right? off the off of Maine. >> Yeah, there's one access point off of Main Avenue and that will remain uh for both parcels. They'll have a an access agreement to
share the share the one access between the two parcels. >> I guess that doesn't sound too bad to me though. >> That's all. >> Any other questions? >> That's all I have. Thank you. >> Thank you. Anyone else from the public would like to address this particular request?
Seeing none. Is there a motion to close the public hearing? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Second. >> Those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Those against, same sign. And the hearing is closed. Is there any further
discussion or a motion regarding this particular item? Uh I should say that if we're to move to a motion, it should be will actually being considering two motions. Uh the first motion would be to recommend approval to the city council. the comprehensive plan amendment from
commercial to industrial at 1325 Main Avenue Southeast. Is there a motion for that particular item? >> I'll make a motion to approve both of the amendments. Um the zoning map amendment from community commercial to
light industrial and the comprehensive plan amendment from commercial to industrial. >> All right, let's consider the first motion. That would be the comprehensive plan amendment. Uh if any further discussion on that particular motion. >> Need a second on those. >> Yes, we'll need a second on that particular motion.
>> Second. >> All right. Hearing no further discussion. Those in favor of the first motion may signify by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed. Same sign. >> That motion is approved. The second motion is to recommend approval to the city council the zoning map amendment
from community commercial delight industrial at 1325 Main Avenue Southeast. Is there a motion to that effect? So moved >> and a second. >> Second. >> Any further discussion? Hearing none. Those in favor of the motion may signify by saying I.
>> I. >> Opposed. Same sign. >> That motion is approved. We have a request from M. Mahmud on behalf of Boston Auto Sales LLC for conditional use permit for auto sales
business at 2520 20th Avenue South. Is there a motion to open that hearing? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Second. >> All those in favor may signify by saying
I. >> I. >> I. >> Against. Same sign. City planner Houston, could you provide the commission with an overview of this item, please? >> Thank you again, Chair. Uh, assistant city planner Brittney Cameron will present this item. >> Thank you, chair and commissioners. M.
Muhammad is requesting a conditional use permit to operate an auto sales business in Light Industrial Zoning District at 2520 20th Avenue South, unit B, which is a multi-tenant site. Conditional use permits for auto sales require review
and approval of proposed site modifications, location, and number of displayed sale vehicles, customers, and employee parking. And in this case, because the applicant is sharing the site with other tenants, review if other tenants have
adequate parking, no public comments have been received to date. Staff suggests the planning commission recommend approval to the city council. The conditional use permit and the findings for auto sales in light industrial at 2520 20th Avenue South,
unit B contigent on the conditions outlined in your packet. Let us know if you have any questions. Are there questions of the members of the commission? >> Mr. Chair, we had a couple questions submitted before the meeting. Um, one
question was, "How is parking allocation formalized?" Uh, it's it can be formalized by a lease lease agreement between the property owner and the the those renting the spaces. Uh, two customer spaces doesn't seem like many
for a car sales lot. Um, typically these smaller dealerships uh don't require a lot of um customer or employee parking. In this case, it's going to be one employee. Um the zoning requirement would be two uh two spaces per thousand
square feet. That's what we use for this. And then if there is need for more, there's on street parking as well. Um, is there a formal agreement with other tenants for the number of parking spaces that again the property owner would put in the lease? In this case,
the car the auto dealerships coming in when there's already two units um, rented. The one unit is essentially like a man cave like I explained. He just uses it for hobbies. So he is getting allocated two spaces and then there's an artist studio on the end and she's
getting six spaces and then the the ref the rest will be left to the car dealership and the owner you know he communicates that with the renter the renters and he could update their leases with that information. Um, if another use came in, say like the artist studio
left, um, and it was a user that would require more than six spaces, we'd have to have a discussion with the property owner based on find out exactly what they're doing to see if um, more parking could maybe be added to the gra, you know, the
gravel area up here. Right now, it's just kind of open and probably used for um, outdoor storage. Um, another the last question is, uh, how is the parking enforced? Uh, the property owner obviously can enforce it if his tenants are having issues. He can
also, um, mark or sign the designated spaces. Um, if the three uses in there that could create parking issues, um, this would be addressed through our regular code enforcement. um say like they're taking up all the on street parking which they won't but if they
happen to do you know some of the other people out in that uh industrial park would have issues and we would just deal with it through code enforcement. >> Is there any restriction on using these parking allocated parking spots as display spots for the vehicles?
>> Yes. So because um one of the reasons why we changed the code to require CUPs for auto dealers, we were having a lot of problems with them parking in the rightway or parking junk cars where they shouldn't be. So, this cup spells out he gets um trying to remember he he has
some internal parking spa or display spaces and then he's getting two customer spaces, one employee space and then four exterior display um spaces. We do have a few um car dealerships that
do operate in our industrial park, but usually they have the whole building. So, this is kind of a a first for us, allowing the property owner to rent to a tenant where there's already two tenants. So, this will be a good experiment to see if this works. Um, the
only thing the only concern, and we clarified it in the conditions, was if they want to do more than that, they're going to probably need to improve that gravel area because if you're dis if you're selling cars, they have to be displayed on pavement. They can't be
displayed on gravel. So if he wants to do more exterior, he can he can amend the cup and um we can change that. And then also keeping that access aisle uh 20 foot access aisle clear to make sure the other tenants can get in and out and also the sanitation trucks can get to
the dumpster. So we don't want, you know, display vehicles parallel parking along the property line there. Um, and that's why we spell out all those like very specific conditions in the permit so that the applicants are clear what
they can and cannot do. >> Are the restrictions regarding vehicle servicing on this site? >> Yes, right now the building was not um built for auto repair. if they want to do that in the future, they can come back and amend the cup, but the building
code is going to require, you know, ventilation and all uh quite a few um modifications to the building. And we we've had that for other ones, too. And it's it's a building code requirement. It's not a zoning requirement. So, that they would have to address that. Then,
>> other questions of the commission. You do say that auto repair is not permitted at this at this site and no vehicles requiring repair prior to sale are permitted on site. Is that something that's that's tracked or watched or
>> we we do because again uh used auto sales is kind of one of our higher um we have a lot of code enforcement issues um and that's why we change the code to try to you know follow up. Um we keep we our aerials are now updated every year. So,
we can tell when there's, you know, this one's a little more hidden because it's not on a main road, but I can drive by First Avenue and we have a couple dealerships and I I see like a um a salvage vehicle and they're not supposed to have those there because we don't
want any junk vehicles presenting in the downtown area. So, we do keep track and then we also are very complaint driven like somebody sees too many vehicles or junk vehicles, but we do keep an eye on it as well. Do you think it might be beneficial to
put up to a certain number of cars just in case the owner wants to change the number of parking spots at some point in the future? They don't need to reapply if it's less for the auto. >> Well, we can Yeah, we can change the language to say up to, but we just have to make sure that they know that they
can't go beyond, you know, that four on the outside because they don't have any room. The interior number is very fluid. Like I think he brought it he wanted to do seven but then he's like well maybe I'm only going to do six. We don't really care about that. It's really to make sure they're not infringing on
other people's parking but we can definitely say up to four on the exter on the exterior. >> Other questions questions from anyone uh from the public. Last call for questions
hearing none. Um, is there a motion to close the public hearing? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor may signify by saying I. >> I. I. >> Opposed. Same sign. Is there any more discussion or a motion
for the item that would read as follows. Motion recommends approval to the city council the conditional use permit and related findings of fact for auto sales and light industrial at 2520 20th Avenue South unit B contingent on the
conditions outlined that you have in your packet. Is there a motion to that extent? >> So moved. >> A second. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Hearing no. All those in favor may signify by saying I.
>> I. >> I. >> Those opposed, same sign. >> Now before us is a request of Partridge Creek LLC for vacation of a 10-foot utility easement in Partridge Creek edition. Is there a motion to open the
public hearing? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Second. >> It's been moved and seconded. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. opposed same sign and the hearing is now open. City planner Houston, would you provide us with an overview of this
item, please? >> Thank you again, Chair Seagull. Uh, this one is also going to be assistant city planner Forest Steinhoff. >> Thank you again, Chair and Commissioners. Partridge Creek LLC is requesting to vacate a 10-foot utility easement along the former rear property
lines of lots 1 through 13 block 4 of Partridge Creek Edition, which were recently replatted as lots 1 through13 block 5 of Partridge Creek Second Edition in order to increase the lot depth from 100 ft to 120 feet. Um, as
you may recall, Partridge Creek Second Edition was recommended for approval by planning commission at the July 14th meeting where new 10-oot utility easements were required to be established along these new rear property lines for lots 1 through 13, block 5, Partridge Creek, Second
Edition. The plat was approved by city council at their July 27th meeting, but has not been recorded yet. No public comments have been received to date. Staff is suggesting the planning commission recommend approval to the city council. the vacation of 10-ft utility easements within Partridge Creek
edition and related findings contingent upon the conditions outlined in the packet and we would be happy to answer any questions. >> Are there questions from members of the commission? Does this uh incur any cost to the city for this vacation of this particular
property? this uh so Partridge Creek um the first edition is very new so nobody did any utilities or installed any utilities so it's really it's just a paper um change but because the Partridge Creek addition
was recorded at the end of last year those um easements are recorded so we have to basically unrecord them and then move them for their for those lots that are getting replatted >> any other questions from members of the commission
Questions from members of the public in attendance? Hearing none. Is there a motion to close the public hearing? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Second. >> All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. I. >> Against. Same sign. And the hearing is
closed. Is there any further discussion or is there a motion for the item? And that motion would entail recommendation of approval to the city council. the vacation of 10-ft utility easements within Partridge Creek edition contingent on the three items listed in
your packet. Is there a motion to that effect? >> I'll make a motion. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> No further discussion. Those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Against. Same sign. That motion is approved.
I see no other business to come before the commission. I believe we do have some information items that are to be to present at this time. >> Yes, chair. We have oneformational item and uh we're presenting the January
through June 2026 onward Morehead comprehensive plan up implementation update. And this is just a report that we put together to inform the planning commission on things that have been going on that you might not be aware of. So, um, we try not to put on like
anything that came before you, except there there is an ordinance on there. Um, it just kind of points out like the bigger projects that are going on in Morehead for, as you can see, we have a lot of a lot of cannabis businesses getting building permits. Um, so just uh
go through that and it basically goes we we update it um every six months. Uh, and it goes under the different chapters of the comprehensive plan. mostly you deal with land use, but then it also gives you an idea of what's going on in the world of sustainability and parks and wreck and mobility and economic
development. Let me know if you have any questions on any of those items listed in that report. >> Any questions from members of the commission? Hearing none, seeing as there no other business to come before us, is there a motion to adjurnn? >> So moved.
>> Second. >> Second. >> Meeting is adjourned. Thank you.