Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

We will convene the meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission of the city of Austin for Tuesday, September 15, 2026. Our last meeting was on June 9 of this year. These acts were on the GovWell website and also in the package. If no one has corrections or corrections to these acts, we need a motion and support to approve them as written.

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Thank you. There is a motion from Commissioner Norman and a support from Commissioner Stewart to approve the acts of June 9, as written... Any more discussion? If everyone is in favor of the motion, say yes. If everyone is against, say no. Let's go. These acts are approved. An item on the agenda tonight, the... Nexus Family Healing, on 1111 28th Street, NE, is asking for a dry resource for a 10-foot high barbed wire drywall in the property.

Yes, so this is a fence resource, so we didn't have to send notices to the owners of the neighboring properties. Let's see, here's my backup. Requiring the Nexus Diversified Community Services, located in Plymouth, Minnesota. The location of the property, or the property in question of the project, is located at 1111 28th Street, Northeast, St. Minnesota. The current use of the soil is a residential treatment facility. The zoning classification is Real Multifamily Office. The zoning classifications of use of the soil around are listed. I'll open the map quickly. Where my cursor is, is the place of the Nexos Gerard. And surrounded by the Austin Country Club Natural Center. And some residences here with light yellow. The requested action, the applicant is appealing to the Austin City Code 4.70 Subdivision 5, which limits the fences built within the lot areas to 6 feet high in a multifamily office area , unless approved by the Council. The applicant wishes to add about 10 feet high and 238 linear feet inside the lot, around the back of the main building, for security reasons. The fence will be added to the internal lot to prevent access to the roof. The applicant is also making other updates, such as new windows, for the same purpose. There are no visibility problems due to the location. The design of the fence is made of open wire. The height of the fence seems necessary to provide additional security. The fence is not extreme in relation to the scale of the next structure. The team recommends and the applicant accepts to mark the flood area by lifting to ensure that the fence is installed outside this perimeter. It is very close to what we call a flood channel, an area where we cannot build due to our participation in the National Flood Safety Program, which allows people in our community to obtain flood protection by the program. Of course, we have to adopt portals to restrict development in these areas. This is a recommendation to the council. I put the requirements for a variation because this is a resource of being. You are not limited by these criteria as you would be for a real variation, but you can use this as guidance. So, some of the things you can consider are in harmony with the general purposes and the intention of the zoning code. Is it consistent with the broad plan? Request to establish that there are practical difficulties in fulfilling the disposition and the property owner proposes to use the property in a reasonable way not allowed by the disposition. The situation is due to the exclusive circumstances of the property. The variation will not allow any use that is not allowed in the zoning district and that will not alter the essential character of the area around. And there are some Images here of where this would be located, and I can have an open GIS map too, so you can see how it would be in the area behind the main building. We have a representative of Girard here, in case you have any more questions, and if I say something wrong, just correct me. And here is another drawing of where the glass screen is. And I talked to her because there are three meters and they will have to get a building license for this fence. And they will also talk to the person responsible for the construction. There must be certain gates because of the exit of the buildings. So they have to be able to pass through the fence easily, as if it were a door, basically. Because it crosses the exit. So there will be doors installed, but all this will be inspected when they are part of the construction license request. And here goes a little more. I'm not sure if I said that, but I think I did. I probably did, but I think there was a problem with access to the roof.

A problem with what?

Access to the roof. You didn't tell the residents, but...

Something?

That's it.

And this is a recommendation to the council. Do any of the police officers have any questions to ask? The class is yours for the requierent.

How can a wire screen prevent my access to the roof? Why can't they climb on the screen and jump on the roof?

I'm Liz Keller from Senator Nexus Drive. This is the reason for the three meters.

It is not to prevent them from accessing.

To delay them so that our team can call them before they have access to the roof. The intention is that it is an impediment to accelerate them.

How are they accessing now without any?

They are climbing the fire ladder and it is also in the two parts of the back of the building. There are points where they can

And the fence will block these access points. Do you have any other fences out there? And this is a matter of licensing.

Were there other projects for this specific problem?

This is the best we've created. In fact, we work closely in collaboration with DHS for this. Also with the fire department, because there is a fire ladder that goes down to that area. The gates are designed to be able to be opened from the inside of the area. We work closely in collaboration with both agencies.

Any other questions? Do you want to make a motion?

If you want to make the motion only based on the materials, no discussion. For the factual basis, for approval, recommendation of approval.

References to documents in the GovWallet.

Recommendation to the council, right? I will make a motion to recommend that all the different commissions proceed.

I support.

All right. We have a motion from Rita and a motion from Jason to recommend to the Council to approve the Sgrima resource as referenced in the GovWallet documents and according to our discussion. Any other discussion?

All in favor of the motion, please say yes.

All against, no? The motion is approved. The resource was approved. Anything else for us, Lívia?

No, but this will go to the council. On Monday, for a final decision. You don't need to call a meeting. That's it for me.

All right. Any other issue from another commissioner? We need a motion and support to close.

I propose a closing.

Support. We have a motion from Commissioner Burroughs and a support from Commissioner Norman to close. All in favor of the motion, please say yes. Yes. All against, no? Thank you all.

It's good to see you.