Plan Commission - Regular Meeting

She's sick. Good afternoon and welcome to the March 12th meeting of the city plan commission. My name is Lisa Bado, vice chair of the commission, and I call this meeting to order at 1:59 p.m.

If I can have you read the statement. Okay. Thank you, Madam Vice Chair. Kevin Smith, the plan inspection statement to the public. The city planning commission has sole and final approval authority over subdivision maps, which is statutoily limited or to ministerial examination of the application's conformance to all applicable code provisions. The staff report for an agenda item may include conditions, exceptions, or modifications. The commission may approve the item with all staff report conditions, exceptions or modifications, including additional measures regarding the item as imposed by the commission. Otherwise, the staff report with all modifications, exceptions, and conditions is approved and the applicant shall comply with all provisions of the staff report. Commissioners will consider all agenda items other than subdivision items in the form of a public hearing. The normal process is as follows. First, a commission will hear a staff report followed by a statement from the applicant. Then, members of the public may speak followed by any final statement from the applicant. Finally, the matter will be closed for further discussion or motion amongst the commission. The commission shall then make a recommendation that will that will be forwarded to city council.

Thank you, Mr. Smith. Do we have any changes to the agenda? Hi, good afternoon. Lisa Ma with planning and inspections. Uh we do have uh item number seven we're requesting to be postponed for two weeks. Item seven uh this is a presentation and discussion for purpose amendments to the landscape ordinance. So again this is being requested to be postponed for two weeks. Um other than this uh just just uh as a note we have a multiple revised staff reports um but this is the only change.

Thank you Mr. Samoa. Can I get a motion to approve the changes? So move. Second. Thank you. Motion passes. Do I have a call for public statement? We have to say all in in favor.

All in favor? I. Any opposed? Motion passes. Okay. Again, this time is for anyone who would like to speak on items not on the agenda. Anyone online would be star six to unmute yourself or here in the c in the conference room.

Thank you. And madam vice chair I do not believe we have anyone for call the public. Great. Thank you. We'll move on to the consent agenda items. Any discussion on the consent agenda items?

Can I get a motion to approve? Motion to approve consent agenda. Second. All in favor? I motion. Any opposed? Motion passes.

Yes. Now we're on the um item number four on the regular agenda. This is Visa del North Estates Unit 5. Thank you. Good afternoon chair and members of the commission. Ma with planning and inspections. Item number four on the agenda is Vista de Norte estates unit 5 involving a major combination application. This development is within the city of El Paso limits and is located south of Petro Boulevard and west of Dyer Street. The applicant is proposing to subdivide 108.79 acres of vacant land to create 550 single residential lots, one 7.91 acre park, and two drainage ponds with a combined acreage of 6.75 acres. Primary access to the subdivisions will be from Carlos Armas Drive. This development was being reviewed under the Vista del Soleni land study and portions of the current subdivision code. Here we have the preliminary plan which consists of three different pages. This is page number two and this is page number three. And here we have the final plot page one. page two and page three. And with that, staff recommends approval with condition of Vista de Norte States Unit 5 on a major combination basis as it complies with title 19 requirements. The condition being as follow that the applicant is required to landscape the rear of all double frontage lots in according with section 19.23.4 4 H3C of El Paso City Code. And that concludes my presentation.

Thank you, Miss Aguiler. Do we have any questions for staff? No questions. Can we get the representative?

Good afternoon, Madam Chair, Commissioners Con with Gund Incorporated. We do concur with all staff's comments. Thank you. Do we have any questions for Mr. K? Can I get a motion? Motion to approve.

Second. All in favor? I. Any opposed? Motion passes. Thank you, commissioners. Thank you. Moving on to item number five. Good afternoon chair, members of the commission. Salontis with planning on inspections. Item number five is on the agenda is north ghosta subdivision involving a major combination application. Next slide, please. Here's an area view of the development. This development is within city limits and it is located west of Satagosa Road and south of North Loop Drive. Next slide, please. Here we have the aerial showing the subdivision superimposed over the imagery. The applicant is proposing. Sorry, next slide, please. Oh, guess we're missing a slide. Sorry about that. But in the aerial we have the subdivision superimposed over the imagery and the applicant is proposing to subdivide 7 acres of land into two lots for commercial use. Lot number one is 2.03 acres in size. Lot number two is 4.9 acres in size and storm water drainage for the subdivision will be provided by way of on-site ponding. Main access to the sub subdivision shall be from North Loop Road and the subdivision was reviewed under the current subdivision code. Next slide please. Here we have an image of the preliminary plat. Next slide. And here we have an image of the final plot. Next slide. Here we have um the applicant is requesting three exceptions pursuant to the El Paso city code. And number one is to wave the dedication of 20 ft of rightway along Pelway. Number two is to wave the construction of 5t of parkway along Pelway. And number three is to allow for the sidewalk to above the roadway along Pelway. Next slide. Here we have the proposed cross-section for Pelway.

Next slide. Here we have the existing conditions on Pelway. Next slide. And the exception request meets the criteria under El Paso City Code Title 19. Next slide, please. to include staff staff. Staff recommends approval of North Coast subdivision on a major combination basis as it complies with title 19 requirements and recommends denial of the first exception that was requested and and approval of the second and third exceptions that were discussed. And this concludes my presentation. Thank you. I do apologize. I believe this some of the slides were incorrect. Um so just to rephrase re uh restate uh the ban before the first exception on your revised staff report um and the approval would be for the second and third exceptions. Thank you.

Yes. Thank you. Good afternoon. Uh my question is uh on Pale Road, are you going to be able to get access to the property? Yes, there will be access to the property and I can defer uh more questions about access to the applicant.

Any other questions for staff? Can we hear from the property rep? Hello. Enriquea with Cat Consulting. We agree with all staff comments.

Does anybody have any questions for him? As far as the PAL, we're not going to have access through there. There's going to be a proposed pond back there.

No other questions. Can I get a motion? Motion to approve. Second. All in favor? I. Any opposed? Motion passes. Moving on to number six.

Good afternoon, Chairan. Members of the commission. Mir Nagila with planning and inspections. Item number six on the agenda is Spanish Courts replat A involving a resubdivision combination application. This development is within the city of El Paso limits and it's located north of Gomez Road and west of Westside Drive. The applicant is proposing to resubdivide 1.06 acres of vacant land to create three residential single family lots. Storm water drainage will be managed by on-site ponding and this development is being reviewed under the current subdivision code. Here we have the preliminary plan and here we have the final plant. The applicant is requesting the following exceptions from the city plan commission and that is to weigh the dedication and construction of six feet of additional rightway along Masimo Drive to weigh the construction of a 5-ft planter strip along Maximo Drive and to weigh the construction of of a 1.5 ft of sidewalk along Maximo Drive. And that is to match current conditions. Next slide. Here we have the required and the existing cross-section for maximum dry. And here we have pictures showing the existing conditions of the lawn that is being subdivided where it shows that throughout the subdivision there's 3.5 ft of sidewalk. The exception request to weigh the required improvements meets the criteria under title 19 of the El Paso city court ordinances. And with that, staff recommends approval of Spanish courts repat on a resubdivision combination basis and approval of the exception request as

they both comply with title 19 requirements. And I'm sorry I did skip a slide. There was u public notice published in the El Paso Times on March 6 of 2026. and also notices were Melton neighborhood properties within 200 feet of the subdivision. Also on March 6 of 2026 as of today, there was one person inquiring about what was happening with the land and that happened when I went to take the pictures of the property, but no nothing in support or opposition to it. Now that concludes my presentation.

Thank you. Do we have any questions for Miss Agular? So, so there's no sidewalks next to the property. On this property, there's three and a half ft of sidewalk like it shows in the pictures right here. If you can see it on the first one on the left hand side, there's three and a half and that goes like that through the whole neighborhood and across this street. You can see there's the little

to that I know. Yes. But I can refer that to the applicant as well. Ju just to clarify, Kevin Smith, for the record, there is no currently no sidewalk in front of this property that would be constructed as part of the uh subdivision improvements.

Any other questions? Can we hear from the applicant? Thank you, Miss Aguular. Go first. Enrique again with CA Consulting and we agree with all staff comments. Thank you. Do we have any questions for the applicant?

Can I get a motion? Uh, mad madam vice chair, this this item actually is a public hearing. So again, anyone who'd like to speak on this item uh on the phone star six or in person, now's your time. And this is item six, Spanish court. Okay, madam vice chair, I don't believe we have anyone to speak on this.

Thank you, Mr. Smith. Can I get a motion on item number six? Motion to approve with all the exceptions. All in favor? I. Any opposed? Motion passes. Item number seven will be postponed for two weeks and that is the last item.

Can I get a motion tojourn? All in favor I I Thank you.