Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

Good evening, Claremont. The time is 6.30, and I call this meeting to order. Please rise for the invocation and pledge led by Vice Chair Hobbs.

Heavenly Father, thank you for the opportunity to gather tonight in service to our community. Grant us wisdom as we consider the matters before us, patience to listen carefully, and fairness in weighing the interests of everyone affected by our decisions. Help us look beyond the immediate moment and act as responsible stewards of the community that's been entrusted to us. Give us the humility to recognize what we may not know, the courage to make difficult decisions, and judgment to pursue what is right rather than simply what is easy. Please watch over our residents, our staff, our first responders, and all those who've joined us tonight. Amen.

I pledge allegiance to the flag Looking at our agenda, we'll move to item D. The purpose of this item is to allow the public an opportunity to address the commission regarding any item on this agenda that is not a public hearing. Daily operational or administrative matters should first be dealt with by calling town hall during business hours. In accordance with state law, the commission is restricted from discussing or acting on items not listed on the agenda. Speakers will be limited to three minutes. Once your turn to speak, state your name and municipality and direct your comments to the commission. Do we have anyone? Anyone? Moving to the next agenda item, E. Our next two meetings will be held on August 10th and August 24th. If you'll not be available, please notify Laura Ann as soon as possible. And next to our business from that, future agenda items. Are there any commissioners who have a future agenda item that they would like to bring forward? Moving right along. Item G, staff director report. I believe we have a legislative update.

Thank you, Chair, and good evening, Commissioners. I have legislative updates today. So in preparation of the next legislative session in 2027, so the legislation is actually starting to schedule and conduct public hearings, which is interim hearings and interim changes. that were outlined by the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker. So the purpose of these changes and charges and hearings is to direct committees to investigate complex issues and draft potential solution before lawmakers return to Austin this summer, next summer. The first hearing of interest to us was held in mid-June. The purpose of the hearing was to take testimony on the Super Preemption Bill. So if you recall, this was a bill that was passed in 2023, and the law prevents cities and counties from enforcing local ordinances that exceed our conflict with state law in broad areas like labor, finance, and business. It appears that the committee is contemplating some type of enforcement mechanism or super preemption bill next session. They're likely considering some type of penalty for cities that refuse to repeal an ordinance once it has been found in conflict with state law. So there was another scheduled hearing last week. So these were the bills that were discussed during this hearing that was last week, which was House Bill 24, relating to procedures for changes to zoning regulation or district boundary. Senate Bill 15, relating to size and density requirements for residential lots in certain municipalities. Senate Bill 840 relating to certain municipal regulations on certain mixed use and multifamily residential development projects and conversion of certain commercial buildings to mixed use and multifamily residential occupancy and Senate Bill 1567 relating to the authority of home rule municipalities to regulate the occupancy of dwelling units. So the town is closely monitoring all these hearings. If there's any bill that we think impacts the town We'll share those updates with you moving forward. That's all I had.

If not, we'll move to item H, which are consent items. This part of the agenda consists of non-controversial or housekeeping items as required by law. We have two items listed, as noted in the package that was sent out to us earlier. One is the minutes from June 22nd, 2026. The other is SSP 26-0003, Brookview Phase II. I know I asked earlier, everyone had the packets. Would any commissioners like to entertain a motion?

I'll make a motion to approve items H1 and H2 as presented.

A second. Okay, we have a motion and a second. Lorianne, please call the roll.

Commissioner Beck?

Aye.

Commissioner Getty?

Aye.

Commissioner Langley? Aye. Vice Chair Hobbs? Aye. Commissioner Gilmore?

Aye.

Commissioner Jackson? Aye.

And the motion passes. Next, item I. This is regular items. Typically, the commission will make a recommendation to the town council on projects listed in this section of the agenda. If a public hearing is required, it will be noted on the item caption. If you wish to speak on item I1, which is a public hearing and have not done so already, please fill out a green comment card, and you can turn that in over to Laurieann. Mr. Chair, I refuse myself from this item. Thank you, Commissioner Gilmour. We'll wait just a minute. I said we will wait for just a minute while you step out. We will now open item I-1 for SUP 26-0003, Kensington Estates, lot one, block A, accessory dwelling unit. This is a public hearing, and presenting is Cody.

Good evening, chair and commissioners. My name is Cody Hay. I'm a planner with the planning department, and the item before you is the Kensington Estates ADU lot one, block A, specific use permit. And this shows a general location of the property, which is located east of Scenic Drive and north of Kensington Court. And this just shows a more detailed location of the property. So this is master plan for the land use of rural density, and it is located in the Cross Timbers Conservation Development District. It is owned Agricultural Zoning District. And then this is the site plan in reference to the site picture. And this is just a site picture looking north towards the property. So this specific item and the purpose of the application is to request approval of a specific use permit to have an accessory dwelling on the property. And specifically, accessory dwellings are required to follow all the following requirements, including number one, the accessory dwelling shall be located on the same lot or track as the existing primary dwelling and located in a separate structure. Number two, an accessory dwelling shall not be located on any lot or track of less than two acres. Number three, no more than one accessory dwelling per tractor lot shall be allowed. Number four, accessory dwelling shall not be used as rental units, including short-term rentals. Number five, the accessory dwelling shall be serviced by the same utility meter as the primary dwelling, and the building materials and architecture will be similar to or in concert with the primary dwelling. Number six, the habitable floor area of the accessory dwelling shall not exceed 50% of the habitable floor area of the primary dwelling. The maximum habitable floor area shall not exceed 2,000 square feet. Number seven, an accessory dwelling shall conform to the same side and rear setbacks as provided for the primary dwelling in the zoning district in which it is located. Number eight, the front building line for an accessory dwelling shall be behind the primary structure at a point no closer than 10 feet from the rear wall of the primary dwelling. Number nine, in no case shall the combined area of the primary dwelling, accessory dwelling, and or other accessory buildings exceed the maximum percentage of lot coverage allowed for the zoning district in which the structures are located. And this is the concept site plan. Marked in red is where the proposed accessory dwelling unit will be located. Just for some background information, this is lot one, block A of the Kensington Park Estates subdivision. It is approximately five acres. The lot is currently developed with a 5,958 square foot habitable area main dwelling on the existing lot. The accessory dwelling will be roughly 1,023 square feet of habitable floor area, which is approximately 17% of the main structure, so it's meeting that requirement. The lot coverage for the property will be approximately 5.6%, which is within the allowable maximum lot coverage of 25% within the Ag zoning district. And then this is the elevation proposed. So the building materials and paint both match the existing dwelling that you can see on site. And then this is the application matrix. So this is a specific use permit. So the final decision-making body will be the town council after recommendation by the Planning and Zoning Commission tonight. Property owner notifications were sent to adjacent property owners within 200 feet of the subject property line. At this time, staff has not received any correspondence regarding this application. And that is the end of my presentation. The applicant is here and they have a presentation for you tonight.

Thank you.

Commission. nice to be before you again uh my name is bill peck i'm the architect on the project um and so just a uh i mean cody did a nice job of laying it out so i don't have a whole lot more to say about it and mr peck could you tell us your municipality real fast uh sure um i'm resided at 2829 edinburgh lane flower mound thank you sir um the project is basically they're wanting a pool house with a mother-in-law type suite added into it the main objective is to be able to have like a little party house by the pool but while they're doing it they've got the mother-in-law suite which is what triggers everything here the um This is just a rendering showing basically what we're looking at in representing the main house and the pool house together. This one is, this is the location of the future pool house with the existing structures that are there right now. And I kept it short and sweet with respect to your time, so if you have any questions, I'll be happy to answer.

Short and sweet works. Looks like a beautiful structure. Well, this item is listed as a public hearing, and we'll go ahead and open that public hearing now if there's anyone who would like to make comment. And we have no cards. We have no comments. In which case, the public hearing is now closed. Does anyone in the commission have any additional questions they would like to ask at this point in time?

Cody? Yes. So is this an HOA area, correct? Is this in an HOA area? Is this property part of an HOA? I believe so.

Okay.

Were there any feedback or anything from the HOA as it relates to the request?

No, not at this time. We didn't receive anything.

Okay.

And just as a matter of confirmation, you covered the criteria that are required for this and all of those criteria met in this case?

Yes, that's correct.

Thank you.

And I think the 200-foot notification, did we do that? Yes, that's correct. Okay, I think you may have mentioned that. I probably missed it. So we had a sign posted out and there's been a notification. It fits all the criteria. There's no exceptions. So I don't really... know what else there is to debate about those.

Yes. Well, in which case we'll formally go into deliberation. I know at least one of our commissioners has no comments or further things to debate. Any other initial impressions, questions, comments, or concerns?

I'll just make some comments. I went and did check out the property. It does seem a little tight with where the proposed structures could be, but in relation to the fence, but if you look in terms of where it is with the property line, it looks fine. I think it's going to fit in very well there. I think it's well done.

It certainly looks like a beautiful design.

I just wanted to thank Mr. Peck for the rendering, because the rendering, that's magic. That really helps us to visualize it, because sometimes it's tough when you're just looking at the site plan.

Any other points for deliberation? Okay, in that case, this item is a recommendation to the town council. Would any commissioner like to entertain a motion to recommend approval or denial?

I'll make a motion to recommend approval of SUP 26-003, Henson County State Slot 1, Block A Accessory Dwelling Unit as written.

Second. We have a motion and second. Lori-Anne, would you please call the roll?

Commissioner Jackson? Aye. Vice Chair Hobbs?

Aye.

Commissioner Langley? Aye. Commissioner Getty?

Aye.

Commissioner Beck?

Aye. And the motion passes. Let's go ahead and bring them back in before we formally adjourn. It's irrelevant whether he was against it or not. It looks like a beautiful plan.

I think that that'll be very nice once done.

And I will note that it's been less than 50 minutes, so this is another one in the win column for being both efficient and effective with our commissioner's time. It makes up for those. I hope Commissioner Gilmour didn't just pour himself a hot cup of coffee and start to relax. Oh, there he is.

Welcome back.

So the time is now 6.47, and I call this meeting adjourned.