Planning & Zoning Commission - Regular Meeting

So, Ms. Hensley, do you have some remarks for us?

So, we actually did not have any new business items from community development on last week's city council agenda. So, I don't have any updates on any cases that have gone through the commission previously.

Okay. Well, this has been very interesting. Down to item D1, consider a request for a final clap, variances for lots. Will

with variances for the property located at 600 Normal Lane. The property was originally planted in 1959, and there is currently one single family home and two accessory structures on the lot. And the applicant is now proposing to subdivide the property into three single family residential lots. All lots will meet the minimum lot size of 36,000 square feet. And the variances requested are for the minimum lot depth, which is 200 feet required in the SF 36 zoning district. They are requesting to allow lot 1 to have a minimum lot depth of 182.82 feet, to allow lot 2 to have a minimum lot depth of 183.86 feet, and for lot 3 to have 184.96 feet. Because it's a replat, it is a public hearing, and we did send notices to the surrounding properties. We have not received any feedback. this evening as well. Okay.

And you said normal width for this one?

It's for depth and it's 200 feet.

You know, I noticed on that one map that those lots were, whatever, in 1959, one, two, and three. And it actually makes a statement. We are looking at this lot, one and a half lot. Do you know what I'm referring to? The property line of those lots? And they took that second lot and they split it in two, putting it with the fellow to the north. And I thought that it was just very odd that we, I guess this is just, we inherited from the history of Caledonia.

Right. Based off the plat that we have on file and how the Tarrant Appraisal District seems to classify this property, it appears to have been administered as one lot previously. Historically.

Anyway, I thought I was just curious. Any questions on that? Okay. Item D2 is to consider a request for a special use permit for a 2,385 square foot accessory structure at 1920 Winter Drive. And you again.

Yes, so as you said, an SUP to construct a 2,385 square foot detached garage. There are two SUP triggers for the structure to exceed 1,200 square feet in the SF-36 zoning district and for the height of the structure to exceed an average of 15 feet tall. The proposed height is 19 feet and 2 inches. All other UBC guidelines are met, including the setbacks.

I'm sorry. I had trouble understanding where exactly on the property he wanted to put it.

Yeah, actually, another question I had too.

Because there's nothing that shows where exactly he wants to put this on the lot.

So in the applicant packet, there is a site plan that shows the structure?

It shows the structure, but not where.

There is a site plan that shows the proposed home and then an additional accessory structure. It should be page four.

Oh.

It took me a while to get out.

I do have it highlighted in the presentation as well.

Yeah, because I usually circle it and show us, and I was just looking at this thing, and this is a nice pretty little architectural plan. Thank you.

Also, just in case you don't know, that house isn't built yet. down, and I assume they've got a building permit for the house, but they need this for the accessory storage.

Right, yes, correct.

Okay, thank you. We're on item D3 to consider an SUP to allow all Hiller, Old Grass Legacy, 118 West Harlow.

Yes, sir. So yes, as you mentioned, this is an SUP request for Bluegrass Legacy to operate office space in excess of 1,200 square feet on the first floor in Old Town Keller. Bluegrass Legacy currently operates at this location and has since 2021. Their business offers financial planning services, retirement planning, investment management, and other financial services. They currently have four to five employees and anticipate to be growing. Their office hours are Monday to Thursday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday 8 a.m. to 3.30, and closed on Saturday and Sunday. The existing size of the building is 1,045 square feet. They're requesting to add approximately 1,059 square feet of additional space onto the property. That additional space will consist of three offices, a storage room, restroom, and a covered porch. I'll also point out that the applicant intends to enhance the exterior of the building through the Keller Facade Improvement Grant, which is currently scheduled for City Council on July 7th.

How did Economic Development vote to approve that as him?

He's scheduled for Monday night for the Economic Development Board. So he hasn't gone. He hasn't gone. Tentatively for Monday night, I should say.

This is public hearings. We did mail out letters. We have not received any public feedback, and the applicant will be here this evening.

I don't know if you can pull it up, but when I was looking again at the overview of the site, it looked like the property line where he wants to build this new structure, what is that requirement for the side setback? Is it 5 feet or 10 feet?

So in Old Town, it's much more flexible. We typically go by 5 feet because that allows 10 feet of separation between structures. So if you've got 5 feet on either side of the side lot line, you can get the 10 feet between structures, which is what our fire marshal and building official want to see. Okay. And he's at 4 feet 10? according to this? He has been advised that that will have to be adjusted whenever he comes in for his official site plan.

Okay, I'll have questions for him because I'm kind of curious as to why we're sliding that new addition to the west and we're leaving five feet on the...

I believe they want to extend a portion of the Old Town Promenade privately. So if you recall how Old Town, the promenade kind of dead ends, if you will, at Bates Street, it does pick up along Lamar with a wide pedestrian area. But I think the owner of one of the adjacent lots is interested in possibly extending a pedestrian walkway and a kind of access easement between some of those lots just to continue that pedestrian connectivity. We don't have any plans. I don't have anything in writing stating that it's for sure going to happen, but I suspect that's part of the reason they designed it that way.

Okay. Well, we can ask him when he gets here. All right. Item D4, consider a request for a final plat for lot 1R of the Burbine Addition Subdivision at 9297 and 9299 Indian Knoll. And back to you, Mr. Wheeler. Yes. So the property was platted in 1984 as lots 1A and 1B of the Burbine Addition.

And as a part of that original platting, a 40-foot right-of-way was dedicated along the northern portion of both of those lots for a future public street connection. At the time the plat was approved, the city entered into a street use license agreement with the property owners, allowing them to use that dedicated right-of-way area as a private driveway serving both of those lots. The agreement stipulated that the private use of that right away could continue until the city determined that construction of the public street was necessary. The applicant is now requesting approval of a replat to combine those two lots into a single lot for single family residential use. And this replat also proposes abandonment of the right-of-way dedication, which is no longer needed to serve street connection. And approval of the replat would eliminate that right-of-way area and terminate the associated street use license. This was not a public hearing, so we did not send out notices. The applicant did, they will be here this evening.

Does the street extend out to where 9300 is on the map? Or does that become a cul-de-sac there at the end? I wasn't quite sure where the street used.

The street itself dead ends at the beginning of this property.

Right, so how do you get to 9300? The address, the lots that are identified as 9,300 on the map.

There's a driveway.

There's a driveway. It splits off.

So does that mean that there's sufficient for the fire marshal to do the cul-de-sac or the dead end? Because haven't we run into that quite a bit?

looking to change anything relative to that. The road dead ends today. The fire marshal doesn't like dead ends, but it's there. And you can't force somebody who's not doing something else.

Right, but the city has a street use right-of-way so that we're asking to now terminate, which would have given the city the right to extend the street, right? And now we're

So I think the idea, and of course we're talking decades ago when that was put in, was before the development to the west was built. So there may have been the thought that eventually Indy Null might punch through. That obviously is not going to happen. There's no plans whatsoever for further road construction there. So we're comfortable abandoning that street license because we're not going to extend right away. We don't want to build road there to maintain. So the fire marshal is going to require them to put some sort of approved turnaround that might be a hammerhead, some other type of drive. They'll have to work that out with the fire marshal at the time the building permit comes in. Which is a no on the plot.

What's the total square foot of the lots when they're combined?

That is, sorry, 2.5 acres.

But for this particular agenda item, all we can get is a plat with no variances, so we're just approve only, right? That is correct.

Is there anything about that being at the end of the street a requirement that they have in-home sprinklers for fire suppression? That will also be a note on the plat as a requirement.

So they're going to build a residential home and they have to have sprinklers in it?

Yes, sir. And there are homes on those lots today?

according to the pictures right they've done some demo work I think all but one accessory structure has been removed but but the applicant can verify yes so just remind me I think we used to have these plants in consent was there a reason we moved them out of consent on this one in particular it's a little bit different in that we're abandoning that Street use license, it's a weird term that we don't really use anymore In the past when we've done abandonments of an easement or right-of-way We usually put it on new business just because it's a little bit unique That's the only reason What do you mean by consent?

The consent agenda, so when we approve, usually it's just the minutes in the consent agenda So it's items that aren't expected to meet any discussion Or in this instance, we have to approve it, so

When you only have one thing on a consent agenda, it's irrelevant. If you have eight of them, it saves time going through eight things and just saying, no, we agree to all eight of these. The city council does that all the time when we just don't have enough stuff.

Give us more stuff. City Council have a lot of resolutions and stuff in there, and they just don't go resolution by resolution. It's just like they vote on eight things at one time. Like, well, I'll go, but I need to talk about it.

So when y'all do the plat, you'll make those kind of notations that they have to take care of the hammer, the...

Right. So the official recorded plat that I sign and it's notarized and recorded at the appraisal district, that will have those notes in there. And then the way a building permit review works is we truly do pull up the plat and take a look. We check the zoning of the property. We'll pull up the plat. If it's in a PD, we'll check the PD standards. We do all of those things when we're reviewing a building permit to make sure any notes that were recorded on that plot or in the PD, you know, whatever it is, that they are adhering to those with that set of plans that comes in.

Okay. All right. Well, we've run through our agenda. We have about 12 minutes until we appear on the diet, so unless there's anything else.

Chairman, I did, real quick, I saw your email, and you printed those robberies that you requested.

Oh, yeah, you were placing those out. I asked Sarah to give us a roster, if you will, of what place everybody is on this commission and their contact information. So the last one I got is when I first signed on to the commission two and a half years ago.

Thank you.

So anyway, this kind of gives you just a rundown as to who we are and what place you're in. I don't know what relevance this has to the new system that the council put in place of each council person designating, you know, place one, which would be Shannon Dougherly, is the point of contact for Eric, but I'm not quite sure what that means. In fact, when I talked to Shannon about this last Friday, it was kind of, it's still a work in process what they're going to do here. So anyway, it's just for your information. You might want to keep that. So thank you very much.

Can I make a suggestion? Sure. Anytime we get a new member, we put this out again. I think it's a great idea, personally. Can you also email or text it to us, too? This is great.

I guess it also lets us know when our term is up.

There are only two-year terms, so every year almost half of us is up, or more than half.

It just seemed like last year we were applying. Or I guess we got reassigned last year, didn't we, to a new place. That's what it was. That's what it was.

Yeah, November 30th, 2027, after second term.

Line two.

Behind the term.

All right, thank you. Let's call our Planning and Zoning Commission meeting to order on June 9, 2026, and it is 7.01 p.m. With that, we'll do our pledges. If you'll please stand. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Honor the Texas flag. I pledge allegiance to the Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible. All right, thank you. I'd like the commissioners to introduce yourself, starting with my right.

Andrew Young. Bill Schlegel.

Aaron Farner.

Eric Leist. John Scott.

Michelle Sandoval-Cavanez.

Ross Brensinger.

And John Baker, your chairman this evening. On the agenda, there's now a persons to be heard portion. This is a time for the public to address the commission on any subject. However, the Texas Open Meetings Act prohibits the commission from discussing issues which the public has not been given three business days' notice. Issues raised may be referred to city staff for research and possible future action. Each speaker will be allowed three minutes to speak. Now, we have a public hearing on the first three agenda items this evening. The fourth one is not a public hearing, but if you're here to speak on those Public hearing it's more appropriate if you wait for your comments until we get to that agenda item But is there anybody here that wishes to address the Commission on any subject? Okay seeing no interest we'll move on New business Item D1 is a public hearing consider a request for a final plat with variances for lots one, two, and three, block A of the Hill family addition, being 2.784 acres located at the northeast corner of Norma and Johnson, being a replat of lots one and two, block two of the Harville addition subdivision, zone single family, 36,000 minimum. And this is plat dash 2604 dash 0005. And Mr. Edelman? Thank you, Chairman.

I have the aerial and zoning maps shown here. Subject property zone SF 36. The subject property was platted in 1959. There is currently one single family home and two accessory structures on the lot. The purpose of this replat is to subdivide the existing 2.7 acre property into three single family residential lots. The application includes variance request to section 8.04 of the UDC. All lots do meet the minimum lot size of 36,000 square feet. You can see the submitted plat there below. The property is zoned SF36 and designated medium density single family on the future land use plan. The properties to the north are zoned SF36 and designated medium density single family. To the south, SF8.4 and some multifamily and designated high density single family and mixed use. To the east, SF12, a part of PD1297, and designated high density single family. And then to the west, SF36 with the KISD overlay, and then designated semi-public. The applicant has provided the drainage plan supporting this application that meet the requirements of the UDC. A utility plan has not been submitted with this application. The utility plans are to be submitted with the building permits at the time of development. The applicant has provided a written statement indicating that both the property owner and home builder have been made aware of this requirement, and a note has been included on the plat sheet stating that builders will be responsible for extending utilities to the newly created lots. Per UDC section 8.04, 4A, the minimum lot depth is 200 feet in the SF36 zoning district. The applicant has requested the following variances. To allow lot 1 to have a minimum lot depth of 182.82 feet. To allow lot 2 to have a minimum lot depth of 183.86 feet. And to allow lot 3 to have a minimum lot depth of 184.96 feet. The application meets all other requirements in the SF 36 zoning district. On May 28, the city mailed out 38 letters of notification to all property owners within 300 feet of the subject site, and staff has not received any public feedback regarding the request. The Planning and Zoning Commission has the following options when considering a final plat with variances. Recommend approval as submitted. Recommend approval with modified or additional conditions. Table the agenda item to a specific date with clarification of intent and purpose or recommend denial. And if a recommendation is provided tonight, the application will be forwarded to the July 7th City Council agenda. If you have any questions, staff and the applicant are available.

Just for clarification, when you make that statement to the builder and the owner about extending utilities, are you referring to sewer, water, and anything else?

Yes, anything that would normally be required as a part of the plat submittal will be required at a future time with that building permit submittal.

Okay, thank you. At this time, does the applicant have anything they would like to add? Please come down. And if you'll state your name and address for the record, we'd appreciate it.

Hi, my name is Cody Hill, and my... I'm the owner of the property currently. My father purchased the property in 1959. I grew up there. I've been a Keller resident, born and raised in the great city of Keller. Me and my family currently own the property. My parents passed away about 10 years ago. So we're looking to do something with this property that will increase the overall value of the area. and just would, you know, basically be good for the family going forward as well. I've got some family members helping me out with the planning and with the, you know, just overall process.

All right. Okay. Thank you very much. If you'll maybe stay close by, the commission may have some questions for you. Okay, at this time, this is a public hearing. Is there anybody here that wishes to speak on this agenda item? And Commissioner Scott?

Motion for a closed public hearing.

And Ms. Sandoval-Cabanas?

I second.

We have a motion and a second to close public hearing. Any further discussion? Okay, let's vote. Okay, the public hearing is now closed. 7-0 was the vote. And at this time, I'm open for questions from the commission, Commissioner Brenzinger.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Edelman, I want to follow up on the chairman's question on utilities. Is sewer required for these lots?

So per the UDC, any plats that create more than four lots, the developer is required to extend sewer to serve the lot. Since this is only creating two new lots, per the UDC, sewer is not required to be extended.

Okay. So in this case, the required utilities would be electricity and water?

And other communications. gas, whatever might be needed for the properties.

I'm missing something.

Okay.

If you want to live with good hygiene, you need water. I think we require everybody in town to have water from the city. You can't have oil, you got to have a city water. Electricity is pretty necessary for heat and cooling and all those stuff. So I think those are required. I don't think anyone is required to have gas or internet.

Correct. But when we say utilities, it's the global utilities for, well, let me back up. That's not correct. When we say utilities, we're talking about city utilities, water and sanitary sewer. And so for, in this case, for these two new lots, the builder would have to extend a water service to connect to the water main, which in this case I believe is on the south side of Johnson Road. They'll have to extend the water service from that main to the house.

Okay, so in this case, that's all it really means.

Right, right. Now, if the... lots sizes or soil conditions don't support a septic system and Tarrant County Health Department can't or won't issue a permit for it, for a septic system, then they would have to extend sewer to those lots.

Okay. You guys have a process, you should follow it. But I would be more comfortable if rather than saying utilities, we actually specify what we're really talking about.

Okay. Well, and typically when a plat is submitted, we ask to see a utility plan. How do you plan on serving these lots? Where is it coming from? And that's when they hire an engineer and show plans and all that. The request was made to not do that here, to have the builders do it, and considering it's effectively two new lots, staff considered it, and that's why we went that route.

Yeah, that makes sense to me.

But to just to be safe, You know, when we say when staff internally is talking about utilities, we're talking about water and sewer. But realistically, it's any of the other utilities that are needed to serve that lot, whatever that may be.

Okay. Thank you. All right. Thank you. And Commissioner Schlegel?

Thank you. I'm not sure if this is for the staff or for the owner, but what's the constraint for depth? Is it the size of the lot? They can't get to the 200? Is it just there's not enough room on the lot?

Yeah, that's correct, yeah.

So he goes to the extent.

The size is wide.

Sir, if you'll come forward and speak into the mic, they can't hear you at all.

Yeah, I believe it's just a little bit too narrow for it to be 200 feet back. Okay.

Have you already got buyers for these lots?

Not currently, no, sir. Okay. Okay.

All right. Thank you.

All right. Thank you. And Commissioner Lys.

Thanks for bringing this item today. Yeah, I'm reviewing it. The width variance from the standards for this zone district are less than 10% variance. So I think that we're meeting, you know, the spirit of of the zoning designation for SF36, and especially that it's lot depth instead of width. We're still maintaining the space between homes, and especially on a, I don't know that, I mean, Johnson is certainly one of our main roads in town, so having that feel not be interrupted will look well to the community. It'll be a good aesthetic, and I think it'll be great that there will be three really, potentially three Well, two more nice homes on this road that folks can come in and move into our community. So I'm in support of this. Thanks for bringing it. I think this is the kind of new development that's great for Keller. We're getting three more or two more lots that are exactly what I think our community is looking for, spacious lots, good quality homes. So thanks for having the idea and for bringing it here.

Okay, thank you. I see we have a motion before. I think to agree with Mr. Leisch that the overall size of the lot compensates for the fact that you're going to shave 15 feet off the back of it. It's fine in my view. So with that, Commissioner Sandoval-Cabanas?

I move to approve item D1 as presented.

All right. Thank you. And Commissioner Schlegel?

I second it.

Okay. We have a motion to approve with a second. Any further discussion? And that motion is item D1 as written. Okay, let's take a vote. Okay, that is approved 7-0. And you'll be before the city council on July 7th with the recommendation that we have this evening. So thank you very much. Wish you well. All right, we're moving on to item D2, which is a public hearing. Consider a request for a special use permit for 2,385 square foot accessory structure on approximately 2.067 acres, located approximately 825 feet west of the intersection of Winter and North Pearson, legally described as Block 2, Lot 10 of the Cross Timber Acres, Zone 36,000 LD, And this is SUP-2605-0014. And Mr. Edelman.

Thank you, Chairman. The aerial and zoning maps, subject property zoned SF-36. The applicant is requesting an SUP to construct a 2,385 square foot detached garage to be used for storage and work on privately owned vehicles, as well as general residential storage and as a workspace. There are two SUP triggers for the proposed structure to exceed 1,200 square feet in the SF 36 zoning district and an SUP for the height of the structure to exceed an average of 15 feet tall. The concept plan submitted by the applicant indicates that the structure will be located behind the main residence. The applicant intends to meet all other UDC guidelines and setbacks for the SF 36 zoning district. You can see the structure outlined in red there. The elevations provided by the applicant indicate a masonry facade with concrete tile roofing and metal and glass garage doors. The average height of the structure will be 19 feet and 2 inches. You can see the floor plan that is also included in the applicant packet. All existing structures in the property have now been demolished. The applicant has submitted building permits for both the primary residence and an additional accessory structure. The primary residence is proposed to be approximately 13,307 square feet. Subject property is zoned SF36 and designated low-density single family on the city's future land use plan, as are all surrounding properties. On May 28, the city mailed out 16 letters of notification to all property owners within 300 feet of the subject site. Staff has received no feedback in response. Section 8.02 F2A of the UDC states that when considering an SUP request, the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council shall consider the following factors. That the use is harmonious and compatible with surrounding existing uses or proposed uses. The activities requested by the applicant are normally associated with the permitted uses in the base district. The nature of the use is reasonable and appropriate in the immediate area. Any negative impact on the surrounding area has been mitigated and that any additional conditions specified ensure that the intent of the district purposes are being upheld. Again, the request before you is an SUP for a 2,385 square foot accessory structure to exceed 1,200 square feet in the SF36 zoning district. and an SUP for the height of the structure to exceed an average of 15 feet tall, with the proposed average height being 19 feet and 2 inches. Planning and Zoning Commission has the following options when considering this request. Recommend approval as submitted. Recommend approval of modifications or additional conditions. Table the agenda item to a specific date with clarification of intent and purpose. Recommend denial. And if a recommendation is provided tonight, the application will be forwarded to the July 7th City Council agenda. If you have any questions, staff and the applicant are available.

All right. Thank you very much. And at this time, does the applicant have anything, if they're here, that they would like to add? All right. This is a public hearing, so if there's anybody here that wishes to speak on this agenda item, now is the appropriate time to come forward. And Commissioner Leist? Move to close the public hearing. And Commissioner Brenzinger, second. We have a motion to close the public hearing with a second. Any further discussion? Let's go ahead and vote. Okay, the public hearing is now closed. 7-0 is the result of the vote. And at this time, I'm entertaining Commissioner Brenzinger. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

It wasn't stated, but there was lots of exterior detail on the accessory structure. I'm assuming that it matches the main structure. Is that correct?

Yes, the applicant does have a building permit in for the main dwelling, and it's similar in style to what's being shown here.

Thank you. All right. Thank you. And Commissioner Scott?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Is the applicant here to discuss? Can you show the house? Pardon me? Yeah, that's what I want.

Oh, I see. Okay. Welcome. And your name and address, please, sir?

John Atwood.

I'm a Truffaut Club resident. Okay. Thank you for being here, sir. A couple of things. First thing, since the city's 15 feet, why do you want 19 feet in height?

Actually, we can work on the height. I didn't know that the height was the issue. We had to work on the height for the pool building. We were here because it was the third structure on the property because of the height.

Okay, I'm confused. Are you trying to match the height of the house or anything like that? No, sir. We made it a single-story house, so the height of the house isn't the issue. So would it be a problem to lower it to 15 feet?

Should not be a problem at all. Okay, so that wouldn't be a problem.

Question two, I ask everyone.

Are you going to use this for a business? No, and it's not a workshop. He has some collections of cars that he just wants to park out there and have his friends come over. and just enjoy his collection of cars.

Question three, typical question. When you said cars, do you plan on working on these cars at 10 o'clock at night or any of those things?

He doesn't work. He's not a mechanic. He doesn't work on these cars. These are refurbished cars that he just has as a collector. Okay. Beautiful structure, and it's just a one-car garage? No, sir. It's labeled as a six-car garage, but I believe he's only got four vehicles he's putting in there. But it only has one entrance? Is that correct or no? I believe there's a port-a-couche on the main house and garages in the main house, and then this is the one garage at the end. I think the plans are. Oh, okay. Then there's other access, yeah. I see it now. Thank you. Great. Good luck. And yes, it does. The main house, the pool house, and the detached garage all match with the roof, the stone and the brick work and the windows. They're all going to be built at the same time. You definitely have the room for it. Thank you. Thank you for your time, sir. Yes, sir.

All right. Thank you. Commissioner Schlegel.

Thank you. Beautiful property. Again, beautiful lot. Spectacular plan. I see no issue with, especially with their willingness to lower the roof with that square footage matched against the size of the lot and that size of the house. Definitely harmonious and compatible, not only with the neighborhood, but with the residents. I would definitely support this. Good luck.

All right. Thank you much. Commissioner Weiss.

Thank you. Yeah, I think this is a great project. Obviously, being very thoughtful with how everything is laid out and the materials you're using and how it's built. Really, I wanted to make a comment on the height. I know a number of times we have SEP triggers that are about the height of the building and... I don't see any issue with the average height being 19 feet. I think sometimes it can be a little confusing when we're reviewing things, and it's an SEP for not a use, but just something that is allowed but with permission. I think if Dr. Scott wanted to open up another clinic in town, he would need an SEP for the use in most of our zoning districts. You can't just open a medical clinic. But if he opened, I don't know, an ice cream shop, I think that's, probably actually it's a restaurant, so maybe that's not allowed either. But we do SEPs for uses, but an SEP for 19 feet for the average head of the roof, it's not really something that's not allowed in Keller, it's more like you need our permission to do it, versus the last item that we had with the variance, we're granting someone the ability to do something contrary to the law. So for 19 feet, it's four feet difference. I mean, if we're doing a 45-foot tall garage, we might have a problem. But I think for me, I don't see any reason to change the height of the structure to lower than 19 feet. I think it's a great building, and it's a great project that your client is putting in. So welcome to Keller. Thanks.

All right. Thank you. the height of this particular building doesn't bother me because I think it's in proportion to the home. And so, if anything, to make it too short might not complement the home to the degree that it's doing right now. So that's not an issue for me, and I will support this when we come to a vote here a little bit later. And with that, Commissioner Brenzinger.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I was going to say what you just said. I agree with you and Commissioner Lice that the, I believe the height as proposed will look better than artificially making it smaller.

All right. Thank you for agreeing with me. I appreciate that. All right. With that, Commissioner Lice?

Move to approve item two as presented.

Okay. And Commissioner Schlegel?

Second.

Okay, we have a motion and a second to approve item... I've lost my place here. Are this D2? Okay, D2 as written. Any further discussion? All right, with that, let's take a vote. Okay, that motion passes 7-0. And you too, sir, will be before the City Council July 7th to present your case. We wish you luck and thank you very much. All right, we are now at item D3, which is a public hearing. Consider a request for a special use permit to allow office space in excess of 1,200 square feet on the first floor of Old Town Center on approximately .15 acres located 135 feet northwest of the intersection of Olive and South Main Legally described as Block 5, Lot 3 of the Keller City Addition. This is SUP 2605-0015. And, okay. Sir? Thank you, Chairman.

Good evening, Commissioners. Aerial and zoning maps before you. Subject property is zoned Old Town Keller. The applicant has requested a specific use permit for Bluegrass Legacy to operate office space in excess of 1,200 square feet on the first floor in Old Town Keller Zoning District. Here's just a brief timeline of the previous tenants at this location. The business currently operates at the property and has been there since 2021. The business offers financial planning, wealth management, retirement planning, and other financial services. Business employs four to five employees and anticipates continued growth. Their hours of operation are Monday to Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, 8 a.m. to 3.30, and closed on Saturday and Sunday. The existing size of the space is approximately 1,045 square feet, and they're requesting to add approximately 1,059 square feet of additional space to the property. This space will consist of three offices, a storage room, a restroom, and covered port. I'll also point out the applicant intends to enhance the exterior as part of the City of Keller Facade Improvement Grant. UDC parking requirement for office is one space per 350 square feet of gross floor area, bringing the requirement for this applicant to seven spaces. And there are nine parking spaces adjacent to the property with additional public parking across the street on Olive Street and to the west along Lamar Street. Subject property is zoned Old Town Keller and designated mixed use on the city's future land use plan, as are all the properties to the north, south, east, and west. On May 28, the city mailed out 16 letters of notification for this public hearing, and staff has not received any public feedback regarding this request. Section 8.02, F2A of the UDC states when considering an SUP request, Planning and Zoning Commission shall consider the following factors, that the use is harmonious and compatible with surrounding existing uses, the activities requested by the applicant are normally associated with the permitted uses of the base district, the nature of the use is reasonable and appropriate, any negative impact on the surrounding area has been mitigated, and that any additional conditions specified ensure that the intent of the district purposes are being upheld. Again, the request before you this evening is an SUP to allow office space in excess of 1,200 square feet on the first floor in Old Town Keller. Commissioners have the following options when considering an SUP request. Recommend approval, recommend approval with modifications, table, or recommend denial. And if a recommendation is provided tonight, this application will be forwarded to July 7th City Council agenda. And staff and the applicant are here for any questions.

All right, thank you very much. is the applicant here and wish to add anything? Thank you, sir. And again, welcome and your name and address.

Thank you. My name is James Henderson. I'm the general contractor on the project and just wanted to give you an idea of the goal for the finished project. It's a beautiful area. Obviously, there's several new restaurants and restaurants amazing new companies around there so the overall look is going to be cohesive and yet not necessarily cookie cutter right now the structure actually used to be an old home as you saw in the first picture and it still has the original cement board style siding around that we've already had that check for asbestos and all that we're going to have that removed and then recovered with board and batten siding to match some of the structures nearby color scheme is beautiful very similar to Chairman's jacket, it's a blue-gray with a navy front door. The office space is necessary because the building is growing, and the porch will actually wrap around and face Olive Street, and so that'll be nice and decorative. Very inviting for the community as they walk by. It will have ornamental-style metal fencing around the side and around the back, so it'll look great, it'll fit right in, and I feel would definitely add value For the extra square footage, we're bringing in a brand new HVAC system to make sure that that's done well. And then for the overall look, we're actually going to be replacing the top roof structure so it doesn't look like we just added on to the back of this house. So the roof structure will be completely replaced. It'll look nice and pretty. Make sure to stay under 15 feet as we saw that come in. Yeah, that's it. Do you have any other questions as far as the build-out or the development of the structure itself?

We may here in just a moment. Okay. But if you'll stay close by, we'd appreciate it.

Okay. And the owner is also here and would like to say something, I believe.

Oh, okay.

Howdy.

Howdy.

Kyle Gabhart, 713 Gentle Wind, Keller, Texas. My family and I have lived here in the community for a long time. and color our home. Bought the building from what was previously the Simonetti's. Bought it from them back in 21 for my growing financial planning practice and had the opportunity to get to know Ms. Blevins very well. She, if you made eye contact, would absolutely ruin the rest of your day telling you all the things that she'd seen over the years. This house was actually originally her in-law's house. And so, of course, Ms. Blevins passed a couple of years ago, and this is just an opportunity to continue to expand what's happening in Old Town Keller. We're thrilled to be a part of it, continuing to hire more folks. Our next employee actually starts in July, July 1st, the next one that we're hiring. Incidentally, I currently have two people officing in the kitchen. So the need for expanding this building is pretty key for us, and we'd like to keep it in Keller rather than having to go somewhere else. So I appreciate your consideration.

All right. Thank you very much. You bet. We'll stay close by, too. Okay. This is a public hearing. If anybody is here that wishes to speak on this agenda item, now is your time to come forward. And with that, Commissioner Scott.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I move for a close of the public hearing.

Okay. And Commissioner Schlegel. Second that. Okay. We have a motion and a second to close the public hearing. Any further discussion? Let's go ahead and vote. Okay, the public hearing is now closed. The vote was seven to zero. And with that, Commissioner Sandoval-Cabanas.

Hi. I have a question for you about where the addition is going. Looks to me like there's a good amount of space behind. I can appreciate that you want a nice opening. I do appreciate that our downtown is very spacious and you are going all the way to the line of where the left side of that building should be. Is there a reason why you guys are expanding kind of to the west side instead of further back and maybe having less of a wraparound so we have some space between buildings?

Yes, we've been having some conversations with Carrie Moon and a few other folks about actually chopping off the back half of the lot to facilitate more parking in Old Town. So we're trying to conserve as much of the north side of the lot as possible so that we can designate that for parking in the future.

Okay. And I know we had mentioned that the minimum side setback is five foot and right now it's four foot ten.

So I want to make sure we're all talking about the same property lines. So he was talking about the north property line, why they're not pushing the addition farther back potentially for parking. I think you were asking about the side setback.

I'm talking about why all the way to the west side. And I think he answered my question of why they're going that way instead of back.

And if you look, I think there's some... slight like inches discrepancy in the documents but if you look at page four in the applicant packet it's kind of their site plan sheet it does show there's two and one shows five foot and one shows four foot so we'll get that four foot ten corrected but but what they're planning on doing is that five feet off the west property line which meets the meets the city's requirement um on the west side of the property and then they've got almost eight feet on the east side okay okay

I think it's a beautiful space. I'm happy to hear that you are flourishing in downtown. I think that's great. Please keep your business in color. I like having more space, but you're meeting the minimum, so I stand in favor.

All right. Thank you very much. Commissioner Young?

Yeah, I just... I'm a non-voting commissioner tonight, but I just want to I don't have any questions. I just have a comment I just want to thank you for your investment in Keller and Old Town and I think this is a great investment in our area And I'm just glad you've chosen to keep your business here. So thank you All right.

Thank you very much and Commissioner Scott Thank You mr. Chairman few question if you don't mind if you tell us your dream and all that what's do you plan on doing with this?

Yeah So in terms of the structure or the business, or what's the question specifically?

Business.

Oh my gosh, yeah, absolutely. So a big believer in small business, big believer in building connections and relationships locally. In our space, in the financial planning world, increasingly things are done digitally. And it's not uncommon at all to work with an advisor anywhere else in the country beyond where you live. we actually still have a very traditional model where clients come in physically to the space, get a cup of coffee, sit down there in our lobby, and have a conversation with us about their future, about their goals. And so we work to actually build direct one-on-one relationships with folks. And expanding this is going to allow us to continue to do that while also hiring more team members to facilitate it.

Very good. I wasn't sure what you were planning, so thanks for the explanation. You bet.

Absolutely. Absolutely.

All right. Thank you, Commissioner Lice.

I have a motion just quickly with the comment on the roof height again. There's no 15-foot hard rule. I think commissioners can correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that we would all agree there's more care about it being cohesive with the rest of the community than any particular height and no staff weight. coming in with the plans would flag anything that was out of order. But with that, I motion to approve item E3 as presented. D3, pardon me.

All right. Thank you. And Commissioner Sandoval-Cabanas?

I second.

All right. We have a motion and a second to approve item D3 as written. Is there any further discussion? And with that, let's vote. Okay, that is approved 7-0, and you'll be before the council on July 7th to once again present it to them. So we wish you well with your project, and thank you very much.

Appreciate it.

All right, with that, let's move on to our last item of the evening, item D4, consider a request for a final plat for lot 1R of the Burbine Addition subdivision being 2.448 acres located 3500 feet north of the intersection of Indian Knoll and Shady Grove Road being a replat of lots 1a and 1b of the Burbine addition Zone single-family 36,000 minimum lot size. This is plat dash 26 0 5-0 0 0 8 Thank You chairman the aerial and zoning maps subject property zone SF 36 and

provide some background on the property subject properties plotted in 1984 as lots 1a and 1b of the Burbine addition as Part of the original platting a 40-foot right-of-way was dedicated along the northern portion of both Lots for a future public street connection At the time the plat was approved the city of Keller entered into a street use license agreement with the property owners allowing the dedicated right-of-way area to be used as a private driveway serving both Lots and The agreement stipulated that the private use of the right-of-way would continue until the city determined that the construction of the public street was necessary. You can see the original plot from 1984 shown there on the right. The applicant is now requesting approval of a replat to combine lots 1A and 1B into a single lot for single-family residential use. The replat also proposes abandonment of the existing 40-foot right-of-way. which is no longer needed to serve a future street connection. Approval of the replat would eliminate the right-of-way and terminate the associated street use license. You can see the area that's being referred to circled there at the top. The property is zoned SF36 and designated low-density single family on the future land use plan. The properties to the north are designated high density single family, to the south, both low density and high density single family, to the east, high density, and to the west, low density single family. A major subdivision final plat does not require a public hearing, so no public hearing notifications were sent out to the surrounding property owners, but the public did have the opportunity to speak on this agenda item during persons to be heard. Planning and Zoning Commission has the following option when considering a final plat with no variances, which is to recommend approval as submitted. And if a recommendation is provided tonight, the application will be forwarded to the July 7th City Council agenda. If you have any questions, staff and the applicant are available.

All right. Thank you very much. If the applicant is here, do you wish to say something?

Good evening. Chairman Baker, members of the commission, my name is Curtis Young, 550 Silicon Drive in Southlake. This is pretty simple. Both of these lots are above an acre and the owner is wishing to combine them into one lot so they can build their house there. Any questions?

No, thank you very much. Thank you.

At this point, do the commissioners have any questions, comments? And Commissioner Farner?

I motion that we approve item D4 as presented.

Thank you. Commissioner Schlegel?

Second.

All right. We have a motion to approve with a second. Any further discussion? All right. Let's take a vote. It is approved 7-0. So thank you very much. You gentlemen go before the City Council also on July 7th. And with that, we are at the end of our meeting and the end of our agenda. So we are adjourned. Thank you.