Planning and Zoning Commission - Regular Meeting

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Commission meeting of the city of Longview is now called to order I will call on Keith Lloyd to lead us in the notification and Pledge of Allegiance

Bow your heads. Dear Lord, thank you for this day and for the many blessings you have given us. Please help us to remember why we're here to serve you. Amen. Amen. Pledge of allegiance.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you, Mr. Lord.

Next item is the approval of the minutes from our last meeting in June. Has everyone had a chance to look at them? If so, are there any corrections? If none, I will now entertain a motion.

Motion to approve the minutes.

We have a motion and a second. Do we have a second? All right. We have a motion to second. All those in favor say yes. Yes. Any opposed? All right. Minutes approved. We have now reached the citizen comment portion of our meeting. This portion of the citizen comment are comments made other than the public hearing items we now have on the agenda tonight. If you wish to speak on an item on the agenda, please wait until that time to speak. Please begin by stating your name and address for the public. Now onto the regular agenda. The purpose of this meeting is to hear all pertinent testimony of those in support of and in opposition to the applications before the commission. Tonight is the first of two public hearings required to approve a change in zoning. The procedure for public hearing items will be followed tonight will be the public hearing will be opened and testimony will be heard in the following order. First, staff. Second, the applicant. Third, the general public, those in support of and in opposition to the request. If you are part of a large group with a common interest, we ask that you appoint a spokesperson rather than have each individual restate the same information. When addressing the commission, please begin by stating your name. Try to limit your comments to five minutes. When all sides have spoken, the public hearing on the matter will be closed. No further public discussion will be entertained. After each public hearing is closed, the Commission will vote on the request. Zoning requests and the Planning and Zoning Commission's recommendations will go forward to the second public hearing, which will be conducted by the City Council on August 13th, 2026. We're now on to item A of the regular agenda. Angela.

Thank you. Public hearing be held to consider application SW26-02, filed by 360 Surveying, for a waiver to the City of Longview UDC Subdivision Regulations Article D, Section 5.02, Subsection A, to allow for a minimum lot width of approximately 78.24 feet Instead of the required 80 foot minimum in single family two zoning district for lot 23 block 1109 Evans Hill Estates located on the north side of Ruthland Drive and east of McCann Road. So the applicant is requesting a subdivision waiver to the UDC regulations to allow for that 78.24% feet lot width instead of the 80 foot that is required for that zoning district which is sf2 a portion of this property was purchased by the adjacent pharmacy that is located at the corner of mccann and ruthlin and it was purchased for a driveway so that that driveway could be further away from the intersection for safety reasons um per the udc the lot width is measured at the front setback line so after selling that portion their lot width is now 78.24 feet the lot does taper out to a hundred feet when you go back towards the existing house staff does recommend approval of this request i'd be happy to answer any questions at this time anybody on the commission have any questions for angela on this item

All right. Anybody on the commission have any questions for the applicant on this item? All right. I will now open the public hearing. Are there any in support of this request? If so, please come to the podium and state your name for the staff. All right. Are there any in opposition to this request? If so, please come to the podium and state your name for the staff. All right. Any additional questions or comments? If there are none, questions or comments, I will now entertain a motion.

So moved.

Second. Motion to approve. Second. All those in favor say yes. Yes. Any opposed? All right. Motion carries. We're now on to item B of the regular agenda. Angela?

Thank you. A public hearing will be held to consider application S26-05, filed by Julian Torres, requesting a specific use permit to allow for a single family home in a heavy commercial zoning district for lot one, new city block 118, Longview Northcutt Acreage, And lots 11 and 12, New City Block 107, Texas Land Co., located on the south side of East Whaley Street, east of 6th Street. So the applicant is requesting a specific use permit to allow for a single family home. uh... in heavy commercial zoning district uh... currently on this property there is a single-family home uh... prior to uh... the u d c single-family homes were allowed in heavy commercial zoning district however with the adoption of the u d c uh... they are no no longer allowed by right uh... therefore this property is considered non-conforming a s u p would alleviate any issues with any future permitting or possible future sales of this property east whaley is classified as a collector roadway and is maintained by the city of longview this type of development is appropriate along this roadway as long as access management is followed i'd be happy to answer any questions at this time thank you angela anybody on the commission have any questions for angela in this item i have a question so it has an existing home yes sir

and it's in a heavy commercial before we change to the UDC. So if somebody wanted to sell that home, would they be able to sell it as a home or would they have to sell it under commercial property?

Without the SUP, I think they would have issues with financing is what we've come across. And so that's where we recommended the SUP process and it helps with that financing and permitting.

Any additional questions for Angela?

It's just for that existing house. He does have a permit for a garage carport that's in the front, and there's also a pool that he has a permit for. And so once the SUP goes through, we can approve those permits.

Thank you. Any additional questions for Angela? All right. Anybody on the commission have any questions for the applicant on this item? All right. I will now open the public hearing. Are there any in support of this request? If so, please come to the podium and state your name for the staff. All right. Are there any in opposition to this request? If so, please come to the podium and state your name for the staff. All right. Any additional questions or comments?

I have another question. So when was the house built that's on there now?

I believe it was built 10 years ago, and so it predates the current UDC, which was adopted in 2020, effective 2021.

So it was before the UDC? Yes, sir. And it was allowed to build and do all the proper stuff and processes? Okay. Thank you. You're welcome.

Angela, as we look at future UDC options, does it not make sense for us to kind of have a grandfather clause?

So it is grandfathered in until they make renovations, significant renovations like additions that Mr. Torres is – requesting permits for and so if it was just if he was doing interior renovations he would be grandfathered in but once it exceeds a certain value then he would need to become compliant whether that's through the sup process yeah or yeah so currently another i'm trying to understand the process here um he cannot someone could not purchase a home and finance it because it's in commercial so that's what we've been told is that people are having trouble getting financing um through it because it's zoned heavy commercial and if it were to burn down they could not rebuild based on the zoning and so unless they get a specific use permit

So approval of this petition would make this basically residential?

It would not change the zoning. The zoning would stay put, but it would allow that residential use within that zoning district.

So this is just a petition for the special?

A specific use permit. Yes, sir.

And if the UDC had been in place before, they wouldn't have been allowed to build this? Yes, sir.

That's correct.

Thank you.

Any additional questions or comments? All right. There are no additional questions or comments. I will now entertain a motion.

Move to approve.

All right. Motion approved. We've got a second. All right. There's a motion and a second. All those in favor say yes. Yes. Any opposed? All right. Motion carries. Angela, do we have a staff update?

Yes, there were four cases that were presented to council, including the plan development over on the CBS, a location at High and Marshall Avenue, and all four of those requests were approved by city council.

All right. Awesome. Thank you, Angela. All right, this concludes tonight's meeting. We are now adjourned. Thank you all. Thank you.