Zoning Board of Adjustment - Regular Meeting

Hey. We're gonna call the Wednesday, 10/01/2025 planning and zoning commission meeting to honor. To order, excuse me, Cecilia, could you please call the roll?

Chair Clauson? Here. Vice chair Bone? Alternative vice chair, Dominguez? Here. Commissioner Emerson?

Here.

Commissioner Holloway? Here. Commissioner Huckabee? Commissioner Mimic? Commissioner Pumphrey? Here. Commissioner Went?

Here. Good. Commissioner attendees, could you please join us for our pledges? Pursuant to Texas government code section five five one zero zero seven, this allows the public to speak for a total of three minutes on any agenda item listed below excluding an executive session. Cecilia, do we have anybody signed up?

No.

Okay. No citizens communication. We will move for the minutes. Commissioners, any amendments or revisions? If not, do I have a motion? So move. I have a second. Second. All in favor, aye. Aye.

Motion carries. Item F1, consider public testimony regarding and recommendation concerning the request filed by Central Texas Permit Partners on behalf of the property owner Empower Autism Academy LLC for the amendment, number one to a planned unit development number 81, Revis Rehab Pub, to allow for a place of worship, dormitories, and recording and broadcasting studios generally located of, West Of S S West Of South AW Grimes Boulevard and North Of Gaddisquale Road. Case number, PUD25Dash00005. Allison. This is.

As stated, this is a 3.03 acre tract that is West Of South AW Grimes and North Of Gattis School Road. In 2008, the property was zoned PUD 81 as Rebus Rehab, and it allowed for a speech rehabilitation facility with different therapies, physical speech, and occupational therapy. And currently, the property is using it as a place of worship and a recording and broadcasting studio, for David Hernandez Ministries. The church is occupying the building currently without the proper zoning, so the city is working with the church to modify the zoning to make it code code compliant. And as you can see on the future land use map, the site is designated as employment center.

So the PUD amendment is proposing for a place of worship dormitories recording and broadcasting studios to be permitted. So staff is proposing to amend the future land use map from employment center to public facilities, and that will be done via the PUD amendment. The site does meet the location criteria for public facilities. So with the proposed amendment, we are proposing the new base zoning district of three. Right now, it is OF zoning district.

And then to permit the use of places of worship with accessory uses, such as classes, offices, dormitories, and the recording and broadcasting studios. The PUD will maintain the existing

entitlements.

And on this slide, you'll just see the differences between the current permitted uses in PUD 81 versus the proposed permitted uses. As stated previously, we'll be keeping the office and office medical, and then, in addition, recommending places of worship, dormitories, and the recording and broadcasting studios. So public notifications were posted on-site, as you can see here, along as in the newspaper and then mailed to the HOA and neighbors within three hundred feet of the property. With that, staff recommends approval of the put amendment. This will conclude my presentation, but I'll be available for questions after.

Thanks, Alice. We appreciate it. Does the applicant or owner wish to add anything to the presentation?

I don't have additional details unless you guys have questions. I'm happy to answer.

Thank you very much. Okay. We'll open this. We do have a public hearing on this. We'll open up this for public hearing. Any citizen who have signed up to speak for this item, do we have any yellow cards filled out? No. Okay. I will close the public hearing and we will move to commissioner discussions. Commissioner Witt. I don't have any questions or comments. Thank you. Mister Humphrey? I don't have any questions. Thank you. Mister vice chair?

Make mine quick. When when when, when you said work with them regarding the current zoning, can you just tell me just for my own knowledge what that means when you say

With the doing the amendment. So When got

me, like, they're currently in there. So you said, like, we've been currently the city's been working

with them. So when we were made aware that, it was being used as a church, then, that's when we started the process of doing the put amendment to allow for the current uses.

So they they haven't been receiving violations, I guess. Just As long as they applied

and Right. Yes. Have not because they're actively working with us to Okay. Amend the pun.

Okay. Thanks. That gives me the clarity I was looking for.

Commissioner Emerson. No comment. Thank you. Mister Holloway. Mister Holloway. No comments. I do have one quick question just to make sure, I I I feel like I need to ask this. Can you expand on the dormitories just a little bit?

Yes. It's my understanding that the dormitories will be used for interns for the church. If you want more of an expansion, I can definitely let the applicant speak on that.

Yeah. If you don't mind, just for the record.

I mean, that's pretty much the gist of it. You know, it's just to support the interns who are going to dedicate their time to the ministry programs.

Can go ahead? I'm sorry to interrupt you.

Would you

state your name? So it's Tisha Redda with Central Texas Permit Partners. Yeah. So it's for the interns. You know, this is far into the future, but we would like to have a space dedicated for them who would like to dedicate their time to the future ministry intern program. So we don't have plans as of this at this moment to expand. That may be in the future, but with this put amendment that

would allow that as well.

Very good. Thank you very much. Appreciate it.

Anybody

else? We all good? Okay. Seeing none, I'll take a motion to consider item F1. I make a motion to approve item F1. One. I have a first. Do I have a second? Second. I have a second. All in favor, say aye. Aye. All opposed? Motion carries. Okay. Item g one, consider update regarding council actions for planning and zoning items.

At the last city council meeting, they approved the planned unit development for Emerson or kinda behind the Emerson property for a high density multifamily there. They also approved two brief code amendments that came before the commission last month. One to allow veterinary clinics to operate for twenty four hours in the C 2 or local commercial zoning district, also allowing sports training facilities and specialty gyms in the Business Park zoning district. And finally, an update on the downtown zoning, procedures that that were considered by the commission. They were originally scheduled for city council consideration on October 9. They have been pushed to October 23. So just wanna make that known. That's all.

Thank you very much. Okay. With that, we are adjourned.