Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

On September 10, 2026, the planning commission of the city of Watertown will be opened. Brandy, pass the list, please. Approval of the acts. I would accept a motion for the acts of the meeting on July 23rd. I hope I have supported you. I won your turn. Any comment, question, change or addendum to the acts of the meeting on July 23rd, 2020. To the new opposition, those who are in favor, say. Put the same. Approval of the acts of the meeting.

Divulgation of conflicts of interest.

The Junta has something to say. Yo no, señor presidente.

No tengo ningún conflicto de intereses, pero me han informado de la necesidad propuesta del Distrito Industrial Pesado y 2 debido a una solicitud de subvención en la que estamos trabajando.

En nombre de la ciudad. Gracias, señor presidente. ¿Puede plantear alguna inquietud, pregunta, moción de recusación o alguna descalificación?

El primer distrito no está recibiendo ningún pago ni reciben.

Alguien tiene algo que decir al respecto? No he escuchado ninguna otra comunicación exparte u otros posibles conflictos de interés.

No vas a asuntar. ¿Algún nuevo asunto que quiera declarar? Me gustaría escuchar. ¿Envío de comentarios públicos?

No hay nadie aquí para apuntarse, pero si quieren decir algo al final del orden del día, habrá tiempo para hacerlo.

¿Aprobación del orden del día? ¿O obtener una moción? Propongo. ¿Aprobación de Taito?

Pero ya va a prestar.

Comments, questions, concerns with respect to the new position, those who are in favor of approving it, against it. Approve the order of the day, what leads us to our usual order of the day, which is the 8th. This is the amendment of zoning and 1 and 2. Randy?

Okay, thanks, Liam. Esto es para la tercera ampliación del Parque Industrial Calvin, también conocido como Calvin Trade Center. La solicitud es, déjame ir a la correcta. Y luego, si pudieras ir a la página 8. La solicitud es rezonificar la propiedad de una industrial ligera a dos industrial pesada. Este desarrollo ha pasado por nuestro equipo de revisión de diseño y tiene un plan conceptual aprobado que refleja esta área que sería un lote, un lote. Y es realmente solo para permitir flexibilidad a medida que se desarrolla esta propiedad y el desarrollo tiene la infraestructura instalada. and it is inside or between land uses with properties of the county to the west and then to the north and for a zoning designation and two. So with that I would be waiting for questions.

Brandy, the long-term land use plan identifies this area as a future industrial development.

And keep in mind that the district I-2 is not really different from the I-1 because it only allows additional uses that are conditional use. Therefore, that must be presented before the Adjustment Board so that they can use it anyway.

Okay, wonderful. Any other questions for Brandy before we open the public hearing? Okay, I'm going to open the public hearing.

A public hearing on this matter.

I want to speak, Mr. President. You don't have to do it, but you can do it.

You are right. The public audience is fine. Anyone else wants to talk about this?

I'm sorry. I don't remember your name.

Mr. Víctor.

This is directed to the board, so that you can hear this request. Fortunately, our use in Calvin has been normally one... And in the case of these 25 hectares, we have a user under contract who will have a future use that would enter the I2. Initial development will consist of two buildings in phase 1 of the 7 million dollars That will fit perfectly in the I-1, but as future use will amount to 6 million additional dollars in that possible processing operation, which will be in the back of those 25 hectares, it would clearly require an I-2 designation. We will continue to make these requests from the beginning. In this way, we are in charge of future opportunities from the beginning. Development is, as I said, under contract. We hope to close it at the end of this year. In this quarter and that first phase, the first two buildings, which are a maintenance process operation and an office, will be built immediately in 2027 and the second phase will probably take place in a period of six months to a year from then on. So you will have a complete development in all those 25 hectares. that will align with the elevator station that is building the city in the southwest corner. Our responsibilities as a development corporation will be to expand Calvin Drive. All of this is part of the development agreement to complete this transaction. All of this will be in the spring of 2027. It will fit perfectly with the development plans that the company has. The company will make these announcements on its own as part of its development agreement, probably at the closing or immediately after.

It is likely that something serious will be added to the surface of Holt Road.

The company will not use Holt Road

The design of Calvin has been internal, so that road, although it will turn and head west and will connect with Hull Road for safety against fires and for other use of trucks and transport, will enter Calvin Drive and will exit again. The protection, the use that will be given to the posterior part of those 25 hectares, is less than an acre. No se podrá ver desde la carretera excepto por lo que se elevará verticalmente, pero sigue estando dentro de las restricciones de altura de la I-1 y la I-2. Realmente no vemos ninguna necesidad de protegerlo porque es un parque industrial. I think there are some possibilities, you know, if you wanted to put a restriction to add that protection, that would fall into the development association and in the development contract.

I know that would depend on you. Indication on which one is going to be the use or... I don't know exactly which one is going to be the use.

Well, I think we are probably entering a distant field because we are talking about zoning, whether this is appropriate for I2 or I1 and we are approving it for the allowed uses for I2. o dejarlo para los que son los usos permitidos y los condicionales para I2. Esa es la pregunta. De todos modos, no me interpreten. Yo también estoy intrigado, pero esperaré con gran expectación.

Y que pase lo que pase, como dije, los usos permitidos para I2 e I1 son los mismos. Entonces, si el motivo de la resonificación es probablemente porque utilizarán un uso condicional, eso también se presentará ante la Junta de Ajustes.

En ese momento podemos abordar la selección. Creo que sería apropiado.

And the plan, I think, will be just after the approval of the Council of Resonance or the action of the Council.

Good, good questions. Thank you. Any other questions for Mr. Clifton about the Resonance?

And I can tell you that the future development is to the northeast of that property, so it would be almost adjacent to the Grava mine.

Well, I suppose my question would be, if there are some concerns with the gravel mine that probably should have been addressed years ago, they will not change at all because the use will be comparable to what they currently have with the transport truck inside and outside of that gravel mine. And they have had that for 23 years. I don't know the exact topography, but my impression, having been in that area, is that there is a kind of hill. Hall Road is a kind of hill, and this would be further down. I don't know if the hill itself would hide everything, of course.

Yes, from the southwest corner of those 25 hectares to the northeast corner adjacent to the property of the Sirara Ender, which then falls into the mine of Grava, there are probably five feet of fall, Mr. President, between there. So, I mean, visually, you could be on Hull Road or you could be in a vehicle on Hull Road and you can see the mine of Grava, and you can see the mine of Grava. You can see the back of that property, but the processing operation will be a building.

Yes, I'm just referring to the concerns of ENSA, towards the northwest or something like that.

No, I don't think so. Yes, again to the northwest. You have the northwest there in... How is it?

Calle 24.

It goes directly from north to south and then turns east and west.

You have an existing concrete installation and then you have other industrial uses in that north and northwest corner. There is a gas transmission line that runs through that type of amortization zone between the gravel mine and what is on that side. I honestly think that our concentration for damming is really in that southwest corner. As those 25 additional hectares in the southwest corner develop around the station, if there is any damming that I think would be necessary, depending on who is going to be the final user of those 25 hectares in the corner, that would be a good time to address how that would affect the west side of Holbrook. And any future development in that.

And again, great debate. At this moment, we are only finishing if we want an I1, we want a light industry or a heavy industry. That is the only question for this particular debate.

Chris, how many I2 properties do we have in the city? Zero.

Available? Zero. We don't have any available. In the I2. And in general, I suppose that what I tried to address at the beginning is that most of our uses will be within the E1. And the reason for the 25 acres, to be very frank, is to give that feeling of extension, because we are not talking about the fact that 25% of those 25 acres are developed with a process of construction and concrete, transport, raw materials. If we look at Fezen Beach, in most of those sites that are much smaller than those 25 hectares, the maximum coverage of the site is up to 75, 80%, 80% in some cases. Therefore, it is a very low-dense development. And I think that is the trend in the future. Companies buy more than they need immediately to have a future expansion, because they have no idea what the projections will be in 2037 about what the demand for that product will be. And they always want to create some kind of opportunity to expand in the future.

Thank you, Mr. Krypton. Does anyone else have a question for the applicant before we ask for more testimony? The public hearing is still open. Does anyone else have anything to say about the resumption of the public? I will close the public hearing and ask for an action and resolution from the commission to open the debate.

I have a motion on. I propose.

More debate about the re-zonification of I-1 to I-2.

From a planning point of view, it makes sense. The I-2 is inside. The I-1 to the south will visually protect it. The fact that we do not have urbanizable properties I-2 in the city is an amazing reason to be.

And I don't think it's the first time. And of course, the seven years that I've been here, I think that debate has arisen several times about the lack of...

I realized that it didn't exist.

But well, I'm looking forward to knowing what's going on. I think they're moving forward. That sounds wonderful. From the perspective of the whole community. Any other discussion, comment or concern about this before passing the list or voting? Vale, todos los que estén a favor de cambiar esto de uno y dos, digan y. Y en contra mismo signo. De acuerdo. Se aprueba la resolución en lo que respecta a la comisión de planificación. Eso nos lleva al plano del mismo lugar. Brandy, ¿podrías mostrarnos el plano brevemente?

Sí, sí puedes ir a. Página 24 de Acti.

Vale, ahí está el plano.

Antecedentes. Obviamente se mejorarán todos los derechos de paso, incluso hasta la calle 23. Así no acabaremos con una tercera avenida. En el futuro hay un acuerdo de desarrollo asociado a esas mejoras de infraestructura. Habrá tres lotes en total.

I understood Mr. Clifton well when he indicated that the promoter company is going to build the 20, will it be the number 23? It's the 20.

And then it becomes Calle de la Ciudad, it's not Hall Road anymore. Yes. Or maybe now it's Calle de la Ciudad, but...

It is. It's a section line or a quarter line.

It's still public. Public immediately and it will continue to be public.

Okay, thanks. Yes, it will only get better.

Sounds good. Any other questions about the plan? De lo contrario, consideraría una moción para 2026-35. Presentar una moción para.

Voy a aportar.

Más debate. No hay audiencia pública sobre el plano. No hay más debate. Todos los que estén a favor de aprobar el plano, digan y en contra. Mismo signo. En lo que respecta a la comisión de planificación, el plano está aprobado. This leads us to the amendment of the sonification text, Key of View Triangle, pending.

Palleteen if you want to go to page 30. Well, as mentioned earlier, in the meeting of the Adjustment Board on August 20, this amendment of the ordinance now reflects the clear vision triangles when a garage opens next to a alley. Therefore, it is consistent with the feedback requirements so that if the garage doors open towards the alley, the clear vision triangle is 9 feet and if it opens outwards, then it is 4 feet. And with that I will be available for questions.

¿Alguien en línea quiere hablar sobre los triángulos de visión clara? Bien, cerraré la audiencia pública y solicitaré la aprobación, o perdón, una moción afirmativa para 2026-37 que aprobaría la enmienda del texto de sonificación que aclara el triángulo de visión clara. Recomiendo la aprobación de la enmienda de la sonificación para los triángulos de visión clara. ¿Alguna otra discusión sobre la enmienda con el texto? Thank you.

Thank you.

Those who are in favor of approving it, say yes. Yes. In contrast, the motion is approved. That leads us to the resigning of C3 to R2A, single-family residential to 2A.

Okay, thank you, Liam. Well, STON is not to take action tonight. It is. El personal el que lleva esto ante la comisión de planificación para iniciar la resonificación, ya que el distrito unifamiliar ha dosado R2A. Es un distrito cerrado, el R2A. Pero existe el lenguaje de la ordenanza que permite a la comisión de planificación iniciar la resonificación si corresponde. ¿Por eso está en el orden del día que tienen ante ustedes? La propiedad está ubicada en 700 2nd Street, Southeast, EIT. Si quieren ir a la página 76 y mostrar las fotos, creo que eso será de gran ayuda. En realidad, vayan a la página 80, lo siento. Entonces, esta propiedad... tiene o actualmente está zonificada como distrito comercial de carreteras C3 y las propiedades circundantes son todas R2A y se inició la rezonificación en 2011. Y en ese momento, esta propiedad se estaba utilizando. Esta propiedad no participó. Como pueden ver, hay una especie de brecha en lo que se rezonificó como residencial. Porque en ese momento se estaba utilizando comercialmente. Entonces el propietario actual de la propiedad que está buscando vender la propiedad tiene a alguien que quiere comprarla como casa y utilizarla como casa. Por lo tanto, no pueden solicitar un uso condicional como hicimos en la reunión anterior. No se puede volver atrás una vez que una propiedad se ajusta a las normas y es un negocio o estructura comercial. No se puede volver atrás y solicitar el uso condicional para ser utilizada como estructura residencial, aunque la estructura sea de naturaleza residencial. Entonces, la medida apropiada sería solicitar la resonificación, que podría ser R2, que es residencial unifamiliar. but only because the district is R2A and because this was included in the petition originally when it was distributed and they chose not to participate at that time. This is why the staff recommended that I present it before the planning commission to initiate the re-sonification to use district R2A. Some things to keep in mind now if it were page 76 to see Some of the images from the website of the director of visualizations and real estate. There is an independent garage that has metal coating and five garage doors that lead to the right of way. And that garage exists from... Where is my date here? 19. Bueno, está bien, la casa unifamiliar se construyó en 1909 y el garaje se construyó en 1991. Por lo tanto, si se resonificara, si esta propiedad en su totalidad se resonificara a R2A, esta estructura se consideraría legalmente no conforme. Y si estuviera sustancialmente dañada en un 60%, entonces tendría que reconstruirse para ajustarse al distrito residencial actual y a la ordenanza.

Tenían cuatro puertas y revestimiento solapado. No de acero.

Sí, y revestimiento residencial. Y luego 1,260 pies cuadrados. Today, the structure measures 1,300 square feet. Therefore, it is a little bigger than what would be allowed as well. Well, that is something for the future or for the buyer to take into account. But then, this property would be zoning as residential if the planning commission started the re-zoning.

Mr. President, these are the windows of Becker's Woods, is that correct?

Correct. Well, it would simply be considered non-compliant with the law. Therefore, we would not be considering a motion for that or for a change in the blockade, only if they were to rebuild and wanted to rebuild in the same space.

or add or whatever, any future potential request, but...

I only say that the assistant, yes. From a perspective of 30,000 to 100,000 feet, it seems that it makes sense in that neighborhood in particular that this is R2A instead of C3. Yes. And the probability that it will develop again, if it ever develops again, it seems that it would be more coherent with an R2A.

The dot is not big to comply with the sanification.

No, and it's a square, and it's almost two complete squares of the highway.

Brandy is right. When R2A was originally developed, when we created that unification district, they were given the opportunity to choose to participate.

I was saying that they had chosen to participate.

And that's why.

And the reason why we have to go to the planning commission is that it is a closed district, so we didn't want anyone to add that land to R2A.

So it makes sense and I think it would be coherent with our plan.

Yes, I regret that point, although when I was looking at this, it is in a future use designation, integrated use of mixed use. Well, it is not even identified right now as a commercial district of La Milla Mágica, so it would be adjusted to the other adjacent properties of the three sides, to the round.

Yes, of course I can't commit myself to vote for it today, but it seems that from a logical and factual point of view, yes, it seems that it makes sense. Do you need anything else?

Also, the equalization director has it cataloged as residential. Coincidentally, from what we reviewed in the last meeting, we have also had many references to that, but, well. Something that must be checked. That was something I had to learn, so.

Okay, great.

Algo más al respecto. Comentario público abierto.

Pero podrían conseguir... Oh, necesitan que nosotros en realidad tiene que originarse aquí. Lo podemos decir simplemente.

Sí. Hagamos la forma.

Esa moción. Más eléctrico.

Segundo.

No he intentado rascarme las rodillas. Es que tenemos una moción de una... Esto es para iniciar el proceso, para empezar a resonificar. DC3AR2A. Eso es lo que tenemos delante. ¿Correcto? ¿Todo lo entienden? Vale. Más debate al respecto. A no escuchar a nadie, todos los que están a favor de iniciar el proceso dicen sí. En contra, mismo signo. Se iniciará el proceso. A comentar al público abierto. ¿Alguien tiene algo que decir?

¿No tienes ninguna sabiduría, Berta, para dejarnos?

Vale, bien. Vale, lo abordaremos en el momento oficial. Cuando abordemos, si realmente vamos a rezonificarlo o no.

Incluso mejor para él, el vendedor se está encargando de ello.

Having said that, I want to say right now, I could have storage units, I could demolish the house and I could continue with the garage and expand it, right? Build a gas station or whatever.

Well, I mean, it's going to lose commercial use, so let's hope it doesn't. It doesn't matter. Well, that's not the case and as they say, we'll cross that bridge when the time comes. Vale. Los comentarios públicos abiertos. ¿Nuevos asuntos? ¿Algún asunto nuevo, Brandy?

Ninguno que yo tenga.

¿Los asuntos antiguos, Brandy?

No.

¿Alguna necesión ejecutiva? No. Bueno, vamos a levantar la sesión.

Gracias.