Planning & Zoning Commission - Regular Meeting
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved a specific use permit for a 1,815 square-foot detached garage at 1289 Ottinger Road and recommended amendments to the Unified Development Code regarding veterinary clinics and kennels in the Town Center Medical Overlay District.
About this meeting
- Government Body
- Planning & Zoning Commission
- Meeting Type
- Planning & Zoning Commission
- Location
- Keller, TX
- Meeting Date
- July 28, 2026
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26 sections (from 27 segments)
And to order, it's Tuesday, July 28, 2026, and it's 631. So with that, administrative comments. Ms. Hensley?
Wow. Okay. And the only... Well, we have two agenda items. D1 is to consider the minutes for July planning and zoning commissioning. Any comments, additions, corrections? Anybody? And item E1 is to consider a special use permit for an approximately 1,800 square foot detached garage at 1289 Pottinger. Ms. Zimmerman?
Okay. Any questions? Comments? I need to consider a request to approve amendments to the Keller Unified Development Code Town Center medical overlay. Is that where it's essential? Alexis is going to fill out this tonight. Yes, sir.
Okay. Anybody else? Before we adjourn, is there anybody on the commission that's going to go to that August 7th?
You got an email just yesterday or today telling you if you don't cancel by the 21st, if you're signed up for it, if you don't cancel by the 31st, you can't get your money back.
Yeah, my thoughts are I don't know. I've got a gig, you know, I'll work on Friday. Okay. That could be my thing.
Yeah, I don't remember seeing anything. Oh, I'm looking at 728. Oh, yeah.
Well, I'm signed up, and if I'm not, if I work, you can take my place. I think she said we all are. We just need to let her know. No, no, no.
Yeah, you can't blame me. John's helping me. Oh, no, no, I was there.
Okay, I guess you can figure out whether you're going to be there. We'll figure this out. Thank you, Mr. Dean. All right, with that, we're going to go for the business pre-meeting, so let's adjourn. This is the City of Keller Planning and Zoning Commission meeting on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, called to order at 7 p.m. And with that, would you please stand? We'll say the pledges to the flags.
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Okay. At this time, I'd like the commissioners to introduce yourselves, starting at my far right, please.
And I'm John Baker, your chairman for this evening. This is under our agenda, Persons to be Heard. This is a time for the public to address the Commission on any subject. However, the Texas Open Meetings Act prohibits the Planning and Zoning Commission from discussing issues which the public has not been given three business days notice. Is there anybody here that wishes to address the Commission? Okay, seeing nobody, we'll move on. We have two items on the agenda today, a new business. Both of them are public hearings. If you were here to speak, it doesn't look like it's going to be too big o
Second. Okay, we have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? Okay. We have a Motion from Ms. Farmer and a second from Commissioner Scott. All those in favor, let's vote. Okay, this system is caught up now, I believe. Vote again. All right, that passes. Could I see that again? Was that seven to zero? All right, thank you all. All right, under new business, this is a public hearing. Consider a request for a special use permit for an approximately 1,815 square foot detached garage located on 1.108 acres on the south side of Ottinger Road, located 968 feet northeast from the Florence and O
All right. Thank you very much. Is the applicant here and do you wish to make a statement, sir?
Would you identify your name and address, please? Jonathan Savas.
So this would satisfy that requirement for the city as well as giving us a garage Okay, thank you If you'll stay close by it doesn't look like we're gonna have much business this evening But at this time is there anybody who wishes to come forward and speak on this application? Seeing no one Miss partner I motion that we close the public hearing I And Commissioner Scott? Second. We have a motion and a second to close public hearing. Any further discussion? Let's vote, please. Okay, that passes seven to zero. At this time, are there any questions? I entertain Commissioner Bresinger.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Question for staff. How did we get here? You showed a picture of the house almost built, but the building permit must have been approved, and I thought we were required to have at least a two-car garage in every house.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have a few questions for you, if you don't mind, if you wouldn't mind. Sure. Thank you for coming up. I didn't see, are you putting a bathroom in it or anything like that? No, no, no plumbing whatsoever, just electricity for the garage doors, lighting, and outlets. And you're not planning on using it for any business or anything of that nature? And does the house have a garage with it? No.
Got it. That was my question. Thank you, sir.
Thank you. All right. Thank you. I see we have a motion. Commissioner Farner?
Okay. We have a motion to approve and a second. Any further discussion? Let's go ahead and vote, please. Motion carries seven to zero And sir, you've heard the staff say you'll be before the City Council on August 18th And we wish you success with your project and thank you very much Okay item e2 Public hearing, consider a request to approve amendments to the City of Keller Unified Development Code adopted by Ordinance Number 1746, dated July 7th, 2015, by amending Article 8, Section 8.18, Town Center Medical Overlay, relating to allowable uses. This is UDC-2607-0007. And again, Ms. Zimmerman?
Thank you very much. This is a public hearing does anybody Wish to come forward and speak. And seeing none, Commissioner Young.
Okay, we've had a change of, okay, Commissioner Sandoval-Cabanas.
All right, 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 closed by a vote of seven to zero. And at this time, are there any questions? Okay, thank you. All right, Commissioner Scott?
All right, thank you. And Commissioner Johnson? Second. So we have a motion and a second to approve item E2. Is there any further discussion? Let's go ahead and vote. Okay. That motion is approved by a vote of 7-0. And I guess staff, you'll be before the city council on August 18th. So with that, unless there's any other comments, I think we've completed our agenda for the night, and we are adjourned at 7-16.
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