Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

Welcome to the regular New Braunfels Planning Commission meeting. We are a nine-member commission appointed by city council to make recommendations on a variety of zoning, land use, development, and development-related requests. Please note to provide comments during the allotted time for citizen communications or for an item posted on the agenda, all individuals are asked to sign in. If you have not done so, please do so at the table located at the entrance hall. We'd like to request that all phones be silenced or turned off, along with other electronic devices, except for emergency personnel

Thank you. Do we have a motion to approve the minutes?

We have a motion and a second. All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Minutes, motion carries, the minutes are approved. This is time for persons to address the Planning Commission on any issues not on the agenda. It is a violation of the Texas Open Meetings Act for the Commission to address, discuss, or take action on any items not on the agenda. Please note each speaker is limited to three minutes and must state their name and whether they are a resident or non-resident for the record. Anyone who wishes to speak on any issues or items that are not on the agenda may do so now. Is there anyone that w

Do we have any questions of staff? Yes, ma'am.

Any question for you? Do we just send this forward or do we vote on this?

Okay. Thank you, Colton. You're welcome. Is there anyone that would like to come and speak for this or against this ordinance? Seeing none, I will close the public hearing. Could we have a motion to recommend this?

To track the state's definition, exactly.

That's exactly right. Second. We have a motion and a second. Could we have a roll call, please?

Aye. Item number B, PZ26-0199, Public Hearing and Recommendation to City Council, requested by Thad Rutherford, President and CEO of Sustar and Mayfair Developer LLC, regarding proposed amendments to the Mayfair Development and Design Control Documents, DDCD. Matt Green is our presenter. Welcome, Matt.

Does the applicant would like to come forward?

Question, you've been working with city staff on all of these changes that you've made in here and they've kind of helped guide you as certain things that should be changed or should be updated to be more in line with the way things are currently?

So I'm understanding correctly, it just all sounds like this is procedural, really, just about how y'all go through the steps of doing the reporting and talking to city and applying for things. You're not actually going through and changing your standards on any of the structure sizes, heights, you know, wits or anything.

This is a public hearing. If anyone would like to come forward, speak in favor of this item or opposed to this item, please step forward. State your name and whether you're a resident of New Braunfels.

I think to re-pipe it, she's asking, does this basically give them carte blanche to change anything they want at any point in time after this?

Anyone else would like to speak on this item? Seeing none, I will close the public hearing. Commissioners, do we have a discussion or a motion, please? Second. A motion and a second. Could we have a roll call, please, Victoria?

Aye. Motion carries. and we'll go on to City Council. Item number PZ26-0216, Public Hearing and Recommendation to City Council, requested by Patrick W. Christensen on behalf of Karma Enterprises NB LLC. to rezone approximately 2.7 acres out of the Bentwood Commercial Unit 3, Lot 3, from APD-SUP Agricultural Predevelopment District with a special use permit to allow a retail development with specific uses. to C-1A Neighborhood Business District, currently addressed at 2009 South Walnut Avenue. Mary Lovell will be presenting.

I kind of recall that, as Matthew does, and I think a lot of that was because of the involvement of the neighbors right behind it, and that was the way to appease them and get this approved. I really believe that's what it boiled down to.

Thank you. Any questions? This is a public hearing. If anyone would like to speak in favor of this item or oppose this item, please step forward. Seeing none, I will close the public hearing. Commissioners?

The people that were opposing it were on the other side of Walnut also, which I think is different than the last time. It was the people behind it.

There are. And as somebody who lives over there, it is vastly underserved for the highest density single family area of New Braunfels. So to provide more opportunities to everybody who lives over there is go talk to those people who live out there. I live out there, Matt was, there's nothing. We all have to drive to the other side of 35 to go do anything. And if you're worried about a liquor store, there's a liquor store right next door on a property that's allowed to have it. So, I mean, you're not really getting away from anything that isn't already there. You're just aligning it and having

We have a motion and a second. Could you have a roll call, please, Victoria?

Aye. Motion is approved and will be sent on to City Council. There are no other items on the agenda. We are adjourned.