Planning & Zoning Commission - Regular Meeting

All right. It is 6:00 p.m. July 1st, 2025. Uh here by call this meeting of the city the Montgomery planning and zoning commission to order. We shall do the uh pledge of allegiance to the flags at this point. Start American flagg 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. Texas flag. Honoring the Texas flag. I pledge algiance to the Texas one state under God one and indivisible. Okay. So we'll have the u public forum at this point. Um any members of the audience uh speakers are limited to three minutes. Persons wishing to participate need to sign in the meeting uh prior to uh the discussions if any on subject to which the public notice has not been given are limited to statements of specific factual responses and resection to existing policy. Uh we have one uh we have Chief Solomon that would like to speak. Yeah, I just wanted to uh last meeting we talked about the traffic uh the parking on on 149 visit but we got back to texttop that's not something that they're willing to handle right now and neither are we when it comes to the

parking some of those places are illegal we talked with texttop over a year ago and we asked them about putting up some signs if they gave us permission yeah we'll get those signs out but then when they want the flashers on those to make sure that people see them. Uh that's been a long time to come. So we talked with them again about the parking there. Some of the parking is illegal. Uh we are going to work with them to get those flashes, but we wanted to know that we heard you. Uh we we sent a guy down there as well and the people are crossing in and through those cars and that's what's making it very very unsafe. So we're going to try to see if we can get an effort to have those people cross at the cross offense. Uh but we are working on it and uh and until the city can uh get more parking areas downtown, this this this may be this may be an issue. But I know that council been working on some things about trying to look for some parking, but just let you know we heard you and uh and we look at it. Okay. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else? Okay. We will move on to item number three. Administration of the state statement of officer and oath of office to the newly appointed official for the planning zoning commission place number five. Repeat after me. We're going to start with the statement of officer. I, Jeff Blazer, I, Jeff Blazer, do solemnly swear do solemnly swear or affirm or affirm that I have not directly that I have not directly or indirectly paid or indirectly paid offered promise to pay offered promise to pay contributed or promise to contribute contributed or

promise to contribute any money or thing of value any money or thing of value or promise any public office or promise any public office or employment for the giving or withholding or say or employment for the giving or withholding or employment for the giving or withholding of a vote at the election of a vote at the election at which I was elected at which I was elected or as a reward or as a reward to secure my appointment to secure my appointment for confirmation for confirmation whichever the case may be so be God whichever the case may be so be God position which is appointed commission and work Raise your hand in the name and by the authority of the state of Texas in the name and by the authority of the state of Texas. I state your name. I, Jeff Blazer, do solemnly swear do solemnly swear or affirm or affirm that I will faithfully that I will faithfully execute the duties of the office execute the duties of the office of planning and zoning commission board member place five as the planning and zoning commission board member place five of the state of Texas of the state of Texas I will to the best of my ability I will to the best of my ability preserve protect and defend preserve protect and defend the constitution and laws the constitution and laws of the United States of of the United States and of this state and of this state. So help me God. So help me God. Thank you. Thank you. Welcome. Oh, thank you. Okay. Um, we shall move on to item four, uh, consideration and possible action on

the election of a vice chairman. Chairman, I'd like to nominate Dan Gazda for vice chairman of the planning and zoning commission. Second, second. Oh, you did? Okay. Um, we have a motion and a second to elect uh Dan Gaza as the vice chairman of the P&Z commission. All in favor say I. I. All those uh unanimous decision. Congratulations. Thank you. Uh item number five, consideration and possible action on the PNZ regular meeting minutes of June 11th, 2025. I have read the minutes and I make a motion to approve the PNZ regular meeting minutes of June 11th, 2025. Got a motion. I'll second and a second. uh for the uh approval of the meetings P&Z meetings of uh June 11th, 2025. All in favor say I. I. All oppose. No. All right. P that is done. Uh number six, update regarding the approved installation of a roof over the existing patio area located at 14335 Liberty Street in the historical downtown district. Good evening. Um this is kind of a clean up kind of discussion just to clarify what occurred

on this property. So we did meet about it and had approved it with the condition that certain documents be submitted, certain requirements be met. It was my error. I should have on the next meeting when those documents were presented to you all, it should have been more of a discussion and not another consideration, possible action because you had already approved it. So, the update on this is that you did all receive and review the documentation. He did request that the building official take a look at or review the details of that document for the roofing material. The building official made a request on what is needed to have an actual complete um application that he would be able to review. Right now we're talking to that property owner to explain what kind of detail that the building official is going to need. So the screenshot of the picture from Home Depot, the material, the thickness. It needs a little bit more information for the building official in order for them to determine what the requirements are and if it would meet the requirements as roofing material over a little more better documentation than pictures. Yeah. So right now we're having to point that out to the property owner letting him know what the requirements are. Okay. And what did we decide or find out about the post? I think I left a message and you called me back so I just want to say it out loud in the meeting. The building official is still reviewing that because again that would be a part of the details that is currently missing from a complete building application. So we are trying to work with the property owner to get them to understand why certain specifications have to be

submitted. Um, stamped drawings have to be submitted. I think in the past that did not occur. So, um, now that we have the building official who is making that determination, that's what he's Well, good. That way, we know it's going to be done properly. Yes, sir. Thank you. And up the building codes. Okay, great. Thank you. Item number seven, consideration of possible action regarding the proposed replacement of existing posts at 14420 Liberty Street. Continue. 14420 Liberty Street is our um community community center. Community building. Yes, thank you. I'm sorry. Um, it is located in the historical district. It is in the institutional zoning district. So, what the Montgomery Lions Club would like to do, and I'm sure you've seen the post that they have now, it's like a white TBC um pipe post where they hang their banners on the banner meaning um the Lions Club bingo night. What they would like to propose see in the pictures that you have there is a more permanent um kind of structure, the wood structure. Uh it wouldn't have that wood platform underneath. It would just be completely underground. And then you'll see that the walls, the um rock walls that we have around the community center right now, it would actually be a portion of that. It would make it almost look monument like um without it actually being a monument. So the Lions Club would like to be able to donate that to

the city. They'll use it as part of their banners and possibly anyone else who might be renting the facility might also be able to use that. What about first Saturdays that too? Okay. Yes. Because they do reserve the community center. And Mr. Kevin Smith, he is here. If you'd like to speak with him, if you have some questions for him, he's he's just wondering about the upkeep. You know, once we, you know, once we install it, we want to know who's responsible for it. Is it a city thing or the Lions Club thing? Or once installed and you accept it, it's yours. Okay. Do do with it what what you wish. Okay. Anybody that wants to use the building, hang a sign. Okay. It's for the community. Okay. What what's is made out of wood? Yes, sir. Treat treated 4-in posts. Okay. And they'll be mitered. The verticals will be mitered into the horizontal and that's going to stabilize it so it won't lean. Right now, we have leaning post of Montgomery. It It works, but we can do better. And the wood will be finished as depicted in the picture. Okay. So, we'll be finished. Okay. And it's going to be coming out of the ground or coming out of the brick? Coming out of the ground. Okay. Behind the brick which gives you the facade. I don't want to disturb the bricks. Okay. Brick wall. Okay. I make a motion that we approve the proposed replacement of the existing post at 14420 Liberty Street as presented. I'll second it. Okay, I have a motion and a second uh for the approval of the proposed replacement of existing post at

414420 Liberty Street as uh seen in the the picture that the Lions Club is uh furnished. All in favor say I. I. Opposed? No. Motion passes. How will the sign be attached? I'm sorry. How about through bowls? Okay. All right. There's some marine if we just if we just screw them in. Yeah. So, we're going with galvanized bolts. Okay. Thank you for the donation. Thank you. Thank you for the opportunity. Mhm. Okay. Item number eight, consideration and possible action regarding a request for a special use permit for a financial facility with two drive-thru lanes and a dedicated lane for a drive up ATM at 19940 Eva Street. Good evening again. So this property um you know the I think the last remaining vacant lot next to Christian Brothers between Christian Brothers and Wendy's off of 105 or Ed Street. Um it is zoned commercial. The proposed use of the financial facility otherwise known as the bank. We do not have financial facility as a permitted use listed anywhere in our table of uses. The lo the closest uses that we have are the office professional and the loan office both which are um permitted uses in the B commercial zoning district. Uh the only addition with the financial institution that a normal office professional office or loan office does

not have is the drive for the lanes and a drive up service for the ATM. Um although they're not specifically identified, we could consider them as the accessory use which would require the special use permit. So the financial institution not being listed requires the special use permit and then the drive the drive-thru service and the drive up service would require the special use permit. Um I looked through the comprehensive plan. The comprehensive plan does not specifically state the need in the city of Montgomery to have this kind of service, but it is typical in a city that you have this kind of service available to your residents. Um, here it does support the infill uh growth of the sleeve. So, the one lot that would remain vacant. Now, you're going to have something that looks really nice. actually if you saw the plans how they plan to construct it and everything. Um it's also a good location because there aren't any residential um around that area. So you wouldn't have the what is that squishing sound with the tube going on or um the people speaking on the on the speaker maybe even the lights if that became an issue. So you don't have any residential in the area. It's all commercial. So benefits that um layout is of course be reviewed through engineers through the engineers. So stacking um if you look at the plan, it's pretty far away from Eva Street which would be the main street. The access to it are actually private roads in that old development section. So unless there was a really huge line, I don't see that you would be you would see it um going out onto street at all. Otherwise, yeah, the final confirmation

of all that the stacking capacity, the circulation patterns, pedestrian safety, um it would be evaluated through the engineering process, but if you look at the plans, it looks like it's addressed pretty well. We have uh is it it was Amiche Bank, now it's Klein Bank. Uh and we also have that big uh bank that has the pillars. They both have drive-thru. Were they grandfathered in or how's that? I mean, are we doing something different for this bank than we did for those two banks? I don't know how the other two banks I don't remember. I think this is all me either. I don't remember. I haven't been here that long for that bank. That bank's been here a while. But, uh, I know that it's a a double drive in. They have the break from 105 and the parking and then you can go in the bank. But their drive-thru and do their ATM is on the outside of their three drive-thrus. So, and it's it's never really been that big of a deal. It's similar. It looks a little smaller. This new bank, it's a little smaller, thinner. So, smaller footprint. [Music] tenants. Yep. So, it's not just the bank. It it would fit that office professional. Yeah. But it's kind of hard to say anything because the other two banks are already here. And not to say, you know, Wood Force is there, too. So, and we also have the bank that's right behind the gas station, too. So, we have one, two, three, four. Four banks right now, right? Four. Yeah. Wood Forest, First National, I want to call it Amy, but that's not it. And then the big building with Spirit Bank. Is that it? Spirit Bank.

Uh, it's something. It's pretty. It's got white columns. Um, but that'll make our fifth bank in downtown Montgomery. Historical. No, not Oh, it's not historical. It's over. Yeah. It's down down the road. Yes. So, one thing we're concerned about is issuing the special use permit for a drive-thru. That's what our main Okay. the accessory hopefully by making some adjustments in the zoning code. Mhm. So, like if HB if HB has a drive-thru pharmacy. Yeah. I thought that was a curve and I'm not not Kroger. I'm talking about like if HB HB does have a drive-thru or as Kroger currently has a drive-thru. I'll say that Kroger does. If HB does in the future have submit something, they would need us currently in our ordinances. They would need a special use permit. I think it's H. Okay. Okay. That's their plan. Okay. Mr. Pretty simple. Yeah, I think it's pretty straightforward on this one. There's not a major concern traffic-wise, which was our concern, one of our biggest concerns uh with the Jack in the Box 149 105. So, I'll make the re I'll make the motion that we recommend approval uh for the request for a special use permit for the development of a financial facility featuring two drive-thru lanes and a dedicated drive up ATM lane located at 199 1 19940 US Street. Second it. I have a motion, a second for the request for a

approval of a special use permit uh for the financial facility in the two drive-thru lanes and dedicated lane for drive up ATM at 19940 EVA Street. All in favor? Opposed? No. Motion passes. Item nine, consideration possible action to call a public hearing on a reszoing request related to 58.952 acre track one located in the Zachariah Land room survey abstract 22 currently zoned within a mix of R residential, I institutional and C commercial to be reszoned. I institutional as submitted by the Lonear Cowboy Church. Commissioner, my name is Jones. I work with the city engineer uh as a city engineer. The item that y'all see before y'all is a reszoning application for Cowboy Church. You turn to page 36 back. Y'all see layout how it's currently zoned. As stated in the agenda item, it is currently zone commercial, institutional, and residential. Now what they're doing with this uh as part of their development which um we're reviewing separately from this reszoning is that they're proposing uh buildings in the back of their lots currently where the residential zoning is located within the property. What we've asked them to do is resone their property just so we're reviewing this one set of ordinances and specifications for them. So we're not reviewing one portion for institutional, one portion for residential, one portion for commercial. This asks everything that's being developed within the property currently be reszoned as one institutional zone. And so if you turn to the following

page, page 37, you'll see what is being proposed as the reszone. One clarifying I would like to make is that they are requesting that the current zone that's within the property as commercial remain commercial within that portion of the property. There are no proposed improvements at this time. No troops to that area are being made or being requested at this time. So there wouldn't be any changing to that. It's just the residential that is on the back side of the property. So the items I have in front of y'all tonight is just a set of public hearing. But uh what follow is a public hearing at y'all's August 5th meeting and then two items on your September 7th or second meeting which will be your second public hearing and then consideration action. You have any questions? I Oh, yeah. Go ahead. What part would remain commercial? The current the part that's currently zone commercial would remain commercial. So the yellow along 105, correct? Okay. Just in the second image, it's all blue. Yes. That is a a clarifying area that we will have to update that map. So we'll the next meeting that y'all have we'll revise that exhibit to show the rear portion that is currently zone residential be institutional and the portion that's running on five that's currently commercial to remain commercial. Okay. So when you look at their written request on page 38 y it talks about leaving that commercial. We skipped over that part. Okay, church is to church but there's no like Zach said the buildings that they're proposing are in this area effective want to keep their options open on the institutional if um I know that in Catholic u they have a a place where the sisters stay the nuns and uh the priest sometimes in a home setting is that still considered institutional if

they so choose to put quote unquote quote a um rectory rectory or a place where people stay not being completely familiar with Catholic Catholicism but I would say it's still considered institutional it's all based on what the property is being used for it's related to the religious institute of Catholicism then it would classify as oh well they're not Catholic but the cowboy church yeah to that point okay I was just wondering cuz it's getting bigger right so I mean they may need to have someone stay there all the time. Yes. If you look on page 39, I believe, you see the new building that they're proposing in the back of their property. Um, again, two new buildings, some additional parking and improvements to the driveways. Um, at this time, those only improvements, but it institutional is institutional. Okay. All right. Does that change the the tax implications for property taxes? No, it would not. Since the owners aren't changing, it's still considered um tax exempt. Is the commercial tax exempt? It's all based on property owners. So since it's not being subdivided, it will still all remain underneath the capital. Okay. All right. Thank you. I'll make a motion that we call a public hearing to be held on August 5th, 2025 at 6 p.m. at city hall. I second. We need to uh state both public hearings or one at a time. [Music] Well, I'll make a motion that we call public hearing be held on August 5th, 2025 at 6 PM and a second public hearing

held on September 2nd, 2025 at 6 p.m. here at city hall. I second. Okay, we have a motion and a second uh to call u two public hearings concerning the uh Lonear Cowboy Church uh resoning. Uh first public hearing August 5th, 2025 and the second public hearing September the 2nd 2025 and then PNZ consideration of possible action September 2nd 2025. All in favor? I oppose. No. Uh motion passes for public hearing. Item 10, consideration of possible action to call public hearing on a reszoning request repled to 12.15 acres of the track 2G John Connor survey abstract 8 currently zoned PD plan development and C commercial to be annexed or reszone R2 multifamily residential as submitted by BCS Capital LLC. Hello again. Uh so this is uh reszoning application is regarding the BCS Capital development that is going along 185 105 excuse me between city and springs. This property is currently being requested to be reszoned uh multif family for the portion of that is just south of the roundabout that conjoins CP storage and springs. You look on page 70 and 71 of your packets, you'll see how the property is currently zoned. Currently is on plan development, which is that steel color on the north side of the property and commercial, which is on

the remaining south side of the property, is currently zone planned, development, and commercial. Multif family is allowed in your plan development district, but it is not allowed in your commercial. So they're just taking the full portion that's being proposed as multif family which is 12.5 acres or so of the full development to be three zone multi family for that portion. If you see on the last page here page 85 you'll see the layout they're proposing for the multi multifamily uh development. Currently approximately uh 300 units are being considered um with two entry points to CB or Buffalo Springs and one entrance to CB. What is the plan development supposed to be there? So it and I'm kind of new to the plan development area. It has been considered for multip multitude of things. Currently it is being zoned for or plan for that multif family component. If you remember a few months back um believe around January we presented a feasibility study bill kind of outlined what BCS was proposing in that area. Again the northern portion being considered as multi family and the southern portion being considered as commercial and a few months back they came and presented a product kind of outlined what they're proposing for the development and it's hasn't changed since then. So to answer your question on the master plan for the exhibit part of the mixed use this was part of the plan development. This was mixed use zone a lot most of when it most of it was that purple with the little mixed use and this was in that same area. Wasn't this supposed to be more of a the second phase versus the commercial? Correct. So this will so BCS is the owner of the entirety of the property.

uh they will more than likely sell off to uh right now Morgan Group. Uh they're the developer who did the Pineco down 105 that kind of sits back on the north, excuse me, south side of 105 by Lake Bane and right Sound. So there's a new apartment complex back there. It's the same developer that's looking at this portion of the property. Okay. And yeah, so they'll they'll be on different timelines. Uh BCS themselves, their first focus is focusing on the commercial and the boxes in the front. And then ultimately a theory for another multi family developer. So it's all market rate apartments. This is a tax incentive market value. And what they had presented to you all previously was it was all class A I remember is is this the academy gentleman? Mhm. I remember remember asking him specifically, "What do you mean by multi- family?" And he says, "Well, apartments." And I that's a big statement that those apartments that are you're talking about that that other group built down there on 105 right before you get to April, that's a big statement. That's huge. And for it to be in our little bitty town, that's not what I heard that man say to me. Did he tell you how many how high that apartment's going to be? Did not. It's not currently called out on their proposed u layout that's shown in the package, but we can follow up on that. Yes. I want I would like to know it says 300 units. How many units are over there off of uh 1097

uh right over there uh across from the CTE? How many units is right there? you know, the new shell station, the one that doesn't have a swimming pool and it just kind of threw it in there. Yeah. How many 100ish units? So, I think you know the heritage apartments and the ones by um those are those are both 250 200. So, we're we're talking 300 increase of traffic, roads coming and going. And I also heard the gentleman say that it was going to be he was trying to do u multif family and it wasn't 300 and he was talking about maybe a nice downtown hotel. I want to say he was talking about on that area over there in the commercial side. And maybe I'm misunderstood, but now it's gone away from a possible nice hotel to all multif family apartments. So just the on the very northern portion of the development was always a multif family hotel. So they one of the original plans that you all saw had an apartment complex that fronted on Buffalo excuse me a hotel that fronted on Buffalo Springs and that as they went through their drainage analysis went away for the detention line which was what was kind of represented as they went through it is a threetory complex. So they were the drainage was going to be an issue so they had to make adjustments there correct that. Okay. And they're actively going through that drainage analysis to see if they can treat that one right now. Okay. I'm sort of like the rest here. You know, I heard mixeduse development. I didn't hear anything more. I guess

maybe I just wasn't listening to hear more apartments. We are apartment poor. We already have traffic issues on traffic issues. And to think that we would add to it with 300 apartments or something be crazy. That's 600 cars at least and the trash and the firemen and school buses that have to go through there just and CB Stewart's not a great street right now. Is in their development agreement which will likely be council for approval. Is it priv Buffalo Springs and priv Stewart and water and sewer lines? BCS is correct. BCS is development as a whole. The when referred to BCS, they are still in control of the entire 38 acres surrounding Ransom between CB Stewart and Buffalo Springs. So part of that agreement is improvements springs to CB Stewart water line all the way to Lar Parkway and sew line. Do we have any say so about the height and the quantity and the greenery and the green space and the parking space and the swimming pool and the water park and the playgrounds inside of there? So they'll still have to go through the normal whatever your ordinance has. So they'll have to go through density, they'll have to provide parking, they'll have to provide all those items, have to provide the landscaping per ordinance. uh they meet the minimum threshold area and trees all that still noise lights. Yeah. All all the ordinance is still So you're just asking us um you just want us to make a public hearing for those people in McGomery so they can come and talk to you to talk to action is calling the public hearings that are listed on the agenda. No actual approval.

And this will be just like the last one. First public hearing, August 5th, second September. I'll make a motion that we call public hearings to be held on August 5th, 2025 and September 2nd, 2025 at both at 6 p.m. at city hall. I'll second Okay, we have a motion and a second for the call of uh two public meetings uh regarding the resoning uh of 12.15 acres uh with uh BCS Capital. Uh the first public hearing will be at August 5th uh 2025 6 pm. the second uh September 2nd 2025 6 p.m. and then the PNZ consideration possible action on September the second meeting. All in favor? I oppose. Okay. Motion passes for the public hearing. Um Chris, I have a question. Um you know the street that goes up to the house that's on the hill that that house is going away, correct? Have we talked about keeping those creek myrtles uh based on their land and all that? So they're doing away with trees. What trees are left on that property? Correct. They'll be trees and they are going to replace with greenery trees and shrubs. Correct. Because I read that in there too. Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Okay. Uh that is all items on the agenda. Uh anything

commission inquiry? I just want to bring up about the uh trash again or the dumpsters and stuff. Just keep it want a reminder that they're still sitting out there on 149 without being enclosed or hopefully if if the hopefully whenever the downtown revivalation takes place that can happen at that point. Yeah. Um because we really can't do anything at this point till they decide to remodel or um whatnot. Is that correct? Yeah. Well, I'll get with code enforcement to look into it. Yeah. Okay. I make a motion we adjourn. I second. We have a motion and a second for the adjournment of the July 1st uh 2025 meeting. It is 6:39 p.m. Y'all have a safe holiday. That's a record. Hm. That was record one. It was a lot to