Remarks by Luke Winchester
361 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 13 of 15
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“So let's ask, staff asked us that question. How do you hand, or how are you handling coming into compliance with your type D buffer, but your type D buffers does not appear to be located on your property?”
Planning Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“Were you able to grant a variance to that?”
Planning Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“Let me go ahead and open it up. Any further questions from the commission while staff is trying to get us a few of these answers pulled together?”
Planning Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“Parking is adequate. It's just non-compliant with the required to be 10 foot off the right of way, which it is not.”
Planning Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“Boza would have to grant. Could Boza grant that?”
Planning Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“so that that proposes a question back for you so as drawn you have something as drawn that is non-compliant that this body has no ability to grant you a variance to um if So if you wanted to continue with this plan, a possibility for you would be to defer this item before the Planning Commission tonight, consult with staff about applying to BOZA, where BOZA could grant you the variance on that buffer requirement. And should that variance be granted via BOZA, then your deferral here would bring you back up to expedite being able to get back to Planning Commission to move forward. But we're…”
Planning Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“Okay. So would that be a request for deferral then?”
Planning Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Planning Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“Commissioner George and myself both, I'm happy. So that's where I was kind of struggling how this was in substantial compliance and at FMDP here before us because now with it being commercial, does this not kick in a variance requirement for maximum length of cul-de-sac? So therefore making it non-compliant? It was commercial? So did we grant a variance?”
Planning Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“that if we allowed the residential that whether or not a co tie as we're trying to do to some of these because of what commissioner george expressed um or that the commercial was coming in prior to the residential and that's the reason why the residential was acceptable um at this immediate time as you said and and as the rumor mill flows through town that there's other tdec and fema issues over there that may make that site shrink exceptionally or never come before this body and the financial um cost to do anything on that property may uh exceed the value of such because of what's happening…”
Planning Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“well if this were to be a freestanding project comes before this body I don't see this body approving it was only one way in one way out and it would require a variance request in order to do that but if it comes in as a piece for an entire master project I could see that as a portion of it but we're relying upon the connection to be made and at this point in time the fact that the This is going to be developed, and the commercial portion is not. It tells me that with the commercial portion being the high value, no other reason because it's adjacent to Interstate 40. So the fact that we're…”
Planning Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“Were you a part of the initial submittal of this overall master project?”
Planning Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“They're getting her on the microphone where she'll be able to speak. We'll be able to hear her. Give us one moment. We're going to test our technology. What's that? I've got a quick question. Please, please, please, while they're arranging that, if she starts to speak, then I'm going to pause you real quick. Yes, sir.”
Planning Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“Help you. We're reading through this at the moment. Yeah, one of my questions, Sam, that I had back for staff was in regards to when this came in, it came in as a mixed use with residential and the commercial, of course, the allowance of the residential towards it. But I thought that this section over here of my memory, I don't have the original submittal, was more mixed use, i.e. mixed use towards commercial. and not putting this many residences that exceeds our current ordinance of maximum length of a cul-de-sac with no immediate plan before this body to make any connectivity to it. So it's…”
Planning Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“Very well. A little sidebar discussion. Commissioner Franklin, do you have something else you want to add?”
Planning Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“Any additional questions, comments at this point?”
Planning Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“be uh i think that would be a fantastic suggestion any any objection to that i'm sorry to keep you waiting up here uh on this right here but obviously not too excited about it but also at the same time i want to make sure that we make the appropriate decision for everybody involved right there um so Any objection to moving this to the back of our agenda? Very well. And staff will continue to work on that. Sam, I'm going to leave you on there. I'm going to just kind of set you here on my table. So if we need you, we'll shout at you.”
Planning Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“With that being said, we're going to move item 7D to the back of the agenda to be heard prior to item 10A. So 7D is going to move to the back of the agenda. Next item up on our agenda will be item 8A. This is a recommendation item back to the Board of Commissioners. This is to review the rezone request from RS-40 to CMU for the Baker property located at 1888 Golden Bear Gateway.”
Planning Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“So if staff likes that instead of your two across the street are CRC and CNS, and now we're going to go to CMU, so CMU would be your preferred use for that area?”
Planning Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“It's the first time. It always surprised me that we didn't see anything, but they have a beautiful home right there. So your guys' home will be sadly missed. It's a unique and beautiful build over there should this redevelop to a CMU. Hate to see it go, but certainly would under their understanding. See no additional questions or comments at this time. We'll open it up to citizen comments. Anyone wishing to make comments about this item on the agenda is welcome, encouraged to do so. Please come to the microphone, name and address for the record. May also, before I ask for a motion or a…”
Planning Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“Here's what I saw on this one as well, because I'm just like yourself, in and out of there a whole bunch. I don't know in my tenure sitting here, I can say that we've doubled down to a property behind one and said let's randomly commercial zone a property that's not fronting a major thoroughfare as this one is not. Any building that would come on this would be hard to meet our setback requirements. Ingress egress would either have to come off tangle wood or off of Green Hill, which does not have a good proximity right there and causes an issue, in my opinion, at South Green Hill Road should…”
Planning Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“my entire comments and opinions and allows me to put buffers to protect those houses that would be adjacent to it and gives me a safer point of ingress, egress as somebody that travels South Green Hill as much as I do right there. It'd be nice to have a little convenient retail right there. Let me ask staff, do we even have sewer right there?”
Planning Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“Really? Where is it? Out of curiosity. And a Stewart title?”
Planning Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“Greenhill Church has it? Mm-hmm. Do they really? OK. But we've not pushed further. That's the terminus point at this point, isn't it? No. So the sewer doesn't continue to go west anymore down Lebanon Road?”
Planning Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“Is Dollar General? Dollar General. Yes. OK. So the gap is between Dollar General and St. Stephen, somewhere in there? Yes, sir.”
Planning Commission · Jul 16, 2026