City Council - Regular Meeting

Thank you.

We don't have enough that we can start. So, workshop notes. Anybody for the minutes? Any issues? Anybody read them? Okay. We have one, two, three, four. Tonight we have... 3 public hearings, so remember, there's certain things which works out before we get to the regular meeting. We can discuss and not discuss because everybody looked over the car wash on notes.

So, will you reason in a car wash to be a car wash? Is that the just now?

It's a specific use permit and it's been closed for so long. It's been over. It's been closed for over a year. It's a new specific. That's it.

And then the fact that he's taken out the part that doesn't work and putting in self-service on that, it's just going to be too self-serve. Okay. Anybody, any questions on that? The next one is the industrial fabrication outside storage light use in the general commercial for the trailer, for the Sawyer trailer. Did y'all read through that?

Yeah.

Questions there that you can ask here. There might be some changes here.

It felt like that the requirements got more stringent than we last discussed. Did something change on that case?

It hasn't gotten more done. The requirements haven't gotten more stringent.

It's just the way it was.

Can he discuss the amendment on that? Probably better just do that in the meeting. Okay. Never mind. Scratch that. Okay. There's probably not a whole lot we can discuss here.

Yeah.

Number four is a really long word salad. It basically says that we're going to amend our zoning and the cliff note version is if you have And stop me if I get this wrong. We've talked about this all day. David, get up here and tell him. Then I won't have to. Since he said you could, come on. We pay him all that money. You can give him the Cliff Notes version you gave me today.

There's one major change involved with it that the mayor's touched upon. Basically, what that is, is right now homes, single family homes and duplexes are not allowed in the commercial zones. So we get situations that people come in for land use changes and rezonings because they want to reoccupy the houses after more than a year. This creates the limited use category, which would allow homes to be in the existing homes with certain stipulations to be in the ROC1C2 zoning district. Correct except it's a little bit more than that. They can build, they can build back within 2 years of destruction or demolition partial or wholly. They can do other things that I'll touch upon in the PowerPoint later. So it's kind of a limited use. So it kind of falls. It's not prohibited. Like, it is now. It's not a use by right. It's not a specific use. It's kind of a limited use. So that way they can bring these houses back online.

We're getting we're getting a lot of zoning applications to rezone single lots and commercial areas for a house. So people can reoccupy it and most of those are passing. So. Figure this is a way to take that we don't need a whole bunch of little dots of residential zoning areas. So this allows them comes in to start buying up any properties for commercial. This allows those homes to be reoccupied. Okay.

And right now, there's one of our car wash full serve self serve in the C2 category of use is blank. If it was prohibited, there would be an X or a P for permitted or an S for specific use. It creates it, it creates it corrects that error as well makes the permitted use in the C2. That's pretty much it. I don't see my own things. We'll touch upon later.

Until he makes his presentation.

Thank you.

Thanks, Doug. So skip five, we're going to do six and then we'll do five. So we were mistakenly, this is the second time since I've been on here, is that we were mistakenly paid $115,000 in taxes. So the Texas Comptroller basically is the person filed in the wrong city. They did the work somewhere else, but filed in our city. So

Yeah, it's a contractor that's located here and we don't know who they won't tell us who, but the tax supposed to be paid where the work is done. They did the work in the other city, but they filed the taxes here. And so when they went back and audited, they discovered it. So we have to reimburse the comptroller. It happens both ways because I think it was December. We got like an additional $108,000 from it happening somewhere else. So it's just those businesses are supposed to file a separate tax form for that, but it's not convenient. So a lot of times they just do one and then let the comptroller sort it out, not worrying about the impact it has on cities. They do tell them it's a problem, but they will not tell us who they are. They just told us it's not the same company that we did last year, correct?

So it's someone else. Do they have any corrective action for those entities?

No, there's no penalty or anything.

There's no penalty. So why would they? Hey, bud, when you file your taxes, can you make sure your stuff is correct? Is there any guidance from the state to those units?

It's kind of on the businesses to know that they're supposed to pay the taxes where the work is done. You know, I have a feeling we'll get some of these over the next time because we didn't see a big sales tax jump from the Walmart construction. And I know there was a lot of taxable construction in there. So those apparently got filed somewhere else. So I anticipate over the next year, we may get a few. they do the audit because these are about a year behind so this is for like last year yeah they don't actually look back three years let's think about three years so we can initiate that no i don't think they let us initiate those audits do they well if we if we look through the listings and see something that looks abnormal we can contact If we see a business we know is open here and we don't know and they're not on the list or something like that. But the problem with this is we don't know who those subcontractors were that did work. And some of that's taxable and some of it's not taxable. So that's going to be hard to go in and say, hey, you need to check on this or that because we don't have a listing of all their contractors.

So we need to. That's only that's on the agenda on the deal, because we need to decide how we're going to pay it back. And I just asked Craig today. How he wanted to pay it back. He wants to pay it back in 1, 1 time.

That's how we did last.

Yeah. So, we did get an extra payment, so it's not going to. Put us negative, we're still even with this, we'll end up a little bit higher than what I budgeted this year for sales times.

Unless we get another one, so we can move this one to consent.

That's why I just want to make sure that we okay. Will that come out of the general fund?

Well, they'll take they'll hold it out of our next sales tax payment as well. Okay. So if we do it tonight, they'll hold it out of Karen, Nick, the. August they'll withhold that amount out of our August payment. Okay. All right the last 1, 1 time they give us a 2% break. Yes. 2%.

The last one you're gonna have to get your calendar out. So we have to set a date for the budget workshop, which has to be on or before August 11th. So last year we had, so let's take into consideration this year's date. Our city council meeting is gonna be on August the 4th. That's where we, We'll set the rate. We say we're going to.

You vote on your intent to set the rate. You're not actually setting the rate. You're setting what will ultimately be the maximum rate at that point.

And then the next night, we just showed back up on Wednesday night and did the budget workshop. So the first question is, is everybody available on Wednesday the 5th after the 4th?

Oh, yeah, no. Unless you just want to be here. Now, we could do it also. We could do it on Monday the 10th.

You can't do it on the 11th because it has to be done before the 11th, right?

No, if we get it done by the 11th, I just need to have a general idea so that I can have stuff prepared for the agenda for the 18th.

Here's the problem. There's only four of us sitting here.

I would say we've got to pick the earliest date possible because the lack of members today, it might be a risk of us not having a quorum because— We can't wait until the 11th. Yeah, we can't do that.

So you want to set it to reset? We can set it to the 5th?

That's fine.

Can we start at 530 instead of six? He's not going to be here. We can have sandwiches and stuff like we did last time.

I should be able to. Sandwiches and stuff like we did last time.

Okay.

Let's get here at 530. You don't have to worry about trying to eat first.

Okay. I think if I knew that, I would have stayed here.

I think they've got a trip around then, so that would work out.

No, because what was the other thing that you emailed about that I didn't see in the 25th? 25th. Has anybody besides Donnie said no to that? So far, he's the only one. Okay.

Not everybody's responded right now.

Charlie responded.

I was like, you knew Charlie wasn't going to respond. I said that on camera.

If for some reason we don't have a quorum coming on the 5th, does that give us time to have another one with the...

That's still how long of a notice do you have to do?

You have to have three as opposed to, so. You have to have it on the 11th, so I have to post it.

The plan B is the 11th.

Is that the site was pretty like, I did the park board yesterday and say.

Reach out email the counselors that aren't here and whichever date works for everybody. That's the day. Either the 5th, the, we can't do that Thursday because you got. Pnz the 6, right, David, you got Pnz the 6, the 1st, Thursday and. August, you got Pnz that night Thursday is the 6th. So we can't do 6. you don't want to do Saturday. So.

let's say let's say five with a backup of 11. okay can we work can we do like that we worded that you're gonna you want to do this fifth is our date with a if you can't establish a quorum by email i guess then we move to the 11th okay 5 30 start time 5 30.

And then meeting on the twenty-fifth there has got to be at least five people here who are going to vote for the tax rate where we have to start the whole public hearing process over again.

Alright, so there's four of us sitting here. Are you going to be on the twenty-fifth? You okay on the twenty-fifth? Jimmy, you there? Okay, so four of us are going to be on the twenty-fifth. We just need one of those. We're already down ten, so I'm assuming, Jeremy, I would worry. Yeah, because he says what he says way out when he's going to be on.

So, yeah. So, at the time.

And then we set the rest of the meetings after that.

If there's any other budget, I mean, the other meetings will be the council public hearing will be at the regular council meeting on the eighteenth, the first public hearing on the budget, the tax rate public hearing. On the eighteenth, and then the adoption 2nd, public hearing and adoption of the budget will be the 25th. So those are the required meetings that you have to have.

Anybody got any questions on anything while we're sitting here? Craig do get an email back today.

from block partners so because of the extra drainage deal uh street well we're adding drainage there's been a big drainage issue on del paso you all may have heard about that there's a couple houses are getting flooded pretty regular when it rains because A little bit of drainage that was built there has been covered over with buildings and stuff.

So.

We're going to add a, we've got about a 350,000 dollar drainage project. 400,000 we're going to add as an add on to the project. So they do some additional surveying for that. So, looking at going out for bid on Greg drive. Somewhere around between the 7th and the 10th of August. So we should be having to the council by September 15th.

It's good for the 4th and the 5th of August.

It's good for the 4th. We're adjourned until 6 30. All are meeting to order. I've never felt safer in a council meeting. All right. Just want to go on record with that.

Absolutely.

Let's stand for the invocation of our friend Jerry.

I need to take up any time from the council, but I, I do want to say. That it's been great. It's been a great honor and privilege to be able to be here as much as I have been. I look forward to the fact that I'm going to be here for most of the month of August as well to just to put that out there. If there's anything specifically that you guys have. burdens that you're carrying, anything that you would like for me to pray with you about, contact me. Misty has my email. Charlie has my cell phone number. Feel free. Reach out to me at any point. You're welcome. Let's pray. Father, we are grateful for the fact that while you care about the specifics, it's also good for us, Father, to recognize that in a very broad way, you are with us, you love us, you call us to know you, to walk with you, to trust you, even in those times in life that are most trying. And so, Father, tonight, as the city council meeting gets started, we ask for you to be with us. We ask, Father, for you to guide the council throughout the decisions that are made. For those who are here, Father, we pray for your peace to settle over this meeting and that the things that need to be talked about get talked about and get dealt with and discussed in a way that is proper and right. Father, we thank you for the community in which you call us to live. We thank you, Father, for those who are a part of this community and the leadership, whether it's from schools to first responders to city government. We ask, Father, for your help for all of us, Lord God, to recognize that you are the one who loves us more than anything else and that your desire is for us to love you as well. Thank you. In Jesus' name, amen.

Amen. Thank you. Roll call here here here here. All right. The City Council invites citizens to address the Council on any matter, including items on the agenda, except public hearings that are included on the agenda. Comments related to public hearings will be heard when that public hearing starts. Please limit your comment to three minutes. The Council cannot take action or discuss any item that's not on the agenda. When called, please state your name and address, and if speaking on a specific agenda, state that item before your comments begin. We have one card tonight. It's CJ.

Last month, our group, Lost Pets of Robinson, addressed the council about some challenges we were facing regarding animal control in our relationship with RPD. Honestly, it was a little intimidating knowing the city has more high priority issues. We did not know if we would be heard. Tonight, on behalf of our team, I want to thank the council for being so attentive and our mayor for putting our issue on the agenda. This allowed open communication and dialogue. We appreciate you all and appreciate the Chief's willingness to hear us out and make changes. We would also like to thank someone who works hard behind the scenes for us and all the citizens, and that's Lieutenant DeLillo. Since February, he has been our go-to person. He has shown us grace, empathy, and patience. What some of you may not know is when our group wants to put out a formal announcement, we run it by him and he gets approval from the city's public relations team. This way, we are putting out consistent information to the public. Just recently, he was able to have Officer Feller work a few hours on July 4th night. This was unprecedented and the impact amazing. We feel it really deterred people being casual about their pets knowing Caden would be on duty. She did an amazing job and the results successful. last but certainly not least we thank officer feller for her energy attitude and professionalism she is one of robinson's greatest assets so we felt like if we could come up here and publicly complain that we can come up here and publicly thank you all for being so pre-act proactive thank you

All right. First item is a presentation of police commendation medals to Sergeant Atkins, Corporal Foster, and Officer Sheldon for their exceptional service during the June 14, 2026 flood.

Thank you, Council. Mr. Mayor. For those of you who don't know me, my name is Vince Otting. I'm the Lieutenant over patrol here at Robinson PD. And Just last month, I think we all experienced the. The rain and the extreme flooding that occur Robinson got pretty bad on 35.

I also want to quickly say that.

They unfortunately both in in training, they couldn't miss. So I have the honor to present these awards. I can tell everyone here. I watched the videos. These guys were in water past their waist, at times up to their chest, in all their gear, and none of it stopped them. So it is truly an honor to be standing here. So if I could get Sergeant Atkins, Corporal Foster, and Officer Sheldon to come forward.

I'll line you guys up with Atkins.

Yeah, that's perfect. So, on June, 14th, 2026, the city of Robinson experience severe flooding that resulted in rapidly rising water, numerous road closures, stranded motorists and life threatening conditions throughout the community. Members of the Robinson police department responded immediately to assist residents, coordinate emergency operations and conduct rescue efforts under extremely hazardous conditions. Sergeant Atkins, Corporal Foster and Officer Sheldon each demonstrated exceptional courage, professionalism and dedication to duty while responding to this emergency. Despite the significant risk presented by the flooding, they work tirelessly to rescue stranded citizens, secure flooded areas, coordinate emergency resources, and protect the lives and property of residents in the City of Robinson. Their actions exemplified the highest standards of public service and reflected great credit upon themselves. The Robinson police department in the city of Robinson. And recognition for their outstanding performance and selfless service during this emergency. Sergeant Atkins corporal foster and officer Sheldon have been selected to receive the police department. The Robinson police department commendation metal for everybody in the crowd. The commendation metal. In the 14 years I've been here, I have not seen given out 1 dot. So this is a big deal. It's very important that you guys are recognized for this because you guys all earned it. How do you want to do it for photo?

One at a time? Just like go one at a time and then I'll get a group photo after. Okay.

I do want to add real quick that while these guys were on the ground, I want to give an honorary mention to Jared, Yvonne, our dispatcher who was behind the scenes. If it wasn't for Jared coordinating all the emergency services, all the phone calls and all the things going on. What they do out there means nothing because without him holding that lifeline, getting them the resources they need. The amount of agencies were out there were at least 6 or 7 agencies between all the cities that were out there, including the state. So, I really appreciate everybody stepping up and coming out to help everybody out and all those that were stranded and passing through our city. So, thank you gentlemen.

All right guys.

all right congratulations gentlemen thank you um our next item is going to be the consent agenda we have three prove the previous regular meeting minutes set the budget workshop we have chosen august 5th with a backup of august 11th and then take action to make a repayment of $115,934.60 to the cop trailer in one lump sum type. So I need a motion.

Motion to approve consent agenda item 789 as written and discussed.

I'll second.

All in favor?

Aye. Any opposed? Okay. At 641, we will go into our first public hearing. TO CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON ORDINANCE 2026-011 FOR A SPECIFIC USE REQUEST TO ALLOW FOR A CAR WASH SELF-SERVICE OR FULL SERVICE IN THE LIGHT COMMERCIAL C-1 DISTRICT AT 100 BAKER LANE ON MCAD PARCEL ID 346186 ON CAMPO ACRES .71.

Mayor and council, thank you. Just a moment here. Technical difficulties. There we go. You have to move it. You have to move the mouse. Yeah. Yes. Tonight this item is just a new car wash and existing car wash facility. This site has 2 base. 1 of the base is enclosed automatic tunnel and the other base of self survey. The new owner will be converting the enclosed automatic tunnel into a self serve bay. So there'll be 2 of them. The only change concerning the new business is the only change concerning the new business for the site. This is the only change for it. And since the car wash has been vacant for over 1 year, they need a new specific use permit for that new business and the C1 zoning category. Hence the request. As stated part of the actual parcel itself, the C1 category right there, rocket car wash orders, Robinson drive and Baker lane. Site access is off Baker lane. This is the current layout of the site. The app is currently working with staff in regards to site buffer, landscaping and lighting issues to work these out and anticipation of the being approved tonight by council. Under section 354 of the city code, there are 8 findings of fact. Those are denoted within your packets. Staff interpretations are in those based on the evidence presented in the packet. You're free to come up with your own determinations for the findings of fact, based on the evidence and what is presented here tonight. Now, staff believes the request will not be detrimental to the area because the site was a car wash. It's just a reintroduction. They're removing the automatic bay, which should reduce noise next to the residences and the site has available facilities to operate a car wash. Under city code requirements, you may impose additional reasonable conditions necessary to protect public interest and welfare, including any time periods. And these can be in relation to adjacent property, protecting adjacent property from excessive noise, offensive views, dimension of property values, or any other undesirable conditions. So known from the presentation and the evidence in your packet. And based on the information within your packet staff does not have issues or concerns with the request as exhibit a of the proposed ordinance as the conditions of the specific use already within city code. So, each use has certain supplemental standards. We've just pulled those forward from the code and are in the ordinance now. So there's no other changes that staff feels necessary for this. And at the July 16th meeting, the planning and zoning commission recommended approval 5 0 for this item. And I'm here for any questions you may have, and the applicants representative is here as well. Thank you.

You want to speak on his behalf?

Yes. Hello. Hello. I'm representative of grill. I touched this car wash in case anyone has any questions. I can hopefully answer those.

All right. Thank you. We'll close the public hearing at 644 council. Have any questions. Good question entertain a motion.

Motion to approve ordinance 2026-011 for specific use request to allow for a car wash, self-service, or full service in the light commercial C1 district at 100 Baker Lane on MCAT parcel ID 346186 Ocampo Acres 0.71. I'll second that motion.

Next public hearing. At 645, we will open our second public hearing to consider and take possible action on Ordinance 2026-012, FOR A SPECIFIC USE REQUEST TO ALLOW FOR AN INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING, FABRICATION, ASSEMBLY, OUTSIDE STORAGE, LIGHT USE IN THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL C2 DISTRICT AT 4293 S ROBINSON DRIVE ON MCAD PARCEL 156104, GALENDA 1 TRACK 24B2 ON 6.59 ANCHORS. ALL RIGHT, DAVE.

Thank you mayor and council originally the applicant file. This is for a new business at the location originally the applicant filed what we call certificate of occupancy to open business all businesses in the city file this to get basically zoning building and fire approvals to open up the business. This business did open without the CEO in place and is in the process of complying with city code requirements. And this process of the sup for the use as part of that process, and in order for the CEO for us to sign off in that CEO, the council would have to grant this specific use permit request for this use in that category. Site has a 28,819 square foot warehouse building with associated covered area and gravel site parking. Site plans within your packet as well. There is no proposed change to the existing layout of the site. And this business makes just travel trailers and it has storage on site. This is similar to the previous business at the site, which had outdoor storage as well site will have enough space to exceed. Basically, the site will have enough space to exceed minimum parking requirements. Now, based on the site plan, that's with the packet and the applicant can't use more than 20% of that site for outdoor storage. And he meets that requirement now, based on the site plan that's with your packet. This is the site plan to the left is the survey of the existing site and you can see the future layout of the site that's within your packet. Labeled areas that are labeled future are in grass. Now, this is not allowed by our code standards. You have to park on an improved surface. And this can be resolved with a condition being put in place on this. And I'll touch upon that here a little later in the presentation. Parcel is zone C2. There are C1 zoning around with RO zoning. There are some residences to the north and south as well within the commercial zoning category. As stated earlier, you have 8 findings of fact of which you have to find the findings of fact in determining whether or not to approve a specific use request. Staff believes the request will not be detrimental to the area. With certain conditions, the site was previously a truck related business that outside storage as well. Adequate systems on the site exist on the site to support the business. Surrounding residential is larger lots in relation to the business and these are staff interpretations again. You're free to come up with your own interpretations based on what's presented at the hearing and within the evidence in your packet as well. And as I stated earlier, you can impose reasonable conditions on the property to mitigate certain factors, like, noise, offensive views, dimension of property values, any other undesirable hazardous condition. You think this use would have on neighboring properties. Although exhibit a, the proposed ordinance itself adds the conditions of the specific use within the city code. That's the supplemental standards. There are some issues and concerns I stated earlier. There are some stuff that doesn't meet code standard, but I think this can be mitigated pretty easily. and with the following additional condition that areas used for parking and trailer storage outside the gravel area must submit a site development plan be approved and constructed within one year of the date of the approval of council. So if you were to grant this tonight with that condition, the applicant would come forth with a plan on how to do the additional parking areas from the grass that they're gonna deal with the drainage and that sort of thing associated with it. The staff would look through that site development plan when it meets code standards, approve it, then they would construct it. And that would all have to be in place within one year from tonight's date, if you so choose to bring this condition forward. At the July 16th meeting, the planning and zoning commission recommended approval 5 0 with that condition. I just indicated to you here a moment ago. And that concludes my presentation mayor counsel. Thank you. The applicant and their representatives are here as well.

You guys have anything you want to.

So, good evening city council and mayor. We're happy to be here tonight. My name is Ryan merit and this is Scotty winter and we want to start off by saying, we're happy to be in Robinson. Many of the leaders of this company graduated from Robinson high school. And we're really proud to come back to our hometown and start a business here in town to both employee people to contribute to the economy. Uh, and to be good neighbors, 1 thing that I was really excited to hear at the planning and zoning meeting on Thursday night was we did get a letter from a neighbor that gave us his full support for this. So that made us proud because we want to be good neighbors and get good citizens and be heavily involved in in the city. We are an enclosed trailer manufacturer. So our goal is to get the trailers off our site as fast as possible We want to build them and move them. And so as you saw on the the site plan there is space kind of dedicated towards storage We don't want to store and we want to move them. So we're gonna keep that limited as much as possible And really we're here to answer any questions you might have This is important

we're also not here to deal with public. It's not our intent to sell trailers to the public from this lot. So as far as people coming and going off of 77, we really won't limit that. That's something that we're trying to avoid.

there's dealerships for that and we're not one of them all right thank you guys all right we'll close the meeting your public hearing at 651. no questions from Council I don't know I just have one what are your hours of operation to be for the manufacturing portion

So we start in the morning at 6 o'clock in the morning, and the workers should be done in the manufacturing part of the business by no later than 4 p.m. Is this metal fabrication type of operation? So we have a group of welders, and so that's, of course, one of the first parts of the process to build the frame and to build the shell of the trailer. So we have welders, fabricators, we have electrical technicians, and then we have a small paint shop.

I was just concerned about

within the general local area? That's a legitimate concern. The welding shop is in the center of the building. And so that mitigates a lot of the noise.

OK.

So it's all inside.

As far as frame cutting and structural member cutting, is that all done by, like,

settling towards that point cut sauce there's cut sauce okay like i say there's um so where the cut saw is there's concrete that's that's behind it okay it's it's enclosed so it really does dampen the noise that is a i mean we that's a legitimate concern and it's one that we've thought of okay great thank you

SO THE CONDITION, IT'S APPROVAL WITH THE CONDITION THAT

THEY DO THE STORAGE. IS THAT THE PRESENTATION? IT IS. THE STORAGE FOR EXTRA STORES, THEY HAVE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF PARKING, SOME KIND OF.

SHE'LL BRING IT UP AND I'LL HAVE US A MOTION MOMENTARILY.

LET'S SEE. BECAUSE WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND IT TOO. Hang on. I think I'm about done.

Right there. There's a condition right there. You ready?

Motion to enact an ordinance 2026-012 for project number 826-0018, a specific use request to allow for the industrial manufacturing, fabrication, assembly, outside storage, lot use in the general commercial C2 district at 4293 South Robinson Drive on MCAT parcel ID 156104 on the Glendale 1 track 24. 24 B2 on 6.59 acres with the following conditions that the gravel, sorry, that the areas be used for parking and trailer stores outside the gravel area must submit a site development plan, be approved, and be constructed within one year of the date of this specific use permit approved by council.

I'll second. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING AT 6.55, TO CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON ORDINANCE 2026-013 OF THE CITY OF ROBINSON, TEXAS, AMENDING Appendix A, zoning. Article 5, permitted uses. Section 5.1, use of building and land. Section 5.2, classification of new and unlisted uses. Adding a Section 5.3, permitted, limited, specific, and prohibited uses. and changing section 5.3 supplemental standards for land use to section 5-4 as indicated in exhibit a and provided for an effective date providing a savings clause and finding and determining that the meeting at which this ordinance is passed is open to the public is required by law i feel like we need a college degree just to figure out what that says all right

Mayor Council, um, I see what these basically what these are just a set of changes. There's major changes and minor changes associated with this. And 1 of the major changes is what this does is it establishes the limited use category to the use table right now you have permitted uses. John Pimentel, Specific uses and prohibited uses the limited uses fall into as a new category, which means the use is limited within that within that zoning district to certain things. John Pimentel, And then the additional changes are as follows here. John Pimentel, what's been done here, this is one of the major changes so for car wash self service or full service as you're aware, tonight, you had an item and see one that was an ass for specific use. Originally, this item was blank here and according to the zoning code either has to be an S for specific use a P for permitted use or if it's prohibited there's an X. So the fact that this item was blank I just added a P in for permitted use in the C2 because that's our highest commercial zoning category. The next change down here is basically, you see here, residential uses. So if you look under the ROC1 and C2, those used to be Xs, but they're crossed out with the word L. That's the creation of the limited use district. And what that does is basically the limited use, this would allow for residential single family and duplex in the commercial zoning categories, ROC1 and C2 as a limited use. Now within our zoning code, we have supplemental standards. And what this does is it kind of spells out certain things. You probably heard me talking to the, I'm bringing the supplemental standards from the code over and putting it with the ordinance. This creates a new supplemental standards and subset and new subsection 49, the supplemental regulations. Limited use for single family and 2 family duplex and residential commercial zoning districts. So, in essence, you can have a residential use in those zoning districts that meets all these standards. A residential use can be allowed if there was a residential building on the site, and this is a reuse of an existing residential building within those zoning categories. So we have situations now where we have commercial zoning commercial enemies. We have residential uses on property. So they're like, single family homes, but if they go more than a year. They become nonconforming and people have to change the land use to low density, residential or rezone and rezone back to a residential zoning in order to do them. This limited use would basically allow that now in the commercial zoning on a limited basis for Pre existing residential. And in particular, a residential use, then the building cannot be enlarged beyond its original floor area as it existed on January 1st, 2026. Floor areas defined as living space and includes garages, carports, and breezeways. and this regulation is not applicable to any additional screened and unscreened balconies decks and porches so i'm allowing additional additions of balconies decks and porches screened or unscreened more additional non-living space than you would normally get uh under a prohibited use so we're loosening the regulations in that way and also see if this is partially or wholly destroyed or demolished the actual residential use You can build it back to the original floor area as of January 1, 2026 provided a building permit has been issued within 2 years of the date of the demolition or destruction partial or whole. So, basically, it allows you to build it back. So, if it catches fire, let's say an act of God or something along those lines in that zoning district. If you get a building permit, you can build it back within a two-year window. So it allows them to build back to the original floor area. That doesn't mean the original footprint, the original floor area. And there's also other minor changes as well, such as relocation of existing code portions to new sections, relabeling of existing sections, and correction of Scrivener's errors as well within it, which was part of the big, long verbiage error that you read. Planning and zoning commission recommendation they met on the 16th about this. They recommend that approval 3 to 1 with the following conditions. If you desire those conditions, you'd have to bring them forward. As well, so subsection 49 B was changed. They had a discussion in regards to. Well, if you allow them to build back, they should be able to build back. If it's going to be a situation if the situation they exist now, they should be able to enlarge the building and they recommend that. Uh, 50% maximum so, in theory, where the limited use would not allow you to increase floor area. They want to allow an increase in floor area of up to 50%. And this is independent of what we discussed as far as the percentages and the original subsection from staff didn't allow for any enlargement beyond the original floor. So they want to loosen it to allow more floor area. More no more than 50% of the building. Now, this was, this was found after the fact, in regards to this, if the council desires to bring a condition forward, or the commission recommendation forward, or change the percentage of that in some way subsection 49 C needs to be changed as denoted in blue. Because the section subsection C was written to rebuild the floor area back. Within 2 years of a building permit. But if you're going to allow enlargement, you have to factor in that enlargement to be built back to. And that's what that in blue allows.

So, that's different from the condition that PNZ said. Correct. So, that is in addition to that condition or encompasses?

It encompasses it. It clarifies basically, it clarifies the recommendation because if they want to enlarge it, way the code reads now if you approve the enlargement and didn't approve this they couldn't build back if it were destroyed or demolished to the floor area they enlarged it the enlargement so by doing that it includes any if any destruction happens you can build back to the original plus the enlargement so if i were to make a motion we're still in that we're still here no no there's a question on verbiage here um

This portion doesn't carry over the 50% that P&Z stated as a condition, correct?

This is complete? You mean this right here? This just clarifies that you can build back whatever percentage up to 50% if it's destroyed. So it honors the spirit of what the planning and zoning made the recommendation for, but This helps clarify that if it's destroyed, you can build back your fluorine plus up to that 50%.

But that one's minus the mention of 50%, so is that going to catch us later?

It won't catch you later. This is what you would need to change to if you made a condition for approval of any percentage enlargement. Thank you. Go ahead.

So if we wanted to.

Anybody else goes out there and wants to speak? Okay, I'm going to close the hearing at 7.03. Now you can go.

So if we wanted to allow this change to happen without the 50% allowable increase, we can do that as well.

You're talking what I've got on the screen now?

They want to approve it without the recommended P&Z condition.

If they want to approve this without the P&Z recommendation, then they don't have to do this.

Oh, okay.

My apologies for jumping the gun, but I have one more question.

No, no. I was thinking of a question.

The P&Z 3-1, the one that voted against it, What was their reasoning and thought?

They wanted the tighter standards that staff wanted. They didn't want the 50%? Correct.

So they were in favor of this versus the recommended by P&Z of 50%?

Yeah, the majority were in favor of doing the 50% enlargement. The one that voted against it wasn't in favor of that. He wanted what the staff originally said, no enlargement at all. Okay.

No, so the question that comes in here and we talked about so the reason the word is written the way it was before with the. Nonconforming use, and you lose it originally 6 months. We extend it to a year is over time. You want residential to phase out of commercial areas. So, but we're having so many of these, we thought. eventually someone will come in and write big enough checks and they'll buy up all these properties, won't be an issue. But until then, they just have vacant houses sitting there so they can reuse them. But then the issue becomes if you start letting them enlarge them, now you're going to look at them being there much longer because you've got a bigger investment in those homes and it's going to remain spot residential among commercial for a longer period of time so that's that's the usually that's why the recommendation originally was not to increase the size because you can allow what's there to be occupied but if you allow it to start increasing you're going to see it there a lot hence it's a limited use and i like the this this step of because if you do have a developer that comes in and buys one of these residential lots and he's got a

Stack 3 of them together to do some development, but the other 2 aren't willing to sell yet. He's going to sit with a piece of property paying taxes on it until. He can get the other 2 in the meantime, if if we have this, it would allow him to continue use as a residential structure, rent it out and make, you know, at least cover some expenses in the. time that he's sitting on this property. I like that. I'm also leaning towards more of the not allowing the additional use just because the additional percentage. You're absolutely right. You let somebody build a nicer home and they're less inclined to sell. I'm okay with allowing a developer, a property owner today, this as it's written in terms of enlarging. I think I don't think I would support that. Do we have anybody right now that's applied for permitting to enlarge these structures?

We have in the past, but we've had to put them through the land use change and the rezoning because the use was prohibited.

Because right now, if you own one of these...

It is what it is until it falls out, but it's very rare that I think it's like, maybe 1 or 2 cases the whole time I've been here that they wanted to do that. Most of the time they just want to get somebody in there and rent it out. Like you were saying earlier.

Yeah, I mean, we have a, we have a case over here off the Baker that would would be an example of this. That developer wants to develop it commercially, but it has a. 1 or 2 of those 2 of those. But why why limit that person to hey, you can't use it because it's nonconforming now. This allows that developer this would entice development. I see.

Well, I mean, so so those probably you're talking about, I think they're occupied their rentals. They've not lost their nonconforming status because they weren't vacant for 4 years. This only applies to those properties that have been vacant for more than 12 months. And now. In some cases, they may be making two years and somebody comes along and wants to reoccupy. That's what this allows because under the current ordinance, you have to rezone it to residential to reoccupy it.

I like it. And I think not having the ability to expand it will help encourage it to fall back to commercial at a certain time.

And I think also you'll have less rezonings and land uses. You won't get spot zoned with a piece of residential zoning in the middle of commercial as well. That'll help with that.

Yeah, we've been starting to see that little posted stamps of residential surrounded by commercial down the highway. So this way it keeps its commercial zoning. So when the person, because developer comes in and he needs four houses and three of them are commercially zoned under limited use and the fourth one is zoned residential, he now has to get that other one rezoned to commercial. Whereas if it's a limited use, they're already commercial, he can tear those houses down and move forward with a commercial project.

And that and having that residential zoning might inhibit re, commercialization of that site, because it involves a rezoning and land use change. There's not an absolute certainty. They can do that. So this would help with that. Yeah.

And so when the staff rewrote this. What y'all thought was best was to keep it. At the signs, correct?

Yeah, my, I wanted a tighter limitation than the planning and zoning commission wanted.

any more questions you want to i'll allow somebody one of my kind friends here so we only need if we're going to not put the 50 on we only need to approve the what's written yes sir okay yeah i think you have example motion examples so you could just do the first one that says approve if you don't want to do the conditions

Okay, page 22, would you find it? Yeah, this one motions road. Okay. I'm going to make a motion to approve ordinance 2026 dash 013 of the city of Robinson, Texas. Amending appendix a zoning article 5 permitted uses section 5.1 use of buildings and land section 5.2 classification of new and unlisted uses. adding as section 5.3 permitted limited specific and prohibited uses and changing sections 5.3 supplemental standards for land uses to section 5.4 as indicated in exhibit a and providing for an effective date providing a savings clause and finding and determining that the meeting at which this ordinance passed is passed is open to the public as required by law

I'll second that. All in favor? Aye.

Any opposed? Passed. Thank you, David. Thank you. At this time, the council will adjourn to chambers to go into executive session. Executive Session pursuant to the provision of the Texas Open Meetings Act Chapter 551 Government Code Vernon, Texas Codes, annotated in accordance with the authority contained in Section 551.072 to discuss a real estate transaction. 723.

You don't make the motion. I'd like to make motion motion to authorize staff to purchase real property situated McClendon County, Texas at 2.75 through acres at the southeast corner of South Robinson Drive and Anderson Lane in Lorena, Texas in the amount of $300,000 plus associated fees.

I'll second that motion over.

All right. Marston carries. Boone passes. All right. Anybody have anything else? Anything that they would like to put on the future discussions? Are we good? Nothing else? All right. All set.

We've got plenty of book meetings coming up in the next month. Yeah.

Don't forget, Wednesday after the 5th, And you're going to poll everyone by email. Okay. All right. 724, we're adjourned.